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a l s o i n t h i s i s s u e : Student Engagement News from the Hill Reunion 2017

Where We Are

It Is a very excItIng tIme at Wilbraham & Monson Academy, and a tremendous privilege to be part of it.

For the first time, WMA alumni, families, staff and friends contributed more than $1 million to the Annual Fund, now called the Atlas Fund. This is a landmark accomplishment, and a sign of confidence as we continue our efforts to further evolve the school. Included in those efforts is our mission to balance the operating budget without the need for annual donations; as you already know, we are flipping the Annual Fund upside down — from a literal budget standpoint — so that annual donors to the Atlas Fund continually move the school forward rather than simply sustaining it. This year, three years after beginning this shift, we are spending 82 percent of the annual donations to support capital projects and non-operating program improvements that move us forward.

Some of this generosity supports much-needed new capital projects and

deferred maintenance projects that have an immediate effect on the quality of the student experience and the effectiveness of our admission efforts. With the renovation of the Rich Hall roof, portico and exterior, the construction of the new Academic Services Center, and the installation of air conditioning in our dormitory lobbies and public areas, to name a few of the big projects, we are using your support to change WMA in meaningful ways. We have a long way to go before we accomplish our goal of transforming annual giving and our campus, but you can feel and see the difference already.

This year, a portion of Atlas Fund giving also funded the creation of the WMA Facilities Master Plan. You will hear much more about this in the very near future, as the Master Plan will guide our facilities improvement efforts in support of our program for the next 10 or so years. Our plan, however, will also inform our

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intentions within the context of a 30-year vision for the WMA campus. That is a long time to consider, but with a healthy dose of flexibility built into the plan, it will serve admirably as our lodestar long into the future.

The master planning process spanned three full weeks of this past school year and included all of the faculty and staff, a broad cross section of the student body, and as many parents and alumni as we could involve. As a result, the plan is well informed by both those who live the WMA life every day and the creativity and experience of our master planning architects, Flansburgh Architects. Because the plan was created with such a breadth of involvement (some of the most innovative ideas came from students), there is a pervasive sense of enthusiasm and optimism on campus. When you see the plan, which you will soon, you will feel it, also.

Beginning my fourth year as Head and 20th at WMA, let me thank you all once again for the honor and privilege of serving all of you and the WMA community.

Where We Are: ‘When You See The Plan ... You Will Feel It, Also’

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assocIate edItorsRuss HeldBill Wells

advIsory BoardMark AimoneBrian EaslerDawn HinesDon KellyElizabeth Mitchell-Kelly ’04Janet Moran

contrIButIng WrItersMark AimoneErika Convery ’19Christina CroninBrian EaslerAndrew Faulstich ’15Tina GirhinyHaley Godin ’18Russ HeldDawn HinesDon KellyAbigail Lacey ’19Elizabeth Mitchell-Kelly ’04Janet MoranTeddy RyanGokul Sivakumar ’19Emma Stoll ’18Wally SwansonBill Wells

photographyKayla AimonePaul BloomfieldRuss HeldNoah Kantor ’19Teddy RyanWendy StaplesBill WellsVarious contributing photographers

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Board of trusteesScott B. Jacobs ’75, ChairJames E. LaCrosse ’50W, Vice Chair Mark R. Shenkman ’61M, Vice Chair David A. Reeves, TreasurerKrista Hanson, SecretaryCaitlin S. Flynn ’06K. Ivan F. GothnerLinda B. GriffinJudith A. KnappBarry M. Maloney ’85Timothy J. MariniAndrew P. MeleCraig A. Rubin ’63WBonnie Faulkner Ryan ’82

trustees emerItIEric W. AndersonRichard S. Fuld ’64WWilliam E. James ’64W

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24 Brian Easler: Leadership, Caring & Humor

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2 Scott Jacobs ’75

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28 Hyun Chong Kim ’7730 Steph Reeves ’12

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34 Cuba: Baseball and Laughter38 England: Plymouth Exchange40 Central Europe: Different

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31 The Student Experience32 New Trustee Andrew P. Mele33 Don Kelly Bench dedication48 Heanny Mompho

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4 News from the Hill10 Titans Victorious20 Reunion 201755 Class Notes63 Annual Report

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51 Harold “Bud” Porter ’44W52 Richard “R.B.” Phillips ’63W53 Helmut Waszkis ’51W53 We Remember54 Gary Beauchamp ’78

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Head of School Brian Easler has shown strong leadership of and genuine caring for WMA students. Among many of Easler’s engagements with students has been participating in the Bunion Derby, as he did in full dress code in 2016. Lizzy Mitchell-Kelly ’04 details Easler’s special bond and interaction with students. Story on page 24. Photo by Wendy Staples.

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Scott Jacobs ’75 on Connecting Board of Trustees, Heads of School and the Road Ahead

When scott JacoBs ’75 reflects on his time as a student at Wilbraham & Monson Academy, he credits the likes of faculty legends Roger Lincoln, Hugh Harrell and others for how much the Academy prepared him for his future. Mr. Jacobs recalls the mid-1970s as a tumultuous time for the world and acknowledges how hard the faculty and administration worked for its students. A day student, he drove to school — a highlight for any teenager yearning for more freedom and independence as they enter adulthood.

“It’s where you grow up, for me, it was a lot of growth here. I was a younger student when I went to college, but I was academically prepared,” Mr. Jacobs said.

He spent two years at the Academy, following his older brother Eric, with

three siblings attending after. Upon graduation, he matriculated to Cornell and studied engineering. He began his career at DuPont Engineering, and after his career took him to Tulane University in New Orleans for an MBA, he charted a new path.

Mr. Jacobs transitioned to the real estate business and then later, his wife Leslie’s family business, in insurance.

“In times of crisis and stress, national recessions, you learn a lot about covering your bases, thinking forward, being strategic, working really hard and being able to look back and realize how far you’ve come,” he shared.

All of these skills have prepared him for his role as Chair of the WMA Board of Trustees.

Times of transition at WMAFormer Head of School Dick Malley initially invited Mr. Jacobs to join the Board. When Mr. Jacobs also heard from Jonathan Sperling ’57W about how the Academy was progressing, he looked forward to getting involved. It also didn’t hurt that his mother was still in town, a personal aspect that helped make his decision easier.

“At the time, I didn’t realize how much we could get done, the challenges, thinking and hard work,” Mr. Jacobs said.

He officially joined the Board in 2002 — the same year Rodney LaBrecque began his tenure as Head of School — and became the Chair in 2004.

Throughout his tenure, Mr. Jacobs has seen an evolution within the styles of leadership and changes to the program, campus and student body. Through the work of Mr. Malley, Mr. LaBrecque and current Head of School Brian Easler, the high standards, for which WMA has always been known, have continued to rise. This in turn has impacted, and will continue to impact, admission: “more stable admissions, quality applicants, stability of the demand and excitement for the future.”

When Mr. LaBrecque began to think about retirement, Mr. Jacobs made sure he and the Board worked closely, supporting Mr. LaBrecque and the transition to Mr. Easler as Head of School. Between the selection process and the transition, there are many moving pieces when it comes to a smooth transition. “It was so important for the community that there be no glitches, there be continuity. I hope it felt, for people, quite seamless,” Mr. Jacobs recalled. “That was our goal, I think we were reasonably successful in that goal.”

▲ Chair of the Board of Trustees Scott Jacobs, left, with former Head of School Rodney LaBrecque (2002–2014).


What does it take?Mr. Jacobs is not only the Chair of the WMA Board of Trustees, but also serves on a public utility board in New Orleans, among other roles. Working on that board, with a large budget and significant construction underway in the city, he helps to guide people in fulfilling their governance roles versus trying to administer.

“There is a difference between governing and administering or managing. Having been on this (WMA) Board for the length of time I’ve had, I’ve learned the difference in those and can better execute governing an organization as opposed to managing. This has helped me on other boards,” Mr. Jacobs said.

Working with two different Heads of School has also provided insights into various types of leadership skills. With every person, there are different sets of skills, and there are those different sets at different times of need for the Academy.

“People can be equal leaders with completely different sets of skills,” Mr. Jacobs said. “Any management team molds around to complement the particular talents and skillsets of the leader at hand.”

With Mr. Easler as Head of School, Mr. Jacobs feels there is a mutually respectful and trustful relationship.

“We talk regularly, at least weekly. I’ve

“Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.” — Simon Sinek

hopefully helped him learn how to work with a board,” Mr. Jacobs said. “You can describe what being a parent’s like, but until you’re a parent, you don’t really get it. There are certain things you have to experience to really experience and I think being a Head and working with a board, you can study it all day long, but you have to get into it. I know he has an excellent relationship with his board.”

Of Mr. Jacobs, Mr. Easler was reciprocal in saying, “Scott has, similar to me, had the advantage of also working with both of the most recent Heads, Dick Malley and Rodney LaBrecque. The consistency of his leadership has spanned these transitions, tied them all together essentially, and provided stability for WMA. As a brand new Head of School (in 2014), I could not have asked for a better mentor. Scott is always, and I mean that literally, available to me when I need him, and he has guided me masterfully in my learning curve as a Head of School.”

Looking to the futureHaving just completed the introductory phase of the Campus Master Planning process, the buzz and excitement across campus and into the alumni world is very positive. As Academy World readers have seen and will continue to see, the long- term plans for the Academy leave much work, strategic thinking and growth to be done. “It’s a great time at the Academy. We will have, and should have, great and stable leadership,” Mr. Jacobs shared.

While WMA has reached a comfortable level with operations, admission and stable enrollment each year, there are still aspects on which it can improve.

“As people will see later, we’re really trying to look out 30 years at what the school is,” Mr. Jacobs said. “Over the next decade, we hope to see a pretty big transition in the school in terms of the facilities and strength and what WMA

has to offer students.”This doesn’t mean that what makes

WMA “WMA” will change.“We have a great culture, I wouldn’t

want to see that change,” Mr. Jacobs said. “There will be some program change, but only enhancements as we go forward. We have a 30-year picture of where we want to go. It’s pretty substantial. It would be the most substantial change in the school’s facilities certainly since its opening.”

With people like Mr. Jacobs who lead and contribute in many ways toward the positive experience and the growth of the Academy, the future looks promising.

▼ Head of School Brian P. Easler, left, shakes hands with Chair of the Board of Trustees Scott Jacobs at the 2014 Convocation Ceremony and his installation as Head.


News from the Hill

Haley Godin ’18, Academy Dancers run Day of Dance

▲WMA students (back row, from left) Charlotte Kindblom ’21, Haley Godin ’18, Sara Troy ’20, Shaylyn Glenn-Eadie ’20 and Sarah Kulig ’19 are all smiles with their Day of Dance group.

Wilbraham & Monson Academy’s Haley Godin ’18 has been dancing since she was 2 years old. Needless to say, she has a passion for dance and plenty of expertise.

When Haley received a Global Leaders assignment where she needed to show her leadership skills, she knew exactly what avenue to take.

Haley and the WMA Academy Dancers hosted 13 girls ages 6–12 at the Wilbraham &

Monson Academy Day of Dance in the Dance Room at the Athletic Center April 15.

“I love to dance because it is a way to forget everything that is going on around you,” Haley explained. “If I am having a bad day, I love going to dance class and immediately feeling better after stepping in the dance room because I am surrounded by my friends and the environment that dance provides.

“At dance, we form more than a team. Instead, we all become best friends, and that is something I feel should be spread to other young girls because they will form friendships that will last for a long time to come.”

After stretching, the students choreographed their own dance with the help of Haley and other members of the WMA Academy Dancers.

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SooYoung “Harry” Park ’18 Shines in Math

So much of math is about numbers. Let’s go over some numbers.

More than 75,000 high school students in the United States registered to partake in the 2017 American Mathematics Competitions, run by the Mathematical Association of America.

After two rounds of competitions, less than 1 percent advanced to the third and final round.

Following hours of effort and initiative on his part, not to mention ability, Wilbraham & Monson Academy’s SooYoung “Harry” Park ’18 was remarkably among that tiny percentage.

Harry was one of just 285 students of that original 75,000 to advance to the USA Mathematics Olympiad, which is the final round of the AMC. Harry competed against the brightest

PSAT Honors Bestowed on 4 WMA Students

▼From left, Alexa Fleury ’18, Ashley Bradway ’18, Shiyin “Sally” Liu ’18 and Zihan

“Leo” Liu ’18.

Regardless of age or profession, it feels nice to be rewarded.

On one of the most challenging international high school academic assessments offered, four students from Wilbraham & Monson Academy were rewarded.

Alexa Fleury ’18, Ashley Bradway ’18, Shiyin “Sally” Liu ’18 and Zihan “Leo” Liu ’18 were recognized at school meeting April 13 for scoring in the top 3.3 percent on the 2016 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

The four juniors were among 50,000 students honored among the 1.5 million worldwide who took the exam.

“Within current memory, this is the first time we’ve had four students selected in the first round of the National Merit Scholarship,” Head of School Brian Easler said. “It’s a significant accomplishment for us as a school. This is very meaningful for us. We’re very proud of Sally, Leo, Alexa and Ashley, who are now automatically entered into the scholarship competition.”

Mariel Picknelly ’20 Enjoys High-Profile Exposure

Some of the biggest brands and names in the social media world headed to Florida in May.

Facebook, Instagram, YouTube . . . and Wilbraham & Monson Academy’s Mariel Picknelly ’20.

Mariel represented Musical.ly at the sixth annual Playlist Live, which was held in Orlando May 5–7.

To be clear, this wasn’t a show or gathering exclusively for teenagers. The event included the giants of the social media world, which made Mariel’s invitation and participation all the more impressive.

“Every social media platform goes to this event,” Mariel said.

“Instagram was there, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Periscope and all the social media apps were there showing their newest technology and bringing representatives of the company there. It’s a huge convention.”

Musical.ly is a free app that focuses on short videos and live broadcasts. It was launched in 2014 and already has millions of users from throughout the globe.

Mariel has accumulated 111,000 followers on social media and seven million likes for her Musical.ly broadcasts.

“Mr. Fischer encouraged me a lot. I think that’s why I got a good

result.”— SooYoung

“HarrY” Park ’18

math minds in the country April 19–20 in a grueling nine-hour test.

“It was a long journey from the summer,” Harry said. “When we first started the math team at WMA, I didn’t expect this. But we all worked together, and (Math Department Chair) Mr. (Mark) Fischer encouraged me a lot. I think that’s why I got a good result.”

Harry learned he scored high enough on AMC’s second round, the American Invitational Mathematics Competition, April 4. He took the three-hour exam on March 22, still jetlagged from returning to WMA from spring break.

“I had no idea how I did because the questions were really hard,” Harry admitted. “Part of me believed I would qualify and part of me believed I wouldn’t. I didn’t know how many questions I got right. I was confident I got six or seven questions, but I wasn’t confident about two or three.”


Teresa Kennedy ’12 Spends Summer Studying in China

Through her experiences as a student and faculty member at Wilbraham & Monson Academy, Teresa Kennedy ’12 has learned much more about China than the average person.

There’s nothing average, though, about Teresa. Eager to learn since her days as a middle school student at the Academy, her brushes with the Chinese culture at WMA have only piqued her interest in the world’s most populated country.

After being selected to one of the most prestigious academic programs in the world, and charged by her interest in human rights, Teresa dove head first into everything China.

Teresa was picked from a large pool of applicants to attend the selective Yenching Academy of Peking University in Beijing, which started during the summer. The program draws the brightest students from throughout the world, to educate them about China and the country’s role in the world.

As a student at WMA, Teresa traveled outside the country to Thailand, India, Haiti, Brazil, Vietnam and Cambodia. Her adventurous side continued in college at the University of Notre Dame, spending time in Peru, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Germany, England and Costa Rica, as well as Brazil again.

▲ Left to right, Muwei “Katherine” Xu, Tianqi “Wernich” Li, Yawen “Zoey” Guan, Ellen Oudkerk-Sodia and former Science Department Faculty member Marissa Axtell.

▲Left to right, Hao “Harrison” Pan, Sijian “Raymond” Tao, Joshua Besse, Yanxi “Scarlet” Lu and former Science Department Faculty member Marissa Axtell.

▲Left to right, Jingting “Gina” Xie, Yikai “Joe” Zhou, Lourdes Frempong and former Science Department Faculty member Marissa Axtell.

STEM 9 Physics Classes Win National Awards

Wilbraham & Monson Academy continued to show its skillful knack in the field of science as three groups from former Science Department Faculty member Mrs. Marissa Axtell’s STEM 9 Physics classes won awards in the 2017 Toshiba ExploraVision competition.

The national contest recognized the top 10 percent of its applicants with honorable mention awards. Fewer than 50 schools in the country had students in ninth grade classes win awards.

“All of the STEM 9 kids did a great job working on the project,” Mrs. Axtell said. “The students who worked on these particular projects put in a lot of time outside of class, which helped bring them to honorable mention status.

“Only the top 10 percent of the thousands of projects that are turned in from the U.S. and Canada are recognized with an honorable mention, so it’s definitely a great achievement to earn that honor.”

This was the third time in as many years students from WMA have received awards in the ExploraVision contest.

The following students, all in the Class of 2020, won awards for their ingenious innovations:

· Fusionerator—Joshua Besse, Hao “Harrison” Pan, Yanxi “Scarlet” Lu, Sijian “Raymond” Tao

· More Convenience & Comforts: The Gas Form Medicine —Tianqi

“Wernich” Li, Muwei “Katherine” Xu, Yawen “Zoey” Guan, Ellen Oudkerk-Sodia

· Explore the Unknown Interstellar Space: The PELLET — Lourdes Frempong, Jingting “Gina” Xie, Yikai “Joe” Zhou

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Four students from Wilbraham & Monson Academy came up with an idea for a short film.

Turns out, that idea was pretty good . . . so good it won an award.

Di “Johnny” Wang ’17, Zhonghan “Scott” Jiang ’18, Yifan “Kevin” Qiu ’18 and Tianyi “Tony” Zhu ’18 teamed to win the Bing Arts Center One Minute Student Film Festival. The group was honored at a ceremony in Springfield May 6 at the Bing for winning the high school division for its “Annoying Creatures” entry.

“The amount of work they put into this project . . . they came up to me and had an idea,” said Mr. Michael Dziura, who presented the contest

to the students in the Academy’s film afternoon activity. “They came in every day and put in all of their time and effort. I’m unbelievably happy. Of everyone who could have taken that prize, I’m glad they did because the amount of work they put into it was astonishing.”

▲ Left to right, Yifan “Kevin” Qiu ’18, Tianyi “Tony” Zhu ’18, Zhonghan “Scott” Jiang ’18 and

Di “Johnny” Wang ’17.

WMA Quartet Wins Local Film Festival Honor

‘Dr.’ Courtney Fallon ’17 Participates in Mentor Program

Wilbraham & Monson Academy’s Courtney Fallon ’17 isn’t 100 percent sure if she’s going to go into the medical field.

For one day, however, to a degree, Courtney was a doctor.Courtney participated in the Hampden District Medical

Society’s High School Doctor for a Day Mentoring Program April 13 at Baystate Medical Center.

“I was interested in doing the Doctor for a Day Program because I’m interested in how people think and behave, and people, in general, and how they cope with different things in life,” said Courtney, who’s considering minoring in psychology in college.

Courtney didn’t get placed where she had hoped, but that didn’t diminish her experience. She was granted nearly full access to Baystate, including restricted areas.

“I spent the day helping people who had ulcers due to diabetes or heart diseases,” she explained. “They had ulcers on their feet because the veins couldn’t get blood to their legs, so they ended up getting ulcers or their legs were falling apart.

“The most interesting part was I was able to go around and see the operating rooms, and being in the hospital I learned it wasn’t anything like TV shows. I saw people who needed help getting everything, and seeing how doctors talk behind the scenes and asking other people’s opinions and doing everything they could for them.”

“They came in every day and put in all of their time and effort. I’m unbelievably happy. Of everyone who could have taken that prize, I’m glad they did because the amount of work they put into it was astonishing.” — mr. micHael Dziura

country on the French I exam.“I was surprised. I didn’t expect

to get second,” said Alejandro. “Mrs. (Mary) Bacon told me I got a high score and I thought that was cool, but I never thought I’d get where I am.”

Alejandro, who speaks English, Spanish and Portuguese, was looking to learn a fourth language when he enrolled at WMA, and thought learning French made the most sense to try.

“The writing is similar to Spanish and Portuguese, and there’s a little bit of English that kind of helps me to understand French better so I think it was a little easier for me because of my background knowledge,” Alejandro explained. “I like French but it’s a little weird, though, because things don’t always match, like sometimes I think it’s one thing and it’s another one.”

4 WMA Students Win Gold at National French Contest

For the third year in a row, Wilbraham & Monson Academy students were among the top scorers on Le Grand Concours, also known as the National French Contest of the American Association of Teachers of French.

Four Academy students earned gold medals and 24 others also received honors on the 2017 test. Gold medal finishers scored in the 95th percentile.

“Our French Department has done a nice job in getting the students prepared, and the results show the students are making excellent progress,” World Languages Department Chair Kevin Kane said.

More than 78,000 students took this year’s Le Grand Concours. Of the WMA students, Alejandro Sanchez ’20 placed the highest, winning his regional chapter and taking second in the

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A handful of WMA students were recognized at school meeting for their achievements on Le Grand Concours, also known as the NationalFrench Contest of the American Association of Teachers of French.

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french 5h/post apsIlver: Nicolas Dubois ’18, 1st in chapter, 10th nationally

Bronze: Kenneth Harroy ’17, 4th in chapter, 14th nationally; Jordana Irzyk ’17, 7th in chapter, 16th nationally

french 4 honorsgold: Andrea Teofili ’17, 3rd in chapter, 6th nationally; Lukas Muscella ’19, 4th in chapter, 7th nationally

Bronze: Elizaveta Biryukova ’19, 10th in chapter, 13th nationally; Gokul Sivakumar ’19, 11th in chapter, 14th nationally

mentIon d’honneur: Clara Harrington ’18

honors french 3gold: Daniel Voronin ’17, 2nd in chapter, 7th nationally

sIlver: Shiyin “Sally” Liu ’18, 5th in chapter, 11th nationally

Bronze: Michael Carson ’18, 12th in chapter, 18th nationally; Ellen Oudkerk- Sodia ’20, 11th in chapter, 17th nationally

honoraBle mentIon: Liam Garrison ’20, Idan Tretout ’19, Alejandra Gabilondo Camara ’19

french 2Bronze: Abigail Lacey ’19, 9th in chapter, 9th nationally

honoraBle mentIon: Mariel Picknelly ’20, Sara Troy ’20, Nicholas Spellman ’19, Jack Woodbury ’19, Yupei Sun ’19

french 1gold: Alejandro Sanchez ’20, 1st in chapter, 2nd nationally

Bronze: Rachel Wilson ’18, 7th in chapter, 10th nationally

honoraBle mentIon: Ragene Hong ’20, Yitian “Janice” Zha ’18, Marcelo Bravo da Rosa ’17, Julia Puppolo ’20, Kasey Reed ’20



Celina Rivernider ’19

Emma Kindblom ’17 Emily Dromgold ’17

Jiaming “Martin” Mao ’17

Jaehyuk ‘Sean’ Chung ’18 Wins International DECA Award

WMA Students Immersed in France at Boston Workshop

Work of 4 WMA Students Published in Print

With so many social media outlets available, students can regularly express themselves or display their writing ability for the world to see.

However, there is still something special about being published in print. It typically takes extraordinary talent and effort to have a written work make it to a layout and be published.

Four Wilbraham & Monson Academy students earned that rare and special reward in May when it was announced they had writing pieces selected for the fourth annual Massachusetts High School Magazine of the Arts.

Emma Kindblom ’17, Emily Dromgold ’17, Jiaming “Martin” Mao ’17 and Celina Rivernider ’19 were published in the 2017 spring issue of the statewide magazine. The four students were also invited to attend a gala at the University of Massachusetts at Boston May 21, where their work was exhibited.

For all four students, it was the first time they were published in a non- WMA publication.

Another business competition meant another award for Wilbraham & Monson Academy’s Jaehyuk “Sean” Chung ’18.

This, however, wasn’t just any award — this was an award at one of the largest business events in the world for high school students.

Sean won a medal at the DECA International Career Development Conference, which drew 18,000 students and business leaders to Anaheim, Calif., April 26–29.

“It was a lot of effort and time consuming but it’s a good memory,” Sean said.

Yes, awards often create good memories. Sean, competing in the Principles of Business Administration and Management category, earned a medal for reaching the final round of the international competition.

Participants took a 100-question test on the first day before role-playing an interview on the second day. Sean’s performance during the first two days secured him a rare spot on the third day, where he completed another role-playing interview.

Sean won first place at the district competition and fourth place at the state level, which attracted 2,300 students. At the state event, Sean was also nominated as a state officer, with some of those added responsibilities spilling over to the international event.

DECA is an international association of high school and college students and teachers of marketing, management and entrepreneurship in business, finance, hospitality, and marketing sales and service.

For two hours on a Tuesday night in April in Boston, Wilbraham & Monson Academy students were immersed in France and the many aspects of the French culture, new and old.

World Languages Department Chair Kevin Kane and faculty member Fabienne Dubois took nine WMA students to the state capital for an all-French speaking workshop, covering the country’s history and the upcoming election.

It wasn’t France, but inside those four walls, it sure felt that way.

“It was an extremely relevant activity,” Daniel Qin-Dong ’17 said. “As the French presidential elections were coming up very soon, it’s an important time to be aware of global politics. The French language training in listening comprehension and speaking on a very important topic was fulfilling.”

The workshop’s host was well versed in the history of France. He explained, in French, how the country switched from a monarchy to a republic, as well as France’s four revolutions.

“He went through all the hot periods of history and explained very well how we came to this day and the political picture we have today as a result of all these centuries,” said Mrs. Dubois, a French teacher at WMA.

Along with Daniel, also attending the workshop were: Elizaveta Biryukova ’19, Clara Harrington ’18, Lukas Muscella ’19, Ellen Oudkerk-Sodia ’20, Liam Garrison ’20, Gokul Sivakumar ’19, Nicolas Dubois ’18 and Alejandra Gabilondo Camara ’19.


Katie Cronin ’17 Named to Massachusetts All-State Girls’ Soccer Team

Even though the soccer season had been done for more than four months, the awards kept coming in for Wilbraham & Monson Academy’s Katie Cronin ’17.

Katie, one of the top players in the Academy’s rich girls’ soccer history, was named to the All-State team by the Massachusetts Soccer Coaches Association, which includes all high schools in the state.

“It’s really cool to be recognized by the coaches association,” Katie said. “There are a lot of teams, players and coaches that go into it. I’m grateful for that opportunity.”

Katie played four seasons of varsity soccer for the Titans. During her senior season, she recorded 17 goals and five assists, was named as a Western New England All-Star and earned the team’s MVP award.

“Katie was a mainstay for the program for her four years,” Girls’ Soccer Coach Don Nicholson said.

“She’s had a great career, she’s been a great goal scorer and a tremendous worker. And most importantly to me and her teammates, she’s been a great teammate and a tremendous leader for the program as a captain.”

Katie received a scholarship and is playing soccer at Division I Bryant University.

The good news keeps coming for the Wilbraham & Monson Academy Riflery team.

Then again, when a team goes undefeated and wins a championship for the first time in 28 years, that team deserves good news.

Based on their scores during league matches and National Rifle Association sanctioned events, WMA’s Dan Wesson ’18 and Erika Convery ’19 were named to the Connecticut State Rifle and Revolver Association All-State First team.

“Dan and Erika were the main cogs in the Titan Riflery team

going undefeated during the season,” Coach Bill Passy said.

Before winning any team titles, Dan and Erika made Academy history when they set school records during the regular season, both posting scores of 198 (out of 200) in regular season matches.

“It’s a big honor,” said Dan, who averaged a score of 195 during the season. “I’m happy to represent the school and I’m happy to get onto the team knowing last year I had a chance but wasn’t able to.”

“I’m thrilled,” said Erika, who averaged a 189.5 for the Titans in 2016–17. “I did not expect to be

chosen for it because I’m only a second- year shooter. I knew definitely that Dan would be getting it. He does a lot of work outside of our practices. I had some good days but I had some off days. While I can shoot really well, I need to work on consistency.”

WMA claimed the Quinnipiac Division (regular season), Prep School Gallery Match (invitational) and Connecticut High School Shoot-Off (championship) titles during the season.

Erika Convery ’19, left, and Dan Wesson ’18 were big reasons for the success of the Riflery team in 2016–2017.

Riflery Finishes with Undefeated Championship Season

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During the spring, Emma Kindblom ’17 continued to show why she is so clearly the best player in the history of the Wilbraham & Monson Academy Softball program.

Already the owner of so many accomplishments, Emma joined — actually, created — the 300 Club this season. After reaching the 100-mark for career runs and hits last season, Emma knocked in her 100th career teammate in a game at Miss Hall’s School May 10.

“I don’t know if a 300 Club exists but it was the name I came up with because it’s a phenomenal feat,” Coach Erik Kindblom said.

Emma knew her RBI count was climbing but didn’t pay any attention to reaching a certain number.

“I don’t like to keep track of things,” said Emma, who played seven seasons for the WMA Softball team. “I like to focus more on the team and being in the moment and helping my teammates. I wasn’t counting down the RBIs and I didn’t know he was going to make a club out of it.

“It’s another milestone in my time here at WMA and an aspect of what I’ve been able to contribute to WMA athletics.”

Emma, who will play softball on scholarship next season at Division I Manhattan College, owns virtually every offensive record for the Titans.

“I didn’t know the 300 Club existed until we started to come up on it,” Coach Kindblom explained. “Last year, Emma reached the

100 Club for runs, and then a couple games later she hit another milestone with the 100 Club for hits. Going into this year, although it wasn’t on her radar, we realized she was approaching the 100 Club for runs batted in.

“For Emma, being a lead-off hitter for most of her time at WMA, RBIs can be hard to come by. It was no surprise to me for her to get the 100 Club for runs and hits, but her coming up on 100 RBIs is a testament to her longevity, her ability to stay relatively healthy and to persevere.”

At Commencement, Emma won the Dr. George E. Rogers Scholar Athlete Award.

Emma Kindblom ’17 leaves behind a softball legacy at WMA.

Emma Kindblom ’17 Leaves Behind Softball Legacy

The 2017 Softball team had a great season, qualifying for its fourth straight postseason appearance.

Softball Reaches PostseasonThe Wilbraham & Monson Academy Softball team earned the right to defend its championship this season, gaining a spot in the Western New England Softball Class B Tournament.

The third-seeded Titans played at #2 Suffield Academy May 20 in a semifinal, earning the Academy its fourth consecutive postseason appearance. Suffield won to advance to the final.

“It was a very determined and focused effort by the group,” Coach Erik Kindblom said. “We continued to live by our motto as far as being tough and together.”

The Titans beat The Ethel Walker School 5–2 last year to claim its first softball title in school history.

Behind the senior leadership of pitcher Emma Kindblom ’17, shortstop Marissa Fabbo ’17 and catcher Gabby Leary ’17, the Academy completed the regular season 11–2.

“Our senior leadership was particularly hungry to get back to the playoffs,” Coach Kindblom said.


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Coach Mike MacDonald speaks to the Titans during a 2017 lacrosse game.

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Boys’ Lacrosse Coach Mike MacDonald was named the Mike Fuller Head Coach of the Year by the Western New England Scholastic Sports Lacrosse Association.

Boys’ Lacrosse Coach Mike MacDonald Honored

Just days after the Wilbraham & Monson Academy Boys’ Lacrosse team completed its best season since 1991, Coach Mike MacDonald was named the Mike Fuller Head Coach of the Year by the Western New England Scholastic Sports Lacrosse Association.

Remarkably, Coach MacDonald received all 12 votes for the honor.

“To hear the other coaches talk about our program and them seeing us turn the corner means a lot,” said Coach MacDonald, who received the award May 22 at a league meeting. “We’re bringing

it all together. It’s positive for our boys to get the exposure, but it’s also great for our school to compete with the other top programs. We’re right there knocking on the door. It’s exciting for me as a coach and the boys should be excited because without their dedication and hard work, this isn’t possible.”

WMA finished the season 10–4, with all four of the losses coming by four goals or less.

“To see we are competing with the best . . . we ended up having a huge win over Pomfret early,” Coach MacDonald

explained. “They’re not in our league but they will be added in next year. No other team in our league beat them. We were the only team to beat them. That put us on the map and gave us some great exposure.”

The Titans were led by their six seniors: Alexander Strange ’17, Zach Mann ’17, Tony Barbieri ’17, Michael Kendall ’17, Cam Curland ’17 and Ryan McNeil ’17. Alexander (Regis College), Zach (Mount St. Mary’s University), Tony (University of Rochester), Cam (Drew University) and Ryan (Le Moyne College) will play lacrosse in college.


How good of an athlete is Katie Cronin ’17?

Well, she recorded her 100th career goal for the Wilbraham & Monson Academy Girls’ Lacrosse team.

And, oh by the way, lacrosse is Katie’s second sport . . . maybe her third.

Katie recorded the milestone goal in the first half of a WMA home game against Miss Porter’s School April 26.

“It was exciting,” Katie said. “I obviously couldn’t have done it without my coaches and teammates helping me along the way every day in practice and in games.”

“Katie continues to lead the

team as an unselfish and humble teammate,” Coach Christa Robinson said after the game.

Katie entered the game with 98 career goals, although she was unaware of her total. She scored on a rebound into the upper left corner following a free position shot.

“It’s been an amazing four years,” said Katie, who also starred at basketball and soccer for the Titans.

“Lacrosse isn’t my number one sport but it’s been a great experience and I wouldn’t have given it up for the world.”

The Wilbraham & Monson Academy Track team returned from the biggest meet of the season with three champions May 20 as Kayla Mokwuah ’18, Courtney Thrun ’17 and Xavier Jones ’17 claimed titles at the New England Prep School Track Association Division III meet at Cheshire Academy.

Kayla earned the bonus prize, with her throw of 37 feet, 6½ inches in the shot put, setting a school and Division III record.

Kayla smashed her school record of 36–1 on her final throw, topping the rest of the field by more than 2 feet. The New England record was 35–9½.

“I’m happy about getting the New England record,” Kayla said. “I didn’t know what it was before coming into the meet but I’m glad I got it. It’s my mark on WMA and I’m happy to do it. I was excited to win. I didn’t know about the other throwers coming in. I knew I was going to have to throw well if I was going to win.”

Of the three winners, Courtney’s title was the most surprising. She had only thrown the javelin once during the regular season and was seeded eighth in a large field.

“I was not expecting to win javelin,” Courtney admitted. “If anything, I was expecting to do best in high jump.”

Courtney did very well in high jump, taking third (5 feet) before doing the same in the shot put (33–3). In her final event, the javelin, she set the tone on her second throw with a toss of 104–4. No one could catch her and she won the event by more that 4 feet, missing the school record by a foot.

Meanwhile, Xavier saved his best for last, soaring 43–9 to win the triple jump by 6 inches out of the third seed after two bad jumps and a scratch.

“(On my final attempt) I didn’t look at the board and I was focusing on getting a good jump,” Xavier said. “I didn’t even hit the board and I still jumped a 43–9. Maybe it was the adrenaline. It was a good jump for me.

“It feels really good to win a New England title. Coming here and being able to do so many great things with the school has been really good.”

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Katie Cronin, front row (No. 8) celebrates her 100th career goal with her Girls’ Lacrosse team.

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Kayla Mokwuah ’18 Courtney Thrun ’17 Xavier Jones ’17


community service and loved doing it. And they were good girls in our community. I think they’re positive influences and good citizens of WMA.”

The 2016–17 roster included: Meera Ratte ’17, Annika Bruce ’17, Jenny English ’17, Katie Cronin ’17, Courtney Thrun ’17, Alex Garrison ’18, Kayla Mokwuah ’18, Jada Childs ’19, Leilani Bennett ’19 and Julia Puppolo ’20.

Girls’ Basketball Team wins Trustees Cup

Trustees Cup winners (left to right), Head Coach Durelle Brown, manager Jonathan “Nelly” Cotto ’17, Jenny English ’17, Alex Garrison ’18, Katie Cronin ’17, Meera Ratte ’17, Courtney Thrun ’17, Kayla Mokwuah ’18, Annika Bruce ’17, Julia Puppolo ’20, Leilani Bennett ’19, Jada Childs ’19 and manager Caelan Etti ’17 enjoyed an outstanding girls’ basketball season.

The Wilbraham & Monson Academy Girls’ Basketball team closed its 2016–17 season with a win . . . at home.

At Commencement May 27, Coach Durelle Brown’s senior-led team claimed the Academy’s prestigious Trustees Cup. The honor is presented to the program that excels on the field and in the classroom, and also participates in community service.

“There’s nothing like being recognized by your own community,” said Coach Brown, whose team finished 17–5. “In a year that saw a ton of fantastic teams — Football, Boys’ Lacrosse, Riflery — it’s a testament to the girls because they work so hard in the classroom. We had a 3.6 GPA. We did



The Wilbraham & Monson Academy Girls’ Golf team completed its inaugural season undefeated, sweeping its final match against Williston Northampton School and Miss Hall’s School May 10.

WMA tied Williston before beating the Wildcats and Miss Hall’s in match play.

“We did really well,” said Kiana Smith ’17, who had a low score of 51 for the Titans in the final competition. “I fell onto the floor when I found out we beat Williston and Miss Hall’s. I’m proud of us. I didn’t think we would win both. It’s exciting.”

“This is a good start,” Coach Kevin Kane added. “We have a good foundation to build a solid Girls’ Golf program, which I’m looking forward to.”

Girls’ Golf Team Records Successful Debut Season

Boys’ Golf Team Enjoys School-Record Moments

The Wilbraham & Monson Academy Golf team had its greatest day in the history of the program May 13, setting a school record for 18 holes in a match in Bernardston at Crumpin-Fox Club.

The Titans finished with a team score of 400, smashing the school record by more than 20 shots.

Also, Peter Bowie ’18 recorded a 5-under-par 31 on the front nine, tying a New England prep school record for nine holes, matching WMA’s Matt Naumec ’15.

“I thought the team play was outstanding,” Coach Doug Hutcheson said. “Given the difficulty of the golf course, which is a tough course, to shoot that score on that golf course was fantastic.”

Left to right, Miles Lester ’17, Kenneth Harroy ’18, Peter Bowie ’18, Jack Godin ’20, Andrew Nagle ’18, Eddie Morin ’18 and Coach Doug Hutcheson.

Left to right, Coach Kevin Kane, Mai Nguyen ’18, Kiana Smith ’17, Elizaveta Biryukova ’19, Molly Bell ’17, Ziyi “Cecelia” Chen ’19 and Muwei “Katherine” Xu ’20.

Peter shot par with a 72, which earned him medalist honors. Eddie Morin ’18 (77), Kenneth Harroy ’17 (78), Andrew Nagle ’18 (86) and Jack Godin ’20 (87) all helped the Titans with the record-setting performance.

Peter’s record round include five birdies and four pars, which was particularly impressive given the narrow fairways at Crumpin-Fox.

“He said he hit every fairway and every green and made his putts,” Coach Hutcheson said. “He was in a zone and was able to stay in that zone and the result was wonderful. He got in that zone that athletes try to get into — when they aren’t thinking about the result at all and they’re just reacting instinctively.”

“I’ve been working really hard on my game so it’s nice to see it come out that way,” Peter said. “I wasn’t expecting a 31 on that course. It just happened. It was nice. It’s a tough course so to be able to pull that off and capitalize on the opportunity was nice.”

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9 Many alumni attended Commencement this year! From left to right are Anike Tella- Martins ’16, Colin O’Brien ’16, Head of School Brian Easler, Nichole Czuber ’16 and Lilianna Brook ’16. 10 Dean of Studies Erik Kindblom congratulates Julianne Schmidt ’17 on receiving the Harriet Jones Nelson Trust Award. The winner of this award maintains the highest scholastic average for the previous two years. Julianne was also the winner of the Cora Pease Chandler Award. 11 Peter Labbe ’17 receives his diploma from Head of School Brian Easler. 12 Emma Kindblom ’17 receives the Dr. George E. Rogers Scholar Athlete Award from Head of School Brian Easler. 13 Members of the championship Softball team from 2016 supported their teammates at Commencement. From left to right are Gabriella Leary ’17, Allyson Faulstick ’16, Emma Kindblom ’17, Head Coach and Dean of Studies Erik Kindblom, Carly Venditti ’16, Marissa Fabbo ’17 and Katelyn Mercer ’15. 14 Semen “Simon” Andreichuk ’17 receives the Pieria Prize from Dean of Curriculum Meg Hutcheson. 15 Faculty Marshal Don Kelly and Stephen D. Luckraft Memorial Award winner Emily Dromgold ’17. 16 Recipient of the Frank Chapin Cushman Memorial Award Jordana Irzyk ’17 also served as the Speaker for the Class of 2017.


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Prize Day

May 26, 20171 2017 Prize winners. 2 Miles Lester ’17 accepts the Entrepreneurship and Finance Award from faculty members Jim Irzyk and Gayle Hsiao. 3 Phil Shaw ’57W presents the Phil Shaw Award to Katelyn Cronin ’17. 4 Ashley Bradway ’18, winner of the Trustee Award, with Faculty Marshal Don Kelly. 5 JiYeon “Jane” Jang ’18 receives the Rensselaer Mathematics and Science Award from Mathematics Department Chair Mark Fischer. 6 The Girls’ Basketball team won the coveted Trustees Cup. From left to right are: Head Coach Durelle Brown, manager Jonathan Cotto ’17, Jennifer English ’17, Alexandra Garrison ’18, Katelyn Cronin ’17, Meera Ratte ’17, Courtney Thrun ’17, Kayla Mokwuah ’18, Annika Bruce ’17, Julia Puppolo ’20, Leilani Bennett ’19, Jada Childs ’19 and manager Caelan Etti ’17. 7 Alex Claudio ’17, winner of the Phil Shaw Award, with Phil Shaw ’57W. 8 Dean of Students Elizabeth Squindo presents the Class of 1977 Humanitarian Award to Alyssa Gaderon ’19. 9 Oron Steingrub ’18 receives the Davison Prize from Dean of Studies Erik Kindblom.


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Mariam A. Abramian Springfield College

Saleh Khaled Alhuwayrini Merrimack College

Semen V. Andreichuk Boston University

Enike Anyia Lake Forest College

Gabriel M. Awad Wagner College

Anthony James Barbieri University of Rochester

Molly B. Bell University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Nikolay Borodin Boston University

Marcelo Policarpo Bravo da Rosa Wentworth Institute of Technology

Jacob R. Breton Worcester State University

Jazario D. E. Brimmer Johnson & Wales University (Providence)

Torey G. Bronson The University of Alabama

Annika Lane Bruce Florida State University

Marthé M. Cable Springfield College

Anthony Cebula Roger Williams University

Hanbo Chen Trinity College

Isaiah Scott Choiniere Thomas College

Alexander Paul Claudio Bryant University

2017 College MatriculationWilbraham & Monson Academy is pleased to report an outstanding year of college admission for the Class of 2017. The quality of the list serves as a testament to the collective talent and work ethic of this exceptional class. Congratulations to all!

Edoardo Comazzi Boston University

Anthony Costa Bates College

Jonathan N. Cotto University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Katelyn H. Cronin Bryant University

Cameron P. Curland Drew University

Isaias Paulo de Brito Trindade Georgetown University

Julia Diderich De Haagse Hogeschool

Emily A. Dromgold Wellesley College

Jennifer M. English Gardner-Webb University

Caelan C. Etti Bowdoin College

Marissa Fabbo Dickinson College

Courtney P. Fallon Marist College

James Fallon St. Lawrence University

Haozheng Fan University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Lauren M. Foley Marymount Manhattan College

Cole Hansen Fairfield University

Brycen Harris Southern Virginia University

Kenneth Harroy Skidmore College

Nathan Ho University of Pittsburgh

Meng Hsin Hsiao Northeastern University

Jordana B. Irzyk College of the Holy Cross

Xavier Trenton Jones Stonehill College

James Kaiser Hartwick College

Christopher W. Kalil Assumption College

Brendan P. Kane University of Pittsburgh

Jun Woo Kang New York University

Natalie Clarise Kelley The College of Saint Rose

Michael Kendall Baylor University

JaeJun Kim Emory University

JinSung Kim Cornell University

Jisang Kim University of Pennsylvania

Myungsoo Kim Washington University in St. Louis

Soo Ryun Kim Stony Brook University

Emma M. Kindblom Manhattan College

Rhys A. Kulig Savannah College of Art and Design

Peter R. Labbe University of Pennsylvania

Dylan C. Lattell Marist College

Gabriella R. Leary King’s College

Mina Lee School in South Korea

Sangwoo Lee MCPHS-Mass College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

Tyler Jack Lefebvre American International College

Tyler Lennon Wentworth Institute of Technology

Nicholas J. Leone Babson College

Miles Lester Rice University

Kristian Lien School in Norway

Giangabriel Linarez Quinnipiac University

Valentina I. MacEachern Castleton University

Zachary Mann Mount St. Mary’s University

Jiaming Mao School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Rasif Masrur University of Rhode Island

Ryan James McNeill Le Moyne College

Peter Edward Miccoli United States Coast Guard Academy

Stephen Millerick Fairfield University

Ziyu Mo Pennsylvania State University

James P. Murphy Merrimack College

Sean Murphy Gettysburg College

Phong The Ngo American University

Morah Camille Palmer Oglethorpe University

SangWook Park Boston University

Lauren G. Poole Sacred Heart University

Maya Preibisz-Kamat Fordham University

Daniel Z. Qin-Dong Haverford College

Meera Emmanuella Ratte Skidmore College

Sydney C. Reilly Providence College

Matthew Robertson Southern Connecticut State University

Anthony A. Romano Norwich University

Kianna M. Romano Champlain College

Julianne M. Schmidt Johns Hopkins University

Wenxuan Shi Boston College

Yi Shi Pace University, New York City

Elias J. Skillings University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Kiana Imani Smith Dickinson College

Julia A. Sparago Fordham University

Mary E. Sparago Fordham University

Alexander J. Strange Regis College

Michael Suglia Tufts University

Yingshuo Sun University of California, San Diego

Andrea Teofili School in Italy

Courtney Thrun Adelphi University

Daniel Voronin New York University

Chenyu Wang University of California, Davis

Di Wang Stony Brook University

Peter Waszkis University of St. Gallen

Dakota Jeffrey Wheeler Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Andrew R. Wood Tufts University

Ji Yuan Zhan The New School - All Divisions

Enming Zhang University of California, Los Angeles

Yujia Zhang Boston University

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Reunion 2017

June 9–101 Ed Conway ’77, Chris Catjakis ’78, Cherylann Henry ’78, Alumni parent Mark Early and Francine Ryan ’78. 2 Phil Shaw ’57W, Jon Sperling ’57W, William Cheney ’57W, Ron Masnicki ’57M and Russ Cook ’57W. 3 Head of School Brian Easler, with Nicholas Andreson ’47W and his grandson, Nicholas Renzoni. 4 Ed Conway ’77, with Michael Stone ’67W and his wife, Tracy. 5 Remembering Gary Beauchamp ’78, class president. 6 Taking a look at their senior stones. 7 Phil Shaw ’57W and wife, Ellen, Head of School Brian Easler, William Cheney ’57W and Marsha Matthews. 8 Mark Cignoli ’67M, Mike Hastedt ’63M, Ted Montgomery ’62M and Fred Rathbone ’62M.

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16 Members of the Class of 1957W on the steps of Rich Hall. Back row, left to right: Russ Cook ’57W, Ron Alley ’57W, Phil Shaw ’57W, Phil Grandchamp ’57W and Richard Coan ’57W. Front row, left to right: William Cheney ’57W, Charlie Pettee ’57W, Jon Sperling ’57W and Bill Faulkner ’57W. 17 A few of the guys celebrating their 50th reunion: Loran Kary ’67W, Douglas Rea ’67W, Lee Askin ’67M, Paul Quijano ’67W, Michael Stone ’67W, and Mark Cignoli ’67M. 18 Philip Erlenbach ’52W, Dick Brigham ’52W, Lawrie Hibbard ’52W and Ted Schwerdtle ’52W. 19 Some of the members of the class of 1957W who were on campus — Carmin Calabrese ’57W, Bill Faulkner ’57W, William Cheney ’57W, Jon Sperling ’57W, Phil Shaw ’57W, Charlie Pettee ’57W and Russ Cook ’57W. 20 Josh Binney ’07, Alexander Williamson ’07, Cori Richert ’07 and Sarah Richard ’07. 21 Lee Pinney ’59W and Lee Askin ’67M.

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‘ Strong leadership, genuine caring and a dash of humor’ connect Brian Easler with WMA Students By Lizzy Mitchell-Kelly ’04 Faculty, English Department & ESL

When students pass Head of School Brian P. Easler in the hallway, they immediately straighten their ties and blazers, hold their heads up a bit higher and greet him with a respectful nod or “hello.”

Yet, when these same students saw their head of school charge onto the athletic field during the Color Run in May, they didn’t hesitate for even an instant before leaping at the chance to douse him (and his perfectly white dress shirt) in dye and clamor to take selfies with him.

While the two phenomena may seem at odds with each other, they are, in fact, equally genuine student responses to a head of school sincerely committed to student engagement.

During his years as Dean of Students, Mr. Easler taught a class every trimester. When he took on his first year as Head of School in 2014, however, he stopped teaching due to

time constraints.“Between leaving the classroom

and stepping out of the role of Dean of Students, where I had been central to the lives of kids

on campus, I felt this enormous loss of connection with the students, which I didn’t think was good for me or for the school,” he said.

While discussing the issue with the administrative team, which Mr. Easler described as “enormously supportive,” the group explored the precedent of previous heads of school who had taught a course with the help of a teaching assistant, a role that now-veteran WMA teachers Tim Harrington (’73) and Don Nicholson (’79) each filled at one time on behalf of Francis “Mike” Casey (Headmaster, 1973–1988).

With an assistant to alleviate grading time, it became possible for Mr. Easler to return to teaching his Power and Ethics elective to seniors each fall, which he has done for the past two years.

“I get to see between 12 and 15 seniors every day and talk about ethics and values, and that permeates,” because those students then talk about those ideas and concepts with their friends, Mr. Easler said. Further, he said it allows the students to better understand who he is as a person. “They have a glimpse into my mind, so when things happen on campus and decisions

As an advisor to WMA students, Head of School Brian Easler spends time in conversation on the steps to Rich Hall.

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became Head and I had an opportunity to meet Mrs. Mattern,” Mr. Easler said. “I asked her how she and her husband had developed that kind of relationship with their students, and she said, very simply and eloquently, ‘We let them into our lives and let them know that we were interested in theirs.’”

It was this conversation that inspired Mr. Easler to begin hosting members of the senior class at his own home for dinner and conversation in the spring of 2016. With the help of Bill Wells, advisor to the WMA Class of 2016, Mr. Easler organized a plan that ensured every member of the graduating class, 12 at a time, would have the opportunity to join him and his wife, Stephanie, at their home for a very special meal before becoming alumni.

During these dinners, which are expertly prepared by the school’s dining hall staff, Mr. Easler asks open-ended questions about students’ experiences, seeking to understand what the

school does well and what it might do to improve. Impressed with the quality of the feedback, Mr. Easler passed along the students’ logistical suggestions to the administrative team. This helped the school to improve multiple student- centered programs, like sit-down lunch, and dining hall and gym hours.

The program was such a success, in fact, that this year, while the Easlers still hosted 12 seniors every week during the spring, they expanded the program by hosting new students every week,

are made, they understand a little bit about how I think.”

And it isn’t only the students who benefit; Mr. Easler said of his time spent in the classroom,

“It’s my favorite part of the day. I could be having the worst day, but then I go up there for 40 minutes, and I feel like I float down the hill afterwards.”

While Mr. Casey was the inspiration for Mr. Easler’s return to the classroom, former Head of School Walter “Gray” Mattern Jr. (Headmaster, 1955–1971) and his wife, Virginia “Ginny” K. Mattern, paved the way for another recently revived tradition that allows Mr. Easler to interact with students in a meaningful manner.

“As long as I’ve been at this school, the name Mattern has been prominent in conversations with alumni from those decades, so when I

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Head of School Brian Easler shares a light moment with smiling members of the WMA Softball team in 2014.

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all year, beginning with the oldest and newest students first.

“Once a week, all year, we had 12 kids over

for dinner. By the time we got to the spring, we had hosted every new student. This way, ideally, in a four-year cycle, by the time they graduate, (students) would have been to the Head’s house twice, once at the beginning of their WMA careers, and once again at the end,” Mr. Easler said, thereby ensuring the students feel a full-circle connection with him, while at the same time allowing them to provide meaningful feedback about their experiences at two integral junctures. “The feedback I get from those dinners, I feed directly back to the admin team. They come up with a lot of good ideas.”

While Mr. Easler’s return to the classroom and student dinners may be modernized tributes to previous traditions, what he lovingly calls his “sporadic surprises” have become a new tradition all his own.

Whether visiting the Rich Hall dorms while wearing his hot chocolate-dispensing backpack, donning the Titan mascot costume in secret, filming his own version of carpool karaoke or charging full speed into the Color Run and down the senior slip ’n slide in a suit, tie and patent leather shoes, Mr. Easler’s moments of whimsy and humor never fail to elicit shrieks of joyous surprise, deafening applause and

generally unparalleled excitement from the students.

But lest you think this is the one situation in which Mr. Easler doesn’t have a deeper purpose, he assured us that he does; he hopes to send a meaningful message, even when covered from head-to-toe in dyed cornstarch — especially then, in fact.

“Kids will do what we do, not what we say,

and it’s about demonstrating to the students a willingness to take risks, because the disciplinary, orderly, structured role, that’s very natural for me,” Mr. Easler said. “It’s just who I am, and the kids know that. The Color Run, carpool karaoke, these things are well outside of my personal comfort zone, but that’s why it’s particularly meaningful to them. They see me doing something that isn’t particularly comfortable for me, and it makes it OK for them do things that may not be particularly comfortable for them. Interacting with them in a non-disciplined, non-structured way is very important to me, and I want to show them that.”

And therein lies Mr. Easler’s balanced and sincere approach to interacting with WMA’s students. That respect that inspires the young men and women who cross his path to straighten up and say hello is not fostered by seriousness and discipline alone, but by the intentional combination of strong leadership, genuine caring and a dash of humor.

It is easier for students to respect, value and listen to a person whom they know respects, values and hears them in return, and Mr. Easler invests

the time and effort necessary to demonstrate that he is, without doubt, just such a person.

Head of School Brian Easler blends in well with Chris Kalil ’17 and Natalie Kelley ’17 during Color Run 2017.

Brian and Dr. Stephanie Easler host student dinners at the Head of School’s house.


alumnI In actIon: hyun chong kIm ’77

Q & A with Hyun Chong Kim ’77

by don Kelly Faculty Marshal, World Languages

hyun chong kIm ’77 was appointed Trade Minister for the Republic of South Korea, for a second time, in July 2017. The former member of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization has two sons — Minsang ’10 and Jisang ’17 — who attended the Academy. The following is a Q&A with Hyun and current Faculty Member Don Kelly, who taught Hyun during the first of his 42 years as a Latin teacher at WMA.

In the Commencement address you gave to the Class of 2010, you told the graduates, “You are taking away (from WMA today) a lot more than you think you are.” What did you mean by that? What special traits, skills, mindset did WMA help you develop? kIm: One quality that distinguishes WMA from others is that a student can obtain a return that is greater than the effort he or she asserts. WMA provides an opportunity to every student, a chance to evolve and excel by discovering latent potential and qualities even they do not know they possess. This is made possible by the nurturing faculty members who genuinely care about the development of a student as a person. Based on my experience, I knew that WMA’s culture would encourage my sons to evolve into a

humble, thoughtful and empathetic character capable of making a difference to one’s community. This aspect of WMA is the single most important reason for having sent both of my sons to the Academy rather than other elite boarding schools.

You have always spoken very highly of your teachers at the Academy. You had the late Roger Lincoln, a long-time faculty member revered by many, and John Perry, who was only on the faculty for a few years in the ’70s but had a great affect on many students. What was special about being in Roger Lincoln’s and John Perry’s classrooms? kIm: Both Messrs. Lincoln and Perry taught students how to read and critically analyze literature books. They made students think and think hard about the books they read, using protagonists’ perspective on life to discuss issues. The two men were very different. Mr. Lincoln was a New Englander who appreciated simple things in life while Mr. Perry was an Irishman who was once a boxer. It was not just the English teachers who had impact on a student’s life. There was math teacher Mr. Hugh Harrell, history teacher Mr. Herbert Wilkinson, librarian Mrs. Coralie Gray who were institutions unto

themselves with their sense of devotion, passion and compassion. My second son, Jisang, who graduated in 2017, told me that he went to Mrs. Hutcheson’s house after the graduation and expressed his gratitude by bowing 90 degrees.

I am frequently asked whether the U.S. will continue to be the leading global power, to which I respond in the affirmative for three reasons and one of those reasons

is because the United States has great schools with great teachers who are committed to helping students grow and reach their full potential.

Both Headmaster Mike Casey and College Counselor Marian DeMayo had a lasting effect on you. Tell us about them. kIm: I am most fond of Mr. Casey for giving me the opportunity to study at WMA and excel. Mr. Casey was a former naval intelligence officer who graduated from Williams College and a classic gentleman. He had a huge heart and genuinely cared about his students. Mr. Casey always encouraged me to excel and helped me to realize my full potential. The most memorable image of Mr. Casey is when I saw him in his office at 10 at night writing my letter of recommendation with his left hand, wearing his half-moon spectacles like Dumbledore (we did not have computers or common applications in 1977). It was Mr. Casey who appointed Mrs. DeMayo as college counselor although she had not attended one. Mrs. DeMayo cared very much for her students and went out of her way to convince college admissions officers to admit WMA students. Mrs. DeMayo excelled at her job as college counselor. Mrs. DeMayo gave me Kahlil Gibran’s book “The Prophet” for my graduation present and gave the same book to my son, Minsang, when he graduated in 2010. It is Mr. Casey and Mrs. DeMayo’s devotion that espoused my loyalty to the Academy. For my sons, the comparable figures are Brian Easler and Maureen Kelly Chesky ’02.

You also said in your Commencement speech that WMA took “a mediocre student like me and turned me into a fairly decent student.” It surprised me to hear that because I found you to be a very self-disciplined and conscientious Latin student. How did WMA do that? kIm: I am of the view that the chemistry between the school and the student has to be right for the student to operate at his optimal level. In my previous school, the culture was one of weeding out students who do not excel academically. In that kind of environment, late bloomers don’t get a chance to realize their full potential, and I was therefore a poor student. WMA does not weed out students but provides opportunities for

Hyun Chong Kim ’77 was appointed Trade Minister for the Republic of South Korea in July. The former member of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization has two sons — Minsang ’10 and Jisang ’17 — who attended the Academy.


students to discover their strength and build upon that forte. At WMA, teachers and Mr. Casey, the Headmaster, were extremely supportive, and I was able to produce good results. My humble existence started at WMA, an institution that nurtured and encouraged me and my sons to excel.

Both of your sons graduated from WMA (Minsang, Class of 2010, and Jisang, Class of 2017). Do you ever “compare notes” about your WMA experience with your sons? Based on your sons’ experiences, what significant changes have you observed in the school? kIm: It has been 40 years since I graduated from the Academy, and WMA has evolved into an even better institution. The faculty and administrators still maintain their warmth and commitment to excellence. Just as I learned from Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Perry, Minsang and Jisang learned writing and critical analysis skills from Stuart Whitcomb in the ninth grade, followed by Sean McGrath ’07, Tim Harrington ’73 and Meg Hutcheson as well as from their history teachers, including Mr. (Michael) Dziura, Mr. (Dan) Moran and Dr. (Charlie) Warden. One commonality we shared was that you, Mr. Kelly, were my Latin teacher

and faculty advisor to Minsang 33 years later and Jisang 40 years later. Just as I appreciated Mrs. DeMayo and Mrs. Moran, my sons always appreciated Caroline Smith’s cheerful smile that lightens up the entire Rich Hall, Mrs. Cindy Shults, who ran the place like a clockwork and Ms. Amy Crocker, Ms. Rose Power and Ms. Lucie Ziemba for not only looking after their health but also acting as alternative moms.

You have held several very distinguished positions in business and in government since graduating from Columbia. Based on your experience, what type of skill sets and what knowledge base should WMA be instilling in its students as they go on to college and into the world? kIm: I was fortunate to have worked as a lawyer in a law firm, professor, counselor at the World Trade Organization, Trade Minister, UN Ambassador, president of Samsung Electronics, Appellate Body Member of the WTO and again as Trade Minister. Since I have been out of law school for 32 years, I have been “fired” on the average once every four years. Based on my experience, I am of the view that writing skills and the ability to discern trends are few of the important qualities to possess. In the age of social

network, it is not sufficient to have knowledge. You need to

be able to communicate that knowledge verbally and in written form. Students these days should also be cognizant of the coming of the fourth industrial revolution. How will artificial intelligence, 3-D printing and other technical advancements affect our lives? How will the rise of China change/affect consumption of energy and natural resources? These are some of the questions students should be thinking about.

You were recently elected to the World Trade Organization’s Appellate Body. What are the duties in this position? kIm: The World Trade Organization is comprised of 164 countries that agree to abide by non-discriminatory trade rules that afford Most Favored Nation treatment and National Treatment. When a dispute occurs between nations on trade matters, they bring a legal action before a panel. Subsequently, a party to the dispute can appeal the panel result to the Appellate Body, which is comparable to the supreme court of international trade. I ran for the seat and was elected in December of 2016. However, I had to leave this position as I was appointed as Korea’s trade minister for the second time.

Listen to Hyun Chong Kim’s 2010 WMA commencement address at https://youtu.be/q5w6R8dsI6w

Jisang Kim ’17 with his advisor Don Kelly at Commencement 2017.


WIth only 8,000 scholarships available each year for the highest achieving academics, along with the responsibility of representing the United States in a foreign country, not everyone is cut out for the prestigious Fulbright Program.

As she proved in so many ways during her time at Wilbraham & Monson Academy, Stephanie Reeves ’12 isn’t just anyone.

As one of the most competitive, merit-based grants in the country, the program advocates mutual understanding and international exchange under the U.S. State Department. So when Stephanie was one of the fortunate few to earn a Fulbright Scholarship, it was no surprise her

WMA roots played a role in where she would go.

alumnI In actIon: stephanIe reeves ’12

WMA Roots Inspired Passion for Russian Culture

by bill Wells Director of Student Promotion

After her graduation from Connecticut College in 2016, Stephanie spent the year immersing herself in Russian culture at Kazan National Research Technological University in Tatarstan, Russia, where she taught classes.

“One hundred times over, I would do it again,” said Stephanie, who returned from her year abroad in June.

Having completed her fourth journey to Russia, Stephanie recalled the first time she visited the world’s largest country, when the Academy traveled to Moscow and St. Petersburg in 2011.

“I went to Russia with Dr. (Kathleen) Gorski and Mrs. (Donna) Barone,” said Stephanie, who went on the trip as a member of the school’s Global Scholars.

“When I went to Russia I thought it was interesting and offbeat, so I owe my first exposure and interest to WMA.”

That interest never waned. Despite taking Latin, Spanish and Chinese at WMA,

she selected Russian as her language of study at Connecticut College. She loved it so much, not only did she study the language all four years, but she also majored in Slavic Studies and went to Russia two more times — living with a Russian family and taking classes in St. Petersburg during a study abroad semester in 2014, and interning in Moscow at a neuroscience laboratory for the summer of 2015.

During the first semester of her senior year in college, Stephanie decided to apply to the Fulbright Program. Seeking a chance to develop meaningful relationships, share cultures and improve her language capabilities, she couldn’t deny that Russia was calling for more.

“I really thought I was going to apply to a

neuroscience grad program out of college, but having gone to Russia so much, it kept pulling me back,” she admitted.

Stephanie was accepted in April 2016, when she was granted a teaching position at a university in Kazan, the country’s eighth- largest city.

“It was a great fit,” beamed Stephanie, who also had two papers published in Russian journals during her time there. “I taught every day and I taught a range of classes. In some, I was there as a guest, and in others I was the head teacher.”

With a room full of Russian college students as her audience, one of her favorite classes was U.S. Studies, where the group talked about everything regarding the United States.

“We talked about art, pop culture, history and all different sorts of things,” she said. “That was a pretty cool class. I also had conversation classes, inspired by the idea that speaking is the best way to learn the language. We also practiced essay writing and critical reading skills in preparing for the TOEFL (a standardized test of English as a foreign language).”

Where she made an even greater impact was outside the classroom, hosting an English Club once a week. There, no boundaries existed and the exchanges were at a more casual level than teacher-student.

“We got to be really close and they became my friends,” she said. “We talked about politics, religion, race — all the things people shy away from were things we dove right into. It was also, I felt, a really important time to be in Russia as an American, given the current political situation and strained relationship between the two countries. In times of tension, it means a lot to see a real face or make a meaningful connection.”

And Stephanie, who began attending the Academy in seventh grade, connected her love and interest of Russia to her time at WMA.

“I owe so much to WMA, and specifically to Global Scholars, for my whole life path,” said Stephanie, who works as a research assistant at a vision laboratory in Boston. “I never would have been so interested in international exchange or in languages if it hadn’t been for WMA. Everything started for me here and I’m very grateful.”

Stephanie Reeves ’12 on the WMA campus.


Wma spotlIght: the student experIence

Every Day is ‘Full of New Curiosities, Stories to be Heard’ at WMA

Full and Fulfilling Days Engage WMA Students

by eriKa Convery ’19

by GoKul sivaKumar ’19

the sense of Independence was overwhelming as I was set into an environment unexplored, filled to the brim with experiences yet to be had and people yet to befriend. I remember move-in day, the beginning of my freshman year at Wilbraham & Monson Academy. I was the only domestic student on campus; I arrived a day early.

I knew no one and was forced to

as a day student, I start my morning by grudgingly waking up around 6:30 a.m. and getting ready for school at Wilbraham & Monson Academy. I like to arrive around 7:15 a.m. at the dining hall, drop off my gym bag and eat my breakfast with friends, which is an excellent way to begin the day. After my first two classes, I spend about 10 minutes during office hours touching up my work (usually chemistry). I then proceed to race down the hill to the Village Store to snag a coffee just in time for the next class, where I get to relax and rehearse with the Titan Jazz Band by playing guitar. Afterward, I look forward to chemistry, as Mr. Charlie D’Avanzo always has a fun class prepared.

Lunch comes next, which is a nice break from my academic work. Typically, I head to the convenience store afterward with friends. Since we have the next class period off, we pass the time trying to get some work done, but end up mostly talking instead. Finally, the last class of

the day: French. Usually, we practice vocabulary or grammar through a game or activity. I then have 30 minutes to change out of dress code and prepare for cross country practice. I always hope that the day’s workout will be not too difficult, but I always forget that there is no such thing as an “easy day” on cross country. After practice, I spend a couple of minutes wrapping some ice around my throbbing shins and continue my day at the Academy by staying for dinner.

I typically go home around 6 p.m. Then, I grab either a glass of water or juice and head to my desk to begin my homework. I usually spend two to three hours each night studying and completing my assignments, although it becomes four hours when I get distracted. After chasing down my dog to put him in his cage, I pack my bags for the next day, charge my laptop, shut off my lights, and repeat the process the following day, unless that following day is Saturday.

On Saturdays, I typically have a cross country Gokul Sivakumar ’19 (standing center) counts playing

guitar in the Titan Jazz Ensemble as one of his talents.

embrace unfamiliarity — but in the most wonderful way.

Dinner that first night set the social tone for the rest of my high school career at WMA. I had spoken few words to my new roommate thus far, but followed her reluctantly to a table of her Chinese friends. I sat down and felt out of place. Seconds later, though, one of the girls stood up and announced, “Everyone, let’s speak English,” to suit my obvious lack of Mandarin fluency. She introduced herself, as well as everyone else at the table. Each girl gave me her name, home city and a unique characteristic about herself. It was from that moment the girls of Wallace Blake Dormitory became my second family.

That same night, I followed my prefect and newfound mentor to a gathering in the student center, or Spa as it is called, where I met countless new students. The prefects had set up lights and music, and there was food to fit the taste of every

palate. I introduced myself to people, some of who I grew to be incredibly close with, of more countries than I could count on two hands.

Each day brought new faces and new friendships from across the world. I met fellow students from China, Korea, Mexico, Russia, Bangladesh and many more. I was immediately immersed in a blend of culture. I discovered a new food at each meal or a fashion trend each morning, a new sport or pastime every weekend.

Every student at the Academy has their own tale about joining the community; each very different, yet often sharing many themes. But move-in day is only the beginning. Each day on campus transforms a new face into a new friend, whether it be from a run-in at the nearby Village Store Café or a new encounter in class. It’s almost as if every day is move-in day, full of new curiosities and stories to be heard. This is why move-in day still feels like it was only yesterday.

Erika Convery ’19 performs on piano in Alumni Memorial Chapel.

meet. If the meet is off campus, I eat breakfast at the dining hall before heading to our minibus. Depending on the size of the race, the event lasts about three hours, not counting travel time. I am exhausted by the time I get back home in the evening, so I relax by watching Netflix. Sunday is a great rest day before going back to school and practice on Monday.


Wma spotlIght: trustee

Andrew Mele Brings Family Ties, Business Acumen to Trustee Role

for andreW p. mele, his unique perspective of Wilbraham & Monson Academy has been as easy as 1-2-3.

Three children — spanning 10 calendar and 15 academic years — have given the Wilbraham resident every reason to believe his immersion and investment will help move the Academy forward.

“We had our children here for a span of 10 years,” Mr. Mele said of daughters, Alessandra ’09 and Brooke ’11, and son, Drew ’15. “I sent my kids with him (Head of School Brian Easler) to the rain forest, in the Amazon (in 2011 and 2015) . That alone should tell you how much trust I have (in Mr. Easler and the Academy).”

And this has translated into his recent addition as a member of the Academy’s Board of Trustees, an honor and challenge he immediately embraced. The opportunity arose in March, when Mr. Easler sought him out.

“We put so much trust in the Academy, with our kids, for 10 years. This was not a lot to ask (of me) in return,” Mr. Mele said of the Trustees responsibility. “How could I go home to my wife and three kids and say, ‘I told him no?’”

Mr. Mele, 56, knows that by being asked, Mr. Easler and the Board already shared trust, confidence and potential in him and his wife, Kim.

“Mr. and Mrs. Mele were very actively and positively involved parents when their children were attending WMA, and their window company was very generous to the school with

projects like the dining hall renovation,” Mr. Easler said.

“They have always been a genuine, kind and thoughtful family. When I asked them to be involved in the master planning process as alumni parents, their continued interest in and love for the school made board service seem like an ideal match. We had an opening on the Board for someone with major construction expertise, and Andy fit the bill perfectly.”

Among his strengths, Mr. Mele brings successful business acumen as president of Chandler Architectural Products in West Springfield. The 100-employee business provides, fabricates and installs high quality glass and glazing products for both new commercial construction and retrofits.

“We have a precious product (in WMA students) and we all need to find the best way to help them succeed in life,” Mr. Mele said. “You find these people in life who are mentors, and I’ve had a few like Ed McGuire and Robin “Chick” Taylor (Kim’s stepfather and longtime owner of Chandler Architectural Products) who have been and still are so important to me. They help you make good decisions.”

Mr. Mele’s career at Chandler has included multiple construction projects with Flansburgh Architects, the Academy’s master planning firm.

“The Academy is now a fine-tuned organization that always needs the best teachers, students, parents, it has a great staff . . . it’s very competitive,

an arms race (between independent schools),” Mr. Mele said. “And as in business, we’ve really built a great company. And it takes teamwork.”

And Mr. Easler agreed, saying “Andy’s depth and breadth of experience in the construction world, particularly his company’s work with a handful of other independent schools, will inform his advice and guidance to the Academy as we continue to work through the master planning process and then bring it to fruition.”

The second youngest of five brothers and raised in the Boston-area suburb of Sudbury, Mr. Mele met Kim on Cape Cod and has been married for 29 years.

“Kim was doing marketing for a radio station (WCIB) on the Cape and she came in selling radio advertising time (to McGuire’s fertilization company) and I said, ‘No, we don’t do radio,’” said Mr. Mele, who was educated in turf management at Stockbridge School of Agriculture at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. “But I did ask her out, right there. And it worked.”

The couple later married and, a dozen years later, moved to Wilbraham in 1993.

The Mele children spent a total of 15 school years on campus, as Brooke and Drew each started in Grade 7 and Alessandra was a student for three years.

Today, Alessandra, 26, works in marketing and communications for W.F. Young Inc./Absorbine in Springfield, and Brooke, 24, is a first grade teacher in the Springfield Public School system. Both live in Wilbraham.

Drew, 20, is a junior at Ithaca College, where he is studying environmental science.

“It was a great experience for all of them. Sure, we spent a lot of money to bring them here (WMA), but all of the kids are just thriving,” Mr. Mele said. “I have the experience of having had three kids come through here. And that will really help me relate to subjects that come up here.”

by russ Held Manager of Electronic Communications

New Board of Trustee member Andrew P. Mele (far right) with, left to right: wife Kim, daughter Alessandra ’09, son Drew ’15 and daughter Brooke ’11.


Wma spotlIght: faculty

Faculty Marshal Don Kelly Honored with Bench

by russ Held Manager of Electronic Communications

hoW do you honor a stand-up guy? With a sit-down bench, of course.

Mr. Don Kelly has been an invaluable piece of Wilbraham & Monson Academy for parts of five decades. Thanks to grateful alumni, a granite bench has given his legacy a permanent, physical place on campus.

“Don Kelly would never ask to be recognized,” John Banas III ’80 said. “He just wants to do his thing and so many people love that humility and leadership he brings to WMA and life. I don’t think he realizes the impact he has had on all of us.”

Mr. Kelly is still going strong during his 42nd year as a Latin teacher, but it took some persuasion for him to “OK” the bench.

“We were having a beer one night at his house and we said, ‘You gotta to let us do something,’” Mr. Banas said. “He changed so many lives. And he was OK with a bench.”

The bench is located next to the sundial, where Broad Walk levels off, because Mr. Banas said

“we wanted it . . . near the (old) softball field, where he had spent so much time as a coach.”

The bench, engraved with the inscription “He taught, He led, He cared,” was dedicated during Reunion Weekend in June 2016.

Mr. Kelly said Mr. Banas “somehow got it in his mind that he wanted to make this donation, something with me in mind. He just corralled this group (of alumni) together. I thought maybe they could just make a scholarship. But (Head of School) Brian (Easler) said this was what they really wanted to do.

“It is (special), although I’d rather keep a low profile about it. Inside, of course, it’s very touching.”

Mr. Banas teamed with a group of fellow Class of 1980 members that included Peter Waszkis, Sam Hanmer and E.J. Brennan.

“There was no hesitation on their part to put this thing together,” Mr. Banas said. “They reached for their wallets. It was so nice to see others take action. And it’s great to see because I don’t think our class has been as big a contributor as it could have been over the years. But it’s not because no one likes the Academy . . . ”

Mixing Latin and humor, as Mr. Kelly might, the bench is inscribed with “semper ubi sub ubi,”

which translates to “always wear underwear.”“Forget Cicero, Horace or anything the kids

learned,” Mr. Kelly said. “For most kids, ‘semper ubi sub ubi’ is the only thing they remember from Latin. It’s a hackneyed joke I like to tell every year.”

But it wasn’t the joke Mr. Kelly recalled of four decades ago, a “challenge” made then by Mr. Banas.

“John Banas was a freshman in the first Latin I class I taught,” said Mr. Kelly, who began teaching at the Academy in 1976. “It was coming up on Prize Day and he said that if he won a Barber Prize for the class, he’d come back someday and put up a monument of me. The original joke was that he would put up a statue of me, dressed as Julius Caesar, crossing the Rubicon.”

Mr. Banas did come back and helped honor the former Dean of Studies and Dean of Faculty for his commitment and dedication to the Academy.

“My dad (Dr. John S. Banas Jr. ’55W) was here in the ’50s, he saw the ‘Happy Days,’ and he had people like (Roger) Lincoln during those times,” Mr. Banas said. “And the time when I was here in the mid-70s, we were just at the turning point in so many ways. Don Kelly helped us through, with that transition and that coming of age here.

Left to right: Phil Chesky ’02, Maureen Kelly Chesky ’02 (holding son Benjamin), Deb Kelly with Colleen Chesky in front, Don Kelly, Kathleen (Kelly) Parente (holding son Michael) and Sonny Parente shared in the bench dedication in June 2016.

“Guys like that — (former faculty and administrators) Hugh Harrell, Fred Watts, Don Kelly — they were incredible with the way they made you like a part of their family. They taught you to leave every person, every place better than the way you found it. It’s just the way they were.”

Mr. Kelly is the current faculty marshal, and said he has no immediate plans to find other interests.

“I love it here, I don’t golf, I don’t have a (retirement age) number. And plus, I am the only one who knows Latin here at WMA, so that even if I get Alzheimer’s or dementia someday, nobody here is going to know what I am teaching anyway,” Kelly joked.

The Ridgefield, N.J., native lives on Mountain Road in Wilbraham with wife Deb. He was married to the late Jane (McNamara) for 24 years and together they raised three daughters — Kathleen, Maureen ’02, and Liz. Combined, Mr. Kelly and Deb have four grandchildren and with two more on the way.


Cuba: Baseball, Laughter, Help Cultivate Global Experience

after 56 years of tensIon due to the Cold War during the 20th century, Cuba and the United States finally restored their relationship in 2015. In August of the

following year, the first commercial flight since 1962 touched down in Santa Clara. At that moment, I would never have guessed I would be landing in Cuba seven months later, also taking part in the first wave of American tourism since the 1960s.

I decided that taking advantage of the student travel opportunities at Wilbraham & Monson Academy would expand on my cultural awareness as well as my exposure to diversity. Therefore, when the 2017 travel opportunities were shared, I knew right away that Cuba was where I wanted to go.

After taking Spanish as my foreign language for the past four years, I had become comfortable with the challenge of

speaking another language as well as being knowledgeable of the culture. I realized that I would benefit more

from choosing Cuba over the more popular European trips because I would have the chance to utilize the Spanish language in real-life situations. Also, I could have a firsthand experience of the country’s shift from stern communism to friendly tourism, which many people are unable to experience.

Prior to leaving for Cuba, many friends and family told me to take pictures of the cars or to indulge in the coffee. These are common ideas of Cuban culture that many Americans have misunderstood, thinking that those are the only things Cuba has to offer. They were missing the knowledge on the small things that make Cuba a unique and incredible place. Yes, the cars were fascinating and the coffee was savory, but there were many things that I saw and took part in that I would have never learned from a Cuban travel book.

While there, we visited four Cuban cities: Santa Clara, Cienfuegos, Trinidad and Havana. Each destination had something special to offer. In Santa Clara we were able to experience the divide between city living and living in the countryside. Then in Cienfuegos and Trinidad, we were given an opportunity to travel along cobblestone streets to older, historical buildings. When we traveled to Havana for our last stop on the trip, we were able to experience the city shifting to tourism. Walking through the aisles of the indoor market, I noticed the items that had the word “Cuba” or “Havana” on them to catch the attention of a tourist who was looking for a gift to bring home.

There were many different characteristics about each of these cities. However, there was one thing that remained the same throughout them all. The natives we met and interacted with were welcoming and curious of our culture. Through the numerous salsa lessons or tours, each Cuban showed interest in

WMA students navigated the twists and turns of Cuban streets.

Through diplomacy sessions that are offered to students as well as the powerful cultural messages that are spread throughout campus each day, students are being formed into culturally-aware, global citizens.

by Haley Godin ’18


travelIng tItans

everything we had to offer. For example, in the “casa” I was staying in, along with four other WMA girls, we had a Spanish conversation with the host family. They found interest in our stories about America and we were even able to teach them a little English, to share a small aspect of our culture.

Widely known as “America’s favorite pastime,” baseball also extends internationally. In Cuba, I was able to play in a baseball game with local high school students in Santa Clara. None of the group of WMA students knew what to expect because we had never played baseball in Latin America. When we arrived at the field there were weeds in the rough track that surrounded the grassy area where we played. The bases were small hills of rocks, and the ball and bat were nothing like what we were used to. However, all of these things were considered normal to the Cuban players. They had never been exposed to the freshly cut grass and new uniforms that we would consider normal. As I was playing, I took all of these thoughts into consideration and could not help but notice all of the smiles and laughter being exchanged between the two cultural groups. Although we came from opposite styles of living, it did not affect the small friendships that were formed in that one game of baseball.

The baseball game we played with the Cuban students represented what students are being taught at WMA. Through diplomacy sessions that are offered to students as well as the powerful cultural messages that are spread throughout campus each day, students are being formed into culturally-aware, global citizens. I, as well as the 14 other WMA students, would not have shared the laughter we had or formed the friendships we made on our trip to historic Cuba if it was not for the knowledge and lessons that are presented to us by the Academy.

bottom left WMA’s travel group poses at Revolutionary Park in Santa Clara.

top left A Cuban street, framed in black and white.


top right The four-wheeled beauty of Havana brings life and color to its culture.

bottom right The colors of street life, Cuban-Style.


From WMA to England: Experiencing the Differences

English Department Chair Tim Harrington ’73 admires the beauty of the English landscape.

travelIng tItans by WalTer sWanson Dean of Faculty


through the generosIty of Lev Hubbard, four Wilbraham & Monson Academy students are annually selected to travel

to England. While there, they not only enjoy the city of London, but travel south by train to Plymouth. At Plymouth, for the past few years, Academy students have enmeshed themselves in the community and academic life of Plymouth College, a boarding school similar to WMA. This year, Tim Harrington ’73, Chair of the English Department, and I were fortunate enough to accompany Dakota Wheeler ’17, Miles Lester ’17, Alexa Fleury ’18 and Korynna Rankin ’18 from the Academy.

As a teacher, it was fascinating to see the approach to discussion that took place in the Plymouth classrooms. The classes I visited had vibrant and informed discussions, where students respectfully challenged their teachers much more than in the U.S. This lively give and take allowed what I felt was a more significant, organic and authentic discussion. I also clearly observed the pressure of the looming A level tests (akin to our SATs), toward which the majority of the curriculum was aimed. Nerves, study sessions and keen preparation were readily apparent.

As an American rugby coach, it was strange to be in a place where rugby was clearly king of the hill, and where soccer was relegated to second class citizenship at best. With a long storied tradition of rugby at Plymouth, including sending players to the professional and national team sides, it was wonderful to see the sport that is often regarded as an oddity here in the U.S. held aloft.

Yet, the most enjoyable experience of travel for me always comes from having the chance to see and hear our own students’ observations and thoughts unfold as they are faced with differences. The wonderful thing about England is that there is often an assumption that everything will be the same, except with more charming accents. Yet, as our students ventured more deeply into culture and looked beyond the BBC and Brexit, they unearthed deeper elements of what a country values, is upset by and could care less about. They questioned why these values exist in this new place, but more importantly, reflect back on their own assumptions of why the Americans do things the way we do. Those moments of conversation, sitting tired on a worn couch in the dormitory after a day of classes and sports, were the richest. It allowed all of us to shed our traditional roles of teacher and student, and just speak with each other sincerely about what we are seeing, what we appreciate and how and why it differs from home.

As we continue to send students to England through the generosity of Mr. Hubbard, I look forward to a continued relationship with Plymouth College and to repaying their hospitality when they visit the Academy this year. More so, I look forward to hearing the perceptions of students and colleagues who will continue this exchange for years to come. And if time and treasure permit, and we fully embrace the sharing of each others’ culture and values, then I look forward to the future grand opening of the WMA Rugby Stadium. I’ve already taken measurements inside the track — it fits perfectly.

left Miles Lester ’17 explores the streets of England.

below Plymouth Exchange travelers (from left, top row) Dakota Wheeler ’17, Miles Lester ’17, (middle row) Alexa Fleury ’18 and Korynna Rankin ’18 and Faculty members Wally Swanson and Tim Harrington ’73.

“I was shocked by the architecture...I thought that buildings built in the 1600s and 1700s were as old as it gets. I saw architecture, such as Buckland Abbey, which was built about 700 years ago. It was astonishing for me to think about how in the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries people were able to build such amazing structures, like castles and churches, without modern day technology.” — alexa FleurY ’18


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Central Europe Provides Different Perspectives of Same History

above The rooftop town of Český Krumlov in the Czech Republic offered a European feel to WMA travelers.

bottom left A snapshot of the

“Shoes on the Danube Bank” memorial in Budapest, Hungary.

bottom right With the Budapest skyline as a backdrop, WMA students took a moment for a photo during their March Break trip.


up untIl march 2017, I had never left the United States. I had always wanted to immerse myself in as many cultures as

possible, and Wilbraham & Monson Academy’s Global Scholar program finally actualized that dream. When the 2016–2017 trip options were released, I wanted to visit a culture, not only with a diverse history, but one that had a depth of beautiful architecture.

Every year I watch the Tour de France on the television with my family, and we always push “pause” in order to relish in the beauty of European-style structures. The idyllic stained glass windows and the steeples that visually tower over the great mountains are what persuaded me to travel to Central Europe, just so I could see them in person.

Once I arrived in Budapest, I soon learned that a major part of its unique history was Queen Elisabeth, otherwise known as

“Sisi,” from the Habsburg family. As we traveled to other European cities, I realized that by exploring a multitude of places, rather than staying in one city, we had received a broader cultural understanding of Sisi’s elegant lifestyle.

The Royal Habsburg family, also known as the House of Austria, was the most influential family in the history of both Hungary and Austria. Having held the throne of the Holy Roman Empire from 1438 to 1740, the Habsburg Empire spread throughout Europe, leaving an impact on the landscape in both Budapest and Vienna, such as the Schönbrunn and Hofburg palaces. However, as we toured these elegant castles and museums, it became evident that there was a discord about the famous Queen Elisabeth.

In Budapest, the love for Queen Sisi was evident through the words of our tour guide, who only spoke of her in admiration and love. Queen Sisi was famous, like the movie stars of today, and it seemed as if she had only died a year ago. In every gift shop you could find Sisi napkins, figurines and trinkets, representing the respect and adoration for her legacy.

However, once we arrived in Vienna, I came to realize my monolithic view of Queen Sisi was only half the story. The

Viennese perspective was more critical, judging her for her parenting, excessive spending and overall luxurious lifestyle. Instead, they focused their recognition on her mother-in-law, Maria Theresa,

who was the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominion. She was a powerful leader who unified the currency, formulated a central judicial law and provided public education to the poor. When we visited the Old Town Square in the center of Prague, different values came to fruition. Instead of grand palaces, it was centered on the famous astronomical clock that holds great significance to the people as a centuries old remnant of history. You could also notice the statue of Jan Hus, a religious reformer who predicted the Protestant Reformation years before Martin Luther published his thesis. The people of Prague valued different things than the people of Budapest or Vienna, displaying the diversity of cultures that constituted our trip.

This diversity of opinion between cities allowed us to experience these separate cultures and judge their narratives by our own merit. It allowed us to draw our own conclusions on Sisi’s benefits as a leader and the impact of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Queen Sisi’s story shows how history can be interpreted and reinterpreted, depending on your perspective. This experience generated an openness and understanding of different perspectives, which I can utilize at home or abroad to act as an informed global citizen around the world.

by emma sToll ’18travelIng tItans


The Sun Shines in Iceland for WMA

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WIlBraham & monson

academy encourages students to expand their individual interests outside of the classroom,

and provides students many opportunities to do so. One way WMA helps students achieve this goal is by offering school trips. These trips allow students the ability to explore unique and, sometimes, remote locations that they otherwise would not be able to visit.

In June, Science Department Chair Dr. Kathleen Gorksi and Faculty member Mr. Thomas Iannacone led a group of 10 students on a science- based expedition to Iceland. Our goal was to come back with ideas on how to make WMA’s campus more sustainable. We did so by studying Iceland’s environmental habits and how they could be applied and adapted in the United States. However, the trip was not solely scientific. Along with visiting a geothermal power plant, we also learned about the culture of Iceland, through meeting Icelandic people, attending a seminar with an Icelandic author and touring museums. This allowed us to form a well-rounded vision of what Iceland is and what is valued in the country’s communities.

Our first day in Iceland, we were immersed in presentations about the Solheimar Eco-Village, where we would be staying for the duration of our trip. The village, we were told, is “as sustainable as it gets,” complete with a greenhouse, where they grow their own vegetables. The community is composed of 100 permanent residents, 43 of which are disabled. We attended “morning meeting” in the village, which demonstrated to us just how connected the community is. By holding hands at the start of the meeting, they symbolize a greater sense of unification than most societies today.

Throughout the course of the trip, we visited Pingvellir National Park, hiked to geothermal springs, watched geysers erupt, stood beside waterfalls, visited rocky beaches and helped build a turf house. Along with all of these environmental stops, however, there were also many stops devoted to culture. Whether it was walking the streets of Reykjavik, eating traditional desserts, visiting the National Museum or sifting through Icelandic sweaters, everyone connected to the country in some way.

One of the most remarkable things about Iceland was its people. From the museum tour

guide who was eager to demonstrate her vast knowledge of everything Iceland, to the store owner who happily gave directions, to the owners of the turf house who greeted us with donuts and coffee to, especially so, our kind tour guide, Dave, who entertained all of our pressing questions. These people welcomed us with open arms and helped to make our trip even more enjoyable.

Through this trip, we gained not only a greater knowledge of what it means to be sustainable, but also a greater appreciation for everything that comes along with defining yourself as Icelandic.

left An Icelandic “hut.”

top A bird’s-eye view of WMA travelers and the beauty of Iceland during early summer.

bottom left WMA students spent time building a turf house in Iceland.

bottom right WMA’s trip to Iceland brought many stunning views of the country’s landscape.

by abiGail laCey ’19


YEMS Project: Lessons Learned From Being a Teacher

a student from the front

roW asked, “Why can’t you stay for just one more day?”

The six other Wilbraham & Monson Academy volunteers and I were caught off guard, speechless for a few seconds. My teaching group at the ZhuTang School in the Yunnan Province of China had decided to end our class on the final day with open-ended questions from students. Questions such as: “Do you like Chinese food?” and “Do you have a girlfriend?” were most common, and what we were expecting.

The problem with this particular student’s question was there was no good answer. After the trip was over, we were all going to part ways and continue summer vacations filled with travel, work and relaxation. There was no reason we couldn’t have decided to stay another day to teach.

I quickly came up with, “We can’t stay another day because of our flight schedule.” The student accepted the answer, and we moved on, but the difficult questions kept infiltrating our classroom discussion. The most common was,

“Will you return to our school to teach us again?” This was usually followed by, “Please remember me.” The students at the school know they live in a very remote place. They rarely have visitors from outside the province, never mind outside the country.

The WMA volunteers who were experiencing this for the first time were surprised at the responses from the students after only one week of teaching. For me, however, it was very reminiscent of the last time I participated in the Yunnan Ethnic Minority Schools Project, which was in 2013 while I was still a student at the Academy.

I was asked the same question of, “Will you return to our school to teach us” by a different batch of students. My answer of, “Yes, of course I will,” came easily to me. Many people, some on the trip and others back home who heard my stories, labeled me naive and idealistic. They said, in reality, I’d probably never make it back to the remote ZhuTang School, buried deep in the heart of Yunnan Province. But I made a promise to those students, and I planned on seeing it through.

Four years later, at the final concert, one of the teachers called me aside. With him were three students that had been a part of the 2013 project. Now in 12th grade, they all professed to me the YEMS Project inspired them to continue their education. I was beyond proud.

Stories like this are common with YEMS. When Yibo “Canna” Zhang ’18 performed a ballet routine, one of the students asked Canna if she would teach her. After a few lessons, the student asked, “Why can’t you stay here and be the ballet teacher? Do you have to leave?”

bottom left Melody Liu ’12, who brought the YEMS Project to WMA, enjoys a moment with local school children.

top left WMA travelers offered all forms of self-expression atop the Great Wall of China.

travelIng tItans by andreW faulsTiCH ’15


Canna was stunned and honored by the request. At the end of the trip, she said that she had decided to major in education when she got to college. Her teaching experience had changed her outlook on what she wanted to do with her life.

I returned from YEMS four years ago with a completely different outlook

on the world. I realized that I could impact hundreds of students with a little money and a little time. The question in my mind became,

“How can I do more of it?” The same was true when Melody Liu ’12 began the project in 2010. Although YEMS takes place in China, it was born in a Social Entrepreneurship class at the Academy. Melody and I wanted to give the volunteers an opportunity like we had, to put them in a situation that causes them to ask questions about their

most basic assumptions about the world.Like Melody and I had predicted, each person

reacted differently to the cultural immersion. We began the trip in Beijing, learning how to use chopsticks and eating dumplings, and we ended the trip in Kunming, eating Chinese Kentucky Fried Chicken, despite my objections. The volunteers were shown regions of China that were complete opposites: the globalized and the isolated.

The students were juxtaposed between their assumptions prior to the trip and the realization that every experience was new, different and something they never could have predicted. Their journals quickly filled up with reactions to their new environment, and we noticed that by the end of the trip each person began to pick up different parts of the local culture.

While we made great strides during our time at the ZhuTang School, our last day reminded us that there is still work to do. We were celebrating with some of the students and one of their English

teachers by dancing to some American music, taking pictures and hanging out. We had rearranged a classroom so that we could also have a bit of a dance floor. After a half an hour, a teacher with whom we had not interacted came into the room, and was very angry about our activities.

The music was shut off, the desks were put back in rows, we were shoved out and the students were back in their seats. Melody would not directly translate what he was shouting at the students, but my best guess is “while all of you are shouting ‘Go YEMS,’ your test scores are going down! You have no time to fool around. Now you will study while I supervise you, so you do not waste your education.”

Each year that we run the YEMS Project, we chip away at the stigma against learning for learning’s sake. Many still believe that testing is the one and only way to determine intelligence. Now we look toward next year, when we will do it all again.

top right Alexa Lafond ’18 is all smiles as she helps lead classroom work at the ZhuTang School.

bottom right Andrew Faulstich ’15 displays his passion for teaching at the ZhuTang School in the Yunnan Province of China.


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GreatHorse Reception

May 4, 2017Alumni and parents gathered at the Starting Gate at GreatHorse in Hampden, Massachusetts, for a reception and to hear Head of School Brian Easler share an update on what’s new at the Academy.

1 Evan Filkins ’11, Sarah Tanguay ’11, Brooke Mele ’11, Jeannette Viens ’11 and Sommer Mahoney ’11. 2 Robert and Jessica Morra ’00. 3 Daniel Carr ’04, Colin Cook ’04, Dan Staples ’04 and Chris Beck ’04. 4 Tom Magill ’55W and his wife, Marjorie. 5 Alumni parents Tom and Ellen Race. 6 Alumni parent Ligia Guerin, James Robinson, Dick Brown, Alumni parent Patricia Keiser and former WMA English Department Faculty member Suzanne Zeckhausen. 7 Alumni parents Kate and Chris Carlin with current parent Maria Etti. 8 Alumni parents — Marty and Eileen Wright and Jenny and Rich Bourgeois. 9 The Jensens — Robin ’83 and John ’82. 10 Drew Shea ’08, Heidi Vogel and Gary Popovich ’08. 11 John Davis ’75, Lee Laferriere Bates ’76 and Rick Bates. 12 CEGS Faculty member Gary Cook and his son, Colin ’08. 13 Alumni parents Kim and Andy Mele, with Patrick Agahigian ’09.

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Asia February 2017Head of School Brian Easler and Director of Advancement Mark Aimone hosted lunches and dinners for alumni and current parents during their trip to Asia.

14 WMA alumni and current parents reception in Beijing at the JW Marriott. 15 Mr. Easler and Mr. Aimone enjoyed a reception with current parents and alumni in the Oak Room of THE PLAZA Hotel in Seoul. 16 The first meeting of the Taiwanese Alumni Association! Special thanks to Katherine Chen ’05 for reaching out to the Taiwanese alumni. 17 Mr. Easler and Mr. Aimone met with the Executive Committee of the Thai Alumni Association at the Centara Grand at CentralWorld in Bangkok, Thailand. The meeting was organized by Association President Geng Sakapan Eamegdool ’72. 18 Lunch in Tokyo at the French Kitchen at the Grand Hyatt. Back row, left to right: Lin-Hua Chen ’13, Megumi Aoki ’12, Masamune Konakamura ’05, Michiharu Honda ’81, Kento Fukasaku ’05 and Takashi Wada ’07. Front row, left to right: Head of School Brian Easler and Director of Advancement Mark Aimone.

Pixies at the House of Blues, May 19, 2017Joey Santiago ’83, lead guitarist for the Pixies, performed at the House of Blues in Boston on May 19, 2017. A handful of ’83 and ’84 alumni gathered before the concert, watched the show and hung out with Joey after.

19 After the show, left to right: Sean Morgan ’83, John Moylan ’83, Bill Lane ’83, Marie Christo Morgan ’83, Chris Cebula ’83, Jeffrey Grandchamp ’83, Shawn Slattery ’83, Doug Turley ’83, Joey Santiago ’83, Kelley McCormick ’84 and Ann- Marie Lawlor ’84. 20 Joey Santiago ’83 doing what he loves. 21 Joey Santiago ’83 and Pixies lead singer Black Francis. 22 Bill Lane ’83 presented Joey Santiago ’83 with a poster saved from their time on the WMA Lacrosse team. Joey is featured in the poster.

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Wma spotlIght: current staff

on a march nIght In 1975, Heanny Mompho, her husband, three young children and a family friend boarded their motorboat on the coast of Cambodia.

This, however, wasn’t a casual scenic tour of the beautiful Cambodian waterfront.

The Khmer Rouge had gained control of the country and was in search of anyone who worked for the previous government. Mrs. Mompho’s husband was on the list. But it wasn’t just her husband the Khmer Rouge sought. The communist-believing group was looking to kill the entire family.

That day was more than 42 years ago. Mrs. Mompho can’t remember all of the details, but the emotion is still present.

“It was terrifying,” she said, her voice diminishing to a whisper and her face growing blank.

Less than a year after fleeing her home country of Cambodia, Mrs. Mompho was living at Wilbraham & Monson Academy. And 1½ years after that, she was employed

as a member of the Academy’s dining hall staff, where she has worked —

gratefully and often with a smile — for the last 40 years.

But what if Mrs. Mompho and her family weren’t able to relocate from the Khmer Rouge the first time . . . or the second time . . . or the third time . . . or the fourth time? What if the motorboat’s engine couldn’t handle the half-day journey in ocean waters? What if Mrs. Mompho’s husband was tricked into returning to Cambodia, like so many other government officials were before being killed?

What if . . . Mrs. Mompho grew up with her parents

and nine siblings in the biggest house in the town of Kandal. In step with traditional Cambodian culture, Mrs. Mompho stopped going to school when she reached high school age. Still living with her parents, she was already married and the mother of two children when the Khmer Rouge began to seize power during the country’s civil war. She left Kandal for Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital, in 1969.

Mrs. Mompho and her family felt out of harm’s way for a few years. However, as the war progressed and the Khmer Rouge’s influence began to spread, she and her family moved to the province of Koh Kong. Again, Mrs. Mompho stayed a few years before the Khmer Rouge’s noose became too tight, with the family maneuvering to an island off the coast of Cambodia.

The family, although detached from its origins, was safe, and Mrs. Mompho’s husband was still earning an income working for the government. In 1975, though, the Khmer Rouge claimed victory in the civil war, leaving Mrs. Mompho and her family little choice but to depart their homeland.

“We didn’t know where we were going to stay or where the food was going to come from,” said Mrs. Mompho, her voice still in a hushed tone. “When we left for Thailand, we had nothing.”

Mrs. Mompho had previously traveled the Gulf of Thailand from Cambodia, and on each occasion, the seas where rough, and sometimes dangerous. But on that night in March 1975, when six people loaded what few possessions they had into a small motorboat and with their lives at stake, the water was peaceful.

“I couldn’t believe the day we left the water was so calm,” said Mrs. Mompho, whose three children were all under the age of 9 at the time.

“We took a chance. If we didn’t leave, we were going to die anyway. Anyone who worked for a government, they killed them.”

Mrs. Mompho was correct. From 1975– 79, during the Cambodian genocide, the Khmer Rouge killed roughly two million people through execution, poor medical attention or starvation, including Mrs. Mompho’s father, brother and sister-in-law.

The motorboat and its party propelled to the unknown all evening and through part of the next day before reaching Thailand. For a month, they stayed with a family they knew before entering a refugee camp, which was established by the Red Cross. With challenging living conditions, no money and unable to speak the language, Mrs. Mompho and her family relocated to a military base in Arkansas. They hoped to be sponsored by someone in New York because they had heard of it before. They were told there weren’t any sponsors in New York, but there was from a place nearby — in Massachusetts.

The Wilbraham United Church, located

From Day One, WMA has ‘Felt Like Home’ for Heanny Mompho


“The first time I stepped foot in that house at Wilbraham & Monson Academy, I felt like it was my home...If I didn’t send my kids to school here, I don’t know what they would have become.”

above Heanny Mompho, a member of the Academy’s dining hall staff since 1977.


left Heanny Mompho (back row, far left) stands with WMA kitchen staff during the 1980s.

a few hundred yards from the Academy, was looking for people to house refugees. Headmaster Francis M. Casey offered a place to stay at the school, and by the end of 1975, Mrs. Mompho and her family were literally neighbors with Mr. Casey, living in the house on Main Street next to Morrow House.

And from the moment Mrs. Mompho entered that house on Main Street, she has been thankful Wilbraham & Monson Academy gave her a safe and healthy environment for her family, particularly her children.

“The first time I stepped foot in that house at Wilbraham & Monson Academy, I felt like it was my home,” said Mrs. Mompho, her big smile popping. “Plus, my kids went here. They got a good education from here. They went to college. If I didn’t send my kids to school here, I don’t know what they would have become.”

Mrs. Mompho’s children made the most of their opportunity at the Academy, with all three going to college. Kosinara Mompho ’86 is an architect for a medical center in Texas, Bo ’88 is a curator at Wellesley College, and

Phas ’90 works in sales for a bank in New Jersey.As for Heanny, she’s been a member of the

Academy’s dining hall staff since 1977. After working a number of years in the kitchen, when Bertha Lak retired in 1995 following nearly 50 years of dedicated service to the school, Mrs. Mompho became the main server in Lak Dining Hall, which is named after Mrs. Lak’s husband, Billy.

“Bertha worked here a long time,” Mrs. Mompho said. “And now I feel like Bertha. She loved this place so much, and I feel the same way.”


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Catching up with Ms. Shults

WIlBraham & monson academy is a different place than when Cindy Shults first joined the community in 1968, and now it’s a better place because of her. Over the summer, faculty and staff gathered in Rich Hall lobby to celebrate her tenure and to give her a proper send-off as she retired after 25 years of service to the Academy.

During her early years (1968–1973) working on campus, Wilbraham and Monson academies merged and female students enrolled for the first time since the early 1900s. Ms. Shults was a secretary in the Alumni Office then and recalled it was on the first level of Rich Hall (where Academic Services is now). Her second stint saw her in the Admission Office before she moved to the Deans Office in 2002.

Technology has changed significantly during her time here. “There was an addressograph used to print envelopes with these little metal plates you would have to make for every single

address,” she said. “The Academy magazine was sorted by hand by towns and zip codes and letters were written on a typewriter. It’s so much better now.”

What she will miss the most? The WMA community. “Watching the faculty kids grow up,” she said thoughtfully. “This is home to a lot of people, even the kids that go through here for four years, especially if they’re boarders. For a lot of those kids, this is the best time of their lives so far.”

Over the years, WMA has faced difficult situations, whether during the tornado, the microburst, or the ice storm (all in 2011), or Sept. 11, 2001. There have also been times when individuals within our community have dealt with trying times. In each of these instances, the community has rallied together in support of WMA, or in support of one another. “It amazes me that people can come together and do things.

If only they would do that all the time. Just every day, things would be so much better everywhere,” Ms. Shults said. “We have a great group of people here, we’ve been very lucky.”

A mainstay in the Deans Office, Ms. Shults was honored with this year’s “The Hill” yearbook dedication — a testament to her presence on campus and in students’ lives. She managed all facets of student presence on campus — from absences and tardiness to weekend travel permissions. “Ms. Shults, thank you for all that you do, all you have done, and will continue to do to support members of the Academy,” reads the dedication, “(we will surely miss the snacks you leave out in the Deans Hallway, too!)”

“I worked hand-in-hand with Ms. Shults in the Deans Office for 14 years. You don’t spend that kind of time with someone, often under challenging circumstances, without really getting to know them,” former Dean of Students and current Head of School Brian Easler reflected.

“Cindy is a genuinely warm, kind, thoughtful and committed woman, and her integrity is without question. She is a wonderful person. I have missed her since I left the Deans Office, even though she was just down the hall. I will miss her now . . . but, I know she will be just down the road . . . ”

Ms. Shults has no particular plans for how she spends her retirement. “I’m looking forward to choosing what to do with my time, the freedom to do so,” she said. “I would like to travel domestically — maybe to Alaska — and to do something with my yard.” She is the resident baker in her family, especially around Thanksgiving and the holidays. “If I bake too much, I eat too much,” she admitted, so she shares her hobby with her son, Rick Jr., daughter, Dana, and other relatives. We look forward to seeing where new adventures will take her next.

left Ms. Shults (center) with daughter, Dana (right), and son, Rick Jr., in Lak Dining Hall.

by Teddy ryan Director of Marketing & Communications

In Memoriam


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Harold “Bud” Porter ’44W was a natural leader who absolutely loved his alma mater, Wilbraham Academy. For 81 years — he first attended Wilbraham as a day student in the fourth grade — until his passing at age 90 on April 3, 2017, Mr. Porter had a positive impact on the Academy. His dedication as a student leader, an alumni class agent and Development Director during a transitional time at the Academy in 1970, is unmatched.

As an agent and student, Mr. Porter served as captain of the Varsity Baseball, Soccer and Ice Hockey teams, and was MVP of the Soccer team in 1943 and MVP of the Baseball team in 1944. Somehow, while earning those accolades and keeping up with his schoolwork, he managed to run track, serve on the Student Council and hold the office of class president. These honors led to his induction into the WMA Athletic Hall of Fame in 2009. Phil Shaw and Roger Lincoln were his most influential teachers, and Bud always spoke highly of Headmaster Charles L. Stevens, who had taken Mr. Porter under his wing and encouraged him to succeed.

After graduation, Mr. Porter served as a U.S. Marine in World War II. He graduated from Bates College in 1950, where he lettered in football, track and baseball. At Bates, he was a member of the 1946 Glass Bowl Team, and was inducted into the Lewiston Sports Hall of Fame. Mr. Porter played semi-pro baseball for several years and was offered a contract to play ball for the Brooklyn Dodgers organization. At his memorial service, everyone in attendance sang “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.” Mr. Porter also had a successful professional career in insurance. He volunteered at organizations all over Wilbraham, including his church, the Wilbraham Fire Department, the Athenaeum Society, Springfield Ski Club and many more.

In recent years, Mr. Porter could be seen on the sidelines cheering on our teams, or with his wife and best friend, Nancy, in attendance at alumni events. He always encouraged his classmates to attend Reunion and kept in touch with them frequently, letting them know what was new at their school and encouraging them to support the Annual Fund. He was the bearer of sad news from time to time, letting classmates know when one of them had passed and sending addresses of where notes of condolence could be sent to their friends’ widows. He was so thoughtful.

Mr. Porter volunteered as often as he could to help his school. Even when he was having health challenges, he was

Remembering Harold ‘Bud’ Porter ’44W

above A yearbook photo of Harold

“Bud” Porter ’44W.

by CHrisTina Cronin

not too proud to ask for help getting to and from WMA events. In recent years, Mr. Porter’s son, Jeffery, would drive him to the Academy so he could sign letters to his classmates. Mr. Porter never complained about aches and pains. He was determined to keep doing all he could for WMA, just as he had done on the athletic fields as an outstanding athlete as a boy.

If we had an MVP award for outstanding volunteers or loyalty to the Academy, Mr. Porter would be our inaugural recipient. Mr. Porter’s presence will be greatly missed, but he will remain in our hearts for many years to come.


Richard B. Phillips ’63W: An Alumnus Who Did Not Hold Back with his Generosity

Richard “R.B.” B. Phillips ’63W will be remembered by many at the Academy as “Dick.” But it was his grandchildren who called him R.B., and so he became R.B. to all of his family and friends. Whatever his nickname, the connection to his warmth, caring and positive energy was unmistakable.

Mr. Phillips was a dedicated and loyal alumnus, who served as a Trustee from 1993–2004. Current Head of School Brian Easler remembered Mr. Phillips for his positive attitude and warmth, saying, “R.B. was always upbeat and positive, even when things weren’t.”

Mr. Phillips passed away Jan. 31, 2017.After graduating, he matriculated to St.

Lawrence University and received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1967. Mr. Phillips had a successful career as a human resources executive at Crane & Co. in Dalton, Massachusetts.

In 1993, Head of School Dick Malley asked Mr. Phillips to join the Board of Trustees. Mr. Malley offered these reflections of his friend:

“I first met Dick at his office for Crane Corporation. Dick’s interest in WMA ran deep. He had enjoyed a very positive experience during the Mattern years. One thing quickly led to another and, fortunately for WMA, Dick agreed to join the Board of Trustees.

“Dick was a wonderful trustee. He understood the challenges that faced the school in the ’90s, and Dick’s low-key and steady approach helped the board to make strategic decisions that served his school well then and into the future. Dick was extremely well respected, and Dick’s involvement as a trustee motivated many alumni to join him in becoming involved and invested in the school’s future.

“A person I admired tremendously once told me that ‘a person’s generosity is marked not by how much they give, but by how much they hold back.’ WMA is a strong school today because Dick Phillips did not hold back!”

Mr. Phillips was one of the first alumni I met after joining the WMA community in July 2016. The qualities that Mr. Easler and Mr. Malley articulated were readily apparent. I was immediately struck by his warmth and friendliness. He and his wife, Cathy, could not have made me feel more welcomed.

I am honored to have had the opportunity to meet Mr. Phillips and spend a few moments with him. While we are saddened by his loss, all of us and the Academy are better for having known him. left

Richard “R.B.” Phillips ’63W (left), with Craig Meadows ’64W.

In memorIam by marK aimone Director of Advancement

“A person I admired tremendously once told me that ‘a person’s generosity is marked not by how much they give, but by how much they hold back.’ WMA is a strong school today because Dick Phillips did not hold back!” — Dick malleY


Helmut Waszkis ’51W, the first student sponsored by Wilbraham Academy’s revolutionary Student Project Association, passed away March 8 in Rhode Island. He was 83.

Born in Berlin, Germany, just years prior to the outbreak of World War II, Helmut arrived at Wilbraham Academy in September 1950. Although unconfirmed, he believed he was the first student from Germany to study in the United States following the war. He graduated in 1951.

Helmut’s love for Wilbraham was clear as he sent two of his three children — Claudia ’78 and Peter ’80 — to the Academy.

“It was his first experience abroad, coming after the war in Germany, so it was quite a mind opener,” Peter said. “The seeds were sown for him to develop a great love for this country. He eventually lived in several places around the world. From Germany he moved to Peru, then to Canada, to Brazil and then the States and eventually became an American.”

Peter Maximilan Waszkis ’17, Helmut’s grandson and Peter’s son, graduated after spending a year as a postgraduate.

Helmut Waszkis ’51W: Pioneer in Student Project Association Program

right Helmut Waszkis ’51W was the first of three generations to attend the Academy.


Mr. David M. Adams ’51M

Mr. William E. Barratt ’57W

Mr. Gary R. Beauchamp ’78

Mr. Robert W. Bozenhard ’53M

Dr. A. Dwight Bramble ’41M

Mr. Russell H. Burt ’50W

Mr. Philip J. Chesarone ’39W

Mr. Frank J. Childs ’63W

Mr. John B. Freese Jr. ’45W

Mr. Richard J. Golden ’50M

Mr. Robert J. Googins ’53W

Mr. Douglas R. Haley ’66M

Mr. Robert L. Hayward ’46M

Mr. Thory Heye ’66W

Mr. Erik K. Knaus ’89

Mr. Richard E. LaFond ’60M

Mr. Lawrence F. Larchez ’56W

Mr. Gregory L. Large ’15

Mr. David B. Lyman ’74

Dr. Jules N. Manger ’64W

Mr. Donald M. Manni ’57M

Mr. Melvin Markson ’34W

Mr. Alfred L. Maurer II ’83

Mr. Ernest W. Moore ’45W

Mr. Howard E. Oberg Jr. ’44W

Dr. Roger L. Pearson ’56W

Mr. Dillinger Perez ’15

Mr. Aldore L. Phaneuf Jr. ’64M

Mr. Richard B. Phillips ’63W

Mr. Robert C. Pickford ’50W

Mr. Harold E. Porter ’44W

Mr. James B. Punderson ’44W

Mr. Bruce H. Sargeant ’65W

Mr. Edwin Shivell ’50M

Mr. Helmut E. Waszkis ’51W

Mr. Peter I. Wilson ’54W

Mrs. Eleanor McNamara, Alumni Grandparent

Mrs. Katie A. Bailey, Alumni Parent

Mr. Edward J. Baker, Former Faculty

Mrs. Carolyn Curtis, Alumni Parent

Mrs. Joanne C. Danforth, Alumni Spouse

Mrs. Elizabeth Gaviglio, Alumni Spouse

Mr. Steven Graziano, Alumni Parent

Mr. David O. Harbert, Alumni Parent

Mrs. Veronica D. Harrington, Current Grandparent

Mr. Barton D. Kagan, Alumni Parent

Mrs. Janis G. Manger, Alumni Spouse

Mr. Robert M. McLaughlin, Alumni Grandparent

Mr. Matthew J. Merritt Jr., Alumni Parent

Dr. William A. Parisien Jr., Alumni Parent

Mr. Dale A. Schuparra, Alumni Parent

Mr. Philip C. Steiger Jr., Former Faculty Spouse

Mrs. Joanne Stolar, Alumni Parent

Mrs. Linda B. Whitlock, Former Faculty

We Remember


by Tina GirHiny Advancement Database Manager

How does one layer the depth of a lifetime, small enough to fit on a page? The life of Gary R. Beauchamp ’78 was much like his collections — a cabinet of curiosities.

Everyone who knew Mr. Beauchamp has a story to tell and, by story, I do mean a gift. I could write about the sadness I felt while we visited with him for the last time in Lak Dining Hall and he quietly whispered his final WMA intentions, but that would not represent the full life of Mr. Beauchamp.

Mr. Beauchamp, 57, insisted his final visit would be to display his Dead Poet’s Society collection in the antique pie case he donated to the school, and it was, as he said it would be. Mr. Beauchamp was an antiquities collector of all things political, which you may imagine covers a lot of territory. He devoted his thoughts, time and treasure to WMA. Mr. Beauchamp would travel 45 miles to the Academy quarterly to share his emporium of historical memorabilia, highlighting America’s political and cultural heritage. His display might include such things as political and presidential buttons, pin backs and

Pieria Prize winner Gary Beauchamp ’78 Leaves Lasting Impression on WMA

badges, medals, posters, paper ephemera, books and photos. The exterior was always topped with cattails and lace. The cattail flower is a symbol of appreciation and peace, while lace represents tradition and home.

I knew Mr. Beauchamp for the better part of 14 years, and he wore his sarcasm and wit in a way only he could. He outlived his doctor’s expectations, and at the same time continued to make an impact on those who surrounded him. Legend has it that he never alluded to his state of health during his last months as he continued to rally his classmates and stay in touch. He would like the word legend.

A close friend, Mary Tulloch, captured Mr. Beauchamp like this: “Gary brought people together in wonderful ways through laughter and his wisdom. We have all been fortunate to have had him in our lives. His positive attitude in life is certainly an extraordinary role to follow. He always said that if he looked on the bright side, others would too. Not such a bad way to look at life.” Agreed.

On my 50th birthday, Mr. Beauchamp took the time to produce a mature, leather-bound liquor case with gifts of future predictions that made our entire lunch table roar with laughter. He reveled in the spotlight as his eyes twinkled and he enjoyed every minute of my uncomfortable reception.

My son, Jake ’22, attends WMA, and Mr. Beauchamp often made keen observations of his likes and dislikes that were shared on WMA’s social media. This is the epitome of Mr. Beauchamp. He sweetened what was important to each of us and allowed for gentle reassurance that everything would be OK.

I am not an alumna of the Academy. Mr. Beauchamp’s classmates are the lucky ones. He served a postgraduate year that impressed a class early in their orchestra of light and sadness. Their bitter cold school year included Jimmy Carter sweaters in the White House, the Broncos vs. Cowboys Super Bowl, and Egypt vs. Israel. A place in time that appeared to be in search of champions. Champions of peace, football, the global climate and red shoes to fill. WMA’s

temperature reflected the shared desire for champions. The student government at WMA had not been re-established since the merger of Wilbraham and Monson academies in 1972. Mr. Beauchamp bucked this trend and was elected senior class president while his political interests ripened. He was actually a fan of the school dress code, even as a student, and a blazer became a staple of his adult life. He received the Pieria Prize, which is awarded annually to the senior whose record of participation in non-athletic extracurricular activities has been extensive and exemplary.

The Class of 1978 is significant and beloved. They have celebrated and suffered a great deal together. Mr. Beauchamp made sure he acknowledged this at every Reunion. His attentive nature felt like a personal pilgrimage each year and the Senior Stones became an object of reverence. He would take the time to free the stones of their moss-laden state and honor those who had passed, all the while making his school remember, too. It takes a special person to make the effort and acknowledge their history. One of the things Mr. Beauchamp asked of his friends in his obituary was to continue his service.

Please do so to honor the memory of your classmate and friend we knew as “Whiskey.”

Mr. Beauchamp passed away on March 2, 2017. His obituary can be found at www.jackmanfuneralhomes.com.

In memorIam

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In recent years, Bob Perrin has been teaching as part of Wofford College’s Continuing Ed. program, serving principally local senior citizens in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He teaches a three-semester course on U.S. 20th Century Diplomatic & Military History, which tends to draw professional retirees and retired military personnel.

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1 Bob Kingsbury and his wife, Mary, stopped by campus on July 18, 2017. Retirement affords them the time to travel the East Coast from Fort Collins, Colorado.

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2 WMA Trustee Mark Shenkman and his wife, Rosalind, were vacationing in Cuba at the same time a group of our students traveled there during March break. Everyone gathered for a photo at a hotel in Havana. The year prior, Mark and Rosalind met up with the students on their trip to Peru. Where will they meet up next March?

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3 Ms. Barone and Mrs. Squindo took 14 students to Budapest, Vienna and Prague during March break. While in Vienna, they were treated to a private tour of Parliament by Werner Fasslabend. The students loved meeting Werner and the tour he gave. Apparently their seasoned tour guide was very impressed with the access the group was given!

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Bob Veit was honored by the Boys & Girls Club of Southern Maine in June 2017. He was named Volunteer of the Year for his work in their learning center. Bob says he volunteers

“as a way to keep alive my interest in education and to encourage kids to have a positive attitude and confidence in themselves.” It’s obvious he’s doing great work with the kids!

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4 Ben Wilson is managing principal of Beveridge & Diamond PC, the largest environmental law firm in the United States, and was featured in the February 2017 issue of Washington Lawyer, the District of Columbia Bar Magazine. The published conversation lauds him as a pioneer of diversity and inclusion. In 2016, Ben was awarded the Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s Legacy Award. He founded the Diverse Partners Network in 2008 and helped establish the African American General Counsel and Managing Partners Network in 2012.

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The Roanoke (Va.) Times recently wrote an article on Doug Harwood — founder, editor, publisher, reporter, opinion writer, advertising director, circulation manager, newsroom assistant and delivery boy of The Rockbridge Advocate. Started 25 years ago, The Advocate has a reputation for hard-hitting stories, the kind that can keep a community honest. With a circulation of about 1,000 subscriptions a month, plus newsstand sales, Doug isn’t in the

business for the money. “If a paper runs stories that’ll stick to your ribs, it holds up a mirror,” he said. “Real communities need real mirrors. And if I’ve provided one now and then maybe I’ve done some good in this world.” You can’t find too much on The Advocate’s website, so you’ll have to subscribe to be in the know with what’s going on in Lexington and Rockbridge County, Virginia.

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Bruce Fenton has been named to the inaugural board of directors for Medici Ventures Inc., a global leader in advancing blockchain technology. He is the founder of Atlantic Financial, the former executive director and a current board member of the Bitcoin Foundation, a co-founder of the Bitcoin Association, and the organizer of the first Dubai Bitcoin Conference. Bruce is also the host and founder of the Satoshi Roundtable retreat, an exclusive, invitation-only retreat for leaders in the blockchain industry.

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David Dropkin took part in the two-day, 39.5 mile AVON 39 Walk to End Breast Cancer October 14–15 in New York City. In memory of his grandmother, David crossed the Brooklyn Bridge on his way to the finish line.

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10 Adam Jette and his wife, Katherine, welcomed a daughter into their family. Born in April 2017, Melody was welcomed by big brothers Noah, 9, and Dracen, 4.

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11 Colleen Blanset and husband Ryan welcomed a daughter into their family on March 13, 2017. Emma Colleen joins her siblings, Connor and Madeline, in rounding out the Blanset family.

12 Eric Christianson married Beth Bronson on May 6, 2017, at the Old South Meeting House in Boston, Massachusetts. The Christiansons reside in Norfolk, Massachusetts.

1984

7 Tree House Brewing Company has opened its 55,000 square-foot brewery in Charlton, Massachusetts. Sitting on 70 acres, the state-of-the-art facility has a 50-barrel brewhouse, a retail area, taproom and a beautiful outdoor pavilion. Dean Rohan and his partners, Damien and Nate, have created an obsessive following, which results in long lines, but it’s well worth it!

1985

Albert Wu was on CNBC’s “Closing Bell,” sharing his perspective on the state of the New York economy as a CRE broker and having been raised in a small business family.

1986

8 Chuck Pettee ’57W and his wife, Rita, stopped by campus on July 17, 2017, with their daughter, Carla Pettee Morton ’86, and grandkids, Carmen and Logan, who were up from Sugar Land, Texas.

1989

9 Chef Jonathan Lundy has launched Corto y Lima in downtown Lexington, Kentucky. The Latin-inspired cuisine focuses on affordability, quality ingredients and a creative menu. Vegetarian, gluten free and vegan friendly items showcase the versatility of Chef Lundy’s creations featuring homemade artisanal corn tortillas, utilizing the ancient process of nixtamalization.

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5 Dean Redfern caught up with the WMA Baseball team to watch the Titans play at Historic Dodgertown in Vero Beach, Fla., during March Break. Pictured (left to right) are Coach Jim Irzyk, co-captain Mike Suglia ’17, Dean Redfern and co-captain Jake Breton ’17.

1975

David Klein recently had his second book of Sudoku puzzles published.

“Sudoku Rocks!” contains more than 500 puzzles and plenty of Sudoku instruction. There are also specialty Sudoku puzzles, such as Alphabet, Word Guess and Math. David’s last Sudoku book won an award from Kirkus Reviews. You can purchase

“Sudoku Rocks!” on Amazon.

1982

6 Endy Abdurrahman and his wife, Ketsia, stopped by the Campus Store in early May 2017. In the States for business from Indonesia, Endy and Ketsia were taking a day to visit Endy’s alma maters — WMA and Boston University.

1983

What a great night watching Joey Alberto Santiago ’83 and the Pixies in concert at the House of Blues in Boston on May 19, 2017! The group of ’83 and ’84 alumni had a lot of fun together! Thanks Joey, Kelley McCormick ’84, Bill Lane ’83, Ann-Marie Lawlor ’84, Jeffrey Grandchamp ’83, John Moylan ’83, Chris Cebula ’83, Shawn Slattery ’83, Doug Turley ’83, Marie Christo Morgan ’83 and Sean Morgan ’83 for a fun night!

1999

Dade McDermott, a Class A Master Teaching Professional of the world-renowned Lely Resort Golf & Country Club in Naples, Florida, has been named one of the Top Ten Golf Instructors in the World for 2017 by the Professional Golf Teachers Association of America. Dade joins famous teachers David Leadbetter, Mark Immelman, Brenden Pappas, Gary Gilchrist and Michael Major as a recipient of this prestigious award. He is also an author who writes for the leading golf instruction magazine in the country, “Golf Tips Magazine.” Dade can be reached via his website www.dademcdermottgolf.com.

2000

Choti Leenutaphone has been named to Thailand Tatler’s Generation T — a list of 50 of Thailand’s brightest connectors, creative visionaries, influential innovators and disruptive talents. Choti walked away from his family’s successful automotive business to pursue his passion, delivering the best food and the most innovative cocktails. With wife Debby, Choti has opened Vesper Cocktail Bar & Restaurant, Il Fumo and the recently opened pasta bar La Dotta. Ensuring that he gives back, Choti works closely with socialgiver.com, where a portion of the revenue from each of his restaurants is donated to charity.

13 When Ramon Garcia isn’t working out, he’s working others out. He and his wife, Kim, ran the 2017 Boston Marathon to raise money for the David Ortiz Children’s Fund. Ramon was recently in New Orleans working with actor Anthony Mackie, center, for his

“Avengers 3” role, and with New Orleans Saints trainer Charles Byrd.



Stowe, Vermont. The beer-centric bistro serves American classics with a twist and craft brews in a warm ambiance.

2004

19 Carolyn ’05 and Rob Balicki ’04 welcomed a son into their family. Benjamin Robert was born Jan. 31, 2017.

20 Stephanie Hodges and her husband, Alan, welcomed a daughter, Salem, into their family on June 16, 2017. Big brother Quincy turned 2 on July 30!

2006

21 Looking for a bite to eat on the Upper East Side of NYC? Stop into Quality Eats UES, 1496 Second Ave. at 78th St. General manager William Daly is excited to launch the second (of the soon to be three) location of Quality Eats. Check out their menu at www.qualityeats.com.

22 Abby Hsu married Jake Yaun in a beautiful, flower-filled ceremony in Taiwan. Bridesmaid Mindy Chang ’05 and Rebecca Kuo ’05 were in attendance.

23 Director of Alumni Relations Dawn Hines met up with Kate Klebes at a Naturalization Ceremony April 13, 2017, at the Ethel Walker School. Kate, a magna cum laude graduate of the Quinnipiac University School of Law, is a law clerk for the Honorable Robert A. Richardson, U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Judge Richardson presided over a ceremony in which 38 people from 21 countries became U.S. citizens.

24 Trevor Reid, an ’01 WMA Middle School grad, had his work featured on the cover of this year’s marathon

Maureen Kelly Chesky trained to run in the New York City Marathon on Nov. 5, 2017. She partnered with “Team Teal” to raise money and awareness for the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition and in memory of her mom and aunt, who both passed away from ovarian cancer. Mo said, “I am thankful for developments in genetic testing and research in screening for inherited mutations aimed to identify women at high risk for ovarian cancer. But more needs to be done. There are not tests to effectively detect ovarian cancer in its early stages. I want to help make awareness and early stage detection the norm for all women. I want to help us see a cure in our lifetime.” To support Mo, visit www.crowdrise.com/ nationalovariancancercoalitionnyc 2017/fundraiser/maureenkelly-chesky.

2003

17 Lenny Caraballo and his wife, Jackie, welcomed a son into their family. Dominic was born on July 28, 2017.

18 Carrie Ertl and husband Eric welcomed a daughter on April 4, 2017. Evelyn James joins big sister Harper in the Ertl family.

Carrie Michael has a boutique in West Springfield, Massachusetts. The Hodgepodge has been open for seven years and is now located at 21 Myron Street above Dave DiRico’s Golf and Racquet, her parents’ golf shop. The Hodgepodge offers women’s contemporary fashions at affordable prices and select children’s items, gifts and jewelry. Hours are Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday by appointment, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. To shop online, go to www.boutiquego.myshopify.com.

Brian Murphy is now the Executive Chef at Idletyme Brewing Company in

Chad Rioux, along with his business partners, has opened Choppe Shoppe. Located in Glastonbury, Connecticut, Choppe Shoppe has a full-service salon for women upstairs and a full-service barbershop for men downstairs. Pastries, finger sandwiches and wine on one floor, with a bourbon bar and cigars on another!

2001

Michael Insler has co-authored a research paper on Asian immigration patterns, “Education Outcomes of Children of Asian Intermarriages: Does Gender of the Immigrant Parent Matter?” It was accepted for publication in The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy. Given the prominence of immigration in current discourse, this paper may generate substantial interest. This is the fifth publication for Michael.

14 Craving fresh Greek food while in Boston? Demetri Tsolakis has opened GRE.CO at 225 Newbury St. They provide the fresh, farm-raised ingredients — you decide how it all comes together. Start off with a fresh baked pita or plate. Add in your choice of slow-roasted, organic meats. Bring some zing with tzatziki, spicy-whipped feta or another Greek sauce. And finish off your meal with legendary Loukoumades, homemade Greek-fried doughnuts, lavished with the velvety, chocolaty or fruity topping of your choice.

2002

15 Jamie Pernaa and his wife, Mallory, welcomed a son into their family. Blake William Pernaa arrived on Feb. 28, 2017.

16 Miguel Cantor Venegas married Natalie Arce Hernandez on Dec. 17, 2016. They reside in Costa Rica.

issue of Boston Magazine. You can see his photography at www.trevorreid.com.

25 Niti “Joe” Lertsumitkul married Rita Jira on May 14, 2017, at the Mandarin Oriental in Bangkok. The celebration was trending with #RitaNiti.

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26 Dan Olsen spent time on campus taking in a Boys’ Varsity Basketball game and working out with the team. Here he is with Coach Mannix and future Titan Liam Mannix.

27 Guy Pistone married Jen Guzman on July 28, 2017, at the Villa at Ridder Country Club in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts. The couple resides in Santa Monica, California. Guy’s social fitness apps business, Fitivity, launched its 2.0 version in August 2017 with entirely new apps and content. Get better at anything — sports, martial arts, fitness, physical therapy, dance . . .

28 Have you checked out Alex Tuohey’s music on iTunes or Spotify? Search Alex2e for his EP Strange Company and his latest singles. You can find out where Alex will be playing by checking his website at www.alex2e.com.

2009

Patrick Agahigian is relocating to Charlottesville, Virginia, where he has enrolled into the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business for its full-time MBA program. Patrick also keeps busy with Union Avenue Racing, his hobby/business, which holds and manages his interests in several thoroughbred horses. He’s no stranger to Saratoga Race Course!

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East Brewing Company in Bloomfield, Connecticut, and three of his recipes just made the top 25 for best IPA’s in America from Draft Magazine. Keegan would love to see some local alumni come through and say “hello.”

Clemens Grave has launched Finnest with a classmate from Brown. Built to give parents a tool that changes the way children learn about personal finance, learn more at www.finnest.co.

Eddie Jewel has been named head coach of Northampton High’s Varsity Football team. At WMA for three years, Eddie played football, basketball and track. After playing cornerback in college, Eddie coached special teams and defensive backs at Worcester State University. Best of luck to Eddie and the Blue Devils.

29 Walter Mfuko and Jordan Benton welcomed a son into their family on May 3, 2017. It won’t be long before Malachi is dribbling a basketball. Walter is head boys’ basketball coach and middle school math teacher at Springfield Commonwealth Academy.

30 Stephanie Pajak married Dr. Christopher Firely on May 19, 2017, at Old Saint Mary’s Church in Society Hill, Philadelphia. Her sister, Samantha ’15, served as her maid of honor and her brother, Matthew ’11, as a groomsman. Other WMA alumnae in attendance were Steff Robbins ’10 and Chelsea Goldrick ’09.

2010

31 Naofall Folahan visited campus with a potential future Titan. “Ming,” as he is known to many, visited faculty and spent some time on the court. He presented Head of School Brian Easler with a sweatshirt bearing his company’s logo. M7NG Company is dedicated to making quality basketball

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Sommer Mahoney is now a certified Kripalu yoga teacher after completing her 200-hour training at the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health. She is scheduled to teach yoga at WMA this winter. Sommer is also a WMA faculty member, teaching CEGS classes in the Upper School and is an Assistant Coach for the Girls’ Varsity Soccer team.

2012

32 Lucy Biggel, center, and her boyfriend Moritz, left, traveled from Germany to spend some time in the States. They visited a bunch of our National Parks during their month-long stay last April. Brooke Mele ’11 hosted them for a few days, and they all stopped by campus.

33 When Nick Jalbert was sitting in Chris Ayers’ Latin class at WMA, he heard Mr. Ayers promise an embroidered lab coat, like the one he wore, to any of his students who went on to teach. Years later, Mr. Ayers made good on that promise and sent Nick his very own lab coat to wear in his Latin classroom at Holy Spirit Preparatory School in Atlanta, Georgia. Embroidered is

“Magister Jalbert, Latin Dept.” Magister is Latin for teacher or master.

Brandon McKenna is attending Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management as a Russell Fellow. This highly selective program will allow Brandon to earn a M.S. in Management Studies in only 10 months.

2013

Emma Bourgeois interned in the Political Section of U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Russia, last summer. She mostly worked on translations, conferences, studying trends in Russian society/government, monitoring Russian news outlets and attending various multilateral meetings between governments and civil society organizations. This fall Emma returned to Brown University, where she is majoring in Slavic Studies, to finish her last semester. Looking ahead, Emma is currently applying for a Fulbright Scholarship for the Peace Corps and will be applying to grad schools.

Alumni doing great things for others! While Brendan Butcher was a senior bioengineering student at Syracuse University, he was part of a team that designed and built an “Otto-Mobile.” Winning first place in the Bioengineering Capstone Competition, the car allows differently-abled children to “drive” with their friends. Brendan and his team donated the

“Otto-Mobile” to Luna and her friends at the Jowonio School in Syracuse, New York.

34 Carly Cronin, a recent Bryant University graduate, was drafted by the Boston Storm of the United Women’s Lacrosse League. Carly played games in Attleboro, Massachusetts, New Canaan, Connecticut, at UMass Amherst, Philadelphia and Richmond, Virginia. The Storm is the first professional women’s lacrosse team in Boston and one of four inaugural teams in the UWLX, which launched in 2016. The season ran from May through July.

Ivy Durepo is on her way to becoming Dr. Durepo! She was accepted into the Doctoral Educational Psychology

program at American International College in Springfield, Massachusetts.

35 Molly Moran is the newest member of the Sloma Real Estate/Jameson Sotheby’s team, which specializes in luxury real estate in the Chicago area. As the new marketing coordinator, Molly will work directly with Izabela Sloma, Senior VP, Sales at Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty.

36 C.J. Woloshchuk, second from right, traveled to Almansa, Spain, with The Atlantis Project, as part of the Atlantis Fellowship. She spent her spring break observing orthopedic, trauma and general surgeries at Hospital General de Almansa. C.J. is graduating from American University this spring and is in the process of applying to medical schools.

2014

Megan Pehoviak has completed a nurse externship position at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, on the Orthopedics, Trauma and Plastics Unit. The eight-week, paid rotation in an acute care setting offered her hands-on training within the baccalaureate nursing program (BSN). Megan is a senior at Colby-Sawyer College and was recently inducted into the International Nursing Honor Society.

2015

Brian Kennedy, a junior at Notre Dame and member of their rocketry team, was in Huntsville, Alabama, last April at the NASA Student Launch. Their team won the Altitude Award for being closest to 1 mile (5,286 feet is the best altitude in the history of Student Launch).

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37 Babson College edged out Augustana College, 79–78, to win the NCAA Division III National Championship March 18, 2017. Congratulations to Babson sophomore and former Titan Julian Alexis.

38 Allyson Faulstick ’16, Katelyn Mercer ’15 and Erin Demers ’16 were on campus catching a Titans’ Softball game. Here they are posing with their former coaches Erik Kindblom and Don Kelly.

39 During spring break, Coach MacDonald took some lacrosse players to watch Assumption College’s Spencer Marocchini ’16 and Colby Hamwey ’15 take on Division II No. 1 Le Moyne College. Le Moyne won 8–7 in overtime, but Colby (in goal) made 17 saves, and Spencer scored his first collegiate goal.

40 Look who got together in Tokyo in May! Left to right: Gosuke Mekada ’15, Rin Yamanashi ’16, Aaron Ruiz ’16, Joy Weng ’16 and Charlie Yang ’16. We love mini WMA reunions!



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Introducing the Atlas Fund

In the midst of all of the excitement this year, we are pleased to announce the transition of the annual fund to the Atlas Fund. Just as Atlas has long stood watch over all who enter Rich Hall, the Atlas Fund will stand watch over our school and each year the support we receive will strengthen our ability to deliver that transformational experience.

Atlas, the Titan who personifies the qualities of endurance, perseverance and resilience, is a fitting symbol for our school. Throughout our history, we have faced a number of challenges and have remained stout hearted and focused on our mission in the face of all challenges.

The Atlas Fund and the new giving recognition societies represent the start of a new era at WMA. Over the past three years we have developed a stronger command of our resources and have begun positioning ourselves to direct a portion of the Atlas Fund away from operating support and towards moving the Academy forward. Your generosity and support

This issue of Academy World highlights where we are, and today we are a community that has reached a milestone in voluntary support. An Academy that is stronger today than ever before because of your generosity.

For the first time in our history, WMA has raised more than $1 million in annual support. A level that exemplifies the belief you all have — not just in what we do — but how we do it. A level that engenders confidence and builds enthusiasm for the future.

This year’s annual fund support will ensure our students continue to have the transformational experience that makes WMA such a special place. Your generosity provided for the installation of air conditioning in the common areas of the dormitories, renovations to the interior of the first floor of Rich Hall and the complete replacement of the Rich Hall portico and handicap accessibility for the main entrance.

On the following pages we recognize all whose

support and generosity make a difference every day. These are the alumni, parents, past parents and friends who have lifted us up to reach this milestone and who keep our school moving forward.

On behalf of the students, faculty, parents, past parents, friends and alumni around the world, thank you for making 2016–2017 such an incredible year! It is only the beginning of what lies ahead for our great school.

Thank you for all you have done and continue to do to support Wilbraham & Monson Academy.

With appreciation,

t. mark aImone director of advancement

A milestone reached …

Atlas Fund gift levels

1804 leadershIp cIrcle

Founders Society $100,000 +

Wesleyan Society $50,000– $99,999

Old Academy Society $25,000–$49,999

Fisk Society $10,000–$24,999

Binney Society $5,000–$9,999

Mattern Society $1,804–$4,999

monson Bell socIety $500–$1,803

ruBIcon socIety $1–$499

of the Atlas Fund serves as a catalyst for progress and improvement. Together we will strengthen WMA and ensure that students continue to have a transformational experience.


The Herbert P. Blake Society

In recognition of benefactors

whose loyalty, support and

generosity have helped shape

the future of Wilbraham &

Monson Academy. Their total

support for the Academy is in

excess of $100,000.

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Altman

Andrew Associates

Mrs. Mary B. Annan

Antonacci Family Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Frank G. Antonacci

Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Antonacci

Mrs. Marianne Antonacci

Mr. Francis M. Austin Jr. ’46W

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald W. Barend ’66M

Mr. & Mrs. S. Prestley Blake

Mr. & Mrs. Charles M.

Callahan III ’75

Mr. & Mrs. David J. Callahan

Ms. Janet Callahan

Mr. & Mrs. Jon E. Callahan ’81

Ms. Julie A. Callahan ’78

Mr. & Mrs. John F. Chapple III ’60W

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Clarke ’58W

Community Foundation of

Western MA

Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Deininger ’43W

Mr. Ernest E. Denby

Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Dooley

The Edward E. Ford Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Leonard G. Enroth ’39W

Mr. William R. Faulkner Jr. ’57W

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

Mrs. Marjorie H. Fisher

Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Flynn

Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Fuld Jr. ’64W

Dr. Edward J. Gramse ’39W

Greater New Orleans Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Griffin

Mr. & Mrs. William A. Griffin ’68W

Haas Electric Inc.

Mr. & Mrs. Alan Hale ’46W

Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Hale ’55W

Mr. & Mrs. Glenn R. Hanson

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Hickson Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Leverett M. Hubbard Jr.

Irene E. and George A. Davis

Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Scott B. Jacobs ’75

Mr. & Mrs. William E. James ’64W

Mr. & Mrs. Donald M. Joffray ’46W

Mr. & Mrs. Hideo Kagami

Dr. & Mrs. Jamieson D.

Kennedy ’51W

Mrs. Judith A. Knapp

KSD Charitable Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. James E. LaCrosse ’50W

Mr. W. R. Lappin ’53M

Mr. Peter C. Lincoln ’55W

Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Livermore

1917W

Mr. & Mrs. Keith Martin ’47W

Mr. & Mrs. David Witherspoon

Dr. & Mrs. Charles A. McCallum Jr.

’43W

Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. McCallum

’47W

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. McEvoy ’68W

Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. McKenna

Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Morgan ’59W

National Wine & Spirits Inc.

Palmer Paving Corporation

The Pecoy Companies

Mr. Kent W. Pecoy

Mr. Frank J. Pizzitola ’43M

Mr. Oscar H. Plotkin

Mr. & Mrs. Peter S. Plumb, Esq. ’61W

Mr. & Mrs. Brian F. Randall ’60W

Ms. Carol F. Relihan ’73 &

Mr. John Arthur

Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Sack ’47W

Schwab Charitable Fund

Mr. & Mrs. James J. Shea Jr. ’44W

Mr. & Mrs. J. David Shenk Sr. ’74

Shenkman Capital Management

Inc.

Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Shenkman ’61M

Mr. & Mrs. Charoen

Sirivadhanabhakdi

Mr. & Mrs. Steven D. Spence ’76

Mr. Jonathan L. Sperling ’57W

Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Stuart ’73

Mrs. Anne P. Symes

Mr. & Mrs. Edward Symes III ’64W

Mr. & Mrs. Brent G. Todd ’81

Mrs. Leonia S. Todd

Mr. & Mrs. William A. Tychsen ’59W

The Wallace Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Gary E. Wendlandt

WMA Parents Association

Mr. Sergay G. Zarynoff ’57W

List by Giving Level

1804 Leadership Circlefounders society $100,000 +


Mr. Scott B. Jacobs ’75


Wesleyan society$50,000–$99,999


Mr. Michael J. Flynn

Hampden Engineering Corp.

Mr. Qimin Qian &

Mrs. Fenrong Miao

Mr. Donald J. Stuart ’73

old academy society$25,000–$49,999

Anonymous






Mr. & Mrs. Sakchai Chirathivat

Mr. William E. James ’64W


Mr. James E. LaCrosse ’50W

National Wine & Spirits

Corporation

Mr. Mark R. Shenkman ’61M

Thailand Alumni Association

fisk society$10,000–$24,999

Andrew Associates

Mr. Graeme A. Bazarian ’87

Mr. William C. Bowie

Mr. Richard G. Dooley



Mrs. Linda B. Griffin

Mrs. Judith B. Hale



Dr. Jamieson D. Kennedy ’51W


Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Marini

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Mele

Mr. Kent W. Pecoy

Mr. Brian F. Randall ’60W

Mr. Craig A. Rubin ’63W


U. S. Trust


binney society$5,000–$9,999

Mr. Dana T. Aftab ’81


Western MA

Mr. & Mrs. Amaro Goncalves

Mr. Robert L. Hayward ’46M

Mr. William S. Ho &

Ms. Annis C. Chan

Dr. Bernard Hoyt ’42M

Mr. Donald M. Joffray ’46W

Mr. S. Peter Manchester ’58W

Mr. Richard F. Morgan ’59W

Mr. & Mrs. David A. Reeves

Mr. Philip C. Steiger Jr.

Mr. William A. Tychsen ’59W

mattern society$1,804–$4,999

GenScope Inc.

Dr. & Mrs. David D. Agahigian

Ms. Elizabeth Bayless

Ms. Linda R. Berube

Dr. David L. Brown ’64M

Mr. Song Chang &

Mrs. Zhaoyan Liang

Mr. Michael Clarke ’58W

The Columbus Foundation

Mr. Paul B. Cronin ’53W

Mr. A. Winslow Dodge ’58W

Mr. James S. Downey ’73

Mr. Brian P. Easler &

Dr. Stephanie Easler

Mr. Bruce S. Ferguson ’67W

Ms. Caitlin S. Flynn ’06

Mr. David H. Griffith ’59W

Mr. & Mrs. Seyun Hong

Mrs. Virginia L. Hoyt

Mr. Craig B. Klosk &

Ms. Patricia I. Kallett

Raisedmore than $1M in Annual Support

for the first time in WMA history



Ms. Mahsa Khanbabai, Esq. ’89

Dr. Hee Sup Kim &

Dr. Eunhwa Choi

Dr. Kevin E. Schmidt &

Dr. Mary E. King

Mr. Alexey Demkin &

Ms. Irina Kolikova

Ms. Sue Kwon

Mr. Young Do Kim &

Mrs. Hyun Ah Kwon

Mr. Kyungho Lee &

Mrs. Bokyang Kim

Mr. & Mrs. Mao-Jung Lin

Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Little

Mr. & Mrs. Li Lu

Maine Community Foundation

Mr. Robert K. Nichols ’63W

Dr. Sun Ha Park

Mrs. Kathryn Phillips

Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Picknelly Jr.

Mr. Peter S. Plumb, Esq. ’61W

Mr. Zhiyou Zhang &

Mrs. Jianhua Qi

Mr. Dean F. Redfern ’72

Renaissance Charitable

Foundation Inc.

Dr. Bonnie Faulkner Ryan ’82

The Sack Foundation Inc.

Mr. Edward J. Sack ’47W


Mr. Kui Ma & Ms. Xianghong Tan

Mr. Stacey H. Widdicombe III ’70W

Mr. Youzhi Xu & Mrs. Xia Wang

Ms. Susan B. Yesley

Monson Bell Society $500–$1,803

Mr. Thomas P. Addicks

Mrs. Megan S. Aimone ’85 &

Mr. T. Mark Aimone

Mr. Saleh K. Alhuwayrini ’17

Mr. Ronald W. Alley Sr. ’57W

Alpha Oil Company

Mr. Richard Altman

Mrs. Sylvia F. Altman

Mr. Eric W. Anderson

Dr. Raymond J. Anton ’61M

Archie D. & Bertha H. Walker

Foundation

Barnes & Noble Booksellers

Mr. David P. Benziger ’61M

Ms. Joe Anne Berwick

Mr. Joshua D. Binney ’07

Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Bourgeois

Mr. & Mrs. Leon Brassard

Mr. Eugenio P. Bravo da Rosa

Mr. & Mrs. Matthew M. Burke

Mr. Xiangnan Liu &

Ms. Haiyan Ca

Mr. Phillip J. Cardone

Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Carson

Ms. Melanie J. Chadwick

Mr. John F. Chapple III ’60W

Dr. Han-Chung Lien &

Dr. I-Ching Chou

Mr. Seung Jae Chyun ’75

Mr. Mark C. Clark ’75

Mr. Donald J. Collins ’60M


New Jersey

Mr. & Mrs. Carl A. Conlon

ConocoPhillips Company

Mr. Edwin T. Conway ’77

Corning Incorporated Foundation

Ms. Virginia H. Cranch

Mr. John L. Crowell ’61M

Mr. William L. Danforth ’56W

Dr. David R. Kelley ’70M

Mr. Harry A. Day ’57W

Mr. Michael C. DeNucci ’91

Mr. & Mrs. James J. Diotalevi

Mr. John C. Duncan III ’56W

Mr. Robert B. Enemark ’42W

Mr. Robert G. Faulkner Sr. ’53W

Mr. Scott A. Faulkner, CPA ’88

Mrs. Sophia Fowler

Mr. Xiang Yu & Mrs. Lili Fu

Mr. Evan H. Gallivan ’96

Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Gallivan

Mr. Dwight W. Gammons ’52W

Mr. Yuefeng Yan & Ms. Weiwei Gao

Mr. Joseph J. Garstka ’69M

Mr. Richard R. Garstka ’73

Mr. Gunter M. Glass ’63W

Mr. Richard P. Goldman

Mr. Van Gothner &

Ms. Elizabeth A. Davison

Mr. Harold W. Gramse, D.D.S. ’47W

Mrs. Laura Gramse, D.M.D. ’84

Mr. Philip H. Grandchamp ’56W

Mr. & Mrs. Russell Grandinetti

Mr. Charles G. Greenhalgh Jr. ’42W

Mrs. Ligia P. Guerin

Ms. Ellen M. Hancock

Dr. Leigh Harrington ’59W

Ms. Janet Hayes

Mr. J. Lawrie Hibbard ’52W

Mrs. Betty Lou Hodgman

Mr. William D. Howerton ’49W

Mr. David E. Hoxeng ’68W

Mr. & Mrs. William F. Ingraham IV

Ipswich Foundation Inc.

J. Polep Distribution Services

Jack & Sylvia Altman Foundation

Mr. Matthew C. Jarvinen ’96

Mr. Michael O. Jennings ’65M

Mr. Bo Jiang & Ms. Ping Li

Mr. Robert A. Johnson ’54W

Mr. Brian W. Juengst ’01

Mr. M. Loran Kary ’67W

Dr. Mark A. Keroack ’72

Mr. Charles M. Kingsbury

Mr. & Mrs. Yuki Koyasu

Dr. Jordan L. Kramer ’73

Dr. Aaron D. Kugelmass &

Mrs. Karen E. Ambrose

Mr. Daniel B. Kunhardt Jr. ’72

Mr. Yong D. Kwon ’88

Mr. Thomas J. Langer ’73

Mr. & Mrs. Yniong Lee

Mr. Richard LeStage ’61W

Mr. Jin Wang & Ms. Xiangbing Luo

Mr. David B. Lyman ’74

Mr. Robert K. MacLauchlin, Ph.D.

’50W

Dr. Ronald L. Majka ’68M

Mr. Barry M. Maloney ’85

Mr. & Mrs. Steven P. Marcus

Mr. John C. Marsh ’58W

Mr. Josef E. Martin, CPCU ’82

Mrs. June Caldwell Martin

Mr. Todd R. Masnicki ’89

Mr. K. Keith McAllister ’65W

Mr. R. Timothy McBride ’78

Dr. Charles A. McCallum Jr. ’43W

Mr. John H. Meissner ’66W

Mr. Gregory A. Merkel ’72

Mr. Joseph W. Merritt Jr. ’57W

Mr. Allen J. Miles III

Dr. John W. Miller ’49W

Mr. Francis R. Mitchell ’66W

Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Moran

Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Nallen

Mr. & Mrs. Lam H. Nguyen

Mr. Robert T. O’Neill ’69M

Mr. Alan A. Orquiola ’89

Mr. David H. Otte &

Mrs. Audrey Blake Otte

Mr. William H. Passy

Mr. Jeffrey M. Polep ’72

Mr. Brian J. Popovich ’15

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Popovich

Mrs. Jane N. Putnam

Mr. Ralph A. Quackenbush ’51W

Dr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Race

Ms. Carol F. Relihan ’73

Mr. Arthur S. Robbins ’50W

Mr. Louis E. Roberts ’49M

Mr. Dean P. Rohan ’84

Mr. Andrew J. Ross ’97

Mrs. Sandra H. Ross

Mr. Jack Rubin &

Ms. Patricia Yuzawa-Rubin

Mr. Theodore G. Sarant ’73

Mr. Camille F. Sarrouf ’51W

Mr. Lee H. Schilling ’59W

Mr. Richard A. Serafino Jr. ’77

Mr. Philip H. Shaw Jr. ’57W

Mr. Edward W. Shore Jr. ’48W

SK3 Realty LLC

Mr. Shawn M. Slattery ’83

Mr. Stoughton L. Smead

Smith & Wesson Corp.

Mr. & Mrs. Garrett P. Smith

Mr. Donald J. Southwick ’64M

Mr. Dennis C. Sowers ’59W

Specter Perpetual Charitable Trust

Mr. Jonathan L. Specter ’89

Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Stolpinski

Mr. H. Fletcher Swanson ’63W

Mrs. Linda E. Swift

Mr. C. Stetson Thomas ’50W

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Towle Jr.

Mr. Donald T. Tull ’55W

Mr. Richard C. Upton ’60M

Mr. Kehong Wu & Mrs. Bei Wang

Mr. Zhizhong Zha &

Ms. Yiling Wang

Dr. & Mrs. Charles B. Warden Jr.

Dr. William H. Warren ’42W

Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Waszkis

Mr. William S. Welles ’64W

Dr. David F. Wender ’69W

Mr. Benjamin F. Wilson ’69W

Mrs. Jane F. Wood

Mr. & Mrs. Martin R. Wright

Mr. Jingping Yang

Dr. Brett R. Zalkan ’83

Mr. Shaoxin Xu &

Mrs. Xiaowen Zeng

Mr. Guofeng Li &

Mrs. Huiping Zhang

Rubicon Society $1–$499

Mr. Paul R. Aarnio ’61W

Mr. James Irzyk &

Ms. Jody L. Abzug

Mr. Patrick T. Agahigian ’09

Ms. Tasmina S. Ahmed ’06

Mr. Colin S. Akerly ’09

Mr. Charles M. Albrecht ’60M

Ms. Renee A. Alexander

Mr. Omar Aljanabi

Mr. Stephen M. Allen ’57W

Mr. Hasan Y. Alrefae &

Ms. Tiffany E. Alrefae

Amazon Smile Foundation

Mr. Semen Andreichuk ’17

Mr. Philip G. Anton ’75

Anonymous

Mr. Enike Anyia ’17

Dr. Gary W. Ardison ’57W

Mr. Robert J. Ardison III ’55W

Ms. Barbara T. August ’77

Mr. Gabriel M. Awad ’17

Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Bachtold

Bacon & Wilson, PC

888

DONORS


Lt. Col. Richard W. Bailey, U.S.

Marines (retired) ’55M

Mr. Joshua Bain

Baker Newman & Noyes

Ms. Dawn Baker

Mr. Gregory J. Balicki ’07

Mr. Alexander J.

Baptiste-Cassell ’04

Mr. Robert D. Bardwell III ’70W

Mr. James A. Barkhuff ’67W

Ms. Donna L. Barone

Mr. Henry D. Bartlett ’56W

Mrs. Sarah Bateman

Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence E. Bater

Mr. Gregory J. Bazarian ’90

Mr. John G. Becker Jr.

Ms. Molly B. Bell ’17

Dr. & Mrs. Glenn D. Benson-Lewis

Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Bernard III

Mr. William J. Best

Ms. Yu Bi ’11

Ms. Roseanne Bianchi

Mr. John Bilezikjian ’88

Lt. Lawrence Biondo

Mr. Lewis W. Birmingham ’60W

Mr. Frederick L. Blackwell ’72

Mr. Douglas H. Blampied ’56W

Mr. Frederick M. Bodington Jr. ’55M

Mr. Nathaniel Bond ’52W

Mr. Jeffrey F. Bonk ’78

Mr. John F. Boozang

Mr. & Mrs. John S. Bordenuk

Mr. Nickolay Borodin ’17

Dr. Leonard R. Borsari ’61W

Mr. William H. Bourgeois ’10

Mr. Shane Bravetti

Mr. Lawrence W. Bray ’61M

Mr. Jacob Breton ’17

Judge Cary R. Brick ’63M

Mr. Richard B. Brigham ’52W

Mr. Jazario D. Brimmer ’17

Mr. John A. Brockway ’61M

Ms. Torey G. Bronson ’17

Dr. Townsend Brown Jr. ’69W

Ms. Annika L. Bruce ’17

Ms. Edna L. Buckley

Mr. John C. Burns ’66M

Ms. Marthé M. Cable ’17

Ms. Carol A. Cady ’75

Mr. & Mrs. Brian N. Caine

Mr. Carmin F. Calabrese ’57W

Cmdr. John S. Calhoun USCG ’61W

Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Callahan III

Mr. & Mrs. Anthony L. Carey

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher L. Carlin

Mr. Richard D. Carreno ’65W

Ms. Emily J. Carson ’15

Mr. Christopher C. Catjakis ’78

Mr. Marco Cattani ’14

Mr. Anthony R. Cebula ’17

Mr. Timothy Q. Cebula ’86

Mr. Hanbo Chen ’17

Mr. Yingjie Chen ’14

Mr. Alton W. Cheney ’38W

Mr. William B. Cheney ’57W

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph D. Cheria

Mr. Phillip B. Chesky ’02 & Mrs.

Maureen A. Kelly Chesky ’02

Ms. Gail Chesworth-Taylor

Mr. Isaiah S. Choiniere ’17

Mr. Mark F. Cignoli ’67M

Mr. William Ciosek

Mrs. Marilyn S. Clark ’84

Mr. Alexander P. Claudio ’17

Mr. Nicholas R. Clement ’05

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory J. Clewes

Bosc Sunshine Club

Mr. Francesco Codenotti

Mr. D. Jamie Collins ’84

Mr. Edoardo Comazzi ’17

Mr. Jeffrey J. Cook ’85

Mr. Russell S. Cook ’57W

Mr. Anthony J. Costa ’17

Mr. Jonathan N. Cotto ’17

Mr. Frederik O. Crawford ’60W

Mr. & Mrs. William Crocker

Ms. Christina J. Cronin, CFRE

Ms. Katelyn H. Cronin ’17

Mr. Robert C. Crowell ’56M

Mr. Cameron P. Curland ’17

Mr. & Mrs. Neal A. Curland

Dr. Andrew J. Dadagian ’51W

Ms. Alison J. Dalphe

Ms. Carlee M. D’Amato

Mr. David C. Ross ’67W

Mr. Charles D. D’Avanzo

Mr. & Mrs. Bert Davison

Mr. & Mrs. William C. Davison

Ms. Wendy L. Decker

Deerfield Associates Executive

Search, Inc.

Ms. Julia S. Diderich ’17

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Donahue

Ms. Emily A. Dromgold ’17

Ms. Julia Z. Duffy ’03

Mr. Dylan G. Dupont ’16

Mr. & Mrs. Michael H. Dziura

Mr. Ian C. Eddy Jr. ’66W

Mr. Robert L. Eddy Jr. ’62W

Mr. Gunnar A. Edelstein ’68M

Mr. Richard U. Edgehill ’70W

Mr. & Mrs. Laurence D. Ely III

Ms. Jennifer M. English ’17

Mr. Caelan C. Etti ’17

Mr. Mountfort A. Euston ’62W

Mr. Austin T. Fabbo ’15

Ms. Marissa Fabbo ’17

Mr. & Mrs. Bob Fallon

Ms. Courtney P. Fallon ’17

Mr. James Fallon ’17

Mr. Haozheng Fan ’17

Dr. Timothy W. Farrell

Mr. & Mrs. Don Faulstick

Mr. Donald N. Femia ’54W

Capt. Edward C. Ferriter ’66W

Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Fialky

Mrs. Maria F. Filardi ’87

Mr. Roland L. Filiault Jr. ’83

Mr. Douglas Findlay ’61W

Mrs. Deborah R. Finley

Mrs. Stephanie C. Firely ’09

Mr. Mark A. Fischer

Mr. & Mrs. David C. Fitchet

Col. Frederic J. Flemings ’52W

Mr. Jon S. Florio ’60M

Ms. Lauren M. Foley ’17

Dr. James H. Freeman ’49W

Mr. & Mrs. George Frempong

Mr. Stanley L. Fri

Mr. Peter O. Frisch

Mr. Frank Fritts

Mr. & Mrs. Frederic W. Fuller III

Mr. Joseph A. Furgal ’57M

Mr. Anthony L. Gagliardi Jr. ’67W

Ms. Christine Galavotti, Ph.D. ’73

Ms. Whitney E. Gallivan ’00

Ms. Alexandra E. Garrison ’18

Mr. Liam L. Garrison ’20

Mr. R. Frederick Gates ’79

Mr. & Mrs. L. Michael Gatzkiewicz

Mr. Thomas M. Gavin ’66W

Ms. Kate A. Gaw

Mr. Kevin C. Genther ’46W

Ms. Cynthia R. St. George ’78

Dr. & Mrs. Stuart M. Ginsberg

Mr. Jonathan W. Giokas ’95

Mr. & Mrs. William J. Giokas

Mrs. Tina L. Girhiny

Ms. Olive Goddard

Mr. & Mrs. Jason J. Godin

Mr. Jeffrey W. Goff ’64W

Mr. Charles Goodine

Dr. Arlene M. Goodman ’96

Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence H. Goodman

Mrs. Carol J. Googins

Mr. Robert J. Googins ’53W

Dr. Barbara J. Gordon &

Mr. David J. Gordon

Dr. Kathleen M. Gorski

Mr. Jeffrey P. Grandchamp ’83

Mr. Carl A. Grassetti ’61M

Mrs. Charlotte M. Graves

Mr. Steven M. Gray ’70W

Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Greene

Mr. & Mrs. Laurent R. Grenier

Mrs. Maura S. Griffin ’82

Mr. John J. Guerin ’96 &

Mrs. Kristina S. Guerin ’98

Mrs. Janet Hale

Mr. Robert D. Handel ’71W

Mr. Cole W. Hansen ’17

Mrs. Alexandra Hanson-Harding ’77

Mr. Robert J. Harlan Jr. ’62M

Mr. & Mrs. Gary Harris

Ms. Cloyette Harris-Stoute

Mr. Kenneth Harroy ’17

Mr. Michael R. Harty ’83

Dr. Harrison B. Hawley ’61W

Mr. E. Morris Hayn Jr. ’49W

Mr. Russell B. Held

Ms. Audrey N. Henry

Mr. & Mrs. Dale Henry

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Herman

Mr. & Mrs. Hakim L. Hernandez

Mr. James H. Herzog Jr. ’70W

Mr. Richard G. Heus ’68W

Mr. William C. Hine II ’67W

Ms. DawnMarie Hines

Mr. Nathan Ho ’17

Mr. & Mrs. John J. Holik

Mr. Peter F. Hooben ’82

Mr. Gordon C. Hoos ’77

Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Howarth

Mr. & Mrs. Allen Hsiao

Ms. Meng Hsin Hsiao ’17

Mrs. Charlene L. Hulten

Mr. Robert R. Humberston ’68W

Mr. William O. Humes ’59M

Mr. Doug S. Hutcheson & Ms.

Margaret Lenihan Hutcheson

Mr. Thomas Iannacone

Mr. & Mrs. Frederick M. Insler

Ms. Jordana B. Irzyk ’17

Mr. Mark T. Irzyk

Mr. & Mrs. Peter B. Izyk

Mr. Eric W. Jacobs ’74

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Jalbert

Mr. Nicholas C. Jalbert ’12

Mr. Skip Jarocki

Mr. Christopher F. Jasinski ’00

Mr. Charles Joerin

Dr. George W. Johnson Jr. ’69M

Mr. Douglas T. Jones ’67W

Mr. & Mrs. Louis E. Jones Jr.

Mr. Xavier T. Jones ’17

Mr. Michael H. Joseph ’67M

Ms. Brigid M. Jurgens ’08

Mr. & Mrs. James S. Jurgens

Mr. Peter J. Jurgens ’06

Mr. Jack Kaiser ’17

Mr. Reese Hutchison &

Mrs. Elaine Kaiser

Mr. Christopher W. Kalil ’17

Dr. Anthony Kandel

Mr. Brendan P. Kane ’17

Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Kane

Mr. Jun Woo Kang ’17

Mr. & Mrs. Bryan S. Kantor

Mr. Theodore W. Kappler Jr. ’61W

Mr. Kent L. Karosen ’84

Ms. Carolyn H. Keith

Mr. Sammi Kelleher

Ms. Natalie Kelley ’17

Mr. Charles D. Kellogg ’62W

Mr. Donald E. Kelly

Mr. Joshua S. Kelly ’85

Mr. Michael J. Kendall ’17

Mr. Brian T. Kennedy ’15

Ms. Teresa J. Kennedy ’12

Mr. David B. Kenney ’53W

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy P. Kenny

Mr. Walter P. Kiczko

Mr. JaeJun Kim ’17

Mr. JinSung Kim ’17

Mr. Jisang Kim ’17

Mr. Myungsoo Kim ’17

Ms. Soo Ryun Kim ’17

Ms. Emma M. Kindblom ’17

Mr. & Mrs. Erik M. Kindblom

Mr. Richard J. King ’75

Dr. Paul I. Kingsbury ’53W

Mr. & Mrs. John M. Kirwan

Ms. Christine Woods Kitto

Mr. Richard A. Knight ’59M

Mr. James E. Kras ’87

Mr. Paul D. Kreminski ’60M

Mr. Harrison Kroessler ’14

Mr. Nicholas T. Kubacki ’16

Mr. Daniel E. Kuhnlein Jr. ’76

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Labbe



Mr. Peter Labbe ’17

Mr. & Mrs. Brian LaBrec

Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Lacey

Mrs. Bertha P. Lak

Mr. & Mrs. Peter D. Lake

Mr. Phillip L. Faulstich &

Mrs. Carol LaLiberte

Mr. Geoffrey A. LaMarche ’00

Mr. Richard H. Lamb ’69W

Mr. William R. Lane Jr. ’83

Mr. Jesadang Laohaprasit ’94

Mrs. Mercedese E. Large

Mr. Ivar Larsen ’62W

Mr. Dylan C. Lattell ’17

Mr. Brian P. Lautenschleger

Mr. James S. Law ’68W

Mrs. Ann-Marie Lawlor ’84

Mr. & Mrs. William K. Lawson III

Ms. Gabriella R. Leary ’17

Mr. Mark T. Leary

Ms. Mina Lee ’17

Mr. Sangwoo Lee ’17

Mrs. Mary Van Leeuwen

Mr. Tyler J. Lefebvre ’17

Mr. Tyler Lennon ’17

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph F. Leo

Mr. Ralph F. Leonard ’61W

Mr. Nicholas Leone ’17

Mr. Miles Lester ’17

Mr. Kristian Lien ’17

Mr. Giangabriel Linarez ’17

Mr. Timothy N. Lincoln ’68W

Mr. M. John Lippman ’53W

Mr. David H. Little ’16

Mr. John Lombard &

Ms. Lilly Lombard

Mr. Andres S. Lopez ’80

Mr. P. J. Louis ’92

Mr. John M. Lovejoy ’54W

Mr. & Mrs. John M. Lynch

Mr. & Mrs. William J. Lynch

Ms. Bethany A. Lyon ’11

Mr. Mark S. Lyon &

Mrs. Anne S. Redman-Lyon

Ms. Sarah E. Lyon ’09

Mr. Ian S. Macdonald ’94

Mr. James S. Macgregor III ’60M

Dr. Thomas G. Magill ’55W

Mrs. Colleen Mahoney

Mr. Richard A. Malin ’51M

Mr. Anthony D. Maloni Sr. ’63M

Mr. & Mrs. Frank S. Mancuso Jr.

Ms. Laurel Manley

Mr. Zachary L. Mann ’17

Mr. Tashfiq Mannan ’12

Mr. Michael C. Mannix

Mr. Robert T. Marchant ’51W

Col. Timothy D. Marsano ’78

Mr. Ronald P. Masnicki ’57M

Mr. Charles P. Mason Jr. ’62W

Mr. Rasif Masrur ’17

Mr. James G. Matzen ’60W

Mr. Thomas H. McCallum Jr. ’56W

Mr. Kelley J. McCormick ’84

Mrs. Joyce McCray

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Dr. Ibitoro Osakwe

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Rice Fruit Farm, Inc.

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de Uribe

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Witherspoon

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Mr. David Griffith ’59W 30

Mr. S. Peter Manchester ’58W 27

Mr. William A. Tychsen ’59W 27

Mrs. Judith A. Knapp 26

Mr. Mark R. Shenkman ’61M 26

Mrs. Linda B. Griffin 23

Mr. & Mrs. Gary E. Wendlandt 23

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Mr. & Mrs. Anthony L. Carey 22

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Mr. Dwight W. Gammons ’52W 21


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Mr. & Mrs. David K. Sherman 21

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Mr. Donald J. Stuart ’73 21

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Marines (retired) ’55M 20

Mr. Josef E. Martin, CPCU ’82 20

Mr. James W. Symmonds ’64M 20

Dr. Fred M. Ziter Jr. ’54W 20

Mr. John G. Becker Jr. 19

Mr. Joseph J. Garstka ’69M 19

Mr. Theodore W. Kappler Jr. ’61W 19

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Mr. Richard A. Serafino Jr. ’77 19

Mr. H. Fletcher Swanson ’63W 19

Mr. David M. Tyson ’51W 19

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’61M 19

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Mr. Steven M. Gray ’70W 18

Mrs. Betty Lou Hodgman 18

Mr. & Mrs. Leverett M. Hubbard

Jr. 18

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Mr. Camille F. Sarrouf ’51W 18

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Mr. Andrew G. Veitch ’65W 18

Mr. John F. Boozang 17

Mr. & Mrs. Bert Davison 17

Mr. Gunter M. Glass ’63W 17

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Mr. Willard F. Pinney Jr. ’61W 17

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’52W 17

Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Stolpinski 17

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Dr. & Mrs. David D. Agahigian 16


Dr. Stephanie Easler 16

Mr. & Mrs. William J. Giokas 16

Mr. & Mrs. Erik M. Kindblom 16

Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. O’Donnell

’80 16

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey R. Power Jr. 16

Mr. Edward W. Shore Jr. ’48W 16


Witherspoon 16

Mr. & Mrs. Martin R. Wright 16

Mr. Robert J. Ardison III ’55W 15

Mr. Gary R. Beauchamp ’78 15

Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Bourgeois 15

Mr. John A. Brockway ’61M 15

Mr. James S. Downey ’73 15

Mr. Evan H. Gallivan ’96 15

Mr. Donald M. Joffray ’46W 15

Mr. M. Loran Kary ’67W 15

Mrs. Bertha P. Lak 15

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Mrs. Sylvia F. Altman 14

Mr. Robert D. Bardwell III ’70W 14

Mr. David P. Benziger ’61M 14

Ms. Gail Chesworth-Taylor 14

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Mr. Peter O. Frisch 14

Mrs. Tina L. Girhiny 14

Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Greene 14

Mr. & Mrs. Glenn R. Hanson 14

Mr. Robert L. Hayward ’46M 14


Margaret Lenihan Hutcheson 14

Mr. Robert A. Johnson ’54W 14

Mr. & Mrs. James S. Jurgens 14

Mr. William R. Lane Jr. ’83 14

Mr. Robert T. Marchant ’51W 14

Mrs. Lenita C. McCallum 14

Mr. G. Eric Pucher ’47W 14

Mrs. Bonnie M. Serino ’87 14

Mr. Richard R. Smith 14

Mr. C. Stetson Thomas ’50W 14

Ms. Christina J. Cronin, CFRE 13

Mrs. Judith B. Hale 13

Mr. J. Lawrie Hibbard ’52W 13

Mr. William O. Humes ’59M 13

Mr. James G. Matzen ’60W 13

Mr. Nicholas A. Powlovich ’69M 13

Mr. Ralph A. Quackenbush ’51W 13

Mr. Jonathan M. Sargent ’71W 13

Mr. & Mrs. Philip C. Steiger Jr. 13

Mr. Robert W. Tull ’50W 13

Mr. Douglas H. Blampied ’56W 12

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Mr. Robert C. Crowell ’56M 12

Mr. Donald N. Femia ’54W 12

Ms. Caitlin S. Flynn ’06 12

Mr. Peter J. Jurgens ’06 12

Mr. Yong D. Kwon ’88 12

Mr. Mark S. Lyon &

Mrs. Anne S. Redman-Lyon 12

Mr. Ian S. Macdonald ’94 12

Mr. Irwin G. Michelman ’75 12

Cmdr. John G. Shaw ’64W 12

Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Taylor Jr. 12

Mr. Donald T. Tull ’55W 12

Mr. Bruce A. Wilson ’60W 12

Mr. Dana T. Aftab ’81 11

Mr. James A. Barkhuff ’67W 11

Mr. Mark A. Fischer 11

Dr. Mark A. Keroack ’72 11

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Mr. David P. McDowell ’73 11

Mr. & Mrs. David A. Reeves 11

Mr. & Mrs. Donald B. Robitaille 11

Mr. Paul G. Woodhouse ’55W 11

Mr. Jeffrey F. Bonk ’78 10

Mr. John C. Burns ’66W 10

Ms. Brigid M. Jurgens ’08 10

Dr. John W. Miller ’49W 10

Ms. Maria-Rallou T. Moore 10

Ms. Nancy W. Naftulin 10

Ms. Linda Pietras 10

Mr. Richard P. Taylor ’62W 10

Ms. Susan B. Yesley 10

Dr. Kathleen M. Gorski 9

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Jalbert 9

Mr. John Lombard &

Ms. Lilly Lombard 9

Mr. David B. Lyman ’74 9

Dr. James S. Wilson ’61M 9

Mr. Lewis W. Birmingham ’60W 8

Mr. Richard R. Garstka ’73 8

Mr. & Mrs. L. Michael

Gatzkiewicz 8

Mr. Robert J. Googins ’53W 8


Mrs. Carol LaLiberte 8

Mrs. June Caldwell Martin 8

Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Nallen 8

Dr. Michael A. Pangan ’86 8

Mr. John R. Payne Jr. ’62W 8

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Popovich 8

Mr. Walter G. Swanson 8

Mr. Thomas C. Vose ’66W 8

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory J. Clewes 7

Mr. Thomas M. Gavin ’66W 7

Dr. Leigh Harrington ’59W 7

Dr. Harrison B. Hawley ’61W 7

Dr. Jamieson D. Kennedy ’51W 7


Dr. Mary E. King 7

Ms. Sarah E. Lyon ’09 7

Mr. Thomas H. McCallum Jr. ’56W 7

Mr. John H. Meissner ’66W 7

Mr. Joseph W. Merritt Jr. ’57W 7

Mr. Kevin J. Monahan ’73 7

Mr. & Mrs. Luke R. Pelletier 7

Mr. Gary L. Provost 7

Mr. Eric T. Schoonover ’54W 7

Mr. Michael J. Thompson 7

Mr. & Mrs. Matthew M. Burke 6

Mr. William B. Cheney ’57W 6

Mr. Robert S. Edmunds ’01 6

Ms. Ellen M. Hancock 6

Mr. Robert R. Humberston ’68W 6

Mr. Skip Jarocki 6


Mrs. Karen E. Ambrose 6

Mr. Thomas J. Langer ’73 6

Mr. Barry M. Maloney ’85 6

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Mele 6

Mr. Frederick V. Peterson Jr. ’66W 6

Mrs. Christine L. Pilch Mancini

’83 6

Mr. Dean F. Redfern ’72 6

Mr. James A. Russell ’55M 6

Ms. Caroline T. Smith 6

Mr. Mont E. Stong ’78 6

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Walker 6

Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Carson 5

Mr. Alton W. Cheney ’38W 5

Ms. Wendy L. Decker 5

Mr. A. Winslow Dodge ’58W 5

Ms. Kate A. Gaw 5

Mr. & Mrs. Laurent R. Grenier 5

Mr. Robert J. Harlan Jr. ’62M 5

Mr. Nicholas C. Jalbert ’12 5

Mr. Richard H. Lamb ’69W 5

Mr. Jesadang Laohaprasit ’94 5

Mrs. Mercedese E. Large 5

Dr. Charles A. McCallum Jr. ’43W 5

Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Moran 5

Mr. Bruce Mutch ’97 5

Mr. Philip S. Rand ’58W 5

Mr. Stanley H. Rutstein 5

Dr. & Mrs. Anthony G. Spartos 5

Mr. Michael F. Stone ’67W 5

Mr. Thad Wheeler 5

Mr. Craig M. Wilson ’60W 5

Annual Report List by Constituency

trustee

Mr. David J. Callahan

Dr. Bonnie J. Faulkner Ryan ’82

Ms. Caitlin S. Flynn ’06

Mr. Van Gothner


Mrs. Krista Hanson

Mr. Scott B. Jacobs ’75


Mr. James E. LaCrosse ’50W

Mr. Barry M. Maloney ’85

Mr. Timothy J. Marini

Mr. Kent W. Pecoy

Mr. David A. Reeves

Mr. Craig A. Rubin ’63W

Mr. Mark R. Shenkman ’61M

Mr. Donald J. Stuart ’73

trustee emeriti



former trustee







Mr. Bruce S. Ferguson ’67W

Mr. Gary L. Fialky






Ms. Mahsa Khanbabai Esq. ’89

Mr. Richard LeStage ’61W


Mr. Steven P. Marcus


Mr. Todd R. Masnicki ’89


Witherspoon

Mr. Richard F. Morgan ’59W

Mr. Peter S. Plumb Esq. ’61W

Ms. Carol F. Relihan ’73

Mr. Edward J. Sack ’47W

Mr. Camille F. Sarrouf ’51W


Mr. Jonathan L. Specter ’89



Mr. William A. Tychsen ’59W

Mr. James H. Wait Sr. ’52M

Mr. Gary E. Wendlandt

Mr. Benjamin F. Wilson ’69W

Ms. Susan B. Yesley

alumni

Monson Academy

1942

Dr. Bernard Hoyt

1946

Mr. Robert L. Hayward

1949

Mr. Louis E. Roberts

1950

Mr. Edwin Shivell

1951

Mr. Richard A. Malin

1952

Mr. James H. Wait Sr.

1955

Lt. Col. Richard W. Bailey,

U.S. Marines (retired)

Mr. Frederick M. Bodington Jr.

Mr. James A. Russell

Dr. F. Knowlton Utley III

1956

Mr. Robert C. Crowell

Mr. Michael Sokolov

1957

Mr. Joseph A. Furgal

Mr. Ronald P. Masnicki

1959

Mr. William O. Humes

Mr. Richard A. Knight

Mr. Maurice Raizin

1960

Mr. Charles M. Albrecht

Mr. Donald J. Collins

Mr. Jon S. Florio

Mr. Paul D. Kreminski

Mr. James S. Macgregor III

Mr. Richard C. Upton

1961

Dr. Raymond J. Anton

Mr. David P. Benziger

Mr. Lawrence W. Bray

Mr. John A. Brockway

Mr. John L. Crowell

Mr. Carl A. Grassetti

Mr. Mark R. Shenkman

Mr. Herbert W. Wilkinson III

Dr. James S. Wilson

1962

Mr. Robert J. Harlan Jr.

Mr. Frederick C. Rathbone Jr.

1963

Judge Cary R. Brick

Mr. Anthony D. Maloni Sr.

1964

Dr. David L. Brown

Mr. Donald J. Southwick

Mr. James W. Symmonds

1965

Mr. Michael O. Jennings

1966

Mr. John C. Burns

1967

Mr. Mark F. Cignoli

Mr. Michael H. Joseph

Mr. Steven I. Weiss

1968

Mr. Gunnar A. Edelstein

Dr. Ronald L. Majka

1969

Mr. Joseph J. Garstka

Dr. George W. Johnson Jr.

Mr. Robert T. O’Neill

Ms. Karen J. Pekala

Mr. Nicholas A. Powlovich

1970

Dr. David R. Kelley


1971

Mr. W. Lee Palmer Jr.

Mr. Robert T. Wentworth

Wilbraham Academy

1938

Mr. Alton W. Cheney

1942

Mr. Robert B. Enemark

Mr. Charles G. Greenhalgh Jr.

Dr. William H. Warren

1943

Dr. Charles A. McCallum Jr.

1944

Mr. Walter E. McLane

1946

Mr. Francis M. Austin Jr.

Mr. Kevin C. Genther

Mr. Donald M. Joffray

1947

Dr. Harold W. Gramse

Mr. G. Eric Pucher

Mr. Edward J. Sack

1948

Mr. Edward W. Shore Jr.

Mr. Marshall Z. Solomon

1949

Dr. James H. Freeman

Mr. E. Morris Hayn Jr.

Mr. William D. Howerton

Dr. John W. Miller

1950

Mr. James E. LaCrosse


Mr. Arthur S. Robbins

Mr. C. Stetson Thomas

Mr. Robert W. Tull

Mr. Sheldon M. Woolf

1951

Dr. Andrew J. Dadagian

Dr. Jamieson D. Kennedy

Mr. Robert T. Marchant

Mr. Ralph A. Quackenbush

Mr. Camille F. Sarrouf

Mr. David M. Tyson

1952

Mr. Nathaniel Bond

Mr. Richard B. Brigham

Col. Frederic J. Flemings

Mr. Dwight W. Gammons

Mr. J. Lawrie Hibbard

Mr. Edward S. Schwerdtle II

1953

Mr. Paul B. Cronin

Mr. Robert G. Faulkner Sr.

Mr. Robert J. Googins

Mr. David B. Kenney

Dr. Paul I. Kingsbury

Mr. M. John Lippman

Mr. Mallory L. Pettengill

1954

Mr. Donald N. Femia

Mr. Robert A. Johnson

Mr. John M. Lovejoy

Mr. Eric T. Schoonover

Dr. Fred M. Ziter Jr.

1955

Mr. Robert J. Ardison III

Mr. Robert T. Hale

Mr. Peter C. Lincoln

Dr. Thomas G. Magill

Mr. Donald T. Tull

Mr. Paul G. Woodhouse

1956

Mr. Henry D. Bartlett

Mr. Douglas H. Blampied

Mr. William L. Danforth

Mr. John C. Duncan III

Mr. Philip H. Grandchamp

Mr. Thomas H. McCallum Jr.

Mr. David R. Whitehouse

1957

Mr. Stephen M. Allen

Mr. Ronald W. Alley Sr.

Dr. Gary W. Ardison

Mr. Carmin F. Calabres

Mr. William B. Cheney

Mr. Michael Clarke

Mr. Russell S. Cook

Mr. Harry A. Day

Mr. A. Winslow Dodge

Mr. William R. Faulkner Jr.

Mr. S. Peter Manchester

Mr. John C. Marsh

Mr. Joseph W. Merritt Jr.

Mr. Bertrand A. Page

Mr. Charles A. Pettee

Mr. Philip S. Rand

Mr. Philip H. Shaw Jr.

Mr. Jonathan L. Sperling

1959

Mr. David H. Griffith

Dr. Leigh Harrington

Mr. Richard F. Morgan

Mr. Robert S. Porter

Mr. Lee H. Schilling

Mr. Dennis C. Sowers

Mr. William A. Tychsen

1960

Mr. Lewis W. Birmingham

Mr. John F. Chapple III

Mr. Frederik O. Crawford

Mr. James G. Matzen

Mr. Karl F. Miller

Mr. Brian F. Randall

Mr. Bruce A. Wilson

Mr. Craig M. Wilson

1961

Mr. Paul R. Aarnio

Dr. Leonard R. Borsari

Cmdr. John S. Calhoun

Mr. Douglas Findlay

Dr. Harrison B. Hawley

Mr. Theodore W. Kappler Jr.

Mr. Ralph F. Leonard

Mr. Richard LeStage

Mr. Peter L. Murray Esq.

Mr. Willard F. Pinney Jr.

Mr. Peter S. Plumb Esq.

1962

Mr. Robert L. Eddy Jr.

Mr. Mountfort A. Euston

Mr. Charles D. Kellogg

Mr. Ivar Larsen

Mr. Charles P. Mason Jr.

Mr. John R. Payne Jr.

Mr. Robert W. Reynolds Jr.

Mr. Edgar C. Riozzi

Mr. Richard P. Taylor

Mr. Herbert R. Wilson

1963

Mr. Gunter M. Glass

Mr. Robert K. Nichols

Mr. Craig A. Rubin

Mr. H. Fletcher Swanson

Mr. Harry T. Whitin III

1964

Mr. Jeffrey W. Goff

Mr. William E. James

Cmdr. John G. Shaw

Mr. William S. Welles

1965

Mr. Richard D. Carreno

Mr. K. Keith McAllister

Mr. Steven K. Miller

Mr. Edward H. Thaxter

Mr. Andrew G. Veitch

1966

Mr. Ian C. Eddy Jr.

Capt. Edward C. Ferriter

Mr. Thomas M. Gavin

Mr. John H. Meissner

Mr. Francis R. Mitchell

Mr. Steven L. Paul

Mr. Frederick V. Peterson Jr.

Mr. Thomas C. Vose

Mr. Thomas F. Young Jr.

1967

Mr. James A. Barkhuff

Mr. Bruce S. Ferguson

Mr. Anthony L. Gagliardi Jr.

Mr. William C. Hine II

Mr. Douglas T. Jones

Mr. M. Loran Kary

Mr. Douglas W. Rea

Mr. James M. Reynolds

Mr. Fletcher D. Richards III

Mr. David C. Ross

Mr. Michael F. Stone

Mr. Walter J. Toner

1968

Mr. Richard G. Heus

Mr. David E. Hoxeng

Mr. Robert R. Humberston

Mr. James S. Law

Mr. Timothy N. Lincoln

1969

Dr. Townsend Brown Jr.

Mr. Richard H. Lamb

Mr. Andrew M. Paul

Mr. Wayne Ranbom

Dr. Paul Reynolds

Dr. David F. Wender

Mr. Benjamin F. Wilson

1970

Mr. Robert D. Bardwell III

Mr. Richard U. Edgehill

Mr. Steven M. Gray

Mr. James H. Herzog Jr.

Mr. Stacey H. Widdicombe III

1971

Mr. Robert D. Handel

Mr. Jonathan M. Sargent

Mr. Kenneth E. Schneider

Wilbraham & Monson Academy

1972

Mr. Frederick L. Blackwell

Dr. Mark A. Keroack

Mr. Daniel B. Kunhardt Jr.

Mr. Gregory A. Merkel

Mr. Jeffrey M. Polep

Mr. Dean F. Redfern

Mr. J. Brad Ryder

Mr. Carter L. Wormeley

$430K RAISED FROM

APRIL 24

TO

JUNE 30, 2017



1973

Mr. James S. Downey

Ms. Christine Galavotti, Ph.D.

Mr. Richard R. Garstka

Dr. Jordan L. Kramer

Mr. Thomas J. Langer

Mr. David P. McDowell

Mr. Kevin J. Monahan

Mr. Stephen J. Petrolati

Ms. Carol F. Relihan

Mr. Timothy P. Harrington

Mr. Theodore G. Sarant

Mr. Donald J. Stuart

1974

Mr. Eric W. Jacobs

Mr. David B. Lyman

1975

Mr. Philip G. Anton

Ms. Carol A. Cady

Mr. Charles M. Callahan III

Mr. Seung Jae Chyun

Mr. Mark C. Clark

Mr. Scott B. Jacobs

Mr. Richard J. King

Mr. Irwin G. Michelman

Ms. Nancy T. Stoll

1976

Mr. David J. Callahan

Mr. Daniel E. Kuhnlein Jr.

Mrs. Debra J. Pageau

Ms. Delight C. Rothery

1977

Ms. Barbara T. August

Mr. Edwin T. Conway

Mrs. Alexandra Hanson-Harding

Mr. Gordon C. Hoos

Mr. Peter A. Picknelly Jr.

Mr. Steven J. Riel

Mr. Richard A. Serafino Jr.

1978

Mr. Gary R. Beauchamp

Mr. Jeffrey F. Bonk

Mr. Christopher C. Catjakis

Ms. Cynthia R. St. George

Col. Timothy D. Marsano

Mr. R. Timothy McBride

Mr. Scott Seaman

Mr. Mont E. Stong

1979

Mr. R. Frederick Gates

Mr. Donald J. Nicholson

1980

Mr. Andres S. Lopez

Mr. Richard J. O’Donnell

Mr. Peter M. Waszkis

1981

Mr. Dana T. Aftab

Mr. Carlton P. Miner

1982

Mrs. Maura S. Griffin

Mr. Peter F. Hooben

Mr. Josef E. Martin, CPCU

Dr. Bonnie Faulkner Ryan

1983

Mr. Roland L. Filiault Jr.

Mr. Jeffrey P. Grandchamp

Mr. Michael R. Harty

Mr. William R. Lane Jr.

Mrs. Jerilyn J. Paolino

Mrs. Christine L. Pilch Mancini

Mr. Shawn M. Slattery

Dr. Brett R. Zalkan

1984

Mrs. Marilyn S. Clark

Mr. D. Jamie Collins

Dr. Laura Gramse ’84

Mr. Kent L. Karosen

Mrs. Ann-Marie Lawlor

Mr. Kelley J. McCormick

Mr. Dean P. Rohan

Mr. Charles P. Weisberg

1985

Mrs. Megan S. Aimone

Mr. Jeffrey J. Cook

Mr. Joshua S. Kelly

Mr. Barry M. Maloney

Mr. Robert A. McElaney

Mr. Tyler C. Sterck

1986

Mr. Timothy Q. Cebula

Dr. Michael A. Pangan

1987

Mr. Graeme A. Bazarian

Mrs. Maria F. Filardi

Mr. James E. Kras

Mrs. Bonnie M. Serino

1988

Mr. John Bilezikjian

Mr. Scott A. Faulkner, CPA

Mr. Yong D. Kwon

Dr. Christopher M. Prior

Mr. Rand K. Silver

1989

Ms. Mahsa Khanbabai Esq.

Mr. Todd R. Masnicki

Mr. Brian P. O’Connor

Mr. Alan A. Orquiola

Mr. Bradley L. Paster

Mr. Jonathan L. Specter

Mr. Eric J. Wesson

1990

Mr. Gregory J. Bazarian

1991

Mr. Michael C. DeNucci

1992

Mr. P. J. Louis

1994

Mr. Jesadang Laohaprasit

Mr. Ian S. Macdonald

Mrs. Andrea M. Stanley

1995

Mr. Jonathan W. Giokas

1996

Mr. Evan H. Gallivan

Dr. Arlene M. Goodman

Mr. John J. Guerin

Mr. Mark T. Irzyk

Mr. Matthew C. Jarvinen

1997

Mr. Bruce Mutch

Mr. Andrew J. Ross

1998

Mrs. Kristina S. Guerin

2000

Ms. Whitney E. Gallivan

Mr. Christopher F. Jasinski

Mr. Geoffrey A. LaMarche

Mr. John N. Sampson

2001

Mr. Robert S. Edmunds

Mr. Brian W. Juengst

Mr. David J. Pula

Ms. Susanne Elisabeth Wagoner

2002

Mr. Phillip B. Chesky

Mrs. Maureen A. Kelly Chesky

2003

Ms. Julia Z. Duffy

2004

Mr. Alexander J. Baptiste-Cassell

Mrs. Elizabeth S. Mitchell-Kelly

Mr. Peter A. Reeves

Ms. Xavierra Webb-Spann

Mr. Jeremy Woo

Ms. Yelizaveta J. Zenchenko

2005

Mr. Nicholas R. Clement

2006

Ms. Tasmina S. Ahmed

Ms. Caitlin S. Flynn

Mr. Peter J. Jurgens

Mr. Eugeniu V. Miculet

Mr. Pasquale H. Pio III

Mr. Timothy M. Rainey

Mrs. Stacy D. Sosa

2007

Mr. Gregory J. Balicki

Mr. Joshua D. Binney

Ms. Sarah A. Richard

Ms. Cori M. Richert

Mr. Fernando Zavala

2008

Ms. Brigid M. Jurgens

2009

Mr. Patrick T. Agahigian

Mr. Colin S. Akerly

Ms. Sarah E. Lyon

Ms. Alessandra E. Mele

Ms. Stephanie C. Pajak

2010

Mr. William H. Bourgeois

Mr. Trevor G. Moran

Ms. Hannah K. Tanguay

2011

Ms. Yu Bi

Ms. Bethany A. Lyon

Ms. Brooke K. Mele

Ms. Jacqueline M. Smith

2012

Mr. Nicholas C. Jalbert

Ms. Teresa J. Kennedy

Mr. Tashfiq Mannan

Mr. Steven L. Ragnauth

Mr. Max J. Rankin

2013

Ms. Molly C. Moran

Mr. Andrew D. Mordasky

Mr. Joshua T. Slater

Ms. Claudia J. Woloshchuk

2014

Mr. Marco Cattani

Mr. Yingjie Chen

Mr. Harrison Kroessler

Ms. Kristin H. Reeves

Ms. Jessica J. Smith

2015

Ms. Emily J. Carson

Mr. Austin T. Fabbo

Mr. Brian T. Kennedy

Mr. Andrew J. Mele

Ms. Katelyn A. Mercer

Mr. Miles A. Nallen

Mr. Brian J. Popovich

Mr. Joseph Schneider

Mr. Jacob J. Wood

2016

Mr. Dylan G. Dupont

Mr. Nicholas T. Kubacki

Mr. David H. Little

Mr. Jordan M. Payne

Boarding families raised more than

$180K

for air conditioning in the dorm common spaces


2017

Mr. Saleh K. Alhuwayrini

Mr. Semen Andreichuk

Mr. Enike Anyia

Mr. Gabriel M. Awad

Ms. Molly B. Bell

Mr. Nickolay Borodin

Mr. Jacob Breton

Mr. Jazario D. Brimmer

Ms. Torey G. Bronson

Ms. Annika L. Bruce

Ms. Marthé M. Cable

Mr. Anthony R. Cebula

Mr. Hanbo Chen

Mr. Isaiah S. Choiniere

Mr. Alexander P. Claudio


Mr. Edoardo Comazzi

Mr. Anthony J. Costa

Mr. Jonathan N. Cotto

Ms. Katelyn H. Cronin

Mr. Cameron P. Curland

Ms. Julia S. Diderich

Ms. Emily A. Dromgold

Ms. Jennifer M. English

Mr. Caelan C. Etti

Ms. Marissa Fabbo

Ms. Courtney P. Fallon

Mr. James Fallon

Mr. Haozheng Fan

Ms. Lauren M. Foley

Mr. Cole W. Hansen

Mr. Kenneth Harroy

Mr. Nathan Ho

Ms. Meng Hsin Hsiao

Ms. Jordana B. Irzyk

Mr. Xavier T. Jones

Mr. Jack Kaiser

Mr. Christopher W. Kalil

Mr. Brendan P. Kane

Mr. Jun Woo Kang

Ms. Natalie Kelley

Mr. Michael J. Kendall

Mr. JaeJun Kim

Mr. Jin Sung Kim

Mr. Jisang Kim

Mr. Myungsoo Kim

Ms. Soo Ryun Kim

Ms. Emma M. Kindblom

Mr. Peter Labbe

Mr. Dylan C. Lattell

Ms. Gabriella R. Leary

Ms. Mina Lee

Mr. Sangwoo Lee

Mr. Tyler J. Lefebvre

Mr. Tyler Lennon

Mr. Nicholas Leone

Mr. Miles Lester

Mr. Kristian Lien

Mr. Giangabriel Linarez

Mr. Zachary L. Mann

Mr. Rasif Masrur

Mr. Ryan J. McNeill

Mr. Peter E. Miccoli Jr.

Mr. Stephen B. Millerick

Mr. Ziyu Mo

Mr. James P. Murphy

Mr. Sean C. Murphy

Mr. Phong The Ngo

Ms. Morah C. Palmer

Mr. Sang Wook Park

Ms. Lauren G. Poole

Ms. Maya A. Preibisz-Kamat

Mr. Daniel Z. Qin-Dong

Ms. Meera E. Ratte

Mr. Anthony A. Romano

Mr. Marcelo P. Bravo da Rosa

Mr. Nicola Saltarelli

Mr. Wenxuan Shi

Ms. Yi Shi

Ms. Kiana I. Smith

Ms. Julia A. Sparago

Ms. Mary E. Sparago

Mr. Alexander J. Strange

Mr. Michael J. Suglia

Mr. Yingshuo Sun

Mr. Andrea Teofili

Ms. Courtney T. Thrun

Mr. Isaías P. de Brito Trindade

Mr. Daniel Voronin

Mr. Chenyu Wang

Mr. Di Wang

Mr. Peter Maximilian J. Waszkis

Mr. Dakota J. Wheeler

Mr. Andrew R. Wood

Mr. Enming Zhang

Ms. Yujia Zhang

current parents

2017




Mr. William S. Ho &

Ms. Annis C. Chan


Mrs. Elaine Kaiser

Mr. James Irzyk & Ms. Jody L. Abzug



Dr. Hee Sup Kim &

Dr. Eunhwa Choi



Mr. & Mrs. Yniong Lee



Dr. Mary E. King

Mr. & Mrs. Leon Smith II

Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Waszkis ’80

Ms. Susan B. Yesley

2018

Ms. Dawn Baker

Mr. William C. Bowie


Mr. Song Chang &

Mrs. Zhaoyan Liang

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph D. Cheria






Mr. Bo Jiang & Ms. Ping Li

Mr. Young Do Kim &

Mrs. Hyun Ah Kwon



Dr. Sun Ha Park


Mrs. Julie A. Russell

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Towle Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. John C. Wakelin

Mr. & Mrs. Eric J. Wesson ’89

Mr. Zhizhong Zha &

Ms. Yiling Wang

2019

Mr. & Mrs. Hakim L. Hernandez


Margaret Lenihan Hutcheson







Mr. & Mrs. Brian LaBrec



Mr. Xiangnan Liu &

Ms. Haiyan Cao





Mr. Jin Wang & Ms. Xiangbing Luo


Mr. Youzhi Xu & Mrs. Xia Wang

Mr. Zhiyou Zhang &

Mrs. Jianhua Qi

2020


Mr. Alexey Demkin &

Ms. Irina Kolikova







Mr. Kyungho Lee &

Mrs. Bokyang Kim


Mr. Guofeng Li &

Mrs. Huiping Zhang


Dr. I-Ching Chou

Mr. & Mrs. Li Lu


Mr. David H. Otte &



Mr. & Mrs. James H. Shaw

Mr. Shaoxin Xu &

Mrs. Xiaowen Zeng

Mr. Jingping Yang

Mr. Xiang Yu & Mrs. Lili Fu

2021






Mr. & Mrs. Eric J. Wesson ’89

Mr. & Mrs. Stuart F. Whitcomb


2022




Mr. John Lombard &

Ms. Lilly Lombard

2023

Mr. Shane Bravetti

Mrs. Kelly McLellan Swanson





Dr. Ibitoro Osakwe



alumni parents

Dr. & Mrs. David D. Agahigian

Ms. Renee A. Alexander

Mr. Richard Altman


Anonymous



Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Bachtold

Ms. Donna L. Barone

Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence E. Bater

Dr. & Mrs. Glenn D. Benson-Lewis

Mr. William J. Best

Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Bourgeois

Mr. & Mrs. Brian N. Caine

Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Callahan III


Mr. & Mrs. Christopher L. Carlin


Mr. & Mrs. Sakchai Chirathivat

Mr. Seung Jae Chyun ’75

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory J. Clewes


Mr. & Mrs. Carl A. Conlon


Mr. Van Gothner &

Ms. Elizabeth A. Davison

Mr. Alexey Demkin &

Ms. Irina Kolikova


Mr. & Mrs. Laurence D. Ely III

Mr. Robert G. Faulkner Sr. ’53W


Mrs. Carol LaLiberte

Mr. & Mrs. Don Faulstick

Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Fialky

Mr. & Mrs. David C. Fitchet


Mr. & Mrs. Frederic W. Fuller III

Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Gallivan

Ms. Kate A. Gaw


Mr. & Mrs. William J. Giokas

Mr. & Mrs. Amaro Goncalves

Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence H. Goodman




Mr. David J. Gordon


Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Greene

Mr. & Mrs. Laurent R. Grenier

Mrs. Ligia P. Guerin

Mrs. Janet Hale

Ms. Ellen M. Hancock




Mr. & Mrs. Dale Henry


Mrs. Charlene L. Hulten

Mr. & Mrs. Frederick M. Insler

Mr. & Mrs. Peter B. Izyk


Mr. & Mrs. James S. Jurgens


Dr. David R. Kelley ’70M

Mr. Donald E. Kelly







Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Little


Mr. Mark S. Lyon &

Mrs. Anne S. Redman-Lyon


Mr. & Mrs. Frank S. Mancuso Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Steven P. Marcus

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Marini


Mr. & Mrs. James D. McKenna

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Mele

Mr. Francis R. Mitchell ’66W


Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Moran

Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Nallen

Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Nicholson ’79

Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. O’Donnell ’80

Mr. John R. O’Reilly &

Ms. Ann Rick

Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Osmond

Mr. Daniel F. Pawling Sr.


Mr. Charles A. Pettee ’57W


Mr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Popovich

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey R. Power Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Eric P. Prashaw

Dr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Race

Mr. & Mrs. David A. Reeves

Mr. John T. Risley



Mrs. Sandra H. Ross

Mr. Jack Rubin &

Ms. Patricia Yuzawa-Rubin

Mr. Stanley H. Rutstein

Mrs. Cara A. Sabatino


Dr. Mary E. King

Mr. & Mrs. David K. Sherman




Mr. Michael A. Sloan


Mr. & Mrs. Garrett P. Smith

Mr. Frederick Spann &

Ms. A. Jacquetta Webb-Spann

Dr. & Mrs. Anthony G. Spartos

Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Stolpinski

Mr. & Mrs. Gilles J. Tanguay

Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Taylor Jr.

Mr. Thomas R. Toman

Mrs. Mary Van Leeuwen

Mr. & Mrs. John P. Venditti

Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Voltz Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Walker

Mr. & Mrs. David C. Weeks

Mr. & Mrs. Martin R. Wright

Ms. Susan B. Yesley

Ms. Marianne G. Zurn

grandparents & alumni grandparents

Mrs. Sylvia F. Altman



Mr. & Mrs. L. Michael Gatzkiewicz

Dr. Harold W. Gramse ’47W

Mr. & Mrs. Donald M. Joffray ’46W

Mr. & Mrs. Alan E. O’Dell

Mr. John R. Payne Jr. ’62W

Ms. Katherine A. Reilly

Mr. & Mrs. Donald B. Robitaille


alumni spouse

Mrs. Sophia Fowler

Mrs. Carol J. Googins



Mrs. Judith B. Hale


Mrs. Joyce McCray



Mrs. Jane N. Putnam

Mrs. Linda E. Swift

Mrs. Jane F. Wood

faculty & staff

Mr. T. Mark Aimone

Anonymous

Mr. Joshua Bain

Ms. Donna L. Barone

Mrs. Sarah Bateman

Ms. Roseanne Bianchi

Mr. John F. Boozang

Mrs. Maureen A. Kelly Chesky ’02

Ms. Gail Chesworth-Taylor

Mr. William Ciosek

Mrs. Barbara A. Conlon

Mrs. Amy Crocker



Ms. Wendy L. Decker

Mr. Michael H. Dziura

Mrs. Susan Dziura

Mr. Brian P. Easler

Mr. Mark A. Fischer

Ms. Elizabeth A. Fontaine Squindo

Ms. Kate A. Gaw

Mrs. Virginia C. Giokas


Dr. Kathleen M. Gorski

Mr. Steven M. Gray ’70W

Mr. Timothy P. Harrington ’73

Mr. Russell B. Held

Ms. DawnMarie Hines

Mrs. Gayle W. Hsiao

Mr. Doug S. Hutcheson

Ms. Margaret Lenihan Hutcheson


Mr. James Irzyk

Mrs. Lisa C. Jalbert

Dr. Anthony Kandel

Mr. Kevin J. Kane

Mr. Donald E. Kelly

Ms. Teresa J. Kennedy ’12

Mr. Walter P. Kiczko

Mrs. Anne W. Kindblom

Mr. Erik M. Kindblom

Mr. Brian P. Lautenschleger

Mr. John Lombard

Mr. Michael C. Mannix

Mrs. Elizabeth S. Mitchell-

Kelly ’04

Mrs. Janet L. Murphy

Mr. Donald J. Nicholson ’79

Ms. Heidi Ostendarp


Mr. Luke R. Pelletier


Ms. Linda Pietras

Mrs. Carol A. Popovich

Mrs. Rose B. Power

Mrs. Christina X. Robinson

Mrs. Jessica Rohan

Mrs. Theodora Ryan

Ms. Cynthia L. Shults

Ms. Tess Simpson



Ms. Kimberly Therieau

Mr. Jeffrey R. Vartabedian

Mrs. Sarah E. Wakelin

Ms. Valerie Wallace

Dr. Charles B. Warden Jr.

Mr. David C. Weeks

Mrs. Marjorie Weeks

Mr. Thad Wheeler

Ms. Erika M. Whipple

Mr. Stuart F. Whitcomb

Mr. Nathan White

former faculty & staff

Mr. Thomas P. Addicks

Mr. & Ms. Hasan Y. Alrefae

Mr. Philip G. Anton ’75

Mr. John G. Becker Jr.



Mr. & Mrs. Anthony L. Carey


Dr. Timothy W. Farrell

Mrs. Elaine Fialky

Mrs. Deborah R. Finley

Mr. Stanley L. Fri

Mr. Peter O. Frisch

Mr. Frank Fritts



Mr. Allen Hsiao

Mr. Skip Jarocki

Mrs. Catherine M. Jurgens

Mrs. Bertha P. Lak

Mrs. Jeanine M. Little

Mrs. Bonnie R. Mannix

Mr. Steven K. Miller ’65W

Mr. Charles Mitchell-Kelly

Ms. Nancy W. Naftulin

Mrs. Jerilyn J. Paolino ’83

Mr. Gary L. Provost


Mrs. Kathleen A. Sherman

Mr. Richard R. Smith

Ms. Cynthia R. St. George ’78

Mr. Michael J. Thompson

Mrs. Cleo B. Warden

Mrs. Julia Washburn



friends

Mr. Omar Aljanabi

Anonymous



Ms. Linda R. Berube


Lt. Lawrence Biondo



Ms. Edna L. Buckley

Mr. & Mrs. Matthew M. Burke




Mr. & Mrs. Bert Davison


Mr. & Mrs. James J. Diotalevi


de Uribe

Ms. Olive Goddard

Mr. Charles Goodine



Ms. Janet Hayes

Ms. Audrey N. Henry






Mr. & Mrs. James L. Jacobs


Mr. Sammi Kelleher


Ms. Christine Woods Kitto

SK3 Realty LLC


Ms. Sue Kwon



Mr. Mark T. Leary

Mr. & Mrs. Sy Lippman

Ms. Laurel Manley


Witherspoon

Ms. Audrey McCray Burger

Ms. Paulina McGrath

Mr. Thomas M. McNamara


Ms. Celia Morgan

Ms. Janet Morrison


Mr. Kevin J. Murphy

Ms. Judy Niziolek

Mr. & Mrs. John F. Panek


Mr. Kent W. Pecoy


Ms. Ivette Pizarro



Mr. Greg Purdy

Mr. Qimin Qian &

Mrs. Fenrong Miao

Mr. Angel Reyes


Ms. Teresa Rodriquez

Ms. Keri Rosini


Mr. Steve Sevivas


Mrs. Marjorie Steiger


Mr. Arthur Tardiff


Mr. & Ms. Robert B. Vallerie


Mr. Dean Whitcomb


Mrs. Jan R. Ziter

matching gift companies, foundations & corporations

Alpha Oil Company

Amazon Smile Foundation

American International Group, Inc.

Andrew Associates

Anonymous


Archie D. & Bertha H. Walker

Foundation

Bacon & Wilson PC

BAE Systems Matching Gifts


Barings Real Estate Advisers

Barnes & Noble Booksellers

The Columbus Foundation


New Jersey


Western MA

ConocoPhillips Company

Corning Incorporated

Foundation


Search, Inc.

ExxonMobil Foundation Inc.


GenScope Inc.

H. A. Wilson Company


J. Polep Distribution Services

Jack & Sylvia Altman Foundation

Maine Community Foundation

Marsh USA Inc.

MassMutual Financial Group

National Wine & Spirits

Corporation

New York Life Foundation

PNC

Renaissance Charitable

Foundation Inc.

Rice Fruit Farm, Inc.

The Sack Foundation Inc.


Smith & Wesson Corp.

Specter Perpetual Charitable

Trust

UBS Employee Giving Programs

Thailand Alumni Association



United Technologies

Valley Malt

Verisk Analytics

neW donors


Mr. Saleh K. Alhuwayrini ’17

Mr. Omar Aljanabi

Mr. Semen Andreichuk ’17

Dr. Raymond J. Anton ’61M

Mr. Enike Anyia ’17

Mr. Joshua Bain



Mr. Alexander J.

Baptiste-Cassell ’04

Mrs. Sarah Bateman

Ms. Molly B. Bell ’17



Ms. Yu Bi ’11


Mr. Nickolay Borodin ’17

Bosc Sunshine Club

Mr. William H. Bourgeois ’10


Mr. Shane Bravetti


Mr. Marcelo P. Bravo da Rosa ’17

Mr. Jacob Breton ’17

Mr. Jazario D. Brimmer ’17

Ms. Torey G. Bronson ’17

Ms. Annika L. Bruce ’17

Ms. Edna L. Buckley

Ms. Marthé M. Cable ’17



Mr. Anthony R. Cebula ’17


Mr. Hanbo Chen ’17

Mr. Isaiah S. Choiniere ’17

Mr. William Ciosek

Mr. Alexander P. Claudio ’17


Mr. Anthony J. Costa ’17

Mr. Jonathan N. Cotto ’17


Ms. Katelyn H. Cronin ’17

Mr. Cameron P. Curland ’17




Mr. Isaías P. de Brito Trindade ’17


Search Inc.

Mr. Alexey Demkin &

Ms. Irina Kolikova

Mr. Michael C. DeNucci ’91

Ms. Julia S. Diderich ’17


Ms. Emily A. Dromgold ’17

Mr. Ian C. Eddy Jr. ’66W

Ms. Jennifer M. English ’17

Mr. Caelan C. Etti ’17


Ms. Marissa Fabbo ’17


Ms. Courtney P. Fallon ’17

Mr. James Fallon ’17

Mr. Haozheng Fan ’17


de Uribe

Mr. Roland L. Filiault Jr. ’83

Ms. Lauren M. Foley ’17




Ms. Elizabeth Gibbons

Ms. Olive Goddard

Mr. Charles Goodine

Mr. Jeffrey P. Grandchamp ’83


Mr. Carl A. Grassetti ’61M

Mr. Cole W. Hansen ’17

Mrs. Alexandra

Hanson-Harding ’77



Mr. Kenneth Harroy ’17

Ms. Janet Hayes

Mr. Russell B. Held

Ms. Audrey N. Henry



Mr. Nathan Ho ’17



Mr. Gordon C. Hoos ’77


Ms. Meng Hsin Hsiao ’17


Mrs. Elaine Kaiser



Ms. Jordana B. Irzyk ’17

Mr. Mark T. Irzyk


Mr. Charles Joerin


Mr. Xavier T. Jones ’17

Mr. Jack Kaiser ’17

Mr. Christopher W. Kalil ’17

Dr. Anthony Kandel

Mr. Brendan P. Kane ’17


Mr. Jun Woo Kang ’17


Mr. Sammi Kelleher

Ms. Natalie Kelley ’17

Mr. Michael J. Kendall ’17

Mr. JaeJun Kim ’17

Mr. JinSung Kim ’17

Mr. Jisang Kim ’17

Mr. Myungsoo Kim ’17

Ms. Soo Ryun Kim ’17

Ms. Emma M. Kindblom ’17




Ms. Sue Kwon

Mr. Peter Labbe ’17



Mr. Dylan C. Lattell ’17


Ms. Gabriella R. Leary ’17

Mr. Mark T. Leary

Mr. Kyungho Lee &

Mrs. Bokyang Kim

Ms. Mina Lee ’17

Mr. Sangwoo Lee ’17

Mr. Tyler J. Lefebvre ’17

Mr. Tyler Lennon ’17


Mr. Nicholas Leone ’17

Mr. Miles Lester ’17

Mr. Guofeng Li &

Mrs. Huiping Zhang


Dr. I-Ching Chou

Mr. Kristian Lien ’17


Mr. Giangabriel Linarez ’17


Mr. & Mrs. Li Lu




Ms. Laurel Manley

Mr. Zachary L. Mann ’17

Mr. Tashfiq Mannan ’12

Mr. Rasif Masrur ’17


Ms. Paulina McGrath

Mr. Ryan J. McNeill ’17

Ms. Alessandra E. Mele ’09

Ms. Brooke K. Mele ’11

Mr. Gregory A. Merkel ’72

Mr. Peter E. Miccoli Jr. ’17

Mr. Stephen B. Millerick ’17


Mr. Ziyu Mo ’17


Ms. Celia Morgan



Ms. Janet Morrison




Mr. James P. Murphy ’17

Mr. Kevin J. Murphy

Mr. Sean C. Murphy ’17


Mr. Phong The Ngo ’17


Ms. Judy Niziolek

Mr. Oghenemaro S. Oruerio ’18


Dr. Ibitoro Osakwe

Ms. Heidi Ostendarp

Ms. Morah C. Palmer ’17


Mr. Sang Wook Park ’17



Ms. Ivette Pizarro


Ms. Lauren G. Poole ’17

Ms. Maya A. Preibisz-Kamat ’17


Mr. Greg Purdy

Mr. Qimin Qian &

Mrs. Fenrong Miao

Mr. Daniel Z. Qin-Dong ’17

Mr. Max J. Rankin ’12

Ms. Meera E. Ratte ’17

Mr. Douglas W. Rea ’67W

Mr. Angel Reyes


Mr. Louis E. Roberts ’49M




Ms. Teresa Rodriguez


Mrs. Jessica Rohan


Ms. Keri Rosini

Mr. Nicola Saltarelli ’17



Mr. Steve Sevivas

Ms. Yi Shi ’17

Ms. Tess Simpson

Ms. Kiana I. Smith ’17

Ms. Julia A. Sparago ’17


Mr. Tyler C. Sterck ’85

Ms. Nancy T. Stoll ’75

Mr. Alexander J. Strange ’17

Mr. Michael J. Suglia ’17


Mr. Yingshuo Sun ’17

Mr. Arthur Tardiff

Mr. Andrea Teofili ’17

Ms. Courtney T. Thrun ’17


UMass Amherst Alumni

Association

Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Vallerie

Valley Malt

Mr. Daniel Voronin ’17

Mr. Long Bao Vu ’18

Ms. Valerie Wallace

Mr. Chenyu Wang ’17

Mr. Di Wang ’17

Mr. Peter Maximilian J. Waszkis ’17

Mr. Dakota J. Wheeler ’17

Mr. Dean Whitcomb

Mr. Nathan White


Mr. Andrew R. Wood ’17


Mr. Shaoxin Xu &

Mrs. Xiaowen Zeng


Mr. Zhizhong Zha &

Ms. Yiling Wang

Mr. Enming Zhang ’17

Ms. Yujia Zhang ’17

Named Funds Listberube prize fund

Ms. Linda R. Berube

capital projects fund

Mr. William R. Faulkner Jr. ’57



catherine ingraham memorial fund


discretionary library fund



Mr. Brian P. Easler











Mr. David H. Otte &








Ms. Susan B. Yesley

the faulkner library fund



the fred and evelyn ziter faculty grant fund endoWment

Dr. Fred M. Ziter Jr. ’54W

general scholarship fund

Anonymous

the george d. morroW scholarship fund










Ms. Celia Morgan

Ms. Janet Morrison



Mr. Greg Purdy



Mr. Arthur Tardiff


Dr. F. Knowlton Utley III ’55M


h. Willis cutler ’84 memorial fund

Mary Cutler Trust

henry Wesley and ruth benton scholarship fund







Ms. Audrey N. Henry






Mr. Arthur Tardiff


hubbard plymouth exchange


keith and june martin faculty chair fund

Mrs. June Caldwell Martin

margaret steiger memorial scholarship fund


Western MA

Mr. Philip C. Steiger Jr.

markell & monson class of 1898 aWard


odlaW house


property acquisition fund


sarrouf family scholarship

Mr. Camille F. Sarrouf ’51

the albert WinsloW dodge ’32 arboricultural endoWment

Mr. A. Winslow Dodge ’58W

the francis m. austin jr. ’46W scholarship fund


Class of 2017 raised more money than any other class in history toward their class gift


the parker hodgman ’55m memorial scholarship fund


the phil and cecelie cardone scholarship fund



Western MA

phil and florence shaW scholarship fund



Mr. Philip H. Shaw Jr. ’57W

Mr. Stacey H. Widdicombe

III ’70W

sandy bayless ’68W memorial scholarship fund

Ms. Elizabeth Bayless

unexpended gifts fund



Gifts In KindMr. Paul R. Aarnio ’61W

Ms. Linda R. Berube




Mr. William Ciosek

Mr. D. Jamie Collins ’84

Mr. James S. Downey ’73

Ms. Olive Goddard

Mr. Leverett M. Hubbard Jr.

Mr. Charles Joerin


Ms. Mahsa Khanbabai, Esq. ’89

Ms. Christine W. Kitto

Ms. Sue Kwon

Mrs. Joyce McCray



Mr. John N. Sampson ’00



Mr. Marshall Z. Solomon ’48W

Mrs. Andrea M. Stanley ’94

Mr. Demetri G. Tsolakis ’01

Valley Malt

Mr. Eric J. Wesson ’89



Gifts in Memory/Honor of

in honor of

In Honor of Mrs. Marissa L. Axtell


In Honor of Mr. Gary R. Beauchamp

Mr. R. Timothy McBride ’78

In Honor of

Ms. Margaret Crocker ’18 and

Mr. William D. Crocker III ’20


In Honor of Mr. Charles D. D’Avanzo


In Honor of Mr. Brian P. Easler


Ms. Susan B. Yesley

In Honor of Dr. Stephanie Easler

Ms. Susan B. Yesley

In Honor of Mr. Mark A. Fischer

Mr. Yingjie Chen ’14

In Honor of Ms. Haley K. Godin ’18

and Mr. John C. Godin ’20


In Honor of Dr. Kathleen M. Gorski

Ms. Susan B. Yesley

In Honor of

Mr. Timothy P. Harrington ’73

Ms. Yu Bi ’11

In Honor of Mr. Steven I. Holik ’22


In Honor of

Ms. Margaret Lenihan

Hutcheson


In Honor of

Mr. Nicholas C. Jalbert ’12


In Honor of Mr. Xavier T. Jones ’17


In Honor of Mr. John T. Kirwan ’15


In Honor of

Mr. William M. Kirwan ’15


In Honor of

Mr. Rodney J. LaBrecque


In Honor of Mr. Gregory L. Large ’15


In Honor of Mr. Tristan R. Lynch ’20


In Honor of

Mrs. Elizabeth S.

Mitchell-Kelly ’04


In Honor of Ms. Tresara G. Moore ’11


In Honor of

Mr. Alexander B. Otte ’20

Mr. David H. Otte &


In Honor of Ms. Olivia E. Picknelly ’21


In Honor of Mr. Peter B. Picknelly ’18

Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Picknelly Jr

In Honor of

Mr. Kaelan A. Pinnock ’23


In Honor of Mr. Matthew T. Risley ’96

Mr. John T. Risley

In Honor of Mr. Nathan M. Rivera ’20


In Honor of

Mr. Matthew J. Robertson ’17


In Honor of Mrs. Jessica Rohan


Dr. Ibitoro Osakwe

In Honor of

Mr. Gokul P. Sivakumar ’19


In Honor of

Ms. Julia A. Sparago ’17 and


Anonymous

In Honor of

Mr. Nicholas A. Spellman ’19


In Honor of Mrs. Na-young Weaver


In Honor of Ms. Erika M. Whipple


In Honor of Mr. Stuart F. Whitcomb

Mr. Shane Bravetti

gifts in memory of

In Memory of

Mr. Michael D. Balise ’83

Dr. Brett R. Zalkan ’83

In Memory of


Mr. Jeffrey F. Bonk ’78


In Memory of Ms. Eileen Cebula


In Memory of

Mr. Harold O. Graves ’42W


In Memory of

Mr. Robert T. Hale ’55W

Mrs. Judith B. Hale

In Memory of

Mr. Richard W. Handel Jr. ’67W

Mr. Robert D. Handel ’71W

In Memory of

Mr. Robert C. McCray ’43M

Ms. Jennifer Fontaine





Ms. Audrey N. Henry






Ms. Celia Morgan

Ms. Janet Morrison


Mr. Greg Purdy



Mr. Arthur Tardiff


Mr. Jon S. Florio ’60M

Mrs. Jane N. Putnam

In Memory of

Mr. M. Scott Mitchell ’57W


In Memory of

Mr. James F. Monahan


In Memory of Mr. Howe S. Newell

Mr. Nathaniel Bond ’52W

In Memory of Mr. Dillinger Perez ’15

Mr. Omar Aljanabi

Ms. Emily J. Carson ’15




Mr. Dylan G. Dupont ’16

Mr. & Mrs. Michael H. Dziura


Dr. Stephanie Easler


6,992

TOTAL ALUMNI



Mr. Charles Goodine



Mr. Sammi Kelleher

Mr. Brian T. Kennedy ’15

Mr. Mark T. Leary

Ms. Laurel Manley

Ms. Paulina McGrath


Mrs. Elizabeth S. Mitchell-Kelly ’04

& Mr. Charles Mitchell-Kelly

Mr. Kevin J. Murphy



Ms. Ivette Pizarro

Ms. Kristin H. Reeves ’14

Mr. Angel Reyes

Ms. Teresa Rodriquez


Ms. Keri Rosini


Mr. Steve Sevivas




Mr. Dean Whitcomb

In Memory of

Richard B. Phillips ’63W


In Memory of

Mr. Harold E. Porter ’44W

Bacon & Wilson, PC




Bosc Sunshine Club

Ms. Edna L. Buckley

Ms. Christina J. Cronin CFRE





Mr. Walter E. McLane ’44W




Mr. & Ms. Robert B. Vallerie

In Memory of

Mrs. Delight B. Rothery


In Memory of

Mr. Frederic A. Rothery







UMass Amerst Alumni

Association

In Memory of

Mr. Robert B. Stone ’64W

Mr. William S. Welles ’64W

In Memory of

Mr. Gustavus F. Swift IV ’66W

Mrs. Linda E. Swift

In Memory of

Margaret E. Willis-Aarnio


In Memory of Mr. Arthur H. Zalkan

Mrs. Marilyn S. Clark ’84

Heritage SocietyThe Heritage Society is

comprised of individuals who

have included Wilbraham &

Monson Academy in their will

or estate plan, have established

an endowed fund or have made

a planned gift to the Academy.

These individuals add to our

endowment. Their generosity

and planning creates significant

Academy resources.

Mr. John M. Adan Jr. ’62W

Mr. Dana T. Aftab ’81

Mr. Robert A. Augusto

Mrs. Cynthia O. Bean


Ms. Linda R. Berube


Mr. & Mrs. S. Prestley Blake

Dr. David L. Brown ’64M &

Ms. Ruth Remmick

Mr. & Mrs. James L. Brown IV ’55M

Mrs. Jeanne K. Caropreso

Mrs. Priscilla Carter

Mr. & Mrs. John F. Chapple III ’60W

Mrs. Marilyn S. Clark ’84 &

Mr. Michael Clark

Mrs. Anna S. Clough

Mr. Fredrick M. Crean ’67 W


& Mr. Mark Langevin

Dr. Neida Q. Dimeo

Mr. & Mrs. A. Winslow Dodge ’58W

Mr. Robert S. Edmunds ’01

Mr. Peter G. Ellis ’37W

Mr. Robert B. Enemark ’42W


Mr. William F. Favorite

Mr. Evan H. Gallivan ’96

Mr. & Mrs. Dwight W.

Gammons ’52W

Mr. & Mrs. Gunter M. Glass ’63W



Mr. & Mrs. Alan W. Hale ’81

Ms. Jane C. Hale

Mrs. Janet Hale

Mrs. Susan D. Hall

Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Harrington

Sr. ’60M

Mr. Douglas J. Harwood ’70W




Mr. & Mrs. Scott B. Jacobs ’75

Mr. Kent L. Karosen ’84 &

Mr. Brian Hauserman

Dr. & Mrs. Jamieson D.

Kennedy ’51W


Dr. Jordan L. Kramer ’73

Mr. & Mrs. Daniel B. Kunhardt Jr. ’72

Mr. & Mrs. Rodney J. LaBrecque

Mr. & Mrs. James E. LaCrosse ’50W

Mr. Philip C. Lawton ’54W


Mr. Charles P. Lukasik ’74

Mr. James W. Lyons

Mr. & Mrs. Robert K. MacLauchlin,

Ph.D. ’50W

Mrs. Angela M. Maldonado

Mr. S. Peter Manchester ’58W

Mr. Robert T. Marchant ’51W

Mrs. Taffy L. Marron

Mr. Josef E. Martin, CPCU ’82

Mrs. June C. Martin

Mr. Charles P. Mason Jr. ’62W


Witherspoon &

Mr. David Witherspoon

Dr. Charles A. McCallum Jr. ’43W

Mr. Robert C. McCray ’43M

Mrs. Joanne D. McGee

Mr. John H. Meissner ’66W

Mrs. Marcy A. Minnick ’97

Mr. M. Scott Mitchell ’57W

Dr. Oscar R. Nepomuceno

Mrs. Diane Peters

Mr. & Mrs. Peter S. Plumb, Esq. ’61W

Mrs. Jewell G. Prentice

Mr. G. Eric Pucher ’47W

Mr. Brian F. Randall ’60W

Ms. Carol F. Relihan ’73 &

Mr. John Arthur

Mr. Lawrence K. Saex ’69 M

Mr. & Mrs. Camille F. Sarrouf ’51W

Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Shenkman ’61M

Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Shivell ’50M


Ms. Cynthia R. St. George, CFRE ’78

Mr. George L. Stephenson II ’51W

Ms. Janet Sweeney

Ms. Mary Sweeney

Mr. Thomas F. Sweeney

Mr. & Mrs. Edward Symes III ’64W


Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Thompson

Mr. Donald T. Tull ’55W

Mr. Robert W. Tull ’50W

Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Vitale



Mr. Paul G. Woodhouse ’55W

Mr. Washburne D. Wright ’60W

Ms. Chelsey A. Zahornacky

Mr. Michael J. Zahornacky Jr.

Mr. Michael J. Zahornacky IV

Dr. & Mrs. Brett R. Zalkan ’83

Mr. Ira L. Zalkan ’89

Mrs. Barbara Zarynoff

Dr. & Mrs. Fred M. Ziter Jr. ’54W

Mr. Michael P. Ziter ’61W

Dr. William D. Ziter ’56W

the estates of …

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald W. Barend ’66M

Mr. Garey M. Browne Jr. ’54M

Mr. Charles W. Carter

Mr. Kenneth R. Churilla ’61M

Dr. Walter S. Clough ’45W

Mr. Douglas Coon ’39W

Mr. Fredrick M. Crean ’67W

Mr. Leonard Cummings ’40W

Mrs. Mary A. Cutler 1901M

Mr. Peter G. Ellis ’37W

Mr. William F. Favorite

Dr. Ralph A. Goddard ’46W

Mr. Edward J. Gramse,

D.D.S. ’39W

Mr. William A. Griffin ’68W

Mr. Kenneth A. Gustafson ’49W

Mr. Alan Hale ’46W

Mr. Allan L. Haling ’42W

Mr. Parker E. Hodgman ’55M

Mr. John G. Hoyt ’48M

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Kessaris ’50W

Mr. Harrison W. King CFP ’46W

Capt. Robert T. Leary, U.S. Coast

Guard (retired) ’37W

Mr. Ronald Lerner ’52W

Mr. Richard B. Lord ’38W

Mr. N. Frank Maldonado ’55W

Mr. Harvey A. Marron ’60M

Mr. Keith Martin ’47W

Mr. Caleb H. O’Connor ’30W

Mr. Sherman V. Olson ’49M

Mr. George I. Parker Jr. ’31W

Ms. Kimberly S. Peters ’78

Mr. Frank J. Pizzitola ’43M

Mr. Chester H. Prentice ’40W

Mr. Craig Shea ’48W

Mr. James J. Shea Jr. ’44W

Mr. Francis W. Smith ’44W

Mr. George L. Stephenson II ’51W

Mr. Lewis A. Storrs ’21W

Mr. John S. Williams ’39W

Mr. Arthur H. Zalkan

Mr. Paul G. Zarynoff ’53W

Mr. Sergay G. Zarynoff ’57W

discrepancy We have tried our best to ensure the accuracy of the information contained within these pages. If you come across an error or omission, please accept our apologies and let us know of the error so that we may take the appropriate actions to correct it. To make a correction, call the Advancement Office at 413.596.9133.

Atlas, the Titan god who personifies the qualities of endurance, strength and resilience, has long stood watch over all who enter Rich Hall. In this way, he is a fitting symbol to represent our Annual Fund at Wilbraham & Monson Academy.

In previous years, the Annual Fund has been used to sustain the operations of the Academy. However, we have taken a new approach to these funds. Through sound fiscal management and establishing greater control of our resources, the funds raised annually will be used to move our school forward. Last fiscal year, more than 80 percent of the Annual Fund was used not to support operating but to improve the Academy. It allowed us to replace the roof and to renovate and transform the portico and entrance to Rich Hall, and to install air conditioning in the common spaces of our dormitories.

It is in this way that your investment in WMA moves us forward. And it is for this reason that Atlas, the symbol of strength and resilience, becomes the face of our Annual Fund.

We hope that you will continue to stand together with us and support the Atlas Fund to help ensure we continue to move the Academy ever forward.

Welcome to the Atlas Fund!


From the Archives

Renaissance WomanI fIrst met Virginia Masnicki and her husband Ron Masnicki ’57M at Reunion 2014. It was my first reunion as Associate Director of Archives at the Academy. They sought me out and introduced themselves, stating that they wanted to chat with me about the history of our school. From that first meeting, Mrs. Masnicki and I hit it off, and we have been working together ever since.

Mrs. Masnicki is a tenacious researcher, just one of her many talents. Her attention to detail stood out to me immediately. Mrs. Masnicki’s interests from an early age have served her well through the years; bilingual in Polish, one of her prized accomplishments was working with Literacy Volunteers of America (1995–2002), where one of her students was a finalist for The National Essay Award, granting her a $1,000 award. Mrs. Masnicki is a charter member of the Adult Literacy and Lifelong Learning Center for the Quabog Valley Region in Massachusetts. She also has a creative side.

A graduate of the Springfield Conservatory of Music, Mrs. Masnicki has taught and plays piano and clarinet. She was also a freelance photographer with her own business, and a calligrapher as well as a religious education teacher within her church. To top it off, Mrs. Masnicki was captain of the U.S. Tennis Association Women’s Team, where she competed at championship levels for five years.

The Masnickis have three children — Todd ’89, Tanya and Valerie. They were all strong athletes, with a leaning towards tennis. As Mrs. Masnicki said, “some of our friends were putting in swimming pools, while we put in a tennis court.” Mrs. Masnicki was the Girls’ Varsity Coach at the Academy in 1988.

Both Todd and Valerie played tennis at the Academy, and later at Babson College. Tanya played softball for Assumption College in Worcester, with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a minor in communications and a master’s in Secondary Education. They all hold strong leadership and civic-minded traits.

The Masnickis have two grandsons, Benjamin Presz, 11, and Nathan Presz, 8. If we are lucky, both will someday attend the Academy. When the Masnickis weren’t driving back and forth on the Mass Pike to watch their children play sports, they were volunteering for numerous causes and serving on many boards. Virginia and Ron have always been strong and civic-minded leaders in their community.

It’s All in the Family; On Giving Back and Family TiesThe Masnickis met at a high school dance. Mr. Masnicki, who was from Connecticut and was a postgraduate boarding student, asked her to dance. As the two were chatting, he asked where she was from. Mrs. Masnicki had grown up in the village of Three Rivers and attended nearby Palmer High School. She was surprised to hear that he knew of her small town.

by JaneT moran Associate Director of ArchiveshIstory

Mrs. Masnicki, increasingly curious, then asked him whether he knew a woman who worked at the Academy, Mildred Meacham, and indeed he did. Ms. Meacham was the secretary to the Head of School Dr. George Rogers from 1946 to 1948 and Registrar from 1948 to 1969. Ms. Meacham was also Mrs. Masnicki’s aunt! Through this connection, Mrs. Masnicki’s father agreed to allow them a first date. To this day, Mrs. Masnicki believes that it was a stroke of fate that Mr. Masnicki knew her Aunt Mildred.

Last year, in what we call the “dungeon” in the Rich Hall basement at the Academy, we found an old file cabinet that had probably not been opened since it was moved here during the merger in 1971. It contained perfectly preserved and impressively organized files kept by Ms. Meacham. Meticulous and in perfect penmanship, they stopped me in my tracks.

Coming full circle, Mrs. Masnicki mirrors the same high standards today, whether it’s in her research, teaching or volunteer work. Mrs. Masnicki has been invaluable in assisting me in the Archives with research on the Monson Academy Headmasters. Noting a loss of documents from the two great fires that Monson Academy endured, this is a challenge.

Mrs. Masnicki’s commitment to volunteer has enabled the Academy to be eligible for a $1,000 grant from the Massachusetts State Historical Records Advisory Board, to be used for equipment and supplies for the Archives.

After more than 52 years of marriage, the Masnickis have accomplished an impressive history of volunteering, both individually and together. She feels it’s never too late to volunteer and engage.

“I could write a book about volunteering and fate,” Mrs. Masnicki said.

I couldn’t agree more.

aBove, from left to rIght Virginia Masnicki stands with grandchildren, Benjamin and Nathan Presz, and husband Ron Masnicki ’57M during Reunion 2017.

Alumni Spouse Virginia Masnicki a True Renaissance Woman

world-renowned program and scaled it down to the high school level. The various components of CEGS have common denominators that tie back to our mission statement, especially the part about creating global citizens. The idea is that students learn by doing. Our students are getting lessons in everything from marketing to product development to business.”

In conjunction with the advent of CEGS in 2009, WMA also established The Mark R. Shenkman Trading Center that year. A working laboratory where students learn about stocks, bonds, trading and making well-researched decisions, the Shenkman Center greatly enhances a curriculum focused on business and entrepreneurship born from the invaluable experience working with the Babson administration.

Ron and Virginia were the first parents to serve on the original Parent Executive Committee at Babson, were members of the Presidents Society and were the first recipients of the John H.

An Eye for Leadership, CEGS and the Road Through Babson CollegeWhen rodney laBrecque arrived at Wilbraham & Monson Academy in 2002, he told the Board of Trustees that the Academy had an identity problem. “We looked like all of the other schools,” the Head of School from 2002–2013 said.

That realization prompted a search for a program based on what was important in America, and globally, that was missing in high school education. Seven years later, WMA’s Center for Entrepreneurial Global Studies was established. Designed to prepare students to enter an increasingly interconnected and interdependent world, the CEGS program was modeled after curriculum changes which Babson College had put in place. Babson was ranked as the top undergraduate school in entrepreneurship by U.S. News & World Report for many years.

The CEGS Program was established with the invaluable assistance of former Board member (1986–1991) Ron Masnicki ’57M and with a generous donation by current Board member Mark R. Shenkman ’61M.

“Much of the history behind the CEGS program was due to us learning from Babson, guided initially by Rodney and continued by (Head of School) Brian Easler, but always through Ron’s connections and belief that we could learn from Babson,” said Wally Swanson, then WMA’s Director of International Programs and now Dean of Faculty.

Through Mr. Masnicki’s established connections at Babson, including its President Bill Galvin, Mr. Swanson, Mr. LaBrecque and Mr. Masnicki met with Babson’s administration and its professors to help design a program that would fit the needs and the vision for the start of the CEGS program at the Academy. They were able to learn firsthand about the curricular changes that Babson had successfully implemented.

“Ron was able to set up meetings on the Babson campus where we could share our programmatic strengths and challenges on how to attract a wider swath of students into an entrepreneurial mindset,” Mr. Swanson said.

“The Academy essentially took that school’s

Muller Jr. Parent Leadership Award, an award to honor exceptional volunteer service at Babson.

Mr. Masnicki received his bachelor’s in Business Administration from American International College in Springfield, Massachusetts. He began his career in 1960 as a project engineer at Pratt & Whitney in Hartford, Connecticut. In 1965, National Gage & Die Company in Agawam, Massachusetts, recruited him as an aerospace sales representative. Mr. Masnicki acquired the company with a colleague in 1981 and established National Aerospace Inc. He served as president until 1985, when it was sold to a group of investors. Mr. Masnicki retired at age 47 and has been active as a private investor and community leader ever since.

Moving forward, Mr. and Mrs. Masnicki remain fiercely loyal to the Academy, continuing to nurture a strong partnership with Babson in support of the CEGS program and to shepherd recent graduates from WMA to Babson each of the last five years.

Ron Masnicki ’57M

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