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INSIDEFresh ConnectionsCurrent students and their Hebronian parents

18Steady HandThe leadership and legacy of J. Reeve Bright ‘66, Retiring Board Chair

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editorLiza Tarr

associate editorDave Stonebraker

contributing writersGeoff CampbellJoe HemmingsJulie MiddletonEmily Tuttle

photographyGeoff CampbellDennis and Diana Griggs, Tannery Hill Studios Liza TarrSara Wilmotand friends

designDianne Lewis Design

communications officeLiza Tarr, Marketing Communications ManagerGeoff Campbell, Digital Communications Coordinator

advancement officePatricia Layman, Director of Advancement Beverly Roy, Director of the Hebron Annual FundJohn Slattery ‘04, Assistant Director Patricia Hutter, Advancement Assistant Judy Roy, Database Manager

Please send address and email changes to Judy Roy at [email protected]

Please send class notes to Beverly Roy at [email protected]

HEBRON is published by the Hebron Academy Communications and Advancement Offices. Letters and corrections are welcome from alumni, parents and friends of the Academy. Please send your feedback to Liza Tarr, Editor, at [email protected]

Hebron Academy affirms its longstanding policy of nondiscriminatory admission of students on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, physical or mental disability, or sexual orientation. We do not discriminate in the administration of our educational policies, admissions practices, scholarship programs and athletic or other school-administered programs. Hebron Academy is an equal opportunity employer.

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1 from the head of school

2 editor’s note

3 at the academy

7 upcoming events

8 reunion-homecoming 2013

12 alum spotlight: ben jessome ‘06

14 hebron football by the numbers

18 fresh connections Alumni and their children, current students

28 steady hand A profile of retiring Board Chair J. Reeve Bright ‘66

37 class notes

49 obituaries Remembering Judy Chase

56 hidden gems

cover photo: geoff campbell Coltan Downey ’14 and father Paul Downey ’81 explore parallels in their Hebron experiences in “Fresh Connections” on page 18.

Hebron Academy inspires and guides students to reach their highest potential in mind, body and spirit.

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hebron rings!Dear Friends,

Welcome to HEBRON—the magazine. In a time when the news of the Academy is instantly available through our weekly e-letters, social media links, the myHebron platform and our recently launched Hebron-Today mini-site, we recognize the value and connection represented in the familiar printed record of the life of the school. Thus, it is so right that our newly expanded magazine be titled, simply, HEBRON. We hope that you will read it, return to it and keep it to show to others, because it marks our story, our history, and our aims. Welcome to HEBRON!

We did, however, have much discussion about the name for this new edition. My personal nomination for the magazine title was Hebron Rings, a metaphoric reference to the growth rings of a healthy tree in the forest. When the tree is felled, the lumberjack may review the annual rings on the stump that show the health, growth and history of the timber. What better way to see and know the growth and change of Hebron Academy than to read the story of its rings.

Growth and change are at the core of what Hebron is about: “inspiring and guiding each student to reach his or her highest potential.” We show our growth as a school in enroll-ment, diversity, and excellence to inspire change in each student and to attract and serve students and families with the unique opportunities of our campus and program.

In this first issue of HEBRON, we present a figurative slice of Hebron Academy and review the growth of our students and school. Enjoy the stories and recognize within them the annual rings represented by more than a decade of Reeve Bright’s leadership of the Hebron Academy Board of Trustees.

As you read of his tenure, you’ll recognize his pride in the gains of the Academy in enrollment, in college success, and the sustain-ing strength of Hebron’s faculty who have led the way since Reeve’s time as a student—Wil-lard, Woolsey, Chase, Found—and even current icons like Moose Curtis and Dave Stonebraker. The dynamic teachers leading today’s school demonstrate the vitality of Hebron’s ongoing commitment to excellence in teaching, as you will find documented in

Growth, humanness, triumph and confidence.

All ring out at Hebron and become the measure of the annual cycle of growth and

change in our school.

Emily Tuttle’s description of her refocused International Program.

You may also measure the annual rings represented in the stories of alumni whose children are presently making their mark upon the school today. Those children, grandchildren and descendants of Hebron grads represent the continuity and enduring tradition of the Hebron experience. This inaugural issue of HEBRON also notes recent students who are contributing actively to their college communities and beyond: Hannah Hearn, Class of 2013, competing at Colby College, and Ben Jessome, Class of 2006, recently elected to provincial office. These alumni continue the cycles of growth and change so central to the school’s mission. We also look back to events from the past: the tradition of the Kents Hill football rivalry, the evolution of skiing on our campus and the great “Ice Storm” of 1998.

“Rings” have another clear meaning in the life and story of Hebron Academy today. (That’s the beauty of a really good play on words.) We have branded Hebron’s essence as the school where Humanity and Achievement Ring True, where game-changing, life-affecting growth happens for students. We celebrate the Victory Bell with all hands on the rope, ringing for the triumph of teams and individuals.

Growth, humanness, triumph and confidence. All ring out at Hebron and become the measure of the annual cycle of growth and change in our school. But fundamentally, a ring is a circle that wraps and includes all, just as the latest growth ring engirdles the trunk of a tree, incorporating all its life. So, too, each period, each epoch at Hebron encircles and incorporates the traditions of the past as the medium to foster the growth of the future. Like Reeve Bright and others chronicled here, all have their stories, their legacy of leadership and their unique impact on our school. Past…present…future…HEBRON Rings!

Sincerely,

John King, Head of School

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pages or pixels?Dear HEBRON reader,

I am proud to unveil the inaugural edition of our alumni magazine. HEBRON has been a labor of love months in the making and would not exist without the

thoughtful insight and careful editing of my colleagues. I am incredibly grateful for their contributions and have come to understand how “all hands on the rope,” a fitting image taken from the story of our Victory Bell, could not ring more true in the creation of HEBRON.

When it came time to discuss the future of the magazine, we convened a cross-section of Hebron staff, faculty and friends to analyze the elements of a successful publication that would resonate with you, our current audience. We held monthly round tables and developed an editorial strategy centered on feedback and evaluation. We realized that the success of this piece would depend on the collaboration of many, and most importantly, we knew that the magazine needed to reflect the Hebron of today in a manner accessible to readers of Hebron past, present and future.

Our recent emphasis on Hebron’s digital communications raised the question of how

best to allocate our resources: how do we pro-duce a worthy print publication while furthering our efforts on the digital front? Do we have to choose one over the other? Much of my role in managing Hebron’s marketing communications illuminates this dilemma of where to direct our attention: the printed page or the pixelated screen? My theory? It need not be a choice. The two forms should create synergy. Print is not dead, and social media is not a unilateral mouthpiece.

Speaking from a millennial born in the 80s, there is no question that my generation has opted for the digital medium, and often to our detriment. The nuances of language have devolved into messages packaged as 50-char-acter text messages and tweets. A handwritten letter – to many of my peers – is a relic of another era, something we can only stomach during the holidays when it comes time to pen a thank-you note. And it was my generation that coined the term “selfie,” which went on to become Oxford Dictionaries’ 2013 Word of the Year, a term that aptly summarizes the “deleterious effects of social media,” accord-ing to NPR’s Geoff Nunberg, linguist contributor on Fresh Air.

“Deleteriousness” aside, social media is here and it is here to stay. Most significantly, the very “customers” that Hebron enrolls identify social platforms as the singular means for information sharing and communicating. So how can Hebron Academy, an institution needing to reach audiences ranging in age from 14 to 104, foster the uses of social media while maintaining its academic integrity as a school rooted in the teaching of humanities and sciences? We expanded our Communications Office to include a position dedicated to photography, video, social media, and design, a profession fluent in the digital conversation.

Interestingly, it is not only prospective students who prefer digital channels, as a 2011 Pew Research study revealed. For the first time, more than fifty percent of people ages 50-64 have accounts on social network-ing sites. From where I sit in Communica-tions, this is a powerful statistic: two seem-ingly polar constituencies – adolescents versus parents/older alumni – actually share more in common than we may have originally thought. The parallel justifies balancing

Where do we direct our attention: the printed page or the pixelated

screen? It need not be a choice.

A screenshot of HebronToday.org, our news blog that lives on our main website.

attention to print and digital channels: we must therefore continue to produce a thought-ful alumni magazine and boost our commit-ment to electronic segments. A bridging of the two forms, HEBRON’s digital counterpart is HebronToday.org, a news blog offering additional content in this magazine as well as current news and features appealing to both adolescents and adults. See lower left for a preview of what HebronToday.org looks like.

As you can see via HEBRON, we will continue to invest in and update our publica-tions to reflect the Academy’s growth and change, themes explored in John King’s Letter from the Head of School on the previous page. It is only fitting that Hebron’s graphic identity mirror its evolution as a 21st century institution maintaining its mission of “inspir-ing and guiding students to reach their highest potential in mind, body and spirit.”

Our goal in producing HEBRON was to touch all of our audiences. Dave Stonebrak-er’s tribute to retiring Board Chair Reeve Bright ‘66, whose tenure spanned well over a decade, will relate to readers involved with the school from the 1960s to today. The cover story marks a perfect convergence in our audiences: prospective students and seasoned alumni, personifying our mission to our entire readership. Old favorites, including rarely seen photos from the Bell-Lipman Archives and Class Notes, will always have a place in HEBRON.

Our hope is that this publication will connect or re-connect you to your Hebron Academy. I welcome feedback on HEBRON and any other Academy communications efforts. Please feel free to call me or send me an email at [email protected]. Who knows - if I am lucky, perhaps I will receive a good old-fashioned letter.

Sincerely,

Liza Tarr, EditorMarketing Communications Manager

A century ago: A 1914 edition of The hebron semester, the school’s original news publication.


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hebron jets to asia

Pink ribbons all around: In october hebronians united in a showing of solidarity against breast cancer, forming a human pink ribbon on The Bowl. charlotte Middleton ‘14 involved the academy in Portland radio station Q97.9’s cans for a cure can and bottle drive, rallying the community to donate nearly $500 worth of cans and $500 in cash donations to the cause. Proceeds benefited The Maine cancer Foundation and the cancer community center in south Portland.

hebron took to the skies, venturing to the Far east to connect with families of pro-spective and current asian students this past November. Direc-tor of advancement and external relations Pat layman, along with edwin Nuñez, assistant Director of International admis-sion, co-hosted recep-tions in shanghai and Beijing following Mr. Nuñez’ travels to singapore and south america. Pictured here: Prospective student Kevin hua (center) with his parents, edwin Nuñez (second from left) and Pat layman (second from right) in Beijing.

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The Middle School Olympiad: In December the Middle school tackled a thematic unit based on the olympic Games. after dividing into three countries, students participated in a variety of themed activities, culminating in a thrilling olympic festival complete with opening and closing ceremonies, indoor and outdoor competi-tions, and the awarding of medals. here (l-r), Preston Fultz ‘19, Katya Fons ‘18, Joe Godomsky ’20 and lily Irish ‘19 of Team russia engage in a tug ‘o’ war on their final day of competition.

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Hosting artists and speakers who can impact and inspire Hebron students at Community Meeting is a long-

standing tradition. Hearing alumna Marisa Stewart ’03 discuss how she leveraged her equestrian skills to aid disabled youth and adults at the Riding to the Top Therapeutic Riding Center and being introduced to motivational speaker and luge Olympian Julia Clukey are wonderful examples of relatable and thought-provoking presentations.

Sometimes, however, it’s nice to simply sit back and be entertained. Watching celebrat-ed dancer and mime artist Karen Montanaro, local performance artist Michael Menes, or world-ranked juggler Shane Miclon, for example, is pure, stimulating fun.

Being in the heart of our beautiful – yet rural - Pine Tree State presents some challenges in connecting students regularly to live performance. We are extraordinarily fortunate to have impressive resources like the music, theater and dance departments of nearby Bates, Bowdoin, Colby and the University of Southern Maine, and a vibrant performance art community in Norway as well as Portland, but there’s nothing like relaxing in our own Androscoggin Theater. The Cohen Chamber Music Series sponsored by alumnus and Trustee Emeritus Saul B. Co-hen ’51 brings world-renowned instrumen-talists to campus each trimester and has laid the foundation for this year’s effort to expand our live performance offerings.

Through collaboration with local non-profit Mahoosuc Arts Council, whose mission it is to support the arts and contrib-ute cultural enrichment in Western Maine through a variety of school and community arts programming, Hebron has arranged to

expanding arts enrichment in our own backyardBy Julie Middleton, Senior Associate Director of Admission, Drama Director

host The Mountain Arts Series, consisting of two outstanding, full-length, world-class performances open to both our school and the region. In October, Hebron hosted Nimble Arts’ Ruckus Cirque, a thrilling twin sister act specializing in aerial acrobatics, and we transformed Androscoggin Theater stage into a living, breathing circus set [see photo above]. The troupe’s résumés boast experience in Cirque du Soleil, Broadway and Hollywood. On April 21, Hebron brings to campus the Makanda Jazz Project, a 13-piece big brass band comprised of Berklee College of Music faculty presenting the works of legendary jazz musician Makanda Ken McIntyre.

Public performance of this nature is a considerable and exciting venture for Hebron Academy. With Head of School John King’s goals for amplified cultural opportunities for Hebron as well as the greater community,

paired with the backing of local arts authority Mahoosuc Arts Council, the aim of more expansive arts enrichment has become a reality. Performances in the Mountain Arts Series are free to Hebron students and all surrounding area students under 17. Tickets for all other guests cost just $15.

It is clear that students – and Hebron’s key audiences – want art enrichment. The response to the fall Nimble Arts performance was a resounding affirmation. Thanks to a strategic partnership with newfound friends at Mahoosuc Arts and institutional support, we’re answering that call by providing Broadway-worthy entertainment for what we hope will be the long-term. h

Join us on April 21 at 7:00 PM for the Makanda Jazz Project in lepage center for the arts (sargent Gymnasium) Tickets are $15 online at mahoosucarts.org/shop or available at the door.

An aerial gymnast from Nimble Arts, a renowned performing troupe based in VT who dazzled Hebron last fall, hangs effortlessly from cascading silk ribbons

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Calling all wise guys and sassy gals!The Hebron Academy Players Present

debuting on Androscoggin Theater stage on February 21 and 22. Now running more than 11 years strong, Hebron Academy’s All-School Musical is a perennial winter highlight for the entire school community and surrounding area.

The show, with performances at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21 and Saturday, Feb. 22, in Androscoggin Theater (Sargent Gymnasium) is free and open to the public. Doors will open at 7 p.m.

Members of the Middle School Orchestra perform at the 2013 Holiday Concert: (L-R) Tyler Swanbeck ‘18, Jaelen Coney ‘18, Charlie Morton ‘19 (not pictured), Leah Bonis ‘19, and Clara Mulvihill ‘19.

Wes Horton ‘16 of Hebron’s Jazz Combo strums out a solo from Eddie Harris’ cold Duck Time at the 2013 Holiday Concert this winter. Foreground: Cecily Yang ‘17.

earlier this fall hebron’s Hebeegeebees, the select student a capella ensemble headed by Ms. Kelly Caufield (center), were tapped to perform the national anthem prior to faceoff at a Portland Pirates hockey game. From left to right: ed son ‘16, alex Woo-rainer ’14, Dylan Malia ’14, Jiani he ’15, shannon Bailey ’15, Victoria Guo ’14, olivia Grimmer ’15, charlotte Middleton ’14, Janelle Tardif ’14 and Donita sharkey ’14.

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Meet Our New Trustees

Jim R. Clements, Friend Jim Clements was the Head of School at Tilton School for 14 years, where he also taught and was an advisor before retiring in 2012. Prior to

joining Tilton’s faculty, Mr. Clements was Headmaster of the Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School in Waltham, MA, where he also served in the capacity of Assistant Headmaster, Dean of Students, teacher, coach, and dorm parent. He is a member of the board of directors of the Spaulding Youth Center and the Commis-sion on Independent Schools for the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. Mr. Clements is a graduate of Northfield Mount Hermon School and holds a BA from the University of New Hampshire and an MBA from Plymouth State University. Mr. Clements and his wife Bev, both New Hampshire natives, lived and worked at boarding schools for more than three decades. They have two daughters and live in Grantham, NH.

Committees: Admissions and Marketing, Faculty Well Being and School Culture

Felica W. Coney, P ‘18Felica Coney has been a manager at Proctor and Gamble for 19 years and currently works as the Engineering Plant Manager for Proctor &

Gamble in Auburn, ME. There, she helped launch the new Flexi-Center that creates employment opportunities with people with disabilities. She was born in Portland, OR and raised in Delhi, LA. Mrs. Coney attended Southern University A & M where she earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering and was a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. She is also a member of the National Society of Black Engineers. Mrs. Coney and her husband Kelvin live in Auburn and are parents to Jaelen ’18 and Jahvon ’18, eighth graders at Hebron.

Committees: Admissions and Marketing, Development

Robert A. Donahue ‘83Robert Donahue joined Municipal Market Advisors, Inc. as a managing director, and most recently oversaw selected new issue and

secondary market analysis for municipal bond funds and insurance portfolios. From 2000 to 2010, Mr. Donahue was a portfolio manager and analyst at Fidelity Investments’ Fixed Income Division, he also spent three years at T. Rowe Price Associates. Mr. Donahue is a past president of the Boston Municipal Analyst Forum and was on the Board of Governors of the National Federation of Municipal Analysts. Previously Mr. Donahue was a teacher, coach and administrator at schools in St. Louis, MO and Washington, D.C. and was a special assistant to the CEO of the District of Columbia Public Schools. He also spent time as a consultant at KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP. Mr. Donahue earned a Master of Public Administration, State and Local Financial Management, from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and a BA from College of the Holy Cross.

Committees: Finance and Investment, Faculty Well Being and School Culture

Robert J. Ryan ‘77Robert Ryan is the deputy general counsel for Stallion Oilfield Services, a Houston, Texas, based company which has operations from the North Slope of

Alaska to Trinidad and West Africa. Prior to becoming corporate counsel, Mr. Ryan played a significant role defending products liability, toxic tort and asbestos litigation including being appointed regional trial counsel for various defendants, liaison counsel in various multi-party litigation, and serving on various ad hoc committees for the San Francisco Superior Court. He served as a California bar examination reader, pro tem judge and arbitrator for the San Francisco Superior Courts as well as being a trained mediator. Mr. Ryan is a 1981 graduate of Colby College and a 1985 graduate of Pepperdine University School of Law where he was a member of the Law Review as well as an award-winning member of their Vincent Dalsimer moot court team. Mr. Ryan kindly sponsors Hebron’s Career Connection Seminars, a day of networking for seniors and postgraduates among alumni and current parents held each March.

Committees: Admissions and Marketing, Development

J. Reeve Bright ’66

Paul S. Goodof ’67

Scott E. Wilson ’71

Debra Beacham Bloomingdale ’83

Richard A. Bennett

James R. Clements

Felica W. Coney

Robert A. Donahue

Clement S. Dwyer, Jr. ’66

William B. Golden ’66

Wallace E. Higgins

James B. Hill ’90

Thomas N. Hull III ’64

Matthew W. Johnson ’93

Kimball L. Kenway ’70

Robert J. Ryan ’77

Judah C. Sommer

Heather C. Stephens ’88

Meredith Strang Burgess

David J. Williams ’60

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FebruaryFebruary 21-22 All School Musical: Guys and Dolls Wise guys and sassy gals, join us for Broadway classic Guys and Dolls! The hebron academy Players are working hard to bring you another rousing production and keep this annual dramatic tradition alive and well. Free and open to the public.7:30 PM (Doors open at 7:00)Location: Androscoggin Theater, Lepage Center for the Arts (Sargent Gymnasium)

MarchMarch 28 3rd Annual Robert J. Ryan ’77 Career Connection Seminars a day of networking for seniors and postgrads hosted by alumni and parents.

AprilApril 21 Makanda Jazz Projectan evening of jazz at hebron in collaboration with the Mahoosuc arts council and revered Boston-based Makanda Jazz Project. a troupe of more than a dozen professional brass performers will transform androscoggin Theater into a musical hub for students, faculty, and the surrounding public to enjoy. read more about the talent hebron has commissioned this year on page 4.7:00 PMLocation: Androscoggin Theater, Lepage Center for the Arts (Sargent Gymnasium)

upcoming alumni and parent eventsFor additional details, please visit www.hebronacademy.org/events

April 26 Cohen Chamber Music Series ConcertThe saul B. and Naomi r. cohen Foundation is pleased to sponsor this series of chamber music concerts. These free concerts feature world-renowned instrumentalists and are open to the public.10:15 AMLocation: Androscoggin Theater, Lepage Center for the Arts (Sargent Gymnasium)

MayMay 3 Spring Parents Daya day celebrating hebron families. enjoy athletic contests, lawn activities, student entertainment and good eats. hosted by the Parents’ association. Location: Athletic Fields

May 15New York City Reception eve and Mike Donatelli P ‘15, along with head of school John King, will host a reception at The University club6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

May 24 Commencement Join us in the 210th year of the school’s founding to celebrate the next generation of hebron alumni and alumnae. 10:30 AMLocation: Athletic Center

Please join us! hebron will be in your neighborhood this spring! alumni and parents are invited to join head of school John King and friends for drinks and hors d’oeuvres at evening gatherings throughout New england and New york this May and June. Please check online for more details.

contact colin Griggs at [email protected] or call 207-754-0384 if you have further questions.

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2013The Class of 1963 returned for their 50th reunion.

Nominate a worthy candidate

The Hebron Academy Athletic Hall of Fame honors former student athletes, coaches, administrators and support-ers who have brought distinction to

themselves and Hebron through their achievements, contributions, sportsman-

ship and/or leadership in athletics.

Nominations for 2014 may be made by letter or email to Pat Layman

([email protected], or send to Hebron Advancement Office, P.O. Box

309, Hebron, ME 04238), and are due by April 30, 2014. Please include a brief but thorough summary of the nominee’s accomplishments and why you believe he or she should be inducted into the Hebron Hall of Fame. Self-nominations

will not be accepted. Alumnus/a nominee must have graduated at least ten years

ago. Visit www.hebronacademy.org/ahof for more eligibility rules. Inductions for

2014 will take place during Reunion-Homecoming Weekend 2014,

October 24-25.


Thank you to our alumni, friends and visitors for a wonderful Reunion-Homecoming Weekend 2013. Your presence–and perfect weather–made it truly special. We extend extra

recognition to the Classes of 1953, 1963, 2003 and 2008 for notable turnouts on their milestone reunion years.

As Board Chair Reeve Bright ‘66 remarked at Alumni Convoca-tion, “We all know it isn’t exactly a hop, skip and a jump to Oxford County for most of us. Making your way to the woods of Maine from all corners of New England and beyond may not have proven the most navigationally feasible feat, but we appreciate you being here. I know I speak not only for myself when I say, it’s worth it. Know that your presence and support of the Academy will ensure that it remains the place that keeps us all coming home.”

Hebron inducted Bessie Fenn ‘07, Alan Kupper ‘48, and longtime hockey coach and Hebron faculty member Bruce Gardner into the Athletic Hall of Fame at Alumni Convocation on Saturday, Septem-ber 28. (more at right)

The Academy also honored former Vice Chair of the Hebron Board of Trustees Stephen B. Jeffries ‘79 with the Volunteer of the Year Award and Board Chair Reeve Bright ‘66 with the Jay L. Woolsey Distinguished Service Award: Steve for his contributions and stewardship over decades as a volunteer to the Academy, and Reeve for his unparalleled dedication and leadership over many years to Hebron, his family, his local community and his country. Both men’s contributions are exemplary and their service to their alma mater is deeply felt. Read more about Reeve’s deep connection to Hebron in Steady Hand on page 28.

Please join us this fall for Reunion-Homecoming 2014, on October 24-25. 4’s and 9’s, you’re up next! hFor more photos from Reunion Weekend, visit flickr.com/hebronacademy. To see who attended Homecoming 2013, turn to Class Notes on page 37.

The Athletic Hall of Fame honors student athletes, coaches,

administrators and supporters who have brought distinction to themselves

and Hebron Academy through exemplary achievement, contribution,

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bessie fenn ‘07First woman golf club professional

AlAn kupper ‘48Lifelong supporter of youth sports

bruce gArdnerLongtime hockey coach and faculty member, 1958-1973

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Students gather outside for fireworks in celebration of India’s Diwali, awake to find treats in their boots set outside their

dorm rooms in honor of Germany’s Nicklaus Day, and feast in fashion for Chinese New Year celebrations. We are not talking about a United Nations program or institution. These scenes are found regularly at Hebron Academy where nearly one third of the school’s students have come to learn English and prepare for higher education.

About 380 million people speak English as their first language, and about 250 million people claim English as their second language. Another billion are learning it, and about a third of the entire world’s population have ex-posure to English.

Families world-wide understand that Eng-lish is the language of international business, politics, diplomacy, computers, and the Inter-net. While Hebron Academy already attracts students from around the globe, the school is poised to accelerate its ESL program to match the growing demands of an increasingly more international student body.

Currently, students from 15 different coun-tries attend Hebron Academy. They bring a va-

faculty voicesmeet emily tuttle, ma-teslDirector of English as a Second Language (ESL) and the English Language Summer Institute (ELSI)

riety of experiences and perspectives that enrich the school as a whole. However, challenges also come with such a diverse population. How does Hebron Academy continue to maintain aca-demic standards that it’s held for more than 200 years as a college preparatory school and still address the range of English proficiency levels now found in classrooms?

As of this 2013-2014 school year, Hebron Academy has introduced an assessment pro-cess that provides needed information about students’ English levels. This ensures more ap-propriate placement, more accurate informa-tion to inform instruction and curriculum, and more objective measurement of student achievement in addition to the school’s strong intuitive sense of students’ strengths.

In addition, Hebron Academy launched the English Language Summer Institute (ELSI) in

2013 and plans an ambitious expansion of the program for the summer of 2014. The summer program emphasizes learning English through authentic language experiences and projects. It is the ideal opportunity to make the world, more specifically Maine’s part of the world, a living classroom. Because language is a unique-ly human behavior, no amount of vocabulary lists and worksheets can compare to the effec-tiveness of actual language interactions with native English speakers.

As the new director of ESL at Hebron Academy, I am excited to be a part of the school’s evolution. Having been in the field of ESL, English, and curriculum-development for more than a decade, I find the potential and atmosphere of Hebron Academy reenergizing. As someone who comes from a bilingual fam-ily and has personal experience with the im-portance of learning English, I find the mission of Hebron Academy “to inspire and guide stu-dents to reach their highest potential in mind, body, and spirit” the perfect impetus to propel the ESL program to a higher level.

Much work lies ahead as the school im-proves its ESL curriculum, and staff becomes familiar with teaching techniques that come from ESL methodology but actually serves to improve learning for all students. With encour-aging and energetic spirit, Hebron Academy’s administration, faculty, and support staff have already embraced the changes and challenges that globalization brings to the school. It truly is inspiring.

For more information on Hebron’s English Language Summer Institute (ELSI), visit www.hebronacademy.org/summer. h

about emily tuttle

emily Tuttle was born in okinawa, Japan and grew up in the Us. she spent

the past 15 years leading english programs on the Navajo reservation and

in Portland, Me that served students with more than 24 languages from

around the world. she earned her Master’s Degree in Teaching english as a

second language (Ma-Tesl) from Northern arizona University. she holds

Maine certificates in secondary English education and administration, and

teaches esl and aP literature at hebron.

Before embarking on a career in education, Mrs. Tuttle spent ten years as a

daily newspaper reporter after earning a Bachelor of Journalism degree

from the University of Missouri. she continues to write for the Lewiston

Sun Journal.

Mrs. Tuttle is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Tesol and is also

the co-founder and board president of the youth orchestra of

lewiston-auburn (yola). she lives in Minot, Me with her

husband Jonathan, son Jon ’15 and daughter Darby ‘16.

Under Emily Tuttle’s direction, Hebron will continue developing its ESL curriculum to accommodate an increasingly diverse student body.

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It’s unusual to complete a day at Hebron without an Evan Kalish encounter. Sure, our community is small and we like it

that way, but Evan is seemingly ubiquitous, perhaps because he’s rarely spotted without his lacrosse stick in-hand, no matter the season. A native of Vero Beach, FL, Evan joined the Academy as a repeat junior in 2012 and has continued to make his mark as an aspiring Division I athlete. In his first season with the ‘Jacks, he had 17 points, 68 ground balls, and 29 forced turnovers in just 16 games. He earned All-MAISAD and Second Team All-New England nods and helped the Green and White defeat Gould and return the MAISAD trophy to Hebron.

This past fall, Evan, now a senior, signed his official offer sheet to play Division I lacrosse for Bellarmine University (Louisville, KY), which he likens to “a southern college version of Hebron Academy” for its welcom-ing aura and scenic campus. He is the latest development in the tradition of Hebron lacrosse excellence, evidenced recently by All-American Pat Shelley, Class of 2013, who plays at Endicott College, and by twins Cameron and Roman Lao-Gosney, Class of 2007, who co-captained Lehigh University’s back-to-back Patriot League Championship Mountain Hawks and had success in the MLL.

After enjoying some custom BU cake and photo opps with his teammates and coaches, Evan sat down with Hebron to discuss his future as a Knight and reflect on his Lumber-jack days.

How did you arrive at this point, committed to the next level of lacrosse?

It’s hard work, really hard work. When I came to Hebron, I was really motivated to prove myself, especially being from Florida where lacrosse is less known. I wanted to put my hometown on the map, and be the best player I could be. When the opportunity at Bellarmine opened up, I went for it.

What are you most excited for at Bellarmine?

To compete at the highest level I possibly can. I plan to work my tail off and see what I can do both athletically and academically. It’s not just all about lacrosse; it’s about being prepared to get a good job after college and building a life for myself. Lacrosse is one step in that process.

Tell us about the recruiting process and your relationship with Bellarmine.

I entered the process a little late and I wasn’t sure if I’d get recruited, but Coach Burns [Bellarmine Head Coach] and I began communicating, and he saw me play at a tournament in Florida and encouraged me to visit. I fell in love with the place immediately and told my mom, “This is it,” and I commit-ted verbally. Then I called every single coach I knew and thanked them or asked them if they thought that this was the right choice for me. All of them supported my decision.

What was it about Bellarmine that sealed the deal for you?

It felt like when I stepped on to Hebron’s campus and knew it was the right place for me. It’s just a feeling. I remember exactly how it happened at Hebron. I was supposed to visit Bridgton following the Hebron tour, but when my mom asked me if I wanted to keep that appointment, I said, “No, I’ve made my decision.”

How did you first hear about Hebron? Mike Jones [former Hebron faculty

member] visited Florida, and we connected

at the academy

when I was playing at my former school. He encouraged me to push myself academically and athletically at independent school up north, at Hebron. I have so many people to thank for my progress here, everyone from my counselors in Academic Guidance helping me develop study habits and write a good essay, to Coach [Kit] Smith who worked with me every day during the 2013 season. I don’t know where I would be without Hebron’s backing. The people just care.

Your native Florida is becoming a hotbed for lacrosse. What’s it like playing the sport down south versus in the Northeast?

It’s a different style of play down south. We’re seeing more Florida kids play at the Division I level, and colleges are starting to follow the trend, too, adding programs to their athletic departments. It’s becoming really popular because kids can play year-round due to the warm weather.

Who do you credit with your success?John Moriarty, my hometown coach who

gave me my first lacrosse stick and taught me the game. I also thank my parents and all my other coaches, namely Kit Smith, Andrew Bolger, and Erick Perez.

What’s it been like playing for the Green and White?

I’m really excited to play for Coach Bernier [new to Hebron this year]. He’s already attracted some strong players, and he’s so committed to our team. I want to help build the program here at Hebron. It’s a point of pride for me, playing lacrosse at this level at a small New England school. It’s something kids rarely get to experience, and I feel blessed to be able to go here.

What are your goals this upcoming season?I want to work on fundamentals and make

sure I’m sound. I want to help our team win MAISADs and beat Gould. Beat Gould. Could you please make sure to include that? h

“I want to help build the program here at Hebron. It’s a point of

pride for me, playing lacrosse at this level at a small New England school. It’s something kids rarely

get to experience. ”

Want to see Evan and the ‘Jacks play this season? Make sure to check out a spring athletics schedule, available later in February, at www.hebronacademy.org/sportscalendar.

Evan (center) signed his letter of intent to Bellarmine this fall with coaches Steve Middleton (L) and Joe Bernier (R), who will head the program this year.

The Next Level

Evan Kalish ‘14 reaches Division I


Born and raised in Nova Scotia, Ben Jessome never thought about attending a boarding school in

Maine. However, at an Andrews Hockey Showcase in Prince Edward Island, he met Hebron Boys’ Hockey Head Coach Jamie Roche ’95, and after building a rapport, Ben could not turn down his offer to come for a visit to Hebron. He was hesitant to make such a drastic change late in his junior year in high school, but after some urging by his father he agreed to make the transition. Ben’s brother Jon ’07 also attended Hebron. Ben later graduated from Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, before successfully running for a seat in the Nova Scotia Legisla-ture. At age 27, Ben is the youngest Member of Nova Scotia’s Legislative Assembly. The budding statesman sat down with fellow Canadian Geoff Campbell of Hebron’s Communications Office to reflect on Ben’s Hebron days and how his experience then has informed his current life vision.

What did you like most about Hebron?Living in dorms was probably one of the

best things about Hebron. It was great to live with the people who you go to school with

and play sports with. Doing everything together probably becomes the fondest memory I have of Hebron. Also, I was lucky in the sense that I always had adults at Hebron to chat with and share what was happening. Ms. [Carnie] Burns was my English teacher, and she became my Hebron mom, so to speak. I think she noticed that I looked up to her, and I learned a lot from her.

What was your favorite subject and why?I’d have to say English both because of the

content of the course and how we learned to respectfully express ourselves. There wasn’t really anything that we didn’t talk about in class. If you were being respectful of the other people in the room, then your writing and speech were unencumbered and you became free to state your own positions.

And your favorite memory?I’d have to say my favorite memory was

winning the New England Championship in hockey in 2006. We had an incredible run.

How would you describe your Hebron experience?

It initially seemed like a big risk to leave home for an environment I was unfamiliar with, but taking those steps put me in a

“...When you’ve had that Hebron

experience and then move on, you realize

that you probably wouldn’t have had it

anywhere else.”

alum spotlight: ben Jessome ’06

hometown: hammonds plains, nova scotia

occupation: member of the Legislative assembly, nova scotia representing hammonds plains-Lucasville

Ben (L) and teammate Algerson Andre ’06 (R) were a formidable duo on the track.

Ben and younger brother Jon Jessome ’07 sit proudly with their New England Championship hockey trophy after a highly successful 2005-2006 season. Ben attri-butes much of his growth at Hebron to his competitive athletic experience, which developed leadership and communication skills that were catalyst to his election to Nova Scotia legislature.

Ben Jessome ’06 today


mrs. trundy’s treats

Baker extraordinaire Mrs. Gail Trundy has been delivering sweet, delicious creations from scratch for more than 25 years in Hebron’s Bake Shoppe, and we were lucky enough to snag a recipe for her famed chocolate chip cookies. Enjoy these bits of classic goodness during the dreariest days of winter.

Yield: 6 dozen (share them with your friends, neighbors, cousins, in-laws, whomever!)

ingredients¾ c granulated sugar1 c c brown sugar (don’t pack down)1 stick margarine½ c shortening3 eggs1 tsbp vanilla3½ c cake flour or all-purpose flour1tbsp baking soda1 c chocolate chips

preparation1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit 2. cream sugars, shortening and margarine together

3. add eggs and mix until light and fluffy4. add vanilla5. Combine dry ingredients (flour, baking soda) and add to mixture6. Fold in chocolate chips7. Use a table spoon to scoop balls onto an ungreased cookie sheet8. Bake in conventional oven for 12- 15 minutes or until edges turn gold.9. enjoy the best chocolate chip creations that hebron academy has to offer!

position where I had to elevate myself and step outside my comfort zone to achieve. That was Hebron for me at first. It was a situation where I didn’t know what to expect at the time, but it turned out to be one of the greatest experiences of my life. It really forced me to grow up in a real way: moving away from home and taking on various leadership roles with sports and as a student proctor. Being surrounded by student leaders was a huge learning experience for me.

How did Hebron Academy help you develop as a leader?

I was a proctor in my senior year, and that had a lot to do with the crowd I hung out with. My friends were very keen on putting themselves in leadership roles, and we thought that we could really make a differ-ence in the life of the school. I think that that was one of the first experiences I had where I was challenged to look at the greater good and put myself on the line to help other people. When you start at Hebron, you probably don’t know what to expect. At least that is the way it was for me. It’s a vastly different experience from a public high school, but you really build that sense of family, that sense of community and trust, and reliance on others. . . . When you’ve had that Hebron experience and then move on, you realize that you probably wouldn’t have had it anywhere else.

Looking back, would you have done anything differently?

At the time I might have liked to pursue a career in sports in the US, and for a little while that dream haunted me; but being where I am right now, I wouldn’t trade my Hebron experience at all. It gave me the skills that I needed to make the transition to university, and my experience at Acadia really gave me the tools and confidence to make a difference in the world I’m in now.

Who would you like to see at Homecoming?It’s just too hard to name one person, but I

suppose that’s a good problem to have because that says a lot about the type of people who were at Hebron while I was there, and who I am sure are like the people at the school today.

How did you get from Hebron to the Nova Scotia Legislature?

Once high school and my sports career ended, there was a real emptiness when it came to fulfilling my need for competition, for challenging myself on a daily basis. For me that void was filled by politics at Acadia. At Acadia, I was elected president of the

What do you consider your top goals between now and the next election?

My main goal is to make the people in my community feel that they have someone they can rely on, someone to inspire faith in government. I plan to urge more young people to aspire to qualified leadership roles. I think that if politics becomes a little more inviting, then these young people would step up, and that’s the kind of change I’d like to make. h

students’ union, and I can’t ever fully articulate how great an experience that was and how much it contributed to my confi-dence in jumping into provincial politics. A lot of students depended on me to make heavy decisions. I was always trying to work with my leadership team to find solutions to problems that would make the experience or the way of life in the college community better for everyone. I felt compelled to continue that work at a higher level after I graduated.

hometown: hammonds plains, nova scotia

occupation: member of the Legislative assembly, nova scotia representing hammonds plains-Lucasville

After the 2005 Commencement ceremonies with friends Jordan Krusch ’06 (left) and Danny Perrault ’05 (center).


By the Numbers Hebron and Kents Hill Football

by dave stonebraker

Hebron Academy and Kents Hill School have been playing football for more than a century. On the occasion of the 2013 contest, the 105th meeting of the two teams and a fitting conclusion to the 2013 season, it seemed appropriate to look back

over the span of the contests to note a few interesting details of the rivalry “by the numbers.”

1993a game celebrating 100 years of

hebron - Kents hill football was played at Bates college, commemorating the rivalry which began in 1893 when c. K. Brooks formed the first team, (right) became its captain, and urged the players on with words which now appear in the home

team locker room, “And Victory will crown your labors.”

On October 6th, the first football game was contested between Hebron

Academy and Kents Hill School. Hebron prevailed in that contest

with a 10 - 0 shutout.

The approximate number of home games that coach “Moose” curtis (above) has patrolled the hebron sideline at Dwyer Field encouraging his team, a tenure second only to the legendary Charles Dwyer, for whom the fields are named and which have served as a premier sporting facility in Maine for 50 years; at the 2013 reunion homecoming Weekend hebron recognized the 50th year anniversary of the 1963 dedication of Dwyer Fields.

The actual number of contests that have been played since 1893.

hebron holds an edge in the series: 58 wins, 40 losses, 5 ties; the outcome of two contests being

unreported by both schools.

1893

1561933

Sixty years earlier, the game was also

played at Bates College’s Garcelon Field and coincided

with Veteran’s Day, November 11th. That game was celebrated with a trophy (left)

offered by American Legion Post 22 of

Lewiston. Hebron won 16 – 12.

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5Hebron’s first football team, the 1893 squad

The cover of a 1976 semester feat. Coach Moose, John Woods ‘77, and Coach John Connell


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The smallest margin of

victory, 7 - 6, achieved twice, once by Kents

Hill in 2003 and once by Hebron

in 1934.

By ThE NumBErS

Infinite The memories and emotion generated by the

contests for all who played in them.

The greatest number of points scored by a hebron team, in a lopsided contest in

1926. For their part, Kents hill scored 54 in 2010, besting

the lumberjack team 54 - 34.

The winning margin of the 2013 hebron-Kents hill game, the 105th game in a series

which began in 1893. Final score: hebron 53, Kents hill 20. (Photo above)

The longest “win” streaks achieved in the balanced rivalry: by hebron from 1968

- 1972; and by Kents hill from 1999 - 2003; also the number of contests - 5 - that have ended in a tie.

Believed to be the number of lumberjack Football players who have gone on to

compete in the NFl: John Frechette ’61; richard leavitt ’72; sean Morey ’95

(above); and presently José Gumbs ’07 who plays special teams for the Washington redskins. all but José are members of hebron’s athletic hall of Fame. Should

there be others from earlier classes, the Alumni Office would appreciate receiving

updated information.

The Alumni Office would welcome the recol-lections and reflections of former players on particular contests from memory, especially from those fortunate enough to play for Moose Curtis. Please contact [email protected] or call 207-966-2100.

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Charles Dwyer, 1902

The 2013 team after winning the annual Headmaster’s Chair game vs. Kents Hill

The 1926 football team

Hebron (R) vs. Kents Hill, 1985


at the academy

New York

Dear Friends,Over my 13 years

in the Office of Admission at Hebron Academy, I have seen numerous graduates return to visit Hebron, whether at Homecoming or a

quiet summer afternoon. Alumni/ae want to see the classrooms, the theater, the dorms, the fields, talk with friends and faculty—a walk down memory lane, if you will. I am often asked, “How’s admission? Have you admitted a good class?” My answer is always, “We have enrolled terrific alumni, just like you.” That is to say that Hebron’s admission process is a comprehensive one; it’s not just about one highlight or another, but rather it’s about the whole package. And it does not hinge on a single “test.”

Certainly we require and assess official credentials such as transcripts, recommenda-tions, essays, interviews, and yes, standard-ized testing. However, one of the most important factors in the admission process is a person’s drive and potential. Should one test administered on one particular day really determine a young person’s opportu-nity to gain admission to Hebron or any other school? I have yet to meet a student who is defined by a test. This is not to say that admission to Hebron is not selective,

Admission to Hebron Academy is about much

more than a test. It’s about achievement, work ethic,

aspirations, and believing in the potential of young people.

From the Desk of Joe hemmings, assistant head of school for enrollment

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but like many of my colleagues, I believe the school admission process is about finding the right fit.

There are several predictors of a student’s potential to be successful in school: teacher recommendations, a commitment to service, personal goals, grades, extracurricular accomplishments, and leadership qualities to name a few. A successful experience at Hebron Academy is one that involves participation in various aspects of school life. If Hebron’s admission process was fixated on standardized testing, I venture to guess that some of you - incredibly success-ful, dedicated and proud alumni/ae - may not be receiving this magazine. I’ve heard many stories of how Hebron shaped you into your current self, how without Hebron you’re not sure where you would be, how your closest friends, even today, are the people you met on this campus. Hearing these expressions of appreciation and gratitude is why one works in education: to make a difference for others.

Hebron Academy is on an upward trajectory, and this academic year has seen as diverse and talented a cohort of students as ever. The synergy of every class is unique and evolves as the school year progresses. In recent years our college acceptance list has included an impressive array of selective and highly-selective institutions, reflecting the individuality that we value in each student.

Hebron Academy today is still a place that emphasizes academic excellence, critical thinking, communication skills, high standards of personal character, and enjoyment of physical fitness and visual and performing arts. We provide structure, balance, and adult guidance to foster independence and allow students to transform into the people they were meant to be. Admission to Hebron Academy is about much more than a test. It’s about achievement, work ethic, aspirations, and believing in the potential of young people.

We look forward to welcoming future and current Hebron alumni to campus. The doors of Stanley Building are always open.

Sincerely,

Joe Hemmings, Assistant Head of School for [email protected]

more than a test


Skiing at Hebron enjoys a long tradition, quite literally from the roots of the sport in New England. As early as 1937, the Academy organized a team which competed

in a New England Championship. Classmates from the Class of 1939, Al Merrill of Andover and Aurele Legere of Rumford competed for Hebron in alpine, cross-country and jumping before continuing on to become honored competitors and coaches in America.

Here are two pictures of the same place on the Hebron campus. The first, from 1939 - the year when Merrill and Legere skied for Hebron, shows an early slalom racer at Winter Carnival. In the upper right corner of the photo, the trestle of Hebron’s first ski jump is visible. The second photo shows the ski jump as rebuilt on the same site in the early 1950’s for Coach George Helwig’s teams.

Where were these pictures taken? Do any of our readers have recollections to be shared of skiing on this site? If so, please send them to Dave Stonebraker, Hebron Archivist, at [email protected].

Hebron’s Ski Jump, as rebuilt in 1950.

Then & Now: the ski hill

Slalom on the Ski Hill, circa 1939.

for a current picture of where these images were taken, turn to page 52.


Chips off the old block. Branches and roots. New flowers for old stems. Euphemisms abound in schools for the idea that generations of students return to alma mater to

follow in the footsteps of proud parents. Publications and promotions emphasize the bonds of

tradition and experience shared by parents and children, as if the particular school experience of

one generation can be passed intact to the next, that the unique experience of a student at one

formative time in life can be replicated. How quaint to think that the experience of Hebron Acad-

emy, with its history and traditions spanning more than two centuries, can possibly have universal

elements that are for all time. Just as the Hebron Academy of the 1970’s and ‘80’s is absolutely

different from the school of today, so are the experiences of the students who are part of the school

of today, a vibrant co-educational, multi-cultural community that continues its mission “to inspire

and guide students to reach their highest potential in mind, body and spirit.”

This year, Hebron can boast of a number of students whose parents and families have shared

the experience of the Academy through a span of years, linking back even to the Honorable

Hannibal Hamlin, lawyer, statesman of Maine and Vice-President to Abraham Lincoln. During

Fall Parents’ Weekend, several alumni parents and their current students shared stories and feelings

about watching a child return to the familiar place of their own past or of beginning at the same

school where their parent had gone. Their stories suggest that these are hardly the stems or

branches, flowers or seeds of previous growth but energetic, independent, creative, varied

individuals whose goals for their Hebron

experience are as singular and dynamic as these

students are and hardly the fusty repetition of

the past.

fresh connections

{ by dave stonebraker photography by geoff campbell }

Facing page: A convergence of past and present: An old portrait of Hannibal Hamlin, Class of 1827, provides a literal and figurative context for the current experience of great-great-great-great granddaughter Sophie Gibson, Class of 2016.


Sophie Gibson, Class of 2016, can boast that she is directly descended from Hannibal Hamlin, Class of 1827, whose own father, Cyrus Hamlin was one of the original incorporators of the Academy in 1804—a connection spanning the entire life of Hebron Academy. Yet, for Sophie, who is actually the great, great, great, great granddaughter of the school’s most famous alumnus, her school is absolutely the Hebron of today. She notes that one strong reason for attending a boarding school was to experience a new environment. “I love being outside, so Hebron is a really good setting for

me—lots of trails for running and biking, a truly beautiful place.” She also has a connec-tion to Maine, where her family has vaca-tioned for generations, a cottage in Somesville on Mt. Desert Island being part of a tradition that binds her family to the past. Another connection is the matter of names. Hannibal and Cyrus, from son and father, have been alternated in the family for generations. Thus, Sophie’s grandfather is named Cyrus, and she also has an uncle Cyrus and a brother Hannibal. For Sophie’s mother, Sarah Hamlin, the decision for her daughter to attend Hebron was much less about place or family namesakes than about “the fact that Hebron offers rigorous academics that are tempered with all of the other amazing activities that I know are so important to Sophie.” Both Sophie and Sarah speculate about what the school might have been like in the 19th century, Sophie suggesting perhaps that what was important for her forebear might be the same things that matter for her: to be true to oneself, to set goals and assess the future, to work hard in tough classes and to be in a close, supportive community.

Unlike Sophie, junior Sarah Thompson has found her way from Florida to Maine through her mother, Laurel Willey Thompson, Class of 1979. Laurel had come to Hebron for only a year, transferring from Bangor High School for her senior year, one that would leave her with a strong circle of friends who were influential to her experience. Her father, a Bowdoin graduate, felt that classmates from independent schools were often ahead, and as education was important to him, he planned for his children to have such an opportunity. Four attended Hebron—Lloyd, Laurel, Jim and Jennifer—and Laurel recalls that her father “never forced any of us to come to Hebron; it was simply something we did.” Like some students arriving in the upper grades, Laurel initially felt unprepared academically. Classes were hard for her, but by the final term of her senior year, Laurel had earned strong marks due to hard work. She recalls having Mr. Gunn for math and how his encouraging and patient approach made an impact on her. She appreciated the one-on-one help and, like others, felt that she wished she had begun at Hebron earlier.

Sophie [suggests] perhaps that

what was important to her forbear

might be the same things that

matter for her: to be true to oneself,

to set goals and assess the future,

to work hard, and to be in

a supportive community.

Daughter Sarah’s experience has some common threads but also significant differ-ences. Beginning in her junior year, Sarah is finding the work hard, as her mother did, in part she says because it seems as if her classmates have been here longer, yet she reports that she loves all her teachers and classes. Typical of a junior, her course of study includes American Literature with Ms. LeBlanc, also her field hockey coach, Ameri-can History with Mr. Bonis, one of her resident faculty in Halford Dormitory, and Chemistry with Mr. ‘Moose’ Curtis, who also taught her mother and who she finds “awe-some.” When Sarah was a sophomore, she says, she realized that she wasn’t getting the preparation she felt necessary for college and asked her mother if she might go to Hebron. The admissions process began, and Sarah completed her inquiries and application on her own. After a visit-back experience in the spring, she was ready. She had heard lots of stories about Hebron from her mother’s friends and had seen her mother’s yearbook and pictures, but Sarah’s decision was her own. Laurel had kept in touch with class-mates Laurie Shaver, Gina Canning and her roommate Sue Galos. Indeed, these Hebron friends of her mother’s had seemed more like ‘aunts’ to Sarah than her actual relations. And like her mother’s, Sarah’s Hebron experience now includes the challenges of strong academ-ics fostered by the passions of her teachers and the shared experiences of dorm and field hockey, experiences similar to her mother’s that may become the beginnings of lifetime friendships. Thinking of Sarah, Laurel notes that sending a child to prep school is a great gift. A legacy gift certainly, but as Laurel thinks of Sarah, it is the repeated experiences of support and friendship that, in this case, make the gift universal.

Like Laurel Willey Thompson, John Donahue, Class of 1984, was a one-year student. For him, the decision to choose Hebron from a number of potential

Facing page: Sarah Thompson ’15 likens mother Laurel Willey Thompson’s close Hebron friends to sisters and expressed a similar desire for community in her decision to attend Hebron.

Sophie with mom Sarah, who takes pride in her family’s seasoned Maine roots.


boarding destinations was easy. It was the farthest from his home in Massachusetts, and for a young athlete seeking further preparation for college and craving independence, farther was better. However, the best laid plans are often subject to substantial change, and in John’s case, a season-ending injury dictated a major revision of his goals. School was one thing, but the opportunity to be out and away was alluring, and John made the most of being more free to travel on his weekends. He did make the most of his year, gained college admission and upon graduation put Hebron in his rearview mirror. And yet, at some level, the sense of place, of friendship, of growth that he experienced stuck with him, and when the opportunity came to join the Board of Visitors, he returned to campus and began to reconnect with classmates and faculty. Coming back to Hebron was one thing; but sending a child to school there was a much greater commitment.

“The decision to send my kids to Hebron was not an easy one. I didn’t think it was

realistic at first, financially or otherwise, and my wife needed a whole lot of convincing.” However, looking back at his own experience, motivated perhaps by youthful ambition and naïveté, he realized that the independence of his postgraduate year had helped him to define himself. “I think people can allow themselves to be defined by others, or they can define themselves. Hebron gave me an opportunity. I began to think it could do the same for my children.”

“I think people can allow themselves

to be defined by others, or they can

define themselves. Hebron gave me an

opportunity. I began to think it could

do the same for my children.”

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Above: John Donahue ’84 and daughter Meaghan Donahue ’17 were both drawn to Hebron’s competitive soccer program, but Meaghan has entered as a freshman, while her father attended for a single postgraduate year. Facing page: Even though Liberty McKnight ’14 carries the torch - mother Aimee Liberty Hunt ’88 (seated) and uncle Steve and aunt Laurie all attended Hebron – the decision to come was entirely her own.


Meaghan Donahue, Class of 2017, floats through a school day with the energy and optimism of one beginning a grand adventure. In her words, classes are “wonderful, challenging but good,” with projects and lots of opportunity for creativity. “For my Humanities class, I had to become a character in the book we were reading, creating a Facebook page for her and then communicat-ing with other characters as if it was life for all of us. Sometimes an assignment is hard or confusing, but it is so easy to get help from my teachers. And dorm life is the best. It is great to have a roommate and a group of friends.” And as a soccer player, making the Varsity as a freshman midfielder has been a high point of her experience thus far, an experience she shares in a certain way with Dad, even to the joy of seizing the rope of the Victory Bell and pulling with her teammates to celebrate a win. For it was her dad’s class, the Class of 1984, which gave the present bell as their Class Gift. The bell has been refur-bished and relocated close to the Athletic Center, a change since John’s time, but the tradition of ringing it in celebration remains the same for daughter as it was for father.

Aimee Liberty Hunt, Class of 1988, felt strongly the influence of her siblings and family in her decision to attend Hebron. Following in the footsteps of older brother Steve, Class of 1984, and sister Laurie, Class of 1985, it seemed the natural thing to do, and so she began as a freshman, beginning with classes and sports and watching her older sister finish her senior year and begin college. Aimee felt close to her sister’s senior friends, but as she began her sophomore year without a sibling at the school, she found the experience had

changed for her. She valued her independence but needed to be with family and ultimately made the decision to return home for junior and senior years. Now, twenty-eight years later, Aimee’s daughter Liberty is completing her senior year at Hebron, a four-year student who made her own decision to come. Her mother’s remembrances as well as the family stories from Uncle Steve and Aunt Laurie were influential, their memories reinforcing her own desires to be away from home, to challenge herself and to live independently. And it has been a very good fit. Aimee describes Liberty as a “strong and indepen-dent young woman who had voiced her desire for an independent school opportunity as early as fifth grade.” She looked at several schools, Aimee recalls, but when touring Hebron, Liberty saw herself in the commu-nity, and that was it. Now, when considering her college choices, Liberty speaks of finding a touch of Hebron in her next destination. The lure of Boston and the opportunity to prepare for a career in Communications leads her to consider Boston College, Simmons, Emmanu-el and Endicott; and in each, she anticipates finding the sort of supportive, close commu-nity in which she has thrived at Hebron. For Liberty, the decision to attend Hebron came without the influence of family. She had explored her options and had chosen the Academy for what she saw in the school today and not simply for the family stories from the past or for the experience of her mother. Aimee concluded that she feels no regret for allowing Liberty to leave home, for it is the best fit for her. She is delighted that Liberty is so happy and feels proud of the fact that Liberty went to Hebron even though she herself had struggled when she attended more than twenty-five years ago.

George Dycio, Class of 1978 seems mildly bemused by the fact that his daughter Larissa is in her freshman year at Hebron. To George, her experience seems vastly different from the circumstances that led him, an ordinary student completing the eighth grade in Lewiston, to come to Hebron. “My parents were looking for a more challenging experience with more individual support,” he recalls. “I was not at the bottom of my eighth grade class, but I was nowhere near the top either. At the end of my freshman year at Hebron, I had improved substantially. I also came for the sports, especially football and hockey, and I enjoyed all of it. My wife and I never actively thought about Hebron for our daughter Larissa. We came to a few Alumni Hockey Games when she was younger, and we showed her the campus a bit as we drove around. I had told her stories of my time, so I imagine her perceptions were shaped somewhat by mine. And I had always hoped privately, I suppose, that my children would want to attend Hebron, and I am delighted that the school has helped to make it happen. I enjoy my new perspective as a parent, for it adds to my perspective as an alumnus. It is remarkable to see the changes to the school through her eyes, and the drive to and from becomes a good time to talk with her and to share in ways that I might not otherwise.”

George’s daughter Larissa seems equally amused when she imagines her father at Hebron. “He was all about hockey. Hockey,

“This is not my father’s school, but I can

see why he liked it.”

larissa dycio ‘17, daughter of george dycio ’78

Left: George Dycio ’78 (center, in goalie pads) retains his original hockey gear and dusts it off each January for the annual Alumni Hockey Game, above. He’s pictured at right, next to Director of Building and Grounds Michael Hughes, in the 2012 game.


hockey, hockey. He was the goalie then, and he still comes to the Alumni Game every year with his original stuff, and he looks a little ridiculous.” George has continued as peren-nial goalkeeper in the annual Alumni Hockey Game (on facing page). Larissa notes how different her own experience with Hebron is. “I thought that maybe Dad would want me to

“I enjoy my new perspective as a

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Above: Larissa Dycio ’17 gripes that father George Dycio ’78 was “all about hockey, hockey, hockey” during his Hebron days. Little has changed, however, and George remains a reliable presence between the pipes at the annual Alumni Hockey Game (photos on facing page).

have the same experiences, but I am a girl and wanted different things.” She is excited about her opportunities for art and music and to be in the all-school musical this winter. A new freshman, Larissa enjoys the creativity of her core Humanities Course with Mr. Middleton and Ms. Mangham in which she has worked with the Chinese novel, To Live, and created a timeline of culture leading to the Peoples’ Revolution. “I like how my classes tie in with the real world and how the teachers are engaging the students and not lecturing. This is not my father’s school, but I can see why he liked it.”


Being at Hebron is an amalgam of

personal experiences which have not

been replicated from father to son or

mother to daughter, but rather shared

through particular instances of growth

and change on this campus.

Left: Paul Downey ’81 and son Coltan Downey ’14 both enjoyed rewarding experiences as dorm proctors and note the influence of the great Moose Curtis on their development as athletes and young adults. Paul and Coltan are pictured with Coltan’s mother Jaelyn and younger sister Shayne, who expresses strong interest in attending Hebron. Above photo: Paul Downey (front row, third from right) credits English teacher and coach Dave Stonebraker (back row, first from left) with much of his personal growth at Hebron.

Coltan Downey is yet another current connection with a Hebron family. The son of Paul Downey, Class of 1981, Coltan has made his mark with the Class of 2014, replicating in certain ways the experiences of his father, yet adding his own unique stamp. From his first time on campus at a Homecom-ing weekend, on through admissions visits, he felt the school to be a welcoming place, a place where he would feel comfortable. It was not his father’s school except in name, and from his arrival on campus, he felt that he was making his own way. The school seems to help students to find out who they are as individuals, a thought echoed in several of the student vignettes. Yet curiously, even as current students define their own roles in the Academy of today, some experiences seem to be repeated. Coltan speaks of his pride at being named a proctor for the school this year. He is readily visible in this role: conduct-ing morning meeting, giving his “Last Word” address to the school, becoming a panel member at an Open House event and particularly by inciting the Class of 2014 and the student body through Lumberjack Day, the Homecoming Spirit Rally and Halloween Hijinks.

Coltan’s father Paul remembers as well that becoming a proctor shaped his senior year and made him feel particularly proud of contributing to the life of the school. Aca-demic and athletic experiences are similar as well, though the particular circumstances may change. For Paul the relationship with Mr. Stonebraker in his English classroom and on the soccer field and with Coach Moose on the slopes were formative instances when particular academic and physical challenges led to personal growth, a sense of satisfaction and a real memory of fun. And although Coltan has not had the same teachers as his father, the individual response is similar. As well, for Paul, there has been particular pride in watching Coltan perform with the Lumber-jack football team as he recalls the presence and influence of Moose Curtis on Hebron athletics.

For Coltan and for others, the changes to Hebron’s physical campus make the school seem new for them. They travel familiarly through the Athletic Center, the Lepage Center for the Arts, the redesigned Language Department spaces in Sturtevant Home and the refurbished science laboratories in Treat, facilities unknown to their parents or familiar places then that have now been repurposed. And yet, for each of these current students, simply living and working in a family environment with the inspiration and guidance of supportive adults make the school life shared across the years consistent from parent to current student. Particulars may change—and should—but the essentials of shared relationships and through the process of growing and changing in the Hebron

community remain the touchstones that young people and their parents recognize in what has made Hebron a special place for them, regardless of the specific time when they were here.

It is the nature of schools to recreate themselves each fall, to promise new pro-grams and opportunities for those who begin with the expectations of growth and change through the year. Distinct experiences encountered when one is most receptive often become fixed, an integral part of personality and memory. For each of these students and their parents, their time at Hebron has become a unique part of who each is. It is an amalgam of personal experiences which have not been replicated from father to son or mother to daughter, but rather shared through particular instances of growth and change on this campus. For each, being at Hebron has become a fresh connection from one genera-tion to the next. h

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steady hand

Reeve Bright ‘66, retiring board chair,

has set a course for hebron for more than a decade.


He is a sailor, a fisherman, a captain and occasional crew. By training and vocation a lawyer, but by avocation a watchdog of South Florida politics and champion of causes including the Lupus Foundation. A graduate of Hobart College at the height of the Vietnam era, he has

fostered a personal desire to make a difference in the world. He is an adventurer, a world traveler but also a fifth generation rusticator on Mt. Desert Island. He has had an audience with the Pope and his picture on the front page of The New York Times. He is a storyteller and punster who revels in personal anecdotes of life’s

lessons or the apt quip which reveals true insight. J. Reeve Bright, Class of 1966, is all these things, but at this point in time, he is also the retiring Chairman of the Hebron Academy Board of Trustees, participant in the tradition of Freelan Stanley, Guy Sturgis and Roscoe Hupper, long-tenured leaders of the school’s governing body. Reeve will preside at his final meeting of the Board of Trustees in the coming May. Just a few weeks later he will offer personal congratulations to each member of the Class of 2014, as he has to eleven previous classes, when he awards each the Hebron Diploma signifying successful completion of the Academy’s required course of study. It is the same diploma that he received 48 years ago in 1966.

Reeve Bright grew up in Rosmont, Pennsylvania, one of ten children in a family which valued the opportunity of independent education, yet how did a youngster from the Main Line reach Hebron, Maine? Reeve smiles as he recounts his place in the pantheon of Bright children, each of whom would graduate from eastern boarding schools. “I think my mother knew something of me and had it in mind to temper my effervescent personality, and so she felt Hebron would be good for me.” His story rings of the theme that a number of alumni recount years later in various iterations: how after being ‘sent’ to Hebron to be shaped under Mr. Allen’s tutelage they discovered their

“i think my mother knew something of me and had it in mind to temper my effervescent personality, and so she felt Hebron would be good for me.”

true potential and direction in life, recognized the growth that had occurred during their Hebron time and realized the change that the school had made for them. For Reeve, there was another connection just a few hours to the east: the waters off Southwest Harbor and Mt. Desert Island. The family had summered on Mt. Desert for generations, his parents and grandpar-ents enjoying a house in Southwest Harbor that remains in the family today. During his Hebron years, Reeve recalls that his parents would rent a large house in Manset for their brood and that his summers were spent ruckusing about the area on land and water. Quite easily, Hebron became an extension of those Maine experiences.

Reeve spent four years at Hebron and another four at Hobart College followed by law school at the

University of Miami. When he arrived at Hebron, he had never been away from home for an extended period, but he was attracted from the first to the feel of the place. He uses the word ‘community’ to describe it,

Reeve shares welcoming remarks at last year’s Alumni Convocation over Homecoming Weekend.

Reeve’s 1966 yearbook portrait


but allows that words fail him for a tight definition. “I think the key to me then was that I felt nurtured in the school, felt ‘raised’ there and felt that I was taught ‘life’s lessons,’ and ways to respond to things, in the classroom and on the fields certainly, but in life generally. It always had a sense of community for me - including some of the things that aren’t done anymore, like sitting on the floor after dinner and having Mr. Allen give us pearls of wisdom.”

Reeve began in Howe Cottage and moved in his sophomore year to Atwood before spending his final years in Sturtevant Home. “We spent a lot of time together: the long rides to games, the Saturday night movies. We were all here together and had to get along

in all of life. It was just what was done and it made a difference, the shared experience. And so many of those common experiences haven’t really changed - learning to live together, to get up and do your work, to be a friend, to face up to the tough stuff, to be a part of something bigger than yourself. These things do seem to be the constant, then and now. Today, this is not the Hebron of my time, but I do hope that the students who leave here today feel as I did then.”

Reeve admired many of the men who were respon-sible for his experience at Hebron and speaks fondly and occasionally humorously of them - Mr. Allen certainly, but also Barney Williams, Ned Willard and Addison Augusta. Reeve is a natural raconteur, and it is his custom to tell a story at Commencement, taking a few moments before the presentation of diplomas to share a bit of personal experience and wisdom with the graduating class. In 2013, Reeve’s story touched on Ad Augusta and a track experience in his senior year. It was the Maine Championship for schools, Reeve recalled, and in the manner of most track coaches, Augusta had performed the calculus of personal bests and potential points to determine that Reeve would be

asked to run both the mile and the two mile events, a very tough pairing. Hebron also had two excellent distance runners that year, brothers Ken and Mark Cuneo, Classes of 1966 and 1967 (photo at left), and so Coach Augusta took Reeve aside before the meet to say “with that stiff upper lip of his, ‘now look, Bright, I think that for us to win this championship, you’re going to have to run two races: the mile and the two mile. It doesn’t matter so much about the two mile because there is a big drop in talent, and you will come in third or fourth in that and get a point or two that will help. But in the mile you’re going to need to do well as you can. And honestly, you’re not going to beat Ken Cuneo, but what matters is that you’ve got to do

enough to get a point or two. You don’t have to beat him, you just have to stay with him and be ahead of the others. Then you can come back and run the two mile and get a point, and that’s going to be what we need to win. Both those boys are going to win those races, so Bright, you just get in there and muck it up and get a few points and everything will be fine.’”

Reeve continues the story for the class, re-creating the race from his own perspective as the graduates listen, enthralled. “I don’t know what happened, but I must have gotten so fired up and gone out so fast that after the first lap, I’m looking ahead and there’s no one there - nobody from Fryeburg, nobody from Maine Central, nobody at all. So I just keep going. I’m feeling pretty good, and on the second and third laps I’m still out in front or next to the front. I think there was a Fryeburg runner with me, but Cuneo wasn’t there. And I’m still feeling pretty good, and it’s still open in front. I’m liking the view, and still there’s no one with me. The runner from Fryeburg had drifted back, and finally on the back stretch of the fourth lap, here comes Cuneo, and I thought I better cut my pace to let him get in front of me. Then I figured to get a little to the

“we were all here together and had to get along in all of life. it was just what was done and it made a difference, the shared experience.”

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outside so nobody else could get by and just watch him burn it through to the finish. So I did just that, slowed just a little so he could carry on and do his thing. Cuneo goes by and then he cuts his speed, and I’m there with him but can’t get by him. Then we go on down the stretch. It seems like he’s just gliding in, and I’m right on his shoulder at the finish. Ultimately nobody else came up, and we finished one-two. He beat me, and I got the points I was supposed to, but I’ve always wondered what might have happened if I’d just kept at it, if I hadn’t heard Ad Augusta’s voice in my head saying that Cuneo was going to finish first, that we were going to be in a dogfight with other runners, and that I just needed to hang in there and finish second. It didn’t happen that way.”

As Reeve draws out the story, building the suspense and laughing at himself a bit while still holding the class mesmerized with an incident that touches what many have experienced in their Hebron time, he pauses. Looking out at the class, he delivers the punch line, “Never sell yourself short. Whatever it is you are up against, give it your best shot and see what happens. You never know how life is going to treat you, whatever the situation, and it just may be that no one is going to come up on your tail to overtake you. You don’t have to settle for the expectations of others; do it for yourself!” The applause is long and enthusiastic. For many in the class, it must be hard to imagine that the trim man draped in splendid doctoral robes of Miami orange and blue once pushed himself on the Dwyer Field track to gain a point for Hebron.

For Reeve, whose summers in Southwest Harbor were spent mainly on the water, sailing was always part of the experience. The first boats were “Bullseyes,” a one design class of 15’ sloops which originated on Cape Cod from a Herreshoff design. They were sturdy boats with a small keel yet nimble and fun to sail and race, sporting 140 square feet of sails and a spinnaker. Reeve recalls, “We learned to sail at Jim Willis’s in a fleet of Bullseyes, and my parents bought one, # 5 of the first fiberglass models. It is still in the family. My brother owns it and still races it.”

Continuing from Hebron to Hobart, Reeve remem-bers the good things of school and life, school in season and summers on the water sailing and racing. “My father made us all have summer jobs. I got started racing sailboats, and people were interested in me crewing for them or skippering their boats. Then I started getting paid to be on sailboats as crew or skipper. It drove my dad nuts that people would hire me

to captain a boat or to sail with them, and then it would be foggy and we couldn’t go anywhere. But I would still get paid. He didn’t understand that. He thought that when it was foggy, your wages should be cut by a day a week. It drove him nuts. He was not a water person.” Reeve definitely is a water person, and the friendship of boats and the lessons of the water are not lost on him. The water and the weather are good teachers. One has to know what the weather will allow, how much one can push a tack, how the feel of the boat working against the water reveals how close a course is possible, or how the push of the wind dictates when to let off a bit with the tiller and when to hold firm.

Yet there is also room for a good time. On another occasion, Reeve recounts the story of sharing a water excursion with a close friend and their two sons. The trip started as speculation one winter - what would it be like to take an open boat from Florida to Maine, to leave from Delray Beach and head for Northeast Harbor? The idea took hold, and when June came, the foursome left Reeve’s Florida home in a Boston Whaler with little more than a set of charts and an open plan for an adventure on the Intracoastal Waterway. They planned to run as much as conditions would allow, stopping only for fuel and when night overtook them, seizing the chance to make offshore passages if possible to shorten the 1,800-mile journey to Maine. Equipped with minimal supplies in an essentially bare boat, the foursome ran the Florida shoreline northward, joining the Intracoastal Waterway at St. Augustine, and then following the passage inshore on river and bay, northward through Georgia and the Carolinas.

The Whaler, a 25’ Outrage, sported a pair of high-performance outboards that were generally either off or flat-out and could power them northward at 40 miles an hour if conditions permitted and allow them to cover as much as 500 miles on a long June day. Reeve’s eyes start to twinkle as he recalls that they would do everything possible to keep the boat powered up, to time their arrivals at the many lift bridges along the waterway in order speed through without throttling down to wait for an operator to raise the bridge. Apparently on one occasion, the foursome gave the bridge operator a cheeky salute on the way through, their own interpretation of a “bare boat” as they sped on their way. The operator was less than amused, and the next bridge to the north stayed firmly closed as the Captains Outrageous were forced to explain themselves to the marine patrol.

The trip took just over a week with significant open

Captain Bright, Varsity Soccer, 1965


Reeve’s eyes start to twinkle as he recalls that they would do everything possible to keep the boat powered up, to time their arrivals at the many lift bridges along the waterway in order speed through without throttling down to wait for an operator to raise the bridge.

water passages from the Jersey Shore to New York where they circled Manhattan in style and then tied up to the then infamous “Garbage Barge” moored in the outer harbor. Like erstwhile Huck Finns, the foursome clambered aboard, climbed to the top of the refuse pile and posed for a team picture with garbage in the foreground and the Statue of Liberty and the iconic lower Manhattan skyline in the background. From The Big Apple, they raced the length of Long Island Sound to Montauk and then made the open water passage to the Cape Cod Canal. On their final day, they piloted through the Cape Cod Canal and then charted a beeline

across the Gulf of Maine to Mt. Desert. “The water was like a pond that day,” Reeve recalls, “and we just bombed along, seeing whales on the way, and reaching Northeast in five hours.” When asked why he did it, Reeve pauses. One might imagine that the sons, along with their fathers, gained some of the “life lessons” Reeve speaks of through the shared experience of simply being together in the wind and the spray on that special trip north. Overtones of Hebron resurface. “It was special just to be together,” he says, “facing the same things - whether the difficult, the funny or the funky.”

Storytelling is part of Reeve’s nature. As varied and

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effervescent as the man, the stories touch moments in life and life’s lessons, usually with humor and the unexpected. At another Hebron Commencement, Reeve drew on his law school experiences to recount a time when a University of Miami law professor delivered an unforgettable message with an unexpected question. “What is the name of the woman who cleans this lecture hall?,” was Question 10 on a brief quiz in Contract Law. The response of Reeve’s second year law classmates was immediate and vocal. “It’s not fair. You have never asked a question like this before. This is not part of the course. You can’t expect us to know that.” Reeve chuckles as he looks over the Hebron graduates, many of whom have likely invoked similar protests with their teachers. During the review of the quiz, Professor Manette listened patiently for a time before launching into her own opinion of the situation and her students. “Not fair?” she demanded, “Is life fair? Is it right that you sit here in air-conditioned comfort, haggling over an inconsequential quiz and contemplat-ing your rank in the class and place on the Law Review, while all around you others are cutting the grass on the fields outside and polishing the halls of this building to support you and the University in the manner to which you are accustomed? Is that fair?” As Reeve tells the story, he brightens and chuckles, concluding the story with a summary of Professor Manette’s harangue to her students. “Maria is the answer to Question 10, and you need to be aware, now and going forward in your careers, just who you serve and why. You’ve got to remember the people who’ve helped you to be what you are to get where you are.” Connecting with people, remembering people and enjoying the company of others are qualities that Reeve shares with Hebron’s graduates and all who he encounters.

Reeve has made it his practice not just to tell personal stories to the graduates at Commencement, but to connect with them in other ways. He relishes the opportunity to “do lunch” with a student companion

whenever he is on campus, and some of those brief relationships have extended over a span of years. He found it especially fulfilling this past year to greet his ‘lunch buddy’ of three years, A’Nyce Munroe ’13, on the graduation stage and present her diploma. When opened, her diploma contained a brief greeting from the Chair, a small memento to one his life has touched. Reeve also adds a note to the Hebron Diploma when it happens that there is a graduate matriculating at his alma mater, Hobart College. Connecting personally with all he encounters, remembering to keep things in perspective, sharing openly and honestly with those around him - these are touchstones for Reeve as he approaches any circumstance as a lawyer, a Hebron board member, a friend. His is a steady hand, an approach that he has exercised as he has overseen the life of the Academy during his 16 years of service to Hebron’s Board.

Reeve joined the Board of Trustees in 1998 after having kept up an active conversation for several years with Paul Domingue, then Director of Advancement. When interviewed in 1999, he shared a bit of personal philosophy that “one must give back a little. My academic success in life is attributable to what I learned at Hebron, and I learned a lot that went way beyond the academic. I think that my life was changed by the teachers and coaches that I had here. I did a lot after Hebron, but I never had the interactions in college that I had here. It is easy to want to give back now, and I’m happy to do it.”

Reeve served directly with Judy Ryan as Vice-Chair beginning in 2001 and became Chair of the Board in 2003 as Hebron anticipated its Bicentennial Celebra-tion and John King settled into his tenure as the new Head of School. Together, they have marked significant points in the school’s development: creating the Athletic Center and the Lepage Center for the Arts, enlarging boarding enrollment and enhancing faculty

”I hope that one day I will get to do a lot of things that I haven’t done yet, and in some small way, I hope that I might still have my hand on the rope at Hebron as well.”

Reeve (L) with wife Anne (center), Head of School John King (R) and the Jay L. Woolsey Distin-guished Service Award. Reeve was a fitting recipient of the school’s highest honor, awarded at Alumni Convocation over Homecoming Weekend 2013.


benefits, stimulating new student programs in Commu-nity Life and Academic Guidance, and more recently, refurbishing and enhancing teaching and laboratory spaces for the sciences and languages. When asked for his role in the changes, Reeve is quick to deflect praise, suggesting that when he began with the Board, he listened closely to colleagues Phillips Smith, Class of 1949 and Robert McCormack, Class of 1962, who often repeated the simple dictums that the strength of the faculty was critical to the school’s health and that board members needed to listen first to the recommen-dations of the school’s leadership before applying its shaping hand to the course of things. Good advice for the one who would become the Board’s leader, helping to put behind several unsettled years and begin a decade of growth and achievement through a strong working relationship with Head of School John King.

On the east wall of John’s office in Sturtevant Hall hangs a framed chart documenting a twenty-day transatlantic voyage by the yacht Grafin from Oster-ville, Massachusetts, to Oban, Scotland in 1977. The passage eastward is noted by penciled marks upon the great circle route. Among the crew was a young John King, then making the journey of a lifetime as a deep-water sailor. Some 26 years later, as John became Head of School and Reeve assumed leadership of Hebron’s Board in 2003, the map would become a pleasant distraction when the two would meet to work on the school’s business. Asked to summarize their relationship, Reeve becomes soft-spoken and pauses before responding, “I think that the key to the relation-ship that John and I have had is that it has been honest and straight-forward. We may not have seen the outcome of everything we worked on from the beginning, but we have always worked through to a conclusion without real disagreement, often having to

talk through things first one way and then another until we’ve come to a decision.” Typical of sailors, theirs has been a working relationship built upon an understanding of what circumstance may allow, what intermediate courses of action may be necessary and how final outcomes are subject to forces beyond their immediate control.

As Reeve anticipates the conclusion of his service to Hebron’s Board of Trustees, knowing that term limits created during his tenure dictate that he must step away, he does not see this as ending his relationship, but simply setting it on a new course. Speaking of Commencement and gaveling his last board meeting, he noted, “I think it will be an emotional time, probably more emotional for me than for the class, but I’ve just got to soldier through.” There will be a story to be told and the effervescent personality will remain, for sure; but one may also surmise that there will be new adventures to be undertaken and new lessons to be shared. Among items on his personal bucket list, Reeve lists the pending marriage of his son, a possible trek to Kilimanjaro and perhaps crewing on an offshore racing yacht. “Right now, Anne and I haven’t got anything specific in mind. I hope that one day I will get to do a lot of things that I haven’t done yet, and in some small way, I hope that I might still have my hand on the rope at Hebron as well.”

This has seemed a fitting time to mark some points on Reeve Bright’s personal chart of growth and accomplishment extending from his time as a student at Hebron to his subsequent 16 years of service to Hebron’s Board of Trustees. His dedication to the Academy has been incalculable, and while Reeve’s life compass may now point in a new direction, one may know that his steady hand upon the tiller will continue. h

an enduring partnership

Head of School John King (L)and Board Chair Reeve Bright ‘66 (R) have adhered to their weekly Tuesday morning call for more than a decade.

“It is written everywhere in education philosophy that the most important relationship for the health of a school is that between the Head of School and the Board Chair. I met Reeve more than 13 years ago when he served on the search committee for Hebron’s next Head, and I was be-ing grilled for candidacy. Three years later, Reeve became Chair of the Board and we cemented that all-important alliance. Reeve and I have talked through issues, anxiet-ies, challenges, frustrations, laughs, and some things you wouldn’t believe every Tuesday morning, since 2003. Reeve is always there; he’s ready to get on a plane and come whenever. He is a problem solver, a stress diffuser, a voice of calm and reason, and at the same time, Nike’s ideal, a “just do it” kind of man. When I think of the school as a whole and his leadership, I think that the most critical factor is Reeve’s ability to guide, to develop strategic consensus. In the five or six strategic planning sessions that I’ve shared with him, it is most obvious that

he has the ability to get ideas to percolate and to explore directions. Then he has led with the determination to follow through on those plans, to seek consensus and to achieve consensus with a very strong Board that works cohesively. On behalf of the entire extended Hebron family, we thank Reeve for his unwavering leadership and service. The school could not have thrived without him.” – John J. King, Head of School


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Contribute to the Hebron Annual Fund by visiting givetohebron.org

Other ways to give:• Call Hebron Annual Fund Director Beverly Roy at 207-966-5251• Transfer stock - Fidelity Investments: DTC No. 0226. Hebron Academy | Brokerage Account No. Z70-907219• Mail your gift to Hebron Academy | P.O. Box 309 | Hebron, ME 04238

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classnotes1925Viola Jasper (honorary member) writes, “On October 4, 2013, I celebrated my 105th birthday with friends and family at the East Eliot United Methodist Church. My daughter Mary and niece Heather live with me at my home in Eliot, Maine and are very special. My husband Rufus Jasper ’25 is deceased.”

1939Class Agent Needed! Find out how you can get involved with your class. call or e-mail Beverly roy: 207-966-5251, [email protected]

Time for our reunion! Make plans to be at Hebron on October 24-25 for our 75th reunion. If you plan to come let us know!


1942Class Agent: Norm [email protected] Preti writes, “Being alive and able to respond to Class of ’42 “Notes” is a privilege denied many!!! My luck is having reason-ably good health, a wonderful wife, children, grandchildren (ten), great grandchildren (two)!! Life is so much better than the “alternative”!! (Yup, still down-hill skiing a little, but not well!!)”

Seen at Homecoming: Kenneth Hendy

1943Class Agent: Gene [email protected]

1947 Class Agent Needed! Find out how you can get involved with your class. call or e-mail Beverly roy: 207-966-5251, [email protected]


Amory Houghton writes, “A unit in our condo community blew up due to a propane leak- four units were destroyed including ours. Since the blast Joan and I are in our third temporary home. Our rebuild has not started, so many legal road blocks, so much dam-age. We’ll get through it, in time.”

Congratulations to Alan Kupper, inducted into Hebron’s Athletic Hall of Fame at Reunion-Home-coming Weekend 2013. Alan was recognized for his contribu-tions to youth and professional sports, namely basketball. Over his fifty-plus year career, Alan worked with Boston Celtics play-ers, minor league baseball team the Nashua Hawks, and famous announcer Johnny Most and directed the Boys and Girls Club of Nashua, NH. See more photos from the induction ceremony on page 11.

Seen at Homecoming: Alan Kupper

1949Class Agent: Bob [email protected] for our reunion! Make plans to be at Hebron on October 24-25 for our 65th reunion. If you plan to come let us know!

Bob Rich writes, “From Hebron, I went to UMO, majoring in agricultural sciences. Managed a dairy farm until Uncle Sam called! Got an MBA and started my corporate career climb in agriculture, marketing and international business. Retired in 1985, then had a second career as the Va. Dept. of Agriculture’s Director of International Mar-keting for eleven more years, retiring again in 2000. Served as chair of the Hebron Advisory Council and for five years on HA Board of Trustees. Had three kids, eight grandchildren and two wives. Now live on our farm near Richmond, Va. Upon reflection, my corporate career competitive advantage was due to the untiring efforts of Ned Willard getting me to write better than many.” The Class of 1949 will be celebrating its 65th at the 2014 Homecoming. Hopefully I’ll be there with some of the other ’49ers.

Colleen Quinn writes, “We have moved to the Hillcrest Retirement Community in Scarborough, Maine to be nearer some of our children. Joe is in his tenth year of Alzheimer’s but is still happy and good natured.”

Seen at Homecoming: Bob Rich


1951Class Agent: Ted [email protected]

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Alan Kupper ’48 (L) was inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame during Reunion Weekend 2013. Alan lettered in basketball and baseball at Hebron and was a lifelong supporter of youth sports.

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1952Class Agent: Ken [email protected]

1953Class Agent: Dean [email protected]

Seen at Homecoming: Bill Abbuhl, Hugh Kirkpatrick, Leonard Mintz, Payson Perkins, Dean Ridlon, Nick Sewall, Charlie Whittier

1954Class Agent: Michael [email protected] for our reunion! Make plans to be at Hebron on October 24-25 for our 60th reunion. If you plan to come let us know!

Michael Maher says that his trip to Hebron in 2009 was great and brought back lots of memories.

Llewellyn Ross is still working at Merrill Lynch. I thank Claude Al-len and Hebron for the guidance provided in 1953-54.

1955Class Agent: Richard ParkerSeen at Homecoming: Goody Gilman

1956Class Agent: Kenneth [email protected] Cutter writes, “After more than two decades of years living in Exeter, NH I am downsizing 50 miles to the west with my close friend Suzanne. I moved here when we opened up the New Hampshire Market for Cambridge Trust Co. It went very well. Upon retirement I took on Chair of Seacoast Museum Hospice and American Indepen-dence Museum Boards. Both were great experiences. I am other-wise healthy but somewhat less wealthy.”

1957Class Agents: Michael A. [email protected] B. [email protected] Connell writes, “Retired from Manhattan to a swell village on Long Island’s south shore. My wife of nearly 30 years is enjoying a calm and community-oriented life with me.”

Alex Kant reports, “I have been retired since 2007. I am active in the support of the state of Israel, as well as the support of a num-ber of doctors.”

Mike Mentuck writes: “Kudos to our class for winning the 1804 Award for achieving the highest percentage of participation in the Annual Fund. Let’s do it again next year. Now, here is some news about some of our classmates.”

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(L-R): John Slattery ’04 of Hebron’s Alumni Office with Roz and Goody Gilman ’55 at Homecoming last fall.

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Robert Bryan ‘50 and Tim Sample ’69 launch BERT AND I... REBOOTED

bert and I, the fictional Maine lobstermen who first brought dry

Downeast humor to the nation over 50 years ago, are back!

The new cD, BERT AND I...Rebooted, by robert Bryan ’50 and Tim sample ’69 was released in october 2013. It is the first recording of new Bert and I material in more than 30 years.

Bob Bryan, now 82, and the late Marshall Dodge released their groundbreaking album of Maine stories, BERT AND I...and Other Stories from Down East in 1958. Three more albums by the duo over the next 20 years, and live performances by Marshall from Maine to california made “Bert and I” the epitome of Maine humor everywhere.

Maine native Tim sample, today’s best-known Downeast storyteller, developed a nationwide audience in the 1990’s for his “Postcards from Maine” segments on cBs News sunday Morning with charles

Beloved Maine humorists Tim Sample ’69 (L) and Bob Bryan ’50 (R) at Homecom-ing 2010.

Kuralt. he produced several recordings for the Bert and I label in the 1980’s, and since then has released many cDs, DVDs and books through his own company, The Maine humor store. Tim performs widely in New england and beyond.

BERT AND I... Rebooted is the first album Tim and Bob have made together since their now- classic how to Talk yankee: a Downeast Foreign language course came out in 1983.

BERT AND I... Rebooted can be purchased online at www.bertandi.Me, and at sherman’s Bookstores, Bull Moose outlets, longfellow Books in Portland,

Bob Bryan ’50 and Tim Sample ‘69’s new CD, BERT AND I...Rebooted, released last fall, is the first recording of new Bert and I material in more than 30 years.

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Lester (Squint) Moran is alive and well in Dallas, Texas. The question presented is how does a guy from Millinocket Maine end up in Dallas, Texas? For Squint, it was easy. He worked in NYC for Bloomingdales for 25+ years, was sent to Dallas to open a new Bloomingdales’ store, while there, the company was sold and the new store was abandoned. Since Squint and family liked living in Dallas, he quit Bloomingda-les and at age 50, started his own personnel testing and drug screening business. Squint is now semi-retired (plays golf 5 days a week); his wife runs the business; and in a year or so, their daughter and son will take over the busi-ness. For vacations, Squint and family have a house in the North Carolina Mountains. Squint is up for attending our next class reunion.

Rich Rimbach reports that he is semi-retired, working part time as a substitute teacher in high school and is in good health with a new hip and knee. In November, Rich and Diane fly to Capetown, South Africa where they have rented a condo for two weeks. They plan to rendezvous with their son Jon, who with his wife and four kids, ranging in age from 9 to 13, are taking a year off home schooling their kids while traveling around the world.

Bruce McFarland and his wife Sonja are still selling kites near Charleston, South Carolina. Not bad for a guy with a Bachelor’s from Trinity and a Master’s from Cornell. Bruce and Sonja recently completed a fantastic trip to Alaska.They traveled by first class train from Toronto to Vancouver through the Canadian Rockies where they were able to hop on and off to visit and stay in such places as Banff, Lake Louise and Jasper. From Vancouver they took a ferry and stayed some time exploring Victoria Island; a fast ferry to Seattle and then a plane to Fairbanks. Once in Alaska, their explorations took them to Coldfeet, north of the Arctic Cir-cle, a small plane ride around the top of Mt. McKinley, a visit to the Denali area to see wildlife and a small ship through the Inside Passage back to Seattle. While in Seattle, they had dinner with Rich and Diane Rimbach and on their way home through San Francisco, they had dinner with D.D. and Charlotte Zaug.

Chris Blackstone writes, I am working on the same accoun-tancy jobs as I was six years ago. I am presently sitting in my home office, overlooking the sea on a typically cloudy Jersey November morning. I can hear the grandchildren carousing next

door, including Thomas, age 11, and jazzing it up on his drum kit. I am still doing some sailing and motor rallying and my son Geoff and I share ownership of a 30-ft fast motor cruiser. Suzanne and I continue travelling, mostly enjoy-ing small ship cruising - Ganges, Alaska, Central America, Japan, Sumatra. I am not over-enthused with airports as my metal hip always rings the alarm bells and I have to submit to a groping! Had great day fishing in Costa Rica last year - raised 23 sailfish and got 15 to the boat (all tag and re-lease). Hopefully, I will be around for the 60th reunion in four years’ time. Keep up the good work!

Seen at Homecoming: Will Durgin, Gordon Smith and Arthur Davey


Seen at Homecoming: Norman Farrar

1959Class Agent: Bernard [email protected] for our reunion! Make plans to be at Hebron on October 24-25 for our 55th reunion. If you plan to come let us know!

Tycho von Rosenvinge writes, “I just celebrated my 50th reunion at Amherst College, so my 55th Hebron reunion is just around the corner! Hard to believe. In Febru-ary 2013, my wife and I were in Taksim Square in Istanbul and saw peaceful marchers. Watchful soldiers with machine guns were nearby. I’m glad we were there when Istanbul was still peaceful and we could enjoy the both its rich history and its transition to becoming a modern city.”

1960Class Agent: Dave [email protected] is proud to welcome new trustee Dave Williams, who joined the Hebron Board of Trustees in 2013. Many thanks to Dave for his work as a Class Agent and good luck in his new position on the Board.

Seen at Homecoming: Bill Weary, Dave Williams


Seen at Homecoming: John McGonagle

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Chris Blackstone ‘57 (R) shows off a sail-fish he caught in Costa Rica in 2012.

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1962Class Agent: Dick Forté[email protected] Ugarte writes, “Hey Dick, (Dick Forté) If the good Lord willing and the creek don’t rise I’ll see you at the 55th. Best regards, George.”

William Stocker writes that he is “working part-time as a derma-tologist, has four grandchildren, and wants to play squash at Hebron.”

Seen at Homecoming: Bill Allen

1963 Class Agent: Will [email protected] poem by Will Harding:

CLASSMATES Reunited now, we,the Mighty ’63,know 50, far too long,though now we›re strong.

Craig “the racket” Adelmanstill no players can handle him.Rocket Man Ric Burton,young for certain.And Alex Deanmade the scene.With Will “the thrill”Harding, running still.Plus, Howlett, Howling Al,

we saw our pal.Nickerson “lineman” Mikeready for the next hike.To Rubin, Petera class leader.Our Ken Sweezey,not old and wheezy. And Gord the Trevett,what he›s got he›ll give it.

Handshakes, hugs, and smiles;far too many milesnot to do againwith all our friends.

Ken Sweezey writes to his He-bron classmates of 1963, “Nine of the 56 graduates traveled back to Hebron for our 50th reunion on September 28th. The renewal of old friendships was nearly instantaneous and the attention from the Hebron staff was warm and sincere. The nine of us who participated in our 50th reunion agreed to return for our 55th re-union in 2018. We also agreed to reach out to everyone else in our class to make the 55th reunion even more special.”

Michael Bergamini writes, “Couldn’t make it to our 50th (still have kids competing in sports). Enjoying working part time at the University of North Texas Health Science Center Department of Orthopedic Sur-gery and as Adjunct Professor of

Pharmacology at Neuroscience. Cycling and swimming for fun-not competitively-rode my age in miles last birthday. Occasional odd jobs at the stable that my wife manages. Life is good!”

Joesph B. Hodgkins, II writes, “Ann and I have been retired for over ten years and enjoy travel-ing abroad frequently. We are both active in our local Episcopal church where I am a Eucharis-tic Minister and member of the finance committee. I have been a Mason for over thirty years and have become more involved since retirement. I am treasurer of my local lodge as well as being active in other York Rite bodies including Royal Arch Masons and Knights Templar. Some of my other interests are cigars, reading and handgun, target shooting.”

Alex Dean encourages classmates to check out Hebron Academy photos at the school’s Flickr page, especially those from Reunion 2013: www.flickr.com/photos/hebronacademy, noting, “It’s not the way it was back in our day!” He also urges 1963-ers to “please let me know if you have contact with other classmates so we can expand our email list. We also talked about those in our group who have passed on.”

Seen at Homecoming: Craig Adelman, Ric Burton, Alex Dean, Gordon Trevette, Will Harding, Al Howlett, Mike Nickerson, Peter Rubin, Ken Sweezey

1964Class Agent: John [email protected] for our reunion! Make plans to be at Hebron on October 24-25 for our 50th reunion. If you plan to come let us know!

Henry Ullman writes, “I plan to attend the 50th reunion of our class and am looking forward to seeing my old classmates.”

Seen at Homecoming: Ray Bradford, Ed Gottlieb, Tom Hull

1965Class Agent: Allen [email protected] Laughlin thanks Al Kennedy for his work as Class Agent.

James Morrill writes, “With the birth of a new grandson in May 2013 we now have a total of six grandchildren, four grandsons and two granddaughters. Lots to do in retirement!!”

1966Class Agent: Harvey [email protected] at Homecoming: Reeve Bright, Chris Buschmann, Clem Dwyer


Matthew Fox writes, “Despite Claude L. Allen’s feelings that my only hope for a future was the military, I will contribute to Hebron’s future. My best to all of my 1967 classmates, I am alive and well and retired in Florida.

A Note from Class Agent John Giger ’64

i am looking forward to seeing all of my classmates at our 50th

reunion on October 24-25 this fall. after 50 years this will be a great opportunity to renew friendships, see how the

campus and school have changed, and catch up on the various endeavors we’ve each perused since graduation. More information on the logistics of our reunion will be sent along as we progress into the spring. here is a quick update on me:

I retired in 2008 from alcatel-lucent, a French telecommunications company, after many years of employment in the high-technology industry. I have also retired from active involvement with the Us army after 30-plus years of service. I still keep quite busy being a school committee

member for the Groton-Dunstable regional school District; chairman of the Groton Planning Board; and serving on a number of Town committees. My wife, Judy, works at the Groton Public library, so I think we are pretty well integrated into our small community. recreation wise, we have a seasonal cottage on a pond in Plymouth, Massachusetts, were we are entertained by a few grandnieces and grandnephews that join us each year for most of July from Texas and Georgia. Judy and I get away from the snow and cold each winter with a sailing adventure somewhere warm, most recently on the sea of abaco in the Bahamas. This is enough about me for now. Do start making plans to return to hebron next fall. If you have ideas for reunion activities or would like to help out by personally contacting classmates, please let me know via e-mail at [email protected]. all the best to you!

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I never made it into the military. Graduate school and real estate became my vocation.”

Seen at Homecoming: Paul Goodof

1968Class Agent: Bob [email protected] condolences to Peter Goodrich on the death of his father in October.

Sam Stafford writes, “I wish to thank our Class Agent, Bob Lowenthal, as he does such a great job keeping all the members of the class of 1968 aware of the happenings at Hebron Academy. Thank you.”Seen at Homecoming: Bob Lowenthal

1969Class Agent: Jonathan [email protected] for our reunion! Make plans to be at Hebron on October 24-25 for our 45th reunion. If you plan to come let us know!

1970Class Agent: Craig [email protected] Clark writes that he regrets that he wasn’t able to make the annual 2013 hockey tournaments in December, as he was visiting his daughter Helen’04, in Spain. He was delighted to see everyone at the annual alumni hockey game on January 18.

After 32 years Henry Harding is still traveling the country seeing customers in the semi-conductor industry for Fujifilm Electronic Materials. Henry enjoyed taking in many Hebron hockey games with classmates last season.

Jim Strathern writes, “We have been doing a lot of traveling to Big 10 gymnastics meets. Our son Michael completed his sophomore year at the University of Michigan where he is a member of the Michigan gymnastics team. We were recently in State College Pennsylvania for the NCAA men’s gymnastics championship held at Penn State University. I am pleased to say that the Michigan Wolverines won the 2013 NCAA national championship, outdistancing the second place Sooners from the University of Oklahoma. It was the 5th national championship in school history for the University of Michigan. Go Blue!”

Seen at Homecoming: Kim Kenway

1971Class Agent: Harvey [email protected] at Homecoming: Harvey Lipman

1972Class Agent: Steve [email protected] Scott reports that he is “still pastoring at Creede Community Church, UCC in Creede, CO. If any Hebron alums are within a stone’s throw please give me a call and connect. Otherwise great to hear from any classmates and we may be in New England around Homecoming. Empty nest parents of five now.”

Seen at Homecoming: Steve Gates


Many thanks to Greg Burns who has just finished up his second tour as class agent. His great work is very much appreciated.

Our condolences to Bill Rodrigues on the death of his father in April 2013.

Seen at Homecoming: Cyrus Cook, Nathaniel Corwin, Richard Potvin, Stephen Wagner

1974Class Agent: Roger [email protected] for our reunion! Make plans to be at Hebron on October 24-25 for our 40th reunion. If you plan to come let us know!

Our thoughts are with Mark Letorney on the loss of his father.

William Linnell reports that he “reconnected with some Hebron family at Bob Seikman’s service. Bob and Margo were the house

parents on our floor in Sturtevant Hall in 1974. What treasures they were!”

1975Class Agent: Ellen [email protected] C. Bateman writes, “So happy Hebron is doing well. Will try to make it back for my 40th in 2015.”

Seen at Homecoming: Ellen Augusta

1976Class Agent: Reed [email protected] sympathies to Kim Kavana-ugh on the death of her mother.

Brig. Gen. Hugh Van Roosen writes, “My new job has me designing and building a group tasked with conducting military government in occupied ter-ritories in accordance with The Hague Convention of 1907. I have 570 positions and am part-nering with the Smithsonian, a variety of universities, and with State. I sincerely hope that I am never called upon to be a military governor, but I will be ready, if needed. I’m off to Stanford right now to chair a workgroup on Rule of Law. This should keep me busy until I retire or am promot-ed. My sailboat is calling me very strongly now to start my two-year voyage. “

1977Class Agent: Bob [email protected] Shaver Loyd Turner writes, “I was married in 2012 to John Turner. John retired from teach-ing at Bowdoin College in 2011 and moved to Connecticut where I am still teaching at Westover School. We summer in Maine and spent a weekend this past summer with Sarah Hughes Sigel ’76 and her family. My daughter Carrie (26) is in Atlanta and son Colin (21) will graduate from Spring-field College in May 2014. All are well!”

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Richard Potvin ‘73 (center) with daughter Beth ’04 and son Michael at Homecoming last fall.

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Congratulations to Bob Ryan, who just joined Hebron’s Board of Trustees last fall and will advise on admissions, marketing and development. In 2013 Bob of-fered to sponsor Hebron’s annual Career Connection Seminars, an afternoon of networking and dis-cussion opportunities hosted by alumni and parents for Hebron seniors and postgraduates. Read more about Bob on page 6.

Seen at Homecoming: Edward Rochester, Bob Ryan

1978Class Agent: George [email protected] thanks to George for volunteering as Class Agent for the class of 1978. In addition to his duties as net minder for the alumni hockey game, George is also the proud parent of Lar-issa Dycio’17! Read more about George and Larissa in our Fresh Connections feature article by Dave Stonebraker.

Seen at Homecoming: James Allen, George Dycio, Forbes

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Paul Downey ’81 (right) supported son Coltan ’14 (second from right) with his wife Jaelyn and students Makoto Watanabe ’14 and Jonathan Carls ’15 on Homecoming Weekend last fall. Read more about the Downey family’s longstanding relationship with Hebron in Fresh Connections on page 18.

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MacVane, Stillman Rockefeller, Marc Roy

1979Class Agent: Brian [email protected] for our reunion! Make plans to be at Hebron on October 24-25 for our 35th reunion. If you plan to come let us know!

Jane Harris Ash writes that she “left Bristol Community College after more than eight years in the Resource Development office. She finished up her time in the alumni, fundraising and special events role with her final BCC Foundation Golf Tournament on May 14. What a great surprise to find Eric Shediac ’86 playing for one of the foursomes! Nat Harris ’81 also played in the tourna-ment, but he made sure to make himself scarce when the photog-rapher took the picture to send in to Hebron. Jane and her husband Gary will continue to run their consulting business, Castle Brook Corporation, and they look

forward to more adventures with family, travel and Studebakers.”

Seen at Homecoming: Jane Harris Ash, Stephen Jeffries

1980Class Agent: Betsy Siekman [email protected] sympathies to Troy Kavanaugh on the death of his mother.

Seen at Homecoming: Greg Urlwin, Chuck Hall

1981Class Agent: Jane Hepburn [email protected] at Homecoming: Paul Downey, Nat Harris

1982Class Agent: Tucker [email protected]

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1983Class Agent:Debbie Beacham [email protected] to Deb and her business partner on their new venture, Fudge Everything! Read more on page 43.

Bob Donahue joined Hebron’s Board of Trustees last year and is looking forward to advising on finance and faculty wellbeing. Read more about Bob on page 8.

Seen at Homecoming: Deb Bloomingdale, Lesli Brisson, Bob Donahue, Sean McLellan, Cheryl Moody, Judy Osojnicki, David Prout

1984Class Agents: Deb Schiavi [email protected] [email protected] for our reunion! Make plans to be at Hebron on October 24-25 for our 30th reunion. If you plan to come let us know!

Seen at Homecoming: John Donahue


Our condolences to Julie Chase and her family on the death of her mother and beloved Hebron faculty member Judy Chase. Read more about Judy on page 49.

1986Class Agent: Scott [email protected] Downs writes, “Carl Engle and I had our daughters play a U-12 soccer game against each other last spring in Rockport, MA. Our teams were seeded dif-ferently later in the tournament, so we didn’t play again in 2013.”



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Alex Woodruff writes, “I will be moving to Outrigger Energy as Vice President of Business Development.”

Seen at Homecoming: T. Scott Downs, Rob Kinasewich

1987Class Agent:Kate Thoman [email protected]

1988Class Agent: Ann Snyder [email protected] at Homecoming: Carlito Cabelin, Heather Stephens, Daphne White (Rea), Ken Young

1989Class Agent: Hayes [email protected] for our reunion! Make plans to be at Hebron on October 24-25 for our 25th reunion. If you plan to come let us know!

Seen at Homecoming: Tim Cassidy

1990Class Agent: Andy [email protected] Hill and wife Lisa welcomed James Warren Hill II in September 2013. Mom and baby are doing well.

James Warren Hill II, born last September.

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Fudge Everything! Deb Bloomingdale ‘83 shares a recipe for success, remarks on all roads leading to Hebron

a year ago Deb Beacham Bloomingdale’83 never dreamed she would be

presenting at hebron’s 2014 career connection seminars (ccs), a day of networking and career exchange among seniors, postgraduates, current parents and alumni. a year ago she did not have a business to present, but she did love making hot fudge. Today Deb has March 28, 2014 marked on her calendar, ready to share her new venture with the hebron academy class of 2014 and the rest of the world. so, how did she go from proud hebron past parent, alumna and trustee to small business owner in less than a year?

First, a little background: For years Deb has been making fudge sauce for her friends and family. she’d whip up a batch for a sticky summer sundae, christmas gift, or whenever a craving arose for something sweet and simple. over time individual batches gave way to multiplying the recipe and mak-ing enough to share with her children’s teachers, tennis part-ners and neighbors. Time and again people would say “you should really do something with this stuff – it’s fantastic!”

Fast forward to april 2013, and meet Fudge Everything! last spring Deb and her long-time tennis partner anne Girian became business partners. With a deep breath and a Kick-starter campaign, they took the plunge into the specialty food industry. “It just seemed to happen so fast, but I’m having a ball!” Deb confesses. Manag-ing everything from production costs to marketing efforts, website updates and inventory reports, their recipe for success

includes a few hebron friends along the way.

of course there was plenty of research and hours of con-versation surrounding this new endeavor, one of which led Deb to Greg Willoughby. Greg was a hebron student with Deb back in the 80’s and now heads lukas Foods in Biddeford, Me. Greg, a food industry veteran, was happy to share his knowledge with a fel-low hebronian. according to Deb, “his business acumen and advice have been invaluable. Greg knows his stuff.” Fudge Everything! launched at a small fair in Groton, Ma last fall. That same day in Groton, another hebron alumnus approached Deb.

Hugh Malone ’82 came to the academy from Newton, Ma as a junior, lettering in football, bas-ketball and tennis. Thirty years later the two serendipitously crossed paths in a small suburb of Boston. hugh is the executive Vice President for rMs Media Group, which owns Northshore

magazine, a glossy lifestyle publication geared toward families living on the northern coast of Massachusetts, where Deb resides today. hugh knew instantly that Fudge Everything! would be a perfect fit for the magazine. Fast forward to the December 2013 issue, and Fudge everything! boasts a fea-ture spread with Deb and anne. holiday sales were strong, in no small part to the exposure in Northshore.

With a website, Facebook page, retail contracts and good old-fashioned word-of-mouth advertising, Fudge Everything! is gaining grassroots momen-tum. Members of the class of 2014 will learn more about Deb’s success and how to leverage their hebron connec-tions – like Deb has – to ad-vance their careers. The annual senior Dinner will serve hot fudge sundaes with none other than Fudge Everything! to top it all off.

Deb Bloomingdale ’83 (R ) and her business partner Anne Girian (L) recently launched Fudge everything!, a delicious line of homemade fudge sauces.

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Jenny Ridley (Agnew) ‘99 joins Office of Admission

Jenny Ridley (Agnew) ‘99 returned to hebron in December 2013 to join

the Admissions Office team as an assistant Director of admission. From 2003-2006 Jenny taught science in both the hebron Middle school and Upper school in addition to being resident dorm faculty and coach for field hockey, ice hockey and lacrosse.

since 2006, Jenny earned an M.s. in Physical education and health from Bridgewater state college and went on to work as a health coach at occupational Medical consulting, llc where in 2010 she transitioned into the role of sales & Marketing Director, leading efforts to build worksite wellness programs in corporations and hospi-tals throughout the U.s. and Internationally. she received her Bachelors of science from the University of Vermont in Nutrition and Food sciences with a concentration in exercise science and was a four-year member of UVM’s Women’s Ice hockey team.

Jenny is a graduate of both the hebron Middle school and Upper school (class of 1999), and has many wonderful hebron memories including the day that Ms. Guenther drove to

her house over the summer with a field hockey stick to encour-age her interest in the sport, as well as the first day of 6th grade wandering the hebron woods and campus with Ms. reedy performing tree identifications for science class. Throughout her time at hebron, Jenny was a member of the Field hockey team, Girls’ lacrosse team and hebron’s inaugural Girls’ Ice hockey team.

of her new role at the acad-emy Jenny notes, “It’s exciting to re-join the hebron faculty and staff, to be meeting new and prospective families and welcoming them to our com-munity.” she continues, “I’m particularly looking forward to getting more involved in working with alumni to be liai-sons between the school and families, as well as supporting efforts to encourage more and more females to consider the boarding school opportunities that Hebron offers – athleti-cally, academically and artisti-cally.”

Jenny lives on the hebron campus with her husband corey ridley, hebron’s as-sistant athletic Director and athletic Trainer, and their young twin boys Keegan and Mason. Welcome back, Jenny!

1991Class Agents: Marcus De [email protected]

Scott Nelson [email protected] Nelson writes, “Life in the San Francisco Bay Area is great! We live in San Jose and work in Palo Alto. The only down side of things is being so far from Maine. It makes visits back to Hebron more infrequent than I would like. If there are any Hebron people in the Bay Area, shoot me an email.”

Our condolences to Nicole Chase and her family on the death of her mother and beloved Hebron faculty member Judy Chase. Read more about Judy on page 49.

Seen at Homecoming: Emily Rea


1993Class Agent: Marko [email protected] at Homecoming: Matt Johnson

1994Class Agent: Erica [email protected] for our reunion! Make plans to be at Hebron on October 24-25 for our 20th reunion. If you plan to come let us know!

1995Class Agent: Jessie Maher [email protected] Parker writes, “This past year was a huge year of change for me and my family .. we added my step-son full time and relocated the whole family across country to Sammamish, WA (a little town east of Seattle), so we

are enjoying the grey weather that’s standard this time of year, spending lots of time inside reno-vating our house. On December 1, 2013 we welcomed our newest addition: a baby girl named Ellery Tate.”

Ellen (St. Cyr) May and her family relocated across the country this year as well and are thoroughly enjoying CA.

Bethanne (Robinson) Graustein writes, “Still living in North Con-way (NH) and enjoying all the area has to offer. Kids are grow-ing up too fast. Hope everyone is having a happy New Year!”

Meredith (Robinson) Hanby shared, “After 14 years of teaching, I decided to funnel my energies into my other passion. Last March I became a certified strength coach and last July, I opened Rohan Strength & Fit-ness, a full-service gym in Wind-ham, ME.”

Jessie urges the Class of 1995: “I know more of you have had some changes this year .. Let’s hear them! Feel free to send me an email at [email protected] or connect on Facebook by search-ing for Hebron Academy Class of 1995.”

1996Class Agent: Devon [email protected] Ring Milochick is a pro-gram manager at the Henry M. Jackson Foundation, a division of the Department of Defense.

Congratulations to Sherry Whit-temore Greenwald, who recently earned her Master’s in education-al leadership from the University of Southern Maine.

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1999Class Agent: Joe [email protected] for our reunion! Make plans to be at Hebron on October 24-25 for our 15th reunion. If you plan to come let us know!

Seen at Homecoming: Jenny Ridley

2000Class Agent: Erik [email protected] to Sara Simard and Richard Reichenbach who were married in October 2013. Read more about Sara’s USM coaching experience at left.

Seen at Homecoming: Ben Krauter

2001Class Agents: Jessica Takach Gilpatrick [email protected] Wall [email protected] Quinlan and his wife Lesley welcomed their third child Con-nor Jeffrey in October. They are already parents to Aiden and Ben and are living in St. John’s.

Emily (Garbarini) Petersen writes, “Baby girl Emery Petersen joined the Petersen family in May 2013, welcomed by her mom, dad and big sister Violet.”

Nick Bradley is living in Toronto working as a physiotherapist and is the offensive coordinator with University of Toronto men’s lacrosse team.

Our condolences to Larry Bilodeau on the death of his father last June.

2002Class Agent: Katie [email protected] Worley writes, “Things have been great, but wow does time fly by! I finished my Master’s and did intelligence training for the military down in Texas, so it’s been a whirlwind settling back in at home in North Carolina. I got married last fall at the beach to Ian Catolico. It was great having Mallory Berman ’03 and Katie Curtis there. I saw Suzan Tug ’01 last year in Germany, and next summer I will head there to see her wedding. Hope everyone is doing great.”

Seen at Homecoming: James LeBlanc

2003Class Agent: Sara [email protected] to Kevin DeSorbo and Hebron faculty member Renee Parry who were married last June.

Our condolences to Beth Bilodeau on the death of her father in June.

Seen at Homecoming: Karl Augustin, Krista Clunie, Kevin DeSorbo, Danielle Gagne, Nate Harmon, Sara Marquis, Rachel Sukeforth, Jordan Vallarelli

Sara Simard ‘00 enjoying life as a head coach and newlywed

they met, appropriately, on their first recruiting trip as assistant coach-

es at their new schools. richard reichenbach was an assistant coach for the sUNy-cortland women’s ice hockey team and Sara Simard ‘00 was in her first season at Dartmouth college. sara and richard established an immediate connection over their shared love of hockey and, after dating long-distance, joined each other at the Univer-sity of Maine (orono). The two began coaching together for the current season, were engaged in september 2013, and mar-ried in october in what richard claims was “the calmest wed-ding ever.” after the departure of head coach Maria lewis in late october, sara and richard became co-head coaches of the UMaine women’s ice hockey program.

They admit that they bring their work home, but that’s fine by them. “We’ve always talked hockey. We have a deep passion for it. It has been a big part of our lives since we were young,” said richard, who captained the hamilton college (N.y.) hockey team and played a year of professional hockey for richmond in the southern

Professional hockey league. They share the coaching

responsibilities, including the recruiting. “If [an idea] pops up in the middle of the night, I’ll say, ‘What about this?” noted sara, who played at hebron and appeared in two Frozen Fours in her four years at st. lawrence University before playing a year of pro hockey in switzerland and trying out for the swiss National team.

sara works with the forwards and richard handles the defen-semen and goalies. But they will also switch off. “We’re really lucky. There’s no ego involved between the two of us. I never feel she’s stepping on my toes. If she tells me she thinks I’m wrong, I’m oK with it because I know she’s doing what she feels is best for the program,” admits richard.

“We really push each other,” said sara. “he’s not only my husband, he’s one of the best coaches I’ve ever worked with.” of her team she stated, “We en-joy being around each other and we are growing and developing. We’re going full steam ahead.”

A longer version of this article was originally published in the November 28 edition of the Bangor Daily News.

Congratulations to Austin Stone-braker and former Hebron arts faculty member Jen Lonergan who were married in August 2013.

Seen at Homecoming: Arica Monahan

1998Class Agent: Kirsten [email protected] at Homecoming: Kate Belanger, Karen Cashman, Kirsten Ness Mallory Berman ‘03 (L) and Katie Curtis

‘02 (R) celebrate with newlywed Maren Worley ‘02 (center) at her wedding last fall.

Maren Worley ‘02 (R ) and Ian Catolico wed last fall on the beach.

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2004Class Agent: John [email protected] for our reunion! Make plans to be at Hebron on October 24-25 for our 10th reunion. If you plan to come let us know!

John Slattery just celebrated his four-year work anniversary as a Major Gifts Officer for Hebron in December. He’s looking forward to rallying classmates for their 10-year reunion this fall.

Carolyn Curtis writes, “I graduated from Smith School of Social Work with my MSW and now work at the Grove School, a therapeutic boarding school in Madison, CT.”

Dan McGinness urges his classmates to check out his blog at DMOutdoors.blogspot.com. He writes that he has “kept busy both winter and summer in the mountains of Maine and New Hampshire. If you are interested in trail information, my blog is the place to find it.” Dan has kept busy hiking and mountaineering, accomplishing the following feats: completed NH’s 48 4,000-footers (3 Rounds since Jan 9, 2011); completed NH’s 48 4,000-footers in a single winter season in 2012-2013; climbed Mt. Washington 16 times, 5 times in winter; climbed Mt. Whitney (at 14,505’ it’s the highest peak in

the Lower US, CA); completed a solo winter Presidential traverse and a moonlight Presidential traverse (summer). We’re pretty impressed!

Jeff Sloat and wife Liisa welcomed baby Althea in August 2013. It was great seeing the whole family at Homecoming last fall!

Seen at Homecoming: Randy Morin, Beth Potvin, John Slattery, Jeff Sloat

2005Class Agent: Tina [email protected] at Homecoming: Kris Houle, Drew Laurie, Luke MacDonald, Simon Parent, Louise Roy

2006Class Agent: Allison [email protected] Curtis is currently in medical school at Tufts Univer-sity School of Medicine/Maine Medical Center with an expected graduation of May 2016. Way to go, Molly!

Ben Jessome was recently elected to the Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly, representing Ham-monds Plains-Lucasville. Be sure to read more about Ben in “Alum Spotlight” on page 12.

Seen at Homecoming: Kelley Hilton, Erik Rousseau

2007Class Agent: Noah [email protected] two years in Hebron’s Office of Admission, Noah Love moved to New York City last summer to work for eBay. He’s living in Brooklyn with his faithful dog Jack.

Sara Powers is enrolled at Harvard Medical School after finishing up a Fulbright year in France.

Rachael Cooper ‘08 conducts research in Guatemala

r achael Cooper ‘08, a founding member of Framingham state University’s aspiring health Professionals club, just graduated in January 2014 with minors in Neuroscience

and Spanish. Her most significant achievement occurred last sum-mer, when she traveled to Guatemala to conduct a professional research project approved and funded by the University.

“I learned not only scientific method, but also what goes on behind the scenes of professional research,” rachael says of her experience developing the research grant proposal. “It’s been an invaluable experience.” rachael’s summer-long research focused on the prevalence of intestinal parasites and the effectiveness of an oral treatment. She worked with a non-profit organization called Partners in Development, who she interned with during summer 2012 after learning that they were building a lab in Gua-temala.

During her first trip to the country, Rachael met another stu-dent from yale University. The pair developed a close friendship and collaborated on the research project when they returned this past summer.

Rachael says about 500 people from three different villages participated in her research project. she analyzed levels of infec-tion from a soil-transmitted parasitic worm, the prevalence of infection and how people responded to treatment. her project required her to get approvals from the Guatemalan Ministry of health, local schools and parents. “It was the busiest summer I’ve ever had, squeezing all this research into three months,” she asserts.

her results were presented at the University’s annual Biology conference in December. rachael plans to attend medical school and hopes to go into family medicine. she is also applying for a Fulbright award, enabling her to perform more research. This article was originally published by Framingham State University Communications on December 11, 2013

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Kevin DeSorbo ‘03 wed Renee Parry, an art teacher at the Middle School, last June in Maine

Dmytriy Naida stopped by campus to say hello while he picked up his brother, Pavel, a member of the Hebron class of 2014. Dima will be in the Portland area representing Toyota sewing machines as the manager of Feya Group.

Seen at Homecoming: Dima Naida

2008Class Agents: Jen [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] to Rachael Cooper on her recent graduation from Framingham State Univer-sity. Read more about Rachael’s academic research above.

Seen at Homecoming: Rachael Cooper, Ally Baribault, Jen Duguay, Andrea Hart, Charles Hiller, Katie Leyden, Shelly March (Bolduc), Elizabeth Weisberg, David Woods

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Congratulations to Mary Randall, who will be spending a year teaching English in Germany courtesy of the Fulbright Foundation.

Seen at Homecoming: Briana Bisesti, Brett Bisesti, Kailey Bubier, Claire Cummings, Derek Gilbreth, Joshua Mosher

2009Class Agents: Claire [email protected] [email protected] for our reunion! Make plans to be at Hebron on October 24-25 for our 5th reunion. If you plan to come let us know!

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Maine native and Bowdoin senior Emily Powers ‘10 pens Short Stories From My Hometown

w hat does it mean to live in Maine? Emily Powers ‘10, currently a senior at Bowdoin college, explored that question in a very personal way last summer as she

crafted a collection of short stories about lewiston-auburn, where she grew up.

Powers’ Short Stories From My Hometown consists of fictional works rooted in real-life local culture. For example, one of her stories centers around recent fires that displaced many of the So-mali refugees who have increasingly sought asylum in lewiston-auburn. she also plans to write about the long-standing Franco-American community that first settled in Lewiston-Auburn to work in textile mills in the late 1800s.

The close coexistence of diverse groups in the area has pushed Powers to think about “what constitutes being a Mainer,” she said, versus someone “from away.” another focal point of her project is representing a sense of place through writing. In her story of a family trapped in an ice storm, for example, she builds a narrative around Maine’s cold winter landscape.

Moving beyond written resources and her own experiences as a Mainer, Powers has been carrying out original research, inter-viewing community members to hear their personal perspectives on living in Maine. When asking people to delve into their pasts, she is careful to balance her quest for information with sensitivity. When interviewing officials, on the other hand, she has learned the importance of pushing past standard responses focused on numbers and logistics.

Working with Bowdoin Professor of english Brock clarke, Pow-ers is funded by a surdna Foundation Undergraduate research Fellowship. Though the stories she is writing are fictional, Emily feels that the distinction is blurred between fiction and one’s own experiences.

“even if you’re writing stories about families that have no rela-tion to your own, you’re still writing about characters who are bits and pieces of people you know, about places you can describe and things that you find interesting or meaningful,” She says. “All of that has to do with your personal life and your perspective. My writing is an intertwined mesh of me and outside sources.” This article was originally published by the Bowdoin Daily sun on August 8, 2013

2010Class Agents: Emma [email protected] [email protected] to Emily Powers on the success of Short Stories From My Hometown, which she published at Bowdoin. Read more on page 48.

2011Class Agent: Sophie Bartolomeo [email protected] at Homecoming: Andrew Burgess, Taylor Theriault

2012Class Agent: Max [email protected] Beaudette and his Cornell University classmates recently de-veloped an “electric vest – embed-ded with piezoelectric cells and tiny motors – that gently massag-es the back and shoulders, mim-icking a human touch,” as part of a project in his Fiber Science and Apparel Design program.

According to the Septem-ber 2013 feature article in the Cornell Chronicle, “Beaudette and his teammate created another prototype [of the vest] using a combination of elastic and rigid fabrics to better accommodate body movement and a wide range of sizes. A built-in neoprene panel muffles motor noise and acts as a buffer against chafing from technical parts.”

The ground-breaking garment earned Eric and his peers one of two $10,000 Innovation Awards from Cornell’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering last spring. Congratulations, Eric!

Alicia Schultz contributed a piece to the Boarding School Survival Guide. The Guide seeks to help students better understand and navigate boarding school. The book is written by students for students to help future and current boarding school students better understand and navigate

the boarding school experience. Chapters include content on specific topics pertaining to the boarding school experience that are then addressed through personal anecdotes, tips, suggestions, experiences, and words of wisdom from current or recently graduated boarding school students. Hundreds of students from boarding schools across America submitted chapters for this book, and twenty-five were selected. Alicia’s chapter is about what to pack for boarding school. Congrats on a terrific job.

Shane Hearn is in the midst of his sophomore season with the West Point Black Knights men’s hockey team. Recently Shane matched a career-high two goals as Army blanked Canisius, 2-0. Shane was named MVP of the Hebron varsity squad his senior season.

Seen at Homecoming: Pier-Michel Lapointe, Max Middleton, Abby Small

2013Class Agent: Katie [email protected] Terrific Homecoming 2013 turn-out – it’s as if they never left!

Roommates Mike Kelly and Sam Kinasewich not only lived togeth-er in their senior year but also played together for six seasons as golfers, hockey and baseball play-ers. Both have continued in col-lege. Sam played his way onto the University of New England team where he posted the low team score on three occasions. Sam was at the glass at the UNE arena to watch his Hebron roomie Mike play in his first game for Norwich University earlier this winter. Mike scored his first collegiate goal to break a second period tie and help Norwich to continue an early undefeated record. Con-gratulations to both!

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Current FacultyKevin Desorbo’03 and Renee Parry were married last June in Maine.

Katie Coyne and Casey Ftorek were married last August in New Hampshire.

Thiago Tose ’13 (L ) and Ryan Hallice ’13 (R) support Marco Kloster ’14 (center) last fall at the varsity boys’ soccer New England semifinal in Worcester, MA.

(L-R): Pat Shelley ’13, Sam Kinasewich ’13 and Mike Kelly ’13 stopped by on Home-coming Weekend 2013 to cheer on the ‘Jacks.

the New England semifinal vs. Millbrook (photo above), their third consecutive NEPSAC tour-nament appearance under Head Coach Kurt Swanbeck.

Hannah Hearn is having a terrific freshman year at Colby and re-cently finished her rookie season with the Women’s Field Hockey team. Read more about Hannah’s success on page 55.

Seen at Homecoming: Robbie Berube, Haley Bisson, Molly Bloomingdale, Matt Bouchard, Obie Christmas, Ryan Hallice, Josh Hews, Mike Kelly, Sam Kinasewich, Abby Kinens, Kale Johnstone, Elijah Moreshead, Sydney Randall, Ray Rawls, Pat Shelley, Brad Spurr, Tiago Tose, Dan Warner

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Daniella Swenton and hus-band Travis Brennan welcomed daughter Oriza Zofia Brennan in August 2013.

Bill Flynn and Janet Littlefield had a very busy 2013. They wel-comed six-year-old Jenni Flynn into their growing family last summer from Malawi, and son Eli Alexander Flynn was born in November 2013.

Past Faculty Amy Briesch and Christopher Ayers were married in July 2013 in New Mexico.

Austin Stonebraker ’97 and Jen Lonergan were married in August 2013 in Maine.

Jake Leyden and Liz (Yale-Loehr) Leyden welcomed a daughter Madeline Alexandra, born in September 2013. And yes, that makes Mrs. Beverly Leyden a great-grandmother!

Peter Crumlish was named ex-ecutive director of Dwight Hall at Yale University, a center for public service and social justice. Dwight Hall’s focus is on foster-ing civic-minded student lead-ers and promoting service and activism.

George Helwig (1948-1959) writes of the 2013 Homecoming-Reunion Weekend, “One of my reasons for coming was to see Bruce Gardner, who was inducted into Hebron’s Athletic Hall of Fame. What a great choice! He took over ice hockey when Ladd MacMillan went to St. Marks and did a fine job…also taught French. I believe he had been on an Olympic Ice Hockey team. His wife, Audrey, had the forethought to start Hebron’s post-war reopening first art classes in a couple of dank basement rooms in the School Building. I recall my five-year-old daughter (now 60!) “sitting” for her budding stu-dents.” See photos from the 2013 Athletic Hall of Fame Ceremony on page 9.

Frank Pergolizzi is enjoying his role as new Athletic Director at Husson University (Bangor), where Elijah Moreshead ’13, Ray Rawls ’13 and Obie Christmas ’13 are playing football. Frank’s first teaching and coaching job out of college was at Hebron, where he was the head football and basketball coach. Congratu-lations, Frank!

Seen at Homecoming: Annette Clough, Bruce Gardner, Bev Leyden, Jack Leyden, Julie Leyden, Susan Stephenson, Dwight Wilder

FriendsSeen at Homecoming: Dr. Lawrence Murch

TrusteesSeen at Homecoming: Rick Bennett, Wally Higgins

Former StudentsSeen at Homecoming: Kali Flaherty ‘16, Josh Griffin ‘16

Jenni Flynn (photo above) joined Bill Flynn and Janet Littlefield’s family last summer from Malawi. Bill and Janet co-direct the Academic Guidance Center. They also welcomed baby Eli last November.

Faculty members Katie Ftorek (Coyne, L) and Casey Ftorek (R), who met at Hebron, wed last August in New Hampshire. The two teach in the history and psychology departments and coach hockey.

Baby Oriza was born last August to Dr. Daniella Swenton of the Science Depart-ment and her husband Travis Brennan.



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Remembering Judy ChaseBy Dave Stonebraker

for Judy chase, family was the center. she came to hebron in 1972, a young mother setting out to make a home with her devoted husband and new history

teacher Bill and to make herself useful in the close hebron community. While there may not have been the intent to make a professional career of the academy, Judy quietly touched the lives of many through her work as administrative assis-tant, through her support of the hebron community church and its programs, through her children Julie, class of 1985, and Nicole, class of 1991, during their school years, and most recently through her welcoming presence as the receptionist of the Admissions Office. Judy succumbed to cancer this past December, a loss to all of the hebron family.

Judy first remembered becoming the corresponding sec-retary for retired headmaster claude allen, handling his dictated correspondence on campus, taking it to Paris hill for signatures, then sitting to begin another round of Mr. allen’s dictation. she remembered Mr. allen as a most energetic cor-respondent who kept in touch with so many young men over the years. after a session of correspondence, Judy would have

obituariestea with eleanor allen, discussing town and school happen-ings and perhaps planning an activity for the ladies’ circle of the community church. she remained active with the ladies’ circle for years, fostering their commitment to “looking out” for others in the community. They embodied for her the “es-sence of the town,” independent and professional women who also looked after the academy students. at a time when formal international programs had yet to begin, the ladies’ circle took the academy’s international students under their broad and mothering wings. Judy continued to support the community church throughout her time at Hebron, proud of her efforts to shepherd critical grants for important renovations. While she worked quietly and behind the scenes to create a stable financial foundation for the church, she also loved the holiday season, the time when the chancel was softly lit with candles and banked with firs, and the pews filled with family and friends. Then, two focuses of her life were realized in the joyful music of the season from a choir including her daughters and in the shared presence of her family.

For more than twenty years, Judy served the academy as the receptionist for the Admissions Office. There she greeted each new student and family visiting the school, making each feel a part of her family. she recalled that the best part was meeting the young people and making a first impression with her own personal touch. colleagues, enrolled students, and visitors - not only families considering hebron for admission - will point to Judy’s characteristic warmth, a personification of the academy environment as a whole.

In 2011, Judy and Bill were celebrated by their friends and colleagues, and they happily anticipated retirement to their lakefront home in West Gardner, Maine. There they pictured the possibility of a new life of church and civic groups, volun-teering and travel. Their life focus of family and service would find a new locale with new opportunities. But such was not to be, and fighting disease became their new focus. Still, with Bill at her side, Judy remained positive about the future, main-tained contact with her hebron friends and contemplated a long-deferred river trip on the Danube.

Judy succumbed to cancer on December 19th. hers was the joy of family, and her family included us all.

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Vincent G. Fitzpatrick ’32 passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at the Epoch Assisted Living in Norton, MA. Born in Walpole, MA in 1911, he was a lifelong resident until 2007. Vin-cent celebrated his 102nd Birth-day July 11, 2013 with mental faculties intact. After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1936, he started what would be his life’s career at the Kendall Company in Walpole, MA. Beloved hus-band of the late Barbara (Cole) Fitzpatrick, he is survived by two daughters, one son, six grandchil-dren, twelve great-grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild.

C. Eastman Sawyer ’37, 94, the husband of Roberta (Curran) Sawyer, died peacefully April 20, 2013, at Hibbard Nursing Home, Dover-Foxcroft, after an ex-tended illness. He was born Nov. 29, 1918, in Corinth, the son of Walter and Gertrude (Yeaton) Sawyer.

He attended Hebron Academy and Husson College and then found employment in the Penta-gon. At the start of World War II he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps and was stationed in India for two years flying supplies to China. On returning home, he became credit manager at Eastern Maine General Hospital where he was employed for 25 years. He was an avid golfer and a mem-ber of Kenduskeag Valley Golf Course for more than 40 years. He was a 30-year member of Corinth Lion’s Club and a trustee of East Corinth Academy. Follow-ing his retirement in 1979 he and his wife spent the next 28 years wintering in Zephyrhills, FL., and returning summers to their camp on Big Pushaw Lake. While in Florida, Eastman was very active in the Bet Mar Community.

Surviving in addition to his wife of 64 years; are daughter, Ja-net Sawyer and husband, Dwain Allen, of Dover-Foxcroft; son, Thomas Sawyer and wife, Angel, of Corinth; three grandchildren, Michelle Sawyer-Houle and husband, Patrick, of Morrisville, Vt., John Sawyer of Gardiner and Matthew Sawyer of Corinth; and great-grandson, Desmond Sawyer-Houle. The family wishes

to thank everyone at Hibbard Nursing Home, especially the special care unit.

Joseph R. Wallace ’39 of Dover, died on October 19, 2013 in Natick, MA. He was 92 years old. Mr. Wallace was born in New Haven, CT. He was a graduate of Hebron Academy and Colby College. He was elected captain of the 1943 Colby hockey and golf teams. In his junior year he was named captain of the All-New England Intercollegiate League Hockey Team, the year he set a new league scoring record, previously shared by Ray Chais-son of Boston College and John Chambers of Boston University. He served two years in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II. Mr. Wallace was a Senior Vice President, Partner and Director of Harold Cabot & Co., Inc. He served a term as Director of the American Association of Advertising Agencies. He had a great interest in golf. Mr. Wallace has been a member of Charles River Country Club since 1953 and served as president of Charles River in 1968 and 1969. He was a member of the Massachusetts Golf Association Executive Com-mittee from 1986-1997. He was particularly proud of shooting his age for the first time during his 71st year. Mr. Wallace’s wife and the love of his life, Jacquelyn (Nerney) Wallace, passed away in 1992. He leaves his three beloved daughters, Jacey MacAlpine of Yarmouthport, Tara Wallace Steen of Walpole and J.W. of Do-ver, five grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his sister-in-law, Pa-tricia McKay of Fort Myers, FL.

Robert Sanders ‘41, age 91 of Glen Ellyn, IL passed away on October 12, 2013. He was the beloved husband of the late Janis M. nee Paecht and loving father of Patricia Ann Sanders, Jeffrey L. (Karen) Sanders, Leslie E. (Richard) Rheingruber and the late Michael Sanders. He was the proud grandfather of 6 and great grandfather of 2. Memorials in Robert’s name may be addressed to Hebron Academy Class of 1941, Hebron Annual Fund, P.O. Box 309 Hebron, Maine 04238 .

Henry “Harry” C. McKee ‘41 of West Harwich, MA and formerly of Hingham, MA died Monday, November 4, 2013. He was the devoted husband of Virginia (Haley) McKee. Harry was born in Hingham, September 28, 1921. He attended Hingham schools and graduated from Hebron Academy before enlisting in the Navy in April, 1939. During World War II, Henry was a naval aviator assigned to the TMB-3E Avenger aircraft as a bomber pilot. Following service for his country, Henry attended Suf-folk University. He later joined the family business in Hingham, McKees Moving and Storage, and remained its president until his retirement to Cape Cod. Henry was predeceased by his first wife, Patricia (McHugh) McKee. He leaves three sons, Mark and wife Barbara, Gregory and wife Elise, Richard and wife Mary. Henry was a grandfather to Colin and wife Annie, John Henry and wife Lindsey, Nicholas, Gaelen, Mikala, Brendon, Conor and Caitlin.

Philip Isaacson ’42 passed away on June 20, 2013 at the age of 89. Phil was born June 16, 1924, in Lewiston, ME, to Harris Meyer Isaacson and Goldie Resnick Isaacson. He graduated from Hebron Academy, Bates College (Phi Beta Kappa), and Harvard Law School, and he served as an officer in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He received honor-ary doctorates from Bates College and Bowdoin College.

He was a prolific photogra-pher, primarily of architecture, and wrote three well-regarded books on art and architecture, two of which featured his pho-tographs: The American Eagle; Round Buildings, Square Build-ings, and Buildings that Wiggle Like a Fish; and A Walk Around the Pyramids and Through the World of Art. He was devoted to supporting the arts community in Maine and authored a regular column in the Maine Sunday Telegram reviewing Maine art exhibits. The Maine Times named him Maine’s most cultured man.

Phil was committed to public service. Among his many posi-

tions, he served as chairman of the Board of Finance for the City of Lewiston, member of the Board of Trustees for the Lewis-ton Public Library, chairman of the Maine State Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Maine representative to the National Assembly of State Arts Agen-cies and member of the Federal Study Committee to the National Endowment for the Arts.

In a distinguished legal career lasting more than 60 years, Phil worked in private practice in Lewiston. After graduating law school in 1950, he joined his father in the firm of Isaacson & Isaacson, later renamed Isaacson, Hark & Epstein, and worked from 1986 until his death at the successor firm of Isaacson & Raymond. Although he had a broad knowledge of the law and represented clients from all walks of life, he concentrated his prac-tice in business, and real estate transactions and estate planning.

He traveled extensively, visit-ing places as Mali, Nepal, Iran and Pakistan, as well as dozens of more commonly visited destina-tions. He loved spending time in the mountains, both skiing and hiking. Sugarloaf, Sunday River, Aspen and Vail were favorite destinations, and he celebrated his 85th birthday by climbing Mt. Washington with 11 family members. He also trekked to the base of Mt. Everest and climbed Mount Rainier.

In 1952, he married the former Deborah Rosen, who predeceased him. Survivors include his very dear friend, Mary Hatch; his children, Elizabeth Isaacson and her husband, Steven Triedman, Thomas Isaacson and his partner, Anne Watson, and John Isaacson and his wife, Linda Isaacson; his grandchildren, Andrew Lefebvre, Sarah Lefebvre, Julia Isaacson and Jacob Isaacson; his sister, Marilyn I. Simonds; three nieces; and two nephews.

Ernest “Rod” W. Rodrigues ’47, 84, passed away Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Rod was born July 26, 1928 in Mount Kisco, New York. He graduated from the University of Miami in 1953. In September 1953, Rod married Mary Ann


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Varga. In 2013 they were going to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary. Rod served in the U.S. Air Force as a Crypto Secu-rity Officer 5th Air Force during the Korean War. He had been employed by the Reader’s Digest in Pleasantville, NY. He became the president of a unit of General Signal Corporation and left there to form his own company, Deci-sion Concepts Information Inc, a management consultant firm which he ran until his retirement. Rod was a member of the Met-ropolitan Club, New York City, Moselem Golf Club, Fleetwood, PA, and Marsh Landing Country Club, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, and a former member of Whippoor-will Country Club in Armonk, NY. He is survived by his loving wife of more than 60 years years, Mary Ann Rodrigues, his son, William E. Rodrigues ’73 and predeceased by his son, David M. Rodrigues ’75.

James “Jim” S. Kriger ’49 died unexpectedly at Southern Maine Medical Center on Friday, Oc-tober 18, 2013. He had been a resident at the Monarch Center in Saco since June 2013. Jim was born March 9, 1931, in Portland, ME, the son of the late Lewis H. Kriger and Gertrude Seiger Kriger.

Jim went to Deering High School for his senior year and graduated in 1948. He then went to Hebron Academy for a year before entering the University of Maine at Orono, from which he graduated with a business degree in 1953. Immediately upon graduation he was drafted into the U.S. Army and was stationed at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C. While there he was introduced by a mutual friend to Barbara Karesh, a local resident. A year after they met, they were married in Columbia on June 12, 1955, as soon as he was discharged from the service. On their return to Maine from their honeymoon, they settled in South Portland, where they have lived since. Jim went into business with his father on Portland Pier and decided to go to law school at the University of Maine, School of Law and graduated from there in 1963.

Jim went on to practice law in association with several local attorneys, including Robert C. Robinson with whom he founded the firm Robinson, Kriger & Mc-Callum along with John McCal-lum. In his practice Jim traveled frequently to Aroostook County and became close friends with many of the County attorneys. He enjoyed canoe trips on the Allagash, ski trips to Quebec and the annual Aroostook Bar picnic. He was made an honor-ary member of that group and had always considered himself a “County boy.” Jim was a member of Temple Beth El, the Maine Bar Association and a volunteer with Pine Tree Legal and volunteered at St. Vincent’s soup kitchen along with his friend and partner Bob Robinson.

Jim is survived by Barbara, his wife of 58 years; his three sons, Andrew of Cape Elizabeth, Samu-el and his wife, Karen, of Norway, and David of Tallahassee, FL. He is also survived by his loving grandchildren, Lindsey, Shannon, William, Rachel, and Jared; and his sister, Irma Volk of New York and her children, Shelley and Jeff.

Richard Fowler ‘50, of Hanover, NH, died at his home on May 10, 2013, at the age of 81 from colon cancer. He was born in Boston in 1931, and educated at The Roxbury Latin School, Hebron Academy, and Dartmouth Col-lege, Class of 1954. He ran the Dartmouth Co-operative Society, a family business in Hanover, and enjoyed summers at his home at Little Boar’s Head, NH and Lake Fairlee, VT. He leaves his wife Barbara H. Veghte of Piermont, NH, whom he married in 1989, and her children Bill Veghte and Elizabeth Veghte MaCaffray and their families, both of California. He also leaves three daughters from his first marriage, Ann Stevens of Freeport, ME, Joan Sullivan of Basking Ridge, NJ, and Lucy Fowler Williams of Havertown, PA, and their fami-lies, as well as his first wife, Joan Piane Fowler, of Hanover, whom he married in 1954, and two sis-ters, Clara Mixter of Exeter, NH, and Susan Boies, of Little Boar’s Head, NH.

Gary Umphrey ‘50 of Singer Island, FL, went to be with his Heavenly Father and Savior on November 14, 2013 after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. He was born in Washburn, ME and attended Hebron Academy and the University of Miami. He served in the United States Army. He was an avid athlete and he loved books. He worked as a builder and real estate broker. He is survived by his devoted wife of 57 years Kathryn, son Kevin, daughter-in-law Cindy, grand-daughter Kitty, brother Jasper, and many nieces and nephews.

Chisolm C. McAvoy ’50 - Farewell, Chisolm McAvoy, intellectual, ad-venturer, El Toro sailor, Wednes-day Group bicycler, Washington Canoe Club kayaker and loyal Washington DC sports fan with a deep love of people from all walks of life whom he was privi-leged to meet driving his Yellow Cab. Born in New York City in 1932, Chisholm was the son of New York City mayoral candi-date, Clifford T. McAvoy, and WGMS “Capitol Shopping Time” host, Frances Boardman Chisolm Land. A resident of Washington DC for more than 70 years, he died at home September 25, 2013, watched over by his faithful pug dog Coco. After attending Wood-row Wilson HS, Hebron Academy and Wesleyan University, he grad-uated in the Class of 1956 from George Washington University. He later survived a plane crash in the South China Sea while travel-ing around the world.

Nephew Peter said it best, “Always quick with a smile, al-ways kind and gentle, his sense of exploration, and fun are lifelong lessons that I will never forget. “Uncle Chis” could light up any day and any activity and turn it into an ‘adventure’, whether days on a sailboat, hiking remote parts of Little Cranberry or Bakers Island, a climb up Sargent Moun-tain, or early mornings as ‘stern men’ on local lobster boats. In his late 60’s, we double-trapezed on a 14 foot sailing dinghy while setting an asymmetric spinnaker. In his 70’s he wanted to sail the 18HT catamaran and with both of us on the wire, pitch-poled.”

He was always a source of warmth, peace, reassurance, and interest in his beloved fam-ily which survive him. They include his sister, the Rev. Mary B. Johnstone and brother-in-law Robert L. Johnstone, III of Newport RI, and three nephews: Stuart, Drake and Peter John-stone along with three great nephews, Nick, Hunter & Ford Johnstone and a great niece, India Johnstone. He will be missed by many good friends.

Lt. Col. William “Bill” H. Dunning ’54 (photo above) was born in March, 1935 in Gorham, ME and died August 3, 2013 in New-castle, ME.

He is survived by his wife of more than 55 years, Carol Adams Dunning; daughters, Christina D. Morrill and Sarah D. Buck; sons, William H. Dunning Jr. and Raymond M. Dunning II; grand-children, Sarah Morrill, Benjamin Dunning, Erin Dunning, Tyler Buck, Emily Buck; and his sisters, Donna Mendoza and Gloria Brown.

After graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point, Bill joined the U.S. Air Force and attended the Office of Special Investigations School and then the Defense Language Institute. With his language skills, his assignments rotated between Turkey and Washington, D.C. His assignments were interrupted only by a 1970 tour in Vietnam, during which he was awarded the Bronze Star. Ending his 22-year military career in Ankara, Tur-key, he then worked in security and labor relations for Boeing Services.


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Upon returning to the U.S., he settled in his hometown of New-castle, where he became active in local politics. He participated in numerous town committees, served as Newcastle’s First Select-man from 1985 to 1992, was former Lincoln County Repub-lican Chairman during the late 1990s and was active with the Newcastle Historical Society. He was a member of The Knights of Columbus. Most gratifying to him were his 20-plus years par-ticipating in The People to People Thanksgiving Day Baskets. Bill was an avid “catch and release” fisherman and enjoyed many hours on both Damariscotta Lake and Big Lake.

Richard “Rick” Bronson ’65 passed away in October 2013. He was a generous, fun-loving and gregarious man and a wonderful friend and father. We laughed (a lot) together, we cried, we told stories and sat late into the night. Rick lived life to the full-est, giving himself over to each moment as a student of life-with lots of questions and conversa-tion, attention and gusto. We will miss him a lot, our friend Rick, because above all he was a human being. Rick was a student of life-he had infinite curiosity about history, current events, and most of all-people. He adored traveling to foreign countries, sampling the delights, and find-ing a place to settle in and get to know the locals. He was a true storyteller, building trust almost immediately, and getting to know us better than we knew ourselves, but without judgment. He would

make a new friend and always seemed to find that hidden gem or restaurant we had to visit. Rick was a foodie-always know-ing about all the new restaurant openings in town, wanting to be one of the first to check it out for himself-and make friends with the staff. He was San Rafael’s unofficial mayor and an avid Cal Bears football fan. With Rick, it was always “Movember.” Loyal to a fault, ever generous, and a good friend. Rick was a Bay Area boy, born in San Francisco, CA on March 14, 1946, the only son of Luci and Dick Bronson. He graduated from Town School as a boy, then Hebron Academy, Occidental College, and Hast-ings College of the Law. Rick is survived by his daughter Sylvia Mason, son-in-law David Mason and granddaughter Lucy Mason. They live in his old stomping grounds of San Rafael, CA. He is much loved and will always be remembered by his friends and family.

James E. Creighton II ’73, age 58, passed away on August 22, 2012, at his home in Webster, MA. He leaves his wife of more than 30 years, Dorothy I. (Guerin) Creigh-ton of Webster; a son, James E. Creighton III of Lubbock, Texas; several uncles and cousins. James was born in Maine, son of the late James E. and Gertrude (McKinnon) Creighton and lived in North Oxford before moving to Webster twenty-five years ago. He was self-employed, own-ing and operating Coordinated Control Systems. He was an avid boater.

William R. Davis ’74, age 57, passed away October 31, 2013. William - Bill to his many friends, Billy to family - was born March 5, 1956, to Richard and Christina Davis in Boston, MA; played football, hockey and lacrosse for Hebron Academy; grabbed an op-portunity to work on the Trans-Alaska pipeline; and then settled and worked for most of his adult life in southern New Hampshire, including most recently at Budel Construction. Bill loved to fish, enjoyed carpentry and (like his father) was an avid gardener and cook.

Survivors include his beloved daughter Madeleine Davis, of Ep-som; his mother Christina Davis; father and stepmother Richard and Jean Davis; wife, Julie Davis; two sisters, Elizabeth Davis of Dover and Barbara Davis (hus-band Tom Starnes) of Washing-ton, D.C.; and many nieces, neph-ews and cousins, all of whom will miss him very much.

Nancy Galos Safford ’81, age 49, of Fort Myers, FL and Ken-nebunk, ME passed away unex-pectedly on September 1, 2013.

Nancy was born on September 25, 1963 in Portland, ME. It is in Maine where she developed her love for the ocean, the lakes, and the woods. She graduated from Hebron Academy and then received a Bachelor of Science degree in communications from the University of Denver.

Her joy came from the family she created with Stewart. She adored her children and relished their time together doing every-thing from home work to water skiing. Nancy was kind – to everyone. Her smile exuded light and love. Her words were always caring and meaningful. She loved her family, her friends and the water. She was the first person to hop on a jet ski or suggest a day at the beach. She found her peace in Bokeelia and at the lake house on Sebago.

Nancy was known for her compassionate heart. She was a founding member of the Fort Myers Animal Refuge Center. Helping abandoned animals was her passion.

Nancy was a wonderful wife, loving mother, supportive sister and an exemplary daughter. She was also a successful entrepre-neur. Nancy owned several busi-nesses in the auto, housing, and gardening industries.

Nancy is survived by her lov-ing husband Stewart and devoted sons Parker and Dylan, her father Frank, and her brothers Scott and Mark and the niece and nephews she adored, Demetri, Emily, and Devon. She will be greatly missed by her many friends and especial-ly her pets: Maggie, Rex, Bucket, Minni, Whirley, and Juliette. She was predeceased by her mother Joan, sister Susan, aunt Blanche, sister-in-law Mary and many beloved pets. Nancy illuminated every life she touched.

Michael Edward Given ‘88, 43, of Bath, ME passed away unexpect-edly while traveling in Yoko-hama, Japan.

Born in Lewiston on June 27, 1970, he attended Lewiston High School and graduated from He-bron Academy. Michael contin-ued on to receive his B.S. degree in business from the University of Maine at Orono, where he was active in the fraternity Tau Kappa Epsilon. He graduated in 1995. During this time, he spent sum-mers working in Bar Harbor, and hiked and biked most of the trails at Acadia National Park.

For a short time, he worked in the family video distribution business. Michael enjoyed work-ing with his hands and spent the majority of his career as a skilled carpenter, including building several homes in the Portland area, building the family house on Range Pond and renovating his own home in Bath. Michael spent two years in Spain teaching English to professionals.

He began traveling while in high school, spending two summers exploring countries throughout Europe with the family’s former Danish exchange student. Later, he traveled with family or friends throughout the United States, Iceland, Europe, Africa, Canada, Bermuda and New Zealand to hike, ski and meet new friends.

Site of the Ski Hill and Jump today, on the East Hebron Road, just east of the Hebron Community Church.

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He was a lifelong outdoor enthusiast and an Eagle Scout. He played baseball and soccer in his youth, and continued his love of sports as an avid New England sports fan and World Cup soccer. He hiked along the Appalachian Trail, canoed on the Allagash and kayaked along the coast of Maine. He was a great, young ski racer and later enjoyed ski trips throughout the United States.

He was the beloved uncle of his two nieces, who adored him and he could bring a smile and laughter that no one else could. He created room makeovers for them with his carpentry and de-sign skills, and most importantly shared time with them, keeping up on all their current activities and creating an everlasting bond.

Michael will be lovingly re-membered by his parents, Edward and Madelyn Given of Poland; his sister, Heather G. Bell; brother-in-law, Scott Bell; and his beloved nieces, Morgan, 10, and Madi-son, 7, of Newton, N.H. Michael will also be forever remembered by his many dear friends.

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on Thursday, December 19, 2013.Judy was Hebron’s beloved

Admissions Office Manager for more than three decades and was an active member of the Hebron Community Baptist Church. Her generosity of time and spirit, her energy, her wise counsel and her abundance of love will be sorely missed by her former colleagues and her family.

She was predeceased by her parents, Rosario G. Cloutier Sr. and Juliette Vigue Cloutier, and is survived by her husband of 48 years, William B. Chase, longtime Hebron History Department chair and yearbook editor; broth-ers, Norman Cloutier, Rosario Cloutier Jr. and Paul Cloutier; daughters, Juliet “Julie” Chase Bailey ’85 and Nicole Chase ‘91, both graduates of Hebron Acad-emy; and granddaughter, Sophia Chase Bailey. Read more about Judy’s tremendous contributions to the Hebron community in a tribute by Dave Stonebraker on page 49.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to the Massa-chusetts General Hospital Cancer Care Center, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114.

Robert “Bob” William Siekman, an organic chemist and chemistry teacher, died at his home in Buck-field, ME on Friday, October 5, 2012, at age 74, following a long illness. The cause was pulmonary fibrosis.

Born in South Bend, IN on January 13, 1938, he gradu-ated from South Bend Central High School in 1956 and from the University of Pennsylvania in 1960. In 1965, he earned a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he then worked as a postdoctoral fellow. In 1966 he joined the faculty of Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University as Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry. He later served as Carnegie Mellon’s Dean of Freshmen and as Director of

Admissions.Drawn by a deep attachment

to Maine’s people and natural beauty, Bob and his wife Margot moved in 1973 to Hebron, where they taught at Hebron Academy. During the 1990s he worked as an organic chemist at the Foundation for Blood Research in Scarborough and at Binax, Inc. in Portland, before forming his own consultancy, Synthetic Colloids, LLC.

He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Margot Siekman (nee Butterfield); daughter Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Graves of Portland, son Robert Matthew ‘Matt’ Siekman and his partner Andrea Bento of Portland, ME son Daniel Mc-Neil Siekman of Beijing, China; sister and brother-in-law, Ann Siekman and Roger Crockett of Hebron, ME, sister and brother-in-law Jane and Phillip Spencer of Cassopolis, MI.; and two grand-children, Jackson and Benjamin.

George L. Whitney, 96, of Port-land, ME was called home by our Lord unexpectedly on August 9, 2013 with his family by his side. He was born July 25, 1917 the son of Albert and Mildred Fuller Whitney, of Revere Street, Portland. George met the love of his life at St. Mary’s Church in Falmouth where he was organist. At the time Dorothy Merrill sang in the church choir, and the two married in 1951.

Over the years George made numerous appearances at the Merrill Auditorium as the fea-tured artist performing on the Kotzschmar organ. Two books written on the history on this fa-mous organ recognized his contri-butions as a gifted musician. He was a member of the American Guild of Organists where he had a stage presence in Denver, CO at the AGO national convention. His higher education included Guimond Organ School in New York City where he graduated 2nd in his class. Upon graduating, he was drafted into the army.

George was very proud of his five years of service to our country during World War II as a Classifying & Assigning person-nel specialist. Bowdoin College was his next adventure where he completed a four-year college degree in two years graduating cum laude with a BS in Philoso-phy. While at Bowdoin College, George also had the responsibility and pleasure of being the college organist. He was self-employed as a teacher of piano and organ and also spent many years teaching at USM in Gorham and at Hebron Academy.

George was greatly respected by his fellow peers for his knowl-edge and skills as an organist and choir director. Every day in the Whitney household was enjoyed by George sharing his passion and professionalism in the area of classical music. He was church organist at numerous churches in the area over the years includ-ing Trinity Episcopal Church in Portland, St. Mary’s the Virgin in Falmouth, State Street Church in Portland, Holy Martyrs Church in Falmouth and Holy Family Church in Lisbon Falls. He was predeceased by a brother, General Edwin F. Whitney, and a sister, Barbara Anne Whitney. Surviving are his loving wife of more than 60 years, Dorothy Whitney; sons, Timothy Whitney and Thomas Whitney; grandson, Alexan-der Whitney and wife Shaunna Whitney; and nephew Kenneth C. Whitney and wife Judith Harper of New York.

Judith Amanda Chase, née Cloutier, of West Gardiner, ME passed away at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA

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W hen we caught up with Hannah Hearn ‘13 at a Colby-Bowdoin field hockey game last fall, the

color of her kilt had changed from green to blue, but the tenacious play and broad smile continued as strong as ever. Hannah’s team would fall to a strong Bowdoin team that day but would close out its season in the next game, defeating Bates 2 - 1 in overtime and securing its first NESCAC Tournament bid in five years. Hannah, a freshman midfielder for the Mules, talked about field hockey, Hebron and the transition to college sport.

“Since middle school, I had it in mind that I wanted to go to a NESCAC, but the choice was open. In high school, making the grades was job one. It was hard to choose between Bates, Bowdoin and Colby. In the end, it really came down to the field hockey environ-ment and the confidence I had in the coach.”

Sport was only one part of the equation for Hannah. Grades, scores and opportunities for exposure all contributed to gaining admission to Colby. Hannah picks up the story:

“Once I was accepted to Colby, I had a

“Living in the dorm a few nights a week at Hebron last year as

proctor helped me to adjust to college. I learned to balance my

time with homework and practice at Hebron. Field hockey has

definitely helped me to manage my time well and has forced me

not to procrastinate.”

summer workout for field hockey six days a week. Every other day, I was in the Hebron Athletic Center working with Mr. Ridley, Hebron’s Athletic Trainer. I had never lifted before, but Mr. Ridley was able to help me to learn the technique and tactics. We worked on tempo exercises and plyometrics to build up my stamina for fall testing. I was nervous that I wasn’t going to be able to compete with my new teammates, but thanks to the workouts, I made it.”

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Such would be expected of Hannah. The work ethic that made her successful at Hebron, winner of the Risman Honor Award to distinguish a member of the Senior Class “for diligence of academic accomplishment and determination in athletic endeavor,” would carry on to Colby. She is taking a balance of science and humanities courses and planning to major in either Spanish or Latin American Studies with an eventual goal of training to become a physician’s assistant. For Hannah, learning at Hebron to balance the demands of school and sport has been key to success at Colby. “Living in the dorm a few nights a week at Hebron last year as proctor helped me to adjust to college. I learned to balance my time with homework and practice at Hebron. Field hockey has definitely helped me to manage my time well and has forced me not to procrastinate.”

And for Hannah, there is much to look forward to. A starter and goal scorer on this year’s team which advanced to the NESCAC tournament, Hannah’s disciplined approach to training and tactics may help her to take her team toward a regional championship and national play in the future. She commented that her Hebron coach, Ms. Ashley Leblanc, had first convinced her that she could play field hockey at the college level, and while the roster of the Colby team contains a number of players from premier independent schools, the experience and hard work gained at Hebron have helped her to win a place and compete at the next level. h

Hannah was co-captain of the Hebron field hockey team and earned All-League nods her senior season in 2012.

Hannah worked hard to earn play-ing time her freshman season and helped propel the Mules to their first NESCAC tourney appearance in five years.


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The academy’s archives host two centuries-worth of nostalgia, only a handful of which has been seen by living eyes. In “hidden Gems,” school archivist and longtime hebron faculty member Dave stonebraker unearths

rare – and starkly beautiful – images and memorabilia that have never before been published.

fearful beautyThe ice storm of 1998

Beginning quietly on the evening of January 7th and promising an unexpected respite from the routine of classes, the freezing rain clung to surfaces throughout

the campus, inexorably building layer upon impenetrable layer of ice. After nightfall, branches began to splinter and fall, then larger and larger limbs until whole trees ruptured with tremen-dous explosions. By morning, the campus would be still. Students, faculty and staff were dismissed to their homes, and boarding students traveled south to escape the reach of the storm. With power gone, the school would be shuttered as the maintenance staff made heroic efforts to drain pipes and protect Hebron’s historic campus until the emergency passed and the campus brought back to life on January 26th.

“Because the Ice Storm was so unexpected and caused such a

lengthy closure for the Academy and major disruption for the remainder of the year, it has never really been recalled, and yet some of the photos collected at the time are absolutely incred-ible, both for documenting the destruction as well as recording rare beauty,” Dave Stonebraker notes.

Looking back from the perspective of fifteen years, it is hard to imagine the nineteen days of forced closure, the longest since the school closed in 1943 for the duration of the Second World War. Few saw the immediate aftermath of the destruction or experienced the fearful beauty of the campus bathed in irides-cence yet devoid of its normal life.

Collected here are previously unpublished pictures of the aftermath of the great Ice Storm of 1998, images of utter destruction and stark beauty.

Birches bent to breaking in the rhododendron garden of Old Brick

Sturtevant Home - Sun and clouds highlight the destruction. The century oak flanking the campus drive would be lost.

Sturtevant Hall - The century oak would lose major stems but would survive. . .

The HEBRON staff would welcome reminiscences from alumni of their personal experiences with the storm. Please send your remarks to [email protected].

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Planned Gifts: Investing in Hebron’s Vision

Including Hebron Academy in your charitable estate planning is one of the most personal ways to express your philanthropy. We are forever grateful for this commitment, and we honor those who remember the Academy in this way by recognizing them as members of the Franklin Society.

The society was named to celebrate Dr. Benjamin Franklin’s qualities of foresight, prudent financial management and intellectual achievement. Dr. Franklin serves as a symbol of building up on the past for the benefit of the future.

For more information about how you can become a member of the Franklin Society, contact:

Pat LaymanDirector of Advancement and External [email protected]

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“My husband Ted and I currently support Hebron Academy not just because my late brother James C. Yovic graduated from Hebron in 1976.

Hebron will receive the largest charitable gift in our estate plans even though we also support our own alma maters and other organizations.

We put Hebron Academy first because Hebron teaches young people the timeless values of integrity and service. Hebron’s positive influence extends well beyond Maine – the Academy’s alumni, faculty, staff, families,and friends have a global reach.

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