hamptonia spring 2008

gala celebration in honor ofmr. and mrs. t. holmes moore ! saturday, may 31, 2008

(advance reservations required;see inside for details)

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New Hampton School Spring 2008 Hamptonia magazine. Finished size is 11.0 inches tall by 8.50 inches wide. Artwork prints in four-color process and bleeds all four sides. Cover artwork; Cover IV and Cover I. (0.125 inches has been allowed for perfect-bound spine.)

groundbreaking!math-science center heralds new era

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reunion weekend 2008may 30–june 1

for classes ending in “3” or “8”

reunion and annual nhs golf tournamentfor more information contact cindy buck inthe alumni office at 603.677.3414 [email protected]

reunion 2008 event schedulefriday, may 30r 4:00–7:00 pm Registration Crum Campus Center

Campus store open

r 4:00–8:00 pm Reunion KickoV Reception with former faculty

members (beer, pizza, and music)

Milne Lounge and Patio

r 4:30 pm 25th Reunion Dinner, hosted by Keith Noe ’83

South Down Shores, Laconia, NH

r 6:00 pm 50th Reunion Dinner

Alumni Hall, Smith House

saturday, may 31r 8:00–10:00 am Breakfast Dining Hall

r 8:00 am–noon Registration Crum Campus Center

r 9:30 am r Estate Planning Seminar

Academic Research Center

r Student Life at NHS: student panel

moderated by Head of School Andrew Menke


r 10:00 am–6:00 pm Campus store open

r 10:30 am New Math-Science Center presentation by

OYce of Michael Rosenfeld, Architects


r 11:15 am State of the School Address

Andrew Menke


r noon Barbecue Lunch

saturday, may 31, continuedr 1:00–3:00 pm r Historic New Hampton Tour

led by Jinga Moore

r Canoeing on the Pemi

r Campus Tours

r Fun at Burleigh Mountain: hike, alpine tower

r Ice Cream Social

r Alumni Games (men’s lacrosse,

3’s vs. 8’s softball)

r 4:30 pm Memorial Gathering by the Husky

r 4:30–6:00 pm Registration Dining Hall

r 5:00 pm r Reunion Reception and

Class photos by the pond

r Gala Celebration Honoring

T. Holmes “Bud" '38 and Jinga Moore

r 5:00–8:00 pm camp nhs

r 6:00 pm Dinner, Dining Hall

r 6:30 pm Program Honoring Bud and Jinga Moore

r 8:00–10:00 pm Live Music and Dancing

sunday, june 1r 7:30 am NHS Golf Classic Registration

Lochmere Golf Club, Tilton, NH

r 8:30–10:00 am Farewell Brunch, Dining Hall

r 8:45 am NHS Golf Classic

Shotgun Start, Scramble Format


r 9:00–11:00 am Campus store open

r 9:00 am Motorcycle and Historical Car Tour

of the Lakes Region

running up the endowmentTom Tessier, a financial planner based in New Hampshire and the par-

ent of Tom Tessier ’06, knows the value of a high-quality education.

After three years’ service in Vietnam he returned to college through a

veterans program that gave him a chance to get his college degree.

“Education means a lot to me and my wife, Diane” said Tessier. “I know

the value of good guidance and teachers who really help the students.”

All of which may explain why the Tessier family established the

Tessier/Tyson Cross Country Scholarship Fund in 2006 to benefit a New

Hampton School cross country runner. Financial aid from the fund will

be awarded annually to a student who demonstrates financial need.

“The cross country program at New Hampton was instrumental in

our son Tommy’s total development at NHS. He had never participated

in any organized team or individual sport programs prior to New

Hampton,” said Tessier. “Thanks to Sara Tyson, his coach, mentor, and

advisor, Tommy joined the program and ultimately received the presti-

gious Tottingham Award.”

Recognizing that cross country does not receive the same support

such as football and soccer, the Tessiers decided to create an

endowed fund to support the team in perpetuity.

“We experienced first-hand how an organized cross country pro-

gram can promote hard work, discipline, and leadership skills that are

essential later in the student athletes’ lives,” he explained. “We hope

that our support of the cross country program will inspire others to do

the same — either by supporting the cross country endowment or by

creating a fund that matches their specific interests.”

For more information on making a gift to the Tessier/Tyson Cross Country Scholarship Fund or to start your own

endowed fund, please contact Director of Development Sandy Colhoun at 603.677.3413; [email protected].

tom tessier ’06 and nhs cross country coach sara tyson

New Hampton School Spring 2008 Hamptonia magazine. Finished size is 11.0 inches tall by 8.50 inches wide. Artwork prints in four-color process and bleeds all four sides. Cover artwork; Cover II and Cover III. (0.125 inches has been allowed for perfect-bound spine.)

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advisory boardJamie ArsenaultCindy Buck P’01, ’05Sandy ColhounAlan Crocker P’04, ’07Andrew MenkePeter Miller P’09

contributorsJamie ArsenaultCindy BuckLou GnerreAndrew MenkePeter MillerDavid Per>eldForest ReidKristen ReimoldIlana SaxeMartha SheppJi Hoon Shim ’08

designerClay Dingman,Barking Cat ProductionsCommunications Design

photographersDakema BesemerChris Bessonette/NOLSSandy ColhounClay DingmanThe globe ProgramGlowimages/Getty ImagesPeter GregoireJohn HessionRuss HurlbertFlynn LarsenMichael Marsland/Yale UniversitySteven MichalekPortrait Design PhotographyThe O;ce of Michael RosenfeldSelko PhotoJ. D. SloanTed StilesUniversity of New HampshireYale School of MedicineAmy Wilson

printerPenmor Lithographers

© 2008 New Hampton Schoolwww.newhampton.org

Hamptonia is printed on stock of whicha minimum of 50 percent is made ofrecycled >bers and a minimum of 15 per-cent is made from postconsumer >ber.

on the cover: Kevin Moon ’08, AlexSlover ’08, and Sayde Mohr ’08, havingfun with math and science. To learnabout their more serious sides, pleasesee p. 23. Photograph by John Hession.

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heads up

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1000 words

new faculty

hall of fame/fielddedication

student voice

fall sports wrap-up

lou’s corner

class notes

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Letter from the Editor andLetters to the Editor

Launching the Strategic PlanAndrew Menke

Campus Happenings

From the Far NorthIlana Saxe

A Farewell to “Old Brick”Peter Miller

New Math-Science CenterPeter Miller

High-Tech CollaborationsForest Reid

Spotlight on Alumni: Crina Boeras ’01; Jonathan Li ’57;Barkley Sive ’88Martha Shepp

Faculty Q & A: Justin and Rebekka Joslin

Student Pro>les

Waste Oil Powers CarPeter Miller

Science Lessons on the Web

Photographs and Brief Biographies

From Gunstock to World CupPeter Miller

A Day to Honor AthleticsCindy Buck

Laramie Project (Pictorial)

In Honor of GuyJi Hoon Shim ’08

Chinese Kicker Clicks at NHSDavid Per>eld

Some Fall Sports HighlightsJamie Arsenault

Column from Lou Gnerre

Class Notes

In Memoriam

Board Transition Planned this Fall

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“Change” was the buzzword that dominated this year’s New Hampshire pri-mary. It remains to be seen if the political environment will be transformed,but there’s no doubt about New Hampton School’s landscape; our renais-sance is for real.

This Hamptonia features our math and science programs, which will beimproved and expanded beyond measure through the new Math-ScienceCenter. The entire campus—its programs, personnel, and physicalresources—will be rejuvenated over the next >ve years via the implementa-tion of our Strategic Plan. As you read the enclosed Strategic Plan you will

begin to feel the excitement that is literally being built on campus. (The Strategic Plan is also availableonline at www.newhampton.org/Hamptonia.)

To truly experience our new reality, you are cordially invited to join in. You can attend Reunion oranother on-campus event and see the Math-Science Center begin to rise on Academic Row, take partin one of this issue’s opportunities for blog conversation about math and science, or write a letter toshare with other Hamptonia readers. This promises to be a very exciting period for NHS, so by allmeans, be part of it!

– Peter Miller, Editor, Hamptonia

Ocean OdysseyI read with great interest and admiration “Ocean Odyssey”in the fall 2007 issue, having done extensive sailing in theMediterranean and the Aegean.

Michael Shub ’61Mohegan Lake, NY

We Have A Lot to CelebrateThe recent Hamptonia is one of the >nest high school orcollege publications we have seen. I am especially thrilledwith all the alumni highlights as we welcome more and moregrads into the fold. Keep up the good work. This is truly anindicator of the great improvements at New Hampton. Wehave a lot to celebrate and you are celebrating it well.

Deborah Leach P ’96 (NHS Trustee)Attleboro, MA

welcome

letters to the editor

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Peter Miller, Director of

Communications

alumni office staff

Sandy Colhoun, Director of

Development

Cindy Buck, Director of

Alumni Relations

Sarah DeBenedictis, Director of

Annual Giving

Louis Gnerre, Alumni

Ambassador

Pamela Susi, Assistant Director of

Annual Giving

the hamptonia is published

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School. The magazine reports

news of the school, its students,

teachers, and alumni. We

welcome submissions for

publication, news from and

about alumni, and letters in

response to articles. Inquiries,

comments, and letters may be

directed to Director of

Communications, New Hampton

School, 70 Main Street, New

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race, color, creed, national or

ethnic origin in administration of

its admissions and educational

policies, scholarship and loan

programs, and athletic and other

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detail from map of belknap county, new hampshire, circa 1860, from the library of congress

odyssey: french polynesia


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Months of planning and preparation, searching questions and care-ful research, and plain hard work has brought your school to thebeginning of a major new chapter in its long history. As you will readin this Hamptonia, we have embarked on a new strategic directionand are building a >rst-class Math-Science Center as one of the >rst,very tangible expressions of that initiative. The curtain is going up onan excited, energized, and con>dent New Hampton School!

Our Strategic Plan for 2008–13 has been mailed with this maga-zine for your review. Under the overarching theme of sustainability,the plan focuses on three broad areas: developing a more global-ly relevant curriculum, a more intentional and deeper involvement inour region, and continuing our emphasis on purposeful explo-ration. Over the next >ve years the plan will guide decisions largeand small, resulting in a vastly improved institution that willblend the best of our proud traditions with cutting-edge innova-tions and practices.

Our new Math-Science Center provides the basis for this issue’sfocus on these two crucial disciplines. We are blessed with gifted teach-ers and an extraordinary natural setting for outdoor investigations, butour classrooms and laboratories have not kept pace and must beupgraded. The center will replace Randall Hall as a distinguished mem-ber of the “Academic Row” of buildings that grace Main Street, freeingup much-needed classroom space in other buildings as it stimulates asubstantial leap forward in our math and science curricula.

The Math-Science Center will be a tool that helps our studentsgain admission to the college of their choice, and later on to com-pete in the twenty->rst century’s global marketplace. The building willhave two strong foundations: a physical one of stone and earth, andanother of even greater substance made of caring people, tradition,

and values—which for generations has inspired self-assuranceamong our math and science scholars.

A November 28, 2007, article in Scienti>c American magazine,“The Secret to Raising Smart Kids,” highlighted important pointsconcerning human motivation and academic con>dence. Studiesexamined why some students felt helpless when confronted withchallenging material, when more successful counterparts perseveredand viewed initial setbacks as challenges to overcome. Researchersrecognized the importance of innate abilities, but concluded aftermore than thirty years of study that “a focus on e=ort…helps (makestudents) into high achievers in school and in life.”

If e=ort is the key, what are we to make of reports that our Asianeconomic competitors are winning the race to prepare students inmath and science? Does this naturally lead to a critique of the motiva-tion of American students? New Hampton School already producestop math and science students (to meet a few, please see p. 23), andwe believe that our encouraging learning environment is a factor intheir success. By investing in signi>cant upgrades in curricula andfacilities we will further invigorate faculty and students, leading theway to even greater levels of accomplishment by our graduates.

We invite you to visit campus over the coming months as ourMath-Science Center—and a stronger and more vibrant NewHampton School—begin to take shape before our eyes.

Andrew Menke, Head of School

launching the strategic plan by Andrew Menke

andrew menke new math-science centerandrew menke


marine corps scholarship foundation salutes argyros, bebanTwo members of the New Hampton community were honored at theannual Marine Scholarship Ball, which celebrates service to theMarine Corps Scholarship Foundation. Ambassador GeorgeArgyros P’88 and former Trustee Gary Beban P’95 received theSemper Fidelis Award and the John Wooden Sportsman Award,respectively, at the October event in Beverly Hills, CA.

Argyros served as U.S. ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain andthe Principality of Andorra from 2001–04. He is currently chairmanand CEO of Arnel & A;liates, and is also a general partner of WestarCapital. From 1981–87 he was co-owner of AirCal, and from 1981–89he was owner of the Seattle Mariners Baseball Club. AmbassadorAgyros was a 1993 recipient of the Horatio Alger Award ofDistinguished Americans. Through Horatio Alger, George and hiswife, Julia, established the >rst national college scholarship programexclusively for veterans who have served honorably in Operation IraqiFreedom or Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

Beban was named president and general manager of the CBRichard Ellis Group, Inc. in 1995. With the merger of CB Commercialand Richard Ellis in 1998, Beban joined the newly formed GlobalCorporate Services unit as a senior executive managing director. A

college football star for UCLA, he received the Heisman MemorialTrophy in 1967 and the NCAA Scholar/Athlete Award in 1968. In1988, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.Together with his wife, Kathy, he has been active with Schools ThatCan (STC-Chicago) and the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation.

The Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation provides scholarshipsfor higher education to deserving sons and daughters of Marinesand children of former Marines, with particular attention given to thechildren of Marines killed or wounded in action. Since 1962 the foun-dation has awarded more than 20,000 scholarships and bondstotaling over $31 million. New Hampton School thanks both men fortheir many contributions and congratulates them upon receipt ofthese two prestigious service awards. Q

young alumni gather in bostonThanks to the diligent e=orts of Caitlin Andrews ’01 and LesleyRobbins ’01, who continue to work to >nd ways to reconnect NewHampton School alumni in the greater Boston area, approximatelytwenty->ve alumni gathered for a reception at The Harp onOctober 11. Faculty/alumni attending from New Hampton Schoolincluded Jennifer Shackett Berry ’83, Lisa Falconi ’01, Peter

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(l–r) ambassador argyros, general james t. conway, and gary beban


Hutchins ’01, Mike Levine ’00, Jill Nugent ’03, and facultymember Jesse Truman. It was a great evening of storytelling,reminiscences, and networking for part of the “younger” crowd ofNew Hampton graduates. Stay tuned for the information on thenext gathering in Boston! Q

grandparents’ day 2007New Hampton School hosted a special annual event in October asover eighty grandparents came to campus to visit their grandchildand learn more about NHS. Highlights included a campus tour,attending School Meeting, and going to class with their grandchild.Throughout the day we heard over and over from grandparents whowere so delighted to be here and were having a wonderful time.Grandparents appreciated getting an inside glimpse of life at NewHampton School, and it was a great day for all. Q

m. geoffrey carlton ’91 achieves “maximum velocity” New Hampton School was the setting for daredevil freestyle bicy-cling, in-line skating, and skateboarding in October, when“Maximum Velocity,” a thrilling, high-energy performance groupdirected by M. Geoffrey Carlton II ’91, set up its ramps in theSmith Gymnasium. The show featured double back?ips, 360s, tailwhips, and other acrobatic maneuvers, which were executed withprecision to the delight of a large crowd of New Hampton communi-ty members and regional families.

Carlton founded Maximum Velocity in 1995 and the company hasentertained thousands across the nation during NBA halftimes andat monster truck rallies, fairs, and festivals. Carlton explained thesecret to his >rm’s success: “Our mission was simple: re-create themind-bending energy for the fans that they themselves felt while per-forming; to take the experience of the riders straight to the fansthemselves. All of our riders have years of experience in their respec-tive sports, and have competed in contests throughout the UnitedStates and abroad. From their individuality and expertise MaximumVelocity has been able to put together many di=erent show formats.”

He added, “We crave speed, altitude, and the adrenaline rush thathits us when we’re 20–25 feet in the air—limbs dangling—on abike!” Carlton enjoyed his return to campus and noted that NewHampton School has always been great at working with the commu-nity, and that this was a way for him to give back to NHS. Q

nols bus visits campusThe National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) bus pulled up to NewHampton School this fall and provided an array of informal and fun les-sons on sustainability. The bus runs on recycled vegetable oil and solarpower, and its crew discussed alternative energy, organic agriculture,and environmental ethics with students throughout the daylong visit.

The bus came as part of NOLS’s “Creating a Climate for Change”tour, which has taken it across the lower forty-eight states to over300 colleges, schools, retailers, and festivals, all powered by recycled

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above: Maximum

Velocity, thrilling a crowd.

at right: The NOLS bus

visits New Hampton.


vegetable oil collected at restaurants and dining halls along the way.Recycled vegetable oil is a cleaner, renewable alternative to petrole-um and, as NOLS points out on its Web site, “…it is grown righthere in the USA by American farmers.”

A private nonpro>t school based in Wyoming, NOLS is a leader inwilderness education; its alumni include science teacher Ilana Saxe(see p. 9 for her “1000 words” essay concerning her NOLS trip lastsummer). Q

parents’ weekend 2007At the peak of fall foliage, more than 300 parents visited campus forthe annual Parents’ Weekend, October 18–20. The weekend fallsimmediately after mid-term grades are issued and gives parents theopportunity to meet with their child’s teachers and advisor, watchathletic events, attend School Meeting, and participate in a mini-class schedule with their child. The festivities began with an informalreception in the Academic Research Center as parents registered forthe weekend and socialized with other families, before enjoying din-ner on campus and beginning their scheduled parent-teacherconferences. At the conclusion of athletic contests on Saturday after-noon, parents and students departed for a long weekend break. Q

former trustees visit new hampton schoolOn September 26, a small group of former trustees returned to campusfor a day of reunion, information, and input. The meeting was spear-headed by former Headmaster and President T. Holmes “Bud”Moore ’38 to reconnect this vital group with the school and with Headof School Andrew Menke. Attendees included T. J. Fitzgerald ’58,Herman Hassinger P’78, P’79, Ted Jones ’49, Chairman EmeritusRobert Kennedy ’50, Jay Maroney ’62, Douglas McIninch ’63,Governor Walter Peterson ’42, and Phil O’Hara ’51.

Following a campus tour led by Andrew Menke and students, thegroup convened in the Hall of Fame Room to hear from the school’sadministrative team. Lunch in Alumni Hall was followed by a briefupdate by Menke regarding the school’s recently adopted StrategicPlan and upcoming capital improvements, most speci>cally the newMath-Science Center. With all of this new information under theircollective belts the group held a brainstorming session to discusshow they may be more closely involved in New Hampton’s futureand how to include other former trustees to do the same. The con-sensus was strong that an event to honor the decades ofcontributions and dedication on the part of Bud and Jinga Moorewas long overdue and would pull others back to the school.

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above: Grandparents’ Day was a

success despite the raindrops. at

right: T. H. “Bud” Moore ’38 and

Douglas McIninch ’63 got down to

work at the September meeting of

former trustees.


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Accordingly, a gala celebration honoring Mr. and Mrs. Moore will beheld during Reunion Weekend 2008 (Mr. Moore’s 70th NHSReunion) on Saturday, May 31. This group will be involved in plan-ning this once-in-a-lifetime event honoring two very special people inthe history of New Hampton School. Q

“new hampton-tilton day” revivedIn November New Hampton School and Tilton School rekindled oneof the nation’s oldest independent school rivalries, the “Powderkeg”competition. Believed to be the third-oldest rivalry of its kind in thecountry, in years past it was known as the “Harvard-Yale” of NewHampshire prep school competition. After a hiatus of several yearsthe tradition has been updated and “Huskies and Rams” once againtook to the playing >elds, giving their all in spirited encounters.

The two schools >rst met on the baseball diamond in the late1880s, and then competed in track. The >rst football game wasplayed in 1895 and, in its heyday in the 1950s and 1960s, drew spec-tators and interest from around New England. In 2007 the schools’student body presidents and athletic sta=s worked together to resur-rect the fabled rivalry. A new formula was created to involve all fallsports, with the football game retaining a prominent position as the

potential tie-breaker. Each winning varsity team would receive twopoints, and each JV team one point. In the case of a tie at the end ofthe day, the winner of the football game would prevail.

The New Hampton community traveled en masse down to Tilton,with athletes enthusiastically supported by fans, friends, and fami-lies. Husky pride swelled as New Hampton athletes won the Men’sCross Country, Women’s Field Hockey, Women’s Varsity Soccer, andMen’s JV-B Soccer competitions, while Tilton came out on top inWomen’s Cross Country, Men’s Varsity Soccer, Men’s JV-A Soccer,and the Varsity Football match-up. Although the schools tied in num-ber of points (six each), Tilton won the overall contest on the basisof its solid football victory.

New Hampton will host the event the next time around, when wehope that the competition will be just as energetic but the result willreturn the Powderkeg to its natural habitat: the New Hampton tro-phy case. Wait till next year! Q

student troop support programrecognized by governor, executive council In December, Dan Erickson ’08 was honored by Governor JohnLynch and the New Hampshire Executive Council for his senior lead-

left, above, and top right: Scenes

from New Hampton-Tilton Day 2007.

right: Big Dog on Campus: Our

handsome, new Husky statue, a gift of

the Class of 2007, stands guard.


ership project, “USA Troop Support.” Erickson founded the volunteere=ort, which provides correspondence and T-Shirts to troops servingoverseas as visible symbols of support back home.

Dan and his mother, Linda, attended a breakfast meeting with NHAdjutant General Kenneth Clarke at the state National Guard head-quarters in Concord before presenting his project to the governorand council. Executive Councilor Ray Burton said, “Both Dan andNew Hampton School can be proud of USA Troop Support.” Formore information, please visit www.usatroopsupport.com. Q

headmaster’s council gathers in novemberApproximately twenty alumni, parents, parents of alumni, townspeo-ple, and friends gathered on November 7 at New Hampton School tolearn more about the school and to provide feedback to Head ofSchool Andrew Menke on speci>c areas of interest. A full day’sschedule included an introduction by Andrew, administrativeoverviews by each member of the school’s administrative team, andopportunities to attend a class and enjoy lunch with current studentsand faculty. Following lunch, architect Michael Rosenfeld engagedthe group in a presentation on the many facets of the process of cre-ating the design for the new Math-Science Center. Andrew led thegroup through a brief summary of the school’s Strategic Plan, pro-vided more details on the timeline for the Math-Science Center, andgathered the group’s feedback. A busy and productive day resulted ina group of vested participants leaving campus with a better sense ofwhat lies ahead in New Hampton School’s exciting future. A brief

meeting for reunion volunteers followed the formal Headmaster’sCouncil agenda. Q

primary “town hall” on campusNew Hampshire has a proud tradition of evaluating presidential candi-dates “up close and personal,” as all eyes focus on the Granite Stateduring primary season. New Hampton School took advantage of thisexceptional cultural and political opportunity by extending invitations tocandidates to speak on campus, in order to provide educational forumsfor both students and the general public alike. The e=ort bore fruit afterThanksgiving break in the form of a packed Field House “town hall”presentation by U.S. Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-OH).

Kucinich was elected Cleveland’s mayor in 1977 at age 31, becomingthe youngest person in history to lead a major American city, and iscurrently in his sixth term representing Ohio’s tenth congressional dis-trict. Students lined the audience microphones to ask questions onhealth care, Iraq, the budget, and other national and internationalissues, and in true New Hampshire primary fashion were able to infor-mally size up the candidate one-on-one before and after the event.

NHS’s nonpartisan presidential outreach was extended to bothsides of the political aisle, and a call to the Guiliani campaign renewedties with David Chesley ’96, a former White House sta=er with aprominent role in Rudy’s New Hampshire organization. (NewHampton had a chance at bringing the former New York mayor tocampus but the proposed visit date—the Saturday after Thanksgiving—was unfortunately a nonstarter on the school calendar.) Q

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above: Democratic candidate for president,

Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) last fall. at right:

Executive Councilor Ray Burton (L) joined the

governor and other state o;cials in thanking

Dan Erickson ’08 for his “USA Troop Support”

senior leadership project.


1000 words

Last summer in Alaska I found myself teary eyed, stressed out, and slipping down a steep and unforgiving scree slope. My backpackinggroup hadn’t read the map well and we were scared, but it was worth it. The lesson I learned on the mountain that day is with me every dayin the classroom.

I was on a twenty-three day Alaska Outdoor Educator trip, journeying through wilderness backcountry with the National Outdoor LeadershipSchool (NOLS). While I no longer >ght through willows or try to comprehend Alaska’s incredible scale, I do teach biology and the similaritiesare sometimes striking, particularly when students have di;culty understanding a concept. I often think back to my >rst time as “Leader of theDay,” when I struggled to orient myself. Just as my instructors did for me, I patiently explain that the more you work with concepts, the betterunderstanding you have.

I also learned to be mindful of how people’s experiences color their reactions, such as when my group had set o= in the direction of that peakwell above the tree line. We had lost our way and our con>dence, but our excellent instructors headed our way, calmed us, and set things right.

After we reached our intended destination, one instructor said, “When I saw you all up there, I thought ‘What on Earth are they thinking!?Why didn’t they take the low road?’”

We laughed, and then he said something memorable. “I realized that I had no reason to be annoyed. You did what, given your abilities, youthought best. While going ‘your way’ may have been inconvenient for me, it didn’t really matter in the long run because you learned from thisexperience and will now change how you approach similar endeavors.”

This sums up much of my life as a teacher. I have the luxury of learning and re-learning material, but my students are sometimes like Iwas on that scree slope: confused, frustrated, and ready to call it quits. The patience that I learned last summer is an invaluable tool in theclassroom. !

lessons from the far north by Ilana Saxe

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alaska’s wilderness backcountry


Brick by brick, and with the help of >fty ox carts, they moved thebuilding. The year was 1853 and New Hampton School’s frugalYankee trustees decided to physically move Randall Hall and rebuildit where it now stands. A massive undertaking, the move was com-pleted in just three days.

This spring Randall will come down to the ground again, this timeto make way for a Math-Science Center that will begin a new era inthe school’s history.

The Math-Science Center will replace Randall Hall along AcademicRow, which lines Main Street. Randall is New Hampton’s oldeststructure and like the school itself it has been required to adapt overthe years to meet changing circumstances. A look back at the build-ing’s history suggests the school’s willingness to embrace changewhen times demanded it; even the building’s apparent permanenceis a little deceiving, since it was >rst erected in a di=erent locationand once bore another name.

New Hampton School traces its origins to 1821 with the foundingof “The New Hampton Academy,” which was quickly succeeded in

1826 by “The Academical and Theological Institution in NewHampton.” The school’s religious governance under the BaptistState Convention proved a boon to enrollment, and in 1829 a three-story brick building, thirty-six feet wide by one hundred feet long, wasbuilt at “the Old Institution” to house both male students and class-rooms. “The Brick,” as it was then known, was situated in the Centersection of town roughly a mile and a half south of the school’s pres-ent-day location, where in those early days a separate campus forfemale students was located.

In 1853 the Baptist State Convention authorized relocation of theinstitution to northern Vermont, a plan disdained by NewHampton’s townspeople and members of in?uential literary societiesassociated with the school. The school split in two, with the principaland most of the faculty moving west (where the transplant wouldultimately falter and fail), while a renamed “New Hampton Literaryand Biblical Institution” took hold in New Hampton.

The new trustees decided to consolidate the separate male andfemale campuses. “The Brick,” renamed Randall Hall to honor the


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new hampton institute, with randall hall at right, from a library of congress map circa 1860

a farewell to “old brick” by Peter Miller


leader of the school’s new Free Will Baptist patrons, was dismantledand moved over three days by >fty ox carts pulled by one hundredoxen, then rebuilt in its present location.

Randall Hall was central to the school’s operations for manyyears, providing dormitory and meeting rooms for various societiesand their libraries. From 1877–1925 a separate business department,“the Commercial College,” was headquartered on Randall’s top ?oor(the commercial curriculum moved to Dudley, MA, in 1930, provid-ing the basis for today’s Nichols College).

As the twentieth century advanced, the growth of public highschools put many academies at risk. By 1925 the school’s total enroll-ment was only forty-four, and the interior of Randall Hall had falleninto almost total disrepair. A change in direction began with theappointment of Frederick Smith ’10 in 1926 as headmaster of yetanother incarnation, “the New Hampton School for Boys,” andRandall and other buildings were restored when the school’s for-tunes rose only to then face the challenges of the Great Depression.

Norma Jean “Jinga” Moore, Headmaster Smith’s daughter, formerNew Hampton teacher, and wife of Smith’s successor, T. H. “Bud”Moore ’38, recalled a >ve-year period after World War II when Randallbrought in extra revenue as a summer hotel for families with chil-dren. Twentieth century highlights also include many heartwarmingmemories associated with venerated Dorm Master David Rice.

In the eighty years since Headmaster Smith’s administrationsaved Randall Hall, the building has faithfully served the school andits students, but rapid changes of the last several decades have onceagain resulted in a building that has fallen far behind modern stan-dards. In years past, renovating a historic structure like Randall Hallmight have resulted in a serviceable building at a reasonable price,but both the costs and the institution’s expectations have increaseddramatically.

Headmaster Emeritus T. H. “Bud” Moore lived in Randall’s “pent-house” (top ?oor) when he was a student in 1937–38, and as alongtime administrator was intimately involved in addressing the myr-iad needs of his old dormitory. “There were a number of renovationsto Randall over the years, but the building wasn’t e;cient. Recentengineering studies showed how much more expensive it would be totry to bring it up to being a modern math and science building.

“It was an entrepreneurial decision,” Moore said with the wisdomof one who had to grapple with many di;culties on New HamptonSchool’s behalf. “We’ve always had to be responsive to marketneeds, that’s how we’ve survived and prospered when other institu-tions have fallen by the wayside.”

He continued, “It wasn’t an easy decision to take down the build-ing—but it’s a really good decision. The new Math-Science Centerwill look a lot like the old Randall. I know that this is important toHead of School Andrew Menke; he’s very respectful of the history ofthe school and its rich tradition.”

Moore attended a September meeting on campus of formertrustees, who joined him in full support of the Math-Science Center.(See story, p. 6).

Former Headmaster Lou Gnerre also has some fond recollec-tions of life in Randall Hall, which he and his wife, Patricia, movedinto in 1957. “Our apartment was kind of rough, and Pat was a littleteary-eyed about it until I >xed it up. But we had a nice view over toDavid Rice’s classroom in Lane Hall, and we could sit at our tableduring co=ee break and watch him stu= kids who misbehaved outthe window!”

Gnerre was dorm head in Randall from 1958–61, a time of fulloccupancy. “There were >fty-two kids living in Randall when we werethere, and they were really packed in.” He remembers chasing down“kids raising hell upstairs,” “evacuating” the boys from Randall so itcould serve as a dorm for young ladies during winter carnivals, andtrying to rein in students “older than me” who had served in theArmed Forces and were attending NHS on the GI Bill. Gnerre smiledas he recalled various pranks, including a spate of trash barrels thatmysteriously rolled down the stairs late at night.

While Gnerre expressed some nostalgia over Randall’s imminentdemise, there was no hesitation in his opinion regarding what’s bestfor the school. He said, “There’s no question that we need a newbuilding—it was old when I started. We’ve got to have it and this iswhere it belongs, so I understand why Randall needs to come down.”

Director of Studies Jen Berry ’83, P’07 and ’10, also has manyyears of perspective on New Hampton and its architecture. Shecommented, “I understand intellectually and emotionally whyRandall needs to be replaced. I feel really fortunate that I waspart of the decision-making process, because I know that it’s theright decision.”

The school kept the town community fully informed as plans toreplace Randall began to take shape, and feedback from NewHampton neighbors was actively solicited via open houses and pre-sentations to the historical society, heritage commission, andplanning board. “It was very thorough,” noted Jinga Moore withapproval, “and townspeople are almost universally supportive.”

Mrs. Moore summed it up succinctly, “It’s the only way to go!”Guided by the clear and compelling logic of its new Strategic

Plan, New Hampton School can no longer a=ord to make a majorinvestment in what has become a substandard older facility. Toachieve its strategic mission, a bolder stroke is required at thispoint in the institution’s history. The decision has been made tobuild a new, state-of-the-art facility, which will elevate NewHampton’s math and science programs to the >rst rank among itsindependent school peers.

Alumni, friends, and supporters of New Hampton School areencouraged to keep an eye on our progress as the new Math-ScienceCenter revitalizes the campus, and in doing so expands the range ofpossibilities for students and faculty alike. 5

[Editor’s Note: Sources for this article included “An Academy at NewHampton” by Norma Jean Moore, Hamptonia Volume 112, Number 1,and A Small Gore of Land by Pauline Swain Merrill, John C. Gowan,and others.]

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focus on math and sciencefocus on math and science

For generations New Hampton School’s Academic Row of classicbrick buildings has anchored the north side of Main Street, quietlyinforming passers-by of the school’s lengthy heritage and traditions.The volume and energy level will be turned up dramatically thisspring as NHS begins broadcasting a powerful vision for the future.

Randall Hall will be reconstructed from the ground up, with anew, >rst-class Math-Science Center rising in its place. Plans call forthe $9 million, 28,780-square-foot construction project to be com-pleted in time for fall 2009 classes.

“It’s a new day for New Hampton School,” commented Chairmanof the Board of Trustees Jason Pilalas ’58. “The building of our newMath-Science Center is the culmination of years of planning ande=ort on the part of many members of our community, and I thankall who have helped realize this long-sought goal. It is more than justa building; it is a rede>nition of our school.”

The center will be an outstanding learning environment that willsupport today’s classroom technologies and learning styles. “TheMath-Science Center will have superior resources for study andinquiry,” said Head of School Andrew Menke. “By providing ourstudents and faculty with the very best, we are making a majorstatement of our new strategic direction and academic priorities.Not only is it important in terms of our curriculum and program,but it is a tangible demonstration of the fundamental principles inour newly-adopted strategic plan.”

Barbara Guardenier, currently on sabbatical from heading the sci-ence department, has been involved in much of the planningprocess. She joined the faculty in 1985 and has a deep appreciationof the new building’s importance.

“The primary impact,” she emphasized, “is that it is telling the worldwhat the school values and what we value as a community. We are

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committed to progressive and top-notch math and science programs.Students will be energized because they will see that these are prioritiesfor us, more of them will consider math and science for their careers,and we will attract new students with interest in these subjects.”

The center will increase the number of labs on campus by two.There will also be an environmental classroom, a planting/botanyroom, three prep rooms, six math classrooms, a computer lab, achemical storage room, and departmental o;ces. The AcademicO;ce will be relocated to the new building so that its sta= willremain as accessible as possible to students and faculty.

Director of Studies Jen Berry ’83 sees much greater ?exibility in theadditional labs. “With two chemistry laboratories, one could be set upwith lab activities all day and the other could serve as the teachingclassroom. Teachers will be able to share the spaces in ways thatimprove how we teach and what we o=er to our students. Our teach-ers have been doing a great job with our current resources andphysical space, but this will provide them with so many more options.”

Berry foresees many expanded possibilities for the math and sci-ence curriculum. “Using our new computer modeling technology, wemight have students researching alternative fuel sources, and mathand science classes could collaborate in analyzing global populationtrends. Students are fascinated by forensic science, and the centerwill give us the tools to examine this in greater depth as well. Ahydrology course would take advantage of the Math-Science Center’sability to connect outdoor assignments with indoor study. The build-ing’s wet room will be well used, with students returning to it after>eld work in nearby riparian habitats.”

She continued, “We are actively pursuing adoption of theInternational Baccalaureate (IB) program, through which NHS willjoin a worldwide community of schools o=ering rigorous coursesthat meet a common standard. The IB experimental sciences curricu-lum for the high school level includes courses in biology, chemistry,design technology, environmental systems, and physics. The mathe-matics courses include four levels of di;culty, with all calling fordevelopment of strong logical, critical, and creative thinking skills.The Math-Science Center will bring our o=erings to a much higherlevel, and in doing so help us meet the requirements of this presti-gious program.”

Barbara Guardenier envisions new, upper-level courses such asorganic chemistry, cellular biology, and biochemistry. “We could alsoo=er a course for non-science majors involving ethical questions thatprobe what’s happening with DNA, stem cell research, and bioethics.”

Science Department Head Russ Brummer is enthusiastic about thecenter’s e=ect on his colleagues. “What excites me most is that it willenable the already excellent science faculty to do their jobs even better.

“Each science discipline will have two fully equipped lab areasspeci>c to their needs,” said Brummer, highlighting some of the ped-agogical improvements that he’s looking forward to. “Teachers willno longer have to move equipment from room to room or adapt aclassroom meant for another science. In addition, there will be aplanting room, and a wet lab located in the basement; the latter will

provide easy access to wading boots and other >eld equipment. Asthe ecology teacher, I look forward to having a space to launch excur-sions into forest and stream. At the end of class, students will hangtheir boots and hose them down right in the classroom!"

He is also quick to mention the center’s technology. Each class-room will have its own projector and other A/V equipment, whichwill allow teachers and students to learn about and experience sci-ence and mathematics visually and interactively. A computer lab withschool laptops and connections for personal laptops will facilitatescienti>c research projects, modeling, and data analysis. Theschool’s campus wireless network will be available to all, whethercollaborating in a classroom or using the Internet in the building’spublic areas.

The advanced technology and improved facilities will bene>t boththe math and science faculties. “I like the way the building is set upwith both o;ces on the same ?oor," said Barbara Guardenier. “This

new math-science center

We are committed to progressive, top-notch math

and science programs. Students will be energized

because they will see these are priorities for us.

F barbara guardenier

NHS science faculty since 1985


will help get kids excited about the two disciplines and lead to collab-orations between the faculties.” (Math Department Head Forest Reidshares his thoughts on p. 18.)

A half-century has passed since New Hampton School focused itsstrategic vision on capital improvements to math and science facili-ties. The new building will undoubtedly constitute a dramaticupgrade for these programs, but as project architect MichaelRosenfeld (of the O;ce of Michael Rosenfeld, the award-winning,Massachusetts-based architectural >rm that bears his name) pointedout, it’s much more.

“What you’re doing now is opening up a whole new chapter in thedevelopment of the school. It’s also going to be a major statementon Main Street about what New Hampton School is trying to do, andwhere the school community is going with its educational vision.What’s so wonderful about this project is that it’s in a beautiful vil-lage that has a long history, and the new building will have a greatdeal of prominence and presence on the common and on thestreet.”

The building’s advantages will not be limited to math and science,but will spur a ripple e=ect of bene>ts. For example, the new facility will

have an open, airy foyer and a second ?oor mezzanine. These beautiful,centrally located venues will >ll a current void by serving as natural aca-demic gathering places for all members of the school community.

The Math-Science Center will also provide vitally needed squarefootage for instruction that will produce bene>ts campus-wide.There will be new options for classes, including relocation of somefrom basement settings, which will improve departmental collegialityand e;ciency.

Andrew Menke noted the signi>cance of building the Math-Science Center at this juncture. “Science and math are part of howwe look at technology and at development in the future, and stretch-ing forward into this century New Hampton School is going to bemore and more sustainable.”

New Hampton School is committed to environmental responsibil-ity in all phases of the project. Green space will be preserved throughconstruction on the previously developed site, and the building’ssouthern orientation will capture solar light and warmth. Illuminatione;ciencies include glass ?ooring, which will allow sunlight to pene-trate into the center of the building, and occupancy and daylightsensors that will monitor lighting needs.

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The Math-Science Center will feature a tight “building envelope”(roof, walls, windows, and doors) with impressive insulating R-values.The new facility will also boast a high-e;ciency mechanical systemwith energy recovery units, which will reduce heating costs by trans-ferring warmth from heated exhaust air to cooler, incoming air. A newcentral mechanical system will eventually serve all of Academic Row,replacing less e;cient technologies in adjoining buildings.

The building itself will be an environmental exhibit, with informa-tive displays on precipitation, energy, and local geology. Outdoors, ascience garden and native species landscaping will complement thestructure’s conservation focus.

Locally sourced building components will be incorporated, such ascast stone that will be used for windowsills and headers, masonrybricks, and mortar (all from New Hampshire), and brick from Maine.In addition, upwards of 90 percent of the project’s subcontractorsand vendors will be based in-state. Some of the salvageable materialsfrom Randall Hall will remain on campus in the form of walks, entrysteps, benches, and a commemorative, historical kiosk; the remainderwill be processed by a Vermont >rm for reuse throughout the region.

The Math-Science Center’s front façade will incorporate the historicidentity of the Academic Row buildings, but an overall traditionalappearance will mask numerous innovative, energy-saving technolo-gies. One example is “hardiboard,” a cementitious siding made ofrecycled wood and cement that works perfectly in place of wood trimand panels. The product is extraordinarily durable and >reproof.

Conneston Construction Inc. (CCI) of Gilford, NH, is the construc-tion manager. The quality of CCI’s work is already evident in manycorners of the campus including the Academic Research Center(ARC), the Arts and Athletics Center, recent dormitory constructionand renovations, Field House renovations, and the new, synthetic turfKennedy Field. “We’ve had the pleasure of watching New HamptonSchool grow and prosper over the past fourteen years,” said CCIPresident Je= Downing. “We recognize what a tremendous step for-ward this new Math-Science Center will be for the school.”

The center will gracefully take its place alongside historic struc-tures, re?ecting their tradition while conveying its own modernmessage. Peeking into the near future, Michael Rosenfeld describedthe anticipated impact of the newest member of Academic Row. “It’sgoing to feel like it’s one of the older buildings with a new, energized,very current sense about it,” he explained. “It’s going to be contem-porary with today because it’s built in these times, but it’s going toharken back to previous times. It’s going to be built in a way that’svery energy e;cient, tight, and smart, and it’s going to make learn-ing easier by supporting both the teachers and the students.”

Russ Brummer traced the connection between the building andthe school’s strategic direction. “Our new mission calls for teachersto develop curriculum that will make students ‘think globally and actlocally,’ and the new building will give faculty the necessary resourcesto carry this out.”

Chairman Emeritus Robert D. Kennedy Jr. ’50 has played a leadingrole in all of the school’s infrastructure improvements over the past

few decades, which provides him with great wisdom concerning thecenter’s signi>cance to his beloved alma mater. He commented,“The school’s physical plant has improved vastly since 1990, but upto now there has not been comparable improvement on the academ-ic side. This building could very well remake New Hampton Schoolfor the twenty->rst century.”

A new, >rst-rate Math-Science Center has been designed,approved, and in short order will be built. No longer a mere aspira-tion, the building is well on its way to becoming a reality—and as itbegins to rise so does the curtain on a very bright and successfulfuture for New Hampton School. "

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Our new mission calls for teachers to develop

curriculum that will make students ‘think globally

and act locally,' and the new building will give

faculty the necessary resourcees to carry this out.

F russ brummer, Science Department Head


focus on math and sciencefocus on math and science

A distinguished line of students and teachers have studied math atNew Hampton School. As an academic discipline which transcendsthe human experience, mathematics is not merely a part of a globalcurriculum, but a universal one. Indeed, one can look at an Arabic,Dutch, or Korean textbook and know exactly what is being said, aslong as the ideas are written using the same symbols.

One of the most remarkable things about the universe is the waythat mathematical relationships underlie every single physicalprocess yet observed, and our aim is to let students see some of theelegance and power of even the simplest relationships.

For example, 2 ! 13 = 26, and also (2 ! 10) + (2 ! 3) = 26 (Try it!).That fact is independent of how we express it and how we write it; itis one of the truest statements we can make in life.

As we strive to help students achieve both technical pro>ciencyand an appreciation of the beauty and elegance of the mechanics ofproblem-solving, we have found that our current classrooms andtechnologies are lacking. The past >fteen years have seen a host ofadvances in classroom technology, which the new Math-ScienceCenter will allow us to use.

The ability to make calculations by hand has not decreased in impor-tance, but the sheer time required for computation has always made itimpossible to explore complex structures in detail. With today’s wonder-fully interactive systems that the Math-Science Center will facilitate,students will be able to see and manipulate a tremendous variety ofconstructions that would simply be too ponderous otherwise.

Mathematics is about seeing and understanding patterns, andthus the more examples a student can see the better he or she canachieve a feel for the pattern. Looking at the simple example givenabove, considering a few similar such problems makes the generalpattern become clear: a(b + c) = ab + ac. The ability to see andmanipulate a wide variety of examples helps students to see the pat-terns, so they can extrapolate and >nd the abstract representation ofthe whole class of problems.

The Math-Science Center will also have a highly useful new com-puter classroom. The world around us requires an ever-increasinglevel of technological sophistication, which our students need to beequipped to understand. Computer programming is therefore one ofthe most useful skills a student can acquire, but our current facilitiesare not suitable for group work or for teaching. The computer class-room will enable students to see the teacher and a screen that canproject the display of any computer in the room, creating a hightech, collaborative learning environment.

Where will the new building lead us? What I see is students workingtogether with each other and their teachers in an environment con-ducive to learning, while using the best modern technologies inconjunction with old-fashioned pencils and paper. All these tools willlead to what really matters: true understanding in the mind. The futurelooks very bright indeed for mathematics at New Hampton School. r

Forest Reid is the Math Department Head at New Hampton School.

high-tech collaborations by Forest Reid


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spotlight on alumni

crina boeras ’01A Top Student at Yale School of Medicine

Sibiu, Romania, is a small town embraced by thetowering Fagaras Mountains. Crina Boeras wasplaced on skis at age two by her civil engineerfather, a volunteer for the local mountain rescueand ski patrol teams and a true outdoorsman.Always on the go, taking the family hiking mostweekends, he jumpstarted her adventurousnessand a love of skiing that launched an unlikelycareer in medicine. Her mother is an elementaryschool teacher.

Crina’s path to Yale was paved by an adven-turous spirit, superior aptitude in math andscience, and skiing.

Though Sibiu is birthplace of the world's Wrsthomeopathic laboratory and Romania's Wrst hos-pital and pharmacy, Crina came upon medicinetotally on her own. After skiing competitivelyaround Europe, she discerned that more oppor-tunity might lie outside of her home country.

Poised and athletic, Boeras exudes energyand balance. She claims she was shy at NewHampton (though she did serve as NHS seniorclass president). After graduating on high honorroll and with the mathematics department andinternational student awards from NHS, sheearned a summa cum laude BS degree in Biologyfrom UMass Amherst. Her advisors pointed outthat as a non-U.S. citizen her chances of getting

into a state medical school were slim, and thatshe might do better to apply to private, highlycompetitive schools. Yale accepted her andoVered a scholarship.

Boeras does not diVerentiate bloodlines fromheartlines, claiming three “families" in her life.The Sabourins, who she Wrst stayed with whenshe initially came to the United States as a skiracer to train for six weeks with the Loon RaceClub in Lincoln, NH, are family number two.Several Romanian friends were already enrolledat New Hampton School, and Crina applied andreceived a scholarship to spend the last twoyears of high school here. Coach Dave Edry wasbuilding up the NHS Ski Team and the inXux ofstudents like Crina was an essential element.While at NHS she lived with the Pollocks (familynumber three).

She found her Wrst classes here a bit boring(“In Romania, science and math are diVerent,"she said diplomatically), but challenged herselfinto more diYcult courses. “I still remember myWrst day of Calculus AP with Mr. Kanelong. Iwas a bit nervous about being new. So I walkedinto a class full of seniors, and to make mattersworse, they were having a test that day!"

Crina aced the test with the highest score inthe class and began making friends. While atNHS, she competed in USSA, FIS, and EasternJunior Olympics ski races. She fondly remem-bers being one of only two students in Mr.Hett's AP Calculus class as great fun, and APBiology with Matt Crowley, who was himself inthe process of applying to medical school, whohelped her with her Wrst dissection of a fetal pig.

There are no traditional grades, no rankingand no competition at Yale Medical School; onlyevaluations, which encourages the students tohelp one another. The Wrst two years of medschool consisted mainly of classes and labs.Boeras is currently halfway through her clinicalclerkships, and getting to experience the majormedical specialties that will help her decideupon her residency area. She passed the Wrststep of the United States Medical LicensingExam this past summer, scoring in the ninety-ninth percentile. She also spent a summer doinglaboratory research, examining the humanimmune response to Chlamydia infections.

She enjoys working with people more thanspending long hours in the lab, so she's lookingstrongly at pediatrics and internal medicine as spe-cialties, and to her ob/gyn rotation next semester.

“The whole world has changed with modernmedicine," said Boeras. “Patients aremore informed and involved in their care, theyhave questions and challenge their physicians'decisions. It's more important now than everbefore to educate people." She believes that thisgreater awareness is good, even if it requires cor-recting misinformation patients get on theInternet or from pharmaceutical advertisements.

As for educating our nation's youth in mathand science, Crina is pragmatic. “Studying sci-ence helps you understand the world aroundyou. Math helps with everyday activities, butmore importantly, the concepts and critical rea-soning skills that you develop will help youprocess complicated information, and help youmake decisions and reason through situations inany Weld." She says she recalls little of thespeciWcs from her advanced calculus or APphysics classes from high school, but notes thatshe can take large amounts of facts and makesense of them, applying them to new situations.“It helps me enormously with my everyday workin making medical decisions."

Crina's volunteer activities include organizinga women's health interest group that paired stu-dents with female physicians, serving at theYale-run Free Clinic, and organizing a journalclub. Her next endeavor may be research withmonies now available from the so-called OrphanDrug Fund. The National Institutes of Health(NIH) recognize the need for research into non-lucrative drugs, and as she noted, "As pathogensbecome resistant to the current drugs we shouldbe in a race to Wnd new antibacterials, and thedrug companies are reluctant to pursue this, asit's not proWtable."

Whatever path she takes, we know where we'llWnd Crina Boeras in a few years; at the top of hergame and making a diVerence in the world. Q




jonathan li ’57Cancer Researcher

Jonathan Li has a vivid memory of his very Wrstexperience at New Hampton School. It was thesummer of 1955 and he was taking an Americanhistory summer school class. International sci-entists were gathered at New Hampton Schoolfor a prestigious, week-long scientiWc meeting:the Gordon Research Conferences.

Only Wfteen years old, Li knew was intriguedby the scientists and sat down in the back rowto listen. He was inspired and distinctly recallssaying to himself, “One day, I'm going to runone of these."

Twenty-three years later, he did.Among many other accomplishments,

Jonathan Li, PhD, is the founder of the GordonConferences on Hormonal Carcinogenesis andthe chairperson of International Symposia onHormonal Carcinogenesis. Held every threeyears since 1991, the conferences have beenbased in Cancun, Stockholm, Seattle, Valencia,Paris, and next year, Tokyo.

Discovering the cause of hormonal cancers,especially breast cancer in women, has been thelifelong work of both he and his wife, SaraAntonia Li, PhD. “Bud Moore used to open theGordon Conferences for me, and he alwaysembarrassed me; he said too many nice things,"said Li. “He knew so much about everything and

everyone, down to the last detail. He is anamazing man who is very important to me."Headmaster Moore was instrumental to Li'spositive experiences at NHS, in addition to histeachers in chemistry and English, Mr. Smart,Mr. Holly, and Mr. Reed.

A scientist to his core, Li nevertheless empha-sized the importance of English, of writingeYciently, coherently, and logically in his work.“Writing is an under-appreciated skill.Unfortunately, many scientists are poor writers,and it's very important in grants, which areneeded for research," he explained. “Grantmonies Xow from well-written grant proposals."New Hampton prepared him well. He tested outof Wrst-year English and chemistry at BrownUniversity by taking the AP exams.

Li received degrees in chemistry and philoso-phy from Brown, then went to Columbia andStanford to study anatomy, cell biology, cellphysiology, and endocrinology. His PhD in phar-macology was earned at Upstate Medical Center,suny Syracuse. Three years of postdoctoralwork was completed at Harvard Medical School,where a favorite advisor set him free to pursue“whatever you want," which led to eleven pub-lished papers and signiWcant grant dollars.

Later he went to the University ofMinnesota, where his family expanded to four,before moving to Washington State University.He currently serves as director of etiology andprevention of hormonal cancers at theUniversity of Kansas Medical Center. His sonChristopher, MD/PhD, also works on breakingthe breast cancer code, identifying risk factorsin population-based studies. DaughterStephanie, PhD, is a professor of English at theUniversity of Rochester.

In addition to teaching Li has served on edi-torial boards and on numerous reviewcommittees of the National Institutes of Health,the American Cancer Society, the U.S. ArmyMedical Research and Material Command, andthe California Breast Cancer Research Program.He has been a consultant for the Food and DrugAdministration, is a regular keynote conferencespeaker, and has shepherded numerous researchfellows and graduate students in his thirty-sevenyears of professional activity.

One of his newest positions is editor-in-chiefof a new journal, Hormones and Oncogenesis, tobe published by Springer, New York.

His research has led to important discoveries.Li's work reveals that 60 percent of all cancersare hormonally related: Thirty-two percent of allfemale cancers are breast cancers, and 30 per-cent of all male cancers show up as prostratecancer. Years ago these cancers were understud-ied—deemed too complex for meaningfulresearch. These challenges did not deter Li, whois trying to solve how estrogens and other hor-mones cause breast cancer.

Discovery aside, Li relishes the internationalnature of his work. “It's been really interestingto see the Weld grow," he said. He takes greatpleasure in travel to international meetingswhere a variety of disciplines converge, andwhere people who do not normally meet andtalk can share ideas. “This is my reward!" heexclaimed.

He attributes some of his success to NHS.The importance of early training in a variety ofdisciplines is critical to broaden the mind, heexplained. “The advantage I've had over less suc-cessful people is that I could cross disciplinesmentally; borrowing from diVerent areas." It'sabout making connections where there werenone before.

With science, you have to love it, he conclud-ed. “I get paid very well for working in asandbox—playing! I have curiosity, the curiosityof trying to improve mankind. I've always beenan idealist." Q


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spotlight on alumni

barkley sive ’88Climate Change Scientist

Barkley Sive, 37, is having the time of his life. Asan analytical and atmospheric chemist at theUniversity of New Hampshire, he's Wnally doingwhat he truly loves. He's traveled the world (toevery continent but Antarctica), gets paid for it,and it feels like play. Most of all, he knows he'smaking a diVerence, a huge diVerence.

“I always had a genuine concern for the envi-ronment and wanted to help people. At NewHampton, I thought I'd study to become a doc-tor," he chuckled, “and in a way I am, except ona global scale; and my patient is our atmos-phere." A PhD and frequent contributor toNature and the American Geophysical Union,Barkley traces his scientiWc foundations to NewHampton School.

Here, biology teacher “Mikey" CioVredi andtheatre teacher Charlene Joyce saw him as anindividual and pushed him to go into new areaswith conWdence. Gifted academically, Sive alsoplayed bass and excelled at sports, playing icehockey (he still does pickup games from time totime), soccer, and lacrosse. Lifelong friendshipswere forged and he's still in touch with CharlieAldrich ’87 and John Wait ’88.

Barkley has made decisions by being open tocircumstance. After a year of pre-med at ClarkUniversity, he decided to head back home to

Orange County in California. Knowing theimportance of research for his med school plans,he riXed through the faculty list at University ofCalifornia, Irvine and was attracted to aProfessor F. Sherwood Rowland in theChemistry Department, who became his advisorin 1990 and lifelong mentor. “This guy enteredhigh school at age twelve, graduated from collegeat eighteen, and was an exceptional athlete play-ing semi-pro baseball and basketball."

Barkley hoped his strength in chemistry,Rowland's specialty, would further his pursuit ofmedicine. But there was much more to come.The amazing “Sherry" Rowland (as he's knownby his colleagues) received the Nobel Prize in1995; Barkley was a key part of his close-knitresearch group at that time, participating inseven international atmospheric chemistry air-craft campaigns, involved in every facet of theWeld missions from equipment calibration, sam-ple collection and analysis, and manuscriptpreparation. In recognition of his graduate workat UC Irvine, Barkley received the 1997 UCITown and Gown Joan Rowland Scholarship.

Sive received his BS and MS degrees inchemistry (1993, 1995) and PhD in analyticaland atmospheric chemistry (1998). Primarily,Barkley studies the composition of the earth'satmosphere by conducting fast-response, ultra-trace measurements, capturing information onas many as one hundred diVerent trace gasesthat are key to understanding air quality and cli-mate change in just ninety seconds. He tinkerswith expensive toys, he'd tell you, “One of myinstruments in our lab costs more than ahouse!" In his post as research associate profes-sor at UNH, where he's been since 2002, he'sfree to pursue his research interests and teachonly the classes he wants as part of the ClimateChange Research Center.

There's no tenure safety net and he is self-funded, but he wouldn't have it any other way.UNH tops an elite list of schools, includingHarvard, Princeton, and UC Irvine that arehighly ranked for geoscience research.

Sive's research is having a real impact in hisWeld. Just ten years ago a scientist's research inacademia was shunned by the scientiWc commu-nity if it had any “practical" application. Today,

“geo-engineering" is the new buzzword as main-stream science is now moving more towardsolving society's most complex problems.

He has focused the majority of his eVorts onbuilding novel instrumentation and generatinghigh quality volatile organic compound (voc)measurements for a UNH air quality and climateprogram. Funded primarily by noaa's OYce ofOceanic and Atmospheric Research, the programfocuses on atmospheric chemical and physicalobservations in rural to semi-remote areas ofNew Hampshire, downwind of majorurban/industrialized emissions.

Barkley has thought a great deal about theconundrum of engaging disinterested youngpeople in science and math. “Technology leadsthe world, and technology is driven by math andscience, period," he pronounced. He works withgraduate students, undergraduates, and highschool students, and suspects that moreWnancial resources are only part of the solutionto engage young people. Hands-on learning andinitiative are the keys to learning, Sive believes.Urging students to formulate their own ques-tions and work in an active developmental lab,not a canned lab with pre-formulated activitiesand results, is crucial. It's tricky, though, becausestudents often do not know how to formulatequestions or analyze data critically.

“Too often they are waiting to be told what todo. The rigor of learning the rules should beestablished and integrated into all subjects asearly as elementary school. After all, learningmath is not unlike learning a language," he said.“They both have sets of rules and only when oneknows the rules, can one question or break themto make discoveries."

When not attending to our atmosphere,Barkley and his Wancé Terri, currently in herthird year in veterinary school, support a localrescue organization for Weimaraners. Barkley isalso still close with his former research groupfrom Irvine.

A phone rings in the distance as we talk. He isa bit anxious to check on his own research groupin his lab where a dozen graduate students arelaboring 24/7. Yes, he's on call, and more thanglad to be of help to mankind and the world. Q

– Martha Shepp


What's it like to be a New Hampton School teacher?bekka: There's a lot of opportunity to get to knowthe kids and small class sizes deWnitely facilitatelots of hands-on work. In Honors Physics webuilt cup slings to study circular motion, and itwas easy for small groups to go outdoors.justin: I agree—there's better interaction withstudents. In Algebra I can give every studentone-on-one advice as they start their homework.

How does your background as scientists influenceyour teaching?bekka: I introduce a lot of experimental design,how to do an experiment and write up a labreport. My background is interdisciplinary andmy students learn from diVerent perspectives.justin: I use my personal experience to sharewith students what's out there in the world. Ilike being involved on so many diVerent levels,as a teacher, coaching, and living in adorm…they knock on our door all the time!

Before meeting you both took jobs as research assis-tants in Antarctica. What drew you there?bekka: My undergraduate professor atDartmouth went every southern hemispheresummer (our winter), and asked me to go mysenior year. It was remote and exciting; whowould turn that down? We were part of a projectstudying soil chemistry.justin: I wanted to do water chemistry work inthe Rockies, but my professor had only had oneavailable research position, in Antarctica. I washesitant, but others said it was a great experi-ence and my Dad said, “Why not?" So Imeasured the Xow and chemistry of glaciers inthe McMurdo Dry Valley, Antarctica's largest icefree area. It's the only landscape on earth thatmight accurately represent the surface of Mars.bekka: Justin was stationed at a Weld camp inthe Dry Valleys, sleeping in a tent every night,and I was at McMurdo Station on Ross Island,working in the science lab. My research grouptook a trip out to the Dry Valleys and Justin's“stream team" happened to be at the same Weldcamp. That's how we met.

What do you tell your friends about NHS?bekka: The community is incredibly supportive.When we Wrst got here, everyone came up andwelcomed us.justin: It's a diVerent look on communities.Here, we all live together, go to school together,eat together, play together, and learn together.

What impresses you about the school?bekka: I am very impressed that so many mem-bers of this community are extremely dedicatedto their work.justin: The direction that the school is trying totake with the new Strategic Plan, the global focuswith the regional application. That, and the newMath-Science Center helped attract us here.

editor's note: Director of Development SandyColhoun also worked in Antarctica, though not atthe same time as the Joslins. A selection of Colhoun'sphotographs and the Joslins' can be viewed atwww.newhampton.org/Hamptonia.



rebekka joslinScience Department

(teaches General Biology, Honors Physics)

hometown: Glens Falls, NYeducation: BA, Ecology andEnvironmental Studies, DartmouthCollege; MS, Earth Science,Dartmouth Collegeprior experience: AnalyticalChemist, Endyne, Inc.; ResearchAssistant, Institute of Arctic Studiescoaches: Women’s Varsity FieldHockey, Women’s Varsity Softball,Recreational Ski Program

justin joslinMath and Science Departments

(teaches Algebra II, Physics)

hometown: Littleton, NHeducation: BS, EnvironmentalEngineering, Syracuse University; MS,Environmental Engineering,University of Coloradoprior experience: Sta= Scientist,Pioneer Environmental Associates;Research Assistant, Institute of Arcticand Alpine Researchcoaches: Prep Ski Team, RockClimbing

both: Met and got engaged in Antarctica (the couple celebrates at left); havehiked mountains around the world (Africa, Europe, New Zealand, North America),are members of NHS’s Husky Green Council (environmental working group)


alex slover kevin moonsayde mohr

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new hampton school has produced outstanding math andscience students for generations; here are some stellarexamples from the class of 2008.

Sayde Mohr, South Bristol, MEmath-science classes (junior–senior years): AP Calculus AB, APPhysics, Precalculus Honors, Biology Honorssampling of teachers’ comments: “When challenged by…inversetrigonometric functions, she put forth strong e=ort, fully understandingthe concepts and implications of inverses, their domains, and ranges.”colleges applied to: California State Polytechnic University-Pomona,Clemson University, University of Colorado at Boulder, University ofSouthern California, UCLAprobable college major: Architectureenjoys most about math and science: “Physics is interesting to mebecause it applies directly to everyday life.”

Jae Hyon “Kevin” Moon, Seoul, South Koreamath-science classes (junior–senior years): AP PhysicsElectricity, Multivariable Calculus, AP Physics Mechanical, AP CalculusBC, Biology Honorssampling of teachers’ comments: “He has a curiosity and sees theexcitement behind a di;cult math problem. What others might see as dry,he sees as an interesting challenge and he has the stamina to pursue it.”colleges applied to: Boston College, University of California(Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, and San Diego), Carnegie Mellon

University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Cooper Union, EmoryUniversity, Johns Hopkins University, MIT, New York University, OlinCollege of Engineeringprobable college major: Physicsenjoys most about math and science: “I strive to investigate orknow more about the most basic, natural things in life. I want to answer,‘Why are these things so?’”

Alex Slover, Wilmot Flat, NHmath-science classes (junior–senior years): AP Physics, APCalculus BC, Biology Honors, AP Calculus AB, AP ComputerProgramming (self-taught)sampling of teachers’ comments: “He prepared for the (APCalculus) exam with intense diligence, and his >nal project was simply atour d’ force of mathematical comprehension.”colleges applied to: Boston University, Cornell University, MIT, OlinCollege of Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, RochesterInstitute of Technology, Worcester Polytechnic Institutepossible college majors: Computer Science, MechanicalEngineering, Physicsenjoys most about math and science: “I love looking at a seeming-ly impossible problem and realizing that it can be solved by breaking itup into pieces.”

editor’s note: Slover is a >nalist in the highly competitive NationalMerit Scholarship Program.



Student Activities Director and Tutor Ted Stiles turns a few headswhen he drives by, but it’s not because of the paint job on his VWJetta. It’s the subtle smell. Depending on what’s been cooking at thedining hall his exhaust can resemble French fries or chicken, becausethe car is powered by the waste vegetable oil from NHS’s deep fryers.

“The diesel engine,” Stiles explained, “was actually designed torun on peanut oil.” He’s simply added another fuel system, whichallows him to run his car on either diesel or vegetable oil.

The dining hall’s weekly output of 10–15 gallons of waste oil isroughly equal to what Stiles needs to run his car, and he also picksup free waste oil from local restaurants. The oil is >ltered to removeimpurities before it goes into his car.

Stiles, a member of New Hampton’s new Husky Green Council, iseager to point out the signi>cant environmental bene>ts of hisunusual fuel. “Unlike gasoline, waste vegetable oil doesn’t involveextracting, re>ning, and shipping a fossil fuel product across the

country or around the world. It’s something that’s already being pro-duced for another use, so it’s a great way to recycle.

“We need to consider other ways to power our transportation sys-tem,” he continued. “Waste vegetable oil isn’t the only answer;plug-in hybrids, electric cars, ethanol, fuel cells, and increased publictransportation are others that will be in the mix in the future. WhatI’m doing helps >ght global warming because it is a CO2 neutral fuelsystem, and other pollutants that come from fossil fuels are reduced.Plus, I get about 40 m.p.g.”

“And,” he said with a grin, “it sometimes smells like egg rolls!” 7

editor’s note: Stiles uses a system designed by KTM Auto of Plymouth(www.ktmauto.com), which is loosely based on one marketed by theGreasecar company (www.greasecar.com). For more information, con-tact Ted Stiles at [email protected].

waste oil powers car by Peter Miller


separate tubing for diesel and waste vegetable oil (“wvo”)


science lessons

New Hampton School students are actively engaged in real-worldscienti>c analysis and research. A number of their most interesting cur-rent and upcoming assignments involve Web blogs, sites, and surveys,and Hamptonia readers are invited to follow along and contribute.

winter term classesBiology classes taught by Mrs. Rebekka Joslin and Ms. Ilana Saxehave investigated biotechnologies, including genetically modi>edorganisms (GMOs). GMOs are living species that have been geneti-cally manipulated to produce “new and improved” versions (forexample, GMO corn that is more disease-resistant than standardcorn varieties). These and other biotechnologies are controversialbecause they may introduce factors into the environment that somefear might yield undesirable consequences.r For more information visit Ms. Saxe’s blog, posted in the “Cool

Things We Do” section of the NHS Web site, www.newhampton.org

Ecology, taught by Mr. Brummer, has been employing climate changeas a theme to discuss how policymakers use science to make deci-sions. The class has been learning about the atmosphere, climate,and the greenhouse e=ect, and used this knowledge to investigateglobal warming. At the end of the term this knowledge will be used tocalculate each student’s “carbon footprint” with an eye to makingmeaningful lifestyle changes to reduce their greenhouse gas emis-sions. Hamptonia readers can view data from student experiments,view a list of suggestions to help lower the NHS community’s carbonemissions, and >nd their own “carbon footprint” and ways that we allcan contribute to solving the climate change riddle.

r Carbon footprint Web site: www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspxr Mr. Brummer’s blog is posted in “Cool Things We Do” section of

the NHS Web site, www.newhampton.org

spring term classesMrs. Joslin’s and Ms. Saxe’s general biology classes began a unit onecology and environmental science in early March. The focus is onthe interconnections of biotic and abiotic factors in ecosystems andthe human impact on this web. Students are engaging in discus-sions, designing experiments, collecting data, and conductingresearch as they grapple with these questions: How will our environ-ment change as the global population increases and competition fornatural resources becomes increasingly >erce? What is the impact of anindividual on his or her environment? What is sustainable developmentand how will it shape the future? What will happen to ecosystems andthe spread of disease as earth’s temperature rises?r Follow the students’ journey online on Ms. Saxe’s blog,

www.globalproblemslocalsolutions.blogspot.com

Honors biology, ecology, and chemistry classes taught by Mr. RussBrummer and Ms. Peg Frame will monitor the Pemigewasset Riverthroughout the spring term, with students taking water samples andtesting for dissolved oxygen, turbidity, temperature, alkalinity, nitrates,and pH. Data will be sent to the federally-sponsored GLOBE (GlobalLearning and Observation to Bene>t the Environment) program,which monitors environmental quality. r The student >ndings will also be posted in the “Cool Things We

Do” section of the Web site, www.newhampton.org

science lessons on the web

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globe program image, from the noaa environmental modeling center


I am extremely impressed with this group of new teachers. They areskilled in their craft, knowledgeable of their content area, and haveadapted well to the pace of boarding school life.

– director of studies jennifer berry ’83

john buck: art departmentEducation: BA, Art Education, Salem State College Prior Experience: Art Teacher, Dorm Parent, Coach, Fay School;Art Department Chair, Indian Mountain School

peter hutchins ’01: history departmentEducation: BA, History, Plymouth State University Prior Experience: Teacher, Dorm Parent, Coach, New HamptonSchool; Coach, Williams College

justin joslin: math/science departments Education: BS, Environmental Engineering, Syracuse University;MS, Environmental Engineering, University of Colorado Prior Experience: Sta= Scientist, Pioneer Environmental Associates;Research Assistant, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research

rebekka joslin: science departmentEducation: BA, Ecology and Environmental Studies, DartmouthCollege; MS, Earth Science, Dartmouth CollegePrior Experience: Analytical Chemist, Endyne, Inc.; Research Assistant,Institute of Arctic Studies

new faculty

new faculty



jessica kang ’02: math/science departments Education: BA, Zoology, University of New Hampshire;MEd, Secondary School Science, University of New HampshirePrior Experience: Teaching Intern, Dover Middle School;Teaching Assistant, University of New Hampshire

matthew lamotte: history department Education: BA, History, Washington and Lee University Prior Experience: History Teacher, Coach, Dorm Parent, Blue RidgeSchool; History Teacher, Coach, The Wake>eld School

daniel love: history department Education: BA, Political Science, Colorado State University;MA, Education, Chapman University Prior Experience: Chair, History Department, American School ofMexico City; Humanities Teacher, American School of Milan

paul mcadam: english departmentEducation: BA, English, University of New Hampshire;MA, English, Middlebury CollegePrior Experience: English and Social Studies Teacher, Rabat AmericanSchool, Morocco; English Teacher, The American School in London;English Teacher, Indian Springs School

cory mcclure: academic support programEducation: BA, Psychology, University of New EnglandPrior Experience: Basketball Coach, St. Bonaventure University;Basketball Coach, University of New Hampshire;Residence Hall Supervisor, New England College

amy mccormack: math departmentEducation: BS, Exercise Physiology, Boston University Prior Experience: Math Teacher, Spaulding High School

steven michalek: art/english departmentsEducation: BA, English, University at Albany; MFA, Technical Direction, University of Connecticut Prior Experience: Lecturer, University of Connecticut;Technical Director, Ogunquit Playhouse

jill nugent ’03: math departmentEducation: BS, Family and Consumer Sciences, Mercyhurst CollegePrior Experience: Student Teacher, Westlake Middle School;Student Teacher, Fairview High School

erin o’toole ’01: world languageEducation: BA, Spanish, College of Wooster; EdM, Learning andTeaching, Harvard UniversityPrior Experience: English Seminar Leader, King Open School;Special Education Aide, Lin-Wood Public School

tony quintero: world languageEducation: BA, Hispanic Studies, Trinity CollegePrior Experience: Computer Instructor, Fundacio la Caixa

jon shackett: science department Education: BS, Biology, Plymouth State CollegePrior Experience: Science Teacher, Coach, Newfound Middle School; Science Teacher, Coach, Cardigan Mountain School

martha shepp: art department/communicationsEducation: BFA, Illustration/Painting/Design, MinneapolisCollege of Art and Design; MFA, Studio Art/Graphic Design,University of TennesseePrior Experience: Visiting Professor, Coker College; Art TeachingAssistant, University of Tennessee

j. j. truman: academic support programEducation: BS, Business, Plymouth State University Prior Experience: History Teacher, Roosevelt High School;Assistant Basketball Coach, University of New Haven

who is who: Front Row: Amy McCormack, Erin O’Toole, Jessica Kang,

Matthew Lamotte, Rebekka Joslin, John Buck, Jon Shackett, Jillian Nugent,

Justin Joslin; Back: Martha Shepp, Cory McClure, Antonio Quintero, Daniel

Love, J. J. Truman, Peter Hutchins, Paul McAdam, and Steven Michalek.

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warner nickerson ’oo

Warner Nickerson’s eyes were shining with relived excitement abouthis >rst encounter with Alta Badia, Italy’s gran rosa (“grand race”)World Cup event. “It’s unbelievably steep, one of the steepest hillsyou’ve ever seen. We were allowed free skiing the day before. Mybuddy Ted Ligety (an Olympic gold medalist) tells me, ‘get to thefront.’ Everyone pushes and starts, and I’m >fth in line. On the sec-ond pitch, I lost my ski and people were whizzing by…”

With good humor and an endearing lack of hubris, Nickersonbrings you into the world of big-time ski racing. He has shared inter-national adventures with the sport’s top competitors, but sitting inmy Meservey Hall o;ce he’s completely down-to-earth, happy to beback on campus to share the highs and lows of his racing career withHamptonia readers.

At age twenty->ve he has raced the magni>cent peaks of Chile,New Zealand, and across Europe, and the ?at, arti>cial incline of adomed slope in Holland. As a youth he skied his modest hometownhill of Gunstock Mountain in Gilford, NH, where he started highschool before transferring to NHS as a sophomore.

“I didn’t get along with some of my teachers at Gilford, and whenI came here that all changed,” explained Nickerson with a smile.“The class that really stood out for me was AP Bio with Mr. MattCrowley. He was a recent grad of Bowdoin who came to NHS beforegoing to med school. I really enjoyed his class and was sure that Iwas going to be a bio major in college.” (Nickerson also citedEnglish teachers Matt Cheney and Mark Tilton as among those whostrongly in?uenced him.)

With academics going well Nickerson could take greater pleasurein other activities, including playing on the soccer team and skiing.“One of the great things about skiing here was everyone skiedtogether, everyone went to both the prep races and the tournamentraces. We really were just a single team of guys and girls having awhole lot of fun,” he recalled. Brian McLaughlin ’99, Topher Harlow’01, and Radu Nan ’00 (one of several Romanian students to attendNHS at that time) were among his closest friends on the team.

By his senior year Nickerson was one of New Hampton’s topskiers. He was accepted to St. Lawrence University but deferred

from gunstock to world cup by Peter Miller


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college entrance to join “Team Go,” a small, private team inColorado. “I had a phenomenal year there,” he said, coming close—but not close enough—to making the U.S. Ski Team (USST) andqualifying for the U.S. Nationals.

Deciding against St. Lawrence, he applied and was accepted toColby College. By his junior year he was the best skier in the U.S. noton the USST, based o= world rank. He won >ve Eastern Intercolle-giate Ski Association (EISA) College Carnivals and >nished fourth atthe U.S. Nationals in the slalom (again missing USST quali>cation,this time by only eighteen hundredths of a second).

Year by year, Nickerson pushed his way upwards through the ranksof both U.S. and international ski racing. “My senior year at NHS, myyear o= after high school in Colorado, and my junior year in college:these were ‘big jumps’ in my career.” As a college senior he won threemore EISA races including the slalom title, >nished second at theNCAA Division I National Championships in the giant slalom, andtook home two silver medals in the giant slalom and the overall dur-ing the Winter World University Games. At year’s end he once again>nished just short of qualifying for the USST.

Now a college graduate (double major in government and eco-nomics), he joined Ski Racing International (SRI) to advance hisskills. At the start of the 2005–06 season he won a time trial to com-pete in the slalom World Cup at Beaver Creek, CO. A deep bonebruise sidelined him for all of January, but he rebounded to >nish>fth in the giant slalom at the U.S. Nationals.

Last year’s season ended with Nickerson just shy of placing withinthe top 100 world rank in both giant slalom and slalom, and laterthat year the USST >nally invited him on board as a member of theU.S. B Team. B team racers aren’t regulars in “the white circus,” asinsiders call the World Cup circuit, but Nickerson was able to com-pete at Beaver Creek, Alta Badia, and Hinterstoder in Austria. He hadreached the pinnacle of ski racing where the competition is >ercestto >nd himself unable to break through to the upper ranks.Nickerson was cut from the team in May 2007.

At this writing Nickerson is based in Austria, “working out withBode Miller’s Team America,” and strategizing his return to the

World Cup circuit. This year will be mainly dedicated to Europa Cupcompetition, and he’s expecting that success at that level will providethe springboard back to his sport’s premiere events.

“For me it is no longer about racing in World Cup events for expe-rience,” said Nickerson. “I’ve had success at every lower level andwant to be ready to make an impact when I get back to the ‘BigShow.’ That’s what this whole year is about—getting more experi-ence, racing against better competition, and skiing faster so when Iget the call up I’m ready to not just race in a World Cup but to actu-ally break into the top thirty.”

Nickerson is philosophical about whatever may happen. “I’vebeen following my dream and as in any kind of career, there are gooddays and bad days. But even after a bad day you look around andrealize that you’re in an amazing place and appreciate just how luckyyou are.” #

Allison “Allie” Lee, a member of the New Hampton SchoolClass of 2008, has been named to the United States Freestyle“C” Ski Team in the aerials category. Lee, who is competing inthe North American Cup competition series and has a goodshot at advancing to the World Cup level, is ranked amongthe top six female aerial skiers in the U.S. She is also thereigning U.S. Junior National Champion in this category. Leecompeted in Switzerland in 2006–07 and Russia in 2005–06and placed >rst among U.S. women both times.

allie lee: aerial champion

r Follow Warner Nickerson’s ski racing career on his Website, www.warnernickerson.com

r Nickerson is a self-funded skier. For the past two years afall golf tournament has been held at the Owl’s NestGolf Club, Campton, NH, to help pay expenses. (TomMullen ’62, a part owner of the Owl’s Nest, has helpedset up these events and NHS was a sponsor of the 2007tournament.) For information about this year’stournament, contact the Owl’s Nest at 603.726.3076.

warner nickerson online


hall of fall induction ceremonyIt was a typical fall day in New Hampshire with predictably unpre-dictable weather. The torrential rains that battered campus onOctober 27, however, failed to diminish the enthusiasm of the packedField House for the second annual Athletic Hall of Fame inductionceremony, which was followed by the dedication of Kennedy Field.

Twenty->ve alumni and two coaches, representing decades of ath-letic prowess and sportsmanship, were honored. In openingremarks, Head of School Andrew Menke stressed that the impor-tance of sports went beyond wins and losses. “Athletics at NHS isabout more than the proverbial score. As is true for our current stu-dent-athletes, it is about hard work and commitment, aboutrelationships and teamwork, about pride and humility, all life lessonslearned here on this beautiful campus and carried out into the livesof our esteemed graduates.”

Former faculty member and NHS coach, Mark Tilton, read thecitation presented to his former student and fellow teacher, GaraField ’87. Gara was a basketball and soccer star during four years atthe school, played soccer at the University of Hartford, and taught andcoached at NHS. “Gara was a pioneer for women’s athletics at NewHampton School as a student, athlete, and coach,” said Tilton, whonoted that she had several New England Championships to her credit.

Fellow classmate David Abraham ’57 read the male athleteinductee citation for Roger Durant ’57. Roger’s athletic talents onthe football >elds of Ramsey, NJ, New Hampton School, andSpring>eld College earned him several awards and a place in profes-sional football with the New York Titans (later renamed the Jets). Hecontinued to lend his athletic expertise through a career of teachingphysical education and coaching football and wrestling.

Hubert McDonough, Jr. read the citation presented to his sonHubert McDonough, III ’82, who was an amazing hockey talent.Hubie’s postgraduate experience at NHS propelled him into thelimelight at St. Anselm College and a thirteen-year professionalhockey career with the Islanders and other teams, coming ’roundfull circle back to New Hampshire as director of hockey operationswith the Manchester Monarchs. Former NHS Coach Mark Trivettalso shared his admiration of Hubie’s talent and enthusiasm as astudent-athlete.

Former headmaster, teacher, and coach Lou Gnerre read the citationwritten by William Canon ’86 for his friend Roberto Hernandez ’84.“He left an indelible mark on New Hampton School as his character,charisma, tremendous talent, and generosity of spirit lifted an entirecommunity. He has achieved, by any measure, professionally and per-sonally, extraordinary success.” Roberto’s professional baseball career


hall of fame/field dedication

a day to honor athletics by Cindy Buck


as a relief pitcher spans sixteen years and eight major league teams,including the Mets and the Dodgers.

Trustee Robinson Moore ’73 read the citation posthumouslyhonoring New Hampton School legend Coach David Rice, whosethirty-year varsity soccer coaching career ended with a 219-159-17record, nine Lakes Region Championships, and scores of playersgoing on to play in college and beyond. “Unconventional in his moti-vational tactics, David earned a reputation as an insightful coachwho knew whom to play in which positions to win games,” saidMoore. Rice also served the school in many capacities from 1954–90as a teacher, coach, dorm master, director of guidance, director ofstudies, advisor, counselor, and alumni contact. Rice’s widow, Annie,and daughter, Charlotte, received the citation.

The 1957 Men’s Soccer Team was honored collectively. Formerteacher and coach Skip Howard read the citation describing theundefeated squad as “one of those rare teams that occur in aschool’s history.” The team was notable for its international compo-sition and for quickly jelling “into an awesome scoring machine thatheld opponents to a meager number of goals,” Howard explained.

Team members present included co-captain Thomas Moss ’58,Russell Johnson ’58, Tom Slayton ’58, Gard Thompson ’58, TeamManager Jason Pilalas ’58, and Annie and Charlotte Rice on behalf ofawe-inspiring coach David Rice. Those unable to attend included JoseM. Alcaine ’59, Salvador Alcaine ’59, Sheridan Codman,Eduardo Echeverria ’59, Ralph Ellis ’58, Carlos Martinez ’58,John Masters ’58, James McDevitt, James Morison ’58, co-captainChristian Parlanti ’59, Francisco Pimentel, Norman

Rosenblatt ’59 (deceased), Frederick Slamin ’59, Ricardo Vargas’58, John Zeissig ’59, and team manager George Siekielski, Jr. ’58.

Master of Ceremonies Jamie Arsenault, NHS’s director of athlet-ics and co-curriculars, spoke about his relationship with the school.“I have realized that NHS is not my home but a guesthouse and thatI am here as a caretaker of this guesthouse. We are all caretakers andare here to make this place better than it was before we arrived. Ichallenge students to learn from the inductees and maybe somedayyou will be up on stage as they are today.”

kennedy field dedicationNew Hampton’s new, state-of-the-art, synthetic turf >eld was dedicat-ed indoors to escape the downpour. Head of School Andrew Menkespoke about the >eld’s benefactors, Robert ’50 and Sally Kennedy,whose gift of Kennedy Field honors Robert’s parents, Reed and LoisSmith Kennedy, whose four sons attended New Hampton School.

“Our school community can collectively appreciate the tangible andmeaningful impact of this gift,” said Menke. “Kennedy Field willenhance New Hampton’s extremely bright future in the realm of inde-pendent school athletic programs. Bob Kennedy’s love of NewHampton School runs deep. He has been a faithful and generous sup-porter of the school for several decades, including his tireless serviceas a trustee and board chair. He is a stellar example of one whohumbly serves because it is simply the right thing to do.”

T. Holmes “Bud” Moore ’38 spoke about each of the four Kennedysons who attended New Hampton School (Robert ’50, Tom ’42, George

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opposite page, clockwise from top

left: Skip Howard, Jason Pilalas ’58, Annie

Rice, Gard Thompson ’58, Tom Slayton ’58,

Russell Johnson ’58, Tom Moss ’58, Jamie

Arsenault, and Andrew Menke; Andrew

Menke, Mark Tilton, and Gara Field ’87;

the game on Kennedy Field; Hubert

McDonough, III ’82 with his father, Hubert

McDonough, Jr; Roger Durant ’57. this

page, clockwise from left: Kennedy

Field plaque; the >eld on a fall day; Robert

Kennedy and his commemorative jersey;

Roberto Hernandez ’84.


’43, and Ty ’46), and about Bob’s support of the school over severaldecades of support and service. “All of us are pleased and grateful thatKennedy Field is here to remind this and future generations of the devo-tion and generosity of Bob and Sally Kennedy,” said Moore.

Board Chairman Jason Pilalas ’58 shared his admiration. “I haveknown Bob Kennedy for many years and have deeply admired hiswisdom, his sense of humor, his superior business acumen, and hissteadfast devotion to and support of New Hampton School,” saidPilalas. Bob and Sally stepped forward and, by means of a slideshow, “unveiled” the plaque which proudly rests by Kennedy Field,inscribed as follows:

Kennedy FieldA gift of Sally and Robert Kennedy 1950

Dedicated October 27, 2007Named in honor of Lois Smith and Reed Kennedy

“Together they gave their boys an education”

“For me, this beautiful >eld irrespective of name is an ‘everyman’ and ‘every woman’ >eld,” said Bob. “For every man andevery woman who have ever competed or maybe, cheered them-selves hoarse for their team and have known the thrill of victoryor the agony of defeat and the sportsmanship required in eithercondition, and for this present and the next generation of stu-dents and student-athletes who want to compete and have funand someday give back to New Hampton some small measure ofwhat they will take away.” A thunderous round of applause andappreciation ensued and commemorative Kennedy Field T-shirtswere distributed.

After everyone enjoyed a celebratory brunch in the Memorial DiningHall, Bob Kennedy led the traditional coin toss and received a footballautographed by the entire NHS team. The Huskies went on to trouncePortsmouth Abbey School, 39-28, in a downpour that was barelynoticed on the new turf >eld. Parents of seniors on the team provid-ed yet another celebratory meal at the conclusion of the game. It wasa great day to be a Husky in the truest sense of the word! !


laramie project

The Laramie Project, a powerful docudrama comprised of a series of interviews about a tragic incident, was presented in November. In 1998, Matthew Shepard, a twenty-one-

year-old gay college student from Laramie, WY, was brutally beaten, tied to a fence, and left to die. The play’s sixty->ve roles were played by ten talented students: Dana Buckley

’08, Danny Frias ’11, Ali Gennaro ’08, Mike Helms ’08, Alle Karol ’08, Kevin McGrane ’09, Kyle Reich ’08, Andrea Winking ’08, David Winking ’11, and Jeremy Wol= ’09. It

was directed by Joe Sampson and designed by Technical Director Steve Michalek, and Eric Barlow and Allie Andrews were stage managers.

– continued from previous page


It was a rainy day in April 2007. I was working out in the >tnessroom while keeping an eye on my friend Guy Alang-Ntang ’07 as heran over all the other players on the basketball court. They were play-ing hard. I watched as Guy leaped into the air to catch a reboundand hit the ground with a heavy thud. Everything paused, as if on aDVD. Someone called an ambulance. Even as I watched the para-medics load him onto the stretcher and take him away, I assumed itwas just a simple concussion—nothing to worry about.

Guy never woke up, and hours later I heard he’d died. That wasnot all: Guy’s parents in Cameroon, Africa, were struggling >nancial-ly, and Guy’s cousin, the only family member in America, couldn’thelp because of a disability. I asked myself: Why had I not known?Every night after study hall Guy and I would munch on nachos whilewe argued about Korean versus Cameroonian soccer players. Ithought that I knew him.

Activities I’d delighted in before Guy passed away, like playing ten-nis, cooking, or watching soccer matches, no longer brought me thesame joy. My friends commented that I looked unhappy. I wasbecoming a person who didn’t smile.

Grieving, I tried to >nd ways to honor Guy. As the president of WeSupport the World, a Korean club, I redoubled my e=orts to helppeople in Third World countries like Guy’s. We organized an open

bazaar, selling used clothes we had collected as well as the T-shirtswe designed. The bazaar bene>ted several nonpro>ts, including oneorganization in the Philippines that provided children with basicresources like food and clothing.

But it wasn’t until I traveled with Volunteer for the Visayans (VFV)to the Philippines over the summer that I saw >rsthand the incredi-ble adversity these children faced; some of them even dug throughthe garbage, searching for items they could sell. While I was there, Idecided to sponsor a child. Some people might say that supportingone child makes no di=erence and that it results in neither prestigenor material rewards. However, I believe that “To know even one lifehas breathed easier. Because you have lived…This is to have succeed-ed,” as Emerson said.

I will be satis>ed if I can help this child in my own small way togrow up to become a healthy member of society. From this experi-ence I learned that I can a=ect one child’s life and make a di=erence.As I grow up I want to expand these activities to change more peo-ple’s lives. I want to improve more kids’ chances at accessingmedical care in times of need, getting an education, and pursuingextracurricular interests, whether that means playing sports or learn-ing a musical instrument. "

in honor of guy by Ji Hoon Shim ’08

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Ji, a four-year senior from Korea, was a member of my“Capable Writer” intensive writing course. He had to pro-duce one personal narrative per week, conference with meon that piece, and revise it extensively.

He has a contagious sense of humor and a close group offriends. He loves cooking Korean food and sharing his pridefor his country with our community. Having taught Ji whenhe was a sophomore I thought that I knew him pretty well,until I learned more about his generosity and stewardship.

I read his essay about the tragic death of Guy Alang-Ntang ’07, and how it inspired Ji to take on a leadershiprole with the club, We Support The World, back home. Tome, Ji’s humble commitment to international service epito-mizes the direction New Hampton School is movingtowards as we intentionally connect the “familiar with theforeign” with our Strategic Plan. By honoring Guy’s lifethrough his overseas service work, Ji is thinking locally andacting globally.

– Ms. Kristen Reimold

an inspired essay

ms. kristen reimold and jihoon shim ’08

student voice


With his infectious smile and burly frame, Long Ding ’08 has quicklybecome a wonderful addition to our school community. Not only hashe contributed in many ways on the football >eld, he has made hispresence felt in the classroom and in the dorm. In China, Long callsQingdao his home city and I’m sure he’ll consider New Hampton asecond home when he looks back on his great experience here.

In 2007 Head of School Andrew Menke and I traveled to China,and we learned a great deal about schools and students there. WhileLong’s admission was not a direct result of that trip he serves as ameaningful example for those who follow.

Late last summer I was contacted about a “Chinese football playerwho is a very talented kicker.” A top executive from USA Football, anorganization that works closely with the NFL to recognize interna-tional talent, encouraged New Hampton School to consider Long foradmission. I sensed his motivation to “try this new experience” andworked with the rest of the Admission O;ce to admit him.

Long has presented a strong demeanor in everything he has beenexposed to this year. He has an incredible work ethic on the >eld and

in the classroom. I’ve seen him practicing >eld-goals on a Sundaymorning and improving his English skills far past the normal studyhall hours. I have coached him in practice and in the “heat of the bat-tle,” and worked with him on basic English grammar and on collegeapplications.

All in all, I’m deeply appreciative of the opportunities to commu-nicate with Long and support him in his journey. He is anunassuming young man who is proud to represent his family and hiscountry. He knows it’s very rare for someone from China to playAmerican football while earning a quality education at a school likeNew Hampton and at an American university.

I am very grateful for my relationship with Long and I enjoy beingaround him, because he’s determined and brings a contagiously pos-itive attitude to all he does. I will miss the high->ves after asuccessful >eld-goal or an exciting tackle, a quick “hi” in passingbetween classrooms or in the dining hall, or simply saying “good-night” when I leave Ebbels dorm after night duty. I believe that we’vebuilt a friendship that will last a lifetime. R

fall sports wrap-up


at left: Long Ding’s story has appeared

internationally on the radio, in print, and on the

Web. Here he delivers a genuine smile during a

lengthy Sports Illustrated for Kids photo shoot.

above: Football Coach David Per>eld and Long.

chinese kicker clicks at nhs by David Per>eld


Our new synthetic turf Kennedy Field was just one of many athletic highlights this fall. Several Huskies received special honors and awards,and the Men’s Soccer Team quali>ed for championship play. All in all it was a strong and exciting season for NHS athletics.

The Cross Country Team had over twenty participants this year and >nished >fth in the Lakes Region. Season highlights included a homemeet victory over Holderness School (our >rst in many years), and David Miller ’09 achieving a medal >nish at the Lakes Region championshipat season’s end. Leah Heal ’08 was the >rst recipient of the Tessier-Tyson Cross Country Scholarship. (See the inside front cover for more infor-mation about this new scholarship.)

The Men’s Varsity Football Team >nished its >rst season in the Evergreen League with a record of 5-3 and was ranked second in the SouthernDivision. The Huskies had an outstanding year and earned many league awards. Anthony Smalls ’08 was voted First Team All New England andwas an Evergreen League All Conference selection. Tori Childers ’08, Young Jun Kim ’08, and Justin Norris ’10 were also named All Conference.

The New Hampton Men’s Soccer Team >nished its season at 9-7 and quali>ed for the NEPSAC Class B Soccer Championships. This was thesecond consecutive year that the Huskies quali>ed for postseason play. We lost to a very strong Roxbury Latin team in the >rst round, 2-0. BenBrewster ’08, Matt McFadden ’08, and Fabio Barbosa ’08 all represented New Hampton School in the end of the year New England All-StarGame. The East team won 2-0 with Ben Brewster scoring both goals.

The Women’s Varsity Soccer team started on a strong note, winning three of its >rst >ve games. Injuries caught up with the team over thecourse of the season, though the Huskies closed with a huge 3-1 win on Tilton Day. The team was led by the defensive play of Olivia Norris ’08,Erin Lanni ’09, and Lydia Gill ’10. – Jamie Arsenault

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Our marvelous new Kennedy Field was inaugurated with a football victory (at left).

New Hampton’s fall sports include (going clockwise) Cross Country, Soccer, and Field

Hockey, as well as Equestrian, Mountain Biking, Rock Climbing, and Volleyball.


Hello friends,

As many of you know I was away from New Hampton for a whileteaching at Plymouth State University and working in the guidancedepartment at Fryeburg Academy. I’m back now and it’s great to seeNew Hampton School meeting the academic challenges of the timesand watching the physical plant grow and improve. When was thelast time you came back for a visit? Come back to New HamptonSchool and see us; you’ll be impressed at the changes.

I have a job (it can hardly be called that) working in the AlumniO;ce. In connection with that, I’ve been asked to write this little arti-cle called “Lou’s Corner.” I guess they need to >ll some blank space.I’m not sure yet what I’ll be writing about, so let me know what youwould like to hear.

What I do is contact as many alumni as I can, >nd out what theyhave been doing since leaving New Hampton (boy, am I frequentlysurprised) and I encourage them to come back. I’m having a lot offun talking to people I haven’t heard from in years, but I’d be havingmore fun if I were talking to you. Please write or call me—let meknow where you are, what you are doing, who you see from yourclass, who you would like to see.

Reunions are much more fun when we have a good turnout andyou can help in the planning so let me hear from you (my phonenumber is 603.744.8704; address is 70 Main Street, New Hampton,New Hampshire, 03256; e-mail is [email protected]).

This year’s reunion classes are honoring the years ending in a 3 oran 8 although everyone is invited to attend reunion any year theywish. Reunion committees are being formed and you will be hearingmore from us and your classmates who are working on the commit-tees. T.H. is looking at his 70th reunion so come help us celebratewith Bud and Jinga at a special gala honoring them on Saturdayevening, May 31, part of Reunion 2008.

I would also encourage you to think about nominating a fellowclassmate or former coach for induction into our recently createdAthletic Hall of Fame. You can send the information to me if you wishor you can simply go to our Web site at www.newhampton.org, and goto the Athletics Page under the Programs tab. We are also compilinga list of noteworthy alumni over and beyond (but including athletics)and would love to hear from you about fellow classmates who havegone on to do great things.

You have probably heard that we are about to lose an old land-mark. Randall Hall will be torn down during the spring to make roomfor the new Math-Science Center. I’m sure many of you have storiesabout Randall. Send them to me and we will print the printable ones!

“Lou’s Corner” can only be successful if I hear from you—so tellme your stories, let me know how I can help you >nd your old class-mates, and plan to come back to campus when you can.

I look forward to hearing from you!

Lou GnerreAlumni Ambassador

P.S. Hall of Fame Nominations Wanted: Make your nomination onlineat www.newhampton.org/athletics.

P.P.S. NHS Memorabilia Wanted: If you are cleaning out an attic orbasement and come across memorabilia (athletics, arts, academic),please let us know. Contact Cindy Buck at 603.677.3414;[email protected].

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class of 1950Duncan Grandin sent holiday

wishes to New Hampton School

and writes that while his advanc-

ing age is beginning to slow him

down, he did go to a rodeo in the

town of White Bird, ID, as a new

location for his photography skills.

While the timing of this rodeo did

not lend itself to as many photo

opportunities as he had originally

hoped, he attended several other

rodeos throughout Idaho, taking

over 750 shots in a mere two days’

time. He also made a trip back east

to visit his brother in Connecticut

who is battling lung cancer. The

shift in NHS reunions from fall to

spring makes it less likely that he

will be back on campus any time

soon, but hopefully he will make

the trip to see his alma mater once

again when he can.

class of 1951Phil O’Hara writes, “Pat and I are

enthusiastic about developments at

NHS and the new strategic plan. The

NHS Night at the Boston Pops each

June seemed to identify our only NHS

activity for a long time, despite our

youth. My granddaughter Kate NHS

’06 is doing very well in college.

Gerry LaMarque (undergoing a

knee replacement) reminded me of

our hockey days on the pond and of

Fred Smith’s active engagement at our

games in a telephone conversation

last week; it was fun reminiscing.

Walt Crosier reminded me as well

in a phone chat last week of our NHS

days and our childhood. Those chats

are so meaningful for me. Pat is suc-

cessfully enduring her chemotherapy

treatments for breast cancer while I

am back at work at Brown having

been out six months with complica-

tions from the successful clipping of a

cranial aneurysm. I hope to see as

many of you as possible at the cele-

bration for Bud and Jinga on May 31."

class of 1959Jon Bartel retired in August 2007

after twenty-six years, most of them

as editor of Coastlines, the magazine

of the UC Santa Barbara Alumni

Association. He plans to teach an

adult education course on the U.S.

vice presidency following up on an

interest in government sparked by

former NHS faculty member Bert

Lamb’s U.S. History class.

class of 1961George S. Robinson, Jr. of

Chester Springs, PA, sent the follow-

ing piece to the alumni oYce in

honor of and in tribute to his men-

tor, T. Holmes Moore ’38: “I was a

student at New Hampton from

September of 1957 until I graduated

in June of 1961. After nearly Wfty

years of living post-NH I have come

to realize that while I may not have

taken advantage of all the education-

al opportunities aVorded, I received,

on one day, more than enough to

repay both the cost and the time

expenditures. One of our classmates

was subject to grand-mal epileptic

seizures. On the opening day of class

for that academic year we attended

our normal assembly before class

began, but this assembly was any-

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clockwise, from top left: John Veazey

’47, Andrew Menke, and Veazey House

residents. Veazey family alumni include

John’s grandfather William, Class of 1892,

and father Allen ’21. John recently presented

NHS with an archival resolution recognizing

Allen’s twenty-two years of trustee service;

Chris Hart ’04 catches up with former faculty

member Will Levy in Australia; Director of

Visual and Performing Arts Amy Wilson

reconnects with Asako Matsuura ’02; Robert

Wahl ’05 on the ?ight deck with fellow

members of the U.S. Navy; Matt Smith ’00

with his daughter Madison and wife Jill.


thing but normal. All the students

except the one afore-mentioned were

present. The town physician, Dr.

William Walsh, was on the stage

along with the headmaster, Mr. T.

Holmes Moore. The assembly was

opened with a brief statement of the

medical problem facing the one

absent student.

“T. H. then turned the meeting

over to Dr. Walsh who explained the

condition, described the current

knowledge of the medical communi-

ty about this condition, and how

such seizures should be handled by

those present when one occurred.

As I recall, there were a few sarcastic

remarks but these were quickly put

down by other students. In retro-

spect I was proud of my classmates.

This assembly showed that they

possessed a high level of empathy

and an overwhelming willingness to

help and, yes, protect that class-

mate. In grand-mal seizures the

subject is entirely out of control and

in imminent danger of damaging

his gums, lips, and teeth, and of

swallowing his tongue. As a result

very quick action is required. No

time exists to ask for help or call a

doctor. We saw this many times as

the student had these grand-mal

seizures and was saved from harm

by the actions of his classmates.

“Why do I bring this up? One of

my sisters had suVered petit-mal

seizures from birth and occasionally

had a grand-mal seizure. During

Christmas vacation the year after

that assembly I was at my home

with her twin sister and a sitter as

my parents were oV on a trip. My

sister was playing with the water in

the sink and all looked serene.

Suddenly she had a grand-mal

seizure and fell to the Xoor. No one

else had the slightest idea what was

happening. Remember that in the

Wfties epilepsy wasn’t talked about.

Having someone in the family who

suVered from epilepsy was consid-

ered shameful. Fortunately I had the

knowledge imparted by NHS so I

recognized what was happening,

knew what I had to do, and did it.

After she settled down we put her in

bed and let her sleep. At the time I

received nothing from my parents,

no acknowledgment that I had

taken the proper action at all. My

sister may have thanked me at that

time, I just can’t recall. I just know

that it was not mentioned for

almost Wfty years.

“Jump forward to the year 2007.

My father passed away at the age of

almost 105 and my daughter decid-

ed, while the family was all together

for the funeral services in Florida,

that she had had enough of the bick-

ering and inattention between her

Dad and his siblings, her aunts. She

‘buttonholed’ my sister and told her

that this had gone on too long, what

the heck was the problem? My sister,

for whatever reason, let it all out. My

daughter then grabbed me and told

me about the conversation and told

me that it was now my turn to talk to

my sister honestly. We did and we

have repaired or are slowly but

steadily repairing our relationship.

“Those classmates who knew me

probably remember me as a wise-

guy who was usually in trouble or

causing trouble. I’m sure that I was

the cause of more than a few of TH’s

gray hairs. I must, however, in this

forum make note of my large debt to

T. H. Moore and his manner of con-

ducting school activities. Absent

that one assembly and the informa-

tion which was imparted therein my

sister could have hurt herself badly

or even, had she choked on her

tongue, have died. I now know that

I owe a larger debt to my New

Hampton experience than I ever was

aware of before.

“Thank you, alumni/ae for allow-

ing me to present this story to you.

This, then was the pinnacle of my

New Hampton School experience.

While it's not high-proWle and I did-

n't earn a fortune in my career, this

experience was, in my opinion,

inWnitely more valuable.”

class of 1963William Turville sends his best

wishes for a great New Year to the

Moores and to his classmates. He

added, “by pure weird coincidence,

my wife and I ran into Walt McKay

and his wife at a popular nightclub

in Somerville, MA, recently (we both

were there for a performance by a

particular Brazilian music and dance

troupe that we are all fans of).

Maybe we will try to get together."

Bill is looking forward to being at

NHS for the gala celebration for the

Moores on May 31 as well as part of

Reunion Weekend 2008.

class of 1964The Honorable Christopher

Klein, chief judge of the United

State Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of

the Ninth Circuit in Sacramento,

CA, writes that he continues to enjoy

life in the federal judiciary. His three

daughters are all in college: Mary

Elizabeth attends Stanford Law

School; Susan attends the University

of California in Los Angeles, and

Helen attends the University of

California in Irvine. “Accordingly,"

he writes, “I am Wnding it necessary

to remain gainfully employed!"

class of 1965Dan McLeod recently contacted the

Alumni OYce with his new address

and to share that after twenty-seven

years, he was retiring from the New

Hampshire Automobile Dealers

Association (nhada). Recently Dan

was honored as the recipient of the

Boys Scouts' Distinguished Citizen

award for his extraordinary commu-

nity service eVorts on behalf of the

automobile dealers organization.

Dan has been the head of nhada

for nearly twenty years and has con-

sistently made time to serve his

community in variety of ways,

including as a member of the state's

community technical college system.

In accepting his well-deserved

award, Dan credited the state's auto-

mobile dealers who are collectively a

very generous group as they support

organizations at both the state and

local levels. Congratulations Dan

and happy retirement!

Stephen Schultz writes that he is

living and painting in north Idaho,

noting that ironically, his fellow

classmates, Brooks Tessier and

Dana Martin, reside in the same

area as well. Stephen's most recent

art exhibitions have been at his

gallery in Paris, France, as well as

museums in Hydra, Greece;

Spokane, WA; and Salt Lake City. He

sends his best to all and encourages

friends to take a look at his Web site,

swspaint.com.

The Honorable Alford J. Dempsey,

Jr. was the subject of a recent feature

article in fall issue of Southern

Seasons Magazine, entitled “Motown,

Jazz and Justice," written by Eileen

Gordon Freeman. He passed along a

copy to the Alumni OYce to share

with his NHS favorites, T. Holmes

and Mrs. Moore as well as Lou

Gnerre, adding that “they would be

delighted to see their eVorts with a

young boy from Georgia many years

ago were not in vain." Check it out!

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class of 1977Chris Wallace joined the Memphis

Grizzlies as vice president of basket-

ball operations, relocating his family

to Tennessee. Chris was formerly

general manager of the Boston

Celtics. Quoting a Boston Globe arti-

cle (June 19, 2007), Chris stated, “I

always felt no matter how long and

successful my career in the NBA got

to be, if I never got to be the guy

heading up the basketball operations

of a team, I would feel unfulWlled.

So, I have my opportunity."

Thanks to the energy and organiza-

tional eVorts of Samantha

Jewett, a “mini-reunion" was held

at a restaurant in Weirs Beach, NH,

last October. Three headmasters

(current and former) attended as

well as a collection of NHS alumni

from the mid-70s and a handful of

ever-popular former faculty mem-

bers. This is the Wrst in what

Samantha hopes will become an

annual event with growing numbers

of alumni and former faculty partic-

ipating. Samantha is an attorney

with Haughey, Philpot and Laurent,

PA located in Laconia, NH.

class of 1978Stephen Perry, JD updated his

address from New England to the

great state of South Carolina where

he is the director of planned giving

at Furman University in Greenville.

Kurt A. Grimm recently reconnect-

ed with former headmaster Lou

Gnerre, classmate Joe Saturley,

and current Head of School Andrew

Menke, sharing that he plans to

return for Reunion 2008 in May.

Kurt is associate professor of earth

and ocean sciences at the University

of British Columbia in Vancouver

where he lives with his wife Dawn

and two sons, Ollie anad Eli. He also

shared a copy of an article he

authored on climate change and sus-

tainability, entitled “Katrina, Wilma

and Me: Learning to Live with

Climate Surprises," published in a

recent issue of Geoscience Canada.

class of 1979Nancy Pynchon sends her best to

all those who lived in Berry Hall in

1978 and 1979. She lives in

LitchWeld, NH, and has three great

daughters, two of whom are softball

players for an Amateur Softball

Association (ASA) team, so the fami-

ly is often on the road traveling to

games. Nancy has worked at Easter

Seals of New Hampshire in Child

Care Resource and Referral since

2001. She still enjoys skiing, but is

pretty busy between her career and

raising her children. Nancy would

love to hear from her classmates, so

send her a note at [email protected]

to get in touch and catch up!

class of 1981Robert Bianchi shared the follow-

ing update with the Alumni OYce

through the school's Web site: “It's

been a while since contacting New

Hampton. I was not able to attend

our 25th reunion but did make it to

the 20th (right after September 11).

Not many of my class attended but

the few of us enjoyed visiting. I have

been married to Karen for seventeen

years now. She was introduced to me

by Scott and Tamar Piehler (both

class of 1982). We have a nine-year-

old son, Jonathan. Mom worked for

New Hampton alumni oYce for

many years so I had a strong connec-

tion with the oYce during my four

years there.

“I have been in the Wre service for

twenty-one years now and am current-

ly a lieutenant on Tower 1 in the City

of Nashua. Fraternally, I am very active

in Freemasonry having been a past

master of Rising Sun Lodge in

Nashua, a past district deputy grand

master of the 2nd Masonic District, a

33rd-degree Scottish Rite Mason,

Shrine Circus chairman and chairman

of the board of governors for the 32nd

Degree Masonic Learning Center for

Children in Nashua (a free tutoring

service for children with dyslexia) plus

other boards and oYces. As you can

see, I have a busy life. I meet NHS

alumni occasionally in my travels.

Greetings to my fellow classmates."

class of 1984Jonathan Rose is managing direc-

tor of technology operations at unx,

overseeing the technology platforms

for trading and business operations.

Previously, he served as director of

technology at Epoch Partners, a

technology focused investment

bank, where he was responsible for

the development and operation of

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and the winner is……Breanne Cohen ’98! Breanne’s name was drawn to receive an iPod,

part of a contest in the last issue of Hamptonia encouraging alumni to

send us a class note, address, and/or e-mail update. Breanne sent an e-

mail to the Alumni OYce updating her address to Greenwich, CT, and

informing us that she had already received a letter regarding her

upcoming 10th NHS Reunion by mail. Congratulations, Breanne!


the Wrm's systems infrastructure to

support banking, research, and trad-

ing platforms. After the acquisition

of Epoch Partners by Goldman,

Sachs & Co., Jonathan held the title

of vice president for the Epoch

Equities Technology group at

Goldman Sachs, and led the eVorts

to integrate Epoch's technology into

the Goldman Sachs infrastructure.

Prior to Epoch Partners, Jonathan

spent nine years at Charles Schwab

and Company, where he held a vari-

ety of technical and management

positions across a number of tech-

nology disciplines, including

management of the Wrm's corporate

technical infrastructure.

class of 1985Andrew Matthew wrote to the

Alumni OYce explaining that he

was doing some computer “house

cleaning" and came across a photo

of his family returning from a Maine

vacation. They dropped by NHS late

on a Friday afternoon and Andrew

gave his children the campus tour,

showing them where “daddy" went

to high school. He added that his

children could not believe that their

father actually “slept" at his school,

which they thought was weird.

Andrew was thrilled to be back on

campus, observing that while the

new buildings look terriWc, the older

buildings brought back many fond

memories of his days as a New

Hampton School student!

class of 1986Kristen Jollimore Sapienza

recently updated her information on

the Alumni Community of the NHS

website and shared the link to her

niece's Web site, www.lexipierson.com.

Kristen's niece is a very talented, up-

and-coming musician popular with

many indie folk rock stations. Visit

the link and enjoy!

class of 1987Matthew O’Donnell and his

wife, Margaret, welcomed daughter

Ashley on September 19, 2007, who

weighed 7 lb. 15 oz. and was twenty-

three inches long. Matthew is vice

president of jets.com in New York

City. Congratulations to the

O'Donnell family!

class of 1988Dr. Barkley Sive is a research asso-

ciate professor, Climate Change

Research Center, Institute for the

Study of Earth, Oceans and Space at

the University of New Hampshire.

Recently he has received funding for

a signiWcant research project where

most of his time will be devoted to

building a new laboratory and gear-

ing up for an extensive Weld project

in fall 2008 through winter 2009.

Some of his current research was

highlighted by Nature (the highest

impact scientiWc journal at the

moment) and the American

Geophysical Union. In spite of a busy

schedule, Barkley hopes to attend

Reunion 2008 this year (see inside

back cover for reunion details).

class of 1990Todd Zegras recently updated his

contact information. Todd is vice

president, Guaranteed Rate

Wholesale in Centennial, CO, and

resides in Denver.

class of 1991Chase Steven Carlton was born to

Geoffrey and Tonya Carlton on

June 2, 2007, joining older brother

Martin, age two. Martin made his

NHS debut at GeoV's 15th Reunion

in May 2006. At birth, Chase

class notes


clockwise, from far left: Jilline, Patrick,

and Seamus Fearons, wife and sons of George

’92; Jake Heal ’01, Andreea Ungureanu Foster

’02, Tanya Gallagher ’02, and Crina Boeras ’01

at a mini reunion hosted by Bob and Chris

Pollock, P’94, ’97; Ashley O’Donnell, baby

daughter of Matthew O’Donnell ’87.


weighed in at 5 lb. 15 oz. and was

nineteen inches long. GeoV recently

brought his show, “Maximum

Velocity" to campus for current stu-

dents to see (see p. 5). GeoV's show

was a huge success and thoroughly

enjoyed by current NHS students

and faculty alike.

Elizabeth “Beth” Pickel Doda

gave birth to her third child, Emily

SherryAnne, born on December 4,

weighing 7 lbs. 3 oz. and 20 inches

long. Like her brother, Joey, and sis-

ter Hayley, Emily is a good eater and

sleeper, reports mom. She hopes to

pay a visit to NHS soon to visit for-

mer teachers and to show oV her

adorable family!

class of 1992George Fearons shares recent

news from his family, “We had a

great summer and I enjoyed going to

Mr. Tilton and Mr. Golden's retire-

ment party. A number of old friends,

teachers, and classmates attended

that I had not seen in quite a long

time. I am still working in sales for

aig and traveling throughout New

England on a weekly basis. Here is a

recent picture of my wife Jilline and

our two boys Patrick and Seamus on

Cuttyhunk Island. When we are

there we usually try to catch up with

a Cuttyhunk local Lexi Lynch, who

was also a class of 1992 graduate."

class of 1993Martin Walton recently contacted

the Alumni OYce to update his

address information. Martin is cur-

rently living in Chesapeake, VA, and

celebrates his 15th NHS Reunion

this year!

class of 1995Emily Furlong recently updated

her mailing address and shared a bit

about what she was been doing:

“When I moved to Martha's

Vineyard two years ago, I didn't quite

expect to stay for so long, and knew

I'd be returning to NY. In the past

two years I've been singing jazz and

blues in the evenings on MV, with a

pianist, but during the day I've (lit-

erally) cultivated my passion for

landscape design and gardening. I'm

currently looking for a job that

merges agriculture, horticulture, and

working with people. I'm very inter-

ested in designing and installing

community and school gardens as a

means to educate, empower, and

potentially heal children and adults.

Essentially, I want to teach people

how to grow their own food, how to

become self reliant, how to learn

about the environment by watching

a plant's life cycle from seed to com-

post, and I want to help people

create the space to do so.

“I'm looking into my master's in

landscape design or architecture. I'm

considering starting my own

nonproWt, as a school/community

garden consultant, however, I am

also applying to the New York

Botanical Garden and the Brooklyn

Botanical Garden (they have many

fantastic community outreach pro-

grams), and a few other nonproWts

in Brooklyn and Manhattan.

So…there's a mouthful…I'll let you

know how things pan out in the next

few weeks! (I'm also going to keep

singing in NYC and just found a

great pianist here to work with.)”

class of 1996Lindsay Jordan married Chad

Pierce on September 30, 2007. Chad

and Lindsay met while attending

New England College. They now

reside in Newport, NH. Lindsay is

currently working at New England

College and Chad is assistant super-

intendent for Frank W. Whitcomb

Construction. NHS classmates Jaime

Cetron and Caren Bamberger

were part of Lindsay's wedding party.

Lindsay also added that she and

Jaime had a terriWc time visiting

campus for Mark Tilton and

Harrison Golden's retirement cele-

bration on May 30, 2007. She writes,

“Tilton had a lasting impact on me

while at was at New Hampton and I

have always carried his wisdom with

me. He taught me that what matters

most is not always what others think

—that was an important lesson for a

seventeen-year-old unsure of herself

and heading to college!"

class of 1998Ashley Beznoska Ledoux was

married in September 2006 and is

currently completing her last year at

Plymouth State University as a

health education major.

Congratulations Ashley!

Mandy Cronin was excited to

share news of the formation of a

new Canadian Women's Hockey

League (CWHL), created to advance

the growth of the sport in Canada.

Mandy continues to reside in

Ontario and sends her best to all of

her New Hampton School friends.

She looks forward to returning to

campus for Reunion 2008 and is an

active member of her reunion com-

mittee, chaired by fellow classmate,

Megan Collins, who continues to

live in Baltimore and works as man-

ager of events and entertainment for

the Baltimore Ravens.

class of 1999Landon Thorne recently wrote to

update his address information and

share the exciting news that he is

married to Bethany Joy McGill, and

their son Landon Thomas Thorne

was born on August 7, 2007. Dad is

an advertising consultant for the

Berry Company in Brentwood, TN.

The Thorne family resides in

Nashville and Landon hopes to be

able to return to NHS for his 10th

reunion in 2009!

class of 2000Christopher Palmer recently

wrote to his NHS classmate Mike

Levine, a current NHS faculty mem-

ber and men's varsity hockey coach.

Chris has a brother at Dartmouth

and hopes to visit NHS this winter

while attending a Dartmouth hockey

game. Chris, who is a senior account

manager for Hilb, Rogal and Hobbs,

lives with new wife, Vanessa, in

Midlothian, Virginia. Chris adds that

he thinks about his time at NHS

quite often and stays in touch with

fellow classmates Sean Holt and

Kevin Cooper.

Justice Jim Wiliams and his wife,

Judy, write from Halifax, Nova

Scotia, regarding their son, Blake

Williams: “When Blake Wrst came

to New Hampton Mark Tilton was

one of his Wrst teachers—for

American History—a subject that

was a little intimidating for someone

coming from Canada with limited

background in the area. Mr. Tilton

made Blake feel welcome from the

very beginning—and made him feel

that as a Canadian he could oVer the

class a diVerent and valuable per-

spective. We visited Blake recently in

Calgary, and he still has a quote from

Mr. Tilton on his computer screen

saver: ‘Never trade what you want

most for what you want at the

moment.’ It would not be an exag-

geration to say that this adage has

been a signiWcant inXuence on

Blake, and an entirely positive one.

Blake's leaving home to attend New

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hamptonia A 39


Hampton broadened both his hori-

zons and encouraged him both to

seek educational experiences ‘away

from home.’ Blake has worked or

gone to school in Malaysia, Egypt,

and the Netherlands.

“Blake graduated from Wesleyan

University in the spring of 2004, hav-

ing played four years of varsity hockey

there. In June Blake graduated from

Queens University (Kingston,

Ontario, not the NY school) Law

School and he is articling at the

Bennett Jones law Wrm in Calgary.

“I know that Blake will always

have a special feeling for New

Hampton. When we attended his

law school graduation in Ontario,

we came back to Nova Scotia

through New England and stopped

late on afternoon at New Hampton

— walked the grounds, visited his

old rooms, the rink, his ‘brick,’

and listened as a marching band

camp played—almost as if they

were welcoming him back. It was

one of the highlights of his gradu-

ation weekend."

Matthew Smith and his wife Jill

proudly announce the birth of their

daughter, Madison, who was born

August 8, 2007, weighing 8 lb. 8 oz.

Matt and Jill were married July 15,

2005, and have a new home in

Belmont, NH. Matt is manager for

Fastenal, Inc. and Jill teaches Wrst

grade in Gilmanton.

class of 2001Jacob Heal has announced that he

is returning to New York City to fur-

ther his musical career. He reports

that Capitol Records is very interest-

ed in signing him as a solo artist.

Jake was last year's New Hampshire

Idol winner. Good luck, Jake, as you

head back to the Big Apple! Check

out Jake's Web site and new songs at

www.jacobheal.com.

Sebastian Saur was an exchange

student from Germany and recently

reconnected with Mrs. Jennifer

Berry, his junior year English teacher

during his brief time at NHS.

Sebastian returned to Germany after

his New Hampton exchange oppor-

tunity, completed high school, and

went on to medical school. He is in

his fourth year of medical school and

back in the United States for one

year at the University of California

in San Diego School of Medicine as

a visiting graduate, performing

research in hematology to collect

data for his doctoral thesis. Next fall

Sebastian will return to his native

country to complete school and

obtain his MD degree. He adds that

he is especially enjoying the warm

weather in San Diego!

class of 2002Asako Matsuura stopped by for a

brief visit in November. She stayed

with Bob and Chris Pollock (par-

ents of Robert “Terry” Pollock

’94 and John Pollock ’97) over

the weekend, her host parents dur-

ing her days as a student at NHS.

Asako is a senior at California State

University in Northridge, and was

on the East Coast interviewing for

jobs following graduation in May.

Asako is majoring in Wlm and

media and looks forward to remain-

ing in the United States when she

Wnishes college.

Tanya Gallagher recently returned

to the East Coast for a brief visit

which included a mini-reunion, also

at the home of Bob and Chris

Pollock. Classmates and former

Pollock housemates returned for the

weekend to reminisce, including

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clockwise, from far left: Lindsay Jordan

’96 Pierce and her husband, Chad; Kurt

Grimm ’78 with his wife Dawn and sons Ollie

and Eli; Elizabeth Pickel Doda ’91 and her

newest daughter, Emily, with big sister Hayley.


Andreea Ungureanu Foster,

Crina Boeras ’01 and Dot Dyer

’03 as well as Jake Heal ’01. A good

time was had by all! Tanya is run-

ning her own promotion agency for

natural products in California as well

as working on growing her career as

an actress, landing a few bit parts

here and there.

Tarren Bailey is currently living in

Wilmot, NH, while working at

Colby-Sawyer College as assistant

director of alumni relations and

annual giving. Tarren also teaches

digital photography classes and is

hoping to grow her photography

business in the near future.

Tristan Poh married Marsha

Babcock in RidgeWeld, CT, on July 7.

A reception immediately followed at

Silver Spring Country Club in

RidgeWeld. Both Tristan and Marsha

graduated from the College of the

Holy Cross in 2006. Tristan is an

oYcer in the United States Navy

attending Xight school in San

Antonio, TX, to become a naval Xight

oYcer. Marsha obtained a master's

degree from Lesley University in

2007 and is teaching at Barbara

Jordan Intermediate School in

Cibolo, TX. Tristan's sister,

Alexandra Poh ’99 was a brides-

maid and his brother, Brendan

Poh ’01 was best man.

class of 2004Ashley Clark is on the Athletic

Director's Honor Roll at Plymouth

State University, a member of the PSU

ski team, and captain of the rugby

team. Last year, the rugby team was

runner-up at the Division II National

Championship at Stanford University

in California. Ashley is majoring in

graphic design with minors in art his-

tory and creative writing.

Chris Hart spent a semester

abroad in Australia as part of his

studies at Wheaton College. While

he was in Australia, he reconnected

with former NHS teacher and coach

Will Levy at a football game near

Sydney. Chris is an economics major

at Wheaton. Will returned to his

native country a few years ago and

was thrilled to see his former stu-

dent and catch up on the latest NHS

news. Will has been working as an

athletic director at a private school

in Australia.

class of 2005Kayleigh Scannell, a sophomore

at Niagara University, was honored

for her academic and athletic

achievements by the Metro Atlantic

Athletic Conference as a member of

its Academic Honor Roll for

2006–07. Kayleigh is an education

major and a member of the Women's

Basketball Team at Niagara.

Robert Wahl, son of former faculty

member, Ruth Wahl, continues to

serve his country in the U.S. Navy.

A mini-reunion was recently held to

celebrate the 21st birthday of Jamie

Watkins in Rye, NH. Fellow NHS

alumni attending included Jonah

Hanowicz, Travis Williams,

Matt Buck, Owen Laurion ’06,

Dylan Laurion ’04, and Victor

Gennaro ’07 who had a blast

reconnecting and talking about their

days at New Hampton School.

class of 2007Steven Abrahams is already fully

immersed in the world of chess at

Boston University, where he is a

freshman. Steve is vice president of

the Boston University Chess Club,

which recently held its 13th annual

BU Open in November. Steven won

the U1900 section with four of four

points and tied for the Wrst annual

Allan Ong prize for the top under-

graduate college student.

Kelsey Berry recently sent a thank

you note to the Alumni OYce for her

care package received as a freshman at

St. Lawrence University. The Alumni

OYce sends a small care package to

each member of the most recent grad-

uating class as a reminder that they

are warmly remembered by their NHS

community. Kelsey writes, “it is only

after leaving New Hampton (for the

Wrst extended time in my life) that I

am able to see with clear eyes what a

beautiful place it is and how beautiful

the people in it are!" She added that

she played Weld hockey last semester

and will be studying abroad for the

next semester, studying francophone

countries and traveling to Quebec,

France, and Senegal.

Emilie Cram, a freshman at

Endicott, is adjusting to life as a col-

lege student. Lots of new things to

Wgure out, she explains, “Wnding

that group of friends, and just

Wguring everything out—like when

you actually to leave your dorm to

get to this or that building on time

and actually doing work in the mid-

dle of the day. Everything has been

good. I am currently a member of the

Endicott Varsity Equestrian Team

riding at the Open level for the team.

I also decided to jump right into

things and become the chairman of a

committee with Student Activities,

so that has kept me quite busy and

entertained." Emilie was excited to

make the school's equestrian team.

Elizabeth Murray is a freshman at

Plymouth State University in

Plymouth, NH.

Amanda Desrochers writes,

“Things are going well for me down

here in Texas! I am a biology (pre-

med) major at Abilene Christian

University. We are beginning the

fourth week of classes this week

and they are going well. I love the

weather here!"

Victor Gennaro writes, “College

is amazing, classes are classes, and

my new friends are great. I am start-

ing to Wnd a community on this

school that makes it feel like home.

This is a very large school and

Wnding a place is proving to be

interesting. Finding how I want to

leave my impact is slightly intimi-

dating but a fun experience. There

are so many things to do here right

now. Philly is amazing." (Victor

attends Temple University in

Philadelphia.) He adds, “I miss

NHS and New Hampshire terribly,

but I am not homesick and still very

excited to be here. NHS did a wicked

good job of getting me ready to

stand on my feet in a huge place."

Katy Polimeno is enjoying her

freshman year at Rollins College in

Winter Park, FL, and looks forward

to hearing about what is happening

at NHS.

Lauren Marquis writes, “College

is good! It was a hard transition at

Wrst with very diVerent people from

NHS, but I'm getting along. No

sports for me and it feels great to

have my own personal time for

once! I've been really busy with

seven classes, so I have just enough

free time to get my work done."

Lauren is a freshman at Quinnipiac

University in Hamden, CT.

Jean Troiano is loving her fresh-

man year at Keene State College,

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studying athletic training. Jean

returned to NHS for a visit during

the school's recent Hall of Fame

Induction and Kennedy Field

Dedication last October. Her parents

are trying to convince her to play

with them in the next NHS Golf

Classic on Sunday, June 1, 2008.

Tom Crocker was in Santiago,

Chile, for a month living with a host

family and participating in a Spanish

immersion program with no English-

speaking participants or teachers. He

was able to experience the city of

Santiago, ski in the Andes, travel to

the island of Chiloe in the south, and

visit the beach resorts of Vina del Mar

and Valparaiso on the PaciWc. A week

after returning from Chile, Tom and

Matt Dodge drove west to work for

Vail Resorts at Vail Mountain as snow

makers, returning to New Hampshire

in late December. Tom begins his col-

lege career at Middlebury College in

early February and Matt will continue

to pursue his ski training and racing

while on college deferment this year

from St. Lawrence University.

Kristen McWhirter sends her best

from Stonehill College. She loves

school and her classes are challeng-

ing. Basketball is another challenge

with early-morning workouts, indi-

vidual workouts, and evening

practices and pick up games, all of

which keeps her pretty busy! She

misses the coaching style of Mark

Tilton but appreciates the experiences

she is gaining at Stonehill.

former facultyThomas Cardwell recently wrote to

Lou Gnerre wishing him and Patricia

a Happy New Year! He writes, “I'm in

Memphis, TN, and the Mid-South.

It's almost a diVerent world here than

the Northeast, New England, or

California! Our country really does

have a variety of personalities! I'll be

receiving the City of Hope Spirit

Award in Los Angeles and

Philadelphia in February and June,

respectively, for my support of the

national nonproWt for cancer and

hiv/aids research. It's a really big

deal." Congratulations to Tom for his

work in these arenas and we look for-

ward to seeing him at Reunion 2008!

Another former faculty member also

was in touch with Lou Gnerre recently,

James Bell, who writes, “Reunion at

New Hampton: I have already pen-

ciled May 30–June 1 into the calendar.

What a chance to see alumni, and

hopefully some of our colleagues as

well. With Bud's 70th and the special

event for Saturday evening, only an

unforeseen disaster will prevent it. I

still think of Bud as Mr. Moore, and

unless we were having a private con-

versation that is how I tried to address

him as a newbie on the faculty. It is

wonderful to be back in touch!"

class notes


clockwise, from above: Front, (L to R): Head of

School Andrew Menke, former faculty Jinga Moore,

Headmaster Emeritus Bud Moore, former

Headmaster Lou Gnerre, Andy Hargrave ’75, Fuji

Ellis ’75. Back, L to R: Samantha Jewettt ’77, Kathy

Stammers ’75, Jill Michael ’76, John Chagnon ’75,

Betsy Bingham ’76, Elibet Moore Chase ’75, Gino

Gnerre ’76, Mike Leporati ’75, Beth Munro ’75,

Molly Fox ’75, Robyn Ross ’75, former faculty Peter

Gulick; Andrew Matthew and family visit NHS

campus; Marsha Babcock Poh and Tristan Poh ’02.


in memoriam


class of 1938Charles Burt died in Seattle, WA, onJanuary 28, 2005, at the age of eighty-four.He was born and grew up in Stowe. Hejoined the Army’s newly formed 10thMountain Division, 87th Regiment where hetaught winter warfare tactics, skiing, andmountain survival. Upon his discharge heresumed his education at MiddleburyCollege, graduating in 1950. He marriedEdith Nightingale and worked in his father’slumber mill. The family relocated toSuperior, MT, where Charles taught highschool English. He earned a master’sdegree and moved the family to Seattlewhere he continued his studies and taughtat Central Washington State College until1986. He was predeceased by his wife andtwo brothers. He is survived by a sister, sixchildren and >ve grandchildren. F

class of 1941Robert M. Van Buren passed away onNovember 21, 2007, in Santa Rosa, CA, atthe age of eighty-three. He was the belovedhusband of Cynthia Van Buren of Windsor,CA, and the loving father of Christopher(wife Edna) of Ventura, CA, and AlexanderVan Buren of Las Vegas. At New Hampton,he was a member of both the debate teamand the ski team and was famous for beingthe “bell ringer.” After graduation he servedin the Army as a French interpreter and wasin charge of the medical depot in the ThirdWave on Omaha Beach. In 1950, afterspending a year at the Universite de ParisSorbonne, Bob graduated from Ohio StateUniversity with a major in English.

In 1954 Bob moved west to Californiawhere he started his career at Caltech as atechnical editor before joining NASA’s JetPropulsion Laboratory (JPL). He passed hisCPA exam in 1975 and retired in 1992 fromCaltech as the JPL section manager of thepublications department.

Bob attributed his NHS education forgiving him the foundation for his lifelonginterests in classical piano, speech-making,and storytelling, all aspects of ships andsailing, Shakespeare, a love of all things

French, becoming highly computer literate,and enjoying black diamond ski trails evenat the age of eighty.

Robert and Cynthia visited NewHampton School during the fall of 2005 andhad a marvelous time seeing the wonderfulchanges on campus and reconnecting withclassmates as well as T. Holmes ’38 andJinga Moore. F

class of 1942Robert C. Galletly, Sr., Tequesta, FL, diedat the age of eighty-three on September 18at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center sur-rounded by his wife and three children. Bornin New York, NY, he and his wife hadresided in Tequesta for twenty->ve years,coming from Saddle River, NJ. Prior toretirement, Mr. Galletly was the owner andCEO of Theo. Tiedemann & Sons, Inc. inMahwah, NJ, from 1965–90. He was a mem-ber of Jupiter Hills Country Club, EkwanokCountry Club of Manchester, VT, and a for-mer member of Ridgewood Country Club,Paramus, NJ. He was a veteran (Retired) ofthe U.S. Army Air Corps serving in theMediterranean Theater during World War IIand active in the Reserves for many years.He was a past chairman of the NHS Boardof Trustees and an active alumnus ofColgate University, Hamilton, NY. Survivorsinclude his wife, Pauline B. Galletly ofTequesta; two sons, Robert C. (Joni) Galletly,Jr. ’71 of Franklin Lakes, NJ; Peter (Karen) W.Galletly ’73 of Mahwah, NJ; one daughter,Anne (Randall) White of Upper Saddle River,NJ; seven grandchildren, Tess, Stacey,Je=rey, Matthew, Laura, and Jennifer White,and Leanne Galletly; and two nephews,Donald and David Galletly. He was prede-ceased in death by two brothers, Donald R.(NHS, Class of 1941) and William Galletly.Contributions to the Donald R. GalletlyScholarship at New Hampton School areappreciated by the family. F

class of 1943Kenneth Daniel Cressy of Glendale, CA,died in July 2005. His wife Virginia sharedthat he loved New Hampton School dearly.F

class of 1947George Emmons Peacock, of Charlton,MA, died on October 26, 2007. He is sur-vived by his wife of >fty-two years, MarianPeacock, and >ve children. His wife men-tioned that George was proud to be analumnus of New Hampton School andspoke warmly of his time there. F

class of 1949Harry Gardner, age seventy-six, ofSanford, NC, died October 4, 2007. Mr.Gardner was a veteran, serving in the U.S.Army. He graduated from Rahway HighSchool in New Jersey, New HamptonSchool, and Lehigh University where heearned a metallurgical engineering degree.He was employed by American Chain andCable in Pennsylvania and Colorado Fueland Iron in New Jersey, and retired afterthirty years with Bridon AmericanCorporation in Exeter, PA. He is survived byhis wife, Shirley, a son Lance Gardner andhis wife Elizabeth; a daughter Amy Crakeand her husband, Richard; two sisters andthree grandchildren. F

class of 1969Mark Filson, >fty-seven, of North Berwick,ME, died September 11, 2007, at home. Hewas born in Hartford, CT, educated in Wells,ME, schools, and graduated from NewHampton School in 1969. Mark worked inthe restaurant business for many yearsbefore joining the Kittery Trading Post as aninventory control specialist. He was prede-ceased by his parents, a brother, and asister. He is survived by his wife, Vicki, sonsEric and Barry, daughters Amy, Beth, andRachel, two granddaughters as well as manynieces and nephews.

class of 1971Stephen Newhall died on November 3.He was living in Marlborough, MA, and issurvived by his life partner, Debra Keough.F

class of 1980Mark J. Winthrop, age forty->ve, died onMay 4, 2007, in Belmont, MA. He graduated


in memoriam

NHS in 1980 and worked at Potter Place inBelmont. He especially adored his nieceRachel. He is survived by a brother, David’76; a sister, Judi Kennedy, and her husband,Bill; a niece, Rachel Kennedy; several aunts,uncles, and cousins. F

class of 1988Chet and Mary Butcher recently noti>edNew Hampton School of the death of theirson, James Butcher, on September 6,2006, noting that his 20th Reunion is inMay. James had been living in Eugene, OR,working at the University of Oregon, andattending Lane Community College. F

class of 1998Nathan C. Gagner, twenty-seven, ofKittery, ME, died August 12. He was born inPortsmouth, NH, and grew up in Kittery, ason of Terry and Janet Gagner. He is sur-vived by his loving parents, Terry and JanetGagner, brother Jeremy and wife Cecilia, andbrother, Ted Gagner; three nephews, grand-parents, Frances and Elmer Richardson,several uncles and aunts and many cousins.He was predeceased by his grandparents,Raymond and Beatrice Gagner, whom heloved dearly. Nathan attended BerwickAcademy through his sophomore year andgraduated from New Hampton School. Hefurthered his education at Stonehill Collegewhere he played second base for theDivision II baseball team. He had beenworking in the family business throughoutthe years. F

former staffHenry Davis, a member of the buildingsand grounds sta= from 1946–73, died onSeptember 6 at his home at the age of nine-ty-three. He grew up in Massachusetts, wasa sta= sergeant in the U.S. Army duringWorld War II, and lived in Arlington, MA, formany years. He is survived by a son, PaulDavis, and his wife, Dorothy; granddaughterCaroline Hines and her husband Michael;grandson Je=rey David and wife Pamela;three great grandchildren, several niecesand nephews, and many friends. F

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robert galletly ’42 was a card-carrying member of “the greatest generation.”

A B-24 (the Liberator) bomber pilot in the Army Air Corps, he served overseas forseveral years during World War II before returning stateside to Wnish a degree atColgate University.

Dedicated and loyal to those he loved, Bob was one of New Hampton School’sbest friends. In service to his country during the war, and in his lifelong careerwith Tiedemann and Sons, a textile Wrm that he ultimately owned, Bob’s life wascharacterized by a love for New Hampton School.

Shortly before Bob unexpectedly passed away in September 2007, he contacted NHSwith a challenge. “I will give New Hampton School one dollar for every dollar given byanother member of the Greatest Generation, up to $100,000,” explained Galletly.

It was a challenge the school could not refuse.Today, the Galletly Family, in Bob’s memory, is challenging members of the

greatest generation to meet the Galletly Family Challenge of $100,000. All gifts,including estate gifts count towards the overall total. If you have a gift in yourestate plans and have not shared it with the school, now is a great time to let usknow. Sharing your plans with New Hampton will help the school secure an addi-tional $100,000.

We’ll keep you posted on the progress of the Galletly Greatest GenerationChallenge. One thing is certain: this generation has never let us down before, andwe are certain it will rise to the occasion again.

For more information, please contact Director of Development Sandy Colhoun,603.677.3413; [email protected].

$100,000 challengefor the “Greatest Generation”

robert galletly ’42 with granddaughters leanne ’09 and stacey ’00


Bud and Jinga’s many talents include music, and

together they performed a remarkable duet that

brought NHS into the modern

era. Under their stewardship

enrollment rose, facilities were

improved, and our students found

a home away from home over the

course of more than three

decades. Their grace, strength of

character, and good humor were

the springboard for so many of

our proudest achievements.

The Moores will celebrate Bud’s 70th New Hampton

School Reunion this year, and NHS has recognized this

very special occasion with a new endowed fund in their

honor. A gala celebration in honor of Bud and Jinga is

planned for Saturday, May 31, and

one of the many highlights will be

announcing the combined estate

gifts that have been shared with

the school in their honor.

The 1821 Society wel-

comes all alumni, parents, and

friends who have made provi-

sion in their estate plans for

planned gifts on behalf of NHS,

including the new Moore Endowed Scholarship Fund.

Won’t you join them by sharing your plans today?

Your planned gift to this new

endowed scholarship fund

will honor the Moores’

lifetime commitment to this

institution, while benefitting

future generations of New

Hampton School students.

For more information on making a planned gift to New Hampton School

in honor of Bud and Jinga, please contact Director of Development

Sandy Colhoun at 603.677.3413; [email protected].

Announcing the T. H. Mooreand Norma Jean Moore

Endowed Scholarship Fund


trustees

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In October, Jason M. Pilalas ’58 will stepdown as chairman of the New HamptonSchool Board of Trustees and will be suc-ceeded by current Vice-Chairman Peter W.Galletly ’73. The succession plan wasvoted on and approved unanimously by theboard in its October meeting.

The two men share a love for theirschool, an appreciation for the opportunityto serve, and a deep respect for each other,which will smooth the transition to thebene>t of the entire NHS community.

Peter Galletly has served as a NewHampton School trustee since 1995. He isthe son of the late Robert C. Galletly, Sr. ’42,nephew of Donald Galletly ’41, brother ofRobert C. Galletly, Jr. ’71, and uncle of StaceyGalletly ’00. Peter and his wife, Karen, areparents of Leanne Galletly ’09. GalletlyHouse was dedicated in 2005 in recognitionof the family’s numerous contributions toNew Hampton School, which include theGalletly Art Gallery in the T. Holmes MooreCenter and the Donald R. GalletlyScholarship.

Pete received his BS degree in businessfrom Nasson College in 1977. In 1979 hejoined Tiedemann & Sons, Inc., a NewJersey exporter/importer of wholesale piecegoods and notions, and has served as the

>rm’s executive vice president since 1989.He also currently serves on the boards ofdirectors of Tiedemann & Sons and Inopak,Inc., and is president of Bev’s Threads, Etc.of Indiana.

Jason received his BA degree in interna-tional trade from the University of SouthernCalifornia in 1963, and his MBA fromHarvard in 1973. He is senior vice presidentand director of Capital Guardian Trust, LosAngeles, CA, and has served on the NHSboard since 1991. He commented, “I havebeen impressed by Pete Galletly’s commit-ment to New Hampton School, includinghis energy and skill in addressing theschool’s challenges and opportunities. Hehas an excellent understanding of NewHampton and its outstanding potential, andwe are very fortunate to have him preparedto lead the school through an unprecedent-ed time of growth and renewal.”

Pete is particularly grateful for the valu-able mentoring that he has received fromJason and from Chairman Emeritus RobertD. Kennedy ’50. “I have great admiration forboth Jason and Bob, and for what they havegiven back to New Hampton School. Jasonis an extremely well-organized individual andhas been amazing with all that he has done,and he has given so much to his school.”

officers

Jason M. Pilalas ’58, Chairman,

San Marino, California

Peter W. Galletly ’73, P’09, Vice Chairman,

Mahwah, New Jersey

William F. Guardenier ’62, Finance

Chairman, Mt. Kisco, New York

Michael F. Mumma P’98, Secretary,

Je=erson, Iowa

members

Dr. Sanders Abrahams P’07,

Raleigh, North Carolina

Steven G. Delaney ’65,

Harrison, New York

Erik A. Dithmer ’49,

New York, New York

M. David Giardino ’49, Trustee Emeritus,

Princeton, New Jersey

Ruth J. Haivanis P’04,

West Newton, Massachusetts

Paul Hamel P’07, P’08,

Walpole, Massachusetts

Luke J. Haran, Jr. P’97,

Basking Ridge, New Jersey

Herman A. Hassinger P’77, P’78, Trustee

Emeritus, Block Island, Rhode Island

William Karol P’08

Westwood, Massachusetts

Robert D. Kennedy ’50, GP’10, Chairman

Emeritus, New Canaan, Connecticut

Deborah Woodward Leach P’96,

Attleboro, Massachusetts

Earl R. Lewis ’62,

Sudbury, Massachusetts

Richard W. Maine ’60,

Avon, Connecticut

Robinson Moore ’73,

Groton, Massachusetts

T. Holmes Moore ’38, Headmaster

Emeritus, New Hampton,

New Hampshire

Hugh B. Richardson ’57,

Bristol, Rhode Island

Karen M. Saunders P’08,

Gilford, New Hampshire

Geo=rey Winters ’62,

Greenwich, Connecticut


Light and heat not included. Of course,that was in 1914, before the Annual Fund.Nowadays, those helpful little extras are included, thanks in

part to New Hampton School’s Annual Fund. While tuition rep-

resents a good portion of our annual budget, it does not cover

the entire cost of a New Hampton School education. Additional

funding, including the Annual Fund, is used to supplement

tuition so that we can meet our annual commitments.

The Annual Fund is one of New Hampton School’s most

important sources of unrestricted income. It directly supports

the people and programs at New Hampton School, from faculty

salaries to dnancial aid, athletic equipment to course materials.

The Annual Fund helps keep the school healthy and operating

on an annual basis.

No matter what size, every gift to the Annual Fund makes a

real difference to the school. Each contribution goes directly to

funding the necessities. Thanks to your support and the support

of other Hamptonians, light and heat are included. >

For more information on making a gift to the Annual Fund, please contact Director of Annual Giving SarahDeBenedictis at 603.677.3415; [email protected].

excerpts from the 1914 summer announcement for new hampton literary institution and commercial college, the forerunner of today’s new hampton school.


reunion weekend 2008may 30–june 1

for classes ending in “3” or “8”

reunion and annual nhs golf tournamentfor more information contact cindy buck inthe alumni office at 603.677.3414 [email protected]

reunion 2008 event schedulefriday, may 30r 4:00–7:00 pm Registration Crum Campus Center

Campus store open

r 4:00–8:00 pm Reunion KickoV Reception with former faculty

members (beer, pizza, and music)

Milne Lounge and Patio

r 4:30 pm 25th Reunion Dinner, hosted by Keith Noe ’83

South Down Shores, Laconia, NH

r 6:00 pm 50th Reunion Dinner

Alumni Hall, Smith House

saturday, may 31r 8:00–10:00 am Breakfast Dining Hall

r 8:00 am–noon Registration Crum Campus Center

r 9:30 am r Estate Planning Seminar


r Student Life at NHS: student panel

moderated by Head of School Andrew Menke


r 10:00 am–6:00 pm Campus store open

r 10:30 am New Math-Science Center presentation by

OYce of Michael Rosenfeld, Architects


r 11:15 am State of the School Address

Andrew Menke


r noon Barbecue Lunch

saturday, may 31, continuedr 1:00–3:00 pm r Historic New Hampton Tour

led by Jinga Moore

r Canoeing on the Pemi

r Campus Tours

r Fun at Burleigh Mountain: hike, alpine tower

r Ice Cream Social

r Alumni Games (men’s lacrosse,

3’s vs. 8’s softball)

r 4:30 pm Memorial Gathering by the Husky

r 4:30–6:00 pm Registration Dining Hall

r 5:00 pm r Reunion Reception and

Class photos by the pond

r Gala Celebration Honoring

T. Holmes “Bud" '38 and Jinga Moore

r 5:00–8:00 pm camp nhs

r 6:00 pm Dinner, Dining Hall

r 6:30 pm Program Honoring Bud and Jinga Moore

r 8:00–10:00 pm Live Music and Dancing

sunday, june 1r 7:30 am NHS Golf Classic Registration


r 8:30–10:00 am Farewell Brunch, Dining Hall

r 8:45 am NHS Golf Classic

Shotgun Start, Scramble Format


r 9:00–11:00 am Campus store open

r 9:00 am Motorcycle and Historical Car Tour

of the Lakes Region

running up the endowmentTom Tessier, a financial planner based in New Hampshire and the par-

ent of Tom Tessier ’06, knows the value of a high-quality education.

After three years’ service in Vietnam he returned to college through a

veterans program that gave him a chance to get his college degree.

“Education means a lot to me and my wife, Diane” said Tessier. “I know

the value of good guidance and teachers who really help the students.”

All of which may explain why the Tessier family established the

Tessier/Tyson Cross Country Scholarship Fund in 2006 to benefit a New

Hampton School cross country runner. Financial aid from the fund will

be awarded annually to a student who demonstrates financial need.

“The cross country program at New Hampton was instrumental in

our son Tommy’s total development at NHS. He had never participated

in any organized team or individual sport programs prior to New

Hampton,” said Tessier. “Thanks to Sara Tyson, his coach, mentor, and

advisor, Tommy joined the program and ultimately received the presti-

gious Tottingham Award.”

Recognizing that cross country does not receive the same support

such as football and soccer, the Tessiers decided to create an

endowed fund to support the team in perpetuity.

“We experienced first-hand how an organized cross country pro-

gram can promote hard work, discipline, and leadership skills that are

essential later in the student athletes’ lives,” he explained. “We hope

that our support of the cross country program will inspire others to do

the same — either by supporting the cross country endowment or by

creating a fund that matches their specific interests.”

For more information on making a gift to the Tessier/Tyson Cross Country Scholarship Fund or to start your own

endowed fund, please contact Director of Development Sandy Colhoun at 603.677.3413; [email protected].

tom tessier ’06 and nhs cross country coach sara tyson

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gala celebration in honor ofmr. and mrs. t. holmes moore ! saturday, may 31, 2008

(advance reservations required;see inside for details)

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