hebron academy semester | may 2000

SemesterHebron, Maine 04238 May 2000

On the cover: The Lovers Bewitched. Anaïs

Wheeler ’01 (Hermia), Noah Burns ’00

(Lysander), Meg Morgan ’00 (Helena), Cori

Hartman-Frey ’00 (Puck) and Raphael Richter

’03 (Demetrius) in “A Midsummer Night’s

Dream.”

Back cover: The 1999–2000 New England

Division II Championship hockey team.

Cover photography by Skip Churchill,

Churchill Photography, Hebron, Maine.

The Semester is published once each year,

in May, by Hebron Academy, PO Box 309,

Hebron ME 04238.

Issue No. 188

E D I T O R

Jennifer F. Adams

S TA F F W R I T E R S

Helen T. Davidson

David W. Stonebraker

P H O T O G R A P H Y

Jennifer F. Adams

William B. Chase

Helen T. Davidson

Dennis and Diana Griggs/Tannery Hill

Hebron Academy Archives

Spectator staff


and friends

Hebron Academy reaffirms its long-standing

policy of nondiscriminatory admission of

students on the basis of race, color, religion,

gender, age, ancestry, national origin, physi-

cal or mental disability, or sexual orientation.

We do not discriminate in the administration

of our educational policies, admissions poli-

cies, scholarship programs and athletic or

other school-administered programs.

Hebron Academy is an equal opportunity

employer.

© 2000 by Hebron Academy.

features’Tis a Very Excellent Piece of Work, Madam Lady....................................5

Levels of the Game: Hebron Athletes Speak of College Sport ............10

Board of Visitors Formed ..........................................................................20

Make Tracks to Hebron: Homecoming 2000...........................................30

departmentsA Letter from Mr. Domingue ......................................................................2

Campaign News: Steady Growth...............................................................4

Department Focus: Board of Trustees.....................................................19

Class Notes ................................................................................................22

Dean E. Ridlon ’53: Franklin Society Member ....................................23

Notable Alumna: Laurie Pinchbeck Whitsel ’83..................................26

Upcoming Events...................................................................................28

Obituaries...............................................................................................28

Hebroniana: So Far From Home ..............................................................32

H E B R O N A C A D E M Y

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2 Hebron AcademyMay 2000 • Semester

An Open Letter to the Hebron Academy Community

Since the events of the past spring, many have askedme about my background and experience. Becausemy position at Hebron has been largely focused

upon external affairs and fundraising, some have won-dered about my educational background and qualifica-tions to assume the Headmaster’s position. I hope thispiece will serve as an introduction—both of my back-ground and of my hopes for the coming school year.

I grew up in Fall River, Massachusetts and attendedBishop Connolly High School, a Jesuit preparatoryschool for boys. The Jesuits are rigorous classical educa-tors, to be sure, but I was able to squeeze in quite a fewextracurricular activities, especially theatre, art andmusic, in addition to the usual complement of classicaland liberal arts courses. During those days I developedan enduring love affair with the outdoors: sailing, canoe-ing, swimming, skiing, backpacking, bicycling and golf.

I attended Providence College, participating in theLiberal Arts Honors program, which was a pilot for itswell-known Western Civilization great books curricu-lum. I eventually majored in art, with undeclared minorsin philosophy and theology. I was active in the OutingClub, the coffeehouse and various concerts, and served asDJ and program director for the college’s radio station. Igraduated from PC in 1974, settling in Providence andmarrying Dale Kennedy shortly thereafter. Dale is aBrown alumna, and we quickly reconciled the cross-towncollege rivalry for ourselves, even if our alma maters’hockey teams continued to battle on!

My graduate work was done at what is now called theUniversity of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. I received anM.F.A. in visual design in 1980. In 1976, while workingon my graduate degree, I began to teach at my oldschool, Connolly, and stayed on there until 1988. Itaught art, art history, photography and served as depart-ment chair. I also coached tennis and bicycle racing,moderated the Outing Club and several musical groups,and assisted with public relations and admissions.

After a stint doing public relations at a school forautistic children, I returned to the classroom in 1990, atSouth Kent School in Connecticut. At South Kent, Daleand I were dorm parents, and I chaired the art depart-ment, coached cycling, and assisted with developmentactivities and planning. In 1992 we returned to the

Providence area, where I took the position of Develop-ment Director at LaSalle Academy. I remained at LaSalleuntil coming to Hebron in 1994. Since arriving, I haveheld the positions of Development Director, AssistantHeadmaster for Finance, Assistant Headmaster forAdvancement, and now Interim Headmaster. I guess Iam what you might call a classic “utility infielder,” ageneralist with a deep love of the liberal and fine arts,and of independent schools.

When the Hebron Trustees asked me to step into therole of Interim Head, I was honored and yet sobered bythe challenges we face. Any leadership transition is diffi-cult, but circumstances dictated an especially tumultuousturnover in this instance. I accepted with the sincere hopethat my years of educational experience, commitment tothe liberal arts and humanities, and years of teaching,coaching, and residential and day school life would allowme to be of service to this great school and the childrenwith whom we have been entrusted.

Today, Dale and I live in Bridgton. Our daughter,Elise, Hebron ’98, attends Earlham College where she isa psychology major and varsity athlete. Our two olderchildren, Leslie and David, live in Providence and Tamparespectively. I still enjoy the outdoors, backpack occa-sionally, hike often, golf obsessively. Schools are my lifeand Hebron has become my career.

Over the next year, while a search for Hebron’snew permanent Head of School is conducted,my role will be to ensure the continuity of the

academic program, to shore up the school’s operatingresources, to maintain the momentum of the hebron at200 capital campaign, and to begin to implement theLong Range Plan which was recently approved by theBoard of Trustees.

Academics are the heart and soul of our institution ofcourse, and we are blessed with a heritage of excellencein teaching and learning. Despite the uncertainty whichinheres to leadership change, it is my intention to ensurethat nothing diminishes the educational experiences ofour students. We continue to hire teachers who exhibitthe best that their profession can offer. We seek individu-als committed to enhancing the lives of their students—in the classroom, on the playing fields and in the dormi-

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tories. We are justifiably proud of our faculty, who are aversatile and dedicated group of the finest teachersanywhere.

Financing this enterprise has been a challenge toevery Headmaster who has served Hebron over its 196-year history. The juxtaposition of a commitment toexcellence and social egalitarianism forces a fiscal balanc-ing act of the most delicate nature.

Excellent education is expensive; let us be clear aboutthat. The finest teachers, small class sizes, individualizededucation, extraordinarily broad course offerings for aschool our size, an expansive campus—these are expen-sive propositions. We make no apologies. However,Hebron’s mission also directs us to create an inclusiveand diverse community. Diversity is expensive as well.To provide a Hebron education to a truly diverse popula-tion requires a financial aid program of remarkable size.Fully one fourth of Hebron’s operating budget is con-sumed by financial aid. We make no apologies for thateither. But to enable these two competing statements tocoexist, both in our mission and in our practice, requiresa balancing act—assessing priorities, responding toemerging needs, and constantly walking the fine linebetween operational surplus and deficit.

We rely heavily—too heavily—upon generous donorsto support our current operations. We would much preferthose gifts to be used for program enhancement ratherthan underwriting. And yet, until Hebron’s endowmenthas grown sufficiently to fund the majority of our finan-cial aid budget with annual investment income, we willcontinue to seek balance on the financial tightrope.

All this, of course, begs the success of our hebron at200 campaign. We have dedicated ourselves to takingthe first dramatic steps, increasing our endowment by atleast $10 million before the school’s bicentennial in2004. The total campaign goal is $16 million, includinganticipated annual giving and gifts for physical plantimprovements. Already we have received over $11.3 mil-lion in this historic fundraising effort, and we see successon the horizon. I urge every Hebron alumnus andalumna, parent and friend of the Academy to considerhow you might become an important part of Hebron’sfuture, by pledging your support to this important funddevelopment campaign.

Over the pastyear, a diversegroup oftrustees, teach-ers, administra-tors, alumni/ae,parents and stu-dents have giventheir substantialefforts to thecreation of a newLong Range Plan for Hebron. This plan, which articu-lates visions, goals and objectives for the next five years,is the culminating effort of over 150 meetings, work-shops and focus groups, and incorporates the collectivewisdom of well over 100 members of the Hebron com-munity. The Plan reaffirms the mission and program mixof the Academy, and calls for expansion and enhancementof our “signature strengths.” It acknowledges and reaf-firms the goals of the hebron at 200 campaign, andanticipates further development of physical plant andprogram beyond the campaign and plan period. But,most importantly, the Long Range Plan articulates asound, well-reasoned business plan that will allow us toproceed more confidently into the future, while balanc-ing the competing mandates of our ambitious missionstatement. I commend everyone who worked on thisPlan, and want to express my gratitude for all the veryhard work, good and creative thinking, and personaldedication which saw the Plan through to completion.As you read this, a summary version is being preparedfor distribution to the entire Hebron community. I amconfident you will agree that this Plan charts new andpromising territory for this fine Academy.

This, then, is the challenge we embrace: to focusour vision and our efforts on Hebron’s future,pledging ourselves to the achievement and

promise that our students represent. Please join me inbeginning to build Hebron’s third century.

Paul DomingueInterim Headmaster

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Hebron at 200 CampaignShows Steady Growth

We are continuously pleased by the generosity of

many members of the Hebron community. As

of April 9, total gifts and pledges to Hebron’s compre-

hensive capital campaign, hebron at 200, had reached

$11.3 million, the greatest amount of funds raised in the

Academy’s history.

The purpose of the campaign is three-fold: to increase

the school’s endowment to support financial aid and

faculty salaries, to complete specific physical plant

projects and to support the day-to-day operations of the

school throughout the life of the campaign.

Over $3.3 million has been pledged to the Annual

Fund over the life of the campaign and $6.4 million to

the endowment. Nearly $1 million has been earmarked

for various capital projects around the campus. We have

refurbished some of the public spaces such as the Dwyer

Room and Cohen Room and continue to upgrade our

computer network, facilities and hardware. This summer

we will remove and replace boilers in several campus

buildings, providing greater heating efficiency and cost-

savings.

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’Tis a very excellent piece of

work, madam ladyLast fall, as word spread around the Hebron Academy campus

that a Shakespeare play was in the offing, I was reminded of the

excitement and challenge in the spring of 1983 when then-

Headmaster John T. Leyden gave me permission to

produce and direct “The Taming of the Shrew.”

There had been a hiatus of many years

since the last performance of a

Shakespeare play at Hebron. ¦

Looking back now, who was I to imagine

that I—fresh from having directed

drama at a lower school in Cin-

cinnati—would have the skill to

attempt directing Shakespeare in a

secondary school? Nevertheless,

JTL gave the go-ahead.

Assistance from a talented senior,

Sandy Goss, who had summer

theater experience, and help from

teacher Bob Gunn eased the path.


Lord, what fools these mortals be!1

Convincing Ed Miller, a ninth grader boarding with ourfamily in Gilman House, that he and his friends couldsucceed at performing Shakespeare wasn’t easy.“Recruitment” was really badgering on my part.Freshman Jack Iveson from Buckfield (who had grownup in the Netherlands, knew every dialect in Amster-dam, and was a handful), insisted he would only take apart if he could be “a witty servant.” Fortunately therewere plenty of roles for witty servants, who includedHeather Gunn (age 11) and my daughters Annie (10)and Emily (8), and there were many other willing actorsand actresses.

I remember putting together the servants’ tunics inthe closet off Bill Chase’s classroom, which doubles as aGreen Room and dressing room during productions.There were long sessions with the principals, Kate theShrew (Tanya Harden ’84) and Petruchio (MichaelSamers ’84), and others, as they grappled with thediscipline of mastering their lengthy speeches. Sets tookshape with the artistic assistance of Ann Rotch ’83, whowent on to the Rhode Island School of Design.

I will roar that I will do any man’s heart good to hear me2

I have a vivid memory of obtaining the sound effects forthe play’s Induction, the play-within-a-play in which aLord and his hunting retinue discover a drunken beggardozing. They dress him in fine raiment as a joke, thushumorously prefiguring the transformation of Kate inthe play proper. We needed sounds of trumpets andhounds baying. At that time, Edie and Bill Pierson, wholived next to the Hebron Trading Post on the edge ofcampus, had an enormous Irish wolfhound, Seamus, whowas blessed with an epic bark. With sophomore DaveMartin playing the trumpet outside the Piersons’ backyard, Ed Miller and Bruce Record ’86 (a Pedant)recorded Seamus’s terrible consternation as he advancedfrom the house to see what was up. Thus we made a tapefor the show.

“The Taming of the Shrew” was a source of satisfac-tion and joy and accomplishment. And humor. In ourhousehold to this day, the supreme epithet for onesibling to say to another has been Tranio’s line, “Avengeance on your crafty, withered hide.”

Seventeen years have passed since the curtain calls for“The Taming of the Shrew” and Ned Willard’s accoladethe Monday after: “Kids, you done good.”

The “hempen home-spuns” rehearse“The most lamenta-ble comedy andmost cruel death ofPyramus andThisby,” Dream’splay-within-a-play:Jim Fossel ’01(Quince), SophiaLoch ’00 (Snout),Elise Becksvoort ’00(Flute), JeremyHurley ’00 (Bottom),Molly Spring ’01(Starveling) and LeifDevine ’01 (Snug).

WILLIAM B. CHASE


What hempen homespuns have we swagg’ring here3

As Elizabeth Rozeboom ’00 began rehearsals for “AMidsummer Night’s Dream,” I wondered what hadbecome of our alumni/ae cast members. Where were theynow? What did that experience of Shakespeare long agomean? Did it affect their lives? In February 2000, as thesleet and snow fell on Hebron, I sat down to write eachof the players from the 1983 production, inviting themto the upcoming play, and asking them please to sendthis year’s cast a greeting.

Responses were gratifyingly prompt and kind. E-mailsped several of the messages to me but from SteveOrestis ’86, who played the Lord in the Induction, aletter arrived eventually. He now serves as the AmericanBar Association’s liaison to the Republic of Tajikistan, alordly task indeed. Some letters came back, as theaddresses were incorrect for Carloss Chamberlin ’86(Christopher Sly) and Albie Nash ’85 (Hortensio).Elizabeth Tibbetts ’86 and her three children had justreturned to Auckland, New Zealand, where her husbandteaches at the University.

It is no surprise that several of the cast are active intheater. Annie Davidson ’91, who played a servant and amessenger in “Shrew”, has been acting and singing in

several productions in Vermont and this summer willplay Erma, the gangster’s girl in “Anything Goes” inStowe.

Arthur Rotch ’84, who played Gremio, a suitor toBianca (Holly Maxim), Kate’s sister, now designs setsand lighting for a theater in Douglas, Alaska. He opinedthat “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” was “a great play todo in February in New England.” He added, “Warnthem, though, that they had best be careful about thetheater thing lest they find themselves thousands ofmiles from hearth and home working in the theater yearsfrom now.” Admitting that he loves his work, he will bein Russia in late May, designing sets and lighting for aRussian-American production of “Dracula” at the MaximGorky Regional Drama Theater in Vladivostok.

Lo, there is mad Petruchio’s wife4

Many alumni/ae wrote that they wished they couldattend “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” which wasperformed on the stage in the Lepage Science LectureHall where the last Shakespeare play was staged. Onewho hoped to make it was Tanya Harden Berry, whoplayed Kate and is now the mother of three children andlives down east in Harrington, Maine, where she and herhusband run Wilson’s Lodging and Dining. She recalledthat, of the major roles she played in her four years atHebron, Kate was her favorite. Shepaid tribute to Ned Willard whogave her an appreciation for “lookingbeyond the words on the page intothe hearts and souls of Shakespeare’scharacters.”

Similarly, Dr. Michael Samers ’84(Petruchio), who is now a professorof geology at the University ofLiverpool in England, cited thebenefits of his experience on thestage at Hebron. “Performing in aShakespeare play turns you into agreat, well, performer. Though Icertainly do more research thanteaching, and do not teach Englishor Shakespeare, performance is essen-tial to…convince my audience.” Asan aside, he notes that Shakespeare

Left: Lysander (NoahBurns ’00) throwsHermia (AnaïsWheeler ’01) over hisshoulder.

Below: A tendermoment betweenTheseus, Duke ofAthens (Ben Krauter’00) and Hippolyta,Queen of theAmazons (DanielleGagne ’03).

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provides an endless source of wit “for insulting people”as well.

Another farflung Hebronian, Martinus Adér ’83(Lucentio), associates the close reading needed to inter-pret Shakespeare with his work as a reader of witnessstatements in the War Crimes Tribunal for the formerYugoslavia in the Hague. There he says he has “had toread witness statements. Day after day. Piles and piles ofwitness statements from victims of heinous crimes. Notjust reading, but close reading. That means that you’vegot to read every sentence 10 times over; you spend oneday reading one page…by reading each sentence overand over again, you start to ponder the deeper meaningof each word.” As he learned preparing for the play longago, “You could spend the rest of your life reading andinterpreting Shakespeare: trying to divine the meaningof life, extracting the marrow.”

And undertake the teaching of the maid5

What has been astounding to me and gratifying as well,in this year’s production of “A Midsummer Night’sDream,” has been the amazing organization and profes-sionalism of the director, her assistants and the well-castplayers. Elizabeth Rozeboom, a senior from Bangor,presented a proposal last fall to direct a Shakespeare play,a project she had always wanted to do. Dr. Davidson and

other administrators readily approved since she hadcarefully mapped out exactly how she would produce anddirect it.

At Bangor High School where she attended her firsttwo years, Elizabeth played in several Legacy Productionsdirected by Tom Logan, founder of the PenobscotTheater Company. Knowing that she had no budget atHebron to produce a play, she decided on WilliamShakespeare because there would be no royalties. Sincethe Middle School had dibs on the Lepage Lecture Hallfor the winter term, she and the cast marked off a “stage”in the library with masking tape and only moved to theLecture Hall for the final week of rehearsal. The cos-tumes came from Good Will. Each cast member had arole in stagecraft or fund raising. They sold popcorn at afilm series; they baked cookies for bake sales. The castearned funds over and above what they needed and havepresented their earnings as seed money for next year’sproduction.

This falls out better than I could devise6

When opening night came around on February 25, I satfront row center and enjoyed every moment from whenthe lights went down to Puck’s delightful epilogue at theend. The troupe, to my wonderment, had their lines wellunder control a month before the performance so thattheir delivery that night was expressive, their movementfluid, and their understanding of the meaning of the witand sense of the action and lines was obvious and imagi-native.

Cori Hartman-Frey created a vibrant, energetic Puck.Her spiked hair became the campus fashion as admirerstried out her spritely look in the final weeks before theshow. Lysander (Noah Burns ’00) and Demetrius(Raphael Richter ’03) inflicted their magic-induced lineson Hermia (Anaïs Wheeler ’01) with cruel abandon.Helena (Meg Morgan ’00) voiced her outrage overbecoming the object of Lysander’s and Demetrius’s atten-tions with perfect incredulity. With malaprops droppingmerrily, Bottom (Jeremy Hurley ’00) led his motley castof players for the play-within-a-play, “Pyramus andThisbe.” Sophia Loch (Wall) played her role with boredwoodenness, most appropriately. Leif Devine ’01 fit thetottering Snug the Joiner to a tee and became an equallyconvincing Lion.

Lucentio (Marty Adér ’83, left) poses as a tutor, Cambio, to woo Bianca in secret while hisservant, Tranio (Ed Miller ’86, center) assumes Lucentio’s identity. Here they explain the plan toLucentio’s page, Biondello (Jack Iveson ’86).

The music for the interludes, prepared by ErikYingling ’00, ranged from classical pieces to the“Mission Impossible” theme that accompanied Oberon’s(Ben Krauter ’00) search for Titania (Danielle Gagne’03). Designed by Allison Phinney, the forest set wasmarvelously imaginative with a graceful green buntingsimulating treetops and large dark shapes on a greenground for undergrowth.

Therefore they thought it good you hear a play7

The long and short of it is that I ended up attending allthree performances, as did several of the parents, evensome from far away. On Sunday, at the final matinee, BillSkelton ’86 (Grumio) arrived on campus, the only veteranof “The Taming of the Shrew” to witness the latestShakespeare effort. He and his wife, Sarah, were delightedwith the production. He recalled how he has oftenthought back fondly on “The Taming of the Shrew.” TheSkeltons hung around while the cast received their kudosand smiles in the foyer for the pleasure they and weshared in the language, the preposterous story, the witand magic of a Shakespearean comedy.

I can only echo what Ed Miller wrote in his e-mailmessage to Elizabeth Rozeboom’s cast: “I can say nothingthat will drive the point across any better other than toexpress my Hebronian pride in yet another crew of per-formers…willing to show the public that high schoolstudents can do a Shakespearean play just as well as anyprofessional troupe around.”

Bravo, Hebronian thespians, you actors of Maine.

Helen T. Davidson

End notes

The line numbers are taken from William Shakespeare: The CompleteWorks; Alfred Harbage, general editor; The Viking Press, New York,1969.

Title: Shrew, I, i, line 250 (Christopher Sly).1 Dream, III, ii, line 115 (Puck)2 Dream, I, ii, line 64 (Bottom)3 Dream, III, i, line 68 (Puck)4 Shrew, III, ii, line 19 (Kate)5 Shrew, I, i, line 190 (Tranio)6 Dream, III, ii, line 35 (Oberon)7 Shrew, Ind., ii, line 131 (Messenger)

A lord and his ser-vants convince the

drunkardChristopher Sly that

he is a nobleman.

Steve Orestis ’86 (ALord), Carloss

Chamberlin ’86(Christopher Sly),

Jack Iveson ’86(Bartholomew), Liz

Tibbetts ’86 (Servant)and Debbie Schiavi

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t Hebron, the afternoon sports period is a regular part of

the daily routine. Eight of ten students participate in

organized athletics, and competitive sport becomes an

intrinsic part of school life. Yet for most Hebron students, com-

petitive sports are but one part of the Hebron experience and not

always something which will be sustained into the future. While

many young athletes aspire to compete in college athletics, few

actually do so. We asked a group of Hebron athletes who presently

compete for Division I and III schools what it is like to play in col-

lege, what it took to get to that level and what it takes to stay

there.

Alexandra Gillies ’96, a senior at EmoryUniversity, has played basketball forfour years. She was captain of the teamand center this year. Darren Roche ’97was the captain for the University ofSouthern Maine Huskies hockey team.Brittany D’Augustine ’97 completedher third year as goalkeeper forDartmouth College field hockey. Herteam defeated Harvard to win theECAC field hockey championship.Austin Stonebraker ’97 has skied for

two years on the Colby College team.University of Southern Maine sopho-more, Tony Coates ’98, contributed tohis team’s drive toward the ECAChockey tournament. Matt Simpson ’99stepped onto the football field atPlymouth State College and led histeam to a conference title while MegMuller ’99, competing for theUniversity of Maine track team, has sether goal to establish new hurdlesrecords for indoor and outdoor track.

Levels of the GameHebron Athletes Speak

of College Sport


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Sitting the bench was the hardest thingI have ever done

Alexandra Gillies ’96Captain and Center, Emory UniversityBasketball, Division III

Sitting the bench for my first two years at Emory wasthe hardest thing I have ever done. At Hebron, my onlytime out was if I fouled out, and I was used to being aleader and motivating others and making things happen.I had to learn patience and persistence.

It all starts with conditioning—weight training,running, aerobic and anaerobic work, plyometrics, agilityand quickness. As a freshman I didn’t know how to workout. High school sport was not really fitness-based; itwas something you did in relation to a sport. College seta new standard. Throughout the year I give a great dealof attention to training, to diet, to sleep and generalhealth. I want to train each day, every day throughoutthe year. Being fit is a way of life now, for if I am goingto compete at this level, I have to do it—no excuses. Inschool, I was used to being a leader and to pushing theothers on my team to be better. In college, everyone ismotivated. Everyone is talented, and everyone has madehuge commitments.

At Hebron I got used to the idea of being an athlete.It became part of my identity. I developed a personalcommitment to hours and hours in the gym. Mr. Craigencouraged me to practice with the boys’ team, and Ithank Mrs. Craig for getting me to play in the NewEngland Prep All-Star Game. I had good preparation atHebron. I learned to have confidence in myself person-ally, academically and athletically. I was extremely wellprepared academically. I knew how to study and how towrite.

In her senior year with Emory basketball, the earlier invest-ments to persistence and patience, to physical conditioning andskill development, paid dividends. As captain, Alex led herteam in scoring and in rebounding. Playing a 25-game sched-ule focusing on the University Athletic Association, a DivisionIII group of large, top-level national universities such asBrandeis, George Washington and the University of Chicago,the Emory team had a winning season but fell short of its goalsto contend for regional playoffs. At Hebron, Alex Gilliesreceived the Charles and Amy Dwyer Award as the “outstand-

ing scholar-athlete” in the Class of 1996. At EmoryUniversity, she has been named an Academic All-American.She spent last summer at the United States Embassy in Panamaand hopes to realize a position with the State Department. Shewas named her team’s Most Valuable Player and graduatedsumma cum laude.


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Brittany D’Augustine ’97Goalkeeper, Dartmouth College FieldHockey, Division I

That was the line we used as a joke my first year withthe team. We knew we were building, and we knew wecould be good. There were huge expectations, both fromour coach and from ourselves. I felt it a lot because I wasnew, was a frosh, was doing goal. It all started from theday during pre-season training when we did a high ropescourse, and I had to be literally connected to a teammateand she to me. I had to lose all sense of self for a newsense of team. That was the first step.

My freshman year we lost in the first round of theECAC Tournament. It was my worst nightmare. Wewere leading the University of New Hampshire late inthe game when I had a ball, a wide-angle shot thatmight easily have been by the post, slip in to tie thegame. We lost in the overtime. But that time focused mefor the next year. At this level it is the little things,always, and the preparation. It starts in the off seasonand continues, every practice, every game, everyone. Ourcoach sometimes says, “Great potential just means, ‘ain’tdone it yet.’”

I lead two lives—my life with sport and everythingelse. And I love it—love the players, the coaches, thework. The intensity of it all is amazing, and the bondingthat happens is so important. I love my teammates. Thefocus that I have on one part of my life makes the otherpart better. You have to have a great work ethic, becauseit’s not enough just to want to play at this level. Youhave to work at it. It’s not enough just to love the sport,even to be really good at it. You have to have the passionfor the sport at the heart. Otherwise it wouldn’t beworth it. Then it all comes together.

I want to keep playing after next year, to play at thenext level. My goal is to make a national team, but thatmay take a while. There are only a couple of spots, and itwill be a matter of whether I can compete when theopening is there. For now the future is fuzzy, but I can’timagine field hockey not being in my life.

Brittany’s Dartmouth team retained a national rankingthroughout the 1999 season and while not named to theNCAA Tournament field of sixteen teams, the DartmouthField Hockey team did complete a splendid 13–5 season anddid defeat Harvard University 3–0 to win the 1999 ECACTournament. During the season, Brittany recorded sevenshutouts. She has started every game for Dartmouth since herfreshman year and has established an Ivy League record forshut-outs in a season.

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You have to love the sport, ’cause you don’t win a lotYou have to love the sport, ’cause you don’t win a lot

Austin Stonebraker ’97Alpine Skiing, Colby College, Division I

Rain streams on the windows of the lodge at the MiddleburySnow Bowl, site of the final race of the Eastern Collegiatecarnival circuit. Waiting for a decision on whether they willcompete today are 102 men and 68 women representing 17eastern colleges which compete in NCAA Division I skiing. Itis a small group of competitors, considering how popular is thesport of skiing and how many skiers would aspire to race incollege. Each racer entered has qualified through years of juniorskiing to earn a rating and the right to start. Colby Collegehas qualified six skiers to the field. Rated with 105 points inGiant Slalom, Austin will start in the fifth position for Colbyand 86th in the field.

It’s a waiting game now. I’m ready to go, but it’s reallypretty gross up there: freezing rain and crud up top; fogand flat light in the middle. You can’t see the drop orthe holes on the pitch. Down bottom it’s just raining,and with the snow as soft as it is, it’ll be really cut up bythe time I go. If they decide to run the race, then I’vegot to be ready to go—flat out.

I’ve always had to work at my points. The better yourpoints, the better your start position. And here the guysgoing first have a tremendous advantage. Everyone isgood. Everyone has the talent. I always have to makesomething happen in the first run, move up, and then gofor the result in the second. It depends so much on con-ditions. When it’s good—hard and smooth—the laterguys have a chance, but on a day like this, it’s a matter ofwhether you can make it on the first run.

Strong is fast. That’s the name of the game now.Skiing is pretty much year ’round for me. I follow asummer program, and we start together as a team assoon as we get back in the fall. I love the dry-land workand the conditioning. It gives order to my life. We allpush each other to get stronger, tougher, quicker.

Skiing has always been a part of my family, and Iknow I wouldn’t have gotten to this point withouteverything they gave me early on: the time on the hill,the help and teaching, the support of being there atraces—supportive when I crashed, happy when I did well

and always ready to make the trip to the next event.They showed me the love. And you’ve got to love thesport because you don’t win a lot.

It’s hard to know what the future will bring. Nextyear there will be two new prospects for the team, so itwill be just as hard to make it. We only lose one senior,and the guys coming in have really good points. I’vemade some results this year, but anything can happen.No matter how much you train or what your points are,you’ve still got to be able to take it to the hill inJanuary. There are no guarantees.

I can’t imagine not skiing. It meant a lot to me atHebron, and it is an important part of my life now. Itbrings perspective to things. It makes me more efficientat doing what I have to do in school. I have to be orga-nized, have to make time count. I learned that part atHebron when there was so little time to go from schoolto skiing and then to studying.

The Eastern Championship Giant Slalom was postponed. Whencompetition resumed the next day, Austin survived warm ruttyconditions to finish 40th of the 102 starters, 4th among theColby skiers. In his freshman year at Colby, Austin was namedthe Most Improved member of the team. In his sophomore year,he scored for Colby in half of his starts, his best finish a 30thplace in the Slalom event at the University of VermontCarnival. Such results may seem quite ordinary, but the extra-ordinary thing is how few skiers may actually compete inDivision I, how very few may mount the winner’s podium.


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Tony Coates ’98 & Darren Roche ’97Ice Hockey, University of SouthernMaine, Division III

On a snowy Friday night in late February, the University ofSouthern Maine takes on Trinity College in a crucial ECAC—East conference contest. The USM Huskies hockey team isfighting for home ice advantage in the ECAC tournament andpresently stands in fourth place, one point behind Salem StateCollege. Norwich University is far ahead. For Darren Roche’97 and Tony Coates ’98, the game is one of the last on their25-game schedule. Before the game, the Hebron friends reflectedon their collegiate hockey experience.

Darren began…

The opportunity to play in college was important to me.I earned a scholarship, and hockey became a way toadvance my education. I am interested in sports medi-cine and athletic training, and this is one step on theway.

The first practices were pretty scary. I was only 19and a pretty scrawny guy, and those guys were bigpeople. They were men. I felt intimidated, that there wassomething to prove, yet I also felt the friendship, thatthey wanted me to make it. After the first skating ses-sions—the first hits, the first times of mixing it up andshowing that I could skate—then it was okay.

I find the hardest pressure is the time, always thetime: the early morning practices, the running, theweight workouts, the out-of-season training. It is condi-tioning always, year-round. I am always thinking aboutstrength and fitness, seeking to improve before the nextseason, to take my play up a level. Eating is important,and I worry about health issues. It is hard sometimes todo it all and stay healthy.

When I think of how I got here, it is my family morethan anything else—the early love for the game thatcame from my dad. My relationship with my brotherJamie helped me always for he modeled the work ethic. Iwatched him always scrapping his way to the next level,and when it was my turn, I followed.

My best memory is of traveling at age twelve with ajunior team to play at an invitational tournament in theColiseum in Quebec, the arena where the Nordiquesplay. It was great just to be in that place, to play before ahuge number of fans, and to dream of playing for greaterteams in greater places. There was another great place—to be at center ice at Tully Forum in 1996 with brotherJamie, in Hebron green, holding the NEPSACTournament Trophy.

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Hockey has given me my education. I don’t thinkthere will be more competition for me, but I can’t seemyself going away from the game. Maybe I can work inthe sport; maybe administration, maybe coaching.

Like Darren, Tony Coates came to USM to play hockey. He isa business and accounting major. He was attracted to USMbecause the program was building. He felt there was a place forhim, and like Darren, he appreciates the close friendships of theplayers and the bonding which occurs with the team. His rootsin the sport run deep, and he notes several influences whichhelped him to progress in the sport.

When I was sixteen I was invited to an elite trainingcamp. There the coaches told me that I was too small tocompete at the next level, to make the team for a majorregional tournament. I was really hurt and went homewanting to hang up my skates. I just didn’t want to skateanymore. After a while I asked an old teacher for help,and the advice he gave was conditioning and weight-training—a strict program four days a week—all sum-mer. I worked on the program for a year and a half, andthere was a difference. I got stronger and faster. I beganto be selected for elite teams and had the opportunity fortravel. I saw the opportunity to attend Hebron as a wayto reach college hockey. I wanted to see if I could gofurther in the sport. My mother has always supported me,always emphasized schooling first, then hockey.

Hebron helped me in the classroom and on the ice.Above all I learned consistency—always—and a strongwork ethic for both school and sports. There’s no glam-our in it, just a lot of work, a lot of dedication. You haveto love the game to want to sacrifice. You must have thewillingness to work through injury and the desire to staywith friends, to form your life habits around the sportand the competition.

I do think that there will be a next step for me. I havegrown physically, mentally and emotionally. I like com-peting. I want to climb the ladder. I think I may have achance at European League play. I have time here still togrow, but I think I want to see what will happen, wherethe game will take me. After that, I have my educationand the opportunity for a wholly different career.

The USM team lost to Trinity, and their hope for the ECACtournament was dashed by a first round defeat. Both Darrenand Tony shared the disappointment of the early end to theirseason, but both will return to the team next year. They did notdwell on the defeat but returned to the running, the lifting andthe preparation. There will be a next year for them, but in themeantime, there are classes, conditioning, career planning, fit-ness goals and possibly a bit of summer vacation.


Margaret Muller ’99Indoor and Outdoor Track, University ofMaine, Division I

The transition from school to college was hard at first,but then I found my way. The support of my coaches andthe program at UMO is really important. I know thatthey want me to succeed, and there is special satisfactionto be at the highest level. I really appreciate the care andsupport.

The training is intense. You have to be willing togive up other things to focus. Sport has to be the com-mitment. Yet I find that the less time I have, the more I

The less time I have, the more I get things done

get things done. In college, everyone wants to see you doit—and at a high level. It is really easy to feel motivated,and it is great to see people all around me who are evenmore motivated than I am.

In college I can do only one sport year round. Pre-seasonmoves to winter competition to spring competition andthen summer training. There isn’t time for anything else. Imiss the soccer and the swimming [that I had at Hebron],but that is the sacrifice to train for the highest level.

I had great preparation at Hebron. When I came toUMO, I understood time management and how to study.Hebron offered me a variety of experiences in sport andwith people. It gave me the confidence to succeed here.Right now, I want to know how I am going to fit in, but Ihave no doubt that I will. I won my first races, and I havemy sights set on the hurdle record. In school, I looked upto the person who set the record in my event, but now Iwant to break it. It is a matter of training and time.

Meg Muller has the distinction of beingundefeated through four years of highschool and New England Prep competi-tion. She won over 100 individual eventsand led Hebron track teams to three con-secutive New England Prep SchoolDivision II Championships. She alsocompeted successfully in USA Track &Field age-group programs, was rankednationally throughout her Hebron yearsin both high jump and hurdles, andcompeted in national junior olympiccompetition.

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Matt Simpson ’99Football, Plymouth State College,Division III

Many young football players dream of throwing a touchdownpass on their first series as a college quarterback. Matt Simpsondid just that when he first took the field for Plymouth State.

When I came to Plymouth, I was behind several quarter-backs, but I felt that I was the better player. The starterwas a senior, and the team began the season with a winand a loss. When we were behind at the half in our thirdgame, the coach called for me. I knew what was happen-ing on the field and thought I could surprise them. Onmy second call from scrimmage, I completed a pass tomy wide receiver for an 80 yard touchdown. We took thelead, won the game, and never looked back. I started theremaining games of the season. We finished with 8 winsand 3 losses in the ECAC Northeast, a strong NewEngland Division III conference which includes NorwichUniversity, Worcester Poly Tech, The Coast GuardAcademy and others.

I had spent four years in high school, yet my gradeswere not the best. I had difficulty with studying and timemanagement. I had begun to talk with my parents abouta postgraduate year. My dad was a big influence on mydecision. At Hebron, I had good people who were willingto really work with me. I needed help with study skills,setting priorities and following through. Mr. Duffy andMr. Fallon were there for me, getting on my case, andgetting me to perform. Living in the dorm helped me toget ready for college. I matured a great deal during theyear, and I felt that I was more ready for college.

Football has become a year-round activity for me. Theteam gets together in the winter to lift, and then westart for the next fall with spring practices. I work on my

game and training during the summer, and then earlycamp begins in August. I guess that I really love thegame, so I don’t think of the training as work. I amalways working on my game, always thinking aboutwhat it will take to be better. Sport organizes my life. Ithelps me to deal with adversity, to make good decisionsand to gain discipline.

I have beenplaying sportsfor a long time,and I havealways wantedto compete andto win.Sometimes youhave to be in theright place atthe right time. Ihope to play forthree more yearshere, but noth-ing is guaran-teed. I may gethurt; they mayget someonebetter. That’s theway it is in col-lege. I think Ihave the abilityto play and tomake a differ-ence, but I’mgoing to have togo out and proveit every practice, every game.

Our team goal is to win a conference championshipand to advance in the ECAC playoffs. We have thepotential, and I would like to see my team get there. Formyself, I would like to be drafted by the NFL. Twoplayers from Division III were named last year, and I liketo think that I could too. Ultimately, I think I wouldlike to coach. I think of my dad and the people whohelped me along the way, and I think it would be reallygreat to do the same for other kids some day.

At the close of the season, Matt Simpson won HonorableMention for the Freshman Division III All-American team. Heis presently pursuing a History major with a minor in athleticcoaching. He concentrates in government and politics courses andhas joined Phi Kappa Alpha Fraternity.

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Common threads exist for these athletes competing in college.

Their stories suggest the fulfillment, fun and bonding of sport.

They also suggest the grueling, unforgiving aspects of compet-

ing in collegiate athletics.

• There are no guarantees or loyalty togood people. Our athletes reportedthat collegiate team spots went tothe best, the strongest, the fastest—no exceptions. And the Hebron ath-letes accepted absolutely the naturalselection of the athletic pyramid,“the higher the level, the harder toattain, the harder to succeed and theharder to remain.”

• The road to collegiate success beganwith junior sport, age-group compe-tition, and unfailing family commit-ment. High school teams are notenough. Training in season is notenough. Natural talent is not enough.Hebron’s collegiate athletes shared abackground in junior sports pro-grams, strong family support, and acommitment to year-round training.

• Hebron Academy prepared these -collegiate athletes more fully in theclassroom than on the athletic field.Universally, our collegiate athletespraised Hebron for their teachers andcoaches, for the help to establish asound work ethic and to managetime, meet demands and write.

• One must compete for the love of thegame; for few may expect to wear thelaurel wreath. Our Hebron athletesseemed clear that the intrinsicrewards of competing were morevaluable than the extrinsic ones.They spoke of the ultimate values offriendship, of team, of goal-settingand of personal accomplishmentmore than the value of winning.

Yet for these Hebron athletes, and for athletes always, there are

moments—moments when the ball is on the fingertips before

the buzzer, when the upper corner of the net is visible above the

goalie’s blocker, when the edges rip the arcs silky clean across

the hardpack—moments when discipline, training and commit-

ment come together in instants of wild, reckless abandon,

moments when passion and joy for sport give loose to the soul.


2000–2001 Board of Trustees


The Board of TrusteesThe Role of the Board of Trustees

Trustees serve the Academy as a volunteer board ofdirectors. They are a self-governing, self-renewingcorporate entity that holds fiduciary responsibility,establishing policy for all areas of school operations.

Trustees have the power to manage the school’s fundsand assets, to acquire or dispose of property on behalf ofthe school, to borrow money and to authorize and adoptannual budgets for the school. The trustees are alsocharged with the responsibility to employ the Head-master, who conducts the ongoing operations of theschool.

New trustees are elected to serve for a four year term,renewable once. This maximum eight year period ofservice ensures steady turnover, maintaining a balancebetween institutional memory and new ideas. On aver-age, three trustees are replaced annually.

Standing CommitteesTrustees are usually appointed to two committees;

most committees meet eight times per year. Committeesare:

• Academics and Campus Life• Buildings and Grounds • Development • Finance • Marketing and Admissions • Committee on Trustees • Long Range Planning

Meeting ScheduleThe full Board meets at Hebron Academy four times

each fiscal/school year: September, January, April andJune.

C H A I R

Ms. Judith S. Ryan—Vice Presidentfor Student Development, Universityof Southern Maine, Portland; Abby’00

V I C E C H A I R

Mr. Peter G. Fallon, Jr.—Boston;Peter ’86

T R E A S U R E R

Mr. Charles S. Glovsky ’71—SeniorPortfolio Manager, Dewey SquareInvestors Corp., Boston; Scott ’03

S E C R E T A R Y

Kimball L. Kenway, Esq. ’70—Curtis,Thaxter, Stevens, Broder andMicoleau, Portland, Maine

Mr. J. Reeve Bright ’66—Bright &Chimera, P.A., Delray Beach, Florida

Mr. Keith Clark ’58—Belleair, Florida;John ’86

Mr. Stephen R. Gates ’72—RegionalManager, Montgomery Watson,Boston

Mr. Stephen B. Jeffries ’79—S.B.Jeffries Consultants, Boston

Mr. C. Michael Malm, Jr. ’60—Davis,Malm & D’Agostine, Boston

Mr. John C. May ’62—SebasticookValley Hospital, Pittsfield, Maine;Kurt ’92

Mr. Robert A. McCormack ’62—TheEquity Group, Chicago

Mr. Leonard A. Mintz ’53—Westwood, Massachusetts

Mr. Edward L. Ruegg ’51—NorthHaven, Maine

Mr. Samuel P. Stafford, II ’68—Judge,8th District Court System,Gainesville, Florida

Dr. Molly B. Turlish—Director ofDevelopment, NortheasternUniversity College of Arts andSciences, Boston; Cora ’86, Hannah’87

Mr. Robert E. Waite, Jr. ’68—SeniorVice President, Canadian ImperialBank of Commerce, Toronto, Canada

Mr. Robert R. Ward ’36—Moody,Maine, and Chuluota, Florida

T H A N K Y O U

Many thanks to the Trustees listedbelow whose terms end in June,completing four or eight years ofservice to the Academy.

O N E T E R M

Mr. Eric R. Morse ’68—ManagingDirector Marketing, CIBCOppenheimer, New York

T W O T E R M S

Mr. John W. Powell ’35—CapeElizabeth, Maine

Mr. Eugene J. Smith ’43—Editor,New York; Scott ’87

Dr. William A. Weary ’60—President,Fieldstone Consulting, Washington,DC


In January, Hebron Academy’s Board of Trusteesvoted to create a new volunteer group—the Board ofVisitors—to help introduce the school to a larger

community. The Trustees hope that the Board of Visitorsmembers will serve as ambassadors and advisors, and beactively involved in the intellectual life and strategicdevelopment of the Academy.

Thirty-two members were able to attend the firstmeeting, held at Hebron on April 28, 2000. The meet-ing included a question-and-answer session with mem-bers of the Board, focusing mostly on the issues sur-rounding the dismissal of Headmaster Richard B.Davidson. The Visitors also listened to short presenta-tions by various members of the faculty about various

components of the school’s program, including acade-mics, athletics, arts, outdoor skills, technology, admis-sions and college counseling. Class visits and campustours followed lunch. The group gathered together againfor discussion of the Long Range Plan and a studentpanel, which proved to be one of the most popular partsof the day.

As the last piece of official business, Phillips Smith’49 was elected to chair the group for the year. Phil washeadmaster of Trinity-Pawling School for 20 years and isa strong advocate of independent school education. Hehas also served as a trustee for many schools and non-profit organizations including the Edward E. FordFoundation. The day concluded with cocktails and din-ner in the Hamlin Reading Room, providing an oppor-tunity to relax together informally.

Both Visitors and visitees enjoyedthe day and welcomed the opportu-nity to talk about Hebron and itsfuture. We look forward to the sug-gestions and support of this finegroup and to next year’s meeting,which is scheduled for April 27,2001.

Board of Visitors FormedVolunteer Group Visits Hebron

Trustees and Visitors gathered for campustours with students and Facilities Manager BillBennett. Student tour guides (top of steps)included Dwayne Harmon ’01 and SaraSimard ’00.


Student panelists Jim Fossel ’01, MikeGrossman ’01, Cori Hartman-Frey ’00 andMaren Worley ’02 answered any and allquestions from the Visitors.

Board of Visitors Responsibilities• To promote Hebron Academy, its people, programs

and opportunities for students, in social and businesssituations;

• To correspond with classmates and other Hebronaquaintances, maintaining ties and encouraging sup-port for the Academy;

• To read material disseminated by the Academy andrespond accordingly to the Board of Visitors Chair;

• To attend Hebron functions whenever possible;• To become well enough informed about the school and

its programs to be an effective advocate;• To support the Academy’s Annual Giving Fund.

2000–2001 Board of Visitors

Mr. Phillips Smith ’49, ChairMs. Carolyn E. Adams ’77Mr. James K. Ahlquist ’51Miss Ellen L. Augusta ’75

The Hon. Richard A. BennettMr. Michael R. Bergstein ’73

Mr. Robert S. Bird, Jr. ’55Mr. Edward L. Birk ’76

Mr. Herbert A. Black, II ’49Mr. Russell W. Brace ’52

Mr. G. M. Nicholas Carter ’73Mr. J. Craig Clark, Jr. ’70Mr. Norman A. Cole ’42Mr. G. Cyrus Cook ’73

Mr. Arthur W. Cooper ’49Mr. William B. Dockser ’55Mr. Robert A. Donahue ’83

Mr. Neil ElderDr. John C. Engel ’86

Ms. Jessica G. Feeley ’75Mr. William Guidera ’88Mr. Robert J. Hanks ’62

Mr. Henry A. Harding ’70Mr. William C. Harding, Jr. ’63

Mr. C. Gordon Higgins ’31Dr. Peter F. Jeffries ’52

Mrs. Sharon Lake-Post ’83Mr. Stephen W. Lane ’62Ms. Ann K. Leamon ’78Dr. J. Duke Lovetere ’89

Dr. William L. MacVane, Jr. ’33Richard H. Maidman, Esq. ’51

Mr. Gary C. Miller ’68Ms. Trisha E. Millett ’88Mr. Jonathan G. Moll ’69

Mr. Carlton L. “Bep” Morse ’39Mr. Stephen C. Ray ’84

Mr. James C. Rea, III ’62Mr. Douglas Sandner ’89Mr. Eric T. Shediac ’85

Mr. Edward F. Simonds ’39Mr. Bruce J. Spaulding ’54Daniel Steinway, Esq. ’68Mr. Mark L. Stevens ’81

Mr. Gerald M. Tabenken ’40Ms. Meredith Tarr ’88

Mr. Robert W. Thompson ’87Mr. Jay L. Woolsey

class notes class notes class notes


1931Class Agent: C. Gordon Higgins

3363 Ardley CourtFalls Church VA 22041

703-379-2386E-Mail: [email protected]

1933Class Agent: Newell F. Varney

HCR#64, Box 900Brooklin ME 04616

207-359-2162

1935S I X T Y - F I F T H R E U N I O N

Class Agent: John W. Powell35 Wildwood Drive

Cape Elizabeth ME 04107207-799-5986

1936Class Agent: Robert R. WardPO Box 77, Moody ME 04054


Sid Alpert reports that he and hiswife enjoyed meeting fellowHebronians at the Hebron gatheringin Santa Monica, CA.

1937Class Agent:

Robert B. McLeary, Jr.56 Lakeview Drive

PO Box 66, Readfield ME 04355207-865-4707

Mary MacVane sends best wishes toeveryone at Hebron.

1938Class Agent: David Christison

7116 Cypress Creek LaneCharlotte NC 28210

704-556-7622

1939Class Agent: Ed Simonds

4 Cammock RoadScarborough ME 04074

207-883-5834

Paul Kerr writes, “Still fully retiredand enjoying traveling and playinggolf.”

1940S I X T I E T H R E U N I O N

Class Agent: Gerald M. Tabenken77 Arrowhead CircleAshland MA 01721

508-881-0600

1941Class Agent:

John A. MacDonald, Jr.121 Eben Hill RoadYarmouth ME 04096

207-846-3583

1942Class Agent: Norman A. Cole

PO Box 116Sebago Lake ME 04075


1943Class Agent: Gene Smith

7 Kingswood DriveOrangeburg NY 10962

914-359-7454

David Cates writes, “Have beendoing a lot of local traveling. Placeslike Huntington Beach, CA,Sacramento, CA, West Linn, OR, tosee daughter, Palm Springs, CA,Santa Fe and Taos, NM, SanFrancisco, CA, Verde Valley andGrand Canyon, AZ, Morrow Bay, CA,Yosemite and San Francisco, CA, withPat and Les Soule from South Paris,ME. Play doubles tennis three timesper week and active in the FirstPresbyterian Church, Visalia.” n

There was a mini, mini reunion ofsorts at last fall’s Homecoming whenBill Friberg returned to the campusfor the first time since he left atChristmas vacation of 1942 to join the

famed 10th Mountain (Infantry)Division. Bill and Gene Smith gottogether on the sidelines of the foot-ball game and brought each other upto date on the who, what, when,where and how of the class. Bill isretired now and would like to hearfrom classmates. He can be reachedat: Box 214, Ethel Walton Apts.,Farmington ME 04938.

1947Class Agent needed!

To volunteer, call Shanna Bruno,Associate Director of

Advancement, at 207-966-2100,ext. 236. E-Mail:

[email protected]

1948Class Agent: Douglas P. WebbPO Box 403, Bradford NH 03221

603-938-2182

January to April: 2221 E. Mabel, Tuscon AZ 85719

520-795-8476

Danforth Beal writes, “I’m very proudof the great success that Hebron’sgirls’ hockey team brought to theschool! Also the boys’ team in beat-ing Brooks School. I played at Brooksfor three years before going toHebron! Both great schools (I likedHebron much more than Brooks!)” n

Fred Webster writes, “Colleen and Iare well. I am busy in the antiquebusiness with Cyr Auction Co. in Gray,ME, so I consider myself only semi-retired.”




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1950F I F T I E T H R E U N I O N

Class Agent: Richard H. Lancaster68 Columbia AvenueBrunswick ME 04011

207-725-6075

Many Thanks

Shanna Bruno, AssociateDirector of Development,would like to thank BethSkelton Perry ’80 andSybil Newton King ’90 fortheir years of service toHebron as Class Agents.She also welcomes threenew Class Agents, GregBoardman ’65, Judith HillWhalen ’80 and Jim Hill’90.

Eleanor Allen and Barbara Brooks Rideoutafter a recent service at the HebronCommunity Baptist Church.



The Franklin Society

Dean E. Ridlon ’53A.B. BOWDOIN COLLEGE 1957

DISTINGUISHED TRUSTEE EMERITUS

CO-CHAIRMAN: HEBRON AT 200

I’ve worked on Hebron’s behalf for manyyears. I’ve served as class agent, four-term

trustee and board chairman. Presently, I’mheading up Hebron’s new endowment campaign with my good friend PaysonPerkins. I have a great love for the school, and I’m always looking for a way tohelp.

It’s no secret that building Hebron’s endowment is our most pressing chal-lenge. We need to create an endowment that can smooth out some of the roughroad to the future—demographic changes, recessions, etc. To realize this goal, weall need to raise our sights and look for ways to make significant gifts forHebron’s future.

I have created a scholarship fund that I’ve been giving to over the years, but Iwanted to find other ways to add dollars to the fund. It happens that I own a lifeinsurance policy which is completely paid and really doesn’t fit into my estateplan. This policy was given as a retirement benefit by my former employer, and Ireally don’t need it. What I’ve done is to change the beneficiary to HebronAcademy—simple as that.

I would guess that there are many Hebron alumni like me, whose children aregrown and who really don’t need all the life insurance that they have. A quickchange of beneficiary can make possible a major gift to Hebron. Nothing couldbe easier!

MAJOR GIFTS: LIFE INSURANCE,

ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUND

The Franklin Society comprises a

unique group of Hebron

investors. These generous and far-

sighted individuals have made

Hebron a part of their estate plans.

By doing so, they have planted the

seeds of the Academy’s financial

security and helped to ensure its

long term fiscal health. The

Society’s namesake, Benjamin

Franklin, was noted for his prac-

ticality, urbane wit, prudence and

financial acumen. It was those qual-

ities which led Hebron’s founders to

vote, at their first meeting in 1804,

to inscribe the likeness of Dr.

Franklin upon the new school’s seal.

Today we honor the memory of

Hebron’s founders as well as Dr.

Franklin himself, by urging you to

consider membership.

For More Information…

For additional information about

these and other planned gift

opportunities, please call or write

the Director of External Affairs in

complete confidence. He will be

able to meet with you at your con-

venience, in order to demonstrate

the many advantages to making a

planned gift to Hebron Academy.

207-966-2100 ext 238

207-966-2004 (fax)



1951Class Agent: Edward L. Ruegg

PO Box 242North Haven ME 04853

207-867-4472

October to May:PO Box 3111, Carefree AZ 85377

602-488-5004

1952Class Agent:

Philip H. Montgomery14 Ragged Mountain Road

Camden ME 04843207-236-8406

E-Mail: [email protected]

1953Class Agent: Dean E. Ridlon

225 Nehoiden StreetNeedham MA 02494

781-444-5736

Many thanks to Soot Bredhoff forsending along an obituary noticeabout Mike Lincoln ’54. Soot has justretired and moved from the island ofHawaii to the island of Maui afterspending 37 years in the cattle indus-try. He sends his best to his school-mates of 1952–1953 and to Hebron.

1954Class Agent: Bruce J. Spaulding

14215 Kellywood LaneHouston TX 77079

713-493-6663

John Maher is active in rotary andchurch and is treasurer of his condoassociation. He established a busi-ness valuation company in 1980; hisson John and daughter Mary joinedin 1986. He plans to start a new ven-ture, assigning business value to pub-licly traded companies.

1955F O R T Y - F I F T H R E U N I O N

Class Agent: Richard J. Parker2 Vision Drive

Natick MA 01760E-Mail: [email protected]

1956Class Agent: Paul F. DrouinRemax, 104 Pleasant Street

Hyannis MA 02601508-790-7900

Dick Cutter writes, “I am still manag-ing trusts at Cambridge Trust of NewHampshire and also was recentlyelected president of the AmericanIndependence Museum here inExeter. I encourage you to stop by onyour way through town.”

1957Class Agent: S. Mason Pratt, Jr.

3 Storer Street, Portland ME 04102207-774-0079

1958Class Agent: Ted NoyesNoyes & Chapman, Inc.

1039 Washington AvenuePortland ME 04103

207-797-3600

1959Class Agent: Bernard L. Helm

1502 West Thomas StreetRocky Mount NC 27804


1960F O R T I E T H R E U N I O N

Class Agent: John H. Halford, III472 High Rock StreetNeedham MA 02494





[email protected]

1962Class Agent:

Gordon M. Gillies, Esq.Hebron AcademyHebron ME 04238

207-966-3131

1963Class Agent: Will Harding

41 Mitchell Hill RoadLyme CT 06371860-434-1418

Winter Residence:4500 Clear Lake Dr.

Gainesville, FL 32607352-378-2540

David Ayres writes, “Being 37 yearsout of Hebron, my classmates and Iare probably looking forward to slow-ing down in the next several years andretiring. Ha! Doesn’t seem to workthat way. Still working 60–70-hourweeks, traveling to Europe severaltimes a year and loving it all the way.Two children grown and out of thehouse. Lauren, aged 13 and in eighthgrade, keeping Jean and me young.”

1964Class Agent: John R. Giger

152 Whiley RoadGroton MA 01450

978-448-9628 (before 9:00 p.m.)E-Mail: [email protected]

1965T H I R T Y - F I F T H R E U N I O N

Class Agent: Greg Boardman697 Union St., Duxbury MA 02332

[email protected]

1966Class Agent: Harvey L. Lowd

3004 Redford DriveGreensboro NC 27408

910-545-3422

Bill Golden and his wife, Kristen,recently bought the NantucketLightship in an auction on e-Bay. Theyplan to restore the ship and use it asa floating office somewhere on theBoston waterfront.

Marriages

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Emily Rea and Jason Sturges on April 11,2000.

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Lauri Moreau and Beau Blais on March31, 2000.

New Arrivals

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To Chris and Ann Sullivan McCoy, a boy,Jackson Sullivan McCoy, on April 15,2000.

Jessica Feeley ’75 and Mike Bergstein ’73chat with Interim Headmaster Paul Domingueat the Board of Visitors dinner. Mike’s twodogs, Rajah and Tusker, also enjoyed theirvisit to Hebron.






[email protected]

John Baker (JAG Corps, U.S. Army) is

currently assigned as general counsel,

Uniformed Services University of the

Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD. His

son Andrew is a 1999 graduate of the

U.S.M.A. and he has two children at the

University of Virginia: Ted, a junior, and

Molly, a freshman. n Tom Twichell isvice president of marketing at theStuckey Co. in Houston, TX. He hastwo daughters at Southwest TexasState University. His wife, Linda, is atherapist working with kids.

1968Class Agent:

Robert L. Lowenthal, Jr.107 Knickerbocker Rd.

Pittsford NY 14534716-586-8528

E-Mail: [email protected]. com

1969Class Agent: Jonathan G. Moll536 Bair Road, Berwyn PA 19312


Dick Brass was profiled recently inBusiness Week.

1970T H I R T I E T H R E U N I O N

Class Agent: J. Craig Clark, Jr.PO Box 209, Rindge NH 03461


1971Class Agent: Harvey A. Lipman

366 Farm LaneWestwood MA 02090

[email protected]

1972Class Agent: Stephen R. Gates

44 Cutler RoadAndover MA 01810

978-470-1547E-Mail: stephen.gates@mw. com

1973Class Agent:

G.M. Nicholas Carter8 Arnold Street

Old Greenwich CT 06870203-698-1932


Dave Brooks writes, “In 1997 I com-pleted a doctor of ministry degree infamily systems theory and congrega-tional process. I continue to servechurches across New England as anintentional interim pastor. Kathytutors special needs students at oneof the city high schools. Our four boysand one daughter all played on theirschool basketball teams again thisyear. Greetings to all in ’73.” n BobThompson lives in Melbourne, FLwith his two sons and flies B737s forDelta Air Lines.

1974Class Agent: Alan G. Norris

7515 Collins Meade WayKingstowne VA 22315

703-922-0141

1975T W E N T Y - F I F T H R E U N I O N

Class Agent: Ellen L. AugustaPO Box 15519, Kenmore Station

Boston MA 02215617-846-2845

E-Mail: ellen_augusta @kessler.com

1976Class Agent: C. Reed Chapman

83 Zion-Wertsville Rd.Skillman NJ 08558


Michelle Adamo Ouellette writes,“My husband, Roger, and I recentlymoved to Bowdoin, ME, and areenjoying the peace and quiet. My songraduates from Brunswick High

School this year and my daughter isgetting married in April. I’m still work-ing as a paralegal which keeps mebusy. I remember the Hebron daysoften and smile. Would love to hearfrom people.” n Ted Eames writes,“Still happily married, 15 years andfour kids later: Abi, 13; Emily, 11;Charlie, 5; Isabelle, 3. I am marketsales manager for AT&T Wireless,northern Cumberland and Saga-dahoc counties in Maine. Office inCooks Corner.”

1977Class Agent: Carolyn E. Adams

75 Baynard Cove RoadHilton Head Island SC 29928

803-363-6720

1978Class Agent: Geoff Clark

87 Highland RoadPortland ME 04102


Our sympathies to George Dycio onthe death of his father in March. n

Martin Minondo is the general man-ager of a company whose businesssectors include industrial gas distribu-tion, electrical energy generation anddistribution of industrial supplies. Helives in Guatemala, is married and hasthree children. n We hear that TomSmith has been promoted to man-ager of the customer service depart-ment at International Paper inAuburn. His niece, Anna Bachmann,will be a first grader at Hebron’sLower School in the fall.

1979Class Agent:

B. Tucker Thompson749 Princes Point Road

Yarmouth ME 04096207-846-4175


Alfred Erhard is working as a refrig-eration engineer specializing inindustrial refrigeration. He and hiswife live in the southern part ofGermany near Lake Constance andclose to the border with Austria andSwitzerland. n Antonio Minondo isliving in Guatemala with his wife andfive children. He is currently the

Spring Events:New York, Dedham

and Portland

Susy and Dean Ridlon ’53 hosted the Dedhamevent. Above: T. Scott Downs ’86, KristenDowns and John Donahue ’84. Below:Daphne Rea White ’88, former teacherBrendan O’Day and his wife, Michelle.

Ann and Ted Noyes ’58 hosted the Portlandevent. Above: Dick Lancaster ’50, Bep Morse’39 and Ed Simonds ’39. Below: Tom Noyes ’87and Jim Goss ’85, holding Harrison Conner.



finance manager for an oil explo-ration and development company. Hesays he is still playing soccer twice aweek with two small court teams andon weekends on a normal playingfield, “Of course everything hurts(knees, ankles, etc.), but at this age ifnothing hurts you’re dead!”

1980T W E N T I E T H R E U N I O N

Class Agent: Judith Hill Whalen443 MacKenzie WayFranklin TN 37064

615-599-2644

Our sympathies to Mark Dycio on thedeath of his father in March.

1981Class Agent: Mark L. Stevens

215 Melrose StreetAuburndale MA 02466


Rob Quarles says hello from sunnySarasota. Last year he bought a houseand a computer. He met his girlfriend,Linda, in one of the two singinggroups he belongs to. He says thefiberglass supply business is boom-ing. He’s still rollerblading, playinghockey, biking and playing squashoccasionally.

1982Class Agent:

Joy Dubin Grossmanc/o D&T Spinning, Inc.

PO Box 467, Ludlow VT 05149802-228-2925


1983Class Agent:

Debra Beacham Bloomingdale2 Haddow Road

Rockport MA 01966978-546-9123


Christopher Britt writes, “I am livingoutside of Philadelphia with my wife,Catherine, and our two boys, Duncanand Rory (19 months and 2 monthsold, respectively). I presently run a

division of a large financial servicescompany handling the mid-atlantic,south and southwest regions.Business is good…I always thankHebron for helping me go to a greatuniversity (Notre Dame) and ulti-mately succeed in my work. Happy200 years!” n Kamala HughesCalcara is a business analyst for abank and lives in Charlotte, NC. n

Scott Ralston writes, “I have beenhappily married 12 years and havetwo sons, ages 12 and 8 (both schol-ars and football players). After gradu-ating from S.U.N.Y. with a B.S. in busi-ness in 1994, I have been employedby a national security servicesprovider specializing in integratedasset protection as the regional man-ager for guard services in the state ofMichigan.”

1984Class Agent:

Deborah Schiavi Cote18 Little Androscoggin Drive

Auburn ME 04210207-784-1590


1985F I F T E E N T H R E U N I O N

Class Agent: Eric T. Shediac20 Grove Street, Apt. 33

Somerville MA 02144617-623-4719

1986Class Agent: Carl Engel

7 Gerring RoadGloucester MA 01930


1987Class Agent:

Catherine C. Thoman265 E. 66th St. Apt 9BNew York NY 10021

[email protected]

Michael Callahan reports that he hasjust been elected to a three-year termas selectman in the town of Minot. n

Jim Dill is working with special-needschildren at Plymouth ElementarySchool in New Hampshire.

1988Class Agent:

Rebecca Whitney Kinney91-1013 Aeae StreetEwa Beach HI 96706


Rebecca Whitney Kinney writes,“We are moving to San Antonio, TX,in June 2000. We are also expectingthe birth of our first child in May 2000.Would love to hear from anyone on e-mail. Looking for Heather Walther.”

1989Class Agent: M. Hayes McCarthy

PO Box 1412North Falmouth MA 02556


Karen Demos just received her mas-ter’s degree and teaches fourth gradein Denver. n Sara Shaw has beenaccepted into a graduate program inmarriage and personal counseling atNorthwestern.

1990T E N T H R E U N I O N

Class Agent: Jim Hill300 N. Ashland Avenue

Park Ridge IL 60068847-698-0560

Brett Martel is working as a journalistfor the Associated Press in NewOrleans. n In July, Gunnar Olson willbe leaving Kalamazoo, MI, to becomethe Assistant Director of CollegeCounseling at Saint Mary’s Hall, a pri-vate school in San Antonio, TX.

1991Class Agent: Steven W. Williams

48 River Bank TerraceBillerica MA 01821

978-663-3926

Rob Curtis writes, “Helene and I justbought our first home in Springfield,VA, just outside DC. I’m still a pho-tographer, although I’ve been on theglobe-trotting circuit lately. I spent amonth in Kosovo, covering NATOtroops liberating the latest Balkanquagmire. Before the war, I was inAviano, Italy, shooting as the Air

Notable Alumna:Laurie Pinchbeck

Whitsel ’83

On Friday, May 5, 2000, Laurie PinchbeckWhitsel, Ph.D., spoke at the Cum LaudeSociety Induction at Hebron Academy. Dr.Whitsel has achieved national stature as ascholar-athlete. She is the president of theNational Soccer Coaches’ Association ofAmerica and was named an Ethics Fellowby the Institute of International Sport. Shewill speak at the World Scholar-AthleteGames in the summer.

Laurie grew up in Cambridge, Maine, whereher family raised Christmas trees. AtHebron, she combined top scholarship withexcellence in soccer and softball. Duringher senior year, the Hebron girls’ soccerteam attained a stellar 8–3 record with herexpert help. Since Hebron did not have anoboe teacher on campus then and Lauriewas a dedicated musician, Fine Arts ChairForest Perkins drove her to East Hebronone evening a week for lessons with localoboe instructor Dorothy Rupert.

At Bates College, she was a member of theBobcat women’s soccer team that attaineda 13–1–2 record in 1985, competing in theECAC Division III championships. After col-lege, she worked for the National OlympicSoccer training camp in Colorado Springs,Colorado, and helped plan the Women’sNational team tour of Europe.

She earned a Master of Science degree atPenn State University in exercise and sportscience, and later, after her marriage to col-lege teacher Brad Whitsel, she obtainedher doctorate in nutritional physiology fromSyracuse University. She has taught and/orcoached at West Virginia Wesleyan,Hamilton College and Pennsylvania StateUniversity-Fayette. Presently, as she raisesher son Christian and daughter Amy, ages 3and 1, she is a consultant and writes articlesfor publication in her field.



Force geared up and then prose-cuted the air war on the Serbs (madethe cover of US News and WorldReport!). Spent last February inNorway, then went to Japan andSouth Korea, Romania, Iceland, Spainand most recently South Africa andMozambique for the floods.” n

Juliette Rossignol studied medicinein France and became a dentist inMarch. She says “hello from France”to everyone who knew her.

1992Class Agent:

Matthew A. ArsenaultRR 1 Box 382

Penobscot ME 04476207-326-8559

Kathryn Harrison writes, “I am cur-rently living in Rhode Island. I work inthe human resources office ofAmerican Power Conversion.Recently I was teaching at an ourdooreducation center—basically scienceoutdoors on a beautiful 2300-acrecampus, the W. Alton Jones campusof the University of Rhode Island. DebElwell ’91 and I had a nice reunion afew weeks ago, and thanks to her Iheard from Scott Nelson and CateBagley ’91. Thanks for all the news,glad to hear Hebron is doing so well.”n Ross Talarico finished up his mas-ter’s in exercise physiology and willhead to the California College ofPodiatric Medicine in August to worktowards dual M.D. and D.P.M.degrees. n Paul Truting and hiswife, Rachelle, live in Canton, CT. Paulis in partnership in a company inHartford called DocuSource—thenumber one distributor of Sharp digi-tal office products for Connecticutand Massachusetts. Paul says, “Wehave no children yet but we do have acrazy Chocolate lab puppy! I haven’tspoken with anyone from Hebron in along time and would love to hearfrom some of my old friends.Everything here is great and I wisheveryone else the same success!”

1993Class Agent:

Marko I. Radosavljevic340 Media Station Rd., Apt. C212

Media PA 19063610-565-6466

E-Mail: mradosav@student. physics.upenn.edu

Lauri Moreau Blais is working at theFarwell School in Lewiston, workingwith grades K–3 teaching ReadingRecovery/Title One. She and her hus-band, Beau, are living in Greene.

1994Class Agent: Daniel C. Rausch

20 Summer Street, 1202NMalden MA 02148

781-388-0715

1995F I F T H R E U N I O N

Class Agent: Meredith L. Robinson

23 Osborne St., 2nd FloorBloomfield NJ 07003


Sean Morey spent the spring andearly summer playing football for theBarcelona Dragons, an NFL EuropeLeague team.

1996Class Agent: Irakly Areshidze

Middlebury CollegeMC Box 4230

Middlebury VT 05753802-443-3995


James Ashton is working at WaltDisney World and building stilts for

performers. n Matt Katz had hisB.F.A. exhibition at Alfred University,May 6–13.

1997Class Agent: Arica B. PowersPO Box 292, Hebron ME 04238


Liz Dench was on the fall honor roll atSkidmore College. n Javier Mendi-zabal is studying in a Swiss HotelManagement School in Spain andenjoying it very much. He studies forsix months and then does six monthsof training. So far he’s worked in ahotel in Florence, as a chef in London,and as a steward on the Eurostar (thefast train between Paris and Brussels).n Alec Muller was named to thedean’s list at CalTech.

1998Class Agent: Brian Toole

Class of 2003PO Box 0013 G Company

Annapolis MD 21412

1999Class Agent: Joe Patry

2100 I St NW #307Washington DC 20052


Meg Muller was named to the fallsemester dean’s list at the Universityof Maine at Orono. At a recent trackmeet at Boston University shebecame the America East 2000indoor high jump champion. n

Christo Sedgewick was named tothe fall dean’s list at Tufts University.n Christy Webster competed at thenovice nationals for debate inWashington in February. She and herdebate partner came in second in thenation. They were the first Universityof Rochester debate team membersever to make it to the finals.

F o r m e r

F a c u l t y

Charles Tranfield writes, “Pat and Icame through our cancer problems ingood shape and are enjoying retire-ment. Had a great time at the Wests50th anniversary last fall—so good tosee old Hebron friends.”

In April, former Hebron teacher DwightWilder stopped by campus in the persona ofBenjamin Seaver, a leading outdoorsman inthe early 1900s. Dwight recreates the erabefore paved highways, well-marked trails,video cameras, cell phones or television, ashe introduces his audience to Ben Seaver.Himself a long-time member of theAppalachian Mountain Club and the great-grand-nephew of Seaver, Dwight has por-trayed a living history character since 1992.He is seen here with Hebron’s OutdoorEducation teacher Eric Duffy.

Anne Skelton ’79, Bill Skelton ’86 and Bill’swife, Sarah, came to campus to see “AMidsummer Night’s Dream” in February.

Ross Talarico ’92 stopped by last summer andvisited with Dave Stonebraker.

Spending Your

Junior Year

Abroad?

Send us a postcard

and we’ll put it in

the Hebronian or

Semester!

The Semester

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PO Box 309

Hebron ME 04238



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Warren W. Stearns died April 24,2000, in Norway. He was born in 1909on Stearns Hill, which is now WestParis, the son of William Child Stearnsand J. Blanche Chase Stearns. Hegraduated from Bowdoin College in1932 and was a member of Chi PsiFraternity. After college, he took a jobat Filene’s in boston, and then joinedLiberty Mutual Insurance Co. as aclaims adjuster. In 1951, Mr. Stearnswas transferred to Toronto as claimsmanager for the Canadian division ofthe company. He served in theToronto office until his retirement in1972. He was a source of informationfor the renovation and restoration ofthe historic homes in the area, includ-ing the Deacon Willis House on ParisHill where he spent summers until hisretirement. Since then, he had madeit his permanent home, and had doneresearch on agricultural projects, localhistory and architecture. He oversawthe restoration of the 1840 ChandlerCurtis House on the Stearns Hill Roadin the early 1980s. In 1937, Mr. Stearnsmarried Gertrude Case in Summit,New Jersey. She died in 1962. Hemarried Kathleen M. Graham ofToronto in 1968. Mr. Stearns is sur-vived by a niece, Joan GibsonWheeler of McKinney, Texas; andthree nephews, Dr. Edwin S. Gibsonof Paris, William H. Gibson of WestParis, and F. Warrent Gibson ofMilton, Massachusetts. He was prede-ceased by a sister, Annette StearnsGibson ’21 in 1991.

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Donald Crouse Umphrey diedJanuary 6, 2000, at his home inWashburn. He was born in Washburn,a son of Hepsie (Crouse) and Harry E.Umphrey. He attended school inWashburn, where he received theEagle Scout award in 1929. After apostgraduate year at HebronAcademy, Mr. Washburn continuedhis education at Tufts Universitywhere he was a member and presi-dent of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.While attending Tufts he met hisfuture wife, Barbara Clucas, whom hemarried in 1939. During World War II,Mr. Washburn accepted a commis-sion in the U.S. Navy andserved in thePacific with Flotilla Sixteen aboardLCT 6. Returning to Maine in 1946, hisbusiness interests included: presi-dent, Maine Potato Growers and

Distributors, Inc.; treasurer, AroostookPotato Growers, Inc.; director,Washburn Potato Co.; director andtreasurer, Washburn Trust Co.; direc-tor and executive committee,Northern National Bank; treasurer,Maine Potato Shippers HeaterService; director, Dupram Farms, Inc.;Bud, Don and Dale Farms; WadeFarms; O.K. Storey Co.; president,Growers Supply Co.; president,Washburn Rotary Club. Mr. Washburnwas predeceased by two sisters, ArdisMcCall of Caribou and Phyllis Rollinsof Ormond Beach, Florida. He is sur-vived by a son, George RobertUmphrey II ’58 of Washburn; a daugh-ter, Sarah Elgie Dinsmore ofPeterborough, New Hampshire; threegrandsons; one granddaughter andone great-grandson.

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It is with regret that once again I mustwrite about the death of one of ourclassmates, Kenneth T. Johnson, 84,of Swampscott, Massachusetts. Kendied on October 28, 1999, at hishome. He was the husband of AgnesW. Johnson, with whom he shared 56years of married life. Ken was born inCambridge, Massachusetts, the son ofAxel and Agnes Johnson. He had adistinguished career in the UnitedStates Army as a member of the 78thDivision during World War II, where heachieved the rank of captain. He wasawarded the Bronze Star for meritori-ous achievement in 1945. After his dis-charge from the service he pursued acareer in the leather industry with sev-eral companies. After 23 years ofemployment with Sandoz, a Swisschemical company, he retired in 1981.Ken was a member of the SwampscottClub and VFW Post 1240. He was alsoa member of the American LeatherChemists Association and a formermember of the Beverly Golf andTennis Club. In addition to his wife, heis survived by a son, Kenneth, ofSalem, Massachusetts, and threedaughters, Elaine Johnson of Hawaii,Susan Gilroy of Marblehead,Massachusetts, and Karen Johnson ofWest Paris, Maine. He is also survivedby a brother, Karl Johnson, ofSwampscott, and seven grandchil-dren. Ken was a longtime supporter ofHebron and as Class Agent I alwaysenjoyed his notes and talking to himon the telephone.

John W. Powell ’35

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William J. Riley, one of Hebron’s fourmembers of the U.S. Hockey Hall ofFame and immortal DartmouthCollege (class of ’46) hockey playerwho still holds most of Dartmouth’smajor scoring records, died onFebruary 15, 2000, at theRehabilitation Center in Woburn,Massachusetts. Under coach EddieJeremiah (Hebron class of 1926 andalso a Hockey Hall of Fame member),and with his brothers, Jack (who latercoached hockey at West Point) andJoe, Billy helped establish Dartmouthas the nation’s top college hockeypowerhouse in the 1940s. A Marineduring World War II, Bill served in thePacific, returned to Dartmouth in1946, playing in the first two NCAAhockey championships in 1948 and1949. Coach Jeremiah once saidyears ago, “Bill Riley was, and still is,the best American-born collegehockey player. If there’s anyone closeto him, he’s not on this planet.”Following his Dartmouth hockeycareer, Bill became one of the nation’stop college hockey officials, handlingBean Pot, NCAA Tournament, inter-national and Olympic games. He hada simple philosophy about hockey,saying, “It’s simple. Skate, stickhandleand shoot. Backcheck all the time.Hockey is not one person. In no othersport do you have artificial feet andan artificial arm. It’s the best. And youmeet the best people throughhockey.” Bill is survived by his wife,Beverly C. (Maintien); son William J.Riley, Jr.; two daughters, Jane L.McEleney and Judy A. Galante;brothers John P. Riley and James E.Riley; and 7 grandchildren.

Eugene J. Smith ’43

Carl F. Sheltra died April 18, 2000. Hewas born in Maine, a son of Felix T.and Aurore Lea Tourville Sheltra. Hewas attending the University of Mainewhen he was drafted by the Army AirCorps during World War II. Mr.Sheltra was employed in the familyreal estate business before operatinghis own business, Carl F. Sheltra RealEstate, for more than 40 years. Heworked for the telephone companyas a Yellow Pages sales representativefor 25 years. Mr. Sheltra was YorkCounty treasurer from 1974 to 1978.He served six terms in the House ofRepresentatives in the 104th–106thand 113th–115th sessions. He servedas chairman of the York CountyLegislative Delegation and of theBusiness Legislative Commission. Hewas also a past exalted ruler of theBiddeford-Saco Elks. Mr. Sheltra was

ObituariesUpcomingEvents

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22–

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

Homecoming 2000—A celebra-tion of friendship and the Academyat the beginning of Hebron’s 197thyear. Reunions for classes ending in0 or 5.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26

Regional Gathering in SeacoastNew Hampshire—Details TBA.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2

Regional Gathering inWashington, DC—Join withfriends and classmates to hear thenews from Hebron at a receptionhosted by Mr. and Mrs. DanielSteinway ’68 at the offices ofKelley, Drye and Warren,Washington. 6:00–8:00 p.m.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2

Alumni/ae Sports Weekend—Come back to campus for the kick-off weekend of winter sports featur-ing the Annual Alumni/ae HockeyGame and Swim Meet (tentative).Details TBA.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28

Local Alumni/ae PotluckDinner—Join with classmates,friends and members of the Hebroncommunity for good food and goodcheer on campus. 5:30–7:30 p.m.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Call or e-mail Beverly Roy in theAlumni/ae Office.207-966-2100, ext. [email protected]



a communicant of Most Holy TrinityChurch in Saco. His pastimesincluded golf, tennis and hockey. Hewon trophies in table tennis and wasstate champion in the mid-1950s. Mr.Sheltra is survived by his wife,Rosemarie Simonelli Sheltra ofBiddeford; three sons, ThomasSheltra of Sarasota, Florida, Scott M.Sheltra and Roy G. Sheltra, both ofBiddeford; five grandchildren andtwo great-grandchildren.

Roger L. Williams, Jr. died April 10,2000, at his home in Corvallis,Oregon, following a lengthy illness.He was born in Lewiston, Maine, theson of Roger L. and Susan MerriamWilliams. He attended the Universityof Maine at Orono and served as anofficer in the U.S. Army during WorldWar II. After the war, he returned toAuburn, where he owned and oper-ated an auto dealership until hisretirement. Mr. Williams was active inprofessional and community organi-zations, including the MaineAutomobile Dealers Association andKiwanis. He was a former president ofAuburn Savings and Loan. He was amember of the High Street, WestAuburn and West BethelCongregational churches, where heand his family maintained many life-long friends and acquaintances. Mr.Williams spent much time fly-fishingwith family and friends at ThompsonLake and in the Rangeley Lakes area.He was also an avid golfer and skier.He continued to pursue his interestsin community service, fishing and golfafter moving to Corvallis in 1994. Hisgreatest enjoyment was in the timehe spent with his family. He was mar-ried for over 50 years to CynthiaCummings Williams. Mr. Williams issurvived by his wife of Corvallis; a sis-ter, Mary Louise Haskell of Yarmouth;three sons, Scott L. Williams ofBuckfield, John W. Williams ofNorway, and Mark A. Williams ofDavidson, North Carolina; a daughter,Jane S. Williams of Corvallis; sevengrandchildren and two great-grand-children.

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John “Fritz” Pfaffman died March 4,2000, in Cohasset, Massachusetts,after a long battle with cancer. He wasborn in Boston and earned a degreein electrical engineering fromNortheastern University. Mr. Pfaffmantraveled the world as a sales managerfor one of the region’s first technol-ogy companies. His interest in sailinglater led him to become a yacht bro-ker. He was active in the Cohasset

Harbor Committee and Yacht Club,where he spent many summer days.He served in the Air Force. Mr.Pfaffman is survived by his wife,Charlotte Frost Pfaffman; a son,Robert Shaw Pfaffman of Pittsburgh;two daughters, Sarah PfaffmanDahlquist of Palo Alto, California, andLee Pfaffman Connor of Arlington;and four grandchildren.

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William F. “Fred” Hinckley diedMarch 31, 2000. He was born inSpringfield, Massachusetts, the son ofWilliam Frederick and Gladys HowesHinckley. He attended the Universityof Massachusetts and graduated cumlaude from Western New EnglandCollege in 1963. After moving toSimsbury, Connecticut, in 1968, Mr.Hinckley maintained a coaching posi-tion for Simsbury Little League for 11years, while umpiring for girls’ soft-ball. Mr. Hinckley is survived by fourchildren, William F. Hinckley, III of OakBluffs, Massachusetts; Lizi Hinckley ofAvon, Connecticut; Mott Hinckley ofEgartown, Massachusetts; and HallieHinckley of Charlestown,Massachusetts; their mother, BarbaraHinckley of Ft. Meyers, Florida; agranddaughter; a niece; a nephew;and numerous cousins. He was pre-deceased by a brother, GeorgieHinckley, and his parents.

George A. Kinnaly died March 21,2000, in Beverly, Massachusetts,where he was an English teacher andcoach at Beverly High School. He wasborn in Winthrop, attended BostonEnglish High School and earneddegrees from Tufts University andSalem State. He served in the Marinesand was honorably discharged in1958. Mr. Kinnaly had been a teacherand coach at Beverly High Schoolsince 1962. he coached hockey inBeverly from 1962 to 1972 and main-tained a record of 105 wins, 51 lossesand 18 ties. He also coached hockeyin Peabody from 1972 to 1984, win-ning 137 games, losing 71 and tying31. A former star athlete at BostonEnglish, he was a Boston English Hallof Fame member, a star football andhockey player at Tufts and a memberof the Hockey Coaches’ Hall of Famefor the commonwealth of Massa-chusetts. During his 37 years as acoach and teacher, he coached anumber of championship and statetournament teams, as well as two col-lege All-Americans and a silvermedalist from the 1972 Olympichockey team. Mr. Kinnaly is survivedby three sons, Edward G. Kinnaly of

New Castle, New Hampshire; MichaelG. Kinnaly of Peabody, Massa-chusetts; and Paul A. Kinnaly ofSaugus, Massachusetts; his formerwife, Eleanor, of Peabody; one sister,Therese Treacy of Sudbury, Massa-chusetts; one granddaughter andseveral nieces and nephews.

Michael Merrill Lincoln died May 16,1999, in Hawaii. He was born inHartford, Connecticut, and playedhockey and football at Hebron. Hejoined the Marines and eventuallysettled in Honolulu. Mr. Lincolnretired as Georges Mikas janitorialand pool supply owner. He he sur-vived by his wife, Fusako; a son,Matthew Lincoln; a daughter,Michelle Lincoln; a sister, NinaDurgin; and two grandchildren.

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Edward N. “Ted” Willard died April1, 2000, in Greensboro, NorthCarolina. Mr. Willard was born inLawrence, Massachusetts, in 1945. Heattended Hamilton College and grad-uated from the University of Maine in1969 and worked as a underwriter forthe former Union Mutual LifeInsurance Co. in Portland, Maine. Healso worked for Provident Life andAccident Co. as assistant vice presi-dent for group long term disability.From 1963 until his death he workedat Jefferson Pilot Financial in groupunderwriting and was an assistantvice president. He was a communi-cant, lay reader, chalice bearer andassisted with the tape ministry at St.Andrew’s Episcopal Church. He waspreceded in death by his mother,Nancy Willard, and father, L. Edward“Ned” Willard, Jr., both of Hebron.He is survived by his wife of 32 years,Gwendolyn Smith Willard; twodaughters, Tanya Marie Willard ofCharlotte, North Carolina, and RobynNancy Butler of Tinker AFB,Oklahoma; one sister, Cynthia Thayerof Richmond, Maine; four nieces andthree nephews.

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Charles B. Stoddard ’28 in May1998.

Cedric French ’29 on March 8, 2000.

C. Everett Lister ’31 on February 29,2000.

William G. Mitchell, Jr. ’39 on March11, 2000.

S. Michael Scholnick ’60.

John W. Powell ’35alumnus, trustee, benefactor, friend

John W. Powell died May30, 2000, in Portland. Mr.Powell came to Hebronfor a post-graduate yearand graduated fromDartmouth College in1940. He worked for theFederal Bureau ofInvestigation and thensupervised campus security at Yale. He and hiswife, Marge, were frequent visitors to the Hebroncampus and loyal supporters of Hebron’s hockeyteams. A long-time Academy volunteer, Mr. Powellhad served as Class Agent for many years and hadjust concluded his second term as a member ofthe Board of Trustees.

A full obituary will appear in the August 2000 issueof The Hebronian.

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HebronianaSo Far From Home

In a corner of the Hebron Community Baptist Church cemetery,right behind the church, there is a grave, a little removed fromthe others. It is the resting place of Peter John Setchanoff, ayoung man from Bulgaria who was a student at HebronAcademy in the 1901–1902 school year. He signed the schoolregister on September 9, 1901, listing his date of birth as April 7,1877 and his residence as Samokove. His father was Rev. JohnSetchanoff. He died, probably of pneumonia, on March 15, 1902.

We are not sure who put up Peter’s headstone. It is one of thenicer stones in the cemetery and may have been paid for by thechurch congregation, the school or perhaps his parents. Eachspring for many years, Hebron students laid flowers there.

Peter was not the only Bulgarian at Hebron that year;Nicholas Katsounoff signed the same page of the register.Hebron’s first international student attended the Academy in1874. Many of today’s international students come fromGermany, Korea, Japan and Canada. In past years they camefrom places like Finland, Bohemia and Cuba. In fact, one ofPeter’s contemporaries was Cuban.

How did these students find Hebron Academy? The bestguess we can make is that they came here through the efforts ofAmerican Baptist Society missionaries. Today students come tous through a variety of exchange programs such as ASSIST,which is sending us a Bulgarian girl next year.

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