Trinity-Pawling Magazine Summer 2012

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S U M M E R 2 0 1 2Trinity-Pawling Magazine is published by the Office of Communication for alumni, parents and friends of the School.

Headmaster Archibald A. Smith IIIDirector of Development Grayson K. Bryant Director of Communications Connie RaffertyDirector of Alumni Relations Amanda Peltz, Class Notes EditorDevelopment Assistant Debi WongDesign Mark Berghold P ’16, ‘18 Printing Kirkwood PrintingPhoto Credits Photo Credits: Mark Berghold, Ned Burt P ‘12, Ellen Harasimowicz Photography, Jimmy Lee ‘14, Nicolle McDougall P ‘17, Virus Communication Group/Dino Petrocelli, Photo-Chambers, Connie Rafferty, Bob Stone Photography

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> September 11 First Day of Classes

> September 21 Dedication of Trinity-Pawling School Arboretum

> September 24 9th Annual Golf Outing — Somerset Hills

Country Club

> September 28-29 Reunion/Homecoming Weekend

Friday 6pm — Dedication of the Alan C. Proctor ’57 House

Saturday 1pm — Dedication of the Mo Vaughn 86’ Baseball Field

> October 12-13 Parents’ Weekend

> December 9 Candlelight Service

> January 12 Junior Parents’ College Day

> May 10-11 Spring Family Weekend and Career Day

> May 24 Blue & Gold Dinner for Seniors

> May 25 Stepping Up

> May 26 Commencement

Events

B O A R D O F T R U S T E E S

Save the Date

OfficersElizabeth P. Allen, PresidentArchibald A. Smith III, Headmaster and Vice PresidentDouglas E. Ebert ’64, Vice President and TreasurerAlvah O. Rock ’59, P ’87, Secretary

MembersTom Ahrensfeld ‘73Yoon Keun Ane ‘03Dianne Avlon, P ’96James L. Bellis, Jr. ’72Mildred BerendsenMark J. Bottini, P ’12Eugene O. Colley, P ’71, ’73, ’75, ’78W. David Coughlin ’56Charles Dow ’72, P ’05, ’08Gregory P. Flynn, P ’10

Robert M. Gardiner ’40 *David C. Genter ’80Maurice R. Greenberg, P ’77, GP ’15 *Alison and Tom Halloran P ’13Samuel S. Hemingway ’70Robert G. Ix ’83Janet Keating, P ’99Michael A. Kovner ’58Peter J. McCabe ’68Maureen Miller, P ’12, ‘15Erik K. Olstein ’86, P ’11, ’14Margot C. Pyle, P ’86, GP ’12, ’14Alton W. Ray ’55, P ’01Toussaint C. Romain ’96G. Christian Roux ’73David M. Sample ’67Gregory A. Spore ’85, P ’13Stuart T. Styles ’83Victoria E. Zoellner, P ’91 *

Members of Trustee CommitteesHenry B. duPont IV ’86Morton L. Fearey II ’84David Hobbs ‘82Daryl J. Rubinstein ’94Charles E. Stewart III, P ’05, ’07Headmaster EmeritusPhillips Smith, P ’79

*: Honorary P: Parent GP: Grandparent

Matthew Kelly ‘12, of Vi-enna, VA was the recipient of Trinity-Pawling’s highest Commencement award, The Gamage Award for General Excellence. Over the course of the past three years, Matthew has taken 10 Advanced Placement courses and earned an average of 4.3 on a scale of 5.0, appearing on the Headmaster’s List every trimester. Matt earned a silver medal for being in the

top 10% of all students on the National Latin Exam. He played Varsity Soccer, JV Hockey, and was a captain for Varsity Lacrosse. He earned All New England lacrosse honors as a long stick mid-fielder. Next fall he will ma-triculate at UCLA.

Features 6 Speaking of Character

8 True Grit: Admissions in the 21st Century

16 T-P in the World: A Home Made in Guatemala

20 Taking Pride in Community Service

22 Stepping Up and Commencement

27 Around Campus

28 Food for Thought

36 Athletic Hall of Fame

38 Alumni Essay: Rafting the Zambezi

42 Alumni Profile: T.C. Romain ‘96

In this Issue:

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D E P A R T M E N T S

2 HEADMASTER’S GREETING

4 A VIEW FROM THE HILL

30 PRIDE ATHLETICS

38 ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT

44 CLASS NOTES

54 IN MEMORIAM

60 LASTING IMPRESSION

ON THE COVER

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There is much to be proud of as I reflect on Trinity-Pawling’s 105th year. While we ask the boys to

heed many lessons—in and out of the classroom—this year I asked them to focus on one theme: respect. Our mis-sion statement reminds us that we strive to “educate and instill a value system that prepares young men to be contributing members of society amidst the challeng-es of an ever-changing world.” While an academic education is important for one’s success, it is a young man’s value system that will enable him to find that success throughout life as a happy and productive worker, a leader, a husband, and a father. We expect much of our students, but despite our high expec-tations and the academic pressure required to do well here, I believe that Trinity-Pawling excels at developing the whole child by instilling a value system that fosters long-term success.

In my opening Chapel Talk this year, I spoke to the community about the im-portance of respect for one’s self, peers, colleagues and others. The faculty and student leaders reinforced this theme in later chapel talks, articles in The Phoenix, and in less formal interactions with each other. The year passed with remarkable speed and it was clear the message had been received. It was rewarding to observe the civility and grace present within the community this year. Within these pages, you will recognize how our boys, past and present, successfully addressed the challenges that confronted them and grew stronger as a result of their labors. Transformed by their experi-ences, their stories share the common theme of respect.

Every school year is marked by transformative events. In an academic setting the student is usually the object of these events. While this remains true,

this year was one of transformation in both planned and unplanned ways. By June, residents of the new faculty hous-ing were moved in and the Barracks, originally built in 1944 as temporary housing, were demolished. Nine of 10 new faculty non-dormitory homes have been completed, renewing the north side of the campus. This campus construction project is the gift of Marlynn and Bill Scully ’57 whose generosity continues to transform the campus.

While this transformation was planned, Mother Nature intervened on Saturday, October 29 and drastically transformed not only the campus, but much of the northeast. With no power and significant tree damage from over a foot of snow, our first priority was the boys’ safety. Personal technology and creature comforts we all take for granted were suddenly unavailable. Scully Dining Hall became a refuge, as a generator produced power for food preparation and charging of phones and laptops. Despite the inconvenience, many enjoyed the opportunity to “unplug”. In true community spirit the students and faculty worked in the ensuing days to clean up the campus. Because athletic practices and games were suspended, teams worked with grounds crews gathering branches and restoring order. Miraculously, the School was without power for less than 24 hours, while much of the surrounding area endured a significantly longer interruption. The change of routine posed challenges and

“ I believe that Trinity-Pawling excels at developing the whole child by instilling a value system that fosters long-term success and fulfillment.” —Arch Smith

G R E E T I N G S F R O M T H E H E A D M A S T E R

On the importance of values

Headmaster Arch Smith takes a moment with Chris Murphy ‘13, Andy Xie ‘13 and Theo Kelly ‘13.

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the boys responded in a respectful and determined manner.

This Spring several members of the faculty and I attended a conference sponsored by the International Boys’ School Coalition. The top-ic of Dr. Adam Cox’s presenta-tion was “Locating Significance in the Lives of Boys”. Dr. Cox shared what we witnessed first-hand on campus, namely, boys are capable of doing extraordi-nary things and they are eager to be asked to do things that are significant to them. Our young men demonstrated a respect for their campus, their peers and themselves as they mended what the storm had damaged. That harrowing weekend set the tone for the year as the boys worked together, often putting the needs of others before their own.

The pages that follow chronicle ad-ditional examples of selfless dedication. Many members of the T-P community have engaged in notable community service activities. They include a trip to Kenya to build a school, and a trip to Guatemala to build a home. A momen-tous community effort, in collaboration with Westover School, culminated in a walk-a-thon Relay for Life in May – a national program that generates funds and awareness for cancer research. This meaningful event raised more than $28,000 and provided leadership op-portunities for our boys. It was gratifying to watch them invest their time, energy and resources in a program greater than themselves.

There were highlights this year in

the athletic arena as the boys battled through both injury and adversity, while maintaining our standards of good sportsmanship. Several seniors signed national letters of intent and earned all-league honors. For the second year in a row Varsity Squash received a Team Sportsmanship award given by The New England Interscholastic Squash Association. Two teams were singled out by the coaches in their league for their exemplary conduct and play – JV Hockey and Varsity Lacrosse are to be congratulated for these accolades. Varsity Lacrosse also earned the team’s second largest number of wins in the School’s history under the direction of coach Nic Bell, who received the New England West Coach of the Year award. Trinity-Pawling continues to be

a respected opponent in New England Prep School athletics.

Rounding out this issue is testimony from a few of our alumni who illustrate

how the bonds of mutual respect and support, nurtured at Trinity-Pawling, endure well beyond graduation. Scott C. Seckel ’84 writes about his adventure rafting the Zam-bezi River with his friend and classmate Sacha Gedrinsky ’84 almost thirty years after graduating from T-P. Their shared friendship and experi-ences, which began on this campus, are another testament to the success of the School’s mission. Our students succeed when they respect themselves. Trinity-Pawling succeeds when it educates the whole boy—stu-

dent, athlete, person—by opening his eyes to the opportunities that lie before him. I believe we do this well, and I am pleased to share some of our successes with you here.

Above, Cluett’s main entrance and along the quad by Hastings Dorm after the storm; below, many hands make light work as students chip in for the massive cleanup effort.

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a view from the hill

T-P Faculty, Making the Grade

T e a c h i n g E x c e l l e n c e

The faculty at Trinity-Pawling educate young men in every sense of the word. They teach in the classroom, on the athletic field, and in the dormitory. They are accomplished in their discipline and their profession. Several members of the faculty received honors and awards this year. Congratulations to these individuals and thank you for your dedication and hard work.

Kris McCullough received the Edward A. Arditti ‘51 Award for Faculty Excellence. The Arditti Fellowship is awarded each year to a faculty member for his or her hard work and commit-ment to the students of Trinity-Pawling. Members of the faculty nominate this individual who represents the teacher who deserves this honor because of commitment to one’s craft and dedication to one’s students. Kris teaches Math and coaches Soccer, Basketball and Track. He received his Master of Science for Teachers: Math-ematics Education from Pace University in May 2012.

“Kris is known as a demanding and caring teacher, and teaches with expertise and devotion. He demonstrates a love of learning that is distinguished among our faculty and infectious among his students.” – Headmaster Arch Smith

Rob Hutchison ’03 was inducted into the Skidmore College Athletic Hall of Fame as a member of the

2005 Baseball Team. The team had the programs first win-ning season (28-14), most number of wins (28), highest win-ning percentage (.667), capturing the 2005 Liberty League regular season and tournament championships to earn Skidmore’s first berth to the NCAA Division III championship tournament. Rob is the head coach for Varsity Hockey and an assistant coach for Varsity Baseball. He teaches Econom-ics and Math.

Ned Reade received “Best in Show” for his watercolor at the annual All Island Art Show on Martha’s Vineyard (2011). More than 100 professional painters, photographers, and sculptors participated in the show. Ned has been the Arts Chairman at Trinity-Pawling since 1975.

Matt Travis received a prestigious fellowship from Chorus America, one of the leading professional organizations for conductors. Mr. Travis was selected as one of 16 Conduct-ing Fellows for the Choral-Orchestral Masterclass. The recipients were chosen based on applications and video submissions from across the country, with many of the ap-plicants being doctoral candidates and professional choral conductors.

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Trinity-Pawling School welcomed Grayson Bryant as the new Director of Development as of July 1. Grayson came to T-P from his alma mater, Cate School, where he served for the past six years. In his tenure at Cate, Grayson held almost every position in the Advancement Office including Annual Fund Director, Major Gifts Director, and most recently, the Assistant Director for Advance-ment. In this role, Grayson helped lead the office to the successful completion of a $65 million campaign. In addition to his fund rais-ing responsibilities at Cate, Grayson worked as a dorm parent, taught the occasional Spanish class, and completed his PhD in Edu-cational Leadership and Organizations from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Grayson graduated with a BA in Spanish from the University of Richmond in 1999 and began his career in education teaching

English in Buenos Aires, Argentina. When he returned to the United States, he accepted a position teaching and coaching at an inner city school in Richmond, VA. A native Texan, Grayson returned to his home state in 2002, where he received a MA in Spanish Literature from the University of Texas, Austin. It was in Austin that Grayson met his wife; Beth, to whom he has been married for eight years. Together, they moved to Norfolk, VA in 2004, where Grayson taught Spanish and coached tennis, football, and baseball at Norfolk Academy. In 2006, he was invited to return to Cate School in Carpinteria, CA, where he began his work in development.

Grayson, Beth, their two boys, Gray (3) and Drew (2), and their yellow lab, Millie, reside on campus in a new faculty residence.

New Director of Development

Grayson Bryant, Director of Development

Head Varsity Lacrosse Coach Nic Bell won the New England West Coach of the Year Award announced at the annual coaches’ dinner in May 2012. In his inaugural season Coach Bell led the Pride to a 10-5 New England re-cord, finishing 11-7 overall. The Pride finished 5-2 in Founder’s League play, good for a second place finish in the standings. Key wins over Deerfield, Avon, and Taft highlighted the suc-cessful campaign. The OT win over Deerfield was the first loss for the Big Green in over a season and a half. Coach Bell’s team received numerous compliments for their competitive play and sportsmanship. Nic teaches English.

The Powers Family Foundation Faculty Recogni-tion Award is presented to the nominated faculty members “who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to service our students.” John and Linda Powers established this award in 2006, the year their son John graduated. This year’s award was given to three T-P faculty members: Matt Travis (Music), Rob Hutchison ‘03 (Math, Economics, Soccer, Hockey, Baseball) and Amber Rydberg (Mandarin, Track)



Case Newberry ‘92 is the grandson of Gardner F. Landon, Class of 1936. He was a prefect, and served as Young Alumni Trustee from 2003-2005.

Arch SmithHeadmasterTrinity-Pawling School700 Route 22Pawling, NY 12564

Dear Arch,

It has been ages since I have communicated with you or the School, and I would like to rectify

that situation. I am in my fifth year teaching at Milton High School. This year, I am teaching AP

English Language, AP English Literature and Criminal Justice. It has been a long road to get

here, but it has been a rewarding one.

When I decided to go back to school to earn my teaching certificate, I had experience teaching

squash and tennis, and a degree in Art History from Bates. That was it. A long and twisting trail

eventually lead me to a Master’s degree in Teaching from UVM, and a certification to teach

English and Social Studies in grades 7-12. Essentially, I crammed three degrees into five years.

(Not too shabby.)

Of the many resources I draw from in my teaching, the phrase, “for the boys” is the one I utilize

the most. I teach girls and boys, but the essence of that phrase applies to all of my students, and

more specifically, the work that I do with and for them. All of the pedagogy, all of the theory

and all of the curricular design distills to one fundamental question: “is this the best that it can

be for my students?”

I model certain portions of my teaching after those who have taught me, including many of the

faculty at Trinity-Pawling. I use the phrase Father Fiddler made famous, “this is a benevolent

dictatorship,” at least once per month. Every now and again, I pontificate like Mr. Kneeland. I

am enthusiastic like Mr. Reade. I aspire to hold an air of dignity like Mr. Owen.

It never occurred to me how much of an impact Trinity-Pawling had on me until I started my

first teaching job at the Milton High School Alternative Education Program. It took a few

dodged staplers, one desk and a wayward fist for me to trust what I know, and bring that to

my students. I know the T-P way, which was handed down from Mr. Phil Smith, to you, to the

faculty, to the prefects, and then to the students to carry with them. My students deserve the best

that I know, and that is what they get. On many levels, my first students were the antithesis of

my classmates at T-P. On the other hand, instilling a fundamental respect for self, for others, and

for the “right way” (Fides et Virtus) had the same transformative effect on them as it had on me.

All of this leads to a “thank you.” Thank you for your gift of a full education. I try to repay the

debt every day by conveying these values, in some form or another, to my students.

Best, Case

S p e a k i n g o f C h a r a c t e r


I want to share with you my experiences from last summer when I travelled to Kenya. From June 25 to July 19 I partici-pated in a camp called Strive, which was focused on both

running and community service. There were only 14 kids in the group and all of us were from the United States. I knew only my brother before we left.

The plane ride was horrible. I took an eight-hour flight from JFK to Belgium, had a two-hour layover, and then took another plane to Nairobi. The second plane ride to Nairobi was almost ten hours. Even though the plane had unlimited movies, I spent the entire time doing rewrites of my Old Man and the Sea essay and getting my summer reading done – just like any other T-P student. When we finally landed at around midnight Kenya time, we went to what they called a hotel and slept for a few hours. It was then that I realized I wasn’t in Kansas anymore (or perhaps Pawling in this case.)

The next day we travelled three hours by car to a small town in the Rift Valley called Iten. Most of you probably don’t know anything about this town, but Iten is known for their Olympic Marathon runners. Iten’s altitude is about 10,000 feet, or over 3,000 meters. In the morning it was quite cold but by the afternoon it was 80 to 100° Fahrenheit. Our group leaders told us that we had to run in groups of three during every run. Maybe they put us like that because no single runner had to be faster than a lion – just faster than the slowest person. We ran once or twice a day. The routes we ran consisted of dirt roads and long slop-ing hills, and we averaged 10K per run. This was not easy for me.

Before I left the U.S., I thought the trip would mainly revolve around running. What surprised me was the amount of com-munity service we participated in and how enjoyable it was for me. The trip changed my perspective on things that I take for granted here at school and at home.

We helped build part of a school that was a mile down the road. The school was K–8 with approximately 400 kids. Our group helped mix cement, carry and lay bricks, put sheet metal on for a roof, and move dirt to fill sink holes. (Please don’t tell my father the new skills that I picked up or else I know what my vacations are going to be like from now on.) We also taught English, and Physical Education.

The building that we helped construct would eventually house a class so they

could move out of a condemned building. In Africa, if a build-ing has been condemned it has to be in really bad shape because they don’t have building codes like we do in the United States.

While I was there I taught fourth grade English. The entire school loved that we were there. During PE we taught them new games like Jump the Creek and Duck Duck Goose. We were sad when we had to depart. But before we left we bought supplies for the students. Each kid would get three pens, three pencils, an eraser, and twelve small notebooks with about 60 pages. Lastly, we purchased about 20 text-books for each class. Amazingly all of the supplies for all the students cost under $2,000, just about the same for one T-P

student. There were lessons I learned

while I was in Kenya. First, com-mit yourself to something you love. For me it was running. Second, participate in community service. At first, I didn’t think that I could make that big of a difference to people in another country, but

I think I did. I also learned about privilege. Not everyone is as privileged as we are. For example, I met people without electricity and running water, and yet they were still proud to show me their hut/house. I was surprised by how welcoming they were and what great hosts they tried to be. People in third world countries, and even here in the U.S., don’t have luxuries like we do that we take for granted. A good majority of the population does not have basic needs – like clean drinking water, let alone electronics such as an Xbox or iPod. People don’t go out every day or month and buy new cloths because they don’t like the color; they actually keep their cloths for many years at a time. I learned a new life skill while I was there

– washing my laundry by hand in two differ-ent buckets! (I think that the laundry service at T-P is way better.)

I guess the message I am trying to convey is don’t take things for granted. Don’t whine and complain when you don’t get some-thing or things don’t go your way. It’s not worth your time. People in Africa don’t have the things you have, but they seem to be able to live their life without it. If they can live without it, so can we. I know that my group made an impact on the kid’s lives while we were there. I know that I made an impact on the kid’s lives while I was there. I know that every T-P student can make an impact on someone else’s life.

A Chapel Talk by Sean F. McEvoy ‘13

Sean McEvoy ‘13 of Garrison, NY, is a member of Varsity Cross Country (Annual Award Winner) and Varsity Track, and participates in Tech Crew. He will be a dorm proctor in 2012-2013.

Commit yourself to something you love.



In the last five years, technology has utterly transformed the way admis-sion offices do business. What used to be a paper-based process driven

by word of mouth from individual to indi-vidual has become a paperless process driven almost entirely by web browsing and buzz.

In the dark ages, prospective applicants heard about Trinity-Pawling (and other schools like it) mostly by word of mouth. Parents spoke one to another either in person or over the telephone. This accounted for some 66% of all inquiries. Buzz was everything. Parents who were happy talked up their school. Parents who were not didn’t. Ad-mission officers heard the buzz vaguely. Indeed, it came to us – when it came

at all – through the crackling static and irritating delays that used to characterize international phone calls.

Directly shaping market perceptions about a particular school remained a task largely beyond the expertise, and

perhaps more importantly, the resources of all but the most highly endowed and highly staffed institutions. Those of us

charged with keeping a good name tried to manage impressions by spend-ing hundreds of hours crafting careful statements about our various schools that we then placed in a handful of key guidebooks that had national audiences

– the Peterson’s Guide, the Porter Sergeant Handbook, the Bunting and Lyon Blue Book. To read these guidebooks was to develop an instant case of blurred vision. All the schools sounded exactly alike. All boasted impressive facilities, college lists, faculty degrees and traditions. Potential students and parents, having read the guidebooks, had just about as

much individual feel for a school after having done their homework as they did when they started.

[ true]GRIT

by MacGregor Robinson, Assistant Headmaster for External Affairs

What to do when prospects want sincere student voices rather than sophisticated adult ones

Grit, the inevitable

by-product of students

coming to grips

with digital media,

is good.

by MacGregor Robinson, Assistant Headmaster for External Affairs

O f f i c e o f A d m i s s i o n


Most families at that point put together a prospective list of schools based primarily on geog-raphy and the most basic characteris-tics: Boys’ schools in Southern New England. Coed schools in California. Hockey schools in the Founders League. At that point, they called the various institutions on their list, made themselves known as potential applicants and requested “the viewbook.”

This publication was the bedrock of the admission craft just a decade ago. Painstakingly written, designed, photo-graphed edited and published over a period usually encompassing not less than two years, a school’s viewbook was the Admission Office holy grail. Whereas the short blurbs in the admis-sion guidebooks invariably sounded exactly the same, the viewbook offered some scope, albeit limited, for creativity

and individual flair. If admission officers

spent hundreds of hours crafting catchy guide-

book blurbs, the amount of time they invested in conceiving

and ushering into being beautiful and

attractive viewbooks was truly stag-gering. The process usu-

ally included hiring a

high-priced graphic design firm, conducting on campus

surveys and information gathering sessions,

staging elaborately produced photography shoots spanning all seasons, and then distilling the words and images garnered into a compact, attractive package that covered all aspects of the school in question.

Having contacted the admission offices at the various schools they had chosen, prospective students and parents would avidly await viewbooks in the mail, compare one to another upon receipt and, based on their impressions, make ap-pointments. At that point, admis-sion officers had what they truly wanted:

the chance to make a first impression. We could talk to parents and stu-dents, answer questions, allay concerns, highlight strengths. If we were successful, parents and students then commenced

the application process, which con-sisted of filling out endless paper forms provided by each school on their list.

Virtually nothing about this process now works as outlined above. In today’s admission world, the internet is king. Sober, measured person-to-person trans-

mission of a school’s reputation can be utterly eclipsed by the

viral transmission of one person’s random thoughts

based on a casual encounter. The sensitive analysis of a potential appli-cant’s strengths and weaknesses – while critically important – has an audience of

one. For a spectacular play executed by

an alumnus in a high

profile football game, the audience is

potentially limitless. Informa-tion, which used to be rare

and jealously guarded, is now everywhere.

The guidebooks that were the starting place for parents looking to send their children to schools and colleges a decade ago have all died on the vine. They have been re-placed by legion websites purporting to unlock the mysteries of every school on the planet. If parents are concerned as to the authoritative nature of commercial

T-P Art History students enjoy modern art at The Met today.

Sumo-bot with #gopro checking out the competition

T-P GoPro Baseball Practice #gopro

did somebody say

“no swimming in the pond”?

#trinitypawling

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Welcome Parents!October 21-22, 2011Parents and families of Trinity-Pawling students were on campus to meet with teachers, enjoy presentations, and watch athletes and artists perform.

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8 Francesco Mennillo ’12, Brunella, Giulia, Andrea9 Chris Ryan ‘14, Martha10 Matt Kelly ‘12, Patrice11 Itsuki Yashina ’12 (right) and family with Otto Yamashita ‘14 (left) 12 Adam Maggio ‘15, Lorraine13 Mary Rolla P’12, Helen Hauser14 Jack Rosell ‘13, Jill, Kurt15 Ned and Christine Burt P’1216 Joey Barone ‘14, Mary Anne17 Miae Lee, Doo Ho Ro ’1218 Bradley and Bradley Beam ‘1219 Elizabeth and Steven Handler P ’12, ‘1420 Thomas Shafer ‘84, P’14, Drew Hall ‘84, P’1321 Kevin Vides ‘14, Rosa22 Erik ‘86, Kevon ‘14 and Kathy Olstein23 Rob Reier ‘12, Donna Pagliaro24 Alison, Dillon ‘13, Tom Halloran25 Annmarie, Billy Golden ‘1326 Gyeongbin Song, Ken Jung ‘13

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November 4, 5, 2011 The Front Page

By Ben Hecht and Charle’s MacArthur

Cast ListHildy Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Bosha ‘13Walter Burns . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alex Ros ‘12Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . .Mac McGovern ‘12Endicott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mac Brewer ‘12Schwartz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mu Liu ‘12Kruger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ryan Huber ‘12Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alex Silva ‘12Bensinger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ian Slakas ‘12Woodenshoes Eichorn . . Adam Maggio ‘15Louie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shelley Bobrow ‘13Williams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Will Bosha ‘15Mollie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margo RamosSheriff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sands Barker ‘12Mayor . . . . . . . . . . . Sean Abercrombie ‘12Pinkus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevon Olstein ‘14Peggy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margo RamosMrs. Grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connie RaffertyCarl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Itay Bogner ‘12Policeman. . . . . . . . . . . . Phong Quach ‘13Hoodlums . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Prefects ‘12

Director — Kevin Bradley

February 17, 18 2012My Favorite Year

Based on the Motion Picture “My Favorite Year” Book by Joseph Dougherty, Music by Stephen

Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens

Cast of CharactersBenjy Stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ian Slakas ‘12King Kaiser . . . . . . . . . .Mac McGovern ‘12Sy Benson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Will Bosha ‘15Alice Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connie RaffertyHerb Lee. . . . . . . . . . . Nick Campisano ‘13Leo Silver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Bosha ‘13Floor Manager. . . . . . . . . Phong Quach ‘13Chorus Girls . . . . Fiona and Sophie EspinosaBelle May Steinberg Carroca. . Sands Barker ‘12K.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margo RamosDaisy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fiona EspinosaAlan Swann . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alex Silva ‘12Scungilli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Peter Yip ‘13Rookie Carroca . . . . . . . . . . Andrew Liu ‘12Grip . . . . . . . . . . . . Sean Abercrombie ‘12Tess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sophie EspinosaUncle Morty . . . . . . . . . Adam Maggio ‘15Aunt Sadie . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fiona EspinosaDoorman . . . . . . . . . Sean Abercrombie ‘12Tess’s Friends Peter Yip ’13 , Fiona EspinosaAnnouncer . . . . . . . . Sean Abercrombie ‘12Roquefort . . . . . . . . . . Nick Campisano ‘13 TechnicalTechnical Director and Stage Manager . . . Tom Spore ‘13Stage Crew . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Kelly ‘15

Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sean McEvoy ‘13Follow Spot Operator . . . . . . U.J. Levant ‘15Sound, Graphics, Stunt Coordinator . . Nick Campisano ‘13Set Construction . . . . Sean Abercrombie ‘12, Will Bosha ‘15, Nick Campisano ‘13, Mu Liu ‘12, Adam Maggio ‘15, Sean McEvoy ‘13,Tom Spore ‘13 Director — Kevin BradleyMusical Director — Matt TravisChoreographer — Martha Mead P ’05

P e r f o r m i n g A r t s

Theater Productions


T-P Night of One Acts

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May 11, 2012

Trinity-Pawling Rock Show 2012

The Trinity-Pawling community enjoyed a Festival of One Act Plays written, con-ceived and directed entirely by students. Kevin Bradley, director of theater, commented, “I am pleased with their work and their dedication to the craft. I am also grateful they had the opportunity to experience all aspects of putting a production together. They worked hard to make their vision become a reality.”

Plays by Kyle Zacharewicz ‘14, Mu Liu ‘12, Sands Barker ‘12, Mac McGovern ‘12, Sam Bosha ‘13, Itay Bogner ‘12, Bradley Canfield ‘13, Phillipos Berihun ‘13

Acting CompanyMax Franzone ‘12, Alex Silvia 12, Mac McGovern ‘12, Greg Harney ‘14, Andrew Zona ‘13, Sam Bosha ‘13, Will Bosha ‘15, Peter Ren ‘14, Bruce Lee ‘13, Matt DeMaria ‘13, Chris Hattar ‘14, Mike Rolla ‘12, Zef Vataj ‘14, Ridge Dulitz ‘13, Kyle Zacha-rewicz ‘14, Bradley Canfield ‘13, Shelley Bobrow ‘13, Sands Barker ‘12, Myung Jun Koo ‘14

This year’s Annual T-P Rock Concert brought down the house on May 4. Varsity musicians included James Kerr ‘14, David Handler ‘12, Beau Turcotte ‘14, UJ Levent ‘15, Phong Quach ‘13, Luke Sutera ‘15, John Kelly ‘15, Sands Barker ‘12, Joe Barone ‘14, Jimmy Lee ‘14, Tim Xia ‘12, Rob Reier ‘12, Peter Yip ‘13, Frank Fang ‘13, Alex Lin ‘13, Ian Slakas ‘12, the

members of the Varsity K-Rock band (Teddy Kim ‘12, Moon Soo Park ‘12, Ken Jung ‘13, Eric Wooseok Choi ‘15, Alex Jang ‘14, Leo Chang ‘15, Sung Gwan Choi ‘13 and Won Woo Kim ‘13), as well as faculty performances by Greg Carpiniello, Will Dore, Josh Frost ‘04, Tim Pillsbury and Kenny Vitro.



Doo Ho Ro ’12“Snoopy”, watercolor

Highlights from the 2011-12 Year in Art

“Do you ever get good artists?” is a ques-tion often asked of Ned Reade, Chairman of the Arts Department. His response is, “We get great kids, but, being boys, they may have taken their last art class back in grade school. If we just give them good materials and show them some skills, their own imagi-nations and creative ideas surprise even themselves!.” Bryn Gillette teaches Middle School Art, Foundation Arts, Photography and a new Digital Media class, Adam Dinsmore teaches Drafting, and Reade teaches Studio Art, Advanced Art, and Art History. This broad range of offerings ensures that every student coming to T-P will have an art class appropriate for his abilities and experiences. The ninth grader coming from an accelerat-ed art program can jump into an upper level course and a post-graduate who last took art five years ago can find success in the visual arts before heading off to college. When activity in the classroom building wanes in the evening, things are just heating up in the art studios! Here is just a small sample of the range of pieces done during the past year. For more images go to the school’s web-site and click on the Arts tab.

a view from the hillS t u d e n t G a l l e r y

David Handler ’12 photograph

Billy Bauckham ’14 Darth Vader Mask, clay

Alex Duong ’15scratchboard image of Koalas

2012 Purchase Award

In Pyung Ro ’13still life, charcoal drawing


Matt Dwyer ’12 “Brownstone House”, clay

Teddy Kim ’12, Annual Art Award Winner 2012

“Stone Wall”, conte

Bryce Jurk ’12 bike, negative space drawing

Doo Ho Ro ’12“Barns”, conte crayon2012 Purchase Award

Brad Lois ’14Monet landscape, oil

Jun Seok Kim ’15coat of arms, acrylic on wood



A Home

The warning I received from all who knew of my trek to JFK for an international flight to Guatemala was

“Friday night traffic”. In anticipation of the worst, I left Pawling with time to spare… lots of time to spare.

The dreaded traffic never materialized so I arrived at the AreoMexico terminal at 7:30 pm. My students were not due for another two hours! After a few games of solitaire on the iPad and two lattes, the boys began to arrive. Although our flight departed at 1:15 am, the excitement of our adventure kept away any fatigue. When the last participant finally arrived, we took

a few pictures and everyone hugged good-bye. Away to customs we went.

It was a particularly quick check-through to the international departures where we grabbed a little snack, talked non-stop about what might be in store for us and started to get nervous. After all, we were going to a third world country…

The flights were inconsequential and with a few hiccups passing through customs behind us, we finally heard, “Welcome to Guatemala!”

By now, we were a little bleary from lack of sleep and really, really hungry. All that fell away, however, when we looked

This past Spring, four Trinity-Pawl-ing students accompanied by faculty member Michele Carlin, traveled to the highlands of Guatemala to build a house for a deserving family. Under the auspices of the New Jersey-based organization “From Houses to Homes”, the Trinity-Pawling boys gladly gave up their March Break to help. Michele Carlin shares their story with us.

MADE IN GUATEMALA

T - P i n t h e W o r l d


around… we were in Central America with an exciting journey ahead of us.

Our driver was waiting for us outside of LaAurora Airport in the heart of Guatemala City. We loaded our suitcases and back-packs into the van and quickly headed out, quickly being the operative word. The boys sat in the various back seats of the van, but the driver asked that La Professora sit up front with him so he could tell me about the area. I soon regretted my choice of seat as we buzzed through traffic at an alarming rate. The driver had one hand on the shift and one hand on the horn the whole time. I thought the bobbing and weaving through traffic was in itself an adventure, but little did I know this was nothing in comparison to the mountainous trek we were about to encounter from Guatemala City to our destination, the historic city of Antigua.

It wasn’t long before we all realized we had been driving uphill for miles. The higher we got the less traffic we encoun-tered and the bobbing and weaving was replaced by dangerous liaisons between our miniscule van and what the locals af-fectionately call “Chicken Buses”. A chicken bus is the back end of a school bus, no longer used in the USA, then exported to a school bus graveyard somewhere in Gua-temala. It is welded to the front of a Mack truck and used, inexpensively, to transport as many Guatemalan people as one can possibly squeeze into the bus, standing or sitting. These chicken buses travel on narrow and winding mountain roads at twice the speed of any other vehicle. Traffic laws do not appear to be enforced, so a defensive driver simply moves aside and hopes not to get side-swiped.

After one and a half hours of treacher-ous travel, our driver pulled over to a path that disappeared into the jungle and asked if we wanted to go for a short walk. Against my better judgment, I peered into the jungle, looked at the boys and I said, “Yes.” We departed the van, stretched, looked warily through the mangle of trees and started walking. Suddenly, the valley opened up below us and we were in the shadow of a 300-year-old crucifix, erected by missionaries and conquistadors when they settled in the Valley of Antigua. Later, from the streets of Antigua, we looked up

and saw that same cross, keeping vigil over us in the valley.

Our hotel, Posada Don Valentino was two blocks from the historic central square of Antigua, the former capital of Guatema-la. Because Antigua was once the capital of the country, it had a great water and sewer system with necessary irrigation. As we climbed the roads surrounding Antigua, the value of this water became abundantly clear---most residences in the hillside towns have the equivalent of 30 minutes of run-ning water per day if they are lucky. Those who are not as fortunate must walk miles every morning to receive plastic containers of potable water for their daily use.

Our hotel was built like most of the Spanish architecture throughout the historic district---an enclosed building surrounding an open-center garden. There were only six hotel rooms that were at one time a bed-room to a former resident of this renovated home. We have no complaints concerning our accommodations; it was safe and clean and had an abundance of running water and private baths. We were able to relax in what was once the sitting room and had access to the kitchen should we want to warm our food. Throughout the country, we did suffer technology withdrawal due to the lack of available cell service and archaic internet bandwidth, but we survived and lived to tell the tale.

The valley of Antigua is guarded by the Fire Volcano, the Water Volcano and Pacaya. The water volcano, dormant for many years is a giant lake; the fire volcano still puffed steam as a reminder of the inevi-table eruption; Pacaya, which last erupted in 2010, was our next destination after check-in at the Posada Don Valentino.

Fuego, the Fire volcano, erupted as recently as January of this year. Erup-tions have produced ash fall, pyroclastic flows and lava flows. The Guatemalans described “bombs” flying through the air. These are Lahars, ejection of blocks from the cone. An eruption of this volcano could affect as many as 100,000 people who currently live in the danger zone. We observed Fuego from afar.

The Water Volcano, Volcán de Agua and also known as Hunahpú by Mayans, is a stratovolcano and has been inactive

“I would say that my expe-rience in Guatemala was probably the most fun I’ve ever had in my life. It was an adventure.

There aren’t really any words to describe how good we felt after we built the house for those little girls. These girls had noth-ing. I think we can truly appreciate what we have here in the United States after seeing how these people live.

It was heartwarming to see the smiles on their faces when we finished build-ing and they had a house. They couldn’t thank us enough.”

– Brad Canfield ’13


since the mid 16th century. It dominates the local landscape except when hidden by cloud cover. The volcano is within five to ten kilometers of the city of Antigua and provides fertile ground for the growing of coffee on its slopes.

The final volcano of the trilogy flanking Antigua is Pacaya and would be the site of our first adventure. A caldera-forming eruption at Pacaya occurred 23,000 years ago. The next activity on record occurred between 1961 and 2000. More recently, strombolian activity persisted, with two to three paroxysmal eruptions each year. The most recent eruption took place on May 28, 2010. Guatemala’s President declared a state of “calamity” in two provinces and opened emergency shelters to accom-modate over 1,700 residents who were evacuated. The international airport at Guatemala City that we flew into remained closed for 20 hours while workers removed inches of volcanic ash.

Knowing the recent history of Pacaya made our 3K hike straight up the side of the mountain very exciting. The boys hiked; I rode a very sure-footed horse named Canello. As my horse climbed the 3K straight up, I questioned my decision to sit six feet above the ground as the docile palomino became nervous. The reasons for

his agitation became ap-parent as we cleared the tree-line and a herd of wild horses ap-peared head-ing toward me… Canello didn’t like that. Canello and I departed company on the spot and I continued to the summit on foot.

There are no words to describe walking on blackened ground, still warm from its 2010 eruption. The panorama was barren; steam still rose out of small holes in the ground. The air has cooled from the 75° F at the base to 45° at the summit. The boys crawled inside some of the holes to warm themselves before we continued on our trek… nature’s sauna. Before leaving this eerie scene we roasted marshmallows and etched “T-P” into the lava field for posterity.

The hike down the volcano was a bit treacherous as well. Night was falling and the sounds of the evening were nothing less than creepy. Gone were the familiar peepers from the pond at T-P, replaced by calls of animals and birds we could only imagine. As we descended the mountain, it began to rain, with the full downpour mercifully holding off until we returned to a covered area at the base of the volcano. It was here the boys got their first exposure to the true poverty of the area. They observed parents sending their children to beg for food and quetzals, the Guatemalan currency.

Our dinner Sunday evening was bit-tersweet as the boys reflected on the dirty little children, running in the rain to beg for

scraps, while they awaited a wonderful meal of steak and guacamole. Exhausted, we went to bed early in anticipation of our first day’s work.

One of the most notable differences between the vacations these boys were ac-customed to and our trip to Antigua was the evening ritual at the hotel. At dusk, the three inch thick oak doors to the hotel are closed and locked, followed by the locking of the iron gate four feet inside those doors. There is no coming and going at your leisure---for your safety, you stay inside your hotel.

On Monday morning, we met at the front of the hotel and walked a block to a local bagel café. Breakfast was much American-ized. It was here we had Wi-Fi, although without enough bandwidth to upload any

Michele Carlin, Brad Canfield ’13, Alex Lin ’13, Taylor Hu ’15 and Jason Lee ’13 at the Pacaya Volcano lava field.

Left, Alex Lin ‘13 with the Chavez Perez family; right, Jason Lee ‘13 entertains Julio,

son of one of the local masons


pictures or videos. After breakfast, we con-tinued one more block to the central square to buy a sandwich for lunch and wait for our ride to the work site. As we rounded the corner to the square, we were immediately surrounded by street sellers trying to give us “your price” and the “good price for you today” for everything from hand beaded necklaces, to copied Mayan artifacts, hand-woven scarves and hand-carved flutes. These street people did not take “no” for an answer and were as persistent as teenagers begging for the keys to your car.

Not long after the onslaught began, we were rescued by the director of From Houses to Homes, Joe Collins. A well-respected man in Antigua, the street people scattered at his request and he welcomed us to our proj-ects. We were introduced to the local men, the equivalent of our civil engineers, masons and carpenters who would guide us on our expedition. With pleasant-ries completed, the paid workers jumped into the cab of the pickup truck, while we all climbed into the bed of the truck for the 20 minute ride on cobblestone streets from the valley of Antigua to the highlands of San Antonio where the construction would begin.

When envisioning the building of a house, one must stray from the conventional wooden construction of which we are accustomed. We were building a 13’ x 9’ single room, concrete block and mortar structure with a corrugated steel roof accent-ed by a skylight fashioned from corrugated clear plastic. The building would have one operable window and one door that locked. The floor is poured concrete.

When we arrived at the building site, we were speechless. We expected poverty, but this moved past that. This lovely family of five, mom, dad and three daughters ages 15, 11 and 4, lived in a walled patch of dry and dusty dirt. They slept under a lean-to, all five in the same area. They cooked over an open fire under another lean-to but

were fortunate to have functioning sanitary services made private by only a few pieces of rusted, corrugated steel and a curtain of withered fabric. They bathed, washed their food, clothes and dirty dishes in the same sink and showered under a garden hose. In their “yard” we found, sand to make con-crete, 100-pound bags of cement, gravel

and concrete blocks. The workers wasted no time delegat-

ing tasks to us: move 100 blocks over to that spot and hammer a hole in the center of each; move 20 wheelbarrow-loads of sand, eight wheelbarrow-loads of gravel and eight 100-pound bags of cement over there; turn on the water; dig the footings;

mix the concrete… Every day was another in the

building process---move this, mix that, carry it here, dig it there… Through blisters to calluses, sunburn to windburn, warm sunshine to chilly mist, the boys worked tirelessly alongside the patriarch of the family and his two oldest daughters. Anytime we were tired, we did not need to look far for inspiration to find the eyes of the family working alongside us toward our goal.

The children we encountered were happy to play soccer in the street, dig sand in the backyard or occupy themselves with the few second hand toys they’d acquired over the

years. They were clothed in the preprinted championship gear of the team that eventu-ally lost the World Series, the Super Bowl, the Stanley Cup and NBA Playoffs. They shared one cell phone per family. They did not have computers or televisions. Some did not have electricity. Those that did, shared their radio with their neighbors. By all western definitions, they were technologi-cally deficient and communications were limited. Although the health concerns of the general population are relatively the same as the United States, diabetes and high blood pressure, that is where the similarities end. Their divorce rate is less than 1%. They are sad they cannot attend school. They are comforted by the fact that they have shelter, food and each other.

If we take anything away from this experi-ence, it should be a deeper appreciation for the lives we have been given. We should be grateful for what we have; we should give more to those that do not; we should complain less; we should thank more. We should define our life by the quality of living we do, not the quantity of “stuff” we have.

They were clothed in the preprinted

championship gear of the team that eventually lost

the World Series, the Super Bowl,

the Stanley Cup and NBA Playoffs.



Taking in Community ServicePRIDE

Sean McEvoy ’13Building a school

(Iten, Kenya, Summer 2011)

Nathan Li ’14Forming a community service group with friends

in his home city. (Xi’an, China, Spring 2012)

“To whom much is given, Much will be expected.”

—Luke 12:48

Trinity-Pawling has a long tradition of community service. We share here the breadth of this tradition with some examples of students and faculty who have served beyond the boundaries of the T-P campus, freely offering their time, talents and energy to help those to whom not as much has been given. Servants, well done.

Kevin Vides ’14Rebuilding Katrina-damaged homes and schools

(Mississippi, Summer 2012)


Taking in Community Service

T-P FarmhandsPounding Posts, Picking Pumpkins

(Cascade Farm, October 2011)

Mr. TaylorTeaching English

(Guatemala, 2012)

Mr. BergholdTeaching English in a rural school

(Tigray, Ethiopia, Spring 2010)

Mr. Gillette and Mr. ReadeVolunteering in an orphanage

(Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Summer 2011)

Alex Lin ’13, Brad Canfield ’13, Taylor He ’15, Mrs. Carlin and Bruce Lee ’13 – building a home

(Guatemala, Spring 2012)

Trinitones Carolling at St. Patrick’s Cathedral

(New York City, Winter 2012)

Akrem Muzemil ’12Building soccer fields through a charity he founded

(Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Summer 2011)

Francesco Mennillo ’12Building a school in Africa

(Burkina Faso, Summer 2010)

This spring Trinity-Pawling students and faculty participated in a Relay for Life event held on the campus of sister school, Westo-ver. The event – involving a walk-a-thon and luminary service honoring those who have lost or continue to fight their battle with cancer – was the culmination of many weeks of fundraising activities coordinated by more than fifty T-P students. Through “dress down” days, selling pink ties, working odd jobs, to organizing craft sales, over $28,000 was raised for the event. Students have already begun to plan Relay for Life 2013 to be hosted on the T-P campus!



Prefects for 2012-2013, the School’s highest leadership position for students, are determined by vote of the student body and the faculty. Next year’s Prefects: Head Prefect Theo Kelly, Junior Prefect Chris Murphy, Gyuri Dragomir, Jack Margiotta, Gibson Drysdale, Tanner Zacharewicz, Casey Kelly, Andrew Zona

Underclassmen Awards 2012

Smith Prize in Mandarin and Chinese Studies Chris Hattar ‘14Biology Award Phone Quach ‘13French Award Theodore Kelly ‘13

Frederick Douglass and Susan B. An-thony Award for Humanities/Social Sci-ences is awarded to a junior who dem-onstrates a commitment to understanding and addressing difficult social issues, possesses leadership and a dedication to community action, and who has earned strong grades in rigorous humanities and social sciences classes. Frank Fang ‘12

The Mayflower Award for proficiency in the study of United States History. Dylan Ginsburg ’12

Richard Colhoun, former chair of the Board of Trustees from 1978 to 1991,

established the Colhoun History Essay Prize to recognize the best essay written on United States history. Soon Pil Hong ‘13

The Rensselaer Medal goes to a member of the junior class who has distinguished himself in mathematics and science. Xin Hai Xie ‘13

The Xerox Award for excellence in tech-nology. Sung Gwan Choi ‘13

The Bausch and Lomb Award is pre-sented to a junior who excels in science. Phong Quach ‘13

The Harvard Prize Book for the junior who exemplifies excellence in scholar-ship and high character combined with achievement in other fields. Chris Murphy ‘13

The George Eastman Young Leaders Award seeks to recognize future lead-ers who have made an impact on their school community through extensive involvement in extracurricular activities and by earning high grades in challenging courses. Theo Kelly ’13

The Colhoun Award for the Most Im-proved Freshman is given in memory of

Craig Colhoun, class of 1972. Mitsuhiro Mihara ‘15

The Hastings Award for the Most Im-proved Sophomore is given by the Hast-ings family. Bishop Bradford Hastings was a graduate and Head Prefect of the class of 1937. Dante Tomassini ‘14

The Citizenship Awards for each class are determined by vote of the faculty. This year’s award winners include Mike Tagani ‘15 for the Freshman Citizenship Award; Wyatt Hill ‘14 for the Sopho-more Citizenship Award; and Theo Kelly ‘13 for the Junior Citizenship Award.

Honor Students: Woo Kyeuk Chang ‘12, Chia Ming “Jimmy” Lee ’14; Phong Quach ’13

Stepping UpThe following underclassmen won awards at the Stepping Up ceremony held in All Saints’ Chapel on Saturday afternoon, May 26. Stepping Up is considered the School’s in-house commencement as we bid farewell to the seniors and usher the un-derclassmen up to the next grade level. Of all the unique ceremonies at Trinity-Pawl-ing, Stepping Up is the most poignant, steeped in a century of tradition. Following the awards, leadership of the student body is transferred from the old prefects to the new prefects who are announced at the close of the service. Upon leaving the Chapel, the seniors line up on the walkway behind Cluett to shake hands and bid farewell to the faculty and to the underclassmen.

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Honor Student Grade 12 Yu XuHenderson Prize in English Rob ReierEnvironmental Science Award Si Hun LeeElliot Prize in Senior Mathematics Yu XuChemistry Award Yu XuSpanish Award James BurtAnderson Prize in Latin Doo Ho RoReligion Award Itsuki YashinaArt Award Jun Youp KimMusic Award Yusen XiaExcellence in Theater Sands Barker

Other Awards Presented

Tennant Drama Award was awarded to Alex Silva

Norwood L. Pinder Prize in Journalism Named after the first editor of The Phoenix in 1908, the original literary journal and yearbook of the Pawling School, this prize honors Pinder’s legacy of giving voice to the life of the School. Alex Ros

Gatchell Sportsmanship Award The recipient was unanimously voted best sportsman for the past three years as he excelled in soccer, hockey, and lacrosse. His work ethic was matched by few. Moreover, he truly cared about the overall team effort and possessed more school spirit than any other player. He was constantly respectful and went out of his way to pick up his teammates’ spirits. Sam Mark

Kenneth B. Weeman Athletic Award The Kenneth B. Weeman Athletic Award is given by his widow and sons, members of classes in 1959 and 1961, and his grandson, a member of the class of 1991. Factors to be considered are the individual sense of sportsmanship, demonstrated leadership, personal commitment to the athletic program, and to the traditions of Trinity-Pawling School. Mitch Bottini

Senior Citizenship was awarded to Max Franzone

Acrish Award The Kevin Neil Acrish Award to the Junior Prefect is given in memory of Kevin Acrish, a member of the class of 1990 who was elected Junior Prefect. Each year this award is given to the penultimate authority in recognition of those qualities so typical of Kevin...... loyalty to the school and friends, concern for others, and a sense of humor. Jay Hooper

McCollum Award The McCollum Award is named for the first Head Prefect of Trinity-Pawling, Franklin McCollum, class of 1950. Mr. McCollum never forgot the lasting impact that Trinity-Pawling had on his life and that of his classmates. To be Head Prefect is even more demanding as all of this has to be done with the added burden of knowing what to say and what to do while leading the class of 2012 each day. Mitch Bottini

105th Commencement ExercisesTrinity-Pawling School held its 105th Commencement Exercises on Sunday, May 27, 2012, and celebrated the graduation of 82 students. To see a full list of the Class of 2012 go to www.trinitypawling.org The ceremony featured a number of speakers, and the presentation of awards and diplomas. Andrea Mennillo, father of Francesco ‘12, gave the Com-mencement Address. Other speakers included Yu Xu, who delivered the Valedictory Address, and Mitch Bottini who spoke as Head Prefect. The diplomas were delivered by Board of Trustee President Elizabeth P. Allen.

Commencement Awards and Prizes



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Headmaster’s Award for Excellence was awarded to James Burt

Wells Award The Wells Award, named for its donor, a member of the class of1938, is presented annually to the student who combines outstanding performance and growth in all areas of life at Trinity-Pawling School. Character, a concern for and service to others, loyalty and dedication to the established traditions of the school are among the criteria for determining the award. Itsuki Yashina

Matthew E. Dann Award for General Excellence Dr. Matthew E. Dann was headmaster of Trinity-Pawling School 1946 to 1970. This award is given annually by his family and friends recognize the outstanding boy in the junior class. Theo Kelly

Eugene O. Colley Award for Leadership In addition to earning honors grades in a challenging curriculum of six advanced placement courses among other honors level courses, the recipient was involved in more activities perhaps than any other student. In addition, he sang with the

Trinitones, was captain of cross-country, ran track and played squash. An outstanding citizen, he set the bar high for all other students. He will matriculate at Emory University. Rob Reier

Gamage Award for General Excellence The Gamage Award, named for Frederick Luther Gamage, founder and first headmaster of the Pawling School, is awarded by vote of the faculty to a member of the senior class whose overall record is one of General Excellence. Matt Kelly


Head Prefect Addressby Mitch Bottini

Of those lessons, I have come to learn, the one I value most

is that you should follow your pas-sion, stay true to yourself, never follow someone else’s path (unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path, then by all means you should follow that). There are different types of stu-dents at Trinity-Pawling. Some are athletes, some scholars, and some performers. What I’ve learned is

not to try to blend in with the masses, but rather forge my own path.

Accepting the opportunity to come to Trinity-Pawling brought the responsibility that each of us needs to succeed. With that responsibility, came the challenge, “To whom much is given, much will be expected.” Conan O’Brien once said, “Success is a lot like a bright, white tuxedo. You feel terrific when you get it, but then you’re desperately afraid of getting it dirty, of spoiling it in any way.” So don’t be afraid to spoil that nice white tux, instead use your success to flourish even more!

We will always remember the incredible spirit

generated by fans cheering for the varsity basketball team in its amazing come from behind win against Taft this past win-ter. We will always remember banding together to dress up and raising over $5,000 for

the son of an alumnus in need of a bone marrow transplant. And we will always remember saying goodbye to the under-classman and faculty as we lined the walk in front of chapel after our stepping up ceremony.

T-P provides a myriad of opportunities. The faculty act as mentors, and show us how to take advantage of all that the school offers. And the students support one another in order to make life better for all. This is the place where we study, where we live, where we laugh, and where we cry. What’s more important, it is the place where we love.

Commencement Address by Andrea Mennillo, P ’12

In 280 BC, the Roman consul Ap-

pius Claudius Caecus said, “Everyone is the artisan of his or her own fortune.” Gentle-men, you are the architects of your life’s

work. You define your success. And by “success,” I am no longer talking about my generation’s definition of it. You see, the idea of success is changing. It is moving beyond money and status. Its true value is far greater than any paycheck. And far more meaningful than any status you can achieve. You are setting out into the world at a time when keen and compassionate thinkers and doers are needed more than ever before in our lifetime. Our modem challenges are complex.

Our world today needs more educated and compassion-ate thinkers and doers ... to filter out the noise, to drill down to the heart of our challenges and to influence responsible change. Gentlemen, our world needs thinkers and doers

like you. As you leave these 150 acres that you have called home, you are leaving with a blue-chip education that sets you apart. Some of you came to Trinity-Pawling from families where a good education was expected. Some of you have families who had to overcome steep obstacles to get you here. But as of today you are all fortunate. With an education from this school, you have so much opportunity in front of you. There is no doubt that all of you want to succeed. But if you do not do good, as well ... if you do not live a compassion-ate life ... then your material success will never be enough. So, as a husband, as a father and as a man, here is what I want to tell you today: Live by the motto of your soon-to-be alma mater. Hold on to your commitment to character and you will not go wrong ... Hold on to your sense of self, your curiosity, your love of learning, your unfettered imagination of what can be ... Hold on to your values and always, always treat others as you would want to be treated ... Live an au-thentic life. Live a compassionate life. And live a life imbued with goodness and guts. Make all of these things happen, gentlemen. And I promise you, success ... true success ... will surely follow. Buonafortuna, Class of 2012. Congratulations.

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websites, they can search count-less personal blogs, tweets and posts for corroborative information, first-hand or otherwise. Today, a parent’s primary worry is that there is too much information available about schools, not too little. They must weigh all they can find on a given institution, carefully listening for the ring of authenticity.

Indeed, the search for authenticity is now what drives most admission professionals. Check the websites of those on the cutting edge, and you will see that slick production values and elaborately staged films and set-pieces have been replaced by the voices of students speaking simply and directly to one another. The slicker a piece is, the more it is likely to be viewed with suspicion. Grit,

the inevitable by-product of students coming to grips with digital media, is good. Whereas we in the admission world used to spend hours pitching our schools and voices in just such a way as to be attractive to kids, we now spend hours looking for appropriate venues and mediums through which our

kids can speak directly to their peers about what the Trinity-Pawling

experience is.Browse our

website, and the truth of the above will be immediately apparent. The viewbook is now online. Never again will we produce a paper version as we have before. Since it was made available through digital means, over 15,000 individual viewers have checked it out over the last year. If you wish to apply to Trinity-Pawling, start an

account, fill in your information and send it

to us online. Your information populates directly into our database with no intervention. Listen to the voices of our boys by following periodic features

published in the Lion’s Den student blog or following Trinity-

Pawling on Facebook and Twitter. Watch

hockey games webcast online featuring color commentary from current students.

Watch faculty give chapel talks on

YouTube. Look over the shoulder of a boy participating

in a Robotics Challenge. Raise money with the boys through Relay for Life.

It’s all available online. And because it is, you no longer need the Admission Office to explain life at the school. You can see it for yourself in real time!

There are so many ways to be involved.

> Support our athletic teams by coming to the games or checking the scores on our website, www.trinitypawling.org

> You could help our Office of Admission by hosting an event or volunteering to be a contact for a prospective family.

> Participate in your Reunion.

> Hire T-P alumni.

> Give back to T-P

Follow us on Twitter! www.twitter.com/TrinityPawling Be our fan on Facebook! www.facebook.com/TrinityPawlingShare your video with us on Vimeo! www.vimeo.com/trinitypawling/videosShare your photos with us on Flicker! www.flickr.com/photos/trinity-pawling_school/sets/ Connect with us on Linkedin! www.linkedin.comWatch us on YouTube! www.youtube.com/user/TPCommunicationsFollow us on Instagram! @trinitypawlingschool

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New Faculty Housing Comes Online

Trinity-Pawling School will officially dedicate the School’s Arboretum on Friday, September 21, 2012 at 6:00 pm. Jeff Horst, curator of the Vassar Arbore-tum, will be the keynote speaker.

The arboretum features an interpretive walk through the School’s 150 acres. Of the many native trees which grace the campus, the interpretive walk includes 241 specimens and over 30 variet-ies. The School’s Commemorative and Memorial Tree Program has, in large

part, provided specimen trees and shrubs for the arboretum. The goal is to further enhance the collection of stately trees that already exist on campus.

The arboretum was conceived as both a teaching resource for Trinity-Pawling students and faculty, and as a community resource. “We are extremely fortunate to have trustees and faculty who have, through their vision and dedication, moved this project forward over the last few years,” commented Headmaster Arch Smith.

The arboretum reflects the School’s commitment to creating an atmosphere of excitement, enthusiasm, and inter-est about the living environment while supporting the School’s goal of reduc-ing energy consumption and promoting campus sustainability.

Classroom lessons will be reinforced when students take an active part in the planting and caring for the trees and as they observe the natural seasonal rhythms. This hands-on experience will deepen students’ understanding of the living landscape, as well as the environ-mental and health benefits — both physi-cal and emotional — of trees. Details are available at www.trinitpawling.org/arboretum.

Construction has been completed for nine of ten new faculty non-dormitory housing units, thanks to the generosity of Marlynn and Bill Scully ‘57.

One large multi-family residence building known as “Faculty Row” and two single family homes have replaced the old maintenance garages and the area known as the Barracks, located on the north side of campus beyond Johnson Hall. The final unit, a free-standing home, will be completed by the summer of 2013. The Barracks,

originally built in 1944 for the Army as temporary housing when the School closed, were fi-nally demolished in June 2012.

The principal architect for this project was Walt Hauser ‘96 of Kaeyer, Garment & David-son Architects, PC, of Mount Kisco, NY. The same firm was responsible for the design of our dining center, Scully Hall, completed in September 2009.

T-P Arboretum to be dedicated in Fall

Astronomy students use an iPad under the night sky



Got Milk? In 1972, there were 320 dairy farms in Dutchess and Columbia counties. In 2012, there are 20. Dr. Sam Simon, president of Hudson Val-ley Fresh, a local dairy cooperative, spoke with the boys about the health benefits of consuming fresh and local dairy products. Dedicated to preserv-ing the agricultural heritage of the Hudson Valley, HVF’s farmers care for 1,200 milking cows and manage 5,000 acres of grazing space. This past September, the School’s dining service, Culinart, changed its dairy vendor to HVF. Cu-linart Manager Mark Barone said, “We sup-port buying fresh and local food as much as possible.” A remarkable number of students have commented on how good the milk tastes this year. “We’ve doubled our milk consumption since the changeover. Kids are going crazy for the chocolate milk!” And no wonder: HVF uses expensive Dutch cocoa rather than cheaper high

fructose corn syrup.

Under the direction of several T-P faculty and visiting lecturers, T-P’s “Food for Thought” series continues to generate excitement. The boys learn in the way they learn best – by diving right in and getting their hands dirty. From cranking a turn-of-the-century cider press to inoculating logs with mycorrhiza spores, this continues to be a popular event. If you have an idea or wish to participate as a guest speaker, please contact Dean of Faculty Maria Reade, founder of the program.

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Transplanting greens. In late April, Maria Reade showed the boys how to transplant seedlings into the garden beds in and outside of Gamage’s Green-house. The 22’ x 48’ structure was completed over the summer of 2011 with the

persistence of a handful of faculty members and local students. Several boys worked throughout the fall and spring with Mrs. Reade to tend and harvest the produce which goes directly from the gardens into the salad bar in Scully Hall.

The Buzz on campus. In January, boys were able to handle the various parts of a wooden beehive box and then sample twelve different flavors of natural

honey. They also viewed the award-winning documentary “Queen of the Sun,” which ex-

plores the global honeybee crisis and the allure of beekeeping. Sean Michie ’12 was so inspired

that he built three beehives for his Eagle Scout project and then donated them to the School.

Cider. How many boys does it take to turn ten bushels of apples into cider? Using a century-old wooden press, the lads cranked out nearly fifteen gallons of cider. The leftover apple mash went straight into the School’s compost pile.

Fungus Among Us. Two dozen boys and faculty members learned how to force-cultivate mushrooms. They drilled holes in hardwood logs and pounded in spore-infused wooden pegs. By next fall, those logs should produce several pounds of shiitake, oyster, and hen-of-the-woods mushrooms.

Maple Syrup. In February 2011, a group of boys helped tap out trees at a nearby farm. This winter, Maria Reade along with Ashley and Josh Frost ’04 helped the boys tap thirty sugar maple trees that line T-P’s front drive-way. Over March break, more than 80 gallons of sap were collected, yielding two gallons of pure sweet syrup. Bring on the pancakes!!

Butter. Scoop the thick layer of heavy cream from a container of fresh unpasteurized organic milk, pour it into a glass Mason jar, and let eager boys shake shake shake. Within minutes, a lump of golden butter appears. Add a pinch of salt and voila – alchemy! “This is the best thing I have ever tasted,” ex-claimed Chris DeMaria ’13, on left.

Seed starting. Boys in Mike Webber’s “Environment Today” class learned how to compare the qualities of various soils and sow seeds which then germinated in the glass greenhouse annex of the biology lab. “I used to think it was all just dirt – now I have a real respect for soil science!” said Alex Silva ’12, above right. Silva will pursue Environmental Studies at SUNY Brockport.

Pestomania. Campus-grown basil and garlic, coupled with olive oil and parmesan cheese, melded into a delectable pesto which the boys sampled over sliced tomatoes and spread on crusty bread. Buon appetito!

Good Clean Fun: Soapmaking. Michele Carlin (Admissions) and Gary Gray (Science

Chair) demonstrated how to make soap from olive and canola oil mixed with

lye crystals. The only tools were an immersion

blender and a card-board milk container.

With arms encased in rubber gloves,

the boys mixed the compound and let it harden for three weeks into a cake.



Fall Sports SeasonVarsity Football (3-5) The Pride struggled through an injury plagued season. If losing two key line-men on both sides of the ball was not enough, the star running back respon-sible for 90% of the Pride offense was sidelined with a concussion. Despite the final record, the season ended on a high note. The squad traveled to Brunswick on a chilly November night to do battle on the turf in a game under the lights. Brunswick scored with four minutes to go in the game, to go ahead by 5. Trinity-Pawling was able to mount a comeback scoring with just 45 sec-onds left in the contest. The offense was able to convert critical downs into much needed first downs, as Dylan Pasik ‘12 completed a 15-yard pass on 4th and 13. Trent Dennington ‘12 managed to hit the open hole and run in for the win-ning touchdown. Despite missing three games with a concussion, Leroy Dob-bins ’12 still managed to run for 1,100 yards in five games – 220 yards per game.

Lower Football (4-3) After coming off an undefeated sea-son last year, the JV team looked to re-build. An entirely new squad managed to finish above .500. Included in these four wins were some tough battles. T-P managed to outlast Rumsey Hall 14-8 in double OT. Another solid win was a 46-12 team effort over Kent. Standouts included Tyler Kellogg ‘15 at QB and TB Gianni Bianchin ‘13, who ran for nine TD’s and over 700 yards in six games. Junior Ken Hepari was a stand-out FB, who gained over 400 yards rushing, made several key blocks, and punched in a TD during a rain soaked victory over Berkshire. With only two remaining players from the previous season, the final outcome was impres-sive. The future looks bright for Lower Football.

Varsity Soccer (5-9-1) After a strong preseason, the soccer squad was ready to kick off the 2011 campaign. A 5-1 romp over Green Farms Academy to start the season was promising, but the joy was short-lived as the team was defeated by Avon the next game. Dropping the next five games would challenge the morale of the squad, as the boys fell to South Kent, Loomis, Berkshire, Brunswick and Taft. The streak was halted with a hard fought tie against Hopkins. The Pride reached a critical juncture in the season with a record of 1-7-1, and eight games left. A rare October snow storm saw two match-es cancelled, and the team was forced to practice indoors for a week. Perhaps this changed the mentality of the team, as they finished the remaining six games with a 4-2 record, recording wins over Gunnery, Westminster, Founders League powerhouse Salisbury, and Cheshire in a game under the lights.

JV Soccer (1-7) This was a building year for the JV Soc-cer squad. Finishing with a 1-7 record, the team grew as the season progressed. Its lone win came over a tough Canter-

bury team to conclude the season. Two losses came against highly skilled oppo-nents Choate (2-1) and South Kent (3-2). The JV squad looks to rebound and build on the progress made this season.

Thirds Soccer (1-7-2)

Cross Country (3-7) The Trinity-Pawling harriers were able to achieve victories over powerhouses Salisbury, Millbrook and Berkshire. T-P XC found much success running on their home course, registering two of their three wins on the T-P campus. The squad fared very well at the Founders meet finishing 8th, and taking home 14th at New Englands. Almost every member of the squad set a personal best time on the difficult course at Andover during the Championship race. Co-captains Robert Reier ’12 and Chris Murphy ’13 served as superb leaders during the season. The top seven runners included Sean McEvoy ’13, Tom Spore ’13, AJ Beckwith ’14, Murphy, Matt Lazarcheck ’13, Tanner Zacharewicz ‘ 13 and Bruce Lee ’13.

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Pride Athletics


Athletes Honored At the conclusion of each athletic season students and faculty gather in the Gardiner Theater to honor Varsity Athletes. Coaches and captains speak about team accomplishments, and certain student-athletes receive awards for their outstanding contributions. As is tradition, these awards are followed by the Athletic Banquet in Scully Hall.

FALL Soccer

Annual Award: Sam Mark ‘12

Coaches Award: Ben Hall ‘13

Coaches Award: Gyuri Dragomir ‘13

Winter Sports SeasonVarsity Wrestling (8-9) A rare losing season contained many highlights. Led by Captains Jed Bricker ’12, Matt DeMaria ’13, and Christian Werlau ’13 the team earned an 8-9 record in an injury plagued campaign. Many individuals stepped up to fill in spots that were vacated due to injury or illness, and the squad always maintained a positive outlook despite their inexperi-ence. Bricker, although sidelined for the second half of the season, remained a valuable contributor helping to coach many of the less experienced wrestlers. Matt DeMaria and Werlau consistently produced victories for the team, both placing second in the Westerns before they fell victim to the injury/illness bug at the New England’s. The future is bright for the Pride wrestling program.

Varsity Hockey (6-16-3) The Pride recorded several big wins including a 2-1 victory over perennial league power Avon Old Farms and a 5-0 win over Tabor Academy in the Avon Christmas Classic the following week. The boys also earned three gritty come-back ties against talented Choate, Hotch-kiss, and Taft squads. The Taft tie had the fans on the edge of their seats as Junior Gyuri Dragomir ’13 notched the equal-izer with less than 30 seconds remaining

to send the game to overtime. Offensively, the team was led by Cap-tains Max Franzone ’12 and Jimmy Burt ’12. Burt ’12 led the scoring attack aver-aging nearly a point a game, while line mate Charlie Zuccarini ’14 led the team in overall scoring. Defensively, the Pride was led by se-nior goaltender Fredrik Melander ’12. Melander was a stalwart between the pipes finishing the season with a 90% save percentage. The Pride will return 13 of 20 rostered players for the 2012-2013 campaign. JV Hockey (11-6-0) After starting out the season 1-4-0, the JV Hockey team went on a 10-2-0 run enabling them to finish the season 11-6-0. This is the first time in JV Hockey history that a team earned 11 wins. This team scored 81 goals in 17 games, earned 104 assists. The team had the fewest penalty minutes and was the least penalized team in the JV league. Their penalty kill was a whopping 93%. There were three noteworthy individual ac-complishments; Bryce Jurk ‘13 broke the assist record tallying 23 in 17 games. Julian Garritano ‘13 broke the goal scoring record scoring 29 goals in 17 games. While goaltender Jack Margiotta ‘13 finished the season with a 91% save percentage, and

was the team MVP. Jurk and Garritano earned awards for the record-breaking seasons.

Thirds Hockey (3-8)

Varsity Basketball (8-14) Basketball experienced a season of up’s and down’s. Trinity-Pawling battled tough competition and saw vast im-provements as the season progressed. The squad dropped an early game to Hotchkiss 63-30, but the second contest against Hotchkiss was much closer with a slight edge going to the Bearcats 48-46. T-P showed tremendous PRIDE as they overcame a 25-point deficit to come back and win 57-53 over a tough Taft team. T-P was down 38-16 at half but remained focused and determined to mount a huge come back. The Pride also mounted a strong effort against Bel-mont Hill in a thrilling 58-55 OT win.

JV Basketball (13-3) JV hoops finished this season ex-tremely well with a 13-3 record. The squad was led by Thomas Brewer ’12 and Zach Thornton ’13. JV Hoops

Left, Trent Dennington ‘12 breaks through a Salis-bury defender in a game under the lights; Ahmet

Bidav ‘12 looks to make a play downfield in a 5-1 victory over Green Farms Academy; Matt Lazarcheck ‘13 eyes the finish line during the

home strech in a meet against Millbrook; right, Matt DeMaria ‘13 gains positioning against his

Gunnery opponent; Leo Skehan ‘12 looks for open ice in a win over Albany Academy.



Cross-CountryMcCabe Award: Rob Reier ‘12

Annual Award:Sean McEvoy ‘13

FootballAnnual Award: Trent Dennington ‘12

Gatchell Sportsmanship Award:Chris Shannon ‘12

Coaches Award: Leroy Dobbins ‘12

WINTER

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opened up their season with a decisive 62-20 win over Gunnery. After a tough double OT loss to Westminster, 59-58, the Pride went on an eight-game win-ning streak. The improvement of the JV team was noticeable after it dropped a contest to Canterbury 66-48 early in the season, but prevailed with a late season 50-47 win over the Saints. The squad bookended the year with wins over rival Kent.

Thirds Basketball (7-7)

Varsity Squash (9-11) Late in the season, the team showed how far they had come by beating Can-terbury 4-3, a team who had beaten the Pride earlier in the season 5-2. Each player improved a great deal over the course of the winter due to focused practice and conditioning. Seven play-ers played in the US High School Team Nationals at Yale in early February and played in the New England Interscho-lastic Tournament at Choate in the last weekend of the winter. Captain Mitch Bottini ‘12 finished his four years of squash at T-P with the best record on the team at 13-7. For the second season in a row, Trinity-Pawling has earned the Interscholastic Team Sportsmanship Award.

JV Squash (4-10) JV Squash progressed well. Itsuki Yashina ‘12 and Peter Yip ’15 served as captains of this year’s squad. Dave Wu ‘14 was #1 player and MVP and garnered the most wins (6). Myung Koo ‘14 and Jason Hwang ‘13 had five wins. John Kelly ‘15 was able to take home the Most Improved Player Award.

Thirds Squash (3-6)

Skiing (12-28) The lack of snow and wet conditions didn’t dampen the team’s spirits as the team competed hard at every race. Due to the lack of gate training the team started out slow, finishing last in the first race of the year. There were some good results, as Ben Parnell ‘12 finished in the top 15, while Gibson Drysdale ’13 finished in the top 25. This team improved and was able to take home gold in the last qualifying race of the year. Alex Ros ‘12 and Ian Slakas ‘12 finished in the top 20, while Drysdale, Parnell and new comer Ko Ko Kochen ‘13 rounded out the field to squeak out a win over rival Salisbury School. This had the team peak-ing at the right time as they headed into championship season. Unfortunately, the team struggled at New England’s placing 11th overall. Taylor Miller ‘12 and Parnell had some of the best finishes at the race. Parnell placed 19th overall at the Slalom Championships, while Slakas, the most consistent racer at the league champion-ships, placed in both disciplines achieving the fastest team times in the Giant Slalom.

Spring Sports SeasonVarsity Lacrosse (11-7) With a new coaching staff and a young team, the Pride enjoyed a successful sea-son. The team concluded the year with an 11-7 record (5-2 in Founders), the second most wins in school history. The Pride fin-ished 6th in New England West, and 2nd in the Founders League. The Pride record-ed several huge wins this season, includ-ing an 8-7 OT win over nationally ranked No. 2 Deerfield Academy. This was Deer-field’s first loss in over 40 games. Trinity-Pawling also bested Founders foe Avon Old Farms 11-10, mounting a late game comeback and scoring the go ahead goal with 13 seconds left. Members of the

squad received many honors this season. Goalie James Granito ’12, Julian Garrita-no ’13, and Gianni Bianchin ’13 earned All-Founders League accolades. Granito and Matt Kelly ’12 earned All Western New England awards. Jordan McKenzie ’14 and Bryce Jurk ’13 earned Founders League Honor-able Mention. At the annual New England Coaches Dinner, first year head coach Nic Bell was awarded Coach of the Year for New England West. This is a prestigious award given to a coach who demon-strated excellence this season. Pride Lacrosse has returned to prominence in New England.

JV Lacrosse (4-9) The 2012 year contained many chal-lenges for the JV Lax squad. With only four returning players, the team managed to grow and compete on a high level towards the end of the year. The squad suffered close losses to Salisbury and Kent, but battled to earn a tough win over Can-terbury 4-3 in overtime. The team earned wins over Millbrook and the Gunnery. The JV Pride was capable of battling through some injuries to finish strong despite their rigorous schedule.

Thirds Lacrosse (2-8)

Varsity Baseball (6-11) Varsity Baseball finished 6-11 this sea-son. They managed to register many key wins over some tough opponents through-


WINTER

Squash Skiing BasketballNed Reade Cup: Mitch Bottini ‘12

Livingston B. Cole Award: Gibson Drysdale ‘13

Most Improved Award: Konstantin Kochen ‘13

Annual Award:Gerald McClease ‘12

Coaches Award:Miller Lyssikatos ‘12

out the year. Perhaps the most significant victory was a 9-8, 9th-inning, three-run comeback over a strong Loomis squad. The Pride managed to register 21 runs against a talented Westminster team, and put forth a solid effort to beat Founders foe Taft. Suffering two close 9-8 losses to rival

Kent and Choate summed up their season. T-P was close in almost every game this season. The Pride always managed to put forth a solid effort, and competed hard in every contest.

JV Baseball (5-9) JV Baseball finished with high expecta-tions for next year. Key wins over Rumsey Hall, 16-13 in extra innings gave the team a sense of accomplishment. The Pride finished the year successfully, winning two of their last three games. They managed to best a tough Taft squad 12-11, while earn-ing a 25-3 win over rival Kent in their last contest. The Pride baseball program seems to be developing effectively.

Golf (12-11) The Trinity-Pawling golf team finished with a winning record. The team expe-rienced many triumphs and faced many challenges. A squad that usually played

multiple schools on a given day did not enjoy many practice rounds. The squad earned impressive victories over Brunswick and Hotchkiss. Captain John Collins ’13 managed to place 4th out of 63 golfers at the Founders League tournament. The team will return many players next year and

looks to improve and continue achieving success.

Varsity Tennis (4-7) After a strong start Tennis struggled with a challenging schedule to conclude the season. The team was fast out of the gate winning their first three matches over Millbrook, South Kent, and Canterbury. Then the Pride hit the toughest part of their schedule, dropping the next six matches. In those contests the Pride faced tough Hotchkiss and Hopkins teams. The squad also dropped a close contest to Kent, 3-4, before bouncing back to beat The Gun-nery 4-3 to conclude the season.

JV Tennis (4-7) The JV tennis team was defined by their teamwork. Led by Tyler Richards ‘14 and Sung Gwan Choi ‘13, the team shuffled around the line up throughout the season, experimenting with many doubles combi-

nations. The boys embraced this approach and made the most of their opportunities. Ben Green ‘13 made the most significant contribution to the team despite missing the first half of the season. Along with his killer serve, Ben amassed a 4-1 singles record and a 5-1 doubles record. John Kelly ‘15, Alex Jang ‘14, Matt Dwyer ‘12, and Minh Pham ‘13 rounded out the final roster.

Thirds Tennis (2-5)

Track (2-11) The track team endured a tough season this spring. Despite the adversity, there still were many highlights this season. T-P finished 7th at Founders, and wrapped up their season finishing 12th at New Englands. Mitch Bottini ’12 capped off a spectacular season going undefeated in the Javelin. Greg Harney ’14 proved to be the fastest boy in the school, and had a spectacular season sprinting.

Left, Braedon Bayer ‘14 dribbles upcourt in a 57-53 win over Taft; Gianni Bianchin

‘12 dodges a short stick Brunswick defender; Brent Howell ‘14 easily clears

the bar in a late-season home meet; Ridge Dulitz ‘13 rounds third to eventually score

in a 9-8 comeback win over Loomis.



F O O T B A L L

James Meagher James Meagher of Piedmont, CA signed a National Letter of Commitment to West Point Prep, where he will play football in 2012. Meagher will then enroll in the United States Military Academy at West Point as a ca-det and play football for them in

2013. Coach Dave Coratti (right) said at the signing, “James is excited about the opportunity to attend one of the best aca-demic institutions in the country, while at the same time, play Division I Football.” Congratulations James!

Trent Dennington Trent Dennington of Colleyville, TX signed a Letter of Intent to play football at University of Pennsylva-nia. Trent came to Trinity-Pawling upon a recommendation from the UPenn football coaching staff. Trent made All-Erickson Confer-ence and All-New England in

football, and earned a spot on the Headmaster’s List for the Fall Term. Trent also won the Annual Award in football. Trent is very excited to be attending UPenn next year and to play football for the Quakers!

B A S E B A L L

Kedeem Octave Kedeem Octave of New Wind-sor, NY signed a National Letter of Intent to play baseball for the Spartans of St. Thomas Aquinas College. St. Thomas is located in Sparkill, NY and is a member of the East Coast Conference. The Spartans finished the season with

a record of 34-18, 18-6 in conference play. The Spartans ended their season as runner up in the ECC Championship. Kedeem, 6’1”, 195 pounds, completed a solid season for the Pride as an outfielder.

L A C R O S S E

Dalton LundyDalton Lundy of Brooklin, Ontario signed a National Letter of Intent to play lacrosse for Coach Peter Lawrence at University of Hartford. Dalton is a 6’0”, 210 lb. defenseman and will look to make an impact for the Hawks, who play in the competitive

America East Conference. We are proud of Dalton for his commitment, hard work and leadership in the school com-munity.

Jimmy Joe Granito Jimmy Jo Granito of New Canaan, CT, signed a National Letter of Intent to play lacrosse for Coach Charlie Toomey at Loyola University (MD) the 2012 NCAA Division I National Champion. Jimmy Joe is a 5’11”, 190 lb. goaltender who comes to T-P

from New Canaan High School, where he starred in football, hockey and lacrosse for the Rams. Jimmy Joe was instrumental in helping revive Trinity-Pawling lacrosse, earning All Founder’s League and All Western New England accolades, while lead-ing the Pride to 11 wins - the second most in school history.

H O C K E Y Fredrik Melander Fredrik Melander of Smedjebackan, Sweden will continue his career at Sacred Heart University in the fall of 2012. Fredrik was outstanding in goal for the Pride this season, and is excited to don the Pioneer uniform and play under Coach CJ Marottolo for the next four years. Freddy makes everyone around him better, and Sacred Heart Is gaining a fine student-athlete. Melander was also the recipient of the Annual Award for Hockey.

Jimmy Burt Jimmy Burt of Hamden, CT will matriculate to Trinity College to continue his hockey career. Burt will play under Matt Grea-son, while wearing the Bantams uniform. Jimmy was ranked

National Letters of Intent


David N. Coratti Award: Christian Werlau ‘13

WrestlingSean Kimberly Award:Matt DeMaria ‘13

Most Improved Award: Chris DeMaria ‘13

HockeyAnnual Award: Freferik Melander ‘12

Richard A. Reece Award:Max Franzone ‘12


Mike MacDonald ’11

Princeton University

Joe Moore ’08

Syracuse University

Coaches Award: Jim Burt ‘12

SPRING Track

Annual Award: Mitch Bottini ‘12

Coaches Award: Greg Harney ’14

Mo Vaughn ’86

Seton HallBoston Red Sox

Many Trinity-Pawling alumni have found success at a highly competi-tive collegiate level. T-P continues to prepare its students for rigors of the college classroom and playing field. T-P alumni can be found on a number of NCAA Division I, II, and III rosters. Many go on to become captains and leaders of their respec-tive teams. In more recent years T-P alumni have played for Colgate, Princeton, Columbia, West Point, Bucknell, Tulane, Temple, Stanford, Boston College, Syracuse, George Washington and Hofstra. Most recently Derek Dennis ‘07 (Temple University) has signed with The New England Patriots. The 6’3”, 315 lb. guard looks to get some playing time this season. Congratulations to all of these T-P alumni for carrying the PRIDE with them!

Competing with PRIDE: Alumni athletes take it on the road

Coaches Award: Travis Clarke ’12

Coaches Award: Si Hun Lee ’12

amongst the top in points per game in the Founders League. Trinity College plays in the highly competitive NESCAC Confer-ence. Burt, in just one PG year at T-P, was elected team captain and received the Coaches Award for Leadership.

Max FranzoneMax Franzone of Nanuet, NY has de-cided to play baseball for the Cardinals of

St. John Fisher College. The Cardinals play in the competitive Empire 8 Conference. They finished the season with a 31-12 overall record, 12-6 in conference. St. John Fisher won their conference, but lost in the semi-finals of the NCAA Midwest Regionals. Max, a Prefect, was captain of Varsity Hockey, as well as Baseball. He received the Baseball Annual Award at the end of the year banquet.

Other Notable College Commitments

• Alex Silvia – Nazareth College (Hockey)

• Percy Andrews – Denison College (Lacrosse)

• Taylor Miller – R.P.I. (Lacrosse)• Caleb Kenney – Roger Williams

University (Lacrosse)

Derek Dennis ’07

Temple University

(2011 Blue-Gray Senior All-Star Game)

The New England Patriots



Rick Bergland ’69 Inducted October 8, 2011

StudentatTrinity-Pawling1965-1969•Prefect•StudentCouncil,Varsity“T”Club,SportsEditoroftheTrinitannus•Recipient

of10VarsityLettersinSoccer,Wrestling,andLacrosse•UndefeatedinWrestling,senioryear•CaptainofVarsityLacrosse•Leadscorerjuniorandsenioryears•SelectedtotheAll-LeagueTeamjuniorandsenioryears•Memberof the 1969 Varsity Lacrosse New England Championship Team•Father’sAssociationAwardwinnerforlacrosse•AttendedtheUniversityofVirginia•4yearlacrosseplayer•TwoNationalChampionships,1970and1972•Leadingscorersenioryear,1973•ThirdTeamAllAmericanAttackman•28yearsatActiveMineralInternational as Director of International Logistics.

1961 Varsity Tennis Team Inducted October 8, 2011

The Trinity-Pawling Varsity Tennis Team compiled one of its most successful records in 1961. Coached by Mr. Manifold, the net-men achieved a 9 and 0 record, making it the second undefeated season in the School’s history.

From left to right: Mr. Huber S. Manifold, C. Glen Dugdale ‘62, William K. Smith ‘61, David C. Hill ‘62, George S. Shelley ‘61, William H. Cluthe ‘61 (Posthumously), William L. Cartier ‘61, H. Carl Sturcke ‘61, Robert R. Stroud, Jr. ‘61, Hamilton J. Whitlock, Jr. ‘61, Richard Foxhall (Manager).

2011 Athletic Hall of Fame

Director of Athletics Brian Foster ‘79, Rick Bergland ‘69 and Headmaster Arch Smith following the Athletic Hall of Fame induc-tion ceremony

Members of the undefeated1961 Varsity Team assemble for a reunion photo.

I am honored to be inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame and become a part of the history of Trinity Pawling. T-P played a major role in creating the person that I have become. Throughout the fabric of the school: in the classroom, the dorm room, or on the playing fields, the administration, the teachers and students encouraged me, treated me with respect, and believed in the person that I could be. Isn’t that what it’s all about? I will always be grateful.

—Rick Bergland

The Trinity-Pawling community was saddened by Rick’s passing on April 9. Rick’s obituary appears on page 57.

Annual Award: Shelly Bobrow ’13

TennisAnnual Award: John Collins ‘13

Most Improved Player: Caleb Kenney ‘12

Golf LacrosseAnnual Award: James Granito ‘12



Second Annual Phil Haughey ‘53 Three Varsity Sport Award

Phil Haughey ’53

Gyuri Dragomir ‘13 (soccer, hockey, tennis), Christian Werlau ‘13 (football, wrestling, lacrosse), Tanner Zacharawicz ‘13 (cross country, hockey, baseball), Mikail Ali Mogues ‘12 (football, bas-ketball, baseball), Mitch Bottini ‘12 (soccer, squash, track), Rob Reier ‘12 (cross country, squash, track), Frankie Palmer ‘14 (football, wrestling, lacrosse), Fredrik Melander ‘12 (cross country, hockey, golf), A.J. Beckwith ‘14 ( cross country, hockey, track)

I believe... I believe that we will win...Join Trinity-Pawling’s Varsity Club!

Support T-P Athletics.

Contact Chris Gillman ’05phone: 845-855-4829 email: [email protected]

or visit www.trinitypawling.org/varsityclub

A“Old School” Coach Foster by Charlie Britton

BaseballCoaches Award: Julian Garritano ‘13

Annual Award: Max Franzone ‘12

Triandafalou: Ridge Dulitz ‘13

Coaches Award: Jordan McKenzie ‘14

Named for Phil Haughey, an esteemed member of Trinity-Pawling’s Class of 1953, nine student-athletes were hon-ored at this year’s Spring Varsity Awards Ceremony with the Second Annual Phil Haughey ‘53 Three Varsity Sport Award.


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come

High Water

HellBy Scott C. Seckel ‘84

WENTY-SEVEN YEARS AGO, even fewer hippos in the Hudson River Valley existed than do now.

When rafting in hippo-infested rivers, the optimum lay-out is to have all boats proceed bow to stern. The think-ing is that if a hippo lunges for a raft, the people on the aggrieved boat can leap into the adjacent rafts and be “saved.”

Usually a hippo attack is a result of one of two scenarios. In the first, the boat lies between the hippo and the deep channel of the riv-er, leaving the hippo feeling “trapped.” One does not want to share a river with a hippo which feels “trapped” in any way.

In the second scenario, the hippo perceives the raft as a larger, sexier hippo, possibly with a bigger expense account and a summer place on the Vineyard, leaving the hippo with an irresistable urge

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to completely eviscerate the raft and pas-sengers. One sympathizes.

Hippos, crocodiles, lions, elephants, malaria, drowning, and many other things were not an issue when Alexandre “Sacha” Gedrinsky and I last parted ways on a sunny spring day atop the green lawns of our beloved Hill in 1984.

We were in a hurry that day. Many relatives and people who had contrib-uted towards our sublime education were present, and it was their day to be acknowledged as well as ours. Seniors, get those heart-felt good-byes with your buddies out of the way before gradua-tion – you’re not going to have time for them on Graduation Day.

I next saw Sacha 27 years later in a departure lounge in the international airport in Johannesburg, South Africa. We were on our way to raft the Zam-bezi River, the biggest whitewater in the world.

So, what is it like to tackle an enor-mous physical challenge with a friend from prep school you haven’t seen since you were both 18?

“We’re going to kill each other by the end of this,” Sach said in an email before the trip.

“Nah,” I wrote back. “I think we’ll be alright.”

We’re T-P guys, I thought. We can handle it. We can handle anything. How much worse could it be than Hell Week for lacrosse under Coach Reece? Once you have lived and breathed the school’s unofficial motto – “Suck It Up”– you’re not phased by much. Whatever rolls down the pike, you can handle it.

So – and whether you graduated in 1984 or in 1954, you know this to be true – Graduation Day passed in a blur of green grass and black robes. That’s the day your class – your family for the past one to four years, depend-ing – evaporates upon the winds, never to be seen in that particular, magical

alchemy as it was at school, with those exact ingredients present and accounted for again.

After Graduation Day, your class will exist only in memories and photographs, phone calls when you can, the alumni bulletin the school puts out, gossip from a classmate you met for drinks on a business trip, and the reunions, when and if you can make them. That’s about it. You’ve been given the best friends in the world, and it’s up to you to keep those friendships alive. Some-times it doesn’t happen again. Sometimes it happens in the oddest of places and under the odd-est of circumstances.

The idea to raft the Zambezi in north-ern Zimbabwe was mine. A whitewater rafting aficionado, I’d heard about it, the biggest, scariest, most bone-crushing hurricane-in-a-gorge on the planet, in 2003 in the Grand Canyon. We’d just run Lava Falls, the Canyon’s fiercest rapid, and were battling an adrenaline dump with cans of beer. “That was noth-

ing compared to the Zambezi,” one woman said. That’s not an exact quote; she used a stronger adjective.

That caught my attention.I went home, googled ‘Zambezi

whitewater’ images, and sat slack-faced. This was an aquatic apocalypse, Wag-ner in water, torture palaces made of spinning foam, stuff so big it dwarfed the

rafts in the

pictures. It looked like the boats were being rowed off the sides of submerged buildings. You couldn’t pick a line to run. It was nothing but white fury. There wasn’t a line to run. These weren’t rap-ids. These were storms plunging over waterfalls. This was insane.

I immediately realized I had to run this river.

SACHA AND I had not spoken in 15 years.

One foggy day on the central Califor-nia coast my phone at the newspaper rang. Somehow he’d tracked me down. It was great to hear from one of the guys from school. We kept

in touch, loosely. I bounced the idea of floating the

Zambezi off him in 2003 or 2004. I called him one of those nights when your mind is restless and you make your-self happy by planning trips, if not actu-ally being on one. I asked him if he was interested. He was.

He really didn’t know what he was

...the hippo perceives the raft as a larger, sexier hippo, possibly with a bigger

expense account and a summer place on the Vineyard

Victoria FallsMatetsi

Zimbabwe

Scott and Sacha’s Zambezi journey

along northern Zimbabwe


getting into. This was on a par with say-ing, “Great – I’d love to see what climb-ing is all about,” and then signing on to an Everest expedition.

Fast forward another four to five years. Each year, the plan to raft the Zambezi arose, and each year it failed due to one circumstance or another, domestic, financial, international, personal, profes-sional. It is not always easy to make African expeditions happen, but the idea constantly gnawed at the back of our minds. And each late night phone call between the two of us cemented the cer-tainty of this happening more and more.

“We have to make that happen,” Sach posted on Facebook one day.

2011 shaped up to be the year we pulled the trigger. Now or never.

The nurse at the vaccination clinic tells me not to get water in my mouth when I take a shower over there. I blink twice and tell her when we flip, it’s going to be like having a garden hose jammed down your throat. That’s what I thought, anyway. In reality, it was a lot worse. It was more like a fire hose.

WAITING IN VICTORIA FALLS to launch on the river, Sach breaks a crown.

“We need to go get that fixed now,” I tell him. “We cannot blow that off and go into the Batoka Gorge for five days. It’s not going to get any better on its own.”

He resists. “I’ll probably be able to make it.”

I insist. This is important. We’ve signed up for a seri-ous trip and out there will be no place to be in additional pain: whiskey, Motrin, and best wishes all that’s avail-able. We find a clinic (“We Treat, God Heals”) and a Cuban dentist fixes Sach up.

“Thanks.”“You would have done the

same for me. Let’s go get a beer.”

And later, he does do the same for me.

The river is so vicious and terrifying the boatmen tell us to keep our helmets and life vests on as we walk around portages on the first day. If you fell in without pro-tective gear on, you’d be killed in sec-onds. That’s obvious. You’d be broken like last year’s toy. The second night the boatmen tell me of bodies kept underwa-

ter for two and three days.When we’re in the boats, the water

is so immense it can’t be believed. This is not just bigger than the biggest thing you’ve ever seen; this dwarfs that.

We’re flipped, spun underwater, sucked down, bashed against the gorge walls, tumbled, and pounded without mercy.

We feel like this around rapid seven, that we’re not sure how much of this we can take. The first day, we will run 21 rapids.

At camp that night, Sach and one of the Australians doesn’t sleep. They lie in the tents and stare at the ceiling. They ought to name this Camp PTSD. What has been seen cannot be unseen.

That’s the first day. We’ll be out here for four more nights. It’s this intense every day.

Five days later, Sach half-carries me into the lobby of the Victoria Falls Hotel. The bad disk in my back went, well, bad when I tried to help portage a boat around the Batoka Falls on day three. Sach gashed his leg deeply against the rock about five minutes before my injury. It’s no big deal; we suck it up and run the river for two more days.

The day we take out I catch some exotic 12-hour bug. After a three-hour jouncing ride in an overland truck, I peel out, back twisted, legs covered in dried excreta. I’m not doing too well. Sach helps me inside the hotel lobby. We haven’t bathed or shaved in five days. People stare.

“Seckel checking in. I need a doctor.”We have been on an expedition, by

God.

OUR ORIGINAL PLANS WERE to celebrate a successful comple-tion of running the world’s biggest

water by dining in the Livingstone Room at the hotel. It has a dress code, which we liked, and a reputation for being notoriously unforgivable about upholding it, which also appealed to us. So we brought blazers and ties on the trip.

After the doctor injected me with mor-phine and hydrocortisone, and Sach came back from his massage, we had cheeseburgers and Cokes from room service for dinner and I shut off the BBC at 5:30 pm. So much for the elegant fin-ish, but the important thing is we did it.

And up to the last minute in Heathrow when we had a coffee before Sach had to fly back to Zurich, we weren’t killing each other.

We were, as I predicted, alright.Your Blue and Gold brothers will al-

ways be your brothers. Always.Come hell or high water.

Scott Seckel ’84 and Sacha Gedrinsky ’84 take a breather while navigating the Zambezi.

They ought to name

this Camp PTSD.

What has been seen

cannot be unseen.


Lori Seavey ‘78, Mommy is in my Heart, (available at heartandplay.com) Drawing inspiration from the loss of a dear friend to cancer in 2009, Mommy is in My Heart is Lori Seavey’s first book. The story, beautifully illustrated by

Teri Farrell-Gittins, is told from the per-spective of a young child whose mother has been diagnosed with cancer.

She shares her feelings, thoughts and fears from diagnosis to death and from fear through the mourning process. Ms. Seavey’s friend died only a month after receiving her diagnosis and left behind a husband and young daughter. Com-mented Ms. Seavey, “It is my hope that this book will help all children who are dealing with the death of a parent from cancer.”

Joseph Callo ‘48, The Sea Was Al-ways There (Fireship Press, 2012). This is one man’s story about learning from the sea. It includes the joy, pain, victory, defeat, surprises, and humor involved in

the process. The narrative spans areas of the globe extend-ing from the east coast of the Indian Ocean, across the Pa-cific, Caribbean, Atlantic, and into the Mediterra-nean. The many personal epi-sodes that make up The Sea Was Always There deal with real people, places, and events, and it is based on personal experiences drawn from four sources: two years at sea with the U.S. Navy, sailing in a wide variety of venues, travel to places with deep connections with the sea, and writing about two heroes from the Age of Sail.

Stephan Wilkinson ‘54, Man and Machine (Lyons Press, 2005). Stephan Wilkinson, a longtime expert on the ways men entertain themselves when no one is telling them what to do – takes readers into the high-speed, high-risk world of restored jets, fast boats, and Formula 1 cars. Wilkinson visits a factory where Amish men build custom

ambulances, flies an airliner from the glory days of air travel, meets a bird that is a killing machine, and has a hot date with a handgun. In another chapter, Wilkinson relates the hazards of flying purely on instruments, and why being able to do so can make the difference between life and death. He draws from his own misadventures in flight and explains why the high-end Beech Bonanza is known as “the doctor killer.” And dissecting the finely tuned

instrument that is the Formula 1 car, Wilkinson relates how the engine’s connecting rods actually stretch at 19,000 rpm, even though they’re made of titanium, and what can happen when a racecar brakes at

6Gs. Always entertaining, Wilkinson takes men, and maybe even a few women, where they love to go – under the hood, over the mechanic’s shoulder, and behind the wheel.

by T-P Authors

Brian Foster ’79Athletic Director, Math, Hockey

Steve Harrington ’68Dean of Students, Math, Hockey

Adam Dinsmore ’91Work Program Coordinator, Math, Trail Crew, Skiing

Josh Collins ’95Science, Freshman Class AdvisorFootball, Hockey, Ropes Course

Josh Frost ’04Spanish, Soccer, Hockey

Rob Hutchison ’03Economics, Math, Hockey, Baseball

Chris Gillman ’05Development, Hockey, Lacrosse

Now

Alumni return to Trinity-Pawling

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Recently published? Please let us know by emailing [email protected]. We’d love to feature your work in the Gardiner Library’s Alumni Authors section. Please consider making a gift of your book to the School.


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Q: What have you enjoyed most about your current career?

TR: I enjoy fighting for others. I get to make a difference in the lives of oth-ers while advocating for Constitutional principles. Plus, I enjoy being in court everyday. Most of my day is spent in the courtroom with judges, police officers, witnesses and clients. No two days are the same. No two cases are the same. Ultimately, I enjoy being a Public Defender because there’s nothing like representing someone and hearing them say they felt like I really fought for them. There is nothing like making someone else feel valued. Q: What have been the greatest chal-lenges? TR: The greatest challenge is this: I help people in the courtroom. But once we resolve their legal matters, they return home to the same problems that got them to me in the first place. It’s a vicious cycle. So, I wonder how much of a difference I’m making – especially when I see the same faces week after week. For example, many of my clients have dropped out of high school, are not employed and have children. They got caught with some Marijuana or for fighting. Sure I’ll help them resolve their legal issues in a favorable way – but there is nothing I can do about their lack

of education, their unemployment or about teaching them how to parent their children. And without an education, with-out a job, having demands to support a family and living in an impoverished drug infested neighborhood – it is only a matter of time before they come back to court for committing more crimes. My greatest challenge is that I cannot solve the problem that makes them my client in the first place. Q: Did you hold any leadership posi-tions at Trinity-Pawling? TR: Co-Captain of Track and Field team (with David “Skills” Wills); Head Verger; Proctor (Barstow); President of MSU. Q: Did T-P have an impact on your career path? TR: Absolutely. Dr. Gamage once said “over time, effort inevitably yields achievement”. T-P taught me that as long as I put forth an effort – I will be able to achieve anything. So I worked hard (or “worked well” as Mr. DeGrasse would say) and as a result I achieved much. For example, I remember as a Sophomore and Junior at T-P that I didn’t win every race on the track. But I did my Senior year (save one second-place finish) and was the New England Champion in a

few events that year. I worked well during my younger years at T-P and achieved my goals during my final year. Effort inevitably yields achievement. Still, T-P has had an impact on my career path. It was true when I ran track as a NCAA Division 1 athlete in college and won a Conference USA Champion-ship. It was true when I applied to law school and studied at the European Court for Human Rights. True in mar-riage, as a father and currently as an attorney. It was even true this year when I was asked to run for judge. I ran against four other candidates and it was a grueling experience. I didn’t get enough votes to win – but I ran. I’m 35 have been an attorney for five years. I have plenty of time to run again. And as long as I continue to excel in life – nothing will be impossible to achieve. It’s what I learned at T-P both from the quote above and in the classroom, on the athletic fields, and in the dining hall.

Q: Who was your most influential teacher at T-P? Why? TR: Tough question. At T-P we spend so much time with the faculty and staff both in and out of the classroom that it’s hard to isolate one teacher. The Kelloggs, Fos-ters, Corattis, Reades, Harringtons, Hen-

Alumni Profile Q&AIn 1996, Toussaint Romain graduat-ed from Trinity-Pawling and moved to Charlotte to attend UNC-Char-lotte. Since then he has worked for federal prosecutors, a US Senator, a few law firms and several judges. Toussaint is currently also a Profes-sor at UNC-Charlotte where he teaches a US Constitutional legal course to future police officers, pros-ecutors and defense attorneys.

David Wills ‘96, Adam Arena ‘96, Miles Hubbard ‘57 and Toussant Romain at the 2012 Blue and Gold Dinner

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rys, Carp and DeGrasse all played such an instrumental role in shaping my life. Still, there’s no doubt that Mr. McDou-gal (and wife) were my lifeline. I don’t remember if I ever took his class – but he was my track coach, my mentor, and like a father figure. He always believed in my ability to run at a large Division 1 school. He pushed me. He mentored me off the track and challenged me to be a leader.

Q: What is your favorite T-P memory? TR: They all run together. The change in weather, falling of leaves then snow then spring. The dances at All-Girl schools, talking junk in the lockers, beating Avon and Berkshire, and eating at the dining hall. The pranks, the laughter, the getting caught and threats of telling our parents, then washing dishes at the dining hall as punishment at 6am, and still more pranks. The time in Chapel, the upperclassmen, then the younger classmen, Barstow and pick up games on the Quad. Still it would not have meant anything without my best friends, my brothers, the pride of T-P! (And did I mention the pranks?)

Q: Do you have a “proudest moment at T-P”?

TR: Yes. When I came to T-P as a sophomore from California, I didn’t quite fit in. I didn’t understand the Effort System Rating and didn’t really like being at an All-Boys school. Needless to say I didn’t do too well that year. I think I even ended up in Group 4. But eventu-ally something clicked my junior year. I think I understood what was expected of me and I decided to dig in my heels. It wasn’t long before I was graduating. I remember looking at the last “Effort System” report I would ever be on and I was humbled to see my name near the Top Ten of the class. It was my proudest moment at T-P because it meant that I was finally achieving something. It meant that I fit in and “got it”. In essence, it was a culmination of everything that I did well at T-P. Q: Why do you feel connected to T-P?

TR: The few years I spent at T-P were my formative years. I grew up with all sisters. T-P toughened me up. I didn’t perform well in school. The faculty

changed that. They challenged me to be the best in the classroom and on the athletic fields. Headmaster Smith set a high standard for excellence that he expected from all of us. These are the safe answers. To be honest, I feel most connected to T-P because of my father. T-P was his idea and he paid for me to attend. And when I excelled at T-P my father was most proud of me. In fact, it was the first time I remember him telling me he was proud of me. A son wants nothing more than his father’s approval. Unfortunately, my father died two years ago. Still, T-P reminds me of my father’s love. It con-nects me to the best times I shared with him. I also feel connected to T-P because of the friendships I made with other T-P boys. In fact, I would say my connec-tion and friendships with other T-P boys is stronger than anyone else I’ve met in life. And these bonds stand the test of time. I am still close to several of my classmates. And no matter what – someone always brings up the great times we had at T-P. I feel most con-nected to T-P because it was the best time of my life.

C.K. Rudolph, Jr ‘58 Robert Brawn ‘77 Dr. Peter Powell ‘60What was your happiest memory at T-P?

There are so many – probably the friendships that continue 54 years later.

Winning the Lawrenceville Christmas Hockey Tournament in overtime versus Belmont Hill in the final.

The life-long friends I made. My association with Craig Lyon – roommate at T-P – at UVA and on.

What was your proudest moment at T-P?

Graduation The “Stepping Up” ceremony as well as Graduation Day were equally meaningful for me.

Being associated with great class-mates and masters.

What was the best thing about T-P?

Knowing and associating with T-P legends : Msrs Karpoe, Dann, Dunbar and Tirrell – truly wonderful men that set an out-standing example for all of us.

It combined the support neces-sary for individual academic achievement and personal matu-ration, within a social environ-ment stressing the common good.

T-P put me in success mode. The School taught me to study and appreciate academics.

What does T-P do best? The School gives students the tools that will enable them to become successful in life

Because of the preparation at Trinity-Pawling, the transition to college was one of seamless acclamation both academically and socially.

T-P helps you grow up, and face the best and worst of you.

Can you describe T-P in one word?

No...but it represents the very best years of my entire life.

Invigorating Magnificent

Other alumni share their Trinity-Pawling Moments


1936The daughter of Thomas Moore sent us a note about her dad, she writes: “My dad is about to turn 95! Pawling was an excellent experience for him. He now lives in an excellent retirement community near me in Olympia, WA. He lived in NJ until his 80’s, then north to Boston. For the last two years he has been admiring lots of tall, straight trees and wildlife.”

1939Ed Essertier celebrated his 90th birthday on September 6, 2011 in Arcadia, CA with his wife Shirley, four sons (Dave, Bob, Bill and Don), daughter June, and granddaughter Chanel Essertier. He writes, “Thanks to my training on the track team at Pawling (1939), I can still outrun the undertaker. Hope to get up for a reunion again soon.”

1941Bill Wiese and wife Pat have eight grandchildren. “Life is good!”

1942Bill Flagg writes: “In July of 1941 I was invited to spend the weekend with Dr. and Mrs. Gamage by Barbara Spur, sis-ter of Jimmie Spur ‘43. I really enjoyed visiting with our founding Headmaster Friday evening thru Sunday lunch. He shared many interesting stories about the early days of Pawling. Saturday night, Barbara took me to a dance at the local country club. She and I square danced with Lowell Thomas and his wife. In the 1970s, he and I became good friends.”

1950 Woody Cornell writes: “Having spent

many summers at our ‘Moulin’ in France, we are now back in Dorset, VT near three of our children and families. We still winter in Key West, the American Caribbean.” Froggy Townsend writes: “I am finally retired from my ‘show biz’ activities, having just completed two recording

Class Notes

Q: How did you arrive at the Pawling School?

A: I grew up in Pelham, NY, and attended Pelham HS for a bit. I entered the Pawling School, in the Fifth Form. I took it in stride, thought it was a great school, and really enjoyed it.

Q: Describe your experience at the Pawling School.

A: The Pawling School taught me plenty. There were great teachers, it was a beautiful campus, and I made some great friends. There were some really nice guys. Dr. Gamage was the headmaster, and he was a won-derful man, we all really liked him.

Q: What were your favorite classes?

A: Languages. I loved French and Spanish.

Q: What sort of activities did you participate in on campus?

A: I played baseball and golf. In fact, I was the Captain of the golf team. I was pretty good back in the days. I was the Club Champion at Westchester Country Club.

[At this point his son, Graham, interjects and says that his Dad “is still good. He had a hole-in-one at the age of 97.”]

Q: Where did you attend college after graduating?

A: I went to Yale, and studied engineering.

Q: Did you have a career in the sciences?

A: No, I became a lawyer. I went to night school to get my degree, then went off to World War II. I was all over the place. I was in the Army Air Force and as-signed to the B-29 bomber plane, which was the same model plane that dropped the atomic bomb.

Q: What is something you would like the readers to know?

A: In the summer of 2011 I became a great, great, great Grandfather. You don’t see many of those. It was a boy, the fifth Bill Gurney. I also continued to fly planes until I was 87.

Editor’s Note: Happy Birthday! Bill turned 104 this past June.

Sam Boyer ‘01 interviews T-P’s oldest alumnus, William H. Gurney ’26


sessions in Dallas. For info regarding my life here in Vero Beach and my daugh-ter’s info in NYC, refer to my website, redfrog.biz. [Daughter] Lesley is a huge success and is getting married in July. You can check her activities at manhat-tancocktailclassic.com.”

1951Pete Foster still remembers the great Reunion last fall. He writes: “As I near 80, memories become really impor-tant — even recalling how I struggled in Karpoe’s physics class and Dunbar’s Latin class. The fun times outweigh the not-so fun!”

1952Doug Daugherty celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary on a Disney cruise with his family. He is active with his local Episcopal church, works out at the YMCA five days a week, and visits his daughters Diane in CA, Debbie in GA, and Allison in NY as often as he can. He welcomes anyone traveling near Thomasville, GA to call (229) 226-4413.

1954Robert Scott writes: “All is well. I still work 35 hours every other week as a document/mail courier for a local credit union with eight branches. One week on and one week off — works for me!”

Jeff Webb writes: “We moved to Moorestown, NJ, the town where Mary grew up and the town judged by US News and World Report a few years back to be the best town in the US in which to live. If I can empty two boxes a day, I’ll be done by 2017!”

1955 Clark Moeller and wife Jane have been married for 48 years. He writes: “We have two sons who married

lovely wives, and have produced four grandchildren ages 13, 9, 5, 3, and one more on the way. I was director of regional planning commissions in WI and PA, then President of Moeller Management Consulting for many years. Prior to and since retirement, I have served on civic boards including the ACLU of MA (currently, the ACLU of PA), Pennsylvania Alliance for Democracy, Kendal at Ithaca, and Big Brothers/Big Sisters among others. We live in Sudbury, MA.”

1958Webster Russell writes: “Barb and I cel-ebrated our 50th Anniversary in March. Also in March, we published a book via Smashwords entitled The Time Between The Numbers, 50 Years of Short Stories. We have re-released my first book, Healthcare’s Next Tsunami, a Provider’s Primer. It was published by Smashwords and should be available. Volume 2 in the series is Healthcare’s Next Tsunami, The Tech Savvy Patient. It is scheduled to be published in September.”

1960 Carlos Ballantyne is alive and well in Los Angeles, after floating around CA from Laguna Beach to Lake Tahoe for the past 20 years. He writes: “I am living out my maxim “health is wealth”. Since 1973 I have been pretty free to do as I like — stopped regular working when I was 39, traveled extensively in India and the Himalayas, and just plain goofed off, camping in Death Valley and the Sierras for months at a time — sometimes as I had nowhere else to live. I remain a person of excesses – I have been to the base of Mt. Everest eight times in the past 25 years includ-

Facing page: John Daniels ‘48 and family in Rome; classmates Peyton Pinkerton ’49 and Frank Bowman ‘49; clockwise from

top left, members of the Class of 1951 at Reunion Weekend – Carol and Peter Ten Broeck (seated), Joan Root and Andrew Pierre, Pete Foster, Brian Woolf, Molly and Hayden Hawthorne; Marlynn and Bill Scully ’57 and grandchildren; Jean

Doyen de Montaillou and Michael Kovner ’58; grandson of Stephan Wilkinson ’54;

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ing two years ago, still hiking 20 to 40 miles a week, so much so I have had two total hip replacements. The last one amazed even my world-class surgeon as I hiked 30 miles in the mountains in my fifth week after surgery. Matt Dann was a great influence as he showed me one could be of very useful service but not necessarily lead a tidy personal life. I must give credit to what is now called Landmark Education and its many courses for inspiring me to be extraordi-nary — to go for it.” Skip Savell writes: “I spent 20 years in the U.S. Submarine Service, retiring in 1987. Upon retiring from the Navy, I started a business and it continues to this day. I have been married for 43 years and have one son, two daughters, and one grandchild. I live on a lake in the middle of the city with another home on the Chesapeake Bay ocean front. Some people would call me successful, but I’m still the same kid that attended T-P. I have been all over Europe, South America, Mexico, Alaska, and Hawaii with family and friends, who I pay for to go with me. I try to be a blessing to others and make a difference in their lives.”

1961 Bill Cartier writes: “I am very happy to announce that on my 70th birthday (Au-gust 5), my son and daughter-in-law are bringing a set of twins into this world! Great news - I will be a grandfather. I continue to play paddle, regular, and court tennis every day.” Bill Cutler writes: “The reunion was very, very special. I only wish more class-

mates were in attendance – it was a really great weekend.” Weaver Lilley writes: “Our restaurant, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, is in its 39th year and is now the oldest res-taurant in Philadelphia. My son, Sam, graduated from Savannah College of Art & Design and my younger son, August, will be a senior at Philadel-phia School for Creative and Perform-ing Arts.”

1962Tom Linacre just returned from a motor-cycle trip to Santa Fe, NM to see Ron Van Amberg. Tom writes: “Ron and his wife Lisa know how to host. They made me feel so welcome, I felt like I was home! Lisa prepared some great meals and engaged in some great conversation and Ron showed me some parts of New Mexico that the average tourist would never see (ask him about the road to Black Lake), prepared a delicious salad from his home garden, introduced me to the world’s best taco’s at El Parasol and sacrificed his Memorial Day weekend to spend time with me. It doesn’t get any more unselfish than that! If you ever get to NM, I hope you’ll stop in to see Ron and Lisa. Thank you Ron and Lisa for a wonderful weekend I’ll never forget!” Donald Marshall is planning to attend his 50th Reunion this September. Richard Sarle writes: “We have a new granddaughter named Annabelle. This summer we will celebrate 44 years of marriage. I will be retiring from my posi-tion as President and CEO of the Carrier

Clinic and Carrier Foundation in January 2013. Life is good!!” Derek Wink is quietly living out his retirement in beautiful northeast Florida. He sends his congratulations to all classmates on the occasion of their 50th reunion!!

1963Bruce Gillie writes: “I am still in medical practice in Westerly, RI, but retirement is approaching! My son Bowen, 26, works in the Admissions office at URI, doing overseas recruitment. My daughter Annie, 24, is in Bozeman, MT working on her postgraduate studies in massage therapy. My wife Polly is teaching Third Grade, but seeking a Principalship next year. All is well here!” Dick Johnson sold his house in West-chester and is now living on beautiful Candlewood Lake in New Milford, CT. Steve Lewis is the proud grandparent of one year old Sean McKenzie. He has also purchased Performance Motoring (Volvo) and merged Steve Lewis Subaru with Performance Motoring; building a new facility at 315 Russell Street (Route 9), Hadley, MA. Steve welcomes all in the area to stop by and say hello. He recently saw classmate Peter Milford and wife Katie, as well as Jack Haight ’61, Peter’s brother-in-law.

1966Byron Daugherty and Chris Stocker recently reunited and are in business together. Byron’s children are Jefferson,

1961 classmates celebrate their 50th Reunion: Pete Goff, Bill Cartier, George Rhoads, Paul McCabe, Skip Savell ‘60, Glenn Savell, and Carl Sturcke; Ron Van

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Cheney and Angela, along with grand-children Justin and Ella.

1967Andrew Masset writes: “It is with great sadness that I report the death of Paul Kelly Wagner ‘66. Pauly was my child-hood friend in São Paolo, Brazil and followed me to T-P. He leaves a wife, daughter, grandchild and brother Doug Wagner. Scott Wing was recently named Head of School for the Boca Raton campus of Pine Crest School in Boca Raton, FL. He is a grandfather of four girls, two of whom attend Pine Crest, he enjoys

observing them from a distance as they go about their daily routines of work and play at school. He greatly enjoyed learn-ing about T-P during a visit from Janet and Miles Hubbard ’57 last spring.

1968Chris Bowring will be celebrating his 40th wedding anniversary this coming January! He has been teaching and coaching lacrosse and cross-country for twenty five years and writes: “I still bike and kayak. As well, I paint watercolors and volunteer at the local regional jail to help inmates earn their GED.” Rick Hoefer writes: “Betsy and I are do-

ing great! We are starting our 21st year in Newport News, VA, after the Persian Gulf War. I am still in a busy surgical oncology practice.”

1969Tim McCabe and Bill Shannon took in a Union/St. Lawrence hockey game this past winter. They discovered classmate John Dowalgo holds the ‘ECAC’ record for the fastest hat trick -- 46 seconds.

1971Bruce Colley writes: “41 years...yikes! Well, we almost got together for

Somerset Hills Country Club

Please visit www.trinitypawling.org/golf or contact Amanda Peltz at 845-855-4833 or [email protected] for further details.

Welcome to the 9th Annual Trinity-Pawling Golf Outing. As I look back over the past eight events, so many positive thoughts come to mind. We’ve seen many alumni and friends of the School help with both planning and supporting the event. We’ve even witnessed some very impressive golf scores. And, most important, there have been many worthy student-athletes who have benefited from the scholarship. Thank you for your support.

Join Somerset Hills club members Stretch Gardiner ’40, Kim Foley ’64, and Jim Bellis ’72 for a day on the greens at the 9th Annual Trinity-Pawling Golf Outing

Monday, September 24, 2012

–Miles Hubbard ’57


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Christmas drinks, sorry it didn’t happen! Let’s organize a dinner in NYC. Send me an email with your address and I will organize something.”

1972Bill Wegner writes: “My daughter Jackie will play beach volleyball at Tulane U. beginning in August 2012. I plan on attending the 40th Reunion in September 2012. Hope to see many of my ’72 classmates.”

1973Kevin McGrath, a financial represen-tative with MetLife, recently earned MetLife’s Chairman’s level of recog-nition – the highest level of honor bestowed to a select set of top produc-ers, specifically those who exemplify the highest standards of personal integrity, professionalism, and customer service across the company. Congratu-lations Kevin! Chris Roux writes: “After living in Los Angeles for the past 30 years, I have moved to Northern Virginia and now work in Washington, D.C. If anyone is ever in the area, please let me know. My email is [email protected].”

1975Mike Waller writes: “I am heading back to Texas! I have recently been appointed interim Head of School at St. John’s Episcopal Day School in McAllen, TX, beginning July 1. St. John’s has 280 students from the age of 2, through Fifth Grade. My wife and daughter will stay in Indianapolis as my daughter, Monica, will be a senior at Cathedral High School next year.”

1977Kip Chapman has a new job with a start up Hardware Company in China. The owners are great people and he is working on building the North Ameri-can market. He writes; “Julie continues to run our business, BounceU and enjoys being a prayer Chaplain. Witt graduated in May 2010 with degrees in music and music technology. He is working with a composer and playing with Simone Battle (she was on X Factor). Sam finished UNC in May and already has a job in NYC selling advertising for the New York Post. Ste-phen just finished his junior year, plays soccer (was named to the All Region & All Conference teams and was named the Offensive Player of the Year for the Region), is in musical theater and has decided he wants to be an actor. We are enjoying this phase of our life and

Children of Mary and David Hobbs ’82; children of Virge and Brian Fisher ’84;

Family of MK and Greg Spore ’85 and Tom ’13, daughter of Candace and Rob

Clarkson ’86; Scott Craig ’86, Steve Connolly ’86, Erik Olstein ’86; children of

Jennifer and Andrew Spraque ’87; daughter of Shelby and Chester Burley ’88; children of

Stephanie and Brock Bauknight ’88; family of Cissie and Rob Ix and Rob ‘83; family of Roger and Betty Smith and Todd ‘89 Smith


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are amazed at our kids and their cour-age to follow their dreams!”

1988Tripp Smith writes: “I got hitched last October. At 42, I figured it was time. My wife April is also a Connecticut girl. We got married in Western Sonoma County near Bodega Bay. Chester Bur-ley was my best man, Mark Knepshield and Steve Hall were my groomsmen, Mike Schell was our usher, and Dave Tyree just drank us out of chardonnay.”

1989David Bennett is engaged to Shannon Hughes, originally from Columbia, MD, with a wedding planned for this Octo-ber. He writes: “I enjoy playing with my one year old Boxer named Maisy. She has brought nothing but love and many kisses.” Marc Daniel writes: “We have added another little girl to our family. Isabelle is two years old and from Shanghai, China. She is doing great and her sister and two brothers are very helpful in car-ing for her too!”

Sam Gottlieb writes: “I have a beautiful son Gavin Joseph Gottlieb. He occupies my life most of the time, which is terrific. I hope everyone at T-P enjoys continued success. Hello Miles Hubbard!”

1990Mitch Inness coached the Niceville High School Lady Eagles Golf Team to its 14th straight trip to Florida State High School Championship (a current streak that is also a state record) capping the season off with the programs first ever State Championship. Along the way the girls won the District tournament with a record breaking score of five over par 293, then won the Regional tournament and followed that up with the programs first State Championship. In his nine years as the coach of the Lady Eagles Golf Team, they amassed a record of

Top, family of Merritt and Jay Weber ’89; children of Amy and

Marc Schwarz ’88; Above, Megan, Joseph and JP Burlington

’95; Hugh, son of Coral and Andrew Buckwalter ’95; children

of Maggie and Walt Hauser ’96; Right, Carter, Kelly and Bruce

Knickerbocker ’02; Below, Olivia, daughter of Katie and Andy Baker

’00; Bizbee Wardman ’05 and Geoff Fitzgerald ’02; Bottom, Matt Bockhorst ’02 and daughter Dillon;

Clay Sapp ’02 and Family


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210-6-4 including a current regular season four-year, 93 match undefeated streak. Congratulations Mitch!

1993Rob Domagala and wife Nancy welcomed their sixth child into their family on September 16, 2011. Camry Grace weighed 7 lbs., 12.5 oz. and was 20 inches long. She is loved by her siblings Gabrielle, Grant, Reegan, Aubree and Mitchell.

1996Jay Sullivan writes: “My wife Lonna and I live on Long Island in Brightwaters with our four-year-old daughter Onelia, two-year-old son Jack, with a third one on the way.”

Top left: Dana and Tom McCoy ’03; Rob Kloss ’03 and fiancé Emily Slocum; Chris Gillman ’05, Tom Shanley ’05, Devin Manning ’05; 2006 classmates celebrate Reunion: Paul Mancuso, Elliot Greer, Buck Hinkle, John DeFonce, RJ Thevenet, Tom Higgins, Bobby Waegelein; Harry Flack 06 and siblings; the Keiswetter family with Alex ‘03 and Tom ‘07

Alumni Hockey 2012: standing, Scott Schaub ’03, Adam Dilly ’99, Drew Hennessey ’11, Billy Sabia ’07, Grant Albertson ’04, Chris Gillman ’05, Paul Macchio ’96, Andrew Foley ’06, Ed Sargent ’03, Tim Daley ’02, kneeling, Ryan Collis ’04, Jay Hooper ’12, Ryan Simpson ’05, Brian Foster ’79, Ron Tischler ’88


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2000Sal Alonge received the honor of “ENR New York’s Top 20 Under 40” for his work as Chief Plumbing Designer with WDF. The following was taken from the ENR New York website: A third-gener-ation plumber, Sal Alonge began his career as an apprentice in his father’s business, one of the largest plumbing contractors in Westchester County. He went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the New York Institute of Technology and became a New York City licensed master plumber, the highest level a plumber can reach. “I felt that plumbers weren’t respected; I needed something to separate me from the pack,” Alonge says. After joining WDF as a junior plumbing draftsman in 2004, Alonge was promoted to senior plumbing designer within a year. He is currently in charge of eight plumbing draftsmen and manages plumbing design and drafting for the firm’s projects. He says he saw the potential for revolution-izing plumbing using 3D software and introduced prefabricated underground sanitary, vent and storm piping to WDF. “Prefabrication keeps us ahead of the curve,” he says. At present, Alonge is in charge of drafting on 1 and 3 World Trade Center as well as the WTC transportation hub, where he is using his prefabrication methods.

2002Matt Bockhorst and his wife Lindsey, recently moved to the Indianapolis area to oversee the local Boar’s Head distributorship. They welcomed their first daughter Dillon Avery on February 25, 2012.

Joe McElligott is a Vice President at Guggenheim Partners based in Manhat-

tan. Joe began as a broker at Guggen-heim after graduating from Wesleyan University. On the weekends Joe enjoys spending time in the Hamptons.

2003Mike Montesano recently completed his Master’s degree in Bioinformatics at the U. of Illinois in Chicago. He recently moved to Kansas City, MO to begin a new career with Cerner, a health information technology company.

2004Randall Hanke is playing professional basketball for the second year in Swe-den. Previously, he played in Spain and for the British National team.

2005Chris Gillman began working at Trinity-Pawling in July 2011. He writes: “It has been an enjoyable experience for me, working with Young Alumni. It has been nice to reach out and meet some old friends/classmates, as well as make some new connections. This past year I coached hockey and lacrosse, which

was a great experience. Feel free to reach out to [email protected].” Matt Campbell accepted a position as the assistant coach/offensive coordi-nator for the Kentucky Stickhorses, a professional lacrosse team. Taken from the Stickhorses website: Matt spent two seasons coaching the Orangeville Generals Jr. field program in his home-town of Ontario. In the fall of 2011 Matt was an assistant coach for the Elite Elev8 club team based in Calgary Alberta. He has focused the major-ity of his indoor coaching experience developing youth teams and their play-ers. Matt last took to the turf as a box lacrosse player in the MSL (Major Series Lacrosse) in Ontario for the Kitchener Kodiaks in 2009. He played Jr. box for the Orangeville Northmen in the OLA. At Bellarmine U., Matt was defensive captain his senior year and received the coaches award. He also received the coaches award and was defensive captain for Trinity-Pawling.

2007Peter Montesano graduated cum laude in May 2011 from St. Lawrence U. with a BS in Computer Science. He now at-

Joe McElligott ‘02 and Luke Bradbury ‘99 at the recent Young Alumni Boat Cruise in NYC.; far right, Adrian Sorichetti ’09 and

Tim Margiotta ’08

The Young Alumni Committeeexists to build friends of the School and

to advance, connect and engage the T-P family.

Interested in joining? Contact Chris Gillman ’05845-855-4829

[email protected]


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tends St. George U. in Grenada where he is enrolled in the dual degree MPH/MD program.

2008Kevin Kent is involved with Project Eye to Eye, a mentoring program that pairs up college and middle school students who have learning disabilities and/or ADHD. Kevin writes, “Each project is designed to improve important skills that have been shown to be strong in people who are successful with learning disabilities. Through the involvement with the program I have definitely be-come prouder of my learning disability

and have learned about the benefits of having one, something I would have never thought was possible before com-ing to T-P.” Kevin began working with Eye to Eye in the Spring of 2010, as a mentor. By the Fall, he was promoted to co-coordinator and has held this posi-tion since. To learn more about Kevin and Project Eye to Eye, visit www.projecteye2eye.org. Kevin also was a member of Hobart’s Squash Team for his four years there.

Danny Smith graduated from Nichols College this past May with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.

2009Lenny Harrington recently entered into the real estate business in the Hamp-tons. He writes: “I have amazing rentals and properties for sale at prices that cannot be beat. If you are looking into or currently own property in the Hamp-tons, please call 914.318.8472”

2010Keegan Flynn attends Denison U., majoring in communications. This sum-mer he plans to work for Northwestern Mutual Financial Network

Alumni Softball Game in NYC: seated, Brian Foster ’79, Greg Hayden ’98, John Geehreng ’98, Anthony Muccioli ‘06, Chris Gillman ’05, Miles Hubbard ’57; standing, Afif El-Solh ‘09, Natalie (de Hoff) Ross ‘83, Bill Casson, Spencer McIntosh ‘04, Tim Rothman ’98, Brian Rothman ’95, John Ammaturo ‘98, Jesse Wildrick ‘98, Hugh Wildrick ‘02.


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Jen and Charlie Britton write: “Our oldest child, Trevor, who was born when we lived and worked at T-P, graduated from high school this spring. He will attend Franklin & Marshall Col-lege in the fall. Our daughter, Annie, is in ninth grade.” The Britton’s live at McDonogh School in Maryland, where Charlie is Head of School. Barb and Bill Hickey write: “Barb is enjoying her Master Gardener status, and is landscaping the grounds on one of the oldest farm houses in Idaho. I am still volunteering with the BSU football program. Barb and I will be attending the Notre Dame vs. Navy game in Dublin, Ireland on September 1 of this year.”

Dexter Morse is retiring from his job of 15 years as Headmaster of Worces-ter Academy. He and Barbara have recently moved to Holden, MA. Eva Von Ancken writes: “It has been a busy time for all the VonAnck-ens. David ’83 spent several months in Calgary, Canada as executive director and executive producer of the AMC hit series Hell on Wheels, a drama revolving around the building of the Trans-Continental Railroad. He has returned there recently from his home in Los Angeles to begin shooting the second year. In addition to this show he has directed episodes of Califor-nication, CSI:NY, Person of Interest and several others. Beth VonAncken McMullen, Taft ’87 second novel, Spy Mom was released in June as a sequel to the successful Original Sin. Mom and Dad have been busy with travels, grandkids and local politics.”

Former Faculty

Above, David Coratti (son of Associate Headmaster and Head Football Coach Dave Coratti and Middle School Coordina-tor Debbie Coratti) and his bride Regina, tied the knot on the T-P campus on Septem-ber 4. Chris Coratti ’08 served as best man and his sister Jennifer was a bridesmaid attendant; children of Anne and Jim James, Jummy, Mary and Chris; Emma Cate and Tallis, daughters of Lesli and Anders Drewry; children of Jen and Charlie Britton, Trevor and Annie; George Stewart and Alexandra Turner with sons Nichols and Jules; Collins, daughter of Kelly and Joe Tweed; Eva and Hank Von Ancken, son David ’83, and fam-ily; Alec Burt and Tom McCoy ‘03


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Milnor B. Morrison, Jr. ’37, P ’75, died on Febru-ary 16, 2012 at The Kent in Kent, CT at the age of 93. Born in Pawling, NY, he was the son of Dr. and Mrs. M. B. Morrison, Sr. He at-tended local schools

and college but the impetus in those times inclined heavily toward military service. Already an Air Force pilot at the time of Pearl Harbor, he went on to serve five years in that capacity, which included a year in Germany. In 1945, he married Marie Hayball of Idaho Falls, ID. Returning to his studies after the war, he graduated from the Yale U. School of Medicine, and following further training in New York, joined his father in General Practice in Pawling. Frequently, linked to the romantic medical past, they in fact pioneered the early use of insulin in the treatment of diabetes, the very first x-ray in this area, and the first use of electro-cardiography. Between them, they deliv-ered untold hundreds of babies. Dr. Mor-rison was a Life Member of the Dutchess County Medical Society, the Medical Society of the State of New York, and once served as Assistant Dutchess County Medical Examiner. He had a special af-finity for New Milford Hospital and once served as Chief of Staff. In 1971, he was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. He leaves a son, Scott Morrison ‘75, a Registered Nurse, a daughter, Dr. Jean Morrison, and two grandchildren. Dr. Morrison was the School doctor for two decades during the ’70s and ’80s.

Robert K. Green ’38, a banker

and war hero died in Florida on Eas-ter Sunday, a few months shy of his 92nd birthday which would have fallen on Independence Day. He died from com-plications following

hip surgery, his family said. Robert was born in Pawling, where his father Egbert Green ran the tiny Pawling National Bank. After education at Amherst College and Harvard Business School, Green

was called up into the US Army’s 78th “Lightning” Division in 1943, just in time to be sent off to the D-Day invasion force (he arrived in Normandy on D + 3). As a Private First Class, he had a classi-cally “good war”, seeing action in the exceptionally bloody Battle of Hürtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge and the taking of the famous Remagen Bridge across the Rhine which he later admitted was first taken almost by accident by members of his platoon-members who were, as he once put it, “comprehensive-ly inebriated.” He received two Bronze Stars and, for injuries sustained in the battles, two Purple Hearts. After the war he joined the investment firm of White, Weld which, until its takeover in 1978 by Merrill Lynch, was a centerpiece of the Boston Brahmin banking universe. He rose steadily through the Merrill hierar-chy, eventually becoming a Senior Vice President. In 1950 he married Emily Jane Rees, and lived for most of his working career in Ridgewood, NJ. In the early 1970s he purchased Woodcrest, the former boys’ camp at the top of Cider Mill Hill, off Sears Road, and soon afterwards, abandoning the suburbs for good, he dedicated the remainder of his active years to improving and maintain-ing the property. In addition he played a significant role in town government, serving on the Finance and Planning Committees, as well as helping the Fire Department and the Winsted Hospital. In failing health in mid-2000 – despite being a small, wiry and very tough man, given to heroic wintertime exploits on frozen lakes – he was persuaded to settle in Atlantic Beach, FL, where he died on April 8. Bob Green leaves two sons, Richard and Jeffrey, and two daughters – Katherine of Great Barrington, MA and Ann, who lives in France. There are also seven grandchildren. (Reprinted with permission from The Sandisfield Times.)

John C. Fisher ’39, passed away on August 15, 2010 at the age of 89.

Oliver Birckhead ’40, P ‘67, passed away on April 27, 2012 at the age of 89. He graduated from the Pawling School, Nichols College in 1942 and later Ston-ier Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers

U. Ollie was honored as a Great Living Cincinnatian in 2003. Leading up to this honor, Ollie entered the banking busi-ness in 1937 with the Peoples National Bank and Trust Company, and joined the U.S. Air Corps in 1942, serving until 1946. He was then appointed Assistant National Bank Examiner in the Second District of New York by the Comptroller of the Currency, and was with the Chemi-cal Bank from 1948 until 1951, when he joined The Central Trust Company. In 1968, Ollie was involved in the found-ing of The Central Bancorporation and July 1969 was elected President and CEO of The Central Trust Company, positions he held for 17 years. Ollie was Vice Chairman and Director of PNC Bank until he retired in December 1989. He served as Director of The Union Central Life Insurance Company for 27 years. He was a trustee, a vice president and a member of the Executive Commit-tee of the Cincinnati Art Museum for 15 years. He has been a member of the Advisory Board of the Salvation Army, was Vice Chairman and is presently a Life Member. He has been on the Boards of the Cincinnati Council on World Af-fairs, the Boy’s Club of Cincinnati and was a trustee of the Cincinnati Associa-tion of the Blind. In 1973, Governor Gilligan awarded Ollie the “Governor’s Award for Community Action.” In 1986, he was Vice Chairman of the U. of Cincinnati Annual Business Campaign and was Leadership Chairman head-ing the program for the University in 1987. Ollie, with Ralph Burchenal and John Sawyer, led the original financing with Paul Brown, forming the Cincinnati Bengals in mid-60s then in the American Football League. Ollie served on the Advisory Policy Committee on Interper-sonal Relations at the U. of Cincinnati in 1985 and has chaired the subcommittee for the Community Chest Capital Needs Committee. He was a trustee of Marietta College for 15 years and Nichols Col-


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lege in the 60s. In 1984, he headed the successful $4.6 million capital campaign for the YMCA. He was a trustee of Trinity-Pawling School for 12 years. He was active in the United Fine Arts Drive and participated as a Group Leader for Xavier U. Capital Funds Campaign. In 1978 he was Dinner Chairman for the National Conference of Christians and Jews, now The National Conference for Community and Justice. He was a trustee of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Executive Committee and was the treasurer for the Chamber for a full term. He was the first Cincinnati treasurer of the United Negro College Fund headed by William Zimmer and later chaired the 1972 drive in Cincin-nati. In 1976 he was honored by Presi-dent Ford for leadership in the National Alliance of Businessmen. In 1985-86 he acted as Cincinnati Chairman of the Statute of Liberty Centennial Celebra-tion. In 1986 he was awarded the Israel Peace Medal by the State of Israel and acted as Dinner Chairman for the 1986 Israel Bond Campaign. In 1973, he was given the Ohio Governor’s Award for community action. Ollie was a found-ing member of the Cincinnati Business Committee and has been involved in real estate development throughout his career. He is a member of the Queen City Club, past president of the Recess Club, a past trustee of The Cincinnati Tennis Club and the old Cincinnati Racquet Club, a member of the Commonwealth Club and the Commercial Club. He is a member of the Cincinnati Country Club and the Cin-cinnati Tennis Club. He was a member of The Reserve City Bankers Association for 18 years, was a Kentucky Colonel and, in 1973, a Chief of the Mississippi Indian tribe, the Tombigbee. Ollie is survived by his wife Jane, two sons, Dr. Oliver W. Birckhead III ’67 and Randall E. Birckhead, and grandchildren.

Thaddeus Thorne ’42, surveyor, businessman, forester, fisherman, community leader, ski industry pioneer, entrepreneur, and be-loved patriarch died on June 25, 2011 at his home in South Conway, NH with

many of his large family at his bedside. Born May 25, 1924 in Pasadena, CA, he grew up in New Canaan, CT and spent his summers on Conway Lake in NH. When the U.S. entered World War II, Thad enlisted in the newly acti-vated 10th Mountain Division, training on skis at Camp Hale in Colorado. As an army lieutenant, Thad saw action in the Pacific and was involved in the occupation of Japan. In 1951, he was recalled to duty and stationed in Germany. After World War II, Thad graduated from the forestry program at the U. of New Hampshire, where he met his future wife, Virginia. They were married in 1949. He went on to earn a master’s degree in forestry from the U. of Michigan and then moved back to South Conway. When Thad first moved to South Conway in the early 1950s, he opened his own survey business, Thad-deus Thorne Surveys. One of his earliest projects took him to Panama, where he explored and surveyed an extensive tract of land. Throughout his life Thad was involved in many aspects of the ski business. He ran the ski patrol at Wild-cat, took part in the original planning of Attitash Mountain, served as president and general manager of the Attitash Ski Area for over 20 years and designed ski trails for many resorts throughout New England. When Thad retired from the ski business he began a lumber mill-ing business, which he enjoyed running for the next fifteen years. In addition, he spent many summers working as a commercial salmon fisherman in Alaska. For numerous years he also served the Conway community as both a selectman and member of the Planning Board. He is survived by his wife of 62 years and his seven children.

George B. Larkin, Jr. ’43, passed away on May 20, 2011 at the age 87. George was born in Ossining, NY on May 9, 1924. He was married in Fremont, NE on June 16, 1951 to Joan Schurman. George served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II as a B-17 pilot. After the war he continued to pilot B-17s in Europe to map and assess war damage. Later, working pri-marily as a salesman, he was employed by several companies. In 1977 he was sent to Houston to open an outlet for

Parker Hannifin products. After a few years he purchased the outlet, renamed it Hufco, Inc. and operated it until he retired in 1991. George mentored high school students at Spring High School. He also volunteered with SCORE (Senior Corps of Retired Executives), advising people interested in starting their own businesses.

William B. Lutkins ’44, P ’83, passed away on February 22, 2012. Bill attended the Pawling School and graduated from Carmel High School, Carmel, NY. After service in the South Pacific during World War II, he gradu-ated from NYU in 1950. Later that year he joined Bankers Trust Company in New York City and retired in 1992 as vice president and senior portfolio manager. He is survived by his wife, Kendall, three sons and one daughter.

John H. Judge ’49, age 80, died

November 6, 2011, with his family at his side. Most recently of Hilton Head Island, SC, John was born February 19, 1931 in New York City. He attended Trinity-Pawling and

graduated from Williams College in 1953. John served as an officer on a naval destroyer escort in the US Navy during the Korean War. After his service, he worked for the First National Bank in New York until his retirement in 1980. While living in New York, he was an avid sailor and would race his Herreshoff S-Boat on the Long Island Sound. In June 2011, he was inducted into the Herreshoff Marine Museum Hall of Fame in Newport, RI. John retired to South Carolina with his wife in 1986 and became a member of the Hilton Head Island Barbershoppers for over 20 years. Surviving are his wife of 54 years, Mary F. Judge and two daugh-ters.


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William L. Kierstead ’49, age 81, passed away from complications of dementia (pneumonia) on July 16, 2011, at Brooksby Village, Pea-body, MA. Bill gradu-ated from Malden Catholic High School in 1948, where he

excelled at football, earning the nickname “Flash.” He attended T-P for one year be-fore entering Harvard U. in 1950 where he continued to play football and hockey. He temporarily left Harvard to serve in the U.S. Army in 1951. He attended Army Intelligence School at Fort Devens, and served as a PFC radio operator in the 332nd Communications Reconnais-sance Company in Bamberg, Germany. He was honorably discharged in 1954, and returned to Harvard, receiving his bachelor’s degree in fine arts in 1957. He received his master’s degree in fine arts from Boston U. in 1959. He married his wife, Joy in 1955. Starting in the early 1960s, Bill worked in advertising, market-ing and product development at several early technology firms, including Tracerlab and Ealing Corporation. Between 1962 and 1976, he worked for High Voltage Engineering Corporation in Burlington, and its subsidiary, Electronized Chemicals Corporation. He held U.S. Patent No. 3,891,790, for the use of heat shrinkable tubing for splicing and repairing insulated electrical wire, and was proud to have worked briefly with American physicist Robert Van de Graaf. From 1977 to 1980, he was director of State-of the-Art Programs and assistant dean, administra-tion at the Center for Continuing Educa-tion at Northeastern U. He retired from the American Cellophane Corporation of Watertown, in 1995. Bill is survived by his son and was predeceased by his wife in 2008.

William A. Frate Sr., ’50, a lifelong

Darien resident, died at Honey Hill Health Care facility in Norwalk on July 28, 2011 at the age of 79. He was born in Darien on August 1, 1931 and graduated from Darien High

School in 1949. He graduated from Harvard in 1954. Bill was a standout athlete in football, basketball and baseball while attending all three schools. He was a stock broker with Janney, Montgomery Scott before he retired to the family busi-ness at the Darien News Store. He was also a longtime member and past presi-dent of both the Darien Lions Club and the Piedmont Club. In addition, he was a member of the Ivanhoe Masonic Lodge and a member of the Harvard Club. He is survived by his wife, Anne, his son Wil-liam, Jr. and his daughter Kathryn.

Robert O. White ’50, age 80, a resident of Stough-ton, MA, died on February 16, 2012, at Baypointe Skilled Nursing & Reha-bilitation Center in Brockton. He was married for 47 years to Delda White. He

graduated from Dartmouth College and then received his master’s in English Lit-erature from Columbia U., and his Ph.D. in English Literature from Boston U. He was a resident of Stoughton since 1994 after living in Dorchester Lower Mills for 25 years. Bob was a Specialist in the U.S. Army and a Veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was a professor at the Mas-sachusetts College of Pharmacy for 17 years and then Curry College for several years before retiring many years ago. He was devoted to T-P, for which he had great affection and many fine memories.

Peter M. Ten Broeck ’51, age

79, passed away suddenly on Janu-ary 3, 2012, at his home in Williams-burg, VA. Peter was a graduate of the Fay School, Trinity-Pawling, and the U. of Virginia. He also

served in the U.S. Army in Germany from 1955-1958. Peter’s career in textile marketing spanned more than 35 years, including executive posi-tions with Deering-Milliken Mills, Allied Chemical Corporation and BASF Fibers. In retirement, he enjoyed his vol-

unteer work with the Williamsburg Area Meals on Wheels and the Jamestown Foundation. He is survived by his de-voted wife of 51 years Carol, his son Robertson and his daughter Margo.

Roy S. Stephens ’57, President of R. M. Stephens & Co., a jewelers block insurance firm of NYC, and a resi-dent of Eastchester, NY, passed away on September 11, 2011 at Calvary Hospital, Bronx, NY. He was 72 years

old and died after he courageously fought a five-year battle with cancer. He attended schools in Bronxville prior to attending Trinity-Pawling and then St. Lawrence U. He joined the family insur-ance firm in 1958, working alongside his father. He was later joined in the business by his three sons. He is sur-vived by his dear wife Mariangela, his loving sons Bryan, Craig, and Russell and his beloved stepdaughters Renee and Lisa.

Jeffrey M. Clark ’60, passed

away.

Randall H. Tollefsen ’61, died February 20, 2011 after a long illness. He lived in the UK for many years, but returned to the Neth-erlands to benefit from the network of family and close friends during those

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Steven E. Flint ’62, passed away on May 3, 2011 at his home in Gainesville, Florida. He was born in New York City to Bradford B. and Louise Flint. During the Vietnam War Era he served in the U.S. Air Force attaining

the rank of Staff Sergeant. Flint earned degrees from both Florida State Univer-sity and the University of Florida and worked as a librarian at the State Library of Florida and at UF. He is survived by his friends and colleagues at the Recep-tion and Medical Center in Lake Butler and long-time friend, Carol Noennich, of Tallahassee.

Eric (Zeke) D. Peterson ’62,

passed away March 26, 2012 from an obscure disease called Neutropenia that he contracted after his 45th high school reunion five years ago. Classmate Terry Stuart writes:

“The disease had reduced his body to a frail and fragile figure, but his spirit re-mained as big as Dallas…to use one of his many clever expressions. I dropped in on him recently and he was painting his clever tiles and looking forward to next fall’s school reunion and visits with old friends on the east coast. Zeke shared his endearing sense of humor to the end. His unique and wonderful spirit will certainly live in on in my heart and memories.”

Stephen D. Goff ’63, passed away April 4, 2010 of acute leukemia. Born in Providence on Sep-tember 7, 1945 to Darius L. and Paula D. Goff, Goff was a native Rhode Islander. He grew up in War-wick Neck, attended

Rocky Hill and Providence Country Day before graduating from Trinity-Pawling. After attending Rollins College, he graduated from the Franklin Institute of Technology in Boston and the Community

College of Rhode Island. Before moving to Boca Grande, Steve lived in Saunder-stown, for more than 35 years. In the last 10 years Steve started This Old Boat, a business restoring wooden boats and formed another company WoodGifts Inc. which made wooden gift boxes. Goff is survived by his former wife, Isabel H. Goff, his children, Perry Goff Buroker and Stephen O. Goff, and brothers, Darius Goff and Lyman B. Goff. Paul K. Wagner ’66, passed away.

He is survived by his wife, daughter, and brother Doug Wagner.

Eric (Rick) L. Bergland, Jr. ’69, passed away. “The Class of ’69 lost a treasured friend on April 9, 2012. It was the Monday after Easter, and after a year and a half battle with cancer, Bergy made his move to a

better place. In the fall of 2011, Bergy was inducted into the T-P Athletic Hall of Fame and many of his closest friends from T-P came back to honor him. I can assure you it meant the world to him to receive this honor and equally important to have the opportunity to say goodbye to so many friends that fueled his fond memories of T-P. Billy Shannon, Richard Jamison and I visited Bergy on the Satur-day before Easter. In spite of all that he had been through, he was funny, humble and compassionate to be around. On behalf of his wife Annie and his daugh-ters Emily, Eleanor and Brita they asked me to thank all of Bergy’s T-P friends for keeping in touch and caring so much. He spoke to many of you on the phone to say goodbye. He was the most gifted natural athlete I ever knew and the best friend anyone could ask for. “ –Scott Menzies ’69

William G. Nagle, Jr. ’69, a long time resident of White Plains, NY, passed away after a short illness on September 21, 2011. He grew up in Scarsdale, and graduated from Trinity-Pawling and Curry College. Bill

worked as a credit analyst at Union Carbide in Danbury, CT and an order processing specialist for OCR Data Sys-tems, Inc. Later, Bill worked at Sprague/Rad Energy Corp before his retirement. He was an active member of the Brain Aneurysm Foundation. Bill is survived by his brothers Don and Jim, and his sister Barbara.

Charles W. Brown, Jr. ’72, founder and owner of C.W. Brown Inc., died June 6, 2011 at his home in South Salem, NY at age 57. Charlie was chairman of the board of The Business Council of Westchester. Along

with his wife Renée, they founded C.W. Brown, a general contracting company in Armonk in 1984. In March, Charlie and Renee unveiled for guests the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Platinum award to the company for meeting the highest level of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standards for its commercial office space at 1 Labriola Court. The green office, a $2 million project, was the first commercial interior in the state to receive LEED Platinum certification outside of New York City. He also was an active member of the boards of Economic Development for the County of Westchester, the Building Owners & Managers Association, St. Luke’s School, Mahopac National Bank and the Con-struction Management Advisory Com-mittee at Utica College. For the past 18 years, he was a village trustee/deputy mayor of the Village of West Hampton Dunes. Charlie is survived by his wife and three daughters.


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Gerald P. Nolan III, ’73, passed away on October 5, 2011 at the age of 56.

Burton R. Chenet ’78, died on

March 27, 2012. Haiti and the art world are saddened by the murder of the renowned artist at his home in Port-au-Prince. Chenet was born in New York of a Haitian father

and an American mother and his fam-ily returned to Haiti when he was two years old. A product of two cultures, Chenet returned to the United States to attend Trinity-Pawling. He later received his Bachelors of Fine Arts from the School of Fine Arts in New York. Living between Miami and Port-au-Prince, Chenet took advantage of having an eclectic background. He used iconog-raphy that was fundamentally Haitian in techniques, themes and colors; embrac-ing Haitian masters and many schools of art. Chenet accented his Haitian work with contemporary concerns of his generation, being the pioneer in merg-ing Haitian-Americanism through art. Chenet was a professor of visual arts at the École Nationale des Artes in Port-au-Prince and was the recipient of many international awards and is a staple at exhibitions featuring Haitian, Creole or Caribbean artwork.

Jeffrey B. Tennant ’79, age 50,

passed away in his sleep peacefully and without pain from cardiac arrest on October 11, 2011 at his home in Howell, NJ. Jeff lived most of his life in Monmouth County

where he had his business, Section XV, and raised his family. Jeff graduated

from Trinity-Pawling, where he excelled as an athlete and thespian. One of his classmates wrote: “He was the true spirit of the class of 1979, a rebel but with a strong love and passion for T-P.” Jeff then attended the U. of Colorado-Denver where he met his wife, Tricia. They have two daughters and one son. Jeff was very active in the NJ, NY and PA plumbing wholesale supply industry where he served as a manufacturer’s representative for his entire career, the majority of which was as President of Section XV, Inc. His brother Scott ’75 writes: “We miss him and always will, but we will all treasure the days and years we had with him and pray for his place in Heaven.”

Michael D. Grant III ’91, age 39, died peacefully surrounded by fam-ily on May 31, 2012 in Los Angeles, CA from a cerebral hemorrhage and complications of liver disease. The lov-ing son of Betsy and Michael Grant of Greenwich CT, brother of Andrew, Luke, and Bettina McCarthy, Uncle to Wim and Avery McCarthy, Barlow Grant and godfather to Avery. The namesake of his grandfather, the late M. Donald Grant, a co-founder of the New York Mets, he was a devoted follower of the NL baseball club. He also adored NHL hockey, and cheered for his adopted hometown team, the Los Angeles Kings. He attended Brunswick School and Trinity-Pawling School before graduat-ing from Greenwich High School in 1991. He then was accepted for the two year program at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, and after completion toured the country as the Genie in a national production of “Aladdin”. He then moved to L.A. and began actuating his life-long love affair with the heavy metal music genre. As lead vocalist for the metal bands “Leg-end Maker,” “Onward” and “Crescent Shield” he was known for his rich and powerful baritone, and the passion with which he infused his music. He will also be remembered for his gift for comedy, his spot-on impressions of friends and associates, his warm and gentle nature, and his consistent effort to create a smile on everyone he came upon.

Brendan J. McElroy ’99 of Nor-wood, formerly of Millis and Watertown, died Friday, July 6, 2012 at the Nor-wood Hospital after a sudden illness. He was 33. Following his graduation from T-P, Brendan studied

liberal arts at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams. Brendan worked as sporting equipment sales repre-sentative for Monkey Sports in Norwood. He operated Brendan McElroy Dynamic Hockey which ran hockey skills camps and clinics. An accomplished player, he played Minor League Hockey for teams in California, New York, Michigan, Canada and Florida. He served as an Assistant Coach to the Junior League Hockey Team the “South Shore Kings” and had been involved with many area hockey rinks. An all-around athlete, he played baseball as a pitcher and first baseman being an “All League” player in hockey, baseball and football in the Trinity Founders League. He was also an avid golfer. Brendan is survived by his parents, two sisters, and his fiancée, Rolanda Mercado.

Larry S. Kelley, Jr. ’03 died on Oc-

tober 29, 2009, at the age of 25. Larry was born to Pamela Monk Kelley and Larry Stewart Kelley Sr. on September 17, 1984 in New Haven, CT. He was the third child of four, and the only

son. Larry had a passion for mentoring inner-city youth and was involved in volun-teerism. Larry was a star basketball player for high school and college. In addition to his parents he is survived by three sisters.

Barbara A. Carlson of Concord, NH, died May 26, 2011, after a brief illness. She was the loving mother of Jo-anna S. Carlson of Cambridge, MA, and James A. Carlson of Sudbury, MA. She was the devoted grandmother of Caro-line, Abby, Andrew and Jack. Barbara was a faculty member at Trinity-Pawling from 1982-1988. She will be remem-bered as an educator, counselor and a


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trusted friend to the scores of those whose lives she touched.

Charles W. Sheerin, educator and clergyman, died at age 85 on October 4, 2011 at Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue Ridge. He built close and loyal relationships among his students and col-leagues, and during his various ministries in VA, NY and especially the Church of the Ascension in Saranac Lake, NY which was the inspiration for countless sermons which probed our relationship between nature, God and our own humanity. A scion of a long line of Episcopal minis-ters, he was born January 9, 1926 to the Reverend Charles Wilford Sheerin and Maria Ward Skelton Williams. He was a graduate of Groton School, the U. of Virginia, and the Virginia Theo-logical Seminary. He was Chaplain and teacher at Groton School; Headmaster of Woodberry Forest School; Chaplain and teacher at St. Anne’s-Belfield School, Trinity-Pawling School and the Albany Academy for Girls. He is survived by his wife, Edith, two daughters, a son, and four grandchildren.

Thomas F. Ahrensfeld P ’73, passed away May 29, 2012. He is survived by wife, Joan McGowan Ahrens-feld, his son Thomas F. Ahrensfeld Jr. ’73 and daughter in law, and his three grand-children. He attended Manual Training High School, Brooklyn, NY, and Brooklyn College. Mr. Ahrensfeld attended Colum-bia Law School graduating with honors. After practicing law with Conboy, Hewitt, O’Brien and Boardman, Philip Morris Inc.’s outside law firm, he joined Philip Morris as Corporate Secretary under Joseph F. Cullman III and subsequently became Senior VP and General Counsel and a member of the board of directors until retiring in 1989. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, Pleasantville, NY, The Hayes Hose Fire Department Pleasantville, NY. Tom was a member of the Trinity-Pawling Board of Trustees from 1978-1998.

Martha (Marty) K. Bolton P ’62, beloved wife of Dr. John D. Bolton, passed away January 28, 2012 after a long fought battle with pancreatic cancer. She was predeceased by her husband, by exactly two months, after 69 years of marriage. Marty was born April 23, 1921 in Zanesville, OH. She is survived by her son, John D. Bolton Jr. ’62 of Vero Beach, FL and daughter Betsy Underhill, one grandson, and her great grandchil-dren. Marty was active in the PTA, Junior League of Greenwich, and was president of the Mothers League at Trinity-Pawling School.

Theodore J. Forstmann P ’03, ’05, age 71, passed away November 20, 2011, of brain cancer. The Forbes website wrote: “Even though friends knew Ted had been diagnosed with the same ill-ness that felled his younger brother, Nick, several years ago, his death was still a shock. Ted was an inspiring, larger-than-life figure who exuberantly personified the spirit of American capitalism. With the late John T. Walton he launched the Children’s Scholarship Fund, an organization that helps struggling parents send their kids to the schools of their choice.” Mr. Forstmann is survived by his sons Siyabonga Madi-kane ’03 and Everest Matross ’05.

Mary E. Pollis P ’08, P’10, age 49, passed away April 20, 2012 at her home. She attended Rhinebeck High school where she was a field hockey player and cheerleader. Mary attended St. Lawrence U. where she earned her degree in English and psychology and was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma. She served on parent committees at St. Lawrence and Trinity-Pawling School, and was very involved at the Kildonan School for Dyslexia. Mary is survived by her husband John P. Pollis whom she married in 1986 at the Good Shepherd Church in Rhinebeck. She is also survived by her four cherished children, Carolina, Andrew ’10, Jack ’08, and Daniel.

Carol P. Welsh, MS RN P ’05, passed peacefully with family by her side December 30, 2011 at the age of 61. She was a resident of Manchester Center and 34-year employee of Rutland Regional Medical Center. Upon relocat-ing to Vermont in 1977 with Bruce, her husband of 40 years last September, she began her career at RRMC. She pro-gressed through numerous positions there to her present responsibility as Director of Surgical Services for the past 15 years. During that progression, she proudly earned her BS from Castleton and an MS degree from UVM all while raising her young family, daughter Alison, presently a PA in Brunswick, ME and son Timothy ’05 of Dorset, VT employed by the Orvis Co. Carol was an avid reader and enjoyed traveling, gardening, cooking, and sewing as well as many outdoor activi-ties. As an accomplished swimmer since her youth, she took great pride in her children’s competitive accomplishments in the pool. She also enjoyed following their ice hockey exploits on rinks throughout the northeast, having logged countless cold hockey mom hours at RAHA.

Lisa Garn DeMaria P ‘11, P‘13, surrounded by her family, died Sunday, September 25, 2011 of complications from colon cancer. She leaves behind her husband, Stephen, sons Luke ‘11, Matthew ‘13, Christopher ‘13, Andrew ‘15, stepson Stephen and wife Nicole. Her brother K.C. Garn and wife, Glo-ria, close friends Josephine and Phil Catapano, as well as several nieces and nephews, also survive. Born September 24, 1954 in Manchester, CT, Lisa was educated at Colby Sawyer College. A family statement read, “Lisa enlivened us all as the champion and center of her family, a gifted hostess, an accomplished businesswoman, a good friend and true lover of life. We will all miss the spirit, joy and love she brought to everything and everyone she touched. She was espe-cially devoted to her four boys for whom her love will be everlasting.”


Coach Reginald Clement gives instructions to Co-captains Randolph Sides ‘38 (tackle) and Quarterback Robert Hickey ‘38 (right) during a footbal game in 1937. Clement graduated from Pawling School in 1929 and returned to teach and coach at his alma mater from 1933-38. Sides and Hickey, respectively, attended Bowdoin and Dartmouth.

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The Pawling Circle The Pawling Circle recognizes the following individuals who have made plans in their estates to make a difference for Trinity-Pawling School.

Charles J. Alexander, Jr., ’42AnonymousAnonymous Member of 1996Dianne P. Avlon P ’96James L. Bellis, Jr. ’72 * Oliver W. Birckhead, Jr. ’40, P ’67 John S. Brown, Jr. ’76Herbert L. Case ’85George M. CoulterJames N. Desrosier ’73Douglas E. Ebert ’64Rosabelle EdelsteinPhilip C. Haughey, Sr. ’53Dirk W. Hopkins ’63Margaret H. Johnson P ’75Patricia A. Kirchner P ’87Mark W. Lappen P ’96Peter G. MacGregor P ’03, ’07, ’09Rufus Mathewson ’40Timothy D. McCabe ’69William O. Norton, Jr. ’63W. Hollis Petersen ’64* Eric D. Peterson ’62

Andrew J. Pierre ’51Thomas P. Riggs ’59Mary and Peter Rolla P ’12Stephen B. Ross ’80Holly and Phillips Smith P ’79Stephen E. Ullman P ’97Kenneth B. Weeman, Jr. ’59, P ’91John H. Wick IV ’90Robert H. Yunich ’61Victoria and Robert E. Zoellner P ’91

* Deceased

We are grateful to the many alumni, parents, grandparents, parents of alumni, faculty and friends who have named Trinity-Pawling as a beneficiary in their wills and/or long-term plans through a bequest, life-income gift, or other planned gift.

To learn more about planned gifts, contact Grayson Bryant, Director of Development, at (845) 855-4828 or via email to [email protected].

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> Build our Endowment

> Provide More Financial Aid

> Increase Faculty Compensation

> Enhance Academics, Arts, Athletics

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Give online at www.trinitypawling.org or mail your gift check to: Trinity-Pawling School Annual Fund 700 Route 22 Pawling, NY 12564.

For more information, call Janet Hubbard, Director of the Annual Fund, at (845) 855-4830 or email [email protected].

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Come back to campus!

September 28 & 29, 20122012 Reunion/Homecoming Weekend

Parents of Alumni: If this issue is addressed to your son who no longer maintains a permanent address at your home, please notify the Alumni Office with the correct mailing address. Email [email protected] or 845-855-4833. Thank you!

Reunion dinners for the following classes will take place at various locations around campus: 1937, 1942, 1947, 1952, 1957, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002, 2007

ALL Alumni are invited to attend Homecoming activities: Student Panel, Athletic Hall of Fame, Dedication of the Mo Vaughn ‘86 Baseball Field, Tailgate Lunch, Athletic Contests, New England Clam Bake

Friday, September 28 Saturday, September 29

Schedule of activities may be subject to change. Please visit www.trinitypawling.org/reunion for more information.

Documents

Trinity-Pawling Magazine Summer 2012