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THE MAGAZIN E OF DARROW S CHOOL
FA LL/WINTER 2015–16
imPACt
Transforming the performing arts at Darrow
MISSION
Photo by Steve Ricci
At Darrow School, we are dedicated
to serving students with diverse
backgrounds and abilities, building on
each student’s individual talents and
interests to inspire enduring confidence
for success in college and life.
FALL/W INT E R 2015–16
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On the soccer fields and the
cross-country trails, the 2015 fall sports
season was marked by championships
and historic accomplishments.
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the site of the first Shaker
community in America.
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Darrow’s performing arts curriculum has been
transformed by the new Performing Arts
Center (PAC), which is rapidly becoming the
Mountainside’s coolest place to be.
22 Our Sincere Thanks
Your stories. Your voices. Our thanks.
The 2014–2015 Annual Fund campaign
was a huge success because of
the generosity of Darrow’s legion of
supporters.
48 Cheese Passion
www.darrowschool.org
Editor
Steve Ricci, Director of Communications
Contributors
Paul Gundlach ’71; Jim Healey;
Alexandra Heddinger P’13, ’14;
Simon Holzapfel; Lawrence Klein;
Ross Matican ’16; Nikki Pressley;
Joelle Russo; Don Singleton;
Tom Tift; Craig Westcott
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Simon Holzapfel
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Lily Spencer ’07 has turned her passion
for, and expert knowledge of, cheese into
a successful career creating beautiful and
delicious works of edible art.
Robert W. Kee ’71, Chair
Jennifer Cholnoky P’13, ’18, Vice-Chair
H. Barton Riley, Treasurer
Sharon A. Kennedy P’10, Secretary
Patrice Pisinski Angle P’14
Errol Glasser P’07
D E PA RT M E NTS
2 Learning First
32 Advancement News
4 Scene Around
36 Alumni Notes
6 On Campus
47 In Memoriam
17 From the Board
48 Alumni Spotlight
Robert Greifeld ’05
Paul S. Gundlach ’71
Thomas Hallowell ’82
Samuel Harper ’74
Daniel Holt ’92
Christian Masters ’82
Peter Rosemond ’70, P’15
Mark C. Russell ’73
Henry L. Savage, Jr. ’59
On the cover: Fei Wang ’18 has got the beat in the Darrow Performing Arts
Center’s (PAC) performance studio. In just one semester, the PAC is already
transforming the School’s performing arts curriculm. Story on page 18.
Photo by Steve Ricci
Laurence Van Meter
Peter S. Wadsworth ’72
Robert C. Warner ’60
David Webster ’66
DARROW SCHOOL
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LE ARN IN G
FIRST
Designing Time
Long before teenagers even start to think about SATs, summer jobs, and
college choices, they face one of their most fundamental challenges:
identity formation—that essential question, “Who am I?”
This isn’t meant to imply that such a complex and introspective process can or
should be finished simply because someone has reached the age of 20; far from
it. But for so many people, high school remains the most common place and time
in which we begin to uncover the answer. Recognizing that fact, one of the best
things a school can do to shepherd students in this development is to provide them
with an assortment of creative outlets—designing spaces where self-expression is
safe and encouraged, where collaboration and feedback are abundant, and where
creativity is allowed to flow.
This summer we built such a place—the Darrow School Performing Arts Center—in
a Dairy Barn space that had been largely unused. Throughout the fall semester,
both inside and outside of classes, students, teachers, and guest performers
packed the PAC, making friends, expressing themselves through music, mixing
and recording songs, crafting inventive and inspired movies and animation, and
bringing stories to life for the stage. For some students, a free block during which
to bang on a drum kit for a few minutes is a great stress reliever, lightening the
pressures of the academic day. For others, perhaps visiting during open hours,
the PAC provides a fun and educational opportunity to learn the technological
know-how behind music and movies. And for a few, the PAC is a place where they
discover and cultivate a previously unrealized talent, building the confidence and
acquiring the expertise they’ll need to display those talents before a live audience.
Education is indispensible to identity formation. We cannot learn who we are
and what our place is in the world until we’ve learned how that world works. It is
gratifying to help students make better sense of the world by making better sense
of themselves. I appreciate your involvement in that process and I welcome your
thoughts about other ways in which we can do it better. As always, feel free to
email me at [email protected] or send a tweet to @saholzapfel.
SIM O N H O L Z A PF E L
HEAD OF SCHOOL
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1 The Darrow community gathers around Tanner’s Pond following
Convocation in September.
2 From left: Maya Woolridge ’17, Jess Cooper ’17, and Theresa Russell ’18
lend a hand to socialize kittens during Hands-to-Work volunteer service
in September at the Berkshire Humane Society.
3 The Bio-Orbs have landed! In October, the bins (made of recycled
plastic) were placed in the North Family and Center Family areas,
between Neale and Hinckley Houses, and at the garden, and are being
used to compost yard waste and food scraps. In the photo, Dulce
Lopez ’16 displays one of the orbs, and Craig Westcott, Sustainability
Coordinator, displays one of several new five-gallon buckets being used
in the kitchen to recycle food waste.
4 Grandparents and Special Friends Day in November set a record
for attendance, as grandparents like Roberta Temes GP’18 (with Abe
Pritzker ’18) joined classes in session, attended receptions and dinners,
and watched the debut of the Darrow Theater Workshop’s fall play.
5 Spanish teacher Josh Brown managed to be one of Halloween’s most
colorful and most creepy characters.
6 Grace Bell ’16 gets a lift while trimming the tropical and subtropical plants
in the Samson Environmental Center during Hands-to-Work in October.
7 In September, members of the Print and Other Matters: Bookmaking and
Zines class enjoyed a special opportunity to watch a local book artist in
action when they visited Valerie Carrigan (center) of Messenger Press
Studio in North Adams, Massachusetts. From left: Ross Matican ’16, Leona
Wang ’16, Kehao Su ’16, Carrigan, Emily Handler ’16, Nyaiah Lamb ’17, and
Maya Woolridge ’17 (photo by Nikki Pressley)
8 Sam Carton ’10, Assistant Director of Admission, leads a tour of the
campus during Berkshire Chamber Night at Darrow in August. The
event welcomed members of the Berkshire Chamber of Commerce to
the Mountainside for a reception and an opportunity to see the newly
renovated kitchen facilities and the Performing Arts Center.
9 Teacher Chris Ouellette pilots the tractor crew across the Mountainside.
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ON
CA M P U S
Blazing Trails of Innovation
by Joelle Russo
This summer, as one of three recipients of the Learning First Grant, I was
fortunate to be selected to embark on
an expedition to the future of learning.
The Learning First Grant is a professional development grant awarded to
faculty who want to pursue an interest
related to their professional objectives
and goals as Darrow educators and
leaders. In June, I packed my bags and
headed off to Newark airport—with
Director of Studies Ingrid Gustavson
and Chair of the Performing Arts Department Jennifer Pytleski—where we
boarded a flight bound for Trailblazer:
The Innovative Leadership Conference,
in beautiful Boulder, Colorado.
A trailblazer is defined as a person
who makes, does, or discovers something new, and makes it acceptable
or popular. It is also a term used for a
person who marks or prepares a trail
for other people to follow. These were
precisely the skills we honed and put
into practice over the course of the
four-day workshop.
In a partnership with two professional development providers—the
Watershed School and Leadership+
Design—the conference was facilitated by Carla Silver, Greg Bamford, and
Ryan Burke, and focused specifically
on providing school leaders with the
tools to lead transformative, innovative, and intentional change in their
schools.
The conference formally opened
with an afternoon session that asked,
“What is innovation?” Our facilitators introduced key concepts and inquiry into
the nature of innovation. This introduction provided the opportunities for us
to connect with our peers and fostered
a collaborative community spirit that
continued to develop throughout our
time there.
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Last summer (from left), Joelle Russo, Director of Academic Mentorship; Jennifer Pytleski,
Chair of the Performing Arts Department; and Ingrid Gustavson, Director of Studies;
received a Learning First Grant to attend the Trailblazer: The Innovative Leadership
Conference in Boulder, Colorado.
One of the key takeaways from the
conference was the ability to understand the traits of innovative leaders,
and the signature presence that they
bring to an organization. Using case
studies, we identified these traits
in addition to how each successful
leader exudes and utilizes them. We
learned that people don’t follow ideas:
they follow people. It is through this
concept of embracing and fostering
empathy that new opportunities are to
be found.
During the final two days of the
conference, we undertook a design
challenge as an introduction to Design
Thinking. A framework was utilized
to lead us to creative and collaborative problem solving. The challenge
enabled us to understand and practice
the skills and mindsets of innovators. We were pushed as a group to
identify our own personal tolerance for
change, and we were taught how to
successfully cultivate leadership teams
that are supportive and embracing of
change. Through the use of design
thinking we created an innovative
solution to a real-world problem that
had been posed at the start of this
activity.
Throughout the process we empathized with our end users, redefined
our problem in creative ways, effec-
“...people don’t follow ideas,
they follow people. It is through
this concept of embracing and
fostering empathy that new
opportunities are to be found.”
—Joelle Russo
tively collaborated, and developed
prototypes for possible solutions. At
the close of the conference, time was
set aside for individual reflection, as
well as for discussion of the team dynamics that emerged while engaging in
creative collaboration.
The experience of Trailblazer has
been invaluable to my work here at
Darrow as the Director of Academic
Mentorship. It is a learning challenge
that all teachers interested in innovating change, building communication,
and developing leadership skills
should experience. Ultimately, it is the
job of all teachers to explore strange
new worlds, to seek out new life and
new civilizations, and boldly go where
no teacher has gone before.
—Joelle Russo is Director of Aca­
demic Mentorship, Day Student
Coordinator, and a member of the
English Department faculty.
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CA M P U S
Welcome to the Mountainside
A talented group of teachers and staff arrived in fall
MIKE CORRAL, a former faculty member at Darrow, recently returned to the Mountainside
after a hiatus of many years and many miles. Darrow alumni from 1981 to 1997 will remember Mike as Chair of the Science Department, a ski instructor, and a college advisor. He
returned this year to join the Academic Mentorship Program and is currently working with
four students. Two of his sons, Zack ‘94 and Chris ‘99, are Darrow alums, and his third son,
Daniel, is currently a coach for the Boys Varsity Basketball team. Daniel’s wife (Mike’s daughter-in-law) Lily Corral, has been a biology teacher at Darrow for two years. In 1997, Mike
left Darrow to become a science teacher at Pittsfield High School, where he worked for 15
years. He also served on the boards of the New Lebanon School District and the New Lebanon Public Library. In 2011, he traveled to Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, to teach
science at a small international school.
SARA HENRY has been
named the Nathan Paulding ’89 Artist in Residence
for the 2015–2016 school
year. An Alaska native, she
has an M.F.A. in ceramics
from SUNY/New Paltz.
Read more about Sara’s
work on page 13.
HEATHER McDERMOTT
joins the administrative staff
as Executive Assistant to
Head of School Simon Holzapfel. A resident of Pittsfield,
MA, Heather has an M.S.
from Springfield College
and is active in many community organizations.
AUDREY KIELY brings a
B.A. in psychology from
Weslyan University to her
position as academic mentor, a sharp difference from
her last position wielding a
cleaver as a meat monger for a Brooklyn, NY,
butchery.
PAUL RIX has a B.A. from Arizona State University and an
M.A. from National University. An ESOL science teacher
and academic mentor, Paul’s
teaching skills complement
his skills as a farm-based
educator and New Lebanon-based homesteader.
JOANNA SUTTON has
B.S. degrees in mathematics and philosophy from
the UMass Lowell, and
an M.S. in applied mathematics from Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute. In her
free time, she indulges a
passion for gaming.
PATRICK TOOLE inaugurated the Darrow Narrative
Film Festival and has a
B.F.A. in Film/Digital Video
from the University of the
Arts. He has taught film
workshops, acted in local
theaters, and edited feature documentaries.
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CA M P U S
October 2–3, 2015
Fall Family
Weekend
Photos by Steve Ricci
With hints of scarlet, tangerine, and chartreuse adorning tree hems,
families gathered on the Mountainside October 2–3 to celebrate fall with
music, art, and learning. Participants enjoyed mini-classes, lunches and
dinners, speeches at Convocation on the theme of Thriving@Darrow,
a display of student artwork, and the teamwork of the Darrow Ducks in
soccer and cross-country competitions. Left: Aura Bruce P’16 captures the
beautiful Heyniger Memorial Library following Convocation.
Above (left): John Bell P’16 speaks during Convocation in the Tannery about what Darrow has done for
his daughter, Grace Bell ’16. You can listen to his speech on Darrow’s YouTube channel.
Above (right): Seth Rachlin P’17 poses proudly with son, Ziggy Rachlin ’17, who was featured on the
cover of the Summer 2015 Peg Board.
Below: The Cross-Country team joins hands at the start of the race.
Top: Abe Pritzker ’18 and Dylan Winne ’18 enjoy lunch with
Natalie Winne P’18 and Lucy Pritzker P’18.
Center: Convocation speakers (from left): Head of School
Simon Holzapfel; Joelle Russo, Director of Academic Mentorship; Catt Gagnon ’17; and Eric Hernandez ’17
Bottom: Families mingle at a reception in the Seip Gallery
of the Joline Arts Gallery.
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CA M P U S
Seagull: A Work in Progress
Left: Katherine Moody ’17
portrays Nina and Chris Earley
’16 is Konstantin.
Below (clockwise from top
left): Rebecca Tedeschi ’17 and
Gabi Bruce ’16 as Alek Dorn
and Paulina; Adam Fuchs ’16
as Boris; Theresa Russell ’18 as
Roman, Max Humphries ’16 as
Sorin, and Max Paladino ’19 as
Demitre
On November 13–14, the Darrow Theater Workshop presented
Seagull: A Work in Progress, an
adaptation of Chekov’s classic
19 th-century masterpiece, The
Seagull, interpreted by the Darrow
Theater Workshop for a modern-day
audience.
The play, said director Jennifer
Pytleski, chair of the Performing Arts
Department, challenged the cast
and crew to interpret the original
language and cultural references
while ensuring the intention of what
Chekhov wrote remained true.
“Adapting, especially when done
as a full group, is challenging,” Pyt­
leski said. “The title refers to the
creative process that the ensemble
took on, from our first concepts right
up through our final show. These
actors continued to evolve and go
deeper into their characters’ worlds
every time they stepped on the
stage.”
You can see more photos at www.
flickr.com/photos/darrowschool.
SAVE THE DATE
Spring Family Weekend & Music Showcase
April 29–30, 2016
Visit darrowschool.org for details.
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CA M P U S
Winter
Concert
December 11, 2015
The Darrow Performance Group, under the direction of
Music Director Andy Wrba, delivered a knockout show at
this year’s Winter Concert. If you missed the show, you can
see photos and video from the event on Darrow’s Flickr
and YouTube sites.
Right: Brandy Ryles ’16, Solana Russell ’18, Jess Cooper ’18, and
Luna Porcaro ’18 perform a stirring rendition of Amy Winehouse’s
song, “Valerie”
Above: Zion Russell ’17 sings “Before I Let Go” to close the concert.
Below: Violinst Will Peltz-Smalley ’18 accompanies Fei Wang ’18 on vocals and Rachel Yang ’18 on
guitar as they cover “A Little Bit Sweet.”
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Above: Seth Carr ’19 (left) and Chris Earley ’16 perform
on bass and guitar, respectively, during a rendition of Bob
Marley’s classic, “Three Little Birds.”
Below: Eric Hernandez ’17 plays keyboard during a performance of “All I Want,” sung by Jess Cooper ’18.
The “Write” Way to Say What’s on Your Mind
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Darrow Writing Lab
is helping students
hone their skills
by Ross Matican ’16
Student Body President
In an age of text lingo and emojis,
there is no question that the craft of the
sentence is at stake. Writing is a vital
component of academic life at Darrow,
spanning the curriculum from analytical
essays in the humanities to weekly
reflective responses in math classes,
and everywhere in between.
As part of my platform for Junior
Class President last school year, I
sought to alleviate some of the anxiety
that English Language Learners (ELLs)
faced outside of the classroom, so i
proposed the idea of a writing support
group. Ms. Ingrid Gustavson, Director
of Studies, helped me find the right
teachers for the job, our faculty advisors: Ms. Dana Katz (ESOL); Ms. Eileen
Ordu (World Languages); and Ms.
Kathleen Leisure (English), who helped
lift the program off the ground.
By November 2014, we had a running
timeline and thorough application
process. I announced Darrow Writing
Lab at Morning Meeting, and soon we
had a full cohort of student volunteers
with a knack for the pen. What began as
an experiment in peer tutoring became
a serious student organization able to
help students of all backgrounds.
Writing Lab came to fruition within a
single semester. Kipling Papa-Silveria
’16, Grace Bell ’16, Rebecca Tedeschi
’17, Cassidy Roberts ’18, and Nyaiah
Lamb ’17 joined me on a whirlwind
of meetings, schedule changes, and
marketing attempts, while the teachers
Members of the Darrow Writing Lab (from left): Rebecca Tedeschi ’17, Nyaiah Lamb ’17,
Grace Bell ’16, Ross Matican ’16, Cassidy Roberts ’18, and Kipling Papa-Silveria ’16
taught us the nuts and bolts of writing
instruction. We learned about cultural
differences in the construction of arguments, various techniques for outlining
and revising, and, most importantly,
how to inspire confidence in apprehensive students.
As a peer mentor in the program, I
see firsthand the diversity of students’
strengths and weaknesses. Though
I often want to tackle grammar and
punctuation right off the bat, Ms. Katz
encouraged the team to focus on
argument structuring as the top priority.
Mechanics would follow.
One of my favorite strategies is
informal conversation. Often, my peers
can verbally express what they want to
say but have trouble putting the pieces
together on paper. After we talk it out,
I like to help students logically organize
their ideas in response to a prompt.
And everything starts with a good
thesis statement.
Darrow students are independent
thinkers. My job is to help them connect the dots. For some, it’s the claim
that daunts them; for others, it’s the
evidence. Regardless of the initial query, students always leave Writing Lab
with a product—typically an outline,
first draft, or completed revision—and a
plan of action.
There is a common misconception
that more words means better writing.
It is actually quite the contrary; some
of the best writing is short and to the
point. As one of my teachers once put
it, “be precise and concise”; say what
you need to say with the fewest words
possible.
Effective writing must have a logical flow. Good writers must question
themselves after each sentence and
paragraph to see how the connection of ideas supports their initial
claim, asking themselves after each
sentence, “So what? Why is this
important?”
And why is writing so important?
Because writing is thinking. To write is
to process and synthesize knowledge,
and develop new ideas. Learning how
to write helps language and thinking
skills across the board. Classroom participation soon becomes less daunting
when you know how to say what’s on
your mind. Even leadership becomes
easier. These perks, of course, carry
into “the real world” as well.
It has been an absolute pleasure
to build Darrow Writing Lab from the
bottom up. The learning that I have experienced is invaluable, and the reward
incomparable.
“There is a common misconception that more words means better writing. It’s actually quite the
contrary; some of the best writing is short and to the point.”
—Ross Matican ’16
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STUDENT
PROFILE
Brandy Ryles ’16: A Person She Didn’t Expect to Be
“Plates up!”
When Hands-to-Work prefect
Brandy Ryles ’16 bellows that familiar
refrain at 8:20 on Wednesday mornings, the entire Darrow community has
an almost Pavlovian response, rising
from their chairs and delivering their
breakfast plates to the dishwashing
window. Then, following attendance
and brief announcements, she hosts
“Five Minutes of Fun,” which might
include a version of musical chairs, a
limbo or planking contest, or an allschool sing-along.
At 8:30 sharp, it’s time to put Handsto-Work to work, and Brandy will supervise the distribution of tools in the
tool room and ensure that all crews
are equipped and organized for the
day’s tasks before she begins her own
Hands-to-Work—often in her favorite
location, the Samson Environmental
Center and The Living Machine®—but
also on occasion with the garden and
wood-chopping crews.
In awarding her the George Love
Hands-to-Work Award at last year’s
Baccalaureate Ceremony, chemistry
teacher and Director of the Handsto-Work program Ted Lightburn said,
“Due to her efforts, Hands-to-Work
consistently started on time and was
well organized... Brandy also took the
initiative to circulate through campus,
join crews with their work, and provide support to the entire campus on
Wednesday mornings. The program
could not have asked for a more
proactive approach...this year went
smoothly due in large part to Brandy’s
hard work, thought­ful approach, and
independent thinking.”
Above: Brandy Ryles ’16 at work in her
favorite Hands-to-Work location: the Samson
Environmental Center
The attentive and passionate fouryear senior has emerged as an exceptional role model for student leaders
at Darrow, well beyond Hands-toWork. She has also served as a music
prefect, the head resident assistant in
Meacham, a core leader, co-captain
of this year’s Girls Varsity Basketball
team, a star performer on stage for the
Darrow Theater Workshop’s fall plays,
and as a lead vocalist for the Darrow
Performance Group. It was in this last
role that she discovered her voice,
literally and figuratively.
Having sung with the chorus and
the Darrow Performance Group for
years, she hadn’t had a chance to sing
a lead until she performed the Etta
James classic, “At Last,” for the 2014
Winter Concert.
“Until that point I had always been
singing along with others; but when I
did a lead for the first time, I just let it
go,” she said. “Everyone was asking,
‘Where did that come from?’ I surprised myself. I knew I had something,
but I had never let it go like that. It felt
so good.”
Brandy, has also taken on another
leadership role, one that is close to
her heart. She and her 16-year-old sister are both adopted, and in Brandy’s
sophomore year at Darrow she discovered her biological grandmother on
Facebook. Although she previously
had known she was adopted and had
seen pictures of other siblings, she
had never met her biological family.
The experience inspired her to start
an adoption support group at Darrow
to help other adopted students.
Many describe Brandy as an evenkeeled, levelheaded, and hard-working leader, she believes that she is
now a significantly different person
than the freshman who arrived on the
Mountainside unsure of her goals and
her ability to achieve them.
Her advice to that freshman self is:
“Don’t be afraid to put yourself out
there. Leadership can sometimes
overwhelm who you are, but Darrow
changed me for the better,” she said.
“I didn’t expect myself to be this
person. I never thought that could
happen. But I’m so happy I’ve had the
opportunity to do these things and
meet the people I have.”
“Hands-to-Work consistently started on time and was well organized...this year went smoothly due
in large part to Brandy’s hard work, thought­ful approach, and independent thinking.”
—Ted Lightburn, Director of Hands -to-Work
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FACULTY
PROFILE
Sara Henry: What Can I Give My Eyes to Look At?
Although Palmer, Alaska, may be
thousands of miles from New Lebanon,
New York, Sara Henry’s hometown
provided parallels to the Mountainside
that made an artist’s residency at Darrow enticing. These include a tight-knit,
intimate community in a small-town
environment.
After receiving a bachelor of fine arts
degree in sculpture from the University of Alaska/Anchorage, she made a
cross-country trek to attend the State
University of New York at New Paltz,
where she received her master of fine
arts in ceramics in 2015. She had been
seeking a way to continue working as
an artist with an opportunity to teach
when she met the chair of Darrow’s
Visual Arts Department, Liz Fougère,
at a conference of the National Council
for Education in Ceramic Arts in Rhode
Island in March 2015.
“The timing seemed remarkable,”
said Fougère. “We were looking for a
new artist-in-residence for the coming
year, and here was this bright, talented
artist looking for exactly what we were
offering. We had a great conversation.”
Henry’s knowledge, passion, background, and influences—particularly
with regard to geography and landscapes—Fougère said, made her an
ideal candidate.
“The community here played a big
part in my decision,” Henry said. “I was
looking for a group of people who I
could connect with and make artwork
with, and I liked the idea of a smaller
high school with small classes.”
Henry says her work as a ceramics
artist has followed two paths: sculptural and functional. Samples of her work
can range from tall, heavy, monolithic
blocks to small wire-handled cups. But
what makes the pieces most distinctive are two characteristics: weight and
color. She has created her own formula
for slip, the viscous foundational fluid
Sara Henry, the 2015–2016 Nathan Paulding ’89 Artist in Residency, incorporates a variety
of materials and objects to create works that are both sculptural and functional.
that hardens before it is treated and
baked to become a finalized piece.
Normally, ceramic artists pour slip into
a mold, then pour out the excess after
a certain time period, leaving behind
a relatively thin shell. Henry’s process
eliminates the last step, leaving the full
quantity of slip to harden.
The other distinguishing characteristic of her work involves the incorporation of various objects that might
include clay pieces, paper, metals, and
other materials and minerals to lend
color and texture, such as manganese, raw umber, granular ilmenites (a
titanium derivative with a high melting
point), cryolite, cobalt sulfate, copper,
and soda ash. The assorted elements
combine to create surface texture, definition, depth, and sparkle. The specialized formula of the clay lends a layered,
rippled, almost topographical effect.
“I like rough, jagged textures, lots
of color, and strong visual stimuli,” she
said. “In my heart, I’m definitely a sculptor. When I’m creating a piece, I want
it to be the most interesting thing I can
create. I am always thinking, ‘What can
I give my eyes to look at?’”
When she’s not creating in the
studio, Henry is working on her other
craft: teaching. In introductory ceramics
classes, she focuses on the basics of
the art, noting that students must first
learn the traditions and fundamentals
before they can really begin exploring
their creative voices.
“You have to know the rules before
you can break them,” she said.
In the spring, Henry will debut her
first exhibit at Darrow in conjunction
with Spring Family Weekend. You can
learn more about Sara Henry at www.
sarahenrystudio.com.
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THE DARROW
DUCKS
Cross-Country Has a Run of Success
From left: Head Coach
Tom Tift, Jayme Andres
’18, Assistant Coach
Martha Slocombe,
and Crystal Awobue
’19 accept the trophy
for the 2015 HVAL
Championship following
the tournament, which
was hosted this year by
Darrow.
by Tom Tift
Cross-Country Head Coach
The Darrow Coed Cross-Country
team began the 2015 season hoping to
build on 2014’s success.
Despite strong competition at September’s Oakwood Invitational, the
girls demonstrated quality as well as
quantity, finishing first out of five teams
by a wide margin. They were led by
Greer Kramer ’17, a new student and
an established distance runner, who
finished first overall by a full minute
in the field of 23 runners. The Ducks
finished with five runners in the top
10: Annabelle Teetsel ’18 (fifth), Jayme
Andres ’18 (eighth), Crystal Awobue ’19
(ninth), and Sophia Morrison ’16 (tenth).
The boys finished a close second out
of seven teams, highlighted by Kipling
Papa-Silveria ’16 finishing first overall in
a field of 85 runners. (See page 15 for
more about Kipling’s incredible season.)
At the Darrow School Invitational
in October, the boys won in spectacular fashion, with four of the top five
finishers. Kipling continued his winning
ways, smashing the course record in
the process and setting a new standard of 19:41. Rounding out the top
finishers were Kevin Yang ’17 (fourth),
and Holden Borten ’16 (fifth). The girls
finished strong, coming in second out
of five teams, led by rapidly improving Crystal (fourth). Anabelle, Jayme,
and Sophia also medaled, and Marum
Sadiq ’16 finished fifth.
These strong early performances set
the pace for a “run” of success. In all
of the invitationals in which the Ducks
participated, both the boys and girls
finished either first or second. Kipling
continued a string of victories that
ran unabated through the season and
included several course records.
These successes were a prelude
for the final test, the much-anticipated
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Hudson Valley Athletic League championships, hosted on the Mountainside in
November. Hopes dimmed somewhat
in the days before the meet when we
lost two of our top four runners due
to medical issues. However, improvement in the boys’ times made it clear
that they did not let the setback affect
their performances, finishing a strong
second in the field of six teams. Kipling
again broke his own course record with
a time of 18:45 to win in dominating
fashion. Kevin battled to finish third
overall in his best time ever, and threeyear captain Aaron Yang ’16 finished
his Darrow cross-country career with
his best time ever to take tenth. Johnny
Hu ’17 also stepped up in the race, and
sophomores Nick Adams ’18, Dylan
Winne ’18, and Seth Carr ’19 all continued their steady improvement.
For the girls, things got tense when
one of our lead runners dropped out
in mid-race, and the team fell behind
an improving Oakwood squad. But the
Ducks gradually moved up and were
able to pull out a narrow five-point
victory to win the tournament. Greer
led the charge by taking second place
overall, and Crystal (fifth), Annabelle (eighth), and Jayme (ninth) also
medaled. Cassidy Roberts ’18 clinched
the victory as our fifth scorer.
Among the many successes to reflect on this season, the most prevalent
has been the dramatic improvement
over last year’s accomplishments, and
a bright future for returning runners.
All-Star Captain
After a stellar season playing on the
Boys Varsity Soccer team, for which
he received Most Valuable Player honors, Kofi Poku ’16 was selected to represent Darrow and the Hudson Valley
Athletic League (HVAL) at the New England Prep School Soccer Association
All-Star game, held at Brooks School
in North Andover, Massachusetts.
According to Athletics Director Don
Singleton, “Kofi was the only HVAL
player on the squad of small and
medium-sized schools from the
western half of New England—quite
an honor to be so selected. He was
Kofi Poku ’16
at the NEPSSA
All-Star game
in November
also named honorary captain, played
57 minutes, did a great job anchoring
the defense and, in the second half,
was moved up to mid-field and had
a couple of nice passes as well as a
great scoring opportunity.”
This One Goes to 100...
Rochelle Foster ’16 has goals. A lot of them.
Darrow Athletics Director Don Singleton’s favorite story about the soccer
prowess of Rochelle Foster ’16 involves
a game in which she didn’t even play.
With the Girls Varsity Soccer team
taking the field for a playoff game—
against a team that Rochelle had
scored against many times during the
regular season—the opposition set up
with only three players on offense and
seven players back on defense.
”They had arranged the team with
a strong defensive setup for the sole
purpose of stopping No. 10,” he recalls.
“What they didn’t know was that Rochelle had been injured in a previous
game and wasn’t even playing that day.
The other team stayed in that defensive setup the entire game, not noticing
Rochelle on the sidelines, on crutches.”
The Ducks won the game, due in
part to the formidable reputation of a
player whose skills are so feared by
the opposition that they structured
their game plans around her talents.
This year on the soccer field, Foster
achieved a milestone in Darrow athlet-
ics history: scoring 100 goals over the
course of her four-year soccer career.
She was named Most Valuable Player
at the Fall Sports Awards Banquet in
November. She was also named to the
Hudson Valley Athletic League Girls
Soccer All-League First Team, and represented Darrow at the New England
All-Star competition.
When she takes the field for the 2016
softball season, Foster will be one of
a select group of Darrow Ducks who
can claim to have been a four-year,
12-season athlete, in basketball, soccer,
and softball. Soft-spoken and reserved
off the fields and courts, she is a fierce
competitor, known for her relentless
offense and tenacious defense.
“I always want to win,” Foster said,
“but what I really love about the competition is just playing a minute at a
time. I just want to go all out for every
minute of the game because, when it’s
done, that minute is gone. You can’t
have it back.”
A native of Hopewell, Jamaica, Foster says she owes her athletic abilities
Rochelle Foster ’16 dodges an opponent during soccer
competition at Fall Family Weekend in October.
to her family, which includes an older
brother who holds all the school track
records at Colby Sawyer College,
where he currently attends, and a
younger sister who is also a track star
at her school.
“At the beginning of the school
year [Head of School Simon Holzapfel] asked what we most want to be
remembered for at Darrow,” she said.
“For me, that would be athletics.“
The Virtues of Preparation
Kipling Papa-Silveria ’16 didn’t just
break records on the cross-country
trails this season, he obliterated them.
Early in the season at the Oakwood
School Invitational, he handily outpaced a field of 85 runners. He finished
October’s Darrow School Invitational
by smashing the previous course
record with a time of 19:41, and then
broke that record at November’s Hudson Valley Athletic League Championships, hosted by Darrow, at 18:45,
finishing nearly a minute under his
previous time.
He credits his accomplishments to
early training that he did over the summer, so he would come into the season
in shape.
“I didn’t do much during the first half
of summer, just weekly runs,” he said.
“But by early August i realized it was
time to step it up, and I started running
two to three miles and then four to five
miles every day.”
Papa-Silveria also represented Darrow in the New England High School
All-Stars competiton in November.
Kipling Papa-Silveria ’16 crosses the finish
line at the Hudson Valley Athletic League
Championships, hosted at Darrow in
November, with a record time that beat his
previous course record by almost a minute.
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IN THE
CLASSROOM
In Environmental Science class, Logan
Hallock ’19 (seated) and his teammates
Mikayla Levy ’19 (third from left) and
Tyler Jarrett ’19 (fourth from left) present
the prototype design for their worm bin
to class visitors Joelle Russo, Director
of Academic Mentorship (left), Rochelle
Foster ’16 (second from right), and Elena
Wurst ’16 (right).
Unhappy Meals, Worm Bins, and the Art of Learning
In 2014, Raleigh Werberger, Darrow’s
Dean of Faculty and history teacher,
published an Edutopia blog post about
using entrepreneurship to transform
student work. At the time, he had
no idea the article would lead to the
publication of his first book, From Project-Based Learning to Artistic Thinking:
Lessons Learned from Creating an
Unhappy Meal (Rowman & Littlefield,
2015).
“The publisher contacted me about
developing the topic into a book,
but it really didn’t culminate in a way
that would lend itself to book form,”
Werberger said. He had a different
idea, based on a presentation he had
recently seen by an artist, who concluded by asking the audience to help
him figure out what the project was
actually about.
“He was asking us to create the project for him,” Werberger said. “Normally
what we do in education is start with
a question and then build a project to
answer the question. But an architect
friend who was there explained that
art is a series of endeavors that leads
to clarity about the question that is
driving the artist. The right question
comes last.”
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Dean of Faculty Raleigh Werberger with
his newly published book: From ProjectBased Learning to Artistic Thinking: Lessons
Learned from Creating an Unhappy Meal
The concept of an artistic process
that helps students develop the question became the genesis of the book,
which focuses on the Unhappy Meal
project he conducted last year in his
ninth grade experiential learning class,
deconstructing and recreating a McDonald’s Happy Meal from scratch. (A
story on the project was featured in the
Summer 2015 issue of Peg Board.)
“It’s an experiment to see if the
epis­temology of artistic thinking could
transform high school curriculum,” he
said. “If there is no money to add art
to the curriculum, what happens if you
just make all curriculum ‘art’?”
In the 2015–2016 school year, Wer­
berger has joined science teacher
Caleb Corliss’s ninth grade Environmental Science class for another project-based learning assignment.
According to Corliss, the class covers aspects of environmental science,
history, and English, with students
work­ing in teams and taking on individual roles as designers, contractors,
and salespeople. The end goal is
designing, building, and selling vermi­
culture composting bins that convert
food waste into compost—from initial
sketches of prototypes, to presentations of the designs to the School
community, to physical construction of
the bins, to sales and marketing of the
finished project.
As they tackle unexpected changes
and obstacles throughout the process,
Corliss said, students are challenged to
reconsider their thinking and make ac­
com­modations in order to to compete
effectively.
FROM THE
BOARD
A Look Back
at a Great Year
As 2015 faded into the rearview
mirror, I reflected on what a busy and
satisfying year it was. The following
musings are not in any particular order
of occurrence or importance:
• Midway through my second year as
chair, I am thankful that I have such a
strong working relationship with Simon,
our head. Simon likes to introduce me
as his “boss,” but I think “partner” is
a much more apt description. I come
from a business and entrepreneurial
background, whereas Simon is clearly
rooted in academics. As we look at
problems together through these
different prisms, we often come to
different conclusions about the best
courses of action. The compromises
represent our ability to learn from one
another. I can honestly say I have never
had a boring conversation with Simon.
I look forward to our weekly Friday
calls, never knowing what direction our
discussions will take us. I find this fun,
enlightening, and energizing.
• Because we start Board of Trustee meetings on Friday mornings, I
have started traveling from Texas
on Wednesday afternoon, reserving
Thursday for a campus round-robin of
one-hour meetings with administrators,
faculty, and staff. I have learned so
much from these one-on-one exchanges as I get to better know the folks who
make Darrow run on a daily basis. What
an incredibly dedicated, intelligent,
diverse, and good-humored group of
people work at the School. Our team is
second to none, and I’m proud to work
with them.
• I hate bad meetings. My son works
for a large corporate tech firm in Austin,
and he constantly complains about how
much time he wastes every month in
Board of Trustees Chair Bob Kee ’71 (right) enjoyed dinner with Student Body President Ross
Matican ’16 and other Core Leaders during meetings of the Board of Trustees in October.
The level of student
involvement that is so evident
on campus this year is exciting,
invigorating, and contagious.
pointless or rudderless meetings. When
I was invited onto the Darrow School
Board, I encountered a culture of meetings very focused on maximizing the
time we have together, and when I became chair a few years later, I promised
the trustees that we would perpetuate
that for as long as I was at the helm. We
have a content-rich agenda for every
meeting, and our quarterly meetings
never feel like a waste of time. My son,
and anyone else, should be so lucky to
work in such a stimulating and productive environment. During the last two
meetings, two comments—one from
a longtime trustee, and one from our
Facilities Director—changed the course
of our entire discussion from that point
forward. Darrow is blessed to have
active and engaged trustees who feel
comfortable speaking their minds and
sharing their concerns. The board’s
decision processes are stronger as a
result.
• The level of student involvement
that is so evident on campus this year is
exciting, invigorating, and contagious.
Our students seem more bright-eyed,
more confident, more willing to interact
with adults, and overall more outgoing
than I remember in years past. It seems
easier to strike up conversations in the
dining hall, while passing in hallways, or
attending a function in the theater. December’s Winter Concert was a shining
example of engaged and involved students. The performers on stage showed
incredible talent, but even more exciting
was their cheering student fan club in
the audience. The Tannery roof had its
integrity tested that evening!
• Finally, I am grateful for the support
that my family and business have provided me this year, so that I can dedicate the time and resources to Darrow
that I believe the School deserves. It
is rare to be offered the opportunity to
give back to a school that made such a
difference in my life so many years ago,
so that Darrow can continue that influential magic for years to come. I will
never take this opportunity for granted.
Bob Kee ’71, Chair
Board of Trustees
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F
imPACt
rom a dilapidated suite of
abandoned rooms beneath the
Dairy Barn kitchen to a modern
educational facility for studies in
music, theater, and film, the Darrow
School Performing Arts Center
(affectionately nicknamed “the PAC”)
has, in just one semester, become one
of the most popular and prominent
locations on the Mountainside.
STORY AND PHOTOS BY STEVE RICCI
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New center accelerates Darrow’s
W
hen the Joline Arts Center was
completed in 2001, the result was an
incomparable facility for the visual arts at Darrow, complete with studios and classrooms
for drawing, painting, ceramics, woodworking,
graphic design, and photography, as well as
ample gallery space for student, faculty, alumni, and visiting artists’ exhibitions. An unintended consequence of the Joline’s addition,
however, was the stark disparity it created
when compared with the existing facilities
available for the performing arts curriculum.
That disparity virtually disappeared this
summer, thanks to a record-breaking anonymous gift to Darrow that enabled the School
to convert a previously unused space in the
Dairy Barn into a contemporary center focused exclusively on the performing arts.
“I think a lot about where we were at this
time last year,” said Music Director Andy Wrba.
In the fall semester, Wrba taught The History
of Jazz in the newly created PAC for the first
time, utilizing the performance studio, recording booth, rehearsal spaces, practice rooms,
and modernized classroom featuring a stateof-the-art projection and sound system. “This
performing arts curriculum
“Transformative isn’t too strong
a word to describe how, literally,
from one year to the next, we have
developed not just a dedicated
space, but a dedicated space
designed specifically to serve the
disciplines being taught there.
”
—Ingrid Gustavson, Director of Studies
is a long way from the two small classrooms
and keyboard we had last year,” Wrba said.
“The PAC has opened up a world of possibilities we hadn’t even imagined just a year ago.”
Jennifer Pytleski, Director of Performing
Arts, noted that this year’s Winter One-Act
Plays will be entirely composed of works written, directed, and produced by the students.
Above: Music prefect Will Peltz-Smalley ’18 monitors the Behringer multi-track digital mixing console while
students perform live in the rehearsal room in the background. Opposite: Music Director Andy Wrba works with
members of the Darrow Performance Group, Tyler Jarrett ’18 (left), and Seth Carr ’19, in the rehearsal room.
Music prefect Louis Roberts ’18 enjoys practicing
guitar and drums in the PAC as a way to relax during
the busy school day.
“That is a direct gift of this new space,” she
said, noting that having dedicated classroom,
practice, and rehearsal spaces has vastly
improved the freedom she and her students
have in planning the complex production.
“Part of the magic of Darrow being a small
school has always been the challenge of sharing a limited amount of space,” she said. “But
now we aren’t competing with other classes
in one-block periods that might also need
to meet in the same space. We are actually
developing our curriculum around the capabilities we have as a whole department. We
have an identity, and we don’t feel like we are
just floating from space to space, trying to find
room to work.”
“Transformative isn’t too strong a word to
describe how, literally, from one year to the
next, we have developed not just a dedicated space, but a dedicated space designed
specifically to serve the disciplines being
taught there,” said Ingrid Gustavson, Director
of Studies, noting that the performing arts
faculty were consulted in the planning stages
in order to ensure the facility would meet their
academic needs.
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Film and video teacher Patrick Toole used the PAC’s spacious walls and
IdeaPaint to work with Introduction to Film students (from left: Kipling PapaSilveria ’16, Chris Earley ’16, Solana Russell ’18, and Brandy Ryles ’16) in
creating December’s Film and Animation Festival.
Grammy-winning jazz musician Charles Neville (center) returned to the
Mountainside this fall for a master class. The PAC has hosted numerous local
musicians for lectures and performances. From left: Music Director Andy
Wrba, Golan Naftali ’19, Chris Earley ’16, Neville, Brandy Ryles ’16, Jasneal
Pabla ’16, Rochelle Foster ’16, and Zephyr Maliki ’17.
The Darrow Theater Workshop, under the direction of Jennifer Pytleski (front
row, center), Chair of the Performing Arts Department, at dress rehearsal for
the fall play, Seagull: A Work in Progress (see page 9).
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The creation of a performing arts program to equal the visual
arts program has long been a strategic goal at Darrow, Gustavson said. “We’re not quite there in terms of the number of
classes, but we’re certainly there in terms of enthusiasm from
faculty and students, and in the quality of space and resources.” Last year, she said, no theater classes were scheduled
during the academic day. This year, two well enrolled theater
classes were offered in the fall semester, in addition to two
music classes, two sections of Performance Group, and two film
classes.
Film and video teacher Patrick Toole, who taught Introduction
to Film in the fall semester and is teaching Narrative Film Production in the spring semester, is thrilled to teach in the modernized, spacious classroom, but he is most enjoying a unique
feature of the PAC. “The IdeaPaint is great!” he said, referring to
the specialized paint that covers virtually every vertical surface
in each room, making it possible to use every inch of wall space
as an erasable white-board.
“Last year, I was teaching out of the Mac Lab, which is a great
space, but we had virtually no room to spread out,” Toole said.
“In the PAC classroom, we can cover the walls with storyboards, handouts, and visual aids.” For the Film and Animation
Film Festival that his students created in December, his class
recreated an entire scene from the classic movie Jaws. “We
were able to put the entire storyboard, shot by shot, up on the
wall, and move things around, and write notes,” he said. “We
never would have been able to do that in our old space. It not
only makes the process easier to understand, it also lends a
feeling that we are serious about our work, and the students
are able to work the way an actual filmmaker would work.”
The popularity of the PAC, Gustavson said, is evident in the
engagement with all members of the community. “There are
film, music, and theater students in there almost constantly,”
she said. “As an active-learning school that values expanding
outside classroom walls, and ensuring that learning happens
across the curriculum, when you have students who are in a
space when they don’t have to be, that pretty much says it all
about how successful the program is.”
The PAC has become so popular with some students, Toole
said, that they have earned the good-natured moniker “PAC
nerds.” “They absolutely love this space and they’re in here
every chance they get,” he said. “I had some film students who
took to the place so much, I would come to class 15 minutes
early to prepare, and I would find them already here editing
their projects.”
One of those proud PAC nerds is Louis Roberts ’18, who
works at the center as a music prefect but also enjoys using the
performance studio to practice drums and guitar in his spare
time. “Drumming, for me, is like meditation,” he said. “You’re
focusing on this one little groove for a while and it lets your
mind open up and just wander,” he said. “The only reason I’ve
been able to write as many amazing essays as I have at Darrow
is that I’ve had this opportunity to do nothing but hit things with
sticks for an extended period of time.”
Chris Earley ’16: PAC Man
As you may have noted from the cover
of this magazine and some of the photos in
this article, Chris Earley ’16 is in the PAC a
lot. A music and film prefect, he serves as
an ambassador and caretaker for the center,
providing tours for visitors, overseeing open
hours, and keeping things clean and organized. He also serves on the Hands-to-Work
Media Crew, helping facilitate video projects
for the School, and cataloging footage.
In the fall semester, Earley took five courses
in the PAC—Darrow Performance Group, The
History of Jazz, Introduction to Film, Writing
for Performance, and an independent study
in Music Production. He was also the lead
in the Darrow Theater Workshop’s fall play:
Seagull: A Work in Progress. (In case you’re
wondering, he also took Russian Literature
and Probability.)
“There are some days when I get here
in the morning and I don’t leave the Dairy
Barn until the last block of the day,” said the
four-year senior, who is applying to several
film schools and plans to pursue a career in
screenwriting after Darrow.
“It wasn’t until sophomore year, when I had
a chance to work with some friends on a film,
that I developed an interest in film and the-
ater,” Earley said. “But having this space really
cemented what I want to do. It made the prospect of making a living at performing music or
writing screenplays a viable option.”
Remove, Repair, and Redesign: Taking on the “Full Gut”
For many years the suite of rooms on the
ground floor of the Dairy Barn, beneath the
kitchen, had served as faculty/staff housing
and a number of other purposes, before a
large portion of it was left unused. In the summer of 2015, that space was transformed into
a fully equipped center for the teaching of the
performing arts.
Shepherding the process was a familiar
figure in renovation projects at Darrow, John
Gratiot ’68, the former vice-chair of the Board
of Trustees and the chair of the successful
sustainability initiative, growing.greener, from
2010–2012. Gratiot and Darrow’s Science
Department Chair Jim Bennett, who has experience in construction and facilities manage-
ment, served as owner’s representatives for
the project, overseeing each phase.
“I knew that what was down there was a
bloody mess, and that there would be some
challenges,” Gratiot said, “but it wasn’t until
I got there and started to really get into the
demolition that we realized the full extent.”
“The project was a full gut,” said Gratiot,
who commended the contractor, BBL Construction of Albany, New York, for completing
the job on time while also completing a full
renovation of the kitchen above in the same
time period. “Anything that was there was
coming out and we were starting fresh. You
just take everything out and recycle what you
can. Then we were able to look at the structural issues and figure out the details of what
needed to be addressed.”
Those details, Bennett said, included
support columns that needed to be relocated,
ceiling trusses requiring reenforcement, and
corroded pipes that had backed up. Once
the major structural issues were addressed,
Gratiot and Bennett began working with
the performing arts faculty to establish the
locations of classroom and studio spaces,
configure wiring for electronic equipment,
and select furniture and other interior design
components.
“It’s an amazing transformation,” Bennett
said. “Folks who walk in now see this nice
new space, but if they had known what it
came from, that makes it all the more impressive. It was well done, not just physically but
functionally.”
“The energy and the excitement generated by this project, for the faculty and the
students, is wonderful,” Gratiot said. “The
bottom line is: if you build it, the kids are
gonna use it.”
Far left (top): The prerenovation space that now
houses the Performing Arts
Center, with ceiling and floor
tiles missing or broken, and
leaks from corroded pipes
coming from the kitchen
above
Far left (bottom): By midsummer structural repairs
had been made and crews
were putting in the walls,
floors, and insulation.
Near left: The PAC classroom
as it appeared at the start of
the fall 2015 semester
Above photo by Paul Gundlach ’71
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Dear Darrow Community,
There is a great scene in the film As Good As It Gets in which a
socially awkward and clearly in love Jack Nicholson says to a radiant
Helen Hunt, “You make me want to be a better man!” You, the Darrow
community of supporters, make us want to be a better school. The tale
of generosity told within the following pages—the 2014–2015 Annual
Report—should make anyone who holds this School in trust, as we
do, feel the same will as Jack’s character to constantly improve. It is an
extraordinarily humbling experience to be the stewards of this unique
and important place, and moreover, to be charged with the faith of
those similarly committed to a thriving educational community.
As we considered the possibility of a stand-alone, direct-mail
Annual Report independent of Peg Board this year, the unanimous
feeling was that this important record of giving deserves to occupy a
place of prominence in our flagship publication. Our intention is that
it serve as a heartfelt and genuine thank-you from all of the students,
faculty, administration, staff, and Board of Trustees of Darrow School
who are the beneficiaries of your commitment to this community.
With the largest single gift in the history of the School
($2 million) leading the way in January, and another $1 million-plus
in matching funds pledged in short order thereafter, together we
raised more than $4 million for Darrow in the 2014–2015 fiscal year.
Sustained by another strong Annual Fund campaign (which secured
nearly $500,000), another $223,000 was raised for special capital
projects, and $134,000 for endowments. The impact of this funding
has been immediate and dramatic, some of which you will see within
the pages of this magazine, and all of which will persist for generations to come on the Mountainside.
Simply put, thank you for all that you have done, are doing, and
will do to ensure that your Darrow continues to thrive as the vibrant,
relevant educational community that it is.
Respectfully yours,
Bob Kee ’71
Chair, Board of Trustees
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Simon Holzapfel
Head of School
LIFETIME GIVING HONOR SOCIETY
Darrow School honors those donors who have generously given time
and again to address the School’s capital needs, endowment goals, and
Annual Fund requirements with membership in the Lifetime Giving Honor
Society. We thank them for the significant resources they have contributed, which have repeatedly helped the School address important aspects
of Darrow’s operating, programmatic, and physical plant needs. Their gifts
will make a difference in the lives of students for many years.
$2,000,000+ Circle
Anonymous
H. Arthur Smith ‘40 Charitable Foundation
$1,000,000+ Circle
Ms. Alexa Clay Seip ‘74 & Mr. Tom Seip & the Seip Family Foundation
$500,000+ Circle
Anonymous
Ms. B. Holliday H. Hudimac
Mr. Abram Poole Jr.* ‘56
Mr. Donald C. McGraw Jr.* ‘43, GP’06 &
Mr. & Mrs. Robert McGraw P’06
Mrs. Edith S. Quintana*
$250,000+ Circle
Anonymous
Mr. Donald L. Blumenthal ‘61 &
the Nathan & Violet David Foundation
Mr. Bradford A. Gardner ‘68
Tim Moore ‘78
Mr. & Mrs. Earl Samson III ‘76
Mr. Clifford Shedd III &
Ms. Michelle Miller Shedd P’04
David & JoEllen Sweet P’01
Mr. William R. Windsor* ‘58
Mr. Keith C. Wold Jr. P’13
Anonymous (1) (2)
Mr. David Benson ‘62 & The Benson
Foundation
Mr. Jim Brooks Jr. ‘60
Diana Davis Spencer Foundation/Shelby
Collum Davis Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Cornelis Drost P’02, ’03
E.E. Ford Foundation
Dr. Stuart A. Fox ‘42, P’67
Mr. William Franks ‘64
Mr. & Mrs. Errol Glasser P’07
Mr. John P. Gratiot ‘68
Francis Greenburger &
Ms. Isabelle Autones P’14
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Greifeld P’05
Edward Groth III ‘62
Angela Hawkins ‘76
Joan & Denny Hopper ‘62
Mr. & Mrs. John Lemery
Mr. & Mrs. Richard* Lidz ‘52, GP’12
Mr. & Mrs. David* Markin
Mr. & Mrs. Phillips H. Marshall ‘53
Mr. & Mrs. James McManus P’96
Ms. Susan Cole Niederhoffer ‘73
Mr. H. Barton Riley
Christopher Russo ‘78
Helen & Henry L. Savage, Jr. ‘59
Mr. & Mrs. John Schlenker ‘57
Mrs. Deborah K. Solbert P’77
Mr. Peter S. Wadsworth ‘72
The Walbridge Fund, Ltd.
Mr. Alan N. Wiegand ‘67
$100,000+ Circle
*deceased
New members
Annual Report 2014–2015
Wickersham Associates
Wickersham, the primary Shaker dwelling
house, was built in 1856 and named for
George Wickersham, Shaker leader and
architect. The chief building for Darrow School
since 1932, it currently houses administrative
offices, the majority of classrooms, and faculty apartments. The Wickersham Associates
are alumni, parents, and friends whose generous leadership contributions of $10,000
or more are as central to Darrow’s success as
Wickersham is central to our campus.
Anonymous
Jim & Patrice Angle P’14
Mr. David Benson ’62 &
The Benson Foundation
Ms. Dorothy Cholnoky GP’13, ’18
Jennifer & Peter Cholnoky P’13, ’18
Mr. & Mrs. Errol Glasser P’07
Mr. Samuel Harper ’74
Mr. Robert Kee ’71
Mr. Christian Masters ’82
Mr. & Mrs. Bartlett W. Paulding P’89
Christopher Russo ’78
Ms. Alexa Clay Seip ’74 & Mr. Tom Seip
H. Bronson Smith ’64 & The Frances & Beverly Dubose Foundation, Inc.
David & JoEllen Sweet P’01
Ms. Carmen Tal P’16
Heyniger Society
In 1938, C. Lambert Heyniger took over
as headmaster from the School’s first
headmaster, Charles H. Jones. Heyniger
renamed the School “Darrow School” and
served as headmaster until his death in 1960.
During his tenure, Heyniger had a profound
impact on the Darrow community. Heyniger
Society members are those alumni, parents,
and friends who give leadership gifts of
$5,000–$9,999.
AIG Matching Grants Program
Mr. Drew Barringer ’65
Mr. Donald L. Blumenthal ’61 & The
Nathan & Violet David Foundation
Perry Cohen & Brooke Bull
Mr. Willis S. DeLaCour Jr. ’60 & the
DeLaCour Family Foundation
Ms. Nancy Feinberg P’13
Maurice & Carol Feinberg Family
Foundation
Mr. Bradford A. Gardner ’68
Mr. Robert J. Glovsky ’69
Joseph H. Budge &
Sharon A. Kennedy P’10
Anderson Lidz ’12
Mr. Phillips H. Marshall ’53
Tim Moore ’78
Mr. H. Barton Riley
Mr. Earl Samson III ’76
Mr. Frank Siciliano &
Ms. Abby Notterman P’10
Mr. Geoffrey R. Smith ’64
Mrs. Deborah K. Solbert P’77
Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Warner ’60
Tannery Circle
The Tannery building, remodeled and
dedicated in 1948 as the Laflin-Whitehead
Chapel, is home to major school ceremonies,
especially Commencement. For years,
students met regularly for services in this
building, and today students meet there each
Friday for a period of reflection and sharing.
With Tanner’s Pond and the view westward
across the valley, this part of the campus
touches the souls of all who live here. The
Tannery Circle members are those alumni,
parents, and friends who give leadership gifts
of $2,500–$4,999.
Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Anastasio P’15
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Bruce P’16
Mr. John Carton & Ms. Wendy
Rowden P’10
Mr. James Ehrlich ’77
Sally & David Falck ’71
Wilson H. Faude ’65
Ms. Bryce K. Ferguson P’10
Gradian Health Systems LLC
Mr. Thomas B. Hallowell ’82
John K. Henne Charitable Trust
Mr. Simon Holzapfel
Mr. Denton S. Hopper ’62
Ms. B. Holliday H. Hudimac
Mr. Joseph O. Humphreys ’57
Mr. Douglas A. Leslie ’55
Lisa & David Lewis
Mr. Peter Lynch &
Ms. Blaine Ryan-Lynch P’09
Mr. Jeffrey Mayer ’74 & The
Witter-Mayer Family Charitable Fund
Alice McNally P’15
Mr. & Mrs. James W. Neumeister P’94
Mr. & Mrs. John Parman P’02
Mr. Sterling Pile III ’70
Mr. Stephen M. Rudy ’75
Mr. Roger Steckler ’48
Dick Tauber
Mr. Walter K. Taylor ’54
The Walbridge Fund, Ltd.
Mr. & Mrs. Laurence Van Meter
Pete Wilmot ’59
Mr. Robert* & Mrs. Nancy Wolf
Whittaker House Associates
The first Shaker Meeting House, built in 1785,
is named in honor of Father James Whittaker,
who planned the Mount Lebanon Shaker
Settlement. A place where the Shakers met to
worship and rejoice in their community, it was
the foundation of their life together. The Whittaker House Associates are alumni, parents,
and friends who contribute leadership gifts of
$1,000–$2,499.
Anonymous (4)
Mr. & Mrs. Ernie Anastasio GP’15
Auchincloss Family Fund of The
Foundation for Enhancing Communities
on behalf of Mr. & Mrs. Sloan
Auchincloss ’61
Mr. Thomas S. Auray ’82
Mr. Richard Barovick GP’15
Mr. & Mrs. John Bell P’16
Mr. Thomas Bird ’62 & ’63
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Bookbinder P’06
Barbara & Chuck Booth ’55
Mr. A. Grant Bowry ’63
Mr. Richard K. Brown &
Ms. Anita Loose-Brown
Mr. Charles Coan ’13
Mr. Peter Coan & Ms. Lauren Mundy
Coan P’13
Joan & Charles Dattelbaum ’59
Jeff Davis ’68
Mr. Daniel deMenocal Jr. ’71
Dr. William Duncan III ’54, GP’18
Mr. Andrew B. Duvall III ’62
Erb Family Foundation
Mr. John M. Erb ’72
Mr. Herman Fellinger ’53
Mr. W. Law Fotterall III ’71
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Fox P’02
Mr. & Mrs. A. King Francis ’71, P’87, ’89
Mr. John P. Gratiot ’68
Mr. Francis Greenburger & Ms.
Isabelle Autones P’14 & the Francis
Greenburger Charitable Fund
David Groth ’65
Angela Hawkins ’76
H. Scott & Linda P. Higgins P’11
Mr. Wolcott T. Hinchey ’67
Paul N. Houston
Mr. David R. Kamenstein Jr. ’59
Mr. Stafford W. Keegin ’60, P’99
Mr. Owen A. Kelly Jr. ’60
The Kiplinger Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. David H. LaMotte P’15
G. Larry Larned ’57* & Andree Larned
Julie Farmer & Scott Lazarus P’15
Mr. Richard I. Lidz* ’52, GP’12 &
Mrs. Celia Lidz
Mr. William Lloyd Makepeace ’71
Alan Mayers ’50
Mr. David McIlvain
Mr. Oscar Morgenstern Jr. ’82
Dr. Peter Mudge GP’14
Mr. Norman K. Nicholson ’53 &
Nancy Hewett
Dr. Elisabeth Noelke P’17
Mr. Lawrence K. Pomeroy ’60
Mr. Ronald D. Potier ’52
Ms. Lisa Reich P’16 & the Henry & Anne
Reich Family Foundation Inc.
Gretchen & Jay Riley
Mr. Peter Rosemond ’70, P’15
Mr. Mark Russell ’73
Mrs. Marjorie Schmid P’71
Mr. Eugene Schofield
Mr. Edwin V. Selden ’60
Mr. Clifford Shedd III &
Ms. Michelle Miller Shedd P’04
Mr. Bradley Smith ’57
Mr. Hans J. Solmssen ’55
Alan & Kristi Strahler
Raymond F. & Carolyn A. Strecker P’06
Ms. Margaret L. Sweet ’01
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Tishman P’78, GP’15
Mr. Peter S. Wadsworth ’72
Mr. & Mrs. George Wailand
Mr. & Mrs. Evan Weisman P’14
Mr. Alan N. Wiegand ’67
Anne Heyniger Willard
Mr. Robert B. Wilson P’93
Mr. John Wolfe ’48
Murray J.Yudin P’80
Head of School Circle
Heyniger, Joline, and those who followed have
made a profound impact on Darrow. Their guidance
allowed the Darrow tradition to continue through
social and academic evolution and difficult economi
times. Alumni, parents, and friends who support the
School with gifts of $500–$999 comprise the Head
of School Circle.
Anonymous
Mr. Ricker Alford Jr. ’55
Mr. William Anthony Jr. ’62
Mr. James B. Baker ’50
Mr. Andrew Barnett
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Barovick P’15
Mr. & Mrs. Curtis L. Blake P’74
Mr. Jonathan Blinken P’15
BNY Mellon Community Partnership
Jonathan D. Bookbinder ’06
Mr. Eric Brown ’08
Ms. Luella Buono GP’17
Ms. Sadie Burton-Goss ’73
Tom Chapman ’53
Mr. Russell Curry ’70
Dr. Ethan Dmitrovsky ’72
Ms. Valle E. Dwight ’75, P’11 &
Mr. Phil O’Donoghue ’74, P’11
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Friends of Blaine Ryan Lynch
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Fuller ’65
Mr. Stephen T. Golding ’68
Rev. Peter J. Gorday ’62
Mr. Thomas D. Gorday Jr. ’68
Mr. David R. Halperin ’73 &
Ms. Carol Schifman
Mr. Robert L. Harding ’64
Mr. W. James Harman II ’49
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Hills ’69
Mr. Dan Holt ’92
William R. Horowitz ’71
Mr. & Mrs. John Jolly P’07
Burke & Lisa Jones ’81
Mr. Jeffrey Jones &
Ms. Elaine Schott-Jones P’03
Mrs. Kristin Kilgore Kuntz ’86
M. Barton Laws, PhD. ’72
Adlyn & Ted Loewenthal P’03
Pierre Loomis ’62
Mr. James M. McLean ’52
G. Scott Milnor ’71
Mr. Peter Milton ’48
Mr. Patrick Murray ’89
Ms. Susan Cole Niederhoffer ’73
Dr. Richard A. O’Leary P’11
Mr. Richard Oliver ’68
Ms. Maria Papa P’16
Mr. Gregory Perkins ’78
Julie & Seth Rachlin P’17
Ms. Ann Rothenberg P’10
Mr. Peter Ruth ’60
Mrs. Harriet H. Savage
Helen & Henry L. Savage, Jr. ’59
Mr. Sam Schmidt &
Ms. Amanda Powers P’14
Dr. Sydney W. Schneidman ’68
Mr. Matthew W. Sears ’74
Carl M. Sharpe ’62
Ms. Sayre Sheldon GP’12 &
Mr. Ridge Morgan
Ms. Lori Speranzo P’15
Pat & Nick Speranzo GP’15
Lore Squier P’78, ’82, GP’10
Ms. Lydia Sussek ’82
Don & Marie Sutherland
Steve & Sally Swenson
Mr. Oliver B. Taylor ’61
Mr. Peter Ten Broeck ’56
Thomson Reuters
Mrs. Mary F. Wadsworth P’72
Mr. Timothy Waters ’75
Thayer West ’67
The Westcott-Brozman Family
Mr. & Mrs. James Whitin ’67
Ms. Susan Wolfe GP’16
Mrs. Dudley Woodbridge GP’05
Center Family Society
As the Shakers built the Mount Lebanon
Village, they created family groupings for
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village residents. Darrow’s campus comprises
the North, Church, and Center Shaker Family
buildings, where current students and faculty
live together as a close, family-like community. Today, the Center Family comprises Ann
Lee Cottage, Medicine Shop, Cherry Lane
Cottage, Valentine, the sheep barn, pond,
and sugar house. Alumni, parents, and
friends who support the School with annual
gifts of $250–$499 are members of the
Center Family Society.
Anonymous (2)
Mr. John Albers P’05
Mr. Donal Bahrenburg ’55, P’78
Tim Barclay
Jake Bell & Regina Rodwell Bell P’05
Ms. Margaret Biggar ’80
Mr. Henry Bird ’58
Mr. A. Pierce Bounds ’67
David Campbell ’70
David A. Cantor ’72
Sam Carton ’10
Robert Castro ’05
George W. Chase ’48
Ann & Doug Clark
Amy & Michael Clarke
Mr. & Mrs. David Cohn P’10
Sarah & Tom Crowell P’16
Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Currie ’61
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Daly GP’18
Mr. James D. Darby Jr. P’89
Mr. Charles H. Detwiller III ’61
Mr. David H. Dickson ’66
Dr. Duane Dietz P’17
Merrilee & Hamilton “Tony”
Dodge Jr. ’77
Ms. Susan Drucker ’77
Mr. Charles P. Emerson Jr. ’61
Mr. Richard Everett III ’79
Mary H. Frost & Oscar Frost P’13, ’15
Mr. Peter B. Frothingham ’53
Mr. Timothy Galvin &
Ms. Ellen Sheppard P’09
Melissa Gardner
Mr. Jason C. Gish ’87
Mr. Peter Gordon ’84
Mr. Robert Greifeld ’05
Mr. Russell Halley ’80
Mr. Jonathan K. Hart ’73
Ms. Alexandra Heddinger &
Mr. Marc Warren P’13, ’14
Ms. Jamie Hicks-Furgang
Annie & Ken Hilton ’66
Mr. William A. Hintermister ’72
Ms. Patricia Hite
Mr. Scott Hommel ’65
Mr. William O. Hopkins ’54
Mr. Christopher T. Howes ’70
Dwight Howes ’77
Mr. Stephen Isom ’61
Ms. Anita Jenkins ’75
Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Killian P’05
David & Sharon King ’64
Dr. Lawrence Kraftowitz &
Ms. Amy Dunkin P’15
Mr. Adam Kriveloff ’74
Mr. Gibbs LaMotte ’15
Ms. Natalie Lawrence ’95
Mr. Fred Leinfuss ’78
Kirk B. Leone ’72
Dr. & Mrs. James Longley P’74
Ms. Denise Lutz P’18
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Mannarino P’15
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Matican P’16
Mrs. Mary Anne Mayo &
Mr. Stephen Nelson P’03
Mr. & Ms. Peter McCorkle P’15
Mr. & Mrs. James McManus P’96
Ms. Janet Meleney
Annie & David Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Murad
Mr. Nathaniel Parsons ’75
Mr. Peter Raff ’71
Mr. Steven Ricci &
Ms. Rhea Tannenbaum
Mr. William Ritter ’50
Mr. Mark Robinson ’63
Mr. M. Jack Rudnick ’66
Molly Russo P’78
Ms. Georgien Schoofs GP’08, ’12, ’15
Mr. Thomas Seamon
Mr. Patterson Sims ’66
Mr. Harlan Strader Jr. ’70
T. Rowe Price Program for
Charitable Giving
Target Corporation
Mr. Warner G. Vaughan ’66
Mr. Albert Waterhouse ’75
Mr. Carter White P’86, ’89
Ms. Natalie Winne P’18
Mr. Stephen Wood ’74 &
The Braewold Fund
Mr. James Wurst & Ms. Rosa Rivera P’16
Ms. Janine Young ’87
Hands-to-Work Society
Since Darrow’s inception, students have
helped sustain the community by actively
participating in Hands-to-Work. Each
member of the community contributes to the
success of the School. The Hands-to-Work Society comprises alumni, parents, and friends
who contribute to the Darrow community
with gifts of $100–$249.
Anonymous (2)
Robert Abbott P’81
Rodger & Susan Abel P’09
Ms. Donna Aitoro
Mary & Stephen Auzenne ’71
Mrs. Nancy Ballenger P’75
Mrs. William Baltz P’78
Alison L. Baxter
Ms. Elizabeth Bean ’14
Donald deB. Beaver
Samuel D.T. Bieber ’05
Mr. David Blake ’65
Ms. Wendy Brennan ’74
Mr. Jim Brooks Jr. ’60
Ms. Enid Brownstone GP’16
Mr. Joseph Buck ’41* &
Mrs. Martha Buck
Parker Burroughs ’67
Ms. Nancy Dunn Byers ’75
Mr. David S. Campbell ’53
Mrs. Douglas Campbell W’53
Suzanne Campbell
Ms. Katherine Cholakis-Kolysko ’06
Jonathan Clement & Barbara Hawn P’09
Mr. George S. Cobb ’56
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Cohen P’16
R. Scott Conant ’70
Marty Conn ’56
Ms. Elaine Cooper P’17
Ms. Eva Cooper GP’08
Mr. & Mrs. Marshall Cooper P’08, ’12, ’15
Douglas Currie ’64
Mr. Mark A. Curry ’65
Mr. Raymond Davis
Mr. Alfredo Del Valle ’83
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Diamond P’87
Mr. Evan Downey
David & Evelyn Dufresne
Ms. Linda J. Durfee ’72
Ms. Nancy Dutton
Dr. & Mrs. Ralph Earle Jr. P’87
Mr. & Mrs. William Earley P’16
Mr. Peter Ehrlich
Mr. Richard Ely II ’67
Mr. & Mrs. David Fabiano P’02
Mr. Sean Fagan &
Ms. Jean O’Neil P’07, ’10
Dr. & Mrs. Stuart Fass P’99
David Felmly & Kristin Leesment P’06
Mr. James A. Finney III ’71
Mr. & Mrs. David Forster P’08
Jeffrey Fox ’67 & Mary Beth Fox
Ms. Roberta Fox GP’18
Dr. Stuart A. Fox ’42, P’67
Mr. William Franks ’64
Mr. Michael Fuchs &
Ms. Myra Jacobs P’16
Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Gagnon P’17
Mr. & Mrs. Earl Gagnon GP’17
Ms. Erin Gerrity ’05
Ms. Cheryl A. Gesregan P’94
John Gette ’59
Mr. William O. Gette ’62
Mr. & Mrs. Nelson S. Gifford P’77
Mitch Globe P’13, ’16
Mr. Michael E. Graupner ’68
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Grew P’83
Mr. Stephen Griffing III ’70
Mr. Paul S. Gundlach ’71
Ms. Ingrid Gustavson
Lori Friedland Guttman ’73
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Hallowell P’82
Mr. Hargreaves Heap III ’55
Mr. Joseph Hefta & Ms. Stacey Giordano
Cyrus Henry Jr. ’49
“Nick” Heyniger ’48
Dr. Lansing C. Hoskins ’46
The Hon. William H. Hudnut III ’50
Ms. Katie P. Humes ’76
Katherine W. Jarrett P’88
Kate Johansen
Helen “Bitsy” Joline
Mr. & Mrs. Aldred Jones GP’17
Mr. Matthew Kirsch P’18
Lawrence & Sarah Klein
Mr. Harold Knox ’66
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Kranz GP’15
Mr. Thomas Laabs-Johnson ’67
Ms. Andrea Lamm P’16
Mr. T. Harry Lang Jr. ’62
M. Edward S. Lansing ’39*
Mary Elizabeth Lansing
Mr. William Le Mon ’50
Mr. Benjamin Levine ’61
Mr. & Mrs. James Low P’15
Mr. George J. Lyford ’54
Matt & Maggie Malatesta
Mr. Gilbert Manchester ’62
Mr. Derrick Mancini &
Ms. Elizabeth Gardner P’15
Ms. Susan Maney P’11
Ms. Roslyn Mann P’03
Mr. Efrem Marder P’98, ’01
Janice Martin
Ms. Pamela Martin
Mr. Norman McCracken
Robert T. McLean ’50
Mr. Robert Merrow ’66
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Meyer P’11
Dr. & Mrs. Louis Michaliski GP’18
Mr. Thomas Miner Jr. ’63, P’97
Loren Mintz ’53
Mr. Allen F. Moench ’54
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Monsky P’12
Moore & Van Allen, PLLC
Mr. Tim Mulcahy ’73
Margaret Sarles &
Richard Newfarmer P’05
Mr. George L. Norton ’67
Annual Report 2014–2015
Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Nunley
Kate O’Brien ’85
Ms. Marian Ottaviano P’78
Ms. Anne E. Paddock ’72
Mr. Arthur A. Parks ’57
Ms. Dominique Paul ’10
Andy Pemberton ’08
Raymond M. Polley ’53
Mr. Eric H. Pookrum ’71, P’89
Joel & Marianna Priest
Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Prignano P’88
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Robins P’15
Dr. & Mrs. Chester Robinson GP’03
Mr. Michael M. T. Romanow ’74
Mrs. Joan Root
Mr. Stanley W. Root Jr. ’41*
Mr. Frank S. Rosenberg ’62
Drs. Jeffrey & Karen Ross
Mr. Stuart Rothkopf P’84, ’88
Dr. & Mrs. Harry Roy P’87
Mr. Ian Ruderman
Mr. Roy Russell &
Ms. Marcelle Fung P’17, ’18
J. Wood Rutter
Ms. Virginia A. Ryan Douglass ’79
Ms. Crysta Ryan
Mr. Andrew Schain ’72
Mr. Schneiter
Mrs. Marian Schwaikert P’71
Lauren Seif ’04
Thomas E. Severn ’63
Mr. W. Travis Shedd ’04
Mr. John Sherer ’07
Nancy Slamin P’08
Mitchell Slotkin ’58
Mr. E. Lee Smith ’64
Mr. & Mrs. Procter Smith III
Mr. Edward R. Smitkin Jr. ’66
Mr. A. Keith Spence ’71
Mr. John W. Stewart ’48
Mr. Harlan Strader Jr. ’70
Ms. Elizabeth Strickler
Jane F. Taylor P’05
Ms. Linda Taylor
Mr. Alex Tedeschi & Dr. Kathryn Oh P’17
Mr. & Mrs. Clark Thomson
Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin C.
Tilghman GP’13, ’18
Mr. William Tyler ’68
Ms. Belgica Urbaez P’06
Mr. Trevor Vasey ’76
Mr. John Way ’67
Ms. Adria Weatherbee P’16
Ms. Pamela Weatherbee GP’16
Carol & Rob Williams
Mr. John Willis Jr. ’55
Mr. Brian Winne P’18
Mr. David D. Wood ’42
Mr. & Mrs. James Wood P’74 &
The Braewold Fund
Mr. Oliver G. Wood ’47
Mike Wozniak ’11
Contributors
Anonymous (3)
Mr. Nathan Abel ’09
Mr. Carl Akin ’58
Ms. Isabella Anastasio ’15
Mr. Thomas Atkin ’60
Ms. Marjorie Aulisio GP’12
Ms. Onyinyechi Awobue ’15
Mr. & Mrs. John Baird
David Ballenger ’75
Mr. Thomas Barclay ’72
Mr. Jesse Barovick ’15
BREAKDOWN BY GIVING CLUBS
GIVING CLUB AND DOLLAR RANGE TOTAL DOLLARS TOTAL DONORS
Wickersham Associates, $10,000+
$140,389 11
Heyniger Society, $5,000–$9,999
$97,339 17
Tannery Circle, $2,500–$4,999
$76,348 25
Whittaker House Assoc., $1,000–$2,499
$83,766
69
Head of School Circle, $500–$999
$37,705
67
Center Family Society, $250–$499
$24,053 82
Hands-to-Work Society, $100–$249
$20,051 164
Contributors
TOTAL
$5,169155
$484,820 590
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Freecause, Inc./OneCause
Ms. Linda Goldstein Frickman ’74
Ms. Oakley Frost ’15
Eugene Gaddis &
Alison Lane-Reticker P’07
Mr. Brad Gewehr &
Ms. Blythe Hamer P’14
Michael Glovsky
Deborah S. Gordon P’04
Dr. & Mrs. Howard Gordon P’84
Ms. Cynthia Gray
Mr. Laurence M. Hagar ’51
Ms. Allison Hall P’17
Hannaford Helps Schools
Ms. Natalie Haviland ’15
Lauree & Gregory Hickok
Mr. & Mrs. Alexander C. Hoffman GP’12
Ryan Holt ’94 & Tara Holt
Mr. Jonathan Horwitz ’60
Herbert B. Hudnut Jr. ’49
Ms. Ayla Hull ’15
Mr. & Mrs. Dallas Hull P’15
Mr. John R. Hultgren ’70
Mr. Ryunosuke Ishida ’15
Mr. C. Peter Junker ’70
Ms. Dana Katz
Mr. James Keipper P’99
Marlyn McGary Klee P’85
Mr. Eli Kraftowitz ’15
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Kulp GP’18
Mr. R. T. Towner Lapp ’62
Mr. Donald M. Laronge ’51
Mr. Thomas Laurent
Ms. Adrienne Lazes
Rob & Lisa Leary P’10
Mr. Roy Leinfuss ’80
Ms. Kathleen Leisure
Ms. Joanna Lightburn
Miss Anne C. Beach ’72
Mr. Stuart Beard ’79
Ms. Maia Beckwith ’15
Mr. Noel Bell ’05
Mr. James Bennett P’09, ’11
Mr. & Mrs. John Biancheri Sr. P’88
Mr. Benjamin Blinken ’15
Ms. Katryn Broido ’04
Mrs. Laura Byers P’74
Ralph & Sarah Carey
Mr. Julian Catalan Carpenter ’15
Ms. Karen Cavanagh P’14 &
Mr. John Mason
Bill Chastka’71
Mrs. Maureen Conway P’83
Ms. Emily Cooper ’08
Ms. Megan Cooper ’15
Caleb Corliss
Mr. Lewis Cowardin
Ms. Diane Dauer
Anne De Coster P’76
Marissa Lee de Gregoriis ’75
Mr. Matthew Demsky ’15
Mr. Valentin Denin ’15
Kieran Dennis ’03
Douglas Donnellan ’78
Ms. Stephanie Drake ’12
Mr. David J. duFresne ’99
Elijah James Dunn ’04
Mr. Sidney Dunn ’09
Ms. Zoë Dunn ’06
Mr. Jonathan W. Ely ’68
Mr. Xuezhi Feng ’15
Mr. & Ms. Garnet Foster P’16
Liz & Dennis Fougère
Mrs. Miriam K. Fredenthal P’59
Ms. Sarah Frederick &
Mr. Ryan Frederick
Ms. Amanda Low ’15
Mr. Anthony Mack ’51
Ms. Lucia Mancini ’15
Mr. & Mrs. Louis E. Manfre P’98
Ms. Olivia Mannarino ’15
Ms. Marta Manning ’99
Mr. & Mrs. Marshall
Mr. Kenneth Mayers
Mr. Daniel McCorkle ’15
James K. McGhie ’71
Mr. Trevor McKee ’05
Mr. Samuel McNally ’15
Merck Foundation
Mr. John Merritt Jr. ’75
Arnold E. Messner
Ms. Zenab Minhas ’15
Morgan Stanley
Ms. Kyle Widmer Morris
Mr. & Mrs. Perry Moss P’15
Mr. Steven Moss ’15
Ms. Jennifer Munt
Mr. Lewis Murdock Jr. ’50
Drs. Lawrence & Danielle Mutty P’79
Seth O’Bryan & Julie Pasternack
Mr. Theodore T. Odell ’40
Mr. Timothy O’Donoghue ’11
Chris Ouellette
Mr. William Parsons ’65
Mr. James Peltz & Dr. Ruth Smalley P’18
Mr. Matthew L. Piazzi ’95
Ms. Maia Porcaro ’15
Judith A. Powers P’10
Mr. Stephen Purington
Ms. Jennifer Pytleski
John F. Remington ’54
Mr. Lee Romanow P’74
Ms. Zoë Rosemond ’15
Mr. & Mrs. James Russell P’18
Joelle Russo
Mr. Richard Sackett P’11
Peter & Ann K. Seidman P’02
Ms. Hannah Seserman ’15
Mr. Michael Seserman P’15, ’19
Mr. August Shah ’15
Dr. Laura Siegel GP’16
Ms. Nancy Sjoberg GP’17
Christopher & Martha Slocombe
Ms. Kathryn Smith ’09
Ms. Wanci Song ’15
Ms. Nicole Speranzo ’15
Broome Spiro & Penny Wilson P’11
Mr. Zhanxiang Sun ’15
Thomas A. Tift, Jr.
Ms. Linda Tishman ’78, P’15
Ms. Alexis Vargas ’15
Mr. Alex Vaughn ’58
John Villinski
Deborah M. Vittone
Sherry & Fred Wells III ’67
Raleigh Werberger
Ms. Jenelle Williams ’05
Mr. & Mrs. R. Wilson Wilmer P’95
Mr. Gerald Wilmot ’70
Ms. Shirley Winne GP’18
Mr. Peter Wolcott ’56
Harriet Wollman P’85
Mr. Andrew Wrba
Ms. Li-Wen Yu ’15
Legacy Society
The Darrow School Legacy Society
members listing can be found on
page 34.
RESTRICTED AND UNDESIGNATED GIFTS
Mr. Peter Lynch &
Ms. Blaine Ryan-Lynch P’09
Ms. Lisa Reich P’16 & the Henry & Anne
Reich Family Foundation Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Henry L. Savage Jr. ’59
Advancement Travel 2014–15
Ms. Alexa Seip ’74 & Mr. Tom Seip
Artist in Residence
Mr. & Mrs. Bartlett Paulding P’89
Event Sponsorships
Robert J. Glovsky ’69
Facilities
Ian Gifford ’77 & The Fleetwing
Charitable Foundation Trust
Timothy P. Moore ’78
Faculty Community Building
Mr. Simon Holzapfel
Financial Aid (not endowed)
Ms. Patricia Hite
Joan & Denton Hopper ’62
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Planned Giving Marketing
and Communications
Mr. & Mrs. Errol Glasser P’07
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Warner ’60
Hands-to-Work
Friends of Blaine Ryan Lynch
Professional Development
Ms. Sharon Kennedy &
Mr. Joseph Budge P’10
Ms. Alexa Seip ’74 & Mr. Tom Seip
James W. & Martha B.
Neumeister Fund for Faculty
Professional Development
Mr. and Mrs. James Neumeister P’94
Solmssen Faculty Award
Mr. Hans Solmssen ’55
John K. Henne Spring Term
Scholarship
John K. Henne Charitable Trust
PEG BOARD FALL/WINTER 2015–16
Spring Term 2015
HuaHua Shadow Puppets
Mr. Andrew Duvall III ’62
Mr. Edward Groth III ’62
Mr. Gilbert Manchester ’62
Special Operations
Unrestricted
Anonymous
Student Community-Building
Mr. Simon Holzapfel
Technology
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Cholnoky P’13, P’18
Linda Tishman ’78, P’15 & the Alfred
L. Morse & Annette S. Morse
Foundation
Wickersham Classroom Furniture
Lisa & David Lewis
Annual Report 2014–2015
ANNUAL GIVING BY CONSTITUENT GROUP
2014–2015 Trustees
Mrs. Jennifer Cholnoky P’13, ’18
Ms. Valle Dwight ’75
Mr. Errol Glasser P’07
Mr. Paul Gundlach ’71
Mr. Thomas Hallowell ’82
Mr. Samuel Harper ’74
Mr. Daniel Holt ’92
Mr. Robert Kee ’71
Ms. Sharon Kennedy P’10
Mr. Christian M. Masters ’82
Mr. H. Barton Riley
Mr. Peter Rosemond ’70, P’15
Mr. Mark Russell ’73
Mr. Earl Samson III ’76
Mr. Henry L. Savage Jr. ’59
Mr. Laurence Van Meter
Mr. Peter Wadsworth ’72
Mr. Robert Warner ’60
Alumni
Anonymous (6)
M. Edward S. Lansing* ’39
Mr. Theodore T. Odell ’40
Mr. Joseph Buck* ’41
Mr. Stanley W. Root Jr.* ’41
Dr. Stuart A. Fox ’42, P’67
Mr. David D. Wood ’42
Dr. Lansing C. Hoskins ’46
Mr. Oliver G. Wood ’47
George W. Chase ’48
“Nick” Heyniger ’48
Mr. Peter Milton ’48
Mr. Roger Steckler ’48
Mr. John W. Stewart ’48
Mr. John Wolfe ’48
Mr. W. James Harman II ’49
Cyrus Henry Jr. ’49
Herbert B. Hudnut Jr. ’49
Mr. James B. Baker ’50
The Hon. William H. Hudnut III ’50
Mr. William Le Mon ’50
Alan Mayers ’50
Robert T. McLean ’50
Mr. Lewis Murdock Jr. ’50
Mr. William Ritter ’50
Mr. Laurence M. Hagar ’51
Mr. Donald M. Laronge ’51
Mr. Anthony Mack ’51
Mr. Richard I. Lidz* ’52, GP’12
Mr. James M. McLean ’52
Mr. Ronald D. Potier ’52
Mr. David S. Campbell ’53
Tom Chapman ’53
Mr. Herman Fellinger ’53
Mr. Peter B. Frothingham ’53
Mr. Phillips H. Marshall ’53
Loren Mintz ’53
Mr. Norman K. Nicholson ’53
Raymond M. Polley ’53
Dr. William Duncan III ’54, GP’18
Mr. William O. Hopkins ’54
Mr. George J. Lyford ’54
Mr. Allen F. Moench ’54
John F. Remington ’54
Mr. Walter K. Taylor ’54
Mr. Ricker Alford Jr. ’55
Mr. Donal Bahrenburg ’55, P’78
Chuck Booth ’55
Mr. Hargreaves Heap III ’55
Mr. Douglas A. Leslie ’55
Mr. Hans J. Solmssen ’55
Mr. John Willis Jr. ’55
Mr. George S. Cobb ’56
Marty Conn ’56
Mr. Peter Ten Broeck ’56
Mr. Peter Wolcott ’56
Mr. Joseph O. Humphreys ’57
G. Larry Larned* ’57
Mr. Arthur A. Parks ’57
Mr. Bradley Smith ’57
Mr. Carl Akin ’58
Mr. Henry Bird ’58
Mitchell Slotkin ’58
Mr. Alex Vaughn ’58
Charles Dattelbaum ’59
John Gette ’59
Mr. David R. Kamenstein Jr. ’59
Henry L. Savage, Jr. ’59
Pete Wilmot ’59
Mr. Thomas Atkin ’60
Mr. Jim Brooks Jr. ’60
Mr. Willis S. DeLaCour Jr. ’60
Mr. Jonathan Horwitz ’60
Mr. Stafford W. Keegin ’60, P’99
Mr. Owen A. Kelly Jr. ’60
Mr. Lawrence K. Pomeroy ’60
Mr. Peter Ruth ’60
Mr. Edwin V. Selden ’60
Mr. Robert C. Warner ’60
Mr. Sloan Auchincloss ’61
Mr. Donald L. Blumenthal ’61
Mr. Charles W. Currie ’61
Mr. Charles H. Detwiller III ’61
Mr. Charles P. Emerson Jr. ’61
Mr. Stephen Isom ’61
Mr. Benjamin Levine ’61
Mr. Oliver B. Taylor ’61
Mr. William Anthony Jr. ’62
Mr. David Benson ’62
Mr. Thomas Bird ’62 & ’63
Mr. Andrew B. Duvall III ’62
Mr. William O. Gette ’62
Rev. Peter J. Gorday ’62
Edward Groth III ’62
Mr. Denton S. Hopper ’62
Mr. T. Harry Lang Jr. ’62
Mr. R. T. Towner Lapp ’62
Pierre Loomis ’62
Mr. Gilbert Manchester ’62
Mr. Frank S. Rosenberg ’62
Carl M. Sharpe ’62
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Mr. A. Grant Bowry ’63
Mr. Thomas Miner Jr. ’63 P’97
Mr. Mark Robinson ’63
Thomas E. Severn ’63
Douglas Currie ’64
Mr. William Franks ’64
Mr. Robert L. Harding ’64
David King ’64
Mr. E. Lee Smith ’64
H. Bronson Smith ’64
Mr. Drew Barringer ’65
Mr. David Blake ’65
Mr. Mark A. Curry ’65
Wilson H. Faude ’65
Mr. Andrew Fuller ’65
David Groth ’65
Mr. Scott Hommel ’65
Mr. William Parsons ’65
Mr. David H. Dickson ’66
Ken Hilton ’66
Mr. Harold Knox ’66
Mr. Robert Merrow ’66
Mr. M. Jack Rudnick ’66
Mr. Patterson Sims ’66
Mr. Edward R. Smitkin Jr. ’66
Mr. Warner G. Vaughan ’66
Mr. A. Pierce Bounds ’67
Parker Burroughs ’67
Mr. Richard Ely II ’67
Jeffrey Fox ’67
Mr. Wolcott T. Hinchey ’67
Mr. Thomas Laabs-Johnson ’67
Mr. George L. Norton ’67
Mr. John Way ’67
Fred Wells III ’67
Thayer West ’67
Mr. James Whitin ’67
Mr. Alan N. Wiegand ’67
Jeff Davis ’68
Mr. Jonathan W. Ely ’68
Mr. Bradford A. Gardner ’68
Mr. Stephen T. Golding ’68
Mr. Thomas D. Gorday Jr. ’68
Mr. John P. Gratiot ’68
Mr. Michael E. Graupner ’68
Mr. Richard Oliver ’68
Dr. Sydney W. Schneidman ’68
Mr. William Tyler ’68
Mr. Robert J. Glovsky ’69
Mr. Thomas C. Hills ’69
David Campbell ’70
R. Scott Conant ’70
Mr. Russell Curry ’70
Mr. Stephen Griffing III ’70
Mr. Christopher T. Howes ’70
Mr. John R. Hultgren ’70
Mr. C. Peter Junker ’70
Mr. Sterling Pile III ’70
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Mr. Peter Rosemond ’70, P’15
Mr. Harlan Strader Jr. ’70
Mr. Gerald Wilmot ’70
Stephen Auzenne ’71
Bill Chastka ’71
Mr. Daniel deMenocal Jr. ’71
David Falck ’71
Mr. James A. Finney III ’71
Mr. W. Law Fotterall III ’71
Mr. A. King Francis ’71, P’87, ’89
Mr. Paul S. Gundlach ’71
William R. Horowitz ’71
Mr. Robert Kee ’71
Mr. William Lloyd Makepeace ’71
James K. McGhie ’71
G. Scott Milnor ’71
Mr. Eric H. Pookrum ’71, P’89
Mr. Peter Raff ’71
Mr. A. Keith Spence ’71
Mr. Thomas Barclay ’72
Miss Anne C. Beach ’72
David A. Cantor ’72
Dr. Ethan Dmitrovsky ’72
Ms. Linda J. Durfee ’72
Mr. John M. Erb ’72
Mr. William A. Hintermister ’72
M. Barton Laws, PhD. ’72
Kirk B. Leone ’72
Ms. Anne E. Paddock ’72
Mr. Andrew Schain ’72
Mr. Peter S. Wadsworth ’72
Ms. Sadie Burton-Goss ’73
Lori Friedland Guttman ’73
Mr. David R. Halperin ’73
Mr. Jonathan K. Hart ’73
Mr. Tim Mulcahy ’73
Ms. Susan Cole Niederhoffer ’73
Mr. Mark Russell ’73
Ms. Wendy Brennan ’74
Ms. Linda Goldstein Frickman ’74
Mr. Samuel Harper ’74
Mr. Adam Kriveloff ’74
Mr. Jeffrey Mayer ’74
Mr. Phil O’Donoghue ’74
Mr. Michael M. T. Romanow ’74
Mr. Matthew W. Sears ’74
Ms. Alexa Clay Seip ’74
Mr. Stephen Wood ’74
David Ballenger ’75
Ms. Nancy Dunn Byers ’75
Marissa Lee de Gregoriis ’75
Ms. Valle E. Dwight ’75
Ms. Anita Jenkins ’75
Mr. John Merritt Jr. ’75
Mr. Nathaniel Parsons ’75
Mr. Stephen M. Rudy ’75
Mr. Albert Waterhouse ’75
Mr. Timothy Waters ’75
Angela Hawkins ’76
Ms. Katie P. Humes ’76
Mr. Earl Samson III ’76
Mr. Trevor Vasey ’76
Hamilton “Tony” Dodge Jr. ’77
Ms. Susan Drucker ’77
Mr. James Ehrlich ’77
Dwight Howes ’77
Douglas Donnellan ’78
Mr. Fred Leinfuss ’78
Tim Moore ’78
Mr. Gregory Perkins ’78
Christopher Russo ’78
Ms. Linda Tishman ’78, P’15
Mr. Stuart Beard ’79
Ms. Virginia A. Ryan Douglass ’79
Mr. Richard Everett III ’79
Ms. Margaret Biggar ’80
Mr. Russell Halley ’80
Mr. Roy Leinfuss ’80
Burke Jones ’81
Mr. Thomas S. Auray ’82
Mr. Thomas B. Hallowell ’82
Mr. Christian Masters ’82
Mr. Oscar Morgenstern Jr. ’82
Ms. Lydia Sussek ’82
Mr. Alfredo Del Valle ’83
Mr. Peter Gordon ’84
Kate O’Brien ’85
Mrs. Kristin Kilgore Kuntz ’86
Mr. Jason C. Gish ’87
Ms. Janine Young ’87
Mr. Patrick Murray ’89
Mr. Dan Holt ’92
Ryan Holt ’94
Ms. Natalie Lawrence ’95
Mr. Matthew L. Piazzi ’95
Mr. David J. duFresne ’99
Ms. Marta Manning ’99
Ms. Margaret L. Sweet ’01
Kieran Dennis ’03
Ms. Katryn Broido ’04
Elijah James Dunn ’04
Lauren Seif ’04
Mr. W. Travis Shedd ’04
Mr. Noel Bell ’05
Samuel D.T. Bieber ’05
Robert Castro ’05
Ms. Erin Gerrity ’05
Mr. Robert Greifeld ’05
Mr. Trevor McKee ’05
Ms. Jenelle Williams ’05
Jonathan D. Bookbinder ’06
Ms. Katherine Cholakis-Kolysko ’06
Ms. Zoë Dunn ’06
Mr. John Sherer ’07
Mr. Eric Brown ’08
Ms. Emily Cooper ’08
Mr. Nathan Abel ’09
Mr. Sidney Dunn ’09
Ms. Kathryn Smith ’09
Sam Carton ’10
Ms. Dominique Paul ’10
Mr. Timothy O’Donoghue ’11
Mike Wozniak ’11
Ms. Stephanie Drake ’12
Anderson Lidz ’12
Mr. Charles Coan ’13
Ms. Elizabeth Bean ’14
Ms. Isabella Anastasio ’15
Ms. Onyinyechi Awobue ’15
Mr. Jesse Barovick ’15
Ms. Maia Beckwith ’15
Mr. Benjamin Blinken ’15
SUMMARY OF
GIFTS TO
DARROW SCHOOL
ANNUAL FUND
Trustees$66,950
Alumni$235,452
Current Parents $50,895
Parents of Alumni
$72,099
Current Grandparents
Faculty /Staff Other Individuals
$17,736
$4,133
$33,083
Organizations$4,342
Non-attributable/Other$130
Annual Fund Total
$484,820
CAPITAL & RESTRICTED
Restricted Gifts
Financial Aid
(non-endowed funds)
$223,390
$25,127
Endowments$134,000
growing.greener$9,100
(pledge payments)
Capital Gifts
$3,174,884
Capital & Restricted Total $3,566,501
Total Annual & Capital
Contributions
$4,051,321
Mr. Julian Catalan Carpenter ’15
Ms. Megan Cooper ’15
Mr. Matthew Demsky ’15
Mr. Valentin Denin ’15
Mr. Xuezhi Feng ’15
Ms. Oakley Frost ’15
Ms. Natalie Haviland ’15
Ms. Ayla Hull ’15
Mr. Ryunosuke Ishida ’15
Mr. Eli Kraftowitz ’15
Mr. Gibbs LaMotte ’15
Ms. Amanda Low ’15
Ms. Lucia Mancini ’15
Ms. Olivia Mannarino ’15
Mr. Daniel McCorkle ’15
Mr. Samuel McNally ’15
Ms. Zenab Minhas ’15
Mr. Steven Moss ’15
Ms. Maia Porcaro ’15
Ms. Zoë Rosemond ’15
Ms. Hannah Seserman ’15
Mr. August Shah ’15
Ms. Wanci Song ’15
Ms. Nicole Speranzo ’15
Mr. Zhanxiang Sun ’15
Ms. Alexis Vargas ’15
Ms. Li-Wen Yu ’15
2014–2015 Parents
Anonymous (2)
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Barovick P’15
Mr. & Mrs. John Bell P’16
Mr. Jonathan Blinken P’15
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Bruce P’16
Jennifer & Peter Cholnoky P’13, ’18
Ms. Elaine Cooper P’17
Mr. & Mrs. Marshall Cooper P’08, ’12, ’15
Sarah and Tom Crowell P’16
Dr. Duane Dietz P’17
Mr. & Mrs. William Earley P’16
Mr. & Ms. Garnet Foster P’16
Mary H. Frost & Oscar Frost P’13, ’15
Mr. Michael Fuchs &
Ms. Myra Jacobs P’16
Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Gagnon P’17
Ms. Allison Hall P’17
Mr. & Mrs. Dallas Hull P’15
Mr. Matthew Kirsch P’18
Ms. Andrea Lamm P’16
Mr. & Mrs. David H. LaMotte P’15
Julie Farmer & Scott Lazarus P’15
Mr. & Mrs. James Low P’15
Ms. Denise Lutz P’18
Mr. Derrick Mancini &
Ms. Elizabeth Gardner P’15
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Mannarino P’15
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Matican P’16
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Matthews P’18
Mr. & Ms. Peter McCorkle P’15
Alice McNally P’15
Mr. & Mrs. Perry Moss P’15
Dr. Elisabeth Noelke P’17
Ms. Maria Papa P’16
Mr. James Peltz & Dr. Ruth Smalley P’18
Julie and Seth Rachlin P’17
Ms. Lisa Reich P’16
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Robins P’15
Mr. Peter Rosemond ’70, P’15
Mr. & Mrs. James Russell P’18
Mr. Roy Russell &
Ms. Marcelle Fung P’17, ’18
Mr. Michael Seserman P’15, ’19
Ms. Lori Speranzo P’15
Carmen Tal P’15
Mr. Alex Tedeschi & Dr. Kathryn Oh P’17
Ms. Linda Tishman ’78, P’15
Ms. Adria Weatherbee P’16
Mr. Brian Winne P’18
Ms. Natalie Winne P’18
Mr. James Wurst & Ms. Rosa Rivera P’16
Annual Report 2014–2015
Past Parents
Robert Abbott P’81
Rodger & Susan Abel P’09
Mr. John Albers P’05
Jim and Patrice Angle P’14
Mr. Donal Bahrenburg ’55, P’78
Mrs. Nancy Ballenger P’75
Mrs. William Baltz P’78
Jake Bell & Regina Rodwell Bell P’05
Mr. James Bennett P’09, ’11
Mr. & Mrs. John Biancheri Sr. P’88
Mr. & Mrs. Curtis L. Blake P’74
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Bookbinder P’06
Mrs. Laura Byers P’74
Mr. John Carton &
Ms. Wendy Rowden P’10
Ms. Karen Cavanagh P’14 &
Mr. John Mason
Jonathan Clement & Barbara Hawn P’09
Mr. Peter Coan &
Ms. Lauren Mundy Coan P’13
Mr. & Mrs. David Cohn P’10
Mrs. Maureen Conway P’83
Mr. James D. Darby Jr. P’89
Anne De Coster P’76
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Diamond P’87
Dr. & Mrs. Ralph Earle Jr. P’87
Mr. Peter Ehrlich
Mr. & Mrs. David Fabiano P’02
Mr. Sean Fagan &
Ms. Jean O’Neil P’07, ’10
Dr. & Mrs. Stuart Fass P’99
Ms. Nancy Feinberg P’13
David Felmly & Kristin Leesment P’06
Ms. Bryce K. Ferguson P’10
Mr. & Mrs. David Forster P’08
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Fox P’02
Dr. Stuart A. Fox ’42, P’67
Mr. & Mrs. A. King Francis ’71, P’87, ’89
GIFTS IN MEMORY
Darrow School is grateful to alumni,
family, and friends who honor their
loved ones—often Darrow alumni and
former faculty—with gifts to the School.
The following memorial gifts were
made during the 2014–2015 year:
Jonathan Neweill Achilles ’67
Thayer West ’67
Christopher Berliner ’61
Mr. William G. Ewald* ’61
John R. Chase ’48
George W. Chase ’48
William Ewald ’61
Ms. Lise Ewald
Moore & Van Allen, PLLC
Robinson Fredenthal ’59
Mrs. Miriam K. Fredenthal P’59
John Forsythe Joline
Helen “Bitsy” Joline
Annie & Ken Hilton ’66
A. Scott Leake ’62
Mr. A. Grant Bowry ’63
Richard I. Lidz ’52
Mrs. Nancy Wolf & Mr. Robert Wolf*
Casey Lynch ’09
Ms. Patricia Hite
Mr. Peter Lynch &
Ms. Blaine Ryan-Lynch P’09
James “Des” McCracken
Mr. & Mrs. Marshall
Mr. Norman McCracken
Mr. & Mrs. Procter Smith III
Mr. Harlan Strader
Mrs. Nancy Wolf
Ms. Linda J. Durfee ’72
Mr. Peter Ten Broeck ’56
Edward M. McIlvain ’64
Mr. A. Grant Bowry ’63
Mr. David McIlvain
Roger Dardis McNamee
Lauree & Gregory Hickok
Abram Poole ’56
Mr. Peter Ten Broeck ’56
Richard L. Rutter ’65
J. Wood Rutter
Robert Wolf
Ms. Marjorie Aulisio GP’12
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Bookbinder P’06
Barbara & Chuck Booth ’55
Mr. Jim Brooks Jr. ’60
Ralph & Sarah Carey
Mr. John Carton &
Ms. Wendy Rowden P’10
Ann & Doug Clark
Mr. & Mrs. Marshall Cooper P’08, ’12, ’15
Mr. Evan Downey
David & Evelyn Dufresne
Ms. Nancy Dutton
Dr. & Mrs. Stuart Fass P’99
Mary H. Frost & Oscar Frost P’13 P’15
Mr. Francis Greenburger &
Ms. Isabelle Autones P’14
Mr. Joseph Hefta &
Ms. Stacey Giordano
Mr. & Mrs. John Jolly P’07
Lawrence & Sarah Klein
Mr. Charles Loveland III ’62
Janice Martin
Ms. Pamela Martin
Mr. & Mrs. James W. Neumeister P’94
Drs. Jeffrey & Karen Ross
Helen & Henry L. Savage, Jr. ’59
Ms. Alexa Clay Seip ’74 & Mr. Tom Seip
Mr. & Mrs. Richard K. Stover P’91
Jane F. Taylor P’05
Deborah M. Vittone
Mr. Peter S. Wadsworth ’72
Mrs. Nancy Wolf
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Mrs. Miriam K. Fredenthal P’59
Eugene Gaddis &
Alison Lane-Reticker P’07
Mr. Timothy Galvin &
Ms. Ellen Sheppard P’09
Ms. Cheryl A. Gesregan P’94
Mr. Brad Gewehr
& Ms. Blythe Hamer P’14
Mr. & Mrs. Nelson S. Gifford P’77
Mr. & Mrs. Errol Glasser P’07
Mitch Globe P’13, ’16
Deborah S. Gordon P’04
Dr. & Mrs. Howard Gordon P’84
Mr. Francis Greenburger
& Ms. Isabelle Autones P’14
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Grew P’83
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Hallowell P’82
Ms. Alexandra Heddinger &
Mr. Marc Warren P’13, ’14
H. Scott & Linda P. Higgins P’11
Katherine W. Jarrett P’88
Mr. & Mrs. John Jolly P’07
Mr. Jeffrey Jones &
Ms. Elaine Schott-Jones P’03
Mr. Stafford W. Keegin ’60, P’99
Joseph H. Budge &
Sharon A. Kennedy P’10
Mr. James Keipper P’99
Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Killian P’05
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Kulp GP’18
Rob & Lisa Leary P’10
Mr. Stephen Lidz &
Ms. Christine Anderson P’12
Adlyn & Ted Loewenthal P’03
Dr. & Mrs. James Longley P’74
Mr. Peter Lynch &
Ms. Blaine Ryan-Lynch P’09
Ms. Susan Maney P’11
Mr. & Mrs. Louis E. Manfre P’98
Ms. Roslyn Mann P’03
Mr. Efrem Marder P’98, ’01
Mrs. Mary Anne Mayo &
Mr. Stephen Nelson P’03
Marlyn McGary Klee P’85
Mr. & Mrs. James McManus P’96
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Meyer P’11
Mr. Thomas Miner Jr. ’63, P’97
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Monsky P’12
Drs. Lawrence & Danielle Mutty P’79
Mr. & Mrs. James W. Neumeister P’94
Margaret Sarles &
Richard Newfarmer P’05
Dr. Richard A. O’Leary P’11
Ms. Marian Ottaviano P’78
Mr. & Mrs. John Parman P’02
Mr. & Mrs. Bartlett W. Paulding P’89
Judith A. Powers P’10
Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Prignano P’88
Mr. Lee Romanow P’74
Ms. Ann Rothenberg P’10
Mr. Stuart Rothkopf P’84, ’88
Dr. & Mrs. Harry Roy P’87
Molly Russo P’78
Mr. Richard Sackett P’11
Mrs. Marjorie Schmid P’71
Mr. Sam Schmidt &
Ms. Amanda Powers P’14
Mrs. Marian Schwaikert P’71
Peter & Ann K. Seidman P’02
Mr. Frank Siciliano &
Ms. Abby Notterman P’10
Mr. Clifford Shedd III &
Ms. Michelle Miller Shedd P’04
Nancy Slamin P’08
Mrs. Deborah K. Solbert P’77
Broome Spiro & Penny Wilson P’11
Lore Squier P’78, ’82, GP’10
Raymond F. & Carolyn A. Strecker P’06
David & JoEllen Sweet P’01
Jane F. Taylor P’05
Ms. Belgica Urbaez P’06
Mrs. Mary F. Wadsworth P’72
Mr. & Mrs. Evan Weisman P’14
Mr. Carter White P’86, ’89
Mr. & Mrs. R. Wilson Wilmer P’95
Mr. Robert B. Wilson P’93
Harriet Wollman P’85
Mr. & Mrs. James Wood P’74 &
The Braewold Fund
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Wozniak P’11
Murray J. Yudin P’80
Former Trustees
Robert Abbott P’81
Mr. James B. Baker ’50
Mr. David Benson ’62
Ms. Margaret Biggar ’80
Mr. Richard Bookbinder P’06
Mr. A. Grant Bowry ’63
Mr. Jim Brooks Jr. ’60
Mr. Richard K. Brown
Ms. Sadie Burton-Goss ’73
Ann Clark
Perry Cohen
Mr. Charles W. Currie ’61
Mr. Charles H. Detwiller III ’61
Dr. William Duncan III ’54, GP’18
Ms. Valle E. Dwight ’75, P’11
David Falck ’71
Anne Fass P’99
Mr. William Franks ’64
Mr. Andrew Fuller ’65
Mr. Bradford A. Gardner ’68
Mr. Robert J. Glovsky ’69
Mr. John P. Gratiot ’68
Edward Groth III ’62
Angela Hawkins ’76
“Nick” Heyniger ’48
William R. Horowitz ’71
Dwight Howes ’77
Ms. B. Holliday H. Hudimac
Herbert B. Hudnut Jr. ’49
The Hon. William H. Hudnut III ’50
Mr. Stafford W. Keegin ’60, P’99
Mr. Richard I. Lidz* ’52, GP’12
Mr. James McManus P’96
Loren Mintz ’53
Mr. James W. Neumeister P’94
Ms. Susan Cole Niederhoffer ’73
Mr. Richard W. Nunley
Mr. Ronald D. Potier ’52
Mr. Michael M. T. Romanow ’74
Mr. Frank S. Rosenberg ’62
Mr. Mark Russell ’73
Ms. Alexa Clay Seip ’74
Mr. Clifford Shedd III P’04 &
Ms. Michelle Miller Shedd P’04
Mrs. Deborah K. Solbert P’77
Mr. Hans J. Solmssen ’55
Mr. Harlan Strader Jr. ’70
David Sweet P’01
Ms. Margaret L. Sweet ’01
Mr. Robert C. Warner ’60
Mr. Alan N. Wiegand ’67
Anne Heyniger Willard
Mr. Robert B. Wilson P’93
Mr. Oliver G. Wood ’47
Current and Past Grandparents
Mr. & Mrs. Ernie Anastasio GP’15
Ms. Marjorie Aulisio GP’12
Mr. Richard Barovick GP’15
Ms. Enid Brownstone GP’16
Ms. Luella Buono GP’17
GIFTS TO PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED ENDOWMENT FUNDS
A. Scott Leake ’62 Scholarship
David Benson ’62 & the Benson Foundation
Mr. Frank Rosenberg ’62
Mr. Joseph Coffee Jr. ’62
Class of 1961 Scholarship
Sloan Auchincloss ’61
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Currie ’61
Mr. William Ewald* ’61
Edward M. McIlvain ’64 Scholarship
Mr. David King ’64
Mr. Thomas Armistead ’64
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Hoopes Family Faculty Award
B. Holliday H. Hudimac & the SunTrust Foundation
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Marjorie Hirschberg Scholarship
for the Performing Arts
Mr. Richard Tauber
Mrs. Katherine C. Moore P’78
Richard Moore
Tim Moore ’78
Mercy Ewing ’75 Endowed
Art Scholarship
Ms. Cathy Foote-Fish ’75
David Ballenger ’75
Quasi (unrestricted) Endowment
Mr. G. Larry Larned Jr.* ’57
Mr. Abram Poole Jr.* ’56
The Darrow Endowment
Earl A. Samson III ’76
The John A. Hartford Foundation, Inc.
Warren A. Gardner Scholarship
Mrs. Diane Gardner P’68
Mr. Bradford A. Gardner ’68
Mr. & Mrs. John Lemery
William Travis Shedd ’04
Scholarship
Mr. Clifford Shedd III & Ms. Michelle Miller Shedd P’04
Mrs. Mary Catherine Miller GP’04
*deceased
Annual Report 2014–2015
Ms. Dorothy Cholnoky GP’13, ’18
Ms. Eva Cooper GP’08, ’12, ’15
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Daly GP’18
Ms. Roberta Fox GP’18
Mr. & Mrs. Earl Gagnon GP’17
Mr. & Mrs. Alexander C. Hoffman GP’12
Mr. & Mrs. Aldred Jones GP’17
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Kranz GP’15
Mr. T. Harry Lang Jr. ’62, GP’14
Dr. & Mrs. Louis Michaliski GP’18
Dr. Peter Mudge GP’14
Dr. & Mrs. Chester Robinson GP’03
Ms. Georgien Schoofs GP’08, ’12, ’15
Ms. Sayre Sheldon GP’12 &
Mr. Ridge Morgan
Dr. Laura Siegel GP’16
Ms. Nancy Sjoberg GP’17
Pat and Nick Speranzo GP’15
Lore Squier P’78, ’82, GP’10
Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin C.
Tilghman GP’13, ’18
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Tishman P’78, GP’15
Ms. Pamela Weatherbee GP’16
Ms. Shirley Winne GP’18
Ms. Susan Wolfe GP’16
Mrs. Dudley Woodbridge GP’05
Current and Former Faculty
Anonymous (3)
Ms. Donna Aitoro
Ms. Marjorie Aulisio GP’12
Mr. John Baird
Tim Barclay
Mr. Andrew Barnett
Alison L. Baxter
Donald deB. Beaver
Mr. James Bennett P’09, ’11
Mr. Richard K. Brown &
Ms. Anita Loose-Brown
Sam Carton ’10
Amy & Michael Clarke
Perry Cohen & Brooke Bull
Caleb Corliss
Ms. Diane Dauer
Mr. Evan Downey
Elijah James Dunn ’04
Ms. Nancy Dutton
Mr. Sean Fagan &
Ms. Jean O’Neil P’07, ’10
Liz and Dennis Fougère
Ms. Sarah Frederick
Mary H. Frost P’13, ’15
Melissa Gardner
Mitch Globe P’13, ’16
Michael Glovsky
Ms. Cynthia Gray
Ms. Ingrid Gustavson
Ms. Alexandra Heddinger P’13, ’14
Mr. Joseph Hefta & Ms. Stacey Giordano
Ms. Jamie Hicks-Furgang
Mr. Simon Holzapfel
Ms. B. Holliday H. Hudimac
Kate Johansen
Ms. Dana Katz
Lawrence Klein
Mr. Thomas Laurent
Ms. Adrienne Lazes
Lisa Leary P’10
Ms. Kathleen Leisure
Ms. Joanna Lightburn
Matt & Maggie Malatesta
Ms. Janet Meleney
Arnold E. Messner
David Miller
Ms. Kyle Widmer Morris
Ms. Jennifer Munt
Mr. Richard W. Nunley
Seth O’Bryan & Julie Pasternack
Chris Ouellette
Joel & Marianna Priest
Mr. Stephen Purington
Ms. Jennifer Pytleski
Mr. Steven Ricci
Mr. H. Barton Riley
Mr. Ian Ruderman
Joelle Russo
Ms. Crysta Ryan
Mr. Thomas Seamon
Christopher & Martha Slocombe
Mr. & Mrs. Procter Smith III
Ms. Elizabeth Strickler
Don Sutherland
Steve Swenson
Dick Tauber
Ms. Linda Taylor
Mr. & Mrs. Clark Thomson
Thomas A. Tift, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Laurence Van Meter
John Villinski
Deborah M. Vittone
Raleigh Werberger
Craig Westcott & Kenly Brozman
Mrs. Nancy Wolf
Mr. Andrew Wrba
Friends of Darrow
Anonymous
Mrs. Douglas Campbell W’53
Suzanne Campbell
Mr. Lewis Cowardin
Mr. Raymond Davis
Lauree and Gregory Hickok
Paul N. Houston
Helen “Bitsy” Joline
Mary Elizabeth Lansing W’39
Lisa & David Lewis
Janice Martin
Ms. Pamela Martin
Mr. Kenneth Mayers
Mr. Norman McCracken
Mr. David McIlvain
Gretchen & Jay Riley
Mrs. Joan Root
Drs. Jeffrey & Karen Ross
J. Wood Rutter
Mrs. Harriet H. Savage
Mr. Eugene Schofield
Alan & Kristi Strahler
Mr. & Mrs. George Wailand
Anne Heyniger Willard
THANK YOU!
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ADVANCEMENT
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Shedd Family Donates New Endowed Scholarship Fund
The Darrow School Advancement Department is honored and grateful to add a new
endowed scholarship fund to a diverse list
of funds that enable deserving students to
pursue a Darrow education.
The William Travis Shedd Class of 2004
Endowed Scholarship Fund has been established by Travis’s parents, Michelle Miller
Shedd P’04 and Clifford Shedd III P’04, and
his grandmother Mary Catherine Miller GP’04,
in his honor and in appreciation of his many
accomplishments as a student and teacher at
Darrow. The scholarship will be awarded to a
Darrow student with demonstrated financial
need.
“With four sons, we learned that the challenge is to fit the school to the child, not the
reverse,” said Cliff Shedd in announcing the
fund. “Travis, though very capable, was struggling in large competitive schools in Houston,
and having a tough time. When he left his
admissions interview at Darrow, he said, ‘Well,
that place sure deserves consideration.’ He
was right. Darrow fit Travis like a warm, comfy
glove, because Darrow is all about finding
and nurturing the divine gift in each child. It’s
about personalization, not pressurization. For
a parent, Darrow is easy to love.”
Darrow offers a broad range of endowed
scholarship funds, aimed at helping students
with demonstrated financial need and specific
talents and abilities. These include:
A. Scott Leake ’62 Endowed Scholarship
Established by Richard Leake P’62 and
other family members and friends in memory of A. Scott Leake ’62, this scholarship is
awarded to a student with a particular affinity
for Hands-to-Work and/or athletics.
Ron Calloway ’67 Scholarship
Awarded in memory of Ron Calloway ’67, an
exceptional student and school leader, who
applied the education and leadership skills
he learned at Darrow to his career of serving
others as a social worker. The scholarship was
established by Ron’s wife, Deborah Calloway,
to help a student—especially one supported
by the Boys’ Club of New York or other group
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Jacobs Endowed Scholarship Fund
The Jacobs Endowed Scholarship Fund
was established in honor of Seth Jacobs ’89
by his parents, Susan and Henry D. Jacobs Jr.,
in appreciation for the success Seth experienced as a result of his studies and accomplishments at Darrow.
Clifford Shedd III and Michelle Miller Shedd P’04
(above), and Mary Catherine Miller GP’04, have
established the William Travis Shedd Class of 2004
Endowed Scholarship Fund in his honor and in
appreciation of Travis’s many accomplishments as a
student and faculty member at Darrow.
serving disadvantaged children—with an
interest in a career in the service professions.
Class of 1961 Scholarship
Created by the Class of 1961 in conjunction with their 40th Reunion, this scholarship
honors the Darrow faculty who gave them the
structure, guidance, and education that made
a difference in their lives.
Edward M. McIlvain ’64 Endowed
Scholarship
Established with a bequest from the late
Edward McIlvain ’64, and enhanced through
generous gifts of family and friends, this
scholarship is awarded to a student who best
exemplifies the qualities of vitality, integrity,
and courage.
Warren A. Gardner Scholarship
Established by trustee emeritus Bradford
Gardner ’68 and other family members and
friends in memory of his father, Warren, this
scholarship is awarded to students with
demonstrated financial need.
Harry W. Willis ’69 Endowed Music Fund
This award provides for up to $500 toward
the cost of musical instruction, whether instrumental or vocal, for a Darrow student from any
class who shows proven ability and interest in
music.
Mahnken Endowed Scholarship Fund
Established through the donations of
alumni, this scholarship honors Harry Mahnken’s dedicated service to Darrow as athletic
director and coach. It is awarded to a student
who provides important leadership through
good sportsmanship and strong performance
in Darrow’s athletic program.
Marjorie Hirschberg Scholarship
for the Performing Arts
Established by Tim Moore ’78 in memory
of former Darrow theater director Marjorie
Hirschberg, this scholarship is awarded to a
returning student who is making a significant
contribution to the performing arts program.
Mercy Ewing ’75 Endowed Art Scholarship
Established by Katie Humes ’76, a close
friend of Mercy Ewing ’75, this scholarship
honors the memory of Ewing and her sense
of adventure and artistic talent by providing
aid to a returning student with demonstrated
interest and talent in the arts.
Stover Scholarship Fund
Established by Holly and Richard Stover
P ’91, parents of Richard “Kit” Stover ’91, this
scholarship is awarded to a student who is
from Berkshire or Columbia County. In the
case that no students meet the latter qualification, the scholarship is awarded as needed.
To learn more about Endowed
Scholarship Funds at Darrow visit
our website at www.darrowschool.
org and click on “Support Darrow”
and “Endowments.”
You can also contact Lawrence
Klein, Director of Institutional Advancement, at kleinl@darrowschool.
org or (518) 794-6031.
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Two New Members Elected to Board of Trustees
At the December 2015 meeting, the Darrow
Board of Trustees elected two new members:
Patrice Pisinski Angle P’14 and Bob Greifeld ’05.
With a professional background in the
field of energy and renewables, Patrice was
impressed by Darrow whenever she would
visit the Mountainside, particularly by its
Hands-to-Work and sustainability programs.
Her son, Spencer Pisinski, was a member of
the Class of 2014.
Active in many civic and community organizations, Angle has spent a career in marketing
communications, serving as press advance for
two U.S. presidents and as marketing director
for renewable energy for another U.S. president
and his Secretary of Energy. She is currently
working in real estate in the metro Washington,
D.C., area. She is a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill
and has done graduate work at George Washington University.
“Darrow has an individualized approach for
student learning,” she said, “but it is also very
structured and allows students to grow. It was a
very good opportunity for my son and for other
students to be able to find themselves as they
set out for college.”
Patrice Pisinski Angle P’14
Bob Greifeld ’05
Bob Greifeld graduated from Darrow in
2005. A New Jersey native, he lives in New
York City and is studying theater at The New
School.
“The New School gives me a kind of similar
vibe as Darrow did,” he said. “It’s for people
who are comfortable finding their own way
and looking for someting a little different. That
resonates with me.”
Greifeld’s decision to join the board, he
said, was motivated in part by his mother, who
had served as a board member. “My family
has stayed involved with the School since I
graduated,” he said. “It’s always been a really
nurturing, supportive environment and, when
I had the chance to give something back, I
didn’t think twice.”
Our Generous Donors Get the Picture
Bart and Connie Paulding ’89 have made
another generous gift to the visual arts at
Darrrow in memory of their late son Nathan
Paulding ’89.
In addition to sponsoring the Nathan Paulding ‘89 Memorial Artist in Residence Program,
and donating an EPSON Stylus Pro 7900 digital
printer in 2012, they recently made a gift of
$2,000 to the program, enabling the purchase
of four Canon DSLR camera kits, the Rebel T5.
The kits came with the camera, a bag, and two
lenses, and have already been used for two
classes: Animation in the fall and Introduction to
Digital Photography in the spring.
“Without these cameras, neither of these
classes would be possible,” said film and video
teacher Patrick Toole. “I had several students
who took the class and did not own their own
cameras. They would not have been able to
take the classes if Darrow had not been given
the funds to purchase the cameras. These
students are now some of the most gifted and
hard-working photographers in my class.”
When the Communications Office was in
need of new camera equipment at the start
of the school year, former staff and board
member Holly Hoopes Hudimac came to the
rescue, donating a brand new Canon EOS 70D
DSLR kit.
“Almost every picture in this issue of Peg
Board was taken with the camera, lenses, and
accessories that Holly donated,” said Steve
Ricci, Director of Communications and editor
of Peg Board. “And the new camera also has
video capability, which we did not have before.”
The Darrow School Advancement Office
would like to thank our generous donors for
helping us “focus” on the “big picture.”
Recent donations of camera equipment to the
Visual Arts Department and the Communications
Office have substantially improved the film
and video curriculum (including courses like
Animation and Introduction to Film, taught by
Patrick Toole—pictured above with students Louis
Roberts ’18 and Max Sidell ’18) and Darrow’s
publications and online images.
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Molly Russo: A Husband, a Son, a Legacy
Molly Russo W’51, P’78 was born in
London and attended college there as a
Spanish major before moving to Madrid,
where she worked as an interpreter
and translator, and as a secretary. A
few years later, she emigrated to the
U.S., eventually settling in New York
City and finding a job. One day at work,
while having lunch in the cafeteria, she
noticed that there was only one other
person in the room, so they introduced
themselves. The other person was Tony
Russo, Class of 1951, and he and Molly
would be married for 57 years.
When Molly and Tony were engaged
in 1955, the first place he took her was to
Darrow, where he introduced her to Mr.
Lamb Heyniger, Mr. Charles Brodhead,
Molly Russo, a member of
Darrow School’s Legacy
Society, at her home in New
Canaan, CT
and other members of the community who had
influenced him. “It impressed me so much that
I was very ready to turn my son over to Darrow
when the time came,” she recalls.
Their son is Christopher Russo ’78, who is
a nationally syndicated radio and television
sports commentator better known as “Mad
Dog.” A pioneer in the field of sports talk radio
in the ’90s, Chris is today the host of his own
radio show, Mad Dog Sports Radio, on Sirius­
XM, and also the host of the cable television
show, High Heat, which appears on the MLB
Network. (Chris was profiled in the fall 2013
issue of Peg Board.)
Legacy Society Members
The Darrow Schoool Legacy Society recognizes those who have generously included Darrow in their estate planning.
Anonymous
Mr. William F. Arnold Jr.* ‘48
Mr. James Baker ‘50
Mr. Thomas Barclay ‘72
Mr. Drew Barringer ‘65
Miss Anne C. Beach ‘72
Mr. A. Grant Bowry ‘63
Mr. Thomas Bull* ‘47
Ms. Sadie Burton-Goss ‘73
Mr. D. Eugene Callender II ‘58
Mr. David Campbell ‘53
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Clarke
Mr. Hamilton Dodge Jr. ‘77
Dr. William Duncan III ‘54 GP’18
Mr. Bruce Eskew ‘64
Dr. Stuart & Mrs. Anne Fass P’99
Mr. Herman Fellinger ‘53
Mr. Charles W. D. Gayley* ‘44
Mr. John O. Gette ‘59
Earl “Peb” Gilbert* ‘68
Dr. Samuel W. Golden IV* ‘72
Mr. John Gratiot ‘68
Mr. David Groth ‘65
Mr. Edward Groth III ‘62
Estate of Hope R. Groth*
Mr. Paul Gundlach ‘71
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Mr. David Halperin ‘73 & Ms. Carol Schifman
Mr. Michael Hardiman ‘75
Mr. William H. Hays III ‘63
Mr. Hargreaves Heap III ‘55
Dr. Kenneth Hilton ‘66
Mr. Christopher Howes ‘70
Rev. William Hudnut III ‘50
Mr. & Mrs. John Joline III*
Mr. T. Harry Lang Jr. ‘62
Dr. M. Barton Laws Jr. ‘72
Mr. Roy Leinfuss ‘80
Ellen & Douglas Leslie ‘55
Mr. & Mrs. Richard* Lidz ‘52, GP’12
Mr. Alan Mayers ‘50
Ms. Abby Mayou P’03
Mrs. Campbell McComas ‘47
Ms. Frances McCurry
Mr. Edward M. McIlvain* ‘64
Ms. Janet Meleney
Ms. Eugenia Murray ‘89
Ms. Susan Cole Niederhoffer ‘73
Mr. Edward Overton*
Mr. Arthur Parks ‘57
Mr. Gregory Perkins ‘78
Mr. Raymond Polley ‘53
Mr. Abram Poole Jr.* ‘56
Mr. Wallace Powers Jr. ‘36
Mrs. Edith S. Quintana*
Mr. Peter K. Raff ‘71
Mrs. Claire A. Rantoul*
Mr. John B. Rhodes Sr.* ‘42
Mr. Stanley Root Jr.* ‘41
Mr. Henry Rosenthal* ‘41
Vera Molly & Anthony M. Russo* ’51, P’78
Ms. Alexa Seip ‘74 & Mr. Tom Seip
Mr. Edwin V. Selden ‘60
Mr. H. Arthur Smith* ‘40
Mr. & Mrs. Orin* Soest ‘44
Mr. Hans Solmssen ‘55
Mr. John Stewart ‘48
Dr. I. Donald Stuard* ‘52
Mr. David S. Thompson* ‘35
Mr. Warner Vaughan ‘66
Mr. Peter Wadsworth ‘72
Mr. Robert Warner ‘60
Mr. & Mrs. James T. Whitin ‘67
Mrs. Marion Whyte* P’61, P’64
Mr. Alan Wiegand ‘67
Mr. William R. Windsor* ‘58
Nancy & Robert Wolf*
*deceased
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Plan your
giving online...
Chris Russo ’78, Tony Russo ’51 (who passed away in August 2013), and Molly Russo. In his eulogy
for his father, Chris recalled the opportunity Tony gave him to attend Darrow, saying, “...when Dad
left his only child at the Mountainside in September 1974, it was one of the best things he ever did.”
(Photo courtesy of Molly Russo)
Molly says Chris was lost in the huge
public schools near their Long Island
home and needed the kind of individualized attention a small, independent
school like Darrow could provide. Having visited his father’s alma mater as a
child, Chris was familiar with the School
and its campus, and he thrived when he
became a student.
“Chris loved it at Darrow, and I can
see why,” she said, noting that he de­vel­
oped an affinity for sports early on, particularly for tennis, at which he excelled.
She also said it was at Darrow that he
began to show an interest in broadcasting, and he liked to walk around using a
pencil as a faux microphone to interview
classmates and teachers.
“There’s something about it that draws
you in. I think it’s the Shaker history and
the enthusiasm of the teachers,” she
said. “It’s the kind of thing you don’t find
in public schools.”
Today, Molly is equally as passionate
about what Darrow does for students
like Tony and Chris as she was when
she first set foot on the Mountainside
more than 60 years ago. “What’s impressed me most is how much Darrow
has grown and prospered since I first
saw the School,” she said. “Darrow has
always been very near and dear to my
heart,” she said.
In order to ensure that Darrow continues providing an unparalleled education
for future generations, Molly has joined
the Darrow School Legacy Society
Darrow has always been very
near and dear to my heart.
I would encourage people
to remember Darrow in their
estate, and to leave some
money to the School so that it
can continue to grow. It was
a very easy decision to make,
and a very easy process to do.
—Molly Russo
Darrow’s gift-planning website
offers you the guidance needed to
make an informed decision about
your charitable giving options. Find
out more about how to designate
Darrow as the beneficiary of:
•
•
•
•
•
Simple bequests
Trusts
IRA disbursements
Real property gifts
Tangible personal property gifts
...and many more
For more information, please
contact Lawrence Klein, Director
of Institutional Advance­ment
and General Counsel, at kleinl@
darrowschool.org or (518) 794-6031.
and included the School in her estate
planning.
“I would encourage people to remember Darrow in their estate, and to leave
some money to the School so that it can
continue to grow,” she said. “It was a
very easy decision to make, and a very
easy process to do.”
If you are thinking of making a
planned gift, please consider Darrow
and visit our website to learn more
about planned giving.
If you would like more information
about joining the Darrow School Legacy
Society, or have any questions, please
contact Lawrence Klein, Director of
Institutional Advancement and General
Counsel, at [email protected] or
(518) 794-6031.
http://darrowschool.giftplans.org
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Alumni Notes includes news received prior to January 15, 2015. To have your update included in our summer issue, please send news
and photos to Steve Ricci, Editor, 110 Darrow Road, New Lebanon, NY, 12125, or email [email protected] by June 30, 2016. In
the interest of space, only class years for which we have news are listed.
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Wallace Powers Jr.
(860) 442-7965
Wallace Powers Jr. spoke with Director of
Institutional Advancement Lawrence Klein
in early January, to learn about what’s been
happening at the School this year. Lawrence
reports that Wally, who, at age 97 is Darrow’s
oldest known alum, is in fine spirits and
asked about the Great Stone Barn. Lawrence
is hoping to visit Wally in the spring to
personally deliver a plaque recognizing his
membership in the Legacy Society.
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Class agent needed
Head of School Simon Holzapfel and Alexa
Seip ’74 got together with Frank Kittredge
on Maryland’s Eastern Shore in November.
Frank attended Darrow for a few months
as an eighth-grader, living with his older
brother while their parents were traveling
in Europe. He attended Hotchkiss for high
school and Yale for his undergrad, and is an
active class agent for both. He said he loved
his time at Darrow because he got to live
with older boys, and shared stories about
his work selling industrial and power plants
for GE in the ’60s–’80s in Africa and the
Middle East. Frank is a solid supporter of the
arts in his community of Easton, MD.
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Lambert Heyniger
[email protected]
John Wolfe has been a longtime resident of
Alaska and is hoping to connect with other
Darrow folks in the state. Several years ago,
he submitted a detailed and rich transcript of
his memories of Darrow in the 1940s.
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Alan Mayers
[email protected]
Robert McLean is a retired environmental
lawyer and art dealer. At Reunion last June,
he participated in the painting activity,
and, during a recent visit to his home
in Loudonville, NY, by Head of School
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Simon Holzapfel, Robert showed his
most prized artwork and ceramic pieces.
Robert had been a postgrad student
at Darrow for one year before going to
Hamilton College. His brother, Jim, is a
member of the Class of 1952. Robert
recalled liking faculty members Charles
Brodhead, John Van Vorst, and Lamb
Heyniger, as well as his time in Ann Lee.
During his career as an environmental
lawyer for NY State, he brokered a deal
to make a large conservation area near
LaGuardia Airport. Bob has two children.
His daughter is nearby in the Albany, NY,
area and involved in local politics, as is her
husband. Bob’s son is a “renaissance man”
who is interested in medicine (traditional
and Chinese), art, and other business
endeavors.
Speaking of Norm Nicholson, Darrow will be
seing him and his wife, Nancy Hewett, when
they return to the Mountainside this semester
for their annual visit with history, French, and
other classes. Watch our eNewsletters and
Facebook posts for updates.
Whether at his summer house in James­
town, RI, or wintering in Stuart, FL, where
he met up with Simon Holzapfel and
Lawrence Klein, Bill Ritter says he plays a
lot of golf and bridge. He is doing well and
has four grandchildren, two of whom are
already through college.
From left: Don Bahrenburg ’55, Head of
School Simon Holzapfel, Tom “Mat”
Miner ’63, P’97, and Director of
Institutional Advance­ment Lawrence
Klein in Sarasota, FL
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Jim McLean met recently with Simon
Holz­apfel and Lawrence Klein at a café
near his home in Tampa, FL. Jim was in
the Navy, and spends lots of time at the
local air base. He said he wants to find
ways to make positive social impact and to
volunteer time more than just “entertaining
himself” in retirement.
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Don Bahrenburg (see photo above) and
Tom “Mat” Miner ’63, P’97 caught up with
Simon Holzapfel and Lawrence Klein at
breakfast in Sarasota, FL, in January. Don
was on campus for his 60th Reunion last
June, which was a trip down memory lane:
“a road I traveled, which made me the
person I am today,” as Don describes it.
Mat is on the board of a local elder housing
nonprofit, and is doing well and enjoying
retirement. His son, Jamie ’97, lives in New
Jersey.
Peter Frothingham
[email protected]
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Peter Frothingham wrote last July, “I am
having a rare birthday party this year as I
reach a milestone. Our trip to Scandinavia
and Russia last year was very pleasurable.
I continue to be active in environmental
matters and as a volunteer with hospice.”
Peter and his wife ElVida took a trip to
Seattle from their home in Odell, OR,
for a Darrow gathering in November. He
mentioned classmates Tom Chapman and
Norm Nicholson.
Martin Conn
[email protected] or [email protected]
Peter Wolcott writes that he is still living half
the year in Melbourne, Australia, and half
in Leelanau County, Michigan. He traveled
to Madagascar last year for a two-week,
intensive birding trip. “I returned to the USA
for a bad heart diagnosis resulting in triple
bypass surgery,” he said, “but, I am now
recovering and planning a hiking trip in
Patagonia in late March.”
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Henry Bird
[email protected]
Charles Detwiller III
[email protected]
Class agent Chip Detwiller is working to
organize the class’s 55th Reunion. He keeps
up with Darrow happenings, and says his
wife Carly’s travel agent work is “going
gangbusters.”
Mitch Slotkin ’58 (center) and David
Kamenstein ’59 (right) had lunch recently
with Simon Holzapfel and Lawrence Klein
at the Palm Beach Yacht Club.
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Henry L. Savage Jr.
[email protected]
Last fall, Simon Holzapfel caught up with
John Gette on the phone. John said he was
grateful for the scholarship he got when he
was here and for how Darrow played a key
role in his getting into the College of William
& Mary for undergrad. He commented that
he loves how the Peg Board looks.
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Jim Brooks Jr.
[email protected]
Ben Levine, who was with Bill Ewald when
he passed away last summer, wrote a
moving reflection about Bill, including their
time together at Darrow, which he shared
with Bill’s family and many of the Class of
1961. About their 50th Reunion in 2011, Ben
wrote, “Bill became the class unifier, quietly
and diligently drawing us all together.”
Kazutane Sohma was fortunate to escape
harm during the typhoon that ravaged
northeast Japan in September. After Simon
Holzapfel sent an email to check in on him,
Kazu wrote back saying there had been
pouring rain for several days, but they were
only left with a large pool on the golf course.
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Edward “Ned” Groth III
[email protected]
Class Agent Ned Groth has moved to
Boston, where his wife, Sharon Begley, has
taken a job with the Boston Globe. He says,
“The address in Pelham still works; we still
own the house and our daughter lives there.”
Jim Brooks and his wife, Mimi, moved
to Old Say­brook, CT, last summer. Jim is
a consistent attendee at Darrow events,
and we hope to see him and Mimi at our
southern New England gatherings this
spring.
James Mithoefer has been named a PA
(physician’s assistant) at Southwestern Ver­
mont Medical Center Express Care, walk-in
treatment center. He has degrees from
Northeastern and Cornell Universities.
When you see students and teachers
writing on the walls of the new Performing
Arts Center (and other places) coated
with special “white-board” dry-erase paint
called IdeaPaint, you can thank Duncan
Henderson, who provided the connection.
He was talking with Assistant Head of
School Craig Westcott during Reunion 2015,
and one thing led to another, and now we
capture ideas and collaborate more than
ever. Duncan also has ideas about new
lockers when we get to upgrading the
athletic areas of the Dairy Barn.
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Rik Ehmann
[email protected]
R. Schuyler Bridgman
[email protected]
During a dinner in Coral Gables with Simon
Holzapfel and Lawrence Klein, John Blake
(next column, top), shared his interest in
Latin American politics, Chinese history,
Cuba, and competitive shooting. He is still
actively running his insurance firm. He met
his wife, who is German, in Venezuela, when
their families worked for Philip Morris.
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Patterson Sims
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Director of Alumni Relations Alexandra
Heddinger met with David Webster at his
apartment in New York City, across from
Washington Square Park, where he lives with
his husband, activist and playwright Larry
Kramer. They talked about planning for the
Class of 1966’s 50th Reunion in June. David
would like to get more active in organizing
the event, along with Patterson Sims and
Jay Townsend. David hopes to make it to the
Mountainside soon for a day of contacting
classmates and encouraging them to come.
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Pierce Bounds
[email protected]
Thomas Laabs-Johnson
[email protected]
Alan Wiegand continues to split his time
between his homes in Dorset, VT, and Vero
Beach, FL. Former Head of School Nancy
Wolf says she sees Alan and his wife, Marcia
Holland, at events for the many nonprofits
Alan and Marcia support in southern
Vermont, including the United Counseling
Service’s Barn Sale, where Nancy joined
Marcia as a volunteer, and social events of
the Southern Vermont Health Foundation,
where Alan is on the board.
John Sielski and his partner Jim Dozmati,
former restaurateurs in Northampton, MA,
now run Greens Treat Suites, a small bed
and breakfast, and Greens Treat CSA, in
the Pioneer Valley. A CSA (community
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supported agriculture) is a farm that partners
with members of the public, who prepay
for a share of the farm’s produce, and then
receive a weekly box of fresh vegetables
during the season. From their webpage:
“We continue producing food with the same
hand tools used by John’s parents and
grandparents on their respective Whately
farms. One of the smallest CSA farms, we
offer one of the largest varieties of herbs,
flowers, vegetables, and fruit with an
individualized service for people wanting
the highest quality produce conveniently.”
More at online at bit.ly/1OclJdl.
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Stephen Golding
[email protected]
Paul Gundlach
[email protected]
William Tyler continues to work in sales
for GlobalFoundries, the world’s third
largest micro­processor component firm.
He said he’s on the road most days each
week—which occasionally brings him near
campus—and says he’ll stop by one day. He
added that his time at Darrow was important
to him and that he cherished it.
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Kevin O’Neill
[email protected]
Peter Stephens
[email protected]
On their trip to Asia last summer, Simon
Holzapfel and Lawrence Klein met with
Basil Lampier (pictured above) at his home
in Macau, where they were joined by his
wife and toddler son. Basil said he liked
his time at Darrow, and hopes to be back
on the Mountainside for his 50th Reunion,
just a little over a year away. He currently
works doing community development. A
highlight of Simon’s and Lawrence’s trip was
when Basil bought them treats at a local
Portuguese bakery.
George Norton has moved from Little
Rock, AR, to Pensacola, FL, where he
teaches English as a Second Language at
the University of West Florida part-time to
foreign exchange students. His wife, Janie,
is employed at the Naval Hospital.
Pierce Bounds is back in Carlisle, PA, fulltime, now that his wife, Donna, has retired.
Pierce, though also retired, is still on call
for photo work at Dickinson College, and
is on their Reunion committee. His older
daughter is a grad of Pitt ’12 and has joined
the Dickinson family in the Theater/Dance
Department as costume manager. His
younger daughter is at the University of
South Carolina.
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Charlie Erker got together with Simon
Holzapfel and Lawrence Klein in Naples
during their trip through Florida in January.
He is recently retired from PNB Bank, where
he was in cash management. He has lived
in Naples for many years and says he likes
being outdoors.
Thanks to Bob Glovsky who celebrated a
milestone birthday this past year. In lieu of
presents, Bob asked friends and family to
make a gift to Darrow in his honor.
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John Hultgren
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After 20 years in ESE (Exceptional Student
Education for special learners) Stephen
Griffing has retired. He writes, “I still work in
Alaska’s Bering Sea Commercial Fishing. Eat
wild salmon.”
John Hultgren has been an emergency
responder for many years, and was recently
honored with an award for his work and
service. He writes, “I am very humbled
and honored to receive the Kentucky EMS
Above and Beyond Award at the Kentucky
EMS Awards Banquet. Thank you! This
means a lot, and I really appreciate it!”
When visiting Law Fotteral (above, left) at
his home in Vero Beach, FL, Lawrence Klein
(above, right) and Simon Holzapfel were
treated to a round of croquet. Law stays in
touch with several classmates, including
Michael Flomen, Nick Crumm, and Bill
Makepeace, as well as Peter Raff, whose
wedding Law attended.
Michael Flomen continues to split his
time between New York City and Quebec,
Canada. He has several projects under way
and was recently nominated for the 2016
Scotiabank Photography Award. His wife
had her first gallery show in NYC at a gallery
in Chelsea. Michael recently got together
with Nick Crumm and said Nick surfs a lot,
runs a construction company in New York,
and spends time in Montauk.
Peter Raff also keeps in touch with Nick
and he works with Nick’s construction
firm from time to time doing high-end
residential construction in NYC. He’s also
been working for a restaurant group out
of Greenwich, CT, which runs the Wuji’s
restaurants, including one in Scarsdale,
NY. Peter is building his own ski house in
Dorset, VT, and said he saw former Head
of School Nancy Wolf for dinner nearby. In
early fall, he hung out with Law Fotterall
in Maine and also spent time on Martha’s
Vineyard with Bill Makepeace. Bill and MJ
continue to call Boulder, CO, home, and
now have a place in Mexico, south of Baja,
instead of staying on their boat, as they
have for many years.
David Falck spends time in Maine each
summer and is often joined by Darrow
friends. In August, Alexa Seip ’74 and her
husband Tom were there with David and his
wife, Sally.
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At Peter Raff’s
suggestion, we
connected with
Eric Gold, who
is a renowned
gunsmith. He
is based in
Flagstaff, AZ,
where he has
lived since
he graduated
from Darrow.
A master
engraver, he views himself not as a “gun
person,” but as an artist. Business is good,
and he’s booked with work years ahead. This
photo is a sample of his talented etching.
King Francis hosted a get-together at his
home in Pittsfield, MA, following a concert
performance by the Darrow Performance
Group at the Made in the Berkshires event
in October. (For more on the gathering,
see page 46.) Classmates Bob Kee and
Paul Gundlach were there, and the group
is working with others, including Keith
Spence, on plans for their 45th Reunion in
June.
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Ethan Dmitrovsky has moved to Houston
and is now at the University of Texas MD
Anderson Cancer Center.
Bart Laws is a faculty member at Brown
University School for Public Health. He is a
medical sociologist who studies patientdoctor communication and working through
the Affordable Care Act’s initiative to make
medicine delivery more efficient. His work
is largely funded by grants and his project
will take a few years to complete. During
lunch with Simon Holzapfel and Lawrence
Klein, he remembered his time at Darrow
fondly.
Paul Gilfillan continues to enjoy
retirement and writes, “I have frequently
been visiting family in North Carolina, as
well as seeing my children who live in
Chicago and New York City. I also work
part-time in my town as a voting registrar,
and if that’s not enough, I recently
enrolled in a music theory class at a local
community college.”
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David Halperin
[email protected]
John Keeshan is vice-president at Simp­
son Spence Young, the world’s largest
independent shipbroking group, in Stam­
ford, CT. John was a four-year senior, and
his cousin is Peter Gerster ’69.
Yoshiaki Bannai (above, center) connected
with Simon Holzapfel and Lawrence
Klein in Japan last summer. After Darrow,
Yoshiaki did grad work at Stanford and he
is president of the Stanford Club of Tokyo.
He serves on the Board of the Emerson
Electronic Corp. and has a few start-up
tech ventures in education. His cousin
is Kazu Sohma ’61. He would like to see
Darrow have gatherings or a club for
Japanese alumni.
Susan Cole Niederhoffer recently
caught up with Simon Holzapfel. She told
him about her time at Darrow and her
friendship with Alexa Seip ’74, and recalled
teachers and reading Ayn Rand. Susan has
four children, the youngest of whom is a
senior in college, as well as a nine-year-old
stepson. For many years, Susan has served
on several boards at the schools where her
children were students.
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Kate Sargent
[email protected]
Jeffrey Mayer’s son is a senior in high
school and has been applying to colleges
(including early decision at Santa Clara, a
nearby California university). Jeff stays in
touch with classmate Chris Organ in Texas
and would be happy to meet anytime we
are out his way. He also reports that he lost
his yearbook in a house fire a while ago.
Alexa Seip is now on the board of the
Wye River Upper School in Easton, MD,
where she lives. She and her husband,
Tom, spent two weeks on their boat
in Maine in August. It was a great trip and
they met up with David Falck ’71, and his
wife, Sally. Alexa has also been riding her
horse and competing. Alexa and Tom plan
to spend the winter on Braes Island in South
Carolina.
George MacDonell (above, center) was
happy to catch up with Simon Holzapfel
and Lawrence Klein during their recent
trip to Florida. George has a high-end
landscape architecture business, Integrated
Landscape Architecture, in Naples, FL. His
two daughters are both grown and through
college.
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Marisa Lee deGregoriis
[email protected]
Valle Dwight has been named Director
of Development and Communications
for the Association for Community
Living, an organization in the Pioneer
Valley of Massachusetts for residential
and community services for people with
intellectual disabilities. Previously she had
served for four years as Development
and Communications Manager for
the association’s Whole Children and
Milestones programs in Hadley, MA. Under
her leadership, Whole Children was a
top-three fundraiser in Valley Gives, the
community online giving day, for three years
running. She has also spearheaded the
organization’s Disability Awareness Pioneer
Award. Before joining Whole Children in
2011, Valle had a long career as a writer
and editor for magazines, newspapers,
and websites, including Disney magazine,
the Daily Hampshire Gazette, and Great
Schools. She served Darrow’s Board of
Trustees from 2011 through 2015, was on
the Board of Directors of Whole Children
from 2005 to 2011, and was chair of the
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special education Parent Advisory Council
in Northampton. Recently, her son Aidan
was featured in a Boston Globe article about
the college experience for students with
intellectual disabilities, which really captured
his personality and drive. Aidan had often
joined Valle and her husband—fellow alum
Phil O’Donoghue ’74—on the Darrow
campus for reunions and to visit his brother,
Tim O’Donoghue ’11, for soccer games,
famiy weekends, theater productions, and
other events. Read the article online at
bit.ly/1QAeC4S.
He continues to work at Xerox, performing
diagnostic tests on the iGen4. “My daughter,
Kate, just got back from Swaziland in Africa
after spending two months there at an
orphanage compound where she taught the
kids, created the curriculum, and did a few
‘Hands-to-Work’ tasks around the school.
She’s definitely doing her part to make a
difference,” he said. Brian also told us he’s
been practicing drums to jam with alums in
the new recording studio at Reunion in June.
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Linda Tishman ’78, P’15 with Simon
Holzapfel.
Dwight Howes
[email protected]
Hamilton “Tony” Dodge Jr. writes, “Semiretirement has been good! Still working with
troubled kids and their families. Merrilee and
I plan on attending my 40th in 2017. I hope
more of our classmates will come this year.”
Stephen Rudy (above, right) caught up
recently with Simon Holzapfel at Steve’s
office at 21st and Broadway in New York
City. Steve is the CEO of Gradian Health
Systems, a not-for-profit medical device
maker. He has a son in Harvard Medical
School and another who is a senior at
the University of Washington. His wife is
studying to be a docent at the Metropolitan
Museum of Art in New York City. Stephen,
who visited the Mountainside last summer
for his 40th Reunion, recalled working on the
yearbook when he was at Darrow.
In October, David Cole ’78 (pictured above)
was married to Mami Imanishi in Japan,
where he has been living and working
for many years. His sister, Susan Cole
Niederhoffer ‘73 (center) was there for the
celebration.
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Brian Burkhart
[email protected]
Class Agent Brian Burkhart (pictured below
with Alex Heddinger and Simon Holzapfel
during a recent visit to Darrow) is planning
for the Class of 1976’s 40th Reunion in June.
Dwight Howes ’77 (above) stopped by the
Mountainside recently to say hi to Alex
Heddinger. Dwight was in the area visiting
his daughter at Colgate University.
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Burke Jones
[email protected]
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Orrin Schonfeld
[email protected]
Kari Wishingrad
[email protected]
Alicia Platt Messing writes, “I moved to
Nairobi in August 2014 and am teaching
at the International School of Kenya and
continue to teach in the elementary school,
working with learning-support students. I
find living in Kenya amazing. Besides the
proliferation of wild animals, the people and
the climate are incredibly agreeable. My
daughter has entered high school this year
and hopes to graduate from ISK. Check out
my blog at nachosinnairobi.wordpress.com.”
We usually catch up with Linda Tishman
P’15 in New York City, but she happened
to be in Florida during Darrow’s recent
gathering, so she had dinner in Tampa with
Simon Holzapfel (who was also her son
Ben Blinken’s ’15 advisor for three years)
and Director of Institutional Advancement
Lawrence Klein.
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Kenneth Bruno had lunch with Simon
Holzapfel in late October. Ken lives near
Petersburgh, NY, 30 minutes from Darrow,
and said he drives by every once in a while.
He said he enjoyed his time at Darrow
and credits it for getting him ready for
college. Currently, he is General Council
and Director of Human Resources at CMA
Consulting, a firm that provides systems
integration, software products, managed
and professional IT services.
the gathering in Boca Raton, as it was close
to Delray Beach, where he is located. He
thanked Craig again for some Darrow maple
syrup Craig had given him a few years
ago. Steve had actually given it to fellow
alum Brewster Minton ’83 (see ’83 news).
Brewster had invited Steve on a fishing trip,
and Steve gave him the syrup to use when
they cooked the fish they caught.
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Whoops! We apologize for a mistake in the
summer 2015 Peg Board note about Chris
Klein. The caption stated that he served in
Iran. He wrote, “That’s probably a typo; I’ve
never served in Iran (in fact, no U.S. diplomat
has since 1979). I have served in Iraq.”
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Brewster Minton (pictured above, center,
with Simon Holzapfel and Lawrence Klein)
has made a career of deep-sea fishing,
taking groups out on the water for fishing
trips and teaching fly and spey casting.
He splits his time between Naples, FL,
(where this photo was snapped) and South
Hampton, NY, where he says he “can
throw a Frisbee from my backyard into the
bay.” Brewster said he currently holds the
title of “second-most accurate flycaster
in North America.” He recalled pulling
many “harmless pranks” without being
caught during his time at Darrow, including
switching the license plates of faculty
automobiles and lining the Wickersham
bell with foam so that it was inaudible
when it was rung for breakfast. Brew was
the Hands-to-Work prefect, succeeding
Tom Hallowell ’82. He added that he liked
Darrow, and that after graduation he’s
“gone fishin’ ever since,” with stints as a
restauranteur and gym owner.
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David Kidd
[email protected]
Steven DeVito recently shared memories
with Assistant Head of School Craig
Westcott, about living in Medicine,
where Walter and Cheryl Moore were
houseparents. Steve had hoped to make
Constance (Connie) Englert (née John
Englert) has recently moved her startup
transportation management firm to
Shel­burne Falls, MA. TrueNorth Transit
Group specializes in rural and regional bus
services, providing access and support
to isolated and at-risk communities. The
company was recently awarded a major
MassDOT contract for scheduled intercity
service. Connie’s business has become
one of the largest transgender-owned
professional service providers in New
England. She says, “Thanks all!”
John Bergin (above, right), the gracious
proprietor of the Cherry Street East
restaurant and pub in New Canaan, CT,
took time out of a busy lunch service in
December to host Darrow’s Lawrence
Klein and Director of Communications
Steve Ricci, who had stopped by with their
guest Molly Russo W’51, P’78. Steve and
Lawrence were in town to interview Molly
(who recently moved to New Canaan) for
a Peg Board story (see page 34) about
the Darrow Legacy Society. John not only
treated the Darrow contingent to lunch, he
also shared many stories and memories
about his academic and athletic adventures
as a student on the Mountainside. John
loves to talk about Darrow, so if you find
yourself in western Connecticut, drop by
Cherry Street East Cafe for a great meal
in a charming New England-style pub
restaurant.
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Teri Heumann-Meyer
[email protected]
Alyssa Keenan (pictured below, left, with
Alex Heddinger) stopped by campus with
her husband, Andrew, and their daughter
for a tour of the new Performing Arts Center
and the Joline Arts Center. Alyssa keeps in
touch with several ’80s friends, including
Janine Young ’87.
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Eric Hammond
[email protected]
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Jeffrey Hirsch and his father, Yale Hirsch,
were featured in a New York Times article
in early January. Their publication, Stock
Trader’s Almanac—an annual compilation of
trends, statistics, and advice for investors—
has been used as a barometer for predicting
ups and downs. With the market off to a
rocky start this year, the Almanac is attracting
more attention. You can read about it at
http://nyti.ms/1Vk6XXI.
Janine Young
[email protected]
Randy Earle works at a community college
in the Seattle area doing student support
work. His wife consults with schools to help
them improve. Randy recently caught up
with Simon Holzapfel and Darrow alums at a
gathering in Seattle. (See page 46.)
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Daniel Dus has been working in the solar
energy field for several years and last fall
made the switch to Dynamic Energy, thanks
in part to an introduction made by Craig
Westcott. Dan wrote to thank Craig, and
said, “Remember that time you introduced
me to Andreas? Well, hey, thanks for the new
job!” Dan is investigating solar array options
that Darrow might consider. He continues to
work on his home in nearby Fox Hollow, MA.
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The magic of social media! When James
Roy (above) saw a Facebook post by Alex
Hed­dinger noting that she was in New York
City, he commented that he was only a few
blocks away at work at Martayanlan Maps
(www.martayanlan.com). Alex swung by to
meet him and get a tour of the shop, which
is full of cool historic maps, many of which
are centuries old. James has worked there
for 15 years, following a career as a history
teacher. He went to Hampshire College
after Darrow and plays in two rock bands.
Yadhira Alvarez
[email protected]
Dan Holt, Jr.—perhaps the first member of
Darrow’s Class of 2033?
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Natalie Lawrence
[email protected]
Ms. Jamie Wallace Weiler
[email protected]
Daniel Holt
[email protected]
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Katya Segovia Abouarab is enjoying
parenthood, and adds, “Things are crazy, I
must admit!”
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It’s been a year of firsts for Class Agent
and Darrow School Trustee Dan Holt.
Last spring, he and his wife, Katherine,
purchased their first house (where they
hosted a Darrow gathering in April),
and he has started a new job with the
United States Agency for International
Development (USAID), a White Houseappointed position. And, on December 9,
the couple welcomed their first child, Dan
Jr. (pictured top of next column).
Adam Farber is an interior designer in
Florida and says he does a lot of work in
China. Adam recently purchased property in
New Hope, PA, where he is moving.
Simeon Bittman (above), his wife Natanya,
and their new baby, Eli, visited with
teacher Jim Bennett over the holidays.
Sim is deep into his first year as Executive
Chef, transforming the culinary offerings
at Sterling College in Vermont, a school
with very similar cultural values to Darrow.
Check out Sim’s posting on the school
blog named Working Hands. Working
Minds. (Sound familiar?) While on campus,
he toured Darrow’s newly renovated
kitchen and was impressed by the scope
of our capital improvements. He says he
is currently where we were a year ago,
working through renovation details as
Sterling plans for major kitchen expansion
this upcoming summer.
Peter E. Vermeer is living in Petersburg,
AK, with his wife, Tori, and their 18-monthold son, Jack, and was in touch with former
faculty member Clark Thomson this fall.
He described life in Alaska as simpler,
more personal, and in many ways more
meaningful. They were especially looking
forward to seeing the Aurora Borealis.
Peter writes: “It’s not quite like living in a
Jack London novel. But, it’s close. The feel
of it is a lot like Maine; not Portland, more
like Jonesport.”
Monica Schneider writes, “I am getting
ready to launch a website for my new
photography business. It’s still under
construction, but the URL will be
BlackandWhitedc.com. I shoot exclusively
with a manual camera using black-andwhite film, a skill I first discovered and
developed at Darrow. I even use the same
type of camera. Contrast is a theme in my
work, both in the sense of high-contrast
photos (I LOVE, LOVE light), but also in
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that I am attracted to photos that show
juxtaposition and contrast in that sense. A
lot of my work can be classified as urban
exploration. I enter abandoned spaces and
construction sites to get the best photos,
which also allows me to capture changes
in the city (DC is a city undergoing rapid
change) in real time. Finally, using film gives
my work a retro and intimate feel that I
simply don’t think can be replicated with
digital technology. I’ll have prints for sale as
well as private photo sessions and people
should check it out.” Monica’s work was
included in a juried show in late January,
and can be viewed on Instagram at
www.instagram.com/blackandwhite_dc/
Darrow taught her to be responsible
and to work hard, tools she has used
to be successful as a make-up artist
for screen and theater. This photo
was taken at Darrow’s regional gathering
in Brooklyn in November. For more on the
gathering see page 46.
Greg Hughes works at The John F. Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts, after several
years as the Digital Marketing Manager at
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. His sister,
Noelle ’02, also lives in the DC area.
Michael Franco proposed to his girlfriend in
October and is now engaged.
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Dora Lenfestey is living in Seattle, WA,
and stopped by the hotel where Simon
Holzapfel hosted a casual gathering of
Darrow friends (see page 46). Dora has
been working as a barista in this coffee
haven and enjoying life with her dog.
Congratulations to Rachel Elliot Helmers
(Steves) and her husband on the birth of
their second daughter, Meadow.
Congratulations, too, to Jeremy Jones
and his wife on the birth of their daughter,
Sophia Jeramie.
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Raton, and went out with the Darrow gang
afterward to check out Sloane’s, an ice
cream parlor owned by the son of David
Kamenstein ’59.
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Katryn Broido
[email protected]
Congratulations are in order! Firas Ibrahim
is engaged to Taylor Goodman, and Kate
(Beth) “KT” Broido is engaged to Peter Bak.
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Bobby Castro
[email protected]
Jake Brown (above, center) completed his
barefoot cross-country run on Halloween
at Jacob Riis Park in Queens, NY. He
was greeted by family and friends with
champagne toasts—and a jump into the
Atlantic. He had been running (shoeless!)
across the United States since March 5.
Jake’s epic journey raised funds for several
charities, including the Semper Fi Fund.
Super-supporters, his mom Diane, and his
father Jim, were at his side.
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Jon Bookbinder
[email protected]
Noelle E. Hughes
[email protected]
Michinari Matsunaga (the first of four
siblings to graduate from Darrow) is working
for his family’s company, which supplies
parts to Komatsu Industrial Machinery.
The beautiful bride pictured at the top of
the next column is Jennifer Rodriguez,
who writes, “We got married in Tampa,
FL, on December 12, 2015. My husband’s
name is Chris Rogers and he is a pilot for
Spirit Airlines. I’m still working on finishing
my dissertation to get my Psy.D., while
working as a therapist at a communitybased clinic in South Florida.” Jenn also
attended the recent gathering in Boca
Emma Berley (above in the green coat)
missed Reunion last June because she
had landed a job doing make-up for the
Netflix show, Orange is the New Black,
and had to be available that weekend. She
spent a while chatting with Special Events
Coordinator Sarah Frederick and said she
has fond memories of Darrow. Emma said
she was not on the “traditional track” at
Darrow (referring to college prep) and said
Jared Schwartz’s Poor Devil Pepper Com­
pany is expanding. They now have six
main flavors (with a variety of heat) and are
always experimenting with new flavors.
The sauces, as well as logo gear, can be
found at www.poordevilpepperco.com,
and at festivals and fairs, like this one last
fall at the Great Barrington Fairgrounds,
where Alex Heddinger ran into him. Also,
congratulations, Jared, on your engagement
to Laura Webster (pictured above with Jared).
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Class Agent Jon Bookbinder met with Alex
Heddinger for lunch to catch up and start
planning the Class of 2006’s 10th Reunion
this June. He started a Class of 2006
Facebook group to keep in touch. Jon is
working at Strategies for Wealth, an agency
of the Guardian Life Insurance Company
of America, where he helps clients with
financial planning.
Seok Chung “Luke” Kang has been work­ing in banking in Toyko, and recently
changed jobs to Credit Suisse from Citi­
Bank. He loved his time at Darrow and the
Matsunaga family, Michihisa in particular.
Luke is trilingual, speaking Korean, his
native language, as well as Japanese and
English fluently. See 2010 Alumni Notes for
a photo of Luke.
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Shannan Pabla
[email protected]
Josh Talesnick (above, right, with Simon
Holzapfel) is the assistant front office
manager for Hyatt Times Square in New
York City, where he is responsible for all
oper­ations except kitchen. He was sorry
to miss a recent young alumni gathering in
Brooklyn, but had to work.
In the photo, he is wearing one of the
team’s shirts. Scott went to Kansas State
University, where he had a leadership role
in the Taiwanese student union.
Michihisa Matsunaga is working for his
father’s firm in Japan.
Erina Matsunaga is working on an architect­
ure/interior design master’s degree in Tokyo.
Last summer, Anni Han (second from right)
met up with Simon Holzapfel and Lawrence
Klein in Taipei, where she was working
as the assistant manager of a local club.
Anni is interested in reviving her mother’s
fashion business one day. She was very
positive about her Darrow experience and
enjoyed meeting recent grad Li-Wen Yu ’15
(second from left).
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Amanda Glasser
[email protected]
Emii Matsunaga and her mother, Miyuki,
en­joyed dinner with Simon Holzapfel and
Lawrence Klein in Japan last summer. Emii
recalled her friendship with April Covington
and Mecah Bellamy. Emii’s career as a
singer and songwriter in both Japanese and
English is taking off, and her mom serves
as her manager. Her website (http://emii.jp)
includes videos and links to her music.
Amanda Glasser has moved from Thailand
to South Africa, where she is working on a
“cooking therapy” program, which will be
similar to the art therapy studies she did at
the University of Vermont.
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After moving to Charleston, SC, last summer,
Sarah Howard is now working for the
Charleston County School District.
Selassie Sayon completed the AnnenbergNewseum (ANEW) Summer Teacher
Institute last summer. Entry was through a
competitive process, with 432 applications
for just 48 spots. Selassie is a teacher at
The Mandell School, where former Darrow
faculty Rick Brown is serving as head.
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Ariana Cohn
[email protected]
Shawn Leary
[email protected]
Shih-Chi “Scott” Yang took Simon
Holzapfel and Lawrence Klein on a tour
of his father’s factory in the southern
tip of Taiwan last summer. Shih-Chi was
about to start his com­pulsory military
service, in which he will do education
work. He remembered soccer teammates
Tim O’Donoghue ’11, Ning Ma ’11, Ben
Warren ’13, and classmate Sam Carton.
Atsumi Nakashima. who is working in
finance in Japan, got together with Simon
Holzapfel and Lawrence Klein during
their trip to Asia last summer. Also at the
gathering at Lauderdale (owned by the
parents of Ryu Ishida ’15) were, from left:
Seok Chung “Luke” Kang ’06, Lawrence,
Yumi Yoshizawa ’07, Atsumi, Hiroko Ishida
P’15 (Ryu’s mom), and Simon.
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Amelia O’Leary
[email protected]
Khareem Foster (pictured at top of next
column with Alex Heddinger) is a double
major in engineering and mathematics at
University of Hartford and is planning to
transfer to Worcester Polytechnic next year.
She returned to Darrow for a visit in the fall,
which led to an invitation to come back in
December and talk to seniors about college,
in particular some of the challenges she
has faced in the engineering school. She
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shared how much she loved her time on the
Mountainside and how much she credits
Darrow with giving her study skills and time
management skills. She stays in touch with
classmates Pei “Jasmine” Jing, Tishinah
Manderson, and Kendra McNichols.
Pei “Jasmine” Jing is earning a master’s
in public policy at Brown University, having
graduated from the University of Washington
with a degree in International Relations. She
recently returned from a graduate school
field trip to Brazil, and is serving as an intern
for the Rhode Island Commission on Women,
an agency recently established by Governor
Gina Raimondo. She remains close with
Weihua Li ’13 and Lingyan Zhou.
Mimi Sakarett graduated from HobartWilliam Smith Colleges and is working as
a software engineer for Dealer Team, a
company that supplies cloud computing
services for automotive dealerships. At their
website (www.dealerteam.com) you can see
a photo of Mimi.
Congratulations to Zack Cassotta-Bremen­
kamp on his engagement to Nina Dosch.
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Elena del Peral
[email protected]
Last summer Yi “Z” Zhang did an internship
in human resources for Alcoa. Z is a double
major at Rider University in Princeton, NJ,
where he is studying entrepreneurship
studies and supply chain management.
Qiming Li is studying history and legal
studies at Roger Williams University, where
he is a senior. He remembers Dennis
Fougère in particular as an influence.
Koa Lopez dropped in during his winter
break from Brandeis, where he is a senior.
Koa is studying public health policy and
continues to work in ceramics, including
managing the studio at the university.
Elena del Peral was featured in a
recent article (bit.ly/1SSD97e ) about
hemispherectomy, a medical procedure in
which half of the brain is removed. Elena
underwent this procedure as a young child,
after suffering repeated seizures. Elena
overcame the challenges, thriving at Darrow
and at Curry College where she is a senior
and has made dean’s list every semester
since freshman year. She majors in public
relations and is a PR intern at One Mission, a
pediatric cancer foundation in Boston.
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Maddie Cholnoky is spending the
spring semester studying abroad
Australia.
MaryLea Wold is a junior at Savannah
College of Art and Design. Last summer, she
completed an internship with Nickelodeon
in California, where she worked on the show
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Ben Warren is studying electronic music
composition and engineering at Dubspot in
New York City.
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Corey Dale-Miller stopped by Darrow
recently to say hi. He is finishing up his
studies at Dutchess Community College and
plans to transfer to a four-year school and
get a degree in music education.
Noa Naftali has gotten her real estate
license in New York City. Her dad, Ed
Hirschfeld, teaches at Darrow, and now her
brother, Golan ’19, is a freshman.
Yue Wang has declared math as her major
at the University of Washington.
Hayden Zahn is doing well as a junior at
Bard College, where he is pursuing Asian
studies, with a concentration in Japanese
history.
Yi “Tiffany” Hua is a double major in political
science and public health at Perdue. She and
her parents, along with Kehao Su ’16, joined
Simon Holzapfel and Lawrence Klein for
dinner during their Asia trip last summer.
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Ben Eckstein
[email protected]
Yi-Sheng Yu is a sophomore at the
University of Washington in Seattle, where
he is involved with the Taiwanese student
group.
Former Faculty News
Rick Brown planned on retiring from The
Mandell School this year, but those plans
are on hold as he continues to build that
school’s foundation and reputation. His
wife Anita Loose-Brown con­tinues to
teach science at Berkshire School, where
she is the department chair.
Perry Cohen, through his company
The Venture Out Project (TVOP), is
partnering with this year’s Spring Term
on a weeklong hiking and backpacking
trip on Vermont’s Long Trail and the
Appalachian Trail.
A big thank you to Holly Hoopes
Hudimac, who provided a much needed
upgrade for Darrow’s Communications
Office with her gift of a camera and a full
suite of accessories. Many of the photos
in this issue were taken with the camera,
which also has video capabilities.
Procter and Laura Smith recently
stepped down after directing 28 prod­
uctions over the past 12 years for the
Salisbury School Dramatic Society.
They have fond memories of directing
such Darrow shows as Bye, Bye Birdie,
Home Sweet Homicide, The Zoo Story,
and Apollo of Bellac, with Dave Miller.
Procter continues to teach English (44
years) and recently became Salisbury’s
Director of Sports Information.
Nancy Wolf stays in touch with Darrow
and many alumni and friends. She
came to the Winter Music Showcase in
December and was in Florida during
our recent gathering in Boca Raton.
She is volunteering with a hospice
organization and ohter nonprofits near
her home in Vermont.
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Regional
Gatherings
In Seattle, WA: (standing) Yi Sheng Yu ’14, Peter
Frothingham ’53, Yue Wang ’13, and Dora Lenfesty ’01;
(seated) Zhan Xiang Sun ’15, Li-Wen Yu ’15, Randy Earl
’87, and Simon Holzapfel
Because not everyone can come
to the Mountainside, Darrow brings
the Mountainside to you, with regional gatherings held on a regular
basis around the country and across
the globe. Recently, we sponsored
gatherings in Seattle, Boca Raton,
Brooklyn, and Pittsfield, and plans
are under way for more in 2016.
Confirmed dates include:
Classmates at the Pittsfield, MA, home of King Francis
’71 (right) following October’s Made in the Berkshires
event: Bob Kee ’71, Chair of the Board of Trustees (left)
and Trustee Paul Gundlach ’71
• Southern New England: May 5
• New York City: May 18
In Boca Raton, FL: (rear) Richard Barrack ’89, Bob
Glovsky ’69, Sue Glovsky, Simon Holzapfel, Jennifer
Rodriguez ’02, and Jim Howell P’79; (middle): Oo
Chapnick, former Head of School Nancy Wolf,
and Jean Howell P’79; (front) Jason Chapnick ’65,
Lawrence Klein, and Loren Mintz ’53
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Other gatherings now in the planning stages include Connecticut,
Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Colorado, and Jackson Hole, Wyoming. If
you would like to attend a gathering, or would like more information
on hosting a gathering in your area,
please contact Alexandra Heddinger, Director of Alumni Relations, at
[email protected] or
(518) 794-6007.
In Brooklyn in November, at the One Stop Beer Shop,
owned by Ben Roshia ’04: (seated) Bob Greifeld ’05,
Sadé Strachan ’07, Sam Kimball ’05, Elizabeth Adams
’09, Lily McAllen ’08; (standing) Jane Feldman ’74,
Emma Berley ’05, Chris Roshia ’04, Ben Roshia ’04, Mike
Finkelstein ’09, Craig Westcott, and Eric Brown ’08
In Memoriam
tended Colgate University in Hamilton,
NY, and Babson College in Wellesley,
MA. Peter worked in the family business, Cazenovia Lumber and Oil, for
more than 30 years. He was a sergeant
in the U.S. Army from 1970–1972.
He is survived by a sister, a niece, a
nephew, and seven great-nieces and
great-nephews, along with a number of
devoted friends.
Edward Comly II ’49
Edward “Tom” Comly ’49 died on
December 25, 2015, at the age of
85. Tom was born in Trenton, NJ,
and resided in Morrisville, PA, before
moving to West Amwell Township in
1956. Prior to Darrow, he attended The
Lawrenceville School and received
his bachelor of science degree from
Lehigh University. He is survived by
his wife of 62 years, Patricia; his son
William; his daughters-in law Barbara
and Renee; and his grandchildren
Peter, Angus, and Katherine Comly.
Robert Ross ’84
Donald M. Starbuck ’50
Donald M. Starbuck ’50, of Brewster,
NY, since 1967, died Wednesday, March
9, 2011, at home. Donald was born in
Manhattan, NY, on February 2, 1932.
In addition to his time at Darrow, he
graduated from Scarsdale High School,
attended Nichols Junior College, and
received a bachelor of science degree
from Columbia University in Manhattan.
Donald married Bernice Huber on August 7, 1963, in NYC. He is survived by
his daughter and three grandchildren.
Edwin G. B. Terry ’58
Darrow was notified by Mike Terry
’60, that his brother, Ed, passed away.
Mike writes, “It is my sad duty to tell
you that my brother, Ed Terry ’58, died
of a sudden heart attack at his home in
Sanford, NC, on November 14, 2015, at
age 76. At Darrow, he was an excellent
soccer and hockey player and was
elected to All-New England Lacrosse.
He went on to play lacrosse at the University of Pennsylvania. After serving
in the U.S. Coast Guard, he graduated
with honors from the Tuck School
of Business at Dartmouth. He was
happy and very active playing golf and
traveling until the end. He leaves his
wife, Nickie, and two children, Eddie
Jr. in Houston, and Nicole Terry Jones
(married to Patrick, mother of Ben, 5)
Ed Terry ‘58
in Amherst, NH.” Ed also served as a
trustee for Darrow from 1970–1973.
Mike included the photo above of Ed,
taken at Darrow in 1957.
Peter Morris ’61
Peter DuBois Morris ’61 passed away
on Friday, February 13, 2015. He was
born in New York City in 1943 and was
educated at Darrow, Blair Academy,
and at Syracuse University. His love
of skiing took him to Vermont, where
he practiced architecture for many
years. Peter was an intensely curious
man whose many interests included
food and wine, gardening, boating,
and keeping bees. He is survived by
his wife, Pennie; his children, Hasket
and Sarah Morris; siblings; and his dear
friend, Nancy Campbell. Peter attended several Darrow reunions and looked
forward to them.
Peter Davis ’66
Peter Davis ’66 died on November
29, 2015, in Syracuse, NY. He was born
in Chicago but lived most of his life in
Cazenovia, NY. After Darrow, he at-
Robert Ross ’84 passed away on
November 18, 2015. Born on March
6, 1966, in Cleveland, OH, Rob loved
life. He married his best friend, Janell
(Cramer), on December 7, 1991. Rob
enjoyed a wonderful career at General
Motors where he held various positions with the regional office. When
not working, Rob loved being with the
people he cared for. Whether boating
on Lake Erie, shooting pistols, creating
furniture and accessories from exotic
woods, or exploring a festival or fair,
Rob always enjoyed an adventure.
Known for his caring spirit and loyalty,
he could lift the spirit of others with
a simple word of encouragement or
act of kindness. Rob leaves behind
his wife, Janell; parents; a brother;
and much extended family and many
friends who are like family.
William Larow ’92
William “Billy” Daniel Larow ’92
passed away suddenly on November
27, 2015, in Albany, NY. He was born
March 31, 1974, in Pittsfield, MA, and
attended Pittsfield Public Schools
before joining Darrow. Billy enjoyed
skateboarding and snowboarding, and
he loved animals, especially his bulldog,
Mickey. His greatest passion was art,
in which his interests spanned many
different artistic genres. He is survived
by his parents, Dale and Heather Larow
of Bluffton, SC; sister, Jennifer Larow
Metcalf of Pittsfield, MA; nieces; and
many cousins, aunts, and uncles.
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Lily Spencer ’07: Big Cheeses and Tiny Houses
Lily Spencer ’07 approaches the
creation of a cheese plate the way
an artist approaches a canvas. Her
primary objectives are the same: color,
balance, symmetry, and the use of
many simple elements to form a complex whole. The added bonus is that
her works of art are also delicious.
A professional cheesemonger now
living in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Spencer was drawn to her unusual vocation
through a series of life events that started on the Mountainside. Before she became a four-year student at Darrow, her
family had traveled a great deal when
she was a child, and she lived at various times in the U.S., Singapore, Tokyo,
and South Korea. Discovering Darrow
at a school fair, she was attracted by its
small size, scenic campus, and distinctive programs like Hands-to-Work and
maple syrup-making.
“For me it was great getting to be a
little more independent,” she said. “I
had a difficult time at bigger schools.
It just wasn’t very exciting. At Darrow,
I was passionate about music and
theater; I played tennis and I loved
science, especially working as an SEC
prefect in the Living Machine®, and
also chopping wood for Maple Fest
and apple picking for Hands-to-Work.”
After a year at Smith College she
transferred to Hampshire College,
where she studied food and nutrition,
focusing specifically on American
cheesemaking from a scientific and
historical perspective. She received a
bachelor of arts degree with a major in
cheesemaking and music composition
in 2011. Over three summers during
college, Spencer worked on a farm in
upstate New York, where her interest in
food and nutrition was further kindled.
After college, she took a job as a
cheesemonger at BKLYN Larder, a
retail cheese and provisions shop in
New York City.
“It is an established neighborhood
store where you get to see the same
people every day, and get to know
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Left: A sample cheese platter
created by Lily Spencer at
Cheesemongers of Santa Fe.
Below: Lily and Michael at work
on their tiny house in Santa Fe,
New Mexico.
Photos courtesy of Lily Spencer
them,” she said. But after four years
of bustling city life, Spencer and her
fiancé, Michael, were ready to pursue
a different mutual interest in the slower
pace of Santa Fe.
“I had never built a house before;
most people haven’t,” she said, “but
the idea of small, miniature spaces,
always appealed to me. Mike worked in
construction briefly and is an amateur
carpenter. He had a book about tiny
houses and we decided to move out
west and try to build one together. It’s
hard work but it’s also challenging and
fun. And the day we both have off from
our jobs to work on the house together
is Wednesday, Hands-to-Work day!”
In January 2015, she began working
at Cheesemongers of Santa Fe, where
she continues to create extraordinary
artisinal cheesemaking designs. The
more relaxed atmosphere, she said,
has inspired her to expand her creative
approach to designing platters.
“Cheese is just the best thing ever,”
she said. “Ever since I was little, I felt
like I could eat cheese all day. My dad
used to say I was part mouse.”
Lily and Michael have set a wedding
date for May 21 of this year, which is
also the date of her parents’ 40th wedding anniversary.
She expects there will be a lot of
cheese at the wedding.
The school where
everything just works.
At Darrow, learning is hands-on. The active curriculum fully
engages learners in critical thinking, project management,
dialogue, and critique. Students from around the nation and
around the world engage in debate, experimentation, and
service learning. There’s freedom to pursue individual interests
in the arts and athletics. Our environmental practices—which
have earned national recognition—set a standard for making
sustainability part of everyday life.
Darrow is for students who are ready to learn with their
hands on, their minds on, and their hearts open.
To schedule a visit, or to learn more, go to darrowschool.org.
110 Darrow Road
New Lebanon, NY 12125-2608
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