Salisbury Magazine Spring 2011

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Board of Trustees

Richard Bell P’08

John G. Brim ’64

Daniel H. Callahan P’04, ’08, ’09

Lisa Callahan P’04,’08, ’09

Chisholm S. Chandler

John W. Childs ’59 (Hon.)

Robert J. Feeney ’83, P’12

Richard D. Field ’59Vice Chairman

James W. Gerard ’79

Laurence H. Goodyear ’85

Ashley Harrington P’13

Adelaide H. Harris P’07

Charles Lynch ’86

Eric Macy P’13

Helen S. Maher P’01

Herbert A. May III ’83, P’12

Franklin Montross IV P’10, ’12

Mark T. Mulvoy ’92Ex-officio

Devin Price ’98

Chris A. Rallis ’71, P’04, ’06

Richard E. Riegel III ’84

T. Williams Roberts ’83

Amanda D. Rutledge P’80, ’84

J. Wood Rutter ’98 (Hon.)

J. Anton Schiffenhaus ’48

William H. Schweitzer P’04

Lee B. Spencer P’09

Charles McKown Spofford ’84

Michael S. Sylvester ’59, P’85Chairman

Edward C.A. Wachtmeister ’67, P’95, ’98Vice Chairman

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James H. Bates ’48, P’75, ’82, GP’04

Dr. Richard S. Childs, Jr. ’63

Barron G. Collier II ’70

H. Crosby Foster II ’57

Eddie Kulukundis OBE ’50

J. Richard Munro P’88, ’90

Jeffrey P. Walker P’71

Rev. Edwin M. Ward

Anthony C. Woodruff ’01 (Hon.), P’89

The mission of Salisbury Schoolis to educate young men by inspiring in each

student an enthusiasm for learning and the self-

confidence needed for intellectual, spiritual,

physical and moral development. The close

partnership of student and teacher encourages

each young man to take pride in his own education

and to make responsible decisions for his future.

With established expectations for performance and

behavior, Salisbury School promotes service to

others, trust and honesty, religious faith, and re-

spect for ethnic, cultural, gender and learning dif-

ferences. The School’s spirit of community

fosters long-lasting ties of friendship, healthy com-

petition and enjoyment of life. Salisbury strives to

graduate young men ready to meet the challenges

of college and adulthood with an appreciation of

their responsibilities in the world community.

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H E A D M A S T E RChisholm S. Chandler

E D I T O R

Danielle D. Sinclair

D E S I G N E RJulie Hammill, Hammill Design

W R I T E R S A N D C O N T R I B U T O R SDutch Barhydt, Chisholm Chandler,

Tony Fraenkel, Peter Gilbert, Janet McCormick, Ralph Menconi, Duke Mulvoy ’92, Taylor Ogan ’14,

Geoffrey Rossano, Procter Smith, Tote Smith, Nattalie Will, Bobby Wynne

C O P Y E D I T O RJanet McCormick & Julie Morrow

C L A S S N O T E S C O O R D I N AT O RLisa Duntz

C L A S S N O T E S E D I T O RRalph Menconi

D I R E C T O R O F D E V E L O P M E N TDutch Barhydt

The Salisbury Magazine is produced by theOffice of Communications for alumni,

parents and friends of the School. Lettersand comments are welcome. Please sendinquiries and comments to: Director of

Communications, Salisbury School, 251Canaan Road, Salisbury, CT 06068,

e-mail to [email protected], or telephone 860-435-5791.

Salisbury School251 Canaan Road

Salisbury, CT 06068860-435-5700

www.salisburyschool.org

Thinking Outside the Box 30Learn how Salisbury encourages boys to develop essential skills through the study of the visual arts.

For Attracting and RetainingSalisbury Boys 12Find out how the School addresses the key issues of the admissions process today: access and affordability.

The Global Perspective 19The School is home to boys from all over the world who are exposed to new learning experiences and share their culture on the Hilltop.

Parents Weekend 24Families from across the globe celebrate Salisbury boys and their achievements.

DepartmentsAround the Quad 5Gatherings 15Alumni Spotlight 38Crimson Knight Athletics 41Alumni Association News 48Class Notes 51Hilltop History 63

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Salisbury School admits students of any race, color, nationality, or ethnicity to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded to students at the School. Salisbury School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, nationality, or ethnicity in

the administration of its educational, admission, scholarship and loan, or athletic policies and other school administered programs.

Jay Haft ’12 in boat building class. Cover photo by Jen Fiereck

I JHeadmaster’s Message

Following a successful Erickson Football Conference season, we accepted an invitation to play in the New Englandschoolboy football final. The mere fact that we found ourselves in this position was improbable. The previous year’s grad-uating class had been strong, leaving a thin returning group, with a new coach guiding the team. Since continuity was noton our side, our expectations were reasonable. In the words of a legendary 27-year faculty member at Salisbury, we expect-ed the boys to play hard, play fair and have fun. A .500 record in a very competitive league would have been a real accom-plishment. The suggestion that this group of boys would comprise one of the great teams in the School’s 100+ years ofschoolboy football was dubious at best.

Looking back, there were, of course, some reasons for optimism. The co-captain and quarterback, a spirited leader, hadan even more visible role on campus as the Class of 2011 school president. Also, the aforementioned new coach was theconsummate Salisbury man: humble, passionate and supremely hard-working. That he and his colleagues cared deeply forthe boys was just as evident for a regular Tuesday afternoon practice as under the lights on Wachtmeister Field for a biggame on a Friday night.

However, to find ourselves playing in the final game was as thrilling as it was unexpected, making it much sweeter.What happened in that final game is a great story, something that the participants and supporters will remember for manyyears. A stirring second-half comeback gave our side the right to rejoice. It was truly a “feel good” moment.

In truth, the image that will rest with me in the years to come is what happened after the final whistle. Fifty boys, cladin crimson and white, shook hands with their opponents and then sprinted to join together at our end of the field. Oncethere, they hugged and shouted in joy. And then, those fifty teammates, Sarum brothers, broke into a rousing version ofthe Sarum Hymn. Fifty boys, hailing from all over the country and the world, stood together, arm-in-arm. When theycame to the chorus and the line, “Brothers,” they sang just a little louder.

In the days that followed, I asked a number of the boys what was it that led to such an accomplishment. Amazingly,nearly every boy had the same thought, that they had never felt so close to a group of teammates and coaches. One saidunabashedly, “Because we loved each other.”

I am certain that these boys will revel in a great victory and a storybook season for years to come. However, whatthey learned and what we witnessed on that field is even more meaningful than a great victory. In that penultimatemoment, as they sang in unison, the bonds of brotherhood were so visible. Those bonds, forged with inspiration,leadership, love and sacrifice were the basis for a remarkable accomplishment. It was indeed a mesmerizing, quintes-sential Salisbury moment. Brothers.

Often, I am asked about Salisbury’s athletic culture and more recent athletic achievement, especially by older alumniwho remember playing against a host of different schools “back in their day.” One important fact is the size of our currentenrollment–305 boys. We are a much larger school than we were years ago, and this necessitates that we compete on the

On a blustery afternoon this past November,we were reminded once again why theSalisbury experience is so special.

BROTHERS.

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playing fields against schools with similar male enrollments. For instance, in the Erickson Football Conference, we have aslightly larger male enrollment than Berkshire, Hotchkiss and Trinity-Pawling. In turn, Avon, Brunswick, Kent and Tafthave a few more boys than Salisbury.

I am also asked about post-graduate participation. There is a misperception that much of our athletic achievement isdue to large numbers of post-graduate students on our teams. The Erickson Football Conference limits all participatingschools to four post-graduate students. Thus, the playing field is level. The Founders Hockey League has no limit onpost-graduate participation, but Salisbury rarely admits post-graduates who seek to play hockey. In fact, we have had thefewest number of post-graduates participating in hockey in the League over the last five years, with six total in that time.Instead, I believe that it is our long-standing tradition of all boys playing a different sport each of the three seasons that setsus apart from many of our peer schools. In this age of specialization, we still prize the generalist. The real strength of ourathletic program is that everyone participates in all seasons.

The success of any endeavor rests on those pursuing it. The teacher/coach/mentor, the student/athlete and the partner-ship they create together are critical. Many schools have gotten away from the traditional “triple-threat” faculty member, aperson who teaches in the morning, coaches in the afternoon, and advises and parents in the dorm at night. At Salisbury,we are totally committed to this ideal, and perhaps, this is a key reason why the partnership between student and teacher isso meaningful and successful on the Hilltop.

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Unequivocally, I believe that our successes, whether they be in a classroom, on an athletic field or in a dormitory, are theresult of the culture we create. In each endeavor, rather than concentrating on the end result—a league championship forinstance—we seek to establish a culture of achievement. Depending on how true the boys are, and how much they are will-ing to sacrifice for their peers, their teachers and the mission, their achievement reflects their investment. To illustrate thispoint, I want to share with you a quick thought about one of our athletic teams. Each year, the coach chooses a book forthe boys and coaches to read over the spring break, prior to the start of the season. This year, the chosen work is the story ofa WWII airman whose plane is shot down over the Pacific. The hero survives 40 days on a raft and then years in prisoncamps before finally coming home to his family. It is a story of courage, faith, leadership, perseverance, and sacrifice. Overthe course of the season, this team will take excerpts from that work, “Unbroken,” to affirm key core values that will guidethem on their journey.

Finally, when I’m asked about our athletic culture, I proudly point to the fact that the boys are learning priceless lessonson the Hilltop. They are learning the meaning of commitment, resilience and sacrifice. They are experiencing the reward ofan intense brotherhood. They are honing the qualities that define strong, vibrant leadership. They are becoming all wecould hope for: caring and confident men who will lead inspired lives as sons, brothers, classmates, teammates, husbands,colleagues, neighbors and friends. These lessons, which are practiced and committed to memory in the athletic arena as wellas in the classroom and beyond, reinforce and support the guiding principles of the Salisbury experience. Be assured that wewill continue to teach each day with dedication and passion. For the Boys.

All the best,

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Building Leaders

The young men listed below graduated from Salisbury four years ago.A remarkable class of 80+ graduates produced eight team captains.

Joseph Capuano ’07, Hockey Captain, Connecticut CollegeLuke Esselen ’07, Squash Captain, Hobart CollegeBrian Gibbons ’07, Hockey Captain, Boston CollegeJamie Macdonald ’07, Lacrosse Captain, University of DenverMatthew Masucci ’07, Hockey Captain, Williams CollegeTucker Nathans ’07, Baseball Captain, Fairfield UniversityDavid Shriver ’07, Lacrosse Captain, Georgetown UniversityBryce Woodson ’07, Lacrosse Captain, Ohio State University

...and Sportsmen

In each of the last three seasons, a Salisbury team has beenhonored by Connecticut state referee and officials organizations.

2010 Varsity Lacrosse Team2010 Varsity Football Team2011 Varsity Basketball Team

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American UniversityBabson College (2)Bates CollegeBaylor UniversityBoston College (3)Brown University (2)Clarkson UniversityClemson University (2)Columbia UniversityCornell University (3)Dartmouth College (2)Dickinson CollegeElon University (2)Fairfield UniversityFranklin & Marshall CollegesGettysburg CollegeHampden-Sydney CollegeHigh Point UniversityHobart and William Smith Colleges (5)Indiana University

Jacksonville UniversityLehigh UniversityNew York University (2)Northeastern University (2)Northwestern UniversityOhio Wesleyan University (4)Penn State UniversityPrinceton UniversityPurdue UniversityQuinnipiac UniversityRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteSt. Lawrence University (3)Skidmore CollegeSouthern Methodist UniversityTrinity College (4)Union College (3)United States Naval Academy (5)University of Colorado-Boulder (2)University of ConnecticutUniversity of Denver

University of LouisvilleUniversity of MaineUniversity of MarylandUniversity of MichiganUniversity of MississippiUniv. of North Carolina-Chapel HillUniversity of Notre DameUniversity of the South-SewaneeUniversity of South CarolinaUniversity of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of VermontUniversity of WisconsinVanderbilt UniversityWesleyan UniversityWittenberg CollegeWofford CollegeYale University

The early results are in! The College Office reports that over 80% of the students who applied through theearly application process (early decision, early action and rolling) have gained admittance! See below the collegesand universities that the Salisbury boys will be attending next year. Also, please look for our fall magazine forthe complete matriculation list for the Class of 2011.

Good News from the College Office

In November 2010, “Death of a Salesman,” playwright ArthurMiller’s most famous work, came to Seifert Theater. It is a tale notonly of painful family conflicts, but one which also tackles Americanvalues and dreams. The role of Willy Loman was played by facultyemeritus Dennis Wachter. His sons Biff and Happy were played,respectively, by Conor Canning ’11 and Nate Ross ’11. RebekahPurdy appeared in the role of Willy’s wife, Linda Loman. The sup-porting cast included Seifert veterans Brooks Oler ’12, Joseph Yoon’13 and faculty member Laura Smith. Making their first appearancein a Dramatic Society production were Jean-Louis Berthoud ’11,Chris Hussey ’12, Roger Mittnacht ’12 and Donald Reed ’13. The cast was joined by local residentsBianca Del Tufo, Alexis DeRenzis and Shyla Gregory. The production crew was led by Jae Gang Oh ’11,Nico Falla ’12 and Scott Hosley ’12 with David Kang ’11 as the stage manager.



Dramatic Society Productions Receive Rave Reviews

Congratulations to the casts and crews of this year’s Dramatic Society productions,“Death of a Salesman” and “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.”

Former Spanish Instructor Dennis Wachter P’92 returned to the stage as Willy Loman.He is pictured here with Conor Canning ’11 who portrayed Willy’s son, Biff.

The cast and crew of “Death of a Salesman”

“Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,” the story of two con men, each working his own scam amidst the glitz of the FrenchRiviera, was our February musical production. Deciding that the Riviera is not big enough for both of them, themen make a wager. The loser of that wager will have to leave the region; the winner gets to stay. Salisbury stu-dents Cody Bell ’11 and Chris Hussey ’12 portrayed the cons, Lawrence Jameson and Freddy Benson respectively.Boys who starred in supporting cast roles included Jean-Louis Berthoud ’11, Mateo Cadavid ’11, Hsiang Chang’11, Hiu Pang Choi ’13, Chris Garibaldi ’11, Ryan Hamilton ’12, YesendkirKazhmuratov ’13, Xiaotian Cao ’12, Jake Mauro ’11, Ben McArdle ’11, Donald Reed’13, Yong Yan Tang ’12, Chris Truini ’12, Michael White ’11, Yugian Xu ’12 andKyung Duk Yoon ’13. Faculty members in acting roles were Assistant Director ofCommunications Janet McCormick, Learning Center Instructor Jane Balaguero andChair of the World Languages Department Pascale Delfosse. Shyla Gregory, AmandaKitik, Rebekah Purdy, Cristina Evans, Ellie Molyneux and Nellie Smith, all from ourlocal community, also had roles.

Production crew members included Aidan Appleby ’14, Jae Sung Cho ’12, Kyung JaeCho ’11, Ernesto Espinoza Creel ’14, Robbie DeWaele ’12, Nico Falla ’12,Mark Johnson, Yeon Sang Jung ’12, Scott Hosley ’12, Peter Kennedy ’11,Charles Kim ’11, Chunghyun Kim ’14, Kwang Hyun Kim ’12, Seung HyunKim ’14, Kyu Min Ko ’14, Seungjun Ko ’14, Dong Ho Lee ’13, Yongho Lee’14, Patrick Mazeika ’12, Liam McDonald ’14, Roger Mittnacht ’12, Young GiMoon ’13, Jae Gang Oh ’11, Whi Jin Park ’13, Seung Hyeok Park ’12, DavidReunert ’12, Federico Sacasa ’12, Malcolm St. John ’13, Chris Truini ’12, MarlaTruini P’12, Joe Truini P’12, as well as Art Instructor Roger McKee ’72 andComputer Support Specialist Shawn McDermott. The production was underthe direction of Drama Department Head Procter Smith, assisted by LauraSmith. Donald Sosin, former chapel accompanist, returned as musical director.



To view or purchase photos from each of these performances, visit Salisbury’s photo gallery at http://salisburyschool.smugmug.com.H

The cast of “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”

The production crew



New Blue, Yale University’s all-female acappella singing group, performed on cam-pus in January. Founded in 1969, thisentirely student-run, singing organizationgives concerts and runs workshops through-out the world, sharing their distinctivewarm and rich sounds.

As part of their Hilltop concert, they sangwith members of the Salisbury GospelChoir and faculty children, who participatedin a special workshop earlier in the evening.To view a song from the performance, visitwww.salisburyschool.org/newblue.

Salisbury School Dining Services part-nered with several local vendors this pastyear in order to continue moving forwardwith becoming more sustainable. Thegoal is to source food as close to theHilltop as possible. It doesn’t get any bet-ter than with the successful launch of theSalisbury garden this past summer thanksto the hard work and commitment ofseveral members of our community!

In an effort to source local meat,Director of Student Activities/Co-Director of Community Service RitaDelgado and Director of Dining ServicesTony Fraenkel paid a visit last spring toShady Maple Farm in Salisbury ownedby John Bottass. The farm raises all natu-ral Black Angus cattle. After being givenan impressive tour of this farm, theSchool decided to purchase two

cows. Approximately 8-10 meals wereprepared this past winter from the beef.

Other local vendors from whomSalisbury School purchases food areChurch Farm (Sharon, CT), which sup-plies us with a variety of tomatoes,squash, peppers and melon, as well asFreund’s Farm (Canaan, CT), BerkshireBagels (Lenox, MA) and Diana’s Bakery(Enfield, CT).

Yale’s New BlueVisits Campus

Local Vendors Provide Food to Dining Services



Shane Smith, magazine founder, investigative journalist, wellknown chronicler of off-beat news both here and abroad, wasthe 2011 Walter Billingsley Memorial Lecture Series speaker thispast February. According to an August 16, 2010 profile in “TheNew York Times” entitled “A Wild Man Grows Up (Just Enough,)”his work includes not just the magazine, but also a record label, abook imprint, an on-line television network and an ad agency,Virtue, with Dell and Nike among its corporate clients.

As one of VBS TV’s leading on-air correspondents and pro-ducers, Smith has traveled the globe, traveling to Pyongyang,Monrovia, Tehran, Darfur and other destinations in search ofthe most captivating news. The network won acclaim after heclandestinely filmed in North Korea, one of the world’s mosttightly censored dictatorships.

In his Billingsley address, Smith spoke of the excitingopportunities young people have in today’s world to affectneeded change. He pointed out how media and social tech-nology are powerful tools available to revolutionize this change,citing modern day examples including the role Facebookplayed in the downfall of former Egyptian President HosniMubarak. He challenged Salisbury boys to use the manyresources now available to fix the problems currently facing ourglobal community.

Salisbury boys were captivated by Smith’s presentation. Itwas a memorable evening on the Hilltop.

To view video clips from Shane Smith’s Billingsley Lecture, visitwww.YouTube.com and search for SalisburyKnights (one word).

2011 Billingsley Lecture

The Walter BrownBillingsley ’82Memorial LectureSeries was established in1988 to honor the memory ofSalisbury alumnus WalterBillingsley ’82, who died in anautomobile accident. Its pur-pose is to expose the schoolcommunity to a wide rangeof inspirational speakers.Previous presenters includePulitzer Prize winners DorisKearns Goodwin, AnnaQuindlen and DavidHalberstam, scientist Dr.Robert Ballard, Poet LaureateBilly Collins and educatorand coach Joe Ehrmann.

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Rossano Wins Naval History Prize

For his remarkable study of U.S. naval aviation during World War I, and the storiedmen who brought naval air service into being, Dr. Geoffrey Rossano, instructor in history, has been awarded the 2010 Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Naval HistoryPrize. His book, “Stalking the U-Boat: U.S. Naval Aviation in Europe during World War I”,was published in November 2010 and has received rave reviews. Rossano has been aninstructor at Salisbury School since 1982. For more information on the RooseveltInstitute visit www.rooseveltinstitute.org. Congratulations, Dr. Rossano!


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Five Salisbury boys spent one week of their 2011 spring break mak-ing a difference in the lives of others, building houses in Biloxi, MS forvictims of Hurricane Katrina. Students from nearby girls’ school,Westover, also took part in the trip. The days were long—service ranfrom 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.—but the rewards of the trip immeasura-ble. Assistant Athletic Trainer Tarra Rawdon, faculty advisor on theservice trip, had this to say upon returning home, “I thought the tripwas a huge success. Not only were we able to help those whose liveshave been affected for the past five years, but the boys really bondedwith each other and the girls in a way that isn’t possible here at school.The highlight of working had to be digging the trench for the sidewalkto be laid down and using hand saws to cut down old trees and debris.”Jeffrey Fitzsimmons ’12 commented, “we learned a lot about teamworkand about ourselves.”

Salisbury offers a number of community service opportunities to allstudents as part of the Residential Life Program including Red Cross Blood Drives, Breaking Bread Kitchen, Fidelco Guide Dog FoundationTraining and the Annual Carnival. For more information, go to: www.salisburyschool.org/Community_Service.

Community Service Trip

A month-long calendar of events was held on the Hilltopwith the hope of raising awareness about diversity and toler-ance, showing that the common bonds of the human spirit arestronger than the misconceptions that keep us apart.

This year’s events included:• Keynote speaker Patrick Cook Degan, champion of global

citizenship• Chapel service honoring the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.• A series of X-block presentations by international students

about their home countries• Special international meals in the Dining Room

More information about each of these events can be found in the news section of the School’s Web site at www.salisburyschool.org.

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Celebrating Difference

To view a clip from Patrick Cook Degan’s visit to campus, go towww.YouTube.com and search for “SalisburyKnights.”

May 13-14, 2011

Spring FamilyWeekend

L to R: Jeffrey Fitzsimmons ’12, Phillip Moon ’13, Assistant Athletic Trainer TarraRawdon, Jean-Louis Berthoud ’11, Hugh Bartlett ’13 and Yeskendir Kazhmuratov ’13.

Dan Shi ’11 and Tommy Chang ’11 help prepare a special Chinese New Yearcelebration dinner


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Salisbury Trustee Charles R. Lynch ’86 delivered exciting news to his fel-low trustees at the fall board meeting on the Hilltop. Thanks to the supportand generosity of his mother, Susan E. Lynch, and the Ronald P. and SusanE. Lynch Foundation, Salisbury will be the recipient of a multi-year grant toestablish an endowed teaching fellowship to attract and recruit exceptionalyoung faculty members to come to Salisbury. When fully funded, theRonald P. and Susan E. Lynch Endowed Teaching Fellowship will substan-tially endow the annual salary and benefits for a new member of the School’sfaculty, who will be known as the Lynch Family Teaching Fellow. This willbe an important tool to attract and retain bright, young teaching candidatesas we compete with our peer schools.

The Ronald P. and Susan E. Lynch Endowed Teaching Fellowship is oneof three endowed teaching fellowships that have been created this year,including the Rutherfoord Family Endowed Teaching Fellowship and theClass of 2011 Endowed Teaching Fellowship. These three, significant giftsare investments in Salisbury’s most precious resource, its faculty. They areproof positive that Salisbury’s benefactors realize the importance of investingin this resource and fully appreciate the critical roles of those who teach andcoach the boys.

“For Those Who Teach and Coach the Boys” is one of the five fundingpriorities that form the foundation of the “For The Boys” Campaign. As weprepare to move to the public phase of this ambitious fundraising effort, wewill be talking more about this important priority and gift opportunities,including endowed faculty chairs, endowed teaching fellowships and supportfor faculty salaries and benefits, faculty housing and faculty development.

For further information, please contact: Dutch Barhydt, director of devel-opment, at [email protected] or (860) 435-5704.

Board of Trustees Announces the Lynch Family Endowed Teaching Fellowshipto Support “Those Who Teach and Coach the Boys”

Build Academic Skills and Confidence atSalisbury Summer SchoolBoys and girls entering grades 7-12 will thrive at our five weekprogram designed to refine academic and learning skills inreading, writing, vocabulary, study skills, math and SAT prep.Small class size maximizes individualized attention by facultymembers. Make-up credits in English and math are available.

For further information visit: Salisbury SummerSchool www.salisburysummerschool.org

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When a prospective Salisbury admissions candidate arrives on the Hilltop and walks into Main, he is met by acurrent Salisbury student, a member of the Key Society. One of Salisbury’s enduring traditions, the Key Society ismade up of student admission guides; Salisbury boys who provide an important first impression of Salisbury to fam-ilies exploring the world of secondary schools. Walker Chafee ’11 is a member of the Key Society and knows theimportance of admissions in the life of the School first hand. “When I first visited the school, I was immediatelymet by a student. He made me feel welcome right away. And, as we walked around the School, I could relate tothe day-to-day life here thanks to him. I am glad that I can now do this for others.”

That first visit to campus and the interaction with current students and Salisbury’s Admissions Office is a signa-ture moment in the admissions process. As the saying goes, “You don’t get a second chance to make a first impres-sion.” And while the prospective candidates feel the anticipation of the initial visit, the admissions process alsorequires much from the School. With many years of experience and a track record of success, Salisbury’s AdmissionsOffice works hard not only to attract and welcome candidates to the Hilltop but to also provide the means and theopportunity for deserving applicants to attend Salisbury. Attracting boys to the Hilltop addresses the key issues ofadmissions today: access and affordability.

Financing the Salisbury ExperienceAccess and affordability have become the two critical issues in both higher education and private secondary educa-

tion admissions. The recent recession has compounded and exacerbated demographic and economic issues thathave been developing over the long term. Salisbury has worked hard to manage these issues but much remains to bedone to provide opportunities for prospective boys and families in the years and decades ahead. Having socio-eco-nomic, geographic and racial diversity directly supports the mission of the School. The varieties of strengths and tal-ents that financial aid recipients bring to the Hilltop enhance all students and faculty members.

A quick way to “measure” the access and affordability issue is to compare past and current numbers of applicantsfor financial aid. In his recent report to the Salisbury’s Board of Trustees, Director of Admissions and Financial AidPeter Gilbert reported that 46% of applicants applied for need-based financial aid in the fall of 2007. By the fall of2010, that number had climbed to 57%. Some of this increase has been caused by the recent financial disruptionfelt by a number of families, and some is due to the fact that tuition increases have outpaced inflation for a numberof years. Salisbury is not alone of course; these trends and similar percentages are seen at nearly every peer school.The results are not surprising; only 40% of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) have gainedenrollment and in 2009-2010, the median schools lost 4% of enrollment. Salisbury, on the other hand, has heldsteady or increased enrollment consistently in the last ten years. Clearly, our long-standing expertise in educatingboys is highly attractive in today’s education marketplace.

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Salisbury Admissions Remains Competitive DuringEconomic Downturn

How has Salisbury managed to succeed inthis environment? Headmaster ChisholmChandler (who served Salisbury as director ofadmissions prior to becoming Salisbury’s sev-enth headmaster) answers it this way:“Attracting and retaining Salisbury boys is amission and a partnership. It began withHeadmaster George Langdon who wanted toensure that a Salisbury boy would have everyopportunity to remain on the Hilltop if hisfamily experienced severe financial reversal.From this goal came a formal program ofneed-based financial aid that is a foundationof Salisbury’s mission today. This mission iscarried out by a dedicated partnership ofdonors to financial aid and our admissionsteam, including the boys who represent theSchool so well as Key Society members, and

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Matt Corkery, assistant director ofadmissions and alumni secretary, has aunique perspective to assess this missionand partnership: “I have been fortunateto know so many Salisbury boys from thefirst moment they stepped on to campusto look at us, to their days as students andto the days when they have returned asalumni. To know that we were able toprovide truly life changing opportunitiesis quite remarkable. And, I know that wecould not do this without the generosityof those who make gifts to financial aidand scholarships.”

As Walker Chafee ’11 returns fromshowing another prospective familyaround the Hilltop, Brian Phinney, assis-tant director of admissions, who overseesthe Key Society sums it up. “Having boyslike Walker and others in the Key Society

is the icing on the cake. No one can lendcredibility and authenticity to the admis-sions process like a student. We are happyto have a role in this mission.”

Providing for the FutureMission and partnership. Both are key

components of so much at Salisbury, andcertainly in “Attracting and RetainingSalisbury Boys.” We invite you to join thispartnership and explore ways that yourgiving can help support financial aid,endowed scholarships and innovative aca-demic programs. Your gift will have along-term impact on the depth and talentsof the students we are able to enroll andthis will further strengthen the School inthe most fundamental ways. This partner-ship is a timeless and worthy mission,begun many years ago by HeadmasterGeorge Langdon.

andDutch Barhydt, Director of Development

Co-authored by:Peter Gilbert,Director of Admissions

for the boys

Salisbury Board Announces theJoan and John E. Herlitz ’60Endowed Memorial ScholarshipFund to Support Financial Aid

John Herlitz ’60 left several legacies when hepassed away in 2008. As a professional automobiledesigner, John gave car enthusiasts some ofAmerica’s best known designs including the 1970Plymouth Barracuda, the 1971 Plymouth GTXand the 1971 Plymouth Road Runner, iconicnames that still make the hearts of car enthusiastsbeat a little faster to this day. To his sons Kirk andTodd, John left a legacy as a generous benefactor toa number of non-profit organizations throughbequests from his estate (John’s wife Joan, passedaway two months before John). And to Salisbury,John left a generous bequest from his estate thathas established the Joan and John E. Herlitz ’60Endowed Memorial Scholarship Fund. Per John’swishes and the wishes of Todd and Kirk, this schol-arship will provide significant scholarship aid to astudent with demonstrated financial need who hasan established record in visual arts or a relatedfield, or an interest or passion in the visual arts thatcan be nurtured and grown in the classroom atSalisbury School.

Key Society memberWalker Chaffee ’11gives a prospectivefamily a campus tour.

1 4 S A L I S B U R Y M A G A Z I N E S p r i n g 2 0 1 1

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

I JChicago

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I JNew York City Old Boys Night

Director of Development Dutch Barhydt, Peter Rogers ’66,Jim Dickerson ’65, Thomas Neal P’11 and HeadmasterChisholm Chandler

Jim Haft P’12, Greg Smart, John Smart andBob Zabel ’85

Julie Flood, Jack Marshall ’79, Mike Wardand Julie Haft P’12

Dan Gomez ’96, George Baker ’96, Gavin McLaughlin’96, Seamus Lamb ’96 and Tim McCaffrey ’96

Tom Simmons ’04, Bryan Bendjy ’02, AssistantDirector of Development Nattalie Will, Senior MasterRalph Menconi, George Baker ’96, GeorgeMcLaughlin ’96 and Pierre DuPont ’78

David Greiner ’99, David Friedman ’99, HeadmasterChisholm Chandler and Kevin Grady ’00

Kirk Jackson ’59 and Dick Altman ’59 Headmaster Chandler and Trustee Dick Field ’59 Jamie Robinson ’80 and John Oler ’73, P’12

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G A T H E R I N G S

DECEMBER 2, 2010

I JGreenwich Parent Holiday Event

Stacy Ramos P’12 and Joannie Shoykhet P’11 Teddy Harrington P’13, Trustee Ashley Harrington P’13, Carla Edson P’13 andBlandy Coty P’14

Assistant Director of College Advising Chris Phelps with Lisa and Tom Joyce P’13Dennis and Erika Craft P’12 with Marla and Joe Truini P’12

Hosts Doreen and Michael Sanderson P’11Andrew Richter P’11, Betsy and Ed Nolan P’13 and Assistant to the Headmaster forExternal Affairs and Dean of Faculty Chris Hinchey


G A T H E R I N G S

DECEMBER 9, 2010

I JAnn Arbor, Michigan

T.J. Johnson ’85, Barrett and Jamey Hein ’92 and Steve Godwin ’85 Richard Riegel, Dicky Riegel ’84, Headmaster Chisholm Chandler, Doug Hood ’84,James Greiner P’99 and David Greiner ’99

JoAnne DeConcilys P’12, Steve and Cheryl Goldberg P’12 and Carol Durso P’11Headmaster Chisholm Chandler with Luis Rivera ’95

Nolan Stevens, Paul Durso P’11, Craig Barre P’11 and Jeremiah Cunningham P’06, ’11Maureen Barre P’11, Margie Cunningham P’06, ’11, Cecily Morris P’11, ParentsAssociation President Elizabeth Brunson P’12 and Beth Antoni P’11


G A T H E R I N G S

JANUARY 22, 2011

I JWinter Alumni Games Reception

Associate Headmaster Sam Simmons P’04 withChase Richey ’09

Calvin Griffin ’99 and Peter Gross ’01

Director of Athletics Tim Sinclair ’91 andNick Sciubba ’05

Dicky Riegel ’84, John Hurley ’84, Courtney Bartlett ’84, P’14, Clay Baldwin ’84 and Tom O’Neil ’84

P.J. Baiocco ’01, Peter Gross ’01, Cris Sigovitch ’01 and David Greiner ’99

Scott Sheahen ’06 and Chair of the History Department Rhonan Mokriski ’90David Friedman ’99 and Director of the Phinny LibraryRosemarie Lane Lopez P’00


G A T H E R I N G S

B Y D A N I E L L E D . S I N C L A I R

P H O T O S B Y J E N N I F E R F I E R E C K ,

J A N E T M C C O R M I C K A N D D A N I E L L E S I N C L A I R

Salisbury is fortunate to have students from around the world pursue their secondary education on the Hilltop.

Imagine packing your bags and setting off to live and study in a foreign country dur-ing your secondary school years…a daunting thought for many. However, approximate-ly 19% of Salisbury’s student body each year is composed of boys who do just that.These confident and intelligent young men travel to the Hilltop to become exposed tonew learning experiences as well as share their culture with other boys their age.

The Global

Perspective

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Korea

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Salisbury Provides Cross-Cultural Learning

Salisbury presents many wonderfulopportunities for its international stu-dents. The School offers them the abili-ty to improve their English expression,become familiar with American styles ofthought and make friends from aroundthe world. We also endeavor to beproactive in creating programmingaimed at enabling international studentsto adjust to American teaching methods.

“What we do at Salisbury is encour-age our international students to sharetheir culture, their history and their liveswith fellow students, while at the sametime fully immerse themselves in theAmerican boarding school experience,”comments Rhonan Mokriski ’90, co-advisor to the international students.

“Our international students speak veryhighly of their ability to excel atSalisbury in a variety of roles—in theclassroom, on the athletic fields and inextracurricular activities,” commentsYukon Luo, co-advisor to the interna-tional student program. He goes on tonote, “They love the breadth of optionsthey are given here, and are especiallythrilled to wear a number of differenthats that enable them to show their non-academic side.” For instance, many boysnote that their schools are not co-curric-ular, meaning interscholastic athletics arenot a part of a typical school day in theirhome countries. This, for many, is afavorite part to their day, and as a schoolwe know the importance of lessonslearned on the playing field as well asthose in the classroom.

Salisbury Benefits from a Diverse Student Body

Our international students providethe entire community with a betterunderstanding about a variety of nation-al histories and cultures—an importanttool for all Salisbury boys to develop intoday’s global society. Throughout theyear, events are hosted where the boysshare customs with fellow students andfaculty members. For instance,Salisbury annually celebrates the AsianNew Year with a big festival in theDining Room. All international stu-dents are invited to participate in themaking, cooking and sharing ofdumplings. “It is this type of event thatwe believe fosters an international com-munity and provides a full context forour student body,” notes Mokriski.Many Salisbury families also enjoy invit-ing an international student home dur-ing the short school breaks to furtherthe cross-cultural exchange of traditionsand holiday expressions.

An international student orientationwas held for the first time this year,and the School remained open duringFall Break and Long Winter Weekendto allow for these boys to stay on cam-pus, understanding it is too far forthem to travel home for a short dura-tion. These gestures have been well-received by international families andhave made for an easier transition forboys new to the Hilltop.

Read on to see how some of our currentinternational students are immersing them-selves in the Salisbury experience.

BahamasBermudaCameroonCanadaChina

GermanyHong KongJapanKazakhstanKorea

LithuaniaMexicoNamibiaPanamaSaudi Arabia

South KoreaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTaiwan

ThailandUnited KingdomViet Nam

Home Countries of Our International StudentsIn recent years, Salisbury has been proud to educate boys from numerous countries including:

“I can remember my days as a student on the Hilltop where I madefriends from Japan,Finland and Ethiopia. I continue those relationships tothis day,” said Mokriski. “I recentlytraveled over to Asia and it wasfantastic to have my friends, class-mates, former students and theirfamilies host me. That’s somethingstudents receive from this kind ofeducational experience—the abili-ty to have those relationships andnurture them over time.”


“At Salisbury, we learn about other cultures. It’s really wonderful for everyonebecause it provides us all with a better understanding of the world at large.”H S I A N G “ T O M M Y ” C H A N G ’ 1 1

Angelo Tilahun ’14

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NAMIBIA

When asked what this third former likes most about Salisbury, Angelo is quick toreply, “The friendly people. The ability to talk to teachers about problems, sports orjust about anything, and, obviously, the facilities. They are amazing. Also, the numberof fun activities a boy can do here is endless! Coming to Salisbury is even better than Iimagined it to be.”

This high honors student has had a relatively easy transition into life on the Hilltop.He has been open to exploring all that the school has to offer including taking multiplemusic lessons (guitar and drum) and developing leadership skills as a third form repre-sentative to Student Council.

Since arriving at Salisbury, Angelo has a new-found passion: hockey. His Americanfriends taught him how to skate (for the first time in his life!) and Angelo wholeheart-edly enjoyed the sport. He skated as a member of the recreational hockey team thispast winter.

Angelo, who has a perpetual smile on his face and is always enthusiastic, admits thereare two things that have been hard adjustments since coming to the School: learningAmerican slang and the cold, snowy weather!

With nine honors classes under his belt,academically, Dan certainly has made themost of his time at Salisbury. In addition, hehas been an active participant on a numberof athletic teams including lower level soccer,basketball and tennis. “The combination of

academics and athletics here on the Hilltop fulfills my desire as a student.” Hehas been awarded prizes for his commitment in both academics and athletics.

Throughout his three years on the Hilltop, Dan has come to enjoy the com-petitive spirit of the student body. He also notes, “Schools in the U.S. offerbetter opportunities than schools in China. The unique educational systemhere is more suitable for me.” This friendly, polite and hard-working studentlanded at Salisbury based on the recommendation of his American guardian.

Around campus, Dan is well known for his talents as an artist. Drawing ishis particular interest. For the last two years, Dan has participated in the ArtGarage, an after-school art studio hosted at the public high school. Staffed bylocal, professional artists, it provides a place for students to develop skills in allforms of art, free of curricular requirements. Through the Art Garage, Dantaught interested students about Chinese Brush Painting. In addition, hedonated one of his paintings to a fundraiser for the organization. It sold for$10,000.

Nan “Dan” Shi ’11

guangdong,

CHINA


After deciding to study in the United States and evaluating a number of schools atthe recommendation of his English tutor, Dennis chose Salisbury “because the studentslooked friendly. The camaraderie between students is the best thing about the School.”

As the head of the international club, a member of the technical crew of theSalisbury Dramatic Society and a former Key Society member, honors student Dennisis active in many facets of school life. However, this lower level soccer, basketball andbaseball player is thrilled at the chance to compete interscholastically. “The fact that Ican actually play sports, in addition to my studies, made me excited to come here.”

Just like all parents would be, but especially those so far from their son, Dennisbelieves that his mother and father are always concerned that he is working to hispotential. Through his experience at Salisbury, “I have found that I can take care ofmyself. Even though there are friends, teachers and advisors, I have learned to beresponsible for my academics and to manage my time efficiently.”

Seung Hyeok

“Dennis” Park ’12

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Diversity Month As part of the School’s celebration of diversity, students are annually encouraged to give X-block seminars aimed atinforming the Salisbury community about some aspect of their culture. Below is a list of the 2011 presentations:


A Tour of Hong KongHsiang Chang ’11Hiu Pang Choi ’13Nan Shi ’12

The Hidden Gem of China(Tai Zhou)Chiye Huang ’13

Visiting Shanghai Yong Yan “Tony” Tang ’12Jian Xi “Rex” Zhang ’13Yugian “Stephen” Xu ’12

Japanese SubwaysShinichi “Shelley” Hirata ’12

Learning KoreanKyung Jae Cho ’11Jae Gang Oh ’11

MexicoRogelio Irigoyen ’11

Basque Country (Spain) Javier Lozon ’13

Vietnamese CulturesDuc Tan Pham ’14Quan Do ’14

Life in Seoul Whi Jin Park ’13 Seung Hyeok “Dennis”

Park ’12Young Gi “Phillip” Moon ’13

Saudi Arabia Amin Alireza ’13

Korean / English RapDong Ho Lee ’13

Life in Namibia Angelo Tilahun ’14

Old Beijing (China)Dayuan Wang ’14Kejian Lin ’11Siyang Chen ’14

U.S.A. Taylor Ogan ’14

David has come to the Hilltop through ASSIST, an interna-tional program with which Salisbury has had a long relationship.Its mission is “to promote mutual understanding, cultural inter-change and a more peaceful world” by providing opportunitiesfor outstanding international students to attend American inde-pendent secondary schools on one-year scholarships.

David chose to study abroad “to do something completely dif-ferent. It is unusual for high school students to study at a board-ing school in the United States. This was a once-in-a-lifetimeopportunity for me.” Despite the fact that David must repeat hisjunior year of high school when he returns to Sweden, he believes the benefits of international study far out-weigh the fact that he will be a year behind upon going home.

What has been one of his favorite experiences thus far? Playing football for the first time in his life.David enthusiastically states, “I wanted to try to play American football—I enjoy watching it on televi-sion. I was amazed at the physicality of it.” Head Coach Chris Phelps notes, “David was a great addi-tion to the Knights Football Family. Having never been exposed to American football, he was unfamil-iar with the positions, the fundamentals and the schematic nature of the game. However, his positiveattitude toward learning, to self-development and his contributions to our team atmosphere allowedhim to grow as a person and as an athlete. He made tremendous gains throughout the season.”

Yeskendir came to Salisbury after researchingand attending our summer school program in2010. He is thoroughly enjoying the smallschool atmosphere and befriending everyonehe meets (everyone knows Yeskendir!). Quitesimply, Yeskendir is a boy who has fully immersed himself in the Salisbury experi-ence from day one.

“I find studying in the United States to be a wonderful experience. I’m happy tomeet people from other countries and benefit from a U.S. education. I also likethe fact that Salisbury offers a bunch of athletic and extracurricular activities, whichmakes life at school even more interesting,” comments Yeskendir. An honors stu-dent, Yeskendir is a member of the Gospel Choir and a photographer for our year-book, The Pillar. He has also participated in the erg-a-thon and was a cast mem-ber in the winter play “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” (shown left). In addition, he wenton the community service trip to Biloxi, MS this past March.

Yeskendir has blossomed at Salisbury, discovering interests he never knew he had,noting, “I really enjoyed being on the ski team this year as I have never racedbefore. I also never knew I could draw until I took the Drawing and Paintingclass. Ms. Crofut is a great teacher, and she makes me love art even more.”

David Evholt ’12

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SWEDEN

YeskendirKazhmuratov ’13almaty,KAZAKHSTAN


Parents WeekendOctober 15-16, 2010

P H O T O S B Y J A N E T M C C O R M I C K , D A N I E L L E S I N C L A I R A N D B R I A N W I L C O X

Each and every October, parents come from across the United States and, in fact, the globe to cel-ebrate their sons and Salisbury School during Parents Weekend. Activities this past fall included par-ent/teacher conferences, receptions in the homes of faculty members and a special sixth form parentreception at the home of Tracy and Chisholm Chandler. In addition, several new events were addedto the schedule--fifth and sixth form meetings with the College Office, a presentation aboutSalisbury’s community service and residential life programs as well as a Parents Association meeting.Saturday afternoon was spent cheering for the Crimson Knights at numerous athletic contests, withsideline goodies provided by Parents Association.

As is our tradition, on Saturday morning the community gathered for an all-school convocationwhere a chapel service was held and academic awards were presented.

At the convocation, Headmaster Chandler spoke of the importance of making a difference.Noting that today’s world is anything but at peace, he declared, “Fortunately, I believe there is indeedhope. In fact, great hope. As I look around this athletic center, I see 305 reasons to be very hopeful.These boys are our hope…boys from different backgrounds, representing families from all over thecountry and the globe. Boys of great promise. So bright and talented. Boys of promising character.Boys from whom we expect great things, while they are students here at Salisbury and when theyleave us for their next challenges. They are my hope. They are our hope.”

“Civility is a cornerstonetrait of a gentleman, aSalisbury gentleman.

A boy who asks, ‘What can I do tohelp?’ A boy who will look at theworld with optimism, a boy whowill think of what can be, a boy

who will see his way over obsta-cles. One who will relish a chal-lenge. This is a key piece of the

Salisbury experience: becoming someone who

yearns to make a difference.“

HEADMASTER CHANDLER

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Leo Mittelsten Scheid ’13 with parents Vivica and Jorg


Christine, Ben ’11 and James McArdle Robin Freeman, Kyle Freeman ’13 and Kathryn Kiner

Rogelio Irigoyen ’11 with parents Rogelio Irigoyen and Amparo Berlanga Wayne and Pamela Powers with son Oliver ’12

David Reunert ’12 with parents Diane and PhilipBrad and Bowen Brinegar ’14



Chaplain Jeffrey Lewis P’12 gives the keynote address at convocation.

Headmaster Chandler also directly addressed the students, noting, “Boys, this is a great burdenyou bear. You carry the hopes of this school, your family, the nation, and the world with you.However, I trust you see it as an incredible opportunity. The opportunity to make an enormous dif-ference. To change the way the world is today.”

He went on to say, “The real question is, ‘How does one make a difference in today’s world?’ Imentioned a cure for the many ills that affect us. What is the cure? I believe a component of thatcure is a simple thought, an age-old value about which too many people have forgotten. CIVILITY.Courtesy, respect, grace, civility. Civility is a cornerstone trait of a gentleman, a Salisbury gentleman.

A boy who asks, ‘What can I do to help?’ A boy who will look at the worldwith optimism, a boy who will think of what can be, a boy who will see his wayover obstacles. One who will relish a challenge. This is a key piece of theSalisbury experience: becoming someone who yearns to make a difference. Aboy who appreciates what he has been given and who understands that becauseof this much is expected of him.” On a final note, Headmaster Chandler added,“The world needs boys who have such a mission…Boys, you can make it hap-pen. Make it happen!”

The Rev. Jeffrey Lewis P’12, Salisbury’s new chaplain, was the convocationkeynote speaker. His speech shared a similar message to that of the headmaster,focusing on the significance of being kind and aware in our everyday lives.

Rev. Lewis announced, “I was recently diagnosed with a chronic condition.The experts are still not sure if it is genetic or something I caught from someone.I’ve had the condition for most of my life, but only in my 40s am I coming toterms with it. I suffer from idealism.”

Cody Bell ’11 shows his awards to his father Stuart.


Ryan Frazier ’12 and the Gospel Choir get the audience hand clapping and toe tapping to their uplifting songs.

To read Headmaster Chandler’s full ParentsWeekend 2010 convocation speech, visit:www.salisburyschool.org/parentsweekend2010

Parents Weekend

He went on to proclaim, “I believe that we can make a differencefor good. I also believe it matters that we try to do so. In spite of alack of empirical evidence, indeed, in spite of apparently vastamounting evidence that suggests something to the contrary, Ibelieve it actually, really matters how we live our lives.” Lewisencouraged the boys to always conduct themselves with kindness,compassion, courage and awareness, stating, “Do not forget theimportance of small acts. They are not small.” He ended by not-ing that these deeds “might be as simple as holding a door open fora brother…or holding someone up when they are falling.” An avidsailor, Rev. Lewis concluded by saying, “Remember, we are in thesame boat in this sea of life—and kind acts always matter.”

Thank you to all for making it a spectacular weekend!

Course Awards

ARTBoat Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cameron J. Fitch ’12Ceramics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warwick P. Mortimer ’11Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yong Tan Tang ’12

ENGLISHIV Form English Honors . . . . Peter K. Isacs ’12

MUSICMusic Technology. . . . . . . . . . Frederic B. Mason ’13Jazz History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dylan M. Brodie ’12Jazz Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicholas B. Hyman ’13Rock Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . Jacob R. Calder ’12

SCIENCEAnatomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hsiang Chang ’11Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christopher Silvey ’11Environmental Science . . . . . John P. Ryan ’11

James B. McArdle ’11Physics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jack Barre ’11

Jeremy Shoykhet ’11

WORLD LANGUAGESFrench I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicholas P. Merriam ’12French III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Mauldin ’12

Harry L. Morris ’11Mandarin III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kyung Jae Cho ’11Spanish II Honors. . . . . . . . . . Nan Shi ’11Spanish III Honors . . . . . . . . . Kevin P. Morris ’12Spanish V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matthew M. Skala ’11

Multiple Course Awards

Christopher Hussey ’12 . . . . CeramicsJazz Ensemble

Francis J. Craft ’12 . . . . . . . . MandarinSculpture

William J. Solberg ’11 . . . . . V Form English HonorsAP U.S. History

Yeon Sang Jung ’12 . . . . . . . IV Form English HonorsWorld History HonorsMandarin II

Darby J. McGlone ’13 . . . . . III Form EnglishAncient History

Dong Yeop Kang ’11 . . . . . . AP Calculus BCAP ChemistrySpanish IV Honors

Kanzheng Zhu ’11 . . . . . . . . AP Calculus ABInternational Relations

Whi Jin Park ’13 . . . . . . . . . Algebra 2/Trigonometry HonorsMandarin I

Young Gi Moon ’13. . . . . . . GeometryBiology Honors

Nicholas R. Turecamo ’13 . . Algebra IField StudiesSpanish I

Jae Gang Oh ’11 . . . . . . . . . Classical EnsembleSpanish III Honors

Most Improved Prizes

Third Form (Class of 2013)Academic Most Improved . . . Andrew LinOverall Most Improved . . . . . Frederic B. Mason

Fourth Form (Class of 2012)Academic Most Improved . . . Chun-Fang ChengOverall Most Improved . . . . . John W. Clippinger

Fifth Form (Class of 2011)Academic Most Improved . . . John R. PerriOverall Most Improved . . . . . David J. ConnollyOverall Most Improved . . . . . Peter R. Kennedy

Parents Weekend

Andrew Brunson ’12 is congratulated by Headmaster Chandler.


To view and purchase photos from theentire weekend, visit our photo galleryat http://salisburyschool.smugmug.com H

First scholar of last year’s fifth form Kanzheng Zhu ’11.Headmaster Chandler awards Jay Fabien ’11 his certificate of merit.

Major Awards

Brown University Book Award: William J. Solberg ’11In honor of this student’s selection as last year’s fifth former whobest combined a high degree of ability in English expression, bothwritten and spoken, with outstanding personal qualities which gavepromise that the student would become one of the succession ofmen and women duly qualified for discharging the office of lifewith usefulness and reputation.

Frederick Douglass & Susan B. Anthony Award:James B. McArdle ’11University of Rochester sponsors this award to recognize outstand-ing achievement in the humanities and /or social sciences. This stu-dent was selected on the basis of academic achievement, leadershipand community service during last year’s fifth form year.

The Harvard Prize: Jae Gang Oh ’11Awarded by the Harvard Club of Boston; to be presented to theoutstanding student in last year’s fifth form who “displays excellencein scholarship and high character, combined with achievement inother fields.”

RPI Medal: Dong Yeop Kang ’11The Renssalaer Mathematics and Science Prize is awarded to theoutstanding member of last year’s fifth form for his work in thecombined areas of mathematics and science.

Trinity College Book Award: John M. Lamont ’11 &Christopher Garibaldi ’11Awarded by The Trinity Club of Hartford, this prize is given to amember of last year’s fifth form in recognition of his high scholasticstanding and his service to the School.

Wesleyan Book Prize: Cody K. Bell ’11The Wesleyan University Prize is awarded to the outstanding stu-dent in last year’s fifth form who has most impressed the facultywith the high probability that he will dedicate himself to a lifetimeof intellectual growth as well as deep involvement in the furtheranceof the well-being of his community – ideals that are pillars of theWesleyan University tradition.

Williams College Book Award: Jeremy Shoykhet ’11The Williams College Book Prize is given to the student in the topfive percent of last year’s fifth form class who has demonstratedintellectual leadership and has made a significant contribution tothe extracurricular life of the School.

First Scholar Awards

First Scholar of Last Year’s Third Form Kyung Duk Yoon ’13

First Scholars of Last Year’s Fourth FormYeon Sang Jung ’12 Yugian Xu ’12

First Scholar of Last Year’s Fifth FormKanzheng Zhu ’11



Thinking Outside the BoxB Y D A N I E L L E D . S I N C L A I R

P H O T O S B Y E R I K A C R O F U T, J E N N I F E R F I E R E C K , B A I L E Y P H E L P S A N D D A N I E L L E S I N C L A I R

The study of the visual arts allows our boys to take action, explore and search for answers unlike any other academic discipline.


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In today’s world, educators clearly note the positive benefits of studying the visual arts. At its core, the study of the visual arts provides stu-dents with an opportunity to develop both their cognitive skills and their imaginations. As Salisbury’s mission is to prepare boys for lifebeyond the Hilltop, we believe these skills are essential to their success and happiness as adults.

Art classes allow Salisbury boys todevelop self-confidence, self-discipline,persistence and a sense of accomplish-ment. Collaborative class projectsdevelop crucial skills in cooperativedecision making, leadership, clear com-munication and complex problem solv-ing. Field trips expose students to newculture and allow boys to personallyinteract with artwork, professionalartists and exhibits.

“In our on-going attempt to educateself-confident, well-rounded boys, weare firmly committed to our liberal artscurriculum, one which emphasizes mas-tery in the courses offered on both sidesof the Salisbury campus – the humani-ties and the quantitative studies,” notesAssociate Headmaster and Director ofStudies Sam Simmons P’04. “We arealso interested in exposing Salisbury stu-dents to the arts program – the visualarts as well as the performing arts – andas such we have adjusted the art require-ments for a diploma.”

Starting in 2011-12, each new stu-dent in the third and fourth forms atSalisbury must fulfill three trimestercredits (one year) in art in order to grad-uate, and our boys have a wide array ofofferings from which to choose (per-forming arts and music can also counttoward credits needed).

Many Salisbury teachers representing

a wide range of academic disciplineswork with members of the ArtDepartment in an interdisciplinarynature, as they embrace the benefits artcan bring to a classroom. “As a teacherof English, I have for years used the visu-al and performing arts to enhanceunderstanding of both the literature andthe process of good writing and think-ing,” notes Jane Balaguero, instructor inEnglish/learning center instructor. “Inthe teaching of writing, I use some ofthe same vocabulary a student hears inthe studio—sketch, line, composition—and the process of brainstorming,researching, drafting and composing apainting, for instance, mirror a solidwriting process.”

Balaguero continues, “We areincreasingly aware of howimportant “making” and “doing” are toa boy’s education; a vigorous arts pro-gram affords boys an opportunity forthis essential kind of work and drawsthem into a creative endeavor that helpsthem to know better the content oftheir own minds. I see the arts as a vitalpart of our mission to educate boys per-haps for no greater reason than the free-dom such curricula have to combinediscipline, creativity, freedom and physi-cal effort that shows every boy not onlywhat but how he thinks.”

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“I think one of the best ways we devel-op a love for the visual arts is that weoffer a wide variety of classes, includingwoodworking and boatbuilding whichhelp draw in boys who may at first belacking confidence with their artisticabilities,” comments Instructor in Artand Director of the Tremaine GalleryRoger McKee ’72. “For many students,the visual arts seem foreign upon theirarrival at Salisbury. However, each boy isgiven the opportunity to grow and learnto take risks with us within a safe andencouraging environment.”

“My approach to teaching art hasalways involved learning through prac-

tice,” comments Art Department ChairErika Crofut. “I believe that joy andaccomplishment in the visual arts are notrestricted. I have always felt that talentcan be an overused word that often putsoff more people than it encourages. Inmy classes, I explain a structuredapproach to the handling of materials,show historical references and concepts,and demonstrate the pleasure and pridethat comes from hard work. I try andsimplify and clarify potentially over-whelming material, and remind the boysthat what they are after in their artworkis within their own experience.”

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The Pottery Studio: This studio is set up for work with earthenware, stoneware and raku clay. We have six electric potter’swheels, a slab roller, two extruders, a wide variety of hand tools used for forming, shaping, and decorating pots and sculptures.A separately ventilated room houses two electric kilns for most work, and a small gas-fired “top-hat” kiln for raku firings is locat-ed just outside the studio, on the Ruger terrace. This space was a gift from Trustee Anton Schiffenhaus ’48 and his wife in honorof their friend and fellow potter, Don Reitz. Schiffenhaus continues to be active with the program and is a frequent visitor tocampus. He and brother Larry ’47 recently displayed an exhibit of their art work in the Tremaine Gallery.

Printmaking Studio: With two presses and plenty of well-ventilated space for rolling out inks, this studio is an effective space forrelief and intaglio printing.

Drawing and Painting Studio: Bright and airy, as are all of our studios, this space is multi-purpose. It may be used for drawingor painting, or when needed, for the construction of large scale sculptural and installation projects.

The Woodshop: The woodshop is well-equipped, both with power and hand tools. The shop itself has ventilation and vacuumsystems which keep airborne dust and wood chips under control.

Boatbuilding Room: This space is used to create wood-epoxy, sea kayaks and other small wooden boats.

Photography Dark Room: It is here that students learn to develop 35mm prints in black and white.

The Tremaine Gallery: This gallery, dedicated in 2001 by the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation and members of the Tremaine andCollins families, is primarily used to display student artwork. In addition, works by faculty members and school community mem-bers have been featured, including shows by alumni artists Anton ’48 and Laurence Schiffenhaus ’47, Alan McCord ’57, PeterKetchum ’59, Tom O’Neil ’84, Roger McKee ’72 and Steve Noneman ’86.

The Ruger Fine Arts Center, given in generosity by members of the Ruger family and dedicated in 2002, is located on the lowerlevel of the Centennial Humanities Building. It is home to five beautifully lit, spacious studios fully equipped to increase a boy’sawareness to the visual world. Each is full of tools to craft furniture, pottery and prints as well as supplies for drawing and painting.

“We are so happy with the design of the Arts Center,” notes McKee. “When we have coursework overflow, we have a flexible spacethat allows us to grow as needed. This is extremely useful to us.” Throughout the year as boys work on large sculptures or boats, you’llfind student projects occupying the rotunda of Ruger as well as in the other non-traditional classroom spaces within the center.

Our current facilities include:

SALISBURY’S FACILITIESARE FIRST-RATE

The Tremaine Gallery

Student Profiles


Where do you get the inspiration for your artwork? I get my inspiration frommy surroundings. So, depending on where I’m located at any given moment willdetermine what to draw.

What is your favorite piece of art? My favorite piece of art is a pencil draw-ing I did a while back of a hand drawing a picture.

What medium of art do you like best? I enjoy graphics.What first inspired your interest in art? It was a book that was given to

me in third grade; it was about an artist that loved to draw dinosaurs, and when he drew them, they seemed to come to life. Hethen began making full-size replicas and opened up a museum. Every sculpture was handmade and very realistic. This story firstdeveloped my passion for art.

What do you find hardest when creating a piece of art? The most difficult part, for me, is trying to make my art look exactly asI pictured it in my head, down to the finest detail.

What lesson(s) did you learn in these classes? I learned that being neat is great, but sometimes you have to let the paint find its ownway around the picture so that you are actually painting what is there and not how you want it to be.

Tell the story of one of your more interesting projects from conception to completion: I was trying to draw all of my friendsin one group. Knowing that they couldn’t stay still for as long as I would need to complete the artwork, I had to get a picture of each oneof them. Next, I had to determine which person would stand where and if I would be able to make them do a pose. I would have theimage of the face to work with from the pictures they provided me with, but their bodies would have to be from my own mind. As I beganto draw, I noticed that every pose I gave them was something that I had seen my friends do or just went perfect with them. By the time Ifinished, I felt that I truly knew myself as an artist and knew my friends even more.

RASHAD LANCE ’13BROOKLYN, NY

CHRIS HUSSEY ’12ARLINGTON, VA

Where do you get the inspiration for your artwork? I get inspired not just in the artroom, but everywhere I go. Art isn’t defined by someone sitting in a room with a piece of clay ora guitar in their hands, but rather a form of life. Art is something someone lives for, and throughart some can find peace.

What is your favorite piece of art? My favorite piece of art would have to be KurtSchwitter’s “The Merzurt” because of the historical significance of the Dada movement precedingWorld War I. This time period truly intrigues me.

What medium of art do you like best? I love clay. I absolutely and completely adore thefeeling of holding something in one’s hands that you can manipulate any way you wish. Claycan be made into anything from a bird or vase to a box or man, but more importantly you canshow your hopes, fears and secrets.

What first inspired your interest in art? Why are you so passionate about it?

When I was a child, my mother made us a studio in the back room. It included everything frompaper and clay to pencils and paint brushes. At the time I did not really enjoy sitting down and

making something, but after time I grew to love it. I’m passionate about art because when I wake up in the morning I don’tknow what is going to happen that day for good or bad, but when you sit down and decide to compose a song or create a bird,you are in control and nothing can take that away from you.

Boat Building: The ArtDepartment has offered kayakbuilding since 2003. Students areable to select a boat from twooptions: a sea touring kayak or askin-on-frame canoe. Each yearin late spring, the Departmenthosts a boat launching down atthe boat house, celebrating thesuccess of each student’s project.

Sculpture: Boys in thiscourse learn foundationvocabulary for working inthree dimensions. Projectsexplore a variety of tech-niques. In the spring, studentsbuild an outdoor installation.The course will include fieldtrips to art museums and con-tact with professional artists.

Pottery: The medium for this course is clay.Students learn the basics of handling, firing, and deco-rating clay with glaze and slip. They make functionaland decorative vessels and forms by a variety of means:hand and slab building, throwing on the wheel andcasting and molding. Most firing is done in the elec-tric kiln, and each trimester there is at least one out-door Raku firing.

Woodworking: Boys are introduced to hand andpower tools through the construction of a piece of furni-ture (usually a table) making use of traditional and con-temporary wood joinery techniques in this popular class.Design, craftsmanship and structural problem solving arekey elements of this course.

Photography: This is an introducto-ry course to the use and operation of amanual 35mm camera. Topics coveredinclude determining exposure, develop-ing black and white film, constructing acontact sheet, making prints and mount-ing for display.

Drawing and Painting:This is an exploration of thefundamental skills in drawingand painting. Students willpractice the basic elements ofthe picture plane; we will drawfrom a variety of sources, inand outside of the studio witha variety of drawing and paint-ing media. The course willinclude field trips to art muse-ums and contact with profes-sional artists.

Printmaking: Students will explorebasic printmaking processes in this class.We experiment with intaglio and relief.New variations in technique, line workand application of color are introducedwith each new process. Emphasis in theclass is on exploring the unique potentialof multiples and development of an image.

Objective Drawing: This course is designed for the boy who wants to learn todrawn realistically and improve his ability to draw from observation. Observationsfrom life, both set compositions and landscape, are explored with pencil and ink.Each student will learn techniques to further develop his visual skills and manualcontrol, along with work in composition and abstract structure.

Classes in the Art Curriculum

Studio: In this intensive, full year foundation course, stu-dents will be introduced to drawing, painting, design, somedigital imaging and mixed media. Students will look atmajor works of art from multiple influential periods of ArtHistory, learn visual language, apply techniques and solveproblems. The primary goal of this course is to enhancedevelopment of a student’s personal approach to his subjectsand techniques. A major objective is to encourage interpreta-tion and discussion of one’s own work, the work of otherstudents, and the work of the many artists we study. Thecourse will include field trips to art museums and contactwith professional artists.




Salisbury Receives Generous Gift to SupportFaculty and the Arts

Supporting their belief that Salisburyfaculty and the arts program can bothmake profound differences in the livesof Salisbury boys, Trustee Helen Maherand her husband John, both past par-ents (Michael ’01), have made a signifi-cant gift to the School. At its wintermeeting, Salisbury’s Board of Trusteeslearned that the Mahers have made agift to establish the Helen S. and John F.Maher Chair for the Arts. When fullyfunded, this gift will permanentlyendow a senior faculty position inSalisbury’s Art Department. Throughits excellent arts faculty and superbfacilities contained in the Ruger FineArts Center, Salisbury is committed tooffering instruction and opportunitiesin: photography, drawing and painting,woodworking, pottery, objective draw-ing, studio art and boatbuilding.

“The Maher’s splendid gift is themost recent example of philanthropicsupport for the women and men ofSalisbury’s faculty,” according to DutchBarhydt, Salisbury’s director of develop-ment. “As we approach the publicphase of the “For the Boys” Campaign,Salisbury’s benefactors are really carry-ing the School forward while creatingmomentum and excitement. Each ofthese gifts—an endowed chair from theMahers and endowed teaching fellow-ships from the Rutherfoords, the LynchFoundation and the families of theClass of 2011—is a heartfelt invest-ment in Salisbury’s dedicated, talentedfaculty and we are very, very grateful foreach one.”

Unlike most classes at Salisbury, technology plays a smaller role in the Art Department.While programs like Photoshop are used, “We believe in many cases, there is still value indoing things with hands versus machines. There are a lot of tweaks that can be done just aswell, if not better, using a hand tool in classes like woodworking. Even if you are using a digi-tal drawing tablet, you still need to know the basic techniques of drawing. Skills don’t go outof style,” notes McKee.

“Yes, I agree with Roger,” states Lisa Sheble, Salisbury’s instructor in photography. “Withtraditional black and white photography the first thing to learn is to stop and to see. We lookto light, forms and designs to shape a composition. One carefully determines what will fall tothe small piece of film within the camera, making a commitment to a particular sight andmoment. In the darkroom there is the great process of development and printing. We see ourresults in stages, first the negative, then the great reward of seeing a white sheet of paper comealive in the developer with the image we make. In printing photographs, one feels a certainmastery and the steps are remarkably simple and sequential. When boys are able to spend timelooking and identifying what they want, they always get better and know how to self-improve.Darkroom decisions are both conceptual and analytical.”

Peter Gilbert, director of admissions, remarks, “Prospective families are always amazed at thedepth of artistic talent in our student body. Erika and Roger display a lot of the boys’ artworkaround campus. This creates a profound visual experience for people visiting a boys’ schoolfor the first time who question, ‘This artwork is done by boys?!’ Admissions candidates areoften intrigued by the art offerings, especially boat building. As some of these boys strugglewith fine motor skills, they can excel with the multi-faceted classes and projects that are avail-able to them. Having a vibrant art department is good for us in our mission to educate boys.”

“For me, the challenge and excitement of teaching art comes from working to find the bestway to creatively guide each student in making discoveries that bring them toward their ownunique potential,” says Crofut. “Art is always observation, although it is not always of thatwhich is directly in front of you,” she notes. “The experience of making art begins through see-ing, thinking and feeling. This is a risky process for many and I am proud of my students andtheir willingness to explore. I have come to believe that the purpose of art is in the evolution of awareness.”

WATCHING OUR BOYS EVOLVE

The Ruger Fine Arts Center

Alumni Spotlight: John Sasaki ’90

Do you recall the seaport evacuation scene in the movie “I AmLegend”? What about the bullet time effects in “The Matrix” andthe realistic spider webs in “Spiderman”? The artistic talents ofthis alum created these memorable moments in the popularmotion pictures.

John started working in digital special effects more than 15 years ago, upon graduating from PepperdineUniversity with a degree in Fine Art Painting and Printmaking. Upon graduation, he landed a position atUCLA in the Theater Department working on set decoration and design for both student productions andcampus events. It was here John was first exposed to film making, helping out on several student movies.He soon learned of an opening as a digital compositor but was hesitant to apply. “I had always thought Iwould be an artist, something I am sure a lot of young artists believe. But what I soon realized was thatcomputer visual effects are artistic, just in a collaborative effort.” His first film was “Waterworld” starringKevin Costner in 1994.

Within a standard special effects film, there are at least a dozen jobs including special effects animators,character animators and painters to name a few. As a digital compositor, John takes all of the pieces fromthe principal photography of the actors from a scene as well as the products that create the raw visuals forthe shot such as explosions, backgrounds, digital actors or aliens, and blends them in hopes of makingthem look realistic and as if they were all together when the camera was shooting. He would be the last totouch the shot before it goes into the film.

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Digital compositors typically start outas freelance contract hires. John workedfreelance for about five years beforecommitting to a job with SonyImageworks. After working there foralmost nine years, he decided to go free-lance again. “I am enjoying the free-lance positions; this way I have morecontrol over what projects I work onand how often I work.” He typicallysigns on for two-to-three films per year,yet notes the work on all-animationfilms can take one-to-two years each.

While his job keeps him in SouthernCalifornia most of the time, he didspend a year in San Francisco workingon “The Matrix” starring Keanu Reeves.Notes John, “I have thought about tak-ing jobs in Toronto, Vancouver andNew Zealand in the past…and I mightdo one of those in the future. But Ienjoy Los Angeles and so when I can

find the right projects here, I like to stayin town.” He is currently working inLos Angeles on “Real Steele” starringHugh Jackman.

With such an impressive body ofwork credited to his name, does Johnhave a fondness toward one movie inparticular? “Whenever someone askedme if I have a favorite project, I usuallycategorize it in two ways—the projectthat was the most fun to be a part ofregardless of the final product and thefilm of which I am most proud. “TheFifth Element” starring Bruce Willis and“Tron Legacy” with Jeff Bridges were thetwo films that were the most fun to be a part of while I am most proud of “The Matrix”.”

What does the future hold for thisindustry? While he credits his fine artbackground to his success, John notes

Film Credits Include:

Real Steel (to be released in 2011)

Tron: Legacy (2010)Alice in Wonderland (2010)G-Force (2009)Eagle Eye (2008)Hancock (2008)I Am Legend (2007)Spiderman 3 (2007)Open Season (2006)Monster House 3D (2006)The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (2005)

The Polar Express 3D (2004)Spiderman 2 (2004)Big Fish (2003)Charlie’s Angels:

Full Throttle (2003)Spiderman (2003)The Core (2003)Almost Famous (2000)Crouching Tiger,

Hidden Dragon (2000)Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch

Stole Christmas (2000)Deep Blue Sea (1999)Muppets From Space (1999)The Matrix (1999)Six Days, Seven Nights (1998)Titanic (1997)The Fifth Element (1997)Solo (1996)Space Jam (1996)Free Willy 2: The Adventure

Home (1995)Waterworld (1995)

“I was one of the lead compositorsfor the ‘bullet time’ effects in the film“The Matrix.” The ‘bullet time’ effectwas developed to create ultra-slowmotion action scenes yet allow theaudience’s point of view to movearound the scene at normal speed. Itwas done for the first time in thisfilm. The process was a bit tedious and

computer labor intensive. The bullet time ‘rig’ was actually just 90-140 reg-ular Canon 35mm still cameras arranged in a circle. Each camera was laseraligned to point at the center of the action, in this case Keanu Reeves. Acomputer would instruct each camera to fire in fast sequence around thecircle rig with each camera taking a single picture. It was our job to firstclean-up those single camera pictures. Since the cameras were not perfectlyaligned, when the stills were arranged sequentially, they shook, had colorchanges and each lens had slightly different characteristics. That processwas the majority of the work for those shots. The first bullet time we didtook four-to-five months and three-to-four attempts to get it right start tofinish. Once the images were aligned, we could finish the shot by adding inthe background and foreground action.”



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students of today can actual study digi-tal compositing, so there is no more onthe job training required. “The futureof this business will be creating digitalactors; to study how people move couldprove to be most helpful.”

John credits Salisbury for helpingshape his future. “I am glad to haveattended Salisbury; There is no way Iwould be where I am today without theSchool. I am sure fellow alumni agreeand I hope that current students realizehow good they have it to have a strongsupport system and be a part of agrowth-oriented community.”Instructors who were instrumental to hissuccess included Dick Curtis, DennisShortelle, Eric Lindberg ’87, Russ Edes,Mark Henning and Susan DeMelle.

It is clear from the success he hashad that John is in the perfect career tomatch his personality and artistic abili-ties. “To see the end product andknow you had a small role in creatingit is most satisfying,” comments John.“Film is a collaborative effort, so manypeople—thousands—and somehow weget it done in time for the release.Even when a film is a disappointmentat the box office, it is still somethingyou played a part of; not every film canbe a blockbuster. But the flexibilityand freedom of my career make it easyfor me to stay fresh and feel passionateabout my work.”

The Webs in the “Spiderman” Series“On the Spiderman series of films I worked a lot on compositing the

spider webs that enabled actor Tobey Maguire to swing through NewYork City. The webs were a bit tricky in that we had to make them feelas real as possible and not something that was pasted on top. They hadto interact with the scene by creating highlights and shadows as well asappear physically strong in order to withstand the swinging Spiderman,but also look translucent like real spider webs. Just for a tiny spider webstrand there were 15-20 different elements created for the effect. Theyappear white in the film, but if you took a closer look there’s a lot ofcolor variation and opaque density variation that animates across the webbased on the scene and light source. In reality, Spiderman was either onwire rigs to swing through the scene or, more likely, completely comput-er generated.”

John credits Salisburyfor helping shape his

future... Instructors who wereinstrumental to his success includ-

ed Dick Curtis, Dennis Shortelle,Eric Lindberg ’87, Russ Edes, Mark

Henning and Susan DeMelle.

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Football Team Wins Class “A” New England Championship

Congratulations to the Salisbury School Varsity Football Team! On Saturday,November 20, the Crimson Knights (8-0) took on Lawrence Academy (8-0) for the Class“A” New England Championship at Williston Northampton School.

After being down 14-0 at the half, the Crimson Knights came from behind to claim a24-21 victory over the Spartans. With this win they became the 2010 New EnglandChampions and recipients of the Tom Flaherty Championship Trophy.

Chris Phelps, in his inaugural season as head coach on the Hilltop, commented, “This wasa great victory for Salisbury and our football program. I was very proud of our team andhow they faced adversity after being down 14-0 at halftime. They continued to work hardand they never lost faith. They didn’t make excuses; they used the moment as an opportunityto prove what kind of champions they were capable of being.” He went on to say, “This hasbeen an exceptional year for our program. While we have some standout players on ourteam, it was truly a TEAM effort. Our players accepted their roles, no matter how big orsmall, and it didn’t matter who received the headlines. It was always team first.”

Headmaster Chisholm Chandler proudly notes, “It was a storybook ending to a great season for our team. It’s also important to note that they also received an award from theConnecticut State Referees Association for sportsmanship and commitment to the game of football. We are just as proud of winning this award as we are of being this year’s school-boy football champion.”

For more information on Salisbury’s Varsity Football Team, visit: www.salisburyschool.org/athletics.

Congratulations to the following footballplayers on receiving these special accolades:

2010 New England Player of the YearMarc Mauro ’11 (above)

All-New England PlayersJoey Harmon ’11Patrick Mazeika ’12Will Powers ’11

2010 Erickson League Player of the YearMarc Mauro ’11

All-Erickson League PlayersBen Carter ’11Joey Harmon ’11Alex Lavrentios ’11Jake Mauro ’11Will Powers ’11Mike White ’11


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Kudos...To Danny Biega ’09, for being named to the All-Ivy League first

team for hockey. Biega was the only defenseman among the top 18scorers in Ivy League play.

To Jamie Faus ’10, for being named the ECAC Lacrosse “Rookie ofthe Week” on February 28 and “Defensive Player of the Week” onMarch 7. Faus is currently a goalie for the University of Denver.

To Cameron Flint ’09, who was named ECAC Lacrosse “OffensivePlayer of the Week” on February 28. Flint is a midfielder for theUniversity of Denver.

To Emery Schoenly ’10, who helped stroke the Yale lightweightfours to a gold medal at the Head of the Charles.

Solberg ’11 Sets World Record

On November 6-7, 2010, William Solberg ’11 rowed 254,736 meters on an ergometer overa 24-hour period to beat the 1 ½ year-old record for lightweight men under 19 of 225,736meters set by Zach Boven of Georgia last year. He surpassed the old record (in meters) a littlebefore 21 hours.

William, a member of the Varsity Crew’s first boat, pursued the attempt as a way of raisingmoney for Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Campaign for Pediatric Cancer. For the past two sum-mers, he has interned at Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Cancer Center. “I have been fortunateenough to be allowed access to the world of cancer treatment and care, and fortunate enoughto be given the opportunity to conduct research on this terrible disease,” noted William. “Aboth enlightening and saddening by-product of this has been tremendous exposure to theentire range of psychological, physical and spiritual tribulations of cancer patients, particularlychildren.” By setting the record, his hard work paid off in more than $4,000 in contributions.

William modestly commented, “All credit should go to the people who supported me in thiseffort: my coaches, friends, teachers and family made this happen. Each of them played mas-sive roles in getting me through. Thank you so much.”

Watch William’sfinal minute on theerg as his friends, coach-es and family cheer him onby visiting our YouTubesite: SalisburyKnights.

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Cross Country Runner Ryan ’11Competes in All-Star Race

Congratulations to J.P. Ryan ’11 who finished 13th in theNew England Class II Cross Country Championship Race atBerkshire School. Athletes who finished in the top fifteenpositions of their respective NEPSTA DivisionalChampionship Races became eligible to race in the NewEngland Boys’ All-Star Race on Saturday, November 20 heldat Ghiloni Park, Marlborough, MA. Here J.P. finished 25thout of a field of 34 runners.



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Hearst ’11 on McDonald’sAll-America Team

Varsity Basketball Player Zaid Hearst ’11has been nominated by the McDonald’sConnecticut and Western MassachusettsOwner/Operators Association to theMcDonald’s All-America Team. In the NewEngland Recruiting Report Class of 2011rankings, the 6’4” Quinnipiac-bound guard islisted among the top fifty players in NewEngland and #11 in Connecticut.

It’s a Three-Peat for Varsity Basketball

In December, the Crimson Knights overcame a seven point half-time deficit to upset Wilbraham and Monson 62-60and win the Bob Southall Holiday Classic at Loomis Chaffee. This is the team’s third consecutive win at the eight-teamtournament. To read the tournament highlights, visit: www.salisburyschool.org/athletics.



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Alumni Sports Day

More than 45 former Crimson Knights dusted off the old high tops and hockey skates to come up to the Hilltop on January22 for an afternoon of athletics. Following the fun, a reception for alumni and friends was held in the Class of 2009 ChampionsLounge while the Varsity Hockey Team took on Kent in a night game. Thanks to all who came back to participate!



Of the experience, members of the team have commented:“I have to say two of my favorite parts of the trip were the

bus ride there and beating Kent 3-0 after losing to them earli-er in the week...this was a wonderful team bonding experienceand it also gave the team a morale boost.” — J.P. Durso ’11

“I will never forget this experience. Very few people arelucky enough to get this opportunity and I’m thankful I wasone of those few.” — Alex Pepper ’11

“It was fantastic to be part of such a great event. It’s notevery day when you can go play on an amazing outdoor rinkin Michigan Stadium. My experience was once in a lifetime.”— Marc Biega ’12

Hockey at the Big House

The Varsity Hockey Team enjoyed the experience of a life-time on Friday, December 10, as they skated against Kent onthe outdoor rink built to host The Big Chill, a college hockeygame between Michigan and Michigan State Universities.The game took place in Michigan’s football stadium, whichhosted a record 113,000 fans for the college game onSaturday, December 11. The Knights came out on top 3-0 inthe scrimmage. In addition, the team attended a college bas-ketball game at Michigan and the Michigan/Michigan Statehockey game before boarding their bus for the trip home.

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Ruiz ’11 MakesWrestling History

Congratulations to Rob Ruiz ’11!During the 2010-2011 wrestling season,Rob was named a Prep School All-American Wrestler and placed in theTop 8 at the Prep Nationals. In addi-tion, he made history by being one ofthree, four-peat Western New EnglandChampions and the only one in mod-ern times at Salisbury School.

Rob will attend Franklin andMarshall College in the fall and willwrestle at the Division I level. HeadCoach Adam Bunce commented,“Many wrestlers who are at Rob’s levelhave been wrestling since they were veryyoung, but Rob only picked up thesport in high school. And with hisdetermination and willingness to workhard, Rob has a very promising colle-giate career in front of him.”

Legendary CoachVisits the Hilltop

Trinity College’s SquashCoach Paul Assaiante wasinvited to address the stu-dent body on Monday,February 28 at theSalisbury School winterathletic awards banquet.Later in the evening, hespoke with alumni and par-ents at a special reception.

Assaiante is the winningest coach incollege sports history and, in addition to

his responsibilities at Trinity,is the coach of the UnitedStates national squash team.He is also the author of“Run to the Roar: Coaching toOvercome Fear” which waspublished byPortfolio/Penguin in 2010.

Salisbury Hosts Boys’ Class A New England SquashChampionships

Over the weekend of February 25-27,Salisbury School hosted the Boys’ ClassA Division Championships of the 58thAnnual New England InterscholasticSquash Association. In total, 112 play-ers from the sixteen top independentschools throughout New England com-peted as both individuals and teams.

Included among these sixteen schoolswere Berkshire School, The HotchkissSchool and host Salisbury School.Other schools included Belmont HillSchool, Brunswick School, ChoateRosemary Hall, Groton School, LoomisChaffee School, Milton Academy,Noble & Greenough School, PhillipsExeter Academy, Rye Country DaySchool, St. Paul's School, Tabor Academy,

Taft School and Westminster School.Competition in the tournament wasdivided into individual flights based onthe seven rung ladder of each team, withteams accumulating points for players’performance in each flight. The winnerof this year’s A Division Championshipswas Taft School, with second place goingto Westminster School.

Salisbury School finished eighth inthe tournament, its best finish in histo-ry. The Salisbury Squash program hasflourished recently, now a program ofover sixty interscholastic and recreation-al players. John Lamont ’11, captain ofthe team and Salisbury’s #1 player, willmatriculate next year to Trinity College,winner of thirteen consecutive NationalCollege Squash Championships. ColinBarry ’11 and John Hsu ’11, Salisbury’s#2 and #3 players, will attend the U.S.Naval Academy next year, also intend-ing to compete in college level squash.

Fall and Winter Athletic PhotosAvailable On-line to View andPurchase!Visit: http://salisburyschool.smugmug.com

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Trinity College Squash Coach Paul Assaiante with John Lamont ’11,captain of Salisbury’s Varsity Squash Team. In the fall, John will matric-

ulate to Trinity, where he intends to compete in college level squash.


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Join alumni, parents and friends for a full day of golf, food and drink, camaraderie and prizes.

On-line registration will open in late August. Please note that the tournament is limited to 124 playersand registration will be on a first come, first served basis. Sponsors will be given preference. For informa-tion on becoming a sponsor, please contact Nattalie Will at [email protected] or 860-435-5787.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011The Apawamis Club, Rye, NY

The Salisbury Fall Classic is a one-day golf event that raises funds toafford deserving young men with the opportunity to attend SalisburySchool by way of two important endowed scholarships. The Peter A.Fitzgerald ’93 Scholarship honors the life of its namesake, a much lovedclassmate, friend, son and brother. The Freedom Fund Scholarshipremembers those Salisbury community members who lost their lives on9/11. By remembering these lives, we can ensure that their memories andspirit will continue on the Hilltop.

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A L U M N I A S S O C I A T I O N N E W S

An Update from The Salisbury School Alumni Association

Dear Alumni Brothers,

Moving into 2011, the Alumni Association continues to make steady progress toward improving alumni engage-ment, hosting more events in new cities across the U.S. and, in particular, outside of the New York and Boston areas,ramping up our networking opportunities, looking for exciting ways to connect on-line and garnering vital funds forthe boys who are enjoying their time, like we did, on the Hilltop.

To check out our spring happenings in your area, I invite you to visit our alumni events listing atwww.salisburyschool.org/alumni_events or via our more than 800 strong alumni Facebook page: Salisbury AlumniAssociation Group.

Reunion is also fast approaching! Headmaster Chisholm Chandler looks forward to welcoming alumni in years endingwith one or six to the Hilltop on June 10-12, 2011. For more information or to see what special events your class hasplanned, check out the reunion site at www.salisburyschool.org/reunion.

The SAA Executive Committee, composed of George Baker ’96, Stephen R. R. Farrelly ’88, Matt Schmeelk ’00 andme, has been busy with not only working with the Alumni Office to boost our alumni programming to offer a diverseassortment of events and initiatives to get involved with or attend, but this year, we’ve embarked on reaching out to ourfellow alumni to ask for their support of one of Salisbury’s most vital campaigns, the Annual Fund.

We all know that we will always stand tall as Sarum brothers! If you enjoyed your time on the Hilltop and want topass that on to the next generation, if Salisbury made an impact on who you are today or if you believe in theSchool’s faculty and staff—I urge you to make a gift today! www.salisburyschool.org/giving.

I thank all those who have already made a pledge toward the 2010-2011 Annual Fund goal of $1,650,000. Withan alumni body of more than 4,000, we are a strong group, a group that can make a significant impact on not onlyeach other but on the school we hold dear.

I reiterate my challenge from the fall and once again invite you to get involved and participate in your AlumniAssociation. I look forward to seeing you in the coming year.

Warmest regards,

Duke Mulvoy ’92Salisbury Alumni Association President

For more information about our Salisbury Alumni Association Event Schedule or to get involved (we will look to expand ourExecutive Committee next fall and there are many exciting roles to be filled), please contact Nattalie Will, assistant director ofdevelopment, at 860-435-5787 or at [email protected].

Salisbury’s 2011 SAA Speaker AnnouncedThe Second Annual

Salisbury Alumni Association (SAA) Speaker Series

Guest Speaker Don Callahan, Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Operations & Technology Officer for Citi

April 28, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. at The Brook, New York City

To register, visit: www.salisburyschool.org/saa-speakers-series


Mark T. “Duke” Mulvoy ’92 – President Duke is an advisor with Constellation

Wealth Advisors in New York.Constellation Wealth Advisors is an inde-pendent, multi-family investment officewith an uncompromising commitment tothe best interests of its clients. With officesin New York City and Menlo Park, CA, the

firm and its 35 employees manage over $4 billion in assets andare focused on forging long-term relationships with a limitednumber of families.

Duke and the firm work closely with client families allow-ing them to reach and maintain their life goals while simpli-fying the inevitable complexities that come with wealth.Constellation’s Co-CEO’s were recognized in Barron’s 2010annual ranking of the Top 100 Independent Advisors in thecountry at 10th and 13th respectively.

Duke joined Constellation in February 2010 as an advisorand member of the Investment Committee. Previously, Dukewas a financial advisor at Merrill Lynch Global WealthManagement.

Duke graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree fromBoston College, where he also earned varsity letters in bothlacrosse and hockey. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Dukespent over seven years at Quebecor World, a leader in thecommercial printing industry, as a consumer magazine salesexecutive. He was named their 2006 Salesperson of the Year.

An avid golfer, Duke serves as the President of the SalisburySchool Alumni Association and volunteers his time to coach in

the Rye Youth Lacrosse Association. He is a member of theBoston College Wall Street Council. Duke and his wife Kristenlive in Harrison, New York, with their three children.

George F. Baker, IV ’96 – Vice PresidentGeorge F. Baker is a graduate of Dartmouth College, Class of

2000, where he received his B.A. in History.Following this, Baker pursued a career in theaviation world. Graduating from the FlightSafety Academy in Vero Beach, FL, Bakerwent on to teach as a flight instructor withAmerican Flyers from 2003 to 2005.Continuing this career path in the air, Bakerwent on to work for Rafael Vinoly Architects as a corporatepilot from 2005 to 2006. Baker has also spent time within thefinance world as a financial risk analyst with GuggenheimAdvisors from 2006-2008. Today, Baker works as a captain forSundance Aviation, an air charter company based out ofRepublic Airport on Long Island. He lives in Locust Valley, andstill works in New York City with investments and family foun-dations, when he’s not flying.

Matthew R. Schmeelk ’00 – Treasurer

New York City native MatthewSchmeelk graduated from VillanovaUniversity (Class of 2004) after attendingSalisbury School.

Meet the Alumni Association Executive Committee

Here are the men who represent your voice in the Salisbury Alumni Association. Thank you to these key volunteers. Their terms began with the 2010-2011 academic year.

JUNE 30The Salisbury School Annual Fund closes June 30.

Support Salisbury School and make a gift today!

www.salisburyschool.org/giving

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On-line Campus Store Launched

Show your Sarum pride and shop today! Visit www.salisburyschool.org/campus-store or look for the “Campus Store” button on the homepage.

A wide range of items is now available for purchase including:

Under Armour and Champion Sweatshirts and T-shirtsFleece Jacket and VestThe Salisbury School Cookbook

“Knights Around the Table” featuring recipes fromParents, Alumni, Faculty and Friends

Smathers and Branson Needlepoint BeltVineyard Vines Ties and Belt

Beanie Hats and Baseball CapStadium BlanketCeramic and Travel MugsCar Decals and MagnetsNotepadsSalisbury School Christmas Ornament

Currently, Matthew is a vice president with National LandTenure Company, one of the leading title insurance firms in theU.S. Located in Manhattan, NLT provides both residential andcommercial title insurance nationwide. They have worked onmany banner transactions such as The Blackstone Groups $39billion takeover of Equity Office Properties. Prior to joiningNLT, Matt worked at Patriot Marketing Group, a division ofU.S International Media, where he was responsible for mediamarketing and corporate branding for the Eastern U.S.

Additionally, he serves on the NAIOP Developing LeadersCommittee and is a member of the AIPAC Real EstateDivision. Matthew is a member of the Covenant House NewYork Board and founding member of the Covenant HouseYoung Professionals Committee, a charity that serves homelessand at risk youth. He also serves on the junior board of theNew York Restoration Project. Additionally, he has connected

many young real estate professionals in themetropolitan area through unique net-working events that he hosts quarterly.

Stephen Farrelly ’88 – Secretary Originally from Mendham, NJ,

Stephen Farrelly graduated from Rollins

College following Salisbury School. He has lived and workedin New York City since 1994. Steve currently works for GuyCarpenter, a reinsurance broker and a part of Marsh &McLennan Companies, with responsibilities as a vice presi-dent - Americas broking executive. Previous positions includ-ed market relationship management and account executivewith a background in sales.

An enthusiastic traveler, Steve has been a volunteer inFrance and Costa Rica, with further study/travel in Mexicoand Chile. He also enjoys backpacking, which has brought himto the Sierras, the Rockies and Sangre del Cristos, theOlympics, Wind River and Andes mountain ranges.

As a musician, Steve is an acoustic finger-style guitar player(20 years), plays acoustic bass, is learning the banjo and man-dolin, and participates in a weekly acoustic/bluegrass jam inNew York. His summers and winters include spending time inthe Adirondacks, where he enjoys golf, tennis, hiking, camping,hunting, skeet shooting and cross-country skiing. Steve alsoowns and manages a 6-unit commercial/residential apartmentbuilding in western New Jersey and is interested in volunteerwork in and around New York City.

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Faculty Notes

Former Associate Headmaster EdwardChilds visited the campus in October withBetsy Ingraham, widow of former HistoryTeacher Art Ingraham. Ted was associatehead from 1966 – 1980, during Ed Ward’stenure as headmaster, and was amazed atthe many new academic and athletic build-ings that have appeared on our campus inrecent years.

Faculty members Ann and Matt Corkerycelebrated the wedding of their daughterMolly to Seth Gabarro this past August onthe Hilltop.

Salisbury School was saddened to learn ofthe passing of Jane (Tyrrel) Keur onNovember 19, 2010. She was 89. Mrs.Keur was the wife of former Instructor inMathematics, Modern Language and MusicWim Keur, who taught at Salisbury from1937-1974.

Mrs. Keur was born in Guilford, CT andgrew up in Brooklyn, NY and Guilford. Shemarried Willem “Wim” Keur in 1944 inSalisbury, CT. They lived on the Hilltop for30 years and retired in nearby Lakeville, CT.Husband Wim passed away in 1993.

Mrs. Keur attended schools in Brooklynand graduated from Packer CollegiateInstitute. She worked as a teacher at TownHill School in Lakeville and enjoyed hermany years as a faculty wife at Salisbury.

She is survived by her son Link Keur,daughter Judy Toth, seven grandchildren andtwo great-grandchildren.

It is with extreme sadness that weannounce the passing of Lucy Killawee, adevoted dining service family member.Lucy will be remembered as a passionate,loyal and caring person. She was extremelydevoted to her family and to her work forthe School.

Class Notes

1951Your 60th Reunion will be held on June 10-12, 2011.Class Agent: Stan Pinover

Stan Pinover wrote in: “Ithas been a busy few monthssince our last class notes.Laurie and I had the pleasureof catching up with Jane andRichard Haskel and Jill andMerwin Haskel ’49 for ourannual Yale - Princeton gamein New Haven. A good timewas had by all. As youknow, this year is our 60thanniversary of our graduationfrom Salisbury. I hope every-one is planning on attendingour reunion, June 10 - 12th.I plan on calling everyone toencourage your joining us

there. Looking forward to catching up withall of you.”

1954Salisbury School was saddened to learn

that William Bartlett died suddenly onMarch 25 at his home in Chappaqua, NewYork. His wife Francoise passed away onMarch 7.

Bill, a graduate of Columbia College andthe Graduate School of Business atColumbia University, had a long and distin-guished career on Wall Street, starting atCitibank and Commercial CreditCorporation. He went on to First BostonCorporation, Dillon Read and LehmanBrothers, where he was senior vice president.He retired in 1998 as a senior vice presidentat Salomon Smith Barney.

An authority on mortgage-backed securi-ties, he was an advisor to Freddie Mac andwrote a highly regarded monthly researchpublication, the “Executive Mortgage Report.”He published articles on mortgage-backedsecurities in several financial journals, andpublished two editions of his authoritativebook entitled “Mortgage Backed Securities.”He was senior instructor in mortgage-backedsecurities for the New York Institute ofFinance.

Bill is survived by his son Courtney ’84,Courtney’s wife Caroline, another son, Peter,and three grandchildren, Hugh ’13, Williamand Ione, and his brother Raymond ofSimsbury, Connecticut.

Bill had served on the Board of Trusteesof Salisbury School and had been active onmany of the School’s committees for whichhe received the Salisbury Medal. He andFrancoise had been active as members andlectors at the Church of Saint Mary andSaint John in Chappaqua.

1956Your 55th Reunion will be held on June 10-12, 2011.Class Agent: Sam Sammis

Sam Sammis wrote: “Rod Tilt, DaveGaston, Tom Sawyer and I have been hav-ing a great time together at the ThreeStallion Inn and Green Mountain StockFarm, where we have all built houses. Wehave lots of fun getting together and dis-cussing the days of Salisbury, especially onthe hockey rink at Twin Lakes. We wouldlove to have any of our classmates join us inVermont - just give us a call.”

Former Associate Headmaster Ted Childsand Senior Master Ralph Menconi

L to R: Ned Corkery ’04 (Hon.), Assistant Director of Admissionsand Alumni Secretary Matt Corkery, Molly and Seth Gabarro,Library Assistant Ann Corkery and Hannah Corkery

L to R: Former Faculty Member Micah Olsenwith his family, Leslie, Rileigh, Eli and Maggie

1958Class Agent: Don Burkett

Class Agent Don Burkett sent in the fol-lowing updates from his classmates:

Dan Stroock wrote: “I retired at theend of June 2010 after 25 years on themathematics faculty at MIT. I do not have awell formulated plan for what I will do as aretiree, but the lack of a plan is nothing new,I have never really had plans. I spent the fallat my mountain home in Colorado, where Irode my horses and gave a course at CU,and this spring I will give a course at MIT. Icontinue to dabble in mathematics, butmost of my output is now in the form ofbooks rather than research articles. If any ofyou are foolish enough to want to see what Ihave written, you can find most of my bookson Amazon.”

Bruce Robinson wrote: “Glad to knowthat a majority of us still survive! Not muchnews these days thanks to retirement.However, we did take a trip over the holi-days as the lady asked. We drove north fromthe Eastern Shore of Maryland (Oxford) onChristmas day into a developing storm. Butin the end, Maine was less affected thanNew York, Philadelphia and environs. Ourgoal was our house on Great DiamondIsland in Casco Bay, accessible by ferry fromPortland. The rationale for such apparentlycontrary behavior is that we have two grand-children in Portland. Stayed two weeks andsaw much of the kids and their parents,tramped over beautiful, wintry landscapespractically deserted by humans and took theferry in for some fine dining in Portland.Returned to Maryland to find that it wasjust as cold and wintry there as it was inMaine. Truly, the old weather patterns arechanging! So, I have returned to my fall andspring routine during which I do the usual:participate in Great Books and GreatDecisions groups, attempt to delay the disin-tegration of my declining athletic prowess byregular trips to the gym, sail when theweather permits, work to readjust the localpolitical balance in this conservative part ofthe state, read fiction and political analysisand anything else that comes to hand andshout at the nightly news! I think that Imay have developed a Sudoku addiction!”

John Sheldon wrote: “Been living andworking in the St. Louis, MO metro areasince 2003. Retired from TWA (nowAmerican Airlines) for several years so enjoy

traveling to not only visit my kids (sonDoug lives on the Jersey Shore; daughter inDenver), but close friends like Don Burkettwhom I catch up with in NYC from time totime. Later this year I’ll be moving toDenver to be closer to my daughter and son-in-law where I hopefully can try to keep upwith them on the ski slopes...Yeah, goodluck with this idea!”

Jerry Wilson wrote: “I retired inSeptember 2009 and have been busy work-ing on the house installing windows, work-ing on decks and similar chores. I oftenwondered what it would be like not going towork. The first day I had my coffee, read thepaper and moved on. I try to walk two tothree miles at least five days a week. LastMarch I went with a group from our churchto Bay St. Louis, MS to work on a few hous-es that had been damaged by Katrina. Notworking gave me the time to take the trip -lots of fun and very fulfilling. This past May,I went back a few days a week selling prod-ucts to the water and waste water industryand enjoy having contact with people I haveknown for many years. My wife Helenretired last June after a career in the non-profit sector. We then spent part of the sum-mer in Wolfeboro, NH. My daughter Katelives in Cambridge, MA while working inBoston. I had such a nice time visiting withthe group who attended the 50th reunion. Itwas so nice to see them again - many memo-ries. Helen and I live in Cheshire, CT so ifyou are in the area give us a call.”

Don Burkett wrote: “I am ‘semi-retired,’but continue to spend time between work-ing and not, in NYC and FL. I still corre-spond with Mr. Gardner and am happy totell you that he is doing well and living onCape Cod. I stay in touch with TomHawley and John Sheldon. I look backfondly on my time on the Hilltop and con-tinue to reflect on the experience and educa-tion that has influenced me ever since. Youguys are the greatest!”

1959Dick Altman is doing well in CT and

continues to enjoy boating while the build-ing business has been somewhat challenging.

Jim Appleyard reports that he and hiswife have been recently blessed with anothergrandchild. They headed South after theholidays via their motor home where theyspent the winter in Naples.

Rich Burnham was delighted with his base-ball team in San Francisco.

Al Burt is doing fine and staying busy.Lucie and Lucius Carroll spent a month

in Castine, ME this past summer. Theyenjoy their five children, three of whom havemoved back to Nashville this year. Heenjoys e-mails from his classmates on a regu-lar basis.

Jim Ernst spent time in Nova Scotia thispast summer with his family.

Henry Foster spent this past summer flyfishing in WY. He spent the winter inTucson, AZ.

Penny and Ed Glassmeyer enjoy life withtheir five sons who are spread out aroundthe world.

Ron Glenn enjoyed the winter in ParkCity, UT.

Celt Grant is enjoying his life of retire-ment, staying very active.

Fred Hecht recently retired and is livingin Saint Louis.

Fred Holmes sent holiday greetings fromVT.

Kirk Jackson recently spent some time inFL visiting family. He then went on toBirmingham, AL, his birthplace.

Ed Johnson still works in the health carefield in Groton, CT.

Wally Johnson spent the winter in FL. Peter Ketchum checked in and still has

his farm in CT for sale. Bill Lage and his wife enjoyed a trip to

Germany to visit her friends and family thispast summer.

David Maxwell is doing well in PA. Hevisited with Michael Sylvester in NY on arecent trip.

George Maxwell enjoys staying in touchwith his Salisbury students.

Kathy and Rives McGinley had a greatsummer on Cape Cod and went on to spendthe winter in Fort Meyers, FL.

John Mitchell continues to write andtravel the world with his wife, Joy.

Steve Parker writes that he is well andthat he and his wife are enjoying life inSarasota, FL. Horace Seely-Brown is plan-ning to hook up with Steve on a trip to FL.

Jeff Scholtz spent the winter in FL anddid some sailing.

Michael Sylvester spent the holidays inVail with his family. He and Tony Woodruff’01 (Hon.) recently took a trip to Ireland toshoot.

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David Veeder and his wife write that theyare enjoying life together in Rhode Island.

1960Class Agent: Nico Von Baillou

Woody Haynes wrote: “Well, I reached70 in January! And on January 16, Lynnand I celebrated being married 49 years! Ithink how the world has changed-half thepeople get divorced and the other half justlive together. Just a reminder or follow upon the letter Dutch Barhydt sent outJanuary 6, 2011. We have an unprecedent-ed opportunity because of our generousbenefactor to match our gifts by 6/30/2011($2 for every $1 given or pledged)! Those ofyou that have not seen Salisbury since thecompletion of the building program will beutterly in awe! Salisbury, because of its lead-ership, has become one of the top boyspreparatory schools in the country.”

John Tyers also checked in: “I clearlymissed a great 50th reunion of the Class of’60. From the accounts and the pictures,attendees had a very good and meaningful

time. I did have the benefit of the after-glowand I thank those for providing me withreunion details. It was good to see all youguys, even if it was photographs. The eventdid prompt me to talk with Bob Typermasswho’s retired and I contacted ChrisHutchinson and, of course, our esteemedclass agent, Nico Von Baillou. We have ten-tative plans collectively or individually tomeet up this summer which I am very muchlooking forward to. I’ll be back.”

From Nico Von Baillou: “Vivi and I areup in AL for the next several months…it’scold! I am working with Mercedes on someIT issues and also preparing to install somerobotics analytics to determine productionimprovement potential for the new M class inbody construction. My bride, Vivienne, isrunning back and forth to Tampa to see herhorse that prefers the warmer weather and thenew trainer there. And the girls are off inschool and doing great. I often think back onthe many delightful moments during thereunion and what a splendid job Salisbury didfor us all. I miss you all and wish I could seemore of you than a glimpse every five years.”

1961Your 50th Reunion will be held on June 10-12, 2011.Class Agents: Jack Foley and

George Hebard

1965Fred Tibbitts was recently honored with a

lifetime achievement award, recognition of

his outstanding dedication and advancementin the hospitality industry at the FredTibbitts and Associates Nineteenth Annual“An Autumn Evening in New York with VerySpecial Friends.”

1966Your 45th Reunion will be held on June 10-12, 2011.Class Agents: Mel Campbell and

John Tyler

1967

1970Class Agents: Chris Janelli and

David Koncz

Rick Crossman: “My wife Kimberly andI are still in old Greenwich, CT. Ourdaughters are a freshman in college and sen-ior in high school. When I am not working,I sail year round and play music, but mostlyjust work.”

Chris Janelli: “I can’t believe forty Sarumclasses have graduated since 1970. I’ve livedin Salisbury for the past 15 years and lovethe area. I have become immersed in statepolitics and am currently chairman of theSalisbury Republican Town Committee,which very often puts me at odds with the1,200 Democrats and 1,100 unaffiliated inSalisbury. Over the past four years, I havehad the pleasure of staying connectedthrough work with a few fellow alumni. The35th and 40th reunions were more thanmemorable; they were fabulous! When I amwith my classmates, it’s like the time and dis-tance traveled is irrelevant. In everyinstance, I am back with old friends laugh-ing at how little we have really changed,except we have lost hair or tuned gray,gained weight but also maturity and [some]wisdom to see the humor in our sharedSarum lives. To quote Ross, ‘we are brothers

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The children of Sarah and Michael Sylvester ’59(L to R): Alex Appel, Liz Appel and Andrew Sylvester.

Fred Tibbitts ’65 accepting his Lifetime Achievement Award

The Wachtmeisters in Aspen, CO; Back Row (L to R): Carl ’98, Ted ’67 and Erik ’95;Front Row (L to R): Karen and Christine.

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from different mothers’ sharing our successesand achievements-and sadly some tragedies-in our post-Sarum journeys. I look forwardto our 45th reunion more than ever. Myhome is always open and a guest room avail-able. Semper Fidelis Sarum Frateri Semper~ Always Faithful Sarum Always Brothers.”

Dave Koncz: “So sorry I missed our40th. By all accounts, it sounds like our classhad a great time and re-bonded well.Despite a rough year for the Koncz clan, I’mhappy to report that life on the CT shore isgood. I am still very happily married and inlove - even after 35 years! Holly is involvedwith myriad organizations and initiativeswhose purpose is essentially to save theworld. Our three boys - David, Matthew’02, and Adam ’07 are good. David is a lob-sterman in Maine. He was set up by LindaGreenlaw (of ‘Perfect Storm’ fame) and lovesthat life. Matty is in on-line advertising inManhattan and hitting the ball out of thepark. To our delight, he is soon to be mar-ried to a fantastic girl he met while atGettysburg. Adam’s on his way to NYC aswell after attending Trinity. Matt got him amarketing job in digital media. I still run asmall financial planning boutique withoffices in Branford and Hartford (and ex-NYC). With a tax attorney and CPA onstaff, I think we’re well positioned to providethoughtful, comprehensive advice. Thisrecession had taken a toll on the business,but, overall, it has done well. I haven’t beenback to the Hilltop since Adam graduated in’07, and really miss it, as I do all my mates.For now, best to all.”

Tim ‘Stiles’Peet: “I havethe pleasure ofbeing a memberand graduate ofthe Class of ’70.This is the classwith the com-plete rainbow ofpersonalities -

all of them GOOD! I have also had thepleasure of attending the last two reunions,each of which was as rewarding as my educa-tion. All of my classmates who have notattended need to take the leap of faith andcome to the next one. As it turns out, everymember of our class has a life story worthhearing and the only way to hear it is toattend the next reunion. Everyone thatattended the last one met and well remem-

bers my fiancée Barbara. On 8/28/10 wegot married in a private beachfront settingwith our sons (4 total) and a few closefriends. A honeymoon was out of the ques-tion at the time as I had to undergo a triplecervical discectomy with fusion three daysafter our vows. The following three monthswere hell as I was required to wear a neckbrace 24-7. We decided to get the ‘forworse’ part over with quickly, and did! Thegood part about the surgery is my neck isrepaired and all is well. Recently, neck bracefree, we went on a fantastic eight-night hon-eymoon cruise to Grand Turk, Dominica,Aruba and Curacao. Now, sadly.... it is backto work. To all my classmates and their fam-ilies, we bid a happy New Year and can’t waitto see you all at the next reunion! (Hear thatRican & Bender?!)”

Steve Switzer: “As a member of the Classof 1970, I had a wonderful time at last year’sreunion. Christmas brought a wonderfulgift to us here in Switzerland. On ChristmasEve, our daughter Julia’s boyfriend asked meif he could have her hand in marriage.Though I somewhat expected this, I wasnonetheless flummoxed. I gave him a bighug and then said ’no’. Immediately, I

retracted my refusal and welcomed him tothe family. I dragged him to celebrate withmy better half, Ruthanne, and then tried toresist running upstairs to congratulate Julia,who knew nothing about this. Later that dayhe proposed to her under the Marblehead,MA lighthouse. Her response: ‘Are you seri-ous?’ She eventually said yes. Julia is a sec-ond year resident in OB/GYN at JeffersonHospital in PA. Fiancé Adam Bodzin is asurgical resident at Jefferson as well. Our sonTravis is working for the VeteransAdministration in Boston, assisting returningveterans in accessing their benefits.Otherwise, my life is not that interesting.”

John van Duyl: “I regret I wasn’t able toattend the 2010 reunion last summer, but Iwas in out of the country at the time doingresearch for a non-fiction book about threefamilies living in Europe during WWII. Ihope to have a first draft by August. I stillvisit the town of Salisbury somewhat regu-larly; it’s home after all.”

W. Ross Vanvoorhees: “I have lived inDenver, CO for about 30 years now. I amcurrently retired/on sabbatical. My previouscareer was as a CPA doing financial account-ing for a series of private companies over the

Barbara andStiles Peet ’70

Ross VanVoorhees ’70 with son Cliff

years. Now I would like to try my hand atsomething different, perhaps on a part-timebasis. Presently I am working on those proj-ects around the house and never get done.My older boy is 30 and is married with threekids. He is the varsity baseball coach and anadministrator at a catholic high school inSanta Fe, NM. My younger son is 26 and isa manager at a bank in Denver. OverChristmas break I tried to meet up withTom Lincoln ’69 who was out visiting inWinter Park for a day of skiing. But wehave had so much snow in the mountains inCO that everybody else apparently had thesame idea and I couldn’t make it in a reason-able time because of all the traffic.”

Chris Wood: “I continue to practiceproduct liability law in environmental andtoxic tort cases with a firm in San Francisco,CA. I recently had an article published inthe Defense Research Institutes’ ‘Toxic Tortand Environmental Law Quarterly’ publica-tion on the ‘Replacement Parts Defense’(http://clients.criticalimpact.com/newslet-ter/newslettercontentshow1.cfm?con-tentid=3225&id=480) involving the duty ofmanufacturers and suppliers to warn aboutsubsequent replacement parts. Of my threechildren, one is out of college and gainfullyemployed in the hedge fund business whileone is finishing up at UCLA and the otheronly starting at Vanderbilt. My wife and Imet 30 years ago in New England, this win-ter. She, like my Sarum classmates, seemstimeless.”

1971Your 40th Reunion will be held on June 10-12, 2011.Class Agent: Ethan DuBois

1973Class Agent: John Oler

1974Class Agents: Peter Clifford, Knut

Rostad and Jeff Wheeler

1976Your 35th Reunion will be held on June 10-12, 2011.Class Agents: Bill Bushing and

Steve Garfield

Peter Sanderson wrote: “Not a lot hap-pening here on the Sanderson home front. Idid have three former basketball playersfrom my teams play on national televisionfor D-1 squads on the same day (AlexOriakhi/UConn, Ron Giplaye /Providence,and Greg Kelley/Yale). So, that was kindacool. My older son Corey graduated fromBates last May with a degree in Art andVisual Culture (go figure with an athleticdirector for a father?) and is currently anintern at Fessenden this year where he teach-es, coaches football, wrestling, and baseball,and is a 9th grade dorm parent. He wouldlove to stay on here if something develops,but he was also the two-year captain of theBates Crew Team, so he would love to be ata school where he could teach art, coachfootball, wrestling and crew as well as be adorm parent. Sounds like a place likeSalisbury? He spent last summer (and hopesto return this June) teaching art and coach-ing crew at St. Paul’s Advanced StudiesProgram (where he is an alum). He had agreat time working with rising high schoolseniors. My younger son Scott is a sopho-

more at Williams College where he hasdeclared a double major in Math andPhilosophy (interesting duo there!). On topof his challenging course work, he was a TAfor the head of the Math Department forone his courses this past semester. Mr.Williams at Salisbury would be shocked bythis transfer of genes as he once reported tomy parents that “Peter will never be a math-ematician” after a tough Algebra 2 semesterin his class. Scott is also a member of theWilliams defending NE ChampionWrestling Team and has competed in Iowaand the National D-3 Duals in PA this sea-son. I hope to figure out a way to get backfor our 35th reunion, but my school hasgraduation and faculty meetings here on thatsame weekend, so things are a little tight.But I’ll see what I can work out.”

Bruce White: “Here is the latest news onthe White family. Both Barb and I will notbe able to attend our reunion as it is beingheld on the same weekend as our daughterHilary’s high school graduation fromEpiscopal Academy. Hilary was acceptedearly decision to Gettysburg College whereshe was recruited to play on their tennisteam. Barb and I are thrilled that she hasdecided to continue playing competitive ten-nis and look forward to watching her com-pete at the D-3 level. Barb and I have beenextremely busy with our medical publishingcompany and are in the middle of launching6 new digital journals targeting 40,000+physicians. We are knee deep in the digital

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L to R: Brooks ’12, Lorraineand John Oler ’73, P’12

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arena with the creation of customized“apps,” 2- bar coding and a commitment toeditorial excellence. We still continue topublish monthly and bi-monthly printedmedical journals. As you can see, betweenlooking at colleges and working at our com-pany it has been an extremely busy year.”

Richard Dallett: “The Dalletts haveweathered another year, buffeted by theuncertainties of freelance life; film, video,art and interior design. And may I say thatwe’ve emerged as strong as ever. My wifeLloyd’s art shows have been numerous andwell-attended and she finds occasionaldesign clients here and there. My currentniche of food television seems to be ever-expanding. Thankfully, the Food Network’s“Giada at Home,” my staple for years now,has been renewed again, so I guess we cango ahead with our house renovation. Acouple of months ago we moved acrosstown to a spot with a pretty good oceanview. Of course it needs a ton of work, butit’ll be pretty sweet when it’s done – hope-fully by the end of summer. Our 13-yr oldLucia is rocking through 7th grade - cool,calm and collected. In early October, I hadthe great pleasure to stop in Petaluma andspend a delicious glass of wine with JohnGorman and his lovely wife Sarah. Theycouldn’t have done a better job pretendingto be happy to see me...seriously though, Irecommend a visit.”

Bill Calfee: “We have had an ‘interest-ing’ few months. It would fall in the catego-ry: ‘If it doesn’t kill you, it makes youstronger.’ We were on our way to BritishVirgin Islands and (to make a long storyshort) to the Notorious Oregon Inlet in NConly to find the channel had shoaled (filledwith sand). The 10 foot swells dropped theboat repeatedly on the sand bar. By someluck, a little seamanship and lots of hope wemade it to deep water. The boat gave her allfor us and sustained $30K damages. So we

have been in Oriental, NC since November15 and hope to be on our way again soon…Missed our window for the EasternCaribbean… we will head for warmth… notsure where. If you care to read more you cango to my blog below and scroll back toNovember. My ‘big kids’ are well...big. Lilyis living in our house in VT, baking pies forthe farmer’s markets and being a nanny for afamily. Pete is starting at University ofColorado in Boulder as a first semester fresh-man. He is pretty excited now that he hastaken a year off. Found that ‘living on hisown’ was a little more challenging than hethought. ‘Wow Dad, you wouldn’t believethe food at the cafeteria, I might gain someweight!’ Like his dad at that age, he is allgristle... and a bean pole.”

http://www.sailblogs.com/member/behe-renowii/

Henry Pitney: “2010 was a year ofPitney transitions. For me, I stopped beingthe acting general counsel of my mediumsized (20 person) legal department, as theObama administration gradually installednew vice presidents, including a new GC, inthe small, “W” created, (U.S. statutory) for-eign assistance corporation where I’veworked the last three-plus years. I had beenthe acting GC from November 2008-May2010, seated at the board meeting table withSecretaries Rice and Clinton (chairs of theboard), the U.S. trade rep, along with privatesector members such as Bill Frist and otherson our unique, public-private sector board.The transition back to being the deputy GCwas harder than I anticipated, with what, inretrospect, was predictable role redefinitiondue to the arrival of the new GC. Julie andme became empty nesters in August 2010when we dropped Louisa off at Brown forearly soccer. We created our own form ofempty nest therapy with weekend jaunts allover New England to watch Otis and Louisaplay for the Middlebury and Brown soccerteams. For Louisa, she transitioned to awhole new school and city, though soccerand the academic workload left little timefor the latter at first. She loved her environ-mental studies course, once she got over theanxiety of being the youngest member of theclass, and enjoyed Russian lit as well. Otiscontinued with Arabic, political science andecon, and is currently in Alexandria (yes,Egypt) for a junior semester abroad.(Parents trying hard not to worry about himthere.) To cap the year of change, just before

Christmas my mother, brothers and I soldthe family homestead in Morristown, NJ,where Pitneys have resided since about the1720s. My parents bought the house in1962, and fellow Salisbury classmates TimWoodhull and Keith Kasper both spentmany hours there as kids. My mom transi-tioned to Camden, ME, where she now livesfull time and often sees my brother, wholives 45 minutes away (the ceiling thatRichard Dallett and I put up in his housestill serves!) Looking forward to seeing asmany as possible of you in June.”

Victor-Charles Scafati: “I moved toWisconsin 20 years ago, and have enjoyed alot of variety in my career. I spent eightyears as a system architect at GE Medical,designing MRI scanners. Then I built asoftware quality consulting practice, beforemanaging the development of a very largesocial networking site for ManpowerInternational. Now I am directing the tech-nology group for an electronics manufactur-er, and leading the development of cloudapplications, so it has continued to be a lotof fun. When I first moved here, I choose tolive in a rural community, and became a vol-unteer firefighter, which has been a prettylarge factor in my life. I am an officer on avery busy department, and recently got mynational license as an EMT. The challengeof firefighting is that it requires a very diverseskill set, and therefore a lot of training. Forinstance, this spring, I will be getting mycertification as a hazmat technician. We reg-ularly do auto extrication, ice rescue; youreally never know what you’ll be doing whenthe pager goes off. I’ve also stayed active inthe arts, writing and directing theatre (whichI also did in L.A. before moving here), andeven created several art installation pieces atBurning Man in Nevada. My wife Ann is afine artist, and has a home studio where sheprimarily sculpts, and that has had fringebenefits for me-a full metal working shop!We live in an 1882 Victorian, and that is aperpetual challenge, but we love it. I hopethat all my classmates are doing well. Annand I got to see Stephen Garfield and hiswife Alex a year or two ago when we werevisiting my son in Gloucester (they are child-hood friends of mine), and they seemed verywell, and Henry Clark and I have stayed intouch by phone occasionally.”

Rob LeRoy: “WOW!! Hmmm... ThatHenry Pitney’s a hard act to follow! I stillrepresent rapists, murderers and drug dealers

Bill Calfree ’76 and family

in Suffolk and MiddlesexSuperior Court. I was dat-ing a Brazilian Portugeseinterpreter until she gaveme the Heisman recently.Saw Shaq in a bar inBoston (although he did-n’t say ‘hi’). Am headingoff to Ft. Lauderdale for acouple to clear brain.Basically-business as usual.Hope all is well and planto see as many of you aspossible this June.”

Robin Salomon: “Thepicture is of our family ona trip to Iceland a year agopre-volcano (I’m the onewho doesn’t look 20 yearsold). Chunks of glacier arefloating in a lagoon in thebackground. It’s good thekids got to see glaciersbefore they disappear.

My daughter Tory graduated from TrinityCollege and is living in New York City work-ing for a hedge fund. My older boy Tim isliving at home, while working for head-hunt-ing firm placing individuals with DefenseDepartment contractors and finishing up atthe University of Maryland. My youngestson Ryan is a junior at The Siena School,which specializes in teaching kids with lan-guage-based learning difficulties (dyslexia,ADHD, executive functioning, etc.). I’m thevolunteer president of The Siena Foundation,which provides scholarships to studentsattending the school. My wife Sarah judgesflower arrangements at the Philadelphia

Flower Show and at other venues; is a profes-sional photographer, and otherwise puts upwith the rest of us here in Bethesda, MD. Iam a developer of affordable rental housingwith interests in roughly 4,000 units aroundthe country, but with the bulk in New Yorkand California. Business survived The GreatRecession. I have started a little sideline buy-ing foreclosed homes and re-modeling themfor first-time homeowners. For fun we trav-el; ski in Park City, Utah, and horseback ride.I recently joined a fox hunt, in which ridersfollow hounds, which run after a fox, the foxalways wins. I think I recall correctly that Iplayed soccer against Bruce White in college.Didn’t see much of him since I was a goalie,

and he played at the otherend of the field as a fullback.I played soccer up until a fewyears ago when I broke mycheek making a save on aplayer’s knee rather than theball. A 50-year old shouldn’tplay “kids” in their 30s.Hope everyone is doing well.

Bill Bushing: “Helloeveryone. It is great to hearwhat you are all doing. In theFall, after 24 years of sellingfinancial software applicationsmostly for start-up technologycompanies, I joined twofriends of mine in their execu-tive search business. We spe-cialize in working with earlystage companies in both thetechnology and in consumerproducts industries. So far ithas been exiting to work withfounders of start-up compa-nies as they are typically verydriven and passionate abouttheir businesses. I spent twodays during Christmas withmy brother, Chris ’78 and hisfamily in Quechee, VT. Mydaughter Hillary and I alsodid some skiing at Killington

(see picture) and then we all enjoyed aChristmas Eve dinner there. Hillary will fin-ish at UVM this spring, and our son Davidis a junior at Southern Methodist in Dallas. Iam hoping to get down there for his fraterni-ty’s annual father-son weekend shortly. Asyou all know our 35th reunion is coming upin June. Several of us have been discussingplans for the weekend and we hope most ofyou are planning to attend.”

Steve Garfield: “It’s hard to believe thatwe are getting closer to our 35th reunion. Ilook forward to seeing as many of you all aspossible in June. All is well with theGarfields with many moving parts. Ouroldest daughter Sasha has graduated fromMiddlebury, and now works for Teach forAmerica in the Hartford, CT public schoolsystem. Classmate Joel Gengras helped herfind an apartment, and I saw Joel in Januaryduring a visit to West Hartford. Good tosee him, and he seems very well. Our sonTucker ’09 is a sophomore at St Lawrenceand loving it. He’s playing varsity lacrosseand enjoying the North Country - save forthe 7 hour drive to Canton, NY! Ouryoungest daughter Emma is in the middle ofjunior year at St George’s and gearing up forthe college search this spring/summer. She,too, is a lacrosse player, and is hoping tocontinue in college. As for the parents, weseem to be embarking on new territory aswell. I have been spending the majority ofmy time in Amsterdam as my company

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Robin Salomon ’76 and family

Bill Bushing ’76 with his daughter Hillary

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opened an office there. I traveled extensivelyin Northern Europe all fall opening newmarkets and getting way too many frequentflyer miles. My wife Alex, not to be left athome alone, spent the fall in Seattle pursu-ing a writing career, and is currently backthere again studying. Hope this finds you allwell - and see you in June!”

1977Class Agents: John Coleman and

Tom Dufour

Peter Charlton: “We have just launcheda new company, Cocktail Town. It was mypartner’s idea and the site went live inNovember: www.cocktailtown.com. Thebook makes a great gift! Not to mention theglassware.”

1981Your 30th Reunion will be held on June 10-12, 2011.Class Agents: Chris Gorycki, Nick Lieder,

Bill Pollard, Scott Root and Ted Sheridan

The Salisbury community was saddenedto learn of the death of the prominentBritish film director, Peter Yates, father ofToby Yates. Toby now lives in Los Angeles,but keeps in occasional contact with his for-mer advisor Susan DeMelle and ex-dormmaster Ralph Menconi. More informationon Mr. Yates and his career can be found ina detailed obituary published in the “NewYork Times” on January 11, 2011.

1983Class Agent: Duncan Kennedy

Greg Erdmann: “For the last year I havebeen the sales and marketing director for aNorwegian technology company calledOCAS, Inc. We manufacture radar systemsfor aircraft collision avoidance, and I havebeen launching the North American marketwhich I love doing. Family and friends aregreat. Always happy to have my quarterlycatch up call with Tony ‘Big Tone’Carmichael. I am still in Vermont - love it.Email: [email protected]”

Duncan Kennedy attended the weddingof Tom Thornton to Lindsay HolwickThornton on January 15, 2011, in KansasCity, MO. It was great night of dancing andcelebrating. “I must say I haven’t seen Tomlook happier in my life.”

Herb May: “Cinnie and I have lived inBaltimore now for over 20 years. Along withseveral ex-partners of mine from Alex Brownand Sons, we started our own investmentbank in 2006 called Signal Hill. We havealmost 100 employees and offices in fivecities - tough but rewarding work. My sonHerbie ’12 played tight end on the VarsityFootball Team at Salisbury, which wentundefeated in the fall and beat LawrenceAcademy 24-21 in the New EnglandChampionship game. Classmates AnsonStookey and Laurie Lane-Zucker bothattended the Championship Game inEasthampton, MA. Our daughter Julia is in

her first year at Millbrook and loving everyminute. I rang in the New Year with BillRoberts in Hobe Sound, FL. Bill is a pilotnow and flies himself and Emma betweenhis homes in Boston and North EastHarbor, ME. I see Bill frequently alongwith Rob Feeney (parent of Bobby ’12),who both serve with me on the Board ofTrustees. Sam Babington and I are bothmembers of Pine Valley Golf Club in NewJersey and are able to spend time theretogether over the summers reminiscingabout our days on the Hilltop.”

Tom Thornton was thrilled to share thenews of his marriage to Lindsay AnnHolwick this past January. The weddingtook place in Kansas City and DuncanKennedy attended. “Duncan and Lindsaymet earlier in the year when we took a tripto San Francisco. We had a great time vis-iting and we had the opportunity to meethis wife and children. In the summer, Ihooked up with Robert Young in Austin.It was great to connect with him. I remainthe CEO of the Kansas Bioscience Authority,a $581 million fund dedicated to advancingthe biosciences in Kansas. Specifically, weinvest in the recruitment of distinguishedresearchers which are key to advancing ourresearch base and invest in early-stage bio-science startups. I spent the summer doinga lot of traveling, mostly sailing my restoredwooden Herreshoff from Newport. Anyoneup for a sail next summer let me know!”

Sasha, Emma and Tucker Garfield ’09

Lindsay and Tom Thornton ’83

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1985Class Agents: Kelley Doran, Barry

Durfee, Steve Goodwin, TJ Johnson, Jim

Mullen, Peter Saliba and Bob Zabel

Steve Godwin and Tom Johnson madethe trip up to Ann Arbor, MI to witness theSalisbury victory over Kent at the Universityof Michigan’s Big House in early December.They were joined by Doug Hood ’84,Dicky Riegel ’84 and Dicky’s son Richard.Steve Godwin commented, “It was great tosee the support of the Salisbury parents as itwas back in our day skating for Salisbury,but where were all the other alums?”

1986Your 25th Reunion will be held on June 10-12, 2011.Class Agents: Hank Alexandre and

Reed Johnston

Hank Alexandre wrote: “ChrisOverbye, Reed Johnston, Charlie Lynchand I are hard at work with the Class of ’8625th reunion committee. Looking forwardto seeing you all this summer!”

1990Class Agents: Charlie Constant, Gerrit

Graham and Chris Hefter

Edward (Mark) Simonton stopped bythe Hilltop in November and shared a quickupdate with the Alumni Office. Mark hasreceived the St. Basil Scholarship which“facilitates exchanges between members ofthe Anglican Church of Canada, theOriental Orthodox Churches and theAssyrian Church of the East.” He will betaking off next December for the MalabarCoast in southwest India where he will be avisiting lecturer for four months.

1991Your 20th Reunion will be held on June 10-12, 2011.Class Agents: Matt Brush, John Colgate,

Brady Knight, Ross McKenzie and Pat

Sullivan

1992Class Agents: Chad Bevan, Jamey Hein,

Kris Loomis, Michael Malafronte, Sasha

Tcherevkoff and Pete Walker

Phil Tunnicliff, a project manager forHunt/Moss can be seen in this picturestanding in front of the new Florida Marlins

baseball stadium, currently under construc-tion in Miami, FL and scheduled to be com-pleted by Opening Day, 2012.

1994Class Agents:

Morgan Hertzan,

Josh Mandel, Alec

Raday and Alex

Ressi DiCervia

1996Your 15th Reunionwill be held on June 10-12, 2011.Class Agents:

Chris Brislin, Danny

Gomez, Holt Haynsworth, Bart Jennings

and Tim McCaffrey

Terence Skyrm: “I had a pretty eventfulyear in 2010. Apart from making my firsttrip back to the Hilltop in January 2010 andvisiting with Coach Hinchey, I had my firstchild with my beautiful wife Emily in July.”

Phil Tunnicliff ’92

Jeremy Winters ’94

Roxy and Seamus Lamb ’96

Charles William Matthew Skyrm

Laura and Carter Hilliard ’00 with his father, former trustee Landon, mother Nancy and friends.

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2000Class Agents: Gunnar Heinrich, Jim

Panczykowski, Joe Sallette, Jack Tillotson

and Ollie Wight

2001Your 10th Reunion will be held on June 10-12, 2011.Class Agents: Will Faison, Pete Gross,

Jim Keogh, Jim Long, Whitney Robinson,

Dave Sandals, Cris Sigovitch and Parker

Young

2002Class Agents: Toby Atkins, Colin Griggs

and Clint Work

Toby Atkins has relocated to Austin, TXafter spending part of the summer in Europe.“I ventured to England, Italy, France, theNetherlands, Czech Republic and Spain. Iwas able to see some of the locations we stud-ied in Mr. Mokriski’s European History class,and being overseas during the World Cupwas an experience in itself. I’m excited aboutnew opportunities, and hope to make it upto the Hilltop sometime this year.” Toby hasbeen hard at work finding out what his class-mates have been up to:

Brock Bell earned a degree fromPrinceton University and is loving life inNew York City as an equity sales trader forBarclays Capital.

Greg Cassista is working for JP MorganChase in Fairfield, CT after wrapping up hisprofessional hockey career with the WichitaThunder of the Central Hockey League. Hewas second in the league in points amongrookie defensemen before an injury cut theseason short. “It was a great experience andwould have loved to have kept playing. I amback home in CT working and enjoying

time with my friends andfamily.”

McComb Dunwoodygraduated from SouthernMethodist University andnow resides in Houston, TX.“I’m working for a small busi-ness consulting company andhaving a good time doing it.”

Matt Groban is well intohis second year of law schoolat Villanova University, andhas been in touch with JoePinion, Bryce Sommerhoff,Sean Neal ’03, Kevin Foleyand former instructor in LatinChris Karachale.

Matthew Koncz is in NewYork City working for Clash Media, a UK-based on-line advertising company. “I amthe U.S. director of network development,where I oversee a team of people looking togrow our publisher base, primarily contact-ing Web sites regarding ad partnerships.

Stephen Meszkat is spending timebetween NYC and Connecticut. “I’m work-ing at a small investment bank in the wealthmanagement and venture capital side, whereI work with private client to hedge funds. It’sgreat because I get to run my own deals withthe investment bankers, companies andclients. Things are good.”

After a successful run at West Point, MikePiccone is fulfilling his active duty armyservice obligation in El Paso, TX with hiswife Jacqueline.

Will Schantz is living in Columbus, OHwhere he has been with Starbucks for fiveyears, and is hoping to move into theiroffices working in corporate social responsi-bility. He is also working on Bachelors inInternational Development focusing onLatin America at Ohio State.

Gabe Tash: “I’m in my second year ofgraduate school doing my clinicals whilepursuing my Masters of Physician AssistantStudies at Franklin Pierce University. In myspare time, I am also an assistant coach withDartmouth College Women’s Ice HockeyTeam.”

2003Class Agent: Steve Lunau

Connie Collins wrote: “Thank youSalisbury for the many gifts you gave to myson, Sayre Brennan, during his tenure in

high school. Basketballthere led to a scholarship atthe University of Utah.Because of the study habitslearned, he continues tothrive, now, in graduateschool.”

2004Class Agents: Ted

Ahrens, Travis Clark and

Andrew Rallis

Ted Ahrens heard fromPeter Lynch recently: “Imoved back up to NY overthe summer after livingand working in

Charleston, SC for a year. It was tough leav-ing the warm weather behind, but I guessthat’s always a trade off. I am working at acompany called McQuilling, which is a shipbroker specializing in the crude, gas andrefined product tanker sectors. My role is inbusiness development with a focus on identi-fying Latin American energy and maritimeprojects for investment. It’s been exciting sofar and I’ve enjoyed being back in NY.”

Jonny Bates, Ben Schopp and TedAhrens caught a great Packers/Patriots gameat Foxboro in December. Ted is now work-ing at Milton Academy as the assistant direc-tor of the Annual Fund, and Jonny is a proscout for the Vancouver Canucks.

2006Your 5th Reunion will be held on June 10-12, 2011.

Brendan Keogh graduated this past Mayfrom the University of Vermont. He isteaching at a pre-school in Burlington, VTand performing with Dr. Ruckus, a ninepiece funk and jazz bank.

L to R: The Rees Family: Trevor, Nancy, formertrustee Mason and Tim ’02

Jamie ’03 and Andrew ’05O’Donnell

L to R: The Keoghs - Colin ’04, Caroline,Brendan ’06 and Jim ’01

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2007Jamie Macdonald has been elected to be

a captain of Denver’s lacrosse team.

2008Sam Plapinger spent six months attend-

ing a semester at the University of Jordan.Check out his blog athttp://samfiurdunn.wordpress.com

2009The Alumni Office was saddened to learn

of the passing of Kevin Dimeo inNovember.

Mike Roth: “I’ve been living life to thefullest at Pepperdine University. I am cur-rently playing on the rugby team and I’m aproud member of the AKPsi fraternity, the

largest, mostprestigiousbusiness fra-ternity in thenation. I amworking on aninternshipwithNorthwesternMutual andam currentlyworking ongetting my life

and accident insurance licenses. I take fivecourses at the University, so I am keepingbusy with everything. Next year I will begoing abroad to Heidelberg, Germany, forthe full year. While in Heidelberg I’ll be tak-ing upper division German courses so that Ican get my German minor with my majorbeing Finance.”

2010Betsi Morris wrote: “Just wanted to share

that Stephen ’10 loves Wake Forest and isdoing very well academically. Clearly, he hada fine education on the Hilltop and plans toapply for the fifth year business programnext year!”

Ben Ketchum ’07 and family

Sam Plapinger ’08 and family Kyle Good ’10 and family celebratingSalisbury crew at Henley

Will Rockefeller ’10 and family

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Mike Roth ’09 at a meeting ofAKPsi fraternity with AlexMatson, pledge president.


For Jim Bates, Salisbury School and family are prac-tically synonymous. For well over sixty years, Jim has devoted hislife to the service of others. As a loving husband, father and grandfather,Jim is devoted to his family. As a Salisbury teacher and coach, and as adorm parent with his wife Janet, Jim helped shape the lives of hundredsof Salisbury boys as they grew into gentlemen and leaders. To this day,Jim continues to give his time and resources to the school that means somuch to him. Always the teacher, Jim explains it this way: “It is soimportant to complete all of one’s assignments; short cuts don’t work!”

As his Salisbury career evolved, Jim led the outreach to Salisbury alum-ni and invited them to make their marks on Salisbury through their owngiving. After Janet passed away, Jim and his family were blessed when

Ellen Ivey and Jim met and were married in the Salisbury Chapel.Through good times and difficult times, Salisbury has provided Jim

with the faith that sustains him. “Salisbury helped me understand theimportance of faith,” Jim recently said. “I was confirmed at Salisbury andI continue to realize that faith and all religions provide us with a codethat is important and helpful in life.”

Jim and Ellen keep their extended family and Salisbury School at thecenter of their lives. By including Salisbury in their own gift planning,in addition to their annual gifts to the School, Jim and Ellen are provid-ing opportunities for the boys on the Hilltop today and for those whowill come in the decades ahead. It is a wonderful lesson from aSalisbury gentleman who began his career as a teacher on the Hilltop.

Consider Leaving YourPermanent Legacy on the Hilltop

For additional information, please contact:Dutch Barhydt, Director of Development | 860-435-5704 | [email protected] Graham ’97, Leadership Giving Officer | 860-435-5706 | [email protected]

Please join Jim Bates ’48, P’75, ’82, GP’04, Trustee, and other caringSalisbury alumni, parents and friends and leave your mark at Salisbury…

for the boys.

or visit: www.salisburyschool.org/plannedgiving

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Though it is located on the lower level of the Centennial Building, the Salisbury Archives does yeomanservice as the attic of the School. On its shelves and in its storage and file cabinets can be found a vastarray of documents and artifacts documenting Salisbury’s long history—everything from photographs,publications, theatrical posters and official correspondence to reunion mementos, banners and trophies.In one of the locked, fire-proof file cabinets rests one of the most important of all Salisbury artifacts, “TheBook.” Actually there are two books—ancient, hand-written, leather-bound ledgers that record the nameand vital information of every boy that attended Salisbury School, and its predecessor St. Austin’s School,from 1883 until 1966.

Salisbury’s Early Days are Examined Through “The Book”

B Y G E O F F R E Y R O S S A N O ,

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Down in the archivesrests one of the mostimportant of all Salisburyartifacts—“The Book.”

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St. Austin’s Episcopal School for Boyslocated in New Brighton, Staten Island,New York, admitted its first students in1883. More than 245 followed. Theschool failed in April 1894, and wasthen re-organized during the summer tore-open as St. Austin’s Military Schoolthe following September. Several of theold boys stayed on as boarders or daystudents, joined by a new crop of youngmen. In the next seven years, a total of158 students attended St. Austin’sMilitary School.

In the early fall of 1901, the Rev.George Quaile relocated the school toSalisbury, Connecticut, to its presenthilltop site, in the Main Building thatremains a central element of the campusto this day. Eight former St. Austin’sboys relocated with Quaile, and areidentified in the ledger as the “Old boyswho followed the School to Salisbury,Conn, Oct. 1901.” James Gates Moore,born in 1882, from Savona [SteubenCounty], New York, was designated stu-dent #1. He graduated the followingspring and entered MIT. In addition tothe original eight, three more boysentered the fledgling institution duringthat first year.

Examining the yellowing pages revealsthat the School enjoyed early growth.Nine more boys enrolled the followingacademic year. By the end of the 1910-1911 school year, 150 students hadmade the trip to Salisbury to begin theirHilltop education. Salisbury’s seconddecade witnessed accelerated growth,with a total of 250 students taking upresidence, and then 300 more duringthe 1920s, a decade of expansion andgreat plans to build a new, enlargedcampus. The onset of the Depression,however, put an end to those plans, andwe can chart the School’s plummetingenrollment during the difficult periodthat followed, as well as an upturn in itsfortunes at the end of the decade.

The information entered in thesebooks in a tight, precise script reveals agreat deal about the student body andhow it evolved over the years. The dataincludes name, date of birth, date ofenrollment, previous education, address,parents, parents’ occupation, religiousaffiliation, date of graduation, with-drawal or dismissal, college matricula-tion and, sadly, sometimes an earlydeath. With this information we canchart precisely the changing size and age

of the student body through good timesand bad, war and peace. We can calcu-late graduation rates and identify thecollege choices of those graduates. Wecan map the evolving geographic distri-bution of the students’ residences. Byexamining the business careers of theparents and the families’ residentialaddresses, we can gain some insight intothe social status of the larger schoolcommunity.

Ledger #1 ends with an entry forRichard Merwin White of Warwick,Rhode Island, the 981st student toattend Salisbury School, who entered inJanuary of 1943. Ledger #2 begins withCraig Andrews of Scarsdale, New York,student #982 and the continues untilSeptember 1966 with Alexander Yokanaof Princeton, New Jersey, the 2204th

and final entry in a line stretching back65 years to October 1901.

The next note to appear on thesepages will continue the examination of“The Book,” offering a statistical analysisof various aspects of Salisbury’s historicstudent body. The dry, silent books havemuch to tell us.

Return to the Hilltop SALISBURY SCHOOL REUNION WEEKEND JUNE 10-12, 2011

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3 Ways to Register

1) ON-LINE at www.salisburyschool.org/reunion

2) BY MAIL using the registration form in your Reunion Invitation.

3) BY PHONE call Lisa Duntz in the Alumni Office at 860-435-5735.

For more information about the weekend, including a list of frequently asked questions as well as further information on transportation from the Wassaic train station and child care, check out the Web site at:

www.salisburyschool.org/reunion

Friday, June 10, 2011

Afternoon RegistrationPresentation by Faculty MemberCampus Tours

Evening Kick-off Reception and Dinner for All AlumniChild Care Available

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Morning RegistrationBreakfastHeadmaster’s AddressPresentations Featuring Alumni and Faculty

Afternoon Barbecue LunchAlumni Softball, Golf and TennisSean Bowler H’02 Memorial Alumni Lacrosse GameCampus ToursService of Remembrance

Evening Cocktail Reception with Class PhotosReunion Class Dinner with Class Gift Announcement and Award PresentationDessert and Dancing

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Morning Farewell Brunch

Save the Dates!

2011

April 7 Alumni Networking Breakfast (NYC)

April 7 Mothers of Boys Luncheon

April 13 San Francisco Alumni and Parent Reception

April 28 Annual Alumni Speakers Series Gathering (NYC)

April 28 Philadelphia Alumni and Parent Reception

April 30 Parent Volunteer Thank You Luncheon

May 5 Alumni Networking Breakfast (Boston)

May 5 Boston Alumni Reception

May 13-14 Spring Family Weekend

May 14 Crimson Knight Parent Donor Reception

May 19 Alumni Networking Breakfast (NYC)

May 26 Class of 2011 Alumni Association Induction Dinner

June 3 Graduation for the Class of 2011

June 10-12 Reunion Weekend for Classes ending in 1s and 6s

October 11 1st Annual Fall Classic Golf Tournament at The Apawamis Club (Rye, NY)

October 21-22 Parents Weekend 2011

For more information about these and other Salisbury School events, please visit our Web site at www.salisburyschool.org.



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Documents

Salisbury Magazine Spring 2011