Volume No. XXVII Fall/Winter 2004

INSIDE THISISSUE:

A Code of Ethics forFaculty and Students

p. 1

Jackson LaboratoryOffers Opportunity

for Staff and Studentsp. 2

Alumni Weekendp. 8-9

Class Notesp. 10

....and more!

A P U B L I C A T I O N O F F O X C R O F T A C A D E M Y fo r A L U M N I & F R I E N D S

FOXCROFT

Foxcroft AcademyBoard of Trustees

President, Vandy E. Hewett ’75Vice President, Peter W. Culley ’61

Secretary, Lois W. Reynolds ’54Treasurer, Donna L. Hathaway ’66

Susan M. AlmyWilliam C. Bisbee

Rebecca R. Engdahl ’52Edgar E. Gammon ’47H. Thomas Gerrish ’52Kenneth A. Hews '65Jane Hibbard-Merrill

Wayne O. HuffFrank T. Knaut ’70David R. PerkinsGlenda B. SmithRichard B. Swett

John E. WentworthJohn E. Wiles ’51

Honorary TrusteesDoris G. Coy ’64

William C. Forbes IIIElizabeth H. Harvey

Louis O. HiltonFrederick E. Hutchinson ’48

Woodrow E. PageMartha G. Rollins ’37

Douglas M. Smith, Esq. '65Murray M. Stanhope ’37

Helen D. StithamKevin L. Stitham ’70Muriel P. Watson ’25

FoxcroftVolume No. XXVIIFall/Winter 2004

Editor: Jay Brennan Associate Headmaster

Associate Editor: Cathy Hall

The Foxcroft is published two times each year foralumni and friends of Foxcroft Academy.

If you are receiving duplicate copies of the Foxcroftor have a change of address, please contact the

Foxcroft Academy Alumni Office at 975 W. Main St., Dover-Foxcroft, ME 04426.

You may read the Foxcroft online at: www.foxcrofta-cademy.org/magazine.html

This September I looked forward to the first morning of schoolwhen I, along with faculty and staff, welcomed new and return-ing families and their students to our campus at Foxcroft

Academy.This year, my second at Foxcroft Academy, it was a pleasure

to greet 370 local day students as well as 61 students whose fam-ilies or towns pay tuition directly to the Academy, among whichare 26 boarding students, both domestic and international.

I would like to say to our families: thank you for the privilegeof educating your children. As an independent school we understand

that we must earn the right to educate the students who attendFoxcroft Academy. While historically Foxcroft, and then Dover, and more

recently, Monson, Charleston, and Sebec have chosen to send their studentsto the Academy, we never take for granted this tremendous privilege given to us by thefamilies and towns who have Foxcroft Academy as their school of choice.

Others too have recognized the quality of education provided by the Academy becausein recent years a number of families and students from neighboring towns with their ownpublic high school have expressed an interest in attending Foxcroft Academy. Students andfamilies are attracted to the Academy in large measure due to the breadth of our academicprogram, including our Advanced Placement courses. Unfortunately, many of these parentscan't afford tuition payments. Recognizing this need, Paul and Genie Dillon created the AzureDillon Academic Aspirations Scholarship Fund in memory of their daughter who was killedin a tragic automobile accident in her senior year. The fund awarded its first scholarship thisyear to assist a family with tuition payments so that their child could attend Foxcroft Acad-emy. Recently, alumna Barbara Livermore Morrison '36 left a portion of her estate as a bequestto the Academy to establish the Barbara Livermore Morrison Academic Aspirations Scholar-ship Fund. We are grateful for these friends and alumni of Foxcroft Academy who are helping tomake it possible for more young men and women to experience a Foxcroft Academy education.

With other educational options available nearby, the Academy is held to the highest levelof accountability as it is evaluated in the marketplace every day. Families keenly perceive thevalue in a Foxcroft Academy education, for which we are grateful. As you read this issue ofthe Foxcroft, you will learn of the wonderful work of our faculty and students in implement-ing a school-wide code of ethics, our developing relationship with Jackson Laboratory, andvarious students' achievements in the classroom as well as on the athletic fields.

My thanks to all supporters, past and present, whose charitable gifts continue to makethe Academy a school of distinction. A special thanks to the classes of 1937, 1952, and 1954,for their newly established class endowment funds. With leadership and vision like this, ourfuture is filled with optimistic hopes and dreams.

Sincerely,Allen Adriance, Headmaster

Pictured on Cover: Upstairs (l-r); Rachel Surette, Mr. Adriance, Hannah Knowlton,Mitch Sawyer, Brad BellemareDownstairs (l-r): Ian Imbert, Lindsay Chase, Julie Earnest, Mary Faith Duncan

Dear Friends of Foxcroft Academy:

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Foxcroft Academy News

While Foxcroft Academy has been on the cutting edge inMaine and New England in developing a standards-basedcurriculum that raises academic standards for all students,

the standards now being talked about among faculty, students, admin-istration and Trustees are not strictly academic in nature.

Over the past five years, beginning in 1999, the administrationand faculty have been working at developing their own code of ethicsas professionals. This work was in part supported by a collaborativerelationship with the Institute of Global Ethics located in Camden,Maine. While the work is ongoing, a written code of ethics was adoptedin 2002 and today is part of the school handbook which governs howfaculty, staff and administrators are to conduct themselves with eachother, students and others with whom they serve.

In the spring of 2004 Foxcroft Academy took the next significantstep forward in providing students an opportunity to begin the pro-cess of defining a code of ethics which will guide their conduct asstudents and community members. Staff members conducting thetraining have explained to students, “When we think about schoolsand what should be taught in them, of course we think that academ-ics should be the main focus. But it is hard to learn in a place withouta common core of values that makes it a safe place and one that en-sures equal treatment for all students. Although teachers and admin-istrators should be the model for such behavior, they alone are notresponsible for making schools such a place. Students have an obliga-tion to each other to uphold treatment that delivers respect.”

From a historical perspective, the Academy has always viewedits educational mission very “holistically”, in fact, as recently as 1972Foxcroft Academy had as a part of its mission statement phrases suchas “social consciousness” and “moral obligations” and the studenthandbook even included the statement, “promotion of literature,science, morality, and piety….based on the teaching of Jesus Christ.”While today Foxcroft serves as a non-sectarian independent school,the Academy remains true to its historic mission as it focuses on thedevelopment of a common code of ethics which can guide the conductand behavior of administration, faculty, and students.

Toward this end, staff members have provided 45 students withtraining over a period of several months in an ethical problem solvingmodel which has taught them to examine their own personal values,think before they act, and act in harmony with what we as an institu-

A Code of Ethics forFaculty and Students

tion and individuals say we believe. These 45 student leaders in turnhave had the opportunity to lead the entire Academy student body,divided up into 28 small groups, through the ethical problem solvingmodel over a six-week period. The work will continue this year and cul-minate in students proposing the adoption of a student code of ethics.

The ethics training, as one staff member observed, “Caused stu-dent leaders to do some soul searching and self-examination. Like allof us, they are not perfect and perhaps don’t always act in harmonywith their values. But they have had the determination, the strengthof character to persevere, and the responsibility to follow through.They deserve recognition for their service to our school and for lead-ing the way and taking a risk in helping to make Foxcroft Academy abetter place for all students.”

Colleen Grover leading ethics workshop for Trustees

This past summer, as part of the Academy’s continuing relation-ship with The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Ms. JessicaWentworth, a science instructor at Foxcroft Academy, partici-

pated in an eight-week intensive project involving animal stem cellresearch. The Jackson Laboratory is internationally recognized as onethe world’s leading mammalian genetic research facilities.

Ms. Wentworth’s summer research under the sponsorship ofDr. David Harrison is in preparation for a research projectthat Academy students will participate in during thenext few years at the Academy. Her projectincluded work with mice embryon-ic stem cells (ES cells). According toMs. Wentworth, “The goal of my work was to have the ES cells differ-entiate to become hematopoietic stem cells, which are cells that canreplicate indefinitely and can differentiate into other cells; specifically,into the formation of blood or blood cells.” Ms. Wentworth workedon her project with additional help from Dr. Jane Barker, a 1953 alum-na of Foxcroft Academy and Senior Scientist with Jackson Lab, whodemonstrated the specific dissection of the embryonic mice.

Ms. Wentworth also served as one of the resident assistants forthe lab’s summer program for students, involving 34 students fromall over the world, including Ireland and Malta. The students eachhave their own research sponsor at the lab and are required to writeproject proposals, give seminars about their projects, and write afinal paper, as well as give a lecture at the final symposium.

One of the projects that Foxcroft Academy is preparing to part-ner with Jackson Lab on is under the direction of Dr. David Harrison,whose area of research at the lab has been genetic and endocrinemechanisms of aging. The specific research project for which Academystudents would prepare and collect data on tissue cultures is knownas: Pluripotency of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Derived from Adult MouseMarrow. Ms. Wentworth’s training this summer was in preparationfor her leadership with Aca-

demy students incollecting data forthis research.

To put this re-search piece in place, Fox-croft Academy will need tocreate a sterile environmentto conduct tissue culture de-velopment. To fund all thenecessary equipment for thisresearch, Foxcroft Academywill need to raise approxi-mately $34,000. Those inter-ested in additional informa-tion or making a charitable contribution to help create this tissueculture lab, please contact Jay Brennan at Foxcroft Academy at(207)564-8664 or jay.brennan@foxcroftacademy.org.

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Foxcroft News

Jackson Laboratory Offers Opportunity for Staff and Students

Kevin Park taking measurements in thechemistry lab

tor in the Guilford school sys-tem,will take over responsibil-ities as the Academy’s banddirector and will oversee thepep and jazz bands. He is agraduate of UMO’s school ofmusic and has also previous-ly served as band director inMSAD #45.

A music advisory com-mittee is being formed to sup-port the work of the two newmusic staff members andprovide input for long rangeplans of the music program.

Two outstanding mem-bers of this committee willbe alumna Linda Gammon ’71 who was recently awarded the Scroll ofExcellence by the Women Band Directors’ International Associationand is currently the director of the middle school music departmentat Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax, VA. Mr. Robert Thorne, banddirector at Foxcroft from 1959-1976, and an active musician, has alsoagreed to join this committee.

We welcome these new faculty members to Foxcroft Academy!

Foxcroft Academy was pleased to welcome this fall Mrs. LeePearsall as its new Director of Counseling Services. She re-places Colleen Grover who provided the Academy with nine

years of exemplary service. Mrs. Pearsall is the former Director ofCounseling Services at PCHS in Guilford. She earned her mastersdegree in counseling at the University of North Dakota and hasserved as a family and adolescent counselor at the Ozark GuidanceCenter in Berryville, Arkansas. Counseling services also welcomedMs. Sadie Faulkner, a recent graduate from the masters program atthe University of Maryland, College Park, and she replaces KandiGrant Martin ’93 who decided to become a full-time mom to her twochildren. Ann Kendall Erickson ’82, an alumna of Husson College andgraduate student at the UMO, will assume the responsibility for theAcademy’s alternative education program.

Two new appointments were made to fill the part-time musicdirector position vacated by Mr. Arnold Poland after 27 years of excel-lent service. According to Mr. Adriance, “While the Academy pursuesa national search for a new music director, we have been fortunate tofind two highly qualified music educators who have agreed to step infor the 2004-05 school year to provide leadership to our music pro-gram.” Mrs. Pat Hinkley, who for the past several years has served asa volunteer and substitute teacher in the music program, will be as-suming responsibilities for the choral program. Mrs. Hinkley is a grad-uate of North Central College (Illinois) and George Mason University(Virginia). Mr. Jason Brown, who had been serving as a music instruc-

Foxcroft News

Welcome!New Music and Counseling Staff

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Music student Mary Beth Clement

New counselors Sadie Faulkner and Lee Pearsall

Music instructors Pat Hinkley and Jason Brown

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Charitable Giving

Report of Charitable GivingJuly 1, 2003, through June 30, 2004

Dear Friends,

On behalf of Foxcroft Academy’s Board of Trustees, I want to thank you for your participation in this year’s annualgiving program. Your gift shows your understanding of the challenges inherent in funding independent school educationas well as playing a critical role in bridging the gap between tuition revenues and the true cost of an FA education.

We exceeded this year’s goal raising $61,000 in unrestricted gifts which directly supported the instructional budget.This expression of your confidence in Foxcroft Academy is essential as we look to maintain the breadth of our academicprogramming while local tuition revenues decline. In addition, $137,336 in charitable cash gifts were received tosupport specific academic, athletic, and scholarship programs. We also received in-kind gifts valued at over $60,000.Again, thank you for your generosity to Foxcroft Academy.

Vandy Ellis Hewett ’75President, Board of Trustees

James S. Holmes Society($10,000+)Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hewett*Microsoft Corporation*Oak Grove School Foundation

Presidents’ Club ($2,500+)Plum Creek FoundationSAPPI, Inc.

Founders Club ($1,000+)Mr. Michael BoysonMr. and Mrs. Philip HintzDr. and Mrs. Frederick HutchinsonMr. and Mrs. G. Merle LibbyMr. and Mrs. Walter Lougee*Mr. Raymond LyfordMrs. Yoriko McClureMr. and Mrs. Charles MerrillMr. Glenn RebneMr. and Mrs. Blaine Rideout*Rowell’s GarageSolomon Smith-BarneyDr. and Mrs. Daniel SteinkeDr. and Mrs. Richard SwettMr. Robert WashburnMrs. Muriel Watson

Headmaster’s Club ($500+)Acorn FoundationMr. Allen AdrianceMr. and Mrs. Philip AnnisMrs. Annie Ansur LeeMrs. Sally ApplegateCivil Engineering Services*Mr. and Mrs. Herbert CroninMr. and Mrs. Kirby EllisMr. and Mrs. Arthur Engdahl Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Dana Freese Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Edgar GammonMrs. Donna HathawayMr. Ernest Judkins III

LCDR Albert KinneyMr. John KlimaviczDr. and Mrs. David McDermottMrs. Ann McNamaraMr. Woodrow PageMr. and Mrs. Robert PomeroyMr. Frederick RobbinsMr. and Mrs. Douglas SmithMr. John Spieker and

Ms. Kim Thebault*Mr. Decker ToddMrs. Van Wentworth

Architects’ Club ($250+)AnonymousMr. and Mrs. John Brennan IIIMr. and Mrs. James BrownMr. and Mrs. Robert Brown II*Dr. and Mrs. Peter BuergerMr. Frederick CampbellMr. and Mrs. David CaseChevronTexaco, Inc.Mr. Peter CulleyMr. and Mrs. David DeanMrs. Dawn DuncanDr. and Mrs. John ElleryMrs. Bertha FitzgeraldMr. and Mrs. Thomas FrederickMs. Janis GloverMiss Dorothy GrayHardwood Products Co.Mrs. Norma HarrisMrs. Elizabeth HarveyDr. Thomas HarveyDr. and Mrs. Norman Hill*Mr. and Mrs. Wayne HuffMr. Frank KnautMs. Dawn MacPherson-AllenMrs. Betty-Jane MeaderMr. Richard MillettMrs. Ruth NasonMrs. Lois ReynoldsMrs. Martha RollinsMr. and Mrs. John Smith

Dr. and Mrs. Robert ThomasMr. and Mrs. Philip WeatherbeeMr. and Mrs. W. Ward WebberMr. John WilesMr. James Williams

Builders Club ($100+ )Mr. and Mrs. Christopher AlmyMrs. Wilma AndrewsCaptain Robert AnnisAT & T FoundationAwards, Signage & TrophiesMrs. Ethel AyresDr. Jane BarkerLCDR Carmel BelangerMr. and Mrs. William BisbeeMs. Jane BlayMrs. Brenda BrownMrs. Helen BrownMrs. Joline BrownMr. Noel Brown

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brown IIMr. and Mrs. Robert Brown Sr.Mrs. Marilyn CameronMr. and Mrs. Richard CarletonMr. James CartwrightMr. and Mrs. Joseph Cartwright Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Wayne ChampeonMr. Kwun Hung ChanMrs. Shirley ClarkMrs. Merrill Ann ClukeyMr. Richard CoburnMr. Roderick ColletteCreative Print ServicesMr. Broderick DavisMrs. Kathryn DeanDr. Marjorie DevineMr. Edward DodgeMr. John Dolphin Jr.Mrs. Deborah DunhamMrs. Rachel DustinMrs. Patricia EldridgeMrs. Teresa FarrarMrs. Gwen FerrignoMr. David FinleyMs. Rebecca ForemanMrs. Beatrice GellersonMr. H. Thomas GerrishMr. William Glover Jr.Mrs. Zelma GorhamGossamer PressMs. Margret GrantMr. Mark GrantGraves Supermarkets, Inc.Ms. Stephanie HallDr. Arthur HansonMr. Timothy HansonMr. Peter HartelDr. and Mrs. Norman HillMr. and Mrs. John IngrahamMr. Peter IngrahamMrs. Velma JohnstonMrs. Laurie LachanceMrs. Hope LacourciereMr. and Mrs. Gary Larson

Faculty member Gary Larsonaddressing Class of 2004

If your gift was received after June 30, 2004 it will be included in the 2005-06 donor listing.

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Charitable Giving

Dr. Kelly Larson-BrunnerMrs. Gail LincolnMr. and Mrs. Thomas LizotteMr. and Mrs. Onie LougeeDr. Wendy LoveMrs. Carol LovettMr. Robert MacNevinMrs. Judith MarshallMr. Theodore MarshallMr. Aubrey MerrillMrs. Barbara MorrisonMr. and Mrs. Eugene MountainMr. Terry MulherinMr. Kenneth MurchMr. and Mrs. Frank OldisMr. and Mrs. William OrtonMrs. Mabel ParkmanMrs. Margaret PatznerMr. and Mrs. Paul Paydos

Mr. and Mrs. David PerkinsMrs. Elizabeth PostlewaiteMr. and Mrs. Robert PrideDr. and Mrs. W. James RobertsMr. David RuksznisMr. Ronald RuksznisMr. William SawtellMr. and Mrs. Vincent SawyerSherwin-Williams FoundationMs. Amy SmithMrs. Bevin St. CharlesHon. and Mrs. Kevin StithamMr. and Mrs. John Tatko IIIMrs. Helen ThomasMrs. Sylvia TurnerMrs. Shirleen VainioMr. Rex VarnumMr. Richard Washburn PhDMs. Pamela WeatherbeeMrs. Phyllis WeatherbeeMr. and Mrs. John WentworthMs. Evelyn WestonMrs. Anne WhittakerMr. Earl WileyMr. Roger WillisMr. and Mrs. Victor WoodbreyMrs. Marilyn Young

Benefactors Club ($50+ )Mr. George AmesAnonymousMrs. Brenda AveryMr. William Babash

Mr. and Mrs. Walter BeaulieuMr. and Mrs. Carl BickfordMr. Timothy CaldwellMr. and Mrs. Scott CatellMrs. Kimberly CavanaughMr. Terry ChaseMr. and Mrs. David ClementMr. Ronald CoffinMrs. Marion CollinsMr. Richard ConnerMr. and Mrs. Andrew ConwayMs. Diane CorreiaMrs. Ruth CrowleyMr. and Mrs. Derry DeckerDover Auto PartsMr. and Mrs. John A. DowMrs. Doris DyerMr. Stephen EmeryMr. and Mrs. Dana Fadley

Mr. and Mrs. Paul FlandersMrs. Jane FrancisMrs. Cynthia Freeman-CyrMr. Robert FreeseDr. Renae FreidMs. Gretchen GarnissMr. and Mrs. Howard GarnissMrs. Frances GloverMr. Dean GoodwinMrs. Jean GrinnellMrs. Donna GroutMr. and Mrs. Thomas HallMrs. Mary HartnettMr. Paul Levensalor and

Mrs. Elaine HeathMrs. Julie HeyMrs. Rowena HindsMr. Neal HomerMrs. Edith HusseyMrs. Joan JankeJosten’sSPC Sarah KeenanMrs. Grace LangleyMrs. Lori LewisMr. Dwight MerrillMrs. Doris MoranMr. and Mrs. Richard PageMrs. Annette PeabodyMrs. Phyllis PelosiMs. Mirna Reyes-HendersonMrs. Elsa SanbornMr. and Mrs. Wesley SandsMrs. Glenda Smith

Mr. Paul SmithMr. Edric StarbirdMr. Louis StevensMrs. Helen StithamDr. Mark StithamMr. Ryan StithamDr. Sean StithamMrs. Helen StrockDr. and Mrs. Ralph Sweetland Ms. Diana SwettMr. and Mrs. Louis ThibeaultMr. Robert TrefethenMrs. Ethelyn TreworgyMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey ValenceMr. Ryan VarnumMrs. Jessica VerrillMr. and Mrs. David WalkerMrs. Katherine WellsMrs. Priscilla WhiteMr. and Mrs. Robert WhiteMr. Robert WileyMr. Gary WorthingMr. and Mrs. Peter WrightMr. Raymond Young

Ponies’ Club ($25+)Mr. Thomas AllenMrs. Beverly AndersonMr. and Mrs. Milton AndersonMr. Keith BaileyMs. Meredith BickmoreMr. Timothy BlakelyMr. and Mrs. Paul BomberoMr. Carl BosworthMrs. Mary BrayMr. David BuckMrs. Leona ButlerMr. and Mrs. Hugh CawleyMrs. June ColletteMrs. Heather CoxMrs. Anne DowMr. Scott DyerMr. and Mrs. Richard EberbachMrs. Greta EllisMrs. Doreen EmersonMrs. Sonia EmeryMr. and Mrs. Herbert FlowersMr. Alfred FortierMrs. Karen FraserMr. and Mrs. J. Henry GilbertMrs. Cynthia GodingMs. Roberta GordonMrs. Kathrine GreenMr. Ben Hamblen IIRev. and Mrs. Bernard HammondMrs. Farolyn HanscomMrs. Charlotte HarringtonMrs. Elaine HartleyMr. Troy Hartley PhDMr. and Mrs. Scott HayesMr. John HendersonMrs. Ethel HerseyMrs. Charlene HewettMr. Roger HewettMr. Brian HoweMrs. Roberta JohnstonMr. and Mrs. Robert Jonah*Mr. and Mrs. Arthur JonesMrs. Robin KennedyMr. and Mrs. Gary KillamMr. and Mrs. Keith LibbyMrs. Eileen LindMrs. Gwendolyn LukeMr. and Mrs. Reuben LumbraMs. Lanna Maheux

Mr. Aubrey Mallett Jr.Mrs. Kandi MartinMr. and Mrs. Richard McPheeMr. Richard MerrillMr. Lee MiliziaMrs. Violet MurchMrs. Cindy ObreyMrs. Carolyn OlsonMr. and Mrs. Roger PageMr. Dwight PattersonMr. Jesse PattersonMrs. Susan PerkinsMrs. Amber PinkertonMr. and Mrs. Douglas PolyotMr. Richard PrebleCaptain and Mrs. Alfred PrideMr. and Mrs. Alan RandallMrs. Phyllis RankinMr. Gary RaymondMrs. Rozilla RobertsMr. and Mrs. George RollestonMr. and Mrs. Tony SaundersMrs. Jane SchisslerMrs. Madaline SeamesMr. and Mrs. Herbert SeveranceMr. Lewis ShepardsonShoreham Telephone Co., Inc.Mr. and Mrs. Douglas SmeatonMrs. Jean SmithLt. Col. Matthew SmithMr. Chad SoucieMrs. Marion SparrowMs. Stacy StithamMrs. Gail StutzmanMrs. Tracy StutzmanMs. Sylvia TibbettsMr. and Mrs. Stephen TudorMr. and Mrs. George WarrenMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey WeatherbeeMr. and Mrs. Ken WehrleMr. Frederick WestonMr. and Mrs. Jere WhiteMrs. Elizabeth WiersMr. Andrew WitmerMr. Arthur York

Friend of F.A.Mrs. Beverly AdkinsMr. Royce AlbertMr. and Mrs. Luis AyalaMrs. Carrie BloodMr. Stephen CaldwellMr. Dwight CampbellMs. Eleanor CampbellMr. Julian CampbellMr. Jack ClukeyMrs. Elizabeth ConnorsMrs. Jamie GaudionMrs. Ellen GilleyMr. Adam HarveyMr. and Mrs. Arthur Hitchcock Jr.Mrs. Nancy JordanDr. and Mrs. Charles LightbodyMrs. Elsie LondonMrs. Patricia MarvinMr. William MilesMr. Alton Miller Jr.Mrs. Judith MillettMr. and Mrs. John RousselMr. Derek SmithMr. and Mrs. Lester StevensMs. Julie TitcombMs. Sandra TumosaMs. Julie WashingtonMrs. Helen Zilinsky

Tom Harvey ‘68, Astrid Cronin ‘54, Peter Ingraham ‘80, Herb Cronin and Troy Hartley ‘82 at Portland Alumni Planning Meeting

* indicates in-kind gift(s)

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Memorial Gifts

Gifts Made to Foxcroft Academy in Memory of a Loved OneDonor Name In Memory Of:Mrs. Ethel Ayres Phyllis P. PerkinsDr. Jane Barker David E., Harold O., and

Kenneth W. BarkerMs. Meredith Bickmore Clara ThomasMr. and Mrs. William Bisbee Jiman DuncanMrs. Carrie Blood Bonnie Blood Tetrault ’64Mr. Noel Brown Mrs. Constance PageMrs. Helen Brown Marjorie Gammon Eldridge ’50Mrs. Leona Butler deceased classmatesMrs. Shirley Clark Robert F. Leighton ’51Mr. and Mrs. David Clement Mary Beth Dean ’69Mrs. June Collette deceased classmatesMrs. Marion Collins Harland E. Collins ’41Mr. Richard Conner deceased classmatesMrs. Kathryn Dean Barry Omar Merrill,

Waldo “Joe” Merrill, Omar B. Merrill,Joshua R. Lander, Leo M. Dean, Mary Beth Dean

Mr. Edward Dodge Charlene Meisner Dodge ’45Mrs. Anne Dow Paul True ’40Mrs. Rachel Dustin Leon and Philip SpeedMrs. Doris Dyer James E. DyerMrs. Patricia Eldridge Warren D. Eldridge ’41Mrs. Greta Ellis Kenneth C. Ellis ’45Mr. and Mrs. Dana Fadley Thomas D. FadleyMrs. Bertha Fitzgerald Frank WashburnMr. and Mrs. Herbert Flowers David Barker (Jane’s Dad)Mrs. Zelma Gorham William B. Gorham ’38Mrs. Kathrine Green Edwin A. Green ’38Mrs. Jean Grinnell Mary Beth Dean ’69Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hall Douglas Ryder ’80Mrs. Mary Hartnett Pauline McSorley Lyford ’32Dr. Thomas Harvey Sheldon “Ted” Harvey ’41Mrs. Ethel Hersey Harold Hersey ’38Mrs. Charlene Hewett Charles Hewett ’42Mrs. Velma Johnston Neil C. Johnston ’34Mrs. Eileen Lind Phyllis KimballMr. Raymond Lyford Margaret Lyford Harter ’25Mrs. Violet Murch Frank Murch ’45Mr. and Mrs. Frank Oldis Mary Beth Dean ’69Mr. and Mrs. Richard Page Constance Witham PageMrs. Mabel Parkman Mr. and Mrs. Fred WashburnMr. Dwight Patterson Victor Miller ’79Mrs. Annette Peabody Gerard Peabody ’52Mrs. Susan Perkins Doris Doore Herring ’26Ms. Georgeine Philpot Mary Beth Dean ’69Mrs. Phyllis Rankin Charles S. CoeMrs. Dorothy Speed Philip C. Speed ’36Hon. & Mrs. Kevin Stitham Philip Annis ’41Mrs. Helen Strock Beryl Palmer Shaw ’29 and

Beth Palmer Lanpher ’31Mr. and Mrs. Louis Thibeault Ron CrockettDr. and Mrs. Robert Thomas Tillson and Ruth ThomasMrs. Ethelyn Treworgy Henry and Louise Gerrish

Donor Name In Memory Of:Mr. Peter Van Aken John Nelson Arnold ’59Mr. Rex Varnum Beatrice Hill Varnum ’37Mr. Ryan Varnum Beatrice Hill Varnum ’37Mr. Robert Washburn Norma WashburnMr. Richard Washburn PhD Fred and Hattie WashburnMr. and Mrs. Philip Weatherbee Patricia and Jon WeatherbeeMrs. Phyllis Weatherbee Kermit R. Weatherbee ’40Mrs. Katherine Wells John King Jr. ’45Mrs. Priscilla White Heather CrozierMr. Earl Wiley Clair Wiley ’39 and

Cathryn Wiley Greene ’31Mr. James Williams Everett M. FairbrotherMrs. Helen Zilinsky Anthony J. Zilinsky ’26

Gifts to Honor a Loved One:Mrs. Beverly Adkins Muriel Philpot Watson ’25Mr. & Mrs. Paul Bombero Helen Warren Grey ’35Mr. & Mrs. Peter Chase Joshua Chase ’02Mr. & Mrs. Dana Freese Jr. Robert ’97 & Michael Freese ’04Mr. & Mrs. Howard Garniss Elizabeth Green Ellis ’58Mrs. Yoriko McClure 1942 Natl. X-Country

Championship TeamMrs. Betty-Jane Meader Mrs. Barbara MadisonStanhope ’37

Azure Dillon Academic Aspirations Scholarship FundMr. Douglas BriggsMrs. Ruth Currier

Fischer Financial ServicesHeart of Maine RC & D, Inc.Rev. & Mrs. Ronald Libby

Ms. Kelly MartinMr. and Mrs. Dale Pineo

Mr. and Mrs. David Walker

Class of 1937 Endowed Fundin memory of Bill Davis ’37

Mrs. Pauline AlbeeMr. & Mrs. Charles Bradford

Mr. Noel BrownMr. Broderick Davis

Mr. & Mrs. Roland FinleyMrs. Jean GrinnellMrs. Norma Harris

Mr. & Mrs. Donald HattMr. Benjamin Howard

Mrs. Harriet MoenMr. and Mrs. Ralph Monroe

Mosaic Lodge No. 52 A.F. & A.M.Mrs. Martha RollinsMrs. Marion Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Virgil WarrenMr. Philip Warren

Mr. & Mrs. W. Ward Webber

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Memorial Gifts

An Opportunity to Rememberor Honor a Loved One

Name a Pride Manfacturing Student Center Chair or TableThe following people chose to remember or honor a loved one

with a generous gift of $250 or more to the Annual Giving Campaign,while at the same time helping to support academic programs. A brassnameplate has been placed on a chair in the Pride Manufacturing Stu-dent Center with the wording of their choice. These nameplates alsoserve in helping students understand the importance of philanthropyin the life of a school such as Foxcroft. Another option would be toname a chair to honor a faculty member who had an important impacton your life. With a gift of $1,000 you may name one of the tables inthe Pride Student Center. It’s as easy as checking one of the boxes onthe contribution envelope in which you return your gift and the De-velopment Office will contact you for more specific instructions.

Memorial Donations Given by Friendsand Family of Angus Mountain to Jon Weatherbee Scholarship FundOn May 4, 2004, Angus Houston Mountain of the Foxcroft Academy

Class of 1972 passed away with his wife Nicky by his side. He grad-uated from UMO in 1977 and began his accounting career at ArthurYoung and Co. He became a CPA in 1979 and later became a principalat the firm of Baker Newman & Noyes in Portland, ME. Angus was adedicated and successful businessman in the Portland and Manchester,NH areas.

In his generosity, he wished that memorial donations come to hischildhood friend’s scholarship fund. Jon Weatherbee and Angus werebest friends throughout high school and when Jon was killed tragical-ly in 1973, his family set up a scholarship fund in his memory. Thefollowing is a list of donors to that fund in memory of Angus.

Mr. and Mrs. Michael AgrodniaMs. Thelma AndersonAroostook Medical CenterBenefits Logistics & DesignC.M. BowkerMr. and Mrs. James CaronMr. and Mrs. Carl ChattoCreative Mold Co. LLCCrotched Mountain FoundationMr. and Mrs. Malcolm DobleMr. and Mrs. Lawrence Donatello Jr.Drummond, Woodsum & MacMahonFairchild SemiconductorFalmouth Country Club Mr. and Mrs. Bruce FritzsonMr. and Mrs. Edgar GammonMr. Allen G. GerryMs. Eunice GordonMr. and Mrs. Philip GrondinMs. Bonita HahnMr. and Mrs. Charles HahnMr. and Mrs. A. Ricker HamiltonMs. Lyn HardyMr. and Mrs. J. Charles HicksonMs. Ruth HoustonMr. and Mrs. Barry HowgateMr. and Mrs. Peter HuntMr. Michael Ianno and Ms. Kelly WeissMr. and Mrs. David KoocherMr. and Mrs. Scott KoocherMr. and Mrs. James Ladd

Mr. and Mrs. George LambertMr. and Mrs. Philip LatiniMr. and Mrs. Paul LetalienMrs. Gail LincolnMr. and Mrs. Lawrence LockmanMacDonald, Page, Schatz, Fletcher

& Co. LLCMr. and Mrs. Malcolm MacomberMaine Hospital AssociationMr. Joseph Manning and

Ms. Linda JacobsMr. and Mrs. Edward McNamaraMr. and Mrs. Clifford MohrNappi DistributorsOlympia Equity InvestorsPierce, AtwoodMr. and Mrs. Dane PowellMr. and Mrs. Christopher A. RobinsonMr. and Mrs. Richard RoderickMr. and Mrs. Gregory SanbornMr. and Mrs. Dwight SanbornSaunders BrothersSebasticook Valley HospitalSilvex Surface TechnologyHonorable and Mrs. Kevin StithamMs. Linda SwallowMs. Susan B. TartreMr. and Mrs. Philip WeatherbeeMs. Pamela WeatherbeeMr. and Mrs. James WescottMs. Betty Willett

Mrs. Jane D. Annisin memory of Philip S. Annis ’41

President Foxcroft Academy, Board of Trustees

1983 - 1991

Mr. and Mrs. John Brennanin honor of their daughter Ellen Caldwell Jacott ’94

Mr. James Brownin honor of his wife Barbara

Mr. Peter Culleyin memory of Kathryn B. Culley

Mrs. Dawn Duncanin memory of Coach Duncan

Mrs. Rachel Dustinin memory of Philip C. Speed

Mrs. Bertha Fitzgeraldin memory of Fred F. Washburn

Dr. Thomas Harveyin memory of Sheldon “Ted” Harvey

Mrs. Judith Marshallin memory of Sumner Ward ’25

Mr. and Mrs. David McClurein honor of the 1942 National Cross

Country Championship Team

Mrs. Betty-Jane Meaderin honor of Barbara Stanhope ’37

Mr. Sheldon “Bob” Nelsonin memory of J. Francis Nelson

Mr. Woodrow Evans Pagein memory of Phyllis Spear Page

and Constance Witham Page

Dan and Beth Steinkein memory of Wilbur Steinke

The Stitham Familyin honor of Susan Stitham ’61

teacher/coach 1965 - 1967

Mr. Decker Toddin honor of Donovan Todd Jr. and

Joyce Fern Elaine Todd

Mr. Peter Van Akenin memory of John N. Arnold ’59

Mrs. Muriel Watsonin memory of Louis Philpot ’30

Mr. and Mrs. John Wilesin memory of Bob Leighton ’51and Margaret Ward Allen ’51

Mr. James Williamsin memory of Everett Fairbrother,

teacher, mentor, friend

Mrs. Betty Wilsonin memory of B. James Wilson

Others who have donated:

Mr. Allen AdrianceDavid Case/Horace Mann

InsuranceMr. John Klimavicz

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pride

8 FOXCROFT ACADEMY ALUMNUS

Alumni Weekend 2004 began with the Lawn Party onFriday night, August 6. The 30th reunion of the Rom-anian Band Exchange Trip was celebrated and many

fascinating stories were recounted by those in attendance. Most of the alumni sporting events were held on Satur-

day and included, 5K Race, soccer, field hockey, basketball,and the traditional golf scramble with over 130 alumni com-peting in the various events. However, on Friday night, thefirst ever alumni ice hockey game was held at the AlfondArea in Orono. Nearly 30 past players showed up to play inwhat is hoped to become an annual event. Ice for the alumnigame was donated by the law office of Jim Austin.

The Alumni Banquet on Saturday night was attended byabout 220 people, with the Class of 1979 having a large repre-sentation of about 35 classmates and spouses. Presentationsof the alumni awards were made with Mrs. Madelyn BallardBetts ’30 receiving the Dr. Mary Chandler Lowell Award, givento an alumnus who has distinguished him/herself in theirchosen profession. Ironically, Mrs. Betts was instrumentalin organizing the Mary Chandler Lowell collections at theThompson Free Library, and the Dover-Foxcroft HistoricalSociety continues to use her book Old Foxcroft as a refer-ence bible for many historical and genealogical inquiries.

Awarded the Tillson Thomas Award for her 12 years ofservice to Foxcroft Academy was Mrs. Gwendolyn TrefethenHaynes. From 1949 - 1961 she was known as Mrs. Trefethen,whose son Bob was a member of the Class of 1954.Mrs. Trefethen taught Latin and French and was the onlyforeign language teacher here at that time. She also coachedthe girls’ basketball team and served as a class advisor to anumber of classes. In addition, she directed “Class Day”programs for several graduating classes, including the classof 1952’s production of Alice in Wonderland. Mrs. Haynes,now 94 years old, is in a nursing home and her son Bobgraciously accepted the award for her.

The Sunday morning brunch in the Pride Manufactur-ing Student Center was well attended and the numberscontinue to grow each year. It’s a great way for classes towrap up their reunion weekend.

Alumni Weekend 2004 Alumni Weekend 2004Alumni Weekend 2004

Edie Allen, Gene Gammon ‘47, Shirley Rowell Gammon ‘50

Louise T. Dow ‘54, Irmadel F. Goodell ‘54, Lois W. Reynolds ‘54

Class of 1954 Float

Irene Engstrom Chase ‘70, Joanne Strout Sincyr ‘69, Jack Sincyr, Earlene Engstrom Hartford ‘70

Class of 1964

Class of 1954: Back Row (l-r); Bob Taylor, Farolyn Hanscom, BobTrefethen, Dave Mossler, Gaylon Richards, Richard Carleton MiddleRow (l-r); Gerry Wiles, Jean Grinnell, Sondra Whitworth, HoppyConner, Nathan Hall Front Row (l-r); Astrid Cronin, Barry Esler, Lois Reynolds, Irmadel Flanders, Janece Day, Donne Carleton

Bob Washburn ‘36 takinghis place in the parade

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Weekend 2004Weekend 2004

1974 Romania Band Trip ReunionBob Trefethen ‘54 with classmateMadelyn B. Betts and Allen Adriance

well Gammon ‘50

Lois W. Reynolds ‘54

Alumni Girls Field Hockeyr, Farolyn Hanscom, Bob Richard Carleton Middle

ndra Whitworth, Hoppyrid Cronin, Barry Esler,

Day, Donne Carleton

Peter Chase ‘79, Roxanne Chase and Steve Smith ‘79

Breakfast in dining hall

Bob Trefethen ‘54 and Jay Brennan

Class of 1954Cathy Hall registering alumni for banquet

Tom Coy ‘61 practicinghis putting stroke

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Class of 1966Jeff Stanley is currently onactive duty with the US Navyat the European CommandPlans & Operations Center inStuttgart, Germany. He has agrandson Kaine, 5, and a newgranddaughter Alexis, 8 mos.Lorraine Buck Catlin teachesSpanish & French at LeavittArea High School in Turner,ME, where her husband Jimserves as the town manager.

Class of 1967For the past three winters,Ann Chase has done medicalmission work in S. Americaand the Carribean. She lovesgiving back some of her manylife’s blessings to impover-ished people. Retired from ac-tive duty in the Air Force after31 years, Roger Sands is a geo-desist with the National Geo-spatial Intelligence Agency, De-partment of Defense, at PatrickAFB, FL. He invites classmatesto “come on down.”

Class of 1969After 30 years of running TVstations and moving every 2-3years, Robb Gray has startedhis own company,TV-SOS(Sales,Opportunities & Solutions), an

cal engineering, and Tatiana, asenior in high school. Ann re-cently went on an Alaskancruise with her sisters SharonMiller VanVu ’74 and Betty Miller’75. Betsy Brigham Schmidt wasdisappointed that on her tripback to Dover-Foxcroft this pastsummer she didn’t see anyonefrom her Academy years. Shecomes back every summer fora visit and hopes next year tocatch up with some classmates.Although Theresa Small Sneedloves living in hot Arizona, her“Maine goal in life is to be asnowbird and spend summersin the most beautiful state inthe union!”

Class of 1977Homeschooling her two chil-dren since 2002, Rebecca Dotyis, as she puts it, “still a bit ofa non-conforming/non-tradi-tional kinda person.” She findthat being in her forties, life isthe best it has been. She re-cently discovered that TerryPrevatt ’76 lives only about amile from she and her hus-band John and their childrenattend the same school andmany activities together.

Class of 1979Steve Shapleigh was marriedon 8/23/03 and has two step-daughters: Brittany and AmberWare, both students at FA.

Class of 1982Zachary, 10 and Isaiah, 7, arethe names of the sons of BryanRudgers and his wife Jennifer.Bryan is a commodity logisticscontractor for the US Dept. ofDefense.

Class of 1985Hilary Ryder Kendall and herhusband Keith had a baby girlborn 6/21/04, Elizabeth Beverly.They have two other children:Ryan, 16, and Cameron, 2. Shestays at home and Keith ownsan electrical business.

affiliate of Apex Media Tuscon.He an his wife Anabel VenottGray ’70 enjoyed attending theAlumni Banquet this summer.

Class of 1970Married for 29 years in June2004, Tom Levensalor and hiswife Donna have their firstgrandson, Dylan, born Decem-ber of 2003.

Class of 1972Christine Herring Raymondand her husband Guy have a-dopted their 10-year-old grand-daughter Samantha. They havethree children of their own:April ’92, who has a son Ethan,Aaron ’92, who has twin daugh-ters Kaitlyn & Kassandra and5-year-old Tiffani.

Class of 1975Jim Herring and Eileen Hugheswere married on 7/4/03 and theymake their home in Bangor, ME.Since retiring from the Air Forcein 1995, Tim King has workedfor a family owned English com-pany that manufactures hard-wood floor sanding equipment.He and his wife Annie MillerKing ’76 have three children:Jenny in the Army, David at-tending SUNY in bio-mechani-

Class of 1986Lance and Logan Forrest arethe sons of Paul ’83 and KristenSpeed Forrest and both attendFA. Kristen is a bookkeeper atMcKusick Petroleum Co. andPaul is a diesel mechanic atMMA Railroad.

Class of 1988Inez Strom Stock and her hus-band Stephen have three chil-dren: Christina, 13, Marion, 6,and Stephanie, 3.

Class of 1989In March of 2004, Janelle CatlinDunn and her husband Fredhad a baby boy, AlexanderJames, and have alsopurchaseda new home in Durham, ME.Sheila Bragg and HaydenMerrill ’86 would like to an-nounce the birth of their sec-ond son Carter Bryce Merrill,born 6/3/04, weighing 9 lbs. 1oz. He joins big brother Masonand the family resides in Bow-erbank by Sebec Lake. Thispast April, Victoria Conner,MTV Director of National On-Air Contests, was here for ourCareer Day and gave the key-note address. She also present-ed each FA student an MTV T-shirt. A Captain in the US Army,Bruce Drake has just complet-ed a deployment in Iraq in sup-port of Operation Iraqi Freedom.He and his wife Marti havethree sons: Daniel, Adam andJack, and live at Aberdeen Prov-ing Ground, MD.

Class of 1990Sarah McMorrow Brooks is aCRCS for the Charlotte WhiteCenter in Dover-Foxcroft. Sheand her husband have two chil-dren and reside in Corinth.Gretchen Leighton Drinkwaterasks for prayers as her hus-band Chris will be deployedto Iraq in December.

Class Notes

Class Notes

Class of 1955 mini-reunion held March of 2004 in Merritt Island, FLFront Row L-R: Dawn Small Richards, Shirley Dyer Clark, Carolyn Greene Lemmings, Joline Dow Brown, Mary NuttingBack Row L-R: Nancy Crossman Haley, Stan Haley, Ruth Nutting Oblack

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ment Center in Charleston.Carrie Ingram Burger wouldlove to hear from old friendsat carriei@yahoo.com She andher husband Mark are finallysettled back in the states withtheir two sons Tristan andDevin. Carrie manages a giftshop in Ft. Gaines, GA. Maken-zie Lin was the name given tothe baby girl of Seth ’97 andDarcie White Sands, born3/24/04, weighing 6 lbs. 3 oz.Jere ’72 and Candy AndersonWhite ’71 and Cathy and TomSands ’70 are estatic with theirnew granddaughter. Toby andMiranda Johnson Nelson havea new son, Joseph Alan, born9/9/04, weighing 6 lbs. 3 oz.and 19” long.

Class of 1996Amanda Fisher isattending Cape CodCommunity Collegeand hopes to grad-uate in June of 2006.In May of 2003,Liza Pembr okeSmith graduatedcum laude fromUMO with a BS inelementary edu-cation. She wasselected for mem-

bership in Kappa Delta Pi, aninternational honor societyand is currently teaching 2ndgrade at Garland ElementarySchool. She and her husbandRyan ’95 make their home inDover-Foxcroft. In May of 1999,Carolyn West graduated fromBeal College with an associ-ates degree in paralegal stud-ies. She was married on 1/30/99to Heath Worthen of Corinnaand they have two children:Brian, 2, and Kara Lynn, born1/12/04. She is currently a stay-at-home Mom. A fall 2006 wed-ding is planned for Dani Dyerand Ron Goddard. They residein Raymond, ME, with Ron’s 9-year-old son.

Class of 1997Jayme Brennan on October30th married David Chenowethof Danbury, CT, where they willmake their home. Justin Dowis a staff accountant at BlinnAssociates in Milo, ME. He grad-uated from UMO in May 2004with a BS in business adminis-tration and a concentration inaccounting. He and his wifeRheanna have a one-year-oldson Hyrum. In pursuit of hermodeling career, Shannon NilesHicks is a spokesmodel for Le-Radu of Paris. She and her hus-band Glenn have two daugh-ters: Kaylee, 3, and Rebekah, 1,and they own a successful con-struction company, GH Enter-prises, and make their home inCorinna, ME. Mickey Andersonsuffered some terrible injurieswhile stationed in Iraq in Julyof 2003. He almost lost his leftleg, shattering both bones, andwill probably never fully recov-er. On 9/11/01 his first sonJames Edward was born andon 8/23/03,a second one, MicahLee. Nadine Thomsen would behappy to receive e-mails fromany people she knew at FA. Sheis still a student in Berlin, Ger-many, studying history and arthistory. Her e-mail address isnadine.thomsen@gmx.de

Class of 1998Amber Eliason is teaching inOrlando, FL. A firewall adminis-trator, Jon Stevens is at thePacific Air Force Network Op-erations & Security Center atHickam AFB, Hawaii. Residingin the picturesque Nahant, MA,Sarah Lovell has accepted aposition at Tetra Tech FW inBoston as an assistant risk as-sessor. She has plans to attaina second masters degree inpublic health and toxology, aswell as receive her EMT certifi-cation. Andrew Caruso is the as-sistant superintendent at KeboValley Country Club in Bar Har-bor, ME.

Class of 1991Angel Allen Nadeau earnedher degree from Wilma BoydSchool of Tourism in Pittsburgh,PA. She and her husband Stevewere married in 1997 and alongwith working at Interface Fab-rics in Guilford she is a Tupper-ware consultant. In 1997, KatieNoble graduated from UMOwith a BS in pre-veterinary sci-ence, then worked at JacksonLab in Bar Harbor where shemet her husband Gary ChurchillPhD, a scientist at the lab. Shehas a son Avery born 4/28/02,along with two stepchildren.

Class of 1992A payroll coordinator and pat-ent fee processor, MelanieBaird makes her home in Port-land, OR. Currently a represent-ative for Gatorade and Tropi-cana on the east coast, RolandGeary and his wife Tyra havea new daughter born 4/20/04named Arwyn Kay Elizabeth.

Class of 1993An investment representativefor Edward Jones Investmentsin Brewer, ME, Mike Hardy ismarried to Jacquelyn Saggese’94. Bryan Grant has relocatedto Hampden, ME, and startedworking at International PaperCo. in Bucksport as a powerengineer. His wife Michelle isworking at EMMC and finishingher masters’ degree in Decem-ber. Jason Avery and his wifeAmy have a baby boy, JacobWilliam, born 1/24/04. A thirdson, Connor Mason, was bornto Trey Prouty and his wife Kimon 2/23/04.

Class of 1994A freelance writer, Andrea HuffRose and her husband Tom hada baby girl on 5/17/03, CameronChloe Rose. Earning a BS thispast May in multidisciplinarystudies with a concentration inreligion and psychology, JaredYoung and his wife Anna have

an almost one-year-old daugh-ter Justice Noelle. Jared saysshe is the “most precious thingon earth.” An RN at Mercy Hos-pital in Portland, ME, JessicaPierson Biron and her husbandTim have a daughter Hannahborn 3/24/03. They have justbuilt a new house in Gray, ME.Born 6/18/04, Lillian JaneaneVerrill is the daughter of JessicaChase Verrill and her husbandCory. Jamie Jordan is veryproud to be serving our greatnation in the US Air Force, sta-tioned in Iraq as an electricalpower production craftsman.His homestation is Spangdah-lem AFB, Germany. AdamKneeland has three children:

Mike and April Allen Ditzel ’94 and daughter Autumn Zoeborn 4/23/04

Class Notes

W i l l i a m K e n d r i c k , b o r n8/22/98, Braydon Alistair, born3/23/00, and Kade Emory, born10/18/01.

Class of 1995You can see photos and news ofChad Soucie and his family athttp://chadandjanel.soucies.comThey have a new daughterRachel born in January of 2004and joins big sister Megan, al-most 3. June Tuller Blakely isgoing to college in Presque Isle,ME, then transferring to EMCCin the medical radiography pro-gram. Heidi Weymouth spentthe fall football season coach-ing the FA cheerleaders. She isalso the office coordinator atMountain View Youth Develop-

Class Notes Cont’d. . .

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Class of 1999Maynard Larrabee lives in Ex-eter, ME, and works as a truck driver for Dennis Paper. He hastwo sons: Austin Michael, born4/24/02, and Kyle Hunter, born3/24/03. Dustin Shorey is an as-sistant manager at Eckerd Drugin Jacksonville, FL. On May 22,Billi Jo Cox was married toMichael Mooers. They maketheir home in Dexter, ME.Living in Storrs, CT, AndreaZimmerman attends UConnand will graduate in May of2005 with a masters degree.Graduating from Husson Col-lege this past spring with amasters degree in physicaltherapy, Tanya Stinson worksat Bayview Physical Therapyin Ellsworth, ME.

Class of 2000Ashley Warren has graduatedfrom Eastern Nazarene Collegewith her BA in English. A 2004graduate of Vanderbilt Univer-sity with a BS in both physicsandphilosophy, Alden“Skipper”Smith was commissioned as anensign in the US Navy and isnow a student to the Navy Nuc-lear Power Training Commandin Charleston, SC. He will begintraining as an officer on nuclearpowered subs. Patience Allenwas recently hired as a soft-ware engineer for Raytheon. Amber Larrabee and her hus-band Alden Tibbetts ’98spent their first anniversary ina hot air balloon floating overPhiladelphia, PA. Eric Dow isattending Brigham Young Uni-

versity in Utah. Kelly Nolan isa dental assistant for Dr. Spek-hardt Family Dentistry in Ban-gor, ME. Nicole Perkins, a grad-uate of UMPI with a degree insports medicine, was marriedon 8/14/04 to Andrew King ofEaston, ME.

Class of 2001Chris Walker worked at MeadWestvaco in Rumford, ME, thispast summer. He is attendingUMO, majoring in mechanicalengineering with a minor in bus-iness administration.On 4/24/04Brittany Fariel was awardedthe George & Helen WestonScholarship for Excellence inMathematics. She has a triplemajor while attending UMO:math, secondary and elemen-tary education.PFC Josh Colsonjoined the US Army in Octoberof 2003. In April of 2004 he com-pleted his medic training andis now stationed with the USMilitary Academy and is a med-ic at Keller Army CommunityHospital at Westpoint.

Class of 2002Levi Rollins is a specialist inthe US Army and has alreadyhad a tour of duty in Iraq andreturned home. He expects an-other sometime next year. Grad-uating from Full Sail in 2004with an associates degree in re-cording arts, Corey Beaulieuis playing guitar in the metalband Trivium. The band re-cently signed a recording dealand are now on tour all overthe world for 13-15 months.

Foxcroft loses FormerTrustee and Friend

On April 30, 2004, Honorary Trustee and former President ofthe Board of Trustees, Philip S. Annis, ’41 finished life’s jour-ney at a local nursing home. He was born Jan. 11, 1922, in

Dover-Foxcroft, the son of Ralph and Estelle (Sands) Annis. A 1941graduate of Foxcroft Academy, he served with the 308th MedicalBattalion of the 83rd Infantry Division, U.S. Army in the EuropeanTheater during World War II. He reached Normandy on D-12 Dayand also served in the Battle of the Bulge. He attended Eckels Col-lege of Mortuary Science in Philadelphia, graduating in 1946. Hemarried the former Jane A. Doble of Milo in 1947. He purchasedLary Funeral Home from his former employer in 1957. He ownedand operated the ambulance service as part of the Lary FuneralHome, covering southern Piscataquis County until 1971. He ownedand operated the ambulance service as part of the Lary FuneralHome, covering southern Piscataquis County until 1971. He becamea member of the Dover-Foxcroft Congregational Church in 1941,where he served as deacon and trustee. He served 26 years as aPiscataquis County Commissioner, many of those as chairman. Hewas a member of the Maine County Commissioners Association,and its president in 1979-1980. An honorary trustee of FoxcroftAcademy, he was an active member of the Board of Trustees from1964-1991, and president from 1983-1991. He was a member of theMaine Funeral Directors Association and served as president in1961. He served on the Maine State Board of Funeral Service from1963-1969. He was a member of the Katahdin Area Boy Scout Coun-cil, serving as president from 1971-1973. He became a member ofthe Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis Club in 1946 and served as president,secretary and treasurer and also as Lieutenant Governor of the9th Division in 1951. He received the George F. Hixson Award. Hewas a trustee and Executive Board member of Northeast Bank ofGuilford, and later a member of the Board of Directors of FleetBank. He was a member of the Board of Eastern Maine Develop-ment Corporation of which he was chairman in 1983-1984, re-ceiving the Ronald MacFadden Award in 1974 for outstandingachievement and participation in total community development.He also had served on the Piscataquis YMCA Board of Directors.Throughout Phil’s very active life, community service ranked as ahigh priority. He brought an acute business sense to the boardshe served on, and the wisdom he acquired over the years benefit-ed the many programs to which he was committed. Phil’s commit-ment to his family was unparalleled. He was a devoted husband,father, brother, and grandfather. He especially enjoyed spendingtime at the family cottage on Sebec Lake. He is survived by hiswife of 56 years, Jane of Dover-Foxcroft; a daughter, Lorinda AnnisSchrager and her husband, Barry, of Upper Montclair, N.J.; a son,Eric L. Annis of Dover-Foxcroft; also an AFS daughter, Marit Storengof Oslo, Norway; three grandchildren, Kate Schrager of UpperMontclair, N.J.; Emily Annis of South Mills, N.C. and Ethan Annis ofDover-Foxcroft; a sister, Zelma Gorham of Manor, Texas; two sisters-in-law, Barbara Doble of Milo, and Mary Doble of Burlington,Conn.; a brother-in-law, James Bates of Burlington, Vt.; severalnieces and nephews.

Madison Earnest III and Danielle Hutchinson, 2004 graduates

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Academy’s Brandon HallWins New England Title

Brandon Hall ’04, son of Gordon and Missy Merrill Hall ’84, placed first inthe high jump at the annual New England Interscholastic Outdoor Track andField Championship held in Plymouth, MA. Brandon was one of only two

Mainers to win a New England championship, winning the title with a jump of 6-8.During Brandon’s career at Foxcroft, he won 7 individual state champion-

ships, three in high jump, two in the long jump and two in the triple jump. Hewon 5 conference titles and 1 regional title. He holds the PVC high jump recordat 6-8 1/4 and the State Class C record at the same height, a feat he achieved atthis spring’s Class C State Championship Track and Field meet hosted byFoxcroft Academy. He barely missed on his second try at 6-10 1/4, which wouldhave been the best jump in state history for all classes.

This meet also produced six state records and two triple-event winners,with Brandon sweeping the long, triple and high jumps for the second straightyear, including his 6- 8 1/4 in the high jump.

Three Foxcroft Academy students: Danielle Tudor, Dustin Colbry andCaitlyn Walsh spent part of their summer at Bates College wherethey participated in the Edmund S. Muskie Scholars Program.

This program offers two weeks of intensive college-level instruction tooutstanding upcoming high school seniors who have a strong interest inU.S. political history since World War II. Participants in the program liveon the Bates College campus. During their two weeks of residence, Dustin,Danielle and Caitlyn examined in depth such topics as the civil rights move-ment, the emergence of environmentalism, the U.S. economy, U.S. foreignpolicy, the Vietnam War and Watergate. At the same time, their studiesallowed them to develop an historical perspective on contemporary polit-ical events and developments.

As in college, Muskie Scholars attend lectures, engage in small-groupdiscussions and in-class exercises, and make use of the rich instructional

resources of the college, including more than 600,000 volumes in the Ladd Library. A key feature of the program is a substantive assignmentthat demands research within the papers of Edmund S. Muskie in the Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, one of the largestcollections in the nation on a political figure.

These students were part of Rusty Willette’s Advanced Placement American History class, one of six Advanced Placement courses of-fered at Foxcroft Academy.

Two of these students received scholarships from the Foxcroft Academy Scholarship Association to aid in the tuition cost of the program.

FA Students attend SummerProgram at Bates College

Brandon Hall ‘04 wins New England title

Danielle Tudor, Dustin Colbry and Caitlyn Walsh

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Academy Students Take First PlaceHonors at State Science Fair

Foxcroft Academy AlumNew Town Manager

Seven Foxcroft Academy students placed first in the 58th Annual Maine State Science andTechnology Fair held at the University of Maine, Orono. Collectively for Foxcroft Academy, fifty-one students presented forty-seven projects amounting to seven first place finishes, four sec-ond place finishes and six third place finishes.

Foxcroft Academy seven first place finishers included Travis Belanger, Grades 9-10 Biologycategory with a project entitled “The Effects of Music on the Circulatory System”; Kelsey Hill,Grades 9-10 Consumer Biology category with a project entitled “Shade Changes in tooth Bleach-ing as it Relates to Depth Penetration in Tooth Structure”; Caitlyn Walsh, Grades 11-12 Psychol-ogy category with a project entitled “The Power of Suggestion in Relation to Memory andRelaxation”; and Steve Tatko, Grades 9-12 Technology category with a project entitled “CarnotCycle heat Engine”. In the exhibits competition for Grades 9-10, Joanna Fricke won in theBiology -Zoology category with an exhibit entitled “Hand-Eye Coordination”; Mya Smith in thePsychology category with an exhibit entitled, “Biography or Policy?”; Danielle Tudor in theConsumer category with a exhibit entitled “The Strengthening of Hair by Pantene Pro-V.”

Jack Clukey, a 1988 graduate of FoxcroftAcademy, was named the new town managerof Dover-Foxcroft this past summer.

Jack replaces Owen Pratt, a 1963 alumnusof the Academy, who had served as town man-ager for the past 25 years. This spring the towncelebrated Owen’s years of service with a galacelebration held in the gym of Foxcroft Acad-emy. Well over 200 residents and friends at-tended the event, which became a friendlyroast and recounted many memorable storiesof Owen’s leadership of the town.

Jack is a graduate of the University ofMaine and formerly served as the town mana-ger for Baileyville, ME. Jack and his wife Debbiehave a daughter, Jenna. Welcome back Jack!

As a private secondary school, Foxcroft Academy accepts localday students whose families pay tuition directly to to the Academy,as well as boarding students who pay tuition room and board. How-ever, throughout its 181-year history, Foxcroft Academy has alsoprovided an independent education at a reasonable tuition rate forthose towns or school district without a public high school. Thistuition rate compares favorably with the per pupil costs of Maine’spublic secondary schools with a similar enrollment to that of theAcademy. According to figures from Maine’s Department of Educa-tion, public high schools in Maine with an enrollment of between400-500 students had an average per pupil cost for 2002-03 of$7,361.96. Yet, in the same year, Foxcroft Academy’s per pupil tuition

rate, which is capped by the state legislature, was only $6,333. Thisrepresented a 14% savings to the local school district.

In addition to tuition revenue, Foxcroft Academy has othersources of income to help support the educational programs of theschool. These include charitable donations, beneficiary income, in-vestment income, and other revenue such as the boarding program.As a result, in 2002-03, FA’s total per pupil expenditures was $6,975.75.This additional $642 per student in expenditures, beyond tax sup-ported tuition revenue, is an added value to parents, students andlocal taxpayers and reaffirms one of the advantages of an independ-ent education.

Foxcroft Academy’s Tuition Rate for PubliclyTuitioned Students Compares Favorably

Travis Belanger, Steve Tatko, Kelsey Hill, Brian Erickson, Caitlyn Walsh

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Alumni Gatherings

Friday, August 5thLawn Party with Alumni Dance Band - 6:00 p.m. Alumni Ice Hockey Game - 6:30 p.m. at Alfond Arena in Orono

Saturday, August 6thAlumni 5K Race - 8 a.m.Alumni Soccer and Field Hockey Games - 9 a.m.Alumni Basketball - 11:00 a.m. at Sedomocha Middle SchoolCommunity Parade - 9:30 a.m.Golf Scramble -10:30 a.m. & 1 p.m. Alumni Banquet - 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.Street Dance & Fireworks - 8 p.m.

Sunday, August 7th8-10 a.m. - Alumni Brunch in FA Pride Student Center

2005 Alumni Weekend ScheduleAugust 5-7 , 2005

Spring 2005 Alumni Gatherings

Make plans now to attend the following alumni gatherings inyour area. These dates are tentative. Please contact the AlumniOffice for further information.

Thursday, March 3, 2005Concord Colonial Inn, Concord, MA

Friday, February 18, 2005St. Petersburg, Florida

Saturday, February 19, 2005Lakeland, Florida

Monday, February 21, 2005Sarasota/Ft.Myers, Florida

Friday, April 29, 2005Holiday Inn by the Bay,

Portland, Maine2004 Florida Reunion in Lakeland

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Alumni Reunions

Each month, members of the FA Class of 1943 holda reunion luncheon meeting at the home or camp ofone of their classmates. At the Fowler’s camp in July,they had fifteen people attend the noon meal with alarge supply of “colossal” shrimp provided by HestaMaynard and Ed Craine. They would like to expresstheir condolences to those classmates who were un-able to attend.

In August they met at the Maine State Museumwith Anne Bonsey Dow for a tour with lunch in the caf-eteria following. Anne provided dessert at her resi-dence nearby.

They continue to meet each month and enjoy rem-iniscing and catching up on new news. They love doingit and agree some other classes should try it.

The Class of 1943 Holds Monthly Get-Togethers

Class of 1949 Enjoys 55th ReunionThe 55th reunion of members of the class of 1949

was held Friday, August 6, at the home of Louis Stevensat his new residence at 451 Line Rd. in Sangerville. Attend-ing were Arthur and Janet (Richardson) Dyer, Mr. andMrs. Herbert Severance, Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Buck, Mr.and Mrs. Gary Pinkerton (Amber Shorey), Mr. and Mrs.Don Rice (Dorcas Blaich), Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shaw, Mr.and Mrs. Basil Andrews (Dorothy Eddy), Mr. and Mrs.Vic Woodbrey (Marie Gerrish), Jane (Mitchell) Waltz,Beverly (Steeves) Wolf, Jack Dinsmore, Maurice McKay,and Louis Stevens.

The alumni dinner on Saturday and the breakfast onSunday at FA’s dining hall were attended by members ofthe class. Coming the greatest distance for those twoevents was Brenda Palmer, widow of Charles, from Eng-land, and their two sons from Washington, D.C. andfamilies. A reunion will be held next year on Friday after-noon, August 5, 2005, also at the Stevens home.

Brenda Palmer, spouse of Charles Palmer (dec.), Lou Stevens and Bev Wolfe at Alumni Banquet

Back row: Arlene Knight, Hesta Maynard, Jane Grant, Anne Dow, Ruth WeatherbeeFront row: Ed Craine, George Fowler, Jim Salley, Ed Blodgett

Alumni may vote for 2005 recipients of the Dr. Mary Chandler Lowell Award and the Tillson D. Thomas Award by using the formbelow or e-mailing your vote to the Alumni Office. These two awards are presented each year at the Alumni Banquet. (TheTrustees also present the Oakes Family Award and the James S. Holmes Award.)

Candidates for the Dr. Mary Chandler Lowell Award should be an alumnus of Foxcroft Academy who has distinguished him/her-self in their particular vocational field.

The Tillson D. Thomas Award recognizes a past faculty or staff member who, in the opinion of their former students, has servedthe students of Foxcroft Academy with the highest degree of professionalism. Nominees to the Tillson Thomas Award need not bean alumnus, but they must have been a member of the Foxcroft Academy faculty or staff at one time.

Please use the Send Us Your News form below to cast your vote or e-mail Cathy Hall in the Alumni Office at: chall@foxcroftacade-my.org

Cast Your VoteAlumni Awards

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Founded in 1823 and located in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, Foxcroft Academy is a private secondary school offering day stu-

dents as well as boarding students a broad range of academic, interscholastic and co-curricular opportunities.

Whether it is mastering your computer skills in the Philpot Multimedia Center, conjugating Latin verbs, taking an

Advanced Placement biology course, pursuing forestry management in the Packard Center, or taking an art course in the

Ebersteen Art Center, Foxcroft Academy offers something for every student.

If you are looking for a distinctive and challenging educational experience, we invite you to discover Foxcroft Academy.

For more information you can contact Amy Smith, Director of Admissions, at (207)564-8351 or email her: amy.smith@fox-

croftacademy.org. You may also visit our admissions page on the web at: www.foxcroftacademy.org/admissions.htm