Thornton Academy Postscripts Alumni Magazine Spring 2013

In This Issue From the Headmaster 2 New Media - Getting ‘Under Your Skin’ 4-7 Philip Kolmar ‘11, Samuel Foster ‘09 In the Classroom 8-9 Cracking the code - Jennifer Scontras ‘11 Loving the lightbulb moment - Alan Lukas ‘68 10 - 11 Arts - Born to dance Toni Ricci ’00 Athletics A new golf tradition 12 - 13 TA International Dorthe Bjerglund ‘72 14 TA Treasure George Addison Emery Building 15 Alumni in the News Pender Makin ‘82 and Jim Keithly ‘82 Alumni Gatherings 16 15 Middle School 16 Hydroponics Class Notes In Memoriam 17 - 22 22 - 23 About the Cover: TA alumni (and current University of Maine students) Philip Kolmar ‘11 and Samuel Foster ‘09, presented their New Media work to interested Thornton Academy students and faculty. They demonstrated some of their collaborative projects, including an award-winning interactive museum exhibit called ‘Under Your Skin’ that teaches anatomy to children. Read the full story on the next page. Postscripts is published twice a year for Thornton Academy alumni and friends. Its production is made possible through gifts to the Thornton Fund. TRUSTEES Eric Purvis ‘81-President Vangel Cotsis ’85 Brian Dallaire ’75 Philip D. Fearon ’70 Dennis Flaherty Bernard Gaines ’65 Stephen Garland ’64 Robert Gowen Joyce D. Haley ’75 Kenneth Janson ’72 William D. Johnson William S. Kany ’77 Karen B. Lovell James E. Nelson ’67 Paul Remmes Kathleen Boutet Santamore ’80 Mark G. Willett ’65 ALUMNI BOARD Todd M. Davis ’81, President Harry Nielson ’69, Vice President Giselle Tardiff ’90, Secretary Anthony M. LeBlanc ’88, Treasurer Kathy Allen ’72 Joshua Fearon ’98 Lauren Chenard Folsom ’75 Roberta Sargent Gallant ’62 Benjamin Harris ’99 Jessica Janson ’05 Vera Gallant Kalagias ’80 Debra Ketchum ’75 Melody Jordan Laskey ’79 Sean Leblanc ’01 Susan Willey Marston ’62 George Mendros ’76 Richard Milliard ’66 Christina Dolby O’Brien ’86 Greg Paradis ’91 David Pendleton ’81 Susan Mondor Spath ’67 Designed by: Marissa Gagnon Fortier ’99 and Joshua Pulsifer ‘06 Edited by: Patricia Erikson and Marissa Gagnon Fortier ‘99 Development Director: Lisa Morin Annual Giving Coordinator: Tedda LaChance Alumni Events Coordinator: Kathryn Danylik-Lagasse ‘00 Associate Head for Advancement and Admissions: John Ritzo COVER PHOTO: Patricia Erikson Postscripts • 3

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