Thornton Academy Postscripts Alumni Magazine Spring 2016 | Page 30

1811 Society
Members
Upcoming
Reunions
Senior Alumni Reunion
(Classes of 1936-1965)
Saturday, September 17, 2016
Class of 1946
Sunday, September 18, 2016

Hebron Adams ’48

Class of 1948
Sunday, September 18, 2016
Class of 1956
Saturday, July 30, 2016
Class of 1961
Saturday, October 1, 2016
Class of 1966
Saturday, July 2, 2016
Class of 1976
Saturday, September 24, 2016
Class of 1981
Saturday, August 6, 2016
Class of 1996
Homecoming Weekend 2016
(Official Date TBD)
Class of 2006
Friday, July 29, 2016 &
Saturday, July 30, 2016
For more information, please contact
Brittany Brown at 207.602.4439 or
[e-mail]

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2015 Hall of Fame Inductees
Left to right: Kevin Savage (accepting for Hugh Brownlee ’40—awarded posthumously), Rod Choroszy
’67 (Great Moments Award), Liz Riley ’01, Suzanne Picard Rondeau ’97 and John Parola ’62. Learn
more about the athletic achievements of these indiviudals at:
www.thorntonacademy.org/halloffame

Nominations: Alumni Awards
Each year the Alumni Association recognizes the accomplishments and volunteerism
of alumni and community members through the following awards:
Hall of Fame—recognizes TA’s outstanding athletes and the school’s most loyal
athletic supporters.
Distinguished Alumni Award—recognizes outstanding lifetime accomplishments
by TA alumni and fosters aspirations in recent graduates and current students. The
award is given each year at Baccalaureate in June.
Public Service Award—recognizes an alumnus/a for their outstanding public service
and volunteerism. The deadline for nominations for Hall of Fame, Distinguished
Alumni, and Public Service Awards is April 15.
Unsung Hero Award—goes to an individual who has given countless hours of their
valuable time to make TA a better place, going above and beyond the call of duty. The
deadline for nominations is June 15 and the recipient is announced at a Volunteer
Tailgate in the fall.
For complete details and to fill out a nomination form online, visit
www.thorntonacademy.org/alumniawards. Questions? Contact Brittany Brown at
207-602-4439 or [e-mail].

L to R: Heather
Adams Miller,
Hebron Adams,
Nancy Adams,
Jennifer Adams.

His daughter Jennifer Adams remembers...
“My father, Hebron Adams, graduated from
Thornton Academy and from Bowdoin where
he majored in Physics. Dad was very proud
of his connection to Thornton and tried
to attend reunions and stay in touch with
classmates whenever possible. Dad’s youngest
sister, Diane Tilton Jacques, lived in Saco, and
at least one of her children went to Thornton:
Kevin Jacques ‘90.

time traveling around to Virginian vineyards
to taste and buy wine (we put over 100 bottles
in storage when we cleaned out his house after
he passed). He was thrifty, but not miserly.
“When my father finished college, he went to
Westinghouse where his work related to jet
engines. Then he went to Operations Research
Office (ORO was a think tank run by Johns
Hopkins University); while there, he was drafted
into the Army, spending two years at Walter
Reed. Then he returned to ORO. Much of his
work there was classified, although I know he
was working on computers (programming on
punch cards) and researching Game Theory.

“He was the eldest of nine siblings (two died as
babies), but he was the only one who went to
Thornton. Dad’s father, who was also named
Hebron, inherited a fair amount of money
and property from his grandparents, but lost
it all in the Great Depression, as happened
“Dad was able to get
to many families. The
a grant to work on his
family moved a lot, as
their circumstances grew “I have vivid memories of seeing a doctorate in operations
harder. Dad lost his father room full of magnetic tape drives.” research (what is
commonly
called
in 1941, when he was only
industrial engineer