Exeter Reunion Weekend 2018 May 17-20, 2018 60th, 50th, 40th & 5th Reunion Thursday, May 17 (Reserved for the Class of 1968) Reunion Registration and Hospitality Suite 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Gilman House, Gillespie Room (46 Front Street corner of Front and Elm Streets) Your first stop on campus! Come in for updated reunion materials, nametags, and refreshments. 10:45 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. We welcome alumni, spouses, guests and children over 12 to attend. Pick up a class schedule at registration. Please arrive on time and stay for the entire class, and remember to turn off your cell phone. (No Saturday classes this weekend.) Class of 1968 Lunch 12:00 1:30 p.m. Elm Street Dining Hall Golf 11:30 6:00 p.m. Abenaqui Country Club Organized by Claude Hoopes 68 Tees times start between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Directions: From PEA, go to the Bandstand, turn right and travel due East on Exeter/Hampton Road (Routes 27/111). Approximately three miles from downtown, follow Route 111 which turns to your left. Follow signs to N. Hampton/Rye, to a set of lights. Turn left onto Route 1. Follow Route until you see a golf practice range on your right and turn immediately right onto North Road. Follow North Road for approximately two miles and turn left onto Central Avenue. Abenaqui is located 3/10 mile on the left. Class of 1968 Walking Tour of Campus 2:30 3:30 p.m. Meet at Gilman House Cancelled if raining. Class of 1968 Welcome Back Reception and Dinner 6:00 8:00 p.m. Love Gymnasium, Rink A Background music for the weekend provided by Toby Mountain 68 Alumni Induction Ceremony for the Senior Class with the Class of 1968 8:15 9:30 p.m. Love Gymnasium, Rink A We will welcome the Class of 2018 into the alumni family. Late Night Class of 1968 9:00 p.m. to close Exeter Inn, 90 Front Street (cash bar) Class of 1978 Early Arrivals Dutch Treat Dinner 7:00 p.m. Blue Moon Evolution, 8 Clifford Street
Friday, May 18 Reunion Registration and Hospitality Suite 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Gilman House, Gillespie Room (46 Front Street corner of Front and Elm Streets) Your first stop on campus! Come in for updated reunion materials, nametags, and refreshments. 8:00-9:45 a.m. We welcome alumni, spouses, guests and children over 12 to attend. Pick up a class schedule at registration. Please arrive on time and stay for the entire class, and remember to turn off your cell phone. (No Saturday classes this weekend.) Founder s Day Assembly 9:50-10:20 a.m. Academy Building, Assembly Hall Linda C. Luca, Director of the Dance Program and Instructor in Theater and Dance and Physical Education, Emerita, 2018 Founder s Day Award recipient The Founder s Day Award recognizes exceptional lifetime service to the Academy. Class of 1968 will be seated in the front rows. Please arrive by 9:30 a.m. for seating purposes. 10:45 a.m. - 12:50 p.m. Farewell to Fisher Theater 10:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Fisher Theater Lobby Former actors, dancers, musicians, technicians, directors and any others that were involved in the theater or dance at Exeter stop by the theater to add your name to our special farewell banner. Lunch 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Elm Street Dining Hall Class of 1968 ESSO Hour with Lunch 12:30 1:30 p.m. Class Tent Join students from the ESSO (Exeter Social Services Organization) clubs and hear about their non-sibi work. Class of 1968 Conversation led by Ned Hallowell 68 and Ignite Program Session 1 1:30-5:00 p.m. Phelps Academy Center, The Forum Paul Lauenstein 68 Fixing Our Broken Democracy Joe Carvin 68 WMBW (We May Be Wrong) Randy Smith 68 Adventures in Newspaper Reporting Jeff Drummond 68 Sexual Abuse and Assault: Solutions York Miller 68 HAFE: My Most Important Contribution to Medicine 1:40-6:00 p.m. Faculty/Staff Meet and Greet 3:00 4:00 p.m. Phelps Academy Center, Agora Refreshments and conversation with Exeter s faculty and staff. Walking Tour of Campus: What s New? 4:00-5:00 p.m. Gilman House See what s new on Exeter s ever-evolving campus, including South Campus. Families are welcome. Cancelled if raining.
Welcome Back Reception and Buffet Dinner 5:30-8:00 p.m. Love Gymnasium, Hockey Rink A Class of 1968 Reception and Down East Dinner 6:00 9:00 p.m. Class Tent Student Entertainment Class of 2013 Shuttle Bus from Campus to Portsmouth 8:30 p.m. Pick up at Elm Street Dining Hall Exeter Late Night 8:00 p.m. to close Opportunity to continue conversations and reuniting with classmates 1968 Exeter Inn, 90 Front Street 1978 at the home of Kathy Mahoney 78 and Ozzie Ayscue 80 ((address provided at registration) 2013 British Beer Company Portsmouth, 103 Hanover Street Saturday, May 19 Bird Walk through the Academy Woods 7:00 a.m. Meet at the entrance of Hammy s Way, by Academy track Led by Rich Aaronian 76, 78, 97 (Hon.); P 94, P 97, Harlan Page Amen Professor in Science Class of 1978 Yoga 7:00 a.m. Love Gymnasium, Ransome Room Led by Pam Greene 78 Class of 1978 Run 7:00 a.m. Meet in front lobby of Thompson Fieldhouse Join Jamie Trowbridge 78 for a slow run on the cross country course (2.7 miles) Breakfast 7:00 10:00 a.m. Elm Street Dining Hall Reunion Registration and Hospitality Suite 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Gilman House, Gillespie Room (46 Front Street corner of Front and Elm Streets) Your first stop on campus! Come in for updated reunion materials, nametags, and refreshments. Class of 1978 Volunteer for Exeter Information Session 8:00 8:45 a.m. Elm Street Dining Hall, Seabrooke Room Class of 1968 Harkness Classes with Current Faculty (with assigned readings) 9:00 9:50 a.m. Academy Building, Room 29 Led by Jack Herney 46, 69, 71, 74, 92, 95 (Hon.), Robert Shaw White Professor of History, chair of the department of history, emeritus 9:00 9:50 a.m. Phillips Hall, Room 208 Led by Kelly Flynn, instructor in English Class of 1978 Harkness Discussions 9:00 9:50 a.m. Phelps Science Center, Room 317 Harkness in the Art and Design World 78s will explore Harkness teaching and learning through a short design exercise and discussion in PEA s new Maker Lab. Led by John Barton 78
9:00 9:50 a.m. Academy Building, Latin Study Sexual Assault in the School Context With sexual assault cases including in the school context filling media headlines and engendering debate, we will discuss questions arising from these cases for PEA, its students, alumni, and education systems and communities more broadly. Led by Miriam Rollin 78 Class of 2013 Shuttle Bus from Portsmouth to Campus 9:30 a.m. Pick up at Sheraton Harborside Northbound bus stop Exeter Today Program 10:00-11:30 a.m. Academy Building, Assembly Hall Current students share their Exeter experience in a panel discussion Principal Lisa MacFarlane 66 (Hon.); P 09, P 13 shares an update on the Academy along with answers to your questions. Farewell to Fisher Theater 11:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Fisher Theater, Lobby Class of 1958 Panel Discussion 11:30 a.m. 1:00 p.m. Academy Building, Mayer Auditorium Dysfunctional Politics: What Can Be Done? Led by Benjamin I. Page 58, Gordon Scott Fulcher Professor of Decision Making at Northwestern University, Thomas Ragle 45, former Exeter Instructor in English and former President of Marlboro College. Moderator: Dave Beim 58 Respondents: Walter Arensberg 58 and Jack Marietta 58 Class of 1968 Ignite - Session #2 11:45 a.m. 12:45 p.m. Phelps Academy Center, The Forum Phil Banta 68 The Accidental Family Kevin Brine 68 Finance in America-An Unfinished Story Patrick Lydon 68 Nimble Spaces Rodney Watson 68 The First Professional Athlete I Ever Met Mewbry Pickering 68 Slackers Perspective Alumni and Family Lunch 11:45 a.m. 2:30 p.m. Love Gymnasium, Hockey Rink A Home Games 1:00 p.m. Boys JV and Varsity Lacrosse vs. Deerfield 3:00 p.m. Girls JV and Varsity Lacrosse vs. Deerfield Class of 1978 Ignite Talks 1:30 2:30 p.m. Phelps Academy Center, The Forum Classmates share their passions on a variety of topics. Michael Balay 78 The Future of Capitalism: A Dead End for Corporate Strategy and What Lies Ahead Tom Burack 78 Climate Change: why It s Happening and What You Can Do About It Miriam Rollin 78 Education Civil Rights in the US, Pre-K through College Vlad Klimenko 78 Plutocracy, Populism and Putin or Democracy at Dusk Theron Cook 78 Transcending Rampant Mediocrity Cindy Kuster 78 My Life as the Co-Queen of Second Hand Goods Class of 2013 Business Meeting and Reflection Service 2:00 3:00 p.m. Phillips Church Led by Russell Weatherspoon 01, 03, 08, 11 (Hon.); P 92, 95, 97, 01, instructor in religion Well-Being Panel 2:30 3:30 p.m. Phillips Hall, Elting Room A conversation with representatives from Counseling Services and other offices on campus to provide an update on our ongoing commitment to student well-being.
Class of 1968 Small Group Meetings 2:30 4:00 p.m. Class Tent Class of 1958 Circle of Remembrance 3:00 5:00 p.m. Forrestal-Bowld Music Center, The Bowld Reflections on classmates departed since our last reunion. Led by Robert P. Noble 58. A Dixieland band will accompany us from our Circle of Remembrance honoring passed classmates to our class dinner. Class of 1978 Harkness Discussions 3:45 4:45 p.m. Academy Building, Room 225 Harkness in the Real World How can we make use of Harkness principles and practices in our daily lives, at a time when civil discourse is both challenged and critically important? Led by Stephen Brown 78 3:45 4:45 p.m. Academy Building, Latin Study When Life Changes Your Life Plan Led by Mitch Bradbury 78 and David Pearlstone 78 Class of 1968 Memorial Service 4:00 5:00 p.m. Phillips Church Gather for tributes and conversations about classmates. Dress is informal. Led by Bill Bennett 68, Bruce McKay 68 and Rob Stucky 68 Class of 2013 Shuttle Bus from Campus to Portsmouth 4:00 p.m. Pick up at Elm Street Dining Hall Friends of Bill W. Meeting (O) 4:30 5:30 p.m. Elm Street Dining Hall, Seabrooke Room Leadership Donor Reception 5:00 6:00 p.m. Saltonstall House Principal Lisa MacFarlane 66 (Hon.); P 09, P 13 will host this invitation-only reception. Class of 1958 Reception and Dinner 5:00 9:00 p.m. Class of 1945 Library Rockefeller Hall Speaker: John LeGates 58 Dixieland band continues to entertain us. Class of 1968 Reception and Dinner 6:00 9:00 p.m. Class Tent Class Business Meeting Marty Freeman 68 and the Blues Breakers perform Class of 1978 Reception and Dinner 6:30 9:30 p.m. Phelps Science Center Grainger Auditorium Class Business Meeting 1978 Museum curated by Keith Miller 78 Class of 2013 Boat Cruise Reception 6:00 9:00 p.m. Isles of Shoals, 315 Market Street, Portsmouth Reunion Nametag required for boarding. Heavy hors d oeuvres and cash only bar. Credit cards not accepted.
Exeter Late Night 9:00 p.m. to Close Opportunity to continue conversations and reuniting with classmates 1968 Exeter Inn, 90 Front Street 1978 Margarita s, 93 Portsmouth Avenue 2013 Thirsty Moose, Portsmouth, 21 Congress Street Sunday, May 20 Ecumenical Memorial Service 9:00-9:45 a.m. Phillips Church All classes are invited to this service of remembrance and reflection. Reverend Heidi Carrington Heath, interim school minister Class of 2013 Shuttle Bus from Portsmouth to Campus 9:00 a.m. Pick up at Sheraton Harbor side Northbound bus stop Farewell Brunch 9:00 a.m. - 12 noon Elm Street Dining Hall Alumni Row 9:00 a.m. Saltonstall Boathouse Experienced rowers, come enjoy a morning on the water with one of the current coaches. Sign up at registration. Class of 1978 Conversation with a Trustee 10:00 11:00 a.m. Elm Street Dining Hall, Elm Street Tower Room Mark Edwards 78 will be available to talk about Exeter today from his perspective as a current trustee. Class of 1958 Farewell Brunch 10:30 am to 1:00 pm Home of Dot and Bob DeVore 58 Directions available at registration. Student/Alumni Non Sibi Opportunity 11:00 a.m. - 12 noon Gilman House, 46 Front Street Join current PEA students who are part of the Exeter Social Service Organization (ESSO) for a non sibi project before you leave campus. Meet at Gilman House before heading over to Exeter Parks and Recreation at 32 Court Street for a spring clean-up. Sign up at registration.