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  • Dan Ford '54
    - The Write Stuff
    Writers deal with criticism in different ways, but Dan Ford '54 is likely one of the few to have responded by becoming a pilot. When his 1991 book, The Flying Tigers, about a band... Read More
  • Joan Stolar Smith '73
    - New School
    Joan Stolar Smith '73 never planned to make her mark in education. An accomplished harpsichordist who majored in music at UNH, Smith thought her career path was clear. "My plan... Read More
  • Debbie Wiener '80
    - Queen of Clean
    Debbie Wiener '80 describes her home-decorating style as part Martha Stewart, part World Wrestling Entertainment. It's a mix that has propelled her into the stratosphere as the "... Read More
  • Eric Wochholz '01, '07
    - Growing History
    On a late winter day, Erik Wochholz '01,'07 strolls through a Victorian glasshouse at the Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth. He squashes a mealybug on an African tree fern,... Read More
  • David Richard Crockett '42
    - In Memoriam—David Richard Crockett '42
    On October 2, 1942, Lt. David Crockett was en route to Great Britain aboard the converted ocean liner HMS Queen Mary. Life with his new bride, Dorothy Jasper Crockett '42, would... Read More
  • Gordon "Swifty" Swift '45
    - In Memoriam—Gordon "Swifty" Swift '45
    At the Thompson School of Applied Science, Gordon "Swifty" Swift milked the campus cows and herded sheep down Main Street with Rex, a border collie. After graduation, he lived... Read More
  • Judith Gove Browning '60
    - In Memoriam—Judith Gove Browning '60
    Peace Corps volunteer. Teacher. Sports enthusiast, musician, and woodworker. Judith Gove Browning wore many different hats throughout the course of her full and busy life. One of... Read More
  • Donald Bouchard '63
    - In Memoriam—Donald Bouchard '63
    Asked where he found the courage to battle a stage 4 cancer diagnosis for several years, Donald Bouchard quoted Nietzsche: "Love your fate." That he would choose a philosophy of... Read More
  • Cora Alison Porteous Dolan '83
    - In Memoriam—Cora Alison Porteous Dolan '83
    At age three, Cora Alison Dolan—always known as Alison—put on a brown dress and set off alone on a one-mile walk to the local school. Found by her frantic mother a few hundred... Read More
  • dick cannon
    - Dick Cannon to Retire
    Dick Cannon has spent his last winter as the mythical man behind the snow day. After nearly nine years as vice president of finance and administration, Cannon will step down... Read More