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Septmber 5, 2008
PA Faculty Member to Present Original Dance Program |
ANDOVER—Experienced choreographer and Phillips Academy theatre and dance instructor Judith Wombwell will present “Strung Together,” a series of loosely-related dances investigating time and place on Friday, September 12 at 8 pm at the Green Street Studios at 185 Green Street in Cambridge. The work, funded by a Kenan Grant from Phillips Academy, will be repeated in early January on the Andover campus. |
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August 25, 2008
Hee-Jin Chang '05 Achieves 'Personal Bestin Beijing |
| ANDOVER—Champion swimmer Hee-Jin Chang ’05 is used to winning. And although she didn’t take a medal in Beijing last week, she had plenty to be excited about. In a message to her former coach, Andover’s new Dean of Students Paul Murphy, Chang was clearly thrilled. “I went my best times and broke the national record in the 50 (meter freestyle). It would have been more exciting if my best got me into the top 16 (qualifiers), but I’ll live.” |
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August 20, 2008
Student-Founded Anti-Debt Group to Make Its Film Debut |
ANDOVER—On Thursday night, August 21, 400 selected theaters and civic venues across the country will debut an unconventional film that is distinctly un-Hollywood. The film, a documentary that has already earned Sundance Film Festival acclaim, tells the thorny, complex, harrowing story of the national debt. |
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August 18, 2008
Rower Caroline Lind '02 Takes Gold Medal in Beijing |
ANDOVER—The headline in today’s Boston Globe said it all: “US Women’s Eight Shows the World it’s a Golden Crew.” The lead paragraph featured a quote from a very excited Andover alumna, Caroline Lind ’02 who was recalling the last time an American women’s eight had grabbed the gold—1984—against their nemesis, Romania. “They wanted to welcome us to their club,” she said, “so we had to step up.” |
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August 11, 2008
Two Andover Olympians Compete in Beijing |
ANDOVER—Two Phillips Academy alumni find themselves in the thick of the drama that is the summer Olympics in Beijing. Caroline Lind ’02, a Princeton graduate, is competing for the United States on the women’s eight rowing team and Hee-Jin Chang ’05 is swimming the 50- and 100-meter freestyle for her home country, South Korea. |
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August 11, 2008
Veteran Teacher Ted Hammond Dies at 86 |
ANDOVER—Ted Hammond, a long-time Phillips Academy instructor, died peacefully after a long decline. He was 86. He was born and raised in the town of Andover, where he attended Phillips Academy, earning cum laude honors as a member of the Class of 1940. The Hammond Reservation, located off Salem Street in Andover, was named for Mr. Hammond; he provided funds to purchase the 38-acre parcel and was a former Andover Village Improvement Society (AVIS) president. |
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August 11, 2008
Summer Interns Gain Experience in Research Labs |
ANDOVER—Thanks to six weeks of hands-on laboratory experience at the Harvard Medical School–Partners HealthCare Center for Genetics and Genomics (HPCGG) and the Lipper Center for Computational Genetics—both affiliated with Harvard Medical School and located in Boston—three Phillips Academy rising seniors and one recent graduate have fine-tuned their laboratory skills, managed assorted projects, and learned some of the pros and cons of working in a research lab. |
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July 29, 2008
Andover Mock Trial Takes Fourth in National Competition |
| ANDOVER—The Andover Mock Trial Club, with only five members, placed fourth in the Learning for Life National Mock Trial Competition. The competition, held from July 23 to July 27 in Lowell and Boston, Massachusetts, pitted teams from across the country against one another to see whom could best perform in roles as attorneys and witnesses. Although the Phillips Academy team was the smallest competing, they were the only team to argue both sides of the case. |
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July 15, 2008
C. Yardley Chittick '18, PA's Oldest Alum, Dies at 107 |
| ANDOVER—Charles Yardley Chittick ’18, Phillips Academy’s first-ever 90th Reunion attendee and believed to be the country’s oldest patent attorney, died peacefully on July 18 following a fall earlier in the month. At his 90th Reunion this past June, Mr. Chittick was showered with attention, honors, and praise. |
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July 15, 2008
Phillips Academy Names Three New Trustees |
| ANDOVER—Oscar L. Tang ’56, chair of the Phillips Academy Board of Trustees, announced that three alumni have been named to the board that oversees the 230-year-old institution. George R. Ireland ’74 and Ronald W. Takvorian M.D. ’66 were elected alumni trustees to serve a four-year term, during which time they will jointly serve on the Alumni Council Executive Committee. Louis G. Elson ’80 was named a charter trustee, taking on two eight-year terms. |
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July 7, 2008
Summer Session 2008 Gets Underway |
| ANDOVER — A total of 669 students from 34 states and 40 countries are spending a large part of their “school vacation” on the Phillips Academy campus, immersed in a rich variety of summer learning adventures. The vast majority of students—roughly 95 percent—are not academic-year students at Phillips Academy; they are drawn to the school’s special summer offerings that include more than 80 courses taught by a large, creative, and experienced faculty. |
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July 2, 2008
Free Outdoor Chamber Music Concerts Offered July 3 & 23 |
| ANDOVER — On Thursday evening, July 3, a local chamber music ensemble, Mistral, will perform an outdoor concert on the lawn of Abbot Circle on School Street at Phillips Academy. The group, in residence with the Andover Chamber Music Series, will perform from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public. |
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June 25, 2008
Phillips Academy Announces Summer Lecture Series |
| ANDOVER — The annual W.E.B. DuBois Colloquia, sponsored by Phillips Academy’s Summer Session, kicks off Thursday, July 10, with “The Search for Life on Mars,” presented by Dr. Jon Pedicino, a 1986 Andover graduate who heads the science department at College of the Redwoods in California. Pedicino, a Dartmouth graduate who earned a PhD degree in planetary science from the University of Arizona, will discuss the ever-increasing evidence that there is life beyond our solar system making use of extraordinary NASA imagery from Mars and the moons of Jupiter. He will speak at 6:15 p.m. in Kemper Auditorium on Chapel Avenue on the Phillips Academy campus. |
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June 25, 2008
Legendary Phillips Academy Faculty Member Dies at 96 |
| ANDOVER — George L. Follansbee was the kind of guy who seemed to make a deep impression wherever he went. During his 17 years at Phillips Academy, where he taught biology, chaired the department and coached the Big Blue baseball team, “Flop”—as he was called—came to be loved and admired for his sense of humor, his dedication to teaching and coaching, his generous, yet demanding presence. Follansbee died this past weekend at his Chautauqua home in New York State, where he was equally well known and loved. Known as “Mr. Chautauqua,” he was 96 and had spent 94 of his summers at the venerable summer colony known for its arts and intellectualism. |
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June 20, 2008
PA Volunteers Raise more than $9,500 for China and Myanmar Relief Efforts |
| ANDOVER — Student clubs, faculty and staff from various academic departments and numerous individuals at Phillips Academy joined forces in mid-May to raise money to aid relief and recovery efforts in earthquake-ravaged China and cyclone-ravaged Myanmar. The newly formed group, Phillips Academy for Natural Disasters Aid (PANDA), recently announced it raised $9,685.45 which has been divided among three relief organizations: $4,062 was sent to the American Red Cross for Myanmar Cyclone Relief; $4,162 went to the Red Cross Society of China; and $1,461 to the Amity Foundation, a Christian group working to promote education, social services, health and rural development in China. |
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June 20, 2008
Niswarth Service-Learning Program Begins India Adventure; Follow Their Blog |
| ANDOVER — Six students, accompanied by faculty, on June 14 began their intensive service-learning program to learn more about development in India. The three-week program, called “Niswarth” which is the Hindi word for “Non Sibi,” will partner with students and faculty from the Udayachal School in Vikhroli, a suburb of Mumbai. |
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June 9, 2008
Class of 2008 Graduates from Phillips Academy |
ANDOVER, Mass.— Student Body President Tantum Collins told his fellow graduates at the 230th commencement ceremony for Phillips Academy on Sunday, June 8 that he knows they will go on “to do incredible things” and that he fully expects to read about their accomplishments in the news some day. However, he told them, “please know not to measure your worth by such things.” |
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June 6, 2008
Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss to Speak at PA |
| ANDOVER - Michael Beschloss has written nine books on American presidents. The International Herald Tribune has called him “a national treasure.” Beschloss, a 1973 graduate of Phillips Academy, in Andover, is a featured speaker at the school’s annual Reunion Weekend. Beschloss will speak on “What History Might Tell Us About 2008” Saturday, June 14, from 2 -3 p.m., at the Cochran Chapel, on the Andover campus. The event is free and open to the public. |
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May 30, 2008
Addison Exhibit Explores the American Landscape |
ANDOVER—The Addison Gallery of American Art kicked off the final addition to its spring season shows: The American Landscape or The Americans’ Landscape? on Thursday, May 29. Curated by four Phillips Academy students as part of art instructor Elaine Crivelli’s Art 300 course, Visual Culture: Discovering the Addison, the exhibition is an exploration of the evolution of the American landscape via the Addison Gallery’s permanent photography collection. |
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May 20, 2008
PA Celebrates Class of 2008 and Prize Winners |
| ANDOVER— The Phillips Academy Class of 2008 gathered for one of their last times, entering Cochran Chapel with the same exuberance they’ve expressed all year. This assembly was All School Meeting, and the purpose was to distribute prizes for a wide variety of student accomplishments in the classroom, on the playing fields, and in the wider world. After a meditation by the Rev. Michael Ebner and a musical tribute on the organ by Lucy Maguire ’08, Head of School Barbara Landis Chase was followed at the podium by Dean of Studies John Rogers and Director of Athletics Mike Kuta to present prizes that honored 36 students. |
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May 22, 2008
Phillips Academy Teacher Conjures a Pot-Boiler in Old School Bones |
| ANDOVER — Phillips Academy English teacher Randy Peffer makes no bones about his fiction writing. “It’s fun, it’s fast, it’s therapy,” he says with obvious pleasure. In the case of his third and latest novel, he could add “familiar.” Old School Bones is a murder mystery set primarily at an elite historic boarding school located in a wealthy suburb of Boston. The investigation into the murder quickly boils over into the lives of fishermen, police, and Wampanoag Indians on Cape Cod and the islands, where Peffer has spent his summers for 40 years. |
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At Phillips Reunion, 90 Years of Reflection
by Tania deLuzuriaga
The Boston Globe
June 15, 2008
Much has changed at Phillips Academy since C. Yardley Chittick graduated. Students now use computers, cellphones, and ballpoint pens. Girls are admitted. The football and hockey teams wear pads.
The sole remaining graduate of the class of 1918, Chittick yesterday was the first alumnus in the school's 230-year history to attend his 90th high school reunion.
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Phillips Family to Join for Day of Public Service
by Nancy Shohet West
The Boston Globe
September 13, 2007
Non sibi. Any student or alumnus of Phillips Academy Andover can translate this Latin phrase into its English meaning - "not for self." It has been the prestigious prep school's motto for more than 200 years.
But this year, the simple phrase is taking on new significance for hundreds of Andover graduates all over the globe, as well as the 1,094 students currently enrolled, and the faculty and staff members who populate the campus with them. On Saturday, Andover alumni worldwide will roll up their sleeves and get to work as part of the school's inaugural Non Sibi Day, a global celebration of volunteer work and school spirit.
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The Incredibles
by Laura Pappano
New York Times, Education Life
January 7, 2007
A look at how the rigorous academic curriculum offered at Phillips Academy and other select high schools helps ensure that its graduates are equipped to handle the workload and pressures at even the most demanding colleges and universities.
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Interview with Victor W. Henningsen: On Propelling Students to Greatness
by Michael Shaughnessy
EducationNews.Org
March 23, 2006
Victor W. Henningsen, an Instructor in History and the social sciences at Phillips Academ, discusses tradition, high expectations, greatness, and the influence of good teachers on students.
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Smells like team spirit
by Chris Forsberg
The Boston Globe
Nov. 17, 2005
'Non sibi" and ''Finis origine pendet."
These words have graced the school seal at Phillips Academy at Andover for more than two centuries, but never have they meant more to the football program.
Loosely translated, the phrases mean ''Not for self" and ''The end depends on the beginning." Rallying around a selfless attitude, the Big Blue posted an 8-0 mark during the fall's regular season and will look to cap a perfect year when it tangles with New York-based Trinity-Pawling in a New England Prep School Athletic Council championship game Saturday at the Williston Northampton School in Easthampton.
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No longer just for future presidents
by Victoria Griffith
Financial Times
May 12, 2005
Barbara Landis Chase is eager to erase the image of Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., as a school for America's privileged elite.
On the face of it, this is no easy task. Phillips Academy, founded two years after the Declaration of Independence in 1778, is a favourite of the two dominant political clans of the late 20th century. George W. Bush, the president, attended the school, as did his father, George Bush Senior. Another pupil was John F. Kennedy's son—the late John Kennedy Junior.
But Ms Chase, 60 and head of the school for the past 11 years, insists the school is now only elitist when it comes to educational standards. Read More
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