T O D A Y - Berwick Academy

Looking Forward,
Giving Back
Nancy Pindrus ‘69 talks about why she chose to
make a planned gift and join the
Chadbourne-Thompson Society.
“Berwick Academy has been fortunate to receive
bequests that dwarf what I could offer. Nevertheless, I
would like to leave something in my will to BA because
the school has meant so much to me. There were many
exceptional people affiliated with BA, one of whom
was so important in my life that my planned gift will be
in honor of him, my sophomore year English teacher,
Fred Dill.
“I spent my freshman and sophomore years at
BA, but my parents were unable to afford to send me for
a third year. I spent a very unhappy and uprooted year
in the Dover public school system. I still felt Berwick
Academy was my school.
“A large part of what held me together during
that year was spending Friday nights with Fred Dill
and his wife, Barbara. In the boarding school years,
teachers, in addition to teaching, coaching, and leading
extracurricular activities, also acted as dorm masters.
It amazes me now to think that, with so little time to
themselves, Fred and Barb still welcomed me, not even
a BA student at that time, into their home and their lives
and gave me so much of the literary talk I so needed at
that time. It was an extraordinary act of generosity on
their part, and I will always be grateful for it.
“After my junior year, I told my parents I would
drop out of school
and work to earn the
tuition for my senior
year at Berwick. I was
determined to return
and graduate from
there. As it turned out,
I did not need to drop
out and happily finished
my senior year at BA.
“I cherish my time at the
Academy - the beauty of
BA English Teacher 1966-
1969, Frederick Dill.
its setting, the nurturing and attention I received. I love
that I can continue to connect through our reunions
and alumni gatherings in my hometown of NYC. I will
always feel connected to Berwick.”
If you would like more information about becoming a
member of the Chadbourne-Thompson Society, please
contact Kathryn Strand at 207-384-2164 x 2307 or
kstrand@berwickacademy.org.
Another BA faculty member who
made a big impression on Nancy,
Russ Tarason convinced BA to
buy a Yashika 124G camera
which he lent to Nancy. He got her
started taking pictures, developing
and printing fi lm. “To me it was
like magic,” Nancy says. She
has spent her entire career as a
professional photographer (www.
pindrusphotography.com).
Chadborne-Thompson Society
Members
Bradley M. Damon ‘63
Marie A. Donahue ‘37
Aurora Dube ‘25
Preston N. Eames ’65
C. Dennis Fink ‘44
Nancy B. Fort
Adolph Geyer ‘31
Doris Dixon Griffi th ‘39
Seth A. Hurd ‘90
Alberta Morrill Johnson ’28
Kennett and Patricia
Kendall
Mary Jacobs Kennedy 1908
Perley D. Monroe ‘48
Olive Purrington Moulton ‘22
Victor Perreault ’33 and Helen
Hasty Perreault
Nancy Pindrus ‘69
Richard and Susan Ridgway
William R. Spaulding
Owen Stevens ‘48 and
Margaret Stevens
Ella Estelle Geyer
Stonebraker ‘29
Roger Thompson ‘25 and
53
Theresa Thompson