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Will Speers will pursue a National Endowmentof the Humanities Fellowship to study Job,Boethius and J.8. at St. Michael's College inBurlington, Vermont. Dave DeSalvo will completean MST in math at the University of NewHampshire. Ashton Richards will coach theJunior National Women's Crew and finish his MAat Wesleyan University. Peter McLean will continueworking on his thesis on black bears for hisPh.D. from the University of Tennessee. EricKerner is completing his first science textbookfor Silver Burdett Press, scheduled for publicationin 1991.Lindsay Brown will continue work on hisMALS degree at Dartmouth. Lindsay and LouiseHowlett were married in the Williams CollegeChapel in June. Julieta Torres-Hunt will pursuean MA in French at the University of Delaware,while her husband, James Hunt, will work as atrainer at various summer camps on campus.Peter Brooke will continue painting in his studioin Middletown. Donna Kinney Speers will attendthe Bread Loaf Writer's Conference inMiddlebury, Vermont.continued next pageGarth GardenThe Class of1966 has raised the funds for a redesign ofthe garth gardens in memory oftheir classmate Dale Sloan Wilkinson. killed in Vietnam in 1969. Princess holly. vibernum.azaleas. and periwinkle have been planted and a number offlagstones relaid; tulip and daffodilclusters will be planted in several ofthe beds in the fall. Here, V Form student GarenTopalian stops in the garth between classes to pet two ofthe campus dogs.20Chesa Profaci '80 AppointedDirector of Development---- Franchesa Profaci, AssistantDirector of Development atWashington College inChestertown, Maryland, forthe past year, has beenappointed the new St.Andrew's Director ofDevelopment. Previously,Chesa has worked as an as­\ sistant editor at McCall's\ Magazine and as an administratorat the Jockey Club in both New York andLexington, Kentucky.A 1984 graduate of Smith College, Chesa majoredin psychology and was a member of the fieldhockey, tennis and riding teams. Upon graduatingfrom St. Andrew's, she received the Harold CurtisAmos Prize for outstanding work in natural historyand the Henry Prize for service to women's athletics.She was a prefect, played two varsitysports (field hockey and basketball) and JV tennisand was co-captain of both varsity teams duringher senior year.As Director of Development, Chesa will directall efforts to promote stewardship, financial support,interest and involvement among alumni, parents,trustees and friends of the School.Priscilla A. duPont AppointedDirector of Annual GivingPriscilla Altmeier duPont willjoin the St. Andrew's facultythis summer as Director ofAnnual Giving and coach.For the past three years,Priscilla has been the ProductionManager for Varia, apharmaceutical magazinepublished in Greenville,...., Delaware.~ A graduate of TrinityCollege, Priscilla earned her BA in history in1986. She participated in both field hockey andlacrosse at the varsity level all four years; in hersenior year, she was captain of both teams.Priscilla was voted the field hockey MVP, a memberof the All-Regional Lacrosse Team and awardedthe Trinity Club of Hartford Award for the outstandingsenior female athlete.When not assuming her responsibilities in theDevelopment Office, Priscilla will be coachingfield hockey, lacrosse and basketball. She willlive with her husband, Brad, on the boys' V Formcorridor.