The Ewell Remembrance brought alumni, former faculty, family, and friends together to celebrate the long life of our beloved Bud. We had a great group of speakers touch on Bud's past as a student at Harley, his ceaseless love for Ruth, antics with his sons, his time as an Air Force pilot, his boat building, and what an amazing father, teacher, and friend he was. Others spoke of his and Ruth's influence on the town of Fairport, his book collection, his life as a teacher at Harley, his poetry, his teaching philosophy and style, his beautiful singing, his personal investment in students, his patience, his kindness, and his wisdom. Thank you to Peter Ewell '66, Jennifer Mauldin, Jay Ewell '70, Len Wilcox, Al and Helen Soanes, Mike Lasser, Sara Prozeller Hartman '61, Ann Parsons '71, Charlotte Houghton '68, Maura Allen, and Lee Sherwood Allen '64 for sharing your wonderful words with us. Thank you to Jay Stetzer for playing the piano.

Helen Soanes quoted one of Bud's poems titled "The Teacher" that ended with:

When I, the great youth lover with perspective

Will hold life like a scepter in my hand

And meditating all the great, reflective

Thoughts, spread them for the young to understand;

For I'll have lived, and lived in such a way

That I'll be rich...and giving truth away

For those of you unable to attend, you are able to watch the Ewell Remembrance service. Please note that this is 1 hour and 26 minutes long.

Peter Ewell has also put together a book of the memories and comments shared about his father that include the remarks from the folks listed above. It is available at the School.

Alan Whiting, former Lower School Assistant Head, passed away on April 11 at the age of 84. He worked at The Harley School from 1989 to 1995. He was hired by Pam Kimmet and when I spoke to her about Alan, she said that he had a wonderful sense of humor and that the teachers appreciated his wisdom and gentleness. She said he was very dedicated and committed to the School.  Marilyn Fenster shared that he was a well-regarded administrator in the West Irondequoit school system when she was a student. He was known as someone deeply committed to providing the best education possible to all children who were lucky enough to cross his path. He volunteered in city schools as a reading tutor. He was always on the prowl for good books he could share with "his kids."  Dean Kindig also shared a memory of Alan leading the entire lower school in stretching exercises every day during a Focus Week. 

The current lower school teachers recently donated the book Sleepless Knight (Adventures in Cartooning) by James Sturm to the Lower School Library in honor of Alan and his love of cartooning.

Read more about Alan's life.

Pat Andreas passed away on May 2nd. Pat ran the Harley Kitchen from 1982-1996 and had a true love for cooking and freely shared her amazing family recipes, some of which the Kitchen still makes to this day.

Read more about Pat's life.

Stephen May '49 passed away on March 31 at the age of 85. Following his graduation from Harley, he went on to earn a bachelor's degree in American Civilization from Wesleyan University in 1953. After Wesleyan, he joined the U.S. Army and while there, he took an interest in politics and government. He went on to receive his JD from Georgetown University Law School in 1961. He served as Rochester's 62nd mayor from 1970-1973. He had quite a career with the U.S. government,  including his job as a staffer of the U.S. Senate and with Congress. He and his wife, Katie have graciously hosted several alumni gatherings for The Harley School in the Washington, DC area. We are so thankful for all their support to The Harley School over the years.

Read more about Stephen's life.

On April 16, we had a wonderful alumni gathering at the home of Sam Hampton '77 in the Washington, DC area. Ward Ghory started the event with a remembrance of Bud Ewell '40 and last year's host, Stephen May '49. Our alumni and former faculty shared many memories about these two fine gentlemen, and even included a tribute to the late John Hewey. Thank you to Sam and Kirsten for hosting us and for everyone who made the trip out to Alexandria. We were also able to see some of our alumni friends unable to attend the event, including Andrew Cruikshank '80, Walter Bruehs '88, and Meredith Ciaccia '08.

Malcolm Baldwin '58 and Sam Hampton '77	Maury Wray Bridges '88 and son Rowland
Ibi Hinrichs '68 and Bob Levis '68	Ward addressing the group
Sam Hampton '77, John Vaughan '69, Dexter and Dawn Lewis, Peter Regen '85	Charlie, Olivia, and Paul Sisson '89
Barbara Poole von Schilcher '58 and Malcolm Baldwin '58	Bob Levis '68 and his fiancée, Evie Williams
Katy Stein, Deb Weiss Walker '83, J. Merrill '73, and Sam Hampton '77	Sam Hampton '77, Peter Regen '85, and Dan Yeoman '00

Walter Bruehs '88 invited us to take a tour of the FBI Academy in Quantico, VA where he is a Supervisory Forensic Examiner. Walter shared that they have internship opportunities available at the FBI, so alumni in the DC area, keep an eye out for postings on the Harley Alumni Facebook page and LinkedIn!

In May, we continued our travels to the Boston area. Marshall Carter '87 hosted our gathering at his home in Cambridge. We had a wonderful mix of alumni attend and were delighted to have Marshall's daughter Louisa and her friend Lydia act as our hostesses for the evening.  We were also able to meet up with David Osborne '76 , Debbie Ginsburg Hoff '83, alumni parent Susan Conkling, and Jenn Patterson Hedges '86, up in Maine.