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Alumni Horae
Features
2 Rector
4 Action
Increasing financial aid for middle-
income families
7 Letters
8 Memories
A veteran shares the story of mutual
reconciliation between naval crews
more than 40 years later
10 Athletics
One round of wrestling may just be the
toughest two minutes in sports
Vol. 93, No. 2 Winter 2013
32 Reviews
The Pink Nectar Café
by James Bishop Jr. ’54
Double Agent
by Michelle Chan Brown ’99
The Right-Hand Shore
by Christopher Tilghman ’64
34 Community
37 Formnotes
57 Deceased
65 Facetime
Filmmaker Sarah Burns ’00
66 Spotlight
X-Plane creator Austin Meyer ’88
68 Perspective
Departments
14 Brawn & Brains
by Nancy Weltchek ’78
Alumni farmers talk about why they have chosen lives
devoted to the land.
20 Avian Adventurer of the Carribean
by Michael Matros
Considerably less celebrated than his fictional namesake,
James Bond of the Form of 1918 pursued his own life of
daring in the name of science.
24 Don’t falter. Don’t judge.
by Brett Forrest ’91
An international journalist reaffirms the lessons of
St. Paul’s, far away from home.
Alumni Horae
EDITOR
Jana F. Brown
DESIGNER
Cindy L. Foote
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Lisa Moore
EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS
Leeann Doherty
Arielle Greenleaf Driscoll ’99
Sarah Earle
Meg Heckman
Michael Matros
Alumni Association
ADVISORY BOARD
Chair
Lisa Henriques Hughes ’78
Vice Chair
Todd S. Purdum ’78
Members
A. Biddle Duke ’81
William T. Kennedy ’65
Michael Matros
Timothy Perkins Miller ’86
Samuel S. Reid ’81
Robert H. Rettew ’69
T. Brittain Stone ’87
Published by
The Alumni Association
of St. Paul’s School
603-229-4770
alumni@sps.edu
Trustees of St. Paul’s School
ON THE COVER: Farmer Oliver
Griswold ’79 is a zealous student
of nature. (photo: Jodi Griswold)