3
Alumni Horae
Features
2
Rector
4
Action
Archiving
Alumni Horae
7
Perspective
8
Memories
Alumni remember Eighth Rector
William Armstrong Oates
10
Athletics
Late-blooming runner Larisa Dan-
nis ’05 has become one of the best
ultramarathoners in the U.S.
32
Reviews
The Charleston Academy of Domestic
Pursuits: A Handbook of Etiquette
with Recipes
by Suzanne Pollak ’74
and Lee Manigault
Vol. 95, No. 2 Winter 2015
Laughing Cult
by Kevin McCaffrey ’75
Operation Paperclip: The Secret
Intelligence Program that Brought
Nazi Scientists to America
by Annie Jacobsen ’85
34
Community
37
Formnotes
48
Deceased
63
Spotlight
Peter Darrow ’05 opens a thoughtful N.Y.
restaurant that offers “farm fresh takeout”
64
Facetime
Former U.S. ambassador to Senegal
and Guinea-Bissau Lewis Lukens ’82
talks about life in West Africa amid
the Ebola outbreak
Departments
14
In High Demand
by Jana F. Brown
Despite daunting acceptance rates and increased
competition for spots every year, independent schools
such as St. Paul’s continue to thrive.
20
The Etiquette of Home
by Suzanne Williamson Pollak ’74
The child of a CIA agent, the author learned to make
a home for herself no matter where she went.
26
Darwin’s Ultimate “Road Trip”
by Coleman P. Burke ’59
The author retraces a segment of the voyage of the
HMS Beagle
, discovering fossilized relics that eluded
Charles Darwin more than 150 years earlier.
Alumni Horae
EDITOR
Jana F. Brown
DESIGNER
Cindy L. Foote
EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS
Leeann Doherty
Arielle Greenleaf Driscoll ’99
Tanisha Ekerberg
Mary Jo Hansen
Meg Heckman
Lisa Laughy
Hannah MacBride
Michael Matros
Carol Robidoux
Alumni Association
ADVISORY BOARD
Chair
T. Brittain Stone ’87
Members
David B. Atkinson ’59
Brett A. Forrest ’91
Mary F. Karwowski ’04
Robert H. Rettew Jr. ’69
Lockhart Steele ’92
Nancy E. Weltchek ’78
Published by
The Alumni Association
of St. Paul’s School
603-229-4770
Trustees of St. Paul’s School
ON THE COVER:
Larisa Dannis ’05 placed
second in the Western States 100-miler
last June.
Photo: Glenn Tachiyama
