The Academy has named two alumni and an alumna as trustees of the Academy for five-year terms. Joining the board are E. Bruce Hallett III ’67, Charles T. Harris III ’69, and Melissa Connolly Orlov ’77.

Bruce Hallett became president of Time Magazine in May 1995 following a seven-year assignment in the South Pacific. Under Hallett’s leadership, Time has implemented the Time Century Plan, a comprehensive program designed to build value for readers and for advertisers. A writer and editor since 1971, he has been a financial analyst for Time Inc., business manager of Sports Illustrated, and the publisher of Time Australia.

Hallett described Exeter as “the best break I got in my life” in a spring 1997 Bulletin profile. His connection with Exeter extends over three generations, from his father, Bruce II ’40, to his daughter, Cleary ’02. Bruce and his wife, Debbie, have five children and live in Londonderry, Vermont. Hallet earned his bachelor’s degree in English from Princeton University and joined Time’s Financial Planning Department in 1980, following his graduation from Columbia Business School. He is the current class president and a committee member and technology panel member for his 30th reunion.

Chuck Harris has been a general partner of Goldman, Sachs and Co. since 1988, having worked in the corporate finance department since 1980. He has held senior account responsibility for a number of the firm’s client relationships, in addition to serving at various times as head of global investment banking division recruiting and as a member of the firm’s Diversity and Commitments committees. In late 1996, he became a limited partner, ceasing active employment at the firm in order to pursue a number of interests in the not-for-profit sector.

Harris serves as chairman of the board of directors of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, Inc., which administers the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards and several other recognition programs focused on secondary school students. He is a trustee of the New Canaan Country School, New Canaan, Connecticut; a director of the Horizons Student Enrichment Program; and active in alumni affairs of Harvard University.

A graduate of Harvard College, he attended the Sloan School of Management, MIT, as a member of the accelerated master’s program, earning his S.M. in management with a finance concentration in 1980. Harris lives in Darien, Connecticut, with his wife, Susan Kaufmann, and their twin sons, Alex and Rob.

Melissa Connolly Orlov ’77 is the president and owner of Strategic Marketing Partners, a small Chicago marketing strategy consulting firm. She has spent most of her career in Chicago, first as an account executive and account supervisor with Tatham, Laird & Kudner Advertising and then as vice president and account supervisor at Cramer Krasselt Advertising, where she was responsible for business with John Nuveen & Company, an account she continues to manage.

Since moving to Orinda, California, with husband George and children Katrina, 8, and Alexander, 5, she has been on a work sabbatical to “manage family assets” (otherwise known as kids) and is having a great deal of fun being more thoroughly intertwined with her children’s lives and pursuing the interests for which she has never had time.

In 1982 she earned an A.B. from Harvard where she majored in art history and sang in the Radcliffe Choral Society and with the Collegium Musicum. At Exeter, she was simultaneously president of the orchestra and chorus in her senior year.

Since graduating from the Academy, she has served Exeter in a number of capacities, including class agent and class president. She currently chairs the Alumni/ae Relations Committee of the General Alumni/ae Association.

Case Award

In June, Phillips Exeter Academy won the 1999 CASE (Council for the Advancement and Support of Education) Circle of Excellence Award in educational fund raising. This award recognizes schools, colleges and universities across the country that have demonstrated superior programming in both alumni/ae programs and fund-raising achievements. “This award takes into consideration all of Exeter’s external relations programs over the last three years and speaks volumes about the depth and breadth of our alumni/ae and parent commitment to keep the Harkness method of teaching the cornerstone of an Exeter education. On behalf of the school community, we thank everyone who participated to make this award possible, ” said Jim Theisen, director of alumni/ae affairs and development.

Wells Kerr House Hits the Road

As the Academy’s original four-room schoolhouse, now the Wells Kerr House, moved one quarter-mile down Tan Lane to Elliot Street, Bob Kief expressed the thought that was on everybody’s mind. “We’re preserving a part of our history,” said Kief, assistant director of the facilities management department and project leader for the move. “This house has both sentimental and historical value.”

The Wells Kerr House was relocated to Elliot Street to make room for the new $38 million, 73,000-square-foot science center being constructed on its former site; the move marked the third time the landmark building has been moved in its 216-year history.

The actual move took just two hours, early (5 a.m.) on the morning of June 27, and it seemed a festive occasion for the nearly 200 onlookers who arose early to witness the house being pulled to its new location on Elliot Street. It now resides between two faculty residences and behind Dunbar Hall.

Jack and Susan Herney, who currently live in the house, were in attendance as were many neighbors, faculty, former faculty, and friends. “It’s a wonderful house to live in,” Herney said of the house that was built in 1783 and accommodated 56 students in four recitation rooms (each with its own fireplace).

By 1794, the Academy had outgrown the simple schoolhouse and the structure was moved a mile away and used as a farmhouse. In 1916, it was moved to Tan Lane and used as a faculty club. Since 1944, it has been used as a faculty residence. In 1953 an ell was added to the rear of the structure, and it was officially named the Wells Kerr House, in honor of Edwin Silas Wells Kerr (Dean, 1930–1953), upon his retirement.

Faculty Prizes

Each spring the Academy honors members of the faculty with awards from various funds. Below are those recognized in 1998-1999.

Brown Family Faculty Fund	Radford Faculty Fellowship Fund	George S. Heyer Jr. ’48 Teaching Fund	Charles E. Ryberg Teaching Fund	Dormitory Adviser Award	Class of 1964 Awards
Kathleen D. Curwen, Instructor in Science Andrew W. Hertig, Instructor in History Nita G. Pettigrew, Instructor in English David T. Swift, Instructor in Math	Adeline Aquilino, Instructor in History Eric S. Bergofsky, Instructor in Math Priscilla N. MacMullen, Instructor in Modern Languages	Werner Brandes, Instructor in Modern Languages	Carmel Schettino, Instructor in Math	M. Rebecca Moore, Instructor in English, McConnell Hall	Edouard L. Desrochers, Assistant Librarian and Academy Archivist Thomas E. Hassan, Dean of Admissions Peter Vorkink II, Instructor in Religion

Staff Awards

At the annual staff picnic in June, the Academy presented awards to the following staff members:

Blair Brown Achievement Award	Class of 1964 Award
Gilda “Jill” Devine, Children’s Center Cheri Davis, Summer School Alfred “Digger” Stanley, Facilities Management Lois Minnichiello, Dining Services Mary Mongeon, Facilities Management	Joanne Jones, Library Joseph Pepin, Dining Services Susan Clews, Alumni/ae Affairs and Development, Information Services Holly C. Brown, Accounting Charles St. Hilaire, Facilities Management