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Andover
Athletics
Hall
of
Honor
2011 Induction Ceremony
Saturday, June 11
4–5 p.m.
Kemper Auditorium
George B. Smith Jr. ’83
ESPN sports reporter
A 1988 alumnus of the Columbia
University Graduate School of
Journalism, George Smith began
his impressive career in journalism
as a newspaper reporter covering
general news for the Los Angeles
Times and later for The Oregonian
in Portland. Moving on to
television, he became a reporter
for KATU in Portland and WNYW in
New York, and then a news anchor
at WTNH in New Haven, Conn.
In the late 1990s Smith switched
from news to sports and was
the weekend sports anchor at
WHDH Channel 7 in Boston from
1998 to 2001. He then became a
news anchor at KHOU in Houston
until he joined ESPN in May
2003 as a Chicago-based bureau
reporter working on stories for
SportsCenter and Outside
the Lines.
“During my time at ESPN, I
have covered the Olympics in
Greece, China, and Vancouver,
as well as several U.S. Open golf
tournaments, baseball All-Star
games, and NBA playoffs,” says
Smith. “I’ve also reported on
the legal cases involving Kobe
Bryant, the Duke lacrosse team,
Michael Vick, and Roger Clemens.
Recently I was in Houston for the
NCAA Men’s Final Four and have
spent many weeks covering the
NFL lockout.”
Tidbits: Smith has traveled to
all 50 states except Alaska (it’s
on his list!); he still loves to play
basketball; he was inducted into
Oberlin’s Athletic Hall of Fame in
1997 (Division III All-America in
track—100-meter dash, 1987); and
he got married at Cochran Chapel
in October 2009.
Andover Athletics Hall of Honor
2011 Induction Ceremony
Opening Remarks &
Special Presentation
Abigail Harris ’96 and Dan Dilorati ’75
Announcement of Inductees
Abigail Harris ’96 and Dan Dilorati ’75
Keynote Speaker
George B. Smith Jr. ’83
(introduced by Peter R. Ramsey,
Secretary of the Academy)
Closing Remarks
Michael J. Kuta,
Director of Athletics
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Front cover: 1993
William S.
B e li c h i c k
1971
Bill Belichick was exposed to football at an early
age: his father, Steve, played fullback for the
Detroit Lions in 1941 and coached for 33 years
at the U.S. Naval Academy. Belichick became
a standout prep athlete at Annapolis High
School and has since been inducted into the
school’s Athletics Hall of Fame. His classmates
and football teammates at Andover in his PG
year remember him as being well respected
for his deep understanding of the game and
consistently strong performance as center.
Belichick went on to letter in football, squash,
and lacrosse at Wesleyan University and was an
inaugural inductee into the university’s Athletics
Hall of Fame in 2008.
to win three Super Bowl championships in a
four-year span. In his nine seasons as Patriots
head coach, Belichick has won 116 games,
more than any other head coach in the first
10 seasons with a team in NFL history. While
Patriots head coach, Belichick has participated
in dozens of community events in New England,
including the March of Dimes Walk America,
the Rodman Ride for Kids, RoxComp’s Reading
is the Best Medicine Program, and the Mayor’s
Cup Regatta on the Charles River to benefit
AccesSportAmerica, a charity dedicated to the
fitness of children and adults with disabilities.
Belichick was honored with Andover’s
Distinguished Alumni Award in 1987 and its
Distinguished Service Award in 2008; the school
declared a day in his honor in 2002.
Currently in his 36th season as an NFL coach,
Belichick is the only head coach in NFL history
1970 football
team; Belichick
is #50, center.
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Athletics
Hall
of
Honor
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Arthur R.T.
Hillebrand
1896
Born in 1877 in Freeport, Ill., Arthur Hillebrand
was better known as “Doc.” He was given
the nickname simply because his father was
a doctor. A standout athlete, Hillebrand played
tackle during his time at Andover and continued
with football at Princeton, where he earned
All-American honors in 1898 and 1899, his final
two seasons. He was captain of Princeton’s
football and baseball teams, and graduated in
1900. His combined record on the gridiron was
43-2-2, with the Princeton team outscoring its
opponents 1,089 to 44.
football coach at the William Penn Charter
School in Philadelphia. He later headed to
Annapolis where he was the varsity baseball
coach for the U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen
for two seasons. Hillebrand then returned to
Princeton to coach the Tigers’ varsity football
program for three seasons, winning the national
championship in 1903. That entire season his
team gave up only 6 points.
Hillebrand eventually moved to Waubay, S.D.,
and became a partner in Hillebrand Brothers,
a livestock company. He died in 1941 and
posthumously was elected to the College
Football Hall of Fame in 1970.
Hillebrand took to coaching immediately after
graduation and in the fall of 1900 became the
1895 football team;
Hillebrand is back
row, third from right.
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T h o m a s J . “L o u ”
Hudner Jr.
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Lou Hudner received five varsity letters during
his time at Andover and cocaptained his track
team senior year. Hudner’s speed also served
the football team well in what is referred to
as the “formidable gridiron machine of Coach
Steve Sorota’s early days at Andover.” Hudner
went on to graduate from Annapolis in 1946.
injured pilot who was trapped in his damaged
plane. For his heroism, Hudner was presented
with the Medal of Honor by President Harry
S. Truman in 1951 in the White House Rose
Garden. His was the first Medal of Honor to be
presented for action in the Korean War.
Following his tour with VF-32, Hudner held
a variety of training, operational, and staff
assignments. He commanded Training Squadron
24 (VT-24) from 1965 to 1966 and then served
as executive officer of the USS Kitty Hawk.
He retired from the navy in February 1973
with the rank of captain. Hudner later worked
as a management consultant and, from
1991 to 1999, served as the Massachusetts
Commissioner of the Department of
Veterans’ Services.
Designated a naval aviator in 1949, he was
assigned to Fighter Squadron 32 aboard the
USS Leyte. On December 4, 1950, while flying
F4U-4 Corsair fighters with VF-32 during the
Korean War, he crash-landed his own plane in
the mountainous terrain behind enemy lines in
an effort to rescue Ensign Jesse L. Brown, a
fellow pilot who had been shot down. Despite
sub-zero cold and having no tools at his disposal
except a small ax, Lt. j.g. Hudner worked bravely
with the helicopter rescue pilot to free the
1942 football team; Hudner is
front row, second from right.
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M e r e d i t h Hu d s o n
Johnston
2001
During her four years at Andover, Merri Hudson
Johnston played field hockey, ice hockey, and
lacrosse for a total of 11 varsity letters, and
was captain of the field hockey and ice hockey
teams her senior year. It was her second year as
captain of field hockey, which proved to be her
strongest sport. Merri was chosen All-Scholastic
by the Boston Globe in 1999 and 2000. During
her lower year she participated in the 1999
Junior Olympics as a member of the U.S.
National U16 Field Hockey Team; the following
year she went to Holland with the U.S. National
U17 Team. In 2001, the first year of the award,
she was named the Boston Globe New England
Prep-School Female Athlete of the Year.
most talented player we had, but she was also
the most diligent and most eager to improve.
She had the gift that only the best of the best
possess: she made all those around her better
—in every sport, every season.”
Merri’s field hockey success continued at Yale.
She was one of only two freshmen to start all
17 games, continued as a starter for all four
years, and was an honorable mention All-Ivy
selection for two years. In 2003, she led Yale to
the ECAC championship. Merri was diagnosed
with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in August 2005
and completed chemotherapy treatments in
March 2006; she then began training and ran
the Chicago Marathon that fall. Merri returns
to campus regularly to play in the mostly male
alumni hockey game and did so in 2011—not
long after having her first child.
“Merri’s talent was matched only by her
humility and work ethic,” said Kate Dolan,
her field hockey coach. “She was easily the
2000 field hockey
team; Johnston is
front row, fourth
from right.
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Athletics
Hall
of
Honor
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Paul Kalkstein
1961
36-year tenure he coached all six interscholastic
basketball teams—boys’ and girls’. Given
Andover’s extensive athletic program, coaches
are always needed—and Kalkstein set a
wonderful example by his continual willingness
to coach both genders at all levels. From 1984
to 1990, he served as athletic director and
was the force behind utilizing technology to
organize the program and maximize scheduling
and staffing efficiency. Upon retirement from
the classroom and the playing fields in 2006,
Kalkstein continued his role as an educator and
started “AndoverAgain,” an online learning
program designed for alumni.
There aren’t many aspects of Andover athletics
with which Paul Kalkstein was not involved.
He played basketball and lacrosse during his
four years at PA, and then went on to graduate
from Princeton and earn a master’s degree in
teaching at Yale. Fortunately for decades of PA
students and athletes, Kalkstein found his way
back to Andover Hill in fall 1970, joining the
faculty as an instructor in English. He promptly
signed on as assistant coach of boys’ varsity
lacrosse under the legendary Coach Hulburd,
who also had been Kalkstein’s coach. “In a
wonderful turn of events, Bob Hulburd became
my assistant coach for seven years in the
1980s,” says Kalkstein. “We had a grand time.”
Kalkstein continues to hold the record of 168
varsity wins, the most of any PA lacrosse coach.
“Paul was the ultimate teacher. He not only
coached students but he also mentored
coaches, including me,” said former colleague
and current football and basketball coach
Leon Modeste.
His coaching titles were numerous, ranging
from interscholastic varsity head coach to
coach of instructional teams. In fact, during his
1961 lacrosse team;
Kalkstein is front row,
second from right.
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Raymond A.
Lamontagne
1953
a school in Gabon, West Africa. A year after
entering Yale Law School, Lamontagne took
a leave of absence to join Sargent Shriver in
Washington, D.C., as part of a group of early
organizers of the Peace Corps. Upon completing
law school, Lamontagne joined the staff of John
D. Rockefeller 3rd in New York City and was
involved with numerous Rockefeller nonprofit
organizations. In 1987, when Paul Newman
launched his effort to build the Hole in the Wall
Camp for children with life-threatening diseases,
Lamontagne served as chair of the capital
campaign that raised the monies to build the
camp—and continues to serve as chairman of
the board to this day. There are now camps and
programs on every continent, and last year Hole
in the Wall camps served more than 30,000
children. Lamontagne also serves as chair of
New York City Center, one of America’s leading
performing arts centers.
Ray Lamontagne played multiple sports during
his four years at Andover, including football,
track, and baseball. He was a running back on
the undefeated 1952 football team that beat
Exeter 59–0; the entire team was inducted into
the Andover Athletics Hall of Honor in 2009.
In track, Lamontagne represented Andover
on the BAA Relay Team and took first place
against Exeter in the broad jump. In baseball, he
played center field and won the Coach’s Award,
given to the most valuable player. At Yale,
Lamontagne concentrated on baseball, where
he again won the “Most Valuable Player Award”
and was offered a major league contract
upon graduation.
Instead, Lamontagne accepted a Yale-in-China
teaching fellowship and taught English at New
Asia College for two years. He then became
a group leader for Crossroads Africa and built
1953 baseball team;
Lamontagne is front
row, fourth from left.
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Athletics
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Th o m a s E .
Pollock I I I
“four-with-cox” boat, which placed seventh,
and rowed in the winning boat in the 1965
World Championship in Lucerne, Switzerland.
He continued his education, graduating from
UC–Berkeley’s law school in 1969, and began
practicing law at Cravath, Swain & Moore in
New York City.
Tom Pollock was a rower and a swimmer
for four years at Andover. He captained PA’s
nascent rowing team in 1961 under the tutelage
of Coach Bill Brown ’34, who founded Andover’s
crew program in 1956. Pollock’s leadership
continued outside the shell in his role as senior
class president. Of note: Pollock did not officially
run for the office, but was a write-in candidate.
A plan sketched at breakfast the morning of the
elections led to his victory. (His vice president
—classmate and fellow Athletics Hall of Honor
inductee Paul Kalkstein—also was a write-in
candidate.)
Pollock was an active Alumni Admissions
Representative for Andover for two decades,
and his children, Heidi ’86 and Tom IV ’88,
are PA graduates. He continues to write and
practice law and most recently coauthored the
novel, The Rising: Journeys in the Wake of
Global Warming. Several of Pollock’s classmates
and the late Coach Brown wrote: “Tom Pollock
represents the very best of Andover leadership,
athleticism, and courage. It would be hard to
imagine anyone more deserving of membership
in the Hall of Honor.”
Pollock continued his academic and rowing
careers at Harvard and later was inducted into
the Harvard Varsity Club Hall of Fame along
with the entire 1965 Varsity Men’s Heavyweight
Crew (the first ever full-team induction). While
at Harvard he competed in the 1964 Summer
Olympics in Tokyo as a member of the U.S.
1961 crew team; Pollock is fourth from left.
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1961
William S.
Smoyer
At Andover Bill Smoyer excelled in sports yearround. In soccer he earned three varsity letters
and was captain of the team his senior year.
In addition, he earned three varsity letters in
hockey and two in baseball. At Dartmouth, Bill
played soccer and hockey, earning All-Ivy honors
in soccer and three letters in both soccer and
hockey. Billy loved team sports; he had a natural
talent and was known for playing hard,
but also for always having fun and being a
good sport.
1963
with book learning,” said Bill’s father, Stanley,
at the dedication of the soccer field. “You
learn a lot on the playing field—sportsmanship,
courage, and fair play—important lessons
for young people.” At the dedication, Jack
Morrison ’63, one of several of Bill’s classmates
in attendance, said, “Billy was a superb
athlete—competitive but always gracious.”
After college Bill served as a Second
Lieutenant in the Marine Corps. He was
killed in Vietnam in 1968.
Bill and his brother David ’59 left soccer
legacies that continue to be remembered
and appreciated by Andover soccer teams
whenever they play on the Smoyer Family
Field. “The soccer field has nothing to do
1962 soccer team;
Smoyer is front
row, center.
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