Alumni

When Aaron Civale was at Loomis Chaffee, his Twitter handle was @SilentCivale17. He was on the quiet side, kept his head down, as he says, and went about his business. But he sure knew how to make noise at opportune times. 

Two Loomis Chaffee girls ice hockey alumni, Maddie Giordano ’17 and Madie Leidt ’17, recently competed in the International University Sports Federation (FISU) winter games, representing the United States in the event.

Catherine Monahon’s art class of choice as a freshman at Loomis Chaffee was painting. It was full. Catherine was put into a ceramics class. The 2008 Loomis graduate recalls being upset at the time. Ceramics? What is that all about? It was not part of the plan. Yet the experience would help mold Catherine, largely due to art teacher Walter Rabetz, who died in November 2019. 

A little tape. A little glue. Who knew? 

Pam Galbraith Meier ’79 did. The wildlife rehabilitator developed a method to repair shell fractures in turtles by combining aluminum foil tape with cyanoacrylate glue, also known as “super glue.” 

Title IX was still in its relative infancy when Mary Collins ’79 was the star player on the undefeated Loomis Chaffee girls basketball team in 1979.