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Mowglis Memories
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Mowglis memories is a podcast created from time to time to share stories and interviews with the alumni and interested members of the public
Episodes
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Randall Gibson - Mowglis Man and World Explorer
Randall Gibson is a Mowglis Man who has led a facinating life, traveling across the oceans of the world in a concrete construction ship that is still afloat to this day, founder of one of the very first environmental institutes (Developing BioSphere Two) Ecotechnics and a member of the Explorers...
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Erik Bernhardt: A Life of Confidence and a Sense of Gratitude
Erik shares his experience of attending Camp Mowgli for seven summers, starting in 1985, after being introduced to the camp by Brooks and Joanie Benjamin. Erik says he was a mischievous kid . . . not a bad kid, just mischievous. Usually, he was set right by counselors like Doug Merrill, but every...
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Caleb White: A Boy of Substance - a Man of substance
It isn't always easy to follow an older brother at Mowglis but Caleb says his relationship with his brother George was even better at Mowglis than at home in New York City. George looked out for him for the one year when their camper experiences overlapped, and Caleb jumped in with both feet and...
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James "Jim" Beckford - A Witness to Mowglis' Historic Transition from Private to Non-Profit
Jim Beckford came to Mowglis in 1953 and graduated from the Den in 1956. Though he was the first of the Beckfrd family to come to Mowglis, the family has, since then, developed a long and distinguished history with Mowglis. Jim's brother Joe played a critical role in the transition from Colonel...
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Eric Adell - A Mowglis Man and a Contro-King
Eric Adell - A Mowglis Man and a Contro-King. Somewhere, in the deepest, dankest, corner of the underground that is the crawlspace of Graybrothers Hall is a spot where Eric Adell, Dan Lincoln and Tom Sculco crouched next to one another, rubbing their hands and plotting about how and when they…
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Danforth "Dan" Lincoln: "You DO need a weatherman (or a Blue Ribbon) to know which way the wind blows!"
Dan Lincoln first came to Mowglis because his dad, Ed Lincoln had been the Watermaster at Mowglis and brought Dan on a trip to see Mowglis and to take a few slides down Soup Bowl Glide in Groton. His dad only had to ask once if he thought he might like to come to Mowglis, he was a yes from the...
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Franklin Williams Jr. : Keeping Mowglis in his Heart and his Axe nearby
"Frank" Williams and his wife Nandi are among the newest members of the Holt Elwell Memorial Foundation. Frank came to Mowglis in 1979 from his home in Philadelphia. He cried himself to sleep his very first night at Mowglis because he was afraid that he wouldn't be happy here . . . he cried…
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Bartolo Governanti: The Evolution of a Teacher, Coach & Mentor - Mowglis Director of Alumni Relations
The Evolution of a Teacher, Coach & Mentor Mowglis Director of Alumni Relations As a Cub at Mowglis, he was known as Bart and many years later, when he returned to Mowglis on the staff he had grown into his full name Bartolo - more than a mouthful for those of us who had referred to him by his...
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Jay Gulitti Wears Many Hats
Since joining the full-time team at Mowglis Jay Gulitti has been challenged again and again and he always seems equal to the challenge. In this podcast we review some of the highlights.
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Ep 112 Double Emmys on his Trail from Mowglis mark Jordan Kranis' Path
Ep 112 Double Emmys on his Trail from Mowglis mark Jordan Kranis' Path Jordan came to Mowglis as a Cub in 1980, joining his brother Andrew who was in Toomai. He quickly established himself as a friendly and capable fellow and would continue on through the Mowglis program graduating in 1985 and...
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Good Hunting and Clear Skies: Mark Popinchalk Touches Down at the Hayden Planetarium.
Some folks would say that Mowglis is in the DNA of the Popinchalk family. Mark Popinchalk came to Mowglis as a member of the staff in 2011 and while also working his way through a degree in astrophysics, he returned for two additional summers. Growing up as a boy of the world, living in many...
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Nick Robbins: Celebrating a Decade at Mowglis Helm
Nick Robbins has been at the helm at Mowglis now for a decade and what a decade it has been. When Nick began his tenure Mowglis had fewer than half the campers considered to constitute a full camp, today Mowglis is looking full and robust heading into the 2024 summer. In this episode, Nick shares...
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Jay Kranis - A Mowglis Brother by Choice
It is said that we humans have two families, those into which we are born and those whom we choose. Holiday tables are filled with the families we choose, and who choose us, and express the power of belonging and camaraderie borne of our free will and affections. Often times, these members of our...
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James Hart - A Heartwarming Farewell
James Hart: A Heartwarming Farewell If there is one name that speaks Mowglis over the last 50 years it is the name Hart. So you can imagine the pressure that James Hart, 38, was feeling when he was chosen to be the very first Development Director at Mowglis. Sure it was nice to have so many…
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Harry Kendall - Mowglis Memories and William Tell Moments
Harry Kendall came to Mowglis in 1965 and continued on every other year through Den and then a year on the staff. In 1969 Harry and Nat Hemenway set off on a day off intending to hitchhike to Woodstock but the best laid plans went awry and they landed at Hampton Beach after being told that…
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Ep 106 Baird Standish - Head in the Clouds, Feet on the Ground
Baird Standish came to Mowglis in 1969 and graduated from the Den in 1971. Along with his cousin Steve Minich . . . ok, yeah and Jr. Bender and Doug Beal among others His Blue Racing Crew holds a 50-year-old course record.
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Stephen Turnbull - Following the Environmental Trail
Steve Turnbull came to Mowglis in 1970 and graduated from Den in 1974. This coming summer will be his 50th anniversary and he's hoping to get as many of his dorm mates as possible to be there. He readily admits that living side by side with big achievers like Dave Cummings and Scott Frantz, Rob...
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Jim Kingsley - Turning Points & Traditions
Jim Kingsley has a remarkable catalog of Mowglis traditions stored in his brain and having been through several major turning points for Mowglis those traditions matter to the sustainability and continuity of the Mowglis experience. Jim Kingsley is a Mowglis enigma. While there is no doubt that…
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Ep 103 Greg Coplans: Way-Ho From South Africa to England to America
Greg Coplans came to Mowglis as sailing instructor in 1972 and returned at the invitation of Mr. William B. Hart in 1973. In those two years he captured the hearts of campers and staff alike, was chosen to be Blue Crew Leader and honored with selection as the staff member on the Mount Washington...
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Fabian Carlos Guhl - From Germany to Mowglis and Back Again
Fabian Carlos Guhl came to Mowglis for the Summer of 2002 as a windsurfing instructor and waterfront staff. During the course of only one summer he found himself transformed into a member of the pack and he has stayed in touch ever since then and carried Mowglis in his heart. After a very…
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EP 101 Adrian West from Red Racing Crew to Henley and beyond!
Adrian West came to Mowglis in 1985 in Cubs and remained through the Den in 1980 and was staff one year in 1981. His grandfather Charles Bird had attended in the mid-1930s where he had been friends with Wah Pah Nah Yah - W Richard West Sr. His uncle Matt Bird was also a member of the Staff in…
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Andrew Berkey: What the Trip Program Tells us about Mowglis
Andrew Berkey came to Mowglis in 2000 in Baloo and was in the Den of 2003. He rose to be Tripmaster at Mowglis and much of our discussion focuses on the challenges of running the trip department at Mowglis and the goals of the program that drive it.
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EP 99 Jeff Shaw: The Quiet Power of Example & Competence
EP 99 Jeff Shaw: The Quiet Power of Example & Competence Listen here: Watch on YouTube Show Notes: https://mowglismemories.blogspot.com/2023/08/ep-99-jeff-shaw-quiet-power-of-example.html Jeff came in 1977 as Crew coach, recruited by Mr. William B Hart Sr with an interview conducted by Assistant...
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Gregory Goss: A Once Reluctant Mowglis Man
"I don't want to go . . ." Those were the words of Greg Goss at his grandmother's home in Alexandria, NH only minutes before they would leave to drop him at Mowglis. The next day he rescued half his team from jail in capture the flag and became the hero and mascot to campers from Toomai to Den…
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Scott Gibbs - A Star in a Family of Mowglis Icons
Please note, there were some sections where we had technical difficulties with the recording but they do not last long and it's well worth bearing with them. Scot Gibbs came to Mowglis in 1965 for his Panther and Den years with a bit of a family edge. His father, Carter Gibbs, had been a…
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Bruce McKelvy: Master Civil Engineer of Toomai
Bruce McKelvy came to Mowglis in 1956 and had the good fortune of experiencing Moglis under Colonel Elwell and Darwin P. Kingsley III as well as John Adams. He has been a loyal Mowglis for all the years since . He says he learned about his ultimate career as a civil engineer from his dam-making...
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Frank Hubbard - Watermaster 1965 - 1966
Frank Hubbard came to Mowglis as the result of a conversation between his father and Bill Hart Sr. He joined Mowglis as a member of the Cub staff but in the next year Bill Hart Sr sent him to Water Safety Instructor (WSI) training and promoted him to Watermaster.
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Ep 94 Adam Billingslea - Two Love Stories Merge
Two Love Stories Merge Adam came to Mowglis in 2002 as a member of Panther. A Florida boy thrown into the NH Wilds he jumped into the experience with both feet and has never looked back. What he didn't know as he went through his two years as a camper and then a number of years on the staff that...
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John Harmon - A Career Course Correction for the Better
John Harmon Father of Former HEMF Board member Eve Bould Grandfather of Thomas Bould Den 2020 John Harmon came to Mowglis in 1963 at the Urging of former Tripmaster Gaius Merwin Jr. 1963 was the very first year of Mowglis under the watchful gaze of the Holt-Elwell Memorial Foundation and Mowglis...
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Jim Westberg - The One & ONLY "Iggy"
Jim Westberg came to Mowglis in 1965 from East Longmeadow Massachusetts. His parents had been introduced to Mowglis by the Punderson family. At Mowglis Jim was soon known by the most unique nickname: "Iggy" a moniker by which he is still lovingly referenced. Listening to the podcast you will...
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David Cummings - Blending Medicine, Science and Public Policy to Change the World
Dave came to Mowglis in 1967. He moved up to Toomai a year, probably because he had been in Cubs for two years and Mr Hart didn't want him to be bored with the routine of the youngest boys. He stayed in Toomai a second year to allow his pals from Cubs to catch up with him. He was in the Den of…
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Sergio Covarrubias - Mexico's Gift to Mowglis
Sergio Covarrubias - Mexico's Gift to Mowglis Sergio came to Mowglis from Mexico (City) in 1980 and immediately captured the hearts of both boys and staff. Akela 1980, Den 1982 It appears that he was the first Mowglis boy to come all the way from Mexico but many more would follow, a lot of them...
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Henry Coons: Leader, Teacher, Lifelong Mentor
Henry Coons is nothing if not consistent. Mowglis, Mullenberg College and the Avon Old Farm School where he built a legendary career at first as a coach and teacher and then as the Alumni Director. Henry came to Mowglis in 1965 in Akela and he was in the Den of 1967. His brother Tim came the same...
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Bruce Ferguson: Living His Best Life the Mowglis Way
Den 1982 Part entrepreneur, part philosopher Bruce Ferguson is living his best life in his hometown of Darien, CT where he grew up. Bruce recently joined a group of his fellow Dennites for a zoom reunion in addition to his reunion this past summer on the shores of Newfound Lake. At Mowglis Bruce...
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Mucking About with John Moukad
John Moukad came to Mowglis in 1969 and he was in the iconic Den of 1973 with the Goehring brothers, Charlie Feuer, John Fay, Bruce MacDonald, Gordon Marr, Jim Lynch. From Manhattan to Mowglis must have been quite a culture shock but he adapted quickly. John shared memories about Greg Coplans, a...
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EP 83: Jud Kendall Reveals the Truth about "The Full Walbridge".
"You're not at the top until there's nothing above you." That's what his mother told Jud when she took him to hike Prospect Mountain in Lancaster NH as a 3 year-old. He's loved hiking his whole life, so becoming a Mowglis man was just par for the course for him. Jud first came to Mowglis because...
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Clarke Wallace: Den 1982 Looking Back After 40 Years
Perpetual youth notwithstanding, Clarke Wallace - Clarkie as his fellow Mowglis called him - still fits his nickname. He came to Mowglis in 1979 and graduated with the Den of 1982. His family roots, however, go back to his uncle Byrd Davenport, the impetus for coming to Mowglis back in the 70s....
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Gaius Merwin III: How the Biggest & Strongest Camper and Counselor of Mowglis became a Little Buttercup
Emblazoned into the memory of every Mowglis, who were contemporaries, are a few images: Jeff O'Rourke or Eric Love as Bubbles, wife of Zep the lead Zamboni Brother and Gaius Merwin as Little Buttercup in a Jerry Hakes production! The mystery of Little Buttercup is finally solved as Gaius Merwin...
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E81 | Still Adventuring: Peter Stant
Peter Stant Joined the Mowglis Family in 1978, graduating from the Den in 1982. He came because his elementary school friend Bruce Fergusen suggested that he consider joining Bruce. Peter would go on to join the inner circle and stroke the winning Blue Racing Crew. Peter is a fellow who developed…
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Jonathan Feuer - True North on the Mowglis Compass
Jonathan Feuer came to Mowglis in 1958 - the result of a bit of serendipity when his mother learned about Mowglis from her perch on a dentist's chair. Pregnant at the time with another Mowglis icon brother Charles, Jonathan's mom decided that it might be the right time for Jonathan and his…
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Mowglis Salutes Richard Morgan
Depending on how you calculate it Richard Morgan has been a familiar face among Mowglis for 3-6 generations. More than any other Member of the Mowglis family, Richard has been a constant presence sometimes on a daily basis, sometimes for two or three weeks each summer along with nearly every...
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"Gung Ho" James Orr: From the summit of Cardigan you can almost see him dancing.
Jamie Orr (Den 1975) came to Mowglis in 1972 - a camper in Baloo - and graduated from the Den in 1975. Given the nickname "Gung Ho" ( we think by Pete St. John his dorm mate) for his eager and undaunted embrace of the Mowglis spirit and ethos, Jamie went on to row for the Red Racing crew, be...
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EP 77 Pablo Nieto - From Guadalajara to Newfound - The 2nd Generation of "the Mexican Mafia" Leaves a Mark
Pablo Nieto came to Mowglis in 1998 a second-generation member of the extended family of brothers, and cousins lovingly referred to as "the Mexican Mafia" for the way in which the family dominated the scene at Mowglis.
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Celebrating A Spectacular Den 1982 Reunion, Summer of 2022- Art Sculco Reports from the Field
Art Sculco celebrates his years at Mowglis but is more than a little bit wistful about the good fortune of Mowglis under the leadership of Nick Robbins. His 1982 Den reunion according to Arthur was even better than he could have hoped. He reports on it in this Mowglis Memories Podcast.
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Pablo Lloyd - Three Summers in Baloo?
Pablo Lloyd came to Mowglis in 2013 along with his brother Alexander. In the summer of 2021 and 2022 he returned as a member of the Mowglis staff, following in the footsteps of his dad Tom who came to Mowglis as a young camper and then returned to become a member of the staff. Pablo obviously...
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All the Way to Mowglis from Area Code 69148 - Singleton Bender Jr.
All the Way to Mowglis from Area Code 69148 - Singleton Bender Jr. Jr. Bender came to Mowglis in 1968 from his home in Piney Woods Mississippi. Mr. Hart had made a conscious effort to begin diversifying Mowglis and reached out to leaders in the African American community seeking out boys who…
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Tomo Nishino - A Quiet Competence
Dr. Tomoharu Nishino, “Tomo” to most of us, is the epitome of quiet competence. He’s always been that way even as a cub, even when he was playing “Hello Dolly” along with Ian Brown on the trumpet and Abe Unger on the guitar! (He’s also obviously a good sport - who doesn’t take himself too...
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Tom Lloyd - The Winding Road to Mowglis Spirit
Mowglis Memories Podcast The Winding Road to Mowglis Spirit A Conversation with Tom Lloyd 1982-84, Staff and crew coach 1993, Trustee - Holt Elwell Memorial Foundation Tom came to Mowglis in 1982 with his best friend from elementary school Michael Lampson and he remained through his Toomai year....
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Al Reiff - Joe Mowglis Meets Mr. Chips
Al Reiff is a name that spans a lot of time at Mowglis. The tongue in cheek title of this podcast really just ties together the Al Reiff we know and love and the long-time teacher of Mathmatics at the Taft School (38 years - though looking at him you'd never know it!). Al remembers his Mowglis...
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James Bradbury - Mowglis Leads to Climate Change Policies that Look to the Future
James came to Mowglis in 1980. His dad is Arthur Bradbury who was a camper and staff member including a number of years as Mowglis Watermaster.. James rose through the ranks to become tripmaster for 2 years. From his position today at the Georgetown University Climate Center James Bradbury takes...
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