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Tony Wagner's Mowglis experience played a critical role in his life, helping him develop into one of the most important forces in re-imaging education for the 21st century.Over a lifetime of teaching, experimenting, and refining his ideas, Tony has developed a very cogent and imaginative philosophy about what educational models can be employed to create innovative and independent life long learners. Tony Wagner today is viewed as one of the most important thinkers in the field of education. 

George Hulme graduated from the Den in 1970. Greybrother, Mount Washington Squad, Kaa Award winner and one of the highest ribbon counts in Mowglis history. In later years he would serve as the President of the Board of Trustees in a very difficult time. Setting the stage for Mowglis' comeback under the able staff that the camp now enjoys. Along with George his brothers Jonathan, and Bruce, as well as Cousins Rick Hulme, Gordon Marr and Frank McLelland formed the vanguard of what would become a multi generational Mowglis family.

Tom Hazzard Came to Mowglis in 1981 in Baloo and graduated in the Den of 1984. He was inducted into the Inner circle as a Pantherite and chosen for the Gopher honor squad in that same year and Mt Washington Squad in Den. He was also Graybrother in Den. Tom grew up in Rye NY a member of the Howard family of Mowglis. Grandfather Barr Howard, Frank his brother were at Mowglis in the 30s. His Uncles: Bill Howard, Peter, Chris Howard also attended Mowglis in the 60s and 70s.

Part 2 of 2: Stuart Klein came to Mowglis in 1964 as a crafts counselor, recruited by Jerry Hakes from the University of Michigan. His last year was 1972. Famed for the floor to ceiling murals that he created for the Mowglis costume night, and his work restoring the Jungle house gardens, as Crafts instructor and later on Assistant Director to William B. Hart, Stu created a lasting legacy at Mowglis and has been one of the most requested interviews by members of the Mowglis family.

Stuart Klein came to Mowglis in 1964 as a crafts counselor, recruited by Jerry Hakes from the University of Michigan. His last year was 1972. Famed for the floor to ceiling murals that he created for the Mowglis costume night, and his work restoring the Jungle house gardens, as Crafts instructor and later on Assistant Director to William B. Hart, Stu created a lasting legacy at Mowglis and has been one of the most requested interviews by members of the Mowglis family.

With more than 16 books to his credit and over 400 scholarly articles and essays Daniel Dennett is a world renown philosopher and thinker. Dan is often referred to as one of the "Four Horsemen of New Atheism", along with Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and the late Christopher Hitchens. Yet he is distinguished by his modesty, humor and modesty. Dan says that he was first introduced to the notion of philosophy while attending Mowglis when a counselor said to him, "You know what you are, Daniel? You're a philosopher." Dan arrived in Mowglis in 1951 and began in the cubs but Colonel Elwell figured out pretty quickly that he was better off in the pack and within a few days he was a full fledged member of the pack, graduating in 1956.

Ambassador John J. “Jack” Maresca (Den 1951) In a conversation with  Bill Hart Jr. (Den 1957) we were told that “Jock” Maresca was one of the great crew coaches at Mowglis. Ambassador Maresca negotiated the Helsinki Final Act of 1975 as well as the 1990 Charter of Paris for a New Europe and the Joint Declaration of Twenty-Two States, the two documents that formally ended the Cold War. Ambassador Maresca was sent as a Special Envoy to open U.S. relations with the newly independent states from the former Soviet Union. He has also served as an Assistant Secretary of Defense. Ambassador Maresca has published numerous books, chapters and articles, and has lectured in over 30 countries.

W Richard West Jr. "Rick" to those who know him graduated from Camp Mowglis in 1957, his first and last year as a camper. He returned briefly as a counselor as well. Rick is the Founding Director of the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian where he oversaw the development and construction of the Museum. While Rick was not trained as a museum curator or director, he spent 20 years as a lawyer after graduating from college and law school, but he proved himself skillful in his new field and after the hugely successful launch of the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian the Autry was eager to snap him up. Now the CEO of the Autry National Center of the American West, Rick finds himself living in Los Angeles but still thinking fondly of his days in Albuquerque, Muskogee and Mowglis.

Bill Hard came to Mowglis in the mid 50s, the son of William B. Hart Sr who had been Assistant Director under "the Colonel". He was steeped in Mowglis history and tradition. He graduated from the Den in 1957 along with his friend Rick West (podcast coming next week). Bill Hart is one of the few who was at Mowglis under the Directorships of Col Elwell, Darwin Kingsley, John Adams and his father William Hart Sr. He was also associated with Mowglis during its two most challenging and tumultuous periods. In the early 1960's it looked as if Mowglis might fall to the developer's bulldozers. John Adams was trying to sell Mowglis - which was still a proprietary company. A young staff member at the time, Bill witnessed the coming together of alumni and friends of Mowglis to save it. Years later, he would lead the Holt Elwell Memorial Foundation during a time of turbulence and enrollment decline to keep the campfires burning for future generations. Today, Bill understandably credits others on the board, many of the alumni, as well as our outstanding Director Nick Robbins and a stallar team of HQ staff for Mowglis ultimate success but without his leadership it is far from certain that Mowglis would have survived.

Bill Hart came to Mowglis in the mid 50s, the son of William B. Hart Sr who had been Assistant Director under "the Colonel". He was steeped in Mowglis history and tradition. He graduated from the Den in 1957 along with his friend Rick West (podcast coming next week). Bill Hart is one of the few who was at Mowglis under the Directorships of Col Elwell, Darwin Kingsley, John Adams and his father William Hart Sr. He was also associated with Mowglis during its two most challenging and tumultuous periods. In the early 1960's it looked as if Mowglis might fall to the developer's bulldozers. John Adams was trying to sell Mowglis - which was still a proprietary company. A young staff member at the time, Bill witnessed the coming together of alumni and friends of Mowglis to save it. Years later, he would lead the Holt Elwell Memorial Foundation during a time of turbulence and enrollment decline to keep the campfires burning for future generations. Today, Bill understandably credits others on the board, many of the alumni, as well as our outstanding Director Nick Robbins and a stallar team of HQ staff for Mowglis ultimate success but without his leadership it is far from certain that Mowglis would have survived.

James Hart (Den 2000) Director of Alumni Relations Mowglis: School of the Open (603) 744-8095 ext. 280 james@mowglis.org www.Mowglis.org Giving New Meaning to the phrase "Paying it Forward" in the spirit of Mowglis. Everyone who has set foot on the Mowglis grounds in the past 50 years knows that the Hart family has a storied history at Mowglis. The "modern" era of Mowglis was ushered in by James' grandfather William Baird Hart Sr. after the formation of the Holt-Elwell Memorial Foundation, Conceived and advocated by Joe Beckford and implemented by giants like Tyson Stokes, US Senator John Hines, Mrs. Helen Elwell, Bill MacDonald, and others. Along with William Hart Sr.n came son Bill Jr., who served on both Junior Staff and Senior Staff and went on to a distinguished career in philanthropy and Historic Preservation; Phil Hart who for many years served as Assistant Director to his father and was both the prime cheerleader for the Mowglis spirit, Mowglis song conductor, Iron fist of discipline and quiet friend to so many. James' father Jim has, in the phrase of Akela to the wolves at the council rock "Has carried the spirit of Mowglis into roles as diverse as Cub Leader, Kitchen Chef, Maintenance man and Mowglis Director. During Jim's early years on staff as head of maintenance at Mowglis, James spent his first summer, he refer's to as his "pre-Cub" summer, at Mowglis in 1993, at the ripe old age of 6. He remained a camper through his graduate year in 2000. With a hiatus in which he took some time off from Mowglis and in the employ of Uncle Sam as a firearms instructor, he returned to Mowglis in 2014 with new Director Nick Robbins. Today he is Mowglis' first Director of Alumni Relations and has taken the relationship between Mowglis and its Alumni to a whole new level with the complete support of Director Nick Robbins.

Luckily for Mowglis, Chris Phaneuf's dad - a pediatric dentist in the Boston area - was the dentist to the Feuer Family back in the 1970s and through the enthusiasm of both the Feuer boys and their parents Mowglis came to his attention. Chris came to Mowglis in 1974 one year after brother Jeff first joined the Mowglis and before brother Greg would also become a Mowglis Man. In 2006 Chris joined the Holt-Elwell Memorial Foundation and would go on to lead the organization during some very turbulent years. His wisdom, patience and love for Mowglis was a major force in the struggle to keep the Mowglis traditions alive.

Chris Kriesen came to Mowglis in 1974 and was in the Den of 1980. As a camper, staff member and later on the Holt Elwell Memorial Foundation Board he distinguished himself. A member of the Gopher Squad in his Akela year and three years on the Red Racing crew among other notable achievements. The Bagheera Society was the brainchild of Chris. A fitting tribute to his long-time commitment to protecting and nurturing the Mowglis spirit.

Perry Smith first came to Mowglis in 1968 and joined his brother Roger who was 8 years his senior and already on the staff when Perry arrived. He was in the Den of 1972 with Frank Mauran, John Mulliken, Lincoln Gamble, Chris Smith and a host of Mowglis icons. As a member of the staff he was assigned to the Cubs, after a few years in the kitchen on Jr. Staff with Chef Ashton "Smitty" Smith. In the early-1990's Holt Elwell Memorial Foundation Treasurer Doug Warwick, who had kept Mowglis on a secure financial footing for many years, despite very limited resources, was looking for someone who would be up to the task and he approached Perry. This was a particularly difficult time for Mowglis. Recruitment had hit a wall, related largely to huge changes in society that were drawing families to send their children to specialty camps and some other unique challenges the camp faced in the final decade of century. In addition to keeping Mowglis' financial balls in the air, Perry has been a tireless advocate for developing a strong financial aid and scholarship program to assure that Mowglis would continue to have a diverse group of boys from all income levels. His strong support in those years and since then has placed Mowglis on much more solid financial footing.

Tim Coons came to Mowglis from his home in New York in 1965 along with his brother Henry. Between his first year in Toomai and his Den year in 1968 Tim established himself as a leader at Mowglis including being elected by his Red Racing Crew teammates as their Captain in his Akela year. In addition to this he was on Gopher Squad in his panther year and Washington Squad and rowed on the Red Racing Crew after two years as a coxswain on the racing crew. He capped his year off by being Gray Brother at the Inner Circle Ceremony.

Dwight Newcomb came to Mowglis in 1960 and 1961, unusually, as a member of the Junior staff beginning with John Adams pioneering Yearling program that has restarted again at Mowglis as a means of creating a transition year between camper and staff status at Mowglis. Dwight was close friends with Jim West who was also a Yearling at Mowglis and the two ofthem paddled a canoe together on a long river trip from the Connecticut Lakes region all the way to Maine on the Saco River.

Show Note: mowglismemories.blogspot.com Jim West, a member of the Cheyenne nation, brother of Rick West (Den 1957) and son of WahPahNahYah (W. Richard "Dick" West) who came to Mowglis as a camper at the age of 11, in 1957. Jim was in Toomai and brother Rick was in the Den the same year. He returned as a "Yearling"/Junior Counsel in 1960 under then Director John Adams. In 1965 and 66 he returned to Mowglis as a Senior Counselor under the leadership of William B. Hart.

Jim West, a member of the Cheyenne nation, brother of Rick West (Den 1957 (corrected)) and son of WahPahNahYah (W. Richard "Dick" West) who came to Mowglis as a camper at the age of 11, in 1957. Jim was in Toomai and brother Rick was in the Den the same year. He returned as a "Yearling"/Junior Counsel in 1960 under then Director John Adams. In 1965 and 66 he returned to Mowglis as a Senior Counselor under the leadership of William B. Hart.

Phil "Jan" Greven is the grandson of J. Tyson Stokes - founding member, and chairman, of the Holt Elwell Memorial Foundation that saved Mowglis back in 1962 from the developers bulldozers, Jan, as Mowglis folks know him, came to Mowglis as a Cub-in-training at 5! Toomai in 1976, Den 1980, Mt Washington Squad 1980 with Tripmaster Wayne King and Assistant Director Phil Hart staffers, and stroke of the winning blue racing crew in 1980 under Mowglis' iconic crew coach Jeff Shaw and crew leader Leigh Goehring. Jan reveals the secret of Sucker straps on Mt Hight and remembers the near-religious experience of making coffee on a backpacking trip with Pete St. John. His sons, Will and Nate listened in on part of the conversation and chimed in when the subject turned to Charlie Walbridge. They are destined for Panther this summer.

Jonathan "JaJa" Hulme came to Mowglis under the directorship of John Adams along with his big brother Bruce. Over the years a steady stream of Mowglis Men from the Hulme family lineage have been at Mowglis but only one family, The Feuers has equalled their undefeated record in the Red Racing crew boat. That is the reason why, with leadership from Henry Livingston, and the craftsmanship of John Harkness, the Hulme family and the Feuer family joined together to replicate the Mowglis crew boats in 2003. Stroke of the winning Red racing crew in 1967 - his Den year - Jonathan Hulme is a quintessential Mowglis Man.