Anthony Michael Covell – 50th Reunion Essay

Anthony Michael Covell

Date of Death: 3-Nov-2004

College: Davenport

(This memorial appeared in the January/February 2007 Class Notes.)

Anthony Covell died of cancer on November 3, 2004. His wife of 35 years, Natalie, reports:

“He was very well known as the founding director of Poole Centre for the Arts in Dorset, a large complex comprising concert hall, theater, cinema, art exhibition space, and studios. As well as hosting national and international orchestras and solo musicians, touring theater, opera, and dance, the Centre is the home of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Anthony left the Arts Centre ten years ago to manage a prep school together with me. I find myself left in the unusual position of owning and running the school now. Thanks to Anthony’s astute directorship, Yarrells School is a sound business that serves as the basis for a small flourishing and innovative educational establishment for children aged two to thirteen. Not surprisingly, our school has a very strong bias towards drama and the arts.

“Anthony maintained a passion for the theater, for sailing, and for architecture. He was a wonderful family man; our two sons and I shared his great interests. Despite endless, time-consuming responsibilities, he found time when our sons were young to be with us sailing in our boat or on long, adventurous camping trips all over France, or revisiting the USA. The boys enjoyed an idyllic childhood savoring a rich diet of theater, music, and the arts in general and a life by the sea in Dorset.”

Natalie and Anthony met at the Dramat and were married in 1968 at Dwight Chapel. She would love to hear from anyone who knew Anthony at Yale; her e-mail address is headmistress@yarrells.co.uk. Natalie is paying Anthony’s class dues, and your scribe thinks we should make her an honorary member of the class.