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Fall 2012
Celebration! :: W earing the traditional white dress and carrying flowers in vibrant orange (their class color), the graduates of 2012 shared hugs, smiles and tears at The Agnes Irwin School’s 143rd Commencement in June, held at Goodhart Hall on the campus of Bryn Mawr College. Page 22.
Contents Merging the Branches of Knowledge 10
A Singing School 16
Fall 2012 Editor Wanda Motley Odom Director of Marketing and Communications Contributors Cindy Hooper Bell ’79 Major Gifts Officer Meredith DuBarry Huston ’93 Clare Luzuriaga Communications Manager
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Maria McDonald Communications Specialist Michelle Trenholm Senior Communications Specialist Photography Katya Chilingiri, Shane Duncan, Clare Luzuriaga, Maria McDonald, Donna Meyer, Michelle Trenholm, Linda Walters Design Proof Design
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Features Merging the Branches of Knowledge....................................................... 10 AIS Breaking Ground................................................................................... 14 A Singing School: Choral Music Follows Students Through the Grades................................................................... 16 2011-2012 Annual Report........................................................................... 41
Departments A kindergartner received a lift of sorts from Head of School Mary F. Seppala at the May 11 groundbreaking celebration for the new Athletic Center, Student Life Center and other new structures being built under Phase IIB of the Campus Improvements Project. More photos on pages 14-15. All photos are captioned left to right and front to back unless otherwise indicated.
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Around Campus.............................................................................................. 3 Faculty News.................................................................................................... 9 AIS Athletics................................................................................................. 20 Commencement........................................................................................... 22 Reunion........................................................................................................... 30 Class Notes................................................................................................... 33
From the Head of School
Last winter, the Dallas Morning News reported that third graders at a local elementary school earned especially high scores on reading and math in the state standardized test. Ordinarily, such news would be an occasion for celebration. But when school district officials explored how the students achieved such an exemplary ranking, they were left shaking their heads. The students had spent most of the year learning only reading and math. Finding the path to academic success for all students can be challenging, but most educators would likely agree that students “cannot live on bread alone,” to twist an old, old saying. Agnes Irwin has long seen the value of an integrated curriculum, one that leads girls to learn about a topic across disciplines and understand how music relates to math, and science to literature. This fall 2012 issue of the AIS magazine explores the interdisciplinary teaching taking place in all three divisions, how teachers are making connections among subjects, and how students are benefiting from this 21st century teaching approach. Likewise, the article about our choral programs emphasizes the importance of the arts in a learning environment. Studies have shown that music training can dramatically enhance children’s spatial-temporal reasoning skills, the ones crucial for
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success in subjects like math and science. Similarly, art classes develop visual-spatial abilities, reflection, self-criticism, and the willingness to experiment and learn from mistakes. We have so much to celebrate as a school community, including the new facilities that are taking shape under the Campus Improvements Project, the final stage of a 10-year master plan to address vitally important enhancements to facilities. The new Athletic Center, Student Life Center, main reception lobby and main entranceway will bring unbridled energy to the campus. Don’t miss the pictorial spread featuring our groundbreaking celebration. Lastly, our alumnae returned to campus in the spring for Reunion 2012, and many were treated to a very special re-uniting — a “Now and Then” Reunion Concert by alumnae and current Bel Cantos. More than 50 former Bels came back to participate in the special evening, and their remembrances told the story of what membership in this distinguished a cappella group means. Enjoy catching up on all the happenings in the Agnes Irwin community, from Faculty News to Commencement, Class Notes and Milestones. We truly appreciate your interest in the school and your support! Warmest regards,
Mary F. Seppala Head of School
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AIS Lower School: Dolly gaul Day As part of the annual Dolly Gaul Day, students engaged in a wide range of community service projects. Shown here are students making dog biscuits for Francisvale Home for Smaller Animals, a non-profit animal shelter in Radnor.
kindergarten invention convention Students proudly presented their many and varied inventions, ranging from a “Handy Hair Helper” to a “Dog Toy Puller” at the Kindergarten Invention Convention. Pictured is Amelie Matuch, demonstrating her innovation.
Mexican Fiesta Boat Project As a science project, second graders created boats using recycled materials found at home. They then tested whether their boats would float.
The Laura Thomas Buck ’49 Pavilion was ablaze in bright colors in May, when kindergarten parents joined their daughters for a Mexican-style fiesta, with Mexican crafts, food and dances.
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not only annie Fourth graders ended their Lower School music experience on a high note with their musical revue, Not Only Annie, performed for parents and Lower School students. The scenery and murals for the performance were created by the students themselves.
baby chicks in kindergarten In April, students welcomed the arrival of baby chicks in both kindergarten classrooms. With eggs and incubators provided by Penn State’s Cooperative Extension in Delaware County, students observed the hatching process and recorded their observations in their Chick Journals.
Grandparents/Special Visitors Day The entire Lower School hosted grandparents and other special visitors for a day. The guests were treated to performances (in PreK) and participated in a wide range of projects and activities in other classes. Lower School students read to their special visitors.
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Around Campus AIS Middle School: meeting a civil rights hero Eighth graders who were writing their civil rights research papers about Congressman and civil rights hero John Lewis had the opportunity to meet the congressman in person in Washington, D.C., where they also met with Congressman Bob Brady and observed Congress in action. Shown from left: Camille Smukler, Sophia Lindner, Congressman Brady, Congressman Lewis, Sophie Gaddes and Anisha Mittal.
middle school drama Under the direction of drama teacher Ann Ramsey, seventh and eighth grade students performed Gilbert and Sullivan’s opera The Pirates of Penzance as adapted for the Broadway stage in 1981 by Joseph Papp. Choral music teacher Cara Latham provided the musical direction, English teacher Erica Novak supervised the costuming and publicity, and instrumental music teacher Ben Vaughan managed the set, light and sound crews.
pasta skyscrapers The sixth grade participated in an engineering workshop, given by Villanova University engineering students. In teams, students were tasked with constructing towers out of dried pasta, marshmallows and tape. The objective was to see which team could build the tallest tower. Students watch as their entry is measured.
Stars and Stripes Day Middle School students gave it their all at the tug of war — one of the many team activities at the Stars & Stripes field day in June.
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ST. IGNATIUS SCHOOL VISIT Medieval Manors Sixth grade students created three-dimensional replicas of manors from the Middle Ages as part of their Medieval history curriculum. Manor replicas were displayed during Medieval Night.
Second and third grade students from St. Ignatius School in West Philadelphia enjoyed a field day at Agnes Irwin, hosted by the eighth grade, that included games and refreshments. Pictured in front is Arden Berlinger.
AIS Upper School: olympic glory An Upper School student played an important part in celebrations for the thirtieth Olympiad this past summer, carrying the Olympic torch through the streets of Oxfordshire, England.
Gwen appling VISIT Former youth civil-rights activist Gwen Appling met with seniors in the International Relations and Middle Eastern history class. As a teenager, Appling took part in the Children’s Crusade in Birmingham, AL, in 1963 that led to the desegregation of Birmingham.
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Around Campus AIS Upper School: Church Farm School Concert The Upper School Choral Ensemble joined forces with the Church Farm School choir at the annual combined concert in April.
senior swansong exhibition The annual “Swan Song” exhibition of work by seniors in Studio Arts, Media Arts and Photography was on display in the Moran Gallery in May.
biotechnology in the classroom Using equipment donated by Parents’ Council, Upper School students spent the day exploring biotechnology with hands-on experiments.
WOMEN IN THE WORLD CONFERENCE Upper School students attended the third annual Women in the World Summit in New York City in March 2012. The summit celebrated innovative and extraordinary women around the globe, from Madeleine Albright, Angelina Jolie, Gloria Steinem and Meryl Streep to IMF managing director Christine Lagarde, Hillary Clinton and Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee of Liberia.
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Come and See
JULIE FOUDY
Captain, US Women's National Soccer Team (2000-2004)
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 • 7 p.m. • The Agnes Irwin School Julie Foudy, two-time Olympic Gold medalist, two-time winner of the FIFA Women’s World Cup and founder of the Julie Foudy Sports Leadership Academy, will speak at The Agnes Irwin School this fall. A staunch advocate for women and children, she will address how sports builds leadership skills for life. Her talk will be followed by a Q&A session.
Free and open to the public This special event is being supported by the Class of 1957 Speakers Series Fund and the Parents’ Council Speakers Fund.
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ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME Awards Ceremony Saturday, November 10, 2012 Laura Thomas Buck ’49 Pavilion Celebrating the fifth Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee Class, outstanding athletes who excelled on the sports fields and courts of Agnes Irwin and carried their passion for athletic excellence into the rest of their lives. For further information, please contact the Development Office at 610-525-6125. 8
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:: Faculty News in brief :: Bonnie Clark, Associate Director of Lower School Admission, graduated from Drexel University with a M.S. in Educational Administration in June 2012. Kindergarten teacher Melanie Slezak received an Agnes and Sophy Dallas Irwin grant for a trip to Beatrix Potter’s estate in the English Lake District in August 2012. Lower School nurse Lorraine Lampe attended the 28th Annual Advances in School Nursing Conference in July 2012. The conference was held in Philadelphia and was sponsored by the American Healthcare Institute and the National Association of School Nurses. After 33 years in the Lower School, Daphne Apostolidis retired from her teaching post in June 2012. Daphne has primarily taught second and third grades during her time at Agnes Irwin. She now hopes to spend lots of quality time with her family and friends. Lower School Director Donna Lindner said Daphne will continue to be involved at AIS by serving as ‘Resident Grandma’ to the Lower School. She will be on campus on a regular basis to read to the students, eat lunch with them and provide support to those who might benefit from such a person in their lives. Daphne will also continue to maintain the Lower School assembly schedule. Spanish teachers Corinna Segal and Montserrat Nomdedeu received a Faculty Growth Grant and worked on designing a Lower School Spanish curriculum over the summer. Both teachers also traveled to Spanish-speaking countries during the summer to speak with Spanish teachers and philologists firsthand.
Barbara Barnett, Head of the Modern Language Department, with the help of AIS alumnae Wendy Li ’11, directed a short documentary, Lucie Aubrac: Shining Light of the Resistance. The documentary is a tribute to one of the most important figures of the French Resistance. The film will be screened in Philadelphia on November 18 by the American Society of French Academic Palms in conjunction with the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Barnett (below at left with Li) also recently completed a documentary film with alumna Mary Beth Smith ’12 entitled Jean-Marie Lustiger: le Cardinal juif (Jean-Marie Lustiger: the Jewish Cardinal). Barnett conducted interviews with numerous French Holocaust survivors, members of the Resistance and Christian rescuers, met with Cardinal Lustiger while he was the Archbishop of Paris and videotaped his moving testimony. She and Smith used the footage as the basis for their film, which examines the struggle between good and evil and the universality of the human condition.
Opportunities.” The conference will be held October 12-13, 2012, at the Penn State Brandywine campus. Middle and Upper School French teacher Rita Davis spent 13 days in Cincinnati, Ohio, this summer at the Advanced Placement (AP) reading for the French Language and Culture exam. Davis was selected to be a table leader and assisted in the development of scoring guidelines for the students’ free response portion of the AP exam. Davis also taught three one-week courses at Goucher College and La Salle University on implementing and structuring an AP French course, and spent three days in Chicago this summer at the American Association of Teachers’ of French National Convention. Upper School photography teacher Katya Chilingiri (below with Bill Esher, Chair of the AIS Visual and Performing Arts Department) was selected as the winner of an Award of Merit at Images 2012, the annual fine art and craft exhibition sponsored by the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts along with Pennsylvania State University. Chilingiri’s photographs were also displayed in August at the Gross McCleaf Gallery in Philadelphia.
Middle and Upper School science teacher Jenny Hoffman is currently serving on the advisory committee of the Pennsylvania Earth and Science Teachers Association (PAESTA). Hoffman is involved in organizing the 1st Annual PAESTA Conference “Linking Earth and Space Science Instruction to Career
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:: Alaskan tundra wall mural by first grade students.
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Knowledge From math and music to Shakespeare and chemistry, interdisciplinary teaching has a central place in the AIS curriculum By Michelle Trenholm
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According to Edward “Wigs” Frank, Chair of the History Department, Agnes Irwin instituted a program called CORE, which integrated the study of history, English, art and music through various time periods into a single course, and was, by all accounts, ahead of its time. “We had a unique interdisciplinary program long before anyone else,” said Frank, who recalls history offerings as being very traditional at the time. “The school has been focused for many years on helping students be aware of the greater world and recognizing their roles in it.”
to be creative problem-solvers with a global perspective. At Agnes Irwin, the concept — known in educational circles as interdisciplinary teaching — really isn’t new. In fact, it is a practice that the school has embraced since the early 1970s.
In the wake of the Iran-Iraq War in 1987, Frank introduced a course on the Middle East into the Upper School curriculum. Frank’s personal interest in the war and the ArabIsraeli crisis stemmed from his previous experiences as a lawyer and international political risk consultant.
Frank wanted to engage his students in a sophisticated understanding of the Middle East by exploring the interplay between politics and religion. “Students are intrigued by the many dimensions of Middle Eastern studies. For example, students tend to feel a kinship for girls their own age in other geo-political regions we study, where traditions and freedoms are vastly different from their own. In addition to learning about the Middle East, students also reflect on the domestic impact of events emanating from this region of the world. Given 9/11 and its aftermath, students are very focused on the continued debate regarding the balance between individual civil liberties and the collective security of the United States. As a historian, I believe that people can’t understand what’s happening right now without knowing the history,” Frank said. Connecting disciplines is a teaching methodology that Donna Lindner, Director of Lower School, says The Agnes Irwin School is steadily exploring in order to determine the maximum benefits for girls. “I think that interdisciplinary learning fosters a student who is more meta-cognitively aware of how to use what she knows,” said Lindner. “A student who has the ability to view an assignment and creatively apply the information or skills she has mastered (or even those she hasn’t), is a student who will be primed for success as she goes forward in education.” Middle and Upper School English teacher Erica Novak has found the concept refreshing and useful in her classroom. In a time when technology has rapidly changed the ways students think, communicate and process information, content knowledge is less important for 21st century learning than skill development, Novak believes. “The model of the expert teacher imparting knowledge is less relevant to today’s students than the mentor
:: F ourth grade students constructed giant floor maps to illustrate the geography of the states they studied for the Regions Fair. Pictured (l-r) are Lower School students who researched the Midwest region of the United States.
teacher supporting experiential learning,” said Novak. “The sooner students can see how applicable the skills from one subject are to another, the better equipped they will be to solve problems creatively and draw on all their knowledge collectively in real-world situations.” Novak is an emphatic believer in “thinking outside the box,” and in employing creative approaches to show students that skills learned in one discipline can be applied in another discipline. At first, seventh and eighth grade students might be surprised when their history teacher asks them to use the paragraph structure they learned in English class when writing an essay, Novak said, or when activities in a science lab call for use of recently learned math skills. But Novak sees the enduring benefits of “unboxing” education for students. “I try to include interdisciplinary thinking and learning in my class on a regular basis. Students sketch scenes described in books, I reference Latin whenever possible, we figure out how to understand money in a particular place and time whenever possible,
we find out more about historical allusions…” Novak explained. “In my ninth grade class, we drew a scale model of a boat on the floor of my classroom in order to better understand setting, dimensions, and the math and physics mentioned in the text.” An interdisciplinary initiative that occurs in the fall of eighth grade is the study of immigration through Ellis Island, with students examining the period through multiple lenses. “Spanning a number of weeks, students read literature about 19th and 20th century America, understand the draw of the United States, examine the resources, geography and geology of Manhattan and the surrounding area, and discover the challenges that faced the diverse range of immigrants (e.g. housing),” said Middle School Director Lynne Myavec. “Ultimately, teachers of history, science, English and the arts all contribute to this in-depth look, across disciplines, at this episode in our nation’s history.” Students participate in a scavenger hunt that leads them to iconic New York City locations such as Rockefeller
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“The school has been focused for many years on helping students be aware of the greater world and recognizing their roles in it.” Center, Carnegie Hall and Grand Central Station. According to Novak, the scavenger hunt prompts students to use skills from other subjects as some clues are in French or Spanish, some require math to decipher, and others use terms from science. “Students have, for years, been frustrated and uninspired by learning that is — to employ a cliché — a mile wide and an inch deep,” said Myavec. “Instead, when bright students have their interest piqued, be it about the Middle Ages, threats to our environment, immigration or the Civil Rights Movement, they are inclined to dig deeper. Interdisciplinary learning lets them do that.”
With the laptop replacing the notepad, and digital Smartpens replacing traditional writing tools such as pens and pencils, ingenuity and collaboration among teachers has never been more important. Fortunately for Lower School students at Agnes Irwin, the faculty has risen to the challenge. Last year, fourth grade teachers Susie Hagin and Pedie Hill directed the fourth grade Regions Fair. In an effort to utilize and blend subjects, the fair incorporated math, social studies, science, library research and technology. Once organized into groups, girls had to find common threads among the states of a given region. After they wrote a brief report
:: N inth graders use PVC pipes to play a tune in an interdisciplinary project that connects physics (acoustics) and music. Selecting a pipe at random, they measured its length and then used relationships in physics to calculate the frequency of the sound produced when the tube is struck.
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on their findings, the assignment called for a visual representation of what they learned. Twenty years ago, a visual representation might have involved a poster display or three-dimensional model. But today’s Agnes Irwin girls tapped a more modern medium to present their research — they created “glogsters,” virtual posters combining text, audio, video, still images and hyperlinks to share with others electronically. In addition, they used their understanding of ratios to create scaled floor maps of the United States to walk on, using them as visual aids in their presentations to visitors. Projects like these evolve, many times, when teachers find time to talk with one another and brainstorm, or simply when they know what is going on in other classrooms. Last spring, Lower School art teacher Trish Siembora learned that a unit on Alaska was part of the social studies curriculum in first grade. Siembora decided to conduct a study of Alaskan birds with her first grade classes. “The girls created a booklet filled with a variety of drawn birds, then formed their favorite bird three-dimensionally using papier-mâché,” said Siembora, who also supervised students working on a collaborative Alaskan tundra wall mural, which incorporated these papier-mâché birds. “It was exciting to challenge the girls to work together while developing and utilizing their individual interests and strengths.” There was a technological component as well, in which students researched various Alaskan birding websites, watched an online video of gulls and puffins in their natural habitats and listened to and imitated an assortment of birdcalls. “Girls need to learn and use skills and strategies that enable them to conduct effective research, collaborate, stay organized, manage their time
wisely, and know when to lead and when to follow…” said Lindner, noting that interdisciplinary teaching helps students hones skills in these areas. Echoing Linder, Myavec said that her experience in an all-girls environment has taught her that girls — at all developmental stages — enjoy being challenged and, in fact, gravitate toward instruction and activities that help them take disparate topics and tie them together. “The more we can make the learning our girls experience in all of their classes connect in the way concepts and topics connect in the real world, the more robust their learning will be.”
to determine the most effective way to market their plan. The challenge culminates in a presentation to a panel (their “client”) for evaluation. Bill Esher, Chair of the Visual and Performing Arts Department, said the program emerged from a recognition that 21st century skills were a musthave for students entering college and, eventually, today’s labor force. “Increasingly, major universities and corporations have cited the importance for them in selecting people who understand and can function in an interdisciplinary environment,” explained Esher. “The C21 Challenge offers this experience.”
their skills through courses such as computer science, an elective that culminates in a video game project. Whether a student is interested in software programming or simply honing her already savvy media arts skills, the course emphasizes digital literacy in a 21st century context. “At its core, the course provides instruction in the theory and practice of computer programming,” said Upper School science teacher Steven Grabania. “But it also emphasizes innovation, career and life skills.” Working in small groups to tackle design and problem-solving exercises, such as debugging software
:: S tudents produced video games in Dr. Grabania’s computer science class. Screen shots from left to right include: “Hunger Games” by Avery Crits-Christoph ’12, Lisa Williams ’12 and Briana Chen ’12; “Fantasy Worlds” by Fifi Yeung ’12, Mary Hahm ’12 and Lina Huang ’12; and “Jungle Adventure” by Andrea Baric ’14, Elizabeth McNamee ’14, Autumn Wedderburn ’14 and Clarissa Kuo ’14.
In Upper School, C21 Challenge — a full immersion, interdisciplinary program now in its fourth year — creates such experiences for freshmen students. Over a two-week period, ninth graders work in small groups to complete a new task each day. One of the tasks challenges students to create a marketing plan by producing brochures, documents and “giveaways” in an effort to attract a target audience to a specific travel destination — in this case, Philadelphia. Much like typical marketing professionals on assignment, students did their research onsite, evaluating Philadelphia’s staple attractions and analyzing the client base
By the end of the program, students should be able to recognize innate leadership styles and abilities. “Each challenge affords different team members the opportunity to play to their individual strengths ... a student who may not be very vocal but who works in a quietly methodical fashion, for instance, can inspire others and, through this action, find a way to complete a phase of their challenge.” Last year, one of the challenges required students to use their knowledge of physics — sound waves — to create a musical composition with PVC pipes. Throughout Upper School, students have the opportunity to further develop
programs, students are given a preview of the workplace, where unexpected obstacles inevitably arise. They learn the significance of collaboration and how, through adaptability and teamwork, solutions take shape. “In professional software publishing, most development is performed by a variety of teams, therefore, students in this course worked in groups of three or four and contracted students in Media Arts I to produce the art assets for the video games,” explained Grabania. “Video games are such a large part of their world, and this capstone project gives each girl an opportunity to be a producer and not just a consumer of the product.”
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AIS breaking ground Parents, students, faculty and staff, trustees and friends officially marked the start of Phase IIB of the Agnes Irwin Campus Improvements Project on May 11, 2012, when Head of School Mary F. Seppala, Board of Trustees Chair Ann Laupheimer Sonnenfeld ’77 and Campaign Chair James M. Buck III drove shovels into the ground on the site of the expansion. “We’ve reached a pinnacle at Agnes Irwin,” said Dr. Seppala. “For those who have been with us since the Campus Improvements Project’s infancy, and for those of you just joining the Agnes Irwin community, this groundbreaking marks more than just the start of new buildings and fields. It ensures the future of this great school by equipping our girls with firsthand resources and the kind of stimulating surroundings that foster growth and a balanced perspective.”
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1. Head of School Mary F. Seppala addresses the crowd, accompanied by student representatives. 2. The Middle School Chorus sings the Alma Mater, with Middle School Chorus director Cara Latham (left). 3. Lower School students were all smiles, as was PreK teacher Kathy Seaton, at the celebration. 4. Parents, faculty, students, alumnae and other community members came out to share in the excitement of the new construction.
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5. Trustees Jenny Kinkead ’84 and Rory McNeil (right), who chair the Board of Trustees Construction Committee, pose with shovels in the ground, along with Kevin McCullough, AIS Director of Finance and Facilities. 6. Ann Laupheimer Sonnenfeld ’77, Chair of the Board of Trustees, addresses those gathered for the celebration. 7. Dare to Do More Campaign Chairman Jim Buck (right) with Ray Welsh and Betty Moran, Honorary Campaign Chairs 8. Trustee Christopher J. Thompson and former trustee Stevie Lucas
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9. Construction has brought dramatic changes to the campus landscape, including a mountain of dirt that was excavated to make way for the foundations of the new Athletic Center and Student Life Center. The Athletic Center will house squash courts and rowing tanks, and the Student Life Center will have expanded dining facilities. Also included in the project are a Student Street, connecting the old building with the new; remodeled instructional areas, a new main entranceway for the Middle/Upper School building, an artificial turf field and additional parking. 10. Demolition of the old gymnasium occurred over the summer, but Center Court of the gymnasium floor has been preserved for future display. 11. With a large claw, the gym walls came tumbling down!
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Anyone witnessing the annual all-school winter holiday assembly for the first time can be forgiven for thinking they have been magically transported into a live musical. From the smallest kindergarten students to the exuberant seniors pouring out their class pride at the top of their lungs, everyone sings. Some of the songs are highly rehearsed and beautifully performed on schedule; some songs seem to arise spontaneously from the gathered crowd — the Lower School students picking up refrains from their holiday concert, or the whole school joining in with traditional seasonal favorites. It is a raucous, yet typical AIS scene and proof that singing is a fundamental part of the Agnes Irwin experience. Behind this dedication to song are two inspirational educators, Murray Savar and Cara Latham, who maintain a seamless standard of choral music instruction and creativity throughout all three divisions of the school and whose dedication is matched only by their technical expertise. Savar, in his 36th year teaching at Agnes Irwin, is
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responsible for both the Lower School and the Upper School choral music program. He describes himself as “the ‘musical bookends’ for many AIS students — teaching them at the very beginning of their years and at the final senior song at Commencement.” Savar, who studied music at Temple University, brings a unique blend of creative energy, humor and musical agility to every aspect of his job. Teaching at the Lower School allows Savar to implement aspects of the Kodály (pronounced “ko-dye”) Method, developed by 20th century Hungarian composer and ethnomusicologist Zoltán Kodály with the goal of improving musical literacy in schools. In the early 1980s, Savar spent several summers at The Kodály Institute in Massachusetts and in Hungary studying this method, which considers music to be a natural language learned best, like any other language, at an early age and with hands-on experience in the form of songs, games and movement activities being introduced well before theory. In practice, for Savar this means immersing Lower School students in music, from the PreK students who have music
Choral Music From Kindergarten to 12th Grade By Clare Luzuriaga
class twice a week, right up to the fourth-grade musical at the end of their Lower School years, which introduces students to the American genre of Broadway music. “The most important element of our Lower School choral music program,” said Savar “is that it is inclusive — every single student participates fully and equally. Music is an integral part of the fabric of the Lower School.” Beyond its inclusivity, the choral music program also “… serves as one of the most visible ways we live up to what we tell outsiders is a key goal for our institution–namely, to allow each student to find her voice and not be afraid to use it,” said Donna Lindner, Director of Lower School. “Mr. Savar regularly invites girls to participate in solos, in music class, at assemblies and public performances. He normalizes for girls the idea of standing alone, in front of an audience, and, as a result, it becomes second nature for them.” This past December, the entire Lower School performed in The Miserable Muse, an original musical written by Savar. Over the years, he has written a number of children’s operas and musicals for the school, drawing upon his considerable artistic talents as a composer and an arranger to create imaginative and original productions. As students progress into Middle School, Cara Latham
picks up the baton. A highly trained educator with years of professional performing experience under her belt, Latham brings her own unique skills to the next phase of the girls’ choral music education. After graduating from Oberlin College Conservatory of Music with a master’s degree in music teaching, she launched herself into a performing career, taking lead musical roles as well as chorus roles in theaters of all sizes around the East Coast. She furthered her credentials by earning a master’s of music performing from Yale School of Music. When she and husband, Ted, (also a musician and music educator) began a family, she decided to focus on teaching, and she earned a Doctor of Music Arts from Temple University. Latham, in her eighth year teaching at Agnes Irwin, beyond instilling good vocal technique and beautiful sound, wants to help her students “find some special feelings of power and self-esteem through their talent and abilities.” “I’m also hoping,” said Latham, “to let music teach about the beauty to be found within the natural world, within all different cultures and the human experience.” And this philosophy is very much in evidence in the Middle School choral music curriculum she has devised. In the fifth grade, students learn about writing lyrics,
:: At left, the Lower School 2012 Spring Concert. At right, fourth graders perform in The Miserable Muse, an original musical by music coordinator Murray Savar.
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The Singing School
:: Self-Portrait by Shaw Huston ’24
The Power of Music As a K-12 member of the Class of 1993, I was among Mr. Savar’s earliest Lower School students at Agnes Irwin. … His early teaching set me on the path to become a Bel Canto in Upper School. ... Coming from a musical family, I hoped that I might someday have children who also enjoyed singing/performing. In 2006, my daughter Shaw, then 16 months old, was diagnosed with auditory neuropathy, a type of profound hearing loss. She might never hear music. I was heartbroken, finding myself in tears when I turned on music in the car. Fast forward to 2011, (after two cochlear implants and lots of speech therapy) when Shaw began her journey as a kindergartner at AIS. I knew from my own experience that Mr. Savar would make sure that Shaw was an active participant in his music class, even though Shaw’s singing voice — beautiful and miraculous to me — is perhaps not the most melodic voice that the rest of the world has ever heard. Not surprisingly, she LOVES music class. Some of her biggest smiles in the Lower School drop-off line were reserved for days when Mr. Savar opened her car door. I asked her what she likes about Mr. Savar and she said, ‘I like singing songs with him.’ … Halfway through kindergarten, she drew an amazing self-portrait, wearing her cochlear implants, her mouth wide open, with musical notes emerging on the paper. She was singing, something I thought she might never do! Shaw may never be a Bel Canto, but having the chance to learn to listen to her own voice, to try to match her voice to the notes being sung by Mr. Savar and her classmates, is helping Shaw in her journey to continue to improve the quality of her spoken language — a challenge for any child with cochlear implants. We are so thankful to have him in our life!”
transcribing music and recognizing rhythm as they move toward the culminating event in the spring, the fifth grade opera, written by the students themselves and with every student performing. Last year’s opera, The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip, was based on a children’s story by George Saunders. Latham, in collaboration with theater and history teacher Ann Ramsey, guides the students as they put together the music and lyrics, and work out all of the dramatic gestures, interactions and staging. The students also create the colorful sets in Kathy Halton’s art class in the month before the performance. Said Director of Middle School Lynne Myavec, “The performance never ceases to impress and amaze me!” The signature choral music event for sixth graders, who have spent the year learning about Western music, is Medieval Night, where the musical experience is integrated into the sixth grade academic study of the Middle Ages, with students performing medieval dances, music and styles of song such as Gregorian chant. In the eighth grade, students in Latham’s music class choose a song or two from popular culture to arrange and perform. The goal is to have a musical performance experience beyond the vocals alone. Some students choose to learn and perform with a musical instrument for the first time, and Latham has the technical knowledge to help them, and, more importantly, the energy and enthusiasm to instill in them the confidence to move forward. Dejah Bradshaw ’16, who thrived in the Middle School choral music program, shared that she was changed by the experience. “I have always had a strong voice — I received that from my mom,” said Bradshaw, “but, with Dr. Latham’s knowledge of vocal and instrumental music, I have truly grown … and, following her direction, I have learned so much from the Middle School music program. It is wonderful and has enhanced my life forever. Middle School chorus is also where I found my best friends at AIS.” For students seeking to expand their performing experience,
– Meredith DuBarry Huston ’93 :: Murray Savar (left) and Cara Latham in action.
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The Singing School there are two Middle School choral ensembles — one for fifth and sixth grades, and one for seventh and eighth. A recent choral concert, “Reflections,” had as its theme women who have impacted the world, with songs about Helen Keller, Anne Frank and Marie Curie, among others. Moving into the Upper School, students who wish to pursue choral music reconnect with Murray Savar, who directs both the Upper School Choral Ensemble and the Bel Cantos a cappella ensemble. The Choral Ensemble is open to all students and there are no auditions. This past academic year, the ensemble had more than 60 members — its largest number in Agnes Irwin history. Students who have completed at least one year in the Choral Ensemble are eligible to audition for a coveted spot on the Bel Cantos. This approximately 18-member a cappella group has a well-earned reputation for excellence born out of technical skill and an intense dedication on the part of both Savar and the singers, who rehearse at 7:30 a.m. every weekday! In existence since 1967, the Bel Cantos perform at school concerts and at a variety of events throughout the community. In April, they sang the National Anthem at a Phillies baseball game. The Bel Cantos repertoire is an eclectic mix of styles, including a cappella arrangements of classical choral music as well as contemporary songs. “I think I speak for the whole group,” said recently graduated Bel Canto Catherine Miller ’12, “when I say that, through the long practices, early mornings and a busy concert season, Bels become similar to sisters, with Mr. Savar as our quirky father. Through Bels, the singers form a bond that transcends the grades and brings together some very different people who perhaps would not normally
:: Students sing out in the fifth grade opera, The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip.
have been friends. It has made me feel like a vital part of the community, as we have the honor of representing Agnes Irwin wherever we go. My high school experience would have been very different without Bels, and I can say in complete confidence that it has made my time at Agnes Irwin incredibly special.” From the first song learned in PreK to the school’s Alma Mater delivered by the entire graduating class at the close of Commencement, choral music plays an essential role in the Agnes Irwin experience, and every student has the opportunity to contribute her voice.
:: The Bel Cantos, with Murray Savar, deliver a rousing National Anthem at the Phillies vs. Miami Marlins game on Wednesday, April 11, 2012.
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AIS ATHLETICS
:: Champions Once More: The 2011-2012 Varsity softball team.
Reigning Over the Diamond Varsity Softball Captures Fifth Straight Inter-Ac Title By Maria McDonald
The Agnes Irwin softball team entered their season facing one of the biggest challenges any athletes can face — a new head coach and a new coaching staff. Instead of letting the changes get the best of them, the girls and the coaches worked together to form a bond that could not be broken. They committed themselves to working hard during each practice, and as a result of that dedication, the team won their fifth straight Inter-Ac championship. “The players came together as one and dedicated their time and efforts in becoming the best softball players they could be. They embraced the new coaching staff and kept the goal of winning their fifth consecutive Inter-Ac title in
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eyesight. The varsity softball team showcased their skills, dominating the Inter-Ac all-season long and ending with a successful record and another Inter-Ac title,” said Head Coach Laura Stott, who teaches algebra and pre-calculus in the Upper School. Emily Speakman ’14, along with the rest of her teammates, knew that their season would start out with an adjustment period. But they all had one common goal in mind: winning the Inter-Ac title. “Going into the season, our goal was to defend our Inter-Ac championship. After getting adjusted to our new coach’s system, we did just that,” said Speakman.
The Varsity softball team clinched the Inter-Ac league title on May 16 with a three-run win over the William Penn Charter School. The team came together during the seventh inning, when Georgia Fortunato ’13 got on base with a walk and Taylor Lord ’13 followed up with a single. Katie Wenger ’14 hit a double that resulted in two runs, which made the score 3-1. Finally, Alex Pew ’13 hit Wenger home to make the final score 4-1. “This season, we did not win every inning of every game. But our winning attitude made up for the occasional lapses in defense and offense, and as a result, we won the Inter-Ac for the fifth straight year,” said Georgia Fortunato ’13.
The entire AIS community is proud of the season that the Varsity softball team had in the 2011-2012 school year. Undoubtedly, the girls faced many tough competitors in the other Inter-Ac schools, but their positive attitudes and perseverance helped them keep the winning tradition alive. Coach Stott and the rest of the team are already looking toward the next softball season. “Going into next year we will set new goals in hopes of becoming stronger athletes and players of the game,” said Stott. “We will take the lessons learned within this past season, along with the positive momentum, and look to have another successful season. If we do what we are supposed to do as coaches and players, then in the end all we can see is growth and success.”
Crew The Crew Team entered 10 boats at the City Championships in May. Four of the AIS boats qualified for Finals. Pictured is the Lightweight 4+ receiving their bronze medals at the City Championships in May.
Memorial Field The newly opened artificial turf field at Radnor Memorial Field on Matsonford Road in Radnor Township proved successful ground for the Varsity lacrosse team’s first home game on April 17. The team won against Baldwin, 19-12. Memorial Field is the school’s first artificial turf field, and will serve as the primary practice and game field during the Campus Improvements Project construction.
CORRECTION: In the spring issue, the caption for this photograph should have indicated that teammate Janie Whelan ’12 was not pictured.
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Commencement 2012 Excerpts from AIS Class of 2012 Student Address Good morning and welcome to the Agnes Irwin Commencement Ceremony for the Class of 2012. My name is Kate Tocci, and I have the honor of speaking on behalf of my class this morning at this momentous time in our lives. It is a very strange experience to look out at you all, most of you familiar faces, and know that I am standing on a stage filled with my 57 other classmates, with the understanding that once I leave this room, I will no longer be an Agnes Irwin student. The comfortable atmosphere of the familiar classrooms and buildings can no longer act as my second home, and the teachers and friends with whom I have become so close can no longer
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remain my easily accessible second family. I look out at all of you today and I see parents and teachers swelling with pride and if I were to look behind me, I know I would see my classmates bursting with excitement for the next step in their lives, bubbling over with that unparalleled feeling of accomplishment and satisfaction at having completed our rigorous Irwin’s education. And I would see some who might be experiencing that
bittersweetness that unfortunately must follow this exhilarating leap out of our childhood and into our future. If I move past the familiarity of your faces and feelings however, I see an unknown path before me and sense an exciting yet completely frightening anticipation for the awaiting future. I have no doubt that all of us will grow and succeed in whatever direction we choose to pursue in life, but it is the uncertainty of what lies ahead which I think scares us all a bit, and makes this day of closure just a little harder. The Class of 2012 has always had the pristine reputation of being the “Angel class” — the class that all of the faculty couldn’t wait to teach and the class that the administration couldn’t wait to have at the helm of the leadership. We are motivated, inspired, and we always strive to be the best. We are confident yet humble, fun but responsible, and while fiercely
independent, we know how to work as a team. While I am not trying to embellish our grade’s qualities and reputation, it is just a known fact: 2012 has always been one of the good classes. Although we may have grown into a slightly more rowdy grade since that first day in senior homeroom back in September, as we built a giant cornucopia of school supplies during our senior prank and as the contagious disease of senioritis began to spread towards the end of the year, I am positive that our reputation still goes untainted and we will forever be remembered as this wonderfully respectful and motivated grade. … One of the reasons we have such a special bond with Agnes Irwin is that we claim the largest amount of super survivors that this school has seen in a very long time. Twenty-nine girls on this stage have been at Irwin’s since kindergarten, and out of a small class of 58, that’s pretty impressive. … A few months ago, I was asked what legacy I hoped to have left on Irwin’s after I graduated. This question startled me, and I honestly couldn’t come up with a response because I was so distracted by that word, LEGACY. All I could think about was the legacy this school has left on me, the effect it has had on my life, and the question scared me because I could not think of how any legacy that I passed on could possibly match the strength of the impact that Irwin’s has had on me. I am sure I speak for all of us when I say that I owe our school a lot. Academically, it has taught us how to read effectively, how to write persuasively and how to solve complex equations. It has demanded that we memorize the presidents, decipher the periodic table, translate Virgil, and speak in foreign languages. Beyond simply instructing us in our studies, however, Irwin’s has helped us grow into the confident, independent and intelligent women we are today. We have learned how to be
:: H ead of School Mary F. Seppala addresses the audience.
competitive without being cutthroat, how to push each other while remaining supportive; and it has helped us cultivate our fundamental desire for knowledge. We are eternally grateful to Agnes Irwin, and on this final day of departure, we would like to thank our school for presenting us with countless opportunities and providing us with a comfortable environment in which we could pursue them. Thank you to all of our teachers, for challenging and encouraging us throughout our years. Thank you for
making us understand and love your subjects. You treated us every day with equality and respect, and you gave us the benefit of the doubt whenever we were struggling. You always demanded greatness — and we therefore became great. … Thank you parents for making the admittedly expensive, yet undoubtedly correct choice to send us to school here. Over the years, you have zipped up our tunics and rehearsed lines with us, you’ve quizzed us on vocab and driven us to practice. Thank you for sharing in our excitement for our successes, for drying our tears in moments of vulnerability, for forcing us to go to bed when we were convinced that we needed to study all night long, and for always presenting us with the most valuable advice and for being the most exceptional role models. You have sacrificed so much time and energy for us. We love you and we truly cherish your love and support. Lastly, thank you class of 2012 — to simply say we have gone through “a lot” together would be a complete understatement. Since day one, we’ve experienced a variety of adventures, from sharing drawings on the primitive e-mates to traveling together to Japan (a trip from which we never returned). …We stalked Andy at Camp Kweebec, blacked out our teeth and rubbed dirt on our faces at Medieval Night, and we never forgot
Commencement 2012 Awards History Prize Mary Hahm Catherine Miller English Prize Elisabeth Williams Science Prize Evelyn Yeung
Classics Prize Greek: Christine Wusinich
Latin: Meghan Price Math Prize Lina Huang Arts Prize Alicen Davis
Phi Beta Kappa Meghan Price Modern Language Prize French: Briana Chen Mary Beth Smith
Spanish: Vivian Hastings Elisabeth Williams
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to grab our fiefdoms or the date 1066. We desperately tried to fit in as we decked ourselves in Abercrombie or Hollister, and we made some questionable fashion choices as we prepped for the Paoli Parties. We won the hallway competition TWICE (by going to jail and ending the world), and we defended our precious snack-time whenever it was compromised. We wrote and
performed beautiful and entertaining senior assemblies, and we had fireside chats at 3 a.m. with Mr. Frank after painting a mural of memories on our senior sleepover. We have fought and we have cried, but we have also laughed and loved together. We have welcomed in exciting new life and we have also confronted tragic death, but we have handled them together with such fierce poise and graceful dignity that could only be learned here. You are more than just my best friends, you are part of my family, and while we will all be going our separate ways next year, I know that these friendships we have created
The Mayans predicted that the world would end in the year 2012. I disagree. I believe that they were correct in thinking something significant was going to happen however. We are graduating; the Class of 2012 is entering the real world. We are going to change life as we know it because WE CAN. …
A Class to Remember By Michelle Trenholm
Grins were never wider nor eyes more misty at a graduation ceremony than they were on June 7 as 58 seniors, breathless from excitement, flooded out of Bryn Mawr College’s historic Goodhart Hall at the close of Agnes Irwin’s 143rd Commencement. Addressing the Class of 2012 was Julia Preston, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for The New York Times. She urged the graduates to make new marks for women as they pursue their education and their careers, as her generation did in the late 1960s. Preston, among the early ranks of female war correspondents, said there was still much work to be done in achieving equality for women in various arenas. “I am here to tell you where my generation left off, and to commend to you some of the more difficult tasks that lie ahead. I ask you to think collectively and to build institutions,” said Preston, referencing both the advances that women made in the late 20th century and the gains not yet achieved.
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are unwavering, and if we make the choice to continue them, they can and will last a lifetime. … I don’t worry anymore about having left a good enough legacy, because I understand now that our class has already left one of undeniable greatness and excellence. We have met and surpassed the highest expectations, and we have accepted nothing but the best in ourselves and in those around us. We have set the highest standards for future classes — and I think that is the most fitting and most appreciated legacy we could ever have left behind. …
“Think collectively and be ready to lead,” she said. “Amplify your voice, for your needs will be the needs of many young women.” The student address was given by Katherine Tocci, who praised her classmates for their excellence and achievement while at Agnes Irwin, and urged them to remember the great lessons they have learned both inside and outside the classroom. Among the national award winners were a Gates Millennium Scholar (Sadiyah Sabree), two National Merit Scholars (Lina Huang and Meghan Price), one National Achievement Scholar (Chiru Murage) and 12 Cum Laude Society inductees (Briana Chen, Mary Hahm, Victoria Hammarskjold, Vivien Hastings, Lina Huang, Catherine Miller, Meghan Price, Sara Price, Katherine Tocci, Maya Wilcher, Elisabeth Williams and Evelyn Yeung). In addition, nine graduates were recruited to play collegiate sports at their selected schools: Katherine Alden (cross country/track, Colby College), Margaret Chiumento (tennis, Denison University), Campbell Crochiere (lacrosse, University of Richmond), Alexandra Erixxon (crew, Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Samantha Neuber (field hockey, Stanford University), Mary Beth Smith (soccer, Washington & Lee University), Ellen Thorburn (field hockey, Catholic University of America), Emily Wetz (basketball, Franklin & Marshall College) and Justis Wright (cross country/track, Franklin & Marshall College).
Parting Wisdom Retiring Upper School Director Anne Weeks gave the following address to students at Class Night. One of your peers shared (with me) that something she likes is knowing your ideas can change the future. As talented young women, your ideas not only can change the future, they will. You are all poised to take our world to the next level, whether it be through your science research, your mathematical applications, your ability to write, to analyze, or your creative expression and problem-solving. Much has been written about your generation’s ability to multi-task. But, Seth Godin, international best-selling author, entrepreneur and speaker, would call you “restless.” Restless to dream, play, innovate, move forward and never gather dust. His advice to your generation? Learn how to learn. Engage the outside world honestly, generously, and make your dreams happen. He says “the connected world rewards those with an uncontrollable itch.” He continues by saying “please stop waiting for a map; those who draw maps are rewarded, not those who simply follow them.” Tony Wagner of the Harvard Graduate School of Education focuses on the importance of your intrinsic motivation. He believes that for you to become effective innovators, you need to develop your capacity for play, passion and purpose. Have fun, have downtime, daydream, develop a love for something, and then have purpose in pursuing it. Susan Cain, author of Quiet, also encourages you not to follow standard expectations. She comments, “We know from myths and fairy tales that there are many different kinds of power in this world. One child is given a light saber, another a wizard’s education. The trick is not to amass all the different kinds of available power, but to use well the kind of power you’ve been granted.” Tim Harford, columnist for the Financial Times, shares his recipe for successful adapting. Try new things, knowing some will fail. Learn that failure is survivable. Lastly, Steven Johnson, scientist and media theorist, will make all of you happy when he says “the most consistently creative individuals have broad social networks that extend beyond their organization.” So, girls, stay connected and use social media responsibly. These five professionals are offering the best advice for your futures: • play • develop a passion • have purpose • use your unique power • learn to fail • stay connected
Class Night Awards The 2011-2012 yearbook editors dedicated The Lamp to Connie McEvoy, Director of College Counseling, with appreciation to Dr. Edward Sacks, longtime Chair of the Classics Department. 1932 Prize: Emily Offit 1915 Prize: Katherine Tocci
I know I cannot wait to see what each and every one of you accomplishes for our collective future.
Martha Goppelt Award: Christina Styer Maureen O’Donnell Memorial Book Award: Meghan Price Media Arts Award: Randi Bellamy
1936 Prize: Meghan Price
Middlebury College Book Award: Taylor Hillman
2012 Good Citizen Award (From State Senator Daylin Leach): Grace Cook
Mount Holyoke Book Award: Carolyn Houlahan
AATF Outstanding High School Senior in French Award: Katherine Tocci
National Merit Recognition
Agnes Dixon Rowland Art Prize: Miji Ryu
• National Merit Scholars: Lina Huang and Meghan Price
Agnes Irwin School Choral Music Award: Carey Hickox
• National Achievement Scholar: Chiru Mondo Murage
Agnes Irwin School Theatre Prize: May-Lin McEvoy
• University National Merit Scholar: Vivien Hastings
American Chemical Society – Philadelphia Section Award: Elizabeth Miller
Photography Award: Caroline Brehman
Bradford Fogarty Award: Sadiyah Sabree
Princeton University Book Award: Alexandra Pew
Bryn Mawr President’s Book Award: Saskia Hargrove
Priscilla MacNeal Fine Arts Award: Margaret Howell
Carolyn Stockton Brown Prize: Libby Scattergood
R. Patricia Trickey Prize: Elisabeth Williams (Senior Assembly topic Underwater Photography & Scuba Diving)
Catherine Rieser Drama Award: Randi Bellamy Dana Goldsborough Award: Emilie Melvin Daphne Apostolidis Award: Janie Whelan Dorothy Haviland Nelson Latin Prize: Grace Alburger
Rensselaer Mathematics and Science Award: Christina Styer Robotics Recognition Award: Briana Chen and Sara Frick Smith College Book Award: Molly Shields
Dorothy Sisson Smythe Award: Lilly Wilson
Society of Women Engineers, Philadelphia Section – Certificate of Merit Program
Eleanor Ross Cederstrom Latin and Greek Awards:
• Honor: Meridith Pollie
• Latin: Meredith Pollie and Anne Scattergood
• Highest Honor: Anne Mentzinger
• High Honor: Georgia Fortunato
• Greek: Virginia Small
Sophy Dallas Irwin Prize: Emily Cyr and Alexandra Magnani
Harvard Club of Philadelphia Book Award: Georgia Fortunato
Stephanie Christie Athletic Award: Katherine Tocci
Head of School Award: Catherine Miller
Twelfth Grade Latin Award: Mary Beth Smith
Heather Thiermann Writing Prize: Karen Brown and Madeline Rosato Impulse Prizes • For Best Prose: Christina Wusinich • For Best Poetry: Alicen Davis • For Best Art Work: Lina Huang
Change is the future, and the future is you.
Margot LeBoutillier Aldrich Award: Ellen Thorburn
Jeanne Clery Award: May-Lin McEvoy Jean Farley Award: Mary Hahm and Meghan Price
Twelfth Grade Greek Award: Alex Magnani University of Chicago Book Award: Anne Mentzinger University of Pennsylvania Book Award: Meridith Pollie University of Rochester and Xerox Corporation Award for Innovation and Information Technology: Martine White
Lucy M. Knauer Modern Language Prize
University of Virginia Jefferson Book Award: Anne Scattergood
• French: Meridith Pollie and Libby Scattergood
Wellesley College Book Award: Margaret Howell
• Spanish: Sofia Rodriguez and Christina Styer
Williams College Book Award: Emily Offit Yale Book Award: Christina Styer
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Cum Laude
:: 12 seniors were inducted into the Cum Laude Society.
Lessons in Leadership
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By Michelle Trenholm
According to Lynn Laverty Elsenhans, chief executive of Sunoco, surrounding yourself with the right network of people is more than just a prudent social step. It’s one of the keys to becoming a successful leader. Offering seven firsthand lessons, Elsenhans, the former executive vice president of global manufacturing at Royal Dutch Shell, spoke to the Upper School on April 13 on the occasion of the induction of 12 seniors into the Cum Laude Society.
“The most valuable thing you have is your good name…your reputation, “ said Elsenhans. “Others will want to work with you if they trust you, and trust comes from one’s demonstrated character and competence.” Opening the annual Cum Laude assembly was Edward D. Frank II, President of the Agnes Irwin Cum Laude Society, who engaged the roomful of seniors with candid advice. “Here at Agnes Irwin, you are learning how to face challenges and solve problems,” said Frank. “In addition, you are
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developing a foundation of core values — honor, integrity, justice, an understanding of others…no doubt, your education is truly essential. But so, too, is careful consideration of what you choose to do with it. While you will bring superior knowledge and skills to any situation, it is your empathy and wisdom that will work to improve the human condition.” These six lessons complete Elsenhans’ recipe for success: select your life partner carefully; persevere; don’t be afraid to stand alone; surround yourself with the right people; take charge of your life choices; and, finally, don’t be afraid to take risks! Recognized for the highest academic achievement, the following seniors were inducted into the Agnes Irwin Cum Laude Society for 2012: Briana Chen, Mary Hahm, Victoria Hammarskjold, Vivien Hastings, Lina Huang, Catherine Miller, Meghan Price, Sara Price, Katherine Tocci, Maya Wilcher, Elisabeth Williams and Evelyn Yeung. The Agnes Irwin Chapter of the Cum Laude Society honors students who have achieved excellence in the most rigorous course of study. The society permits school chapters to select only up to 20 percent of the graduating class on the basis of superior scholarship.
College Choices for the Class of 2012 Bates College Daly Anne Johnson Brown University Avery Laura Crits-Christoph Bryn Mawr College 0 Devaki Ashwini Dravid Bucknell University Eleanor Jane Whelan Colby College Catherine Bell Alden Colgate University Courtney Elizabeth McGill Columbia University (NS) Sadiyah Sabree Connecticut College Kui Mondo Murage Cornell University Sarah Marie Frick Dartmouth College Maya Rae Wilcher Denison University Margaret Anne Chiumento Duke University Emilie Mabel Melvin ✷ Meghan Jennifer Price Sara Brittany Price Elon University Camille Perry Flint Franklin and Marshall College Alicen Marie Davis Maya Thais McNeal 0 Lauren Elizabeth Wenger Emily Deborah Wetz Justis Regina Wright
Georgetown University Katherine Grace Tocci Harvard University ❖ 0 Chiru Mondo Murage Haverford College Miji Ryu Lafayette College Emily Barbara Cyr Lehigh University (NSS) Liana Marie Prodorutti Massachusetts Institute of Technology Briana Kaying Chen 0 Alexandra Jean Erixxon New York University 0 Christina Elizabeth Wusinich Northwestern University ✷ Vivien Graham Hastings Pomona College Elisabeth Sung Williams Princeton University Victoria Frances Hammarskjold Rollins College Gabriella May Penaherrera Saint Joseph’s University Sabrea Lauree Fulton Ayana Monet Tabourn Skidmore College May-Lin Tirrell McEvoy Southern Methodist University Paige Hayley Chandler Stanford University Samantha Joe Neuber
Syracuse University Katharine Sloan Henderson Hannah Theresa Maicher The Catholic University of America Ellen Katherine Thorburn The George Washington University Andrea Grace Cook Tufts University Alexandra Grace Magnani Tulane University Emily Tyler Simkiss University of Delaware Nicole Francis Luff University of Notre Dame Mary Young Mi Hahm University of Pennsylvania Molly Elizabeth Becker Lina Huang Evelyn Oy Yeung
University of Redlands Helen Joanne Sayen University of Richmond Emily Long Bailey Katherine Louise Collier Campbell O’Neill Crochiere Cristina Nora Shipe Gioia Nicole Warden University of Virginia Carey Keyes Hickox 0 Catherine Elizabeth Miller Vanderbilt University Mackenzie Scharff Lucas Washington and Lee University Mary Elizabeth Smith National Merit Designations: ✷ National Merit Corporate Scholar National Merit Finalist 0 National Merit Commended ❖ National Achievement recognized
Agnes Irwin Graduates a Gates Millennium Scholar The price tag of a college education could be enough to delay even the most ambitious students in determining their next step after high school graduation. But for Sadiyah Sabree ’12, the decision was made far less stressful after receiving a full scholarship to the college of her choice through the Gates Millennium Scholars Program. Sabree is one of 1,000 Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) chosen nationwide for the GMS Class of 2012. From a pool of more than 24,000 student applicants, she was selected for her strong leadership, community service and academic achievements. The scholarship covers undergraduate tuition and all fees, and is renewable through graduate school if she decides to pursue studies in computer science, engineering, library science, mathematics, public health or education. “We are filled with pride to learn of Sadiyah’s auspicious scholarship award,” said Head of School Mary F. Seppala. “She came to us in her eighth grade year from Masterman, Philadelphia’s most highly ranked public school and a nationally recognized Blue Ribbon school. She hit the ground
running academically, producing consistent high marks as well as becoming an active member of the community outside of school. We anticipate great things from Sadiyah.” She is the second AIS student in three years to win the prestigious scholarship. Alumna Maiki Paul ’10 was the first AIS student to be named a Gates Millennium Scholar. Focused on diversity issues and aiding the greater community, Sadiyah’s undertakings earned her an AIS Student Outreach Service Award in 2009. In summer 2011, she was one of 11 students chosen to organize and execute the Tavis Smiley Youth to Leaders Conference in California, running a week-long program to get 150 students involved in leadership and service. In previous summers, she has worked as a youth leader at The Franklin Institute and a volunteer counselor at the Heston Edwin Elementary School. While at AIS, she tested college waters by taking sociology classes at the University of Pennsylvania and business classes at University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, while also helping in her family’s real estate business. During her senior year, Sadiyah was the president of the Black Student Union and tri-head of the Pottery Club. She now attends Columbia University.
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2012 Alumnae Celebrate their Memories Agnes Irwin was buzzing with excitement and smiling faces during Reunion Weekend 2012, with hundreds of alumnae gathering throughout the May 4-5 weekend. Reuniting with classmates and faculty members during their two days on campus, alumnae were thrilled to be back at their old stomping ground and excited to see the extensive changes happening on campus. A cocktail party was hosted on Friday night, followed by the school’s first-ever Bel Cantos “Now and Then” reunion concert, led by music coordinator Murray Savar and featuring over 50 alumnae. On Saturday, the campus was brimming with alumnae spanning the classes from 1947-2007 (with class years ending in a 2 or 7) — all coming together to celebrate their memories of Agnes Irwin and lifelong friendships. After campus tours and class receptions Saturday morning, alumnae gathered in the Laura Thomas Buck ’49 Pavilion for a luncheon and awards ceremony. Recipients of the 2012 alumnae awards included: the Class of 1957 (The Alumnae Award), the Class of 1962 (M. Penney Moss Award for Education) and Courtney Leimkuhler de Segundo ’97 (Young Alumna Award). Annual giving awards were presented to the Class of 1977 for the highest dollar amount raised (Sophy Dallas Irwin Award) and the Class of 1952 for the highest percentage of participation (The Loving Cup).
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:: Members of the Class of 1957 receive the Alumnae Award.
Alumnae Award The Alumnae Award is presented annually to an alumna who has made a significant contribution of service to the school in a volunteer capacity. Five years ago, the Class of 1957 brought their skills together to establish the Class of 1957 Speakers Series Fund. Their goal was to help AIS provide speakers whose expertise would complement and enhance the Agnes Irwin curriculum. And they have indeed done so. Their partnership in enriching the cultural life of the school has helped bring author Lisa See, educator/activist Lyn Mikel Brown, political commentator Cokie Roberts and journalist/author Steve Lopez to campus, as well as a special night with Newsweek editor Tina Brown in Philadelphia to inaugurate the school’s Center for the Advancement of Girls (CAG). The class members’ support of one another is admirable. Their dedication to the school is inspiring. Members of the Class include daughters of alumnae, mothers of alumnae and grandmothers of current students. They have planned reunions, 100th Night celebrations, volunteered at phonathons, admired art shows and plays, and cheered from the sidelines at Agnes Irwin sports games. As Ann Laupheimer Sonnenfeld ’77, Chair of the Board of Trustees, said when she presented the award, “Today, we cheer with enthusiasm for them and honor the spirit of the Class of 1957. They represent the best of us.”
M. Penney Moss Award for Education The M. Penney Moss Award for Education is presented to an individual whose commitment to and efforts on behalf of education embody and reflect the passion and spirit that Miss Moss devotedly exhibited during her years at Agnes Irwin. This year’s award was presented to members of the Class of 1962, who have followed in the tradition of the Agnes Irwin Alumnae Association, which was created in 1898 with the motto “Non Sibi Sed Aliis” — meaning “not for ourselves but for others.” The Class of 1962 includes women who are devoted teachers, scholars, lecturers, curriculum planners and professors. From teaching philosophy and humanities to undergraduates, to integrating technology into classrooms and shepherding dissertations, these women have worked tirelessly in the field of education and been recognized by outstanding organizations such as the Ford Foundation, Mellon Foundation and Guggenheim Fellowship program.
:: T he Class of 1962, recipient of the M. Penney Moss Award for Education, celebrates its 50th Reunion.
ALUMNAE Young Alumna Award
:: T he Young Alumna Award, presented to an alumna for her outstanding contribution through her community interests and her professional and academic pursuits, is presented by Wigs Frank to Courtney Leimkuhler de Segundo ’97.
Reunion Classes
:: M embers of the Class of 1967 show their spirit in their class color – red!
:: T he Class of 1972 reconnects at a reception in the M. Penney Moss Library.
The Heather B. Thiermann ’81 Young Alumna Award is presented in Heather’s memory to a young alumna who has graduated in the last 15 years and who has made an outstanding contribution through her community interests or her professional or academic pursuits. After leaving Agnes Irwin, Courtney Leimkuhler de Segundo ’97 attended Harvard University, graduating summa cum laude with a degree in government. After working for a few years, de Segundo went back to school and earned her MBA from Harvard Business School, where she was a Baker Scholar. In her professional career, she was recently promoted to executive vice president at NYSE Euronext. While her job keeps her globally focused, she is still very much involved in her local community and currently serves on the Board of Futures and Options, a non-profit organization that empowers at-risk New York City children through internships and job-training skills. She has also been a volunteer mentor with Big Brothers Big Sisters for 10 years.
Golden Anniversary Luncheon
:: T he Class of 1987 celebrates Saturday evening at the home of Mason and Megan Boyle Flinn ’87.
:: M ary Knox Tatnall ’55, Nancy Hill Lamason ’54, Margo Tryon Bennett ’54 and Julie Dill Williams ’54 celebrate at the Golden Anniversary Luncheon at Merion Cricket Club.
:: B eth Liversidge Fluke ’62 and Susy Clark Ogden ’62 celebrate their 50th Reunion.
:: N ancy Davis Rosan ’62 reconnects with Louise Roberts Stengel ’37 at the Golden Anniversary Luncheon.
:: The Class of 1952 celebrates its 60th Reunion.
:: J enny Kinkead ’84 (center) is pictured with her aunt Renny Parke Wood ’57 (left) and her mother, Jerry Parke Kinkead ’52, at the Golden Anniversary Luncheon.
:: S andy Keefe McMullin ’57, Kathy Fergusson Rogers ’57 and Sally Schoettle Randolph ’58 enjoy each other’s company at the Golden Anniversary Luncheon.
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Bel Cantos “Now and Then”
Sophy Dallas Irwin Award :: P olly Warren Coxe, Francie Emmons Rogers, Ann Laupheimer Sonnenfeld, Sydney Cruice Dixon, Ellen Van Pelt Jordan and Sandy Crockett Williams accept the Sophy Dallas Irwin Award on behalf of the Class of 1977.
Alumnae Take to the Stage for a Lively Repeat Performance
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By Cindy Hooper Bell ‘79
On May 4, more than 50 alumnae who once graced the stage as Bel Cantos participated in the first-ever “Now and Then” Reunion Concert in front of a large audience in the West-Wike Theatre. The evening opened with the 2011-2012 Bel Cantos performing four songs, followed by the alumnae joining them on stage for an additional five songs, including “The Old Irish Blessing” and “Carol of the Bells.” The big hit of the night occurred when both groups sang “Rolling in the Deep,” by singersongwriter Adele, with student and alumnae soloists. Under the leadership of music department chair Susannah Carter, the Bel Cantos a cappella group was formed during the 1967-68 school year — at a time when area independent schools were introducing madrigal singing. Music teacher MJ Peabody took the reins from 1979-1986, and then bequeathed the role to music teacher Clyde “Bud” Dengler, who supervised Bel Cantos until 1995. Murray Savar, who had been a teacher in the Lower School during Bud’s tenure, became the director in 1995. Savar was recognized at the end of the reunion concert for his service and dedication to The Agnes Irwin School and its choral program. There are currently 276 alumnae who span the 45-year history of the Bel Cantos. One of the highlights of the day was the afternoon rehearsal. Each alumna introduced herself and spoke of her recollections of Bel Cantos. Some women gave advice to the current students, and many wished that they could be back in the ensemble! To see a clip of the concert, visit www.youtube.com/agnesirwinschool. With the success of the inaugural concert, a second one is already being planned for next year’s Reunion Weekend. Save the date for Friday, May 3, 2013!
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:: 2 007 classmates Andi Lucas, Jenea Williford, Alexandra Greco and Alice Goldenberg mingle at the Friday evening cocktail party in the Moran Gallery.
:: 1 952 classmates Minnie Lloyd Robb, Wistie Winsor Miller and Jerry Parke Kinkead gather around an old yearbook at the Merion Cricket Club.
:: T he Class of 2007 enjoys a Saturday evening celebration.
:: L ynn Whiteley ’07 and Laura Ware ’06 are pictured before the Bel Cantos Reunion Concert.
:: M egan Boyle Flinn ’87, Brooke Norrett ’95 and Nina Flinn ’21 celebrate at Reunion.
:: S isters, Barbara Cauffman Hartman ’82 and Ann Cauffman Snyder ’72 at the Reunion Luncheon.
:: D eeDee Heyward ’63 and Stuart Dyer ’87 at the Friday evening cocktail reception.
Class Notes
Class Notes 1940–1949
Catharine Middleton Bond ’48 shares that her husband, Talbott, died last October after a long illness. She has decided to stay in their home although many of her friends have moved into retirement communities.
1950–1959
minutes from three of our grandchildren! I’ve become a docent at the Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park - a very special place - and we’re kept busy exploring everything our new state has to offer!”
Katheryne Kerr Fergusson Rogers ’57 writes on behalf of her class, “We had a great Reunion in May! After 55 years, the Class of 1957 is comprised of 25 enthusiastic daughters and parents, siblings and cousins, kindergarten survivors, current grandparents, members of the Laurel Society, a family who established an Athletic Scholarship, and many who are actively involved with AIS. On our 50th Reunion, we established the Class of 1957 Speakers Series Fund. This year, on our 55th Reunion, we received the Agnes Irwin Alumnae Award for our contribution of service to the school in a volunteer capacity. Thank you. We are very grateful for this honor and so proud to be able to play a continuing role in the future of AIS! See you all in five years!”
1960-1969 :: J osephine Chapman Borthwick ’54 with an orchid she has grown for 12 years.
Katherine Hempstead Humm ’55 writes, “Who says change isn’t a good thing? Bill and I moved to the Grand Rapids, MI area in late fall 2011 and couldn’t be happier. Condo living is so easy — we’re on a pond, there’s a golf course a five minute walk away, we have two extra bedrooms for guests and are five
Bunny Zug Huebner ’60 and her husband, Steve, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this summer by taking their two sons, daughters-in-law and five granddaughters ages 7-11 to a Montana dude ranch. Steve and Bunny met at a dude ranch in 1960 when Steve was a wrangler and Bunny and her family were dudes. The 2012 trip was spectacular: morning rides, afternoon tubing on the Blackfoot River, evening family volleyball, S’mores and Big Sky sunsets.
:: M argaret Mulford Bartholomew ’62 with her granddaughter Kaki McCooey and her puppy, Quincy.
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Class Notes Barbara Gibbons Beucler ’64 and her husband, Dwight, spent the last half of May at their condo in Vero, FL, and were able to spend another three weeks there in November. They were home in time for the holidays and then returned to Florida right after Christmas and stayed until the end of January of this year. “We enjoyed visiting with Jeanie and Peter Cook, who were also vacationing in Vero at the same time! We also attended Dwight’s 50th high school and college fraternity reunions last fall. Our grandchildren are now 11, 10, 8 and 7 - the two older girls are in such a rush to grow up! Dwight and I are leaving next week for Ireland to celebrate our 45th wedding anniversary, which actually took place in March! I am hoping later in the summer our extended family can all get together in Vero — it’s been several years since we have had a family vacation, but with the kids’ summer schedules it gets harder and harder to find a block of time which works for everyone. That’s it for news! Hope all of you have been well.” Hope Girvin Calabrese ’64 tells her AIS friends, “We have been proactively looking into life care places down here in Naples, FL, similar to Waverly, Beaumont and the Quadrangle, where my parents went. So on January 6 our house went on the market. The broker had a public open house on the 14th and the house sold that day! While packing, I did find my wedding dress and my two AIS blazers. Gave the wedding dress to Goodwill and put my white/yellow blazer and the blue one back in the closet. Why, I don’t know, as storage here is a real premium! Naples on the west coast of Florida is lovely and I wish I could lure some of you who have places or who come down in the winter to take a little time and come over here.”
getting to know this interesting town. Our daughter Cammee, her husband, Tim, and their two children are in Yarmouth, ME, about one and a half hours away so it is fun having them close. Mother is 88 and doing well; Chris’s parents, who are also doing pretty well, are 90 and 93. All three of our parents live within an hour of us so we see them often. I look forward to our 50th and would love to have you stop by if you are in Belfast. Jean Morrison Cook ’64 says, “I can’t believe it’s been more than a year since Laura Wheeler Golding, Daille Pancoast Sharpless, Sandy Blyan and Peggy Cortuneat Dixon joined me and Mom and Peter at Dunwoody for lunch. Mom will be 95 this summer and is quite with it, but her strength, eyesight and hearing are failing. Linda, Annie and I take turns visiting, which means once every six weeks for me. I’m glad she’s in such a good place, but I miss being more useful. We had a great time in Vero Beach, FL, in January, where Barbie and Dwight Beucler had us for dinner. I’m considering retiring from my psychotherapy practice. June 2013 will be 20 years since graduation from social work school so that seems like a good time. My daughter, her husband and two little girls live here so we get to see them a lot. I love hearing about you all.” Pamela Hall Derringer ’64 tells us, “We have tiptoed into the first step of becoming ‘ex-pats’ by buying a condo in Cabarete, the windsurfing capital of the Dominican Republic, during a recent six-week windsurfing trip. We’ve been going to the country for 23 years and have a big heart for the people and love Cabarete with its mix of cultures,
Virginia Rulon-Miller Caldwell ’64 says that 2011 was a rough year, with the first anniversary of her husband’s passing, and she is glad it’s over. She is splitting time between Sausalito, CA and Lookout Mountain, TN (which is sort of like the Main Line on a mountain but smaller). She says, “My stepson William Caldwell (yes, I had a child at age 63) has moved to San Francisco and he is a blessing to me. My plan going forward is to get involved with non-profits and do give back. I’ve retired three times from enterprise software sales so I’m done with that. Look forward to hearing from others.” Margaret King Campbell ’64 writes, “It has been a great year for us. We moved to Belfast, ME, from a house in Orono, ME, where we had lived for 28 years. We sold our house in 44 days and love our new home and community. Both Chris and I are commuting to Bangor a couple days a week and the rest of the time working from home. As a realtor (me) and professor (Chris), this is pretty easy to do. We bought a beautiful house on the river in Belfast and are enjoying
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:: Pamela Hall Derringer ’64 sails her boat, Dreamboat.
languages and communities! Lots of U.S. and Canadian folks living there and, like Virginia Rulon-Miller Caldwell, we hope this will give us opportunities to give back to others...as well as improve our Spanish! We’ll probably be there a few months next winter and then gradually live there more over time. But Marblehead is hard to beat in the summer! As for me, I’m still writing technology stories for Scholastic magazine (at least for now), managing rental properties and sailing and windsurfing at home. Laura Wheeler Golding ’64 has been sending out “Round Robin” emails to everyone for whom she has an email address and has had some success in getting responses, but still needs more! She says, “It’s so much fun for all of us to hear from everyone else! I am looking forward to a mini reunion in August with Sandy Blynn from Chicago, Joan Carlisle from Fort Lauderdale, FL, and Daille Sharpless. Keep in touch!”
:: L aura Wheeler Golding ’64 with her three-week-old puppy and “mom.”
Nancy Gould ’64 has retired from working as a half-time library media teacher at a local elementary school. She currently works in counseling, specializing in work with women who are healing from childhood sexual abuse and teaches psychology courses at Ursuline College. She says, “Life just spins when I have all three jobs going at the same time, but I’ve never been one to just coast! I’m sure most of you have heard about the shootings at Chardon High School on February 27. That’s my school district. Chardon is still reeling from the trauma, but communities and districts from around the world have extended copious amounts of love and prayers, and this tragic event has caused us to come together very deeply in ways that could never have existed before. Our theme – ‘One Heart’. Please send prayers for the families of the wounded and deceased, the students who observed it all and our entire community, whose lives have been indelibly altered by this terrible tragedy. My son, Justin, is doing so well and is just beaming with joy over having found ‘the love of his life’! He is the assistant to the prosecutor of Cuyahoga County (Cleveland) and he works in the general felony department. He has followed
Class Notes Karla Schuette Read ’67 writes, “I know I sound just like someone who has celebrated their 45th reunion -- retired, children marrying and grandchildren abounding. At the same time loving it all -- even wrinkles? It certainly is not the same as being 18 with the big wide world open and no clue about how to attack it. I feel that the attack is still on with a little bit more of a clue. And still wondering...”
his professional passion and is soaring! Couldn’t make a Momma prouder or happier! Anybody else considering retirement? How has the process been going for you? I feel like Indiana Jones as he stepped out to cross the treacherous precipice, trusting that the stepping stones would be there even though he couldn’t see them at the time! I hope to make it to our 50th and look forward to seeing all of you!”
:: L ucy, 6, and Phoebe, two weeks old, daughters of Christina Handelman Barker ’93 and granddaughters of Barbara Borgersen ‘66.
Linda Golden ’66 has just celebrated 20 years of business in her Haverford boutique. “It’s been so much fun and hope we have many more years. In the past year my dear Maltese, Maggie passed away, but we have a new Maltese addition named Oliver. Have been traveling to Paris twice a year and hope to go somewhere exotic with my significant other, Richard, this year.”
Pamela Brown Russell ’69 is a neonatologist with The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She is active in clinical care, teaching and will soon begin a physician’ assistant residency. She has three children, Kimberly Russell ‘97, now a veterinarian, Caitlin Russell ‘03, who will begin Penn School of Veterinary medicine in the fall, and Royce Russell, 23, who works in fashion design in NYC.
1970-1979 Margaret Roth ’73 is enjoying being in charge of the U.S. Army acquisition community’s quarterly professional journal and companion news service (at asc.army.mil), as a civilian employee of the Army. “And here I thought I could learn to be a slacker,
:: D aille Reeves Sharpless ’64 with her granddaughter Savannah.
Anne Clement Monahan ’65 is going on her 40th and last year of teaching at Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC. Her middle daughter, Chrissy, married Bill Cahill in May. Classmates Margie Stevens and Winkie Laforce attended the reception on the “Cherry Blossom” Riverboat, which cruised up and down the Potomac River. Anne, her husband, Dave, and their youngest daughter all moved to Reston, VA. She encourages any classmates to come visit! Barbara Borgersen ’66 says, “King Tester Corporation, the family business, still occupies my time and thoughts. Business is very good, and we have overwhelming orders for our Brinell hardness tester. Most exciting thoughts are of my two granddaughters, Lucy, 6, and Phoebe, four months, daughters of Christina Handelman Barker ‘93 and Edward Barker. They live in London, and I visit when I can get away. Next visit I hope is for Phoebe’s christening in September or October. I’m bringing the traditional Greek favors – almonds in tulle with a cross. Ana Borgersen Biddle ‘62 plans to make them. Our age difference is no longer a big deal like it was at Irwin’s. We are the best of friends, although she mothers me a bit. Best regards to all my classmates and little sisters.”
:: M urray Richards Richey ’69 celebrates the marriage of her daughter Heather Drysdale Richey to Adam Charles Prewett on October 22, 2011, at Saint John’s Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA.
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:: N ini Nalle Wolitarsky ’71, with her husband, Jim, and grandchildren, William, 6, Ellison, 2, Brooke, 4, and TJ, two months. Ellison and TJ are the children of Joan Peck O’Connor ’00. Nini says, “I never would have guessed being a grandmother would be so much fun!”
a ‘bureaucrat,’ after many years of pushing multiple deadlines and polishing heaps of copy,” she says. “You know, in at 9, home by 5, leisurely lunches at the golf course. But I have a smart, creative and, fortunately, fun boss who has great ideas for his staff to execute. Duh, that’s why they hired me and give me loads of opportunities! I highly recommend federal employment to anyone who wants to build a long career in public service, supported by an enormous system of training and mobility.”
Lili Pew ‘81 is my real estate team partner. The market is strong here! Gay Godfrey ’82 has been up visiting and we had a blast shooting off fireworks on the Fourth of July. My sisters, Ana Thompson ’78, Susan Thompson Sakharov ’81 and Julia Thompson Lawson ’88 were here in July with all their beautiful children and it is a time of hiking, sailing, tennis and good fun.”
Ana Thompson ’77 reports that her son, Kim, is entering high school in Menlo Park, CA, where she lives. She recently took a new job as executive director of the Bay Area Lyme Fund since, sadly, Lyme disease has now reached California. Be safe! www.bayarealyme.org
1980-1989 Susan Barrell Campbell ’83 and her husband, Pete, are moving part of their household from the Sandhills (NC) to Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge out close to the coast of North Carolina. Pete is the new refuge manager there for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Susan will continue to write and work some in Whispering Pines and will now have the additional opportunity to do field work on the 90,000+ acres Pete will be managing. She is excited to do a good bit of environmental education out there as well as to continue her long-term hummingbird research. Maria Marques Thompson ’83 writes, “All is well here on Mount Desert Island in Maine. Summer is in full force and it has been exceptional so far. I am the proud mother of a high school graduate who is headed off to Connecticut College this fall. My youngest just went off to camp and had a wonderful time. I still own The Knowles Company, a real estate and rental firm in Northeast Harbor, and
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:: C arlin and Mason Rode, daughters of Lizann Boyle Rode ’84.
Leslie Crutchfield ’86 says, “Our big news is that Anthony and I are incredibly thrilled to announce the birth of our third child, Finn Gunn Macintyre, born March 23, at a healthy 8.5 pounds. Finn is a true delight and we feel so blessed to have him in our lives. He constantly coos, churrs and gives great gummy smiles. Our “big” kids Caleigh, 7, and Quinn, 5, adore him and dote on their new baby sibling. I returned to work in June after a three month maternity leave from FSG, where I serve as a senior advisor. FSG is a nonprofit strategy consulting firm co-founded in 2000 by Michael Porter and Mark Kramer as Foundation Strategy Group. FSG consults with companies, foundations, nonprofits and governments to help them find ways to create great social impact. I joined FSG and coauthored my second book, Do More Than Give: The Six Practices of Donors Who Change the World, with Mark Kramer and John Kania ++++ and 2011 writing and launching the book with Mark and John, and since have focused much of my time consulting with, training and speaking to groups of philanthropic and corporate leaders on ways to apply the “six practices of donors who change the world” to achieve maximum results. On trying to knit together the personal with the professional, I would say that balancing my writing, consulting and traveling for business while also being a mom of three is challenging. There are days that I wish I could just be with baby Finn and shut out every other demand. But then again, by the end of my maternity leave, I was itching to get back to my professional work and really missed the camaraderie with my coauthors and FSG colleagues. So the balancing act continues.” Ann Elise Smoot ’87 and her husband, James Vivian, welcomed a baby daughter, Amelia Elisabeth Smoot Vivian, on February 3. She was born at University College Hospital in London, and has settled in beautifully.
:: L esley Mentzer Findlay ’87 holding Amelia Elisabeth Smoot Vivian, daughter of Ann Elise Smoot ’87, when they visited Lesley in April.
Class Notes
:: C hildren of Jeff and Liz Eldred Berger ’94 smile for the camera. Left to right: Caleb, 4, Jacob, 3 months, and Stella ’23.
:: E mily Sharp Fearey ’89 and Ginny Sharp Williams ’88 at Lower School Moving Up Day with their daughters Cheney Williams ’20 (front right) and Ashley Fearey. Also pictured are grandparents Julie Dill Williams ‘54 (center) and Rusty and Nancy Sharp.
Kimberly Rhoads McCarthy ’88 says, “We moved our family from Cincinnati to Villanova in 2011 to be closer to family, and it has been great being back home. With four daughters, we have loved being back at AIS! Such a special place - looking forward to Reunion!”
:: S ean and Kimberly Rhodes McCarthy ’88 with their daughters, Sarah ’23; Kaitlyn ’20; Emily, 4 and Elizabeth ’18.
1990-1999 Kimberly Test Young ’90, her husband, Candler, and big sister Eliza welcomed Jonathan Candler “JC” on July 9. Kim and her family love living in Georgetown. Melissa Halbach-Merz ’91 writes, “After spending six of the past eight years in Afghanistan, I am moving back to Thailand by the end of the year! I am currently the private sector development adviser at Mercy Corps and hope to have the opportunity to visit this magnificent country on consultancies for many years to come. My husband, Nic, has just started his own international NGO, INSO, that provides safety and security analysis and advice to humanitarian workers in conflict-affected areas. The immediate plan
is to travel with weddings in Mexico, Maine and Uganda setting the itinerary with the latter providing an excuse for a road trip through Rwanda to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Thanks to Facebook, I have been reunited with so many AIS classmates, which has been a real joy. I rarely make it back to the USA but got to catch up with my best friend from school, Tami Cohen Dimmerman, during a seven-hour layover in Philadelphia in 2010 and meet her beautiful daughters, and had lunch with Kimberly Coffey in Dallas, TX in 2011!”
:: J ulainna Liv, daughter of Chris and Bernadette Spina Tiso ’95, celebrates her first birthday in Central Park..
Kimberly Russell ’97 is working as a veterinarian and is the owner and director of an emergency small animal hospital in Havertown called Keystone Veterinary Emergency and Specialty Center. She is working hard and owns and trains four horses. Jennifer Gatmaitan Watkin ’97 and Erik Brent Watkin were married on a crisp fall day, October 22, 2011, at Tyler Arboretum in
Stephanie McConnell Moleski ’91 says, “I am finally finishing medical training! After 11 years at Jefferson, (Thomas Jefferson University Hospital) I finish a fellowship in gastroenterology the end of June. I will be staying on at Jefferson in the division of gastroenterology with a specialty in women’s GI health and celiac disease. I still live in Center City Philadelphia with my husband and two boys, Bryce, 6, and Luke, 3.” Laura McKinley Spriggs ’91 writes, “Paul and I are still happily living in Atlanta, GA, with our two kids, Ellie, 4 and Nick, 1. It’s been a hot summer, so we are looking forward to vacationing in Martha’s Vineyard in August. We were sorry to miss the 20th Reunion, but hope to get back up to Philadelphia to visit one of these days.” Elizabeth Eldred Berger ’94 says, “We were so excited to add another little boy to our family this past summer. Jacob David Berger was born on June 11 and joins his excited big sister, Stella ’23 and big brother, Caleb. Stella is about to enter her third year at AIS for 2nd grade and Caleb PreK.”
:: J ennifer Gatmaitan ’97 and Erik Brent Watkin on their wedding day October 22, 2011, at Tyler Arboretum in Media, PA.
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:: 2 005 classmates catch up in NYC. Pictured from left to right (front row) Natalie Jones, Olivia Romeo, Charlotte Hamilton; (back row) Kelly Levine, Anita Sellers, Kate Morsbach, Kate Archer, Giuli Vetrano.
:: K atherine Alburger Christopher ’99 married David Christopher on June 11, 2011. Pictured left to right: Maid of honor and the bride’s sister, Carolyn Alburger ’97, and ’99 classmates Olivia Winter, Elizabeth Wasley Reese, Katherine Hagin, Anne Carson Blair, Katherine Virdone, Allison Strawbridge, Nina Tyre, Lauren Cahill, Amy Williams Guidi ’96, Stephanie Haldy ’00 and Shannon Casey ’00.
:: 2 005 classmates Olivia Romeo, Charlotte Hamilton, Carley Razzi and Natalie Jones in Las Vegas celebrating Carley’s bachelorette party.
Eliza Hastings ’09 was elected captain of Yale’s Women’s Crew Team for 2012-2013. She also received the Kiesling Award for team leadership. The award is given to that member of the women’s crew who has shown the dedication, perseverance and consistency of effort necessary to maintain morale and a high level of competitiveness and cooperation on the squad.
Media, PA, close to their home in Wallingford. “It was one of the happiest days of my life and I was so grateful to be with my family and my friends. Many AIS alumnae and former AIS students were present. My goddaughter, Mercy O’Malley ‘15, serenaded me down the aisle. My closest friends and fondest memories still come from AIS days!”
2000-09 Elizabeth Ault ’00 received her Ph.D. from the Department of American Studies at the University of Minnesota in May 2012. Her dissertation examined the relationship between Norman Lear’s 1970s Black sitcoms and the transition from the Great Society to Reaganism. In June, she began as editorial associate at Duke University Press in Durham, NC - quite a change after living in Minnesota for six years! Liz writes, “I did enjoy occasionally seeing Anita Pepper Kavanaugh ‘91 and her adorable kids around town. My mom is excited to have me closer to her in Alexandria, VA, where I look forward to visiting more frequently.” Amanda Kiely ’01 says, “After six years in Manhattan, I’ve moved to Denver. Love being in the same town as fellow classmate Courtney Housam again. I am continuing my career in public relations, working for Linhart PR and focusing on corporate and B2B work. Couldn’t be happier!” Emilie Slack ’01 married Samuel Rendall on September 17, 2011, in Jackson Hole, WY. Alexandra Slack Hindle ‘99, her sister, was matron of honor. The couple lives in Jackson Hole, WY.
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:: E liza Hastings ’09, a student at Yale University and captain of the 2012-2013 crew team, receives the Kiesling Award for team leadership. :: E milie Slack ’01 weds Samuel Rendall on September 17, 2011, in Jackson Hole, WY.
Abbe Wright ’03 is an assistant editor at O, The Oprah Magazine. She researches and writes articles for all parts of the magazine, but is primarily focused on the Reading Room section, writing book reviews for publication in print and on the web. Wright was part of a larger group that worked on starting Oprah’s Book Club 2.0, bringing back the beloved worldwide reading group and adding a modern twist to create an interactive, multiplatform club that harnesses the power of social media to bring passionate readers together. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.
:: J ennifer Terker ’09 enjoys her internship on the set of FOX29 Good Day Philadelphia with co-anchor Karen Hepp ’89.
Class Notes Regional / Alumnae Events
:: Alumnae from the Washington, DC, area gather for lunch at Hudson Restaurant in May.
:: A nn Laupheimer Sonnenfeld ’77 (left), Tory Robinson Burch ’84 and Board Vice Chair Susan Burch at a Dare to Do More campaign event at the home of Connie Anne Phillips ’83.
:: Dr. Mary F. Seppala, Head of School, and Connie Anne Phillips ’83.
:: S usan Hirtle McEvoy ’00, Catherine Haldy Jarman ’98 and Stephanie Haldy ’00 gather at the home of Connie Anne Phillips ’83 in May.
Alumnae Lunch Series
:: D r. Pamela Brown Russell ’69 (center) visits with Upper School students as part of the AIS Alumnae Lunch Series.
:: L aura Seward ’02, a doctoral candidate at the University of Central Florida, laughs with students when telling them that she credits her SSP at the Goddard Space Flight Program with nurturing her interest in space. She is studying physics with a concentration in planetary science.
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Class Notes
MILESTONES In Memoriam 1933 Nataline Dulles Horwitz June 13, 2011 1934 Priscilla Taylor Grace December 20, 2011 1939 Elizabeth Schnabel Chamblin July 2, 2012 1942 Edith Whetstone Page February 23, 2012 1943 Ruth Drayton Dodge June 4, 2012 1944 Anne Blakeley Bates July 27, 2012 1948 Helen Morris Blackwood February 7, 2012 1952 Dorigen McCutcheon Clare February 18, 2012 1971 Karen Diehl Dellerson December 8, 2011 1975 Cynthia Hoffman Carosso July 6, 2012
Marriages 1996 Bethany Stafford to Tommy Paul June 3, 2012 1997 Jennifer Gatmaitan to Erik Brent Watkin October 22, 2012 2001 Emilie Slack to Samuel Rendall September 17, 2011
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Birth Announcements 1986 To Anthony Macintyre and Leslie Crutchfield, a son, Finn Gunn Macintyre, March 23, 2012 1989 To Erich Mauff and Adele Griffin, a son, Hastings Griffin Mauff, July 16, 2012 1990 To Candler and Kim Test Young, a son, Jonathan Candler “JC�, July 9, 2012 1993 To Edward and Christina Handelman Barker, a daughter, Phoebe, March 24, 2012 1994 To Jeffrey and Elizabeth Eldred Berger, a son, Jacob David, June 11, 2012 1995 To Steven and Laura Kling Bafficio, a daughter, Alexandra Grace, April 9, 2012 1995 To Andrew and Anne Casey Milligan, a son, Ford Martin, March 27, 2012
1995 To Michael and Tracy Otley Viola, a daughter, Erin Marie, April 20, 2012 1997 To Patrick and Amanda Scanlan Barton, a son, Cole Scanlan, May 7, 2012 1999 To Kerry Warwicker and Anna Greenacre, a son, Theodore Rolf April 17, 2012
2011|2012
ANNUAL
REPORT
Annual Report
2011-2012
Summary of Gifts Support for Current Operations Agnes Irwin Fund Gifts............................. $ 1,188,737 Restricted Gifts E.I.T.C................................................ $ 188,792
Agnes Irwin Fund Gifts E.I.T.C.
Other Restricted................................ $ 207,780
Other Restricted
Total for Current Operations.....................$ 1,585,309
Support for Capital Purposes Unrestricted............................................. $ 4,578,880 Facilities.................................................. $ 470,000 Endowment............................................. $ 3,084,837
Unrestricted
Facilities
Total for Capital Purposes........................$ 8,133,717 Endowment
Grand Total......................................... $ 9,719,026 [ Current Operations + Capital Purposes ]
Giving by Constituency Trustees................................................... $ 1,100,622
Corporations/ Organizations
Alumnae.................................................. $ 1,044,193 Trustees
Parents/Parents’ Council......................... $ 2,078,673
Alumnae Parents/Parents’ Council
Grandparents/Past Grandparents............ $ 278,588 Parents of Alumnae.................................. $ 166,108
Foundations/ Estates
Faculty/Staff............................................ $ 10,023 Friends.................................................... $ 42,595
Friends
Foundations/Estates................................ $ 4,707,772
Faculty/Staff
Corporations/Organizations..................... $ 290,452
Parents of Alumnae
Total........................................................$ 9,719,026
Grandparents/ Past Grandparents
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The Power of the Agnes Irwin Fund Throughout the 2011-2012 school year, various departments and school activities were described as being powered by the Agnes Irwin Fund. The power of this fund is not limited to the areas of arts, science, technology and athletics. It is also a subtle, often unspoken, power that can be felt throughout The Agnes Irwin School–in hallways and classrooms, on the athletic fields and stage, in the cafeteria or on the playground. It is heat and light, it is materials and resources, and it is opportunity.
illustrates the importance of the Agnes Irwin Fund and how your support touches our community in a meaningful way. Last fall, technology specialist Sarah Kinder, with funding from the Science Department’s operating budget, introduced 12 Lego® Education WeDo Robotics Construction Sets to 1st through 4th grade AIS students. Not your everyday legos, these kits contained automated robots, such as biting alligators, roaring lions, and soccer goalies that make a save. The robotics curriculum exposed Lower School students to mechanics, systems, engineering and programming. It promoted problem solving and team building and increased students’ awareness of automation in everyday living. Move over R2D2!
The use of the word “power” in last year’s annual giving campaign was purposeful and chosen to convey to you, our donors, how truly significant you are. Power is synonymous with influence and strength. You had the power to make a difference, and you did! We are truly grateful. As a result of your power, our students are exposed to and excel in a 21st century learning environment rich with dynamic teachers, cutting-edge technology and activities that emphasize cross-curricular learning, cultural exploration and leadership development. It is because of this environment that our teachers think broadly and undertake initiatives that are bold, innovative and engaging. The following example
2011-2012 Agnes Irwin Fund Results Raised: $1,188,737 100% Trustee Participation 30% Alumnae Participation 71% Parent Participation 100% Faculty & Staff Participation
Agnes Irwin takes great pride in successfully stewarding your contribution to the Agnes Irwin Fund. Thank you for empowering our teachers and students to teach, learn, explore and create.
Parents’ Council
The “Dare to Do More” campaign is, like our girls, brimming with potential. This campaign is the boldest fundraising endeavor in Agnes Irwin’s history and will revitalize the campus by adding the best possible facilities to promote an optimal educational environment, including:
The Agnes Irwin Parents’ Council is synonymous with community. Parent volunteers from all divisions organize and orchestrate numerous events that not only raise significant funds for specific school initiatives, but also help to promote school pride and build a sense of camaraderie that is second to none. Events such as Welcome Wellness, May Fair, Winterfest, the Agnes Irwin Cup Golf Tournament and Faculty & Staff Appreciation Luncheons are just a few examples of the many ways in which the busy hands and huge hearts of Parents’ Council members impact the school.
• 9,000 square-foot Student Life and Dining Center • 55,000 square-foot Athletic Center • Student Street to link the Centers to the rest of the school • New Upper and Middle Schools access and Main Entrance • Interactive “Innovation Center” for teaching. See page 68 for more details and the list of donors.
See pages 70-71 for more about Parents’ Council.
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Blue & Gold Society The newly formed Blue & Gold Society recognizes leadership support of The Agnes Irwin School. This society is comprised of donors whose annual contribution, whether unrestricted or given for a specific purpose, totals $1,000 or more. It is with great appreciation that we welcome these founding members.
1869 Founders ($50,000.00 +) The Agnes Irwin School Parents’ Council Ranney R. & Theresa M. Moran Thomas L. & Yvonne Williams Jeffrey S. & Janine C. Yass
Headmistress Circle ($25,000.00 +) Dr. Herbert A. Faust Barbara Byers Littlefield ’48 Caroline Moran ’85 Mrs. J. Maxwell Moran Leo W. & Eve Bullitt Pierce ’72 Marc J. & Ann Laupheimer Sonnenfeld ’77
Rosemont Advocates ($10,000.00 +) Anonymous Mrs. Elia D. Buck James M. & Elinor H. Buck William C. & Laura Thomas Buck ’49 The John & Robin Burch Family Fund Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Burch Patrick P. & Beth A. Coyne Mr. Ralph K. Elder S. Matthews V. & Anne Fritchman Hamilton ’74 David P. & Alexis C. Hollander Matthew H. & Elizabeth G. Kamens Joanna McNeil Lewis Robert L. & Jane A. McNeil Richard & Elizabeth E. Mentzinger Mr. & Mrs. John S. Middleton Marshall W. & Holly M. Pagon Derek N. & Wendy L. Pew H. Edward & Jody B. Seibert
Delancey Partners ($5,000.00 +) Rev. Dr. Victor L. & Mary Koch Baer ’42 Arjun & Paula Bedi Michael W. & Lisa A. Bell David J. & Pamela T. Berkman Blank Rome, LLP Nancy R. Crockett ’79 Craig W. & Carolyn Colket Cullen ’87 Edith Robb Dixon ’50 Friends of Agnes Irwin Rowing Wilford H. & Jennifer A. Fuller Colin C. Gardner, V Kristin L. Gardner ’83 Susannah A. Gardner ’80 Jennifer Gardner Glose ’79 James A. & Geraldine M. Heldring Steven B. & Laurie M. Katznelson † Deceased ‡ Class Gift Designation
Keystone Industries Gerald Lawrence, Jr. D. Christopher & Victoria Le Vine Andrew L. & Wendy E. Lewis Stefanie W. Lucas & Christopher J. Thompson Adrienne J. Lucier ’90 Samuel R. & Laura Buck Marshall ’74 Lee & Marjorie Frazier Maschler ’92 Mrs. Robert L. McNeil, Jr. Christine Wheeler Patton ’65 Marc & Polly Richman Cary B. & Suzanne M. Robinson George L. & Trish L. Rodriguez Scott Schley & Michelle Portnoff Alice Marshall Sharp ’62 N. Gee & Jeannette W. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Bruce E. Terker Tracey Smith Volpe Charlotte Colket Weber ’61 John C. & Merritt Weber William R. & Diana Strawbridge Wister ’57 Harold L. & Sharon Yoh
Students from the Classes of 2013 and 2014 explore the city by bicycle on their SSP trip to Paris, France. Charles R. & Lynn Z. Manning Peter S. & Nancy Mungall McDowell ’70 Michael W. & Barbara B. Miles Thomas J. & Audrey Silverman Perkins ’80 Kenneth R. & Virginia A. Pina Mr. & Mrs. Seymour S. Preston, III T. Beauclerc & Katheryne Kerr Ferguson Rogers ’57 ‡ Nancy Davis Rosan ’62 Kara Gaffney Ross ’84 Todd R. & Kimberly J. Scott W. Percy Simpson Trust Brian G. & Lucia Smith Daniel R. & Christie A. Spragg Robert L. & Sydney Davis Stevens ’55 Kenneth E. & Karen S. Volpert Jon & Vicki Warner William C. & Bonnie Welch Mr. & Mrs. Raymond H. Welsh Allan F. Klien & Gay West-Klien ’75 David M. & Renee W. Whitehead Gordon H. & Diana O. Wilder William C. & Kelly G. Yoh Ann Murphy Zabel ’51
Wynnewood Tower ($2,500.00 +) Theresa Bailey Baker ’75 Robert P. & Lisa S. Barker Todd & Amy Briddell Charlene E. Brisbane Tory Robinson Burch ’84 Gregory J. & Debora L. Clower Mr. & Mrs. Tristram C. Colket, Jr. William H. & Sarah E. Collier Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Costello William J. & Edith West Daub ’58 Peter S. & Deirdre M. Dooner Mason S. & Megan Boyle Flinn ’87 Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Foster Courtney S. Fretz ’98 Jeffery R. & Meredith Mattson Gibbons ’88 Matthew D. & Sara Glaser Yoshiki & Jacqueline M. Hakutani Charlotte D. Hamilton ’05 Mr. John G. Harkins Mary Schimminger Hinds ’72 Annabelle Pierson Irey ’53 Mr. & Mrs. Jesse D. Johnson Steven M. & Elizabeth A. Kania Elizabeth Buck King ’77 Joseph & Sally Layden David & Constance Lees Robert C. & Elizabeth Moran Legnini ’76
Owl Circle ($1,000.00 +) Anonymous (2) Frances Moran Abbott ’74 Mr. & Mrs. Donald C. Abbott Ronald G. & Melanie Gaspari Albahary ’92 Mrs. S. Stanley Alderfer Mark R. and Tania M. Alexander Sarajane Smith Alexander ’49 Jeff & Enna Allen Jamie & Dawn Altman Andre V. Gardner & Paige L. Andersen ’82 Michael & Lori A. Aronsky
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Elise W. Artelt ’60 Ann Lahens Ashton ’59 Elizabeth G. Atterbury ’61 B.C.S. Consulting Bart & Jane Bastian Irving S. & Laura E. Becker Steven J. & Cynthia Hooper Bell ’79 Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Berman Leon Borodyansky & Inga Vetkina David A. & Karen G. Bottger Hugh & Carolyn Braithwaite Thomas E. & Kristen Luke Brooks ’88 Devereaux Rose Bruch ’55 Charles & Patricia Burkhart Virginia Rulon-Miller Caldwell ’64 Gwendolyn M. Campbell ’87 J. Taylor Campitelli ’93 Kenneth J. Carey Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Celli Pauline Carrigan Charles ’54 Mr. & Mrs. Isaac H. Clothier, V Christopher M. & Kirsten L. Comai Timothy & Alexandra Baker Connors ’84 Craig E. & Kristin L. Conway Peter H. & Kelly R. Cordray Frank Correll & Deborah Fitzgerald Correll Patricia Richards Cosgrave ’59 Bradford L. & Ardis A. Costello Brian C. & Cynthia Campbell Crochiere ’83 John C. & Courtney Preston Crosby ’76 Howard M. & Leslie M. Cyr Stephen & Sheila Czepiel The Darling Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation Charles H. & Suzanne Mitchell Davis ’58 Anthony J. DeCarlo, Jr. & Joyce C. Smith Christina McCabe deForest Keys ’97 Courtney Leimkuhler de Segundo ’97 Alex Wood Del Viscio ’72 David & Kim Della Porta Janet C. DeLong ’74
Christine A. DiJulio James P. & Kathleen M. Duffy Mr. Charles A. Ernst, Jr.† & Mrs. Jacqueline Walker Ernst ’34 Mr. William J. Esher, III & Mr. Matthew Cloran Leonard A. & Patricia M. Fabiano Ronald W. & Charlotte Peterson Fenstermacher ’86 William L. & Mary Catherine Ferguson Lawrence G. & Amy L. Ferracci Kenneth J. Fitzpatrick & Jeannine A. Weimar-Fitzpatrick Joan Carrigan Forester ’57‡ Aaron J. & Hope S. Freiwald Ms. Deborah M. Fretz Bruce S. & Amy J. Fryer Andrew R. & Kathy H. Gaddes Martha Parke Gibian ’52 David & Laura Giordano David L. & Ruchira Glaser Mr. & Mrs. Edward T. Goodman Tom Goodwin & Margaret Landi Jay & Angela Gopez Karen Jordan Gowen ’82 James J. & Jane Gannon Greenfield ’81 Tucker Catherwood Gresh ’56 Michael G. & Jamie W. Haines Eloise Sheaffer Hall ’57 Paul Halpern & Susan Howatt Samuel R. & Vanessa Fox Halpert ’91 Dorrance H. Hamilton ’01 Michael J. Hanrahan Robert & Alison Hastings Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Hauptfuhrer Allison Rhoads Henderson ’93 William A. & Barbara B. Henderson Tamas Hevizi & Csilla Mate HFC Executive Search Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan J. Hirtle Suzanne Hooper ’76 Mrs. Nancy Hung Joseph & Alice L. Hurler Jason W. & Sarah G. Ingle Catherine Haldy Jarman ’98 Katherine McCabe Juhas ’97 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Justi Raymond R. & Lynn G. Kaller Aris J. & Debbie Karalis David P. Kelleher & Marlo Pagano-Kelleher Jennifer Kinkead ’84 Sandra Strauss Krause ’52 Andrew E. & LeeAnne Curtis Kress Michael J. & Eileen Lambo Janet Leith Lamphier ’59 Michael & Jennifer Larsen Allyson G. Legnini ’04 Jennifer M. Legnini ’02 John C. & Terri G. Leone LLI Clean Med Paul M. & Deanna Leicht Loughnane ’85 Michael & RoseMarie Loughnane Alida Nicholas Lovell ’53
MAC Capital Partners, Inc. Joseph W. & Kimberly Coulson Macaione ’89 Joan Wheeler Mackie ’61 Catherine MacNeal ’72 Amy Gregg Maher ’92 Edwin B. & Elizabeth M. Mahoney Kelly M. Malloy ’93 Richard Mankovich & Sharon Wible-Mankovich Robert F. & Lauren C. Manning Ruoqing Mao & Shuhua Zhao Lauren E. Mattson ’89 Paul & Christiane Matuch Susan Hirtle McEvoy ’00 Frank & Esther McGill Charles & Karen McGrane Brooke Howard McIlvaine ’83 Leanne Merz McMenamin ’90 Anita L. McMullin ’81 Mary P. McPherson ’53 David P. & Catherine D. McQuaid Courtney E. Miles ’92 Bruce E. Miller & Anne C. Huff Anne Casey Milligan ’95 Allan P. & Kimberly L. Minker Naya Nyaguthii Mondo F. Stanton & Ann Stovell Moyer ’49 Mr. & Mrs. Britton H. Murdoch Carlton B. & Nina M. Neel Joseph F. Neuber, Jr. & Staci L. Huyett Robert M. & Patricia M. Nocentino Northwest Translations, Inc. Bonnie & Paul Offit Susan Clark Ogden ’62 Mr. W. Gresham O’Malley, III Mr. & Mrs. William P. O’Neill, Jr. Mrs. Louis R. Ormont Dean & Joanie Pagano Barbara J. Page ’62 K. Gage Parr ’87 Jeffrey R. & Eunice Tornetta Pendergast ’83 Mr. & Mrs. Stephen H. Pendergast Pepper Hamilton, LLP Anne Bullock Perper ’76 Kristen Bartholdson Peter ’96 Mrs. Eleanor Reeve Peterson Connie Anne Phillips ’83 Lindsey Marshall Pierce ’89 Robert Pinsk & Marian A. Ormont Celeste Powers ’83 Elizabeth Ward Preble ’61 Mr. & Mrs. Alfred W. Putnam, Jr. William L. & Leslie Rea Pye ’76 Leonard B. & Sally Schoettle Randolph ’58 Barbara Johnson Riley ’84 Thomas S. & Carolyn W. Robbins Joan Church Roberts ’48 Elizabeth Maxey Robertshaw ’83 Gary & Karen K. Roland Matthew J. & Maria C. Rosenberg Sarah G. Roth ’94 Barbara Gibbon Rowland ’42
Lower School students and Head of School Mary Seppala support AIS athletes at AIS/EA Day.
Cynthia D. Rugart ’73 Dr. & Mrs. Karl F. Rugart Kevin M. McCullough & Elizabeth K. Sands ’71 Priscilla G. Sands ’65 James D. & Kristin A. Schinella Mr. & Mrs. H. Axel Schupf Mr. & Mrs. David W. Schusler Polly Rightmire Scoville ’57 Ambler Leach Selway ’91 Mary F. Seppala M. Rusty & Nancy Day Sharp ’61 Dr. & Mrs. Gregory P. Shea Richard V. Buonocore & Barbara A. Shotwell ’80 Todd & Ann Marie Siegal Mr. & Mrs. John A. Simkiss, Jr. John A. & Sarah Y. Simkiss Carlton W. & Cheryl D. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Henry B. D. P. Smith Joyce Smith Photography Theodore & Arnika Smith Valerie Brady Sorenson ’49 Mr. & Mrs. Robert N. Spahr Thomas A. & Judith A. Sprague Mr. Roy L. Steinheimer, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Dana H. Stewardson Bruce C. & Patricia Heppe Stouch ’78 Anne Ashton Strong ’49 Stuart & Kelly Fenlin Sullivan ’92 Christopher & Lauren Sullivan Henry Summy & Amy Shah Lisa DiBattista Swartz ’88 Frank & Paula Freeman Szabo ’62 Mrs. Ann C. Tanenbaum Francis G. & Mary Knox Tatnall ’55 Jarrad & Stacey Teller A. Anne French Thorington ’50 Mrs. Betty Tornetta Donald & Ellen Tyson Andrew B. & Anne Batchelder Ulichney ’83 Steven J. & Valerie Valentino Jacques L. & Stephanie D. Vauclain Mr. Dino J. Veronese Suzanne Veronese Mrs. Lyndon M. Virkler
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Mr. & Mrs. Francis von Zerneck Glenn & Hayley Wada Jeffrey & Linda Wahl Helen Justi Wallace ’47 Jean Wilson Ward ’26 Waverly Custom Homes, LLC Isabel Royer Welland ’78 Mr. & Mrs. Frank S. Welsh Westover Builders, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Rainer Westphal C. Michael & Liza C. Whelan Mr. & Mrs. Bradford F. Whitman Sylvia Dickey Whitman ’72 Peter G. & Sara Wetherill Wilds ’59 Sandra Crockett Williams ’77 Carter D. & Virginia Sharp Williams ’88 Mr. & Mrs. John D. Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Harold L. Yoh, Jr. Michael H. & Gayle F. Yoh Shannon McBride Zeller ’91
THe irwinians ($500.00 +) * Exclusively for young alumnae within 15 years of graduation Alexandra Craparo ’04 Christina McCabe deForest Keys ’97 Josselyn Rimel Delussey ’97 Courtney Leimkuhler de Segundo ’97 Jennifer Emmi Fiorini ’97 Courtney S. Fretz ’98 Charlotte D. Hamilton ’05 Dorrance H. Hamilton ’01 Catherine Haldy Jarman ’98 Katherine McCabe Juhas ’97 E. Kelly Le Vine ’05 Virginia G. Le Vine ’09 Allyson G. Legnini ’04 Jennifer M. Legnini ’02 Susan Hirtle McEvoy ’00 Olivia A. Romeo ’05 Suzanne H. Schwartz ’99 Maxine Zhang ’01
Annual Report
2011-2012
Alumnae Giving Class of 1952 60TH REUNION [ $3,835 - 100% ]
Annual contributions from Agnes Irwin alumnae increased yet again this fiscal year to a record 30 percent. Since 2010, alumnae gifts have increased by 67 percent.
Class of 1926 Jean Wilson Ward
Class of 1931
Daille Pancoast Bastian
Class of 1934
Jacqueline Walker Ernst
Class of 1935
Mary Augusta Biddle Scheetz
Class of 1936
Louise Wigton Davison Jane Norris Meckling
Class of 1937 75TH REUNION [ $675 ]
Barbara Lucas Cocks Louise Roberts Stengel Neal Gilkyson Thorpe
Class of 1939
Virginia Ligget Reinhardt Betty Shellenberger Sarah Biddle Stokes Helen MacLeod Woodhouse
Class of 1940
Marjorie Rauth Blass Barbara Conrad Cauffman Jean Rowntree Davis Mary Billings Hummeler Charlotte Landreth-Melville Ann Haydock Schwarz
Class of 1941
Charlotte Brown Dallett Paulie MacLeod Loomis
Class of 1942 70TH REUNION [ $6,570 ]
Jean Bradley Anderson Mary Koch Baer Margaretta Wharton Hoadley Lucy Black Johnson Mary Riter Pancoast Barbara Gibbon Rowland Margaretta T. Thayer
Class of 1943
Patricia Hansen Bridge Emilie Middleton Durham Edith Bettle Gardner Ella Russell Torrey Lillian Givens Warren
Class of 1944
Marian Townsend Baker Josephine Hastings Brown Patricia Mosser Crolius Joan Nelson Lee Nelly Keffer Lincoln Barbara Spangler Porter
Reunion Representatives † Deceased ‡ Class Gift Designation
Roberta Baer-Schimmel Virginia McCoy Braun Emilie Wierman Carpenter Dorigen McCutcheon Clare † Nancy Merrick Diley Martha Parke Gibian Mary Cox Heiserman E. Jean Jarrett Jerry Parke Kinkead Roma Wickwire Knight Sandra Strauss Krause Helen Arndt McAvoy Doris Waterall McCullough Sally Winsor Miller Jean Horrocks Richards Nancy Lloyd Rieger Laurette Lukens Rindlaub Mary Lloyd Robb Sally Warden Stone † Nancy Hunter Wessells
Class of 1945
Caroline Casey Brandt Margaret Clement Conrad Nancy Williams Healey Frances Freund Lofts Barbara Stark McClelland Priscilla Longstreth Roche
Class of 1946
Patricia Riter Lander
Class of 1947 65TH REUNION [ $2,975 ]
Rebecca Ashton Goss Elizabeth Wistar Drayton Hopkins Margaretta Cox Milgram Anita Packard Montgomery Augustine Janeway Rhodes Joan McAdoo Simmons Helen Justi Wallace
Class of 1953
Katherine Kane Damon Frances Powell Eriksen Elizabeth Barnes Halsted Katherine Johnson Holman † Annabelle Pierson Irey Alida Nicholas Lovell Mary P. McPherson Barbara Martin Pettinos Barbara Crowell Ryan Christine Robinson Stewart
Class of 1948
Carter Middleton Bond Mary Stewart Borie Anne S. Brosius Louisa Coxe Finch Phyllis Baruch Kent Barbara Byers Littlefield Nancy Hewson Massey Joan Gidley Rammel Joan Church Roberts Suzanne Foote Smith
Class of 1954
Margaret Tryon Bennett Jessamine Brandt Pauline Carrigan Charles Nancy Hill Lamason Nancy B. Savage Nancy Pennock Smith-Harrison Julie Dill Williams Anna Farnum Wood
Class of 1949
Sarajane Smith Alexander Caroline Wolferth Amidon Laura Thomas Buck Sophie Bell Donaghy Ann Cornwell Hemphill Cathryn Wendler Mecaskey Ann Stovell Moyer Sally Binford Sachs Valerie Brady Sorenson Anne Ashton Strong Ann Gilpin Taylor
Class of 1955
Elizabeth Longmaid Barnard Katharine Kephart Barnes Devereaux Rose Bruch Elizabeth Marshall Games Constance Gay Herlihy Judith Barnes Luke Elizabeth Latimer Miller Therese Rakestraw Pew Elisabeth Waterworth Russell Sydney Davis Stevens Mary Knox Tatnall
Class of 1950 - 50% Jayne Berguido Abbott Edith Robb Dixon Martha Rowland Goppelt Dorothy Latimer Greer Joan Kellett Harvey Barbara Shore Hastings Mary Jane Gidley Thomas A. Anne French Thorington M. Eustis Thayer Zane
Class of 1956
Carolyn Bryson Katherine Young Downes Tucker Catherwood Gresh Susan McInnes Howard Sandra McIlvain Slaymaker Elise Tucker Twitmyer Emily Damon Williamson
Class of 1951
Angela Giribaldi Hurtubise Patricia Peterson McCurdy Eileen Murphy Murray Mary Zisette Olmsted Joan Lallou Smith Joan Berguido Staples Elizabeth Coles Umstattd Ann Murphy Zabel
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Class of 1957 55TH REUNION [ $13,445 - 100% ]
Helen Clothier Ballard ‡ Joanne Di Francesco Bruce Nina Scheidt Connor Joan Carrigan Forester ‡ Eloise Sheaffer Hall Elizabeth Lockhart Kennedy Frances Grauer Kirkpatrick ‡ Langdon Manley Mannion Helene Slack McMullan Sandra Keefe McMullin ‡ Lynn Keebler Miner Chessie Fritz Moss Katharine Zantzinger Okie Ann Bishop Riney Linda Baily Robbins Katheryne Kerr Ferguson Rogers ‡ Cornelia Guerrini Schaefer Margaret Justice Scholl ‡ Polly Rightmire Scoville M. Elizabeth Rawle Slattery ‡ Elizabeth Stouffer Thompson Susan Thayer Wilmerding Diana Strawbridge Wister Sarah Latimer Withers Renny Parke Wood
Class of 1958
Elizabeth Green Barnhill Dita West Daub Suzanne Mitchell Davis Barbara Sexton McFadden Bonnie MacInnes Meagher Judith McNeely Mitchell Sue Hillier Puffer Sally Schoettle Randolph Maris W. Thompson
Class of 1959
Ann Lahens Ashton Joy Berguido Patricia Richards Cosgrave Eleanor Rauch Crosby Anne McIver Dunn Sandra Trimble Enck Joan Colgan Haas Martha Ostheimer Iuster Janet Leith Lamphier Catherine Tryon Mick Judith Carrigan Sykes Leslie Liversidge Tozier Sara Wetherill Wilds Anne N. Young
Class of 1960
Elise W. Artelt Joan Lamb Baldwin Elizabeth Duer Howson Emily Zug Huebner Cecily Watson Kelln Susan Clattenburg Kemp Joan Burden Litle Honour Howe Moore Anne Snyder Pritchard Letitia Roberts Kate Munson Rowe Priscilla Jackson Ruegg Gail Keebler Ryan
Ruth Hallowell Shepherd Kathryn Oram Why
Class of 1961
Elizabeth G. Atterbury Eleanor Lukens Blanchard Natalie Spahr Bush Hendrika Street Cornwell Ames Crawford Cushing Wendy Taylor Foulke Julianna Ernst Geer Alice Neel Hagan Catherine Holt Kent-Weiss Joan Wheeler Mackie Helen Wentz Panitt Elizabeth Ward Preble Nancy Day Sharp J. Peyton Ziesing Stein Charlotte Colket Weber
Class of 1962 50TH REUNION [ $19,796 - 72% ]
Millicent Moyer Abbott Margaret Mulford Bartholomew Ana Borgersen Biddle Marguerite Roller Choate Alice S. Dayton Mary Liversidge Fluke Julia S. Goodall Sara Clark Hughes Ann Watson Igoe Susanne Hoag Ippolito Margaretta Markle Lovell Davida Denckla Mason Suzy Pitman O’Kane Susan Clark Ogden Barbara J. Page Carol Marshall Paumgarten Phebe Cooke Pécs Gwynne H. Reese Nancy Davis Rosan Alice Marshall Sharp Paula Freeman Szabo Joan Brown Thomas Kate F. Thompson Julie Mannix von Zerneck Priscilla Morris Wellford Elaine Biddle Whitman Eve Williams Kathleen Wright
Class of 1963
Mary Megargee Anderson Christine Shumate Capers Mary Spahr Clement Emily Wilson Cunningham Matilde Zalinski Davidson Ellanor Stengel Fink Grace Barnett Frazier Jill Berguido Gill Blair Bartol MacInnes Margot Madeira Jaye d’Andelot Pinch-Gilmar Louisa Stephenson Sandvig Priscilla McIlvaine Smartt Gail Colgan Van Buuren Elizabeth Smith Woodley
Celebrating their 50th Reunion, the Class of 1962 showed their gratitude for the school’s commitment to girls’ education by raising nearly $30,000 in support of the Center for the Advancement of Girls (CAG). Class of 1964
Class of 1967 45TH REUNION [ $2,990 - 93% ]
Barbara Gibbons Beucler Sandra R. Blynn Virginia Rulon-Miller Caldwell Pamela Hall Derringer Laura Wheeler Golding Ann Hodgdon Helen Hannay Jensen Louisa B. MacLaren Daille Reeve Sharpless
Sandra M. Betner Martha Lewis Bonder Jessie Disston Watters Brittingham Katharine B. Brown Elizabeth Rulon-Miller Burton Elizabeth Hodgdon Cannon Christianne Kress Cheney Margaret Butler d’Esterhazy Sandra Mueller Dick Middy I. Dorrance Josephine Chandlee Fitts Anne H. Grauer Lois Bateman Grieshober Anne Vauclain Hayes Helen McIlhenny Heslop Melinda Jansen Hofstad Hilary Gardner Keaton Deborah Aikens Laverell Elizabeth A. Malone G. Hannah Stringer Manry Sally A. McAfee Erica Jany Migliorati Deborah Fritz Noble Caroline Malone Pratt Karla Schuette Read Maeryn Stradley Roebling Carolyn Koelle Webber Winifred B. Wheeler
Class of 1965 Elizabeth LeBoutillier Barnett Christine Carlisle Blair Madeleine Q. Ewing Winifred Warren LaForce Deborah Boas Pakradooni Esther W. Park Christine Wheeler Patton Priscilla G. Sands Sidney Bohlen Spahr Patricia Moyer Walls
Class of 1966 Leslie Walters Bohannon Barbara E. Borgersen Dorothy Hallowell Clapham Lindsay McCown DuBarry Elizabeth Browning Gerard Linda J. Golden Gretchen D. Hasse Virginia Spahr Heth Edith Lamb Hollister Pansy Ward Jones Lee McIlvaine Manonian Frances Green Volinsky Margaret Bright Walker Sara Crozer Weymouth
Class of 1968
Carol F. Boerner Lydia Appel Forbes Donna Schlingmann Heckscher Barbara J. Mungall Elenita Jackson Parker Suzanne Fotterall Seeley Mary Ogden Trotta Susan Sheaffer Werner
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Class of 1969
Marjorie C. Brown Mary Park DeSalvo Marion K. McInnes Joan McIlhenny O’Donnell Saralinda Jones Orr Catherine Sayen Ravenel Murray Richards Richey Pamela Brown Russell Cynthia Ward Savage
Class of 1970
Patricia Cauffman Brush Pamela Moyer Fernley Elizabeth F. Foote LeVaun Bell Graulty Susan Pennock Hansell Anita Ketcham Lewicki Virginia Nemir Lukefahr Nancy Mungall McDowell Caroline Lutton Nunez Lindsay Huffman Smith
Class of 1971
Suzanne Allport Carroll Louisa K. Cresson Susan Knorr Gale Gail Evans Guthridge Patricia Gardiner Hill Ellen Manning Keeter Jessie Potter Kingston Lucy Talbot Myers Linda Nutt Northrop Barbara Collins Park Elizabeth K. Sands Pamela Brewer Smyth Jeanne Bradway Spillane Leigh Stewart Sherril Luff Wingo Jean Nalle Wolitarsky
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2011-2012
Alumnae Giving (continued) Class of 1972 40TH REUNION [ $38,325 ]
Helen Laupheimer Schlosser Barbara A. Shotwell Lisa Moyer Stewardson Sandra Lenssen Taylor Dolores Figueroa Verdeur Dale H. Wallace
Alex Wood Del Viscio Lee Dixon Hannan Mary Schimminger Hinds Regina Higgins Hunt Christiane Hemingway Jones Margaret Toland Lile Catherine MacNeal Nancy Lincoln McBride Judith Young Neer Jane O. Newman Janet McIlvain O’Hara Eve Bullitt Pierce Pauline Carlton Sirkin Ann Cauffman Snyder Susan Alrich Stair Sylvia Dickey Whitman Sinclair A. Ziesing
Class of 1973
Pamela Burtis Bartholomew Alexandra de Sherbinin Clemm Linda C. McKoy Cynthia D. Rugart Barbara Stearns Terry Lisbeth Bailey Veghte Averel Roberts Wilson
Class of 1981
Pauline Bell Alden Jane Gannon Greenfield Christine E. Kuhinka Anita L. McMullin Meredith Putnam Mitchell
Class of 1982 30TH REUNION [ $2,939 ]
The Loving Cup is awarded each year to the Class with the highest percentage of participation in the Agnes Irwin Fund by Reunion Weekend. The Class of 1952 was honored with 100 percent of the Class making a gift this year. Pictured (from left) are Nancy Lloyd Reiger, Minney Lloyd Robb, Nonie Wickwire Knight, Jean Jarrett and Jerry Parke Kinkead.
Susan Rammel Buckley Margaret M. Garvey Mary G. Hopkins Christina Masters Jones Brooke McLean Katzenbach Ann V. Klotz Molly Y. Mayock Elizabeth J. Staples Patricia Heppe Stouch Isabel Royer Welland Amy C. West
Class of 1975
Theresa Bailey Baker Sally-Ann Sells Bensur Nancy Kress Bowden Susanne Madeira Coffin Lucy Cooper Karlsson Natalie Brinton Krovetz Ann Schimminger Marcus Heidi Hartshorn McPherson Martha B. Sharples Gay West-Klien
Class of 1979
Class of 1984
Class of 1976
Susan Cauffman Butterworth Grace Sharples Cooke Courtney Preston Crosby Alexandra Van Alen Frazier Suzanne Hooper Annabelle V. Irey Susan G. Lea Elizabeth Moran Legnini Martha L. Madeira Anne Bullock Perper Leslie Rea Pye
Reunion Representatives
Currie Smith Sarah Carrigan Stoll Ilse Wellershoff-Schuur Elizabeth Whitman Winder
Ana Thompson Julia H. West Sandra Crockett Williams Grace H. Ziesing
Class of 1977 35TH REUNION [ $38,705 - 72% ]
Class of 1978
Anonymous (2) Hilary Robinson Armstrong Laurie S. Brown Ginger McGay Clark Julia Dohan Corelli Katherine Wadhams Cox Polly Warren Coxe Virginia Bailey Crockett Sydney Cruice Dixon Nancy McCulloch Flanagan Laura Taylor Gorham Melissa Madeira Gormley Geneva Loder Green Sallie Mayer Hendrick Tandy Hartshorn Hufford Jametta Y. Johnson Ellen Van Pelt Jordan Julia A. Jung Elizabeth Buck King Susan Hastings Lohmann Elizabeth Williams Madtson Eleanor Tenney Miller Suzanne Kelly Moreland Mary Masters Opila Alexandra Dodge Panarese Loraine Wilder Powell Kathryn Jordan Ragan Frances Emmons Rogers Ann Laupheimer Sonnenfeld Beverley Cathcart Tarika
Cynthia Hooper Bell Amy Bennett Borst Antoinette M. Burton Leslie D. Callahan Nancy R. Crockett Hope M. Flammer Sherrerd Steele Flasinski Jennifer Gardner Glose Julie Pfeiffer Marshall Linda Johnson Means Heather Morris Raker
Class of 1980
Susannah A. Gardner Lydia Fitler Kimball Sandra L. McLean Tamara Schrader Normington Audrey Silverman Perkins Joan E. Pew
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Class of 1983
Kelly McBride Atkins Maria Thompson Brown Tara Iyengar Butler Cynthia Campbell Crochiere Kathryn Graham Duggan Kristin L. Gardner Elizabeth A. Garvey Heather Cornwell Gray Heidi Thiermann Hole Lisa A. Howell Brooke Howard McIlvaine Mary Hundt McLoughlin Mary Hope McQuiston Eunice Tornetta Pendergast Connie Anne Phillips Celeste Powers Elizabeth Maxey Robertshaw Lee Carroll Roebuck Barbara B. Scullin Anne Batchelder Ulichney
Class of 1974
Frances Moran Abbott Lydia B. Allen-Berry Sandra Bunting Arnold Janet C. DeLong Victoria D. Edson Jane R. Frankel Anne Fritchman Hamilton Mary Cauffman Hastings Elizabeth Baker Helland Nancy A. Latimer Laura Buck Marshall Deborah Rammel McKeel Elizabeth R. McLean Patricia H. Mueller Elizabeth Nalle Rendall
Paige L. Andersen Estelina L. Dallett Bonnie Duncan Damiani Elizabeth R. Denlinger Lisa A. Forsyth Karen Jordan Gowen Barbara Cauffman Hartman Lisa Ginn Mottes Lee Higham Tinker Hadley Harper Witcher
Tory Robinson Burch Nancy Ewing Clark Alexandra Baker Connors Kara Smith Cumiskey Jennifer Kinkead Kathleen McClements Kozlowsky Rebecca Fosnocht Misangyi Page Andes Morocco Barbara Johnson Riley Beth Ann Riley Lizann Boyle Rode Kara Gaffney Ross Diane Christie Shaffer
Class of 1985
Deanna Leicht Loughnane Jill Juda Marshall Caroline Moran
Class of 1986
Leslie R. Crutchfield Charlotte Peterson Fenstermacher Mimi Flanagan Greenly Sanna Marshall Henderer Dina B. Stevens
Class of 1987 25TH REUNION [ $11,505 ]
Gwyneth Child Arrison Pamela Woodcock Bennett Kathryn M.L. Buckley Gwendolyn M. Campbell Sydney Brown Clarke Carolyn Colket Cullen E. Stuart Dyer Alison Regan Edwards Keri Bennett Edwards Megan Boyle Flinn Lisa Knight Gibby Margaret E. Henry Rebecca Wartluft Knox Michele Matarazzo K. Gage Parr Lakshmi A. Reddy Ann Elise Smoot
Class of 1988
Jennifer Leach Anderson Stephanie Gibbons-Neff Boulden Kristen Luke Brooks Becky Gaffney Campbell Pamela V. Egan Taliba M. Foster Elizabeth Carver Fulmer Meredith Mattson Gibbons Anne Blakely Hammer Alice Johnson Handwerk Lesley Vauclain Lloyd Kimberly Rhoads McCarthy Karen E. Milbourne Lori Read Mitchell Kristin Heim Mowry Ann Hedges Pagano Megan Holt Ryan Jennifer Otis Stirling Lisa DiBattista Swartz Julie E. Twitmyer Virginia Sharp Williams Lindsey Ertel Wolfington
Class of 1989
Anonymous Sigrid Zirkle Carroll Kimberly Coulson Macaione Lauren E. Mattson Lindsey Marshall Pierce Sharon Tinari Pratt Min Suh Son Gretchen Koch Walsh
Class of 1990
Melinda Schlarbaum Bradley Wendy Rhoads Costa Anne Dillon Fisher Mary Tyler Johnson Adrienne J. Lucier Grayson Wilds Lutz Leanne Merz McMenamin Elizabeth A. McQuiston
Deborah Coonley Rand Ashley Thacher Williams
Class of 1991
Heather Disque Baum Melissa Halbach-Merz Vanessa Fox Halpert Lynne Stine Hanna Marion C. W. Henry Candace Carmick Marinakos Elizabeth B. Marshall Stephanie McConnell Moleski Ambler Leach Selway Shannon McBride Zeller
The Sophie Dallas Irwin Award was presented to the Class of 1977, who raised over $38,000 in honor of their 35th Reunion. Pictured (from left to right) are Polly Warren Coxe, Francie Emmons Rogers, Ann Laupheimer Sonnenfeld, Sydney Cruice Dixon (in front), Sandy Crockett Williams (in back) and Ellen Van Pelt Jordan.
Class of 1992 20TH REUNION [ $12,235 - 71% ] Anonymous Melanie Gaspari Albahary Amy Wright Amoroso Dana Aspinwall Jan Carpoletti Baran Lori Weitzman Bernstein Gabriela Martinez Bradt Samantha Sawin Brennan Lauren Schaffer Campbell Noel Spahr Cappillo Amanda Craven Cavanaugh Sara Callaghan Chapell Lori Brown Ciprich Alissa M. Davis Elizabeth A. Dixon Emily Calvert Goodling Louisa F. Heller Megan Murphy Irish Amy Gregg Maher Marjorie Frazier Maschler Quincy Brown McCoy Kathleen Tinari McGuiness Alexandra Robertson McKee Courtney E. Miles Sarah J. Paul Carrie Fanelli Santoro Catherine E. Spahr Kelly Fenlin Sullivan Cecily W. Tyler Ashley Hundt Ventrone
L. Lee Brown Elizabeth A. Foster Amanda Cannon Fredericks Erin Schusler Hinckle Lynn P. Martin Sandra L. Moser Elizabeth C. Roth Sarah G. Roth A. Robin Wood
Class of 1995
Anonymous LaTrelle S. Burrage Meghan E. Cherner-Ranft Daniele Laws Dillard Renee P. Ebbert Rachel Moyer Erbaugh Jennifer McCreesh Finn Alexandra M. Kahoe Sandra DuBarry Laflamme Tara C. Malloy Audrey A. Miller Anne Casey Milligan Amanda V. Nichols Devon Kennedy Nickel Brooke N. Norrett Elise S. O’Connell Page Callaghan Pisapia Maggie E. Poulos Anne R. Thompson Mary Elizabeth Noel Todd Cornelia Marshall Toothaker Elizabeth Farrell Van der Waag Laura E. Vaughn Tracy Otley Viola
Class of 1993
Meredith Walker Antik Christina Handelman Barker J. Taylor Campitelli Jennifer Keh Creary Kathryn A. Farrell Caroline Marshall Harries Allison Rhoads Henderson Meredith DuBarry Huston Kelly M. Malloy Samantha Mason-McComb Elizabeth Cuckler Odiorne Erin E. Olivier Rita L. Ruggiero Kate Billington Traeger
Class of 1996
Hilary O’Sullivan Bajus Daphne de Dominicis Connor Kristy Heyse Irwin Blair Sieff Kimmel Kathleen V. Lamperez Kristen Bartholdson Peter Cordelia M. Seeley
Class of 1994
Christina Mills Astley Laura Bright Babka Elizabeth E. Baylor Elizabeth Eldred Berger
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Class of 1997 15TH REUNION [ $5,320 ]
Amanda Scanlan Barton Katherine LaFrance Bolin Meghan A. Conan Victoria Jones Davis Christina McCabe deForest Keys Josselyn Rimel Delussey Courtney Leimkuhler de Segundo Jennifer Emmi Fiorini Anne E. Garinger Carolyn J. Garinger Hannah Kaye Horrigan Katherine McCabe Juhas Susan B. Lewis Aideen M. T. O’Malley Virginia Nelsen Place Kimberly A. Russell Lauren E. Staple Lindsey Berman Stearns Sarah C. Thanhauser April Tellam Timmerman Jennifer Gatmaitan Watkin Alexandra B. Zipf
Class of 1998
Megan E. Dorsey Courtney S. Fretz Hads P. Holmgren Catherine Haldy Jarman Jessica L. Krick Elizabeth Coulson Libré Lauren E. Patterson Christine L. Wolfe
Class of 1999
Lauren N. Cahill Catherine Alburger Christopher Alexandra Slack Hindle Ann Nguyen Luu Suzanne H. Schwartz Nina Micozzie Tyre
Annual Report
2011-2012
Alumnae Giving (continued) E. Kelly Le Vine Mikelle R. Nickens Carley A. Razzi Olivia A. Romeo Anita M. Sellers Kristen K. Yoh Kathryn M. Zagrabbe
Class of 2006 Anonymous Janet L. Bartholdson Emma B. Bazilian Christan D. Bentley Mary Katharine V. Bryan Christina W. Clothier Caroline S. Dooner Toby R. Eyre Kathryn M. Gundersen Alison M. Heffernan Sarah Y. Jenkins Victoria E. Johnston Joanna R. Kovalski Nicole M. Marchetto Sarah C. Marcus Lisa C. Mays Alison S. Moser Kristin E. Nottebohm Alexandra R. Pierce Whitney A. Roller Jamie M. S. Ryan Ashley C. Stewardson Caroline M. Stokes Elizabeth E. Stokes Celeste F. Tarbox Claire T. Ulmer Alice C. Van Horne Colleen E. Vicente Stephanie J. Waller Eleanor T. West Kate N. Wiber
In 2011-2012, the Agnes Irwin parent body included 52 Agnes Irwin graduates, 18 of whom are pictured here with their daughters. The tradition and legacy continue! Class of 2000 - 51%
Elizabeth Hepp Babson Elizabeth A. Berlacher Brie D. Bolger Jennifer Vanett Bretz Shannon M. Casey Ashley B. Cook Emily Garinger Dingle Allison M. Dodd Elizabeth Hansen Gross Stephanie M. Haldy Jodi A. Housman Adrienne K. LaFrance Erin M. Lanahan Meredith E. MacGregor Courtney M. Malloy Susan Hirtle McEvoy Margaret E. Moore Joan Frondorf Mulé Joan Peck O’Connor Jennifer M. Platow Alexandra Fergusson Powell Clare Putnam Pozos Gisele G. Roget Elizabeth D. Sall Megan Doughty Shaine Brooks Burrows White
Class of 2001
Allison Scanlan Abbott Tracy Solomon Dowling Dorrance H. Hamilton Emily Brown Kennedy Lindsey Wilkins Press Lindsay M. Schroll Emilie B. Slack Sarah Coffin Westcott Maxine Zhang
Class of 2002 10TH REUNION [ $1,895 ]
Jenna McMeekin Bayard Kristen M. Berlacher Emily Davis Betz Lauren E. Donohoe Elise M. Gelinas Kristen B. Hansen
Jennifer M. Legnini Katharine Perkins Love Samantha L. Millier K. Lucille Moore Sarah W. Murdoch Emily S. Rowland Molly C. Scudder Elisa S. Shore Katelyn M. Sinatra Mica J. Wilson
Class of 2003
Anastasia T. Dorrance Adriane O. Gill Laura R. Hugill Maya L. Lloyd Avery Eyre Lovejoy Dana M. Marchetto Valerie C. Morini Allison D. Pickens Julie C. Pizzutillo Caitlin L. Russell Joanna Ashley Stott Jocelyn C. Tarbox Abbe L. Wright
Class of 2007 5TH REUNION [ $1,185 ] Alexandra W. Barker Samantha E. Bell Emily H. Blynn Ludmila I. Crowther Caitlin E. Finnegan Ainsley B. Gardner Anne P. Gimbel Alice E. Goldenberg Alexandra K. Greco Elizabeth A. Gretz Bryn L. Housam Allison E. Ianovale Elizabeth A. Labor Hallie B. Lincoln Andrea P. Lucas Neveen H. Mahmoud Alyssa M. Roland Kelly A. Taylor Christina Vaganos Adriana Vetrano A. Suzanne Welsh Lynn M. Whiteley
Class of 2004
Alexandra Craparo Aimee M. Gelinas Aubrey E. Hunter Hannah L. Hustedt Katherine E. Jenkins Rachel L. Kimchi Allyson G. Legnini Christine E. MacGregor Dana L. P. Meyer Lauren L. Sottile Elizabeth P. Welsh
Class of 2005
Catherine R. Archer Katherine C. Best Jenica N. Blechschmidt Kathleen J. Bonner Alana T. Gentner Charlotte D. Hamilton Natalie M. Jones Caleigh Jooste
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Class of 2008
Emily C. Boggs Lindy Li Mary Catherine O’Reilly-Gindhart Megan E. Pauley Kiante L. Tomlin Mary Kathryn Wymard Catherine M. Yoh Kelly C. Zug
Class of 2009 Emily S. Archer Amanda J. Becker Pamela K. Bunten V. Neely Burch Virginia C. House Virginia G. Le Vine Grace A. McCarty Erin N. Quigg
Class of 2010
Charlotte S. Burch Eva M. D’Ignazio Katherine N. Hollander Nadya A. K. Mason Gabrielle M. Ware Madelaine W. Whitehead
Class of 2011 - 60% Parthena D. Aivazoglou Katherine L. Bell Elizabeth H. Brehman Amanda S. Bunten Alissa R. Celli Aeysha B. Chaudhry Sara L. Clark Meredith L. Cola Margaret V. Corcoran Kelly H. Crosby Kathleen P. Duffy Findlay W. Flasinski Skylar A. Frederick Saida K. Harpi Catherine S. Howley Christina Karalis Lydia B. Karlsson Fraulein Li Wendy Y. Li Grace E. Manning Katariina H. Mattila Mackenzie B. Murphy Caitlin Petrakis Julia M. Pierce Samantha I. Robbins Michelle E. Ryan Samantha L. Schafrank Julia R. Shreckengast Madeline C. Slezak Lucy U. Smukler Kiana M. Spady Caroline C. Sutherland Caroline A. Terry Kara L. Tomlin Amy Nicole Vogt Rachel E. Wahl Liza A. Watson April D. Wedderburn Lauren M. Willcox Shannan D. Williford
Alumnae Leadership Anonymous Frances Moran Abbott ’74 Millicent Moyer Abbott ’62 Melanie Gaspari Albahary ’92 Sarajane Smith Alexander ’49 Paige L. Andersen ’82 Elise W. Artelt ’60 Ann Lahens Ashton ’59 Elizabeth G. Atterbury ’61 Mary Koch Baer ’42 Theresa Bailey Baker ’75 Cynthia Hooper Bell ’79 Kristen Luke Brooks ’88 Devereaux Rose Bruch ’55 Laura Thomas Buck ’49 Tory Robinson Burch ’84 Virginia Rulon-Miller Caldwell ’64 Gwendolyn M. Campbell ’87 J. Taylor Campitelli ’93 Pauline Carrigan Charles ’54 Alexandra Baker Connors ’84 Patricia Richards Cosgrave ’59 Alexandra Craparo ’04 # Cynthia Campbell Crochiere ’83 Nancy R. Crockett ’79 Courtney Preston Crosby ’76 Carolyn Colket Cullen ’87 Dita West Daub ’58 Suzanne Mitchell Davis ’58 Christina McCabe deForest Keys ’97 Alex Wood Del Viscio ’72 Janet C. DeLong ’74 Josselyn Rimel Delussey ’97 # Courtney Leimkuhler de Segundo ’97 Edith Robb Dixon ’50 Jacqueline Walker Ernst ’34 Charlotte Peterson Fenstermacher ’86 Jennifer Emmi Fiorini ’97 # Megan Boyle Flinn ’87
Kelly M. Malloy ’93 Laura Buck Marshall ’74 Marjorie Frazier Maschler ’92 Lauren E. Mattson ’89 Nancy Mungall McDowell ’70 Susan Hirtle McEvoy ’00 Brooke Howard McIlvaine ’83 Leanne Merz McMenamin ’90 Anita L. McMullin ’81 Mary P. McPherson ’53 Courtney E. Miles ’92 Anne Casey Milligan ’95 Caroline Moran ’85 Ann Stovell Moyer ’49 Susan Clark Ogden ’62 Barbara J. Page ’62 K. Gage Parr ’87 Christine Wheeler Patton ’65 Eunice Tornetta Pendergast ’83 Audrey Silverman Perkins ’80 Anne Bullock Perper ’76 Kristen Bartholdson Peter ’96 Connie Anne Phillips ’83 Eve Bullitt Pierce ’72 Lindsey Marshall Pierce ’89 Celeste Powers ’83 Elizabeth Ward Preble ’61 Leslie Rea Pye ’76 Sally Schoettle Randolph ’58 Barbara Johnson Riley ’84 Joan Church Roberts ’48 Elizabeth Maxey Robertshaw ’83 Katheryne Kerr Ferguson Rogers ’57 ‡ Olivia A. Romeo ’05 # Nancy Davis Rosan ’62 Kara Gaffney Ross ’84 Sarah G. Roth ’94 Barbara Gibbon Rowland ’42 Cynthia D. Rugart ’73
Joan Carrigan Forester ’57 ‡ Courtney S. Fretz ’98 Kristin L. Gardner ’83 Susannah A. Gardner ’80 Meredith Mattson Gibbons ’88 Martha Parke Gibian ’52 Jennifer Gardner Glose ’79 Karen Jordan Gowen ’82 Jane Gannon Greenfield ’81 Tucker Catherwood Gresh ’56 Eloise Sheaffer Hall ’57 Vanessa Fox Halpert ’91 Anne Fritchman Hamilton ’74 Charlotte D. Hamilton ’05 Dorrance H. Hamilton ’01 Allison Rhoads Henderson ’93 Mary Schimminger Hinds ’72 Suzanne Hooper ’76 Annabelle Pierson Irey ’53 Catherine Haldy Jarman ’98 Mary Tyler Johnson ’90 Katherine McCabe Juhas ’97 Elizabeth Buck King ’77 Jennifer Kinkead ’84 Sandra Strauss Krause ’52 Janet Leith Lamphier ’59 Allyson G. Legnini ’04 Elizabeth Moran Legnini ’76 Jennifer M. Legnini ’02 E. Kelly Le Vine ’05 # Virginia G. Le Vine ’09 # Barbara Byers Littlefield ’48 Deanna Leicht Loughnane ’85 Alida Nicholas Lovell ’53 Adrienne J. Lucier ’90 Kimberly Coulson Macaione ’89 Joan Wheeler Mackie ’61 Catherine MacNeal ’72 Amy Gregg Maher ’92
National Alumnae Advisory Council Donors Theresa Bailey Baker ’75 L. Lee Brown ’94 Virginia Rulon-Miller Caldwell ’64 Gwendolyn M. Campbell ’87 Patricia Richards Cosgrave ’59 Courtney Leimkuhler de Segundo ’97 Courtney S. Fretz ’98 Stephanie M. Haldy ’00 Margaret E. Henry ’87 Hads Ogden Holmgren ’98 Elizabeth Buck King ’77 Antoinette F. Knorr ’69 Adrienne J. Lucier ’90 Kelly M. Malloy ’93 Elizabeth B. Marshall ’91 Susan Hirtle McEvoy ’00 Mary P. McPherson ’53
‡ Class Gift Designation # Irwinian
Elizabeth K. Sands ’71 Priscilla G. Sands ’65 Polly Rightmire Scoville ’57 Ambler Leach Selway ’91 Alice Marshall Sharp ’62 Nancy Day Sharp ’61 Barbara A. Shotwell ’80 Ann Laupheimer Sonnenfeld ’77 Valerie Brady Sorenson ’49 Sydney Davis Stevens ’55 Lisa Moyer Stewardson ’80 Patricia Heppe Stouch ’78 Anne Ashton Strong ’49 Kelly Fenlin Sullivan ’92 Lisa DiBattista Swartz ’88 Paula Freeman Szabo ’62 Mary Knox Tatnall ’55 A. Anne French Thorington ’50 Anne Batchelder Ulichney ’83 Julie Mannix von Zerneck ’62 Helen Justi Wallace ’47 Jean Wilson Ward ’26 Charlotte Colket Weber ’61 Isabel Royer Welland ’78 Gay West-Klien ’75 Elaine Biddle Whitman ’62 Sylvia Dickey Whitman ’72 Sara Wetherill Wilds ’59 Sandra Crockett Williams ’77 Virginia Sharp Williams ’88 Averel Roberts Wilson ’73 Diana Strawbridge Wister ’57 Ann Murphy Zabel ’51 Shannon McBride Zeller ’91 Maxine Zhang ’01 #
Alumnae Board Donors Anastasia T. Dorrance ’03 Middy I. Dorrance ’67 Anne Dillon Fisher ’90 Laura Wheeler Golding ’64 Lisa A. Howell ’83 Elizabeth A. McQuiston ’90 Anne Casey Milligan ’95 Devon Kennedy Nickel ’95
Kristin Heim Mowry ’88 Christine Wheeler Patton ’65 Joan E. Pew ’80 Connie Anne Phillips ’83 Maggie E. Poulos ’95 Clare Putnam Pozos ’00 Lindsey Wilkins Press ’01 Barbara Johnson Riley ’84 Sarah G. Roth ’94 Barbara B. Scullin ’83 Min Suh Son ’89 Ann Laupheimer Sonnenfeld ’77 Maria Marques Thompson ’83 Amy C. West ’78 Maxine Zhang ’01
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Mary Catherine O’Reilly-Gindhart ’08 Elizabeth Cuckler Odiorne ’93 Deborah Boas Pakradooni ’65 Lindsey Marshall Pierce ’89 Katheryne Kerr Ferguson Rogers ’57 Pamela Brown Russell ’69 Elizabeth Farrell Van der Waag ’95
Annual Report
2011-2012
Parent Donors CLASS OF 2012 [ $72,521 - 64% ] Anonymous Stuart H. & Pauline Bell Alden ’81 Robert S. & Wendelyn C. Bailey Irving S. & Laura E. Becker Karl V. & Jyl T. Chandler William H. & Sarah E. Collier Paul & Katherine Crits-Christoph Brian C. & Cynthia Campbell Crochiere ’83 Howard M. & Leslie M. Cyr Paul K. & Caroline K. Davis Vikram S. Dravid & Ashwini N. Udgaonkar Robert K. & Diane M. Hahm Christian U. & Christine R. Hammarskjold R. Radcliffe & Katherine K. Hastings Craig S. & Margaret D. Johnson Stefanie W. Lucas & Christopher J. Thompson Christopher N. & Gretchen Z. Magnani Thomas M. & Constance T. McEvoy Frank & Esther McGill John B. & Carole Melvin Naya Nyaguthii Mondo Cesar E. & Vanessa D. Penaherrera Trevor R.P. & Margaret Ann B. Price David P. Prodorutti Cynthia D. Rugart ’73 Kevin L. Shipe & Claudia N. Ruiz-Shipe John A. & Sarah Y. Simkiss Charles G. & Karen B. Tabourn J. Mark & Katherine J. Thorburn Dawn E. Warden Richard A. & Katharine P. Warden Leonard A. & Patricia A. Wenger Robert J. Wetz, Jr. & Susan Shanahan-Wetz C. Michael & Liza C. Whelan Thomas L. & Yvonne Williams Horatio & Joanne L. Yeung
CLASS OF 2013 [ $152,924 - 80% ] Anonymous John & Kelli Aivazoglou Jeff & Enna Allen David J. & Pamela T. Berkman Albert C. & Leslie B. Boris James M. & Elinor H. Buck Peter D. & Amy S. Bunten Charles C. & Amanda M. Burch Charles A. & Rebecca A. Dallara Louis F. & Helen A. De Vlieger Chris Dinh & Brenda La James P. & Kathleen M. Duffy Gerald M. & Lisa L. Farley William L. & Mary Catherine Ferguson Joseph J. & Joyce A. Fortunato William Fox & Laurie Kilpatrick Wilbur M. James & Margaret M. Garvey ’78 W. Clark Hargrove
Thomas M. & Mary J. Harper John B. & Carol M. Hillman David P. & Alexis C. Hollander Ben Burke Howell Joseph & Alice L. Hurler Jeannie Joughin & Shane Duncan Matthew H. & Elizabeth G. Kamens Aris J. & Debbie Karalis Gary & Sophia Kligos Debra A. Kossman Andrew A. & Virginia B. Lewis Mark D. Ludwick & Susan Hipp-Ludwick William M. & Linda Johnson Means ’79 Richard & Elizabeth E. Mentzinger Ranney R. & Theresa M. Moran Vernon L. & Wanda M. Odom Bonnie & Paul Offit Suzette Osei Derek N. & Wendy L. Pew William P. & Shara B. Pollie George L. & Trish L. Rodriguez John A. & Nancy R. Ryan Cheston & Kimberley S. Simmons Nicholas E. & Georgia Sioutis Scott S. & Julie S. Small Carlton W. & Cheryl D. Smith Marc J. & Ann Laupheimer Sonnenfeld ’77 Craig A. & Michele N. Styer Peter L. & Lee C. Tobar Paul & Sherry Tornetta Kenneth E. & Karen S. Volpert Thomas F. & Karen L. White Harold L. & Sharon Yoh
Agnes Irwin alumna and parent Annie Batchelder Ulichney ’83 celebrates her daughter Ginny’s 8th grade graduation with her daughters Carol ’22 and Annie ’18.
Bernard & Jennifer McNamee Michael W. & Barbara B. Miles Charles J. & Deborah E. Miller Gary & Beth Pergolini Blondell Reynolds-Brown Gary & Karen K. Roland Ernest L. & Jeannette K. Rosato Paul J. & Nancy L. Scarlato Stephen & Janet Schmidt Carl A. & Joyce K. Schultz Harold H. & Susan F. Shreckengast Brian G. & Lucia Smith N. Gee & Jeannette W. Smith Francis R. & Mary Elizabeth Spitz Oscar S. & Vanessa Y. Tercero Stephen W. & Joann M. Webster Washington & Vanessa B. Wedderburn Leonard A. & Patricia A. Wenger David M. & Renee W. Whitehead Bruce D. & Binney H. Wietlisbach Michelle L. Wulff Jeffrey S. & Janine C. Yass
CLASS OF 2014 [ $103,786 - 75% ] Anonymous (3) George J. & Patricia D. Alburger Nathaniel S. Barker Bart & Jane Bastian Arjun & Paula Bedi Leon Borodyansky & Inga Vetkina Edward J. & Wenda K. Brennan Steven L. & Nancy L. Brown Gregory J. & Debora L. Clower Chuck & Bonnie Duncan Damiani ’82 Paul K. & Caroline K. Davis Leonard A. & Patricia M. Fabiano Lawrence M. & Theresa Frangiosa Aaron J. & Hope S. Freiwald Bruce S. & Amy J. Fryer John N. & Sarah R. Geary Kenneth L. & Margaret K. Gibb Christian U. & Christine R. Hammarskjold Michael G. & Joanne Heckman Russell A. Hill Robert M. & Daphne Howard Jeannie Joughin & Shane Duncan Andrew L. & Wendy E. Lewis Joanna McNeil Lewis Robert F. & Lauren C. Manning Ruoqing Mao & Shuhua Zhao Charles & Karen McGrane
CLASS OF 2015 [ $54,948 - 61% ] Anonymous Mindy Aldridge Pradeep K. & Neerja Bhagat Vincent & Grace G. Bloise David A. & Karen G. Bottger Charlene E. Brisbane Dinah A. Brown James M. & Elinor H. Buck Peter D. & Amy S. Bunten Karl V. & Jyl T. Chandler William H. & Sarah E. Collier Frank Correll & Deborah Fitzgerald Correll
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John C. & Courtney Preston Crosby ’76 Hai-Lung Dai & Surrina M. Hu Charles A. & Rebecca A. Dallara Peter S. & Deirdre M. Dooner James R. & Maureen M. Fendrick William L. & Mary Catherine Ferguson Thomas J. & Martha Lee Gavula Sheila Gibson Duke & Courtney Gleeson Tom Goodwin & Margaret Landi James J. & Jane Gannon Greenfield ’81 Matthew F. & Margaret F. Habenicht Peter J. & Sara J. Hill John B. & Carol M. Hillman Michael J. & Eileen Lambo Charles R. & Lynn Z. Manning Bruce E. Miller & Anne C. Huff Allan P. & Kimberly L. Minker John J. & Joanne Mullin Aideen M. T. O’Malley & Michael C. Matthews Jennifer Paradis Kenneth R. & Virginia A. Pina Santiago & Michelle B. Pujadas Marc & Polly Richman Jack & Sharon Rudnicki Richard V. Buonocore & Barbara A. Shotwell ’80 John A. & Sarah Y. Simkiss Theodore & Arnika Smith David L. & Kathleen A. Spinelli Paul & Sherry Tornetta Tracey Smith Volpe Jeffrey & Linda Wahl Robert J. Wetz, Jr. & Susan Shanahan-Wetz C. Michael & Liza C. Whelan
David & Sheryl Williams T. David & Lisa R. Williams, Jr.
CLASS OF 2016 [ $85,470 - 75% ] Anonymous Joel A. & Mary T. Adams Mark R. and Tania M. Alexander Michael W. & Lisa A. Bell Mark V. & Jennifer D. Berlinger Glenn D. Bowen Edward Burnetta & Lisa Dwyer-Joyce Ike Carpenter Craig W. & Carolyn Colket Cullen ’87 Daniel L. & Ingeborg Damstra Christine A. DiJulio Bruce S. & Amy J. Fryer Andrew R. & Kathy H. Gaddes Wilbur M. James & Margaret M. Garvey ’78 Kenneth L. & Margaret K. Gibb Ronald & Eleanor Golden Kevin A. & Laura R. Griffiths William A. & Barbara B. Henderson Tamas Hevizi & Csilla Mate Michael Holtsberg & Julie Fisher-Holtsberg Paul & Annamaria Jaskot Edward D. & Cara M. Latham Gerald Lawrence, Jr. John C. & Terri G. Leone Steven K. & Donna Lindner Stefanie W. Lucas & Christopher J. Thompson John Marshall Anurag M. & Rashmi Mittal Roland P. & Karen C. Mosimann Robert M. & Patricia M. Nocentino José & Paula Ortiz Marshall W. & Holly M. Pagon Christian & Christina T. Peters Derek N. & Wendy L. Pew Robert Pinsk & Marian A. Ormont Thomas S. & Carolyn W. Robbins Cary B. & Suzanne M. Robinson George L. & Trish L. Rodriguez Roberto & Nadia Rodriguez Kevin L. Shipe & Claudia N. Ruiz-Shipe Todd & Ann Marie Siegal Brian G. & Lucia Smith Christopher L. & Ashley B. Smith Andrew B. & Anne Batchelder Ulichney ’83 Daniel & Suzanne Weintraub Jabin & Margaret White
CLASS OF 2017 [ $46,858 - 58% ] Andre V. Gardner & Paige L. Andersen ’82 Shahram & Roya R. Askarpour Robert P. & Lisa S. Barker James M. & Elinor H. Buck Charles & Patricia Burkhart Kenneth J. Carey
CLASS OF 2019 [ $66,305 - 61% ]
Patrick P. & Beth A. Coyne Stephen A. & Sandra J. L. DiPasqua Jacob R. & Anne Dillon Fisher ’90 Lawrence F. & Alison H. Flick Aaron J. & Hope S. Freiwald David & Laura Giordano Michael J. Hanrahan Truxtun & Beth Hare Yvette M. Harris Raymond R. & Lynn G. Kaller Peter S. & Nancy Mungall McDowell ’70 Peter & Deirdre Meltzer Thomas J. & Audrey Silverman Perkins ’80 Greg & Julie Richardson Martin R. & Alison B. Smith Theodore & Arnika Smith Peter L. & Lee C. Tobar Glenn & Hayley Wada Jon & Vicki Warner Richard B. & Roma K. Wickersham
Arjun & Paula Bedi Peter W. Berthold & Elaine Elbich Thomas F. & Melanie K. Boerner Patrick P. & Beth A. Coyne Ronald W. & Charlotte Peterson Fenstermacher ’86 Kenneth J. Fitzpatrick & Jeannine A. Weimar-Fitzpatrick Lawrence F. & Alison H. Flick Matthew D. & Sara Glaser Matthew H. & Elizabeth G. Kamens Matthew P. & Victoria Karlson Michael P. & Emily D. Lamb John C. & Terri G. Leone Lynne D. Manganaro Nicholas Manganaro Charles R. & Lynn Z. Manning Robert L. & Jane A. McNeil Robert Pinsk & Marian A. Ormont Andre E. & Lisa D. Pressley John K. & Maria R. Schneider Todd R. & Kimberly J. Scott Martin R. & Alison B. Smith Thomas A. & Judith A. Sprague Suzanne Veronese John C. & Merritt Weber Mark R. & Sonya W. Weigle William C. & Bonnie Welch Michael H. & Gayle F. Yoh
CLASS OF 2018 [ $93,300 - 76% ] Anonymous Michael & Lori A. Aronsky Glenn D. Bowen Patrick J. & Tracy S. Brala Peter D. & Amy S. Bunten Robert & Sharyn Chernitsky Terence A. & Sydney Cruice Dixon ’77 Carleton P. & Debra B. Erdman Lawrence G. & Amy L. Ferracci Wilford H. & Jennifer A. Fuller Richard & Pam E. Hark Mike & Jeanine Hovsepian Paul & Annamaria Jaskot David M. & Kathleen M. Justi Steven B. & Laurie M. Katznelson Jack H. & Beverly G. Kirkpatrick Edward D. & Cara M. Latham David & Constance Lees G. Michael & Robyn D. Lihota Paul M. & Deanna Leicht Loughnane ’85 Joseph W. & Kimberly Coulson Macaione ’89 Stephen & Jill Juda Marshall ’85 Thomas M. & Helen A. Mashek Sean P. & Kimberly Rhoads McCarthy ’88 Jennifer L. Payton Paul Raymond & Lisa Moss Thomas S. & Carolyn W. Robbins Jordan & Julie Savitch H. Edward & Jody B. Seibert James B. & Wendy Y. Short Christopher L. & Ashley B. Smith Christopher & Lauren Sullivan Lisa DiBattista Swartz ’88 Andrew B. & Anne Batchelder Ulichney ’83 Jeffrey S. & Janine C. Yass
CLASS OF 2020 [ $30,379 - 91% ] Anonymous Robert J. & Elaine B. Anderson Raza & Sabina Bokhari Hugh & Carolyn Braithwaite David R. & Sarah N. Breck Todd & Amy Briddell Kenneth J. Carey Craig E. & Kristin L. Conway Peter H. & Kelly R. Cordray William G. & Susan T. Costin Julian & Jennifer W. deLehman David & Kim Della Porta Scott D. & Lara A. Evans Albury N. & Allison G. Fleitas David L. & Ruchira Glaser Tom Goodwin & Margaret Landi Michael G. & Jamie W. Haines Paul Halpern & Susan Howatt Robert & Alison Hastings Taylor & Heather King William T. & Suzanne C. Lowther Sean P. & Kimberly Rhoads McCarthy ’88 Daniel T. & Natalie K. McGrory Carlton B. & Nina M. Neel Jeffrey R. & Eunice Tornetta Pendergast ’83 Scott Schley & Michelle Portnoff Kevin R. & Tracy L. Steele Kim H. Thompson Carter D. & Virginia Sharp Williams ’88
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William C. & Kelly G. Yoh Brian D. & Michelle L. Zubatch
CLASS OF 2021 [ $47,711 - 60% ] Jamie & Dawn Altman Michael & Lori A. Aronsky Shahram & Roya R. Askarpour Thomas E. & Kristen Luke Brooks ’88 Christopher M. & Kirsten L. Comai Douglas H. & Kathleen Cooper Michael L. & Sherri L. DeRosa Kenneth J. Fitzpatrick & Jeannine A. Weimar-Fitzpatrick Mason S. & Megan Boyle Flinn ’87 Wilford H. & Jennifer A. Fuller Tamas Hevizi & Csilla Mate Gerald Lawrence, Jr. Richard J. T. & S. Elizabeth F. Lerch David P. & Catherine D. McQuaid Lisa Ginn Mottes ’82 Peter S. & Elizabeth Cuckler Odiorne ’93 Santiago & Michelle B. Pujadas Gerald A. & Jennifer N. Ronon Matthew J. & Maria C. Rosenberg Timothy R. & Lisa Rubin H. Edward & Jody B. Seibert James B. & Wendy Y. Short Jacob Soll & Ellen Wayland-Smith Kevin R. & Tracy L. Steele Bruce C. & Patricia Heppe Stouch ’78 Henry Summy & Amy Shah Jacques L. & Stephanie D. Vauclain Schuyler & Rebecca Wickes Gordon H. & Diana O. Wilder
CLASS OF 2022 [ $29,720 - 62% ] Anonymous James R. & Nancy S. Abbott Anthony J. DeCarlo, Jr. & Joyce C. Smith Scott D. & Lara A. Evans Ronald W. & Charlotte Peterson Fenstermacher ’86 Matthew D. & Sara Glaser Jay & Angela Gopez Clelland N. & Tiffany H. Green Michael G. & Jamie W. Haines Richard & Pam E. Hark James A. & Geraldine M. Heldring Steven M. & Elizabeth A. Kania Andrew E. & LeeAnne Curtis Kress Joseph W. & Kimberly Coulson Macaione ’89 Richard Mankovich & Sharon Wible-Mankovich David J. Parsells & Kirsten E. Bauer Michael K. Popky & Cassandra M. Ruotolo-Popky Paul J. & Pamela K. Riley Matthew J. & Maria C. Rosenberg James D. & Kristin A. Schinella Todd R. & Kimberly J. Scott Melvin Seegars & Maureen Edozie
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Parent Donors (continued) Kevin M. & Karen E. Toth Donald & Ellen Tyson Andrew B. & Anne Batchelder Ulichney ’83 Mark R. & Sonya W. Weigle
CLASS OF 2023 [ $22,114 - 69% ] Kevin & Melissa Bilash Donald F. & Colleen A. Blejwas Edward Burnetta & Lisa Dwyer-Joyce Stephen & Sheila Czepiel Michael E. & Hilary L. Dash Gerard Drumm & Susan Stuardi-Drumm Andrew & Jodi Ellis Albury N. & Allison G. Fleitas Maurice R. Thomas & Taliba M. Foster ’88 William F. & Linda K. Graupner
CLASS OF 2024 [ $12,640 - 58% ]
Yoshiki & Jacqueline M. Hakutani Samuel R. & Vanessa Fox Halpert ’91 Daniel W. & Erin Schusler Hinckle ’94 Eric & Stephanie Jacobson Steven M. & Elizabeth A. Kania David P. Kelleher & Marlo Pagano-Kelleher Jack H. & Beverly G. Kirkpatrick Joseph & Sally Layden Richard J. T. & S. Elizabeth F. Lerch Sean P. & Kimberly Rhoads McCarthy ’88 Scott & Susan McIntyre David P. & Catherine D. McQuaid Dean & Joanie Pagano Anthony J. & Andrea R. Perlak Michael A. & Elizabeth A. Petrizzo Jean-Marc & Valerie A. Rotsaert Daniel R. & Christie A. Spragg Simon M. Telfer & Mariana Padilla-Telfer
Jamie & Dawn Altman Ali A. Anaim & Hoda F. Mansour Bradford L. & Ardis A. Costello Michael E. & Hilary L. Dash Sibty Hasan & Nasifa Rahman Robert & Alison Hastings Daniel W. & Erin Schusler Hinckle ’94 Scott G. & Meredith DuBarry Huston ’93 Jason W. & Sarah G. Ingle Eric & Stephanie Jacobson Scott D. & Tara R. Levensten Andrew M. & Jennifer H. Maddaloni Paul & Christiane Matuch Troy Messick & Manuela Sieber-Messick Todd R. & Kimberly J. Scott Jarrad & Stacey Teller
Patrick J. & Gretchen Koch Walsh ’89 Schuyler & Rebecca Wickes
CLASS OF 2025 [ $7,475 - 100% ] Daniel R. & Joy Connelly William F. & Linda K. Graupner Joseph & Ladan Klimowicz Michael & Jennifer Larsen Richard Mankovich & Sharon Wible-Mankovich Stephen M. & Michelle M. Matarazzo David F. & Shari Noteware Dean & Joanie Pagano Matthew J. & Maria C. Rosenberg Jean-Marc & Valerie A. Rotsaert Leonard D. Sax & Kathleen Kautz Jacob Soll & Ellen Wayland-Smith Matt & Carrie Soroush Steven J. & Valerie Valentino
Parents of Alumnae
Nicole Luff, Ellen Thorburn, Molly Becker, Gioia Warden and Emily Melvin radiate excitement and pride as they become alumnae of The Agnes Irwin School.
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Anonymous (2) Mr. & Mrs. John Aivazoglou Mr. & Mrs. George J. Alburger, Jr. Mr. Paul G. Alexander & Ms. Evelyne Martial-Alexander Mr. & Mrs. Pierce Archer Mrs. LaVon G. Arms Ms. Elise W. Artelt Ms. Sharon C. Avent Dr. & Mrs. Robert S. Bailey, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Barker Mr. & Mrs. John R. Bartholdson Dr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Baylor Mr. & Mrs. Irv Becker Ms. Lorraine B. Beers Mrs. A. Richard Bell, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Bell Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Berman Mr. & Mrs. Donald P. Best Mr. & Mrs. Dwight L. Beucler Mr. & Mrs. E. Clayton Boggs Ms. Barbara E. Borgersen Dr. & Mrs. David A. Bottger Mr. & Mrs. James C. Brennan Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Brown, III Dr. Sarah Carty Brown Mr. & Mrs. W. Thacher Brown Mr. & Mrs. William C. Buck Mr. & Mrs. Peter D. Bunten Mr. & Mrs. Charles C. Burch Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Burch Dr. Edward C. Burnetta & Dr. Lisa E. A. Dwyer-Joyce Dr. & Mrs. David H. Burton Mr. & Mrs. Richard R. Carr Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Carver Mrs. George Cauffman Mr. & Mrs. Charles J. Cella
Ninth graders take a measurement during physics class. Science equipment and other specialized tools are an integral part of the teaching experience at Agnes Irwin. Such instruments are supported by the Agnes Irwin Fund.Â
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Parents of Alumnae (continued) Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Celli Mr. & Mrs. Peter R. Charrington Dr. Sohail S. Chaudhry & Dr. Peggy E. Chaudhry Mr. & Mrs. George C. Chou Mrs. Howard K. Clery, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Isaac H. Clothier, V Mr. & Mrs. Gregory J. Clower Mrs. Susanne M. Coffin Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. Cola Mr. & Mrs. Tristram C. Colket, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Christopher M. Comai Mr. & Mrs. Martin Conn Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Copeland Mr. & Mrs. Patrick P. Coyne, II Dr. Jocelyn L. Craparo Mr. & Mrs. John C. Crosby, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. John E. Crowther Mr. & Mrs. Anthony D’Orsogna Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Damiani Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Louis De Vlieger Mr. & Mrs. David Della Porta Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. Dickey, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Peter S. Dooner, III Mr. & Mrs. Joseph N. DuBarry, V Mr. & Mrs. James P. Duffy, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John R. Edelman, Sr. Dr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Eremus Mr. Charles A. Ernst, Jr.† & Mrs. Charles A. Ernst, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William C. Ertel Mr. & Mrs. Rufus C. Finch, Jr. Mrs. Jeannine L. Fitzpatrick Mr. & Mrs. Greg J. Flasinski Mr. & Mrs. McKinley J. Ford Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Foster Dr. & Mrs. Thomas G. Frazier Mr. & Mrs. John W. Frazier, IV Ms. Deborah M. Fretz Mrs. James C. Garvey Ms. Geraldine J. Geckle Dr. & Mrs. Ralph T. Geer Mr. & Mrs. Garth D. Gill Mr. Peter Godfrey, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. George R. Graham, Jr. Mrs. JoAnn L. Gregg Mrs. Burton L. Grossman Mr. Glenn Gundersen & Ms. Susan Manix Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Hagin Mr. & Mrs. S. Matthews V. Hamilton, Jr. Mr. John G. Harkins Mr. & Mrs. John S. C. Harvey, III Mr. & Mrs. Edward E. Hastings Mr. & Mrs. David B. Hastings, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. R. Radcliffe Hastings Mr. & Mrs. Matthew C. Heim Mr. & Mrs. F. Arnold Heller Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Henry Dr. & Mrs. William J. Henry Mr. & Mrs. J. Bennett Hill, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Hill Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan J. Hirtle Ms. Ann Hodgdon Mr. & Mrs. James W. B. Hole
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Mr. & Mrs. John S. Middleton Mr. & Mrs. Charles J. Miller, II Mrs. Susanna M. Miller Mrs. J. Maxwell Moran Mrs. Barclay Morrison, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Percival B. Moser, III Mr. & Mrs. F. Stanton Moyer Mr. & Mrs. Britton H. Murdoch Dr. & Mrs. J. Brien Murphy Mrs. Marcia L. Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Nagel Mrs. Benjamin R. Neilson Mr. & Mrs. Lathrop B. Nelson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John J. Norrett Mr. W. Gresham O’Malley, III Mrs. Susan Clark Ogden Dr. James W. Ortmeyer & Dr. Nina T. Gentile Mrs. Meredyth D. Patterson Mr. Mark V. Penniston & Ms. Melissa A. Binz Mrs. Eleanor Reeve Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Petrakis Mrs. Barbara S. Pettinos Mr. & Mrs. Alfred J. Pierce, III Mr. & Mrs. Leo W. Pierce, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William Pollie Mrs. Helen T. Powers Mr. & Mrs. Andre E. Pressley Mr. & Mrs. Seymour S. Preston, III Mr. & Mrs. Santiago Pujadas Mr. & Mrs. Donald M. Purdum Mr. & Mrs. Alfred W. Putnam, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Rammel Mr. & Mrs. Leonard B. Randolph Dr. & Mrs. Wolfram Rieger Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Robbins Mrs. Robert P. Roche Mr. & Mrs. T. Beauclerc Rogers, IV Mr. & Mrs. Gary Roland Mr. & Mrs. Kevin N. Roller Mr. & Mrs. Stephen A. Roth Ms. Cynthia D. Rugart Dr. & Mrs. Karl F. Rugart Dr. & Mrs. Robert A. Ruggiero Dr. Pamela Brown Russell & Dr. B. Royce Russell Mr. & Mrs. John A. Ryan Mrs. Walter S. Sachs, Jr. Dr. Elizabeth K. Sands & Mr. Kevin M. McCullough Dr. Priscilla G. Sands & Mr. John Berg Mr. & Mrs. David W. Schusler Mrs. Horace W. Schwarz Ms. Elise U. Scully Mr. & Mrs. Franklin M. Seeley Mr. & Mrs. M. Rust Sharp Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Sharpless Dr. & Mrs. Gregory P. Shea Mr. & Mrs. Donald H. Shotwell Mr. & Mrs. Harold H. Shreckengast Mrs. Judith A. Sieff Cheston Dr. & Mrs. Jay W. Siegfried Mr. & Mrs. Daniel B. Slack Mrs. Sandra H. Slaymaker Ms. Melanie Z. Slezak Mr. & Mrs. James M. Smartt Mr. & Mrs. Henry B. D. P. Smith
Mr. David P. Hollander & Dr. Alexis C. Hollander Mr. & Mrs. Marshall J. House Mr. & Mrs. Morton Howard Mr. Ben Burke Howell Mr. & Mrs. Andrew M. Howley Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. Hufford Dr. & Mrs. C. A. Wayne Hurtubise, Jr. Mrs. I. Grant Irey, Jr. Mr. David D. James Mr. & Mrs. A. James Johnston Dr. & Mrs. Ian V. Jones Mr. & Mrs. H. LeRoux Jooste Aris J. & Debbie Karalis Mr. & Mrs. Carl E. Karlsson Mr. & Mrs. Steven B. Katznelson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Kaufmann Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Kimchi Ms. Sarah Kinder Mrs. William H. Kinkead, III Dr. & Mrs. Raymond J. Kovalski Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Krick Dr. & Mrs. Howard S. Kroop Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Labor, III Mr. & Mrs. Fielding E. Lamason Mr. & Mrs. John S. Lampe Mr. & Mrs. Judson D. Laverell, II Mr. & Mrs. D. Christopher Le Vine Mrs. Francis C. Lea, Jr. Ms. Susan G. Lea & Mr. Edward D. Frank, II Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Legnini Mrs. Ruth Legnini Mr. & Mrs. Andrew A. Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Andrew L. Lewis, IV Ms. Joanna McNeil Lewis Mr. Yuwen Li & Ms. Yiping Wan Mr. & Mrs. Paul W. Lile Mrs. George J. Lincoln, III Ms. Stefanie W. Lucas & Mr. Christopher J. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. John E. Luke Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Lynch Mr. & Mrs. David B. MacGregor Mrs. Joan Wheeler Mackie Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. MacNeal Mr. & Mrs. Thompson A. Maher Mr. & Mrs. Edwin B. Mahoney Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Manning Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Manning Mr. & Mrs. William F. Mannion Mr. & Mrs. Simon D. Manonian Dr. & Mrs. Paul A. Marchetto Dr. & Mrs. Howard R. Marcus Mr. & Mrs. Samuel R. Marshall Dr. & Mrs. Jyrki P. S. Mattila Mrs. Joan P. Mauriello Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. McBride Mr. & Mrs. Alexander McCurdy, III Mr. & Mrs. Harold S. McGay, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. McGilvery Mr. & Mrs. Charles McGrane Mr. William J. McKee Dr. & Mrs. George E. McNeal, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. McPherson Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. McQuiston Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mentzinger, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. E. Burr Meyer
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Mr. & Mrs. N. Gee Smith, III Mr. & Mrs. Martin A. Snyder Mr. & Mrs. Howard M. Solomon Mr. & Mrs. Robert N. Spahr Mr. & Mrs. C. Stewart W. Spahr Mr. & Mrs. Joseph S. Staples Mr. & Mrs. Milton Stearns, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James W. Steele Mrs. Geoffrey Stengel Mr. & Mrs. John J. Stetzer, III Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Stevens Mr. & Mrs. Dana H. Stewardson Mrs. William S. Stokes, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Frank Szabo Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Tabourn Mrs. Ann C. Tanenbaum Mr. & Mrs. Francis G. Tatnall Mr. & Mrs. Bruce E. Terker Mr. & Mrs. Bruce W. Theis Mr. & Mrs. Donald B. Thomas Mrs. A. Anne G. Thorington Mrs. Betty Tornetta Mr. & Mrs. Robert Y. Twitmyer Mr. & Mrs. Harrison S. Tyson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Peter R. Unger Dr. & Mrs. Nicholas A. Vaganos Mr. & Mrs. Todd C. Vanett Mr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Vicente Mr. & Mrs. Sebastian J. Vos Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Wahl Dr. & Mrs. Joel E. Wasley, III Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Watson Mr. & Mrs. Washington Wedderburn Dr. Thomas P. Weissert & Dr. Jo A. Parker Mr. & Mrs. Frank S. Welsh Mr. & Mrs. Raymond H. Welsh Mr. & Mrs. Ralph E. West, Jr. Ms. Gay West-Klien & Mr. Allan Klien Mr. & Mrs. A. Kent Weymouth, Jr. Ms. Winifred B. Wheeler Mr. & Mrs. David Whitehead Mr. & Mrs. Bradford F. Whitman Mrs. Robert W. Wigton, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Peter G. Wilds Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Willcox, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. J. Kent Willing, III Mr. & Mrs. William R. Wister Mrs. Jean Nalle Wolitarsky Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Wood Mr. & Mrs. William R. Wood Mr. & Mrs. Fredric S. Wright Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey M. Wymard Dr. & Mrs. Horatio Yeung Mr. & Mrs. Harold L. Yoh, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Harold L. Yoh, III Mr. Robert A. † & Mrs. M. Sinclair Adams Ziesing
Grandparents & Past Grandparents Mr. & Mrs. John R. Collett Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Costello Mrs. Alice K. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Joseph N. DuBarry, V Mr. Charles A. Ernst, Jr.† & Mrs. Charles A. Ernst, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Arthur M. Fass Mr. & Mrs. Rufus C. Finch, Jr. Mrs. James C. Garvey Mr. Peter Godfrey, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Edward T. Goodman Mr. & Mrs. Michael Halpert Mrs. Jane M. Hastings Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Hauptfuhrer Ms. Eileen Hayes Mr. & Mrs. Michael Horsey Mr. & Mrs. Morton Howard Mr. & Mrs. Donald S. Huml Mrs. Nancy Hung Mr. & Mrs. John Ingle, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Justi Mr. & Mrs. James M. Keating Mrs. Francis C. Lea, Jr. Mrs. Ruth Legnini Mrs. George J. Lincoln, III Mr. & Mrs. Michael H. Loughnane Mr. & Mrs. John E. Luke Mr. & Mrs. William F. Mannion Dr. & Mrs. Ernest H. Manuel, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Martinelli Mr. & Mrs. George M. Matuch Dr. & Mrs. George E. McNeal, Jr. Mrs. Robert L. McNeil, Jr. Mrs. J. Maxwell Moran Mrs. Barclay Morrison, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. F. Stanton Moyer Mr. Richard Moyer Mr. & Mrs. Palmer Neer Mrs. Agnes Nixon
Grandparent Penny Goodman celebrates Lower School “Moving Up Day” with her granddaughters Waring Fleitas ’20 and Nina Kirkpatrick ’23. Mr. & Mrs. Fred C. Aldridge, Jr. Mrs. William G. Baer, II Dr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Baylor Mrs. A. Richard Bell, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James A. Bennett Mr. & Mrs. Raymond P. Breck Mrs. Elia D. Buck
Faculty & Staff Melanie Gaspari Albahary ’92 Elizabeth W. Alleva Dawn Anthony Daphne P. Apostolidis Mary Frances Bannard Shailla H. Bari Barbara P. Barnett George R. Barnett, III Elizabeth C. Barrows Kim Beamon Lorraine Bryant Beers Cynthia Hooper Bell ’79 Katherine L. Bell ’11 Molly A. Bergh Mary Beth Bittles Geraldine Boussion Karen D. Brandli Jennifer Brittingham Jodie A. Bross Cynthia Brown Michelle Burns
Mr. & Mrs. William C. Buck Ms. MaryAnn Campanella Mrs. Margaret A. Carey Mrs. George Cauffman Mr. & Mrs. Peter R. Charrington Mr. & Mrs. Yong Cha Chong Mr. & Mrs. Tristram C. Colket, Jr.
Mrs. Louis R. Ormont Mrs. Constance M. Parent Mrs. Rose P. Pashigian Mr. & Mrs. Stephen H. Pendergast Mrs. Eleanor Reeve Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Seymour S. Preston, III Mr. & Mrs. Eugene J. Rackel Mr. Charles Rodgers Mr. & Mrs. T. Beauclerc Rogers, IV Dr. & Mrs. Karl F. Rugart Mr. & Mrs. H. Axel Schupf Mr. & Mrs. David W. Schusler Mrs. Jane Parker Scott Mrs. Theodore Seidenberg Mr. & Mrs. M. Rust Sharp Mr. Bing J. Shi & Ms. Yan Ying Jiang Mr. & Mrs. Donald H. Shotwell Mr. & Mrs. John A. Simkiss, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James M. Smartt Mr. & Mrs. James W. Steele Mr. & Mrs. John Steele Mrs. William S. Stokes, Jr. Mrs. Ann C. Tanenbaum Mr. James R. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Edward Tiernan Mrs. Betty Tornetta Mr. & Mrs. Harrison S. Tyson, Jr. Mr. Dino J. Veronese Mrs. Lyndon M. Virkler Mr. & Mrs. William G. Warden, III Mrs. Charlotte Colket Weber Mr. & Mrs. Rainer Westphal Mr. & Mrs. Milton F. Whitehead Mrs. Thomas A. Williams Mr. & Mrs. David R. Wilmerding, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Woodring Mr. & Mrs. Harold L. Yoh, Jr. Mrs. Ann Murphy Zabel Mr. & Mrs. W. S. Zehrung, III
– Congratulations and Thank You for 100% Participation! Jennifer Emmi Fiorini ’97 Jeannine L. Fitzpatrick Megan Boyle Flinn ’87 Joseph E. Flood Charesse O. Ford Edward D. Frank, II Steven Grabania Diane M. Groff Roseann L. Guinan M. Lynn Hagin Leslie J. Hahne Katherine G. Halton Christine R. Hammarskjold Jeffrey A. Harlan Jennifer Heck Anna Heleniak Patricia K. Hicke Mary Higgins Patricia Gardiner Hill ’71 Carol M. Hillman Jennifer R. Hoffman
Sara B. Carmichael Katya Chilingiri Bonnie Clark Andrew D. Connally Joy C. Connelly Kathleen K. Cooper Barbara Crabtree Sandra L. Crow Rita E. Davis Julie Diana Anna DiPietro Robert DiPietro Courtney C. Dougherty Lisa Dowd Elizabeth F. Downey Cheryl Ellis William J. Esher, III Keri Farrow Mary Catherine Ferguson Ariadna Fink Shannon Finley
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Roberta Holehouse John S. Hubbard Mariandl M. C. Hufford Linda Jannelli Catherine D. Jooste Susan V. Kahn Jennifer K. Kakuk Julia B. Kalis Michele Baylor Kane Darin S. Katz Ashley Kaufmann Sheryl M. Kaufmann Sarah B. Keidel Sarah Kinder Lorraine E. Lampe Cara M. Latham Curtis Lee George Lee Claire A. Lewis Jane Liang Donna S. Lindner
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Clare Luzuriaga Catherine P. Lynch Megan R. MacDonald Neil B. Maley Ryan Maley David I. Marshall Barbara M. Massaro Katie Mather Thomas W. Mattson Deanna Mayer Elizabeth McCaffrey Kevin M. McCullough Connie McEvoy Suzanne B. McInnes Carole J. Melvin Donna A. Meyer Sylvie T. Molta Genevieve C. Morris Robert Moss-Vreeland Melissa Musacchio Lynne Myavec Mark J. Myavec Louisa S. Mygatt Montserrat Nomdedeu Brooke N. Norrett ’95 Erica Novak Mary Catherine O’Reilly-Gindhart ’08 Wanda M. Odom Anxo Otero Ruiz Joseph R. Oziminski Donna Page Carol Patanovick Meredyth D. Patterson Sheila J. Pauley
Marisa D. Peterson Emily A. Pretz Ann L. Ramsey Brooke C. Record Norman Richmond Carley Ross Sharon Rudnicki Edward Sacks Elizabeth K. Sands ’71 Norman K. Sargen Murray S. Savar Helen Laupheimer Schlosser ’80 Daniel Scott Gregory Scott Megan L. Scott Kathleen L. Seaton Corinna M. Segal Mary F. Seppala José Sevillano Pamela J. Sheeran Aimee Morrisette Shelton Patricia M. Siembora Audrey K. Sikdar Barbara Silverman Melanie Z. Slezak Helen Snyder Linda D. Solomon Margaret E. Stallard Kathy Stevenson Laura Stott Lauren Sullivan Carol A. Theis Michelle Trenholm Ellena L. Vaganos
Faculty and staff have done it again and achieved 100% participation in the Agnes Irwin Fund for the third straight year. Thank you for all you do! Pictured are Sara Yamada ’22 and Lower School nurse Lorraine Lampe. Benjamin H. Vaughan Nicole H. Vishio Patricia Van Allen Voigt Helene F. Walker Kimberly Walker Joie Walsh Ellen Wayland-Smith Sara E. Webb Anne Macleod Weeks Thomas P. Weissert Margaret P. Welsh
Karen E. West Janis Whelan Bonnie G. White Cassie Woestman Kyle Yates Kristen K. Yoh ’05
Mary E. Kesler Jerry Parke Kinkead ’52 Marisa H. Kogan Ruth Legnini Wendy E. Lewis Priscilla C. MacNeal Marie B. McClune Ann F. Miller M. Penney Moss Lisa D. Pressley
Joan Gidley Rammel ’48 Sally Schoettle Randolph ’58 Priscilla G. Sands ’65 Paul Seaton Louise Roberts Stengel ’37 Jane Taylor Virginia Sharp Williams ’88 Penelope B. Willing
Former Faculty & Staff Mrs. S. Stanley Alderfer Virginia M. Berman Geraldine F. Burton Anna May Charrington Alexandra de Sherbinin Clemm ’73 Daphne de Dominicis Connor ’96 Lisa D’Orazio Clyde R. Dengler, Jr. Jane Dengler Lindsay McCown DuBarry ’66
Pauline R. Fanus Martha Rowland Goppelt ’50 Diana S. Gormley Gail Evans Guthridge ’71 Joan Kellett Harvey ’50 Barbara Shore Hastings ’50 Anne M. Henry Edna Hoffman Heidi Thiermann Hole ’83 Pansy Ward Jones ’66
Friends Ms. Linda A. Andrews Mr. & Mrs. Russell J. Barron Mr. Richard F. Baruch Dr. & Mrs. David H. Burton Mr. Ralph K. Elder Dr. Herbert A. Faust Mr. & Mrs. A. Carter Fergusson Mr. Colin C. Gardner, V Mrs. Mindy Gruber
Gifts-in-Kind Mr. & Mrs. John S. Haldeman, II Mr. & Mrs. Gray Halton Ms. Jacqueline M. Hammerschmidt Mrs. Eleanor McKnight Haupt Mr. & Mrs. H. L. Hosford, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. George S. Hundt, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. J. Thomas Liggett Mr. & Mrs. Albert P. Massey, Jr. Ms. Rebekah Monson
Mr. Hilaire O’Malley Mr. & Mrs. James H. Peace Mr. & Mrs. Robert K. Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Michael Romano Mr. Roy L. Steinheimer, Jr. Ms. Marie L. Summers Mr. Lee D. Urban
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James M. & Elinor H. Buck Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Burch Gregory J. & Debora L. Clower S. Matthews & Anne Fritchman Hamilton ’74 Sean P. & Kimberly Rhoads McCarthy ’88 Leanne Merz McMenamin ’90 Connie Anne Phillips ’83 J. Peyton Ziesing Stein ’61 John C. and Merritt Weber Diana Strawbridge Wister ’57
Corporations & Foundations Anonymous 2004 Carita Foundation B.C.S. Consulting Bank of America Matching Gifts The Sybiel B. Berkman Foundation BlackRock Matching Gift Program BNY Mellon Community Partnership The Brevoort Fund Campbell Soup Foundation The Caritas Foundation Inc. CinemaCake Filmmakers The Clement Company Clover Lane Holding Company The Colket Foundation The Connelly Foundation Connors Family Foundation The Darling Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation Deutsche Bank Foundation East Bay Community Foundation eBay Foundation Matching Gifts Program
J. Stephen and Emily Z. Huebner Fund IBM Matching Grants Program The Ithan Fund of Gulf Coast Community Foundation, Inc. IMS Janssen Supply Chain - A Division of Johnson & Johnson JEDS Foundation The Johnson Family Foundation Keystone Industries King Tester Corporation L. J. Golden, Inc. The Le Vine Foundation Legg Mason & Company, LLC Lentz, Cantor & Massey, LTD Lilliput Foundation Lincoln Financial Group Foundation Littlefield Fund Live Oak Foundation LLI Clean Med Lubin Family Foundation MAC Capital Partners, Inc.
Elder Family Foundation Ernst Family Charitable Trust Exelon Matching Gifts Program for Education Fairfield County Community Foundation, Inc. Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Ellanor and Matthew Fink Fund Ford Estates, Inc. Foundation for the Carolinas Deborah M. Fretz Family Foundation Girls Pearls GlaxoSmithKline Foundation The Glenmede Trust Company, N.A. Goldman Sachs & Company Gunst Family Foundation The Hamilton Family Foundation The Robert P. and Barbara D. Hauptfuhrer Philanthropic Trust Hazy Hill Foundation HFC Executive Search E. L. Hollister & Company
Mary Hastings Interiors Merck Partnership for Giving Merz Family Foundation Miles Family Fund Mitchell Family Charitable Fund Morgan Stanley Cybergrants, Inc. Murphy Charitable Foundation Northwest Translations, Inc. NYSE Foundation PA JB Associates Paoli-Malvern-Berwyn Rotary Club Pepper Hamilton, LLP (Boston, MA) Pepper Hamilton, LLP (Philadelphia, PA) Wendy & Derek Pew Foundation Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company The T. Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving SAD Foundation SAP Matching Gift Program Schusler Foundation Schwab Charitable Fund
E.I.T.C. Participation in the Educational Improvement Tax Credit program, administered by the State of Pennsylvania, provides significant tax credit to eligible businesses that allocate a portion of their tax dollars to The Agnes Irwin School. In 2011-2012, the following businesses contributed $188,543 to support scholarships for highly qualified and talented Agnes Irwin students. Blue Danube Incorporated Ms. Louise H. Stephaich
KEM Partners, Inc. Daniel J. & Sarah P. Keating
Boenning & Scattergood, Inc. Harold F. & Maryhelen L. Scattergood
Macquarie Holdings Inc. Delaware Investments Patrick P. & Beth A. Coyne
Burch Materials & Supplies Charles C. & Amanda M. Burch
Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company
C & C Marine Maintenance Company Ms. Louise H. Stephaich Campbell Transportation Company, Inc. Ms. Louise H. Stephaich Day & Zimmermann, Inc. Day & Zimmerman NPS, Inc. Harold L. & Sharon Yoh Michael H. & Gayle F. Yoh William C. & Kelly G. Yoh First Niagara
RWK Enterprises, Inc. Richard W. & Mary Kubach The Bryn Mawr Trust Company The Philadelphia Contributionship Insurance Company Scott & Yardly Jenkins Vertex, Inc. Stefanie W. Lucas & Christopher J. Thompson ViroPharma Inc. Robert & Sharyn Chernitsky
For more information, please contact Brooke Record, Director of Annual Giving Programs, at 610-526-1674.
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Corporations & Foundations (continued) SEI Giving Fund Seibert Family Foundation Hermine M. Seidenberg Trust The Simkiss Family Foundation W. Percy Simpson Trust Joyce Smith Photography The Pamela Brewer Smyth Charitable Gift Fund Sally M. W. Stone Trust The Strauss Foundation Margaret Dorrance Strawbridge Foundation of PA II, Inc. Subaru of America Foundation Tuesday Afternoon Dancing Class, Inc. Turner Investment Partners
Tyco Electronics Matching Gift Program United Way of Greater Portland United Way of Larimer County, Inc. Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program The Vanguard Group Foundation The Veronese Charitable Gift Fund Von Zerneck Living Trust Pamela Watson Designs Waverly Custom Homes, LLC Wells Fargo Educational Matching Gift Program Westover Builders, Inc.
Proudly displaying their class color, members of the Class of 2014 participate in Sophomore Day.
Honorary & Memorial Gifts In Honor of AIS Class of 2005 Crew Team Carley A. Razzi ’05 In Honor of AIS French Department Anonymous In Honor of AIS Reunion Class of 1962 Barbara J. Page ’62 In Honor of AIS Reunion Class of 1967 Martha Lewis Bonder ’67 In Honor of AIS Reunion Class of 1972 Margaret Toland Lile ’72 In Honor of Daphne P. Apostolidis Agnes Irwin Lower School Faculty & Staff Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Hagin Ms. Rhea P. Higgins Patricia Gardiner Hill ’71 Ms. Sarah Kinder Mr. Kevin M. McCullough Mrs. Carol Patanovick Elizabeth K. Sands ’71 Mr. & Mrs. Walter Smedley, III In Honor of Sara L. Clark ’11 AIS Student Outreach Services Board
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In Memory of John R. Arms Mrs. LaVon G. Arms
In Honor of Susan Heller Hallett ’95 Mr. & Mrs. F. Arnold Heller
In Memory of Sarah T. Fitz-Hugh Avila ’65 Madeleine Q. Ewing ’65
In Honor of Louisa F. Heller ’92 Mr. & Mrs. F. Arnold Heller
In Memory of Catharine Thacher Barnett ’28 Anonymous
In Honor of Heidi Rieger LaFreniere ’91 Dr. & Mrs. Wolfram Rieger In Honor of Sarah K. Miller ’98 Mrs. Susanna M. Miller In Honor of Mrs. J. Maxwell Moran Mr. & Mrs. Saunders Dixon In Honor of Cynthia D. Rugart ’73 Dr. & Mrs. Karl F. Rugart
In Memory of Deborah Appel Chomiw ’59 Anne N. Young ’59
In Memory of Kathleen T. Bartuska Carrie Fanelli Santoro ’92
In Memory of Cecily Geyelin Clark ’39 Annabelle Pierson Irey ’53 Mary Tyler Johnson ’90 Pamela Brewer Smyth ’71
In Memory of Maj. Ronald S. Brisbane Charlene E. Brisbane Mark J. & Lynne Myavec
In Honor of Melanie Z. Slezak Mr. & Mrs. W. S. Zehrung, III
In Memory of Helen Thacher Brown ’41 Anonymous
In Memory of Annemarie Amram Sally Winsor Miller ’52
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In Memory of Susan Stewart Chadwick ’82 Hadley Harper Witcher ’82
In Memory of Elizabeth W. Bartle ’93 Mr. & Mrs. Paul Baker Bartle Dr. & Mrs. Wayne W. Keller Mr. & Mrs. William P. O’Neill, Jr.
In Memory of Elizabeth Wigton Brewer ’66 Mrs. Robert W. Wigton, Jr.
In Honor of Dr. Mary F. Seppala Annabelle Pierson Irey ’53
In Memory of John & Robin Burch Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Burch The John & Robin Burch Family Fund Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Burch In Memory of Diane L.C. Cahill Katelyn M. Sinatra ’02
In Memory of Mary Jane Hansen Thacher Clark ’41 Anonymous In Memory of Jeanne A. Clery ’85 Mrs. Howard K. Clery, Jr. Beth Ann Riley ’84 In Memory of Samuel L. Cresson, Jr. Carrie Fanelli Santoro ’92
Honorary & Memorial Gifts (continued) In Memory of Ruth Drayton Dodge ’43 Edith Bettle Gardner ’43
In Memory of Joan Duer Gilkyson ’42 Josephine Chandlee Fitts ’67
In Memory of Jean Murray Lewis ’41 Martha Lewis Bonder 1967
In Memory of Evelene H. Dohan Ms. Linda A. Andrews George R. & Barbara P. Barnett Mr. & Mrs. Russell J. Barron Julia Dohan Corelli ’77 Mrs. Mindy Gruber Ms. Jacqueline M. Hammerschmidt Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Henry Mr. & Mrs. George S. Hundt, Jr. Janssen Supply Chain A Division of Johnson & Johnson Lentz, Cantor & Massey, LTD. Mr. & Mrs. Albert P. Massey, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Stanley J. Miller, Jr. Ms. Rebekah Monson Paoli-Malvern-Berwyn Rotary Club Pepper Hamilton, LLP (Boston, MA) Pepper Hamilton, LLP (Philadelphia, PA) Mr. & Mrs. Robert K. Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Michael Romano Ms. Marie L. Summers Ms. May W. Webster
In Memory of Frances Thacher Grauer ’30 Anonymous
In Memory of Susan Thompson Lynd ’61 Maris W. Thompson ’58
In Memory of Burton L. Grossman Mrs. Burton L. Grossman
In Memory of Carter A. Mannion ’81 Langdon Manley Mannion ’57
In Memory of Cheyney Sheaffer Hansen ’57 Eloise Sheaffer Hall ’57
In Memory of Thomas B. McCabe, III Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. MacNeal
In Memory of Alida M. Harkins ’80 Mr. John G. Harkins
In Memory of Louisa Phillips Mirick ’28 Louisa B. MacLaren ’64
In Memory of Beatrice M. Harkins ’53 Mr. John G. Harkins
In Memory of Meghan A. Murphy ’98 Mrs. Marcia L. Murphy
In Memory of Katherine Lockhart Hertel ’54 Pauline Carrigan Charles ’54
In Memory of Mr. David Nocentino Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Nocentino
In Memory of Katherine Johnson Holman ’53 Barbara Martin Pettinos ’53
In Memory of Mary Parke Ostheimer ’53 Barbara Martin Pettinos ’53
In Memory of Helen H. Holt Elizabeth A. Foster ’94 Diane M. Groff Megan Holt Ryan ’88
In Memory of Suzanne Ward Ray ’60 Elise W. Artelt ’60
In Memory of Edith Brown Eder ’33 Estelina L. Dallett ’82 In Memory of Mme. Lucy M. Knauer Farag Mrs. Pauline R. Fanus In Memory of Cynthia Kinkead Farr ’78 Mr. & Mrs. John R. Collett Ms. Karin S. Reath In Memory of Jean Wike Faust ’49 Dr. Herbert A. Faust In Memory of Sarah Sadtler Feather ’89 Susan G. Lea ’76 & Edward D. Frank, II Carrie Fanelli Santoro ’92 In Memory of Eugene M. FitzMaurice Mr. & Mrs. Peter R. Charrington In Memory of Susannah Atterbury Gardner ’57 Mr. Colin C. Gardner, V Kristin L. Gardner ’83 Susannah A. Gardner ’80 Jennifer Gardner Glose ’79
In Memory of Eleanor Wilbur Reeve ’30 Mrs. Eleanor Reeve Peterson
In Memory of Suzanne B. Hough Abbe L. Wright ’03
In Memory of Dorothy F. Regan Diane M. Groff
In Memory of Dr. Gov Hutchinson Edward D. Frank, II & Susan G. Lea ’76
In Memory of Jeannetta Burpee Richards ’36 Murray Richards Richey ’69
In Memory of Terry L. Ivey ’68 Mary Ogden Trotta ’68
In Memory of Deborah A. Smith ’82 Elizabeth R. Denlinger ’82
In Memory of June Berguido James ’54 Jayne Berguido Abbott ’50 Joy Berguido ’59 Pauline Carrigan Charles ’54 Jill Berguido Gill ’63 Joan Berguido Staples ’51
In Memory of Kathleen Stull Smith ’43 Mr. Richard F. Baruch Martha Lewis Bonder ’67 Mr. & Mrs. James C. Brennan Patricia Hansen Bridge ’43 Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Copeland Mr. & Mrs. A. Carter Fergusson Mr. & Mrs. John S. Haldeman, II Mr. & Mrs. Gray Halton
In Memory of Anne S. Lenox Mrs. J. Maxwell Moran Currie Smith ’76
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Mrs. Eleanor M. Haupt Mr. & Mrs. H. L. Hosford, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. J. Thomas Liggett Mr. & Mrs. James H. Peace Mr. & Mrs. Milton Stearns, Jr. Stull Enterprises, Inc. Ella Russell Torrey ’43 Lillian Givens Warren ’43 Mr. M. Curtis Young In Memory of Jane Patchett Steinheimer ’32 Mr. Roy L. Steinheimer, Jr. In Memory of Heather B. Thiermann ’81 Elizabeth R. Denlinger ’82 In Memory of Anna Kirkpatrick Urban ’67 Mr. Lee D. Urban In Memory of Margaret Trout Van Schaick ’59 Leslie Rea Pye ’76 In Memory of Dr. Lyndon M. Virkler Mrs. Lyndon M. Virkler In Memory of Mary L. Weidman Mr. & Mrs. E. Burr Meyer In Memory of Elizabeth Werts Dana H. & Lisa M. Stewardson ’80 In Memory of Mary Marsh Wilson ’35 Emily Wilson Cunningham ’63 In Memory of Anne Mayer Zug ’36 Emily Zug Huebner ’60
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Gifts to Capital Improvements, Departments and Programs Center for the Advancement of Girls (CAG) Anonymous Blank Rome, LLP James M. & Elinor H. Buck Marc J. & Ann Laupheimer Sonnenfeld ’77
Head’s Discretionary Fund The Agnes Irwin School Parents’ Council
Crew Shells and Oars Friends of Agnes Irwin Rowing
Parents’ Council Gift Fund The Agnes Irwin School Parents’ Council
Division Heads Discretionary Fund The Agnes Irwin School Parents’ Council Education Enhancement Fund The Agnes Irwin School Parents’ Council Environmental Learning Fund AIS Student Outreach Services Board Leslie J. Hahne Jennifer R. Hoffman Ms. Sarah Kinder Aimee Morrisette Shelton
Upper School students represented Girls Grant Making Club members by delivering Project Night Night bags to children at the Community Action Agency in Chester, PA.
Fine and Performing Arts Fund Dr. Herbert A. Faust Athletic Department The Agnes Irwin School Parents’ Council
General Scholarship Fund Ms. Karin S. Reath
Athletic Training and Support Fund Joanna McNeil Lewis
Lower School Music Department The Agnes Irwin School Parents’ Council
Speakers Fund The Agnes Irwin School Parents’ Council Special Studies Program & Student Assistance Fund The Agnes Irwin School Parents’ Council Robotics Fund The Agnes Irwin School Parents’ Council Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Mr. Thomas L. McCubbin, II Michael W. & Barbara B. Miles Student Restricted Gifts Caroline Moran ’85 Technology Fund The Agnes Irwin School Parents’ Council
Endowments Gifts to endowed funds ensure a strong financial future for The Agnes Irwin School. Interest from endowed funds are an alternative source of income for financial aid, student services, faculty enrichment and student programs that have established Agnes Irwin as a challenging, exciting and nurturing academic community.
Gifts to Endowed Funds for General Purposes AIS - Unrestricted Endowment
Established during the school’s Campaign for The Agnes Irwin School. General Endowment Fund
A general endowed fund to which donors may contribute gifts of any size. Annual income from these gifts provides funds that are allocated by the Board of Trustees to areas of need.
J. Mahlon Buck, Jr. and Elia D. Buck Fund
The Class of 1951 Endowed Fund
Established in 2001 in honor of their 50th Reunion, The Class of 1951 Endowed Fund was initiated by members of the Class to provide unrestricted support for the needs of The Agnes Irwin School.
Established in May 2011 through a bequest from the estate of J. Mahlon Buck, Jr., the fund is part of the permanent endowment of the school. Income from this fund is used for general purposes of The Agnes Irwin School.
Endowment - Unrestricted
This fund was established to utilize general unrestricted endowed funds received outside of campaign designations.
Mrs. Elia D. Buck James M. & Elinor H. Buck The Estate of J. Mahlon Buck, Jr.
Cecily Geyelin Clark ’39† James E. & Patricia Lockhart Culbertson ’53†
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Anne S. Lenox Fund for Endowment
Established in April 1981, the Anne S. Lenox Fund for Endowment was initiated by alumnae, parents, parents of alumnae, faculty and friends to realize one of Mrs. Lenox’s dreams to strengthen the school by substantially increasing the school’s endowment.
Media Arts teacher Jennifer Brittingham assists ninth grade students a design students with awith design project. The Agnes Irwin Fund supports teaching environments such as the Mac lab shown here.
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Endowments (continued) E. Mortimer Newlin Trust
Income from this private charitable trust — established in December 1952 by Mr. Newlin and his wife, Elizabeth Battles Newlin ’21 — provides generous unrestricted support for the school. Elizabeth Ranney Moran Endowment Fund
A general fund established with the proceeds of a charitable lead trust set up by Mrs. Moran in 1996. This fund is named by the school in Elizabeth R. Moran’s honor as a tribute to her extraordinary generosity and care for The Agnes Irwin School and to continue in perpetuity her support for the school. Income from the fund is unrestricted and may be used for any purpose in support of The Agnes Irwin School and its faculty, students or programs. Elizabeth R. Moran Charitable Trust Parents’ Council Endowed Fund
A First in Recognition Reunion 2012 marked the first time an entire class was presented the Alumnae Award, which is given annually for a significant contribution of service to the school in a volunteer capacity. The Agnes Irwin Class of 1957 has been described as “small, with a beautiful range of skills and experiences.” In the 55 years since their graduation, their support of one another and their unity in their commitment to the school has been extraordinary. In celebration of their 55th Reunion, the Class of 1957 achieved 100% giving participation by Reunion Weekend. This percentage represents gifts made to both the Agnes Irwin Fund and to the Class’s endowed fund. At their 50th Reunion in 2007, they established the Class of 1957 Speakers Series Fund, which has sponsored a range of speakers, including noted authors Lisa See, Steve Lopez and Cokie Roberts. On October 16, 2012, the Class of 1957 Speakers Series Fund will introduce Julie Foudy, former US Women’s National Soccer team captain and two-time Olympic gold medalist, to the AIS community. In 2007, the Class of 1957 “was honored to present this legacy gift to the school to impact the education of future alumnae.” Since their 50th Reunion, the Class has lost one of their wonderful classmates and leaders, Susie Atterbury Gardner. At Reunion, acknowledging Susie’s special twinkle and laugh, the Class decreed Susie’s effervescent spirit would remind them to cheer every little step ahead with gusto. Ann Laupheimer Sonnenfeld ’77, Chair of the AIS Board of Trustees, who was also celebrating her own Reunion, toasted these women, “Today, we cheer with enthusiasm for them and honor the spirit of the Class of 1957. They represent the best of us.”
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Established by the 1998-1999 Parents’ Council, annual income from this fund will provide support to where The Agnes Irwin School needs it most. Samuel K. Phillips Fund
Endowed by Samuel K. Phillips, a former Agnes Irwin parent, the Samuel K. Phillips Fund provides annual income to the school, which the Trustees may allocate where funds are most needed.
Gifts to Endowed Funds for Curriculum and Program Support The AL Philanthropy Fund
The AL Philanthropy Fund was established in 2004 by Elizabeth R. Moran. The purpose of the fund is for girls in grades 9–12 to learn about giving financially to others in a responsible and thoughtful way. Lorraine Graham Bacon 1915 Peace Education Fund
Established by an anonymous donor in honor of Lorraine Graham Bacon 1915, the Peace Education Fund helps to underwrite programs that teach about peace and mediation.
The Ann Farr Bartol Endowed Fund for Student Support Services
Established in 2000 by Devereaux Rose Bruch ’55 in memory of Headmistress Ann Farr Bartol to fund academic and counseling support services, as needed, to Agnes Irwin students. The Class of 1957 Speakers Series Fund
On the occasion of their 50th Reunion, and in gratitude for the education that prepared them for success in the world, the Class of 1957 established the Class of 1957 Speakers Series Fund. The goal of the fund is to provide speakers whose expertise enhances the Agnes Irwin curriculum. Helen Clothier Ballard ’57 Joan Carrigan Forester ’57 Colin C. Gardner, V Kristin L. Gardner ’83 Susannah A. Gardner ’80 Jennifer Gardner Glose ’79 Frances Grauer Kirkpatrick ’57 Sandra Keefe McMullin ’57 T. Beauclerc & Katheryne Kerr Ferguson Rogers ’57 Margaret Justice Scholl ’57 Elizabeth Rawle Slattery ’57
The Class of 1983 SSP Scholarship Fund
On the occasion of their 25th Reunion, and in celebration of their unity as classmates and broad diversity as individuals, the Class of 1983 established the Class of 1983 SSP Scholarship Fund. The goal of the fund is to provide financial assistance to at least two qualifying students from the 10th or 11th grade each year in order for them to pursue individual exploration and enrichment in offcampus Special Studies Programs.
Randolph ’58, who enthusiastically led SSP trips throughout the country, helping students gain a deeper knowledge and understanding of our world.
Gifts to Endowed Funds for Faculty Support
William J. & Edith West Daub ’58
This fund was created by Stephen and Ginny Berman, parents of Lindsey M. Berman ’97, in honor of Stephen’s parents, who “stressed the basics.” Recognizing that a substantial endowment and a strong English Department are among ’the basics’ that sustain schools like Agnes Irwin, the Bermans created this fund to support the Chair of the English Department.
Curriculum Enrichment Fund
Established during the celebration of the school’s 125th Anniversary, this fund provides resources for educational programs that enrich the curriculum, such as lectures, visiting artists, field trips, class travel and other opportunities. The Endowed Fund for Agnes Irwin Libraries
The Class of 1958 Endowment Fund to Support the Special Studies Program
Established in 1999 by Edward C. and Sarah Albert Eisenhart ’38, this fund provides ongoing support for The Agnes Irwin School Libraries.
The Class of 1958 Endowment Fund has been established to provide financial assistance to students participating in the Special Studies Program (SSP). Designed for sophomores and juniors, this alternative learning experience encourages students to explore areas of special interest, such as community service, career paths, language, arts or cultural enrichment programs. Gifts to the fund have been given by the Class in honor of Sally Schoettle
Jean Wike Faust 1949 One-Act Plays Fund
Established in 1991, this fund provides support for the performing arts at The Agnes Irwin School, including the Drama Club’s One-Act Plays — a series of plays directed by seniors — and regional theatrical competitions. Dr. Herbert A. Faust The Jean du Pont Shehan ’41 Endowed Fund for Community Service Programs
This fund was established in 2006, in honor of Jean duPont Shehan ’41, to provide students with financial support to participate in off-campus community service programs. Visiting Lecturer Fund
Established in 2005 by the Lubin Family Foundation, the income from this fund will be used to bring speakers to The Agnes Irwin School. The goal of this fund is to stimulate the curiosity of the students and to enhance the experience of Agnes Irwin families and the larger community.
An Upper School student works with students from a school in the city of Montecristi on her SSP (Special Studies Program) trip to the Dominican Republic.
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The Sydney and Loretto Berman English Department Chairmanship
The Linda Shafer Coulson Fund for Endowment
Established in 1998 by the Coulson family and friends to honor Linda Shafer Coulson’s long association with The Agnes Irwin School. The Susan G. Lea ’76 Endowed Fund for Professional Development
Established in 2007 to honor Susan G. Lea’s long dedication to The Agnes Irwin School and her commitment to elementary education, this fund will support opportunities for Lower School faculty members for professional development, including continuing education and participation in special projects. The Mathematics Department Chairmanship Fund
Established by alumna Christine Wheeler Patton ’65, this fund provides support for the Chair of the Mathematics Department. The McCabe Family Fine Arts Department Chairmanship
Given by Anne and Thomas B. McCabe III to honor the role of excellent teaching in the education of their daughters — Christina ’97 and Katherine ’97 — and to demonstrate the importance of endowed funds for faculty support, this fund helps to underwrite the position of Chair of the Fine Arts Department.
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Endowments (continued) Gifts to Endowed Funds for Scholarship Assistance Elizabeth W. Bartle 1993 Memorial Fund
Established in memory of Elizabeth W. “Biffy” Bartle ’93 by her parents, relatives and friends, this fund provides students financial assistance to pursue special programs and projects that supplement the traditional curriculum. Mr. & Mrs. Paul Baker Bartle Dr. & Mrs. Wayne W. Keller Mr. & Mrs. William P. O’Neill, Jr. Margaret Seton Flemming Biddle Scholarship Fund
This scholarship fund was given during the 125th Anniversary Capital Campaign by Mary Augusta Biddle Scheetz ’35 in memory of her mother, who taught diction and dramatics, as well as self-esteem to her pupils at Agnes Irwin.
A Lower School student stars as Samuel in the Middle School’s spring production of The Pirates of Penzance.
The Science Department Chairmanship
Faculty Endowment and Sabbatical Funds
Established in 1985 by an anonymous donor who wished to strengthen the school’s science program, this fund helps to underwrite the position of Chair of the Science Department.
These funds were established in 1987 with gifts from the Jesse R. Wike Charitable Trust and The Agnes Irwin School Parents’ Council, augmented during the celebration of the 125th Anniversary of the school, and added to in subsequent years. The Faculty Funds provide financial resources to assist with recruitment and retention of outstanding faculty, professional enrichment opportunities and sabbaticals.
The Terker Family Endowed Fund for Faculty Enrichment
Established in 2001 by Cynthia and Bruce Terker to honor excellence in teaching, this fund supports opportunities for faculty professional development, including continued education, compensation for special projects and merit awards.
The Class of 1955 Endowment Scholarship Fund
Established in 2005 in honor of their 50th Reunion, the Class of 1955 Endowment Scholarship Fund was initiated by members of the Class to provide four years of financial aid to a qualified student entering the Upper School. The Class of 1959 Endowed Scholarship Fund
In 2009, in honor of their 50th Reunion, the Class of 1959 established an endowed fund for general scholarship support. The fund provides scholarship assistance annually to a student on the basis of financial need. Jeanne A. Clery 1985 Scholarship Fund
Established in memory of Jeanne A. Clery ’85 by her parents, this fund provides scholarship assistance to a student in the Middle or Upper School.
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The Jeanne Clery Scholarship Fund for Challenged Students
This fund was established in 1999 by Constance and Howard Clery to honor the association of their beloved daughter, Jeanne Clery ’85 with The Agnes Irwin School. The Margaret Mencke and Elizabeth Mencke Goodwin Scholarship Fund
Established in June 2004 with a bequest from the estate of Elizabeth Mencke Goodwin ’31 this fund provides financial aid to a student in the Middle or Upper School. Marjorie Hoffman Higgins 1931 Scholarship Fund
Established in 1976 in honor of Marjorie Hoffman Higgins ’31 — who taught for several years in the Middle School — this fund provides financial aid to a student in the Middle School. Elinor Dorrance Hill 1924 Scholarship Fund
This scholarship fund was created in 1994 by members of the Hamilton family to honor Elinor Dorrance Hill, Class of 1924. Elizabeth Huebner 1928 West Hill School Scholarship Fund
This fund was established by The Agnes Irwin School in 2000 to honor Elizabeth “Betty” Huebner, founder of The West Hill School. It provides tuition assistance to qualifying Agnes Irwin students in grades K-12 with a priority focus on alumnae of The West Hill School. Carter Adair Mannion 1981 Scholarship Fund
This scholarship fund was created in memory of Carter Adair Mannion ’81 by her parents — William F. and Langdon “Langie” Manley Mannion ’57. Nancy R. Crockett ’79
Mr. & Mrs. William F. Mannion
The McCabe Family Emergency Scholarship Fund
Sophie Thomas Volkmar Class of 1895 Fund
Given during the school’s 125th Anniversary celebration by Anne and Thomas B. McCabe III — parents of Christina ’97 and Katherine ’97 — this fund provides emergency financial support for a student who, due to unforeseen circumstances, requires scholarship assistance to continue her education at Agnes Irwin.
This endowed fund provides scholarship assistance annually to a student on the basis of financial need. James A. West Memorial Scholarship Fund
This scholarship fund was established in 1994 by the daughters of James A. West — Gay West-Klien ’75, Julia H. West ’77, Amy C. West ’78 and Karen M. West-LaStayo ’80 — to honor their father’s memory and to commemorate his lifelong interest in education.
Scott Schley & Michelle Portnoff The M. Penney Moss Student Assistance Fund
This fund was established in 2005 upon the retirement of Penney Moss to honor her 17 years of dedicated service as Head of The Agnes Irwin School. The fund will be administered by the Head of School to ensure that students in need are afforded the full range of academic, athletic, leadership and community service opportunities offered to Agnes Irwin students. Agnes Irwin Lower School Faculty & Staff Mr. & Mrs. John G. Capers, III Mr. & Mrs. James C. Ebbert Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Hagin Ms. Rhea P. Higgins Mr. & Mrs. J. Bennett Hill, Jr. Ms. Sarah Kinder Mrs. Carol Patanovick Mr. Kevin M. McCullough Ms. Elizabeth K. Sands ’71 Mr. & Mrs. Walter Smedley, III
General Scholarship Endowment Fund
An endowed scholarship fund to which donors may contribute gifts of any size. Annual income from these gifts provides funds for scholarships, which are allocated to students by the Director of Admission and Financial Aid where funds are most needed.
Lower School students plant flowers in the sensory garden with an Upper School student.
Florence R. C. Murray Scholarship Fund
This scholarship fund was established in 1985 by the Florence R. C. Murray Charitable Trust. Adele Griffin M. Sands ’37 Endowed Fund
This fund was established in 2009 in honor of Mrs. Sands’ long dedication to The Agnes Irwin School community and her leadership in promoting the education of girls. This fund will support opportunities for faculty in pursuing professional and leadership development. In addition, the fund will recognize one faculty or staff member each year with the Adele Griffin M. Sands ’37 Leadership Award for outstanding service to The Agnes Irwin School community.
Thomas and Lula M. Shepard Memorial Scholarship Fund
The Spirit of ’76 Fund
Established in 2001 by members of the Class of 1976 in honor of their 25th Reunion. The Spirit of ’76 Fund provides funds to support programs or projects that give voice or shed light on a particular cause.
Established in October 1946 with a bequest from the estate of Lula M. Shepard, this fund provides scholarships for students who require financial assistance to complete any one or more of the last three scholastic years of study at the school.
The Thacher Family Scholarship Fund
This scholarship fund was established in 1994 by members of the Thacher family to celebrate the family’s long association with The Agnes Irwin School.
Debbie Smith 1982 Memorial Trust
The Agnes Irwin School is the sole beneficiary of this private trust, which provides funds for current scholarships and for the Annual Fund each year.
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The “Dare to Do More” Campaign Andrew B. & Anne Batchelder Ulichney ’83 Charlotte Colket Weber ’61 Jay & Merritt Weber Raymond H. & Joanne T. Welsh Bruce D. & Missy H. Wietlisbach Carter D. & Virginia Sharp Williams ’88 Sandra Crockett Williams ’77 Thomas L. & Yvonne S. Williams Anonymous (2) 1976 Foundation The Agnes Irwin School Parents’ Council Francis H. & Frances Moran Abbott ’74 Robert P. & Lisa S. Barker The Virginia F.C. Batchelder ’78 Trust Michael W. & Lisa A. Bell David J. & Pamela T. Berkman David A. & Karen G. Bottger Elia D. Buck & The Estate of J. Mahlon Buck, Jr. James M. & Elinor H. Buck William C. & Laura Thomas Buck ’49 Robert L. & Susan S. Burch Gertrude Cabell-Gummels Estate of Cecily Geyelin Clark ’39 Elizabeth P. & Isaac H. Clothier Ruth M. & Tristram C. Colket Paolo P. & Wendy Rhoads Costa ’90 Patrick P. & Beth A. Coyne Brian C. & Cynthia Campbell Crochiere ’83 April Collins Crockett Nancy R. Crockett ’79 David F. & Virginia Bailey Crockett ’77 James E. & Patricia Lockhart Culbertson ’53† Craig W. & Carolyn Colket Cullen ’87 Saunders & Sallie F. Dixon Peter S. & Deirdre M. Dooner Estate of Sarah Albert Eisenhart ’38 Lydia Appel Forbes ’68 Olivia Crockett Gardenhour ’90 The Hamilton Family Foundation S. Matthews V. Hamilton in honor of Anne Fritchman Hamilton ’74 Christian U. & Christine R. Hammarskjold Robert T. & Alison R.M. Hastings Robert P. & Barbara Hauptfuhrer Christopher M. & Allison Rhoads Henderson ’93 David P. & Alexis C. Hollander JEDS Foundation Matthew H. & Elizabeth G. Kamens Steven B. & Laurie M. Katznelson Charles H. & Elizabeth Buck King ’77 Woodward Corkran & Jennifer Kinkead ’84
† Deceased
The Le Vine Foundation D. Christopher & Victoria M. Le Vine Allyson G. Legnini ’04 Jennifer M. Legnini ’02 Robert C. & Elizabeth Moran Legnini ’76 Joanna McNeil Lewis The Lily Foundation Live Oak Foundation Paul M. & Deanna Leicht Loughnane ’85 Stefanie W. Lucas & Christopher J. Thompson Joseph W. & Kimberly Coulson Macaione ’89 Edwin B. & Elizabeth M. Mahoney Samuel R. & Laura Buck Marshall ’74 David J. & Christine A. Martinelli Sean P. & Kimberly Rhoads McCarthy ’88 Anita L. McMullin ’81 David B. & Sandra Keefe McMullin ’57 Nancy M. McNeil Robert L. & Jane A. McNeil Mary P. McPherson ’53 Caroline Moran ’85 Elizabeth R. Moran Ranney R. & Theresa M. Moran Louisa S. Mygatt Estate of Richard T. & Joan Thayer Nalle ’44 Vernon L. & Wanda M. Odom Paul A. & Bonnie F. Offit Marshall W. & Holly M. Pagon Jennifer Chappell Paradis Derek N. & Wendy L. Pew Joan E. Pew ’80 Connie Anne Phillips ’83 Leo W. & Eve Bullitt Pierce ’72 Lindsey Wilkins Press ’01 Leonard B. & Sally Schoettle Randolph ’58 James D. & Kristin A. Schinella Mary F. Seppala Betty Shellenberger ’39 Charlotte Ziesing Smith ’63 N. Gee & Jeannette W. Smith Marc J. & Ann Laupheimer Sonnenfeld ’77 Bruce E. & Cynthia G. Terker Radclyffe F. & Maria M. Thompson
William R. & Diana Strawbridge Wister ’57 Harold L. & Sharon C. Yoh Michael H. & Gayle F. Yoh William C. & Kelly G. Yoh Ann Murphy Zabel ’51 Matching Gifts Clorox Company Foundation Goldman Sachs & Company
“ Dating back to the winter of 2010-2011, the school – the Administration, Board and dedicated volunteers – has been in a ‘quiet nucleus phase’ of capital fundraising toward Dare to Do More, a $40 million campaign in support of our girls. Thanks to generous early commitments from leadership donors within the Agnes Irwin community, we are pleased to report that, as of June 30, 2012, Dare to Do More has raised $21.6 million. With the dedicated efforts of legions of volunteers, these numbers grow every day, and Agnes Irwin aims to achieve its campaign goal two years from now, in 2014.”
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– Campaign Chair James M. Buck
Founding Chairs Annabelle Pierson Irey ’53 Mary P. McPherson ’53 Honorary Chair Cecily Geyelin Clark ’39† Advisory Committee Matilde Zalinski Davidson ’63 Edith Lamb Hollister ’66 Pansy Ward Jones ’66 Eve Bullitt Pierce ’72 Kathleen Putnam Mary Knox Tatnall ’55 Members Anonymous (3) Anonymous † Melanie Gaspari Albahary ’92 Lucetta Sharp Alderfer Sarajane Smith Alexander ’49 Victor L. & Mary Koch Baer ’42 Helen Clothier Ballard ’57 Cynthia Hooper Bell ’79 Margaret Tryon Bennett ’54 Pamela A. Bicket ’69 Carol F. Boerner ’68 Jessamine Brandt ’54 Anne Clark Brooks ’38 Devereaux Rose Bruch ’55 Estate of J. Mahlon Buck, Jr. William C. & Laura Thomas Buck ’49 Susan Cauffman Butterworth ’76 Gwendolyn M. Campbell ’87 Noel Spahr Cappillo ’92 Eleanor Geyelin Casey ’41 Ashley L. Chapman ’90 Pauline Carrigan Charles ’54 Lori Brown Ciprich ’92 Constance Clery** Isaac H. & Elizabeth P. Clothier Elizabeth B. Collins ’90 Cynthia L. Cooper Polly Warren Coxe ’77 Nancy R. Crockett ’79 Estate of Patricia Lockhart Culbertson ’53 Kara Smith Cumiskey ’84 Alexandra Davis Cummin ’85 K. Whitney Rogers Davis ’82 Robin Belcher Davis ’71 Rita E. Davis Suzanne Mitchell Davis ’58 Christina McCabe deForest Keys ’97 Anne McIver Dunn ’59 Anne E. Dunwoody Jane Martin Emerson ’65 Caroline Lipscomb Ernst ’90 Jacqueline Walker Ernst ’34 Madeleine Q. Ewing ’65
† Deceased **New Member
Estate of Jean Wike Faust ’49 Nancy A. Fay ’71 Megan Boyle Flinn ’87 Joan Carrigan Forester ’57 Olivia Crockett Gardenhour ’90 Joan Colgan Haas ’59 Eloise Sheaffer Hall ’57 Elizabeth Heebner Halliday ’80 Edward R. Hallowell Anne Fritchman Hamilton ’74 Jennifer H. Harford Anne M. Henry Margaret E. Henry ’87 Mary Schimminger Hinds ’72 Margaretta Wharton Hoadley ’42 Ann Hodgdon ’64 Heidi Thiermann Hole ’83 David P. & Alexis C. Hollander Priscilla Hook Holleran ’70 Katherine Johnson Holman ’53† Elizabeth Wistar Drayton Hopkins ’47 Janet Lockhart Hughes ’53 Amelia Erskine Hunter ’75 Annabelle V. Irey ’76 Christina Masters Jones ’78 Katherine McCabe Juhas ’97 Jessie Potter Kingston ’71 Antoinette F. Knorr ’69 Nancy Hill Lamason ’54 Erin M. Lanahan ’00 Susan G. Lea ’76 Elizabeth Moran Legnini ’76 Judy Marsh & R. Kimball Leiser Andrew L. Lewis, IV Nelly Keffer Lincoln ’44 Barbara Byers Littlefield ’48 Alida Nicholas Lovell ’53 Judith Barnes Luke ’55 Georgianna Remington Lyman ’37 Victoria Lynch Lee McIlvaine Manonian ’66 Laura Buck Marshall ’74 Patricia Peterson McCurdy ’51 Anne Rouse McDowell ’65 Nancy Mungall McDowell ’70 Anita L. McMullin ’81 Sandra Keefe McMullin ’57 Heidi Hartshorn McPherson ’75 Donna A. Meyer Ursula W. Michel Mrs. J. Maxwell Moran M. Penney Moss Lisa Ginn Mottes ’82 Ann Stovell Moyer ’49 Susan Clark Ogden ’62** Mary Hulme O’Malley ’53 Mary Masters Opila ’77 Elenita Jackson Parker ’68
The Laurel Society honors all those who establish a planned gift arrangement with The Agnes Irwin School. Planned gifts include bequest intentions, charitable remainder trusts, gift annuities, pooled income funds and other forms of deferred support. The Laurel Society has raised more than $5.3 million in contributions to Agnes Irwin since its inception in 1997. Laurel Society members make a commitment to Agnes Irwin that guarantees the educational experience they had at Agnes Irwin will be passed on to future generations. If you would like more information about The Laurel Society, please contact Julie Kalis, Director of Major Gifts, or Margaret Welsh, Director of Development, at 610-525-6125.
Christine Wheeler Patton ’65 Barbara Martin Pettinos ’53 Joan E. Pew ’80 Connie Anne Phillips ’83 Clare Putnam Pozos ’00 Anne Snyder Pritchard ’60 Sally Schoettle Randolph ’58 Murray Richards Richey ’69 Barbara H. Roberts ’53 Joan Church Roberts ’48 Letitia Roberts ’60 Katheryne Kerr Ferguson Rogers ’57 Cynthia D. Rugart ’73 Karl F. Rugart Pamela Brown Russell ’69 Murray S. Savar Harold F. & Maryhelen L. Scattergood Margaret Justice Scholl ’57 Esther Schwartz Mary F. Seppala Nancy Day Sharp ’61 Betty Shellenberger ’39
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Daniel B. & Patty G. Slack Charlotte Ziesing Smith ’63 Currie Smith ’76 Joan Lallou Smith ’51 Richard L. & Amanda W. Smoot Ann Laupheimer Sonnenfeld ’77 Joan Berguido Staples ’51 Sydney Davis Stevens ’55 Sarah Biddle Stokes ’39 Keith Nelsen Stroud ’73 Judith Carrigan Sykes ’59 A. Anne French Thorington ’50 Julie E. Twitmyer ’88 Anne Batchelder Ulichney ’83 Margaret Bright Walker ’66 Margaret P. Welsh Raymond H.** & Joanne T. Welsh** Gay West-Klien ’75 Sandra Crockett Williams ’77 Diana Strawbridge Wister ’57 Ann Murphy Zabel ’51
Annual Report
2011-2012
Parents’ Council 2011-2012 Special thanks to all the parent volunteers who donate their time and talents to the many events that make AIS an exceptional community.
Alexis Hollander P ’10 ’13, Amanda Burch P ’10 ’13 and Trustee Sharon Yoh P ’05 ’08 ’09 ’13 enjoy the luncheon associated with Welcome Wellness, a new Parents’ Council event for 2011. Held at Aronimink Golf Club, this event featured guest speakers and a silent auction.
Lower School dads Craig Conway P ’20, Pete Niedland P ’18 ’20 and Rob Hastings P ’20 ’24 work the booths at May Fair, an Agnes Irwin tradition in which all Lower School classes dance around the Maypole.
Kitty and David McQuaid P ’21 ’23 attend Winterfest, Parents’ Council’s largest fundraiser of the year. With the theme “Off to the Races,” the evening at Overbrook Golf Club was attended by 260 guests and raised over $210,000.
Jeannette Breck ’20 and her dad, Dave Breck, lace up for the Family Skating Night, a free event hosted by Parents’ Council.
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2011-2012 Executive Committee & Event Chairs President Alice Hurler Event Coordinator Jeannette Smith Upper School Coordinator Alexis Hollander Middle School Coordinator Annie Ulichney Lower School Coordinator Ginny Williams New Parent Coordinator Karen McGrane Treasurer Tom Goodwin
Secretary Ashley Smith
PumpkinFest Sherri DeRosa & Suzanne Zelov
Mother-Daughter Outing Lynn Schafrank
Communications Sara Hill
Book Fair Pam Hark
Member at Large Carolyn Robbins
Dining 101 Amy Ferracci & Jamie Haines
May Fair Alison Hastings, Kimberly McCarthy & Ginny Williams
Member at Large Heather Niedland
Middle School Bazaar Jenn Berlinger
Class Photos Claudia Ruiz-Shipe
MS/US Staff Appreciation Lunch Tracy Brala & Beth Pergolini
RenAISsance Sale Heather Niedland
LS Staff Appreciation Lunch Kitty McQuaid & Constance Mesiarik
Golf Tournament Peter Hill & Beth Coyne
Winterfest Nika Smith & Anne Fisher
Golf Tournament Vice Chairs Lisa Barker & Patti Burkhart
Winterfest Vice Chairs Kristin Conway & Jane McNeil
Spring Luncheon Mary Kate Miller & Jody Seibert Commencement Luncheon Terri Moran & Alexis Hollander
Class Parents 2012 Stevie Lucas & Vanessa Penaherrera 2013 Amanda Burch & Lee Tobar 2014 Sarah Geary & Vanessa Wedderburn 2015 Karen Bottger & Linda Wahl 2016 Carolyn Cullen & Nadia Rodriquez 2017 Roya Askapour & Lynn Kaller 2018 Lee Lee Kirkpatrick, Candy Robinson & Deanna Loughnane 2019 Sonya Weigle & Beth Coyne
Distribution of Parents’ Council 2011-2012 Gifts Athletics............................................................................. $ 3,000.00 Dare to Do More Campaign................................................. $ 75,000.00 Division Heads’ Funds......................................................... $ 15,000.00 Educational Enhancement.................................................. $ 3,400.00 Head’s Discretionary Fund.................................................. $ 10,000.00 Lower School Music............................................................ $ 5,000.00 Parents’ Council Gift........................................................... $ 1,000.00 Robotics............................................................................. $ 3,000.00 Speakers Fund.................................................................... $ 10,000.00 SSP and Student Assistance............................................... $ 15,000.00 Technology......................................................................... $ 79,600.00 TOTAL GIFT......................................................................... $ 220,000.00
2020 Lara Evans, Eunice Pendergast & Carolyn Braithwaite 2021 Dawn Altman & Jeannine Weimer-Fitzpatrick 2022 Geraldine Heldring & Charlotte Pride 2023 Taliba Foster & Liz Berger 2024 DeLisa Boyd & Gretchen Walsh 2025 Linda Graupner
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2011-2012
2011-2012 Committees BOARD OF TRUSTEES
ALUMNAE BOARD
PARENTS’ FUND COUNCIL
DEVELOPMENT OFFICE
Chair Ann Laupheimer Sonnenfeld ’77
President Elizabeth Cuckler Odiorne ’93
Director of Development Margaret P. Welsh
Vice Chairs Susan S. Burch Sharon C. Yoh
Vice President Lisa A. Howell ’83
Gregory J. & Debora L. Clower Bruce S. & Amy J. Fryer David L. & Ruchira Glaser Matthew D. & Sara Glaser Michael G. & Jamie W. Haines Samuel R. & Vanessa Fox Halpert ’91 Robert & Alison Hastings Aris J. & Debbie Karalis Joseph W. & Kimberly Coulson Macaione ’89 Carlton B. & Nina M. Neel Thomas S. & Carolyn W. Robbins Todd R. & Kimberly J. Scott Jacques L. & Stephanie D. Vauclain Thomas F. & Karen L. White Gordon H. & Diana O. Wilder
Secretary Pamela T. Berkman Treasurer Steven B. Katznelson Development Chair Derek N. Pew Members Lisa Sherrerd Barker Elinor H. Buck Patrick P. Coyne Cynthia Campbell Crochiere ’83 Nancy R. Crockett ’79 Carolyn C. Cullen ‘87 Anne Fritchman Hamilton ’74* David P. Hollander Jennifer Kinkead ’84 Stefanie W. Lucas Laura Buck Marshall ’74* Anita L. McMullin ’81 Robert L. McNeil Elizabeth Cuckler Odiorne ’93 Bonnie Offit Marshall W. Pagon Marc Richman Kristin A. Schinella Mary F. Seppala N. Gee Smith Bruce E. Terker* Mark Thorburn Yvonne S. Williams
Secretary Anne Dillon Fisher ’90 Members Anastasia T. Dorrance ’03 Middy I. Dorrance ’67 Laura Wheeler Golding ’64 Elizabeth McQuiston ’90 Annie Casey Milligan ’95 Devon Kennedy Nickel ’95 Mary Catherine O’Reilly-Gindhart ’08 Deborah Boas Pakradooni ’65 Lindsey Marshall Pierce ’89 Katheryne Kerr Ferguson Rogers ’57 Pamela Brown Russell ’69 Chandi Ziesing Smith ’63 Elizabeth Farrell Van der Waag ’95
Capital Campaign Director Patricia Van Allen Voigt Director of Major Gifts Julie Kalis Associate Director of Major Gifts Cindy Hooper Bell ’79 Director of Annual Giving Programs Brooke C. Record Alumnae Giving Coordinator Melanie Gaspari Albahary ’92 Director of Alumnae Relations Brooke Norrett ’95 Director of Stewardship Megan Boyle Flinn ’87 Database Manager Roseann Guinan Capital Campaign Events and Special Projects Coordinator Cathy Jooste Director of Parent Special Events Cathy Ferguson Campaign Assistant June Stolnis Development Assistant Donna Meyer
* Trustee Emerita/us
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The Agnes Irwin Fund Q&A
Which PROGRAMS, EVENTS and MATERIALS are supported by the Agnes Irwin Fund? • Academic departments such as science and fine and dramatic arts
What are the ways I can SUPPORT AIS? As a member of The Agnes Irwin School community, you can support the school in many different ways–volunteering your time, attending events and making financial contributions. Currently, there are three major fundraising initiatives, and each one is essential to the operation, advancement and identity of The Agnes Irwin School. They include the Agnes Irwin Fund, the Dare To Do More campaign and the Agnes Irwin Parents’ Council. Support of these initiatives will allow The Agnes Irwin School to sustain and enhance its academic and extracurricular excellence, make dramatic improvements to the physical space of the campus and maintain its distinctiveness and sense of camaraderie and community.
What is the AGNES
IRWIN FUND?
The Agnes Irwin Fund is the starting point for financially supporting the school. As a yearly giving program, the fund is an inextricable part of the operating budget each year and provides critical support for educational and enrichment experiences unique to Agnes Irwin.
• Faculty recruitment, retention and professional development • Scholarship and financial aid • Student enrichment programs such as athletics, The Dream Flag Project®, field trips, robotics, community service and technology • Desks, chairs, lockers, library books, paint brushes, Bunsen burners, goal cages, microphones, laptops, athletic uniforms, theater costumes, class trips to Echo Hill, New York City or Washington, D.C., cultural celebrations, teachers’ salaries and, most importantly, OPPORTUNITY!
Why is PARTICIPATION so important? Gifts to the Agnes Irwin Fund are voluntary, yet it is a longstanding tradition to strive for participation from each and every family, alumna, employee, grandparent and friend. High levels of participation demonstrate to the greater community a belief in our mission and make a difference to foundations and corporations who are considering a grant to the school. Every gift of every size makes a difference and is essential to helping AIS reaching its financial and participation goals.
What will my GIVING accomplish?
Who supports the FUND?
Like most independent schools, Agnes Irwin relies on income beyond tuition to fully support its students, faculty and programs. The Agnes Irwin Fund represents five percent of the annual budget each year, which amounts to approximately $1.1 million. In addition to fulfilling the financial need, giving to the Agnes Irwin Fund sets an example of confidence, commitment and pride in The Agnes Irwin School, particularly to our peer schools.
All members of the AIS community–current and past parents, alumnae, grandparents, faculty, staff and friends–are invited to make an annual contribution to the Agnes Irwin Fund.
THANK YOU for your generosity and commitment to THE AGNES IRWIN SCHOOL. Please visit www.agnesirwin.org for more information about giving to AIS, the Dare To Do More Campaign and the Parents’ Council.
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The Class of 2012
First row: Evelyn Yeung, Emily Bailey, Miji Ryu, Katharine Henderson, Campbell Crochiere, Briana Chen, Alexandra Magnani; Second row: Devaki Dravid, May-Lin McEvoy, Justis Wright, Carey Hickox, Andrea Cook, Liana Prodorutti, Ayana Tabourn, Samantha Neuber; Third row: Christina Wusinich, Ellen Thorburn, Molly Becker, Maya McNeal, Emily Simkiss, Emilie Melvin, Emily Wetz, Margaret Chiumento, Mary Beth Smith; Fourth row: Sadiyah Sabree, Kui Murage, Camille Flint,
Avery Crits-Christoph, Emily Cyr, Katherine Tocci, Courtney McGill, Lina Huang, Cristina Shipe; Fifth row: Alexandra Erixxon, Sara Price, Gabriella Penaherrera, Maya Wilcher, Mackenzie Lucas, Daly Johnson, Nicole Luff, Gioia Warden, Elisabeth Williams; Sixth row: Sabrea Fulton, Helen Sayen, Mary Hahm, Chiru Murage, Sarah Frick, Eleanor Whelan, Meghan Price, Alicen Davis; Seventh row: Lauren Wenger, Vivien Hastings, Paige Chandler, Victoria Hammarskjold, Katherine Collier, Catherine Alden, Catherine Miller