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/ 2022 | Volume 7 Number 1 50 Years of the 2020 Arts In 2023, we celebrated Walnut Hill’s 50th anniversary as an arts school—an institution of innovation built on the foundations of artistic excellence and dedication to inclusiveness and expression. As a global leader among independent schools, we have seen our students go on to become some of the most recognized artists in their fields, and it all started for them here on the Hill. In this issue of Behind Stowe, we look back on our history and explore the people, programs, events, and changes that have shaped Walnut Hill into the school it is today, and see how our impact has had a transformative effect on the lives of all the families that have been a part of our success as an institution.
MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Patrick Gullo Director of Strategic Marketing & Communications Rebecca Mayersohn Digital Content Manager Kat O’Connor Social Media & Marketing Assistant
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QUARTET-INRESIDENCE The GRAMMY AwardWinning Parker Quartet Lands at Walnut Hill for the 2023-2024 School Year
CLASS NOTES Alumni Notes and Accomplishments This Year
50 YEARS OF THE ARTS Where We Came from and Where We’re Going
DEVELOPMENT
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Talia Carpinteri Associate Director of Alumni Giving & Engagement
A DANCER RISES Alumna Sydney Williams ’21 Promoted to Artist of the Company at Boston Ballet
Alexa Flinker Associate Director of Parent Giving & Engagement Leah George Database Manager Ashley Mareira Development Associate CREATIVE DESIGN Betsy Blazar blazar design studio
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22 YEAR-IN-REVIEW From Plays to Playwrights, Concerts to Ceramics: Student Artists’ Showcase
IN MEMORIAM Remembering Lives Well Lived
38 26 NEW TRUSTEES Leading the Way Forward
REUNION WEEKEND Kicking Up Our Heels on Campus: Celebrating Love for the Hill
GRADUATION Celebrating the Class of 2023
41 IMPACT REPORT A Look Back at 2022-2023
PHOTOGRAPHY Coffeepond Photography Matt McKee Adam Pulzetti WRITING Michele Levy Caravan Brand Partners EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Judy Kiviat
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HEAD OF SCHOOL’S LET TER
A Note from Stowe Dear Walnut Hill Community, When I first arrived on the Hill in 2022—the remnants of the pandemic still lingering—I saw a school ready to revive itself from the disaster that had been inflicted upon all of us. There was a silver lining: COVID-19 was just as much a wake-up call as it was devastating. Only during the pandemic did we realize how truly important collaboration is, how the need for art is paramount, and how we, as humans, must find means of expression to bring us through dark times. I believe that the arts are central to our humanity, and, without it, we lack the capacity to realize our true potential as a human race. Those facets of the Walnut Hill experience have been on full display ever since I arrived, and, without a doubt, we are an exceptional school with an exceptional mission. During my first year at Walnut Hill, I was a student. There was so much to learn (and certainly still is) and now, after experiencing a full school year, do I fully appreciate the treasured relationships we have with the generations of alumni that have stayed in touch over the years. The Walnut Hill experience is truly a transformational one—whether an alumnus graduated from Walnut Hill when we were a school for girls or, more recently, a school for the arts. Our school changes lives forever and offers personal and professional relationships that become stronger as the years pass. What a delight it is to watch how quickly our alumni connect, even though, in many cases, they graduated decades apart and experienced a very different Walnut Hill. The essence of Walnut Hill is preserved 130 years into our journey as an institution. Centered within extraordinary expectations of excellence, Walnut Hill continues to provide a world-class education that we know transforms society through the arts. In 2023, we celebrated Walnut Hill’s 50th anniversary as an arts school. Since Earle Batchelder and a visionary Board of Trustees ushered us in a bold, new direction half a century ago, Walnut Hill continues to have an outsize impact on the arts and so many important professional fields. I am immensely proud of our students and alumni—international competition winners, lauded artists in their fields, innovators in a myriad of industries from technology and medicine to entrepreneurship—I find myself in awe of their dedication and resolve. Our alumni are spread across the globe and are some of the most prominent influencers of the artistic communities they inhabit. They are fixtures of the classical music and dance worlds, and at international art museums and galleries, Broadway theaters, and film festivals. And you, as a member of the Walnut Hill community, have had a hand in shaping these young artists as they go on to make us all proud. Your contributions, in all forms, have made the Walnut Hill experience possible for so many who would otherwise not be able to attend. So, simply put, I offer you my deepest thanks. Thank you for generously supporting our students and our mission. Thank you for remaining a part of this wonderful community and for your faith in us. And thank you for your love of this truly one-of-a-kind institution. Sincerely,
Eric Barber Head of School 2022 / 2023
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Parker Quartet Appointment Creates Unique Opportunities for Music Students
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e are thrilled to announce that the Grammy Award–winning Parker Quartet has joined Walnut Hill as Quartet-inResidence for the 2023–2024 school year. This exciting residency—one of the only such programs offered for high school artists—includes a range of workshops, coachings, and performances for and with our individual musicians and ensembles. The yearlong program is a powerful example of the immersive and intensive educational experiences Walnut Hill offers young artists. Throughout the school year, the Quartet will conduct multiple sessions with string players to develop best practices in terms of rehearsal techniques, score study, rehearsal etiquette, etc., and will hold monthly master classes. They will also collaborate closely with students during this year’s Kaleidoscope—a program that empowers students to lead the creative process, share their skills and knowledge, and draw inspiration from others in order to produce original work and build community. That collaboration will culminate in a concert where students have a unique opportunity to perform alongside the Quartet. Throughout the year, the Quartet will also work with our Composition majors and give a performance of new works by those students. Director of Music Jennifer Elowitch reflected on the unique potential of this partnership: "It is so rare for serious young musicians to have access to a professional Quartet-in-Residence in high school, and to have the Parker Quartet at Walnut Hill is an unparalleled opportunity. The Quartet is among the top ensembles working in the chamber music field today, and I am especially impressed by their willingness to engage in special programming that includes playing in an ensemble alongside our students during J-term and performing works by our student composers. I expect this residency will be transformative for our students." The Parker Quartet has rapidly distinguished itself as one of the preeminent ensembles of its generation. Its members include violinists Daniel Chong and Ken Hamao, violist Jessica Bodner, and cellist Kee-Hyun Kim, a 2001 graduate of Walnut Hill. Their numerous honors include winning the Concert Artists Guild Competition, the 2005 Bordeaux Competition, and Chamber Music America’s prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award. The members of the Quartet also serve as Professors of the Practice and Blodgett Artistsin-Residence at Harvard University’s Department ©2022 Beowulf Sheehan
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On September 30, the Parker Quartet joined Walnut Hill alumni and student performers for a special concert at Rockport Music’s Shalin Liu Performance Center. The concert was followed by a reception, generously hosted by John and Mollie Byrnes ’63, where guests mingled with the performers, enjoyed delicious refreshments, and took in breathtaking views of the Massachusetts coastline. PERFORMERS INCLUDED: The Parker Quartet Daniel Chong and Ken Hamao, violins Jessica Bodner, viola Kee-Hyun Kim ’01, cello Walnut Hill Alumni: Gloria Chien ’95, piano Julia Glenn ’07, violin Jeehae Ahn ’10, piano Michael Gonzalez ’12, tenor Ruoran Poppy Yu ’19, viola John Harry Clark ’19, viola Hayu Zhou ’23, viola
Alex Aranzabal ’23, cello Justinas Zlabys ’23, composer Current Walnut Hill Students: Samuel Igbo ’24, violin Jessica Kartawidjaja ’24, violin Saehyun Kim ’24, piano Keila Wakao ’24, violin Seah Yu ’24, cello Dana Chang ’25, violin Seokyoung Hong ’25, piano Andrew Li ’25, piano Yuxuan Daniel Ma ’25, French horn Jiyu Oh ’25, violin
of Music. The group spends its summers on the faculty of the Banff Centre’s Evolution: Quartet program. “I am so excited to be returning to Walnut Hill for this important chamber music residency at my alma mater,” says Kee-Hyun Kim. “We look forward to engaging with these talented and precocious minds, working with the amazing faculty, and being immersed in this truly unique and uplifting environment.” ◆
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Sydney Williams ’21 Promoted to Artist of the Company with Boston Ballet for the 2023–2024 Season artists—not just dancers— significantly enhances their experience.”
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I am really proud of the success we’ve had in these first few years of the partnership. Several of our graduates have been accepted into the Boston Ballet Graduate Program and continue to progress within the Company. We’ve seen wonderful success for our dancers with other companies, as well. —Sydney Williams
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n 2020, Walnut Hill joined forces with Boston Ballet School to create the Boston Ballet School Professional Division at Walnut Hill, an elite program designed to prepare the next generation to build and sustain the future of dance in our culture. 6 | Behind Stowe
“This is really a unique program—the first of its kind in the United States,” explained Miranda Weese, Interim Director of Dance. “Our dance students study and perform in a creative community composed of a wide range of artists. Being immersed with other like-minded young
This past spring, Sydney Williams ’21 became the first student from the partnership promoted to Artist of the Company with Boston Ballet.
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Promotion to this role (often called corps de ballet) is recognition of a dancer’s accomplishments and capabilities as a performing artist. Prior to this promotion, she was a member of Boston Ballet’s second Company, Boston Ballet II. “Sydney is a very talented dancer,” commented Weese. “She has a strong technical base, an inquisitive mind, and an innate artistic sensibility. A natural sense of artistry is not something you can teach—it was a treat to work with Sydney because she just had that capacity instantly.” Williams began her dance training at age 4 in Bakersfield,
California, studying jazz, tap, and ballet. She continued her ballet training in Indianapolis, Indiana, at the Indianapolis School of Ballet under the direction of Victoria Lyras, and attended Colburn Dance Academy in Los Angeles, California. She attended the Boston Ballet School (BBS) 2019 Summer Dance Program and subsequently received a scholarship to Boston Ballet School’s Professional Division at Walnut Hill. Williams was invited to join BBS’s Postgraduate program in 2021 and joined Boston Ballet II in 2022. Her repertoire includes George Balanchine’s Tarantella, Benjamin Millepied’s Stepping Out, Mikko Nissinen’s
The Nutcracker, and Jerome Robbins’s 2 & 3 Part Inventions. “This promotion is genuinely a dream come true. Boston Ballet has been my home for three years, and with this home came an incredible community. I couldn’t have asked for a better collective of artists with whom I find myself taking class nearly every day,” Williams said. ◆
BOSTON BALLET SCHOOL PROFESSIONAL DIVISION AT WALNUT HILL We seek to sustain, elevate, and define the future of ballet through our unique and exceptional partnership. The partnership between Boston Ballet School and Walnut Hill is centered on developing the future of dance by providing an environment where the future professional dancer will flourish. We are the only program in the world that combines a professional ballet company with a collegepreparatory academic experience within a premier high school for the arts. We aim to develop a complete dance artist, as both a dancer (interpretive artist) and a creative artist. We are dedicated to developing a complete person, with strong emotional intelligence and cultural competencies. This synergistic approach will give each of our dancers a next-generation professional toolkit to enter the dance world. Our program makes it possible for our dancers to enter a professional company without needing to pursue any college or conservatory training.
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hank you to all the alumni, former faculty and staff, and friends of Walnut Hill who came to celebrate with us in May for Reunion 2023! From the Reunion Kickoff & Celebration of 50 Years as a Global Leader of the Arts, to the Alumni Association Meeting, to class dinners and more—it was a wonderful two days on the Hill. In addition to reconnecting and reminiscing, we also took the opportunity to bestow special awards upon seven individuals who have made a profound impact in the 50 years that Walnut Hill has centered on the arts. During the showcase portion of Friday’s Reunion Kickoff, we honored Trustee Emeritus Bob Keiter with the Stephanie B. Perrin Award for Leadership; Director of Theater Joe Cabral and former Director of Dance Michael Owen with the Earle Batchelder Award for Vision; fashion label Proenza Schouler co-founder Jack McCollough ’97 and Boston Ballet Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen with the Roger Shoemaker Award for Innovation; pianist and New England Conservatory faculty member Wha Kyung Byun with the Sydelle Gomberg Award for Artistic Excellence; and former Director of Development Lola Fortmiller Baldwin ’51 with the Betsy Paine McClendon ’65 Award for Service & Philanthropy. ◆
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Earlier this year, the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University acquired the photography collection of AMELIA “LEE” MARKS and John C. DePrez Jr. Ranging in date from 1856 to 2017, the collection features 116 works by 80 artists.
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Congratulations to SARAH PERRYCORREIA on the release of her novel Cloudlands: The House on Emeralda Key, available at Barnes and Noble, and a new addtion to her family, granddaughter Lilie Rose, born to her younger daughter in April of 2022! 1 2 | Behind Stowe
PHYLLIS DETWILER shares she’s enjoying retirement both on water and ashore from Newport, RI. She obtained her USCG 25T Masters License (Captain) and has been teaching Seamanship at In-Command Seamanship Training in Wickford, RI, and the Freedom Boat Club in Newport. Her son now lives in Denver, CO. She had great fun keeping up with fellow classmate LISA “MARGO” GAFFIN BROWN via Zoom calls throughout the pandemic years.
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After serving 30 years as the Director of Summer Programs at Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences in Santa Monica, California, ANGELA COX SMITH retired in June 2023. Having been privileged to benefit from an arts education at Walnut Hill, she has devoted her life to arts education for young people over all these years as a full-circle experience. She is looking forward to spending more time with her family, and especially her two young grandchildren, Cozzi, 2, and Zuzu, 4 months. She is excitedly looking forward to the graduation of her son, Case, from Harvard Law School next May. Angela and KATIE SWITZER
PELLETIER spent time together again in Florida this past April. They, along with classmates SUSAN STILL KILRAIN and HEIDI LONGWITH LAMBERT, as well as CLARE WREN ’80 and HELEN PATTON ’80, are still keeping up with one another. Angela is hoping to see everyone at our 45th Reunion next spring!
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JENNIFER NATALYA FINK is thrilled to share news of the production of her play Bitter Flower! The production ran November 16–19, 2022, in the Gonda Theater at Georgetown University. It featured the inventive direction of Anita Gonzalez (Director of the Racial Justice Institute) and the original musical compositions of Jonathan Girling (Royal Shakespeare Theatre composer of Broadway’s The Kite Runner). Bitter Flower explores the racist and classist contradictions of the U.S. suffrage movement. Ida B. WellsBarnett, Jane Addams, and a chorus of dancing, singing hats invite the audience to think about
the implications of their historical moment for ours.
1990
ALLISON PERRY IANTOSCA released her new book, Leading with HEART—a collection of essays on business, leadership, life, and love. MAKEEBA MCCREARY currently serves as President of the New Commonwealth Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund. NCF is a coalition founded by Black and Brown executives from leading Massachusetts corporations united to support Black and Brown communities amid the COVID-19 pandemic and in the wake of the brutal killing by police of George Floyd. VALERIE NICOLOSI NEIMERG has published her first work of fiction, entitled Elly Uncomposed. DORICHA SALES was featured in a Sarasota magazine article after becoming the new Program Director of Sarasota Ballet’s Dance for All initiative.
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DR. SEAN WANG has been appointed Director of Academics at the Glenn Gould School at the Royal Conservatory of Music.
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DESIREE SANCHEZ MEINECK is the Artistic Director of the Aquila Theatre, and recently directed their production of Pride and Prejudice.
1993
SARA DENSLOWGONZALEZ DOWNING recently spoke at the Idea Lounge in Petaluma, CA. Made possible from a grant by ArtSurround and Creative Sonoma, Sara presented a temporary public art installation, VISUALIZ ARch, at Helen Putnam Plaza in Petaluma. The artwork’s intention is to increase delight, interaction, inclusivity, and a feeling of belonging for all Petaluma residents.
ROSE HUNT PERSON was nominated for Best Actress, Best Black Actress, and Best Actress International Films for her independent webseries You Don’t Know JACK by the 2023 International Black and Diversity Film Festival (IBDFF) in Toronto, Canada. She is also helping to produce a JC Films movie called The Karate Princess.
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This past February, COURTNEY GREENE TOMASELLI brought her daughter, Rosalie, to see Walnut Hill’s Children’s Theater show, Junie B. Jones.
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RACHEL BINDERMAN JORDAN is leading marketing at TeachFX, an edtech startup helping to change K–12 education by providing every teacher with the feedback and support they need to improve
teaching practice, boost meaningful student engagement, and increase equity. She also mentors edtech founders through the StartEd accelerator and serves on the board of the Record Co., a community music space in Boston. Violist MELISSA REARDON was recently announced as the newest member of the Borromeo String Quartet. MARIANA GREENHILL, Artistic Advisor of Project STEP, was featured in an interview on The Kelly Clarkson Show this past April. YUL HEE KIM joined the faculty at Sotheby’s Institute of Art in 2020. ANDY MEYERS has been announced as the new Producing Artistic Director of Post Playhouse in Crawford, NE. ZOE SCOFIELD and Juniper Shuey, in collaboration with designers Sara Brown, Evan Christian Anderson, and Bobby McElver, premiered the other shore, an immersive media installation space, inviting intimate groups of audience members to experience a performance from the ground up. Their work aims to expose vulnerabilities of performers and audiences, as well as examine the experience
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of seeing and being seen, now. Zoe is the recipient of a Princess Grace Foundation 2022 Special Project Grant toward the achievement of this unique concept. WALKER VREELAND is honored to announce that the audiobook he produced last year, Corona City: Voices from an Epicenter, has won an Independent Publishers Book Award for Outstanding Audiobook of the Year. Walker writes: “It was an enormous undertaking, producing a project with 63 NARRATORS, but was truly a rewarding creative and collaborative process that continues to make waves. Each person on the team deserves recognition: Casting Director Margie Lenhart, Marketing Director and Contributor Jean Sheff, Grant Writer Bonnie Nadzeika, Composer William Antoniou—and especially Sherry Wachter at Magic Dog Press and Editor Lorraine Ash, who Behind Stowe | 13
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brought me on board. It’s a lovely moment for Walker Vreeland Productions!”
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With the help of local Kansas City filmmakers, actors, and musicians, COURTNEY ORTIZTRAMMELL COLLADO created a 12-minute short film, Our Sheep to Slaughter, on school shootings through the eyes of parents.
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MARGOT DUBOIS is an Administrative Specialist at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, WA. JULIE LAMPREYFITZGERALD writes: “I’m the owner and Artistic Director of Fitzgerald Performing Arts in Sturbridge, MA. This is my second season and we have doubled in enrollment, so we will now be changing our location to a beautiful new building in Sturbridge on Route 20! We are working on building a pre-professional ballet program called the Aspiring Dancer Program as well as a Musical Theatre Program.” Ballet Vero Beach’s 10th Anniversary Season closed with a celebration of the greatest influence on Artistic Director/CEO ADAM SCHNELL’S life in dance, the late choreographer Samuel Kurkjian. Kurkjian’s thrilling Debussy Suite and sparkling Chopin Variations have returned 14 | Behind Stowe
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A group of Walnuts traveled to Ireland last June to attend the wedding of SUSAN GOODWILLIE!
MARY GARCIA CHARUMILIND, who goes by the artist name of Autumn Luz, was highlighted by JAZZIZ magazine for her debut original single, “Heat,” released in November of 2022. She recently released a second single, “Speed,” as well. KENDRA LEVIN recently moved to Seattle, WA, and would be happy to connect with any Walnuts in the Pacific Northwest! ISAAC SPENCER writes: “Since September 2021, I am the acting professor for ballet techniques at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts in Germany.”
ERIN GINN appeared as Dream Aurora in Bristol Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty as a guest artist.
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CATHERINE EPSTEIN was selected to participate in the Huntington Playwriting Fellows’ two-year program, which became three during the pandemic. Her fulllength play, Arbor, was presented in a reading at Boston’s Huntington Theatre. Catherine now lives with her husband in Lexington, VA, where she continues to write plays.
TY FREEDMAN was among 15 creatives selected by Netflix and RespectAbility to participate in their Children’s Content Lab last fall. ZOE FRIEND’S solo exhibition, Ataxophilia, showed at Boston Sculptors Gallery last December. ADRIENNE WATKINSON HARMON writes: “I ran into former Walnut Hill faculty member Frank Corliss in May when we were playing a concert together at Carnegie Hall. He was my chamber coach at Walnut Hill and 20 years later we were onstage together! I am an associate musician with the Bard College Orchestra Now program, and Frank is the director of the conservatory at
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In September of 2022, JOSHUA HOLDEN brought his award-winning family production, The Joshua Show, to Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, CA. MAYA HANCOCK KRAUS recently joined the board of Inclusive Arts Vermont, an organization that aims to bring arts programming to all communities in that state.
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together to make personal films with unique worldviews.
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Bard. We had no idea we were each playing this concert until the first rehearsal, and I thought it was a fun story to share with you. Walnut Hill is still in my heart wherever I go!” The Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra (IBO) has appointed violinist ADRIANE POST as its new Concertmaster. She also plays in the Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra. SARAH WINSHALL is the founder of Smudge Films, a collection of filmmakers working
Last summer, KYLE BROWN appeared in the world premiere production of The Devil Wears Prada, The Musical as a member of the ensemble cast! As of November 2022, SARAH CHASIN became the Senior Director/Head of Institutional Giving at Sesame Workshop. LUKE SUTHERLAND works as Assistant Director of the Office for Student Affairs at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Congratulations to the Neave Trio, featuring violinist ANNA WILLIAMS, on receiving a Grammy nomination! The Neave Trio also performed at The Center for Arts in Natick (TCAN) last fall.
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In December 2022, Dean of Students MELISSA CASSEL and GARRETT MURPHY ’08 had the pleasure of attending a performance of The Sound of Music at Paper Mill Playhouse, featuring ASHLEY BLANCHET ’05 and MEREDITH LUSTIG ’05.
2005
BRIGA HEELAN, a graduate of our Theater Department, recently starred as Cinderella in the Broadway production of Once Upon a One More Time, reprising the role she originated in the show’s world premiere run at the Shakespeare Theatre Company
in Washington, DC. Congratulations, Briga, on your Broadway debut! Last summer, LEVI MARSMAN served as the choreographer and movement director for Boston’s Free Shakespeare on the Common production of Much Ado About Nothing.
2004/2018 ASHLEY MEEKEN ’04 and ANDY EDELMAN ’18 both starred in Mamma Mia! at Winnipesaukee Playhouse in Meredith, NH.
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YONI HALLER ’18 appeared as Indio in West Side Story at The Muny in St. Louis, MO, and JUN SEO ’05 was a cellist in the show’s orchestra.
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Last September, violist CELIA HATTON joined the Boston-based chamber orchestra A Far Cry as one of its newest members.
Starling Variations, a new piece composed by ELIZABETH OGONEK, had its world premiere last August at Tanglewood Music Festival.
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NICHOLAS CHRISTOPHER currently plays Pirelli/ standby for Sweeney Todd in the Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. DR. MANN-WEN LO is now Professor of Practice (Violin) at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music.
KATIE PREISIG SCHIERING is the founder of Firelight KIDS, which brings premier children’s enrichment programs and summer camps to the community of Lancaster, MA. She recently joined the Walnut Hill staff as Director of the Community Theater Academy.
2006
ZOE C. BOUCHER began working as an art therapist at the Italian Home for Children in Jamaica Plain, MA, in the fall of 2022. She previously graduated with a B.F.A. from Alfred University in 2010, then an 1 6 | Behind Stowe
M.A. in art therapy from Lesley University in 2020, as well as being employed for many years at the Vermont Studio Center. KELLY MCWILLIAMS recently released her new novel, Your Plantation Prom Is Not Okay.
Cellist TOMMY MESA was one of three people awarded the 2023 Sphinx Medal of Excellence! The medal is the highest honor bestowed by the Sphinx Organization, recognizing extraordinary classical Black and Latinx musicians.
2009
Last fall, KAREN CUEVA interviewed Maestro Gustavo Dudamel at Carnegie Hall. She writes: “It was an honor and a true joy to have interviewed Maestro Gustavo Dudamel! He spoke about his early days learning music, as well as influential educators, and offered wise advice to our 100+ teachers across Weill Music Institute’s programs. What an unforgettable evening!” PAULINA HADUONG, now a doctoral candidate at Harvard Graduate School of Education, was interviewed for the Harvard website. EDWARD SPOTS appeared in The Barber of Seville at New Orleans Opera last fall. Additionally, he is the Ballet Master at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, serves on the board of the Tennessee Williams Literary Festival, and dances for New Orleans Ballet Theatre, Marigny Opera Ballet, New Orleans Opera, as well
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Last fall, PATRICK DILLON CURRY engineered and mixed studio recordings and live shows for Steve Lacy, Steve Hackman, and John Legend.
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MACKENZIE KING recently shared that her dance company, Moonwater Dance Project, based in Chicago, IL, is celebrating its fifth season! HO-KYOUNG RHEE currently holds the position of Womenswear Designer at Coach. HoKyoung previously worked at Thom Browne and Tibi.
2012
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as KM Dance Project. Edward is also a part of the New Orleans Museum of Art creative cohort assembly. Congratulations to TRAVIS WARDOSBORNE, who joined the Pretty Woman tour as Happy Man/ Mr. Thompson! MEGAN WRIGHT is attending Yale University as part of the Class of 2026.
2010
SAW The Musical: The Unauthorized Parody of Saw, created and produced by COOPER JORDAN, opened in its out-of-town tryout last fall in Philadelphia, PA.
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MARIO GONZALEZ recently performed as Juliet in L.A. Dance Project’s American premiere of Romeo and Juliet at the Segerstrom Arts Center.
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Throughout the 2022–2023 season, SAMANTHA HANKEY made a number of role and venue debuts, including as Lorca in Ainadamar at Scottish Opera (Glasgow and Edinburgh); Hänsel in the beloved Richard Jones production of Hänsel und Gretel at the Lyric Opera of Chicago; the title role in Pelléas et Mélisande at the Santa Fe Opera; and a return to NYC to present a recital in Carnegie Hall’s Great Singers: Evenings of Song. Most recently, Samantha portrayed Octavian in Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier at the Metropolitan Opera. Violinist DELANEY HARTER had a busy year performing with Adele in her Las Vegas residency. DeLaney performed with Coldplay for the Jimmy Kimmel Live 20th Anniversary Show, and was featured in a new Cadillac commercial with musical artist Labrinth, who scores the HBO show Euphoria!
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Moonbox Productions’ Torch Song features two Walnut Hill alumni: PETER MILL ’10 as Arnold Beckoff and JACK MULLEN ’20 as David.
In September of 2022, violist ROSAMUND HAWKINS began a three-month
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Several Walnut Hill alumni. including pianist CHI-WEI LO ’10, pianist EVREN OZEL ’17, violinist JEAN HUANG ’08, and cellist NAN-CHENG CHEN ’06, were featured in last year’s Summer Concert Series at the Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts. Behind Stowe | 17
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Last fall, our Voice Department visited Boston Lyric Opera for an evening performance of La bohème, and caught up after the show with alum WILLIAM GUANBO SU ’13, who appears in the role of Colline.
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Bassoonist JAKE THONIS ’12 and bassist LOGAN HEDGEPATH ’14 recently reunited at the Florida Orchestra in Tampa! engagement with the BBC Philharmonic. She has also previously played with the Hallé Orchestra, Liverpool Philharmonic, and Opera North. SOFIA BASILE recently won a job as a section violist in the New York Philharmonic.
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In August of 2022, LOGAN HEDGEPATH visited campus and reunited with some of his former teachers, such as Music faculty member Laura Thielke!
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BRYCE MCALLISTER joined the Broadway team of Aladdin as the dresser for Jafar in November of 2022! SIMONE SENIBALDI, known professionally as Salyse, performed at the 2023 Juneteenth Atlanta Parade & Music Festival! Last summer, Pointe magazine featured a profile on Carolina Ballet soloist MCKENZIE VAN OSS!
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In June of 2022, visual artist JESS XIAOYI HAN displayed her work in a solo show,
Something within the lines of love. Her most recent work has appeared at Ross + Kramer Gallery in NYC.
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performed in the world premiere of A Transparent Musical.
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LINDSAY MCAULIFFE recently served as the Associate Producer for the play Rite of Passage, which ran July 13–30 at the Windhover Center for the Performing Arts in Rockport, MA. Congratulations to MOSCELYNE PARKEHARRISON for her recent appointment as Associate Artistic Director of Post:ballet!
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In August of 2022, ZAN BERUBE was cast as Anne Boleyn on the Broadway North American Boleyn Tour of the award-winning musical SIX. OLIVIA MOON BLAISDELL appeared as a Wife in Boston Lyric Opera’s Bluebeard’s Castle. MURPHY TAYLOR SMITH recently
A composition by SIHYUN UHM, Yearning, was selected by “The President’s Own" U.S. Marine Band as the winner of their first annual Call for Scores competition.
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LYDIA TUFFY ’14, ANDREW PURDY ’16, and CHLOE SAVIT ’17 reunited last fall in NYC after one of Andrew’s performances of The Book of Mormon! Auburn University, where she is researching honey bee behavior. ABOVE Zan Berube ’16
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HARLEY CHAMANDY’S first feature film, Allen Sunshine, was selected as one of three Canadian feature films in editing stage for the First Cut Lab in collaboration with the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma and sponsored by Netflix Canada. HANNAH FREEDMAN reports that she works for a nonprofit as a Senior Digital Content and Engagement Associate, and has been a senior staffer on numerous political campaigns. ERICA MAUL is pursuing a Ph.D. in the Department of Biological Sciences at
Pianist EVREN OZEL is one of five recipients of this year’s Avery Fisher Career Grant!
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COLIN CANAVAN recently joined Ballet Austin as a company dancer.
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As of January 2023, VICTORIA CARGILL became the Development Associate in the Development Office at Brookwood School in Manchester, MA, from which she graduated in 2014. TRAVIS DOUGHTY was named one of three recipients of Speakeasy Stage Company’s Thomas Derrah Emerging Artist Award. He also recently appeared in an episode of Blue Bloods on CBS!
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LEFT Andy Edelman ’18, Yoni Haller ’18, Melissa Cassel P’19 and Garrett Murphy ’08
Last summer, ANDY EDELMAN and YONI HALLER appeared in New London Barn Playhouse’s production of A Chorus Line. SARAH FINNEGAN was accepted into the University of Wisconsin– Madison’s Ph.D. program in materials chemistry. Choreography by SHANNON HARKINS was recently featured in the CounterPointe Series sponsored by Brooklyn Ballet and Norte Maar. JAYNA LEACH, a graduate of Walnut Hill’s
Music Department and a seasoned marathon runner, recently returned to the Hill to speak at an All-School Assembly about her experience running the Boston Marathon.
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SAMUEL VALK, a recent graduate of Molloy University’s musical theater program, has been focused on composing and lyric writing. On August 13, 2023, he made his 54 Below debut, performing a solo concert featuring a selection of songs from his two original musicals, Give ’Em What They Want
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Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston’s production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s classic musical Oklahoma! featured two Walnuts: JACK MULLEN ’20 (Will Parker) and TEDDY EDGAR ’16 (Ensemble). and Ta-Da! A Musical Revue. Additionally, Samuel is pursuing real estate!
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KANNEN GLANZ is excited to share that he will be joining the Second Company at Cincinnati Ballet under the leadership of Jodie Gates for the 2023–2024 season! KEARA MCHAFFIE recently visited Natick Recreation and Parks to touch up the murals in their Teen Center!
NATHANIEL SHEEHAN’S article “What is a man?” was featured in the Michigan Daily last fall.
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REED DUNCAN writes: “The Bible Women’s Project, a devised piece I am honored to have been a part of, was awarded three National Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Awards: the Citizen Artist Award, for productions promoting long-term societal
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JENNA HOWARD-DELMAN ’18 (Jet Girl Swing) and JACK MULLEN ’20 (Riff), appeared in Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston’s 2022 production of West Side Story. ABOVE Jayna Leach ’18, far right onstage 2 0 | Behind Stowe
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impact; the Distinguished Performance Ensemble Award; and the Distinguished Production of a Devised Work Award.” AVA PAUL was selected as one of two Oberlin Conservatory singers to participate in the launch of Shared Voices, a new classical music student exchange program created by the Denyce Graves Foundation. MADISON RIZZO is currently a student and esports commentator at Champlain College. MACKENZIE WILCOX recently performed in the musical SCOTS as part of NYC Tartan Week at Below 54. She currently attends the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
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DANTE D’ANTONIO ’21 and GRACE ALTENBURGER ’22 recently appeared in Actors Company of Natick’s production of Into the Woods, right here on campus in the Keiter Center!
SYDNEY WILLIAMS shares that she has been promoted to Artist at Boston Ballet. Congratulations, Sydney! (See page 6 of this issue.)
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CELESTE CISNEROS, who is currently in the Boston Ballet Graduate Program, appeared as Clara in nine performances of Boston Ballet’s The Nutcracker throughout the 2022 holiday season.
received Second Prize at the 2018 Ettlingen International Piano Competition in Germany, and was invited to the Hilton Head International Piano Competition the following year.
VY KHANH LE was cast in HBO’s series The Sympathizer, based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel.
FANGZHEN ANGELINA WANG won First Place in the National Association of Teachers of Singing’s National Student Auditions in her category of High School Classical, Treble Voices.
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GB BELLAMY recently participated in New York Theatre Workshop’s Mind the Gap, an intergenerational theater program in which elders and youth interview one another and write or devise short plays inspired by their personal stories. GB wrote a play entitled The Next Morning, and worked with actors Peter Fanone, Erika Vetter, and Martin Lewis to bring it to life. GEORGIA KIRSHENBAUM will be attending Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Communications starting this fall. In 2022, JINYOUNG KWEON was announced as the winner of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, and was awarded First Prize at the 2021 Minnesota International e-Piano Junior Competition. She
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We are thrilled to have a long list of Walnuts who appeared onstage in Boston Ballet’s The Nutcracker during the 2022 holiday season. Walnut Hill Alumni: Cassidy Cail ’21, Sydney Williams ’21, Emily Aston ’22, Celeste Cisneros ’22, Colin Cloyes ’22, Aidan Duffy ’22, Anne Fitzpatrick ’22, Kennedy Newell ’22, Julia Brunner ’23, Ashley Chong ’23, Ainsley Grippando ’23, Sydnie Holmes ’23 Current Walnut Hill Students: Eve Acklin ’24, Tenley Connors ’24, Lev Cornwall ’24, Regan Crosby ’24, Jordyn Crotty ’24, Brooke Fallon ’24, Valeria Franco ’24, Kallie Green ’24, Norah Harris ’24, Caitlyn Muniz ’24, Julia Pellon ’24, Gael Arturo Andrade Rodriguez ’24, Jihye Shin ’24,, Jordan Sides ’24, Caterina Terrizzi ’24, Katherine Adolfsson ’25, Oceana Gonzales Rose ’25, Luisa Jorgensen ’25, Mia Kwong ’25, Hugo Levine ’25, Solveig Libicki ’25, Ava Tselios ’25, Elijah Bidasha ’26, Eve Kaufman ’26, Leela Seifert Silberberg ’26, Nataniel Taylor ’26, Yiran Wei ’26, Maya Yanez ’26 Photo: Lia Cirio and dancers of Boston Ballet in Mikko Nissinen’s The Nutcracker; photo by Brooke Trisolini. Behind Stowe | 2 1
YEAR-IN-REVIEW
Swing! A Musical Review October 27–29
New Ink/Rough Cuts October 21
Showtune
Winter Voice Recital
October 21–23
December 2
Senior Solo Dance Showcase November 4–6
Fall Voice Recital October 21
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Chamber Concerts
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December 12–13
Jazz Concert February 3
Visual Art Show December 14
Rumors March 3–5
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Orpheus in the Underworld April 14–16
WFMA Senior Show May 2
Jazz Concert May 2
Composers' Concert May 2
Black on White April 19–20
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Mean Girls May 19–21
Next Generation May 19
Script to Screen May 25
Chamber Concerts May 16–17
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Meet Our New Trustees EDWIN P. GORDON Edwin Gordon is currently Head of School at Congressional School, Falls Church, Virginia, an Infant–Grade 8 independent school. Prior to this, he spent time as a school administrator in Florida and New York City, and as an adjunct professor and a program administrator in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He is a recent recipient of the prestigious Klingenstein Heads of Schools Fellowship at Columbia University’s Teachers College. He received a Ph.D. in educational administration from Cornell University and a B.S. and an M.A. in English from Baylor University. He has served as a board member for several nonprofit organizations, including Hockaday School, Cornell University Trustee Council, National Association for Independent Schools, Association of Independent Schools of Greater Washington, Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens, and New York Philharmonic Education Council. Edwin is passionate about the arts and is a frequent patron of performances at the Kennedy Center and the Arena Stage Theater, both in Washington, DC. He and his wife of 36 years maintain residence in northern Maryland and are the parents of two adult children who attended independent and boarding schools in Texas and New York. JENNIFER MCLEAN Jenn McLean is a clinical psychologist who received her doctorate from Antioch University New England, after earning her bachelor’s degree from Swarthmore College and her master’s degree in education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She consults at independent schools, teaches doctoral-level clinical psychology courses, and offers psychotherapy and assessment services in her private practice in Natick, MA. Jenn has extensive training in educational, psychological, neuropsychological, and developmental assessment, and has provided short-term stabilization and care to children and teens in severe emotional and behavioral crisis in hospital and residential settings. She works with people of all ages facing issues such as developmental challenges, mental illness, trauma histories, and systemic oppression, providing support in navigating life transitions, relationships, and difficult circumstances. Before becoming a psychologist, Jenn worked as a teacher and school administrator, including 12 years at the Charles River School in Dover, MA, as a teacher, Director of Studies, and Dean of Faculty. She has served on the boards of the Charles River School and Musica Sacra, a choral ensemble in Cambridge that she has been singing with for 27 years. Jenn and her husband, Jim, have two grown children and a menagerie of pets. CARRIE NEDROW ’84 Carrie is an executive management consultant supporting information technology, security, and enterprise application organizations. She is based in Los Angeles, CA. Her work includes leading technology and business operations at Headspace, Intuit, J.P. Morgan Investment Bank, and the Automobile Association of America. She is proud to be part of the original design and development team for the Gaynor Minden pointe shoe. Carrie advises multiple early-stage start-ups, preparing them for hyper growth. A Dance graduate of Walnut Hill, she earned a B.F.A from the Juilliard School in 1988. She received an M.B.A. from Villanova University after retiring from a 15-year career in dance, during which she performed and toured with ballet and contemporary companies across the United States. She continues to teach ballet at both the professional and the pre-professional level in L.A. Carrie is passionate about high-caliber performing arts across the spectrum. She is an avid supporter of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. She lives in West L.A. with her husband, David, and their three cats, tending a front-yard vegetable garden. Whenever possible, they take to the road and camp in California’s diverse landscape, from the Sequoias to the desert. 2 6 | Behind Stowe
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IN MEMORIAM
In Memoriam We fondly remember the following members of the Walnut Hill alumni community. (As of July 27, 2023)
MARGARET “PEGGY” COWAN MOLLER ’40 passed away in her home on April 24, 2023, at age 100. She was born in Philadelphia, PA, and attended Moorestown Friends School. After three years at Wellesley College, where she was a member of the varsity crew, she graduated with honors from Roanoke College in 1945. Peggy attended the first Summer School for American Students at the University of Oslo, Norway, in 1947, where she met her future husband, whom she married in 1950. After living in New Jersey, they returned to Oslo in 1953, along with their first daughter. During the 20 years Peggy lived in Norway, she was an active member of the American Women’s Club. Having spent summers in Maine from the age of 2, she acquired property in Round Pond in 1975, settling there permanently after her divorce in 1978. Having her youngest daughter and her granddaughters nearby was a much-prized part of her new life in Maine, but she made frequent trips to Oslo over the years to visit her children, grandsons, and friends there as well. During her years in Round Pond, Peggy was a semi-active member of Helping Hands of Round
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Pond; served on the boards of the Old Bristol Garden Club and the Newcastle-Damariscotta Women’s Club; and enjoyed taking part in various community activities, the Miles Rummage Sale being a favorite. In her later years, she really enjoyed attending Senior College courses and the Live from the Metropolitan Opera shows at Lincoln Theater. She loved books and reading; had a deep appreciation of nature and wildlife; was a supporter of various environmental organizations; and was socially engaged and followed the news closely. Reaching the high age of 100, she was a proud participant of the New England Centenarian Study. Peggy is survived by her four daughters, four grandsons, two granddaughters, and six great-grandchildren. BETSY BISSELL WALSH ’41 passed away on January 22, 2023, at age 99. She lived much of her young life in Suffield, CT, where the family has very deep roots extending back to the town’s founding in the mid-1600s. She attended the Chaffee School and Connecticut College for two years, majoring in chemistry. Betsy was a longtime resident of Glastonbury, CT, where she raised her family
and was active in the community. She was an avid collector of antiques and loved researching her genealogy back many generations. She combined her passion for Connecticut history and antiques and became very active in the Antiquarian & Landmarks Society of Connecticut (where she was on the board and loved being a docent at the Phelps-Hatheway House in Suffield), the Glastonbury Historical Society, and Wadsworth Atheneum. She devoted many years to the Congregational Church in South Glastonbury, where she taught Sunday school; was also a member of the Junior League; volunteered at the Newington Children’s Hospital; and was frequently a den or scout mother for her kids. She loved playing bridge, tennis, and the piano, particularly “Rhapsody in Blue.” Betsy leaves three children, four grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, many nieces and nephews, and extended family, all whom she loved and cherished. VIRGINIA “GINNY” CHITTENDEN PIERPONT ’46 passed away on May 3, 2022, at age 93. She attended Saint Margaret’s School in Waterbury, CT; Pine
Manor Junior College; and the Child Education Foundation in NYC, where she received a degree in education. After college, she was a kindergarten teacher at the Russell School in Waterbury. Later, she worked at the Middlebury Public Library for several years. Ginny also volunteered at Easter Seals and was a member of the Junior League, the Middlebury Republican Town Committee, the Heritage Village Ambulance Association, the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center in Old Saybrook, and many other organizations. She and her husband, Nate, shared a lifelong involvement with the Yale Whiffenpoofs, of which Nate was a member, Class of 1950. Early in their marriage, they were involved in the Mr. and Mrs. Comic Opera Group of Middlebury, performing the works of Gilbert and Sullivan and other musicals over the years. An avid tennis player. Ginny especially enjoyed her mixed doubles matches and tournaments in Old Saybrook; in later years, she could be found glued to the Tennis Channel. She loved her childhood summers in Connecticut, and enjoyed her beachfront garden. Besides her husband and parents, Ginny was predeceased
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by her sisters. She is survived by her children, grandchildren, brother, sister-in-law, and numerous beloved nieces, nephews, and cousins. FREDERICA “FREDDIE” MENDOZA STEVENS ’47 passed away on June 19, 2022, at age 94. She was born in Paris, France, and was the daughter of a Peruvian diplomat. She and her family lived in many places throughout her childhood, including Germany, Italy, Guatemala, Washington, DC, and Dexter, ME, the hometown of her mother. She attended Mount Vernon College and traveled crosscountry to San Francisco on a sightseeing venture with a friend from Walnut Hill. Frederica lived in Lima, Peru, for two years and worked for the Lima phone company while obtaining her dual citizenship. She then returned to San Francisco, where she met her husband. They resided in Marin County, CA, from 1959 until 2018. There she volunteered for numerous nonprofit organizations, including the March of Dimes, Sunny Hills Children’s Services, the Church of the Nativity in Marinwood, the Marin Art and Garden Center, and the Thursday Musical. She earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of San Francisco in 1984, and worked for the Marin Ballet and the Marin Humane Society. Her
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love of the ballet and her dogs brought her great joy. Frederica is survived by her husband, sister, son, daughter, son-in-law, grandson, and granddaughter. MARIAN “TIBBY” BARLOW BROWN ’48 passed away on January 10, 2023, at age 92. She was born in New Milford, CT, and attended Colby Junior College as well as the Laboratory Institute of Merchandising in NYC. She then worked as an editor for Seventeen magazine. Marian married the late Marcy Kent Brown III in 1956, and while living in Manchester, England, they had a son. Because of Marcy’s job, they had the opportunity to live abroad, in Canada, and in several U.S. cities. Over many years, she was a member of the Burke Tennis Club, Metropolitan Club, and Roger Sherman Chapter of the DAR. Tibby is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, her niece, and extended family. MARY “MIFI” PHELPS DAY ’50 passed away peacefully on January 4, 2022, at age 90. She attended Kingswood Oxford School in West Hartford, CT, then Bennett Junior College, Hartford Junior College, and Hartford Secretarial School. In 1956, she moved to Colorado, where she married and later had six children. In 1984, she moved to Gunnison, CO, where she enjoyed the remainder of
her life being a mother and a housewife. In the 1970s, she was a volunteer at Pauline Memorial School, where her children attended. She was also a docent at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. In her later years, she volunteered at Gunnison Elementary, where her granddaughter attended, assisting with remedial reading. Mary was predeceased by her parents, siblings, son, and her many beloved dogs. She is survived by her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. PAULA “POLLY” DYE GARVEY ’50 passed away on May 11, 2023, at age 90. Born in Wolfeboro, NH, she attended the Carpenter School and Brewster Academy in addition to Walnut Hill. She went on to UNH, Massasoit Community College, and Bentley College, eventually earning degrees in science and accounting. Marrying in 1950, she eventually settled in South Weymouth, MA. After decades of service to Weymouth Youth Hockey, the Weymouth March of Dimes, and her church, all the while raising seven children, Paula established her tax preparation and bookkeeping business. In 2008, she moved into the family cottage that she inherited. This allowed a return to her beloved Wolfeboro to live out the rest of her life. She continued her tax business there and also
contributed her talents to the Kingswood Golf Club board of directors for seven years and the Huggins Hospital Street Fair founded by her mother. She took joy in devoting her efforts to St. Katharine Drexel Church, where she worked on the parish council, the friendly visitors ministry, and the finance committee, and to the Wright Museum, where you could find her behind the cash register of the gift shop. Artifacts from her life growing up in Wolfeboro during WWII are scattered throughout the museum. Paula is survived by her sister, brotherin-law, six children, 14 grandchildren, and 23 great-grandchildren. MARTHA “MARTY” UNOBSKEY GOLDNER ’50 passed away on August 27, 2022, at age 90. She graduated from Wellesley College, received an M.S.W. from Columbia University, and at 59 years old, earned a master’s in education from TSU. Marty loved art and music, and was a member of the National Storytelling Association, Herb Society, Red Cross, Jewish Federation, Adventure Science Center, Women’s Medical Auxiliary, League of Women Voters, Planned Parenthood, and Walnut Hill Alumni Association. The 1988 death from melanoma of her oldest son inspired her to be active in skin cancer research and education,
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including founding the Sun Day News, a national newsletter in partnership with the National Institutes of Health. Predeceased by her parents, brothers, husband, and son, Marty is survived by her remaining children and her grandchildren. ANN O’CONNELL ANDERSON ’51 passed away on August 19, 2022, at age 89. She was born in Worcester, MA, and attended the Bancroft School, Smith College, and the Harvard School of Education. With her husband, she pursued her interests in gardening, antiques, and refinishing furniture. Ann is survived by her daughter, her sisters, and her brother. LOUISE HODGKINS FREEMAN ’51 passed away on October 26, 2022, at the age of 88. Originally from Burlington, VT, she attended the Rhode Island School of Design and enjoyed spending time in both Vermont and Florida. Louise and her spouse once lived on a boat for 12 years. In addition to sailing, she had a passion for playing the harp. Louise was a major supporter of Walnut Hill as a member of the Ellison Circle. DIANE BRICKMAN SHULMAN ’53 passed away on May 29, 2022, at age 86. She came from a family with a long history on Martha’s Vineyard.
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After Walnut Hill, she attended Wheaton College. Predeceased by her husband of 54 years, Diane is survived by her daughter, two sons, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and several extended family members, some of whom are also Walnut Hill alumni. SUSAN “SUE” KLEIN BOTZOW ’55 passed away on October 27, 2022, at age 85. She began her schooling in Paraguay, where her father was stationed during WWII. Upon returning to the States, she lived in Fitchburg, MA, and graduated from Pine Manor Junior College and Boston’s Chamberlain School of Retailing. Following graduation, she worked as a buyer for Jordan Marsh in Peabody, MA, and Allied Retailing in NYC. After marrying in 1960; she and her husband lived in NYC, where their three daughters were born. Later, she relocated to Hartland, VT. When her three daughters finished elementary school, she received her nursing degree from Orange County Community College and pursued a career as a registered nurse. Her greatest gifts were those of a devoted mother, wife, host, culinary artist, volunteer, outdoorswoman, and traveler. Whether running the recycling center, being part of the volunteer ambulance corps, heading the local food shelf, or providing
leadership in the Garden Club and Grange, she possessed dedication and artistry, with an indomitable ability to feed lots of people delicious meals and care for those around her. A fierce competitor, she enjoyed long-distance cross-country ski races, 70-mile races in the General Clinton Canoe Regatta, and 90-mile competitions in the Adirondack Canoe Classic. She also loved her yellow Labrador. Susan is survived by her daughters and their partners, grandchildren, greatgrandchildren, sister, brother, sister-in-law, and nieces. JANET “JAN” HOLLY ’56 passed away on October 27, 2022, at age 83. A faithful, lifelong member of the Union Church in Waban, MA, she has been described as a talented artist and loving soul who will be missed by many. Jan is survived by her longtime partner, as well as many cousins and dear friends. SUERAE FISK BALLARD ’57 Passed away peacefully on March 31, 2023, at age 84. She attended the University of Vermont, where she received a B.Ed. in home economics in 1961. It was at UVM that she met her husband. They married and settled in his hometown of Rutland, VT. Suerae taught home economics at Wallingford High School, as well as
adult education classes in Rutland. In 1968, Jim and Suerae established their business, Precision Valley Auto Sales, in Springfield, VT, and moved their family there in 1970. Suerae was devoted to raising their four children. She was a leader in both Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts and was a lifelong member of the VT/NH Girl Scout Council. She was an active member of the First Congregational Church UCC of Springfield and served on several community committees. Trained as a hospice volunteer, she had an endless passion for helping others, was always the first to lend a hand, and touched many with her generosity. She spent many summers at Kezar Lake in Lovell, ME, and winters in Daytona Beach Shores, FL, with her children, grandchildren, greatgrandchildren, and extended family. There was always a spread of food, and it often included her favorite homemade blueberry pie for dessert. She also loved to travel with her husband. Together, often with friends, they would drive the backroads of New England or set out to explore the country. Suerae is survived by her husband, children, eight grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, brother, and many other cherished family members.
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SARA “SALLY” BARNARD EDWARDS ’58 passed away on September 24, 2022, at age 82. She grew up in Westchester County, NY, and Guilford, CT. She earned a B.A. from Wellesley College and a master’s degree from Yale. She and her husband settled in Cranbury, NJ, and Sally taught ballet at the Princeton Ballet School while raising a family. She then earned a second master’s degree cum laude from General Theological Seminary in NYC and began a new career as a Pastoral Associate and Hospice Chaplain, as well as serving on the faculty of Yale’s Summer Institute in Bioethics. Sally had many passions in life, including creating a welcoming home for loved ones and strangers alike, supporting dozens of nonprofits from medicine to social justice to education and the arts, and doing needlework of all kinds. After insisting that she and Don find a church home in the late 1970s, she became an enthusiastic contributor to the life of Episcopal parishes in New Jersey and Connecticut as lay leader, acolyte, choir “mum,” and flower arranger. Sally’s lifelong love of gardening created beauty for everyone around her. Her deep attachment to special places found its fullest expression at her family’s five-generation summer
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cottage, Underoaks, on Casco Bay in Yarmouth, ME. Sally is survived by her husband of 57 years, daughter, son, six devoted grandchildren, brother, and sister. PATRICIA “PAT” BLANCHAR REDSTONE ’58 passed away on October 17, 2022, at age 81, in Carmel, IN. She was born in Evanston, IL, and grew up in the Chicago suburbs and Central Wisconsin. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin– Madison, earning a bachelor’s degree in Spanish. After college, she attended the Katharine Gibbs School in Boston, MA, to learn secretarial skills. She started her career in Chicago, IL, at Arthur Andersen before moving to Indianapolis in 1968. During her 25-year career at Eli Lilly, she worked in various roles as a Systems Professional. Pat earned her M.B.A. from Butler University in 1974 while working full-time. In the late 1970s and through the 1980s, she helped restore a Victorian house in the Old Northside of Indianapolis with her then-husband. In 1999, she moved to Noblesville, IN, and then moved to the Barrington of Carmel senior community for her final years. Pat will be remembered for her graciousness, love of words, friendly smile, fantastic laugh, quick wit, and upbeat personality. She loved gardening, dancing to music in her living
room, reading a great book, doing needlework, eating wonderful food (especially chocolate and cheese), baking Christmas cookies, solving crossword puzzles, and taking interesting trips. Family was very important to her, and she cherished her time being Grammy to her two granddaughters. Pat will be greatly missed by her daughter, son-in-law, granddaughters, sister, nieces, nephews, and best friend. SUSAN “SUE” KELLY CONWAY ’59 passed away peacefully on June 28, 2022, at age 80, in Needham, MA. Born in Boston, she was passionate about the importance of education, and in her 50s went back to school to get her master’s degree in social work. She had many jobs over the years, but the most important one to her was raising her children. Sue leaves behind a legacy of love, empathy, and caring. To know her was to love her and feel loved. SUSAN LALLEY MACBRIDE ’59 passed away on April 21, 2022, at age 81. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, sister-in-law, aunt, and dear friend to many people throughout her life. Born in Greenwich, CT, Susan was a proud rider on the New Canaan Mounted Troop and was a lifelong lover of horses. She graduated from Walnut Hill with her
friend and classmate, Fran Bailey, who years later would become her sister-in-law. In the 1960s, Susan and her husband were active in the civil rights movement. After Bloody Sunday, they marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma to support Black voting rights. She worked at the University of Michigan as an Executive Secretary to the Legislative Liaison in the Office of the Vice President and later for the VP of Student Services. In the ’80s and ’90s, shen worked as an administrative assistant for Community High School’s principals and the guidance counselor. She also guided students on their postgraduate plans, and many kids considered Susan to be a mother figure and mentor. In 2001, her husband retired, and the couple moved to Rye, NH, where they enjoyed spending time at their cottage on Lake Winnipesaukee and taking three memorable river cruises through Europe. She loved tending to her gardens and taking art classes. Susan is survived by her husband, daughters, grandson, brother, sister-in-law, and many close relatives and friends.
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SUSAN GENERAZIO ZUCKER ’61 passed away peacefully on May 22, 2023, at age 80. Born in Newton, MA, she spent many years as a resident of Ashland, MA, and of Naples, FL, along with her husband and two loyal companion dogs. She was a passionate real estate agent who embodied timeless beauty and grace, and will be missed by all who knew her. Susan is survived by her daughters and their partners, grandchildren, and siblings. MARJORIE BIRKINBINE ’62 passed away on February 21, 2023, at age 79. Known as “Lovie” to friends and family, she was a loving and giving spirit who made every day brighter. She graduated from Western College for Women with a theater major. She had many jobs over the years, including at Leo Burnett Advertising Agency in Chicago, IL, and as a secretary/receptionist for medical/dental offices. Her last posts were as a loving caretaker to her grandparents and parents. She lived her life fully, enjoying her many friends, singing in choirs, participating in community theater, gardening, cooking, reading, playing cards, doing puzzles and crosswords, and swimming off the rocks of Orr’s Island, ME. Above all else she loved her family, and especially looked forward each year to Cousins’ Reunion
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on Orr’s Island with her many, many much-loved cousins. Marjorie was predeceased by her parents; her beloved twin, and her niece. She leaves her brother, sisters, nieces and nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews, aunts, and cousins around the country. JO-ANN EDINBURG PINKOWITZ ’66 passed away on July 24, 2022, at age 73. She was married for 51 years to her husband, who adored her from the moment they met. Jo-Ann received a bachelor’s degree from Case Western Reserve University. She was an energetic presence who was passionate about her friends, family, and art collecting. She was a print collector and scholar with collections of Mexican and Chinese woodblock prints. She contributed prints from her collection to major museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Harvard Art Museum, and others. She maintained an active life of skiing, scuba diving, and sailing in the family boat along the Eastern Seaboard, including the islands off Cape Cod. She traveled extensively with her husband on many self-guided trips throughout Asia. She preferred the more sedate trips to Europe but enjoyed the adventures of less-traveled roads. Jo-Ann had two siblings who predeceased her. She is survived by her
two loving sons, two grandchildren, and several extended family members. ELLEN “TCHAK” TCHAKIRIDES GERHARD ’67 passed away on November 1, 2022, at age 73. Born in Waterbury, CT, she lived most of her life on the East Coast and in the DC Metro area. She moved with her children to the West Coast after her first husband’s passing. Ellen lived in Lake Tahoe and San Diego, CA, where she eventually met her loving husband, receiving golf lessons from him at the Incline Village Golf Course. Professionally, she was a travel advertising sales representative at The Washington Post, where she received their most prestigious award, the Eugene Meyer Award for excellent service and professionalism. She loved to travel, whether flying on the Concorde to London or sailing aboard the Queen Elizabeth 2, and got to see some amazing places in her lifetime, including Germany immediately following the destruction of the Berlin Wall and Italy to visit family in Lucca. She loved talking baseball and watching the Washington Nationals play their games. Ellen is survived by her husband, son, daughter, and five grandchildren.
JOANNA L. LEVINE ’93 passed away on July 26, 2023, after living 47 vibrant years as a beloved wife, daughter, sister, aunt, and extraordinary astronomer, artist, dancer, yogi, beachcomber, and lifelong learner. She earned a B.S. in physics from UMass Amherst and a Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Florida. She spent the first half of her career dancing professionally with small dance companies in New England. She later taught ballet and yoga throughout Central Massachusetts, served as a Visiting Professor of astronomy at Mount Holyoke College, and then began a journey of self-discovery through visual art, hoping her work would reach “a community of people . . . who value kindness, connection, and the joy found in those random little moments of humanity that make life worth living.” After being diagnosed with mesothelioma in May of 2020, Joanna fought for her life and lived for three years and three months, which is unheard of with this type of cancer. She and her husband, Tim Spahr, and their cats lived in Marlborough and Eastham, MA. Joanna is predeceased by her grandparents and is survived by her husband, her parents, and her siblings.
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IN MEMORIAM
SPENCER REILLY ’08 passed away on March 4, 2016, in Seattle, WA, we only recently learned. Remembrances of him refer to his having been a fine musician who possessed a huge smile and heart. IAN VAN MAAREN ’17 passed away unexpectedly on November 9, 2022, at age 24. He was a superbly talented cellist and immersed in his graduate work at Juilliard, studying historical performance. A student of Sarah Cunningham and Phoebe Carrai, Ian aimed to serve as a passionate representative for both of his instruments—the cello and the gamba—as a soloist, as well as a continuo player. Ian is survived by his parents and his brother, Mattijs, a 2014 Walnut Hill alum. SYDELLE GOMBERG passed away peacefully on February 13, 2023, a month before her 95th birthday. She started dancing at the age of 3, and at the age of 12, she was accepted as the youngest student at Jacob’s Pillow in Lenox, MA, to study with Alicia Markova. Following that summer, she received a scholarship to study in NYC, to begin serious training, and while attending Professional Children’s School, she studied with Ludmilla Schollar and Anatole Vilzak. Over the ensuing years, she studied with Pierre Vladimiroff and Anatole Oboukhoff at
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the School of American Ballet, as well as with Edward Caton, Vincenzo Celli, and Margaret Craske. Sydelle also performed in Boston, MA. At the ages of 13 and 14, she danced the role of Gottfried in the Metropolitan Opera Company production of Lohengrin, with legendary singers Kirsten Flagstad and Lauritz Melchior. At the age of 16, she was accepted in the corps de ballet at Radio City Music Hall and appeared as a soloist in the Broadway play Lute Song, starring Mary Martin and Yul Brynner. Returning to Boston, she married Ralph Gomberg, principal oboist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and raised her four children. She continued her career, starting again in 1962, when she founded the ballet department at the All Newton Music School in Newtonville, MA. She also taught ballet at the Boston Conservatory. From there, with the enthusiastic recommendation of E. Virginia Williams, she developed the dance program at Walnut Hill. After being appointed Dean for the Arts, she was instrumental in broadening the direction of Walnut Hill. Sydelle’s success at Walnut Hill prompted Bruce Marks, in 1985, to ask her to join him in making the Boston Ballet School one of the most prestigious in the nation. She was there for eight years, during which time the enrollment
increased from 200 to over 1,000, with graduates performing not only in the Boston Ballet company, but in ballet companies all over the world. In addition to directing the school, she had several opportunities to perform with the Boston Ballet in character roles. She loved taking part in the performances and being onstage again. She was a Regional Secretary for the Royal Academy of Dancing, became an active member of the Executive Board of the Berkshire Civic Ballet Company, served on the Dance Panel of the Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities, and was appointed Chairwoman of the Special Commission on the Performing Arts. She felt proud that those many years of tireless devotion and caring had borne the fruits of her labor and love. Sydelle was predeceased by her loving husband of 58 years. She is survived by her four children, her seven grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. She will be truly missed by her family, her friends, and all of the many students she inspired over the years. ◆
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Congratulations to the Class of 2023
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alnut Hill’s 129th graduating class had a busy last few weeks of the school year with senior activities, performances and arts events, and campus-wide traditions. Those traditions included our annual Awards Ceremony, celebrated on the Friday before Graduation, when we honored, among many other academic and arts awards, the following community award winners: Soren Campagna ’23 (Friendship Award); Kiha Ahn ’23 (Hester R. Davies Citizenship Award and Arnold C. Taylor Award for Academic & Artistic Achievement); Lingtong Charlotte Sun ’23 (Catherine T. Chan Award); and Katherine Bopp ’23 (Joanna Rappaport ’96 Award). We continued the new tradition of holding Graduation in a tent at the bottom of the hill, and enjoyed a series of engaging speakers, including senior speeches from Writing, Film & Media Arts graduate Elizaveta Krestianinova ’23 and Theater graduate Grace O’Leary ’23.
Eric Barber as he addressed the first graduating class of his Walnut Hill tenure, saying: “I want to share with you what I believe is the defining attribute of your class: courage… Courage to honestly reflect on who you are and who you want to be, to understand what you need in a community where you can truly be yourself, and to find a path to Walnut Hill… You have ferocious amounts of artistic and academic courage.” Last in our roster of speakers was Humanities faculty member Ben Gregg, who gave a moving commencement address. Here is a brief excerpt of his inspiring words: “Raise your voices. Demand the changes that you want and deserve in the world. Pursue your dreams. Shout when you need to. But please also remember that truth, the complex kind and the simple kind, comes from the humble, quiet, but very, very powerful practice of opening up our ears.” ◆
We also heard from three adults in our community, starting with a welcome from Board Chair Jennifer Toolin McAuliffe P ’15, who advised our graduates: “As you age, lifelong learning and creativity should be your North Star, your touchstone; for the pure satisfaction of learning new things, for overcoming life’s roadblocks, and for sailing along unencumbered on the freeways of life.” Next, we heard from Head of School
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G R A D U AT I O N
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NEW BEGINNINGS
Class of 2023 Acceptance and Matriculation COLLEGE/ CONSERVATORY Acadia University American University The American University of Paris Art Center College of Design Baldwin Wallace University Bard College Bard College Berlin Belmont University Bennington College Berklee College of Music Berry College Birmingham City University Boise State University Boston Conservatory at Berklee Boston University Brandeis University Bryn Mawr College Bucknell University Butler University California College of the Arts California Institute of the Arts California State University, Channel Islands California State University, Dominguez Hills California State University, East Bay California State University, Monterey Bay Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Champlain College Chapman University Clark University Cleveland Institute of Music College for Creative Studies College of Charleston Columbia College Chicago Columbia University Community College of Philadelphia Concordia University Montreal Connecticut College Cornish College of the Arts Curtis Institute of Music Dalhousie University DePaul University Diablo Valley College Dickinson College Drexel University 4 0 | Behind Stowe
Eastman School of Music Elon University Emerson College Emory University Endicott College Fashion Institute of Technology Fordham University George Mason University Hampshire College Hawai’i Pacific University Hobart and William Smith Colleges Hofstra University Indiana University Ithaca College The Juilliard School Juniata Colllege Lasell University Lesley University LIM College Long Island University Post Louisiana State University Loyola Marymount University Maine College of Art & Design Manhattan School of Music Mannes College (The New School) Maryland Institute College of Art Marymount Manhattan College Massachusetts College of Art and Design McGill University Molloy University Montclair State University Mount Holyoke College Muhlenberg College The New England Conservatory of Music New York University Northeastern University Northwestern University Oberlin College The Oberlin Conservatory of Music Ohio Northern University Oklahoma City University Otis College of Art and Design Pace University Parsons School of Design (The New School) Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Pennsylvania State University Point Park University Pratt Institute Queens College (CUNY) Quinnipiac University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rhode Island College Rhode Island School of Design Rice University Rider University Ringling College of Art and Design Rochester Institute of Technology Roosevelt University Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Salve Regina University San Francisco Conservatory of Music San Francisco State University Santa Clara University Sarah Lawrence College Savannah College of Art & Design School of Jazz and Contemporary Music (The New School) School of the Art Institute of Chicago School of Visual Arts Skidmore College Smith College St. Edward’s University Suffolk University SUNY at Purchase College Syracuse University Temple University Texas State University Tufts University Universidad Abat Oliba CEU University of Arizona University of California, Berkeley University of California, Irvine University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Santa Cruz University of Central Florida University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music University of Colorado Boulder
University of Hartford University of Hawai’i at Hilo University of Hawai’i at Manoa University of Maine Farmington University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Boston University of Michigan University of North Carolina Greensboro University of North Carolina School of the Arts University of Rochester University of Southern California The University of Tampa University of Toronto University of the Arts University of the Arts London University of Vermont University of Virginia Ursinus College Vassar College Villanova University Wagner College Western Connecticut State University Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Whitman College William & Mary Yale University COMPANY Ballet Idaho Trainee BalletMet Trainee Birmingham Royal Ballet II Boston Ballet Postgraduate Program Charlotte Ballet Trainee Cincinnati Ballet Trainee Joffrey Ballet Trainee Kansas City Ballet II Kansas City Trainee Pacific Northwest Ballet— Professional Program Philadelphia Ballet II Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Graduate Program San Francisco Ballet Sarasota Ballet Trainee Texas Ballet Theater Trainee
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IMPACT REPORT 2022–2023
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CHARITABLE GIVING Total for 2022–2023
7%
14% 12%
54%
YOUR SUPPORT By Fund
YOUR SUPPORT By Source
16% 32%
32%
33%
Unrestricted
Parents of Alumni
Friends
Endowment
Alumni
Other
Capital / Project Specific
Current Parents
CASH TOTALS FOR 2022–2023 CAPITAL / PROJECT SPECIFIC | $324,401 • Space and equipment upgrades for the Visual Arts • New microphones for Theater • Additional labs in Writing, Film & Media Arts • New Quartet-in-Residence • Sprung dance floor replacement • Dorm renovations
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UNRESTRICTED | $1,285,027 • 100% Trustee Participation • 76% Faculty / Staff Participation • 32% Current Parent Participation ENDOWMENT | $769,425 • Anonymous grant for the Antonio Viva Fund for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice • Three realized bequests
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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR
TELETHON February 5, 2023
On February 5, we held our 9th Annual Walnut Hill Telethon: Hearts for the Hill . This fundraiser is quickly becoming an annual tradition around campus, with the level of student participation growing each year. This year, our program was entirely pre-recorded, and then streamed while over 30 student volunteers gathered in Studio 5 to make phone calls to donors. Two students, Victoria Baker and Soleil Vailes, served as hosts of the program while it aired online and also was streamed in the Byrnes Studio for guests to watch during a viewing party. The Telethon raised scholarship funds to help support the nearly 40% of Walnut Hill students who receive financial aid.
REUNION WEEKEND May 12 and 13, 2023
Reunion 2023 was extra special this year as we celebrated our 50th Anniversary as an arts school and also welcomed Eric Barber as Head of School. The festivities kicked off on Friday evening when we bestowed 50th 2022 / 2023
Anniversary Impact Awards to seven individuals who were paramount in our success as a global arts leader. You can read more about the awards on page 8. We welcomed more alumni to campus on Saturday, starting with an Ellison Circle Breakfast, an Alumni Association Meeting, student-led tours of campus, an Alumni of Color Lunch, a student performance of Mean Girls, a Golden Alumni Cocktail Hour, and an open ballet class with Charlotte Gram Doyle ’88.
GIVE DAYS April 17, 2023 & May 16, 2023
With incredible enthusiasm wafting through campus, we decided to host not one but TWO Give Days this year! The first was in April, and focused on our on-campus community. Students, faculty, and staff celebrated Patriots' Day and Give Day together—and it sure was a lot of fun! Our students stepped up to the challenge, with our highest rates of participation across the grades in years. Faculty and staff didn’t disappoint either, reaching a recent high of 76% faculty and staff participation! Then, after
Reunion, we turned our sights to our alumni, parents, and friends with a May Give Day. The School’s ability to thrive as an arts educator for 50 years is no small feat, and the support of all members of our community have helped make this possible. The continued success of our graduates attests that your investment in a Walnut Hill education was sound.
WALNUT HILL IN SEOUL OPENING June 22, 2023
John Chang and June Song, parents of a current Walnut Hill student, have opened the WHS Seoul Center at Jongno Art Hall in Seoul, serving as Walnut Hill’s hub and event space in South Korea. The opening reception welcomed alumni, parents, and special guests to experience some of the talent that the Walnut Hill community has. Excerpts from WFMA and VA students were shared, as well as musical performances. Walnut Hill has been welcoming students from South Korea for 40 years, and is home to our second most populous alumni base in the world. Behind Stowe | 43
REVENUE & EXPENSES for 2022–2023
As percentage of the Operating Budget (unaudited) 3% 1%
3% 5%
Tuition and Fees
5%
Annual Fund Other Income REVENUE
Endowment Draw Auxiliary Program Income 83%
Restricted Contributions Used
2 % 1% Compensation
9%
Financial Aid Facilities
11%
40% EXPENSES
Instructional & Student Support Administrative Auxiliary
17%
Interest Expense 20%
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Other Expense (<1%)
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SPECIAL INITIATIVES
Each year, the School raises unrestricted dollars to help balance our budget via the Annual Fund. While these funds are absolutely critical for us to be able to run the School each year, there are at times special initiatives that draw the attention of our donors. When a donor’s passions and the School’s needs align, magical things can happen. Below are highlights of some special initiatives that our donors supported.
Dance Floors Four years ago, Walnut Hill and Boston Ballet partnered together to create a one-ofa-kind partnership. Our dance program focuses on the future of dance, and future dancers. The level of instruction that we have been able to offer with this partnership is exceptional. We also focus on the whole 2022 / 2023
health of our dancers, which means supporting their work as athletes. This past year, the School raised funds from donors to replace the dance floors in Studios 1 and 2 with new, sprung floors. These floors are specially designed to support the athletic nature of our dancers, and their construction is expensive. With gifts totaling nearly $50,000, we were able to fund half the
cost of the new floors through philanthropy. In order for Walnut Hill to continue to be a premier art school, we will need to continue to invest in our facilities.
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played a pivotal role in the transformation of the Highland art studio this year came from Sandra and Kevin Delbridge P’00/P’05. As passionate art enthusiasts and staunch advocates for the local arts community, the Delbridges supported the revitalization of the Visual Art program by working with Ken Tighe to purchase new equipment and supplies, as well as fund the remodeling of the space. The crucial addition of major power tools, sculpture storage, a printing press, art furniture for drawing and printmaking, a larger slab roller, new extruder, and stainless steel sinks for ceramics, as well as six new media lab computer stations for VA, and so much more, has elevated the studio experience for all. Curriculum enrichment is a direct result of these improvements as ceramic projects can be larger, wood working can be added to the sculpture experience, and the use of six additional media stations by all studios for a range of uses is a huge benefit. Building a sculpture tool and storage lock up has transformed the sculpture space for students and teachers. All of this has a real impact on expanding the technical and creative range of already excellent student portfolios. We believe that a very real part of the students' noticeable positivity this year is the knowledge that they are cared for both creatively and personally and that we, as a department, continue to make sure they are provided every advantage. The Delbridges’ generous contribution has been instrumental in ensuring that the growing Visual Arts department is equipped to handle increased student needs.
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North House Renovations Seeing the need for some upgrades, a current parent made a generous donation of $50,000 to renovate parts of North House. The work included two first-floor bathroom remodels, as well as upgrades to both the kitchen and common room area furnishings. We were also able to replace some of the appliances in the kitchen with this generous gift. North House is a gender-inclusive house, which students can voluntarily opt-in to with parental approval during the housing selection process. The unique space and small size of the dormitory is the perfect setting for students who crave an environment that has a family, and community atmosphere. The low resident count helps to ensure that students experience knowing their peers well, make meaningful connections, and have purposeful interactions with their Dorm Parents
Viva Fund The Antonio Viva Fund for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice is an endowed fund founded in 2022 to honor outgoing Head of School, Antonio Viva. This fund is used to enhance the existing efforts to create a just, equitable, and inclusive culture, as well as to attract and support a diverse range of students, faculty, and staff. Just 18 months after it was launched, the fund surpassed an incredible $1 million. In addition to many individual donors, we received a grant of $175,000, along with a $150,000 matching gift challenge, from an anonymous foundation. A current parent donor saw the potential of this challenge,
and donated the $150,000 needed to unlock the matching grant. Furthermore, the school received an additional $30,000 grant from a foundation to use as a "bridge" gift until such time as we can draw on this newly created endowment fund (endowment funds must be invested for three years before their income can be used).
Louise Freeman ’51 Louise Freeman graduated from Walnut Hill in 1951, and though a pre-arts alumna, she went on to RISD (Rhode Island School for Design). She made her first gift of $20 to Walnut Hill in 1972. In 1986, she began making a regular annual gift of $100. Louise continued making gifts at this level until 1996, when she attended a dinner with the Development Office. After that dinner, she requested information on planned giving. Her annual contribution increased to $150 each year. In 2008, Louise wrote to the School saying we were one of her philanthropic priorities, noting that “Walnut Hill is for young people” and that she wanted to support the future. Louise sadly passed away in October of 2022. Her gift had remained at $150 per year since 1996. However, Louise Freeman named Walnut Hill as a beneficiary in her will. Her bequest added $352,941 to our endowment this year. If we estimate an endowment draw of about 4.5%, that gift is generating roughly $16,000 per year in perpetuity. Joining Walnut Hill’s Ellison Circle by naming us as a beneficiary in your estate plans is an incredible way to leave your legacy. For more information or to get help setting up your bequest, email ellison@ walnuthillarts.org. www.walnuthillarts.org
Parker Quartet Residency We are thrilled to announce that three exceptional donors have stepped forward to fund the GRAMMY Award– winning Parker Quartet as our Quartet-in-Residence for the 2023–2024 school year. The partnership is unique among professional mentorship relationships, as it is the only one of its kind in a high school environment for gifted musicians. Founded and currently based in Boston, the Parker Quartet comprises Daniel Chong and Ken Hamao (violins), Jessica Bodner (viola), and Walnut Hill alumnus Kee-Hyun Kim ’01 (cello). The Quartet’s numerous honors include winning the Concert Artists Guild Competition, the 2005
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Bordeaux Competition, and Chamber Music America’s prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award. The members of the Parker Quartet also serve as Professors of the Practice and Blodgett Artists-in-Residence at Harvard University’s Department of Music. Celebrated cellist and New England Conservatory faculty member Paul Katz notes, “The Parker Quartet is certainly one of the finest string quartets the world has produced in the past twenty years. Additionally, they are gifted, dedicated teachers and exemplary human beings. To study with them at a young age is an extraordinary opportunity.” A special thank you to the donors who made this possible: Tong Yu and Joo-Young Jung P’24, Melissa Cassel P’19 and Linda Ross P ’19.
Keiter Center Sound Equipment With this generous gift of $25,000 from a recent Theater family, we are able to further improve the quality of our students’ instruction with the integration of 10 wireless body pack microphones, 6 wireless handheld microphones, and a new sound console for the Perrin Theater. The use of this equipment during classes and performances affords students the opportunity to create and grow as preprofessionals in a professional setting, preparing them for their future endeavors. Additionally, this donation has allowed Walnut Hill to acquire a computer stage box, portable amps, monitor speakers, and a camera that provides video feed of the stage to the booth in the Riggi Black Box. Not only do these upgrades increase the production value of our performances, but they also give students and faculty the flexibility to explore possibilities in multiple spaces across campus, fostering a cohesive learning environment for all.
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ENDOWMENT FUNDS for 2022–2023 As percentage of the Operating Budget (unaudited)
An endowment fund is a permanent, self-sustaining source of funding that many nonprofits use as a reliable revenue source. Endowment assets are invested, and a percentage of the value of the fund is paid out to support the fund’s purpose. Any earnings beyond that distribution are reinvested in the fund—making it a sustainable source of support, and a powerful resource in helping us preserve our mission in perpetuity. Endowment funds are critical for sustaining our School into the future, and we are grateful to the many people who have contributed to our strong foundation. Walnut Hill has many different funds that support all aspects of the School, including scholarships, buildings, programs, and general use.
FUND BY DESIGNATION AS OF JUNE 30, 2023, WALNUT HILL’S TOTAL ENDOWMENT WAS VALUED AT $16,432,062.
$16,432,062 1% 5%
Financial Aid $6,190,209
26% 30%
General Use $4,899,832 Board Designated $4,349,808 Program $760,152
38%
Buildings
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Program
$232,061
Board Designated
Buildings
General Use
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ENDOWMENT FUNDS Walnut Hill has a number of existing endowments that support many different aspects of the School. Gifts of any size can be added to existing endowment funds. For more information on starting a named fund, or to contribute to an existing fund, please visit walnuthillarts.org/ giving/endowment or call 508.650.5019.
GENERAL STUDENT AID 125th Scholarship Fund Established in 2019 as part of Walnut Hill’s 125th Year celebration. George I. Alden Trust Scholarship Fund Established with a grant from the Worcester, MA–based George I. Alden Trust in 1992. The scholarship gives preference to a student from the Greater Worcester or Boston MetroWest area. 2022 / 2023
The Lola Fortmiller Baldwin ’51 Scholarship Created by Lola in 2021. In addition to being an alumna of the School, she headed the Development Office from 1989 to 2001. Lola retired fully from Walnut Hill in 2007 and was a charter member of the Ellison Circle. Colin and Una Bowness Scholarship Fund Established in 2008. Weston, MA, resident Colin Bowness served on our Board of Visitors.
Eric Bradbury ’89 Scholarship Fund Established in memory of Eric after his tragic death in December 1995. He was an exceptionally gifted clarinetist, as well as a warm human being who loved Walnut Hill. Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr. Foundation Scholarship Fund (Young Artist Fund) Established in 1994 by a grant from the Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr. Foundation. Behind Stowe | 49
St. Dunstan’s Prep Scholarship Fund (Young Artist Fund) Arranged by parent Kathleen Wells (Jennifer ’87 and Adam ’90), who was at that time a trustee of St. Dunstan’s. The school for children with special needs closed its doors in 1994 and distributed its endowment, giving $10,000 to Walnut Hill. The annual award supports a student with special learning needs who shows outstanding promise. Margaret Gammons Feuerlein ’38 Scholarship Fund As her husband, Dr. Willy J. Feuerlein, wrote after her death, Margaret valued Walnut Hill “more than any other school,” and had hoped someday to give a “real gift.” Dr. Feuerlein fulfilled that wish in 1992 by establishing this fund in her memory. Sally Gordon Gayley ’22 Scholarship Fund Established in 1994 in memory of Sally by her brother, Albert H. Gordon. Believing that charity was the most important virtue, Sally had been a loyal donor to the School since her graduation in 1922, and was also a well-loved member of the community. Elizabeth M. and Francis O. Hunnewell Scholarship Fund Established in 2004 by Trustee Frank Hunnewell, in honor of his wife and Board of Overseers member, Elizabeth. Robert E. Keiter Scholarship Fund This general scholarship endowment was established in honor of Bob’s retirement from the Board of Trustees in 2001. Marianne Durham Lakatos ’37 Scholarship Fund Established by Marianne in 1992 during the Centennial Campaign (1989–1993). She valued her Walnut Hill 5 0 | Behind Stowe
education and wanted to provide scholarship assistance for others.
Launer and Ellen Reynolds in honor of their parents. This fund is for general scholarship.
Susan Stampler ’64 and Joseph M. Paresky Scholarship Fund Established in 1989 by Susan and Joseph, with a lead gift to the Centennial Campaign (1989–1993), which significantly increased the School’s financial aid budget.
Arnold Taylor Scholarship Fund Established in 1984 by the Board of Trustees in memory of Arnold and in recognition of his many years of service to Walnut Hill. As Assistant Head, English teacher, and art instructor, he was truly a Renaissance man, and his fund assists talented students in pursuit of both intellectual and artistic growth.
Stephanie Bonnell Perrin Scholarship Fund Established by Trustee Eric Oddleifson in 2004 in honor of Stephanie’s longtime tenure as Head of School. Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation Scholarship Fund Established in 1987 by a grant from the Pforzheimer Foundation, to provide support for student aid. The effort to procure the funds was spearheaded by Pforzheimer Board member Jill Leinbach (parent of Lisa Leinbach Huertas ’76 and wife of former Walnut Hill Trustee David Leinbach). Hilary Williams Pike ’71 Scholarship Fund Established in 1989 by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emmons J. Williams, and aunt Mary Esther Williams Dasenbrock ’39 in memory of Hilary, who died a few years after her Walnut Hill graduation. Joanna Rappaport ’96 Scholarship Fund Established in 2003 with gifts from friends and family to honor Joanna’s memory, following her untimely death in the fall of 2002. The award, made annually, supports a student who has overcome personal challenges to graduate. Drs. Ed and Mary Ann Reynolds Scholarship Fund Created in 2014 by Reese
Wendy A. Wheeler Scholarship Fund Created in 1994 by Wendy’s family and the Board of Trustees. This fund was a surprise in honor of her retirement as Board Chair. Formerly the School Counselor, Wendy always had the interests of Walnut Hill’s students close at heart and advocated for increased financial aid. Nancy Wyman Wilkinson ’42 Scholarship Fund Established in 1996 in Nancy’s memory after her untimely death from cancer. A former President of the Alumnae Association and Board of Visitors member, Nancy continues to be honored for her commitment to education through gifts to this fund from her husband, A. Warren Wilkinson (a former member of the Board of Visitors), her sister Liz Wyman Doudoumopoulos ’45, and Jasper Wyman & Sons, where Nancy was President for many years. Sandra Lea Williams Calahan ’58 Scholarship Fund Established in 1998 by her brother, John Taylor Williams, in Sandra’s memory. Sandra was a dedicated nurse throughout her life, and her fund provides aid for students who wish to pursue careers in public service and includes sponsorship of public service speakers at the School. www.walnuthillarts.org
Class of 1942 Scholarship Fund Established in 1992 by the Class of 1942. This fund was created at their 50th Reunion in memory of deceased classmates. The fund continues to grow as more members of the class give each year to their scholarship. Class of 1950 Scholarship Fund Established in 2005 by Peggy O’Hearn Denby ’50 in honor of her 55th Reunion. Class of 1953 Scholarship Fund Established in 2003 by the Class of 1953 in honor of their 50th Reunion. Class of 1954 Scholarship Fund Established in 2004 by the Class of 1954 in honor of their 50th Reunion. Class of 1958 Scholarship Fund Established in 2008 by the Class of 1958 in honor of their 50th Reunion. Class of 1965 Scholarship Fund Established by Carol Hauptfuhrer ’65 in 2005 in honor of her 40th Reunion. Class of 1966 Scholarship Fund Established in 2016 by the Class of 1966 in honor of their 50th Reunion. Class of 1975 Scholarship Fund Established by Judyth Smith Bond ’75 in honor of her 30th Reunion.
FOR BUILDING The Delaney Building Endowment Fund Created in 1998 by Patricia Delaney Snider ’50 in honor of her sister, Phyllis Delaney Sturman ’38, this fund supports general maintenance costs of the School.
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FOR DANCE MAJORS Sarah Morrison Cail ’76 Dance Fund Established in 1994 by Sarah’s parents, Robert and Gretchen Morrison, in recognition of the important role that Walnut Hill—and the Dance Department in particular—played in Sarah’s life. The annual award benefits a dancer who demonstrates strong credentials—both academic and artistic. Samuel Kurkjian Scholarship Fund Founded in 2015 by Kate Hutter ’00 and Pixley Schiciano ’78, in honor of the late Sam Kurkjian. Sam was a Dance teacher at Walnut Hill for many years, and as such this fund is a scholarship to support a Dance student who is not only a talented performer, but also an artistic leader with aspirations to choreograph. Agneta Widestam Mead Dance Scholarship Fund Established in 1999 by Agneta’s husband, Franklin B. Mead, a Walnut Hill Trustee, after her untimely death from cancer. Agneta was a dancer and enjoyed accompanying Frank to performances at Walnut Hill.
M. Roddy Foundation, which is dedicated to education, endowed this scholarship to support the School’s commitment to build a diverse community, and to provide a Walnut Hill education to a student who might not otherwise be able to attend the School. The Korean Student Support Endowed Fund This fund was created as an investment specifically for the future of young artists who come from Korea to study at Walnut Hill. The fund provides scholarships and other program enhancements, which may include improvements to the ELL (English Language Learning) program, a position for a native Korean-speaking professional in our Campus Life area, or increased translation services. The Antonio Viva Fund for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Created in 2021 to honor outgoing Head of School Antonio Viva. This fund is used to enhance the existing efforts to create a just, equitable, and inclusive culture, as well as to attract and support a diverse range of students, faculty, and staff.
FOR DIVERSITY Catherine Nelson Nevius Scholarship Fund Established in 2000 by her nieces, Nancy Nevius Milczanowski ’53 and Julie Nevius Young ’56, to honor Catherine’s years at Walnut Hill as Academic Dean (1950–1955) and History faculty member (1929–1955). This scholarship will help to promote diversity at the School. Fred M. Roddy Scholarship Fund Created in 2000, this scholarship is awarded annually to a student of color. The Fred
FOR FACULTY, STAFF, AND PROGRAMS Louise Barnes Adams ’36 Professional Development Fund Established in 2002 by the Barnes Foundation to honor Louise. This fund supports the professional development opportunities of a Walnut Hill faculty or staff member annually. Dartley Visual Art Intern Fund Established in 1995 by Peter and Karen Dartley, whose son Alec graduated as a Visual Art Behind Stowe | 5 1
major in 1991. The fund provides an annual stipend for a young artist to teach at Walnut Hill for one year, thus allowing a permanent faculty member to take a half-year sabbatical and also providing the students with diverse artistic perspectives. Edward E. Ford Foundation Faculty Award Fund Established in 1990 with a grant from the E. E. Ford Foundation. Each year, the faculty and administration select three of their peers to receive grants in recognition of excellence in teaching. Edward E. Ford Foundation Faculty Salary Endowment Established in 1973 with a grant from the E. E. Ford Foundation, this permanently endowed fund provides professional development opportunities to members of the faculty. Edward E. Ford Foundation Summer Study Faculty Fund Established in 1992 with a grant from the E. E. Ford Foundation to provide professional development funds for faculty summer study. The Stephanie B. Perrin Chair Established in 2001 with a gift from Peter and Karen Dartley, parents of Alec Dartley ’91, to honor Stephanie Perrin as Head of School (1984–2008).
FOR MUSIC MAJORS The Edward Farraday Voice Scholarship Awarded annually to provide financial support to students applying to or already enrolled in Walnut Hill’s Voice program who demonstrate both talent and need. This fund was established in 2022 by Edward “Ted” Farraday and will be further funded from his estate plans upon his passing.
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Sarah Beattie Johnson ’32 Scholarship Fund Established in 2004 following the passing of Sarah’s daughter, Sarah B. Cannon ’61. This scholarship supports Voice students. The Margaret Stewart Lindsay Scholarship Established in 2007 to support talented students who are passionate about pursuing music and art. Margaret was a strong proponent and lover of the arts, and her scholarship ensures that her legacy will continue the support she often provided to musicians and artists during her life. McCune Music Scholarship Fund Established in 2003 by the McCune Foundation in honor of Mary McCune Edwards ’42. This endowed scholarship fund supports students in the Music Department. Margaret Rathbone ’28 Music Scholarship Fund Established by Margaret in 1996. Her fund supports Walnut Hill musicians, whose concerts she loved to attend. The Tasker Scholarship Established by Shiv and Monisha Tasker, parents of Nakul Tasker ’06, in 2006. This scholarship will benefit one Voice major at Walnut Hill every year. Treitler Family Scholarship Established in 1999 to support a Music student at Walnut Hill, and to honor the memory of Eric Bradbury ’89 and Gretchen Lapp-Rodriguez ’88, two beloved Walnut Hill musicians.
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School’s objectives and the importance Walnut Hill played in their son Walker’s life.
FOR VISUAL ART MAJORS The Lucinda Weil Bunnen ’48 Scholarship Established by Lucinda in 2007 to benefit one Visual Art major at Walnut Hill every year. Balentine Family Visual Art Scholarship Fund The Balentine family began this scholarship fund for Visual Art students in 2008 to honor their son, Mac, in the year of his graduation. Jane Byron Taylor-Wydra ’64 Scholarship Fund Established in 1999 by her mother, Louise H. Taylor, and sister Elizabeth Taylor-Huey ’62, in memory of Jane, who died in a car accident in July 1998. She was the principal of a middle school in Saco, ME, where she lived with her two children. This scholarship benefits students of Visual Art, an area which interested Jane greatly.
FOR MULTIPLE MAJORS The Delbridge Scholarship Established by Sandra and Kevin Delbridge, Walnut Hill parents and Trustee (Sandra) in 2015, to benefit a U.S. citizen living in Massachusetts who majors in either Visual Art or Theater. Wells Family Scholarship Established in 2004 by the Wells Family in honor of Jennifer Wells-Saltzman ’87 and Adam Wells ’90. The scholarship will support Music and Visual Art majors in alternating years.
Walker Pate Vreeland ’97 Scholarship Fund Established by Gerrit and Toni Vreeland in recognition of the www.walnuthillarts.org
THANK YOU TO OUR
GENEROUS DONORS VISIONARY CIRCLE $100,000+ Jay and Pamela Alexander Mollie Tower Byrnes ’63 Sandra E. and Kevin S. Delbridge P’00/P’05 Louise Hodgkins Freeman ’51* Edward Johnson IV P’22 Jennifer Toolin McAuliffe P’15
BENEFACTOR CIRCLE $50,000+ Donna Egan Yongshup Soh P’24 Linda C. Wisnewski
NON NOBIS SOLUM CIRCLE $25,000+ Anonymous Mary Hunter Dobson ’40 Matthew and Heather Glass P’23 Jane Oxford Keiter ’60 and Robert E. Keiter Janet E. Pattillo Karla and Scott Radke P’24 Charles G. Thacher
LEADERSHIP CIRCLE $10,000+ Glenn and Marietta Alba P’23 Jane Stocker Barrett ’56 2022 / 2023
Patricia Davidson ’83 David Edelman and Miriam Adams P’18 Sarah Winter French ’49 Janet Holly ’56* Walter Hunnewell, Jr. Elizabeth Lummus Keenan ’53 Doo Jun Choe and Mingi Kim P’26 Deborah and Nicholas Mankiw P’18 Linda Harper McLane ’66 and P. Andrews McLane Elizabeth Paine McClendon ’65 Anne M. Morgan John S. Paolella Lisa and Stuart Rothman P’18 Pixley Lewis Schiciano ’78 Kristine Van Amsterdam Suzanne Smith Yeaw ’49 Tong Yu and Joo-Young Jung P’24 Lanlin Zhang P’23
PERRIN CIRCLE $5,000+ Lola Fortmiller Baldwin ’51 Nicole Gakidis ’81, P’18 Geoffrey Howarth and Sarah McGregor P’25 Betsy Kessler P’14 Juhyun Lim ’92 Stephen and Jean Muniz P’24 Cynthia Newell Oliver ’62 Mary Beth and Gerald Radke GP’24 Krista and Michael Salmon P’23
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William and Helena Wheeler P’22 Peter M. and Barbara Wright Zhengyi Yang and Yue Zhang P’25 Julie Nevius Young ’56
CONANT CIRCLE $2,500+ Elizabeth Spiegel Anderson ’83 Eric and Joy Barber P’24 Martha Whiting Cox ’51 Daniel and Dawne Deuterman P’26 Hugh and Deborah Gelch P’13 Justine Hand ’88 and Chad Updyke P’26 Collie L. and Charles G. Hutter P’00 Cynthia Rolfe Jones ’50 Dongsu Kim and Inhun Lee P’25 Ethan Lee P’26 Cynthia Lord ’66 Mary Morgan Carrie Nedrow ’84 Je Kyeong Oh ’97 David Parish Charles Rappaport and Penny Hall P’96 Jeffrey K. Savit and Lori B. Barnet P’17
BIGELOW CIRCLE $1,000+ Jan S. Adams Sachin and Babi Ahluwalia P’25 Phyllis Gable Alden ’67 Maura and Edward Almy, Jr. P’06 Jeremy and Annie Baker P’25 Jennie Lee Colosi Balboni ’73 Behind Stowe | 5 3
James Ball and Spun Termsaksakul P’24 Carson Biederman and Susan MacPherson P’26 Susan Talbot Birkett ’65 Sarah Morrison Cail ’76 Melissa Cassel P’19 Chih-Tang Chang and Jee-Min Hu P’08 Matan Chorev ’01 Eugene Choung and Hyun Joo Park P’17 Sharon Clark P’83 Yong Cui and Qian Yang P’26 Karen Daniels ’66 Wendelyn and Don Duquette P’12 Angela Finney and Robert Mumford P’24 Jane McGown Flynn ’59 Carolyn Fleming Fruci ’81 Yuhe Gan ’22 Louisa Hammond Garrison ’67 James M. and Laurel R. Giarrusso P’99 Jane Gilday ’64 Olive Milne Glaser ’47 Randall and Roma Hansis P’00 Carol Hauptfuhrer ’65 Eric I. Herbst ’09 Gary Herbst and Alice Elliot P’09 Sheng Hou and Weizhu Qian P’23 Stephanie and Karl Hsu P’25 Elizabeth M. Hunnewell Sabreena Kiviat Kropp ’94 and Jason Kropp Sam Lambert and Marie Sheffield P’25 Eric and Julie Lepin P’25 Sandra Stone Linker ’53 David Locke and Cathleen B. Read P’95 Robert Logan P’26 Lisa and Christopher Long P’24 Joan Deveney Lovejoy ’64 Katherine Hutter Mason ’00 Marcia Hunter Matthews ’63 Jeffrey Mayersohn Jordan C. McCullough ’94 Richard McCullough P’94 Lisa L. McFarland Nancy Nevius Milczanowski ’53 Nancy Porter Morrill ’56 Kristin E. Mumford James and Ashleigh Oberweis Dianne Hall Polson ’53 Lisa and William Press P’19 Ruth Milne Schifani ’66 Payton Shepardson ’20 Bryant and Carol Spann P’23 54 | Behind Stowe
Eric Stevenson and Carolyn Livingston P’23 Charles and Christina Stolper P’09 Susan Barnes Titus ’61 Patricia Smith-Petersen Ventry ’64 James Vernon Antonio Viva and Maria Freda P’25 Linda Roberts Williams ’70 John I. Williams, Jr. and Diane Pierce-Williams P’05 Jie Zhou and Xuqiong Wu P’23
FRIENDS CIRCLE $500+ Andrea Ambrose P’24 Steve Bailey P’23 Deborah K. Benjamin Mary Turner Cattan ’60 Lindsey Choung ’17 Patrick and Lynn Collins P’23 Harold and Misty D’Amico P’22 Jessica Delbridge De Kler ’00 John C. DePrez Jr. Julie Rubinger Doupé ’05 Dorothy Sanborn Elliott ’66 Margaret Finch ’63 Marcia Fitzgerald Mary Forsberg ’69 Adrienne Jabush Gang ’66 Gail Kleven Gelb ’65 Benjamin Gregg Elizabeth Haartz ’75 Lisa Leinbach Huertas ’76 Daniel and Sherry Hutchins P’12 Jennifer Jewiss ’84 Ariadne Kimberly-Huque ’86 Eric and Jennifer Lammers P’26 Nancy Long ’62 Lois Aronson Lopatin ’58 Abel and Jacoba Lopez P’25 Lisa Love P’10 Amelia Marks ’66 Jill Springer Marks ’86 Mary-Ellen Martin Franklin B. Mead Anne Price Myers ’47 Mary ONeill and Angela Gunn P’24 David and Julie Robinson P’25 Sylvia Burleigh Sanchez ’46 Eleonore Phillips Sanderson ’52 Daniel and Angela Serig P’24 Halley Shefler and Justin Newmark P’01 Laura H. Shucart Edward M. Sibble Doina Simovici Nancy Connelly Truesdell ’66 Amy Wheeler
Christopher Wilk and Christine Standish P’12 Marilyn Falk Wolpert ’57
ALL OTHER Nadine Abigaña Joycie Adeyemi P’26 Beau Ahluwalia ’25 Subha Ahmed P’23 Jeehae Ahn ’10 Kiha Ahn ’23 Pelin Akan Bridget Akinc P’24 Leila Alhamoodah ’08 Michael and Colleen Altenburger P’22 William G. Anderson ’15 Sarah Andrew P’19 Alexis Andrews ’01 Dawn A. and Edward C. Ansty P’89 Emin Arkis ’23 Gayle Barlow Atkinson ’66 Preston Aucoin Melissa and Michael Aveni P’21 Jamie Axelrod ’83 Jill Axelrod ’83 Beckett Q. Azevedo ’17 Mooki Bae and Yookyung Park P’25 Jessica L. Bailey Jane W. Baker ’25 Victoria Baker ’24 Andrew Ball ’24 Jocelyn Scheffel Ballantine ’89 Elyse Banak Jung A. Bang ’07 Sidney Barbour ’24 Josephine Barron Phyllis MacAlpine Barrus ’54 Aidan G. Basile ’08 Lisa Currier Batchelder ’65 Gerald Bellamy ’23 Iman Benali ’26 Annetta Smith Benedict ’63 Neil Benjamin Jillian Bennett ’04 Laura Berestecki Lois Rozefsky Berg ’54 Eve Berman Carrie L. and Stephen Berube P’16 Kim Bonasera Bickford ’76 Sharon Kenney Biddle ’61 Ginger P. Biederman ’26 Sarah Dewey Blouch ’60 Teresa Blume Sophia Bogdanovitch ’23 Joseph and Betty Ann Bonis P’11 Katherine Bopp ’23 www.walnuthillarts.org
Anne Brener ’65 Jenny L. Briggs Elizabeth Ahr Bright ’63 Randie Brisson Demar Brown ’93 Lisa Brown ’84 Robert Brown Stacey Brown P’24 Whitman Brown Marion Browning ’74 Michael Bucco Aidan J. Buck ’25 Thomas W. and Margaret W. Burdick P’19 Kate J. Burnham ’26 Joe Cabral Michael E. Caine Lisa A. Caliri Nancy Wiggin Cameron ’50 Michael and Cynthia Canavan P’18 Vincent J. Carabillo Victoria Cargill ’18 Anne Winslow Carlson ’65 Judith Lynch Carpenter ’54 James J. and Dana Dee Carragher P’96 Mackenzie L. Carroll ’25 Gail Carson ’59 Michael and Dawn Cartier P’24 Jeanne Cervini Catherine Tan Chan John Chang and June Song P’25 Ward Chapman, Esq., and Judith Fullerton P’03 Mary Garcia Charumilind ’00 Katherine Chatel ’01 Francesca Chauvin ’25 William J. Cheeseman-Meyer Christopher and Helane Childs P’20 Pamela Earle Clark ’75 Anne Gagnebin Coffin ’57 Alexander Cole Carol Cronk Cole ’50 Brooke Lieberman Collins ’01 Patrick Conaway Stephanie Williams Convey ’57 Peter Cornish and Marci Manberg P’23 Lev Cornwall ’24 Warren Cornwall and Shala Marta Erlich P’24 Sarah Lord Corson ’59 Luke Coviello Corey Cowper ’84 Judith Crane ’66 Diane Crawford-Kelly Jay Crawford-Kelly Constance Cross ’59 Jordyn R. Crotty ’24 2022 / 2023
Kathryn Crowley ’06 Martha Flynn Cunningham ’63 Camryn Curnuck ’19 Hannah Cyr ’17 Sue Ellen Taylor Damour ’60 Tara Dandridge P’24 Therman Dandridge Tyler Dandridge ’24 Amanda B. D’Angelo Martha Nagle Dare ’56 Lyle Davidson and Tina Blythe P’17 Ann Gouger Davis ’57 Mary Jane Kase Davis ’55 Sandra Hall Davis ’60 Adriane Aldrich de Savorgnani ’58 Michael and Amanda DeBurro P’24 Melissa DeGenova Evangeline Delgado ’11 John Della Cioppa Michael Delman and Stephanie Howard P’18 John and Mary C. DeMusis P’88 Eileen D. DeRosas Sarah Detenber ’82 Diane Huston Dobbins ’60 Faith Dolan ’24 Jennifer R. Donabed Mary Lane Donoghue ’58 Elizabeth Wellacott Doughty ’69 Scott and Wylie Doughty P’87 Ryan Dowd ’23 Charlotte Gram Doyle ’88 Lisa Fabbricotti Drake ’73 Susan Duane ’73 David Dubin and Heidi Gambino P’25 Denis R. Dubois and Sally Carter-Dubois P’99 Steven C. Durning and Dawn Hammond P’10 Laurel Durning-Hammond ’10 Mary Dye/Dunham ’51 Jennifer Elowitch Audrey Emerson ’13 John and Patti Emerson P’93 Robert and Jeanette Emerson P’13 Jay and Candyce Emlen P’02 Arnold and Jane Epstein P’03 Andrea Scudder Evans ’64 Noa Evenor ’26 Sarah Jayne Everdell ’67 Lisa and Joseph Fair P’24 Edward C. Farraday Leticia Farrice Ralph H. Farris, Jr. ’89 Sarah Williams Farrow ’61 Kelly R. Feeney Kevin B. Feeney Nancy Fenton ’64 Georgia Ferguson
Taylor Ferguson Sandra Newbert Fitts ’61 Margo Forbes Jennifer Emerson Foreman ’93 Hubert C. Fortmiller, Jr. Tobey Fossey Susan Rosenbaum Fraga ’73 Jorge Franco and Natalia Echavarria P’24 Catherine Layne Frank ’60 Janis Franklin Susan Frawley ’72 Virginia Turner Friberg ’62 Zoe Friend ’03 Jane Guyer Fujita ’99 John Funkhouser Margaret Funkhouser and Jason Stumpf P’25 Susan Beebee Gagne Charles Gagnebin Nicholas G. Gakidis P’81 Leonardo A. Galletto ’14 Olive R. Gallucci ’26 Lauren Gaspar Marjorie Coon Gauley ’63 Leah George Daphne Gerling ’95 Thomas and Charlene Gibson P’23 William F. and Hilary Gibson P’16 Judith Wernick Gilmore ’60 Joan S. Girgus, Ph.D. David Gleeson Jayla Glover ’24 Amber Gode Oakley Sebastian J. Gold ’10 Alexander Goldberg Mario K. Gonzalez and Lisa M. Weber-Gonzalez P’11 Trisha Gordon Rochelle Wise Gorgos ’65 Elaine Platt Goss ’66 Alex Grappo ’25 Robert and Karen Green P’24 Rob and Tabatha Greene P’24 Mary Gregg ’83 Cristin Gregory ’90 Susan Griffey ’68 Adelaide Anthony Griffiths ’55 James and Tiffany Grippando P’23 Briga Heelan Gube ’05 Ingrid Hagan ’03 James and Ellen Hamilton P’20 Mary Hudner Hammer ’48 Elizabeth Doonan Hampton ’70 Raheem Hanifa Gergana Haralampieva ’12 Carol Peabody Hardy ’71 Stephanie Hardy David D. Harlan Behind Stowe | 5 5
Amanda Harmeling Jane Murray Hartley ’64 Christina Hatzopoulos Francis and Doris Hauert P’16 Malcolm and Charlotte Hawkins P’12 Montroe Headd ’70 Amber Heinze ’88 Jason Hersom Joshua R. Holden ’01 Sydnie Holmes ’23 Katherine Kinney Holt ’54 Evelyn Holtzman Seokyoung Hong ’25 Alessandra Bono Horton ’00 Andrew Houlihan Nancy Wright Howard ’61 Amanda and Robertson Howe P’17 Mira Hsu ’25 Jeffrey Huebschmann Sara Hughes ’13 Linda L. and William H. Hughes III P’13 Ingrid Husemoller ’18 Allison Perry Iantosca ’90 Benny Ibarra De Llano ’89, P’17/P’21 Jessica Ingram-Bellamy P’23 Christie Jacobs Katarzyna Jastrzebska-Kowalska Ann Brawner Jeffries ’52 Andrea Jenny Sigrid Johannessen P’12 Benjamin Johnson Elizabeth Pool Johnson ’56 Nathaniel Johnson ’22 Jacquelyn Johnston ’00 Lucy E. Jones ’23 Bryan and Deborah Jones P’19 Casey Jones and Kendra Boccelli P’23 Luisa Jorgensen ’25 Caroline Joyner ’15 Rebecca B. Kadden Rachel Kadish Jessica Kartawidjaja ’24 Carole Katz P’98 Andrew Keenan ’26 Mary Ann Keenan Thomas and Kerri Keenan P’26 Linda Dostie Kelly ’76 Margaret Kemp ’81 Douglas and Tara Kenyon P’23 Marily M. Kerney Hayen Kim ’16 Piper King ’24 Edward Kingsbury ’21 Judy and Steven Kiviat P’94 Martha D. Kleinman Rebecca Tannebring Kling ’51 5 6 | Behind Stowe
Barbara Knickerbocker ’68 Tatiana Korelsky and Richard Kittredge P’05 Andrew Kotzen ’11 Emmanuel P. Krasner and Patricia L. Frisella P’05 Caden W. Krauter ’24 David and Alexa Krauter P’24 Pamela Apostol Kukla ’63 Brad and Veronika Kwong Hee Seng Kye ’99 Heather Lambert Ruby Lammers ’26 Constance Waterman Lampert ’59 Andrew and Susan Langlois P’25 Preston A. Langlois ’25 Eve Larner ’86 Maria LaRossa Connor J. Larsen ’07 Nancy Cooke Latta ’57 Janet Murphy Leavitt ’62 Barbara Kapelson Lee ’63 Amanda Leshowitz Paul Levy Kadas and Karyn Lewis P’22 Yan Hui Li ’85 Brian Libicki and Alyce Finwall P’25 Solveig Libicki ’25 Katharine Ann Lieberman Daly ’03 Judith Blustein Liss ’64 Kathy Y. Liu Susan Livingston ’56 Jacob Long ’24 Marie Longo Judith Hedstrom Loomis ’55 Erin Smith Lopez ’79 Rebecca Britten Lovingood ’57 Ahmari Y. Ly-Johnson ’18 Cedric Lyles Caroline Brawner Lyons ’80 Yongguang Ma and Jing Wang P’25 Mary MacCready ’67 Stephanie Macklin Donna Makaroff Pamela Fineman Maltz ’63 Anna Nuse Marcus ’95 Ashley Mareira Tesslyn Martin ’26 Barbara Marx Anna S. Mayersohn Rebecca S. Mayersohn Melissa McAllister P’14 Lindsay McAuliffe ’15 Madeline McCabe ’22 Patrick and Amy-Jayne McCabe P’22 Sterling and
Theresa McCormick P’26 Judith Moser McCutcheon ’52 John and Celeste McGlone P’13 Keara McHaffie ’20 Marilyn Hedstrom McKenzie ’49 Sally Burch McLagan ’49 Amelia Meade ’26 Lauren Mefferd ’99 Colin Meiselman Mark D. and Stacey G. Meredith P’14/P’17 Matthew Metz and Linda Sikora P’26 Xinran Miao ’25 Michael Micucci Rebecca Micucci Nancy Midura David and Norma Miller P’03 Mark Miller and Jocelyn Serio-Miller P’24 Penny Folley Miller ’58 Sarah Cross Mills ’62 Catherine W. Milton Jie Min P’23 Daniela Teresa Minidis ’25 Elizabeth L. Minnucci Alice Burr Mobley ’63 Charles P. Molten ’25 Heather and Shaw Momberg P’26 Susan Moncrieff Barrie Adams Montross ’66 Bailey Moon ’11 Keith A. Moon P’11 Mary Silton Moran ’65 Douglass H. and Elizabeth Morse P’89 Jane Herrick Mueller ’68 Mary Barlow Mueller ’65 Cynthia I. Mulder John Mullen P’20 Hilary Mulligan Mark R. Mumford ’24 Anne S. Murphy Garrett R. Murphy ’08 Stephen G. Murphy and Rebecca I. Lockwood P’08 Diane and Heather Musi P’23 Elizabeth and William Near P’14 Sally Nee-DiMatteo ’73 Curtis Nelson Dorothy Bigelow Neuberger ’54 Norman Newman and JoAnne Ziebarth P’18 Rosa Noreen ’99 Susan Earl Novelli ’65 Grace H. O’Leary ’23 John and Megan O’Leary P’23 Siobhan O’Neill ’84 Jeanne O’Rourke www.walnuthillarts.org
Michael and Roberta Owen P’23 HaeSun Paik ’82, P’14/P’’21 Robert G. Paine III Raymond and Susan Paradiso P’16/P’22 Marsha Paskell P’24 Nancy Pawle ’47 Ellen Hahn Pazolt ’66 Michael Perry and Ingrid Schaller P’25 Deborah Lawton Petruccy ’63 Mary Jo Phillips David G. and Lesley R. Pitts P’93 Ann Keller Plumb ’69 Jose and Maria Lourdes Poblete P’22 Barrett Poole ’26 Bryant and Kimberly Poole P’26 Brooke Powers ’90 Andrew S. Purdy ’16 Lincoln S. and Nancy G. Purdy P’16 Emily Radke ’24 David T. and Jean E. Ramsey P’99 Joanne Ready Bill Reardon Heather Reid Ron Reid Patricia J. Riseman Alexander Riyadi Jean Rowley Robertson ’83 Gabrielle Robinson ’24 Marion Johnson Rocco ’94 Stephen and Carola Roeder P’18 Jim and Lisa Rohrer P’25 Roberto Romano and Ingrid Guiter P’20 Suzanne Hiss Roos ’51 Cheryl Finkelstein Rosenberg ’70 Mariana Rosin Jillian Rothman ’18 Luke A. Rothschild ’89 Ruth Rothseid ’70 Thomas and Joan Rudd P’09 Jean Ryan Donna Sacco ’78 Robert M. and Lucrecia Sage P’18 Ann P. W. Samuels P’88 Margaret Sarkela and John Curtis P’04 Carl F. and Joan Saslow P’01 Anne Fairbanks Sayers ’60 Ruth Stoller Scheer ’57 Lisa Schroeder P’17 David and Pamela Schultz P’18 Barbara Schade Schwallie ’54 Anthony Schwartz Ann S. and Thomas R. Schwarz P’81 Katherine Scoville ’87 Joseph Seale and 2022 / 2023
Merrill Henderson P’05 Jane Segale Matthew C. Seifert Riley Serpa ’25 Carol Richardson Sewell ’65 Jean Sherman Sharry ’70 Laura D. Shedenhelm P’09 Nancy Stone Shilts ’59 Tedi Shoemaker Justin B. Showell ’15 Alan E. and Judith G. Siegel P’02 Sally Butler Signore ’67 Ellen Simon P’13 Olivia Sinnott ’19 Beverley Smith ’67 Kevin Smith Mark and Marykelly Smith P’20 Barbara Faden Smithson ’64 Susan Gleason So ’72 Nicole Soriano Hope Spann ’23 Nancy Gilday Spark ’68 Stacy and John Sparks P’20 Mary Ellen Murphy Stahlman ’80 Carol Adams Stanford ’57 Jonathan C. Steele Kieran and Sarah Stone P’26 Quinn Stone ’26 Lida Strodl ’26 Oscar ’91 and Jennifer Strodl P’26 Robert and Noelle Stroik P’24 Jonas Stumpf ’25 Amelia Sturt-Dilley ’11 Lingtong Sun ’23 Susan Webster Talbott ’57 Mackenzie Tammara ’23 Shi Tan and Yan Chen P’06 Elizabeth Taylor-Huey ’62 Kelly Tempest Joan Blustein Tepper ’64 Brian and Stephanie Terrizzi P’24 William J. Tessmer, Jr. Laura Thielke Louise Thiltgen P’87 Ella Thomas-Montgomery ’22 Joe and Marissa Thompson P’25 Semira K. Thompson ’25 Cornelia Lehmann Throssel ’65 Mary Shriner Thurlow ’73 Carol Skillin Thwaits ’54 Marian Hume Tibbetts ’56 Felisa Tibbitts P’14 Kenneth and Linda Tighe P’16/P’19 Carol More Tilton ’56 Suzanne Tisne ’61 Kathryn Tolley Courtney Greene Tomaselli ’94 Byron L. Treaster and Jane Gray P’09/P’13
Madison Troost ’23 Carol Trust ’61 Louis and Kirsten Tselios P’25 Solvi Updyke ’26 Marisa Urbano P’23 Jomal and Shameika Vailes P’24 Soleil Vailes ’24 Ruth G. and Harold Van Doren P’86 Elizabeth Van Dorn Melanie Atkins Varga ’91 Szabolcs Varga Jaclyn Matayoshi Vary ’02 Lena Vermette ’25 Antonio Viana P’26 John Virgilio Dylan Vizy ’87 Adrienne and Heather Walker P’24 Tia Walker ’22 John Walter and Sandra Van de Kauter P’15 Madeline Warlan Ethan A. Washington ’25 Elyse G. Wasserman Clara Watson ’26 Erin O’Halloran Weaver ’96 Miranda Weese Li Wei and Yi Du P’24 Liang Wei and Yan Yan P’26 Po-Wei Weng Kate Westhaver Mary Bigelow Wheat ’51 Susan Burke Wheatland ’60 Sophia Wheeler ’24 Susan Wheeler Mrs. Jane Atwood Whitehead Sarah Whittier Joan Gagnebin Wicks ’59 Anthony Williams Benjamin D. Williams Centes Williams ’67 John T. Williams Marta Willoughby Anne Craig Wilson Mary Martha Steele Wingerath ’71 Mary S. Winning Rebecca Ellen Wolf ’90 Jessie Xie P’26 Suzanne McCabe Yamarone ’75 Zhihan Yang ’24 Langlang Ye ’26 Erin Young Yiyang A. Yu ’26 Nicholas and Erika Picciotto Zanussi Edward and Shoshanah Zaritt P’96 Dandan Zhou Emma Zitzow-Childs Andrius Zlabys and Yaira Matyakubova P’23 Nancy Zwieback ’82 Behind Stowe | 57
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ELLISON CIRCLE MEMBERS
Walnut Hill established the Ellison Circle to recognize the thoughtfulness of donors who have included the School in their estate plans through a will, bequest, trust, or other vehicle. The School is grateful for every example of such thoughtful generosity. If you are considering a planned gift, or want to make your gift known to us, please contact ellison@walnuthillarts.org or call the Development Office at 508.650.5019.
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Anne Ruder Bever ’41* Constance Judkins Bowman ’40* Margaret McNeil Boyer ’54* Robert Bradbury P’89 Elizabeth Berry Breene ’35* George Brett, Jr. P’73* Katharine Gage Brooks ’34* Elizabeth Cooley Brown ’28* Katharine Perry Bryan ’09* Lois Werme Bull ’46* Mollie Tower Byrnes ’63 Sarah Morrison Cail ’76 Elizabeth Callaway ’60 Elizabeth Main Cannon ’45* Sarah Cannon ’60* Mary Bishop Catto ’35* Priscilla Cobb ’41* Carol Cronk Cole ’50
Natalie Foster Colmore ’59 Marjory Cook Condit ’48* Frances Fuller Connelly ’39, P’70* Christie Coon ’60 Mabel Thompson Cowen ’14* Nicole Gallant Criss ’92 Anne Crolius ’40* Eleanor H. Crosby * Constance Cross ’59 Karen Daniels ’66 Mary Esther Williams Dasenbrock ’39* Reed Dasenbrock Ann Gouger Davis ’57 Sandra Hall Davis ’60 Susan Callender Davy ’65 Elisabeth Shirley Day ’54* Peggy O’Hearn Denby ’50* www.walnuthillarts.org
Barbara Coryell Devor ’42* Mitchell Dielhenn P’61* Mary Hunter Dobson ’40 Harriet Dodds ’42* Lisa Fabbricotti Drake ’73 Georgia Goss Drew ’47* Mary Dye/Dunham ’51 Constance Allen Eastburn ’54 Elisabeth Roberts Ebert ’22* Joanne Elfers ’69* Elizabeth Wertz Ellis ’22* Beatrice Edgerly Ellison ’11* Constance Crehore Ezer ’50 Edward C. Farraday Kelly R. Feeney Jane Ferguson ’66 Margaret Finch ’63 Elisabeth West FitzHugh ’44* Gertrude McCabe Freedman ’42* Louise Hodgkins Freeman ’51* Sarah Winter French ’49 Nathena Fuller ’37* Genevieve H. Gagnebin P’59* Nicole Gakidis ’81, P’18 Louisa Hammond Garrison ’67 Sarah Gordon Gayley ’22* Lueza Thirkield Gelb ’48* Jane Gilday ’64 Olive Milne Glaser ’47 Martha Unobskey Goldner ’50* Kristin Goodwillie P’02 Constance Woodworth Goss ’24, P’47* Elaine Platt Goss ’66 Janet Graves ’13* Mary Baum Guernsey ’41* Jane Hahn ’88 Charlotte Hall ’50 Marcia Hall ’58 Patricia Hall ’62* Patricia Wardley Hamilton ’48 Justine Hand ’88, P’26 Robert J. Hanger* Nancy Sawtelle Harris ’62 Freddie H. Hart P’92 Mary Howell Hatch ’52, P’79 Carol Hauptfuhrer ’65 Katharine Hayward ’15* Nancy Hubbard Hirsche ’47 Janet Holly ’56* Constance Chang Hsu ’23* Lisa Leinbach Huertas ’76 Francis O. Hunnewell* Anne Moody Ingersoll ’51* Baila Issokson Janock ’58 Jennifer Jewiss ’84 2022 / 2023
Linda Sherman Johnston ’55* Raymond C. Jopling, Jr. * Jacqueline Joyner P’15 Kathleen Kalbfleisch ’47* Elizabeth Lummus Keenan ’53 Jane Oxford Keiter ’60 Robert E. Keiter Martha D. Kleinman Barbara Knickerbocker ’68 Anne Koenig ’67 Sabreena Kiviat Kropp ’94 Pamela Apostol Kukla ’63 Marianne Durham Lakatos ’37* Heidi Over Lantz ’87 Eve Larner ’86 Lorna Learned ’24* Marie Longo Lois Aronson Lopatin ’58 Gail Rosenberg Ludvigson ’60* Amelia Marks ’66 Emily H. Marks P’66* Marcia Hunter Matthews ’63 Wiley McCarthy ’79 Elizabeth Paine McClendon ’65 Linda Harper McLane ’66 Rose Tizane Merrill ’93 Sarah Cross Mills ’62 Margaret Cowan Moller ’40* Charlotte A. Moran* Nancy Porter Morrill ’56 Mary Barlow Mueller ’65 Shirley Maddix Murray ’33* Virginia Gaylord Neely ’38* Arthur H. Nelson* Dorothy Bigelow Neuberger ’54 Esther Knox Newton ’27* Holger Nissen* Gertrude Nott ’26* Alice Russell Novaco ’56 Beatrice Allen Page ’29* Susan Stampler Paresky ’64 Julia Parker ’13* Susan Rothschild Peirson ’55 Stephanie B. Perrin Jo-Ann Edinburg Pinkowitz ’66* Alice C. Platt P’66* Jane Horner Politzer ’47* Dianne Hall Polson ’53 Agatha W. Poor P’65* Henri Prunaret* Judith Kalloch Racely ’51* Margaret Rathbone ’28* Mary Bartlett Reynolds ’48* Suzanne Sullivan Riedel ’88
Mary Motto Robertson ’49, P’78* Virginia Clark Robinson ’33* DeAnne Rosenberg ’57 Ruth Rothseid ’70 Elizabeth Ruff GP’19* Sylvia Burleigh Sanchez ’46 Eleonore Phillips Sanderson ’52 Ruth Stoller Scheer ’57 Ann S. Schwarz P’81 William M. Scranton P’72* Margaret Campbell Senter ’23* Mathilde Parmelee Sewall ’28* Giselle Shepatin ’76 Nancy Stone Shilts ’59 Carolyn Kinsey Singers ’42 Mary-Anne Vance Smith ’42* Virginia Hodgkins Somers ’30, P’57* Ann Bacon Spooner ’67 Cheryl St. George P’99* Natalie Palmer Stanwood ’41* Ann Brown Staples ’48* Amelia Stubblefield ’98 Shiv Tasker P’06 Marianna Bate Taylor ’44 Charles G. Thacher Ann Colucci Thompson ’67 Carol Skillin Thwaits ’54, P’76 Courtney Greene Tomaselli ’94 Jennifer Toolin McAuliffe P’15 Cynthia Goodhart Tracy ’36 Ruth G. Van Doren P’86 Joanne E. Weed P’07 Jennifer Wells ’87 Elizabeth A. Wheeler* Margaret Fallon Wheeler ’62 Robert B. Wheeler* John T. Williams Kathryn Williams ’71 Louise B. Williams P’71* Margaret Klous Williams ’12* Mary Mitchell Williams ’42* Rebecca Gallagher Williams ’22* Bertine Niles Willis ’34, P’62* Susan Beach Willis ’52* Jackson W. Wright, Jr.* Peter M. Wright Carole Yeager ’61 Suzanne Smith Yeaw ’49 Julie Nevius Young ’56 Laurie J. Young ’67 *Deceased Behind Stowe | 5 9
THANK YOU TO OUR
VOLUNTEERS We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the numerous volunteers who donated their time and wisdom throughout the 20222023 school year. We are grateful to these dedicated helpers who helped to nurture our community.
2022–2023 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Jenny Toolin McAuliffe P’15 President Karen McKeel Calby Vice President Linda C. Wisnewski Treasurer Lisa Rothman P’18 Clerk Patricia L. Davidson ’83 Evangeline Delgado ’11 Paula Nicole Drake David Edelman P’18 Donna Egan Nicole Gakidis ’81, P’18 Matthew Glass P’23 Justine Hand ’88, P’26 Derrick Harkins P’18 Eric Herbst ’09 Benny Ibarra De Llano ’89, P’17/’21 Betsy Kessler P’14 Juhyun Lim ’92 Deborah Mankiw P’18 Elizabeth “Betsy” McClendon ’65 Jordan McCullough ’94 HaeSun Paik ’83, P’21 John Sebastian Paolella Janet Emery Pattillo Karla Radke P’24 John I. Williams, Jr. P ’05 Tony Williams Kristine Van Amsterdam Amy Lawrence Wheeler 6 0 | Behind Stowe
EMERITUS BOARD Joseph A. Keefe Robert Keiter Dorothy Bigelow Neuberger ’54 Charlotte I. Hall ’50 Anne M. Morgan
WALNUT HILL FAMILY ASSOCIATION LEADERSHIP Stephanie Hsu P’25 Chair Danielle Carroll P’25 Justin Carroll P’25 Angela Lehman Gunn P’24 Lara King P’24 Alexa Krauter P’24 Veronika Kwong P’25 Theresa McCormick P’26 Amy Molten P’25 Jing ’Lily’ Pan P’25 JJ Rohrer P’25 Krista Salmon P’23 Carol Spann P’23
ALUMNI EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Sally Winter French ’49 Lola Fortmiller Baldwin ’51 Sarah Cross Mills ’62 Marcia Hunter Matthews ’63
Sarah Morrison Cail ’76 Eve Larner ’86 Jill Springer Marks ’86 Josie Waters ’87 Benny Ibarra De Llano ’89, P’17/’21 Alessandra Bono Horton ’00 Garrett Murphy ’08 Candace Olusola ’08 Eric Herbst ’09, Trustee Evangeline Delgado ’11 Madison Vest ’13 Jake Nahor ’14 Moscelyne ParkeHarrison ’15 Hayen Kim ’16
DEVELOPMENT OFFICE Talia Carpinteri Associate Director of Alumni Giving & Engagement Alexa Flinker Associate Director of Parent Giving & Engagement Leah George Database Manager Ashley Mareira Development Associate
Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy of this report. If you feel that an error has been made, please notify giving@walnuthillarts.org and accept our apologies. www.walnuthillarts.org
WAYS TO SUPPORT WALNUT HILL
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ONLINE: With your Visa, Mastercard, or American Express credit card, you can make a secure gift to Walnut Hill online at giving.walnuthillarts.org.
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APPRECIATED STOCK OR WIRE TRANSFERS: Contact our Development Office at giving@walnuthillarts.org or 508.650.5019 for our Merrill Lynch account information or transfer instructions.
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MATCHING GIFTS:
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Ask your employer if they can match your donation and maximize your gift.
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MAKE A PLEDGE: A pledge is an intention that is paid off before the end of the fiscal year on June 30, or over several fiscal years for larger gifts.
MONTHLY GIFTS: A monthly gift is the easiest way to provide consistent support. You only need to set it up once and we do the rest!
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PLANNED GIFTS: Instead of a cash donation, you can donate your assets through a variety of vehicles. We can work with you to identify the plan that will be the best fit for you and your family.
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