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Rendering, Representing & Revealing Artists: Harry I. Naar, Mel Leipzig & Judith K. Brodsky November 4 to December 13, 2014, in The Romano Gallery

On the Cover: Ollie Durling ’15 was one of more than 100 Blair students who volunteered at Blairstown’s Sycamore Park on the School’s inaugural Day of Service on May 16. Despite dreary weather, students and faculty members embraced their work with energy and enthusiasm as they helped to construct a brand-new playground for local kids. Photo by Douglas Benedict of Academic Image.

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Alum Inducted into Wrestling Hall of Fame NBA Star Recognized for Citizenship Investment Trailblazer Lauded as ‘Business Titan’ Veteran Teacher Responds to a New York Times Op-Ed 28 T H E A R T S

Arts Calendar for 2014-2015 A Look Back at Spring Events Year Concludes with Exhibits & Shows 33 T E S T Y O U R K N O W L E D G E 38 A C A D E M I C S

Faculty Update Mythbusters Club AP Psychology Course 43 F R O M T H E A R C H I V E S

The Public Purpose of Private Education In this series of articles, Blair students and faculty members talk about the strength of Blair’s longstanding community service program and how the School is expanding its offerings with a wide range of experiential learning opportunities.

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ACTA Dedication Years of Service Recognized 60 A T H L E T I C S

Spring Championship Titles More W’s for Coach Stone Coach Mantegna Puts ‘Cause Over Self’ Exceptional Student Athletes Livestreamed Athletic Contests Instagram & Peddie Day 2014 69 A L U M N I E V E N T S 74 A D V A N C E M E N T

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Modeling Good Digital Citizenship

Adolescent and childhood psychologist Catherine Steiner-Adair, EdD, came to campus this fall to talk with students, parents and teachers about utilizing technology and social media in ways that foster connection and learning.

Introducing Blair LEADS

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A Look Back at Commencement

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The Class of 2014 Goes to College

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Grads Reconnect at Alumni Weekend

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Loyalty Celebrated at Leadership Dinner

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The State of Admission in 2014

Reflecting on Blair’s most selective admission year ever, Assistant Head of School for Enrollment and Communications Peter G. Curran talks about why the School continues to attract the best applicants.

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

SHOSHANA GELLER ’16 Shoshana captured “Chasing the Sun” while in Sarasota, Florida, over Winter Long Weekend in 2014. As part of an independent study photography assignment that asked students to pick their favorite song and shoot photographs that could be used as the album cover, Shoshana took this picture to go with her selection (“Hey Brother” by Avicii).

Staff Volume LXXXlIl, No. 2 Summer-Fall 2014 PUBLISHED: January, March, June & October PUBLICATION NUMBER: USPS 057-760 PUBLISHER: Blair Academy Blairstown, New Jersey 07825

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program, and in the School as a whole,

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So, as we embark on the expansion

As you read this issue of the Bulletin,

I would like to add a final note of thanks

through your financial support. The 2013-

based learning and serving others are

of our commitment to engage our

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cornerstones of a superior academic

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change agents they wish to become.

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commitment to relationship-based

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Blair Expands Its Commitment to Service with Wide Range of Experiential Learning Opportunities

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iven that “beyond self is happiness” is one of the School’s foundational principles, it is no surprise that serving others has become a central pillar of learning at Blair. With a student body that becomes increasingly service-minded as the world shrinks and becomes more interconnected, you might say that helping others is in Blair’s DNA, as evidenced by the many alumni who have made service a priority in their lives after leaving campus.

Over the last two decades, Blair has built on its long tradition of service by almost doubling the number of yearly projects tackled by students and faculty, even incorporating service into this year’s opening-of-school orientation. And, in recent years, as passionate kids identify new causes and work with teachers to bring their ideas to life, the community service program at Blair has become largely student-led.

In the last year, Blair, not being an institution to rest on its laurels, has also purposefully begun approaching service from scholarly and curricular angles, developing new hands-on opportunities, making existing projects more experiential and tying field work to classroom study.

“There is extraordinary learning value to acquiring knowledge in the classroom and using it in ways that meaningfully affect others,” said Head of School Chris Fortunato, a passionate public servant who many on campus credit with further elevating the profile of community service at Blair. “The public purpose of a private education is taking the gift of the

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Blair experience and using what you learn to help others across content, continents and cultures. We are creating an awareness of the joy found in service to others. And we are showing kids that they can invest their most valuable commodity—their time—and have an immediate impact.”

To make students’ service work as meaningful as possible, faculty are now integrating School-sponsored service with in-class preparation designed to help them better understand the issues associated with given projects, as well as engage in post-project analysis.

“I think what sets Blair’s program apart from our peer schools is that we emphasize service as an intellectual exercise, as well as a hands-on one, encouraging students to learn about what they are doing before going out into the field, and then reflect on it afterward,” said Assistant Head of School for Enrollment and Communications Peter G. Curran. “We order the experience this way so that students learn to solve realworld problems and place their learning in context of what they are doing in class.”

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mission, tackle agricultural sustainability and rural education projects in Costa Rica, and engage with local non-profits as part of the School’s inaugural Day of Service, which united Blair family members from around the world with the common purpose of helping others (for more on these projects, please turn to pages 12 and 14).

With so many new initiatives coming together during his first year as Head of School, Mr. Fortunato has been gratified to watch public service act as a learning vehicle and springboard for signature Blair programs that promote global engagement, ethical decision-making, effective communication, relationshipbuilding and problem-solving.

“By connecting public service to in-class learning, we are encouraging students to maximize their impact and reflect on the work they are doing in ways that are personally meaningful and allow them to contribute to causes about which they care,” Mr. Fortunato said. “Although the world will not likely change overnight in dramatic ways because a school community spends dedicated time volunteering, engaging in work like this exposes students to important issues and allows connections to form. I want students to wonder: ‘how can I make a difference in urban

poverty?’ and feel empowered to work on ideas and possible solutions that can make a difference right now.”

Taking this hands-on approach is especially meaningful during adolescence, when a commitment to helping others can take root in very important ways and serve as a foundation for the experiences students will create for themselves in college and later in life, added Associate Head of School Ryan Pagotto ’97. “This generation is very service-minded, and students like putting the phone aside and getting their hands dirty to solve problems,” he said. “In general, teenagers are pretty idealistic and feel like they can change the world. And our community service program gives them the sense that, in some small way, they are doing just that.”

In the series of articles that follows, Blair students and faculty members talk about the growth of the School’s longstanding community service program, the success of the inaugural 2014 Day of Service, how public service helps to build an important array of leadership skills, and how these combined efforts are a key component in Blair’s overarching plans to ramp up its focus on effective communication and leadership competencies with a new program called Blair LEADS. o

AN EXCITING TIME FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE AT BLAIR To say that the School’s community service program has grown by leaps and bounds in the last 20 years is almost an understatement. Today, students and faculty engage in more than three dozen service projects each year, and teachers are actively working to infuse service into all aspects of Blair’s curriculum.

To put this growth in perspective, when veteran faculty member Kaye Evans first came to Blair in 1994 after having overseen service efforts at the Tilton School in New Hampshire, there were few School-sponsored activities other than building compost boxes and caroling during the holidays. She quickly set about expanding

the program and teamed up with the Rev. Peter Amerman, then chaplain at Blair, to forge relationships with local non-profits, food pantries, homeless shelters and counseling centers.

Noting that many of Blair’s community service partnerships have come to fruition because of a parent or alumni connection, Mrs. Evans has a carefully cultivated list of area organizations that could benefit from Blair’s assistance. Over the years, she has worked to sustain existing relationships in the School’s surrounding communities in rural New Jersey and Pennsylvania, as well as to reach out to new partners to keep the program vibrant and growing.

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Many kids come to Blair with a passion for community service and are motivated to put projects into motion. My role has shifted from coming up with the ideas to guiding and supporting students as they implement their own.” — Kaye Evans

The Rise of Student-Led Projects In the last 15 years, Blair faculty members have been pleased to see an increasing number of students step into leadership roles when it comes to serving others. “One of the most unique aspects of our program is that students can take the reins and watch their ideas come to life,” explained Mrs. Evans, who oversees the Community Service Club with religion department chair the Rev. Cindy Crowner and history teacher Joanne Brandwood. “Many kids come to Blair with a passion for community service and are motivated to put projects into motion. My role has shifted from coming up with the ideas to guiding and supporting students as they implement their own.”

This includes Mrs. Evans’ favorite project to date, Relay for Life, which was initiated in 2010 by Jack Januszewski ’13, Abigail Vacheron ’13 and Caterina Gleijeses ’13, and has since raised more than $100,000 for cancer research and elevated local awareness about the disease. Other recent student-generated initiatives include Daniel Geller ’14’s Family Fun Day for children with special needs, the Arts in Kenya fundraiser spearheaded by Kay O’Connor ’16 and the annual Kenya Triathlon founded by Becca Merrifield ’10 and continued by her brother, Graham ’14.

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decision-making, problem-solving and consensus-building skills. “Being part of a team and working together to accomplish a goal teaches our students how to be good leaders and good followers—essentially, figuring out what their role is and where their strengths lie,” said Associate Head of School Ryan Pagotto ’97. “Are you the planner who is conceptualizing the project and asking how are we going to do this? Or are you the doer, the one who spearheads the first steps? Or both? By engaging in this kind of work, students are learning how they best contribute, as well as identifying skills they wish to develop.”

For day student Bryan Uzbay ’15, volunteering for oncampus service initiatives and traveling with Blair faculty members to engage in hands-on work in Delaware and California have made it clear he excels most as a project leader.

For the past three summers, he has coordinated a charity whiffle ball tournament in his hometown of Columbia, New Jersey. Among the causes the tournament’s proceeds have supported are the Wounded Warrior Project and the Goryeb Children’s Hospital in nearby Morristown.

“Mr. Fortunato’s enthusiasm for service is inspiring, and with him leading the way, we are going to see an even bigger desire for service opportunities amongst the student body,” said Bryan, an experienced Habitat for Humanity volunteer who also traveled to Yosemite National Park this summer on an environmentally

focused Blair service-learning trip (see page 14). “As I have worked to expand my charity tournament and raise more money each year, I have found the gratification and fulfillment that comes from helping others really cannot be measured. This is something Blair reinforces, while also reminding us that we are really fortunate to go to school here—and that there are opportunities to give back not only in our own communities, but also around the country and throughout the world.”

A Day Dedicated to Service Student leadership played a prominent role throughout one of the most exciting and ambitious additions to Blair’s community service program: the Day of Service, an annual event that

took place for the first time in spring 2014. On a rainy Friday morning in May, students and faculty fanned out across Warren and Sussex counties, partnering with 11 local organizations, farms, nature preserves and camps to tackle a mix of projects before returning to campus to celebrate and share their experiences (for more about the inaugural event and plans for next year, please turn to page 12).

“I think it really says to prospective families that Blair walks the talk when it comes to service—in fact, it is so central to the School’s mission that we dedicate a full day so that everyone who is part of this school community, even parents and alumni, can engage in a shared experience that serves others,” said Assistant Head of School for Enrollment and Communications Peter G. Curran.

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A Mix of Opportunities

best thing I’ve ever done,” said McKenziee, who hopes to share the

Though many events, such as the Day of Service, take place only once a year, students regularly volunteer at the Blairstown Elementary School, the Foodshed Alliance, local shelters and area non-profits. And the most active Community Service Club volunteers often sponsor on-campus collections and initiatives benefiting soldiers abroad, local low-income families, victims of natural disasters and patients with chronic diseases. McKenziee Belton ’16, for example, coordinated an effort last year to knit caps for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Tennessee and later spent part of the summer volunteering there as part of a program called Volunteen.

“Blair makes it very easy for students to express their passion for different causes and make new connections on campus because of them,” McKenziee said. “All of my friends support different organizations, and learning about them allows me to better understand who they are and what they value.”

The fact that McKenziee spent two weeks at St. Jude—an opportunity she researched and applied for on her own—is another example of how faculty members have seen the program change over the years. “More students are taking the initiative in selecting the causes that mean the most to them and finding meaningful ways to contribute, even if that means doing so over school breaks,” said Ms. Crowner. “This is in large part because our Head of School has made it clear that service is what we do at Blair. It is part of the culture and a central piece to the Blair experience.”

In McKenziee’s case, contributing over the summer months meant spending two weeks in Memphis exploring different careers in medicine, planning patient activities and supporting families of sick children. “The trip was amazing, memorable and probably the

experience with her classmates and is developing a proposal to take a group of Blair students to St. Jude in 2015. “It has motivated me to explore other support options, to appreciate the small things in life and to try to give back as often as possible.”

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A Program Without Borders As Blair builds new travel opportunities into its curriculum, with the goal of having every Blair student participate in a crosscultural domestic or international trip before they graduate, the School’s community service program will become even more farreaching in scope—and more directly tied to classroom lessons.

Maiya Gibbs ’15 was one of a small group of students who traveled abroad last year as Blair piloted its global engagement initiative, which encourages students to go out into the world and interact with people of other cultures and countries. A Girl Scout who is working toward her Gold Award, Maiya has been one of Blair’s most active volunteers, participating in Habitat for Humanity service projects, the “Blair in Kenya” program and the first-annual visit to Yosemite for environmental stewardship work (to read about the trip, please turn to page 14).

“Among the many service activities in which I have engaged at Blair, my favorite project was researching and developing ways to help villagers in Kenya improve their quality of life,” said Maiya, who traveled with four other students and three faculty members to Africa in March 2014 to test devices her environmental science class researched to purify drinking water, aid crop irrigation, light homes without electricity and offer clean cooking alternatives. “I was fortunate enough to travel to Kenya to implement our class’s ideas and get feedback from local villagers.” (For more information on the class’s work in Kenya, please turn to page 14.)

The fact that Blair has begun to offer such an array of meaningful domestic and international service opportunities excites Ms. Crowner, who helped expand Blair’s service learning opportunities when she joined the faculty as school chaplain in 2006 and has since led domestic trips annually. Over the years, she has taken students to inner-city Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Camden, New Jersey, and Wilmington, Delaware, as well as to New Orleans, Louisiana, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the New Jersey shore in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

In 2014, for the first time during her tenure at Blair, she cochaperoned an international mission trip to Latin America (to read about the trip, please turn to page 16).

“Direct service engenders compassion and a sense of social justice,” said Ms. Crowner. “I want kids to have a breakthrough and realize they can make a dent, even if it is a small one, in helping come up with solutions to problems that affect others— to have a ‘now-I-know’ moment—and to realize there is no going back to not knowing. So you feel compelled to do something.”

To make these travel experiences as impactful as possible, Blair is also implementing a co-curricular design that integrates academic preparation with community service project-based field work so students understand and have a context for what they are seeing—and so they can reflect on their experience when they return to campus. The goal is to help students make connections between the work they are doing, what they are learning in class and larger societal issues.

“The community service program enables students to help others, while considering what kind of impact they want to have on the world,” said Community Service Club co-director Joanne Brandwood. “At Blair, our job is to expose students to as many different kinds of service as possible, and make it fun, so that service is part of their lives after Blair.”

‘This Is What We Do at Blair’ As the new school year started in September 2014, Blair made service a central part of orientation, with the freshman, sophomore and junior classes volunteering for day-long projects at local nursing homes, farms, camps, schools and state parks.

Those who remained on campus helped the School host an event for adults and children with special needs.

“By beginning the year this way, we are saying ‘this is what we do at Blair. We serve other people. And, in the process, we have fun,’” Mrs. Brandwood said. “Service is a marvelous ‘getto-know-each-other’ exercise because it allows you to create

connections you might not have had otherwise and broadens your social experience.”

Likewise, 15 Blair administrators began the year by assembling bicycles as part of a Leadership Institute teambuilding exercise that benefited children from the local non-profit Project Self-Sufficiency. The fact that Blair has bookended the school year with service projects—starting with its administrative team retreat and student orientation and ending with the Day of Service within a week of graduation—is not lost on Mrs. Evans, Ms. Crowner and Mrs. Brandwood.

In fact, they agree that it is further evidence that community service has become a universal part of the Blair experience, both curricularly and culturally.

Mrs. Brandwood sums it up: “If you want to be involved in community service, and use it as a springboard for developing a range of other skills and competencies, it is a very exciting time to be at Blair.” o In future issues of the Blair Bulletin, we will highlight how Blair’s commitment to service has influenced individual alumni in a range of professions to actively engage in such work.

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INAUGURAL BLAIR ‘DAY OF SERVICE’ UNITES STUDENTS & ALUMNI WITH COMMON PURPOSE OF HELPING OTHERS

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espite torrential rain, one thing became clear as students and teachers came together on May 16 for Blair’s inaugural Day of Service: Nothing dampens the enthusiasm of the Blair community when public service is involved—even if such service means working outdoors for hours on end in incredibly dreary weather.

Co-organizers Joanne Brandwood, Kaye Evans and the Rev. Cindy Crowner noted that the day-long program— which saw Blair volunteers build a playground, landscape at domestic violence shelters, work at a communitysupported farm, coordinate activities at a camp for children with diabetes, plant a community vegetable garden for low-income families, and clear trash and underbrush from nature trails—

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exceeded all of their expectations and demonstrated that there is a strong appetite on campus for helping others.

“There has been a groundswell of energy surrounding community service at Blair, aided in large part by our Head of School’s passion for such activities, which has really amplified our efforts,” said Mrs. Brandwood, who teaches history and is leading a new public service after-school activity this fall. “On the Day of Service, students and faculty members had an absolutely spectacular time, so much so that some volunteers returned to Blairstown’s Sycamore Park the next day to keep building the local playground. I think many people were surprised by how much fun they had and how much they got out of it.”

The day kicked off with an all-School meeting, at which Andrew Shue P’15 ’16, a Blair parent who has a longstanding commitment to public service, addressed the community about the importance of helping

others. By mid-morning, students, teachers and staff—all of whom donned matching blue Day of Service T-shirts designed by Nisha Gupta ’15 and emblazoned with the names of the School’s 2014 partners—split into groups and headed out to the various locations to start their work.

“The driving rain and mud were challenging, but there was virtually no complaint among our students and faculty,” said Head of School Chris Fortunato, who spent the day shoveling dirt and rocks at Sycamore Park a couple of miles from campus. “To observe the sea of blue at our opening assembly was really inspiring, and I think many students enjoyed the social component of public service and had fun rallying against the adversity of the weather.”

Admitting that she was “astonished by the monsoon-like conditions” on the actual day, Julia Stadlinger ’14 worked with Mr. Fortunato at Sycamore Park and found the enthusiasm for the project contagious. “Despite the weather, kids were determined to keep pushing wheelbarrows filled to the brim with rocks,” she said. “Students who are not

artistically inclined offered to paint, and those who had no idea how to build a swing set received a crash course in construction. Once we were soaked to the core, the weather wasn’t even an issue anymore; we were just focused on what we wanted to accomplish.”

Having coordinated Blair’s community service program since the mid-1990s, Mrs. Evans was excited to see the longdiscussed idea of a school-wide volunteer effort come to fruition. Calling service “a great way to connect with others, as well as to give back,” she was heartened as kids realized that “you can have fun and work together while doing something good for other people at the same time.”

Reflecting on how the School’s yearround community service program complements larger annual events such as the Day of Service, Mrs. Evans said that offering students such a wide variety of opportunities to develop their interests and find avenues for giving back in meaningful ways underscores the fact that there is not just one “right” way to impact others. “There are different levels of commitment—you can volunteer for one day a year, or every week on the same day; you can go to Camden or Philadelphia or stay right here in Blairstown and work at the food pantry.

All of these options are equally valuable and aimed at the same thing.”

In addition to seeing a school-wide model of service in action, students had the chance to learn about the missions of Blair’s 11 partner organizations, gleaning insight into the basics of construction, living with a chronic medical condition, combatting domestic violence and addressing poverty in northwestern New Jersey.

“That our kids were so enthusiastic to not only lend a hand for the physical

work, but also to hear more about some of the big issues our partners address in their work was incredibly moving,” said Ms. Crowner, who serves as the School’s chaplain and chair of the religion department. “Such a coordinated volunteer effort is a wonderful way to teach kids to live their values and demonstrate them to the world.” The day-long program also strengthened Blair’s relationships with a number of area organizations and, in many cases, has led to further collaboration.

The event’s organizers were especially pleased that alumni and parents from around the world also took part by volunteering in their own communities, wearing Blair apparel, and sharing those experiences on social media using the hashtag #BlairDayofService. Looking forward to the second-annual Day of Service—which will take place on May 15, 2015—Mrs. Brandwood said Blair will focus on further engaging these groups.

“We got a great sampling of people who told us about the work they are doing,” she said. “I have no doubt there are thousands of untapped alumni stories, which is no surprise, given the commitment to service here on campus and knowing how that continues in college, graduate school and professional life.”

The community heard from some of those alumni when students, faculty and staff returned to campus and convened in Armstrong-Hipkins Center for the Arts to dry off and celebrate all they had accomplished by watching a slideshow produced by video studies director Nina Yuen, Sophia Elghanayan ’15 and Caleb Nadeau ’15. To watch a video of the presentation, which captured the spirit of the day, visit www.blair.edu/ day-of-service. o BLA IR B ULLE T IN 13

SERVICE-LEARNING TRIPS PROMOTE KEY COMPETENCIES & EXPAND STUDENTS’ REACH IN IMPACTING OTHERS

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n the last year, Head of School Chris Fortunato has worked with faculty and Trustees to develop several forward-thinking initiatives that will position Blair and its students for success in an increasingly complex world. Readers learned about one such program, The Blair Leadership Stories Project, in detail in the spring 2014 Blair Bulletin. Others, such as a series of domestic and international service-learning trips designed to promote global engagement, have already been piloted and will expand in number and scope during the 2014-2015 school year.

Given how popular Blair’s community service program is among students on campus, it was no surprise that more than 25 kids signed up to travel with faculty members to California, Peru and Costa Rica this summer to engage in such work. The groups participated in a wide range of cultural immersion and service activities—environmental stewardship in American national parks, constructing a bakery to empower female residents in South America, and considering agricultural sustainability and rural education in Central America.

These experiences, which built on the work Blair’s environmental science class did in spring 2014 to develop sustainable devices for Kenyan residents, are designed to give students opportunities to develop leadership and communication skills that are critical to success in higher education and the workplace, while helping others at the same time.

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On the Ground in Kenya In 2014, faculty and administrators made it a priority to connect students to global issues, encouraging them to develop solutions to problems affecting others around the world. As a first step in this process that built on the “Blair in Kenya” program in Africa, science teacher Rob Merrifield teamed up with religion department chair and school chaplain the Rev. Cindy Crowner and reworked the environmental science curriculum to include more interdisciplinary coursework.

During the first half of the spring semester, students worked in the classroom developing ideas for sustainable projects that addressed daily challenges for living and thriving in rural Kenyan villages. Over spring break, a small group actually traveled to Kenya and tested device prototypes designed to purify water, reduce cooking-generated air pollution and provide basic illumination so children could read and do homework after dark.

“We started in Bogle Hall, trying to figure out how to bring light to villages with no electricity, water crops using drip irrigation and develop alternatives to wood stoves,” said Ms. Crowner.

“Pairing the in-class work with direct service allows for a deeper experience, one that helps kids to better understand the problems others face and the impact they can have on their fellow citizens.”

After testing and evaluating the devices they created, the class spent the rest of the semester discussing what worked and what didn’t based on testing done in Kenya and feedback gathered from local residents. “Applied-learning opportunities such as this thoughtfully expose students to global problems,” said Mr. Merrifield. “By asking them to create solutions, we are teaching them to collaborate with and effectively relate to people of different California backgrounds and cultures.”

Blair in Kenya founder Quint Clarke ’87 says that the environmental science class’s work in Africa “perfectly embodies” the program’s goals of connecting Blair students and faculty with local villagers and asking them to use their talents and skills to solve vexing problems in one of the poorest places in the world. “The citizens of Kenya certainly share my gratitude for the work of this class, and we hope it’s just the beginning,” he said.

Preserving America’s National Parks Science teachers Carl Christianson, PhD, and Jolene Schuster, PhD, took Blair students to Yosemite National Park and to several urban areas in California as part of a summer service-learning trip that highlighted the importance of environmental stewardship.

“For many kids, this was their first time visiting an American national park, so we really emphasized the many extraordinary experiences that such places offer,” said Dr. Schuster. “We want students to learn early on about beautiful wild places, especially in our own country, so that they can continue to enjoy and care for them throughout their lives.”

Over the course of a week, students focused on ecology, removing invasive plant species, helping with trail upkeep and learning from park rangers about how conservation efforts keep such areas intact. The group visited Santa Cruz, Yosemite and the Rim Fire site, where wildfires broke out in August 2013 and burned more than 250,000 acres of forest.

“Students didn’t necessarily have the immediate feedback they might get in building a house or benefiting an individual family, but this trip did give them ample opportunity to contemplate their own role in an ecosystem and consider how their actions can benefit other people, animals and plants,” said Dr. Christianson, who noted that the students’ background in biology and chemistry facilitated their conversations with park rangers.

In an effort to connect classroom lessons to hands-on service work, Drs. Schuster and Christianson incorporated as many teachable moments as possible during the trip, emphasizing the processes of adaptation and evolution, as well as highlighting the importance of resource management and conservation in light of California’s crippling summer drought.

“The students also learned firsthand how humans can affect different ecosystems—coastal dunes, redwood forests, agricultural fields, orchards and the high sierra,” said Dr. Schuster. “They saw how we depend on each of these places and must protect them through hands-on work, smart land management practices and legislation. The big takeaway was that we all must act as stewards and advocates for our wild places.”

“As a species, humans are consumers,” added Dr. Christianson.

“It takes a conscious effort to conserve resources instead of using them. Without being made aware of the work it takes to conserve these areas, we can never truly appreciate them. We hope this will become an annual trip that exposes kids to America’s natural beauty while underscoring the idea that nature should be both celebrated and protected.”

Peruvian Immersion Two other summer service expeditions took students and faculty to countries in Latin America. In early August, Spanish teachers Joyce Lang and Joanna Sprout chaperoned a group of students on a two-week trip to Peru, during which they experienced firsthand the language and culture of their host families in the Sacred Valley of the Incas.

Upon arriving in South America, Mrs. Lang, Ms. Sprout, Phoebe Dopulos ’15 and Laura Polanco ’15 spent a day in the country’s capital, Lima, before embarking on a six-day homestay with families in Pachar, a small village outside of Ollantaytambo. During their stay, the group participated in a

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Peru service mission at the Sacred Valley Project (SVP), a non-profit organization that provides housing, meals and tutoring to high school–aged girls. The mission of the Sacred Valley Project is to provide the opportunity for young women to complete their high school education and to inspire them to continue a tradition of education for their own children in the future.

The Blair group aided in the construction of an onsite bakery by making more than 400 adobe bricks to be used for the building’s walls. “We participated in a ‘fayna’ (traditional community days of service), creating and stomping adobe mud from dirt, straw and bucketsful of water drawn from the drainage ditch nearby,” Ms. Lang said. “In the end, we made several hundred bricks for the bakery, which is where the girls will learn not only how to bake, but also how to run a small business. The hope is that the profits from this business will help to support the girls in their efforts to complete a high school education.”

An additional goal of their work with SVP was for students to grow a deeper appreciation for the education they receive at Blair.

“We hope that our students gained an awareness of the hard work and sacrifice the local people undertake to secure a basic education for their children,” added Ms. Sprout. “They saw how far these girls have to walk to go home and visit their families in rural mountain communities and how impossible it would be for them to attend school if it weren’t for the Sacred Valley dormitory. This experience has definitely motivated our students to promote awareness at Blair of the crucial role women’s education plays in the growth of underdeveloped nations and in individual communities.”

After the days of service, the Blair group visited the home communities of some of the SVP girls and experienced just a portion of the arduous three-hour mountain hike some girls take twice weekly. Then, when the girls were settled in with 1 6 SU M M ER - FAL L 2014

their families for winter break, the Blair group biked from Abra Malaga to Santa Teresa, where they camped overnight before making their way to Aguas Calientes for a hike the next day.

Ms. Lang, Ms. Sprout and the students then toured Machu Picchu and explored ancient Incan ruins. As their journey came to a close, the group traveled back through Ollantaytambo to Cusco, where they spent their final day before heading to Lima to catch a plane back to the United States.

Costa Rican Sustainability & Education In August, another group of Blair travelers focused on agricultural sustainability and rural education projects in Costa Rica. Associate Dean of Admission Leucretia Shaw and Ms. Crowner led the final service trip of the summer to the village of El Paraíso in partnership with World Leadership School.

Over the course of 10 days, the group immersed in rural living during a homestay with host families, while also renovating a school alongside local students. The Blair volunteers also had the opportunity to meet community leaders working on sustainable agricultural initiatives, discuss the issues families face in the region and learn more about Costa Rica in general.

“We made the decision to go tech-free—no laptops, tablets or smartphones,” said Ms. Crowner. “Disconnecting really allowed students to focus exclusively on service work and fully engage with the lovely people with whom we were living and working.”

For three days, rain or shine, the group worked alongside Costa Rican students and construction workers in building the school a patio and ramp system, connecting the building’s classrooms to an outdoor dining area and to the restrooms, and creating a covered walkway to shield teachers and students from the rain that often falls in El Paraíso.

Everyone helped to dig up grass, mix concrete and reroute underground water pipes with only shovels and wheelbarrows, balancing some of their more physical tasks with attending classes. Blair students also played soccer with Paraíso High School students and participated in World Leadership School exercises designed to deepen their understanding of effective leadership and global citizenship.

Besides the stay with host families for seven of the 10 days, the trip also included a visit to the Chilamate Eco-Retreat, zip lining and a tour of the capital city of San José. Ms. Crowner, Mrs. Shaw and their World Leadership School counterpart, instructor Randall Bermudez, combined these excursions with exercises that allowed all participants to get to know themselves and each other better. Mr. Bermudez also introduced the group to a medicine man of sorts who gave a thorough presentation on fruits, vegetables and plants that offer notable health benefits.

“Whether the experience inspired our students to save the rainforest, eat organic, make their mark on the physical plant at Paraíso High School or simply better their Spanish,” said Mrs. Shaw, “I have no doubt that the trip gave us all a new perspective on a host of environmental, educational, gender and healthcare issues, as well as a better sense that we are part of an interconnected global family.”

Plans to Expand Looking forward, Blair will continue to amplify its existing community service program by working with teachers to integrate it into the curriculum and identify opportunities for students to do project-based work at destinations beyond campus. The fact that Blair’s faculty travels extensively for

professional pursuits over school breaks means that the School can leverage their diverse experiences, passions and interests as it considers offering new trips.

The purpose of these expanded efforts is three-fold. First, engaging in more scholarly service work encourages students to make connections between classroom learning and real-world issues. At the same time, traveling to different cities and countries allows them to apply what they learn at Blair in a myriad of culturally expansive and locally impactful ways. And, finally, pairing classroom study and field work in this way teaches students to become engaged global citizens who can communicate the importance of the work they are doing, solve problems as a team, make ethical decisions that are in line with their values and build relationships across diverse groups of people.

“Our goal is to expose students to opportunities that will allow them to best develop who they are, actualize their potential, and experience the joy and fulfillment that come from helping others,” explained Mr. Fortunato.

A Dedicated Faculty Looking back on the trips that took place this summer, and noting the prospect of additional travel opportunities, Community Service Club co-director Kaye Evans is quick to note that the strength of community service at Blair—whether it takes place in Blairstown’s local food pantry, on the west coast or many thousands of miles away on another continent—depends in no small part on Blair faculty members’ generous commitment of time and energy when it comes to helping others.

“Our teachers really go above and beyond, and so many use their own vacation time to accompany kids on service or disaster-relief missions,” said Mrs. Evans. “Simply put, without Blair faculty members’ willingness to chip in and strongly support the programs our kids come up with, we could not get these things off the ground. That our faculty is committed to teaching students that the ‘Blair world’ and the ‘real world’ are the same place allows kids to integrate all of their experiences and offer more to their communities.” o To see more photos from these service trips, please visit the Blair website. www.blair.edu/kenya

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Blair LEADS As part of its efforts to teach students essential 21st-century leadership skills, the School has launched Blair LEADS, a comprehensive initiative focused on five critical competencies: Leadership communications, global Engagement, self-Awareness, ethical Decision-making and Service.

The program builds on the strength of the School’s core offerings and is spearheaded by history department chair Jason Beck and a dedicated faculty team, including Blair’s scholar-inresidence, Harvard’s Timothy Patrick McCarthy, PhD. The new initiative has effected a number of changes on campus: The Blair

Leadership Stories Project has been integrated into the curriculum for all freshmen and seniors; a new leadership communications course has been developed for sophomores; Blair will sponsor a TEDx conference, youth leadership summit and oral history project for juniors; and seniors will assume active leadership roles and engage in a capstone experience before graduation.

While all of these elements may not be fully developed during the program’s first year, Mr. Beck and Dr. McCarthy talk about their vision for Blair LEADS and how it will complement and enhance the School’s commitment to knowing its students, superior academic preparation and, of course, public service.

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Blair LEADS will introduce freshmen and sophomores to many ideas and skills, while asking juniors and seniors to put what they have already learned into practice. How will this combination of classroom and experiential learning better prepare our students to be engaged global citizens?

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JB: Blair LEADS will train freshmen and sophomores to effectively communicate who they are, what they value and what they want the world around them to look like— while teaching juniors and seniors the

skills necessary to bridge the gap between writing and speaking and reality. The total impact of these experiences will be really powerful, especially because our students will engage in many conversations about service, values and ethical decisionmaking—all of which give them the skills and foundation to become culturally aware, globally engaged citizens.

We are intentionally separating the program into two halves—during their first two years at Blair, students will work in basic skill areas by crafting and filming narratives for The Blair Leadership Stories Project and taking our new communications-leadership course. And, in the last two years at Blair, kids will begin implementing those skills in some specific ways, at conferences and through assuming leadership roles across campus.

The whole idea is to present students with a lot of ideas, teach them leadership and communications competencies, and show them how to put those skills into practice by the time they graduate.

TM: No one becomes an engaged global citizen overnight. This is a developmental process—in my experience, a lifelong journey—one that is shaped by a host of personal, political, moral and material factors.

There’s a lot of great research on the role of educational institutions in youth development by experts who are a lot smarter than I am, but I find Blair’s approach to classroom learning and experiential practice to be not only sound, but wise.

As educators, we have a responsibility to prepare our students, intentionally and incrementally, for the lives they will live when they leave our classrooms. Step by step, we must give them the skills they need to communicate effectively, respond

empathetically and live productively in an increasingly diverse, complex and interconnected world. With its emphasis on service and citizenship, leadership and communication, I am convinced—and impressed—that Blair is doing all of this successfully.

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How do you see Blair LEADS furthering the impact of the School’s existing programs?

JB: We are really building on the strength of programs currently in place—including our longstanding community service and public speaking initiatives—and adding new pieces, such as the Day of Service and The Blair Leadership Stories Project. More than that, we are weaving our offerings more intentionally into the annual life of the School and expanding upon experiential opportunities. This includes creating more avenues for students to engage in hands-on service work beyond Blairstown, so we will increase our domestic and international travel offerings. We were very pleased with the outcomes of this summer’s three service-learning trips to Yosemite, Peru and Costa Rica, and all of them served as wonderful opportunities

for our students to practice what they learned in the classroom and to live the values of the Blair community.

We are also supplementing ongoing class activities. The history department, for example, promotes engagement through a global studies course that looks at current events and how history brought us to certain points. The Society of Skeptics lecture series brings kids’ attention to a range of timely, real-world issues. And not only is ethics part of Blair’s historical mandate from the Presbyterian Church, but the School offers a religion department course that challenges students to consider and take a stand on some of today’s most controversial issues.

So, in many ways, Blair LEADS amplifies conversations that are already taking place and enhances Blair’s core curriculum.

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Tim, your approach to teaching people to communicate effectively is unique in that you combine experiential work with coaching and feedback workshops. Why do you find this yields the best results, and in what ways do you think it will be particularly effective in working with students at Blair?

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TM: Communication is both active and interactive. We communicate to convey our values and ideas, our identities and perspectives. As human beings, we are hard-wired to be social creatures, and so we yearn to connect with other people, whether or not they are like us, agree with us or even understand us. In fact, we often communicate to express and explain ourselves, to make ourselves better known to others, to clarify a point, to resolve a disagreement or misunderstanding. All of this requires lots of practice and feedback.

The art of communication is never theoretical. We need to place ourselves— sometimes even force ourselves—into different scenarios so that we can develop the most effective ways to communicate with different audiences as we encounter them throughout our lives. That said, effective communication requires us to not only speak but to listen—to hear from the people we are speaking to—and this is why feedback is so essential. We cannot reach our full potential as communicators (or fellow citizens) unless we are ready to listen to and incorporate the critical feedback we receive, and to offer it in kind.

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To this point, I always teach communication as a reciprocal and relationship-oriented endeavor. The earlier we learn this, the better, which is why I am so excited about these new leadership and communication initiatives at Blair. In my experience, I’ve found Blair students to be remarkably open to this kind of approach, in part because they are curious and eager to understand and be understood, but also because they are actively involved in teaching and learning from one another.

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Obviously, communication and engagement are two major components of the Blair LEADS program. You have also emphasized the importance of moral leadership and public service. Why are those things so essential to what you are trying to build at Blair?

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JB: Because moral leadership requires self-awareness, Blair LEADS will help kids look inward, assess who they are and where they come from, and begin to distinguish what they already know from what they need to know to understand

their place in the world. By providing students with curricular exposure and active opportunities to apply what they learn inside and outside of class, we are teaching students to refine how they see themselves and recognize how they can have the most impact.

TM: I believe that public service— the willingness to do what we can to improve the lives of others—is at the core of moral leadership. When I spoke to the Blair community last year, I defined moral leadership as a kind of leadership driven by personal values and public courage in the face of conflict or adversity. Moral leaders, I told them, do not seek power, status and riches for their sake; rather, they aspire to create a better world by working together with others.

In my experience, moral leaders are the kinds of people who we respect, role models for how we might live our own lives. In order to become moral leaders, we must do three things: 1) figure out what we believe in and why we believe it (our values); 2) learn how to communicate this (our voice); and 3) live by it (our vision).

In other words, moral leaders work as hard as they can to live as consistently as they can in accordance with their deepest values.

Of course, this means different things to different people, and success is not always guaranteed. In this sense, moral leadership is both an aspiration and a practice.

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How many Blair faculty members volunteered to teach the new sophomore course and what specifically will it cover?

JB: With more than 20 faculty members from literally every department on campus team

teaching the class, this will constitute Blair’s most interdisciplinary course to date. Instruction is divided into four units: first, students write and deliver a personal speech that requires them to explore their values and identity. Next, through some small-group debates, students consider what it means to take a stance on an issue, listen to opposing viewpoints and counter them effectively.

With that experience under their belts, the class selects someone on whom to focus in a tribute speech. And, finally, students craft a global-issues speech on human rights as their final project.

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Jason, what has it been like working with a thought-leader like Tim on communications and leadership issues? And how do you think students will respond to his unique perspective on communications, civil rights and public leadership?

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JB: Tim brings to the table realworld experience with leadership communications and education at a level that is perhaps an ultimate goal for many of our kids. He has worked with such a wide range of people— college students, members of Congress, industry leaders—and sees from all of these vantage points the skills Blair students need to master to be successful in college and in life.

I think what kids will find most fascinating about Tim’s approach is that he does not see leadership communication as simply a classroom experience. The work he has done over the course of his career and during his collaboration with Blair focuses on the

importance of learning in class, in the dorm, on the field and on stage. He emphasizes taking advantage of practical opportunities to display and practice leadership. This combined curricular and hands-on approach is designed to give students a deep understanding of what it means to be an engaged member of the community and why moral leadership is such an important part of that.

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Tim, as Jason mentioned, you don’t see leadership communication as simply a classroom experience, but something to be constantly practiced.

Why do you think a boarding school like Blair is in a unique position to help kids master these competencies?

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TM: Schools like Blair are ideal places for this kind of experiential learning. Students, faculty and staff are deeply connected with one another in a variety of contexts and on so many

levels. You live and eat and work and study and play and perform and joke and just hang out in close proximity to one another. This means that you are able—so long as you are willing—to get to know one another as full, complex human beings, not just as one-dimensional caricatures, or group “types,” as was sometimes the case in my own high school experience. This is the beauty of a boarding school environment.

Relatively speaking, it’s a self-contained community that shares common norms and aspirations. Now, I don’t mean to romanticize this. Like all schools, Blair has its challenges and conflicts—and I’m sure there’s a sense of claustrophobia at times—but these things, too, require us to learn to communicate well with one another, so that we can all do our part to help build a more inclusive and inspiring community for every member of the Blair family. ■

The winter-spring Blair Bulletin will include more coverage of Blair LEADS and Mr. Beck and Dr. McCarthy’s collaboration. Throughout the year, the School will also post updates about the program on Blair’s website. www.blair.edu

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Colin Kilrain ’77 Inducted into the National Wresting Hall of Fame as an Outstanding American In late June, Rear Adm. Colin Kilrain ’77 was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame’s Hall of Outstanding Americans. An article at www.lehighsports.com notes that the Hall of Outstanding Americans “recognizes those who have used the disciplines of the sport to launch notable careers in other walks of life, such as science and technology, business, government and the military, and the arts and humanities.”

Kilrain is a career Naval Special Warfare SEAL officer having served in multiple Joint Special Operation duty assignments.

He is currently Commander, Special Operations Command, U.S. Pacific Command at Camp H.M. Smith, in Hawaii.

During his Blair postgraduate year, Kilrain was the National Prep and freestyle junior national champion. He matriculated at Lehigh University, where he was a three-time All-American (1980-1982) and four-time EIWA champion with a career record of 87-8.

Luol Deng ’03 Receives Basketball League Citizenship Award Miami Heat forward Luol Deng ’03 received the prestigious 2013-2014 J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award last April.

Named for the second commissioner of the NBA, the award is presented annually by the Professional Basketball Writers Association to the NBA player, coach or trainer who exhibits exceptional service and dedication to the community. The official press release at www.NBA.com highlights Mr. Deng’s “long commitment to philanthropic work” in war-torn South Sudan, the African nation he and his family fled when he was a young boy, as well his accomplishments “using basketball as a platform to bring hope to those less fortunate” in Africa, the United States and the United Kingdom through his global non-profit organization, The Luol Deng Foundation.

Photo provided by National Wrestling Hall of Fame, taken

by Larry Slater

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a former NCAA champion and brother of St. Paris Graham head coach Jeff Jordan, was inducted to the Hall of Outstanding Americans alongside Kilrain. ■ goo.gl/FFuMvB

In a classic example of the two-time NBA All-Star’s commitment to community outreach, the article quotes Mr. Deng’s recently recorded public service announcement for www.enoughproject.org, urging young people in his homeland to work for peace: “Look around you and reach out.

Make peace among those who are fighting. Forgive one another and encourage others to forgive. Build trust with people who fear each other. You are young, and if you are wise, you will build bridges with people your age that will last a lifetime.”

Past recipients of the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award include basketball luminaries Isiah Thomas, Julius Erving, Magic Johnson and David Robinson. The article notes that Mr. Deng is well aware that even though his contributions have touched many lives, his work will never end. “I wish I could wake up tomorrow and nobody needs help, but we all know that’s not going to happen,” he said. “I’m just happy to be in the position that I’m in to be able to do the things that I’m able to do.”

For more information on The Luol Deng Foundation, visit the organization’s website. ■ www.luoldeng.org

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Photo by Daniel Burke of Daniel Burke Photography

CNBC Names Jack Bogle ’47 to Top 25 Business Titans List Worldwide business network CNBC marked its 25th anniversary this spring by naming its top 25 “rebels, icons and leaders who left the greatest marks on business, finance, markets and consumer culture over the past quarter century.” Jack Bogle ’47, index mutual fund pioneer and founder of The Vanguard Group, earned ninth place on the list, between Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison in tenth place and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in eighth.

“Though he founded The Vanguard Group in 1974 and launched the first retail index fund about two years later, he makes our anniversary list because it wasn’t until 1990 that index funds took root—thanks largely to Bogle’s evangelism,” the CNBC article notes.

Mr. Bogle created the first index mutual fund based in part on research that he conducted for his undergraduate thesis at Princeton University. The concept, which holds that, in the long term, individual investors “would be better off buying and holding the broad market rather than endlessly running after hot stocks” and hot fund managers, endured initial ridicule from Wall Street’s professional money managers.

In 1990, Mr. Bogle was “finally validated in the money management industry’s eyes” when his company’s signature Vanguard 500 Index Fund got its first direct competition from Fidelity Investments. Today, the CNBC story points out, onethird of households with a mutual fund own an index fund, and Vanguard has assets of $2.5 trillion, even larger than the total assets in U.S. hedge funds. Vanguard is now the largest mutual fund company in the world.

Mr. Bogle remains active as president of Vanguard’s Bogle Financial Markets Research Center, speaking out on the financial and market issues of the day. He’s the author of 10 books and literally hundreds of papers and speeches. In a video that accompanies the CNBC article, Mr. Bogle is lauded as the man who “democratized investing for individuals, a huge contribution in the mutual fund space,” and his true legacy is described as “the tens of trillions in assets across the globe that are now managed ‘the Bogle way’—via index funds.” ■ (video) goo.gl/VeWxg2 (article) goo.gl/F1Z3J3

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The New York Times Publishes Letter from History Teacher Martin Miller, PhD Veteran Blair history teacher Dr. Martin Miller penned a letter to the editor that was published in The New York Times on May 6. Dr. Miller wrote in response to David Brooks’ May 1 “Love Story” op-ed that described a night of “intellectual, emotional and spiritual” communion over literature and art shared in 1945 Leningrad by British philosopher Isaiah Berlin and Russian modernist poet Anna Akhmatova, who had suffered great personal tragedies at the hands of the Soviets. Brooks asserts it was the most important event of Berlin’s life. “I’m old enough to remember when many people committed themselves to this sort of life and dreamed of this sort of communion—the whole Great Books/Big Ideas thing,” Brooks wrote. “I am not sure how many people believe in or aspire to this sort of a life today. I’m not sure how many schools prepare students for this kind of love.”

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In his response, which appeared under the headline The Fervor for Great Books and Big Ideas Isn’t Dead, Dr. Miller questioned, “How much of the ‘affair’ depended on the rarefied atmosphere of totalitarian dread, with a tortured poet’s life hanging precariously in the balance? Better to have skipped Stalin’s gulag and ratchet down the intensity! Was it the Great Books or Akhmatova’s endless torment that touched Berlin’s soul?”

To read David Brooks’ op-ed and Dr. Miller’s full response, visit The New York Times website. ■ (article) goo.gl/z1ke5X

(letter) goo.gl/BW5V8w

TECHNOLOGY

& SOCIAL MEDIA Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair Visits Blair to Facilitate Discussion on Responsible Use & How to Model Good Digital Citizenship

BY LISA WHITMORE

On September 16 and 17, the Blair community welcomed Catherine Steiner-Adair, EdD, for two days of workshops with students, faculty and parents focusing on utilizing technology and social media in ways that foster connection and learning. Author of The Big Disconnect—which all Blair faculty and staff read this summer in preparation for her visit—Dr. Steiner-Adair is a leading expert on childhood and the digital age, who regularly consults with schools on creating and sustaining relationships, strengthening students’ resiliency and emotional development, and shaping school culture.

During her visit to Blair, she touched on many of these topics, as well as the benefits and drawbacks of technology, how it affects boys and girls differently, strategies teachers and parents can utilize to teach students responsible use and time management, and why boarding schools are in a unique position to leverage the advantages of digital tools as they prepare students for college.

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The Pros—and Pitfalls—of Technology Today According to Dr. Steiner-Adair, students enjoy many positives and face many challenges surrounding technology. “Social media can facilitate camaraderie and community and is especially great in helping quiet or shy kids connect,” she said. It’s also a new way for students to emerge as peer leaders, helping friends who are in pain or who are struggling, through picking up cues from social media posts. What’s more, “educationally, the resources [online] are amazing and really allow kids to work together collaboratively,” Dr. Steiner-Adair said.

But all of these benefits are accompanied by challenges. “Kids are often multiscreening when they’re supposed to be doing homework,” she explained. “They may have three screens open at once, something that’s hard for grownups to really understand.”

A student can be working on an assignment, for instance, and get a message, comment or email that can be distracting or, worse, hurtful. “Online, you can’t hear tone of voice,” she said, so students can struggle with understanding the intent behind such interactions. “Then the next day, they have to show up and sit next to that person in class,” Dr. Steiner-Adair continued. “And, in today’s digital age, things aren’t just between you and one person anymore. The public nature of social media interaction puts kids in a much bigger sandbox.”

Technology can affect girls and boys differently. Too much screen time can increase girls’ social anxiety and bring about more aggression in boys, Dr. Steiner-Adair explained. There’s also the sense that one’s social media persona needs to look perfect from the outside (consider that most of us post only happy, socially engaged photos on Facebook and the like), 2 6 SU M M ER - FAL L 2014 2014

which can add pressure for adolescents as they try to reconcile reality with the carefully selected postings they see each time they login to their social media platforms.

For educators and parents, kids’ self regulation and time management are of greatest concern. “It’s hard for kids not to get distracted online,” Dr. Steiner-Adair said. And texting, while a boon for moms and dads who are away from their kids for extended time, can also present hurdles. “The ability to text is wonderful, but it’s not a good idea for kids to get texts from their parents all day long,” she added, noting that a seemingly innocent message (“how was the test?”) can distract kids and stress them out.

In addition, too many texts from home can interfere with students learning to separate from their parents and rely on the support of the adults who surround them at a boarding school.

Blair’s Tech Advantage Boarding schools are in a particularly beneficial position when it comes to teaching kids how to use technology in a responsible manner. “At schools like Blair, there’s a community of caring adults who are qualified and available to help kids,” explained Dr. SteinerAdair. “The quality of ‘knowing’ students is very distinctive at Blair. The adults who work here really understand how important this is.” Additionally, at Blair, kids have more opportunities to connect in person simply because they live and work together. “At boarding schools, students face each other all day long, and as a result, have less time to retreat to online personas.”

Among her goals in working with schools like Blair is to help students—and the educators and parents who support them— take ownership of technology in their lives. “I ask students to

Dr. Steiner-Adair (second from left) with Shari Bunks Geller P’10 ’12 ’14 ’16, a parent liaison who has taken a leadership role in organizing educational events for Blair parents (far right), Head of School Chris Fortunato (second from right) and Robin Scheman P’10 ’14, senior advisor to the Head of School (far left).

look at the culture they’re creating and envision the culture they want, then work to make that vision reality…I often ask, what would that look like?”

Toward that end, Dr. Steiner-Adair often meets with groups of students to talk about issues they see as problematic. One that regularly comes up at high schools: A dip in school spirit, no thanks to technology. At boarding schools in particular, it can also be tempting for kids to steal away to their dorm rooms at night to surf social media or play computer games instead of gathering in common areas; texting during meals or while walking through campus can be another temptation.

On both fronts, Blair has made a point to be proactive, asking students not to use smartphones in public spaces as a way of promoting in-person community interaction. As a result, kids say hello to one another on the way to class and in the dining hall, instead of looking down at smartphones. Blair is known for its strong community, and Blair faculty members have also purposefully used social media to build school spirit when it comes to events such as Peddie Day and Headmasters’ Societies Games.

“Students will say, how can we make sure that we hang out in the dorm and not have people staying in their rooms all night?

Kids at schools like Blair have the opportunity to use technology to say ‘hey, let’s meet and talk,’” said Dr. Steiner-Adair. “Students also often decide that certain areas of the campus should be tech-free.”

In Dr. Steiner-Adair’s mind, students need schools that make it possible for them to talk about how they use social media, about how they present themselves online and about the impact technology has on their lives. “These are nuanced topics,” she noted, and institutions like Blair have a unique advantage because they provide the space and time to talk through these issues—as well as supportive faculty members who know students well and can tailor such conversations accordingly.

“Kids are very capable of rebooting how they use technology,” concluded Dr. Steiner-Adair, “especially when they are given the opportunity to be in control and to examine whether their use of social media is serving them—and their community—well.” ■ To see more photos from Dr. Steiner-Adair’s visit, please go to our website. www.blair.edu/bigdisconnect

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A Look at the Year Ahead: Don’t Miss These Performances & Exhibitions at Blair in 2014-2015 With the school year under way, Blair’s Players, Singers, musicians and artists are hard at work preparing for the many concerts, productions, exhibitions and festivals scheduled for the coming months. The School invites parents, alumni and friends to attend a show or reception to see student artists and performers in action.

Blair will post photographs and videos of select performances, theatrical productions and artist’s receptions at www.blair.edu/the-arts. Please check the website regularly over the course of the year for news and multimedia updates, as well as up-to-date information regarding event dates and times. Some programs will also be broadcast in real-time through Blair’s Livestream channel at http://new.livestream. com/blairacademy.

Theater Night of One-Acts January 22, 23 & 24, 7:30 p.m.

Wean Theatre Join the Blair Academy Players for an evening of one-act plays performed in Wean Theatre.

Please check the Blair website for details in mid-January 2015.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood February 12, 13 & 14, 7:30 p.m.

DuBois Theatre A musical based on the unfinished Charles Dickens novel by Rupert Holmes The audience of Rupert Holmes’ recently revived musical finishes the story that Charles Dickens didn’t. The audience decides several elements of the ending, so every night is a different show! The original production won the Tony Award “Triple Crown”—Best Musical, Best Book and Best Score.

The New York Times called the show “boisterous and delectable…a shimmering musical pleasure to savor.” Variety raved: “an exuberant romp!”

Picnic May 7, 8 & 9, 7:30 p.m.

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By William Inge Winner of the 1953 Pulitzer Prize and the Critics Circle Award, this play takes place on Labor Day weekend in the midwest in the joint backyards of two middle-aged widows. The one house belongs to Flo Owens, who lives there with her two maturing daughters, Madge and Millie, and a boarder who is a spinster school teacher.

The other house belongs to Helen Potts, who lives with her elderly and invalid mother. Into this female atmosphere comes a young man named Hal Carter, whose animal vitality seriously upsets the entire group as the plot unfolds and a relationship between Hal and Madge develops.

VISIT OUR WEBSITE: Because this calendar is subject to change, please check Blair’s website for the most up-to-date information available at www.blair.edu, or call (908) 362-6121. The DuBois Theatre, Wean Theatre and Romano Gallery are housed within Armstrong-Hipkins Center for the Arts on the Blair Academy campus in Blairstown, N.J.

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Robert J. Evans Open Air Theatre

By John Cariani As the Almost, Maine website explains, “Welcome to Almost, Maine, a town that’s so far north it’s almost not in the United States—It’s almost in Canada. And it almost doesn’t exist.

Because its residents never got around to getting organized.

So it’s just...Almost. One cold, clear Friday night, in the middle of winter, while the northern lights hover in the sky above, Almost’s residents find themselves falling in and out of love in the strangest ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken. Love is lost, found and confounded. And life for the people of Almost, Maine, will never be the same. Almost, Maine: It’s love. But not quite.”

Music Fall Concert (featuring vocal & instrumental musicians) Thursday, November 20, 7 p.m.

DuBois Theatre SteelStacks Holiday Concert (featuring vocal & instrumental musicians) Sunday, December 7, 4 p.m.

Musikfest Café, ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Christmas Vespers (featuring Blair String Orchestra & Singers) Friday, December 12, 4:30 p.m. & 7 p.m.

First Presbyterian Church, Blairstown, New Jersey Spring Concert (featuring vocal & instrumental musicians) Thursday, April 30, 7:30 p.m.

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Blair Video Blair video students produce a variety of work, including documentaries, experimental works and fiction films. The curriculum covers technical and theoretical aspects of the production process, from planning and shooting to editing and post-production. A unique part of the program is its multi-disciplinary nature; students make video installations and integrate their video work with music and performance.

Blair will once again host its annual Film Festival in April; please check www.blair.edu/the-arts for details this spring.

Quartet San Francisco; violist Mikhail Simonyan; and the Gallim Dance Group. The series is named in honor of Nevett Bartow, a dedicated music teacher and talented composer who taught at Blair from 1961 until his death in 1973. For more information about the Bartow Series, please visit www.blair.edu/bartow-series. If you are interested in bringing a group to the Blair stage, please contact Jennifer Pagotto at (908) 362-6121, ext. 5678, or pagotj@blair.edu.

The Romano Gallery Rendering, Representing & Revealing November 4-December 13; Reception November 13 Artists and longtime friends Harry I. Naar, Mel Leipzig and Judith K. Brodsky have had an important impact on contemporary visual arts in New Jersey. While there are representational and figurative elements in the art practice of all three, their work is grounded in 21st-century perspectives. Each artist is educated in the history of 20th-century modernism, but they go beyond that history to create very individual postmodern artworks, the content of which is about the issues of our time—nature, the life of the artist and even the universe. In addition to their own artwork, the three artists have played important roles in teaching and furthering the careers of young artists in New Jersey.

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Kαλokαίρι Στη Σkόπελo: Summer In Skopelos January 6-February 7; Reception January 8 Zoë Blatt, who teaches painting and drawing at Blair, will exhibit sketches and paintings from her recent summer as an artist in residence at the Skopelos Foundation for the Arts in Skopelos Island, Greece (for more information on her residency, please turn to page 39).

political events around the world. Michael Dal Cerro’s woodcut prints incorporate images of elaborately colored architectural structures in a densely layered space. His work could be seen as imaginary architectural proposals or illustrations of the “City of the Future” that did not quite happen.

Annual Student Art Exhibition April 30-May 19; Reception April 30

Flora & Forest February 10-March 7; Reception February 12 This dual exhibition incorporates the work of two practicing artists: Elizabeth Bisbing and Mary Schuster. In “Flora,” Ms. Bisbing presents painted paper collages of wildflowers and two animations. The collages are constructed by cutting and pasting paper that has been painted with gouache. For the animations, a paper doll poses for hundreds of photos that are then converted into a moving image. There is delight and wonder found in the details and complexities of nature, says Ms. Schuster, whose artwork in the exhibition “Forest” draws from her fascination with seed vessels, the cases that contain a plant’s seeds. These forms inspired jewelry that is both an expression of natural form and a functional object.

Patricia Dahlman & Michael Dal Cerro: Sculpture & Prints March 24-April 25; Reception March 26 Patricia Dahlman makes sculpture and two-dimensional works using canvas, thread, wire and fabric. Her subject matter is taken from personal thoughts, life experiences and reactions to

Blair Musicians & Players Show Range Over Course of Spring Semester Blair’s talented musicians and performers took to the stage for a number of stellar concerts and productions last spring.

The Spring Concert gave the Blair Singers and Orchestra an opportunity to showcase the challenging repertoire they mastered over the course of the year.

“Each performance was an opportunity for our musicians to share with the community their talent and passion for musical performance,” said Jennifer Pagotto, chair of Blair’s performing arts department, who noted that the groups presented some of the same pieces at shows in New York City and Pennsylvania earlier in the year.

In early May, Blair’s actors and actresses put their skills to the test in Arthur Miller’s All My Sons, a play that takes place in a 1940s suburban American neighborhood. The production

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opened as Joe and Kate Keller (played by Tyler Brooks ’15 and Lizzie Devlin ’16) mourned the loss of their son Larry, who went missing during World War II. Their other son, Chris (played by Kendall Slocum ’15), wants to marry his brother’s ex-fiancée, Ann Deever (played by Abby Troy ’14), but her brother, George (played by Andrew Parsons ’15), interferes with the couple’s plans to wed. As the plot unfolds—Ann and George’s father is sent to prison and Joe is set free for a crime the two committed—guilt, denial and anger become the focus of the play as the characters grapple with their own actions and emotions, as well as those of the people around them.

“The Players and I reveled in Arthur Miller’s exploration of self-preservation in this play and the lengths to which his desperate characters are willing to go to survive, while

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also protecting those whom they love,” said Micki Kaplan McMillan, who produced the show alongside student-director Martinique Ho ’14. “More so than any other performance I’ve directed in my years at Blair, All My Sons presented an intense challenge to our student-actors. This was a talented crop of performers who rose to that challenge, and I am extremely proud of their growth.”

In mid-May, another cast of student performers appeared in William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, a tale of romance with a satirical bite.

The open-air production followed Rosalind (played by Corinne DiFrancesco ’15), the daughter of a disgraced duke, who assumes the identity of a boy named Ganymede and travels with her cousin, Celia (played by Lindsey Green ’14) and jester Touchstone (played by Shannon Davis ’14) to the forest to join her banished father (played by Justin Brooks ’14). He is living with other former courtiers, most notably Jacques (played by Sean Callahan ’15), a melancholic royal who sums up his philosophy in the famous “all the world’s a stage” speech. Rosalind falls in love with Orlando (played by Michael Park ’16), who has also escaped into the woods, where the love-besotted shepherd Silvius (played

by Kevin Breslin ’14) pines for Phoebe (played by Morgen Williard ’16), who falls in love with Ganymede. Meanwhile, jester Touchstone becomes a victim to the amorous woods by becoming engaged to a goat herder, Audrey (played by Emily Lunger ’17).

“Love at first sight, mistaken identities, music, laughter and learning all coincided,” said Blair English and theatre teacher Craig Evans, who directed the play. “Shakespeare’s pastoral

comedy was a perfect fit for the outdoor, lakeside setting of Blair’s Robert J. Evans Open Air Theatre.”

With another year of experience under their belts, Blair’s returning theater students, musicians and vocalists are now preparing for their next performances, all of which are listed on pages 28 through 30. ■

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Students End Year with Series of On- & Off-Campus Exhibits As the 2013-2014 school year came to a close, fine arts students exhibited their work in a number of on- and off-campus shows, bringing the Blair and local art communities together to admire the work of the School’s talented young artists.

In April, Blair hosted the fifth-annual Mid-Atlantic Prep League (MAPL) exhibition in The Romano Gallery. Student artists from Blair, the Lawrenceville School, Peddie School, The Hill School and Mercersburg Academy displayed a wide variety of work, including paintings, drawings, photography, ceramics, sculpture, mixed media and videos. Fairleigh Dickinson University professor and professional artist Jackie Lima

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judged the juried, two-week show, resulting in some friendly competition among the MAPL schools. The event concluded with an awards presentation and reception.

“Just as with athletics, the MAPL art departments enjoy gathering in the spirit of camaraderie to share our students’ art with each other,” said Rita Baragona, curator and assistant director of The Romano Gallery. “It is a joy to see so much talent and enthusiasm for the arts each year.”

Another off-campus spring art show featured the paintings, drawings and prints of 15 Blair students at Caffe Nelle Cucine in Blairstown. The exhibit opened with a reception at the local café, giving the student artists a chance to mingle with peers, faculty members and local residents.

“It was such a great experience for the students to see their work hanging in a space outside of campus,” said fine arts teacher Zoë Blatt, EdM. “Most of the work was driven by

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students’ personal explorations or pieces from their college portfolios, so there was a wide range of themes on which the artists touched.”

And, finally, in the last Romano Gallery show of the 2013-2014 school year, the Annual Student Art Exhibition showcased the photographs, drawings, paintings, ceramics, sculptures and videos of more Blair student artists at all levels of experience. “Each work of art is the culmination of building skills and reaching for personal content and expression,” noted Ms. Baragona. “As always, the best aspect of this annual show was seeing the enthusiasm each student has for being creative in his or her own way through their artwork.”

In the year ahead, Blair’s fine artists will once again display their work on and off campus at a host of venues. For more details about specific shows, please turn to page 30. ■ www.blair.edu/the-arts

Test your KNOWLEDGE

Can you identify the students in this picture from the early 2000s?

Email your answers to Suzy Logan at logans@blair.edu. The first three people to correctly identify the students pictured will win hats from the Blair school store.

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Blair Academy’s Class of

BY MELISSA COLLINS

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Ggot Song Yi Bae ’14

Cheryl Lima ’14

Haeyoon Chung ’14

A Look Back at Graduation & Where the Class of 2014 Will Matriculate This Fall In late May, a crowd of several hundred

Song Yi Bae ’14 and Cheryl Lima ’14

tradition, the School’s newest alumni

gathered under cloudy skies on the lawn

welcomed the graduates and guests.

proceeded through the Arch with

of Sharpe House for the class of 2014’s

Following the presentation of faculty

their class flag, led by John-Vincent

commencement exercises.

awards and student prizes (please turn

Louis ’14, before joining family and

The morning program featured

to page 36 for a list of recipients), class

friends for a post-ceremony picnic.

prelude music from Blair’s Brass and

of 2014 speaker Haeyoon Chung ’14

To read the welcome and keynote

Woodwind Ensembles, followed by an

reflected on her time at Blair as

speeches, watch a video of the ceremony

invocation by the Rev. Cindy Crowner.

the graduates prepared to receive

and view more photos, please visit

Head of School Chris Fortunato and

their diplomas. After Mr. Fortunato

www.blair.edu/commencement-2014. ■

senior class council members Ggot

addressed the class, according to

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Blair Academy's Class of

Congratulations to the following students and faculty who received named prizes at commencement: THE BLAIR ACADEMY TROPHY: Graham Merrifield ’14 THE HEADMASTER’S PRIZE: Annika Rollock ’14 THE GEORGE P. JENKINS ’32 PRIZE: Haeyoon Chung ’14 THE APGAR AWARD FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE: Science teacher Michael Ryerson THE JOHN C. & EVE S. BOGLE TEACHING PRIZE: Fine arts department chair Katherine Sykes THE LILLIAN & SAMUEL TEDLOW AWARD: English department chair Robert Brandwood THE JAMES M. HOWARD JR. FELLOWSHIP PRIZE: Associate dean of admission Edward Wenner RIETHER RESIDENTIAL LIFE AWARD: Language department chair Timothy Devaney

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Outcomes Matter as Blair’s Most Recent Alums Become College Freshmen At Blair, college preparation begins when students arrive on campus, and our graduates go on to attend the world’s most competitive colleges and universities. This fall, the class of 2014 matriculated at the following schools, and Blair wishes them well as they embark on their college careers.

American University

Georgetown University

Princeton University

Boston College (5)

Gordon College

Purdue University

Boston University (2)

Hamilton College

Randolph-Macon College

Bowdoin College

High Point University

Rollins College

Brown University

College of the Holy Cross

University of San Francisco

Bucknell University

University of Hong Kong (2)

University of the South (2)

University of California/

University of Illinois

University of St. Andrews/

Santa Barbara Central Connecticut State University

Urbana-Champaign

Scotland

Ithaca College (2)

Stanford University (3)

Kenyon College (2)

Stevens Institute of Technology

University of Chicago

Lafayette College (2)

Suffolk University

Colby College (3)

Lehigh University (5)

Syracuse University (4)

Colgate University

Lynchburg College

Tulane University

University of Colorado/Boulder (3)

Massachusetts Institute of

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

Columbia University University of Connecticut (2) Cornell University (5)

Technology (2) University of Massachusetts/ Amherst

U.S. Naval Academy Vanderbilt University Vassar College

Davidson College (3)

University of Miami (3)

Villanova University

Denison University

University of Michigan

Virginia Polytechnic Institute

University of Denver (2)

Middlebury College

University of Virginia (2)

Dickinson College

New England College

Washington University/St. Louis

Duke University (2)

New Jersey Institute of

Wellesley College (2)

Elmira College

Technology

Emory University

New York University

Endicott College

University of North Carolina/

University of Florida

Chapel Hill

West Chester University of Pennsylvania Whittier College Williams College

Franklin & Marshall College (3)

Northeastern University

University of Wisconsin/Madison

Furman University (2)

University of Pennsylvania (2)

Yale University

George Washington University

Pomona College

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Faculty Update Carl Christianson & Jolene Schuster In June, science teachers Drs. Carl Christianson and Jolene Schuster accompanied a dozen Blair students on a service learning trip to Yosemite National Park in California. For eight days, they worked on environmental stewardship projects across diverse ecosystems, ranging from a redwood forest to coastal dunes. Among their goals: exposing students to the natural beauty of the United States and teaching them to respect the environment and take a hands-on approach to preserving it. (For more details about the work in which the group engaged, please turn to page 15.)

Brad Strauss This summer, Blair’s athletic trainer Brad Strauss volunteered on the medical staff at the 2014 Special Olympics USA Games track and field events in Princeton, New Jersey. The June games, hosted at various venues across the state, attracted 3,500 athletes competing in 16 sports, 10,000 volunteers and 70,000 spectators.

Mr. Strauss helped to ensure the safety of nearly 1,700 Special Olympics competitors.

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Mr. Strauss aided a medical team of six trainers, two paramedics, an emergency room doctor, and several nurses and EMTs at Princeton University’s Weaver Field.

Their work ensured the safety and health of nearly 1,700 competitors who vied for medals in more than 30 track and field events throughout five days of competition.

Joyce Lang & Joanna Sprout As summer came to a close in late August, Spanish teachers Joyce Lang and Joanna Sprout led a two-week cultural immersion and service mission trip to Peru that exposed Blair students to Ollantaytambo, a small town in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. While there, the group participated in a service mission at the Sacred Valley Project, a non-profit organization that provides housing, meals and tutoring to high school–aged girls. Students then spent a week traveling to Machu Picchu, where they immersed themselves in the language and culture of the country, explored ancient ruins and studied native vocabulary. (For more on the trip, please turn to page 15.)

more navigable for audience members.

Dedicated as the Robert J. Evans Open Air Theatre in 2004, the venue is named after Mr. Evans’ father. (For more on Mr. Evans and his wife, Kaye, please turn to page 50.)

Bob & Joanne Brandwood English department chair Bob Brandwood and history teacher Joanne Brandwood traveled to France and Belgium this summer on an historical tour of World War I and II sites. “I have long been interested in the history and poetry of World War I,” said Mr. Brandwood. “On the 100th anniversary of the start of the Great War, this trip to Western Front sites was especially powerful.”

The Brandwoods toured battlefields, graveyards and memorials in Ypres, the Somme, Verdun and Chateau Thierry and visited the graves of World War I poet Wilfred Owen and two of Mr. Brandwood’s great-uncles who fought and died on the Somme.

Craig Evans Veteran faculty member Craig Evans spent the summer reviewing plays, repainting the “green room” in Armstrong-Hipkins Center for the Arts and making minor renovations to the open air theatre overlooking Blair Lake, which he helped to build in the early 2000s. As a result of those efforts, A Flea in Her Ear will be his 61st Blair and 103rd career production, the green room—which was painted white for many years—now actually lives up to its name, and the outdoor theatre’s entrances and walkways are now

Mr. Brandwood at Utah Beach, Normandy.

Mrs. Brandwood in Paris.

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American cemetery at Colleville-sur-mer, Normandy.

A group of Blair faculty members traveled to Kenya to improve the School’s educational facilities there, as well as to sponsor a medical clinic for local residents.

Mr. Brandwood at Wilfred Owen’s grave on the Somme.

While in Europe, the pair also toured World War II sites, including Dunkirk, where Mr. Brandwood’s grandfather earned a medal for valor in June of 1940.

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Allied invasion of France, and the Brandwoods traveled to both ends of the “Voie de la Liberte”—from the beaches of Normandy to the forests of Bastogne (the site of the Battle of the Bulge).

Zoë Blatt In June, fine arts teacher Zoë Blatt traveled to Skopelos, Greece, where

Ms. Blatt’s summer residency took her to a Greek island, where she spent four weeks.

she served as artist-in-residence at the Skopelos Foundation for the Arts, which sponsors residencies, college study abroad programs, workshops and classes for local youth. During her month-long stay on the Greek island, Ms. Blatt was inspired by the color and light of her surroundings, which she captured in a series of paintings to be unveiled at a Romano Gallery exhibit in January 2015.

Quint Clarke ’87, Hans & Tiffany Doerr, Tracy Klein, Caroline Wilson, Margie Fulton & Maria Bowditch Over the summer, “Blair in Kenya” founder Quint Clarke ’87 spent two weeks in Africa with history teacher Hans Doerr, school counselor Tiffany Doerr, former history teacher Margie Fulton, admission associate Caroline Wilson, mathematics teacher Tracy Klein, fine arts department chair Kate Sykes and language teacher Maria Bowditch. The group, which was joined by four medical professionals from Grandview Hospital in Pennsylvania, visited two Blair in Kenya schools, opened a new library and computer center and hosted medical clinics that treated more than 1,000 children. The teachers also talked with local

residents about the status of three businesses Blair is launching in Kenya, which will respectively promote solar energy, personal hygiene and crop irrigation.

Nina Yuen This summer, Blair’s director of video studies Nina Yuen completed a master’s of fine arts program in film and video at Bard College’s Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts. The program, which she began in 2012, had no classes, lectures, tests or readings. Instead, students engaged in individual studio visits with teachers and submitted work for an annual school-wide critique.

When asked what she liked best about graduate school, Ms. Yuen cited the school’s interdisciplinary nature, as well as the opportunity to work with artists whom she admires. ■

Ms. Yuen earned her master’s degree in film and video at Bard College over the last three summers.

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Mythbusters Club Encourages Students to Undertake Independent Scientific Research Since 2012, the Blair Academy Mythbusters, better known around campus as BAM, have been working to debunk some common myths through individual research projects and experimentation.

After much anticipation, the group’s efforts culminated in a show for the community in mid-May, at which seven students presented their findings for 2013-2014.

The ‘Five-Second’ Rule First, a group of students, led by Annika Rollock ’14, presented findings from an investigation of the “five-second” rule. In order to determine whether it is safe to eat food that has been dropped if it has only been on the ground for a few seconds, Annika and her Mythbusters team—Jess Sabin ’14, Trevor Van Vliet ’16, Yi Jun Lim ’16 and Shannon Davis ’14— genetically modified a strand of E. coli with the help of science teacher Jolene Schuster, PhD. By altering the genetic makeup of the bacteria, the group made it possible to visualize the amount of E. coli on certain food, since the bacteria was designed to fluoresce under an ultraviolet light.

After creating a controlled floor tile that contained the bacteria, the group placed apples, oranges, pretzels, carrots and candy on the tile for five seconds each. The students then photographed the food under a UV light to see if any bacteria had been picked up within a few seconds of contact with the ground.

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contradicts the myth: “Our results proved that bacteria is picked up immediately, regardless of time spent in contact with the surface,” Annika said, as she showed students and faculty a slideshow of images taken throughout the group’s experiments.

Annika said she and her peers enjoyed expanding their research to topics beyond what they learned in classes at Blair in order to successfully design and carry out their extracurricular experiments.

“What I loved most about this project was that it was a learning experience for all of us,” Annika said. “In order to conduct our experiments, we had to study biology in greater depth than we had done in class. Once we had a better handle on the science, we had so much fun testing out locations, photographing our results and sharing our findings with the community.”

Walking on Water Another group of Mythbusters, led by Tae Hwi An ’14, wanted to prove that it is possible to be supported by a liquid without getting wet. After some research and calculations, Tae and Mingjia Yang ’15 discovered a particular feature

of certain liquids that might allow this myth to be proven true.

“I learned that, given how fast we can run in place, there are liquids out there, called non-Newtonian fluids, that might allow us to stand on them for a short period of time,” he said. “These fluids are unique because they change their viscosity, or how much they do not like to flow, with respect to the pressure that we put on them.”

By studying non-Newtonian fluids, Tae and Mingjia discovered that a mixture of water and cornstarch, called “oobleck,” would exhibit properties of both liquids and solids when combined at a specific ratio. With help from science department chair Michael Sayers, PhD, the pair then set to work figuring out the best ratio of water to cornstarch that would debunk the myth.

To exhibit their findings to the community, Tae and Mingjia prepared a 120-pound tub of oobleck, showing how the concoction possesses qualities of

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both liquid and solid states of matter by submerging a shovel and either quickly or slowly removing it from the container.

The audience observed that the more force used to remove the shovel from the mixture, the more solid-like it became, in some cases lifting the tub off the ground.

On the other hand, if the shovel was slowly lifted from the vat, the oobleck would drip from it as a liquid.

As a grand finale, spectators watched the students successfully jog in place above the liquid without sinking, as well as jump on and off the mixture without getting wet. By the end of the show, the group concluded that their myth was actually a fact.

Tae summed up his experience with the club: “The best part of being a Mythbuster was getting my hands dirty,” he said. “I think the experimental aspect of science can be overlooked when we are pressed for time in the classrooms, so I decided to put in some time and energy to do things that I was curious about, and it has been quite the journey. Doing independent research about liquids was a huge learning experience, and invaluable suggestions and guidance from Dr. Sayers helped our experiment be successful. Most importantly, throughout this process, I was reminded that science can be as fun as it can be complex.” ■

AP Psychology Course Explores Thought Processes & Behaviors Advanced Placement psychology was offered for the first time during the 2013-2014 academic year, challenging students to draw on knowledge gained in previous courses in order to develop a better understanding of the how and why of brain function.

Over the fall and spring semesters, students studied 14 topics as part of the year-long course, including historical and contemporary approaches to the subject, neuropsychology, social psychology and human development. As class content was new to most students, instructor Kara McCabe commended their ability to quickly learn so many unfamiliar concepts.

“My students were impressively engaged and diligent, despite having to digest an enormous amount of material,” she said. “I believe that the prevalence of pop psychology in the media conceals the scope and complexity of empirical psychology. As a result, many students were surprised by the rigor of the course, though they proved to be motivated and self-disciplined.”

In each unit, students related ideas they learned in previous science and humanities courses to the class’s curriculum as they began to understand the ways in which the brain, nervous system and endocrine system affect human thought and behavior.

“Instead of biology, math or science classes, I think that this course has intersected most with the English classes,” said Sun Park ’14. “Over my first three years at Blair, I’ve read many psychology-oriented books, such as Ordinary People by Judith Guest, which centers on a boy who was suffering

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from depression. As my interest in the subject grew, I found that I often wrote essays on the psychological aspects of the characters in these novels.”

Sara Moran ’14 said she frequently saw overlap between psychology and biology, two courses in which she was enrolled last year.

“In AP psychology, we learned about cognitive function and studied the different parts of the brain and how they work together to signal messages to each other,” she said. “I learned about the same topic in AP biology, and I felt very prepared and comfortable with the topic because I had previously studied it.” Sara added that she found Ms. McCabe’s course so intriguing that she plans to study psychology in college.

As she teaches the course for a second year, Ms. McCabe continues to deepen her own knowledge of various areas within the field of psychology, an interest that was spurred by her master’s work in English, which she completed in summer 2013. In her thesis, Ms. McCabe examined personal and historical trauma through fictional literary and filmic representations of the Holocaust, which required exploration of the intersection of philosophy and psychology. In order to adequately prepare to teach the advanced placement course, Ms. McCabe became knowledgeable on several different

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branches of psychology and found herself fascinated by the subject.

“Previously, I studied theories that helped explain human nature and experience in the hopes of developing more empathy and self-reflective abilities,” she said. “This course has forced me to consider a wider variety of psychological approaches, which has only fueled my interest in human thought and behavior.”

Oftentimes, Ms. McCabe’s exploration of these topics allows her to find real-world examples of her daily lessons, which she shares with the students to make the textbook concepts and theories come alive.

But beyond simply preparing them for the AP exam in May, Ms. McCabe offers students an opportunity to explore their own behaviors in order to provide for healthy brain development going forward. On several occasions, she has conducted psychological experiments in class in order to help students understand their own thought processes and behaviors.

“Over the course of the year, I hope students become more compassionate and self-aware, learn to recognize and healthily cope with stress, and value the importance of taking care of their developing brains through adequate sleep and sound social decisions,” Ms. McCabe concluded. ■

From the ARCHIVES

Editorial cartooning in The Breeze The Blair Breeze has published student-drawn editorial cartoons depicting various aspects of campus life since the early 20th century. Among the most prolific and longest-running contributors was Charles R. Rogers ’51, who had more than 60 cartoons appear in the newspaper during his six years as a student. The 1951 ACTA also included his sketches of Blair life. Any Blair boy would recognize the themes of his drawings: homework, lights out, work squad, dorm life, sports, meals, friendship and, of course, romance.

Timken Library continues to round out its archive collection of Breeze issues such as these from the 1950s and 1960s. If you have copies you would like to contribute, the librarians are specifically looking for editions published during the 1951-1952, 1952-1953, 1954-1955 and 1964-1965 school years. The library also needs copies of the 1947 and 1949 ACTAs. Newspapers and yearbooks can be sent to Timken Library, c/o Holly Newcomb, P.O. Box 600, 2 Park Street, Blairstown, NJ 07825.

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Alumni Weekend

700+ BLAIR GRADS REMINISCE & RECONNECT AT ALUMNI WEEKEND

In early June, the Blair community welcomed

department chair Latta Browse and Dr. Miller. Others opted

hundreds of alumni back to campus for a weekend filled

to attend either a mid-morning panel discussion about

with a wide range of activities and programs.

educational opportunities and trips designed to promote

“As always, we thoughtfully planned the weekend with the goal of reconnecting graduates of all years to the School and making them proud of where Blair is today,” said Jenny Maine, director of alumni relations.

Festivities kicked off on June 6 with a luncheon for the class

global engagement or Assistant Head of School for Enrollment and Communications Peter G. Curran’s admission roundtable.

On Saturday afternoon, former Blair athletes gathered for a number of athletic events, including a squash round robin with Jim Moore, an alumni boys’ basketball game with

of 1964 and the “Old Guard,” followed by the annual Golf Cup

Coach Joe Mantegna and an alumni lacrosse game led by

Scramble, as well as a series of classes led by history teacher

Blake Haase ’97. Alumni not participating in these events

Martin Miller, PhD, English department chair Bob Brandwood

had the opportunity to watch a student video presentation

and English teacher Carolyn Conforti-Browse ’79.

before the evening kicked off with a cocktail reception and

Alumni then had the chance to tour campus with current students and attend a faculty panel discussion about life at

dinner-dance in the Romano Dining Hall.

The weekend wrapped up on Sunday morning with

Blair. In the evening, alums attended class parties at various

breakfast and a cycling tour led by science teacher Rob

on- and off-campus locations.

Merrifield and Carl Cramer ’72.

The following day, Head of School Chris Fortunato and

With the 2014-2015 academic year well under way, Blair

his wife, Erin, hosted a breakfast for the class of 1964 and the

has already begun preparations for Alumni Weekend 2015,

Old Guard. Some alums started the day with the annual 5K

June 5-7. Save the date, and we hope to see you back on

run through Blair’s cross country course, led by mathematics

campus next spring or sooner! ■

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To view more photos, visit our website. www.blair.edu/alumni-weekend-2014

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Alumni Weekend

Alumni Awards & Recognition Alumni Volunteer of the Year: Bill Cramer ’64 (photo 1)

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Class Representatives of the Year: David Lieberman ’74 (photo 2) Kaitlin Maillet ’04 (photo 3) Outstanding Class Correspondents: Bob Metz ’44 (photo 4) Brian Becker ’69 (photo 5) Outstanding Reunion Committee: Class of 1964

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The class of 1964 posed on Insley Porch during Alumni Weekend. Those classmates who served on the Reunion Committee have an asterisk next to their name. Front row, from left to right: Bruce Campbell, *Bill Solomon, Rich Brown, *Courtney West and *George Roenning. Middle row, from left to right: *Tom Frystock, *Albie Grant, *Clark Heckert, Bob Weber, Rod Henderson, *John Young and *Don Lusardi. Top row, from left to right: Ray Schaefer, *Bill Cramer, *Chris Bengtson, Chuck Potter, *Jack Kennard, *Gus Hedberg, *Andy Thomson, Dennis Bradford, *Norris Evans, *John Vail, Larry Craven and *Paul Vartanian. Reunion committee members not pictured: Wayner Crowder, Bob Unangst and Frank Yuengling.

Class of 1964 Breaks 50th Reunion-Giving Record This year, the class of 1964 secured its place in Blair

funding the Class of 1964 Scholarship and the Annabel ’96

history by raising $331,273, the most ever raised by a class

and Paul Vartanian ’64 Scholarship (see box on page 48),

celebrating its 50th reunion.

both of which will be awarded to deserving young Blair

Backed by a 19-member reunion committee led by Don Lusardi ’64, members of the class enjoyed a topnotch turnout with many meaningful and often humorous

students during this school year,” said Velma Lubliner, Blair’s assistant director of advancement for capital giving.

“As one classmate wrote to another in response to breaking

conversations taking place both on and off campus. The

the giving record, ‘It’s wonderful after all these years that we

weekend’s festivities included a first-ever food and wine

still have a deep, burning feeling for Blair in our hearts; it’s

pairing event presented by Lori and Ray Schaefer ’64 and

certainly changed my life, and I pledge not to forget it,’” Ms.

hosted by Alumni Volunteer of the Year Bill Cramer ’64.

Lubliner continued. “Those thoughtful words, shared between

“In the past, the class of 1964 always displayed loyalty to

two classmates, are a testament to Blair’s positive impact on

the School through their participation in the Blair Fund, but this

generations past and those yet to come. Thank you, class of

year they earned top bragging rights for breaking the giving

1964, for inspiring others to meet your challenge and for all

record, winning Reunion Committee of the Year and fully

your good work on behalf of the School.”

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Alumni Weekend

The Vartanian Family established the Annabel ’96 and Paul ’64 Vartanian Scholarship through the generosity of the Kelly Foundation in honor of Paul’s 50th reunion at Blair. The Kelly family, including Paul’s spouse, Christabel (Kelly) Vartanian, and their daughter, Annabel, established the Kelly Foundation Inc. in 1958 to provide scholarships for deserving students. The scholarship will be awarded annually to help young students obtain the superior academic, artistic, athletic and leadership opportunities that a Blair From left to right: Paul Vartanian ’64, Christabel (Kelly) Vartanian, Andrew Jeffries, Annabel (Vartanian) Jeffries ’96, Stella Elizabeth Vartanian, Tory Vartanian, Paul Cove Vartanian and Nishan Vartanian.

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Academy education provides.

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Outside the CLASSROOM

Craig & Kaye Evans They are a Blair power couple—powerful in the impact they’ve

had on students’ lives in their 20-year tenure at the School. Craig and Kaye Evans met as undergrads at Dickinson College, both members of the class of ‘79, both pursuing degrees in English (along with minors in theatre and theatrical technique for Craig, and Latin and education for Kaye) and both serving as resident advisors in the same dorm. They married in 1980 and began tandem teaching careers that took them to The Hun School of Princeton and the Tilton School in New Hampshire. Finally, in 1994, the Evans family—Craig, Kaye, Faith ’05 and Dylan ’08—became part of Blair’s family.

Craig and Kaye have taught a generation of

in Blair theatre—pride and poise. I think those

Blair students both classroom and life lessons.

might be two qualities a Blair Academy Player

As the director of Blair’s drama program,

comes away with: the pride of being part of

Craig has produced more than 60 plays at the

something bigger than oneself and the poise

School, and he teaches AP English language

one gains from being onstage in a production.

and theatre I and II. Kaye is the assistant drama director and teaches English 3H/AP

Q: Your Blair leadership story is about the

literature and English II. She has also taught

construction of the Robert J. Evans Open

Latin I and II and is the longtime coordinator

Air Theatre (www.blair.edu/leadership-

of Blair’s community service program.

stories/craig-evans). Do you share that

Below, Craig and Kaye reflect on their

story with your drama students every year?

careers and their work with students and share some tidbits about themselves that all of their former students will enjoy.

A. I don’t bring up the building of the theatre to actors; I’d rather each production be about the actors than about me. In building

First, some questions for Craig, who asks: “Why be cynical if you can believe in magic?”

the Robert J. Evans Open Air Theatre, I was happy to bring a third kind of theatrical experience not only to our actors, but also to

Q: What sparked your interest in theatre?

our audiences. I enjoyed performing outdoors

What do you think is the greatest “gift” kids

at the Washington Crossing State Park in

receive from participating in theatre at Blair?

Titusville, New Jersey, when I was growing up, and I’m glad to have such a facility in a lovely

A: My parents met doing community theatre

setting by Blair Lake.

and introduced me to theatre when I was a kid, so I grew up with it. As for what kids take away

Q. How do you keep cast members positive

from Blair theatre—well, I’m only going into

and motivated in the final week leading up

my 61st production here! We have a motto

to a production?

Outside the CLASSROOM

A. We talk a lot about the alumni that

in the group karma of all of us caring

Q. You are involved in many of

have come before this cast, and how

about beating Peddie—and the side

Craig’s productions as assistant

doing high school theatre is such a

benefit of more people getting in shape

drama director. How have you

gift. We also name an actor-of-the-

not just to beat Peddie, but to deserve

supported his work in that role?

day, as a kind of reward for each

to beat Peddie. That double motivation

rehearsal. It’s hard in theatre since

helps the entire Blair community come

actors don’t have the regular game-

together in the fall and stay focused

set when needed. I also manage the

day accomplishments throughout the

together throughout the year.

house the nights of the performances.

season that athletes have. We keep our

One of my favorite Blair parent

A. I work on costumes, props and the

I have made numerous costumes

eyes on the performance run of the

memories is of training with my

and props, but we also rent costumes

show, but we still enjoy the process as

daughter one summer for her

for period plays, so I oversee the

well as the product.

upcoming varsity soccer season. It

measuring, ordering and fitting of

made sense to invite everybody to get

those costumes. I have always said it

Q. You are well known for your

in better shape over the summer so fall

is my job to see that nobody has to go

efforts to get the community in

athletes knew they weren’t suffering

onstage in his/her underwear!

shape to beat Peddie each fall with

through those thankless summer

the “Ultimate Buccaneer” challenge.

workouts alone. If more of us get

How do you feel this keeps students’

stronger, fitter and faster, that makes

the School’s community service

and faculty members’ competitive

us a better school. I know some scoff

program, and many people credit

juices flowing?

at the idealism of this, but I think we

your local relationships with making

all want to believe in the spirit behind

it what it is today. Are you pleased

A. I think having a rival is a great

Rocky and Rudy. Why be cynical if you

with how the program at Blair has

motivator, and Peddie Day is a neat way

can believe in magic?

evolved over the years? How do you

as we saw last year when the final JV

And now, some questions for Kaye,

the last year as Blair entered a new

tennis match was the deciding factor in

who notes: “Students arrive with

era in leadership?

the Kelley-Potter Cup. I really believe

great ideas for projects, and I love

Q. You have really helped build

feel the dynamic has changed just in

to bring the focus on all the fall athletes,

helping to make them work.”

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Kaye: Even though I may teach the

A. Community service has grown as a

how much she appreciated our work.

result of student and faculty interest

That remark made all of us feel really,

same books, each year I read those

in making a positive impact on others

really good.

books through different eyes because

came to Blair, community service was

Q. What inspires you to continue to

discussing them for the first time. I

under the auspices of the chaplain’s

volunteer and work with students

really enjoy hearing what students

office, but students were interested

on community service projects?

have to say about the texts we read

there are new students reading and

outside the “Blair bubble.” When I first

and what meaning they glean from

in doing more outreach work locally.

A. The students’ continual desire

them. Also, teaching new texts allows

opportunities for students to serve

to serve others is inspiring. Every

me to challenge myself and the

others was more than one person (the

year, students arrive with great ideas

students; I love reading and talking

chaplain) could handle, so I stepped

for projects, and I love helping to

about literature. The teacher with whom

in to help. (Former Headmaster) Chan

make them work. I think community

I student-taught told me the first day

It became clear that providing

Hardwick, his wife, Monie, and (former

service helps people (and teenagers

that my classroom might be the safest,

Assistant Headmaster) Dave Low were

especially) focus on others and their

happiest place a student will be all day;

all very committed to helping the

problems, not only their own problems.

I try to remember that every day when

program develop, and they always

One of my teachers once told me that

students walk into my classroom.

supported any programs and activities

whenever we got depressed, we should

we undertook. As student interest

go out and help someone else. That

Q. Of the 60-plus plays you’ve

grew, other faculty also volunteered

experience will not only cheer us up,

brought to the stage together

to head service programs, and Dean

but our connection with others will help

at Blair, which have been most

of Academics Sam Bacon has always

us get our minds off our own problems.

memorable? Why?

been helpful and supportive.

Chris Fortunato’s interest in public service has furthered the School’s

Questions for Craig & Kaye: They

Craig: I loved The Mystery of Edwin

both love the same plays!

Drood (which we are so excited about

commitment to getting our students

restaging this winter) and Urinetown,

off campus and helping others both

Q. You’ve been teaching high school

though I’d also add Once Upon a

locally and globally, and I am so happy

English for more than 20 years.

Midnight Dreary, where we staged 10

to be a part of Blair’s moving forward

What aspect of teaching do you

different multimedia Edgar Allan Poe

with the initiatives to involve students

enjoy most? What keeps it fresh for

mini-productions around Armstrong-

you and your students?

Hipkins Center for the Arts and Weber

in meaningful service work.

Hall, and the audience traveled to Q. What was your experience of the

Craig: I’m actually entering my 35th

first all-school Day of Service? What

each venue. Metamorphoses was a

year of teaching (21st at Blair). The

memorable production too, as Wayne

was your most memorable moment

best bit of advice I think I ever got on

Rasmussen outdid himself to put a pool

of that day?

teaching was in my first year at Hun,

of water in Wean Theater. I loved the

when a teacher said, “You know the

quality of talent in each of the musicals,

A. I worked at Project Self Sufficiency

classes you liked in your education?

and the two other plays were just

mulching the playgrounds in the

Make your class like them.” So, I want

so cool to be a part of. However, my

pouring rain. The kids were incredibly

my classes to be like my high school

favorite production always becomes

positive and enthusiastic, and I was

U.S. history and English classes. I really

the one I’m working on at a given time.

Kaye: Metamophoses by Mary

impressed with their fortitude and

liked going to those classes because I

cheerfulness. As we were working, a

felt challenged and captivated by what

grandmother walked by bringing her

those teachers brought every day. I

grandchildren to daycare. She stopped

have the opportunity to repay those

to thank us for our efforts and to tell us

great teachers in my own classes.

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Zimmerman was a magical show. Razz built a pool in the black box theatre, and part of the play actually took place in the water. Bringing the classical

Outside the CLASSROOM

myths to life in modern contexts was

scientist and cure the disease, but my

gone on to study English in college,

very powerful. Urinetown and The

experience in eighth grade biology

and they said their interest in literature

Mystery of Edwin Drood are also two

made it pretty clear science was not

began in my class. I feel honored

of my all-time favorite shows, and of

my forte. In high school, I wanted

when former students come back and

course, the shows in which my own

to be a journalist, but by the time I

tell me about what they are reading

kids had roles!

got to college, I realized I wanted to

and studying in college and how their

be a teacher. I wasn’t really aware of

experiences in my classes relate to

Q. When you were a child, what did

boarding schools, so I never thought

their studies.

you want to be when you grew up?

I would be teaching and living where

How is your life different from what

I worked; I suppose I thought I would

Q. What do you hope your legacy

you imagined?

be a public school teacher.

will be as veteran Blair faculty members who have touched the

Craig: I think the first thing I wanted

Q. What is the greatest compliment

to be was an archaeologist, but I went

you’ve ever received?

lives of so many?

Craig: I hope that former students will

through all sorts of things—writer, politician, minister, musician, lawyer.

Craig: This past March, Adam

write well, read much and choose to

My high school director/teacher

Sampieri ’99, the drama and theatre

see live theatre whenever they can.

became sort of my model of what I

teacher at the North Carolina School of

wanted to be, so when I became a

Science and Mathematics, dedicated

teacher, after a year of working for

their production of The Mystery of

Planned Parenthood and my local

Edwin Drood to me in the program—it

newspaper as a sports writer, things

made me cry! Danny Sagan ’08 told

became what I thought they would be.

his mom that he’d rather go to my

Kaye: I always liked school, so as a

theatre class than have a free block. I’ll

young child, I think I did imagine I

take those two compliments!

would be a teacher. When my mother

Kaye: I can’t really remember one

died of cancer, I wanted to become a

specific one, but several students have

Kaye: I hope that the community service program and the theatre programs we started so many years ago will continue to grow, develop and thrive, and that students will remember my classes as being meaningful, fun and challenging, and keep reading throughout their lives. ■

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Blair’s new faculty members: (back row, left to right) Chief Advancement Officer Craig Hall, Marney Egan, Alex Newell, Douglass Compton and Brian Antonelli ’93. (Front row, left to right) Britt Freitag, Danyelle Doldoorian, Pedro Hurtado Ortiz, Nate Widelitz and Joseph Wagner. (To read about Mr. Hall, please turn to page 78.)

WELCOME,

NEW FACULTY! There are nine new faces among the faculty this fall,

a Fulbright scholar, studied Bulgarian folk music during

and each person brings knowledge, experience and

a year in Sofia, Bulgaria. At Blair, he coaches boys’ thirds

enthusiasm to his or her role at Blair. With the work of

soccer and will work with the Singers in this winter’s

teaching and mentoring Blair’s students already well

production of The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Nate resides

under way, the School is pleased to take this opportunity

and serves on the dorm staff in Insley Hall.

to welcome and introduce its newest faculty members to the extended Blair family of alumni, parents and friends.

ATHLETICS Brian Antonelli ’93 is Blair’s head wrestling coach and

ARTS

assistant athletic director. A graduate of the U.S. Naval

Nate Widelitz is the director of vocal music, and in

Academy, Brian coached his alma mater’s wrestling team

this role, he directs the Blair Academy Singers, teaches

for nine seasons, serving as interim head coach in 2013.

several music courses and gives voice lessons. A 2010

He was a varsity wrestler at Navy and was commissioned

summa cum laude graduate of the University of Southern

a 2nd Lt. in the Marine Corps upon graduation in 1997.

California’s Thornton School of Music with a bachelor’s

As a Marine officer, he attained the rank of Captain and

degree in vocal arts, he recently earned a master’s

served in Operation Rapid Cheetah, patrolling the borders

degree in choral conducting at the Yale School of Music.

between Kosovo and Bosnia, and later as a Naval Academy

Nate sang professionally in the Los Angeles area and, as

admission officer and Marine Corps Green Belt instructor.

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In 2004-2005, he was the head wrestling coach at The

LANGUAGE

Lawrenceville School. Brian is on the dorm staff of Flight

Alex Newell joined the School’s language department as

Deck and lives with his wife, Susie, and their four children,

a Latin teacher. He earned a bachelor’s degree in classical

Kate, Sammi, Christopher and Mikey, above the J. Brooks

civilizations at Harvard University, where he was the

Hoffman ’36 Health Center.

captain and a four-year member of the varsity lightweight

COLLEGE COUNSELING Britt Freitag is the assistant dean of college counseling.

She brings a wealth of college admission experience to this position, having worked most recently as assistant director and senior assistant director of undergraduate admission at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, she was an admission counselor at The Catholic University of America and assistant director of admission at Corcoran College of Art + Design. Britt is a 2008 graduate of Hamilton College

crew team. He was an assistant rowing coaching at Belmont Hill School and The Winsor School in 2013.

Alex coaches JV girls’ soccer and crew at Blair. He lives in Davies Hall, where he also serves on the dorm staff.

Pedro Hurtado Ortiz, a native of Managua, Nicaragua, graduated from Dartmouth College in 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in comparative literature. As a member of Blair’s language department, he teaches advanced Spanish classes. Pedro coaches recreational squash and serves on the dorm staff in West Hall, where he lives.

with a BA in theatre and studio art. At Blair, she serves on

MATHEMATICS

the dorm staff in Annie Hall and resides in Hillside House

Math teacher Danyelle Doldoorian, an alumna of Trinity

with her husband, Matt Thomas.

College, holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and

ENGLISH Douglass Compton joined Blair’s English department this fall. In addition to teaching English 1 and 2, Doug coaches the boys’ varsity squash and JV soccer teams.

He completed his bachelor’s degree in economics with an English minor at Bates College in 2011. A four-year member and senior-year captain of the Bates varsity squash team, he served as head squash professional from 2011-2014 at Bay Club Redwood Shores near San

educational studies. At Blair, she teaches AP calculus AB and pre-calculus, coaches girls’ basketball and field hockey, and serves on the dorm staff in Annie Hall, where she resides. Danyelle gained basketball and field hockey coaching experience while serving as a camp director and coach for various programs over the last five years. Before beginning her Blair career, she worked as a teaching assistant and admission associate at Trinity College.

Francisco, California. Doug lives on Flight Deck, where he

SCIENCE

also does dorm duty.

The Hardwick Teaching Fellow for the 2014-2015

Marney Egan, a 2007 graduate of Bucknell University

academic year, Joseph Wagner teaches biology and

with a bachelor’s degree in English, teaches two levels

chemistry and coaches varsity baseball and volleyball at

of English and coaches girls’ varsity soccer and track.

Blair. He is an alumnus of Hamilton College, where he

Before coming to Blair, she coached soccer and taught at

earned a bachelor’s degree in biology in 2014. He has

Shady Side Academy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and in

worked as a camp counselor and baseball coach at Camp

2012-2013, was the goalkeeper coach for the Duquesne

Skylemar in Naples, Maine, and in the financial aid office

University women’s soccer team. As a member of the PA

at Hamilton. He was a four-year varsity baseball player at

West Olympic Development Program staff for the past

Hamilton and coached a summer baseball team in Long

four years, she has helped select elite soccer players for

Branch, New Jersey. Joe lives on campus in Mason Hall,

national and international competititon. Marney lives and

where he serves on the dorm staff. ■

serves on the dorm staff in Freeman Hall.

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2014 ACTA DEDICATED TO DEAN OF STUDENTS The class of 2014 dedicated its yearbook to Carmelo Mazza, Blair’s much-loved dean of students and housemaster of Insley Hall. “Your impact on the School and the community goes far

Left picture: 10-year honorees: (back row, left to right) Paul S. Clavel ’88, David R. Naysmith, W. Rod Gerdsen; (front row, left to right) Cara B. Mohlmann, Stephanie L. Guilmet.

Right picture: 25-year honoree Hal Eaton.

BLAIR RECOGNIZES SENIOR FACULTY & STAFF

beyond simply dean of students,” Dan Geller ‘14 wrote on the ACTA’s dedication pages. “Every single morning for the last

As Blair’s faculty and staff celebrated the 167th

four years, you’ve been in Clinton waiting to greet every single

opening of School in August, Head of School

student that passes by before classes begin. More impressively,

Chris Fortunato acknowledged six employees who

you do it with a wide smile on your face. It is easy to see

have reached 10- and 25-year service milestones.

how much you care about the people at Blair, as well as the community as a whole.”

Faculty members chimed in on the dedication pages as well.

“The entire Blair family is grateful for your loyalty and for the many hours you devote to our community every day,” Mr. Fortunato said.

Eric Lunger praised Mr. Mazza as a “compassionate, insightful and

“I am proud to recognize your dedication to

kind educator who has taught me many lessons over the years,”

Blair and your contributions that have touched

and Stephanie Guilmet wrote, “His work ethic is unmatched and

the lives of our students, alumni, colleagues

inspiring to others, but it’s his passion for working with students

and families.”

that makes him so beloved in this community. While he takes his

The following faculty members received

roles here very seriously, he always has a way of bringing humor

personalized chairs engraved with the Blair

and laughter to every situation.”

seal: Paul S. Clavel ’88 (mathematics faculty,

Mr. Mazza began his Blair career in 1990 as a member of the

admission associate, varsity girls’ golf coach

dining services staff. He became director of dining service and

and postgraduate monitor); W. Rod Gerdsen

general manager for food service and housekeeping before

(science faculty, East Hall housemaster,

joining Blair’s faculty in 2002 and serving in several student-focused

sophomore monitor, and JV boys’ tennis and

administrative roles. He was named dean of students in 2005.

squash coach); Stephanie L. Guilmet (science

“I am honored and humbled by the Class of 2014,” Mr.

faculty, varsity girls’ crew coach and assistant

Mazza said. “The yearbook dedication is by far the best

housemaster of Annie Hall); Cara B. Mohlmann

acknowledgement any faculty member could receive because

(director of advancement); and David R.

it is given by the students. I was completely caught off guard at

Naysmith (mathematics faculty).

School Meeting when they began to read the dedication, and

In recognition of 25 years of service, golf

having my family surprise me and hear the presentation meant

pro shop manager Hal Eaton received an

the world to me. I continue to reread all the notes that were

original painting by former Blair art teacher

written on the pages.” ■

Rita Baragona. ■

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Loyalty Celebrated

AT BLAIR’S LEADERSHIP DINNER

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he Board of Trustees and many of the School’s most framed prints of the iconic Blair Arch: Jeremiah and Yolanda loyal and generous alumni, parents and friends gathered Ciancia; Todd and Jordan Ehmann ’97; Diana and Frederick at the annual Leadership Dinner on April 25, 2014, to Elghanayan ’66; David and Kim Januszewski P’13 ’18; recognize those who have shown exceptional dedication to Blair’s Willard H. Johnson Jr. ’62; Susan R. Kahn Berman and educational mission through their philanthropic support. Head of Gregg Berman P’15; Marianne Lieberman ’79 and Carolyn School Chris Fortunato noted that the honorees had contributed Grant P’17; Yong Jee Park and Jung-ah Sohn P’11 ’14; John to several of the School’s most important strategic initiatives— and Linda Powers P’14; Jean Ritzenthaler P’65 ’69; James including faculty development, scholarships and capital projects.

Ritzenthaler ’69; John G. Ritzenthaler Jr. ’65; Virginia and “As a School community, we are deeply grateful for the Neil Sigety ’76, P’16 ’18; Martin Simon ’48; Paul and Anne investment each of our honorees has made in Blair Academy, Sobel P’09; and Zheng Sun and Na Wang P’16. knowing that it comes from The evening concluded with two their heartfelt belief in the Blair surprise presentations—the 2014 ply experience,” he said.

Alumnus of the Year Award and “As a School community, we are dee Assistant Head of School for the 2014 Citation of Merit. Mr. our grateful for the investment each of Enrollment and Communications Fortunato presented the Alumnus y, honorees has made in Blair Academ Peter G. Curran started the of the Year Award to Advancement rtfelt knowing that it comes from their hea evening off with remarks about Committee Chair Mark Moon ’84.

Blair experience.” the in ef beli how scholarship support impacts With his wife, Alison, and ATO TUN FOR IS CHR OOL the fabric of the School, enabling daughter, Caroline, in attendance, —HEAD OF SCH Blair to attract a diverse group of Dr. Moon was honored for his talented students who would not loyalty to Blair, his dedicated otherwise be able to afford a Blair education. Trustee Alex service on the Board of Trustees and his continued generosity.

Sloane ’70 then shared with the audience his experience as a Chairman of the Board of Trustees Douglas W. Kimmelman scholarship donor. “Funding scholarships at Blair is as much a P’12 ’13 ’15 then awarded Blair’s highest honor—the Citation gift to me as it is to the students who benefit from my support,” of Merit—to Trustee Kevin Clayton P’03 ’09. Accompanied by he said. “The relationships I enjoy with my scholarship recipients his family and friends, including his wife, Lisa, daughter, Jessica are deeply gratifying; it’s a privilege to share in their lives and Shupp Hess ’03, and son, Patrick Clayton ’09, Kevin was support their endeavors.” lauded for his leadership of the Investment Committee and his Among the donors honored during the evening were those stewardship of Blair’s endowment. who made leadership gifts in support of scholarship and the To read excerpts of Mr. Fortunato’s and Mr. Kimmelman’s new dormitory project. Each of the following honorees received remarks about the awardees, please turn to pages 58 and 59.

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2014 Blair Academy Citation of Merit KEVIN L. CLAYTON P’03 ’09

Mr. Clayton (left) with Blair Board of Trustees Chairman Doug W. Kimmelman, who recognized his contributions with the 2014 Citation of Merit.

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he son of a former Board member and parent of two Blair graduates, Kevin Clayton embraced his family’s tradition of service and philanthropy and has served with distinction on the Board of Trustees from 2008-2014, providing generous financial support and wise investment counsel to advance Blair’s mission.

Elected to the Board in 2008, Kevin assumed leadership of the Investment Committee at a critical time during the recession of 2008. Under his capable

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guidance and skillful oversight, Blair has consistently ranked among the top of its peers with regard to the management of its endowed funds. Jack Bogle ’47, Blair Board Chairman Emeritus and founder of The Vanguard Group, noted, ‘Kevin brought to Blair a confidence gained from his extremely successful career with a distinguished money management firm. I have great respect for his knowledge, management and wisdom, and it’s been my privilege to partner with him to advance Blair’s mission.’

As the parent of two graduates, Kevin both understands and appreciates the value of a Blair education; with that in mind, he and his wife, Lisa, established the Clayton Family Scholarship in 2008, which generously provides educational opportunity to current and future generations of Blair students.

Furthermore, in recognizing that the benefits of a boarding school education take place both inside and outside the classroom, Kevin has taken a leadership role in providing support for the new dormitory project, which will help the School to attract top candidates and achieve a much-desired balance between boys and girls.

Benefactor, Trustee, parent, friend; in each of his roles, Kevin has displayed a deep devotion to Blair through the unselfish dedication of his time, professional expertise and personal resources, and so it is with great appreciation that we are proud to honor him with the 2014 Citation of Merit.

”

2014 Alumnus of the Year DR. MARK D. MOON ’84

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newcomer to private education and boarding school, Mark Moon arrived on campus in 1982 to begin his Blair education as a junior. This first step eventually led to a distinguished career in the medical field, where he quickly became known for his expertise in internal medicine.

In his own words, Mark called Blair a ‘transformational experience which altered my life’s path for the better; never had I been so challenged and yet so supported by such a caring and dedicated faculty and staff as when I was at Blair.’

Elected to the Board of Trustees in 2005, Mark currently serves on the Executive and Governance Committees and has provided leadership to the Advancement Committee as chair since 2009. In addition to guiding Blair’s advancement office through numerous transitions, Mark has shown a steadfast devotion and commitment to the School—perhaps best demonstrated by his faithful attendance at Board meetings

and alumni events—despite the distance and demands of his professional schedule.

His enthusiasm and passion for advancing Blair’s mission make him the kind of dedicated partner every school desires.

A charter member of the 1848 Committee, member of the John C. Sharpe Society of planned givers and a strong supporter of scholarship through his provision of the Kenyon Book Prize and the Moon Family Scholarship, Mark’s impact on Blair and its students runs deep. According to Cara Mohlmann, director of advancement, ‘Mark is truly one of the most steady, loyal, thoughtful and generous supporters of the School— not only through the giving of his personal time and resources, but of his professionalism as well.’

Blair is privileged to enjoy the ongoing support and backing of one of its most caring and successful alumni, and so it is with great pleasure and pride that we award the 2014 Alumnus of the Year Award to Dr. Mark Moon. ■

”

Dr. Moon (left) with Head of School Chris Fortunato, who presented him with the 2014 Alumnus of the Year Award.

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01 Thanks in part to the hard work of Liam Sabino ’14, the Bucs won another baseball state championship.

02 Boys’ track had a number of outstanding runners at states, including Na’im Pretlow ’15, who finished fourth in the 400-meter.

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03 Emily Wan ’15 (left) and Rachel Hoffman ’15 (right) high-fived at one of the last softball games of the 2013–2014 season.

04 The varsity football team finished with a record of 6-2, and won the state, MAPL and “Big Three” titles.

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05 Andrew Litvin ’14 helped the varsity tennis team finish the season 9-2.

06 Emily Steere ’14 placed third in the 100-meter hurdles at the girls’ track state meet.

07 Blair’s crew competed in the USRowing Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship, which culminated in a first-place finish for the girls’ first and second boats, as well as a silver medal for a boys’ second boat.

08 Lexi Kemp ’15 gave his all on the lacrosse field, helping the boys’ team finish with an 8-9 record.

09 Elijah Burns ’15 and his varsity basketball teammates won a third state championship in 2014.

10 During the golf state championship tournament, Kaitlin Robertson ’17 carded a 45.

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Spring Athletic Teams Defeat League, State & Regional Rivals to Win Host of Championship Titles The spring 2014 season was among the most successful for a number of Blair athletic teams, with the Bucs dominating their opponents in baseball, crew, golf and softball, winning three New Jersey “Prep A” state championships. After placing at the USRowing Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship, the boys’ and girls’ crew teams also went on to compete in the Stotesbury Regatta, the largest high school rowing regatta in the world. The girls’ first boat advanced to the USRowing National Contest.

Buccaneer Baseball In a double-elimination state tournament, the Bucs prevailed over rival Lawrenceville in an intense, extra-innings matchup, earning their third-straight N.J. “Prep A” State title with an overall record of 18-6.

Calling the state competition “the greatest baseball game I’ve ever been a part of,” Coach Jim Stone was impressed both by the team’s passion and quality of play. “The game included great pitching, fantastic defensive play from both sides and great execution under pressure,” he said. “Both the Blair and Lawrenceville athletes played with such poise and guts. Every time it appeared that one team would take an advantage, the other stepped up its game with a great play or a big-time pitch.”

The game stayed scoreless through 10 innings, with Blair getting out of a second-and-third-with-no-outs jam in the bottom of the 10th to force an 11th inning. With one out in the top of the 11th, Liam Sabino ’14 singled and then moved to

second on a fielder’s choice hit by Chris Mezzanotte ’14, and both runners were safe. Then the Bucs finally broke through with two RBI doubles and an RBI single.

Lawrenceville threatened again in the bottom half of the inning, loading the bases with one out and one run in. The Bucs didn’t falter, shutting the door with a strikeout and a game-ending pop fly to catcher Kyle Jacksic ’14.

Coach Stone was proud of his players, their efforts and their commitment to excellence. “Pitcher Jordan Barbarotta ’14 put on an amazing performance on the mound for Blair, striking out 17 batters and getting the championship win, making big pitch after big pitch,” he said. “Brett Lubreski ’15 picked up the save, closing out the game in the 11th.”

The core of four athletes—Chris, Kyle, Sean Lubreski ’14 and Liam—not only paved the way for success this last season, but their contributions also made it possible for the team to win three consecutive baseball state championships since 2012 (please see story on page 63). “We wish those guys, as well as the other graduating seniors on the team—Jordan and JV Louis ’14—the very best,” Coach Stone said.

Victory by Three Strokes The Blair girls’ golf team won its fourth consecutive N.J. “Prep A” State Championship, defeating six other schools during a tournament held in Hightstown, New Jersey. By the end of the competition, the Bucs had edged out a very talented Lawrenceville School by a margin of three strokes, 177-180.

Blair’s Paula Hong ’16 had an impressive performance shooting a 38 (one over par) to claim her second individual state title. She recorded one birdie, six pars and two bogeys for her nine-hole round. Kaitlin Robertson ’17 carded a 45; Phoebe Dopulos ’15 came in with a 48 and Carlin Smith ’14 recorded a 52. Team captain Lauren Hitchner ’14 finished her Blair career with a 46.

“Lauren has been a member of the Blair girls’ golf team for four years and played a crucial role in helping the Bucs win four-straight titles,” said head coach Paul Clavel ’88. “There were many ups and downs throughout the season, but the

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girls continued to work hard and stayed disciplined, especially during the last few weeks of practice. Winning this year’s state championship did not come very easily, and the girls definitely earned it. I am extremely proud of them.”

Tenacious Wins on the Field Although the softball team’s state championship game was a tight duel between two well-matched teams, the Blair Bucs ultimately beat the Peddie Falcons by a score of 8-3.

“Neither team scored until the fourth inning, even though they had put runners in scoring position every inning,” said head coach Carolyn Conforti-Browse ’79. “The Blair team embodied their word of the day—tenacity—as they kept fighting off a hard-hitting Peddie squad.”

Blair broke open the game in the top of the seventh, lengthening the 2-1 lead built over innings four and five to 8-1.

Peddie fought back in the bottom of the seventh, adding two more runs and loading the bases, but a sharp snag of a line drive in right field, a strike-out and a groundout ended the threat.

“The first run of the game started with a right field double, courtesy of Haley Chrobock ’15, who scored when Liana Zranchev ’16 slapped through the infield to register the first RBI of the game,” Ms. Conforti-Browse continued. “Haley’s defensive play was also crucial in the victory, where the Bucs shut down Peddie in the fifth. The powerful arm of Jill McKenna ’15 and Haley’s gutsy tags gunned down two Peddie runners attempting to steal. In the fourth, a heads-up play by Emily Wan ’15 prevented the delayed steal of home as Blair’s defense prevented the speedy Peddie team from their trademark thievery.”

Winning pitcher Jade Assad ’16 came up with big pitches and big plays when the team needed them most. “Every player came to the plate and scored or hit in the final inning,” Ms.

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Conforti-Browse said. “It was an inspirational team effort on the part of one of the nicest groups Coach John Padden and I have ever coached.”

And, just days after the winning the state championship, the team finished the season as co-champions of the Mid-Atlantic Prep League (MAPL) title after defeating Mercersburg 3-0, a victory that included 13 strike-outs.

Passion on the Water In mid-May, Blair’s boys’ and girls’ crew teams competed in the USRowing Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship on Mercer Lake in Princeton, New Jersey. The two-day competition culminated in first-place finishes for the girls’ first and second boats, as well as a silver medal for a boys’ second boat.

The girls’ team progressed through heats and semifinals with ease, which earned them each a place in the grand finals.

In their final race of the weekend, the second boat of Grace Middleton ’16, Jessica Lowndes ’15, Brooke Sabin ’16, Elizabeth Sexton ’15 and coxswain Grace Ewles ’15 led the race from the beginning and maintained its lead all the way to the finish in dominating fashion, taking first place.

The girls’ first boat of Annika Rollock ’14, Shannon Tierney ’15, Rachel Cooley ’14, Hannah Klein ’14 and coxswain Megan Tsai ’14 were in a tight race early on, but pulled away from the field by the 1,000-meter mark, winning by some open water with a time of 7:30.06. With the win, the girls qualified for USRowing Youth Nationals, where they earned first place in the Youth 4+ “C” final, ultimately ranking sixth in the competition based on time. The Bucs’ success at the regional contest, however, marked the second-consecutive year that the girls have captured the gold medal in both first- and second-boat categories in that event.

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The boys’ varsity team also saw some success at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship. The first boat raced well, but narrowly missed a spot in the grand final. In the second-boat category, Blair had two entries, both of which earned their way into the semifinal round. In the final race, the “A” boat—Kyle Maldjian ’16, Sanjay Paul ’16, Allan Wu ’15, Eric Markus ’16 and coxswain Lily Walker ’15—ran a tight race, capturing the silver medal.

The girls’ novice-eight boat also had a strong showing in its final regatta of the spring season, placing fourth in the grand final race.

For the boys, the novice-four also finished fourth in its grand final.

The varsity crew team advanced to the Stotesbury Regatta in Philadelphia in mid-May, where rowers faced a number of

weather-related frustrations: The semi-finals were canceled due to bad weather, and the top six boats that raced in the finals were selected based on heat times. Only the girls’ first boat raced in the finals, earning fifth place in the competition.

For more on these victories, as well as photos from each competition, please visit Blair’s website. ■ www.blair.edu/baseball-2014 www.blair.edu/golf-2014 www.blair.edu/softball-2014 www.blair.edu/crew-2014

Coach Stone Led Varsity Football & Baseball to Consecutive Championships in 2013-2014 The Buccaneers garnered championship seasons in varsity football and baseball last year under head coach and Blair’s veteran Director of Athletics Jim Stone. In both sports, titles were on the line heading into the final contests of the season, but Coach Stone’s athletes came through with signature intensity and high-quality play.

Blair football (6-2 overall) won the Prep “A” State, its sixth Mid-Atlantic Prep League (MAPL) and its 11th “Big Three” titles when the Buccaneers defeated Peddie 13-6 on Peddie Day. Both teams entered the contest undefeated in league play, but Blair sealed the win in the game’s final exciting moments. “This was the epitome of a team,” remarked Coach Stone, who has been at Blair for 22 years. “Early in the season, we faced some adversity and injuries, but these guys bonded and overachieved like no group I’ve ever coached. Their teamwork was special to watch.”

Varsity baseball (18-6 overall) came into its season with high expectations, but the team also faced a do-or-die situation in its final meeting with The Lawrenceville School in a doubleelimination state tournament. “These

players thrived in the pressure situation,” Coach Stone said, “and I’d never been in a game that had more pressure than this one!”

The Buccaneers prevailed in an 11th-inning win to take home their third-straight New Jersey State Prep title.

“The kids on both teams had tremendous character and worked hard at every practice,” Coach Stone noted. “It’s what you do during the week and between games that makes you ready for any situation. And when you have character kids on your team, you can do anything.” ■

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Cause Over Self: Coach Mantegna’s Players Achieve Success on the Court & in Life Blair’s varsity basketball team celebrated its third “Prep A” state championship in six years this past February, decisively defeating a talented St. Benedict’s squad 77-65 in a hard-fought final contest.

For veteran coach Joe Mantegna, the highlight in a game of stellar 3-pointers and concentrated defensive play was the teamwork exhibited by the Buccaneers. “They did not, would not, as a team with nine seniors, end the season without a championship,” he said in a post-game interview. “As one of the hardest-working teams I have ever coached, no group of guys deserved a win more, and they did it with the finest team effort of the season. I don’t remember ever feeling so happy for a group of great kids.”

For a coach who has made “Cause Over Self” his team motto, it comes as no surprise that an all-out team effort makes him most proud. In the 15 years since Coach Mantegna’s arrival at Blair, he and his staff, including associate head coach Tom Parauda

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BY JOANNE MICELI

and assistant coach Cornell Thomas, have built a powerhouse basketball program that has achieved an impressive on-court record and developed a cadre of NCAA and professional players (see sidebar on page 65). Yet every achievement is built on Coach Mantegna’s team-centered philosophy.

“From day one, we establish a culture in which our players motivate one another and play for one another,” Coach Mantegna said. “When a question comes up, I ask the guys to consider how their actions contribute to cause over self. We don’t set a lot of rules, but we don’t need to. Our players have bought into our team philosophy and make decisions based on what’s best for the team. Basketball is easy after that.”

And while basketball prowess has led several of Coach Mantegna’s players to matriculation and on-court success at top universities including Duke, Texas, Cornell and Stanford, the post-

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college, off-court achievements of his former Buccaneers bring him just as much, if not more, satisfaction. He cited Roberto Felipe ’03, Julius Coles ’07 and Austin Johnson ’09 as three of his many players who are making their mark in the world.

“Roberto Felipe came to Blair as a sophomore, right after his father passed away,” Coach Mantegna recalled. After graduating from NYU with a degree in finance and marketing, he quickly established himself as a creative director in the fashion industry.

“He’s already done amazing things in his young life,” Coach Mantegna said of the “phenomenal” success Felipe has achieved in both design and independent business endeavors. Since 2013, Felipe’s focus has shifted from fashion to strategic marketing.

He and his business partner launched Tiny Capital, which has successfully secured funding for startups including On Ramp Digital, SocialRank, Voyat, PogoSeat and Williamsburg Pizza.

Julius Coles is another player whose work Coach Mantegna finds especially impressive. Coles came to Blair in 2004 from Harlem, New York, through the Boy’s Club. “He was immature when he got here,” Coach Mantegna said, “but he had a great heart and became an impressive player by his senior year.” Julius was the first person in his family to go to college, earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Canisius College. Now he plays professional basketball in Europe and mentors young basketball players in New York. He recently ran a day-long “Believe the Dream” tournament for 80 youngsters in his former Harlem neighborhood to promote positivity in the community and help kids believe in their dreams.

“Austin Johnson played on our first state championship team in 2009,” Coach Mantegna noted. “He had a great experience at Blair and went on to play at Rutgers, doing well through some tough years for their program. Now he’s on the athletic development staff there and working toward a master’s degree. He’s got a promising future in athletic administration ahead of him.”

Even with all the on-court success Coach Mantegna has realized at the helm of Blair’s basketball program, it is the relationships he has established and maintained with his players that he finds most rewarding. “Eventually, you forget the games you’ve won and (hopefully) the ones you’ve lost, but you don’t forget the people you’ve spent hours with every day. Many of these guys have become like members of my family. Even my kids (Jake, 14, Lula, 12, and Xavier, 9) take a sincere interest in the lives of many of our alums.” Coach Mantegna keeps in close touch with his former players through social media, and he tweets daily shout-outs of congratulations, encouragement, and family and team news.

Blair Boys’ Varsity Basketball Facts & Figures Since 1999 • Blair’s 15-year record: 268 wins–110 losses • Eight Mid-Atlantic Prep League (MAPL) Tournament Championships (2000-2003, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012) • Three New Jersey Prep “A” State Championships (2009, 2011, 2014) • Blair was the only high school in the nation to have two McDonald’s and Parade All-Americans in 2003 (Luol Deng ’03 and Charlie Villanueva ’03) • Three Blair alumni played in the 2004 NCAA Final Four: Patrick Davidson ’03 (Duke), Luol Deng ’03 (Duke), Charlie Villanueva ’03 (University of Connecticut) • Two Blair alumni played in the 2010 NCAA Final Four: Jordan Davidson ’05 (Duke) and Wellington Smith ’06 (West Virginia) • By the end of the 2013-2014 season, 51 Blair alumni had played at the college level, 31 of these at the Division 1 level • In 2013-2014, three Blair alumni played in the NBA: Luol Deng ’03 (Chicago Bulls/Cleveland Cavaliers), Royal Ivey ’00 (Oklahoma City Thunder), Charlie Villanueva ’03 (Detroit Pistons) • Five Blair alumni currently play professionally in Europe or Canada: Julius Coles ’07, Nate Healy ’09, Chris Matagrano ’09, Justin Robinson ’07, Shamari Spears ’06 • Five former Blair players currently play on Division 1 college teams: Lionel Gomis ’11 (Robert Morris University), Brett Jolly ’14 (St. Louis University), Kevin Seymour ’14 (Central Connecticut State University), Marial Shayok ’14 (University of Virginia), Mike Tobey ’12 (University of Virginia)

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For their part, former Bucs are happy to remain part of the Blair basketball family, embracing the “cause over self” philosophy as alumni by paying forward the help they received during their years at the School. Coach Mantegna noted that former players mentor current students and each other, often making phone calls to encourage a student who is homesick or to help an alum land an internship or a job. “Financially, many of the guys are in a position to give back as well,” Coach Mantegna said, “and they make sure the kids in the program have everything they need. I’ve had guys pay for books, SAT tutoring, bus rides and plane tickets home. I did the same for some of them out of my own pocket, and now they are happy to pass that help along.”

Former team captain Mike Silverthorn ’14, currently a freshman at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia, attributes his growth as a leader to his four years in Blair’s basketball program. “I came to Blair thinking I was the greatest basketball player ever and that everyone else on the team was there to help me win,” he said. “But Coach Mantegna made me see that great teamwork was more important than anything. He treated every guy on the team exactly the same and expected the same commitment and level of work from everyone. By the time I was a senior, I knew my job as captain was first and foremost to

help the team. I wasn’t there to boss my teammates around—I was there to help them become better players.”

This year’s Alumni Weekend basketball game was a real testament to the success of Coach Mantegna’s team-centered program: nearly half of the 110 lettermen he coached during his 15 years at Blair returned for a spirited game (see picture on the top of page 64). “It was a phenomenal day,” Coach Mantegna said. “I had the opportunity to reconnect with some guys I hadn’t seen in years, and the guys had the chance to reconnect with each other. I’d like to do it every year,” he added, “although I joked with some of them that we’ll have to make it a golf tournament in a few years, they’re getting so old!” ■

Blair Academy alumni have competed at top universities, including: Adelphi University

Lehigh University

University of Louisville

Amherst College

Marist College

University of New Hampshire

Appalachian State University

Marquette University

University of North Carolina-Charlotte

Boston College

New England College

University of North Carolina-Greensboro

Boston University

New Jersey Institute of Technology

University of North Carolina-Wilmington

Brown University

New York University

University of Rochester

Canisius College

Northeastern University

University of Scranton

Central Connecticut State University

Randolph-Macon College

University of Texas (2)

Colby College

Rider University

University of Vermont

Cornell University

Robert Morris University

University of Virginia (2)

Dickinson College

Rutgers University

Ursinus College

Duke University (3)

St. Louis University

Washington and Lee University

Fordham University

Siena College

Wesleyan University

Gordon College

Stanford University (2)

West Virginia University

Ithaca College

University of Connecticut

Yale University

Johns Hopkins University

University of Dayton

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Blair Recognizes Exceptional Student Athletes

Brooks Baseball Prize: Liam Sabino ’14 Brooks Baseball Award: Sean Lubreski ’14 Blair Lacrosse Prize: Caitlin Millard ’15 Blair Lacrosse Prize: Matt Collins ’14 Blair Lacrosse Prize: Griffin Marcus ’14 Paul Tennis Award: Sam Loring ’14 Anzel Tennis Trophy: Andrew Litvin ’14

At the final School Meeting of the 2013-2014 school

Hurley Crew Prize: Natalie Bacon ’14

year, Director of Athletics Jim Stone, Head of School

Hurley Crew Prize: Graham Merrifield ’14

Chris Fortunato, and the coaches of the baseball,

Hurley Crew Prize: Aiden McAleer ’14

softball, tennis, and boys’ and girls’ crew, lacrosse,

Kemp Crew Prize: Rachel Cooley ’14

golf and track teams recognized student athletes

Kemp Crew Prize: Annika Rollock ’14

for their strong performances during the spring

Pender Track Award: Rebecca Cooley ’14

2014 season.

Pender Track Award: Eliza Lawless ’14

The following individual team members received awards for their many accomplishments this spring:

Pender Track Award: Na‘im Pretlow ’15 Blair Girls ‘ Golf Award: Lauren Hitchner ’14 Zimmerman Golf Trophy: Nick Rencis ’15 Stowell Softball Award: Jade Assad ’16 Stowell Softball Award: Emily Wan ’15 Stowell Softball Award: Jill McKenna ’15

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Watch Blair Fall, Winter & Spring Athletics Online in Realtime For the first time last year, Blair livecasted dozens of athletic events in partnership with Strive, Inc., a video production company that specializes in shooting sporting events and broadcasting them online. The response from parents and alumni unable to attend the events in person was so positive

that the School once again plans to livecast select games online at www.strivenetwork.tv. Viewers can also watch livestreamed events on Blair’s website, as the School promotes each livecast in the “news” section of its homepage at www.blair.edu.

During the 2014-2015 school year, Blair’s athletic livecasts will focus on those sports that are easy to film and watch onscreen—including football, lacrosse, soccer, field hockey, swimming, wrestling, softball and baseball. Each event will include commentary, play-by-play hosting, athletic notes, introduction videos, pre- and post-game coverage, onscreen score boards and instant replay.

For a schedule of athletic contests to be livestreamed this year, please visit our website. ■ www.blair.edu/livestream

Follow @blair_academy on Instagram to See the Latest Pics from Peddie Day 2014!

In an effort to connect and engage with more students, parents and alumni, Blair joined and began sharing select photos on Instagram.com (@blair_academy) this past spring. To date, we have posted images of campus events, alumni receptions and athletic competitions, as well as “throwback Thursday” photographs from Blair’s archives.

On November 7 and 8, as the Bucs prepare to take on the Falcons, Blair’s communications office will be sharing images from Peddie Day Eve and Peddie Day with the hashtag #PeddieDay2014, and we invite you to do the same. We’ll “regram” the best images from the students, alumni and parents who join us on campus for the festivities, so that those who cannot make the trip to Blairstown can share in the excitement of our biggest rivalry—and, hopefully, our fifth consecutive Kelley-Potter Cup victory!

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Alumni Connect with Blair on Both Coasts Two Blair alumni hosted summer receptions to introduce

Club in San Francisco, California. Attendees of both events

fellow alums to Head of School Chris Fortunato and

enjoyed the opportunity to meet Mr. Fortunato and learn

give them the opportunity to hear firsthand about his

about some of the initiatives he has introduced during his

background and vision for Blair.

first year at Blair.

In early July, Blair Trustee Keith Rauschenbach ’76 and

“Both events gave alumni and parents a chance to talk to

his spouse, J.R. Cassidy, welcomed a small group of Blair

Chris one-on-one and really learn about the School today,”

graduates, parents and friends to their home in Cumberland

said Cara Mohlmann, Blair’s director of advancement.

Foreside, Maine. Several weeks later, David MacEwen ’79,

“These receptions are especially meaningful for alumni who

also a member of the School’s Board of Trustees, and his

can’t frequently make the trip to campus, and we plan to

wife, Jenny, hosted an evening reception at St. Francis Yacht

host similar events in the coming year.”

Blair regularly posts alumni news on its website at www.blair.edu/alumni. Jenny Maine also sends a monthly e-newsletter, Alma Matters, to keep alums connected to what’s happening on campus. Questions? Contact Jenny at (908) 362-6121, ext. 5655, or mainej@blair.edu.

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THE STATE OF

ADMISSION

2014

BY PETER G. CURRAN

Assistant Head of School for Enrollment & Communications

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From left to right (standing): Teddy Wenner ’96, Andee Ryerson, Leucretia Shaw and Peter Curran. (Seated) Kecia Tillman, Paul Clavel ’88, Nancy Klein and Caroline Wilson.

I AM PLEASED

to report that

in summer 2013, and by the time the 2013-2014 school year

Blair’s 2013-2014 admission year was our most successful

started, Blair’s administrative team had come to a consensus

to date. We received more than 850 applications for

about the School’s greatest strengths: Blair is, at its heart, a

admission, an all-time high, and our acceptance rate

builder of relationships and an investor in the people who

dropped to 27 percent. There is no question that Blair

comprise its community.

Academy’s name and reputation is resonating with and

With a refined focus on our core strengths, there is no

reaching more families than ever before. Prospective

question that Blair remains a very “hot” school, one that

families understand the value of a Blair education, which is

encourages students to be introspective, persuasive and

why we continue to receive more applications and become

articulate as they form responses to two key questions Chris

more competitive each year. This has allowed us to increase

posed at his first convocation: “What do you stand for?” and

our foothold in already-established markets and cultivate

“How will you lead?”

new areas in our search for qualified students.

Over the last year, the admission office refined its

Given how rapidly the world is changing in terms of technology, interconnectedness and the sheer speed

messaging to reflect a new era of Blair leadership and

at which information is exchanged, prospective families

the School’s continued growth as one of the nation’s

are pleased that Blair is redefining college preparation,

most prestigious boarding schools. Head of School Chris

teaching students the skills they will need to meaningfully

Fortunato led these efforts shortly after arriving on campus

engage in this new landscape: effective communication,

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THE STATE OF ADMISSION

2014 team-based problem solving, ethical decision-making and cross-cultural relationship building. Each is a critical competency that will not only help Blair students distinguish themselves in college applications but, more importantly, find professional and personal fulfillment by making a difference in their communities.

The Blair Leadership Stories Project, Blair LEADS curriculum and Day of Service are three new initiatives that resonate most deeply with applicants. Whether admission officers are speaking to prospective families on campus, in living rooms at receptions or at overseas fairs, parents and students alike are excited to learn about Blair’s interdisciplinary and hands-on curriculum, commitment to leadership and service, and the warmth of the School’s close-knit community.

This year, the admission office will continue with a busy fall schedule, traveling to 30 secondary-school placement fairs and visiting 15 states and 10 countries. In order for the admission office to reach so many different communities— while still ensuring each visitor has a personalized experience— we have in place a talented team of dedicated professionals.

Blair alumnus Teddy Wenner ’96 is director of financial aid and will continue his work as an associate dean of admission. He will work closely with Leucretia Shaw, a veteran Spanish teacher who has transitioned to the admission office full time as an associate dean. In addition, Andee Ryerson will serve as assistant dean of admission, and Caroline Wilson will continue to work with families as an experienced admission associate. Blair mathematics teacher Paul Clavel ’88 will once again work as a part-time admission associate, liaising with the athletics and arts departments. As in past years, Nancy Klein plays a critical role as the director of information systems and application management, while Kecia Tillman remains the voice and face of the School, greeting every family in the Blair Room and making their visit memorable.

Prospective families often comment that one of the most outstanding parts of their visit is the student tour. We have more than 150 students serving as tour guides, and these individuals truly make Blair shine. Critical to the tour guide program are our eight female and six male head tour guides: Lucy Drinkwater ’15, Grace Ewles ’15, Batouly Camara ’15, Grace Chamberlin ’15, Kai Primus-Dawson ’15, Katie Shook ’16, Shoshana Geller ’16, Paula Hong ’16, Andrew

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Back row, from left to right: Andrew Monahan ’15, Grace Ewles ’15, Mike Park ’16, Lucy Drinkwater ’15, Paula Hong ’16, Shoshana Geller ’16 and Josh Shaw ’16. Front row, from left to right: Eddie Lehr ’15, Batouly Camara ’15, Ollie Durling ’15, Grace Chamberlin ’15, Katie Shook ’16, Kai Primus-Dawson ’15 and Caleb Nadeau ’15.

Monahan ’15, Caleb Nadeau ’15, Ollie Durling ’15, Eddie Lehr ’15, Josh Shaw ’16 and Mike Park ’16. These dedicated and passionate student leaders play a critical role

ACCEPTANCE RATE

in sharing with prospective families the Blair experience, whether by giving in-person campus tours, meeting admission candidates at receptions and fairs throughout the

36%

tri-state area or hosting students for in-class visits.

33%

All of these factors combined—our refined messaging, continued focus on personalizing the application process for prospective families, the strength of our experienced

30%

admission staff, the dedication of our student tour guides who share their love for Blair and, of course, Blair’s foundational commitment to individualized teaching and

27%

learning as the basis for program creation and curricular design—have contributed to our continued success in attracting the best applicants and creating a community that

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

will continue to shape students for many years after they leave campus. ■

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ADVANCEMENT

New Dormitories Set to Open in 2015 Once winter’s icy grip finally surrendered to spring in Blairstown, construction work on Blair’s two new dormitories resumed at a steady pace. The once quiet site, fenced off from unwanted visitors during the harsh winter, began to hum with the activity of heavy equipment moving large mounds of earth and stone, reminiscent of the classic children’s book, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel.

Soon after the students departed campus for summer break and the front hill was closed to through traffic, construction vehicles lumbered up the road to set about their work and take advantage of the quiet summer months to make significant headway. The orange caution tape—strung up to protect inquisitive visitors from exploring the deep trenches being dug for water pipes and electric cables—did not prevent the casual onlooker from snapping pictures on a smartphone. “There is something inherently exciting about watching a building slowly

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rise up from the ground before your eyes,” said Jim Frick, Blair’s chief operating officer, who is overseeing construction of the buildings, which are set to open in September 2015.

Among the most exciting features of the new dormitories will be several open-concept common spaces, surrounded by glass to create atriums, which will provide beautiful views of Blair Lake and the Hardwick Common Green. And, most importantly, both dormitories—one for upper-school boys and one for girls—will enable the School to create greater gender balance within the student body and also provide high-quality living accommodations for both students and faculty.

Scheduled to open for the 2015-2016 school year, the two new dorms are sure to be greeted by the happy smiles of the students and faculty who are lucky enough to be the first to call them home. ■

ADVANCEMENT

New Dormitory Naming Opportunities Boys’ Dormitory $5,000,000*

Girls’ Dormitory $5,000,000

Common Room $500,000*

Common Room $500,000*

Terrace $200,000

Terrace $200,000

Study Rooms $300,000*

Study Rooms $300,000*

Laundry Room $50,000

Laundry Room $50,000*

Faculty Apartments:

Faculty Apartments:

3-bedroom $300,000

3-bedroom $300,000

2-bedroom. $250,000*

2-bedroom $250,000

1-bedroom $150,000

1-bedroom $150,000

Common Green & Landscaping $1,000,000*

*Named

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ADVANCEMENT

Celebrating Family Ties: Legacy Students Keep the Blair Tradition Alive

Marta Bugen ’17 (right) with dad David Bugen ’66 and sister Sarah Bugen ’10.

Katie Peacock ’18 (left) with mom Alyson Peacock ’83.

Jewel Saxton ’18 (center) with mom Stefanie and dad Guy Saxton ’79. Not pictured: Jewel’s brother, Jack ’17, who is a sophomore at Blair.

Will Sigety ’18 (center) with dad Rob Sigety ’75 and mom Liz. Not pictured: Will’s sister Katie ’16, who is a junior. Rob’s brother, Neal Sigety ’76, has also made attending Blair a family tradition: sons Ned ’16 and Brad ’18 are current students.

Sean Smith ’86 with his wife, Christina, and their children, Henry ’16 and Fayre. Not pictured: Carlin Smith ’14.

Chris Wolfe ’85 (left) and Blair Trustee Amelia Wolfe ’85 with their daughter, Caroline ’18.

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ADVANCEMENT

For legacies, attending Blair is a family affair.

Blair alumni are the School’s best ambassadors, and there’s no stronger vote of confidence in the School than the decision to have one of your own family members follow

your path to campus. With over 30 current students having some family connection to Blair, the School is pleased to introduce its legacy families.

Parents, Grandparents & Great-Grandparents

Tom Fountain ’81 Lauren Fountain ’18

Jeff Seubel ’63 Andrew Booth ’15

Dick Amdur ’50 Blake Small ’15

Crissie Cooke-Gibbs ’80 Maiya Gibbs ’15

John Britton ’25*

Marianne Lieberman ’79 Meghan Grant ’17

Neal Sigety ’76 Ned Sigety ’16 Brad Sigety ’18

Sadie Britton ’16 David Bugen ’66 Marta Bugen ’17 Michael Carbonaro ’00 X’Avier Pesqueira ’18 Mike Castle ’70 Ben Castle ’15 Lai Yuen Chiang ’84 Yi Jun Lim ’16 Denise Stocker Current ’74 Carissa Current ’16 Andy Davlin ’46 Hannah Ochtera ’17 Mila (Burke) DeLoren ’87 Caroline DeLoren ’17 Carlton Durling ’47 Ollie Durling ’15

Richard Hoffman ’26* Don Hoffman ’54 Rachel Hoffman ’15 Coray Kirby ’80 Brush Kirby ’15 John Naisby ’57 Jess Lowndes ’15 Jessie (Peck) Martin ’85 Natalie Martin ’15 Alyson (Pool) Peacock ’83 Katie Peacock ’18 Barth Rubin ’78 Zach Rubin ’18 Guy Saxton ’79 Jack Saxton ’17 Jewel Saxton ’18 Howard Saylor ’50 Devyn Saylor ’16

Rob Sigety ’75 Katie Sigety ’16 Will Sigety ’18 Len Simon ’54* Ethan Simon ’15 Sean Smith ’86 Henry Smith ’16 Raymond Vass 1912* Stan Vass ’49* Jeff Vass ’79 Spencer Vass ’15 Chris Wedholm ’80 Eric Maine ’77 Harley Wedholm ’17 Amelia (Thate) Wolfe ’85 Chris Wolfe ’85 Caroline Wolfe ’18 *Deceased

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ADVANCEMENT

Meet Craig Hall: Blair’s New Chief Advancement Officer Craig Hall arrived on campus in late August to lead the advancement team in his new role as chief advancement officer.

An accomplished fundraising executive with Graham-Pelton Consulting since 2001, Craig comes to Blair with more than 20 years of fundraising experience in independent schools and many other non-profit organizations. Over the course of his career, he has developed an extensive background in campaign management, planning studies, major gift solicitation, Board development and recruitment, internal staff management and executive coaching.

And just a brief conversation with Craig quickly reveals another key to his well-documented success: a friendly, approachable, confident personality that makes him an ideal fit for the Blair community.

When asked what excited him about coming to Blair, he replied, “I’m looking forward to putting all my experience with independent schools and other non-profit organizations under one umbrella to take advantage of the opportunity to focus solely on one institution: Blair.” As for what attracted him to the School, Craig says he was impressed by “Blair’s rich history of

Trustee Spotlight: Meet Lai Yuen Chiang ’84 Blair welcomes Mrs. Lai Yuen Chiang ’84 as the newest member of the Board of Trustees. In addition to her international background and formidable business experience as the chief executive officer of Chen Hsong Holdings, Ltd., Mrs. Chiang brings with her a deep familiarity with the School as both an alumna and parent of Yu Rong Lim ’14 and Yi Jun Lim ’16.

After graduating from Blair, Mrs. Chiang attended Wellesley College, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in English and economics, before returning home to Hong Kong to join her father’s company, the world’s largest manufacturer and distributor of plastic injection molding machines. Quickly demonstrating outstanding management skills as one of the few women in the industry, she 7 8 SU M M ER - FAL L 2014

philanthropy, as well as Chris Fortunato’s dynamic leadership and passionate vision for the future.” The combination, he added, made this an opportune time for him to come and help advance the School’s mission.

A New Jersey resident for many years, Craig currently lives in Mendham with his wife, Trish, and his four children, Caroline (20), Catherine (18), Conrad (16) and Cortland (11). When he’s not working, he enjoys hiking, biking and paddle tennis, as well as spending time outdoors with his family. A college lacrosse player, he coached youth lacrosse for many years and looks forward to cheering on Blair’s lacrosse teams this spring. He also serves as a board member of the P.G. Chambers School and Mendham Golf and Tennis Club.

“Our faculty and staff are excited to partner with such an accomplished fundraising professional, and we look forward to leveraging Craig’s expertise to enhance our advancement efforts in the years ahead,” said Head of School Chris Fortunato. ■

“I’m looking forward to putting all my experience with independent schools and other non-profit organizations under one umbrella to take advantage of the opportunity to focus solely on Blair.” became the chief executive officer of the company in 2004, earning multiple recognitions as a successful female entrepreneur.

A hardworking, forward-thinking business professional, Mrs. Chiang remains equally dedicated to her roles as mother, daughter and spouse. She also serves as the executive director of her family’s charitable foundation, Chiang Chen Industrial Charity Foundation, which promotes industrial development in China and Hong Kong, and was appointed Justice of the Peace by the government of the Hong Kong Special Administration Region in 2012. Additionally, she serves as director of the Shanghai Fudan University Education Development Foundation and is a member of the Court of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

“With her wealth of experience in business development, philanthropic leadership, board management and parenting, Mrs. Chiang is eager to support Blair in advancing its mission, and we were delighted to welcome her to the Board at our meeting in October 2014,” said Head of School Chris Fortunato.

To view a list of Blair Board members, please visit our website. ■ www.blair.edu/trustees

PLANNED GIVING

“My decision to include Blair in my will at this stage in my life is my way of saying, ‘This is what I care about— schools like Blair that are laying the strong foundation critical to our children’s success.’”

—Marianne Lieberman ’79 From left to right: Marianne Lieberman ’79, Jean Doern Lieberman and Carolyn Grant.

TWO GENERATIONS OF LIEBERMANS Help Pave the Way for Blair’s Future

By the time Marianne Lieberman ’79

and Marianne, witnessed firsthand the

to help an institution that is making

arrived on campus as a new junior in

positive impact Blair had made on her

a meaningful contribution to society.

1977, the Lieberman family was already

brother—and later her own children—so

Blair is about the work of educating

a well-known Blair entity. The youngest

including Blair in her will seemed like

our future leaders by teaching them

of four children, Marianne has two

a natural response. Simply put, “Blair

critical leadership skills and equipping

brothers, Michael ’71 and Mark ’74,

helped raise my kids.” Everyone knows

students to serve their communities

who took advantage of the athletic and

the expression “actions speak louder

and the world at large with their own

academic opportunities Blair offered

than words,” and for a mother who

distinct talents and gifts.”

to put their stamp on the wrestling

worked hard to teach her children

and football programs and become

the importance of giving back, Jean’s

Marianne credits the School with

successful student-athletes. And their

decision to make a planned gift came

exposing her to a much larger world

Uncle Jack—John O. Doern ’48—paved

as no surprise.

view. “Interacting regularly with students

the road for all three of them, having

For her part, Marianne—herself a

Recalling her own Blair experience,

from all over the world, engaging in

graduated almost three decades

mother of two children with her wife,

meaningful intellectual discussion with

before. Since then, scores of Lieberman

Carolyn Grant—shares Jean’s faith

caring, dedicated teachers, debating

family members have attended Blair,

in the School and takes pleasure in

articles in The New York Times—these

each sharing in the family legacy and

watching her daughter Meghan ’17

all helped me to discover my own

making Blair their own.

grow up on the Blair campus. Naming

passions and gave me the confidence

Blair in her will, alongside her mother,

to express my ideas and opinions

leave home is no easy task for a mother.

merely underscores her belief in the

unapologetically,” she said. “I learned

But Jean Doern Lieberman, Jack’s

value of a Blair education. “There is no

that if you really want something, you

sister and the mother of Michael, Mark

greater joy than having the opportunity

have to go for it.” And that she did.

It’s no secret that letting your children

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A successful student-athlete at the

business, she now owns and operates

said. “My decision to include Blair

University of Richmond, she fought for

a Pennsylvania-based winery, Maple

in my will at this stage in my life is

the chance to double-major in political

Springs Vineyard. And when she’s not

my way of saying, ‘This is what I care

science and economics, which was not

coaching youth basketball or working

about—schools like Blair that are laying

an option at the time, and competed

on capital campaigns as a board

the strong foundation critical to our

on the varsity basketball and tennis

member of the Wyndcroft School, she’s

children’s success.’”

teams. As an intern in Washington,

traveling to Blairstown to visit Meg and

D.C., she formed a Women’s Athletic

engage with the community as a Blair

afraid to voice her opinion, to other

Counsel that later sued her alma mater

Trustee and chair of the Board’s School

Blair alumni and parents she offers one

for Title IX violations. Marianne later

Life and Education Committee.

piece of advice: “Don’t wait. It’s not

partnered with her brother Mark to help

“Even after just one year, I’m already

And as a woman who’s never been

about the size of your gift, which you

run and grow the family’s successful

seeing the positive impact that Blair

can easily alter as your circumstances

airport advertising business, Interspace

is having on Meg’s life—both inside

change; it’s about taking a stand now,

Airport Advertising. Having sold the

and outside the classroom.” Marianne

for the future.” ■

The Blair Academy Players…

1936

2014

SET THE STAGE for BLAIR’S FUTURE TAKE CENTER STAGE AND PLAY A LEADING ROLE IN BLAIR’S FUTURE.

BY WRITING A FEW LINES IN YOUR WILL, YOU CAN CREATE A LASTING LEGACY. For more information on how to include Blair in your estate plans and become a member of the John C. Sharpe Society, contact Velma Lubliner, assistant director 8 0 SU M M ER - FAL L 2014

of advancement, at (908) 362-6121, ext. 5634, or lubliv@blair.edu.

www.blair.edu/planned-giving

PLANNED GIVING John C. Sharpe Society

1949 Mr. Thomas J. Bain Mr. E. Harrison Eudy Jr. Mr. Robert A. Neff Mr. John C. M. Wallace 1951 Mr. Robert E. Kiley

“He found a campus of 11 acres; he leaves a campus of over 300 acres. He found buildings few in number, poorly equipped; he leaves a large group of buildings finely equipped for every school purpose. He found a school provincial in type, of 100 pupils; he leaves a cosmopolitan school of 300 boys. He found a school of only local repute; he leaves a school famous throughout the country.”

—Albert Myrick Freeman, on the legacy of Dr. John C. Sharpe, Headmaster 1898-1927 The John C. Sharpe Society embodies the spirit and ensures the vision of Dr. John C. Sharpe, one of Blair’s most influential headmasters. Planned gifts are the cornerstone of Blair’s endowment, and membership in the John C. Sharpe Society reflects a special commitment to the future. To become a member of the John C. Sharpe Society, please contact Velma Lubliner, assistant director of advancement, at (908) 362-6121, ext. 5634, or lubliv@blair.edu.

Following is a roster of members: 1934 Mr. Carlos G. Dannemann 1936 Mrs. William C. Heard* Dr. J. Brooks Hoffman 1937 Mrs. John G. Ritzenthaler* 1938 Mr. Arthur A. Richmond III Mr. John T. Tuttle* 1939 Mrs. Forrest A. Daniels Mrs. William T. Reilly 1940 Mrs. John T. Billington* Mr. Edwards F. Rullman 1941 Dr. Lucian Fletcher Jr. Mr. Mark R. Strouse II 1942 Mr. Archer N. Martin II Mr. Robert G. Rouse Jr.

1943 Mr. A. Albert Bergen Mrs. John D. Deacon Mrs. M. Michael Lobsitz* 1944 Mrs. Nancy LaFountain 1945 Mr. Eugene H. Buttle Mr. Richard P. Rubenoff Mr. Alfred J. Ward

1952 Mr. and Mrs. Bruce M. Dayton Mr. William R. Martens Mr. Alan R. Mills 1953 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Hoff Mr. William R. Timken 1954 Mr. Donald H. McCree Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Hobart D. Van Deusen 1956 Mr. Peter M. Black Mr. Lars T. Carlson Mr. Raleigh Chinn Jr. Mr. Nelson P. Cohen* Mr. Stewart H. Cole Mr. Courtney R. Fritts* Mr. John D. Hatfield Dr. Herbert M. Tabak Eric and Suzanne Walther Mr. Richard A. Young 1957 Mr. and Mrs. James H. G. Naisby Dr. William G. Ovens Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin A. Tabak 1958 Mr. Steven R. Losa Mr. Dean C. Pappas* 1959 Mr. Peter K. Austin Mr. James E. Burcham* Mr. Theodore A. Doremus Jr. Mr. C. David Howell Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius J. O’Kane 1960 Mr. and Mrs. Philip W. Koebig III

1947 Mr. John C. Bogle* Mr. William N. Davies Mr. Wesley W. Ford

1961 Mr. Stephen E. Barr Mr. Frank H. Briggs Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Everett Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan E. Paul Mr. Craig S. Sim Mr. Howard E. Steilen Jr. Mr. Marc W. Suffern II*

1948 Mrs. Mary M. Bartels Mr. James K. Meneely Jr. Mr. Richard K. Orr Mr. David D. Wakefield

1962 Mr. Mark Gottesman Mr. Willard H. Johnson Jr. Mr. Dennis Wm. Peachey* Mr. Jon L. Ten Haagen

1946 Mr. Robert S. Fow* Mr. William R. Hilgendorff Jr. The Rev. Dr. James R. Tanis Mr. Malcolm M. Teare

1963 The Hon. John D. Case Jr. Mr. Brian N. Clayton Mr. L. Carter Crewe III Mr. Durfee L. Day Jr. Mr. Donald C. Hazard* Mr. Douglas Henderson Mr. and Mrs. W. Jeffery Seubel Mr. Donald K. Usher Jr. William Staniar and Jennifer Wildrick Family Trust 1964 Arthur and Lori French Mr. Andros B. Thomson* Mr. Paul D. Vartanian Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Yuengling III 1965 Henry and Cheryl Clutsam Mr. J. Jeff Corwin Mr. William W. Durland* Mr. Robert M. Lay Mr. Robert S. Weiner* 1966 Mr. James P. Jenkins 1967 Mr. Gregory U. Auger II Mr. J. Lawrence Snavely

1979 Marianne Lieberman and Carolyn Grant 1980 Mr. Scott D. Jones 1981 Mr. Alfred S. Dally Jr. 1984 Mrs. Kristine C. Lisi Dr. Mark D. Moon 1986 Ms. Linda M. Fellows 1990 Mr. and Mrs. Ned and Tanya Montenecourt 1993 Mr. Hyun Seok Hwang and Dr. Katharine Miao 1997 Mrs. Victoria P. Bailey Mrs. Christy L. Burkart 2003 Mr. Daniel G. Seals 2004 Mr. Emmanuel Bello

1968 Mr. Arthur T. Ambrose

Faculty Mr. William W. Finley* Mr. and Mrs. T. Chandler Hardwick III

1969 Michael Cormany Cleavenger Mr. Donald B. Fedor Keith and Debbi Patten Robert Van Stone and Marian Darlington

Friends Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah J. Ciancia Mr. John M. Dempsey Jr. Mr. A. A. LaFountain III Mr. Chris Tsiouris Jr.

1970 Alexander and Jeanne Sloane

Grandparents Mr. John N. McConnell Sr.

1971 Mr. H. Craig Stem 1973 Ms. Rose Mary Herbst Mr. James G. Houston Mr. Stephen G. Kole Mrs. Melinda M. Shumway 1974 Mr. Alan H. Gardiner Ms. Sandra L. Scannelli Mrs. Denise Stocker Current Mr. Warren L. Youngblood 1975 Mrs. Jennifer A. Woltjen 1976 Mr. John S. Marhefka Mr. Keith H. Rauschenbach and Dr. Joseph Cassidy Jr. 1977 Mr. Harry D. Gates Mr. Richard T. Luzzi

Parents Anonymous Ms. Carolyn M. Buck Luce Mrs. Barbara E. Clark Mr. Olin A. Cramer Mrs. Kenneth H. Crandall Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald R. Decker Mr. and Mrs. David N. Denker Richard and Chrysa Graber Madison F. Grose and Honora A. Grose Mrs. Selena T. Howard Ms. Jane A. Hulick Mr. and Mrs. David C. Hull Jr. Mrs. Jean Doern Lieberman Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert I. Martin Mrs. Stacey Willits McConnell Mr. John E. Skvarla III Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Solar Mrs. Thomas H. Wiss III * Charter Member

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ANNUAL REPORT Finance Report

“The operating fund produced a small surplus for the 20th-consecutive year, enabling the School to build an even stronger financial foundation."

Dear Alumni, Parents and Friends, It is my pleasure to report that Blair Academy

year resulted in an overall increase in

funds that help support the operation

the School’s net asset value of more

and maintenance of the School.

than $15.4 million for a total net asset value of $146.9 million.

continues to build steadily on our

that Blair continues to derive the bulk

Although the School incurred

financial strength with a successful 2013-2014 fiscal year. While many financial factors contributed to our positive fiscal outcome, the primary influences were a strong admission pool, prudent expense management, consistent annual fund giving and a robust endowment. The strong financial performance during the

of its revenues from current tuition. The

additional expenses as a result of last

Board of Trustees remains committed

year’s challenging winter, the operating

to exploring strategic initiatives that

fund produced a small surplus for

will reduce our reliance on tuition and

the 20th-consecutive year, enabling

make tuition increases manageable for

the School to build an even stronger

future generations of Blair students.

financial foundation. The Board of

The advancement office also works

Trustees allocated all surplus funds to

diligently to increase annual giving

supplement the endowment and plant

and endowment gifts to achieve the same goal.

Student Support Services 1.6% Summer Programs 2%

The graph below illustrates the fact

Other Sources .7%

Real Assets 12%

Cash 1%

Annual Fund 7.6% Domestic Equity 38%

Private Equity 3% Endowment Income 10.9%

13-14 Operating Revenue %

Multi-Strategy Hedge Funds 14%

Blair Academy Endowment Allocation As of June 30, 2014

Student Tuition & Fees 77.2% International Equity 15% Global Fixed Income 17%

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ANNUAL REPORT Finance Report

Blair Academy Endowment Performance 10-11

11-12

12-13

13-14

$54,534,508

$66,364,448

$67,037,048

$75,608,446

New Endowment Gifts

$1,150,297

$3,673,397

$1,272,870

$1,060,901

Transfers from Operations

$1,250,000

$375,000

$550,000

$590,000

$12,284,161

($637,064)

$9,586,186

$13,945,754

Beg. Mkt. Value

Total Investment Return Draw for Operations

($2,854,518)

($2,738,733)

($2,837,658)

($3,152,565)

Ending Mkt. Value (6/30)

$66,364,448

$67,037,048

$75,608,446

$88,052,536

Total Return (%)

The table above depicts the overall

22.5%

-0.1%

On campus, our primary focus

14.3%

18.5%

I hope this brief summary of Blair

rise of Blair Academy’s endowment

rests on the timely construction of

Academy’s financial landscape leaves

over the past four fiscal years. Most

two new dormitories situated by Blair

you with a deeper understanding

notably, the portfolio produced a

Lake. These dormitories—one for

of the critical impact your gifts have

strong 18.5-percent return over the last

boys and one for girls—are scheduled

on the School’s everyday operations

year. The total return (net of fees) of

to open for the 2015-2016 school

and the superior education of both

18.5 percent outperformed the target-

year. Designed to complement the

current and future students. I want

weighted benchmark by two percent.

traditional exterior style of existing

to express my gratitude to the many

dormitories, both buildings will

people who have helped the School

Committee comprises many

provide updated residential housing

in so many ways. If you have any

experienced investment professionals

for both students and faculty and will

questions or comments about what

guided by our consultant from the

enable the School to achieve greater

I’ve reported here, please feel free

Fund Evaluation Group. Together,

gender equity among the boarding

to contact me at (908) 362-6121, ext.

they continue to monitor and evaluate

population. The addition of the new

5627, or email at frickj@blair.edu.

our asset allocation and seek new

dorms will allow us to establish a

opportunities to maximize our returns,

potential new use for East and Davies

while protecting our valuable assets.

Hall (though the Board of Trustees

The asset allocation for our portfolio at

has yet to determine the fate of these

the end of June 2014 is shown at left.

buildings).

The Blair Academy Investment

Sincerely,

James Frick Chief Operating Officer

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ANNUAL REPORT Board Chair Thank You

“Our alumni grow closer and closer to Blair each year, and their continued connection to the School is vital to our ability to be true to our legacy and to never rest on our laurels.” campus and become loyal supporters

Currently, we are continuing to raise

and cheerleaders of our mission.

funds to complete the construction

The Annual Report that follows

of two new dormitories to replace the

provides an overview of just one

aging East and Davies Halls. These

Dear Members of the Blair Community,

aspect of your support for Blair, the

beautiful structures—scheduled to

financial element. Blair cannot achieve

open for the 2015-2016 school year—

all that it does in the classroom, in

will house nearly 90 students and will

The momentum at Blair across all

the dorms, on the playing fields

enable the School to achieve greater

fronts is palpable. We have just

and throughout the arts with tuition

gender balance. Donations to capital

completed what was arguably our

alone. The Blair Fund is needed to

projects this past year totaled $4.4

best year in terms of admission,

supplement tuition, so that we can

million, bringing the total of all funds

college placement and endowment

meet our annual operating budget

raised to $6.7 million.

investment performance. Chris

of nearly $30 million per annum,

Fortunato, our new Head of School,

which includes over $5 million in

your trust in Blair and for being such

has integrated seamlessly into the

annual scholarship and financial aid

loyal supporters. Financial support for

Blair community and has impressed

funding. Total giving and participation

Blair is essential, but equally important

us with his impassioned leadership.

measures for the Blair Fund were

is your passion for the Blair mission,

And we are so proud of our dedicated

again exceptional for the 2013-2014

which you continue to display through

faculty, who continue to drive our core

fiscal year, with Trustee participation

the time and effort that so many of you

mission of knowing our students and

at 100 percent, parent participation

have dedicated to the School. There

providing the personalized mentoring

at a record 83 percent and alumni

is no better way to spread the word of

that has come to define Blair perhaps

participation reaching 30 percent.

all the good work that Blair is doing

more than anything else.

Blair Fund gifts totaled $2.3 million,

than through the efforts of you, our

representing a 13-percent increase

loyal and committed alumni, parents

from the previous year.

and friends of Blair. Our School

All of these enviable outcomes rely directly upon the support of the entire Blair community—Trustees, alumni,

While the Blair Fund is critical in

I want to thank all of you for putting

could not ask for a better community

parents and friends. Our alumni grow

supplementing our annual operating

of enthusiastic ambassadors who

closer and closer to Blair each year,

budget, we also need to fund capital

continue to do so much to help keep

and their continued connection to the

projects in order to maintain, refurbish

us on a path of excellence.

School is vital to our ability to be true

and improve our physical facilities.

to our legacy and to never rest on our

Most visible in the past decade have

laurels. Our parents also provide key

been the construction of Hardwick Hall,

support. Realizing that four years at Blair

The Black Canteen, Blair Commons,

passes in what seems like an instant, our

the pedestrian campus and major

Doug Kimmelman P’12 ’13 ’15

parents jump in from their first days on

renovations to faculty housing.

Board Chairman

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With much gratitude,

ANNUAL REPORT

Endowment & Capital Gifts Received

July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2014

Endowment Scholars Program The Kennedy Family Scholarship

Total Scholars Program

The Hardwick Teaching Fellowship Fund $3,000.00

$3,000.00

The Alexander F. A. Bodini ’01 Scholarship

$100,250.00

The Nevett S. Bartow ’50 Fund

50,000.00

The Black Family Science Fund

The Bolton Family Scholarship

1,000.00

Blair LEADS

The Captain August Martin Memorial Scholarship

2,000.00

The James Howard Fund

The Class of 1954 New Horizons Scholarship

6,500.00

The James R. Kelley Sabbatical

The Class of 1960 Scholarship

1,579.40

Total Enrichment

The Class of 1962 Scholarship

5,325.00

The Class of 1964 Scholarship

89,073.00

The Class of 1966 Scholarship

2,200.00

The Sallyann and Alfred S. Dally Sr. ’43 Library Fund

The Clifford L. and Joan B. Cramer Scholarship

4,729.50

Estate Endowment

The Mr. and Mrs. George L. Edwards Jr. ’35 Scholarship

84,308.12

General Scholarship

1,136.64

The Grauert-Besson Memorial Scholarship

4,270.65

The Harding Educational Fund The Henry Heguy Memorial Scholarship The International Student Scholarship

100.00 2,000.00 25,000.00

The Willard H. Johnson ’62 Scholarship

3,750.00

The Kiley Family Scholarship

3,000.00

The Martin Krugman Memorial Scholarship The Alfred A. LaFountain ’44 Memorial Scholarship The Robert M. Lay ’65 Scholarship The David T. and Candida C. Low Scholarship The Theodore John Martineau Jr. ’84 Memorial Scholars Program The Miles A. McDonald Endowed Scholarship

100.00 20,250.00 3,100.00 635.00 5,000.00 40,000.00

The Robert L. Marcalus, Jr. ’65 Tree Fund The J. Ronald McLean Memorial Fund

200.00

Timken Library Endowment Fund Unrestricted Endowment

$126,939.63

Total Endowment

$806,305.25

Capital Athletic Facility Fund Dorm Faculty Renovations

Girls Lacrosse

2,000.00

Math and Science Building New Dormitory

The Ronald E. ’50 and Barbara M. Philipp Scholarship

10,000.00

Pool Restoration Fund

The David Worthington Sobel ’09 Memorial Scholarship

60,475.00

Unrestricted Capital Campaign

50,000.00

The William G. Zester Memorial Scholarship

Total Scholarships

250.00

$609,367.81

Unrestricted Project Fund

Total Capital

The Class of 1962 Teaching Fellow

$7,825.00

The Class of 1963 Faculty Chair

27,522.81

$288,125.00 51,666.00 1,000.00 107,039.63 3,000.00 10,000.00 416,612.29 50,000.00 10,000.00 2,554,931.56

$3,492,374.48

Restricted Domestic Service Fund

$10,000.00

Global Initiatives Fund

55,000.00

Pending Donor Designation

Teaching

100.00 106,666.20

Total Other Endowment

3,085.00

The Wildrick Family Scholarship

100.00 11,500.00 1,000.00

The Katharine D. and Philip E. Paulus ’44 Scholarship

50,000.00

5,373.43

Skvarla Golf Fund

The David A. Ogden ’87 Memorial Scholarship

15,000.00

$1,000.00

The Peachey Fund

General Building Fund

The Annabel ’96 and Paul Vartanian ’64 Scholarship

150.00

$6,650.00

500.00

8,000.00

The Gerard and Margery Thomas Scholarship

500.00

The Headmaster’s Discretionary Fund

The Moon Family Scholarship

1,050.50

750.00 5,000.00

500.00

Front Entrance/Maintenance Building

100.00

$250.00

The Michael A. Habermann ’41 Endowed Fund for Foreign Language Study

4,000.00

The Kurt W. Socha ’06 Memorial Scholarship

$60,347.81

Other Endowment

The Ray Mendoza ’87 Wrestling Scholarship

The Pearson Sisters Scholarship

10,000.00

Total Teaching Enrichment

Scholarships The Nicholas S. Battelle ’60 Scholarship

15,000.00

The Litzenberger Mathematics Fund

Total Restricted Total Realized Capital Development

25,000.00

$90,000.00 $4,388,679.73

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The Capital Fund Capital gifts are allocated toward the endowment or the physical plant. These contributions enrich the lives of students and faculty through scholarships, faculty enrichment, travel programs and capital building projects.

Anonymous (3) ACP MacDouglas Corporation Ms. Lesley Addlem Mr. and Mrs. John E. Alden Jr. ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Deepak Amin Mr. and Mrs. Jin Hoi An Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Applebaum ’97 Mr. Frank A. Arietta ’63 The Armstrong Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Perrin L. Arturi Mr. and Mrs. Selden D. Bacon Jr. Mrs. Dorothy G. Battelle Mr. and Mrs. Norman E. Beatty ’58 Mr. Christopher A. Bengtson ’64 Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Inc. Bessemer Trust Mr. and Mrs. Jay C. Biggins Dr. and Mrs. Hugh E. Black BlackRock Matching Gift Program Mr. Daniele Bodini Mr. and Mrs. John C. Bogle ’47 Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Bolton Dr. and Mrs. Jim Boozan The Boston Foundation Dr. Dennis E. Bradford, PhD ’64 Mr. and Mrs. John B. Brams ’64 Ms. Cherese Y. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Raymond F. Burghardt Jr. ’63 Mr. Bruce D. Campbell ’64 Hon. and Mrs. John D. Case Jr. ’63 Mr. and Mrs. William S. Cashel III ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Ceppi ’62 Mr. Shu-Gar G. Chan ’48 Chelsea Community Hospital Mr. Jung Jun Choi and Mrs. Sung Hye Choi The Estate of Mark A. Chramiec ’46 Mr. Jeffrey B. Clausen and Mrs. Rebecca Austill-Clausen Mr. and Mrs. Kevin L. Clayton Mr. Peter J. Cleary ’58 Ms. Jaymel E. Connor Mr. Gary W. Coppin ’64 Ms. Terri Lynn Cornwell Mr. J. Jeffrey Corwin ’65 Mr. and Mrs. L. Carter Crewe III ’63 Mr. Alfred S. Dally Jr. ’81 Mr. and Mrs. Craig U. Dana Sr. ’60 The Estate of Pieter P. de Kadt ’46 Dr. and Mrs. Joseph DeStefano Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dixon The Estate of T. Peter Doremus Jr. ’45 Dr. Yuansheng Du and Mrs. Shuguang Qi Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Dunworth ’63 Mr. and Mrs. James H. Earhart ’64 The Estate of George L. Edwards ’35

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Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Elghanayan ’66 Mr. and Mrs. K. Thomas Elghanayan ’62 Mr. Steven B. Elghanayan Mr. and Mrs. Norris H. Evans Jr. ’64 Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Mr. and Mrs. Daniel H. Fitzgerald Mrs. Eileen Fitzgerald Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. French ’64 The Helen Clay Frick Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Frystock Jr. ’64 Dr. and Mrs. Jay D. Geller General Electric Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Paul Giddins Mr. John B. Stiteler and Mrs. Ellen Giddins-Stiteler Mr. Benjamin Goldhagen Mr. and Mrs. Gerald J. Gorman Grainger Matching Charitable Gifts Program The Estate of Roberta B. Grauert Greater Houston Community Foundation Mr. Alan B. Greenstein ’63 Mr. Stephen F. Gudernatch ’66 Mr. Peter Habermann Mr. and Mrs. Francis Hallinan Mr. and Mrs. T. Chandler Hardwick III Mr. and Mrs. Clark W. Heckert ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Henderson ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Roderick B. Henderson ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Hitchner III Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey G. Hoffman Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Hooper ’58 Mr. and Mrs. Brian J. Hughes ’64 Mr. and Mrs. David C. Hull Jr. Dr. Katharine Miao and Mr. Hyun Seok Hwang ’93 Mr. Robert R. Hyde ’64 IBM Dr. and Mrs. Carl H. Jacobs ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jacobs ’63 The James J. Colt Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. David G. Januszewski Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Jeffries ’96 Mr. and Mrs. James P. Jenkins ’66 Jewish Community Foundation of MetroWest NJ Mr. Willard H. Johnson Jr. ’62 Mr. Christopher W. Jones ’06 Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Jordan Mr. and Mrs. Mike Kahn Mr. Gregg J. Berman and Mrs. Susan R. Kahn Berman Ms. Anne L. Kalemjian Mr. and Mrs. James R. Kelley Sr., Hon. ’51, ’89 Kelly Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. John V. Kennard ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Kiley ’51 Mr. and Mrs. Douglas W. Kimmelman Kimmelman Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. King ’64 Mr. Allan P. Kirby Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Coray S. Kirby ’80 A. P. Kirby Jr. Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald P. Knox ’63 Mr. J. Stephen Kreglow, Esq. ’62 Mr. Kris and Mrs. Stefanie R. Kuhner ’96 Mr. George R. Seifert and Mrs. Janet Kurtz Seifert Mr. John C. LaFountain Ms. K. Emi LaFountain ’11 Mrs. Nancy LaFountain, Hon. ’44 Ms. Susan Lamothe

Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Lay ’65 Mrs. Elizabeth Layton and Mr. D. William Layton ’65 Dr. Sang Ill Lee and Mrs. Kyong Suk Kim Mr. and Mrs. Karl E. Lens Mr. and Mrs. Yijie Li Ms. Carolyn M. Grant and Ms. Marianne Lieberman ’79 Mr. Tae Kuwn Lim and Mrs. Hyun Jeong Park Dr. Samuel S. Litvin and Ms. Robin J. Scheman Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Litzenberger Mr. William K. Litzenberger The Litzenberger Family Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Robert Loewy Ms. Martha S. Loring Mr. Shan Lu and Mrs. Xiangxin Tang-Lu Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Lubin ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Lusardi Jr. ’64 Ms. Winifred Mabley Mr. and Mrs. Willard S. Mahood ’60 Mr. Jeremy J. and Ms. Meghan C. Marquez ’96 Mr. Daniel J. Martineau Mrs. Karen R. Mascarenhas Mr. and Mrs. Walter McDonald Mr. and Mrs. William J. McKinley III ’62 Mr. and Mrs. Alan L. Meltzer Drs. Vladimir and Inna Meskin Ms. Kristin Monroe Dr. Alison Moon and Dr. Mark Moon ’84 Mr. James C. Moore Ms. Claudia E. Morf Ms. Rebecca P. Morris ’05 Mr. and Mrs. Scott M. Morrison Captain and Mrs. Richard S. Ogden ’58 Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan H. Owsley ’91 Mr. and Mrs. Dean C. Pappas ’58 Mr. and Mrs. John R. Paul ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Philip E. Paulus ’44 Mr. Dennis W. ’62 and Mrs. Lynn Peachey, Hon. ’65, ’74 Pfizer Colonel and Mrs. Ronald E. Philipp, USA Ret. ’50 Mr. Donald K. Piermont Jr. ’63 Ms. Caitlin Pinkard ’08 Ms. Jena Pinkard ’07 Mr. and Mrs. Peter Pinkard Ms. Jamie Pollock Mr. Jon D. Pollock Mr. Charles W. Potter II ’64 Mr. and Mrs. John J. Powers The Powers Family Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Lee Pressler The R & R Family Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Rand ’62 Mr. Keith H. Rauschenbach ’76 Mr. and Mrs. Glenn L. Redbord, Esq. ’64 Dr. and Mrs. George H. Roenning ’64 Mr. and Mrs. David P. Romano ’76 Mr. and Mrs. Dominick J. Romano ’74 Mr.and Mrs. Dominick V. Romano, Hon. ’51 Mr. Anthony Rizzo and Ms. Nina A. Romano ’85 The Romano Family RoNetco Supermarkets, Inc. Mr. Peter H. Sandfort Jr. ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Guy N. Saxton ’79 Dr. and Mrs. Raymond B. Schaefer ’64 Mr. Frank C. Scheuer Jr. and Ms. Leigh Royer

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Mr. and Mrs. Douglass J. Seaver ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius E. Sigety ’76 Mrs. Marion Simon Mr. and Mrs. John M. Skvarla ’95 Mr. and Mrs. Alexander J. Sloane ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Scot M. Small Mr. and Mrs. Sean P. Smith ’86 Mr. John D. Smyers Jr. ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Sobel Dr. and Mrs. William B. Solomon ’64 State Farm Companies Foundation Mr. H. Craig Stem ’71 Dr. and Mrs. Matthew W. Strobeck ’92 Mr. Kevin A. Suffern ’64 Mr. Marc W. Suffern II ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Summers Jr. ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sysler Mr. and Mrs. Dean G. Tanella ’78 Mr. Jon L. Ten Haagen ’62 Mr. Creed R. Terry ’62 Mr. Andros B. Thomson ’64 Mr. and Mrs. William R. Timken ’53 Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Turner ’63 The Helen and Nelson Urban Charitable Foundation Mr. Donald K. Usher Jr. ’63 Mr. John Vail ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Hobart D. Van Deusen ’54 Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Vartanian ’64 Mr. and Mrs. David D. Wakefield ’48 Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Walter ’62 The Raymond John Wean Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John D. Weesner ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. Weir Jr. ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Courtney West ’64 Mr. and Mrs. William R. Widmaier ’63 Captain and Mrs. William S. Wildrick, USN Ret. ’63 Mr. Donald R. Wilkinson III ’64 The Willits Foundation The Honorable Thomas S. Wilson Jr. ’63 Mrs. Amelia C. Wolfe ’85 and Mr. Christian K. Wolfe ’85 Mr. and Mrs. Alan M. Woolf ’63 Mr. Yi Wu and Mrs. Wen Lu Mr. and Mrs. R. John Young Jr. ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Young Jr. ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Yuengling III ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Zayonts Mr. and Mrs. William J. Zester Jr. ’76

John I. Blair Society Members of the John I. Blair Society contributed leadership gifts of $50,000 or more.

Anonymous (3) ACP MacDouglas Corporation Mrs. Dorothy G. Battelle Mr. Daniele Bodini Mr. Sae Joo Chang and Ms. Hee Jung Nam Mr. and Mrs. Kevin L. Clayton The Estate of Pieter P. de Kadt ’46

The Estate of T. Peter Doremus Jr. ’45 The Estate of George L. Edwards ’35 Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Elghanayan ’66 Mr. and Mrs. K. Thomas Elghanayan ’62 Everbroad, LLC Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Mr. Benjamin Goldhagen Mr. and Mrs. T. Chandler Hardwick III Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Hitchner III Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Jeffries ’96 Mrs. Elizabeth B. Dater and Mr. Wm. Mitchell Jennings Jr. ’63 The Estate of Wilfred Jones The Kelly Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Yeonhang Kim Mr. and Mrs. Douglas W. Kimmelman Kimmelman Family Foundation Mr. Allan P. Kirby Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Coray S. Kirby ’80 A. P. Kirby Jr. Foundation, Inc. Ms. Winifred Mabley Mr. and Mrs. Alan L. Meltzer Mr. and Mrs. John J. Powers The Powers Family Foundation The R & R Family Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Jed E. Rhoads Mr. and Mrs. Dominick J. Romano ’74 Mr.and Mrs. Dominick V. Romano, Hon. ’51 The Romano Family RoNetco Supermarkets, Inc. RTR Family Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. R. Todd Ruppert ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius E. Sigety ’76 Mr. and Mrs. Alexander J. Sloane ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Sobel Mr. Zheng Sun and Mrs. Na Wang Mr. and Mrs. William R. Timken ’53 Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Vartanian ’64 Mr. Yi Wu and Mrs. Wen Lu Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Zayonts

Headmaster’s Society Members of the Headmaster’s Society contributed leadership gifts of $25,000 to $49,999.

Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. John C. Bogle ’47 Mr. Vincent Chou and Mrs. Jahyung Cho Mr. and Mrs. Sean T. Collins Dr. Yuansheng Du and Mrs. Shuguang Qi Mr. and Mrs. David G. Januszewski Mr. and Mrs. Mike Kahn Mr. Gregg J. Berman and Mrs. Susan R. Kahn Berman Ms. Carolyn M. Grant and Ms. Marianne Lieberman ’79 Mr. Tae Kuwn Lim and Mrs. Hyun Jeong Park Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. McCree Jr. ’54 Mr. and Mrs. Walter McDonald Dr. Alison Moon and Dr. Mark Moon ’84 Dr. Yong Jee Park and Mrs. Jung-ah Sohn Mr. and Mrs. David P. Romano ’76

Mr. and Mrs. Tim Tenney Mr. and Mrs. John T. Tuttle ’38 Mr. and Mrs. David D. Wakefield ’48 The Raymond John Wean Foundation

Clinton Society Members of the Clinton Society contributed leadership gifts of $10,000 to $24,999.

Anonymous (4) Ms. Lesley Addlem Mr. and Mrs. Jin Hoi An The Armstrong Foundation The Estate of Jerome E. Ball ’53 Mrs. Renee Ball Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund Mr. and Mrs. Norman E. Beatty ’58 Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Jim Boozan Hon. and Mrs. John D. Case Jr. ’63 Mr. Yoon Suk Choi and Mrs. Kyung Joo Lee Mr. Jung Jun Choi and Mrs. Sung Hye Choi The Estate of Mark A. Chramiec ’46 Mr. and Mrs. Sunil Chugani Dr. Hwa Cheol Chung and Mrs. Seon Hee Kim Mr. and Mrs. Taylor F. Clark Ms. Jaymel E. Connor The Estate of Henry B. Cowan Jr., Hon. ’53, ’59, ’61 Mr. Olin A. Cramer Mr. Steven B. Elghanayan Mr. Jack Epstein and Mrs. Kathy Lewis-Epstein Mr. and Mrs. Daniel H. Fitzgerald The Helen Clay Frick Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Jay D. Geller Greater Houston Community Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Clark W. Heckert ’64 Mr. Kwang-Suk Hong and Mrs. Sung-Hee Kim Mrs. Selena T. Howard Mr. and Mrs. David C. Hull Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James P. Jenkins ’66 Jewish Community Foundation of MetroWest NJ Jewish Communal Fund Mr. Christopher W. Jones ’06 Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Jordan Mr. and Mrs. John V. Kennard ’64 Mrs. Nancy LaFountain, Hon. ’44 Dr. Sang Ill Lee and Mrs. Kyong Suk Kim Mr. and Mrs. Yijie Li Dr. Samuel S. Litvin and Ms. Robin J. Scheman Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Litzenberger Mr. William K. Litzenberger The Litzenberger Family Foundation Ms. Martha S. Loring Mr. and Mrs. G. David MacEwen ’79 Mr. and Mrs. Gerald P. Marcus Mr. and Mrs. John P. Mooney Jr. Mr. Jerrold Newman Mr. and Mrs. Dean C. Pappas ’58 Col. and Mrs. Ronald E. Philipp, USA Ret. ’50 Mr. Keith H. Rauschenbach ’76 Ms. Margaret S. Riker Mr. and Mrs. Ramzi Y. Rishani ’83 Mr. Herbert J. Siegel ’46

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Mrs. Marion Simon Mr. and Mrs. Martin S. Simon ’48 Mr. and Mrs. Neil T. Smith Mr. H. Craig Stem ’71 Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sysler Mr. Arthur I. Trueger ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Tsai The Willits Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Yuengling III ’64

Ivy Society Members of the Ivy Society contributed leadership gifts of $5,000 to $9,999.

Anonymous (6) Mr. Emmanuel Bello ’04 Mr. and Mrs. David H. Bugen ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Burn ’55 Mr. Shu-Gar G. Chan ’48 Mr. and Mrs. Peter Cieszko Jr. Community Foundation of New Jersey Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Corrado Mr. and Mrs. William B. Cramer, Esq. ’64 Mr. and Mrs. John H. Dorsey ’55 Mr. and Mrs. Dean C. Durling Mr. Todd and Mrs. Jordan M. Ehmann ’97 Fribourg Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Rufus A. Fulton Jr. ’59 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Giddins Mr. and Mrs. Mark Gottesman ’62 Dr. Yau Hui and Dr. Zhi Quan Gong Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Humphrey ’62 Mrs. Nancy C. Hung Mr. Jong Hoon Hyun and Mrs. Seung Won Choi Mr. Marc Ingla and Mrs. Claudia Vives-Fierro Mr. and Mrs. William A. James III Mr. Jin Soo Kang and Ms. Heeking Namgung Mr. and Mrs. Alexandros Kedros Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Kiley ’51 Mr. You Hyun Kim and Mrs. Eun Young Hwang Mr. and Mrs. Kunsoo Kim Mr. George R. Seifert and Mrs. Janet Kurtz Seifert Mrs. Eileen H. Lambo Mr. James J. Lawless Jr. and Dr. Mary Beth Marcincin Drs. Hae Joon and In Gil Lee Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Levinson Lawrence & Karen Levinson Charitable Foundation Mrs. Valerie B. Marcus Mr. Richard Marks ’68 Mr. Daniel J. Martineau Mr. and Mrs. Christopher F. McConnell Mr. and Mrs. Scott M. Morrison Mr. and Mrs. James H. G. Naisby ’57 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Nashner ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Neff ’49 Mr. Young Jae Park and Mrs. Hyunjoo Eom Mr. Young Seok Park and Mrs. Young Ju Choe Mr. George F. Phelps ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Clint W. Pierce Dr. and Mrs. Lee Pressler Mr. Anthony Rizzo and Ms. Nina A. Romano ’85 Mr. and Mrs. David H. Sabath Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Savettiere

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Mr. Frank C. Scheuer Jr. and Ms. Leigh Royer Mr. and Mrs. W. Jeffery Seubel ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Sigety ’75 The Sigety Family Foundation Dr. and Mrs. William B. Solomon ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Bradford S. Stone Dr. and Mrs. Matthew W. Strobeck ’92 Mr. and Mrs. Herbert D. Sturman ’53 Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Troy Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Turner ’63 The Helen and Nelson Urban Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Norbert R. Wirsching Mr. Yuk Kwan Wong and Mrs. Chi Hsia Wang

Walter V. & Judith L. Shipley Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Craig S. Sim ’61 Mr. and Mrs. John M. Skvarla ’95 Mr. John L. Sykes Ms. Laurie J. Sykes TIAA-CREF Employee Giving Campaign Mr. and Mrs. Hobart D. Van Deusen ’54 Mr. Matthew J. Cressotti and Mrs. Tina Vandersteel Cressotti ’86 Mr. James Wang and Mrs. Cheng Zhang Mr. J. Brooks West ’47 Mr. and Mrs. Peter G. Wilds ’59 Mr. and Mrs. John A. Witte Jr. Mr. Xiaodong Yang and Mrs. Li Liu

Locke Society

1848 Society

Members of the Locke Society contributed leadership gifts of $3,000 to $4,999.

Members of the 1848 Society contributed leadership gifts of $1,848 to $2,999.

Mr. and Mrs. John E. Alden Jr. ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Deepak Amin Mr. and Mrs. William A. Benton ’51 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher W. Bodner Mr. and Mrs. James F. Britt Britt Investments of Hendersonville LLC Mr. and Dr. Leonard Buck Chelsea Community Hospital Mr. Young Bum Choi and Mrs. Jung In Yong Mr. and Mrs. Vincent A. Ciancarelli Mr. and Mrs. Christopher L. Clayton ’84 Mr. and Ms. Lewis Clayton Mr. Anthony F. Daddino and Mrs. Susan J. Bevan Mr. and Mrs. Craig U. Dana Jr. ’87 Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. DiFrancesco Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Duncan S. Ellsworth III The Estate of Roberta B. Grauert Mr. Patrick K. and Mrs. Lauren N. Haley ’93 Dr. Jung Ho Jang and Mrs. Jung Eun Song Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Jenkins ’69 Ms. Anne L. Kalemjian Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey D. Karp ’70 Mr. Hagsung Kim and Mrs. HyeSun Sin Mr. and Mrs. David S. Kohan ’85 Mr. and Mrs. James D. Krugman, Esq. ’65 Ms. Emily K. C. Lao Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Lay ’65 Dr. and Mrs. Christopher L. Leach ’65 Dr. Kyung Deok Lee and Mrs. Moo Kyung Hwang Mr. and Mrs. Kaven W. M. Leung Mr. Thomas B. Loring Mr. and Mrs. Steven R. Losa ’58 Mrs. Karen R. Mascarenhas Ms. Jessica E. McShane ’03 National Philanthropic Trust Capt. and Mrs. Richard S. Ogden ’58 Mr. and Mrs. John R. Paul ’65 Piedmont Bushings and Insulators, LLC Mrs. Sybil Pinkham Mr. Charles W. Potter II ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Rich Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Ryan Schwab Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Sexton Mr. and Mrs. Kanwar S. Sharma Mr. and Mrs. Ralph J. Sharma Mr. and Mrs. John P. Shipley ’85

Mr. and Mrs. Alan S. Andreas Mr. and Mrs. Patrick I. Arangio ’97 Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Barnako Jr. ’62 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Bell Jr. ’59 Bessemer Trust Mr. and Mrs. Jay C. Biggins Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Blankley Jr. ’71 The Boston Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Alan B. Brackup Mr. Frank F. and Mrs. Noreen M. Britt ’84 Mr. James E. Burcham ’59 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Callahan The Rev. Dr. and Mrs. James H. Chesnutt, Hon. ’47 Mr. Yeong Ching Lim and Mrs. Lai Yuen Chiang ’84 Mrs. Carol L. Clayton Mr. Peter J. Cleary ’58 The James J. Colt Foundation, Inc. Ms. Anne E. Cramer, Esq. ’75 Mr. Wayner P. Crowder ’64 Mr. and Ms. David Czaja Mr. Guojun Dai and Ms. Ziguang Wan Mr. Alfred S. Dally Jr. ’81 Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Deacon ’45 Dr. and Mrs. William S. Dudley ’54 Eastern Propane Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Ernsting Mr. and Mrs. Norris H. Evans Jr. ’64 Ms. Linda M. Fellows ’86 The Rev. and Mrs. William F. Feus ’84 Mr. and Mrs. John Finney Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Foote Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Fortunato Mr. Harry D. Gates ’77 Mr. Joshua B. George and Ms. Daina Nadler ’89 Mr. and Mrs. J. Bruce Gilman Jr. ’44 Mr. and Mrs. Madison F. Grose Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Groves Mr. and Mrs. John R. Haines Sr. Mr. and Mrs. David A. Hart Mr. John D. Hatfield ’56 Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Hayward III Mr. and Mrs. Robert Heino Mr. and Mrs. Alan M. Henion ’54 Heritage Mark Foundation Dr. and Ms. Bruce D. Holenstein ’78 Ms. Eleanor T. Howard ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Raymond E. Ix Jr.

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1848 Society Committee 2013-2014 The 1848 Society Committee is a group of committed alumni volunteers who give generously of their time and resources and work to encourage leadership giving to the School. They are dedicated to providing Blair with the financial support necessary to further advance the support of the School’s mission of excellence.

Mr. Norman E. Beatty ’58 Mr. Joseph E. Bell Jr. ’59 Mr. David H. Bugen ’66 Mr. J. Jeffrey Corwin ’65 Ms. Anne E. Cramer, Esq. ’75 Mr. William B. Cramer, Esq. ’64 Mr. Craig U. Dana Sr. ’60 Mr. Craig U. Dana Jr. ’87 Mr. Theodore A. Doremus Jr. ’59 Mr. George J. Ernst Jr. ’92 Reverend William F. Feus ’84 Mr. Courtney R. Fritts ’56 Mr. H. James Griffith ’60 Mr. Peter S. Humphrey ’62

Mr. John F. Jaindl ’73 Mr. Willard H. Johnson Jr. ’62 Mr. and Mrs. Stathes J. Kulukundis ’60 Mr. and Mrs. Mark T. Lieberman ’74 MD Lieberman Foundation Mr. Joseph Liro and Mrs. Joanne Hill Mr. and Mrs. William R. Martens ’52 Mr. and Mrs. Archer N. Martin II ’42 Mr. David E. McFarlane ’48 Mr. Roger J. Michaud Mr. and Mrs. Gerald T. Moran Jr. Mr. and John R. Naisby III ’57 Mr. Robert B. Nicholson III Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius J. O’Kane ’59 Mr. and Mrs. Philip E. Paulus ’44 Mr. and Mrs. Derek M. Peachey ’93 Mr. and Mrs. John R. Plunkett Jr. ’70 PSEG Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Rand Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Rand ’62 Realty of Maine Reilly Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Brent S. Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Rose, Esq. ’51 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Sanborn Mr. and Mrs. James Saylor Dr. and Mrs. Raymond B. Schaefer ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Douglass J. Seaver ’63 Mr. Jonathan M. Simon and Mrs. Jeanine M. McAdam Mr. Steven E. Slawson Mr. and Mrs. David P. Sleeper ’54 Mr. and Mrs. Barry H. Smith ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Sean P. Smith ’86 Stocker Bus Co., Inc. Mr. David P. Current and Mrs. Denise Stocker Current ’74 The Stoddard Charitable Trust Storis, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Surdoval Mr. and Mrs. Dean G. Tanella ’78 Mr. Andros B. Thomson ’64 Mr. Youshan Tian and Mrs. Jihong Guo Mr. and Mrs. H. Robert Tiffany III ’56

Mr. Robert N. Jenkins ’69 Mrs. Stefanie R. Kuhner ’96 Mr. Stathes J. Kulukundis ’60 Mr. Robert M. Lay ’65 Ms. Marianne Lieberman ’79 Mr. G. David MacEwen ’79 Mr. Willard S. Mahood ’60 Mr. William R. Martens ’52 Mr. Donald H. McCree Jr. ’54 Mr. Stuart G. Miller ’61 Dr. Mark D. Moon ’84 Mr. James H. G. Naisby ’57 Mr. Robert A. Neff ’49 Mr. Derek M. Peachey ’93

Mr. Deniz and Dr. Lisa Uzbay Ms. Marian Darlington and Mr. Robert L. Van Stone ’69 Mr. Francis J. and Mrs. Barbara G. Walsh ’73 Mr. and Mrs. Chester C. Weber ’93 Dr. and Mrs. Donald J. Weinstein ’62 Mr. and Mrs. Courtney West ’64 Mrs. Amelia C. Wolfe ’85 and Mr. Christian K. Wolfe ’85 Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Woolley Ms. Jessica C. Young ’05 Mr. and Mrs. James Youngelson ’53

Blue & White Club Members of the Blue and White Club contributed gifts of $1,000 to $1,847.

Anonymous (3) Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Akre Jr. ’62 Mr. Charles A. Andre III ’00 Mr. and Mrs. Perrin L. Arturi Mr. and Mrs. John P. Bartlett ’66 Mr. Christopher A. Bengtson ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Brian L. Berger ’62 Mr. and Mrs. Douglas H. Birnie Mrs. Susan F. Ellis and Mr. Richard P. Boak ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Botte ’58 Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Bolton Mr. and Mrs. William J. Bonzulak Jr. Mr. and Mrs. George M. Brady Mr. Hua Cai and Ms. Yuerong Zhan Mr. Bruce D. Campbell ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Cavanaugh Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Ceppi ’62 Dr. and Mrs. Jay J. Chang Mr. Zhihong Cheng and Mrs. Yuhao Hu Chevron Humankind Matching Gift Program Mr. Peng Chi and Mrs. Aihong Song Mr. Jeffrey B. Clausen and Mrs. Rebecca Austill-Clausen Mr. Michael C. Cleavenger ’69

Mr. Jonathan W. Peters ’68 Mr. John R. Plunkett Jr. ’70 Mr. J. Mitchell Reese Jr. ’47 Mr. Dominick J. Romano ’74 Mr. Frederick W. Rose, Esq. ’51 Mr. Alexander J. Sloane ’70 Mr. Herbert D. Sturman ’53 Mr. Jon L. Ten Haagen ’62 Mr. Hobart D. Van Deusen ’54 Mr. Robert L. Van Stone ’69 Mr. David D. Wakefield ’48 Mrs. Amelia C. Wolfe ’85

Mr. J. Jeffrey Corwin ’65 Mr. and Mrs. William P. Curcio Mr. and Mrs. Craig U. Dana Sr. ’60 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Darling Mr. James-Christian S. Davin ’97 Mr. Barry P. Day and Ms. Michele Kessler Mr. Kurt Dericks and Dr. Rebecca Martinez Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M. DiCarlo III ’88 Directional Development Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Darryl J. Dong Mr. Vincent Dopulos and Ms. Christine Larsen Mr. and Mrs. James C. Drinkwater Mr. and Mrs. Carlton C. Durling ’47 Mr. and Mrs. Duncan S. Ellsworth Jr. Mr. James A. Faust and Mrs. Grace M. Spadaro-Faust Mr. and Mrs. James A. Fox ’62 Franklin Medical Associates LLC Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. French ’64 Dr. Jeffrey Friedman and Ms. Lily Safani Mr. and Mrs. Clarke B. Futch Mr. and Mrs. M. Michael Galesi ’54 Mr. Akhil Garg ’02 Mr. and Mrs. John A. Gillette Goldman, Sachs & Co. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald J. Gorman Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Graber Lt. Col. and Mrs. Alfred F. Grande Jr. ’54 Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC Mr. Alan B. Greenstein ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Theodore L. Haff III ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey B. Hanson Mrs. Rebecca Bolles and Mr. Richard S. Harrison ’78 Mr. Nathan Hayward IV ’03 Mr. and Mrs. Ovidio J. Hidalgo-Gato Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Hoff ’53 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey G. Hoffman Dr. Eugene S. Hrabarchuk and Mrs. Donna M. Geba-Hrabarchuk Mr. and Mrs. Curt C. Huegel ’86 Dr. Katharine Miao and Mr. Hyun Seok Hwang ’93 Mr. Richard A. Iacono and Mrs. Jennifer R. Carney Iacono Mr. Charles H. A. Inkeles ’88 BLA IR B ULLE T IN 89

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Mr. and Mrs. Philip D. Jennison ’46 Kalamazoo Community Foundation Kanders Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Kinney III ’74 Korean Past Parents 07-08-09 Dr. Tamika M. Lasege and Mr. Muhammed Lasege ’96 Mrs. Elizabeth Layton and Mr. D. William Layton ’65 Mr. Man Fat Leung and Mrs. Woon Ching Yip Drs. Andy and Vicki Light Mrs. Kristine C. Lisi ’84 Dr. Bradford C. Liva ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Liva Jr. ’69 Mr. and Mrs. G. Malcolm Louden Mr. Xing Luo and Ms. Lisha Liu Dr. and Mrs. Hugh B. Lynn ’32 Mr. and Mrs. David MacCallum Mr. and Mrs. James P. Maguire Jr. ’80 Mrs. Ann M. Mallouk Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Maltese Jr. ’55 The Martin Guitar Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Humberto Mata ’54 Mr. and Mrs. Blair H. Mathies Jr. ’74 Mr. and Mrs. McKinley C. McAdoo Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. McCarthy ’41 Mr. Frederick W. McCollum ’56 Mr. and Mrs. Stuart G. Miller ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Mohler ’67 Mondelez International Foundation Matching Gifts Program The Moody’s Foundation Mr. James C. Moore Ms. Claudia E. Morf Morgan Stanley Mr. and Mrs. Royal J. Nadeau The New York Community Trust Dr. Robert L. Nichols ’64 Mr. Dennis A. Braun and Mrs. Sandra L. Olsen Braun ’81 Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Pagliari Mr. and Mrs. Keith W. Patten ’69 Mr. and Mrs. Staats M. Pellett Jr. ’49 Mr. and Mrs. Keith Pennell Mr. A. Markman M. Peters Mrs. Jenny R. Peters Mr. Guillermo Pineda-Bours ’95 Mr. and Mrs. Larry C. K. Poon Mr. and Mrs. Glenn L. Redbord, Esq. ’64 Dr. and Mrs. George H. Roenning ’64 Dr. Robert Rosenthal and Mrs. Barbara Chuoke ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Rubenoff ’45 Mr. and Mrs. William L. Russell III ’59 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Ruzika Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Salzberg Mr. Wayne Woodman and Ms. Lisa J. Scheller ’77 Mr. Rommel and Mrs. Lisa M. Selesky-Nacino ’85 Mr. Feng Shi and Ms. Bei Ling Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Shook Dr. and Mrs. Hisham Sobhy, PhD Mr. and Mrs. David P. Stein Mr. Kevin A. Suffern ’64 Sunbrite Dye Company, Inc. Ms. Patrapon Tanakulthon Mr. Scott Tatham Mr. and Mrs. Antonio C. G. Tavares Mr. Jon L. Ten Haagen ’62 Mr. Creed R. Terry ’62 Mr. Barry S. Toon and Mrs. Deborah Berry-Toon Mr. Andrew L. C. Tung and Dr. Rulin Fuong 9 0 SU M M ER - FAL L 2014

Mr. John Vail ’64 Mr. Robert R. Vanderbeek ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Randall Walker Mr. and Mrs. Mark T. Warfield ’87 Ms. Elisabeth J. Wenner ’91 Mr. Kenneth W. Whitney Sr. ’42 Mr. Cong Xu and Ms. Qing Su Mr. Zhenli Yan and Mrs. Jianhong Nie Mr. Dingmei Yang and Mrs. Fumei Wang Mr. and Mrs. R. John Young Jr. ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Phillip C. Zranchev

Arch Club Members of the Arch Club contributed gifts of $500 to $999.

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Abt Mr. and Mrs. Allan W. Adams Dr. and Mrs. David P. Allen ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Eric L. Altman Mr. Philip M. Alvarez-Correa ’09 Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Amdur ’50 American International Group, Inc. Mr. Elliott W. Anderson ’08 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Anderson Mr. Frank A. Arietta ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Asselin ’51 Mr. Bruce H. Augustadt ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Dae Yeol Bae Mr. David Bae Mr. Peter Bailey and Mrs. Victoria P. Bailey ’97 Mr. and Mrs. Stan Baker Mr. Stephen E. Barr ’61 Mr. Robert C. and Mrs. Pamela W. Beck ’73 Mr. Shane M. Behmer ’02 Mr. A. Albert Bergen ’43 Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Black ’56 Dr. and Mrs. Hugh E. Black Mr. and Mrs. John J. Bottone III Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Bower ’52 Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Broadfoot Jr. ’68 Mr. Edmond J. Brodie ’74 Ms. Linda Brooks Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Brown ’79 Dr. John C. Brown ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Browse Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Brumbaugh Mr. and Mrs. Barry I. Budlong ’56 Mr. Donald M. Callahan Mrs. Tiffany S. Carlson ’89 Mr. and Mrs. Devin S. Chodorow ’94 Mr. and Mrs. John A. Clark ’69 Mr. and Mrs. Nelson P. Cohen ’56 Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Cooper ’82 Mr. and Mrs. Kraig J. Correll Mr. and Mrs. Samuel D. Costanzo ’79 Mr. Barring Coughlin Jr. ’64 Ms. Singleton A. Cox ’90 Dr. and Mrs. G. Michael Craig ’69 Mr. and Ms. Peter P. Dadourian ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Amr R. Dajani ’88 Mr. James A. Dalis ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Davidson ’86 Mr. and Mrs. C. Claude C. Dawson II Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. DeMartin ’77 Mr. and Mrs. William K. Doppstadt ’50

The Pearson Foundation Mr. and Mrs. H. Henry Elghanayan ’58 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Engelhardt ’45 Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Esposito Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Ewles Mr. and Mrs. Edward Feldman ’52 Mr. Britton Fisher and Mrs. Melina O. Fisher ’93 Mrs. Eileen Fitzgerald Dr. and Mrs. Lucian Fletcher Jr. ’41 Mr. William A. Hindle ’74 and Mrs. Constance D. Fletcher-Hindle ’74 Mr. and Mrs. James A. Floyd Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Freudenheim ’50 Mr. and Mrs. Courtney R. Fritts ’56 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Frystock Jr. ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Philip P. Gardiner ’66 Ms. Deirdre M. Garrett ’73 Mr. Lester S. Garris Jr. ’51 Mrs. Diane L. Gaul Mr. Carl Teter and Dr. Nadine Gelberg Mr. and Mrs. Roger D. Gershman ’82 Dr. and Mrs. Michael H. Gewitz ’66 Mr. and Mrs. George W. Gibbs ’50 Mr. Chad Pergram and Mrs. Carrie Giddins Pergram ’92 Mr. Timothy F. Goddu ’73 Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gorman ’42 Mr. and Mrs. Albert O. Grant II ’64 Dr. George A. Green IV and Mrs. Donna K. Green Mr. and Mrs. John H. Greer Jr. ’74 Mr. Kenneth N. Gudernatch ’61 Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Gunther Ms. Cheralyn Gupta Mr. Shaleen Gupta Mr. David J. Gustafson ’02 Mr. Peter Habermann Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey B. Haines Mr. Charles T. Hall ’43 Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Hamilton III ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan R. Hargis Henderson and Koplik LLP Mrs. Melissa J. Henderson Koenig ’84 Mr. and Mrs. Wesley C. Herbol ’51 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Hoffman Mr. and Mrs. Brett C. Holleman ’91 Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Hunt ’85 The J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Jackson ’46 Mr. and Mrs. John P. Jessup ’67 Mr. August A. Jonckheer ’54 Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Jones Sr. Dr. John M. Keller ’57 Mr. and Mrs. Kiljin Kim Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. King ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald P. Knox ’63 Drs. Paul W. and Joan M. Kolodzik Ambassador Christopher J. LaFleur ’67 Mr. and Mrs. John T. Lamon Mr. and Mrs. George F. Landegger Jr. ’82 Mr. Mitchell D. Landy ’62 Mr. Michael E. Lane ’65 Mr. and Mrs. John G. Layng ’71 Mr. Byung Jun Lee ’94 Mr. and Mrs. Jong-ouk Lee Mr. Kang Woong Lee Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Lehman ’85 Mr. Robert M. Lerner ’52 Mr. John H. Lewis Jr. ’54

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Mr. and Mrs. David M. Lieberman ’82 Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Lieberman ’71 Dr. and Mrs. Douglas F. Liva ’72 Mr. Benjamin Lo ’05 Mr. Sergio D. Lob and Mrs. Andrea F. DeBroka-Lob Mr. and Mrs. Alfredo Lobo Mr. and Mrs. John P. Locke Jr. ’56 Mr. Shan Lu and Mrs. Xiangxin Tang-Lu Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Lusardi Jr. ’64 Ms. Stephanie J. Marcial ’95 Mr. Gary S. Margiotta and Mrs. Lauran S. D’Alessio Mr. Andre de Albuquerque Matias ’07 Mr. Fernando M. P. Matias and Mrs. Olga B. A. de Albuquerque Mr. and Mrs. Jonas R. McDavit ’92 Dr. and Mrs. Peter W. McKinney ’52 Mr. and Mrs. George T. Mehalko Jr. ’68 Drs. Vladimir and Inna Meskin Mrs. Jane M. Millard Mrs. Cara B. Mohlmann Ms. Rebecca P. Morris ’05 Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Nagle Northwestern Mutual Foundation Novartis US Foundation Col. and Mrs. Robert M. Novogratz, USA Ret. ’55 Mr. and Mrs. James Pearson Ms. Sarah L. Pearson ’06 Ms. Ann Peets Mr. Uku Peets Mr. and Mrs. John E. Perez ’61 Mr. and Mrs. William R. Polk ’69 Mrs. Margaret Doocey and Mr. Lawrence R. Posner ’69 Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Potter ’54 Mr. and Mrs. William C. Prentice Mr. and Mrs. John V. Rawson III ’87 Mr. James F. Redfern Jr. ’85 Mr. and Mrs. J. Mitchell Reese Jr. ’47 Ms. Roxana M. Reid Ms. Stephanie I. Rogen Mr. and Mrs. Frederick B. Rollinson II ’58 Mr. Alexander D. Romano ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Rouse Jr. ’42 Mr. Robert and Ms. Anita C. Sarate ’88 Mrs. Kanako Sasaki ’95 Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Shaw ’59 Mr. and Mrs. James J. Shiffert Drs. Mollie and David J. Shulan ’69 The Estate of Robert A. Sidur Mr. Christopher D. Smith ’02 Mr. George W. Smith III ’45 Mr. Kenneth F. Smith Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas S. Smith ’59 Mr. and Mrs. J. Lawrence Snavely ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Solar Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. Spain ’74 Mr. William S. Spraitzar ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Stark ’51 Mr. and Mrs. Glenn T. Starkman State Farm Companies Foundation Mr. Benjamin J. Stevenson ’99 Mr. Edmund A. Strickland Jr. ’62 Mr. Marc W. Suffern II ’61 Dr. and Mrs. Wayne G. Suway ’71 Mr. Leonid Tarasov and Mrs. Anna Malkova Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Teufel Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James W. Tippy ’59 Mr. Chris Tsiouris Jr.

Mrs. Gladys Van Brederode, Hon. ’53 Dr. and Mrs. Jacques P. Van Der Merwe Mr. and Mrs. John R. Van Kirk ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Emile F. Vanderstucken III ’61 The Vanguard Group Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John D. Weesner ’64 Mr. and Mrs. James Weichert ’02 Mr. Gifford J. Wells ’62 Mrs. Sharon Whipple Mrs. Susan Murashima and Mr. Robert A. Willis ’69 The Honorable Thomas S. Wilson Jr. ’63 Captain and Mrs. Henry S. Woodruff III ’57 Dr. Pamela R. Wright ’78 Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Young Jr. ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Zawislak Jr.

Old Academy Club Members of the Old Academy Club contributed gifts of $250 to $499.

Anonymous Mr. Willard Anderson II and Dr. Robin Anderson ’88 Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon Apgar IV ’58 Mr. and Mrs. Aaron H. Ayhan Mr. and Mrs. Selden D. Bacon Jr. BAE Systems Ms. Kimberly Baehr Ms. Phaedra Ballard ’06 Mr. and Mrs. Ralph P. Balzac ’49 Mr. and Mrs. Elmer A. Bannan ’47 Barclays Educational Gift Matching Program Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Barnes ’81 Mr. Robert J. Baroni ’67 Mr. and Mrs. William F. Bash ’55 Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence E. Bater Mr. and Mrs. Randal K. Beck ’53 Mr. and Mrs. L. Nelson Behmer Mr. William H. Beling ’69 Mr. and Mrs. Lee Bellapigna Mr. Robert C. Berner ’69 Dr. and Mrs. Jon Bertoldo ’79 Mr. Carlin R. Binder ’95 BlackRock Matching Gift Program Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Boag Mr. William Y. Bogle III ’45 Mr. and Mrs. Raymond T. Bohn III ’69 Mr. Charles Bojack Mr. and Mrs. Scott H. Bolton ’90 Mr. and Mrs. Craig A. Booth Mr. and Mrs. Barry B. Boyce ’60 Mr. Robert J. Brackup ’07 Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Briggs Jr. ’61 Mr. John T. Britton Jr. and Ms. Rosemary Tafaro Mr. Chad E. Brown Dr. and Mrs. Truman B. Brown ’55 Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Burger ’45 Mr. and Mrs. Raymond F. Burghardt Jr. ’63 Mrs. Christy L. Burkart ’97 Mr. and Mrs. Kevin J. Burke Mr. and Mrs. Ellis DeLoren ’87 Drs. John and Lynda Burton ’55 Mr. and Mrs. Bruce K. Byers ’51 Mr. and Mrs. Greg W. Carney Mr. and Mrs. V. Bradley Carosella ’88 Mr. Jay T. Chamberlin ’87 Mr. and Mrs. Anthony C. Chigounis

Ms. Tara S. Clarke ’97 Mr. and Mrs. DeFrance Clarke III ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Russell F. Collins ’74 Mr. and Mrs. James H. Conklin ’98 Mr. Reg and Mrs. Gwen S. Corbett ’77 Ms. Terri Lynn Cornwell Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Cournoyer Mr. and Mrs. Carl R. Cramer ’72 Mrs. Mary W. Crevi Mr. and Mrs. William D’Amato Mr. and Mrs. Floyd E. Davis III Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Davlin Mr. Durfee L. Day Jr. ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Devlin Mr. and Mrs. David A. DiGioia ’83 Mr. and Mrs. Theodore A. Doremus Jr. ’59 Mrs. Joyce C. Dreger Dr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Dube ’43 Mr. William W. Durland ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Russel L. Duryea Jr. Mrs. Phyllis Eden Mr. and Mrs. Erskine Edwards Mrs. Ana K. Elghanayan Mr. Peter A. Engelhardt ’74 Mr. Christopher Z. Eu ’07 Dr. Timothy J. Eustace ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Evans ’96 ExxonMobil Foundation, Inc. Mr. Donald B. Fedor and Ms. Katherine H. Maxwell ’69 Mr. Benjamin S. Fertig ’02 Mrs. Barbara R. Foster, Hon. ’41 Mr. and Mrs. James A. Frick Mr. J. Frederick Friden ’48 Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Fulton ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Jay C. Garrels ’01 Mr. and Mrs. Shalaby T. Turner ’98 General Electric Foundation Ms. Nancy Giddins Mr. and Mrs. Mickey Gilbert GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Glowacky Dr. and Mrs. Myles E. Gombert ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Brendan Gotowka ’99 Grainger Matching Charitable Gifts Program Mr. and Mrs. H. James Griffith ’60 Mr. Jason Haas ’02 Mr. and Mrs. Craig R. Haddow ’85 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hamway Mr. Thomas H. Hart ’95 The Rev. and Mrs. David G. Harvey Mr. and Mrs. Bruce B. Haselman ’54 Ms. Kelley A. Hayn ’01 Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Heagy ’54 Mr. Franklin A. Hedberg ’64 Mr. Craig A. Hendrickson ’06 Mr. and Mrs. Brian Hess ’03 Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Hettinger Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William R. Hilgendorff Jr. ’46 Mr. Jeffrey S. Himmel ’72 Dr. Stella S. Y. C. and Dr. Robert Tzu-Leung Ho ’57 Mr. and Mrs. Burt M. Hoffman Mr. and Mrs. Murray Hood Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Hooper ’58 Mr. and Mrs. Harley E. Hoyt ’62 Mr. and Mrs. Brian J. Hughes ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Hunziker ’54 Mr. Robert R. Hyde ’64 IBM BLA IR B ULLE T IN 91

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Mr. and Mrs. Hussain W. Imam Dr. and Mrs. Carl H. Jacobs ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jacobs ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher P. Kane ’83 Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Kaplan ’59 Mr. and Mrs. Dale A. Keis ’89 Mr. and Mrs. James R. Kelley Sr., Hon. ’51, ’89 Ms. Sharon J. Kelly Mr. and Mrs. James C. Kelsey V ’65 Mr. Eugene K. Kim and Dr. Julia Lee Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Kirkpatrick Mr. and Mrs. Philip W. Koebig III ’60 Mr. Kris and Mrs. Stefanie R. Kuhner ’96 Ms. Julia W. Laughlin ’11 Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Leber ’49 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lehr Mr. and Mrs. William A. Leidesdorf ’63 Mr. David A. Lin ’02 Ms. Rebecca A. Litvin ’10 Mrs. Lesley Litzenberger Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Liva ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Lo Mrs. Robin V. Lobsitz Mr. James D. and Mrs. Heather K. Loeber ’90 Mr. and Mrs. Steve Loring Mr. John H. Lotz III and Mrs. Lori K. Belton Mrs. Elizabeth Linen-Low and Mr. David T. Low Jr. ’89 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Lowndes ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Lubin ’64 Dr. Albert Magalio Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Magee Jr. ’57 Mrs. Laura Maldjian Mr. and Mrs. Gerald L. Manning ’62 Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Mapes III ’60 Chuck Mapes Insurance Agency, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Martocci ’98 Mr. and Mrs. Toshihiro Matsuo ’88 Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Maynes ’47 Mr. and Mrs. Brian J. McArthur ’97 Mr. Tony and Mrs. Elizabeth N. McDowell ’00 Mr. Roland J. McKinney ’51 Mr. Frank J. and Mrs. Ashlee B. McMackin ’96 Dr. and Mrs. Heino Meerkatt Merck Foundation Merck Partnership for Giving Dr. and Mrs. Donald H. Mershon ’62 Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Metz ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Mark H. Miller Mr. and Mrs. James Monahan Mr. and Mrs. Ned E. Montenecourt ’90 Mr. and Mrs. Nicolas E. P. Mosko ’87 Dr. Anup B. Muduli ’92 Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Mueller ’49 Mr. Jun Nakagawa ’90 Mr. and Mrs. Raymond R. Nash Mr. and Mrs. Arthur T. Neary Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Newman ’62 Mr. and Mrs. William G. Niles Lt. Col. and Mrs. Thomas W. Nine ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Scott Nuzzo ’02 Mr. and Mrs. W. Johnston Oberly II ’77 Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert E. O’Connell ’57 Drs. James W. and Crystal O’Connor Jr. The Rev. and Mrs. Patrick H. O’Connor Dr. Sherif R. Gobran and Dr. Liza O’Dowd ’84 Ms. Pamella L. Olsyn ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher R. Orben ’81 Mr. and Mrs. Russell C. Ortman ’71 9 2 SU M M ER - FAL L 2014

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan H. Owsley ’91 Mr. and Mrs. Xavier Padovani ’01 Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Pak ’89 Mr. and Mrs. Sandeep K. Paul Mr. Christopher R. and Mrs. Alyson L. Peacock ’83 Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Pearl ’57 PEPCO Holdings, Inc. Mrs. Dora C. Perez Mr. and Mrs. David H. Permar ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Pascal R. Petit ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Roger D. Pfister Pfizer Mr. and Mrs. W. John Phillips III Mr. Stephen and Mrs. Jennifer L. Piniaha ’81 Mr. and Mrs. Peter Pinkard Mr. William D. Pinkham III ’76 Mr. Lawrence H. Pivin ’68 Mr. and Mrs. John B. Plum Jr. ’81 Dr. and Mrs. Wilfred M. Potter ’48 Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Puttkammer Dr. Harvey A. Quinton ’71 Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rea ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Rencis Mr. and Mrs. James T. Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. Philipp M. H. Rimmler ’46 Mr. and Mrs. Anthony C. Rohrs ’55 Ms. Susan L. Romano ’77 Dr. and Mrs. John F. Rose Jr. ’46 Dr. Deborah and Mr. Richard A. Rubin ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Herbert M. Ruetsch Mr. Kyle S. Ruzika ’07 Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Ryan Ms. Sandra L. Scannelli ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew O. Schad ’87 Schwartz Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Bruce H. Sergy ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Eric J. Shaw Mr. Gary Sherman Mr. Jeffrey D. Sherwin, Esq. ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Allan H. Shoemake Mr. and Mrs. David J. Shotwell ’59 Mr. and Mrs. Brooks K. Slocum AIA Smart City Kids, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Smarth Mr. Daniel H. Smith ’09 Mr. Todd C. Smith ’90 Mrs. Elsie H. Smith Mr. and LeRoy B. Smith Jr. ’45 Mr. Andrew B. Solar ’95 Mr. and Mrs. George T. Stern ’39 Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Stiefel Mr. and Mrs. Lewis M. Stival Mr. and Mrs. Scott Strent ’87 Mr. Mark R. Strouse II ’41 Mr. Roger L. Desjadon and Ms. Susan Stryker Mr. and Mrs. Christopher H. Swenson ’60 Mr. Stephen A. Swentzel ’03 Mr. Adam A. Tannir ’98 Mr. and Mrs. V. Robert Tedesco ’52 Mr. and Mrs. Steve M. Tierney Mr. and Mrs. David W. Tilney ’70 Mr. and Mrs. David R. Townley ’51 United Way of the National Capital Area Mr. Donald K. Usher Jr. ’63 Mr. John G. Van Sickle ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Van Stone ’46 Mr. Vincent A. Vesce ’90 Mr. Douglas B. Vogt ’61 Mr. and Mrs. John C. M. Wallace ’49

Dr. Suzanne Walther and Dr. Eric Walther ’56 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Walton Mr. Charles L. Washington Jr. ’00 Dr. Romuald L. Wawrzyniak Mr. and Mrs. David R. Weil Ms. Lindsay B. Weil ’09 Mr. Robert S. Weiner ’65 Wells Fargo Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James C. Werling Sr. ’47 Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Wiener ’56 Captain and Mrs. William S. Wildrick, USN Ret. ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Mark C. Williams ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Mark Williard Mr. Shaw Wu and Ms. Xin Yang Mr. Michael R. Young and Mrs. Leslie A. Carroll Mr. and Mrs. William J. Zester Jr. ’76 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Zimmermann

Anniversary Club The Anniversary Club was created in 1998 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Blair Academy. Alumni who are celebrating a 10th reunion or younger and give in the range of $100 to $249 create a solid base upon which to build the next 150 years.

Mr. Alexander A. Adrien ’04 Ms. Lauren E. Anderson ’05 Mr. Stephen P. Anderson ’05 Mr. Kiley E. Austin-Young ’06 Ms. Elayna M. Bartolacci ’08 Ms. Alliana M. R. Bovell ’11 Ms. Julia H. Brackup ’12 Mr. Ben H. Brandreth ’11 Mr. Stephen Broadbent ’13 Ms. Jacqueline E. Carter ’10 Mr. Hwan Choi ’05 Ms. Seo Woo Choi ’12 Mr. Ryan D. Class ’07 Mr. Patrick M. Clayton ’09 Mr. Hudson L. Collins ’07 Ms. Melissa L. Collins ’09 Ms. Amanda B. Coward ’04 Ms. Alison L. Crevi ’07 Mr. Adam B. Daddino ’09 Ms. Claire J. B. Daddino ’11 Mr. Colin B. Daddino ’07 Ms. Amanda G. Devine ’11 Ensign James F. Diddell ’09 Mr. Trevor P. Draper ’05 Ms. Alyssa B. Drazin ’09 Mr. Matthew J. Dwyer ’04 Mr. Moritz Flogel ’04 Mr. Dennis W. Flores ’07 Mr. Henry J. Foote ’11 Ms. Alexandra A. Forte ’12 Ms. Dominique D. Frasier ’07 Mr. Torin Frey ’09 Mr. Joseph S. Geller ’12 Mr. Michael F. Geller ’10 Ms. Lindsay Gilbert ’10 Mr. Robert Gilbert ’05 Ms. Anabel B. Gonzalez ’11 Mr. Alexander B. Graber ’06 Mr. Nicholas A. Graber ’09 Mr. Jordan P. Grose ’12

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Ms. Madeline A. Hargis ’08 Ms. Kelly L. Hart ’06 Ms. Kathleen L. Haselton ’05 Mr. Dillon R. Hoffman ’10 Ms. Kathryn G. Hood ’05 Mr. Andrew C. Iacocca ’12 Ms. Ga Young Jang ’04 Mr. Gyu Shik Jang ’05 Ms. Madeline R. Johnson ’06 Ms. Olivia C. Jones ’13 Mr. Alexander Khoury ’13 Ms. Anne Kimmelman ’12 Ms. Marjory L. Kling ’11 Mr. Niclas Ladd ’12 Ms. K. Emi LaFountain ’11 Mr. Alexander Lee ’10 Mr. Kon Lee ’05 Mr. Jordan N. Liebowitz ’06 2nd Lt. Edward H. Lim ’08 Mr. Douglas F. Liva Jr. ’06

Ms. Kira M. Liva ’13 Mr. C. Carter Lorant ’08 Ms. Claire C. McConnell ’05 Ms. Catherine A. Miller ’12 Mr. Ian E. Mindham ’11 Mr. Michael Mocco ’12 Mr. Victor Mocco ’06 Mr. Alex S. Motiuk ’08 Mr. William S. E. Neff ’08 Ms. Francesca Nestande ’10 Mr. Peter Noback ’10 Ms. Seo-Young Park ’04 Mr. Timothy D. Peacock ’08 Ms. Alexandra R. Polhill ’07 Mr. Michael G. Pouliot ’07 Mr. Evan M. Redos ’12 Mr. John P. Redos ’09 Mr. Nathaniel A. Reichel ’10 Mr. Christopher M. Reilly ’13 Ms. Martine D. Romano ’04

Mr. Michael S. Russell ’07 Mr. Christopher Sabaitis ’12 Ms. Abigail E. Salzberg ’11 Ms. Cristina M. Sciarra ’04 Mr. Jonathan R. Slawson ’05 Ms. Mary Katherine F. Smith ’09 Ms. Kara A. Stessl ’09 Mr. Mark L. Stillerman ’12 Mr. Christopher Sywetz ’09 Mr. Matthew J. Szalachowski ’05 Ms. Tina A. Tozzi ’08 Mr. Graham van der Lee ’13 Ms. Carolyn A. Wan ’13 Mr. Douglas J. Weltman ’04 Ms. Elizabeth B. West ’07 Ms. Sierra C. Yit ’13 Mr. Young IL Yoon ’05 Ms. Katherine C. Young ’10

Great Teachers The following past and present Blair faculty and staff were honored with gifts this year.

Mr. Samuel G. Adams IV The Rev. Peter L. Amerman Mr. Robin L. Anthony Mr. Selden D. Bacon Jr. Mrs. Rita Baragona Mr. Jason E. Beck Mrs. Edythe Bertoldo ’79 Ms. Zoe Blatt Mr. Paul G. Bode Mrs. Maria K. Bowditch Mr. Robert C. Brandwood Mr. W. Carroll Brooke Jr. Mr. R. L. Browse Mr. Blair Buck Mr. Jeffrey P. Buxton Dr. Carl Christianson Mr. Quinten A. Clarke ’87 Dr. Richard E. Clarke Mr. Paul S. Clavel ’88 Mrs. Carolyn M. Conforti-Browse ’79 Mr. Robert C. Cooke Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Cox Mr. Ian Cross The Rev. Cynthia J. Crowner Mr. Dennis M. Cullen Mr. Peter Curran Mr. Ronald J. Czajkowski Mr. Charles W. Danhof Mr. Jake A. Dellorco

Mr. Hans Doerr Mrs. Tiffany J. Doerr Mr. Edwidge Dorelien Mr. Thomas Dougherty Dr. and Mrs. Raymond C. DuBose Mrs. Heather M. Eckert Mr. Kai J. Ehlers Mrs. Melissa A. Erne ’96 Mr. Craig E. Evans Mrs. Kaye R. Evans Mr. Winson D. Ewing, Hon. ’53 Mr. David Facciani Mr. James W. Figueroa Mr. Solomon B. Fleckman Mr. Christopher M. Fortunato Mr. A. Jon Frere, Hon. ’74 Mrs. Penelope W. Frere Mr. James A. Frick Ms. Marguerite Fulton Mr. W. Rod Gerdsen Dr. and Mrs. Gerard A. Giuricich Mr. Timothy Goggins Ms. Stephanie L. Guilmet Mrs. Barbara H. Haase Mr. Martin T. Haase Mr. Peter K. Hahn, Hon. ’94 Mrs. Monie T. Hardwick Mr. T. Chandler Hardwick III Mr. Huntley R. Harrison Mr. Andrew C. Hay

Mr. Thomas Hoos Ms. Lee Horne ’77 Ms. Janet M. Hutchinson Ms. Kathryn Hylton Mrs. Judith Kampmann Mr. Steven Kampmann Ms. Sara R. Kaufman Mrs. Linda Klesik Mrs. Susan Y. Kramer Mr. Donald E. Lawshe Mrs. Candida C. Low Mr. David T. Low Sr. Ms. Velma A. Lubliner Mr. Eric J. Lunger Mrs. Mary P. Lunger Mrs. Jenny S. Maine Mr. Joseph W. Mantegna Mrs. Michelle Mantegna Ms. Meg Marsh Ms. Jessica Matzkin Mr. Carmelo Mazza Ms. Kara McCabe Mrs. Michele McMillan Mr. James W. Mell Mr. Robert P. Merrifield Mrs. Sharon L. Merrifield Dr. Martin S. Miller, Hon. ’81 Mr. Nathan A. Molteni Mr. James M. Moore Mr. David R. Naysmith

Mr. John Padden Mrs. Jennifer Pagotto Mr. Ryan M. Pagotto ’97 Mr. Thomas M. Parauda Mr. Dennis Wm. Peachey ’62 Mrs. Lynn M. Peachey, Hon. ’65, ’74 Ms. Avery Pierce Mr. Wayne G. Rasmussen Mr. Arthur A. Richmond III ’38 Dr. Michael J. Sayers Mrs. Leucretia Shaw Ms. Sarah A. Stevens Mr. Anthony L. G. Stival ’07 Mr. Lewis M. Stival Mrs. Lois M. Stival Mr. James H. Stone Mrs. Rachel E. Stone Mr. Brad Strauss Mr. Andrew D. Sykes Mrs. Katherine E. Sykes Ms. Kecia M. Tillman Dr. Elliott C. Trommald, Hon. ’65 Mrs. Lois P. Underwood Mrs. Amy B. Vachris Mr. David R. Vachris Mr. Edward T. Wenner ’96 Mrs. Ann Williams Mr. Roy Wilson Ms. Nina Yuen

BLA IR B ULLE T IN 93

ANNUAL REPORT Class

2013 -2014 GI V ING R E SU LT S

Class Representatives

Members No. of Donors

%

Total Giving

1932

1

1

100%

1934

3

1

33%

$1.00

1936

5

2

40%

$150.00

1937

3

1938

4

2

50%

$25,100.00

1939 Al Danker

8

4

50%

$401.00

$1,025.00

0%

1940

9

1

11%

$25.00

1941

11

5

45%

$2,200.00

1942 Bob Fuller

14

6

43%

$4,994.50

1943 Hoby Van Deusen ’54

16

8

50%

$1,601.00

1944 Bob Metz

19

10

53%

$24,510.00

1945 Bud Bogle, Dick Deacon

24

18

75%

$6,074.00

1946 Bill Stokes, Ralph Hershey

30

17

57%

$23,370.00

1947 Mitch Reese, Arnie Scheider

32

19

59%

$50,158.00

1948 Tom Behnfield, Martin Simon, Dave Wakefield

49

14

29%

$56,224.00

1949 Arnie Koch, Art Mueller

43

14

33%

$12,674.90

1950 Joe Kiley

48

18

38%

$13,450.00

1951 Bob Kiley, Bud Rose

53

19

36%

$213,415.00

1952 Bob Lerner

40

11

28%

$5,050.00

1953 Jim Youngelson

48

15

31%

$85,710.00

1954 Hoby Van Deusen

51

36

71%

$41,555.79

1955 George Brooks, Bob Burn, Gene Losa

54

20

37%

$15,127.00

1956 Nelson Cohen, Pete Fritts

50

28

56%

$10,407.00

1957 Jim Naisby

52

13

25%

$9,448.00

1958 Norm Beatty, Peter Cleary

60

17

28%

$33,486.40

1959 Jim Burcham

73

29

40%

$19,497.00

1960 John Meinig

47

17

36%

$6,259.40

1961 Frank Briggs, John Perez

65

21

32%

$9,068.26

1962 Mark Gottesman

66

32

48%

$106,516.90

1963 Carter Crewe, Bill Wildrick, Tam Wilson

76

31

41%

$85,923.71

1964 Don Lusardi

74

44

59%

$331,273.00

1965 Don Jay Smith

80

33

41%

$26,630.64

1966 Don Weir

69

17

25%

$95,532.00

1967 Jeff Mohler, Bruce Sergy

70

18

26%

$22,298.00

1968 Richard Rubin

86

25

29%

$10,366.00

76

27

36%

$13,453.00

1970 Alex Sloane

90

15

17%

$108,376.00

1971 Mike Lieberman

83

17

20%

$25,046.00

1972 Greg Washburn

79

11

14%

$2,970.00

1973 Bonnie Nault

97

14

14%

$6,655.00 $114,923.45

1969

Brian Becker, Trey Bohn, Bob Jenkins, Chris Leverich, Fred Mirbach, Keith Patten

1974 David Lieberman, John Rea

124

40

32%

1975 Laura Morris, Rob Sigety, Jenny Woltjen

76

11

14%

$8,820.00

1976 Neal Sigety, David Waddell, Bill Zester

64

11

17%

$148,906.84

1977 Harry Gates, Lee Horne, Richard Luzzi

90

25

28%

$5,440.00

1978 Doug Linton, Joey Waddell

77

12

16%

$7,247.00

1979 Ken Deneau, Guy Saxton, Susan Ullmann

79

16

20%

$67,600.00

1980 Katherine Henry-Schill, Jim Maguire

76

16

21%

$277,721.00

1981 Holly Anderson-Bender, David Owen

81

14

17%

$5,400.00

1982 Bill Abbott, Pete Metz

96

12

13%

$2,809.25

1983 Liam Blume

74

7

9%

$11,100.00

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Class Representatives

Members No. of Donors

%

Total Giving

1984 Kris Lisi

104

17

16%

$37,289.75

1985 Jim Redfern, Nina Romano

90

16

18%

$20,443.82

1986 Linda Fellows, Jules Santella, Rada Starkey

103

15

15%

$9,273.00 $8,237.10

1987 Michelle Harmon, Marnie Raines, Diana Schad

103

14

14%

1988 Ana Comas-Bacardi, Chuck Inkeles

98

17

17%

$4,326.00

1989 Chrysta Argue, Kevin Nofsinger

107

15

14%

$4,034.21

1990 Janine Clifford, Heather Loeber, Ned Montenecourt, Todd Smith

112

23

21%

$3,310.00

1991 Erin Cosgrave, Meredith Magrone-Wiacek, Beth Webster

113

16

14%

$3,317.00

1992 Sarah Burke Mullins, Carrie Giddins Pergram, Sonig Schiller

102

23

23%

$7,980.00

1993 Bern Clifford, John Inkeles

109

17

16%

$13,340.00

1994 Bryan Kelly, JP Weesner, Jo Wrzesinsky

109

24

22%

$2,531.00

1995 Courtnay Stanford

99

19

19%

$8,350.00

1996 Stef Kuhner, Summer Passannante, Craig Powell

109

26

24%

$53,444.00

1997 Christy Burkart, Ryan Pagotto

91

27

30%

$13,673.00

1998 Brian Agresta, Sarah Apgar, Jamiyl Peters

114

21

18%

$2,031.98

Megan Apgar, Bridget Hodakowski, Amy Jablonski, Katie Piotrowski, 1999 Mark Rosenthal

117

28

24%

$2,791.02

2000 Logan Garrels, Andy Peters, Ronnie Reo, Meredith Seidel Wells

105

21

20%

$2,802.99

2001 Kristen Bogart, Maria Lieberman Smalley

109

23

21%

$1,915.00

2002 Meredith Gal, Chelsea Grefe, Steph Leal-Garbutt

127

39

31%

$5,027.00

Sarah Dillon, Christine Geiser, Jessica Hess, Brandon Lucien, Liz Ricca, 2003 Stephanie Tucker, Mike Wilson

123

38

31%

$7,068.00

2004 Matt Dwyer, Kait Maillet, Phil Mauriello

119

41

34%

$7,173.00

2005 Mollie Dawson, Mary Hall, Kat Hood, Julian Swayze

123

46

37%

$5,456.00

2006 Alex Graber, Anne Newall, Sarah Pearson, Kathryn Snyder

124

34

27%

$12,496.20

Kymbia Ainsworth, Alison Crevi, Maggie Harding, Kevin Maxwell, 2007 Marisa Myers, Cooper Smith

129

38

29%

$7,954.00

116

40

34%

$7,144.00

2009 Melissa Collins, Margaret DeOliveira, Janak Padhiar

126

47

37%

$2,909.00

Sarah Bugen, Jin Chung, Dillon Hoffman, Tiffany Kim, Freddy Knight, 2010 Becca Litvin, Brittany Small, Saul Sparber

122

42

34%

$2,021.31

2011 Anu Akinbamidele, Maggie Hoffman, Quinn McKay, Rebecca Smith

133

54

41%

$1,951.00

Meredith Berry-Toon, Olivia Davis, Joe Geller, Tim Hettinger, 2012 Ali Johnson, Max Kaplan, Tim Kui, Phoebe O’Rourke, Casondra Peretore

133

54

41%

$2,257.00

127

72

57%

$1,755.68

135

112

95%

$2,175.73

No. of Donors

%

Total Giving

Alumni

1833

30%

$1,679,168

Current Parent

378

83%

$2,669,337

Past Parent

192

9%

$632,217

Friend

77

Matching Gift Company

32

$20,397

Foundation

41

$1,236,043

Corporation

23

2008

2013

Dylan Evans, Lexi Gilmartin, Maddy Hargis, Iris Johnson, Todd Lewis, Alex Motiuk, Ashley Thompson, Tina Tozzi

Council Dawson, Rebecca Hargis, Tatiana Kalainoff, Danny Kim, Maddy Kling, Derek Light, Ben Meisel, Claire Ryder, Kyle Tierney

2014 Demetrius Daltirus, Graham Merrifield, Sara Moran, Abby Troy Annual & Capital Fund Total

• Alumni and current parent giving includes matching gift dollars. Current parent giving includes current parents who are also alumni.

$294,313

$196,462

Total

$6,727,937

• Foundation giving has been credited to the category of the donor who directed the gift.

• Totals include gifts from grandparents, former and present faculty and staff. Note: The numbers in this publication are not audited.

BLA IR B ULLE T IN 95

ANNUAL REPORT

The Blair Honor Roll—Giving by Class Listed below are all donors who contributed to either the Blair Fund or a Capital Fund during the 2013-2014 fiscal year.

1932 Class Giving: $1,025.00 Donors: 1 Participation: 100% Dr. Hugh B. Lynn* 1936 Class Giving: $150.00 Donors: 2 Participation: 40% Dr. J. Brooks Hoffman* Mr. David M. Shull* 1938 Class Giving: $25,100.00 Donors: 2 Participation: 50% Mr. Arthur A. Richmond III* Mr. John T. Tuttle* 1939 – 75th Reunion Class Giving: $401.00 Donors: 4 Participation: 50% Class Rep: Albert G. Danker Dr. DeWitt C. Baldwin Jr.* Mr. Albert G. Danker Sr.* Mr. Albert S. Riggs* Mr. George T. Stern* 1940 Class Giving: $25.00 Donors: 1 Participation: 11% Mr. George R. Adair* 1941 Class Giving: $2,200.00 Donors: 5 Participation: 45% Dr. Lucian Fletcher Jr.* Mrs. Barbara R. Foster* Mr. Robert C. McCarthy* Dr. Homer D. Schaaf* Mr. Mark R. Strouse II* 1942 Class Giving: $4,994.50 Donors: 6 Participation: 43% Class Rep: Robert M. Fuller Mr. Robert M. Fuller* Mr. James C. Gorman* Mr. Archer N. Martin II* Mr. Robert G. Rouse Jr.* Mr. James A. Tirrell Jr.* Mr. Kenneth W. Whitney Sr.* 1943 Class Giving: $1,601.00 Donors: 8 Participation: 50% Class Rep: Hobart D. Van Deusen ’54 Mr. A. Albert Bergen* Mr. Dorman F. Craig* Mr. Frank A. DiPaolo*

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Dr. Arthur H. Dube* Mr. Charles T. Hall* Mr. Howard K. Mott* Mr. John E. Shepherd* Mrs. Valeria B. Stewart* 1944 – 70th Reunion Class Giving: $24,510.00 Donors: 10 Participation: 53% Class Rep: Robert V. Metz Mr. Norman I. Adams III The Honorable William R. Albrecht* Mr. Robert Brinkerhoff* Mr. J. Bruce Gilman Jr.* Mrs. Nancy LaFountain* Mr. William C. Lippincott* Prof. Robert V. Metz* Reverend Hugh D. Outterson* Mr. Philip E. Paulus* Mr. Richard W. Rowe* 1945 Class Giving: $6,074.00 Donors: 18 Participation: 75% Class Reps: William Y. Bogle

Richard P. Deacon Mr. William Y. Bogle III* Mr. Robert M. Burger* Mr. Eugene H. Buttle* Mr. Blair M. Davis* Mr. Richard P. Deacon* Mr. Albert S. Dealaman Jr.* Mr. Ronald A. Engelhardt* Mr. John J. Fletcher Mr. George F. Johnson Mr. Robert F. LeVine* Mr. Eugene Lutes* Mr. Jack A. MacNair Mr. Bernard H. Natelson Mr. Jerome I. Rossman Jr.* Mr. Richard P. Rubenoff* Mr. Vito S. Schiavone Mr. George W. Smith III* Mr. LeRoy B. Smith Jr.* 1946 Class Giving: $23,370.00 Donors: 17 Participation: 57% Class Reps: Ralph E. Hersey Jr.

William S. Stokes Mr. Andrew Davlin Jr.* Mr. Victor H. Gramount Jr.* Dr. David W. H. Harvey* Mr. Ralph E. Hersey Jr.* Mr. William R. Hilgendorff Jr.* Mr. Robert D. Jackson Mr. Philip D. Jennison* Mr. George F. Mayrosh* Mr. Charles C. Morrison Jr. Mr. Charles J. Mosmann* Mr. Arthur M. Quinn Jr.*

Mr. Philipp M. H. Rimmler* Dr. John F. Rose Jr.* Mr. Herbert J. Siegel* Mr. Frank J. Spitalny* Reverend Dr. James R. Tanis* Mr. Charles T. Van Stone* 1947 Class Giving: $50,158.00 Donors: 19 Participation: 59% Class Reps: J. Mitchell Reese Jr.

Arnold C. Schneider Jr. Mr. Elmer A. Bannan* Mr. John C. Bogle* Mr. Donald E. Carey* The Rev. Dr. James H. Chesnutt* Mr. William N. Davies Mr. Anthony E. DeMasi Mr. Carlton C. Durling* Dr. Laurence W. Goodman* Mr. Gordon Granger* Mr. Arthur D. Lane Jr.* Mr. Donald A. Legg* Mr. Donald M. Maynes Prof. Christian H. Moe* Mr. Richard B. Oughton* Mr. J. Mitchell Reese Jr.* Mr. Alfred M. Schmidt Jr. Mr. Arnold C. Schneider Jr.* Mr. James C. Werling Sr.* Mr. J. Brooks West* 1948 Class Giving: $56,224.00 Donors: 14 Participation: 29% Class Reps: Thomas M. Behnfield

Martin S. Simon

David D. Wakefield The Rev. George F. Aberle* Dr. James H. Armstrong Sr.* Mr. Thomas M. Behnfield* Mr. Shu-Gar G. Chan Mr. William H. Culviner* Mr. J. Frederick Friden* Mr. William H. Kraemer Mr. James G. Ling* Mr. David E. McFarlane* Mr. James K. Meneely Jr.* Dr. Wilfred M. Potter* Dr. Alan A. Siegel* Mr. Martin S. Simon* Mr. David D. Wakefield* 1949 – 65th Reunion Class Giving: $12,674.90 Donors: 14 Participation: 33% Class Reps: Arnold T. Koch Jr.

Arthur W. Mueller Mr. James L. Aberle* Mr. Thomas J. Bain* Mr. Ralph P. Balzac*

Mr. E. Harrison Eudy Jr.* Mr. Arnold T. Koch Jr.* Mr. Donald H. Leber* Mr. Victor Meyers* Mr. Arthur W. Mueller* Mr. Robert A. Neff* Mr. Staats M. Pellett Jr.* Mr. William T. Tomes Mr. James R. Tompkins* Mr. John C. M. Wallace* Mr. Henry B. Wightman Jr.* 1950 Class Giving: $13,450.00 Donors: 18 Participation: 38% Class Rep: Joseph F. Kiley Jr. Mr. Richard A. Amdur* Mr. Howard A. Aronson* Dr. Bruce D. Boselli* Mr. E. Lester Congdon Jr.* Mr. William K. Doppstadt* Mr. Donald E. Freudenheim* Mr. George W. Gibbs* Dr. Robert W. Gleason* Mr. Joseph F. Kiley Jr.* Mr. William M. Lewis Mr. Stuart H. Loory* Dr. Thomas F. Merrill Col. Ronald E. Philipp, USA Ret.* The Rev. P. Barrett Rudd Mr. Robert J. Smythe IV Mr. John P. Storer-Folt* Mr. Teodoro C. Valentiner* Mr. John A. Zamos 1951 Class Giving: $213,415.00 Donors: 19 Participation: 36% Class Reps: Robert E. Kiley

Frederick W. Rose, Esq. Dr. Daniel M. Anzel* Mr. Charles A. Asselin* Mr. William A. Benton* Mr. Allan J. Brodsky Mr. Bruce K. Byers* Mr. Lester S. Garris Jr.* Mr. G. William Hamilton* Mr. Wesley C. Herbol* Mr. Eugene W. Holland Mr. Paul D. Jacobs* Mr. James R. Kelley Sr.* Mr. Robert E. Kiley* Mr. Rodney W. Kruse* Mr. Roland J. McKinney* Mr. Dominick V. Romano* Mr. Frederick W. Rose, Esq.* Mr. Stan N. Rubin* Mr. Robert H. Stark* Mr. David R. Townley

* Denotes five or more fiscal years of consecutive giving

ANNUAL REPORT

All-Time Reunion Class Gift Records Reunion Year

Highest Participation Percentage

Highest Dollars Raised

60th Reunion

Class of 1954*

71%

Class of 1946

$98,770

55th Reunion

Class of 1956

91%

Class of 1953

$1,094,448

50th Reunion

Class of 1945

100%

Class of 1964*

$331,273

45th Reunion

Class of 1944

59%

Class of 1963

$248,260

40th Reunion

Class of 1961

60%

Class of 1963

$197,347

35th Reunion

Class of 1956

46%

Class of 1974

$80,040

30th Reunion

Class of 1977

55%

Class of 1974

$64,312

25th Reunion

Class of 1982

52%

Class of 1985

$58,660

20th Reunion

Class of 1974

35%

Class of 1984

$16,535

15th Reunion

Class of 1981

39%

Class of 1993

$30,764

10th Reunion

Class of 2002

46%

Class of 2003

$14,798

5th Reunion

Class of 2008

75%

Class of 2006

$12,482

*New Record Established This Year 1952 Class Giving: $5,050.00 Donors: 11 Participation: 28% Class Rep: Robert M. Lerner Mr. Richard H. Bower* Mr. David A. Brands Sr.* The Rev. Charles L. Cureton III* Mr. Bruce M. Dayton* Mr. Edward Feldman* Mr. Richard A. Kahn* Mr. Robert M. Lerner* Mr. William R. Martens* Dr. Peter W. McKinney* Mr. Alan R. Mills Mr. V. Robert Tedesco* 1953 Class Giving: $85,710.00 Donors: 15 Participation: 31% Class Rep: James Youngelson Mr. Randal K. Beck* The Rev. Henry M. Bruen Jr.* Mr. Anthony J. Cera* Mr. Winson D. Ewing* Mr. Richard Frank Mr. Thomas W. Hoff* Mr. Alan W. Noyes Mr. Stephen N. Rubin Mr. Jacob M. Ryan Mr. Robert A. Spindler* Mr. Herbert D. Sturman* Mr. William R. Timken* Mr. Howard L. Tyne* Mrs. Gladys Van Brederode* Mr. James Youngelson*

1954 – 60th Reunion Class Giving: $41,555.79 Donors: 36 Participation: 71% Class Rep: Hobart D. Van Deusen Mr. John M. Bofinger Mr. Matthew G. Botnick* Dr. Gerald A. Bruno* Dr. Albert R. Casazza* Mr. James J. Crouch II* Mr. H. Norman Davies Jr.* Dr. William S. Dudley* Mr. David J. Dwyer* Mr. M. Michael Galesi* Mr. Robert A. Ginsburg* Lt. Col. Alfred F. Grande Jr.* Mr. Thomas N. Griffith Mr. Bruce B. Haselman* Mr. Robert B. Hauck* Mr. Robert M. Hawekotte Jr.* Mr. Paul M. Heagy* Mr. Alan M. Henion* Mr. Theodor H. Horstmann Mr. Robert N. Hunziker Mr. August A. Jonckheer Mr. Louis T. Kulsar* Mr. John H. Lewis Jr.* Mr. Arthur P. Mangels Mr. William E. Marcus Mr. Humberto Mata Mr. Donald H. McCree Jr.* Mr. Donald H. McKeown* Dr. Edwin I. Megargee* Mr. Howard J. Meyer Mr. D. B. Parcells Jr. Mr. Richard T. Potter*

* Denotes five or more fiscal years of consecutive giving

Mr. Christian D. Rittman Mr. David P. Sleeper* Mr. Raymond E. Soriano Mr. John D. Transue* Mr. Hobart D. Van Deusen* 1955 Class Giving: $15,127.00 Donors: 20 Participation: 37% Class Reps: George H. Brooks

Robert R. Burn

Gene A. Losa Mr. William F. Bash* Mr. George H. Brooks* Dr. Truman B. Brown* Mr. Robert R. Burn* Dr. John R. Burton* Mr. Franklin A. Darius Sr. Mr. John H. Dorsey Mr. Lloyd S. Edraney Mr. Robert H. Everson* Mr. Richard V. Huebner Jr.* Mr. Stuart A. Kolbert* Col. Gene A. Losa, USA Ret.* Mr. Anthony J. Maltese Jr.* Mr. Thomas S. Martin* Mr. Lance G. Minnich* Col. Robert M. Novogratz, USA Ret.* Mr. John D. Oliver* Mr. Roger M. Rathbun, Esq.* Mr. Neil O. Reichard* Mr. Anthony C. Rohrs*

1956 Class Giving: $10,407.00 Donors: 28 Participation: 56% Class Reps: Nelson P. Cohen

Courtney R. Fritts Mr. A. Martin Ball Prof. Richard T. Barber* Mr. Bradford A. Benson Mr. Peter M. Black* Mr. Henry F. Boehling* Mr. Barry I. Budlong* Mr. Lars T. Carlson* Mr. Richard L. Celli* Mr. Raleigh Chinn Jr.* Mr. Nelson P. Cohen* Mr. Stewart H. Cole* Mr. David R. Conrad* Mr. Philip S. Detjens* Mr. Allan R. Dodge* Mr. Courtney R. Fritts* Col. D. Peter Gleichenhaus* Mr. Richard W. Grieves* Dr. James E. Hansen II* Mr. John D. Hatfield* Mr. John P. Locke Jr.* Mr. Frederick W. McCollum* Mr. Stanley F. Novaco* Dr. Herbert M. Tabak* Mr. H. Robert Tiffany III* Dr. Eric Walther* Mr. Richard C. Wiener Mr. Thomas M. Williams* Mr. Richard A. Young, Esq.*

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1957 Class Giving: $9,448.00 Donors: 13 Participation: 25% Class Rep: James H. G. Naisby Mr. Edward H. Cliff* Mr. Peter J. Hastings Dr. Robert Tzu-Leung Ho* Dr. John M. Keller* Mr. Edward S. Magee Jr.* Mr. James H. G. Naisby* Mr. John R. Naisby III* Mr. Gilbert E. O’Connell* Dr. William G. Ovens Jr.* Mr. Robert C. Pearl Mr. Jerre S. Riggs Jr. Mr. Melvin A. Tabak* Capt. Henry S. Woodruff III* 1958 Class Giving: $33,486.40 Donors: 17 Participation: 28% Class Reps: Norman E. Beatty

Peter J. Cleary Mr. Mahlon Apgar IV* Mr. Norman E. Beatty* Mr. Robert H. Bolte* Mr. George C. Castleman Jr. Mr. Peter J. Cleary* Mr. H. Henry Elghanayan Mr. Albert T. Holtz* Mr. Paul R. Hooper* Mr. Charles B. Kalemjian* Mr. Hubbard A. Knox III* Mr. Thornton R. Land* Mr. Steven R. Losa* Captain Richard S. Ogden* Mr. Robert M. Olshan Mr. Dean C. Pappas* Mr. Frederick B. Rollinson II* Ambassador Steven E. Steiner* 1959 – 55th Reunion Class Giving: $19,497.00 Donors: 29 Participation: 40% Class Rep: James E. Burcham Mr. Peter J. Anstatt* Mr. Lyle K. Antonides* Mr. Peter K. Austin* Mr. Joseph E. Bell Jr.* Dr. Frederick G. Bergmann* Mr. James E. Burcham* Mr. Theodore A. Doremus Jr.* Mr. W. Hunt Dumont Mr. Samuel S. Durland, CMC, CPEng* Mr. Rufus A. Fulton Jr.* Mr. David C. Gallagher* Mr. Ernest J. Gazda Jr.* Mr. Peter L. Gulick* Mr. Daniel W. Henry* Mr. C. David Howell* Mr. Barry A. Hull* Mr. Richard J. Kaplan* Mr. James M. Lower* Mr. Cornelius J. O’Kane* Mr. Lawrence W. Ring* Mr. William L. Russell III* Mr. James H. Sapp* 9 8 SU M M ER - FAL L 2014

Mr. Louis K. Schwarz III* Mr. Robert F. Shaw* Mr. David J. Shotwell Mr. Nicholas S. Smith* Mr. James W. Tippy* Mr. F. Albert Weaver* Mr. Peter G. Wilds* 1960 Class Giving: $6,259.40 Donors: 17 Participation: 36% Class Rep: John W. Meinig Lt. Col. Roy B. Baker III, USAF Ret. Mr. Barry B. Boyce* Mr. Bowman Brown* Mr. Craig U. Dana Sr.* Judge Steven L. Fisher* Mr. H. James Griffith* Mr. Philip W. Koebig III* Mr. Stathes J. Kulukundis* Mr. Edward H. MacKay III* Mr. Willard S. Mahood Mr. Charles M. Mapes III* Mr. Anthony P. McCoy Mr. John W. Meinig* Mr. Thomas C. Roberts* Mr. Arnold H. Selengut* Mr. Christopher H. Swenson* Mr. Geoffrey H. Wood* 1961 Class Giving: $9,068.26 Donors: 21 Participation: 32% Class Reps: Frank H. Briggs

John E. Perez Mr. John F. Ahrens* Mr. Stephen E. Barr Mr. Richard C. Bostwick Mr. Frank H. Briggs Jr.* Mr. James H. Bullock Mr. Bruce B. Clark* Mr. Peter P. Dadourian Mr. Frederick W. Everett* Mr. David A. Garcia* Mr. Kenneth N. Gudernatch* Mr. Stuart G. Miller* Mr. Jonathan E. Paul* Mr. John E. Perez* Mr. David H. Permar* Mr. Robert L. Schuldenfrei* Mr. Craig S. Sim* Mr. Howard E. Steilen Jr.* Mr. Marc W. Suffern II* Capt. Malcolm P. Taylor Jr. Mr. Emile F. Vanderstucken III* Mr. Douglas B. Vogt* 1962 Class Giving: $106,516.90 Donors: 32 Participation: 48% Class Rep: Mark Gottesman Mr. Charles T. Akre Jr.* Mr. Frank R. Barnako Jr.* Dr. Samuel R. Barnett* Mr. Andrew Berger* Mr. Brian L. Berger* Mr. Peter B. Ceppi* Mr. Richard L. Doremus*

Mr. K. Thomas Elghanayan* Mr. James A. Fox Mr. John H. Gibbon* Mr. Mark Gottesman* Mr. Harley E. Hoyt* Mr. Peter S. Humphrey* Mr. Steven G. Johnson Mr. Willard H. Johnson Jr.* Mr. J. Stephen Kreglow, Esq.* Mr. Mitchell D. Landy* Mr. Gerald L. Manning Mr. Fernando Marcial Jr.* Mr. William J. McKinley III Dr. Donald H. Mershon* Mr. Peter D. Morris Mr. Charles M. Newman* Mr. Dennis Wm. Peachey* Mr. Robert J. Rand Mr. Stephen C. Shaw Mr. Edmund A. Strickland Jr.* Mr. Jon L. Ten Haagen* Mr. Creed R. Terry Mr. Robert E. Walter Dr. Donald J. Weinstein* Mr. Gifford J. Wells 1963 Class Giving: $85,923.71 Donors: 31 Participation: 41% Class Reps: L. Carter Crewe

William S. Wildrick

Thomas S. Wilson Mr. John E. Alden Jr.* Mr. Frank A. Arietta Mr. Roger A. Blair Mr. Raymond F. Burghardt Jr.* The Honorable John D. Case Jr.* Mr. William S. Cashel III Mr. L. Carter Crewe III* Mr. Durfee L. Day Jr.* Mr. Lawrence S. Driever Jr.* Mr. Thomas C. Dunworth Mr. Robert D. Fulton* Mr. Alan B. Greenstein Mr. Donald C. Hazard* Mr. Douglas Henderson* Dr. Carl H. Jacobs Mr. Paul Jacobs* Mr. Wm. Mitchell Jennings Jr.* Mr. Ronald P. Knox* Mr. Bradford W. Lawrence II Mr. William A. Leidesdorf* Mr. Donald K. Piermont Jr.* Mr. Peter H. Sandfort Jr. Mr. Douglass J. Seaver Mr. W. Jeffery Seubel* Mr. Thomas Summers Jr.* Mr. Robert C. Turner* Mr. Donald K. Usher Jr.* Mr. William R. Widmaier Capt. William S. Wildrick, USN Ret.* The Honorable Thomas S. Wilson Jr. Mr. Alan M. Woolf*

1964 – 50th Reunion Class Giving: $331,273.00 Donors: 44 Participation: 59% Class Rep: Donald L. Lusardi Mr. Christopher A. Bengtson* Dr. Dennis E. Bradford, PhD* Mr. John B. Brams* Mr. Richard A. Brown Mr. Bruce D. Campbell Mr. Gary W. Coppin Mr. Barring Coughlin Jr.* Mr. William B. Cramer, Esq.* Mr. Wayner P. Crowder* Mr. Richard M. Drucker Mr. James H. Earhart* Mr. Ralph A. Eskesen Jr. Mr. Norris H. Evans Jr. Mr. Arthur M. French* Mr. Thomas B. Frystock Jr. Mr. Albert O. Grant II Mr. James B. Heath* Mr. Clark W. Heckert* Mr. Franklin A. Hedberg* Mr. Roderick B. Henderson* Mr. Brian J. Hughes Mr. Robert R. Hyde Dr. David E. Johnson Jr.* Mr. John V. O. Kennard* Mr. Stephen B. King* Mr. Donald R. Lubin Mr. Donald L. Lusardi Jr.* Dr. Robert L. Nichols Mr. Charles W. Potter II Mr. Glenn L. Redbord, Esq. Dr. George H. Roenning Dr. Raymond B. Schaefer* Mr. John D. Smyers Jr. Dr. William B. Solomon Mr. Kevin A. Suffern* Mr. Andros B. Thomson* Mr. Robert W. Unangst Jr. Mr. John Vail* Mr. Paul D. Vartanian Mr. John D. Weesner Mr. Courtney West Mr. Donald R. Wilkinson III Mr. R. John Young Jr.* Mr. Frank D. Yuengling III* 1965 Class Giving: $26,630.64 Donors: 33 Participation: 41% Class Rep: Don Jay Smith Dr. David P. Allen The Rev. William L. Britton Dr. John C. Brown Mr. Donald N. Campbell* Mr. Henry O. Clutsam III* Mr. J. Jeffrey Corwin* Dr. Steven L. Driever* Mr. William W. Driver Jr.* Mr. William W. Durland Mr. William S. Foster IV* Mr. Daniel M. Gordon Mr. George R. Hanlon* Mr. Harry A. Joelson-Strohbach* Mr. James C. Kelsey V Mr. Joel A. Kobert*

* Denotes five or more fiscal years of consecutive giving

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2013-2014 Alumni Association Board of Governors The purpose of the Alumni Association Board of Governors is to promote a continuing, meaningful and effective relationship between alumni and the School. The Board of Governors acts as an advisory body to the Head of School, with whom they meet regularly, and also focuses on issues related directly to alumni, such as alumni relations, communications, reunions and fundraising.

Mr. James H. G. Naisby ’57 President Mr. Robert L. Van Stone ’69 Vice President Mr. Richard A. Rubin ’68 Secretary Mr. Hobart D. Van Deusen ’54 Trustee Liaison Mr. Thomas M. Barnes ’81 Mrs. Marivelle S. Clavel-Davis ’82 Ms. Singleton A. Cox ’90

Mr. James D. Krugman, Esq.* Mr. John H. Kuhlmann Jr.* Mr. Michael E. Lane* Mr. Robert M. Lay* Mr. D. William Layton* Dr. Christopher L. Leach* Mr. Gregory W. Leopold Mr. Peter F. Nystrom Mr. John R. Paul* Mr. George F. Phelps* Mr. John G. Ritzenthaler Jr.* Mr. G. Keith Robertshaw* Dr. Edward M. Sleeper Mr. Don Jay Smith* Dr. Elliott C. Trommald* Mr. James P. Trozze* Mr. Robert S. Weiner* Mr. Robert R. Young Jr.* 1966 Class Giving: $95,532.00 Donors: 17 Participation: 25% Class Rep: Donald D. Weir Mr. John P. Bartlett* Mr. Frederick K. Baser* Mr. James M. Bennett* Mr. Ben L. Bishop Jr. Mr. David H. Bugen* Mr. John H. Clark IV Mr. DeFrance Clarke III* Mr. Frederick Elghanayan* Mr. Philip P. Gardiner* Dr. Michael H. Gewitz* Mr. Galen H. Guberman* Mr. Stephen F. Gudernatch* Mr. James P. Jenkins* Mr. Timothy R. Margolian*

Ms. Sarah C. Dillon ’03 Mr. Roberto A. Felipe ’03 Ms. Linda M. Fellows ’86 Mr. William S. Foster IV ’65 Mrs. Carrie Giddins Pergram ’92 Mr. Blake Haase ’97 Dr. Bruce D. Holenstein ’78 Mr. James P. Maguire Jr. ’80 Ms. Quinn C. McKay ’11 Mr. Derek M. Peachey ’93 Mrs. Denise Stocker Current ’74

Mr. David H. Sculnick, Esq. Mr. Jonathan R. Sweet* Mr. Donald D. Weir Jr.* 1967 Class Giving: $22,298.00 Donors: 18 Participation: 26% Class Reps: Jeffrey L. Mohler

Bruce H. Sergy Mr. Howard L. Alden* Mr. Bruce H. Augustadt* Mr. Robert J. Baroni* Dr. Steven J. Glasser Dr. Myles E. Gombert* Mr. Frank W. Hamilton III* Mr. John P. Jessup Ambassador Christopher J. LaFleur Mr. Michael M. Lothian Mr. Jeffrey L. Mohler* Mr. Richard Nashner* Mr. Bruce H. Sergy* Mr. Jeffrey D. Sherwin, Esq.* Mr. Barry H. Smith* Mr. J. Lawrence Snavely* Mr. William S. Spraitzar Mr. Arthur I. Trueger Mr. Douglas R. Webb 1968 Class Giving: $10,366.00 Donors: 25 Participation: 29% Class Rep: Richard A. Rubin Mr. Arthur T. Ambrose* Mr. Charles M. Belmer Jr.* Mr. Dennis N. Bertland* Mr. Richard P. Boak*

* Denotes five or more fiscal years of consecutive giving

Mr. Robert C. Broadfoot Jr. Mr. Mark W. Connar Mr. Stephen Dunn Mr. Joseph Eastburn* Mr. Theodore L. Haff III* Mr. Robert F. Hays Jr.* Mr. Thomas B. Johnson* Mr. Christopher Lowndes Jr. Mr. Richard Marks* Mr. Rudolph F. May* Mr. George T. Mehalko Jr.* Mr. Edmund R. Pennock* Mr. Jonathan W. Peters* Mr. Lawrence H. Pivin Mr. Richard A. Rubin* Mr. Theodore B. Scherf Mr. Christopher H. Schimmel* Mr. Michael W. Sculnick, Esq. Mr. Jonathan S. Slaff Mr. Mark A. Wadmond* Mr. Daniel H. Weinberg 1969 – 45th Reunion Class Giving: $13,453.00 Donors: 27 Participation: 36% Class Reps: Brian D. Becker

Raymond T. Bohn

Robert N. Jenkins

Chris W. Leverich

Frederick L. Mirbach

Keith W. Patten Mr. Brian D. Becker Mr. William H. Beling Mr. Robert C. Berner* Mr. Raymond T. Bohn III* Mr. John A. Clark* Mr. Michael C. Cleavenger* Dr. G. Michael Craig Mr. Dennis A. Drazin* Mr. Jeffrey H. Ewing Mr. Donald B. Fedor* Mr. Robert N. Jenkins* Mr. Chris W. Leverich* Mr. Edward L. Liva Jr. Mr. Frederick L. Mirbach Jr. Mr. George L. Morrison Dr. Peter A. Ostrow Mr. Laurence E. Pancoast* Mr. Keith W. Patten* Mr. William R. Polk* Mr. Lawrence R. Posner Dr. James C. Ritzenthaler Mr. Jay W. Rubin* Mr. Peter A. Schutz* Dr. David J. Shulan* Mr. Robert L. Van Stone* Mr. Geoffrey H. Walker* Mr. Robert A. Willis* 1970 Class Giving: $108,376.00 Donors: 15 Participation: 17% Class Rep: Alexander J. Sloane Mr. Michael A. Castle Mr. John D. Fletcher Mr. Michael D. Hall* Mr. Jeffrey D. Karp* Dr. Bradford C. Liva Mr. William H. Loeb

Mr. Stephen P. Peck* Mr. John R. Plunkett Jr.* Dr. Edward B. Rogers* Dr. Robert L. Rosenthal* Mr. Ross V. Savage Mr. Alexander J. Sloane* Mr. David W. Tilney* Mr. John R. Van Kirk* Mr. John A. Webb III* 1971 Class Giving: $25,046.00 Donors: 17 Participation: 20% Class Rep: Michael J. Lieberman Mr. Michael E. Bennett* Mr. Thomas S. Blankley Jr.* Mr. W. James Carhart Mr. Huxley H. Conklin Mr. S. Whitney Downer IV* Mr. Stefan A. Kling* Mr. John G. Layng* Mr. Michael J. Lieberman* Dr. Gordon D. Marino Cmdr. Thomas J. Martin, USCG Ret.* Mr. Russell C. Ortman Dr. Harvey A. Quinton* Mr. James R. Rea* Mr. Danny S. Rosenkrans* Mr. H. Craig Stem* Dr. Wayne G. Suway* Mr. Albin J. Zak III* 1972 Class Giving: $2,970.00 Donors: 11 Participation: 14% Class Rep: Gregory A. Washburn Mr. Charles A. Butts Jr. Mr. Carl R. Cramer* Mr. Kenneth M. Cramer Mr. W. Richard Davis* Ms. Suzanne A. Gibbs Lange* Mr. Jeffrey S. Himmel Dr. Douglas F. Liva Sr.* Mr. John G. Van Sickle* Mr. Robert R. Vanderbeek Mr. Gregory A. Washburn* Mr. Pieter H. Woodcock* 1973 Class Giving: $6,655.00 Donors: 14 Participation: 14% Class Rep: Bonnie A. Nault Mrs. Pamela W. Beck Mr. James R. Brunn* Ms. Deirdre M. Garrett* Ms. Aileen M. Gaumond Mr. Timothy F. Goddu* Dr. Andrew R. Heinze* Mr. James G. Houston* Mr. John F. Jaindl Mrs. Deborah L. Kling* Mr. Stephen G. Kole Captain Bonnie A. Nault* Mr. George E. Olsen III Mr. Milton C. Waddell Jr. Mrs. Barbara G. Walsh*

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1974 – 40th Reunion Class Giving: $114,923.45 Donors: 40 Participation: 32% Class Reps: David B. Lieberman

John D. Rea Mr. Neil R. Arther* Mr. William S. Ashton* Mr. Brian B. Betts* Mr. Edmond J. Brodie Mr. Russell F. Collins* Mr. Ronald J. Czajkowski* Mr. James A. Dalis* Mrs. Mary Beth DiMarco Mr. Peter A. Engelhardt* Dr. Timothy J. Eustace Mr. John E. Finelli Jr. Mrs. Constance D. Fletcher-Hindle Mr. A. Jon Frere* Mr. John H. Greer Jr. Mr. Edward H. Hess-Homeier Mr. William A. Hindle Ms. Elizabeth A. Horton Ms. Eleanor T. Howard* Mrs. Josefina I. Iglesias Mr. Samuel M. Kinney III* Mr. David B. Lieberman* Mr. Mark T. Lieberman* Dr. Robert M. Liegner* Mr. Phillippe J. Marcovich Ms. Debra Q. Markowitz Mr. Blair H. Mathies Jr. Mr. Richard R. Metz Ms. Pamella L. Olsyn Mrs. Lynn Peachey* Mrs. Margareth G. Petit Mr. John D. Rea* Mr. David K. Rohrer Mr. Dominick J. Romano* Mr. R. Todd Ruppert* Ms. Sandra L. Scannelli* Mr. Ronald W. Spain* Mr. H. Guy Stevenson Mrs. Denise Stocker Current* Mr. Gary R. Swartz Mr. David J. Weiniger 1975 Class Giving: $8,820.00 Donors: 11 Participation: 14% Class Reps: Laura C. Morris

Robert G. Sigety

Jennifer A. Woltjen Dr. James B. Brown Jr. Ms. Anne E. Cramer, Esq.* Mr. Harrison B. Gentry* Dr. Jeffrey S. Liva Mr. Mark McCluski Mrs. Laura C. Morris* Lt. Col. Thomas W. Nine Mr. Richard L. O’Donnell Ms. Linda Pettie* Mr. Robert G. Sigety* Mrs. Jennifer A. Woltjen*

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1976 Class Giving: $148,906.84 Donors: 11 Participation: 17% Class Reps: Cornelius E. Sigety

David L. Waddell

William J. Zester Mr. Preston P. Davis* Mrs. Janet R. Harrington* Ms. Virginia P. Hustvedt Dr. Jeffrey T. Liegner Mr. Lester H. Oakes Mr. William D. Pinkham III* Mr. Keith H. Rauschenbach* Mr. and Mrs. David P. Romano* Mr. Cornelius E. Sigety* Mr. David L. Waddell Mr. William J. Zester Jr.* 1977 Class Giving: $5,440.00 Donors: 25 Participation: 28% Class Reps: Harry Gates

Lee Horne

Richard Luzzi Mr. Calman J. Ambrosy III* Mr. Robert J. Brodie Mrs. Gwen S. Corbett Dr. David A. Costa Mr. Thomas A. DeMartin Mr. Jude D. Francois* Mr. Carl D. Gandel* Ms. Lisa Garner* Mr. Harry D. Gates* Ms. Lee Horne* Mr. Timothy P. Ineich Mr. Richard T. Luzzi, Esq.* Mrs. Patrice Maillet* Mr. Eric T. Maine* Mrs. Michelle C. Maloney* Mr. Scott E. McKee* Mr. Alan J. Miller* Mr. John Neumann Mr. W. Johnston Oberly II Mr. Hugh M. Richmond* Ms. Susan L. Romano* Ms. Lisa J. Scheller* Mr. Craig R. Schmidt* Mr. Henry F. Schmidt IV* Mr. David R. Stewart 1978 Class Giving: $7,247.00 Donors: 12 Participation: 16% Class Reps: Douglas R. Linton

Joseph E. Waddell Mr. John A. Costa* Mr. Richard S. Harrison* Dr. Bruce D. Holenstein* Major Douglas R. Linton III* Mr. W. Brandt Nako Ms. Patience M. Osborn Chalmers* Mr. Dean G. Tanella* Mr. Joseph E. Waddell* Mr. D. Scott Woodcock* Ms. Rita I. Worman Dr. Pamela R. Wright Mrs. Barbara F. Zellmer*

1979 – 35th Reunion Class Giving: $67,600.00 Donors: 16 Participation: 20% Class Reps: Kenneth A. Deneau

Guy N. Saxton

Susanne E. Ullmann Mrs. Edythe Bertoldo Mr. Edward L. Brown* Mrs. Carolyn M. Conforti-Browse* Mr. Samuel D. Costanzo Mrs. Kathleen A. Fredrick Mr. Timothy Ho* Mr. Steven J. Jastrabek Ms. Karen A. Kay Mr. Frank W. Klum Ms. Marianne Lieberman* Mr. G. David MacEwen* Mrs. Patricia A. Meyerson Mr. Guy N. Saxton* Dr. Tamsen I. Thorpe Ms. Susanne E. Ullmann* Mr. Raymond J. Vass* 1980 Class Giving: $277,721.00 Donors: 16 Participation: 21% Class Reps: Katherine T. Henry-Schill

James P. Maguire Mr. Morgan D. Borer* Ms. Sherry L. Boyd Mrs. Cristianna Cooke-Gibbs Mr. Nicholas A. Corcoran* Mr. Daniel B. Griggs Jr. Mrs. Donna S. Haag* Mrs. Katherine T. Henry-Schill* Mr. Paul J. Holenstein Mr. Stephen J. Issler Mrs. Kimberley L. Jessen Mr. Scott D. Jones* Mr. Coray S. Kirby* Mr. James P. Maguire Jr.* Mrs. Roberta M. Murdock-Luzzi Dr. Lucienne V. Ronco Mr. Jay C. Saunders* 1981 Class Giving: $5,400.00 Donors: 14 Participation: 17% Class Reps: Holly J. Anderson-Bender

David E. Owen Mrs. Holly J. Anderson-Bender* Ms. Tracy A. Asselin Mr. Thomas M. Barnes* Mr. John M. Breslin* Mr. Alfred S. Dally Jr.* Mr. Kevin W. Detrick* Mr. Thomas C. Fountain* Dr. Martin S. Miller* Mrs. Sandra L. Olsen Braun Mr. Christopher R. Orben* Mr. David E. Owen IV Mrs. Jennifer L. Piniaha* Mr. John B. Plum Jr. Mr. Daryl K. Schaedel

1982 Class Giving: $2,809.25 Donors: 12 Participation: 13% Class Reps: William H. Abbott

Peter A. Metz Mr. William H. Abbott* Mrs. Kirsten T. Bushick* Mr. Raymond Castellani III* Mr. Robert C. Champion Mrs. Marivelle S. Clavel-Davis* Mr. Edward R. Cooper* Mr. Roger D. Gershman* Mr. William G. Holenstein* Mr. George F. Landegger Jr. Mr. David M. Lieberman Mr. Peter A. Metz* Mrs. Suzanne N. Stickles 1983 Class Giving: $11,100.00 Donors: 7 Participation: 9% Class Rep: William F. Blume Mr. Ronald G. Bowman* Mr. David A. DiGioia* Mr. Christopher P. Kane Mr. William B. Mead Mrs. Johanna R. Miller* Mrs. Alyson L. Peacock* Mr. Ramzi Y. Rishani* 1984 – 30th Reunion Class Giving: $37,289.75 Donors: 17 Participation: 16% Class Rep: Kristine C. Lisi Mrs. Noreen M. Britt* Mrs. Elizabeth W. Carroll Mrs. Lai Yuen Chiang* Mr. Christopher L. Clayton* Dr. Laura A. Covucci-Sacks* Reverend William F. Feus* Ms. Astrid C. Haugen Mrs. Melissa J. Henderson Koenig* Ms. Jennifer G. Holenstein* Mr. Hays L. Lewallen* Mrs. Kristine C. Lisi* Mr. Armando Matos* Dr. Mark D. Moon* Dr. Liza O’Dowd* Mr. Thomas A. Rue Dr. Darren K. Sacks* Mrs. Holly E. Stewart 1985 Class Giving: $20,443.82 Donors: 16 Participation: 18% Class Reps: James F. Redfern

Nina A. Romano Mrs. Hilary V. Archibald* Mr. Craig R. Haddow Mr. Robert E. Hunt Mr. Richard P. Kinkade Jr.* Mrs. Blair W. Kohan* Mr. Michael J. Lehman Mrs. Jessie E. Martin* Mr. James F. Redfern Jr.* Ms. Nina A. Romano* Ms. Darielle L. Ruderman*

* Denotes five or more fiscal years of consecutive giving

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2013-2014 Reunion Committees Reunion Committee volunteers help to ensure their classes have meaningful Alumni Weekend experiences.

Members of the committees reconnect with classmates, encourage Alumni Weekend attendance and lead their class gift efforts. Blair is grateful for the long tradition of generous donations to the School by reunion classes that commemorate their celebrations and benefit current students and faculty.

Mr. Albert G. Danker Sr. ’39 Prof. Robert V. Metz ’44 Mr. Thomas J. Bain ’49 Mr. Arnold T. Koch Jr. ’49 Mr. Arthur W. Mueller ’49 Mr. Robert A. Neff ’49 Mr. Hobart D. Van Deusen ’54 Mr. Joseph E. Bell Jr. ’59 Mr. James E. Burcham ’59 Mr. Theodore A. Doremus Jr. ’59 Mr. Peter L. Gulick ’59 Mr. C. David Howell ’59 Mr. Peter G. Wilds ’59 Mr. Christopher A. Bengtson ’64 Mr. William B. Cramer, Esq. ’64 Mr. Wayner P. Crowder ’64 Mr. Norris H. Evans Jr. ’64 Mr. Thomas B. Frystock Jr. ’64 Mr. Albert O. Grant II ’64 Mr. Clark W. Heckert ’64 Mr. Franklin A. Hedberg ’64 Mr. John V. Kennard ’64 Mr. Donald L. Lusardi Jr. ’64 Dr. George H. Roenning ’64

Mrs. Lisa M. Selesky-Nacino* Mr. John P. Shipley* Mr. Peter J. Tober* Mr. Bart J. Wagner Mrs. Amelia C. Wolfe* Mr. Christian K. Wolfe* 1986 Class Giving: $9,273.00 Donors: 15 Participation: 15% Class Reps: Linda M. Fellows

Julia K. Santella

Rada T. Starkey Dr. Amy L. Covucci Mrs. Carina C. Davidson* Ms. Linda M. Fellows* Mr. Curt C. Huegel* Mr. William F. Karn* Mr. Erik M. Kindblom Ms. Caroline B. Manogue* Mr. Thomas B. McClintock* Mrs. Melissa Portfolio Mr. Jeffrey J. Russell Mrs. Julia K. Santella Mr. Sean P. Smith* Mrs. Rada T. Starkey* Mrs. Tina Vandersteel Cressotti* Mr. Mark C. Williams

Dr. William B. Solomon ’64 Mr. Andros B. Thomson ’64 Mr. Robert W. Unangst Jr. ’64 Mr. John Vail ’64 Mr. Paul D. Vartanian ’64 Mr. Courtney West ’64 Mr. R. John Young Jr. ’64 Mr. Frank D. Yuengling III ’64 Mr. Brian D. Becker ’69 Mr. Raymond T. Bohn III ’69 Mr. Robert N. Jenkins ’69 Mr. Chris W. Leverich ’69 Mr. Frederick L. Mirbach Jr. ’69 Mr. Keith W. Patten ’69 Mr. Robert L. Van Stone ’69 Mr. Neil R. Arther ’74 Dr. Timothy J. Eustace ’74 Mrs. Josefina I. Iglesias ’74 Mr. Jeffrey S. Koch ’74 Mr. David B. Lieberman ’74 Ms. Debra Q. Markowitz ’74 Mr. John D. Rea ’74 Mr. H. Guy Stevenson ’74 Mrs. Denise Stocker Current ’74

1987 Class Giving: $8,237.10 Donors: 14 Participation: 14% Class Reps: Michelle R. Harmon

Marnie S. Raines

Diana P. Schad Mrs. Mila J. Burke DeLoren Mr. Jay T. Chamberlin Mr. Quinten A. Clarke* Mr. Noel E. Clavel Mr. Craig U. Dana Jr.* Ms. Debra K. Hess* Mr. Nicolas E. P. Mosko* Ms. Marnie S. Raines* Mr. John V. Rawson III* Mrs. Diana P. Schad* Mr. Scott Strent* Mr. Domingo P. Such III Mr. Mark T. Warfield Ms. Heather M. Wooding* 1988 Class Giving: $4,326.00 Donors: 17 Participation: 17% Class Reps: Ana M. Comas-Bacardi

Charles H. A. Inkeles Mr. Willard A. Anderson II* Mr. V. Bradley Carosella* Mr. Paul S. Clavel* Mrs. Ana M. Comas-Bacardi

* Denotes five or more fiscal years of consecutive giving

Mrs. Carolyn M. Conforti-Browse ’79 Mr. Kenneth A. Deneau ’79 Mr. Timothy Ho ’79 Ms. Marianne Lieberman ’79 Mr. G. David MacEwen ’79 Mr. Guy N. Saxton ’79 Ms. Susanne E. Ullmann ’79 Ms. Anne L. Ellingson ’84 Mrs. Melissa J. Henderson Koenig ’84 Mrs. Kristine C. Lisi ’84 Mrs. Susanne M. Pyle ’84 Mrs. Chrysta A. Argue ’89 Mr. Kevin D. Nofsinger ’89 Mrs. MacKenzie A. Guyer ’94 Mr. Bryan P. Kelly ’94 Ms. Melissa J. Stock ’94 Mr. John P. Weesner ’94 Ms. Joanne L. Wrzesinsky ’94 Mrs. Megan C. Apgar ’99 Mrs. Bridget D. Hodakowski ’99 Amy E. Jablonski ’99 Ms. Kathryn S. Piotrowski ’99

Mr. Amr R. Dajani Mr. Daniel M. DiCarlo III Mr. Aaron S. Goranson Mr. Charles H. A. Inkeles* Mr. Scott P. Kinkade* Mr. Toshihiro Matsuo* Mr. Christopher J. Mezzanotte* Mr. David Miller* Mrs. Emily A. Oliver Ms. Anita C. Sarate Mr. Jeffrey A. Saunders* Ms. Rebecca L. Selengut Mr. David W. Stafford 1989 – 25th Reunion Class Giving: $4,034.21 Donors: 15 Participation: 14% Class Reps: Chrysta A. Argue

Kevin D. Nofsinger Mrs. Chrysta A. Argue* Mrs. Tiffany S. Carlson Mrs. Tamara C. Duffy* Mr. Joshua B. George* Mr. Dale A. Keis Mrs. Lisa J. Lacey Mr. Stirling B. Levy* Mr. Keith H. Liddle* Mr. David T. Low Jr.* LCDR Jeffrey S. McCaffrey, USN Mr. Kevin D. Nofsinger* Mr. Eugene Pak

Mr. Mark T. Rosenthal ’99 Mr. Neal Santosuosso ’99 Ms. Erin K. Weir ’99 Mr. Emmanuel Bello ’04 Mr. Mark C. Bogart ’04 Mr. Matthew J. Dwyer ’04 Ms. Meredith E. Habermann ’04 Ms. Elizabeth A. Lynah ’04 Ms. Kaitlin G. Maillet ’04 Mr. Philip J. Mauriello Jr. ’04 Mrs. Nicole G. Styler Harker ’04 Ms. Jessie R. Wilburn ’04 Mr. Cody C. Buchanan ’09 Ms. Melissa L. Collins ’09 Ms. Margaret A. DeOliveira ’09 Ms. Raleigh F. Dierlam ’09 Ms. Lotte Lijnzaad ’09 Mr. Janak N. Padhiar ’09 Mr. Elliot Parauda ’09 Ms. Laura W. Pinney ’09 Mr. Keefer D. Taylor ’09

Mr. Gregory D. Rianhard Mrs. Virginia L. Stevenson* Ms. Lesley H. Underwood 1990 Class Giving: $3,310.00 Donors: 23 Participation: 21% Class Reps: Janine P. Clifford

Heather K. Loeber

Ned E. Montenecourt

Todd C. Smith Mr. Scott H. Bolton* Mr. Jason K. Cashill* Ms. Janine P. Clifford* Ms. Jessica A. Coltrane Mr. Matthew R. Cosgrave Ms. Christina J. Cox Ms. Singleton A. Cox* Mrs. Andrea L. Fleming* Mr. P. Seth Greer* Dr. Barbara L. Inkeles* Mr. Louis J. Lamoureux Mrs. Heather K. Loeber* Mr. Ned E. Montenecourt* Mr. Jun Nakagawa* Mrs. Jill A. Prehodka Coleman* Ms. Anna L. Ring Mr. Geoffrey H. Samuel Mr. Todd C. Smith* Mr. Douglas R. Sweeney*

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Ms. Alexandra E. Teller Mr. Vincent A. Vesce* Mr. James J. Waterer* Mr. David J. Willis* 1991 Class Giving: $3,317.00 Donors: 16 Participation: 14% Class Reps: Erin M. Cosgrave

Meredith Magrone Wiacek

Elizabeth W. Webster Mr. William B. Bean Mrs. Rebecca L. Broekman* Mrs. Erica E. Bromley* Ms. Cynthia E. Corliss Mrs. Erin M. Cosgrave Mrs. Tracey L. DeMaria Mr. Brett C. Holleman* Mr. David Leonardis* Mr. Jonathan B. Morgan Mrs. Sarah H. O’Connor Ms. Katherine L. Owsley* Mr. Alexander M. Scharnberg* Mr. Brian R. Shumaker Mr. Christopher T. Taukus* Mrs. Elizabeth W. Webster* Ms. Elisabeth J. Wenner 1992 Class Giving: $7,980.00 Donors: 23 Participation: 23% Class Reps: Sarah E. Burke Mullins

Carrie Giddins Pergram

Sona D. Schiller Ms. Susan A. Astheimer* Mr. Drew N. Behmer* Ms. Sarah E. Burke Mullins* Mr. Theodore J. Doremus* Mr. George J. Ernst Jr.* Mrs. Carrie Giddins Pergram* Mrs. Eliza R. Gold Mrs. Heather E. King Mrs. Nancy E. Knowdell* Mr. Jordan R. Kobert* Dr. Vikram B. Mansharamani* Mr. Jonas R. McDavit* Mr. Marcelino E. Menendez Mr. Daniel C. Millner* Dr. Anup B. Muduli Dr. Yaron G. Rabinowitz Mrs. Sona D. Schiller* Mr. Arthur F. Schlobohm IV* Mr. Adam Shoenfeld Mr. Michael Stabile III Dr. Matthew W. Strobeck* Mr. Mark S. Williams Mrs. Tasha R. Williams-Arroyo 1993 Class Giving: $13,340.00 Donors: 17 Participation: 16% Class Reps: Bernadette M. Clifford

John J. W. Inkeles Capt. Brian Antonelli Ms. Bernadette M. Clifford* Mrs. Molly A. Dunne* Lt. Cmdr. David W. Filanowicz, USN Mrs. Melina O. Fisher 1 0 2 S U M M ER - FAL L 2014

Mrs. Hollie S. Foley* Mrs. Mclane Goard Mrs. Lauren N. Haley* Mr. Hyun Seok Hwang* Mr. John J. W. Inkeles* Mr. John D. Leonardis* Dr. Ian M. Paterson* Mr. Derek M. Peachey* Ms. Karin E. Roethke-Kahn* Dr. Christopher R. Wawrzyniak* Mr. Chester C. Weber* Mr. Walter B. West II 1994 – 20th Reunion Class Giving: $2,531.00 Donors: 24 Participation: 22% Class Reps: Bryan P. Kelly

John P. Weesner

Joanne L. Wrzesinsky Ms. Jessica L. Barker Mr. Michael R. Bloch Mr. Michael J. Brennan II* Mr. Devin S. Chodorow Mrs. Amy L. Del Turco* Dr. Jessica A. Flynn Mrs. MacKenzie A. Guyer* Mr. Peter K. Hahn* Mrs. Chloe A. Holderness Mr. Bryan P. Kelly* Mrs. Amy B. J. Koehler* Mrs. Tara L. Lawler Mr. Byung Jun Lee Ms. Suzanne A. Lombardi* Mr. Seth C. Low* Mr. Richard E. Martin Mr. James P. McFadden Jr. Mr. Rodrigo A. Menendez Mrs. Catherine B. Rosenthal* Mrs. Courtney N. Stevens Ms. Melissa J. Stock Mr. Boris P. Van Dyck Mr. John P. Weesner* Ms. Joanne L. Wrzesinsky* 1995 Class Giving: $8,350.00 Donors: 19 Participation: 19% Class Rep: E. Courtnay Stanford Mr. Anthony P. Abdalla* Captain Mark R. Amspacher Mr. Carlin R. Binder* Major Carlos R. Cuevas* Ms. Emily M. Ferguson* Ms. Jennifer B. Harper Mr. Thomas H. Hart* Mr. Gordon H. Hull Mr. Thomas L. Larsen* Mr. Liam M. Lynch Ms. Stephanie J. Marcial* Mr. Guillermo Pineda-Bours* Mr. John D. Price Mrs. Kanako Sasaki Mrs. Liesel J. Schopler* Mr. John M. Skvarla* Mr. Andrew B. Solar* Mrs. Stacey A. Spring* Mrs. E. Courtnay Stanford

1996 Class Giving: $53,444.00 Donors: 26 Participation: 24% Class Reps: Stefanie R. Kuhner

Summer J. Passannante

Anthony C. Powell Mr. Nicholas M. Almeida Mr. Matthew J. Bracken* Ms. Megan H. Brodbeck* Mrs. Christine M. Chapman* Mrs. Laura C. Crawn Mrs. Brett M. Douglas Mrs. Melissa A. Erne* Mr. Charles S. Evans* Mr. Alexander M. Gallo* Ms. Melissa L. Guyre* Mrs. Annabel Jeffries Ms. Paige A. Kobert Mrs. Stefanie R. Kuhner* Dr. Tamika M. Lasege Dr. Joseph Luzzo Ms. Meghan C. Marquez Mr. Jeffrey M. McGinn* Mrs. Ashlee B. McMackin* Mrs. Sabrina S. Novick Ms. Summer J. Passannante* Mrs. Courtney C. Rathweg Mr. Aaron J. Rettaliata* Mrs. Jaclyn M. Roecker Mr. Christopher B. Snavely* Mr. Francis A. Volpe Mr. Edward T. Wenner 1997 Class Giving: $13,673.00 Donors: 27 Participation: 30% Class Reps: Christy L. Burkart

Ryan M. Pagotto Mr. Aaron Applebaum Mr. Patrick I. Arangio* Mrs. Victoria P. Bailey* Mrs. Christy L. Burkart* Ms. Cadence L. Case Mr. Matthew E. Castimore Ms. Tara S. Clarke* Mr. James-Christian S. Davin Mrs. Erin F. Dow* Mrs. Jordan M. Ehmann* Ms. Sarita Garg Mr. Blake Haase* Mr. John C. Harrison Mr. Thomas F. Horne Jr. Mr. Jamal S. Howard* Ms. Natasha Leitch-Huggins Ms. Jennifer H. Lombardi Mr. Samuel F. Martin Mr. Brian J. McArthur Mr. Michael E. McDonald* Ms. Kristy L. McGlaughlin* Ms. Stefanie M. Meilinger Mr. Ryan M. Pagotto* Mr. Robert A. Riether* Mr. Luke A. Somers Ms. Kristen A. Tegenborg Ms. Carey L. Zimmermann*

1998 Class Giving: $2,031.98 Donors: 21 Participation: 18% Class Reps: Brian M. Agresta

Sarah A. Apgar

Jamiyl R. Peters Mrs. Sarah A. Apgar* Mr. Adam Boyd* Mr. W. Alan Brown* Mr. James H. Conklin* Mrs. Maria Dulmer Mr. Robert D. Fletcher III Mrs. Aisha D. Gayle Turner* Ms. Elisa M. Green* Lt. Stephen L. N. Huber Dr. Eric M. Katerman* Mr. David Kunes* Mr. Ned P. Marcalus* Mr. Michael J. Martocci Mr. Jamiyl R. Peters Mr. William W. Schwartz* Mr. Jeffrey S. Storms Mr. Christopher C. Strickland* Mr. Adam A. Tannir Dr. Christy C. Visaggi* Ms. Tara N. Whitaker Ms. Sarah B. Wiss* 1999 – 15th Reunion Class Giving: $2,791.02 Donors: 28 Participation: 24% Class Reps: Megan C. Apgar

Bridget D. Hodakowski

Amy E. Jablonski

Kathryn S. Piotrowski

Mark T. Rosenthal Mr. Marcos Alvarado Mrs. Megan C. Apgar* Mr. Robert D. Apgar* Mr. Waleed M. Bississo* Mrs. Margaret I. Bond* Ms. Heather L. Buchholz Mr. Jaime A. Gonzalez Mrs. Emily B. Gotowka* Mr. Thomas O. Hay Mrs. Bridget D. Hodakowski* Mrs. Amy E. Jablonski* Mrs. Diana P. Lawrence Mashia Mr. R. Hunter Lippincott Mrs. Susan A. Logan Mrs. Nicole S. McEntee Ms. Jessica T. Mullin Ms. Kathryn S. Piotrowski* Mr. Mark T. Rosenthal Mrs. Nonni M. Sansoucy Mr. Neal Santosuosso Mr. Robert N. Schwartz* Mr. Oliver F. Sterlacci* Mr. Benjamin J. Stevenson* Mr. Marat D. Tomaev* Mrs. Carolyn J. Troy Mr. Jason Van Volkenburgh Mr. Michael C. Waite Ms. Erin K. Weir*

* Denotes five or more fiscal years of consecutive giving

ANNUAL REPORT

2000 Class Giving: $2,802.99 Donors: 21 Participation: 20% Class Reps: Logan K. Garrels

Andrew D. Peters

Veronica M. Reo

Meredith M. Seidel Wells Mr. Charles A. Andre III Mrs. Amanda E. Apple Mr. Chad I. Butt* Mr. Michael J. Carbonaro Mr. Andrew Chou Mr. Mark Dankiewicz Mr. Xavier de Boissezon* Mr. Logan K. Garrels Mr. Paul W. Jablonski Mr. Casey W. Krugman Mrs. J. Vanessa Lee Mrs. Elizabeth N. McDowell* Mr. Andrew D. Peters* Ms. Veronica M. Reo Ms. Taylor W. Rockwell Mrs. Rana H. Sachdev Mrs. Meredith M. Seidel Wells* Mrs. Jane M. Spann Dr. Michael A. Tessel* Mr. Panos J. Voulgaris* Mr. Charles L. Washington Jr.* 2001 Class Giving: $1,915.00 Donors: 23 Participation: 21% Class Reps: Kristen E. Bogart

Maria Lieberman Smalley Mrs. Nicole A. Applebaum-Johnson Mr. William Balderston V Mr. Justin P. Berutich Mr. Jeremy N. Boardman* Ms. Kristen E. Bogart* Mrs. Amy P. Boyle* Mrs. Ashley T. Cephalis Mr. Henry O. Clutsam Mr. Nicholas C. D’Amato* Ms. Ashlyn E. Field* Mr. Jay C. Garrels* Ms. Kelley A. Hayn Ms. Michelle Ho Mr. Robert W. Kampmann* Mrs. Cormany K. Koeppen Ms. Kweighbaye Kotee Mrs. Maria Lieberman Smalley* Ms. Sally A. Mazzocchi* Mr. Colin Miller* Mrs. Julia Padovani* Mr. Seniboye E. Tienabeso Mr. Richard C. Tompkins Mr. Charles A. Weber 2002 Class Giving: $5,027.00 Donors: 39 Participation: 31% Class Reps: E. Meredith Gal

Chelsea N. Grefe

Stephanie A. Garbutt Mr. Matthew J. Alario Mrs. Brooks Anderson Whitten Ms. Carrie Antonioli

Mr. Shane M. Behmer Capt. Steven J. Benedetti* Mrs. Astrid Bitar Mr. Geoffrey M. Brunn* Mr. Ryan G. Engels* Mr. Benjamin S. Fertig* Mr. Daniel J. Flood Mrs. E. Meredith Gal* Ms. Stephanie A. Garbutt* Mr. Akhil Garg Mr. Jeffrey B. Graupe* Ms. Chelsea N. Grefe* Mr. David J. Gustafson* Mr. Jason Haas Mr. William H. Habermann* Mr. Kyle D. Horne* Mr. Anwar K. Jones* Ms. Lisa D. Katerman* Mr. Andrew A. Lebed* Mr. Thomas S. Lieberman Mr. David A. Lin Ms. Victoria R. Lombardi* Ms. Vanita Mansharamani Mr. Colin C. McAdoo* Mr. Shaun S. Mehtani Ms. Kristin N. Nelson Mrs. Amy M. Nuzzo* Ms. Meghan R. O’Neill* Mr. Andrew R. Pearce* Mrs. Jane P. Poirier* Mrs. Emilie B. Rendall* Mrs. Ariele M. Rosch* Ms. Rebecca R. Sawyer* Mr. Christopher D. Smith* Mrs. Alexandra Weichert Ms. Sophie W. Wiss* 2003 Class Giving: $7,068.00 Donors: 38 Participation: 31% Class Reps: Sarah C. Dillon

Christine L. Geiser

Jessica A. Hess

Brandon D. Lucien

Elizabeth J. Ricca

Stephanie E. Tucker

Michael E. C. Wilson Ms. Neva J. Anthony Mr. Martin R. Benante* Ms. Courtney W. Bowditch* Mr. Alan M. Carr Mrs. Virginia S. Case* Mr. Luol A. Deng Ms. Sarah C. Dillon* Ms. Donna R. Egan* Mr. Richard Z. Eu Mr. Roberto A. Felipe* Ms. KiRa L. Fritzky-Randolph Ms. Christine L. C. Geiser* Ms. Kristen C. Graf Mr. Nathan Hayward IV Mrs. Jessica A. Hess* Mr. Nicholas D. Lieberman* Mr. Brandon D. Lucien* Mr. Matthew J. Maciag Ms. Rebecca A. McAndrew* Ms. Charlotte M. McIntosh Ms. Jessica E. McShane

* Denotes five or more fiscal years of consecutive giving

Ms. Nancy J. Moore* Mr. Christian Morelli* Mr. Andrew J. Peters Mr. Jonathan Phillips Mr. Robert B. Preston Mrs. Elizabeth J. Ricca* Mrs. Kate B. Rickaby Mr. Daniel G. Seals* Ms. Jennifer T. Shiffman* Mr. Michael Stival* Mr. Stephen A. Swentzel* Mrs. Stephanie E. Tucker Ms. Joanna L. S. Weber Ms. Kacie F. Weir* Ms. Lauren B. Williams Mr. Michael E. C. Wilson* Mrs. Lindsey Zacharias* 2004 – 10th Reunion Class Giving: $7,173.00 Donors: 41 Participation: 34% Class Reps: Matthew J. Dwyer

Kaitlin G. Maillet

Philip J. Mauriello Mr. Alexander A. Adrien Mrs. Clair R. Baxter Mr. Emmanuel Bello* Mr. Thomas Brennan Ms. Samantha C. Burstin Ms. Jessica A. Cicchino* Mr. James W. Connors Ms. Amanda B. Coward Ms. Carolyn R. Davis Mr. Hamilton T. Davis* Dr. Lindsay L. Doyle Mr. Matthew J. Dwyer Ms. Courtney L. Fields* Mr. Moritz Flogel Ms. Meredith E. Habermann* Mr. Jeffrey B. Hanson Jr. Ms. Ga Young Jang Mr. Andrew S. Kaskel* Ms. Lauren M. Keiling* Ms. Elizabeth A. Lynah Ms. Kaitlin G. Maillet* Mr. Philip J. Mauriello Jr.* Mr. William A. McAndrew* Ms. Molly V. D. Mesnard* Mrs. Claiborne C. Moses* Mr. Tejasvi Niranjan* Ms. Seo-Young Park Ms. Carly E. Pearson* Mr. Timothy C. Powers Ms. Caroline A. Protin Mr. Kevin T. Reese* Ms. Martine D. Romano* Mrs. Cortney A. Romyns-Sinegra Ms. Cristina M. Sciarra* Mr. William N. C. Scott* Ms. Rachel E. Smith-Osborne Mrs. Nicole G. Styler Harker Mr. Todd Tamagnini* Mr. Douglas J. Weltman Ms. Jessie R. Wilburn* Mrs. Baylor Young Knoll

2005 Class Giving: $5,456.00 Donors: 46 Participation: 37% Class Reps: Martha C. Dawson

Mary Jo Hall

Kathyrn G. Hood

Julian F. Swayze Mr. Nana O. K. Acheampong Ms. Staci N. Alario Ms. Lauren E. Anderson* Mr. Stephen P. Anderson Ms. Emily G. Bowditch* Ms. Katherine M. Brandwood* Ms. Rachel L. Campbell Mr. Hwan Choi Ms. Deborah M. Clarke* Ms. Stephanie J. Collens* Ms. Martha C. Dawson* Mr. Trevor P. Draper* Ms. Alexandra M. Eliopoulos* Ms. Faith C. Evans* Ms. Sasha Ewan* Mr. Matthew D. Fields* Mr. Robert Gilbert* Mr. R. Tyler Grespin Ms. Brittany A. Haines Ms. Mary Hall* Ms. Kathleen L. Haselton* Ms. Kathryn G. Hood* Mr. Drew P. Horne* Mr. Gyu Shik Jang Mr. Ty W. Johnston* Mr. Avishek R. Kumar Mr. Kon Lee Mr. Benjamin Lo* Mr. Justin Lubliner* Ms. Marion O. McAdoo* Ms. Claire C. McConnell* Ms. Rebecca P. Morris Ms. Marian M. Pascoe Mrs. Jennifer C. Salvador Mr. Jonathan R. Slawson* Ms. Kaitlyn E. Smith Ms. Lauren C. Stival* Ms. Laura R. Stone Mr. Julian F. Swayze* Mr. Matthew J. Szalachowski* Mr. H. Hudson Taylor Parifax* Ms. Evelyn B. Tilney* Mr. Andrea W. Venezia Mr. Geoffrey E. Weyl* Mr. Young IL Yoon Ms. Jessica C. Young* 2006 Class Giving: $12,4996.20 Donors: 34 Participation: 27% Class Reps: Alexander B. Graber

Anne E. Newall

Sarah L. Pearson

Kathryn W. Snyder Ms. Edwina O. Adrien* Mr. Kiley E. Austin-Young Mr. Timothy M. Bacon Ms. Phaedra Ballard* Mr. Travis Blasco Mr. Anthony M. D’Amato*

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ANNUAL REPORT

Mrs. Tamara J. Doniloski* Mr. Jay M. Engels Mr. Anthony Z. X. Eu* Mr. Alexander B. Graber* Mr. Michael V. Guttilla Ms. Courtney P. Hanson* Ms. Kelly L. Hart* Mr. Craig A. Hendrickson Mr. Benjamin A. Jayson* Ms. Madeline R. Johnson Mr. Christopher W. Jones* Mr. Jordan N. Liebowitz* Mr. Douglas F. Liva Jr.* Mr. Matthew Maillet* Mr. Corey A. Minerva* Capt. Kerry W. Mitchell* Mr. Victor Mocco Ms. Anne E. Newall* Mr. Christopher J. Palmisano Ms. Sarah L. Pearson* Mr. Roger Peterkin IV Ms. Christine E. Roemer Mr. Michael S. Rulle Jr. Ms. Kathryn W. Snyder* Ms. Emily L. Stout Mr. Brad M. Weiss Mr. Clement H. M. Yeung* Mr. Peter Z. Zitsos 2007 Class Giving: $7,954.00 Donors: 38 Participation: 29% Class Reps: Kymbia P. Ainsworth

Alison L. Crevi

Margaret L. Harding

Kevin Maxwell

Marisa S. Myers

Cooper A. Smith Ms. Kymbia P. Ainsworth* Ms. Emily J. Anderson Ms. Gelihsa Arjoon Mr. Alexander R. Auger* Mr. Robert J. Brackup* Ms. Alexandra K. K. Budge Ms. Angela C. Celeste Mr. Ryan D. Class Mr. Hudson L. Collins Ms. Alison L. Crevi* Ms. Katherine E. Crevi* Mr. Robert B. Cruice Mr. Colin B. Daddino* Mr. Jeffrey W. Ernsting Mr. Christopher Z. Eu Ms. Alexandra Ficula Mr. Dennis W. Flores* Ms. Dominique D. Frasier Mr. Eric B. Habermann* Ms. Zoe Jameson* Ms. Virginia S. Jordan* Mr. L. Henry Kozinski Mr. Kevin W. Leal* Mr. Kevin M. Lieberman* Ms. Natalya Malysheva* Mr. Max Mathies Mr. Andre de Albuquerque Matias Ms. Marisa S. Myers Ms. Samantha M. Peretore* Ms. Jena Pinkard* Ms. Alexandra R. Polhill*

1 0 4 S U M M ER - FAL L 2014

Mr. Michael G. Pouliot* Mr. Wesley Rosamilia Mr. Michael S. Russell* Mr. Kyle S. Ruzika* Mr. Brendan S. Schaffer* Mr. Anthony L. G. Stival* Ms. Elizabeth B. West 2008 Class Giving: $7,144.00 Donors: 40 Participation: 34% Class Reps: Dylan K. Evans

Alexa M. Gilmartin

Madeline A. Hargis

Katherine I. Johnson

Todd P. Lewis

Alex S. Motiuk

Ashley H. Thompson

Tina A. Tozzi Mr. Elliott W. Anderson* Ms. Elayna M. Bartolacci* Mr. Collin S. Bickford* Mr. James P. Bowditch III* Mr. Nicholas T. Browse* Ms. Melissa L. Burke Ms. Emily M. Cherenack Ms. Christine H. Devenny* Ms. Laura A. Esposito Mr. Dylan K. Evans* Ms. Chelsea A. Gallagher* Mr. Jonathan D. Gallagher Mr. Matthew C. Gallira Ms. Alexa M. Gilmartin* Mr. Kyle V. Hanson Ms. Madeline A. Hargis* Ms. Shamila A. Kohestani* Mr. Todd P. Lewis* Second Lieutenant Edward H. Lim Mr. C. Carter Lorant* Mr. Andrew H. Lowy* Ms. Marissa Mattar* Ms. Michaela McCrink Ms. Taylor C. McKay* Ms. Laura A. McNeill Mr. Alex S. Motiuk Mr. William S. E. Neff* Ms. Alexandra M. Patane* Mr. Timothy D. Peacock* Ms. Caitlin Pinkard* Ms. Grace H. Snyder* Mr. Joseph R. Stanzione Mr. Craig A. Stocker Jr.* Ms. Kaitlin E. Surdoval* Ms. Ashley H. Thompson Ms. Tallarie J. Thurgood Ms. Samantha M. Tilney* Ms. Tina A. Tozzi* Ms. Olivia L. Trozze* Ms. Amanda C. Zranchev* 2009 – 5th Reunion Class Giving: $2,909.00 Donors: 47 Participation: 37% Class Reps: Melissa L. Collins

Margaret A. DeOliveira

Janak N. Padhiar Mr. Philip M. Alvarez-Correa Ms. Elizabeth P. Andreas Ms. Sarah C. Brandwood*

Mr. Nathan T. Brodell* Mr. Ameer K. Brown Mr. Cody C. Buchanan Mr. Paul C. A. Clairmont Mr. Patrick M. Clayton* Ms. Rachel J. Collens* Ms. Melissa L. Collins* Mr. Adam B. Daddino* Ms. Margaret A. DeOliveira* Ensign James F. Diddell Ms. Raleigh F. Dierlam* Mr. James E. Dillard IV Ms. Alyssa B. Drazin* Mr. James B. Fahey* Ms. Carter L. Ford Mr. Torin Frey Mr. Nicholas A. Graber* Mr. Adam C. Hogue Ms. Morgan E. Jefferson Mr. Corey Jensen Ms. Lotte Lijnzaad* Ms. Jenna A. Lubliner* Mr. Michael D. Mayes* Ms. Ruth S. Mesnard* Mr. Matthew J. Nagy Ms. Jaime L. Napurano* Mr. Janak N. Padhiar* Ms. Haley M. Palmore Mr. Eric H. Panicucci* Mr. Elliot Parauda Mr. Stephen V. Patane Ms. Laura W. Pinney Mr. John P. Redos* Ms. Emmeline Rodriguez Mr. William W. Roper Mr. Daniel H. Smith* Ms. Mary Katherine F. Smith Mr. Alexander W. Starkman Ms. Kara A. Stessl Mr. Kyle Stevens Mr. Patrick T. Sweeney Mr. Christopher Sywetz* Mr. Keefer D. Taylor Ms. Lindsay B. Weil 2010 Class Giving: $2,021.31 Donors: 42 Participation: 34% Class Reps: Sarah E. Bugen

Jin Ryang Chung

Dillon R. Hoffman

Tiffany Kim

Frederick H. Knight

Rebecca A. Litvin

Brittany T. Small

Saul Sparber Ms. Arielle Aikens Ms. Hayley A. Anderson* Ms. Lauren G. Baumgartner Mr. William B. Bishop Ms. Heather M. Britt* Ms. Sarah E. Bugen* Ms. Jacqueline E. Carter Mr. Michael DeTogni* Ms. Maeve A. Fahey* Mr. Michael F. Geller* Ms. Lindsay Gilbert* Mr. Hakeem Harris Mr. Dillon R. Hoffman*

Mr. William H. Jordan* Ms. Sidney L. Kamolvathin* Mr. Minahm D. Kim Ms. Tiffany Kim* Mr. Alexander Lee Ms. Madeline J. Liro* Ms. Rebecca A. Litvin* Mr. Patrick Maillet* Mr. Graham N. McConnell* Ms. Rebecca L. Merrifield* Ms. Kathryn C. Middleton Ms. Francesca Nestande Mr. Peter Noback* Ms. Alison V. Noehrbass Mr. Jeffrey D. North Ms. Tamar Oppenheim Mr. Anuphab Phraewphanarai Mr. Nathaniel A. Reichel* Ms. Victoria T. Rulle* Ms. Frances B. E. Salaveria Ms. Brittany T. Small* Mr. Saul Sparber* Mr. Nils C. Stahlkrantz* Ms. Taylor Starkman* Mr. Anthony K. Stephans Mr. Gregory B. Weiss Mr. Theodore J. Welch* Ms. Katherine C. Young* Mr. Neil P. Zimmermann* 2011 Class Giving: $1,951.00 Donors: 54 Participation: 41% Class Reps: Anu C. Akinbamidele

Margaret B. Hoffman

Quinn C. McKay

Rebecca H. Smith Ms. Anu C. Akinbamidele Mr. Spencer Beriont Ms. Alliana M. R. Bovell Mr. Ben H. Brandreth Ms. Cynthia M. Buchanan Mr. Scott D. Chamberlin Mr. Daniel V. Cioffi Ms. Emily A. Collins Ms. Sydney M. Cordero Ms. Claire J. B. Daddino Mr. Ross Danzig Mr. Mikal Davis-West Ms. Elizabeth L. Deehan Ms. Carolina deOlazarra Ms. Amanda G. Devine Ms. Rebecca E. Dewey Ms. Eleanor F. Fielding Mr. Henry J. Foote Ms. Anabel B. Gonzalez Mr. Liad Herrick Ms. Margaret B. Hoffman Mr. Nicholas M. Hogan Ms. Ashley Iannone Ms. Kristin A. Jasinski Ms. Kathleen P. Kennedy Mr. Travis A. Kittle Mr. William J. Klein Ms. Marjory L. Kling Ms. Kohiyama E. LaFountain Ms. Julia W. Laughlin

* Denotes five or more fiscal years of consecutive giving

ANNUAL REPORT

Mr. James A. Lieb Mr. Tucker C. Markus Ms. Katherine A. Mayes Ms. Quinn C. McKay Mr. Alan J. Meskin Mr. Ian E. Mindham Ms. Savannah R. Mourao Mr. Thomas Niemann Mr. Gianmarino E. Orlandi Mr. Luke J. Parauda Mr. Zachary Perini Ms. Alexandra S. Reed Ms. Abigail E. Salzberg Ms. Rebecca H. Smith Ms. Kelsey A. Stevens Mr. Matthew J. Stocker Ms. Lauryn M. Tannenhaus Ms. Jessica L. Tatham Mr. Matthew T. Thees Mr. Eric S. Timken Mr. Kevin C. Tsai Mr. Franz G. Utermohlen Ms. Kelsey A. Vella Mr. Phillip L. Zranchev 2012 Class Giving: $2,257.00 Donors: 54 Participation: 41% Class Reps: Meredith A. Berry-Toon

Olivia R. Davis

Joseph S. Geller

Timothy J. Hettinger

Ali N. Johnson

Max Kaplan

Timothy M. Kui

Phoebe M. O’Rourke

Casondra Peretore Ms. Meredith A. Berry-Toon Ms. Julia H. Brackup Mr. Robert D. Britt Mr. Samuel Cannavan Ms. Paviya Chiaravanont Ms. Seo Woo Choi Ms. Olivia R. Davis Mr. Daniel DeTogni Ms. Nadia R. El-Erian Mr. Nicholas Flora Ms. Alexandra A. Forte Ms. Elizabeth J. Fox Mr. Joseph Frick Mr. Joseph S. Geller Mr. Ace A. Goldstein Mr. Mark P. Grey Mr. Jordan P. Grose Ms. Olufemi Hamilton Mr. Timothy J. Hettinger Mr. Andrew C. Iacocca Ms. Ali N. Johnson Ms. Anne Kimmelman Ms. Hannah A. Kirby Mr. Takahiro Kuwabara Mr. Niclas Ladd Ms. Michelle M. S. Leung Mr. Robert J. Manning Mr. Andrew T. C. Marvin Ms. Jane A. McConnell Mr. Matthew Michaud Ms. Catherine A. Miller

Ms. Tamara E. Mizrachi Mr. Michael Mocco Ms. Emma Moore Ms. Yasmeen E. Moorman Mr. Chi-Hsien Nieh Ms. Phoebe M. O’Rourke Mr. Joseph Park Mr. Samuel K. Park Ms. Casondra Peretore Ms. Manuela Perez Mr. Todd E. Preston Mr. Evan M. Redos Mr. Theodore S. Richardson Ms. Bridget Ryan Mr. Christopher Sabaitis Ms. Haley San Giacomo Ms. Xiaoshon Shao Ms. Victoria L. Small Mr. James A. Stahlkrantz Mr. Mark L. Stillerman Ms. Yanisa Thanyodom Ms. Dante G. Valvo Mr. Kyung Dong Yang 2013 Class Giving: $1,755.68 Donors: 72 Participation: 57% Class Reps: Hope C. Dawson

Rebecca Hargis

Tatiana L. Kalainoff

Dong Hyun Kim

Madeline M. Kling

Derek Light

Benjamin Meisel

Claire M. Ryder

Kyle R. Tierney Ms. Julia E. Acker Ms. Melanie M. Andreas Mr. Zachary L. Bellapigna Mr. Griffin Beriont Mr. Adam Berkman Ms. Emily E. Boak Mr. Stephen Broadbent Ms. Annelies Browse Mr. Darrius T. Campbell Mr. Jeremy Conway Mr. Nicholas Corrado Mr. Jackson Davis Ms. Hope C. Dawson Mr. Michael Deehan Mr. Matthew J. DeSalvio Ms. Julia Dioguardi Ms. Haven C. Donovan Mr. Clay C. Dundas Mr. Zachary Gershman Ms. Ana Greik Mr. Colton Hardman Ms. Rebecca Hargis Ms. Samantha Hill Mr. Jordan Janis Mr. Jonathan Januszewski Mr. Jeremy J. Joachim Ms. Olivia C. Jones Mr. John B. Jordan Mr. Adam B. Jutte Ms. Tatiana L. Kalainoff Ms. Samantha Kall Ms. Quinn E. Kennedy

* Denotes five or more fiscal years of consecutive giving

Mr. Alexander Khoury Mr. Dong Hyun Kim Mr. Robert Kimmelman Mr. Fletcher S. Kirby Ms. Morgan R. Klein Ms. Madeline M. Kling Ms. Hannah Lappin Ms. Eugenia Lavanant Mr. Derek Light Ms. Kira M. Liva Mr. Conner Long Ms. Megan Maher Ms. Anna Marks Mr. Bryn C. Martin Mr. Connor M. McClain Mr. Benjamin Meisel Ms. Madeleine Michaud Mr. Rhett Moroses Mr. Matoko Noudehou Ms. Devin G. O’Sullivan Mr. Nicholas Parauda Mr. Russell J. Parsons Mr. Kristopher J. Patane Ms. Catherine Perez Mr. Christopher M. Reilly Ms. Claire M. Ryder Ms. Alison Surdoval Ms. Nicole L. Thompson Mr. Kyle R. Tierney Mr. Edward M. Tirpack III Mr. Dushyant Tiwari Mr. Graham van der Lee Mr. Tyler R. Van Vliet Ms. Carolyn A. Wan Mr. Jack Wedholm Ms. Beatrice Wu Mr. William Wu Ms. Sierra C. Yit Mr. Martin H. Yu Ms. Ashley Zimmermann 2014 Class Giving: $2,175.73 Donors: 112 Participation: 95% Class Reps: Demetrius Daltirus

Graham Merrifield

Sara Moran

Abby Troy Mr. Tae Hwi An Mr. Jon Arriola Mr. James Atkins Jr. Ms. Natalie J. M. Bacon Ms. Ggot S. Y. Bae Mr. Jordan M. Barbarotta Mr. Pakapark Bhumiwat Mr. James A. Boozan Jr. Mr. Kevin S. Breslin Mr. Justin B. Brooks Ms. Natalie M. Bunting Ms. Paige M. Bykowsky Ms. Ilene Cheung-Cheng Ms. Claudia Y. Choi Mr. Su Young Choi Ms. Hae Yoon Chung Mr. Christopher Cieszko Mr. Matthew F. P. Collins Ms. Rachel E. Cooley

Ms. Rebecca A. Cooley Mr. William J. Cooley Mr. Patrick S. J. Coover Ms. Paige E. Cordero Mr. Demetrius J. Daltirus Ms. Desiree E. Dantes-Tayco Ms. Annabel W. Darling Mr. Shannon S. E. Davis Mr. Ryerson W. Dempsey Ms. Ana Sofia deOlazarra Mr. Nicholas T. DiNapoli Mr. Derek E. Dumani Ms. Sadie Edwards Mr. Duncan S. Ellsworth IV Mr. Richard D. Erlandson Mr. Samuel Esposito Ms. Margaret G. Fahey Ms. Anne Finney Mr. Evan Forsell Mr. Daniel B. Geller Mr. Samuel L. Giddins Mr. Matthew J. Gillette Ms. Lindsey K. Green Mr. Quashae Hendryx Ms. Lauren N. Hitchner Ms. Martinique C. B. Ho Mr. Zachary Hoffman Mr. Joshua X. Hui Ms. Alyssa Imam Mr. Kyle Jacksic Mr. William A. James IV Mr. Jasneel Kahlam Ms. Hannah Klein Mr. Lyazid Lahrizi Ms. Elizabeth M. Lawless Mr. Gun Hee Lee Ms. Jiwon Lee Mr. Jeffrey Z. Y. Li Mr. Sea Hoon Lim Ms. Yu Rong Lim Ms. Cheryl Lima Mr. Andrew N. Litvin Mr. Samuel B. Loring Mr. John-Vincent Louis Mr. Sean Lubreski Mr. Griffin H. Marcus Ms. Bettina L. Mariano Mr. David T. Mascarenhas Mr. John Aiden O. McAleer Mr. Joseph McKenna Ms. Elizabeth S. McNeill Mr. Graham Merrifield Ms. Lindsey M. Metz Mr. Christopher Mezzanotte Ms. Sara C. Moran Ms. Cherylann Mucciolo Mr. Brennan O’Connor Mr. Zachary O’Connor Ms. Hyun Sun Park Mr. Ju Uhn Park Ms. Devin Peelman Mr. Arjun N. Peruvemba Mr. John C. Phillips Mr. Kevin J. Pierce Mr. Christopher Powers Ms. Emma R. Price Mr. Edward W. Riker

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Mr. Alexander R. Rinaldi Ms. Annika E. Rollock Mr. Alexander D. Romano Ms. Kathleen M. Ryan Ms. Jessica Sabin Mr. Liam K. Sabino Mr. Tyler Saylor

Ms. Casey R. Seivright Mr. Kevin C. Seymour Mr. Marial M. Shayok Mr. Michael Shiffert Mr. Michael Silverthorn Ms. Carlin S. Smith Ms. Julia M. Stadlinger

Ms. Soksovann E. Stark Ms. Emily Steere Mr. Ryan L. Stiefel Ms. Allison C. Stone Ms. Sasha R. Tatham Ms. Grace Tenney Ms. Abigayle Troy

Ms. Megan K. Tsai Ms. Sally Weiner Mr. Chase Whipple Mr. Christopher G. Wilson Mr. Gordon Wong

Current Parents

Mr. Tae Kuwn Lim and Mrs. Hyun Jeong Park Dr. Samuel S. Litvin and Ms. Robin J. Scheman* Mr. William K. Litzenberger Ms. Martha S. Loring Mr. Thomas B. Loring Dr. and Mrs. John V. Louis, DDS Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Lubreski Mr. and Mrs. Gerald P. Marcus Mr. and Mrs. Wilfrido V. Mariano Mrs. Karen R. Mascarenhas* Mr. Stevens McAleer and Mrs. Sheila O. McAleer Mr. and Mrs. James C. McKenna Mrs. Joyce K. McNeill Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Merrifield* Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Metz ’82* Mr. Thomas E. Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Mezzanotte ’88* Mr. and Mrs. Gerald T. Moran Jr. Drs. James W. and Crystal O’Connor Jr. The Rev. and Mrs. Patrick H. O’Connor Dr. Yong Jee Park and Mrs. Jung-ah Sohn* Mr. Young Seok Park and Mrs. Young Ju Choe Mr. and Mrs. W. John Phillips III Mr. and Mrs. Clint W. Pierce* Mr. and Mrs. John J. Powers Ms. Margaret S. Riker Mr. and Mrs. Alexander J. Rinaldi, Esq. Mr. and Mrs. David P. Romano ’76* Mr. Anthony Rizzo and Ms. Nina A. Romano ’85* Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Ryan Mr. and Mrs. James H. Saylor Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Cedric Seymour Mr. and Mrs. James J. Shiffert Mr. and Mrs. Sean P. Smith ’86* Mr. and Mrs. Christian Stadlinger Ms. Susan Stark* Mr. and Mrs. James F. Steere III Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Stiefel Mr. and Mrs. Bradford S. Stone Mr. Scott Tatham* Mr. and Mrs. Marco B. Tayco Mr. and Mrs. Tim Tenney Mrs. Susan Tracy Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Troy Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Tsai* Mrs. Sharon Whipple Mr. Yuk Kwan Wong and Mrs. Chi Hsia Wang

Class of 2015 Mr. and Mrs. JP Baehr Ms. Kimberly Baehr Ms. Sillar S. Baxter Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Bearse, PhD Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Becker Mr. and Mrs. Jay C. Biggins Mr. and Mrs. Douglas H. Birnie Mr. and Mrs. Craig A. Booth Ms. Linda Brooks Mr. Chad E. Brown Mrs. Terri Brown Mr. Donald M. Callahan Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Castle ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Cavanaugh Sr. Mrs. Suzanne Q. Chamberlin Mr. and Mrs. Brian Chrobock Mr. and Mrs. Vincent A. Ciancarelli Mr. and Mrs. Taylor F. Clark Mr. Brant F. Gibbs and Mrs. Cristianna Cooke-Gibbs ’80 Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Corrado* Mr. Hylton W. Dawson Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. DiFrancesco Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Darryl J. Dong Mr. Vincent Dopulos and Ms. Christine Larsen Mr. and Mrs. James C. Drinkwater Mr. and Mrs. Enrique Dura Mr. and Mrs. Dean C. Durling* Mrs. Ana K. Elghanayan Mr. Steven B. Elghanayan Mr. Jack Epstein and Mrs. Kathy Lewis-Epstein Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Ernsting* Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Ewles Mr. and Mrs. James B. Fahey Jr.* Mr. and Mrs. John P. Flora Mr. and Mrs. Clarke B. Futch Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Gunther Ms. Cheralyn Gupta Mr. Shaleen Gupta Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Hoffman Mr. and Mrs. Victor Holliday Mr. Kwang-Suk Hong and Mrs. Sung-Hee Kim Mr. and Ms. Jeffery B. Horn Mr. and Mrs. Ira T. Hunt Mr. and Mrs. James Huselton Mr. Malik Jackson and Ms. Bayyinah Pretlow Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Jones Sr. Mr. Gregg J. Berman and Mrs. Susan R. Kahn Berman Ms. Sharon J. Kelly Mr. Eugene K. Kim and Dr. Julia Lee Mr. and Mrs. Kunsoo Kim

Mr. You Hyun Kim and Mrs. Eun Young Hwang Mr. and Mrs. Douglas W. Kimmelman* Mr. and Mrs. Coray S. Kirby ’80* Drs. Paul W. and Joan M. Kolodzik Mrs. Eileen H. Lambo Mr. James J. Lawless Jr. and Dr. Mary Beth Marcincin Drs. Hae Joon and In Gil Lee Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lehr Mr. Man Fat Leung and Mrs. Woon Ching Yip Mr. Jared S. Levinson Mr. and Mrs. Alfredo Lobo Mrs. Karen A. Lowndes Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Lubreski Mr. David B. Martin and Mrs. Jessie E. Martin ’85* Mr. and Mrs. James C. McKenna Mrs. Jane M. Millard Mr. and Mrs. James Monahan Mr. and Mrs. Michael Monica Mr. Ceferino D. Montesino and Mrs. Melissa Suriel Ms. Amanda M. Nadeau Mr. and Mrs. Darrie Nowell Mr. and Mrs. Christopher L. Palanca Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Parauda* Mr. and Mrs. James Pearson* Ms. Ann Peets Mr. Uku Peets Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Perdue Mr. A. Markman M. Peters Mrs. Jenny R. Peters Ms. Michele A. Plante Ms. Jamie Pollock Mr. Jon D. Pollock Mr. and Mrs. Larry C. K. Poon Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Rencis* Mr. and Mrs. James T. Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. David H. Sabath Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Sanborn Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Sexton Mr. and Mrs. Allan H. Shoemake Mr. Jonathan M. Simon and Mrs. Jeanine M. McAdam Mr. Thomas E. Palmieri and Mrs. Katherine P. Skeffington Mr. and Mrs. Brooks K. Slocum AIA Mr. and Mrs. Scot M. Small* Mr. and Mrs. Neil T. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Mark Soracin Mr. and Mrs. Glenn T. Starkman* Mr. and Mrs. David P. Stein Mr. and Mrs. Michael Suk Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sysler Mr. and Mrs. Antonio C. G. Tavares

Class of 2014 Mr. and Mrs. Jin Hoi An Mr. and Mrs. Selden D. Bacon Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Dae Yeol Bae Mr. David Bae Dr. and Mrs. Jim Boozan Mr. and Mrs. John M. Breslin ’81* Ms. Linda Brooks Mrs. Lauryl M. Bunting Mr. William B. Bunting Mr. Kee Cheng Mr. Yeong Ching Lim and Mrs. Lai Yuen Chiang ’84* Mr. Yoon Suk Choi and Mrs. Kyung Joo Lee Mr. Young Bum Choi and Mrs. Jung In Yong Dr. Hwa Cheol Chung and Mrs. Seon Hee Kim* Mr. and Mrs. Peter Cieszko Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Sean T. Collins Mr. Jeremy P. Cooley, Esq. and Dr. Susan L. Cooley* Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Cordero* Mr. and Mrs. Jean-Claude Daltirus Mr. and Mrs. Michael Darling Mr. and Mrs. Floyd E. Davis III* Mr. Preston P. Davis ’76 and Mrs. Marivelle S. Clavel-Davis ’82* Mr. Robert T. Klein and Mrs. Nancy J. Doyle-Klein* Mr. and Mrs. Tony Dumani Mr. and Mrs. Erskine Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Duncan S. Ellsworth III Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Esposito Mr. and Mrs. James B. Fahey Jr.* Mr. and Mrs. John Finney Dr. and Mrs. Jay D. Geller* Mr. and Mrs. Paul Giddins Mr. and Mrs. John A. Gillette Dr. George A. Green IV and Mrs. Donna K. Green* Ms. Tara Hendryx Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Hitchner III Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey G. Hoffman Dr. Yau Hui and Dr. Zhi Quan Gong Mr. and Mrs. Hussain W. Imam Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Jacksic Mr. and Mrs. William A. James III Dr. and Mrs. Sarwan S. Kahlam* Mr. James J. Lawless Jr. and Dr. Mary Beth Marcincin Mr. and Mrs. Jong-ouk Lee Dr. Sang Ill Lee and Mrs. Kyong Suk Kim Dr. and Mrs. Marc A. Levinson, OD Mr. and Mrs. Yijie Li

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Parent Volunteer Group 2013-2014 The Parent Volunteer Group comprises energetic and dedicated parents who volunteer their time and energy throughout the school year to enrich both the academic and social life on campus.

Mr. and Mrs. Eric L. Altman Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Annunziata Mr. and Mrs. Perrin L. Arturi Mr. and Mrs. Aaron H. Ayhan Mr. and Mrs. Douglas H. Birnie Mr. and Mrs. William J. Bonzulak Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Jim Boozan Ms. Linda Brooks Mrs. Terri Brown Mr. and Dr. Leonard Buck Mrs. Suzanne Q. Chamberlin Mr. and Mrs. Brian Chrobock Mr. and Mrs. Vincent A. Ciancarelli Ms. Nicole Clark Mr. and Mrs. Sean T. Collins Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Cordero Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Corrado Mr. and Mrs. Kraig J. Correll Mr. and Mrs. Jean-Claude Daltirus Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Davie Jr. Mr. Preston P. Davis ’76 and Mrs. Marivelle S. Clavel-Davis ’82 Mr. and Mrs. Jack Dorsa

Mr. and Mrs. Steve M. Tierney* Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Troy Ms. Carol Tucker Mr. Reginald Tucker Mr. Deniz and Dr. Lisa Uzbay Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Valeo Ms. Temperance Van Doren* Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Van Orden Mr. and Dr. Raymond J. Vass ’79* Ms. Kelly L. Vostal Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wan* Mr. and Mrs. John A. Witte Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Woolley Mr. Shaw Wu and Ms. Xin Yang Mr. Yi Wu and Mrs. Wen Lu Mr. Xiaodong Yang and Mrs. Li Liu Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Zawislak Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Zayonts Class of 2016 Mr. and Mrs. Eric L. Altman Mr. and Mrs. Alan S. Andreas Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Annunziata* Mr. and Mrs. Richard Assad Ms. Cecily G. Bierly Mr. and Mrs. Christopher W. Bodner Mr. and Mrs. John J. Bottone III Dr. and Mrs. Alan B. Brackup Mr. John T. Britton Jr. and Ms. Rosemary Tafaro Ms. Cherese Y. Brown Mr. Hua Cai and Ms. Yuerong Zhan

Mr. and Mrs. James C. Drinkwater Mr. and Mrs. Dean C. Durling Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Ernsting Mr. and Mrs. James B. Fahey Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jerod C. Ford Mr. Carl Teter and Dr. Nadine Gelberg Dr. and Mrs. Jay D. Geller Dr. George A. Green IV and Mrs. Donna K. Green Dr. and Mrs. Walter R. Grote Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Groves Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Gunther Mr. and Mrs. John R. Haines Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hamway Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Helck Mr. and Mrs. Ovidio J. Hidalgo-Gato Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Hoffman Mr. and Mrs. James Huselton Mr. and Mrs. Raymond E. Ix Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jay M. Jenkins Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Jones Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Jones Sr. Ms. Sharon J. Kelly

Mr. and Mrs. Greg W. Carney Mr. Sae Joo Chang and Ms. Hee Jung Nam Mr. Zhihong Cheng and Mrs. Yuhao Hu Mr. Yeong Ching Lim and Mrs. Lai Yuen Chiang ’84* Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Cipolla Jr. Ms. Nicole Clark Mr. and Ms. Lewis Clayton Mr. and Mrs. Kraig J. Correll Mr. Ronald J. Cort and Ms. Sandy K. Ramsey Ms. Phyllis O. Cox-Garvey Mr. Guojun Dai and Ms. Ziguang Wan Mr. and Mrs. Scott Dallavia Dr. and Mrs. Michael I. Deehan Sr.* Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Devlin Ms. Julie Dowden Dr. Yuansheng Du and Mrs. Shuguang Qi Mr. James A. Faust and Mrs. Grace M. Spadaro-Faust Mrs. Ayishah Ferrer-Lang Mr. and Mrs. Daniel H. Fitzgerald Mr. and Mrs. Jerod C. Ford Dr. Jeffrey Friedman and Ms. Lily Safani Mr. Dudley E. Garvey Mr. Carl Teter and Dr. Nadine Gelberg

* Denotes five or more fiscal years of consecutive giving

Mr. and Mrs. Coray S. Kirby ’80 Mr. George R. Seifert and Mrs. Janet Kurtz Seifert Mrs. Eileen H. Lambo Mr. and Mrs. John T. Lamon Ms. Michele Langevin Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lehr Mr. and Mrs. Karl E. Lens Ms. Marcie B. Levinson Mr. Sergio D. Lob and Mrs. Andrea F. DeBroka-Lob Mr. John H. Lotz III and Mrs. Lori K. Belton Ms. Diane S. Margolin, Esq. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. McCrink Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Merrifield Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Middleton Mr. and Mrs. John P. Mooney Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald T. Moran Jr. Ms. Claudia E. Morf Ms. Amanda M. Nadeau Mr. and Mrs. Arthur T. Neary Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Perdue Mr. and Mrs. W. John Phillips III Dr. and Mrs. Lee Pressler

Dr. and Mrs. Jay D. Geller* Mr. Benjamin Goldhagen Dr. and Mrs. Walter R. Grote Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Hettinger Jr.* Dr. and Mrs. Alexander Holtzman Mr. Wonpyo Hong and Mrs. Marcela Yoon Dr. Eugene S. Hrabarchuk and Mrs. Donna M. Geba-Hrabarchuk Mr. Jong Hoon Hyun and Mrs. Seung Won Choi Mr. Richard A. Iacono and Mrs. Jennifer R. Carney Iacono Mr. Marc Ingla and Mrs. Claudia Vives-Fierro Mr. and Mrs. Raymond E. Ix Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Josiah R. Jacobs Mr. and Mrs. Peerapong Jirasevijinda Mr. Jin Soo Kang and Ms. Heeking Namgung Mr. and Mrs. Alexandros Kedros Mr. George R. Seifert and Mrs. Janet Kurtz Seifert Mr. and Mrs. John T. Lamon Mr. Darius Lang Ms. Michele Langevin Ms. Emily K. C. Lao* Dr. Kyung Deok Lee and Mrs. Moo Kyung Hwang Mr. and Mrs. Greg Leifken Mr. and Mrs. Kaven W. M. Leung*

Mr. and Mrs. Alexander J. Rinaldi, Esq. Mr. Frank C. Scheuer Jr. and Ms. Leigh Royer Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius E. Sigety ’76 Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Sigety Mr. and Mrs. Mark Soracin Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stangeland Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Stiefel Mr. and Mrs. Steve M. Tierney Mr. Deniz and Dr. Lisa Uzbay Dr. and Mrs. Jacques P. Van Der Merwe Ms. Kelly L. Vostal Mr. and Mrs. Randall Walker Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Walker Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Walsh Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wan Mr. James Wang and Mrs. Cheng Zhang Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. West Mrs. Sharon Whipple Mr. and Mrs. John A. Witte Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Phillip C. Zranchev

Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Litzenberger* Mr. Sergio D. Lob and Mrs. Andrea F. DeBroka-Lob Mr. and Mrs. Alfredo Lobo Mr. and Mrs. William M. Long Jr.* Ms. Martha S. Loring Mr. Thomas B. Loring Mr. John H. Lotz III and Mrs. Lori K. Belton Mr. Shan Lu and Mrs. Xiangxin Tang-Lu Ms. Winifred Mabley Mr. John Maldjian, Esq. Mrs. Laura Maldjian Mr. and Mrs. David L. Manville Mrs. Lianne Markus Mr. Michael V. Markus Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. McCrink* Dr. and Mrs. Heino Meerkatt Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Middleton* Mr. and Mrs. Scott M. Morrison Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Nagle Mr. and Mrs. Arthur T. Neary Mr. and Dr. Alain W. Noudehou Drs. James W. and Crystal O’Connor Jr. Mr. Young Jae Park and Mrs. Hyunjoo Eom* Mr. and Mrs. Sandeep K. Paul Mr. and Mrs. George D. Pickett Sr. Mr. and Mrs. William C. Prentice

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Parent Fund Group 2013-2014 The Parent Fund Group is a group of committed parent volunteers who give generously of their time and resources by helping raise unrestricted funds for the School.

Mr. and Mrs. Sean T. Collins Co-chairs Mr. and Mrs. Taylor F. Clark Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Corrado Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Ernsting Mr. and Mrs. Daniel H. Fitzgerald Dr. and Mrs. Jay D. Geller Mr. Shaleen Gupta Dr. Yau Hui and Dr. Zhi Quan Gong Mr. and Mrs. Raymond E. Ix Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William A. James III Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Jones Sr. Mr. George R. Seifert and Mrs. Janet Kurtz Seifert Mrs. Eileen H. Lambo Mr. James J. Lawless Jr. and Dr. Mary Beth Marcincin

Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius E. Putnam Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Rich Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Brent S. Robinson Mr. Anthony Rizzo and Ms. Nina A. Romano ’85* Mr. and Mrs. Gil Rubio Mr. and Mrs. James H. Saylor Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph J. Sharma Mr. and Mrs. Eric J. Shaw Mr. Feng Shi and Ms. Bei Ling Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Shook Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius E. Sigety ’76* Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Sigety ’75* Mr. and Mrs. Sean P. Smith ’86* Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Stiefel Dr. and Mrs. Charles B. Stillerman, MD* Mr. Zheng Sun and Mrs. Na Wang Mr. and Mrs. Jason G. Swirbul Mr. John L. Sykes Ms. Laurie J. Sykes Mr. Youshan Tian and Mrs. Jihong Guo Mr. Dashawn Tingman-Smith and Mrs. Sharees Hatchett-Smith Dr. and Mrs. Jacques P. Van Der Merwe Mr. and Mrs. Todd M. Van Vliet* Mr. and Mrs. Mark Williard Mr. Zhenli Yan and Mrs. Jianhong Nie Mr. and Mrs. Phillip C. Zranchev* Class of 2017 Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Olajide Adeniji

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Mr. Tae Kuwn Lim and Mrs. Hyun Jeong Park Dr. Samuel S. Litvin and Ms. Robin J. Scheman Mr. Stevens McAleer and Mrs. Sheila O. McAleer Mr. and Mrs. Gerald T. Moran Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Scott M. Morrison Mr. and Mrs. John J. Powers Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Rich Sr. Mr. and Mrs. David P. Romano ’76 Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius E. Sigety ’76 Mr. Zheng Sun and Mrs. Na Wang Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sysler Mr. and Mrs. Tim Tenney Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Troy Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Tsai

Mr. and Mrs. Deepak Amin Mr. and Mrs. Perrin L. Arturi Mr. and Mrs. Aaron H. Ayhan Ms. Leshea Ballard Mr. and Mrs. Brian Beam Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Boag Mr. and Mrs. William J. Bonzulak Jr. Mr. and Dr. Leonard Buck Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Callahan Mr. Peng Chi and Mrs. Aihong Song Mr. Jung Jun Choi and Mrs. Sung Hye Choi Mr. Vincent Chou and Mrs. Jahyung Cho Mr. and Mrs. Sunil Chugani Mr. and Mrs. Vincent A. Ciancarelli Dr. Frederick Corio and Mrs. Laura Stephan-Corio Mr. and Ms. David Czaja Mr. and Mrs. William Daniels Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Davlin Mr. Barry P. Day and Ms. Michele Kessler Dr. and Mrs. Michael I. Deehan Sr.* Mr. Kurt Dericks and Dr. Rebecca Martinez Mr. and Mrs. Jack Dorsa Ms. Patricia Espinoza Mr. and Mrs. Daniel H. Fitzgerald Dr. and Mrs. Michael Fitzpatrick Mr. and Mrs. James A. Frick* Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Groves Mr. and Mrs. John R. Haines Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hamway Mr. and Mrs. Robert Heino Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Helck

Mr. and Mrs. Ovidio J. Hidalgo-Gato Mr. Marc Ingla and Mrs. Claudia Vives-Fierro Dr. Jung Ho Jang and Mrs. Jung Eun Song Mr. and Mrs. Jay M. Jenkins Mr. Hagsung Kim and Mrs. HyeSun Sin Mr. and Mrs. Kiljin Kim Mr. and Mrs. Yeonhang Kim Mr. James J. Lawless Jr. and Dr. Mary Beth Marcincin Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lehr Mr. and Mrs. Karl E. Lens Ms. Carolyn M. Grant and Ms. Marianne Lieberman ’79* Mr. Xing Luo and Ms. Lisha Liu Mr. and Mrs. Eric T. Maine ’77* Mr. Adam B. Marcus* Mrs. Valerie B. Marcus* Drs. Vladimir and Inna Meskin Mr. and Mrs. Gregg R. Molesworth Mr. and Mrs. John P. Mooney Jr. Mr. James M. Moore and Dr. Wendy Bedenko* Ms. Claudia E. Morf Mr. and Mrs. Eric Mund Ms. Teresa Nance Mr. Jerrold Newman Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Patterson Mr. and Mrs. Keith Pennell Mr. and Mrs. Clint W. Pierce* Dr. and Mrs. Lee Pressler Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Rand Ms. Roxana M. Reid Mr. and Mrs. Jed E. Rhoads Mr. and Mrs. Brent S. Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Savettiere Mr. and Mrs. Guy N. Saxton ’79* Mr. Frank C. Scheuer Jr. and Ms. Leigh Royer Mr. and Mrs. Eric J. Shaw Mr. and Mrs. Nigel Shaw Mr. Gary Sherman Ms. Sharon Sherman Mr. Reinis Sipols and Ms. Ilze Bars Dr. and Mrs. Hisham Sobhy, PhD Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stangeland Mr. and Mrs. Jan Sudol Ms. Patrapon Tanakulthon Mr. Barry S. Toon and Mrs. Deborah Berry-Toon* Mr. Andrew L. C. Tung and Dr. Rulin Fuong Ms. Caroline von Stade Mr. and Mrs. Randall Walker Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Walsh Mr. James Wang and Mrs. Cheng Zhang Mr. Cong Xu and Ms. Qing Su

Parents of Alumni Anonymous (2) Korean Past Parents 07-08-09 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Abt Hon. and Mrs. William R. Albrecht ’44*

Mr. and Mrs. Cirino Alvarado Mr. Garland Anderson* Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Anderson Mr. Mark Bender and Mrs. Holly J. Anderson-Bender ’81* Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon Apgar IV ’58* Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Aronson ’50* Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Asselin ’51* Prof. and Mrs. Richard T. Barber ’56* Mr. and Mrs. James A. Bartolacci Mr. and Mrs. Frederick K. Baser ’66* Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence E. Bater* Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Baumgartner Mr. and Mrs. L. Nelson Behmer* Mr. and Mrs. Lee Bellapigna Mr. and Mrs. James M. Bennett ’66* Mr. and Mrs. John D. Beriont* Mr. and Mrs. Ben L. Bishop Jr. ’66 Dr. and Mrs. Hugh E. Black* Reverend Sherry A. Blackman* Mr. and Mrs. H. Mercer Blanchard* Mrs. Susan F. Ellis and Mr. Richard P. Boak ’68* Mr. Daniele Bodini* Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Bolton* Mr. and Mrs. J. Penn Bowditch Jr.* Ms. Lynda J. Bowman Mr. and Mrs. George M. Brady* Mr. and Mrs. David A. Brands Sr. ’52* Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Brandwood Mr. and Mrs. James F. Britt* Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Broadbent* Dr. John C. Brown Mrs. Carolyn M. Conforti-Browse ’79 and Mr. R. Latta Browse* Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Browse Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Brumbaugh* Mr. James R. Brunn ’73* Mr. and Mrs. Brien C. Buchanan Mr. and Mrs. David H. Bugen ’66* Mr. and Mrs. Kevin J. Burke* Mr. and Mrs. Donald N. Campbell ’65* Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Carter* Mr. and Mrs. James H. Case* Hon. and Mrs. John D. Case Jr. ’63* Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Cera ’53* Dr. and Mrs. Jay J. Chang Dr. Bonnie L. Chen and Mr. Michael Pan* Mr. and Mrs. Anthony C. Chigounis* Mr. and Mrs. Mark Christmas Mr. and Mrs. Theodore J. Cillis III Mrs. Carol L. Clayton* Mr. and Mrs. Kevin L. Clayton* Mr. Michael C. Cleavenger ’69* Mr. and Mrs. Henry O. Clutsam III ’65* Mr. and Mrs. David R. Collens* Mr. Huxley H. Conklin ’71 Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Cournoyer Mr. Olin A. Cramer* Mrs. Mary W. Crevi Mrs. Melva A. Cummings* Dr. Anthony F. Cupo Mr. and Mrs. William P. Curcio*

* Denotes five or more fiscal years of consecutive giving

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Mr. and Mrs. Christopher P. D’Amato* Mr. Anthony F. Daddino and Mrs. Susan J. Bevan* Mr. and Mrs. Craig U. Dana Sr. ’60* Mr. and Mrs. Carl Danzig Mr. and Mrs. C. Claude C. Dawson II* Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. DeSalvio Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Deschenes* Dr. and Mrs. Joseph DeStefano Mrs. Laura DeTogni* Mr. and Mrs. William P. Dioguardi Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dixon* Mr. and Mrs. Theodore A. Doremus Jr. ’59* Mrs. Phyllis Eden* Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Engelhardt ’45* Mr. and Mrs. William C. Epstein* Mr. and Mrs. Winson D. Ewing, Hon. ’53* Mr. and Mrs. William M. Feeney* Mr. and Mrs. James H. Fertig* Mr. and Mrs. John J. Fletcher Dr. and Mrs. Lucian Fletcher Jr. ’41* Mrs. Constance D. Fletcher-Hindle ’74 and Mr. William A. Hindle ’74 Ms. Beth Flores Florindi* Mr. and Mrs. James A. Floyd Mr. and Mrs. George Flynn* Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Foote* Mr. Robert A. Forte* Mrs. Barbara R. Foster, Hon. ’41* Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence G. Foster Mr. and Ms. Kenneth D. Fox Mr. and Mrs. Michael Frey* Dr. and Mrs. Clement A. Furey Jr.* Ms. Nancy Giddins* Mr. and Mrs. Mickey Gilbert* Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Glowacky* Mr. and Mrs. Gerald J. Gorman* Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Graber* Mr. and Ms. Alan M. Green* Mr. and Mrs. John C. Grey* Mr. and Mrs. H. James Griffith ’60* Mr. and Mrs. Bob Grogan Mr. and Mrs. Madison F. Grose* Mr. and Mrs. John P. Guenther* Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey B. Haines Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey B. Hanson* Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan R. Hargis* Mrs. and Mr. Janet R. Harrington ’76* Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harris Mr. and Mrs. Huntley R. Harrison* Mr. and Mrs. David A. Hart* Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Hayward III* Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Hazard ’63* Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Henderson ’63* Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Hoff ’53* Mr. and Mrs. Burt M. Hoffman Mr. and Mrs. John B. Hoffman Jr.* Mr. and Mrs. Brian Hogan Mr. and Mrs. James E. Hogue Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hollerith Jr.* Mr. and Mrs. Murray Hood* Ms. Lee Horne ’77* Mrs. Selena T. Howard* Mr. and Mrs. David C. Hull Jr.*

Mr. Gary J. Iacocca* Mr. and Mrs. Frank Iannone* Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Ineich Dr. and Mrs. David M. Inkeles* Mr. and Mrs. David G. Januszewski Mr. August A. Jonckheer Mr. and Mrs. Steven E. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Jordan* Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Kalfaian* Mr. and Mrs. James R. Kelley Sr., Hon. ’51, ’89* Dr. and Mrs. Aldo D. Khoury Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Kiley ’51* Mr. Allan P. Kirby Jr.* Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Kirkpatrick* Mrs. Deborah L. Kling ’73 and Mr. Stefan A. Kling ’71* Mr. and Mrs. Joel A. Kobert, Hon. ’65* Mr. and Mrs. Philip W. Koebig III* Mrs. Marjorie A. Koestner Mrs. Leslie Kozina* Mr. and Mrs. Laurence H. Kozinski Mr. and Mrs. James D. Krugman, Esq.* Ms. Mary D. Krugman Mr. and Mrs. Willard F. W. Ladd* Mr. John C. LaFountain* Dr. and Mrs. Harold S. Lappin* Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Leber ’49* Mr. Kang Woong Lee Mr. and Mrs. Mark T. Lieberman ’74* Mrs. Janalee Norquest and Dr. Jeffrey T. Liegner Drs. Andy and Vicki Light* Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Lim Mr. Joseph Liro and Mrs. Joanne Hill* Dr. Bradford C. Liva ’70 Dr. and Mrs. Douglas F. Liva ’72* Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Liva Jr. ’69 Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Liva ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Lo Mr. Peter C. Loder* Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Lorant Mr. and Mrs. Steven R. Losa ’58* Mr. and Mrs. David T. Low Sr.* Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Lubliner Mrs. Carole J. Luzzi* Mr. and Mrs. David MacCallum Mr. and Mrs. Kevin J. Maher Mr. and Mrs. Willard S. Mahood ’60 Mr. Charles A. and Mrs. Patrice Maillet ’77* Mrs. Ann M. Mallouk* Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Maltese Jr. ’55* Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Manning Mr. and Mrs. G. Bryce Manthorne* Mr. Fernando Marcial Jr. ’62* Mr. Gary S. Margiotta and Mrs. Lauran S. D’Alessio* Mr. David J. and Ms. Debra Q. Markowitz ’74 Mr. Richard Marks ’68* Mr. and Mrs. William R. Martens Jr.* Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert I. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Steven E. Marvin* Mr. and Mrs. Blair H. Mathies Jr. ’74 Mr. Fernando M. P. Matias and Mrs. Olga B. A. de Albuquerque

* Denotes five or more fiscal years of consecutive giving

Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Mayes* Mr. and Mrs. McKinley C. McAdoo* Mr. and Mrs. Alexander McAndrew* Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. McClanahan Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Christopher F. McConnell* Dr. and Mrs. Peter W. McKinney ’52* Mr. and Mrs. Alan L. Meltzer* Drs. William J. and Ann L. Mesnard* Prof. Robert V. Metz ’44* Mr. Clement J. Mezzanotte Mrs. Gail B. Mezzanotte Mr. Roger J. Michaud* Mr. and Mrs. Mark H. Miller* Dr. and Mrs. Martin S. Miller, Hon. ’81* Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey E. Mindham Mr. and Mrs. Alan G. Mitchell* Mr. and Mrs. Peter Mocco* Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. Moroses Mr. Christopher Morris* Mr. and Mrs. I. Leo Motiuk Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Murdock Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Neff ’49* Mr. Richard W. Nelson* Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Nestande Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence B. Niemann Jr.* Mr. and Mrs. William G. Niles* Mr. and Mrs. Ralph T. Noback* Mr. and Mrs. Peter O’Rourke* Captain and Mrs. Richard S. Ogden ’58* Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Orben Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Pagliari Reverend and Mrs. Pil S. Park Mrs. Kelsey K. Pascoe* Mr. and Mrs. John R. Paul* Mr. Dennis W. ’62 and Mrs. Lynn Peachey, Hon. ’65, ’74* Mr. Christopher R. and Mrs. Alyson L. Peacock ’83* Mr. Frank Peretore and Ms. Janis Migliorise Peretore* Mrs. Dora C. Perez Mr. and Mrs. John F. Perini* Mr. and Mrs. Pascal R. Petit Mr. and Mrs. Roger D. Pfister Mr. George F. Phelps ’65* Mr. and Mrs. Glen E. Phillips* Mr. and Mrs. Donald K. Piermont Sr.* Mr. and Mrs. Peter Pinkard Mrs. Sybil Pinkham* Mr. and Mrs. John R. Plunkett Jr. ’70* Mr. Greg C. Pouliot* Mr. and Mrs. John D. Redos* Dr. and Mrs. Evan C. Reese Jr.* Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Reo Mr. Arthur A. Richmond III ’38* Dr. and Mrs. Frank H. Ricker Ms. Alison E. Rockwell Mr. and Mrs. Dominick J. Romano ’74* Mr.and Mrs. Dominick V. Romano, Hon. ’51* Mrs. Susan R. Romano Mrs. Karen L. Rozen* Mr. and Mrs. Herbert M. Ruetsch Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Rulle*

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Ruzika* Mr. and Mrs. Louis M. Salerno* Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Salzberg* Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Samuel Jr.* Mr. Peter H. Sandfort Jr. Mrs. Ronna Saunders* Mr. and Mrs. Ralph G. Scannelli Mr. Alfred M. Schmidt Jr. ’47 Mr. Harold G. Schneider Ms. Mary H. B. Scott* Mr. Arnold H. Selengut ’60* Ms. Marcia P. Sheldon* Mr. and Mrs. Daniel B. Slack Mr. Steven E. Slawson* Mr. and Mrs. Barry H. Smith ’67* Mr. and Mrs. Don Jay Smith ’65* Mr. and Mrs. James S. Smith Mr. Kenneth F. Smith Jr.* Mr. and Mrs. J. Lawrence Snavely ’67* Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Sobel* Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Solar Mr. and Mrs. Per M. Stahlkrantz* Mr. and Mrs. George T. Stern ’39* Mr. and Mrs. Lewis M. Stival* Mr. and Mrs. Craig A. Stocker Sr. Mr. Roger L. Desjadon and Ms. Susan Stryker* Mr. Kevin A. Suffern ’64* Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Surdoval* Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Sweeney Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Sywetz* Dr. and Mrs. Avanente Tamagnini* Mr. Leonid Tarasov and Mrs. Anna Malkova Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Teufel Jr.* Dr. and Mrs. Edward M. Tirpack II* Mrs. Elizabeth Trapp Dr. Elliott C. Trommald, Hon. ’65* Mrs. Lisanne Albrecht and Mr. James P. Trozze* Mr. Arthur I. Trueger Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Utermohlen Mr. Teodoro C. Valentiner ’50* Mr. and Mrs. Henricus C. van der Lee* Mr. and Mrs. John R. Van Kirk ’70* Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Vartanian ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Walton* Dr. Romuald L. Wawrzyniak* Mr. and Mrs. John D. Weesner Mr. and Mrs. David R. Weil Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. Weir Jr. ’66* Mr. Teed J. Welch Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Wilburn* Capt. and Mrs. William S. Wildrick, USN Ret. ’63* Mrs. Mary P. H. Woodcock* Mr. and Mrs. Pieter H. Woodcock ’72* Ms. Rita I. Worman ’78 Dr. Yun Seok Yang and Mrs. Ji Yeoung Son* Mr. Kenneth Young and Mrs. Karen Austin* Mr. Michael R. Young and Mrs. Leslie A. Carroll* Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Young Jr. ’65* Mr. and Mrs. Neil P. Zimmermann Sr.* Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Zimmermann*

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Grandparents Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Allan W. Adams Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Amdur* Mr. and Mrs. Stan Baker Mr. Ernest Baxter Mr. and Mrs. John C. Bogle ’74* Mr. Charles Bojack* Mr. and Mrs. David A. Brands Sr. ’52* Mr. and Mrs. Geoff Chinner Mrs. Carol L. Clayton* Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cordero* Mr. and Mrs. William D’Amato* Mr. Albert G. Danker Sr.* Mr. Andrew Davlin Jr.* Mrs. Joyce C. Dreger Mr. and Mrs. Carlton C. Durling* Mr. and Mrs. Russel L. Duryea Jr.* Mr. and Mrs. Duncan S. Ellsworth Jr.* Mrs. Eileen Fitzgerald Dr. and Mrs. Lucian Fletcher Jr. ’41* Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Fuller ’42* Dr. and Mrs. Clement A. Furey Jr.* Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Gibbs Mr. John B. Stiteler and Mrs. Ellen Giddins-Stiteler Mr. and Mrs. Wesley C. Herbol ’51* Dr. J. Brooks Hoffman ’36* Mrs. Selena T. Howard* Mrs. Nancy C. Hung Mr. and Mrs. Raymond E. Ix Mr. August A. Jonckheer ’54 Mr. Peter Kafaf* Mr. and Mrs. Mike Kahn Dr. and Ms. Richard Kemp Mr. Allan P. Kirby Jr.* Mrs. Nancy LaFountain, Hon. ’44 Mrs. Emily Lamon Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Lang Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Levinson Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Litzenberger* Mrs. Lesley Litzenberger Dr. and Mrs. Robert Loewy Mr. and Mrs. Steve Loring Mr. and Mrs. William R. Martens ’52* Mr. and Mrs. David Martin* Mr. Thomas Marvin Mrs. Frances M. McCrink Mr. and Mrs. John Menzies Prof. Robert V. Metz ’44* Mr. Clement J. Mezzanotte Mrs. Gail B. Mezzanotte Mr. James C. Moore* Mr. Lloyd Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Royal J. Nadeau Mr. and Mrs. John R. Naisby III ’57* Mr. and Mrs. Raymond R. Nash Mr. Robert B. Nicholson III Ms. Marguerite Quinn Mr. Peter Rollock and Ms. Elaine Lega Mr. and Mrs. Dominick V. Romano, Hon. ’51* Mr. and Mrs. James Saylor Mr. Harold G. Schneider Mr. and Mrs. W. Jeffery Seubel ’63* Mr. and Mrs. Kanwar S. Sharma

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Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Shuster Mrs. Marion Simon* Mr. and Mrs. James Steere Mr. David P. Current and Mrs. Denise Stocker Current ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Stocker Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Sutherland Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Turner ’63* Mr. and Mrs. Norbert R. Wirsching Mrs. Mary P. H. Woodcock* Mr. Dingmei Yang and Mrs. Fumei Wang

Friends Ms. Lesley Addlem Mrs. Darlene J. Anzel* Mrs. Sofia Arn* Mrs. Renee Ball Mr. Anterio D. Bateman Mrs. Dorothy G. Battelle* Mr. Jeffrey B. Clausen and Mrs. Rebecca Austill-Clausen* Ms. Jaymel E. Connor Ms. Terri Lynn Cornwell* Mrs. Diane L. Gaul* Mr. Peter Habermann Mrs. Sandra M. Haddad Mr. and Mrs. Francis Hallinan The Rev. and Mrs. David G. Harvey* Mr. and Mrs. William I. Houghton III* Ms. Bess A. Johnson Ms. Anne L. Kalemjian Mr. A. A. LaFountain III Ms. Susan Lamothe Mrs. Robin V. Lobsitz* Mr. and Mrs. G. Malcolm Louden Dr. Albert Magalio Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Magnus Jr. Mr. Daniel J. Martineau* Mr. and Mrs. Walter McDonald* Mrs. Jeanne N. Michael* Ms. Kristin Monroe Mr. David P. Ockay and Mrs. Mary Kinahan-Ockay Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Puttkammer* Ms. Stephanie I. Rogen Mrs. Elizabeth P. Rouse* Mrs. Elsie H. Smith* Mrs. Joan W. Teare* Mrs. Margery H. Thomas* Mr. Chris Tsiouris Jr.* Mrs. Barbara Wiener Mr. Robert N. Wilson Mrs. Anne M. Zug*

Faculty & Staff Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Robin L. Anthony* Mr. and Mrs. Selden D. Bacon Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. Penn Bowditch Jr.* Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Brandwood Mrs. Carolyn M. Conforti-Browse ’79 and Mr. R. Latta Browse* Mr. Quinten A. Clarke ’87* Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Clavel ’88*

Ms. Melissa L. Collins ’09* Mr. and Mrs. Peter Curran Mr. Robert T. Klein and Mrs. Nancy J. Doyle-Klein* Mr. Jeffrey and Mrs. Melissa A. Erne ’96* Ms. Beth Flores Florindi* Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Fortunato Mr. and Mrs. James A. Frick* Mr. and Mrs. Jay M. Jenkins Mr. Zach and Mrs. Suzy A. Logan ’99 Mr. and Mrs. William M. Long Jr.* Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Lubliner Mr. and Mrs. Eric T. Maine ’77* Ms. Meg Marsh Mr. and Mrs. Steven E. Marvin* Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Merrifield* Dr. and Mrs. Martin S. Miller, Hon. ’81* Mrs. Cara B. Mohlmann* Mr. James M. Moore and Dr. Wendy Bedenko* Mr. and Mrs. Arthur T. Neary Mr. and Mrs. Ryan M. Pagotto ’97* Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Parauda* Ms. Melissa Schomers Mr. and Mrs. Nigel Shaw Mr. Thomas E. Palmieri and Mrs. Katherine P. Skeffington Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Smarth Mr. and Mrs. Lewis M. Stival* Mr. and Mrs. Craig A. Stocker Sr. Mr. Brad Strauss Mr. and Mrs. Todd M. Van Vliet* Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Wenner ’96

Former Faculty & Staff Dr. Barry T. Bates and Dr. Janet S. Dufek Dr. and Mrs. Jon Bertoldo ’79 Mrs. Susan F. Ellis and Mr. Richard P. Boak ’68* Mr. and Mrs. David J. Braemer Mr. James E. Burcham ’59* Mrs. Christy L. Burkart ’97* Mr. Ronald J. Czajkowski* Mr. and Mrs. Winson D. Ewing, Hon. ’53* Mr. and Mrs. A. Jon Frere, Hon. ’47* Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Gal ’02* Mr. Jaime Garbutt and Ms. Stephanie A. Garbutt ’02* Mr. Peter K. Hahn, Hon. ’94* Mr. and Mrs. T. Chandler Hardwick III* Mr. and Mrs. Huntley R. Harrison* Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Henderson ’63* Mr. Marc and Mrs. Bridget D. Hodakowski ’99* Ms. Lee Horne ’77* Dr. Barbara L. Inkeles ’90* Mrs. Amy E. Jablonski ’99 and Mr. Paul W. Jablonski ’00* Ms. Karin E. Roethke-Kahn ’93 and Mr. Peter M. Kahn* Mr. and Mrs. James R. Kelley Sr., Hon. ’51, ’89*

Dr. Ralph J. Kneeream Jr. Mrs. Kristine C. Lisi ’84* Mr. and Mrs. David T. Low Sr.* Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Lusardi Jr. ’64* Ms. Stephanie J. Marcial ’95* Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Mohler ’67* Mrs. Laura C. Morris ’75* Mr. and Mrs. Derek M. Peachey ’93* Mr. Dennis W. ’62 and Mrs. Lynn Peachey, Hon. ’65, ’74* Mr. Andrew R. Pearce ’02* Mr. and Mrs. John E. Perez ’61* Dr. and Mrs. Yaron G. Rabinowitz ’92 Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rea ’74* Mr. Arthur A. Richmond III ’38* Mr. Paul and Mrs. Catherine B. Rosenthal ’94* Mr. Harold G. Schneider Mr. Jonathan R. Slawson ’05* Mr. Todd C. Smith ’90* Mr. and Mrs. J. Lawrence Snavely ’67* Mr. Ryan H. and Mrs. Stacey A. Spring ’95* Mr. Robert W. and Mrs. Rada T. Starkey ’86* Mr. Anthony L. G. Stival ’07* Mr. Andros B. Thomson ’64* Dr. Elliott C. Trommald, Hon. ’65* Mr. and Mrs. David R. Vachris Mr. Panos J. Voulgaris ’00* Dr. Christopher R. Wawrzyniak ’93* Ms. Rita I. Worman ’78

Matching Gift Companies American International Group, Inc.* BAE Systems The Bank of New York Mellon* Barclays Educational Gift Matching Program BlackRock Matching Gift Program Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation* Chevron Humankind Matching Gift Program* Disney Employee Matching Gifts The Duke Energy Foundation* ExxonMobil Foundation, Inc.* First Tennessee Foundation General Electric Foundation* GlaxoSmithKline Foundation* Goldman, Sachs & Co. Grainger Matching Charitable Gifts Program Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC* IBM The J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation LabCorp Merck Foundation Merck Partnership for Giving* Mondelez International Foundation Matching Gifts Program The Moody’s Foundation* Northwestern Mutual Foundation Novartis US Foundation* PEPCO Holdings, Inc.* Pfizer* Prudential Foundation*

* Denotes five or more fiscal years of consecutive giving

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PSEG State Farm Companies Foundation* Thermo Fisher Scientific TIAA-CREF Employee Giving Campaign U.S. Bancorp Foundation UBS Warburg Dillon Read The Vanguard Group Foundation* Verizon Foundation* Wells Fargo Foundation*

Foundations Anonymous (5) The Armstrong Foundation The Ayco Charitable Foundation Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Inc.* Bessemer Trust The Boston Foundation Community Foundation of New Jersey* Directional Development Foundation Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund*

Fribourg Family Foundation The Helen Clay Frick Foundation Greater Houston Community Foundation Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice Heritage Mark Foundation* The James J. Colt Foundation, Inc. Jewish Communal Fund* Jewish Community Foundation of MetroWest NJ Kalamazoo Community Foundation* Kanders Foundation, Inc. The Kelly Foundation, Inc. Kimmelman Family Foundation* A. P. Kirby Jr. Foundation, Inc.* Lawrence & Karen Levinson Charitable Foundation MD Lieberman Foundation The Litzenberger Family Foundation* The Martin Guitar Charitable Foundation National Philanthropic Trust The New York Community Trust* The Powers Family Foundation

* Denotes five or more fiscal years of consecutive giving

The R & R Family Foundation, Inc.* Reilly Family Foundation RTR Family Foundation, Inc. Schwab Charitable Fund Schwartz Foundation* Walter V. & Judith L. Shipley Family Foundation* Shuree Abrams Foundation* The Sigety Family Foundation The Stoddard Charitable Trust United Way of the National Capital Area* The Helen and Nelson Urban Charitable Foundation* Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program* The Raymond John Wean Foundation The Willits Foundation*

Corporations ACP MacDouglas Corporation* Amazon Smile Foundation Atlantic Air Conditioning Britt Investments of Hendersonville LLC

Chelsea Community Hospital* Eastern Propane Everbroad, LLC Franklin Medical Associates LLC Henderson and Koplik LLP Hunziker Enterprises Ice Box Bar, Inc. Chuck Mapes Insurance Agency, Inc. Mitchell Engineering & Consulting Ltd.* Morgan Stanley Oller & Luzzi, L.L.C.* Perinatal Services Of Northern New Jersey Piedmont Bushings and Insulators, LLC Realty of Maine* The Romano Family* RoNetco Supermarkets, Inc. Smart City Kids, Inc. Stocker Bus Co., Inc. Storis, Inc. Sunbrite Dye Company, Inc. Target Geoff Wood & Partners

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Memorial Gifts Henry Adams Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Quinn Jr. ’46 Sanford H. Anzel ’46 Mrs. Darlene J. Anzel Peter Arn Mrs. Sofia Arn Robert E. Atkinson GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Hays Jr. ’68 Mr. Charles W. Potter II ’64 Captain and Mrs. Henry S. Woodruff III ’57 Nevett S. Bartow ’50 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Dunn ’68 Mr. and Dr. Harry A. Joelson-Strohbach ’65 Dr. Harvey A. Quinton ’71 Dr. Deborah and Mr. Richard A. Rubin ’68 Mr. Albin J. Zak III and Mrs. Victoria Von Arx ’71 Nicholas S. Battelle ’60 Mr. and Mrs. Melvin A. Tabak ’57 Peter E. Battelle ’56 Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert E. O’Connell ’57 Price A. Baum ’77 Mr. and Mrs. John Neumann ’77 Paul G. Bode Mr. Stephen N. Rubin ’53 Alexander F. Bodini ’01 Mr. Thomas S. Lieberman ’02 Charles H. Breed Mr. and Mrs. Archer N. Martin II ’42 Diane C. Brennan Dr. and Mrs. Jon Bertoldo ’79 Mr. Kevin and Ms. Megan H. Brodbeck ’96 Dr. Frederick Corio, M.D. and Mrs. Laura Stephan-Corio Mr. Ronald J. Czajkowski Mr. and Mrs. Bob Grogan Ms. Lee Horne ’77 Ms. Bess A. Johnson Dr. Albert Magalio Mrs. Cara B. Mohlmann Mr. David P. Ockay and Mrs. Mary Kinahan-Ockay The Romano Family Mr. and Mrs. David P. Romano ’76 Mr. and Mrs. Dominick J. Romano ’74 Mr.and Mrs. Dominick V. Romano, Hon. ’51 Mr. Anthony Rizzo and Ms. Nina A. Romano ’85 Mrs. Susan R. Romano RoNetco Supermarkets, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Neal Santosuosso ’99 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Smarth Ms. Sarah B. Wiss ’98 Armer Burkart Mrs. Christy L. Burkart ’97

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John S. Carhart Mr. and Mrs. James C. Kelsey V ’65 Mr. Jeffrey D. Sherwin, Esq. ’67

Martin Haubenstock Dr. Deborah and Mr. Richard A. Rubin ’68

William H. Carpenter ’92 Mr. and Mrs. Drew N. Behmer ’92

Eugene F. Hogenauer Dr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Anzel ’51 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brinkerhoff ’44

Anthony L. Cassen Mr. and Mrs. James C. Kelsey V ’65

Andy Holmes Mr. and Mrs. H. James Griffith ’60

Grant L. Cioffi Mr. Carl D. Gandel ’77

James M. Howard Mr. and Mrs. Courtney R. Fritts ’56 Mr. Franklin A. Hedberg ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Hooper ’58

Henry B. Cowan Jr., Hon. ’53, ’59, ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Bennett ’71 Mr. and Mrs. Craig U. Dana Sr. ’60 Mr. and Mrs. W. Richard Davis ’72 Mrs. Patricia Brodhead and Mr. Joseph Eastburn ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Courtney R. Fritts ’56 Mr. Carl D. Gandel ’77 Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. Alfred F. Grande Jr. ’54 Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Heagy ’54 Mr. Robert M. Lerner ’52 Mr. Charles W. Potter II ’64 Dr. Deborah and Mr. Richard A. Rubin ’68 Mr. and Mrs. David J. Shotwell ’59 Ambassador and Mrs. Steven E. Steiner ’58 Mr. Steven J. and Mrs. Holly E. Stewart ’84 Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Young Jr. ’65

James C. Jamieson ’26 Ms. Stephanie J. Marcial ’95 Fred A. Johnson Mr. Victor H. Gramount Jr. ’46 Laurence T. Joline Mr. and Mrs. John H. Greer Jr. ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Brown ’79 Wilfred Jones Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Hooper ’58 Mr. and Mrs. Courtney R. Fritts ’56 Edwin H. Kalemjian ’32 Ms. Anne L. Kalemjian

David K. Crimmin Mr. Carl D. Gandel ’77

Murgerdick N. Kalemjian 1901 Ms. Anne L. Kalemjian

Thomas R. Dadourian ’59 Mr. and Ms. Peter P. Dadourian ’61

Joseph Kelsall Mr. Victor H. Gramount Jr. ’46

Robert H. Dalling ’29 Mr. and Mrs. Courtney R. Fritts ’56

Ian A. Kling ’67 Mr. William S. Spraitzar ’67

Richard K. Dorn Mr. and Mrs. John H. Kuhlmann Jr. ’65

Stephen J. Kuk Mr. and Mrs. John H. Dorsey ’55 Mr. and Mrs. Courtney R. Fritts ’56 Mr. Joseph F. Kiley Jr. ’50 Mr. and Mrs. William M. Lewis ’50

Paul B. Ferrigno ’87 Ms. Marnie S. Raines ’87 Richard R. Fliehr ’07 Mr. Peter Z. Zitsos ’06 William S. Foster ’41 Mrs. Barbara R. Foster, Hon. ’41 Gustave R. Fox ’55 Mr. and Mrs. James A. Fox ’62 Herbert Gandel Mr. Carl D. Gandel ’77 Michael A. Habermann ’41 Mr. Peter Habermann Jean K. Haddad ’49 Mrs. Sandra M. Haddad Albert B. Harding ’36 Mr. Robert R. Hyde ’64

Alfred A. LaFountain ’44 Mr. A. A. LaFountain III Mr. John C. LaFountain Ms. K. Emi LaFountain ’11 Anthony C. LaVecchia ’94 Mr. and Mrs. Bryan P. Kelly ’94 Mary Ann Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Hobart D. Van Deusen ’54 M. Michael Lobsitz ’43 Mrs. Robin V. Lobsitz Anthony J. Maltese ’88 Mr. and Mrs. T. Chandler Hardwick III Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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Memorial Gifts Fernando Marcial ’39 Mr. and Mrs. William S. Foster IV ’65 Ms. Deirdre M. Garrett ’73 Mr. and Mrs. George W. Gibbs ’50 Mr. Victor H. Gramount Jr. ’46 Ms. Stephanie J. Marcial ’95 Mr. and Mrs. W. Brandt Nako ’78 Mr. Teodoro C. Valentiner ’50 Marvin G. Mason Dr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Anzel ’51 Reverend and Mrs. Charles L. Cureton III ’52 Mr. Richard Frank ’53 Mr. and Mrs. J. Bruce Gilman Jr. ’44 Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Van Stone ’46 Alex McGowin Dr. and Mrs. David P. Allen ’65

Leonard S. Simon ’54 Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Marion Simon James I. Slaff ’71 Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan S. Slaff ’68 David W. Sobel ’09 Mr. and Mrs. T. Chandler Hardwick III Mr. Adam C. Hogue ’09 Mr. and Mrs. James E. Hogue Ms. Jenna A. Lubliner ’09 Mr. William S. E. Neff ’08 Mr. William W. Roper ’09 Mr. Saul Sparber ’10

J. Ronald McLean ’69 Mr. J. Jeffrey Corwin ’65 State Farm Companies Foundation

Kurt W. Socha ’06 Mr. Jeffrey B. Clausen and Mrs. Rebecca Austill-Clausen General Electric Foundation Mr. Drew P. Horne ’05 Mr. Benjamin A. Jayson ’06 Mr. Justin Lubliner ’05 Mr. Matthew Maillet ’06 Ms. Kaitlyn E. Smith ’05

Edwin M. Michael ’43 Mrs. Jeanne N. Michael

Arthur J. Spring Mr. James Heath and Dr. Edith Heath ’64

James B. Pender Mr. Robert S. Weiner ’65

Charles L. Steckel Mr. A. Martin Ball ’56 Mr. Victor H. Gramount Jr. ’46 Dr. and Mrs. Martin S. Miller, Hon. ’81 Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Mueller ’49

Ryan P. McGrath ’98 Mr. and Mrs. Adam Boyd ’98

Petronilo Role Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Zawislak Jr. Richard W. Rouse Mr. and Mrs. Frederick B. Rollinson II ’58 Dorothy Selengut Ms. Rebecca L. Selengut ’88

Richard L. Stowell Drs. Gordon D. and Susan E. Marino ’71 Mr. and Mrs. George E. Olsen III ’73 Malcolm M. Teare ’46 Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Magnus Jr. Mrs. Joan W. Teare

Charles B. Underwood ’77 Mr. Xavier de Boissezon ’00 Ms. Sherry L. Boyd ’80 Mrs. Carolyn M. Conforti-Browse ’79 and Mr. R. Latta Browse Mr. and Mrs. Amr R. Dajani ’88 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M. DiCarlo III ’88 Mr. and Mrs. William S. Foster IV ’65 Mr. and Mrs. A. Jon Frere, Hon. ’74 Mr. Carl D. Gandel ’77 Ms. Sarita Garg ’97 Mr. and Mrs. Dale A. Keis ’89 Mr. and Mrs. James P. Maguire Jr. ’80 Mr. and Mrs. Jay C. Saunders ’80 Mrs. Jacqueline Y. Summers and Mr. Brian R. Shumaker ’91 Mr. and Mrs. Don Jay Smith ’65 Mr. and Mrs. J. Lawrence Snavely ’67 Ms. Lesley H. Underwood ’89 Capt. and Mrs. William S. Wildrick, USN Ret. ’63 Harold F. Walker Mr. and Mrs. William H. Culviner ’48 Mr. Victor H. Gramount Jr. ’46 Merck Partnership for Giving Mr. and Mrs. John C. M. Wallace ’49 Paul R. White Dr. Robert Rosenthal and Mrs. Barbara Chuoke ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence S. Driever Jr. ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Theodore L. Haff III ’68 Mr. Charles W. Potter II ’64 Mr. Robert S. Weiner ’65 Capt. and Mrs. William S. Wildrick, USN Ret. ’63 Howard A. Wiener ’49 Mrs. Barbara Wiener Oliver B. Zug ’54 Mrs. Anne M. Zug

Honorary Gifts Richard J. Barnes Mr. Thomas M. Barnes ’81*

Kelsey N. Hanzlik ’10 Ms. Tiffany Kim ’10*

Joan Marcial Ms. Stephanie J. Marcial ’95

John C. Bogle ’47 Mr. Joseph E. Bell Jr. ’59* Mr. and Mrs. Peerapong Jirasevijinda Mrs. Nicole G. Styler Harker ’04

Josefina I. Iglesias ’74 Ms. Meg Marsh

Sarah L. Pearson ’06 Ms. Rebecca P. Morris ’05

Ruth Jamieson Ms. Stephanie J. Marcial ’95

Stan N. Rubin ’51 Mr. A. Martin Ball ’56

Charles B. Kalemjian ’58 Ms. Anne L. Kalemjian

Michael Tobey ’12 Mr. Frank H. Briggs Jr. ’61*

James D. Krugman ’65 Mr. Jonathan R. Slawson ’05*

Philip M. Williams ’82 Mr. George F. Landegger Jr. ’82

Kevin Y. Byun ’11 Mr. Scott D. Chamberlin ’11 Mr. James A. Lieb ’11 Mr. Matthew T. Thees ’11 Alexander A. Dadourian ’51 Mr. Peter P. Dadourian ’61 Roger D. Gershman ’82 Mr. Zachary Gershman ’13

Lisher Lee Ms. Anita C. Sarate ’88

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1937

Robert H. Duklauer February 7, 2014 Marco Island, Florida

1938

James B. Felker February 25, 2014 Allentown, Pennsylvania

1939

John N. Durell May 28, 2014 Visalia, California

1941

Kenneth A. Lambert Jr. September 24, 2014 Montrose, Pennsylvania

1945

George W. Bostwick September 28, 2014 Portland, Maine Albert S. Dealaman Jr. June 18, 2014 Yarmouth, Maine George M. Kent June 16, 2014 Lancaster, Pennsylvania

1947

1949

William T. Tomes June 25, 2014 Charlottesville, Virginia

1965

Robert L. Marcalus August 4, 2014 Wyckoff, New Jersey

1950

Henry M. Edwards II May 6, 2014 Lakeside, California

1966

Bruce Forer May 21, 2014 New York, New York

1953

Emil P. Bliss May 20, 2014 Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina Jacob M. Ryan June 10, 2014 Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania

1954

1956

Holland R. Donan March 4, 2014 Neptune, New Jersey Marshall M. Johnson June 9, 2014 Delray Beach, Florida

1961

Robert H. Duklauer Mr. Duklauer attended Blair for one year. He was a member of the varsity golf team and the managing editor of ACTA. Nicknamed Duke, Mr. Duklauer later became a first lieutenant in the U.S. Naval Reserves and served in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He is survived by his wife, Ruth Wittmann, a daughter and his longtime caregiver.

1938 James B. Felker A World War II veteran who served as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army, Mr. Felker attended Blair for two years. Having participated in the School’s band, concert

Clark D. Robertson June 24, 2014 Ellington, Connecticut

1967

William W. Feng Date and location unknown David W. Swanson Jr. April 28, 2014 Hendersonville, North Carolina

Edwin G. Rossman February 5, 2014 El Sobrante, California

1977

Eugene R. Boselli September 20, 2014 Bridgeport, Connecticut

Robert J. Brodie July 24, 2014 Palo Alto, California

1988

Anthony J. Maltese III April 3, 2014 New York, New York

Former Trustee

1968-1995 Theodore S. Meth April 2, 2014 Princeton, New Jersey

Paul Robert Edlich June 2, 2014 Warrenton, Virginia

John E. McAuliffe Jr. April 26, 2014 Palm Beach, Florida

1937

Charles E. Hunziker April 27, 2014 Nova Scotia, Canada

Elmer A. LeDonne January 23, 2014 Upland, California

Robert Harrison Coords June 29, 2014 Coconut Grove, Florida

orchestra and dance orchestra, the 1938 ACTA referred to him as “drummer man.”

He also ran track and contributed to The Breeze. Mr. Felker graduated from Lehigh University and was predeceased by his wife of 57 years, Virginia. He is survived by two children, four grandchildren and three great-granddaughters.

1939 John N. Durell Best known for his skill on the baseball field, Mr. Durell was also a prolific photographer in the camera club, as well as a baritone singer in the glee club during his one-year stint at Blair. After matriculating at Princeton University, he left the university before earning his degree to

serve in the U.S. Army during World War II. An avid civic leader who worked tirelessly on behalf of his hometown of Visalia, California, he and his wife, Dorothy, owned and operated a local children’s clothing store there for over 26 years. Mr. Durell later earned his private pilot’s license, as well as an associate of arts degree from the College of the Sequoias. Predeceased by his wife, he is survived by two sons, a daughter and several grandchildren.

1941 Kenneth A. Lambert Jr. A two-year honor roll student and member of the glee club, Mr. Lambert attended Blair for two years and studied engineering at both Lehigh University and

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

He served in the Philippines during World War II as a naval communications officer and later worked as a metallurgical engineer at Bendix Corporation. As a mason and member of the Warren Lodge F&AM Montrose, Mr. Lambert’s hobbies included golf, crossword puzzles and family beach vacations. He is survived by a son, a daughter and six grandchildren.

1945 George W. Bostwick Valedictorian of his class, Dr. Bostwick attended Blair for four years as a day student and was a band member, a varsity soccer player and a contributor to the ACTA, The Breeze and Stylus. He served in the United States Naval Reserves and earned both his undergraduate and medical degrees from Yale University. A resident of Maine, he opened his own practice and served on the medical staff of Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta for 27 years. He later served as a family practice geriatrician at Eastern Maine Medical Center and as the medical director for the Ross Manor Nursing Facility in Bangor, Maine. A past president of the Maine Medical Association and permanent delegate to the American Association of Family Practice, Dr. Bostwick was also an avid reader and stamp collector. He is predeceased by his first wife, Ann, and his son, Stephen. He is survived by his second wife, Mary Ann, his brother, Richard C. Bostwick ’61, a sister, three children, two stepchildren and three grandchildren.

Albert S. Dealaman Jr. Mr. Dealaman attended Blair for three years. Nicknamed “Albie” by his friends and family, he excelled in athletics as the soccer captain and a successful wrestler, but according to the 1945 ACTA, it was his drumming performances with the dance band that set him apart from his classmates. After graduation, Mr. Dealaman joined the U.S. Army to serve in occupied Germany during World War II. He later attended Lehigh University and Rollins College, eventually earning his bachelor’s degree. A musician at heart, Mr. Dealaman played in many jazz bands while he worked as a salesman for The American 1 4 2 S U M M ER - FAL L 2014

Tobacco Company in Maine. Predeceased by his wife, Lila Sue, he is survived by two sons and four grandchildren.

George M. Kent An orthopedic surgeon for over 40 years in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Dr. Kent attended Blair for an abbreviated senior year before leaving to attend Williams College prior to his 16th birthday. While at Blair, he served as the kicker for the football team and later went on to play tennis in college. After graduating from Williams, Dr. Kent earned his medical degree from Temple University and became a captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps before establishing his private practice. Dr. Kent was a diplomat of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgeons and a member of the Lancaster General Trauma Group. He actively participated in several other medical societies and also enjoyed music and history. He is survived by his wife, Hope, two children and three grandchildren.

1947 Holland R. Donan With his substantial intellect and impressive size, Mr. Donan spent one year at Blair making his mark as an honor roll student and as a varsity athlete on the football, basketball and track teams.

He went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in history from Princeton University, where he enjoyed a storied career as an All-American football player. Years later, he was inducted into the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame. Mr. Donan served in the U.S. Army for two years and had a successful career in the insurance industry for over 50 years. A devoted family man and loyal member of the Catholic Church, he was preceded in death by his wife, Nancy, and is survived by eight children and 17 grandchildren.

Marshall M. Johnson A one-year Blair student, Mr. Johnson graduated from Rutgers University and received his graduate degree from Syracuse University. At Blair, he participated in the band and the chess club and later became an avid basketball and tennis player, often

returning to campus to participate in alumni day basketball games and tennis matches. A veteran of the Korean War, Mr. Johnson retired as a CBS television production manager and was an active member of the Society of American Magicians. He is survived by his partner, Alhfild Roff, her children and grandchildren, and his son, Gregory.

John E. McAuliffe Jr. Mr. McAuliffe spent one year at Blair before enrolling in the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.

He arrived on campus as a capable swimmer and later joined the varsity tennis team. Called “Jack” by those who knew him well, Mr. McAuliffe was heir to Triangle Conduit and Cable Co., founded by his father in 1916. He served as secretary and treasurer for the company when he wasn’t spending time golfing at one of the many golf clubs to which he belonged. A longtime resident of Palm Beach, Florida, Mr. McAuliffe is survived by his wife, Helen, six children, 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

1949 Elmer A. LeDonne Mr. LeDonne attended Blair for one year as a day student. He played guard on the football team and was a member of the White Color Club. He is survived by his wife, Barbara.

William T. Tomes A three-year Blair student, Mr. Tomes played JV football, basketball and baseball and was also a member of the varsity tennis team. He took photographs for The Breeze as a member of the camera club and even created his own radio station. Mr. Tomes earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia and became a successful investment banker in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he lived most of his life. He enjoyed spending time with his family, playing competitive tennis and cheering on the University of Virginia’s athletic teams. He is survived by two children and two grandchildren.

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1954

Henry M. Edwards II A member of the drama club during his two years at Blair, Mr. Edwards contributed his technical knowledge and talent to the backstage operations of many school productions. Having served in the U.S. Air Force for four years, he continued his education at the United States Air Force Institute to pursue his interest in electrical engineering. He was a fellow at the Radio Club of America and a member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. He is survived by his wife, Christine, a son, several step-sons and four grandchildren.

Edwin G. Rossman Mr. Rossman came to Blair from Ohio.

During his two years as a student, he ran cross country in the fall and was a member of the winter and spring track teams, living up to his nickname “track man.” Described by the 1954 ACTA as a photography fiend, he also participated in the camera club and was a photographer for The Breeze.

He returned to Ohio to attend Case Western Reserve University and later became the owner of two California McDonald’s restaurants. A talented musician, Mr. Rossman played in multiple banjo bands and enjoyed many other hobbies, including wood working, photography and cooking. Known for his generosity and kindness, Mr. Rossman is survived by his wife, Deanne, five children, 11 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

1953 Emil P. Bliss Mr. Bliss attended Blair as a postgraduate. Known for his dedication on the athletic field, he was a member of the football, wrestling and baseball teams. The 1953 ACTA described him as friendly and universally liked. Mr. Bliss attended North Carolina State University and graduated from Upsala College.

During his career, he devoted more than 40 years of service as manager of national accounts for Aetna Insurance Co. in New York City. He is survived by his former wife, Avis Bliss, three children and five grandchildren.

Jacob M. Ryan After spending five years at Blair, Mr. Ryan attended Albright College, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in political science and received his teaching certificate. He worked as a middle school teacher in the Reading School District for 32 years and served in many local organizations. While at Blair, he was a loyal member of the dramatics club and an avid baseball player. He continued his passion for sports and became an ardent follower of the Philadelphia Eagles and Phillies as an adult and proposed to his wife at the Reading Baseball Stadium. A veteran of the Army Reserve National Guard, Mr. Ryan is survived by his wife, Nancee, two children, triplet granddaughters and a grandson.

1956 Eugene R. Boselli An honor roll student throughout his four-year Blair career, Mr. Boselli was a member of the science club, the dramatics club and the international society. He also enjoyed playing chess and collecting stamps. After Blair, he attended Rutgers University and later continued his education at Housatonic Community College. He worked for eight years at E.J. Korvette’s, an early pioneer in the discount department store business, and was employed by the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut, in the comptrollers and tax collector’s office for four decades. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Carolyn, and his brother, Dr. Bruce D. Boselli ’50.

Paul R. Edlich A six-year Blair student, Mr. Edlich participated in the choir and the dramatics club and served as secretary of the Blair Academy Players. He also played football, baseball and ran cross country and track. He earned his bachelor’s degree from New York University and his master’s degree from Princeton University.

As a captain in the U.S. Air Force, he

served as a flight navigator. During his civilian career, he worked as an engineer at several major companies, including AT&T, RCA and Lockheed Martin. He also worked as a marketing manager and director for Sierra Nevada and Cardion Electronics and was president of Air and Airways Communications, Inc. Mr. Edlich is survived by his wife of 34 years, Katherine, five children, a stepson, 13 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

1961 Robert H. Coords An All-American swimmer, Mr. Coords attended Blair for two years before earning his bachelor’s degree in English from Wake Forest University, which he attended on a swimming scholarship. He continued his education at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, as well as the Duke University Fuqua School. Mr. Coords was a career banker who held positions at Wachovia Bank, Flagship Bank Miami, SunTrust Banks, Inc., and, most recently, as the chairman, president and chief executive officer of Coconut Grove Bank. In addition to his professional responsibilities, he served as chairman of both the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce and the Florida International University Foundation Board and was a member of the Board of Directors of the United Way, Dade County. He also served his country in Vietnam and Germany as a captain in the U.S. Army for four years. A boating enthusiast known for his keen sense of honesty and fairness, Mr. Coords is survived by two sons, five grandchildren and his loving partner, Debbie Meguiar.

Charles E. Hunziker Mr. Hunziker spent four years at Blair and was one of many family members to attend the School, including his father, Charles E. Hunziker ’25, his uncle, Hans G. Hunziker ’25, and two cousins, David A. Hunziker ’52 and Robert N. Hunziker ’54. Called “Chuck” by his family and friends, the 1961 ACTA described him as a hardworking fullback on the soccer team.

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early adult years, he ran a flight service in Alaska, before eventually settling in Nova Scotia, where he opened a small business, which his customers frequented in order to relax, read and enjoy a drink.

1965 Robert L. Marcalus An honorary member of Blair’s class of 1965, Mr. Marcalus maintained close ties to the School as the parent of Robert J. Marcalus Jr. ’65, who died in 1988, and grandparent of his son Nicholas’s children, Nick ’96 and Ned ’98. A World War II navy veteran, Mr. Marcalus worked for the family business, Marcalus Manufacturing, which eventually became Marcal Paper Mills, Inc. He became president of the company in 1970. He also served as president of Green Acres Woodlands, Inc., a timberlands and real estate investment company responsible for the preservation of thousands of acres of forest in New Hampshire. To honor the memory of Robert J. Marcalus Jr. ’65, who led Marcal’s Plant-A-Tree program, the Marcalus family, Marcal Paper Mills, Inc. and the class of 1965 established the Robert J. Marcalus Jr. ’65 Tree Fund to support the purchase and preservation of the many beautiful trees on Blair’s campus.

1966 Bruce Forer A two-year Blair student and member of the Webster Society and French Club, Mr. Forer attended Rutgers University and earned his master’s degree in English from New York University. He taught at City University of New York and Metropolitan University of Denver, co-edited two books and reviewed films for Newsday, Entertainment Weekly and several Denver newspapers. A writer and entrepreneur, Mr. Forer loved the art of deal making and helped administer Time Equities’ non–real estate investments.

He also worked at IBM, where he helped develop content for one of the company’s original online services.

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Clark D. Robertson A Blairstown native, Clark attended Blair for two years and participated in the French Club and Camera Club and was a photography editor for The Breeze. He was also a member of the cross country and track teams. A student at Earlham College before being drafted to serve during the Vietnam War, Mr. Robertson registered as a conscientious objector and fulfilled his military service in Massachusetts. He later worked in the printing industry and briefly owned his own company, Good Rep. Following his service, he continued his pursuit of photography and displayed his work in many local galleries and libraries.

As an active member of the Storrs Friends Society, Mr. Robertson was known for his kindness and care toward others and his devotion to the community.

1967 William W. Feng Mr. Feng attended Blair for four years and continued his studies at the Rochester Institute of Technology. The nephew of Robert A. Lisooey ’44 and Dr. Harold Lisooey ’42, he was president of the camera club and contributed to both the ACTA and The Breeze.

David W. Swanson Jr. During his one year at Blair, Mr. Swanson was a member of the glee club, played varsity football and took to the ice as Blair’s “first real hockey goalie,” according to the 1967 ACTA. He graduated from Hobart College and earned a master’s degree in journalism from Ohio University and an MBA from Columbia University. An avid fan of New York’s professional sports teams, Mr. Swanson spent his career in publishing as the vice president of the international edition and publisher of the Latin American edition of Newsweek. He is survived by his wife, Deborah Barry, a daughter and four grandchildren.

1977 Robert J. Brodie The younger brother of Edmond J. Brodie ’74, Mr. Brodie attended Blair for four years and was the sports editor of The Breeze, as well as a prefect. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in international relations

from Roanoke College and later attended New York University as a continuing education student to study the business of art. A seasoned business development executive with a background in sales and marketing to Fortune 500 companies, Mr. Brodie previously worked in New York City for IBM, HP and Oracle and, most recently, in Silicon Valley as a client partner for SAP America, Inc. He also found time to pursue his love of photography and founded Robert J. Brodie Photography.

On the occasion of his 30th Blair reunion, Mr. Brodie was the featured artist in the Romano Gallery, and one of the pieces he donated to the School currently hangs in Armstrong-Hipkins Center for the Arts.

1988 Anthony J. Maltese III A two-year Blair student, Mr. Maltese played football and was a member of the ski team. He graduated from the University of Colorado and worked for JP Morgan Chase in New York City. Following his passion for music, he became co-owner of Threshold Music, a recording and production studio, and was a talented base guitar player. AJ, as he was called by family and friends, was also an avid athlete who enjoyed skiing, mountain biking, surfing and competing in triathlons. The son of former Blair Trustee Anthony J. Maltese ’55, he is survived by his parents, his wife, Christine, and a daughter.

Former Trustee Theodore S. Meth Mr. Meth, a lawyer and friend of the School, served as a member of the Board of Trustees from 1968 to 1995.

A graduate of Princeton University, Yale Divinity School and Harvard Law School, he pastored several churches in Vermont and founded a law firm in Newark that represented the School. As a law professor at Seton Hall University, he authored several books on commercial law and was also deeply passionate about music and poetry. In a note to former Blair Trustee Bill Timken ’53, Mr. Meth described the work he did for Blair as some of the most productive of his career. He is survived by his wife, Barbara, a son, two grandsons, a stepson and four stepchildren.

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