Spark Summer 2012 by Collegiate School

Field Trips, Then and Now Distinguished Alums Graduation Celebrations

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COLLEGIATE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION

Amanda Surgner ’83 VICE PRESIDENT – ADVANCEMENT

Keith A. Evans, President / Head of School Lindy M. Williams, Associate Head of School Phyllis Palmiero, Vice President – Finance Amanda Surgner, Vice President – Advancement Benjamin I. Rein, Head of Upper School Charles L. Blair, Jr., Head of Middle School Jill S. Hunter, Head of Lower School

Elizabeth Woodroof Batty ’77 EDITOR, SPARK DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2012 – 2013

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD 2012 – 2013

John L. Walker III, Chairman of the Board John D. O’Neill, Jr., Vice Chairman of the Board Mark J. Hourigan, Immediate Past Chairman of the Board Keith A. Evans, President/Head of School Phyllis Palmiero, Treasurer Susan C. Wiley, Secretary Richard L. Bennett, Jr. Kenneth T. Berents Michael G. Bland Mark A. Christian John G. Davenport D. Ralph Davison, Jr. Anne Weldon Smith Griffon ** Paul D. Koonce John W. Martin John Gary Maynard III *** Malcolm S. McDonald Gaye C. Montgomery Sheryl Robins Nolt Joan Olmsted Oates* Judy Wagoner Pahren Tracey A. Ragsdale C. B. Robertson III* Robert W. Shinn John G. Stallings Wallace Stettinius* Brude D. Stoever A. L. Stratford III Michelle P. Wiltshire

John Gary Maynard ’86, President David Wilkins ’94, VP/President Elect Sarah Cook Martin ’94, Recording Secretary Tayloe Moore ’98, Corresponding Secretary Ted Lansing ’98, Finance Chair Mason Chapman ’84, Marshall Schutt ’98, Annual Fund Chairs Catherine Crooks Hill ’85, Past President Bobbie Lee Norris Sutherland ’54, Town School Representative Susie Materne Benson ’62 Fran Chalkley Robertson ’69 Bonnie Irby Williams ’75 Meade Spotts ’75 Hank Carter ’77 Jeff Modisett ’78 Philip Goodpasture ’78 Jay DeVoe ’82 Chris Kulp ’84 Sarah Johnson Hallock ’85 Ellen Turbeville Bonbright ’86 Beth Flippo Hutchins ’88 Alan Vaughan ’91 Stephen Spraker ’92 Katherine Thalhimer Adamson ’96 Alice Collins Fruth ’97 Ted Lansing ’98 Drew Wiltshire ’99 Matt G. Anderson ’00 Lizzie Cullen Cox ’00 Liz Costin Nixon ’02 Yogi Singh ’02 Lauralee Glasgow Allen ’03 Toby Desch ’06

* Life Trustee ** Parents’ Association President *** Alumni Association President

Emily Randolph ALUMNI DIRECTOR Dianne Carter ’04 ASSISTANT EDITOR, SPARK COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER Stacy H. Adams ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS Weldon Bradshaw CONTRIBUTOR Weldon Bradshaw, Al Cothran, Taylor Dabney, Ash Daniel, Michelle Deal Lewis ’89, Jay Paul, Journalism Class students, Robin Reifsnider, David Stover, Wendell Powell Studio, Elaine Sutton, Andy Wiley ’77 PHOTOGRAPHY Scout Design GRAPHIC DESIGN B&B Printing PRINTING Thanks to all parents, students, alums and friends who share generously of their information, photographs and archives. The Spark is published twice a year by Collegiate School. We welcome letters from readers, though we may not have room to publish them all. Submissions may be edited for publication. Photographs deemed unsuitable in quality by the Spark’s designers may not be included. We make every effort to return photographs shared with us – please send high resolution (300dpi) digital images whenever possible (to: spark@collegiate-va.org). Class Notes and Photographs: Please send your news and photographs, and we will use them in an upcoming issue. Digital images must be high resolution (min. 300dpi). ADDRESS Spark Editor Collegiate School / Development Office 103 North Mooreland Road / Richmond, VA 23229 E-MAIL spark@collegiate-va.org Visit our web site at www.collegiate-va.org PHONE Spark: 804.741.9781 / Alumni Office: 804.741.9757

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On his way in to work early one morning, Wilbur Athey spied this hawk perched on the bridge, keeping watch over campus.

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AROUND CAMPUS NEWS from Mooreland Road·································································································· 04 END OF THE YEAR: Graduation Awards, College Choices, Spring/Winter Sports Roundup ······························································································ 20

FEATURE OUT OF BOUNDS: A constellation of partnerships here and around the world is enriching the Collegiate experience ········································································· 34

ALUMNI ACTIVITIES NEWS of alumni accomplishments ························································································ 42 LEGACIES: Graduates and their alum families ··································································· 54 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARDS: Alex Cecil ’83 and Rives Potts ’67 ························ 58 REUNIONS in New York, San Francisco, Atlanta ································································ 60 WINTER PARTY & AUCTION ······························································································· 66

CLASS NOTES Including profiles of Emily Nelson Maher ’97, Blair Northen Williamson ’04, and Josie Senoga ’08 ··············································································································· 68

EXTRAS THEN AND NOW: Field Trips ······························································································· 88 SUMMER FUN: See what some of 1,300 campers were up to this summer ······················· 90 PARTING SHOT: Life Trustee – Dick Wiltshire ············································· inside back cover

2012 / 2013 ALUMNI DATEBOOK All Collegiate Alumni are invited to attend the following events. For more information on events at Collegiate, visit our web site at www.collegiate-va.org/alumni/events

SEPTEMBER

Friday, 28 Saturday, 29

Homecoming & Reunion Weekend 7pm Oyster Roast at Tuckahoe Plantation 12:30pm Homecoming Alumni Cookout 1:30pm Homecoming Football Game vs. Episcopal High School Mooreland Road Campus Evening Alumni Class Reunion Parties (various locations)

OCTOBER

Thursday, 11

Town School Reunion Lunch (55th – 75th Reunion)

DECEMBER

Friday, 7 Monday, 10 & Tuesday, 11

Alumni Pageant Lunch Christmas Pageant, All Saints Church

JANUARY

Monday, 14

Washington D.C. Area Alumni Reunion

FEBRUARY

Friday, 1 Saturday, 23

New York Alumni Reunion Winter Party / Auction

JUNE

Friday, 7

Commencement, Upper School Lawn

Look at how much fun these alums are having! Be sure to join us for a game or event this year...

FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL Dear Friends, On the walls of our home is a collection of antique maps that I have put together over more than a decade. Many are treasures that date back centuries and show how at one time in our history, geography combined with imagination to render a work of art. Others are important to me not because of their antiquity, but because they represent places my family explored somewhere in the world. Friends who know me well have remarked on the irony of a collection of maps owned by someone who is “directionally challenged.” I respond by simply pointing out, “Who better to collect maps?” I thought about this collection on a recent trip in my son’s car when Emilie wanted to resolve a debate about the fastest way home (or something like that – being directionally challenged, I was not particularly interested in the controversy.) “Where’s the map in this car?” she asked as she searched through the seat pockets. “I don’t need one,” Hank responded, holding up his iPhone with its flashing Google Map pointer. In an instant, my maps were not only relics from another era, they were an obsolete form. The old tool for finding your way around the planet has been replaced and what the new tool lacks in art or inspiration, it makes up for in precision – and it talks back if you want it to. In a matter of a few years, GPS technology has displaced the dogeared atlases most of us remember from the roadtrips of our youth. It has also introduced strings of numerical coordinates into our vernacular. Fortunately, our street addresses have not been replaced by degrees of longitude and latitude – yet – but behind that car navigation system that gets you home, you can be sure that the orbiting satellite pays little attention to the evocative name on your street sign. I am not one to yearn for simpler times or to romanticize the past. But the maps on my walls are more than a representation of where things are in Egypt or South America. One Dutch cartographer from the 1600’s illustrated the whole story of the Bible in the margins of a map of Jerusalem. Another map of a small town in France from 1548 shows the streets with the houses and businesses included giving a real sense of life in a small medieval European community. In myriad different ways, each map offers a glimpse into the heart of the cartographer that makes it more than a wayfinding device. Likewise, the coordinates of our Mooreland Road and Robins campuses are only of some help in finding Collegiate School. Our partners – in Richmond and around the world – are locations that also count on our map. Their latitude and longitude represent intellectual coordinates of the Collegiate experience and, just like the maps on my walls, there is a richness and even some art to these relationships. These are more than points on the planet for us – they are part of our faculty, our fabric and our story. Indeed they redefine the boundaries of our campus and our community. Our partners are universities and schools, businesses and nonprofits, athletic leagues and art organizations. They are vital to both the breadth and depth of our program and many become lifelong associations for our students. We are grateful for each of them and excited to introduce a sampling to you in this edition of the Spark.

Best Wishes,

Keith Evans Head of School

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News From Mooreland Road

Surface-lift for Ft. Cougar, Fresh Air for Learning ABOVE: Students race to play on For t Cougar the day it opened after being closed for several months.

ower Schoolers endured several months of a closed-down Fort Cougar playground this year, but were delighted with the renovation results when it reopened on March 12. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new on the playground? A rubberized ground surface, landscaping, seating and equipment tweaks that make it a safer place to play. In addition, a new science room was added on to Reynolds Hall with an outdoor classroom adjacent to it. Now, Ellen Thomen Clore â&#x20AC;&#x2122;70 has a bright new space for teaching science to 1st and 2nd Graders, and students can enjoy being outside as they learn.

The new outdoor classroom next to Reynolds Hall offers a change of scenery for students and teachers.

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The Harris Project

n the hour after Ms. Kristin Harris’s Senior Seminar class learned that she has breast cancer, her students agreed that they wanted to honor her in some way. They just had to come up with an idea. “She is such a selfless person,” says Cole Drennan. “We wanted to do something that lets her know everybody loves her and that benefits her and other people, too.” They considered several ideas, but “some were not as closely linked to what she’s going through,” says Anthony Vita. Before her diagnosis, Ms. Harris, who is also Director of Student Life, had planned for the class to come up with a service project that they could organize, do and pass along to next year’s Senior Seminar. In her absence, the class decided to follow her plan and form The Harris Project with the May 12 Race for the Cure as their focus. The students divided up duties and, with guidance from Ms. Allen Chamberlain who took on Ms. Harris’s class, planned opportunities for Upper School students to get involved. Their mission was to “inspire and encourage participation in Race for the Cure by recruiting students, teachers,

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and others in our community to register for the race, selling t-shirts designed for the project, and sponsoring a Pink Day.” Involved in The Harris Project: Meredith Berents, Harrison Bowden, KK Dickerson, Cole Drennan, Sarah Mims, Hope Morgan, Chris Pembroke, Sophie Peyton, Austin Pruitt, Jordan Sinkler, Lucy Gordon Smith, Anthony Vita and Annika Wooton.

ABOVE: In honor of Director of Student Life and teacher Kristin Harris, the Upper School wore pink and formed a ribbon on the Grover Jones Football Field as part of The Harris Project.

NOTE: Pem Boinest Hall ’75, Director of Community Health Programs for Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s Central Virginia affiliate, contacted Collegiate in June to report the following good news: “What a phenomenal effort by the Cougars in the Race for the Cure! The Inspired by Joanne Team was the largest Race team this year with 355 members! And with $6,012 in donations, Collegiate was the Top High School Fundraiser and second highest overall fundraising team. As you may know, 75% of the Race proceeds will be invested in breast cancer screening, education, and treatment programs here in Central Virginia. The remaining 25% will be invested in cutting edge research through our National Research Program.”

Thirteen Seniors Achieve Cum Laude Status Second Semester RIGHT: Cum Laude inductees included Scott Newton, John Moore, Carter Wilson, Cole Phillips, Jordan Lee, Whitney Stott, Matthew Disler and Corey Malone-Smolla. Congratulations to these academic scholars!

ongratulations to the following spring 2012 Cum Laude inductees who were honored at an Upper School assembly in April: Ellen Davenport, Michael Grappone, Jordan Lee, Anne Stewart Lynde, John Moore, Cole Phillips, Sarah Romer, Justin Smalkowski, Austin Spivey, Annie Stettinius, Whitney Stott, Olivia Trani and Carter Wilson. Upper School English teacher Cindy Douglass was the featured speaker. The new inductees joined the following fall inductees in the class of 2012: Amanda Cole, Maggie Cuthbert, Laura Davia, Matthew Disler, Lillian Fu, Thomas Hatcher, Elizabeth Hazelton, Duncan Kilpatrick, Corey Malone-Smolla, Scott Newton, Tyler Starr and Grayson Thornton. The following is an excerpt of Mrs. Douglass’s speech at the Cum Laude assembly: Here, students write the music for the plays, recommend books and movies that relate to what we are teaching, create artwork that interprets literature and turns the hallways into classrooms,

New Club Goes Outside

and, twice a week – from this podium – teach us about religion and music, service and sport and so many other interesting things through thoughtful and personal speeches. You teach us all the time. As Mr. Antolini tells Holden Caufield, urging him to go back to school, “It’s a beautiful, reciprocal arrangement.”… Collegiate is a community that hums with the intellectual energy of people who love to learn and those of you here on stage today have demonstrated outstanding commitment to that “reciprocal arrangement.”

rad Cooke, Upper School history teacher and longtime outdoor enthusiast, led efforts this past year to start a new Outdoor Club with an after school sports waiver in place. “This spring we concentrated on rock climbing, going three days a week to either Peak Experiences, or to the Manchester Wall downtown,” says Mr. Cooke. “We also built in a trail running component. Because of the generosity of a donor (Tom Johnson), we were not only able to launch the climbing program, but we have made some significant equipment purchases and have a beautiful new truck for the program to use. This summer I ran weekly day trips for climbing, swimming, kayaking, hiking, etc. This fall we will offer an after school option again, but will expand it beyond rock climbing and into river activities. We will also begin exploring weekend trips for hiking, biking, climbing, and kayaking as well as break trips out west for snowboarding and skiing.”

Members of the Outdoor Club climb at Peak Experiences.

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Global Giving

nternational travel is one of Collegiate’s hallmarks, and we strive to offer our students the best opportunities in language immersion, homestays and touring. To help support and strengthen our global education program, the Susan and Mark Sisisky Global Enrichment Fund, a permanent component fund of The Community Foundation, Serving Richmond and Central Virginia has been established by the Sisisky family. The fund honors the memory of Mr. Sisisky’s father, the Honorable Norman Sisisky, who served the Fourth Congressional District and his country for over 19 years. The fund will support Collegiate’s efforts to provide financial assistance for students with demonstrated need and intellectual interest in study abroad as well as for faculty who wish to participate in academic enrichment programs overseas. In addition, the fund will help support international academic programs and new partnerships in countries of strategic importance. Mr. and Mrs. Sisisky and their children, Zach ’96 and Joy ’94, believe in the value of understanding cultures and engaging with global partners, activities that will prepare them for future roles of collaborators and peacemakers.

Seniors Widen Horizons

or the last three weeks of the school year, Collegiate seniors explored fields of interest by working as interns, traveling and learning more about a topic that they’re passionate about. “The Senior Project process affords each student unique experiences beyond the classroom,” says Alice McGuire Massie ’79, who coordinated the program this year. Some traveled far – to Malaysia and Morocco, where they visited friends made at our International Emerging Leaders Conference last fall, and to Copenhagen, England and the Middle East. Others did a wide range of interesting activities. To name a few: Anthony Vita interned at CNN headquarters in Atlanta, Amanda Cole and Corey Malone-Smolla wrote a blog about exploring Richmond, Anne Stewart Lynde learned how to fly fish, Carolyn Mitchell attended trapeze school, Austin Palmore worked in the Governor’s office, Madison Ratliff learned how to fly a plane, Ian Rowland recorded songs and made a CD with proceeds going to the Open Gym project (Collegiate students provide sports activities to autistic children). And one student, Anna White, documented students as they did their senior projects and published a small book of photographs showcasing

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the diversity of interests and, with quotes from seniors, the value of doing the projects. At a breakfast with faculty the week of graduation, seniors shared their experiences and several showed slides and spoke about what they’d learned.

Anna White created a book documenting her classmates’ Senior Projects.

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Confucius Institute Honors Our Language Program Above: David Colon represented Collegiate at the Confucius Institute World Summit last December.

ollegiate’s Academic Dean David Colon attended the Confucius Institute World Summit in Beijing where the school was recognized for its outstanding Chinese language program. More than 5,000 attendees from around the world attended as well as members of the Chinese cabinet, and the U.S. delegation was hosted by the Asia Society. “We met with the Beijing bureau chief for the Financial Times Jamil Anderlini, had lunch at the restaurant of author Jen Lin-Liu and dinner

with Metropolitan Opera star Hao Jian Tian,” says Mr. Colon. In April, Mr. Colon, Director of International Studies Clare Sisisky and Chinese language teachers Xin-yi Fergusson, Mei Dong and Zhangyi Shi were awarded a Confucius Classroom designation from the Hanban Institute and the Asia Society at the College Board’s National Chinese Language Conference in Washington, DC. Collegiate received this prestigious designation, given to only 100 U.S. schools, after a competitive process nationwide.

Middle School Spanish teacher Debbie Hailes honored her husband Roger Hailes, Upper School English teacher, with his own special bench last winter. The plaque reads: “Gladly would he learn and gladly teach – Chaucer” Dr. Hailes said of the presentation, “The best part was when Head of School Keith Evans said, ‘I am glad you are bench worthy,’ and I said, ‘That’s what my college football coach said.’”

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On the Road This summer students and faculty traveled out of town to serve and study. The following are the trips Collegiate sponsored. Read their blogs for more details:

ABROAD Ghana Five students, accompanied by Upper School math teacher Karen Albright, went on a two-week service trip to the village of Anloga, Ghana in June to work as volunteer teaching assistants in local schools. Blog: ghanabegood.blogspot.com France Eleven students traveled in France (Paris and Provence) in June, sightseeing and attending a summer camp, for more than two weeks with Mesdames Val Siff et Maria Benson. Blog: frenchcamp2012.blogspot.com China Four students and Upper School science teacher Dr. Kelly Tracy visited Changzhou, China for two weeks. They stayed with host families and attended Changzhou Senior High School…their blog offers interesting details about the school day, food and other aspects of Chinese culture. Blog: blog.sina.com.cn/collegiate2012 Turkey As part of the newly formed independent school Global Education Benchmark Group, six faculty/ staff – Pete Follansbee, Holly Smith, Sallie Tinney, Cindy Cargas, Brad Cooke, Charlie Williams and Lindy Williams – traveled to Turkey for two weeks with representatives from Lawrenceville, Hotchkiss and Hathaway Brown schools. You can see their itinerary and read their impressions of Istanbul and beyond on their blog: turkey2012gbeg.blogspot.com Spain Eleven students visited Seville (where we have a partner school), Granada and Cádiz to study Spanish. David Colon, Monique Voss and Esperanza Soria-Nieto accompanied them. Blog: collegiatespain2012.wordpress.com

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STATESIDE Wild West Fourteen rising 9th Grade students, accompanied by teachers Paul Lupini and Deborah Andersen, traveled the west for a week in June, hiking and touring … Red Rock Canyon Park, the Grand Canyon, Lake Powell, Labyrinth Canyon, Horseshoe Bend, Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park, Zion National Park, an ostrich farm and Las Vegas. Blog: collegiatewildwest.blogspot.com

“The breadth and variety of our experiences exceeded all expectations,” said Lower School art teacher Holly Smith (center) in one of her final blog posts about the two-week faculty trip to Turkey. She and her colleagues returned with great ideas of ways to integrate all they saw and learned into classroom activities.

YSOP service trip to Washington, D.C. (Youth Service Opportunity Project) Twenty rising sophomores and four faculty spent a week learning about the issues revolving around homelessness, hunger and poverty. Each day, in teams of five, they visited a non-profit and spent time learning about the organization and giving their time as a volunteer. Blog: ysop12.blogspot.com Dungannon, Va. Twenty rising 8th Graders and five adult chaperones traveled for the sixth year to this community in southwest Virginia. Throughout the week, the students helped others in need and grew to learn more about themselves and each other. They worked hard but played hard too – enjoying the beautiful Appalachian Mountains.

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t their final meeting of the year, the Parents’ Association, led by Anne Mountcastle Rusbuldt ’85, made a generous gift of $92,000 to Collegiate, and, in the weeks that followed, gave an additional $8,000 bringing the total up to $100,000 for the year. Raised throughout the year by holding a series of fun events for families – including ’Tis the Season, Cougar Classic and Village Green Fair – the gift goes towards the Parents’ Association Endowment for Faculty Professional Development, Fort Cougar’s new synthetic surface and the Reed-Gumenick Library Renovation. “It’s been a spectacular year, and we are so appreciative of our network of parent volunteers,” says Anne. “I’m always amazed by how busy people are and yet they still give their time and talents to the Collegiate family.”

Parents’ Association Wraps Year with a Gift

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1. Fair friends. 2. Anne Mountcastle Rusbuldt ’85, ’11–’12 president of the Parents’ Association, presented a check to Head of School Keith Evans in May. 3. And the beat goes on…at the cakewalk. 4. 2nd Grade boys Jones Brackett, Scotty Ruth, Quin Ferrell, Henry Oelhafen, Owen Fallon, Robert Westermann and Christian Miller. 5. Girls gear up for Lazer Tag. 6. The early morning Fun Run on the Jim Hickey Track. 7. Cathy Ratcliffe Mitchell ’82 as the always popular pocket lady. 8. The Grover Jones Oyster Company team serves ’em up: Andy Harrison, Duane Ragsdale, Amy DeVoe, Jay DeVoe ’81, Jack Taylor, Trib Sutton ’81, Suzanne Spence, Marc Allocca, Elaine Sutton, Head of School Keith Evans. 9. VFG Chairs Haley Coulbourn Ottley ’87 and Anne Stoever. 10. Gabby Chen and Sadie Brooks enjoy snowcones.

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Fond Farewells FIVE TEACHERS RETIRE AFTER DECADES OF SERVICE This spring we celebrated the careers of four of our longtime teachers who are retiring. Ben Greenbaum ’65, Diane Shoemake, John Chewning ’68, Nancy Reed and Jean Berkeley will not be with us next fall, but will be enjoying new pursuits that range from well-deserved rest to new business ventures. The following are excerpts from Head of Schools Keith Evans’ tributes to them that were featured in the program at a special reception held in their honor.

Jean Berkeley Middle School math (27 years) While Jean’s work encompassed the breadth of Collegiate’s program, she has been distinguished by what she brought to each of these areas every day. Inexhaustible kindness, an impulse to serve, unfailing decency – Jean has been all about her students and colleagues for nearly three decades. She has been the last to leave many, many evenings employing her remarkable drive to her work in and out of the classroom. And because of her example of dedication and who she is, Jean has made Collegiate a more humane and caring place. For that above all else, we say “thank you” and “congratulations.” John Chewning ’68 Upper School Dean, math (27 years) Over the course of his service to Collegiate and to Norfolk Academy before that, John established a reputation as a caring and fair-minded mentor. As Upper School Dean, he helped to establish and sustain the positive student culture that we know today. He has always been known as a teacher who would go beyond what was expected to ensure that Collegiate students, whether his own or a colleague’s, would be successful. John exemplified the highest purposes of the School, fully embracing the focus on both intellect and integrity that is so essential to what we do at Collegiate. Ben Greenbaum ’65 Upper School science (31 years) Ben’s restless, Renaissance mind has been on display daily in the science department where he challenged his students with rigorous coursework and engaging, hands-on learning. He has been an ardent fan of Cougar athletics as a coach, mentor and even a baseball announcer.

…Great schools need raw smarts like Ben’s in the informal moments of the day – he never fails to stimulate thinking and ideas. We are grateful for all he has offered to our students for these many years, but also thankful for what he has offered to each of us who value the life of the mind. Nancy Reed Middle School technology (26 years) Nancy has equipped countless students to embrace the digital revolution that ignited during her teaching career. As a point of reference, when she began at Collegiate, Apple had just introduced the Macintosh Plus which shipped with 1MB of RAM and was priced at $2,599. Today, the tools of Nancy’s trade are exponentially more powerful, yet the importance of teaching students to use all of the capacities that computers offer has never been more important. She has been a guide and facilitator for the most important transformation in education in generations – the harnessing of technology in the service of learning. Diane Shoemake 4th Grade (25 years) Diane has been a guiding light in the 4th Grade, preparing her students for the new world of the Middle School while enabling them to practice their leadership as the big kids in the Lower School. She is famous for being the Chief Executive and Visionary of the Cougar Savings Bank where she oversees a hive of activity in her classroom. Diane is, perhaps, even better known behind the scenes for welcoming some of our more spirited children into her classroom and providing the structure they need to thrive. She has a gift for creating a sense of community among children that motivates them to do their best. That has been a blessing for all of our students.

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1. Godspeed to our 2012 retirees Ben Greenbaum ’65, Nancy Reed, Diane Shoemake, John Chewning ’68 and Jean Berkeley, seen here at a spring reception held in their honor. 2. Diane Shoemake listens as Head of School Keith Evans shares a story about her time at Collegiate. 3. Ben Greenbaum ’65 celebrates with wife Bonnie, son Noah Greenbaum ’03 and his wife Muffy Zimmer Greenbaum ’04 and their son Perry. 4. Nancy Reed receives her special plaque of appreciation. 5. At the May 21 reception honoring retiring faculty, John Chewning ’68’s family shares this very special moment – a tribute to a man they love and admire. From left to right are John’s son, Craig ’94 with his wife Erica and children Colin and Maddie; daughter Cameron ’97 with her husband Gary Stockner and son Grady; wife Blair who teaches 4th Grade and her mother Jean Hargrove; sister Bev Chewning Harris ’75; and his mother Edna Chewning, former registrar at Collegiate.

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MIDDLE SCHOOLER HEADS TO HARROW We don’t often highlight the departure of students for other schools, but 6th Grader Jack Oelhafan’s decision to attend Harrow School in London next year seems noteworthy. Harrow is an all-boys boarding school founded in 1572 and is considered one of the top independent schools in the United Kingdom. “As a lover of history, he is looking forward to the unique traditions … even wearing the Harrow straw hat, coat and tie to school each day and wearing a formal black-tie tail-coat on Sundays!” says his mother Allie. “We view Jack’s endeavor as yet another example of how Collegiate is embracing

global studies and global interconnected-ness. From hosting the International Emerging Leaders Conference to helping students pursue educational opportunities abroad, Collegiate is truly a 21st century leader.” The entire Oelhafen family is moving to Raleigh, but we hope they’ll stay in touch. “We are proud of Jack’s adventurous spirit,” says Middle School Head Charlie Blair. “We wish him the best at Harrow and look forward to hearing about his experiences.”

DEPARTING FACULTY & STAFF The following teachers are leaving us for other pursuits. We thank them for their dedication and wish them well. Patrick Blaney Upper School Spanish (11 years) Going to Albuquerque Academy, NM

Jim Bledsoe Upper School science (12 years) Going to Providence Day School, Charlotte, NC

Brendan Kinnell Upper School math (2 years) Going to Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn, NY

Collegiate staff member Claud Whitley posed with his Cuthbert friends after Sam’s Middle School graduation. From left are Maggie ’12, Sam ’16, Claud, West ’10 and Andy ’14.

Aaron Marsh Upper School math (2 years) Going to St. Paul’s School, Concord, NH

Lisa Pennington Upper & Middle School Choral Director (22 years) Going to teaching position in Nash-Rocky Mt., NC

Susan Terry 4th Grade Assistant (5 years)

Anne Gray Siebert Lower School Learning Specialist (5 years)

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“…It was a difficult transition at the beginning. Keeping up with my classes, finishing my homework and getting ready for exams in another language was not easy. Maybe the hardest part is the change in the way of learning. I picked my own classes instead of being given a planned schedule. I was used to lectures, but now I need to be more involved in discussions and teamwork. I always expected my teachers to offer me extra help, but now I play a more active role. “Fortunately I was not alone. My teachers have been very patient and selfless. They never fail to lead me out of my confusion. Help is always given when I ask for it. My classmates, who show their love of learning and curiosity for truth, encourage me to approach my potential. And my host families, who share my happiness and tension, always inspire me with their inexhaustible passion towards life.

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Isabella Yang (far right) and classmates Sarah Richardson, Martha Peaseley, Anna French and Connor Brewer.

“After the first few weeks, I adjusted myself and started to enjoy life. Then I discovered fascinating opportunities to work with other people. I had so much fun being on crew for ‘My Fair Lady.’ In two months we built the stage with our own hands. I am so proud of being a part of it and thanks to all you awesome theatre people. “I visited Lower School and Middle School classes many times during this year. I worked with student counselor and teachers. We talked about Chinese traditional holidays, Chinese schools, Chinese society. In this process I realized my identity and have taken on my responsibility as a Chinese exchange student abroad. Misunderstanding comes from ignorance and breeds stereotypes. I hope that my efforts help Collegiate get a better understanding about my country. …”

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Guests On Campus

Visiting artist Meghan Resler, daughter of art teacher Holly Smith, worked with Lower School students on a Peruvian weaving project. She shared her own art with students, as well as her experience teaching in Huaycon, Peru, a shantytown on the outskirts of Lima.

Members of the Richmond Police K9 Unit brought three dogs to campus in May to show 5th and 6th Grade students and their teachers just how they track human scents, locate drugs by sniffing and attack if a handler is threatened. 5th Grader Sam Strange has worked with the K9 Unit since last fall so she greeted the guests and then asked for volunteers to stand on the track with her during the narcotics demonstration. Former President of the Federal Reserve, 5th District, Al Broaddus visited Rob Wedge’s AP macro-economics class this spring to judge their “Fix the Structure, Fix the Future” contest. Students made 15-minute presentations about current economic conditions in the U.S. and the role their particular area of emphasis has played in shaping those conditions and then they described solutions using sound economic analysis.

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Zach Buckner, entrepreneur and product developer, was a guest speaker in Mrs. Rhiannon Boyd’s Senior Seminar class in April. Mr. Buckner, a graduate of UVA with a master’s in electrical engineering, spoke about Relay Foods, his online food shopping service that started in Charlottesville and now serves the Richmond area as well. Customers choose from products offered by partner providers ranging from the national organic grocer Whole Foods to small farms and bakeries, and Relay assembles the order and brings it to a location nearby where customers pick up their edibles the very next day.

Maymont staff and Collegiate alum Jutta Koska ’97, environmental educator, and Buz Bireline, director of habitats and the Nature Center, visited Lauren Brown’s 3rd Grade class with a bird friend to teach the students about raptors. Mrs. Brown’s class had the opportunity to name an eagle at Maymont. “We picked three names and voted on the winner… ‘Justice’ and, in May, we were invited to come get a behind-the-scenes eagle habitat tour,” says Mrs. Brown.

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AROUND CAMPUS With more than 200 athletes, representatives from the Henrico Police Dept. and hundreds of volunteers on hand, the Area 31 Special Olympics Summer Games took place on campus on April 27. Upper School students hosted the athletes and helped run the events. This was the 25th year Collegiate has welcomed Area 31 schools to our campus for this competition. Former Collegiate teacher and coach and longtime Special Olympics volunteer John Moreau was on hand as usual to announce the games. Brain research expert Dr. Judy Willis presented sessions on attentive learning, the adolescent brain and memory to groups of teachers during a day-long visit in May.

Former Collegiate French teacher Christiane Rimbault spoke with Val Siffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s advanced French students about the presidential election in France, offering valuable insight of a French citizen. Young and noteworthy author of A Land More Kind than Home, Wiley Cash, spoke to Upper School English students while in Richmond for the Junior Leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual Book & Author Dinner.

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Love for the Little Things

wo years after The Collegiate School for Girls opened on Monument Avenue, the school published its very first yearbook – the Torch. Since then, hundreds of students, with the guidance of faculty advisors, have met the challenge of documenting life at school. The annuals provide a visual timeline of every aspect of the years – academics, fashion, sports teams, hairstyles, the arts, the buildings and the people. And they always focus, in some way, on our favorites. The 2012 Torch, with seniors Kendall Berents, Caroline Blank and Casey Douma as trieditors-in-chief, provided yet another up close look at the Collegiate experience. The resulting 300 pages, with their colorful cover designed by Ella Massie ’14 and Max Gordon ’14, celebrates the little things about Collegiate that make it a great place. For a special student life section, a sampling of students were asked for examples of little things they love about Collegiate… some submissions were inside jokes, others pertained to this year only, but many were timeless. Here are just a few…

Fort Cougar Honor Code The Cougar Green and Gold Playing tag Crossing the bridge Recess Brunch halos Filling Dr. Anderson’s bird feeder Mother’s Day Tea in kindergarten

The way people help out Claud The librarians Breakfast for lunch Entertaining squirrels No homework nights Senior speeches Talking with friends before school Pie throwing at VGF Spirit Week

Birthday buddies

The plays

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We are one big family

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Class presidents Kendall Berents and Hank Evans lead the new graduates up the center aisle for the last time as a class.

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June 8, 2012 Upper School faculty vote to determine who will receive these awards with the exception of the Rosemary Medal which is voted upon by the senior girls. Greenbaum Award – Valedictorians (Highest four-year academic average) Tyler Starr Matthew Disler Rosemary Medal Kendall Berents Louise Mattern Coleman Award Ellen Davenport

Wellesley Book Award Sarah Richardson ’13 Jefferson Book Award Rachel Barbieri ’13 Reilly Klein ’13 Brown Book Award Sarah Clark ’13 Kyle Pate ’13 Dartmouth Book Award Megan Ciszek ’13 Jeremy Sims ’13 Malcolm U. Pitt, Jr. Service Award Michael Grappone ’12 Christopher Rusbuldt ’12 Civitan Honor Key Laura Davia ’12

Johnel Tate Poffenberger Award Taylor Hemphill

Virginia Courtney Simpson Award Jimmy Berents ’12

E. Angus Powell Award Matthew Disler

Elizabeth Bryson Powell Award Sarah Clark ’13

Dr. Martha E. Kolbe Award Grayson Thornton

Helen Moon Senior English Award Laura Davia ’12 Timmy McGraw ’12

Charles F. Wiltshire Citizenship Award Jordan Lee

Senior Creative Writing Award Corey Malone-Smolla ’12 Fain Riopelle ’12

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Upper School Commencement Awards

Charlotte Stevens Junior English Award Sarah Towler ’13 Kyle Pate ’13 Britten Senior Math Award Lillian Fu ’12 Michael Grappone ’12 Thalhimer Senior French Award Austin Spivey ’12 Tyler Starr ’12 Senior Spanish Award Ted Fergusson ’12 Senior Latin Award Slaughter Fitz-Hugh ’12 Brooks Slotterback ’12 Senior Chinese Award Anya Aboud ’12 Perrow Senior History Award Kate Murphy ’12 Timmy McGraw ’12 Margaret Daniel Senior Science Award Whitney Stott ’12

Honors Assembly Awards Upper School faculty and administration select recipients. National Merit Scholarship Award Matthew Disler ’12 National Achievement Scholarship Award Jordan Lee ’12 Harvard Prize Book Award Hans Prakash ’13 Ali Williams, Sally Sommers and Caroline Cheatham proudly display their diplomas.

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Middle School Graduation Awards June 7, 2012 Recipients are chosen by Middle School faculty. Hugh H. Addy Award Jimmy Banta Director’s Award Harris White D.A.R. Citizenship Award Ellie Fleming Kirby Kollmansperger

Valedictorians Tyler Starr and Matthew Disler Osborne Senior Science Award Michael Grappone ’12 Dr. Tapan Hazra Science Award Brian Davia ’14 Hirschler Science Research Award Rachel Barbieri ’13 Engard Senior Art Award Lindsey McCann ’12 Jackson Cantor ’12 Jake MacNelly Senior Art Purchase Award Anne Stewart Lynde ’12 (Sponsored by the Class of 1990) Scott Harden Senior Performing Arts Award Austin Spivey ’12 Jordan Lee ’12 Carolyn Levey Music Award Lillian Fu ’12 Osborne Music Award Matthew Disler ’12 Best Thespian Award Annika Wooton ’12 Carson Eubank ’13 Technical Theater Award Whitney Stott ’12

David Crutcher ’13 Dance Award Margaret Clark ’12 Frances Leigh Williams Journalism Award

Fry Cup Catherine DeVoe Sue Jett Award Tiffany Crawford

Torch: Kendall Berents ’12 Caroline Blank ’12 Casey Douma ’12

Art Chelsea Thomas John Cantor

Match: Alden Gregory ’12 Corey Malone-Smolla ’12 Katie O’Connor ’12

Drama Payton Van Winkle David White

Webb Senior Sportsmanship Award Ellen Davenport ’12 Jacobs Senior Sportsmanship Award Grayson Thornton ’12 Luke Walker ’12 Reed Senior Athletic Award Austin Pruitt ’12 Outstanding Senior Athlete Award Michael Howard ’12 Richmond Times-Dispatch Scholar/Athlete Award Austin Pruitt ’12 Scott Newton ’12

Dance Finley Griffin Cox Music Strings – CJ Wittman Piano – John Hazelton Band – Megan Phillips Choral Marlyn Scott Science Catherine DeVoe Tate Schwarzschild Language Latin – Catherine DeVoe, Thompson Oney French – Sarah Whitaker, Thompson Oney Spanish – Clay Bowden, Sam Cuthbert

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College Admission Highlights: Class of 2012 • The Class of 2012 continued our tradition of strong acceptance rates; for the seventh straight year, two out of every three applications resulted in acceptances. • At the five schools receiving the most applications from Collegiate seniors, acceptance numbers were strong: 36 at UVA, 36 at JMU, 24 at William & Mary, 16 at Virginia Tech, 14 at Univ. of S. Carolina. • Accolades for the class include a National Merit Scholar and a National Achievement Scholar, a Morehead and a Carolina Scholar at UNC, a Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholar at Vanderbilt, a Reynolds/Carswell Scholar at Wake Forest, a Murray Scholar at William & Mary, Echols and Rodman Scholars at UVA, and Monroe Scholars at William & Mary. The Morehead, Carolina, Vanderbilt, Reynolds/Carswell, and Murray offers were all full-rides. Students were offered a total of more than $3.5 million in merit scholarships (excluding need-based aid), a 117% increase from 2011. • Destinations are split in half with 50% of the class heading to schools in Virginia and the other half attending school in 22 different states. The Southeast may be the biggest draw, but our students will also be studying engineering in California, visual arts in Illinois and Kansas, business in Indiana, music in

Ferneyhough English Award Ellie Fleming Language Arts William Bennett Physical Education Ellie Fleming Ben Rising Technology Virginia Harris Scott Werwath History Bridget Ferguson Tate Schwarzschild

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Ohio, advertising in Texas, and other pursuits in 15 additional states. • In NCAA athletics, 20 students plan to compete in eight different sports in nine different states. Our nine Division I, one Division II, and ten Division III athletes will compete across the country: from lacrosse in Rhode Island, soccer in Connecticut, and baseball in Pennsylvania to track and field in South Carolina and tennis in Massachusetts. • Cougars saw 13 Ivy acceptances and, for the first time, at least one acceptance at each of the eight Ivy institutions. They received a host of other “most” and “highly” selective admission offers, and their overall accept rates within each selectivity category benchmarked in Barron’s Profiles of American Colleges outpaced the norms. • “ Most Selective” schools that accepted our students but saw no matriculation include Brown, Case Western, Columbia, Davidson, Franklin & Marshall, Georgetown, George Washington, Harvey Mudd, Johns Hopkins, Kenyon, Middlebury, NYU, Northwestern, Occidental, Pomona, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rice, Tulane, UCLA, U. Chicago, U. Miami, U. Rochester, U. Southern California, Villanova, Washington U.-St. Louis, and Williams.

Math Elizabeth Hayes Jimmy Banta Highest Academic Average – 8th Grade year Catherine DeVoe Thompson Oney Highest Academic Average – 4 years Elizabeth Hayes Emily Spaulding Jimmy Banta

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COLLEGE CHOICES: Class of 2012 Anya Olga-Frances Aboud....................................................................Dickinson College Joseph Turner Allen.................................................................James Madison University William Revermann Anders............................................ Christopher Newport University William Harrison Andrews...................................................................Colgate University Caroline Lee Bacon..............................................................College of William and Mary Christopher Allen Barr..............................................................George Mason University James Roland Berents..................................................................Wake Forest University Kendall Helen Berents.........................................................College of William and Mary Meredith Virginia Berents................................................................... Furman University Caroline Grace Blank...........................................................................Dickinson College Ann Catherine Bokinsky.................................................. Washington and Lee University Clara Kraft Borges................................................................. University of Texas, Austin Martha Harrison Bowden......................................................................... Elon University Carter Elizabeth Branin.................................................................College of Charleston Victoria Roth Buseck..................................................................East Carolina University Jackson William Cantor............................................. Virginia Commonwealth University Alexa Elizabeth Cochran Cecil........................................................University of Virginia Caroline Timpson Cheatham...................................................James Madison University Margaret Baxley Clark....................................................................University of Virginia Leah Nicole Clisham.........................Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *Amanda Blair Cole..........................................................................University of Virginia Andrew Michael Colletti............................................ Virginia Commonwealth University Caroline Ann Cooke.........................................................................University of Virginia Wilson Alexander Coor......................Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Caitlin Cassity Cosby......................................................................University of Virginia *Margaret King Cuthbert.................................................................Vanderbilt University Tayloe Murphy Braxton Dameron..........................................................Dickinson College *Ellen Hughes Davenport.................................................................... Dartmouth College *Laura Lillian Davia.........................................................................Vanderbilt University Kathryn Kellum Dickinson.....................................Sewanee: The University of the South *Matthew Joseph Disler...................................................................... Harvard University Casey Madalyn Douma.........................................................College of William and Mary Coleman Patrick Drennan.............................................. Christopher Newport University William Samuel Edwards................................................................High Point University Henry Allen Evans................................................................College of William and Mary Theodore En-Dao Fergusson...........................................................University of Virginia Glassell Slaughter Fitz-Hugh IV......................................................University of Virginia Emily Carter Flippo......................................................... Washington and Lee University Lauren Frances Fraizer.................................. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill *Lillian Gwong-Han Fu..........................................................College of William and Mary Arielle Lehner Galston..........................................................College of William and Mary Geoffrey Thomas Gelozin.........................................................Hampden-Sydney College Miller Wayne Golliday...............................................................Hampden-Sydney College *Joseph Michael Grappone, Jr...................................... California Institute of Technology Elizabeth Conover Grattan...................................................College of William and Mary Emilie Alden Gregory................................................................. Miami University of Ohio William Anson Hart..............................................................College of William and Mary *James Thomas Hatcher IV..............................................................University of Virginia Claiborne Alston Haw........................................................................ Clemson University *Elizabeth Lillian Hazelton....................................................................... Duke University Taylor Michelle Hemphill.................................................................High Point University Frederick Lane Hoback IV.......................................................................Roanoke College Michael Edward Howard.................................................................University of Virginia Anna Leary Jones.............................................................................. Bucknell University John Tyler Kemeny................................................................................ Bryant University *Mark Duncan Kilpatrick, Jr.................................................... University of Pennsylvania *Jordan Montgomery Lee........................................................................... Yale University Kaitlin Elizabeth Letter........................................................................ Lafayette College *Anne Stewart Lynde........................................................................Vanderbilt University *Corey Colleen Malone-Smolla.................................................................. Yale University Tyler Douglas Mardian.................................................................. University of Delaware John Hall Massie.............................................................................University of Virginia Lindsey Catherine McCann................................... School of the Art Institute of Chicago Molly Maureen McFadden.................................................................Villanova University

Timothy Andrew McGraw......................................................................Cornell University Paul Joseph Melnick III.............................................................Hampden-Sydney College John Thomas Middleton...................................................................University of Virginia Connor Evans Miksch...................................................University of Colorado at Boulder Sarah Joy Mims....................................................................College of William and Mary Carolyn Rivers Mitchell...................................................................University of Virginia *John William Moore.........................................................................University of Virginia Elizabeth Hope Morgan................................................................... Longwood University Katherine Elizabeth Murphy............................................................University of Virginia Rebecca Cassie Naurath...................................................................... Lehigh University Caleb Wayne Newcomb............................................................................ Elon University *Scott Thomas Newton....................................................................University of Virginia Katherine McQuillan O’Connor........................................................University of Virginia Brian Connor Odell............................Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Austin Randolph Palmore................................................................University of Virginia Elliott Donald Pate...................................................................... University of Richmond Christopher Andrews Pembroke.............................................................Roanoke College Sophie Elizabeth Françoise Peyton......................................... University of Texas, Austin *Colfax Dean Phillips........................................................................ Wesleyan University Austin Elizabeth Pruitt............................................................. University of Notre Dame Rebecca Susan Quay..............................................................James Madison University Zoë Elena Flora Raine..........................................................University of South Carolina Madison Kelley Ratliff.....................................................................University of Virginia Elizabeth Carter Reifsnider.....................................................James Madison University James Chapman Roberts.................................................................... Furman University Charlotte McGlasson Robins.................................................................... Rollins College *Sarah Michelle Romer............................................................................. Boston College Paul Anthony Rossetti.............................................................James Madison University Ian Hunter Rowland........................................................................University of Georgia Christopher Wayne Rusbuldt, Jr...................................... Washington and Lee University Vincent Tuller Saladino............................................................ University of Notre Dame Anna Dale Schreiber...............................................................James Madison University Emily Moring Shea...............................................................University of South Carolina Maura Elizabeth Grace Simpson..........................................University of South Carolina Jordan Fabian Sinkler..........................................................................Lynchburg College Brooks Slotterback...................................................................... Philadelphia University *Justin Dwight Smalkowski..............................................................University of Virginia Lucy Churchill Gordon Smith................................................University of South Carolina William Scott Smythe, Jr.........................................................James Madison University Sara Catherine Sommers................................................................University of Virginia *Austin Elizabeth Dare Spivey...............................................College of William and Mary *Tyler Garland Starr..........................................................................Princeton University *Ann Wingate Stettinius...................................................................University of Virginia *Whitney Alison Stott............................................................College of William and Mary Patrick Paul Suijk.....................................................................................Ohio University *Grayson LeCompte Thornton..........................................................University of Virginia Gianna Marianne Tondini.......................................................................... Trinity College *Olivia Ryan Trani.................................................................College of William and Mary Diana Khanh Vân Truong.........................................................James Madison University John Parker Van Der Hyde...................................................................Belmont University Anthony James Vita.........................................................................High Point University John Luther Walker IV............................................................................... Elon University William Caleb Wharton............................................................ Virginia Military Institute Susannah Wiley Wheat............................................................................Wofford College Charles Newton Whitaker, Jr............................................................. Clemson University Anna Lassiter White.......................................................................University of Vermont David Turner Willett................................................................................Tufts University Alister Elizabeth Williams........................................................................ Elon University *Carter Paige Wilson........................................................................University of Virginia Annika Renée Wooton...................................................................... University of Kansas Emily Boling Wright...........................Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Zakea Flonice Wyatt............................................................................ Howard University *Cum Laude

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1. 4th Graders sing at their graduation ceremony in Oates Theater. 2. 8th Graders patiently wait to receive their diplomas in the early June sun. 3. Mark Hourigan, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, welcomes family and friends to the 97th Commencement. 4. Jordan Lee receives the Wiltshire Award from Ben Rein, Head of the Upper School. 5. Hank Evans receives a diploma and a hug from his dad, Head of School Keith Evans. 6. The Select Girls Ensemble Chorus performs at Middle School Graduation. 7. Head of School Keith Evans assists valedictorian Matthew Disler with his jacket. 8. Caleb Newcomb, Billy Anders, Jordan Sinkler and Elliott Pate celebrate the end of their senior year. 9. Last but not least, Zakea Wyatt is the final senior to cross the stage. 10. Elizabeth Hazelton, Ellie Grattan, Arielle Galston and Emily Wright enjoy the post-graduation reception in the shade of Memorial Hall.

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SPORTS UPDATE

T SPRING 2012 Wade Hayes ’14

he 2011 – 2012 school year shaped up quite nicely for Collegiate’s varsity athletic teams. The Cougars won Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association championships in golf and girls’ swimming. Our boys’ soccer, tennis, and swimming teams won Prep League titles, and our girls’ field hockey, swimming, lacrosse, and tennis squads finished atop the League of Independent Schools standings. Distance runner Scott Newton ’12 was the runner-up for the Richmond TimesDispatch/Sports Backers Scholar-Athlete Award, and Austin Pruitt ’12, who excelled in field hockey, indoor track, and lacrosse, was a finalist. Brady Straus ’13 was honored by the T-D as the top tennis player in Central Virginia. Collegiate placed third in the Prep League

Director’s Cup rankings, and, for the second consecutive year, the Cougars earned the Prep League Sportsmanship Award. While it is an honor presented by the Prep League, it truly reflects the commitment to the core values of sportsmanship, competitive spirit, and fair play by all those who are involved with Collegiate athletics. “Winning the sportsmanship award is, by far, the highest compliment anyone can pay our athletic program,” said Karen Doxey, co-director of athletics. “It means that our student-athletes and coaches consistently modeled respect for their opponents, the officials, fans, and each other and that others have noticed the great character that is the hallmark of our student body.” The following is a wrap-up of winter and spring varsity sports. – Weldon Bradshaw

Golf Varsity Golf ended its season VISAA Champion and Prep League Runner-Up All-State Alex Thompson ’13, Wade Hayes ’14 State Player of the Year Thompson State Coach of the Year Chris Williams All-Prep Thompson, Hayes Prep League Golf Sportsmanship Award Collegiate

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Girls’ Soccer Varsity Girls’ Soccer ended its season 12–8–2 overall, VISAA Runner-Up, LIS Semifinalist All-Metro, second team Jennie Sroba ’13, Ellie Sullivan ’13

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All-State Sullivan, Sroba All-LIS Sullivan, Sroba, Casey Brizzolara ’13, Annie Hawthorne ’14

Katie O’Connor ’12

Varsity Boys’ Track & Field ended its season 12th in VISAA and 6th in Prep League

Girls’ Track & Field Varsity Girls’ Track & Field ended its season 3rd in VISAA and 3rd in LIS All-Metro Hannah Myers ’13 (300 hurdles), Katie O’Connor ’12 (discus) All-State, first team Myers (100 hurdles, 300 hurdles) All-State, second team Ali Moore ’13 (triple jump), O’Connor (shot put) All-LIS O’Connor (shot put, discus), Myers (100 hurdles, 300 hurdles), Madeline White ’16 (100). Most Valuable Performers, LIS Meet O’Connor (field events), Myers (running events)

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Girls’ Lacrosse Varsity Girls’ Lacrosse ended its season 22–4 overall, VISAA semifinalist, LIS Champion US Lacrosse All-American, first team Austin Pruitt ’12 US Lacrosse All-American, honorable mention Carter Reifsnider ’12 US Lacrosse Academic All-American Anne Stewart Lynde ’12, Bayley Wood ’13, Pruitt, Reifsnider. All-State Reifsnider, Pruitt All-LIS Campbell Brewer ’15, Sydney Cardozo ’14, Kaitlin Letter ’12, Reifsnider, Pruitt

Brady Straus ’13

Austin Pruitt ’12 makes a getaway as Carter Reifsnider ’12 (left) and Campbell Brewer ’15 (right) back her up.

Boys’ Tennis Varsity Boys’ Tennis ended its season 10–5 overall, VISAA Quarterfinalist, Prep League Champion All-Metro, first team Brady Straus ’13 (player of the year) All-Metro, second team Michael Perel ’13 All-State Straus, Perel All-Prep Straus, Perel, Cole Phillips ’12 Austin Palmore ’12, William Perkins ’14, Turner Willett ’12.

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Varsity Softball ended its season 14–8 overall, VISAA Quarterfinalist, LIS Runner-Up All-Metro, second team Mallory Knighton ’13 All-State, first team Knighton All-State, second team Katie McCauley ’14 All-State, academic Sarah Romer ’12, Austin Spivey ’12 All-LIS Emily Flippo ’12, Caroline Cheatham ’12, Knighton, McCauley

Baseball Varsity Baseball ended its season 12–9 overall, VISAA quarterfinalist, 4th in Prep League All-State Jack Sutton ’13 All-Prep Sutton

Emily Flippo ’12

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Prep League Coach of the year Andrew Slater ’96 Af ter rall y ing fr om a 1– 6 deficit to take the game against St. Christopher’s to ex tra innings, Collegiate clinches the win with Jack Sutton ’13’s walk off three-run home run.

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Michael Howard ’12

Boys’ Lacrosse Varsity Boys’ Lacrosse ended its season 8–12 overall, 6th in Prep League US Lacrosse, Piedmont Region All-American Michael Howard ’12 US Lacrosse, Piedmont Region, Academic AllAmerican Christopher Rusbuldt ’12 US Lacrosse, Piedmont Region Man of the Year Coach Andrew Stanley All-State Tyler Mardian ’12 (face-off specialist), Howard (defense) All-Prep Billy Anders ’12, Whit Griffin ’13, Mardian, Howard

WINTER 2011 – 2012 Boys’ Basketball Varsity Boys’ Basketball ended its season 3–20 overall, 7th in Prep League All-Prep Jack Corrigan ’13

Varsity Boys’ Track & Field ended its season 6th in VISAA, 5th in Prep League All-State, second team 4x800 team (Scott Newton ’12, Ian Rowland ’12, Luke Page ’13, Teddy Nasworthy ’13), All-Metro 4x800 team (Newton, Rowland, Page, Nasworthy), 4x200 team (Chap Roberts ’12, Cole Drennan ’12, Will Hart ’12, Noboru Kobashigawa ’13)

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Wrestling Varsity Wrestling ended its season 12th in VISAA, 3rd in Prep League. All-State Preston Roper ’13 (120), Kyle Pate ’13, Brody Schneider ’13, J.T. Glover ’13 (195) All-Prep Nelson Sharps ’13 (132), Pate (152), Schneider (182)

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Varsity Boys’ Swimming & Diving ended its season 3rd in VISAA, Prep League Champion All-Metro Will Coor ’12 (first team in 50 freestyle, 100 free; second team in 100 butterfly) All-State Coor (50 frees, 100 free), 400 free relay (Eric Yan ’13, Peter Ferguson ’13, Cameron Moore ’13, Coor) All-Prep Coor (50 freestyle, 100 free), Ferguson (100 backstroke), 200 free relay (Coor, Ferguson, Yan, Mac Thomas ’14), 400 free relay (Coor, Ferguson, Yan, Moore).

Girls’ Basketball Varsity Girls’ Basketball ended its season 13–11 overall, VISAA quarterfinalist, LIS Runner-up All-State, first team Annie Hawthorne ’14 All-State, second team Anna Wilson ’16 All-LIS Hawthorne, Wilson Coach of the Year Rives Fleming ’83

Girls’ Swimming & Diving Varsity Girls’ Swimming & Diving ended its season VISAA Champion, LIS Champion NISCA All-American Mary Katherine Kish ’14 (500 freestyle) All-State Ashton Pollard ’14 (200 individual medley, 100 backstroke), Kish (500 free, 200 free), Chandler Makepeace ’13 (50 free), 200 medley relay (A. Pollard, Campbell Brewer ’15, Caroline Pollard ’15, Makepeace), 200 free relay (Makepeace, Maggie Cuthbert ’12, Brewer, Kish), 400 free relay (A. Pollard, Cuthbert, C. Pollard, Kish) All-LIS Makepeace (50 free, 100 free), Kish (200 free, 500 free), Pollard (100 backstroke), 200 medley relay (Makepeace, A. Pollard, Brewer, C. Pollard), 200 free relay (Makepeace, C. Pollard, Cuthbert, Kish), 400 free relay (Kish, Brewer, Cuthbert, A. Pollard) Coach of the Year Mike Stott

Indoor Soccer Varsity Indoor Soccer ended its season Valentine Classic Champion Tournament Most Valuable Player Custis Coleman ’14 All-Tournament Coleman, Thomas Hatcher ’12, Cooper Moelchert ’15

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Girls’ Track & Field Varsity Girls’ Track & Field ended its season 3rd in VISAA, 2nd in LIS All-Metro Katie O’Connor ’12 (shot put), Austin Pruitt ’12 (55, 300, 500), 4x200 Relay (Jennie Sroba ’13, Katherine Melson ’13, Anne Stewart Lynde ’12, Ali Moore ’13) 4x400 Relay (Katherine Melson, Madeline White ’16, Hannah Myers ’13, Pruitt) All-State, first team Pruitt (300), Myers (55 hurdles), O’Connor (shot put). All-State, second team Pruitt (55), 4x200 (Lynde, Sally Sommers ’12, Myers, Moore) All-State, honorable mention Sroba (55), Myers (long jump), 4x400 (Sommers, Myers, White, Melson). MVP, running events, VISAA meet Pruitt All-LIS Pruitt (300), Myers (55 hurdles), O’Connor (shot put), 4x400 relay team (Myers, White, Melson, Pruitt) 4x200 relay team (Lynde, Moore, Melson, Sroba) MVP, running events, LIS meet Pruitt

FALL 2011 The Times-Dispatch selects All-Metro teams at the conclusion of each season. The boys’ soccer and girls’ tennis teams include independent school athletes whose squads compete in the fall as well as those from Virginia High School League teams which compete in the spring. Girls’ Tennis: Connor Brewer ’13 Boys’ Soccer: Michael Howard ’12

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Return to the Relays

ach spring, more than 15,000 student-athletes from high schools and colleges around the nation visit Philadelphia to compete in the Penn Relays. More than 100,000 fans annually come to watch and cheer at what is the world’s first, largest and best Relay Carnival. This year, as we have for nearly 50 years, Collegiate School athletes participated. Ten boys and ten girls from Collegiate’s track team journeyed to Philadelphia on April 26 – 28 and enjoyed support in the stands from numerous alumni: Coach Sophia Niazi ’07, Coach Liza Tullidge ’07, parent Sara Maynard Sommers ’80, parent Stuart Chapman Roberts ’77, uncle Mason Chapman ’84, and myself as parent and coach.

The roots of Cougar participation at Penn originate with retired Coach Jim Hickey, current Coach Weldon Bradshaw and former Coach Lewis Lawson. “In setting our schedule, we always wanted to offer our athletes the chance to compete with athletes of equal ability,” Coach Hickey says. “The Penn Relays filled this slot beautifully as the best athletes in the world compete there every year. In addition, the Penn Relays offered the opportunity to join hundreds of thousands of track fans and athletes in a celebration of track and field that is unique in the world.” Coach Hickey recalls with pride the two Cougars who won their events at Penn: Robbie Perkins ’73 and Trib LaPrade ’81. “Robbie won the two-mile two years in a row and was selected

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Outstanding High School Runner both of those years. Trib won the pole vault his senior year and was selected Outstanding High School Field Event Performer.” “Equally important,” Hickey adds, “we provided our athletes the chance to train for and attempt a superior effort. After the meet, they could say they had competed against the best in the country, and now, they can tell their friends, as all of us who have competed there are likely to do, ‘Let me tell you about the time I ran in the Penn Relays and what I saw…’” Coach Bradshaw remembers, “The level of competition is very good, but it’s the festival atmosphere in the stands and around the stadium that makes this such a memorable event. You see some real track aficionados who return year-inyear-out, but you also see the street vendors and the musicians that only enhance the ambiance.” Competing at Penn has a lasting effect, our coaching staff has found. “When our thinclads competed successfully against such quality athletes,” says Coach Lawson, “they then returned to the Preps and States ready to take on those challenges with enhanced confidence, not nearly as nervous simply because they had already been in the crucible and knowing that they had competed against the best on the East Coast.” Having competed at the Relays throughout her high school and college careers, Coach Beth Kondorossy suggests there is no other venue that opens young athletes’ eyes to all that is possible in the way that Penn does. “Our athletes are extremely fortunate to have the opportunity to travel to Philadelphia, not only to compete against athletes from all over the world, but also to experience the shared thrill, passion and excitement for track and field. …Memories of their Philadelphia race days pushed team members to excel for the remainder of the spring season.” – Steve Hart ’78

Vince Saladino ’12 “Watching the world’s best athletes really drove me for the rest of the season to train to be like them.” Sally Sommers ’12 “I was very impressed with the size of the meet and the quality of performance with which each individual competed. Being around so much talent made me want to work harder and push myself more in practice.” Chap Roberts ’12 “It was a real privilege to attend the Relays, and it was exciting when our 4 x 400 team saw Team USA when we were outside the stadium.” Kate Murphy ’12 “My time on the track was short, only a few seconds, and all I wanted as I gave the baton to our anchor runner was to get the chance to run more. While we didn’t win, this race will be the one I remember.” Justin Smalkowski ’12 “I enjoyed seeing countless different techniques for warming up. It was inspiring to see what athletes are capable of doing with work and effort.”

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A C ONS T EL L AT ION OF PA RT NERS I N R IC HMOND A ND BE YOND E X PA ND T HE C OL L EG I AT E E X P ER I ENC E AT FIRST GLANCE, Collegiate looks like a school firmly embedded in its West End location, but the fact is, while our roots are deep on these 55 acres, our faculty, staff and students interact with the Richmond community and the world at large on a daily basis. Connections have been formed both intentionally by establishing formal partnerships and organically through friendships and common interests. Each one provides a valuable dimension to the life of our community. “Every one of our partners brings something to our students, faculty or staff that broadens our perspectives and opportunities,” says Keith Evans, Head of School. “We’ve never wanted to limit the boundaries for teaching and learning to our classrooms or our campus. Through our partnerships, Collegiate connects the dots and makes real world connections for our students in every area from academics to athletics to the arts to service. These relationships add vitality and lend ideas to our campus conversation – it’s hard to imagine Collegiate being Collegiate without them.”

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STUDENTS HELPING STUDENTS Collegiate students and faculty interact with students at the Faison School for Autism in a variety of ways. The partnership just keeps growing in different directions, all of them beneficial to everyone involved. OPEN GYM: In 2006, Collegiate graduate John Maloney ’84 and our Upper School service coordinator Andrea Miller collaborated to create a new program called Open Gym. Our student volunteers are paired with a child with autism and teach them basic recreational skills as well as develop a mentoring relationships on Sundays in spring and fall. The program is open to all kids with autism, and it’s so popular with Collegiate students that there is an application process to complete. FAISON SUMMER CLASSROOM @COLLEGIATE is a new program primarily planned by Faison and piloted this summer. For five weeks, eight Faison students and eight Collegiate students spent time together one-on-one, running the track, shooting baskets, kicking a soccer ball, throwing a football, and other recreational activities. VOLUNTEERING AT FAISON: During 8th Grade Community Service weeks in the fall and Freshman Service Week second semester, groups of Collegiate students visit Faison to work and play with students.

Collegiate Open Gym volunteers gather with Faison School students on Sunday afternoons in spring and fall for some fun recreational activities.

LUNCH BUDDIES: Three or four Faison kids come to Collegiate once a month and eat lunch in our cafeteria with a group of Upper School students. This program will be expanded this year to perhaps twice a month followed by an activity in Fine Arts. ACTING CLASS: Middle School drama teacher Jenny Hundley, having spent time at Faison with 8th Grade Community Service volunteers, took the relationship a step further by offering an acting class called “Spoken Word.” Two boys from Faison and a girl with Williams Syndrome joined Collegiate 8th Graders Jimmy Melnick and Ellie Fleming and senior Taylor Hemphill in the exploration of what Mrs. Hundley describes as a “personal definition of what art means to us and the world and expressing it through spoken word.” LIVE ART: Both faculty and students from Collegiate shared their time and talents with Live Art, a celebration of children in the arts. It’s a unique, multi-disciplinary, inclusive educational program, focused on building relationships among arts organizations, educators and artists to expand arts opportunities for students with developmental disabilities and typically developing students alike. The 20-week program culminated this year with a public concert on June 3 at the Carpenter Center featuring these students and prominent Virginia musicians including hit recording artist Jason Mraz. For the production, Mrs. Hundley directed a group of students from the Faison School for a spoken word piece, and her students Ellie and Jimmy performed as well. Collegiate’s Director of Performing Arts Mike Boyd served as an artistic consultant to SPARC, as well as playing percussion with the Upper East Side Band at the performance. Keith Saine and Jon Shelley’s set and lighting design from Collegiate’s production The Two Gentlemen of Verona was used for the performance at the Carpenter Center. “When SPARC’s Director of Education and Project Creator, Erin Thomas-Foley, walked into Oates Theater and saw the set, she was speechless,” says Mrs. Hundley. “The design was exactly what LiveArt needed and once Collegiate’s production was over, the set was dismantled and reassembled at the Carpenter Center for the June production.” “This will be a continuing relationship with Faison, and, just like Open Gym, we will be offering Open Art, via a drama class each spring,” Mrs. Hundley says. “It’s been a great way to deepen the relationships with students and use the arts as a common goal.”

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POOLING RESOURCES When our boys and girls swim teams take the plunge at the brand new COLLEGIATE SCHOOL AQUATICS CENTER this winter, they’ll be practicing and competing in pools that are the result of a very productive group of partners. Collegiate, along with Poseidon Swimming, Trinity Episcopal School, Richmond Kickers and the Sports Backers, pooled their resources with the support of Chesterfield County, and formed the Greater Richmond Aquatics Partnership (GRAP). The swimming complex opened in mid-March and is being used by the community for swimming and water safety instruction In addition to providing a premiere location for our swimmers to practice and compete, the Aquatics Center is available to the community for instruction and competitions. GRAP anticipates

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the facility will help create more than 40 new jobs and bring over $2 million to the area annually through sports tourism. In addition to our pool partnership, we have two additional arrangements that benefit our athletes. The RICHMOND LACROSSE CLUB, a men’s post-high school league, makes use of our synthetic turf field, and, in turn, provides many coaches for our Geronimo Lacrosse program. Since 2009, the Richmond Kickers Youth Soccer Club has managed our youth soccer program on our Robins Campus – it’s called KICKERS COLLEGIATE and is the Kickers affiliate for kids in Goochland and western Henrico County. Young athletes are coached by the Kickers’ pro soccer players, and the program is directed by Rob Ukrop ’88.

2011 – 2012 swim team members Chandler Makepeace, CJ Harvey, Kayla Blankenship, Anne Miller, Kelsey Stratford and Tanner Nelson, in front of the new warm-up pool at the Collegiate School Aquatics Center.

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year, 38 interns participated, three of whom were from Changzhou High School, our partner school in China. Representing 13 area high schools, the students spent eight days in the classroom and four weeks on the job experiencing free enterprise and seeing economic and business principles in the “real world.” The classroom experience included hands-on activities and numerous guest speakers including Roberta Douma from CarMax, Andy Stefanovich – Prophet, Bobby Ukrop – Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods, Bruce Thomas – MeadWestvaco, Paul Hughes – Franklin Federal Savings Bank, Jason Angus – Hilb Group, Tonya Mallory – Health Diagnostic Laboratory, Inc, Ted Linhart ’65 – Dominion Auto Group, Jennifer Cornell – Capital One, Susan Revere – R.A.M.P.S., Judy Pahren – Capital One, Karen Gulliford – Lee, Hecht, Harrison, and Lynne Blain, Danielle Giroux and Les Brock from Harman, Claytor, Corrigan, Wellman P.C. Preston Swincher, from the Center for Generational Kinetics in Austin, TX, spoke to the interns and the greater Collegiate community on the “multi-generational workplace” during the first week of this summer’s program. The following Collegiate students were CSEI interns this year:

LEARNING FROM PROS Ted Fergusson works on a newsletter during his Senior Project internship at the Federal Reserve. “Working at the Fed helped me to understand how important it is to hold yourself to a standard of excellence in the tiny details of projects.”

The success of two signature Collegiate programs depends largely on the willingness of professionals to mentor students. Hosting an intern requires extra organization and time from mentor, and we are very grateful to have many generous partners in the community. SENIOR PROJECTS: Each May, many seniors leave campus to learn about fields that interest them by doing some hands-on exploration. Internships are set up by the students, and established professionals welcome them into their businesses to show them first hand their trades. Over the years, seniors have worked with artists, ranchers, photographers, publications, pilots, doctors, lobbyists, bakers and many other experts in their fields. COCHRANE SUMMER ECONOMICS INSTITUTE is a five-week work / study internship program that introduces rising high school seniors to economics, business, networking and a variety of job / career choices through a combination of classroom work, community service and internship experiences. Since 1977 the Cochrane Institute has provided opportunities for more than 1,000 students. This

Sarah Clark.......................................... VCU School of Medicine Cameron Ferwerda............. Capital Region Airport Commission Gabby Gelozin .................... Southeastern Institute of Research Olivia McLean �� Holocaust Museum Olivia Negus ........................................ VCU School of Medicine Connor Partlow ��Owens & Minor Ben Spalding �� McGuireWoods Sarah Towler �� Maymont Foundation Eric Yan �� SunTrust Bank Kyle Pate ��CarMax Archer Brinkley ��Sheltering Arms New sponsors who welcomed CSEI interns this year included Draper Aden Associates, Anna Julia Cooper Episcopal School, Dunlap & Partners Engineers, The Holocaust Museum, and Richmond SPCA. Returning sponsors not previously mentioned were Science Museum of Virginia, Dominion VA Power, Tridium, Inc., Sheltering Arms, Tredegar Corporation, LaDifférence, NewMarket Corporation, Bon Secours Virginia Health System, Virginia Living Magazine / Cape Fear Publishing, Weinstein Properties Tuckahoe Orthopaedics, Keller Williams Realty, John Tyler Community College Foundation, Davenport & Company, UPS Freight, Dominion VA Power, MeadWestvaco, The Jefferson Hotel, ChildSavers, Pediatric Connection, CarMax, and Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

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The Lower School initiated Collegiate’s relationship with Freedom House, which serves Richmond’s homeless and working poor, starting with their first Stone Soup Celebration in 2004. The Stone Soup concept is based on an old folk tale that teaches the lesson that if everyone contributes there will be food for all. Students in grades K–4 have a Stone Soup Kickoff Celebration in October. Each child contributes one canned good for stockpiling the pantry at Freedom House. Theo Woodson, a past resident of the program who now has a job, and director Marla Gibbs explain their mission to the children and thank them for their contributions. Mr. Woodson tells the students first-hand how important the bag lunches were to him when he did not have a home or employment. Efforts to help Freedom House continue through April as grades 1–4 classes take shifts on Wednesday mornings before school to make about 50 lunches (peanut butter sandwich, apple, bagel, some kind of snack and bottled water) which are delivered by parents. Middle and Upper School students also make lunches January–April, and some students serve dinner on regularly scheduled nights at Freedom House.

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Lower School students contribute to Stone Soup for Freedom House.

COMPARE & CONTRAST How does a school like Collegiate know how it compares to similar schools in terms of applicants and size of faculty? Since 2000, Collegiate has been part of a group of schools nationwide who share data and benchmark across many areas of our academic and business life. The Joint Research and Planning Office (JRPO) was established in 1993 to serve selected research, planning and information needs of its member which are independent, coeducational day schools enrolling 750 or more students from pre-school, kindergarten, or Grade 1 through Grade 12. Now known as INDEX, this group of approximately 51 schools collects data in the areas of academic performance, compensation, admissions, athletics, benefits, development, endowment, faculty, financial assistance, operations, governance, marketing,

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personnel, and tuition and fees, to make peer group comparisons and to benchmark against the data collected each year. “INDEX also holds a conference for professional development primarily for CFOs and heads of schools as well as a peer group for academic deans,” says Head of School Keith Evans. “We participate to see how we are doing when compared to similar schools across the country as well as for the analysis that is provided by the staff of the partnership.”

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE We are fortunate to have world-class universities and corporations only minutes away from our campus, and we look to them for input that enriches the experiences of our faculty and students. Based on work that University of Richmond’s Robins School of Business has done with various organizations in Richmond, Collegiate partnered with UR to create a professional development program for administrative staff and faculty department chairs. Two groups of 15 have participated in Leadership Collegiate so far, with work being done at UR during six three-hour meetings. Topics covered include leadership style, how to think strategically and effective management of projects. “Collegiate’s collaboration with UR to create Leadership Collegiate is a testament to our school’s strong commitment to promote dynamic thinking, strategic development and collaboration among its faculty and staff,” says Jennifer Robertson Wilkins ’92, Capital Campaign manager.

“These skills serve as a model to our student body, and it was a privilege to participate in this premier program.” Virginia Commonwealth University’s da Vinci Center for Innovation, which combines the talents of arts, business and engineering students, welcomed teams of Collegiate faculty during our exploration of collaborative practices four years ago. Our teachers spent several sessions observing the da Vinci groups as they worked together to solve problems and develop products for use worldwide. Our International Emerging Leaders Conference last fall, with its theme of countries working together to solve global economics and environmental issues, also included a visit to UR and VCU’s da Vinci Center. The students also spent time with executives at the world headquarters of MeadWestvaco and at Dominion Resources. This year they will return to those locations plus they’ll learn about biotechnology and healthcare from conference sponsor Health Diagnostic Laboratories, Inc.

Students attending our International Emerging Leaders Conference work with product designers during a workshop at MeadWestvaco.

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WORLDWIDE CONNECTIONS As our global education program has grown, so has the number of schools around the world that we consider partners in the quest to share cultural experiences, improve language skills and focus on challenges we all experience as citizens of the planet. While teachers have led trips since the summer of 1974 when French teacher Helen Tanner ’49 took students to tour and study in Brittany, France, we now have formal partnerships with schools including the following:

Colegio Carol Baur in Mexico Modern School in India Beijing New Oriental Foreign Language School and Changzhou Senior School in China Colegio Alminar Internacional in Spain* Havruta School for Leadership and Culture in Israel* St. Georges School in Malaysia* George Washington Academy in Morocco* All of these schools have participated in programs on campus and our students and teachers have been involved with programming at their schools. “Partnerships with a few select schools around the world provide both our students and faculty the opportunity to connect with their peers both in person and via technology, creating a reciprocal relationship of learning,” says Clare Sisisky, Director of Global Education. “The schools form a strong friendship based on mutual respect and the desire for further understanding and collaboration. These partnerships are the foundation of our leading global education programs at Collegiate, and because each relationship is unique, they provide a wealth and range of opportunities for the whole Collegiate community to engage more fully in the world.” * These schools attended our International Emerging Leaders Conference last fall and have since then become partners. Several seniors visited the schools in Malaysia and Morocco for their Senior Projects in May. The IELC will continue to foster new relationships with schools around the world.

Following the creation of new partner school relationships through the International Emerging Leaders Conference, a group of nine seniors and faculty members Val Siff and Clare Sisisky spent a week in Casablanca, Morocco with George Washington Academy, at the school and visiting cultural sights such as the Grand Mosque.

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ALUMNI ACTIVITIES Letter from the President of the Alumni Association

reetings! I am truly honored to serve as this year’s Alumni Association President. Collegiate has been a part of my family for as long as I can remember. My older sisters graduated in ’80 and ’82, my brother-in-law in ’83, my little brother in ’92, and my niece this past year. My nephew is a rising 10th Grader, and I have a rising 5th Grader (as well as a 4-year-old who will hopefully join the ranks next year). My mom even served as president of the Parents’ Association, and my wife has served in several important roles as well. I’m sure my parents had no idea how large a role Collegiate would play in their lives when they moved to Richmond in 1967. As I look at the Alumni Association and its role, I am reminded of a story. When I was a Lower School student, my father served on the Board of Trustees that worked on the original Phase I, II and III of campus improvements. As I recall, Phase I consisted of a new Middle and Upper School library (the ReedGumenick building), Phase II was a new science building (which has since been replaced), and Phase III culminated in a new athletic building (the Seal Center). Dad told me the phases would take years to finish, and I remember commenting that when all of it was done, the school would be complete and need nothing else. Dad laughed and noted that there must always be a new phase. I have no doubt the legends who came before us – Mac Pitt, Petey Jacobs, Grover Jones, Julia Williams, Elizabeth Burke and many others –

would be proud of where Collegiate stands today. Its relentless commitment to excellence is evident wherever you look. The improvement in the facilities during the last decade is overwhelming, from the Robins Campus to the under-construction Academic Commons. But the new facilities tell only part of the story. Indeed, I suspect if one had the chance to ask any of the legends what makes them most proud of Collegiate today, all would answer Collegiate’s continued commitment to character. The Honor Code, respect for each other, good sportsmanship and special traditions are still part of the fabric of our school as is community service. I am especially proud of the Alumni Community Service Project, started in 2009. Alumni pair with students from 7th – 10th Grade and pick a project to complete together in the fall and spring. None of this would have happened without the continued support of our parents and alumni. The Annual Fund, Winter Party, Village Green Fair, and Cougar Classic (just to name a few) don’t run themselves. They take volunteers who not only give of their time and money, but equally important, teach the next generation to be ready for the next new phase. Each year offers a new challenge and opportunity to serve. Your participation, whether as a parent or alum, is crucial and always appreciated. To those who came before us, I offer my sincere thanks and appreciation. To those for whom the present is now the time to serve and lead, I look forward to rolling up my sleeves and working beside you. To those whose turn to lead is sometime down the road, may we teach you well. Minds that seek. Hearts that serve. Fondly, John Gary Maynard III ’86 Alumni Association President 2012 – 2013

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John Smithson ’84 (white shirt) and his alumni-student team play with children at the St. James Children’s Center.

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or the third year, Middle and Upper School students joined forces with alumni to plan and execute outreach to local non-profit organizations. Forty participants on four teams consisting of two students (one boy and one girl) from grades 7 – 10 and two alumni per team made up the program. On March 14 the four teams ventured out into Richmond to serve at four local organizations with a variety of projects planned. “I had so much fun working with the service team this year,” says Deane Cheatham ’84. “Our student team members really embraced the project and I will never forget the smiles we helped create on the faces of our new friends at the Virginia Home!”

Team 1

John Smithson ’84, Mary Kennon McDaniel ’61, Hunt Dalton ’14, Jane Blackmer ’14, Evan Dean ’15, Adriana Soria-Hawkinson ’15, Charlie Meyer ’16, Aven Jones ’16, Kyle Riopelle ’17, and Sonja Kapadia ’17 – @ St. James Children’s Center – held an Easter egg hunt and played games on the playground using a large parachute.

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Team 2

Anne Mountcastle Rusbuldt ’85, Deane Cheatham ’84, Wade Hayes ’14, Grace Mountcastle ’14, Payton Van Winkle ’16, Landon Nott ’16, Jack Sroba ’17 and Emily Stallings ’17 – @ Virginia Home – entertained residents at the home planned skits and music, including Wade Hayes playing the bongo drums!

Team 3

Sara Maynard Sommers ’80, Mason Chapman ’84, Danton Wein ’14, Frances Mitchell ’14, Hugo Thaxter ’15, Addie Johnson ’15, Margaret Wadsworth ’17, Connor Shinn ’17, Ellie Fleming ’16 and CJ Wittman ’16 – @ Fulton Hill Neighborhood Resource Center – helped the center improve their outside surroundings clearing and mulching flower beds.

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Beth Flippo Hutchins ’88, Toby Desch ’06, Rives Fleming ’14, Cole Reifsnider ’14, Quinn Letter ’15, Claudia Eck ’15, Harris White ’16, Madison Burger ’16, Travis Reifsnider ’17 and Olivia Brown ’17 – @ Oak Grove Elementary School – worked with a class to help with some spring cleaning in the school yard.

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Conway Fleming Saylor ’73 Recognized for Teaching Excellence ABOVE: Conway Fleming Saylor ’73, recognized by the state of South Carolina for teaching excellence, says her favorite part of her job at The Citadel is working with students.

onway Fleming Saylor ’73, a psychology professor at The Citadel for 19 years, was recently named a 2012 Governor’s Professor of the Year for four-year colleges and universities by the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education. Conway was honored at the capitol in Columbia for her dedication and passion to teaching and service learning, which has resulted in a renewed focus on service learning at The Citadel. She led the revamp of community service efforts into a key component the college’s principled leader development program. With her guidance, The Citadel now requires every sophomore to participate in a service learning seminar where cadets spend time as volunteers in the Lowcountry. She also garnered support for Heroism Day, a Corps-wide, one-day event that gets cadets off campus and into the community. Last November, a little more than 2,000 of the 2,135 members of the South Carolina Corps of Cadets participated in the first Heroism Day.

Conway received her bachelor’s in psychology from Colorado College and her doctorate in clinical psychology from Virginia Tech. She worked at the Medical University of South Carolina for a decade before joining The Citadel Psychology Department. Her research has made substantial contributions in several areas of pediatric psychology including developmental outcomes for infants born prematurely, support for families who have a child with disabilities, child stress and trauma, and children and disasters. Her most recent work is in two complimentary areas: bullying (especially in youth with special needs) and heroism (child and adult concepts). Conway said the Professor of the Year award is a “team award,” adding she was both surprised and honored to receive it. “It actually moved me quite a bit and I thought this might be a good chance to shine a light on some of the things that I’m passionate about.” – from reports published by The Citadel at externalaffairs.citadel.edu

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ichael Taliaferro ’00 has two businesses with two completely different client groups: serious and silly. With an MBA focused on entrepreneurship from the University of Colorado, he and his wife Ann Kamps Kramer started a company in 2010 called The Practice Ally. They consult with private physicial groups including emergency groups at Memorial Regional Medical Center (Mechanicsville), Mary Immaculate Hospital (Newport News), and Rappahannock General Hospital (Kilmarnock) His other business, Photo Boom Boom, involves a camera, costumes and parties. He explains: “It began when I hooked my camera and flashes up to a keyboard foot pedal at a party. It was just an

experiment with my equipment, but quickly became the highlight of the evening. I kept tweaking the system and having more parties where the photo booth became the main activity. The resulting pictures spread through Facebook and Meghan Gehr ’01 asked if I could bring my set-up for Kathleen Gehring’s engagement party. This was the beginning of Photo Boom Boom as a business. The Gehr party led to a few weddings (including that of Kristian Middleton ’99), the Martin Agency’s holiday party, and World Pediatric Project’s Rock ’N Heal party. “People are initially interested for the pictures, but it’s more about the experience. A traditional photo booth is great for that private moment, but Photo Boom Boom is more of a spectator sport without the black box and red curtain. It’s still my side business, but it’s something I love doing.”

ABOVE: Kristian Middleton (center) celebrates at his wedding with a Photo Boom Boom moment with ’99 classmates Frankie Lopez, Jon Stanewick, Chris Preston and Easley Edmunds.

Anne Litt Patteson Franklin ’84, a longtime radio personality at KCRW in Los Angeles, CA, is now music program director at the station. She was featured on May 16, 2012 on Elle.com; read the story at tinyurl.com/7umtsce.

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Postcard from LA A BOVE: Dylan Moon ’09 (wearing a tie) and other Elon acting and cinema production students were in L A this summer honing their craft.

ylan Moon ’09, now a senior at Elon, spent the summer in Los Angeles with the Elon in LA program. He wrote earlier this summer: “While here, I am interning at Discovery Communications Inc., and also taking classes with Marilyn McIntyre at the Harold Fine Acting Studio. Elon in LA brings out actors, cinema

production students, and PR students and creates its own miniature production studio. Anyone who is here can pitch a script and then six are chosen to be made into films. The production students film them, the actors act for them and the PR students create press release packages for them and at the end of the summer, we rent a theater and have our own film festival that is open to the public.”

On April 9, Martha Orr Proutt ’98, senior relationship manager at Heritage Wealth Advisors, helped kick off the third annual Financial Literacy Week at the New York Stock Exchange by ringing the opening bell. “It was a humbling experience to be somewhere with so much history and prestige,” says Martha, “but I was thrilled to be representing Heritage Wealth Advisors’ accomplishments.”

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Book Deal for Katie Dortch Anderson ’89

his past March, a novel by Katie Dortch Anderson ’89 became the first young adult fiction acquisition of Amazon Children’s Publishing. Kiss & Make Up is about a 16-year-old lip gloss addict named Emerson with a secret gift: she can read the mind of anyone who kisses her. The book will be out on Oct. 2, 2012, and, in addition, Warner Bros. has bought the film rights and they are in development on a series of webisodes based on the book, to debut in early 2013. Katie, who lives in Oxford, MS, says, “I’m over the moon with excitement! Discovering my passion for writing really came out of the blue, but it’s the most fun I’ve ever had and I can’t wait for young girls to read it.” What’s next? “I just finished ghostwriting a picture book for a celebrity, and I’m hard at work on my next young adult novel.” Read more at katiedanderson.com.

Amy Lemons ’00, Model and Role Model

A Amy Lemons ’00 on the cover of British Vogue

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my Lemons ’00, a model since her years at Collegiate, has a new, extra focus these days – advocating for girls and women about health and body image. She is on the advisory board of the Model Alliance, a group of models and fashion law professionals in New York who formed the non-profit to organize efforts to improve working conditions for models. She was featured in the May issue of Richmond Magazine, and this fall she’ll begin speaking to groups of schoolgirls about the importance of good health and body image. Amy’s personal story (found at modelalliance.org), “Navigating The Industry’s Size-Zero Standard,” tells of her early modeling days in her late teens when she was pressured to stay very thin though she is 6 feet tall and athletic in build. She enjoyed a variety of assignments ranging from magazines like Italian Vogue, British Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle and Marie Claire to national ad campaigns for Abercrombie & Fitch, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren Polo and Louis Vuitton. In her early 20s she left the profession to return to school and get her degree at UCLA. Ultimately, she returned to modeling in 2009 but on her own healthy terms. As she says in her website essay: “Why must there be one ideal body shape when there is such a wonderful variety in size and shape of the female body? Who is to say that one body build is more attractive than another? No one, not even the fashion industry, should have the power to impose artificial standards and steal our confidence as uniquely created women.” Read more at modelalliance.org/2011/forum-22/forum-22.

OxAm Publishes ’76 Alum Anne Coxe Jones

here are thousands of writers out there, both hacks and pros, who never get published beyond their blogs and high school lit mags. It’s not easy to stand out amid the masses. So that makes Anne Coxe Jones ’76’s story very special. Early in 2012, she wrote an essay titled “’Cause You Know I’m Gonna Miss You When You’re Gone: Grief, music, redemption, and Bill Kirchen,” sent it in to her favorite magazine, the Oxford American: The Southern Magazine of Good Writing, and they published it. In fact, they ran it in their annual June “Best of the South” issue which they tout as their “annual celebration of people, places, and things that make the South so damn lovable – by smokin-hot literary stylists.” Wow. Her essay is about time spent with her father prior to his death last year, the love of music they shared, the profound grief she felt at hearing that music after he was gone, and the salvation that can be found in music that speaks to your soul. For her, it was Bill Kirchen’s music, a sound she discovered at 14 thanks to brother Joe Coxe ’69. “In my mind, my father and music were inextricably linked. On some level, it was our strongest bond, a realm where we understood each other perfectly,” Anne writes… “If music is the best part of all of us, Kirchen came to represent the best part of music. It was during my father’s last year and a half that music in general – and Kirchen’s music in particular – became a thread that connected us to our past, helped me through the present, and linked me to the hope of a future.” Unfortunately, the Oxford American doesn’t publish its magazine content online. To read the entire story, you’ll have to find a copy: www.oxfordamerican.org/newsstand-locations.

“Beasts” Co-Produced by Michael Gottwald ’02

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n July 28, family and friends of Michael Gottwald ’02 flocked to the Richmond premiere of “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” a feature film he co-produced in the Louisiana bayou and one that’s already getting Oscar buzz. At a special screening hosted by the Virginia Film Office and Michael’s parents, Connie and Bill Gottwald ’66, a large portion of the Westhampton Theatre audience included Collegiate faculty and staff, students and alumni. Prior to the film, Michael thanked everyone for being there, and afterwards, there was a Q&A session with Michael and screenwriter Megan Holley (Sunshine Cleaning). “Wow!” was the overall response to the movie as fans left the theater. The remote locations in the wet, grungy Louisiana

bayou, the amazing amateur cast, and the relatable themes of love for home and family are bundled into a story that’s gritty, poignant and, ultimately, hopeful. Michael says that his producing responsibilities involved casting, and clearly his hard work – seeing more than 4,000 little girls while looking for just the right person to play the lead role of Hushpuppy – was worth it. He and the rest of the crew lived close to the film locations, reflecting their commitment to “living the film while we were making it.” Graciously taking time to greet old friends and shake hands, Michael said showing “Beasts” back in his hometown was even more fun than the screening in Louisiana. Next up? He’s working on a project in Maryland at the moment and hopes to reconvene with his Court 13 production company team for more adventures. www.beastsofthesouthernwild.com LEFT: Classmates of ’02: Michael Gottwald, Proctor Trivette (holding son Harvey) and Yogi Singh

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fter graduating from Collegiate in 2005, Forrest Nash attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where he got a degree in fine arts. He still lives in Chicago and runs a non-profit called Contemporary Art Group (www.cagrp.org).

How did you come up with the idea to create Contemporary Art Group? Contemporary Art Group, which is the nonprofit organization that produces Contemporary Art Daily and our other projects, has only formally existed since late last year. Contemporary Art Daily was founded in the fall of 2008, and everything else we’ve done has grown from that.

group of dozens of sponsors from all over the world. Some are spaces we consider extremely important and publish often, while others have never been published on the site. We also have sponsorships from other companies, like art fairs, architecture firms or fashion brands. Are you able to measure the impact CAG is having on the art world? Well, we’re able to measure things like web traffic, but our influence on the discourse is harder to quantify. Our monthly audience is about 70,000 people, and they tend to visit very regularly. In the last 31 days, we’ve had a little more than 1.1 million hits. CAD has grown at a remarkably stable pace over the three-and-a-half years, and shows no signs of stopping yet. We recently crossed

Five Questions for Forrest Nash ’05 I got the idea for Contemporary Art Daily almost by accident. I had been keeping a personal blog about what I was working on, photos of my then new kitten, and also the art exhibitions I had been looking at as part of my own research. I didn’t think anyone was looking at it, and thought of it mostly as a way for me to keep track of things myself. I went out of town for a couple of weeks and got a handful of e-mails from friends wondering when I would post some more exhibitions. It occurred to me that unless people were doing the somewhat obsessive research I was doing, it was quite difficult to learn about what’s going on in contemporary art, especially outside of your own city. How do you decide, out of all of the art being created in the world, what to feature on your Contemporary Art Daily page? Ultimately, this is a fairly subjective process. My colleague Rowley and I look at hundreds of exhibitions each month, many submitted and many from keeping tabs on a list of galleries and museums, and try to curate a stream of shows that we think are important within art’s broader conversation. How do your sponsorships work? Do sponsors get coverage in exchange for financial support? Galleries and museums can sponsor the site on an annual basis, but we try to be very careful that sponsorship doesn’t affect which exhibitions we publish. It helps that we have a very diverse

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Forrest Nash ’05 1 million unique people from 199 countries who have visited the site since it started. I hope these are the sorts of stats you mean; if there’s something else I’m happy to see if we track it. What’s next? What is your ultimate goal at CAG? Our next major project will be called Contemporary Art Quarterly: four archives published each quarter, each archive focused on just one artist. Instead of the fast, broad nature of Contemporary Art Daily, Contemporary Art Quarterly will be narrow, focused, and deep. We’ll do our best to get a comprehensive body of exhibitions, texts, interviews, and works by the artists we select, which will enable our audience to learn about them in a way that just isn’t possible right now without endless research and in many cases access to rare catalogs or images that aren’t publicly available. Ultimately, we want to do two things: advance art we think is important (this is a very traditional curatorial mission, akin to a museum’s) and to make contemporary art more accessible to the general public.

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“Freaux, 2012” in Mangini Studio Series by Terry Brown and Gordon Stettinius ’84

Portrait Series Goes Round the World

ome Richmond gallery goers are familiar with Gordon Stettinius ’84’s series of some 30 different studio portrait photos featuring an amusing range of hairdos and personas. Now the whole world has seen them thanks to the viral nature of the internet. Gordon details the progression: “I think the first real wave was when the piece ran on Wired’s website. And they received something like 104,000 hits in the first 24 hours. Which was pretty surprising. So, from there, the London Daily Mail picked up the piece. And then a few blogs and then Huffington Post and AOL’s website, more blogs, a Chicago television station, a newspaper in Basel, Switzerland is the most recent contact. It is funny to watch and interesting to note that there was very little original – or even accurate – content among the regurgitation. Huffpost slowed down enough to ask some questions and generally got the idea right. AOL, too, actually got it generally right. The comments out there have been pretty hilarious.” While Stettinius is a well-known photographer of other subjects besides himself as well as a publisher (Candela Books) and gallery owner (Candela), the “Mangini Studio Series” may have delivered his biggest 15 minutes of fame so far.

“The project is about five years old at this point and started when I was working on a portfolio project with my students at VCU,” Stettinius recounts. “Basically, I got a perm and headed out to Dementi Studio to get my portrait made. Terry Brown was their studio photographer at the time, and we had a good time with it. Then a few weeks later, somewhat tired of wearing the perm around, I went and got a beehive, and went back to visit Terry again. I really enjoyed working with her, and we have since opened a studio together.” These collaborative works by Stettinius and Brown can be seen at Candela Gallery (214 W. Broad St.), and they’ve been shown at Capital One’s Richmond campus. They’re currently in museum shows at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and at the Museum of Fine Art in Houston. After creating another 10 or so, they plan on publishing a book featuring the whole series. Read the Wired story: www.wired.com/rawfile/ 2012/07/gordon-stettinius

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Integrating Memories with Today’s Living THROUGH THE HELEN BAKER SOCIETY

rew Karo and I were a year apart as students at Collegiate School in the ’70s. One of my first memories of Drew was seeing him run during a hot, August pre-season football practice. He was voluntarily wearing a heavy sweatshirt and thick, gray sweatpants in an effort to get in shape and help the team. Training methods were different in those days, but the end goal was the same as with today’s Cougars – personal sacrifices for the good of others. Drew is still thinking and acting on behalf of his classmates. He approached me last spring with some ideas for building our planned giving program. You may see us out and about wearing Cougar sweat gear. You’ll know why.

– Steve Hart ’78 Director of Planned Giving

Drew Karo, Class of 1977

was a student at Collegiate School starting with my attendance in the fall of 1964 through my graduation in the spring of 1977. For this I will always be truly grateful on so many levels. The empowerment I received from my Collegiate education lies not in the chronological association with the school but in the far-reaching influences it had upon each of my classmates and me as we embarked on our personal paths in life. The universal response we all share is that when we hear or read about Collegiate in today’s world, we remember who we were in years past. We see how our school-day experiences had unmistakable influences upon who we have become. It is for these reasons that I have made a commitment to the Helen Baker Society through an estate planning commitment. My particular gift strategy contributes to the longevity of Collegiate School for generations to come so that future young people can benefit as we did. In my professional pursuits, I help individuals and families secure and protect their futures. It is this stewardship we should all seek as we support Collegiate as part of our broader family.

– William Andrew Karo ’77

For more information about bequests, charitable trusts, partial-interest gifts of real estate, gifts of an IRA, life insurance, or gift annuities, please contact: Stephen A. Hart, Esq. ’78 Director of Planned Giving The Collegiate School 804.741.9713 / shart@collegiate-va.org

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Alumni Sports News Russell Wilson ’07, standout quarterback at NC State and the University of Wisconsin, was selected in the third round of the NFL draft by the Seattle Seahawks. This fall will be his first season on the west coast, and, at this writing, his coach was considering him as a possible starting quarterback. Go Russell!

Thomas Stephens ’11, a rising sophomore at Stanford, stands on his starting block at the Olympic trials prior to his 200 Free race in which he scored a personal best time.

Five Collegiate graduates qualified for the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials which took place June 25 – July 2 at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Stuart Ferguson ’09 (Auburn), 100 meter breaststroke Alex Lutterbein ’09 (Virginia Tech), 400 meter individual medley

Thomas Stephens ’11 (Stanford), 100, 200, and 400 meter free

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Brooks Ross ’09 (South Carolina), 1500 meter freestyle

Rachel Naurath ’10 (Virginia), 200 meter butterfly, 100 fly; 200, 400, and 800 meter free; and 400 meter individual medley. 52

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OLYMPIC RIDE Nina Ligon ’10 was in London to ride on behalf of Thailand in the equestrian eventing competition. This photo of her riding her horse Butts Leon was taken by Adrian Dennis/Agence France-Presse during the cross country phase and made the New York Times’s Pictures of the Day gallery on July 30. Ultimately, Nina finished in 41st place out of 74 horses but not without the support of newfound fans. Says retired Middle School teacher Nancy Reed, who was there: “The gigantic crowd roared for Nina as the announcer said what a wonderful finish this was for a 20-year-old first time Olympic eventer.” Alums on hand to cheer her on were her sister Nisha Ligon ’04, who handled all media, Alex Doherty ’10, Katy ’04 and Caroline ’06 Cannon. Congratulations to Nina on her Olympic experience!

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Legacies…2012 GRADUATES WITH COUGAR LINEAGE

1. Harrison Bowden with brother Ned Bowden ’10 and mother Martha Robertson Bowden ’82 2. Austin Spivey with father Jake Spivey ’81, mother Suzanne Haynes Spivey ’81, and sister Peyton Spivey ’11 3. Thomas Hatcher with father James Hatcher ’80 4. Becca Naurath with stepfather Curt Wiltshire ’75, stepbrother Brian Wiltshire ’09, and sister Rachel Naurath ’10 5. Chap Roberts with uncle Mason Chapman ’84 and mother Stuart Chapman Roberts ’77 6. Alden Gregory with father John Gregory ’66 7. Charlotte Robins with aunt Sheryl Robins Nolt ’85, father Greg Robins ’83, mother Susan Patterson Robins ’83, uncle David Patterson ’85, and aunt Missy Compton Patterson ’87.

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1. Grayson Thornton with uncle Pettus LeCompte ’71, cousin Hunter LeCompte ’99, grandmother Shirley Matsen Buerlein ’42, sister Carmen Thornton ’05, mother Becky LeCompte Thornton ’72, and sister Rebecca Thornton ’08 2. Turner Allen with father Clayton Allen ’75 3. Will Smythe with grandmother Boo Florance Smythe ’56 and brother Walker Smythe ’10 4. Ellie Grattan with sister Frances Grattan ’11 and mother Sara Massie Grattan ’83 5. Turner Willett with father Rodney Willett ’81 6. Annie Stettinius with brother Will Stettinius ’07, mother Laurie Stanwood Stettinius ’79, and father Gray Stettinius ’79 7. Slaughter Fitz-Hugh with uncle Carl Nease ’87, sister Anne Garland Fitz-Hugh ’10, mother Marianna Nease Fitz-Hugh ’84, and father Slaughter Fitz-Hugh ’82 8. Alexa Cecil with mother Cynthia Strother Cecil ’81 and father Alex Cecil ’83

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1. Michael Grappone with mother Blair Chandler Grappone ’83 2. Duncan Kilpatrick with sister Alice Kilpatrick ’09, mother Tyler Beazley Kilpatrick ’81, father Mark Kilpatrick ’81, grandmother Mason Henley Beazley ’58, and Sara Kilpatrick Buetow ’83 3. Katie O’Connor with sister Janie O’Connor ’10 (mother Carolyn Morris O’Connor ’81 – deceased) 4. Cole Phillips with aunt Ann Rowland Beauchamp ’75 and mother Holly Rowland Phillips ’81 5. Caroline Cheatham with father Deane Cheatham ’84 and mother Cindy Clay Cheatham ’85 6. Charlie Whitaker with mother Norvell Beazley Whitaker ’83 and grandmother Mason Henley Beazley ’58 7. Paul Rossetti with brother Peter Rossetti ’11, mother Claire Myers Rossetti ’78, and uncle Vinton Myers ’82 8. John Massie with cousin Brown Massie ’10, father Jimmie Massie ’76, and brother William Massie ’06 9. Will Hart with father Steve Hart ’78 and uncle Philip Hart ’74

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1. Susannah Wheat with mother Adair Dages Wheat ’78 2. Christopher Rusbuldt with uncle Frank Mountcastle ’83, mother Anne Mountcastle Rusbuldt ’85, and grandmother Deane Hotchkiss Mountcastle ’59 3. Carolyn Mitchell with mother Cathy Ratcliffe Mitchell ’82 and grandmother Roxane Harrison Mitchell ’48 4. Arielle Galston with father Jeff Galston ’73 and sister Cynthia Galston ’08 5. Austin Pruitt with father Tommy Pruitt ’71 and brother Thomas Pruitt ’02 6. Claiborne Haw with mother Cynthia Luck Haw ’75 7. Anna White with Owen Inge Conway ’83, brother Dyson White ’11, mother Frances Williams White ’85, aunt Alston Goodwin Williams ’85, and uncle Mark Williams ’81 8. Sally Sommers with uncle Jeff Armstrong ’83, aunt Catherine Maynard Armstrong ’82, and mother Sara Maynard Sommers ’80 9. P.J. Melnick with sister Kathleen Melnick ’10 and mother Lynn Kirchmier Melnick ’81

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Awards of Distinction

ALUMNI NOTED FOR SERVICE TO THE SCHOOL AND PROFESSIONAL TALENTS ARE HONORED AT COMMENCEMENT.

Outstanding Alumni Service Award 2012 Alex Cecil ’83

Alex Cecil ’83, wife Cynthia ’81 and daughter Alexa ’12

he 2012 Outstanding Alumni Service Award recognizes an alum who has generously and loyally given his or her talents, energies, and time to Collegiate. For this award, we honor an alumnus whose contributions extend well beyond the lengthy list of leadership jobs he has enthusiastically undertaken for Collegiate over the past 23 years. Friends and colleagues note that today’s recipient gives back to Collegiate because of his gratitude for his years here as a student and his deep appreciation for the Collegiate community. He brings a strong work ethic and critical thinking from his professional life in tackling each task here at school. Today’s honoree has held the highest alumni leadership posts, with a total of nine years on the Alumni Board, including two years as treasurer,

and serving as recording secretary, vice president and president. He’s participated in Career Day, served as class agent and worked on both the Alumni and Parent Leadership Committees for the Annual Fund. He has been quick to encourage recognition for other alumni, with his work on the Athletic Hall of Fame, and was the steady hand that helped envision and execute the unique initiative to create the Ann Griffin Endowment, honoring one of Collegiate’s most admired teachers. This is already a special day for our recipient because he and his wife, also an alum, are here to celebrate their daughter’s graduation. We are proud to honor Alex Cecil, Collegiate’s Class of 1983, as this year’s recipient of the Outstanding Alumni Service Award.

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Distinguished Alumni Award 2012 Rives Potts ’67

he 2012 Distinguished Alumni Award, recognizes an alum for his or her success in a particular field or endeavor. In the rough and tumble, highstakes sport of competitive sailing, there is no higher compliment than to be called a “sailor’s sailor.” The term captures the essence of the sailor who has grit, respect for the sea, a cool head and a love of the sport. Rives Potts, from Collegiate’s Class of 1967, is just such a sailor. He has parlayed his joy of sailing the waters of Virginia’s Fishing Bay into a successful East Coast marine career at Brewer Yacht Yard, while rolling up an impressive record in some of the world’s top open water competitions.

Rives Potts ’67, center in blue shorts, and his Carina crew at the 2010 Bermuda race

Posing with his prize, Rives Potts ’67 (center) and crew celebrate their Bermuda win

Considered one of the nation’s most successful ocean sailors, Rives participated in multiple America’s Cup campaigns and was on the winning boat, Freedom, in the 1980 America’s Cup. He has also won the prestigious 2010 Newport-Bermuda Race and placed first in his class in the Fastnet Race in England. Two years ago he made the short list for Rolex Yachtsman of the Year and last year received the Mosbacher Award from the New York Yacht Club. This spring, Rives’ boat Carina has been circumnavigating the globe, in search of the next race. And as always, fostering the family tradition that Rives encourages in his sport, Carina’s crew includes his sons, nephew, longtime crew members and their families. As a sailing friend noted, ocean racing can be a dangerous sport and Rives is both an accomplished sailor and a fair competitor – in short, this friend says: “the kind of guy you want on your boat.” The Collegiate community salutes our oceangoing alumnus, Rives Potts, and recognizes him this year with the Distinguished Alumni Award. These remarks were made at Commencement by Alumni Association President Catherine Crooks Hill ’85. They were written by Page Boinest Ivie ’79.

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New York Reunion On Feb. 4, 2012, Cougars in the New York area enjoyed an evening at the 21 Club. 2

3 1. Ashleigh Ross, Tanner Powell ’98, Peyton Jenkins ’00, Stephen Douglas ’01, Becky Jenkins 2. David Clary ’84, Catherine Crooks Hill ’85, Corey Hill 3. Kate Robertson ’05, Jeanne Nuara ’02, John Fields, Blake Smith ’00, Meredith Hurst ’02

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4 1. FRONT: Christina Sweeney ’03, Carolyn McCandlish ’03, Katie Bisceglia ’02 BACK: Laura Martin ’02, Meredith Hurst ’02, Carter Mann ’03, Maria Jarvis Darby ’02, Jeanne Nuara ’02, Kate Schilling ’03 2. Kent Covington ’76, Philip Hudgens ’77 3. Mary Conner Bland ’72, Cristy Conner Jarvis ’68, Michael Jarvis ’06, Maria Jarvis Darby ’02 4. Greeley Beck ’07, Meredith Ascari ’07, Jo Beth Stoddard ’07, Caroline Terry ’07, Carly Golliday ’07, Laura Anderson ’07, Nicolas Kirby

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1. Will DeCamps ’05, Chris DeCamps ’01, Mike DeCamps ’68, Becky DeCamps 2. Estelle Perera ’92, Will Wiltshire ’92 3. Mark Hourigan, Lisa Hourigan, Alex Smith ’65 4. Caroline Cannon ’06, Lewis Lawson, Moore McMahon ’74, Katie Carter ’06 5. Emily Fisher, Murray Fisher ’93, Michael Brost ’85, Jennifer McGuire Brost ’91 6. Virginia Lawson ’97, Tanner Powell ’98, Meriwether Powell

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Alumni from the San Francisco area got together at Jasper’s Corner Tap & Kitchen on Feb. 6, 2012.

San Francisco Reunion

2 1. Billy Rackley ’96, Michael Brost ’85, Betsy Brinkley Munz ’74 2. Steve Hart ’78, Michael Brost ’85, Betsy Brinkley Munz ’74, Lynne Berkness ’78, Clair Frederick Hamner ’80, Rob Hamner ’81, Neth Walker ’00 3. Kathryn Dunnington Miller ’95, Patrick Ford ’91, Rob Hamner ’81, Clair Frederick Hamner ’80 4. Michael Brost ’85, Taylor Bode ’98, Jon Goodman ’97, Neth Walker ’00

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Atlanta area alumni gathered at the Piedmont Driving Club on April 18, 2012 to reconnect and hear the latest from Head of School Keith Evans.

Atlanta Reunion

1. Elisa Jerrold, Alex Jerrold ’97, Robert Owen ’90 2. Keith Evans, Fleming Bottger McCrystal ’89, Shawn McCrystal 3. Anna Averett, Kelsey Quillen, Ben Emerson ’04, Amrik Sahni ’06 4. Ari Koteles, Elizabeth Garson ’05, Emily Randolph, Michael Brost ’85 5. Franklin Smith, Maxine Matthews Smith ’70, Emily Randolph 6. Laura Clements Harris ’80, Frank Doherty, Panos Midis ’81, Martie Edmunds Zakas ’77, Gretchen Loree Crawford ’87

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On June 19, 2012, Girls School alumnae reunited at the Monument Avenue home of Wyatt and Mason Henley Beazley ’58.

Girls School Tea

1. Patsy Glenn Rhodes ’48, Edie Reed Funsten ’48, Jane Ragland Young ’48 2. Maria Wornom Rippe ’60, Jane Terrell Neer ’59, Fran Chalkley Robertson ’69, Betty Fisher ’69 3. Julia Shannon ’72, Elsie Ellerson Morris ’54, Nancy Page Hall Edmunds ’52, Mason Henley Beazley ’58 4. Betty Bramble Brown ’52, Jackie Lynch Huffines ’52 5. Gwen Donohue, Christi White Barranger ’69, Elsie Ellerson Morris ’54, Peggy Tilghman Bothwell ’59

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Winter Party & Auction

haired by parents Shannon and Hank ’77 Carter, this year’s Winter Party & Auction took place in a tropical Tahitian paradise! A sold-out crowd of over 350 people came out to The Westin Hotel on February 25th to shop the silent auction, visit with friends, and raise their paddles to support the school. The evening was a huge success, netting almost $200,000 for Collegiate! Interested in helping out or have ideas for next year? We’d love to hear from you! Pam Roberts, Winter Party & Auction Coordinator proberts@collegiate-va.org 804.741.4760

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1. Jeff Modisett ’78, J.V. Hawthorne ’78, Jay DeVoe ’82, Tom Cricchi and Bonnie Cricchi 2. Tracy Ragsdale, Laurie Stanwood Stettinius ’79, Carolyn Robinson, Martha Estes Grover ’79 3. Mark Christian’77 and Melissa Christian, Janet Collins Deskevich ’88 and Duane Deskevich 4. Juan Villalona, Jonnie Williams ’95, Rob Woomer, Steven D’Ambrosia and Vanessa D’Ambrosia, Arpita DePalma and Michael DePalma 5. Alumni Association President, Catherine Crooks Hill ’85 and Corey Hill 6. Scott Ruth ’91, Scott Garnett and April Sharp Garnett ’91, Kathy Bor and Mike Bor 7. Alex Brackett and Callie Lacy Brackett ’95, Will Bearden and Vanessa Bearden 8. Glenn Laskin ’89, Keith Evans, Brink Brinkley ’76 and Stacy Brinkley 9. Lee Viverette, Liza Andrews Richardson ’76, Susan Boze 10. Margaret Randolph Pace ’90 and Pam Roberts, Winter Party Coordinators 11. Sarah Montague, Michael Bland ’83 and Laura Bland 12. Andrea McGloin holds her number high. 13. Mary Brooks Jamison, Sarah Wootton, Carter Williams 14. Winter Party chairs Shannon and Hank Carter ’77 15. Inaugural Auction Chair in 1977, Charlotte Ivey, attended this year.

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DIED: Frances Eanes Meloy on Apr. 4, 2012 in Maryland. She attended Mary Washington College and was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, the Forest Garden Club, and the University of Maryland Terrapin Club. She was also a member of the Prince George’s County delegation to the Maryland General Assembly. She was married to the late Judge Samuel W.H. Meloy and is survived by her sister Margaret Eanes Noftsinger ’46, sons William Stephen Meloy and Arthur David Melor, six grandchildren, and six great grandchildren.

Louise Price Fletcher writes, “I was 88 in April, walk two miles each day and am in excellent health. I just realized I have built in my lifetime several libraries (6) from beginning to end. The largest was the Henrico County Public Library in Sandston; lot of gardens, too.”

DIED: Betty Bunnell Bauder on June 5, 2012. After graduating from Mary Washington College, she began what would be a 40-year career at Thalhimer’s. She conceived the store’s “Snow Bear” and retired in 1990 as the top ranking woman in the corporation. A member of the Junior League, the Council of the Virginia Museum, and The Woman’s Club and Bolling Haxall House Foundation, Betty served on a number of boards including The Richmond Ballet, Junior Achievement, The Children’s Museum, and Theatre IV. She served as the Richmond Christmas Mother in 1998 and had a passion for children’s education and the arts. Betty is survived by her daughter Page Bauder ’76 and sisters Louise Bunnell Nemecek ’52 and Ellen Terry Bunnell ’58.

Ashlin Wyatt Smith writes, “This has been a memorable year. In May 2011, I was honored to have a large retrospective exhibit of my drawings and paintings at the McGuffey Art Center in Charlottesville where I was a founding member in 1975, when the hall and classrooms of the old McGuffey Elementary School were turned into studios and galleries for local artists. On May 19, 2012 my husband, Lloyd, and I celebrated with many old friends and neighbors the 50th anniversary of our residency at 620 Park Street. It is a grand old Victorian house where we raised three children from infancy and we still love it. The house is now on the National Register.” DIED: Ann Patterson McAlexander on Jan. 24, 2012. She attended Mary Baldwin College, was a member of Denbigh Presbyterian Church, and worked at the Leukemia Society as a patient aid coordinator for 17 years before retiring. Ann was preceded in death by her sister, Libby Patterson Ford ’49. She is survived by her husband, B.T. McAlexander, her children, Jan Hayes, John McAlexander, and Margaret Hawley, and her sister Margaret Patterson Withrow ’59.

Deane Hotchkiss Mountcastle writes, “We are very fortunate to live close to Collegiate and be able to keep up with the goings on through our grandchildren – all five attend or attended Collegiate. Christopher graduated this June and will be going to Washington & Lee (where his

activities will include music and lacrosse). Grace will be going into the 11th Grade, Jack the 10th Grade, Fisher the 8th, and Henry the 4th. Frank and I have seen such wonderful changes in the School through the years, and we are very excited and proud to have been a witness to this.”

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Laney Hull Mullen works as a biologist with The MITRE Corporation and recently published a piece on glycoprotein films: www.mitre.org/news/ envision/volume_4/mullen.html. “Ironically, my classmates remember the time I cried while looking through a microscope in biology class. Mrs. Hughes said, ‘Would someone please take that slide away from Laney?’” DIED: Louise “Peppy” Armstrong on May 14, 2012. She graduated from Mary Baldwin College and was a member of Bon Air Presbyterian Church, the Virginia Historical Society, and the Virginia Genealogical Society. She was married to the late Thomas S. Stephens and is survived by her mother, Champe Armstrong, and her sisters, Anne Armstrong Bevilacqua ’70 and Margaret Armstrong White ’73.

Jon Moss recently became board certified in police and public safety psychology.

Mason Henley Beazley, Kaye Brinkley Spalding and Anne Lloyd Vaughan (all ’58) got together at their 50th Hollins Reunion. Anne writes, “We missed Peggy Shinnick Federhart and Anne Walker Cotton.”

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In honor of classmate Ben Greenbaum ’65, Bill Porter (left) and John Robertson (right) attended the Collegiate reception for retiring faculty this spring. Ben taught in our Upper School science department for 31 years.

Now that Ben Greenbaum has retired, he is putting all energy into a new antiques and militaria endeavor. With his home in Petersburg as the world headquarters, he and wife Bonnie will run an online shop called Perry Adams Antiques (perryadamsantiques.com) where they will be selling and taking on consignments, fine antiques, decorative arts and fine militaria (not just Civil War era items). They also maintain a small presence at Antiques Village, north of Richmond on Rt. 301.

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Ranny Nichols Corbin and her husband of 39 years, Champe, are retired and enjoying the extra time to spend with friends, three daughters – Sallie, Carter, and Catherine, sister Molly Nichols Tashjian ’71, and spur-of-the-moment travel. Ranny and Champe live in a family home they renovated in the ’70s outside of Fredericksburg, and Ranny continues to work very part-time at the University of Mary Washington to promote the arts. Susu Schmidt lives in Beaufort, NC and spends her time walking beaches with her Boykin Kiwi, rowing, swimming, gardening, with a few months a year in the NC mountains and a month a year walkabout. In May, she walked the Cornwall Coastal Path – “exquisite wildflowers, stone walls that were 6,000 or more years old, rugged trail, steep ascents and descents equivalent to an Everest.” As a developmental editor, she advises authors how to revise books for publication and has plenty of contract work through her “Polish to Publish” business. She’ll publish a poetry book

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later this year. For more information, visit www.susanschmidt.net. DIED: Kathy Johann Woodard on July 24, 2012. At Collegiate, she was on the Girls’ Athletic Council, was the Green Team Captain, played varsity field hockey, basketball, and tennis, was a Homecoming princess, and was part of the Science Club. Kathy graduated from Guilford College and was an active member of Christ Presbyterian Church for many years. She is survived by her daughter Katherine Dabney Morris, sons Richard Gordon Woodard and James Peyton Woodard, brother William H. Johann III, twin sister Bruce Johann Muller-Thym ’67, sister Jane Johann Gresham ’75, and four granddaughters.

Laura Hall was recently honored by April Sharp Garnett ’91 who donated three oil paintings to the Emily Couric Cancer Center in Charlottesville in honor of Laura and her mother, Cornelia Hall. Ginny Stevens Purcell writes, “I am still working at Westminster Canterbury Foundation as senior development officer. Have been here 13 years. Riker is a retired attorney. Having taught English at Woodberry Forest before going into law, he has returned to Collegiate to substitute occasionally, and he enjoys seeing faculty who were our children’s teachers and coaches. We spent three weeks in Australia in August and September 2011 traveling and visiting daughter Brooke Purcell Babb ’01 and her husband Rob, who live in Melbourne.”

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DIED: Ray Easterling on Apr. 19, 2012. Lettering in four sports at Collegiate, he went on to play football at the University of Richmond and was drafted to the Atlanta Falcons where he played defensive back. In an interview last fall, he estimated that he had suffered 50 concussions during his playing days. Those hard hits took a toll, and he developed a brain disease, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, that affects those who have had numerous concussions. In recent years, Ray developed Alzheimer’s-like symptoms as part of the disease. In 2011, according to a story on WWBT-12, he filed a lawsuit against the NFL, contending that the football organization “knowingly knew of the dangers of concussions, but did nothing to help its players. Since Ray’s lawsuit was filed, over 1,300 other former players have brought similar lawsuits against the league. A federal judge has spoken to lawyers of the players, and depositions are being gathered by the players, while they are still alive.” Ray’s wife Mary Anne is continuing the lawsuit efforts on his behalf. After retiring in 1980, Ray succeeded in the financial services industry, a football camp for local youth, and co-founding Easterling-Zacharias Health Institute. He is survived by his wife Mary Ann Easterling, daughter Elizabeth Easterling Perry, and brothers Robert Easterling ’65 and Richard Easterling ’71.

Mary Zoll Padow writes, “I love hearing ‘Grandma’ from my three grandchildren! Thanks for coming by our Padow’s Deli at Gaskins and Broad now featuring the Celebrity Room Pizza. I had a birthday celebration at Lu Coukos Spotswood’s home on the rivah for the beautiful girls of ’70.

Susan Stewart Monday writes, “David retired last year after 31 years with Wells Fargo Advisors and we returned to Richmond. He joined our son-in-law, Ryan Drake, in forming an investment practice called Commonwealth Retirement Advisors. We continue to enjoy weekends on the Bay and our two grandchildren. Our hobby in recent years is ballroom dancing. We compete with our professional coaches several times a year at national competitions. A great ‘second half of life’ pursuit!”

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Kate Fleming Parthemos ’71 heads up costuming for Collegiate plays. Here, she poses with her “Drama Mamas” during a sewing session for My Fair Lady. From left are Tina Colletti, Michaelle Justice, Barbara Eubank, Beth Anne Nelson Shelly ’83, Beth Gordon, Anne Chapman and Cathy Ratcliffe Mitchell ’82. Kate says, “The sewing machine is the Singer Daisy machine that I received 40+ years ago from my folks for my 16th birthday! Still my ‘traveling’ machine!” MARRIED: David Dumville to Elizabeth Craig on Dec. 17, 2011. David is vice mayor of the City of Belleair Beach, FL and works as a solution architect at Hewlett Packard. Liz’s third son graduated from the International Baccalaureate School at Bartow High School and will be attending the University of Florida in the fall.

77 35th Reunion David Dumville ’74 and Elizabeth Craig (pictured at the Greenbriar) were married Dec. 17, 2011.

Marie Achtemeier Finch writes, “We’re ‘empty nesters’ for the first time this year. Staying busy

as president of the board of ForKids, Inc., a local non-profit that assists homeless families. We’re also busy with our brewery, Finch’s Beer Company, based in Chicago. We’re working on getting a distributor in Virginia – check our website for the latest: www.finchbeer.com.” Sandra Dunn Morbey was recently in Richmond visiting family, including nieces Katie ’20 and Abbie Dunn ’23. “They are funny, inquisitive, and just plain great – and they go to school at Collegiate. Thanks, Collegiate, for gracing another generation of our family! My own news is pretty modest. Greatest accomplishment is a terrific, adventurous family. My three kids and my good husband thrive in spite of me! If you’re ever in Northeast Minneapolis, the historic, edgy, and artsy part of the city, stop by for a visit. The website www.stmarysoca.org gives an idea how my life is shaped, being married to an Eastern Orthodox priest.” Tom Kastenbaum has a role in the upcoming Stephen Spielberg movie about Lincoln, filmed in Richmond last fall and due to be released late 2012. “Being on the set and watching Spielberg work was a blast,” he says. “It was absolutely the best run set that I have ever worked on. Working with the masters makes it all seem so seamless. Two hundred and fifty extras, 50 or so principal actors including Daniel Day Lewis, Tommy Lee Jones, Sally Fields and James Spader, not to mention Hal Holbrook, would be pretty intimidating, but they made it all work so effortlessly. I was honored to be included in such a company.”

Anne Whiteside has received two honors this year. In January she was honored at the Junior League of Sarasota’s Child Advocacy Luncheon where she was the recipient of the “Protecting Children is Everyone’s Job” award. In May, Anne was recognized as one of two Foster Parents of the Year for Sarasota.

Helen Anderson Carter, Martha Pruitt Fink, and Steve Shepherd got together for lunch this spring. While they were eating, Bobby Kastenbaum and his son came into the restaurant and ended up joining them.

Garnett Gwathmey Copeland ’75 and Riki Moore Price ’75 caught up at Christchurch School’s Homecoming game last fall. Garnett writes, “Maybe we won’t wait 36 more years until the next time we see each other! By the way, I don’t think either of us has changed a bit!”

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W.T. Robinson writes, “The Big Ten Conference – the oldest athletic conference in the country is moving! Not very far. Just five minutes from where we presently reside! We haven’t broken ground yet but the plan is to start this September with projected move-in date 12 – 18 months from then. I tried to get them to move to a warmer climate but I was outvoted!”

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Lisa Stultz Moore has moved back to Richmond after living in Athens, GA for many years. Classmates in Richmond are glad that she has returned. Elizabeth Woodroof Batty has traveled to Turkey twice in the past year. The first trip was a vacation with husband Coby, and the second was a school trip – she accompanied four Collegiate students in April to a Model UN conference at Robert College in Istanbul. “Turkey, and in particular Istanbul and Cappadocia, is so interesting, visually and historically. It’s really worth a visit…or two.” DIED: Shands Taylor on May 4, 2012. At Collegiate, he played varsity soccer. After earning a degree from Hampden-Sydney, we worked in finance and banking before making a career in information technology. He is survived by his wife, Denise Taylor, daughter, Lila Kendall Taylor, parents, Hubert and Mary Taylor, and sisters, Mercer Taylor and Langhorne Fazekas.

Beth McKenney ’80 purchased a used Porsche a couple of years ago and participates in activities such as autocross.

DIED: Mimi Northen Holt on July 20, 2012. She received Collegiate’s Louise Mattern Coleman Award and went on to attend Salem College. Mimi had a passion for food and festivity, running a catering business and a wedding and special events consultancy. She was also an advisor to Ukrop’s Food Group catering and entertainment department. Mimi served as a volunteer board member of ABIL, Inc., MCV Cancer Hospice, and the Children’s Hospital. She is survived by her husband Mac Holt, daughters Betsy Rhoads and Lucie Rhoads ’07, sisters Lib Northen ’70 and Janet Northen Patterson ’73, and brother Buzzy Northen ’73.

Ed Fox writes, “I’m still teaching geosciences in Charlotte, NC, playing as much Ultimate as possible, and doing stand-up comedy on the side. Was out in the Death Valley/Grand Canyon area looking at rocks with my geology students over spring break and spent a week in Peru in June checking out the geology around Cuzco and Machu Picchu. My 13-year-old daughter made her standup comedy debut in May.” Beth McKenney writes, “Working at Tridium, Inc., a small Richmond engineering firm. Picked up a used Porsche a couple of years ago, and it’s opened up a whole new world of great people and fun activities, such as autocross and track days (where I sometimes cross paths with Alex Smith ’65). I’m even learning a bit about working on cars, with an ’86 Toyota MR2 as my rolling textbook. I also read for Virginia Voice, a broadcast reading service for the blind.” Tyler Negus Snidow writes, “Beginning in July, I will serve on the board of AMA Richmond (American Marketing Association) as the VP of collegiate relations. Of course, I would love to welcome involvement from as many college-aged Collegiate alums as are interested. If that’s you, contact me at tsnidow@metro productions.com.” Brian Riopelle was lead trial counsel for DuPont in its nationally-covered trade secret case against Kolon Industries, a South Korean Company. In the case, DuPont alleged that Kolon had stolen trade secrets related to Kevlar, the fiber used to make bullet-proof vests and military body

Ann Margaret Daniel ’81 married James Pethica in London last summer.

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CLASS NOTES A group of 1981 alumni had graduates in the Class of 2012. FRONT: Tyler Beazley Kilpatrick ’81, Duncan Kilpatrick ’12, Janie O’Connor ’10, Katie O’Connor ’12 (daughters of Carolyn Morris O’Connor ’81), Alexa Cecil ’12, Cynthia Strother Cecil ’81, Holly Rowland Phillips ’81, Suzanne Haynes Spivey ’81, Jake Spivey ’81. BACK: Mark Kilpatrick ’81, Rodney Willett ’81, Turner Willett ’12, P.J. Melnick ’12, Lynn Kirchmier Melnick ’81, Cole Phillips ’12, Austin Spivey ’12.

armor. After an eight-week trial, the jury found Kolon liable for trade secret theft and awarded DuPont $919,900,000. The verdict is the largest in Virginia history, and was the third largest verdict in the United States in 2011. As a result of the victory, Brian was named “Virginia Litigator of the Year” by Benchmark Litigation. In addition, The American Lawyer selected him as its “Litigator in the Spotlight” in the November 2011 issue of its national magazine, and he was recently named one of the “2011 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America.”

Austin Carey Hancock writes, “Catherine Nolley Triantis and Liza Little Roberts came to visit us in Palm Beach this year; we had a terrific time. It was great to see my classmates at Trib Sutton’s house during reunion weekend – so much fun!” Neil Cowan, a lawyer at CowanGates, has been selected to Super Lawyers 2012 in the area of personal injury law. MARRIED: Anne Margaret Daniel to James Pethica in London last summer. Anne Margaret teaches at the New School University in Manhattan, where she has been in the humanities division since 2001, and James is a professor of Irish and modern literature and drama at Williams College. They’re splitting the distance and living in Woodstock, NY, which, she says, is one of the best towns on the East Coast. Please do be in touch if your travels bring you near – and they come to Richmond often to visit Anne Margaret’s parents and, of course, help her mother with the gardening.

Michelle Adams Mulligan and Scott Golightly recently opened Golightly Mulligan PLC in Richmond. The law firm practices in the fields of wills and trusts, civil litigation, professional liability defense, corporate law, community association law, and insurance coverage. For more information, visit www.golightlylaw.com.

Scott Sutton ’83 recently visited Boston on a business trip and got a chance to take in a Fenway game behind home plate with Mary Kaye Milmoe Chryssicas ’83.

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Colonel Jeffrey Gaylord, Army National Guard, has been assigned to the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs as the deputy director of international training programs. Jeffrey is responsible for the management and policy development for the seven Reserve Component Services in regard to international training programs. In addition, he serves as the United States Staff Officer to NATO Reserve Forces Committee. BORN: Lucy Graves MacMillan to David MacMillan and wife Holly on May 31, 2012 in Athens, GA. Lucy joins siblings Chase, 4, and Kate, 6.

Sarah Paxton writes, “Staying busy enjoying life on Cherokee Road, keeping up with a middle schooler, and working hard at LaDiff. I am currently the 2nd vice chair at the Retail Merchants Association, and lead the marketing committee, whose work includes Richmond’s Think.Shop.Buy. Local. campaign. My husband Andy Thornton helped found the Shockoe Design District in our downtown neighborhood this year. After we closed our second store location at West Broad Village in Short Pump in February, we knew we wanted to refocus on both our downtown store and our Shockoe community. We have known for years about the creativity and innovation that exists in Richmond, and now with help from i.e.*, Venture Richmond, the Frontier Project, the Shockoe Design District and other groups, the rest of the area is seeing it, too. We also want to thank the readers of R.Home and Style Weekly for naming LaDifference the best place to buy furniture in Richmond again this year!”

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CLASS NOTES Eight members of the class of 1985 visited Hilton Head in April for a long weekend. Sarah Johnson Hallock writes, “Our gracious hostess was Ashley Klaus Turner, at her father’s beach house. We enjoyed four days of sun, catching up, and many memories!” Pictured are: Katharine Denny Joyce, Elizabeth Carlton Crosby, Suzanne Rawlings Regan, Frances Williams White, Alston Goodwin Williams, Sarah Johnson Hallock, Ashley Klaus Turner, and Beth Turnbull Cummings.

The artwork of Woody Woodroof ’84 was recently on display at The Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans. “Woody Woodroof: Field Work” combines his ventures in art and farming by producing cyanotype photograms from plants grown on and around the land surrounding his organic farm in Maryland.

Kevin Martingayle recently set up a new firm with long-time law partner Bill Bischoff in Virginia Beach. Kevin’s practice focuses on litigation and appeals and he is listed in Virginia Super Lawyers and the Best Lawyers in America. For more information, visit www.bischoffmartingayle.com. Doug Reed soldiers on as Madison, WI’s finest undercompensated playwright. His 2011 play “The Lamentable Tragedie Of Scott Walker,” presented Wisconsin’s governor as Shakespearean villain. It played to sold-out houses for several months, garnered nationwide attention, and was seen by several of the state Senators portrayed as the heroes of the play. His next play, “The Opiate of the Missus,” premieres at Madison’s Bartell Theatre in October and promises to return Doug to his accustomed obscurity. Those interested in following Doug’s career can tune the radio dials on their internet browsers to www.BaronVonReed.com. BORN: Charles Merritt Bolster and Michael Goodwin Bolster to Lou Wright Bolster and husband Matthew on Jan. 26, 2012. Lou writes, “They are doing well, growing like weeds. They have brought us so much joy! As for me, I’m adjusting to my new life as a mom of twins while working full time. I enjoy moments of peace when I get them.”

In May, Marsh Cuttino ’86, an emergency physician, flew on a zero-gravity parabolic flight campaign with NASA for some medical research he has been doing and took along a Collegiate bumper sticker.

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Eleanor Paxton Nurney recently became a Seal Team instructor in Richmond. “I did the Basic Fitness Class in December 2009 and joined the membership right after…It is a team-based physical fitness program, held in parks in and

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around Richmond, Charlottesville, and DC. We do pushups and so much more!” This spring, Tim Remick’s work was featured in a one-man show (“After: Portraits from Denali”) at the Anchorage Art Museum. Tim also won the 2011 Banff Mountain Festival Photography Competition Grand Prize for the photos which show people who just finished climbing Denali. For more information, visit www.timremickphotography.com. BORN: Jacob Benjamin Weiss to Elisabeth Arnold Weiss and husband Martin on Jan. 9, 2012. He joins sister Jasmine, 2. The family lives in Los Angeles.

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Haley Coulbourn Ottley, husband Julian and their three girls, Catherine ’17, Mary ’19 and Lucy ’23, plan to spend the ’12 – ’13 school year in Tamarindo, Costa Rica learning Spanish. The girls will be attending Country Day School Guanacaste just outside of Tamarindo.

Chris Schutt ’87 (left) and two of his children, Bridgette ’25 and Ned ’18, met with Rep. Eric Cantor ’81 on April 28 to discuss funding for diabetes care and push for continued support of the Special Diabetes Funding program. Also at the meeting were Ellie Whitlock ’14 and her father John. Bridgette, Ned and Ellie all have Type-1 diabetes.

Kate Hueston Leon, daughter of Katherine Duty Leon ’88, was born Dec. 16, 2011. BORN: Kate Hueston Leon to Katherine Duty Leon and husband Donald on Dec. 16, 2011. Kate joins big brothers Ben, 4, and Alex, 6, at their new home in Arlington, VA. Leavenworth McGill Ferrell III to Wortie Ferrell and wife Courtney on May 7, 2012. McGill joins big sisters Rosie, 4, and Giles, 6. The Ferrells live in Dallas where Wortie is head of the upper school at St. Mark’s School of Texas.

Classmates Mitchell Peck and Todd “Fig” Baird, both ’87, collaborated on the script for “Crooked Arrows,” a feature film about two very different lacrosse teams that was released this spring.

Gregory Gresko was recently appointed by Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Catholic Archbishop of Washington, as Chaplain of the new Blessed John Paul II Shrine in Washington, DC. For more information, visit www.jp2shrine.org.

Colyer Brubaker Robison and her family moved back to Franklin, TN (suburb of Nashville) last summer where her husband Drew serves as the head football coach and dean of students at Franklin Christian Academy. Colyer continues to work as VP of operations for Youth Ministry Architects, a youth ministry coaching firm based out of Nashville, where she’s worked since 1996. Their children: Allie is a rising sophomore in high school, Andrew is a rising 6th Grader, and Luke is a rising 1st Grader. Colyer says, “We spend most

Colyer Brubaker Robison ’89 with husband Drew and children Allie, 14, Luke, 6, and Andrew, 12. of our time hanging out with teenagers on the nearest court, field, stadium or church setting… and love it.” Sarah Hailes Easley and her business partner Beth Buccini, owners of the New York City boutique Kirna Zabete, have just designed a line of clothing and accessories for Target called “Kirna Zabete for Target.” According to New York Magazine, Hailes and Buccini will “design a women’s ready to wear collection of about 100 pieces, ranging in price from $9.99 to $199.99. The collection will be for sale at Target stores nationwide and online on Sept. 9, presumably just in time for a nice, splashy launch party on the eve of spring 2013 New York Fashion Week.” Read more and watch a short video at www. teenvogue.com/style/2012/08/kirna-zabete-target.

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Bill Hofheimer ’90, senior director of communications at ESPN, met Russell Wilson ’07 (right) in April while Russell was at ESPN doing some pre-NFL draft interviews. “I oversee the PR for ESPN’s Monday Night Football and our NFL studio shows,” says Bill, “so it was fun to finally meet Russell after following his athletic career at Collegiate and during his college career.” Jan. 22, 2012 (Pope’s birthday!). Piper joins big sister Josie, 2. The family lives in Missoula, MT.

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Piper Light Ashworth, daughter of Pope Baskerville Ashworth ’91, was born Jan. 22, 2012.

Will Greene moved to Atlanta this summer to take a faculty position at Wesleyan School. He will be teaching calculus and religion, while coaching football and golf. Will has been on the faculty at Virginia Episcopal School for the past six years, teaching AP AB & BC Calculus, Multivariable Calculus, Linear Algebra, and Religion. He has been the varsity volleyball and varsity golf head coach, as well as working with football and baseball while at VES. In May, Lauren Melton Lineweaver was honored by the Richmond Area Reading Council as the Reading Teacher of the Year at a banquet at the Lewis Ginter Tea House. She is the reading specialist at Falling Creek Elementary in Chesterfield. BORN: Piper Light Ashworth to Pope Baskerville Ashworth and husband Ryan on

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Lauren Diehl Ford is excited to be adding to the Cougar family. “Our youngest, Madelyn, is joining the Kindergarten class this fall. She will finally be able to get out at carpool with her big sister Natalie!” Mason Reed writes, “Pretty big summer for the Reed Family. I’ve been at Crispin Porter + Bogusky in Miami for the past 10 years and this summer have agreed to move to Santa Monica to head up our LA office as EVP, Managing Director. More importantly, my wife Jacqueline is pregnant with our first child, a girl, due in early October. Our first born child is probably the only thing that could have kept us from making the 20 year reunion of the Class of ’92! Look forward to seeing everyone in 2017 for the 25th reunion.”

Madelyn Ford, daughter of Lauren Diehl Ford ’92, is starting Kindergarten at Collegiate this fall.

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DIED: Gargi Pahuja on July 21, 2012. As a Virginia Presidential Scholar at the University of Richmond, she earned a degree in biology and women’s studies. She went on to earn a master’s in public health in infectious diseases from the University of California at Berkeley and a degree in health law from Seton Hall University Law School. Gargi worked as a marketing and health care consultant and a health policy and legislative consultant and lawyer. At 15 months old, she was diagnosed with thalassemia major, a severe form of a rare, inherited and incurable blood disorder that, at that time, was always fatal by young adulthood. Gargi spent much of her life working to change the perceptions of thalassemia and to build a supportive international community of those affected by the disorder. She was a charter member of the Cooley’s Anemia Foundation board, a board member and former president of the Thalassemia Action Group, and a trustee and former president of the Thalassemia International Foundation. She also worked as a trustee of the 5P Foundation, a charitable organization founded by her parents, to establish a thalassemia clinic for patients and a comprehensive blood center in Faridabad, India. Gargi is survived by her mother Kamini Pahuja, sister Meera Pahuja ’97, and brother Rishi Pahuja ’04.

The Urban Assembly New York Harbor School, founded by Murray Fisher, is the subject of a documentary which won a New York Emmy Award in April. The film, called “Classroom on the Water – The Urban Assembly New York Harbor School,” was

Apolline Marguerite Kathleen Calliope Streetman, daughter of Astrid Liverman ’94, was born May 23, 2012.

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Ethan William Smartt, son of Elizabeth Thalhimer Smartt ’94, was born Apr. 2, 2012.

produced by NYC Media, features school staff, students and supporters, and highlights their historic move from Bushwick, Brooklyn to Governors Island. The documentary also offers an unusual look at what can be accomplished at a New York City public school whose maritime mission inspires every aspect of student education, gives it meaning, and lays a foundation for the future. Last fall, Michael Moss was selected as a recipient of the 2011 University of Illinois at Chicago Award of Merit, a campus wide honor which recognizes academic professional and support staff employees who have demonstrated excellence in service, commitment, and dedication. He is the assistant director for costing and analysis in the OBFS Grants and Contracts department and is also chair of the school’s academic professional advisory committee.

Winn Byers Norton, son of Adam Norton ’96, was born Mar. 27, 2012.

Grady John Stockner, son of Cameron Chewning Stockner ’97, was born Feb. 2, 2012.

BORN: Lora Madelyn Cropp to Olivia Lelong Cropp and husband Ashton on Feb. 2, 2012. Apolline Marguerite Kathleen Calliope Streetman to Astrid Liverman and husband Taylor Streetman on May 23, 2012. The family lives in Denver, CO. Eliza Harrison Reynolds to Austin Reynolds and wife Alicia Cole on Feb. 16, 2012. Ethan William Smartt to Elizabeth Thalhimer Smartt and husband Ryan on Apr. 2, 2012. He joins big sister Lyla, 5.

Pamela Herbert Minkler, medical director at Blue Ridge Aesthetics Center in Wyndhurst, VA, was recently interviewed by “Work It, Lynchburg.” In it, she mentions Ann Griffin: “My high school biology teacher is one of my personal heroes; I think that if I wasn’t in medicine, I would like to teach at the middle or high school level.” For the full interview, visit workitlynchburg.com/people/pamela minkler. Dana Kelley recently left Chicago and is moving to Barcelona, Spain to get her MBA degree at ESADE.

John Scott ’96 with wife Shannon and daughter Lexi at William & Mary Homecoming this past fall.

Philip Stevens Wood, son of Missy Seymour Wood ’96 (pictured with brothers August and Harrison), was born May 23, 2012.

Andy Berglund and his family recently left Maryland to relocate to Palo Alto, CA where he is working as a data scientist for a tech startup. He wrote to former Upper School science teacher Ann Griffin: “My wife Kim and I have two children, Elliott , 4, and Sylvia, 1½, who keep us plenty busy. We are settling into our new home, but boy is life

Lillian “Lilly” Manning Lynch, daughter of Courtney Ruth Lynch ’97, was born May 18, 2012. Photo by Banner Photography

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Kristan Schaaf ’97 married Greg McGehee on July 23, 2011.

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Molly Lawson Childress writes, “I still live in Richmond with my husband, Cabell Childress. We have a 5-year-old son, 3-year-old daughter, and are expecting another baby boy this fall. Cabell and my brother, Joseph Lawson ’04, work together as the Cabell Childress Group, selling real estate! And my sister, Sloan Lawson Hiscock ’95, lives just a

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Emily Nelson Maher ’97 Greetings from Rwanda, As a student at Collegiate, I would have never imagined that my day-to-day life would be like it has turned out this year! My husband Josh and I have been working at Butaro Hospital, a district hospital in a rural village in Rwanda, since October 2011. We work for Partners in Health, a non-profit organization whose mission is to accompany local health care workers in underserved, rural, and impoverished districts. I am an anesthesiologist and Josh is an orthopaedic surgeon. The patients we care for are grateful and resilient, and the doctors and nurses with whom we work face many obstacles to care but overcome them daily. One of our most memorable days at the hospital was this Thanksgiving when we diagnosed and operated on a patient with the first case of tetanus we had seen, a disease that is now almost non-existent in the US because of vaccinations. On Thanksgiving night, my husband and I rode 8 hours in an ambulance, while ventilating by hand this 61-year-old man. Our ambulance became stuck on the muddy, dirt road from our hospital for several hours, blocked by a landslide, and we had to transfer the patient on foot to another ambulance to get us to the city hospital. The mud was so deep that my husband had to carry me across, and we had a team of men carry the patient across. We were worried that we would run out of oxygen, crucial to keeping our patient alive, but we arrived at the city hospital Emily Nelson Maher ’97 has been working with just in time. After dropping the patient off at 2 a.m., Partners in Health at Butaro Hospital in Rwanda. we took the ambulance driver and nurses with us to

a super market to eat our Thanksgiving dinner of pizza. The driver and nurses watched us closely as we took our first bites, as they had never seen such a food! Just yesterday, we took care of a woman who had eleven children, gave birth to her twelfth, and then had massive hemorrhage after surgery, requiring blood transfusions, vasopressor medications, and a night on a ventilator. She is currently doing well, and will be healthy to return to her family. On the same day, we cared for two boys with femur fractures from falling out of trees, a woman with a severe hand infection that would have been deadly without surgical treatment, and a teenage boy with a gunshot wound to his elbow, all of whom would have had limited access to surgical care without the partnership of our institution, Partners in Health, with the Rwandan Ministry of Health. Collegiate taught me to work to serve the poor and disenfranchised. Collegiate also taught me that opportunities are limitless, and we should have the courage to look beyond our backyards to help those in need. Mrs. Siff, Mrs. Hickey, Mrs. Benson, and Miss Tanner taught me French, which has been invaluable in rural Rwanda. Mrs. Doxey taught me how to play well with others, when to lead, and when to follow. Mr. Mann taught me to be passionate about my life’s work. Ms. Pratt taught me to be myself, to set my own goals, instead of blindly doing the expected, and to not be afraid to choose an unusual path in life. Thanks, Collegiate, for helping to shape my career in global health care delivery! With much love and respect, – Emily Nelson Maher ’97 Consultant Anesthesiologist for Partners in Health, Butaro Hospital, Rwanda Clinical Instructor, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

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busy right now! I am still learning the ropes in the hi tech world. I hope you know that I have always felt that my time at Collegiate and particularly in your classes was the best preparation I could ever have received for college and after. I learned to love science and math in those days, thanks to you and your fantastic colleagues!” MARRIED: Christian Enochs to Greg Creswell on May 5, 2012. Sister Maria Enochs Brent ’99 was the matron of honor and classmates Ginny Harris Hofheimer and Neely Markel Winston were bridesmaids. Christian and Greg live in Richmond where she is a partner with Evolve Architecture and he is a senior associate with Grubb & Ellis/ Harrison & Bates. BORN: Winn Byers Norton to Adam Norton and wife Kimberly on Mar. 27, 2012. Mom, Dad and the little guy are all doing well. Winn’s already been visited and spoiled by several Cougar alums! Alexa “Lexi” Lea Scott to John Scott and wife Shannon on Oct. 13, 2010. The family lives in Richmond. Philip Stevens Wood to Missy Seymour Wood and husband Adam on May 23, 2012. He joins brothers August and Harrison (both 4).

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Carrington Judge Gerstmyer (pictured with sister Isabel), daughter of Lindsay Carter Gerstmyer ’98, was born Dec. 3, 2011.

Sheppard Lehman Herring (here with sister Dosia, 3), son of Ryland Waller Herring ’98, was born Feb. 28, 2012.

Wesley Scott Mitchell, son of Georgia Luck Mitchell ’98, was born June 6, 2012.

work. She saw Meghan Glass Hughes, husband Nathan, and son Oliver while she was home for sister Anne Riker Purcell Powell ’01’s wedding. BORN: Grady John Stockner to Cameron Chewning Stockner and husband Gary on Feb. 2, 2012. Lillian “Lilly” Manning Lynch to Courtney Ruth Lynch and husband Kris on May 18, 2012 in Charleston, SC.

Stephen Lecky is in his eighth year working with the downtown RVA non-profit Venture Richmond.

He is Festival Manager for such events as Dominion Riverrock – which had a record crowd of over 65,000 people, making it the largest sports and music festival in the country; Friday Cheers – the weekly concert series in May and June featuring groups like Alabama Shakes, Chris Young, and Carolina Chocolate Drops; and the Richmond Folk Festival (October 12 – 14, 2012) – the largest folk festival in the country attracting over 200,000 people to beautiful downtown Richmond. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his wife Liz and continues his love for music playing with Marshall Schutt and Jamie Ritter (both ’00) in the Poston Brown Project. He is also playing percussion in the band Farm Vegas. Chuck McFall is living in Manhattan Beach, CA. “I left eight years of selling wine to sell vodka. I’m the California-Nevada state manager for Voli Spirits.” MARRIED: Adam Moyer to Brooke Taylor Ward on May 5, 2012 at Hermitage Country Club in Manakin-Sabot, VA. BORN: Carrington Judge Gerstmyer to Lindsay Carter Gerstmyer and husband Noah on Dec. 3, 2011. Carrington joins big sister Isabel. Wesley Scott Mitchell to Georgia Luck Mitchell and husband Jeff on June 6, 2012. Ann Frances Miller to Brent Miller and wife Elizabeth on Feb. 6, 2012. Brent and his family live in Milford, VA where he is headmaster of The Carmel School. Sheppard Lehman Herring to Ryland Waller Herring and husband Will Herring on Feb. 28, 2012. He joins big sister Dosia, 3. The family lives in Raleigh, NC.

Adam Moyer ’98 married Brooke Ward on May 5, 2012. mile away. I also work part time as an OB GYN nurse at Henrico Doctors Hospital.” Brooke Purcell Babb and husband Rob moved to Melbourne, Australia (Rob’s hometown) in January 2010 from NYC. They are both lawyers. Brooke works at Arnold Bloch Leibler, still doing mergers and acquisitions and other commercial

Stephen Lecky ’98 (second from right), festival manager for Venture Richmond, got together with Jason Carter (fiddle player for Travelin McCourys), Keller Williams, and Lou Gosain at Dominion Riverrock this past May.

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CLASS NOTES Katie Hamlin ’99 married Sefton Stallard on Apr. 29, 2012. Their daughter Ruth was the flower girl.

MARRIED: Katie Hamlin to Sefton Stallard on Apr. 29, 2012 in Brooklyn, NY. Their daughter Ruth, 2, was the flower girl. Ramandeep Sidhu to Marlene Sawhney on Oct. 22, 2011 in Miami. Many Collegiate friends attended events in Miami and Richmond. The couple met while earning their MBAs at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. They now reside in Chicago, IL where Raman is a Consultant with Bain & Company and Marlene is an Associate Brand Manager at Kraft Foods. BORN: Jacquelyn James “Jamie” Scott to Liza Jarvis Scott and husband Hunter on May 11, 2012. Virginia “Ginna” Gail Thompson to Lauren MacIvor Thompson and husband David on Feb. 18, 2012. Craig MacIvor ’01 is her proud uncle and godparent along with his fiancée Lindsey.

This summer, William Daughtrey left Woodberry Forest School (where he was assistant dean of

Raman Sidhu ’99 married Marlene Sawhney on Oct. 22, 2011.

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Jacquelyn James “Jamie” Scott, daughter of Liza Jarvis Scott ’99, was born May 11, 2012.

Virginia Gail Thompson, daughter of Lauren MacIvor Thompson ’99, was born Feb. 18, 2012.

students and director of outdoor education) to join University School in Cleveland, OH as their dean of students. His wife Lauren has taken a position at Ruffing School as their director of development. Jacob Groopman writes from the left coast, “I’m now living in Richmond, CA (yes…Richmond) playing in an acoustic Americana duo with my girlfriend Melody Walker. She is an amazing singer/songwriter native to the Bay Area, and we just released our first record entitled “Gold Rush Goddess” back in March. So far this year we’ve been traveling all around California playing concerts/festivals on the weekends and maintaining our teaching studios at home during the week. This summer will see us travel to Alaska to tour and teach a bluegrass camp before heading to Colorado for more shows. This fall we’ll be spending almost eight weeks on the road for a big national tour that includes a stop in Richmond at Ashland Coffee and Tea playing with The Honey Dewdrops (with Kagey Parrish) on Saturday, Sept. 22! We’d love to see some familiar faces for the hometown show! Life is good, busy and packed with music!” www.melodywalkermusic.com Alden Ramsey writes that she is “happy and busy running my own private practice for individual marriage and family therapy in Richmond.” Laura Rockefeller is continuing her work as an actress in Washington, DC. Her next performance will be as “Adriana” in an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors called The Comedy of Mirrors, which is being produced as part of The Capitol Fringe Festival in July of 2012. She is also continuing to pursue her academic interests, and will have a second article published in the November 2012 issue of BrontëStudies. The article is based on a paper that Laura presented at the 2011 Brontë Society Conference at Cambridge

University on The Brontë’s and The Bible. MARRIED: Elizabeth Morrissette to Brick Bryant on Jan. 7, 2012 in Charlotte, NC. Cougars in attendance were Philip Morrissette ’97, Catherine Morrissette Baldridge ’00, Amy Ocheltree Schaaf ’00, Chris Schaaf ’00, Sally Peck Ashby ’00, Rett Turner ’00, Lauren Belk Neal ’00, John Neal ’01, Bryan Crosby ’01, Dave Mathews ’02, and Hillary Robertson Crittendon ’02. Elizabeth and Brick live in Charlotte. BORN: Caroline Royal Neal to Lauren Belk Neal and husband John Neal ’01 on Feb. 1, 2012. She joins brother Hayes, 3.

Elizabeth Morrissette ’00 married Brick Bryant on Jan. 7, 2012. Photo by Patricia Lyons Photography

Jacob Groopman ’00 and Melody Walker are touring to support their first record, “Gold Rush Goddess.”

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This spring, Alton Lane (founded by Peyton Jenkins ’00) hosted a pre-regatta party for the Harbor School (founded by Murray Fisher ’93) in their Flatiron showroom in New York. Murray, Rob Dickerson ’94, Michael Jarvis ’06, and Peyton caught up at the event.

a groomsman and Alice Davis ’25 was the flower girl. Anne Riker and David recently moved from New York to Kansas City. Austin Scott to Ryan Bader on Feb. 11, 2012. Classmate Lucy Moore was a bridesmaid. Austin and Ryan live in New York where she works at The Martin Agency and he works for The National Hockey League. BORN: Caroline Royal Neal to John Neal and wife Lauren Belk Neal ’00 on Feb. 1, 2012. She joins brother Hayes, 3.

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Gray Clevenger is working as the monitoring and evaluation manager for the Carter Center’s Access to Justice Project in Liberia. John Flynn is currently the lead writer at Ferebee Lane & Company, a brand communications firm in Greenville, SC. The team develops advertising and marketing for clients like BMW, Le Creuset and Miele. Maria Jarvis Darby has started a business, Kate Design, with a talented Kittitian (from St. Kitts) artist, Kate Spencer. Kate’s tropical paintings are printed onto modal/cashmere scarves/sarongs: www.katedesign.com.

Scottie Thompson ’00, seen here on the set, starred with Emmy and Golden Globe winner Jane Seymour in the television movie, “Lake Effects” (lakeeffectsthemovie.com), which premiered May 6, 2012 on the Hallmark Movie Channel. The movie was shot entirely on location in the Smith Mountain Lake area of Virginia. Scottie also has a role in the pilot for a new television series, “Graceland,” which will air this fall on USA network and hopes to be in additional episodes.

Sarah Clore graduated with her master’s in social work from Columbia University in May. MARRIED: Courtney Carrell to David Diamond on Jan. 1, 2012, in Richmond, following a New Year’s Eve ceremony and reception. Guests included classmates Scott Bottoms, Sarah Clore, Jason Cosby, GP Manson, Ben Pagel, Laura Knowles ’02, and faculty members Ellen Clore, Mike Pagel, and Linda Pagel. Molly Carrell Pierce ’97 was her sister’s matron of honor, and Meaghan Enright ’01 was a bridesmaid. Courtney and David met while attending Yale Law School. They now live in Dallas, TX, where Courtney is an appellate lawyer at Jones Day and David is a litigator at Carrington Coleman.

G.P. Manson to Alison Frances on Apr. 27, 2012 in Alexandria, VA. Michael Manson ’05 served as the best man, Jason Cosby and Neil Loughrie were groomsmen, Courtney Carrell Diamond was a bridesmaid, and many other Cougars were in attendance. Marcus Pendleton to Katie Brill ’02 on July 16, 2011. Cougars in the wedding party were John Markowitz ’01, Paul Middleton ’01, Tyler Little ’02, Jackson Martin ’02, and Adam Pendleton ’02. Anne Riker Purcell to David H. Powell on May 12, 2012 at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Hot Springs, VA. Brooke Purcell Babb ’97 was the matron of honor and classmates Carter Judkins Greendyke and Elizabeth LaGow McDermid were bridesmaids. Michael Sellman ’00 (who introduced the couple in New York) was

Courtney Carrell ’01 married David Diamond on Jan. 1, 2012.

G.P. Manson ’01 married Alison Frances on Apr. 27, 2012.

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CLASS NOTES Katie Brill ’02 and Marcus Pendleton ’01 were married July 16, 2011.

Anne Riker Purcell ’01 married David Powell on May 12, 2012. Brock Saunders writes, “In March, I moved back to New York from London after a fantastic 20-month stint as the global head of equity trading for Citi’s proprietary trading business. I’m excited to be back in NYC and have accepted a new job at Pleasant Lake Partners, a hedge fund in New York, as the director of marketing and head of trading.” StreetLight Data, founded by Laura Schewel, was recently chosen as one of two winners of IBM’s SmartCamp Boston, the North American final of the global competition. The company, which analyzes traffic data to help retailers make smarter decisions about store locations, now advances to the world finals where it will compete to be named IBM Entrepreneur of the Year. MARRIED: Katie Brill to Marcus Pendleton ’01 on July 16, 2011. Cougars in the wedding party were Tyler Little ’02, Jackson Martin ’02, Adam Pendleton ’02, John Markowitz ’01, and Paul Middleton ’01. Matt Eisenman to Dana Paulson on Sept. 17, 2011 in the chapel at Camp Blue Star in

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Hendersonville, NC. Cougars in the wedding party were father Mike Eisenman ’67 and brother Brian Eisenman ’97. Dana and Matt live in Atlanta where they teach in the school year and work at camp during the summer. Zach Jesse to McLean Fletcher on Dec. 31, 2011. They brought in the New Year with a small ceremony held in their home here in Richmond. Zach will be beginning his second year as a John Marshall Scholar at the T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond. His wife McLean is an artist and actress. They hope to one day have children and send them to Collegiate as well. David Mathews to Lindsay Sams on Aug. 13, 2011 in Chapel Hill, NC. Sister Britten Mathews ’06 was a bridesmaid and classmates Richard Bagby and Brock Saunders were groomsmen.

Gray Clevenger ’02 was recently acknowledged with an award for one year of service to the Carter Center. Here, Gray accepts the award from President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn.

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Zach Jesse ’02 married McLean Fletcher on Dec. 31, 2012. David Mathews ’02 married Lindsay Sams on Aug. 13, 2011.

Kyle Coleman ’03 with wife Melissa, son Ben, and daughter June.

Christie Thalhimer ’02 married Evan Silverstein on Sept. 10, 2011. FRONT: Katie Adamson ’23, Christie Thalhimer Silverstein ’02, Evan Silverstein, Adam Thalhimer ’97. BACK: Adam Norton ’96, Katherine Thalhimer Adamson ’96, Jill Thalhimer Campbell ’00, Ross Cushnie ’02, Elizabeth Thalhimer Smartt ’94, Billy Thalhimer ’64, Courtney Harrison Bradenham ’02, Sarah Harrison ’05, Carson Walker ’02, Liz Costin Nixon ’02, Andrew Nixon ’02. Maria Jarvis Darby and Hilary Robertson Crittendon (both ’02) were greeters. David and Lindsay live in New York. He recently received an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern and she works for McGuireWoods. Christie Thalhimer to Evan Silverstein on Sept. 10, 2011 in Richmond. Sisters Elizabeth Thalhimer Smartt ’94 and Katherine Thalhimer Adamson ’96 were the matrons of honor and Jill Thalhimer Campbell ’00 and Courtney Harrison Bradenham ’02 were bridesmaids. Christie and Evan live in Nashville.

While keeping up with his growing family and loving his full time job as a marketing director for Virginia’s largest commercial truck dealership group, Truck Enterprises, Kyle Coleman recently celebrated his first year as a small business owner. He started The Social Target in February 2011, and over the last year has been developing

and executing social media marketing campaigns for small businesses from Harrisonburg to Charlottesville. Kyle has even turned his venture into a training ground for JMU students seeking careers in marketing, specifically in the niche of social media – taking time to meet with students and giving them the chance to work on campaigns. Funny thing is, Kyle doesn’t really use Facebook that much for himself – but he’s on it everyday keeping tabs on The Social Target’s clients! Harrison Jones recently returned to Richmond after doing mission work in Uganda. He works for SEAL Team physical training as an assistant instructor and in the sales office. His next step is likely to be Air Force, hopefully special ops. Michael “Bud” Petit is a senior account representative at Groupon’s headquarters in Chicago. Groupon offers daily, heavily discounted deals for good things to do, eat, buy and see in 48 countries. Bud works with businesses in the San Antonio, TX area who want to use Groupon as

Adriaan Follansbee ’04 married Erick Gomez on May 19, 2012. Pictured are Daniel Newton, Cesalie Stepney, Adriaan, Elissa Colley Williams, and Phillip “Pip” Nguyen (all ’04).

Ami Gokli ’04, Palen Powelson ’04, Daniel Newton ’04, and Don Davidson ’03 graduated from the VCU School of Medicine on May 12, 2012. their advertising. “I was the 60th employee here at Groupon, and now there are 10,000. I think we are on the verge of creating a new way of thinking for merchant advertising,” he says.

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After graduating from UVA in 2008, Katy Cannon worked for two prominent Republican political fundraising firms in Washington DC. After learning the business, she opened her own political fundraising firm, The Cannon Group, in October 2011. Katy currently represents several Republican Congressmen including Rep. Aaron Schock of Illinois and Rep. Tim Scott of South Carolina. Chad Zalesiak has moved back to Richmond from Charlotte, NC. “I am working with LaSalle Solutions, a Chicago-based equipment finance company. My mother, Nancy Foy (aka Ms. Z, former Lower School teacher), has also moved back to Richmond to be the head at the New Community School.” MARRIED: Adriaan Follansbee to Erick Gomez on May 19, 2012 in El Paso, TX. Sister Emma Follansbee ’07 was maid of honor and father Pete Follansbee (Upper School English teacher) walked Adriaan down the aisle. Adriaan and Erick will be moving to Washington, DC this fall. Palen Powelson to Bryan Mallory on June 2, 2012 at First Baptist Church in Richmond. Classmates Elizabeth Downey, Kasey Johnson, and Meredith Newton were bridesmaids. Sister Jocelyn Powelson ’10 was the maid of honor and brother Stephen Powelson ’06 was a groomsman. Palen writes, “After graduating from VCU School of Medicine in May 2012, I recently began my residency in pediatrics at Emory University Hospital/Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.”

Claiborne Buckingham received her master’s from the VCU Brand Center in May and is now living in Portland, OR working at a creative boutique called Mutt Industries. “I work mostly on their interactive projects (web, mobile, tablet) but wear many hats. Mutt’s main clients are the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Gerber Knives, and Mello Yello. We also do a little bit of work for Nike. Work is going well…I love it and Portland. Food trucks are amazing!” Will DeCamps qualified for the New York and Boston marathons. He ran the New York half marathon in 1:18. Amy Staples earned her master’s degree at Christian Brothers University and spent three years working in Memphis for both Teach for America and The New Teacher Project. She recently returned to

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LIFE AT SEA

Blair Northen Williamson’04 Like many seniors approaching their final semester in college, in the spring of 2008 I was surrounded with so many questions of “what will I do when I graduate? What will I do with my life?” I decided that I just wasn’t quite ready for a “real” job yet, and I wanted to find something to do that included my passion of sailing, scuba diving and ultimately traveling. Since college, I have spent my years at sea. Starting with ActionQuest in the British Virgin Islands as a mate and divemaster, I continued my education by enrolling in International Yachtmaster Training school for my 200-ton offshore yachtmaster captain’s license. In order to work on private yachts, you must also have a certification which includes basic firefighter training at sea and medical training. I completed these certifications in the fall after I graduated from University of Virginia and off I went. I was hired as a deckhand and divemaster for M/Y Peaceful Fish, a privately owned 210 ft. shadow vessel. I spent most of my time on board scrubbing decks and holding watches in Nassau, Bahamas (as everyone starts at the bottom to build sea time, experience and respect). This yacht was a dive vessel holding gear on board for 70+ people to dive at once, a two-man hyperbaric chamber and a full tri mixing system for TEC diving. I was inspired to advance my certifications in scuba diving so back to school I went for my PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor. The M/Y Peaceful Fish is now owned by the Save Our Seas foundation and conducts all of their underwater research and videography all around the world. After another season in the British Virgin Islands working as a captain and dive instructor for ActionQuest, I headed back to Ft. Lauderdale (ie. yachtie world) to find my next adventure. It was always a dream to work on board a sailing yacht in southeast Asia. My crew placement agents advised me that as a woman, I would be more employable if I took stewardess courses. Without any appealing job prospects out there, I enrolled at the American Yacht Institute in Ft. Lauderdale in 5-star silver service Blair Northen Williamson ’04 holding watch on board S/Y training for everything from flower arrangYanneke Too off the coast of Malaysia. ing, wine and cheeses of the world, and how to traditionally decant wine and cut cigars. Upon completion, I was hired as chief stewardess and private scuba diving instructor on board S/Y Yanneke Too in Phuket, Thailand where I was introduced to a whole new world. While in Asia, my family visited and I was able to travel all over Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Bali, Sumatra, Cambodia, Laos, Borneo and many of their secluded outlying islands. It was an amazing experience to be able to share my life on yachts and experience the world in this way. Now I work fulltime (along with my husband Sam) for Global Expeditions Group based in Sarasota, FL. Our company runs experiential education, service learning and other trips. After four years working on yachts internationally, over 800 dives and many miles at sea, my professional certifications are PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer and IYT 200-ton Yachtmaster Captain. It’s been a life filled with adventure, and I am very glad to have had the opportunity to get exposed to so many amazing cultures, locations and people. Sam and I were married October 15, 2011 after three years of travel and work together. We hope to continue positively influencing students as they come through our programs – making them more “globally aware”. – Blair Northen Williamson ’04

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Palen Powelson ’04 married Bryan Mallory on June 2, 2012. her college town of Columbia, SC where she serves as program director for Teach for America for the Orangeburg region. MARRIED: Meredith MacDowell to Andrew Leffler on Dec. 17, 2011. Sister Courtney MacDowell ’08 was the maid of honor and Jackie Foster ’07 was a bridesmaid. Megan Foster ’15 was a reader and Andrew Foster ’10 was an acolyte. Meredith and Andrew live in Richmond where they are both pursuing an MBA from the Robins School of Business at the University of Richmond.

Caroline Cannon moved to New York City after graduating from the University of Virginia in 2010. She worked for the Campbell Brown news show at CNN and for Human Rights Watch, before applying to the page programs at NBC and CBS. She was accepted into both programs and completed the CBS program. She currently works as a production assistant at CBS’s “48 Hours” television show and has worked on the pilot series “Person to Person.” Sarah Chase writes, “Claire Gentil and I are living together in Washington, DC with some other girls in a house near Georgetown. Pearson Moore and Christina Merchant (both ’05) live on our street, and Will Farmer ’05 is just a couple of blocks away. It’s fun to have a little Cougar network up here!” This fall, Ashley Harland begins work at Columbia University on a master’s degree in health education. Britten Mathews writes, “I have been in Chicago since August 2010. I’m currently working in advertising at OMD on the State Farm Insurance and Morton Salt accounts.” Ginny Rider writes, “I have been living and working in San Francisco for a year and a half. For

nearly a year, I have been working for a digital media brand called Liquor.com doing marketing and copywriting. For my first two months in the city, Collegiate alums Farrow Adamson ’94 and Billy Reed ’86 let me stay at their houses until I got my own apartment.” Margaret Rosebro completed her master’s degree in early childhood education in August 2012. She is teaching third grade in Spartanburg, SC. Amrik Sahni lives in Atlanta where he works as a global commodities trader with Intervision Foods.

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Laura Anderson (along with two colleagues at the Yale Child Study Center) participated in the New York City Triathlon on July 8 as part of the Autism Speaks team. “My colleagues and I participated as a relay team, and I completed the swimming portion of the race. We raised over $4,000 for Autism Speaks, an organization that funds autism research throughout the country.” The Jim Ivins Band, comprised of Jim Ivins ’07 (of course), Jack Ivins ’05, Bobby Gary ’07 and Drew Martin ’09, etc, was featured in Style Weekly’s annual music issue as one of Richmond’s

best bands. Since they formed in 2007, the band has put out two EPs, one self titled and another called “Everything We Wanted.” They also recently released a free 4 song summer sampler that can be downloaded by going to noisetrade.com/ thejimivinsband. The band has shared the stage with national acts such as Parachute, Carolina Liar, The Rocket Summer, Cracker, The Ataris, Mae, Carbon Leaf, and Pat McGee Band, and showcased at the 2009 Miami Music Festival. Says Jim, “Things with the band are cool. We put out a record in the spring called ‘Everything We Wanted’ that we are super proud of and that has gotten us a lot of great press. The week that came out was one of the funnest weeks of my life, as I did a long interview with a prominent online radio program the Friday before, Sunday I was on 102.1 the X, Monday I was on U of R radio 90.1, a bunch of reviews came rolling in throughout the week, then Friday morning I was interviewed and performed on CBS’s ‘Virginia This Morning.’ I certainly felt like a rock star for at least a week! Starting July 3, the record began being pushed at college radio for eight weeks, then in the fall it’s getting pushed at TV licensing so hopefully you’ll flip the channels this fall and hear us quite

The Jim Ivins Band’s press photo, with Jack Ivins ’05, Jim ’07, Bobby Gary ’07, and Drew Martin ’09, was taken by Marsi Harrison ’08.

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Sarah Elizabeth Smith is working as a graduate assistant and lacrosse coach at Haberdashers’ Monmouth School for Girls, a boarding school in Wales. Laura Staples graduated from UVA majoring in English and minoring in philosophy. While in school, she studied abroad for a semester in Brisbane, Australia. Laura teaches high school English with Teach Charlotte. She and her dog, Gracie, are living in a house with Tyler Dull and her dog, Daisy. Perrin Thompson, a student at Furman University, wrote an article for the Washington Post’s online faith section about living with kidney cancer and the strength of her faith. A link to the story can be found here: newspress.furman. edu/?p=2325. Thomas Wood, lacrosse player for the University of North Carolina, scored the winning goal in their game against Navy this spring. He has been drafted by the Rochester Rattlers, a Major League Lacrosse team.

Spenser-Anne Edwards writes, “After working for the Richmond Flying Squirrels last year, I discovered my love for the business behind baseball, especially dealing with the marketing

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Josie Senoga ’08

Growing up in Uganda, Josie Senoga (’08 Collegiate, ’12 University of Richmond) always knew she wanted to help others. “My mom started a school in Uganda for children whose families couldn’t afford to pay school fees,” she says. “We moved to the U.S. when I was 11, but she was a great leadership example for me and made me want to help others who don’t have what I have.” Her experiences at the University of Richmond and as a leadership studies major have given her the tools to do exactly that and helped to shape her future, she says. “The study of leadership is really about bringing about positive and necessary change in the world,” says Senoga. A family friend told her about the Jepson School before she applied to the University. “I came for a talk about the School and fell in love,” she says. “The experiences I’ve had have given me an opportunity to give back and helped me realize what I want to do.” Senoga worked with the nonprofit organization A Fair World for her required internship, which allowed her to reconnect with her home country. The organization works to improve the lives of artisans in developing countries such as Uganda, Mozambique and Thailand. “I was able to apply a lot of what I learned in my classes about leadership,” she says. “And I could help tackle the issues of inequality and social justice affecting underprivileged people around the world.” As a result of her experiences, Senoga plans to pursue a master’s degree in public policy and human rights next year at the University of Sydney, in Australia. Eventually she would like to work for an NGO or as a policy analyst. The theories she learned will help her, she says. “A lot of the theories are about how society should function and how we should treat each other. And while they don’t always play out in society, I think they can Through her leadership studies major at U of R, Josie Senoga ’08 be a stepping stone for things like worked with A Fair World which allowed her to reconnect with her public policy.” home country of Uganda. Reading this year’s One Book selection, “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide,” and hearing co-author Sheryl WuDunn speak on campus as part of the Jepson Leadership Forum also made an impression, she says, and helped to further solidify her future plans. “WuDunn said something along the lines that as students at this University, we have had unique opportunities and have a means to give back because of them,” she recalls. “I think it would be a shame to come from where I’ve come from and not want to help or make a difference.” – Tammy Tripp, University of Richmond, reprinted with permission

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a bit! To coincide with that, in August I am moving to New York City to try and take my music career to the next level and take advantage of all the amazing opportunities the industry has in New York. Wish me luck!” After graduating from Elon University in 2011, Catherine Ross moved to Austin, TX to work for Fleishman Hillard’s Corporate Group. She relocated in the fall to New York City, where she worked for clients such as AT&T, Hyatt, Tylenol, and the government of Brazil. She recently took on a new role in the issues and crisis group at Burson Marsteller, where she focuses on reputation management. MARRIED: Russell Wilson to Ashton Meem on Jan. 14, 2012. Brother Harry Wilson ’01 was the best man and sister Anna Wilson ’16 was a bridesmaid. Classmates Jordan Farmer, Cole Hawthorne, Scott Pickett, and Wit Robertson were groomsmen. Russell and Ashton live in Seattle where he plays football for the Seattle Seahawks.

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Spenser-Anne Edwards ’09 spent the summer as a marketing intern and street team member for the Houston Astros.

Ashwin Narla ’09 was elected president of the Student Association at George Washington University this past spring.

Jasmine Turner ’11 (right) wishes friend Meredith Berents ’12 well at the graduation reception. Jasmine also appeared in our Alumni Cabaret on June 6 featuring stage stars of recent years including Jack Bisceglia ’08, Franklin Geho ’09, Maggie Glasgow ’10, Julia Greer ’11, Philip Hart ’09, Stephanie Linas ’08, Daria Mosman ’11, Haley Mosman ’10, Ethan Roday ’10, Brigitte Suijk ’08, Kristin Suijk ’08 and Emma White ’11.

and promotions that go on for a team. The internship last summer helped me decide that I definitely want a career in sports marketing. I then interned at Vanderbilt University with the marketing team in the athletic department where I created and executed different promotions for the football, basketball and baseball teams. I am currently a marketing intern and street team member for the Houston Astros. I am involved with all the promotions and giveaways with the organization. I also get to drive an Astros Tahoe around Houston and promote the team at different locations and events. We try to make sure every business in Houston has some of our pocket schedules, along with flyers for upcoming promotions. I have been involved with many exciting things here at the organization, as this is the first season it is owned by new management. Also, next year we are moving to the American League so I have been able to be a first hand witness with all the changes going on. One of the most exciting things I have been involved with was the MLB draft. The Astros had the first round draft pick so being able to attend the draft party was an exciting privilege.” Carter Stephens, a standout Collegiate swimmer, will be co-captain of the Princeton women’s swim team next year.

Cabell Willis has been elected captain of the 2012 VMI cross country team.

Harrison Roday ’10, on leave from William & Mary, has been working on the advance team for U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine this past year. He stopped by Collegiate to visit with Rob Wedge’s AP Macroeconomics class but, ever the multi-tasker, managed to do campaign business simultaneously.

OBITUARIES Our condolences are offered to these Collegiate families Wilson P. Andrews, father of Andy Andrews ’75, Jamie Andrews ’79, and Liza Andrews Richardson ’76 and grandfather of Taylor Richardson ’05, Matthew Richardson ’07, Robert Richardson ’10, and Sarah Richardson ’13, died May 25, 2012. Louise “Peppy” Armstong ’62, sister of Anne Armstrong Bevilacqua ’70 and Margaret Armstrong White ’73, died May 14, 2012. Betty Bunnell Bauder ’47, mother of Page Bauder ’76 and sister of Louise Bunnell Nemecek ’52 and Ellen Terry Bunnell ’58, died June 5, 2012. Helen M. Blackwood, mother of Eileen Blackwood ’76, Laurie Blackwood ’79, Temple Blackwood ’82, and Terry Blackwood ’82 and grandmother of Connor Blackwood ’09, Mallory Blackwood ’11, and Emma Blackwood ’20, died Feb. 7, 2012. Charles L. Blair, husband of Pat Shannon Blair ’47, father of Charlie Blair (Head of Middle School), and grandfather of Kemper Blair ’01, Reed Blair ’04, Carter Blair ’06, and Michael Blair ’10, died Feb. 12, 2012. Janet F. Coleman, mother of Elizabeth Coleman James ’67, Janette Coleman ’69, Anne Coleman ’76, Laura Coleman Proctor ’77, and Custis Coleman, Jr. ’80 and grandmother of Custis Coleman III ’14, died Apr. 14, 2012.

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Robert T. Scott, father of William “Brother” Scott ’71 and grandfather of Austin Scott Bader ’01, died June 4, 2012. Marjorie B. Stanwood, mother of Laurie Stanwood Stettinius ’79 and grandmother of Will Stettinius ’07, Carson Stettinius ’10, and Annie Stettinius ’12, died Jan. 24, 2012. Esther H. Stratford, mother of Nancy Stratford ’73, died Apr. 16, 2012. Elizabeth N. Toms, mother of Mary Anna Toms Broadbent ’66 and Nancy Toms Breeden ’71 and grandmother of Elizabeth Broadbent Cruickshanks ’03, Blair Breeden Burnett ’96, Eric Breeden ’01, and Turner Breeden ’11, died June 24, 2012. Katherine B. Tyler, mother of Hal Tyler ’65 and Katie Tyler Berger ’69, died Jan. 29, 2012. James S. Wamsley, father of Cooper Wamlsey ’77 and grandfather of Ryan Schilling ’02 and Kate Schilling ’03, died Apr. 14, 2012. Dr. Herbert Wiesinger, father of Ron Wiesinger ’74 and Herbert Wiesinger, Jr. ’74 (deceased), died May 4, 2012. Richard W. Wiltshire, life trustee, husband of Jean Betts Wiltshire ’38, father of Gray Wiltshire Massie ’61, Rick Wiltshire ’64, Buck Wiltshire ’67, and Boodie Wiltshire McGurn ’71, and grandfather of Jeannie Massie Japp ’85, Ashley Massie Doyle ’88, Henry Massie ’92, Richard Massie ’92, Richard Wiltshire ’97, Drew Wiltshire ’99, Anne Wiltshire ’03, Will Wiltshire ’92, Mary Wiltshire Beckstoffer ’99, Missy McGurn ’03, Gracie McGurn ’05, and Betts McGurn ’07, died May 29, 2012. Kathy Johann Woodard ’67, sister of Bruce Johann Muller-Thym ’67 and Jane Johann Gresham ’75, died July 24, 2012.

FORMER TRUSTEES Dr. J. Gary Maynard, Jr. Richard “Dick” W. Wiltshire (life trustee)

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Col. William H. Dabney, husband of Ginger Puller Dabney ’57 and grandfather of Virginia Kauders ’19 and Andrew Kauders ’20, died Feb. 15, 2012. Ray Easterling ’68, brother of Robert Easterling ’65 and Richard Easterling ’71, died Apr. 19, 2012. Sterling Edmunds, husband of Ann Chesley Edmunds ’53, died July 17, 2012. Susan H. Fitz-Hugh, mother of Slaughter Fitz-Hugh III ’82 and Meredith Fitz-Hugh Mire ’84 and grandmother of Anne Garland Fitz-Hugh ’10 and Slaughter Fitz-Hugh ’12, died Apr. 1, 2012. Richard H. Ferguson, father of Andrew Ferguson ’79 and grandfather of David White ’16, Harris White ’16, Carson White ’17, William Ferguson ’20, and Jeb Ferguson ’22, died Apr. 12, 2012. William Gatewood, father of Bill Gatewood ’75, died July 13, 2012. Mimi Northen Holt, mother of Lucie Rhoads ’07 and sister of Lib Northen ’70, Janet Northen Patterson ’73, and Buzzy Northen ’73, died July 20, 2012. Benjamin R. Lacy IV, father of Rice Lacy ’90 and Callie Lacy Brackett ’95 and grandfather of Jones Brackett ’22 and Ben Brackett ’24, died July 16, 2012. Dr. J. Gary Maynard, Jr., father of Sara Maynard Sommers ’80, Catherine Maynard Armstrong ’82, John Gary Maynard III ’86, and Mason Maynard ’92 and grandfather of Sally Somers ’12, Samuel Sommers ’15, Jake Maynard ’17, and Avery Maynard ’20, died May 8, 2012. Ann Patterson McAlexander ’50, sister of Libby Patterson Ford ’49 (deceased) and Margaret Patterson Withrow ’59, died Jan. 24, 2012. Claire H. McMullan, mother of Anne McMullan Flint ’73 and Scott McMullan ’78, died Apr. 26, 2012. Frances Eanes Meloy ’37, sister of Maragert Eanes Noftsinger ’46, died Apr. 4, 2012. Shirley H. Murphy, mother of David Murphy ’80 and Tim Murphy ’83, died June 15, 2012. Mary C. Pace, mother of Farrar Pace ’74 and grandmother of Ellie Pace ’14 and Frances Pace ’15, died Apr. 24, 2012. Gargi Pahuja ’92, sister of Meera Pahuja ’97 and Rishi Pahuja ’04, died July 21, 2012. Robert H. Patterson, Jr., father of India Patterson Gregory ’71 and Meg Patterson Mansfield ’83 and grandfather of Molly Mansfield ’13 and India Mansfield ’23, died July 12, 2012.

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ALUMNI Frances Eanes Meloy ’37 Elizabeth Bunnell Bauder ’47 Ann Patterson McAlexander ’50 Louise “Peppy” Armstrong ’62 Katherine Johann Woodard ’67 Charles Ray Easterling ’68 Hubert Shands Taylor ’77 Mimi Northen Holt ’79 Gargi Pahuja ’92 FORMER FACULTY & STAFF Elizabeth Campbell, former librarian, died Feb. 9, 2012.

THEN AND NOW

Field Trips Field trips … the excitement of a day spent exploring something new off campus, maybe a train ride or a picnic. School days spent elsewhere are meant to further educate students about a particular topic by offering an on-site, hands-on, up-close perspective. Since Collegiate’s early days when girls packed their suitcases, donned their hats and waited for the train at Main Street Station, students have set off on adventures. 1

3 THEN: 1 At Main Street Station, Town School girls dressed up and ready to go to Washington, DC for an overnight field trip. 2 Field trip transportation has evolved over the years – today’s buses have movies and air conditioning! 3 Former Headmaster Malcolm U. Pitt, Jr. tagged along for a day at the National Zoo in 1985. With him were members of the class of ’96: (first row) John Cole Scott ’96, Taylor Jones ’96, (second row) George Scott, Pinky Sowers ’96, Gavin Garner, Frances Harper Derrer ’96 and Allison Johnson Whittemore ’96. NOW: 4 In April, 16 Collegiate 8th Graders and 17 4th Graders from St. Andrews School traveled to Graves Mountain Lodge in Syria, Virginia to release 204 trout into the Rose River. 5 Ralph White, park naturalist, helps 5th Graders Wyatt Baldridge and Will Hutchins identify vegetation at Pump House Park on the James River. 6 3rd Graders Lauren Brabrand and Charlotte Harrison learn from a “navigator” in Jamestown about how the sailing term “knots” came to be. 7 Upper School Chinese language students Will Cricchi and Nathan Maizels work on a Chinese worksheet at the Tan A Supermarket in Richmond. 8 Olivia Trani ’12 holds a chicken at Polyface Farm. 9 Upper School Poetry Workshop responded in journals to works of art at VMFA and then wrote a poem in dialogue with one of those works.

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Field Trips by Grade Some excursions are grade level traditions, and some destinations are determined by curriculum or timeliness. Here’s a sampling of places we go:

Lower & Middle School K Apple picking Carter’s Mountain, Maymont, VMFA, Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens 1 Va Living Museum, Valentine Museum, Henricus, Theater IV 2 Science Museum, Metro Richmond Zoo 3 Jamestown, Williamsburg, Shirley Plantation 4 Washington, DC on train, Monticello, Virginia Historical Society

5 Pump House Park, Challenge Discovery, religious sites trip 6 Environmental focus trip, Washington, DC 7 Community: Challenges and Leadership, Tredegar Iron Works, Dungannon Service Trip

Polyface Farm Visit “The brainchild of independent thinker and seasoned farmer Joel Salatin, Polyface is a study in natural contrasts. The cows roam free, hindered only by electrical fencing, which is moved to new pasture daily. The laying hens live out in the open, rotating behind the cows, cleaning up nature’s own mess and reinvigorating the land. It’s, in a word, amazing, a world away from the cramped factory farms and mechanized factories of our studies this semester. “At Polyface, every day runs with a sort of obligatory mess; hands get dirty. There are no pre-packaged answers or technological solutions here. The farm operates only with the highest attention to detail and the idea that what they are doing is decidedly ‘right.’ “...Returning home, back to the moderated comfort of suburbia, the students of Mrs. Boyd’s senior seminar class were a little more connected to their food source, in a place where there is not a pig or cow in sight. There were no complaints, no worries or questions for ourselves; instead we were asking new questions, thinking of new problems related to our food supplies rather than ourselves. It’s a rare gift when a farm becomes something more than animals and dirt, and Polyface gave us all that, if only for a day.” – Laura Davia ’12, student in Senior Seminar: Food in America taught by Rhiannon Boyd

8 American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, six weeks of area community service

Upper School Upper School students take many class – and club – specific field trips, and grade level retreats are held to focus on special topics like teambuilding, college admissions and college life. The sophomores leave campus to participate in a Ravenchase Adventures Quest Scavenger Hunt around Richmond (the winning team receives a coveted golden gnome statue). • Chesapeake Bay Foundation – AP Environmental Science class • Newseum, Washington, DC – Journalism class • Race Exhibit at the Science Museum of Virginia … Mosaic Club (Collegiate’s diversity club) • History field trip for juniors to Washington DC. • Richmond Quest – sophomore class does a scavenger hunt around historical sites in Richmond

Summer 2012

Summer On Campus

hen students leave after Upper School graduation in June, the campus is quiet for about 48 hours before Summer Quest begins. This summer more than 1,300 campers enrolled in 100-plus sessions ranging from reading, scrapbooking and global studies to lacrosse, basketball and yoga. In addition, there were service learning opportunities including the JUMP Camp, where a dozen rising 8th and 9th Graders mentored elementary students from the Peter Paul Development Center, and Summer Classroom@Collegiate, a program for Faison School for Autism students paired with Upper School peer instructors.

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PARTING SHOT

BY ALEX SMITH ’65

Life Trustee – Dick Wiltshire

enrolled at Collegiate the summer of 1961 as a sophomore. I did not know anyone. In fact, I had never been west of the intersection of Three Chopt and Cary Street roads. The only adults I had met were the headmaster Mr. Malcolm U. Pitt, Jr., the athletic director Albert “Petey” Jacobs, and my football coach Grover C. Jones, Jr. Then, one day Mr. R.W. Wiltshire showed up at our football practice and welcomed me to Collegiate. He was a parent of Gray ’61, Rick ’64, Buck ’67 and Boodie ’71 and a trustee of the school. He said his son Rick and I were in the same class and that I should look after Rick (what did he mean by that?). At the time, I did not realize what a special man Dick Wiltshire was to our community and Collegiate School. As I grew in my long time association with Collegiate, Dick did more for this school and received no recognition (by his choice). He truly was a “do good and disappear” type man. There is no way possible in this article can I capture the greatness of this man. I will try to give you some meaningful facts and figures and the essence of this perfect gentleman. He was smart enough to marry a Collegiate girl (Jean Betts ’38). He was a trustee starting in 1955. He had the unique position of being a trustee for the downtown Girls School while being on the Collegiate Country Day board. In short, Dick Wiltshire, along with other key trustees and school administrators, Catharine Flippen and Mac Pitt, helped with the structural transition of moving Collegiate from Monument Avenue to our present day campus and establishing, at that time, the Girls School, Boys School and the Lower School. Dick was vice president of the board from ’61 – ’63 and president from ’63 – ’65. He was named life trustee in 1988 and served that role until his passing this year. Again, Dick was generous and did not want anyone to know. I have gift records showing 35 years of continuous giving. I know the Wiltshires gave before my records existed. Dick and his family have given to every capital campaign in the modern history of Collegiate – seven of them! Dick would call me and ask where he could help or he would hear of a need and would want to make a difference. He was the perfect gentleman, a true role model for me – kind, courteous, generous, self-effacing and modest to the end. Behind that wonderful demeanor was an athlete and a competitor. I made the mistake one day of playing Dick one on one in basketball. He excelled at tennis, golf and handball, a champ in all sports … but to the end a gentleman athlete. He came to our games, too. I enjoyed when we won. It was something I could give him that I knew pleased him. My last visit with Dick (I never called him Dick, always Mr. Wiltshire) was a few months before he passed. His son Buck brought

him by the office, and I was thrilled I could give him an impromptu tour of Robins Campus. He was on his game that day. He asked very good questions about our use of the property. He reminded me of the owners before we purchased it, and he seemed genuinely thrilled with our accomplishments. Again, I was so happy to be able to please him one more time. Nice guys do finish first. Dick was the nicest gentleman I’ve ever had the pleasure to know … I have been blessed. Collegiate School has been blessed many, many times over. We miss him; he did so much for us.

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You’ll be jumping for joy when you see all of your old friends …

Homecoming and Reunion Weekend September 28 – 29

Save the Date!

September Oyster Roast at Tuckahoe Plantation on Friday at 7:00pm Alumni Cookout at the Lower School on Saturday at 12:30pm Football Game vs. Episcopal High School at 1:30pm Alumni Reunion Parties for Classes Ending with 2 and 7 (various locations)

28 – 29

Seniors Emily Shea, Connor Miksch, Laura Davia, Amanda Cole, Timmy McGraw, John Moore, Carter Wilson and Matthew Disler celebrate on one of the last days of the school year.