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On the Cover: The Darlington Players returned to Rome City Auditorium in February to present the wellknown Broadway musical “My Fair Lady.” Thirty students participated as actors, crew, student staff and musicians. Sixteen actors transformed between each scene, stepping into 45 different roles, physicalities and personalities, as well as over 95 costumes and three different accents throughout the show.
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Matthew Peer Assistant Head of School for Enrollment Management
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Contents: Kevin Allen and the KAMP Band provide live entertainment at the Purple Tie Tiger Tailgate in August. Thanks to tremendous support from the entire Darlington Community, this year’s event grossed a record $497,676 for the school’s parent organizations: Pre-K to 8 Tiger Pride, Upper School Tiger Pride, the Athletic Booster Club, and the Fine Arts Booster Club.
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Darlington Magazine is published annually by the Communication Office of Darlington School, and is distributed to those who have shown a continued interest in Darlington. Darlington School, a nonprofit organization, does not discriminate in admission because of race, color, creed, religion, national or ethnic origin, and maintains non-discriminatory policies throughout its operation. 1014 Cave Spring Rome,
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1 Community NewsF A L L 2 0 2 2 Contents2Community News 23 Class Notes 37 Honor Roll of Donors Campus Features 8 Sam Moss Road to Retirement 9 Scott Greene Road to Retirement 10 Milestones That Made Us 18 Q&A: Student Leaders Then & Now 22 Growing Great Leaders Darlington launches leadership institute Campus Views 6 Class of 2022 20 Career Day 34 Alumni Weekend Alumni Profiles 24 Dr. Frank Stegall Sr. (’62) Distinguished Alumnus 28 Dwight Hutchins (’82) From student to global strategist 31 The Class of 1972 Paying it forward In 46Memoriam Harold Storey Remembering a friend 47 George Johnson (’54) Leaving a legacy 48 John Zazzaro Remembering our teacher, coach and friend
Wu, who now attends Washington University in St. Louis, was a Student Council representative and a member of Darlington’s Robotics Team, Math Club and Physics Club. He has been a state qualifier in the First Tech Challenge for the past four years and qualified for the American Invitational Mathematics Examination in 2021. Additionally, he placed in the top 30 out of 1,595 participants at the Kennesaw State University Math Competition in 2020.
Mason Wu (’22) and Barbara Kuckhoff
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As you look through the pages, take time to remember that everyone reading this magazine has played some role in helping the school become what it is today. Our journey has made us a preparatory school that offers day and boarding students personalized
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“Mason was always prepared for class, but more than that, he was inquisitive and engaged in whatever we were doing," said Kuckhoff, who has taught physics at Darlington since 2017. "He even organized a series of Virtual Physics Club’s presentations in 202021, which was especially spectacular considering that so many of us were remote. He was able to deliver a very needed sense of normalcy. Mason inspires me to do more, to do better. "
Wu (’22) named city, region STAR Student
academic and extracurricular explorations that help them discover their place in the global community and graduate with the confidence, connections, and compassion they need to be successful contributors to the greater good.
During high school, Wu also completed summer programs focused on computer programming and engineering at Columbia University and Johns Hopkins University.
As we move ahead, we celebrate the impact of these milestones and draw inspiration from them as we press forward. We take seriously the responsibilities and opportunities associated with providing the Darlington experience in a way that is both memorable and relevant for our students today and for their futures. Thank you for the role you’ve played, and will play, as we continue to add to the history of our great school.
"I selected Mrs. Kuckhoff as the STAR Teacher because she is a caring teacher who gives advice and guidance beyond the classroom," said Wu. "To me, she has always been a mentor because of her infinite passion and dedication to explore the world of physics."
Our founding principles are unchanged. We remain a school dedicated to both intellectual achievement and the development of character. These core principles remain connected by mutual endeavor, interest and respect displayed in ways similar to how John Paul Cooper saw his student-teacher relationship with J.J. Darlington. At the same time, Darlington has evolved significantly since our founding in 1905. Through strategic planning, opportunity, capital campaigns, and courageous decision-making, the school has grown and changed in ways probably not imagined at its founding. We see just some of those milestones celebrated in this magazine.
DeSoto Park before it was purchased by Darlington founder John Paul Cooper in 1916 for the purpose of becoming the school’s permanent campus.
In this edition of the Darlington Magazine, you will find a photo feature titled “Milestones That Made Us.” This section is particularly meaningful as we begin our 118th school year, mark 40 years as an integrated and coed campus, and note that 2023 will mean that Darlington has been a boarding school for 100 years. As we consider these things, we remember with gratitude our humble beginnings, we celebrate our evolution as a learning community, and we look with excitement to the future.
After winning at the school level, Mason Wu (’22) was named STAR Student for both the City of Rome and Region One, allowing him to advance to the state-level competition last spring in lead. He selected physics teacher Barbara Kuckhoff as his STAR Teacher.
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LaGrua has led and served on many committees and commissions, including chairing the Supreme Court’s COVID-19 Task Force. In 2016, she received the St. Thomas Moore Award from the St. Thomas Moore Society for her commitment to justice and humanity.Agraduate of the University of Georgia, she received her Juris Doctorate from the Georgia State University College of Law and is also a Master of the Logan E. Bleckley Inn of Court and Lamar Inn of Court.
While serving on the bench in Fulton County, LaGrua initiated and presided over “My Journey Matters,” a pilot accountability program designed to divert young offenders from a lifetime of incarceration, and presided over the court’s first Re-Entry Court, which worked to integrate prior offenders back into the community using close supervision, substance abuse counseling, job training, and advancing education.
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Overall, 1,379 donors contributed to The Darlington Fund, and the school’s second annual Giving Day in February brought in more than $100,000 from 350 donors in just 24 hours.
“We appreciate Justice LaGrua for taking the time to share her insights with our young people here at Darlington and are grateful to the Class of 1953 for establishing this annual lectureship that has brought so many interesting people to our campus,” said Vicki Vincent, director of alumni relations.Appointed in 2020, LaGrua served previously on the Superior Court of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit, as inspector general for the Georgia Secretary of State, and as solicitor general for
Community steps up to surpass Darlington Fund goal by $160,000
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we are ONE! This year’s success is a prime example of your commitment to the ONE Darlington concept. It takes us all to keep this amazing school community moving forward in an everchanging world.”
of our community and your love for Darlington, and our students and teachers are ever-grateful for your generosity.”“Thissmall campus located in Rome, Ga., has brought so many people together from every corner of the earth,” said Welborn. “We are proud to call Darlington our school. We are proud to see Darlington thrive for the students today and the ones coming tomorrow. But this can only be accomplished by our willingness to give time, talent and treasure to Darlington. May we continue to operate as ONE large, diverse and passionate Darlington Community for years to come.”
“We honestly could not be more appreciative of our alumni, parents, grandparents, faculty and staff, and friends of the school for stepping up in such a big way and embracing the ONE Darlington concept,” said Julia (Douglas) Thomas (’07, LD ’15).
DeKalb County. She has over 20 years of trial experience, including her work as chief senior assistant district attorney in DeKalb and Fulton counties and as chief assistant district attorney in the Tallapoosa Circuit.
Annual lectureship features Supreme Court of Georgia justice
Supreme Court of Georgia Justice Shawn Ellen LaGrua was the 18th speaker in Darlington’s annual Class of 1953 Lectureship Series in March.
Ryland Scott (’23) cheers on his Moser House teammates to a big win at RUMPUS Dodgeball, but in the end it was Thornwood House that scored enough points throughout the weekend to be named overall RUMPUS champion. Highly anticipated each year, RUMPUS is a multi-event competition between the students in each of the dorms. Day students join boarding students and faculty to represent the houses in a series of events that challenge the mind and body, and points are earned based on performance, theme, and spirit. promotes teamwork, unity
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The Class of 1953 Lectureship Series was established in 2003 to commemorate the class’s 50th reunion.
Thanks to the generous support of our community and the hard work of volunteers, the 2021-2022 Darlington Fund surpassed its goal, raising a total of $1,264,043 to support students and“Fromteachers.thebottom of my heart, thank you for coming together and helping us make a difference in the daily lives of our students and teachers,” said trustee Andy Welborn (’85), chair of The Darlington Fund. “I coined the phrase ONE Darlington last year to reiterate the fact that no matter your connection to the school, you are part of the ONE Darlington community. We are many unique and distinctly different people, but when we come together with a passion for Darlington School,
Cordero won the 152-pound weight class at the GHSA Traditional Wrestling State Championships in February, bringing home his second individual state title in four years. He won his first state title as a freshman.
Ther Kotchasanmanee (’25) is named overall winner at the Middle Georgia Junior Classic.
A four-year day student from Cedartown, Ga., Cordero’s success on the mat helped him take his wrestling career to the next level. Last spring, he accepted a scholarship to wrestle at the University of the Cumberlands, which competes in the NAIA division.
Alan Cordero (’22) and Ther Kotchasanmanee (’25) earned individual state championships in wrestling and golf, respectively, last spring.
Kotchasanmanee, the No. 3-ranked golfer in the world for her age level, claimed an individual title after shooting a 61 and 66 at the GHSA Class A Private State Golf Championship in May. A boarding student from Maeon, Thailand, she competes with both the girls’ varsity golf team and Coosa Junior Golf"[Ther]Academy.works incredibly hard, and her record-setting performance is simply a product of her work ethic," said Jared Willerson, varsity golf coach. "She is an amazing talent and has all the skills. She knows how to get herself mentally prepared, and that is a rare talent for such a young player."
This summer, Kotchasanmanee was one of 23 female golfers from across the United States – and the only freshman – named to the All-USA TODAY High School Sports Awards Girls Golf Team, making her a nominee for National Girls Golfer of the Year.
“Alan was so fun to watch; he lit up when he competed,” said Athletic Director Eddie Guth. “He was intense, well trained and determined to do well. Alan was a great teammate and we are so proud of his achievements.”
Physics Boat Race returns to Silver Lake
Lillian Baggett (’25) and Claire Matherne (’23) take first place in the Physics Boat Race with a time of 2:19 minutes in a cardboard boat they constructed with the help of teammates Brock Ferguson (’25) and Gus Gammage (’23). A favorite spring tradition at Darlington, the annual Physics Boat Race features teams of three or four students who put into practice the concepts learned in class to build boats using only two 4x8-foot sheets of corrugated cardboard and 55 yards of duct tape. Six boats out of 27 made it across Silver Lake this year.
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Alan Cordero (’22) competes in Darlington’s Van Es Arena on Senior Night.
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“The immersive experience familiarized us with the ins and outs of student life, academics, current initiatives, and future plans for Darlington,” said Boyd. “The retreat gave us the platform to give back to a place that has given us so much while deepening our own connections as Darlington alumni.”
and Birdie. The Woods are passionate about supporting educators. She and her husband, Kevin (’97), are boarding alumni, and her father-in-law, Leonard, is a former trustee. She and her family live in Smyrna, Ga.
Andrew Herren (’31) poses in front of his World Series display at the annual Third-Grade Wax Museum. This year’s theme, “America’s Bucket List Experiences,” featured such stops as the Super Bowl, New York Fashion Week, Austin City Limits and the Iowa State Fair. Each student researched his or her experience and prepared a speech in both English and Spanish as well as a commercial, a promotional flier, and an art sculpture for their display.
Darlington’s Board of Trustees elected three new members at the May meeting. Dwight Hutchins (’82), a managing partner at Accenture, has recently been living in Singapore. This is his third time being elected to the Board of Trustees. He is also a past member of the Board of Visitors. He and his wife, Maria Paz Castillo-Ruiz, and daughter, Belen, are returning to the United States this fall and will reside in Boston, Mass.
Nineteen alumni representing seven states participated in the school’s Leadership Darlington program in “LeadershipMarch.Darlington is a prestigious and competitive opportunity for alumni to engage with their alma mater and school leaders on an in-depth, personal level,” said Vicki Vincent, director of alumni relations. “The program is designed to increase the number of alumni actively engaged with the school and develop the next generation of Darlington’s leadership.”
To apply for Leadership Darlington 2023, contact alumni@ darlingtonschool.org.
"I am thrilled to have Dwight rejoin our Board of Trustees," said Head of School Brent Bell. "He is a worldclass strategic thinker with a unique Darlington experience. We are excited to welcome him home."
Over two days, participants obtained an integrated view of Darlington, including the internal and external forces that affect the school’s direction and the challenges it faces. They also experienced an interchange with senior administrators and participated in discussions about the future. The program featured a keynote address by Honorary Chair Paige (Skidmore) Dickow (’78, LD ’14), treasurer of Darlington’s Board of Trustees and retired managing director of BlackRock Worldwide.
"Tom has already contributed great energy and expertise to Darlington in his time as a parent here," said Bell. "His vast experience in banking and with a variety of educational institutions have already proven helpful to the school. He is a thoughtful, big-picture thinker who will continue to give great guidance in our efforts for continual improvement."
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Dempsey agreed, adding, “It was great to see how the Darlington Community has evolved since I graduated and to also get a ‘behind the curtains’ look at what is needed to keep the school financially healthy,” he said. “I feel strongly that the faculty and administration are taking good care of Darlington and setting it up to succeed for many years to come."
Members of the Leadership Darlington Class of 2022 include Harold Antor (’13), Charlotte Baker (’02), Charlotte Boyd (’15), Gaines Dempsey (’94), Tiffany des Cognets (’07), Jonathan Harris (’99), Megan Healy (’13), Garrett Henderson (’08), Charlie Hight (’95),
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Amanda Wood (’97, LD ’17) is a former educator who is now a stay-athome mom for her daughters, Illa, Evy
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Board of Trustees elects three new members
"I have been impressed with Amanda’s background as an educator since spending time with her during Leadership Darlington in 2017," said Bell. "She, too, has an amazing Darlington story, and her passion for the education of today’s children will help us remain focused on what our students need for their future." Retiring trustees included Dr. Bob Hortman (’72), Dr. Matt Mumber, Dr. Clemontene Slack and Ed Watters (’83).
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Truist in Atlanta. While he did not attend Darlington himself, many of his family members did, including his grandfather, life trustee Wilbur A. Bethel. He and his wife, Jenny, have two daughters, Kate and Margaret, and a son, Thomas (’23).
Chandler Holcombe (’11), Katy (Hatch) Hollingsworth (’93), Reagen (Lowrey) Lozar (’99), Paula Lyon-Womack (’88), Leah Mayo (’11), Janet Parker (’01), Ginny (Smith) Parrino (’97), Ben Pate (’07), Ryan Somerville (’03) and Dr. Frank Stegall (’02).
The month of May was a busy one for graduating seniors as they prepared to say farewell to Darlington. End-of-the-year events like Prom, Baccalaureate and Commencement became rites of passage, inspiring lifelong memories that will live in the hearts of each individual. Forever bonded as a group, our 93 new alumni have created their own legacy at Darlington - for no other class in school history will have the same complexion as the Class of 2022.
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Chinese seniors are honored at a small Commencement before departing early due to COVID-19 travel restrictions in
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Among them are a two-time state wrestling champion, an award-winning film director, Darlington’s first international student body president, singer-songwriters, and threeand four-sport athletes, to name a few. They hail from 11 countries and 11 states. Sixteen are four-year boarding students, and eight are Dar Babies (having attended since pre-K or Kindergarten). Twelve have parents who are alumni, five have grandparents who are alumni, and one is a fourth-generation legacy. They have earned over $6.7 million in merit scholarships and are attending 48 different colleges in 20 states, Washington, D.C., and the United Kingdom.
Seniors celebrate their soon-to-be alumni status while wearing their college shirts at Commencement
KathrynChina.Davidson (’22) leads the Alma Mater at Commencement.
Elijah Willie (’22) escorts Nadejda Spasova (’22) in the Prom Senior Lead
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Trinity Zeigler (’22) beams as she is cheered on by faculty during the Commencement recessional.
But the Class of 2022 is special for countless other reasons, and the memories they made here will never be forgotten. Best of luck, graduates, as you move on to the next phase of your lives, and remember that your Darlington family is always here for you!
Ann Lundy (’22) claps for Baccalaureate speaker Sam Moss (’63), retired dean of college guidance, who was chosen to speak by the class.
Head Prefects Logan Parker (’22) and Sarah Tunnell (’22) accept the Centennial Cup on behalf of Regester House.
Corinne Lian (’22) and Eileen Lin (’22) show love to a P.A.W.S. shelter dog during the Senior Service Project.
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Kailey Hall (’22), Amelia Whitefield (’22) and Riley Stallings (’22) relax on floats at the senior picnic.
The Alumni Council welcomes the Class of 2022 into the Darlington Alumni Association with a Senior Picnic at the home of Christa (’86) and Andy (’87) Welborn.
Dean of Student Life Brant Evans presents the Discipline Committee Award to Maria Peloggia Pinto (’22) at Honors Day.
Head of School Brent Bell awards a diploma to Will Terry (’22).
Grace Himes (’22) and Emily Anne Trebus (’22) don decorated uniforms that reflect their colleges choice on the last day of uniforms for seniors.
Amelia Whitefield (’22) shares a smile with a shelter dog from P.A.W.S. during the Senior Service Project.
Seniors and friends dance the night away at the “Viva Las Vegas” Prom.
Elsa Quay Corbin (’22) hugs her mom, Commencement speaker Gretchen Corbin, after receiving her diploma.
Oxford University in England. He taught at Episcopal High School in Jacksonville, Fla., for 15 years before accepting a job at his alma mater in 1982.“While Darlington remained familiar to me as the place that I had always loved, it had also changed in significant ways,” he said. “First of all, it had merged with Thornwood and admitted boarding girls. Secondly, it had become integrated. Third, it had become international. So, in many ways, it was a much more diverse and, in some ways, perhaps a more interesting school than the Darlington I went to … I became quickly convinced that the mix of students here would be fascinating to teach and work with.”
A 1963 Darlington graduate, Moss received his B.A. from Sewanee: The University of the South, his M.A. from Jacksonville University, and completed additional study at
“Being a teacher, mentor, and friend to students as they learn and grow and develop into wonderful adults is the greatest job I can imagine,” said Moss. “As a college counselor, the greatest satisfaction comes in seeing students become self-motivated, selfdirected, confident in their college search, and taking the initiative in advocating for themselves. There is nothing better than seeing a student find a ‘college home’ where he or she will have a great experience.”
And while enjoying the first months in his new role, he certainly misses the students.
He also misses the many colleagues with whom he built friendships over the“Fromyears.colleagues in my early years here like Jim McCallie, Brad Gioia, Carl Paxton, David Rhodes, Sally Rudert (’66T), Rick Buice and Jack Summerbell – to friends and colleagues in more recent times –they have all helped me grow,” he said. “In so many ways, my colleagues have made me a better person – both by acknowledging my strengths and by helping me recognize my weaknesses. Another great joy has been to have as colleagues young alumni who have chosen to return to work here. And no one could possibly have been any luckier than to work with Madge Crawford (’84) and Ivy Brewer all day every day.”
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If you attended Darlington during his tenure, you’ve likely been greeted by him in the chapel or the halls of Wilcox. And, while dapperly dressed – always wearing his signature bow tie, he probably called your name as a senior, first announcing your college acceptances and then again at Commencement.After40yearsof service to Darlington and 55 years in independent school education, Moss has retired as dean of college guidance. He will continue to live on campus and serve in a part-time role as school historian before retiring fully in the spring of 2023.
In the world of college admissions, Sam Moss (, 63) is a well-known name. Ask anyone. And why shouldn't it be? The man has been helping Darlington students find the right college fit for the past four decades.
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“Hearing students say that – even before they graduate – further increases my faith in Darlington and my belief in everything the school has stood for.”
and just sheer fun of working with teenagers,” he said. “They are wonderful, challenging, engaging, inspiring, entertaining – and all things that make life interesting.”
“I miss the energy, openness, wit, quirks, talents, stories, excitement,
Over the next four decades, Moss would teach English and serve as dean of studies, Summer Session principal, and associate headmaster in addition to his role leading the College Guidance Office. A nationally recognized leader in his field, he was also tapped to serve as president of the Southern Association for College Admission Counseling; as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of College Admission Counseling; as chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Association for College Counseling Independent Schools; and on admissions advisory boards at many universities, including UGA, Auburn, Oglethorpe, and the University of Miami.
Moss is proud to have dedicated the majority of his career to his alma mater – a place that empowers young people to learn with passion, act with integrity, and serve with respect.
“From well-known alumni like Roby Robinson (’58), John Thatcher (’44), and George Johnson (’54) to students who are in their first year at Darlington now, I have heard the same comment: that coming to Darlington has been a life-changing experience for them,” he said.
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As Scott reflected on the last five years, he said the school community has had a meaningful impact on his family.“Darlington was truly the perfect place at the right time for each of my two children,” he said. “Alexander graduated in 2020 and is now a senior at University of Georgia. We adopted him from a Russian orphanage at age 20 months only to later find out that he was totally deaf. After receiving cochlear implants, he needed educational opportunities that supported his learning styles, and Darlington did just that. My daughter is currently a fourth-grader who loves school and learning. She has friends from all over the world!”
As for what’s next in retirement, Scott didn't sit still for very long.
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The Accelerated Learning Program for Dyslexia has been fully enrolled since the year it was launched, and Scott said the results have been impressive.“Usingthe Orton-Gillingham method of teaching literacy, our learning specialists have seen tremendous growth in our dyslexic students,” he said. “Almost more importantly, they have seen the joy of learning return to students who had lost it. Students who thought they weren’t smart or that they didn’t belong at a school like Darlington have realized that they learn differently and if taught correctly, can achieve as much as any student here. They tell their parents that literacy is now their favorite subject instead of something to be dreaded, which had been their previous experience. Our parents have been very happy and supportive.”
“I am fortunate in that I will get to make a hobby of mine more of a vocation after retirement from education,” he said. “I have bought and sold many houses in the past two decades and I will be working in the real estate business with the folks at Toles, Temple & Wright here in Rome."Andwith Tonya remaining at the helm of Darlington's Accelerated Program, the Greenes look forward to continuing to call Rome home.
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job teaching students how to be successful and independent learners and those lessons follow them well after Darlington.”
Scott Greene’s work in independent schools has spanned 36 years and taken him to five different states, where he has served in such roles as principal, assistant headmaster, academic dean, and director of learning centers and academic services.
“I am fascinated by dyslexic students and have spent years finding ways to teach them effectively,” said Scott. “I have started programs for dyslexic students as well as other students with learning differences at several different schools … the Accelerated Learning Program here at Darlington is an example of one of those programs. I am very proud of this program and very happy that my wife, Tonya, will continue to oversee it. She is a true expert in dyslexia and the ALP would not have been possible without her knowledge and experience.”
This past year, Darlington’s Learning Center served approximately 80 students in the Upper School and 75 in the Pre-K to 8 “It’sdivision.great to hear from students years later about how the Learning Center changed the trajectory of their educational path,” he said. “Most say they were well prepared for everything they experienced in college. Self-advocacy and work ethic are the two areas that I hear made the most significant impact on their readiness for college. Our learning specialists do a fantastic
“My first full-time job was in a psychiatric hospital school in Asheville, N.C.,” said Scott, who recently retired as director of Darlington’s Teaching & Learning Center. “I was a part-time teacher working with students who had learning and/or behavioral challenges. I worked there for 11 years, moving up into the position of principal. In this position, I realized that I have a real soft spot for students with learning challenges. I loved the challenge of helping them learn using nontraditional methods.”
He and his wife, Tonya, joined Darlington’s Learning Center team in 2017. Since their arrival, it has grown and expanded programming to include the Accelerated Learning Program for Dyslexia. Focusing on grades 2-5, the ALP provides necessary remediation with experienced learning specialists, while enabling students with dyslexia enrolled in the program to receive the full Darlington experience.
There are key moments in the history of every educational institution that define it and influence what the school community will look like in the future. As we begin our 118th year at Darlington, let us look to the past to see how we got here.
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Today, Darlington’s campus serves as a 500-acre classroom to the 770 students who come to school here each day.
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Eleven years after Darlington opened its doors as a day school for boys, founder John Paul Cooper purchased DeSoto Park to be the site of a school that could serve both day and boarding students.
The school had previously operated in two locations, a room on the second floor of the Rome Fire station on Second Avenue and, later, in a building on East Ninth Street that contained a classroom, study room, library, and laboratory.
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To fund the construction of a building at the new campus, Mr. Cooper launched the Greater Darlington campaign with support from the Chamber of Commerce, Rome Rotary Club and Rome Kiwanis Club. They challenged citizens of Rome to match a $40,000 contribution, and the community responded in support.
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Today, the school enrolls approximately 200 boarding students each year from 25 states and 30 countries.
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ADDITION OF BOARDING PROGRAM
That fall, Darlington enrolled its first 30 boarding students, most of whom had been personally recruited by then-President Dr. C.R. Wilcox. Three years later, the school’s enrollment had increased from 135 to 177, requiring additional dorm rooms to be built on the third floor of Old Main, and by the fall of 1927, the boarding population represented 10 states and two foreign countries.
World War I delayed construction at DeSoto Park, but in 1923 the new campus was finally ready. At a cost of $102,548.73, its first new building, known as Old Main (now Wilcox Hall), contained dorm rooms, classrooms, an assembly hall, offices and teachers’ quarters, a library, and a dining hall on the first two floors.
Today, Darlington enrolls approximately 150 students in the middle grades (6-8).
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Enrollment growth led the Board of Trustees to establish a Junior School to serve students not yet in high school. The Junior School first operated alongside the Upper School until a dedicated facility opened in the fall of 1962 on the north side of campus, just behind what is now Thatcher Hall. It would later be renamed the Middle School.
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That spring at graduation, Michelle (Denney) Worley (’74) became the first female to receive a Darlington diploma and the first alumna of Darlington. Later, the Class of 1985 would become the first class with students who attended Darlington all 12Today,years.Darlington enrolls approximately 360 female students in all and 170 boys and girls in the lower grades (pre-K to 5).
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After much discussion, the decision was made to merge the all-boys’ Darlington School with the allgirls’ Thornwood School, which had operated on Shorter Avenue since 1958. This meant the addition of female day and boarding students in the fall of 1973.
The former Thornwood campus would become a Lower School, further expanding Darlington’s ability to serve students in Northwest Georgia with the addition of elementary grades.
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Today, the House System is critical to the culture of the school. Favorite house traditions include fall retreats, RUMPUS, and the annual Centennial Cup presentation.
House in memory of Gordon Neville Jr. (’55), Summerbell House in honor of Jack Summerbell, Cooper House in memory of Alice Allgood Cooper, Regester House in memory of E.V. “Doc” Regester, and Thornwood House in honor of Thornwood School.
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Darlington’s English-style House System was launched in the fall of 2000 to further build camaraderie, create more opportunities for student leadership, and encourage the development of lifelong studentfaculty mentoring relationships.
Boarding students live in one of six houses on campus, three for boys and three for girls, each managed by a full-time head of house and supported by faculty who live on campus. Day students are also assigned to houses, providing one more opportunity to bond with students from all over the world.Inthe fall of 2006, the houses were given permanent names that honor Darlington’s history: Moser House in memory of Worth Moser, Neville
In preparation for the 2013-2014 school year, Darlington announced that the lower grades would be moved from the Thornwood campus to the main campus.Theproperty on Shorter Avenue was sold to Shorter University, an ideal partner with a stake in Thornwood’s history. The Thornwood Building, home of Thornwood School from 1958 until it merged with Darlington in 1973, was built by Shorter founder Col. Alfred Shorter in the late 1940s.
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Today, this decision has resulted in a more unified Pre-K to 12 community that lends itself to better communication, the vertical alignment of teaching and learning, deeper connections between students and teachers, and enhanced safety.
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student leaders then and now
SW: I served as class VP under President Graham Auman (’72). I wrestled and served as the tennis manager, yearbook editor, and Darlingtonian staff member as well as on Honor Council, YMCA Cabinet, Dance Committee, "D" Club, Darlington Players, Thespians, Student Advisory Committee, Pep Club, and Maple Street.
WF: I am from Shanghai, China. I visited Darlington the year before I came here. I was impressed by this beautiful campus and its close-knit community, so I decided to attend Darlington. I wanted to attend boarding school because the cultural diversity here would boost my knowledge about cultures around the world.
SW: It was a great school environment. Day and dorm students got along great, and both participated in programs like Maple Street, where we mentored underprivileged children. Athletics, academics and dances were all good. I suspect the most critical was our close relationships with faculty.
SW: Personal growth, developing leadership skills, outstanding education and establishing relationships that have lasted over 50 years.
What were you involved in as a student and what student leadership positions did you hold?
Where are you from and how did you come to attend Darlington?
What impact did this service to the school and your peers have on you?
SW: Home is Dalton, Ga. My parents enrolled me in Baylor and McCallie the day I was born as they were concerned that Dalton High had become somewhat engrossed in athletics and they wanted me to get the best academics possible. But as I grew older, I asked if there was an alternative to a military school and Darlington appeared. I attended the summer school before my freshman year to make sure I could do this and I never looked back.
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SW: There are so many memorable experiences – from the mundane of filling the Coke machine with Mr. Moser to having dinner in Mr. Moser’s apartment with fellow students, babysitting for the Awsumbs, having a "Toasted Notice" in the school store late at night (it was a honeybun heated with a dab of butter), having a great relationship with so many faculty, running errands for Gwen Stepp, and being on Barkell’s good side. Not many dorm students had the same roommate all four years, but I did. Bill Smith (’72) is one of the finest people I have ever known and we have stayed in touch over all these years. Bill was awarded the Faculty Medal for General Excellence and I was awarded the Senior Scroll for Unselfish Service. I was also awarded the Journalism Trophy and Bill received the Journalism Cup along with Andy Anderson (’72), so you can see we were in lock step in so many activities.
What was the school community like during your time at Darlington?
Describe your Darlington experience in one sentence.
WF: Student body president, executive member of Honor Council, tennis team, stage manager and actor with the theater department, vice president of Physics Club, Summerbell House dorm prefect, Math Team, Senior Ventures.
WF: Mingling my born-in eastern culture and the western culture at Darlington, I have become a more mature man.
WF: I have truly understood our community’s principle of “Service beyond Self.” Serving in various leadership positions has enhanced my decision-making, communication skills and team cooperation. Now I can hold others accountable and make decisions by considering multiple perspectives.
Graham Auman (’72) and Steven Winkler (’72, LD ’15) represented their class as president and vice president, respectively.
Steven Winkler (’72, LD ’15) (right) congratulates his friend, classmate, and former Darlington roommate, Bill Smith (’72), who was named the 2019 Distinguished Alumnus.
What were some of your most memorable experiences during your time as a student leader?
WF: The community is very diverse. We have representatives from lots of different nations with different cultural backgrounds and identities.
SW: There is no question in my mind that without my four years at Darlington, under the influence of the faculty and my classmates, I would not have become the person I am today. I am sure part of who I am is genetic, but clearly a large part is a result of Darlington.
SW: Parents do their best to instill those positive character traits in their children, but children do tend to rebel. With them being emphasized during your high school years, there is hope that the positive character traits will stick.
WF: I think the essence of education is both to educate academically and cultivate upright characters and personalities. In a sense, character traits and leadership skills come more important than academic success because walking out of the classroom, we all need such traits to live an honorable and respectful life. As Darlington’s website says, it is preparing
WF: The songs “See You Again,” “Beautiful People” and “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye.”
WF: I am attending Duke and want to major in economics. I definitely want to join clubs and engage in student government in college.
SW: Those words are ones I have lived by all of these years later. “Service above self " as we say each week at Rotary. Honor is key. Have the wisdom to recognize what you do and don’t want your parents to read about you in the morning newspaper.
What comes to mind when you think of your graduation year?
WF: I think the principles of wisdom, service and honor are so essential to our entire lives. These qualities have been engraved in my heart. I
William Feng (’22) and his dormmates from Summerbell House compete in RUMPUS Trivia.
In 1972, Steven Winkler (’72, LD ’15) graduated from an allboys’ day and boarding school. Fifty years later, William Feng (’22) graduated from a coeducational school community that represents 22 states and 22 countries. Both served as leaders among their peers at Darlington, Winkler as vice president of his class (and now class agent) and Feng as student body president. In this Q&A, these two men, born 7,559 miles apart and graduating 50 years apart, reflect on their unique Darlington experiences. As we often say, every student’s path is different. And though much has changed in 50 years, the foundational values that have defined our school for nearly 120 years remain a guiding force in the lives of our graduates.
us for the world that we will change. I think teaching character traits and leadership skills are important.
William Feng (’22) rings the School Bell during Opening Convocation last fall.
SW: Getting into college, graduation, the Vietnam War, Watergate, world chess championships, Bobby Fischer.
firmly believe that I will uphold these values in the many coming years of my life. Whether it is daily life or important life decisions, these values will always guide me to find correctness.
Describe your path after graduating from Darlington.
WF: I hope Darlington will maintain its cultural diversity and close-knit familial bond. I look forward to coming back to visit this place that I will always be proud to call home.
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What do you hope for the future of Darlington?
How has the school’s commitment to the foundational values of wisdom, service and honor translated into your life?
SW: After Darlington, I attended and graduated from Vanderbilt with a B.S. in Business Administration. While there, I worked at Vanderbilt University Hospital with the administrative staff. I then attended and graduated from Duke University with a Master of Healthcare Administration and have worked in hospital and physician practice management. I did have a chance to work at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine as the hospital director for a short time, but then I returned to human medicine.
WF: Ringing the school bell at Convocation was definitely one of the most memorable moments in my high school career. I am proud that I could serve as the first international student body president and make history. I am also proud of working with school administrators and Tiger Pride to renew the furniture in The Growl. Our Student Council worked on this project all year long, and I am excited to see it happening.
Why do you think it’s important for schools to teach character traits and leadership skills in addition to academics?
SW: I only wish for continued success over the next 100 years.
Thomas Bethel (’23) asks a question during a presentation by pilot Robert Hortman (’99, LD ’18).
Alumni Council President Robert Hortman (’99, LD ’18) talks with Anzhe Li
Students(’23).
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Thirty-seven alumni returned to campus to speak at Darlington’s biannual Career Day, sponsored by the Alumni Council in February. Rachel (Gross) Langley (’89, LD ’13), vice president of meetings and events at Visa, kicked off the day with an entertaining and inspiring keynote address that had students and faculty alike laughing. Afterwards, students chose four out of more than 35 interactive, alumni-led sessions to attend, spanning a broad range of career fields from business, medicine, and law to entertainment, consulting, research, and more. Everyone enjoyed the opportunity to interact on a deeper level, and alumni loved sharing their career journeys and advice. Interested in connecting with current students or alumni who want to learn more about your career field? Contact Darlington Connects at connect@darlingtonschool.org.
Dr. Jim Hudson (’81) shares about his work as a local dentist. CAREER DAY
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Rachel (Gross) Langley (‘89, LD ’13) provides a more in-depth look at her career journey in events marketing during a breakout session.
listen intently as Thomas Kuckhoff (’09, LD ’19) talks about his work as an engineer.
Belle Brooks (’23) celebrates discovering a VISA gift card under her seat during the keynote address, an illustration that “you can’t leave your career journey up to chance.”
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Rachel (Gross) Langley (’89, LD ’13) kicks off Career Day in Morris Chapel.
C.J. Cypress (’07, LD ’14) speaks virtually at Career Day about his work as an account coordinator for a cross-channel advertising network.
Wes Henderson (’06, LD ’15) tells students about his work as chief financial officer for a local small business, Henderson & Sons Funeral Homes.
Mark Rogers (’94, LD ’12) tells students about his work as deputy general counsel for Mohawk Carpets.
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Sophi Shumate (’23) enjoys an engaging presentation in the Black Box Theater by actor and entertainer Alex Murray (’02).
Maggie (Sparks) Mathis (’11) talks about her career as an attorney.
Ali (Terrell) Daniel (’08) discusses her career as a veterinarian.
“Darlington students are constantly asked to be leaders, whether that be in the classroom, on athletic teams or in performing arts groups, in clubs, and more; however, our leadership training didn’t match the expectations placed on them,” said Bell. “It is my hope that DSLI will help all of our students grow as question-askers, doers and servant leaders. This is an opportunity for them to think about who they are,
Students involved in the program began by learning foundational leadership principles like communication and understanding differences. This curriculum will serve as an introductory course, and students will progress in knowledge as they move throughout the program.Bellacknowledged that these can be heavy topics for 13- and 14-yearolds; however, he feels that it is important for students to have these conversations early.
most effectively work together to accomplish a common goal, and he put that into practice in his role on the National Junior Honor Society leadership team last year.
DSLI has also launched an annual speaker series that will feature a wide variety of leaders in their fields and communities. The inaugural speaker was Laura Whitaker, CEO of Extra Special People (ESP), a nonprofit that aims to create transformative experiences for people with disabilities and their families, changing communities for the better.
“Seventh- and eighth-graders joined Upper School students for Laura’s address, in which she shared personal lessons gained from her experience as a young leader who became the executive director of ESP at the age of 19,” said Bell. “The principles of leadership should be accessible to all students, and that’s what we hope to accomplish with the speaker series.”
Growing Great Leaders
In an ever-changing world that is constantly demanding more from its leaders, Head of School Brent Bell saw a need for more comprehensive leadership education at Darlington. In partnership with the University of Georgia’s J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development, this idea became a reality for students in grades 7 and 8 last spring.
Head of School Brent Bell facilitates an activity with Henry Ledbetter (’26) and his small group.
who they want to be, and their role as a citizens in our community and beyond. They are developing these skills today so that they can make a difference in the future in whatever environment they are in.”
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“Leadership isn’t about holding a certain position. We want to teach our students that leadership is positionless before they reach Upper School-age and someone tells them differently,” he said. “Because they are already engaged in an active learning process in their other courses, our students were well-equipped to gain a deep understanding of leadership principles. They were able to relate the lessons to their personal lives, helping them make deeper connections to the curriculum.”
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Seventh- and eighth-graders welcomed the new program with open minds. Students were excited to engage with classmates that were outside of their regular social circles as they tackled questions of identity andIshaleadership.Garg(’27) said she enjoyed the structure of the class and felt that she learned valuable lessons in leadership simply by getting to interact with a variety of faculty members that she didn’t see on a regular basis.
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“It was a good idea to have different leaders on campus teach the class,” she said. “Getting to know these leaders helped me learn how to be a better leader and what a leader reallyMurrayis.”
Additional Upper School expansions include engaging with student-leaders during Leader Week at the beginning of the school year and a collaboration with the Boys & Girls Life program, where the curriculum is adapted to address relevant topics to each grade level. For example, ninth-graders might explore their sense of self, while seniors might learn about transitional leadership as they prepare to graduate.“Darlington is a great example of how leadership education can be embedded into everyday curriculum to support student and school development,” said Lauren Healey, senior public service faculty member with the Fanning Institute, a unit of UGA Public Service and Outreach. “In addition to working with students, we’ve held workshops for Darlington educators that focus on their personal leadership development. The commitment Darlington has made to build leadership capacity at all levels of learning is to be commended.”
Ellington (’26) feels he experienced significant growth as a result of the class. During DSLI sessions, he saw how a group of different individuals could
“I learned a lot from the program and my classmates did, too,” said Ellington. “It will be really beneficial to expand this to the Upper School.”
The Darlington School Leadership Institute (DSLI) met during Exploratory period, and students began learning from the Fanning Institute’s Youth Leadership in Action curriculum, guided by a variety of faculty facilitators.
1956 (next reunion 2026)
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1963 (next reunion 2023)
1966 (next reunion 2026)
Bill Kelly (’71), who served as a commander in the U.S. Navy from 1971 to 1996, speaks to Upper School students as part of a Veterans Day panel discussion with four veterans from the Darlington (’97, LD ’13), Leah Mayo (’11, LD ’22), Sam Moss (’63), Mark Rogers (’94, LD ’12), Emily (Griffin) Johnson (’02, LD ’20), Ryals Stone and Andy Davis pictured with Chief Justice Shawn Ellen LaGrua at the Class of 1953 Lectureship in March.
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Class Agent: Jeff Godard Charlie Higgins III and classmates Bob Brinson (’58), Billy Mitchell (’58), Roby Robinson (’58), Alston Glenn (’57), Quill Healey (’56), Rivers Roser (’57), Bob Kane (’56), Bill Ide (’58) and Wayne Ozment (’58) enjoyed a luncheon at the Blue Ridge Grill in Atlanta in March. Charlie writes: "Everyone seemed to be in good health and spirits. We
1947 (next reunion 2022)
Class Agent: Vacancy Hugh Richardson Jr. writes: “The only year the Darlington football Tigers wore tiger stripes on their jerseys was 1944. The University of Chattanooga had canceled football during World War II and gave Darlington their jerseys and pants. Darlington’s uniforms had burned in a fire at Lanier Field House. The star that year was No. 80 Dick Yankee (’45) and son of future Darlington School President R.M. Yankee."
1958 (next reunion 2023)
successfully avoided conversations about personal health issues and politics. Reminiscing and catching up on each other’s lives, families and activities since we were last together took up most of our time. Prizes were given for the most hair, the most artificial body parts and the most grandchildren. Scott Dozier (’73), chairman of the Darlington Board of Trustees, joined us and brought us up to date, answering questions about what is going on at the Lakeside. Everyone agreed that these gettogethers are great since time seems to be slipping away much faster now."
Class Agent: Bob Elkins Jim Roe III visited Darlington last summer and toured campus with classmate Sam Moss (’63).
Class Agents: Villa (Sulzbacher) Hizer, Frank Virgin Villa (Sulzbacher) Hizer received the Heart of the Community Foundation’s Board of Governors Award in July for her service to a tremendous number of organizations in Rome and Floyd County.
Class Agents: Bob Kane, Richard Smith Charles Morris received the Historic Savannah Foundation’s second-ever Spirit Award for transformative preservation efforts.
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Additionally, Stegall is a graduate of the Rome Floyd Chamber’s Leadership Rome program; was a member of the United Community Bank Board of Directors; and, for over 20 years, served on Darlington School’s Board of Trustees. He was chairman of Darlington’s Board during the school’s historic Second Century Campaign, which raised over $97 million. Today, Stegall serves as a life trustee and is a member of the J. J. Darlington Society as well as the J. Daniel Hanks Sr. (’27) Heritage Society.
Head of School Brent Bell, Alumni Council President Robert Hortman (’99, LD ’18) and Chairman of the Board of Trustees Scott Dozier (’73) present Dr. Frank Stegall Sr. (’62) with the Distinguished Alumnus Award.
you won’t read about in the program, though, is the manner in which he conducted his service. Whether you are a patient, a colleague, a faculty member, a community member, or a young kid running around in your backyard, he always greeted you with a kind smile and sincerely wanted to know how you were doing. His kindness, dedication to service, and the way he treated others sets an example of the Darlington graduate that we all aspire to be."
Dr. Frank Stegall Sr. (’62)
Dr. Frank Stegall Sr. (’62) and his wife, Rebecca
A native of Floyd County, Stegall enrolled at Darlington in the sixth grade. He was very involved on campus, participating in the Drama Club, Glee Club, The Darlingtonian staff and as a member of the 1962 Mid-South championship soccer team. After graduating, he went on to study at Emory University and graduated from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1971.Stegall practiced medicine as a cardiologist for over 50 years, serving the Rome healthcare community and helping thousands of people. He has received numerous awards from the medical community, including the Cardiology Leadership Award, CCMN Cardiologist of the Year, Best Practices Physician and the esteemed HCA Frist Humanitarian Award.
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"The second thing I would ask you to do is to thank your parents for the sacrifice for sending you here," he continued. "Many of them struggle mightily to provide this opportunity for you ... And the third thing I would like for you to do is to pay your appreciation forward. All of the buildings and facilities and scholarships that you’ve enjoyed here were gifts – gifts given by grateful, loving alums who donated to the school to ensure its availability for future generations. As a Darlington alum, you will bear that responsibility as well ... Darlington will need your time, your talent, and yourThetreasure."Stegallfamily has a long legacy at Darlington. Frank’s father, Jo H. Stegall (’24), and brother, Dr. Jo H. Stegall Jr. (’51), are fellow alumni. He and his wife, Rebecca, have three children who graduated from Darlington, Maury (Stegall) Hitchcock (’00), Frank Stegall Jr. (’02, LD ’22) and Blair (Stegall) Bowden (’03). The Stegalls have five grandchildren, Frank (’32) and Oliver (’35) Stegall, Charlie and Helen Hitchcock, and Elizabeth Bowden.
"I do not feel worthy of this recognition but I am grateful to receive it," said Stegall in his address to Upper School students. "The values today taught at this school are the same values that were taught to us in the 50s and 60s. Years from now, you will look back and say,
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It is fitting that a man who specialized in treating hearts for so many years would have such a big heart for others and his community. In October, life trustee and longtime cardiologist Dr. Frank Stegall Sr. ( ’62) was honored as the 2021 Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient during Alumni Weekend.
‘Darlington did a great thing for me and I really appreciate what it did.’ I ask you to do three things when you have that ‘aha’ moment. The first is to thank your teachers and your coaches. Your success and the gratitude for their role in it is the gasoline that drives their engine. It’s why they’re here.
"We look for individuals who have dedicated their lives to service in their professional fields, in their community and at Darlington. Dr. Frank Stegall has done just that," said Robert Hortman (’99, LD ’18), president of the Alumni Council. "As a cardiologist, a community member and a Darlington trustee, he has dedicated his life to service. What
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Trustee Tom Bethel, Head of School Brent Bell and Chairman of the Board of Trustees Scott Dozier (’73) pictured at a Darlington Connects Lunch & Learn at CRÚ Food & Wine Bar at The Battery in Atlanta in April.
Class Agent: Jule Peek
Class Agent: Wright Ledbetter
Cristina Hajosy writes: “Despite the pandemic craziness, I’m doing well here in Boston. My career in mixed media book arts continues. In early 2020, I co-founded a new non-profit arts organization, New England Book Artists. As president and web manager, I’m happily swamped with new connections and opportunities to promote book arts and book artists, including myself.”
Jack Briscoe writes: “Retired, divorced, and living in Oconee County, just outside of Athens, Ga. Hope to see y’all at our next reunion. We are not any younger and we do not know what tomorrow brings. Cheers!”
Cathy (O’Neill) Dollar and classmates Susan (Edge) Whitaker, Jenny (Gafford) Barker, Diane (Harris) Ogletree, Karen Prather, Brenda (Rock) West, Martha (McCall) Pullen and Linda Swanson enjoyed a fun reunion at the Isle of Palms in September of 2021.
Class Agent: Elizabeth (Johnson) Higbie Scott Wheeler Sr. competed in the disc golf Amateur World Championships August 17-21, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. He has played disc
1985 (next reunion 2025)
Class Agents: Cathy (O’Neill) Dollar, James Moore, David Muschamp
Class of 1976
1981 (next reunion 2026)
Class of 1980
golf for 30 years and joined the PDGA / professional disc golf association in 1992. He is a member of the Rome Disc Golf Club. Scott lives in Rome with his wife, Amy, and owns The Competitive Edge.
Class of 1981
1968 (next reunion 2023)
1977 (next reunion 2022)
1987 (next reunion 2022)
Leah (Claybrook) Vallely completed her Ph.D. in Public History / Archival Management at MTSU. Her research and writing focus is on the local consequences of foreign policy. She continues to make her home in Huntsville, Ala.
Brooke Brinson (’88, LD ’14), Jonathan Harris (’99, LD ’22), Kimberly Prusakowski, David Ledbetter (’88, LD ’20), Bill Temple (’90, LD ’15) and Gaines Dempsey (’94, LD ’22) serve as panelists at the Darlington Connects Lunch & Learn at the Home-on-the-Hill in April, where guests learned about the state of the real estate market in Rome.
1996 (next reunion 2026)
Class Agents: Kimberly (Murphy) Moseley, Steve Spinks, Anne-Caroline (Brown) Taylor
Carter Clark was promoted to vice president of sales at Visionaire Lighting LLC.
Class Agents: Ballard Betz, Brooke (Walker) Irby Matt Sawhill is director of government and community relations for the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Scott Morris and his wife, Lee (Taylor ’07), announce the birth of a daughter, Louise Elizabeth, on Sept. 9, 2021. The family lives in Rome.
Class Agents: Regan (Maki) Couch, Molly (Kelly) Steeves
Steve Moseley Jr. was named president and CEO of MIDFLORIDA, a Florida-based credit union, in March of this year. He has been employed by MIDFLORIDA since 1997 and has worked in nearly every aspect of the business.
Gillian O’Nan and her partners' firm, O’Nan & Bierlein, debuted a new name and logo and opened their second office in Cartersville, Ga., on Jan. 1, 2022, providing an opportunity to better serve their Northwest Georgia clients. Their Buckhead office will continue to serve metropolitan clients.
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Molly (Mooring) Melin, an associate professor at Loyola University Chicago, has published a new book, “The Building and Breaking of Peace; Corporate Activities in Civil War Prevention and Resolution.”
Class of 1995
Class Agents: Julie (Wilson) Lucas, Vann Morris
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1995 (next reunion 2025)
1997 (next reunion 2022)
1998 (next reunion 2023)
Class of 1986
Class of 1990
Class Agent: Scott Morris
Drew Fleming joined Newmark in 2017 as a senior managing director in the Atlanta office and leads a senior retail investment team specializing in the sale of all types of shopping center assets, focusing on groceryanchored centers; neighborhood and community shopping centers; big-box and power centers; and high-street, multi-tenant retail properties.
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2023 Georgia GOAL Tax Credits Now Available
The Georgia GOAL Scholarship Program is a win-win-win for taxpayer donors, scholarship recipients, and our school community.
• 208 students have benefited from this program.
Kristi (Buice) Brigman was promoted to division director of the global commerce division at the Georgia Department of Economic Development.
• Married couple filing a separate return – $2,500 (previously $1,250)
4. Make Payment. Pay GOAL by check or credit card within 60 days of DOR approval.
• Single individual or head of household – $2,500 (previously $1,000)
Will Young and his wife, Meaghan, announce the birth of a daughter, Piper, in October of 2021. The family lives in Atlanta.
2004 (next reunion 2024)
• C corporation or Trust – up to 75% of annual Georgia income tax liability
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Class Agents: Tiffany (Payne) Horton, Annie Rosen, Miles Wellesley
Tax Credit Limits - Increased for 2023!
• Married couple filing a joint return – $5,000 (previously $2,500)
5. Take the Credit. GOAL sends you Form IT-QEE-SSO1 (tax receipt) to claim the credit on your 2023 Georgia income tax return.
• So far, 192 members of the community have contributed $746,701 for 2022.
How it Works
3. Approval. GOAL and DOR notify you of approved tax credit amount and payment deadline.
1. Apply. Complete the 2023 GOAL Tax Credit Application at www.goalscholarship.org (it takes just 20 seconds!) Applications are open until Dec. 31, pending availability.
• Darlington has awarded a total of $4,475,465 in GOAL Scholarships since 2008.
Lauren (Boiling) Seeger is a senior content strategist at U.S. Legal Support.
• Pass-Through Owner (not making HB 149 election) –$25,000 (previously $10,000)
Mary Barton and Jake Lowrey
Stephen Taylor and his wife, Amber, announce the birth of a daughter, Penelope Quinn, on April 21, 2022. She joins big sister Amelia Beatrix. The family lives in Rome.
Redirect a portion of your state income tax liability to the Georgia GOAL Scholarship Program for a 100% Georgia income tax credit and help maximize this source of financial aid for deserving families. Applications are already being accepted now,so act fast before the cap is met!
1999 (next reunion 2024)
Class of 1996
Class Agent: Vacancy Mike Jones is an executive talent partner at Crypto at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).
2002 (next reunion 2022)
For more information, contact Carolyn (Seigler) Brearley ('99), director of GOAL and financial aid, at cbrearley@darlingtonschoo.org
Will ('99) and Piper Young
Barton Lowrey and his wife, Betsy, announce the birth of a son, Jacob “Jake” Hart, on Sept. 26, 2021. He joins big sister Mary Barton. In addition, Barton was promoted to assistant director of the corporate solutions and cyber security team in global commerce at the Georgia Department of Economic Development.
2. Submit. GOAL submits your application to the Georgia Department of Revenue.
2005 (next reunion 2025)
• Last year, 58 students received GOAL Scholarship funds totaling $435,450.
Class Agents: Madison (McRae) Criswell, Kim King, Ford Knight, Brad Large
Class Agent: Marie (Hodge) Gordon Marie (Hodge) Gordon and fellow alumni Kristi (Buice) Brigman (’05) and Barton Lowrey (’05, LD ’12) of the Georgia Department of Economic Development played a major role in securing the single-largest economic development project to the State of Georgia last year. In December 2021, Georgia Gov. Brain Kemp announced that Rivian Inc. will invest $5 billion in a carbon-conscious campus in Georgia for its electric adventure vehicles, creating approximately 7,500 jobs.
• New for 2023: Business that pays insurance premium tax 75% of annual tax liability with credit not exceeding $1 million
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“Through incredible luck, I knew key people at Darlington who sponsored my application,” he said. “My mom was the maid for James Formby, then president of National City Bank, and my dad was the handyman for the Barron family, so I often tagged along when they went to work and got to know the families. Darlington was THE school in Rome and the area, and as a poor kid who was integrating the school at a delicate time, I was even more in awe of the Hutchinsplace.”fully embraced his Darlington experience, gleaning all he could from every moment. He made friends from all over the world, joined the wrestling team, and explored his passion for science, even working on the school’s first PC with now-retired teacher Rick Buice.
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and Motto – Wisdom, Service, Honor – to becoming a nerd, to learning to love and embrace ‘preppiness,’ to becoming comfortable and natural in multicultural environments, Darlington exposed me to experiences that fundamentally shaped my views, values, and identity. I had the opportunity to meet and become friends with all kinds of classmates. Beyond having black and white friends, I had Filipino friends, Jewish friends, and more. I struggled when one of my friends from Iran was unable to return after the Shah was overthrown in Iran. As a ninthgrader, I only knew about Iran from my middle school history class. Now it was real. These experiences, otherwise unimaginable for a kid who grew up in North Rome, more than prepared me to go out into the world.”Andthat he did. Hutchins left after his junior year to accept a fouryear engineering scholarship to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Darlington’s rigorous academics had qualified him for early admission, so he jumped at the chance. He would go on to earn a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from UTK, an M.B.A. in Marketing and Finance from Northwestern University and an M.P.A. from Harvard.
Early on in his career, Dwight Hutchins (’82) helped develop the strategy for the “Rebuild L.A.” after the 1992 Los Angeles riots.
Dwight Hutchins (’82) had attended three different schools in one year as local public schools struggled to comply with the order to desegregate. Meanwhile, one year earlier, Darlington had already enrolled its first black students – one of the first private schools in the South to do so – the late Dr. Elson Floyd (’74) in the Upper School and Earl Gibson (’79) in the Middle School. With the addition of a Lower School that year, Hutchins would have the opportunity to enroll at Darlington as a fourth-grader.
Serving a record four terms of chairman of the Singapore American Chamber of Commerce, Dwight Hutchins (’82) speaks at a U.S. Embassy briefing.
It was 1973. Nearly 20 years had passed since the Supreme Court ordered schools to desegregate in Brown v. Board of Education, yet public schools in Georgia had been dragging their feet. Rome City Schools finally put together a desegregation plan in 1969, but the lack of urgency led it to be one of 83 Georgia school districts sued by the U.S. Justice Department for failure to desegregate quickly enough.
“The curriculum was broad, rich and challenging, starting in elementary school,” said Hutchins. “The options began to open in middle school and then exploded in high school with a range of concentrations and levels that combined with sports, music, and arts that was unheard of back“Eventhen.so, the much bigger impact for me was cultural,” he continued.
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Dwight Hutchins (’82)
“My first year at UT was unfortunately deceptively easy,” he said. “I had an ‘A’ average in chemistry, attending only four
classes all year. Mr. Buice had more than prepared me. Same for calculus after making it through Mr. Paxton. Sophomore year was more of a shock, but I could tap into the academic skills and confidence I developed at Darlington to successfully master the content. It was rinse and repeat when I went to Northwestern and Harvard. The academic preparation and the cultural exposure and comfort I developed at Darlington served me well in those environments.”
Hutchins credits his ever-curious teachers at Darlington for helping to guide his career path by pushing him to examine, explore, learn and problem solve.
managing partner of the practice, leading teams to help improve the performance of a number of public agencies from tax, to trade, to homeland security.
Dwight Hutchins (’82) greets Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
This is Hutchins’ third time being elected to Darlington’s Board of Trustees. He previously served from 2005 to 2007 and again in 2013 before moving to Singapore. He also served on the Board of Visitors from 2003 to 2010 and was named chair.
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“My interest in international trade and economic development led to me to take the assignment as a lead in our consulting practice in Asia,” said Hutchins, who has been with Accenture for more than 25 years.
make it so special and important to me. As part of being family, Darlington is home. I probably literally spent more time there than at home or anywhere else.”
“I’m looking forward to finding new and more ways to capitalize on Darlington’s strengths and the role it can play to broaden its impact and service,” he said. “I see the power and value of what Darlington can do to change lives, and I want to do my part to make sure that continues to grow.“Ihope today’s students embrace and take advantage of the special place, during their special time, to develop and grow in ways that are unique in the world, and simply unbelievable in a small town like Rome,” he continued. “To live, learn, and work in such a rich and robust environment that was built over a century ago – with students from all over the country and the world – is truly a privilege and advantage that will pass quickly but lasts a lifetime.”
“The teachers were amazing, welcoming and always the secret sauce of the school,” he said. “From early on, I loved the projects, papers, and labs, and was always encouraged to go further. This naturally led to engineering. I then got interested in solving business problems, which led to business school and then consulting.”Hestarted his career as a manufacturing engineer at Procter & Gamble before moving into global consulting with Bain & Co. and then McKinsey & Co. At these firms, he focused on marketing and operational strategies for Fortune 500 companies.“AtMcKinsey, I worked on a pro bono project after our generation’s George Floyd moment – Rodney King’s treatment after a traffic stop, which was also caught on video and went viral,” said Hutchins. “Led by legendary baseball commissioner and head of the L.A. Olympics Peter Uberroth, efforts were set up to ‘Rebuild L.A.,’ and I was on the team that developed their strategy. After that, I became interested in working on social-economic and public policy problems.”Hutchins was recruited from Harvard to help set up Accenture public sector advisory services, a practice focused on developing strategies for government agencies and companies working on publicsector issues. He joined, became partner, and then became the global
“For nearly a decade, I have had the opportunity to work with American and other multinationals, the U.S. Embassy, and clients like the World Bank on a wide range of topics such as growth, trade, and climate change.”Heand his wife, Maria Paz CastilloRuiz, and daughter, Belen, plan to move back to the United States this fall and will live in Boston. But no matter where in the world he is living, he will always consider Rome and Darlington to be home.
“When I travel to Rome to visit family, I visit Darlington because it, too, is family,” said Hutchins, who was recently reelected to the school’s Board of Trustees. “The people there
“A notable project I’m proud of is developing the strategy for and leading the transformation and expansion of the U.S. Department of Education’s student loan program,” he said. “In doing so, the country saved over $68 billion by moving all the student loan processing to Accenture, supporting over $100 billion in loans made each year for over 20 million students to attend college. I also had the opportunity to help develop parts of the White House’s strategy for the Department of Homeland Security afterMost9/11.”recently, Hutchins has been living in Singapore and serving as Asia Pacific managing director of Accenture’s strategy consulting practice for consumer goods. As such, he is responsible for helping the firm’s largest Asia-based clients improve their competitiveness and performance. He also served a record four terms as chairman of the Singapore American Chamber of Commerce, America’s business headquarters in Asia.
Class Agents: Mac Gilliland, Patrick Wilson Zoe Gomez reconnected with Murat Varol (’09) this spring in Paris.
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Dan Powell’s successful podcast, “Archive 81,” was turned into a Netflix series that premiered on Jan. 14, 2022, and quickly made its way to the No. 1 slot.
Class Agents: Wes Henderson, Strom Mull Bennett Brock Jr. joined Harbin Clinic General Surgery and works with his father, fellow surgeon Dr. Paul Brock.
Chief Advancement Officer Julie (Wilson) Lucas (’97), Jordan Muschamp (’13), Regan (Maki) Couch (’98, LD ’14) and Director of Alumni Relations Vicki VIncent pictured at the Darlington Connects Lunch & Learn in Atlanta, where guests learned about the state of the real estate market in Atlanta from panelists Muschamp, Couch and Thornton Morris (’78).
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Amber (Barker) Gadow has been named the American Physical Therapy Association Emerging Leader from South Carolina. The Emerging Leader Award is granted to a PT/PTA who has demonstrated extraordinary service early in his or her physical therapy career.
2009 (next reunion 2024)
Reese, C.J. (’07), Gray Elaine and Jess Cypress
Caroline Temple earned her B.F.A. with a certificate in Entrepreneurship from The University of Georgia, graduating magna cum laude. She is a junior interior designer at Smallwood in Atlanta.
Nolan Wynn has opened a sandwich shop, Bonefide Delux, in Edgewood neighborhood in Atlanta.
Class of 2001
Brett Henson and his wife, Lauren, announce the birth of a daughter, Nora, in May of 2021. The family lives in Salisbury, N.C.
2008 (next reunion 2023)
Hughes Congleton is hiking the Appalachian Trail this year and documenting his journey on his Facebook page. He started in Georgia and hopes to hike the entire trail. C.J. Cypress and his wife, Jess, announce the birth of a daughter, Gray Elaine, on June 24, 2021. She joins big sister Reese. The family lives in Columbia, S.C.
2007 (next reunion 2027)
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Evan Echols is an associate district manager with ADP.
Class of 2000
Julia (Douglas) Thomas (’07, LD ’15) and Kate Flory (’17) catch up at the Darlington Connects Lunch & Learn in Atlanta in April.
Class Agent: Cole Daniel Kelsey (Howell) Barkley earned her doctoral degree from the University of Alabama.
2011 (next reunion 2026)
Hannah (Montgomery) BaySchuck , A & R executive at Prescription Songs, was named to Billboard’s 2022 “40 Under 40” list.
Class Agents: Luke Cook, Chandler Holcombe, Charles King
Class Agents: C.J. Cypress, Christine (Doss) Perrin
Nora and Brett Henson (’07)
Class Agents: Korea (Black) Gilreath, Bess (Kelley) Graham
Murat Varol visited with Mack McCann (’10) and his wife, Monica, this spring. Murat lives in London and the McCanns live in Spain.
Class of 2006
2006 (next reunion 2026)
Jack Mok and Chang-Sup Lee (’08) reconnected in Hawaii last fall.
2010 (next reunion 2025)
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As they get ready to celebrate their 50th reunion in October, members of the Class of 1972 hope their efforts on behalf of Darlington students will inspire other classes.
The Class of 1972 also commissioned John Taylor (’72) to paint a portrait of late longtime educator George Awsumb, which was dedicated during Alumni Weekend last fall and hangs permanently outside the George W. Awsumb Cinema Room in Zelle Fine Arts Center.
through that final championship game 100 times. We have this camaraderie of kind of reliving an experience together that was extraordinary.”Deborah(Heyman) Harris (’72, LD ’17) feels similarly about her and her classmates’ shared experience at Thornwood. “Since our graduation from Thornwood, we have stayed in touch with each other,” she said. “Through college, graduate school, careers, marriages, births and deaths, we have made the effort to honor and support our friendships. In our adult lives, we have made time for excursions to the mountains, to beaches, to resorts and to cities. We have walked with each other through the vicissitudes of life. We know the powerful importance of lifelong friendships. This is the gift of a unique journey from youth to experience, built on the foundation of Thornwood.”Asthe1972 alumni started planning for their reunion, they sought to make a gift to the school that would be significant and lasting. The conversation quickly became focused on creating a new endowed scholarship fund that would help make a Darlington education more affordable.“Weliked what the Class of 1953 has done with their lectureship series and wanted to also do something that would perpetuate,” said Hortman. “Our initial goal started as a modest amount, say $150,000, but once Crawford Brock and Gray Tuttle (’72)
“I hope they learn about our class, take from it these life lessons of giving back, and love the school the way we all do,” said Brock. “I hope that they stay connected for the rest of their lives to this great school. I hope they can go on to be leaders in their classes and help carry that torch just like Steve Winkler and Bill Smith have for us all these years.”
Paying it forward
“Steven Winkler (’72, LD ’15), Bill Smith (’72), Bob Hortman (’72), Arthur Gray (’72) and I were on the Dance Committee,” said Crawford Brock (’72). “Someone would make the run to get 100 Krystals, and we and our dates would stay to clean up after the dance. I don’t know that we really cleaned up very well, but we stayed late for the hamburgers.”
“I have a picture of the 1971 state championship soccer team behind my desk and when you look at who these men are – they are just dynamic, extraordinary leaders. They’ve led great lives and done great things. Everyone’s a superstar,” said Brock. “There is a deep relationship between us even to this day. We have talked
picked up the ball, the target amount kept rising.”
That’s just one of many stories you’ll hear if you sit down and reminisce with a member of the Class of 1972. The detail with which they recall their beloved days at Darlington and Thornwood is astounding, and this sense of connection has remained strong for five decades.
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To date, more than $600,000 has been raised and class members are working hard to reach their new goal of $1 “Wemillion.havetried to call just about everyone in our class and we’ve had great conversations,” said Brock. “So many classmates have been receptive to participating, and we’ve had the chance to share so many stories and memories.”Therecipients of the scholarships established by the Darlington and Thornwood Classes of 1972 will be known as Lakeside Scholars, and the first – a ninth-grade day student –enrolled this fall. Lakeside Scholars will be encouraged to interact with members of the class, build connections with each other, and become alumni leaders in the spirit of the Class of 1972.
“I know that there are other classes who could do the same thing we’re doing,” said Brock. “You just have to find class leaders who love the school and hold everyone together with lots of communication. It’s a great opportunity for Darlington and I’d love to see another class match our amount raised.”
It was 50 years ago, but it seems like just yesterday. That’s the consensus from the members of Darlington and Thornwood’s Classes of 1972 as they approach their 50th reunion this fall.
2014 (next reunion 2024)
Austin Spooner is the strategic engagement coordinator at The Chapin School.
Class of 2010
Nadin Kosedag started a new position as an asset management analyst at AEW in Boston.
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Chas Williams is a real estate corporate and investment banking analyst at Truist Securities.
José-Luis Mulas Torres, Marshall McCann (’15) and Pepe Mulas reconnected in Mexico City this summer.
Class of 2011
2013 (next reunion 2023)
Jordan Muschamp was recognized as “one to watch” in both number of units sold as well as total sales volume for the Berkshire Hathaway Buckhead office for the first part of 2022.
Cam Collins is an account manager for Silicon Valley Startups at Amazon Web Services (AWS). He has worked at AWS since May 2020.
Class Agent: Vacancy Duane Davenport started a new position as a business development representative at Autodesk.
Camille Temples graduated from Auburn University in 2019 and works at a boutique residential interior design firm in Atlanta.
Class Agents: Blair Holcombe, Mary Lyn Stegall, Madeline (Gaffney) Welborn
Class Agents: Kelsey Ann (Williams) Bassel, Marissa McKoy, Austin Spooner, John Wilhoite
Harold Antor is an equity research associate at Jefferies in New York City. He reconnected with classmates Celina Kassam (’13) and Korede Olagbegi (’13) in NYC this past spring.
Allie Hurley graduated from Lincoln Memorial University Anesthesia School on Dec. 11, 2021, as a registered nurse anesthetist.
Class Agent: Vacancy Sarah Beth Cline graduated from Brenau University in December of 2020 with a Masters in Occupational Therapy and is an occupational therapist at Advent Health Redmond in Rome.
2012 (next reunion 2022)
Vikram Singh was promoted to senior data scientist, expert consulting at McKinsey & Co.
Remy Jennings defended her dissertation and will be joining the faculty in the Business School at Florida State University.
2015 (next reunion 2025)
Nineteen alumni from seven states returned to campus in March for Leadership Darlington.
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Jacqueline Cline graduated from the Medical College of Georgia with a Bachelor of Nursing. She is a NICU Nurse at Atrium Health Floyd in Rome.
Class Agent: Vacancy
Annaliese Clevenger graduated with honors from Mercer School of Engineering with a Biomedical Engineering degree May 2021. She was accepted at Northwestern University in Chicago and has started their Prosthetics and Orthotics program.
Will Groover graduated from Georgia Tech with a B.S. in Computer Science and is now a software engineer with Microsoft Seattle, Wash.
2016 (next reunion 2026)
Krystyna Virkler completed her M.A. in International Relations at the University of St. Andrews.
2018 (next reunion 2023)
Joseph Ingram graduated from Georgia Southern University with a B.B.A in Finance.
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Aisling Fields is a communication assistant with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System.
Katie (Hurley) Lugo graduated from the University of Georgia Law School in May of 2021. She was sworn in to the State Bar of Texas on Nov. 19, 2021, and married Jonathan Lugo the same day.
Class Agent: Hanna Jon Lewis Sami dePass lives in Kingston, Jamaica, and has started her own strength training and life coaching business. She has competed in powerlifting competitions in the Caribbean, South Africa and Europe.
Hannah Jones received an ADDY at the 2022 AAF Birmingham American Advertising Federation for her Keystone Lexia Typeface, a body copy typeface that supports people with dyslexia. The uppercase and lowercase characters are uniquely designed and modified to prevent optical flipping, rotating and reversing of letterforms. Keystone Lexia has been a passion project for Hannah as she, too, is dyslexic.
Grace Hurley graduated from Auburn University summa cum laude in December with a B.S. in Biomedical Sciences. She plans to attend medical school.
Maddie Sabourin graduated cum laude with a B.A. in Political Science with an emphasis in Law and Courts and a minor in Legal Studies. She will continue her education at Belmont University School of Law.
Gamble Shadday was promoted to operating partner at Big Dan’s Car Wash.
Olivia Drake is the marketing automation specialist at Atrium Health Floyd in Rome.
Alex Gardner graduated from the Auburn University Harbert College of Business with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree in Finance.
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Elijah McKoy is a sales representative with Taylor Corp.
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all alumni… Distinguished Alumnus Nominations Send us your nominations for the 2023 Distinguished Alumnus Award. Established by the Alumni Council in 1983, this award recognizes alumni who have achieved prominence in their profession and/or community and who have demonstrated loyalty to Darlington. Please email your nomination vvincent@darlingtonschool.orgtoand include the following information: Name and class year of nominee Reason(s) for nomination Your name and class year In April, senior girls had the opportunity to hear about sorority life from Young Alumni Council member Olivia Drake (’17) and a group of faculty members. They shared information about Panhellenic Sororities and National Pan-Hellenic Sororities and provided a list of alumni and community members willing to help with recommendation letters.
Tate Morgan graduated from the University of Alabama in December 2021 and is starting a new full-time position as sales assistant at Stanley Korshak, where she interned in the ecommerce department last fall.
Brie Bishop was selected to be a member of the University of Tennessee Chancellor Commission for Disability team. She has also been accepted to graduate school at the University of Tennessee.
Class of 2016
Alexander Roberts graduated from Auburn University with a Master of Science in Data Science and Engineering at Auburn University this past December.
Class Agents: Ethan Delashmit, Olivia Drake, Kate Flory, Brock Gardner
Ian Payne interned at Signature Wealth Management Group this summer as he finishes up his B.B.A. in Economics and B.B.A. in Finance at the University of Georgia.
Long Nguyen graduated from Occidental College summa cum laude with a double major in critical media studies and music production.
2017 (next reunion 2027)
Winston Gammon was sworn in under the Law Student Practice Act and will be working for the MaconBibb County Public Defender’s Office while finishing Law School at Mercer University.
Lisa van Susteren is a junior recruiting manager at Detecon International.
More than 400 alumni and friends returned to the Lakeside in October for Darlington’s annual Alumni Weekend celebration. Event highlights included the presentation of the Distinguished Alumnus Award to Dr. Frank Stegall Sr. (’62), a 28-24 win over the Christian Heritage Lions at the Homecoming game, and the special dedication of a portrait of George Awsumb by the Class of 1972. Classes ending in 0s, 1s, 5s and 6s celebrated their reunions with 1996 and 2011 boasting the largest number of returning alumni. A special thanks goes out to the class agents event hosts, and all those involved in making this year’s celebration a great success. Visit www.darlingtonschool. org/alumniweekend to register to join us Oct. 14-16 for Alumni Weekend 2022!
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Alumni celebrating their 50th reunion or greater are inducted into Golden Tigers and Golden Thistles.
Head Football Coach Tommy Atha motivates the team during a time out.
Evie Shadday (’22) and Patrick Shelley (’22), represented by his father James, are crowned Homecoming Queen & King, while Christa Twyman (’23) and Emilio Ochoa Montano (’23) are named Princess & Prince.
Cole Daniel (’10) brought the magic to the Alumni Weekend Cocktail Party.
Fatema (Bandukwala) Salehbhai (’06, LD ’13) and her husband, Riaz, enjoy catching up with friends at the Alumni Weekend Cocktail Party.
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Xaivier Ringer (’04) nears the finish line at the Cross Country 60th Anniversary 5K & Fun Run.
Gordon Smith (’71) and his wife, Jane, arrive for the Tiger Tailgate picnic.
Towns Sawhill (’33), son of Mary (’86, LD ’16) and Matt (’86, LD ’20), plays football with his cousin, Charles Hight (’35), son of Erin and Charlie (’85, LD ’22), before the big game.
Rick Gilbert (’72) enjoys a meal before the Homecoming game at the Tiger Tailgate.
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Members of the Class of 1966 are excited to reunite with one another.
Sierra (Shamblin) Bonilla (’11) pictured with husband, Ruben, and daughter, Carolina, at the Tiger Tailgate.
Rebecca Stegall congratulates her husband, Dr. Frank Stegall (’62), at the Distinguished Alumnus Luncheon.
Dr. Frank Stegall (’62) is honored during Darlington Celebration.
Scarborough graduated from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.A. in Media and Journalism.
Rainey Scarborough graduated from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.A. in Media and Journalism.
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2020 (next reunion 2025)
Abigail Smith graduated from the College of Charleston and will be attending Stetson University College of Law in the fall.
Class Agent: Vacancy Tommy Atha Jr. and Luke Lewis (’21) serve on the Student Alumni Council at UGA.
Marissa Joseph was a corporate communications intern for Adobe this summer.
Sam Tackeberry graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.S. in Computer Science.
Maddie Sabourin will be attending Belmont Law in the fall.
Smith Wheeler was selected as one of the 2022-2023 Schottland Scholars at the College of Charleston School of Business and was also accepted into the college’s Investment Program.
Abby Sklar graduated from Boston University and will attend law school in the fall.
Caroline Temples graduated from The University of Georgia summa cum laude and in the top 5% of Franklin College of Arts and Sciences students in the spring of 2022. She now works for a commercial design firm in Atlanta.
Jamila Wood graduated from Clark Atlanta University and will attend graduate school at Georgetown University.
2019 (next reunion 2024)
Rosalee Kelley graduated from Furman University and is continuing her education at Brenau University in Norcross, Ga., to obtain a Doctorate of Occupational Therapy.
Class Agent: Vacancy Veeka Malanchuk was one of 18 applicants selected to participate in the highly competitive 20212022 Advocacy Corps program, a 10 month-long program where young adults between the ages of 19-30 get paid to organize their local community around federal legislation. The Advocacy Corps works to combat poverty and inequity by empowering and mobilizing youth to become advocates, service providers, and agents of change in their own communities.
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Legacy members of the Class of 2022 are pictured with their alumni family members.
In April, the Young Alumni Council presented a virtual panel discussion for seniors themed “What I Wish I Knew” about college before beginning their careers. Young Alumni Council Vice President Hanna Jon Lewis (’16) led the session with panelists Eli Baldwin (’21) of Duke University, Cooper Cates (’21) of Georgia Tech, Smith Wheeler (’19) of the College of Charleston, and Ivy Watters (’21) of the University of Georgia.
Class of 2022
Mr. Robert M. Brinson Sr.
Mr. Edward B. Hamler
Mr. James J. Edmundson
Dr. J. Daniel Hanks Jr.
Mrs. Anita Berry Lowden
Class of 1956
Mr. Samuel G. Moss III
Mr. James D. Rouse
Mrs. Adeline Wright Hanks
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*Mr. George H. Johnson
The Rev. William F. Henning
Mr. John G. Brock
Mr. William B. Lemann
Dr. Claud E. Morgan Jr.
Mr. George C. Gibson
Dr. Joseph W. Goldston
Mr. Roby Robinson
Mr. H. Wynn Montgomery Jr.
Mr. James E. Davis Jr.
Mr. William W. Jordan
Mr. W. Watt Neal Jr.
Mr. Daniel E. Gulden
Mr. James E. Bethel
Mr. Eugene Herrin
Mr. C. William Daniel
Mr. George H. McElveen
Mr. David D. Harvey
Mr. William H. Ford Jr.
Mr. John W. Hiers
Mr. R. Larry Crutchfield
By establishing a named endowment fund, you are making a gift that will provide permanent financial support to any program or initiative at Darlington that is particularly meaningful to you or the person(s) you wish to honor. Read about some of our newest endowment funds in the pages that follow and contact Julie (Wilson) Lucas (’97), chief advancement officer, at jlucas@darlingtonschool.org if you would like to learn more.
Mr. John H. Williams III
Mr. Robert O. Freeman
We invite you to visit darlingtonschool. org/honorroll to see all gifts to the school as well as donor lists broken down by giving levels. While we strive for accuracy, if you notice an error or have a question about your donation, please contact Julie (Wilson) Lucas (’97) at 706-802-4390. The Honor Roll reflects gifts made from June 1, 2021, through May 31, 2022.
Mr. William E. Wofford
Dr. Edward W. Brewster Jr.
Mr. Jimmy E. Jordan
Mr. Lloyd H. Griffin III
Mr. Richard G. Glasgow
Mr. John A. Shearer
Mr. Marcus G. Keown II
Mr. Philip H. Burrus
Mr. George H. Lanier II
Mr. Cooper E. Taylor Jr.
Mr. John R. DiPrima
Mr. Houston L. Crumpler Jr.
Mrs. Mary McCamy Beachum
Mr. James C. Humphries
Mr. Gerald M. Lester
Class of 1948
Mr. John T. McKinney
Mr. R. Denson Martin Jr.
you have helped to make a difference in the lives of those we are committed to educating. Thank you for your continued support of Darlington School!
Class of 1955
Mr. Jere A. Drummond
Dr. David O. Findley
Mr. William H. Jordan
Mr. John W. Walden Jr.
Mr. Jackson Parkhurst
Mr. R. Alfred Richie
Mr. Guy O. Hunter
Mr. D. Gary Hill
Class of 1946
Class of 1950
*Mr. Stephen D. Potts
Mr. Jack A. Curtis
Mr. Samuel L. Donaldson
Mr. William S. Ebert
Mr. James S. Whelan
Mr. Gordon H. Little Sr.
Class of 1960
Mr. James H. Dillard II
Mr. Edward E. Carter
Mr. William H. Clayton Jr.
Mr. Nevin Patton III
Mrs. Joyce Riddle Neely
Mr. Wright W. Bagby Jr.
Mr. James A. Ford
Class of 1957
Mr. Jerry M. Dunwoody
Mr. Michael A. Diprima
Mr. R. Marshall Jackson Jr.
Mr. J. Stephen Jenkins Sr.
Dr. William L. Clark Jr.
Mr. Alfred L. Barron Jr.
Mr. Robert N. Elkins
Mr. Jackson D. Morgan
Class of 1947
Mr. Benjamin C. Wetherington
Mr. John P. Hine
Class of 1954
Mr. Harlan M. Trammell Jr.
Mr. W. Frank Barron Jr.
Mr. Randall S. Booker
Dr. Robert A. Bethel
Mr. David H. Hanks
Col. R. Ramsey Green
Class of 1949
Mr. James P. Coleman III
Mr. Gordon Lee Hight II
Whether you made a donation to The Darlington Fund or our endowment funds,
Mr. Charles H. Higgins III
Mr. Carl V. Strayhorn
Mr. George E. Saufley II
Mr. Charles S. Heyman Jr.
Dr. John S. Kirkland Jr.
Dr. David A. Mathewes Jr.
The Rev. Dr. Robert L. Montgomery
Mr. Claude E. Sessions
Class of 1953
Mr. Watkins C. Johnstone Jr.
Mr. Edward White V
Mr. Lyons J. Heyman
Mr. Marvin W. Spearman Jr.
Mr. J. Douglass Fox
Mr. William A. Mitchell Jr.
Mr. Douglas D. Connah Jr.
Mr. Evan H. Wood
Mr. C. Walker Sullivan
Dr. Lewis M. Flint Jr.
Mr. C. Langdon Cheves Jr.
Mr. Robert F. Woodruff
Mrs. Mary Jervis Hayes
Mr. William E. Coleman III
*indicates deceased
Class of 1952
Mr. Thomas H. Ford
Class of 1945
Class of 1959
Mr. James F. Fitzpatrick III
Mr. P. Allen Dodd Jr.
Dr. John C. Dutton Jr.
Mr. Charles S. Lichtman
Mr. Joseph K. Orr IV
The Hon. Brooks E. Blitch III
Ms. Starr Willingham Byrne
Dr. Joel E. Dendy Jr.
Class of 1961
Dr. Alex B. Russell Jr.
Mr. Charles K. Cobb Jr.
Mr. David F. Addlestone
Mr. Edward H. Rudert
Mr. Fred W. Snell Jr.
Mr. James C. Hill Jr.
Mr. Donald H.McCamy
Mr. Robert E. Withers III
Class of 1951
Mr.AnonymousHaroldL. Brewer
Mr. Quill O. Healey
Mr. Moultrie D. Plowden
Mr. Seabrook L. Marchant
The Rev. Horace A. Stewart Jr.
Mr. Alexander K. Wyatt Jr.
Mr. C. Jerry Spurlin
Class of 1958
Mr. John K. Ottley Jr.
Mr. Charles R. Cookson
Mr. Hugh I. Richardson Jr.
Mr. Frank M. Johnston
Class of 1962
Mr. John H. Noel III
Mr. David H. Young III
Dr. Clyde C. Medlock Jr.
Class of 1944
Mr. Jerry E. Watson
Dr. John R. Stephenson II
Mr. L. Ray Dempsey
Ms. Virginia Yeargan Campbell
Dr. Robert S. Lowrey Jr.
Dr. Jo H. Stegall Jr.
Mr. Rudolph G. Johnstone Jr.
Mr. Patrick W. Roche
Mr. Richard R. Smith
Mr. Marshall P. Walker
Mr. Jerry L. Minge
Dr. J. Barney Hunter
ClassAlumniof 1941
Mr. Rodney L. Moak
Mr. William C. Scott
Mr. James A. Fountain
HONOR ROLL Donors
Dr. Bannester L. Harbin Jr.
Dr. Sidney H. Yarbrough III
Mr. Alston Glenn
Mr. J. Cantey Heath
Mr. Robert A. Ragan
Mr. F. Berry Hayley
Mr. R. Glenn Lesley
Dr. Frank D. Stegall Sr.
Mr. Thomas Waring
Class of 1963
Mr. Stuart J. Alston
*Dr. Robert V. Groover
Mr. Harold F. Gallivan Jr.
Dr. Buford G. Harbin
*Mr. James H. Milford Jr.
Mr. Lathrop W. Smith
*Mr. E. Bretney Smith Jr.
Mrs. Kay Wyatt Cheves
Mr. Randolph H. Stokely
Mr. Julian C. Whitten
Mr. Richard A. Denny Jr.
Dr. Jerome E. Lahman
Mr. E. Willingham Smith III
Mr. I. Arnold Hoge
Lt. Cmdr. David Franz
Mr. James T. Roe III
Mr. William M. Whittenburg Jr.
Mr. Edward E. Brown III
Mr. John W. Thatcher
Dr. Neel Hammond Jr.
Mr. William H. Read
Mr. Charles R. Bamford
Dr. Peter G. Gilbert
Mr. Edward Miles
Mr. John H. McKinley Jr.
Mr. Clarence E. Smith III
Mr. Bert L. Swain
Mr. Charles S. Roach
Mrs. Diane Harris Ogletree
Mr. Dwight M. Meadors
Mr. Charles D. Scott
Ms. Jane G. Sullivan
Mr. W. Burr Weatherly
Mr. Gray D. Morrison III
Mr. John C. Fletcher Jr.
Ms. Karen A. Sachs
Mr. Joseph E. Teague Jr.
Mr. Frank M. Rogers IV
Mr. J. Bradford May
Mrs. Mary Smith Justice
Mrs. Frances Formby Buice
Mr. William B. Dobbs II
Mrs. Joan Sisley Stilwell
Mrs. Nancy Smith Hunter
Mr. William L. Crawley III
Mr. Reuben L. Rockwell
Mrs. Robin Davis Byars
Mr. Lynn E. Whatley
Dr. Arthur R. Gray
Mr. Scott C. Dozier
Mr. David M. Heyman
Mr. S. David Smith Jr.
Mr. Edmund W. Goddard
Mr. Gordon A. Smith
Mr. James B. Hunter Jr. Mr. James H. Jenkins III
Dr. F. Doyle Woodruff
Mr. William A. Kelly Jr.
Mr. J. Craig McCrary
Mr. Cecil B. Wright III
Mr. Michael S. Barron Sr.
Mr. David C. Lanier
Mrs. Rena Storey Henderson
Mr. James M. Kelley III
Mr. William M. Bradley
Mr. Royce F. Morris
Dr. Ernest W. Beasley III
Mr. Logan T. Cox
Mr. R. Craig Stiegel
Mrs. James E. Cannon Master Mrs. Jean M. Early
Mr. Thomas B. Pearce III
“All alumni can point to at least one faculty member who made an impact on their life. The Class of 1997 wants to make sure we do whatever we can to make sure this continues for generations to come, so we created this endowment to support the teachers who meant so much to us and the teachers who will continue to mean so much to future students.”
Mr. Michael W. Horner
Mrs. Cynthia Hortman Meeker
Dr. Robert F. Norton Jr.
Ms. Aimee McNeil Bass
Mr. J. Gray Tuttle Jr.
Mr. Scott R. Johnston Jr.
Mrs. Virginia Willingham Wallace
Dr. Kenneth F. Davis
Mr. Micajah B. Jones
Mr. Frank M. Harrison
Mr. Charles L. Powers
Mr. David G. Hunter
Class of 1970
Mr. Robert E. Rudert
Mr. Barry Wright III
Mr. James P. Trotter Jr.
Mr. Stephen L. Cornwell
Class of 1972
Mr. David H. Cauthen
Mr. J. Thomas Watters Jr.
Mr. M. Clifton Russell
Mr. Kelly G. Hillis
Mr. Harold M. Storey
Mrs. Susan Adair Blanton
Mr. James K. Dent
Mr. William M. Huffman Jr.
Mrs. Merri Barron McLean
Mrs. Boyce Aldridge Phillips
Dr. John G. Moore
Mr. Warren A. Rigas
Mr. Robert L. Garner Jr.
Mr. David M. Sewell
Mr. Charles W. Douglas
Mr. Charles V. Miller
Dr. John M. McCord Sr.
Mr. Frederick W. Dick
Mr. Wright W. Smith
Mrs. Alyce Brice Bradley
Mr. Jack L. McGinnis
Ms. Douglas T. Maddox
Mr. J. Roe Burton
Mr. Robert C. Gaw
Mr. Steven L. Boyd
Mr. John L. Dozier
Mr. James W. Moore
Mr. Wilbert W. Brown
Class of 1965
Mr. George R. Dodge
Mr. Robert L. Berry
Class of 1966
Class of 1964
Mr. Horace P. Dykes Jr.
Mr. E. George Johnson Jr.
Dr. James R. Lovvorn
Mrs. Bess Ransom Bosworth
Mr. H. Shol Brown III
Class of 1967
Lt. Col. J. David Pesterfield
Mr. W. Lee Thuston
Mr. John T. Newton Jr.
Mr. Stephen P. Poulsen
Mr. Scott Price
Capt. Charles M. Vinson
Mr. J. Bradford May
Mr. Henry J. Hine
Mr. M. Bryan Freeman
Mrs. Sally Dahlstrom Rudert
Mrs. Cathy O’Neill Dollar
Mr. Lee R. Redmond III
Mr. William G. Smith Jr.
Mr. D. Randolph Berry
Mr. Larry C. Williams
Mr. Frank M. Taylor Jr.
Mr. Kent Maury
Mr. Douglas A. Hendrickson
Mr. William M. Gilliland Sr. Dr. Daniel D. Pate III
Mr. Gerald W. Moore
Mr. Hugh Corbett
Mr. Harry M. Foss Jr.
- Amanda Wood (’97, LD ’17)
Mr. Thomas M. Young
Mrs. Julia Todd Holliday
Dr. R. Andrew Bradley
Mr. Thomas D. Richardson
Mr. Perrin C. Trotter
Dr. Stephen E. Wilhoite
Class of 1977
Mr. Jackson M. Heard
Mr. Charles I. Small
Mr. H. Patrick Derrick
Mr. J. Terry Honan
Mr. William G. Harris
Mr. Andrew C. Heaner
Dr. Bernard H. Eichold II
Mrs. C. Lee Lovvorn Albright
Mr. William F. Nixon
Ms. Sue Willingham Upchurch
Mrs. Deborah Heyman Harris
Mr. Carlton Carden
Mrs. Christa Cline Jackson
Mr. Michael B. Swain
Mr. William W. Gaffney Jr.
Dr. Elizabeth Johnson Higbie Ms. Judith Hine
Dr. Carlos A. Sotolongo
Mr. Benjamin R. Levinson Mr. Fred H. Moore III Mr. James V. Patton
Mrs. Elizabeth Mooney Mozley
Class of 1974
Dr. Robert L. Harbin
Mrs. Martha Nabors McClellan
Mr. P. Kimbrough McConkey
Mr. James R. Wilson
Mr. Haywood O. Patton
Dr. Mell C. Jackson
Mr. J. Douglas Riddle II
Mr. Kevin Kirsh
Class of ’97 Faculty Endowment Fund Est. in 2017
*indicates deceased
Mr. Thomas B. Waller
Mr. Timothy R. Wallis
Mrs. Michelle Denney Worley
Mr. Calhoun A. Mays III
Mr. Randal L. Ringhaver
R. David Whittenburg
Mrs. Marchant Starr Reutlinger
Mrs. Susan Camp Berry
Mr. Frank W. Virgin
Mrs. Anne Turner Ginsberg
Dr. George A. Bosworth
Mrs. Patti Rogers Barron
Mr. Peter T. Monte
Mr. F. Steven Bolding
Mrs. Villa Sulzbacher Hizer
Mr. Fountain H. May Jr.
Mrs. Deborah Brice Greeson
Mr. Robert F. Horsley Jr. Mr. Stafford W. Huff
Mr. Theodore C. Caldwell
Mr. John A. Carey
*Mr. Lawrence S. Pritchard
Mr. Hall T. Penn
Mrs. Mary Selman Kelly
Mr. William D. Cornwell Jr.
Mrs. Teresa Huffman Watters
Ms. Bonnie Grizzard
Mr. Robert E. Ridgway Jr.
*Mr. Thomas A. Hyatt
Mr. Edward W. Hine Jr.
Mrs. Anne Rooney Kerr
Mr. Julius C. Shaw Jr.
Mrs. Mary Helen Wright Heaner
Mr. James H. Zachry
*Mr. Charles E. Lindsay
Mr. Steven R. Winkler
Mrs. Nan Ellen Sutton Fuller
Mr. McKie M. Trotter II
Mr. Thomas A. Barron
Mr. John R. Cunningham III Dr. D. Scott Edwards
Mrs. Kristy Mack Curtis
Mr. William C. Wesley
*Mrs. Linda Harris Hine
Class of 1973
Mr. James J. O’Neill III
Mr. John C. Shakelford Jr.
Mr. Frank A. Brown Jr.
Mr. R. Crawford Brock Jr.
Mr. F. Daniel Rutledge Mr. Milton T. Schaeffer
Mr. James T. Byars
Mr. Charles L. Hillis Jr. Dr. Robert P. Hortman
Mr. Thomas H. De Buys
Mr. Harry Johnson III
Mr. Anthony M. Cantrell
Mr. Graham F. Daniel Jr.
*Mr. W. Brooks Maddox
*Mr. John R. Hawkins Jr.
Mr. Claude F. Allen
Mrs. Frances Beeland Givhan
Mr. Charles D. Mitchell Jr.
Mrs. Elaine Hackett Smith
Mr. Robert P. Harris
Mr. Sidney Ransom
Mr. Samuel K. Formby
Mr. Joseph T. Bennett
Mr. James S. Thomas
Mrs. Virginia Starr Gunther
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Dr. Leslie C. Watters
Mrs. Melody Wilder Wilson Mr. John N. Wood
Dr. R. Montague Laffitte Jr.
Mr. Robert C. Covington
Mr. Robert C. Powell III
Mr. John C. Catmur
Dr. William C. Gordon
Mr. Lucas A. Snipes
Class of 1971
Mr. Donald C. Pooley
Mr. Lyons J. Heyman Jr.
Mr. William P. Trotter Jr. Mrs. Karen Candler Tucker
Mr. S. Taylor Edwards
Class of 1976
Mr. Wynne T Huff II
Mr. H. Logan Boss III
Class of 1968
Mr. Benjamin S. McLean
Mrs. Diane Munchak Wilson
*Mr. Kenneth M. Dickson
Mrs. Donna Jacks Griffin
Mr. Charles A. Hight Jr.
Dr. Duncan B. McRae Jr.
Mr. Edward W. Penn Jr.
Mrs. Roberta Munchak Peters
Ms. Karen Prather
Mrs. Frances Smith McLean
Mr. John D. Tate Jr.
Mrs. Ansley Briley Saville
Ms. Elizabeth Birdsong Summer Mrs. Jane Cooper Tate
Mrs. Laura Harbin Davis
Mr. Richard L. Green
Mrs. Emily Stegall Stuckey
Mrs. Rhyne Morgan Lipsey
Mr. Charles W. Evans
Mr. James G. Thwaite
Mr. Williams H. McIntyre
Mr. William F. Brewster
Dr. Benjamin H. Cheek
Mr. Kevin E. Sachs
Mr. J. Lewis Glenn
*Mr. W. Louis Harris
Mr. Robert T. Korski
Mr. George P. Avary
Class of 1975
Mr. W. Frank Stuckey Jr. Dr. Randolph P. Sumner
Mr. David G. Newton
Dr. Peeler G. Lacey
Mrs. Anna Manis Tabor
Class of 1969
Mr. Stuart C. Witham IV
Mr. John F. Taylor
Dr. Daniel D. Primm Jr.
Mrs. Brooke Milner Cornwell
Mrs. Elizabeth Hardin Hertenstein
Mr. Graham M. Auman
Mr. F. David Muschamp
Mr. J. Sterling Kilpatrick Jr.
Mrs. Suzanne Wright Protz
Mr. Charles S. Williams Jr.
Mrs. Kimberly Murphy Moseley
Class of 1992
Mrs. Brooke Otwell Halverson
Class of 1979
Mr. Christopher B. Motley
Mr. L. Clayton Shaw
Mr. Kevin C. Evans
Dr. Lisa Hudson Saye
Mrs. Lucy Bethell Reynolds
Mrs. Carter Rose Stone
Mr. Jeffery K. Brooks
Class of 1995
Mrs. Elizabeth Bagby Smith
Mr. Charles J. Radford Jr.
Mr. Bob H. Howell
Mrs. Allison Hunter Brooks
Mr. Andrew Y. White
Mrs. Annabelle Jordan Hubbell Mrs. Cheryl Keith
Mrs. Sarah Carwell Jackson
Ms. Leigh Peace Shepard
Ms. C. Ashley Wright
Mrs. Danielle Joyce Ezell
Mr. Cooper C. Crawford
Mr. Steven M. Earle
Mr. Enryk E. O’Callaghan
Ms. Katherine Gates Farrar
Ms. M. Magdalen Hackett
Mr. Wade H. Brannon Jr.
Mr. Lee J. Hark
Mr. Stephen H. Brewster Sr.
Class of 1987
Ms. Alice F. Yurke
Mr. Jarrett E. Shadday Sr.
Martin
Class of 1991
Mr. John H. Irby
Mrs. Katherine Harvey Kenum
Mr. Dwight N. Hutchins
Mr. Andrew B. Saville Jr. Mr. Winburn E. Stewart III Dr. Neely Davis Thornton Mr. Michael L. Van Cise
Mr. Patrick C. Cash Sr.
Mr. Scott Whitworth
Mr. Jonathan M. Sparks
Mrs. Berry Lowden Perkins
Mr. Andrew G. Welborn Sr.
Mr. Layton Roberts
Dr. Leverett C. Neville
Mrs. Kendall Collins Duggan Mr. David D. Hatch Mrs. Megan Cox Henry Mr. J. Ryan Jones Mr. Samuel L. Lucas
Mr. Scott Easterwood
Mrs. Amanda Watson Zelenak
Mr. Clinton G. Hubbard
Mr. J. Kevin Ivester
Mr. Jonathan W. Harris
Mrs. Holly Ford Baer
Mrs. Mary Hight Sawhill
Mr.SimmonsJohnF. Sisley IV
Mrs. Amy Holmes Dempsey Mr. T. Alexander Ezell III
Mr. Robert L. Keith
Ms. Cristina D Smith
Mr. Joseph R. Watters
Mrs. Rachel Gross Langley
Ronald D. Dempsey
Mr. A. Lee Donahue IV
Dr. Charles F. Jackson III
Mr. Robert D. Alford
Mr. J. Luke Lester IV
Ms. Elizabeth A. Corum
Mr. David B. Ivester
Mr. Ryan Stanton Murphy
Mrs. A. Kennedy Penn-O’Toole
Class of 1983
Mr. Jeffrey W. Chambers
Class of 1998
Class of 1996
Mr. John M. Nixon Sr.
Mr. John Scott Husser Jr.
Mr. W. Byron Hurley
Mrs. Mary Burke Wimbish Nadeau
Ms. Paige Skidmore Dickow
Ms. F. Courtenay Huff
Mrs. Ann Marie Mullen Tillery
Mr. H. Kirk Hargett
Mr. C. Gaines Dempsey
Mr. William T. Neville
Mr. William B. Temple
Mr. Chad P. Sharp
Class of 1978
Mrs. Elizabeth Hight Richie
Dr. Valerie Woods Ambrose
Mrs. Mary Kelly Steeves
Mr. J. Henry Trexler
Mr. R. Allen Babcock Jr.
Mr. J. David Fitts
Mrs. Carolyn Seigler Brearley
Ragan Endowment Fund for Morris Chapel Est. in 2019
Mrs. Natalie A. Burnand
Mr. Alexander W. Whitaker IV
Mr. Henry L. Worthy
Mr. Lee M. Walker
Mrs. Leah Waits Lambert
Dr. Robert B. Lindsley
- Bob Ragan (’57)
Mrs. Linda Grizzard Owens
Mrs. Emily Conrad Beaver
Mr. Christopher P. Jefts
Mr. James H. Booker III
Mr. Carter R. Clark
Mrs. Cynthia Ward Piper
Class of 1980
Mr. Mark A. Rogers
Mr. Edwin C. Watters
Mr. Todd H. Lindsey
Mrs. Reagen Lowrey Lozar
Mr. Joseph I. Swedish
Mr. Robert Day Dr. Supriya R. Donthamsetty
Mrs. Hope Hager Boyd
*Mrs. Nancy Martin Koen
Mrs. Anna Lowden Averyt
Mrs. Calista Harden Smith Dr. Tselane P. Ware
Mrs. Katherine Persons Kelly
Class of 1984
Class of 1999
Mrs. Julie Wilson Lucas Mrs. Holly Hagge McHaggee
Mr. J. Alan Zachry
Mr. J. Daniel Hanks III
Dr. John K. Hudson
Mr. John Frank Rosenblum
Mrs. Jodi Rhodes Jones
Mr. Jason M. Haney
Class of 2000
Mrs. Kathleen Clawson Allan
Ms. Deborah L. Ryan
Mr. Jon Tudor
Mrs. Katherine Cooper Liley
*Mr. William R. Enloe
Mr. Jonathan E. Selig
Mrs. Margaret Jane Courtney
Mr. Benjamin H. Bagley
Mrs. Linda Stevens Albrecht
Mr. William L. Hassett III
Mrs. Christa Lowe Welborn
Mr. Thomas F. Muller
Mrs. Elizabeth Husser Creech
Mrs. Lauren Payne Brewster Mrs. Lacy Keef Clack
Class of 1981
*indicates deceased
Mrs. Nicole Idnani Julian
Mr. James W. Johnson
Mrs.WilloughbyAmanda Millinor Wood 2nd Lt. Kevin J. Wood
Mr. Jeffrey C. Martin
Mrs. Holly Dudley Shadday
Mr. Charles C. Shaw Jr.
Mr. Bradley C. Skidmore
Class of 1994
Ms. Brooke Walker Irby
Class of 1997
Mrs. Rachel Rice Turner
Mrs. Heather Bowman Ms. Jennifer Bruner Brookins Mr. J. Michael Burton Mrs. Laura Collier Darnell
Ms. Ivelyn B. Harrison
Mr. Bryan K. Clontz
Mr. Jason H. Jones
Mr. Wright W. Bagby III
Mr. Louie R. Dempsey Jr.
Mrs. Manal Khatib
Mr. Joseph T. Watters III Mrs. Megan Gates Watters
Class of 1993
Mr. J. Kyle Ivester
Mrs. Retta Vance Poynter
Mr. James F. Short
Mr. D. Brooke Brinson
Ms. Smita R. Donthamsetty
Mr. H. Carey Snider III
Mrs. Mary Kate Vick Fuller
Mr. Gregory R. Glover
Ms. Mary Bryant Garnand
Mr. Harry Johnson IV
Mrs. Marie Hodge Gordon
“In the desire to show my appreciation in some tangible way for all that Darlington has meant to me, the chapel and its activities were foremost in my thoughts. Hopefully the endowment will grow larger over the years and become a means to support attracting noteworthy guest speakers, student programs and other important events that enrich the Christian principles of Darlington School, its students and faculty.”
Mrs. Susan Hine Duke
Mrs. Kim Lathbury Clontz
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Mrs. Ruth Moyers Hallman
Mr. Elbert J. Roberson
Class of 1988
Mr. Kareem S. Elkhatib
Mrs. Christine Roberts Morgan
Mr. Kent E. Capps
Mr. Seth L. Knight III
Mr. Jeffrey E. Snider
Class of 1989
Mrs. Virginia Smith Parrino
Mrs. Katharine French Flory
Mrs. Patricia L. Hubbard
Mrs. Eva Marie Kelley Burns
Mrs. Rosa Ledbetter Kelley
Mrs. Kaatje Pels Morris
Thank You to Our Supporters
Ms. Julia Ward Hamilton
Mr. Thornton W. Morris Jr.
Mrs. Virginia Johnson Guth
Mr. Timothy R. Ortman
Mrs. Anne Dorough Green
Mr. Matthew T. Sawhill
Mr. E. Wright Ledbetter
Mr. Tony D. Massing
Mrs. Tasha Reese Shaw
Mr. Charles Hight III
Mr. Henry P. Linginfelter
Mr. Joseph R. Blanchard
Mr. William R. Atkinson III
Class of 1986
Mr. T. Blake Segars
Mr.AnonymousMartinH. Bradshaw III
Mrs. Elizabeth Hackett Pride
Mrs. Rebekah Barron Montgomery
Class of 1990
Mrs. Mary Katherine Husser
Ms. Kimberly R. Parnell
Ms. Emily K. Wagner
Mrs. Edley Womack Ortman
Mr. Michael B. Gordon
Mr. H. Gordon Pettit III
Mr. Ranald Stewart III
Mr. Thomas Reese Sr.
Ms. Kenley Maner Hostetter
Mrs. Amanda Dye Arnold Mr. Sean R. Atkins
Mrs. Stephanie Denney Dunton
Mr. Robert P. Hortman Jr.
Mr. Edward C. Gardner
Mr. David D. Ledbetter
Mr. E. Bedell James III
Dr. Scott A. Edwards
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Neville
Mrs. Regan Maki Couch
Mr. Winfred M. Jones Jr.
Mr. R. Hyun Soo Song
Mrs. Lindsey Mann Field
Mr. Michael R. Rowan
Ms. Sara C. Johnston
Mr. Mark E. Brewster
Mrs. Stefanie Russell Taylor
Mr. Scott W. Morris
Dr. Cline T. Jackson Sr. Mr. W. Jordan Knight
*Mr. William E. Carroll III
Mr. Benjamin J. Levy
Ms. Laura Brackett Weber
Mr. James J. Wilson III
Mr. William P. Young
Mrs. Paula Lyon Womack
Mr. Don L. Deal Jr.
Mr. Harold W. Wyatt III
Mr. Jon M. Wade
Mr. Scott T. Lothmann
Ms. M. Claire Ginn
Mrs. Claire Drummond Strowd
Mr. John K. Gilliland Jr.
Mr. Lindsey D. Evans
Mrs. Madge Brown Crawford
Mr. H. Christopher Peacock
Ms. Sallie T. Ransom
Mrs. Jennifer Smith Hulgan
Mr. Robert H. Ledbetter Jr.
Mr. Hendrick L. Cromartie III
D. Daniel M. Garrett
Mr. William C. Mizell
Mr. James P. Hazelrigs
Mrs. Katheryn Brice Mull
Ms. Kimberly B. McCoy
Mr. Chason L. Mull
Ms. Paige Collier
Ms. Jennie Hutchins Wright Ms. Emi Yamada
Dr. Alden Maier
Mr. John Izard Jr.
Mrs. Erika N. White-Jones
Mrs. Natalie Berry Murphy Mr. Frank G. Pratt III Ms. Christina D. Robertson
Class of 1982
Class of 1985
Mr. David D. Harvey III
Dr. James H. Hudson Jr.
Mrs. Camille Schroeder Temple
Mrs. Kathryn Hatch Hollingsworth
Mrs. Mildred A. Raynor
Mr. Michael J. Hudson
Mrs. Leslie Anne Finley
Mr. Timothy D. Morgan
Mr. Burt G. Bagley
Class of 2010
Class of 2002
Mr. T. Harrison Douglas
Mr. Brightman S. Thomas
Class of 2009
Mr. Sutton Connelly
Mrs. Fatema Bandukwala Salehbhai
Mr. Kristopher H. Kim
Mr.Baggettand Mrs. Benjamin H. Bagley ’00 LD ’20
Mr. and Mrs. Wright W. Bagby III ’91 Dr. and Mrs. Charles Brandon
Ms. Abigail M. Cantrell
Mr. Stephen D. Smith III
Mr. Robert W. Sturdivant III
Ms. Mary Ethridge
Ms. Elizabeth A. Hortman
Dr. Laura M. McCord
Ms. Katherine C. Brindell
Ms. Morgan A. Pollard
Class of 2014
Class of 2007
Class of 2016
Mr. Austin K. Spooner
Mr. Lucas R. Cook
Mr. W. Willingham Crawford
Mrs. Whitney Keene Whittington
Mrs. Tiffany Horton
Mrs. Helen Davis Hanavich
Mr. Corey L. Roper
Ms. Daniela M. Ryan
Mr. Benjamin C. Pate
Mrs. Katherine Knight Patterson Ms. Brooke Wilkins Mr. Patrick R. Wilson
Mrs. Jessica Moore Russell
Ms. M. Anne Marie McDurmon
Ms. Nadin M Kosedag
Mr. R. Alexander Murray
Mr. J. Henderson Stegall IV Mrs. Danielle Baker Wilson
Mr. Preston J. Jacobs
Mr. B. Gregory Thomas Jr. Mrs. Julia D. Thomas
Mr. Luke A. Hyder
Ms. Hanna Jon Lewis
Ms. Kelly R. O’Mara
Mr. Robert B. Mull
Mr. Elijah E. McKoy
Class of 2004
Mrs. Margot Wallis Barber
Ms. Lauren M. Wilson
Mr. Avery J. Cypress
Mr. Delos Harley Yancey IV
Ms. Jane M. Hortman
Mrs. Callee Anne Manna Peek
Mr. Jonathan J. Pieroni
Mr. Benjamin R. Butler
Ms. Acquania Gibbs Escarne
“A donation to the Class of 1963’s Sam Moss Endowment will help ensure that future generations of Darlington students will have the opportunity to grow and develop into productive citizens under the tutelage of an excellent faculty, just as we did.”
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Allen
Mrs. Ashley Anglin
Mrs. Claire Davis McWhorter
Mrs. Margaret S. Mathis
Ms. Kathryne E. Ledbetter
Mr. Mikala K. Glanton
Mrs. Christine Doss Perrin
Ms. Lindsay K. Evans
Est. in 2021
Ms. Annie I. Rosen
Mr. T. Oliver York
Ms. Anna E. Harris
Ms. Mary Morgan Yancey
Ms. Hannah G. Harper
Mr. E. Luke Johnson
Mrs. Karen Stuenkel Saville
Mrs. Sarah Ellis Lemons
Mr. Jonathan T. Gilreath-Harvey
Mr. Christopher R. Jackson
Mr. Bradford L. Riddle
Class of 2012
Ms. Sarah E. Cline
Class of 2020
Ms. Amber Person
Ms. Caroline Aultman
Ms. Chandler D. Holcombe
Mr. Patrick W. Kearns
Mr. J. Skye Wellesley
Dr. Anna Krueger Melnikoff
Mr. Adam C. Himes
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Mr. C. Vann Knight
Mr. Miles G. V. Wellesley
Mr. T. West Watters Jr.
Mr. Jason D. Eberhard
Class of 2006
Dr. Clark C. McGehee
Mr. Samuel G. Tumlin
Mr. Noah J. Katz
Mr. Benjamin H. McElrath
Mrs. Margaret Hjort Morin
Mr. Parker J. Anderson
Mrs. Kathryn Aldrich Guo
Ms. Chandler E. Johnson
Ms. Megan K. Healy
Mr. Ethan M. Pender
Mr. and Mrs. Brant Aaron Amerman
Mr. and Mrs. B. Christopher Allen
Mr. and Mrs. Rasheed B. Atolagbe
Mr. Tyshawn M. Good
Mr. Henry H. Alexander
Ms. Kinslee B. Clevenger
Mr. Campbell A. Watson Mr. Smith P. Wheeler
Mr. Robert M. Gaffney
Mr. J. Ford Knight Jr.
Mrs. Elizabeth Buice McGehee
Mr. Patrick L. Collier
Ms. Rachel N. Christopher
Class of 2019
Ms. Caroline E. Walker
Mr. Owen S. Greeson
Current Parents
Mr. William Richardson
Dr. Frank D. Stegall Jr.
Mr. Cole P. Daniel
Mrs. Whitney Smith Hsu
Ms. Strom S. Mull
Mr. E. Connor Somerville
Dr. Z. Luke Farmer
Mrs. Amanda Mize
Mr. Luke E. Lewis
40Samuel
Ms. Kristen Holland Rachels
Mr. Jacob E. Walker
Mrs. Payton Payne Guest Mr. C. Thad Mathis
Mr. Charles S. Seiz
Mr. Daniel F. Orthwein
Ms. Kimberly M. King
Ms. Rosalee J. Kelley
Mr. Kristopher A. Bryant
Ms. Anna Grace Rutledge Newton
Mr. Max R. Berry
Mrs. Mary Rebecca Tidwell
Mr. Jarrett E. Shadday Jr.
Mrs. Joy Andrew Parks
Mrs. Mackenzie Burk Kidner
Mrs. Mary Ashworth
Mr. Ian D. McKenzie
Mr. John M. Seegars
Ms. Katherine P. Cox
Ms. Annalise P. Clevenger
Mr. T. Lee Couch Jr.
Ms. Mary Evelyn Stegall
Mrs. Jennifer Crews Davis
Dr. William L. Edwards
Ms. Charlotte A. Boyd
Mr. and Mrs. Segun Akinola Ajiboye
Ms. Avery T. Smith
Mrs. Ellen Collier Beasley
Mr. Dent Law
Mrs. Stephanie Thomas Fancher
Ms. Victoria E. Samuels
Class of 2021
Class of 2008
Class of 2011
Ms. Dorothy S. Vincent
G. Moss (’63) Endowment Fund
Mr. William J. Robertson
Mr. Jordan T. Beck
Mr. Clayton S. Tillery
Ms. Lillian S. Bertelkamp
Mr. Ryan Somerville
Mr. Murphy W. Kenefick
Ms. Keara F. Evans
Ms. Emily V. Robertson
Mr. and Mrs. Keesjan Albers
Mr. Jackson B. Kelly
Mr. John M. McCord Jr.
Dr. Raul S. Gonzalez
Mr. Ivy S. Duggan III
Mr. Rostam Zafari
Mr. William K. Gakio
Class of 2017
Dr. Beau P. Pollard
Mr. Myls Englis
Ms. Rachel E. Peller
Dr. Wei Xu and Mrs. Haitao Bai
Mr. Jiang Bian and Ms. Yan Ai
Mrs. Sarah Manning Keene
Ms. Sara J. Berry
Ms. Sarah H. Mooney
Ms. Elizabeth A. Sturdivant
Mrs. Lauren McDaniel Chumbler
Mr. Jacob S. Cook
Ms. Natalie Maffett Ellis
Mr. R. Kent Barber
Class of 2005
Mr. Padrick D. Dennis
Mrs. Elizabeth Mooney Wellesley
Mr. Stuart M. Gakio Miss Veeka M. Malanchuk
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin D. Baker
Mrs. Mary Kathryn Watters Boston
Ms. Meredith S. Gaffney
Mrs. Madeline G. Welborn
Mrs. Abigail Vincent Key
Mr. H. Clark Seydel
Dr. Omar S. Ahmed
Mr. William J. Mansfield
Mr. Vraj T. Patel
Mr. J. Parrish Owens
Mrs. Jennifer Poley Mason
Mr. Garrett N. Henderson
Mr. Lucas M. Jennings
Ms. Gracen K. Wilson
Mr. Matthew W. Stuenkel
Mr. Elliot A. Echols
Dr. Brett R. Henson
Mr. Cleveland N. Jackson
Mrs. Calley Niblett Stuenkel
Ms. Farrin C. Mumpower
Class of 2001
Ms. Blair C. Holcombe
Mr. John M. Graham V
Ms. Hollis E. Grigsby
Mrs. Lee Taylor Morris
Mr. and Mrs. Greg Abbott
Mrs. Maury Stegall Hitchcock
Mrs. Catherine McCoy Miller
Class of 2015
Class of 2018
Ms. Olivia D. Drake
Ms. Jazlyn M. Green
Ms. Gianna Q. Pieroni
Mrs. Michelle Ward Deanes
Mrs. Baldwin Harris Chambless
Mrs. Lauren Muller Stone
Mr. Jonathan Stitt
Mrs. Lauren Bowling Seeger
Mrs. Blair Stegall Bowden
Mrs. Elizabeth Collier Bruce
Mrs. Kamlyn Andrews DeLoach
- Tom Harbin (’63)
Ms. Katharine W. Flory Mr. Hollis W. Ledbetter
Ms. Marrissa D. McKoy
Mrs. Terar Everhart
Mr. Bradley C. Large
Mrs. Jennifer Ryan Hall
Mrs. C. Neal Brown
Mr. Cornell Jerome Cypress III
Dr. Kellen A. Spivey
Mr. Blake Cescutti
Ms. Anna K. Shea
Mr. William S. Cherry IV
Ms. Sarah J. Rhodes
Class of 2003
Mr. Preston D. Ward
Mr. Stephen W. Whatley
Mr. David C. Hoyt
Class of 2013
Mr. Lawton H. Wilson
Mrs. Elizabeth Kelley Graham
Ms. Johan A. Gerheim
Mr. Alexander J. Roberts
Mr. William L. Thuston Jr.
Dr. Taylor R. Smith
Ms. Bailey E. Brock
Mr. Wesley M. Henderson
Mr. J. Griffin Duncan
Mrs. Lauren Hampton Thompson
Ms. Leah C. Mayo
Mr. Ethan M. Delashmit
Ms. Caroline B. Cordell
Ms. Grace Welborn
Mr. S. Collin Doss
Ms. C. Camille Temples
Mr. Jonathan Carl R. Chumbler
Mr. Barton D. Lowrey
Ms. Christian M. Baker
Mr. Davis W. Watson Miss Ivy C. Watters
Mr. Andrew J. White
Mr. Abraham B. Johnson
Mr. Steven R. Y. Chumbler
Dr. W. McKay Gilliland Jr.
Ms. Jacqueline J. Cline
Mr. Jack H. Wall
Mr. W. Jeffreys Hortman
Ms. Frances E. Monteith
Mrs. Anne Montgomery Parker
Mrs. Kristi Buice Brigman
Ms. Madeline E. Duncan
Mr. Robert H. Ledbetter III
Miss Anne Scott M. Smith
Mr. Sean T. Healy
Ms. Destiny S. Calhoun Sewell
Mr. Lucas M. Greenberg
Mr. Stanton B. Ingram III
Mr. Joseph Pitts
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bethel
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip S. Pilgrim
Mr. and Mrs. Derek J. Fine
Dr. and Mrs. J. Ryland Scott
Mr. Yong Liu and Mrs. Ying Fan
Mr. Brendan Leezer and Dr. Kristen H. Mr.LeezerandMrs. Peter R. Lemons ’03
Mr. and Ms. Ty Ethridge ’06
Mr. and Mrs. L. Brent Bell LD ’14
Mr. Brandon Williams and Ms. Ashley Fricks
Mr. and Mrs. W. Mark Cochran
Mr.Dingle-JohnsonandMrs.Robert Draper
Mr. and Mrs. I. Stewart Duggan Jr. Mr.’97and Mrs. Daniel Patrick
Mr. and Mrs. Sam C. Horton ’02 Mr. and Mrs. David C. Hoyt ’04 Mr. and Mrs. E. Eugene Hughes Mr. and Mrs. P. Kevin Hunt Mr. and Mrs. W. Byron Hurley ’83 Mr. and Mrs. Steven T. Huskey Mr. and Mrs. Brian D. Inman Mr. and Mrs. J. Kevin Ivester ’87 Dr. Charles Jackson III ’98 and Dr. Bethany Jackson Dr. and Mrs. Cline T. Jackson Sr. ’98 Dr. and Mrs. H. Whitney Jennings Ms. Sally Johnson
*indicates deceased
Mr. Davide Lupo Conti and Mrs. Elisa Giannelli
Dr. and Mrs. A. Kyle Carney
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Enderle
Mr. Olin L. Gammage III
Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan Pewitt
Mr. Jarrod Johnson and Dr. Bridgette
Mr. and Mrs. Tyler D. Reed Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Reese Sr. ’81 Dr. and Mrs. Rayburn Rego Mr. and Mrs. William Richardson ’05 LD ’16
Mr. Christopher and Dr. Karen
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Childers
Mr.’94Louie R. Dempsey Jr. ’87 LD ’17
Ms. Ann Elise Blatt
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Day ’96 LD ’19
Mr. and Mrs. T. Grant Espy
Mr.’03Alan Saye and Dr. Lisa Saye ’85
Mr. and Ms. F. Martin Shepard ’94
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Segura
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Fricks
Mr. and Mrs. David D. Ledbetter ’88 LD ’20
Mr. and Mrs. Justin A. Bruce ’03
Ms.III Jennifer K. Sikes
Thank You to Our Supporters
Mr.Wangand Mrs. Bradley A. Cargle
Mr. and Mrs. Chad A. Liddle Dr. and Mrs. Mark D. Lignell Mrs. Shijun Liu
Mr. Bryant Bolds and Dr. Taiwanna
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Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Patrick Hall
Mr. and Ms. Christopher Fix
Mr. and Mrs. J. Matthew Larry Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas LeClear
Dr. and Mrs. Garvin L. Chandler
Mr. and Mrs. Hendrick L. Cromartie III
Dr.AlsabiKent Chastain Ellington
Mr. Edward Gardner ’86 and Mrs. Paula Bacardi
Mr. and Mrs. S. Eric Cooper
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bell
Mr. and Mrs. H. Kirk Hargett ’90
Dr. and Mrs. Kevin Daniel Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Harry S. Pierce
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Robinson
Ms. Denise Rushing
Mr. and Mrs. Marc J. Sklar
Mr. and Mrs. Matt Crane
Mr. and Mrs. J. Luke Lester IV ’84 LD ’13
Mr.MontanoandMrs. Donald M. Rush
Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Brewster ’89
Mr. Bradley Beauchamp and Dr. Mary Beauchamp
Mrs. JaNae Blackmon
Mr. Zhenyu Chen and Ms. Fang Xu
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Corbin
Mr. Kareem Elkhatib and Mrs. Dana
Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Lundy Ms. B. Kristina Maddux-Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. Jeff L. Mahoney Mr. Charles Martin and Mrs. Jamela Mr.Mays-MartinandMrs. Jeffrey C. Martin ’84
Mr. Jian Peng and Mrs. Li Tian
Mr.Brown-BoldsandMrs. James H. Booker III ’96 LD ’19
Dr. and Mrs. Lee House Baker
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Brown
“I established this fund in honor of the integration of Darlington and to support the school’s diversity goals – specifically, to help local African-American students with promise who could benefit from the tremendous impact that Darlington can have on their lives, like it did mine.” - Dwight Hutchins (’82)
Ms. Christy Garrett-McClain
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Culpepper Covington Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Seiz ’04
Mr.’90Qiang Cui and Mrs. Ping Shen
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan James Shirley
Mr. Zhuangyong Chen and Mrs. Pearl Cai
Mr. Zhongdong Cheng and Mrs. Jing Wang
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Craig
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Grigsby
Dr. and Mrs. M. Paul Holcombe Mr. and Mrs. Justin Blake Holder Mr. and Mrs. William R. Holmes Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. Troy Hopper Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Hortman Jr. ’99 LD ’18
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan A. Russell ’09
Ms. Shanika R. Skonieczny
Dr. and Mrs. Matthew P. Mumber Mr. and Mrs. Ryan S. Murphy ’92 ’94 Mr. and Mrs. Bruce A. Nadu Dr. and Dr. Michael Natarella Mr. and Mrs. Matthew D. Nolin Dr. and Mrs. J Norris
Mr. and Mrs. Cedric O. Battle
Ms. Tierney Gearon
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Massey Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Mathews Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin H. McElrath ’02 LD ’15
Mr. and Mrs. Jason W. Garrett
Ms. Shelley E. Daniel
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher A. Daniel
Mr. and Mrs. G. Brian Ferguson
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Garner
Mr. and Mrs. Scotty E. Hancock
Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Hagler
Mr. and Mrs. P. Wayne Boyd
Mr. Luis Alberto Ogarrio Kalb and Mrs. Yvette Velez Mr. and Mrs. Ajibola Olajide Mr. and Mrs. Rafal Paluch Dr. and Mrs. Darshak Pandya Mr. and Ms. Terry Ray Parker Dr. and Mrs. Cyrus J. Parsa Mr. and Mrs. Alpesh N. Patel Mr. and Mrs. Bhavesh Patel Mr. and Mrs. Chirag A. Patel Dr. and Mrs. Himanshu Patel Mr. and Mrs. Jigar Patel Dr. and Mrs. Michael K. Paxten
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pettit
Mr. and Mrs. Alex R. Martinez
Dr. John A. Cowan Jr. and Dr. Anne R.
Mr.CummingsandMrs. Charles J. Curlee
Ms. Rhonda E. Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Stefan Eady
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Chandler
Mr. and Mrs. James Michael Barndt
Mr. and Mrs. Lon Peterson
Dr.CowanandMrs. Ryan Cox
Mr.Shahid-SallesandMrs. Jonathan W. Harris ’99 LD ’22
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Jay Botwinik
Mr. and Mrs. J. Brent Bell
Dr.DunaganandMrs. Justin M. Dunn
Mr. and Mrs. Minesh J. Desai
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Daniel
Mr. Rodolfo Giotto and Mrs. Marcela Savoy Buscato
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Marks Boykin III
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Rodney Mr. and Mrs. J. Keith Rogers
Mr. and Mrs. E. Kirk Spears ’97
Mr. Layton Roberts ’82 LD ’15
Mr. Along Han and Mrs. Chen Zhu
Mr. and Mrs. William Joseph Powers Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery Allen Prior Ms. Beth E. Pruitt-Hall Mr. David Prusakowski
Mr. Jose Antonio Romano Fernandez del Valle and Mrs. Adriana Vega
Mr. and Mrs. Dan D. Carlton
Mr. and Mrs. Arnel Enverga
Mr. and Mrs. R. Darrin Kines Dr. Robert E. and Dr. Toni P. King Mr. and Mrs. Corey Kinnebrew Mr. and Mrs. Owen M. Kinney Dr. and Mrs. M. Kirk Kizziah Dr. Ben W. and Dr. Mandy C. Knaak Dr. Arman Kosedag Mr. and Mrs. Anton Zigmunt Mr.KunczewskiandMrs. Jason Lansdell
Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Shaw Jr. ’90
Dr. Rahul Garg and Dr. Ritu Khurana
Mr. Heechang Lee and Mrs. Seungwoo Han
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Hight Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hight III ’95 LD ’22
Mr. and Mrs. George William
Mr. and Mrs. Jose Rovilson R. Pinto
Mr. and Mrs. Jason Sanker
Mr.EdwardsandMrs. Kyle Edwards
Mr. and Mrs. Warren A. Rigas ’75 Mr. and Mrs. David E. Roberts
Ms. Lulie D. Ebaugh
Mr. and Mrs. K. Michael Drobisch
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Griesbach
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Chapman
Ms. Jenny Bender
Mr. and Mrs. Alan L. Haynes Jr. Dr. and Mrs. David J. Herren Dr. Carl J. Herring
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Cabe Carney Mrs. Suni Hamm Carroll
Mr. and Mrs. Sutton Connelly ’01
Mr. and Mrs. C. Gaines Dempsey ’94
Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Floyd
Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Bogue
Mr. Javier Hevia and Mrs. Beatriz
Mr. and Mrs. Morton Boyd ’88
Mr. Bonny Cao and Mrs. Lifang
Dr. and Mrs. Scott G. Bowerman
Mr.’94and Mrs. D. Brooke Brinson ’88 LD ’14
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Jones Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jason S. Jordan Dr. and Mrs. Adam Rustam Karmali Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Keith ’88 ’92 Mr. Ismat Yassin and Mrs. Manal Khatib ’95
Mrs.RubioJulie Higgins
Mr. Lindsey Evans ’98 and Mrs. Tonja Owens
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew B. Saville Jr. ’97
Mr. and Mrs. Carter R. Clark ’87 LD ’17
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Brasington
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Robinson
Mr. Timothy Tyrell Ferguson
Mr. and Mrs. Brantley D. Evans
Dr. and Mrs. Damus Lufadeju Mr. and Mrs. Kurt A. Luitwieler
Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Flynt Barksdale
Mr.’78Brian G. and Dr. Julaine B. Cross
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Sabourin
Mr. and Mrs. George E. Shropshire
Dwight Hutchins 1973 Scholarship Fund Est. in 2022
Dr. Gregory E. Harris and Dr. Sonbol
Mr. and Mrs. E. Wright Ledbetter ’85 LD ’19
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph J. McKenzie Mr. and Mrs. John E. McMullan Dr. and Mrs. Chris Merritt Mr. and Mrs. Mark Mettrick Dr. and Mrs. Brandon L. Miller Mr. Kevin Mitchell and Dr. Lucie Mr.MitchellBrian L. Talley and Mrs. Amanda Faye Mize ’00 Dr. and Mrs. Jonathon Richard Mr.Molnarand Mrs. Shay Lewis Momon Dr. and Mrs. E. Clark Montague Mr. Stephen Brent Moore Mr. Jeremy J. Morris Mr. and Ms. Thornton W. Morris Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. Moseley Sr. Mr.’87Samuel G. Moss III ’63
Mr. C. Andrew Shropshire Sr.
Mr. Kevin and Dr. Melissa S. Dillmon
Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Ellison
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory B. Fuller ’84
Mr. and Mrs. Scott W. Greene
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Harrison Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hatcher Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Hayes
Ms. Mayra Cruz
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick C. Cash Sr. ’91
Mr. and Mrs. David Brearley ’99
Mr.EberhartClay T. and Dr. Nancy A.
Mr. and Mrs. Jarrett E. Shadday Sr. ’85 LD ’18 ’89
Mr. and Mrs. Shannon T. Loy Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Lucas ’97 LD ’13 ’97
Mr. and Mrs. Brian J. Richie ’98 LD ’18
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Peer
Mr. John Quandt and Dr. Mary Mr.Quandtand Mrs. William H. Rachels Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Ratledge
Dr. and Mrs. Lucas N. Butler
Mr. Chad A. Liddle
Mrs. Rebecca Nolin
Ms. Paige Peppers Hamil
Ms. M. Anne Marie McDurmon ’15
Mr. Charles H. Steeves
Mr. Jared L. Willerson
Mrs. Stacy Albers
Mrs. Carolyn Seigler Brearley ’99
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Womack ’88 LD ’22
Ms. Mary Elizabeth Cline
Mrs. Michael H. Jacobs
Mrs. Kathryn W. O’Mara
Mr. Yonggang Sheng and Mrs. Lan
Mrs. Kimberly Bell
Ms. Elizabeth W. Pollard
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Stitt ’00
“At Darlington, students are equipped with the resources to find their strengths in the classroom regardless of learning style or challenges. They are also given room to grow and explore what they are passionate about outside the classroom. We are so grateful for the opportunities that have been afforded our son as a Darlington student and want as many other children as possible in our community to have those same opportunities.”
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Watters III ’97
Ms. Christine R. Hughes
Ms. Anna E. Harris ’11
Mrs. Rebekah A. Kinney
Mrs. Kristen B. Bell
Mrs. Lauren M. Loy
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Smith III
Mr. and Mrs. Seth S. Sorrells
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Patrick
Ms. Madeline E. A. Duncan ’11
Mrs. Julia D. Thomas ’07, LD ’15
Mrs. Jennifer Rundles
Grandparents
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Carroll Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Clift Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Covington Mr.’64 and Mrs. Robert P. Daly II Mr. L. Ray Dempsey ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Denny Jr. Mr.’48and Mrs. Larry W. Dooley
Mr. Kai Wang and Mrs. Lan Xu
Mrs. Ashley Evans
Mr. Jun Yao
Ms. Kaitlin M. Ward Mrs. Beth Wardlaw
Mrs. Vicki S. Vincent
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Spence
Ms. Strom S. Mull ’06, LD ’12
Mr. M. Douglas Hamil
Mr. and Mrs. Kurt M. Stuenkel
Mr. Damon Harvey Mrs. Kim Hawkins Mrs. Jaclyn H. Haynes
Mr. Andrew Lopez
Mr. and Mrs. J. Tyler Wood
Mr. Matthew D. Nolin
Mr. Scott W. Greene
Mr. Avery J. Cypress ’14, LD ’20
Mrs. Kristy A. Garrett
Ms. Chandler Cryer
Mrs. Julie W. Grigsby
Mr. Edward Guth
Mr. Carson M. Raymond
Faculty and Staff
Mr. Charles B. Flaherty
Mrs. Payton Payne Guest ’10
Mrs. Jenifer Thoem
Mr. J. Brent Bell
Mrs. Taylor M. Owens
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Shuford Mr. and Mrs. David E. Slappey Dr. and Mrs. Frank D. Stegall Sr. ’62 Dr. Jo H. Stegall Jr. ’51
Mrs. Caroline A. Eady
Mrs. Jennifer Willingham Bagby
Mrs. Chloe Garth-Fielder
Mrs. Christie M. Atkins
Ms. Kayla A. Heflin
Mrs. Alexandra Trahan Johnson Mrs. Hope A. Jones
Mrs. Monisha Patel
Mr. Stefan Eady
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Allen Mr. and Mrs. Wright W. Bagby Jr. ’63 LD ’12
Mrs. Priscilla J. Tunnell Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Waters Mr. and Mrs. Marti Watkins
Mr. Shizheng Ye and Mrs. Chunqin
Mrs. Wendy L. Payne
Mrs. Natalie L. Ferguson
Mr. J. Kevin Ivester ’87
Mrs. Tori R. Brown
Ms. Carrie Elaine Watterson
Ms. Hanping Zhu
Mrs. Misty Boling
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Louis Strack
Mrs. Kimberly H. Tunnell
Mr. W. Frank Barron Jr. ’48 Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Bell Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Bouton Mr. and Mrs. Morton Boyd Dr. and Mrs. Edward W. Brewster Jr. Mr.’61and Mrs. R. Michael Burnes
Mr. and Mrs. Brooke J. Temple Mr. and Mrs. Roger H. Tillery
Mrs. Jamie L. Massey
Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Smith
Dr. and Mrs. Frank D. Stegall Jr. ’02 LD ’22
Dr. Michael Natarella
Mr. Brent L. Stepp
Mr.Chenand Mrs. Andrew G. Welborn Sr. ’85 ’86
Ms. Ivy H. Brewer
Ms. Madeline Fox
Dr. and Mrs. David Bailey Wilson
Mr.ValanciusandMrs. Trenton Wade
Mr. Paul Bell
Mrs. Madge Brown Crawford ’84
Mrs. Virginia Johnson Guth ’79, LD Ms.’20Leigh Hadaway
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Mr. Matthew Peer
Mr. Dean Ratledge
Mr. Weifu Zhang and Mrs. Haizhen
Mrs. Samantha L. Rush
Mrs. Erika N. White-Jones ’94
Mrs. Lindsay H. Woods Mrs. Bethany Zazzaro
- Tiffany Bowerman
Mrs. Melissa M. Smyly
Mrs. Rebecca A. Wood
Ms. Vivian S. Stitt
Mr. James R. Taylor
Mr. Stephen D. McConnell
Ms. Tannika King
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher P. Twyman
Mr. L. Brent Bell LD ’14
Mrs. Terar Everhart ’13
Mr. Marcus Jones Sr. and Ms. Erika White-Jones ’94
Mrs. Cindy A. Gordon
Mr. Brendan C. Leezer
Mrs. Jennifer E. Luitwieler
Ms. Tracey McKemie
Mr. Samuel G. Moss III ’63
Mr. Nathan C West
Mr. Justin A. Bruce
Mr. Brian D. Inman
Mr. and Mrs. Ryals D. Stone ’02
*indicates deceased
Est. in 2020
Mrs. Yujun Xia
Mr. Derek J. Fine
Mrs. Leslie Anne Finley ’85
Mr. Thomas F. Atha Sr.
Mrs. Molly F. Jordan
Mrs. Kay A. Lowe
Ms. Jennifer K. Sikes
Mr. and Mrs. Jon M. Wade ’94
Mr. Alan B. Shorey
Mr. John E. Cox
Mrs. Kristin Sukhanath
Mrs. Betty Wright Ledbetter Dr. and Mrs. John A. Liddle Mrs. Kay A. Lowe Mr. and Mrs. Roger C. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Wesley A. Martin Mrs. Madge McCown Mr. and Mrs. Jackson D. Morgan ’45 Mr. and Mrs. W. Fairfax Mullen Mr. and Mrs. Don Pirkle Mr. and Mrs. E. Dean Saville Jr. ’69T LD Mrs.’18Jody Selman
Mr. and Mrs Robert W. Sturdivant III
Ms.’97Carrie Elaine Watterson
Mr. B. Christopher Allen
Mr. and Mrs. William B. Temple ’90 LD ’15 ’90 LD ’18
Ms. Shelley E. Daniel
Mr. Jianfeng Wei and Mrs. Xiaoqian
Mr.’01and Mrs. Tye D. Smith
Mrs. Jody C. Deaton
Mrs. Darcy D. Liddle
Mr. Randall M. Smith Sr.
Dr.Shengand Mrs. Anthony Warden
Mr.Yu and Mrs. Michal Zelenak ’96
Ms. Jordan Walker
Mr. Noah Murphy
Mr. B. Kelly McDurmon
Traylor
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Thomas
Mr. and Mrs. J. Skye Wellesley ’00 LD ’14 ’00
Mr.ZhouYong Zhou and Ms. Fang Yao
Mrs. Tara K. Inman
Mrs. Julie D. Fine
Mr. Kurt A. Luitwieler
Mr. Allen Reid Owens
Mrs. Allison C. Holst
Mr. and Mrs. Travis Charles Wheat
Mr.’02and Mrs. Albert Sukhanath
Mr. and Mrs. Mark V. Tunnell
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Wood
Mrs. M. Catherine Atha
Mrs. M. Cristina Baldwin
Mr. Andrew B. Beckman
Mr. Samuel Clark
Mr. Matthew Enderle
Mr. and Mrs. Georgi Spasov
Ms. Rebekah A. Waller
Mr. and Mrs. Jared L. Willerson
Mrs. Ann M. Camp
Mr. Brant D. Evans
Mr. and Mrs. Randall M. Smith Sr.
Mrs. Rebecca Enderle
Mr. Patrick K. Hunt
Mr. Timothy Mallory
Mr. Patrick L. Collier ’08
Mr. J. Matthew Larry
Mr. Alex R. Martinez
Mrs. Jessica Peer
Mrs. Angela T. Pieroni
Mrs. C. Paige Rogers
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Wardlaw
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff M. Waters
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Weekley
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley C. Swancy
Mr. J. Chad Terry
Mr. Christopher Eberhart
Dr. Toni P. King Mr. Owen M. Kinney
Mrs. Elizabeth Bagby Smith ’87, LD ’12
Ms. Jo Anne B. Dulaney
Mr.WorshamandMrs. Timothy S. Wright
Mr. and Mrs. Brian C. Spears
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Thoem
Ms. Kathryn J. Merritt
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Ferguson Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Fuller Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. Russell Gates Dr. and Mrs. Peter G. Gilbert ’57 Dr. Buford Harbin ’63 Mrs. Barbara Jan Harrison Mr. and Mrs. David D. Harvey ’54 Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Hight Jr. ’67 Mrs. Joan H. Hill
Ms. Laura Baggett
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Steeves ’98 LD ’12
Mr.Mr.TippayapaphanupapRachataRonaldE.ToussaintandMs.Christopher
Mr. Michael J. Hudson ’94, LD ’18
Tiffany & Scott Bowerman
Mrs. Elizabeth Collier Bruce ’03
Mrs. Tonya S. Greene
Mr. and Mrs. Chadrick E. Woods
Mr. Chadrick E. Woods
Mr. and Mrs. R. Hyun Soo Song ’85
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Smyly
Mrs. Julie Wilson Lucas ’97
Mr. Joseph Pitts
Ms. Christina Kopp Mrs. Barbara Kuckhoff
Mr. Edward West Hine Jr. ’70 Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Hortman ’72 Mr. and Mrs. James H. Hudson Sr. Dr. and Mrs. J. Barney Hunter ’54 Mr. and Mrs. William F. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. William H. Jordan ’54 Mr. and Mrs. Larry P. Kellogg Mrs. Frances Knight Mr. and Mrs. Larry Kuglar Ms. Sylvia B. Lanier
Mr. Mark V. Tunnell
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan C. West
The Rev. Anne E. Swiedler
Mr. and Mrs.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Jackson Jr. Mr.’73Tand Mrs. Harry Johnson III ’68
Mr. and Mrs. P. Wayne Boyd
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Conrad Mr. and Mrs. David L. Corbin
Mr. Jerry M. Dunwoody ’53 Mr. and Mrs. Stefan Eady Mr. and Mrs. Byron L. Eberhart Jr. Mr. Clay T. and Dr. Nancy A. Mr.EdwardsandMrs. Warren C. Ellison
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Mr. and Mrs. Steven J. Butler
- Elaine (Hackett) Smith (’71T, LD ’18)
Mrs. Mary McCamy Beachum
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Massey
“My brothers and I created this fund to honor our parents’ 44 years of service to Darlington and to recognize members of the community who have dedicated at least 25 years of their lives to the school. It says a lot about the goodness of an institution when people choose to dig in and really make it an integral part of their life.”
Mr. James E. Farish Jr. Dr. J. Paul Ferguson
Mr.’71Tand Mrs. Philip Jay Botwinik
Dr. Arman Kosedag
Mr. Ronald Banford and Mrs. Suzanne A. Beckles
Mrs. Barbara Kuckhoff
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brock
Ms. Sylvia B. Lanier
Dr.’70TRobert and Dr. Melissa Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley A. Martin
Dr. John M. McCord Sr. ’69
Mrs. Jacquelyn B. Mooney
Dr. and Mrs. Bannester L. Harbin Jr. Dr.’55Buford Harbin ’63
Dr. Jayson and Dr. Katherine Fields
Mr. William H. Ford Jr. ’61
Mr. and Mrs. Scott R. Johnston Jr. ’69 Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Jones Jr. Mr. Herb C. Jones
Dr. and Mrs. Appa R. Donthamsetty Mr. and Mrs. Larry W. Dooley Mr. D. Kevin Dougherty Ms. Patsy R. Douglas Mr. and Mrs. I. Stewart Duggan Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Owen M. Kinney
Mr. and Mrs. Rasheed B. Atolagbe
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Melton
Mr. and Mrs. Jason W. Garrett Ms. Yolanda Garrett-Hull Mr. and Mrs. J. Russell Gates Dr. and Mrs. Peter G. Gilbert ’57 Mr. and Mrs. William M. Gilliland Mr.’76 and Mrs. J. Lewis Glenn ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Gregory R. Glover ’78 Dr. and Mrs. Neil E. Gordon Mr. and Mrs. Scott W. Greene
- Mary Elizabeth (Neville) Martin (’90)
Mr. and Mrs. James P. McCallie
Mr. Alfred L. Barron Jr. ’63
Class of ’71 Reunion Fund
Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan M. Atkins
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Ayala Jr.
Ms.’17Mary E. Cline
Dr. and Mrs. George A. Bosworth ’65
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Day ’96 LD ’19 Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Deaton Dr. and Mrs. John DeLoach Jr. Mr. L. Ray Dempsey ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Minesh J. Desai Mr. and Mrs. James H. Dillard II ’53 Mr. Kevin and Dr. Melissa S. Dillmon Mr. and Mrs. Terry Dollar ’68T LD ’17
Mr. W. Frank Barron Jr. ’48
Mr. and Mrs. Brian D. Inman
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Finley ’85 Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Finnell III Mr. Charles B. and Dr. Greta D. Dr.FlahertyLewis M. Flint Jr. ’58
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Bradley
Dr. and Mrs. J. Barney Hunter ’54 Mr. and Mrs. W. Byron Hurley ’83
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Kelly Jr. ’71 ’72T LD ’12
Mr. and Mrs. Lowell R. Wilkins
"The Class of 1971 established this endowment fund to honor our 50th reunion, to build on the legacy of both Thornwood and Darlington, and to make a lasting gift that will help make it possible for future generations to benefit from a Darlington education."
Mr.’61and Mrs. Mark E. Brewster ’89
Mr. and Mrs. Chad A. Liddle Mrs. Kay A. Lowe
Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Foss Jr. ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Philip Fricks Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gaffney Mr. Edward Gardner ’86 and Mrs. Paula Bacardi
Mr.’74 and Mrs. Dan D. Carlton
Dr. and Mrs. P. David Kearns
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. McConnell
Dr. and Mrs. C. Thomas Bevill III
Ms. Paige Collier ’88
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery K. Brooks ’79 ’79 LD ’14
Mr. and Mrs. H. Shol Brown III ’75
Mr.’84and Mrs. J. Luke Lester IV ’84 LD ’13
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Cox Mr. and Mrs. Cooper C. Crawford ’83
Mr. and Mrs. William G. Camp
Mr. and Mrs. Kurt A. Luitwieler Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. MacKimm Mr. and Mrs. Roger C. Martin
Mrs. Beth H. Baker
Mrs. Hugh T. Moore Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy D. Morgan ’87 LD ’17 ’87 LD ’19
Mr. and Mrs. Fountain H. May Jr. ’64
Mr. and Mrs. Wright W. Bagby Jr. ’63 LD ’12
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Jordan ’54
Mrs. Martha Avery
Dr. and Mrs. John S. Kirkland Jr. ’62 Mrs. Frances Knight Mr. and Mrs. David Koehler
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Curlee Mr. and Mrs. C. William Daniel ’59 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher A. Daniel Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth F. Davis ’69
The Betsy & Gordon Neville Faculty Award Est. in 2021
Mr.AnonymousandMrs. Troy Alcott
Ms.’97Jo Anne B. Dulaney
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald M. Lester ’52 Mr. and Mrs. Jon K. Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Huffman Jr. Ms.’67Christine R. Hughes
Mr. and Mrs. James B. Hunter Jr. ’75
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Barfield
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Carroll Jr. Dr. and Mrs. H. McCreal Chapman
Ms. Linda Williams
Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Harbin ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Huell T. Hargett Mr. and Mrs. Andrew W. Harper Mrs. Barbara Jan Harrison Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Harrison ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Mark Harrison Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Harrison Mr. and Mrs. William B. Harrison Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David D. Harvey ’54 Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hawkins Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Hayes Mrs. Wanda M. Henson Dr. Carl J. Herring Mr. Lyons J. Heyman ’44 Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Hight Jr. ’67 Mr. Gordon Lee Hight II ’62 LD ’17 Mr. and Mrs. John P. Hine ’53 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald P. Hogan Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Hortman ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Clinton G. Hubbard ’81 Mr. and Mrs. James H. Hudson Sr. Dr. and Mrs. James H. Hudson Jr. ’81
Parents of Alumni
Mr. and Mrs. Carter R. Clark ’87 LD
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Kelley III ’74 LD ’17 ’80
Mr. and Mrs. H. Lindsey Cordell III Mrs. Charlene Covington
Mr.’63Tand Mrs. Robert L. Berry ’64
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Brewster ’66
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Baldwin
Mr. John Izard Jr. ’77
Mr. and Mrs. B. Kelly McDurmon
Mr. and Mrs. B. Christopher Allen
Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Buice ’76
Mr. and Mrs. P. Kevin Hunt
Mr. Ismat Yassin and Mrs. Manal Khatib ’95
Mrs. Eva Marie Kelley Burns ’79
Ms.’74 Ivy H. Brewer
Dr. and Mrs. Edward W. Brewster Jr.
Est. in 2022
Mr. and Mrs. E. Rhett Butler Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Michael Burnes
Mr. and Mrs. Kerry J. Barnett
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Brock ’63 LD ’17
Ms. Diane Black
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Ledbetter Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Andrew
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Atha Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony M. Cantrell
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Flory ’82 Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Floyd Mr. James A. Ford ’54
Mr. and Mrs. Milton L. Wood
Mr.’94and Mrs. Stephen H. Brewster Sr. ’87 LD ’18
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn B. Collier
Thank You to Our Supporters
Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Watters Jr. ’72 ’72T LD ’13
Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Brown Jr. ’66
Mr.’84and Mrs. Houston L. Crumpler Jr. The’62Rev. and Mrs. Ronald Culpepper
Mr. Randall S. Booker ’60
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Barron Sr. ’64 ’68T
Mr. and Mrs. T. Grant Espy Mr. and Mrs. Kevin C. Evans ’87 LD ’14
Mrs. Deborah Brice Greeson ’72 T Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd H. Griffin III ’61 Mr.’65Tand Mrs. Lawson Hagler Dr. and Mrs. J. Daniel Hanks Jr. ’61 LD ’12 ’62T LD ’12
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry L. Minge ’53 Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Minshew Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Montgomery ’78
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Byars ’71 ’72T
Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Harbin ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Scott B. Harris ’72T LD
Dr. J. Paul Ferguson
Mrs. Wadleigh C. Winship
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart J. Alston ’63
Mr. William L. Hassett III ’85 Mrs. Kathy R. Hawkins
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Day
Mrs. Alice D. Munchak
Mr. Vernon H. Scarborough
Mr. and Mrs. Wright W. Bagby Jr. ’63 LD ’12
Ms. Haley Allison Mr. and Mrs. Harris Bagley Ms. Sidney W. Boozer
Mr. and Mrs. Michal Zelenak ’96 LD ’19
Ms. Cristina D Smith ’78
Mr. and Mrs. David E. Roberts
Mr. and Mrs. Byron L. Eberhart Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Eggleston
Dr. and Mrs. Arthur R. Gray ’72 Ms. Bonnie Grizzard ’77
A. W. Ledbetter Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Kelly Jr. ’71 ’72T LD ’12
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel D. Pate III ’76 LD ’13
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Pieroni
Mr. and Mrs. Todd Sledge
Mrs. Deana M. Wallace
Ms. Alicia Fischer
The Rev. and Mrs. T. James Bethell
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bolton
Jr. Mrs.’62Sue Anne Davidson
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Hudson Sr. Mr. and Mrs. William M. Huffman Jr.
Mrs. Nancy Ware
Mr. and Mrs. Randall M. Smith Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Schrimsher
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Sabourin
Capital & Endowment Gifts
Mr. Gordon Lee Hight II ’62 LD ’17 Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Hillis Jr. ’72 Mr. Edward West Hine Jr. ’70
Ms. Rosalee J. Kelley ’18
Dr. and Mrs. Hugh C. Peacock Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. William Rudolf
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Mr. and Mrs. Lowell R. Wilkins
Mr. David Prusakowski
Ms. Betty Cobb
Dr. and Mrs. Peeler G. Lacey ’72 Mr. and Mrs. William F. Lamb Mr. and Mrs. David D. Ledbetter ’88 LD ’20
Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. O’Mara
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Banks
Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Hortman ’72
The Garner Foundation, Inc. Greater Community Bank Heyman Family Foundation
Dr. and Dr. Joel E. Dendy Jr. ’63
Mrs. Villa Sulzbacher Hizer ’66T LD ’12
Friends
Mr.’63and Mrs. Scott M. Smith ’87 LD ’12
Mr. Jonathan E. Glidden and Ms. Patricia L. Hubbard ’86
Mrs. Frances Knight Mrs. Diann H. Kothe
Mr. and Mrs. William B. Temple ’90 LD ’15 ’90 LD ’18
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Newton Jr. ’64
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Wilhoite ’73
Ms. Janice P. Dismuke
Ms. Holly Dalferes Mr. and Mrs. Douglas DiRuggiero Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Ebersole
Mr. Robert M. Brinson Sr. ’58
The Penn Family Fund Est. in 2021
Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. J. Richard Martin
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Rachels Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Brenton J. Robertson
Mr. L. Ray Dempsey ’61
AmazonSmile Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. J. Neely Raper
Mr. Brent L. Stepp
Mr.’63and Mrs. Stephen E. Conrad
Mr.’22 and Mrs. Thomas J. Lumpkin
Coosa Valley Tennis Association Inc. Darlington Memorial Fund Donthamsetty Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Tyler D. Reed
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O. Powell
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Owens ’79
Mr. and Mrs. Roger H. Tillery
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Cornwell ’70
Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Buice ’76
Mr.’70Tand Mrs. William D. Cornwell
Mr. and Mrs. Marc J. Sklar
Jr. Mr.’67and Mrs. Houston L. Crumpler
Mrs. Jody Selman
Mr.’71Tand Mrs. James R. Halverson ’90
Mr.’67and Mrs. David G. Hunter ’65
Mr. and Mrs. Lyons J. Heyman Jr. ’70
Mrs. Martha Cates
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Powell
Mr.’72 and Mrs. Warren A. Rigas ’75
Mr.’82and Mrs. William E. Wofford ’63
Mr.’65Tand Mrs. J. Kyle Ivester ’87
Mr. John W. Walker
Dr. Buford Harbin ’63
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Spence
Mr. Peter M. Candler
Mrs.’17Barbara Jan Harrison
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Spyra
*Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Lindsay ’64 Dr. and Mrs. James R. Lovvorn ’72
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Mew III
Mrs. Joan D. Brown
Mr. Jon Cavalier
*Mr. James H. Milford Jr. ’63
*Mr. Kenneth M. Dickson ’73 Estate
Mr. and Mrs. Scott C. Dozier ’73
Mrs. Martha Avery
Mr. and Mrs. James P. Coleman III
Mr. and Mrs. Mark V. Tunnell
Mr. and Mrs. H. Craig Hayes ’63T Mr. and Mrs. Andrew C. Heaner ’77 Mr.’77and Mrs. Charles S. Heyman Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy P. Vincent Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Dean Saville Jr. ’69T LD ’18
Mr. and Mrs. Jared L. Willerson Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Williams Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Willingham Smith III
Mr. and Mrs. Jon Gravitt Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Haarlow Ms. Anne D. Hopkins Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Hudson
Mr. David H. Cauthen ’72
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn E. Whatley ’67 LD ’15
Ms. Margaret F. Busbin
Mr. and Mrs. W. Frank Stuckey Jr. ’75
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin C. Watters ’83
*Mr. and Mrs. Vernon D. Grizzard Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Gunther
Mr. and Mrs. James Liley ’89
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry L. Minge ’53
Mr. and Mrs. H. Armin Maier III Mrs. Carol S. McCann
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Sparks
Mr. and Mrs. Jarrett E. Shadday Sr. ’85 LD ’18 ’89
Mr. and Mrs. Claude F. Allen ’72
Mr. Alfred L. Barron Jr. ’63
Mr. George B. Dippy
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lichlyter
Dr. and Mrs. J Norris
Ms. Beth E. Pruitt-Hall
Dr. and Mrs. John S. Kirkland Jr. ’62 Mr. Kevin Kirsh ’72
Ms. Elizabeth Birdsong Summer ’76
“Three generations of the Penn family have been fortunate enough to attend Darlington, and the experience has instilled a set of values that we carry with us daily. Hopefully, this fund will provide a deserving student that same opportunity to attend Darlington and to go on to make a difference.”
Mr. and Mrs. Hall T. Penn ’67
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil B. Wright III ’69 Mr. Delos H. Yancey Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Delos H. Yancey III ’77 Mr. Zhao Yan and Mrs. Bin Yu Mr. and Mrs. James H. Zachry ’65 Mrs. Bethany Zazzaro
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Rome Orthopaedic Center PC State Mutual Insurance Co. Trotter Foundation Inc. Wadleigh C. Winship Charitable Fund
Mrs. F. Frederick Kennedy, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Matthew P. Mumber
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Barton
Dr. and Mrs. Scott G. Bowerman
Ms. Vivian S. Stitt
Dr. Jo H. Stegall Jr. ’51
Mr. and Mrs. David M. Sewell ’75
Mrs. Hugh T. Moore Sr.
Dr. Randolph P. Sumner ’75 and Dr. Susan M. Butler-Sumner
Dr. and Dr. Benjamin H. Cheek ’72
Dr. Joe Vargo
Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Elkins ’63 LD
Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. Freeman ’63 Mrs. Mary Dunn French
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Richardson
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wayt Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Welborn Sr. ’85 ’86
Mr. and Mrs. Chason L. Mull ’78 ’78
Mr. James A. Ford ’54
Mr. and Mrs. Alan B. Shorey
Mrs. Carmento Floyd Mr. Nick Giordano
Dr. and Mrs. Peter G. Gilbert ’57 Mr. and Mrs. John M. Graham V ’08 ’09 LD ’17
Mr. and Mrs. Harry S. Pierce
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Hine ’53
Ms. Elizabeth W. Pollard
Ms. Judy Newman
Mrs. Alice D. Munchak
Mrs.’85Barbara B. Briley
Mr. and Mrs. W. Fairfax Mullen
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Ratledge
Mr. and Mrs. J. Keith Rogers
Ms. Shanika R. Skonieczny
Mr. and Mrs. Wright W. Smith ’70 ’71T LD ’18
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Tillery ’80 LD ’17
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Watters ’80
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Wade
Mr. Dave Roberson
Mrs. Reagen Lowrey Lozar ’99 LD
Dr. and Mrs. W. Larry Tucker ’75 LD ’13
Dr. and Mrs. Lee McLean ’72T Mr. Peter A. McWilliams
Mr. and Mrs. W. Lee Thuston ’67
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Nevin Patton III Mr.’61and Mrs. George R. Payne Jr.
Mr. W. Frank Barron Jr. ’48
*Mr.’13William R. Enloe ’90
Mr.’48and Mrs. David M. Heyman ’74
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde McDonald
Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Hine ’74
Mr. and Mrs. Jose Rovilson R. Pinto
Mrs. Anne Rooney Kerr ’65T
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Mr. Alan Newton
Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. Rogers
Mr. and Mrs. Joe R. Baskin
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce A. Nadu
Mr. Lyons J. Heyman ’44
Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Watters Jr. ’72 ’72T LD ’13
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Seigler Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Shannon T. Loy
Ms. Alison Brookins
Mr. Jackson B. Kelly ’11
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert W. Brown ’66
The Rev. and Mrs. Douglas E. Remer
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry P. Sharp
Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Powers ’71
Mr. and Ms. Thornton W. Morris Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin H. Bradshaw III
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas C. Justice ’71T Mr. and Mrs. James M. Kelley III ’74 LD ’17 ’80
Mr. and Mrs. S. David Smith Jr. ’68
Mrs. W. R. J. Dunn Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Rudert ’60
Mr. and Mrs. Micajah B. Jones ’72
Mr.’75and Mrs. Kurt M. Stuenkel
Mrs. Jody Selman
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy R. Wallis ’69 Dr. and Mrs. Anthony Warden Lt. Col. John R. Ware II
Mr. and Mrs. Harris Bagley
Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Cobb Jr. ’52
Mr. and Mrs. Howard J. Lowden ’63T
Mr. and Mrs. Jim G. Reynolds ’90
Dr. and Mrs. Carlos A. Sotolongo ’72
Mr. and Mrs. Chason L. Mull ’78 ’78
Dr. Harrison F. Warner
Ms. Jane G. Sullivan ’72T
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy R. Wallis ’69
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Mr. and Mrs. Dan Mozley ’71T
Mrs. Thomas H. Selman Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Protz ’71T
Mr. and Mrs. Brooke J. Temple
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Saltino
*Mr.’15and Mrs. E. Bretney Smith Jr. ’48
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Stilwell ’72T
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Sisley IV ’96 LD
Mr. and Mrs. Steven R. Winkler ’72 LD ’15
Mr. and Mrs. James J. O’Neill III ’72
Mr.’89and Mrs. John K. Ottley Jr. ’49
Mr. John F. Taylor ’72
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Owens ’79
Mrs. Nancy Ware
Mr. and Mrs. Hall T. Penn ’67
Ms. Sue Willingham Upchurch ’67 T
Jr. Mrs. Royce F. Morris ’72
Mr. Edward W. Penn Jr. ’66
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan S. Peer
Mr. Alan Saye and Dr. Lisa Saye ’85
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Mitchell
Robert H. Ledbetter Family
Mr. and Mrs. Elbert J. Roberson ’89
Mr. and Mrs. William G. Smith Jr. ’72
Mr. and Mrs. Scott W. Morris ’95 LD ’14 ’07
Mrs. Diane Harris Ogletree ’68 T
Fall 2022 45 Community News FUND Thank you Tigers! Thank you for supporting Darlington during the 2021-2022 fiscal year! $5,309,729 Total gifts to the school (The Darlington Fund – $1,264,043) Number of donors supporting Darlington (The Darlington Fund – 1,379) 1,433 Number of consecutive 5-year donors 700 Number of parents and parents of alumni 351 & 316 Number of donors who gave $1,500 or more 210 Number of alumni who gave back (The Darlington Fund – 976) 1,034
Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Watters Jr. ’72 ’72T LD ’13
Mr. and Mrs. Larry C. Williams ’67
Mr. Ellis G. Winstead III
2nd Lt. and Mrs. Kevin J. Wood ’97 ’97 LD ’17
Heyman Family Foundation
*Mr. Lawrence S. Pritchard ’74
Rome Duplicate Bridge Club
Dr. and Mrs. J. Ryland Scott
Mr. and Mrs. J. Gray Tuttle Jr. ’72
Mrs. Anna Manis Tabor ’68T
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Paracka Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Whittenburg Jr. ’63
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Wofford ’63
Community Foundation for Greater CourageRome For Life
Mr. and Mrs. W. Lee Thuston ’67
Spangler Companies Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. C. David Rhodes III
Mr. Samuel G. Moss III ’63
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Wallace ’71T
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy R. Ortman ’88
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph K. Orr IV ’63
Mr. William T. Neville ’92
Ms. Karen A. Sachs ’71 T
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew T. Sawhill ’96 ’96 LD ’16
Mr.’72 and Mrs. J. Douglas Riddle II ’67
Mr. and Mrs. James G. Thwaite ’72
Mr. Robert A. Ragan ’57
Raiden W. Dellinger Charitable DunnTrust French Foundation
Floyd County Republican Women
*Mr. and Mrs. J. Roger Sumner
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Phillips ’72T
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin E. Sachs ’72
Mrs. Frieda C. Yeary
Mr. and Mrs. Harold W. Wyatt Jr.
Mrs. Patricia Self
Mr. and Mrs. Moultrie D. Plowden
Mr. Gray D. Morrison III ’69
Mr. Harold M. Storey
Mr.’71Tand Mrs. Russell L. Wimmer
Mr. and Mrs. Julius C. Shaw Jr. ’72
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Wilson ’72
Mr.’58and
Ms.’53 Elizabeth W. Pollard
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Richardson
Mr. and Mrs. E. Dean Saville Jr. ’69T LD ’18
Ms. Deborah L. Ryan ’88 LD ’15
Mr. Blair Train
Mr. and Mrs. Wright W. Smith ’70 ’71T LD ’18
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn E. Whatley ’67 LD ’15
Mr. and Mrs. Barry Wright III ’70
Mr. and Mrs. J. Alan Zachry ’93
the French town of Metz before proceeding as Captain of Company C, 10th Infantry, Big Red One into the bloody Battle of the Bulge, where he was injured in the snows of Luxembourg.Afterrecovering in England, Storey was tasked with developing a Wharton-like business preparation school in London for soldiers delayed from returning home. He was featured in Tom Brokaw’s book, “Letters of The Greatest Generation,” and even published his own memoir, “A Man of Peace Goes to War,” in 2020.Upon returning to Rome, he joined the family business of S.I. Storey Lumber Co. and married his wife, Rena, in 1950. At the time of his death last November, he was still serving as chairman of the board at S.I. Storey Lumber, and he and Rena still lived in the house they had built inBut1952.Storey is probably best known for his leadership of and loyal service to First Baptist Church and other agencies and organizations in the community, including Star House, Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest Georgia, Rome-Floyd County YMCA, Kiwanis, William S. Davies Homeless Shelters and Morningstar Treatment Center, to name just a few.
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“Dad’s main practical joke method was a portable boat air horn,” he remembered. “He would keep one in his vehicle and if someone sat too long when a red light turned green, he gave it a blast. His favorite time to use it was on the lumberyard when he came up behind someone on his bike.”While he may have been a joker at heart, Storey’s impact in his community and in the history of Darlington cannot be overstated.
A World War II veteran, he was awarded the Purple Heart for injuries and the Silver Star for bravery when – as the lone remaining officer of four – he reorganized and rallied his remaining troops to cross the Moselle River under fire and take
Storey served as a trustee at both Darlington and Thornwood School, the all-girls’ school with which Darlington merged in 1973, at different points in his life, and was named a Darlington life trustee in 1993.“Harold was a key member of the Board of Trustees of Thornwood School at the time of the proposed merger,” said Bell. “As always, he led with grace and humility, and created an environment of partnership and forward-thinking that bettered the
“Anyone who came in contact with Harold left better for the experience,” said Head of School Brent Bell. “In one of our last times together, he was laser focused on what he considered a huge problem in our society, hunger and food deserts. What I took away that day was that I was in the presence of a man who would never stop learning, who would never stop serving, and who would never stop looking for a better way. He was an inspiration to me and to so many others.”Storey grew up in northern Floyd County, attended Gore High School, and went on to graduate early from the University of Georgia so that he could enlist in the Army.
A portrait of Harold Storey painted by his wife, Rena.
“Darlington would not be the place it is today without the leadership of thoughtful and forward-thinking people like Harold,” said Bell.
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Simply put, leadership was a way of life for Harold Storey. From his military service, to his career, to his work in our community, he was always one to step up and lead with compassion and grace.
educational opportunities for students locally and around the world.”Storey’s son, Hal (’75), said his father was never one to shy away from change when good and necessary.
Harold Storey
“Dad was an early proponent of the merger, although not all were, and I know he was pleased that history has proven that to be one of the greatest milestones in Darlington’s history,” he said. “While I was in school, Dad was also among the early community inductees to the Cum Laude Honor Society and he was extremely proud of that. He believed in Darlington and made many lifelong friends through his connections there.”
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“Dad was energetic, compassionate, an initiator, generous, an advocate for those in need, and someone who was impatient with wrong,” said Rena (Storey) Henderson (’71T). “He loved people, and serving others was definitely a great satisfaction to him. These were characteristics he inherited from his mother.”
But when he wasn’t out in the community doing his part to tackle issues like hunger, homelessness and alcoholism, people remember Storey as a “Dadjoker.enjoyed life and he couldn’t help playing jokes on people,” laughed Henderson. “It was usually people that he Storeyliked!”inherited his practical joker status from his father, said Hal.
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George Johnson (’54)
Leaving a legacy
Those who knew George Johnson (’54) would not be surprised that his favorite word was “joy.” He exemplified it by living life to the fullest; giving back to family, friends and community; treasuring old friends; and making new ones everywhere he went. Described as generous, optimistic, and kind, Johnson loved nothing more than telling a good story, and he had an uncanny ability for getting others to share theirs.
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beneficiary of his hard work and generosity.Johnsonhas served a number of organizations that meant much to him, but dearest to his heart was Communities in Schools (CIS). In 1974, he was introduced to Neil Shorthouse and Bill Milliken and their work with students in Atlanta’s inner city, founders of what would eventually become CIS, the nation’s largest K-12 dropoutprevention network. This pivotal meeting galvanized his focus on philanthropy and fundraising and in 2016, he received the Ann Cox Chambers Champion for Kids Award in recognition of decades of work on behalf of “GeorgeCIS.gave tirelessly to the people and causes he cared most about – the education of children, in particular,” said Head of School Brent Bell. “When he was honored for his meaningful work with Communities in Schools, he spent his entire acceptance speech thanking everyone else. He was a servant leader in the truest sense of the word.”
“George loved to tell the story about how he got to Darlington,” said Dr. Frank Stegall (’62), who served on the Board of Trustees with Johnson for many years. “He was in Atlanta and not doing anything very impressive, so his father told him he would be going to Darlington his junior year. The second week, George called home while sitting on a bench outside the chapel and said, ‘This isn’t going to work.’ His father told him he could stay at Darlington or join the military. He said something like, ‘I would advise you to go back to the dorms, make friends and do well in school.’ George said that was the best advice he ever got and he always gave his father much credit for sending him there. He said Darlington was the best thing that happened up to that point in his life.”
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In addition to his work with CIS, Johnson’s most satisfying achievements were co-chairing capital campaigns for Trinity Presbyterian Church, Darlington School, and the Atlanta campaign for UNC.“Itwas a real honor for me to co-chair the Second Century Campaign with George. He was a
“George was one of the most influential people that I’ve known in the history of Darlington in terms of his impact on the school,” said Stegall. “Something about him just made you want to get on board. When he came to you, you knew you were going to sign up because he was so enthusiastic and so encouraging. You wanted to be part of whatever George was leading. He was a guy everyone loved to be around and we all miss him.”
Johnson went on to earn his B.S. in Business Administration from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and, after a brief time in life insurance, found his calling in commercial real estate. He had a very successful career developing hotels and office buildings throughout the Southeast.In1959,he married his wife, Janet, whom he had first met at UNC and reconnected with later in Atlanta. They made their home there and the city of Atlanta would be a lifelong
great fundraiser with a great love for Darlington,” said life trustee Jere Drummond (’57). “He was much more deeply entrenched in Atlanta than I was and he knew where to find the money. People would say, ‘Oh, I’m not sure I can help much,’ and George could say, ‘Hey, I know you’ve got money in that old shoe back there, I know where it came from, and you need to give it to Darlington.’ That was a very effective fundraising technique.”Inaddition to co-chairing the school’s first comprehensive capital campaign, which raised over $95 million, Johnson served many terms as a trustee and was named Distinguished Alumnus in 1991 and life trustee in 2013. The following year, he served as honorary chairman of Leadership Darlington. Spaces on campus bearing his name include the Johnson-Drummond Amphitheater, the Johnson Field House and the Johnson Assembly Hall.
A member of the faculty since 2011, Zazzaro began his tenure as head of Neville House, one of the three boys’ dorms. He and his wife Bebe, Pre-K to 8 counselor, raised their sons, Colin (’19) and Casey (’19), in Neville House alongside young men from all over the country and the world.
Remembering our teacher, coach and friendHawaiian
shirts filled Chris Hunter Stadium at the Tigers’ first home football game last season in memory of history teacher John Zazzaro, who passed away unexpectedly in August after having a medical emergency during class. In true “Z” spirit, the Tigers played “Victory March,” the Notre Dame fight song, and had tater tot nachos on hand in the concession stand, which Zazzaro had planned to run last season. The players also wore “Z” heart decals on their helmets.
“These words truly encapsulate John and all that he has done at Darlington and elsewhere during his career,” said Matthew Peer, director of enrollment management and former director of Upper School, who hired Zazzaro.
“Whetheradvocate.hewas sitting with a student in the emergency room at 2 a.m.; or in a Disciplinary Committee meeting after school; or during a free period in his office, classroom, or The Growl, he was always there for our students here at Darlington,” Peer continued. “John realized that the life lessons taught outside of the classroom were just as important as the wisdom learned inside of it. I am confident that there will be generations of students who will be better people, partners and parents because they had the opportunity to learn how to live life from Mr. Z.”
“John’scoach.passion for teaching, gregarious personality, and love for his students made every day in his classroom a special one.” said Brian Inman, chairman of the history department. “His progressive teaching style and creative ideas were at the forefront of Darlington’s mission.” Zazzaro’s lifelong love of teaching and learning has impacted young people far beyond Darlington’s gates. Prior to his work here, he served as chairman of the history department and athletic coach at Carolina Day
School in Asheville, N.C., as well as a teacher, dorm parent, and coach at Christchurch School in Virginia.
When applying at Darlington in 2011, Zazzaro described himself as an experienced educator committed to the educational, spiritual, moral, and social development of young adults; an enthusiastic and innovative planner of curriculum, activities, and nontraditional educational opportunities; and a fun-loving, openminded, and nurturing educator.
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“John has worn many hats during his tenure in independent schools and the one he wore proudest was that of student
Kwabe Kumi (’14) echoed these sentiments. "He created the foundation that built us into men,” he said. “Mr. Z molded me not only into a more compassionate person, but a person who could be honest and true to myself and others. I can speak for many of my closest friends when I say that his impact on our lives will never beAsforgotten.”amember of the student life team, Zazzaro worked extensively with Darlington’s student leadership organizations, serving as faculty advisor of the Student Council and spearheading the Boys’ Life program, which provides life skills to help boarding students develop a greater understanding of themselves and theirAftercommunity.eightyears as head of house, Zazzaro entered the classroom full time in 2019, teaching AP Human Geography and Modern World History. He was also an assistant tennis
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“It’s the day-to-day memories that stick: the perpetual grin he wore, the birthday dinners he made for us, inside jokes yelled down hallways, and the countless times he was available for us to confide in," he said. "Mr. Zazzaro was a great father, leader,
mentor and teacher. He was the glue that held us together."
Additionally, he and Bebe have spent their summers working at Camp Androscoggin, an all-boys summer camp in Maine, for three decades. In fact, that is where the couple first met.Noah Katz (’14) had the opportunity to work alongside the Zazzaros one summer. “When I was a college freshman, unsure of what to do with my summer, Mr. Z went out of his way to help me find a job at the summer camp where he and his family were an institution,” he said. “That selfless action is just one indicator of the type of man John Zazzaro was: an inspiration, a leader, and above all, a champion.”
Nic Scoccimaro (’14) called Zazzaro a shining example of Darlington’s Motto: "Wisdom more than Knowledge; Service beyond Self; Honor above Everything."
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Community NewsClass Notes 49 In Memoriam 1949
Thorpe Jr. died Nov. 12, 2021 Jimmy Cassidy died Nov. 7, 2021
Jan. 13, 2022 Jimmy
Asa Candler died Roy Johnston died
Jim Milner died Herman Reily Hudgins died Blocker died
Donald McClain died Groover died July
24, 2021 1947 194919481944 1945 19511950 1952 1953 Memorials published in this issue reflect those who passed away between July 1, 2021, and July 8, 2022. Additional memorials reported to the Advancement Office during the past year can be found at www.darlingtonschool.org. Alumni and former faculty who passed away after July 8, 2022, will be included in the next issue.
Phinizy III died Jan. 22, 2021
Aug. 13, 2021
Kelli (Hutchinson) Karanovich
died March 2, 2022 Fall 2022
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