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Bulletin
a “gilman five” of retirees
Jim Busick, Sue Dickey, Peter Julius, Ruth Williams and Jerry Wolf leave their indelible marks on Gilman.
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report on giving
Highlights of giving during fiscal year 2010–2011.
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contents
Editor Jodi Pluznik Director of Communications
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Assistant Editors Karaline Jackson Graphic Designer David Rosenfeld Public Relations Officer Contributors M. Kate Ratcliffe Director of Development
There is a way to provide for Gilman. By naming Gilman as a beneficiary in your will, revocable trust, or retirement plan, you can reduce your estate taxes and leave your current financial planning uninterrupted.
Ashley Principe Associate Director of Development Angie Brickhouse Interim Director of Annual Giving Stephanie Felton Director of Alumni Relations Mac Barrett ‘67 Alumni Special Projects Coordinator
Where there is a Will . . .
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What are the advantages?
Bequests are simple Just include a bequest provision in your will or add a codicil to an existing will.
Alice Dearing P‘15 Director of Donor Relations Design Jeremy Hoffman
Bequests are revocable
Printing Pavsner Press
If your circumstances change, you can easily revise your will.
Photography John Bowers Erik Kvalsvik ’73 Steve McDaniel ’65 Meir Pluznik David Rosenfeld Steve Ruark ’96 Meghan Shupe Cynosure Photographers
The Gilman Bulletin is published by Gilman School, Baltimore, Maryland 21210. Gilman School welcomes students of any race, color, sexual orientation, and national or ethnic origin. www.gilman.edu www.facebook.com www.twitter.com/GilmanSchool
Bequests are flexible You can give almost any kind of asset.
Bequests are deductible Although you cannot take a current income tax deduction, bequests are deductible for federal estate tax purposes when your estate is settled. Correction The article “3 Schools, Connecting as 1” published in the Spring 2011 Bulletin stated that the first coordinated classes between Gilman and Bryn Mawr began during the 1973–74 school year. While coordination became “official” in that year, there were coordinated classes before that time. Also, the article stated that Nick Schloeder had a 49-year career at Gilman. His career at Gilman lasted 39 years.
Discover the benefits of giving wisely . . . Contact the Office of Planned Giving for more information. 410-323-7176
We regret the errors. Thanks to those avid readers who let us know.
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Bulletin 4 A New Selectivity The challenges of the college admission process. carl ahlgren
14 A “Gilman Five” of Retirees Jim Busick, the longest-tenured varsity head coach in Gilman history, hangs up his racket. rishi bedi ‘13 An ovation for Lower School music teacher Sue Dickey. leith herrmann ‘64
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Peter Julius provided quiet, effective leadership in his nearly three decades at Gilman. jerry thornbery A fond and final farewell for Ruth Williams. matt schlerf ’12
Jerry Wolf retires after 40 years of “doing it his way.” john schmick ‘67 2 Message from the Headmaster 48 In Memoriam: W. Cameron Slack ’46 62 Class of 2011 73 Report on Giving
Departments 26 School News New faculty enhance the Gilman community. 36 Alumni Spring Alumni Weekend recap. 50 Athletics A fine spring season. 58 Development The Class of 1961 establishes scholarship.
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John Schmick speaks with students during filming for a Gilman spot. View the finished piece at www.gilman.edu/admissions.
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From the Headmaster
How many of us remember the tremendous impact that teachers have on our lives? Jim Busick, Sue Dickey, Peter Julius, Ruth Williams and Jerry Wolf made huge impressions on the boys who came their way, and they all did so with different strengths. Whether they experienced Jim’s patient teaching, Sue’s energetic conducting, Peter’s quiet intellectualism, Ruth’s strong advising or Jerry’s enthusiastic classrooms, countless students benefitted from the care of these outstanding educators. As you read through this issue of the Bulletin, you will notice one major theme: the tremendous impact that people have on our lives. The cover story describes college admissions and how its landscape has changed. Here again, our college counselors’ dedication and professionalism help our seniors achieve their college dreams.
The stories about our alumni — the tenacity of Derrelle Janey, the creativity of Sandy London and the lifelong accomplishments of W. Cameron Slack — help us feel especially proud to be a part of this community. We begin to understand how deep Gilman roots do, in fact, grow. We hope you will enjoy this latest edition of the Gilman Bulletin. Enjoy reading about some of the innumerable people who have come into and out of the Gilman community and who have given us all so much. Gilman is truly blessed, and we are most grateful for each and every one of you.
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Research shows that undergraduate success is the result of a demanding high school curriculum with abundant opportunities to analyze, research and write.
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A New Selectivity Four Recent Trends in Selective College Admissions
carl ahlgren director of college counseling
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hen our counselors first meet with parents, we often hear, “It’s so different now from when we were applying,” and other similar phrases. Distinguished papers like The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal all regularly cover selective college admission, a topic that was, until recently, not considered especially newsworthy, but is now part of mainstream journalism and our national conversation. College admissions is now big news and big business. U.S. News and World Report, home of the annual ‘America’s Best Colleges’ guide, has discontinued its weekly editions, preferring to invest in its much more profitable annual rankings. The proliferation of test prep companies, both locally and nationally, has become almost exponential, and this industry is now a billion-dollar a year business. And Gilman families follow it all. There is clearly a relationship between this mania and the stunning increase in the size of application pools over the past decade. With few exceptions, colleges
aren’t enlarging their incoming classes, yet each year brings an increasingly larger pool of applicants. When increasing demand meets with unchanging supply, attention and energy are created. In the context of school life, this energy can easily morph into unhelpful anxiety and misconceptions about what still can be a straightforward and rewarding process. The struggling economy has added another layer to these developments. Families, in lean economic times, redefine issues of “value,” “desire” and “prestige.” They may no longer have the ability or the desire to write annual checks of $40,000 or $50,000 for four years, at least not without a clear appreciation for what will be gained by that investment. Ambition, and what constitutes a top undergraduate education, have therefore gone through a subtle transformation. Our office has learned from many Gilman families that there is much less general agreement about what are the best colleges and universities. The application process has become much more varied as family ambitions have diversified. Uniting almost all of these
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different kinds of aspirations and transitions is a very real concern, fueled in part by increasing selectivity. I call these changes in the college application process the New Selectivity, defined by four components: more applicants, more aggressive marketing, the notion of fit and changing family values and priorities. These factors affect our seniors as they begin to apply to colleges and universities, as well as the ways our office seeks to respond to them.
The reality of increasing numbers Demographers tell us that the number of U.S. high school graduates has gone from 2.6 million in 1996 to almost 3.4 million in the peak year of 2008. Other data reveal that there was a 1.2 million increase in U.S. high school enrollment between 2000 and 2010. In the same time span, the number of international students studying in the U.S. rose from 500,000 to just below 700,000. Quite simply, today far more college applicants, both domestic and international, compete for the same number of available spots in an incoming college class. With rare exceptions, each of the 20 most selective institutions reports this most recent admission cycle (for fall 2011 matriculation) as the most competitive and selective ever. Striking is that this announcement has been echoed verbatim over the years. Many of the colleges most coveted by Gilman seniors continue to report, year after year, their “largest application pool ever.”
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Why so many applications? Recent demographics begin to suggest a leveling off of available high school seniors. So how do we begin to understand and explain the continued rise in application numbers? Admission deans and enrollment managers are under mounting — and sometimes profound — pressure to enlarge applicant pools, and they have employed a number of tactics in order to reach these goals. There are different reasons for purposefully enlarging the applicant pool, and within this deliberateness the New Selectivity emerges. The nation’s most selective colleges aggressively seek to further differentiate their incoming classes by increasing socioeconomic diversity. These already hyper-selective institutions have introduced especially generous financial aid initiatives aimed at attracting middle and lower income applicants from around the country and the world. More common, however, are the methods used by a larger number of very selective or moderately selective colleges and universities. These schools range in size and style, but they all share a very real desire to increase selectivity by expanding the applicant pool. Increasing selectivity suggests increasing demand, and our nation’s colleges and universities rely heavily on the reality, or at least the perception, of growing demand for their product. The Common Application has been an effective tool in this regard. Long seen as an asset to students because of the ways it facilitates the application process, the “Common App” has been an indispensable partner to a college’s desire to increase applications. In almost all cases, newlywelcomed Common App member institutions report significant application increases in the first year of participation. Also, the increasingly popular Fast App or Snap App has been the latest tactic
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10 Most Popular Private Institutions Gilman Seniors 2007 to 2011
applications
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applications
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admit rate
Boston College
19,059
33,000
13,941
73.15%
33.59%
27.88%
Brown University
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86.35%
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Duke University
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102.70%
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Georgetown University
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19,275
3,948
25.76%
20.84%
17.98%
9,129
19,388
10,259
112.38%
34.31%
18.31%
Princeton University
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27,189
12,901
90.29%
11.74%
8.39%
University of Pennsylvania
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31,659
12,506
65.30%
21.57%
12.26%
9,730
24,756
15,026
154.43%
46.39%
15.45%
Dartmouth College
Johns Hopkins University
Vanderbilt University
Yale University 12,046 27,282 15,236 126.48% 17.80% 7.35%
employed by colleges to increase application numbers. Contracting with a third party vendor, a college can send thousands of email invitations to students nationwide. These emails often appeal to a student by identifying him as a V.I.P. or suggest that he has been chosen to complete a special “Presidential Application.” In each email there is a link to an electronic application that is pre-populated with much of the student’s information. As an added incentive, the application fee or essay requirement will be waived! It is little wonder that application pools can continue to increase, as the New Selectivity invites 17 and 18 year-olds to do less and less work in order to complete an application. The critical element, and the one that we need families to understand, is that the relationship between more, easier applications and admission success is inverse, not direct. Colleges seek to enlarge application pools so that they can deny
more, rather than admit more applicants. One of the bedrock principles within the Gilman College Counseling Office is that anything worth earning or having will necessarily include some hard work. This premise is plain and simple as we begin the senior year: strong and successful applications will include effort and focus. It isn’t just a philosophical principle; it’s an irrefutable key to a successful admission process. Said another way, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
The notion of fit and institutional goals It is here — at the intersection of a student’s and a college’s institutional goals — where the College Counseling Office finds
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its work and the challenge of the New Selectivity. As cynical as it may seem, we continue to seek better ways to counsel students and families through an admission process that appears devoted not to admission per se, but to denying a larger number of students each year. Long gone are the days when a high school’s reputation was a significant factor in an admission decision. Admission offices have discovered that they can choose from millions of strong students from around the globe, and with increased financial aid budgets, even the most expensive college has an almost unfettered ability to attract and fund all kinds of students. For many families of modest means, financial aid packages make the cost of a highly selective college less than the state flagship university. Of course, there are many other superb institutions that do not have these financial resources. For these colleges and universities, it has become even more important to create and control the applicant pool. Such schools need to enroll the right combination of students with and without financial need so that they can matriculate the strongest class they can afford. The Gilman College Counseling Office is committed to helping our students and families see their application process within this evolving national context and understand the best ways to both tactically and thoughtfully approach it. In this way, we often introduce to our students the notion and importance of ‘yield.’ ‘Yield,’ an admission term, is defined as those students who accept a college’s offer of admission. It is important to understand that these students — those who enroll — are by far the most important group of students within any applicant pool. Admission offices covet academic strength and other personal qualities, but only insofar as these strong, appealing students have some likelihood of enrolling. In the New Selectivity, impeccable credentials may mean precious little if a student is perceived as not likely to enroll. It does not serve the institution’s goals to
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admit a high number of remarkably strong applicants who ultimately do not join the class. Through the use of various early application plans, essay writing and what is called “demonstrated interest,” the Gilman CCO guides and directs our students toward the best ways to find admission success in this competitive environment. Although terms like “fit” and “match” are commonly used by counselors and families, these phrases are not without their problems and traps. The primary problem with such a term is that it implies in a subtle way that there might be only one or two colleges that “fit” an applicant, when the reality is that for every member of the senior class, there are likely a dozen or more institutions that will meet his needs and provide a first-rate education. Our counseling approach embraces the very critical expectation that the applicant be able to articulate something meaningful about a desired college’s learning and teaching program. Experience has revealed to us that when colleges promote themselves through their publications, mailings and presentations, they often use the language and imagery of overall experience — relationships, social life, athletics and the like. When it comes time for that college to admit students, however, the language and criteria of “academic fit” and “yield-ability” are used. So, the experience a college offers fills the pool, but academic profile and yield issues create the incoming class. Those applicants who have the ability to convey, in some meaningful way, why they believe a school is a good match almost always have a pleasant and successful admission process.
Money, cost and value Just as values and priorities are changing on the college admission side, values and priorities continue to develop among applicants and their families. It is here too
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where we see the New Selectivity at work. It isn’t just admission offices who have altered the nature of their selectivity; students and families have changed their selectivity criteria. At Gilman and around the nation, families are casting a much more discriminating eye at the cost of a four-year education and its long-term value. No longer is it presumed that a prestigious private college will offer the best education and, therefore, the best value. All kinds of families, not just those who require significant financial aid, are shifting the nature of their ambitions by applying to more public institutions and, to a lesser extent, pursuing some of the merit scholarships that are available to strong students. At Gilman and at our peer institutions, more students (and more strong students) are applying to top state institutions. And, in the end, more matriculation decisions appear to be driven by bottom-line cost. In the last two years, graduating seniors have chosen local public institutions over superb private colleges like Carnegie Mellon, Notre Dame, Washington and Lee, Colby, Wake Forest and Colgate. We are just as proud of these students as we are of any other. And, we are equally proud of the many Gilman seniors who regularly earn some of the most prestigious and generous scholarships in the nation. In the last five years, Gilman seniors have been offered the Jefferson Scholarship (Virginia), the Gordon Scholarship (Wake Forest), the Chancellor’s Scholarship and the Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholarship (Vanderbilt), the Presidential Scholarship (Boston College), the Hodson Trust Scholarship (Johns Hopkins) and the Meyerhoff Scholarship (UMBC).
Not so different after all? We in the College Counseling Office are not yet convinced that “it’s so different now.” Applicants may apply to more destinations on average than was the case two decades ago, but the amount of effort and the steps necessary to complete an application are about the same as they always were. The current climate does, however, reward the more deliberate and thoughtful applicant, one who has some sense of why he is going to college and what he wants out of the experience. These students find tremendous success, despite increasing selectivity and competitiveness. They stand out in ways that all applicants want to stand out, but the key to this success may be counterintuitive. While many ambitious students approach the admission process with the desire to “put their best foot forward” or write the “best essay,” or perhaps create the “best list of extracurriculars,” the most successful applicants focus their energies on their own academic and personal goals and how a particular set of colleges will meet those goals. The New Selectivity can be intimidating, but it rewards those who approach this process in a simple, thoughtful and clear-headed way. Gilman is blessed with many remarkable students who contribute mightily to our community and to their college communities once they leave us. Given these assets, it comes as no surprise that Gilman seniors set the standard in Greater Baltimore when it comes to selective college admission success. Despite the escalating competition, our graduates continue to bring honor to our school, to their families and to themselves.
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College Counseling at Gilman
jodi pluznik
Applying to college today is a process that starts well before the fall of the senior year. As Carl Ahlgren details in his article, there’s a new selectivity in college admissions, spurred by more applicants for an often static number of freshman spaces (the College of William & Mary calls the Common Application “the most humane invention of the last quarter century,” but it might not be in terms of acceptances!), more aggressive marketing by colleges, the notion of finding the right “fit” for a student and changing family values and priorities for undergraduate education. Here at Gilman, boys and their families have the advantage of a strong College Counseling Office staffed with three full-time counselors — Ahlgren, Larry Malkus and Matt Herman — to guide them through the application process. Throughout a boy’s years in the Upper School, our college counselors aim to nurture and expand their relationship with both him and his parents. Our counselors seek to serve students as teachers and advisors as they navigate the ever-changing landscape of college admission.
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In 2008, the Gilman Board of Trustees commissioned a study that assessed Gilman’s College Counseling services. Conducted by Wickenden Associates and led by Jim Wickenden, former dean of admission at Princeton University, the study benchmarked Gilman against peer schools, surveyed alumni, alumni parents and college admissions officers and reviewed the school profile. In the course of the study research, an admissions officer from Princeton remarked, “Being a counselor at a private school is so difficult. It involves advocating for kids, building relationships and educating parents and faculty about the realities on the ground.” As Ahlgren explains, the “realities on the ground” are daunting, because families approach the college admission process differently. Some are open to counseling, while others have predetermined notions about where their sons should matriculate. Some may be sending the first in their family to college, while some may wish to continue a family tradition. A significant charge of the College Counseling Office is to educate parents about the current college landscape and manage their expectations, as much as parents manage those of their sons.
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Carl Ahlgren leads a team of three full-time counselors. The School plans to add a fourth counselor in the future.
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Long gone are the days when Gilman boys will only attend Princeton, Virginia, Washington & Lee, Yale or other Ivy League or highly-selective private colleges. “The difficulty from Princeton’s perspective is that even being the best and brightest can’t guarantee an applicant a place in our class,” said the Princeton admissions officer in the Wickenden study. “Generally, the Gilman applicants are on par with others. Another issue for us is that we had 6,000-plus high schools represented in the applicant pool. We can’t accept one student from each school! For any school to get one or two students into Princeton is amazing.” (Princeton enrolled 1,300 students in its Class of 2015. And don’t forget . . . nearly 50% of those who enrolled were women!) The officer interviewed from Yale echoes this sentiment, “It may seem that one or two [admitted] students aren’t very many, but it really is.” Gilman’s Class of 2011 has three graduates attending Princeton and two at Yale. On average, over the past decade, 54 percent of Gilman graduates have matriculated at colleges and universities defined as the “Most Competitive” by Barron’s Guide to the Most Competitive Colleges. To anyone who has applied to college, or supported a child in applying without professional guidance, the mere existence of a team of dedicated college counseling professionals is a boon in itself. Of course most independent schools boast college counseling offices, with similar staffing and missions. Public schools have student services or guidance offices that are often much more attuned to paperwork than advice. What is unique at Gilman is that each of our counselors teaches one class and also coaches, an interpretation of our timehonored teacher-coach-advisor model. Classroom and playing field interaction enable Ahlgren, Malkus and Herman to form closer relationships with the boys. So when a counselor suggests that a student look at a certain college or university, when he writes a Secondary School Report for a boy (most colleges and universities require that one recommendation be from a counselor) or
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when he advocates for a boy’s application, he knows the child and acts in his best interest. In response to Wickenden study recommendations, the three counselors each visit colleges and universities around the country. “These visits enable us to bring back expertise in what that particular school offers,” says Ahlgren. Last year, the three visited more than 30 schools. These trips also allow the counselors to steer appropriate candidates to a school that meets a student’s specific needs. As a bonus, the personal relationships formed with admissions representatives can help make the difference in outcome for a boy. In short, the counselors can counsel better, write stronger recommendations and appropriately advocate when necessary.
the process begins Although the formal college admissions process at Gilman begins in January of the junior year, the counselors also speak at ninth and tenth grade form meetings. The boys are a few years away from submitting that first application, but they are given early advice about what will matter to a college admissions officer. Grades and the rigor of courses is the most important component; throughout their Upper School career boys should choose courses that challenge them and increase in difficulty. AP classes, for that reason, are a plus, as they are taught at college levels, and a score of three or above on an AP exam may earn students college credit. The counselors stress that the boys don’t necessarily have to be well-rounded renaissance men, but they should find activities that interest them and develop those interests over time. Colleges look more for prospective students with a demonstrated passion for something for which they care deeply, and for someone who will contribute to their campus community, than for someone who can “do it all.” The Junior Class College Night that kicks off the formal college counseling process brings parents into the fold. The program typically features admission officers from three different colleges and universities who discuss the college search, how admission
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decisions are made, the essay and other topics. The Senior-Parent Breakfast launches the senior year on the day before school starts. The program focuses concretely on the application and admissions processes. Much of the college admission process is deadline and data driven, as is the counseling process. By using Naviance, a leading online resource to help manage the college search, selection and application process, the counselors can quickly ascertain how a student’s grades and standardized test scores measure against a school’s medians. Naviance is an invaluable tool to the boys in keeping them organized and on track as they move toward application deadlines. The boys also have myriad opportunities to visit with college admission representatives without leaving Roland Avenue. This year alone, more than 100 schools visited Gilman between September and November. The College Counseling Office hosted seven evening sessions as well. “I feel good that Columbia came to us requesting that we host a session,” says Ahlgren. Since the formal college interview has fallen out of fashion — with such huge increases in the numbers of applications, it is impossible for an admissions staff to interview each applicant — these brief sessions with admission counselors help fill that void. More and more, admission officers depend upon well-crafted essays to give insight into the person behind the application. A student can chat with the person who will most likely read his application, giving him the chance to personalize an otherwise faceless process. The cost of higher education is also an important factor for many Gilman families. Even those families with the ability to pay a full Gilman tuition — at more than $24,000 per year for the Upper School — may not be so willing to pay college tuition at upwards of $50,000 per year at a private institution. The University of Maryland, College Park, which uses $24,000 as its total cost for financial aid purposes, and its Honors, College Park Scholars and other living-learning programs, becomes a much more fiscally attractive option.
There have been cases in recent years where boys have chosen to attend, for example, Virginia Tech over Wake Forest, or several other lower-cost schools over more expensive options. Some students may choose a school that has offered a merit scholarship instead of a “name” school that does not. Given the unsteady economy, and that some students may anticipate graduate school costs, these fiscally-driven decisions should not be that surprising. Often, even if a school seems beyond a family’s budget, the counselors will encourage the boys to apply. The counselors also encourage all families — regardless of their income or whether or not they think that they might receive aid — to complete the FAFSA and the CSS Profile, where necessary. Schools need these estimates to create a financial aid package. If a family does not complete these forms, they have essentially not applied for financial aid at all. And don’t forget recruited studentathletes. There continues to be buzz about where some of our most talented athletes will commit, as early as the junior year, with some making verbal decisions that soon. In most cases, prospective NCAA Division I or Division II student-athletes complete the NCAA eligibility form during the summer of the junior year. For other athletes, the chance to play collegiate sports at the non-scholarship Division III level may factor into a decision about where to apply. Applying to college is hard work, especially when added to homework, athletics, part-time jobs and other commitments that the average student may have. Though the burden truly belongs to the senior to manage his college application process, Gilman’s college counselors, by providing advice and appropriate support, help calm the waters during an often tumultuous year.
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Jim Busick, the longesttenured head coach in Gilman athletics history, led Gilman to an unprecedented 10 MSA/ MIAA championships and had a career record of 284-60-3.
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Always Number One Jim Busick
rishi bedi ‘13
Thirty years at Gilman, 29 years as varsity tennis coach, probably 27 or 28 trips to the conference finals: Coach Jim Busick embodied tennis at Gilman with his quiet, understated leadership. Off the court, he also engineered the physical education program for the Lower and Middle schools. Coach Busick’s guidance transformed the tennis team into a juggernaut, a perpetual title contender and force with which to be reckoned. Busick, the longesttenured varsity head coach in Gilman athletics history, led Gilman to an unprecedented 10 MSA/MIAA championships and had a career record of 284-60-3. Most recently, in 2007, after some 26 years at the helm, the Baltimore Sun named Busick its All-Metro Tennis Coach of the Year. “I wish I could have stayed young,” Coach Busick says, “I would have done it for another 30 years.” His love for the game runs deep. He learned to play tennis from his father, James G. Busick, Sr., who played No. 1 on the University of Maryland men’s tennis team for three years. A generation later, Busick repeated his father’s three-year run at No. 1
for the Terps. A promising competitive player in his own right, the younger Busick faced tennis great Arthur Ashe as a junior player several times, once in the Maryland State Junior Championships. Here at Gilman, Coach Busick especially valued the friendships he developed with his players and their parents, and his memories with the tennis team define his Gilman experience. He especially notes with pleasure having Alec Hoblitzell ’11 and Michael Katz ’11 play Nos. 1 and 2 for the last four years. “I’ve had better players than those two, but never better captains, better team-oriented guys,” he says. The respect is mutual. “Mr. Busick has left a deep imprint upon the Gilman tennis program,” Katz says. “He has his own quiet way of encouraging each player to achieve his potential and by saying only a few select words in pressure situations, he allows each player to develop individually so that he can contribute to the team.” Coach Busick’s mark on the Gilman community transcended athletics, and See busick, page 25
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Sue Dickey introduces musical concepts thorough movement experiences.
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A “Gilman Five” of Retirees
Coda to a Career Sue Dickey
leith herrmann ’64 lower school head
As my attic reflects and my wife will confirm, I have a hard time parting with things. Separating from people is tougher, especially folks as special as faculty. Nevertheless, schools are dynamic; people come and go, including teachers. Gilman has been blessed that so many fine ones have come our way. Among them are people who have dedicated most of their long careers to our Lower School, music teacher Sue Dickey included. It is hard to picture Gilman School without Sue Dickey. In her 33 years here, Sue recognized and cultivated musical talents in hundreds of boys — including more than a few whose aptitude wasn’t apparent to anyone else! An energetic proponent of the Kodaly concept of music education, which introduces developmentally-appropriate musical concepts through listening, singing or movement experiences, Sue considers the voice as a musical instrument that everyone possesses and can master. Because of her, our Lower School boys love to sing, and they do it well — whether solo, in rounds, or in three-part harmony. Sue has
probably conducted more concerts than any other teacher in the history of our school, and she has certainly received more standing ovations — all of them well-deserved. Sue has blessed Gilman with more than great teaching and delightful concerts. She is a role model extraordinaire for kids and teachers alike — the embodiment of the Gilman Five. Already a master teacher by any definition years ago, Sue never stopped seeking better ways to reach her students. In 1997, her quest took her to Japan as a Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher. In subsequent years, her interest in learning and the brain led her to numerous workshops and conferences, including a particularly meaningful summer program at the Gurian Institute in Colorado that focused upon educating boys. Upon her return, she completely revamped her lesson plans to better address boys’ learning preferences — a remarkable move for a person with, at that time, 33 years of teaching experience. See dickey, page 24
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During his nearly three decades at Gilman, Peter Julius was a quietly effective leader both inside and outside of the classroom.
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A “Gilman Five” of Retirees
The Retiring Mr. Julius Peter Julius
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Sometime during my first week at Ripon College in September 1962, I met Peter Julius. We lived on the same floor of the freshmen dorm. Some 20 years later, I persuaded him to apply for a job at Gilman School. For those of you who know Peter, it was not remarkable that he was hired so quickly to fill a vacancy in the history department. For those of you who know me, however, it was remarkable that the administration overlooked who was lobbying so hard for Peter and hired him anyway. Now 49 years after we first met, I have been asked to say a few words about my retiring Ripon classmate. Peter Julius has provided quiet, effective leadership in his nearly three decades of service at Gilman School. One sign of that would be the constant activity in his office. It seemed as if every day a colleague, a student or a group of folks would be there, talking to Peter about history, asking for teaching tips or getting help on an upcoming paper. The wait time to get in to see Mr. Julius could be 10 or 20 minutes. I know that from personal experience. And anyone who entered that
office, whether an adult or an adolescent, always came away the wiser for the visit. I saw this quiet leadership up front for an entire academic year in 1985–86. Peter and I and two others team-taught American History to that year’s junior class. The history team worked together, creating a common syllabus and standardizing tests and paper assignments. It was there that I got to see first-hand the brilliance of Peter’s organizational and conceptualization skills. He was the one that pulled the unique history squad together, smoothed over any bruised egos and taught all of us how to set up grading standards for tests and papers that would provide a sense of fairness among the students and a sense of commonality among his history teammates. It was he who showed us how to put together a lecture that got right to the essence of the topic, with just enough historical examples to illustrate the central generalizations without overwhelming students with a lot of trivia. That course lasted only a year, but all of us gained immensely from what we learned from See julius, page 24
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Ruth Williams was the consummate advisor, learning her students’ strengths and weaknesses. She often attended their activities outside of school.
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Goodbye, Mrs. Williams Ruth Williams
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This year Gilman said goodbye to Ruth Williams, one of its dearest and oldest friends, a master teacher who instructed every mathematics class offered at Gilman. To fully comprehend the significance of Mrs. Williams’ departure and subsequent retirement, one must truly start at the beginning of her teaching career. Born at a time when women had few occupational choices outside of secretarial work and teaching, Mrs. Williams began looking for a job more than 50 years ago as a newlywed, when her husband started medical school. Having always loved math, her major in college, she decided to pursue an academic opening in that field. Her story reveals another timeless aspect to her character: her limitless love for and impact on the Baltimore community. Having received her master’s degree in education from Goucher College and her M.B.A. from Loyola University, Mrs. Williams proceeded to teach at Roland Park Country School, Bryn Mawr School, Garrison Forest School and Goucher. Letting her love of teaching take her into any classroom, she taught classes ranging
from first grade to graduate school and even worked with the Calvert Home School Program. Yet after years of switching between schools, Mrs. Williams finally found herself a home at Gilman. Her arrival was, however, less by chance and perhaps more by fate, considering her long connection with the Gilman community. Her brother was a 1949 graduate of the School, as were husband McRae ’54, brothers-in-law Palmer F. C., Jr. ’47 and Robert R. ’48, fatherin-law Palmer F. C. ’19, and of course, son McRae ’89. She began her work with Gilman in the Lower School, teaching there for 10 years before moving to the Upper School, where she taught for 15 years. “Mrs. Williams may fly under the radar as she does not like to call attention to her deeds,” remarks fellow retiree Jerry Wolf, who shared an office with Mrs. Williams in the Upper School, “but I assure you she is a major cog in the organization of Gilman in general and [in] the math department specifically. She has waged a major, successful campaign for improved See williams, page 25
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Thanks for Being Jerry Jerry Wolf
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When Jerome Wolf, a.k.a. Jerry Wolf, a.k.a. “The Wolfman,” finally returned home after a tour of duty in Vietnam, which took him into some of the darkest places in that country, he realized that he wanted to do something positive for others. After an interview and other preliminaries, Reddy Finney hired him to teach at Gilman. Thus began a very colorful 40-year career. What is particularly fun is to go back to the old yearbooks and see how this dapper gentleman has changed over the years. Growing up on a working farm in Pennsylvania, Jerry, at an early age, came to understand the meaning of the word “work.” His daily farm chores forced him to learn all sorts of useful skills, and, for many years, Jerry, a jack-of-all-trades, was our very own MacGyver. He could — and still can — do anything. If you needed your car tuned up, your oil changed or your leaky faucet fixed, Jerry could do all that and more. There are many people in our community whom he assisted at one time or another. When we held the Circus, Jerry was always ready to help create and build, but he always wanted to make sure the boys
tackled the project first. He was ready to lend a hand, but he wanted them to try to solve problems on their own. That’s also the way that he approached the teaching of mathematics. His students were not spoon-fed; they had to work and dig deep to discover the needed formula or the correct equation. His classes were loose, sometimes raucous, but the focus was almost always on learning. Jerry loved to bring real-life situations into his classroom. Generally, there was a digression in each class where he reminisced about something that had happened to him or at Gilman — and he used the situation as an opportunity to teach character. Jerry always graded homework papers and returned them on time, and I am not sure many teachers gave as much time to tutoring their students as he did. There were regular sessions every day when boys could come to him to go over assignments, and he was always available for help when needed. The trick was that the boys had to show the initiative to come to him. He always looked to teach them responsibility See wolf, page 24
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julius, from page 19 Peter. From that time on I have never marked up a student paper without having first designed a Julius grading sheet. Peter provided the same quiet leadership in his athletic endeavors. I simply will say that the way Coach Julius organized the early season track workouts for the distance runners was a work of art. And the way he plotted out each week’s workouts later in the season demonstrated his incredible attention to meaningful detail. Coach Foreman, I suspect, is concerned how he will survive a track season without Peter. But he is not alone; that is
what many of us here pondered this past summer, how to function effectively at Gilman School without Peter Julius around to offer advice. Mr. Julius is a man of few words, all of them meaningful. I don’t want to mar this tribute with any Thornbery babble. Let me conclude by saying that my Ripon colleague has contributed much in his time at Gilman School. Let us commend Peter for his sage advice, for his perceptive historical analysis, for his ability to see the big picture and for his effective leadership. Enjoy retirement. But Peter, when Mr. Foreman calls you next winter about returning for another year of track, say “Yes.”
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truly lovely. The themes that reverberated were how much he loved the boys that he worked with over the years and how privileged he felt to have had the opportunity to work with them and be a role model to them. He concluded by saying that he will always feel a part of Gilman, and we are so glad of that. Although he leaves us now to spend about seven months a year in Florida, start a new golfing and fishing career and for the chance to spend more time with his lovely wife Charlotte, he will still return to his farm in Carroll County to plant his garden and putter around, and we expect him to stop by campus and regale us with his latest tales. Jerry, thanks for 40 years of being Jerry and for sharing with us! You did it well and you did it your way!
and to learn the consequences of their actions. Yet Jerry was always there to support them, and he did his best to keep them from falling too far. It sometimes took the boys a long time to realize that Jerry was in their corner, but they all eventually came to that conclusion. Jerry was a terrific advisor. Boys who were not in the “mainstream” at Gilman often requested him, and he was able to make them feel included and cared for. They would open up to Jerry, and he would counsel them and eventually bring them into the fold. He willingly shared his own life experiences; this characteristic openness helped the boys begin to share with him. At a retirement party given in part in his honor, Jerry made a toast in which he talked about his 40 years at the Tech. It was
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superb accomplishments and her treasured friendship. I know we all stand together in yet another ovation to Sue Dickey and in wishing her a happy and fulfilling retirement.
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busick, from page 15 faculty colleagues and students across campus valued his perpetual smile and kindness. “I’m in a state of shock — I’m heartbroken because one of the best friends I’ve ever had in my life, who brought me bagels every morning, is leaving,” says Sra. Cecilia Eppler, Lower School Spanish teacher. “He’s helped us through wins and losses — he’s made us better on and off the court,” says varsity tennis player Garrett Duncan ’13, speaking to Coach Busick’s positive influence throughout the school.
williams, from page 21 women’s rights at Gilman and we should all be proud of her persistence. I know she will be missed by her colleagues.” Mrs. Williams’ genuine sincerity manifested itself not only in the classroom, but throughout the School in general. Mr. Wolf comments that “as an advisor she always has gotten to know their strengths and weaknesses and always knows the parents. She attended many of the advisees’ games and drove many afternoons to cheer them on.” Connecting with her students and ensuring that they are given the respect that they deserve have always been key concerns for Mrs. Williams. Ben Friedman ’11 asserts that “more than any other teacher [Mrs. Williams] recognized the bigger picture and the place of the classroom within it. She treated us as adults, there was no ‘BS,’ and I appreciate that.” Joseph Puthumana ’12 agrees, adding that “she has always been supportive, kind, and generous; she was a true teacher, more concerned with teaching math than with grades.” “Hundreds of students have prospered under her charge and mastered the intricacies of the most demanding of subjects as demonstrated by exceptional AP scores and successful college performance,” said Headmaster John Schmick at the faculty’s closing meeting in June. “We also need to point to Mrs. Williams’ steadfast support of our athletic program, for her work on our Honor Committee, and for her years as a caring advisor.”
Coach Busick still plays tennis in the summer on a regular basis. A torn shoulder labrum recently forced him to take a six-week recovery period, but he is eager to return to the courts. In retirement, Coach Busick looks forward to spending time in Florida with his wife. With a 15-1 season and yet another finals appearance to cap his career, Coach Busick leaves the tennis program on a good note. We wish him the best of luck and good health in retirement. This article was originally published in the Gilman News.
From a personal perspective, as my pre-calculus teacher, Mrs. Williams had an enormous influence on me. Her efficiency and skill as a teacher combined with her nurturing care as a mentor has made her a truly exceptional role model in both the classroom and beyond. She has honestly humbled me as an individual through her selfless acts and sincere generosity and support. Never without a smile or a laugh, Mrs. Williams brightened every class with her cheerfulness and endless optimism. When it comes to spreading a joy for learning, one could say she’s really “ruthless!” Yet if there’s one thing to be remembered besides her sanguine mentality, her selfless compassion, and her history as a Gilman legend, it’s her favorite saying regarding division by zero and life in general. “Remember . . . you can’t sit on a beach ball!” It is with great sadness that we report that Ruth Williams passed away on September 7, 2011. Shortly after retiring from Gilman in June 2011, Williams was diagnosed with a particularly aggressive form of cancer. As sad as we are to turn a retirement tribute into a eulogy, we can think of no better way to honor her memory than to publish this article, which originally appeared in the Gilman News in June. Ruth Williams is survived by her son Dr. McRae Williams ’89 and daughter Palmer Williams Campbell and their families. Her husband McRae W. Williams ’54 joined her in death on October 19, 2011.
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New to School Along with a plethora of new students, a number of faculty and staff members joined the Gilman ranks this fall.
Upper School The Upper School added faculty in departmental pairs, two each in mathematics and history. Lee Hadbavny taught previously at the Pingry School and at Columbia University. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Princeton University, Hadbavny holds two advanced degrees from Columbia as well. Hadbavny is particularly interested in medieval studies and is a valued addition to our Humanities and World Cultures courses. He will also work with our Model UN club and coach intramurals. Jason Sport, a graduate of Boston College, also joins the history department. He came from the Williston Northampton School in Massachusetts where he taught World Civilizations and Economics. He teaches several sections of World Cultures and co-teaches a section of European Civilization. In addition, Sport coached football and looks forward to baseball. James Kraft, who teaches geometry, pre-calculus and calculus, is a native New
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Yorker who is very much a Baltimorean now. He received his undergraduate degree from Stony Brook University, his master’s degree from Brown and his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland. He has extensive teaching experience that ranges from the Horace Mann School in New York to the Ingenuity Project at Poly. He has also worked at the National Security Agency as a cryptologic mathematician. Kraft is eager to share his love of number theory and chess with our boys. Midwesterner Troy Wilson attended St. Olaf’s in Northfield, Minnesota, but his teaching career brought him to the East Coast with positions at the James Madison High School and the Flint Hill School in Virginia and, most recently, at the Severn School here in Maryland. Wilson has a broad teaching background in mathematics and teaches calculus and pre-calculus this year. An experienced coach, Wilson works with the football team. In the spring, he will join the track and field coaching staff to work with our pole vaulters.
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Our 15th Reginald S. Tickner Fellow is John Brandon. Brandon is the author of two published novels, another novel on the way, and innumerable short works that have appeared in anthologies, the Wall Street Journal, GQ, ESPN The Magazine and in many scholarly journals. A graduate of the University of Florida and Washington University in St. Louis, Brandon comes to us most recently from the University of Mississippi where he was the John & Renee Grisham Writer-in-Residence and a visiting writer. Chris Flint ’07 is this year’s Michael Howard Cooper Teaching Fellow in in the Upper School. Flint is a 2011 graduate of Franklin and Marshall College. During his Gilman student days, Chris was the heart and soul of our theater program’s tech and stage crew, which is where his talents will be used this year. He will work in all facets of behind the scenes productions in the auditorium, assist our stage crews and help students with projects in the digital lab. Carmen Sambuco joins the Upper School library as library assistant. Upper School Librarian Diane Fuller is now director of libraries, replacing Cindy Woodruff who left her post to move closer to her aging parents in Delaware. Alex Vishio ’87 is now school chaplain, replacing Christian Kirby who left to pursue a career as a hospital chaplain. Vishio holds a master’s of divinity and is soon to complete his doctorate and gain ordination.
Middle School Rob Bullard joins the Middle School faculty to teach Latin and Talk after spending several years working for nonprofit agencies in Washington, D.C., that focus on equity and justice projects. Rob graduated from Emory University in 2006 with a bachelor of arts in Latin and earned a master of arts in classics from
the University of Arizona. To prepare for the fall, Bullard taught pre-algebra in our summer program. Rob will teach Latin and Talk and take our track team to “new heights” with his high jump prowess. Last year’s Cooper Fellow, Bryn Holmes, returns as a full-time teacher and coach. He teaches sixth grade math, Talk, and of course, enters his first year as head varsity wrestling coach. Sean Byrne, last year’s Callard Fellow in the Upper School, moves to the Middle School, where he is “learning the ropes” this fall to prepare to cover Neil Gabbey’s language arts classes during Gabbey’s Riepe Sabbatical. He is also exploring the possibility of starting a Middle School literary magazine. Last year, Byrne worked closely with Jeff Christ in the Upper School English department and coached JV football and varsity wrestling. As previously reported in the last issue of the Bulletin, Shonique Alexander assumes her role as assistant head of Middle School, replacing Matt Buck.
Lower School A native of Carlisle, Pa., Amy Cyman relocated to Baltimore from the Los Angeles area, where she taught in the L.A. Unified School District. Highly trained in the Kodaly methodology of vocal general music training and active in Kodaly associations, Cyman has taught elementary school music for eight years. She was also the assistant artistic director of the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus and was an adjunct professor at Pepperdine University. Cyman has a wonderful way with people and will surely be a harmonious addition to the Lower School. Frances Conrad is the Class of 1955 Henry Callard Teaching Fellow in the Lower School. Conrad earned a B.A. in psychology from Middlebury College and spent a junior year semester studying in
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Copenhagen. This past spring, she completed her Master of Arts in Teaching from Johns Hopkins University, and she holds elementary certification as well. Conrad’s master’s program included two 18-week internships, one in third grade and the other in fifth, in the Anne Arundel County Public Schools. She also interned in grades 7 and 8 in a Vermont public middle school while at Middlebury. At Gilman, Frances will work with Jen Reiter in her third grade classes and with Leith Herrmann in his fifth grade math class. Experienced educator, coach and athletics administrator Douglas DeSmit joins the team as a part-time physical education instructor. Doug holds a B.A. from Calvin College and an M.S. in education from Indiana University. He’s earned several accolades as a coach and as an athletic director. Some in our community may recognize Doug as the father of Riley ’13 or as last spring’s JV lacrosse head coach. This fall, Doug assisted with the JV soccer team. We also note that Kent Proctor ’92 returns to Gilman this fall as a long-term substitute for Bill Merrick in grade four. Merrick suffered a serious injury in a car accident in June. He is recovering well, albeit slowly and steadily. Proctor holds a B.S. in art history from Towson University and a M.A. in English from DePaul University in Chicago. He has taught at Barclay and Calvert Schools in Baltimore and in the public school system in Warren, Vt. Proctor will cover 4A until Mr. Merrick is ready to return. Mary Todd is our new Lower School librarian. Many may already know her, as she was part of the LS Library support staff last year. Mary has a B.A. in English from Kenyon College and an M.A. in Teaching from Johns Hopkins University. During her junior year at Kenyon, she studied at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. By next summer, Mary will have also completed her master’s of library and
information science degree through Syracuse University. She holds a Maryland Teaching Certificate in Secondary English, and she taught high school English for four years in the Baltimore City Public Schools. Mary’s sharp intellect and quick learning curve have stood out in her work at Gilman, as have her outstanding teamwork and ability to connect to students, faculty, and parents alike. Jane Page joins Todd in the stacks as the new Lower School library assistant.
Staff The Development staff welcomes Michelle Brown, administrative assistant for annual giving, and Mona Ellini, director of planned giving. Both have extensive experience in the field of development. Amy Furlong joins the admissions staff as an outreach officer. Most recently the director of admissions at St. Paul’s School, Furlong will work closely with Bill Gamper ’71, director of admissions, to reach out to prospective families. Educational Technology Services (ETS) welcomes Devin Camak on board as support center analyst. Kaye Cosimano, project analyst, and Brook Frew, staff accountant, join the Business Office staff. Several staff members recently joined Buildings and Grounds. They are David Carter, evening porter, Robert Chard, electrician, Jerome Latimer, grounds person, Mark Strough, plumber, and Darnell White, day porter. Welcome to all!
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Ingenious Leadership Alec Tarantino ’12 brings creative spirit to the school presidency. david rosenfeld
Like many of his Gilman classmates, Alec Tarantino ’12 is kind of a renaissance man. At school, when he isn’t in class or playing on the varsity soccer team, he is the chief editor for Paragon, Gilman’s literary magazine, and sings for the Traveling Men. At home, when he isn’t doing homework or starting on his college applications, he’s jamming on the guitar or playing the piano. His most important role in 2011–12 is that of school president, the culmination of four Upper School years as a member of the student council. His brother Kyle, a tenth grader with the hopes of being president himself in 2013–14, joins him in student government. A few years back, his brother Evan ’10, now a sophomore at Tufts, helped pave the way for Alec’s involvement in all things Gilman. “We’re not exactly the Kennedy dynasty,” Alec jokes. “But I’ve always wanted to be in positions of leadership, ever since the Lower School. I like the idea of having the power to change things for the better.” Tarantino and the senior class officers were off and running quickly at the
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beginning of school. They worked with senior athletes to develop a promotional video for fall sports, rallying the Upper School during the opening assembly of the year. The plan for assemblies this year includes “Town Halls” and remarks from senior leaders on various aspects of the Gilman Five. There even was an assembly before the annual Fall Dance where the student body learned the ins-and-outs of ballroom dancing. “We’re going to do more student-run assemblies and relax a little bit,” Tarantino says. “I think it’s a good trade-off. We can have fun and also be serious when we need to be.” Alec, like both his younger and older brothers, started at Gilman in the first grade. Thirty-two of his classmates then are still his classmates, and those 12 year-men have combined with others throughout the years to make up a closeknit group excited about leading the school as seniors. In a class filled with talent, Tarantino has a unique flair for creative writing. His poems have been featured in Paragon
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School president Alec Tarantino sings in the Traveling Men, plays varsity soccer and edits the Paragon, the Upper School literary magazine.
throughout his Upper School career; many of them are written in the humorous vein of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon, who visited Gilman for the Mountcastle Lecture this past spring. He also is the features editor and a frequent contributor to the Gilman News. His April 2011 essay entitled “Why We Need April Fool’s” was funny and wellresearched. “If to jest is to be human,” he wrote, “to jest a lot is to be a teenage boy.” But he also took a more serious tone, making the argument that the return of the annual April Fool’s prank would promote unity among the senior class and could showcase the class’s creativity without disrupting the school day. Tarantino is also a self-described “music guy” who played classical piano until Middle School and now enjoys jazz and improv. He played the oboe in the Gilman band for three years and took up the guitar a few years back. After doing a reading at the podium during Gilman’s Opening Convocation, he rushed to the side of the stage to join the Traveling Men for the singing of the school song.
While taking advantage of all that Gilman has to offer, he hasn’t spent too much time thinking about life after Gilman. He plans to apply early to Yale and also lists Virginia as a potential college destination, and he isn’t sure whether he’ll follow his parents, both doctors, into medicine. He’s looking forward to working with his fellow school officers Will Baldwin, Andrew Harris, Evan King, Theo Donnay and Galen Rende and also with his younger brother, who’s given him a stronger bond with underclassmen than most seniors. In the meantime, Tarantino will be writing, singing, playing and studying, all while making sure the 2011–12 school year is another great one. He’s more than happy to help the community that has spent the last 12 years helping him. “The best thing about Gilman is the closeness we have, not only between students but also between students and faculty,” he says. “School can be a lot sometimes, but knowing that you have 400 or 500 other guys supporting you is a great feeling.”
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Board of Trustees Update This year, the School’s governing body appointed several continuing trustees to expanded roles and welcomed several new members to its ranks. Susan Ginkel P’13, ’14 joins the Executive Committee as secretary. She and husband Chris Lee have two sons at Gilman, sophomore Fitz and junior Henry. Harry D. Halpert ’85, P’15, ’17, ’20, Brian W. Jones ’84, P’20, Scott L. Sherman ’72, P’14 and D. W. Wells Obrecht ’82, P’13 are also new to the Executive Committee. Halpert and wife Stacey have three sons at Gilman: fourth-grader Wallace, seventhgrader Charlie and ninth-grader Jack. Jack Jones, son of Cynthia and Brian, is in the fourth grade. Sherman’s and wife Julie Rothman’s son Will is a member of the sophomore class. Mary and Wells Obrecht’s son Charlie is a junior. Four new regular trustees, all Gilman parents, started terms this year. Jeffrey H. Cohen P’15, who served on the Key Planning Initiatives committee during the Long-Range Plan process, is the president of Sylvan Learning. His and wife Kim’s son Zack is a freshman. Alumnus Mark D. Neumann ’81, P’13, managing member of 510 Ventures LLC, has served as co-chair of his 25th and 30th class reunions. Next year, he will be The Gilman Fund vice chair. He continues his family’s Gilman legacy with his and wife Robin’s son Paul, who is a junior. Legg Mason Portfolio Manager Samuel Peters P’22, ’25 ran Fidelity’s Select Technology Fund before moving to Baltimore and Legg. He and his wife Suzanne Hurst have two sons at Gilman.
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Josh is in the second grade, and Noah just began his Gilman career as a kindergartner. Jonathan W. (Jack) Thayer P’20 is slated to become executive vice president and chief financial officer at Exelon once the merger with Constellation Energy is approved. He served as an annual giving parent class chair two years ago. He and wife Ashley have a son, Essex, in the fourth grade. The vice presidents of the Alumni and Parents Associations, Gerard C. (Rock) Harrison ’93 and Kris Groenke P’13, respectively, represent their organizations. Harrison works as an investment and insurance planner at Franklin Financial Group, LLC. Groenke is an outstanding volunteer who chaired the Bull Roast committee two years in a row. Her and her husband Steve’s son Jake is a junior this year. The following were renewed as trustees for a second term: Taylor S. Classen ’82, P’20, vice president, Michael J. Weinfeld ’91, P’17, ’23, regular trustee, and Brian W. Jones ’84, P’20, alumni trustee. Retiring trustees include Fadia T. Shaya P’03, ’06 (1998–2011) and Henry D. Kahn ’73, P’09 (1999–2011), who together co-chaired the 2006 Long-Range Plan. Shaya served on the Executive Committee as treasurer and Kahn as secretary. Also stepping down are Edward K. Dunn III ’80, P’08, ’18 (2003–2011), Charles M. Linehan ’88 (1998–2011), Vicki Rosenfield P’14 (2009–2011) and Howard M. Sobkov ’84, P’17, ’18 (2008–2011). Sincere thanks to all for their many contributions.
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Connections Maria Tilley P’13, ’15 heads the Parents Association. Fostering the connections between one Gilman parent and another, improving parent connections with faculty, administration and alumni and lending a hand as a volunteer to better connect to the day-today life of the School are the foundation of the Gilman Parents Association. Maria Tilley, this year’s Parents Association president, has some interesting connections herself. Her sister, Erica Hudson, has taught in the Lower School for eight years. Her brother-in-law, Lou Tilley, is a well-known East Coast sportscaster who formerly worked in Baltimore and has been known to show up at Gilman football games. And her grandfather, Enrico Velleggia, founded the eponymous Pratt Street restaurant that for years welcomed visitors to Baltimore’s Little Italy. In her role as Parents Association president, however, Tilley’s most important connections are her sons, eleventh grader Matt and ninth grader Brett (she is also aunt to Hudson’s son Brendon, a senior). Tilley is a Baltimore native who also attended an independent school, Notre Dame Prep, where her daughter is now a sixth grader. Tilley sees her time as Parents Association president as an opportunity to focus her fellow parents on the importance of getting involved at Gilman beyond keeping up with their sons’ grades. “Volunteering is a really great way to feel connected to the Gilman community,”
she says. “It’s also a great way to network with fellow parents and also to meet lots of wonderful people.” Tilley is just one of hundreds of volunteers that make Parents Association events run smoothly throughout the year. She leads a group of eight officers as well as an executive committee of eight. Overall, Gilman parents, every one of whom is a member of the Parents Association, help staff more than 20 committees, which help organize large projects like the annual Bull Roast or the Student-Parent Directory or smaller ones like school photo days or Middle School drop-ins. After a busy fall featuring parent welcoming receptions for all grades as well as the first-ever fall date for GrandFriends Day, the schedule stays just as busy in the spring for Tilley and the Parents Association. The annual Cultural Arts Festival is in February, followed a few weeks later by the Bull Roast and Silent Auction. In May, Family Day and the Festival of the Arts bring more people to campus than any other days of the year. Those events, as well as smaller activities that many in the Gilman community may not know about, bring together faculty, parents, staff and students in ways the average school day cannot. Each time a parent lends a hand, whether in the dining hall during Lower School lunch, in the library or at an event, and he or she connects with someone, the Gilman family grows stronger. Maria Tilley’s Gilman family grows much bigger than her sister, nephew and two sons every time a parent volunteers. fall 2011
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The Science Building roof receives sun exposure most of the day. A kiosk in the building allows students to track the panels’ efficacy.
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Here Comes The Sun Science building roof sports solar panels.
During the summer of 2011, Gilman installed solar panels on the Science building roof, chosen for its visibility and its exposure to full sun most of the day. The panels connect to a live monitoring system in the building on which students can conduct a variety of experiments and track energy use. Through web-based applications, the panels’ performance can be monitored from any classroom on campus. A kiosk in the Science building will demonstrate the real time effects of changing variables such as tilt and shading on the production of energy. Of course, the solar panels also will reduce the building’s energy costs. Having solar panels on campus provides our teachers with a hands-on tool to teach Lower, Middle, and Upper School boys about sustainable energy. Data gathered from monitoring the panels’ performance can be used in science and math curricula in all three divisions, including in the physics, physical science, biology and chemistry classes in the Upper School and the earth sciences units in the Middle School.
Moreover, the panels are a visible example of Gilman’s commitment to educating our community on the viability and importance of using renewable energy sources. Our solar panel project is made possible by the generous support of the Class of 1987, through the Class of 1987 Environmental Awareness Fund, and the Feather Foundation.
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Alumni
Alumni Weekend 2011 Alumni reunions return to the spring.
Up until the late 1980s, Gilman School graduating classes celebrated their five-year reunions toward the end of the school year. In 2011, the School returned to this tradition. So for some of those returning to campus for Alumni Weekend on Friday, May 13, and Saturday, May 14, what was old was new again! Alumni Weekend dovetailed with the School’s Festival of the Arts and Family Day. Friday activities included class visits, campus tours, a “Gilman: Then and Now” luncheon featuring speakers from the Class of 2012 and the Alumni and Faculty Party. The Alumni and Faculty Party featured entertainment by award-winning saxophonist and Middle School teacher Eric Marner. The Alumni Association presented the May Holmes Service Award, its highest honor, which recognizes distinguished and meritorious service to the School, to Ray A. Mills, athletics equipment manager. Headmaster John Schmick ’67 presented the Apgar Award for Teaching Excellence to Hannah Stauffer, who teaches Middle School mathematics.
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A bevy of activities for the whole family took place on Saturday, highlighted by the Family Day carnival, student choral and instrumental performances and art show that are part of the Festival of the Arts. The annual Alumni-Varsity Baseball Game took center field. In the evening, the Classes of 1951, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006 celebrated at various locations around town.
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“2” and “7” Classes ending in “2” and “7”— mark your calendars for Alumni Weekend 2012, Friday, May 11 and Saturday, May 12!
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Players dust off their cleats to compete in the annual Alumni-Varsity baseball game.
The Class of 1991 celebrated its 20th Reunion with dinner at Vino Rosina near Little Italy. Middle School math teacher Hannah Stauffer, left, was honored with the 2011 Apgar Award for Teaching Excellence.
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3. Classmates pose on the stairway at the historic home of Nancy and Dick Councill as 1971 honors its 40th Reunion.
4. The Class of 1976 enjoys a 35th Reunion with a view.
6. It hardly seems like 25 years have flown by for the Class of 1986.
5. The Class of 1981 gathered for its 30th Reunion at the Grill at Harryman House, owned by classmate John Worthington.
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Vishio Portrait Unveiled
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Anton Vishio spent 45 years in a Gilman classroom. He is largely credited for reviving Gilman’s classics department and bringing a dead language to life for countless students. Now his likeness watches over Carey Hall and the Latin scholars he loved so well. Justin Batoff ’03 and Jeremy Batoff ’05 commissioned the portrait, painted by artist Brad Stevens. The portrait hangs on the second floor of Carey Hall, nearby Vishio’s former classroom. In commissioning the piece, the Batoffs endeavored to honor Vishio, to ensure that his legacy continues in perpetuity and to pay homage to a tradition of excellence in teaching. Stevens also created the portrait of Nick Schloeder that hangs just down the hall. Headmaster Schmick revealed the portrait to an intimate gathering of family, friends and former colleagues on May 13, at the start of Alumni Weekend.
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9. The Class of 2006 gathers for its 5th Reunion, the first of many to come.
8. Tatu was the scene of the 15th Reunion of the Class of 1996.
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An Accidental Children’s Author david rosenfeld
C. Alexander (Sandy) London ’98 introduces Accidental Adventure series to Lower School teachers. As a young child in the Gilman Lower School, Sandy London wasn’t much of a reader. As a young adult, he traveled the world as a serious, investigative journalist. So when London sat before an audience of Lower School teachers last spring, he already knew what their first question to him would be. He answered it before they even asked. “Why write for children? Because it’s fun,” he said. “Childhood is a joyous time of life.” The 1998 Gilman graduate, author of the children’s adventure “We Are Not Eaten by Yaks,” was a special guest of the Lower School faculty on its April professional day. A librarian (among other things) before becoming a full-time writer, he was invited back to Gilman by former Director of Libraries Cindy Woodruff.
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Because they teach boys, Gilman’s Lower School teachers were a particularly receptive audience to London’s thoughts. They’ve seen first-hand the widening gap between boys and girls when it comes to reading, a trend that was beginning even when London was a student at Gilman in the 1980s and 1990s. Like so many other boys, London liked to read comic books and watch a lot of television. Looking back now, he wonders why that kind of reading and storytelling is often dismissed as unimportant or even negative. “I didn’t read much but I was still hungry for what reading means,” he said. “I was hooked on stories. I’d make up stories from video games. I loved the shared act of reading when my sister would read out loud to me.” London’s passion for gathering stories led to his “first” career in writing, one that led to two nonfiction books published under his “real” name, Charles London. “One Day the Soldiers Came,” published in 2007, was based on research he had done around the world while working for
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“We Dine With Cannibals” is the second installment of Sandy London’s “An Accidental Adventure” series.
Refugees International, an advocacy organization. The book focused on his experience with children affected by war. Three years later, he published “Far from Zion,” based on visits to Jewish communities around the world that were beating the odds by their continued existence. That book was a finalist for the 2009 National Jewish Book Award. All the while, he was unknowingly preparing for his next writing career. On a plane from Burma after an adventurefilled trip researching the small Jewish community there, he had the idea for his first children’s book. “I’d kind of been doing this ‘Indiana Jones meets Woody Allen’ thing for a long time.” he joked. “But on the plane I realized that I wanted nothing to do with adventure. I was a reluctant adventurer. So I immediately started scrawling something on the plane. All of it fed into this book.” Eleven-year old twins Oliver and Celia, fifth graders, are the protagonists of “We Are Not Eaten by Yaks.” Their parents are world-famous adventurers and
daredevils, but Oliver and Celia are tired of all that action. They’d rather just sit home and watch television. In the second installment in the Accidental Adventure series, “We Dine With Cannibals,” Oliver and Celia have just survived a summer exploring South America with their father’s nemesis, Sir Edmund, and have returned home to find that — horror of all horrors — their father has in fact broken his promise to get them cable. They start fifth grade rather grumpy, Oliver with a poisonous lizard on his shoulder. They think they’re done with adventuring for a while, but then the twins get suspended from school for an unfortunate dodge ball misunderstanding and are forced to come to the Amazon with their father and their favorite TV star, Corey Brandt, to search for the Lost City of Gold — El Dorado. The twins’ father is kidnapped, they get captured by a tribe called the Cozhinieros (the Cooks), and must fight for their lives. London, who graduated from Columbia in 2002 and later earned a master’s degree in library science, isn’t writing
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Sandy London spoke with Lower School teachers during his visit last spring.
children’s books just for fun or for making up for his lack of reading as a child. His long trips to places like Tanzania, Kosovo and the Sudan proved to be much more than research for his lengthy journalistic efforts. In East Africa, he found that books and stories had the power to inspire lives. A young boy in a refugee camp had nothing left but his French textbook, but the boy studied it every day, by himself and with others, even though his schoolhouse had long ago burned down. London found that storytelling could be essential to life; a young girl had learned to tell her stories to journalists and encourage others to do the same, in the process finding ways to get needed supplies to the camp. At another camp, London befriended a young orphan; before leaving, he gave the boy a copy of Saint-Exupery’s “Le Petit Prince.” Several years later, he learned that the boy had started a reading group for other orphans based on that book. When he finally made contact via email, he learned that his friend had built a storytelling organization within the camp. For those
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orphans, reading had become a sanctuary from their harsh realities. Some of London’s refugee stories are more lighthearted. He was playing soccer with a group of children in Kosovo when he accidentally kicked a soccer ball into a NATO tank that was patrolling the area. In a way, it wasn’t unlike breaking a neighbor’s window during a backyard kickball game. In another way, it wasn’t anything like that at all. Life wasn’t going back to normal for those kids, and there were few things that gave refugees any solace. After a few years of research, London found that books do as good a job as anything else. “Getting the right book to the right kid at the right time,” he said, “can be lifesaving.”
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Alumni
Exuberant Leadership Cheo Hurley ’92 leads the Alumni Association. Few Gilman alumni set a better example for today’s Upper Schoolers than Cheo Hurley ’92. For one thing, he is dedicating his career to making urban Baltimore a place that its residents will be proud to call home. At Gilman, he is lending his talents as the president of the Alumni Association, leading a volunteer alumni board nearly 30 strong that speaks for the School’s more than 5,000 alumni. Perhaps even more impressive — nearly two decades after his graduation and three children later — Hurley has succeeded in hardly looking any older than he did when he walked across the Founders Day stage. Hurley realizes that the Alumni Association’s seemingly simple goal to help former Gilman students foster a lifetime relationship with the School becomes more complicated all the time. “The Alumni Association has to be more than just a few successful events every year,” he says. “It’s become increasingly important to us, and to the School, that we connect with as many Gilman graduates as we can in as many ways as we can.” Hurley’s pride in Gilman is surpassed only by his pride in his hometown. He serves as vice president for community and economic development for Park Heights Renaissance, the non-profit organization tasked with executing the official Master Plan for the Park Heights neighborhood in northwest Baltimore. The organization now has 10 staff members and hundreds of volunteers, all committed to pushing forward with a host of ambitious residential and commercial redevelopment plans for an area known for its blight.
His work has been noticed at the highest levels of city and state government. In 2006, he served on the transition team for Governor Martin O’Malley as O’Malley left City Hall for the State House. In 2010, he was a member of the transition team for Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, who, before ascending to the Mayor’s office, represented the Park Heights neighborhood while a member of the City Council. Hurley is also a shining example for current Gilman students about the importance of continuing their education well beyond college. After graduating from Howard University in 1996 with a finance degree, he has earned two master’s degrees. The first was in public administration from American University, while the second was a master’s in science in real estate from the Carey School of Business at Johns Hopkins. Obviously, with his background in finance, real estate and administration, Hurley is a perfect fit for his job. But he’s also a perfect fit for his work with the Alumni Association. He has traveled throughout the country to alumni regional events and volunteered his time at phonathons and other events on the Gilman campus, including displaying his youthful skills every December at the annual alumni basketball event. He’s done all of that despite a busy home life with wife Zenita and his three young children: Zuri, Chase and Carter. This spring will mark 20 years since Cheo Hurley walked the halls and ran the courts at Gilman. He has succeeded in caring for the School just as much now as he did then, or maybe even more so. Maybe that’s why the youthful exuberance of his time here has never left his face. fall 2011
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He Keeps Going . . . and Going . . . and Going david rosenfeld
Maybe you woke this morning and headed downstairs to the exercise bike before the kids got up for school. Maybe you’ll hit the gym after work to iron out the kinks from sitting at your desk all day. Or maybe you’ve taken advantage of recent good weather to go for a run. Congratulations are in order, but you’ve got a long way to go to catch Derrelle Janey ’89. Derrelle’s been known to run 135 miles in a six-day week, since he likes to take Sundays off. On those midsummer 95-degree New York days, he often runs for three hours, from 9 p.m. to midnight. Don’t confuse him for your typical razor-thin marathoner, either. He also lifts weights and does other strength training on those six days, making his 5-foot-8, 150-lb. frame as strong as it is lean. As a reward for those efforts, he spends some of his weekends trying to run 50 or 75 or 100 miles faster than a few hundred of his closest friends with absolutely no financial incentive, unless you count the money he’s saving by taking up most of his spare time running. He’s married to a woman named Charlene, who must be on her way to sainthood. 44
“I have a very supportive wife,” he says. “At first she didn’t understand it, but now she comes to every race I ask her to come to.” At the age of 40, Janey, who now lives in Manhattan, is one of the New York area’s best ultra-distance runners, a group of adventuresome racers all over the world who pass the 26.2-mile marathon marker and keep on going . . . and going . . . and going. In winning an August 13 race in New Jersey, Janey ran 75 kilometers (nearly 47 miles) in eight hours and 43 minutes, an average pace of about 6:58 per mile. He hopes to qualify for the United States team that will compete at the 2012 World 24-Hour Run Championship in Poland, which will likely require him to run 135 miles in 24 hours. More than five-and-a-half miles every hour. An average pace of 6:37 per mile. No problem, right? “To be considered a national class athlete in ultra running you probably have to be able to do at least a 7:40 pace for 100 miles,” Janey says. “That gives you a good sense of what goes on out there. You can see that we’re not running particularly slowly.”
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Derrelle Janey ’89 became an ultra-runner when a mini midlife crisis caused him to want to get back in shape.
The bigger question, of course, is why any of these runners ultra run at all. In Janey’s case, a mini midlife crisis caused him to lace up his shoes. Around 40 pounds heavier than he is now, he simply wanted to get back in shape. But something greater than that clicked for him in 2010 when he trained for and competed in a weekend of races known as the Bermuda Triangle Challenge (his wife is Bermudian). On consecutive days, he ran a mile, a 10-kilometer race and a half-marathon. A year later, this past January, he returned to Bermuda and ran nearly five minutes faster in the 10K and 40 seconds faster in the mile. This time, he ran the full marathon, finishing in 3:28, and his combined time for the three races was good enough for sixth place overall in the event. “I just said to myself ‘Why am I not racing again?’” Janey says. “I just needed to figure out how to train for it. At my age it was tough to get back into it, but I think muscles have memory. Two years later, I have a ranking here in New York in competitive ultra races.”
When he’s not running, Janey is a partner at Quantum Point Partners, one of several venture capital groups he’s worked with in the past 10 years. In 2001, in Baltimore, he founded the Garrison Group, a startup equity group specializing in women-owned and minority-owned businesses. The next year, he was named by the Baltimore Business Journal as one of Baltimore’s “40 Under 40” emerging business leaders. In 2002, he told the BBJ that his inspiration for starting his own firm came from his own upbringing in Baltimore’s Park Heights neighborhood in the 1980s. When he went to open an account at a newly-opened Harbor Bank there, he noticed that the branch was entirely black-owned and black-managed. He saw his future in front of him, and potentially the future of others like him. “There aren’t just minority companies here [in the United States],” Janey told the BBJ in 2002. “There are people overseas who would be considered minorities if they came here and who have every desire to do good business.”
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Before Janey began his financial career, he earned his bachelor’s degree in political theory from Kenyon College and a law degree from Michigan, where he was a recipient of a prestigious Clarence Darrow Scholarship. He then worked as an economic analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York after completing law school. Janey came to Gilman as a ninth grader in 1985 and realized that he was required to play a sport. The school president, Brad Wheeler ’86, suggested cross country, “which I thought was BMX bicycle racing,” Janey says. A friend in the Middle School loaned him a pair of soccer cleats for cross country tryouts, where he finished last in a two-mile time trial. For a while, he continued to finish last, but he made the varsity team as a sophomore. By his senior year, he finished 26th in the conference championships, even though he hadn’t run all season due to injury, and won the Gilman Cross Country Cup at graduation. “I had great coaching at Gilman,” Janey says. “Mr. (Joe) Duncan was the assistant coach at the time (he’s now the head coach) and he was also a strength coach for us. He was way ahead of his time when it came to weightlifting for runners. I still include a lot of what he taught me as far as using weights to strengthen my core. That strength allows me to run times in races that I shouldn’t be able to do at 40 years old.” In order to fuel himself for his races, Janey eats a Michael Phelps-like 12,000– 15,000 calories per day while training, often eating two breakfasts, one of them focused on recovery from his previous run and the other focused on preparing for his next run. Like competitive swimmers, ultradistance runners have to be strong enough to handle quite a bit of resistance; many ultra races are held on hilly and even mountainous terrain. He has six different types of running shoes to handle all types of surfaces and elevations. Besides the 24-hour national team, Janey also plans to try for a spot on the United States national team that competes
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in the 100-kilometer world championships and for a place on the U.S. Mountain Racing Team. Even at 40, he has a chance to compete at a high level for several years; quite a few of his fellow ultra-distance runners are in their 50s and even 60s. In 2011, Janey finished sixth in a series of New York events known as the Ultra Running Grand Prix. He had a fifth-place finish in a 50K race in April and finished third in a three-day 100-mile event on Memorial Day weekend (the participants ran 33.33 miles each day). In late July, he had a strong finish in a race in Queens called the Pajama Run, a six-hour event run from 6 p.m. to midnight where each runner is given pajamas for competing (like in most races, the runners don’t actually wear the free swag while running). Maybe it’s those kinds of races that have kept athletes like Derrelle Janey and the sport of ultra-distance running under the radar. Considering the midnight training runs and the quest for greater and greater mileage — and the fact that the American-record holder, a guy named Phil McCarthy, for some reason once ran 257 miles in 48 hours — that’s probably a good thing. “Our community is bigger than you think but it’s very quiet,” he says, chuckling at the thought. “We don’t talk to non-ultra runners about ultra running, because I’m pretty sure they think there’s something wrong with us.”
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In Memoriam
Gilman remembers those alumni who have died in recent months. May they rest in peace.
Mr. Richard K. Marshall ’42 Mr. W. Cameron Slack ’46 Mr. Oscar W. Carlson, Jr. ’47 Mr. P. Frederick Obrecht ’47 Mr. Pascal A. Girard ’51 Dr. McRae W. Williams ’54 Mr. Robert B. Green ’68 Mr. John C. Corckran II ’95
Deaths reported to Gilman between May 17, 2011, and November 10, 2011.
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In Memoriam
W. Cameron “Cammy” Slack ‘46 major general warren a. magruder
Retired bank executive, United States Marine Corps veteran and supporter of Baltimore’s cultural and educational institutions, dies on July 1, 2011. My lifelong friendship with Cammy began in the lower grades at Gilman School. It was there he first demonstrated his exceptional talents and strong character in so many ways: In sports, where he was a starting guard on the football team, starting catcher and captain of the baseball team. In drama, where he was president of the Dramatic Association. In photography, where his pictures were abundant in the Gilman News, Cynosure and Blue and Grey. In debate, where he was awarded the Finney debating prize at graduation In civics, where he was secretary of the Student Council and our class, editor
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of the Blue and Grey and assistant editor of the Gilman News. Of the 15 prizes awarded at commencement, Cammy would win or share four. His dedication and involvement would continue throughout his entire life in business, with charities and with his community. Following Gilman, Cammy would graduate from Princeton in 1950 and serve in the Marine Corps during the Korean War, although he did not see combat. His career would be in banking where he would become leading authority on commercial banking and credit management for over 30 years with the Maryland National Bank. For years he would travel to numerous foreign countries overseeing the Bank’s international lending activities and, after retirement, he provided his talents to the Executive Service Corporation, traveling to developing countries to advise local banks on credit management and commercial lending practices.
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“My father’s greatest asset was his positive spirit and strength of character,” says Randall Slack ’77.
Expanding on his civic interests he would serve on the boards of the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Maryland Historical Society, Hammond Harwood House and Gilman School while supporting numerous Baltimore charities. A 150 year-old family collection of letters and documents would be donated to the Maryland Historical Society and Johns Hopkins University. His lifelong waterfront home on Gibson Island would provide him opportunities for swimming, sailing, golf, tennis and waterfowl hunting along with participation in their annual Veterans Day parade. We especially remember Cammy for his always-friendly smile, warm greeting and firm handshake.
W. Cameron Slack, 83, died July 1 of respiratory failure at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson, Md. “My father embodied many of the unique and cherished values of his generation with his frugality, strong sense of patriotism and genuine concern for others,” says his son Randall Slack ’77. “He took great pride in Baltimore’s rich history and cultural institutions as he recognized their vital importance to the community.” Slack served as president of the Gilman Alumni Association from 1964–1965 and also served on the Board of Trustees from 1963–1966. He is survived by his son Randall Dyer Slack ’77, daughter Katharine Whitaker Slack and granddaughter Renee Slack Lamoreau. His son Wyatt Cameron Slack, Jr. died in 1998. His second wife Erik Muehlen Riedel Slack died in 2007. He also is survived by three nephews, Henry R. Slack V, Roger M. Slack and Daniel G. Slack.
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A stunning semifinal victory and a dominating championship game led varsity lacrosse to a second MIAA title in the last three years.
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Athletics
A Fine Spring
Two Gilman teams won conference championships in impressive fashion. Two Gilman seniors won individual league titles in equally notable ways. One group won a tournament title in a big-league atmosphere. Just another great spring for Greyhound varsity teams, who concluded the 2010–11 school year with six MIAA titles and a 161-101 combined record. Gilman was also the home of the best male high school athlete in Baltimore in 2010–11. Darius Jennings ’11, the Maryland football player of the year in 2010 as well as a standout sprinter and basketball player, was named the Baltimore Sun Athlete of the Year to round out the honors in early June. Jennings now plays football at the University of Virginia.
Lacrosse was maybe a bit underrated after a down season in 2010, and the Greyhounds spent much of the 2011 regular season looking up at first place. But wins in seven out of the final eight regular-season games propelled Gilman to a quarterfinal bye in the MIAA playoffs. What happened next were two games at Towson University that Gilman lacrosse fans will remember for a long time. In the semifinals against Boys’ Latin, the Greyhounds trailed by three goals and were two men down with 1:26 left in the fourth quarter. Stunningly, Gilman responded. The Greyhounds scored with 1:02 left, then again after each of the next two faceoffs to tie the game. In overtime, Ryan Tucker ’11, who had two of the three late goals in regulation, scored again to propel Gilman to the stunning victory, 7-6. The championship game was against Calvert Hall, the consensus No. 1 team in Baltimore throughout the season. But Gilman’s experience shone through. The Greyhounds outscored the Cardinals 5-1 in the second half on the way to a 13-8 victory and a second MIAA title in the last three years. fall 2011
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Conor Doyle ’11, who finished the season with 33 goals and 32 assists, was named the Sun Boys Lacrosse Player of the Year. He joined Tucker and defenseman Robby Haus ’12 as All-MIAA picks and Sun All-Metro choices. Head track and field coach Johnnie Foreman earned the Sun’s Coach of the Year honors after leading the varsity team to a dominating performance on the way to a second straight MIAA outdoor championship. Gilman won six of the 18 events at the league championship meet, including three of the four relays, to top second place Archbishop Curley by a large 56-point margin. At least two Greyhound competitors earned points in 11 contests, while 15 team members scored points in individual events. Jennings won the 100 in 11.01 seconds; teammate Cyrus Jones ’12 placed second in 11.19 and Taaj Amin ’11 third in 11.27. Jennings also won the 400 meter dash, clocking a 49.29; Chris Watson ’11 placed second with a time of 50.68. In three relay races, Gilman totaled 24 out of a possible 30 points. The Greyhounds raced to wins in the 4 x 200 (1:30.93) and 4 x 400 relays (3:25.06), and placed fourth in the 4 x 100 relay (45.72). In the field events, Michael Kane ’12 was the pole vault winner with an excellent leap of 12' 6". Ten track athletes were All-MIAA choices, while Jennings, Kane and Watson were all-metro picks by the Sun. Sam Stewart ’11, who had spent the 2009–10 season away from Gilman working on his game, saw that work come to fruition when he won the MIAA individual golf championship in 2011. Stewart’s three-round total of 220 (+6) was good for a three-stroke victory over Alex Church of Calvert Hall. Stewart was joined by Will Gilbert ’11 on the All-MIAA golf team. The Greyhounds had the lowest team total in the first two rounds of the individual tournament and then reached the semifinals of the dual match championship before falling to McDonogh.
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Tennis, in its final season under legendary coach Jim Busick, didn’t lose a regular season match in 2011. In fact, the Greyhounds won 11 of those 14 matches by shutout 5-0 scores. Paired against archrival McDonogh in the league championship match, Gilman lost a heartbreaking 3-2 decision to finish as MIAA runner-up. Senior Alec Hoblitzell, the champion at No. 2 singles during the individual league tournament, joined classmate Michael Katz and junior Galen Rende as All-MIAA selections for Gilman. The Greyhounds also won the No. 2 doubles MIAA championship, with a pair of young men named Garrett, Duncan ’13 and Weinstein ’14, teaming up to beat a team from Mount St. Joseph. Busick coached the tennis team at Gilman for 29 years and led the Greyhounds to 10 MSA/MIAA titles, the last coming in 2010. He won 284 matches as the Gilman coach and is the longest-tenured coach in school history. The 2011 baseball team was unable to capture the magic of its 2010 MIAA championship season, but the Greyhounds still finished 17-15 and captured the first-ever President’s Cup Tournament, a competition between independent schools and public schools in Baltimore City. Gilman won the championship game, played at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, by a 2-0 score over MIAA rival Mount St. Joseph. Outfielders John Durham ’11 and Gavin Sheets ’14, son of head coach Larry Sheets, earned All-MIAA selection. First baseman Ryan Ripken ’12 was selected to play in the Under Armour All-American game in August at Wrigley Field in Chicago.
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Although unable to recapture the success of its 2010 season, the varsity baseball team won the inaugural President’s Cup Tournament.
Freshman Will Rosenfield ’14 will prove to be a stalwart of future varsity golf teams.
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Steve Krulevitz Named Varsity Tennis Head Coach
Steve Krulevitz, a touring professional in the 1970s and 1980s and a former Davis Cup player and coach for Israel, has been named Gilman’s varsity tennis coach. Krulevitz takes over for Jim Busick, who announced his retirement at the end of the 2010–11 school year after 30 years at Gilman and 29 as varsity tennis coach. Krulevitz has been the president and director of the Steve Krulevitz Tennis Program for the past 27 years, teaching and mentoring hundreds of students, including former Gilman standout Reed Cordish ‘92. He also assisted Busick with the Gilman varsity team in each of the past two seasons. A touring professional from 1974–1984, Krulevitz retired from professional tennis with 22 singles and four doubles titles. He reached the third round at Wimbledon and the French Open in 1976 and at the Australian Open in 1979. He was ranked as high as No. 42 in the world in singles and finished among the top 100 players in the world for nine consecutive years. Krulevitz won the Pac 10 championship and earned All-America honors as a collegiate player at UCLA, where he graduated in 1973. As a junior player, he was ranked No. 1 in the Mid-Atlantic region and won the Maryland State men’s championship at the age of 15. As a student at Park School, he won the MSA singles championship four years in a row. He also was the coach for Peruvian star Jaime Yzaga, who reached the Top 20 in the world singles rankings in the late 1980s.
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The tennis team lost a heartbreaking 3-2 decision to McDonogh to finish as the MIAA runner-up.
Cyrus Jones ’12, above, placed second in the 100 meters at the MIAA championship. The team won a second straight MIAA outdoor championship and the Sun named Johnnie Foreman Coach of the Year.
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Cyrus Jones had a long touchdown run on Gilman’s first play from scrimmage and a first-half interception as the Greyhounds recovered from an early deficit to beat McDonogh, 31-21.
Look for a recap of the 2011 fall season in the next Bulletin. Visit www.gilman.edu for up-to-date athletics news and scores.
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Class of 1961 50th Reunion Class Establishes Class of 1961 Arthur E. Davis Scholarship
Class of 1961 members returned to Baltimore from California, South Carolina, New York, New Jersey, Vermont, Florida, Arizona, and, of course, Maryland, for several events over a four-day period, September 30-October 1, 2011, to mark their milestone 50th Reunion. And they returned home, so to speak, bearing gifts, their largest to date. In honor of its 50th Reunion, the Class of 1961 set a goal to raise $350,000 over five years, with $100,000 earmarked for The Gilman Fund (to sustain the class’s support of annual giving over that five-year period) and $250,000 designated to establish the Class of 1961 Arthur E. “Otts” Davis Memorial Scholarship in memory of Otts, longtime class secretary, reunion host and general class cheerleader, and their other deceased classmates. The class well exceeded its goals and raised $123,735 for The Gilman Fund and $252,417 for the scholarship, plus $115,000 toward endowment, which brings the total class gift to $491,152 with 86% of the classmates participating. Henry Hopkins and Ed Muhlenfeld chaired this
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outstanding effort. See page 111 for a full donor listing. Festivities began Thursday evening, when Helen and Mac and Helen Passano gave a wonderful dinner for out-of-town classmates and their hosts. On Friday, the classmates returned to Gilman for class visits, campus tours and a delightful luncheon with a panel of current Gilman seniors. A dinner at the home of Marque and Steve Cordi capped the day. Saturday morning, the class held a memorial service in remembrance of their departed brothers, after which they were the brunch guests of Janet and John Schmick, who presented each member with a Gilman tie. The formal 50th Reunion class dinner was held Saturday night at Elkridge Club. The festivities concluded Sunday morning with a brunch at Edie and Jim Garretts’. The class created a special 50th Reunion website that boasted an online reunion survey. The information gathered through the survey was compiled into a commemorative reunion booklet, thanks to the leadership of Bill Hardy, Tom O’Neill and Harry Swope.
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The 50th Reunion class gathers at the 50-yard line at the start of the GilmanArchbishop Spalding game on October 1.
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Congratulations to the members of the Reunion Committee for a celebration well done: Bill Hardy, Chair, Rick Born, Steve Cordi, Carl Cummings, Sam Dell, Jim Garrett, Henry H. Hopkins, Ed Muhlenfeld, Tom O’Neill, Mac Passano, John Snead, T Tall, Harry Swope and Butch West.
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4. Charlie Fenwick ’66, left, was instrumental in bringing the dinner to Shawan Downs. He is pictured with Bill Gamper ’71, director of admissions.
5. Chaz Howard ’96 spoke of his experiences as a Gilman student. 6. Rock Harrison ’93, Ruby Hearn GP’20, Leechelle Harrison and Bob Hearn GP’20.
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Sunset Celebration The Founders’ Society Dinner at Shawan Downs
Founders’ Society members began the new school year on high ground — literally because they gathered for the annual dinner on Tuesday, September 27, 2011, under a tent perched on a hill at Shawan Downs in Hunt Valley, Md., and figuratively because they celebrated their generous contributions and steadfast support of Gilman School. The Founders’ Society recognizes alumni, parents, grandparents and friends who contribute a total of $2,500 or more to Gilman in one fiscal year, regardless of restriction. These donors display a special commitment to the educational standards established in 1897 by the School’s founders. Through their generosity each year, members of the Founders’ Society help to ensure that the quality of a Gilman education continues today. The dinner program featured remarks from three Gilman alumni, Rev. Charles L. Howard, Ph.D. ’96, university chaplain, University of Pennsylvania; Peter B. Daneker ’91, senior partner, Blue Ridge Capital; and, Claudia Friddell, Gilman first grade teacher and 2006 Riepe Sabbatical recipient.
Howard told the story of his school days and how, after both of his parents had died, his sister told him that he might have to leave Gilman. But a visit to his home from Headmaster Finney assured him that he would not. Gilman, he said, would not let him leave. Daneker read a heartfelt letter to the Gilman community, in which he described the difference that Gilman has made in his life. “There are moments and decisions in my days when I ask myself how would Mr. Finney respond?,” he said. “How would the Gilman community respond? That navigation technique has served me true.” “Over these past 16 years at Gilman, I have been the beneficiary of a number of professional development grants that have enriched my teaching and broadened my professional horizons,” said Friddell. “I have never heard of another school that provides as many opportunities for faculty to step out of their classrooms to explore their own interests.” During her Riepe sabbatical, Friddell researched and wrote a children’s book, “Goliath, Hero of the Great Baltimore Fire.”
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Class of 2011
Founders Day 2011
A large crowd of proud parents, family members, faculty, staff and friends celebrated Gilman’s 114th Founders Day with 106 members of the Gilman Class of 2011 on a beautiful Sunday afternoon outside the Old Gym. Valedictorian Justin Schuster told the audience that his class had resisted the urge to “stumble across the finish line” and had instead “roared onto the stage.” He said that the class’s audacity, daring and courage, which had at times been detrimental earlier in their Gilman careers, had proved to be the group’s most important asset. Headmaster John Schmick presented numerous student and faculty awards (listed on the following page) before joining Board of Trustees President Paul McBride in awarding diplomas to the graduates.
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McBride’s graduation remarks focused on persistence, a quality he said would ensure that the “Gilman Five” of honor, integrity, excellence, humility and respect would follow the graduates throughout their lives. A trio of seniors from the Traveling Men, Alex DeWeese, Elliott Wakefield and Daniel Yu, sang an adaptation of “The Parting Song,” a 17th century tune of departure, prior to the awarding of diplomas. Members of the Class of 2011 now attend 67 colleges and universities and two prep schools. Nineteen members of the class earned cum laude honors during their Gilman careers. Congratulations, graduates!
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School president Austin Dase received the William A. Fisher Medallion, the School’s highest honor.
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Traditional bagpipers lead the graduates to the 114th Founders Day exercises.
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4. The Traveling Men sing. 5. Susan Wyatt, Justin Wyatt, Bob Wyatt.
6. Ben Friedman, Michael Levine, Michael Katz, Charles Knudsen, Yale Hoffberg, David Williams, Nate Parker and Will Gilbert.
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3. History teacher Jerry Thornbery was awarded the Edward T. Russell Chair.
4. Austin Dase receives the Fisher Medallion. 5. Dan Christian is the Upper School recipient of the Edward K. Dunn Faculty Fund award.
6. Taaj Amin, shaking hands with Headmaster Schmick, and Darius Jennings, behind, earned the Redmond C. S. Finney Award.
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faculty/staff awards
William S. Thomas Scholarship Prizes 9th Grade: Timur Daniel Guler 10th Grade: Rishi Bedi 11th Grade: Yanbo Li, Daniel Nathan Tzeli Yue 12th Grade: Daniel Hyun-Sang Yu Valedictorian: Justin Aaron Schuster
Apgar Award for Teaching Excellence Hannah K. Stauffer
William Cabell Bruce, Jr. Athletic Prize Darius Lamar Jennings Daniel Baker, Jr. Memorial Award Joseph Andrew Cahalan Edward Fenimore Award Samuel Asher Davidoff-Gore Justin Aaron Schuster Peter Parrott Blanchard Award Theodore Alexander DeWeese Michael Noah Katz Redmond C.S. Finney Award Taaj N. Amin Darius Lamar Jennings William A. Fisher Medallion Austin Howard Dase
Broadus-Hubbard Award Claudia A. DeSantis Class of 1947 Fund for Meritorious Teaching Ian C. Brooks Gilman Advisor Fund and Award Laura J. Jordan Armond T. Lawson Linda S. Trapp John K. and Robert F. M. Culver Chair James S. B. Spragins ’73 Edward K. Dunn Faculty Fund Daniel E. Christian R. Bryan Kelleher Jennifer S. K. Reiter Dawson L. Farber, Jr. Award Patricia L. Friel Walter Lord Teaching Prize Matthew T. Tully ’02 Riepe Family Sabbatical Neil W. Gabbey Edward T. Russell Chair Jerry Thornbery
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The 106 members of the Gilman School Class of 2011.
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Class of 2011 College Matriculation
Taaj Najib Amin Franklin and Marshall College
Samuel Davidoff-Gore Brown University
David Alexander Greene University of Maryland
Wesley Alan Baire University of Maryland
Peter Lane Devine Haverford College
William Thomas Hanley Middlebury College
James Lawrence Barrett St. Lawrence University
Theodore DeWeese Lafayette College
Benjamin Blair Hearn Denison University
Adam Jacobs Barry University of Maryland
William Mark Dorman Johns Hopkins University
John Michael Henrich Naval Academy Prep School
Adam Samuel Braverman Tulane University
Michael Scott Downs Dartmouth College
Alexander Kemp Hoblitzell Skidmore College
Allan Maxwell Brown Skidmore College
Conor James Doyle University of Notre Dame
David Alexander Hoch University of Pittsburgh
Nathaniel Albert Byerly Columbia University
Jack Bradley Dunn Ursinus College
Yale Richard Hoffberg Elon University
Joseph Andrew Cahalan Loyola University
John Daniel Durham Washington and Lee University
Daniel Louis Hoffman Northwestern University
William King Carter Roanoke College
John Joseph Feketie Dickinson College
David Gabriel Hoffman Princeton University
Michael David Cervino Duke University
Henry Robertson Fenwick University of Colorado
Justin Rubin Hurtt Clemson University
Michael Y. Chong University of Virginia
Dylan Adam Flaks University of Wisconsin
Reuben Keith Jacobs Northeastern University
Taylor Pierce Classen Trinity College
Jackson Kenny Flowers Reed College
Darius Lamar Jennings University of Virginia
Chad Matthew Copeland George Washington University
Owen Zumwalt Foster Pitzer College
Cooper Maurice Joy Georgetown University
Nicholas Dominic Cortezi Boston College
Benjamin Steven Friedman University of Maryland
Matthew Rudy Kantz Clemson University
Quinn Amerling Cotter Dickinson College
Justin Kingsbury George Duke University
Michael Noah Katz Princeton University
Haile McClendon Covington Morgan State University
William Rinehart Gilbert Elon University
Michael Ryan Kelly University of Delaware
Jordan Patrick Cromwell University of Pittsburgh
Jordan Howard Goldberg Temple University
Charles Marshall Kerr Brooklyn College
Austin Howard Dase University of Maryland
Hunter Stephen Goodwin Wake Forest University
Charles Bartel Knudsen Rhodes College
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Clarke Hanson Lacher Northeastern University
John Custis Peters Washington College
Frederick Thomas Sutter University of St. Andrews
Gi Hyung Lee Davidson College
Kevin Nolan Prewitt Carnegie Mellon University
Evan Michael Sweren Brown University
Kurt Shan Lee Johns Hopkins University
Griffin Smith Quasebarth Tufts University
Andrew Morris Tucker Davidson College
Michael Aaron Levine University of South Carolina
Andrew Rayburn Riina Fairfield University
Ryan Jon Tucker University of Virginia
Tre Delonte Lundy UMBC
Calvin Joseph Riorda University of Maryland
Taylor William Tutrone Princeton University
Tyrone Leroy Mackall UMBC
Nicholas Bayne Rossi Clemson University
Amitpal Singh Vohra University of Maryland
Oleg D. Makarevich UMBC
Justin Aaron Schuster Yale University
Elliott Loring Wakefield Hamilton College
Christopher McMaster Clemson University
Peter Zepp Senft University of Maryland
Samuel Gerard Ward University of Maryland
Jakob Conrad Metz University of Maryland
Michael K. Shim School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Christopher Jaron Watson Lehigh University
Brian Mark Midei Virginia Tech Blake Michael Miller Vanderbilt University Brooks Nicholas Miller University of Virginia Duncan Morgen-Westrick Juniata College Palmer David Murray Dickinson College Garrett Joseph Paglia Washington and Lee University Nathan Alexander Parker Emory University Zachary Aaron Paskoff Clemson University Garrett Peters Marymount University
Kyle Philip Sieglein University of California at Santa Barbara Luca Agnello Simmons Northwestern Prep John Joseph Snouffer College of William and Mary Michael Ian Sorensen Villanova University Joseph Henson Spicer Syracuse University Samuel Alexander Stewart High Point University Wilmer Curtis Stith Bard College
David Field Williams University of Pennsylvania Samuel Edward Williams Vassar College Henry Linn Worthington Dickinson College Tyler Allen Woytowitz Stevenson University Justin Robert Wyatt Tulane University Nicholas Linwood Young High Point University Daniel Hyun-Sang Yu Yale University Brian Wade Zimmerman University of Maryland
Jared Henry Sullivan Tufts University
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A Gifted Place
Gilman Founder Anne Galbraith Carey’s vision of a quality education for her son and other Baltimore boys became a reality because of $10,000 in seed money, contributed by 50 benefactors. Today, the alumni, parents, faculty, staff and friends who support The Gilman Fund continue this legacy of giving, so embedded in the culture of the School. Gilman is truly a “gifted” place, where inspired teachers love teaching, coaching and mentoring boys, where a beautiful campus bridges the past to the future in stately buildings full of modern technology, where intelligent and inquisitive boys represent more than two dozen ethnic heritages and all corners of Baltimore. Each year, Gilman looks to its loyal community of alumni, parents and friends to give its support to our outstanding teacher-coaches and students through The Gilman Fund. Gifts to The Gilman Fund are vital because they provide the flexible, immediate support that helps to attract and retain the best faculty, preserve our historic campus and sustain a talented and diverse student body. This backing provides the margin of difference that defines a Gilman education.
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An annual gift to The Gilman Fund helps continue the legacy of generosity that makes a lasting impact on the lives of our students today. The 2011–2012 Gilman Fund drive began on July 1, 2011, and closes on June 30, 2012, with a goal to raise $2,250,000. Your participation in The Gilman Fund helps Gilman remain a gifted place. Should you have any questions about The Gilman Fund, please speak with any member of the 2011–2012 Gilman Fund leadership team: Mitchell D. Whiteman ’94, campaign chair, Mark D. Neumann ’81, P’13, vice chair-alumni, Sonya S. and Michael J. Weinfeld ’91, P ’17, ’23, chairs-parent division, Timothy W. Hathaway ’88, P’22, vice chair-special gifts, Rosalee and Richard Davison GP’16, chairs-grandparent effort, and Rosa White and Jeffrey D. Gouline ’00, chairs, faculty/staff gift effort. For more information about The Gilman Fund, or to leave a message for any member of the campaign leadership, contact the Development Office at 410-323-7178.
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2010–2011
Report on Giving Highlights
We are pleased to offer highlights of philanthropy at Gilman in these pages. Visit the full 2011 Report on Giving online at www.gilman.edu.
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From the Headmaster
Dear Friends, Throughout Gilman’s history, from the School’s earliest days, we have been blessed with people who have generously supported the School. As I read through this annual report, I am immediately humbled at the level of support that you have provided to us. Even in this tough economy, your spirit of philanthropy is incredible. We can proudly point to the facts that we exceeded our goal for The Gilman Fund and that we are on very sound financial footing. Your generosity carries us through these difficult and challenging times and allows us to continue to offer a full and complete program, to pay our teachers fair salaries and to keep our facilities up to date. We are fortunate to be surrounded by incredible people. Students, parents, faculty, staff, alumni, grandparents and friends always ensure that the School is financially sound, and this past year is no exception. We are proud to offer highlights of your outstanding generosity in this report. Your loyalty, commitment and generosity are the components that continue Gilman’s legacy of excellence, and we are most grateful for all that you have done and will continue to do to move us forward. Sincerely,
John E. Schmick ’67 Headmaster
P.S. The full 2011 Report on Giving is available online at www.gilman.edu.
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Gifts to Gilman 2010–2011
Gifts to The Gilman Fund
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Annual Campaign (unrestricted & restricted for current use)
Alumni $946,349 1,605 $1,259,573 1,720 Alumni Parents $313,224 115 $856,546 608 Current Parents $543,322 493 Friends $240,077 636 Foundations & Corporations
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Character • Leadership • Commitment $2,627,045
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Total Voluntary Support
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$6,732,538
All gifts listed in this report are those received between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011. The Development Office staff has made every effort to ensure the information in this report is accurate and complete. However, sometimes errors do occur, and for this we apologize in advance. If you contributed to Gilman at a leadership level during the 2010–2011 fiscal year and you find your name has been omitted or listed under an incorrect heading, please advise us.
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From the President of the Board of Trustees
In my Founders Day address to the Class of 2011, I spoke about the trait of persistence. I told the graduates that persistence means to keep commitments and to see things through to the end. These actions exactly describe the activities of the Board of Trustees this past year. Following through on the excellent leadership of my predecessor, Charlie Fenwick, we expanded a committee charged to examine the School’s financial sustainability into a full-fledged long-range planning task force. Several teams of dedicated trustees, administrators and faculty met throughout the year to examine all facets of our current program and to envisage the School that we aspire to be. We took a critical look at issues of diversity, technology, student life and culture, global education, community involvement and service learning, all of which will impact our School’s ability to thrive in the future. We analyzed how we can best create a robust co-curricular program that will give our boys 21st century skills and capabilities — critical thinking and problem solving, effective written and oral communication, collaborative and leadership interpersonal skills, strong and broad foundations in liberal arts and science and deep values of character — that will enable them to succeed in an ever-changing and competitive landscape. We look forward to sharing the Long-Range Plan with you as we work to achieve its goals. It is also fair to say that we have been persistent in maintaining our financial sustainability. Because of the excellent focus by all Gilman employees, as well as the charitable support from Gilman alumni, parents, and friends, we had a strong 2010–2011 fiscal year.
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Key highlights include: • Enrollment numbers exceeded budget with no drop in admissions standards. • Our overall expenses were down slightly against the budget. A small surplus was achieved for the year, which has been transferred to the Plant Fund. • Our overall accounts receivable balances on late accounts (over 90 days) were at the lowest level since 2006–2007. • Our endowment performance was strong. In the twelve months ended June 30, 2011, Gilman’s endowment had a net total return of 20.45%. This is slightly below our Gilman Index (22.71%) that the Investment Committee of the Board of Trustees uses to measure the endowment’s investment results. Over the five-year period ended June 30, the Gilman endowment realized an annualized return of 7.5%, compared
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Financial Statement 2010–2011
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to the S&P 500 (+2.94%) and our Gilman Index (+6.57%). We believe these are strong results in light of the challenges in the capital markets in recent years. In 2010–11, total voluntary support to the School surpassed $6.7 million. The Gilman Fund supplied over $2.2 million toward the operating budget of $25.6 million, and 2,873 donors contributed to this critical important fund. Endowment income provided $4.1 million towards Gilman’s annual budget by financing scholarships, faculty support funds and academic department budgets, as well as providing important unrestricted funds to be used for needed school expenses. The School operated with a balanced budget for the 37th consecutive year, and the endowment remained strong at $97.8 million. Special thanks to The Gilman Fund leadership team, Timothy W. Hathaway ’88, P’22, Mitchell D. Whiteman ’94, John F.
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Cavanaugh ’87, Martha H. and Kevin R. Dunbar P’12 and Joyce and Edward Brown ’57, GP’18, who led the annual campaign to another repeat record-breaking year. Kudos as well to Ryan Carey and Carol Schuch, who led the faculty and staff effort. Together, the faculty and staff contributed $33,447 in support of The Gilman Fund, with 57% participation. I wish to offer my most heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you who supported Gilman School during 2010–2011, my first year as the Board of Trustees president. Your show of support for our beloved School means more to me than I can express on this page. Sincerely,
Paul F. McBride P’13, ’14 President, Board of Trustees
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Endowment Report 2010–2011
Gilman School is fortunate to have a solid financial base, demonstrated by the fact that 2010–2011 was the 37th consecutive year that we balanced our budget. Careful planning and budgeting of tuitions, successful annual campaigns, income from other sources and a well-managed endowment enables us to maintain our firm financial foundation. During fiscal year 2010–2011, endowment income provided $4,115,244 toward the annual budget by financing scholarships, faculty support funds, academic department budgets and commencement costs, as well as providing important unrestricted funds to be used for needed School expenses. Gilman School’s investment philosophy calls for dependable current income coupled with consistent growth in the real value of the endowment. We pursue these goals through three important strategies:
Market Values as of June 30, 2011
Scholarship Endowment
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Faculty Support Endowment
$31,060,879
Other Restricted Endowment
$18,239,798
Unrestricted Endowment
$11,879,476
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• Budgeting up to 5% of endowment income for annual operating expenses and channeling back into the principal all additional earnings. • Managing the endowment portfolio to produce capital appreciation in addition to income. • Attracting additional gifts to the endowment. Thus, in times of greater than average inflation, Gilman’s endowment is able to keep pace with increasing costs. Endowment growth appears in the chart at right.
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Endowment Growth 2002–2011
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Endowments
Endowments are investments in the lasting financial health of Gilman, with income from each of the School’s more than 200 endowed funds used in perpetuity for scholarship, faculty support and other unrestricted or program purposes. The principal is invested for long-term growth to serve present and future generations of boys, while the “rolling three-year average” income is used to support the School’s annual budget. We are proud to list those endowed funds with principals greater than $100,000.
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Endowed Scholarship Funds Market Values as of June 30, 2011 Abell Foundation Scholarship Alban Family Scholarship G. Maxwell Armor, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Julia C. Baker Scholarship Fund Howard M. Bank Memorial Scholarship Richard E. Bowe Memorial Scholarship Fund Thomas H. Broadus III Scholarship Fund Thomas Worthington Brundige IV Memorial Scholarship Henry H. Callard Scholarship Campbell Family Endowed Scholarship William B. Campbell Foundation Annual Scholarship Mark M. and Caswell J. Caplan Scholarship Douglas G. Carroll, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund Class of 1951 Memorial Scholarship - Robert B. Russell II Fund Class of 1952 Henry H. Callard Scholarship Class of 2009 Financial Aid Fund for Faculty Children Evelyn Mockard Cortezi Scholarship Fund Mildred H.F. Deering Memorial Scholarship The Ralph L. & Marion DeGroff Scholarship Scott B. Deutschman Memorial Scholarship Fund Farber Family Scholarship Dr. George G. Finney Memorial Scholarship Redmond C.S. Finney Scholarship Fund Redmond C.S. Finney Scholarship 2 Edward E. Ford Foundation Scholarship John Gaino Scholarship Edward J. Gallagher III Memorial Scholarship Dr. Earl P. & Martha Wheelwright Galleher, Jr. Scholarship Margaret and Johnson Garrett Scholarship A.C. & Kathryn George Family Scholarship Hearst Foundation Scholarship J. Adam Hitt Scholarship Hoffberger Foundation Scholarship Frederick Wayne Lafferty Memorial Scholarship Julie S. Lee Scholarship Fund Timothy P. Lekin Scholarship for Outstanding Science Achievement The Walter Lord Scholarship The Lumen Scholarship Andrew W. and Anna B. Merle Scholarship Robert G. Merrick, Jr. Scholarship William S. Merrick, Jr. Scholarship For Faculty Children Cathy E. Miles Scholarship Fund Alvin J. Myerberg Family Scholarship The John M. Nelson, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Noell-Davis Family Scholarship The Nudelman Family Scholarship Fund Robert R. Perkins Scholarship Frank Woodworth Pine and Mabel Durand Pine Memorial Scholarship Redwood Memorial Scholarship Elizabeth Barrett Rosen Memorial Scholarship Nick Schloeder Scholarship James L. Sinclair Memorial Scholarship Hyman & Minnie Steinhorn Memorial Scholarship Latimer Small Stewart, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Anton Vishio Endowed Scholarship Fund For Faculty Children Theodore C. Waters, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Alfred H. Weems, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Frederick T. Wehr Scholarship Samuel W. Wiley Family Scholarship Ralph N. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Boâ&#x20AC;? Willis Scholarship Fund
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Supporting Science
John Sinclair ’72 figures that the statute of limitations has expired and he no longer runs the risk of demerits if he tells this story. Some 40 years ago, before the Gilman-McDonogh football classic, one of his fellow soccer players (you know who you are) came up with the idea to return to Gilman after hours, climb to the cupola and ring the bell if any McDonogh students were spotted entering campus to make pre-game mischief. The plan worked: they saw some 25 cars driving into campus; the three ringers clanged the bell until faculty came out with flashlights and drove the McDonogh students away. The three cupola climbers escaped, undetected. Today Sinclair applies this same fearless devotion to his School as he leads the Sheridan Foundation in establishing the James L. Sinclair Memorial Scholarship at Gilman. Named in memory of Sinclair’s father, who served for 36 years as the Sheridan Foundation president, the scholarship is unique in the independent school community as it aims to support a student in the senior year who has demonstrated excellence in science or
mathematics. Along with providing tuition support, the scholarship fund will give a stipend for the recipient to pursue a summer internship in his field of interest between his junior and senior year. Offering opportunities for students to gain greater exposure to “real world” internships and other career-oriented situations, especially in the area of science, is a key Gilman institutional goal. Although the scholarship clearly supports the study of science and math, Sinclair won’t be disappointed if future recipients were to choose a different path in college or career. “I simply want them to excel at whatever they do,” he says. John Sinclair’s (pictured left) grandparents, Thomas and Elizabeth Sheridan, founded The Sheridan Foundation in 1962. Today the Foundation is somewhat of a hybrid, with a mix of family and non-family members serving as trustees. The Foundation’s focus is to support independent schools and the cultural arts.
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Endowed Faculty Funds Market Values as of June 30, 2011 George H.C. Arrowsmith Memorial Faculty Support Fund Baetjer Study & Travel Fund William G. Baker III Memorial Faculty Support Fund Broadus-Hubbard Award Henry Callard Faculty Support Fund Class of 1947 Fund for Meritorious Teaching Class of 1955 Henry Callard Teaching Interships Class of 1957 Faculty Summer Sabbaticals and Professional Development Fund Class of 2003 Faculty Award for Family Education Class of 2004 Faculty Strategic Planning Fund Michael Howard Cooper New Teachers Development Fund Owen & Clinton Daly Faculty Development Fund Edward K. Dunn Memorial Faculty Fund Fajardo Technology Endowment for Faculty Instruction Dawson L. Farber Faculty Award and Development Endowment Fund Jacob & Annita France Foundation History Fund Richard & Nancy Fryberger Faculty Development Fund Gallagher Art Faculty Fund Gilman Advisor Fund & Award Hess Faculty Fund The Wilma Mason and C. Huntley Hilliard Faculty Curriculum Development Fund Linehan Family Travel and Study Fund Walter Lord Faculty Development and Sabbatical Fund Allen F. Maulsby Teacher/Coach Endowment Fund in memory of Edward Russell Allen F. Maulsby Teacher/Coach Endowment Fund in memory of Tyler Campbell The Ober Family Faculty Grant for English Studies Paternotte Travel & Study Fund The P. Meredith Reese Memorial Fund Riepe Family Sabbatical Brent A. Rosenberg â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;05 Fund for Teaching and Learning Edward T. Russell Faculty Chair Louis B. Thalheimer Faculty Development Fund I. Ridgeway Trimble Biology Faculty Support Fund Frederick R. Williams Science Faculty Development Fund Cary Woodward Exchange Program and Young Faculty Development Fund Frank C. Wright, Jr. Faculty Development Fund
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$351,060 $170,392 $365,183 $349,628 $128,380 $468,018 $1,258,239 $225,289 $186,350 $167,866 $1,163,817 $161,051 $818,942 $127,349 $193,740 $1,227,157 $369,498 $906,114 $446,637 $942,077 $107,745 $314,821 $2,809,446 $178,427 $178,427 $240,194 $303,589 $459,915 $800,286 $135,002 $1,423,448 $169,121 $267,148 $753,669 $149,865 $1,018,793
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Program and Other Funds Market Values as of June 30, 2011 Carey Dividends Fund Carey Hall Endowment Centennial Technology Endowment Class of 1939 World Geography Fund Class of 1954 Technology Classroom Fund The Class of 1977 Community Service Award Class of 1992 Redmond C.S. Finney Headmaster’s Fund Class of 2000 Redmond C.S. Finney Special Financial Aid & Mentoring Program Class of 2002 Peer Leadership Program Class of 2005 Visiting Artists Fund Edward R. Fenimore, Jr. Memorial Library Fund Ford Foundation Technology Endowment Edward E. Ford Foundation Fund Grandparents Reading Fund Tommy Hardie Project Endowment Fund Headmaster’s Innovation Fund Michael Ross Himelfarb ‘94 Fund For The Performing Arts Janet Family Lectureship Fund Ensign Markland C. Kelly, Jr. Memorial Foundation Library Department Endowment for Technology Hugh P. McCormick Design Center Technology Fund Obrecht Fund for Character Education J. Gilman D’Arcy Paul Library Endowment Fund Riepe Family Exchange Program Philip O. Rogers, Jr. Memorial Fund Schweizer Family Drug and Alcohol Counseling Program Class of 1975 Reginald S. Tickner Writing Center Fellowship The Semmes G. “Buck” Walsh Fund
Unrestricted Endowment Market Values as of June 30, 2011 William W. S. Dancy Endowment The Carey Room Fund Robert G. Merrick, Jr. Fund
$6,321,207 $3,597,408 $1,878,170 $102,081 $884,691 $140,199 $142,450 $121,229 $166,906 $234,565 $1,484,622 $264,745 $211,101 $106,467 $101,167 $252,310 $101,807 $150,100 $220,682 $294,964 $263,599 $280,412 $226,467 $327,861 $407,792 $217,071 $202,843
$2,552,709 $585,352 $466,958
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The Founders’ Society is Gilman School’s leadership giving society, recognizing donors who contribute $2,500 or more ($1,000 for alumni in the classes 1996–2010) in cumulative giving during the 2010–2011 fiscal year. Through their generosity each year, members of the Founders’ Society ensure that the quality of a Gilman education continues today. The Founders’ Society includes six membership levels: Anne Galbraith Carey, Louise Fisher Bruce, Daniel Coit Gilman, William A. Fisher, Homewood Circle and Young Founders’.
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Anne Galbraith Carey Cumulative Gifts of $25,000–$49,999
Established in 1992, the Anne Galbraith Carey level represents Gilman’s highest leadership group. These donors have made an exceptional commitment to upholding the quality of a Gilman education. The Anne Galbraith Carey level is a tribute to Mrs. Carey, whose energy, imagination and determination were responsible for Gilman’s founding.
Anonymous (4)
Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Muhlenfeld ’61
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Lanning Bain
Mr. & Mrs. William M. Passano, Jr. ’48
Baltimore Community Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. John W. Pierson, Jr. ’41*
Mrs. Virginia C. Bowe
Henry & Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Foundation
Mr. Wm. Polk Carey ’48
Sheridan Foundation
Ms. Christina F. Davison p
Mrs. Mary F. Shock
Mr. John C. Davison p Mr. & Mrs. Ralph L. DeGroff, Jr. ’54
Ms. Thea Cleminshaw & Mr. Theodore T. Sotir ’76 Mr. Semmes G. Walsh*
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel M. Dell III ’61
Dr. Kathleen B. Hogan & Mr. Robert L. Williams p
Mr. & Mrs. Henry H. Hopkins ’61 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathon S. Jacobson ’79 Ms. Susan D. Ginkel & Mr. Christopher H. Lee p Ms. Gina H. Sohn & Mr. Gregory P. C. Lee ’86 Mr. & Mrs. Paul F. McBride p Mr. William H. Miller III
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Louise Fisher Bruce Cumulative Gifts of $25,000–$49,999
The Louise Fisher Bruce membership level credits donors with the vision to imagine great possibilities for Gilman, as did Anne Galbraith Carey’s loyal friend, Louise Fisher Bruce, who is considered co-mother in Mrs. Carey’s endeavor to establish the nation’s first country day school.
Anonymous
Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin H. Griswold IV ’58
Mrs. Lisbet Rausing & Mr. Peter M. Baldwin ’74
Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Hankin p
Baltimore Educational Scholarship Trust
Mr. & Mrs. R. Christopher Hoehn-Saric ’80
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond L. Bank ’71
Mrs. Kathleen M. Ryan & Mr. James L. Lekin
Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Beatty p
Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Noell III
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas L. Becker ’84
Dr. Eva F. Simmons-O’Brien & Mr. Anthony N. O’Brien p
Cordish Family Fund
Mr. & Mrs. John B. Powell, Jr. ’55
Mr. & Mrs. Blake L. Cordish ’89
Dr. & Mrs. Beverly S. Ridgely ’39
Mr. & Mrs. David S. Cordish
Dorothy L. & Henry A. Rosenberg Jr. Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan A. Cordish ’85, p
Mr. & Mrs. J. Mark Schapiro
Mr. & Mrs. Reed S. Cordish ’92
Mr. George A. Stewart, Jr. ’39*
Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas D. Cortezi II ’84, p
Thomas Wilson Sanitarium
Mr. & Mrs. Jack B. Dunn IV ’69, p Ms. Georgia Donovan Smith & Mr. Mark R. Fetting ’72 Gilman Parents Association
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Engaged Parents
The meltdown never came. It was fully expected; after all, last September, Anne and Thomas Huber’s son Tommy started Gilman as a newly-minted seventh grader, moving from the “country life” of St. James Academy near his White Hall, Md., home to Gilman in the “big city.” However, his Middle School teachers, always willing to help him, went to great lengths to make sure that Tommy felt included. Although they worked him hard, they taught him how to manage his workload and how to study. After a few weeks, it was as if Tommy had been a Gilman student forever. The Hubers also jumped right into Gilman and The Gilman Fund, making a generous annual giving contribution in their first year as Gilman parents. “We feel strongly about giving back,” says Anne. “We support the organizations we care about, and Gilman is one of those organizations.” Contributing to Gilman signals to Tommy that his parents care about his education and his school. “It’s important for your kids to know that you are engaged,” adds Tom.
In 2011, 608 parents joined Anne and Thomas Huber in showing their appreciation for the education that their sons receive at Gilman by contributing to The Gilman Fund. For a complete listing of parent donors to The Gilman Fund, organized by class, visit the 2011 Report on Giving at www.gilman. edu.
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Daniel Coit Gilman Cumulative Gifts of $10,000–$24,999
The Daniel Coit Gilman level honors donors who demonstrate the kind of commitment that was shown by Daniel Coit Gilman, the first president of The Johns Hopkins University and an early supporter of the plan to establish the Country Day School for Boys.
Anonymous (4) Mrs. Jebb Allen Agnew Mr. & Mrs. William C. Baker ’72 Mr. William P. Beatson, Jr. ’59 Mr. Robert A. J. Bordley ’36* Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Born ’61 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Broadus III ’86, p The Elizabeth H. and Thomas H. Broadus, Jr. Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Brodie ’80 Mr. & Mrs. Mark M. Caplan ’76 Mr. & Mrs. John F. Cavanaugh ’87 Clayton Fund Mr. & Mrs. John C. Corckran, Jr. ’60 Mr. & Mrs. Peter B. Daneker ’91 Mr. & Mrs. Kevin R. Dunbar p Edward J. Gallagher, Jr. Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Edward K. Dunn III ’80, p Ensign C. Markland Kelly, Jr. Memorial Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Scott L. Faulkner ’61 Mr. & Mrs. Charles C. Fenwick, Jr. ’66 Mr. & Mrs. Redmond C. S. Finney ’47 Ms. Constance W. Fowlkes Dr. Kathryn T. & Mr. Arthur C. George ’74 Greenway Foundation Mrs. Rebecca Henry & Mr. Harry S. Gruner Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Himelfarb Mr. & Mrs. J. Adam Hitt ’79 Mr. & Mrs. David B. Irwin ’66 Mr. & Mrs. Henry H. Jenkins II ’76, p Dr. & Mrs. Jai S. Lee Mr. & Mrs. Craig Lewis Dr. Molly P. & Mr. Charles M. Linehan ’88 Ms. Nancy P. Lohr p
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Mr. Walter Lord ’35* Mrs. Lillian Chan NgaLai & Mr. Stuart R. McCarthy ’64 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. W. Milch ’84, p Mr. & Mrs. Dan R. Miller ’84 Mr. & Mrs. Edward B. Mower, Jr. ’45* Mr. & Mrs. E. Rogers Novak, Jr. ’66 Mr. & Mrs. Harry D. Nudelman ’81 Mr. & Mrs. Charles J. Paterakis p Mr. & Mrs. William L. Paternotte ’63 Dr. & Mrs. Leslie H. Pierce, Jr. ’61 Mr. & Mrs. George J. Philippou p PNC Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Andrew A. Quartner ’70 Mr. & Mrs. James S. Riepe Mr. & Mrs. James S. Riepe, Jr. ’94 Mr. & Mrs. Frank B. Rosenberg ’76 Mr. T. Edgie Russell III ’60 Mr. & Mrs. Sanford M. Shapiro p Mrs. Dorothy P. Gay & Mr. Roszel C. Thomsen II ’76, p Mr. & Mrs. Charles Tini P Mr. David L. Warnock & Ms. Deidre A. Bosley p Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Weinfeld ’91, p Mr. & Mrs. Scott A. Wieler Mr. & Mrs. G. Van Velsor Wolf, Jr. ’62 Ms. Veronica M. Clarke & Mr. Timothy G. Wolf, Esq. ’64
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William A. Fisher Cumulative Gifts of $5,000–$9,999
The William A. Fisher level recognizes donors who act in the spirit of the first president of the School’s Board of Trustees. Judge William A. Fisher was one of the principal founders of the School and served as president of the Board from 1897 to 1900.
Anonymous (4) Mr. & Mrs. Andrew E. Adelson ’59 Dr. Sally Reyering & Mr. Christopher Baldwin ’79 Mr. Jeremy A. Batoff ’05 Mr. Justin A. Batoff ’03 Mr. & Mrs. Eric D. Becker ’80 Mr. & Mrs. Alex A. Beehler ’71 Mrs. Mary Lou Beehler Mrs. Ava Lias-Booker & Mr. E. Thomas Booker III ’79, p Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth A. Bourne, Jr. ’60 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew M. Brooks ’74 Mr. & Mrs. J. Tyler Campbell ’71 Mr. Francis J. Carey ’43 Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey R. B. Carey ’80 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Cassilly III ’41 Mr. John H. Claster ’63 Mr. & Mrs. John E. Colston ’75, p Mr. & Mrs. Christopher D. Creed ’61 The Reverend Carl F. Cummings ’61 Mr. Christian M. Darby ’81 Ms. Beverly B. Davis Dr. & Mrs. Theodore L. DeWeese p Mr. & Mrs. James L. Dunbar Mr. & Mrs. Edward K. Dunn, Jr. ’53 Feather Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Eben D. Finney III ’76 Mr. & Mrs. Haswell M. Franklin ’50 Mr. & Mrs. Francis X. Gallagher, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James R. Garrett ’61 Dr. & Mrs. John A. Gettier ’52 Giant Food Mrs. Kristine M. Kelly & Mr. Arthur A. Gleckler ’84 Drs. Ayse & Ziya Gokaslan p
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Mr. & Mrs. Jack S. Griswold ’60 Mr. & Mrs. Harry D. Halpert ’85, p Mr. & Mrs. William G. S. Hardy ’61 Mr. John L. Harvey ’69 Mr. & Mrs. Timothy W. Hathaway ’88, p Mr. & Mrs. George B. Hess, Jr. ’55 Mr. & Ms. Thomas J. Huber p Mr. & Mrs. Jon L. Jachman ’95 Ms. Marlene Trestman & Mr. Henry D. Kahn ’73 Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. King p Mr. Henry H. Lewis* Mr. & Mrs. John D. Linehan ’83, p Lockhart Vaughan Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Angus L. MacLean, Jr. ’49 Mr. & Mrs. Timothy K. Miller ’87 Mr. & Mrs. Henry I. Myerberg ’73 Dr. & Mrs. Alfred T. Nelson, Jr. ’71 Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. Neumann ’81, p Dr. & Mrs. Albert Nigrin p Mr. & Mrs. D. W. Wells Obrecht ’82, p Mrs. Julie Willis O’Connor & Mr. Dan O’Connor Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. O’Neill p Mr. & Mrs. E. Magruder Passano, Jr. ’61 Mr. & Mrs. C. Taylor Pickett p Mr. & Mrs. Howard A. Pollack p Mr. Walter K. Reuben ’61 Mr. & Mrs. George S. Rich ’66 Mr. & Mrs. Brian C. Rogers Mr. & Mrs. Troy L. Rohrbaugh ’88 Dr. & Mrs. Charles L. Schnee p Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Schweizer, Jr. ’62 Tim & Barbara Schweizer Foundation Drs. Penelope P. & William W. Scott ’62 Mr. & Mrs. Ronald B. Sheff ’66 Ms. Julie Rothman & Mr. Scott L. Sherman ’72, p Dr. & Mrs. Wonsock Shin p Mr. John N. Sigler ’61 Mr. & Mrs. John E. Snead, Jr. ’61 Mr. & Mrs. Jared D. Spahn ‘91, p Mr. & Mrs. John J. Stockbridge ’61 Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth M. Stuzin p Mrs. Elizabeth Palmer & Dr. Harry F. Swope III ’61 Mr. & Mrs. J. Richard Thomas, Sr. ’43 Mr. & Mrs. Steuart H. Thomsen ’72 Mr. & Mrs. David R. Treadwell III ’85 Dr. & Mrs. Surinder Vohra p Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd E. Voneiff, Jr. ’72 Mr. & Mrs. David E. Waters Mrs. Ellen J.R. Webb & Mr. J.W. Thompson Webb p Mr. & Mrs. James M. Webster III ’86 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher R. West ’68 Ms. Debbie Colson & Mr. Jeffrey Williams p Ms. Ellen P. Wolf p Mr. John A. Wolf, Sr. p Mr. & Mrs. Alan D. Yarbro ’58 Ms. Wendy D. Nickerson & Dr. Clarence L. Young III ’73
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Homewood Circle Cumulative Gifts of $2,500 - $4,999 The Homewood Circle, named after the original site of Gilman School, honors donors who provde a foundation of excellence with their support. Homewood House, on the campus of The Johns Hopkins University, was the home of Gilman School from 1897 to 1910.
Mr. & Mrs. Sung Eun Ahn p Mr. & Mrs. David W. Allan ’64 Mr. John H. P. Andrews, Jr. ’61 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Newton Armstrong IV p Dr. & Mrs. Paul Auwaerter p Mr. Allen M. Barrett, Jr. ’67 Mr. John H. Barrett ’31* Mr. & Mrs. David P. Bendann, Jr. ’63 Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Bonsal III ’82 The Hon. & Mrs. W. Kennedy Boone III ’60 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Bozzuto, Jr. ’92 Ms. Lynn B. Sassin & The Hon. Nathan Braverman p Mr. & Mrs. Edward B. Brody ’82 Mr. & Mrs. Edward W. Brown, Jr. ’57 Mrs. Mary R. Morgan & Mr. David J. Callard ’55 Ms. Judith F. Campbell-McKennis & Mr. Quent McKennis Mr. & Mrs. Louis R. Cestello p Mr. & Mrs. David M. Churchill p Mr. Bryson G. Christhilf, Jr. ’61 Mr. & Mrs. David M. Citron p Mr. & Mrs. H. Ward Classen ’78, p Mr. & Mrs. Taylor S. Classen ’82, p Mr. & Mrs. Keefe B. Clemons ’85 Mr. & Mrs. Adam S. Cohen ’91 Mrs. Marissa Levinson & Mr. Steven T. Comfort ’85 Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Michael Cordi ’61 Mr. & Mrs. Donald M. Culver ’43 Drs. Donna & Frank A. DeCosta ’81, p Mr. & Mrs. Aurel N. DeHollan ’60 Mr. & Mrs. David L. deMuth ’80, p Mr. & Mrs. Donal M. Doyle p Ms. Susan A. & Mr. Charles E. Emrich p
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Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan E. Farber ’75 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher A. Feiss p Mr. & Mrs. Harry M. Ford, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James P. Gorter ’47 Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Greenhill ’54 Ms. Amy Macht & Mr. George R. Grose II ’68 Mr. & Mrs. R. Dixon H. Harvey, Jr. ’76 Mr. & Mrs. Maurice Haywood p Dr. & Mrs. Robert Hearn Mr. & Mrs. Donald B. Hebb, Jr. ’60 Mr. & Mrs. David J. Heubeck ’76 Mr. & Mrs. J. Stanley Heuisler II ’60 Dr. & Mrs. Andrew S. Hirsch ’68 Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Hoffberger Mrs. Lisa Gross & Mr. Richard A. Hoffman ’79 Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Hopkins p Mrs. Katharine Finney Baetjer Hornady & Mr. John Hornady Mr. & Mrs. John B. Howard Mr. Jesse T. Jachman ’00 Mrs. Wendy M. Jachman Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Johnson p Mr. & Mrs. Brian W. Jones ’84, p Mr. & Mrs. Harris Jones III ’80 Mr. & Ms. Jonathan P. Kagan ’86 Ms. Kathleen Morris McDonald & Mr. Charles Milton Kerr ’65, p Mr. & Mrs. Randolph S. Kiefer ’76 Mr. & Mrs. Michael Jeffrey Klein Mr. & Mrs. Stanard T. Klinefelter ’65 Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Knudsen III p Ms. Kathleen Pontone & Mr. Mitchell Kolkin Mr. & Mrs. Craig L. Landauer ’69
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Mr. Daniel L. Latshaw ’04 Mr. & Mrs. Earl L. Linehan Ms. Elizabeth Grieb & Mr. Walter G. Lohr, Jr. ’62 Mr. & Mrs. Paul C. Lohrey ’80 Dr. William H. Matthai, Jr. ’76 Mr. & Mrs. Hugh P. McCormick III ’71 Mr. & Mrs. John B. McGowan p Dr. & Mrs. Karl F. Mech, Jr. ’60 Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Meredith Mr. & Mrs. William S. Merrick, Jr. ’51 Mrs. Sally J. Michel Mr. & Mrs. Ian M. Miller ’82 Mr. & Mrs. James D. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Morris p Mr. & Mrs. David M. Morris Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Moss ’61 Mr. & Mrs. George A. Murnaghan ’74 Mr. & Mrs. George A. Mudge ’61 Mr. & Mrs. Timothy C. Naylor ’82, p Mr. & Mrs. Matthew D. Nichols p Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Ober, Jr. ’61 Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Obrecht ’52 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Obrecht ’73 Mr. & Ms. Steven O’Donnell p Mr. & Mrs. Stephen L. Owen p Mr. & Mrs. Douglas M. Quartner ’73 Mr. & Mrs. John R. Radle p Mrs. Dorothy Hurt & Mr. William S. Reese ’73 Mr. & Mrs. D. Jeffrey Rice ’71 Mr. & Mrs. Edward L. Rosenberg ’73, p Mr. & Mrs. John C. Rosenberg ’94 Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Schaftel ’84 Mr. & Mrs. John E. Schmick ’67 Mr. & Mrs. Stephen T. Scott ’64 Mr. & Mrs. Neal J. Shapiro p Dr. & Mrs. Timothy E. Simmons p Mr. & Mrs. Carl P. Smith ’61 Mr. James A. Snead ’68 Ms. Jennifer Ghingher Snouffer & Mr. Joseph E. Snouffer p Mrs. Mary McFadden & Dr. Lawrence T. P. Stifler ’59 Dr. Charlotte E. Modly & Dr. Paul A. Tarantino p Drs. Ellen & Bruce T. Taylor ’67 Drs. Jacob & Svetlana Tendler p Mr. & Mrs. Andrew F. Thut ’91 Mrs. Mary Donnell Tilghman Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Tilghman, Jr. ’65 Ms. Madeleine H. Tolman Mrs. I. Ridgeway Trimble Mr. & Mrs. William C. Trimble, Jr. ’53 Mr. Tinsley Van Durand ’65 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Van Dyke p Mr. & Mrs. Theodore C. Waters III ’84, p Mr. & Mrs. G. Stewart Webb, Jr. ’68, p Mr. & Mrs. Herron P. Weems Mr. & Mrs. John H. West III ’61
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Young Founders’ Society Cumulative Gifts of $1,000 or more The Young Founders’ Society gives special recognition to alumni for their extraordinary financial commitment at a young age. Alumni from the Classes of 1996–2010 qualify for this society during fiscal year 2010–2011.
William A. Fisher Mr. Jeremy A. Batoff ’05 Mr. Justin A. Batoff ’03 Homewood Circle Mr. Jesse T. Jachman ’00 Mr. Daniel L. Latshaw ’04 Young Founders’ Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Clifford M. Athey ’96 Mr. Charles L. Buppert ’06 Mr. William G. Buppert ’97 Mr. Michael A. Faridi ’02 Mr. Pierce J. Flanigan IV ’96 Mr. Robert W. Law, Jr. ’01 Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin P. Lucas ’97 Mr. & Mrs. Brian H. Margerum ’97 Mr. & Mrs. John A. Menton IV ’96 Mr. John M. Miller ’02 Mr. & Mrs. George T. Mumford ’96 Mr. & Mrs. R. Davis Noell ’97 Mr. & Mrs. Yaniv Rosenberg ’96 Mr. Matthew H. Salsbury ’01 Mr. & Mrs. William C. Whitridge, Jr. ’96 Mr. Ali R. Zamani ’98
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Other Giving
The Gift of Music
If you happened to walk through the Lumen Center on Friday evening, November 11, you may have noticed an unusual tone in the usual cacophony of school sounds: piano notes. That evening, Thomas Broadus ’20, Charles Siegel ’16, Tyler Wakefield ’14, Adam Scrivener ’12, Richard Shin ’14, Tammy Temple, Elizabeth Sesler-Beckman and Shaun McMullen gave an hour-long inaugural concert playing Gilman’s new Petrof baby grand piano. Petrof pianos are among the world’s finest, handmade in the Czech Republic since 1864, and are somewhat rare in the United States. Thanks to the generosity of Lucy and Dave Faison, parents of Will ’10, who donated the piano to the School, Gilman musicians now have a world-class piano placed in an intimate setting with which to perform. The piano found a permanent home in the Legg Alumni Reading Room, located on the second floor of the Lumen Center. “The new space adds a wonderful new dimension to the types of performances we can host,” says Ariel Dechosa, chair of the music department
and a Peabody-trained professional concert artist. The inaugural recital illustrated the musicality of the piano. First, classical compositions for piano: Broadus played Mozart; Wakefield, Beethoven; Scrivener, Chopin; and, Shin, Liszt. Siegel performed a solo blues improvisation. Middle School music teacher Sesler-Beckman accompanied Temple, who sang Gershwin, and McMullen, a teacher in Gilman’s After School Music Program, who played guitar to Chick Corea’s Spain. Clearly, the addition of such a fine instrument to the Gilman music program will benefit our boys for years to come. Music Department Chairman Ariel Dechosa, a professional concert artist, sits at the Petrof piano. Hear the beauty of the piano by viewing video of the inaugural concert at http:// www.gilman.edu/program/ arts/music/performances. A complete listing of gifts in kind, in memory, in honor and for other special efforts is posted to the online 2011 Report on Giving.
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Ludlow H. Baldwin Society Cumulative Gifts of $1,000–$2,499
Established in 2002, the Ludlow H. Baldwin Society acknowledges those contributors who provide a vital base of support. Ludlow Baldwin ’22 was a passionate educator whom alumni remember best for his vigorous teaching of ancient history. Baldwin taught at Gilman from 1946 until 1968, serving as Headmaster from 1963 until 1968. A man of vision, Baldwin laid the groundwork for Gilman’s financial future by working with Cooper Walker ’33 to initiate the School’s annual giving program.
Anonymous (3) Mr. & Mrs. Thurston R. Adams, Jr. ’62 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Ahern ’59 Mr. & Mrs. Theodore M. Alexander III p Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Aron Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas R. G. Baldick ’86 Mr. H. Furlong Baldwin ’50 Mr. & Mrs. George P. Barker ’57 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher H. Bartlett Mrs. Mary G. Beatty Mr. & Mrs. Stephen H. Belgrad ’81 Mr. & Mrs. James E. Berg p Mr. & Mrs. Walter W. Birge III ’57 Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Blue ’48 Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Blue ’81, p Mr. & Mrs. William F. Blue ’52 Mr. & Mrs. Michael I. Blum ’71 Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Bolin p Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. G. Bolton ’84 Mr. & Mrs. R. Peter Bosworth p Ms. Barbara Stewart & Mr. Peter A. Bowe ’74 Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Boyd ’62 Mr. & Mrs. Roland L. Breitenecker ’86 Dr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Brennan p The Honorable Gerry L. Brewster ’75 Mr. & Mrs. Walter W. Brewster ’50 Mr. & Mrs. George A. Brown ’65 Mr. & Mrs. Randolph B. Brown ’80 Mrs. Ann W. Brundige Dr. & Mrs. William S. Brusilow ’71 Campbell Foundation Mr. & Mrs. R. Bruce Campbell ’59 Mr. & Mrs. S. James Campbell, Jr. ’76
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Mr. & Mrs. Anthony M. Carey III ’53 Mr. G. Cheston Carey III ’78 Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Cashman p Mr. & Mrs. George H. Cassels-Smith ’83, p Mr. & Mrs. Selim A. Chacour Dr. Nan Ni & Mr. Gang Chen p Mrs. Ann K. Clapp Mr. & Mrs. Edward L. Clapp ’59 Dr. Antonie Kline & Dr. Douglas Clemens p Ms. Sue Lasbury & Mr. John C. Cochran ’60 Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Cole, Jr. ’55 Drs. Cardella & Mark Coleman p Mr. & Mrs. A. Key Compton ’88 Mr. & Mrs. Beverley C. Compton, Jr. ’55, p Mr. & Mrs. James W. Constable ’60 Mr. & Mrs. Bryson L. Cook ’66 Mr. S. Christopher Costa ’67 Mr. & Mrs. Richard R. Councill ’71 Mr. & Mrs. McLane F. Cover ’79 Ms. Denise Crain Mr. & Mrs. Alan G. Cranston ’92 Mr. & Mrs. Graham T. Crawford p Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Creamer, Jr. ’83 Mrs. Elizabeth Welles & Mr. Charles H. Cromwell III ’50 Mr. & Mrs. E. Samuel Cross III ’67 Mr. & Mrs. Brian B. Daily p Mr. & Mrs. Clinton R. Daly ’74 Mr. & Mrs. Owen Daly II ’43 Mr. Robert B. Daniels, Jr. ’84 Mr. & Mrs. Brad Davidson Mr. & Mrs. Gregory B. M. Davis ’73, p Mr. & Mrs. John M. Dearing p Mr. L. Patrick Deering*
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Mrs. Anne M. Deford Mr. & Mrs. Frank Deford ’57 Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Dellheim Mr. Frederick G. Demers II & Ms. Barbara Swain* Mr. & Mrs. H. Anderson deMuth ’76, p Diken Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Robb T. Doub ’86, p Mr. & Mrs. John C. Dougherty p Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Downs p Mr. & Mrs. John J. Doyle p Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Duff, Jr. ’71 Dr. & Mrs. Charles C. Edwards II ’88, p Mr. Brison R. Ellinghaus ’77 Mr. & Mrs. Frederic Grant Emry III p Mr. & Mrs. John B. Emory ’61 Dr. & Mrs. Evan A. English p Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Evans ’60 Ms. Katherine M. R. King & Mr. John F. Eyring III Mr. & Mrs. David Fang p Mrs. Patricia S. Farber Mr. & Mrs. J. Peter Feketie p Mr. & Mrs. Charles C. Fenwick ’42 Mr. & Mrs. George J. Fesus ’60 Mr. Joseph G. Finnerty III ’78 Drs. Cheryl Anne & R. C. Stewart Finney, Jr. ’77, p Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G. B. Finney ’81, p Dr. Susan & Mr. Mitchell F. Ford ’82, p Mr. & Mrs. Hobart V. Fowlkes ’59 Mr. & Mrs. William D. Franklin ’84 Mr. & Mrs. Scott W. Frew Mr. & Mrs. Richard N. Fryberger ’54 Mr. & Mrs. Mark Fulchino Dr. & Mrs. Earl P. Galleher, Jr. ’44 Mr. & Mrs. C. Richard Gamper, Jr. ’69, p’06, ’06 Mr. & Mrs. George W. Gephart Mr. & Mrs. George W. Gephart, Jr. ’71 Mr. & Mrs. John F. Gerhardt ’61 Mr. & Mrs. Sherlock S. Gillet, Jr. ’80, p Mr. Daniel S. Ginzburg Gordian Group Mr. Jay Gouline Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Grassi ’71 Mr. & Mrs. Temple Grassi ’65 Mrs. Katherine Deering-Grieves & Mr. James R. Grieves, Jr. ’76 Mr. & Mrs. David Grimaldi Mr. & Mrs. Allan J. Gushue p Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. W. Haines ’59 Mr. Douglas W. Hamilton III ’95 Mr. & Mrs. Frederick B. Hammann III ’60 Mr. & Mrs. Mark P. Hanley p Dr. & Mrs. Frederik C. Hansen Mr. & Mrs. James D. Hardesty ’64 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Hardiman Ms. Janet Marie Smith & Mr. F. Barton Harvey III ’67, p Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Healey ’60 Mrs. Melba B. Quizon & Mr. Mark A. Hillman ’80 Drs. Endrika & Richard Hinton p Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Hodge p Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Hoffman p Drs. Cynthia P. & Suber S. Huang ’76 Dr. & Mrs. Kanan H. Hudhud p Ms. Myra S. Krieger & Mr. Gregory C. Hutchinson p
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Dr. & Mrs. John T. Isaacs ’67 Mr. & Mrs. Howard A. Janet Mr. & Mrs. Stuart S. Janney III ’66 Mrs. Sarah Griswold-Johnson & Mr. Matthew R. Johnson p Mrs. Anne D. Jordan Mr. Arif T. Joshi ’94 Mr. & Mrs. Kirk M. Joy p Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Keehner p Mr. & Mrs. D. Brooks Kitchel II ’88 Mr. & Mrs. Ralph L. Klein Mrs. Lynn DeGroff Lafferty Mr. & Mrs. Don Langenberg Latus Capital Drs. Shari & H. Christopher Lawson p Mr. William M. Legg, Jr. ’63 Mr. & Mrs. Jay L. Lenrow Mr. & Mrs. H. McIlvaine Lewis ’65 Mr. Stephen P. Linaweaver ’90 Mr. & Mrs. Llewellyn W. Lord ’43 Drs. Nancy Ryan & Mark H. Lowitt p Mr. Thomas K. Lynn ’71 Mr. & Mrs. Samuel G. MacFarlane Mr. & Mrs. Roland R. MacKenzie II ’80 Mr. & Mrs. R. Alan Macksey, Jr. ’80 Major General Warren A. E. Magruder ’46 Mr. & Mrs. Dennis P. Malone ’68 Dr. & Mrs. Charles H. Manekin ’71 Rev. Linda H. & Mr. J. Robert Manuel III ’61 Mrs. Kathilynch Martin & Mr. Brian W. Martin p Dr. & Mrs. Millard S. Mazer p Mr. & Mrs. Hugh P. McCormick Mr. & Mrs. John G. McCormick ’62 Mr. & Mrs. David G. McDonald ’78 Mr. & Mrs. John E. McDonald Mr. R. Bruce McKibben ’61 Mr. Mason W. Mednick ’95 Mr. & Mrs. Francis T. Merrick ’80 Dr. Marvin N. Miller ’71 Mr. & Mrs. M. Laurence Millspaugh III ’76 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Mix Mr. & Mrs. Lance Miyamoto ’73 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas V. Monahan, Jr. p Ms. Susan M. Larson & Mr. Charles F. Morgan ’61 Mr. & Mrs. William H. Murphy III ’86 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan P. Murray p Mr. & Mrs. Stuart M. Nathan ’68 Mr. Louis Neilson III ’60 Mr. & Mrs. David W. Norton ’86 Mr. Charles M. Ober ’68 Mr. P. Frederick Obrecht ’47 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. O’Neil, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. O’Neill, Jr. ’61 Dr. Tracy E. Duke & Mr. Timothy J. Oursler ’86, p Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Peroutka p Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Thomas Perry p Ms. Catherine Boyne & Mr. Douglas S. Perry p Mr. & Mrs. Dennis L. Peters p Mr. & Mrs. Donald Peters p Dr. Suzanne Hurst & Mr. Samuel Peters p Mrs. Katharine Baetjer Pilgrim Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Pinkard ’77 Mr. & Mrs. Walter D. Pinkard, Jr. ’69
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Dr. & Mrs. Richard Pomerantz p Mr. & Mrs. Corey B. Popham ’95 Dr. & Mrs. Kerry C. Prewitt p Mr. Douglas R. Price ’47 Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence R. Rachuba Mr. & Mrs. Jay Radov p Mr. G. Remak Ramsay ’54 Dr. & Mrs. Michael A. Randolph p Mr. & Mrs. Russell P. Rich ’64 Mr. & Mrs. Francis C. Rienhoff ’55 Mr. & Mrs. Darrell Riley p Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Rosenfield p Mr. & Mrs. John G. Rouse III ’60 Mr. & Mrs. George L. Russell, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. B. Frederick Sachs ’66 Mrs. Ramona Zarelli & Mr. Thomas A. Salisbury ’61 Mr. Nicholas M. Schloeder Mr. & Mrs. William F. Schmick III ’59 Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth C. Schuberth Mr. & Mrs. Robert N. H. Sener ’52 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher R. Shafer p Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Shapiro ’85 Mr. & Mrs. Edward E. Sharkey ’86 Drs. Fadia T. & Elias K. Shaya Mr. & Mrs. Larry K. Sheets p Dr. & Mrs. Takumi Shiraishi p Mr. & Mrs. John Shmerler p Mr. & Mrs. Clarence W. Simms Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Simms p Mr. & Mrs. Marcus S. Simms ’95 Mrs. Nina Tou & Mr. Jacob W. Slagle, Jr. ’63 Mr. & Mrs. Edward W. Smith, Sr. p Dr. Michele A. Shermak & Mr. Howard M. Sobkov ’84, p Mr. J. Ritchie Solter ’61 Mr. & Mrs. Scott R. Somerville Mr. & Mrs. William L. Stafford ’64 Mr. & Mrs. J. Snowden Stanley, Jr. ’60 Drs. Heather & Jeffrey P. Sternlicht p Mr. & Mrs. T. Howard F. Stick ’56 Mr. Kenneth C. Stockbridge ’77 Dr. & Mrs. Hervey S. Stockman, Jr. Drs. Chen-Chih J. & Albert S. C. Sun Mr. S. Spencer Sun ’90 Mr. & Mrs. Steven A. Susel ’84 Dr. & Mrs. Frederick T. Sutter p Mr. & Mrs. Charles T. Swindell ’81, p Mr. & Mrs. Roth W. Tall, Jr. ’61 Tema Oil And Gas Company Mr. & Mrs. Stanley H. Tevis III ’66 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan W. Thayer p Mr. & Mrs. Henry B. Thomas ’76 Mr. & Mrs. J. Richard Thomas, Jr. ’72 Mrs. Polly Hoppin & Mr. Robert M. Thomas, Jr. ’76 Mrs. Lesley A. Morgan Thompson & Mr. Alvin W. Thompson, Jr. ’71 Mr. & Mrs. Philip L. Thompson ’89 Mr. & Mrs. George E. Thomsen ’48 Mr. & Mrs. Glenn W. Tilley p Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. C. Tucker ’47 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Twells, Jr. ’86 Mr. & Mrs. Peter Van Dyke, Jr. ’87 Mr. & Mrs. Royall Victor III Dr. & Mrs. Edwin J. Villamater ’82, p
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Mr. & Mrs. David L. Vosvick II p Mr. & Mrs. Harry M. Wagner ’84 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Washburn ’85, p Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell D. Whiteman ’94 Mr. & Mrs. C. Lawrence Whitman Mr. Charlton Wilder ’82 Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Willard III ’44 Mr. & Mrs. David McIntosh Williams ’67 Mr. & Mrs. Jay M. Wilson ’65 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Winstead ’38 Dr. Melissa A. Lee & Dr. Charles D. Yim p Dr. & Mrs. Ari L. Zaiman ’85 Dr. Xiangxing Zeng & Dr. Shu Li Mr. & Mrs. Philip R. Zink ’65 Mr. David A. Zinreich ’94
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Edward T. Russell Associates Cumulative Gifts of $500 – $999
Edward T. Russell had a profound influence on generations of Gilman alumni, whom he taught and mentored for 48 years, just as donors at this level affect the School with their generosity.
Mr. & Mrs. Charles T. Albert ’47 Dr. D. Scott Allan ’92 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Allen ’67 Dr. Bushra I. Al-Azzawi & Dr. Khalid K. Al-Talib Mr. & Mrs. William F. Andrews, Jr. p The Hon. & Mrs. Mahlon Apgar IV Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Armstrong, Jr. ’73 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas N. Armstrong III Mr. & Mrs. John T. Arnold ’95 Ms. T. Sky Woodward & Hon. Andrew R. Arthur p Mr. John C. Avirett ’01 Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Baker, Jr. ’66 Mr. & Mrs. William W. Baker ’74, p Ms. Penny Bank Drs. Eileen F. & Lewellys F. Barker ’51 Mr. Michael J. Batza, Jr. Mr. John H. Beatson, Jr. ’95 Dr. & Mrs. John M. Bergland III ’50 Mr. & Mrs. Steven Berman Mrs. Iris A. Bierlein Ms. Mary Jane Blaustein Mr. & Mrs. Norman Bloomberg p Mr. & Mrs. Weston W. Boone, Sr. p Mr. Bruce G. Bower ’99 Dr. Robert R. Bowie ’27 Mr. Robert R. Bowie, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Roger W. Bowie, Jr. ’72 Ms. Diana Hutchins & Mr. Karlus E. Bowling p Mr. James S. Boyce ’61 Mr. & Mrs. George E. Boynton ’56 Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Bradford ’60 Mr. Benjamin S. Bradley ’00 Mr. & Mrs. Brett C. Brandau ’96
Mr. & Mrs. Andre W. Brewster II ’43 Mrs. Lee L. Broh-Kahn & Mr. Daniel R. Broh-Kahn Dr. Shannon & Mr. Edward W. Brown III ’84, p Mr. & Mrs. Fitzhugh L. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Brown, Jr. p Dr. & Mrs. Winston N. Brundige ’62 Dr. Saul W. Brusilow Mr. & Mrs. Frederick R. Buck, Jr. ’66 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Burden p Mr. & Mrs. James H. Burgunder, Jr. ’76 Ms. Khin Sann Thaung & Mr. William H. Burton p Dr. Sabine Kost-Byerly & Mr. John R. Byerly p Mr. & Mrs. David L. Cahn ’86 Mr. & Mrs. David G. Campbell ’76 Mr. Mark P. Carliner ’56 Mr. & Mrs. David H. Carroll, Jr. ’88, p Dr. Kathryn R. Wagner & Mr. Michel F. Cavallon p Dr. & Mrs. Kent C. Chan ’90 Dr. & Mrs. Chi-Shiang Chen Mrs. Sao Wa Chan & Mr. Zhen Chao Cheng p Mr. & Mrs. Sang Hun Cho ’85 Mr. & Mrs. John J. Clarke, Jr. ’83 Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Clement III ’61 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew B. Cohen ’90 Mr. & Mrs. Hugh F. Cole III ’94 Dr. & Mrs. Brendan J. Collins p Ms. Anna Dopkin & Mr. James B. Cooke, Jr. ’82 Mr. & Mrs. Brian F. Cootauco ’92 Mr. Thomas R. Coughlin III ’01 Mr. & Mrs. Patrick C. Crain p Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Creamer Dr. & Mrs. David M. Cromwell ’80 Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Cross III p
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Dr. Mychelle Y. Farmer & Mr. James H. DeGraffenr Mr. Arthur R. DeLuca ’98 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew F. Dent ’93 Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Deutschman Drs. Diana & David W. DeVeas ’83 Mr. & Mrs. Donald L. DeVries, Jr. ’65 Mr. Donald L. DeVries III ’96 Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Donley ’48 Mr. & Mrs. William H. Dorsey, Jr. ’60 Dr. Karen L. Kotloff & Dr. Benjamin V. DuBois ’71 Ms. Lee Hoyt & Mr. Pierce B. Dunn ’68 Mr. Anand Dutta ’95 Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Ebner Mr. John Chin & Dr. Haftan M. Eckholdt ’83 Edward St. John Foundation The Hon. & Mrs. Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. ’75 Mr. & Mrs. Carlton F. Etchison, Jr. ’81 Mrs. Hartley C. Etheridge Mr. Matthew C. Fallon ’01 Mr. Robert E. Farber, Jr. ’66 Mr. & Mrs. H. Bruce Fenwick ’68, p Dr. & Mrs. Stuart L. Fine Mr. & Mrs. Alexander G. Fisher ’65, p Mr. & Mrs. William A. Fisher III ’68 Mr. & Mrs. Mark Floersheimer P Dr. & Mrs. Dennis G. Foster, Jr. ’72, p Mr. & Mrs. Morton M. Foster, Jr. ’65 Mr. & Mrs. James M. S. Franklin ’80 Dr. & Mrs. Barry H. Friedman Mr. & Mrs. William H. Gamper ’71 Dr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Garrett ’57 Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Gemma p Cmdr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Giardina ’61 Mr. Charles B. Gillet ’41 Mr. & Ms. James C. Godey p Mr. & Mrs. Douglas M. Godine, Jr. ’87, p Mr. & Mrs. Evan M. Goldman ’94, p Cmdr. & Mrs. Howard S. Goldman ’83 Dr. Julia A. Haller & Dr. John D. Gottsch Mr. & Mrs. Stuart F. Gray ’77, p Mr. Alex M. Gregory ’89 Mr. & Mrs. Jack S. Griswold, Jr. ’93 Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Stone & Mr. James Hall Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Hammann, Jr. ’62 Drs. Victoria & James Handa p Mr. & Mrs. Phillip B. Haney p The Hon. & Mrs. Alexander Harvey II ’41 Ms. Melinda Hayes p Mr. & Mrs. William H. Hazlehurst Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin F. Hearn IV ’76, p Mr. Julien A. Hecht ’70 Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Hoffberger ’90, p Mr. & Mrs. Keith A. Holmes p Ms. Elizabeth L. Axelrod & Mr. Erwin Hosono ’78 Mr. & Mrs. Craig A. Hossfeld ’87, p Mr. & Mrs. W. Carl Hossfeld, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John B. Howard, Jr. ’81, p Mr. & Mrs. Albert C. Hubbard, Jr. Mr. Crawford C. Hubbard ’88 Mr. Richard R. Jackson, Jr. ’55 Mr. & Mrs. John C. Jeppi p Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey C. Jones ’64 Mr. W. Andre Jones
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Ms. Joy Napier-Joyce & Mr. Keir Joyce p Mr. & Mrs. Peter T. Kandel p Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Katz p Mr. & Mrs. Alexander S. Kaufman ’85 Mr. Douglas M. Kaufman ’90 Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Kaufman ’83 Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence W. Kenny ’68 Dr. & Mrs. Victor King p Mr. & Mrs. William Kissinger Dr. & Mrs. Frederick E. Knowles III ’60 Mr. & Mrs. Joshua B. Kohn ’96 Mr. Michael S. Kovars ’02 Mrs. Melinda Miller & Mr. Lee S. Kowarski ’96 Mr. & Mrs. Timothy L. Krongard ’82 Mrs. Lindsay M. Novotny & Mr. Michael D. M. Kutzer ’01 Mr. & Mrs. G. Stuart Lacher ’75, p Mr. & Mrs. David B. Larrabee ’63 Mr. & Mrs. John P. Leatherbury p Dr. & Mrs. Albert Lee p Mr. & Mrs. In Jae Lee p Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Lee ’96 Mr. & Mrs. Ernest D. Levering III ’60 Dr. Brenda Linnan Mr. & Mrs. C. Russell Lockwood Mr. & Mrs. Frederick B. Lohr ’91 Mr. & Ms. Henry R. Lord, Esq. ’56 Mr. & Mrs. Blair C. Lounsbury p Mr. Andrew G. Lucas ’00 Mr. Graham C. J. Lucas ’95 Mr. & Mrs. Andre L. Lynch p Mr. & Mrs. John P. Machen ’69 Mr. & Mrs. Donald H. MacMurray Mr. Stewart McB. Macon ’94 Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey D. Maddox p Mr. Stephen E. Manuelides ’70 Dr. & Mrs. Matthew P. Mardiney ’84 Mr. & Mrs. Jenkins C. Marshall ’80 Dr. Libero L. Marzella p Mrs. Elizabeth H. Mast Mr. & Mrs. H. Burke Mathews ’44 Mr. & Mrs. Louis P. Mathews, Jr. ’75 Mr. & Mrs. Stuart G. Matthai ’80, p Mr. & Mrs. William D. McAvoy p Dr. Monica A. Buescher & Dr. Howard D. McClamrock Mr. & Mrs. Peter R. McGill III ’93, p Ms. Janet McHugh & Mr. Herbert W. Moloney p Mr. & Mrs. Daniel McIntyre Mr. & Mrs. William S. McLean ’71 Mr. & Mrs. John L. McShane Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin I. Mednick ’92 Mr. & Mrs. James K. Meek p Dr. & Mrs. Hugh E. Mighty Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin R. Miller ’85 Mr. & Mrs. Edwin F. Miller Ms. Shari Wilson & Mr. Hans B. Miller ’80 Mr. & Mrs. William H. Miller IV ’99 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. D. Millspaugh ’79 Mr. & Mrs. Edward L. Mitzel ’77 Dr. Joseph C. Morelos ’81 Dr. & Mrs. Adam A. Morgan ’86 Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin L. Morgan ’01 Mr. & Mrs. W. Griffin Morrel, Jr. ’51
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Ms. Mary Page Michel & Mr. Michael N. Morrill p Mrs. Jan Johnston & Mr. John C. Morris ’96 Ms. Cindy Paradies & Mr. Larry Moscow p Mr. & Mrs. J. Scott Murphy p Mr. & Mrs. E. Andrew Murray ’74, p Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Mutascio p Mr. John D. Nelson ’01 Mr. Peter S. Ness ’57 Mr. & Mrs. Huan T. Nguyen ’89 Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Ober ’33 Mr. & Mrs. Patrick O’Brien P Dr. Rosa M. Crum & Dr. Richard J. O’Brien p Mr. Chisomaga N. Opara ’99 Mr. & Mrs. R. Nelson Oster ’93 Mr. Jeffrey C. Palkovitz p Drs. Ok H. & Charles Park p Ms. Judith Kim & Dr. Matthew Park p Dr. & Mrs. Peter D. Park p Mr. & Mrs. Steven H. Parker ’73 Mr. & Mrs. Marc R. Paul ’78 Mr. & Mrs. John N. Peabody, Jr. ’62 Mr. & Mrs. Richard Peabody p Mr. Thomas P. Perkins III ’53 Mr. & Mrs. C. Stephen Plant ’60 Mr. & Mrs. Steven L. Plunkert ’80, p Mr. Michael W. Poggi ’99 Dr. Thomas H. Powell ’50 Rev. Judith H. & Mr. K. Donald Proctor ’62 Drs. Sandra D. & Jeffrey L. Quartner ’67 Ms. Karen Stewart-Ramos & Mr. Edward Ramos p Mr. Charles B. Reeves, Jr. ’41 Mr. Randall K. Resnik ’98 Mr. & Mrs. Bernard J. S. Rhee ’85 Mr. Drummond S. Rice ’04 Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Rich ’48 Dr. & Mrs. Lee H. Riley III p Dr. & Mrs. John D. Rockefeller V Mr. & Mrs. Patrick A. Rodgers ’96 Mr. & Mrs. Timothy M. Rodgers Dr. & Mrs. Peter S. Rodman ’63 Mrs. Lisa Wurfl-Roeca & Mr. Glenn Roeca p Ms. Heather MacGregor & Mr. Peter Rosenthal p Mr. & Mrs. Richard McCracken Ross ’75 Mr. & Mrs. James C. Rossi p Dr. & Mrs. Walter Royal III ’73 Mr. & Mrs. Peter S. Russell p Mrs. Lynne R. Ryan Dr. & Mrs. Howard I. Saiontz p Dr. & Mrs. William L. Scherlis ’71 Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Schilpp ’95 Mr. & Mrs. J. Christopher Scott ’60 Mr. & Mrs. William B. Shaffer ’62 Mr. & Mrs. Ronald M. Shapiro Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Shawver p Dr. & Mrs. Minbo Shim p Mrs. Sara M. Sohn & Mr. Sue-Joe Shin ’88 Drs. Janet M. & Robert F. Siliciano Mr. & Mrs. David Silverman p Silverpoint, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. John M. Silverstein ’64 Dr. & Mrs. Julian T. Simmons ’70 Mr. & Mrs. Josh F. Slater p Dr. Sheri Slezak p
Drs. Maria & Martin Slodzinski p Mr. & Mrs. Paul Smeton p Mr. Bryan R. Smith ’93 Mr. & Mrs. Peter Soderberg Dr. & Mrs. Clifford T. Solomon ’79 Dr. & Mrs. James H. Somerville ’67 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Spencer Mr. & Mrs. Glenn W. Stafford, Jr. ’73 Mr. & Mrs. Lee W. G. Sterne ’83 Mr. Robert P. Stockman ’98 Strategic Value Partners Mrs. Jean B. Hadfield & Dr. Edmund C. Sutton ’70 Target Mr. & Mrs. Martin S. Taylor ’01 Mr. & Mrs. Steven A. Thomas ’65 Mr. & Mrs. David Tomlinson p Ms. Tracey A. Tiska & Mr. Peter Tomlinson ’86 Mr. Dennis Townsend Dr. & Mrs. Edward M. Trusty, Jr. ’91 Ms. Deborah Tuerke Force p Mr. & Mrs. John Turben Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Twiss ’60 Dr. Satya & Mr. Prasad Uppalapati p Mr. & Mrs. John Vernazza Mr. & Mrs. Theodoros Vlahoyiannis p Mr. Stuart Vogel Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Waller p The Hon. & Mrs. Thomas J. S. Waxter, Jr. ’52 Dr. & Mrs. Frederick L. Wehr II ’73 Mr. & Mrs. Harry C. Weiskittel III ’60 Mr. & Mrs. E. Hambleton Welbourn, Jr. ’34 Mr. & Mrs. John J. Whalen III p Mr. & Mrs. A. Thomas White ’72 Dr. Monique Y. Wong & Mr. John K. Whittlesey ’74 Mr. Edward W. S. Wiese ’08 Mr. & Mrs. Edward I. Wight, Jr. ’89, p Mr. & Mrs. Huntington Williams III p Mr. & Mrs. Benson P. Wilson ’95 Mr. & Mrs. James J. Winn, Jr. ’60 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Winstead, Jr. ’64 Mr. & Mrs. Gordon H. Witherspoon p Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Won Mr. Colston E. Young ’91 Mr. & Mrs. John R. Young p Dr. Michael Yu & Mrs. Junghye Han Yu p Drs. Nancy C. & David T. Yue p Mrs. Margaret Yung Dr. & Mrs. Marco A. Zarbin ’74 Captain & Mrs. H. Conway Zeigler ’66 Ms. Jane S. Zirnkilton
Visit the Report on Giving at www.gilman.edu for a complete donor listing.
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Other Giving
Literature through Film
Wander into the new digital lab on the second floor of Carey Hall and you can see and hear creativity at work. Teams of boys may be huddled around a computer, debating a camera angle or length of shot, whether to add more special effects or change a musical background. In between the technical chatter, you may even hear boys debating the meaning of a literary passage. Welcome to Gilman’s Digital Media Lab, where teachers incorporate 21st century technology into the curricula, and boys learn the vocabulary of filmmaking and translate that knowledge into their own video adaptations. Clearly, the boys must have command of the original text or concept to bring it to life on the screen. Along the way, they learn how to become analytic and critical viewers of television and movies, just as they do with the printed word. “The boys see so much film, and a lot of it is from literature. It is an invaluable skill for them to take literature and adapt it into their life,” says Upper School English teacher Millie McKeachie.
The lab is the brainchild of Patrick Hastings, Upper School English faculty member and director of the Writing Center. A gift from an anonymous donor allowed Hastings to fully equip the lab with three iMacs, five MacBook Pro laptops, two alienware personal computers (for students not familiar with the Apple platform), a full suite of professional digital media software and flip cams that take high definition video. In the lab’s first year, 17 English, four physics, two French, three history and two art classes used the facilities. In a video thank you to the donor, Hastings said, “You’ve profoundly impacted our ability to teach an entire generation of students.” Go to http://www.gilman.edu/ program/tickner-writingcenter/ to view the latest Tickner Writing Center video — produced in the Digital Media Lab.
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1897
Giving to The Gilman Fund
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We are profoundly grateful to report that 2,873 alumni, parents, grandparents and friends supported Gilman School with their annual gifts. We count contributions both in dollars and in participation, and both are equally precious.
Leadership Giving to The Gilman Fund
Of these 2,873 donors, 468 made annual fund contributions at leadership giving levels of $1,000 or more (for unrestricted or current use purposes). Together, these donors contributed $1,832,183 — or 83 percent of $2.2 million raised through The Gilman Fund.
Total Donors
Total Gifts
Average Gift
(Gifts for Unrestricted or Current Use Purposes)
$50,000 or more 3 $159,124 $53,041 $25,000 – $49,999 11 $335,903 $30,537 $10,000 – $24,999
27
$348,592
$11,620
$5,000 – $9,999
68
$384,358
$5,570
$2,500 – $4,999
95
$269,786
$2,840
$1,000 – $2,499
264
$334,420
$1,253
Total
468
$1,832,183
$5,104
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Alumni
Living the Legacy
The answer to “Would a kid like me get into Gilman today?” belies the fundamental reason that Ava Lias-Booker and Tom Booker support Gilman each year. In fact, Tom, class of 1979, has contributed to the annual giving campaign since his junior year of college. When Tom Booker started at Gilman, as an eighth grader in 1974, he was the child of a middle class family, catching a city bus to school, trying to get a shot at a better life. That his family received financial assistance was open information; he had a work study job, cooking during lunch. He didn’t come to Gilman as an athlete, though he became one. He didn’t come to Gilman with friends, though he made them, lifelong ones at that. A Gilman “fairy godfather” even introduced him to his wife. Some 30 years later, Ava and Tom Booker put their then five-year-old son Thomas on the bus to Gilman. This time, though, the bus was the privately-chartered Kanagroo Coach, caught not on a city street corner but in suburban Howard County, Md. At the time, daughter Sydney, today a Princeton senior, was a high school student at Park. Now in grade six, young Thomas flourishes in his own journey through Gilman. Fifth grade was an “explosive year”
for him, when under Nick Schloeder’s guidance, he learned how to apply the math he loves in practical situations, thanks to culminating math projects. In fact, Thomas is such a numbers guy that he has a hard time understanding why his fantasy football team doesn’t win when the stats say that they should. In his world, the figures don’t lie. His mother, who moved with her military family several times during her own childhood, appreciates the continuity and stability that Thomas has at Gilman, as well as the kind of learning and challenges that he receives. She sees the potential for the rest of his school years, where he will continue to gain self-confidence, explore his natural curiosity, foster strong values and learn how to be a gentleman in any situation. “He’s just flourishing here,” she says. “Thomas can be a math wizard, a football player, or not.” At Gilman, whatever he chooses (though football is most likely inevitable, given his physical stature) is just fine. Tom Booker stands with daughter Sydney. Ava LiasBooker is seated with Thomas. View a complete listing of alumni donors in the online 2011 Report on Giving at www.gilman.edu.
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The Gilman Fund
Reunion Highlights Thanks to all of this year’s reunion giving effort chairs and committee members, who worked tirelessly to raise funds for The Gilman Fund.
50th–Class of 1961 86% Participation | $491,152 William G. S. Hardy, Chair Henry H. Hopkins, Co-Chair Edward F. Muhlenfeld, Co-Chair Richard W. Born Stephen M. Cordi Carl F. Cummings Samuel M. Dell III James R. Garrett John F. Gerhardt Thomas M. O’Neill, Jr. E. Magruder Passano, Jr. John E. Snead, Jr. Harry F. Swope III Roth W. Tall, Jr. John H. West III
45th–Class of 1966 40% Participation | $28,210 Ronald B. Sheff, Chair Charles C. Fenwick, Jr. George S. Ingalls, Jr. David B. Irwin
40th–Class of 1971 42% Participation | $43,803 Alex A. Beehler, Chair Michael I. Blum J. Tyler Campbell Richard R. Councill William H. Gamper Edward A. Grassi Thomas K. Lynn Nigel R. Ogilvie
35th–Class of 1976 37% Participation | $90,199 Henry H. Jenkins II, Chair Michael J. Austin
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David G. Campbell Mark M. Caplan Eben D. Finney III R. Dixon H. Harvey, Jr. Charles P. Moore John H. Purnell III Robert M. Thomas, Jr. Roszel C. Thomsen II
15th–Class of 1996 35% Participation | $12,125 John C. Morris, Co-Chair Patrick A. Rodgers, Co-Chair John G. Boyle Charles L. Howard Lee S. Kowarski John C. Morton
30th–Class of 1981 32% Participation | $33,274
10th–Class of 2001
Mark D. Neumann, Co-Chair Charles T. Swindell, Co-Chair Richard L. F. Diehl Thomas G. B. Finney Thomas C. Jackson William H. Moore V John H. Worthington
39% Participation | $9,250
25th–Class of 1986 30% Participation | $47,797 Robb T. Doub, Co-Chair Jonathan P. Kagan, Co-Chair Gregory P. C. Lee, Co-Chair Nicholas R. G. Baldick Thomas H. Broadus III E. Robert Kent III Jason P. Pappas Jeffrey N. Tadder James M. Webster III William W. Whitehurst III
20th–Class of 1991 23% Participation | $43,183 Jared D. Spahn, Co-Chair Michael J. Weinfeld, Co-Chair Shawn T. Barberis Peter B. Daneker Stacey D. Manley William E. Randall III
Patrick M. Ercole, Co-Chair Michael D. M. Kutzer, Co-Chair Jason S. Lee, Co-Chair John C. Avirett Thomas R. Coughlin III Brendan M. Kearney Robert W. Law, Jr. Benjamin L. Morgan Ryan Patanaphan T. Michael Rodgers, Jr. Saul I. Waller
5th–Class of 2006 15% Participation | $2,205 Jude T. Chiy, Chair Keith A. Blackman Andrew M. Clark Peter S. Demers Charles R. Gamper Adam Kovars Khalil R. Uqdah Robert J. Wiese
A complete listing of alumni donors can be found in the online Report on Giving at www.gilman.edu.
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50th Reunion
Class of 1961 Gift Effort The Class of 1961 set an ambitious goal to raise $350,000 over five years in honor of their 50th Reunion. At the time of printing, the Class, with the support of friends and family, has surpassed its intial goal by raising $491,152 in gifts and pledges. They directed $123,735 of their gift to The Gilman Fund and $115,000 to endowment. The remaining $252,417 will establish The Class of 1961 Arthur E. Davis
William G. S. Hardy Reunion Chair Henry H. Hopkins Edward F. Muhlenfeld Reunion Co-Chairs Richard W. Born Stephen M. Cordi Carl F. Cummings Samuel M. Dell III James R. Garrett John F. Gerhardt Thomas M. O’Neill, Jr. E. Magruder Passano, Jr. John E. Snead, Jr. Harry F. Swope III Roth W. Tall, Jr. John H. West III Committee Members Participation: 86% Raised to date: $491,152
Memorial Scholarship, to benefit students with financial need, in memory of “Otts” Davis and other deceased members of the Class of 1961. Many thanks to the leadership of William Hardy, Henry Hopkins and Edward Muhlenfeld and their committee members for their farseeing plan to support Gilman’s financial aid program.
Gifts of $100,000 and above
Gifts of $1,000 to $2,499
Samuel M. Dell III Henry H. Hopkins Edward F. Muhlenfeld
John B. Emory ’62 John F. Gerhardt J. Robert Manuel III R. Bruce McKibben Charles F. Morgan Thomas M. O’Neill, Jr. Thomas A. Salisbury J. Ritchie Solter Roth W. Tall, Jr.
Gifts of $10,000 to $24,999 Richard W. Born Scott L. Faulkner Leslie H. Pierce, Jr.
Gifts of $5,000 to $9,999 Anonymous Christopher D. Creed Carl F. Cummings Beverly Davis James R. Garrett William G. S. Hardy E. Magruder Passano, Jr. Walter K. Reuben John N. Sigler John E. Snead, Jr. John J. Stockbridge Harry F. Swope III
Gifts of $2,500 to $4,999 John H. P. Andrews, Jr. Bryson G. Christhilf, Jr. Stephen M. Cordi Robert W. Moss George A. Mudge Richard F. Ober, Jr. Carl P. Smith John H. West III
Gifts of $500 to $999 Iris A. Bierlein James S. Boyce Charles F. Clement III Joseph A. Giardina
Gifts below $499 Anonymous Peter L. W. Brathwaite William G. Ewing Andrew H. Fairfield Daniel B. Fisher Ormond W. Hammond, Ph.D Sewell K. Hoff Norval H. King III C. Corbin Marr Decourcy E. McIntosh David W. Trussell David H. Wilson, Jr.
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Faculty & Staff
Giving Back Everyday
The adults who work at Gilman every day are on the front lines of character education. Through words and deeds, they demonstrate daily the Gilman Five: Honor, Respect, Integrity, Humility, Excellence. Yet there is no better way to teach than by example. Whether they are helping make peanut butter sandwiches for the homeless, bagging canned goods for a food pantry or making a gift to The Gilman Fund, our faculty and staff show our boys that they care about their community. “I see giving to The Gilman Fund as a way to contribute to and support each other and the institution as a whole,” says Carol Schuch, athletics administrative assistant, who co-chaired the faculty-staff campaign with former history teacher Ryan Carey. “In a very specific way, supporting The Gilman Fund honors the commitment we each make to every Gilman boy and to our School.” In 2010–2011, Gilman’s talented faculty and staff contributed $33,447 to support The Gilman Fund, with 57% participating.
Lower School science teacher Ellen Rizzuto works hands-on with students. A complete listing of faculty, staff, parents, grandparents and friends can be found in the online version of the 2011 Report on Giving at www.gilman.edu.
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The Grasshopper Society
The Grasshopper Society recognizes the generosity of participants in the School’s planned giving program. Making a deferred gift to Gilman ensures the future vitality of the School by strengthening the endowment. To commemorate the completion in 1910 of the Gilman School’s new Roland Park campus, a grasshopper weathervane, symbolic of freedom and financial success, was chosen to adorn the bell tower of the new building, now called Carey Hall. The Grasshopper Society echoes the weathervane’s symbolism, and the society represents Gilman’s distinguished tradition of giving and its members’ role in ensuring the School’s future financial success.
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Friends
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Anonymous Mrs. Sophie Fisher Baylor* Mrs. David K. E. Bruce Mrs. Ann W. Brundige Mr. Marvin Caplan* Mrs. Roberta S. Cowley Dr. James Fackler Mrs. Drusilla Fox* Mr. Charles R. Gamper* Mr. & Mrs. George W. Gephart, Sr. Dr. William E. Grose* Mrs. Francis Hall Hammond* Mr. Robert H. Herrmann* Mrs. Katharine Finney Baetjer Hornady Mrs. Wendy M. Jachman Mrs. Julie S. Lee Mr. Lawrence P. Naylor III* Mr. C. William Pacy Mr. Romney W. Rice Mr. Adrian W. Rich Mr. Thomas Schweizer, Sr.* Ms. Susan Silberstein Mrs. Betsey & Dr. Melchijah Spragins* Mrs. Frances P. & Mr. Joseph B. Stevens, Jr.* Mrs. C. Anne Swope* Mr. Milton H. van den Berg* Mr. Semmes G. Walsh* Mr. Frederick R. Williams*
Mr. John H. Barrett*
Mr. Peyton S. Cochran, Jr. Mr. Oscar M. Lemoine, Jr.* Mr. Edward B. Mower, Jr.* Mr. Truman T. Semans Mr. Gustavus O. Thomas* Mr. Edward E. Thompson
1909 Mr. William F. Stone, Jr.*
1933 Mr. Dorsey P. Alexander* Mr. Philip W. Swindell*
1935 Mr. H. Norman Baetjer, Jr.* Mr. Dawson L. Farber, Jr.* Mr. Walter Lord*
1936 Mr. Robert A. J. Bordley* Mr. John T. King III* Mr. Hugh J. O’Donovan*
1946 Mr. Amos F. Hutchins, Jr.* Major General Warren A. E. Magruder Mr. Robert McLean III*
1947
Mr. F. Lawrence Goodwin, Jr.* Mr. J. Hurst Purnell, Jr.*
Anonymous Mr. G. Cheston Carey, Jr.* Mr. Redmond C. S. Finney Mr. Louis P. Mathews* Mr. Richard Nash, Jr.
1938
1948
Mr. Arthur W. Machen, Jr. Mr. George D. Solter*
Mr. Wm. Polk Carey Mr. George E. Thomsen
1939
1949
Mr. A. Samuel Cook Mr. Thomas G. Hardie II* Dr. Beverly S. Ridgely Mr. George L. Small* Mr. George A. Stewart, Jr.* Mr. Arthur L. Wheeler*
1940
Anonymous Mr. Perry J. Bolton Mr. Frederick W. Lafferty* Mr. Angus L. MacLean, Jr. Mr. William J. McCarthy* Mr. Richard A. Reid* Mr. Robert G. Stewart* Mr. Alva P. Weaver III
Mr. C. Webster Abbott Mr. Allen F. Maulsby*
1950
Mr. John Redwood, Jr.*
1941
Mr. Haswell M. Franklin Mr. Robert G. Merrick, Jr.*
1921 Mr. James C. Pine*
Mr. John H. Bush* Mr. John W. Pierson, Jr.* Mr. Charles B. Reeves, Jr.
1923
1942
Mr. Henry Janes*
Mr. William W. S. Dancy* Mr. Charles C. Fenwick
1917
1924 Mr. Davenport Plumer, Jr.* Mr. Frank C. Wright, Jr.*
1926 Mr. George J. Finney*
1929 Anonymous Mr. Benjamin H. Griswold III* Mr. Albert Keidel, Jr.*
1943 Mr. Donald M. Culver Mr. Owen Daly II Dr. William A. Gracie* Mr. Paul C. Hudson Mr. Francis N. Iglehart, Jr.* Mr. Llewellyn W. Lord Mr. Carl V. Nitze* Mr. J. Richard Thomas, Sr.
1944
1930 Mr. Roland Voorhees*
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1937
Anonymous Dr. Earl P. Galleher, Jr.
1951 Mr. G. Gibson Carey IV Mr. E. Alexander Dietrich, Jr.* Mr. Daniel D. Moore, Jr. Mr. Robert B. Russell II*
1952 Mr. William B. Campbell* Mr. Richard E. Gatchell Mr. Charles F. Obrecht The Honorable Thomas J. S. Waxter, Jr.
1953 Mr. William F. Eaton Mr. Thomas P. Perkins III Mr. William C. Trimble, Jr.
1954 Anonymous Mr. Ralph L. DeGroff, Jr. Dr. Charles O’Donovan III Mr. G. Remak Ramsay Mr. David F. Woods
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1955
1964
Mr. David J. Callard Mr. William F. G. Carroll Mr. Charles W. Cole, Jr. Mr. Beverley C. Compton, Jr. Mr. George B. Hess, Jr. Mr. Theodore R. McKeldin, Jr. Mr. A. MacDonough Plant Mr. John B. Powell, Jr. Dr. Charles R. Roe
Mr. James D. Hardesty Mr. Mitchell G. Owens Mr. Lawrence H. Priddy Mr. Stephen T. Scott
1965 Mr. Alexander G. Yearley
1966 Mr. Charles C. Fenwick, Jr.
1956 Mr. George E. Boynton The Reverend R. Cotton Fite Mr. William H. Jory III
1968
1957
1969
Anonymous Mr. George P. Barker Mr. Thomas S. Bowyer, Jr.* Mr. Edward W. Brown, Jr. Dr. J. Crossan Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donovan Mr. Francis G. Riggs Mr. Richard C. Riggs, Jr. Mr. John L. Swope III*
Mr. J. Brooks Bradley Mr. D. Christopher Peters
Mr. William A. Fisher III Mr. James A. Snead
1971 Mr. Raymond L. Bank Mr. Peter W. Waxter
1972 Mr. J. Richard Thomas, Jr.
1958 Dr. Nathan H. Carliner* Mr. J. Robert Judkins
1959 Mr. Charles E. Balfour III Mr. Charles D. Kimpel
1960 Mr. & Mrs. John C. Armor* Mr. Russell T. Baker, Jr. Mr. Kenneth A. Bourne, Jr. Mr. Donald B. Hebb, Jr. Mr. Alfred N. Webb* Mr. James J. Winn, Jr.
1961 Mr. Peter L. W. Brathwaite Mr. Bryson G. Christhilf, Jr. Mr. Charles F. Clement III Mr. Arthur E. Davis III* Mrs. Linda K. & Mr. Edward F. Muhlenfeld
1974 Dr. Kathryn T. & Mr. Arthur C. George
1976 Mr. Mark M. Caplan Mr. Hamilton C. Davis III
1978 Mr. J. Brigham Berney
1981 Mr. & Mrs. William M. Thomas
1983 Anonymous Mr. James C. Alban IV
1985 Anonymous
1987 Mr. Matthew W. Wyskiel III
1962 Mr. John W. Armiger, Jr. Mr. William A. Barnes Mr. Thomas Schweizer, Jr. Mr. S. Ken Van Durand
1991 Mr. David E. Brand, Jr.
1963 Mr. John H. Claster Mr. William L. Paternotte
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Board of Trustees 2010–2011 President Paul F. McBride p’13, ’14 Vice President Taylor S. Classen ‘82, p’20 Partner Delbert Adams Construction Group, LLC Vice President Nicholas D. Cortezi II ’84, p’11, ’13, ’19 CEO/Partner All Risks Limited Vice President William L. Paternotte ’63 CFA – Partner Brown Advisory Treasurer Fadia T. Shaya pp’03, ’06 + Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Economics Center on Drugs and Public Policy University of Maryland School of Pharmacy Secretary Henry D. Kahn ’73 + Partner Hogan Lovells US LLP
Eben D. Finney III ’76 Partner Brown Advisory
Scott L. Sherman ’72, p’14 Vice President, Strategic Initiatives T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
Susan D. Ginkel p’13, ’14
Howard M. Sobkov ’84, p’17, ’18 + Member/Real Estate HMS Equity LLC
Benjamin H. Griswold IV ’58 Partner and Chairman Brown Advisory
Maria Velleggia Tilley p’13, ’15
Harry D. Halpert ’85, p’15, ’17, ’20 President MTC Logistics
Theodore C. Waters III ’84, p’15 Director Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown, Inc.
Michael D. Hankin p’12 President/CEO Brown Advisory
Michael J. Weinfeld ’91, p’17, ’23 Principal Kittredge Properties LLC
Timothy W. Hathaway ’88 Partner, Co-Lead Portfolio Manager Brown Advisory
Mitchell D. Whiteman ’94 Principal Brown Advisory
Cheo D. Hurley ’92 Vice President Economic Development Park Heights Renaissance Inc.
Scott A. Wieler pp’09 Chairman Signal Hill Capital Group LLC
Jonathon S. Jacobson ’79 Founder and CIO Highfields Capital Management LP
Clarence L. Young, III ’73 Vice President and Global Head Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Brian W. Jones ’84, p’20 Senior Vice President, Financial Consultant, Private Client Group RBC Wealth Management Benson E. Legg ’66 United States District Judge U. S. District Court
Members Charles M. Linehan ’88 + Theodore M. Alexander III p’13, ’15, ’19 Managing Member Credo Capital Management, LLC
Henry I. Myerberg ’73 Principal HMA2
Michael S. Beatty p’12, ’15, ’18 President H & S Properties Development Corp.
D. W. Wells Obrecht ’82, p’13 President Obrecht Commercial Real Estate, Inc.
Eric D. Becker ’80 Senior Managing Director Sterling Partners
William M. Passano, Jr. ’48 Partner One Waverly LLC
John F. Cavanaugh ’87 Partner Brown Advisory
Vicki Rosenfield p’14 +
Samuel M. Dell III ’61
Eva Simmons-O’Brien, p’19 Physician/Dermatologist Simmons-O’Brien & Orlinsky LLC
Lifetime Trustees Wm. Polk Carey ’48 Chairman W.P. Carey & Co. LLC Owen Daly II ’43 Retired Chairman of the Board Equitable Bancorporation Charles C. Fenwick, Jr. ’66 President Valley Motors, Incorporated George B. Hess, Jr. ’55 Stephen T. Scott ’64 Principal Oracle Capital Management Inc. J. Richard Thomas, Sr. ’43
Edward K. Dunn III ’80, p’18 + Partner Brown Advisory
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Kathy Shapiro p’16, ’17
George E. Thomsen ’48 Attorney Thomsen & Burke LLP
+ Term ending June 30, 2011
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Financial Development Committee 2010–2011 Trustee leadership is the foundation of Gilman School’s successful development program. The Financial Development Committee of the Board of Trustees is responsible for the management of the overall development program, including annual giving, capital fundraising, planned and deferred giving and the alumni and parent relations programs. John F. Cavanaugh ’87 Chairman Robert T. Cashman p John H. Claster ’63 Kevin R. Dunbar p Martha H. Dunbar p Charles C. Fenwick, Jr. ’66 Eben D. Finney III ’76 Timothy W. Hathaway ’88, p Cheo D. Hurley ’92 Brian W. Jones ’84, p James S. Riepe, Jr. Vicki Rosenfield p Michael J. Weinfeld ’91, p Mitchell D. Whiteman ’94 Paul F. McBride, ex officio Mary Ellen Porter, ex officio Ashley O. Principe, ex officio Kate Ratcliffe, ex officio John E. Schmick, ex officio
The Gilman Fund Leadership Team Timothy W. Hathaway ’88, p Chairman Mitchell D. Whiteman ’94 Vice Chairman–Alumni John F. Cavanaugh ’87 Vice Chairman–Special Gifts Martha H. and Kevin R. Dunbar p Vice Chairs–Parents Joyce and Edward W. Brown ’57, gp Grandparent Chair Kathleen B. Hogan and Robert L. Williams p Senior Parent Gift Effort Chairs
Alumni Five Year Coordinators Ralph L. DeGroff, Jr. ’54 Terrence H. Ellen ’63 Gregory B. M. Davis ’73, p Steven L. Plunkert ’80, p David A. Hess ’82 Eric L. Bryant ’88 Edward B. Bourne ’93 Frederick B. Smith IV ’99 Luke J. Poggi ’03 Parent Coordinators Sorrel M. & Michael A. King p (Upper School) Catherine Boyne & Douglas S. Perry p (Middle School) Susan & Gordon H. Witherspoon p (Lower School)
Gilman Alumni Association 2010–2011 Board of Governors Officers Brian W. Jones ’84, p’20 President Cheo D. Hurley ’92 Vice President Gerard C. Harrison ’93 Treasurer Mitchell F. Ford ’82 Secretary
Alumni Trustee Howard M. Sobkov ’84, p’17, ’18 Members at Large Gilman Parents William R. Baker ’65 Association Allen M. Barrett, Jr. ’67 2010–2011 Officers Christopher K. Bendann ’03 Edward W. Brown III ’84, p’18 Officers Daniel J. Choi ’84, p’20 Vicki Rosenfield p’14 J. Andrew Faraone ’99 President Haswell M. Franklin, Jr. ’79, p’14, ’15, ’17 Maria Tilley p’13, ’15 William D. Franklin ’84 1st Vice President David A. Hess ’82 Kris Groenke p’13 Christopher M. Hutchins ’75, 2nd Vice President p’10, ’13 Michael S. Kovars ’02 Pat Prewitt p’11 Christopher B. Macon ’91 Treasurer R. Nelson Oster ’93 Mary Page Michel p’13, ’19 Delano J. Schmidt ’99 Recording Secretary Jared D. Spahn ’91, p’21 Jonathan W. Steele ’97 Jenny Hopkins p’15 Charles L. Wagandt III ’99 Corresponding Secretary Thomas J.S. Waxter, Jr. ’52 Mandy Katz p’19 Terrance T. Whitehead ’95 Communications Coordinator Mitchell D. Whiteman ’94 Karlo G. Young ’97 Liza Ebeling p’12 Immediate Past President Past Presidents James G. Schmidt II ’83, p’14 Executive Committee Peter R. McGill III ’93, p’21, ’23 Chel Cavallon p’15 Howard M. Sobkov ’84, p’17, ’18 Kari Hoehn p’12 Caroline Jeppi p’18 Faculty Representatives Ingrid McMaster p’11 Bryan D. Powell Lisi Nigrin p’13 F. Matthew Buck ’93 Monique Randolph p’12 Joseph N. Duncan Rebecca Waters p’15 Ellen Wolf p’15 Ex-Officio (Past Presidents) Elizabeth Dunn p’11 Laura Johnson p’13, ’15
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Editor Jodi Pluznik Director of Communications
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Assistant Editors Karaline Jackson Graphic Designer David Rosenfeld Public Relations Officer Contributors M. Kate Ratcliffe Director of Development
There is a way to provide for Gilman. By naming Gilman as a beneficiary in your will, revocable trust, or retirement plan, you can reduce your estate taxes and leave your current financial planning uninterrupted.
Ashley Principe Associate Director of Development Angie Brickhouse Interim Director of Annual Giving Stephanie Felton Director of Alumni Relations Mac Barrett ‘67 Alumni Special Projects Coordinator
Where there is a Will . . .
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What are the advantages?
Bequests are simple Just include a bequest provision in your will or add a codicil to an existing will.
Alice Dearing P‘15 Director of Donor Relations Design Jeremy Hoffman
Bequests are revocable
Printing Pavsner Press
If your circumstances change, you can easily revise your will.
Photography John Bowers Erik Kvalsvik ’73 Steve McDaniel ’65 Meir Pluznik David Rosenfeld Steve Ruark ’96 Meghan Shupe Cynosure Photographers
The Gilman Bulletin is published by Gilman School, Baltimore, Maryland 21210. Gilman School welcomes students of any race, color, sexual orientation, and national or ethnic origin. www.gilman.edu www.facebook.com www.twitter.com/GilmanSchool
Bequests are flexible You can give almost any kind of asset.
Bequests are deductible Although you cannot take a current income tax deduction, bequests are deductible for federal estate tax purposes when your estate is settled. Correction The article “3 Schools, Connecting as 1” published in the Spring 2011 Bulletin stated that the first coordinated classes between Gilman and Bryn Mawr began during the 1973–74 school year. While coordination became “official” in that year, there were coordinated classes before that time. Also, the article stated that Nick Schloeder had a 49-year career at Gilman. His career at Gilman lasted 39 years.
Discover the benefits of giving wisely . . . Contact the Office of Planned Giving for more information. 410-323-7176
We regret the errors. Thanks to those avid readers who let us know.
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