Gilmour Magazine Fall 2012 by Gilmour Academy

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Glen Oak Gathering Brings Grads of All Years Together for First-Ever Gala Weekend By Debra Mayers Hollander

n an idyllic, crisp fall day in September, more than 400 Glen Oak alumnae, former students, faculty and staff gathered at Gilmour Academy’s Lower School campus, the former home of the all-girls school, for a first-ever multi-class celebration. The gala weekend culminated over two years of online research, recruitment and commitment by devoted Glen Oak alum Roberta “Berti” Guarino ’82. “While I didn’t realize it at the time, Glen Oak set my foundation in life,” reflects Guarino. “Glen Oak let me know it was okay to be who I am. Their family environment and different teaching styles encouraged me to try anything. I wanted to honor that and reconnect us all!” Reconnect she did – Guarino used her research skills to find Glen Oak grads across the country. But, she did not stop there; Guarino tried to find every

student who ever attended Glen Oak, whether or not they graduated from the school. By the time she finished, she had researched more than 700 Oakies including faculty and staff! Guarino set up the Glen Oak School Facebook group. As more and more classmates were found, the group grew with messages posted about the upcoming event. Excitement built, memories were shared and friendships were rekindled. Guarino was so moved by the stories she heard through the two-year planning process that she intends to write a book about Glen Oak to commemorate the impact the school had on the lives of so many. Glen Oak was founded in 1968 by the Sisters of the Sacred Heart under the motto of Person – Service – Love. Innovative educational models such as open classrooms, nongraded evaluations and team teaching were widely used at Glen Oak and valued for their

Lee Meditz Reiter ’79 Renee Nolidis Sadler ’79

Martha Alexander Happ ’75 Mary Alexander Ray ’75

novelty at the time. In addition to the modern teaching styles, Glen Oak established a warm, family-like atmosphere that welcomed students of all backgrounds. “Glen Oak transformed me,” explains Edwina Moore ’79 who attended the reunion to reconnect with friends she had not seen in 35 years. Growing up in the Lee/Harvard neighborhood of Cleveland, Moore recalls the influence Glen Oak had on her. “At first being at Glen Oak was traumatic,” she remembers. “Everything was so different, but eventually I felt welcomed and empowered. I graduated and went on to Boston University and a successful business career. I attribute all of this to Glen Oak.” Glen Oak was the first school in the Cleveland area led by the Sisters of the Sacred Heart. The school was not designed to be a traditional Catholic girls school. Although religious instruction was important, an ecumenical approach was taken in which not only a Catholic priest but also a Protestant minister and a Jewish rabbi guided the religious studies program. Students from all belief systems were accepted. Lisa Waxman ’81 grew up in Lyndhurst and actually learned about Glen Oak through friends of hers involved in her synagogue’s youth group. She remembers how supportive the school was of her religious upbringing and how Glen Oak fostered strong relationships with others and the community. “The teachers provided space and time for learning about who we were and what we were capable of achieving,” Waxman recalls. As part of the gala celebration, Brother Robert Lavelle, C.S.C. welcomed alumnae and guests during an opening reception. He spoke warmly about the impact Glen Oak had – and continues to have – on Gilmour Academy. “As a community, we make sure that Glen Oak is not forgotten. Your stories continue to unfold,” he remarked. “Some of you I see as Gilmour parents now! All of you are part of an environment that says, ‘We can reach out and make a difference.’” Brother Robert revealed an engraved plaque that now hangs in the front hallway, renamed the Glen Oak Wall, that reads: “Glen Oak School cultivated girls

Sally King Jessee ’73 Mary King ’72

to fulfill their academic, social, moral and spiritual potential to become tomorrow’s leaders. The philosophy of Glen Oak was based upon the educational thrust of the Society of the Sacred Heart: the love of God for people of all races, religions, cultures and nationalities. Glen Oak School was innovative in its approach to education including building design; organizational structure; student-teacher relationships; and methods of learning, such as team-teaching and flexible scheduling. A sensitivity to and awareness of the value of each individual was an essential quality of this education.” After lunch, gala attendees continued to reminisce and reconnect outside under the archway and canopy of the over 40-year-old oak tree. Throughout the school, posters and slideshows displayed photos of Glen Oak students through the years. Glen Oak graduate Stella Gresham ’76 and Gilmour archivist Brother Ken Kane, C.S.C. spent the months leading up to the event collecting school memorabilia. Many contributed their yearbooks, programs from school events, photos and other items unique to the school to the collection that Stella and her daughter compiled to

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Mary Ann Lasch ’72, Pamela Boucher Anschuetz ’72, Martha Holzheimer Connor ’72, Melissa DiCillo Reeves ’72, Laramie Sancetta McEnaney ’72

adorn the hallways and classrooms. There was even a theatrical performance put on by some of the alumnae and faculty organized by Rachel Freed ’76, Lorna Strand and Joe Leotta. Attendees marveled that while the hairstyles and fashions had changed, clearly the educational values and impact Glen Oak had on its students had not. Many of the women in attendance cited Glen Oak as a launching point in their lives that led them on to further academic pursuits and engaging careers. Perhaps the alumna who traveled farthest was Lanie Burkhart ’81, who has been living for the past 25 years in Alaska. She and her two sisters all graduated from Glen Oak, which she credits with “cultivating her independence.” She works as an environmental consultant and includes Mini Week at Glen Oak among her fondest memories. Other alumnae have stayed closer to home but have had a worldwide impact. Hallie DeChant ’76 lives in Shaker Heights and works as an internist at MetroHealth Medical Center. She and her husband adopted two children from Korea, now 10 and 8 years old. They are preparing to adopt a third child, a 2 1/2 year-old special needs boy from China, this winter. “Glen Oak was the place where I learned how to learn things simply for the love of learning,” explains DeChant, who still wears her Glen Oak class ring daily. Those who were at Glen Oak from the beginning recalled how everyone had to start from scratch and the camaraderie it created. “There were no clubs, no activities,” recalls Kim Johnson Francis ’72. “We had to decide as a group what we were going to do. I still remember discussing that we wanted to have a dance. Glen Oak was a universe being created.” Francis graduated and went on to study history, theater and English at Case Western Reserve University. She earned a graduate degree and in the late 70s moved to New York where she has been living ever since. Her return for the reunion marked the first time she had been back in 40 years. Faculty who taught at Glen Oak and later Gilmour joined the festivities as well. Among those who

Sally Hurley Koepke ’77 Leslie Hertz Firestone ’78

returned to reminisce were Headmistress Sr. Claudia Klyn, O.S.U., English teacher Gay Janis, physical education teacher Barb “Alice” Vaughn, French teacher Susan Silbiger, Spanish teacher Lisa Forino, math teacher Dorothy Coerdt and math teacher Bonnie DiCillo. “Glen Oak has its own identity,” explained DiCillo. “The environment was less formal. We had open classrooms and morning meetings. We traveled with students to New York and took them on college tours. We had ring ceremonies and Arbor Day celebrations. There were some nice traditions at Glen Oak.” Glen Oak carries on – not just in the hearts and minds of its former students – but also through the establishment, in 1984, of the Glen Oak Scholarship. For over 30 years, Mary Alexander Ray ’75 has chaired the committee that awards this scholarship to a female Gilmour junior who embodies Glen Oak’s founding principles of awareness of others, evidenced by a commitment of service and sense of responsibility to one another, the school and the community at large. The Glen Oak celebration concluded with an evening presentation complete with the history of the school by one of the founding Board members, Skip Watts, plus a ring ceremony, comments from Glen Oak Scholarship award winner Jennifer Furlong ’13 and closing remarks from Guarino. Those who traveled from near and far to reconnect with their classmates that weekend were grateful they had made the journey. “Temporal relationships are not so with the far-reaching branches of the Glen Oak community. We are all many Oakies on an over 40-year sturdy trunk. May our tree be even stronger now that we have reconnected and grafted new relationships that we will cultivate for many years to come,” concluded Guarino. For all her efforts in coordinating the Glen Oak Gala, Berti Guarino has been named Gilmour Academy’s Alumni Woman of the Year. She will be honored at the annual Christmas at the Academy party in December.

Berti (Roberta) Guarino ’82

Mary Buckner ’81 Sr. Claudia Klyn, O.S.U.

Stella Gresham ’76 Wendy Urban-Mead ’80

To see more pictures from the weekend as well as some Glen Oak videos from the Archives, visit www.youtube.com/user/glenoakschool.

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ne of the founders and the first Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Glen Oak School, William Hauserman, passed away at age 92. His funeral was held on October 29, 2012 at St. Ann Church in Communion of Saints Parish. Hauserman was the beloved husband of Diane and devoted father of Joan Collignon (Frederick), Pamela Myers (Richard), Holly Langer, William F. Hauserman, Jr. (Debbie), Teri Hauserman G.O. ’74 (Stan Piltch), Cynthia Little G.O. ’75 (Daniel), Patricia Winder G.O. ’76 (Peter) and David Hauserman. He was the grandfather of 16 and the great-grandfather of nin ne. Hauserman served in the Pacific Theater in World War II and rose to the rank of Lt. F. Commander in the Navy. He then joined the E.F Hauserman Co. in 1946 and retired d as chairman and CEO in 1986. Throughout his life, Hausserman was committed to the Greater Cleveland d comm munity and devoted his time, talent and treassure to many organizations including the United Way Greater Cleveland, the Martha Holden n Jennings Foundation, the Cleveland Institute of Artt, thee Greater Cleveland Growth Associatiion and the Young Presidents Association. He was also dedicated to educational in nstitutions. In addition to serving as president of the Board of Trustees of University School and

chairman of the Advisory Board to Notree Dame College, Hauserman was instru umen ntal in the launching of Glen Oak Scchoo ol. In 1964, he, along with Thomas Coakley and Daniel Gorman, proposed securing g 300 acres from Gilmour for an all-girls school and donated some of the funds needed to do so. He was involved in selecting the archiitect and the building plans and was the found ding chairman of the Board from 1968-1969 and then served on the Board of Trustees of the School. He was made an honorary life Trustee of Gilmour Academy upon Glen Oak’s merger with Gilmour. Gilmour Headmaster, Brother Robert Lavelle, C.S.C. said, “I came to know Bill and Diane through their dedication to Glen Oak and subsequently their support of the combined schools. Bill was interested in the educational path of excellence for the newly formed coed Gilmour and was very affirmative of the continued progress.” As evidenced by the passion shown for Glen Oak by the alumnae at the Gala in September, Hauserman’s efforts were a success – leaving a legacy of alumnae who credit Glen Oak with shaping them as lifelong learners.

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For alums who have carved careers in higher education, the rewards – and lessons – never end. by Beth Geraci ’90

ost of us, if not all of us, can recall at least one teacher who

made a positive impact on our lives – whether they cut us a break at just the right time, stayed late to give us extra help or simply believed in us. Some Gilmour and Glen Oak alumni chose to not only look back and remember their teachers, however. They forged their own careers in education. Here, we highlight Glen Oak and Gilmour grads who chose to teach at the college level. Though they hold different positions at different colleges, they all have a common goal – to empower their students.

Barbara Knuth’s job is about as multi-faceted as it gets. But ask her what she considers herself first and she doesn’t hesitate to answer. “I’m a mother first,” she says. It’s a refreshing answer from someone in such a high-profile position. Knuth is vice provost and dean of the graduate school at Cornell University. And it’s a family affair. Knuth’s husband, Kurt Jirka, teaches at the university; her daughter, Caroline, 22, graduated from Cornell last year; and her younger daughter, Kelly, 19, attends Cornell now. Throughout her 26 years at the university, Knuth has worked her way up the ladder. She started as an assistant professor and came to her current position from Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, where she served as senior associate dean. “Certainly the notion of being open to opportunities and academically being able to communicate across disciplines helped me get to where I am,” Knuth says. The Glen Oak alum says that ability – the ability to “think across disciplinary boundaries,” is one she developed in high school. And it’s vital to her job today. Knuth specializes in environmental policy, human behaviors and attitudes toward the environment. Although she still oversees two Ph.D. students, about a year ago she largely gave up teaching to take her current position. Now Knuth enjoys interacting with the graduate students more than any other aspect of her job. “They’re creative, energetic and generally optimistic,” she says. “Graduate Barbara Knuth ’76 students push the boundaries on new discoveries.”

As a Glen Oak student, Knuth was making her own discoveries. Her favorite memories from Glen Oak were Mini Weeks – weeklong excursions intended to be learning experiences. The best one, she says, was a backpacking trip in southern Ohio with biology teacher Bill Maynard. Knuth recalls nearly every detail of that trip, from the preparation and trails to the food and campsites. “The entire experience taught me the importance of planning ahead,” she says, “the importance of being very resourceful, independent, flexible and being able to make quick judgments when things don’t go quite as planned.” Knuth’s list of accomplishments is extensive, but Knuth is most proud of her involvement with the American Fisheries Society, of which she was president in 2004-2005. “My experience in the society has been pretty pivotal to me professionally,” she says. “It’s opened a lot of doors for me and brought me a number of friendships in the process.” In high school, Knuth had no intention of becoming a professor; she wanted to work for the National Park Service and someday become the Secretary of the Interior. That goal clearly changed and these days Knuth strives to help Cornell students identify their own career goals. “I want to help people be as successful as they can be and it’s one reason why I enjoy these positions,” she says. “I think that’s part of why we go into academia. We’re trying to improve life for other people in various ways.”

Jack Bauer says he doesn’t have many memories of his Gilmour days that are “fit to print,” but he is quick to admit that he owes his entire career to Gilmour’s English department. “My ability to write really bloomed at Gilmour, and every job I ever got I ended up getting because I could write,” he says.

Jack Bauer ’85 and family

Before he launched his career as a professor, Bauer worked as the editor of a weekly newspaper in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. “I was the whole editorial department,” he laughs. “It was a unique experience and it kind of led to what I’m doing now.” Now Bauer is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Dayton, where he teaches courses in personality and developmental psychology. But he never considered himself much of an academic. He pursued a psychology degree, he says, because he thought it would make a good background for fiction writing. But his pursuit took a different turn. Bauer’s position at the University of Dayton is usually split between researching and teaching. While he spends much of his time studying how people construct a sense of identity, his teaching time these days is limited. That’s because Bauer holds the Raymond A. Roesch S.M. Endowed Chair in Social Sciences and is spending much of his time writing his first book. The book explores how people identify with the ideals of personal growth and, last spring, Oxford University Press agreed to publish it. Writing the book is not easy, Bauer says. But Gilmour’s English teachers armed him with the talent to rise to the challenge. “Every year there was something more,” he says of the knowledge he acquired. “Doc Gray, John Gale, Mrs. Kenny’s mythology class.” Bauer recalls one exchange with Mr. McCamley with a laugh. “He let me write this paper on existentialism, which was great,” Bauer says. “I turned it in and he says, ‘You know, this was exactly the topic of my master’s thesis.’”

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Bauer, a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. as well as Catholic University in Washington, D.C., enjoys life at the University of Dayton and plans to conduct research and write for a long time to come. But family comes first to him. He’s been married to his wife, Tricia, for 15 years, and they have two kids, Jackson, 9, and Grace, 7. His ultimate goal, Bauer says, “is to make sure my kids stay healthy, happy and engaged in their life.”

John Cameron has an odd gift, if you want to call it that. He can recall, quite vividly, exactly what each of his Gilmour classmates looked like in high school. “I have such a clear memory of that,” he says. “I’m sure they all look very different now.” Cameron, 60, is professor and chair of the Department of Biological Sciences at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Mass., where he’s entering his 29th year. His position is a combination of research and teaching, and that’s the way he likes it. “It’s a great job,” Cameron says. “I get to teach very bright students, but I also have a research lab, meaning I can get a government grant to support my research.” Cameron specializes in comparative physiology and electrophysiology of the heart, focusing on the survival of animals in low-oxygen, stressful environments. In other words, “Why is a human heart so easily damaged by low oxygen, whereas the heart of something as simple as a goldfish can pump for days without it?” he says. Cameron has received many honors throughout his tenure, but none as gratifying as the one he received in 2007, when Wellesley’s 2,300 students voted him the best professor at the college. “It really felt wonderful, because you had to be nominated by your own students,” Cameron says. “It was nice to see that after all the work you put into teaching, you’re appreciated.” At Gilmour, Cameron gained a solid foundation in the fundamental principles of biology and chemistry. Mr. Primeau’s chemistry class was his favorite – and it made a lasting impression. “I didn’t start thinking about science as a career so much until that chemistry class,” says Cameron.

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“I started to see that science was more than just memorizing facts, that there was something beyond that. It gave me a sense that science is a way of learning about the world.” Cameron, who also was influenced by his scientificallyminded parents, John Cameron ’70 strives to impress his excitement about science on his own students. But there’s nothing he tries to instill in them more than the ability to delve deeper. “It’s the best thing I could do for my students,” he says. “If I could just instill in them the capacity to think critically about things, to ask questions and come to their own conclusions. I’ve always tried to bring them to that point.” Cameron adds that he feels proud to be contributing to the success of women by teaching at the all-girls Wellesley. “I guess I’d want to be remembered as someone who always encouraged them and showed them that they could go and do whatever they wanted to do in science,” Cameron says. “Someone who inspired them to appreciate science more.”

If there’s an alumna prouder to have attended Glen Oak than Susan Reid, you’ll be hard pressed to find her. “I had my school ring remade, that’s how important that school was to us,” says Reid, one week before the first all-school reunion in the school’s history. Glen Oak and Gilmour merged in 1983, Reid’s senior year, leading her to be part of Gilmour’s first coed class. But even today, she’s a Glen Oak grad at heart. “I felt accepted, I felt loved, I felt honored and I knew it was exactly where I wanted to be,” Reid says. These days, Reid has a rather long commute to get to where she wants to be – in the classroom at Central

Lakes College in Brainerd, Minn. She is a professor of general, organic and biochemistry at the two-year technical and community college, an hour-and-a-half away from her home. She makes that drive – 850 miles a week – because she loves teaching and cares about her 60 students. “I tell them on the first day of class, ‘I love you,’” Reid says. “Because I do. I love them all. They’re from the school of hard knocks and some of them have never even heard those words before.” Reid, who’s taught for 20 years, teaches nursing students, dental hygienists and EMTs. They’re in her class because they have to be, not because they want to be. “My students aren’t Gilmour students,” Reid says. “They fell between the cracks and they’re battling things outside of school. So if they remember anything at all, I’m happy. Here’s what I really want them to know: They can do it.” Reid wants her students to think about science in a structured way. She wants them to be able to evaluate if something is scientifically sound. And she ensures that each student has at least one clear victory in her class. Because when all is said and done, Reid wants her students to feel as empowered in her class as she did at Glen Oak. She sums it up this way: “I want to be remembered as their cheerleader, as someone who helped them up the ladder maybe half a rung, as someone who cared about their dreams.”

Susan Reid ’83

Tom Blackford saves every issue of Gilmour Magazine so he can see how much the school’s changing. We have a Tom Blackford ’87 hunch he’ll be keeping this issue, too. Blackford, 43, is associate professor of mathematics at Western Illinois University in Macomb, Ill. He specializes in algebraic coding theory – used in bar codes – and a counting technique called combinatorics. Blackford teaches algebra, calculus 1 and 2 and abstract algebra to both graduate students and undergraduates. He also has published several papers in internationally known journals and has spoken at conferences in France, Norway and Singapore. His first talk was in Paris in 1999. “My speech in Paris came during a dramatic couple of months,” Blackford says. “I went to Paris, defended my dissertation and graduated all in a 10-week span. I met some very interesting people over there and they gave me some very good ideas.” Blackford has taught at the college level for 13 years, nine of them at Western Illinois, where he hopes to become a full professor someday. His objective in the classroom is to inspire his students to think critically. “I try to inspire them to think logically on their own and to express their ideas clearly,” Blackford says. “The math, the computations, aren’t as big as the bigger picture of solving problems and clearly presenting their solutions. Years down the line when they’re looking for a job, their potential employer isn’t going to be asking what five times seven is. They’re going to be looking at their overall presentation and their ability to think critically.” As much as Blackford loves teaching, talk to him and you’ll get the sense he’s just as interested in writing. The classes that left the biggest impression on him in high school were English classes, not math classes. “The English classes taught by Mr. Gale, Mrs. Kenny and Mr. McCamley stand out,” Blackford says. “They brought out in me an appreciation for literature and reading, and helped me become a better writer, which is a necessary skill in almost any profession.”

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If writing is a big deal to Blackford, it’s because he’s seen his fair share of poor writing from his students. “It’s one thing to be bad at mathematics, but when you can’t even write in complete sentences, that’s a pretty big deal,” Blackford says. Blackford, who minored in English at the College of Wooster as an undergrad and even won a couple of writing contests there, says such problems need to be fixed long before college and, at the very latest, high school. When Blackford recounts his own high school days, no memory stands out more to him than serving as team manager for the baseball team his senior year, when Gilmour won the district championship. “That last trimester at Gilmour was really memorable for me, because it was the first time I was part of a sports team,” he says. “They gave me the game ball – I’m looking at it right now. It’s on my shelf. I remember it like it was yesterday.”

Carl Zeithaml’s working on a tight schedule. It’s hard to catch him. But when he finally does get a minute, he proves to be soft spoken and calm. His demeanor shouldn’t come as a surprise, but it does. That’s because for the past 16 years, Zeithaml has held the reputable post of dean and F.S. Cornell Professor of Free Enterprise at the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce. Zeithaml is ultimately responsible for all aspects of the school. He’s steeped in everything from alumni relations and fundraising to program development and faculty recruitment. He works with people in all sectors of the university, including faculty, students and alumni. It’s one of the things he enjoys most about his position. “I enjoy my interactions with great students and the entire McIntire community,” he says. “With respect to specific tasks, one of my most interesting and rewarding activities has been the development of our very substantial international programs and activities.” Zeithaml also values his role in developing the university’s business programs, which he calls “the best and most innovative in the world.” That innovation, and working with a diverse group of others to create new and exciting programs, energizes and motivates Zeithaml. But if Zeithaml is passionate about his job, he’s just as adept at dealing with the politics driving today’s 12

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universities. He says meeting their challenges requires “tremendous innovation and even revolutionary thinking and actions.” Zeithaml relied on his own resilience, decision-making skills and ability to listen on the road to his current position, and they served him well. As a professional in higher education, Zeithaml says he’s seen just how crucial “openness, honesty and clear motives are when taking action in a crisis.” Perhaps Zeithaml’s most meaningful lesson, in Carl Zeithaml ’67 life and in work, is to know the true worth of those close to you. “Never underestimate the value and importance of support from your family and friends,” he says. “When you find yourself in challenging, difficult, and/or controversial situations, your family and friends may be a critical source of ideas, a sounding board for your own ideas, and a basis of support when others may be less than supportive.” Zeithaml’s extensive experience has enhanced his communication skills and deepened his wisdom. And though he came to that on his own, his Gilmour education served as a strong foundation for his career. “It taught me the value of working to achieve things as part of a team,” he says. “Although I may not have always exhibited it, I certainly recognized the value of critical thinking, as well as the importance of clear and succinct writing.” Zeithaml’s favorite classes at Gilmour were American history and government with Jeff Morton, and he enjoyed being part of the basketball and soccer teams. But above all, Zeithaml most appreciates the friendships he formed at Gilmour. “We had a great class,” he says, “and I am sorry that it has been difficult to maintain those relationships because of distance and other commitments.”

Zeithaml urges today’s Gilmour students to “take advantage of opportunities that really stretch you and in which you have responsibilities with outcomes that can be attributed to your efforts and engagement.” Because ultimately, he says, “new and exciting opportunities will be presented to people who fully engage in a position and demonstrate success.” Kathy Kambic ’95

It was college application time, and Kathy Kambic’s advisor had asked the Gilmour junior to think about what career she wanted to pursue. “It hit me as I was walking into school, I wanted to go into architecture,” Kambic recalls. Now Kambic, 35, teaches architecture, landscape architecture, and urban and environmental design at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She teaches primarily undergraduates, splitting her time between teaching and researching. Much of the discussion in Kambic’s classes revolves around buildings, their looks and how they function. “Why does the U.S. Capitol look the way it does, or work the way it does – because really it’s a machine,” Kambic says. “We use buildings and landscapes to make our lives easier. They keep us hot or cold, and they allow us to do what we do better or more efficiently. The whole city is a machine for people. Life happens inside and outside of buildings, and that’s all part of my class, too.” Kambic’s program also includes a more intimate studio class where she and her students meet twice a week to discuss their work. “The students come up with great ideas,” Kambic says. “You get so much from them while they’re learning. We talk about how we understand the place where we live, and how do we make it better on every level, in terms of conservation, quality of life and in terms of our happiness. It all comes together in this physical design world.” Kambic values the continual discovery she experiences through her research. She’s also rewarded by the recognition in her students’ eyes when they understand a concept for the first time. “There’s always that moment when the light bulb comes on with them and they take it on in their own way,” Kambic observes. “There’s always a sense of ownership that comes on with them, and they get it. It’s the best part of the class, definitely.”

Gilmour had a profound impact on Kambic and the way she teaches, especially its English classes. Mrs. Kenny’s Socratic seminars always served her well, especially now in a career where discussion skills are crucial. And Mr. McCamley taught Kambic two valuable lessons about writing she still relies on today – show don’t tell, and lure the reader into the bath. “It really stuck with me,” Kambic says. “I ask myself, ‘How do I frame this content so it connects with the students, so it will give them a way into the material?’” If Kambic has any regrets about teaching it’s that her affinity for it comes at the expense of her own research, which centers on how people use water in cities and how they can use it more efficiently. Researching energizes Kambic, especially when she has the opportunity to present her ideas to her peers. “It’s a really exciting time for me, and powerful,” she says of sharing her research. “Because it’s my personal investment in design, it’s where I want to go with my life. And I think each of us has that mission, that feeling of really wanting to contribute.” Going forward, Kambic is aiming for a tenured professorship. Today, she strives to communicate clearly with her students so she can give them a wider, enriched perspective on life and design. “I want students to leave feeling that they spent their time in a valuable manner – even in the smallest way,” Kambic says. “I’d like to add something to their lives.”

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Gilmour Academy, as accredited by the North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges and Independent School Association of the Central States, chartered by the Ohio Department of Education, is vested by the state of Ohio with authority to confer diplomas in recognition of those having satisfied the requirements of a collegepreparatory curriculum. Gilmour Academyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s graduating Class of 2012 is the 63rd graduating class of the Academy. 14

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ongratulations to the graduates. Congratulations to their parents. Welcome to the faculty, the administrators and the Trustees. And, welcome to all of you who made the six-ticket cut and were able to attend today! When Brother Robert asked me to be the commencement speaker, I was honored that I would participate in such an important and significant event. Do you realize that this is the last mandatory lecture the students will ever have to listen to before they graduate? So, I decided to prepare with the same devoted intensity as the students do when they have an exam or they have to do a term paper or a large project. Last night I drank two Red Bulls and I began to assemble my thoughts! As I was thinking about what I was going to say, I realized that I couldn’t remember who my commencement speaker was. Nor could I remember what the commencement speaker had said. I did remember that my dad let me have a beer at my graduation party – my first beer, of course – but I couldn’t remember what the speaker talked about. Now, my mom remembered that 38 years ago, in 1974, the speaker had talked about technology. Well, I looked it up and, sure enough, the speaker had talked about technology at my high school commencement. In fact, he had said, “It is important to keep up with technology, but not to let it dominate your life.” He said, “Technology is important, but it’s not everything.” “For instance,” he said, “technology could never replace face-to-face communication,” and he said he could see no reason why anyone would ever want a computer in their home. By the way, if you have any comments on my speech, you can text me or email me when you get home tonight! So, Mom had remembered and it made me realize that it’s the parents who remember the commencement address. Parents, you have had many assignments over

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the years. You have had to get your students up and on time for school. You have had to be nice to their teachers – you had to be especially nice to Mr. Teisl – and you had to stay up until 4:00 in the morning for Prom. Kenneth Ricci Now your last high school assignment is to remember my words of wisdom and be prepared to remind the students of what I said. So you ask, “Now what?” Well, for most of you it will mean college. The start of college comes with the traditional drop-off. If it is anything like my drop-off at Notre Dame, you will go up on a Friday. You want to be there early Saturday morning so you don’t get the bottom bunk and you don’t want the bed by the door where it’s really noisy. Then Saturday, you will go to Target or Walmart to get some things to make your room look “homey.” Later that afternoon, you will send your dad back to Walmart to get the stuff that you forgot the first time you were there. Then, that night, there is typically a Freshman Orientation Dinner or, as the students refer to it, “The Last Supper.” It will be some time during dessert when the student will tell the parents that he/she is very tired from all the activities of the day and just wants to go visit with his/her new roommates. Don’t be confused. They are on their way to their first college party! Sunday, there will be a tearful goodbye and the drive home will certainly seem much longer than the drive there. This is what happens at most college drop-offs. However, that is not exactly what happened when I got dropped off at Notre Dame. See, we are Italian; and so, we have a 15

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traditional Sunday dinner. My parents thought they would stay for the dinner and then leave that night. It was at that dinner that I learned, well . . . they might as well stay the next day to see how my first day of classes went. They would have a little lunch and then they were going to leave. Well, at that lunch, they decided they couldn’t just stay for the Monday/Wednesday classes. They should stay one more day to see how the Tuesday/Thursday classes went. So, they stayed another day! Thank goodness Notre Dame had a home football game that weekend and the hotel where they were staying had to kick them out of their room. Otherwise, they might have been there all semester! As my parents were finally leaving – on Wednesday – my dad came up to me and he said, “Use your time in college to explore some different things.” He said, “Take some different subjects, don’t be afraid to fail, but find the thing that you are passionate about.” He gave me a hug and he began to walk down the hallway of my dorm. My mom and dad got about 12 feet down the hallway. Then, my mom paused and turned around. She walked back up the hallway and said to me, “And be careful you don’t get any diseases!!!!” I am proud to say that I did graduate from Notre Dame and I did not get any diseases! I was a business major, but I did explore different subjects. I took a class in astronomy. I took a class in ceramics. I took a class in Jungian philosophy where I learned I was not the center of the universe and I took a course in Buddhism where I learned I was! Having followed my dad’s advice, I found a passion for flying and for aviation. I clearly remember my graduation day when I told him about this. I have only seen my dad cry twice in his life: once when his mother died, and the second time when his son with a four-year degree from the University of Notre Dame, bachelor’s in business administration, major in accounting, with three job offers from Big Eight accounting firms, told him he was giving up accounting to become a pilot!!! 16

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I am sure what my dad meant to say was to be passionate about something that he thought I should be passionate about! See it is not unusual for people to tell you what you should be passionate about. Friends and family will voice their opinion. We hear the media all the time telling us what we should be concerned about. There is a story about a father who asked his son to come into the office of the family business. When the son came in, the father handed him a stock certificate and said, “Son, I am so excited. This has been a dream of mine. I am handing you 50% ownership in our family business.” He said, “Ever since you were a little boy, I imagined us working together as co-owners, engaging in the same challenges and working side-by-side for the rest of our lives. So, here is the stock certificate and I want you to know I am very happy.” Then, he smiled at his son and said, “Now that we are co-owners, what is it that you would like to do for the business?” He said, “Perhaps you can work on the production floor and get to know our employees?” The son said, “You know, Dad, it is very dirty and noisy down there. I really don’t think that is where I want to start.” So the father said, “Okay, how about you go into sales? You go out and meet our customers. You can establish a relationship with them and you can figure out how we can better serve them.” The son said, “Dad, I don’t

know, you know that when you are in sales, you travel a lot and you are always away from home. I don’t think that is really where I want to start.” The father replied, “No problem, then we will start you in accounting. You can learn how we finance our business and make a profit.” The son said, “Dad, accounting? Come on, you are in that little room, you have all those spreadsheets. You know, Dad, I was never really, really good in math.” There was a pause and after a short silence, the son said, “You know what, Dad, why don’t you just buy me out??” See, the son had made the right decision. It wasn’t his passion, it was his father’s passion. What you are passionate about can’t be what someone else wants you to do because, at the end of the day, you can’t live someone else’s life. You have to live your life! You can’t find your passion on the internet, you can’t Google it, it’s not on Facebook. It’s in your heart! When you find what you are passionate about, you will find your life's work enjoyable and fulfilling. You will also find that when you are doing something you love, you will be very good at it and you will be successful. It is also important to correctly define success. It can’t just be about the accumulation of things and it can’t be the accumulation of money because those are just merely metrics. You will find that the more you focus on those metrics, the farther away you become from your true passion. Accumulation for accumulation’s sake is not passion, it’s an addiction! Aristotle was Alexander’s teacher and he asked Alexander, “Alexander, what do you want to do with your life?” Alexander said, “Well, I have a vision that I will unify the city states of Greece.” Aristotle said, “That’s good, but what do you plan to do after that?” Alexander replied “Well, then I plan to unify the area around the Mediterranean and I will build political and economic power all throughout the region.” Aristotle

said, “Okay, what do you want to do after that?” Alexander replied, “Well, after that I think I will conquer the world. I am going to take over all of civilization and unify it under Greek rule and law.” Aristotle said, “Okay, what do you want to do after that?” Alexander was a little taken aback and he said, “Aristotle, I just conquered the world. That’s quite an achievement. Maybe I will just go fishing.” Aristotle smiled and said, “Have you considered skipping the first three and just going fishing now?” Aristotle was forcing Alexander to define success. As you graduate from Gilmour, I believe you know how to define success. You have come a long way since you began at Gilmour. You are talented, intelligent and artistic students who started out mostly concerned about yourselves. I know this because I have a son in fourth grade. But, along the way, you learned the importance of friendship, of community, of compassion and of being of service to others. I know this because I have a son in 11th grade. Your Gilmour education has exposed you to your obligation to serve others. It is not an accident that you have to participate in service hours in order to graduate. It’s not enough to merely find your passion. You must incorporate the components of service to others in what you do. You must marry the passion that is in your heart with the compassion you have been taught by your family and through your time here at Gilmour. The diploma you receive today is not only proof of your qualification to be of service to others, but it is also a reminder of your obligation to do so. And so parents, when you are asked what the Gilmour commencement speaker said to the Gilmour Class of 2012, remind them that he said to “be passionate about what you do and compassionate about how you do it!” One more thing and, remember, this is important, “FREE CREDIT CARDS ARE NOT FREE!”

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hen asked what it is I most hope for when considering the experience of a Gilmour graduate, the short answer is twofold. I hope that every child will come to better know that voice that is speaking to them from deep within, that voice that from the moment of their conception has been calling them to discover and embrace their unique gifts in becoming the people they are called to be, meant to be. The second hope I have is that every student will experience Gilmour as a place where they will join hands with caring and loving adults who will use all available energy and resources to provide as many opportunities as possible to help them discover that voice. And when I have the opportunity to share that perspective I can’t help but think of Holly Rapp. Others as well, to be sure, but always Holly because I think that she as much as anybody and more than most, came to know all of this at some level very early on, and determined that if that is why we are here, she’s going to take advantage of it! From the time she was a freshman, it was clear that Holly was operating at a different level, at a different depth; ordinary vocabulary wouldn’t suffice when trying to describe her. Her experience at Gilmour never seemed like an exploration or journey – it always seemed more purposeful, more like a quest. And what I loved most in witnessing her quest was that she didn’t seem locked in to a particular destination, but rather to delving more deeply within herself, always with the question of “What am I called to do?” in mind. Probably for Holly, as for most, this was not always a conscious thought but an inspired feeling. And that inspiration has led Holly to extraordinary places – valedictorian, athletic captain, founding member of our Women in Math and Science club, civic service on behalf of Look Up to Cleveland and The Cleveland Council of World Affairs. Numerous other scholastic accomplishments aside, Holly was always in search of more and through that search has, by her own admission, landed in places that were beyond her imagination four years ago – places like El Salvador, Serbia and Turkey – all remarkable opportunities for a remarkable, albeit diminutive, young woman constantly seeking growth. Holly is enrolled at The University of Chicago for the fall and will be continuing her self-discovery in a city that despite its magnificence will surely be too small to contain her. Gilmour was blessed to be a stop along the way. Please welcome Holly Rapp to the podium for the valedictory address. J. Brian Horgan Director of the Upper School

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or the past four years we have lived where the wild things are, amongst the bleach blond hair of Varsity A hockey, speeding golf carts, drag racing physics cars, absurd convocations with toasters and all the other hilarities which make the Gilmour experience unique and memorable. If I have learned anything from these wild things, it’s that my 113 classmates are extraordinary. On August 20, 2008, our class of awkward freshmen timidly ventured into Gilmour’s Upper School; and now, seeing us good-looking graduates, I think it’s obvious that we’ve come a long way. The Class of 2012 is Holly Rapp ’12 composed of so many different talents and passions; and I know that some day we will become accomplished teachers, doctors, lawyers, journalists, athletes, musicians, wizards and so much more. I also know that this is the last time our entire class will be assembled. But I hope our paths cross again soon. You have inspired and amazed me throughout our journey together and it is truly humbling to speak to you all today. It’s also quite a bit nerve-wracking and I struggled for a long time to decide what I should say. I knew that it would be impossible to sufficiently summarize our experience together. We have persevered through late nights of studying; iSearch and Praxis; hard-fought battles on athletic fields, courts and rinks; and the tragic loss of stromboli at lunch. There were too many memorable moments, too many frantic mornings of homework before convo, too many broken chairs in the student center and too many white-outs and blue-outs for me to fit into a three-minute speech. I also knew that it would be impossible for me to sufficiently express my gratitude for my classmates, my teachers and especially my family. Nobody gets through high school alone and I feel so fortunate to have had such an amazing support system. I can never thank you enough. And there I was, trying to put my thoughts on to paper when I read about the passing of cherished children’s

author Maurice Sendak. He was a brilliant visionary who wrote and illustrated several books, including my personal favorite, “Where the Wild Things Are.” So I went to my bookshelf and dusted off my copy, seeking inspiration from its pages. For those of you who aren’t familiar with “Where the Wild Things Are,” the story is about a precocious boy named Max who is sent to his room without dinner one night. His imagination transforms his bedroom into this mysterious world with a forest and an ocean. In his mind, he sails for almost a year until he reaches an island where the Wild Things are. The Wild Things are fearsome monsters with terrible teeth and terrible claws and, at first, Max is afraid. But he discovers that he is the most fearsome of all so he tames the Wild Things and becomes their king. More importantly, he befriends them. I realized that each of us is Max. Just as Max’s story begins with him defiantly asserting his originality, we too are wildly striving to assert our independence and autonomy. But at the same time we are a little apprehensive about the uncertainties of the future; and though we will never willingly admit it, part of us is still clinging to the comfort of the familiar, of the predictable, of home. Most of us probably haven’t heard Max’s story since childhood. But now, as we graduate and look forward to adulthood, I think “Where the Wild Things Are” presents many valuable lessons. Lesson Number One, the world is as expansive – or as limited – as your imagination. So never lose your childlike sense of curiosity and wonder; it can take you to amazing places. Lesson Number Two, go exploring. Let your Gilmour education be the wind in your sails and chase after your passions, wherever they may lead

you. We all have our own demons to face, and you might encounter some monsters along the way, but never underestimate your ability to tame them. And Lesson Number Three, know that you can always come home. At the end of the story, Max Congratulations, Holly Rapp. feels hungry and homesick so he gets back in his boat and sails away from the land of the Wild Things. The wildest thing of all is that even though he feels like he’s been gone for years, he finds dinner waiting for him when he returns, as if no time has passed. Similarly, if at any point in your journey you decide to return to Gilmour, remember that there will always be free lunch waiting for you in the Commons, undoubtedly pasta if it’s a Wednesday. Because no matter how many years go by, no matter how many incredible things you experience and accomplish, this place will always be home. Congratulations, Class of 2012. I wish you the best of luck. No one knows what wild things we’ll encounter in the years to come. But in the words of Maurice Sendak, “I’m ready, I’m ready, I’m ready.” Let the wild rumpus begin.

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or those of you who enjoy a challenge, try this. Commit to six academic classes a week, including AP English, AP Government, AP Calculus and AP Physics. Devote free time to meeting a substantial requirement for service to others (exceed the requirement just because you know it was never about the requirement in the first place). Play an intensely physically demanding sport to which few other girls commit. Play for your school team which plays almost 60 games from late September to early March. Play almost 40 of them away, most often hundreds of miles away, because so few girls’ teams exist locally or regionally. Out of necessity, develop superb independent learning skills knowing you have to leave classes on Friday in order to get to the games. Oh, and wake up each weekday morning prepared to drive 40 miles to school only to drive 40 miles back in order to do it all over again the next day. And each day, every day, refuse to compromise excellence in any area of the life you have chosen and constantly aspire to the highest level of achievement. Win writing awards for poetry as a freshman; do summer work in order to skip regular chemistry in the fall and enter directly into AP Chemistry as a sophomore; program polymerase chain reaction machines for your teacher and classmates and then use it to create an essay to characterize messenger RNA in mitochondria; spend senior year securing the last of your long, long string of As and A+s in order to gain admittance to the college of your choice. This is the brief four-year synopsis of the journey of our salutatorian, Madison Ratycz, who will be moving on next year to the University of Notre Dame. Frankly, I’m in awe. This past week I had the chance to review the files of many of our graduating seniors, including Maddie’s. I was inspired to read her GA application for admission and while I won’t embarrass her with some of the great stuff she wrote, I’ll instead turn to the parent essay in which her dad, Peter, wrote the following. “When challenged, Madison embraces the opportunity to excel. Having her in such a competitive environment on a day-to-day basis will prepare her for the college setting and future challenges. I do not presume that she will necessarily finish at the top of her class, but would be content knowing that she had a chance to grow in preparation for next steps.” Well Peter, I think you know your daughter pretty well, but as for that not finishing at the top of her class thing . . . ? Try again. Please join me in welcoming our salutatorian, Madison Ratycz, to the podium for the salutatory address. J. Brian Horgan Director of the Upper School

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our years ago, in 2008, the great Michael Phelps broke the Olympic gold medal record in Beijing, China. Four years ago, little known Lady Gaga was first becoming popular after releasing “Just Dance” and “Poker Face” while Justin Bieber was still negotiating with Usher hoping to become the next music idol. Four years ago, the iTouch was dubbed the gadget of the year and the top-grossing movie was “The Dark Knight.” But more importantly, four years ago, we, the Class of 2012, stepped into Madison Ratycz ’12 the halls of Gilmour Academy to begin high school. When I first started writing this speech, I naturally procrastinated. How was I supposed to talk about us as a class, our promising futures and our four years here in three to five minutes? In the past, I’ve given a 20-minute presentation on mitochondrial research and been forced to sing a song as a freshman in front of the entire hockey team for initiation and both were easier than coming up with an idea for this speech. But then I remembered the clichéd metaphor that life is a book. I like that expression because I’m a bookworm, but I think it applies to all of us as well. We’ve all read a book at Gilmour. Granted, the majority were depressing and involved death, aside from the single exception (“Talent Code”) but we’ve all read, or at least Sparknoted, a book here. We know a book has an author. That’s us. Gilmour might be one of our book’s publishers, giving us the tools needed for our book of life to be successful. But ultimately we’re the ones who write our own unique and personalized stories. Some of our years spent at Gilmour might be full of fun and innocence, looking like a Dr. Seuss book. Others might be of us searching for who we are meant to be as people, comparable to “Where’s Waldo?” and “I Spy.” Some might resemble the books we read at GA, whether it’s the perseverance of

“Man’s Search for Meaning” and “Unbroken” or the tragedy in “Macbeth.” And while our time spent at Gilmour, be it a year, four years, or more, seems comparable to these books, it was really only just another aspect of a book: a chapter. If your high school chapter here began in 2008, it started with awkward freshmen struggling to learn each other’s names and timidly asking upperclassmen what building FAB referred to as we searched for our first health class. It included characters who merrily danced on tables, had intense Harry Potter magic fights and fought over who could sit on the heater in the freshmen hallway before convo. Sophomore year we had fun using props and costumes to reenact “Hamlet” and sometimes we would still cheer whenever the time bouncing around on the TV screens hit the corner spot-on. Junior year we were more mature and grew closer as a class through poignant stories on Kairos or fending meek underclassmen out of the student center together. And now, in senior year, the transformation that took place over the past four years becomes more prominent than ever. Now, we are closer than ever, more intelligent than ever and more opinionated than ever. We became a class spirited enough to do the wave in convo and a class boisterous enough to chant Gazdag’s name every single time it was mentioned. These are just a few of the moments a summary of our time here would have to include in the “Chapter Analysis.” Under the “Character List” section, there would be a listing of our supportive parents and our esteemed teachers and

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faculty, who all helped make this Gilmour experience the remarkable one it was. Under “Analysis of Major Characters,” there would be a list of all 114 of us and every other student who was at some point a member of the Class of 2012, because we all had something to add. And “Plot Overview” would Kristin Caja ’12 and Matthew Lindley ’12 end with our graduation, the moment when our time learning at Gilmour comes to a bittersweet end and the final moment every member of this class will be in the same room together. Most of these speeches end with a quote from someone famous. I selected a quote that’s more meaningful to all of us. Owen, David and John said it best in their senior song, “We all have changed. Our souls have been tainted blue.” Just because the chapters we wrote at Gilmour have ended, it doesn’t mean the pages aren’t still a part of us. It doesn’t mean we can never come back to Gilmour. These chapters have tainted us with streaks of Lancer blue – the fabric of our own identity. And as we move onward to college or new hockey teams or wherever life takes us, our souls will be tainted with more colors. But the blue will still always be there. That taint will ensure that you don’t forget about all the characters here and the glorious times we’ve had together. That blue will remind you of when we would be frantically updating friends on Barabbas in preparation for Senior AP Religion. It will remind you of the times you spent playing Sporcle and Trap the Cat in the computer lab, the times you watched peers perform at Live Jive and school plays and the time alarm clocks mysteriously went off in convo. So don’t forget about the blue taint, don’t forget about your time here and the memories made. They’ve helped make you who you are. Now all that’s left to say is, “Congratulations, Class of 2012 and good luck with the next chapters of your life.” I hope you find characters as memorable as the ones at Gilmour and that your life story turns out well. But knowing that you are all the authors, I can safely say we’ll have countless best sellers.

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Matriculation List

ERIN ABDALIAN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS

Erin ’12 and Sarah ’13 Abdalian

NICHOLAS ALEVA MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OLIVIA (LUBBY) ALTHANS COLGATE UNIVERSITY ERIC ANDERSON, JR. MIAMI UNIVERSITY, OXFORD MICHAEL ANTONELLI OHIO UNIVERSITY

Nicholas ’12 and Alexander ’13 Aleva

SPENCER ANTUNEZ JUNIOR HOCKEY TIMOTHY BARRY KENYON COLLEGE

Jake ’14, Alex ’15, Olivia ’12, Alison ’11 and Claudia ’17 Althans

KRISTIN CAJA OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY MARY KATHLEEN CALLAHAN JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY

Alexis ’10 and Spencer ’12 Antunez

MARISSA CANGELOSI WHEELING JESUIT UNIVERSITY LEAH CASTELAZ CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY JAYME CASTILLO MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY

Dean ’84, Timothy ’12 and Matthew ’13 Barry

ROBERT CATANESE SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY

ELIZABETH BENCIVENNI JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY

MICAYLA CATANZARITI PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY PARK

MICHELLE BENZ THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

KELA CHAMANDY-COOK CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY

JERROD BORKEY, JR. GROVE CITY COLLEGE

JAE YEON CHOI UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON

LUCAS BOYCE JUNIOR HOCKEY Dominic ’80 and Michael ’12 Antonelli

OWEN BRODHEAD ST. BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY

Elizabeth ’12 and Hannah ’14 Bencivenni

MICHAEL CLARK JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY Jerrod, Sr. ’87, Jerrod, Jr. ’12 and Ian ’17 Borkey

Kevin ’11, Mary Kathleen ’12 and Kevin R. ’75 Callahan

Louis ’09 and Marissa ’12 Cangelosi

Samuel ’11, Leah ’12 and McAllister ’09 Castelaz

Ryan ’07, Robert ’12 and Joseph ’14 Catanese

MARGARET COLE WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY

OLIVER FLESHER UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON

BRENDAN CONROY JUNIOR HOCKEY

THOMAS FLYNN MIAMI UNIVERSITY, OXFORD

ALEXANDER CORKWELL THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

BRADLEY GAZDAG MIAMI UNIVERSITY, OXFORD

MARIA CUP SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY

SARAH GEISINGER SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE

CAROLYN CURRAN BROWN UNIVERSITY

KEVIN GLEASON BOSTON COLLEGE

ABBEY JO DECKARD SWARTHMORE COLLEGE

JAIME GOTTLIEB AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

JOHN (DUNCAN) DEFINO WAGNER COLLEGE

JUSTYN GREENE OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY

CHRISTOPHER DEMING JUNIOR HOCKEY

ANTHONY GUAIANI JUNIOR HOCKEY

SEAN DEVARENNES JUNIOR HOCKEY

HAMPUS GUSTAFSSON JUNIOR HOCKEY

MEGAN DIEMER NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

ALEXANDER HALUSKA DEPAUL UNIVERSITY

MEGAN DONAHEY FURMAN UNIVERSITY CAMILLE DOTTORE PROVIDENCE COLLEGE RYAN EARDLEY JUNIOR HOCKEY

David ’13 and Michael ’12 Clark

AARON ELSMORE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER ALEXANDRIA FARONE OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY ISABEL FEHN MIAMI UNIVERSITY, OXFORD

Lorraine Lombardo DiStefano ’83 and Margaret Cole ’12

ADAM HARRINGTON BUTLER UNIVERSITY

Megan ’10 and Carolyn ’12 Curran

Connor ’11 and Abbey Jo ’12 Deckard

Leonard, Jr. ’09, John (Duncan) ’12 and Madeline ’10 DeFino

John ’82, Megan ’12 and Emily ’14 Diemer

ROSA HERYAK THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA JOSHUA HICKEY JUNIOR HOCKEY DAVID HIRSH THE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER

Olivia ’16 and Camille ’12 Dottore

YEXIN HU NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY HARRISON HUNT UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER Ana Sofia ’16 and Isabel ’12 Fehn

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Thomas ’81, Oliver ’12 and Emma ’09 Flesher

Patrick ’84, Thomas ’12 and John ’15 Flynn

Bradley ’12 and Brittany ’09 Gazdag

JULIA HURT JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY

MATTHEW LINDLEY JUNIOR HOCKEY

PHILLIP INGRAM LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND

ANDREW LINK MIAMI UNIVERSITY, OXFORD

DONALD JOHNSON EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

ALEXANDER LOHISER XAVIER UNIVERSITY

MELISSA JOHNSON MIAMI UNIVERSITY, OXFORD

JESSICA LONCAR MIAMI UNIVERSITY, OXFORD

CHRISTIAN KELLER XAVIER UNIVERSITY

ADRIENNE MENDES JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY

ABBY KIBLER ADRIAN COLLEGE

BRIGETTE MENDES JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY

JACLYN KING NEUMANN UNIVERSITY

KYLE MENGES JUNIOR HOCKEY

NATHANIEL KLEIN BOSTON UNIVERSITY

DAVID MIRANDO CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY

DIANA KLONARIS PURDUE UNIVERSITY ALEXANDRA KOLBERG UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Regan ’07, Kevin ’12 and Jeffrey ’05 Gleason

MADALYN KOSAR WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY KAITLYN LAMOSEK MIAMI UNIVERSITY, OXFORD DANIELLE LAWRENCE THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Michael ’17, Adam ’12 and Kelly ’14 Harrington

AUDREY LAYMAN ELON UNIVERSITY JOSEPH LENCEWICZ IV CENTRE COLLEGE

Edwin ’17, Rosa ’12 and Lillian ’09 Heryak

Natalie ’04, Harrison ’12 and Brian ’06 Hunt

Jeffrey ’13, Julia ’12 and Jeffrey ’76 Hurt

Michael-Douglas ’00 and Phillip ’12 Ingram

JOHN MOORE, JR. ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CONNOR MORIARTY MIAMI UNIVERSITY, OXFORD

Samantha ’09 and Melissa ’12 Johnson

MEREDITH MURPHY WAGNER COLLEGE LAUREN OLIVER MIAMI UNIVERSITY, OXFORD JULIA (KATELYN) PARKER COLGATE UNIVERSITY

Alexandria ’14 and Christian ’12 Keller

ALEXANDER PERRY UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MARGARET PORTER UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON

George ’17, Diana ’12 and Samantha ’10 Klonaris

NICOLE PORTER DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY Alexandra ’12 and Courtney ’14 Kolberg

BENJAMIN RADCLIFFE THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY HOLLY RAPP UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MADISON RATYCZ UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME

Matthew ’11, Mitchell ’21, Kaitlyn ’12, Joseph ’17 and Christopher ’19 Lamosek

JOHN (JACK) RENNER THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY MICHAEL RILEY LAKE FOREST COLLEGE JORDAN ROBINSON MIAMI UNIVERSITY, OXFORD

Erika ’16 and Danielle ’12 Lawrence

ALEXANDER RUPP JUNIOR HOCKEY NATALIE SCHAMBS UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON

Joseph IV ’12 and Alison ’11 Lencewicz

Adam ’02, Austin ’07, Andrew ’12 and Amanda ’04 Link

JACQUELINE SUTTON-NICHOLSON NOTRE DAME COLLEGE OF OHIO CALLA TELZROW HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY

Nicholas ’15 and Jessica ’12 Loncar

JOHN TOBBE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MICHAEL TREBILCOCK UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND GEORGE TROICKY UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

Adrienne ’12 and Brigette ’12 Mendes

JULIA TVARDOVSKAYA LEHIGH UNIVERSITY ALEXZANDRIA WALTERS MIAMI UNIVERSITY, OXFORD YICHUAN WANG INDIANA UNIVERSITY AT BLOOMINGTON

MARGARET SCHMIDT PROVIDENCE COLLEGE

CELINE WHITLINGER PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY PARK

AUSTIN SEMARJIAN THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

KYLE WIGGERS OHIO UNIVERSITY

EMIL SHTEYNGARTS UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

NAOMI WOOLFENDEN HAMILTON COLLEGE, NY

MATTHEW SISSON COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES

JAMES YOUNG IV ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY

ANNA SOUKENIK GORDON COLLEGE

NATALIE YUHAS BOSTON COLLEGE

SARAH SPECH UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON

KAITLYN ZINN PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY PARK

Carolyn ’15 and Kyle ’12 Menges

Agnes ’14, Matthew ’25 and David ’12 Mirando

John ’12 and Hollis Moore

RACHEL STATON THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Alexander ’12 and Matthew ’14 Lohiser

Matthew ’74, Connor ’12 and Ian ’16 Moriarty

Commencement

Class of

Caroline ’16 and Meredith ’12 Murphy

2012 Gilmour Grads by the Numbers

Natalie Schambs ’12 and Holly Gepfert Kalfas (G.O.) ’79

114 Members of the Class of 2012 received their diplomas on Sunday, May 27. Owen ’17 and Margaret ’12 Porter

$11,300,000+ Amount of scholarship money offered.

Madison ’15 and Austin ’12 Semarjian

11,000 Social service hours donated to community organizations. William ’84, Jacqueline ’10, Nicole ’12 and Michelle ’15 Porter

64 Colleges and universities around the world that the Class of 2012 will attend.

Tony ’78 (uncle), Joseph ’80, Anna ’12, Jack ’10 and Eliza ’16 Soukenik

57 Percentage of students going to colleges out of state. A few of the schools include: University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins University, Brown University, Boston College and the University of Notre Dame. Benjamin ’12 and Jenna ’11 Radcliffe

James ’81, John ’12 and Ryan ’11 Tobbe

55 Members of the Class of 2012 have a sibling or parent who attended GA.

13 Number of countries and states the Class of 2012 is from. Holly ’12 and Edward ’10 Rapp

Michael ’12 and Alyssa ’10 Trebilcock

Members of the Class of 2012 will play sports for Division I colleges.

Richard Jr. ’14 and John ’12 Renner

Joseph ’15 and James II ’12 Young

Campus On/Or About

CUM LAUDE SOCIETY Mrs. Gay Janis, Upper School instructor in speech, director of speech and drama, and mock trial coach, was the featured speaker during the 2012 Cum Laude Society’s ceremonies. Erin Abdalian, Olivia (Lubby) Althans, Carolyn Curran, Kevin Gleason, Rosa Heryak,Yexin Hu,Alexandra Kolberg,

The “ Academy Awards ” Congratulations to those students in the Class of 2012 who were honored at the 2012 Senior Awards program. The following students were recognized with special awards and commendations:

John Moore, Julia (Katelyn) Parker, Calla Telzrow, Alexzandria Walters, Yichuan Wang and Natalie Yuhas were inducted, joining classmates Jayme Castillo, Michael Clark, Megan Diemer, Madalyn Kosar, David Mirando, Holly Rapp, Madison Ratycz, John (Jack) Renner, Rachel Staton and Kyle Wiggers. Inducted as juniors were Victoria Belkin, Robyn Cheng, David Clark, Madeline Covington,Aidan Coyle, Nikhil Goel, Elizabeth Haynes, Meghan McHale, Kennedy Ricci, Madeline Small and Alec Smith.

VALEDICTORIAN Holly Rapp SALUTATORIAN Madison Ratycz 2011-2012 NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP WINNER Holly Rapp COMMENDED STUDENT David Mirando NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM OUTSTANDING PARTICIPANT Christian Keller PHI BETA KAPPA RECOGNITION Holly Rapp THE GILMOUR TROPHIES Rosa Heryak John (Jack) Renner THE BR. THEOPHANE SCHMITT TROPHIES Kevin Gleason Jessica Loncar

Holly Rapp and David Mirando were recognized by the National Merit Scholarship program as being among the top 1% of all high school students nationally. Christian Keller was named an Outstanding Participant in the National Achievement Scholarship program.

THE DIRECTOR OF THE UPPER SCHOOL AWARD Aaron Elsmore David Hirsh Phillip Ingram Donald Johnson Julia (Katelyn) Parker Natalie Schambs Julia Tvardovskaya Natalie Yuhas

2012 GRADUATING SENIORS WHO MAINTAINED 4.0 GRADE POINT AVERAGE FOR FOUR YEARS Jayme Castillo Michael Clark Carolyn Curran Megan Diemer Kevin Gleason Yexin Hu Alexandra Kolberg Madalyn Kosar David Mirando Julia (Katelyn) Parker Holly Rapp Madison Ratycz John (Jack) Renner Rachel Staton Calla Telzrow Kyle Wiggers Natalie Yuhas THE ROBERT B. TOMARO ’67 HONOR AWARD Christian Keller THE DENIS HOYNES ’51 AWARD Robert Catanese Rachel Staton THE CHARLES A. MOONEY ’52 TROPHIES Kevin Gleason Madalyn Kosar THE BR. DAVID BALTRINIC AWARD Margaret Schmidt

Jack Renner and Rosa Heryak accept their Gilmour Trophies.

Sarah Spech and Kristin Caja received the Fine Arts Outstanding Achievement Award for their work in photography and art.

Mr. Matthew Lindley ’89, chair of the history department, with the top AP Government students Carolyn Curran and Kyle Wiggers, recipients of the AP Thomas Jefferson Award.

THE BR. ROBERT KELLY OUTSTANDING STUDENT SERVICE AWARD Anna Soukenik

THE THOMAS JEFFERSON GOVERNMENT AWARD Abbey Jo Deckard John (Jack) Renner

THE SAINT BR. ANDRÉ AWARD Jae Yeon Choi Danielle Lawrence Joseph Lencewicz

THE AP THOMAS JEFFERSON GOVERNMENT AWARD Carolyn Curran Kyle Wiggers

THE CHARLES MURRAY ’60 STUDENT HUMANITARIAN AWARD Jaime Gottlieb Meredith Murphy

THE MATHEMATICS AWARD Alexander Corkwell

THE CHAPLAIN’S AWARD Erin Abdalian Leah Castelaz Maria Cup Megan Diemer Rosa Heryak Brigette Mendes David Mirando

THE JOHN GALE DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR AWARD Abbey Jo Deckard THE WILLIAM G. MOORE II ’51 ENGLISH AWARD Madalyn Kosar THE 2012 HOLY CROSS LITERATURE AWARD Nathaniel Klein

THE OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE AWARD LATIN Alexander Corkwell FRENCH Julia Tvardovskaya THE JOURNALISM/LANCE AWARD Kyle Wiggers THE JOURNALISM/YEARBOOK AWARD Jayme Castillo Alexandra Kolberg Joseph Lencewicz THE DISTINGUISHED MUSICIAN AWARD David Mirando THE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN ART AWARD Kristin Caja Sarah Spech

THE BR. JAMES O’DONNELL CAMPUS RESIDENCY AWARD Jayme Castillo Christopher Deming THE PAUL PRIMEAU SCIENCE AWARD Madison Ratycz Rachel Staton THE OLIVER SEIKEL EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE AWARD Michael Clark THE EXCELLENCE IN AP SCIENCE AWARD BIOLOGY Holly Rapp PHYSICS Michael Clark

The Headmaster’s Awards go to those in the top 10 percent of their class with a GPA of 4.0 or higher. Top row: Michael Clark, John (Jack) Renner, David Mirando, Kevin Gleason. 3rd Row: Calla Telzrow, Julia (Katelyn) Parker, Alexandra Kolberg, Madalyn Kosar, Rachel Staton. 2nd Row: Megan Diemer, Carolyn Curran, Kyle Wiggers. Front Row: Yexin Hu, Holly Rapp, Madison Ratycz, Jayme Castillo, Natalie Yuhas. 29

Campus On/Or About

PENDER SPEAKER SERIES BRINGS TO CAMPUS NATIONAL EXPERT ON BULLYING

he family of Michael J. Pender, a Gilmour alumnus from the class of 1990, sponsors a speaker series at the school, Educating the Heart: A Moral Compass, in memory of their son. As part of this speaker series, Cynthia Lowen delivered four presentations at Gilmour on Monday, October 22. Lowen is the co-filmmaker of “Bully,” a feature documentary following a “year in the life” of America’s bullying crisis. She is also an award-winning writer and winner of the prestigious Discovery Prize. Lowen coauthored “The Essential Guide to Bullying: Prevention and Intervention,” published in October. Together with Lee Hirsch, the director of “Bully,” she also co-edited “BULLY: An Action Plan for Teachers and Parents to Combat the Bullying Crisis,” published September 25. During her visit to campus on October 22, Lowen conducted a professional development session for Gilmour teachers and counselors as well as teachers and counselors from peer schools and area grade schools. The session focused on the role that educators can play in preventing bullying and provided specific suggestions and tools for teachers to use. There were educators from three counties in attendance. After this presentation, Lowen spoke to Gilmour’s counselors, delving even deeper into the topic. From there, Lowen addressed a group of more than 115 parents, faculty and guests at a lunch in Gilmour’s Athletic Center Atrium. She discussed the important

role that parents have in helping their children deal with bullying and in preventing their children from bullying. Finally, Lowen discussed the topic with Gilmour students in grades 7-12 and facilitated a question-and-answer session. At each of the sessions, Lowen showed clips from “Bully” that spoke to the message she was delivering. Lowen geared the focus of each session to the particular audience to which she was speaking. Afterward, when asked what message she hoped her audiences would take away, Lowen said, “Every single person has the opportunity to make a difference with this issue – from the students to the educators to the parents.” She added, “It can seem like a huge issue, but we encounter crossroads every day when we can make a difference. There are little things we can do that can have a big impact.” Director of the Upper School J. Brian Horgan said of Lowen’s presentations, “At Gilmour, we believe that personalization is a key to education. One way to translate this is to say that education is about helping children find their voice – to help them discover who it is they’re called to be. Cynthia Lowen’s powerful presentations helped give focus to ways in which we can ensure that all children have an opportunity to exercise their voice and better understand their best selves in relation to others.”

GILMOUR HONORED AT IPM LUNCHEON G

ilmour, along with Saint Joseph Academy and Saint Martin de Porres High School, received the Reverend Richard E. Sering Award from International Partners in Mission (IPM) at its annual luncheon on Friday, October 19 at Windows on the River in downtown Cleveland. The award was presented for the schools’ commitment to educating students as global citizens in partnership with IPM and the Dudley P. & Barbara K. Sheffler Foundation Cleveland Catholic Schools Collaborative. For the past two summers, Gilmour students have participated in IPM’s Immersion Experience Program, through which the students spent a week in El Salvador learning about the global realities of poverty and injustice. Prior to going on the trip, students met three to four times to study together. One of the main focuses of these study sessions was learning about Oscar Romero, Archbishop of El Salvador. While in El Salvador, the students were able to visit historic sites connected to Romero. In the summer of 2011, Holly Rapp ’12, Hope Herten ’13, Dylan Flynn ’13 and former student Onyi Ibeziako participated. This past summer, English instructor Kelly Lavelle, John Lee ’15, Greta Thomas ’13 and Brandon Slaght ’13 took part in the opportunity.

Erika Murcia, IPM’s Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, with John Lee ’15 and Joe Cistone ’83, Executive Director and CEO of IPM

A few days after the awards presentation, Erika Murcia, IPM’s Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean and the Gilmour students’ host during their trip, spoke to the students at Convocation about IPM’s mission and the Immersion Experience trip. She explained that IPM’s mission is to build two-way relationships (thus the “Partners” in their name) with their collaborators. The goal is not to go into underserved populations and try to “fix” their problems, but, rather, to listen to the indigenous people and help them implement their own solutions.

Campus On/Or About

EADERS N RAINING I

n line with the Academy’s focused efforts to instill in students the tools to be effective moral leaders, Gilmour offered a new course during the spring semester last year. The course, Leadership in Organizations, was taught by Pat Brubaker and Scott Allen, a well-known assistant professor of leadership/management development at John Carroll University. Fifteen students participated in the semesterlong course. It was designed to provide students with a better understanding of effective leadership and its ap ppliccation to their experiences within the Gilmour community. Through a combination of lecturee, group p activities, film, small group conversation, refllecttion/blogging and reading, the students explored various aspects of leadership. As part of thiss course, they reflected on their own personal attributes, purpose, use of position and process for leadiing others. As a culminating project for the course, th he students were asked to develop a project thatt would somehow impact their community or an institution within their community. After much delibeeration, they made the choice to buy backpacks for young students whose families could not afford them and to fill the backpacks with school supplies. They chose Glendale School as the recipient because the principal, Nora Beach, is married to GA faculty member Bob Beach and the GA students were familiar with the school. The students had to develop a plan to raise money, get their fundraiser approved by the administration, solicit donations and purchase the packs and supplies. Students at Glendale School with their new backpacks filled with school supplies.

As part of their lead dershiip class, they had to involve two other members of their community in the project in a substantial way. They made the decision to purchase the 48 backpacks and distribute them amongst After much deliberation, their peers. The peers wore they made the choice to the baackpacks throughout buy backpacks for young the day and students students whose families contributed money. In could not afford them addition, the students in the class solicited other and to fill the backpacks GA students to make baked with school supplies. goods for a sale. After one week, they had raised $1,200, which covered their costs and left them with $70. Students who enrolled in the course were: Elizabeth Abood ’14, Nicole Brzozowski ’14, Maddie Covington ’13, Aidan Coyle ’13, Brandon Jaces ’14, Ryan Kelley ’14, Halle Markel ’14, former student Ally Moore, Rachel Novinc ’14, Meghan Pryatel ’13, Kennedy Ricci ’13, Jacob Saliba ’13, Barbara Savani ’13, Brandon Slaght ’13 and Jena Snelling ’14.

TREASURED FRIENDS’ DAY

Richard Jones ’20 enjoying time with his nonna, Anne Bruno

Elena Espenschied ’22 working on a project with her grandmother, Lois Jolly

Ben Davis ’25 and his grandparents, Donna and Donald Robinson

ilmour’s Lower School hosted the inaugural Treasured Friends’ Day on October 26 and

had more than 210 treasured friends attend. Students were encouraged to invite a “treasured friend” – a grandparent, aunt, uncle, parent or family friend – to join them at school for a special program. Each grade level did different activities, but some of the things that students and their treasured friends were able to do included: crafts; lab work; a science, math and mystery game; writing and sharing; working as poetry partners; touring the school; an exercise activity in the gym; story time and a band concert. They also enjoyed lunch together. The students had a great time showing their treasured friends all the things they do at Gilmour!

Campus On/Or About

GILMOUR HOSTS DANISH STUDENTS

The McDowell family with their guests, Asja Secerbegovic and Karoline Poulsen.

or a week in October, several Gilmour students and their families, as well as Gilmour faculty and staff members, hosted a group of 19 Danish students and two Danish teachers. The hosts included: Aidan Coyle ’13, Ricky Renner ’14, Madison McDowell ’15, Skylar Schambs ’14, Caitlin Whetstone ’15, Maggie Dick ’13, Sarah Harmon ’15, Sean McLennan ’15, Dennis Grencewicz ’16, Kathryn Masaryk ’14 and Kiersten Dietrick ’15. Social studies and English instructor Matt Greenfield and his wife hosted teacher Kenneth Søndberg Hansen. Health and physical education instructor Cyndi Smith and residence hall housemother and media services manager Bonnie and Neal Busch hosted teacher Karina Fogtmann Sørensen. The Danish group arrived in Cleveland Friday evening and was very excited to ride a yellow school bus to Gilmour’s campus. They’ve seen them in movies but don’t have them in Denmark. On Saturday, the host families and their guests did activities on their own to show the students what family life is like in America. On Sunday, the Danish group attended the Browns vs. Bengals game (and even saw a Browns victory!). Student Anne Mai Bruun, 19, said, “It was so amazing,

the highlight of the trip! We don’t have anything like that in Denmark.” Monday, the students spent the day at Gilmour. Tuesday began with the Danish students giving a presentation on Denmark at Convocation, touching on everything from Denmark’s geography to holiday traditions to food to famous Danes. The Danish group then visited the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Key Tower before doing a tour of Cleveland aboard Lolly the Trolley. Wednesday was filled with more touring, with stops at the West Side Market, the Cleveland Clinic, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and the art museum. The Cleveland Clinic tour was arranged by Gilmour parent, Dr. James Young, professor of medicine and Executive Dean of the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. The visit included a tour of the anatomy lab, lunch and a tour of the hospital. Thursday and Friday, the Danish students spent the day at two more schools. On Thursday, they attended an Amish school and on Friday, they shadowed at Orange High School before heading back to Gilmour’s campus for a farewell dinner in the evening with the host families. Julie Bligaard, 18, said of the three schools they saw, Orange was the most like their school in Denmark. Teacher Kenneth Søndberg Hansen said that the trip was “awesome” (he enjoyed using that American

The McLennan family with their guests, Nina Storgaard and Martin Kjaer Simonsen.

GILMOUR FACULTY LIVING THE MISSION M Ricky Renner ’14 enjoying dinner with one of his guests, Thomas Lindberg.

term). His students “think they know all about America because in Denmark we see so much American culture in movies and TV shows,” he said. But after a week spent here, he said the students realized “there is so much more to learn” and that Americans “aren’t like the stereotypes.” Both Hansen and his colleague, Sørensen, noted that Americans are much more open than Danes, especially when first meeting people. Gilmour students learned a great deal from the experience as well. Grencewicz said of the week he spent with Peter Preben Eggertsen, “I absolutely enjoyed the experience and if I could ever host another international student I would be glad to have the chance.” On Saturday morning, there were tears from both groups when it was time to say goodbye, with some Gilmour students running after the bus, waving as it left the parking lot. Special thanks to Mel Weltle and his AVI staff for providing a delicious meal and great atmosphere for the farewell dinner and to Rodney Olenchick who provided transportation for the group throughout their stay. There will be a trip to Denmark and Iceland over spring break this March. It will include two days in Iceland and home stays in Herning (where this group is from) and Copenhagen and will be chaperoned by Mr. Greenfield. There are spots available for 10 students. Priority will be given to those students who served as hosts this fall, but the trip will be opened to seniors and then juniors if there are available spots. For more information about the spring break trip, contact Deanne Nowak at (440) 473-8075.

embers of the Gilmour faculty participated in the school’s first annual Faculty Service Day on Saturday, August 18 at Our Savior Lutheran Church’s Food Pantry, located at 2154 S.O.M. Center Road in Mayfield Heights. Our Savior’s Food Pantry serves those in the area, including Mayfield Heights, Mayfield Village, Highland Heights and Gates Mills, in emergency situations or with ongoing need. It is affiliated with the Cleveland Foodbank and serves equally all those in need, as supplies allow. Our Savior’s Food Pantry relies on donations of food and financial contributions for Sister Mary Ann Mehling, I.H.M. support. Of every dollar, 98 cents goes to food purchases and two cents goes toward the purchase of supplies. Faculty members gathered at Gilmour for a short prayer service and instructions. They then spent the next four hours volunteering at the food pantry. They helped with unloading and organizing food, the check-in process, walking clients through the food line and loading clients’ cars. Diane Kingsley, director of the Lower School, summed up the incredible experience, saying, “I would like to continue to support the Lutheran Church on Saturday mornings, once a month. I was so touched and, at times, saddened by the stories that were shared with me.” She went on to say, “I most appreciated being a part of our GA volunteers who went right to work, engaging and sharing our mission beyond the GA walls.” The event was so well-received that another faculty service day is planned for this spring. Also, to continue to help support Our Savior’s food pantry, Whitney Daly, coordinator of the event, is working to arrange regular service opportunities for resident hall students.

Campus On/Or About

MARY BETH HAYES-ZATKO: 21 YEARS OF MONTESSORI MEMORIES AT GILMOUR

ary Beth Hayes-Zatko knew from her earliest days that she wanted to teach. She followed that passion and over the course of 37 years helped shape the educational beginnings for scores of young students as a Montessori teacher. Hayes-Zatko was raised in Birmingham, Mich. and came to the Cleveland area to attend John Carroll University for her undergraduate studies. By her sophomore year, she knew she wanted to train in the Montessori method. After graduating from JCU in 1974, she began her training and received her Montessori certification from the Michigan Montessori Training Center in 1975. With her friends in Cleveland, she returned to the area. She owned and operated a Montessori School in Cleveland Heights called the Montessori Neighborhood School, until one fateful winter day in 1991 when she received a call from Sr. Loretta May, O.P., director of Gilmour’s Lower School. The school was looking for a Montessori teacher. And so began Hayes-Zatko’s 21-year career at Gilmour Academy. In reflecting on her time at Gilmour, Hayes-Zatko says that she was able to follow her passion because she was given all the tools: wonderful students and parents and all the best available materials. She says, “Year after year, I improved my program because I felt supported in every way.”

Hayes-Zatko recalled two of her favorite memories from Gilmour. The first was that she met her husband, Dr. Frank Zatko ’72, through the school. The second was when parent Faith Pescatore, mother of Skylar Schambs ’14, fulfilled her dream in 2001 of having a classroom garden Mary Beth Hayes-Zatko right outside her door. Pescatore looked at the garden design that Hayes-Zatko had come up with after extensive research and contacted renowned landscape designer, Ann Cicarella, who installed the hardscape and the original plantings through Pescatore’s generous support. Hayes-Zatko, a proponent of using nature in education, was able to incorporate the garden into many aspects of her curriculum. Just one way she used it was each spring when her kindergarten class performed the play “Peter Rabbit” in the garden as part of their graduation ritual. Hayes-Zatko retired at the end of the 2011-2012 school year. In retirement, Hayes-Zatko plans to tend to her family and her two black German Shepherd dogs, Marko and Petra. She also plans to travel back home to Michigan more, visiting not just her hometown of Birmingham, but also Frankfort, where her family has a home near Lake Michigan, and Interlochen, where her family has had a farm since she was 10 years old. She also plans to spend more time working in her garden and with her many friends. Finally, Hayes-Zatko plans to do some consulting in an effort to share her 37 years of experience in the Pre-K and kindergarten Montessori classroom.

JIM FARRAR ’59 LOOKS FORWARD TO GOLF AND GRANDKIDS B

ack in 1955, the Holy Cross Brothers offered a $200 scholarship to a young man from East Liverpool, Ohio. That scholarship offer proved to be the beginning of a lifelong relationship between Gilmour Academy and Jim Farrar. His parents believed it was a great opportunity for him and, despite the huge financial sacrifice that it required, made the decision to send him to Gates Mills. He came to Gilmour and was quite homesick for a time, but ended up having an incredible experience. He cites the high academic standards, the emphasis on developing strong moral character and the overall warmth and inclusiveness of the Academy as what made him cherish his experience and want to continue his connection to the school for so many years following graduation. Having already been an active volunteer for years, involved in such things as the Annual Fund and alumni activities, Farrar was asked in 1971 by then-Chairman of the Board, Tim Holzheimer ’61, to serve as a member of the school’s Board of Trustees. He accepted and worked diligently for the school over the next 26 years on the Development Committee and the Admissions and Enrollment Management Committees. Farrar sent his four children to Gilmour. JP Jim Farrar ’59 and daughter graduated in ’91, Mary Kate Mary Kate ’93 in ’93, Dan in ’94 and Amy in ’96. All four had wonderful experiences as Gilmour students and remain quite active as supporters of the school. His daughter Mary Kate is currently Gilmour’s Director of the Annual Fund and Alumni Relations. Farrar is incredibly proud of his children’s successes and believes it is in part because of their work ethic, but also because of the foundation they received at the school.

It seemed a natural fit for the Academy, upon Vern Weber’s retirement in 1997, to offer Farrar employment as the Alumni Director and Assistant Director of Development. After a few years, he became the Director of Development and more recently began to specialize in major gifts and planned giving. Farrar says of his work at Gilmour, “I have always looked forward to coming to Gilmour each day and never thought of it as a job, but rather as an opportunity to provide some good for a school that has meant so much to me and to my family.” After 15 years of hard work for the Academy, Farrar decided to retire this past July, but plans to remain involved with the school. Farrar is quick to credit his wife, Caroline, for enabling him to be so active at Gilmour all these years. He said that she supported him in all his activities at Gilmour, even the long after-hours and weekend work. She helped with the planning and execution of the alumni trips to Europe, the leadership activities of the Gilmour Academy Alumni Parents Association and attended more reunions than he can count!

Jim surrounded by his grandchildren

1950s Lancer Spotlight L

ivio Pardi ’57 recognizes that he is the man he is today because of his life experiences. There is nothing ordinary about Pardi’s path and he says that “to really know who I am you’ll have to know who I was and how I got there.” Pardi’s story begins in Rome, Italy in June 1939 when he was born, the product of his American mother and Italian father. When World War II began that September, all transatlantic shipping ended and Pardi and his family were trapped in Rome. When the Italian government collapsed in September 1943 and the Germans took over, the family was forced to take refuge in the motherhouse of the Columban order of Irish priests in Rome. Pardi and his mother, grandmother (British) and brother lived hidden underneath the roof of the house, relying on the generosity of others, since they had no ration cards, no income and no identification. His mother and father experienced an emotional and physical separation during this time from which they never recovered; they ended up divorcing. The family was able to come out of hiding when the American army entered Rome in June 1944. Pardi’s mother was hired as a translator by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), which eventually became the CIA. Through this, his mother gained great respect for the U.S. Army. By November 1945, the family realized the economic and social consequences of the war and left Italy for New York on the first passenger ship to reach the U.S. from Europe after the war. Pardi and his family settled in Cleveland, where his grandfather was working at the Statler Arms Hotel. For the first eight months after arriving in the U.S., Pardi spent his time learning English. He then went away to Nazareth Hall Military School near Toledo, Ohio. His grandfather, however, really wanted his grandchildren to receive a European

education. So, he offered to pay for them to do so and the family returned to Italy in 1950. Unfortunately, Pardi’s grandfather died unexpectedly and he was no longer able to start school in Italy. So, the family returned to Cleveland and Pardi attended St. Ann’s School in Cleveland Heights and then Gilmour. Pardi and his brother worked as Livio Pardi ’57 newspaper delivery boys and caddies to augment their mother’s salary so as to be able to attend Gilmour. When thinking about college, the family’s limited income, coupled with the boys’ excellent Gilmour education and deep respect for the American military, led Pardi to apply to West Point. He was selected after spending a year studying architecture at Case Western Reserve University. He describes his time at West Point as “the most difficult, yet productive years of my life.” He says of his classmates there, “Their mental, physical and moral courage drove me to never let them or the Academy down.” Of the 600 graduates in his class, 24 would die in Vietnam and nearly 60 more would be wounded. After serving as an infantry captain in Vietnam from 1966-1967, Pardi came to the realization that he would be of better service in medicine. In order to pursue this, he had to apply while still fighting a war in Vietnam as well as convince the Army Surgeon General to grant him a leave of absence. The letter from the Surgeon General granting him a five-year leave was dropped in a mail packet from an artillery spotter plane passing over his unit while on a combat operation. Pardi was accepted to the University of Miami and graduated in 1972. Returning to active duty after graduation, he did a rotating internship at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C. and ended up falling in love with the idea of helping bring life into the world. He did his three years of obstetrics/gynecology training at the Letterman Army Hospital in San Francisco. Once finished, because of his prior experiences, the Surgeon General assigned him to a variety of clinical and leadership positions around the world. Some of the highlights include training to be a flight surgeon;

soloing an Army helicopter; completing 85 Army parachute jumps in the U.S., Egypt and Honduras without serious injury; commanding the Frankfurt, Germany Army Hospital during the Beirut marine barracks bombing and commanding the Ft. Bragg Army Hospital during the early days of the HIV/AIDS outbreak. He returned to West Point for his last assignment as the Chief Executive Officer of Keller Army Community Hospital from 1990-1992 when he reached his maximum allowable years of service and retired. Pardi did marry and had two children; his son, Alexander, is now 41, and his daughter, Diana, is 36. Pardi’s one regret in life is that he was not prepared to adequatelyy identify, prioritize and balance all the important aspects of his life. He says, “Duty to my country and responsibility for the welfare of my soldiers, their families and my patients often competed with my own family’s needs.” He and the mother of his children ultimately divorced. After retiring from the military in 1992, Pardi opted to become a locum tenens physician, meaning that he works temporary assignments, covering for doctors who are out on leave or a vacation. He is licensed in Florida, Georgia, New York, New Hampshire and California and takes on assignments in these states, typically working about 10-15 weeks a year. While it is difficult to step into an already-established practice with its own system in place, he believes he is able to quickly “learn the ropes” because of his military experience and enjoys the flexibility that the arrangement affords him. Upon moving to Florida, Pardi met his current wife, Lorraine. They married in 1993 and he gained three step-children: Kelley, 35; Eric, 32; and Mark, 26. In addition to his dedication to the military and to his work, Pardi is a very serious sailor. The Pardis live on a 6,000-acre lake in Melrose, Fla. on which he loves to sail. He also has a sailboat that is big enough to take out into the Atlantic Ocean. Pardi keeps in close touch with his Gilmour classmate, Lew Lanza ’57, as well as his West Point classmates. He was able to visit with Lanza when he was in town for their class’ 55th reunion in June. Pardi credits Gilmour with teaching him to “love to learn” and with encouraging students to always want to expand their horizons. Pardi’s military background taught him the importance of taking responsibility for his actions. His life experience taught him the importance of constantly working to improve oneself. He says, “I have taken lives and I have saved lives, had proud achievements and dismal failures, looked for opportunities and not entitlements and am forever grateful for what Gilmour, West Point and Miami taught me.”

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Alumni Around the World Adventures! Gilmour Academy will be coordinating a trip for alumni to Paris, Switzerland and Munich during the summer of 2013! Reconnect with classmates on this educational adventure. One of the many highlights of this tour will be visiting Le Mans, France where the seed of Holy Cross was first planted. Please visit www.gilmour.org/alumni for trip itinerary, pricing and registration. If you should have any additional questions, please contact Jamie Kazel at kazelj@gilmour.org or (440) 473-8119.

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t’s a family affair! Whether speaking about his days at Gilmour as a boarder and the sense of camaraderie he felt with his classmates, the family business he now helps run, the business his wife runs and his daughter works for, or his interests outside of work, Carl Fontana ’62 values those important personal connections in his life. In Bloomfield Hills, Mich., a suburb of Detroit, Fontana began his freshman year at a coed Catholic high school where his brother was a senior. The beneficiary of his older brother’s “tutelage,” Fontana saw and did Carl Fontana ’62 some things that year that were a bit beyond his years. His parents decided he would benefit from an all-boys boarding school and, after an in-person interview with Br. William Geenen, C.S.C. and Br. Francis Englert, C.S.C., Fontana was on his way to Gates Mills, Ohio. While he describes the experience as initially difficult, he and the fellow boarders became fast friends. Living together and really getting to know one another fostered a family-like feel and facilitated lifelong friendships. Fontana says, “Fifty years later, some of my best friends are my Gilmour boys.” In fact, a group of about 15 or 16 have been getting together each spring since 2004 for an annual trip. They always choose a destination with golf as well as other activities. Fontana learned another important lesson during his Gilmour days. He says that living in the dorm “kept me away from making first impressions.” Because he got to know and

understand his classmates by living with them, he realized that what initially rubbed him the wrong way about a classmate would often end up not bothering him once he understood the person a bit more. He has carried that important lesson into his adult life, hesitating to judge someone or something too quickly. Fontana fondly recalls Br. Geenen, saying that he should be “next in line for canonization,” Jeff Morton, Vern Weber, Br. Ivo Regan, C.S.C. as well as the Tea Dances and the intense competition for dates to sophomore cotillion and junior prom! After graduating in 1962, Fontana attended the University of Detroit. He seriously considered Villanova, where his good friends and classmates Bill Nook ’62 and Dick McSorley ’62 were heading, but his mother said that he had gone away for high school and she wanted him to come back to Detroit for college. A ROTC student while at the University of Detroit, upon graduating he spent a year in training in Kansas before being sent to Vietnam where he served for a year as a transportation officer. When he returned home to Detroit, his father, who was in the packaging industry, was looking to start his own packaging company. So, Fontana went into partnership with him and the Michigan Box Company was born. They provide packaging for a number of different industries, but primarily the food industry. Fontana serves as president of the company and they have grown it to a $20 million business. They have several other companies within Michigan Box Company. Fontana runs Fontana Forest Products, the division that builds wooden containers used for shipping. With the increase in the size of the company has come an increase in the number of family members working at Michigan Box Company. Currently, there are seven. Fontana, his two brothers and his stepmother serve as the Board of Directors. While some describe working in a family business as difficult, Fontana says they don’t have those

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problems. He says that they have open meetings so everyone can air their grievances and no one lets egos get in the way. Fontana’s wife, Mary Ann, also runs her own business, Fancy Feet, Inc., a wholesale shoe company specializing in imported European children’s shoes. While the market is becoming more difficult with the rise in popularity of cheaply constructed, non-fitted children’s footwear, Mary Ann loves what she does and loves all the international travel it allows. She also loves that their daughter Katie, 33, works with her. The couple lives in Huntington Woods, Mich. and they have two other children as well. Their oldest child, Claire, 36, is a nurse in Asheville, N.C. Their youngest child, Jule, 26, is an apprentice learning the ropes of cinematography in Los Angeles. He has worked on such movies as “Alex Cross,” “The Ides of March” and a movie featuring Sean Penn titled “This Must Be the Place.” When not working, Fontana loves to travel. He also enjoys cooking as well as volunteering for and playing supernumerary roles in operas with the Michigan Opera Theatre. He enjoys sharing his love of opera with the couple’s many friends. They like to host a cocktail party beforehand and then take the group to an opera. This, of course, is after Fontana has delivered a recording at each couple’s house so they can listen to the opera a few times before attending. Fontana describes his favorite hobby, though, as hockey. While at Gilmour, he would organize pick-up games on the pond after Mass on Sundays and his love of hockey has never wavered. He still plays three times a week year-round and plays in the Senior Olympics. Fontana fondly recalls when the Gilmour hockey team came to Detroit for a game and he attended. Coach John Malloy invited him into the locker room to speak with the team and presented him with a Gilmour jersey. He still wears the jersey to this day and plays on Gilmour’s rink every time he visits campus!

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im Slattery ’74 describes his philosophy on work and life as, “Work hard…then work a little harder…work a little harder still…then play hard.” From his earliest days, this seems to be how he has lived his life. Always looking for ways to get ahead, Slattery did not shy away from hard work – he worked three jobs as a college student. But, having put in the work, he now enjoys the fruits of his labor. Slattery grew up in Gates Mills, Ohio, one of 10 children. All six Slattery boys and two of the Slattery girls attended either Glen Oak or Gilmour. Tim graduated from Gilmour in 1974. While at Gilmour, he recalls working in the school’s greenhouse with Br. Adrian and enjoying Mr. Weber’s history classes. As a football, basketball and track athlete, he was also the beneficiary of Mr. Weber’s counsel on the athletic fields. He remembers the plaque in Mr. Weber’s office that read, “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” After graduating from the Academy, Slattery and his best friend, Gary Bozza ’74, attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. (All 10 Slattery siblings attended Miami!) Slattery’s drive to succeed was evident from his first days on campus as he had already landed a job before the first day of classes. He was hired to do clean-up work at a local bar, The King of Clubs, on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings. This popular watering hole saw a packed house every night and the clean-up the next morning was less than glamorous. Nevertheless, Slattery was always there, ready to work and kept the job through all four years at Miami. By his junior year, he was bartending there at night as well, while still cleaning in the morning and attending classes in the afternoon.

It was through one of Slattery’s business classes that year that he picked up his third job, which became his own business. For his class, he was asked to identify a local business and craft an advertising campaign for it. Naturally, he chose the King of Clubs and when he presented to the owner his marketing plan that included radio spots, newspaper ads and the distribution of flyers, the owner offered to pay him to implement the plan weekly. Slattery jumped at the chance and the first of the three businesses he would run or help run over the course of his career was born. He divided the campus and surrounding area into sections and hired friends to distribute flyers each week. He recorded radio spots and created newspaper ads. He quickly realized he could do this for more than one business at a time and began contacting other businesses around Miami’s campus, convincing them to let him help them with their marketing efforts. Slattery says that the confidence he gained getting his business up and running and making those cold calls proved invaluable to him in future business dealings. He ran his business until he graduated in 1978 and then moved to Lake George, where his whole family lived and worked for the summers. He set to work helping run the family’s two Dairy QueenBrazier locations before heading to Europe to travel by himself for six months that winter. Gary Bozza was supposed to travel with him, but ended up taking a job offer instead. Slattery says that when the two get together and start telling old stories, Bozza always asks him, “Slatts, why didn’t you insist that I come to Europe with you instead of taking that job?”

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After returning from Europe, Slattery worked for the family business again before being convinced by his brother and his brother’s business partner to work for them in Cincinnati. The company they had started was Valpak and Slattery ended up a partner. Over the next 17 years, the partners built Valpak into a large business, acquiring other cities for the franchise including Pittsburgh, Toledo, Louisville, Lexington and Indianapolis. During those early years in Cincinnati, Slattery met his wife, Eva, at a pool party at their apartment complex. They eventually married and had three children: Megan, now 26, T.J., now 24 and Keegan, now 22. In 1997, when the kids were about 12, 10 and 8, Slattery was approached by a business colleague who wanted him to partner with him in his window manufacturing company and build a factory somewhere in the West to help grow the business. The couple weighed the decision for about six months before deciding to move the family to Denver to pursue this opportunity with Champion Windows.

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Slattery invested equally with his partner and built the factory in Denver. The next 10 years, from 19972007, were filled with long g hours and much travel as he grew 13 offices for Champion in 13 different cities in the West. In addition to overseeing the factory operations, Slattery was managing the local Denver sales and installation departments (which eventually did the highest volume in the country) and managing the other 12 locations. All the hard work paid off when the partners sold the company to a private equity firm in 2007. Slattery worked for an additional year and a half before retiring at the age of 52. Since retiring, Slattery and his wife Eva divide their time between their 280-acre ranch in Lyons, Colo., their home in Denver and their condo in Vail, Colo. While at the ranch, Slattery will usually begin his day by feeding the horses and doing work around the property after which he will do the “fun stuff” as he describes his hobbies of hiking, clay shooting and riding horses. When at their Denver residence, Slattery enjoys bike riding, exercising, motorcycle riding, golfing and socializing with the couple’s friends. They spend most of the winter skiing in Vail. When not at one of these three fabulous locales, the Slatterys travel. This past year, they visited New Orleans; spent two weeks in Florida; a week in New York City and Cincinnati; a week in Lake George, N.Y.; three weeks at a villa in Tuscany; and, most recently, two weeks in Zambia, Africa. Slattery certainly mastered the “work hard” portion of his life philosophy and now seems to be enjoying the well-deserved “play hard” component.

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drienne Powers ’86 has pursued her passion for art since her days as a Gilmour student. While at the Academy, she took every art class she could. After Gilmour, she went on to study painting at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, Pa., earning her bachelor of fine arts in 1990. After graduating, she did Adrienne Powers ’86 an internship in JC Penney’s design and layout department.. This led to her hirring by Nestle to work in their packaging design department,, where she remained for eight years. She then moved back to Pittsburgh to work for Heinz in their pet food division and, after Delmonte bought that line of business, worked fo or Delmonte. In 2006,, she was hired by Kraft,, moved to Chicago and has been working for them for the past six years. Powers is a ocery business senior design manager for Kraft’s gro unit. She descriibes her role as that of a design consultaant – communicating bran nd strategy ideas that inspiire design between Kraft’s marketing department and the design agencies. The design agencies create strattegic packaging design n that communicatess and reinfforces the equities of a brand that give consumers thee reason to believe that the brand they are purchasing will deliver the quality thaat they have come to expect from that pro oduct. Wh hile Po oweers loves her work k and haas been in the field for 188 yearrs, she remains passionaate about her paainting.. After graaduating from Carnegie Mellon, she struggled with bein ng able to communicate thee motivation behiind her paintings. She stopped painting for abo out 10 years. Then, while reeading a

book that featured a Haitian American character, she found reference that the Vodou (often referred to as Voodoo by Western culture) religion originated in West Africa. Everything she had ever heard about Vodou was negative, so she was intrigued to discover, after some research, that its roots were with the Yorubans who had been brought over to the U.S. as slaves. Powers wanted to do a large painting centered around this theme, but discovered she needed to do even more research. She spent the next eight years learning as much as she could. In addition to Haitian Vodou, she researched African Vodun; a religion called Candomblé, which is found primarily in Brazil; Santería, which is found in Cuba, Puerto Rico & the U.S.; and Ifá, a religion with its ots in Nigeria. All these religions can trace their roots roo to the slaves who were brought over from West Africa. Once in the Americas, they were forced to convert to Christianity. Some, quite cleverly, learned to hide the worshipping of their deities under the guise of praying to the saintss that were a component of their owners’ Catholic belliefs. In this way, these religions emerged as interesting combinaations of West African beliefs and Roman Catholic tradiitions. Powers realized th hat, most likely, her anccestors, who hail from Africa, practiceed one of these religions. She has since focused her art on the discoveries she has made aboutt eacch of these different religions. Through the processs, she has come to view heerself as being part of the universe and that everything within the universe is connected. As such, she feeels a greater responsibility for the way she lives her life and how herr life contributes to the entire world. This sense of oneness, this bellief that everything in nature is connected, hass grounded Powers. She says that it has madee her “morre open to things that aree differentt, more understaanding of humaanity’s imperfections and more understanding of the impact that her energy has on other people.” She adds that the thing that brings her

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the greatest joy is anything she can do that “brings a sensse of peace or a smile to someone else.” The work Powers has created reflects her spiritual discoveries and has been recognized for its beauty. Some of her paintings were recently selected for inclusion in the book “Best of the Artist Mixed Media Worldwide,” which should be available in late fall or early winter. Powers lives with her 14-yearold son, Savion, in Evanston, Ill. While she loves the town’s diversity and her son’s exposure to people from all over the world, she said if she still lived in Cleveland, she’d most definitely send him to Gilmour as it was the “most amazing experience” for her. She remembers that her favorite class at Gilmour was Mrs. Kenny’s Greek mythology class, saying that the she has gone back and read the assigned text for that class over and over. Powers noted that the gods and goddesses of Greek mythology aren’t all that different from the deities worshipped by the Africans of the various religions she has studied. She finds it interesting that the topics that stuck out or moved her ass a 14-year-old are not that far from the subject she finds so fascinating as an adult.

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yatt Nelson ’95 is living a life that seems to be the epitome of the work-family balance. A resident of Bozeman, Mont., Nelson is a butcherr at the Community Food Co-op, a husb band and a dad. He rides his bike to work each day and sells free-range, grass-ffed, organic, local meat and fish. He learrned the skills working as a butcher’s apprentice in ninth grade in Irvine, Calif. Having always loved the culinary arts, Nelson considered a career as a chef, but decided to keep cooking as a passion rather than a career after hearing about the toll a chef’s hours and demands can have on a family. Husband to Faye and father of Laila, 4, and twins, August and Mia, 21 months, Nelson loves the life he has created. Faye is a fourth-generation Montanan, making their children fifth-generation. The couple loves to ski, hike, bike and enjoy their beautiful surroundings. This lifestyle is in stark contrast to the life Nelson led immediately after leaving Gilmour. During his senior year at the Academy, Nelson and a group of friends went to a “model search” at the Holiday Inn hoping to meet some cute girls. What happened that day sent Nelson on a path that would take him around the world several times over. A scout saw him in the hallway and told him he should consider modeling, leaving him with his business card. Nelson gave the card to his mom, who researched the scout and realized he was

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legitimate. After attending a convention in Rochester, Nelson was courted by many of the major modeling agencies. Upon graduating from Gilmour, he moved to New York and his first modeling job was for Calvin Klein’s worldwide ad campaign, turning Nelson into a male supermodel overnight. Over the next eight years, Nelson lived in New York City, Paris and Tokyo while traveling around the world. Although glamorous and exciting at times – he met Nelson Mandela, knew Gianni Versace personally and went to many exotic places – the lifestyle was, in fact, quite lonely. He spent most of his time on airplanes and in hotels and missed holidays with his family. Modeling also wasn’t what he ever set out to do. Instead, Nelson had dreams of becoming a film director. He decided to move to Los Angeles, looking for a change. He did commercials and some modeling work on the side, while trying to get into the production side of things. This, of course, meant starting at the bottom, a far cry from where he had been as a model. But, Nelson was okay with that as he was ready for something more challenging. During this time period, he went to Montana for a vacation and met a producer named Patrick Markey, who produced “A River Runs Through It” and “The Horse Whisperer,” both of which were shot in Montana. He was starting a new production company, Crazy Mountain, Inc., and hired Nelson to manage it. He worked for the company for three years, helping to develop “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee,” an HBO mini-series. After finishing that project, Nelson decided to follow through on his promise to himself that he would go to college. He graduated in 2010 from Montana State University, after only three years, with a bachelor of arts in film and photo; while going to school, Nelson worked as a digital image technician, got married and had his first child. Patrick Markey, the producer with whom Nelson worked, was a very talented line producer and served as Nelson’s mentor. After working closely

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with him, Nelson discovered he loved the producing side of filmmaking rather than the directing side. After Nelson finished school, a producer called him about a film idea she had looking at the battles war veterans and their families face after returning home. Wyatt Nelson ’95 Nelson signed on to line produce the film, meaning that he would be responsible for creating a budget for the film, hiring the crew, arranging for all the crew’s equipment needs and keeping the film on budget. He began work on the film, eventually titled “Not Yet Begun to Fight,” over two years ago. It tells the story of a retired Marine colonel who returned home from Vietnam and found that fly fishing was the one thing that healed him. Now, with a new generation of soldiers in America returning from war, he runs a program that brings these vets to the river and teaches them to fish. The film follows a group of five veterans on one of these trips as they attempt to begin to heal. The film has been well-received by audiences at each of the film festivals at which it has premiered, winning the 2012 Audience Award at the Florida Film Festival in April and having an extra screening added because of demand at the Mountainfilm Festival in Telluride, Colo. The film was described by critic Kate Santich of the Orlando Sentinel as a “mix of great wild beauty and ugly reality.” While Nelson does love the film production work, he plans to keep it as a side job for now. He enjoys his work as a butcher and the freedom it allows him to enjoy his true loves – his family and his life as a Montanan.

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eff Embleton ’00 is living out the Gilmour mission every day. He clearly has the competence to see and the courage to act and is working to create a more humane and just society. Whether in his work or his pastimes, there is one underlying theme – working for others. After graduating from Kenyon College in ’04, Embleton moved to Oakland, Calif. where he worked as a special education teacher for students in grades 612. After discovering that there was no after-school programming, Embleton started a middle school soccer league that included 15 Oakland-area schools. Soccer was the game of choice as Embleton was a soccer player both at Gilmour and at Kenyon. Embleton employed his other passion, gardening, as well, to engage his students in Oakland. He received a $10,000 grant to start a school garden, teaching the students about nature and responsibility. While teaching and coaching, Embleton also completed his master of fine arts in writing and consciousness at the California Institute of Integral Studies, graduating in 2008. Last August, Embleton moved across the country to Brooklyn. He is currently the dean of culture at a brand new inner city charter school in Brooklyn called Launch Expeditionary Learning Charter School. Currently, the school is for sixth graders and there are 112 enrolled. As the dean of culture, Embleton is responsible for creating a positive school climate by shaping the character and cultural development of the students. He works with the kids on anti-bullying programming, inclusivity training and on tactics they can utilize to deal with difficulties and issues. He plans to implement a middle school soccer league and school garden, similar to the ones he started in Oakland. In addition to helping shape the mentalities of middle-schoolers, Embleton is passionate about shifting the way people think about the environment. After reading an article last summer about a group of people banding together in West Virginia to save a mountain, Embleton was inspired. 48

Jeff Embleton ’00 with his fiancé, Zuleica Lopez, in Peru. The two plan to marry in July 2013 in Monte Rio, Calif.

While he says he was conscious of the things that happen in our world that make our lifestyles possible, he had an awakening of sorts and was moved to write. His creation was a letter written from the earth to a child. He wrote several other poems, all centered on the environmental traumas taking place in the United States. He decided he wanted people to experience his poems with visual accompaniment, so he enlisted the help of some of his artist friends and they collaborated on an illustrated book. The book, titled “Letters from the Earth,” is a collection of original writing, art and photography that fosters conversation about how we live our lives and what it is doing to the environment. The hope that Embleton and his collaborators have is that it will inspire people to recognize the need for change. In order for the book to be printed, the group had to undertake a significant fundraising effort. They launched an online 45-day fundraising campaign this summer. It began June 1 and ran through July 15. In that time frame, the group raised 200 percent of their goal. The money raised will be used for publishing and distribution. The group, in keeping with their message, will print the books using an environmentally friendly press, which significantly increases printing costs. The presses will be run with water and wind power, all the paper used will be sourced from sustainable forests and the dyes will all be organic and non-toxic. Always mindful of his impact on the environment, Embleton will bike-deliver the book orders in the New York City area. For those orders outside of the city, the books will be shipped to one central distribution center and patrons will pick up their orders there, much like the method used by a CSA (communitysupported agriculture). Embleton says his philosophy on life is, “Go as far as your dreams can take you and it’s always important to dream big.” He certainly seems to be employing that line of thinking in every part of his life. Whether working with his students, his soccer players or fellow artists, Embleton couples his passions with lofty goals and hard work to deliver incredible results.

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ew alum Anna Soukenik ’12 is taking her faith on the road. On June 4, Soukenik began the Ambassadors In Sport “Cycle for Hope.” The core group of 10 riders, with another 10 participating for portions of the cycle, traversed approximately 2,000 miles bicycling throughout Northern Europe. The Cycle for Hope continued for about a month, with riders covering an average of 90 miles each day. Although she trained hard and intended to complete the full 2,000 miles, Soukenik’s journey ended early. While crossing a street in Wales, with her feet clipped into the pedals of her bike, Soukenik saw a car coming toward her. In attempting to jump off her bike, she landed on her elbow and broke it. After her injury was treated, Soukenik opted to stay on with the group as they made their way to London, traveling in the group’s support vehicle, and then came back to the States from there. The goal of the cycle was twofold. The group hoped to spread Christ’s message at each stop along the way while also raising awareness and funds for Ambassadors In Sport’s Hope Academies, which are located in Africa and minister to disadvantaged youth as well as prisoners. The cycle participants, in addition to being committed cyclists, are also soccer players and used the universal language of soccer, the world’s most popular sport, to spread their message. The trek began in Portadown in Northern Ireland. From there, the group biked to Dublin and then ferried to Wales. They continued the cycle to London, Amsterdam and on into Germany. The next stop was Prague and the cycle finished in Krakow, Poland. At each stop, the group partnered with local churches and hosted a soccer clinic. The clinic featured specific drills and activities designed to help spread God’s message and encourage teamwork, trust and responsibility. During the clinic,

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someone shared his or her inspiring faith story. The group spent nights staying with host families, sleeping in tents or on church floors. Soukenik became involved in Ambassadors In Sport three years ago when the group hosted a soccer camp in her town. Her family hosted coaches from Northern Ireland and Brazil. She gained so much from the experience that she wanted to become a part of the organization. During the summers of 2010 and 2011, Soukenik participated in Ambassadors In Sport’s playing and coaching tours. The playing tours have taken her throughout Europe as the group played adult teams in Prague and youth teams in Germany and Amsterdam, sharing their mission along the way both on and off the field. The coaching tours have taken her around the U.S. as the participants hosted weeklong soccer camps for children. During her time at Gilmour, Soukenik was a member of the Varsity Soccer team for three years, serving as team captain as a senior. She was named Team Offensive Player of the Year and was named First Team All-Greater Cleveland Conference after totaling eight goals and six assists for 22 points. She was also involved in the school’s Diversity Forum and Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) and received the prestigious Brother Robert Kelly Award for outstanding student service. This fall, Soukenik headed to Gordon College, located about 25 miles outside of Boston in Wenham, Mass. She plays soccer there and also hopes to continue her involvement with Ambassadors In Sport. She says of her experience, “I’ve learned about a real faith in Jesus and it’s given me a joy that I haven’t experienced before.” She adds, “I really enjoy these opportunities because they give me a chance to share and I know that no matter how crazy they seem, like cycling across Europe, no matter how challenging it is, I know that God will be with me and I’ll be able to make it through.”

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he Gilmour Community was blessed to have Br. Peter Graham, C.S.C. living on campus for the past year and serving as a Trustee since 2006. While living at Gilmour, he worked to find new ways to incorporate the Holy Cross charisms into the school culture while tending to serious health issues. Br. Peter lost his battle with cancer on September 11, 2012 at the Hospice of the Western Reserve in Cleveland. Throughout his career as a Holy Cross educator, he taught for one year at St. Edward’s High School in Austin, Texas; spent 11 years at St. Charles Boys Home in Milwaukee, Wis.; served as headmaster at LeMans Academy in Rolling Prairie, Ind. for 14 years; and joined the Gilmour faculty for a year in 1990 before being tapped to become the director of admissions at Archbishop Hoban High School in Akron. He did that for five years and then served as the school’s director of development for the next five years. Through his leadership, the school was able to add a second gymnasium, convert the former brothers’ residence into a science wing and build a golden dome to greet campus visitors. At the request of the provincial, Br. Peter took on the role of president of St. Edward’s High School in Lakewood, Ohio in 2001. He led the school to new heights during his ten years at the helm with the successful completion of a $16 million master plan that included many campus and programming improvements. The chapel, complete with a golden dome, that was built as a part of this plan was Br. Peter’s pride and joy. In his eulogy delivered at Br. Peter’s funeral at the University of Notre Dame, Br. Bob Livernois, C.S.C., an associate principal at Archbishop Hoban, described a conversation he had with Br. Peter in recent months. Referring to the golden domes built under his leadership at Archbishop Hoban and St. Ed’s, Br. Peter wryly said, “I built two golden domes; Fr. Sorin (the founder of the University of Notre Dame) only built one.” Br. Peter retired as president of St. Ed’s after 10 years and in 2010 was named the school’s vice president for mission integration. With his health issues forcing him to make a change last year, Br. Peter returned to Gilmour. Fr. John Blazek, C.S.C., Gilmour’s campus minister, says of Br. Peter, “He worked a lot behind the scenes. He went down to the Lower School last year, at least weekly, to work with Diane Kingsley on how to best teach the Lower School students about the Holy Cross core values.” Br. Peter Graham was a man of vision – able to clearly see how to lead the people and institutions with whom he worked to great successes while always keeping the Holy Cross charisms as his guiding principles.

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Marilyn Wise O’Neill M

arilyn Wise O’Neill passed away July 20, 2012. She was married to Patrick J. O’Neill, who died in 1988. They are survived by their six sons, Patrick, Jr. ’80 (Becky), Michael (Vera), Daniel ’82 (Betsy), Stephen (Heidi), John (Mary Jo ’87) and Brian ’95 (Gena) and 15 grandchildren: Patrick III, James, Alice, Hugh, Timothy, Margaret, Mary, Jayme, Matthew, Josephine, Patricia, Brennan, Liam, William and Frances. Marilyn was loved by her large extended family as well. Marilyn worked for Our Lady of Fatima for many years and for the Achievement Center. She was a member of the Carmelite Guild and served on the Board of Trustees at Gilmour as well as Scarboro Hall and Ursuline College. Both Marilyn and her husband, Pat, were pivotal in sharing our Holy Cross mission and shaping the direction of Gilmour Academy. They were incredibly generous in supporting the school’s educational and capital fundraising efforts. Headmaster Br. Robert Lavelle, C.S.C., said of their generosity, “They cared about Catholic education at Gilmour and led efforts in securing needed resources.” Pat served as a Trustee and, eventually, as President of Gilmour Academy, Inc. During his tenure, he found a unique way to raise money for the Academy when he received permission to drill a gas well that he personally tended to at times. All proceeds from the well went directly to the Academy. Marilyn began her service as a Board member at Gilmour in 1989. She participated on the Academic Affairs Committee for 10 years, working to ensure an engaging and rigorous curriculum. She also spent a year, from 2002-2003, on the Marketing and Admissions Committee. In 2005, she was unanimously recognized as an Honorary Life Trustee in acknowledgement of her many years of service to and support of the Academy. Son Patrick, Jr. ’80 said of his mom’s affinity for Gilmour, “Mom looked at Gilmour as not only a school preparing its students for today’s academic challenges, but more as an institution that prepared young people for the challenges of life while walking within the presence of God.” Current Chairman of the Board Jerry Murphy ’64, said of Marilyn, “She was a very faithful Board member and special friend of the Academy. She was always attentive and enlivened any event with her excellent wit and sense of humor.”

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Thomas O’Neil Callaghan’65 G

ilmour Academy lost one of its most fervent devotees when Thomas Callaghan ’65 passed away November 20, 2012 at Hospice of the Western Reserve. He was the father of John Brendan Callaghan; preceded in death by his parents John Bernet Callaghan and Dorothy O’Neil Callaghan; brother of Brian M. (Kathleen), Anna Catherine Callaghan (deceased), Christy McLaughlin, Susan Marie Callaghan, Dorothy Mary Callaghan (John Gunn) and John B. Callaghan, Jr. He was the loving friend of Deedy Augustus and Lauren Hattenbach, Brendan’s mother. Tom spent more than 30 years in private law practice, the past several as Counsel to Big Game Capital in Chagrin Falls. He was a Trustee and Executive Committee member of Mt. Sinai Medical Center, in addition to serving as Board Chairman for 20 years at Laurelwood Hospital, where he steadfastly led efforts to improve the quality and scope of behavioral health care services in the region. Since 2001, he was a Trustee of the Cleveland Clinic Myeloma Foundation, providing support and encouragement to patients and families confronting multiple myeloma. He frequently travelled across the country giving motivational talks for the International Myeloma Foundation and other cancer survivor groups. Tom was a faithful supporter of Gilmour Academy as a member of the class of 1965, where he established deep and lasting friendships. Former Gilmour athletic director and longtime coach Vern Weber said that Tom was “the heart of his class that has meshed so well and has such great friendships.” In describing Tom, dear friend and classmate, Ray Murphy ’65, said, “Tom spent his four years at Gilmour distinguishing himself scholastically, athletically, spiritually and socially. He never forgot how important Gilmour was to his development, and that is why he remained faithful and supportive of the school the rest of his life.” He added, “Tom was a better person for having gone to Gilmour, and Gilmour is a better school for his having been there.”

He was a member of the Gilmour Board of Trustees; a member of the Alumni Board of Governors; Recruitment Co-chair for the Faith in Our Future-Educating the Mind and Heart Campaign; Chair of the school's Athletic Commission; and Co-chair of the Class of 1965 Annual Fund Committee. He also served as an advisor to the Academy’s Major Gifts program. Tom was inducted into Gilmour's Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999, a reflection of his outstanding athletic prowess, especially on the football field. Finally, for his tireless service to the institution, he was honored with the 2011 Gilmour Academy Alumni of the Year Award. Another lifelong friend and classmate, Bob Heltzel ’65, said of Tom, “I don’t think we’ll see the end of the ripple effect of Tom’s love for Gilmour in our lifetime.” He went on to say, “His love for Gilmour certainly kept in the forefront of all our minds what a great institution it is and how much it meant to all of us.” Tom was a proud graduate of Boston College and Cornell School of Law. He was a wholly devoted father, a realistic optimist, a consummate grammarian, proficient at golf, and a considerate and loyal friend. He will be remembered as a hail-fellow-well-met: heartily friendly and congenial, often greeting friends with song. After Tom was presented with the Alumni of the Year Award, his son Brendan was asked to say something about him. Without needing to pause for even a second, he responded, “Dad, I couldn’t be a more proud son. You have been the absolute best example I could ever imagine.” He spoke of the life lessons he learned from his father and finished by saying, “I couldn’t ask for a better father and for that I am forever grateful.” Gilmour Academy is most grateful for the assiduous service Tom has provided the school for so many years.

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MEMORIAL Gilmour Academy expresses sympathy to the families of the following: THOMAS CALLAGHAN ’65 Trustee; brother of Dorothy Callaghan Gunn (G.O.) ’72 EDWARD A. KELLEY ’57 BRIAN F. LAVELLE ’59 brother of Neal P. Lavelle ’53 and uncle of Matthew T. Heffernan ’93 and David H. Lavelle ’89 TOBY J. RODA ’87 brother of Christopher ’84 and Matthew ’86 DONALD H. WAGNER ’60

Our sympathy also is extended to the alumni and families of the following: RALPH J. ALFIDI, father of John ’86 (deceased) JANE ANDERSON, grandmother of Alexandra ’09 and Elizabeth ’13 Haynes MARIA ASSUNTA BERNARDO, mother of Ralph ’83; grandmother of Kenneth Farona ’11 PAUL A. BROER, father of Janet Broer Keeler ’84, David ’85 and Jeffrey ’86 Broer and Jennifer Broer Drozdowski ’88 JUDEANN BROGAN, sister of Joseph Vecchio ’80; sister-in-law of Anne Corrigan G.O. ’82

LEONARD A. BRZOZOWSKI, grandfather of Nicole ’14 and Laura ’15

BR. PETER M. GRAHAM, C.S.C., Trustee and former Gilmour administrative associate

LESLIE CURRAN, aunt of Grant ’16 and Ryan ’18 Zarrinmakan

WILLIAM F. HAUSERMAN, Honorary Trustee; father of Teri Hauserman G.O. ’74, Cynthia Hauserman Little G.O. ’75 and Patricia Hauserman Winder G.O. ’76

SALVATORE DESALVA, grandfather of Kevin Berry, Gilmour Upper School religious studies instructor EDWARD W. DIFIORE, uncle of August ’83 THERESA DIPIETRO, grandmother of Anthony III ’91 THOMAS A. DODSON, father of Daniel ’95 FRANK J. DOTTORE, grandfather of Tawnya Santoiemmo Zucker ’87, Ginenne Santoiemmo Rothlisberger ’89 and Frank Santoiemmo ’03; great-grandfather of Colin ’14 and McKenzie ’16 Zucker THERESE B. DOTTORE, grandmother of Camille ’12 and Olivia ’16 MARGARET MARY DuCHEZ, grandmother of Elizabeth DuChez Turk ’94, Cheryl DuChez Pawlowski ’96 and Neil DuChez ’99 SUSAN DURKOSKE, mother of Jocelyn ’04 and Kristina ’06

ANN HRIVNAK, grandmother of Allison Carbone Spinos ’92 and Ross Carbone ’95 ALAN JANOTA, uncle of Jessica ’14 ELEANORE A. KAPEL, mother of Marianne Kapel MacLean G.O. ’72 and Kevin Kapel ’76 CHRISTINE KELLER, relative of Br. Richard Keller, C.S.C., Upper School library assistant LEAH FACKOS KLUMPH, wife of John ’73 IGNACIO G. LAHORRA, grandfather of Ignatius ’26 JAMES M. LALLY, brother-in-law of Lewis Lanza ’57 PATRICIA LEHTONEN, mother of Sara Demshar Shepardson ’94 BARBARA M. MACCARTHY, grandmother of Megan ’12 and Emily ’14 Diemer; mother-in-law of John Diemer ’82

LUCY FIORTA, grandmother of Timothy ’02 DINA L. FLESHER, mother of Emma ’09 and Oliver ’12 55

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BR. FREDERICK McGLYNN, C.S.C, former Gilmour Upper School instructor RAYMOND G. MENDELSOHN, father of Raymond, Jr. ’76 MARY MIRENDA, grandmother of Alexandra Collins ’06 WILLIAM A. MULLEE, grandfather of Sean ’16 JULIA H. MULLIGAN, mother of John ’64, William ’72 and Thomas ’75 MICHAEL MURPHY, father of James ’78 and Sean ’83 HELEN S. OLENCHICK, mother of Rodney, Gilmour Academy director of transportation JAMES F. O’NEIL, brother of J. Philip ’50; uncle of Katherine O’Neil Kerwin ’88, Sarah O’Neil Hannibal ’89 and Ann O’Neil Fitzgerald ’92 MARILYN W. O’NEILL, Honorary Trustee; mother of Patrick, Jr. ’80, Daniel ’82 and Brian ’95; mother-in-law of Mary Jo ’87 grandmother of Brennen ’23 RAPHAEL PALANCA, grandfather of Geoffrey Krueger ’05

FRANK PAUL, uncle of Denise Paulin Bangasser ’90 and Ilona Paulin Emmerth ’94 SHIRLEY A. RILEY, wife of Bernard, a special friend of Gilmour Academy and Our Lady Chapel SUSI RIVIOTTA, mother of Cagney ’04 WILLIAM C. RONYAK, uncle of Alan ’78 ROBERT E. SCHADE, grandfather of William ’95 and David ’97 Jirousek PAULA FRANTZ SCULLY, mother of Dale Belock ’93, sister of Mark ’65, David ’66, Roger ’69, Joseph ’75 and Peter ’78 Frantz; aunt of Julia Frantz ’16; niece of Philip Clancey ’50 CHARLES SHARP, grandfather of Mikayla ’14 DOMICELE K. SIRVAITIS, grandmother of Aire ’14 SANDRA SPARKS, mother of Yvonne Wright, Gilmour housekeeping employee JOHN H. STEPHAN, SR., father of Jennifer Stephan Sroub G.O. ’75; grandfather of Katharine ’06 and Jackson ’09 Sroub; father-in-law of Brian Sroub ’77

IDA N. TASSI, grandmother of Arthur ’72; great-grandmother of Holly ’06 HAL TIELAN, former Gilmour Academy instructor BARBARA TINKER, sister of Arlene Smith, Gilmour Academy advancement associate CLAUDE USSAI, grandfather of Erin ’07 and Joseph ’13 Galloway TINKHAM VEALE II, special friend of Gilmour Academy PAUL VOLPE, grandfather of PJ ’14 and Daniel ’16 BARBARA B. WEINFURTNER, grandmother of Casey ’11 ANN E. WOS, grandmother of Ashton ’98 (deceased)

CORPORATION MEMBERS AND TRUSTEES 201 11 - 2012 Board Members PRESIDENT Mr. Vincent A. Chiarucci VICE PRESIDENT Mr. David D. Carr SECOND VICE PRESIDENT Mrs. Lynn Arko Kelley (G.O.) ’73 TREASURER Mr. Fred G. Botek, Esq. ’85 ASSISTANT TREASURER Br. Robert E. Lavelle, C.S.C. SECRETARY Mr. Michael E. Elliott, Esq. ’71 ASSISTANT SECRETARY Br. Charles T. Smith, C.S.C. Chairman Mr. Murlan J. Murphy, Jr. ’64 Members Rev. John J. Blazek, C.S.C. ’58 Mr. Vincent F. DeCrane Br. Chester A. Freel, C.S.C. Br. Peter Graham, C.S.C.* Br. Kenneth Haders, C.S.C. Br. James C. Spooner, C.S.C.

Trustees Mr. Anthony J. Asher Mr. Thomas O. Callaghan ’65* Mr. Kevin R. Callahan ’75 Mrs. Carole A. Carr Mrs. Jill Clark Mrs. Suzanne Dick Mrs. Tina M. Donikowski Mr. Robert C. Fisher Mr. Mark G. Frantz ’65 Mr. Michael A. Gleason Mr. Daniel P. Harrington Mr. W. Nicholas Howley Mrs. Carole A. Keating Mr. John J. Lennon Mr. Thomas J. Marrie Mrs. Rosary Martin Mr. Robert Monitello Dr. Linda Neiheiser Mrs. Ann Chiarucci O’Brien (G.O.) ’76 Mr. Richard M. Osborne, Sr. Mr. John E. Pallat III ’78 Mr. Anthony M. Panzica ’71 Mr. James R. Pender Mr. Michael A. Poklar Mr. Frank A. Potenziani Mr. Kenneth C. Ricci Ms. Amy I. Ritchie ’87 Mr. Matthew W. Roddy ’86 Mr. Oliver E. Seikel ’55 Mr. David C. Wagner Dr. Charles V. Wellman ’68

Ex-Officio Officers Mr. Edward Rapp President Gilmour Academy Men’s Club Ms. Susanna Ross Ryavec President Gilmour Academy Women’s Club Mrs. Kris Rogers President Gilmour Academy Lower School Parents Organization Mr. Robert C. Ondak, Jr. ’91 President Gilmour Academy Alumni Association

Honorary Trustees Mr. John H. Borkey, Sr. Mr. F. Joseph Callahan, Jr. Mr. William A. Flesher ’51* Mr. Edward M. Foley Mr. William F. Hauserman* Mr. E. Timothy Holzheimer ’61 Mrs. Joseph H. (Jean) Keller Sr. Claudia Klyn, O.S.U. Mr. Ernest P. Mansour Mr. Anthony J. Martino Mrs. Patrick J. (Marilyn) O’Neill* Mr. Raymond R. Rhode ’51 Mrs. Ridley (Skip) Watts, Jr. *Deceased

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