why i give

why i give Susan Kasten

Dan Kasten did not know he had an interview for a teaching position at Greenhill School until his wife, Susan, told him the day before. Susan had answered a phone call from Phil Foote, former Greenhill Head of School, while Dan was out of town. Excited about the prospect of visiting Dallas and going to Six Flags Over Texas, she scheduled an interview for Dan.

The day before the interview, Susan finally told Dan that he had an interview at Greenhill School in Dallas, Texas. He responded, "Well, this is going to be an interesting day."

The Kastens, including their young daughters Amy and Jenny, left their home in Louisiana at 5:00 AM to get to Dallas in time for the interview. The day trip to Dallas turned into four days: On the first day, Dan interviewed on campus; on the second day, their daughters took the Greenhill entrance exam; on the third day, they found a home; and on the fourth day, they finally made their way to Six Flags Over Texas.

Dan, Amy, and Jenny started at Greenhill in the summer of 1982. Amy graduated in 1996, and Jenny followed a year later in 1997. In 2014, Amy returned to campus as an Upper School history teacher. Susan recalls, "Dan was bursting with happiness and pride that Amy chose to teach at Greenhill. When Amy returned to Greenhill, her son was enrolled in the Child Development Center. We had three generations of Kastens on Greenhill soil at once—it was a special time."

Dan Kasten retired in 2016 after teaching English for 34 years at Greenhill. He passed away in June 2017 from esophageal cancer. His service was held in Rose Hall in the Marshall Family Performing Arts Center at Greenhill. “Second to his wife and daughters, my father loved Greenhill. This was a place that gave him an intellectual and spiritual community that he had always wanted.

I have never met anyone who loved their job more than Dan Kasten did. Giving back to the school is a way of thanking the community for the love it gave my father and our whole family.” – Dr. Amy Bresie ’96

This year, Susan became a member of the Fulton Society by making a planned gift to Greenhill and listing the school as a beneficiary of her estate. She said, "Nothing would make Dan happier than to support Greenhill School. He never asked me to, but I know him well, and this is what he would have wanted me to do." Her gift will benefit the General Endowments for Financial Aid and Faculty Salaries.

We welcome the opportunity to talk with you about your Greenhill experiences and about your support for the School. Please contact Aaron White, Major Gifts & Planned Giving Officer, or visit www.greenhill.org/giving/planned-giving for more information!

Greenhill Board of Trustees 2020–2021

off icers

Holland P. Gary ’93

Chair Augusto Sasso

Board Chair-Elect Roy S. Kim ’88

Assistant Chair/Secretary Grace Smith

Finance Chair/Treasurer

trustees

Leslie Benners Joe Chu Albertina M. Cisneros Megan Considine ’97 PA President-Elect, ex-officio Koshi Dhingra, Ed.D. Aaron Enrico David Fox Louis Gennarelli David C. Greenstone Lee J. Hark, Head of School, ex-officio Kenji Hashimoto Jay Henry Karlyn Herlitz Zack Hicks Joan Hill, Ed.D. Rachel Ladin ’91 Lester Levy, Jr. ’79 Jet Li Clayton S. Lougée ’03 Alumni Board President, ex-officio Marlo Melucci Rich Moses Adriana Perales David Podolsky Tracy Rathbun Jennipher Rice, PA President, ex-officio Ashley Scheer Hardeep Sehgal Bruce Sostek Bharti Subramanian, Ph.D. Beth Thomas Lori Whitten Linda Wimberly Bing Xie Jeff Zlotky

former board chairs electing to serve ex-officio

David L. Johnson ’67, Trustee since 1987 H. Ronald Nash, Trustee since 1987 William E. Rose ’85, Trustee since 2003

lifetime trustee

Rusty Jaggers, Trustee since 1994 E. Pierce Marshall, Jr. ’86, Trustee since 1996 Daniel T. Phillips, Trustee since 1997 Molly Fulton Seeligson ’60, Trustee since 2009 The Hill in print is published once a year in the spring by the Communications and Advancement Offices.

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