HUN TODAY
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The Magazine for Alumni, Families, and Friends of The Hun School of Princeton
HUN TODAY
Editor Nancy DePalma ’92
Board of Trustees
Alumni Board
Stephen T. Wills, Board Chair
Leigh Ann Peterson ’86, President
Susan McGlory Michel, Board Vice Chair
Jonathan Begg ’05, Vice President
Jonathan G. Brougham, Head of School
Sarah Dileo Craig ’07, Reunions and Events
Edward Breen
Nora Saunders Dunnan ’06
Rajiv Dahiya
Rashawn Glenn ’92
Marianne Deane
Gabrielle Graff ’98
Christiana Foglio
Robert Kuchar ’01
Peter (PJ) Fonseca ’04
John Law ’10, Young Alumni
Johnny T.Y. Fung ’77
Arnold Lewis ’79
Xavier Goss ’99
Dana Hughes Moorhead ’95, Reunions and Events
Kerry Kandel, Chair, Parents' Association
Kathleen Geiger Perry ’99
Scott Landis ’92
Patrick Quirk ’02
Brian C. Logue ’75
Jennifer Phillips Raics ’89
Ralph “Rip” Mason, III ’69
Krista Ross ’88
Jennifer Mitchell, Faculty Representative to the Board
Nicholas Scozzari ’77
Andrew H. Monfried ’87
Irvin Urken ’68
Herman Penner ’64
Tyler Veth ’11, Hun Fund
Leigh Ann Peterson ’86, President, Alumni Association
Marketing and
Michael J. Renna
Communications Associate
Leah T. Ricci ’96
Editorial Board Rebecca Barus ’15 Marketing and Communications Associate, Writer and Photographer Jonathan G. Brougham
Danner Riebe ’79
Parents’ Association Executive Board
Eric P. Rosenblum
Kerry Kandel, Chair
Robert Siegel ’88
Charmaine L’Oiseau, Secretary
Wayne Slappy ’95
Sosi Balian, Treasurer
Alicia Klosowski Tillman ’93
Katrina Bricker
Susan Ward
Eve Gelade
Richard Goldman, Esq., Corporate Secretary and Counsel
Associate Head of School Alexis Brock Chief Advancement Officer
Chief Marketing Officer
Dongfang “Dianna” Li Kathleen Mitchell-D’Aulerio
Emeriti Trustees Helen Boehm* Raymond Bowers* Lynn Breen Alexander Buck, Sr. ’49* Richard Challener ’44* Paul Chesebro*
Maureen Scannapieco Leming ’95
Mercedes Kelso Susan McCoy
Head of School Steven C. Bristol
Meghan Hayes
G. Gerald Donaldson H’14
Cathleen Morgan Pearlina Neverdal Kristi Pasieka Yinghui “Penny” Peng Michele Spektor Barbara Tarzy Smita Upadhyay Lisa Wehner
Leslie Florio Thomas P. Gallagher Thomas Gorrie
Thomas Monfiletto ’04 Associate Director of Marketing
Arthur Hailand ’41* A.C. Reeves Hicks* Thomas Horwich ’59
On the Cover
Hugh Hurley
Women from
John Y. Keffer ’60
the first classes
Alan Landis ’61*
to include girls at
Director Service Learning
Daniel Lieblich ’34*
Hun returned
History and Global
Ralph Mason, Sr.*
to campus for
Antonio Pirone ’56*
Convocation in
Louis Pyle*
September.
and Communications Lynn McNulty
Studies Department Alyssa Onisick Digital Communications Specialist
Patrick Ryan Perry Sellon ’34* John Stoddard* Lucy Stretch*
Bridget Tavani Associate Director for Donor and Parent Relations
George F. Tidey ’51* F. Kevin Tylus ’73
Hun Today is published by the Office of Marketing and Communications for the alumni, families, and friends of The Hun School of Princeton 176 Edgerstoune Road, Princeton, NJ 08540 Volume 42, Number 1 / Copyright ©2022.
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C ntents 2 A Message from the Head of School
4 50th Anniversary Timeline Milestones of the First Five Decades of Girls at Hun
8 From the Archives A Historical Look at the Admission of Girls
26 Roll Call Meet a Few of our Fantastic Students
32 Unbreakable Bonds From Roommates to Lifelong Friends
35 It’s All Politics NextTerm’s Women in Politics Immerses Students in Important Issues
10 The First Females Their Experience, in Their Own Words
36 Shattering the Glass Ceiling Seven Alumnae Who are Breaking Barriers in Their Careers
12 Rewriting History Modern Edits to Beloved English
41 Making Sure it All Adds Up
Teacher Carol Arnold’s Article, “Girls at Hun: The First Ten Years”
A Quiet Leader With a Knack for Numbers
14 Faculty Influencers
42 In the Boardroom
Six Faculty Members Who Made
The Longest-Serving and the
Their Mark on the School
Newest Female Trustees
18 Staying Power
45 Class Notes
Five Longstanding Faculty Members Who Influence Every Day
65 In Memoriam 22 Lead, Not Follow A Spotlight on Student Leadership
Henry Doyle Ana Maria Figueroa Joyce Haggerty Penney John Sabol
A MESSAGE FROM THE
HEAD OF SCHOOL “Resilience” has been our campus watchword throughout these long months of the pandemic. Our students and adults have shared in the same worries and sacrifices as the rest of the world. Yet, thanks to their endless hard work and adaptability, we have been able to maintain continuously productive and inspiring academic experiences and a full assortment of enlivening activities outside of class. Hun is still Hun. And each day, I watch students meet new challenges head on, buoyed by the knowledge that they will thrive no matter what roadblock is placed in their way. Fifty years ago, the first females to enroll at The Hun School pushed aside a different roadblock, and charted a path for
“
Hun girls have created an
enormously important legacy at Hun.”
future generations of girls. Outnumbered, they joined their male counterparts in the classrooms, on the stage, and on playing fields – thriving in all areas. You will have the opportunity to hear their words in the pages that follow, but most credit their Hun School experience for preparing them for successful careers and rewarding lives. In the fifty years that followed, Hun girls have created an enormously important legacy at Hun. They have been academic leaders; since 1974, 55% of Hun valedictorians have been female. They have been co-curricular leaders; in 2020, 52% of campus club leaders were girls. And, perhaps most importantly, they have blazed a path toward equal respect and full participation in every branch of school life. A campuswide survey conducted in 2019 indicated that 97% of our girls believe students have equal access to faculty and academic resources, regardless of gender. These achievements are a fitting tribute to those first women who took those tentative first steps on campus in the fall of 1971. As our yearlong celebration of the 50th anniversary of girls and women at Hun continues, I am reminded that challenges, however insurmountable they may seem, do indeed fortify us. We are far better than we were fifty years ago. Who knows how much better we will be in the next fifty? Sincerely, JONATHAN G. BROUGHAM
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The 2021-2022 academic year marks fifty years since girls enrolled at The Hun School of Princeton. They did not view themselves as renegades; they were simply intellectually curious students with a desire to learn. However, they forged a new path in a School that had been dominated by males for nearly sixty years. And, they made their mark despite challenges (fielding athletic teams, for one), leaving the School better positioned for future generations. In a yearlong celebration of special events and programming, we honor the women of the past and empower the girls of the present. We hope you will join us in commemorating this historic event.
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CENTENNIAL SPEAKER SERIES This year’s Speakers’ Series has been themed in honor of the Anniversary. It kicked off with Alicia Tillman ’93. Guests include: • Freestyle Love Supreme Academy, Lin Manuel Miranda’s Hip-Hop Improv Group • Katty Kay, co-author of The Confidence Code • Camille Schrier ’13, Her Royal Scientist, Miss America 2020
• Kimberly McCreight ’90, New York Times bestselling author • Jennifer Pharr Davis, Appalachian Trail record holder for men and women The Wilf Family Global Commons is hosting an exhibition spotlighting the female student, faculty, and staff experience at Hun from 1971 through the present day. Unveiled in November, the exhibition includes a timeline of important milestones in The Hun School’s history, as well as photographs of the female experience spanning the decades from the 1970s to today. The exhibition will remain on display until June 2022.
ALUMNAE PROGRAMMING Special gatherings of alumnae-centered programming throughout the year including Alumni Weekend.
STUDENT PROGRAMMING A robust calendar of student programming has been designed in conjunction with the 50th Anniversary. Programming includes: • The Young Women’s Leadership Cohort mentorship events • Small group conversations around gender • White Ribbon Campaign • Networking dinners with alumnae
WE HONOR THE WOMEN OF THE PAST AND EMPOWER
• Play for Her Clinic
THE GIRLS OF
• Female Athlete Network (F.A.N.)
THE PRESENT.
• “Our Different Paths,” a student-led gender equity conference on March 26, 2022
COLL ABORATIVE 3D MURAL PROJEC T A butterfly-themed 3D mural envisioned by faculty members Sean Hildreth and Megan Skelly and produced by Chandler Strange ’98 and Jane Moore Houghton ’83, designed to engage and educate students about alumnae leaders. Special programming will include student painting sessions, a collaborative studio session with Mrs. Moore Houghton ’83 on November 5th, and artist talks in April. The mural will be unveiled on Alumni Weekend, April 29th - May 1st.
“ONE IN TEN” The Janus Players and Theatre Director Bill Esher will present a Verbatim Theatre production featuring the words and experiences of The Hun School’s first coed classes. The play will debut on Alumni Weekend.
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A TIMELINE OF Her at Hun
• Randall Lane, Chief Content Officer at Forbes
A yearbook photo of Dr. Fankhauser
1952
1959
Dr. Erna Fankhauser joins The Hun School faculty
Eleanor Roosevelt visits campus to christen a rowing shell.
Dr. Fankhauser is the first female teacher hired at The Hun School. Prior to joining the School, she was among the first female teachers hired by Princeton University. She taught classical languages and German.
Her son, Elliott Roosevelt, known as “Rosie,” was a member of the crew team and graduated from The Hun School in 1930.
1972 Helen Boehm becomes the first female member of the Board of Trustees
1971
Mrs. Boehm, an optician, founded world-renowed Boehm Porcelain with her husband and continued to operate the business after his death in the 1960s.
Headline from the special edition of The Mall announcing the Board of Trustees’ decision
The first female students enroll at The Hun School Thirty-five female students enroll at The Hun School as day students. Mrs. Boehm attends a Board of Trustees meeting.
1973 Kathryn Otero Quirk arrives at The Hun School as a girls’ coach
1974 Heidi Baltzer ’74 becomes the first female valedictorian
Mrs. Quirk served The Hun School community for forty-six years as a teacher, coach, dorm parent, and associate director of athletics before retiring in 2019.
A photo of Mrs. Quirk taken during her first year on campus
Since 1974, 55% of Hun valedictorians have been girls. Ms. Baltzer’s senior yearbook photo
1974
1975
Barbara Otway ’74 is the first female awarded the Faculty Prize at Commencement
Author and educator Linda Kirschner teaches eight seminars on “Feminism and Women in Literature” as part of the Visiting Scholars Program
1975
Ms. Otway’s senior yearbook photo
Faith Dixon ’75 becomes the first Black female graduate
1975
Ms. Dixon was cited for her dedicated service as a volunteer at Princeton Medical Center in 1973.
The Hun School enrolls its first female boarding students Ms. Dixon’s yearbook photo
1975 Mary Jane LaPorte named director of Middle School
Barbara Deitz Caprioni ’76 is the first of nineteen female boarding students admitted in the fall of 1975. The girls resided on the second and third floors of Russell Hall.
Mrs. Caprioni’s senior photograph. In September 2021, she joined several other alumnae on campus for Convocation.
She is the first woman to hold that position.
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1997 Elaine Murphy ’80 and Barbara DeMarco ’81 are the first alumnae named to the Board of Trustees
1996 Barbara DeMarco ’81 is the first female named Alumna of the Year Ms. DeMarco’s senior photograph
Ms. Murphy’s senior photograph
1996 1987
In its first year, two women were named to the School’s Athletic Hall of Fame: Nicole Arendt ’87 (tennis - Ms. Arendt was ranked third in the world) and Maureen Gorman ’80 (basketball) Ms. Arendt and Ms. Gorman’s senior photographs A yearbook photo of Dr. Dineen
Dr. Susan Dineen, a faculty member in the English department, establishes a gender issues study group for faculty
1983 Roberta King named head of Middle School
1985 Esther Iovine is the first Black woman to receive the yearbook tribute
Mrs. King became the first woman on the Administrative Team. A yearbook photo of Mrs. King
Ms. Iovine served on the dining hall staff for more than a decade. A yearbook photo of Mrs. Iovine
Ms. Globus and Ms. Sinha’s senior photographs
1983 Gender Studies is offered to seniors Six males and seven females take the course, which meets twice per week in the evenings with students from The Lawrenceville School.
1981 The Hun School Quiz Bowl Team wins the New Jersey State Championship with Donna Globus ’82 and Captain Anushua Sinha ’83 comprising half of the team.
1979
A yearbook photo of Mrs. Arnold
Carol Arnold is named dean of girls
1978
Mrs. Arnold was eventually named dean of students and worked at Hun until 1999. She was the first person in her position to reside on campus. Her two sons attended Hun, and her husband was a teacher on campus for six years before his death.
The next year, 1979, an all-female ticket was elected officers of Student Council.
1978 Barbara Otway ’74 becomes the first Hun School Teaching Fellow After graduating from Bethany College with a BA in Communications, Ms. Otway returned to Princeton to teach, coach, and live in the dorms.
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Laura Murphy and Adrianne Tuccillo are elected President and Vice-President of the Junior Class
1979 Student Council Officers: Maria Greco, secretary; Amy Hill, president; Danner Schmunk, vice-president.
1978 Carter Dormitory becomes the girls’ dorm It accommodated fifty-eight students and was at capacity in its first year.
2004
1997
Ms. Jacob’s senior photograph
Lindsay Jacob ’04 organizes and publishes Hun’s first underground student newspaper, the Quill
A new spring elective is offered: Introduction to Gender Issues
2001 Emily Donati ‘03 joins all-male wrestling team; Tiffany Carter ‘03 joins all-male ice hockey team
Lindsay was also the first student speaker selected to speak at Hun’s Commencement. She went on to study journalism at Princeton University before losing her battle to cancer in 2007.
2007
Ms. Donati and Ms. Carter’s senior photographs
Dr. Katharin Kiefer named dean of faculty Dr. Kiefer joined The Hun School as a biology teacher in 1980. She retired in 2017.
2010 As part of her senior project, Farema Al Gharbi ’10 interned at General Electric and studied the spread of disease in North Africa and the Middle East
2013 First female leadership endowment established in honor of Michelle Bonacci Marks ‘89 The endowment was established through the generosity of friends and family of Michelle Bonacci Marks ‘89, whose commitment to excellence in athletics, academics, and leadership exemplified the School’s highest ideals.
A yearbook photo of Dr. Kiefer
2014 2013 Janine Cadet ’13 and Breyana Greats ’13 spearhead Diversity Day to celebrate Hun’s community of students from twenty countries and fifteen states
2019
Faculty Member Lynn McNulty teaches AP European History from her car Long before Zoom instruction was a daily occurrence, Faculty Member Lynn McNulty, stuck in an ice storm on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, teaches AP European History from her car. CNN picks up on the news and broadcasts it nationwide.
2016 Dana Radanovic is named co-chair of The Blue Sky Team, a faculty innovation group
NextTerm: Women in Politics
Mrs. Radanovic is well known for her creativity, having created X Day in the Middle School. It was named RAD Day in her honor on the occasion of her retirement in 2021.
NextTerm, an immersive three-week academic experience exploring real-world issues, launches with a course dedicated to Women and Politics.
2018 Girls Leadership Cohort Formed
Girls in the Women in Politics class traveled to Washington, DC to meet with female lawmakers.
2020 The first Women’s Leadership Conference is hosted by Gender Equity Matters and The Hun School The theme of the virtual conference was Breaking Boundaries, and the goal was to promote intersectional conversations on the role women play in our world.
The YWLC is a group of twenty junior and senior girls plus a new cohort of twenty ninth and tenth grade girls, all nominated by the faculty for their strong leadership potential. The students in the program undergo extensive leadership training, including skill development, networking, and breaking barriers.
2021 The 50th anniversary of girls and women To kick off the yearlong anniversary celebration, some alumnae from the first Hun classes returned to campus for Convocation.
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the DECISION
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a Historical Overview of THE DECISION TO ADMIT GIRLS
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In Her Words
Women from the first coed classes at The Hun School were invited to take part in this year’s Convocation, an annual ceremony marking the beginning of the academic year. Many had not set foot on campus since graduation five decades earlier, but five women returned and shared their stories of what it was like to be among the first girls at The Hun School. We share their reflections, in their own words.
Cindy Skoriak Guyer ’72
Barbara Deitz Caprioni ’76
Amy Grodnick Eckenthal ’75
What brought you to Hun?
Tell us about your experience.
What brought you to Hun?
“I wasn’t challenged enough at my
“I came as a boarder and all of
“My best friend at Hun was Mindy
previous school, so I came to Hun
my best friends were boarders. It
Friedman. I knew her from my temple
was a family—a beautiful family. I
in Trenton, and I heard about Hun
also became very close with a lot
admitting girls from her.”
because I wanted small classes and individual attention.” Tell us about your experience.
team because we were the first girl managers/ball girls of the team.”
Tell us about your experience. “I was glad
“There were just
Do you have any favorite memories?
to be here.
six girls in my
I have so many favorite stories but the
I felt more
class, but the Hun atmosphere—with all kinds of people, foreign students, the boys, etc.—made me more confident. It helped me in my career. I was the first woman land surveyor hired by the company I work for now. There were very few women in land surveying then, and Hun helped me prepare for that.” Did you experience any challenges?
way I was embraced by the community
confident and comfortable,
here is really my
and fared better
herstory. The
here than I would
boarders…the day students who brought us to their homes…It’s all tattooed in my mind and led me to
have elsewhere. I liked the teachers because they were very warm and welcoming to us. I was studious and I liked to learn.” How do you reflect on your time at Hun? “My husband always says that I got a fantastic education. I know I did.”
directions I never imagined.” How do you reflect on your experience?
Diane (Dee Dee) Cronin ’76
“When you come to Hun, you know no
Tell us about your experience.
one. Looking back, I have wondered,
“We were the first bunch of girls that
Do you have any fond memories?
‘how did you do that…moving away
started as freshmen. We didn’t have
“I met my husband at Hun! We have
from home, not knowing anyone but
many girls to hang with, but we stayed
been married for forty-six years now.”
your brother and Mr. Beach…but it
together all through high school,
made an impression on me, it was a
college, and the friendships I made
footprint on my forever family.”
here are continuing to this day.”
“There weren’t enough girls for a tennis team then, but it was still worth it to come here.”
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What are your fondest memories of your time at Hun? “The fun we had in class! The girls were outnumbered—sometimes there were only two of us in class—and we got spoiled by the teachers, but it didn’t mean we didn’t have to work. And, the guys really took
Five Decades of Friendship: Jasmin Leary Barry ’75 and Fran Doyle Stokes ’76
Fran Doyle Stokes ’76 was
already
very
familiar with the The Hun School campus by the time she enrolled as a student. As the daughter
of
Henry
Doyle, who served as director of facilities
care of us. They
for twenty-one years,
made sure things
Mrs. Stokes grew up with her siblings in an apartment in Russell Hall. Hun
were working for us.” Did you experience any challenges? “The middle school I went to was pass/fail, so after that first marking period at Hun they posted the names and grades on the assistant headmaster’s door. I went home and said that wasn’t going to happen again. I wanted my name at the top.” How do you reflect on your time here? “It taught me discipline and how to have long-lasting friendships. Also, since international boarding students started coming here then, it also gave me a different view on people and the world.”
was her playground—she even roller skated in Russell basement. “There was a door from our apartment directly to the basement and there is a bump in the floor there that I used to go roller skating over,” laughs the gregarious Mrs. Stokes. In contrast, Jasmin Leary Barry ’75 did not know anyone when she enrolled at the School, but her mother, who knew thenHeadmaster Dr. Chesebro through a connection, convinced her to attend. Mrs. Barry spent many long days at Hun while her mother worked, and she soon struck up a friendship with Mrs. Stokes, despite being a year apart in class. “Fran was always around and since I was here late too, we started spending time together.” They even worked the switchboard together. “Back then, you had to answer
Barbara Waterman ’75
the phone and then hook in the lines to connect the calls.” Soon, the two were
What brought you to Hun?
“Mr. Doyle was like a father to me.” Eventually, Mrs. Barry and her mother
“My father was a teacher and coach at
were invited to join the Doyles for Christmas. The two women have kept that
Hun. I wanted to be just like him when I
tradition going ever since, with 2020 the only exception (due to the pandemic).
grew up.”
The friends remember their time as students fondly while marveling at the Tell us about your experience. “I loved high school here at
inseparable, with Mrs. Barry having dinner many nights with the Doyle family.
changes that have occurred in the last fifty years. “When we were here, you had to take an etiquette class,” explains Mrs. Barry. “They taught you how to host a dinner party, open a bottle of wine, and even how to store your furs,” she laughs.
Hun—even more
Both Mrs. Barry and Mrs. Stokes have witnessed the many changes at the
than my college
School personally—both returned as staff members years later. Mrs. Barry
experience. I had a group of friends and we were inseparable.” Did you experience any challenges? “The rules and discipline at Hun were hard for me at first, but I took what I
returned first in 2004. She has spent eighteen years in the Advancement office, where she works on alumni engagement and reunion giving. Incidentally, the Advancement office is located in what was once the Stokes family’s apartment. Mrs. Stokes was encouraged to return to Hun in 2008 by Mrs. Barry, who saw a part-time opening in the bookstore and knew just the person. When the two first met several decades ago, they could never have known then that theirs would be a friendship lasting long past Edgerstoune Road. It would include happy moments, such as marriages (Mr. Doyle walked Mrs.
learned here and put it into action in my
Barry down the aisle at her wedding) and the births of their children, as well
own teaching career. At Hun, you really
as grief, including the recent loss of Mrs. Stokes’ beloved father and brother.
learned how and when to study.”
Through it all, the two have endured a lifetime together.
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Girls at Hun:
The First Ten Years BY CAROL ARNOLD
During two decades of teaching English at The Hun School, Carol Arnold was a force to be reckoned with. Wait, sentences should never end with a preposition, right? As any former student of Mrs. Arnold’s knows all too well, it was rare to receive a paper returned without a flurry of her eagle-eyed edits. In that spirit, and to honor her legacy in this special anniversary year, we are sharing her Fall 1981 Hun Today article “Girls at Hun: The First Ten Years,” giving it a fresh edit forty years later.
In 2021, 553 in the Upper School; 677 with Middle School .
There have been ten girls who scored 1,000 points in basketball
In 2021, 45% of the student body is female and 2% is non-binary
Now, girls live in Wilf Family Global Commons and Carter Dormitory
In 2019-2020, there were 69 female boarders
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In 2021, 45% of the student population is female and 2% is non-binary
In 2019-2
020, ther e were 69 female boarder s
Russell Hall is no longer a residence hall. Boys now live in Poe Dormitory or in Wilf Family Global Commons
Since 1981, Hun girls have won state championships in track (1991), soccer (1990, 2014 ) lacrosse (1984, 1991, 199 5, 1996, and 1998), softball (198 5, 1986, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 200 4, and 2017), basketball (1990, 1991), tennis (1985, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2004, 2005), field hock ey (1982, 1983, 1990, 1996, 2000, 2001) and fencing (2004)
Since 1971, 55% of Va ledictorians have bee n female. At the Class of 202 1’s Commencement Exercises, the Faculty Pri ze and five of the seven memorial awards were given to females. Three of the four winners of the Hea d of School ’s Award were girls, as was the Valedict orian .
Since 1980, nearly 50% of the new inductees have been females
Male and female students in the Class of 2021 attended 81 different colleges and universities
There are five faculty and eleven staff members who are alumni
Once known as the SAC, that floor now belongs to the Middle School. Students now congregate in the Breen Student Center inside the Wilf Family Global Commons, built in 2014.
There are 108 faculty members now, and more than 50% are female In 1979, Carol Arnold was named Dean of Girls. She later became Dean of Students. We now have seven deans; four are women
Artwork is displayed throughout campus, and there is now a building dedi cated to fine arts: th e Alan B. Landis Fami ly Fine Arts Buildin g
Devon Pasieka ’21 joined those ranks as Student Government President in 2021; Lexi Thomas ’22 is vice president this year
Since 1982, there have been 25 additional female editors -in-chief
Four of thirteen members of the Administrative Team are women
Tracey Arndt became the co-director of Athletics in 2019 There are ten women on the twentyfive member Board of Trustees, and the Board Vice-Chair is a woman It did merge and is now called the Parents’ Association
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FAC U LT Y INFLUEN CERS
I N T H I S A N N I V E R S A RY Y E A R , W E PAY T R I B U T E T O S I X FAC U LT Y M E M B E R S W H O M A D E THEIR MARK ON THE HUN SCHOOL.
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CAROL ARN OLD HUN TENURE: 1979-1999 Carol Arnold joined The Hun School as dean of girls in 1979. She later served as dean of students for eight years, but was perhaps best known as an English teacher who believed in the power of writing—and editing. She was instrumental in creating The Writing Center, a peer tutoring program. She passed away in 2007.
B ONNIE BEACH H U N T E N U R E : 1 9 7 2 -2 0 1 0 Bonnie Beach has been a member of The Hun School community since 1968 when she and her late husband Terry Beach, former dean of admissions and financial aid, moved to campus. She began teaching Spanish in 1972 and in the early 1970s, was a founding faculty member of the Academic Learning Skills Program. She was named director of the program in 1980, and in 2009, the center was renamed to The Bonnie Beach Academic Learning Center. She retired in 2010.
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ANA MARIA FIGUEROA H U N T E N U R E : 1 9 76 - 1 9 9 4 Ana Figueroa joined The Hun School in 1976. She taught Spanish at the School until 1994. Mrs. Fig, as she was affectionately known, taught Spanish alongside longtime fellow faculty member, husband Carlos Figueroa, and their daughter, Ana Sauthoff. She also led many trips abroad for students as part of the travel and Spanish clubs. She retired in 1994 and recently passed away in 2021.
DR . KATHARIN KIEFER H U N T E N U R E : 1 9 8 0 -2 0 1 7 Dr. Katharin Kiefer began teaching biology at The Hun School in 1980. She has served in many roles, including science department chair and dean of academic affairs, and in 2007, she was named dean of faculty. An avid runner, she also coached track and cross country. She retired in 2017 and lives nearby with her husband, former faculty member Jim Kerr.
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ROBERTA KIN G H U N T E N U R E : 1 9 7 5 -2 0 0 4 Just two years after The Hun Middle School opened, Roberta King arrived as a sixth-grade teacher. Five years later she became head of the Middle School, though she never left the classroom behind— she taught sixth grade social studies until her retirement in 2004. Mrs. King has been the longest serving head of the Middle School since its opening.
KATHRYN Q UIRK H U N T E N U R E : 1 9 7 3 -2 0 1 9 Kathryn Quirk served The Hun School community for fortysix years as a teacher, coach, dorm parent, and co-director of athletics before retiring in 2019. She continues to live on campus with her husband, Bill Quirk, and still coaches varsity girls’ softball. Her teams have won eleven state championships.
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F I V E FAC U LT Y M E M B E R S
Who Have Stood the Test of Time S TAC Y C O L L I N G H A M Faculty Member, Visual Arts Twenty-six years ago, Stacy Collingham was in her twenties living in Philadelphia, teaching part time at a few local schools. A friend encouraged her to apply for the part-time photography teacher job at The Hun School of Princeton. Fast forward to present day, Ms. Collingham teaches a plethora of art classes and is the parent of one Hun graduate, Grey ’20, and two current students, Reed ’22 and Wade ’23. “At the very beginning of my career, I taught photography part time here while also working at two other schools,” she says. “But eventually we added enough sections and I was able to join as a full-time teacher. Back then, I really thought I wanted to be a college professor because that meant I would have more free time to make art, but I have really loved it here since the beginning.” Three years into her teaching career at the School, she decided to move on campus and was a member of the Resident Life community for eleven years. Ms. Collingham recalls that teaching high school photography wasn’t always
“It has always been
an easy process and she is thankful for the advancements in technology that have come over the years.
about the kids for
“When I first started, cameras and film were expensive and there wasn’t a
me, and I am always
big budget for buying equipment for students,” she says. “More often than
finding ways to connect with them about whatever they are passionate about.”
not, students would look around at home and find an old film camera and bring it into class and I would have to figure out how to work the camera and then teach the students how to use it after. It was a lot of research on my end but I really wanted students to take photography and enjoy it. Thankfully after the first few years, you could search the internet for a user manual and that’s how we would learn to use their particular camera.” Ms. Collingham muses that her biggest joy as a teacher at The Hun School is getting to know her students through their photography. “It has always been about the kids for me,” she says. “I love working with
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Three years later we got married right
has changed significantly over the years
here on campus where graduation is
and she is proud to be part of a community
held and we had our reception in Russell
that values change and growth.
Lounge. This place is really near and dear to our hearts.”
them and I am always finding ways to connect with them about whatever they are passionate about. I try to get into their world so that I can help them find their
“Those first few years out of college when I was teaching, I was absolutely terrified
Mrs. Davis recalls that from the first
of my students asking me a question that
time meeting her colleagues in the
I didn’t know the answer to,” she says.
math department, she felt a certain
“In fact, my first year, I did every single
camaraderie amongst the group that
problem in every math textbook that we
she knew she needed to be a part of,
offered because I didn’t want to be in a
“From the very beginning, it was evident
position where I didn’t know the answer
that the department was a really close-
to a student’s question. Today, I actually
knit group of people,” she says. “There
prefer a semi-chaotic classroom where
was such a strong bond between the
questions and new thoughts are not only
department back then and I think that
welcomed, but encouraged. The students
still remains true today. We talk sports,
lead the discussions and we are always
we talk math, we talk news, we talk
engaging in conversations about new
about everything, and we have so much
ways to do things.”
fun together but most importantly we all take a lot of pride in what we do.” While Mrs. Davis has played a handful
D E B O R A H K VA R TA Library Associate
of roles at the School, she notes that
For the past twenty-seven years, Deborah
her favorite role was as mom to her two
Kvarta has been a familiar face; always
J U L I E DAV I S
children, Natalie ’17 and Charlie ’20, who
eager to assist students and faculty alike
Chair, Mathematics
attended Hun alongside their parents.
in researching, accessing information,
Upon graduating with a degree in
“Although we never actually lived on
mathematics from Union College in 1989,
campus, our kids certainly grew up here.
Julie Davis headed back home to Belle
It was a really fun experience to be able
Mrs. Kvarta joined The Hun School in
Mead, New Jersey to begin her search for
to watch them grow and come into their
1994 as one of the School’s librarians. She
her first full-time job. When she learned
own.”
learned about the position from a member
of a sudden opening at The Hun School,
Mrs. Davis notes that both she and her
she figured it was worth a shot. Since
husband had the opportunity to teach
then, Mrs. Davis has dedicated the last
their daughter Natalie, which although
own connection to photography and art.”
thirty-two years of her life to teaching and coaching Hun students.
fun, certainly posed a few challenges: “I was harder on her than any other student
finding literature, and using the School’s library resources.
of
the
School’s
College
Counseling
department during a meeting with her daughter’s college counselor. Through her years at the School, Mrs. Kvarta has sent her five children to Hun: Jessica ’93, Daniel ’95, Patricia ’96, Andrew ’01, and Mark ’04.
Mrs. Davis explains that her first couple
I have ever taught,” she jokes. “It was
of years on campus were a whirlwind,
also really funny because she didn’t know
Over the years, Mrs. Kvarta would argue
between adjusting to becoming a full-
what to call us in class; she refused to call
that her role as librarian, and now archivist,
time teacher and coach, as well as
us mom and dad but also refused to call
has evolved the most. She jokes that it has
meeting and marrying her now-husband,
us Mr. and Mrs. Davis. Instead, she would
even become easier in some ways.
Dave Davis, also a longtime math teacher
just start talking out loud in class until
“When I first started, there was no quick
at The Hun School.
she got our attention, then she would ask
“Mr. Davis and I not only both teach in
her question.”
and easy way to research something,” she says. “The internet was fairly new and
the math department, but we coached
As Mrs. Davis reflects on the past thirty-
nothing was easily accessible. In fact, we
soccer together for fifteen years,” she
two years of teaching at The Hun School,
were one of the first independent schools
says. “We actually met through coaching.
she notes the way she has taught math
to have our entire card catalog online. I
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“I am actually someone who is more introverted by nature, but the boarding community has really brought me outside of my comfort zone. You almost can’t help putting yourself out there and being around the community. Being able to form really strong connections outside of teaching is my favorite part of being at Hun.” — JENNIFER MITCHELL
the School, or even accomplishments from alumni. I love being able to go back through the School’s history—you would really be surprised at how much rich history is on this campus.”
remember coming into work every morning and having to boot up five computers to access our database so students could locate something in the library.” And while Mrs. Kvarta certainly does not miss combing through thousands of pages of printed indexes to help students access what they need, she appreciates the skills that she and her students learned from those moments. “I think back then the learning and researching process was much more intentional,” she explains. “It was just a different way of researching—you really had to think through what you were trying
After stepping foot on campus, Ms. Mitchell
recalls
being
immediately
impressed by the beauty of the campus, but it wasn’t until she began teaching
Throughout Mrs. Kvarta’s career at The
at the School that she realized the true
Hun School she has been very familiar
beauty was in the academic building.
with change, including an expansion of Chesebro Academic Building and the library in 2000, as well as changes to the School’s philosophy of learning.
“The culture of the School is really what I love the most, which when I first stepped foot on campus wasn’t immediately obvious to me. It wasn’t until I got in the
“Hun really has a vision to move forward.
classroom and began ingraining myself
Although we love tradition, we are
in the community that I realized the
always looking for ways to evolve and
core of Hun is its community, and the
move forward,” she says. “Over the years, I’ve witnessed changes to the way kids learn, including the addition of NextTerm, which provides students with an experiential learning opportunity, as well as the establishment of the Cultural Competency Committee, which I am a
relationships
and
strong
connections
that are formed amongst students and faculty. Over the years, that is definitely something that has never changed.” After the first fourteen years at the School, she made the decision to further
member of. I’ve really enjoyed being a part
ingrain herself in the community and
of this community.”
moved on campus in 2007. Ms. Mitchell
to research and you needed to be really
has been a resident faculty member of
familiar with your topic. Today, there is a
JENNIFER MITCHELL
Carter Dorm for the past fourteen years
lot more room for trial and error while you
Director of International Student Programs
and notes that she has always enjoyed
Twenty-seven years ago, Jennifer Mitchell
having The Hun School as her home.
As the School’s archivist, Mrs. Kvarta has
learned of a sudden retirement in the
“I joke that I have the shortest commute
the entire history of The Hun School at her
language department at The Hun School
out of all of my colleagues,” she laughs.
fingertips. She even notes that there are
after a phone call with a longtime friend
“I am actually someone who is more
archives hidden all over campus, including
who worked in the Admission office.
introverted by nature, but the boarding
“One of my good friends from college
community has really brought me outside
“When I first started, I remember we
worked here at that time, and she called
of my comfort zone. You almost can’t help
would just grab anything we could get our
me out of the blue and just said that there
putting yourself out there and being around
hands on to file for the archives: class lists,
was an opening that I might be interested
the community. Being able to form really
letters from the Head of School, Playbills,
in,” she says. “It was actually really last
strong connections outside of teaching is
yearbooks, class photos, fundraisers for
minute and spur of the moment but I’m so
my favorite part of being at Hun.”
are researching a particular topic.”
in Russell Hall.
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happy I ended up here.”
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beloved member of The Hun Middle School.
their own research and understand what is
She is well known for her no-nonsense
happening in the world around them.”
approach and endless knowledge of American history and geography.
explains that there has been one reliable
In her time at the School, Mrs. Nuse has
constant at The Hun School, “From the
taught seventh grade American history
very beginning of my teaching career
and eighth grade geography, coached
at Hun to present day, the feeling of
varsity tennis, swimming, Middle School
community has never wavered,” she says.
tennis, Middle School girls’ basketball, and
“It’s one of the things I love most about
Middle School baseball, as well as sang in
this place. My favorite thing is seeing my
the Middle School choir and played piano
former students around campus, both
in the Middle School jazz band.
teachers and students alike. I’ve really
Since the earlier years of her career, Mrs. Over the years, Ms. Mitchell has been able to attend work each day alongside her three daughters, Anahi ’11, Tina ’13, and Gabby ’25. It has been one of her favorite experiences. “All three of my daughters have very different personalities but they all say how they have really benefited from being a part of the resident life community,” she says. “They have been able to grow up with waves of other children on campus and they have been really lucky to be a part of this place.” While so much has already changed over the past decade, Ms. Mitchell continues to be excited for the future at The Hun School, “Our School just keeps getting better in
as a teacher, but teaching as a whole has
“I always tell my students
evolved, “When I first started teaching, a
that history is written by the
lot of my lessons revolved around lectures, and now I don’t do any of that,” she says. “Now I do many student-centered projects and I love collaborating with other teachers in the Middle School. One thing I love about Hun is that we get so much teacher autonomy and I can change things
to think differently about the topics we study, to not take everything at face value, and to do their own research and
from when I first started teaching.”
understand what is happening
And while over the years, things have
in the world around them.”
certainly changed, Mrs. Nuse admits there are a few nuggets of teaching gold that she has kept over the last few decades.
new methods of teaching, to campus
evolved, there are a few lessons that have
renovations, I can’t wait to see what the
always remained the same because I
future holds for the School, and one day I
just think they are important skills that
can’t wait for my grandchildren to attend.”
students need to learn,” she says. A few of those include a formal research
J OA N N U S E
paper,
Middle School Faculty,
current
events
presentations,
note taking, the eradication plan project,
History and Global Studies from
winners. So, I challenge them
wherever I see fit, which is a big change
“Although the style of teaching has really
graduating
enjoyed being part of this community.”
Nuse has not only grown exponentially
so many ways, from class offerings, to
After
Over the last thirty-four years, Mrs. Nuse
and a fan favorite — the Constitutional Northwestern
University, Joan Nuse was substitute teaching part-time when she learned of an opening at The Hun School for a longterm maternity leave substitute. At the time, she never imagined that her first teaching job would become the first and only teaching job of her career. Thirty-four years later, Mrs. Nuse is a
Convention,
where
students
each
represent a state and debate one another. As a history teacher, Mrs. Nuse believes it is vital to relate her lessons to real-world experiences. “I always tell my students that history is written by the winners,” she says. “So, I challenge them to think differently about the topics we study, to not take everything at face value, and to do
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LEAD, NOT FOLLOW Student Leadership at The Hun School
On the field, in the classroom, on stage, and in the STEM lab, girls at Hun are paving the way for future female students. Each year, a plethora of clubs and organizations are established on campus to empower girls to be leaders in their field.
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Members of the Young Women's Leadership Cohort
Young Women’s Leadership Cohort Compassion for oneself, overcoming fear of failure, effective
Leadership Cohort has pushed her outside of her comfort zone to explore who she is not only as a leader but as a young woman.
communication, practicing self-compassion, and resisting toxic
“Being part of this cohort is extremely important to me because I
self-criticism are just a few skills that members of the Young
am able to have such enriching conversations with brilliant women
Women’s Leadership Cohort master in their three to four years of
on campus,” Nethra says. “It’s so great to have a community where
participation. Through workshops, alumnae panels, and activities,
such a diverse group of people can discuss so many different topics
the members learn how to identify and hone their personal
without feeling overwhelmed or judged. A lot of our conversations
leadership styles and apply their newly learned skills to their
revolve around self-reflection and I always leave the meetings
respective leadership roles on campus.
knowing more about myself than before.”
Twenty girls who demonstrate strong leadership potential are
While every member of the cohort is an active leader on campus,
nominated annually by faculty. Once becoming official members
the work they do on campus won’t end once they graduate. Over
of the Young Women’s Leadership Cohort, the students begin a
the course of their time in the program, participants also build
robust leadership training program focusing on skill development,
networking skills and once they graduate, they have the ability to
networking, and breaking barriers.
participate in the cohort’s alumnae panel.
Meghan Poller ’95, faculty advisor, notes that the curriculum
“This program extends so far beyond their four years here,” says
of the program revolves around the concept of breaking down
Freshman Dean, Dayna Gash. “This generates a network of
the barriers associated with being a “good girl” versus being a
exceptional women who are doing great things at the School; who
“good leader.”
will go on to do exceptional things in the world and through the
“We talk a lot about what the stereotypical definition of a leader
reciprocal leadership style that they have learned, they will come
is and what that looks like compared to what the stereotypical
back to Hun and mentor the new cohort members. The cycle will
definition of a good girl is,” Mrs. Poller explains. “The two definitions
perpetuate and the impact of the program will expand further.”
differ greatly, so we talk through how to reconcile those qualities
Nethra notes that the lessons she has learned thus far in her
and their personal identities. Identifying those conflicts are often
experience will stay with her long after she graduates from The
the first steps toward establishing comfort with how they feel
Hun School. “When I go off to college, I will always remember
internally, a necessary step for good leadership.”
the discussions we had about ourselves and how we can use
Nethra Velanki ’24 became a member of the cohort when she was
a group of people with similar and different ideas to help
a freshman and notes that being a part of the Young Women’s
us grow and succeed further in life,” she says. “This cohort
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has really reinforced the importance of intersectionality and
members can speak on topics surrounding feminism that they
open conversations in my life.”
are most passionate about,” she explains. “This gives us the
Beginning in 2022, the School is adding a parallel Young Men’s Leadership Cohort.
opportunity to learn from each other through many different mediums. It also allows us to have all types of conversations, even the unsettling ones. Being a member of this club means staying open and ready to hear all types of perspectives.”
Through shared wisdom and conversations with successful women in industries that are traditionally male dominated, the young women will gain the confidence and capacity to network,
Members of the student executive board have been planning this year’s second annual Women in the World Summit, “Our Different Paths,” scheduled for March 26th.
will learn the importance and skills to foster
GEM President, Aletheia Watts-Smith ’22, notes that this year’s
mentor/mentee relationships, and will create a
summit will focus on highlighting intersectionality and how our
leadership plan for their time at Hun and beyond.
different paths in our own genders diverge and converge. She
Some of the speakers this year include:
believes that listening, learning, and application are the best ways for community members to approach topics that they are
WENDY FINERMAN Film and Television Producer, Wendy Finerman Productions
unfamiliar with. “For me, being in GEM means being someone others can come to with questions about gender equity, but also someone who is willing and wants to be educated on matters that I am not familiar
SAMANTHA HEYRICH ’13 Senior Director, Black Rock Group
with,” she says. “I always want others to think of me as someone
SUSAN MICHEL CEO of Glen Eagle and Vice Chair of The Hun School Board of Trustees
Female Athlete Network (F.A.N.)
LAUREN RILEY ’95 Managing Director, Global Environmental Affairs and Sustainability, United Airlines
who is receptive to feedback and willing to educate myself.”
In the spring of 2021, the Female Athlete Network, F.A.N., was established on campus with the mission of improving and promoting the female athlete experience at The Hun School. Several times each month, the forty female athletes gather to discuss topics of interest including nutrition, sports psychology, college recruitment, leadership, body image, and more.
Gender Equity Matters (GEM)
Brynn Hansson, faculty advisor and coach, notes that her goal
Established in 2016, Gender Equity Matters (GEM) is an
as faculty advisor is to provide a space for girls to share their
organization with the mission of educating students on the
experiences, lead conversations, and shine a light on topics that
matters of gender equity with a specific focus on intersectionality.
are often overlooked in regards to athletics.
GEM is open to students of all genders, including boys and students
“My job is really to elevate the experience for female athletes here
who identify as non-binary or transgender. Club members come
at Hun,” Ms. Hansson says. “I want to hear their perspective as
together each week to plan both club and community-wide
female athletes at the School, about what works for them, and
events and programming with a purpose of continuing to educate
what doesn’t work for them. The girls lead the conversations we
themselves and others on these various topics.
have and it’s really just a space for them to express their thoughts
Allison Sims, faculty advisor, explains that one of the main missions of GEM is to highlight intersectional feminism while also emphasizing the concept that gender equity is about more than the overall idea of women’s rights. GEM Vice President, Zeynab Diarra ’23, notes that weekly meeting discussion topics are determined by club members and the opportunity to learn from one another is always encouraged. “We have a program called GEM-Educating-GEM, where
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and feelings about being female athletes both on and off campus.” Maya Zeruld ’23 joined F.A.N. last spring because being a female athlete is a major part of her identity and she notes that it was important for her to learn about the many different aspects associated with being a female athlete. “I wanted to be able to learn more about the social, mental, and physical aspects of being an athlete and how to overcome some of the struggles that female athletes face,” she says. “For me, being involved in F.A.N. is being part of something that
empowers young women here at Hun and teaches them about their roles as athletes and what steps they can take to better themselves as players and people.” For Mackenzie Turner ’24, a two-sport athlete, joining F.A.N. was a no-brainer; she notes that the most valuable aspect of the network is that it provides a safe place for female athletes to talk about their experiences while being educated on topics that aren’t talked about enough. “We all really believe that this club is the perfect way to collaborate with fellow female athletes about important topics that we all face,” she says. “Through F.A.N., I get to educate myself on topics that should be spoken about more often, along with the ability to relate to other female athletes.” above
Girls Who Code
Members of
Four years ago, the computer science club’s sign-up sheet consisted of over thirty male students and not one female student. When Amy Wright, faculty advisor and chair of the Computer Science and Engineering department, glanced at the sign-up sheet, she was confused as to why her female STEM
the Female Athlete Network right Members of Gender
scholars, who have a passion for computer science, didn’t sign
Equity
up. After speaking with a few, she realized that the girls wanted
Matters
their own space, and that she had to take action. Thus, the Girls Who Code club was born. “Computer science is typically
“Since this club was originally established by girls who didn’t
a male-dominated field,” Ms.
feel comfortable joining the regular computer science club, it is
Wright says. “But, we have a
my job to make sure that when girls take the leap of faith to join
lot of female students who are
the club, that they feel comfortable and confident, no matter
as a small, tight-
really talented and interested
their experience level,” Grace explains. “An important part of
knit group of girls
in the field. Ultimately, this
this club is for members to explore whatever they want within
club is designed as a space
computer science.”
The Girls Who Code club began
with a passion for
for young women to feel
computer science;
computer science.”
today, the club is
The Girls Who Code club
following week the club could be hosting an online hackathon.
began as a small, tight-knit
Grace notes that what she loves most about Girls Who Code
one of the largest
group of girls with a passion
is that there are endless opportunities for club members to
on campus.
for computer science; today,
participate in national competitions to qualify for scholarships.
the club is one of the largest
empowered to be leaders in
on campus with several subgroups, including computer science for community service, Hun hackathon, and cyber competitions. Club members compete in national competitions for scholarships, host hackathons, and explore future career opportunities in STEM.
For Girls Who Code club members, each week comes with a new topic. While one week could be spent studying cyber security, the next could tackle building an interface for an online app, and the
“When I first joined Girls Who Code as a freshman, I had no idea what to expect, I just knew I was passionate about computer science,” Grace says. “Today, not only have I learned so much about computer science, but I also am more confident in my skills and leadership capabilities than ever before. I am honored to be part of this amazing group of women.”
Club leaders, Grace Zhao ’22 and Sophia Burton ’23, note that it is their goal to make every girl who signs up for Girls Who Code feel comfortable and confident in the computer science field.
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ROLL CALL Fifty years ago, the first females entered The Hun School as students.
While those first girls were viewed as barrier breakers and renegades, they had a much simpler viewpoint: they were just curious students with a thirst for knowledge. Now, fifty years later, that same spirit courses through the Middle and Upper Schools at Hun and is personified in the girls featured here. Meet some of the bright stars making way for the next generation.
’ 27 S O P H IA N AVA R R O Sophia Navarro loves a good discussion. It is why Dr. Talboy’s English class is her favorite this year, largely because they have many Harkness discussions, where students sit in a circle, engage in lively debates, and learn to use their voices. It’s also why she loves her club advisors, because they encourage conversations around relevant real-world topics, and nothing is off limits. “We always joke around and it’s fun, but at the same time we’re learning good things,” Sophia says. She knows that any time she has a question or a concern, her teachers and advisors are there to help and offer encouragement. “I feel like someone always supports me, someone is always willing to help me with anything I need or any problems I have,” she says. Sophia isn’t sure which career path she wants to follow when she’s older, but one thing is for sure: She wants a career where she can help people. She thinks that might be as a surgeon, teacher, lawyer, or even an interior designer. During her time in The Hun Middle School, she has uncovered that passion for educating others. Her parents are from Costa Rica, and Sophia, a member of the Welcoming Club, had the opportunity to present to The Hun Middle School about her heritage. She also enjoys a good Spirit Week dress-down theme. “Homecoming is a big thing,” she says. “We go all out.” She’s looking forward to next year, when she’ll be in eighth grade. Already a budding leader in the School, she’s excited about the opportunity to be captain of the Middle School soccer team.
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MADDY HAL EY ’ 27 Maddy Haley has her sights set on the future. Currently in seventh grade, she knows exactly what she’ll be when she grows up: An anesthesiologist. She decided on that career path at the ripe age of five years old. “It’s a lot of college,” Maddy explains. “But I heard my mom talking about it, so I researched it, and it’s the perfect job for me.” Choosing a profession that’s male dominated doesn’t intimate Maddy at all; she knows exactly how to handle boys who think girls aren’t as capable. “Some boys think girls can’t do certain things, like robotics or Legos, but you just show them that you can do it and then you be the best in your class,” Maddy says. And, if her coursework poses a challenge, she feels confident approaching her teachers for extra help. “You can ask any teacher at any time,” she explains. “Even if it’s just for help with a homework assignment.” Next year, Maddy will be in eighth grade, and she’s excited to offer that same level of support to the incoming sixth graders. Another thing that Maddy is certain of in the future: Continuing to show her Raider Pride during Spirit Weeks and at events on campus. “We have a whole closet full of Hun gear,” she jokes.
M YA S M IT H ’ 26 Mya Smith has made the most of her Hun Middle School experience. She plays soccer, basketball, and lacrosse for the School, and is involved in the community service, artcology, and wellness clubs. She knows that much of what she has accomplished here is possible because the groundwork was laid by the thousands of girls and women who came before her. “They planted the seed and we are able to grow from that,” Mya says. “They were the first, and they made it normal. It wasn't normal for them to be at Hun then.” She also credits the female administrators and faculty members with ensuring the girls at Hun today have the best experience. She is especially close to Assistant Middle School Head Jennifer Anderson, who was able to help her better understand math. “I think they can relate to us, and understand us, and advocate for us,” she says. Outside of School, Mya plays AAU basketball and is a Girl Scout. She is currently working on creating a little library for the YMCA that promotes diversity and literacy. When she grows up, Mya thinks she might like to be a neurologist or psychologist— the kind of person who can “understand what makes people the way they are.” She'd also like to take a leadership role in her mom's nonprofit, Mayanza, which provides preventative healthcare to children in Guatemala. Being a leader is something she already has had a lot of practice with: Last year, she was the Middle School Student Government President. This year, she serves as treasurer and captain of the soccer team. “I really love being a leader; it's something I enjoy and it's part of me,” Mya says.
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S H A Y N A W E IS S ’ 23 Shayna Weiss came to The Hun School her freshman year, following in the footsteps of her brother and cousin. While she was happy to recognize a couple of faces on campus, she decided not to put too many expectations on her first year; she would just have fun. As she started getting closer to her teachers, they started asking her to join various campus clubs and organizations. She became part of the Young Women’s Leadership Society, a member of the School’s Committee for the 50th Anniversary, Red Shield Society, an intern in the Office of Institutional Advancement, the Yearbook Club, and girls’ lacrosse. “I love it; there’s a sense of empowerment you get when you’re a part of something at School. And now I’m a part of many things at School,” Shayna says. Shayna also keeps busy outside of School: She likes to make art and work out with her family. For an art class last year, she created a 49-inch-by-50inch painting, which currently hangs in her aunt’s house. Sometimes, her dad asks her to paint furniture or pieces in his office. In her three years at Hun, Shayna has gained even more confidence, and has taken on leadership roles in many of those organizations she joined freshman year: She is the head tour guide of the Red Shield Society, the leader of the Yearbook Club, and Head of Quill House. “I used to be a little more afraid of putting myself out there and I would say yes to everything and I wouldn’t think if I actually liked it,” Shayna explains. Nia Oparaji, who serves as a proctor in the resident life
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community, knows what it can be like for ninth graders and new boarders who are nervous about starting at a new school. “Being a proctor is really cool because I think my freshman year I had a hard time figuring out where I fit in with the community,” she explains. “For me, the reason I am a proctor and a peer leader now is because I want to foster that sense of community and help people find their community a little faster.” Nia says the best thing about being at Hun is that there are so many processes in place to help students succeed, including the extra help period, the resident coaching program, regular study hall hours, and peer tutors. “At Hun, it’s a culture of people wanting other people to succeed,” Nia says. As a proctor and leader in the boarding community, she knows that some of her job involves helping younger students learn how to advocate for themselves, feel welcome in the community, and understand the resources that are available to them. She says a lot of times, it’s as simple as breaking her peers out of their shells. “I tell them the biggest thing is realizing that everyone is just as nervous as you are, so don’t feel like you’re an imposter because you belong here; everyone belongs here. You were chosen for a reason,” Nia says. After Hun, Nia thinks she might become a lawyer and then look into a career in policy making. “I feel a lot of marginalized communities and low-income communities aren't as advocated for and I want to be that person who is advocating for the quieter voices, or those that get spoken over,” she says.
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LE X I AC O ST A ’ 23 Lexi Acosta knows what it’s like to be outnumbered. A coxswain on the boys’ rowing team, she leads the boat in races, practices, and workouts. “Everything relies on me; it’s a very big responsibility,” Lexi says. “You have to be really comfortable with and good at communicating with the team, the coach, and other people.” From the moment the boat gets pulled off the rack to the moment it's put back, her team doesn't make any moves without her direction. She steers them, encourages them, and coaches them through practices and workouts. Outside of the boat, she puts her communication skills to use as a proctor in the resident life community. “I like that we get to work with a diverse group of people; it’s people from all different backgrounds and reasons why they’re here,” she says. “Each person has their own characteristics. It doesn’t feel like anyone is the exact same person.” Lexi, who lives in Global Commons but hails from Toms River, New Jersey, originally didn’t plan to attend Hun. But, after her revisit day, when she sat in on classes and was immersed in The Hun School experience, she couldn’t see herself going anywhere else. “I made the right decision. I like where I live and I like my friends at home, but it is the right choice,” she says. In fact, Lexi sends all of her friends Hun gear for their birthdays, and she likes that they represent the School
“I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A NETWORK OF PEOPLE SUPPORTING ME.”
in her hometown. Lexi, who isn’t sure what she’ll study in college, has discovered a passion for economics at Hun. She enjoys math, but doesn't always understand the practical implications of it, and she enjoys English, but doesn’t always want to overanalyze readings. Economics is a good middle ground for her interests, she says.
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She finds time to study during the nightly study hall for the resident life community. She usually gets home late from crew practice, then grabs dinner and showers before getting her schoolwork done. Just like she does as a coxswain, she feels confident asking for help when she doesn’t understand something, whether it’s from the resident coaches, peer tutors, or her teachers. “When I’m here I feel very motivated to work on schoolwork and I'm very driven with academics, because I feel like I’m set up to do well and utilize my resources,” she says. “It helps me stay on-task, and I feel like I have a network of people supporting me.”
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Sophie Razavi has always had a love for language, more specifically, French. And growing up with a mom who was fluent in the language only motivated her to become fluent herself. Sophie has always taken French courses in school and when she came to The Hun School as a junior, she quickly enrolled in AP French. After earning a five on the AP French exam, she knew she was ready for the next step: college courses. After doing her own research, Sophie applied to enroll in the course: Speak Up: An Introduction to the Francophone World at
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Princeton University for both the fall and spring semesters. Sophie notes that since enrolling in this course not only has her love for the language grown exponentially but it has also translated to her coursework at The Hun School. She explains that her French course goes hand-in-hand with her AP European History class.
“WHEN YOU ARE SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO ALL STRIVE FOR THAT STRUCTURE, IT REALLY HELPS YOU GET EVERYTHING DONE AND STAY ON TOP OF IT ALL .”
“It’s a discussion-based course with a large focus on French colonization, and how the language has spread to so many different countries and how each country has created their own version of the language,” she says. “I see a big overlap in course material in my AP Euro class because when we talk about France or different time periods I’m able to put the bigger picture together and gain a deeper understanding of both courses. The language has such a rich history so I love putting the puzzle pieces together.” Sophie explains that while balancing her heavy course load at Hun, college applications, and her course at Princeton University certainly comes with its challenges, she attributes her success to the time management tactics she has developed as a boarding
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student at the School. “Being a boarder here at Hun definitely provides me with the structure I need to stay on top of all my courses,” she explains. “Every night, we sit in Global Commons and do our school work from study hall to a little before lights out and it really helps me manage my work. When you are surrounded by people who all strive for that structure, it really helps you get everything done and stay on top of it all."
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“I JUST THINK THE WHOLE HUN COMMUNITY IN GENERAL IS SUPER SUPPORTIVE AND KIND, AND WANTS YOU TO FEEL BELIEVED IN AND SUPPORTED.” EMMA STOWE ’ 26
Emma Stowe was invited to speak at Convocation this year. While it meant she’d be speaking in front of the Middle and Upper School student body, school faculty, and administrators, along with some special guests, she
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wasn’t deterred. “We have an improv showcase, and that’s hard because you’re in front of the whole Middle School and kind of putting yourself out there and saying random things, and you don’t know how people will take it,” she says. But Emma knows that if there’s one thing that makes the Hun community stand out, it’s the sense of belonging on campus. “I just think the whole Hun community in general is super supportive and kind, and wants you to feel believed in and supported,” she adds. On campus, Emma enjoys working for Middle School HunTV, the televised announcements all Middle School students watch. It’s the perfect opportunity for her to practice being part of a diverse team of thinkers. “We were downstairs and we have four people working on a scene, so trying to get your ideas out and heard is hard. But, I do think it’s going to turn out really funny, it’s just something where you share your ideas and everyone is really open. We’ve been having a fun time going around campus and working together,” Emma says. She also feels that sense of belonging on the soccer team, where she is a newer member. She said the older girls "scooped her up,” which is the kind of feeling she thinks must have been shared among the first girls on campus fifty years ago. “When she grows up, Emma hopes to be a support for other people, maybe as a surgeon or therapist. “It would be really cool to work with people every day. I like to help others.”
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UNBREAKABLE
BONDS
FROM SHARING A ROOM TO SHARING THEIR LIVES: Three Pairs of Hun Alumnae Keep Friendship Thriving Long After Graduation
When you enter a new school as a boarding student and
LAURA KIM ’19 and CJ MOZEIKA ’19
you are assigned a complete stranger as a roommate, it
While attending boarding school comes with a lot of freedom
usually goes one of two ways. The pair could learn that they
and fun, it also comes with a lot of trust and responsibility.
aren’t quite compatible as roommates and decide to part
A successful experience is dependent upon a boarder's ability
ways the following year, or they could win the roommate lottery and discover that being roommates creates a lifelong bond. For these Hun alumnae, it was the latter. Bethany Loffredo, dean of students and dorm parent, notes that one of the greatest pleasures of being a dorm parent is being able to watch resident students form those
to be a good roommate. Boarders really have to learn how to build relationships when they’re at their most vulnerable (away from home and sharing personal space with a stranger). The experience includes learning how to be thoughtful and considerate, but also how to support each other through tough days and celebrate each other’s happiness. It means seeing your roommate in every light. For Laura Kim ’19 and CJ Mozeika ’19, their boarding
relationships:, “At the end of the school day, our day
experience brought them all of those things, and more. From
students go home and process their days, share good news,
their late night talks in the kitchen of Carter Hall eating Ben
or talk about something funny that happened in class with
& Jerry’s to the memories they made participating in Resident
their parents and siblings; our resident students do all
Life weekend activities, they shared all the ups and downs of
of those things with one another, and inevitably, they are strongly connected to one another as a result. It makes being a dorm parent especially rewarding knowing that we help cultivate those long-lasting friendships.” Here are a few of our favorite successful pairings turned friends forever.
everyday life and formed an indelible bond in the process. To this day, the two are still there for one another through every phase of life. “CJ and I did absolutely everything together,” Ms. Kim says. “Weekend brunch together was a must, we studied together, we did weekend activities, and we even brushed our teeth together every night. You don’t realize how much living with someone really bonds you to that person; you see all sides of them and they see all sides of you. There is a lot of trust there.”
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RAKIYAH WHITE ’13 and JANINE CADET ’13 When you have been best friends since elementary school, being roommates at a boarding school sounds like a dream come true— at least that was the case for Rakiyah White ’13 and Janine Cadet ’13. For a majority of their young adult lives, these two have been inseparable; their friendship has stood the test of time, distance, and a pandemic. They credit the strength of their friendship to their four years spent as boarders at The Hun School. “We attended elementary and middle school together prior to attending Hun and we were actually randomly paired together as roommates our freshman year,” Ms. Cadet says. “We lived in Carter Hall our first three years and spent our senior year in
LAURA AND CJ
Russell Hall together.” Outside of the Resident Life community, they always tried to schedule their classes together, participated in track and field together, and always made it a priority to have their meals together. Ms. White jokes, “We were pretty much always seen together. Sure, we had different friends and activities but when you are
For Ms. Mozeika, her time spent as a boarder at Hun was the
best friends, there is no separation.”
first time she was away from home for an extended period of
Ms. Cadet even recalls redesigning their dorm room their junior
time. She notes that the friends she made through boarding
year to create one shared space: “As if we weren’t close enough,
became her daily support system, “Laura was always there
we ended up pushing our beds together to create one giant bed,
for me when I needed her,” she says. “Whether it was to eat a
which made every night feel like a sleepover with your best friend.”
pint of ice cream and laugh or to be comforted because I was homesick, through every challenge and every celebration, she was always there to give me advice and a hug.” And Ms. Kim concurs, “I was so lucky to have my best friends live so close to me,” she says. “When I was sad, someone was there to comfort me, and when I was happy, someone was there to celebrate. My deepest friendships are from the boarding
RAKIYAH AND JANINE
community.” Several years later and living in two different states, Ms. Kim and Ms. Mozeika are still able to find those moments to connect with one another, despite the distance. They both give kudos to technology for the ability to keep them in touch. “We’ll call or text just to chat, check in with each other, and always keep one another updated on our lives,” Ms. Mozeika says. “Despite not living in the same hallway anymore, I know that I can always count on Laura to answer my call to give me advice or make me laugh. No matter how far apart we are or how long it’s been, it’s always like nothing has changed.”
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ERICA BROWN ’14 and COURTNEY CALDWELL ’14 Erica Brown ’14 joined the boarding community at The Hun School her junior year. She met fellow junior and four-year boarder, Courtney Caldwell ’14, in Carter Hall during the first week. “My first couple of weeks at Hun I fell asleep in her bed almost every night and I barely even knew her,” Ms. Brown jokes. “We really hit it off immediately and that was only the beginning for us.” The pair spent their last two years at The Hun School doing nearly everything together, from sports and classes to Resident Life activities and extracurriculars. “Junior year we both played basketball in
ERICA AND COURTNEY
the winter, and track in the spring. We took classes together, did almost every weekend Resident Life activity together, and in our free time, we applied to be proctors our senior year, and tour guides.” Ms. Brown notes that looking back on her time at Hun, she finds it crazy to believe that she and Ms. Caldwell were only roommates for one year and she attributes their successful friendship to the memories made in those two short years.
Today, although the two live on opposite coasts, they still make
“We have pretty different personalities and our friendship
a conscious effort to put their friendship first, and they continue
worked from the beginning because of it,” she says. “Living
to remain the closest of friends.
together was the easiest thing ever. Our friendship is so strong
Ms. Cadet notes that the two have celebrated almost all of
today so many years later because we spent such crucial years
their milestones together since graduating from Hun, either in
living together as teenagers. Even at such a young age, we
person or virtually.
went through so many big moments together like getting our
“Even though we went to college in two different states, we made sure to always set aside time to visit each other once a year at
Post high school, their friendship continues to grow and
our respective schools,” she says. “We always made plans during
strengthen each day, and any chance they get together, they
our holiday breaks. Our most recent milestones include Rakiyah
find themselves reminiscing about high school.
attending my going-away party before I moved to Los Angeles
“Whether it was going off to college, graduating college, figuring
for medical school and me attending Rakiyah’s baby shower.”
out our careers, or dating advice, we have always leaned on
Ms. White adds, “Janine was one of the few people who came
each other, and we still do,” she says. “When we aren’t spending
to my very intimate quarantine baby shower last year and since
hours on FaceTime together reminiscing about high school we
she is the future Dr. Cadet, we even spoke on the phone while I
are finding time to come back and visit Hun together.”
was at the hospital before going into labor with my son.”
As Ms. Brown reflects on her few short years at The Hun School,
As the two reflect on their friendship over the years, they both
her advice for current boarding students is simple: leave your room.
share the same sentiment—that they are forever grateful they were
“I know it’s so much easier to just hang out in your dorm room but
able to live together throughout their high school years. They also
trust me when I say, leave your room as much as possible and do
encourage current boarding students to seize every opportunity
every Resident Life activity you can,” she says. “Even if you don’t
they have with one another to make the best memories.
want to, the memories will all be worth it. Being a boarder at Hun is
“Snowball fights on the Mall, Resident Life weekend activities, late nights spent with other boarders...the memories you make at Hun will last you a lifetime. Enjoy the opportunity to live and learn from one another.” Ms. Cadet says.
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licenses, college acceptances, and everything in between.”
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a language no one understands and the experiences are something only a handful of us can wrap our minds around. These moments right now will make for great stories in the future.”
NextTerm Class Focuses on
Women’s Experiences in Politics
HOW HAS THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN POLITICS CHANGED OVER TIME? Jennifer Mitchell, director of international student programs, and Patricia Garrison, chair, interdisciplinary studies, went on a mission to find out when they created their NextTerm course, The Road to 270: Women in Politics. The School had recently expanded the John Gale Hun Program for Civics Education, and the 2020 election was heating up.
“I noticed that students in this generation
but it went so well that Mayor Lempert ended
aren’t normally so engaged in politics, but
up staying for almost the entire day.
I think all of NextTerm is designed to have students really buy in to whatever the topic is,” Ms. Garrison says. “And I was just so impressed by the level of engagement our students maintained from start to finish.” The program’s inception in 2019 meant the class was focused on the 2020 election, and Ms. Garrison and Ms. Mitchell wanted their students to understand how a woman might
The students also visited the Washington, D.C. offices
of
Congresswoman
Bonnie
Watson
Colemen and visited Seneca Falls, New York, referred to as the Birthplace of the Women’s Rights Movement. In a conference room in their hotel, the students watched a documentary about young women running for office in the 2020 election cycle and stayed up late talking about it.
run for office. The title, “The Road to 270,”
“We just had the best time. It was so wonderful,
was a nod to the number of electoral votes a
and I can’t tell you how many of the students
presidential candidate needs to secure in order
came up to us later and said it was the best
to win the presidency.
time they’ve had at Hun,” Ms. Garrison said.
This year, they plan to expand the course to include more information about how women
And, both teachers agree, students don’t need to take an entire class dedicated to women to better
“I thought, ‘What would be an interesting
might influence politics or civic discourse in
way for students to learn about the political
more behind-the-scenes ways. They have also
process?’” Ms. Mitchell explains. “That’s the joy
welcomed a new teacher, English teacher
of NextTerm; we were tasked, as teachers, to
Parker Nelson, who will bring an additional
find courses that we were interested in.”
perspective to the course.
NextTerm, The Hun School’s immersive, experi-
However, there are some aspects of the class
ential mini-semester, started three years ago as
that Ms. Garrison and Ms. Mitchell hope remain
of things,” Ms. Mitchell says. “You can look at
a way for students to explore their passions and
exactly the same, including the students’
leadership positions or notice if it’s all male, and
interests in a way they can’t during the typical
excitement to welcome outside guests. In 2019,
women are only in supporting roles. If you don’t
academic day. Students spend three weeks
they invited then-Princeton Mayor Liz Lempert
know to look at these things, you might not even
immersed in a single interdisciplinary course.
for a Question and Answer session one morning,
notice that they are there,” she says.
understand patriarchy. In all classes, students and teachers can examine the characters they’re reading about, or notice which historical figures make it into history textbooks. “You just have to be aware of the gender dynamic
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Alumnae Shattering the
GLASS CEILING AERONAUTICAL ENGINEER.
Morgan Leahy Baker ’12
E N V I R O N M E N TA L WA R R I O R .
VIDEO GAME DESIGN AND ACCESSIBILITY LEAD
F I R E F I G H T E R . G E O L O G I S T. MASTER SOMMELIER.
It’s not all fun and games…or is it? For Morgan Leahy Baker ’12, who spun her video game hobby into a successful career, it may just be. “My interest in gaming came from my days at Hun,” she says. “I
F I F T Y Y E A R S AG O ,
was part of a gaming friend group and I even met my husband
THESE CAREERS WERE
hobby has become my profession.”
T H E E XC L U S I V E D O M A I N
Ms. Baker did not plan for a career in video game design,
O F M E N . N O T T O DAY,
disease, and by the time she matriculated at Emory University,
T H A N K S I N PA R T T O
(William Baker ’12) through it.” Few people can say this, but “my
however. She became hard of hearing due to an autoimmune studying mathematics and music, she was profoundly deaf. She continued to turn to video games for fun, but grew frustrated
THESE EIGHT HUN ALUMNAE.
that some of her favorite games weren’t accessible to her.
MEET THE WOMEN WHO ARE
for instance) to motivate or alert the gamer just didn’t work
BREAKING BARRIERS A N D S H AT T E R I N G GL ASS CEILINGS E V E RY S I N G L E DAY.
Games that have a lot of dialogue or rely on sounds (gunfire, well for her. Instead of giving up, she used her voice. “I shared my experiences about how the games weren’t working for me. Game designers and developers want people to play their games, so they started reaching out to me,” she explains. Eventually, it led her to a career balancing game design and accessibility. She designs games with hearing, motor skills, vision, cognitive, and speech differences in mind. If a game incorporates a lot of dialogue, it may be less accessible to someone who is deaf. Subtitles may help those players, but for others with cognitive differences, the ability to pause a game and rewind to catch something they may have missed makes a world of difference.
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from left Morgan Leahy Baker ’12 and Vanessa Puzio Billotti ’94
Ms. Baker’s job is to help create games that are universal. “The
had a horrible boss,” she says. “My mom recognized it, told me I
idea is to design with everyone in mind,” she says. “Even if you
needed to get out of there, and convinced me to think about law
don’t speak the language, you
school.” Ms. Puzio Billotti was reticent at first, but eventually
know what a stop sign looks like wherever you are. Netflix has subtitles, and that was employed to help the Deaf community, but so many other people still use that feature. We’re creating designs so everyone can have an
“FEW PEOPLE CAN SAY THIS, BUT MY HOBBY HAS BECOME MY PROFESSION”
amazing experience.”
changed her mind, attending law school with the intention of using her degree in the art world post-graduation. Then, her career plans took a dramatic turn. “I was interning for a New York Supreme Court judge and watched two female prosecutors on a rape case,” she explains. “They were the white knights of the courtroom and I thought, ‘I want to be them. I want to fight for victims and do what’s right.ʼ” Ms. Puzio Billotti did everything she could to make that happen,
Now that she designs games Ms. Baker finds that she has less
interning in prosecution and for the district attorney’s office
time to actually play them, but she takes heart in knowing her
to make connections. Her dogged pursuit of the role was a
influence makes the experience better, or even possible, for
harbinger of things to come, and once she landed the job, she
others. “I am very connected to the community and it’s very
never rested on her laurels. “Once I got the job in the DA’s office,
humbling to hear how these changes enrich people’s experiences.
I immediately started trying to [prosecute] sex crimes,” she
To hear how many people haven’t been able to play and then
says. “I was very junior, and I would find old sex crime cases that
learn how they enjoy it now…it motivates me and moves me.”
were returns on warrants that nobody else wanted to deal with. I always told them, ‘I’ll take it.’” It worked, and Ms. Puzio Billotti
TW: Sexual assault is referenced in this article.
Vanessa Puzio Billotti ’94 DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE SEX CRIMES UNIT AT MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEYʼS OFFICE
rose the ranks, now serving as deputy chief of the sex crimes unit of the Manhattan district attorney’s office. Her day-to-day is about as far from a pretty picture as possible. Working closely with Manhattan Special Victims Squad, she, along with her team of forty to fifty assistant district attorneys,
As an art history major at Colgate University, Vanessa Puzio
investigate and prosecute felony sex crimes. It’s a dark world she
Billotti ’94 had set her sights on a career in the prestigious art
lives in each day, but she prefers to see the upside. “Yes, our work
world, so when she landed a plum role at a premier auction
can be very dark, but we feel it’s very empowering and uplifting
house in New York, she was thrilled. It quickly soured. “Now I
at the same time. We’re leaving our families every day to go to a
realize it was sexual harassment, but at the time I just thought I
job and really make a difference.”
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from left MC Shea ’19, Kathryn Morgan ’83 (top), Jen Gruskoff ’84 (bottom), Tyler Willey ’07, and Aditi Prabhu ’00
Her office also trained her in transcendental meditation and in
Ms. Puzio Billotti has also worked with the Innocence Project,
vicarious trauma to ensure she doesn’t bear the heavy load of her
reinvestigating sexual assault cases. She reviewed evidence,
work after hours. “When you listen to story after story, it can affect
interviewed
you, but we have been trained on how to not onboard their trauma.”
overturned. “That was a really rewarding experience. On one
Still, while she works hard to leave her work at the office, as the
case, I spent time with the man who was wrongfully accused
mother of two girls, she does not shy away from sharing what she
and he talked about what he’d been through.” That was one of
does. “I talk to my girls a lot about trusting your instincts. There is
the most impactful moments of her career.
witnesses,
and
ultimately,
the
cases
were
one thing I have gleaned from looking at so many cases and that is people really need to trust their gut. A lot of survivors tell me there is a moment when they knew something was wrong but felt it would
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Jen Gruskoff ’84
be impolite to walk away or not engage with the person who ended
FOUNDER, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
up assaulting them. As women especially, we’re trained to be polite,
OF GIRLS SOCCER NETWORK
but I tell my girls, don’t be afraid to be rude. You don’t have to hold
In 2017, as the manager of her daughter’s soccer team in
the door and let someone into a building with you or sit next to
Hollywood, this Hun alumna had an idea. Why not design a
someone if they make you uncomfortable. Trust your gut.”
lifestyle website that wholly caters to girls’ soccer? The idea grew
Ms. Puzio Billotti has prosecuted over 1,000 cases in her career,
from a side project into a burgeoning multimedia site called Girls
but conviction is not always her end game. “Justice means
Soccer Network, the world’s first to connect and inspire women
different things to different people,” she says. “Sometimes
who love the “beautiful game” beyond the pitch. Jen Gruskoff ’84
that means that you’re heard, and your case is investigated but
was working as a script doctor and raising two daughters when
you don’t go to trial. The goal isn’t always about pushing and
the soccer mom grew more and more passionate about the sport
winning a trial. It’s about doing the right thing for each case.”
and its culture. “You’re with the team every weekend, traveling
Of course, earning a conviction is rewarding too. “Some of my best
with them from match to match, sharing the sport with all its
days are after a trial,” she admits. A recent case involving seven
athleticism and drama. It became my life.” She shared managing
victimized sex workers was especially rewarding. “Nobody believed
duties with the father of another player on the team, Michael
them at first (because of the nature of their work) but we tied it
Raimondi. “I launched this business with the man I call my ʻsoccer
together with DNA evidence and won a conviction after trial. It
husband,’ who also runs a production company. Combining their
was triumphant to be able to tell these women—everything you’ve
shared editorial and business skills, they launched the soccer
been through, people saying they didn’t believe you and treating
lifestyle website Girls Soccer Network. Ms Gruskoff’s mission
you poorly, but you stuck with it. I was so proud of them.”
was always very clear: To educate, entertain and inspire soccer-
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mad girls aged 13-24 as well as their parents, coaches and fans. It is now a full time job, with the website, social media channels and a highly popular podcast. Ms Gruskoff manages a team of
editors,
freelance
writers, and coders, and combs
national
international
press
and for
compelling soccer-related content. And, as the Girls Soccer
Network
“I WANT TO MAKE SURE THESE GIRLS KNOW WHAT THEY CAN ACHIEVE.”
has
taught, her dedication drove her to pursue professional certification, focusing her attention on the Court of Master Sommeliers. If you think passing the exam is simply sipping a few wines, think again. The average pass rate is around ten percent, and there are three parts of the exam: theory, tasting, and service. You can pass one portion and fail another. It took her nine years, and six tries, to pass. “I knew it would be hard,” she says. Some parts of the exam required countless hours of study. “The book learning part…I had that down from my days at Hun,” she laughs. Still, she almost gave up when the other parts of the exam proved too difficult. “I
expanded, Ms Gruskoff was able to fulfill a lifelong dream: to own
thought about quitting, but it lasted for about two weeks before I
a professional sports team. She and her GSN co-founder are now
asked myself, ‘what am I doing! This is what I love.’” She earned the
part owners of the National Women's Soccer League’s Chicago Red
prestigious title in 2010.
Stars. She acknowledges that despite the fact the US Women's National Team is far more successful than their male counterparts team, the women still earn less money. “The players are banding together, making noise and it is exciting to watch.” Ms Gruskoff’s message is all about female empowerment. “I want to make sure these girls know what they can achieve.”
Kathryn Morgan ’83 MASTER SOMMELIER Only 269 wine professionals have earned the title of Master Sommelier since the Court of Master Sommeliers was founded in 1969. Of those 269, 172 are in North America. Wondering how many are women? Just 28, and Kathryn Morgan ’83 is one of them.
Ms. Morgan was a sommelier before turning to education, where she has spent the last five years. She teaches 1,300 employees everything from the basics and background to the styles and regions in an effort to help sales representatives do their jobs better. “If you know more, you sell better.” A leader in her industry, she is also a strong proponent of mentorship. “We need more women in leadership and we need to support each other.” When news of the Court’s sexual misconduct scandal broke, she leapt into action. She now serves as the Vice Chair of Court of Master Sommeliers on the Ethics Committee, working to ensure that the next generation of female wine professionals never has to say “me too.”
Ms. Morgan is a hospitality veteran, serving as a sommelier at a
Aditi Prabhu ’00
spate of restaurants in Washington, D.C. before moving to New
OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL,
York to become director of wine education at the largest wholesaler
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
of wine and spirits in the United States. If Ms. Morgan’s career trajectory looks easy, it wasn’t. The wine industry is notoriously male dominated, especially in Europe. “There are a lot of women in lower level management in the industry, but it’s less than ten percent in executive leadership,” she explains.
Climate change is not just a cause for Aditi Prabhu ’00; it’s a calling. In fact, it is one that she traces back to her days at The Hun School. “My freshman advisor shared an interest in the environment, I interned at the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed one summer and spent every other Saturday as a water quality StreamWatch
Ms. Morgan is a study in perseverance. Similar to many in the
volunteer there, and interned at other local environmental
hospitality business, she was drawn to the industry because of her
organizations during my Hun summers,” she explains.
passion for food and wine. “I grew up in a family of wine and food lovers. My parents liked to entertain and because I was an only child, I was stuck at many dinner parties,” she laughs. “I thought it would be sophisticated to develop a taste for wine.”
Ms. Prabhu continued her studies at Harvard University, where she majored in biology, but her particular interest in environmental policy led her to pursue a law degree at Yale University. She dipped a toe in a “little bit of everything” while
She developed a taste for the restaurant world during college.
working with corporate clients at a law firm in Washington,
“Working in restaurants…you meet cool people, go out every
D.C. before jumping into the deep end at the Environmental
night, and I enjoyed that,” she explains. “But my favorite part was
Protection Agency a decade ago. Her internship many years
recommending wine.” She landed a dream job — running the wine
ago still informs her work — she specializes in regulations with
program at a historic restaurant in Washington, D.C. Largely self-
nationwide impact on water issues.
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Though she managed a group of attorneys issuing regulations, a
to understand that it’s going to happen but you need to make a
particular highlight was in 2016, when she worked with political
conscious decision to put yourself first. Understand that what you
leadership. “There were a lot of policy changes then and a lot of
want is more valuable than what anyone thinks of you.”
litigation going on,” she says. “Getting to work in the middle of it as things were changing—it was exciting.” Today, she counsels scientists, engineers, and fellow attorneys in fighting the good fight. She has worked on very big plans,
Tyler Willey ’07 GEOLOGIST AND VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER
including the first full-scale attempt to regulate greenhouse
Tyler Willey ’07 thought she might pursue architecture or art
gases from power plants, but even the seemingly small projects
history but an introductory environmental science class in college
make a big impact on specific communities. “We issued the first
ignited her interest in science. An outdoor enthusiast and avid
rule to require public notification of sewage discharge in the
hiker, Ms. Willey chose to focus on the earth beneath her feet. She
Great Lakes,” she says.
majored in geology at Union College and conducted research on
Not one to seek the spotlight, Ms. Prabhu gleans the most
volcanoes in the Pacific Northwest during her senior year.
satisfaction from the mission. “We’re protecting human health
After graduation, she put her expertise to work in the oil industry,
and the environment.”
spending more than two years as a mudlogging geologist on oil rigs. It is a field well known for being male dominated, with a more
MC Shea ’19
But, Tyler Willey was not afraid to stand out and took it a step
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING,
further—by spending a winter on an oil rig in Alaska with no phone
WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
service and brutally cold temperatures. “I was the only woman
Most teenagers have no idea what they want to do. Not MC Shea
there. They used to put me on a school bus to meet the only other
’19. She has known she wanted to “do something with planes,”
woman in the region,” she laughs.
from a young age. “I want to work on structures and be part of
She thrived. “I really liked it and chose to pursue my Master’s
the manufacturing.”
in petroleum geology at Kansas
A STEM Scholar while at Hun, Ms. Shea jokes that Shakespeare
State.” Her real-world experience
was definitely not for her. “I like subjects that always have a right
impressed
answer.” She excelled in math and physics at Hun, rising to AP
professors but when she graduated,
Physics as a senior. In her class of eight, she was the only girl. It
the oil industry tanked.
was unsettling at first, and she admits that she felt the sting of
She returned to her home state of New Jersey and shifted gears,
her male counterparts’ initial doubt of her skills. “Sometimes you
focusing on soil and groundwater remediation. She is knee-deep in
don’t think about how subtle it can be…little things like the boys
a six-year project remediating TNT from the soil of a construction
not acknowledging me. I did the same work, if not faster.” She
project. “There are so many moving parts in a construction project
turned to strong female faculty role models, including Bethany
like this and there’s always something that pops up.”
Loffredo, dean of students, for advice. In the end, the experience of standing out had a great influence on her. “The only way around something is through,” she says. It also influenced her college decision to attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
her
classmates
and
“YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANT.”
No stranger to solving problems, Tyler Willey also chose to solve problems a little closer to home—by volunteering as a firefighter in Sergeantsville, New Jersey. “Some of my (male) friends were in the department and I wanted to do something new,” says the former
Though her major, aerospace engineering, primarily attracts men,
Hun School and Union College field hockey player. Though the
WPI has inspired her. “Our president is a woman who worked on
firehouse has only had one female volunteer in the past, more than
the Mars Rover landing,” she explains. “It’s not whether you’re
a decade ago, Ms. Willey signed up. She’s responded to everything
male or female—you’re an engineer.”
from brush fires and barn fires to leaking cars but the recent effects
She also never doubts her abilities, and neither do her classmates.
of Hurricane Ida spurred her to undertake swift water training: “We
“We had a project in a class where we had to hook up an air pressure tank and I ended up being the fastest,” she laughs. She is on the road to devising ways to build a better plane but before that, she
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than ninety percent male workforce.
only have a few members currently certified and trained for swift water training, and after being limited with how I could participate during the Ida floods, I figured why not learn and get certified.”
wishes she could give her younger self a little bit of advice: “That
Statistics don’t stand a chance with Tyler Willey. “Don’t assume
feeling of walking into a room and being the only one, you need
any industry is just for males. You can do anything you want.”
HUN TODAY
STEFANIE CONNELL IS IN GOOD COMPANY,
MAKING SURE I T A LL A D DS U P
as women hold a number of leadership positions at The Hun School. Meet the women keeping all the balls in the air, raising
Stefanie Connell Serves The Hun School
money, sharing the news, and
as Chief Financial and Operations Officer
educating the next generation. TRACEY ARNDT Co-Director of Athletics
Brainy and shy, Stefanie Connell is
to a pandemic? Not quite. “I got a crash
ALEXIS BROCK
fascinated by details. She has a penchant
course in epidemiology,” laughs the good-
Chief Advancement Officer
for
natured Ms. Connell.
JULIE DAVIS Chair, Mathematics PATRICIA GARRISON Chair, Interdisciplinary Studies MAUREEN LEMING ’95 Chief Marketing Officer
numbers,
viewing
spreadsheets
as treasure maps filled with glorious
Months before the March 2020 School
discoveries.
and
closure, when Covid-19 was thought to be a
operations officer, Stefanie Connell’s
virus far from our shores, Ms. Connell was
role is typically behind the scenes. She
already assembling a team and planning a
may share an office suite with Head of
response. It was a herculean task, and one
School, Jonathan Brougham, but her
she executed seamlessly, though it was
role is far less public-facing. Instead,
not without many long days and nights.
As
chief
financial
BETHANY LOFFREDO
she oversees a number of departments
Dean of Students
as wide-ranging as facilities, health
DARA MARTIN
services,
Director of Global and
management to human resources, food
Immersion Programs and
services, and auxiliary programming. In
Co-Director of NextTerm
other words, if it is happening
RADHA MISHRA Director of College Counseling JENNIFER MITCHELL
campus
security,
and
risk
at The Hun School, Stefanie Connell knows all about it. However, it’s likely that
“I LIKE TO FIND WAYS TO MAKE US STRONGER” It is one of the reasons Ms. Connell relishes time with her family at home in Princeton. A mother of three (Zack Connell
’17
and
Maya
Connell
’21
Director of International
until March 2020, you
attended Hun), she is married to her
Student Program
didn’t really know her.
high school sweetheart, a librarian at
JACQUELINE O’GORMAN Chair, Science EVA OSTROWSKY Director of Counseling and Wellness CHRISTINE PETRUZZELLI Director of the Academic Learning Services Department DEBORAH WATTS Chair, Performing Arts AMY WRIGHT Chair, Computer Science
Ms. Connell joined
Princeton University. As it turns out,
Hun in 2009, first as
numbers aren’t her only passion—she
director of business
is often found turning the pages of a
services before taking
good book. The Prius-driving CFOO also
on the role of chief
champions environmental causes.
financial officer
Still, between contact tracing, staying
in 2014. Financial
abreast of ever-changing guidelines from
projections and
federal, state, and local governments, and
cost-saving
leading the Covid-free charge on campus,
initiatives were
Ms. Connell always focuses on the bottom
an expected
line. “I have a curiosity for numbers,” she
part of the
says. It means you will find her most days
job; leading
at her desk analyzing ways to better use
a nearly two-
Hun’s resources. “I like to find ways to
year response
make us stronger,” she adds.
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In the BOARDROOM
When Susan Michel’s oldest child was about to enter middle school, she and her husband thought he might benefit from the smaller student-teacher ratios that are a hallmark of a Hun School education. What she didn’t know then was that she was charting a course for all four of her children to become Hun lifers, or students who attend the School from grades six through twelve. “We see Hun not just for what the School did for our children, but in our community,” Mrs. Michel says. “To have a powerful Middle School education that then continues into Upper School that then prepares them well for college — we couldn't ask for more.” Ten years ago, Mrs. Michel joined the Board of Trustees, and is the longest-serving current female Trustee. For her, it was an honor to be asked by Head of School Jon Brougham to serve on the Board, and she leaves each meeting feeling empowered and energized. “We always thought we had the best School when our children went through, and to see it become even better is great. I just feel as if
“I think when these young women entered Hun,
Hun has always been very forthright what's
in
best
thinking for
the
future,” she says. This foresight is some-
they didn’t realize
thing
the gifts they were
fifty years ago, when it
bringing in that they were going to change the rhythm, and for the better.”
Mrs.
Michel
believes the School had began admitting girls. “When you break into a
The Veteran: SUSAN MICHEL
room you can change the dance, but you don't have to change who you are,” she says. “And I think when these young women entered Hun, they didn't realize the gifts they were bringing in that they were going to change the rhythm, and for the better.” This concept of bringing a new rhythm into an environment is one that Mrs. Michel understands well: She is the CEO of Glen Eagle, a global financial company that specializes in wealth management and institutional markets. In the field of financial advising, the Bureau of Labor
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FROM THE LONGEST-STANDING FEMALE BOARD MEMBER TO THE NEWEST FEMALE INDUCTEE, THESE TWO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARE PUTTING EDUCATION FIRST.
Get to know them.
Statistics estimates that women make up about thirty percent of the workforce. Mrs. Michel, who is chair of the investment committee of the Board, knows that girls at Hun today believe they can be part of any club or organization without second-guessing if their gender is holding them back. “And that’s the gift Hun gives them, that they can be themselves,” she says.
of inductees to the Board chairing
of
Trustees, the
Education
Committee where sheʼll bring her real-life experiences from her career as a marketing executive at Fortune 500 companies to the Hun community. “We’ve all been there, where you’re sitting in class thinking, ‘When am I ever going to use this?’ I want to demystify all of that for kids, because I think it helps create a much more fulfilling experience when you can see what you’re learning and
The Newcomer: ALICIA
TILLMAN ’93
When Alicia Tillman ’93 was a student at Hun, she knew that her time on campus was a stepping stone to her future career.
its connections to life outside Hun,” she says. Ms. Tillman brings more than twenty years of business experience to the Board. She is the chief marketing officer of Capitolis, a financial technology startup. Previously, she served as chief marketing officer at the software company SAP, and spent ten
“Your high school education is definitely one of the most
years at American Express. In her time as a C-Suite executive, she
important four years of your life because that’s a period where
has seen how leaders use some of the same skills students learn in
you’re really spending the time to find yourself; you learn how
the classrooms at Hun. She's looking forward to helping students
to be part of a team, what inspires you academically, and how
connect what they are learning in the classroom to how they will
to discover your purpose. Hun brings you the best of all of those
use those skills in their future careers.
things,” Ms. Tillman says.
“I want to make sure that what’s most needed out of leaders
And now, sheʼs excited to help current students get the most
in society today is the foundation for how we’re both educating
out of their Hun School education, too. Ms. Tillman was the
and creating an environment of collaboration, strong values,
featured speaker at Convocation, where she inspired the
and purpose for all of the students who come through Hun,”
crowd and kicked off the celebration of the 50th anniversary
she says. “Now, more than ever, we will create a place that's
of girls and women at Hun. She’s also among the newest class
relevant in the context of preparation for a fulfilling life.”
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April 29 – May 1
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ClassNotes
ClassNotes
HUN ALUMNI Keeping in Touch, Informed, and Up-to-Date
1947
1952 1957
75TH REUNION
70TH REUNION
At Community Park Senior Swim this past summer, I met Bill and former faculty member Connie Shaffer. For over thirty years Connie was Chair of the Modern Languages and Classics Department at Hun. What a delight it was to exchange stories about the School. I
65TH REUNION
gave her former faculty Jack Myers’ letters to our class.
Fritz Blaicher wrote, “Gay and I moved to Vero
Someday soon, I will take Tryg Sletteland’s niece’s
Beach, FL in 1993 and I retired in 2004. We recently
family for a walk. If you call me before the next Class
sold our house and moved to an ocean condo in
Notes, I might take you along, too.
Vero Beach. We are full-time Floridians, however we rent in Vermont for the summer. We have eight
John Stewart wrote, “On August 10th I visited the
grandchildren, aged thirteen to twenty-eight, who
School with my 1959 roommate, Bill Gilman. We
love to visit us in the winter. Can’t believe it will be
enjoyed a tour of the School put together by Jasmin
65 years!”
Leary Barry ’75 and Janine Russo Vanisko ’83, and
1959
Bruce Barren wrote, “At eighty, I am relaxing in
embellished by Dr. James Byer ’62, former head of School. Following the tour we enjoyed lunch with Rick Gallaudet at Jim’s golf club, where I was awed by Jim’s name on nineteen plaques as club champion!
my home office but still very actively working in business. I do not believe in retirement! Thank you,
On September 30th I returned to the School to
Hun, for an inactive and uncreative mind makes
enjoy the celebration for the Breen Performing Arts
one’s life dull and short.”
Center and DAYLO STEM Center. It is an excellent
1960
Paul Kadlic wrote, “We are living in Florida full time now and although the summers can be very hot and humid, we just travel up north for a
above Bruce Barren ’59 below John Stewart ’61, Dr. James Byer ’62, former Head of School, Richard Gallaudet ’61, and Bill Gilman ’61 shared Hun memories over lunch
venue for the students to seriously learn dance, theatre, orchestra, stage management skills such as sound and scenery, and embark in science and technology. I had the pleasure of telling Trustee Ed Breen that personally.
few weeks to visit friends and family during the
The Hun School certainly has come a long way
hottest time.
from the days when Bill and I were students there. The reason was mentioned by several of the
I spend most of my time golfing, reading, and
major donors at the Breen Performing Arts Center
exercising while my wife fills her days primarily
and DAYLO STEM Center Debut celebration: they
with bridge and needlework. Of course, we
experienced firsthand the very beneficial result of
always look forward to visits from our children
the traditional, rigorous education with their kids
and our eight grandchildren. Our last trip out of
attending The Hun School.
the country was to Turks and Caicos for a family vacation and fortunately arrived back home on January 3, 2020 just before the Covid outbreak.
1962
60TH REUNION
Speaking of family vacations, we spent two weeks
Dr. James Byer wrote, “I am enjoying golf these days,
in Avalon, NJ with a large portion of my extended
some with Hun alumni from a variety of classes. I
family as they helped me celebrate my 80th!
hope that my fellow ’62 classmates will attend the
Absolutely the best birthday celebration I’ve ever
Hun Reunion the weekend of April 29-30. It will
had. Family is everything!”
be great to see you then. Please make an effort
1961
to return to the campus and see the enormous number of great changes that have occurred since our graduation.”
Jim Firestone wrote, “In my last Class Notes, I asked you to call me and I got no response. Are
Jim Steiger wrote, “Much has changed since the 50th
you trying to get your Class Ambassador recalled?
Reunion of the Class of 1962. Juanita and I retired in
Tryg Sletteland ’64 however, did call to ask me
2015 from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN and
to welcome his niece’s family, who moved into
moved to Maple Ridge, a small suburb of Vancouver,
Princeton, also on Vandeventer Avenue.
British Columbia to be close to our two Canadian
above from left to right: Herbert Hagens ’64, Peter Hagens ’66 (celebrating his 55th Reunion), and Herbert Hagens Sr ’41 (would have celebrated his 80th Reunion this year.)
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ClassNotes
above left Jim Steiger ’62 and his wife, Juanita above middle Tryg Sletteland ’64 and Michael Fogarty ’64 above right Author Jono Miller ’70
above left A painting by Brad Faus ’71 above right Hun alumni celebrated at the wedding of Mike Christiansen ’71’s daughter, Alison. Chuck Henry ’70, Mike Christiansen ’71, Carl Christiansen ’74, Mike Christiansen ’09, and Will Christiansen ’07 below left Former Trustee Mike Guadagno ’71, former Head of School Dr. James Byer ’62, and Trustee Brian Logue ’75, enjoying a round of golf at Trenton Country Club in September 2021 below right Members from the Class of 1971 reunite for their 50th on Zoom.
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ClassNotes
daughters and four grandsons, ages 7-12. We are
we have a daughter and two grandchildren who live
say the least. Afterwards, one of the dads told me
surrounded by natural beauty. Scenic and hilly hiking
five blocks away, so we get regular grandchildren
I’d been his first-year philosophy teacher thirty years
trails through the woods are literally a four-minute
fixes. And, six weeks ago we got a new puppy, so
ago. What goes around, comes around. Love to all.”
walk from our house. (Encounters with an occasional
it is chaos right now. Unfortunately, we did lose a
bear keep things interesting.) We celebrated our 50th
couple of cousins to Covid, as I am sure some of my
Charlie Guthridge wrote, “Beth and I send our best
anniversary in 2019.
classmates did too. Hopefully, things will improve
to you and Sonia and to all our Hun classmates. If
Covid infection and death rates have been much lower here than in the U.S., and we consider ourselves very fortunate. As citizens and neighbors, our young people are facing many new challenges that will require, and strongly tax, the critical thinking skills and moral and civic values that are the cornerstone
over the coming year.”
anyone is looking for a good read, Stephen King’s
1964
Herbert Hagens wrote, “Not much news to report
new book, Billy Summers, is very entertaining.”
Tryg Sletteland wrote, “Dear classmates, I had a health setback in May while in Brazil and the worst part of it was being hospitalized for two nights and
of a Hun education.”
three days. I don’t have any health insurance down
1963
Brazilian Reals, so that makes medical care pretty
Harvey Jacob wrote, “What a year it has been! Nothing seems to be the same. Daily routines have been upended. Volunteer activities have been upended. Religious services have been upended. I lead services regularly at my synagogue. In September 2020, I had to record my singing for the High Holidays. During the year I led a bunch of Zoom services. 2021’s High Holiday services were truncated, but at least I got to sing live to people who I could hear respond. My wife, Beth, the super volunteer, had to give up weekly stints with four different groups. I only had to give up
there, but the U.S. Dollar is worth more than five inexpensive. Sonia and I have protected ourselves well from Covid in both countries and are happy to have returned recently for our southern California half of the year! We’ve already been up to Oregon to see my kids and our three grandkids, and to San Francisco, where we lunched sumptuously with Michael Fogarty, who is likely moving soon to Pittsburgh, PA, where one of his sons and two grandchildren live. Bill Acker wrote, “I have finally retired completely after three false starts. Clare and I have been married 53 years – unbelievable. Our four children
We have not been able to travel. We missed two
Dublin. Between them there are four grandchildren,
who lives in Israel with five of our grandchildren. We have only seen our Pennsylvania grandchildren for two days in the last eighteen months but saw their father, our son, for about six days, mainly because Beth and I had a couple of hospitalizations. Luckily,
are happily settled in careers and live in London and whom we see a lot, but would love to see more. We live between Tunbridge Wells in England and Ponte de Lima in Portugal, which is delightful. We used to see Paul Rosenblum frequently. Paul and I were roommates at Penn, and, yes, we are embarrassed to admit that Donald Trump was a classmate. John Taylor and I are in touch and argue about politics. John shares our love of Portugal and has a place near Lisbon. Clare and I and Paul and his wife, Jeanne, have met for many, very pleasant trips together – Japan, Vietnam, Croatia, Sicily, Dresden, etc. but, of course, all of this stopped completely with Covid. We can’t wait to get back on the road, and to see Paul and Jeanne again. I hope all of you who read
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this are well and I send you my good wishes.”
Profit board responsibilities … all pretty small time, but that makes them more, not less, time(because
we
don’t
have
a
paid
secretary). I’m working fitfully at my philosophy work, swimming every day, re-learning my cooking skills, and wondering where the time went. I had to give a speech yesterday evening to high-potential/
See you on the Link!
all been vaccinated and remain Covid free so far. I saw Bud Stults recently and he is doing fine too.”
1965
Stephen Polin wrote, “My wife, Jaclyn, and I are in the process of building a house on Martha’s Vineyard. In early September 2021, I had lunch with Sam Bacon while on the Vineyard. Recently, I spoke with Luke Salisbury and sent him a couple
chapters from the two books I wrote while under prolonged quarantine. I have been busy recording and preparing to release two more CDs and are on my website at www.spxyxx.com. Our son Schuyler graduated from Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati in May of 2021, and in June secured a position as senior rabbi at Temple Israel in Columbus, GA where he and his wife, Daniella, now live with our three-year-old grandson, Micha.”
1967
55TH REUNION
1970
Congratulations to our 2020 Distinguished Alumnus Award Recipient, David Diamond ’70. Jono Miller wrote, “I’m retired and living in Sarasota, FL, where I’ve been since graduating from Hun. After ten years The Palmetto Book: Mysteries and Histories of the Cabbage Palm has been published by the University Press of Florida. Despite my long association
Fred D’Agostino wrote, “Juggling lots of Not For
consuming
and age 99, my brother Peter Hagens ’66, and I have
continuing to paint. Paintings and some recordings
cooking one lunch per week at a local food bank.
vacations and three trips to visit our oldest daughter
other than Adelaide, my father, Herbert Hagens ’41
with New College, (and 25 pages of citations) this is not an academic book. Any Hun readers interested in the natural or cultural history of the coastal South or peninsular Florida should find this an enlightening and entertaining reading experience.”
1971
Steve Weiss wrote, “For our 50th Reunion, fifteen
low-opportunity kids that we (Univ. of Queensland)
classmates convened on Zoom last April for two
give a leg up via a support program that starts in
wonderful hours that passed quickly. We shared
high school. I wanted to tell them a bit about my
updates and stories new and old. Some of us had
own journey. When I got to “My parents were born
not seen each other in 50 years! Attendees included
about a hundred years ago,” I was nonplussed, to
Steve Weiss, Stu Aizenberg, Mark Taylor, Roger
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ClassNotes
1975
“There are certain people with whom we are fortunate to cross paths and who leave with us indelible memories due to their kindness and generosity. In my life, one of those people was Mr. Arthur Rozas. I arrived at The Hun School in 1973 in the summer term prior to my junior year. I left behind an allboys school in the Dominican Republic where I was deeply embedded and had studied in Spanish since second grade. That summer, Hun was hot and desolate. We were only about ten students, half of whom were international students, with the other half American students doing remedial work. We lived in Carter Dormitory for about one month and I was given an English aptitude test that determined that my English was adequate enough so it would not be necessary to join the International Program. Instead, I became the only international student who joined the regular curriculum as an American student in the fall. However flattering that may have been, it left me in a sort of cultural limbo at Hun—not really belonging to either group. I returned a month later and started my junior year. It was my first time away from home for longer than a few weeks and the first time I was going to study in English. The first book we had to read for English class was Moby Dick. I was totally overwhelmed and able to read just a few lines at a time before having to consult the dictionary, but two things saved me: I discovered the Cliff Notes and I had Mr. Allen Kirschner as a teacher. He was one of the kindest, smartest, and most caring people I have ever met. I lived in Poe Dormitory and it was the time of Watergate, the end of the Vietnam War, the financial recession, and long gas lines, and as many other boarding schools in the area were closing down, Hun was receiving their students. I was fascinated by the different nationalities of the students at Hun and I interacted with them in sports, around the dorms, and at meals, but since I was not officially a part of the International Program, I missed out on all the extracurricular activities and field trips that were part of that program. I had the fortune of meeting Mr. Arthur Rozas, a true gentleman of impeccable manners. He had a calm demeanor, gesturing elegantly with his inseparable pipe. He always had something pleasant and positive to say to everyone. Mr. Rozas taught French, Spanish, and Latin and was the co-director of the International Program. Although I never had him as a teacher, he noticed that I had been left in a sort of social no-man’s land at the school, and he began to
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include me in some of the activities with the other international students so that I didn’t feel so left out. He became a mentor that I could always go to if I needed something and our friendship continued after graduation. The school had only recently become co-ed, and at that time there were very few girls at Hun, and all were day students. As boarding students, we spent a lot of time together forming a tight-knit group and friendships that have continued over the decades. I was also very fortunate that I met three day students, Robert Purcell ’75, his sister Veronica Purcell ’76, and Avery Chenoweth ’74, who opened the doors of their homes to me. I was able to have a window into the life of a day student and learn about the local Princeton community. Robert and Veronica’s parents became like second parents to me. Rob and I were ushers in our respective weddings and he is also my daughter’s godfather. My senior year I lived in the Russell attic and I had Mr. James Kerr for senior English: a brilliant, inspiring teacher with a tart tongue and a wicked sense of humor. Thanks to him and to Mr. Kirschner, by the beginning of my senior
I am forever grateful to The Hun School for giving me the cultural foundations that would prepare me for a life in the United States, and to Mr. Arthur Rozas for his friendship and support.”
year I was contributing in English to Logos, the Hun literary magazine. I’ve always hated math and was terrible at it, but Mr. Norman Cubanski made it tolerable and Mr. Spengler taught a very interesting American History class that has served me well in always wanting to know more about the history of what would one day become my adoptive country. I had no clue at that time that my adult life would take place in the United States. A great part of my career as a physician and psychiatrist has been in academic medicine, and I have written close to 100 medical articles and book chapters and have edited two books in English, but I would have never believed anyone who would have predicted this when I was choking on Moby Dick, Shakespeare, and Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. I am forever grateful to The Hun School for giving me the cultural foundations that would prepare me for a life in the United States, and to Mr. Arthur Rozas for his friendship and support. Sometimes, life has a way of coming around full circle. After Mr. Rozas retired from Hun in the 1990’s, he moved one hour away from my home in South Florida. We reconnected, and my wife and I became very close with him and his wife. They had no children, so for Mr. Rozas, his students were like his children. I learned that Mr. Rozas was born in Argentina to immigrant parents from north-central Spain. He started his teaching career as a Brother of the La Salle religious order (also known as the Christian Brothers), a Catholic order that was founded in France in the late 1500’s and has over 1,000 schools and colleges in 79 different countries. He spoke four languages fluently and left the order so he could marry his wife, and then they immigrated to the United States, where he taught at Hun for many years. By the time of his retirement, Mr. Rozas was suffering from severe diabetes and he received his medical care at the University of Miami / Jackson Memorial Hospital, where I was on the medical staff for twenty years. We would get together for lunch every time he came for his medical appointments and he and his wife partook in many of our family celebrations. I particularly remember our 10th wedding
anniversary, where they demonstrated their impressive dancing abilities. One day, Mr. Rozas and I were scheduled to meet for lunch at the medical center during the day of his scheduled medical visit, but he called me the night before to cancel our lunch appointment because he said he wasn’t feeling well. I didn’t think much of it at the time, but he passed away suddenly at his home the following day. I like to think I was able to give him back at least a little bit of the support that he gave me when I was a student at Hun.” — By Eugenio Rothe ’75
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Bing, David Stein, Rick Van Orden, Alan Levine,
Steve Yavelow, Shelly Perlmutter, Kevin Thurm, Jonathan Frieman, Chris Lau, Rick Ziegler, Larry Gilman, and George Koh.
We look forward to celebrating this milestone in person at Hun’s Alumni Weekend in the spring. In other news, Brad Faus began his 45th year of teaching at the secondary level and the 35th at The Hotchkiss School in Connecticut. He is the program director of studio art and art history, teaches fine art, design, and architecture, and has coached several interscholastic teams, including girls’ varsity lacrosse. As an artist, he works in mixed media, printmaking, and encaustic. He and his wife are starting to make plans for retirement in South Carolina and Maine.
above Rick Stine ’74, Mike Christiansen ’09, Carl Christiansen ’74, Will Christiansen ’07, Mike Christiansen ’71, and Jeff Rubin ’74 below left Greg Rafalski ’73 and Mark Schwartz Hester ’74 relive
Mark Taylor and David Stein met in person this
Hun School days over lunch at JoJo’s in Hamilton, NJ below right Bruce Cohen ’74 and his wife Debi
summer for the first time since graduation in 1971. They had dinner together in Washington, DC.
1972
50TH REUNION
Kurt Rahlfs wrote, “Retired. Roaming ski areas, hiking trails, and bicycling the byways.” Don Meisel wrote, “It’s been almost ten years since the Class of 1972 Friday night Reunion gathering. This year marks our milestone Reunion of 50 years. It’s time to celebrate. Travel back to the Hun campus and reconnect with classmates and friends, relive Hun memories, and let’s make some new ones. Over the past ten years, I’ve run into classmates including Alan Chalifoux, Brooks Schlieben, Bob
Higgins, David Ludlum, Dick Sword, Barry Sussman, Rusty Jones, and Lou Gidding. I stay in touch with Craig Hannas, former faculty member, and wrote a
and her husband renovate their house in Haddon
Love and fond regards always to my Hun ’74 close
Heights, NJ.”
crew! Avery Chenoweth, Joe Haydu, John Seiler,
Heidi Baltzer Pavela, Joy Holzman Wayne, Alan
publication several years ago. Hopefully Craig and
1974
the spring. I also hope to entice Norm Cubanski,
to my lovely wife, Debi. We have been Israeli
story about him for the St. Andrew University alumni former faculty member Whit Rutter will join us in
Efron, Lisa Eringen, Ted Betz, Michael Freed ’72,
Bruce Cohen wrote, “2021 is my 30th year married
former faculty member, to return for our 50th.
citizens since 1992, and our eldest son, Ari, 29,
I sold my home in Lawrenceville after 25 years and
in Haifa as a professional musician/producer,
have moved to nearby Hamilton. Covid has slowed
is an Israeli Army veteran living his post-IDF life working primarily in film and television. Our
Bob Albanese ’73, Bill Middlebrook ’73, and Sue Fulton Talbot ’75.”
Carl Christiansen wrote, “Jane and I celebrated the wedding of our son, William Christiansen
’07, and Sierra Hicks originally on August 22, 2020 with a total of nine people attending, due to Covid
youngest son, Levi, is one Covid-19-delayed course
restrictions. On August 28, 2021, they had a “redo”
Carolina, Boston, and Maine in the last six months.
from finishing college in New York City to embark
of the wedding in Camby, Oregon so everyone
Since I am on the Reunion Committee, please
on a career in sculpting for film. In 2023, I will
could attend.”
let me know if you are going to attend or need
reach my 30th year as rabbi and music director
accommodations and/or transportation. I’d be happy
at Congregation Beth El of Manhattan on Park
to help in any way that ensures that you come back
Avenue and 64th Street in Manhattan.
down travel plans but I’ve made trips to North
1975
Amy Grodnick Eckenthal wrote, “I am so glad I was
and celebrate a milestone. dmmeisel@yahoo.com. 2021 marks my 43rd anniversary as a worship
present at The Hun School’s Convocation and kick-off
musician
with
for the Her at Hun yearlong celebration. It was very
several albums available on iTunes, along with
special for me, having not returned to campus since
Greg Rafalski wrote, “I spend a lot of time enjoying
covers of my songs by other artists. Two rather large
my graduation in 1975. I could sense the excitement
life! I am retired and enjoy spending time with
career-summary books are coming out in 2021-
throughout the campus as the entire Hun community
my family and golfing. My daughter, Kelly, was
2022 – one on theology and the other a collection
returned from last year’s hybrid adventure. I also
recently married and we have been helping her
of my music from 1978-2018 in music score form.
enjoyed speaking with my fellow barrier-breaking
1973
(brucecohenwordsmusic.com)
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April 29th - May 1st, and catching up with the rest of
Dennis Pone wrote, “Donna and I love being
my friends and classmates then. Please make the
grandparents to our first grandson, Finley Roland
effort to attend.”
Starr, and our three-year-old Emelia Rosalie Pone. We
1976
Congratulations to our 2022 Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee, Thomas Sumners ’76. Dee Dee Cronin Nemeth Juno wrote, “Monday,
are catching up to Barbara Deitz Caprioni and Dee
Dee (Cronin) Nemeth Juno. Our third grandchild and second granddaughter is due in October of 2021! Life is good. Best to all of my Hun family.”
1977
45TH REUNION
September 13th I attended Convocation and celebrated
Bill Hawkey wrote, “Greetings from Pennington
50 years of girls at Hun. What a fun morning catching
to the great class of 1977. Hard to believe we are
up with everyone. I enjoyed meeting all the people
coming up on our 45th!
involved in the morning’s events. After taking a tour of Hun I want to be a student again! Looking forward to
After more than eighteen months of having all
more Her at Hun events this coming year! We missed
of our lives turned upside down, I think we can
you Fran Doyle Stokes, Jasmin Leary Barry ’75, and
treat ourselves to a trip back to Hun this spring to
Janine Russo Vanisko ’83!”
celebrate our 45th Reunion. As for me, I didn’t get very far geographically, as far as family and career
Barbara Deitz Caprioni wrote, “Convocation and
go. I’m coming up on almost forty years of teaching,
brunch at Hun were held on a beautiful, hot, and
coaching, administrative jobs, and now as Head
above Bill Gates ’75 models the socks he received
bad hair day — but I loved every minute of it. I had
of School of our old rival, The Pennington School.
for making a donation to the Hun Fund
the opportunity to meet a few of the students.
Despite the challenges of Covid, we weathered
What a wonderful group of ladies and gentlemen.
the storm quite well by keeping the students in
female alumnae. I certainly didn’t recognize at the
Needless to say, it was quite an experience with all
school this past eighteen months. I’m fortunate
time the trail we were blazing for all the girls that
the new faces and current ’rules and regs.’ But as
to have a great colleague in Jon Brougham, head
followed us. Hun truly is better for having taken that
time marches on… so does the world. Looking very
of School, to share stories, seek advice and ideas,
first bold step 50 years ago.
forward to upcoming events.
and commiserate with at times. We should all be
Barbara Waterman wrote, “I was honored to have
Grandsons Parker, 7, and Campbell, 4, are my life and
the school has never been stronger! When I’m not
been invited and included in the Convocation
heartbeat. We are all quickly discovering that it’s the
enveloped in the 24/7 life of a day/boarding school, I
Ceremony on September 13th celebrating 50 years
best club to be a part of… never imagined life during
spend time at our lakefront cottage in Connecticut,
of Her at Hun. It was a very pleasant day and I
Hun days as a MeMa. Shout out to all of you out
Maine, or at the Outer Banks in NC. Hope to see you
enjoyed sharing stories of our Hun experiences at
there who were, and still are, a part of the Barbisms…
all in April back in Princeton.”
brunch with my fellow women classmates and
Founder of Big Man’s Brew. Check it out, IPA fans! Be
friends. I look forward to our Reunion in the spring,
well and stay safe - hugs to you all!”
proud to be a part of the Hun community because
WE ARE RAIDERS! Keep the Hun network strong. Stay connected to each other and the place you call home. EMAIL US ALUMNI@HUNSCHOOL.ORG FOLLOW US
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1978
Deirdre ‘Dee’ Calvin Hamling shared a story that her horse farm was featured on NBC-NY promoting the work they do with students from local colleges to help teach team-building and leadership skills. “Raven Hill’s Equipower-Solutions kicked off our first session of Horsemanship & Medicine recently. This is our fifth year working with these extraordinary first-year medical students from Touro, and they are absolutely amazing. Nothing feels better in life than making a positive impact on someone, as our horses and awesome team have done year after year. I am so grateful for this continued opportunity and am very proud of the fantastic program Bonnie Malajian and I developed, and the horses, team members, and students that make the magic happen.”
1979
above Steven Hawkey, Amanda Barroca, Ellie Hawkey, Karen Hawkey, Bill Hawkey ’77, Paige Hansen,
recipient and Hun School Trustee, Danner Schmunk
grandson Campbell Orsley, Allison Orsley, Barbara Deitz Caprioni ’76, Jared Caprioni, grandson Parker
and Billy Hawkey below left Tara Dorgan ’14, Avery Dorgan ’11 and his wife Safiqa Khimani, Jocelyn
Congratulations to 2022 Alumnus of the Year Riebe ’79.
Avery Dorgan ’80, and Guy Dorgan at Avery’s wedding reception below right Barbara Deitz Caprioni’s Orsley, and Ryan Orsley.
1980
Jocelyn Avery Dorgan wrote, “My son, Avery
Dorgan ’11, married his longtime love, Safiqa, on May 29, 2021. My daughter, Tara Dorgan ’14, was his best woman. It was an incredible three-day celebration in traditional Indian style, where the two families had a chance to bond and become one.”
1981
Scott Brenner wrote, “I have been busy building products to help small- and medium-sized companies learn about cybersecurity threats and how to protect themselves. I am also creating a suite of technology services with my business partner to help companies create or improve their online presence. In addition, I am also doing another consulting gig for Comcast, helping them launch a new product. In the little spare time I do have, I enjoy running and hiking with my wife, Danielle, in Haddonfield, NJ. We’re enjoying the freedom that comes from having all three of our daughters (finally) out of college!”
1982 1983 Martin
40TH REUNION
Sumners,
Stuart
Tucker,
and
Jeff
Freedman, the three amigos, enjoyed catching up over some great Trenton Pies! Jeff has been friends with Stu, Martin, and Paul Pintella since the first
left Deirdre Calvin Hamling ’78 above Derek
day he met them in August 1979. It is a wonderful
Straut ’78, Clifford Gibbons ’79, and Rick Crispin
friendship that has endured even though Jeff has
’77 catch up in September at a Stetson-Princeton
not lived in the Mercer area since 1983. Jeff has
Tigers football game at Princeton Stadium
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been in the residential sports camp industry for the past 24 years. Prior to that, he was a lawyer in the enforcement division of the NCAA, and he has three kids. Fran Held, founder of Mitzvah Circle, was featured on Philadelphia Channel 6 News’ “Hometown Heroes” in September of 2021. Mitzvah Circle means “a circle of kindness.” Fran and Mitzvah Circle served 97,000 people in the community in 2020, including donating 2 million diapers. To view the full story, visit https://6abc.com/west-norritontownship-mitzvah-circle-montgomery-countypennsylvania-fran-held-charity/11022948/.
1987
35TH REUNION
1988
above left Trustee Alicia Klosowski Tillman ’93 pictured with her husband, Bill, daughter, Riley,
States Marine Corps as a Brigadier General on
and Tim Field ’94 with their daughter, Madison. below Dana Hughes Moorhead ’95 attended
August 1, 2021. I had the privilege of serving
a successful social for parents of students in the Black Student Union during a beautiful fall
alongside incredible young Americans every day.
weekend at Hun’s Homecoming 2021.
Timothy Adams wrote, “I retired from the United
12; and son, William, 10, at a family wedding this summer in Asbury Park, NJ above right Laura
My work focused on aviation, offensive cyber, and counter terrorism. We continue to reside in Memphis and New Orleans and see Hardy Roddy when our paths cross. Melissa and I stay busy playing tennis, traveling, and cheering on the New Orleans Saints. I may be reached at timothylradams@gmail.com.” Derek Ruetsch wrote, “On August 23, I married Cynthia, a friend from eighteen years ago when we were simulator partners transitioning from the turboprop to the DornierJet at Atlantic Coast Airlines. Cynthia now flies for JetBlue and has changed bases from Boston to Los Angeles, and has joined me in Goodyear, AZ.” Derek is still at Atlas Air, and spent most of October in Miami while he was in requalification training to go back on the Boeing 747, this time as Captain. Before he upgraded to Captain on the 767, he flew the 747 around the world as First Officer.
1990
Congratulations to our 2020 Distinguished Alumna Award Recipient, Kimberly McCreight ’90. Good Morning America has selected Kimberly McCreight’s latest thriller book release, Friends
Like These as a GMA Buzz Pick. In the novel, Kim takes the reader on a roller coaster ride following
1991
Breen Performing Arts Center were some of my
getting after it and going strong after thirty years!
at Hun! Make plans to spend some time at Alumni
Matthew Deering and Gordon Grauer are still Gordon and Matt hope to see all their fellow classmates at their 30th Reunion in April.
1992
30TH REUNION
1993
Alicia Klosowski Tillman wrote, “Hi, Class of 1993!
a group of friends who met in college and share
I hope everyone had a great summer and fall. My
one dark secret.
family and I spent most of our weekends in Long Beach Island, NJ in between camp and sports
Rebecca Jacobson Baranoff wrote, “Our family
weekends with the kids. I visited the Hun campus
recently moved in June from Marietta, GA to a
in September and was blown away by all the
beautiful home in Katy, TX. We moved for my
amazing additions and renovations. The Wilf Family
husband’s job.”
Global Commons and DAYLO STEM Center, and
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highlights, along with seeing fellow ’93 alumna Jen Pontani Stone, who is making her continued mark Weekend to check out the beautiful campus. Hope to see you there!”
1994
Tim Field wrote, “Hope the class of 1994 and all other classes are doing great! We had a great summer and are excited for the upcoming fall season. We are loving every minute with our daughter Madison and living life to its fullest. Wishing everyone a safe and happy holiday season. Hope to see you all soon and best to your families. Go Raiders!”
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left Tim Adams ’88 above left Martin Sumners ’83, Stuart Tucker ’83, and Jeff Freedman above right Derek Ruetsch ’88 and his wife, Cynthia, on their honeymoon in Santorini
above left Fran Held ’83 taping a segment for Philadelphia Channel 6 News above right Hun Mini Reunion at Surf City Hotel in Surf City, NJ with Marian Stoddard McLaughlin ’87, Linda Rowe Catullo ’87, Chad Stockman ’87, Bill Kearns ’86, Tom Jingoli ’86, and Gary Roberts ’85 below left Author Kimberly McCreight ’90 with her new book, Friends Like These. below middle Hun roommates: Matthew Deering ’91 and Gordon Grauer ’91 on their 28th annual Grauer and Deering Family Summer Vacation in Islamorada, FL below right Brunch in Newtown, PA - Jennifer Turner Stefano ’92, Shawntell Manning ’92, and Judith Persichetti Kelly ’92
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above left Mark Greenfield ’97 married Nicole Raphael on May 30, 2021 above right Kelly Camamis ’97, her children, Maddie, Sawyer, Charlie, and their mini Bernedoodle, who is with Kelly at every Hun Middle School field hockey and soccer game. below right Jeff Servello ’98
above left Christian Brunone ’02 and his wife, Katherine, enjoyed a warm early fall down the Jersey shore with six-month-old son, CJ, and dog, Sandy. They welcomed Christopher Joseph on April 3, 2021 above center Heather MacKenzie Coody ’97, her husband John, and their son, JJ left Children of Christine Czarnecki Pompile ’02: Paige, Penny, and Piper right Bruce Slappy, son of Trustee Wayne Slappy ’95, and Mila Negi, daughter of Erica Chawla Negi ’98
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1995
and his family have been stationed all over the
fellow alumna Kimberly Johnson Spolitino ’84.
world, having lived in Hawaii, Annapolis, Norfolk,
Congratulations to our 2020 Athletic Hall of Fame
In December 2020, Christine started a little baking
Bahrain, Newport, and Mayport.
Inductee, Adam Epstein ’95 and to the Women’s
business and couldn’t be more thankful for all the
Lightweight 4+ Christina Krauthamer ’95, Alison Kale
During his career, he served on five ships, taught
support from her Hun School family! Feel free to
Emery ’96, Melissa Christine Stevens ’95, Jill Espaillat
at
check out her work on Facebook and Instagram:
Quintero ’95, and Erica Chawla Negi ’98 (coxswain).
management in Memphis, and taught other
Adam has chosen to return to campus in 2023 to
the
Naval
Academy,
performed
personal
“I cannot believe that this year marks twenty years
celebrate his AHOF induction with classmates.
1997
25TH REUNION
Kelly Camamis wrote, “I live in Cranbury, NJ with my
Baked.by_Christine!
surface warfare officers in Newport. Jeff began his career as a division officer in USS Port
since graduation. I cannot wait to be back in April to
Royal serving as the fire control officer, auxiliaries
see all the newest updates to our campus and catch
officer, and damage control assistant. He served
up with my fellow classmates!”
his department head tours as the chief engineer Patrick Quirk, Brad Shade, Ahmed Ghusson, and
three kids: Maddie, who is in eighth grade at Hun,
in USS Nitze and USS Leyte Gulf. Following Jeff’s
Sawyer, who is in seventh grade at Hun, and Charlie,
completion of department head tours, he served
Brian Whitman participated in the Capital Health
as the commanding officer of USS Squall and
golf outing this past summer. Everyone is doing well
served as the executive officer in USS Paul Ignatius
and excited for the upcoming Reunion.
who is in fourth grade at Chapin and hopes to join her siblings at Hun when she is old enough. Our mini-Bernedoodle, Sadie, joins me most days as I drive the kids back and forth to Hun and all their soccer, field hockey, basketball, tennis, and baseball games. I love being back on campus, running into faculty and staff who are still here after all these years, and am looking forward to seeing the Class of 1997 at our 25th reunion this April!” Heather MacKenzie Coody wrote, “After nearly two years of not traveling, we were so excited to finally have the opportunity to come home to Philadelphia/New Jersey for a visit this past summer.
prior to taking command this past June.
2002
20TH REUNION
2003
Ramona Carey Ferrell wrote, “I had a baby boy on
Congratulations to our 2022 Athletic Hall of Fame
July 20, 2021. I now have two girls, 7 and 5, and a
Inductee, Leo Stinson ’02.
baby boy. His name is Edison Ryan Justice Ferrell. Edison is doing well and loving his big sisters.
Christine Czarnecki Pompile lives in Bordentown with her family of five. She and her husband, Phil,
I hope everyone is doing well. I plan on visiting for
have three beautiful little girls Paige, 9, Penny, 7,
my 20th year Reunion; I can’t believe I graduated in
and Piper, 3. The girls all love to dance and take
2003 (almost twenty years ago!).”
classes at Stewart Johnson’s Dance Academy with
We introduced JJ to all the best things: cheesesteaks, the Jersey Shore, and the Linc (working really hard for his first complete sentence to be “Go Birds!”). We can’t wait to introduce him to Hun in April when we return for the Class of 1997’s 25th Reunion!”
1998
Congratulations to our 2020 Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees, Nina Tinari ’98 and Brendan Tierney ’98. Brendan will return to campus in 2023 to celebrate his AHOF induction as well as his 25th Reunion with classmates! Hun makes the world go round! Well, that’s the case when alumni children meet on a commercial set in Los Angeles, CA. Bruce Slappy (son of Trustee Wayne Slappy ’95) and Mila Negi (daughter of
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Erica Chawla Negi) spent a whole day together and found the Hun connection. Erica got to spend the day with Wayne’s wife, Angel Slappy, and had the best time! “Finding the Hun connection was the best part. Then to follow it up, I got a call about the 1995 Lightweight Boat being chosen to be inducted to the Athletic Hall of Fame!” Congratulations to Commander Jeffrey Servello! Jeff took command of the warship, the USS Paul Ignatius in June of 2021. His active-duty career began in May of 2002 when he graduated from the United States Naval Academy. From there, he
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Barrington Lloyd-Lovett wrote, “The Lloyd-Lovett
day can become a future Raider like his mama,
family has recently purchased their first home and
uncles (Dean Petrone ’05 and Brent Petrone ’08)
are settling in nicely on Alameda Island in California!
and Pop-Pop (Jack Petrone Jr. ’71, deceased).
Tamsin recently turned two and is happy to vocally assert her independence. Islay (four) is an avid
Scott Sussman is in the process of starting a network
participant in music and ballet classes. Katie has been
of commitment-free neighborhood workspaces
an AUSA in the San Francisco region for the last several
called from HERE. The first two locations will be in
years, and currently prosecutes securities fraud from
Plainfield and Princeton Junction. The work zones
the Oakland branch. After five+ years at payments
can be booked hourly and daily on their website
processor Stripe, Barrington has recently taken a new
or app without any monthly subscriptions. “We are
position at the software tools startup Notion.”
excited to start welcoming our guests and hopefully lots of Raiders, who are no longer commuting into
Ryan Mack wrote, “It’s been almost a year since my
the city five days a week and want to spend some
brother, Logan Mack ’07, and I shot our first short
productive time outside of their houses.”
film You’re Family Now, and we couldn’t be more excited about how well it has been received on the
Scott recently took up competitive handcycling,
festival circuit. We have been an official selection
and combined with his Hun swimming experience,
at over thirteen festivals around the world, which is
competed in the NJ State Triathlon, where he won
quite a feat based on the amount of films that are
the state championship in the Para Athlete division.
submitted each year. Scott lives in Robbinsville with his wife, Kim, and Recently we were selected to play at GenreBlast this fall, which is recognized as one of the world’s 50 best genre film festivals.
At the festival we
were not only nominated for four awards, but we were honored to take home "Best Short Film" of
two kids, Tyler, and Mia.
2004
Bernie Silverstein and Lisa Walter ’07 are excited
the entire festival! There were so many incredible
to announce the birth of their son Brooks Taylor
filmmakers this year, we still can’t believe it. Our
Silverstein. Brooks was born on September 5th,
film will be playing in festivals throughout the rest
2021 in Long Branch, NJ. Bernie is currently
of the year, and will be available to watch online
working in his family’s real estate development
early 2022. The teaser trailer for You’re Family Now
business alongside Orin Wilf ’92. Lisa works in
lives on my website: https://www.ryanmack.com/
software configuration. The happy family reside in Monmouth County, NJ.
With the success of our first short film, my brother Logan and I decided to keep going with Mack Productions and shoot a second short film
DO YOU KNOW A
We are so thankful for all of the support we have
working in human resources for various Fortune
received on this second film. We hope to have
500 companies. My career has allowed me to live all
The Runner submitted to festivals by early 2022,
over the country – Chicago, Arizona, Charlotte, and
followed by an online release later that year.
now Orlando, where I work as a senior HR director
CLASSMATE OR ALUMNA WHO STANDS OUT FROM THE CROWD? Email nancydepalma@hunschool.org and help us celebrate her.
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In 2021-2022, The Hun School is celebrating our 50th Anniversary of Girls at Hun. We are hosting a year-long celebration which includes celebrating some of our outstanding alumnae.
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together called The Runner. We wrote the story
Congratulations to our 2020 Athletic Hall of Fame
together over Zoom and launched a Crowdfunding
Inductee, Angela DiPastina McMullin ’05. Angela
campaign this summer, which was just recently
will return to campus in 2023 to celebrate her AHOF
greenlit thanks to all of our incredible supporters!
induction with classmates.
Our second film will bring back the same incredibly
Congratulations to 2020 Young Alumni Award
talented crew from our first production including
Recipient, Kelsey Tylus Testa ’05.
Hun alumnus, Joe Carugati ’07, as our editor. We are currently casting and preparing for our shoot later this October. The film is a heart-pounding Sci-Fi/Horror short that follows a woman and her blind son down the haunting coastline of a post-apocalyptic world.
2007
15TH REUNION
Idris Hilliard wrote, “I’ve had an eventful fifteen years since graduating from Hun. After a short-lived basketball career in Germany, I’ve transitioned to
for PepsiCo. Jaclyn Petrone Gardner
and
Ryan
Gardner
welcomed their first child, John “Jack” Graham
Over the years, I’ve been able to keep in close
Gardner on September 21, 2021 in London. Jaclyn
contact with some of my best friends and mentors
and Ryan look forward to visiting the Hun campus
from Hun, and am grateful for the friendships
with baby Jack soon, and they have already told
created and opportunities afforded during my
him if he studies hard enough, he hopefully one
high school years.”
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above left GenreBlast – Best Short Film You’re Family Now. Congratulations, Ryan Mack ’03 and Logan Mack ’07 above right Brad Shade ’02, Ahmed Ghusson ’02, Brian Whitman ’02, and Patrick Quirk ’02, director of summer and auxiliary programs, faculty, mathematics below left John “Jack” Graham Gardner, son of Jaclyn Petrone Gardner ’03 and Ryan Gardner below right Edison, son of Ramona Carey Ferrell ’03
left Elizabeth Marino Marlin ’07 married Daniel Marlin on August 28 at The Ashford Estate. above Scott Sussman ’03 with his wife, Kim, and their two children, Mia and Tyler right Brooks Taylor Silverstein, son of Bernie Silverstein ’04 and Lisa Walter ’07
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above Julianne Marino Daly ’07, Elizabeth Marino Marlin ’07, Sarah Dileo Craig ’07, and Melissa Marino Goudey ’08 left Sarah Dileo Craig ’07 with daughter, Annie, future Raider class of 2038, at a Hun vs. Mercersburg field hockey game. below Christine Heilman Molini ’08 married Hector Molini on May 8, 2021 in Seabrook Island, South Carolina
above William Christiansen ’07 and Sierra Hicks at their post-Covid restrictions wedding on August 28, 2021. below Son of Trustee Marianne Deane, Joseph Deane ’07 married Evelia Johnston on October 2, 2021 in Brooklyn, New York
left Florencia Wills, daughter of Brian Wills ’07, and granddaughter of Board of Trustees Chair Steve Wills.
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above left Matt Florio ’08 married Soeurette Morley on October 1st, 2021 at Congress Hall in Cape May, NJ. above center Natalie Robinson Whitacre ’08 at her graduation from University of Miami Law School above right Doug Davis ’08 is the assistant dean of students at The Lawrenceville School below Over thirty Hun friends celebrated the wedding of Soeurette Morley and Matt Florio ’08
below left Shane Davis ’07, Vaughn Ross ’06, Kristian Richardson ’06, and Idris Hilliard ’07 at Kristian’s wedding in February of 2020. below right Emma Marie, daughter of Lindsay and Connor Snook ’08
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above left Morgan Cawley ’08, Melissa Marino Goudey ’08, Christine Heilman Molini ’08, and Bridget Stinson ’08 above right Alyssa Pone Starr ’09 and Brad Starr ’09 welcomed Finley Roland Starr on August 19, 2021, weighing 8 pounds, 1 ounce!
2008
is responsible for the personal security of the General,
New Jersey and New York City visiting family with
arranges all in-theater travel and means for such
my seven-month old rescue puppy, Taz!”
Natalie Robinson Whitacre graduated Magna Cum
travel in and around Jordan, Syria, Kurdistan, Iraq,
Laude from the University of Miami School of Law
Qatar, Kuwait, and other locations within the Mideast
in May of 2021. She is practicing law in Denver, CO.
region, attends all meetings with the General, and coordinates meetings among other coalition
Connor Snook and his wife, Lindsay, welcomed Emma Marie on March 26, 2021 at 5:50 a.m. Emma weighed 4 pounds, 14 ounces, and was 18 ½ inches long. Connor and Lindsay are over the moon in love!
command staff and with the US Embassy staff.
2012
2016
Catherine Porter graduated from Brown University in May 2020 in Environmental Science/Ecology. She began a two-year program as a graduate student
10TH REUNION
and research assistant to Professor Ryan Haynes at the University of Virginia (UVA) in Charlottesville,
Jamie Weiner’s art was recently displayed at The
VA in September 2020. She studies the effects
Doug Davis is entering into his second year as the
Princeton Public Library’s fall exhibit connecting art
and
assistant dean of students and a history teacher at
and nature: Love Thy Nature. Jamie’s connection to
and landscape on beneficial and invasive insect
The Lawrenceville School. He is also the head coach
Princeton Public Library is longstanding; since 2003
migration and ranges. The pandemic allowed her
for the boys’ basketball program. He is currently
her green star was chosen as the centerpiece of the
to retain her athletic eligibility in rowing for an
working on his MA in Education at Teachers College,
library’s Ik-Joong Kang’s Happy World permanent
additional year. She rows in the Varsity Eight boat
Columbia University.
exhibition, consisting of 3,700 pieces from the
for UVA, which is currently ranked third by the NCAA
Princeton community made into tiles.
as a team and represents one of the top boats in
influences
of
climate
change,
weather,
the country. It has made for an exciting, albeit very
Doug married his college sweetheart, Narissa, in
socially restricted pod, graduate student life.
2018. The intimate wedding was held in New York
Jamie’s career following her graduation from
City with just family members and close friends.
Skidmore College in 2016 has centered on helping
Narissa is a pediatrician at New York Presbyterian.
others. She was a job coach at Community Options,
Tatiana Swain received a National Academy of
then a certified nursing assistant at both Merwick
Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) award with four
Care & Rehabilitation Center and then Lehigh Valley
other classmates from her alma mater, Howard
Hospital. Jamie spent most of 2021 being a medical
University. They created this production virtually in the
Carrick Porter continues to serve in the field artillery
assistant at The Heart Care Group in Allentown,
spring of 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic first hit.
branch of the US Army as a captain and begins the
Pennsylvania, and just began a master’s program
They won in the “Serious News” category for a piece
rigorous seven-month captain’s school in July, 2020
to become a physician assistant at Salus University.
titled, “NEWSVISION SPECIAL REPORT: COVID-19’s
2011
at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He will then take on a battery company command of three to five platoons, which consists of 100-200 soldiers.
2015
Impact In Communities Across the Country,” where each student broadcasted from their hometown.
Anchal Kannambadi wrote, “After graduating from
She is presently working as a morning producer,
He currently is serving a tour in the Mideast as the
Dickinson College in 2019, I have been working
writer, and on-air talent for CBS19 News in
Aide-de-Camp to Major General Ken Ekman (Air
at SAP America in various departments under
Charlottesville, VA.
Force), the Deputy Commander of the multi-nation
marketing. As of October of 2021, I will transition into
coalition called Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) to
a new role as a business development specialist for
eliminate vestiges of ISIL in Iraq and Syria. As such, he
SAP under sales. I currently split my time between
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above left Carrick Porter ’11 above center Anchal Kannambadi ’15 and Taz right Avery Dorgan ’11 and his wife, Safiqa Khimani below Catherine Porter ’16 rowing in the Varsity Eight at the University of Virginia.
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS! The Hun School of Princeton’s Alumni Association is actively seeking nominations for 2023: • Alumnus of the Year Award • Distinguished Alumnus Award below Tatiana Swain ’16 in her new role at CBS19 News in Charlottesville, VA.
right Griffin Ferrara
’17 and Vera Nikolaeva ’17 graduated from Bentley
• Young Alumni Award • Athletic Hall of Fame
University at Fenway Park in May 2021
Please email your nomination for these community awards to
alumni@hunschool.org. For detailed information about award criteria and to submit your nomination online, please visit hunschool.org/alumni/alumni-awards.
Thank you to all Alumni and Friends for submissions.
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above left Former Faculty Marilyn Wilson
above right Dave Leete celebrates a milestone with his
daughters, Tracy Leete Bohr ’80 and Kathy Sanders, and his son, Randy Leete right Greg Rafalski ’73 and former faculty member Bill McQuade spent a day golfing and catching up in South Carolina
2019
to the shore to see me for the second time. It was
Those in attendance responded “here.” Mr. Sabol
a special time!”
also rang a small bell for the names on the wall.
you’re all doing well. During my time at UCLA,
Dave Leete turned 80 on September 12th and
Mr. Sabol was an active duty marine from 1970-
I developed an interest in pursuing a career in
celebrated with his children, grandchildren, and
1972 and continues to be very active in the
finance after graduation. During the summer of
great grandchildren. Congratulations on your
American Legion Post 960, participating in a
2021, I worked at Credit Suisse in New York in their
milestone, Dave!
variety of educational and ceremonial programs.
2022 I will be joining Blackstone in New York as a
Tom and Deb Ryan taught and lived on campus
A new book was released November 2021 by
summer analyst. If you’re in New York this summer,
from 1992-1999. Tom taught Middle School,
George Selleck, Kian and Me: Gifts from a
I would love to catch up!”
coached football, and was director of resident
Grandson published by Post Hill Press and
life. Deb taught English in the Upper School.
distributed by Simon & Schuster. “Written in
They now live in Washington, NC, where Deb runs
the epistolary form, Dr. Selleck illustrates the
her own college counseling business, and Tom
gratification and wisdom his grandson, Kian, has
Tijmen “TJ” Suijker is studying international
is the founder and owner of Pamlico Books, an
given him—from his time as an infant through
business administration at Erasmus University
independent bookstore.
now, as a toddler.”
for the Security Token Group markets division on
Their son, Conor, who was born while they lived
Marilyn Wilson wrote, “I have so many wonderful
the Security Token Market and Tokenized Stock
in Poe Dorm, is in graduate school at UNC-
memories of my time at The Hun School of
Market.”
Chapel Hill. Their daughter, Cayley, is pursuing her
Princeton (mid-1960s to 1989) as secretary to the
doctorate at Penn State.
dean of students and athletic director. I am so
Arturo Rodrigues wrote, “Hey everyone, I hope
mergers & acquisitions team. In the summer of
2021
RSM in the Netherlands. “I will be freelance writing
Former Faculty and Staff
Jane and Larry Kidder continue enjoying their
proud and pleased that I had the honor of being They have fond memories of their time at Hun and
at Hun in the year 1971! I enjoyed interacting with
wish all former students and faculty the very best.
all the students, as well as the amazing faculty and staff. It was such a pleasure coming to Hun
Ed Sabol took part in the dedication of the new
each day! In reading Hun Today, I realize how
Lower Bucks County Vietnam Veterans Memorial
lucky I am to have known so many wonderful
about his books (mostly on Zoom). Jane spent
in
some time with Sandy and Frank Dippery. The
people that continue to make this world a better
Township, PA.
work at Howell Farm. Larry is writing and speaking
Veterans
Memorial
Park
in
Middletown
Dipperys are both doing well, had no damage
place. Also, I am thrilled that my son, Joe Wilson ’75, and two granddaughters, Lauren McQuade ’93 and
from either of the storms that passed through
The two-hour ceremony included a military
New Jersey, and say hello to everyone.
Lindsay McQuade Magnussen ’99, are graduates
helicopter flyover and a roll call of both veterans
as well.
in attendance and names on the wall. Marines Bill Long wrote, “I was touched that a group of
Ed Sabol of Bristol Township and George Delia
I am going to be 91 years old in November and I
past Hun players took the trouble to drive down
of Bristol, at times emotionally, led the roll call.
am in pretty good health, and I just want to say
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hello and thank you all for the wonderful memories! A fond hello to the former deans and athletic directors that I had the pleasure to work with: Sandy Bing, Peter Savidge, David Leete, Hawley Waterman, Dr.
Jim Byer, former head of School, David Faus, Kathy Quirk, Bill Quirk, co-director of athletics, and Bill Long. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!” Eric Wolarsky
wrote,
“I’ve
been
living
his wife, Deb, their son, Conor, and daughter, Cayley and
working at George School ever since I departed Hun back in 2006. My current title is associate dean of students. I’m busy raising my two kids, ages 5 and 2, and trying to keep sane during the pandemic. I enjoy catching up with my former students and colleagues on all of the usual social networks. I hope everyone is staying healthy over on Edgerstoune Road!”
above left Former faculty members, Tom Ryan and above right front l to r: Phil Practico ’97, Bill Long, Tim O’Brien ’94. back l to r: Calvin Peterson ’94, Pat Kahney ’93, Ryan Simone ’97, Sherrod Arshan ’93, and Carl Jackson ’94 (who drove three hours from MD) below On September 4th Jane and Larry Kidder’s granddaughter, Karla Kruger married Caleb Geisler. Karla is the daughter of Debi Kidder Kruger ’90. She is pictured below with her sister Hannah, dad, Randy, Debi, and brother Reed.
THE HUN BLACK ALUMNI NETWORK is an affinity group for alumni who self-identify as Black. The group sponsors programming for networking, mentoring, socializing, and more, with the goals of increasing alumni engagement, connection, volunteerism, and philanthropy.
For more information, please email
ALUMNI@HUNSCHOOL.ORG
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In Memory of... Herbert H. Hagens ’41 Peter Moss ’50 Robert Meyer ’51 Alan Mclam ’52 Ray A. Alberigi ’53 Michael Mennello ’53 William A. Patty ’55 John Pitney ’62 Rudy Beitzel ’66 Matthew Mason ’66 Jeffrey Winegar ’71 J. Scott Taylor ’74 Larry Gebert ’76 Janet Kucinski Matz ’77 Michelle Messer Haley ’85 Jacqueline McCarthy ’86 Brett Hill ’98 Nicholas Gilman ’06 Atlanta “Anna” Haliburton-Ursel ’18
Eugene Bonacci
Hazel McNally
father of Christopher Bonacci ’84 and Michelle
mother of John McNally ’85,
Bonacci Marks ’89 (who pre-deceased him)
Kathleen McNally Ricchetti ’84, and Stephen McNally ’88
Helena Christie mother of Nicholas Christie ’88
Janet Mitchell wife of Steve Mitchell ’47
Samuel Cortina father of Former Hun School Trustee
Howard Pagel
Gregory Cortina ’71, grandfather of
father of Todd Pagel ’00
Douglas Cortina ’03, Brian Cortina ’05, and Matthew Cortina ’07
Frederick Crispin Jr. father of Frederick Crispin III ’77 and grandfather of Quentin Crispin ’17
John Doyle brother of Frances Doyle Stokes ’76, uncle of Ryan Stokes ’11
Henry Doyle
Daniel Pease husband of Megan Arno Pease ’94
Joyce Haggerty Penney former faculty member and mother of Kurt Penney ’81 and Erin Penney ’79
Edward Peterson father of Leigh Ann Peterson ’86 and grandfather of Aidan Shine ’24
father of Frances Doyle Stokes ’76,
Evelyn Powers
grandfather of Ryan Stokes ’11
mother of Nicole Powers Bentley ’87
Ana Figueroa
Lynne Elinor Gatta Relles
Former faculty member and wife of fellow
mother of Elinor Relles Tappe ’81 and
faculty member, Carlos Figueroa,
grandmother of David Corbin ’12
mother of former Spanish teacher Ana Sauthoff, Charlie Figueroa ’72, and George Figueroa ’76
James Foley husband of Edie Padderatz Foley ’77
John Sabol former faculty member, brother of Edward Sabol, former faculty member, and uncle of Jennifer Sabol Hall ’97
Gerald Spear father of Alfred Spear ’87
Arleen Allen
Michael J. Gainer, Sr.
mother of Glenn Allen ’86
brother of Ed Gainer, director of technology
Colleen Arno
Robin Garrity
father of Richard Steiner ’80,
mother of Matthew Arno ’90
mother of Rick Garrity ’02
Thomas Steiner ’81, and Linda Steiner ’86
and Megan Arno Pease ’94
Deanna Adelman mother of Lauren Adelman ’96
Richard Steiner
Richard Goosman
Marion Tesser
father of Scott Goosman ’97
mother of Jon Tesser ’83
Michael Gratch
George Trzaska
Kim Barus
father of Emily Gratch ’08 and Mattie Gratch,
father of Scott Trzaska ’89
mother of Rebecca Barus ’15,
former faculty member
marketing and communications associate
Jacqueline Revesz Berrien mother of Beth Berrien-Clark ’85
Thomas F. Urbaniak, M.D.
Thomas Hoey
Former Hun School Trustee, father of Beth
father of Erin Hoey Williams ’85
Urbaniak ’84, Kristin Urbaniak Shea ’87,
Vincent Lipani
and Tom Urbaniak ’92
father of Shawn Lipani ’82,
Claire Winkler
Todd Lipani ’84, and Troy Lipani ’94
mother of Elaine Winkler Van Noord ’84
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IN MEMORIAM HENRY DOYLE Henry Doyle, who worked as director of facilities for twenty-one years, passed away on July 13, 2021 in Fort Pierce, Florida. He was ninety-two. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Mr. Doyle was well-liked by two decades of Hun students and colleagues as a man with a warm smile. He not only headed the maintenance department, but also lived on campus with his wife, Nan, and four children, including Fran Doyle Stokes ’76. He retired from The Hun School in 1990.
ANA MARIA FIGUEROA Ana Maria Figueroa passed away on August 8, 2021 at the age of ninety-five. Mrs. Figueroa joined The Hun School in 1976, teaching Spanish alongside her husband, the late Carlos Figueroa, and their daughter, Ana Sauthoff. Her two sons, George Figueroa ’76 and Charlie Figueroa ’72, also attended the School. Mrs. Fig, as she was known, was a beloved teacher who shared her passion for her native language with Hun students until her retirement in 1994.
JOYCE HAGGERTY PENNEY Joyce Haggerty Penney passed away on December 3, 2021 at the age of ninety. She was an artist who completed her studies at Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia before pursuing a career in fashion illustration. Ms. Penney spent nearly two decades as Chair of the Fine Arts Department at The Hun School of Princeton, teaching Studio Art and Art History from the 1970s to 1990s. After her retirement from Hun, she continued to teach art to adults. Her daughter, Erin Penney ’79, and son, Kurt Penney ’81, also attended the School.
JOHN SABOL John Sabol, former faculty member and brother of former faculty member, Ed Sabol, passed away July 25, 2021 at the age of 69. Mr. Sabol was a member of the faculty for twenty-seven years from 1984 to 2011. His passion for the arts was infectious. During his tenure he taught ceramics in both the Upper and Middle Schools. He was instrumental outside of the classroom as well, developing an after-school ceramics workshop, working with Middle School music program, and serving as director of the jazz band.
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PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION Will you leave a legacy...
The Parents’ Association at The Hun School helps to create meaningful connections
that helps Hun students, faculty, and
between Hun families while supporting the
programs succeed for years to come?
School through events, communications,
YO U C A N.
service, and fundraising. We hope to see you at our events throughout the year!
(And it is easier than you think.) Would you like to make a gift that costs you nothing today and makes a lasting difference in the years ahead? Consider joining the John Gale Hun Society by including The Hun School in your estate plans. For example, you might name The Hun School as a beneficiary of your: • Will or trust • IRA or other retirement plan • Life insurance policy Planned gifts come in all shapes and sizes, and they are an easy way for you to leave a lasting legacy for Hun. As a member of the John Gale Hun Society, you can rest assured that your tax-deductible gift will help future generations of Hun Raiders.
WE ARE ALL FAMILY AT HUN!
To learn more about making a planned gift that is right for you, please contact:
If you are interested in volunteering, want to learn more
Lisa A. Marin, JD ’83, director of leadership and planned gifts
about events and initiatives, or simply want to connect
lisamarin@hunschool.org | 609-921-7600, ext. 2130
with other Hun parents, please contact Bridget Tavani, associate director of donor and parent relations at
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In Her
Footsteps THREE ALUMNAE SHARE WHY THEY MADE HUN A FAMILY TRADITION
I loved my four years at Hun, and remain grateful to the friends, faculty, coaches, and staff who made my experience so positive and one of such growth. When my daughter, Suzanne, made the decision to attend Hun, I was thrilled that she, too, would have the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive in such a special place. Hun treats each student as an individual and empowers them to grow and excel with confidence and determination. It encourages leadership, recognizes competition as a good thing, and promotes community involvement and engagement. It is academically rigorous, and a safe place to voice and discuss different points of view. Like it did with me, Hun certainly contributed to her growth as a young woman and helped her succeed in – and contribute to – our ever-changing world. For that, we are both thankful.”
- M. Elaine Murphy Arnold ’80 and daughter, Suzanne Arnold ’10
When Nina decided that she wanted to go to Hun, I was thrilled. Aside from the academic opportunities I knew Hun would provide, I knew that the sense of community Hun has always fostered would make a world of difference on a personal level. The more years that go by, the more grateful I am to have had the Hun experience, and even more grateful that Nina has as well.”
- Elise Cascone ’80 and daughter, Nina Russo '11
Attending The Hun School was such a special experience for me. I had so many caring teachers that I will never forget, and made lifelong friendships that I treasure. It was such an amazing learning environment that prepared me well for college and beyond. I feel so fortunate to have had the chance to be part of the Hun community and wanted my daughter Molly to have the same opportunity! There’s no better gift you could give to your child than a Hun School education.”
- Marian Stoddard McLaughlin ’87 and daughter, Molly McLaughlin ’21
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