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G a r e t h Va u g h a n Dir e c to r David Noone A s s o c iate Dir e c to r a nd De an o f Ac ade m ics

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Mission Statement

Jan Fortson D e an o f Stu de n t Life

The mission of Indian Springs School is to develop in students a love of learning, a sense of integrity and moral courage, and an ethic of participatory citizenship. Inspired by the motto Learning Through Living, the school is a community of talented boarding and day students and dedicated faculty committed to the belief that in learning to balance individual achievement with the values and principles of democracy, the student can develop to his or her full stature.

Beth Mulvey D i r e c to r o f De ve lo pment Gunnar Olson D i r ec t o r o f Co lle ge Adv ising Brian Rodgers D e an o f Co u n s e ling a nd Re s ide n tial Life Jack Sweeney D i r ec to r o f Adm is s ion a nd Fin an c ial Aid G r e g Va n H o r n Ath le tic Dir e c tor

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Chuck Williams D i r ec to r o f Te c h n ology Ta n y a Ye a g e r D ir e c to r o f Fin ance Melanie Kieve As s i s t a nt Dir e c to r o f Dev elopment Magazin e Editor

Donald Hess ’66, P ’89, ’93, ’93, ’95, ’95, ’01, Chairman John Abbot ’80 Amy Barr P ’10, ’12, Ex-officio, Parents Association Stephen Black Myla Choy P ’11, ’13 Larry DeLucas P ’99, ’05 Bryson Edmonds Alan Engel ’73, P ’03, ’12 Michael Froning Mike Goodrich, Jr. ’90 Greg Hawley ’75, P ’08, ’09

Ben Hunt ’82 Jimmy Lewis ’75, P ’11, ’11 Catherine McLean P ’03, ’06, ’11 Libby Pantazis P ’03, ’06, ’09 Ginger Grainger Rueve ’86, Ex-officio, Alumni Council Rusty Rushton ’74, P ’09, ’11 Frank Samford ’62, P ’90 John Simmons ’65, P ’96 Janet Perry Stewart P ’04, ’09 Glennon Threatt ’74

Founded in 1952, Indian Springs School is a national leader in coed boarding and day education in grades 8-12, located 16 miles from downtown Birmingham. fall

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On the cover: Former U.S. Attorney Doug Jones, Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing survivor Carolyn McKinstry and former Alabama Attorney General and Lt. Gov. Bill Baxley, who spoke at D-Day in April as part of the school’s year-long theme on “Equity and Justice”

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I hope that you, too, continue to be as delighted as I am to be a part of this fine institution.”

y review of the Indian Springs School year leaves me deeply satisfied with our continued good progress. We have an excellent team assembled on the Board, in the administration, on the faculty, and in our parent, student and alumni bodies. I hope that you, too, continue to be as delighted as I am to be a part of this fine institution.

Much has been accomplished at Springs this year, but I want to personally highlight two important initiatives. Our strategic planning and reaccreditation processes were tremendously successful – both truly collaborative efforts that allowed us to reflect on our past and position ourselves, through proper planning, for unsurpassed excellence in the future, building upon our strong foundation. It was the Springs spirit at its best, and I am grateful to all those who participated, especially to Libby Pantazis and Beth Mulvey, who led the strategic planning process, and to Gareth Vaughan and David Noone, who spearheaded the accreditation effort. I also want to express my deep thanks to all members of the ISS community for all you do to make these endeavors, and others, possible. From board service to volunteering, from serving as class agents to giving of your resources to being excellent citizens in our classrooms and community, every act is appreciated. I encourage you to continue this involvement, knowing that it will yield a lifetime of benefits in the lives of our students.

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What unfolded ... was a year filled with exciting initiatives and great accomplishments.”

s I saw the last member of the Class of 2011 receive his diploma on May 27, it gave me great pause as I reflected on the school year that had just drawn to a close. It seemed scarcely weeks ago that we gathered together on the opening day of school in August, eager to start the year and see what lay in store for us.

What unfolded, in my estimation, was a year filled with exciting initiatives and great accomplishments. For the first time, the year had a school-wide theme – “Equity and Justice” – that was woven throughout our academic and extracurricular programs. Our creative and bright faculty, staff and students explored the theme in classes, the arts, student activities and service projects, and it is my great hope that this theme will leave an indelible imprint on our students – now and for years to come. As we embraced this theme, we also celebrated our students’ achievements in the classroom, court, field and stage; enjoyed the company of alumni at events around the country; and took part in a most successful “Film 101” fundraiser put on by our Parents Association. We also witnessed a great generosity among all our constituencies, illustrated by recordbreaking Annual Fund giving and the work of our own faculty who – by winning a statewide trivia contest – earned ISS the distinction of “Alabama’s Brightest Company” as well as $20,000 to expand our garden program to a local elementary school. As you read the magazine, I hope you will feel inspired and excited about all that is happening at Springs. I am grateful to be part of a school that aspires to high ideals and excellence in all its pursuits.

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Jones encouraged students to use their experiences at Springs and elsewhere to propel them toward their own pursuits of equity and justice. “I never dreamed … that I would have an opportunity to do something that meant so much to so many people,” Jones said. “There are students in this audience who will have that opportunity, too. But it is going to be up to you to seize that opportunity. You are getting the basics right here, so keep your moral compass straight and be true to yourself … because it’s never too late to seek justice, to seek the truth, and to do the right thing.”

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As with the spring D-Day, equity and justice took center stage during the fall D-Day, which started with a performance by the jazz ensemble “The Birmingham Seven” of pieces by Sun Ra, a prolific Birmingham jazz musician who emphasized awareness and peace. During both D-Days, students took part in projects that support equity and justice such as building Habitat for Humanity houses and helping clean the Cahaba River.

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“You are getting the basics right here, so keep your moral compass straight and be true to yourself … because it’s never too late to seek justice, to seek the truth, and to do the right thing.”

Academics s you enter ISS Director Gareth Vaughan’s office, a poster with the words “On the Road to Equity and Justice” hangs on the wall, a keepsake from an educational conference he attended in Boston that was guided by the theme. The conference and its subject had such an impact on him that he kept the poster in his view, he says, and the topic never far from his mind and work. Members of the ISS community echoed Vaughan’s interest in the issue as they embarked on the school’s strategic planning process. During various brainstorming sessions, diversity emerged as one of the key areas to focus on in the new strategic plan. “It was clear that all our constituencies – board, faculty, staff, students, parents, alumni and friends – were excited about addressing this issue, so we decided to develop it as a theme for the school year,” Vaughan says. The theme “Equity and Justice” gave intentional direction and purpose behind a range of regular school activities during 2010-2011 — D-Day (the school’s semiannual day of service), summer reading, course offerings, service activities and the like. “The hope is that, by having a specific theme, the impact of these activities multiplied to create a unified learning experience in the broad area of diversity,” Vaughan says. The location of Springs in Birmingham – one of the important cities in the Civil Rights Movement – also inspired the theme. “Birmingham’s historical legacy of equity and justice necessitates that our students connect with the theme and why those issues are still relevant,” Vaughan adds. Springs engaged in numerous activities supporting the “Equity and Justice” theme. While the following list is not exhaustive, it relays the breadth and depth of the initiatives that took place during the school year.

Above: D-Day speaker Bill Baxley shares with students about prosecuting one of the Sixteenth Street Baptist bombers.

D-Day The spring installment of D-Day brought the issue of justice to the forefront, as students heard from Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing survivor Carolyn McKinstry as well as former Alabama Attorney General and Lt. Gov. (and Springs parent) Bill Baxley and former U.S. Attorney Doug Jones, who successfully prosecuted Ku Klux Klan members involved in the bombing. As a 14-year-old, McKinstry was in the church office on the morning of September 15, 1963, when the bomb exploded, killing four of her close friends. Almost 50 years later, she speaks around the world, spreading a message of love and reconciliation and emphasizing the importance of diversity. “Diversity is not something we created. It’s not our choice to deny it, or try to get rid of it, or say it’s not something that we want,” she said. “We all have so much to share and learn from each other. My hope in sharing this message is that we will all have something to share, all have something to give – not only to the Birmingham community but to the greater world community.” Baxley extended that message in his address, describing how despite his deep roots in the South – all four of his greatgrandfathers fought for the Confederacy – he felt even as a little boy that the treatment of African-Americans was immoral. “I just knew it was wrong – it always has been, it still is – to treat people poorly because of the color of their skin,” shared Baxley, father to Robert ’09, Richard ’10, Evie ’14 and Johnny ’16 Baxley.

The school started its work on the theme before the academic year began, as students engaged in summer reading assignments based on equity and justice. On the first day of school, the theme continued with a faculty welcome by Science Department Chair Lisa Balazs, who chronicled her own exploration of the subject. ISS also emphasized equity and justice with the creation of a Civil Rights Movement class taught by ISS French Teacher Jonathan Horn (see Faculty Focus, page 5). Faculty members also integrated the theme in their classes. A few examples: Students in Advanced Spanish classes wrote papers on equity and justice as grammar and syntax exercises, Art History students researched and created replicas of paintings dealing with the theme, AP Environmental Science students examined issues of poverty related to environmental pollution, and Geometry students explored the symbolic relationship between the square and the presence of justice in the universe.

Service Projects In addition to D-Day, students engaged in community service projects throughout the year that focused on equity and justice. Among the projects: students, faculty and staff collected and personally distributed supplies for those affected by the Alabama tornadoes; the Culinary Club made and served meals at a local shelter for homeless women and children; the school’s Voluntary Agency Network of Korea Club raised money for earthquake and tsunami relief efforts in Japan; and students, faculty and staff went shoeless at school during the Toms Shoes’ event “One Day Without Shoes,” which encourages action on behalf of children around the world who do not have shoes.

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The Arts Arts programs also incorporated the theme. The fall musical “Three Penny Opera” was chosen, in part, because of its biting satire about issues of equity and justice. When the play was performed in November, patrons paid 3 cents less than usual for admission – $4.97 for students and $9.97 for adults – in hopes that they would make a “three-penny” donation as a kickoff to the school’s annual Thanksgiving food drive.

The December Music Ensemble concert was entitled “The Power of Music” and dedicated to Alice Herz-Sommer, a Czech pianist and concentration camp survivor, while the Choir added to its repertoire many selections that explored the theme, including Gustav Holst’s “Let Streams of Living Justice” and the spiritual “Go Down Moses.” Art students participated in the Empty Bowls Soup Lunch, making and giving ceramic bowls to lunch attendees who donated to a local food distribution agency.

Other Initiatives Other projects focused on equity and justice included 8th graders’ participation in Heritage Panel, a diversity training program run by the YWCA that addresses intolerance and bias through discussions and guided activities. Students from all grades took part in the 4th annual Diversity Dialogue, an afternoon conversation with students from New Canaan (Conn.) Country School about racial, religious and regional stereotypes as well as issues common to all teens.

The Impact “The idea of having a focused theme has been beneficial to our school community,” Vaughan says. “It is our hope that the theme has left the lasting impression that leading lives based on these high ideals is worth the effort.” It is heartening, Vaughan adds, that many of the school’s efforts – D-Day and service projects, for example – have long been a part of the school’s DNA. “I am encouraged that Springs students have long been involved in issues of equity and justice,” he says, “and I trust that our focus this year only intensified those efforts.” Plans are already underway for next year’s theme, “Energy and the Environment.” / 1 / l-r: Lizzie Scott ’14, Cameron McDonald ’14, Ashley Graham

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focus Jonathan Horn ’75 French Teacher Starts Class on Civil Rights By Melanie Kieve As a young boy growing up in Alabama in the early 1960s, Jonathan Horn ’75 was blissfully unaware of the civil rights struggle that was swirling about his home state. But the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing changed all that. “The bombing was my first recollection of the movement,” he said. “Even then, I didn’t understand the full context of the struggle, but the bombing haunted me and I couldn’t make any sense of it.” After years of studying, including starting a historical novel on the subject, Horn is still trying to make sense of civil rights issues – and is helping students at Springs to do the same. Last fall, Horn, who teaches French at ISS, also began teaching a Civil Rights Movement class that studies the movement in the U.S., beginning with the origins of slavery and continuing through the 1960s, with a particular focus on Birmingham. Horn hopes that his students this year came away not only with a working knowledge of the movement, but with a vision to carry it with them for years to come. “While we looked at the past, the class was not just an attempt to recount history,” Horn says. “It was also an opportunity to look at the present and forward, because the fight for civil rights is never over as long as there are people whose civil rights are being denied.”

“I loved being a student at Springs, and it changed my life in a lot of ways,” says Horn, including his pursuit of understanding and embracing civil rights and diversity.

Horn has been on the ISS faculty since 1984, serving seven of those years as Dean of Academics. Before joining the Springs faculty, he taught in Louisiana and Tennessee, and earned a M.A. in French at Middlebury College and a B.A. in French Literature at Sewanee: The University of the South. Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Guntersville, Ala., and the Birmingham area, he also holds a Ph.D. from the University of Alabama and is a 1975 graduate of ISS. “I loved being a student at Springs, and it changed my life in a lot of ways,” says Horn, including his pursuit of understanding and embracing civil rights and diversity. As a part of the Springs faculty and boarding community who has raised two children – Julia ’11 and Kettler ’14 – on campus, Horn relishing the opportunity to help shape the lives and minds of new generations of students. “I enjoy seeing students develop their love of French and being a part of the Civil Rights class and other initiatives,” he says. “This is a great place, and I love being a part of an intellectual and altruistic community where we seek to help each other learn and grow.”

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old Town Hall (now the Technology Lab) for new student orientation. Sally Nemeth ’77 recalls, “When we came out, it was like running into the Bulls at Pamplona, all the guys (were) out there waiting for us ….”

By Frances Ross Nolan ’77

ndian Springs School founder Harvey Woodward never intended for the school to be a coeducational institution. In fact, all 177 boys enrolled at Springs in the fall of 1974 expected to conclude their tenure there the way it had begun: in a male-only environment where they were free to roam the campus in their pajamas, go days without bathing and speak freely from the male point of view, free of the self-consciousness that would be imposed by inclusion of the other gender. Alas, necessity dictated a different course when the bleak economic forecast for the school resulted in a decision to consider the admission of women.

It is my understanding that before a formal decision was made by the school regarding coeducation, the issue was put to the students in a Town Meeting. I would love to have been a fly on the wall to hear the spirited debate that ensued that day. There were reportedly a few seniors who enthusiastically supported coeducation and some younger students who were outraged that seniors were even allowed to speak on the subject. Based on the stories I’ve heard over the years, I assumed all the students were permitted to cast a formal vote on the issue, but I have been unable to actually confirm that.

Given the timing of the school’s decision (sometime in the late fall of 1974 or spring of 1975), I imagine the school had to hustle to find female applicants to enroll for the upcoming year. As a result, I believe, I became the fortunate beneficiary of an opportunity for which I would not today be technically qualified. In the spring of 1975, while miserable and losing my mind with boredom and frustration at the irrelevance of what I was being “taught” at Shades Valley High School, I was summoned to the school office to take a call. It was Dr. Joe Jackson, Springs’ director, calling to invite me to apply for admission to ISS. DJ had heard about me from Math Teacher Mike Lantrip whom I had met the previous summer while attending a leadership camp on the Springs campus. That call changed my life forever. The first day of school for the newly gender-integrated ISS was September 3, 1975, with a total enrollment of 200 – 39 girls and 161 boys (and no 8th graders yet). My only clear memory of that day is of stepping off the bus onto the grass outside the old science wing and feeling elated to be breathing fresh air. Although I don’t remember this, my classmates remind me that all the girls and the freshmen boys were first taken to the

I would have to say that I felt more influenced by the boys’ lack of inhibition that first year than I was conscious of having any need to “civilize” them. It was refreshing to have true friends in boys, particularly at that time in my life. Although Ellen McEroy ’78 was initially afraid the girls would be “considered freaks or treated like a science experiment,” she “was so (impressed) from the beginning that everyone was so kind and thoughtful, (and she) felt welcomed and part of the student body from the beginning.” However, Nemeth recalls “going into Dr. Jackson’s office almost weekly to talk to him about how we were paying the same as boys, but not getting the same ’perks.’” In truth, the school had added girls without any real planning or forethought. There was still an all-boy glee club; there were no locker rooms for girls and only three women’s bathrooms on the entire campus; there were no female boarding students that first year and no sports teams for us at all. Sally and Janie Farley Behr ’76 played on the otherwise all-boy varsity soccer team that first fall, which created consternation for all concerned. Sally and Janie resented being treated as inferior; they were both exceptional athletes. The boys who had bonded, trained and competed through the years to earn their spot on the varsity team resented being forced to play with girls they did not feel had the proper qualifications. By the spring of ’76, a girls’ soccer team was formed, but it was coached by male students. Of course, that would hardly fly now, but back then, there was nothing much to be done but complain (thanks, Sally!) and take it in stride. Jody Klip Black ’78 – who left Brooke Hill School for Girls where she was “totally pampered in a girl-centric environment” to come to Springs – was immediately aware of the disparities. She recalls, “The transition impacted everyone. Some faculty members were

pushed out of their comfort zones in having to teach and mentor girls for the first time in their lengthy careers.” Of course, who could forget how a particular teacher failed to look any girl in the eye, preferring instead to focus his gaze elsewhere! Although outspoken by nature, even I was too appalled by his conduct to report it to DJ, but I would like to believe that most students today would have the courage to confront that. Many of my male classmates have shared their own reflections of those early days and, almost to a person, they recall being happy with the transition and being impacted positively by our presence on campus. Peter Watson ’77 reflects that the first group of women were an amazing collection of the various “types” already present among the boys on campus and that, as a result, the integration was seamless. Jim Shine ’77 credits his coed years at Springs with having facilitated his long, happy marriage to a strong-willed woman and ability to raise healthy daughters. Mell Duggan ’76, although not a fan of coeducation then, was grateful for it when his own daughter was able to attend. While current conditions at ISS provide female students a better overall educational experience than we had, I will always cherish the hidden benefits afforded me by attending Springs at a time when women were greatly outnumbered. Allie Kent ’81 reflects, “In hindsight, I believe one of the greatest gifts of (the early years of coeducation) for me was (being provided) a solid experience of masculine presence.” At the same time, I think the slow infiltration of females into the Springs community gave the boys a greater appreciation of us as well. We were less a force to be reckoned with than a unique presence to be admired. Neither took the other gender for granted in those days, and I think we were all made the better for it. In conclusion, I doubt the decision to go coed has been questioned much, if at all, since 1975. I think we can all agree it has made Springs a better school. Nevertheless, I feel a duty to pay tribute here to those guys whose Springs experience was forever altered to their perceived detriment by us. Thank you for your sacrifice! Above: New students in the fall of 1976, the second year young women were admitted to ISS: Top Row, l-r: Robin Winford Daughtry ’79, Renay Elliott Amos ’78, Sigmunde Sommers ’79, Lydia-Kay Reid Blackburn ’78, Chris Baxley ’79, Dixon Brooks ’78, Bill Crutcher ’78, Johnny Creel Jr. ’79, Bottom Row, l-r: Eleanita Threatt ’79, Guy Hood III ’78, Bob Egerman ’79, Michael Freund ’79, Nicolas Dahdah ’78, Mark Whiteside ’79 and Jacob Rosen ’79 Facing Page: Young women in the ISS library, circa 1970s

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he worlds of finance, family business, urban farming, and artisanal baking seem at first to be connected only in small ways to the food industry. Yet, as the careers of Carole Griffin ’78, Michael Levine ’74, Edwin Marty ’90 and Ron Stewart ’73 demonstrate, they are more connected than they might at first seem. They are four of the many Springs alums who have found their post-graduation journeys taking them into very unique places within the food industry.

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Looking back, Griffin likens her first days at Indian Springs to a “blind date.” Having never been on the campus before, she was dropped off on the first day and had to find her way. At the time, she didn’t realize the import of being one of the first young women on campus – now, however, she realizes that she was brave. There was some kind of strange comfort in her time at Springs, she says. The teachers were, for her, shepherds, guiding her learning and her individual development rather than forcing her into a mold. She adds that Indian Springs was also a wonderful place for someone who already marched to her own drummer. “I wasn’t asked to be reckless, but was invited to explore, to be open, to be more bold. I was brought into a community of seekers and daring thinkers,” she says. 8

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Laughing, Levine acknowledges that he was “not a math major by any means” during his time at Springs. However, the mathematics skills that he learned from teachers Marvin Balch and Mike Lantrip are invaluable to him now when discussing volumes and capacities and flow rates. “I can just about hold my own with the engineers,” he quips.

Sponsored by the ISS Parents Association and benefiting the school’s Annual Fund, the event will also include beverages, heavy hors d’oeuvres, and a “commencement” featuring coffee, desserts, and a silent auction.

Carole Griffin ’78 of Birmingham recognizes that she could have been on the outside of the community in which she found herself, as one of the first women students at Indian Springs. She says she could very easily have been “not well regarded,” but instead she found herself in a place that took “that energy, focused it” and said to her, “this is your strength.”

“You have to keep yourself open to new experiences,” he says. “You have to prepare yourself as well as you think you possibly can, and they’ll still find a way to throw you a curve ball or three. You have to teach yourself to keep your eyes open to the opportunities. At Springs, it was up to you to decide if you were going to pursue a certain goal or attain a certain prize that you were after. At ISS, there was some new opportunity put in front of you to choose if you were going to succeed or not. Nobody else is going to learn for you, nobody else is going to do what needs to be done – it’s up to you.”

Michael Levine ’74 of Birmingham credits his time at Indian Springs with the skills he uses today as President of Dale’s Sauces, Inc. – maker of Dale’s Seasoning, the celebrated Southern steak sauce.

These four will be back on the Indian Springs campus for Food 101, an October 15 event that will give people the opportunity to “go back to school” and learn about food-related topics from faculty, alumni, and other friends of the school – including alumni parent Nick Pihakis of Jim ’N Nick’s Bar-B-Q.

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Griffin attributes her time at Springs with giving her the courage to find and follow her passion, including bread-making and food. She says that she “followed the path of the heart with self-doubt and self-recrimination” but that the choices she made were good choices based on the “blessing” that ISS gave her. “Springs gave me the courage to lean into my natural inclinations,” she says.

When it came time to follow her passion, Griffin took a great risk. At a time when few women were involved in start-up businesses, she opened Continental Bakery and then Chez LuLu in Mountain Brook, Ala., after graduating from Rice University and studying bread-making under the tutelage of some of the finest bakers in France. Griffin developed the eateries into two of the most famous culinary institutions in Alabama. Her bakery caters to many other well-known gourmet landmarks such as Bottega Restaurant and Café and Highlands Bar and Grill, and she has been featured in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, Southern Living and other wellrespected publications. “Carole Griffin has played a significant role in raising the bar of Birmingham’s culinary scene,” says Greg Hodges ’66, chair of the committee that selected Griffin for Springs’ 2011 Outstanding Alumna Award (see page 12). “Almost singlehandedly, she redefined what great local baking is all about with a tip of her beret to the great French traditions and a careful eye on the emerging Slow Food tradition in America. And many of Birmingham’s best chefs, of which a heartening number are now recognized nationally, have embraced her delicious, hand-crafted creations. With a dash of panache and her own musical talent, Carole has confirmed that she is truly a Renaissance woman.”

Levine was not planning on a corporate path when he left Indian Springs to attend Washington University in St. Louis. Simply learning as much as he could was paramount. Having taken from his time at Indian Springs the ability to “think through the problems,” Levine and his mother took a “leap of faith” when the opportunity presented itself to divide the family company and make the steak sauce a standalone venture, he says. In hindsight, the decision was the right one. The restaurant half of the family business dwindled in the late 1970s, but the sauce half has “taken off,” he says. Likening the startup of the sauce business to the problems he encountered in his classes at Indian Springs, Levine reflects that you “start with something, and you’re not sure what you’ve got. As time goes on and with different experiences – the good as well as the bad – you take and turn those into learning experiences.” His business experience, he acknowledges, is very much like Springs’ motto, Learning Through Living. Thinking through the problems, keeping it fun, and having the right attitude are essential, he believes, to success in any endeavor. As he reflects on his time at Indian Springs and the changes that have taken the school from the “middle of nowhere” to a place just off Interstate 65, the ideals embodied in the motto remain central to his life.

Edwin Marty ’90 The work of Edwin Marty ’90 in sustainable development and urban farming embodies Learning Through Living. When Marty left Santa Cruz, Calif., to return to Birmingham and start Jones Valley Urban Farm – a Birmingham non-profit organization that grows organic produce and flowers, and educates the community about healthy food – he literally had people saying, “Are you crazy?” “It felt like it made sense and was what my heart told me to do,” says Marty of the JVUF, which has undergone much growth in both farming and education since its start a decade ago. The ability to take and develop an idea that gave Marty the courage to start Jones Valley Urban Farm is now giving him the courage to begin his newest venture – serving as a consultant in urban farming and sustainable development. In his career at Springs, Marty learned that being challenged and set upon a steep learning curve ensured that he was never bored. After 10 years at the helm of Jones Valley Urban Farm, Marty believes that he’s “got the program down.” So, he determined that the best possible thing to do would be to pursue his ultimate goal of writing and consulting.

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Marty hopes to work with municipalities to convince them to develop intentional sustainable food systems. In doing so, he hopes to help them ask and answer the question, “How do we set up a system to ensure that everyone gets access?”

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In today’s climate, developing these systems makes economic sense, as they also provide a health boon for urban dwellers and encourage the local purchasing of local products, he says. The challenge in this new consulting venture is to present these arguments in a language municipalities understand. “The message has to be broad enough and communication clear enough that a spectrum of government folks understand the message and support the endeavor,” Marty adds.

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Without question, Marty believes that he acquired the communications capacity to “speak about the issue and engage a broad spectrum of the community – kids, parents, teachers”– during his time at Springs. He credits former ISS English Teacher Elma Tuohy with making sure he “knew how to write a good sentence and put it together in a way that could be understood by a number of people.” This is something for which Marty is particularly grateful, as he awaits publication of his first book, Breaking Through Concrete. An introduction to urban agriculture in the 21st century, it is intended to give the average reader an understanding of the power and passion that goes into urban farming. In this new venture, Marty hopes that he is able to create a national or international community of people with whom he’s working. The sense of intellectual community he gained at Indian Springs – where he believes he learned as much through “being around bright, talented, funny, easy-going people who understand the world and have fun with it” as he did in the classroom – is something he hopes to pass along, he says. His community will simply be a larger one.

Ron Stewart ’73 “I still don’t know what I’m going to do when I grow up,” says Ron Stewart ’73 of Atlanta. Being a lifelong learner has its advantages for this entrepreneur, who is the silent partner in Flip Burger Boutique, an upscale burger restaurant with locations in Atlanta and Birmingham. He likes being behind the scenes in this latest chapter of his life, one he describes as “hilarious.” Indian Springs remains a “loud voice” in Stewart’s mind and something he now recognizes as a big part of his maturation, he says. Stewart credits Springs with opening avenues of intellectual and personal exploration for him. Because of his ISS years, his perspective in college at Tulane and later in graduate school at the University of Alabama was that “you could do things and you would be successful at doing things you wouldn’t have considered before,” he adds. That isn’t to say that Stewart’s junior year arrival at Springs was without some discomfort. He remembers vividly the feeling

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The Fall Alumni Luncheon was held October 22, featuring guest speaker and acclaimed author Daniel Alarcón ’95. The author of Lost City Radio and War by Candlelight and named to The New Yorker’s “20 Under 40” top young fiction writers list last summer, Alarcón also did a book signing as part of the event.

The annual Alumni Holiday Party was held on December 26 – drawing hundreds of alumni, faculty and guests who enjoyed sharing holiday cheer. The event was held at the Birmingham Museum of Art.

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Michelle Luo ’10, Vivian Delchamps ’10, Laney Caldwell ’10 and Remy Hefter ’10 / 4 / Scott Pulliam ’85 and his wife, Stacy / 5 / Lee Pantazis ’06 and Brandon Brown ’08 / 6 / Father-son alum duo David ’69 and Justin ’01 Ovson

of being at the top of his class when he arrived to going to the bottom of his class in six hours, he says. The climb back up, he adds, included the “very painful” experience of then-English Teacher R.J. Stegner teaching him to write and the realization that the “caring of the faculty and the quality of the instruction was so superior to anything I’d had (and in many cases that I’ve had since).” The quality of his Springs education was brought home to him repeatedly in his first professional incarnation as a consultant for Andersen Consulting/Accenture, as clients would ask him where he’d learned to write so well.

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Mike Goodrich Jr. ’90, feeding a lorikeet

The love of learning that Stewart acquired at Springs made his consulting career fun, but after 30 years, he was ready to retire. “I failed miserably at retirement,” he says. But, in doing so, he was in a position to help his friend, Barry Mills, when he expressed an interest in going into the restaurant business. Stewart helped Mills craft a business plan for Flip Burger, and when the two recruited acclaimed chef Richard Blais, the concept became a reality. Stewart, however, has “no ego” when it comes to Flip Burger Boutique. “Richard should be the face of Flip,” Stewart says. The restaurant’s demographic is geared to people ages 25-40 and is chef-driven and hip, although Stewart admits that he and Mills had no idea when they recruited Blais that he would attain “rock star” status after his appearances and victories on the hit reality show “Top Chef.”

Lions, and tigers, and Springs families, oh my! Approximately 75 ISS alumni, friends and family members attended the first-ever Alumni Family Day at the Zoo, held November 6 at the Birmingham Zoo. The event included a train ride, Red Diamond’s Sea Lion Splash Demonstration, a seminar on Alabama wildlife, and a lorikeet feeding!

Springs on the Road From coast to coast, Springs has been on the road this year, visiting alumni throughout the country! The get-togethers, which ranged from receptions to dinners, gave Director Gareth Vaughan, Director of Admission and Financial Aid Jack Sweeney, and other staff the opportunity to connect with alumni in Charleston, S.C.; Chicago; Gulf Shores, Ala.; Lexington, Ky.; New Orleans; New York City; Orlando; Raleigh, N.C.; San Francisco; and Washington, D.C.

Law, Healthcare Alumni Gather For the first time, Springs held socials for alumni in the law and healthcare professions, giving them the opportunity to meet, socialize and network! The Alumni Lawyers Social was held October 7, and the Alumni Healthcare Professionals Networking Social took place March 24. Both events were held at the Wine Loft in Birmingham.

In looking back, Stewart acknowledges that he wouldn’t have traded his Springs experience for anything – realizing that without his time at ISS, where the students “weren’t channeled,” he would not be as equipped to achieve a wide range of success, including participation in the food industry. Michelle Williams is Chair of the English Department at Indian Springs.

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weekend brings grads home If home is where the heart is, alumni came “home” in more ways than one during Alumni Weekend April 14-17, enjoying a variety of activities that reconnected them with the people and school they love.

Throughout the events, alumni shared about their experiences at ISS that shaped them and created a unique love of the school. Carole Griffin ’78 — owner, baker and chef of the acclaimed Continental Bakery and Chez Lulu in Mountain Brook, Ala. (see page 8) — hearkened back to the formative nature of her Springs experience when she accepted the school’s Outstanding Alumna Award during the Alumni Town Meeting. Quipping that her career at ISS began as a “funny little act of civil disobedience” when she sent her SSAT scores to Springs even though it was a male-only school, she said that the school – which decided to admit women a few months after she applied – “took a little rapscallion of a girl” and changed her forever.

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Hundreds of Springs alumni joined the weekend’s activities, which included a Thursday night Directors’ Dinner (see page 19), a Friday night reception, an Alumni Town Hall Meeting, a Kids Camp for alumni children, a Faculty Lecture Series featuring John Lusco and Diane Sheppard, a varsity girls soccer match, class parties for those celebrating reunions (classes ending in “1” and “6”), and a Sunday morning brunch.

Griffin’s reflections on what she feels ISS provided her when she was a loosely formed teenager struck many chords of identification among her audience: teachers of extraordinary intelligence and passion whose influence was felt outside the classroom as well as in; an uncommonly diverse assortment of bright students and an atmosphere wholly conducive to the cultivation of strong friendships; and, above all, a place in which what she has always valued most in herself was honored and allowed to flourish.

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Jones ’96, Director Gareth Vaughan, Athletic Director Greg Van Horn, and Anita Jayagopal Gouri ’96 and husband Brian Gouri at the Friday night reception / 3 / Carole Griffin ’78 accepting the Outstanding Alumna Award / 4 / Outstanding Alumnus/a Award Committee Member Fergus Tuohy ’96, Alumni Council President Ginger Grainger Rueve ’86, Outstanding Alumna Award Recipient Carole Griffin ’78 and Outstanding Alumnus/a Award Committee Chair Greg Hodges ’66 / 5 / Father-daughter duo Whitney ’01 and Rick ’66 Sprague at the Friday night reception / 6 / Class of 2001 Reunion Party / 7 / Ashley Williams Aitkens ’86, Prashant Reddy ’86, Patricia Alarcón ’86 and Laura Payne Martinez ’86 at the Class of 1986 Reunion Party / 8 / Class of 1971 Reunion Party / 9 / Dasheill and Ella Jones, children of Shandra Montgomery Jones ’96, enjoying the weekend / 10 / Class of 1961 Reunion Party / 11 / Heeseob Lee ’12 playing the cello at the Alumni Town Hall meeting / 12 / Class of 1981 Reunion Party / 13 / Class of 1966 Reunion Party / 14 / The ISS Choir performing during the Alumni Town Hall meeting / 15 / Director of Development Beth Mulvey, Jill Carole Pizitz Robinson ’77 and Math Teacher Mike Lantrip at the Class of 1976 Reunion Party / 16 / Class of 2006 Reunion Party

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NE W S ISS Completes Three-Year Strategic Plan Indian Springs has completed a strategic planning process that will guide its efforts for the next three years. Titled “Reflection, Taking Stock, and Imagining the Possible,” the Plan was formally adopted by the ISS Board of Governors at its December 3 meeting, after processing input from more than 100 members of the Springs community. The Plan covers six areas of emphasis – Educational Program, Student Life, Diversity, Finances, Facilities, and Marketing and Communications – and includes action items for each area. Action items include creating an “Ideal Classroom” that will be a model for classroom revitalization, developing comprehensive faculty professional development programs, and creating more revenue-generating summer programs. “The Plan is truly a recommitment to the heart of Indian Springs,” says Libby Pantazis, who served as Chair of the Board of Governors Planning Committee. The plan can be reviewed in its entirety by visiting www.indiansprings.org/plan.

ISS is Accredited — Again! An Accreditation Team from the Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS) and Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) has unanimously recommended that Indian Springs be reaccredited with SAIS and SACS for the next five years. The recommendation comes after a three-day visit to the school in November by the team, comprised of faculty and administrators from fellow SAIS/SACS schools. In advance of the team’s visit, ISS provided them with a self-study report and other supporting documentation derived from input from the Springs community. ISS Associate Director and Dean of Academics David Noone coordinated the school’s accreditation efforts.

“The Accreditation Team was extremely impressed with our students, faculty and programs,” says ISS Director Gareth Vaughan, who added that at the end of their visit, one of the members of the team told him, “I want my child to go to school here.” “There can be no greater compliment than that,” Vaughan says. To review the full report by the Accreditation Team, visit www.indiansprings.org/accreditation.

Where in the World is Jack Sweeney? If you spin a globe and randomly place your finger somewhere on it, chances are good that ISS Director of Admission and Financial Aid Jack Sweeney has been there this year – spreading the news about Springs around the world! As part of an initiative to increase the number of ISS boarders, Sweeney has traveled to numerous countries and U.S. states, attending school fairs and other events that attract potential boarding students and families. As a result of these efforts, at least 13 nations (Australia, Cameroon, China, Colombia, England, France, Germany, Japan, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Spain and the United States) and 11 states (Alabama, Alaska, California, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin) will be represented in the 2011-2012 student body. “We are excited about the students and families I have met and their interest in coming to Springs,” Sweeney says.

ISS Alumni Parent and Board Member Libby Pantazis of Vestavia Hills, Ala., has been named Vice Chair and Chair-Elect of the ISS Board of Governors. She was elected to the position at the Board of Governors meeting at Springs on April 29. As named Vice Chair and Chair-Elect, she is on the path to succeed Board of Governors Chair Donald Hess when his term expires in April, 2012. An ISS Board Member since 2001, Pantazis has been Chair of the Board’s Planning and Student Life Committee and served on the Finance and Executive Committees. She has also served on the Accreditation Steering Committee. She is an attorney, formerly with Wiggins, Childs, Quinn and Pantazis in Birmingham, and is married to Dennis G. Pantazis and mother to D.G. ’03, Lee ’06 and Evan ’09 Pantazis. “It is with great excitement that we present Libby as the Vice Chair and Chair-Elect,” Hess says. “She has willingly and graciously accepted every role that I have asked of her and most recently chaired the Strategic Planning Committee. Her familiarity with our new plan makes her the ideal person to work with Gareth Vaughan and his team to implement the Plan. Libby not only has vast experience as a member of the ISS Board and the Birmingham law community, but has demonstrated a deep love for and commitment to Indian Springs – qualities that will make her a tremendous leader for this great school.”

Chamber Choir, Alumni Headed to Romania The Chamber Choir is crossing the pond – again! The choir will be traveling to Romania June 17-26, performing throughout the Eastern European country. The group will perform in Bucharest, Sibiu and Brasov, and spend time in those cities as well as Curtea de Arges, Biertan, Sighisoara, Bran and Sinaia. ISS alumni and guests will also be traveling in Romania at that time, taking in the Chamber Choir concerts and participating in their own tour of the country. They will also attend a reception hosted by U.S. Ambassador to Romania Mark Gitenstein ’64 and his wife, Elizabeth, at their home in Bucharest.

Meet the 2010-2011 Mayors Brandon Waller ’11 First-Semester Mayor Midfield, Ala. Why did you decide to run as Mayor? “When I was in 8th grade, Peter Horn was Mayor, and I made the decision then that I would run. I love my school community and being a part of it, and serving as Mayor was a way I could take my participation to the next level.” What do you hope you accomplished as Mayor? “I think I was able to help students have a good transition into the year. I also worked hard to implement recent reforms to some of our governing documents, and to build good communication by creating a weekly announcement sheet that was emailed and posted around campus. I mainly hope that I had a positive impact on the community as a whole.” What does ISS mean to you? “It has meant a lot. It has been the most important part of my life thus far, and I’m really overjoyed that I was presented with the opportunity to be here. I know my time at Springs will translate into future opportunities and success.” What are your college and career plans? “I will be attending the University of Alabama at Huntsville and majoring in aerospace engineering. I would like to develop aircraft, maybe for the military or NASA.” Andrea Mayo ’11 Second-Semester Mayor Birmingham Why did you decide to run as Mayor? “Mainly because I have always loved my school. I like being in the middle of everything, so I thought, ‘Why not be involved and lead in this way?’” What do you hope you accomplished as Mayor? “I started a weekly competition between grades to foster community, such as a competition to see which grade could have the most students attend a school event, and I helped start Spring Stock, a mix between a Pop Out Fair and Lake Day, to raise money for the Student Store. Most of all, I hope I made a difference and everyone had a good time with me as their representative.” What does ISS mean to you? “ISS has been another family for me. Ever since I came here, everyone has been looking out for me, and I’ve looked out for them. My teachers have been my mentors and an active part of my life, and I am thankful.” What are your college and career plans? “I will be attending Auburn University in the fall, and I hope to produce films or be involved in the business aspect of the industry.”

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Student Achievements Keep the Legacy Going

Fertile Minds Learning Garden Work Days were held on April 2 and May 7, giving ISS community members the chance to till, plant or compost — and enjoy the “fruits” of their labors! Volunteers took part in a post-work lunch complete with vegetables from the garden, the school’s organic garden and outdoor learning laboratory. Above: Among the participants in the April 2 work day were (kneeling) ISS Parent Caryn Corenblum, (standing) Andrzej Richardson ’15, Parent Margaret Richardson, Parent Jeanette Brockington, Dorrie Fuchs (wife of ISS Director Gareth Vaughan), Dragana Obradovic (wife of Physics and Statistics Teacher Mak Obradovic), Parent Evan Richardson, and Biology Teacher and Garden Director Bob Pollard. Director of Development Beth Mulvey also attended and photographed the event.

Springs Staff Visit South Korean Parents Because of the great distance between South Korea and Springs, it isn’t often that parents of Korean students get to participate in parent-teacher conferences. That changed in January, when ISS Associate Director and Dean of Academics David Noone and Director of Admission and Financial Aid Jack Sweeney visited Seoul, giving parents the opportunity to learn about their students’ academic and residential experiences firsthand. The Korean Parents Association hosted a reception for parents to meet the ISS administrators and arranged individual parent meetings with Noone. “We all thought that the visit to Korea was fantastic,” says Soyoung Baek, mother of Anastasia Lee ’12. “We were very grateful to hear directly about our children’s in-school performances through the visit. We are enthusiastic about the school’s plan to visit Korea annually and meet with us, and we appreciate the school’s thoughtfulness.” 16

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More than 10 percent of our student body this year were children or grandchildren of Springs alums — and we would love for even more legacy students to join our community in 20112012! For more information about admission at Springs for next year or in the future, visit w w w. S p r i n g s E x p e r i e n c e .o r g Above: Bud ’76 and Daniel ’10 Woodall sharing a moment together at Daniel’s graduation

A Sampling of What Our Students Have Accomplished This Year

Turner ’15 received a Superior in the Alabama Federation of Music Clubs (AFMC) Piano Solo Festival; Kim received a Superior in the AFMC Concerto Festival; and Habash, Turner, Gi Yun Lee ’12 and Angela Szasz received a Superior in the AFMC Piano Duet Festival. / 1 / Back Row, l-r: Chess Team members Justin Morris ’11, Jian Yu

Malika Shettar ’12 placed second in the Biochemistry Division at the Alabama Science and Engineering Fair. Her project was “DNA Binding and Cleaving of 1, 8 Naphthalimide-Linked Nitrogen Onium Salts.” At the competition, the Yale Science and Engineering Association and the U.S. Army also recognized her achievements on the project.

Chen ’12, Alex Szasz ’11, Danny Kang ’13, Gi Yun Lee ’12, Front Row, l-r: Billy Knapp ’15, Sydney Morris (Justin’s sister who will be attending ISS in the fall), Jasmine Berry ’14 and Mei Shou Chen ’14 / 2 / Alabama Rep. Mary Sue McClurkin congratulating Emily Cutler on her 2011 High School Literary Arts First Place Awards / 3 / Malika Shettar ’12 at the Alabama Science and Engineering Fair / 4 / Larry ’11 and Jeff ’11 Liu

The Indian Springs Chess Team won the Arthur Davis Shores Scholastic City Chess Championship (Birmingham City Chess Championship Tournament) on April 9, and placed third in the Alabama State Scholastic Chess Championship. Alex Szasz ’11 brought home the third place individual trophy at the tournament. At the 2011 High School Nationals held April 29-May 1 in Nashville, Justin Morris ’11 tied for 7th place in the U.S. out of 247 competitors in the second highest section of the tournament.

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Emily Cutler ’12 won the Alabama Writers’ Forum 2011 High School Literary Arts First Place Awards in fiction and poetry. She also won second place in the Short Play Category of the 2011 Columbia College Chicago Young Authors Writing Contest, and her play, “The Tutor System,” was selected as a finalist in the Alabama Shakespeare Festival’s 2011 Young Southern Writers’ Project competition. Her novel, Being a Nobody, received a Gold Key Award in the Scholastic Push Novel Contest. Several ISS students placed in various music competitions this spring: Rose Choi ’13, clarinet, and Jun Hong ’12, clarinet, made District IV Honor Band; Alex Szasz ’11, trumpet, made the University of Alabama Honor Band and was awarded the Concert Band Award; Sarah Noone ’14 received an Excellent and Dunya Habash ’12, Max Heinen ’13, Lisa Kim ’14, Temi Ransome-Kuti ’13, Nicole Luo ’13, Angela Szasz ’13 and Gareth

Jeff ’11 and Larry ’11 Liu were named Lincoln-Douglas Debate Co-Champions of the National High School Tournament of Champions, the nation’s top high school debate tournament held in May at the University of Kentucky. Named for the famous debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, Lincoln-Douglas is a type of one-on-one debate that emphasizes logic, ethical values, and philosophy. The Lius also won or placed in other top tournaments throughout the country, including the Barkley Forum High School Tournament at Emory University in Atlanta. The Lius were also named semifinalists in the 2011 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program competition, which recognizes some of the nation’s most distinguished graduating high school seniors. From nearly 3.2 million seniors, only 560 semifinalists were selected on the basis of their SAT and ACTS scores (both Lius made perfect 2400s on their SATs), academic achievement, personal characteristics, leadership and service.

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Girls Soccer The Varsity Girls Soccer Team advanced for the second year in a row to the AHSAA 1A-4A Final Four before losing 3-2 to Guntersville. Savannah Freeze ’12 and Mallory Mathews ’11 made the Lakeshore Shootout B Division All-Tournament Team, and four team members were named to the 2011 Birmingham Coaches All-Metro Girls Team: Sara Clark ’11, third-team defender; Dabney Hofammann ’11, secondteam forward; Carol Hogan ’11, third-team midfielder; and Mathews, first-team defender.

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Alex (A.J.) Jamroz ’11 was at home watching a movie when he got the call. A reporter from ESPN called to inform him that he led the nation in goals among high school boys soccer players this season. “It felt pretty incredible to hear that,” Jamroz says. The senior forward scored 85 goals this season, which is also the most goals in school history and the all-time state record (across all Alabama High School Athletic Association classifications). He also holds the school and state records for career goals with 157. His recent accolades aren’t the only ones he has received during his soccer career. As a freshman, he was the Most Valuable Player during the 2008 AHSAA 1A-4A Boys Soccer Tournament. He was also an All-State Player in 2008-2009, winner of the 20102011 Birmingham Metro Golden Boot Award, and the Offensive Most Valuable Player in the 2011 Lakeshore Tournament. Jamroz is quick to note that his success on the field is due, in part, to the work of his teammates. “I played with a great team of great guys who fed me the ball,” he says. “I couldn’t have done this without them.” Jamroz will be pursuing his other passion – architecture – when he enrolls at Auburn University this fall. “I plan to go into residential architecture,” he says. “I’m excited to see what the future holds in college and afterwards.”

The Varsity Boys Soccer Team is 2011 AHSAA 1A-4A runnersup after dropping a hard-fought match 1-0 to USM-Wright. The team captured the Lakeshore Shootout B Division Championship. Jake Shuford ’12 was named the tournament’s Overall MVP, Alex Jamroz ’11 was selected as Offensive MVP, and Colin Simon ’11 was tapped Defensive MVP. They also topped their bracket at the Metro Conference Tournament. Four team members made the 2011 Birmingham Coaches All-Metro Boys Team – Jamroz, first-team forward; Michael Pigue ’11, thirdteam midfielder; Simon, third-team defender; and Joseph Simonetti ’11, second-team defender.

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The Boys and Girls Cross Country Teams excelled at the AHSAA Sectionals in November. Individual honors went to Erin McMinn ’11, who came in first place, and Sarah Noone ’14, who finished ninth. The girls came in second and the boys came in third, qualifying both teams for the AHSAA Class 3A state meet.

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Girls Basketball The Varsity Girls Basketball Team finished second in the AHSAA 3A, Area 8 regular season this year, says Coach Pete Arner, who took over the team during the 2010-2011 season. Andrea Mayo ’11 made the AHSAA 3A, Area 8 All-Tournament Team.

Boys Basketball The Varsity Boys Basketball Team finished third in AHSAA 3A, Area 8, with highlights including wins against #9-ranked B.B. Comer and 4A Jefferson County champs Oak Grove. Hart Wilson ’11 and Charlie Simpson ’11 were named to the Birmingham News All-Shelby Boys Basketball Team, and Simpson was also one of four players statewide selected to participate in the Vitamin Water Three-Point Shootout, sponsored by CocaCola and the AHSAA.

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The ISS Volleyball Team (16-12) won the AHSAA Class 3A, Area 8 Tournament Championship – led by All-Tournament Team honorees Ambria Hardy ’13 and Yuka Sanui ’13 and Tournament MVP Lauren Plouff ’12 – and advanced to the sub-state (Sweet 16) round of the Class 3A playoffs. Sanui was also named to the Birmingham News All-Shelby County Volleyball Team.

The Girls Tennis Team placed second at sectionals, advancing them to the AHSAA Class 1A-3A State Tennis Tournament. In individual play at sectionals, Ashleigh Ruggles ’11 won No. 3 singles and Elizabeth Miller ’12 won No. 4 singles. Boys Tennis Team member Jacob Thigpen ’12 won the No. 1 singles draw at sectionals, and advanced to the state tournament as well.

Baseball, Softball The Baseball and Softball Teams had seasons focused on program improvement, says Baseball Coach Brian Lamp and Softball Coach Richard Theibert. Both coaches are looking forward to building the programs with the help of new and returning players.

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dinner thanks donors! ISS hosted a Directors’ Dinner on April 14 at Birmingham’s Park Lane restaurant to thank members of the school’s Town Meeting, Founder’s and Armstrong giving societies for their support. The event kicked off the 2011 Alumni Weekend festivities.

/ 1 / Sara Moody, Tommy Moody ’64 / 2 / Frank Samford ’62, Gillian Goodrich, Mike Goodrich ’63 / 3 / Jan Fortson, Midge Miller, Mark Miller / 4 / Leo Kayser Jr., Leo Kayser III ’62 / 5 / Libby Pantazis, Gareth Vaughan, Joe Farley Jr. ’81, Ginny Farley / 6 / Steve Rueve ’84, Ginger Grainger Rueve ’86, Allan Cruse ’59

How to Give Online Gifts to the Annual Fund can shape a student’s life forever. To make a gift, visit w w w. I n d i a n S p r i n g s . o r g /O n l i n e G i v i n g or contact the Development Office at (205) 988-3350.

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Armstrong Honored by New Giving Level An educational pioneer and tireless leader, Louis “Doc” Armstrong, Springs’ first Director, was vital to the development of ISS, and his imprint on the school remains strong today. So when the time came to find a namesake for Springs’ newest Annual Fund giving level, the choice was clear. The Armstrong Society honors those who give $10,000 or more to the Annual Fund in a year, and is part of several giving levels that are recognized in the Annual Report that the school produces each fall.

d e v e l o p m e nt A Connecticut native, Mulvey holds a J.D. degree from the Albany Law School of Union University in Albany, N.Y., and a B.A. degree in math and philosophy from Bates College.

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“Beth has extensive experience in development and has done a fine job of shepherding Springs’ Development Office as an interim,” says ISS Director Gareth Vaughan. “With her background and familiarity with the school, she is well suited to lead our efforts in alumni relations, fund-raising and communications, and we are pleased to welcome her to this position.”

Armstrong Society — $10,000 or more Founder ’s Level — $ 5,0 0 0 or more To w n M e e t i n g L e v e l — $ 1 , 0 0 0 o r m o r e

Mayor ’s Level — $ 50 0 or more Commissione r ’s Level — $ 2 50 or mo re

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For more information on making a donation, visit www.indiansprings.org/onlinegiving or contact Director of Development Beth Mulvey at (205) 332-0591 or bmulvey@indiansprings.org.

‘Alabama’s Brightest’ Win $20K for Garden Program Springs has always been known for its brilliant faculty and staff, but now it’s official!

Mulvey Named Director of Development Beth Mulvey has been named Springs’ new Director of Development. Mulvey has been on the ISS staff since 2008, serving part-time as Capital Campaign and Major Gifts Officer and English Teacher, as well as Interim Director of Development. She also serves the school as a Dorm Parent, Advisor, and Mock Trial Team Coach. She is parent to Sarah Noone ’14 as well as John Noone, a rising fifth-grader at Bruno Montessorri, and is married to ISS Associate Director and Dean of Academics David Noone. In her 20 years in development and community relations, she has also worked as Director of Development and Community Relations at Berkshire Health Systems in Pittsfield, Mass.; Director of Development and Alumni Affairs at Darrow School in New Lebanon, N.Y.; Director of the Annual Fund and Planned Giving at The Kiski School in Saltsburg, Pa.; Director of the Annual Fund of The Albany Academy in Albany, N.Y.; and Associate Director of Development at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.

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ISS faculty/staff members Bob Cooper, Mac LaCasse, Richard Neely, David Noone, Gunnar Olson and Douglas Ray won Alabama’s Brightest Company Trivia Competition on March 29, besting teams from more than 130 companies or nonprofit organizations throughout the state and earning $20,000 for the Fertile Minds Learning Garden, the school’s organic garden and outdoor learning laboratory. The winnings will enable the Fertile Minds staff to help Booker T. Washington K-8 School in Birmingham start its own organic garden. Springs has had a long-standing partnership with Washington School, as high-achieving students from the school come out to Springs each summer for Washington Day Camp, run by ISS students and faculty. The trivia competition was a fundraiser for the nonprofit Impact Alabama, with companies and organizations paying an entrance fee to participate. The teams answered questions in categories including history, sports, literature and pop culture. “We were honored to take part in the competition and are obviously thrilled about our team’s performance,” Noone says. “But most of all, understanding the importance of education in the formation of lifelong healthy eating habits, we are excited to expand the Fertile Minds Learning Garden.” Above: Fertile Minds Learning Garden Director and Biology Teacher Bob Pollard holding the “big check” won by the ISS trivia team – (l-r) Douglas Ray, Richard Neely, David Noone, Gunnar Olson, Bob Cooper and Mac LaCasse

Springs rolled out the red carpet for guests to its Film 101 fundraiser, which – with the help of three filmmaker alumni – raised monies for the school’s Annual Fund. The ISS Parents Association hosted the October event, which gave guests the chance to experience an educational, entertaining evening revolving around the topic of film. More than 200 guests took classes from three ISS alumni — “Saturday Night Fever” director John Badham ’57, Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Celia Carey ’87, and “Baby Mama” writer/editor Michael McCullers ’89 — as well as Springs faculty members and friends. An outdoor reception with a red carpet and roving lights started the evening, and then guests adjourned to a Springs-esque Town Hall meeting featuring an address from Badham. After the meeting and classes, guests packed the Library for a reception and a silent auction. This is the second installment of Indian Springs “101” fundraisers, which began in 2009 with a Wine 101 event. The events benefit the ISS Annual Fund, which supports need-based scholarships, student activities, faculty salaries and updates to campus facilities. Along with Badham, Carey and McCullers, ISS faculty members Lisa Balazs, Charles Ellis, Kelly Jacobs, Diane Sheppard, Kerry Smith and Tim Thomas ’67 and Springs board member Stephen Black taught Film 101 classes. “We were, once again, thrilled with the success of this event, which is uniquely Springs, and we remain appreciative of all those who worked together to make it possible,” says Elizabeth North, who chaired the Film 101 Planning Committee. / 1 / Roving lights greeting Film 101 guests / 2 / Michael ’89 and Sidney McCullers / 3 / John Badham ’57 addressing the

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ISS has created two new scholarships to support rising 9th, 10th or 11th graders who wish to join the school’s boarding program. The Board of Governors Scholarship is now offered to prospective boarding students interested in applying to Springs, and the Learning Through Living Scholarship is awarded to current ISS day students who want to become boarding students. While the scholarships obviously benefit the students who receive them, ISS Director Gareth Vaughan is quick to add that this benefit extends to the entire Springs community. “Having a strong, diverse boarding population enhances everyone’s educational and social experience,” he says. “Our students enter a wide world when they graduate, and we believe that giving them that experience in their formative years is important and worth supporting.” The two scholarships join the Monaghan Scholarships, which support boarding tuition for students from rural Alabama or neighboring states and are also awarded to day students, primarily rising seniors, who wish to board and contribute to the residential life program.

Springs Planned Giving Society Have Springs in your estate plans? Make your intentions known so Springs can celebrate your good will! Crucial to Springs’ ongoing success, more than 175 Springs alumni, parents and friends have noted their intentions to make a gift to ISS through their estate plans. Whether you have designated a specific amount, percentage or remainder after other distributions, set up a trust, or devised a gift annuity, please let Springs say “thank you” today. For more information on Springs’ Planned Giving Society or adding Springs to your estate plans, visit w w w. I n d i a n S p r i n g s . o r g / CharitableGiftPlanning or contact Director of Development Beth Mulvey at (205) 332-0591 or bmulvey@indiansprings.org.

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Equity and Justice Profile Carlisle Towery ’55 Carlisle Towery continues his work as President of the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation, a community-building organization that plans and advances revitalization efforts in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, N.Y. — one of the most ethnically diverse communities in the nation. Among GJDC’s programs are partnerships with private developers in creating mixed-use developments, a Revolving Loan Fund providing below-market rate loans to “nearly bankable” local businesses, retail and commercial attraction and retention programs, and neighborhood initiatives to promote public safety, beautification, and quality of life. GJDC also owns and operates parking facilities and several properties including Jamaica Market, a combination food court and farmers market. Towery has long been at the heart of justice issues, advocating for civil rights for African-Americans as a student at Auburn University in the late 1950s, and has had a long career bringing equity and justice to the people of Jamaica, Queens.

Kenzie Brannon ’56 Kenzie Brannon, a retiree for 10 years, works for equity and justice through his weekly volunteer activities — preparing high school dropouts for the GED, tutoring four kindergarten classes, delivering Meals on Wheels, serving as a ComPeer for two mental health patients, building with Habitat for Humanity, and taking on various jobs at church. “My wife, Gene (Miree), and I will celebrate our 50th anniversary this summer with an Alabama Alumni tour in northern Italy,” he writes. “My best wishes to all of you in the Class of ’56!”

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The first ISS soccer team was formed in the 1958-1959 school year under Bob Pieh and played other private schools in the state and region such as McCallie School, The Lovett School, Darlington School, The Westminster Schools, St. Bernard Prep and Marion Military Institute, among others. Thank you to Ray Wright ‘61 and Leo Kayser III ‘62 for offering this information.

CLASS OF 1959 News from Bob Athey Jr.: “The most significant event going on for us here was the marriage of our son, Michael, at the end of April. Unfortunately, preparations for this preempted us from going to Alumni Weekend this year. I continue to be married to my wife of 44 years and to work with my outpatient private practice, a group I formed with colleagues at the Menninger Clinic in 2001 when we decided not to relocate with Menninger to Houston, Texas. I hope to see many of you at next year’s Alumni Weekend.”

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In April, Jim Mustin III traveled to Gisenyi, Rwanda, to present on Restorative Circles to the Ihumure Association, a local peacemaking and reconciliation group. He also spent a week working on video and fund-raising projects with Trauma Healing and Reconciliation Services in Bujumbura, Burundi.

Danner Frazer Jr. writes, “I am practicing law, trying cases and delighted to be able to work. I have three sons, three grandsons and a fourth on the way. Much free time is spent with those children, and the fun it provides is beyond my capacity to describe. The first 66 years have been an absolute blast, and I hope to have a lot more.” From Bill Viar Jr.: “After practicing surgery for 30 years, I am thoroughly enjoying retirement. Barbara and I split our time between Birmingham and our vacation home in Linville, N.C. She is an avid golfer and bridge player. I am an avid hunter and fisherman. (I play golf and bridge when I “have to.”) Between us, we have five children and four grandchildren, none of whom live in Alabama — the family dynamics are always interesting. I hope we have a terrific turnout for our 50th reunion in 2012.”

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David Darby writes, “Last September, my wife and I moved from Florence (Ala.) back to the West for retirement. We will divide our time between a not-so-big home in Billings, Mont., and a condo in Seattle. The West got into our blood during the many years we lived and worked there. We also enjoyed working throughout Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union beginning in the mid-1990s, and we will miss the fascinating life overseas. It was good to reconnect with 1961 classmates recently by email, although we missed our 50th reunion. I have many fond memories of Springs and the enriching experiences it offered.”

In February, the Alabama Architectural Foundation named Gray Plosser Jr. of Birmingham’s KPS Group this year’s Distinguished Architect. Plosser was recognized for a lifetime of achievement and for professional excellence.

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Phil Laney Jr. ’56 (left) and John Ross Jr. ’56 (right) pause during their January visit to Springs to take a photo with one of their teachers, Mac Fleming, who has been on the faculty since the school opened in 1952. Fleming now concentrates his efforts on the school’s archives. The alumni enjoyed their outing to the school, which included a visit with Fleming and a drive around campus.

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J o h n T h a m e s J r. ’ 6 1 John Thames Jr. is spending his retirement just as he spent his working years — helping people in need. He has retired from being a Helpline Counselor with the Alzheimer’s Association and is now a full-time volunteer in the Atlanta area. “I work as a Helpline Counselor for the Clark Howard Radio Show, where I get calls from all over the country on debt, mortgages, investments and consumer fraud,” he says. “It is amazing work, and there is something new to learn every day!” He also teaches citizenship classes to U.S. immigrants who are preparing to take the citizenship exam, volunteers for the American Heart Association, and teaches English as a Second Language to new U.S. residents.!

CLASS OF 1967 Last year, Tom Byers turned 60 and completed his 30th year on the faculty at the University of Louisville, where he received the College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Service Award for service to the University. He celebrated these passages in Paris, where he spent a semester as a Visiting Professor (Chaire Dupront) at the University of Paris IV (Sorbonne). While across the pond, he also gave papers at conferences in Dublin and in Kazan, Russia, and delivered invited lectures at American Studies colloquia in Madrid and at the Paul Klee Museum in Berne. In addition, he was recently quoted in the New York Times on the film “The Big Lebowski.” His son, Jack, graduated from Amherst and is now working in Washington, D.C. His daughter, Anna, has just graduated from Bowdoin and spent the fall of 2009 in Namibia. Byers writes that he can be reached at tom.byers@louisville.edu and that “he did not make up any of this.” The latest book by Robert Friedel, A Culture of Improvement: Technology and the Western Millennium, is a wide-ranging survey of Western Technology since the Middle Ages that received glowing reviews in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Before coming to the University of Maryland, where he works as Professor of History of Technology and Science, he was a historian at the Smithsonian Institution and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Glen Howard has been named General Counsel at The Pew Charitable Trusts. He began work there in June 2010.

Equity and Justice Profile J o h n Ta n n e r ’ 6 7 John Tanner spent his career working for equity and justice — quite literally! He retired from the Justice Department on Independence Day 2009 after 34 years in the Department’s Civil Rights Division, and he now has a private voting rights law practice in Washington, D.C. He writes that he has been doing “extensive barbecue research” and also some writing and teaching, with stints at Alabama, Cumberland and Baylor Law.

CLASS OF 1968 “Life in Birmingham has been good for this 1968 ISS graduate,” writes Stuart Royal. “Barbara and I have a granddaughter, Nadia McDonald, who lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., and is cute as a button. The proud parents are Rachael and Matt McDonald. Our son, Jeremy, who is married to Dayna Royal, has a child, Jacob Royal, who is sweet and endearing to his Birmingham grandparents. I continue to work at Children’s Hospital in radiology and Barbara continues to run her women’s leadership program called Momentum. The best new news from me is that I have joined a poker group on Wednesday nights that includes two of my ISS buddies, Martin Damsky ’68 and Alan Matthews ’68. As I enter the third out of four of my anticipated life phases, it is wonderful to renew old friendships.” From Henry Davis McHenry Jr.: “In 2009, I completed nursing school, passed the license exam, and am as yet undiscovered by employers. So I’ve returned to my former life of substitute teaching in high school, leading my Shakespeare seminar with seniors, helping my wife dig holes in the garden, attending my son’s soccer games, and observing classes and play rehearsals at my daughter’s college (Kenyon). It is a fabulous life, apparently uninterruptible by work. I feel the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckelburg upon me.”

CLASS OF 1970 Algert Agricola Jr. served as General Counsel for the Alabama gubernatorial campaign of Robert Bentley, and he now represents Gov. Bentley in litigation filed against him by the Alabama Education Association. He also serves as an Administrative Law Judge for the Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board, the Alabama Real Estate Appraisers Board, and the Alabama Department of Public Safety, and serves as Committee Counsel to the Alabama House of Representatives’ Committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections for the Alabama Legislature’s 2011 Regular Session. He and his wife, Bash, will celebrate 34 years of marriage in October. Their middle daughter, Erin, and youngest daughter, Barbara, were recently sworn in as lawyers, and their oldest daughter, Lindsey, was married in March 2011. George Harper Jr. and his wife, Anne, have finished their work in Croatia and are returning to the Philippines, where they will teach and help administer the programs of the Asia Graduate School of Theology, a consortium of eight evangelical seminaries. He will be Program Director for Theological Studies and Director of Program Development and edit the Asia Theological Association’s journal, the Journal of Asian Evangelical Theology. “In SPR ING

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November, we visited Birmingham and saw Mac Fleming as well as a number of ISS classmates,” Harper writes. Mike Nichols retired after 30 years in the food business, 27 of which were with SYSCO Corporation, where he was Senior Vice President of Administration and General Counsel. He plans to stay in Houston, residing near Rice University, and will spend time at Lake Livingston and take art and other classes at Rice. He serves on several boards including Planned Parenthood and the Union for Reform Judaism. He and his wife, Marcia, celebrated the birth of their first grandchild, Dinsmore McCrae Nichols, in February. Their children live in Dallas, Salt Lake City and New York City — and they have one who is a rising senior in high school. Maury Shevin writes, “I spent my birthday this year speaking at the Birmingham Public Library’s Lunch and Learn Series. My topic was ‘New Themes on Anti-Semitism.’ Among the attendees was our classmate, Steve Sears ’70, who proved to be an incredible asset as he was the only one in the room who knew the date of Constantine’s conversion to Christianity (321 CE). I truly loved the opportunity to speak to journalism students and the other attendees about a topic of importance to me. The BPL’s program reminded me of some of the lecture series we enjoyed at ISS when I was a student.”

CLASS OF 1971 Ray Gildea was reappointed to the Governor’s Commission on Physical Fitness and Sports by Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour. “Never say never,” Gildea writes. “Hey, we grow up....”

CLASS OF 1974 Mark Habeeb is an Adjunct Professor of International Relations and Security in the Graduate Program of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, and continues to maintain a private consulting practice in Washington. He and his wife, Wendy, live in Arlington, Va., with their son Noah, 17. “Noah excels at soccer and music (two wonderful talents that he clearly did not inherit from me) and plays lead guitar for the local band ‘Valley Tours,’” Habeeb writes. “Wendy is with the Nature Conservancy, where she raises tons of money from foundations for the Conservancy’s international projects.” Fred Wallace was named Optometrist of the Year by the Alabama Optometric Association. He has been practicing optometry since 1982 and currently practices at Wallace Optometry Associates in Bessemer. He has served as Executive Director of the Alabama Board of Optometry since 2001 and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and a member of the American Optometric Association. Greg Yates now works for Seyfarth Shaw as a partner in the firm’s New York office. The former partner at Steptoe and Johnson joined the firm’s bankruptcy practice. Yates focuses his national practice in the areas of debt/creditor relations, including workouts, restructurings and bankruptcy.

CLASS OF 1975 Bill Engel was named a full Professor at Sewanee: The University of the South. “My fifth book will be coming out in time for Christmas (a great stocking stuffer) on Melville and Poe’s debt to Baroque Aesthetics,” he says.

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Gov. Robert Bentley appointed Shelby County Circuit Judge Mike Joiner to fill a vacancy on the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals. Joiner was elected Circuit Judge in Shelby County in 1992 and has served as Presiding Circuit Judge since 2005. He created the Drug Court Program in Shelby County in 2002 and co-chaired a committee to implement drug courts across the state.

CLASS OF 1977 Jocelyn Bradley Palmer writes, “I suppose my biggest news flash as of late is that I got married for the first time at the ripe old age of 51 this past June. I claim to be the last old maid to make it down the aisle. It is a mixed marriage in that I married an English Teacher/Department Chair from Altamont. His name is Jim Palmer, a graduate of B.U.S. (predecessor school to Altamont along with Brooke Hill) and Sewanee University. He has taught English and coached track at Altamont for the past 19 years. So far, marriage is a wonderful new chapter in my life.”

CLASS OF 1979 From Paul Steiner: “I had always wanted my kids to attend ISS, but my ex (Northfield Mount Hermon Class of ’76) said ‘over [her] dead body,’ which I was never able to arrange. Nonetheless, we’re surviving public school in Oregon just fine. My 18-year-old son’s Constitution Team won state so we headed to D.C. for nationals, then down to Duke and UVA for campus visits. My 16-year-old daughter totaled my car in the driveway (no one was hurt, and it was VERY exciting), but she’s also doing well in school and is a lovely writer and painter. After a long slump, business seems to be picking up for my company, Otis Construction. In all, life in Portland is stellar.”

CLASS OF 1980 Tarek Dahdah writes, “My wife and four girls drove to Andalusia, Spain, this past summer from Amman, Jordan, where we live. It was a fascinating trip that included stays in many places — Venice, Verona, Trent, Florence, Pisa, Rome, Nice, Barcelona, Granada, Seville and Cordoba, to name a few. Our oldest daughter, Yasmeen, graduated in May, and we wanted to make a trip all together before she goes off to college. A special greeting to all my classmates, whom I remember well.”

CLASS OF 1982 A note from Caroline Clark: “I am a housemom and like to paint and play tennis. Our son, Ben Goodman ’15, just finished 8th grade at Springs and loves it! It has been fun reconnecting with the school through our son. Our daughter has completed 5th grade at Highlands School.”

CLASS OF 1984 Michelle Jones Humphrey just started a new career after 17 years in real estate. She is now with AFLAC providing supplemental insurance benefits. Her oldest child just finished his second year at Alabama, her middle child graduated from high school, and her youngest has been accepted to ISS. “It was very interesting to see the mesh of the old and new on campus,” she says.

CLASS OF 1987 David Oh is working at Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a Lead Systems Engineer on NASA’s next Mars Rover, the Mars Science Laboratory. “We finished our rover thermal-vacuum test,

and our launch window opens the day after Thanksgiving 2011,” he writes. “We have a webcam — www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/ building_curiosity.html — that shows live the work being done on the Rover. If you look at the right time, you can see me in the control room window.” Erik Summers is Physician Medical Director for the Hospitalist Program at Wake Forest University Baptist Hospital. His wife, Helena, is a Women’s Imaging Radiologist in WinstonSalem, N.C.

CLASS OF 1988 Hanelle Culpepper Meier’s award-winning feature film, “Within,” premiered on the Lifetime network last July.

CLASS OF 1990 Doug Brook writes that he “turned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Carnegie Mellon into a long technical writing and management career” at places such as Tandem, Compaq, HP and Mirapoint. In Silicon Valley since 1995, he’s been a Bay Area director, actor and playwright, with 15 plays produced or recognized nationwide. “My play ‘Retrograde,’ which came from an idea one day in AP Music class, played at Theatre Row in New York City,” he says. A longtime humor columnist for Southern Jewish Life and self-professed “atypical synagogue teacher,” he is working on his first (non-technical) book and has his own website, www.brookwrite.com. “Good morning, Mr. Lantrip,” he adds.

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Rotem Elgavish writes, “I moved to Houston in April, only to find out it was just upgraded (downgraded?) to the third largest city in the country – a big change from Birmingham but mostly good. I have left my position in the Department of Neurology at UAB to join a company in Houston as their Chief Medical and Operations Officer. It is a steep learning curve but very exciting so far. Tricia and the boys will join me in July. Ethan is 11 and becoming a young man way too soon. Jeremy and Jacob are 6 and 7. I hope to visit William Smith ’90 in San Antonio in a couple weeks - I haven’t seen him since graduation (21 years!?). It was great to catch up with a couple of classmates at Richard Cusick’s ’90 wedding in March. I wish everyone the best.”

CLASS OF 1991 Michael Oh and his wife, Kjerstin, announce the birth of “two little wonderful bundles of joy,” Thalia and Linnea Oh. They were born in North London’s Whittington Hospital on January 25. Seth Wrightington has written a piano piece, “There’s a Goldfish in my Shoe.” He lives in Huntsville, Ala.

CLASS OF 1992 Patrick Anderson was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure at the University of California, San Diego. His second book, So Much Wasted: Hunger, Performance, and the Morbidity of Resistance, was published by Duke University Press in the fall of 2010. Jem Finley Lamb writes, “I married entrepreneur Duncan Lamb and had our first child in March of last year — beautiful, healthy Liberty Lamb (‘Libby’). I couldn’t be richer! Best wishes to all my friends from Springs.” From Jeff Gale: “My wife, Dana, and I welcomed our son, Dallas Collins Gale, into the world on August 6, 2010, via midwifeassisted homebirth (our second). My ticketing software company, TicketBiscuit, continues to grow. We received a capital investment in late 2010 that we’re using to fuel our national sales efforts. I am planning to return to my recreational MMA training once life settles down a bit.” Brandon Kirby writes, “I would like to announce my marriage to the incomparable Rebecca Smail of Atlanta on May 14. We went on a two-week honeymoon in Italy and Paris, leaving our gorgeous daughter, Redon, with the grandparents. She’ll turn 3 in July.” Danny Markstein IV writes, “Eileen, Max, and I are pleased to announce the arrival of Max’s younger brother, Wyatt Robert Markstein. Wyatt was born on August 17, 2010, weighing 6 pounds 2 ounces, and at a length of 19¾ inches. Both mother and baby are doing well.” Brandy Martin and his family live in Murfreesboro, Tenn., where he works with 180 Degrees Ministries as a Christian counselor/ therapist and teacher. He is pursuing state licensure as a Licensed Drug and Alcohol Addictions Counselor. He writes, “I love this work! We get the privilege of helping people find freedom from any life-controlling issues.” His wife, Amy, is a LPN and a licensed massage therapist, and they have two boys, Parker, 4, and Evan, 2. “A big shout out to all my Springs family, and I hope to catch up with you soon somewhere along the way,” he adds.

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Ericka Walker Williams graduated from Meharry Medical College in 2006, did an Internal Medicine internship at George Washington University, completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Los Angeles County/USC in Los Angeles in 2009, served as a Professor of Clinical Medicine at LAC/USC in 20092010, and is presently a Fellow in the Division of Rheumatic Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern. She married Marvin Williams on June 30, 2007, and has two daughters, Ava and Jasmin.

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CLASS OF 1997 Thomas McWilliams married Rebecca Leonard on November 14, 2009, in New Orleans, where the two reside. He received his MBA at Tulane University in 2008 and is a Financial Manager with a large health care system in Louisiana. Indian Springs alumni at the wedding were Tennant McWilliams ’61, Burk McWilliams ’65, Callan Childs ’91, Vaughn McWilliams ’92, Sean Titone ’95, Todd Cartee ’95, John Green ’95, Neil Roy ’96, Fergus Tuohy ’96, Jeff Boll ’97 and John Mauldin ’98. Top Left: Thomas McWilliams ‘97 and his wife, Rebecca, at their wedding in New Orleans

CLASS OF 2000 David Killion married Katy Mathis from Vincennes, Ind., on September 4, 2010. The couple live in Nashville, Tenn., where he is an attorney with Bass, Berry and Sims, PLC. Megan Fortson and Cayce Fry were married on August 7, 2010, at Indian Springs School. Megan is the daughter of ISS Dean of Students Jan Fortson, and the maid of honor was sister Melissa Fortson ’97. Bottom Left: Megan Fortson Fry ’00 and Cayce Fry ’00 at their wedding, held at Indian Springs (photo by Katherine Berdy)

CLASS OF 2001 Callen Bair completed law school at Emory University and will be moving back to Birmingham to practice general litigation at a firm there in the fall.

CLASS OF 2002 Kate Konecny married Gregory Jones and is living in New York and working at Columbia University.

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Equity and Justice Profile Frances Bell ’03 Frances Bell and Richard Novak are working to establish Future Scientist, an outreach program that uses hands-on science lessons (health, engineering, agriculture, ecology, etc.) to teach resource-poor communities how to identify and sustainably solve their own problems. They were recently awarded in May a “Scaling Up Big Ideas” grant from UC Berkeley to continue their work. Their efforts focus on the Peruvian Amazon, and more information can be found at www.futurescientist.org. “I have been in the San Francisco Bay area for the past four years, working as an electrical engineer at Bechtel while enjoying the fresh food and the multitude of yearround outdoor activities,” Bell adds. “In the fall, I will be moving to the Boston area to attend the Tufts University Electrical Engineering M.S./Ph.D. program.” Above: Frances Bell ’03 during a Future Scientist project in the Peruvian Amazon

CLASS OF 2004 Lauren Bair writes, “I finished my last year of law school at Vandy! My husband, Richard Röell Jacques, is from Nashville originally and also completed law school at Vandy. We have accepted jobs at two different law firms in Nashville. He’ll be doing corporate mergers and acquisitions, and I will be joining the health care practice group. A very exciting time for both of us!” Regina Saloschin has finished her studies in chemistry at University of Marburg in Germany in October 2010 and earned a German university diploma degree. She started working for the Federal Environmental Agency in Germany on March 21. She writes, “Together with my partner (I’m not sure if ‘boyfriend’ is suitable), I moved into an apartment in Dessau, close to Berlin.” Claire Fairley married Tim Moloney on September 5, 2010.

CLASS OF 2005 Scott Quarles resides in the Southside area of Birmingham and works for Sports Endeavors Inc., managing the official Major League Soccer online retail store. Tim Beenken graduated from The Juilliard School with a Master of Music degree in May and is leaving New York to continue opera studies and perform with the Lyric Opera Studio of Weimar, Germany. While in New York, he enjoyed a full-time choral singing position at Church of the Blessed Sacrament (Catholic) on 71st Street near Lincoln Center.

CLASS OF 2006 Lindsey Moye is Residence Director/Assistant Director of Greek Life at Wofford College. She graduated with a B.A. in French from Furman University in 2010.

CLASS OF 2008 David Bloom is in his third year of the five-year dual-degree program at the Bard College Conservatory of Music, where he is pursuing a B.M. in Composition and a B.A. in Philosophy. He writes, “In the spring of last year, I co-founded an instrumental ensemble called ‘Contemporaneous.’ Now a not-for-profit organization, we have presented about 20 public events at Bard College, in New York City, and throughout the Hudson Valley. I have also been engaged to conduct operas, chamber music concerts, and collaborations with rock bands and classical musicians. I will always be grateful for the amazing opportunities Indian Springs offered me.” Alex Cooper writes, “Last summer, I was in China testing a new cancer drug at Peking (Beijing) University (not on living tissue). This spring, some friends and I invented a new method of intubation called MAID (Magnet-Assisted Intubation Device). We entered the annual invention competition at Georgia Tech and won second place, giving us a patent and $10,000. We’re the first medical device to place, and we’re starting the process for animal and cadaver testing. Finally, I’ll be interning at Medtronic this summer in Minneapolis, testing and designing new leads for pacemakers. Terra Stanley worked as a summer intern for Forbes Magazine in New York City last summer. She is a student at Wellesley College. She spent her fall semester at the Benemerita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla in Mexico, where she studied Spanish and Political Science.

CLASS OF 2009 William Nolan Jr. ’09, a rising junior at St. Olaf College, has been selected by Fallon International to serve as a summer intern. Based in Minneapolis, Fallon International is a world-wide advertising and marketing firm that only selects three college students per year as interns. After working as a summer intern for Fallon, Nolan will spend his junior year studying at Harris Manchester College at Oxford University.

What’s New With You? We would love to hear about the new developments in your life — and share them with fellow alumni and friends! To submit a class note, please email Assistant Director of Development Melanie Kieve at

mkieve@indiansprings.org. Please specify that you would like your news published as a class note.

memoriam Marion Lippitt Cameron, 96, of Mentor, Ohio – who worked at ISS instructing college preparatory classes and testing – died August 28, 2009. She also worked at Syracuse University as Director of Psychological Services and received a B.A. from Antioch College and a master’s degree from the University of Chicago.

Alumni Walter Burt “Bruddy” Evans ’57 of Mountain Brook, Ala., passed away January 15, 2010, after a brief illness. He was 71. He was a graduate of Duke University, the University of Alabama Medical School and the University of Virginia, where he completed his surgical internship. He practiced general surgery in Birmingham at St. Vincent’s Hospital for over 20 years until his retirement in 1995, and from 1970 to 1972 he served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force, for which he was awarded the Air Force Commendation for Meritorious Service. David Haywood “Woodie” Isaacs ’61 died on September 2, 2010, after a long illness. Born in Lexington, Ky., on December 23, 1943, he received his Bachelor of Business Administration from Emory University, his Master of Business Administration from the University of Michigan, and his Master of Social Work from Florida State University. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, he was the Program Director of The Twelve for Children and Families of Florida. Hugh “Nelson” Brown III ’69 of Fairhope, Ala., passed away March 2 in Fairhope. He was a lifelong resident of Alabama. Born February 11, 1951, in Demopolis, he received his B.A. from the University of South Alabama. He was a real estate broker, certified property manager and asset manager. Gardner Foster Goodwyn III ’76 passed away March 21, 2010. He was born October 26, 1958, in Birmingham, attended the University of Alabama, and graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham with a degree in marketing. He resided in Gulf Shores, Ala., for 25 years, where he bought, sold and developed real estate and owned and operated an excavation business. Recently, he was developing property on Lewis Smith Lake in Cullman County, Ala. Survivors include his sister, Priscilla Goodwyn Anderson ’80. Brian Elliot Malkove ’76 passed away at his home in San Diego, Calif., on March 1, 2010. Born in New Orleans, La., on October 21, 1957, he graduated from the University of South Alabama with a degree in computer science.

Former Board Members Jack Herbert Shannon, 84, of Birmingham died on February 12. Shannon served on the Springs Board of Governors from 1969 to 1979 and 1990 to 1999. He was educated at McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tenn., and was attending Princeton

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c l ass n o t e s University when he was called to service in the U.S. Navy during World War II. After the war, he attended Birmingham-Southern College and began work at Birmingham Trust National Bank. At this time, he also served in the U.S. Naval Reserve and in 1951 was recalled to active duty during the Korean War. In 1952, he returned to Birmingham Trust National Bank and later worked at Berney Perry and Company Investment Bankers and Pierce Garrison Wolborn Investment Bankers. In 1964, he became proprietor of J.H. Shannon and Co., an investment banking firm that was one of the founders of revenue bond financing for health care institutions. In 1984, he became President and then CEO and Chairman of the Board of Alabama Federal Savings and Loan Association, which later emerged as Secor Bank, and he served there until his retirement. Survivors include his son, Jack Shannon Jr. ’71.

In MemoriamSusan “Susie” Hoggard Yohe Susan “Susie” Hoggard Yohe — only child of former ISS Glee Club Director Lara Hoggard — passed away on January 5, due to complications related to kidney cancer. She lived in Durham, N.C., and was a school teacher for young children who diligently cared for her parents during their own bouts with extended illness. Dr. Hoggard passed away in March 2007, and his wife, Mildred, died in September 2010. Battle Haslam II ’57 and Frank Samford III ’62, both students under Dr. Hoggard, are spearheading an effort to establish the Lara Hoggard Music Scholarship in honor of his dedication to Indian Springs and its students. Upon the completion of the fundraising effort, the scholarship will be awarded to an outstanding singer or musician at ISS on a yearly basis. To make a contribution to the fund in memory of Yohe or the Hoggards, please visit www.indiansprings.org/onlinegiving, contact Director of Development Beth Mulvey at bmulvey@indiansprings. org or (205) 332-0591, or send a check payable to ISS (with Hoggard Scholarship on the memo line) to Indian Springs School, 190 Woodward Drive, Indian Springs, AL 35124.

SYMPATHY Indian Springs also extends its sympathy to the following members of our community: Neely Bruce ’60, on the passing of his wife, Phyllis Ruth Bruce, on November 8, 2010. Brooks Cotten Jr. ’71, on the passing of his father, Howard Brooks Cotten, on February 15. Martin Damsky ’68, Robert Damsky ’71 and Annie Damsky ’98, on the passing of their mother and grandmother, Selma Miriam Goldberg Damksy, on October 28, 2010. Joe Farley Jr. ’81 and Mac Farley III ’14, on the passing of their father and grandfather, Joseph M. Farley, on May 24, 2010. Jesse Kieve ’15 and ISS staff member Melanie Kieve, on the passing of their grandmother and mother, Jane Coile, on December 2, 2010.

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Roy Knight ’59, on the passing of his son, Rollo William Gilbert Knight, on June 24, 2010. Charles Lupton III ’65 and Kenan Lupton ’66, on the passing of their mother, Mary Elizabeth Rand Lupton, on August 17, 2010. Randy Marks ’65 and Caldwell Marks Jr. ’93, on the passing of their mother-in-law and grandmother, Elizabeth Brooks Cox, on March 30. Sam Marshall III ’11, on the passing of his sister, Tramece Rachele McKinney, on October 30, 2010. Harry Mueller III ’62 and Tom Mueller ’65, on the passing of their father, Harry W. Mueller Jr., on November 27, 2010. Don Oglesby ’65, on the passing of his father, Sabert Oglesby, on January 29. Gray Plosser Jr. ’63 and Braxton Goodrich ’93, on the passing of their father-in-law and grandfather-in-law, Curtis Bush Hasty Jr., on February 20. Will Riley ’13 and Sarah Riley ’14, on the passing of their grandfather, Harry Glover Hodges Jr., on August 27, 2010. Angela Robinson ’14, on the passing of her mother, Regina Mensah, on November 11, 2010. Frank Samford III ’62 and Paul Samford ’90, on the passing of their mother and grandmother, Virginia Samford Donovan, on January 11. D.J. Simonetti ’71, Joe Simonetti Jr. ’75, Joseph Simonetti III ’11 and Paula Simonetti ’13, on the passing of their mother and grandmother, Pauline Riela Simonetti, on August 28, 2010. Nathaniel Stockham ’07, on the passing of his grandfather, Richard James Stockham Jr., on February 6. Jim White III ’60, Marjorie Lee White ’88, James White IV ’89 and Goodloe White ’90, on the passing of their father-in-law and grandfather, Herbert Longenecker, on September 18, 2010. Bob Vance Jr. ’79, Charles Vance ’80 and Robert Vance III ’09, on the passing of their mother and grandmother, Helen R. Vance, on October 18, 2010. Bud Woodall III ’76, David Woodall ’79 and Daniel Woodall ’10, on the passing of their mother and grandmother, Becky Woodall, on April 27.

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