Honor & Tradition

Honor and Tradition

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS MEDAL

Northwood’s Distinguished Alumnus Medal was established to recognize those alumni who have contributed to our school and our world in meaningful and courageous ways. It is awarded to an alumnus or alumna who typifies the Northwood School tradition of excellence and has brought credit to the School through their personal accomplishments, professional achievements or humanitarian service. This is the highest honor to be bestowed upon a Northwood School graduate.

ANTHONY “TONY” PELL ’56

2020 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS MEDAL RECIPIENT A graduate of Northwood’s Class of 1956, Anthony “Tony” Pell’s professional life has focused on investment counseling, as founder of Pell Rudman and later Pelican Investments. His personal passion, however, lies at the site of the first Colonial victory in the Revolutionary War — Fort Ticonderoga — just 70 miles south of campus. Purchased by a family member 200 years ago, Tony’s grandfather opened its doors to the public in 1909 after leading an extensive renovation. It was one of only a handful of historic sites in the nation to be preserved at the time, and among the first to become a tourist attraction. Tony remains on the board of the non-profit that runs Fort Ti and has tremendous pride for his family’s gift to the American people. Tony serves other preservationoriented groups as well, including Historic New England and the U.S. Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites. Tony is also a former member of the Northwood Board of Trustees and a lifelong champion of Northwood School, staying involved through projects large and small for decades.

Tony Pell ’56 with his family, Kitty Pell, grandson Quincy Pell ’19 and son Theodore Pell Honoree Reed Miller ’72 with his wife Trustee Karen Miller and her parents Ann and Michael Adair

REED MILLER ’72

2021 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS MEDAL RECIPIENT Reed Miller ’72 is the founder and managing partner of Hanover Real Estate Partners, a private real estate company as well as a private investor and lender to numerous start-ups and early-stage companies. He has given his time to a long list of organizations over the years including Youth Inc., Westchester Country Club, NYSEF, and Greenwich youth football, soccer and lacrosse. Gratefully, Northwood School is also one of the organizations that is closest to Reed’s heart, and he served on the board for seven years before turning that role over to his wife Karen, the current Vice Chair. When enjoying time in Lake Placid, it is common to see these two strolling around campus inspecting the latest project or chatting with faculty and students. When Head of School Mike Maher began talking about turning an iconic building on Main Street into a center for innovation and entrepreneurship, Reed absolutely lit up. It’s safe to say that without Reed’s enthusiasm and leadership support for the project, Northwood would not have such an incredible space to offer our students and community today.

JAMES H. FULLERTON WALL OF RECOGNITION

Northwood School’s James H. Fullerton Wall of Recognition is named in honor of the legendary Coach Jim Fullerton, who served as Athletic Director of Northwood School from 1931 to 1955 and coached ice hockey, crew and football. He went on to become head coach of the ice hockey team at Brown University from 1955 to 1970, earning countless accolades along the way. The Fullerton Wall recognizes those alumni, faculty and coaches who have reached the pinnacle of their athletic pursuits through hard work, commitment and sportsmanship — standards embraced by the late Jim Fullerton.

FULLERTON WALL INDUCTEES KEVIN DRURY ’06

Kevin Drury ’06 was a standout alpine ski racer during his years as a Northwood student, and he went on to earn many titles at the collegiate level as a member of the University of Vermont’s ski team. After his successful NCAA career, he transitioned to ski cross, part of the freestyle skiing discipline in which multiple racers compete on a specially designed terrain course. Since then Kevin has earned thirteen World Cup podiums with the Canadian Ski Cross Team and finished 4th in Men’s Ski Cross at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. In 2020, he became the first Canadian man to win the Overall FIS SX Crystal Globe and also won Alpine Canada’s Ski Cross Male Athlete of the Year. And most recently, at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, Kevin single-handedly secured Northwood’s long-standing run of an alumnus competing in every Winter Olympic Games since 1952. Thank you for keeping the streak alive!

MATT ROY, FACULTY

A decorated bobsled driver, Matt Roy won the Bobsleigh World Cup combined men’s event in 1986-7 and the unofficial four-man event that same year. He went on to finish 16th in both the two-man and four-man event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. He later served as Executive Director for the United States Bobsled and Skeleton Federation, playing a critical role in the addition of women’s bobsled and skeleton to the Olympic roster and a new round of medals for the U.S. team. In 2004, Matt made his way to Northwood School where he has taught Physics, Physical Science, Biology and Rocketry, but his newest addition to the Northwood curriculum is a class called the Physics of Winter Olympic Sports. His labs use Lake Placid’s world-renowned Olympic venues to teach students about the concepts and fundamental laws connected to things such as slap shots in hockey, spins in figure skating and g-forces in bobsledding.