Two-Hundred and Sixth Commencement
Kimball Union Academy 1813
Meriden, New Hampshire May 22, 2022 Head of School, Tyler Lewis
The Program THE PROCESSIONAL “Pomp and Circumstance” –E. Elgar INVOCATION Rev. Dr. Nancy Jay Crumbine PRAYER WELCOME Tyler Lewis Head of School VALEDICTORY ADDRESS
David Cutler ’22
CLASS SPEAKER Ellie Copeland-Clark ’22 INTRODUCTION OF THE Tyler Lewis SPEAKER COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS David Weidman, Faculty THE ANNOUNCEMENT Tyler Lewis OF AWARDS Tom Kardel Assistant Head of School MUSICAL INTERLUDE The Kimball Union Alma Mater The Graduation Chorus AWARDING OF DIPLOMAS Tyler Lewis Scribner Fauver P’09, ’12 CHARGE TO THE CLASS Tyler Lewis BENEDICTION Rev. Dr. Nancy Jay Crumbine THE RECESSIONAL Ain’t No Mountain High Enough Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell
The Class of 2022 Kareem Alazem Andrew Dorian Alexandrescu⌂ Briana Dawn Angelli◊ Kate Henderson Ayers^ John Grant Baker Cameron René Barton Bailey Richard Beakes Maximilian Aragon Besozzi di Castelbesozzo Hannah Keely Black* William Clifford Blackburn Tanat Boonratanakornkit Taryn Alexandra Boyer Sophie Braver*⌂ Graham Joseph Simon Brawley Astrid Rogers Breed Thomas In Ha Brooke Nathan Paul Brooker Jonathan Ed Bruner Conner Edward Chalmers Thanadis Charoenrujijin Sunny Chen Jaemin Choung* Bridger McLeod Close^ Sophie Elizabeth Coelho Benjamin Patrick Conway*^ Ellen Sarah Copeland-Clarke Casey David Cormier Drew Edward Coveney Oliver Adrian Cozzi* Charles Bourne Creelman David Owen Horace Cutler•⌂ Gretchen Elizabeth Dann Aidan Russell Davie*◊ Hahmjun Do
Merrill May Billings Doherty Audrey Flynn Donahue Marc Finn Abigail Shea Flanagan Nathan Robert Fouts Margaret Alden Frost*^ Dafang Gao Meng Gao◊ Matthew Robert Gardner Molly Patricia Gesner Eva Arnesen Graham Max Terrence Grenert Cole Tyler Gueldenzoph Griffin Chase Hatley Helena Jane Heckmann*• Margaret Frances Herlihy Destiny DJ Howell Peter Joseph Hyan IV Zilyu Ji*⌂ William Hope Johnson Alex Keller Anisa Ketlekha Libby Ellory Shika Kotei-Fearon⌂ Mutiraj Laksanawisit Alexandra Ann Lawton Tho Duc Le Jeongbo Lee Revelin Ponseti Mack Hailey Duggan Malozzi Alastair King Wang Man Robert Battaglia May Owen Patrick McBride Andrew Joseph McCarthy Cashman James McClure Seamus Grady McGee^ Shyla Jolie Montgomery
Shannon Olivia Moran* Jaiden Michael Moriello Sebastian Edward Morris John Adeon Muyskens* Clyde Myron Neville IV⌂ Silas James Nowlan Olivertt Okoh Kathleen Parkhurst Trọng Đức Phan Sirapop Pichitkarn Michael Vincent Pratt Ruby Sophia Rabil Duncan Alexander Ramsay Anders Carson Rantilla Jacob Day Rimberg Émile Rioux Teegan Laine Rowe Ekaterina Rybakova Eleanor Paige Sammis*^ Pimmada Sawangwong Thea Jolie Shaw Caroline Blair Sheehan Kohki Shinohara* Thomas Lynn Shortlidge Jordyn Alise Silveira^ Anna Elizabeth Smith Kate Ann Elizabeth Emily Stafford Eleanore Rose Stedina Nol Supasueb Supakrai Teekamongkol Poovapat Theamjanya Keenan Tayler Thygesen⌂ Sophia Lily Elizabeth Tommola Khang Tri Tran Kien Tri Tran Sarun Tripattaranan
Alissa Tsay* Lucie Jeanne Marie Turcotte Declan Matthew Turner Vlada Voznesenskaia^ Brendan James Walker Julia Bliss Walton Gaofanjie Wang* Lily Mae Wennik Tyler Alexander Wishart Allison Rose Woo-Sam Jiancheng Ye Jintao Yue*^ Ruiyao Zhao*
* Cum Laude Honor Society • Valedictorian ^ Global Scholar ◊ Arts Scholar ⌂ STEM Scholar
Musical Interlude The Graduation Chorus THE KIMBALL UNION ALMA MATER Come you friends of Kimball Union, now our song we raise For our school upon the hilltop, sing a song of praise. Kimball Union, Alma Mater hear us as we sing Words of love and fond devotion which to thee we bring. Here we forge the bonds of friendship deep within our hearts And those ties that we have formed here, may they ne’er depart. Kimball Union, Alma Mater hear us as we sing Words of love and fond devotion which to thee we bring. May the name of Kimball Union where so e’re we be Always bring us back in fancy, dearest School to thee. Kimball Union, Alma Mater hear us as we sing Words of love and fond devotion which to thee we bring.
– Text by Floyd E. Jarvis, KUA Faculty 1932-1945
AWARDS Henry Mann Silver Awards Henry Mann Silver, graduate of the class of 1867 and donor of the Silver Gymnasium, established a prize to be awarded each year for the students who best exemplify the ideal of sound mind in a sound body. The faculty elects three seniors to receive the Henry Mann Silver Award each year. The Class of 1895 Award The class of 1895 at the Academy, the 77th graduating class, instituted an award to be given to a member of the Senior class for the attainment of high scholastic merit together with high conduct of citizenship. The Royal Burnham Townsend Award Mr. and Mrs. Townsend gave this award in memory of their son, Class of 1911, who died while a student at the Academy. A memorial window in the former Pope Chapel with the inscription “Remember the Lilies of the Field” also commemorates this young man. The Townsend award given each year to a senior who is most deserving because of courtesy of conduct and cleanliness of life. The Porter Award The Porter Award is given to that member of the Senior Class who, after the fashion of Mr. and Mrs. Porter who were long-standing members of the faculty at the Academy, has unselfishly given of time and effort to the benefit of Kimball Union Academy. Class of 1920 Award The Class of 1920 Award is given to a senior who, in the opinion of the senior class, best represents them and the values of the Academy. The Mikula Award Given in honor of the sixteenth headmaster, Thomas Mikula, who served the Academy from 1974-1989, The Mikula Award was established in 1987 by Mr. Allan Munro, Class of 1955, in honor of the efforts and the legacy of Mr. Mikula, Headmaster Emeritus and honorary member of the class of 1989. Among his many accomplishments and contributions to the Academy, Mr. Mikula was instrumental, as past fellow of Dartmouth College’s Tucker Foundation and the National “A Better Chance” program Director, in bringing diverse ALANA (African American, Latino/a, and Native American) students to Kimball Union from the A Better Chance Program and continuing to provide guidance and support for students through college and in their lives beyond college. Selection for this award is made by the Head of School. The Charles Alden Tracy Award This is the Academy’s highest award and goes, by vote of the faculty, to the graduating senior whose character, scholarship, and citizenship best represent the ideals of the Academy.