Two-Hundred and Seventh Commencement Kimball Union Academy 1813 Meriden, New Hampshire May 27, 2023 Head of School, Tyler Lewis
The Class of 2023
Akram Abdukarimov
Ryan Drew Ayers * ⌂
James Barsam
Colby Michael Berard
Miles Philip Burton
Cameron Ashton Callahan
Henry Randolph Pomeroy Carter *
Ariatnny Castillo Montero ◊
Emily Marie Chafe
Maxwell Thomas Chisholm
Brooks Winship Clark
John Edmond Coogan
Evan Charles Crandlemire
Peter James Crowell
Claire Crosby Dalton
Gabriella Evelyn D’Angelo
Tyler MacPherson Dixon * ⌂
Kylie Crosby Donovan * ^
Ariela Douek
Ty Nicholas Dousevicz
XinYang Feng * ⌂
Austin Fitts
Anna Flaherty ◊
Sho Kaikawa Fraser
Kate Bradford French *
Daniel Vincent Guerra
Weston Aditya Harkey
Misora Hashiramoto
Jacob Carroll Hebbel ◊
Daniel Héroux
Owen Zachary Hill
Lillian Grace Hines ⌂
Avery Paige Holland
Siyuan Huang
Caden Leigh Hutchinson ⌂
Joiise John
Charles Brayton Bendle Johnson
Takeo Alexander Kawasaki
Evie Mae Kelly ◊
Jacob Jeffrey Kettwig
Adaline Mae Kopacz ◊
William Lake Kramer
Ho Yu Ku *
Jackson Ryan Kyrkostas
Madisun Justyce LaCasse
Emma Skye Lapsley
Amir Lesbek
Xander B. Levy
Owen Watson Lewis
Mai Li * ^
Tianyi Li ◊
Yile Liu
Zhiyu Sam Liu * ⌂
Odin Augustine Erik Lundstam ⌂
Hillary Elaine Pereira Mackall ^
Declan Raymond Mann
Ian Alexander Marks ^
Edward Vito Marotta
Robert Bruce Masson
Jack Taylor Maynes
Mo McBride
Allie Regan McCorkle
Mica Henry McGinley-Smith *
Tinashe Muhlauri
Daniel Muila Mwaka
Theo Murray
Alexander John Martin Noel
Luke Henry Nufer
Jesse Meriwether Nunan
Juanshu Pan ◊
Mary Kanya Smeeton Parker
Lyndsey Mae Patten
Jacob Andrew Pereira
Daniel Alejandro Pimentel Suarez
Krists Putans
Bo Jones Raitto
Nea Rinne
Tatum Celia Rivers
Burke Lee Ryder ⌂
Evan Douglas Schmitt *
Will Scott
Annelise V. Seligmann * ◊
Louella Seo * ⌂
William Atticus Sewell
Rachel Hogan Sites *
Caroline Shelby Spector-Townsend
Fiona Mildred Spence * • ^
Theodore Daniel Starosta
Elvin Stowell
Michael Christopher Sullo
Matěj Svoboda *
Nuttanon Tangsunthornwiwat
Nangsel Lhaki Tenzing Norgay
Daniel “Taco” Tokariwski
Nitipon Trimaitreepituk
Tom Valentin-Lagarde
Lucas John Vest *
Haoyu Wang
Shimo Wen
Jai Alexander White
Anna June Woo-Sam * ◊
Liqi Xin ^
Youyang Zhang
Wenshi Zhao * • ⌂
Celina Ziqi Zhu ◊
Runhe Zhu
* Cum Laude Honor Society
• Valedictorian
^ Global Scholar
◊ Arts Scholar
⌂ STEM Scholar
The Program
THE PROCESSIONAL “Pomp and Circumstance”
–E. Elgar
Rev. John M. Gregory-Davis P’08, ’13, ’17 PRAYER
INVOCATION
WELCOME Tyler Lewis Head of School
VALEDICTORY ADDRESS
Fiona Spence ’23
Wenshi Zhao ’23
CLASS SPEAKER
Evan Crandlemire ’23
INTRODUCTION OF THE Tyler Lewis SPEAKER
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS John Kluge ’66, Faculty
MUSICAL INTERLUDE
The Kimball Union Alma Mater
The Graduation Chorus
Tyler Lewis OF AWARDS
THE ANNOUNCEMENT
Tom Kardel
Assistant Head of School
AWARDING OF DIPLOMAS Tyler Lewis
Scribner Fauver P’09, ’12
CHARGE TO THE CLASS Tyler Lewis
BENEDICTION
Rev. John M. Gregory-Davis P’08, ’13, ’17
THE RECESSIONAL Free Bird
Lynyrd Skynrd
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.
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.
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.
