LFA Review - Summer 2019

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The Magazine of Lake Forest Academy and Ferry Hall SUMMER 2019

The Strudwick Era: 18 Transformative Years

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review SUMMER 2019 Head of School John Strudwick P’13, ’15, ’18 Dean of Communications Grace Kim VICE PRESIDENT OF ADVANCEMENT Robert J. Buckla, Ed.D. PRODUCTION Alex Stevenson Printing John S. Swift Co., Inc.

Photography Ruth Keyso Grace Kim Pfoertner Photography Raoul Brown Photography, NYC Steve Ryder P’15, ’17

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Contributors Rob Buckla Ruth Keyso Rita Schulien MacAyeal ’87 Lusanda Mayikana P’14 Barry Reszel Christine Ryder P’15, ’17 John Strudwick P’13, ’15, ’18

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Table of contents

Head of School John and Loring Strudwick P’13, ’15, ’18 with Andrea De Jesús and Head of School-elect José De Jesús P’22

Departments Letter from the Head of School

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Ringing the Bell

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Ferry Tales

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Alumni Events

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Class Notes

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Features

Front Cover

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Congratulations, Class of 2019!

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The Strudwick Era: 18 Transformative Years (Photo: Pfoertner Photography)

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Mission Statement Lake Forest Academy strives to embody in its practices and to cultivate in its students excellence of character, scholarship, citizenship, and responsibility.

The Class of 2019 was the first group of students to complete the Global Concentration program. Nine members presented their final capstone projects at an All-School Meeting in April, and the topics ranged from the opioid crisis to inequality in Mexico City. Pictured are the faculty advisors, seniors, and juniors of the Global Concentration program.

First row, l-r: Stephanie Shugert ’19, Kayla Kuehmann ’20, Ava Ascroft ’19, Sydney Olinger ’19, Audrey Mullarkey ’19, and Lauren Salliotte ’20 Second row, l-r: Science Faculty Kevin Hagen, Dean of Curriculum and Innovation Kristine Von Ogden P’18, Rashad Bandealy ’19, Angelina Shiraishi ’19, Mia Walvoord ’20, Dan Woo ’19, and English Faculty Natalie Schawel

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2018–2019 Board of Trustees Mr. John S. Marlatt ’65 Chair Dr. Makola M. Abdullah ’86 Vice Chair Mr. Richard L. Zhao ’04 Secretary Mr. Charles T. Cooper ’96 Treasurer Mrs. Marianne Silver MEMBER AT LARGE

Mr. Todd E. Altounian ’86 Mr. Bruce W. Anderson ’70 Mrs. Sylvia Barros ’90 Mrs. Molly Pearson Campbell ’04 Mr. Patrick J. Carroll II ’87 Mr. J. Patrick Corsiglia Mr. Jim C. Cowart ’69 Ms. Ann Danner Ms. Jessica P. Douglas ’96 Mr. Christopher E. Freeburg ’90 Mr. Gregory P. Glass Mr. Haji L. Glover ’92 Mr. Duane Jackson ’01 Mr. Ned Jessen Mr. Gregory K. Jones Mr. Scott W. Kaeser ’96

Mr. Thomas B. Kelley ’65 Mr. Erik S. Kimble ’85 Mr. Rumi Kuli ’93 Mr. Ben Malek ’91 Mr. William F. Markey Mr. Scott Meloun ’77 Ms. Bethann Moritz Mr. O. Keith Owen III ’64 Ms. Katherine Gray Pollock ’70 Ms. Tatyana I. Pramatarova ’05 Mrs. Judith Reid-Anderson Ms. Emily Sammon ’91 Ms. Ramona Sequeira Mr. Amish S. Shah ’92 Mr. Mark S. Stevens

Graduation Speech At the senior-faculty dinner, I was reminded about the “Box” speech I gave to the 4-year seniors when they were freshmen. It was my first speech to the class of 2019, and according to my table guests on Wednesday night, the only one you remember! In August 2015, I asked you to think outside, inside, and around the box . . . even to be the box! Today, I would like to leave Lake Forest Academy and the class of 2019 by telling you what I see in the box.

I am concerned that the box represents today’s global society, and it contains three immense challenges which your generation will have to solve. Interestingly, the first two challenges I identify were the themes of recent commencement addresses I attended. Dr. Nasir, President of the Spencer Foundation in Chicago, spoke about the impact of inequality in income and education. Pierce Brosnan implored graduates to be both “shaken and stirred” to reverse the challenges to the global environment. Both rising inequality and expanding environmental degradation are issues that must be taken out of the box, examined, and dealt with if society is to survive. Now, there are some that might say that the very existence of inequality or environmental decay are exaggerated and don’t really exist. To that I respond, complete your own research, study the evidence, and do not be swayed by opinions without data.

The third challenge in the box is growing global nationalism. This characteristic flies in the face of global pluralism and everything I believe about economic and political development. I think we all understand the base appeal of nationalism and its misleading focus on patriotism and individual rights, but we need to examine its dangers. Nationalism isolates people and weakens their ability to succeed socially, economically, and politically. Social nationalism encourages the destructive forces of racism and sexism. Economic nationalism has been shown to generate a welfare loss to all concerned by not only Marx but also Keynes and the grandfather of capitalism, Adam Smith. Political nationalism is dangerous, and the rise of such a philosophy has never ended well.

Dr. John Strudwick P’13, ’15, ’18 gives his speech during the graduation ceremony.

“Now, there are some that might say that the very existence of inequality or environmental decay are exaggerated and don’t really exist.

To that I respond, complete your own research, study the evidence, and do not be swayed by opinions without data.”

But, how do we counter the forces of nationalism? Should we all man the barricades? Probably not! Should we simply stand by and hope that these challenges disappear? Sadly, “bystanderism” has been shown to get worse with the increase in the number of bystanders present. My advice is for you all to embrace humility. I recognise that this advice might seem somewhat idealistic as our culture places so much value on external accomplishments and self-promotion, but while we often misinterpret humility as a sign of weakness, it is actually an indication of inner strength. It is a quality that many consider to be the mother of all virtues. True humility emerges from grounding one’s worth in our true value rather than things such as the number of likes on social media. Humility means listening, accepting criticism, being responsible, putting others first, and saying thank you. I encourage you all to embrace humility.

I will close with a farewell lyric from the Moody Blues.

We’re on a runaway train Rolling down the track And where it’s taking us to Who knows where it’s at But if we hold together We can make it back For an English sunset

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Retiring Trustees Lake Forest Academy is grateful to all of the members of the Board of Trustees who have given their time, expertise, and guidance to the community. As the 2018-2019 academic year ends, the Academy thanks the 13 trustees who recently retired for their dedication, financial support, governmental leadership and commitment to the school.

Dr. Makola M. Abdullah ’86 served LFA for nine years as Board Vice Chair; Executive Committee Member at Large; Acting Board Chair; Chair of the Committee on Diversity and Global Pluralism; and as a member of the Education Committee, the Executive Committee, the Property Committee, the Endowment Subcommittee and the ad hoc Head of School Search Team.

Ann Danner served LFA for three years as a member of the Advancement Committee and the Property Committee.

Christopher E. Freeburg ’90 served LFA for nine years as Board Treasurer; Co-Chair and Chair of the Endowment Subcommittee; and as a member on the Advancement Committee, the Executive Committee and the Finance Committee.

William J. Hayes P’07,’12,’18 served LFA for five years as a member of the Finance Committee and the Property Committee.

2018-19 Board of Trustees First row (from bottom) l-r: Mark S. Stevens, Bethann Moritz, Ramona Sequiera, Thomas B. Kelley ’65 Second row: Marianne Silver, William F. Markey, Richard Zhao ’04, Emily Sammon Curtis ’91, Molly Pearson Campbell ’04 Third row: Dr. Makola M. Abdullah ’86, Patrick J. Carroll II ’87, Jessica L. Douglas ’96, J. Patrick Corsiglia Fourth row: Jim C. Cowart ’69, Amish S. Shah ’92, Katherine Gray Pollock ’70, O. Keith Owen III ’64 Fifth row: Erik S. Kimble ’85

Michele Marsh Ihlanfeldt ’89 served LFA for over eight years as Co-Chair and Chair of the Education Committee; and as a member of the Diversity and Global Pluralism Committee, the Executive Committee, the Finance Committee and the Governance Subcommittee.

Gregory K. Jones served LFA for nine years as a member of the Advancement Committee and the Property Committee; and as Co-Vice Chair of the ad hoc Head of School Search Team and on the Head of School Transition Committee.

Sixth row: Tanya I. Pramatarova ’05, Kenneth Scott Meloun ’77, John S. Marlatt ’65, Bruce W. Anderson ’70 Seventh row (right side): Judith Reid-Anderson, Sylvia Barros ’90 Eighth row: Charles T. Cooper ’96, Haji L. Glover ’92, Scott W. Kaeser ’91, Duane C. Jackson ’01 Ninth row: Christopher E. Freeburg ’90, Ned Jessen, Ben Malek ’91 (Photo: Pfoertner Photography) 6

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Ben Malek ’91 served LFA for nine years as Co-Chair of the Committee on Trustees; and as a member of the Executive Committee, the Property Committee and the ad hoc Academic Space Planning Committee.

William F. Markey III served LFA for three years as a member of the Advancement Committee and the Education Committee.

Dr. Patrick M. McCarthy ’73 served LFA for two years as a member of the Education Committee and the Property Committee.

O. Keith Owen III ’64 served LFA for three years as a member of the Advancement Committee and the Finance Committee.

Mark S. Stevens served LFA for three years as a member of the Advancement Committee and the Education Committee.

Richard L. Zhao ’04 served LFA for nine years as Board Secretary and Executive Committee Member at Large; Co-Chair and Chair of the Committee on Trustees; and as a member on the Advancement Committee, the Committee on Diversity and Global Pluralism, the Education Committee, the Executive Committee, and the ad hoc Budget Committee, the ad hoc Head of School Search Team and the Head of School Transition Committee.

J. Michael Schell ’65 made substantial contributions to Lake Forest Academy through his more than 16 years of service on the Board. During his recent term, Schell served as Board Chair and Executive Committee Chair; Chair of the ad hoc Head of School Search Team; Board Vice Chair; and as a member on the Executive and Advancement Committees, the Financial Sustainability and Bylaws Review Subcommittees, the ad hoc Planned Giving and Endowment Committee, the Campaign Resources, and Financial Sustainability Committees and the ad hoc Recruitment and Diversity Subcommittee. During his previous nine-year term, Schell served as Chair of the Committee on Trustees for eight years; Co-Vice Chair; and as a member on the Education Committee.

Schell has distinguished himself by his guidance in the course of long-term planning and renewed stewardship of the school’s governance, the board’s quest for diversity in its membership, and the board’s successful search for a new Head of School. Schell provided legal expertise and financial support for the capital projects to revitalize the Academy’s campus and to support its growth.

(Photo: Pfoertner Photography)

Looking Ahead On January 29, 2019, Board Secretary Richard Zhao ’04 announced to the community that the Board had unanimously elected John S. Marlatt ‘65 as Chair of the Board of Trustees. John’s chairmanship was unanimously nominated by the Committee on Trustees and unanimously endorsed by the Executive Committee.

Marlatt joined the Board in 2014 and currently serves on five committees and chairs the Property Committee. A dedicated and loyal alumnus from Lake Forest, Marlatt has a demonstrated record of inclusive leadership and has fostered strong relationships with a wide network of alumni, parents, faculty and staff, and other members of LFA and beyond.

Marlatt’s business career included 35 years in corporate and investment banking specializing in corporate finance, sales and marketing and risk management. His most recent post was as Senior Vice President and Branch Manager of Commerzbank AG, where he oversaw all corporate and investment banking activities related to the bank’s clients and prospects in the Midwest.

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FIRE Conference

By Lusanda Mayikana

The 2019 FIRE (Fostering Intercultural Respect and Engagement) conference, Engaged Citizenship: Meeting in the Middle, brought together students from Adlai Stevenson High School, the University of Chicago Lab Schools, Beacon Academy, Thornton Fractional High School and Lake Forest Country Day School to engage in dialogue with peers at Lake Forest Academy in late February. The day started with a student-facilitated conversation between LFA’s own Head of School John Strudwick and History Faculty Aviral Pathak. Afterwards, guest facilitators, the Shift Team and Aisha Fukushima, led additional sessions in small groups.

The students appreciated Dr. Strudwick’s vulnerability during the opening session and acknowledged the difficulty that faculty sometimes face by taking risks when having difficult conversations. The small group sessions also allowed participants to express themselves without any inhibitions or hierarchy. The students’ reflections from the end of the conference illuminate the empowerment they felt after being immersed in authentic dialogue with peers from other schools.

Giselle Annan ’20 explains, “The FIRE conference helped me to have a better understanding of who I am, and I was inspired by how people around me see the world, which helped me to realize that my culture and my place in the world is important to see and understand.”

Stephanie Shugert ’19, who was a co-leader of the first session, adds, “The FIRE conference is an experience that more people need to join.”

LFA developed the conference as a platform for students to engage in civil discourse despite divergent opinions, and reflect on becoming an active participant with a strong commitment and responsibility towards public purpose in society. Chaperones from participant schools have commented on the ripple effect of the conference as students started conversations within their own communities.

The conference connected a wider community of schools together, and LFA students had the opportunity to foster relationships with their peers from around the Chicago area. Julia Knauz ’19 sums up the event as one that “brought people from all different cultures together to be one group, one unit.”

Head of School John Strudwick P’13, ’15, ’18 and History and Social Science Faculty Avril Pathak were the featured panelists at the opening session. Liam Larsen ’19 and Stephanie Shugert ’19 moderated the conversation.

LFA looks forward to hosting its third annual conference next year.

Attendees split into small groups to discuss a variety of topics in a more intimate setting. The Shift Team led each session.

Michael Lentskevich ’20 chats with peers from other schools during ice breakers before the opening session.

(Photos: Grace Kim)

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Chicago Networking Event Centers on Healthcare

By Barry Reszel

It’s an annual challenge — now 14 years running — to gather alumni, parents, students, faculty, and friends for networking, a luncheon, and a discussion led by distinguished professionals about a vital, contemporary topic. This year’s March 7 answer to said challenge, the Chicago Networking Event (CNE) titled, “The Economics and Politics of Healthcare,” literally explored matters of life and death.

“If you look at these four factors—what you eat, how active you are, your weight, and whether you smoke—and you optimize those risks—just those four—you would prevent over 80% of heart disease and diabetes and you would cure over 40% of cancer in this country,” said panelist Barbara Deal, M.D. “Those are not pills.

We would save 90% more lives and we would decrease health care costs by 30%.”

Deal is a professor emerita of pediatrics at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, past division head of cardiology at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, and wife of LFA distinguished alumnus Dr. Burt Schell ’67. She is in the midst of shifting her career focus from treating congenital heart disease to helping prevent lifestyle-induced diseases. To this end, Deal has recently become board certified in obesity medicine and just completed a master’s degree in nutrition.

The Academy has hosted the Chicago Networking Event for 14 years, since alumnus David Gupta ’81 conceived the idea and helped make the event a reality. The 2019 event was once again graciously hosted by Northern Trust and moderated by Head of School John Strudwick P’13,’15,’18.

The full panel presentation, including the question and answer session that gave audience members opportunity for added inquiry, is available for viewing on the LFA website at: www.lfanet.org/cne

CNE Panelists, l-r: Bryan Cressey P’00, ’02, ’03, moderator and Head of School John Strudwick P’13, ’15, ’18, Dr. Barbara Deal, and Dr. Ahmed Farag P’22

Joining Deal on this year’s CNE panel were Ahmed Farag, M.D. P’22, a board certified diagnostic radiologist, fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada, and president of Diagnostic Imaging Specialists of Chicago P.C. and Bryan Cressey P’00, ’02, ’03, founder of and partner at Cressey & Company and the founder of Above and Beyond Recovery Center.

Farag offered an overview of the differences between Canadian and U.S. health care systems. Acknowledging the more than 20 million people without health insurance in this country, he suggested the quest for excellent, affordable care might be in line with Deal’s new focus “How do you incentivize people to take insurance or to make themselves more healthy?” Farag asked rhetorically.

l-r: Scott Burack ’86, Life Trustee Jeff Keller ’87, P’18, David Gupta ’81, and Vice President of Advancement Rob Buckla

With a firm understanding of runaway health care costs and a veritable laundry list of suggestions for improvement, Cressey, speaking to the politics, said positive change is coming, but the horizon is a distant one. “We’ve got a system we want to improve and what’s the transmission mechanism to get it to change? Oh, it’s politics,” he said to some knowing laughter. l-r: Alumni Advisory Board members Artie Preiss ’04, Fran Crane Dotson ’05, and Mghnon Martin ’05 with students Teni Bakare ’19 and Nina Shiraishi ’19 (Photos: Pfoertner Photography) 9

LFA in NYC

By Ruth Keyso

Upcoming opportunities to meet Head of School-elect José De Jesús

Alumni, parents, and friends welcomed Head of School-elect José De Jesús P’22 and his wife, Andrea, warmly at the annual NYC reception hosted by Austin Fragomen, Jr. ’61 on April 25. The event was also an opportunity to thank retiring Head of School John Strudwick P’13, ’15, ’18.

Watch the LFA website for additional details in the months to come.

The evening opened with welcome remarks by Fragomen. Trustee Molly Pearson Campbell ’04 then introduced De Jesús who addressed those in attendance. LFA is grateful to the 18 Host Committee members who assisted with promotion.

August • Alumni & Friends Family Picnic at LFA. Bring your children and grandchildren: Aug. 18 September • Alumni Weekend & Reunion 2019: Sept. 20-22 • Lincoln Park/Old Town Home Tour: Sept. 29 October • Suburban Chicago Meet and Greet • Breakfast in the Loop with the Head of School • Lake Geneva Dinner Party • Alumni Parents Lake Forest Reception • City of Chicago Reception • Parents Weekend: Oct. 18-19

Strudwick-era alumni and faculty, l-r: Lynne Versen P’09, P’13, Molly Rowe ’13, Jane Strudwick ’13*, Hannah Kiesler ’12, Bailey Ayers ’13*, Cheryl Son ’09, Jessica Lee ’13, Carter Snyder ’14*, Head of School John Strudwick P’13, ’15, ’18, Angel Zhang ’13*, Andrew Duckworth ’08*, So-Young Yoon ’09, Alumni Advisory Board member Charlie Domash ’08*, Chelsea Stevenson ’09*, Leo Rudberg ’12, Trustee Molly Pearson Campbell ’04*, Allison Schreuder ’14, Dari Brooks Ahye ’06*, former LFA English Department Chair Dr. Ray Bird, and former LFA Athletic Director Kevin Versen P’09, P’13 *represents Host Committee Member

• Head of School Investiture Ceremony: Oct. 19 November • Cornerstone Society & Richards & Tremain Society Dinner: Nov. 1 • Suburban Chicago Meet and Greet

Questions? Advancement Events Coordinator Rachael Josephsen 847.615.3298 or rjosephsen@lfanet.org Jian Tang (left) and Elmer Heinel ’73 with Priy Sinha ’90

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Trustee Jim Cowart ’69 and Wife Janet’s Match Spurs New Endowed Scholarships With the added incentive of a dollar-for-dollar match from Trustee Jim Cowart ’69 and his wife, Janet, donors have established 20 new endowed scholarships at LFA in the past 15 months with the expectation of more to come.

The Cowarts are matching commitments from any donor who establishes a new or adds to an existing endowed scholarship ($25,000 or more, payable over a period up to five years). “My window on the world opened at LFA with a scholarship that allowed me, a country kid from Texas, to come to Lake Forest, Illinois,” Cowart said. “This scholarship match is my way of helping provide others with opportunities like those I received.”

Host Austin Fragomen, Jr. ’61, Dr. Ray Bird and Anita Bird, and José De Jesús

New scholarships may be named for the donor; their family; a loved one; a former teacher, coach or mentor; or any other way the donor wishes. Donors will receive annual stewardship reports which include information about the scholarship recipients.

New endowed scholarships include: – Class of 2019 Endowed Scholarship Fund in honor of Dr. John and Mrs. Loring Strudwick – Nicole & Charles T. Cooper ’96 Endowed Scholarship – The Howard ’50 and Ursula Dubin Endowed Scholarship Fund – The Luisa and Alberto Fernandez Endowed Scholarship Fund – Ferry Hall Endowed Scholarship Fund for Girls – The Fink Family Endowed Scholarship – Galante Family Foundation Endowed Scholarship (Charles ’84) – Barbara and Peter Georgescu Endowed Scholarship

Head of School John Strudwick P’13, ’15, ’18, Trustee Molly Pearson Campbell ’04* and her husband, Rob, Nick Pedini and Jane Strudwick ’13*

– Haji ’92 and Mikita Glover Endowed Scholarship Fund – The Timothy L. Graham ’69 Endowed Scholarship Fund – The George R. Johnson ’60 Endowed Scholarship Fund – Linda M. and Thomas B. Kelley ’65 Endowed Scholarship Fund – The Dr. Hussein B. and Dr. Shamsideen O. Musa ’01, ’01 Endowed Scholarship Fund – The North Chicago & Waukegan Endowed Scholarship Fund – The Kristin Rey ’83 Endowed Scholarship Fund – Sammon-Curtis Endowed Scholarship (Emily ’91) – Mary Ann Sanford ’51 Ferry Hall Endowed Scholarship Fund for Girls – Amish ’92 and Amy Shah Family Endowed Scholarship – Loring Strudwick Endowed Scholarship Fund (Underwritten by

l-r: Elizabeth Alicea ’98*, Andrea De Jesús, and Lauren Goldstein ’98

Zhiqi Zhuang and Baiming Liu) – Mr. Richard L. Zhao ’04 and Ms. Yan Zhou Family Scholarship Fund

(Photos: Raoul Brown of Raoul Brown Photography, NYC)

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North Chicago and Waukegan Scholarship Established; $1 Million Secured Though Gala 2019

By Barry Reszel

With a backdrop of “Beautiful City” from the Broadway musical “Godspell,” and riveting remarks from LFA Head of School-elect José De Jesús P’22, Ron Sutton ’08, and Trustee Jim Cowart ’69, on May 4 at Gala 2019, Lake Forest Academy secured more than $1 million in charitable commitments to establish The North Chicago & Waukegan Endowed Scholarship Fund.

Endowed scholarships ensure that talented students from a wide range of economic backgrounds have access to an LFA education.

LFA boasts a long history of outreach and numerous proud alumni from both North Chicago and Waukegan, several of whom were highlighted at the event. Parents Association Co-Chairs Susan Felitto P’15, ’20 and Annie Johnson P’20 led preparations for this year’s Gala.

“It was an honor to co-chair this tremendous event, and we couldn’t be more proud of the LFA community coming together to advance LFA’s inclusive environment,” Felitto said. Johnson added, “This happens only by the work of many hands that came together in support of this wonderful new scholarship.”

The Gala audience enthusiastically applauded Sutton, a former scholarship student from Waukegan, who recently graduated from medical school at Virginia Commonwealth University and has begun his residency in psychiatry in New York City. “Graduating from LFA was not just my accomplishment but also my mother’s, my

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grandparents’, and my Waukegan community’s,” said Sutton, who holds a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and a master’s degree from Hampton University. “It is my hope that LFA will remain a safe place for young people to express their ideas and beliefs; a place that nurtures and challenges students to become the best versions of themselves; a place that appreciates the power of diversity, inclusion, and a global outlook. At a time when we need thoughtful, empathetic leaders, LFA is shaping young people who will shape our nation and our planet.

“I do not know if I can repay the LFA community for all it has done for my life, but I do plan to reach back to inspire a black or brown girl or boy who simply just wants their dreams to come true. My mother always told me, ‘Don’t become too big that you forget where you come from. And make sure you come back and take someone else with you.’”

At the conclusion of his remarks, Sutton joined Director of Music Tim Plambeck P’21 and the LFA Choir in their presentation of “Beautiful City.”

Sutton was introduced by Trustee Jim Cowart, a former LFA scholarship student from Texas who went on to graduate from Pomona College and Harvard Business School. Cowart is a partner in the Southern California-based private equity firm Auriga Partners.

He echoed the refrain, “Scholarships matter,” calling the aid he

received to attend LFA “an investment in my life, my son’s life, and the lives of those that follow. My scholarship changed my life and future generations in the Cowart family.”

Videos of the full Gala program, each speech, and the Choir performance are available at http://www.lfanet.org/ gala2019program.

De Jesús, set to become LFA’s 30th Head of School on July 1, used his remarks first to describe four students who will, for their first time, join him at LFA this fall—one from Shenzhen, China; another from Michigan; a third from Chicago’s North Shore; and another from New York City (his daughter, Bella). “What will bring these remarkable young people together this August is what brings us together tonight,” De Jesús said. “A transformative community and place of learning that gives students the opportunity to be dedicated scholars and citizens. A place that recognizes that academic achievement and the development of character must go hand in hand.

If you wish to discuss a gift to the North Chicago and Waukegan Endowed Scholarship or to discuss the establishment of your own named scholarship, please contact Vice President of Advancement Robert J. Buckla at rbuckla@lfanet.org or 847-615-3276.

“They come together seeking an environment made even richer and more excellent because of the diversity they will help create; an environment that strives to see them fully and honor their unique contributions; a community that, during a moment of rising xenophobia and national division, shows all what is possible when people come together with common purpose.

“This evening’s event is dedicated to reaching more of these young people—in communities closer to home. This is not an abstract exercise. Tonight we all have an opportunity to invest in real students, real families, real people that will contribute enormously to the Academy. We can impact the lives of young people the way that the aforementioned four will be impacted by this remarkable place.”

Jim Cowart ’69 shares his story during the Gala program.

José De Jesús P’22 gives his remarks before the Dutch Auction.

l-r: Gala Co-Chair Susan Felitto P’15, ’20, Parents Association President Stephanie Fisher ’18, ’19, and Gala Co-Chair Annie Johnson P’20 at the Gala cocktail party.

José and Andrea De Jesús P’22 greet Gala 2019 attendees.

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Campus View

On May 23, 2019, Lake Forest Academy celebrated the last day of classes with a food truck festival on the Quad.

Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, LFA’s students, faculty, and staff enjoyed lunch and interacted as a community.

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The Strudwick Era: 18 Transformative Years

By Grace Kim

It was inevitable.

In 1982, the British television drama series, “To Serve Them All My Days,” based on the novel with the same title, was broadcast in North America. The show sets up the protagonist, David Powlett-Jones, as a young, shell-shocked World War I veteran who becomes a history teacher at a small public school in south England. Eventually, he is appointed headmaster.

When the show was airing, Dr. John Strudwick, Lake Forest Academy’s 29th Head of School, was at the University of Toronto working towards his doctorate in economics. His thesis supervisor, Jon Cohen, drew parallels between Strudwick and Powlett-Jones, and at one particular event, Cohen urged Strudwick to be a prep school teacher.

Strudwick recalls, “He said that I would be a great headmaster. I can’t quite place when the conversation happened. It could have been when I was deciding between taking a job at Phillips Academy in Boston and pursuing professorship at Florida International University in Miami. Or I may have already made the decision to join Phillips Academy. Either way, those words stuck with me.”

Cohen was one of several educators who made an impact on how Strudwick wrote and analyzed issues in economic history.

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sparked under the influence of his father, a local leader of the socialist party in Erith, London.

“Dad was an accountant in the city of London, and as a student, I loved math. It came easily to me. I actually thought I would go into accounting at first. But I also loved history and geography. I always found maps interesting in particular because one can see the economic and physical development of cities and countries throughout history,” says Strudwick.

As a high school student, Strudwick immersed himself into the life of a scholar-athlete. His mother, a fisherman’s daughter from Cornwall, had a humble, down-to-earth personality and had instilled in him the motto of working hard and taking pride in one’s work. He took the highest level courses in math, history, and geography while playing rugby for the county team and every sports team he could join. In 1972, he matriculated at the London School of Economics and fell in love with the academic discipline of economic history.

Before the start of his second year at LSE, Strudwick was asked to take on a temporary role as a supply teacher at his high school.

As a 19-year-old teaching a variety of subjects to 30 students, Strudwick found the experience challenging, but also enlightening.

Several administrators at the school hinted that he would make

a great teacher, and after pondering his next step after college, Strudwick pursued a Postgraduate Certificate in Education at Oxford University. He taught history, economics and math at Burford in Oxfordshire for two years, and then followed the advice of his father to obtain a master’s in economics at Queen’s University.

“My dad said that I would probably be a teacher, but that I should get a master’s before I became fully immersed in the occupation.

Then as I finished my graduate degree, I decided that I wanted to do a doctorate, and ended up at the University of Toronto. In the middle of my studies in Toronto, I was approached by Phillips Academy to become the inaugural head of the economics program and develop a curriculum for a new department,” Strudwick explains.

In 1984, Strudwick joined the Phillips Academy faculty at the same time as Loring Kinder, a math teacher who had previously taught at Kent School in Connecticut. The two colleagues, however, did not have much interaction until they both went on a faculty trip to the Soviet Union in 1985. Soon after, the couple started dating and eventually married in 1994 while juggling teaching, coaching, running dorms and deanships. By the end of the new millennium, the Strudwicks, with their children, Jane, Andrew and Ian, were leading hectic, fulfilling lives with no plans to move.

John and Loring Strudwick P’13, ’15, ’18 at LFA’s Spring Gala 2002.

That is, until John Strudwick was approached about a potential headship at a day and boarding school in the Midwest. At the time, Lake Forest Academy was undergoing a transition in leadership, and the board was conducting a search for someone who could fulfill goals and bring in new ideas. Strudwick says he approached the opportunity with much thought. “Loring and I were doing well where we were, and we had three young children. Yet as I got to know Lake Forest Academy, I began to realize that this school was a special place with tremendous potential. I found that there was a sense of community here that I wasn’t quite feeling in Massachusetts. So I went through the interview process and fortunately was appointed Head of School.”

Though it was tough to leave the East Coast, the Strudwicks were immediately embraced by the LFA community. Loring remembers thinking, “Are the families here really that nice?” As she and the family settled in, she experienced more of LFA’s community-minded

John Strudwick P’13, ’15, ’18 teaching at LFA in 2001.

As of 2019, LFA boasts alumni from 61 countries and territories.

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Key Milestones January 2005 LFA’s Board of Trustees approve a comprehensive campaign to improve LFA’s facilities and build endowment.

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August 2006

October 2009

October 2010

Four faculty families move into the newly constructed houses in the West Village.

The James P. Fitzsimmons Athletic Wing opens as renovations in the David O. MacKenzie ’50 Ice Arena and Glore Gymnasium are completed.

The Crown Fitness & Wellness Center opens and is available for student use.

March 2012

August 2011

July 2011

Ferry Hall opens for boarders and four faculty families. A number of Ferry Hall alumnae supported the project.

LFA launches its one-to-one iPad program.

Two faculty families move into the renovated North Cottages and six faculty families move into new apartments in Weinbrenner House.

August 2012

August 2013

August 2014

Renovations on the second floor of the Korhumel Wing are completed with funds raised at Spring Gala 2012 as part 1 of the Academic Space Initiative.

The Reyes Family Science Center opens. Funds from Spring Gala 2013, with a match gift from Trustee Jim Cowart ’69, go towards renovations in Lower Corbin and the construction of the J.C. Cowart Media Commons. This completes part two of the Academic Space Initiative.

Funds from Spring Gala 2014 and a match gift from alumni, including Trustee Jim Cowart ’69, support the renovations of upper Corbin and the first floor of Korhumel Wing. The decade-long Campaign for LFA concludes.

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John Strudwick P’13, ’15, ’18 in his office in Reid Hall. (Photo: Pfoertner Photography)

spirit, and soon dove into her work as a teacher, coach, advisor and dean of admission from 2007 to 2014.

Under the leadership of the Strudwicks, enrollment at LFA increased, and the student body grew from 300 in 2001 to 435 in recent years. A key move was investment in global recruitment, particularly in the growing markets of China and Russia. The higher rate of enrollment led to an expansion of academic programs, arts and athletics offerings, and weekend activities for students.

To match enrollment, the number of faculty also increased. As an advocate of professional development, John Strudwick promoted enrichment opportunities, including a tuition-reimbursement program. The board and administration also evaluated compensation and identified a need to enhance LFA’s facilities.

Among many moments at his time at LFA, Strudwick lists the success of the 10-year Campaign for LFA as something that he will remember for a long time.

The first comprehensive capital campaign in the school’s history was led by Life Trustee Cate Waddell P’01, ’03, LFA’s board chair

at the time. Through a massive community-wide effort with support from trustees, alumni, parents, faculty and staff, and friends, LFA raised $68.8 million to transform and revitalize the campus. In the past couple of years, the school has opened the Student Union and the Deborah MacKenzie Turf Fields to further enhance the LFA experience.

While campus improvements were exciting, Strudwick’s favorite memories came from the classroom. He introduced the economics program, the first independent study course, and entrepreneurship to LFA. He also taught U.S. History, AP Economics, AP Comparative Government and Politics, World History I and numerous independent studies.

In the spring semester of his last year, Strudwick taught Cher Li ’20 in an independent study course on social entrepreneurship in China. Li says, “We conducted case studies of two nonprofit organizations based in social justice. What I loved the most about this independent study was that I created an action plan at the end of the year to start my own organization to help migrant children in China, a cause that I am very passionate about.”

August 2016

August 2017

August 2018

The Student Union and the ReidAnderson Dining Hall open for the 16-17 school year. The Student Union also houses the snack shop, bookstore, student recreational areas, and the Stuart Center for Global Leadership.

Three new English classrooms undergo renovation in Reid Hall and two state-of-the-art classrooms open in the lower Student Union. Renovations were underwritten by Gala 2017.

Students practice and play athletic games on the Deborah MacKenzie Turf Fields, which were funded by proceeds from Spring Gala 2018 a nd a lead gift from the Estate of D avid O. MacKenzie ’50.

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John and Loring Strudwick P’13, ’15, ’18 were inducted into the Hall of Fame during Alumni Weekend and Reunion on September 28, 2018. Loring was also named a Woman of Distinction. (Photo: Pfoertner Photography)

Another impactful curricular innovation was the integration of Strudwick’s personal philosophy of global pluralism into the school’s culture. One of his first administrative decisions as Head of School was to appoint Life Trustee Gloria Harper P’93 as the Dean of Multicultural Affairs. Harper was serving as Dean of Students at the time, and she credits him for helping her become the educational leader that she is today.

“John Strudwick is someone who speaks from the “we” perspective. He develops individuals and works with you as a person, not an employee. He delegates tasks and does not micromanage. I owe a lot of where I am currently to John. I moved on after LFA to become Chief Academy Officer at the Golden Apple Foundation, and I could not have done that without support from the Head of School,” says Harper.

Strudwick has always emphasized community over the individual, and envisioned a school that brought students and teachers from all over the world with different beliefs and backgrounds. He states, “There is no hierarchy when it comes to respecting cultures. I hope our students continue to learn how to be empathetic, especially in current times, and learn through compassion. It is okay to agree to disagree.”

Global pluralism has become an imperative part of LFA’s identity, and the whole community, through the Head of School Symposium

series and a plethora of curricular programs, has experienced the benefits that come from diversity. While there have been some challenges, overall, Strudwick is pleased at how LFA has grown over the years.

He shares, “I’m proud of all of the work that the board, faculty and staff, parents, alumni, and students have done. It was very fortuitous that I came when LFA was primed for improvement, and I had the opportunity to lead a great school into what it is today. I’ve also had three kids graduate from LFA, and it really has been fun.”

LFA celebrated the retirements of John and Loring Strudwick with various informal and formal receptions in June. As the couple moves back to the East Coast, many community members are curious to know what the next steps are for the Strudwicks. As a response, Loring claims that the beauty of retirement is that they do not have to have the full answer yet.

She says, “We’re going to travel, we’re going to see where our kids end up, and we might even go back to part-time teaching. We’re just excited to have an open agenda. We don’t have to decide everything right away. We have loved our time at Phillips Academy and LFA, but we were always on the move and had to know what we were doing next. Now, we might just have that extra cup of coffee in the morning.”

2018-19 Russia: Revolution and Resurgence 2017-18 The Brain: Inquiry, Imagination, and Innovation 2016-17 The Caribbean: Climate, Commerce, and Culture 2015-16 Immigration, Emigration, and Migration: Culture, Citizenship, and Conflict 2014-15 Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos: Culture, Conflict, and Commerce LFA celebrated 17 years of the Head of School Symposium at the conclusion of this academic year.

This year’s Head of School Symposium was “Russia: Revolution and Resurgence,” and students and faculty visited St. Petersburg, Kazan, and Moscow during a curricular trip in late March.

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2013-14 Tomorrow’s World: The Power of Science and Technology 2012-13 Brazil: Order and Progress 2011-12 Religious Pluralism: Education, Progress, and Peace

2010-11 India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh: Partition, People, and Progress 2009-10 Gender Issues in the 21st Century 2008-09 Environment 2007-08 Africa: Beauty, Crisis, and Hope 2006-07 Global Pluralism 2005-06 Islam and the World 2004-05 LFA Missions 2003-04 Asia with attention to China 2002-03 Africa

Letter to the Community When I arrived at LFA in July 2001, I had already been in education for virtually my entire life as I went from loving primary and secondary school as a student to being a high school teacher. At my own high school, Erith School, just outside London, I played on every school team I was allowed to play for and I loved my classes. I was House Captain and something called School Recorder which, to this day, I don’t know what it meant although I do recall being terrified when I was told that I would have to speak at an all-school meeting. It did not go well as I spoke for about 30 seconds before Mr. Sumner, my headmaster, got up and tapped me on the shoulder to tell me that the microphone wasn’t working! I was crest-fallen as I shuffled back to my seat. It is a moment that made sure in the future, especially at LFA, that I always fully prepped speeches and logistics. Attention to detail became a mantra that has served me well.

I remember going to university and feeling that Erith School had prepared me for success, an important result that I have never forgotten as the Head at LFA. As I finished my degree, I had the choice of joining most of my classmates by working in the city or doing something different, something I felt I could be really good at. And, that is the point at which I chose teaching, a calling that became my life-long passion.

My mum and dad had both taught for some periods of their lives, and my sister was a high school history teacher, so my whole family applauded my decision. As an aside, my parents were always great supporters of whatever I chose to do, which is something I have never forgotten as Loring and I have raised our own children and as I have taught thousands more in schools. I thank my parents for that gift, for teaching me empathy and to think about others, and for everything they did for me.

I completed a post-grad teaching year, got a job offer from Burford School in Oxfordshire where I had completed my teaching practice, and fell in love with everything about teaching high school. I taught economics, history, and statistics, coached rugby, soccer, and track, and found the Burford teachers to be the most supportive colleagues possible. It is something else I have never forgotten, and I have always tried to engender a feeling of camaraderie and community at LFA. I took a brief hiatus from high school when I went to Canada to complete graduate work, but even there my research focused on the economics of education and the economic history of educational finance, so when I received an offer to teach history and economics at Phillips Academy, I accepted with excitement. And, the years at Andover were great. I fell in love with the whole concept of the American Boarding School, my role as a triple-threat faculty member, and the students I was honoured to teach and coach. Once more I was back in high school – my passion. I was also fortunate to meet a certain Miss Kinder at Andover and find a partner who loved the students and teaching as much as I did.

So, when we arrived at LFA after being handed the responsibility to lead this great school, I felt totally prepared for this chapter in my life. I want to give special thanks to all my colleagues and to all the trustees with whom I have had the honour to work on behalf of the Academy.

I believe that we have improved LFA significantly over the past 18 years. Additional thanks go to all of the LFA and Ferry Hall alumni whom I have had the opportunity to meet. It is a true pleasure to hear their unique high school stories and their love of their alma mater. Thanks also to all of the LFA parents who have supported and encouraged my continuous efforts to improve the school and provide an excellent educational experience for our students. And finally, and most importantly, thanks to the students I have had the privilege to teach, advise, and guide. It is those experiences that I will never forget.

I hope that I have always been a teacher who lives up to the teachings of my philosopher friends. One who is passionate yet empathetic, serious yet with a sense of humour, and always focused on how to make each and every student thrive, experiencing success and feeling accomplished. If I have done that, I can retire with pride, knowing that I have been a true teacher who has fulfilled my own goals. As Hegel, the philosopher and grandfather of dialectics, wrote: “Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion.”

As I retire after eighteen years as Head of School, I will use this final opportunity to reflect on the Academy today. I believe that LFA is in a very solid position as an institution. We have strong fiscal management and budgets; we have a clear mission and strategic plan; we are a respectfully inclusive and diverse community; we have a well-balanced program that not only emphasises high-level academics, but also offers significant experiences in the arts, athletics, and service; and we embrace and advocate a global vision of educational experience that is the envy of other schools. We provide a true and deep learning experience with an emphasis on global pluralism. Differences are not seen as challenges, but as opportunities our students can embrace and through which they can grow. This characteristic is personified by the international nature of our school, where students and faculty come together from all over the world in an accepting environment to learn from each other.

It has been a great 18 years. I want to thank the entire LFA family for your support and also for the honour of being your Head of School.

As I leave the Academy, I will finish in the traditional way I end graduation speeches--with a song lyric. In the words of the Lynryd Skynyrd in Freebird: If I leave here tomorrow Would you still remember me?

For I must be travelling on, now, ‘Cause there’s too many places I’ve got to see . . . ‘Cause I’m as free as a bird now.

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Graduation

2019

The Class of 2019 has taken 447 AP exams during their time at LFA, and 36 members of the class are designated as AP Scholars. Over 50 percent of the senior class have a cumulative GPA that places them on the Honor Roll or Head of School Lists. The class has achieved numerous academic honours including leading this year’s Science Olympiad team to 1st place at State for the first time in LFA history.

Congratulations to our newest group of young alumni!

Students walk into the Formal Gardens during the official procession.

All-School President Teni Bakare ’19 and Board Chair John Marlatt ’65 pose together.

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Adriana Rivera ’19 smiles as Dean of Students Office Clerk Maura Johansson puts a corsage on Adriana’s wrist.

Former LFA president Tom ’53 and principal Bondy Hodgkins P’82, ’85, GP’19 with their grandson George Hodgkins ’19.

Trustee Ramona Sequiera ’17, ’19 and son Thaxter Shaw ’19 with Board Chair John Marlatt ’65.

Guests celebrated with cake in Reid Hall after the ceremony.

Senior Class President Tyler Medvec ’19 gives a speech to his classmates and all attendees.

The graduates walk out with their diplomas after the conclusion of the ceremony.

Charley Li ’19 and Han Do ’19 take a photo with their diplomas.

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Academic Awards Harvest Hope Award Elizabeth Campisi ’20 Michael Lentskevich ’20 Sophie Waimon ’20 Spectator Award Alex Jackson ’19 Tyler Medvec ’19 Sydney Olinger ’19 Charlie Shattock ’19 Journalism Award Kieran “Kiki” Hood ’19 Overdorf History Prize Michael Lentskevich ’20 Raymond Delaplaine Burnet Prize in Economics Chau “Rachel” Nguyen ’19

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English Department Award Kieran “Kiki” Hood ’19

Everett E. Grace Music Prize Yuanzhe “Chris” Li ’19

English as a Second Language Award Yimeng “Sophia” Mou ’22

Pridmore Award Tonya Muzhylko ’19

Math Department Award Michael Lentskevich ’20

Taylor Award Julia Knauz ’19

Ainsworth Award Zening “Danny” Luo ’19 Zeping “Tony” Luo ’19

Yearbook Award Giselle Annan ’20 Shaliya Heard ’20

Louch Award Tue “Andy” Nguyen ’19 Shujing “Maggie” Zhou ’19

Fine Arts Department Award Kieran “Kiki” Hood ’19

McCormick Award for Drama Scott Chernobrov ’19

Nelson Award Liam Larsen ’19

McCormick Award for Music Layne Ekland ’19 Lilah Roth ’19

Dana W. Niswender Prize Mia Walvoord ’20

McCormick Award for Visual Arts Chiu Wing “Lucy” Wong ’20

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Theater Tech Award Amira Samra ’19 Angelina Shiriashi ’19 Lynne Kulieke Award for Spanish Stephanie Shugert ’19 E.J. Barry Language Award Thaxter Shaw ’19 Audrey Taillon ’19

Cum Laude Society

The Cum Laude Society is the secondary school equivalent of Phi Beta Kappa, and membership in the Lake Forest Academy Chapter of the Cum Laude Society is the highest academic honor awarded by the Academy. Based on their exceptional scholarship during their tenure at LFA, we were honored to induct the following seniors into the Lake Forest Academy chapter on May 30, 2019.

Parker Amoroso Lena Ansari Sizhe “Chen” Chen Cedric Kuang Yung Chong Han Do Zhiyu “Jenny” Dong Kieran “Kiki” Hood Andrew Hooke Gyumin Lee Terry Lee Zening “Danny” Luo Zeping “Tony” Luo Chau “Rachel” Nguyen Tue “Andy” Nguyen Jack Selati Charles Shattock Thaxter Shaw Stephanie Shugert Ting “David” Sun Audrey Taillon Diana Tlaseca Haotian “Caleb” Ye Shujing “Maggie” Zhou

Additionally, each year, a small percentage of juniors are considered for membership. They will formally join the other members of their class inducted during their senior year. Based on their exceptional scholarship during their tenure at LFA, we were pleased to honor the following juniors during this year’s induction ceremony:

Elizabeth Campisi Mia Castle Angelina Chan Charnice Hoegnifioh Michael Lentskevich Lauren Salliotte Sophie Waimon Kefan “Chloe” Zhong (Photos: Grace Kim)

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Move-Up Day Awards Alexander Award

Faculty Award

Benjamin D. Waldie, Sr. Award

Ting “David” Sun ’19

Thaxter Shaw ’19

Teni Bakare ’19

For the senior boy who best exemplifies the spirit and ideals of LFA

For the student who has, in thought, word, and deed, embodied the ideal of scholarship

For the senior who, by nature of his or her presence, has substantially impacted LFA

American Legion Award

Mary Freeland Award

Wetzel Award

Cedric Kuang Yung Chong ’19

Kieran “Kiki” Hood ’19

Audrey Taillon ’19

For the senior who exemplifies honor, courage, scholarship, leadership, and service

For the senior girl who best exemplifies the spirit and ideals of LFA

For the senior girl who has best exemplified the spirit of Ferry Hall

The Aurelian Book Prize

Hixon Award

Jonathan Fremd Award

Shujing “Maggie” Zhou ’19

Audrey Taillon ’19

Ellie Wang ’22

For the student who embodies the values of the Aurelian Honor Society: personal character, honorable conduct, intellectual rigor, promise of future achievement, and desire to contribute to society

For the senior who is outstanding in friendliness and concern for others

For the freshman who best exemplify the spirit and ideals of LFA

Service Above Self Award

McLaughlin Prize

Tue “Andy” Nguyen ’19

Calvin Osborne ’21

For the students whose personal commitment and public contribution reveal a passion for creating positive change on local and global levels

For the sophomore who best exemplifies the spirit and ideals of LFA

Butler Award Connor Hudziak ’19 For the senior who has earned academic achievement through perseverance Daughters of the American Revolution Award Kieran “Kiki” Hood ’19 For the senior who exemplifies the ideals of service, leadership, patriotism, and dependability

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Jewell J. Jackson Award Virginia Phillips Speidel Award

Michael Lentskevich ’20

MaryJane “MJ” Alexander ’19 and Teni Bakare ’19

For the junior who best exemplify the spirit and ideals of LFA

For the senior girl who is outstanding in sincerity, courtesy, and thoughtfulness Horace S. Vaile Award Stephanie Shugert ’19 For the senior who has most imaginatively discharged administrative responsibilities

The 2019 Talent Show winners perform on stage.

John and Loring Strudwick P’13, ’15, ’18 celebrate a Welch House win with House Captains Olivia Fisher ’19 and Carrington Newsome ’19. The covers of the planner and student handbook will be black.

Move-Up Day is a cherished Ferry Hall tradition, and members of the choir sing the Ferry Hall alma mater before students “move up” to their new seats.

The Class of 2019 move to the alumni seats.

Juniors walk out with their “Seniors” t-shirts after the ceremony ends.

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Faculty Awards Alumni Award for Teaching Excellence

Laima Salcius Faculty Award

This award was instituted in 2008 and established by an LFA alumnus from the class of 1948.

It honors one or more faculty members who have demonstrated excellence in classroom teaching and provides a grant for enhanced professional development. The 2019 recipients are Ardelle Hagar P’22, Mathematics Faculty, and Lydia Wells, English Faculty.

The Faculty Award was established in 1980 by thenHeadmaster Edward J. Pacquette as an annual award recognizing a member of the faculty who gives significantly and extraordinarily to the life of the school.” It was renamed the Laima Salcius Faculty Award in 1998 to acknowledge the contribution to LFA by alumni parent Laima Salcius through her service in the Parents Association. Jason Koenig, Fine & Performing Arts Faculty, is this year’s recipient.

Faculty and Staff Anniversaries Congratulations to these faculty and staff members who are celebrating milestone years of service to the Lake Forest Academy community.

5 Years of Service

10 Years of Service

25 Years of Service

Tameka Carter Asst. Dean of Pluralism & Multicultural Affairs, Spanish Faculty

Jennifer Madeley P’11, ’14 School Counselor, Seminar Department Chair

Ed Shaughnessy P’14, ’16, ’17 Science Faculty

Yue Chen Fine & Performing Arts Faculty, Mandarin Faculty

Michele Vaca English as a Second Language Faculty

Kyle Koncz Asst. Dean of Admission

Teresa Zaiff Dean of Students Office Manager

35 Years of Service

Chris Kozlov Director of Information Technology

15 Years of Service

Bill Dolbee P’04, ’10 Associate Head of School, History and Social Science Faculty, Ned and Lynn Jessen Chair in the Humanities

Olivia Poska Fine & Performing Arts Faculty, English Faculty Mike Reidy P’17 Chief Financial Officer Emily Wagner Senior Asst. Dean of Admission, Asst. Director of Financial Aid

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Andrew Poska Dean of College Counseling

20 Years of Service Chris Tennyson Asst. Head of School, Dean of Students & Academic Affairs, Mathematics Faculty

30 Years of Service Chris Dozois ’84 P’18, ’21 History and Social Science Chair

40 Years of Service Paul Dunlop Dean of Summer Session Connie McCabe ESL Department Chair

Departing Faculty In addition to Head of School John Strudwick’s retirement, the following faculty member departed from LFA at the end of the 20182019 academic year.

BaSheeba Mays arrived at LFA in August 2017 and took on the role of assistant director for the Stuart Center and Global Youth Leadership Institute. Mays made significant contributions to the LFA and GYLI communities by organizing community dialogues, coaching, dorm parenting, and mentoring students. In addition, she taught two independent study courses this past academic year and led the development of workshops, retreats, and conferences for the Stuart Center. She is now a life coach for LGBTQ young adults entering the workforce at 360 Youth Counseling in Naperville, Ill.

Loring Strudwick earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from St. Lawrence University and a master’s degree in teaching mathematics from the University of New Hampshire. She came to LFA after 17 years as a member of the faculty at Philips Academy in Andover, Mass. She has been a math teacher throughout her 18 years at LFA and has worked with many of LFA’s strongest math students in Advanced Placement BC Calculus. She also served as Dean of Admission for seven years, provided support to her colleagues, and was an advisor and partner to the head of school.

She coached girls and boys swimming, was announcer at track meets, and held a standing math help session open to all students every Tuesday evening. In addition, she raised three children during her tenure at LFA. Lake Forest Academy and its students have benefited greatly from her energy, intelligence and thoughtfulness.

Her profound and varied contributions were recognized last fall when she was honored as the Ferry Hall Woman of Distinction and was inducted into the Lake Forest Academy Hall of Fame.

Loring Strudwick P’13, ’15, ’18 gives her speech during the graduation ceremony.

“I enjoyed knowing the Strudwick family for as long as I can remember. The year they joined the LFA community was the same year as [the Cedergrens.] My two years in class with Mrs. Strudwick were amazing, and I’m still waiting for her to give me a little break!”

- Blake Cedergren ’17

Loring with her 2016-2017 advisory.

Loring at the 2001 All School Handshake.

“Despite all of Loring’s accomplishments as a teacher, coach, and dean, what I, and probably everyone else, will miss the most about her will be the jokes, laughs, and fun she brought to every advisory, class, practice, and admission reception. She is probably the most direct, honest, fun-loving, and caring person one would ever meet.”

- Richard Zhao ’04 Loring at swim pracitce.

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Class of 2019 College Matriculation

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American University Paris Paris, France

Brandeis University Waltham, Massachusetts

Colgate University Hamilton, New York

Babson College Wellesley, Massachusetts

Bryn Mawr College (2) Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

College of St. Benedict & Saint John’s University St. Joseph, Minnesota

Bentley University Waltham, Massachusetts

Butler University Indianapolis, Indiana

Boston College (2) Newton, Massachusetts

Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Boston University (4) Boston, Massachusetts

Carroll College Helena, Montana

Bowdoin College Brunswick, Maine

Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio

Bradley University Peoria, Illinois

Chapman University Orange, California

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Cornell University Ithaca, New York Duke University (2) Durham, North Carolina Elon University Elon, North Carolina Emory University Atlanta, Georgia

Escuela Superior de Administración y Dirección de Empresas Barcelona, Spain Flagler College St. Augustine, Florida Furman University Greenville, South Carolina Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia Hampton University Hampton, Virginia Harvey Mudd College Claremont, California Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington, Illinois

Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, Indiana

Saint Louis University (2) St. Louis, Missouri

University of Southern California (2) Los Angeles, California

Lafayette College Easton, Pennsylvania

Santa Clara University (3) Santa Clara, California

University of Tampa (2) Tampa, Florida

College of Lake County Grayslake, Illinois

Southern Methodist University (2) Dallas, Texas

University of Wisconsin-Madison (2) Madison, Wisconsin

Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois

St. Ambrose University Davenport, Iowa

Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee

Lawrence University Appleton, Wisconsin

St. Norbert College De Pere, Wisconsin

Villanova University Villanova, Pennsylvania

Miami University (4) Oxford, Ohio

Stanford University Stanford, California

Wake Forest University (4) Winston-Salem, North Carolina

New York University New York City, New York

Syracuse University (2) Syracuse, New York

Wellesley College Wellesley, Massachusetts

Northwestern University (2) Evanston, Illinois

The New School New York City, New York

Wesleyan University Middleton, Connecticut

Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, Florida

The University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa

Yale University New Haven, Connecticut

Oberlin College of Arts and Sciences Oberlin, Ohio

Trinity College Hartford, Connecticut

Occidental College Los Angeles, California

Tufts University (2) Medford, Massachusetts

Pennsylvania State University State College, Pennsylvania

University of Auckland Auckland, New Zealand

Pitzer College Claremont, California

University of California, Berkeley (2) Berkeley, California

Pomona College Claremont, California

University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, California

Providence College (3) Providence, Rhode Island

University of California, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, California

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York

University of Denver (3) Denver, Colorado

Rice University (2) Houston, Texas

University of Edinburgh Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Robert Morris University Moon Township, Pennsylvania

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (3) Champaign, Illinois

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, Indiana

University of Pennsylvania (2) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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LFA Athletic Awards

Fall Girls Varsity Cross Country

Jennifer Robertson ’22 Boys Varsity Cross Country

Boys Varsity Soccer

Sergio Estrelles Hernanz ’19 Girls Varsity Field Hockey

Girls Varsity Badminton

Cedric Kuang Yu Chong ’19

Qingyang “Dora” Hu ’21

Girls Varsity Basketball

Boys Varsity Tennis

Ramatoulaye Keita ’19

Jack Selati ’19

Colin Weil ’19 Girls Varsity Tennis

Sydney Olinger ’19 Prep Hockey

Boys Varsity Football

Payton Grynewicz ’19

Nathan Barnes ’19 Girls Varsity Cheerleading Kaitlin Fisher ’19 and Audrey Mullarkey ’19 Girls Varsity Swimming Julia Knauz ’19

Harrison Scott ’19

Carrington Newsome ’19

Boys Varsity Baseball Alexander Alutto ’19 Girls Varsity Soccer

Kieran “Kiki” Hood ’19 Boys Varsity Volleyball Payton Gryniewicz ’19

Girls Squash

Girls Varsity Track

Xinni “Vita” Cao ’21

Kennedy Smith ’19

Girls Varsity Softball

Connor Hudziak ’19

Boys Squash

Chloe Franzia ’19

Henry Jacobson ’19

Stuart Award

Lena Ansari ’19

Dohr Award

Boys Varsity Basketball

Girls Varsity Hockey

Rosemarie Alexander ’21

Varsity Golf

Spring

Boys Varsity Hockey

Ting “David” Sun ’19 Girls Varsity Volleyball

Winter

Boys Varsity Track

Constantine Alexos ’21

Ben Rabin ’19

Boys Varsity Swimming

Boys & Girls Senior Track Award

Calvin Osborne ’21

Donte Sibley ’19 Kennedy Smith ’19 Boys Varsity Lacrosse Chase Jones ’20 Girls Varsity Lacrosse Lena Ansari ’19 MaryJane “MJ” Alexander ’19

Athletic Commitments

l-r: On May 1, 2019, Donte Sibley ’19 signed for football at St. Ambrose University (DI); Nathan Barnes ’19 signed for football at Butler University (DI); Jamari Edwards ’19 signed for football at St. Johns University (DI); Kelsi Jackson ’19 signed for basketball at Flagler College (DII); and Ramatoulaye Keita ’19 signed for basketball at Robert Morris University (DI).

On May 9, 2019, Payton Gryniewicz ‘19 signed to play football at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

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On January 10, 2019, Lena Ansari ’19 signed to play field hockey at Yale University (DI). Stephanie Shugert ’19, Julia Knauz ’19, Chau “Rachel” Nguyen ’19, Kieran “Kiki” Hood ’19, Lena Ansari ’19, Diana Tlaseca ’19, Jazmin Montes ’18, and Audrey Taillon ’19 pose for a photo.

The following graduates will also play sports in college: Helena Blumenau ’19 - Swimming at University of Iowa (DI) MaryJane “MJ” Alexander ’19 - Ice Hockey at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (DI) Camille Pastrana ’19 - Volleyball at Bryn Mawr College (DIII) Jack Selati ’19 - Tennis at Colgate University (DI) Five alumni also signed to play ice hockey this past year: Joe Alexander ’17 - Bowdoin College (DIII) Davis Browning ’17 - UMass Boston (DIII) Jake Klein ’16 - Colby College (DIII) Zack Rose ’17 - Bowling Green (DI) Ryan Nolan ’17 - Merrimack College (DI) (Photos: Grace Kim)

Athletes of the Year FRESHMAN

FRESHMAN

SOPHOMORE

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Freshman Girl

Freshman Boy

Sophomore Girl

Sophomore Boy

Kathryn Githinji ’22

Ryan Nutt ’22

Elizabeth Dozois ’21

Nicklas Max Scott ’21

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Junior Girl Annie Gifford ’20

Junior Boy

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Guy Blessing ’20

Senior Girl Lena Ansari ’19

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Payton Gryniewicz ’19

Sandra Bolz Memorial Fan Award This year’s recipient is Doug Hood P ’14, ’19.

(Photos: Pfoertner Photography)

David O. MacKenzie Student Athlete Award David O. MacKenzie ’50 was a beloved teacher, coach, trustee, and life trustee who was an inspiration to all those associated with LFA because of his generosity and positive spirit. Therefore, the David O. MacKenzie Student Athlete Award is presented to the seniors who have exemplified tremendous dedication to LFA academics, athletics, and student life by demonstrating leadership, commitment, and humility.

This year’s recipients are Connor Hudziak ’19 and Lena Ansari ’19.

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Ferry Tales

By Rita Schulien MacAyeal ’87

Original FH Building before wings were added (1883)

The First “Ferries”: Establishing a Seminary for Young Ladies It was 150 years ago this fall that a “Seminary for Young Ladies” came to be established under the auspices of Lake Forest University. An educational department for young women had been included in the provisions of the university’s charter in 1857, but had gone unrealized for more than a decade until the Reverend William Montague Ferry of Michigan left the university a $35,000 bequest stipulating that $15,000 be used to fund the creation of a female seminary. With this substantial gift in hand, the university set out to establish a school for young women in Reverend Ferry’s name.

Designed by Chicago architect Otis L. Wheelock, the original Ferry Hall building was quite luxurious for its time and offered a beautiful setting for an educational institution. The brick Italian-style building was three stories in height, with a dining hall, a large classroom, a reception room, a recitation room, a library, music rooms, and private offices. The dormitory rooms were on the second and third levels with three large community bathrooms. An article in the Chicago Sunday Times of October 10, 1869 called the new brick building “a spacious and elegant edifice” and noted that, “Fixtures have been provided in the structure of the building to warm it by steam and light it with gas, and all the appointments of the building are tasteful and commodious.” Separated from Lake Michigan by a ravine, the building sat high above the shore and boasted lovely views of the lake and surrounding area.

The “Young Ladies’ Seminary at Ferry Hall” opened on September 22, 1869 with 66 students, and a faculty of 11 under the leadership of Principal Edward P. Weston. The school offered both a “Preparatory Course” for pre-high school students and a four-year “Collegiate Course” at the secondary level providing a classical liberal arts curriculum. The list of final exams offered in 1871 included: Preparatory Mathematics; Literature; Languages; Moral Philosophy; Trigonometry; Botany; Mental Philosophy; Art Criticism; Rhetoricals; and French

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New Endowed Scholarship Solidifies Ferry Hall’s LFA Legacy

William Montague Ferry (1860s)

Ferry Hall girl (circa 1870)

Ferry Hall girl (circa 1870)

Plays. Ferry Hall also offered courses in drawing, painting, and vocal and instrumental music.

College level fine arts classes could be taken in addition to the regular program or as standalone classes for part time students enrolled as “special students”.

It was common in the early years for students to participate in literary activities such as presenting essays and giving orations at public gatherings. At the first Ferry Hall commencement ceremony in 1871, students presented essays with such themes as: “The World’s a Stage”; “The Inspiration of Nature”; “Of Making Many Books”; and “Great Purposes”. An early literary club called the Casiopoean Society was described with some nostalgia by a student in an 1880 campus newspaper. “It was large, it is not necessary to say that it was well conducted and that it was lively. Some of us can recall many an amusing evening when, with an appreciative audience composed of the girls and a teacher or so, by way of invited guests, one after another of us mounted the stage and debate was followed by debate...”. Several literary clubs were formed at Ferry Hall and flourished throughout the 1880s and 1890s, providing both an educational experience and an outlet for socializing.

At its opening in 1869, Ferry Hall was established as a school dedicated to high quality education for young women. From that first year through the merger with LFA in 1974, generations of young women would come to learn and live together within the ivied walls of Ferry Hall.

Girls outside original FH building before wings were added (circa 1885)

Head of School John Strudwick is pleased to announce the establishment of the Ferry Hall Endowed Scholarship for Girls as the Academy celebrates the 150th anniversary of the opening of Ferry Hall’s doors. The scholarship is part of a strategic initiative to increase endowed scholarships at Lake Forest Academy.

At the recommendation of Karen Keating Ansara ’75, a lead gift from the Essex County Community Foundation has helped establish the endowment to honor the Ferry Hall legacy by investing in the education of young women at LFA. This new scholarship fund—in tandem with the Mary Ann Sanford ’51 Ferry Hall Endowed Scholarship Fund for Girls—was established in 2018 through a six-figure bequest from alumnae, alumni, and the namesake’s estate.

The Ferry Hall Endowed Scholarship for Girls welcomes gifts from alumni and friends who wish to combine resources and increase the fund’s impact. For a limited time, Trustee Jim Cowart ’69 and his wife, Janet Cowart, will match any contribution of $25,000 or more, payable over five years, to this fund or for the creation of another need-based scholarship.

For more information about the Ferry Hall Scholarship for Girls, contact LFA’s Director of Individual Philanthropy Garry Sloan at 847-615-3287 or by email at gsloan@lfanet.org or Hannah Keller, Director of Reunions & Reunion Giving at 847-615-3233 or by email at hkeller@lfanet.org.

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ALUMNI EVENTS Houston, Texas • December 5, 2018 Alumni and friends gathered in the Sky Lounge at The McCarthy Apartments in Houston for a reception and conversation about LFA. Pictured are (clockwise from bottom left): Ada OtukaAnasi P’20, Mick and Kim Lambert, Rosa and Bob Bacon ’66, Head of School John Strudwick P’13, ’15, ’18, Alex Bachoura, Director of Individual Philanthropy Garry Sloan P’19, ’21, and hosts Trustee Richard Zhao ’04 and Senior Assistant Dean of Admission and Director of Chinese Parent Development Joy Zhou.

Young Alumni Lunch • January 8, 2019 Nearly 70 faculty and alumni from the classes of 2014-18 gathered on January 8, 2019, for the annual Young Alumni Lunch.

This event is an opportunity for LFA’s youngest alumni to engage with former classmates and teachers and to fill the Academy in on their post-LFA progress.

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l-r: Liana Shallenberg ’15, Spanish Faculty Noelle Balson, Karisma Chhabria ’15, Asst. Head of School and Dean of Students Chris Tennyson

Clockwise, from bottom left: Mati Chaudhery ’18, Yauheni “Zhenya” Dubavets ’18, Mandarin Faculty Ivy Jiang P’16, ’18, Mason Schilling ’18, Lauren Zengeler ’18, Shaena Wright ’18

l-r: Catherine Kvam ’16 and Caroline Miller ’16

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seated, l-r: Graham Erbs ’16, Jeovanny Bermudez ’14, Brian Parmenter ’14; standing, l-r: Tony Fu ’16, Ella Ekstrom ’16, Gillian Smith ’15, Head of School John Strudwick P’13, ’15, ’18, Alexander Mullarkey ’16, Noah Cohen ’16

Natalie Nunez ’17 and English and Journalism Faculty Mandy Bryon

l-r: Nithin Reddy ’17, Blake Cedergren ’17, Cam Reidy ’17, Spanish Faculty Noelle Balson, Jacob Chagoya ’17, Will Weinfield ’17, Tony Fu ’16

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ALUMNI EVENTS Joshua A. Rothstein ’05 Memorial Lecture • January 24, 2019 The guiding force behind the annual selection of the Joshua Aaron Rothstein ’05 Memorial Lecture topic is to celebrate how Josh lived his life. Now in its 16th year, this year’s presentation at the all-school meeting offered reflection on a young man’s entrepreneurial spirit.

Three young alumni shared their own entrepreneurial stories with students, faculty, and staff: Chris Shadek ’13 highlighted his ongoing work developing the social media calendaring app Vega; Cecilia Lanyon ’06 discussed her work as co-founder of The Gallery, a marriage of art and food in Lake Forest; and Kelly Hewitt ’05 described her involvement as a member of the launch team and steering committee to establish Chicago Market, A Community Co-Op, in the city’s Uptown neighborhood. Josh was tragically killed in a 2002 car accident during his sophomore year at LFA, and his family established this annual lecture series at LFA to remember how he lived his life.

Pictured here are l-r: Shadek; Lanyon; Hewitt; History and Social Science Faculty Matt Vaughn; and members of Josh’s family (mother Nancy, sister Natalie, and father Steven).

BSU-Alumni Gathering • February 24, 2019

Students in LFA’s Black Student Union (BSU) joined alumni for conversation during Black History Month at the home of Associate Dean of Admission Kassandra Hayes P’18.

Pictured are, front row, l-r: Jena Kuli ’22, Giselle Annan ’20, Charnice Hoegnifioh ’20; second row, l-r: Kim McDavid Morton ’83, Alumni Advisory Board members Willow Walker ’03 and Gail Gadberry ’85, P’14, Carrington Newsome ’19, Caitlin Anasi ’20, Ferdoss Ibrahim ’22, Jaiyenan English ’20, Rama Keita ’19; third row, l-r: Trustee Duane Jackson ’01, Mbasa Mayikana ’14, Life Trustee Regina Spellers Sims ’85, Shaliya Heard ’20, Kathryn Githinji ’22, Olivia Perry ’22, Akindele Aboyade-Cole ‘22, John “Randy” Spellers ’87, and Trustee Rumi Kuli ’93, P’17, ’22.

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Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Reception • February 12, 2019 Alumni and alumni parents gathered at the home of Life Trustees Bondy and Tom Hodgkins ’53, P’82, P’85, GP’19 for a cocktail reception and conversation.

Pictured are (seated) l-r: Teddi Siragusa, Patricia Peterson P’74; (standing) l-r: Bondy Hodgkins P’82, P’85, GP’19, Susie Spiel P’82, P’84, Gay Grumhaus P’86, Head of School John Strudwick P’13, ’15, ’18, Jean Royster Smiley ’56, Dick Siragusa ’53, and Tom Hodgkins ’53, P’82, ’85, GP’19. Vice President of Advancement Rob Buckla and Director of Alumni Engagement Ruth Keyso also attended.

Naples Reception, Fla. • February 27, 2019

Trustee Scott Meloun ’77 hosted a reception at the Wilderness Country Club in Naples, Fla., for alumni, alumni parents, and friends of the Academy.

Pictured are (seated) l-r: Dick ’60 and Judy Buckingham, Elinor and Tom Klingbiel ’53, P’90, P’98; Steve ’68 and Ann Suiter P’05, P’11; standing (center): Head of School John Strudwick P’13, ’15, ’18; (back row) l-r: Life Trustees Tom Dyke and Gerry Miller P’98, ’01, host and Trustee Scott Meloun ’77, Carla Kappmeyer Sherwin ’70, Susan and Trustee Bruce Anderson ’70, P’97, Julie Guerra P’20, Melinda Hinners-Waldie, Anne Towers, Ben Waldie ’52, P’83, Bill Towers ’98, Phil Collins ’69. Vice President of Advancement Rob Buckla and Director of Individual Philanthropy Garry Sloan P’19, ’21 also attended.

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Clockwise from bottom left: Natalie Nunez ’17, Shaena Wright ’18, Emily Xu ’18, Matt Vaughn, Maxwell Wang ’17, Nathen Johnson ’15, Isaiah Foust ’15, Alec Mesrobian ’15, Samantha Friske ’15, Madeleine Pye ’15, Director of Alumni Engagement Ruth Keyso, Dima Zaiets ’18, and George Chopivsky ’65

LFA college seniors l-r: Samantha Friske ’15, Madeleine Pye ’15, Isaiah Foust ’15, Alec Mesrobian ’15, Nathen Johnson ’15

New York City, N.Y. • April 24, 2019

History and Social Science Faculty Matt Vaughn with Maxwell Wang ’17, and Nathen Johnson ’15

Clockwise, from bottom left: Oliver Yuan ’17, Asst. Dean of Advancement-Dir. of Academy Fund Christine Ryder P’15,’17, Director of Alumni Engagement Ruth Keyso, Lilian Chung ’16, Junlin He ’16, Lauren Goldstein ’98, Hunter Wolff ’17, and Jack Zhong ’17

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Young Alumni Dinner: Washington, D.C. • March 20, 2019

Pictured are (clockwise from bottom left): Liz Thoms ’08, Imani Camp ’08, Director of Alumni Engagement Ruth Keyso, Lauren Stevenson ’13, Maddy Derse ’10, Suvia Yuan ’10, History and Social Science Faculty Matt Vaughn, Brad Stewart ’09

St. Louis, Mo. • April 7, 2019

Alumni and friends gathered at the home of Alumni Advisory Board member Bridget Carroll Sliney ’87 and her husband, David, for an afternoon reception.

Pictured are, front row, l-r: Martha Thomas Barthel ’52, Pixie Kreider Rudolph ’61, Head of School John Strudwick P’13, ’15, ’18, Kay Cohen GP’16, ’18, Rebecca Stisser, Chuck MacNab ’50; second row, l-r: Sarah Thomas ’53 P’84, Bridget Carroll Sliney ’87, Allison Carroll Barry ’94, Helen Eilert ’67, Eric Stisser ’90; back row, l-r: Patrick Barry and David Sliney. Vice President of Advancement Rob Buckla also attended.

Denver, Colo. • April 14, 2019 Thank you to the LFA alumni and Ferry Hall alumnae in the Denver area who attended the afternoon reception at Tavernetta on April 14, 2019. A special thanks to the host committee members, including Trustees Tom Kelley ’65 and Tanya Pramatarova ’05, who reached out to classmates in the area to encourage attendance.

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Special Tribute

By Ruth Keyso

Building the Future of LFA A look back at the head couple who guided the Academy for a decade by Ruth Keyso

If you searched for Bondy and Tom Hodgkins ’53 P’82, ’85, GP’19 in the phone book in the late 1970s, you may have found them under E for education. The pair was steeped in Lake Forest private schools: Bondy as chair of the board at Lake Forest Country Day School and later development director; Tom as a board member at his high school alma mater, LFA, where two of their four children matriculated in the 1980s.

So, when friend and former LFA Board Chair David O. MacKenzie ’50, P’86, GP’10, ’18, ’21 approached the couple about taking the reins at the Academy in 1986 and becoming the next heads of school, it appeared to be a sure thing. Until Tom said no.

“There were lots of problems at the school at the time,” says Tom, citing financial difficulties and weak brand identity as some of the chief challenges.

But MacKenzie persisted. How about a temporary appointment while the Academy searched for a permanent headmaster? What about a team approach, with Bondy at your side?

Tom considered.

“It was obvious something needed to be done,” he says. He and Bondy ultimately agreed to step in for several years, with one condition: The board had to grant them the time and freedom to do what they needed to do.

And they did. What followed was extraordinary.

For 10 years (1986-96), Tom and Bondy served as president and principal at LFA, transforming the social and academic landscape at the school and setting the foundation upon which the future of the Academy would rest.

Both Tom and Bondy agree that two of the pivotal reasons for their success were the quality of people who surrounded them and the faith of the faculty in their vision for the school.

“Our appointment was announced to the faculty on a Wednesday in mid-June, and we held our first faculty meeting on Thursday,” says Bondy. While the school had lost 13 teachers shortly before their arrival, Tom and Bondy worked closely with a placement agency and with ISACS (Independent Schools Association of the Central States) to attract new instructors to the school. Bondy says the Academy had lots of great selling points.

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“The spirit of the kids, the camaraderie of the faculty, the school’s accessibility to Chicago, the beauty of the campus,” she says, naming a few.

They recall with humor some of the many setbacks that befell them during their first year: record-breaking rainfall that flooded the campus twice during that first summer; leaky roofs on nearly every building; buckling roads and backed-up sewers. Tom remembers donning a pair of waders alongside Business Manager Karl Gedge ’69, P’01 and sloshing through knee-deep water in the swale surrounding Hutchinson Commons.

“We spent that first year figuring out the many things that needed to be done [to the physical plant],” Bondy recalls.

Next came the student body. At the end of their inaugural year, Tom and Bondy had to make some tough decisions about who stayed.

By spring 1987, 32% of the student body was encouraged to find a more suitable high school environment, with poor grades and discipline issues informing that administrative decision. While this affected the finances of the school enormously, Tom and Bondy say it contributed to a healthier and more collegial environment on campus. And it strengthened their position in the eyes of the faculty.

“They saw us as people who wanted to right the ship,” she recalls.

By year two, the school was stronger. And so were they.

“We had won the trust of the faculty, we included them in the decision-making process, we made technical improvements around campus, and we offered faculty professional development,” Bondy says. Mutual trust and respect was developing, and as leaders they were gaining confidence.

But the problems kept on coming.

Mounting infrastructure costs compelled the school to find new ways to raise money. Recognizing that a capital campaign was not feasible, the Hodgkinses and the Board decided to sell a portion of the Academy estate to a builder to construct residential homes, Academy Woods, a development that neighbors campus to this day.

This financial support helped them “build a base for continued excellence,” they recall. Specifically, the school added a new entrance and installed a new sewer system while modernizing the utility infrastructure around campus.

With many of the physical problems under control, the Hodgkinses were free to focus on other aspects of running the 130-year-old school. While Tom oversaw the business side, Bondy focused on the people. She jokes that she and Dean of Students Judy Datesman used to compete to see who could learn the students’ names quicker after the start of each new school year. During the evenings, Tom and Bondy made rounds in the dorms to check on the students and their well-being. In addition, they hosted Sunday suppers at their home for groups of 10 students at a time as a way to build camaraderie and to foster lasting relationships.

Alumnus Honors Tom ’53 and Bondy Hodgkins with Endowed Faculty Chair

With trusted colleagues assuming more administrative responsibilities, the pair was able to hit the road to raise funds for LFA and to re-engage alumni with the Academy.

From Saudi Arabia to Japan to Southern California, they spread the mission and message of LFA to its many loyal constituents.

No one better appreciates the legacy of Tom ’53 and Bondy Hodgkins’ 10-year LFA leadership than retiring Head of School John Strudwick. He credits the Hodgkinses, who served as Academy president (Tom) and principal (Bondy) from 1986-1996, for rebuilding the foundation of LFA.

Looking back, Tom says it was “neat” to return to LFA as president of the school in 1986. After all, he had history with the place.

“I had a hand in building it,” he laughs, recalling how he and his classmates hauled bricks from the nearby train wall and used them to build Bates dormitory and Glore Memorial Gymnasium during the early 1950s when the campus first moved from East Lake Forest to its current location. And, LFA was in his blood: Tom’s grandfather Ezra Warner graduated from the Academy in 1895; Warner House is named for him. And Tom’s mother, Marion Warner, attended Ferry Hall for two years, graduating in 1921.

Since then, Tom and Bondy sent two of their four children, Kate ’82 and Tom ’85, to the Academy. And grandson George ’19 just graduated in June 2019.

As they reflect on the school’s evolution in the more than 20 years since they retired from LFA, the Hodgkinses are especially proud to see so many alumni from the 1990s serving on the Board of Trustees. And they are thrilled with the progress the school has made in terms of updated facilities and enhanced academic programming.

They credit John Strudwick for a superb job in helming the school and elevating its profile and look forward to the school’s future under incoming Head of School José De Jesús.

“It’s our hope that LFA, under the leadership of José De Jesús, will continue to build its program and reputation as one of the finest and most relevant college preparatory boarding schools in the nation.”

Tommy ’85 and Debbie Hodgkins, George Hodgkins ’19, Bondy and Tom ’53 Hodgkins P’82, ’85, GP’19 at George’s graduation on June 1, 2019. (Photo: Phoertner Photography)

Tom ’53 and Bondy Hodgkins P’82, ’85, GP ’19 served as President and Principal, respectively, of LFA from 1986-1996. Tom’s legacy at LFA spans five decades: His grandfather, Ezra Warner (LFA, 1895); his mother, Marion Warner (Ferry Hall 1921); Tom ’53; his daughter Kate ’82, his son Tommy ’85; and his grandson George ’19.

“Tom and Bondy set the table for so many of the accomplishments Lake Forest Academy has enjoyed over the past two decades,” Strudwick said. “Their love for this institution is heartfelt.”

Mirroring this sentiment, Richard ’53 and Teddi Siragusa are honoring the couple by establishing the Tom ’53 & Bondy Hodgkins Endowed Chair at Lake Forest Academy. Annual earnings from endowed chairs partially fund compensation and professional development expenses for a faculty member selected by the head of school.

“Teddi and I are pleased to establish this lasting tribute to an extraordinary classmate of mine and our dear friends,” Siragusa said. “Tom and Bondy’s leadership launched the Academy’s current trajectory, which has been further fueled by John Strudwick. We are very proud of today’s LFA.”

For more information about how to establish an endowed faculty chair at LFA, please contact Rob Buckla at rbuckla@ lfanet.org or call 847-615-3276.

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Nancy “DeeDee” Schmidt Bradley says that she remembers life on Miss Barbour’s floor. “One more thing like this, Dee Dee Schmidt, and you will go home before commencement!” Fortunately that didn’t happen - all of her Ferry Hall memories are good ones.

Roger Higgs just attended his college 30th reunion in New Orleans and was very glad to see Paul Brown ’63 there. Roger is happy to report that Paul is doing well.

Soon after that, she married Leonard, her brother’s best friend, and lived many happy years with him. Two children came along while she was busy writing fiction. She published “The Kremlin Contract” and “The Connemara Connection.”

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Life changed sadly with Leonard’s death in 1987. She is living alone now with two good dogs and a horse in a house with a barn and a few acres of trees around her. She still has many friendships from a life of being in one spot for 60 years.

Thomas B. Kelley is the recipient of the 2019 ABA Forum on Communications Law’s Champion of the First Amendment Award.

His feature article in the Spring 2019 issue of Communications Lawyer magazine included his introduction to the award ceremony audience and his remarks. Read the full article at www.lfanet.org/tkelleyaward.

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Litta T. Williams Sanderson reports that nothing too much is new, except that she will soon turn 90, which is rather daunting to say the least.

Bill Courter and Jeff Konker send along the following notes from classmates:

She recently visited Baltimore where her grandson Jamie, prior to his graduation from grad school at The Peabody Conservatory Institute at Johns Hopkins University has his final recital. His aim is opera, a high one, but he does have an amazing gift and also enough flexibility to make a living whatever way en route to his goal.

With his tux, he will wear lovely cuff links that belonged to my father, his father before him, and his father before him.

Only one grandchild, Maria, is still in college at Chapman University on a dance scholarship. She plans to be a school teacher.

She continues to “use it or lose it” by taking water aerobics many times a week and playing bocce ball.

She sends greetings to her classmates! Those Ferry Hall days did a lot in so many ways! She still recalls Miss Wallace dropping a cup from her cherished tea cup and saucer collection on the brick hearth to show what happens when trust is broken.

1957 George Haecker has transitioned to independent architectural collaboration via his website georgehaecker.com.

1962 Susan L. Lord-Williams de Alonso sends greetings from Santiago, Chile. Her daughter Cris has received two scholarships and a job to study at Harvard for a doctorate in public health. While it is a pity that her father did not live to see it, Santiago, her brother, and Susan are so proud of her.

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Mark Baker continues to teach dentistry at the University of Illinois in Chicago three days a week, meeting dentists from around the world. This summer, Mark is undertaking a six-day bike ride, 65 miles a day, with four close friends, riding from the Wisconsin river near Eagle River to the Prairie Du Chen where it empties into the Mississippi. He is also traveling to the resort city of Bodrum, Turkey, so Mark is certainly keeping busy, enjoying life. Bill Barr did not provide a recent update, but as of the last email, he was still splitting his time between his law offices in Wichita, Kan., and Chicago, Ill., as well as his second home in Park City, Utah. Mike Boe writes that his younger son is completing his doctorate and then will finish his final two years for his M.D. Mike asserts he is tired of the bitter cold of Lake Michigan and he might be considering a move to San Francisco. Buff Courter explains that he and his wife are devoting this summer to moving their younger daughter into her first house, just seven miles from their own home. Steven Fifield remains busy with his wife, building highly acclaimed apartment complexes in Chicago and Los Angeles. Jon Fremd reports that he has been working as a physical therapist for 43 years and that he is still coaching soccer. Neil Gumenick maintains his successful acupuncture practice in Los Angeles. Jeff Konker, as a member of the LFA Alumni Advisory Board, reports that the school looks fabulous, that it was achieved a top 20 national ranking and that John Strudwick has created a great legacy.

Richard Lang got together with Doug Read after one of Doug’s follow-up medical appointments at Stanford. Doug says he loved the Lang household, which was set in nature and is described as really a cool residence. Mike Leonard may be retired, but he keeps resurrecting his producer skills for different TV productions and he participates in panels on journalism. Scott Lennox, a survivor of prostate cancer, has resumed his active life with biking, walking,

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and swimming – despite some possible arthritis in his left hip. The best part of Scott’s life is his nine-month-old granddaughter. Doug Read seems to be maintaining his fantastic recovery from his bone cancer, myelofibrosis, as he has not had a transfusion in two to three months and his platelet counts keep rising. Best of all, he keeps sending multiple videos of him cross skiing across the Lake Tahoe landscape – and at elevations of 8500 feet. He should get the “class spirit” award for his courage and persistence. And Stephen Sheppard, with his sharp wit, still loves to regale classmates with fond memories of the past high school years.

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David W. Dienner is planning to attend this year’s 50th Reunion for the Class of 1969. He does not plan on attending the 100th Reunion, so he is hoping that he will see many of his classmates this year. He says, “Be There, or be Square!”

1972 Mark Bauer ’71 and Carolyn “Boojie” Morency Bauer live in Walnut Creek, Calif. Mark is enjoying his work in charge of marketing, distribution and sales with California Safe Soil. Carolyn enjoys her work as an activity leader in a respite program for people with dementia. Their son Miller lives in San Francisco and works as a management consultant for Accenture. Their daughter Lily will graduate from college this year, with another year to go to get her teaching credential. They continue to head back to the Midwest each summer to the family cottage in Saugatuck, Mich.

Susan J. Parker retired in June 2018 after teaching Special Education for over 30 years. She is currently on the board of directors of the Lake County Literacy Coalition, and enjoys traveling with her fiancé, Thomas James Malley.

1976 Nancy A. Sokolsky Douglass hopes that all of her fellow classmates are well. She would love keeping up with some of them on Facebook. She had knee replacement surgery nine months ago.

It’s been quite the recovery but she is finally active. She continues to practice her life coaching and takes care of her granddaughter twice a week. She keeps her hopping! Nancy and her husband are getting ready to celebrate their 35th anniversary and are planning a big trip in September to celebrate. Her daughter and her family recently moved to Indianapolis from Chicago. She loves having them close by. Her son Stuart and his wife are still playing professional basketball in Israel. They live in Tel Aviv and love it. Her youngest son is the social media director of a large entertainment company in Denver. They love going out there to visit. She hopes to hear from anyone and says they can email her at douglass.nancy@gmail.com.

Francois D’Ours relocated from San Diego to Northwest Arkansas.

His email is dours7@gmail.com.

1978 Mark J. Childers will be attending his 18th Major League Baseball All-Star game this July when he attends the Mid Summer Classic in Cleveland. After this game, Mark will have seen a Major League Baseball All-Star game in every American League Central Division, as well as National League Central Division Team city.

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Laura Taylor writes that it was a pleasure to recently run into Dina Rotolo at the Market House. She will be spending part of the summer at her family cottage on Rangeley Lake in Maine and looks forward to seeing everyone at Reunion.

1983 Ursula Bailey was honored by The University of Tennessee College of Law for her contributions to the college, the legal profession, and the Knoxville community at the school’s annual scholarship gala on February 16, 2018. Ursula received the RBJ Campbelle award, in honor (Photo: Rachel Wedding McClelland, of the first African-American director of communications, University student to graduate from UT of Tennessee College of Law) Law. Ursula is a 2000 College of Law graduate, who runs a Knoxville law firm. She has served on the boards of the Tennessee Alliance for Black Lawyers and the Beck Cultural Exchange, and as a member of the Knoxville Bar Association’s Board of Governors. She has spoken to the Tennessee Trial Lawyers’ Association on Civil Rights issues and has served as a Governor’s appointee on the Tennessee PostConviction Public Defenders’ Commission.

Dana Gill-Sanders has a yearly Women’s Empowerment Conference in Phoenix, Ariz. Tickets can be purchased on Eventbrite for $30. Dana’s youngest daughter will be attending the University of Oregon in the fall. Go Ducks!

1985 Barbara Peterson Byrne, M.D., is the chief information officer at Advocate Aurora Health, a 27-year-old hospital health system in Illinois and Wisconsin. Her triplets, AJ, Jack and Elizabeth are all 45

class classnotes notes finishing their junior year at Northwestern. Barbara and her husband John also attended Northwestern. She loves following the updates on Facebook from all her LFA friends!

1986 David Ashdown put out a solo CD called ‘Dashdown” that can be downloaded on iTunes and other online streaming websites; it was released in March 2019 after he was at the Southwest Music Festival in Austin! He will be playing solo performances in New York, Chicago, Nashville & New Orleans this summer, and the schedule can be found at www.Dashdown.net.

He just appeared on the nationally syndicated TV show “Collectors Call” with ‘Facts of Life’ star Lisa Whelchel on MeTV, and the episode is available at www.metv.com/collectorscall/videos/ episode-4-rock-band-kiss.

His band, Waiting for Henry, just recorded a new EP with Tommy Stinson of The Replacements and Guns ‘N Roses. The EP comes out this summer. Find out more at www.WaitingForHenry.com.

1987 Kelly Perine recently finished the second season of Nickelodeon’s “Knight Squad,” is wrapping principle photography on the psychological feature thriller “Manipulation: Oh It’s Personal,” and is about to take the short comedy film “Is You Is” out to festivals around the country.

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Sarah E. Bouer, Ed.D., is currently a principal for the Orange County Department of Education in Southern California, overseeing Special Education programs for Oral Deaf & Hard of Hearing, Medically Fragile, and Autism/Behavior classrooms. She lives in Long Beach, Calif., with her partner and three dogs.

Jane Zarse published her second book, “Sober and Pissed Off.” “Sober and Pissed Off” is a book for recovering alcoholics who are struggling with emotional well-being. This book illustrates why sobriety is so much more than not drinking. “Sober and Pissed Off” is for the countless people in recovery who are physically sober and emotionally struggling.

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1990 John Springer is married and living in Fort Worth, Texas. He is the vice president of Wellington Insurance Group and chief marketing officer of MSoMI Academy for Girls. He and his wife and their team are opening a girl’s school in Kenya. Through www.msomiacademy. org, they are actively raising funds and partnering with organizations such as Period.org and BecauseInternational.com. Through Because International or “The Shoe That Grows,” the group has handed out hundreds of shoes to HIV+ women and children since 2018 and will have another 100+ with them during their June 2019 trip into Nairobi and Kisii, Kenya. Learn more and donate at www. msomiacademy.org!

He says he is taking the lessons and the leadership experiences from LFA to Kenya.

1995 Christian Anderson and his wife Anastasia Anderson live in Stuart, Fla., where he is the associate rector of St Mary’s Episcopal Church.

He recently started a YouTube channel called “Your Favorite Christian” that follows the weekly Christian, his wife, and his mother sit for a photo adventure of a priest. at Easter.

Rebecca Makkai’s latest novel, “The Great Believers,” was a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. It won the Carnegie Medal, the LA Times Book Prize, and the Stonewall Medal, and was one of the New York Times’ Ten Best Books of 2018. Far more exciting: At a recent benefit for the American Writers Museum, she was asked to honor an influential teacher in her own life, and had the pleasure of choosing her LFA AP English teacher, Tom Elieff. A good time was had by all, although he did not sing the birthday song. She loves seeing old classmates when she’s on tour; you can find her schedule at her website, www.rebeccamakkai.com.

1998 Malii Brown Watts Carolyn is settled in San Antonio a good year after the move from Chicago, and she very much enjoys the livin’ there! She is proud to share that she is building business locally in her work as Founding Principal of EngageBetween (www.

EngageBetween.com), and making time to accept volunteer opportunities as Board Member of SACRD (San Antonio Community Resource Directory) and with her local Baha’i community. She would very much like to connect with fellow alum in the region!

What’s the latest?

Let us know at classnotes@lfanet.org With your permission, we will reprint your note in the Fall 2019 issue of The Review.

Her classmates may remember her as Malii Brown, and may be interested to read the story of how she became Malii Carolyn at https://www.engagebetween.com/blog/archives/09-2017. Her email is carolyn@EngageBetween.com.

Edna M. Togba has been named the Chief Development Officer at Chicago Sinfonietta. She has been with the organization for two years.

2015 Jordan Wolff is graduating from the University of Michigan in May with a degree in Computer Science and Business. He will be moving to Seattle in August to become a Program Manager at Microsoft.

He’ll be working with cloud computing, Internet of Things, and wearable tech - leading software development and design teams.

Jordan is excited for new beginnings!

2007 Megan Gallagher Gosselin and her husband Shaun have welcomed a second baby. Blair Marie was born in November of 2018 and joins big sister Elliott.

After spending a year back in Taiwan, Chih-Hao Yang moved back to Chicago in May 2018. This marks his 16th year in Chicago since his LFA era in 2003. He obtained his real estate broker license in Illinois and has been doing sales, rental, and management in the Chicago market. Through his work, he has been able to reconnect with a few old friends from LFA. He helped them look for their new homes in the city when they relocated back to Chicago or just wanted to change up the neighborhoods. He had not seen some of them for more than 10 years. Spring is a busy season for real estate.

Sellers are selling, buyers are buying, and renters are renting. He is happy being busy and exploring the city day by day. He recently made a website www.RealtorCHY.com.

2012 Sophia Smith is a global cybersecurity advisor with IBM in Europe, working in the company’s Cyber Tactical Operations Center. Father Tim Smith ’68 adds that she was recently awarded by IBM for hitting 100% of her goal (and actually hit 350%). She is traveling nonstop and likes her work.

This photo appeared in the Jan. 23, 2019, issue of the Wall Street Journal.

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At the beginning of his senior year at Northwestern University, Daniel Bunning ’15 had a big idea: He wanted to stage the largest variety show in the university’s history. A theater and economics major, Bunning knew many of the school’s most skilled and passionate performers and thought, why not get everyone in one place at one time and perform for a cause? Identifying a cause was easy. Having suffered from life-threatening allergies his whole life, Bunning was intimately familiar with hospitals and doctors, making the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago a natural fit.

Combining his knowledge of economics with his love of theater, Bunning established a nonprofit, SMILE (Students Making Inpatient Life Entertaining), in the fall 2018 and set a goal of raising money to support patients at Lurie by hosting a Spring Showcase on campus. Financial donations from family, friends, and alumni of Northwestern brought in capital to get started; gift-in-kind support from lighting and sound companies helped keep show costs down.

On April 5-7, 2019, the show took place in the Cahn Auditorium on the Northwestern campus. More than 17 acts and 250 performers entertained the crowd during its four shows. Acts included orchestra performances, rock bands, hip-hop routines, and magic. Bunning and his group even bussed in children from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Lake County and Chicago to enjoy the show for free. Bunning reports that Smile’s spring showcase raised more than $40,000 for Lurie Children’s and Northwestern performers.

Kurt Hanebrink writes that after graduating from Skidmore in 2017, he took a year off to work. He started medical school at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in August of 2018.

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In January 2019, a group of alumni held a mini reunion in Irvine, Calif., over dinner and a movie, just like they used to do on Saturday nights at LFA.

Joshua A. Arrowood earned a national award for the first time in his college career. Off the Block, an award-winning website that covers college men’s volleyball, selected Josh as the Off the Block National Freshman of the Week. This is the first time since 2017 that an Erskine player has been named the National Freshman of the Week. In addition, Josh is the third member of the Flying Fleet to receive the honor since the award started in 2014. The National Freshman of the Week is presented each week during the regular season to the NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball freshman who had the most outstanding performance. The winner is selected by the Off the Block staff and is announced every Monday during the regular season on the Off the Block website, offtheblockblog.com.

Along with the National Freshman of the Week, Off the Block will present the Freshmen All-American Team at the end of the regular season.

l-r: Jinny Hong ’16, Joan Karstrom ’18, Allison Torres ’17 and Jason Xiao ’16

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Blake Cedergren has been greatly enjoying his semester abroad in Valencia, Spain. He is excited to be working in Boston this summer!

Alumni Advisory Board

by Ruth Keyso

Alma Mater Alumni ambassadors gather on campus for annual board meeting Alumni Advisory Board (AAB) members returned to campus April 5-6, 2019, for their annual meeting. The 33 members of the board serve as ambassadors for LFA and as a sounding board for the Head of School. Throughout the year they assist the Office of Alumni Engagement with events, outreach, and fundraising. Many have served on panels to talk about their path to (and through) LFA, or about their college experience and professional careers. Others have hosted regional events for the school or served on host committees for Alumni Weekend & Reunion, happy hours or alumni receptions. Whatever the cause, members are committed to supporting LFA and bolstering the alumni program.

At this year’s meeting, Board members interacted with a panel of students to talk about life at LFA today; discussed faculty professional development with Paul Makovec, math department chair and the Sidney E. Ainsworth Chair in Mathematics, as well as English teacher Lydia Wells; and enjoyed a two-hour question-andanswer session with Head of School John Strudwick, who retires from LFA in June 2019.

Breakout sessions resulted in great feedback about the young alumni summer happy hour and about ways to welcome Head of Schoolelect José De Jesús to the LFA community.

For more information about the AAB, visit the LFA website at www.lfanet.org/AAB or contact Director of Alumni Engagement Ruth Keyso at rkeyso@lfanet.org.

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AAB members pose for a photo in the Formal Gardens on April 5, l-r: Mghnon Martin ’05, Alicia Cressey ’03, Lauren Neal ’02, Mark Karstrom ’80, P’18, Bridget Carroll Sliney ’87, KC Chilamkurti ’11, Terry Hall ’67, Josh Brass ’10, Eric Bauer ’12, Eric Brown ’98, Fran Crane Dotson ’05, Leland Brewster ’07, Elisa Gutierrez ’06, Willow Walker ’03, Jeff Konker ’66

Young Alumni Networking Night Caxys Connect Eight alumni representatives returned to campus on the evening of March 6, 2019, for the Academy’s 5th Young Alumni Networking Night (YANN). A joint effort of the offices of Alumni Engagement and Dean of Students, this gathering connects students and alumni for a conversation about college and careers.

The following alumni represented their industries: Alicia Cressey ’03 (Senior Copywriter at The Marketing Store); Warren Yancey ’05 (Senior Analyst at Starcom); Eliza Walters Johnson ’07 (Director at Carlisle & Co.); Jonathan Michalczyk ’07 (President of Solarology); Sandy Meers ’09 (Programmer at Slalom); Eric Clamage ’11 (Associate at White & Case); Matt Goad ’12 (Investment Banking Associate at Goldman Sachs NYC); and Chris Shadek ’13 (CEO at Vega Connected).

“The interest and excitement from the students reinforced what a great, diverse community there is at LFA. I was impressed with their passion for their interests and their curiosity about my field and experiences,” says consultant Eliza Walters Johnson ’07, a graduate of Tufts University and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Likewise, alumnus Warren Yancey ’05, a graduate of the University of Illinois and a senior analyst at marketing and advertising company Starcom, was impressed with the students’ enthusiasm and the scope of their questions. He appreciated the opportunity to meet today’s Caxys as well as to network with fellow alumni representatives.

The 5th annual Young Alumni Networking Night alumni representatives: seated, l-r: Jonathan Michalczyk ’07, Matt Goad ’12, Warren Yancey ’05; standing, l-r: Eliza Walters Johnson ’07, Alicia Cressey ’03, Chris Shadek ’13, Sandy Meers ’09, Eric Clamage ’11

“The YA Networking Night was great as it offered an opportunity for the current students to ask those burning questions about college and even navigating life,” he says. “It was also great for alumni to reconnect and even meet fellow alumni outside of their graduating classes.”

“It was interesting to hear the stories of the alumni and their paths. I realize that it’s not always straightforward going to college, knowing exactly what you want.

The number one thing I learned is to enjoy college, to figure out the things I like, and that it’s ok to change my major.”

Isis Burgos ’20 Waukegan, Ill.

Lauren Salliotte ’20, co-president of the Future Business Leaders of America Club at LFA Lincolnshire, Ill.

“I’ve attended this event all three years at LFA. I talked with people who have already been through LFA and who developed interests here.

They [shared] how they used their skill sets and lessons learned at LFA and applied them in the real world as adults. Also, we talked about the college experience and choosing majors, and going into the workplace. There was a lot of useful information about the transition from Charnice Hoegnifioh ’20 LFA to college to real life, lots of tips on how to Volo, Ill. know which college is right for you.”

“The value in attending this event is that we get hands-on advice from alumni who are knowledgeable in various industries. Because they went to LFA, we students can relate to them to a much greater extent. It’s enlightening to know what is possible for us as graduates.

It’s wonderful that the community at LFA is so close that the alumni can come back and play an active role in our lives. The advice they give helps us to realize the endless opportunities available for our futures after high school, and their success inspires us.”

“I talked with alumni in different fields, and they gave me advice and inspiration on careers. They were very honest and gave me answers about their experiences, what classes in college will be most useful, and how LFA prepared them to be more disciplined in college. They also talked about using hobbies and interests to find internships that will benefit you.”

David Sun ’19, co-president of the Future Business Leaders of America Club at LFA Shanghai, China

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Margaret Prince Morgan, aged 104, died on November 23, 2018, in Vashon, Wash. She was born April 19, 1914, in Chicago, Ill. She was the daughter of the Rev. Dr. Herbert W. Prince and Ethel Abernethy Prince. Margaret, known as Margot, attended Ferry Hall in Lake Forest, Ill., and graduated from Radcliffe College in 1936.

Margot married Donald Grant Morgan in Tamworth in 1942. They settled in South Hadley, Mass., where Don taught political science at Mount Holyoke College for many years until his retirement in 1975.

Margot worked as an adoption counselor for the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, helping families who wished to adopt children.

She and Don were very active for many years in the growth and development of All Saints Church in South Hadley. In recognizing her many contributions, the rector of All Saints said, “We are drawn to Margot because she loves life, she lives life and she exudes love.”

After living in the community for 60 years, Margot moved across the country to Vashon, Wash., the same island community where Don had lived as a boy. In Vashon, she lived for 12 years in a yurt, surrounded by gardens behind the house of her daughter, Margie, and son-in-law, Jim. She became an active member of the local Episcopal Church, and of Vashon, celebrating her 100th birthday there with a community party in 2014. In 2015, Margot moved to the Vashon Community Care center, where she lived until her death.

In addition to her parents and her husband, Margot was predeceased by her brother, Edward Philip Prince. She is survived by her four children, Julie, married to Steve; Edward (Ted), married to Mary Lou; Margaret (Margie), married to James; and Christopher (Kit), married to Suzanne. She is also survived by nine grandchildren, James, Becky, Alex, Katrina, Colin, Nat, Maddy, Tim and Lily, and their partners; and seven great-grandchildren.

Margot remained close to and much beloved by her children and grandchildren, as well as nieces, nephews, cousins and longtime friends, throughout her long life and was delighted by the addition of her great-grandchildren. She also loved to travel to visit family, friends and new places, from Ghana to England to several trips to New Zealand. She especially enjoyed reunions with her entire extended family in the Cascades hamlet of Stehekin, Wash., and in Alaska. Margot will be remembered for her strong faith, her abiding interest in others and in the world around her, and for a loving and caring spirit that always made those around her feel special. She had a great love of natural beauty and the outdoors, especially as expressed through painting and through a lifelong passion for gardening. Her considerable energy and will to live sustained her throughout her long life and was an inspiration to many.

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Carolyn Chapman Wells passed away on September 11, 2018, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

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Muriel Alice Burnet died November 18, 2018. She was the daughter of Raymond Delaplaine Burnet and Isabel Beckler Burnet, and was born in Chicago on September 5, 1922. Muriel was predeceased by both her parents, her brother, Raymond K., and sister, Geraldine B. Olfers ’41.

She is survived by her nephew, Adam Wilson Burnet, who is her godchild. She grew up in Kenilworth and Winnetka and moved with her family in 1950 to Greenwich, Conn., then New York City, spent some years in Wianno, Mass., and finally back to Chicago in 1986. She studied voice and all forms of dance through high school and college. Muriel graduated from Ferry Hall School in Lake Forest, Ill., and Pine Manor Jr. College in Wellesley, Mass. While in Wianno, Mass., she volunteered to do publicity and programs for the Osterville Historical Society and was active in the Horticultural Society. She was a board member of the Historical Society and a member of the Wianno Club.

Her business career began with FM Worldwide Broadcasting in Greenwich, Conn., and then with the ABC affiliate station in Stamford, Conn. She then went into Manhattan to Standard Brands, the Metropolitan Opera Guild, to J. Walter Thompson’s Radio and TV Department under Danny Seymour and then to a law firm Coudert Brothers in its “Entertainment Department.”

That department represented Insurance Firms (Lloyd’s of London, Fireman’s Fund, etc.) who insured the major networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, DuMont, etc.) against idea theft, copyright infringement, libel and slander, etc. Muriel remarked there was never a dull moment with so many high profile clients. When returning to Chicago in 1986 she went to work at the law firm Pretzel and Stouffer.

Muriel studied voice for 10 years, two of which were spent with an internationally famous Lyric Soprano, Edith Mason. She also studied radio technique with Hope Summers. She loved travel, discovered almost all corners of the U.S, England, Scotland, the continent from Spain to Greece and Hungary and all in between, as well as Finland, Russia, and Norway. She ventured into Africa at its western side, part of the Caribbean and Mexico. She was a hospital volunteer for many years and for other institutions as well.

Her work with Rosemary Hall in Greenwich and Ferry Hall and Lake Forest Academy was extremely rewarding for her. She enjoyed the interaction with alumni, parents, and members of the Board and so many men and women who were supporting education with their time and money. When Muriel returned to Chicago in 1986 she once again became active in Lake Forest Academy-Ferry Hall School. She had been the 1940 Class Agent for Ferry Hall and went

on to serve on numerous committees, alumni councils, fundraisers, and was invited to join the Board, the Ferry Hall Advisory Board and lastly, was elected a Life Trustee.

Remembering Muriel Burnet ’40

Margaret Stuart Hart, aged 97, of Lake Forest, Ill, died peacefully on January 27, 2019, at her home.

Born in Chicago, Ill., on January 3, 1922 as the daughter of R. Douglas and Harriet McClure Stuart, she spent her early years in Lake Forest and attended the Bell School there before attending Miss. Hall’s School in Pittsfield, Mass. After high school, she returned to Lake Forest and graduated from The University of Chicago in 1944.

Margaret married Augustin S. Hart, Jr. on April 11, 1942 in Lake Forest whom she had met several years earlier at Princeton University where he was friends with Margaret’s brother, Robert D. Stuart, Jr. She and Gus spent the early portion of their marriage on military bases in Louisiana and Georgia where he trained as an officer in the 82nd Airborne. When Gus was sent overseas with his division in 1942, Margaret returned to Lake Forest and completed her college degree.

At my 35th reunion in 2009, I had some pens made for those registered for alumni weekend. I received a thank you note from Muriel Burnet ’40. In the letter she saw I lived on an island in the Pacific Northwest, and mentioned she had always wanted to visit Victoria, B.C. I wrote back to her and mentioned that if she would fly to Seattle, I would go with her to Victoria, B.C., and we could see Butchart Gardens, stay at the Empress Hotel, have “high tea”, and travel by way of Fast Ferry.

She had never met me, and at 88 years old, she boarded the plane by herself for her adventure.

Truly, I never expected her to take me up on the offer.

We spoke a few times by phone, and Muriel was charming, proper, and considerate, so I was going to do a nice thing for a nice lady who went to Ferry Hall. WRONG! The blessing of the trip was all mine. She was a different kind of person. She looked on the bright side of things and never once complained about anything.

She knew everything about everything and challenged my position on things. A truly brilliant conversationalist.

We had the best time, and I had the most fun!

Our friendship continued, and we talked by mail and phone, but it did not work out to get together at the reunion four years ago. I will miss her. She is my hero for grace in old age.

By Ted Wilson ’74

After World War II, they moved to Long Island, N.Y. where their five children were born. The family moved to Lake Forest in 1960 and has lived there ever since.

The granddaughter of a Presbyterian minister, Margaret was active in The First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest, and served for many years as trustee and Board Chair of McCormick Theological Seminary where her grandfather had been it’s first president. She was a life trustee of Lake Forest College and Lake Forest Open Lands. She was active in many civic and charitable organizations serving on several boards including the School Board, WTTW, The National Parks Conservation Association, Cotton Bay Foundation in Eleuthera, Bahamas and the Department of Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Armed Services in the 1980s.

Margaret greatly enjoyed traveling and did so throughout the world in part through her husband Gus’s leadership of the International Division of Quaker Oats. She constantly pushed herself to learn more and read more, and never shied away from discussions about politics or world affairs. She was also active in Republican politics serving in many volunteer efforts and positions while strongly supporting local, regional, state and federal candidates throughout her life. She had strong views about what was right and wrong, but was always willing to listen to those who opposed her viewpoint and was never afraid to question those of her own party with whom she might disagree.

She was preceded in death by her husband in 1999; her sisters Anne Stuart Batchelder and Harriet Stuart Spencer; her brother Robert D. Stuart, Jr.; and two sons, Douglas Stuart Hart of Powell, WY and Robert Dixon Hart of Red Lodge, Mont. She is survived by her daughters, Kathryn Hart (Robert) Lansing and Heather Hart (Walter) Goldstein ’73; her son Augustin S. (Becky) Hart III; her daughters-in-law Harriet Corbett and Trenay Hart; her grandchildren, 51

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Constance Tippens Jordan, aged 96, a longtime resident of Wilmette and more recently Evanston, Ill., passed away peacefully on January 1, 2019. Connie was born on July 12, 1922, in Grand Rapids, Mich., and grew up as the eldest child of Albert Harris and Constance Felt Tippens residing in Wyoming and Shaker Heights, Ohio, and Lake Forest and Winnetka, Ill. She was a proud alumna of Ferry Hall and a student of art in Boston, the University of Arizona, where she was a member of the Delta Gamma sorority, and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. She married the love of her life, Horace W. Jordan, in 1951 and for the next 60 years together they raised four children, Robert Y. Jordan, Constance Jordan Lochridge, David C. Jordan and Horace (Hob) W. Jordan, Jr. Connie was a dedicated and loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

Connie dedicated her life to volunteer work. During World War II she worked for the Red Cross in Chicago and later she worked on behalf of the Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Winnetka, Ill. She was the proud matriarch of her family and took great joy in sharing tales of family lore and her adventures as a daring roller skater and loving companion to her many dogs. She was a wonderful artist and shared her passion by giving multiple watercolor paintings to her family, particularly of her surroundings spent during winters in Rockport, Texas. She was a passionate traveler, talented violinist with the Flute and Fiddle Club, determined golfer, avid swimmer and reveled in her weekends in Bridgman, Mich. She also was an active member of the Town and Country Arts Club, the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Colonial Dames.

She is survived by her sister Anne Buck, children Bob, Connie (Scott) and Hob (Diana); her grandchildren Kati (Stephen), Natalie, Scott, Calla, Gwen, Taryn and Charlotte; her great-grandchildren Wesley Kate, Blake, and Kendall; cherished sisters-in-law, cousins and many loving nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her son David and her husband Horace.

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The Rev. Russell C. Tomlinson Jr., aged 95 of Ankeny, Iowa, went to be with his Lord on January 22, 2019. Russell was born in Cicero, Ind., on April 4, 1923, to Russell and Unity Tomlinson.

He served honorably in the U.S. Army Infantry during World War II. He received his Bachelor’s degree from Lake Forest College and attended Princeton Theological Seminary. He was ordained in the Presbyterian Church and served numerous congregations in the Midwest. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth, and his sister, 52

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Margaret Miller. He is survived by daughters Joan (Michael) Reich and Susan Tomlinson, his son Paul (Anne), seven grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

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Arthur William Klang, aged 95, of Columbia, passed away on Monday, January 7, 2019. Bill was born on November 13, 1923, in Sedalia, Miss., to Elise Loretto Archias and Arthur William Klang.

Bill was baptized, had his first communion and was confirmed at Sacred Heart Church. He attended Sacred Heart School, then graduated from Lake Forest Academy in 1942. Bill was drafted in November 1942, into the United States Army, and was sent overseas to the Philippines, where he drove a landing craft. In 1946, he entered Westminster College, then graduated from the University of Missouri in 1950. Bill joined his father in business in Sedalia, and later opened Klang’s in Parkade Plaza. On October 1, 1955, he married Marchea Malone at Sacred Heart Church. He is survived by his wife, Marchea, five children: Christopher (Sally) Klang; David Klang; Juliette (David) Benkendorf; Marchea (Mike) Sarrazin; Robert (Jami) Klang; four granddaughters: Christine (A.J.) Pruss, Gretchen Benkendorf, Lillian Klang and Clara Klang; one grandson: Jackson Klang; and many cousins, nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents: Arthur and Elise Klang; in-laws: Robert and Antonia Malone; aunts and uncles.

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Albert E. Kircher, Jr. passed away quietly at home in Burr Ridge, Ill., on July 27, 2017. Albert leaves his wife of 56 years Kathleen; his son Al (Abbie Luhn Kircher), nephew Richard (Judy) Morton; his grand daughters Emilie Kircher and Samantha Luhn and many other family members and friends.

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George S. Feiwell, aged 91, died peacefully at home on November 28, 2018. George lived an adventurous life befitting of his colorful personality. As a young adult, George worked as a rancher in Wyoming and performed in rodeos, and later racing both cars and boats. George obtained both an undergraduate and law degree from the University of Iowa, graduating law school in 1953.

George was one of the great lawyers of his generation, practicing in local, state, and federal courtrooms in a career spanning over six decades. George was especially proud working on the longest jury trial in the Northern District of Illinois, a trial that lasted for over five months. In his later years, George focused primarily in the Domestic Relations Division of Cook County, and continued to be a zealous advocate for his clients. Predeceased by his parents, Morris and Mable Feiwell; loving wife, Marilyn Jane Feiwell; brother Robert Feiwell; and sister, Elinor (Stanley) Jarrow. Survived by son, Todd

Feiwell, daughter, Annie (Scott) Diamond; grandchildren Lauren, Eli, Madilyn, and Dylan; and devoted companion Jan Kramer.

Joan Dixon Keller died peacefully on April 18, 2019, at her home in Westwood, Mass. Joan was born on September 11, 1927, in Springfield, Ill., as the daughter of Noah and Louisa Dixon and sister of Noah M. Dixon. Joan attended Ferry Hall Academy and graduated from Pembroke College (Brown University) with a degree in English Literature in 1949. After college, Joan joined the Junior Executive training program of Filene’s department store in Boston.

In 1952, she married Oliver Keller Jr. in Springfield, Ill., where they lived until their move to Tallahassee, Fla., in 1967. The couple then moved to Gainesville in 1975. Throughout her life, Joan was a wonderful athlete and excelled in swimming, tennis and golf. On her 90th birthday she eagled a par 4 hole. She was also very active in her communities, participating in the Junior League, Garden Clubs, Beyond War and the Colonial Dames. Prior to moving to New England in 2017 to be closer to her daughters, Joan and Ollie lived in Atlanta, Ga., for nearly 40 years. Ollie predeceased Joan in 2008.

Joan embraced life and loved people. She made lasting friendships with people of all ages and those from all walks of life. She was adored by her daughters, sons-in-law, grandchildren, and nieces and nephews. Her newest friends from the Foxhill community brought her great joy and happiness and her long time Michigan friends gave her continual love and enjoyment. In the last 20 years she thoroughly enjoyed playing Bridge. She loved good books, the New York Times and the PBS News Hour. Beautiful music, independent movies, birds at her feeder and Michigan summers were important in her life.

Lois Sawyer Weir, born March 15, 1930, in Escanaba, Mich., passed away on December 21, 2017, surrounded by her children, Tom, Penny and Mary Sue at her home in Boca Grande, Fla. Lois grew up in Escanaba, Mich., where she met her husband Cliff of 60 years while racing 21-foot seagulls on Lake Michigan.

Lois and Cliff’s love for being on the water brought them to live in Shelter Island, N.Y., Tortola, BVI and ultimately Boca Grande.

Lois had a background in interior decorating and an eye for fashion. Her flare for style and grace was brought out not only in her fashion and decorating but also in her jest for life and love of entertaining; hosting unforgettable activities such as her annual “crazy ladies get-togethers”, “dog show events”, “hat parties” and “wedding anniversary gatherings” as well as her crazy and creative participation in the Boca Grande bike parade. Lois found an outlet for her creativity and generosity in the NJ Decorator Showcase Homes, the Boca Grande Women’s Club and the Garden Club, the Boca Grande Art Alliance, the Shelter Island Yacht Club Entertainment Committee and the Mashomack Preserve’s Annual Benefit Dinner Dance Committee. In true Lois Weir style, her ultimate gift, at age 74, was spending a week at the San Andres Episcopal Church in the Dominican Republic as part of the Venice

Deanery missions project to help refurbish the church built in 1961.

Lois was predeceased by her husband Cliff and grandson Sawyer.

Lois is survived by her three children: Tom Weir, Penny Oakley and Mary Sue Weir-Kovalchuk; grandchildren Nicole, Hannah, Anna, Kristin and Collin; and great grandchildren Grant, Mason and Skye.

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Joan “Sandy” Allenbach Defenbaugh of Peoria passed away on Monday, February 26, 2018, at the age of 90. She was born on January 10, 1928, the daughter of Chris Daniel and Irene Frank Allenbach. She was married to William Ellwood Defenbaugh Sr. on June 17, 1949. She is the mother of William Ellwood Defenbaugh Jr. and Chris Daniel Defenbaugh and Ann Defenbaugh. Her son, Chris, died two years ago and her husband, William Sr., died almost 10 years ago. She has two grandchildren, Elise and Hannah Defenbaugh. She graduated from Ferry Hall in Lake Forrest, Ill., and Mt. Vernon Junior College in Washington D.C., and worked at the Peoria Credit Bureau. She was a member of the Junior League of Peoria and she performed volunteer work at Forrest Park Foundation and the Institute of Medicine and Rehabilitation and was a past member of Methodist Hospital Service. She was a member of and taught Sunday school at First Federated Church of Peoria. In recent years she loved, and was a champion at playing Bridge.

Patricia Ann Howell died Sunday, August 2, 2015, at her residence in Stow, Ohio. She was a graduate of Ferry Hall in Lake Forest, Illinois and attended Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Mo. She was the wife of the late Eldridge A. Howell and mother of Elizabeth A. Long and Patricia D. Howell.

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Stanley D. Anderson, aged 90, died Monday, March 11, 2019, in Lewisburg, Pa. He was born October 4, 1928, in Lake Forest, Ill., as a son of the late Stanley D. Anderson Sr. and Jane McDonald Anderson. Following his mother’s death, he was adopted by his late stepmother, Margaret Anderson. Stanley is survived by his loving sister, Sara Jane “Sally” Anderson ’45; stepbrother, John Mudge Sr. and Sidney; step-niece, Margo Mudge and John Williams; and stepnephew, John “Jack” Mudge; and an endless list of friends.

Stanley, a graduate of Lake Forest Academy in 1947, went on to Trinity College where he graduated in 1951. He proudly served in the Army during the Korean War. He was the writer and editor of the Appeal Securities Act Handbook, a congressional journal on fiscal policy and also for the Command Proxy Rule Book. Stan (Snoopy) had a love for the Peanuts comic strip. He always had a great story or strange joke, some were from the many times he traveled the world. A historian on many levels, his favorite was railroading.

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Nancy’s longtime home on Kettle Creek Road, “The Brown Barn,” not only was the setting for Democratic Party planning groups, scriptwriting sessions for Weston Players productions, and raucous holiday parties, it was also the home of her publishing company, Pictures of Record, an academic publisher focusing on archeology.

That in turn led to a new business, Brown Barn Books, which published dozens of novels for young adults.

Born Nancy Kaslow in South Bend, Ind., Nancy graduated from Smith College in 1951 with a bachelor’s in sociology and a master’s in anthropology from City University of New York. After a few years in New York City, she married John Hammerslough and soon after moved to Weston. She and John lived in the same house for some 54 years. Together, they were a near constant presence in town affairs. She served two terms as the chairman of the Democratic Town Committee (DTC), was a member of the Board of Education, and ran for a seat in the state legislature in 1974. In 2009, she and John were honored as “Democrats of the Year” by the Connecticut State Democratic Party.

Nancy’s involvement in Weston went far beyond politics. With a circle of friends, she and John mounted musical theater productions spoofing the latest shows on Broadway, and in the 1980s she co-produced a film tracing the history of the town. “The Outlivers,” though a small-town production, featured big city talent: It was narrated by Christopher Plummer and featured a bevy of wellknown actors who made their homes in Weston. The film won an Emmy and led to Nancy’s involvement as a writer and producer of productions for educational television. Her publishing business, Pictures of Record, provided photographs of archaeological sites and artifacts for use in college classrooms. The business allowed her to travel to the far corners of the world, taking pictures in Latin America, the Middle East, and Asia – and the United States as well.

In the 1990s she launched a book-publishing business, focusing on titles for young adult readers. Among the dozens of books she published, one was her own, a coming of age novel called “Almost Lost, Nearly Found.”

After John Hammerslough’s death in 2013, Nancy took up residence in Westport. She is survived by her son, Charles R Hammerslough, her daughter, Jane Hammerslough, and four grandchildren.

Sue Weston van Steenderen passed away on June 9, 2018, at Skaalen Home in Stoughton, Colo. She was born on February 13, 1929, the fourth of six children, to Dr. Frank (Red) and (Ruth (Johnson) Weston in Madison.

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In her younger years, she was a camper/counselor at Warwick Woods in Sayner, Wis. Sue was a risk taker, and an example of her sense of adventure was riding horseback with the Arapahoe Hunt, in Colorado. During the 60’s and 70’s, Sue was co-owner of the Yarn Nook in Stoughton, and In Stitches in Boulder Junction, until the untimely death of her husband Frederick (Frits) Kimball van Steenderen. She authored a book on needlepoint and taught needlework through MATC. These endeavors allowed Sue to share the craft of knitting and hardanger embroidery with many. She was passionate about family gatherings, baking and eating cookies, shopping, traveling, and the enjoyment of a Coors Light.

Sue is survived by her children, Tom (Mary) and their children Frits and Carly (Jimmy) Hunkins, and baby van Hunkins; Steve (Debe) and Jane (Paul) Bastiansen; brother, Dr. Carl Weston, in-laws, Joyce Weston, William (Smiley) Johnson, and Martha van Steenderen; and many nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by siblings, Jane Johnson, John Weston, Nan (Bob) Thompson, Mary (John) Frautschi; and in-law, Sue Weston.

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After a brief illness, Peter Roy Carney passed away peacefully on January 11, 2019, in Vero Beach, Fla. Peter was a patriot born on July 5, 1931, in Chicago to Marie Murphy and William Roy Carney. He attended Lake Forest Academy until a fire shut it down temporarily.

He transferred and graduated from Canterbury School (1949) in New Milford, Conn., and later from Princeton University (1953) where he discovered his love for geology and was president of Cap and Gown.

He joined the army in 1953 and served and rose to First Lieutenant Executive Officer in the C Battery of the 97th Field Artillery Battalion at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, Colo., until 1955. After his service, he was an investment analyst for Glore Forgan in Chicago before moving to Denver as a staff geologist for E.A. Polumbus & Associates.

He married Marina Galitzine in 1957, and after living in Denver for two years, he returned to Illinois to run Superior Graphite Company.

His storied and illustrious career spanned over 50 years and transformed a sleepy graphite company into an industry leader by co-inventing an innovative continuous carbon purification process.

Peter served on the board of Carney Management LLC, the Foundry Education Foundation, the Illinois Manufacturers Association, Lake Forest Caucus, Lake Forest Open Lands, Lake Forest Symphony, Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago), and the Wyoming Chapter of the Nature Conservancy. He was a member of YPO and later WBC/WPO/YPO Gold where he served as president, and created a model forum, which generated intentional, committed friendships. Peter was also a past president

of the Black Butte Gas Company, Carney Ranch Company, Casting Industry Suppliers Association (CISA), as well as for the CISA Export Trade Group, and Graphite Synthesis. He was a consultant for the United Nations Office of Technical Cooperation (India), and a past executive committee member of the Business Industry Political Action Committee (BIPAC). He was a lifelong member of the Coleman Lake Club where he also served as president. Additionally, he served on the board for Lake Forest Academy, Canterbury School, Onwentsia Club, the Chicago Club, and was a lifetime member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

He is survived by his loving wife of 61 years, Marina Galitzine Carney; four children: Marina Carney Puryear (Jim), Kathy VandeMotter Carney, Edward Carney (Laura Foster), and Sasha Carney Woods; his twelve grandchildren; Nick Vernon (Monica), Chris Vernon (Erika), Marina Boo Vernon, Kelley VandeMotter Sudderth (Jim), Peter VandeMotter (fiancé, Kathryn Naughton), Murphy VandeMotter, Maggie Carney, Sasha Carney, Peter Carney, Aleka Woods, W.J. Woods, and Michael Woods.

He is preceded in death by his parents, his brothers William and Otis, and his sister Jean Mullett.

Major Stewart Burton Matthews, Jr., USAF Ret., aged 87, from Golden, Colo., passed away on Saturday, February 16, 2019.

Stewart was born to Stewart B. Matthews Sr. and Joy Vivian Keck on February 27, 1931, in Evanston, Ill. He had two sisters, Mari and Della, both deceased. Stewart grew up in Evanston. He attended Lake Forest Academy, Dartmouth and Northwestern University before joining the US Air Force. He became a fighter pilot, where he served mostly in far eastern tours of duty including being stationed in Japan and Taiwan. He was an advisor to the Chinese Air Force working directly with Chiang Kai-shek and earned many awards for his accomplishments. He retired from the Air Force as a Major after 22 years of service. He then settled down in Colorado and went into the real estate business, becoming a broker and owning his own company. Stewart was dedicated to and passionate about his country. He had high expectations, was a perfectionist, and was devoted to his family, loved fine wine, food and music. Stewart is survived by his wife of 42 years, Maryann Gerbosi Matthews.

Also surviving are five children, Stewart, Mark, Scott, Patricia (Jerry Navarez) and Kirk, and one step son, David Gerbosi (Susan) and seven grandchildren, Kori, Jessica, Alyssa, Brigette, Josh, Nicole and Jacob and four great grandchildren, Harper, Wyatt, Maddison and Allison. He was preceded in death by his former wife, Arminta Poole Matthews.

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Mary Steiger Garman, aged 86, of Sundance, Wyo., passed away December 15, 2018, at the Rapid City Hospital.

Mary was born in Oshkosh, Wis., on June 14, 1932 to Carl E. and Ruth Storms Steiger. She graduated from Ferry Hall in 1950, Pine Manor Junior College in 1952, the University of Wisconsin in 1954, and her greatest accomplishment was graduating from the University of Wyoming with her Juris Doctor in 1987. She was married to Neal A. Garman on August 5, 1955 and the couple had four children. They later divorced.

Mary opened a private law practice in Sundance in 1988 and retired in 2004. Mary was very involved in the history of Crook County, writing a booklet on the Sundance Kid and known as a resource for local facts. She served as Justice of the Peace from 1978-1981 and City Judge for Sundance, Moorcroft, and Upton, as well as being very active in the Republican Party and served on many county and state boards and commissions. Mary had many hobbies including reading, traveling, gardening, and had deep love for dogs and horses. Her greatest pride were her children and grandchildren.

Survivors include one daughter, Christina “Tina” (Steve) Wood and three sons Jeffrey (Jackie Kary) Garman, Wayne (Dixie) Garman, and Ross (Pamela) Garman; grandchildren Lacey Garman, Jeremy (Cassie) Garman, Lyndee (Mike) Miller, Anna (Zac) Valentine, Clay Wood, Cody Wood, Taylor Garman, Kyle (Taylor) Wood, Jaycee Garman, Tessa Garman and Peggy Sue Garman; greatgrandchildren Jaelynn McIntosh, Kassidy Brey, Lori and Faya Garman, Hadlee and Brinlee Wood and Paige and Ellie Valentine, sisters-in-law; Pat Steiger, Martha (Carl) Reimer and Eileen Garman along with many nieces and nephews.

Mary was preceded in death by her parents, brothers, Donald Steiger and William Steiger, sisters, Connie Dempsey and Ann Haberstroh.

JoAnn Wherry Feucht, aged 86, of Peoria, Ill., passed away Sunday, December 23, 2018, at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. She was born on December 14, 1932, in Peoria. Her adopted parents were James and Thelma Poppen Wherry. She married Chris Feucht on November 9, 1963. He preceded her in death on October 16, 2004. JoAnn loved her family and her dogs. Her faith was important to her throughout her life. She was a member and volunteer at First Federated Church. She attended Bradley University and was a member of the Gamma Phi Beta Sorority. She was employed over 25 years by the Peoria Journal Star.

Her parents and aunt, Alma Stone, who raised her, also preceded her in death. She is survived by her daughters, Laurie (Lawrence) 55

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Born on August 27, 1934, Dr. Carl Burton Weston was the youngest of six children in the Dr. Frank L. and Ruth Weston family.

On March 20, 2019, he died peacefully at Agrace HospiceCare in Madison, Wis., surrounded by the love of his family, friends, medical colleagues, and compassionate caregivers. His death follows his wife, Susan, who passed in 2012.

From a young age, Carl knew he wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps as a physician. An avid student, he loved learning and excelled in school. He graduated from Lake Forest Academy in 1952, and continued on to the University of Wisconsin for college, class of 1956. From there, he attended the Penn Medical school, graduating in 1960 as a doctor of internal medicine.

Carl enjoyed a rewarding medical career spanning six decades of service. After his residency at Cook County in Chicago, he returned to Madison and worked alongside his father in private practice.

When his father retired, he joined the Jackson Clinic, thriving in the multi specialty care environment. Mid-career, Carl transitioned to administrative medicine, becoming vice president for Medical Affairs at Meriter. Retiring from Meriter in 2003, Carl went back to school. He mentored the UW Medical School class of 2007, and was honored to deliver the White Coat address stating, you are about to begin the “most exciting journey that you will travel for the rest of your life.” He encouraged the students to, “learn today, heal tomorrow, and embrace excellence always.” Next, fulfilling his lifelong quest to provide compassionate end-of-life care, Carl finished his career as medical director at Agrace HospiceCare.

Agrace staff and families who worked with him fondly remember his wise counsel and empathetic patient advocacy.

Carl met and married the love of his life, Susan Hazekamp, in 1960. Settling in Madison, together they raised three daughters, Holly, Jenner, Sarah, and son, Carl, who passed in 1992. Family was always central in Carl’s life. Whether it was Sunday dinners at grandma Weston’s house, vacationing up north with his children and grandchildren, or attending a UW football game with the “Weston gang,” Carl’s exuberant and cheerful presence will be remembered by all who knew him.

Carl will be sadly missed by his family, Holly and Chip Rogers and sons Weston, Sawyer, and Davis; Jenner and Eric McLeod and daughters Jenner, Anders and Hollis; and Sarah and San Orr and sons Anders, Oliver and Morgan. He also leaves behind many extended family members, close friends, former patients and

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medical colleagues. For all the lives he touched with his kindness, honesty and wisdom; his legacy lives in their hearts forever.

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Sara Jan Baldwin McIlhenny lived a remarkable life. She was born in May 24, 1935, and lost her battle to cancer on May 2, 2018. She was born on May 24, 2935, in Ilney, Ill., to her precious parents, Maude and George Baldwin, joining her big brother, George, whom she adored. After several years in Bridgeport, Ill., the family moved to Ft. Worth where the oil business was booming. Jan attended grade school there before moving back to Bridgeport where her father and brother ran the family oil business. In Illinois, Jan attended boarding school at the Ferry Hall School for Girls.

After high school, Jan chose to go to KU, but after a week, fate led her to SMU. This last minute decision changed the course of her life forever. In her first week, she was discovered by senior football star, Don McIlhenny. Don spotted her across the student union and wasted no time introducing himself. The story has been told that he was initially much more impressed than she, but his good looks, wit and determination paid off. He got his girl! Jan’s new boyfriend was soon off to Detroit to play professional football and wanted her to go as his bride. He asked for her hand in marriage and Maude and George said not now. Jan had so much respect for her parents that she complied. After six months they were married with her parents blessing and remained so for over 60 years.

Lynn, Lott, Lance, and Lori arrived in quick succession and Jan took naturally to mothering. Her children were her most precious gifts and remained her best friends, companions, and confidants to her last day. The household was hectic and full of love, friends and food.

Jan was busy. She wasn’t content to stay home and worked into her late 70’s. She treasured all her work friends. Over the past year, Jan grew very fond of caregivers Natalie, Samantha and Jessica.

The family is most grateful for their loving care over the past months.

She possessed Hall-of-Fame Grandmothering skills. She loved thinking about, talking about, buying for, cooking for, and being with her grandchildren Maggie, Dru, Brookes, Ali and Kendall McIlhenny and Edward and Henry Stocker. She loved having all the family around, not only the “homegrowns” but also the “handpicked” kids, Cindy, Dina, Bronson and Jake as well as numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

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Graham “Jerry” Fitzgerald Craig was born on May 17, 1937, to Dr. Winchell McKendree Craig and Jean Fitzgerald Craig. Jerry passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018, after treatment for cancer.

Jerry graduated from Lake Forest Academy in Lake Forest, Ill. He attended the University of Minnesota and Ohio Wesleyan University.

Jerry was a longtime member of the Rochester community. Jerry was a warm and loving brother, uncle and friend to many. Jerry was a longtime member of the AA community, where he was friend and mentor. In his 32 years of sobriety, he shared his experience, strength and hope. He will be missed by many. Jerry is survived by his brother, Winchell (Jock) Craig; sister, Jean Craig Stengel (Leo); nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, James Stewart Craig.

Stephen Mathew Herndon, aged 82, passed away peacefully at his home in Rockport, Texas, on October 27, 2018. Steve was born in Springfield, Ill., on March 26, 1936. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Judith Lock, and his 4 children: Stephen Herndon Jr., wife Kathleen, of Brewster, Anne Herndon Denton, husband Stuart, Martha Herndon Renkoski, husband Robert, and Elizabeth Herndon Fletcher, husband Dana, and nine grandchildren.

Steve, raised in Springfield, graduated from Lake Forest Academy and attended Babson College in Boston, earning his degree in 1959. He served in the U.S. Army from 1960-1965. He was an active managing partner in Herndon’s store for 20 years. After leaving Springfield in 1980, he became the owner of The Gold Shops of Salisbury, N.C., and then became a Senior Retail Consultant for GA Wright for 10 years. Steve opened Penny Pinchers in 1997 in Austin, Texas. He moved the store to Rockport in 2001 and then sold it in 2013.

Donald Ashe Freytag died peacefully on April 2, 2019, at the age of 81 in Vero Beach, Fla. Born in Chicago, Ill., on April 17, 1937, to the late Elmer Walter and Mary Louise (Mayo) Freytag, he grew up in Highland Park, Ill., and graduated cum laude from Lake Forest Academy in 1955. He received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Yale University in 1959 and a master’s in business administration from Harvard University in 1963. From 1959 to 1961 he served on active duty with the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army parachute unit as an intelligence officer and jumpmaster, making 27 jumps from single and multi-engine aircraft.

His business career included positions with Hunt-Wesson Foods, Warner-Lambert, The Pepsi Cola Company, Beverage Management, and G.D. Ritzy’s. He also served on numerous boards of advisors and boards of directors in the manufacturing, distribution, retail, and service industries, and was an adjunct professor at Ohio State University where he taught classes in business policy and strategic planning. He is a former director and past president of the Harvard Business School Club of Columbus, a former trustee and past president of the Central Ohio Center for Economic Education, and the 1991 recipient of the Roman F. Warmke award for his contributions to economic education in Ohio. He was also a trustee of The Columbus Academy and a member of the Yale Club and the 82nd Airborne Division Association. Throughout his life, he enjoyed jogging, scuba diving, biking, golf, and especially, reading. He is

survived by his wife, Elizabeth “Betsy” Freytag; three sons, Donald (Becky) Freytag, Gavin (Maggie) Freytag, and Alexander (Christine) Freytag; nine grandchildren (who affectionately knew him as PopPop): Charlotte, Lily, Slater, Abigail, Eliza, Hunter, Alec, Sophia, and Ethan; and sister, Dorothy Howe ’53.

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James Michael Hewitt, aged 79, of Hampstead, N.C., passed away on August 11, 2018, at Lower Cape Fear Hospice in Wilmington, N.C.

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Lynne Templeton Brickley of Litchfield, Conn., passed away on January 30, 2019, at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital with her family by her side. She was 78 years old. Lynne was the wife of the late Richard Brickley.

Lynne was an independent historian who served as a consultant for several prizewinning exhibitions at the Litchfield Historical Society and on the governing boards of the Litchfield Garden Club, the Democratic Town Committee, and the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation.

Lynne was born in Buffalo, N.Y., the third child of Richard Harkness Templeton and Corinne Flaacke, and grew up in Chicago, Ill. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College and married the late Marshall Field IV in 1964. In 1972, she married Richard Brickley and moved to Boston where she received her doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and served as a Trustee of Park School, President of the Beacon Hill Garden Club, and a Founding Trustee of the Friends of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center.

Lynne was predeceased by her sister, Rini Templeton. She is survived by her daughter, Corinne Field; her brother Richard Templeton, Jr; and numerous grandchildren and step-grandchildren.

Rae Lynn Kweder, aged 78, passed away on Sunday, March 10, 2019, at Aurora Medical Center in Kenosha, Wis. Born in Waukegan, Ill., on June 24, 1940, she was the daughter of David J. Kweder, M.D and Adele D. (Nelson) Kweder, R.N. She attended Greenwood Grade School, Waukegan Township High School, Lake Forest Academy and the University of Illinois. Rae was part owner and operator of the Oaks Duck Inn in Wadsworth where she held the position of president and treasurer. She was employed

by Victor Temporaries, Poe & Poe and Realty World Barnett. She was a member of the Mini-Cooper Club of America and was active in the Portuguese Water Dog Club of Greater Chicago. Rae, who was known by her family as “Aunt Butch”, is survived by her loving husband of 40 years, Tim O’Neill; her sister, Dee Jay Kweder; her 57

in memoriam step-sons, Tim (Melissa) and Brian (Amy) O’Neill; her two stepgrandchildren, Mackensie and Chloe; her niece, Amy (John Graefe) Griesheimer; her nephew, David (Tina Lutz) Griesheimer; and her grand nephews, Evan and Noah Griesheimer and Kohl and Wyatt Mandeau. She was preceded in death by her parents.

Dr. Walter Davis “Walt” Stevenson III, aged 78, of Naples, Fla., and Quincy, Ill., died on Thursday, November 29, 2018, at 6:47 a.m. in his home in Naples. Walt was born March 3, 1940, in Rochester, Minn., the son of Walter Davis and Katharine Gardner Stevenson, Jr. He married the love of his life, Darlene Gates, on December 23, 1965. She survives. Walt attended Quincy High School for a year and then attended and graduated from Lake Forest Academy in Lake Forest, Ill. He graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Mass., and Washington University Medical School in St. Louis, Miss., where he also served his internship. Walt completed his residency at the Scheie Eye Institute in Philadelphia, Pa. Walt served for two years in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War. He was stationed stateside as a physician at the Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station. Walt and Darlene returned to Quincy after his discharge from the Navy and he joined the P&S Clinic, on July 15, 1974, as an ophthalmologist. Walt retired in December of 1999 from the Quincy Medical Group. He served on the Board of Directors for the P&S Clinic and was a board member and past president of Quincy Medical Group (1987-1997).

Walt had a passion for golf and was an accomplished golfer from a young age, spending many hours at his favorite course at the Quincy Country Club. At the age of 14, Walt won the Chicago District Golf Association’s Junior Event. He was also the Club Champion at the Quincy Country Club in 1986. Walt received the Boy Scout of America Mississippi Valley Council’s 12th Annual Distinguished Citizen Award, in 2000, for exemplifying Scouting’s high ideals in leadership, service and ethical standards. One example of Walt’s dedication to the community over the years was his involvement as a board member of the Quincy Area Project. He was a member of First Union Congregational Church in Quincy, the Quincy Country Club, The Covenant Presbyterian Church in Naples, the Naples Yacht Club and the Club at Pelican Bay. Walt was empathetic towards animals and he and Darlene always had dogs and supported organizations that would help save animals and provide for their medical care.

Survivors include wife of 52 years, Darlene, and their two children, Scott Stevenson and Laura Stevenson; his sister-in-law, Carolyn Stevenson; three nieces and nephews, John Gardner (Dale) Stevenson, Jr., Jennifer Gardner Stevenson, and Wes (Shannon) Gates; six great-nieces and great-nephews, John Gardner “Jack” Stevenson, III, Alec Nielsen Stevenson, Gunnar Stevenson Croke, Katharine Gardner Croke, Megan Gates, and Shaun Gates; his two dogs, Trifle and Norma Jean; and his cat Q Tip. Walt was preceded in death by his parents, and two brothers, Ralph Stevenson and John Gardner Stevenson, Sr. 58

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Leonard “Len” George Paulini, aged 76, of West Chester, Ohio, beloved husband and father, passed away Friday, March 22, 2019, at Mercy Health-Fairfield Hospital. He was born on July 6, 1942, in Chicago, Ill., to John Leonard Paulini and Anne Julia Waschbusch Paulini. Both parents and his older brother, Robert John Paulini, predeceased him. Len attended high school at Lake Forest Academy in Illinois, and went on to receive a degree in journalism from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1964. After graduating from college, he moved to Rochester, N.Y., working in marketing for Eastman Kodak for 20 years before starting his own advertising agency. Following this, he worked for over 10 years in healthcare marketing in the Cincinnati area. He loved to fish the streams around Rochester, and spent many hours fossil hunting and metal detecting around Ohio. He was a lifelong Chicago Cubs fan and spoke fondly of his childhood growing up near Wrigley Field.Len is survived by his wife and soulmate Jeannie Lehmann Paulini ’61; his children, Steven (Susan) and Ellen (Matthew); his stepdaughters, Susie and Debbie; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; and former spouse Jeanne Madden. He will always be remembered for his kind heart, wonderful smile, thoughtful way with words, and quick humor.

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Barry Joseph Carroll, 74, of Lake Forest, Ill., and East Chop, Martha’s Vineyard, passed away peacefully on December 23, 2018, after a brief illness. Born on January 22, 1944, in Highland Park, Ill., the son of Wallace and Lelia (Holden) Carroll, Carroll grew up on the Lazy C Ranch in Bannockburn and then on LeWa Farm in Lake Forest, where he met his beloved wife, Barbara Pehrson Carroll ’61 while in high school. He leaves behind his wife of 53 years and his five children: Megan Carroll, Sean (Karen) Carroll, Deirdre Carroll (Jonathan) Erulkar, Colleen Carroll (Kipp) deVeer, Oona Carroll, and siblings: Wallace E. Carroll, Jr. ’56, Denis H. Carroll ’57, Lelia Carroll, and 11 grandchildren. A devoted husband, father, and grandfather, for all of his life’s accomplishments and adventures, his family will always remember him as a lifelong learner and avid reader with an encyclopedic memory who could teach them about virtually any subject, and as someone who enjoyed sailing and flying his airplane, playing many musical instruments, and singing folk music.

Carroll spent most of his adulthood working as a manufacturing executive, real estate developer, bank director, university trustee, photographer, and filmmaker, and he got his start at Lake Forest Academy and graduated from Lake Forest High School in 1961. He attended Boston College, 1961-1963, and earned his bachelor’s from Shimer College in 1966 with a concentration in humanities. He attended St. Claire’s Hall, Oxford, England, and earned his master

of business administration from Harvard Business School in 1969, with a concentration in finance and small business administration.

In 1995 he received an honorary doctorate of letters from Shimer College. Early in his career, he was named one of the “Outstanding Men of America” by the national organization, and he was invited and joined MENSA. In 1970, he began his pursuit of improving standards in educational institutions when he joined his alma mater as a founding board member for Shimer College and the Shimer College Foundation for Liberal Arts, and served as Chairman from 1975-1978. From 1973 he served for decades as trustee on the boards of Roosevelt University, St. Xavier University, Barat College, and the University of Illinois Eye Research Institute.

In 1983-84, Carroll accepted an appointment by the President’s Commission on Executive Exchange and worked for a year in the first Reagan administration as Special Assistant to the U.S. Secretary of Education, Terrel Bell. In subsequent years, he followed up on this appointment by speaking on, authoring, and editing a monograph and book on business partnerships with education.

Carroll also went on a scientific expedition to an unusually dry valley in Eastern Antarctica in January 1989 where he explored mineral resources while SCUBA diving under the ice and he employed helicopters and a hovercraft to photograph the terrain and wildlife.

His numerous photography and videography projects spanned a variety of scientific and industrial subjects over four decades, producing dozens of films including one on the history of punch presses and one on the story of mallet instruments.

The depth and breadth of Carroll’s education augured well as he served dozens of educational, cultural, and financial institutions in his lifetime as a trustee, director, president, or officer. Carroll was an adventurer and an explorer, a loving husband, father, son, brother, and grandfather, but he was ultimately a lifetime student, a polymath, and true renaissance man.

Percival Livingston Reynolds, Jr., died February 2, 2019, in Denver, Colo. He attended Cranbrook School, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., and graduated from Lake Forest Academy, Lake Forest, Ill. He attended Knox College in Galesburg, Ill. Following college, Percy joined the U.S. Marine Corps. He worked in the insurance industry in Joliet, Ill., and joined a family owned retail business, Continental Clothing in Galesburg, Ill. He was an active member of the Joliet and Galesburg Chambers of Commerce and served as Advance for Vice President Spiro Agnew. He moved to Washington D.C. and was an appointee to the U.S. Department of State for President Ronald Reagan. He was then self-employed as a consultant for nonprofit and political campaigns until his retirement. Throughout his life he enjoyed politics, travel, reading, golf, backgammon and crossword puzzles. His friends enjoyed his charm and his outrageous sense of humor. Percy is survived by his beloved children, David Livingston Reynolds and his wife, Jody, and Elizabeth Reynolds McDermott.

He is also survived by their mother, Susan Burns Hellberg; his four grandchildren, John David Reynolds and Katherine Louise Reynolds, and Gabrielle Louise McDermott and Alexander Reynolds McDermott; his sisters, Sue Ann Cornish and Martha R. Gauger and husband William of Chicago, Ill.; and several nieces and nephews.

He is also survived by his former wife, Merrilyn Bardes, and his former son-in-law and friend, Sean McDermott. He was preceded in death by his father, Percival Livingston Reynolds and his mother, Leona MacGregor Reynolds.

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Michael Paul Zarich was born in Akron, Ohio, on July 12, 1944.

He passed away April 20, 2018, at his home surrounded by his loving family and friends. He was their hero. Mike grew up in Chicago, Ill. He graduated from Yale University in 1966, with a BS in Electrical Engineering. He worked in many areas of engineering, including: the Apollo Space Program at Cape Canaveral, digital disc drives, environmental protection, and medical/surgical instrument design. Mike held multiple U.S. patents. He was a professor of Electrical Engineering at Colorado Technical Institute in Colorado Springs, graded standardized tests for the state, and drove a bus for Special Transit. Mike’s hobbies and volunteer work included being a bit player and technical expert for many Front Range theaters. He was Longmont Theater Company’s first technical director. He and his wife Debbie designed and built more than 100 sets for LTC - winning many local, regional, and national awards.

In addition to training students in technical theater arts, Mike also coached little league and mentored frequently during his tenure as a youth role model. On March 23, 2015, Mike sustained a spinal cord injury as a result of an accidental fall. After a stay at Craig Rehabilitation Hospital, Mike returned home to the full-time care of his wife Debbie as an incomplete quadriplegic. The family is grateful for the outpouring of support from friends and loved ones in the last three years. Mike is survived by his loving wife of 40-years, Deb Zarich; son, Michael J. (Susan) Zarich; 3 daughters, Mina, Willow, and Kalyca Zarich. Mike was predeceased by sons, Jonas and Abe. Mike leaves behind 7 wonderful grandchildren. Mike was an incredible asset to his community, tremendous husband, magnificent father, and outstanding grandpa. He is dearly missed.

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Ruth Cooperman Shaw, was born on March 21, 1947, and passed away on November 19, 2018.

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William V. Scribner II passed away on March 24, 2019. Willie was born July 6, 1947 to Gilbert Scribner and Helen Shoemaker Scribner in Chicago, Ill. Willie graduated from Lake Forest Academy, Lake Forest, Ill. in 1966 and went on to complete his bachelor’s degree at Northern Arizona University in 1980 and his master’s in 59

in memoriam education from Central Missouri State University in 1984. He found paradise and moved to Lake Havasu in 2000. Willie’s passion was paddling his Mako Canoes along the channel here in Lake Havasu.

He leaves behind the love of his life Debbie Dorton-Scribner, daughter Ashley Lauren Dorton, sisters Helen Euston and Nancy Clarke, Nephews Gibb Clarke, David Clarke, Geoffrey Euston, Gregory Euston, and William Euston. He also leaves the many friends he loved and adored since childhood and many more friends throughout his life. Willie’s philosophy in life was “Love Many, Trust Few, and Paddle your own Canoe.”

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David L. Andreas died on January 15, 2019. A man of enormous intellect and an even more enormous heart died suddenly and unexpectedly at his home in Islamorada, Fla. Beloved husband of almost 34 years of Debbie, devoted father of Genevieve and Jacob (Sadie), and delighted grandfather of Lena, he leaves an unimaginable void for his family, his many friends, his communities in both Florida and Minnesota, and the many charitable causes he sustained with immense generosity. Born to Lowell Willard and Nadine (Hamilton) Andreas, David grew up in Mankato. He graduated from Lake Forest Academy, earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Denver, and a master of arts in anthropology from Mankato State University. He served in the U.S. Army from 1971-1973 and then built a career in the banking industry first at the United California Bank in Los Angeles and then at National City Bank in Minneapolis, where he began as a commercial loan officer in 1977 and retired in 2001 as chairman and CEO of National City Bancorp. He was a man of wide-ranging intellectual curiosity and extraordinarily generous spirit, and he served with distinction on numerous boards including the Minnesota Center for Victims of Torture, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Children’s HeartLink, Marshall & Ilsley Corporation, the Center for Ethical Business Cultures, Minnesota State University, the Mankato College Business Advisory Council, and Breck School. Cherishing the memory of a light dimmed far too soon are nieces and nephews who adored him and friends who knew they could count on him for help whenever they needed it, thoughtful advice, and the occasional bad joke.

He was quick to laugh and sometimes to cry, and those fortunate enough to know and love him could never doubt that he loved them in return. Along with his active mind, David had seemingly boundless energy for physical activity. He relished his annual heli-skiing adventures in the Canadian Rockies, cross-country motorcycle trips with the Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America, and boating in Florida. Above all, he had a keen sense of fairness, and he was a steadfast supporter of many causes promoting educational equity, opportunity, and justice. He had a smile that could (and often did) light up a room, and he would want us all to

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remember him by doing something kind for others and making sure the people we care about know that we love them something he never failed to do for those lucky enough to be loved by him.

In honor of a man who made the world a better place, memorials can be directed to any organization whose mission helps make that possible. One that was particularly close to David’s heart was the Victory Junction Camp in Randleman, N.C., which helped children with serious medical conditions.

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Andrew Howard Moxam, senior advisor at the U.S. Census Bureau, passed away at age 66 on November 9, 2018, in Laurel, Md. The youngest son of Beth Cowing Moxam and F. Keith Moxam, Andy was born May 3, 1952, in Flint, Mich. He attended Civic Park Elementary, Longfellow Junior High, and Northern High School.

After completing high school at Lake Forest Academy in Illinois, Andy returned home to work and attend college. A graduate of the University of Michigan-Flint, he earned his master’s degree at The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan.

He had a distinguished 40-year career in federal government.

He was accepted in the first class of Presidential Management Interns in Washington, D.C., in 1977, working in the Office of the Secretary of Commerce. He rose from that intern position to the Senior Executive Service in 1990 and served as the comptroller in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, comptroller in the Census Bureau, and acting chief financial officer in the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. He retired in 2016. He served on the Advisory Board for the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School for Public Policy during that organization’s very successful fundraising campaign to construct a home for the school. Throughout his life, Andy gathered friends wherever he went. He loved laughing and sharing stories, traveling, reading, entertaining, and being with friends and family. He was known for his love of life, his kind, caring, and generous soul, and his lengthy deliberations during word and card games. He had a passion for horses, fine wine, and good cigars. Andy is survived by his son Alex Moxam and daughter-in-law Samantha Combs; brother and sister-in-law Guy and Linda Moxam, brother Frank Moxam; sister and brother-in-law Molly and Gregg Kalifut; nieces Sarah Moxam and Angela Smith and her husband Buster; nephew Max Kalifut; great-nephew Lee, great-niece Gabi, and several dear cousins and friends.

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George A. Bay, aged 64, of Evanston, Ill., was the dear husband of Sally Bay nee Coe; loving father of John Bay; dear brother of James N. Jr. (Laurie) Bay ’68; fond uncle of Grant Bay. He was preceded in death by his parents, Julie B. and James N. Bay, Sr.

Life Trustee Oren Taft Pollock, aged 91, died peacefully in his home in Chicago on Friday, November 2, 2018. He was preceded in death by his wife, Anita; his parents, Frances Taft Boyd & Woolsey McAlpine Pollock; his son, Charles K Pollock(Suzanne), and his sister, Anne Pollock Hoar. He is survived by his children: Katherine Pollock ’70 (Lesley Spencer), Nancy (Tom) Patterson ’72 and Edward (Tracy) Pollock; his seven grandchildren: Oren (Sarah), Claire & Bob Matteson, Laura & Becca Patterson, Elizabeth & Neal Pollock; four great grandchildren: Eleanor, Olivia, Gigi & Henry; his step sister, Mary, and many nieces, nephews & cousins.

Oren was a graduate of Williams College (BA’49), Princeton University (MA’51) & Northwestern University (MBA). He was lieutenant commander in the US Navy during the Korean War. After the Navy he worked at Sears Roebuck & Company for almost 3 decades, retiring in the mid 1980s as an assistant treasurer. He was an active member in a number of academic institutions & non profit organizations and class agent for his alma mater, Williams College for more than 50 years. In 1967 he joined the Board of Lawrence Hall, becoming president and ultimately, a Life Trustee. He was also a member of the Board of Trustees at Lake Forest Academy (1969-1980), and a Life Trustee (1980-present). Retirement did not quell Oren’s volunteer ethic and he spent 20 years volunteering at Roosevelt High School, a mentoring project through The Princeton Club of Chicago. In his spare time he enjoyed visits with his family, adult education classes at The University of Chicago, traveling, tennis & last but not least, reading, a pastime he truly enjoyed.

Former Faculty Member Tom Adolphson, loving husband, father, brother, uncle, and colleague, passed away on January 20, 2019, in Skokie, Ill, with his wife Qing at his side. Adolphson was 63 years old.

A native of Mankato, Minn., Adolphson had a wide circle of childhood friends with whom he stayed in touch throughout his life. He excelled as a student and achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. After graduating in 1974 from Mankato West High School, he earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Gustavus Adolphus College and the University of Minnesota in history.

submitted to publications’ photo contests, which he frequently won.

His photos were featured in print media and websites including National Geographic, Smithsonian, and The New York Times.

Second to his love of family was Adolphson’s passion for classical music. He attended every orchestra and opera performance within his reach, and possessed an encyclopedic knowledge of classical composers and repertoire. While at the Gunnery, he frequently took his students to the Metropolitan Opera in New York City where they were selected for the Texaco Opera Quiz Kids competition.

Summers took Adolphson to Ravinia Music Festival in Highland Park, IL, where he was employed on the crowd management team, allowing him to listen to rehearsals and concerts by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He was a talented singer, and owned a vast collection of LP’s, cd’s, and musical scores. He fearlessly approached any guest artist or conductor to request a photo with them, and responding to his charismatic persona, was never turned down. His collection of signed photos with performers from Leonard Bernstein to Yo-Yo Ma was precious to him, and in recent years Qing and Victor posed with him and many musical luminaries.

Following a move back to the Chicago area, Adolphson became a Community Service Officer at Northwestern University, where he worked the night shift for nearly 20 years. He taught as a regular substitute at Niles North High School and was a perennial student favorite. He continued his summer work at Ravinia, a dream post that fulfilled his love of all things music.

He embraced life with an ebullient spirit which was contagious.

Everyone who knew him recognized his prodigious intellect and razor-sharp sense of humor. He loved an audience and was quick to engage his listeners in stories and witty banter. His remarkable memory and keen observations of life and people were constant sources of amusement to his friends and family, colleagues and students. He was known for his voluminous communications via texts and emails where he shared his photos, videos of Victor, and comic observations on contemporary culture.

Adolphson was married to Qing Xiali, the love of his life. He is survived by Qing and their son Victor; brothers John and Erik Adolphson; sister-in-law Kathleen Weinstein Adolphson; nephews Luke Adolphson Yourzak, and Andrew Adolphson; and niece Kari Adolphson. He was preceded in death by his parents Karl and Dorothy Adolphson.

Born to teach, Adolphson was beloved by students at his academic posts at Lake Forest Academy in Lake Forest, Ill., and The Gunnery School in Washington, Conn., where he taught history and humanities. He guided his students on many transcontinental trips, imbuing them with his passion for learning through travel. A gifted photographer, he recorded each trip in pictures which he often

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class notes Senior Class Gift Investing in LFA Students Senior class creates endowed scholarship fund in honor of retiring head couple • By Ruth Keyso

The Class of 2019 made history at LFA this year as the first class to endow a scholarship as part of its senior class gift effort. The Class of 2019 Endowed Scholarship Fund in Honor of Dr. John and Mrs. Loring Strudwick was established through gifts from members of this year’s graduating class, with supplemental investments from the families of three seniors and two alumni.

“The fact that our class was able to support and stand behind this concept says a lot about the members of the class and the values that are important to our class,” says Senior Class President Tyler Medvec ’19. “Having our gift be a scholarship fund that will forever remember both our class and the Strudwicks was the perfect way to wrap up our time at LFA and leave a lasting legacy.”

Fundraising started in February and was completed in May. In total, the students raised $4,976. The Academy recognized them at a morning meeting in May and celebrated further at the Senior-Faculty Dinner on May 29, at which time the students ceremoniously placed their class paver in the patio at Alumni Circle.

Senior class representative Carrington Newsome ’19 says she was honored to have helped raise funds for this effort and is thrilled at what she and her classmates accomplished. “I’ve always thought about what kind of legacy I wanted to leave at LFA; this is the perfect opportunity for our entire class not only to leave a legacy, but to raise the bar for future class gifts.”

Senior Student Council members (back row) l-r: Carrington Newsome ’19, Ryerson Birkerts ’19, Tyler Medvec ’19, and Sydney Olinger ’19 with John and Loring Strudwick P’13, ’15, ’18.

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Dr. John Strudwick Annual Fund for Faculty Development

A teacher at his core, recently retired Head of School John Strudwick has contributed immensely to the academic life at Lake Forest Academy during the past 18 years.

To celebrate Dr. Strudwick’s legacy as an educator, please consider an Academy Fund gift to the newly established Dr. John Strudwick Annual Fund for Faculty Development.

Professional development plays a key role in the recruitment and retention of first-rate teachers by providing opportunities for post-graduate studies, conferences, workshops and experiential travel.

Invest in faculty and continue the transformative educational culture created under Dr. Strudwick’s leadership at: www.lfanet.org/Strudwickfund.

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