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Phoenix SPRING 2011
ALUMNI STYLE? IN EGYPT,REFLECTIONS TUNISIA WITNESS • PARK TUDOR IN 1970: THE MERGER WHAT’S A LEARNING ONREVOLUTIONS THE WEST BANK ALUMNI REMEMBER LIFE AT PARK TUDOR
ON THE COVER
Jennifer Risting ’11 won a Gold Key award in the 2011 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of Central and Southern Indiana competition for the photo featured on our cover, which was taken as part of a project for Mrs. Heather Teets’s photography class. See story on page 10.
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Park Tudor School Mission
ark Tudor School’s exceptional educators and extraordinary opportunities prepare students to become confident and resourceful lifelong learners. The school community creates an inspiring college-preparatory learning environment for highly motivated young people in preschool through grade 12.
From the Archives…
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Lower School students show their best physical education postures during a class in the early 1970s.
Head of School Douglas S. Jennings Editor Lisa A. Hendrickson ’77 Editor Emeritus C.J. Foxlow Staff Writers Cassie Dull Alicia Carlson Graphic Design/Photography Stefanie Dean ’05 Alumni Coordinator/ Planned Giving Officer Gretchen Hueni Alumni Association Board President Brandon Phillips ’96 Vice President Cathy Yingling ’87 Treasurer Andy Kight ’89 Secretary Jessica Benson Cox ’99
Correction A gift from Mr. and Mrs. William Rhodehamel (Will ’79; Megan ’79) was incorrectly listed as a gift in memory of Harley Rhodehamel II ’74 in the Fall 2010 issue of The Phoenix. The gift was a donation to the Annual Fund, and William’s brother Harley is alive and well. Our sincere apologies for the error.
Alumni Association Directors Fred Emhardt ’78 Peter French ’85 Nikhil Gunale ’96 Emily Ristine Holloway ’94 Stephanie Goodrid Lawson ’00 Nick Lemen ’93 Carla Beasley Mann ’01 Sarah Smith Moore ’97 Anne Rogers Mitchell ’85 Heather Reilly Murphy ’90 ex officio Matt Newill ’05 ex officio Lindsay Elder Thornton ’95 Kasey Kruse Wakefield ’00 Adrienne Watson ’06
Contents
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FEATURES
Emerging from the Chaos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 By David Dietz ’06, Erin Biel ’09 and John Pasch ’88
First year at the "new" Park Tudor School . . . . 26
DEPARTMENTS
News of the School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 From the Head’s Desk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Park Tudor pilots e-textbook technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Student accomplishments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Service + Learning = Benefits for All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Winter athletic update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Alumni News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 6
Alumni Weekend 2011 information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Call for Alumni Board nominations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
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Class Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Included as an insert in this issue: Park Tudor’s Strategic Management Plan: PT 2015
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The Phoenix is published three times annually for alumni, friends, and parents of Park Tudor School. We welcome your comments and suggestions. Please send them to: Lisa Hendrickson, Editor Park Tudor School 7200 N. College Ave. Indianapolis, IN 46240-3016 317/415-2756 Fax: 317/254-2714 lhendrickson@parktudor.org
News of the School FROM THE HEAD’S DESK by Doug Jennings, Head of School
Doug Jennings with Middle School students in October 2010.
As announced last April, Head of School Doug Jennings will retire in June of this year after nine years leading Park Tudor. The Phoenix asked him to reflect on his tenure. As the official date of your retirement grows near, have you had a chance to reflect on your impressive career? In June I will have completed 24 years as a Head of School, nine of them at Park Tudor, and 43 years as a teacher. I cannot think of a career path that would have made me happier or given me a greater sense of personal satisfaction. As a 22-year-old I was honored and humbled to be given my own classroom, a box of chalk and a wonderful set of students. That experience (minus the chalk) has been replicated for me every year 4 PARK TUDOR PHOENIX SPRING 2011
since. To work in – to lead – a place where everyone is striving for knowledge and excellence every day is a joy. As you consider your years at Park Tudor, what would you say are your proudest accomplishments? When I accepted the headship at Park Tudor, the Board presented me with a “Charge to the New Head” which included five major areas. We have enhanced our academic program, developed The Russel & Mary Williams Learning Project and raised funds for programs and projects (the first three goals). What gives me the greatest feeling of accomplishment lies in the other two goal areas: promoting great teaching and “promoting a culture of civility, kindness, responsibility and
accountability.” I have been directly involved in hiring almost 70 faculty members and administrators, and I have tried to support and inspire the excellent faculty that was handed to me by Bruce Galbraith. Park Tudor is strong because of its great teachers, and I look at our listing of faculty and staff with great pride. I think it would be hard for any other independent school to match the quality and dedication of our teachers and coaches. Character development is hard to measure, because the process never stops. Park Tudor students are caring individuals. They welcome newcomers, they show warmth and respect for adults, they work together to solve problems, they embrace diversity, and they volunteer to serve others. I host many visitors at PT, and they all remark on the positive “feel” of our culture and the genuine “niceness” of our kids. It makes me feel like a proud papa (or grandpapa). You obviously love your work, but there must be days when the challenges seems rather daunting. Would you care to comment? What comes to mind are those times when tragedy has struck our community. In my tenure we have dealt with the loss of a student and the loss of a teacher. These are times to put everything else aside and draw on the strengths of
the community. It naturally falls to the Head of School to bring folks together and lead the efforts to comfort and recover. And on the continuum of personal to practical matters falls the challenge of dealing with the economic recession. In recent years, Park Tudor had to make difficult decisions to cut positions without compromising our program. The “math” was not too difficult to figure out, but the personal side of letting people go was a leadership role that was tough for me, and many others. When you think of a “good day on the job,” what comes to mind? I have been fortunate to have had lots of good days at Park Tudor, and I always look forward to coming to work, eager to see what the day holds. On a recent day, for example, I had a Finance Committee meeting at 8 o’clock, followed by a talk to prospective parents, a call from a fellow school head for advice, and an interview with the student newspaper. At 11:40 I joined the junior kindergarten for lunch and quickly returned to the Upper School to teach an Ethics class. And the day proceeded from there. I enjoy the variety of roles I play and the interaction with students, faculty and parents. There is never a dull moment. I feel lucky to be able to see the full spectrum of Park Tudor on a daily basis. Continued on next page
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From the Head’s Desk Continued from page 4 What are the future plans for you and your wife Viveka? This summer we will be moving to North Carolina, spending time in both the mountains (near the little town of Cashiers) and at the coast (Wilmington). We plan to enjoy time with family, especially our four grandchildren who are growing up faster than we could imagine. I have accepted a partnership with Educators’ Collaborative, a firm that assists independent schools with research, administrative searches and consulting. That work should keep me in touch with schools around the country. And I have been in one school or another since I was five, so I plan to keep the streak alive by both teaching and taking classes.
In your public talks you often refer to an author or book you enjoy. Do you have an appropriate literary allusion for us? As I contemplate leaving Park Tudor, I have thought about a course I took years ago with the poet Maya Angelou and a bit of wisdom she shared. She said, “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, and people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” I hope that, along with my colleagues, I have helped our students to feel competent, confident and caring. If so, I have fulfilled my mission.
DePauw University president to speak at commencement
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ePauw University President Brian W. Casey will present the “Address to the Graduates” at commencement ceremonies on Friday, June 3 at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church. Dr. Casey, who became the university’s 19th president in 2008, previously served as associate dean for academic affairs in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University and as assistant provost at Brown University. At the University of Notre Dame, he earned a B.A. in philosophy and economics, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and graduated summa cum laude, receiving the Economics Award for his class. Casey was captain of Notre Dame’s varsity swim team and was named “ScholarAthlete of the Year” in 1985. He
earned his J.D. degree with honors from Stanford University Law School, where he was a member and article editor of the Stanford Law Review. After pursuing a career in law, Casey earned his Ph.D. in the history of American civilization from Harvard University. His field of specialization was the history of American higher education and American intellectual history. Head of School Doug Jennings says, “Park Tudor has enjoyed a strong relationship with DePauw for a very long time. Our students who matriculate at DePauw find excellent teaching, a closely knit community and an emphasis on service. We look forward to hearing Dr. Casey address the PT Class of 2011.”
Park Tudor pilots e-textbook technology
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ighth-grade students in Middle School science teacher’s Susan Taylor class are experimenting with technology already in place on a growing number of college campuses. In a pilot partnership with Indianapolis-based Courseload LLC, students, faculty and administrators are evaluating the value of Courseload’s webbased software that allows students to read, electronically highlight and take notes on materials that normally would be provided on paper. Through Courseload, Taylor provides reading materials, lecture notes, tutorials and practice problems to students, who can read, annotate and share information with their classmates. She began using the technology at the beginning of the fall semester and is sold on its benefits to students, who immediately adapted to the digital format.
Eighth-grade teacher Susan Taylor and her students work on a science project using the Courseload electronic textbooks.
Courseload also allows teachers to get a new understanding of how students use information presented, Taylor says. For example, she can see how students have annotated their reading assignments and correlate that to test results, or pinpoint the information students don’t seem to understand and spend more class time on that subject. “It has totally fired me up for teaching this year and caused
me to think about teaching in a new way,” says Taylor. Although the initial goal was to offer electronically the four textbooks Taylor uses in her eighth-grade science class, Courseload is still negotiating with textbook publishers on providing their materials to students in the new format. Colleges and universities – including Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, Marian University and Rose-
Hulman Institute of Technology – already are using Courseload’s e-textbooks, but publishers of textbooks for K-12 students have been slower to adapt to the digital revolution for a variety of reasons, according to Mickey Levitan, CEO of Courseload. Park Tudor was an obvious fit for a pilot project, Levitan says. “These students have been digitally immersed since birth,” he says. Park Tudor will look at the possibilities of expanding use of Courseload as opportunities emerge, with the hope of eventually being able to offer significant savings to parents and lighten the load of textbooks kids carry, according to David Amstutz, associate head of school. “This pilot project is one foot in the door of innovative teaching technologies,” Amstutz says. “It is definitely fertile ground to develop.” SPRING 2011 PARK TUDOR PHOENIX 5
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Preserving our state’s history
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46-year-old Indiana historical marker in front of the Indiana State House has a fresh new look, thanks to Park Tudor Middle School students, faculty and staff. The group, led by Middle School history teacher Chris Hammock, “adopted” a faded and worn state historical marker about the Civil War as participants in the Park Tudor summer program “Destination Indianapolis.” Three eighthgrade PT students – Sydney Allen, Riley Allen, and Madison Allen, as well as four summer program students from other schools – cleaned and repainted the marker, returning it to the original dark blue with gold letters. The refurbished marker was rededicated in a public ceremony on December 16 at the Indiana State House. Hammock credits Suzanne Russell, Middle School media specialist; Garry Howard, athletic facilities manager; Barb Beattie, Upper School art teacher; and Kathy Campbell, Middle School art teacher, with providing important assistance. Maintenance staffers Allan Thomas, Luis Gonzalez, Ron Bruce, Ron Hellmann, Bill Kidwell and Tami Crowe; Kim Allen, facilities coordinator; and David Kaszko, director of safety and security, also assisted. Russell suggested the project after learning that the Indiana Historical Bureau was looking for volunteers to help
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survey, paint and repair state historical makers. “We contacted the Historical Bureau and realized it was an ideal activity for young people,” Hammock says. “They could learn about history and make a contribution to the community. " The marker, titled “Civil War Arsenal, 1861-1864” was first installed in 1964 by the Indiana Civil War Centennial Commission. The text of this marker is: “Governor Oliver P. Morton established a state arsenal to supply Indiana’s troops with ammunition. First located adjacent to the state capitol, the arsenal was later moved to the present site of Arsenal Technical High School.” Since 1946, the Indiana historical marker format has been the large roadside marker, which has the familiar darkblue background with gold lettering and the outline of the state of Indiana at the top. There are approximately 500 of these markers across the state commemorating Indiana history. Hammock hopes to encourage more Park Tudor participation in the restoration of Indiana historical markers. The next project: the marker identifying the Charles Warren Fairbanks home, located at 30th and Meridian streets. That marker will be on display in the Middle School and its restoration is targeted for completion in early spring.
Middle School history teacher Chris Hammock and eighth-grade students Sydney Allen, Riley Allen, and Madison Allen celebrate the rededication of a civil war historical marker at a ceremony at the Indiana State House on December 16, 2010. As participants in the Park Tudor summer program “Destination Indianapolis,” the group cleaned and painted the historical marker and was recognized at the ceremony.
PT Golf Outing – June 13 Mark your calendars for this year’s Park Tudor Golf Outing. The annual fundraiser, which supports Park Tudor and its athletic programs, is scheduled for Monday, June 13 at Crooked Stick in Carmel. Our thanks to event sponsor Jetlinx. If you have questions or would like to register, contactt Director of Development Cathy Wood Lawson ’72 at clawson@parktudor.org or 317/415-2774.
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Molecular research project brings seniors national honors
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ow do molecules behave when they are transitioning between energy levels? That’s one of the questions Park Tudor senior Jeffrey Shen and his Carmel High School teammates sought to answer in a two-year-long mathematical physics research project. In December, the results of their study earned them the prestigious second-place team award in the 2010 Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology, America’s premier science research competition for high school students. Jeffrey and his teammates, Youkow Homma and Lyndon Ji, will share a $50,000 scholarship award for their mathematical physics project that provides deeper insight into the fundamental nature of molecular behavior. A Study of Nearest Neighbor Distances on a Circle: Multidimensional Case looked at the quantum harmonic oscillator, one of the most fundamental models in quantum mechanics, to see if there is any pattern in how solutions of the model behave. Jeffrey explains that the project “gives us deeper insight about molecular vibrations.”
The team has worked on the project each week with their mentor, IUPUI professor Dr. Pavel Bleher, for the past two years. After winning the Region Three team finals at the University of Notre Dame in November, the team was one of six invited to compete in the National Finals at George Washington University in Washington, DC. They presented their research to a panel of judges comprised of nationally renowned scientists and mathematicians headed by lead judge Dr. Thomas D. Jones, a scientist, author, pilot and former NASA astronaut. The Siemens Competition, a signature program of the Siemens Foundation, is administered by the College Board and was launched in 1998 to recognize America’s best and brightest math and science students. This year a record number of 1,372 projects were submitted. Only 94 of the 2,033 entrants were named regional finalists. Jeffrey is also participating in a number of other national competitions this year. He has submitted a bioinformatics
research project in the Intel Science Talent Search competition and is competing in the USA Math Olympiad, the USA Computing Olympiad, and the USA Physics Olympiad. In addition, he was one of 73 high-school students from throughout the world selected to attend the 2010 Research Science Institute sponsored by the Center of Excellence in Education and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology this summer. In the six-week program, students participated in college-level classes
under the mentorship of leading scientists and researchers. The students showcased their work through academic papers and presented their findings to their peers and a panel of judges. Jeffrey’s research project involved the development of a web site to assist with quickly updating Gene Otology research. Jeffrey is the third Park Tudor student to win honors in the Siemens Competition Neena Parikh ’10 was a semifinalist, and Chris Mihelich ’99 won the grand prize.
A group of third-grade boys and their dads play football on Lower School Fathers' Morning on November 23, 2010.
Each year, the Upper School Madrigal singers perform a holiday concert Jeffrey Shen (right) and teammates Youkow Homma (center) and Lyndon Ji
for the entire Lower School. The younger students enjoy singing along to
(left) celebrate their second-place award in the national Siemens Competi-
"Jingle Bells."
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Students advance to nationals of computing contest
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ark Tudor students are proving that they have the right stuff to help defend the nation’s computer systems. PT’s CyberPatriot team of Nupur Bhatt ’12, Jeff Chen ’13, Alexis Fink ’12, Cobi Petrucciani ’12 and Prahasith Veluvolu ’13 have qualified
for the national final round of the CyberPatriot competition to be held in Washington, DC this spring. The competition started with 190 teams and after three qualification rounds, Park Tudor’s team is included in the top 12. The students were responsible for
finding and remediating as many pre-configured vulnerabilities on a virtual machine as they could within a six-hour time period. The CyberPatriot competition was created by the Air Force Association to educate and motivate the next genera-
tion of cyber defenders – the nation’s science, technology, engineering and mathematics students. Computer Science teacher Ryan Ritz and Technology Systems Assistant Manager Bryon Realey are serving as the team’s coaches and mentors.
Three Presidential Scholar candidates, National Merit finalists and more PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLAR CANDIDATES
Three seniors have been named candidates for one of the nation’s most prestigious honors for high school students. Samuel Clarke, Richard Ni and Jeffrey Shen are candidates in the 2011 United States Presidential Scholars program, based on their exceptional scores on the College Board SAT. Each year about 3,000 candidates are identified nationally for the academic component of the program. Approximately 500 will be selected as semifinalists later this spring, with up to 141 of them named Presidential Scholars in June. The majority of the recipients are selected on the basis of broad academic achievement, while 20 additional students are chosen on the basis of their academic and artistic scholarship in the visual arts, performing arts or creative writing.
entire school group of this size to advance to finalist standing,” says Larry Eckel, director of college guidance. The selection of some 8,200 Merit Scholarship winners from the group of more than 15,000 nationwide finalists will be announced in April, May and July. Meanwhile, senior Jordan Crowe has been named an Outstanding Participant in the National Achievement Scholarship Program. She scored in the top three percent of more than 160,000 Black Americans who requested consideration in the 2011 National Achievement Scholarship Program when she took the 2009 PSAT. The National Achievement Program was initiated in 1964 specifically to honor academically promising Black American high-school students. The National Merit Scholarship Corporation conducts the annual competition.
NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARS
ENGLISH/FINE ARTS
Thirteen seniors have been named National Merit Finalists for 2011. Caroline Clark, Samuel Clarke, Morgan Essex, Erin Hoffman, Michael Lenke, James McMechan, Grace Moh, Richard Ni, Doug Park, Susannah Sharpless, Jeffrey Shen, Tommaso Verderame and Max Zhang will compete for college scholarships in the next phase of the competition. “It is quite unusual for an
The American Scholastic Press Association recently honored the 2010 issue of The Artisan, the Upper School art and literary journal, with a First Place with Special Merit award. The Artisan also has been presented the Highest Award in the 2010 National Council of Teachers of English Program to Recognize Excellence in Student Literary Magazines. The Artisan is one of
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only 29 magazines chosen to receive this award nationwide. Congratulations to last year’s Senior Editor Ovini Rodrigo ’10, Junior Editor (rising Senior Editor) Judith Finn ’11, and Music Editor Drew Links ’12. The 2010 issue showcased student writing, artwork and original musical compositions. Upper School English teacher Ms. Laura Gellin is the publication advisor. BRAIN GAME
Park Tudor’s Brain Game team defeated last year’s champion Zionsville High School in round two of the competition on January 19 by a score of 44-33. This victory puts the team in the elite eight of this year’s tournament. The team defeated Guerin High School, 21-9, in its first match of this year’s competition. Team members are Richard Ni ’11, Tommaso Verderame ’11, Lillian Crabb ’12, A.J. Stautz ’14, Samuel Clarke ’11, Erin Hoffman ’11 and Joey Whitaker ’12. Brain Game team advisors are Upper School math teacher Tom Page and social studies teacher Jeff Johnson. BUSINESS/ECONOMICS
For the third year in a row, Park Tudor had a “clean sweep” at the district-level DECA business competition in January: the team overall placed second, and all 27 Upper School Business Club members who
competed in individual and team events advanced to the state competition in March. DECA is a national business competition for high school and college students. Students compete in a variety of categories, either individually or as a team, and medals are awarded to the first-, second- and third-place winners. MATH
• Junior Rebecca Chen finished in 36th place in the North American competition for the Advantage Testing Foundation Math Prize for Girls. High school students from throughout the U.S. and Canada participated in the competition, held at New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences on November 13. The exam comprises complex problems covering such traditional high-school subjects as algebra, geometry, trigonometry and number theory. The 210 students who qualified for the national contest through math exams given earlier this year competed for prizes totaling $49,000. The award encourages young women of exceptional potential to excel in the fields of math and science. • Park Tudor students took multiple awards in the annual Rose-Hulman Mathematics contest in November 2010. Continued on page 9
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Student honors Continued from page 8 The competition is one of the Midwest’s largest academic contests, with approximately 400 students from 24 high schools participating. The senior team won second place among all senior teams, while the freshman team placed fourth among all freshman teams. Park Tudor also placed fourth overall. Senior team members were Samuel Clarke, Erin Hoffman, Richard Ni and Tomasso Verderame. Freshman team members were Daniel Fu, Alexi Petrucianni, Michael Xu and
Jason Zhao. Park Tudor students also took a number of individual awards. In the freshman category, Daniel Fu won the fourth-place award. Among sophomores, Catherine Mytelka placed sixth and Jack Chen placed ninth. In the junior category, Joey Whitaker placed fourth. In the senior category, Richard Ni placed third, Tomasso Verderame placed fifth, and Samuel Clarke placed sixth. • Six Upper School young women received honors in the recent Indiana Aspirations for Women in Computing
competition. Juniors Nupur Bhatt and Rebecca Chen were among the 20 students in Indiana winning the top award, which includes scholarship opportunities, a $250 cash gift and an e-notebook. Neha Anand ’13, Hope CaseyAllen ’13, Morgan Essex ’11 and Erin Hoffman ’11 were named semifinalists. The National Center for Women in Technology presents the award to young women at the highschool level for their computing-related achievements and interests.
WORLD LANGUAGES
Freshman Sophie Spartz has been chosen as a United States Achievement Academy Scholarship winner. Her Latin III teacher, Clifford Hull, nominated her for the “International World Languages Award” given by the United States Achievement Academy. The academy went on to select Sophie as one of 400 students from across the country to receive scholarships based on academic achievement, GPA and extracurricular activities. For more Park Tudor news, visit www.parktudor.org.
Grandparents and Special Friends Day connects generations
Courtney Lynn ’15 and her grandmother Irene Evans enjoy lunch in Clowes Commons during Grandparents and Special Friends Day.
Each November, Park Tudor students in junior kindergarten through grade 8 invite their grandparents and special friends to spend the day with them on campus. This event, held each year on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and generously sponsored by The National Bank of Indianapolis, brought nearly 500 guests to our campus. We are certain they ended the day feeling connected and impressed. This year, Middle School grandparents had the opportunity to spend more time with their grandchildren in the classroom, and grandparents of
our youngest students relived their kindergarten experience by participating in hands-on activity stations in the classrooms.
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Expanding our world
Elliot Engel
• Indianapolis native Elliot Engel, a popular lecturer at North Carolina State, the University of North Carolina and Duke University, entertained Upper School students in December on a surprisingly serious topic: the history of
the English language. A recipient of an Outstanding Teaching Award from UCLA, Engel is author of both books and plays, and has been featured on PBS for his mini-lectures on his favorite author, Charles Dickens. Engel is a graduate of North Central High School, where he was a classmate of Upper School English teacher Diane Hamstra. • Students in Margo McAlear’s AP World History classes are conducting a series of videoconferences for the second year in a row with students at the Jubilee School in Amman, Jordan. In the hour-long videoconferences, students at both schools are exploring and discussing
the foreign policies of Jordan and the United States, including terrorism, Jordan’s fragile position as a result of its geographical location between Israel and Iraq, and the most recent elections in each country that reflect and influence tensions in foreign policy. Six of the 23 students in these AP World History classes visited the Jubilee School in Amman on the Egypt/Jordan school trip in April 2010. • Nationally known children’s author Helen Lester spent the day in the Lower School on November 2. Mrs. Lester, best known for her “Tacky the Penguin” series, talked with the children about where she gets her ideas and
how she writes, and also autographed her books. Her visit was made possible by the annual Lower School magazine sale. • In October the Park Tudor Parents Association and The Russel & Mary Williams Learning Project hosted renowned author and psychologist Dr. Robert Brooks, who spoke to the Park Tudor community about how to raise resilient children. Dr. Brooks spoke to parents at breakfast and dinner presentations, and to teachers at an afternoon session. He is the author or co-author of 14 books, including “Nurturing Resilience in Our Children” and “Raising a Self-Disciplined Child.”
20 Silver Key awards, a Silver Key portfolio award, and 15 honorable mentions. Five students in Ms. Laura Gellin’s English I Plus course won honorable-mention awards for poems they wrote in class. Judges evaluate writing on the basis of originality, technical skill, and the emergence of a personal vision or voice. • Sophomore Brooke DeBettignies has been accepted to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London this summer, where she will be attending Shakespeare Summer School and Shakespeare In Action. She will attend five weeks of intensive classes taught by senior members of the RADA faculty and RADA directors and will be assigned to perform with a “company.” Brooke was
given special consideration by the RADA course director and was accepted into programs for students 18 and older. • Caitlin Cutsinger ’16 placed second out of more than 90 dancers in the Junior Classical division of the Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) competition in Chicago, a high-level ballet/pointe competition. She also placed in the top 12 with her contemporary dance performance. She has advanced to the YAGP international competition in New York City in March, where she also will take master classes from teachers with American Ballet Theater, Alvin Ailey Dance Company and the New York City Ballet. • Park Tudor’s two Upper School Jazz Combos won honors at both the Bloomington
Jazz Festival on December 11 and the Purdue Jazz Festival on January 22. At Bloomington, the entire group won the Outstanding Musicianship trophy, while junior Drew Links won the trophy for his piano performance. Outstanding Soloist awards also were presented to Nihanth Damera ’12, baritone horn; Alexa Petrucciani ’14; oboe; Neha Anand ’13, flute; Chase Anderson ’14, vibes and piano; and Eric Sutton ’14, alto saxophone. Receiving Outstanding Soloist awards for their performances at the Purdue Jazz Festival were Connor Ebbinghouse ’11, bass; Andrew Towne ’13, alto saxophone; and Neha Anand, Chase Anderson, Drew Links and Eric Sutton. The combos are directed by Zach Lapidus and Paul Nordby.
Fine Arts honors • More than three dozen Middle School and Upper School Visual Art and English students were honored with awards in the 2011 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of Central and Southern Indiana. Central and Southern Indiana students sent 2,200 submissions to The Scholastic Art Awards this year, double the submissions of the previous year. A panel of regional artists and art professionals judged works submitted within a 54-county region. In Visual Arts, Park Tudor students won eight of the 174 Gold Keys awarded to the most accomplished works. Gold Key winners will be adjudicated at the national level of The Scholastic Art Awards in mid-March. In addition, Park Tudor students were awarded 10 PARK TUDOR PHOENIX SPRING 2011
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The Upper School presented William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” on November 6 and 7, 2010. The production featured a raked stage and a set that “collapsed” to reveal the fairy underworld.
Park Tudor’s Upper School orchestra, concert band and Renaissance Ensemble were among the first to perform at The Palladium concert hall at the new Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. The students performed to a sold-out crowd of 600 in December. Community groups were invited to perform in a series of “tuning concerts” to ready the acoustics
Junior Kindergarten students celebrate a Thanksgiving meal at school by
of The Palladium performance hall for its grand opening in January 2011.
dressing up as pilgrims and Indians. All three JK classes gather to sing
Above, Paul Nordby conducts the Park Tudor concert band. Guest artists
songs and learn about the history behind Turkey Day. Alaleh Tolliver, Gabby
included clarinetist Cameron Cecil ’09, winner of the 2009 Prelude Instru-
Aitkin, Ella Eckerle and Lizzie Fisher (left to right) share in the celebration.
mental Music Award; Zach Lapidus, Park Tudor jazz instructor and finalist in the American Pianist Association’s Jazz Fellowship Awards 2010; and Grace Barlow ’11, student of Ingrid Bellman of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.
Upper School students brought to life the humor and wit of Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” in a 90-minute one-act adaptation of the play on January 21. Directed by Brooke DeBettignies ’13, it was the
The Upper School Honor Council met with fifth graders to discuss friendship and building healthy relationships. In the spring, the Honor Council will visit again to answer questions about the transition to Middle School.
first student-led production to debut in our Studio Theatre. Wilde’s play was first presented at Park Tudor in 1977. SPRING 2011 PARK TUDOR PHOENIX 11
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Service + Learning = Benefits for All By Alicia Carlson
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tudents at Park Tudor are busy with studies, activities and sports, but they also make time for helping. It’s part of the school’s commitment to service learning as an important element in Park Tudor’s core values — helping students develop their talents and explore their interests, while establishing high standards of ethical behavior, personal responsibility and global citizenship. At the end of the fall 2010 semester, Joan Grinkmeyer, Upper School counselor, had already collected a two-inch stack of student reports on their service work, representing thousands of volunteer hours. In 2009, Upper School students performed more than 19,300 hours of community service, and students this year are on track to complete at least that many, she says. “Service learning is a very important way that students can connect with the diversity of their world,” Grinkmeyer says. Through its partnership with The Project School, for example, Park Tudor students have been able to learn more about their local community and its needs, according to Grinkmeyer. In December, the Park Tudor community joined forces with The Project School, an urban Indianapolis charter school, to provide for needy families with Project Elf. Students spent most of the month collecting food and funds – the Middle School organized a garage sale, while Upper School students collected change in the annual Penny Wars fundraiser – followed by 12 PARK TUDOR PHOENIX SPRING 2011
Habitat for Humanity project co-chairs Ali Dakich ’12 and Matt Braly ’11 at the dedication of this year’s Habitat house.
days of shopping and wrapping gifts. More than 50 students participated in Elf Shopping Day on Saturday, December 11, at local Meijer, Target and Walmart stores, followed by an afternoon of wrapping presents at Clowes Commons. Middle School students, as well as students from 10 Upper School advisories and the boys basketball and tennis teams, participated in the Elf Shopping Day this year, the fourth year of the partnership. Sixty Lower School students and their parents shopped to fulfill the wishes of 12 families needing holiday help. On Friday, December 17, 15 students from Lower, Middle and Upper schools assisted The Project School with a party, crafts, games and a holiday shop, delivering a total of 164 boxes of gifts for families. A few months earlier, another collaboration with The Project School reached a successful conclusion with the construction of a new playground. In 2009, Park Tudor and The
The new owners of the Habitat for Humanity home, Win Naing, his wife and his daughters, at the dedication ceremony.
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Project School worked together to obtain a $4,000 grant – the largest given in 2009 by Youth as Resources of Central Indiana – to clean up an environmentally hazardous area for the playground. Nick Selm ’02, a teaching assistant at The Project School, hopes the partnership with Park Tudor continues – for the benefit of both schools and their students. “The opportunities for PT students at The Project School go far beyond merely filling service requirements for graduation or Global Scholars or simply beefing up a resume. To be involved with The Project School is to take an active role in the development of Indianapolis,” Selm says.
Opportunities for all Service-learning opportunities are available for students as early as elementary school.
For example, up to seven Lower School students assist with the First Baptist Church Food Pantry each month by stocking shelves, helping patrons and assisting with other duties. “This opportunity truly enables our fifth graders to take an active role in their community, learn about others from diverse backgrounds and gain perspective on what life can be like for those that are less fortunate,” says Lower School Counselor Tina Sahakian. “Experiences such as this teach positive values, leadership skills, citizenship and most importantly, empower our students as lifelong learners.” Even projects that are led by older students, such as Habitat for Humanity, can provide opportunities for the entire Park Tudor community, including students, parents and alumni. Park Tudor’s sixth Habitat
for Humanity house was dedicated on Friday, October 29 at 1806 Howard St. The Park Tudor community, along with many individual and corporate donors, raised more than $70,000 and provided thousands of volunteer hours to build the house. Middle and Lower school students also helped by collecting household goods and creating a welcome banner. The celebration included remarks by student co-chairs, senior Matt Braly and junior Ali Dakich, who spoke about how much they had learned from the experience. “Habitat has taught us both so many life lessons. Leading this project really showed me how philanthropy is always a righteous cause, and if you’re willing to ask, people are willing to give,” Dakich said. Other recent examples of Park Tudor student volunteer
Students at the Project School select holiday gifts for family members at a free shop set up by Park Tudor. Volun-
and service learning in action include: • Upper School Spanish Club students and their teacher David Malcom hosted 40 children and parents from Nora Elementary School at a holiday fiesta on December 15. Spanish Club students have been tutoring Spanish-speaking students at Nora Elementary for several years. • To help fight the battle of childhood obesity, members of the Upper School’s Kaleidoscope Club used the funds they raised working at the Carnival to donate a Wii FIT game in December for the students at the Indianapolis-based Kaleidoscope Center to use to exercise at their after-school tutoring/daycare site. • The Park Tudor community provided much-needed assistance just before Thanksgiving to needy families at The Project School. Middle School students collected food donations for 25 family Thanksgiving dinners and additional meal items to feed 40 more families. The Upper School’s Honor Council collected 5,600 servings of food through its annual Can-Can for Cans effort. Students voted with food donations for their favorite set of legs; senior Henry Farley garnered the biggest collection. The food was loaded onto the Park Tudor trailer and delivered on Friday, November 19 for distribution. • Junior Courtney Fehsenfeld and her Upper School classmates raised $710 in 10 days for her project, Elves for Elephants. Fehsenfeld organized the fundraiser to purchase a GPS animal-tracking collar for an African elephant through the Save the Elephants Project, an international organization dedicated to elephant Continued on page 14
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Service + Learning = Benefits for all Continued from page 13
conservation. Students assisted with the effort by donating $5 to enter a drawing to win an elf – a junior or senior volunteer – who provided limited elf “duties,” such as carrying the winner’s books. Each collar, which costs $500, allows Save the Elephants Project to record elephant movements and download data to help conservationists learn more about elephants and provide for their safety. • Upper School students in Mrs. Laura Rodman’s economics classes recently learned an important lesson in how incentives work, as well as the importance of investing in human capital. Students brought in donations for the local non-profit organization Teacher’s Treasures, which helps at-risk children by providing donated school supplies to their teachers, collecting more than 375 new and
used items, including gloves, books, folders, binders, crayons and art supplies. They earned two “working-lunches” with pizza and learned a valuable lesson about investing in human capital for the greater good of society. • The Park Tudor community has an ongoing relationship with Teacher’s Treasures. Grade 4 teacher Chris Holobek and orchestra teacher Lorelei Farlow deliver donations each month. • The Upper School French Club held its annual bake sale to support Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders) relief efforts in Haiti. • Twelve seventh-grade girls spent an afternoon after school painting the Gaga pit as service to the school. Gaga is a game much like dodge ball. • Seventh- and eighth-grade students carved dozens of pumpkins for Holliday Park’s annual Halloween event.
Gratitude “Our warmest thank you for the twinkles in our children’s eyes and smiles on their faces…you are a light in a dark world. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, and keep up the good work in our community.” – From a thank-you note from a teacher at The Project School “We have not written a letter such as this. However, considering your students and their work ethic we wanted to tell you how much we appreciated their efforts on the Habitat home you sponsored at 1806 Howard Street. “We would be remiss if we did not tell you that your students were extraordinary in their industriousness and initiative to get things done. They took directions well, stayed on the job and regularly asked ‘what else can I do?’ They were courteous to the homeowners and us…. We consider this home the best of five homes we have led and completed. Obviously, your students were a vital factor in this outcome.” – John Peer and Jerry Stauffer, Tiger Team Co-House Leaders, Habitat for Humanity of Central Indiana 14 PARK TUDOR PHOENIX SPRING 2011
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ooking for enriching and fun summer opportunities for your child? Look no further than PT’s “Experience Summer @ PT” program, which will run from June 13-August 5. PT’s summer program is open to the entire Indianapolis-area community. This year’s program includes many new class offerings, an expanded Middle School program, high-school classes for credit, and even classes for adults! More than 40 Park Tudor faculty members teach our summer classes. With well over 100 classes that serve students ages 3 to 18, our summer programs promise to provide enriching and fun-filled opportunities for our community. Visit our Experience Summer @ PT website at www.parktudor. org/summer to view the online brochure and complete your online registration. We encourage you to Experience Summer @ Park Tudor and discover the magic that happens when summer fun meets great teaching! For more information about Park Tudor summer programs, contact Mary Rominger (Director of Summer Programs) at 415-2781 or summer@parktudor.org.
Faculty in the news • Middle School math teacher Heather Gramberg Carmody authored the lead article in the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics journal Mathematics Teaching in The Middle School. The article, “Water Bottle Designs & Measures,” describes Carmody’s success in using open-ended mathematical projects, including The Water Bottle Project, which challenges students to design a container to hold a fixed amount of water. The journal article included photos from the 2009-10 academic school year by Park Tudor Communications Specialist Stefanie Dean ’05, featuring Park Tudor freshmen Amanda Essex and Francesca Santini, and former student Spencer Price. • Caroline Lee-Thompson, Director of Park Tudor’s Chinese Studies program, was presented with the Chinese Teacher of the Year award at the Indiana Foreign Language Association Conference on November 6. Her career includes published work in language journals and several university awards for outstanding teaching. Lee-Thompson also trains new Chinese teachers in Indiana. • Band Director and professional bassoon player Paul Nordby presented a bassoon clinic at Baylor University, TX on November 6. In addition, thanks to his efforts Park Tudor hosted the Second Annual Midwest “Bassoon Monsoon” on November 13. The day of bassoon ensemble music culminated with a public recital with guest artist Martin James of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
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Winter athletic update: Diver competes at state; wrestler advances to regionals By Brad Lennon, Athletic Director
BOYS & GIRLS SWIMMING
The boys and girls swim teams had strong team and individual performances throughout the season. The girls captured second place and the boys third in the Indiana Crossroads Conference meet, with several taking first-place honors. The girls 200 Medley Relay and 200 Free Relay teams took first place, with Katelynn Kyker ’14 capturing conference titles in the 200 Freestyle and 100 Butterfly. Freshman Francesca Santini won the 100 Backstroke and 200 IM. The boys 200 Medley Relay and 400 Free Relay each took first place, along with individual wins from three seniors: Carlin Hobbs in the 200 IM and 100 Butterfly, Iacopo Santini in the 100 Backstroke, and Patrick Rezek in the 100 Freestyle and 100 Breaststroke. Strong team performances in the Warren Central and Brebeuf Invitationals added to a stellar season leading up to the sectional meets. Freshman Elliot Cecil advanced to the state meet in diving. He finished 2nd at sectionals and 7th at regionals. WRESTLING
Individual performances dominated the story line with our varsity wrestlers. Coach Brian Droz welcomed another small group with a strong work ethic, but not enough numbers to score as a team. Strong performances came from all three team members: senior Logan Brougher, 171 lbs.; sophomore Rashad Rush, 125 lbs.; and freshman Ty Hardin, 103 lbs. The grapplers traveled to Western Reserve Academy in Ohio, where all
three won gold medals in their weight classes. At the Cardinal Ritter Invitational, Logan pinned all four of his opponents, while Rashad defeated three out of four. On the same day, Ty captured first place in the Marion County Freshman meet at Beech Grove. In the sectional, Logan took fourth place, advancing to the regional round at Perry Meridian, where he finished sixth.
Senior wrestler Logan Brougher (third from right) advanced to the regionals this year. He is seen here with (left to right): Coach Evan Howard, Rashad Rush ’13, Ty Hardin ’14, and Coaches Brian Droz ’93 and Jeff Johnson.
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Coach Ed Schilling’s squad continues another strong year on the heels of winning the 2010 state runner-up title. At the end of the regular season, the boys owned a solid 19-2 record, Park Tudor’s first boys basketball conference title, and a No. 6 ranking in the 2A state polls. The team’s two losses came at the hands of a red-hot Guerin Catholic team that blistered the nets with .60 shooting, and to Lawrence Central in the semifinal round of the always-tough Marion County Tournament. In late December, the Panthers played three games in three nights on the road, defeating Tri-West, Winchester and Lapel, with the Winchester win coming in the Super Hoops Classic played at Purdue’s Mackey Arena. With the toughest part of the schedule looming, the team hopes to continue to improve in preparation for another deep run in this year’s state tournament in March.
years ago played for a state championship. Coach Dave Heffern’s cagers performed solidly all year long, coming within just a few points of capturing the ICC title, losing a gut-wrenching championship game to Cardinal Ritter, 57-55. The team was led by senior guards Kellie Hanley and Emily Eiteljorg, along with freshman standout Natalie Orr and junior center Abby Frank. Sophomore Abbey Buroker added support in the post with junior Maya
Vance adding strong defensive relief as well. Sophomore Bailey Dominguez proved to be a major threat from the 3-point line, while freshman Haley Hallenbeck provided steady play and hustle at both ends of the court. The girls opened sectional play at Triton Central against Indianapolis Marshall, winning 71-28. The team concluded the season with an impressive 12-8 record after a loss in the sectional semifinal to conference opponent Cardinal Ritter.
Members of the 2010 state runner-up boys basketball team received their rings from the Indiana State High School Athletic Association in a ceremo-
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The girls varsity basketball team ended its regular season with a 60-41 win over conference opponent Lapel. The season began with a solid victory over University High School, a team that as recently as two
ny held before the home basketball game on November 24. Here, Athletic Director Brad Lennon presents a ring to Kevin Rex ’13.
Athletes in the news • Junior Kevin Ferrell has announced his intention to play basketball at Indiana University. • Seniors Abby and Henry Farley have signed to run track at Duke University next fall. SPRING 2011 PARK TUDOR PHOENIX 15
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Emerging from the chaos Three Park Tudor alumni were eyewitnesses to public uprisings and regime changes in Tunisia and Egypt this winter. David Dietz ’06 was in Tunisia teaching English when the demonstrations began in that country, while John Pasch ’88 and Erin Biel ’09 were both in Cairo. Here are their first-hand accounts of these historic events, written shortly after they took place in January and February.
BY DAVID DIETZ ’06
Greetings from Tunis (well, temporarily Geneva). Most of my last six months have been overshadowed by the events of the past few weeks. In some ways the events that unfolded in Tunisia have so altered the state of this country that my experiences and opinions pre-uprising may no longer paint an accurate portrayal of the country I knew. Such is the experience of witnessing a revolution. The hope of such upheaval is that the final outcome leads to 16 PARK TUDOR PHOENIX SPRING 2011
a flowering of freedoms, political discourse and artistic creativity that the Tunisian people have been longing for. It remains to be seen whether such aspirations will be guaranteed, but it is already clear that while Tunisia may look the same, it is a new country taking its first breath of fresh air. I arrived in Tunis nearly six months ago prepared to teach English, learn the culture and practice the language. Having graduated in May from Georgetown University with a major in Arabic and minors in economics and government, I chose to return to the Middle East to learn more about the people, culture, politics and history. I became interested in this region back when the U.S. invaded Iraq in March of 2003. Enrolling in Dr. Guffin’s Global Scholars class [at Park Tudor], I knew I wanted to further my interests and research the region. For my final project, I presented my paper on “20th Century Colonialism in the Middle East.” During my time at Georgetown, I worked for a summer in Amman, studied for a semester in Cairo and traveled the Gulf, so while I was looking to return to the region, I also desired somewhere new. The allure of a relatively unexplored North African culture along with a deep and rich history and Tunisia’s ties
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to Europe sounded appealing. eager for answers. The country’s reputation for Tunisia, they responded being the “safest,” albeit somemundanely, a tone appropriate times sleepiest, country in the for the mood, was not a place for Middle East didn’t hurt either, politics. President Ben Ali had nor did its renowned idyllic quashed any such desires and litbeaches and well-preserved erally beat it out of them. Lookruins do anything to dissuade ing back, it is obvious many of me from my decision. my students wanted to share and I arrived with few expecwanted to let their opinion be tations except that I felt strongheard. The problem was, they ly that teaching English would couldn’t. be the perfect way to meet Until two weeks ago, Tunilocals and obtain a real undersians were not allowed to voice standing of life in a relatively dissent nor allowed to share their traditional and unspoiled culopinions. They weren’t even ture. (Tunisians are proud that allowed to access YouTube. there are no McDonald’s and Occasionally they tried. Caufew American companies or tiously they spoke around the brands). issues, protesting similar regimes In some ways teaching in Egypt and Syria to indicate was an ideal window into the their displeasure at home. Even true Tunisia. I met many smart, still, fear was palpable. funny and caring people and Ben Ali had created one shared hundreds of coffees and of the most oppressive regimes. laughs with Tunisian friends. Media was greatly restricted and David Dietz ’06 in Tunisia. I was introduced to new foods freedom of speech – if not in such as Tunisian-style couscous, favor of the ruling party – proojja (a tomato-based stew with eggs, peppers and lamb sausage) hibited. Freedom House ranked Tunisia in the 160s in terms of and leblebi (a spicy version of a porridge), as well as new words political freedoms. By creating such a state, using secret police and expressions. Every day new secluded beaches and Roman and informants to carry out his bidding, President Ali nearly guarruins were recommended to me. Yet the conversations were devoid anteed himself a lifetime appointment. Nearly… of a staple Arab subject matter: politics. It was the elephant in the In doing so he sucked the spirit and energy from his people. room and an elephant that my students seemed terrified of. For the first several months, I found Tunis to be boring. Creativity Those who have been to or lived in the Middle East know was discouraged, thinking censored and culture almost non-existhat an existence without politics is both unfamiliar and almost tent. Defeated at home, Tunisians lusted for Europe. Girls copied unsettling. Politics, especially the latest Israeli, American or Arab the latest fashions while guys watched “El Clasico” (Barcelona regime conspiracy theories, is the lifeblood of the region. It’s the vs. Real Madrid). Their bodies and hearts may have been present first subject brought up in a cab, the second thing (after your order) in Tunis, but not their minds. Even in class there was the constant that the waiter asks and even the typical chitchat during half time drumbeat of Europe. The most frequent answer to my informal on the soccer pitch. Whether in Amman, Cairo, Doha or Istanbul, poll as to how Tunisians saw themselves was: “We are Tunisian, walk outside and politics sneaks up on you. Before you know it but very European.” you are at a local café drinking chai (tea) and discussing the news By Christmas I was looking forward to coming back to the of the day. States. I missed political discussions, entertainment and the culture So you can imagine my surprise to stand before a group of of a cosmopolitan city. Music and theatre were tightly controlled. students uninterested in political discussions. I was even more There were no foreign films and few local productions. The food taken aback when a little nudging and prodding on my part was was all the same…no burgers, sushi, Chinese or tapas. Few forforcefully rebuked. Confused, I turned to the teacher’s lounge eigners had invested in Tunis. Continued on page 18
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Then, while I was As Tunisia picks itself up and prepares for the home, something hapfuture, daunting challenges pened. Sparked by the loom. Throwing out Ben outrage and the horror of a Ali did nothing to create 26-year-old fruit seller and more jobs. Unemployment college graduate’s tragic will rise and instability self-immolation, Tunisia will most likely swell, yet exploded. Unknowingly, as one man alone at night in protest to police brutalon the street breaking curity and not being able to few and surrounded by the make a living, Mohamed army repeatedly screamed, Bouazizi had started a “Tunisia! We are not beatrevolution. en, we are not dead, we are The pent-up frustraALIVE.” tion that originally surOn January 17 I decidfaced over a lack of jobs A protestor is confronted by police during a street demonstration in Tunis. ed to leave Tunisia with a and opportunity in the Photo provided by David Dietz. couple of friends for the town of Sidi Bou Zid was safety of Switzerland. A friend of mine was shot in the riots (but carried by the masses because they too now finally had a chance to is recovering), my apartment complex was ransacked, and life was voice their grievances. The demonstrations engendered a strength difficult (with curfews, road blocks, guns, tear gas, military and and drive that, once set in motion, could not be contained. For police on the streets, and tanks and gunships overhead). I am eager, years, people didn’t dare protest. Their relative wealth (80 percent though, to return to see how the country and people have changed. of Tunisians are said to live above the poverty line) and daily secuAs Tunisia moves forward the world will see the true Tunisian rity were not worth the risk. spirit and their creative talent. Undoubtedly it will change. It seems As the protests spread, so too did waves of creative passions. only a matter of time before Western chains and hotels inundate the The country was abuzz with an excitement not previously witcountry and its markets. Still, I look forward – and urge you all – to nessed. Inspired drawings, Photoshop and Arabic rap songs/videos visit Tunisia, if not to hear the free voices of the people and enjoy popped up on Facebook on a daily basis lamenting Bouazizi’s their hospitality, at least for the unspoiled beaches. death and encouraging the movement he spawned. Within three weeks, and only three days after the protests had reached the capital city, the regime fell. In a startling turn of events, President Ali fled to Saudi Arabia while his wife, and much of his gold, settled in Dubai. The President, whose ironclad grip had strangled his people for over two decades of continuous rule, was gone.
* If you are interested in learning more about the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia or want to read about what it is like to live through a revolution, please visit www.policymic.com and search my name – David Dietz – or look under global affairs. You also may e-mail me at davidpdietz@gmail.com.
Diary of the Egyptian uprising: Erin Biel ’09 Erin Biel ’09 had been studying in Egypt for only one week when the public protests began. A student at Yale University, she was spending the semester at American University in Cairo, but like many American students in the country, she was evacuated for safety reasons after the protests began. She wrote the following account of her experiences shortly after she returned to Yale. Portions of this diary are excerpted on Forbes.com.
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Sunday, January 23: The bus rumbled over a pothole, jostling the laptops that students were poring over, temporarily disrupting the bus’s WiFi connection. As we began to lumber along again, my friend turned to me: “Erin, have you seen this Facebook event about governmental protests in Tahrir this Tuesday? There are tens of thousands of people said to be attending.” I responded in a dubious manner: “No, but then again, protests like that happen every so often here. Anyway, it’s doubtful
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people in what they were trying to achieve for their country. It was not until the following day that I learned my teacher had a minor panic attack after I left, regretting that we never exchanged cell phone numbers, should I never return. I arrived with my friends to the protests in Tahrir Square Tuesday, January 25: around 6 p.m. Actually, “protests” would be a misnomer. By the Two days later, on the Egyptian national holiday known time we arrived, the police had completely dispelled all protest as Police Day, I found myself being shuffled onto yet another activity; people were looming about the roundabout and walkbus, told that we had to leave the Khan al-Khalili market ing around as usual. Everything was eerily quiet compared to before protesters arrived. The streets of downtown Cairo had a normal day in downtown Cairo. Nevertheless, hundreds of already become chaotic; we needed to detour to New Cairo police were ensconced on every corner—shields at the ready— before returning to our dormitories in Zamalek, which were 50 standing alongside dozens of paddy wagons and other armored minutes away. vehicles. That night, safely back in Zamalek, an island in the middle Leading the way, I decided to take the rest of my group of the Nile and about a 15-minute drive from Tahrir Square in toward 26th of downtown Cairo, I congregated in July Street, a the dormitory well-known with the rest of thoroughfare in the American downtown Cairo, University in Caiwhich passes the ro students. We Supreme Court. all stared intently As we neared at the CNN Interthe courthouse, national coverage it soon became of the protests evident that there appearing on was more activity the lobby televihere than what sion. I wondered we had previousif the rest of the ly seen. Police world was startroops were ing as intently as Erin Biel writes, “This photo was shot from my friend’s apartment window - a protest was taking place and grouped together people were marching down the street in Zamalek (where this apartment and my dorm were located).” we were and then and were indiswent to bed. criminately rushing down side streets, shooting off rubber bullets, and leaving Wednesday, January 26: stampedes of people in their wake. A modest number of peoThe day after the first protests, I made a pact with four ple, perhaps just a few hundred, were in front of the courthouse other friends to visit the protests in Tahrir Square, the political chanting, signs waving valiantly in the air. The atmosphere was heart of downtown Cairo and the epicenter of the protests. I peaceful and dignified. had to tell my Colloquial Egyptian Arabic teacher that I needed However, that didn’t last long. I started to hear shots again to leave classes early. When she asked me my reason, her face and turned to find hordes of people rushing in my direction. I turned grave; she deterred me from going, saying that she was bolted down three street blocks, at which time I found out that even afraid of going to the protests. The police did not distinthe police had stopped following us. Nevertheless, the sense guish between men or women, Egyptians or non-Egyptians. If of chaos and unrestrained violence that I had heard about on you were a protester, you were fair game. television the night before appeared all too real. We lingered I told her that my intent in going was not to be in the center for a short while longer and then returned to Zamalek for the of the protests, fighting the fight of the Egyptian people; I was night. A few hours later we learned that thousands of protestgoing as a staunch supporter of universal human rights and civil ers had marched from various parts of the city and were again rights, and I wanted to show my solidarity with the Egyptian encamped in Tahrir Square. Continued on page 20 that such a large number of people will actually show up. It’s easy enough to say that you are ‘attending’ on Facebook; it’s another thing to actually follow through.”
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Thursday, January munication that his 27: citizens had with I walked into the outside world? my Colloquial EgypI shouldn’t tian Arabic class and have put it past was greeted with a him. I woke up the genial gaze from my next morning only teacher. She said that to hear a discorshe had given it a dant beeping tone great deal of thought, terminate all of my and it was likely that calls and then leave she would be at the me in complete protests the followsilence. I felt as if ing day. Her sense every thread tying of reserve seemed to me to the outside have taken flight, and world had been cut she had an aura of systematically, one levity about her. by one. I pictured There was much Mubarak with a talk about the upcommenacing grin, This photo of soldiers and tanks rolling down a street in Cairo was taken by one of Erin’s friends. ing Friday protests. scissors in hand. [Nobel Prize winner] Mohamed ElBaradei had returned on Thursday afternoon, and it Friday, January 28 - Wednesday, February 2 (The Days of was said that he would address the people in Tahrir Square after Rage): Friday prayers. It was clear that Friday’s protests, soon known as As predicted, Friday was the day when the intensity of the “The Day of Rage,” would be different, and the government was protests markedly increased. The Muslim Brotherhood came forth well aware of this sentiment as well. The administration disabled and publicly endorsed the protests for the first time, and there was Twitter and Facebook, because social media was targeted – and a valid fear that Mubarak would use this development as an excuse correctly so – as one of the primary means for disseminating to further legitimize unwonted police aggression and violence. I information about the protests to both fellow protesters and the made a conscientious decision not to attend the protests, because outside world. For a time I was able to still access both sites by of my fear of getting separated from others and having no way of using Yale’s VPN network, and I continued to religiously follow communicating via cell phone. Jared Cohen, Steven Cook, The Arabist, and a number of other Instead, without any other means for gathering the news, I accounts, gathering information that I then would relay via text to again joined the crowd of AUC students who were flocking to the some of my peers. television in the dorm lobby. For a time, we watched CNN and However, at around 11:30 p.m., I called a fellow student and BBC; however, it soon became apparent that these stations were learned that she had not received my last three texts. The governmerely regurgitating the same information for hours on end—and ment also had just shut down SMS texting. I opened up my comthat information was very lacking in detail. Instead, we primarily puter again, hoping to e-mail people and notify them of the shutwatched Al Jazeera, which provided live updates of the situation down. My Internet was unavailable. Yale’s VPN was no longer of and had far better footage. Relying upon our Egyptian residential any use. The Internet would be down for the next six days. assistants to translate from Arabic to English for us, we progresAround 2 a.m., I strayed back to the AUC dormitories after sively learned that the Ministry of the Interior was burning to visiting a friend who lived in an apartment down the street. I was the ground; that the Egyptian museum had been looted; that the confronted with posters plastered on every dormitory wall, notifymilitary was purportedly siding with the people, made evident by ing students that it was rumored the government also was going footage of tanks rolling down the streets accompanied by cheering to disable all mobile phone service by mid-morning on Friday. We crowds; and that Mubarak had appointed Omar Suleiman as the were instructed to call our parents to notify them, which I did in first vice president in his 30-year reign. Needless to say, we were semi-disbelief. Would Mubarak truly sever every means of comenraged when Mubarak also shut down Al Jazeera. 20 PARK TUDOR PHOENIX SPRING 2011
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On Friday night, we watched [President Obama’s Commuyet again adorning the walls, expressing that the U.S. Embassy in nications Director] Robert Gibbs conduct a press conference and Cairo had started to advise American citizens to leave the country. many in the lobby scoffed at his safe rhetoric and unrevealing, That night, AUC addressed all of the students in the Zamalek consistent response: “We are monitoring the situation.” There was dormitories and relayed that the State Department was beginning fear that if Obama continued to approve of Mubarak’s remaining evacuation flights the following morning. These flights were open in power – or just skirted the issue entirely – anti-American sentito all U.S. citizens as long as they presented a passport. Citizens ment might also begin to mark the protests, thereby threatening would be evacuated to either Athens, Nicosia or Istanbul, and you our own wellbeing in the city. The Egyptian people proclaim that could not preference a destination. These flights were on a firstthis is their battle to fight and that the American government need come, first-served basis; people would not be assigned to a flight not meddle in the situation; however, the original lack of verbal ahead of time, but instead had to show up at the airport and sign a support (i.e. outright condemnation of Mubarak) from D.C. was promissory note to repay the flight expenses before being placed viewed as hypocritical for a country that so often talks about in the flight queue. exporting democracy to other countries around the world. Mobile phone service had fortunately resumed by this time on The imposed curfews encroached upon our days more and Sunday evening, so I quickly called my mother back in Indianapomore and, with that, the days seemed to become longer. What lis. Lo and behold, she had already submitted my information to originally started as a 6 p.m.-8 a.m. curfew soon turned into a 2 the State Department so it would know that I wanted to be evacup.m.-8 a.m. curfew, such that most of the day was spent indoors. In ated (although, unlike my mother, I was still conflicted) and was the times when I did go outside, it was patently clear aware of my presence in Egypt. It was at this point that things were out of the ordinary. Most shops, that everything seemed to turn a full 180 degrees. I even in Zamalek, were closed and many had newshad looked forward to this study-abroad experience papers covering the windows so that potential lootfor months, and I had outlined every place that I ers could not see the merchandise inside. With the wanted to visit and every little thing that I wanted mobile phone shops closed, I, along with most of to do. Suddenly, my four months of bliss were being my fellow students, ran out of credit on our Egypextinguished in an instant with this pending evacuatian cell phones, and could therefore only receive tion the following day. incoming calls. Fortunately, I had my Blackberry Overwhelmed with emotions and uncertainty, from home with me, so I was also able to use my I then called a Yale Divinity School student who U.S.-based number, albeit at a very steep price. was also studying in Cairo with a group of about Walking down the streets, the only activity to ten other Yale Divinity School students and a Yale Erin Biel ’09 be seen was endless lines of people emanating from professor. In speaking directly with the professor, I the two main supermarkets in the area: people were flooding the learned about the horrors that existed at the Cairo airport already. markets and stocking up in preparation for the protests’ unforeseen Thousands of people had flooded the departure terminal and were future. By the time I arrived at the supermarket, all bottled water oftentimes camping out for multiple nights before being assured was sold out. Fortunately AUC had had the foresight to purchase a flight. All food, water, and even toilet paper had run out at the enough bottled water for everyone in the dormitory to last us for airport. The Divinity School group was going to remain in Cairo weeks. However, my friends living in apartments had to resort to for the time being, particularly because word on the street was boiling all of their water for the next week. that it was safer to stay indoors rather than attempt to travel to the On Saturday night I decided to stay over at a friend’s apartairport. ment, which was just around the corner from the AUC dormitories. The following morning I packed my suitcase but at the last Her apartment windows overlooked much of central Cairo. We moment decided to wait one more day before heading to the aircould see tear gas being thrown on crowds late into the night, port, reluctant to leave this beloved city and hoping to evade some something that we had experienced the effects of earlier in the day, of the crowds. When I conveyed the decision to my mother, she as a protest had occurred down the street in Zamalek as well. Shots was dismayed and slightly concerned, but she told me that coincirattled through the air, plumes of smoke dotted the skyline, and dentally an administrator from Yale had been corresponding with even sniper laser tracers occasionally passed through the windows her via e-mail. Supposedly Yale was in the midst of devising its Sasha Khitlik – Can Work Rings Mr. and Mrs. Moon – Will Clean Up Robin – Cool Wrappers from afar. At 1 a.m. we received a call on the landline phone, notiown evacuation plan. (I, too, would have received these same mesAround You Your Act fying us that looters had stormed a bank just down the street. sages, if only I had had Internet access.) Mid-afternoon on MonOn Sunday, I returned to the AUC dormitories to find posters Photos by Jan Continued on page 22 SPRING 2011 PARK TUDOR PHOENIX 21
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day my mother called back to notify me that Yale had chartered a flight through MEDEX, a travel assistance and emergency evacuation service, and the Yale Divinity School group would be on the flight, along with two other Yale grad students working in Cairo. Furthermore, she had spoken with the master of my residential college at Yale, and he said that Yale would be willing to re-enroll me for the semester, even though classes had been underway for a full month. With AUC classes postponed week after week, it appeared that my decision was clear. Because of the large number of evacuation cases that MEDEX had in Egypt, it was not until midnight on Tuesday morning that I received a call from MEDEX personnel, relaying that I was to rendezvous with the rest of the Yale group at a hotel across the street from the airport. We then would be shuttled in two small buses to the airport, dropped off at a special terminal separate from the State Department’s evacuation flights, taken promptly through security, and then bussed to our plane. The plane would fly to Amsterdam, and MEDEX would arrange for the future legs of our trip once we landed. Tuesday, February 1: At 9 a.m., AUC provided me with private transportation to the airport. As I neared the airport, the number of tanks lining the streets heavily increased and the traffic bottlenecked. It took roughly a half-hour to cover the last half-mile of the journey. I joined the rest of the Yalies in the Novotel hotel lobby, where we
camped out for roughly three hours before we were notified that our MEDEX flight had secured airspace for its departure. Once we were taken to the airport, we were confronted with hundreds of other groups congregating around the “VIP” terminal, waiting for their chartered flights. However, we were taken through security immediately and then waited roughly an hour for our passports to be verified. Once that was all squared away, we were taken on a bus past roughly 50 other planes scattered on the tarmac and dropped in front of an Air Memphis (Memphis being the capital of Ancient Egypt) plane, which was to serve as our escape from the last eight days of havoc, rage and hope. As I took my seat on the plane, I looked out the window and all I could see before me was a blur. I wasn’t really staring at anything outside but was instead looking inside of myself, trying to make sense of a week that seemed to have lasted for months. In total I had been in Cairo for only two and a half weeks, but in that short period of time, I could vividly identify the hospitality, the dynamism, and the passion that characterize the Egyptian people. Whether it is seeing pictures of Christians and Muslims protesting alongside one another, or reading about designated protesters who perform security checks on fellow protesters entering Tahrir so as to avoid unnecessary mayhem, or realizing that there are protesters still demonstrating relentlessly all over Cairo as I am writing this, I hold great confidence in the Egyptian people as they fight their own fight.
Perspectives from an American aid worker in Egypt: John Pasch ’88 John Pasch ’88 moved to Cairo in August 2010, where he works as the water sector team leader in the USAID Mission. He joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 2009, but has been working for or with USAID on water projects since 2001. In Cairo, John manages projects and programs that support water-policy reform, increased access to water and sanitation services and improved management of water resources. He previously has lived and worked in Thailand, Jordan, Palestine, Morocco and Eritrea. After the protests in Cairo began in late January, Pasch e-mailed Upper School Social Studies Department Chair Kathryn Lerch in response to a Park Tudor Alumni Times e-newsletter inviting alumni to engage in a dialogue about recent world events with students in PT’s Western Civilizations classes. The students e-mailed Pasch questions; excerpts of his responses highlighting his personal experiences during the protests in Cairo are reprinted here with his permission. 22 PARK TUDOR PHOENIX SPRING 2011
In his introductory comments to the students, Pasch wrote: The bond between the United States and Egypt is a very strong one that has a long and deep history. USAID has been working under basically the same bilateral agreement since the 1970s and the result has been literally billions and billions of dollars invested in health care, education, infrastructure and other services. I think the closeness of this relationship is appreciated by both Americans and Egyptians. The boab who maintains the building where I live is from the city of Beni Suef and we have talked many times about all the U.S.-Egypt projects that were implemented there resulting in improved infrastructure and services. Egyptians are aware of the positive cooperation between the U.S. and Egypt. In addition to our cooperative engagement in development activities, I think the U.S.-Egypt bond is strengthened by a commonality in culture between our countries. Like the U.S., Egypt is not a homogeneous society and includes people from many different ethnic and cultural backgrounds: African, Arab, Euro-
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John Pasch shot this photo of the front pages of Egyptian newspapers the day after President Hosni Mubarak’s resignation.
pean. I think most Egyptians would tell you “I live in Africa, but I’m not African; I speak Arabic, but I’m not an Arab...I’m Egyptian.” Sounds like Americans, right? What I also notice about Egyptians, which is amplified over other Middle Eastern cultures I have experienced, is that they are gregarious and they love to laugh. Egyptians are open and friendly...which is how I like to think Americans are as well. And maybe that’s also why our bond with Egypt is so great. Of course in any crisis situation, there are those who would like to exploit the crisis for their own agenda. I think there are some who would like to introduce an anti-Western or antiAmerican sentiment into the current events in Egypt; however, the sentiment is not pervasive throughout the population. This is indeed Egypt’s moment in history...not ours, and we need to be thoughtful in our engagement as a foreign government. But personally, I have not experienced any anti-American reaction. The citizen patrols that have organized throughout Cairo to protect it block by block from looters and criminals have been one of the most impressive acts of civic organization I could
imagine. My neighbors stay up all night long on the street, watching, checking every car and keeping everyone safe... Egyptian, Syrian, Korean, American.... A few nights ago I went out to meet the citizen watch groups in my neighborhood and I was warmly welcomed to a blanket by a fire in the street for tea and a chat. This is an incredible moment for Egypt, the region and the world...stay tuned. Editor’s note: Pasch’s views and statements are his alone, and do not necessarily reflect official U.S. Government positions. Q: In talking with Egyptians you know, would they consider the events in Egypt to be a revolution, or an uprising, or a revolt, and why? Pasch: I don’t think they would consider it any of these things. I have heard people talk about Egyptians “finding their voice” and “overcoming their fear.” While you hear chants of “revolution” on the news from Tahrir Square, I don’t know Continued on page 24 SPRING 2011 PARK TUDOR PHOENIX 23
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anyone who speaks of the current events this way. Keep in mind, though, that hindsight on history is 20/20. It may be hard to recognize a revolution when it is at hand, but history may describe it as such depending on the outcome and whether it is a convenient reference to the resulting politic.
Q: How difficult was it for you to work/communicate with colleagues, family when the Internet was shut down in Egypt? How did you get around this inconvenience? Pasch: You can’t imagine! Practically impossible. I did not even have a home phone plugged in at my house and I cer-
tainly did not know Q: Since you the land-line numbers live and work John Pasch ’88 (center) and his Egyptian neighbors at a street celebration the night of of my friends and colamong Egyptians, Hosni Mubarak’s resignation. leagues. How could do you have a sense anyone imagine a of how they feel world where cell phones didn’t work? Fortunately, on January about recent events? Are they participating, or are they a 29, I had rushed into my office to grab a few things including a part of the silent majority? Do they generally feel optimistic complete phone list for all my colleagues and staff. I don’t have about current events, or pessimistic? television at home so the only news I was getting was through Pasch: It’s important to recognize that every Egyptian friends and family on the phone. feels the impact of current events uniquely. Out of a population of 80 million, really only a small amount are in Tahrir Square, Q: Have you seen greater divisions growing among differbut you can be sure that 100% of Egyptians are engaged in ent factions in your neighborhood, or Egypt in general? what is unfolding in one way or another. Some actively protest, Pasch: This is the hard part of having a diverse culture. It but many others are engaged in dialogue and discussion with seems that when things are calm and stable, diversity enriches family, friends and colleagues about topics no one discussed culture, dialogue and life in general. But when a crisis hits and before. Most of my colleagues are optimistic right now, but not people feel stressed, there is a danger that differences can turn into necessarily about the future... they are optimistic about things divides. I have noticed more division and less agreement among getting better, tensions easing, violence ceasing.... colleagues and friends from different demographics (old/young, Q: What is the “tipping” point in this revolution? Do the
Christian/Muslim, conservative/liberal, etc.) but I think this is
people sense that they are almost there? Or, will the existing
probably a normal reaction to stress. People gravitate to the famil-
government prevail?
iar in times of stress and trouble.
Pasch: This is difficult to answer. Events in Tunisia certainly had an inspirational impact on Egyptians, but I think most Egyptians will tell you this was a long time in coming. I don’t think
Q: Day-to-day living – how difficult has it been to get supplies, food, security, gasoline, money, etc.?
there is a common understanding of where they are going as a
Pasch: I think the first couple of days of the protests were
people that would allow them to understand if they are almost
difficult. People were in panic mode and lines at the stores and gas
there. I do think people are cautiously optimistic that we are past
stations were so long. Some stores were not able to re-stock and
the low point and the situation on the street and in the government
this led to shortages for others. In their panic, many people were
will improve from here.
buying far more of certain products than they needed, especially
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bread, which is very
possible before. The trans-
important to the Egyp-
formation in individuals
tian diet. Transporta-
has been so empowering
tion problems affected
for some. Youth that had
distribution and did
nothing to look forward
lead to real shortages,
to are all of a sudden part
but I believe much of
of real democratic change.
the early problem was
But the overall impact is
due to perceived short-
even greater...workers are
ages that were due to
protesting for better wag-
hoarding. Most prod-
es, citizens are expressing
ucts are widely avail-
the discontent for local
able now. Cash was
officials, and even indi-
very short for about a
viduals are speaking up
week, but most banks
against inflated food prices
have reopened.
where they shop. It’s an empowering moment.
Q: How has it
A street celebration in Pasch’s Cairo neighborhood the night Hosni Mubarak stepped down.
felt being an American (whose country has supported Mubarak and other strong-
Q: Do you personally foresee a positive/negative outcome
arm regimes), and to be able to respond to Egyptians when
to these events in Cairo? How will potential changes in the
they criticize this?
Egyptian government or even changes in U.S. administration
Pasch: I’ve worked in several different countries in the
policy have an impact on what you are doing in Egypt?
Middle East and I’ve always been impressed with the way Egyp-
Pasch: These are very good questions. I think whatever hap-
tians, Palestinians, Jordanians, etc. can separate politics from
pens there will be both positive and negative impacts, but I’d like
feelings for a people. I can’t tell you how many times people
to believe that the net will be positive. Change is always difficult
have said to me “I love Americans, it’s your government I have a
whether for individuals, groups or nations, but one can’t grow and
problem with.” I don’t believe Egyptians attach responsibility for
improve without embracing change. While Egypt’s economy was
American policy to individual Americans. Look at it from their
growing over the last 30 years, most Egyptians were not benefit-
perspective... do you think Egyptians would like to be judged
ting from this growth. At the very least, Egyptians are far more
as a people by the actions of their government? In general, I
keenly aware of the need to listen across all strata of the country
have felt welcome and wanted here throughout the crisis and I
and they have found a powerful, home-grown voice to express
am able to engage in healthy discourse about American policy.
themselves. I’d love to know the answer to the second part of this question, but I think it is a bit too early to speculate on how our
Q: If you were keeping a journal of events around you
foreign policy might change.
in Cairo during the past two weeks, what things in particular stand out as especially memorable for you and why? Pasch: Two things... First, when the police fled their posts completely, leaving the streets of Cairo without a police force in a critical moment, the citizens of Cairo got together and protected their neighborhoods block by block. Young and old patrolling the neighborhood, sharing shifts to cover all hours of the night. They received no instruction on how to do this, yet in one night the 20 million residents of Cairo organized their own citizen-led police force. Gives me chills just thinking about it. Second, Egypt found its voice in the last couple of weeks in a way that no one thought SPRING 2011 PARK TUDOR PHOENIX 25
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The first year at the “new” Park Tudor
I
n the Fall 2011 issue of The Park Tudor Phoenix, we pro-
time by our current editor emeritus, Jim Foxlow) and the 1971
vided a historical perspective on the 1970 merger of Park
Park Tudor Chronicle yearbook to provide a glimpse into what
School and Tudor Hall. In this issue, we thought we’d look
students were thinking and doing at the time of the merger.
to the first published issues of the The Phoenix (edited at the
Excerpted from the “Park-Tudor Phoenix,”* Volume 1, Number 2, February 1971
ing elected to remain a uniformed body – but with a difference – they made a brave show in their Campbell-tartan kilts, white
Last fall boys and masters of the former Park School felt
blouses, and gold, navy or white knee-socks. To avoid the
like paraphrasing the famous 1715 song: “The Campbells have
appearance of a Whiggish bias, they shifted to black Stewart
come–hurrah, hurrah!”
kilts with the first blasts of winter….
The Campbells are the lassies among the students, who arrived on campus September 9 to boost morale and the student population figure (to within a good mashie shot of 500). Hav26 PARK TUDOR PHOENIX SPRING 2011
Things began to move with unusual dispatch in the fall… and are still going strong. An early appeal by club presidents for new members met
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with an inspiriting response. Barn-
campus. Time has uncovered some
stormers [the theatre club] finished
rough places that need smoothing,
most of the painting on the exterior
but most of the students appear to
of their stopgap theater [the former
have demonstrated their ability to
Lilly Orchard apple barn] before
assume the responsibility.
cold weather forced them off the
The merger of the two schools
scaffolding and had a major produc-
has so far proceeded more smooth-
tion on and off the boards before
ly than anyone dared hope last year.
Christmas. The Park-Tudor Singers* and Choir sent the school
Most of the problems have arisen in connection with matters
family home for the holidays with some of the loveliest music
essentially indifferent. Miss Alma Whitford, academic dean,
ever heard on the College Avenue campus ringing in their ears.
may have put her finger on a major reason for the smoothness
(The part borne by the Middle School singers in the Christmas
of the transition. Asked some time ago to frame a “reaction to
program augurs well for a mixed choir in the Upper School one
the merger from the Tudor Hall point of view,” she replied that
of these days.)….
everyone affected by the merger, far from clinging to the past,
Athletics went forward at a great clip, with considerably more emphasis on intramurals this year….
is wholeheartedly directing his energies to the realization of excellence in a new school.
To a person, students welcomed the headmaster’s announcement that the school would experiment in 1970-71 with a self-
* The name Park-Tudor School contained a hyphen at the
directed study program, giving everyone a chance – initially
time of the merger. The hyphen disappeared in the early 1980s
– to make what use he would of his unscheduled time on the
(a search of our school archives did not yield the exact date).
STUDENT VOLUNTEERS CONVERT OLD APPLE BARN TO THEATER its Upper School build-
From the “Park-Tudor
ing after spring recess last
Phoenix,” February 1971 With their wonted
year, it ceased to need the
dispatch and resource,
apple barn as a study hall
members of Barnstorm-
or its penthouses as busi-
ers, saving remnant of
ness office and buildings-
the old Masquers [Tudor
and-grounds shop. Accord-
Hall] and Wishbone [Park
ingly, the Board of Direc-
School] clubs, together
tors appropriated funds for
with other student vol-
gutting and paneling the
unteers, have converted
ground floor of the vener-
the former Lilly Orchard
able structure and installing
sales barn to a work-
new wiring and plumbing. Prime mover in the
able, attractive theater. When the school opened
Members M b off the th Barnstormers B t theatre th t club, l b as pictured i t d in i the th 1971 “Park-Tudor “P k T d Chronicle” yearbook.
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atrical use was Mrs. Dennis Gaughan, school drama teacher. In consultation with William Lord of North Central High School, she designed a hundred-seat house with an open platform in the middle… The south penthouse, with its powder room decorated (by the girls) in orange, pink, and magenta and papered by Anthony Onstott of the Mathematics Department, is the lobby of the barn theater. Between productions it serves as a typing classroom. The north penthouse, formerly the cooling room of the apple barn, has become the speech-drama classroom. [The first productions in the theatre were J.M. Synge’s
The caption on this photo in the February 1971 “Park-Tudor Phoenix” reads, “The new trophy case installed in the lobby of the gymnasium in memory of the late Ward Hackleman, Jr., ’36, one of the most extraordi-
“The Playboy of the Western World” in December 1970,
nary all-round athletes in the school’s history, occupies the attention of
followed by Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” in March 1971,
L.H. Berkeley (left), history teacher and basketball coach, and his some-
the Lower School production of “Winnie the Pooh,” and an
time star Duane Pritchett, ’57, athletic director. The handsome case is a gift of Mr. Hackleman’s friends and classmates.”
evening of one-act plays directed by members of the advanced drama class in May.]
The Way-Back Machine Back in November, the staff of the 2011 Park Tudor Chronicle asked alumni from the Classes of 1970-1974 to name some of their favorite things when they were students at Park Tudor. A few of their responses are listed here, which also may bring back memories to some longtime Indianapolis residents: Favorite place to shop: • “Ayr-Way in Nora, which became Target, and of course, Roderick St. John’s in Glendale for the fancy stuff.” • “Karma Records on Broad Ripple Avenue” • “Roderick St. John’s at Glendale Mall was the place to get the ‘preppy
• Sam’s Subway Deli at Glendale Mall
• “Burger Chef at 65th & College”
• Sam’s Attic and Caves and Caverns
• The Art Barn or Drama Barn (the old
restaurant • Sam’s Subway at 24th and Meridian Streets
belts. Glendale was the mall to go to.” • “A place in Broad Ripple that sold
• Etymology
• The Whistle Stop
• Science
• TGI Friday’s
• “Any class with Jim Foxlow” • “9th gr. Algebra with young Miss
Favorite after-school hangout: • “Other high schools – BRHS, Shortridge, Ladywood”
bellbottoms and west-coast style
• North Central
clothes – might have been called
• “Shops in Broad Ripple (Ed Shock’s
‘HardCore.’”
Favorite class at Park Tudor:
• The Tin Star
clothes’ of the day. Oxford-cloth blouses with gold collar pins and gunshot
Lilly cider barn)
Toy & Hobby Shop; Woolworth’s
Moore (became Mrs. Sturman the next year.)” • “French with Madame Karnowsky” • “Mr. Barcio’s Latin Class (His treelike handmade table) and his extra credit opportunities.”
• “The bakery in Broad Ripple”
5 &10; Pet Store (Leopard); Karma
• “US History with Mr. Kivela”
• “Block’s Department Store”
Records; Lindner’s Ice Cream; Rexall
• “English with Ms. Choate”
Drug Store, Vogue Theatre; etc. Also, Favorite local restaurant:
driving on Interstate 465 with other
Favorite club:
• Burger Chef in Nora
students in our muscle cars to the air-
• Spanish Club
• McDonald’s in Nora
port.”
• “The Barnstormers (after-school drama
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Describe the clothes that were in
Park School 1970 The End of an Era
fashion when you were a student:
Completion of Upper School Building… A Change in Attitude… Foundations for the New Gym… A Lot of Staff Changes… Exodus to and from Public Schools… The End of 50 Years as a Boys’ Prep School… – From the 1970 Park School Panther yearbook
• “Southern fried chicken with mashed
• “Bell-bottoms (with a bandana in the back pocket), suede jackets with fringe, flannel shirts, Army surplus jackets” • “One funny memory was pinning white doves to our blazers to protest the war.”
with a plain blouse or top, Knees socks
• Tater Tots • Pizzaburger Favorite PT memory: • “The first days of Park and Tudor Hall coming together my freshman year.”
school – bell bottom jeans, often with
• “Lots of good memories, I would say because I was a senior during the first
stripes on them.”
pie” British); Bell Bottom Jeans (after
(which was our theater)”
school).”
year of the merger, the mixing of the girls and guys was a trip.” • “The morning my brand-new car died in the parking lot. All of the incoming
• “We had an informal club to build
students gathered to help me fix the What was your favorite lunch food in
• “French Club, we went to Renee’s and
of ‘The Daily Snart.’”
• Hamburger and fries
or tights and cardigan sweaters. After
club, named after the old cider barn
• “Photography, Debate, and the reading
desserts.”
ally pretty cute kilts, spring and winter,
Coats; Carnaby Street Ties (Wide “Hip-
Chez Jean.”
potatoes / green beans. and of course, the
• “We wore uniforms at school. Actu-
• “Levi Cords (pants); Nehru Sport
catapults.”
today lunchtime was social time and that probably was more important to me.”
• Italian knit shirts • Mini skirts
Third Year on a New Campus…
• “I can’t remember the food at all. Like
Clowes Commons?
problem.” • “Finally getting an ‘A’ on a paper from
• “A hot one.”
Jim Foxlow – I knew it must have been
• “REALLY can’t recall”
good!”
• “Ravioli (when I was compelled to
• “Listening to rock music in the cottage
• “Key Club”
wrestle heavyweight and actually had
• “I was president of the merged student
to eat to make minimum weight before
• “Apple cider and donuts.”
matches)”
• “The entire football season of 1973
council in 70-71, so I guess that was my favorite club – whew!”
• “Nothing.”
before speech or English class.”
where we were [I think] 6-2; and the previous season we won only one game!” • “Many, many friends.”
From the February 1971 Park-Tudor Phoenix: “At work with their instructor on the steel skeleton of the abstract sculpture that may one day be as inextricably associated with Park-Tudor as the free-standing clock tower is with Wabash College are, left to right, Leslie Laurien ’73, Paula McKinney ’74, Craig Hoyt ’73 (with goggles and torch), Helen Alig ’72, and Claudia Melin ’73. Levering the framework in the center is Rodney Peabody, Upper School art instructor. Now rich with a patina of rust on the lawn outside the administrative center, the structure will be covered with fiberglass in the spring.” The sculpture was torn down in the mid-1980s after many years of winter weather took its toll on the fiberglass covering. The girls in the photo are wearing the “spring” uniform kilt.
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Alumni News Congratulations to our 2011 Distinguished Alumni
J
im Sturman ’67 and Emily Moore Sturman ’66 have been named the recipients of the 2011 Distinguished Alumni Awards. They will be honored during Alumni Weekend at the Distinguished Alumni Awards dinner at Woodstock Club on Friday, May 6. All alumni are invited to come help us celebrate their contributions to their alma mater. Emily Sturman has enjoyed a career at Park Tudor School spanning over four decades. Following her 1966 graduation from Tudor Hall, she received a B.S. in math with physics and education minors from Michigan State University (Phi Beta Kappa) and has taken additional coursework from Butler and Purdue Universities. She has served as a Culver Summer School counselor for four summers, has received a master gardener certification and is a former member of the board of the Phi Beta Kappa Alumni and the Junior League of Indianapolis. She also serves as a deacon at Second Presbyterian Church. Emily’s contributions to
Park Tudor are extensive and include serving as president of the Park Tudor Alumni Board of Directors (1977-78) and as an active class representative. As a faculty member, Emily serves on the Personnel Practices Committee and has been a faculty advisor for Student Council, Brain Game and the junior class. Jim Sturman has spent his entire career as an entrepreneur focused on sales. His primary business, The Sturman Whitfield Group, offers professional sales representation for manufacturers supplying products to major independent retailers, chains and distributors in the Midwest. The consummate entrepreneur, Jim also has worked in real estate, owning rental apartments in Indianapolis and owning a residential real estate brokerage business in Culver, Indiana – Sturman Real Estate Services. Jim graduated from Hillsdale College with a B.A. degree in marketing/business in 1971 and is a graduate of Culver Academies Summer School. Jim’s community involve-
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ment includes being an Adult Leader for the Boy Scouts, a member of the Stanley K. Lacy Executive Leadership Series Alumni Association, a board member of the Lake Maxinkuckee Association, an Eagle Scout, and a member of Second Presbyterian Church, Woodstock Club and University Club. Jim’s contributions to Park Tudor are extensive and
include serving as president of the Park Tudor Alumni Board of Directors (1982-1983), class representative, Gift for Teaching Capital Campaign Alumni Gifts Committee member, Park Tudor Board of Directors, Development Committee chair, Major Gifts Advisory Committee, and Booster Club.
Alumni Weekend 2011 Schedule of Events Friday, May 6, 2011 Founders’ Day Celebration and Alumni Reception 9:30 a.m., Varsity Gym/ Park Tudor School Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner 6:00 p.m., Woodstock Club Saturday, May 7, 2011 Fifty-Year Club Lunch (For Classes of 1961 and earlier) 11:00 a.m., Woodstock Club Reunion Class photos will be taken immediately following the lunch. Faculty Portrait Gallery Unveiling and Reception 3:30 p.m., Wood Room, Jane Holton Upper School Alumni Celebration Reception (for all classes–no charge) 4:30-7:00 p.m., Clowes Commons
A
lumni Weekend is fast approaching! All alumni (regardless of class year) and former and current faculty members are invited to enjoy the festivities planned for the weekend of May 6-7. Please check your mailbox in March for the Alumni Weekend 2011 brochure. You may register for events via the brochure or online at http://alumni.parktudor.org. 30 PARK TUDOR PHOENIX SPRING 2011
Reunion Class photos of the Classes of 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006 will be taken during the reception (for specific times, please refer to the Alumni Weekend brochure mailed in early March).
ALUMNI NEWS
Faculty portrait gallery to be unveiled during Alumni Weekend
P
lans are underway to unveil The Faculty Wall of Distinction during Alumni Weekend on Saturday, May 7, 2011. The wall will include photographs of retired faculty members from Tudor Hall, Park School and Park Tudor who dedicated at least 30 years of service to the school. As a part of Park Tudor’s 40th Anniversary celebration, a reception to honor these special educators will take
place in the Wood Room (Park Tudor’s Jane Holton Upper School) from 3:30-4:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 7. All alumni and current and retired faculty members are invited to attend. The following faculty members with 30 or more years of service will be honored: Joanne Black Tom Black Bill Browning
Nancy Canull Yvonne Chamilovitch Lucille Dunne Jim Foxlow Lois Haber David Kivela May Orme Mackenzie Christina Van Riper McCoy Hazel McKee Dorothy McCullough Phyllis Oldham Carl Palmer Bill Robinson Emily Rood
Susie Selmier Carol Shumate I. Hilda Stewart Larry Treadwell Additional individuals will be added to the wall when appropriate each spring. If you are interested in supporting this project, please contact Alumni Coordinator Gretchen Hueni at ghueni@parktudor.org or by calling (317) 415-2766 or 1-888-PTALUM1.
New Endowment Society members The Park Tudor Planned Giving Committee cordially invites you to attend an informational luncheon on Wednesday, April 20 at noon in Foster Hall. This complimentary, no obligation event will illustrate the positive impact that planned gifts have had on our school. We also will show how planned gifts – which can range from $1 to millions of dollars – can benefit you financially and also allow you to leave a legacy. If you are currently an Endowment Society mem-
T
he Park Tudor Endowment Society includes 131 individuals and family members who have included the school in their estate plans. We are pleased to welcome three new members and extend our gratitude and thanks for their special support: Mrs. Doris Wilson Barr ’41 (deceased) Mrs. Janice Ball Fisher ’35 (deceased) Nancy and Richard Gaynor If you have already taken steps to include Park Tudor in your estate plan, we encourage you to let us know of your intentions so that we can express our gratitude to you during your lifetime. For additional information, please contact Planned Giving Officer Gretchen Hueni at ghueni@parktudor.org or at 317/415-2766.
ber, please come to the lunch so we may thank you and show you what your support means to the success of the school. To RSVP or for more
“We are proud of the school’s growth academically,
information, contact Gretchen Hueni at 317/415-
physically and in the area of social awareness and
2766 or ghueni@parktudor.org.
service to others. We chose to include Park Tudor
We extend a sincere thank you to the 2010-
in our estate plans because we want to ensure that
2011 Planned Giving Committee: Pat Duginske
it will be around stronger than ever for all of our
(chair), John Bridge, Steve Cagle ’71, Debbie
grandchildren.”
Stuart Everett ’69, Chris Hammock, Lisa Hendrickson ’77, Dana Lasek ’83, Joanne Lenke, Mary Stanley and Gordon Wishard ’62.
– Doug and Kim Smith Stickney ’74 Endowment Society Charter Members Parents of Lizzie ’11 and Andrew ’15 Stickney and Bobby ’99 and Chris ’01 Mehl
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ALUMNI NEWS
Call for nominations: Park Tudor Alumni Association Board of Directors
T
he Nominating Committee invites nominations for candidates to serve on the Park Tudor Alumni Board of Directors. Members are required to serve one two-year term (with the option of serving a second term), participate in monthly board meetings, serve on at least one committee, be a duespaying member of the Alumni Association, and support the school’s Annual Fund. The Park Tudor Alumni Board represents the diverse community of Park, Tudor Hall, and Park Tudor School alumni and carries out the mission and goals of the Alumni Association.
In January, The Park Tudor Art Gallery featured an exhibition of photographs by Lauren Wesley ‘06. The photos were taken during her studyabroad experience in the Galapagos Islands while a student at DePauw University.
Candidates should possess leadership capabilities and be willing to make a strong commitment to the Alumni Association and its projects. I nominate: Name _________________________________________ Class Year _____________________________________ Phone_________________________________________ E-mail Address _________________________________ Alumni in Washington, DC gathered for a holiday party on December 8 at
Please explain your reasons for nominating this individual; often you have information that is not known to the Nominating Committee. Please keep in mind that we may contact the individuals you nominate to confirm their interest and to gather additional information. We encourage self-nominations!
Bar Dupont. Adrienne Watson ’06 coordinated the event. Left to right: Chris Stoughton ’95, Andrew Kimsey ’05, Adrienne Watson, Michael Duncan ’05, guest Whitney Mitchell and Brent Dann ’90.
Nominator’s Name ______________________________ Phone_________________________________________ E-mail Address _________________________________
Nominations are accepted any time; however, the deadline for nominations to serve during the 2011-2012 school year is March 30. Send to Cathy Yingling, Alumni Association, Park Tudor School, 7200 N. College Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46240 or cathyyingling@msn.com.
Park Tudor sponsored an alumni reception in Chicago on January 24 at the Elysian Hotel. Alumni and friends attending included (left to right) Kyle Smallegan, Andrea Calderon ’02 and Eric Renkens ’01.
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Class Notes • Wendy Stout O’Brien was a
on-the-cheap, warts-and-all
featured author at the Indiana
exploration of the city that
Historical Society’s Eighth
never sleeps.” The book
Annual Holiday Author Fair
is
in December, along with 60
Microcosm Publishing, along
other Hoosier authors.
with recent issues of Ayun’s
now
available
from
East Village Inky magazine, at microcosmpublishing.com.
1977
• Lucy Bowen McCauley received
the
prestigious
1985
lifetime award for Outstanding
• Moira Mills Sommers’s
Achievement
Dance
Three Sisters Cafe in Broad
Archaeologist Dr. Kathryn Bard ’64 signs the membership book of the
Education at the 10th Annual
Ripple was featured on an
American Academy of Arts & Sciences on October 10, 2010, at Sanders
Metro DC Dance Awards on
episode of “Diners, Drive-
Theater, Harvard University. Her 92-year-old father, Robert Bard, came
October 6 in Washington,
Ins and Dives” on the Food
est and most prestigious honorary society. Dr. Bard, a 2002 recipient of
D.C. Lucy is the founder and
Network on February 7,
the Park Tudor Distinguished Alumni Award, was elected a Fellow of the
artistic director of Bowen
2011. The episode is titled
McCauley Dance.
“Signature Sandwiches.”
from Arizona to see her inducted into the AAAS, the United States’ old-
Academy earlier in 2010. She was profiled in the Summer 2010 Phoenix.
Thank you to Jodi Thomas
mountain, Pikes Peak. He
Martin ’47 for donating Tudor
raced in the Vintage Race
Hall Chronicle yearbooks from
Cars group, but unfortunately
1938, 1942, 1944 and 1946 to
did not finish the race because
the Park Tudor Archives.
of a problem with the throttle.
in
1987
•
his experience for an Austin
• Richard James Hockert
Healey magazine.
Powell
Las Vegas, working as the store manager for Godiva Chocolatier at Townsquare. Her husband John owns a custom cabinetry company
rebuilt his Austin Healey
and is also a trim carpenter.
and took it to Colorado to
1974
participate in the Pikes Peak
• John McKay was a member
International
Climb
of the realty team named No.
in June 2010. It is a 12.5-
1 for 2010 by Keller Williams
mile course with more than
Realty Atlanta North. He is the
150 turns that finishes at the
senior buyers agent Realtor®
summit of America’s highest
for the Page Morgan Team.
Hill
Kane
is married and living in
Richard wrote an article about 1965
Tanya
She writes, “We have two cats (Tabby and Tazzy) and that is 1983
enough for us. [I’m] enjoying
• Ayun Halliday has compiled
the opportunity to catch up
The Zinester’s Guide to New
with old friends and make
York City, “a top-to-bottom,
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CLASS NOTES
new ones on Facebook. Hope
Heinz Company. He previously
No. 1 as the featured guest
and his wife McKenzie. Jay and
everyone is doing well!”
was chief information officer
artist with the Northeastern
Shawna live in Indianapolis.
for GE Fanuc, a unit of GE
Pennsylvania
Jay is the product development
1991
Industrial. He spent 12 years in
and
in
manager at Hurco, and Shawna
• Warren Jackson appeared
the U.S. Navy as a naval officer
November 2010. Alexander
is an R.N. at St. Vincent
in Fire in the Eyes Theatre
and holds a master’s degree in
Choman,
Hospital.
Company’s all-male produc-
business administration from
for “The Scranton Times-
tion of Shakespeare’s “Antony
the College of William and
Tribune,” wrote, “Ms. Choi
2000
& Cleopatra” at the Kraine
Mary and a master’s degree in
was positively mesmerizing…
• Laura Howard volunteered
Theater
Information Systems from the
[She]
in
December 2-19. A member of
Naval Postgraduate School.
through Tchaikovsky’s piece
Reader
Actors Equity, Warren earned
• Hilary Renihan Heffernan
approaching each key, every
fall. A Duke alumna with a
his M.F.A. in acting from
is enjoying her new marketing
note
background in teaching and
the University of Arizona.
assignment on the Swiffer
fluency.”
Recently, he appeared as a
brand at Procter & Gamble in
in
New
York,
spokesmodel for VERB, a
Philharmonic
Lawrence a
music
glided
with
Loh
an
critic
effortlessly
expressive
the
Duke Project
University this
past
law, Laura partnered with an undergraduate in a “Legal
Cincinnati. She and husband
1999
Issues in Education” class to
national campaign promoting
Mike welcomed their first
• Jay Bryan married Shawna
provide feedback on writing
physical activity for kids. He
child, Xavier Matthew, on July
O’Riley in Jacksonville, FL
projects. Laura is a graduate
received a nomination from
8, 2010.
on March 19, 2010. Members
fellow in the Duke Program in
of the wedding party included
Education. She wrote an article
the Black Theatre Alliance of Chicago for the Ossie Davis
1998
Best Man Ed Carpenter ’99
for the spring 2011 issue of the
Award for Best Featured
• Minju Choi performed
and his wife Heather, Sean
North Carolina Association for
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto
Bryan ’05, and Nick Eaton ’99
Gifted and Talented newsletter,
Actor in a production for his performance in Victory Gardens
Theatre’s
world
premiere of “Shoes” by Gloria Bond Clunie. 1994
• Katie Beck Broach writes via e-mail, “We are doing wonderfully! I am working part time as a family physician with St. Vincent Immediate Care and love it. My husband Tim is a hospitalist at Methodist. We have three gorgeous daughters, Emma ’17, Molly (2), and Rachel (3 months).” 1996
• Bill Durbin is vice president, Information Technology, Heinz North America at The H. J. 34 PARK TUDOR ANNUAL REPORT SPRING 2011
Tanya Kane Powell ’87 with her husband John.
CLASS NOTES
“Where Did We Go Wrong in
volunteers
Mathematics Education?”
Foundation staff to identify,
•
• Monica Khurana is finishing
engage and solicit potential
received
in
in the class). She also served as
her residency in pediatrics at
and current donors to support
dramaturgy from Columbia
class treasurer and as an active
Emory University School of
the Wishard Foundation and
University’s School of the
member of the President’s
Medicine in Atlanta, GA. She
its fundraising efforts for
Arts. She lives in Manhattan
Council.
will relocate to the San
The New Wishard. She also
with her husband Simon and is
•
Francisco Bay area to pursue
spearheads the Foundation’s
working for a performing-arts
Andrew
a
arts and women’s programs
technology company.
married in Indianapolis on
fellowship
in
pediatric
hematology/oncology. Contact
and
other
Arielle
was named a Deputy Attorney
•
has been named gift officer at the Wishard Foundation. She works with Wishard leadership, directors,
physicians,
her
M.F.A.
with Highest Distinction (top 8
Courtney
Dewart
Gillman
and were
August 13, 2010 at the White
• In December, Will Lawson
• Stephanie Goodrid Lawson
Lipshaw-Pride
and initiatives. 2003
her at safari08@gmail.com.
University School of Nursing
2002
River Gardens in downtown
Sarah
Hay
Gurstelle
Indianapolis.
Park
Tudor
General in the Homeowner
married Andrew
Gurstelle
alumni in the wedding party
Protection Division of the
in Spring Green, WI on
included Derrick Cranor ’05,
office of the Indiana State
September 11, 2010. Members
Graham Dewart ’10, Helene
Attorney General.
of the wedding party included
Genetos ’05, Emily Gillman
classmates Kelly Dunn Lake
’09, Katie Busch Morris ’05
and Cheshire Schanker. The
and Susanne Schwechheimer
couple currently lives in Ann
’05. Andrew is completing
Arbor, MI. Sarah is a birth
a
and postpartum doula, as well
engineering at the University
as a research assistant on a
of Notre Dame and Courtney
study involving childbirth, and
is a Public Health Nurse with
her husband is working on a
the St. Joseph County Health
doctorate in archaeology.
Department.
Ph.D.
in
mechanical
• Anne Johnson graduated with her master’s degree in
2006
education in school counseling
• Morgan Randall is a first-
from
year medical student at the
the
University
of
Cincinnati in June 2010. She is
University of Kentucky.
currently a school counselor in Cincinnati, but will be moving
2007
back to the Indianapolis area
• Leigh Carmichael writes:
this summer.
“I’m currently in my senior year
at
Arizona
State
2004
University in Tempe, Arizona.
• Ken Randall is a third-year
In November, I started working
dental student at the University
at a Starbucks in Phoenix as a
of Kentucky.
barista. I was also selected to be an intern at the Phoenix-Sky
Jay Bryan ’99 and Shawna O’Riley on their wedding day.
2005
Harbor International Airport
• Melinda Bruner recently
TRACON/Air Traffic Control
graduated
from
Indiana
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Courtney Dewart ’05 and Andrew Gillman ’05 with their wedding party on August 13, 2010 in Indianapolis. Photo by Grise Photography.
Tower Facility. While I do a
named
Southeastern
mix of synth-pop and indie,
Uganda who have insufficient
fair amount of office work for
Conference Co-Scholar of the
their self-titled debut album
access to primary schools.
the FAA administrators at the
Year and was named to the
is available for download at
Anisha’s chapter has raised
facility, I am also exposed to
2010 All-SEC First Team. In
ohstereo.com.
more than $25,000.
a lot of what I will be doing
addition, Lauren was named
• Anisha Yadav is vice
in my career as an air traffic
the
Volleyball
president of events of DePauw
2010
controller. It is the coolest
Coaches Association (ACVA)
University’s chapter of Building
•
experience I’ve ever had. So
National Player of the Week
Tomorrow, an international
named to the Dean’s List
far, I absolutely love both jobs
on November 16, 2010, and
organization
encouraging
at the Rochester Institute
and my classes are going well,
received ACVA All-America
philanthropy among young
of Technology. Megan is
too! Since November of 2009,
honorable mention honors at
people by teaching them how
studying Packaging Science in
I have lost 65 pounds and I am
the end of the season.
to raise awareness and funds to
the College of Applied Science
build and support educational-
and Technology.
2010
American
currently training for a 5K in April.”
2009
infrastructure
• Lauren Rapp capped her
• Scott Marquart and his
under-served children in sub-
senior year on the University
roommate at Vanderbilt, Mason
Saharan Africa. BT chapters and
of
women’s
Hickman, are making music in
supporters provide challenge
volleyball team by being
a duo called “Oh Stereo.” A
grants to communities in
Kentucky
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projects
for
Megan
Patterson
was
CLASS NOTES
MARRIAGES
• Jay Bryan ’99 to Shawna O’Riley on March 19, 2010. • Kelly Dunn Lake ’03 to Nick Lake on July 17, 2010 • Sarah Hay ’03 to Andrew Gurstelle on September 11, 2010. • Courtney Dewart ’05 to Andrew Gillman on August 13, 2010.
CONGRATULATIONS (BIRTHS, ADOPTIONS)
• To Jill Parrin Churchfield ’95 and Matt Churchfield on the birth of Glory Lucia Aurelia Churchfield on May 19, 2010. • To Hilary Renihan Heffernan ’96 and Mike Heffernan on the birth of Xavier Matthew Heffernan on July 8, 2010. • To world languages teacher Rachel Salapka and Darren Salapka on the birth of Rebecca Estelle Salapka on October 29, 2010. • To Lower School teaching assistant Scott Engle and Rachel Engle on the birth of John David Matthew Engle on December 2, 2010. DEATHS
• Frances Hamilton Schirmer ’26 on October 14, 2009. • Elizabeth Carr Beyer ’31 on November 16, 2010. Mrs. Beyer also worked at Park School. • Mary Elizabeth Gladding
Johnson ’36 on February 17, 2011. • Jean Long Morris ’37 on December 4, 2010. • Elizabeth Mayer Trixler ’44 on July 14, 2010. • Charles H. Bennett ’45 on January 24, 2011. • Margaret Burns Trent ’47 on December 12, 2010. In Memoriam: Phyllis Oldham
• Joyce Hollowell Speer ’49 on February 15, 2011. • Laura Lynn Walker Morris ’55 on October 12, 2010. • Terri Morris Simmons ’61 on May 14, 2010. • C. David Williams IV ’71 on December 18, 2010. • Marjorie Hunt, retired kindergarten teacher, on January 28, 2011. • Phyllis Oldham, retired Tudor Hall English teacher and Park Tudor librarian, on January 22, 2011.
In Memoriam: Marjorie Hunt
• To Robert Hollowell Jr. ’44, Julia Hollowell ’70 and Thomas Hollowell ’72 on the death of their sister and aunt, Joyce Hollowell Speer ’49, on February 15, 2011.
CONDOLENCES
• To Edward J. Bennett Jr. ’50 on the death of his brother, Charles H. Bennett ’45, on January 24, 2011. • To Stephen Ransburg ’56 and Jean Ransburg Olson ’63 on the death of their mother, Elizabeth Carr Beyer ’31 on November 16, 2010.
• To Grant Tolson ’86 and Carrie Tolson Cho ’91 on the death of their grandfather, Charles Melvin Tolson, on February 13, 2010. • To Sarah Kight ’84, Andrew Kight ’89 and Megan Jones Kight ’91 on the death of their father and father-in-law, Jerry L. Kight, M.D., on December 3, 2010.
• To Taylor Wynne ’06 on the death of her father, Thomas Wynne III, on January 23, 2011. • To Lower School teacher Karen Ayres and Upper School academic dean Mike Ayres and Oliver ’01 and Adam ’04 Ayres on the death of their mother, mother-in-law and grandmother on November 5, 2010. • To Pam Moore ’65 on the death of her father, Robert Moore, on October 25, 2010.
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Third graders visited students at the Indiana School for the Blind in December, where they decorated cookies and sang carols together.
Students in Senior Kindergarten, first and second grades performed holiday songs at a Lower School concert. First-grade students Ethan Warren and Luke Hayes play the glockenspiel.
Second-graders and Upper School Madrigal singers performed for guests at the Woodstock Club. Teacher Jennifer Nie directs the second-graders in song.
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CLASS NOTES
Honor and Memorial Gifts October 1, 2010 – February 7, 2011 Gifts in Honor of … Mrs. Stephanie Behringer Mr. and Mrs. Craig M. Carpenter Mrs. Anne R. Crafton Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hellman Mr. Emerson Davis Jr. ’60 Dr. and Mrs. Donald R. Davis (Don ’62) Mrs. Deborah M. Dominguez Drs. Alexander and Helen Niculescu Mr. Larry Eckel Dan and Katy Cantor Mr. Scott Fischer John and Deb Thornburgh Mrs. Karlyn Fox Mr. and Mrs. Craig M. Carpenter Ian and Sean Fry Drs. Michael and Shirley Fry Mr. Joseph K. Fumusa John and Deb Thornburgh Mr. C. Perry Griffith ’01 Mr. C. Perry Griffith Jr.
Mrs. Amy Kerr Mr. and Mrs. Fritz French Mr. David A. Kivela Mr. Jeffrey R. Johnson* Steve ’73 and Cindy Patterson Mrs. Laura I. Lowe Mr. and Mrs. Craig M. Carpenter Mr. David B. Malcom Ms. Carolyn M. Schaefer Katy Math Mrs. Norma Math Ms. Margo McAlear Mr. and Mrs. Bob A. Dominguez (Debbie*) Patrick Obras and Sarah Steele* Mr. and Mrs. William Obras Park Tudor Middle School Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stewart David ’55 and Susan Wishard ’56 Poston Mr. and Mrs. William N. Wishard (Bill ’59) Cooper Ramsey William and Susan Powers
Gifts in Memory of … Suzanne Earnhart Mrs. Suzanne Brown Blakeman ’55 Mrs. Patricia DePrez Ewing ’36 Mrs. Lucina Ball Moxley ’36 Sara Lois Haber Mr. and Mrs. Philip A. Brooks (Claire Wilkinson ’52) Frederick and Mary Jane Lorenz Lorenz Family Charitable Trust Dr. Henry Matthew ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Alexander L. Rogers (Alex ’61) Martha McGill Ms. Martha Hutchman Jensen ’45 Mr. John Megenhardt ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Raiser (Charlie ’65) Mlle. Jacqueline Moscherosch Mr. and Mrs. Ben Palleiko (Jeanne Lindholm ’62) Mrs. Norma Weiler Mueller ’45 Mr. Armand Mueller
Ms. Jane Sidey Mr. and Mrs. Fritz French
Mrs. Phyllis Oldham Mrs. Edith Greiwe Mrs. Mollie B. James Mr. Anthony Onstott* Ms. Carole Diane Roe Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Tolley (Deborah Ricketts ’67)
Dr. Paul Hamer Dan and Beth Bohn Mr. Matthew Newill ’05
Myles Simmons Ms. Della Townsend
Maria-Refugio Ortega Noriega Mr. Iñaki Alanis-Cue ’03
Mrs. Chris Hammock Steve ’73 and Cindy Patterson
Jack, Charlie and Henry Stewart Mr. and Mrs. B.A. Bridgewater
Mr. Baxter S. Rogers ’59 Mr. and Mrs. James B. Rogers (J.B. ’82)
Mrs. Shants Hart Mr. Peter D. Marshall
Mr. Laurence K. Treadwell Mr. and Mrs. John G. Wharton III (John ’73)
Ms. Lynn Thomsen Mr. Clifford A. Hull*
Mrs. Claire Wishard ’88 David ’55 and Susan Wishard ’56 Poston
Tudor Hall Classes of 1930-1933 Miss Bertha Elizabeth Van Derbilt ’33
Tudor Hall Classes of 1930-1933 Miss Bertha Elizabeth Van Derbilt ’33
Mr. Doug S. Jennings Mr. and Mrs. Rob C. Hueni (Rob*; Gretchen*)
Mr. John R. Williams Ms. Cynthia Bir
* faculty member
Mrs. Inga Kahre Mr. and Mrs. Bob A. Dominguez (Debbie*)
Mr. Gordon D. Wishard Jr. ’92 David ’55 and Susan Wishard ’56 Poston
Dr. Jan Guffin Dan and Beth Bohn John and Deb Thornburgh Mr. Harry Zhang and Ms. Nancy Lee
Dr. Mary Ann Scott Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Staubach (Joan Woodard ’66)
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