Park Tudor Phoenix Spring 2015

Park Tudor

Phoenix

• Alumni Helping to Heal • PT2020 Goes Into Action

Spring 2015

On the Cover Junior Claire Toomey as Alice in the fall production of Alice in Wonderland.

Park Tudor School Mission

To create an inspiring college-preparatory learning environment, with exceptional educators and extraordinary opportunities, that prepares and motivates students to become balanced, confident, and resourceful lifelong learners.

From the Archives

PARK TUDOR SCHOOL Head of School Dr. Matthew D. Miller Editor Cathy Yingling Chapelle ’87 Editor Emeritus C.J. Foxlow Class Notes Cassie Dull, Julia Sipes Graphic Design/ Photography Stefanie Dean ’05 Director of Strategic Communications Cathy Yingling Chapelle ’87 Director of Development and Alumni Relations Douglas Allen Assistant Director of Development, Alumni Gretchen Hueni 2014-15 Alumni Association Board President Lindsay Elder Thornton ’95 Vice President Joe Hawkins ’96 Secretary Matt Kleymeyer ’00 Treasurer Beth Tolbert Johnson ’03 Past President Cathy Yingling Chapelle ’87 Alumni Association Directors Courtney Macguire Day ’03 Kate Engle ’95 Eric Gershman ’98 Tony Holton ’06 Jonathan McDowell ’02 Reid Searles ’06 Kelly Lamm Teller ’87 Zach Wills ’03

Tudor Hall students getting ready to play basketball in 1960.

Contents Spring 2015

Features

Healers: Alumni care for underserved

By Lisa Hendrickson ’77

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Departments News of the School

From the Head’s Desk Summer Opportunities at Park Tudor Park Tudor hosts visitors from the People of Color Conference Students and Faculty in the news Athletic Update

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Alumni News

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Class Notes

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Alumni Weekend 2014

Background: Students from around the world gather at the Model UN conference at The Hague. Photo by Emma Hammer ’15.

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: Cathy Chapelle, Editor Park Tudor School 7200 N. College Ave. Indianapolis, IN 46240-3016 317/415-2870 cchapelle@parktudor.org

News of the School From the Head’s Desk: Park Tudor Strategic Plan PT2020 Goes into Action

Shortly before the holidays we officially

launched Park Tudor’s next strategic plan, PT2020. While the plan reaffirms our mission and defines clearly our vision and values, it also articulates a clear set of strategic goals that will be central to our work over the next six years. In concert with the published plan, we have identified year-one action items and supporting accountability metrics that accompany the plan that will direct and guide our work over the next few months. Annually, we will identify and review actions, performance and accountability metrics, and as circumstances evolve and the landscape changes, will identify new areas of focus. In that sense, our plan is intended to be a fluid document and will evolve with time.

PT2020 defined three areas of focus— Academics, Community and Sustainability.

Within these categories, there are numerous action items that have started already or will start soon; most will, by design, take months to develop and bring to closure. As with the planning process, these conversations will be iterative, transparent and inclusive, and will involve numerous groups and participants. It is also important to note that our plan was designed so that actions that live in one focus area will have implications for other areas as well—this was central to our design process and prevents individual actions items from living in silos.

While this is not the venue to identify each and every action item, I would like to highlight several that are beginning or already under way. Under the Academics section, the most central question emerging from the plan is the question of time—how we divide the day and how we think about the different disciplines. With that in mind, in the coming weeks, we will convene a committee charged with “thinking creatively and expansively about time, schedule, and calendar.” The committee will be represented by faculty and administrators from all divisions and will, on multiple occasions, seek out input from students and parents as part of the ideation process. The committee will be charged with maintaining the current balance between the aca-

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demic and extracurricular experiences. The committee also will be charged with the following, all from the strategic plan: • Promote regular and intentional time for faculty and student collaboration and exchange.

• Create time for integrated, interdisciplinary work in all divisions.

• Create a schedule and calendar where the drivers of motivation are emphasized.

• Create time for deeper integration of core values and character development, especially as it relates to advisory and common time together.

• Think creatively about global awareness and ways to connect our students with the global opportunities and programs with focus on academic and programmatic continuity.

The committee will benchmark external opportunities and what other schools are doing; will conduct internal research through surveys with faculty, parents and students; and finally they will be asked to create a proposal that captures the school’s priorities and goals and fits well within our culture, traditions and needs. While the process will finish next year, our goal is that any scheduling changes will be adopted for the 2016-17 academic year.

In addition, several months ago the school formed a Community Engagement Committee to review, recommend and create a flexible framework for integrating service learning and community service more fully into the school. Chaired by Associate Head of School Peter Kraft and aided by nationally respected consultant and Indianapolis resident, Luana Nissan, the committee conducted an audit of present practices and is working now in subgroups to develop a common vocabulary and a set of guiding principles that will foster student growth and community benefit through rich experiences in the classroom, Indianapolis and beyond.

Park Tudor also continues to create exciting opportunities for students to explore areas of interest, to dive deeply in an area of passion, and to learn across disciplines; these conversations are central to the strategic plan. In June, Park Tudor will launch its first “experiential summer course” for

Dr. Matthew D. Miller

high school students. The “Southern Studies” class will be jointly taught by English Chair Jane Sidey and History Chair Sven Dubie. Students will examine the American South from an interdisciplinary perspective before embarking on a one-week tour throughout the region. Stops will include Atlanta, Montgomery, and the Center for Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi.

In addition, we were pleased to learn before the holidays that we were awarded a prestigious E. E. Ford Foundation matching grant for a summer program on innovation. (The grant requires us to raise $50,000 that they will in turn match 1:1.) Upon successful completion of our fund-raising efforts, we will launch the inaugural “Innovators Institute” this July. The Institute, which will be jointly overseen by Peter Kraft and innovation expert Mike O’Bryan, is designed to provide students in grades 9-12 (with a “Junior Innovators Institute in Computer Science” offered to students in grades 6-8) with both the skills and knowledge of innovation and the opportunity to do hands-on work. The Institute will begin with an “Innovation Boot Camp,” an intensive, multi-day introduction to the foundations of innovative thinking. From there, students will choose one of three modules

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for deeper study.

Students will then do two weeks of project-based and seminar-style learning with state of the art materials and approaches from Park Tudor faculty who are experts in the field. The Institute will culminate with a series of challenges and performances during which students will demonstrate their work and reflect on their process of innovation. Our hope is that the Institute will offer a chance for students and faculty to pilot new ideas and, guided by our charge from the strategic plan, it

will fuel their sense of purpose and motivation.

Since the school’s master and strategic plans are now finished, it is important to make explicit the alignment of these documents—theory and concept—and begin to gauge feedback from the wider community on various specific initiatives. This process is important both in identifying specific opportunities and also in beginning to prioritize goals, projects and improvements to campus. This set of actions is consistent with the specific goal from Sustainabili-

ty—“Lining up our Priorities”—and is a critical next step in the process.

In closing, while the creation of the strategic plan was energizing, what is even more exciting is the process now of beginning work on specific action items and the opportunity to work from such a strong platform. We will continue to provide updates as we make progress and I invite you to send me your thoughts and feedback. www.PT2020.parktudor.org

Park Tudor Launches PT2020, Introduces Refreshed Brand Identity

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December, Park Tudor unveiled PT2020 – the strategic plan that will help to shape the next five years at the school.

In addition to the content, which includes a number of broad goals organized under three primary areas of focus (Academics, Community and Sustainability), the plan introduced a new look for Park Tudor. In fact, PT2020 marks the first use of Park Tudor’s elegant new wordmark.

This wordmark is replacing the familiar “book” logo, which was first introduced in the late 1970s. You’ll begin to see this wordmark rolling out throughout all of our communications as we redesign and reprint various publications. In addition to the primary format indicated to the right, we also will be using two alternatives, depending on the application.

PT2020 also introduced three visual icons, coinciding with the three areas of focus for the strategic plan: a book to represent Academics; a lantern to indicate Community; and an apple to stand for Sustainability. As we continue to refine the plan and identify specific goals and action items, we will continue to use the icons as a visual cue to quickly identify the focus area that each action item supports.

“We felt that it was time to refresh the look of our brand, to make it more sophisticated and contemporary – but still timeless,” said Cathy Chapelle, Director of Strategic Communications for Park Tudor.

“Our goal was to stay true to Park Tudor’s heritage, but with an updated look.”

Primary wordmark - used on most communications

Alternative wordmarks - used for various formats

Academics

Community

Sustainability

Icons - used to indicate specific action items related to each PT2020 focus area.

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Summer @ PT Offers Many Opportunities for Intellectual Engagement

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ne of Park Tudor’s five core values is intellectual engagement. This summer, we are offering several extraordinary enrichment opportunities that allow students to pursue their intellectual passions – and have fun!

All summer programs at Park Tudor are open to all central Indiana students, in addition to current Park Tudor students.

ademic, athletic, cultural, and recreational activities. Our Spanish Immersion program offers content similar to what students experience studying overseas, right here in Indianapolis. The Spanish Immersion program is taught by Park Tudor Upper School world languages instructor, Francisco Hidalgo.

Southern Studies for grades 9-12: Southern Studies is a credited, introductory seminar where students will engage in a philosophical enquiry of how environment and place work to shape identity, history, art, music, literature, and culture. Cotaught by Park Tudor English Department Chair Jane Sidey and Park Tudor History Department Chair Sven Dubie, this class will feature two weeks of classroom study followed by one week traveling to several southern states in order to connect experientially with that landscape and geography. Highlights will include participation in a workshop at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture on the campus of the University of Mississippi and a tour of the Equity and Justice Initiative located in Montgomery.

Bailey Dominguez ’13 reviews vocabulary with two Spanish Immersion students.

With courses for students from age three through 12th grade, the Park Tudor Summer Experience offers something for everyone. From arts, to sports, to science, innovation, foreign language and literature, the options are nearly endless. Park Tudor Upper School students can even earn credit for several classes.

Summer Stock Stage Academy for grades 2-8: Summer Stock Stage Academy returns to Park Tudor to produce the popular musical, “Mary Poppins.” In this two-week camp, Academy students will join Summer Stock Stage cast members and prepare for small roles in this main stage production. Campers will meet daily and work with Summer Stock Stage artistic staff to learn music and choreography, and be exposed to the broader world of musical theater. The camp culminates with each student participating in three performances of “Mary Poppins.”

Some highlights include: Spanish Immersion for grades K-5: Immersion is the best way to learn a foreign language, and younger kids in particular are wired to acquire language without the many barriers, limitations, and inhibitions common to older students.

Park Tudor’s Spanish Immersion summer program is the ideal opportunity for young students to vastly improve their Spanish skills. This program is unusual because it is four weeks long, seven hours a day, and operated 100% in Spanish. It addresses the whole student by combining ac-

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A lively scene from a past production of The King and I.

The Alabama Capitol Building

The Ernst and Young Integrated Business Program @ Park Tudor School for grades 10-12: Taught by Ernst and Young Partner Jeff Aldridge, the Integrated Business Program is designed for highly motivated students who are interested in a career or future study in Business, Finance, and/or Economics. Grounded in the case study method used at top programs like Indiana University’s Kelly School of Business and Harvard University, the program will also include presentations from prominent Indianapolis-area business people and a site visit to a local Fortune 500 company.

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Park Tudor Awarded Prestigious E.E. Ford Matching Grant for Innovators Institute

We are thrilled to announce that Park TuThe Innovators Institute for grades 9-12: A three-week program, the PT Innovators Institute provides instruction and opportunities for students to cultivate critical thinking skills, problem-solving and collaboration skills, and develop the habits of mind of innovation.

All students enrolled in the Innovators Institute will have an intensive, three-day introduction to the foundations of innovative thinking and approaches. During this “Boot Camp,” students will work with Mike O’Bryan, a leading thinker on innovative education, and Park Tudor faculty to learn the fundamentals of innovation. From there, students will select one of three “innovation modules” for a two-week immersive experience in that area. The modules will cover Design Thinking, Business Enterprise, or competitive VEX Robotics.

The Junior Innovators Institute for grades 6-8: The goal of the “Junior Innovators Institute” is to provide students the opportunity to enhance their technical and programming skills. Taught by Park Tudor Computer Science teacher Ryan Ritz, “Computer Science Innovations Using Python and Raspberry Pi” will enable Middle School students to create innovative software and hardware projects. This course is aimed at motivating and encouraging students to explore computer science and think creatively about projects they can build with skills they acquire throughout the course.

Information and online applications for all summer programs are available at www.parktudor.org/summer.

dor has been awarded a generous $50,000 grant from the E.E. Ford Foundation to help fund the Park Tudor Innovators Institute summer program. The grant is contingent on Park Tudor raising $50,000 in matching funds from the Park Tudor community.

The E.E. Ford Foundation awards grants to independent schools that hold membership in the National Association of Independent Schools.

We thank the E.E. Ford Foundation for their generous grant. If you are interested in helping us reach our $50,000 goal and secure the E.E. Ford grant, please contact Doug Allen, dallen@parktudor.org or 4152780.

Six Students from Beijing Visit Park Tudor as Part of Exchange Program

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n Sunday, January 18, six students from Beijing High School Four International Campus (BHSFIC) arrived at Park Tudor for a three-week exchange.

As part of the second year of Park Tudor’s international exchange with China, students stayed with PT host families and became fully immersed in the life of the school. In addition to attending classes and after-school activities, the students and chaperone participated in school-sponsored outings, including a tour of the IMA and local cultural attractions; a visit to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Lucas Oil stadium, and a Pacers game; a pizza party before a girls varsity basketball game; and several dinners at PT families’ homes.

One of China’s so-called “key schools,” BHSFIC is widely considered one of the country’s finest schools. Long a pioneer in science and mathematics education, the school recently opened a separate

international campus that hosts students from all over the world.

“We are thrilled with our thriving exchange programs. Not only do we have relationships with BHS4, but we have also added ones with Guatemalan students as part of the Faces and our Cultures program and, this year, a French-speaking exchange with La Reunion,” said Upper School Director Debbie Everett. “These connect perfectly with our Strategic Plan’s emphasis on globalism and community outreach and further reinforce our core values of Intellectual Engagement and Respect for other cultures and ways of life.”

Meet our visitors from China: Emily Geng: Emily is 15 and was most interested in learning about American culture and daily life, and new technology.

Fiona Wang: Fiona is 15, and was most interested in taking art and music classes while she was here, and enjoying her time after classes.

Howard Wang: Howard enjoys art, design, pencil sketching and reading both fiction and scientific books. He’s looking forward to learning to play the piano when he’s less busy.

Johansson Gu: Johansson plays tennis and the piano, writes Chinese calligraphy and paints. He has traveled to Germany and Indonesia as a delegate for his school.

Laura Wang: Laura is 15, and she likes listening to music, reading books, and came to America to learn about our culture and traditions.

Steve Wang: Steve is 16, and was interested in taking art classes and doing science experiments while he was here, and just wanted to experience daily life in the U.S. Chaperone Isabel Berrios: Isabel is originally from Bolivia, and has been teaching Spanish at Beijing High School #4 for two years.

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Largest PT Delegation Ever Attends the International Model United Nations Conference at the Hague

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ne of Park Tudor’s core values is intellectual engagement. For nearly 40 years, one way that Park Tudor students have engaged intellectually with students from all over the world is through participation in Model United Nations. In January, our largest delegation in PT history traveled to the Netherlands to represent the West African Kingdom of Lesotho, with five PT students earning special conference positions by individual appointment. Among the 3,500-4,000 delegates from every con-

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tinent and 192 schools, senior Roderick Bowlby served as President of the Economic Social Council, presiding over some 200 delegates for the week. Senior Nicholas Chun served on the Advisory Panel for the Gulf of Guinea, senior Michaela Tinkey was a judge on the International Court of Justice, senior Emma Hammer served as conference photographer and junior Mark Rook was a conference reporter for the daily produced Munity newspaper.

Our delegation ambassador, senior Nick Hornedo, carried the flag of Lesotho in both the opening and closing ceremonies with the Corps Diplomatique, and he made an opening speech in the World Forum Theater on behalf of Lesotho.

Other delegates representing Lesotho included seniors Lillian Read, Abigail Adams, Kevin Xie, JP LaBarge, Rishi Bolla, Grace Bahler, Zac Li, Caven Montel, Gabe

Caceres, Helen Jacobs, Ashley Beeson, Anusha Vallapuri, Ali St. Clair, Alexander Gottwald, and Cassidy Zimmerman.

The students were accompanied by Head of School Dr. Matthew Miller, Upper School World Languages instructor Janice Vote, Upper School English instructor and Model UN assistant Cory Scott, and Upper School Social Studies instructor and Model UN coordinator Peter Smith. During the trip, the group had the opportunity to tour Amsterdam and The Hague.

In February, 25 sophomores attended the University of Chicago Model UN Conference in Chicago, and 25 juniors attended the Georgetown University Model UN Conference in Washington, D.C. (Photos by Emma Hammer ’15, this year’s Munity Photographer at The Hague.)

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Students Contemplate Identity During Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Assembly

Martin Luther King Jr.’s dreams of eq-

uity, justice and civil rights can be lived every day through Park Tudor’s vision to ignite curiosity, instill compassion, and inspire courage. At an Upper School assembly on the Tuesday following Martin Luther King Day, students were encouraged to contemplate “identity” and how they can stand up for others who are ostracized or left out because of certain aspects of their identities.

Students had the opportunity to anonymously submit personal anecdotes of witnessing discrimination and standing up for others, which were read aloud at the assembly. Stories included heartfelt accounts of discrimination by race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and generational differences, and the courage to stand up in defense of others. The aim of the exercise was to remind students that prejudice does exist, but so too does the desire to overcome those sentiments.

Sophomore Zeba Kokan compiled a video for the assembly of students and teachers from Lower School to Upper School making their own “I have a dream” statements in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy.

Author Paul Tough Visits Park Tudor

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s part of the Park Tudor Speaker Series sponsored by The National Bank of Indianapolis, Paul Tough, author of “How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character,” spoke to a packed Ayres Auditorium on November 20, 2014.

His illuminating discussion addressed how various character traits, like perseverance, resilience, and “grit,” can have a much greater effect on student success than things like IQ or socioeconomic

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background. He shared numerous stories and examples of students who succeeded despite long odds, and programs like the chess team at a public school in an economically strapped community that has been able to beat larger, more established chess teams through persistence and learning from mistakes.

“How Children Succeed” was the summer reading book for 2014 for Park Tudor faculty and staff, and enjoying Paul’s

presentation was a welcome follow up to the book and a great reminder of the importance of maintaining a growth mindset – the idea that you can improve at virtually anything with practice and persistence – in all that we do.

Author, Paul Tough

Park Tudor hosts visitors from the People of Color Conference

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rom December 4-6, Indianapolis hosted the People of Color Conference (PoCC) and Student Diversity Leadership Conference (SDLC), the flagship of the National Association of Independent Schools’ commitment to equity and justice in teaching and learning. The mission of the conference is to provide a safe space for leadership and professional development and networking for people of color and allies of all backgrounds in independent schools.

On Wednesday before the conference began, Park Tudor welcomed visitors from across the country to our campus to observe classes, meet students and faculty, and participate in group discussions about diversity at Park Tudor and in other similar independent schools. Time and again, the visitors commented about the poise and maturity of our students, and the thoughtful ways in which they addressed various questions posed by the visiting faculty.

A highlight of the visit was an opportunity to view art exhibits in each division addressing the issue of Lookism - a bias toward or against someone based on their physical appearance. In the Lower School, all students JK-grade 5 created self-portraits based on the theme “I am More than What You See.” The students began to understand that no matter how accurately they

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could draw themselves, a portrait can never capture their true selves. They augmented their portraits with words that describe their personalities. In the Upper School, students in Director of Fine Arts, Heather Teets’s Art Seminar class created artworks addressing various aspects of Lookism, supported by research and a twitter feed where students could share thoughts and various articles on the topic. Middle School students also created artworks addressing Lookism.

We were also thrilled to welcome Rosetta Lee during the site visit to Park Tudor on Wednesday, as well as to speak to our faculty and PoCC visitors during a presentation on Wednesday night. Ms. Lee is a faculty member at the Seattle Girls’ School, and for the last 10 years has also

been a diversity speaker and trainer around the country on a variety of issues. Her talk extended the conversations that occurred during the day touching on the enduring value of cultivating in students and faculty an appreciation for diversity in all its facets, as well as helping to prepare students to function effectively in an increasingly complex world.

In addition to hosting visitors to our campus, Park Tudor sent 23 faculty members and administration, and eight students to the PoCC. Attendees enjoyed speakers on a variety of issues, including keynote speakers Michael Eric Dyson, a best-selling author; comedian, actress and activist Maysoon Zayid; and psychologist and multicultural scholar Derald Wing Sue.

One of the pieces created for the Art Seminar’s Lookism exhibit.

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Administrative changes for 2015-2016

Head of School Dr. Matthew Miller

recently announced some administrative changes. Effective July 1, 2015, Shants Hart will assume the role of Associate Head of School for External Affairs.

She will be succeeded as Director of the Middle School by Scott McDougall.

Also beginning July 1, 2015, Courtney Whitehead will assume the role of Athletic Director, succeeding his long-time friend and mentor Brad Lennon, who has decided to step down as Athletic Director after this year. Brad will assume an assisting role, supporting all aspects of athletics, but focusing in particular on mentoring and developing coaches and also supporting Courtney’s transition.

In her new capacity, Shants will continue to serve as Admissions Director, while also overseeing all aspects of internal

Park Tudor Students Honored with Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

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everal Park Tudor students have been recognized as Regional Scholastic Art & Writing Award Winners of Central and Southern Indiana. This is a remarkable achievement for emerging artists and writers. A panel of regional artists and art professionals selected the winning artworks, and a panel of regional writers, editors and writing instructors judged the writing submissions.

There were more than 2,500 submissions to The Scholastic Art Awards, and 258 submissions to the Scholastic Writing Awards this year.

Scholastic Art Award Winners: Gold Keys: Kiran Carter, Photography; Sophia George, Sculpture; Lily House, Painting; Sydney Allen, Ceramics & Glass; Nick Hornedo, Film & Animation; Rena Li, Digital Art; Zac Li, Printmaking; Annie Dora, Photography; Anne McCarter, Photography; Isabella Ponader, Photography; Abby Sogard, Photography; Caroline Sog-

and external communications. In addition, she will work closely with our Directors of Development and Safety and Security.

Finally, and in concert with our Diversity Coordinator, she will take an important role in our diversity and inclusivity efforts.

Shants is an incredible and passionate educator. She has provided strong and consistent leadership in the Middle School for six years, and she will continue to teach a section of English and will be involved with the daily life of the school. We are also pleased to announce that current Science Department Chair, Dr. Scott McDougall, will replace Shants as Director of the Middle School. After a national search, Scott emerged as the clear choice due to his experience, knowledge of Middle School students, and commitment to Park Tudor.

Courtney is a deeply respected teacher, coach, and administrator, who holds a master’s degree in Athletic Administration and is currently the Middle School Athletic Director. Courtney will no longer teach

history, but will remain as varsity baseball coach.

Congratulations to Shants, Courtney, Scott and Brad on their new roles.

ard, Photography Silver Keys: Margherita Firenze, Photography; Julia Waddles, Photography; Allison Irwin, Ceramics & Glass; Lisa-Maria Legg, Ceramics & Glass; Clare Chandler, Painting; Rena Li, Digital Art; Samantha Reese, Drawing & Illustration; Jenna Beagle, Photography; Kiran Bohyer, Photography; Elizabeth Dassow, Photography; Annabella Helman, Photography Honorable Mention: Olivia Murphy, Photography; Sydney Allen, Ceramics & Glass; Allison Irwin, Ceramics & Glass; Lily Adams, Mixed Media; Grace Carpenter, Mixed Media; Maggie Johnston, Drawing & Illustration; Zac Li, Drawing & Illustration, and Painting; Layna Owens, Drawing & Illustration; Samantha Reese, Drawing & Illustration, and Printmaking; Jo Blankenbaker, Photography; Kiran Bohyer, Photography; Harry Camferdam, Photography; Annabella Helman, Photography; Sarah Maar, Photography; Anne McCarter, Photography; Hannah Ossip, Photography; Danny Rayl, Photography; Nina Sood, Photography

Dassow, Poetry; Julia King, Flash Fiction; Maya Mishra, Personal Essay/Memoir; Maya Voelkel, Poetry; Myles Markey, Personal Essay; Michaela Tinkey, Personal Essay and Poetry; Annie Ullyot, Personal Essay; Kevin Xie, Personal Essay; Sophia George, Poetry Honorable Mention: West Clark, Poetry; Julia King, Humor; Natalie Long, Poetry; Kevin Freije, Personal Essay; Myles Markey, Personal Essay; Caven Montel, Personal Essay; Margherita Firenze, Poetry; Matilda Gomez Diez, Flash Fiction

Scholastic Writing Award Winners: Gold Keys: Elizabeth Dassow, Poetry; Julia King, Humor Silver Keys: West Clark, Poetry; Elizabeth

Shants Hart

Courtney Whitehead

Scott McDougall

Congratulations to all of the honorees, as well as to the faculty members that assisted their students in preparing entries: Kathy Campbell, Barb Beattie, Jan Guffin, Laura Schroeder, Jane Sidey, Heather Teets, and Laura Gellin.

Students and Faculty in the News • The fifth grade robotics team competed in its first tournament on November 22, 2014.

The Robocops, led by Jamie Salatich and Lane Waters, and under the guidance of Cammy Dubie, met two days every week after school last semester. During that time

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The Robocops

they engaged in team activities, which included creating innovative solutions to everyday problems. They also learned how to design, program, and test a robot using Lego Mindstorm kits.

The FLL (First Lego League) Qualifying tournament took place at the Central Library downtown. During this time the students had to make three presentations, one on the FLL core values, another on an invention they created to solve a problem, and a third demonstrating how their robot completed the assigned task. Despite the fact that they were competing against many teams with older students and teams that had more experience, the Park Tudor Robocops emerged victorious! They earned an award for Robot Reliability (consistency in programming), as well as the Champions Award, which recognizes teams that “embody the FLL experience, by fully embracing the Core Values while achieving excellence and innovation in both the Robot Game and Project.” As a result, the team advanced to the state tournament in December.

• On December 9, sophomore Imani Kigamwa and Upper School history teacher Jeff Johnson led a workshop focusing on “From Learning Styles to Learning Strategies” for parents and students at the Center for Leadership Development (CLD). The pair discussed learning strategies from the perspectives of student and teacher. Kigamwa is a student in CLD’s Self Discovery/ Career Exploration Project, an intensive 13-week curriculum-based program for 10th -12th grade students that explores personal, educational, and professional goals through critical self-evaluation. The Center for Leadership Development was founded in 1977. Kigamwa is one of a long line of Park Tudor students, parents, and staff who have participated in CLD initiatives.

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Imani Kigamwa and Jeff Johnson

• All seventh grade students competed in the National Geography Bee in January.

The National Geography Bee is prepared by the National Geographic Society and is intended to spark student interest in the subject and increase public awareness about geography. Preliminary and final rounds were completed with Eli Anderson earning runner-up honors and Cameron Smith being crowned the school champion.

Cameron will now complete the National Geographic test in order to earn a position at the state finals. Congratulations Cameron!

• Middle School English teacher Jane Sidey was awarded an Affiliate School scholarship from Gilder Lehrman Online Courses to complete a course this spring on the American South. The selection committee was impressed with Jane’s plans, in partnership with Upper School social studies teacher Sven Dubie, to launch this summer’s “Southern Studies” seminar for Park Tudor Upper School students to study the south. Southern Studies is a for-credit, introductory seminar where students will engage in a philosophical enquiry of how environment and place work to shape identity, history, art, music, literature, and culture. Enrolled students will spend two weeks of classroom study followed by one week traveling to several southern states in order to connect experientially with that landscape and geography. Highlights will include participation in a workshop at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture on the campus of the University of Mississippi and a tour of the Equity and Justice Initiative located in Montgomery, Ala.

The Artisan

• Upper School English teacher Pam Fischer served as the alumni speaker at the December commencement for students graduating from Indiana University’s School of Education. She is a member of the School of Education’s Alumni Board.

• The 2014 issue of Park Tudor’s publication The Artisan won First Place with Special Merit, the highest rank awarded by the American Scholastic Press Association, for the eighth consecutive year. This award recognizes “special and outstanding design and content.” A special congratulations to Artisan Advisor and Upper School English teacher Laura Gellin, Senior Editor Mattie Shepard, and Junior Editor Dan Fu. The following students worked on the 2014 issue: Taylor Byxbee, Amy Cohn, Joseph Komari, Katelynn Kyker, Elise Edgar, Chris Gregory, Angi Li, Alexandra Lombardo, Aleks Polit, Ruben Shuckit, Alec Stanley, Linda Tauscher, Michaela Tinkey, Alayna Weiss, DeForest Williamson, and Mia Zhao. The same issue also won Most Outstanding Literary and Arts Magazine, the highest honor awarded by the American Scholastic Press Association for high schools our size.

• Eighth-grader Anjali Mirmira qualified for the State Scholastic Chess Tournament in the 8th grade-and-under Junior Varsity

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Division by placing 3rd in the regional competition on January 10. Anjali competed at the state competition on January 24.

• Juniors Pavani Peri and Bobby Crossin were featured in a front-page article in the Indianapolis Star for their efforts to establish the Kriya Foundation, a nonprofit organization that has already started an eye clinic in India, providing free vision care.

Girls Swimming captures second conference title GIRLS & BOYS SWIMMING Coach Mark O’Malley’s girls swim squad captured its second consecutive Indiana Crossroads Conference championship, besting seven other conference teams at the annual meet in January. Park Tudor swimmers grabbed 1st place in seven events that included Erin Beesley (200 Free), Veeanna Edwards (50 & 100 Free), Clare Chandler (200 IM), Lexi Adams (100 Back), 200 Medley Relay (Lexi Adams, Veeanna Edwards, Noelle Enkema, and Clare Chandler), and 200 Free Relay (Erin Beesley, Noelle Enkema, Veeanna Edwards, and Clare Chandler). Edwards finished 3rd at the Marion County meet in the 50 Free. On the boys side, Alex Gregory placed 1st at conference in the 100 Butterfly. The girls completed a perfect 4-0 record in dual meets along with an impressive win at the Husky Relays hosted by Hamilton Heights in early December. The young boys team consisted of only six swimmers, but their

steady improvement and hard work will eventually pay off in future seasons. Congratulations to Veeanna Edwards on her individual sectional championship, allowing her to advance to the state finals in the 50 freestyle.

BOYS BASKETBALL The Class 2A No.1 ranked boys team owned a sparkling 13-2 record in early February with No. 4 ranked and ICC Conference foe Scecina looming on the schedule. Several early season wins took down opponents Lawrence Central, Hamilton Southeastern, Noblesville, and perennial rival Brebeuf Jesuit. The Panthers suffered heart-breaking losses by one point in overtime to North Central and to 4A top-ranked Southport in the Marion County quarterfinal. Park Tudor entered the state tournament looking to defend their state championship from the previous year where they defeated Westview to capture the school’s third title in four years.

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• Senior Priya Mirmira was named a semifinalist in the Intel Science Talent Search for her project entitled, “Bisphenol A and Type 2 Diabetes: Genuine Concern or Unnecessary Preoccupation.” Priya has been conducting her research work at IUPUI under the mentorship of Dr. Carmella Evans-Molina in the Division of Endocrinology. As part of this award, Priya has been awarded a $1000 scholarship, and Park Tudor also receives $1000. Priya has also published a first author peer-reviewed publication. Congratulations, as well, to Upper School chemistry teacher Marilyn Weiss, who was recognized as Priya’s teacher of merit.

• Varsity Basketball Coach Kyle Cox and senior Andrew Stickney were featured in a story in the Indianapolis Star spotlighting their innovative use of video and statistical analysis to gain a competitive edge.

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GIRLS BASKETBALL The Park Tudor girls basketball team showed marked improvement from their previous season – winning six games during the regular season after posting just one victory last year. Led by a strong senior class consisting of Kate Kimbell, Alex Urbanek, Ashley Beeson, Rachel Braly, Courtney Lynn, and Dominique Harrington, the girls advanced their performances in all phases of the game, both offense and defense. With a schedule that consisted of four conference teams ranked in the state polls, the girls did manage to capture four consecutive wins in advance of state sectional play. Defending state champion Heritage Christian was the oddson favorite to win the sectional.

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ATHLETIC SIGNINGS Three seniors signed letters of intent to play college sports this winter. Bryce Moore has signed to play basketball at Western Michigan University for the Broncos, Dwayne

Gibson is looking forward to joining the men’s basketball team at Nova Southeastern in Florida, and Brandon Tiassum will join the Irish on the Notre Dame football

team. Congratulations to Bryce, Dwayne and Brandon, as well as their families and coaches!

Top left, clockwise: Brandon Tiassum with his mother and Coach Lowry; Bryce Moore with his parents and Coach Cox; Dwayne Gibson with his family and Coach Cox.

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Top left, clockwise: Fifth grader Vanessa Xiao and third-grader Sragvee Atluri were the finalists in this year’s Lower School spelling bee; Upper school students put on a colorful production of Alice in Wonderland; Lily Read and Cece Komari reflect on one of the installations from Art Seminar’s Lookism exhibit; Students and faculty gather in the Leffler gallery to view the photography of visiting artist, Steve Nyktas; Scott Thygesen, Danny Rayl, Andrew Backer, Gabe Caceres and Ben Klapper enter the Halloween contest as the cast of Anchorman.

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Top left, clockwise: Junior Kindergarteners Olivia Cunningham and Nolan Smith set up shop at their Hot Chocolate stand; Middle School students show their Colts pride; Kathryn Lerch with World War II veteran Lt. Col. Cole at the World War II Roundtable Dinner; the 5th grade team, The Robocops, compete in a robotics competition; Upper School students gather for a photo during the winter formal.

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Healers: Alumni care for underserved

By Lisa Hendrickson ’77 In this issue of The Phoenix, we profile a trio of alumni who are devoting their medical careers to working with patients in underserved communities, both here at home and throughout the world.

Meet Dr. Philip Williams, one of the few pediatricians in a small Arizona border town; Kyle Bonham ’05, a social worker who provides support services for HIV-positive patients in central Indiana; and Kyle’s classmate Megan Hosein ’05, a medical student who has spent much of her adult life assisting with public-health research across the globe.

Dr. Philip Williams ’97 Pediatrician, Nogales, Arizona When Philip Williams graduated from Park Tudor in 1997, he never imagined he would find himself working as one of the only pediatricians in the southernmost part of Arizona, treating thousands of infants and children whose parents bring them to his clinic from both sides of the border.

Williams is one of three pediatricians at Mariposa Community Health Center, the sole pediatric practice in Nogales, Arizona, where ninety-five percent of his patients are on Medicaid and the primary language is Spanish. He’s also chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the Health Center and the town’s only hospital, Holy Cross.

As one of the only pediatric groups in the entire county, Williams and his fellow pediatricians treat all of the infants born in

the Arizona town of Nogales, as well as “a large population that crosses from northern Mexico,” he says. Nogales, Arizona has a population of thirty thousand, while its Mexican namesake, just across the border, is much larger, with a population of two hundred thousand.

Williams had studied Spanish at Park Tudor, but never dreamed that it would become a language he soon would speak every day.

After graduating from Xavier University in New Orleans, where he majored in biology and minored in chemistry, Phil enrolled in Indiana University School of Medicine’s M.D./Ph.D. program with plans to become a physician and medical researcher. He followed the program for a year, but says he “soon figured out that my heart was in working with people, and I didn’t want to spend the majority of my time directing a research lab.”

He discovered his true calling after spending time with his three young nephews, sons of his sister, Lisa (Park Tudor Class of 1992). “I loved interacting with them and thought, what could be more fun than working with kids for the rest of my life?” That’s when he decided to focus on pediatrics as his specialty.

While at IU, Williams joined a school-sponsored spring-break trip to Nicaragua, where he, along with several doctors and fellow med-school students, established a small clinic in a village.

“I had never travelled extensively, but I fell in love with international medicine on the trip,” he says.

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Dr. Philip Williams ’97 with his family

students in those countries have the opportunity to visit the U.S. On his return to Indianapolis, he arranged for eight Nicaraguan college students to visit his native city, where they volunteered at food banks and churches and took part in other community service activities.

Williams returned to Nicaragua four times on medical missions—several times on his own, as a volunteer at a hospital in the coastal town of Puerto Cabezas. He also visited Honduras, where he completed a month-long family-medicine rotation in the capital city of Tegucigalpa.

After completing medical school, Williams travelled to Guatemala for a combined vacation and month-long Spanish course.

But fate had different plans for him. During his second week, the country was devastated by a major hurricane. He went to work helping to set up medical clinics in the rural villages and assisting local doctors in caring for pediatric patients.

Phil then moved to Chicago, where he completed his residency in pediatrics at Hope Children’s Hospital on the south side of Chicago, which serves a large percentage of Hispanic, AfricanAmerican, and Middle-Eastern patients.

After completing his residency, he was interested in pursuing international medicine, but thought it best to, as he puts it, “get my feet wet” for a few years as a general pediatrician in the U.S. “I knew I wanted to work in an underserved area and in a place where I could speak Spanish daily,” he says. After considering many options, he settled on Mariposa Community Health Center in southern Arizona.

Williams says that in many ways, living in Nogales is “like living in another country. In fact, it’s one of the only places in the U.S. where highway signs are in kilometers instead of miles,” he says.

Surrounded by the Sonoran high desert and flanked by dark mountains, the town often is a location for filmmakers seeking the look of an “authentic” Mexican town. Portions of the movie “The Hangover 3” were shot in the city, and Williams can see John Wayne’s former ranch from his house.

Phil has been married for four years to Alma Carrillo, a respiratory therapist and widow he met after his first year in Nogales. “I

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asked her out and it took her a month to say yes, but thank God she finally did. Since our first date we’ve been inseparable and actually got engaged a month after our first date and married six months later,” he says. They have a two-year-old son, Aaron, and Phil is stepfather to Alma’s teenage daughters Viannea, 17, and Ayleen, 14.

Although he has chosen to make his permanent home in Nogales, “working in a rural border town is challenging, to say the least,” he says. When he first moved to town, four other pediatricians worked in his clinic. Within three months, all four had moved away. “Most doctors only stay for a few years before leaving to bigger cities and other practices,” he says. Today, he shares the practice with a “great staff” of two other pediatricians.

Another challenge the pediatricians face is the sheer volume of patients. Last August, Williams alone treated 850 patients, breaking the clinic’s monthly record.

“In many ways, our practice is how health care for kids used to be 20 years ago,” he says. “Our group takes care of newborns in the hospital and clinic, as well as those admitted to our small local hospital.”

He adds that they frequently treat children who are “much sicker than in a normal practice,” including many Mexican children with chronic and advanced diseases, and extremely ill newborns.

Phil, who many from his Park Tudor days remember for his willingness to help and for his omnipresent smile, says, “The best part of living here is my wonderful patients. Working in a small town, you really get to know your families and see them constantly.” His family is frequently invited to his patients’ birthday parties (piñatas) and baptisms, and he says that while out with his family “I frequently get hugs from one of the thousands of patients I see each year.”

“The media often depicts border towns as very dangerous,” he notes. “My experience here has been the opposite.” His wife owns a home and several businesses in her native Sonora, Mexico, and many of her family members live there. He says, “We travel there weekly and have never had any issues.”

Dr. Williams has made his home in Nogales, and plans to stay there with his family “hopefully forever. I really love the community and patient population,” he says, once again flashing his ready smile.

Megan Hosein ’05 Medical student and master’s in public health candidate, Johns Hopkins University Megan Hosein is a globetrotting medical student with a mission. At the age of 27, she’s already traveled throughout the world to help improve public health services for the disadvantaged, and she’s not planning to stop.

Megan has been on the medical track since graduating from Park Tudor. She was nervous about whether to join the pre-med program at Columbia University, which she notes had a “notoriously difficult” biology class. “But then I remembered how much I loved biology at Park Tudor, how surprised I was to be given the Biology Department award my junior year, and it gave me the

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Megan Hosein ’05 with her team in Uganda.

confidence to just give it a shot,” she says.

During her college breaks, she headed abroad to work on public-health projects—one summer to Namibia (along with PT classmate Kyle Bonham ’05), where she interviewed patients at an HIV clinic to learn about their barriers to care—and the next summer to Tunisia, where she learned more about HIV and sexual and reproductive health education for adolescents.

When she graduated from Columbia with a B.A. degree in neuroscience and behavior, she was, as she puts it, “wonderfully idealistic, unguided, unskilled and really just wanted to ‘do good’ somewhere in the world.”

She signed up to work for an NGO that planned to build schools and medical clinics in Cambodia. “It sounded great, but once arriving in Phnom Penh, I quickly realized how little was actually happening,” she says. Among other things, she was dismayed to find there was no land on which to build a school, the NGO was not recognized by the Cambodian government, and charitable contributions weren’t properly accounted for. She quit the day after she arrived and headed to visit a friend living on the Thai/Burma border.

Serendipitously, the trip would help her to define her future.

“While there, I met an amazing, inspiring group of people doing legitimate public health work in the Burmese refugee community there,” she says. She visited the Mae Tao Clinic, which was founded to serve refugees in the border town of Mae Sot. “It was amazing. And inspiring. And made me believe that medical training was worth the investment.”

When she returned to the U.S. two months later, Megan landed in New York, where she worked for two years as a research assistant for Family Care International, an international public health NGO focused on programs to improve women’s health and rights in Africa and Latin America.

Her wanderlust also took her to Taipei, Taiwan, where she spent four months studying Mandarin, and then hopping the globe solo for another four months—to Australia, Nepal, Southeast Asia

and Europe—before starting medical school at Johns Hopkins University.

“I decided to go to medical school because I wanted that feeling of helping others face-to-face and being connected to people on a tangible, human level,” she says.

Currently she’s taking a yearlong break to earn a master’s degree in public health, also at Johns Hopkins, and will graduate with a MD/MPH degree next May. Megan continues to travel whenever she can to continue her public health research. Throughout medical school she has spent about two months a year in Rakai, Uganda, working with an infectious disease doctor on a research project to improve the health of people with HIV. The project links them with a “peer health worker” who visits with them monthly during the first year following their diagnosis to provide support, information and counseling.

In January 2015 as part of her master’s program, Megan returned to Mae Sot, Thailand, to work with former Burmese political prisoners in a mental-health counseling program. The program helps those suffering from PTSD and depression following their imprisonment and torture under the Burmese military dictatorship.

Megan trained team members in data analysis, which will enable them to apply for grants and write research reports.

“I loved this project because it was about building up their own skills so they can have full ownership of this intervention,” she says, adding that she feels mental-health programs are often overlooked in the arena of international health.

Asked about the challenges of working in the field, she replies, “Oh so many. The main thing is expectations when joining a project— it’s hard to predict how things will unfold on the ground and you really just have to roll with it.”

Having the ability to “roll with it” has served her well. At Johns Hopkins, she was awarded a scholarship in the name of Dr. Cynthia Maung, the Burmese doctor who started the Mae Tao clinic she visited on her first trip to the Thai/Burmese border. “It all comes full circle,” she says. “It was one of the many reasons I really wanted to get back to Mae Sot this year…to work with an organization doing amazing work, and to think back on the reasons I got into this field in the first place.”

When her medical training is complete, she hopes to work in the field of adolescent psychiatry and global mental health, two areas she believes are underserved. Another dream is to join the team of Doctors Without Borders.

She says, “I love public health for the advocacy, for the impact you can make on a large scale, but in the end it’s the patients that mean everything to me.”

Kyle Bonham ’05 Program Manager, IU Health LifeCare

Kyle Bonham ’05 is leading the way in helping Indiana HIV patients have healthier lives.

As program manager at IU Health LifeCare, the state’s largest provider of HIV outpatient medical services, Bonham provides HIV care and prevention services to more than 1,300 HIV-positive patients, as well as to those at high risk for contracting the virus.

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comes significantly below the federal poverty level.

Two high-school trips to Africa, along with his Park Tudor Global Scholars project, spurred Kyle’s career in social work.

He presented his Global Scholars project, “The Social Challenges of HIV/AIDS in Africa,” just a few weeks after returning from a spring break trip to Kenya, where his Global Scholars mentor, Dr. John Sidle, was working with HIV patients at Moi University.

“I had an interest in Sub-Saharan Africa, and having a brother living there [as a Peace Corps volunteer in Zambia] made doing a two-year Global Scholars paper on it that much more relevant,” he says.

While in Kenya, Dr. Sidle arranged for Kyle and his brother to shadow at his hospital and learn first-hand about medical care and HIV treatment there. Kyle’s interest in HIV led him to double major in international development studies and African studies at McGill University in Montreal.

While in college, he spent six weeks one summer working at an HIV clinic in Namibia with his friend and Park Tudor classmate Megan Hosein. Two years later he spent the summer in Swaziland working on an HIV behavior-change communication project.

After graduating in 2009, he returned to Indianapolis, where he was accepted for a volunteer position with AmeriCorps, the domestic equivalent of the Peace Corps. Through the Indiana AIDS Fund, he worked as an HIV support specialist at Indiana University Health LifeCare.

“I saw this program as my opportunity to continue working with HIV, although this would be my first domestic experience with it,” he says. “You often heard about HIV/AIDS in Africa, but you seldom heard about it here in the United States.”

That’s when he realized that medical social work was his calling. “It allowed me to work in the medical field (and work very closely with medical providers), work with a misunderstood and often stigmatized patient population, and give back to the community in which I live on a daily basis,” he says.

When his year of volunteer service was completed, Bonham was hired at LifeCare as a full-time non-medical case manager.

Three years later he was promoted to IU Health’s program coordinator of HIV Ambulatory Services, which involves program support, case management and grant administration. This winter he was promoted again, to the position of LifeCare program manager.

He’s part of an interdisciplinary care team that helped to develop an innovative Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Clinic serving people who may be at high risk for HIV. The clinic provides daily prophylactic medication, along with other support services, that helps to reduce the chances of contracting the virus.

Bonham also coordinates the free rapid HIV testing program at IU Health Methodist Hospital’s Emergency Department, which also helps link patients to LifeCare counseling and confirmatory testing.

“Those who are underserved tend to be misunderstood,” he says. “Poverty, substance abuse, homelessness, and mental illness often go hand-in-hand. These are populations that society often overlooks.”

He notes that for many with HIV, the biggest challenge is being able to stay connected with care. “If an individual doesn’t have

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food to eat, a warm and safe place in which to live, and stability for family members, remaining engaged in HIV care and remembering to take your medication daily can be difficult.”

Bonham, who earned an MSW degree at the IU School of Social Work, says he finds these challenges stimulating. “I may come home tired after a long day of work, but I always know that I have done something good for someone that day. My work helps some of the most marginalized, stigmatized Hoosiers get healthy, stay healthy, and get back to living a life they want to.”

He adds, “Working in the social service field has its ups and downs—the highs tend to be really high, and the lows tend to be really low. I wouldn’t change it for anything, though.”

In his free time, Kyle finds every opportunity to return to Africa, the place that first spurred his interest in helping those with HIV. He recently made his fifth trip to the continent. “It is difficult to put African experiences into words, as almost everything is a new sensory experience…. It is a continent that has captured my heart and the hearts of so many others who have been lucky enough to spend time there.”

Other Alums Helping to Heal Charlotte Bourdillon ’06, who majored in community health and international relations as a student at Tufts University, has done extensive community health outreach among immigrant communities in the U.S. She spent last year working on maternal and child public health issues in Rwanda through Global Health Corps, and is now six months into studies at the University of Michigan Medical School.

David Casey ’86 leads an initiative for CVS Health that provides free health screenings by nurse practitioners and pharmacists in multicultural (predominantly African American and Latino) markets across the country, as well as to large uninsured and under-insured populations. The initiative will deliver more than 1,000 free screening events in 27 markets this year, also offering customers health insurance information and referrals to primary-care providers.

Alumni News Michael Jones ’82 to Release New Jazz Album

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Alumni Receptions

Michael Jones ’82 will release his sec-

ond album of original jazz, entitled “Loving You!” in the spring. The first single dropped on Valentine’s Day, and is available on iTunes. Michael describes the album as a collection of love songs, each “rich with romance, the rhythm of relationships, and the real emotion of love.”

Michael’s debut album, “Smooth Sailing,” came out in September, 2014. It is a smooth jazz collection that has been wellreceived in the U.S. and around the world.

The music is a combination of playful, passionate and personal music that has something for every musical taste. It is available at www.cdbaby.com/cd/michaelkjones and on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon Music, Spotify and digital retailers worldwide.

PT Alum Shoots Groundbreaking Cover with Kim Kardashian

Alumni attending Purdue University gathered in January to catch up with each other, as well as several faculty members.

Pictured L-R: Upper School math teacher Joe Chamberlin, Computer Science instructor Ryan Ritz, Thomas Knowles, Shelby Campbell, Morgan Essex, Jason Zhao, Tomasso Verderame, Upper School social studies teacher Joe Fumusa, Neal Moore, Prahasith Velovolu, Joseph Landis, and Upper School social studies teacher Jeff Johnson.

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s Chief Creative Officer of Paper Magazine, Drew Elliott ’99 was instrumental in masterminding and executing the Kim Kardashian photo shoot and cover that aimed to “break the internet.” Shot by French photographer Jean Paul Goude, one of the images recreated a famous earlier shot by Goude entitled, “The Champagne Incident.”

In an interview with Entertainment Tonight talking about the shoot, Elliott said, “It was one of those amazing moments when an artist and a huge, huge celebrity star come together to make a huge iconic image.”

More than 30 alumni gathered in Chicago on January 29 to hear the latest news of the school.

Attendees included: Front row, left to right: Ashley Tambunan ’09, Jane Maxwell Hulbert ’71, Samantha Tambunan ’11, Cathy Yingling Chapelle ’87, Brooke Sagaowsky Hubbuch ’01, Hannah Kennedy ’08, Caroline Parrin Ballard ’04 and Anne Hanko Forman ’98. Back row, left to right: Jason Gershman ’01, Jean Feit ’89, Eric Gershman ’98, Scott Hargadon ’76, Jeff Yingling ’78, Robert Hugenard ’12, Ryan Gershman ’04, Jon McClure ’08, Mollie Tavel ’08, Joy Duginsky ’97, Doug Allen, Shants Hart and Susan Feuer Watson ’03.

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Alumni Weekend is Coming!

“PT University” provides educational offerings led by faculty and friends of Park Tudor School. Enjoy vibrant and relevant discussions with your fellow alumni.

Saturday, April 25 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. - School Archives Tour Lower Level of the Ruth Lilly Science Center See memorabilia from Tudor Hall, Park School and Park Tudor School. Browse yearbooks dating back to 1903, photos, newspaper clippings and even school uniforms!

Alumni 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 April 24 - 25.

Please check your mailbox in early March for the Alumni Weekend 2015 brochure. You may register for events via the brochure or online at www.parktudor.org/alumni.

Friday, April 24 6:00 p.m. - Park Tudor Distinguished Alumni Award Dinner Woodstock Club – 1301 West 38th Street Please join the Park Tudor Alumni Association and Park Tudor School in honoring Edward W. Harris III ‘60 for his substantial contributions to his field of endeavor, his community and Park Tudor School. $40.00 per person.

Saturday, April 25 8:30 a.m. - Park Tudor Scholarship 5K Fun Run Go to parktudor.org/alumni for more information and to register.

11:00 a.m. - Park Tudor School Fifty-Year Club Lunch Woodstock Club – 1301 West 38th Street Honoring all Tudor Hall and Park School alumni from the years 1965 and earlier. $25.00 per person (tickets for members of the Class of 1965 are complimentary).

3:15 – 4:00 p.m. - Global Online Academy

– Preparing Students for a Global Future Lecture Hall, Park Tudor Upper School Park Tudor students have the opportunity to take online classes through the school’s membership in Global Online Academy (GOA). GOA is an organization of leading independent schools created in 2011 to offer the opportunity for students to take extraordinary for-credit courses with exceptional educators and peers from around the world.

4:00 - 5:00 p.m. - My World, Our World, and The World

– Photographic Works by Dr. Jan Guffin Join us for an artist talk, exhibit and reception where Dr. Guffin will discuss the intersection between his photography, writing, gardening and travels.

Visit www.parktudor.org/alumni for more information and to register for all events.

Reunion Class Giving – Special Incentive!

Participate in your Reunion Class Gift (with a gift of any amount) before Monday, April 20th so your class can be included in the participation results displayed throughout reunion weekend. In addition, the Park Tudor Alumni Association will provide up to $500 for the class with the highest participation to be used for a class party over the weekend of April 24-25. Make your gift today by visiting www.parktudor.org.

4:30 -7:00 p.m. - Alumni Reception Clowes Commons, Park Tudor School Enjoy cocktails and hors d’oeuvres while catching up with classmates. All alumni, past and current faculty are invited to attend.

Connect with Fellow Alums Through Evertrue

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ark Tudor is now a part of the Evertrue app. Evertrue will allow you to connect with fellow Park Tudor alumni, identify alums

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in your profession, and even find alumni located nearby. Evertrue even includes a searchable directory, so you can reconnect with friends and keep your contacts up-todate. You can download the Evertrue app from the iStore or Google Play, and log in with your email or LinkedIn profile. Search for Park Tudor to join the community.

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Upcoming Alumni Events San Francisco Bay Area Alumni Reception Saturday, May 2, 2015 2 - 4 p.m.

Quantum Limit Vineyards 25 Quail Ridge Drive Napa, CA 94558 RSVP: jsipes@parktudor.org Atlanta Area Alumni Reception Thursday, May 14, 2015 Time and location, TBA RSVP: jsipes@parktudor.org Indianapolis Indians Baseball Game & Picnic (Family Friendly), Sponsored by the Park Tudor Alumni Association Sunday, June 28, 2015 12:00 p.m: Picnic includes hamburgers, hot dogs, pulled BBQ chicken sandwiches, sides, beer and soft drinks.

1:35 p.m.: Indians take on Syracuse Tickets: $15 per person includes all you can eat and drink picnic and game ticket.

Purchase tickets before June 7th by emailing jsipes@parktudor.org.

Thank You for Completing the Alumni Survey

Thank you to all Park Tudor alums who

completed the Alumni Survey (graduation years 1971 – 2008) we distributed in the fall. Your feedback is important to us, especially as we begin to implement our recently completed strategic plan, PT2020.

It was particularly gratifying to see that nearly nine out of 10 (87%) of alumni either agree or strongly agree that our mission statement is consistent with their experience at Park Tudor. As a reminder, our mission is: To create an inspiring collegepreparatory learning environment, with exceptional educators and extraordinary opportunities, that prepares and motivates students to become balanced, confident, and resourceful lifelong learners.

In addition, 83% of alumni agree that our Core Values (Respect, Responsibility, Resourcefulness, Integrity, and Intellectual

Engagement) fit with their perception of Park Tudor.

Overall, alumni are very satisfied with the education that they received at Park Tudor. Eighty-four percent agree or strongly agree that they would recommend Park Tudor to a friend, the key measure of overall satisfaction. Seventy-eight percent said they would send their own children to Park Tudor if possible.

Some additional highlights of the survey: • Nearly all alums (96%) agree or strongly agree that Park Tudor provided them with a high-quality education.

• Nearly all (97%) rated Park Tudor as stronger or much stronger than other schools.

• Eighty-four percent agree or strongly agree that Park Tudor instilled a lifelong love of learning.

• Three-fourths (73%) agree or strongly agree that Park Tudor helped to prepare them for their career.

• More than half (51%) are still in touch with at least six of their classmates and friends from Park Tudor.

We will continue to ask for feedback from alumni periodically. If you have any questions about the survey or would like additional information, please contact Cathy Chapelle at 317-415-2870 or cchapelle@parktudor.org

behind Bowen McCauley Dance in Arlington, VA. Since founding BMD, she has created over 80 works ranging from lyrical ballets to highly physical contemporary pieces set to rock music. Her repertoire offers an unconventional array of genres; her choreography demonstrates a fluent outpouring of dance blending balletic lines, quirky gestures and modern dance’s earthiness that uniquely explores the interplay between music, dance and drama. Washingtonian Magazine named her among those “who have helped transform Washington into one of the nation’s liveliest centers in performing arts.”

Throughout her career, Lucy has received numerous awards and recognition for her excellence in dance. Most recently, Lucy was awarded the 2014 Women of Vision Award by the Arlington County Commission on the Status of Women and was appointed to Dance/USA Board of Trustees and Council Chair. In 2012, Lucy was honored with the prestigious Pola Nirenska Award for her significant contributions to the dance field and she received the 2011 award for Innovation from the Genetic Alliance. In October 2010 McCauley received the prestigious lifetime award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance Education at the 10th Annual Metro DC Dance Awards in Washington, DC. She is a 2008 graduate of Leadership Arlington.

Women’s Network Event

New Endowment Society Members

Dance Kaleidoscope’s “The Next Wave” Thursday, May 14, 2015 Pre-show reception and artist talk: 6 p.m.

Curtain: 7 p.m.

IRT 140 W. Washington Street Indianapolis, IN 46204 Tickets: $20 each (includes the reception, compliments of Park Tudor School and the Park Tudor Alumni Association). Order tickets before May 1st by contacting jsipes@parktudor.org.

Dance Kaleidoscope will present the works of four choreographers who are changing the dance world, one of whom is Park Tudor Class of 1977 alumna, Lucy Bowen McCauley. Lucy is the artistic director, choreographer and creative energy

The Park Tudor Endowment Society in-

cludes individuals and families who have included the school in their estate plans.

We are pleased to welcome new members Cathy and Joe Dezelan and extend our gratitude and thanks to them for their special support: 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 Assistant Director of Development Gretchen Hueni at ghueni@parktudor.org or at 317-415-2766.

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Congratulations to our 2015 Distinguished Alumnus

The Park Tudor Alumni Association and

Park Tudor School are pleased to announce Ed Harris ’60 as our 2015 Distinguished Alumnus. Ed is a Partner with the law firm Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP and is particularly experienced in antitrust and class action disputes. He has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in cases in federal trial and appellate courts throughout the United States. Ed served as co-lead counsel for the State of Indiana in litigation against the tobacco industry which led to a national settlement.

For several years, Ed has been recognized as a Litigation Star by Benchmark Litigation, the definitive guide to America’s leading business litigation attorneys.

Ed has been rated for three years as a “Top Local Plaintiff Litigation Star” in Indiana for Antitrust, Appellate and General Commercial Litigation by Benchmark Plaintiff and is named a “Seventh Circuit Litigation Star” in Indiana by Benchmark Appellate.

He has also been recognized in Best Lawyers in America and as an Indiana Super Lawyer by Law & Politics magazine.

In the Indianapolis community, Ed has served on the Board of Directors for the Indiana Civil Liberties Union, as a consultant for the Indiana Legal Services Organization of Indiana, as a member of the Methodist Hospital Institutional Review Board, and as the Indiana Chairperson for the Michigan Law School Fund.

Ed is a loyal supporter of Park Tudor School, serving on the Alumni Association Board of Directors, the Park Tudor Board of Directors, the Development Committee, and as his class representative. For their

2015 Distinguished Alumnus, Ed Harris ’60

50th reunion, Ed encouraged 100% of his classmates to support the school’s Annual Fund.

Park Tudor School Alumni Association — Alumni Board of Directors Nomination Form The 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 dues-paying member of the Alumni Association, and support the school’s Annual Fund. The Park Tudor Alumni Board represents the diverse community of Park School, Tudor Hall and Park Tudor School alumni and carries out the mission and goals of the Alumni Association.

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 _______________________ Please include 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!

Nominator’s Name________________________________________________________ Phone _________________________ E-mail Address ___________________________ Nominations are accepted at any time; however, the deadline for nominations to serve during the 2015-2016 school year is March 30, 2014.

Send nominations to Joe Hawkins, Alumni Association, Park Tudor School, 7200 N. College Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46240, or ghueni@parktudor.org.

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Class rep Virginia “Din” Obrecht Dulworth received news from Suzanne Frenzel Baldwin about Suzanne’s son and nephew. Suzanne’s son, Michael Baldwin, has written a book titled Just Add Water, a book on communuications and public speaking, which is due in bookstores in April, 2015. Suzanne’s nephew, Markham Roberts, a top interior designer, has published a beautiful coffee-table book titled Markham Roberts: The Way I See It. Class of ’46: share your news with Virginia; email her at writerdin@aol.com.

1966

George B. Huff, Jr. was congratulated on September 30, 2014 at a ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, recognizing his distinguished career at The Administrative Office of the United States Courts. After a long, distinguished career with the federal judiciary and U.S. Army Reserve, George is the founder and owner of The Continuity Project, LLC, offering Business Continuity Management consultancy services.

Susan Baroncini-Moe ’90

Janet Schneider and Julie Hollowell in Scotland

1970

Janet Fry Schneider writes: “I retired from my job at the Indianapolis Star in May 2014 after 20 years as a designer, pagination trainer, online content producer and features writer. To celebrate this milestone, I went to Scotland to hike the 96-mile West Highland Way with my BFF and Tudor alum Julie Hollowell. Julie and I are serving as Class of 1970 reunion organizers. We have lots planned for Tudor and Park grads of that year. If you

Gordon Wishard ’62 and David Chambers ’58 enjoy lunch with Mr. Jim Foxlow.

haven’t been to Indy lately, you will be pleasantly surprised. Please contact me at tudorhallclassof1970@gmail.com for more information.”

1987

• Nancy Winemiller Basinger writes: “In January 2015 I left my position at the University of Utah and am now the president and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah. I feel honored and fortunate to be

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leading such a wonderful organization that works to make a positive difference for children.”

• Bob Pockrass has joined ESPN as a reporter covering NASCAR.

1990

Susan Baroncini-Moe was named one of the “Top 20 Digital Marketing Strategists of 2015” by Online Marketing Institute.

In 2014, Susan’s book for small businesses, “Business in Blue Jeans,” became a bestseller, and she also appeared on an episode of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Guiness World Records Special Edition.”

Upper School Drama Teacher Jerry Grayson reunited with Chris Stack ’91 and his family at a gala for the Indianapolis City Ballet this fall. Left to right: Dr. Chris Stack, Chris Stack ’91, Ann Stack, Jerry Grayson, Erin Ness.

napolis. They met during a production at the theatre three years ago.

1996

2007

Nikhil Gunale has joined Acme Health Services, an Indianapolis-based provider of home healthcare services to residents in central Indiana and Dayton, Ohio.

1999

• Yaw Anokwa received the 2015 Diamond Award for Distinguished Service from the University of Washington. The awards honor outstanding alumni and friends who have made significant contributions to the field of engineering. While pursuing his PhD in computer science at UW, Yaw collaborated with colleagues to create Open Data Kit, free and open source software that replaces paper forms and surveys with smartphones and tablets. His software is being used by thousands of global organizations in areas of medical information, microfinance, climate monitoring and more.

• Ed Carpenter was named to the 2015 Indianapolis Business Journal “40 Under 40” list. He is co-owner of CFH Racing.

• Carlie Irsay-Gordon was named to the 2015 Indianapolis Business Journal “40 Under 40” list. She is vice chairwoman and owner of the Indianapolis Colts. Carlie was also profiled in the February, 2015 issue of “Glamour” magazine.

Margot Jansen and Jonathan Eastwood

2001

• Margot Jansen married Jonathan Eastwood on September 6, 2014 in San Francisco, California. PT classmate Laurel Hastings ’01 was a bridesmaid and other guests included Peter Jansen ’02 and Peiper Hastings ’98.

• Susan Meshberger presented “Writing and Storytelling in Early Childhood Classrooms” at the 2014 National Council of Teachers of English annual conference in Washington, DC. A District of Columbia Public Schools teacher, Susan and her team examined what writing can look like with young students and they were asked to present their findings at this year’s NCTE conference.

2003

Carly Kincannon got engaged to Matt Patterson after the final performance of “A Very Phoenix Xmas 9: Flashing Through the Snow” at the Phoenix Theatre in India-

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Skye Wallin has been filming “Sam Wolf: An Original Hero’s Journey” for the past four years with his cousin Ian Wallentine, a freshman at Park Tudor. They have filmed one chapter each year to show the actual growth of the character and hope to continue for five more years. Skye says, “I want to create a modern mythology that inspires kids who have been discriminated by our pop culture and society in general, so that’s what the vision is here, and we want to do it in the most cinematic way possible!” You can support the Sam Wolf project on Indiegogo.

2008

Rajpreet Heir’s proposal to speak at the Georgetown English Graduate Association’s 2015 Conference was accepted. She is presenting on the topic of “Writing Diaspora.”

2013

Vanessa Freije was honored for “Realizing the Dream,” a program made possible by a grant from the Lilly Endowment to the Independent Colleges of Indiana to honor college sophomores who have realized the dream of being the first in their families to attend college and for outstanding achievement in the freshman year. Vanessa, a sophomore at DePauw University, named Park Tudor history teacher Margo McAlear as her most influential teacher.

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2014

Austin Honigford participated in the third annual Business Pitch Competition at Bucknell University. He was a member of the EZ-TAP team that won the competition for their project which integrates student IDs into smartphones. His team was awarded $3,000 and a one-year membership in the Bucknell University Entrepreneur Incubator.

Marriages

• Mary Lea McTurnan ’83 to Robert Nash on October 24, 2014.

• Alex Genetos ’00 to Amanda Whiffing on May 31, 2014.

• Margot Jansen ’01 to Jonathan Eastwood on September 6, 2014.

• Laura Buonanno ’02 to Adam Isaacson on August 2, 2014.

Alumni gather at the wedding of Alex Genetos ’00 to Amanda Whiffing in May 2014. Pictured: Matt Schumate ’00, Alex Genetos ’00, Hunter Bick ’00, Will Lawson ’00, Reed Elder ’00, David Fife ’00, Helene Genetos ’05, Stephanie Goodrid Lawson ’00, and Kate Lehman Trumbull ’00.

• Ryan Gershman ’04 to Rachel Gotthelf on October 11, 2014.

• Alexa Shoff ’07 to Cory A. Brandfon on November 15, 2014.

Congratulations (Births, Adoptions)

• To Oliver Ayres ’01 and his wife Emily, and to grandparents Karen Ayres, Lower School teacher, and Mike Ayres, Upper School teacher, on the birth of Logan Thomas Ayres on November 15, 2014.

• To Global Scholars teacher Matt Bohrer and his wife Megan on the birth of Deacon Brooks Bohrer in December 2014.

• To Senior Staff Accountant Sarah Steele and her husband Austin on the birth of Brooklyn Christine Steele on November 10, 2014.

Park Tudor alumni reunite at the Mill Top Banquet & Conference Center in Noblesville for Laura Buonanno Isaacson’s wedding on August 2, 2014. Back row, l to r: Kris Polzin ’08, Noah Buonanno ’00, Nicholas Buonanno ’98 Front row, l to r: Kelli Polzin ’02, Andrea Calderon Smallegan ’02, Joan Staubach ’66, Lizze Moulton Hotz ’02, Carrie Hughes ’01, Laura Buonanno Isaacson ’02, Nathan Buonanno ’97

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Mary Lea McTurnan ’83 married Robert Nash on October 24, 2015

• To Fred Emhardt ’78, Cynthia LaFollette Emhardt ’79, John Emhardt ’73, Martha Emhardt Pardue ’81, Cameron Emhardt Settles ’75, Caroline Emhardt ’10, Elizabeth Emhardt ’08 and William Emhardt ’18, on the death of their father, father-in-law, grandfather and brother Charles Emhardt, on January 14, 2015.

PT Alumni celebrated the marriage of Ryan Gershman ’04 and Rachel Gotthelf on October 11, 2014 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston.

Front row: Ryan Gershman ’04, Rachel Gotthelf. 2nd Row: Michael Blickman ’04, Adam Mahomed ’04, Will Hubbard ’04. 3rd Row: Eric Gershman ’98, Kelly Scanlon ’07, Jason Gershman ’01, Katelyn Miner Fisher ’04, Teddy (North Central ’04) and Lindsey Hammond. 4th row: Michael Scanlon ’04, Wes Pennington (Avon ’04). Not Pictured: Carl Eveleigh ’04 and Robbie Goad ’04.

Deaths

• Catharine McHenry Rogers ’30 on January 18, 2015.

• Carolyn Culp Smith ’39 on October 28, 2014.

• Leslie Lee ’50 on October 15, 2014.

• Tom Miller ’13 on October 12, 2014.

• Jeanne Hargitt Herrick ’51 on December 12, 2014.

• Former English teacher David Ruenzel on November 15, 2014.

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Condolences

• To Barbara Lee Ingham ’46 on the death of her brother, Leslie Lee ’50, on October 15, 2014.

• To Charles Culp ’49, David Smith ’65, Candy Smith Gardner ’70, Nancy Loonsten Smith ’64, Charles Culp ’82, Virginia Culp Simpson ’85, Hunter Gardner ’03, Hayden Gardner ’07 and Hilary Gardner Gessner ’04 on the death of their sister, mother, mother-in-law, aunt and grandmother, Carolyn Culp Smith ’39, on October 28, 2014.

• To Catherine Antley ’82, Angus Antley ’86 and former Upper School English teacher Mary Ann Antley on the death of their father and husband, Dr. Ray M. Antley, on October 16, 2014.

• To David Hargitt ’57 and Lyndi Hutchison Balven ’67 on the death of their sister and aunt, Jeanne Hargitt Herrick on December 12, 2014.

•To Andrew ’00 and Billy Fadel ’01 on the death of their mother, Janice Fadel on January 30, 2015.

• To Upper School history teacher Jeffrey Johnson on the death of his father, Jon Johnson, on January 17, 2015.

Class Notes Spring 2015 Park Tudor School

Honorary and Memorial Gifts Received July 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014 Gifts in honor of …

Mr. Jeffrey Blickman ’04 Mrs. Sol Blickman (Toby Sachs ’39) Alec J. Bloomfield ’19 Mr. and Mrs. Kenton Roush Charles Bodell ’16 Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Bodell William Brown ’29 Mr. and Mrs. Jason Brown Mr. Benjamin Carpenter ’20 Mr. and Mrs. Noble Carpenter Class of 2015 Mr. and Mrs. Jose Caceres Ms. Lisa Sauce Mrs. Whitney Dick (Whitney Ford ’99) Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Ford Marcus Downs ’15 Mr. and Mrs. Mark Downs Mrs. Cammy Dubie Dr. and Mrs. Michael Rothbaum Slade Eaton Mr. and Mrs. John Eaton Ms. Ruth Faris ’29 Dr. Anna Edwards ’00 Bennett Ford ’27 Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Ford Mr. and Mrs. Gary Quinnette Elly Rose Ford ’29 Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Ford Mr. and Mrs. Gary Quinnette Mr. Jim Foxlow Gordon ’62 and Anne Emison Wishard Mr. Colin M. Fry ’10 Drs. Michael and Shirley Fry

Mr. Ian Fry ’11 Drs. Michael and Shirley Fry Mrs. Kathleen Fry Drs. Michael and Shirley Fry Mr. Sean Fry ’14 Drs. Michael and Shirley Fry Mrs. Wendy Mantel Garbowit ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Mantel (Flo Mary Foreman ’46)

Mr. Benjamin Rhodehamel ’15 Mr. and Mrs. William A. Rhodehamel (Will ’79; Megan Crowell ’79) Elliot Scotten ’25 Mrs. Patty J. Barth Oliver Scotten ’19 Mrs. Patty J. Barth Ms. Christina Wade ’99 Mr. and Mrs. John Wade

Tala Hasan ’16 Dr. and Mrs. Samer Ali-Hasan

Ms. Danielle Wade ’04 Mr. and Mrs. John Wade

Mrs. Jennifer Bohler Johansen ’91 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stewart

Gifts in memory of…

Miss Allison Lazin ’02 Mrs. Sol Blickman (Toby Sachs ’39)

Mr. Domenic Angelicchio Mr. and Mrs. James A. James (Jim ’53)

Mr. Todd Lickliter Dr. and Mrs. Matthew H. French (Matthew ’87)

Mr. Michael Atkinson Mr. George Atkinson ’01

Ms. Emily Mantel ’76 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Mantel (Flo Mary Foreman ’46) Mrs. Flo Mary Foreman Mantel ’46 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Garbowit (Wendy Mantel ’72) Ms. Concepcion Marin Dr. and Mrs. Michael Rothbaum Aakrit Mehrotra Mr. Anshuman Mehrotra and Mrs. Vatsala Dubey Karnika Mehrotra Mr. Anshuman Mehrotra and Mrs. Vatsala Dubey Mary Charlotte Osborne ’18 Ms. Susan Hapak Bryson A. Pillow ’17 Mr. and Mrs. William Pillow

Mr. Burton Beck ’35 Mr. Harold R. Cunning ’35 Mrs. Diana Hutchison Baker ’69 Cols. Lyndi Hutchison ’67 and Terry Balven Ms. Tessa E. Byers ’10 Mr. Clifford A. Hull and Dr. Sara H. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Richardson Mr. Barow Davidian Anonymous Mr. Robert Doeppers ’42 Mr. and Mrs. William B. Clark (Bill ’42; Carol Lynn Blackburn ’49) Mrs. Deborah M. Dominguez Anonymous Dr. Edmond Bendaly and Dr. Zeina Nabhan Ms. Patti Fralich Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Frank Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Galstian Mr. and Mrs. Brian Holle Ms. Marya E. Jones ’78

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Honorary and Memorial Gifts Received July 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014

Mr. Thomas Esterline ’57 Mrs. Katheryn Mahaffey Esterline ’58

Mr. Rob C. Hueni Anonymous - 2 Cols. Lyndi Hutchison ’67 and Terry Balven Torrey M. and Lori E. Bievenour (Torrey ’96) Mrs. Gretchen Hueni* Mr. Clifford A. Hull and Dr. Sara H. Murphy Mr. Gerry and Mrs. Susanne LaFollette (Sue Eaglesfield ’54) Mr. Raymond Marra ’06 Dr. Antonio Navarrete and Mrs. Jennifer Bailey Mr. and Mrs. Matt Raymond (Elizabeth Laughlin ’95) Ms. Carole Diane Roe Michael and Marianne Schafer Mr. Calvin Smith ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stewart

Mr. David Fisch ’98 Dr. and Mrs. Ryan D. Nagy (Katherine Deane ’98)

Mrs. Wilma Lilly ’50 Drs. Norman W. and Brenda Canedy (Brenda Haram ’50)

Mrs. Barbara Fortner ’52 Mr. and Mrs. Frank O’Brien (Dee DeMotte ’52) Mr. and Mrs. L. Bond Sandoe (Valri Philpott ’52)

Mr. William J. Mead Mr. and Mrs. Bruce W. Galbraith

Miss Sara Lois Haber Mr. and Mrs. Ben Palleiko (Jeanne Lindholm ’62)

Mrs. Linda Hamilton McLaughlin ’43 Mr. and Mrs. Gregory A. Hartmann (Greg ’79)

Dr. and Mrs. Anthony Lombardo Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lucas Mr. and Mrs. William H. Main Drs. James L. Qualkinbush and Brenda G. Barker Ms. Carole Diane Roe Ms. Heidi Rohloff Dr. and Mrs. Richard J. Stuart Cameron Sumner ’17 Lily Sumner ’20 Mr. and Mrs. John F. Townsend III (John ’89) Mrs. Nicole Williamson Mr. Patrick Duginske Carol Duginske

Mrs. Ann Gillespie Harrison ’51 Ms. Mary Martha Wright ’52 Mr. William Higgins ’41 Mr. and Mrs. Gregory A. Hartmann (Greg ’79) Mrs. Jane H. Holt Mr. and Mrs. William J. Holt (Bill ’76) Mr. Harvey Hudson, III ’43 Anonymous - 2 Mr. and Mrs. Tom Henry Mr. Jim Hudson Mr. Tom Hudson Mr. Todd Morrison Mr. and Mrs. Rich Sherratt Ms. Julianne Elizabeth Sicklesteel ’07

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Mr. Thomas Milton Miller III Ms. Kelsey Johnson ’13

Mr. Charles Oberthur Mrs. Barbara Oberthur Mr. Baxter S. Rogers ’59 Reverend and Mrs. C. Davies Reed (Carol Cummings Rogers ’59*) Mr. and Mrs. James B. Rogers (J.B. ’82) Mr. Mark Rominger ’88 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Alpert Michael and Marianne Schafer Mr. Harold A. Skillman Mrs. Barbara Skillman Mrs. Carolyn Smith ’39 Mrs. Gloria C. Ryan

Mr. Richard Sommers ’35 Mr. Laurence Neuman and Ms. Julie Sommers Neuman Mr. Douglas H. Stickney Mrs. Kim Stickney (Kim Smith ’74)

Christopher Jacob Therber Rich and Susan Graffis Ms. Lynn Thomsen Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fox (Karlyn*) Mr. Clifford A. Hull and Dr. Sara H. Murphy Mr. Bozin Trajkovski Dennis Voelkel and Dr. Sonja Voelkel Miss Jane Trotter Cols. Lyndi Hutchison ’67 and Terry Balven Mr. David Yingling ’79 Mrs. Mary Louise Yingling

Thank a Teacher Mrs. Leeta R. Albea Dr. and Mrs. Michael Rothbaum Mrs. Belinda Barlow Mr. and Mrs. Weston Andrew Jones Ms. Brandi Barnett Mr. and Mrs. Peter Emerson Mr. and Mrs. Philip Larman Drs. Alexander and Helen Niculescu Ms. Jesse Bohnert Mr. Nolan Brokamp Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stewart Mrs. Heather Carmody Dr. and Mrs. Michael Rothbaum Mr. Stephen Curry Bobbi Byrn Plewes Dr. and Mrs. Michael Rothbaum Mr. Mark Dewart Mr. Samuel Amy ’11

Class Notes Spring 2015 Park Tudor School

Honorary and Memorial Gifts Received July 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014 Dr. Sven H. Dubie Mr. and Mrs. William Clouse

Ms. Margo McAlear Mr. John Amy ’09

Mrs. Deborah Stuart Everett ’69 Mr. V. William Hunt and Mrs. Nancy Bergen Hunt

Ms. Sarah McDaniels Mr. and Mrs. Craig M. Carpenter

Mrs. Karlyn Fox Dr. and Mrs. Michael Rothbaum Dr. and Dr. Harpreetinder Singh Mr. Joseph K. Fumusa Mr. and Mrs. Fritz French Dr. Jan Guffin Ms. Adriana Keramida-Strahl ’08 Dr. Paul Hamer Mr. Sawyer Bonsib ’04 Mrs. Shants Hart Dr. and Mrs. Michael Rothbaum Mr. Christopher Holobek Mr. and Mrs. Craig M. Carpenter Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Miroff (Drew ’92) Mr. Peter Kraft Mr. Haldan Cohn and Ms. Phyllis Lugger Mrs. Laura I. Lowe Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Weston Andrew Jones Mr. and Mrs. Philip Larman Mr. Richard C. Searles

Mrs. Lori McIntosh Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Grant Mr. and Mrs. Matthew W. Miller (Matthew ’93) Dr. and Mrs. Michael Rothbaum Mrs. Claudia K. Nole Dr. and Mrs. Michael Rothbaum Mrs. Elizabeth Odmark Dr. and Mrs. Michael Rothbaum Mr. Thomas Page The House Family Mr. Bryon J. Realey Tom* and Joanne Black Mrs. Sharon Riddle Tom* and Joanne Black Mr. Ryan Ritz Drs. Carlos and Ruth Gimeno Mr. Frank Wu and Ms. Julie Liu Mrs. Gaye Shula Mr. and Mrs. Matthew W. Miller (Matthew ’93)

Mrs. Bonnie Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Miroff (Drew ’92) Dr. and Mrs. Michael Rothbaum Mr. Royce D. Thrush Crystal Weaver ’00 Mrs. Ellen Todd Mr. and Mrs. Matthew W. Miller (Matthew ’93) Mrs. Susan Watson Mr. and Mrs. Weston Andrew Jones Mrs. Sarah Webster Mr. and Mrs. Fritz French Mr. Courtney Whitehead Mr. and Mrs. Craig M. Carpenter Dr. and Mrs. Michael Rothbaum Mr. John R. Williams Anonymous Mrs. Kim Stickney (Kim Smith ’74) Ms. Mary Zajac Dr. and Mrs. Michael Rothbaum

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