Park Tudor Phoenix Summer 2010

PA R K T U D O R

Phoenix

SUMMER 2010

WHAT’S A LEARNING STYLE? REFLECTIONS ON THE WEST ALUMNI REMEMBER LIFE AT PARK TUDOR ALUMNI MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THEBANK WORLD • REUNION 2010

On the cover

The boys basketball team advanced to the IHSAA state basketball finals for the first time in the school’s history. The entire student body cheered on the team at an all-school pep rally in March. (See article and photos on page 19.)

Park Tudor School Mission

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ark Tudor School’s exceptional educators and extraordinary opportunities prepare students to become confident and resourceful lifelong learners.

The school community creates an inspiring college-preparatory learn-

ing environment for highly motivated young people in preschool through grade 12.

Park Tudor School Class of 2010 Achievements

PARK TUDOR SCHOOL

• 106-member class attending 54 colleges and universities; accepted $2.04 million in college merit scholarships from more than $7.8 million offered • 27% of class named Advanced Placement Scholars; AP National Scholar • 2010 Presidential Scholar; 3 candidates • 7 National Merit and Achievement Finalists • National Semifinalist, 2009 Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology • Indiana Academic Super Bowl champions • Indianapolis Star Academic All-Star • Prudential Spirit of Community Award winner • International DECA business award winners • State, regional and national honors in English, math, science, foreign language, fine arts • 2009 IHSAA Mental Attitude Award - Boys Tennis • 2010 IHSAA Mental Attitude Award - Boys Basketball • 12 Indiana Crossroads Conference and 3 Marion County team/individual champions • 6 All State Team selections; 2 Academic All State selections • 5 team, 1 individual sectional champions • 2009 Boys Tennis state champions • 2010 Boys Basketball state runner-up • Completed more than 14,400 hours of community service

Head of School

Douglas S. Jennings Editor

Lisa A. Hendrickson ’77 Editor Emeritus

C.J. Foxlow Staff Writer

Cassie Dull Graphic Design/Photography

Stefanie Dean ’05 Alumni Coordinator/Planned Giving Officer

Gretchen Hueni Jim Alig Eric Armstrong Nigelie Assee Richard Beaton William Beeson Christian Biloy Conner Bird Kendall Bishop John Michael Block Lukas Bohlander Eric Bohn Flora Bracco Marie Brainard Marissa Braun Blair Brougher Molly Brunner Tessa Byers Christopher Cannon Lynelle Chen Grant Church Brent Cleveland Lauren Coghlan Bryan Comer Erik Comer Emily Cooney Ben Daugherty Graham Dewart Tanner Dunn Julie Elbin Caroline Emhardt Trey Fehsenfeld Colin Fry Matt Geddie Jack Gilligan Harrison Greenberg

Tulane University Indiana University DePauw University Williams College Knox College Indiana University Indiana University Savannah C. of Art & Design Indiana University Wittenberg University Indiana University American University Elon University Southern Methodist U. Indiana University Indiana University University of Tampa Miami University, OH Harvard University Indiana University Vanderbilt University University of Miami Miami University, OH University of Colorado Knox College Purdue University Indiana University DePauw University Indiana University Fairfield University Wake Forest University Grinnell College Indiana University U.S. Military Academy Indiana University

Ellen Grein Shreya Gulati Allie Hanley Pamela Hanley Ryan Hanley Daniel Hasler Caarn Heir Eden Henricks Kate Homan Jessica Jackson Josh Jackson Amit Jasti Samantha Johansen Vanessa Johansen Asha Joseph Maddie Kahn Roz Kelcourse Kelly Kortepeter Katharine Kulka Hunter Leaman Justin Lee David Lynn Brooke Mandel Lauren Math Elena McDonald Matt McGill Audrey McGuire Trent Mervine Sam Miles Clay Moore Mariah Morris Matt Neal Reggie Nesbit Lydia Neubauer Marcy Newman

Georgetown University New York University Barry University Purdue University University of Miami Princeton University University of Richmond Boston University Tulane University Wesleyan University, CT Belmont University Indiana University Indiana University Indiana University St. George’s U., Grenada University of Colorado Earlham College Indiana University Washington University, MO DePauw University Wabash College Purdue University Belmont University Indiana University University of Evansville University of Michigan University of Wisconsin Southern Methodist U. DePauw University Indiana University IUPUI Indiana University U.S. Military Academy DePaul University Indiana University

Haydon Osborne Neena Parikh Chelsea Patterson Meg Patterson Anju Paul Jeffery Payne Andrew Ponader Katherine Purucker Maddie Reese Derek Reinbold Ovini Rodrigo Tommy Rogers Gabby Romo Adam Roth Ben Scott Emma Selm Kishan Shah Alex Skelton Cameron Sobleski Zoë Stalnecker Cole Star Brian Stewart Alex Sventeckis Allison Talbert Max Thomas Lindsay Thygesen Luke Tilmans Kristen Trimpe Keith Trump Erin Tuckman Mackenzie Turner Miranda Voege Cameron Wallin Campbell Washington Michael Wintermeyer Genna Yedlicka

Vanderbilt University Mass. Inst. of Technology Miami University, OH Rochester Inst. of Technology Wesleyan University, CT Indiana University Rhodes College DePauw University Indiana University Case Western Reserve U. Duke University Miami University, OH Barnard College Duke University Purdue University Indiana University Duke University Johns Hopkins University Wabash College Scripps College Indiana University Hanover College Ball State University Ohio Northern University Indiana University Williams College University of Kentucky Indiana University Washington and Lee U. Duke University Southern Methodist U. Albion College Southern Methodist U. Spelman College Stanford University Indiana University

Alumni Board President

Brandon Phillips ’96 Vice President

Cathy Yingling ’87 Treasurer

Andy Kight ’89 Secretary

Jessica Benson Cox ’99

Directors

Fred Emhardt ’78 Peter French ’85 Nikhil Gunale ’96 Emily Ristine Holloway ’94 Kasey Kruse ’00 Stephanie Goodrid Lawson ’00 Nick Lemen ’93 Carla Beasley Mann ’01 Sarah Smith Moore ’97 Heather Reilly Murphy ’90 ex officio Matt Newill ’05 ex officio Lindsay Elder Thornton ’95 Adrienne Watson ’06

Contents

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features

Alumni making a difference in the world . . . . . . 21 Yaw Anokwa ’99 wins Pizzigati Prize Dr. Kathryn Bard ’64 elected Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences departments

News of the School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 From the Head’s Desk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Commencement 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Student/Faculty accomplishments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Spring Athletic Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Basketball team goes to state finals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Alumni News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 7 21

Reunion 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Distinguished Alumni Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Class Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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The Phoenix is published three times annually for alumni, friends, and parents of Park Tudor School. We welcome your comments and suggestions. Please send them to: Lisa Hendrickson, Editor Park Tudor School 7200 N. College Ave. Indianapolis, IN 46240-3016 317/415-2756 Fax: 317/415-2714 lhendrickson@parktudor.org

News of the School FROM THE HEAD’S DESK by Doug Jennings, Head of School

Head of School Doug Jennings and his wife Viveka greet retired Headmaster George Young at this year’s Founders’ Day assembly on April 30. Mr. Young served as headmaster from 1972-1986.

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t the year-end gathering of our upper school community in May, I told the following story as an introduction to one of our most important student awards.

At the beginning of this semester, a freshman who is new to Park Tudor this year stopped by my office to tell me how much she was enjoying Park Tudor and how glad she was that she and her parents had decided that this was the best place for her secondary education. I asked her to tell me some of the specific features that appealed to her, and she mentioned her favorite classes and teachers…and the salad bar at lunch. Then she paused to think and said, “It just feels good to be surrounded by people of modest intelligence.”

I was taken aback, but recovered quickly as I realized what she meant. She was 4 park tudor phoenix SUMMER 2010

not disparaging our group IQ. In fact, she was saying that it was neat to go to school with a group of really smart students and teachers who did amazing things, but did them with a sense of modesty and a willingness to acknowledge the help of others.

I could not agree with her more. Park Tudor people take tremendous strides every day.

When I tell my colleagues in other public and independent schools about our programs and achievements, they are highly impressed and want to know how we do it all. We accept a standard of excellence as our daily, everyday standard, and we set about doing our work in a matter-of-fact way. It is what we expect of ourselves, and high expectations are the first step to significant levels of success.

I thank our students and faculty for a wonderful year in

all the classes, games, contests, productions, projects and social events that comprise a Park Tudor experience. And I also thank them for keeping things in perspective, for realizing how fortunate we all are to be in a school like Park Tudor, and for sharing the credit for their successes with others.

This spirit of doing great deeds with modesty is embodied in the James R. Leffler Leadership Award. Jim was our upper school director from 1990 until his retirement in 2006. He would begin the awards assembly each year by reading a compilation of all the student achievements for the year, from the number of National Merit Scholars to the rate of athletic participation to the total hours of community service our students completed. The list was extensive, and, quite frankly, added significant time to an already lengthy program. Each year I would congratulate Jim on his leadership of such a fine, comprehensive program, and each year he would shun the credit and give it all to his teachers and students. Jim was more than modest; I would say “humble,” but every year the results became more impressive, and no one could deny that his solid leadership, work ethic and high expectations were clearly a direct connection. It was important for our students to see and understand that there are many ways to be an effective leader.

Our current Upper School Director, Debbie Stuart Ever-

ett, carries on in Jim’s tradition. A member of the Tudor Hall Class of 1969, she understands the legacy of our school and the quiet way in which we go about achieving great things. In her comments at the Upper School awards assembly this year, she told the Class of 2010 that they “have painted a beautiful landscape that signifies your legacy,” using Georges Seurat’s huge impressionist painting “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte” as a metaphor.

She told them, “There are millions of colorful individual brush strokes in the painting that in and of themselves are a wonder of primary color and placement – when you look closely the strokes seem random, almost stepping on one another vying to be seen. But as one draws slowly back from the painting, the purpose of each stroke is seen in the bigger picture that they form. To me the message of this painting is in the mechanics. It is truly when we come together that an astonishing thing happens – we can create something bigger than ourselves.”

And so it is with all of our students and faculty at Park Tudor. In the pages of this publication you will find countless honors and awards, and examples of school spirit and community involvement.

As Debbie told our students, “These individual strokes of accomplishments are impressive. However, just listing them together creates this canvas of success you have painted and it is astonishing!”

News of the school

Jennings announces retirement plans

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ead of School Doug Jennings has announced plans to retire at the end of the 2010-2011 school year after nine years as head of Park Tudor School.

In making his announcement at the school’s annual Founders’ Day assembly for students and faculty on April 30, Jennings said, “I am most proud of the people and programs that have been assembled at Park Tudor and that will pass along to the next head of school.

We have made some significant enhancements to our beautiful campus, but I focus on the students and faculty who have joined our already-strong community. I doubt there is another K-12 school with the talent, diversity, energy and dedication of our people. Likewise, the administrative team that leads Park Tudor School is one of the best in the business.”

He added, “Visitors who have come to Park Tudor to work with our students include a wide array of renowned authors, artists, musicians and learning specialists. In turn, our students and faculty have made the world their classroom through educational trips in this country and abroad.

Expanded technology and the addition of a Chinese Studies program provide additional links to our global society.

“The hallmark of a Park Tudor education has become the notion that all students should be involved in a myriad of activities beyond the classroom. As a result, service learning has grown exponentially, student government provides positive leadership, the arts are flourishing, and participation in athletics (for both girls and boys) is at an all-time high. I enthusiastically look forward to leading the school next year and continuing to learn alongside of you.”

Joe DeVito, president of the

Park Tudor School Board of Directors, noted, “As a result of Doug’s strong leadership, Park Tudor School is stronger than it has ever been. Our financial condition is excellent and our endowment is healthy.

Since he began his tenure, financial aid has almost doubled to approximately three million dollars. Our school is full and there is more demand than supply at just about every grade level. Doug led the school’s extremely successful ‘Empowering Learners’ capital campaign, which raised $15.2 million.

“Despite recent, very difficult overall economic conditions, through his efforts Park Tudor is at the forefront in offering innovative programs, expanded curriculum options, and service learning and character development opportunities that provide students with the tools to

thrive and compete successfully as global citizens. He is continuing his race to the finish by leading our Strategic Plan implementation, ISACS school reaccreditation, and additional efforts that will increase the focus on excellence in all that Park Tudor does.

“The board and I plan appropriate recognition events and want everyone to be involved in rewarding and thanking Doug for his many contributions.”

DeVito has appointed an adhoc committee representing board members, faculty and parents to begin the search for a new head. The committee is chaired by board Vice President Chris Braun; committee members are Park Tudor Board members Alan Hill and Steve Cagle ’71, outgoing Park Tudor Parents’ Association Co-President Karen Napier-Johnson, Park Tudor

Trust member Jeff Cohen, parent Suzie Fehsenfeld, Director of Development and Alumni Relations Cathy Wood Lawson ’72, Math Department Chair and Upper School math teacher Sarah Webster, Middle School Director Shants Hart and Lower School Director Debbie Dominguez.

Wickenden Associates, a well-known and highly rated search firm that also served Park Tudor in the search for a head in 2001, has been retained to work on the school’s behalf in identifying candidates for the head of school position.

Interviews will begin this summer, with a new head named as early as November but no later than January 1, 2011. The search committee will keep the entire school community informed about the process and progress of the search.

The 19th annual Park Tudor Golf Outing on June 7 raised funds to support Park Tudor. This year’s event at Crooked Stick Golf Club featured the opportunity for participants to play holes with LPGA player Danah Ford, who competed in U.S. Women’s Open Championships in 2005 and 2008 and was Indiana State Amateur Champion and Indiana Female Athlete of the Year in 2001 and 2004. A special thank you to event sponsor Jet Linx and to the sponsor of the cocktail reception immediately following play, Stifel Nicolaus & Company. Left to right are team members Shahpar Johansen, Kathy Dunbar, Danah Ford, Lucy McLaughlin and Roopali Shah.

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PT board members, officers elected

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t the annual meeting of the Park Tudor Foundation on May 19, four new members were elected to three-year terms on the Park Tudor Board of Directors.

Rob Brown ’79, Enrique Conterno, Jeff Kittle ’89 and Liz McCarter assumed their seats on the board on July 1.

The board solicited nominations for the positions from parents, alumni and friends of the school last fall.

Re-elected to three-year terms are current board members Alpha Blackburn and Gerardo Lopez, and Board President Joe DeVito has been re-elected for a one-year termofficer extension. The terms of board members Fritz French and Susan Kilkenny expired at the end of June. We extend our sincere thanks to both of them for their dedicated service to Park Tudor.

Continuing as board officers for 2010-2011 are Joe DeVito, president; Chris Braun, vice president; Steve Cagle ’71, secretary; and Kathy Dunbar, treasurer.

More about our new board members: Rob Brown ’79 is chief marketing officer for Eli Lilly and Company and senior vice president of marketing for Lilly’s Bio-Medicines Business Unit. Brown joined Lilly in 1985 after receiving a bachelor’s degree in economic from DePauw University and a master’s in business administration from Indiana University.

Since that time he has held a variety of sales and marketing positions at Lilly. From 19951999, he was general manager for Lilly China, where he helped Lilly establish its presence. He serves on the Indiana University Kelley Life Sciences Industry Advisory Board, is an honorary citizen of Suzhou, China, and a 2009 recipient 6 park tudor phoenix SUMMER 2010

of Park Tudor’s Distinguished Alumni Award. Rob and his wife, Ruth ‘80, are the parents of Austin, grade 10; and Liana, grade 5.

Enrique Conterno is senior vice president of Eli Lilly and Company and president of Lilly Diabetes. He previously served as president of Lilly USA, the company’s largest affiliate. He joined Lilly as a sales representative in 1992 and has been responsible for sales and marketing in Peru, Brazil and Japan.

He was named president and general manager for Lilly’s operations in Mexico in 2003.

Born in Lima, Peru, Conterno earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Case Western Reserve University and his M.B.A. from Duke University. Conterno is a member of the Board of Visitors for Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. Conterno and his wife, Kathleen, have three children: Francesca, grade 9; Jackie, grade 7; and Nicholas, grade 3.

Jeff Kittle ’89 is president of Herman & Kittle Properties, Inc., where he is responsible for the ownership and management of more than 55 apartment communities in six states and 22 self-storage facilities in three states. He previously worked at the Indiana Housing Finance Authority as a senior financial analyst. Kittle graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Indiana University with a bachelor of arts degree. He earned his M.B.A. in finance from IU’s Kelley School of Business. He has been a member of the steering committee for the National Association of Home Builders Housing Credit Group and the Self Storage Association’s Large Operator’s Council. He is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization and has been honored by “The

Indianapolis Star,” “The Indianapolis Business Journal” and “Multi-Family Executive” as a rising executive under 40.

Kittle and his wife, Jennifer, are the parents of Caroline, grade 1; and Lauren, senior kindergarten.

Liz McCarter holds her undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and a M.B.A. degree from Case Western University. She has held marketing positions with Gail Garvey & Associates in Denver, Keithley Instruments in London, and was a management consultant for Deloitte and Touche in Honolulu

and Washington, D.C. and an underwriter for Travelers Insurance Company. She also served as a Congressional Fellow for U.S. Senator John Glenn. An active community volunteer, she currently is a board member of Presbyterian Women, Second Presbyterian Church, and a member of the Park Tudor Upper School Parent Council. She is a past treasurer of the Park Tudor Mothers Association and a member of the Junior League. She and her husband, Dale, are the parents of Kate, grade 10; Jack, grade 8; and Annie, grade 6.

Butler President Dr. Bobby Fong speaks at commencement

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ne-hundred-and-seven years ago, the first graduates of Tudor Hall walked down the aisle in the school’s first commencement ceremonies. On May 28, 2010, the 106 members continued the school tradition of a formal graduation event by receiving their diplomas in a ceremony at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church.

Dr. Bobby Fong, president of Butler University and father of Colin Fong, PT Class of 2008, offered this year’s “Address to the Graduates.”

Dr. Fong gave the graduating seniors a challenge: “I challenge you to think beyond yourself and take responsibility for serving the world beyond you without being discouraged or crushed by the weight of that calling. The end of education is to equip you not simply to make a living, but to make a life. You will always be a sojourner in the search for Truth, in the quest to better understand this remarkable world and the people who

inhabit it. And understanding demands more than intellectual apprehension: it also needs the Wisdom of the heart. Your feelings, of joy and ecstasy, of dread and foreboding, of grief and despair, of solace and peace, of hope and love, are also guides to be cultivated.

And Truth and Wisdom invariably lead us to service to others, to realize that Justice for ourselves impels us to insist on Justice for all. For our own welfare is inextricably intertwined with the welfare of those we touch.”

Nikhil Gunale ’96, a member of the Park Tudor Alumni Board of Directors, brought greetings from alumni. He told the students that they should follow their own path in life, and not to be surprised if that path leads them to a different place than they thought they would head.

Art History teacher and Global Scholars Program assistant Carol Rogers ’59 spoke on behalf of the faculty, Continued on page 7

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Butler President Dr. Bobby Fong speaks at commencement Continued from page 6

offering two areas that “will help each of you deal with the realities of the modern world.

The first is about the merits of a liberal arts education and second about your moral compass. I suggest you pursue knowledge with a sense of wonderment and purpose and to be open to new ideas and ways of seeing the world…. A liberal arts education can and should be a ‘liberating’ education to learn forever in the pursuit of wisdom.”

She urged the graduates “to finely tune your sense of moral rightness and look for unchangeable values. James Wilson, a noted anthropologist, states in his book ‘The Moral Sense’ that there are four areas identified as universal moral truths. They are sympathy, fairness, self-control and a regard for duty or doing what is right. Aristotle, St. Thomas Aquinas and Adam Smith, an unlikely trio, all believed in this universal moral sense that drives us toward good decision and happiness.”

Junior Willie Griswold, student government presidentelect, offered greetings from

Butler University President Dr. Bobby Fong addresses the graduating class at commencement ceremonies on May 28.

the student body and congratulated the Class of 2010 on its school spirit: “Wherever there was an opportunity to support our school, the Class of 2010 was there…. Even though this class has excellent academic achievements, amazing talents, and extraordinary abilities, they will always be known for the amount of school spirit they provided Park Tudor….

“One image will always come to mind whenever I hear ‘Class of 2010’: watching all of the Lower Schoolers screaming and chanting for the basketball team, as the Class of 2010 led chants and songs to sing while at the state bas-

ketball game…. I saw all of the teachers and all of the students, all of the boys, and all of the girls, and all of the

members of the Park Tudor family coming together for one reason.”

As Matt McGill looks on, Kate Homan straightens Derek Reinbold’s tie before the commencement ceremonies begin.

Alex Sventeckis ’10 gives a high-five to junior kindergartners at the annual

Mariah Morris picks up the traditional bouquet of red roses as seniors pre-

Senior Serenade on May 21.

pare for their pre-commencement group photo.

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Two promoted at Park Tudor

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athy Wood Lawson ’72 has been named director of Development and Alumni Relations at Park Tudor.

Cathy has been Park Tudor’s major gifts and donor relations coordinator since 2008. In her new role, she is responsible for overseeing the Development and Alumni Relations Department’s operations in the areas of the Annual Fund, major donor cultivation and stewardship, alumni relations, planned giving, database management, and events/projects

managed by the department.

Cathy holds a B.A. degree from Brown University and a M.B.A. degree from the University of Chicago.

Mark Phillips has been promoted to Director of Technology. He is responsible for overseeing the operations of the Technology Department, including the school’s educational technology program as well as systems management. He holds B.A. degrees in chemistry and mathematics (magna cum laude) from

Class of 2010: What was your most memorable moment at PT? “The summer trip to China!” – Eric Armstrong “The times that I spent one-on-one with my teachers.”

– Bill Beeson “Winning the first varsity football game of the 2009 season at home and being swarmed by the students rushing the field.” – Brent Cleveland

Kenyon College, where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and named a two-time First Team Academic All-American in soccer. He holds a master’s degree in secondary education from Indiana University. Mark taught Middle School science at Park Tudor before moving to the Technology Department, where he has served as technology specialist and assistant director of technology.

Cathy Wood Lawson ’72

Annual Fund goal Park Tudor is pleased to announce that the Annual Fund ended its fiscal year by reaching its goal of 50% parent participation and raising a grand total of more than $720,000.

The Annual Fund supports the school’s current operating budget and aids all grade levels and cocurricular programs of the school.

Thanks to the generous alumnus donor who made possible this year’s matching gift challenge, which provided matching funds for all new or increased gifts. We thank all those who so generously support the Annual Fund.

“My entire senior year.” – Asha Joseph “Finishing my Global Scholars Project.” – Matt McGill “Making new friends.” – Trenten Mervine “Winning the state tennis championship during senior year.”

– Matt Neal “The four overtime semi-state basketball game vs. Forest Park.” – Reggie Nesbit “Field Day in the lower school!!! Go Red (for all you lifers).” – Chelsea Patterson “All the fun times I had at rehearsals and productions for the musicals and plays.” – Michael Wintermeyer “The Hague International Model Conference” – Genna Yedlicka

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“In addition to all of the laughs and moments of amazement and enlightenment, I’ll never forget watching the sun rise over the campus in the mornings and realizing how blessed I am.” – Marissa Braun

Lower School students dressed in green and raced around campus on St. Patrick’s Day for the annual Shamrock Run. Above, Jameson Parker ’18 gets into the holiday spirit. Fifth-grader Davis Freeman finished the course first in 13:17; he also won last year’s race.

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Lynelle Chen named U.S. Presidential Scholar

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ynelle Chen, a member of the Park Tudor Class of 2010, has been named a U.S. Presidential Scholar, the highest honor in the nation for high school seniors. She was one of only 141 outstanding students honored for their accomplishments in Washington D.C. June 19-22. Lynelle selected her Upper School French teacher, Janice Vote, to accompany her and her family on the trip to receive the award. Since 1983, each Presidential Scholar has invited his or her most inspiring and challenging teacher to receive a Teacher Recognition Award from the U.S. Department of Education and to participate in the recognition events.

The U.S. Presidential Scholars Program was created in 1964 to honor academic

achievement. It was expanded in 1979 to recognize students who demonstrate exceptional talent in the visual, literary and performing arts.

The U.S. Presidential Scholars include one young man and one young woman from each state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and from U.S. families living abroad, as well as 15 chosen at-large and 20 Presidential Scholars in the Arts. The White House Commission on Presidential Scholars appointed by the President selected the scholars based on their academic success, artistic excellence, essays, school evaluations and transcripts, as well as evidence of community service, leadership, and demonstrated commitment to high ideals.

Of the three million students expected to graduate from high

Lynelle Chen and French teacher Janice Vote at one of the Presidential Scholar recognition events in Washington, DC in June.

school this year, more than 3,000 candidates qualified on the basis of outstanding performance on the College Board SAT and ACT exams, or by

nomination through the nationwide YoungArts™ competition conducted by the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts.

School year ends with long list of student honors, awards ACT HONORS

For the second year in a row, the Indiana ACT State Organization has recognized Park Tudor School for having at least one graduating student who scored a perfect 36 on the ACT test. Jessica Fisher ’09 earned the honors for Park Tudor. Only 638 of 1.4 million U.S. students earned that score, including 16 of 17,300 who took the test in Indiana.

The average student score is 21.1, while Park Tudor’s composite average in 2009 was 27.2. Cameron Johnstone ’08 received the honor last year.

TOP PT HONORS

• Kishan Shah ’10 was chosen by faculty members to receive The Frank Meek Memorial Award, the highest award the school can bestow on a recipient. The award was established by friends of the late

Lt. Frank Meek, Class of 1948 as an incentive to students to aspire to the highest degree of loyalty to Park Tudor School and the community. Kishan, who served as Student Council President, was a member of the 2009 state championship boys tennis team and received the sportsmanship award from the IHSAA. • Maddie Kahn and Reggie Nesbit were honored with The Fletcher, Rebecca and Margaret Hodges Awards, given annually to a male and female member of the senior class adjudged by the faculty to have significantly and wholeheartedly contributed to the life and spirit of Park Tudor throughout their years on campus. The award was established in 1974

by Fletcher Hodges Jr. and his wife Sarah Moore Hodges of the Tudor Hall Class of 1928 to perpetuate the memory of

Mr. Hodges’ parents—his father a respected Indianapolis physician, and his mother a teacher at Tudor Hall. Maddie will attend the University of Colorado and Reggie will attend West Point on a football scholarship.

• Brent Cleveland was the Virginia E. Smith Highest Academic Average Award this year. He graduated with a perfect 4.0 grade point average.

ACADEMIC SUPERBOWL

Park Tudor’s Academic Super Bowl team swept firstplace awards in three categories at the state competition at Purdue University on May 8. The team won first in the state in its class in the subjects of math, science and interdisciplinary.

The Indiana Academic Super Bowl, sponsored by the Indiana Association of School

Principals, started with 300 teams from throughout the state, with the top 24 teams advancing to the finals. The competition consists of six subject areas: science, fine arts, social studies, math, English and an interdisciplinary round with questions from all other areas. Each team must answer 25 multiple-choice questions.

The Super Bowl’s theme was “An American Generation 1964-1980.” Questions covered a wide variety of topics from this time period, such as Pop Art, political figures, the Rights movements, the U.S. space program and the Vietnam War. The team advanced to the state competition by winning first place in five of the six subject areas at the regional Continued on page 10 SUMMER 2010 PARK TUDOR PHOENIX 9

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Competition at Beech Grove High School. The team also won first place overall at the Indiana Crossroads Conference Super Bowl at Ritter on March 4.

Team members were Neha Anand ’13, Eric Bohn ’10, Jeff Chen ’13, Ted Cho ’12, Samuel Clarke ’11, Nihanth Damera ’12, Colin Fry ’11, Erin Hoffman ’11, Clay Moore ’10, Richard Ni ’11, Jeffrey Shen ’11, Caroline Tucker ’13, Susannah Sharpless ’11 and Joey Whitaker ’12.

ACADEMIC ALL-STAR

Senior Ovini Rodrigo was named a 2010 Indiana Academic All-Star by “The Indianapolis Star.” Forty seniors were selected for their outstanding academic achievement from nominations by their schools. They were honored at a luncheon and featured in an edition of the newspaper.

Ovini is a Presidential Scholar candidate, a Wells Scholar, a National Merit Scholarship Finalist, an AP Scholar with Distinction, and has won a number of other awards. She served as the senior editor of “The Artisan” art and literary magazine, was a leader on the Speech and Debate team, was a member of the Honor Council, Academic Super Bowl team, Renaissance String Ensemble, and played on the varsity volleyball team. She has received numerous Science Fair awards, is the recipient of the US President’s Volunteer Service Award and received summa cum laude gold medals on the National Latin Exam.

BRAIN GAME

Park Tudor’s Brain Game team took semifinalist honors 10 park tudor phoenix SUMMER 2010

in this year’s Westfield Insurance and Channel 13 Brain Game competition. The Panther team put up a terrific fight but lost in a thrilling battle to the eventual 2010 champion Zionsville High School, 61-49. The team advanced to the final four of this year’s tournament by defeating Fishers High School, 56-49. This was the third consecutive year the PT team finished tied for third place among 48 central Indiana schools. Congratulations to team members and coaches: Seniors Eric Bohn and Alex Sventeckis; juniors Richard Ni, Samuel Clarke and Erin Hoffman; sophomore Lillian Crabb and advisers Jeff Johnson and Tom Page.

BUSINESS

Park Tudor placed an impressive fourth overall in team standings at the 2010 State DECA competition in early March, despite the fact that our team had only 27 students competing against much larger schools. Earning firstthrough third-place honors and advancing to the international competition in Louisville, KY in April were seniors Meg Patterson and Alex Sventeckis and juniors Samuel Clarke and Tommaso Verderame. They were awarded certificates of excellence in their events at the International Career Development Conference. Three other PT students qualified for the international conference and participated as well: juniors Jonathan Buckley, Zach Hardin and Peter Scherer. Team advisor is science teacher John Talbert.

COMPUTER SCIENCE

In the Association of Com-

puting Machinery (ACM) computer science competition at IUPUI on March 20, Park Tudor students took first, second and third place! The winning team members were Michael Wintermeyer ’10 and Jeffrey Shen ’11, second were Samuel Clarke ’11 and Richard Ni ’11, and third were Rebecca Chen ’12 and Alexis Fink ’12. This is the fourth year in a row that Park Tudor teams have won first place in the competition.

PT students also took first place in the ACM Computer Science contest at Miami of Ohio. The team of Samuel Clarke, Jeffrey Shen, Tommaso Verderame ’11 and Michael Wintermeyer earned the top spot among 27 teams from Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.

CUM LAUDE

Twenty members of the Class of 2010 were inducted into Park Tudor’s chapter of the Cum Laude Society on April 21 for demonstrating academic excellence. In addition, one senior who was inducted last year as a junior was honored.

This year’s Cum Laude inductees were Class of 2010 members Lynelle Chen, Benjamin Daugherty, Caroline Emhardt, Colin Fry, Daniel Hasler, Kate Homan, Neena Parikh, Haydon Osborne, Ovini Rodrigo, Gabby Romo, Adam Roth, Kishan Shah, Alex Sventeckis, Lindsay Thygesen, Luke Tilmans, Max Thomas, Keith Trump, Erin Tuckman, Michael Wintermeyer and Genna Yedlicka. Senior Brent Cleveland was inducted as a junior last year.

Park Tudor’s chapter of the Cum Laude Society, which

includes faculty members and administrators who were inducted into Phi Beta Kappa or who hold a Ph.D. degree, elects no more than 20% of the senior class for the honor, as well as any juniors who have a 4.0 GPA. Students in grades 9, 10 and 11 who currently hold an A- average in the current school year also were honored as commended students.

Two young alumni were featured speakers at the assembly. Lindsey Winingham ’03 and Yaw Anokwa ’99 spoke about how their experiences as students at Park Tudor prepared them for college and their careers. Yaw, a fifth-year doctoral student in computer science at the University of Washington, recently was awarded the 2010 Pizzigati Prize, the nation’s top publicinterest computing award (see article on page 21). Lindsey, a member of Park Tudor’s championship girls’ tennis team who graduated cum laude from Dartmouth, is a financial consultant with the Boston Consulting Group in Chicago.

MATH

• Five students qualified to take the American Invitational Mathematics Examination in March as a result of their high scores on the American Mathematics Contest tests earlier this year. Advancing were Rebecca Chen ’12, Samuel Clarke ’11, Richard Ni ’11, Jeffrey Shen ’11 and Michael Wintermeyer ’10. The highest scorers on the AIME qualify for the United States of America Mathematics Olympiad competition. For the third year running, Jeffrey is one of 500 students nationContinued on page 11

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wide to qualify for the Olympiad competition (see related article below right).

• Sophomore Rebecca Chen has been honored with a firstplace individual award in the IUPUI High School Mathematics write-in math contest.

She is the recipient of a cash prize and is eligible for an IUPUI scholarship.

SCIENCE

Ovini Rodrigo won a number of awards in this spring’s Central Indiana Regional Science and Engineering Fair with her project “An Investigation on the Cultural Influence on the Teenage Conceptualization of a Health Lifestyle,” which consisted of a portion of her Global Scholars project. She was awarded third place in the 12th grade division by the D.J. Angus Scientech Club, third place in the Senior Biology division, and fifth place overall in the Senior division, which qualified her to participate in the Hoosier State Science Fair on March 27.

SPEECH AND DEBATE

Seniors Alex Sventeckis and Ovini Rodrigo advanced to the State Speech Tournament as a result of their performance at the Sectional Meet hosted by Park Tudor on March 6.

Alex also was called up from alternate status to attend the National Forensic League National Tournament in Kansas City, MO June 13-18. He advanced to the nationals by placing among the top four students in the United States Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking event at the NFL District Qualifying Tournament on March 13. He competed in

the event of Extemporaneous Speaking, joining 264 others from throughout the U.S., as well as from Taiwan and Russia. This was Alex’s second trip to nationals. He competed in 2008 in Las Vegas.

WORLD LANGUAGES

• Six Park Tudor students rank among the top 0.4% of students throughout the world who received a perfect score on the National Latin Exam.

Out of the more than 138,000 students from the U.S., Australia, Zimbabwe, Canada, England, Italy, New Zealand, Poland, Korea, Bulgaria, China, Japan and Singapore who took the exam on different levels, only 568 of them got a perfect score. The six Park Tudor students in Mr. Clifford Hull’s Latin classes, who now rank in the top 1% of all testtakers are Shelby Campbell ’11, Jack Chen ’13, Rebecca Chen ’12, and eighth-graders Katelynn Kyker, Ali Lebovits and Sophie Spartz.

In addition, freshman Caroline Tucker placed fifth in the State among small schools at this year’s state Latin Convention. Caroline, the sole member of the Park Tudor team, singlehandedly was able to score more points than teams from 10 other school delegations.

In addition, she was elected to the State Office of Second Vice President for the Indiana Junior Classical League.

• Congratulations also go to a number of students who attained national recognition for excellent performance on the 2010 National Spanish Examinations. Park Tudor students in Spanish II, III, IV, V-AP and VI classes earned a total of three gold, 12 silver and 10 bronze medals, along with 30 honorable mentions.

The exams are the largest of their kind in the United States, with 125,915 students participating in 2010.

• All six of Park Tudor’s final candidates for the Indiana University Honors Program in Foreign Languages were accepted into this prestigious summer study-abroad program. Lindsey Blum is studying in St. Brieuc, France; Morgan Essex and Teagan Johnson in Saumur, France; Grace Moh in Brest, France; and Kelly McLaughlin in Leon, Spain. Susannah Sharpless was accepted into the program and assigned to Leon, Spain, but she has chosen to take part in another summer study opportunity.

Through a rigorous testing, application and interview process, only 30 rising highschool seniors are selected each year to study in the nine locations (three in France, one in Germany, four in Spain and one in Mexico). The students will live with host families; take daily classes in conversation, culture, literature and grammar; and pledge not to speak in English throughout the six-week program.

Since Park Tudor began participating in the program in 1971, 154 PT students have participated in this intensive language-immersion program, with 95 studying in France, 51 in Mexico or Spain, and eight in Germany.

Junior wins international honors

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unior Jeffrey Shen this spring advanced to the top level of two international competitions. He was named a semifinalist for the 2010 U.S. Physics Olympics Team and also qualified for the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO).

Jeffrey was the only semifinalist in Indianapolis and one of only 315 nationwide to advance in the physics competition.

Each year, the American Association of Physics Teachers and the American Institute of Physics (AIP) sponsor a competition for high school students to represent the United States at the International Physics Olympiad Competition. Approximately 3,200 students participated in this first phase of the selection process, the Fnet=ma Exam, in January. The culmination of the program is the International Physics Olympiad, a nine-day competition among students from more than 80 nations.

The USAMO is a six-question, two-day, nine-hour essay/ proof examination. Only about 500 students out of the 12,000 participating in the American Mathematics Competition were invited to take this test, based on their scores on the American Invitational Mathematics Examination.

Jeffrey is also reaching for the top in several other Olympiad competitions. He is ranked in the top category – the Gold division – of the USA Computer Olympiad (USACO). The gold division includes the top high-school students in the nation.

These students will compete for the opportunity of USACO training camp and eventually a spot to represent the U.S. in the International Computing Olympiad.

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More international trips planned for Upper School students • In June, five Upper School students traveled to Seville, Spain to spend two weeks studying in a Spanish immersion program. This is the fourth year of the program under the supervision of Upper School Spanish teacher Rachel Salapka. During the two-week program, students lived with Spanish host families and attended classes and cultural activities at Youth Exchanges in Spain. They also took day trips around Seville and a weekend excursion to visit La Alhambra in Granada, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

• Social Studies Department Chair Kathryn Lerch is planning a German Culture Trip for Upper School students for Spring Break 2011. The tour will allow students to sample the rich culture and history of the historic cities of Berlin, Potsdam, Wittenberg, Dresden, Prague and Munich. These major cities and surrounding

areas figured prominently in the development of Europe and the West. Students will complete a project related to the trip that they will work on over the course of the school year, and will research and serve as a “guide” for one or more of the destination cities on the trip.

• Upper School Social Studies teacher Margo McAlear is coordinating a trip to Peru in June 2011 for current freshmen, sophomores and juniors.

The trip will include visits to Lima, the Ballestas Islands, Machu Picchu, Cusco and Inca ruins, hiking a portion of the Inca Trail, and a home stay on an island of Lake Titicaca.

• Upper School French teacher Janice Vote is offering a 12-day student trip to France, also in June 2011. Students will spend one week in Nice living with a French family and attending morning language classes. Afternoons will be spent exploring the beauty

and rich history of the south of France. On the eighth day, students will travel by high-speed train to Paris, where they will

spend four days experiencing the art, architecture and culture of the “City of Lights.”

“Fast Food Nation” author visits Park Tudor

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ric Schlosser, author of the bestselling book “Fast Food Nation,” spent the day at Park Tudor on the 40th anniversary of Earth Day in April, talking to Upper School students about the importance of knowing where their food comes from and its nutritional value.

As an investigative journalist, Schlosser tries to explore subjects ignored by the mainstream media. “Fast Food Nation,” his first book, helped start a revolution in how Americans think about what they eat.

“I’m not going to tell you what to eat. I have found that telling others what to do is just not productive,” he told the students.

“The most meaningful decisions you can make are ones you make for yourself. I try to help people think about what they’re doing.

Knowledge is power.”

Schlosser, who as a student attended an independent school much like Park Tudor while growing up in New York City, added, “What’s useful about a place like Park Tudor is how this sort of experience can empower you and give you a unique opportunity to do things for others.”

In the afternoon, he held an informal lunch question-and-answer session with juniors, who read “Fast Food Nation” as a summer assignment last year. He discussed the process of investigative journalism and writing and reporting. Later, he met with the senior class, having a conversation with them about making healthy choices in college.

Alumni Jane Elder Kunz ’73 and Fritz Kunz ’72, current Park Tudor parents and owners of Traders Point Creamery in Zionsville, hosted a dinner for the author and about 100 parents, students and faculty members at the Creamery’s restaurant.

Schlosser’s visit to Park Tudor was sponsored by an anonymous donor.

The Park Tudor Chinese Studies Program coordinated the first Chinese New Year Celebration on February 20 in Clowes Commons. The event featured a lunch of Chinese cuisine as well as a variety of cultural performances. Park Tudor’s Chinese language students performed tongue twisters, songs and skits in Chinese. The audience learned about Chinese New Year traditions and customs, and native Chinese performers performed the lion dance, Taiji, and traditional Chinese dances. Here, students “feed” coins to the Chinese lion.

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Eric Schlosser answers questions from members of the junior class about investigative journalism.

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Civil Rights pathbreaker Ruby Bridges visits Middle School

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uby Bridges, who as a six-year-old was one of the first African-Americans to attend an integrated school in New Orleans in 1960, visited the Middle School on April 21 to share her history of the Civil Rights era.

Bridges talked with the students about the difficulties that anti-segregation groups faced in trying to persuade the governor of Louisiana to allow integration in schools. She told stories about people who had lost their lives in the fight, people whose stories are rarely

told in history books.

She also talked with the students about how the Civil Rights era was not just about blacks and whites fighting against each other, but rather how sometimes races came together to fight for equal rights for all.

Bridges shared personal accounts of her first year at the school and talked about her teacher, her classmates, the marshals who escorted her, and the protesters who threatened her and her family.

Ruby Bridges answers questions from middle school students about her experiences during the Civil Rights era.

H a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a Left: Upper School students raised nearly $750 for Gleaners Food Bank in their Fashion for Food event in April. Here models Emma Selm ’10 and Amit Jasti ’10 show off the latest looks.

Right: On May 7, the entire Lower School gathered for its annual Diabetes Walk on the varsity track.

Students from junior kindergarten to grade 5, as well as some parents, walked laps around the track and then enjoyed popsicles. During the week, students and faculty bought “Cure Diabetes” bracelets to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Thanks to Park Tudor’s fifth-graders and their parents, Park Tudor now has a new GaGa pit. GaGa is a variation of the age-old game of dodgeball, Audience members took a trip back to the 50s with the Upper School production of “Bye Bye Birdie” March 19-21. The show marked the 25th anniversary of musical-theatre productions at Park Tudor directed by John Williams and Jerry Grayson. Above, rock-and-roll superstar Conrad Birdie (Trey Fehsenfeld ’10) croons a tune before his swooning fans.

played in a large pit. The third- and fifth-graders played it at Camps Tecumseh and Crosley, and the fifth-grade class asked if this could be their legacy gift to the Lower School. They held a bake sale to raise the funds, and the pit was constructed with help and guidance from construction experts Dick Hogshire and Dean Maar, as well as students like Jo Blankenbaker ’17, shown above.

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Two win national poetry awards

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wo students have won national poetry awards this year.

Freshman Neha Anand was awarded a national Gold Award in The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for her poem “Heritage.” Neha is among the 1,300 award recipients from among 165,000 submissions who were honored at an award ceremony at Carnegie Hall

in New York City on June 9. Neha wrote the poem in an assignment for Ms. Laura Gellin’s English class.

Junior Susannah Sharpless won second place in “Just Poetry!!,” The National Poetry Quarterly for American High School Students. The contest receives more than 15,000 entries each year; Susannah won in the Winter Quarterly

Contest 2009-2010. She was awarded a $300 scholarship and had her poem printed in the journal. Her poem now proceeds to the next round, where she has the opportunity to win a larger scholarship.

Susannah also has had three poems, “Why I Hate Your New Car,” “Braid,” and “The Collector” accepted for publication in “Navigating the Maze,”

a book published annually by the Illinois Humanities Council. The book collects the best poetry written by students in grades six to 12 from throughout the United States. She has been accepted to two competitive summer programs for creative writers – the Iowa Young Writers’ Workshop and the University of Virginia’s Young Writers’ Program.

Heritage

The Collector

Locked up in a bursting antique jar Rumbling and shaking until it is released When touched, My fingertips are greeted with a religious and familiar tingle Ordering me to liberate it:

“Here,” she says, holding out her hands “the lies I tell myself.”

Outside, It is a gleaming medal of honor Shining in the light of success A dove and rose imprinted On its old-fashioned handles My name lies in its silver seal Covered in the ancient dust of the past Inside, It is fireworks in the brightest colors Festive music and cheery dancers The eyes of peacocks all around me The colors that populate the world And the golden taste hidden in sweets The happiness found in excitement

They are like marbles: round, clear, smooth as if she had taken a scoop to the sky or the blue heart of the moon and carved out sphere after perfect sphere.

She counts them, caresses them, soaks them in light.

Drops of brightness slide down their curved sides.

Clouds of color float on her face.

She shakes the prisms off, puts them in her purse And one—dusty, cracked—falls to the floor.

“You dropped one,” I say.

“No.” She shakes her head.

“That one’s yours.”

– Susannah Sharpless

Deeper, It is the only brown leaf in a tree of yellow But the last one to fall A red apple among the sour green That nobody eats Even Deeper, Cloth which woven threads are deeply tangled Vines in a double helix Suffocating me – Neha Anand

Thirty-five seventh- and eighth-graders starred in the Middle School dramatic production of the musical play “Annie,” presented April 20 in Ayres Auditorium. Directors for the Park Tudor production were Melanie Marshall (musical), Emily Ristine Holloway (dramatic) and Rob Hueni (technical).

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In the community

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ark Tudor students are already hard at work behind the scenes preparing for Park Tudor’s next Habitat for Humanity home build next fall. Junior Matt Braly and sophomore Ali Dakich are the co-chairs of the Park Tudor Habitat chapter, and they are over the halfway point in raising the required funding for the build, which is scheduled to begin September 15.

Next year’s house will be built for the family of Sein Win Naing. Mr. Naing and his wife are refugees from Myanmar who became American citizens in 2007. They have two daughters, ages 12 and 7.

This will be the sixth Habitat house to be built over the past 12 years by Park Tudor students. Park Tudor is the only school in the city to completely sponsor a Habitat build. Stay tuned for more information at the start of next school year on how you can participate!

• This spring several members and coaches of the Upper School football team conducted an equipment donation drive to aid football teams in American Samoa, a territory of the United States. An episode of “60 Minutes” covering the football struggles of Samoa inspired the drive. The team collected about 170 game jerseys, 70 pairs of game pants, and three boxes of athletic items and apparel from team members and the Park Tudor community.

• Members of the boys tennis team participated in a charity tennis event at Five Seasons Family Sports Club on May 8.

Playing tennis with Indy 500 drivers Justin Wilson, Tomas

Scheckter and Mike Conway, they raised money for Racing for Kids charity, which benefits local children’s hospitals.

Taking part were Peter Dakich ’13, Jack Miles ’11, Sam Miles ’10, Derek Reinbold ’10, Graham Reinbold ’13, Kishan Shah ’10 and Brendan Tannenbaum ’12.

• Fourth-graders in Mr. Chris Holobek’s class have been busy reading throughout the school year, and they’re doing good for the community at the same time. Inspired by the class’s participation in Scholastic’s Classrooms Care program, which requires students to read 100 books and then gives books to children in need, one of the classroom parents decided to offer the children $100 for every 100 books read, to be given to a charity of the students’ choice.

The result? Mr. Holobek’s class presented a check for $133 to the American Cancer Society of Marion County.

In the fall, students donated money to the Humane Society of Indianapolis.

• Eighth-graders Samone Blair and Carolyn Osborne are co-leaders of the Kenya Carnival, a community-wide event that has raised more $30,000 in its first two years for orphans and vulnerable children in western Kenya. Carolyn and her brother Nate founded the Kenya Carnival, and many Park Tudor students have been actively involved. The Carnival is a kid-led, interfaith project that raises money for the Global Interfaith Partnership “Umoja Project” to provide tuition to high school students in Kenya who have lost one or both parents to the HIV/AIDS

Students in grades two through five this spring wrote letters of encouragement to American soldiers in Iraq. First-graders drew pictures to go along with the letters. The Lower School worked with DJ Diaz ’11, who has been collecting DVDs and CDs for soldiers through anysoldier.com, and Lower School students decided to write letters to accompany the gifts.

virus. The next Kenya Carnival will take place Saturday, September 4 at Second Presbyterian Church. More information can be found at www. kenyacarnival.com.

• Sophomore Chris Eckersley was elected as a District Representative to the Indiana Association of Student Councils (IASC) on March 9, marking the first time a Park Tudor student was elected as a member of the IASC. Ten PT students successfully lobbied for Chris at the IASC Representative Assembly.

• Jaymin Patel ’12 was nominated and accepted to represent Park Tudor as a Forum Scholar at the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles in July. He was nominated based on his exemplary academic record, leadership potential and interest in the field of medicine.

The forum gives him the opportunity to interact with medical professionals and learn leadership skills.

• Ovini Rodrigo ’10 was recognized on June 12 for earning the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest honor in the Girl Scouting community. She spent the past two years working on the preliminary steps in the Gold Award process and executing her final project, “Crafts for Healing.” Ovini created craft supply boxes for Riley Hospital North. She earned her Girl Scout Silver Award in 2008 with a project called “Cuddle Up,” for which she and her troop members created fleece blankets for the patients at Riley North. Last fall, Ovini also completed a service project called “Bright Smiles,” for which she sent 100 dentalcare packages to impoverished children in Nicaragua.

• Alex Young ’12 and Caroline Tucker ’13 were among the 25 students from central Indiana selected for this year’s United Way Youth Leadership Initiative. They will have an opportunity to serve on a notfor-profit board supported by United Way. SUMMER 2010 PARK TUDOR PHOENIX 15

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Faculty in the news: Finalist in Jazz Fellowship Awards, Teacher of the Year • Park Tudor’s Jazz Combo and Jazz Big Band Director Zach Lapidus has been named one of five finalists in the Jazz Fellowship Awards of the American Pianists Association.

A graduate of Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, he was selected from among 40 nominated jazz pianists from throughout the country.

He and other finalists will be performing in a series of events at The Jazz Kitchen beginning in September, with the final performances in the competition scheduled for April 2011.

• Dr. Caroline Lee-Thompson, director of Park Tudor’s Chinese Studies program, has been chosen as the Teacher of the Year by ICLASS, the Indiana Chinese Language/Culture Association of Secondary/Elementary Schools.

The committee of teachers who selected Dr. Lee-Thompson noted that she was honored for her teaching as well as for her “tireless contributions to ICLASS and Chinese teachers in Indiana.” She will be recognized at the Indiana Foreign Language Teachers Association Conference in November

in Indianapolis.

Dr. Lee-Thompson holds a B.A. degree in English literature from Fu Jen University in Taiwan, a M.A. degree in applied linguistics from Indiana University and a Ph.D. in language education from Indiana University. She joined Park Tudor’s faculty in 2008.

She was previously an assistant professor of Chinese at Butler University and director of Butler’s Summer Chinese Language Program, taught Chinese and English as a Second Language courses at IUPUI and was an associate

instructor in the Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures at Indiana University.

She also has been a teacher trainer at the English Language School International in Taipei. She has done extensive research on teaching Chinese to non-native speakers and her work has been published in a number of language journals.

In addition, she has designed many Chinese language and culture workshops and courses. Dr. Lee-Thompson also has been honored with several university awards for outstanding teaching.

Fine arts honors in music, dance, filmmaking and visual arts MUSIC

DANCE

• Sophomore Matthew White has been awarded a full scholarship to the Marian University 2010 Composition Workshop as a result of a musical composition he entered in the Indiana Music Educators Association Composition Contest. At the workshop in April, he had the opportunity to meet with composers Kevin Kiner (“Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” “CSI: Miami”) and James Beckel (“Liberty for All,” “The Glass Bead Game”) and attend a live recording session of “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.” Matthew’s composition, “String Quintet in Four Movements,” debuted in his Park Tudor Foster Hall Recital on March 21, performed by student musicians Samantha Tambunan ’11 and Jeremy Wu ’13, violins; Neena Parikh ’10 and Alex Hitchcock ’11, violas; Iacopo Santini ’11, cello; and Reggie Nesbit ’10 and Vanessa Gehring ’13, basses. Last year as a freshman, Matthew was a runner-up in the competition.

• Sixth-grader Caitlin Cutsinger has received a merit scholarship to attend the Advanced Summer Dance Intensive at Ballet Chicago this summer. Through her studies, Caitlin will have the opportunity to perform the repertoire of George Balanchine, the 20th century’s most influential classical ballet choreographer.

grants last summer to attend the École Internationale de Creation Audiovisuelle et de Réalisation (The International Film School of Paris) in Paris, France. While attending the academy they wrote, directed, and edited independent French films, featuring professional French actors Isabelle Noérie, Arthur Dagallier, and Bérangère Thabourin.

FILMMAKING

VISUAL ARTS

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• Junior David Hoffman won third place in the Film/Video category of the 2010 Prelude Competition. He received a trophy and a $100 award check for his stop-action animation video production, “Lego my Eggo.”

• Collier Huntley ’13 and Olivia Huntley ’14 were recently selected as semi-finalists at the Future of Cinema International Film Festival.

Their films, “L’Artiste” and “Pour le Facteur,” respectively, were screened at the festival in the Narrative category. Collier and Olivia each received

tion art contest. Other schools in the competition were Cardinal Ritter, Beech Grove and Lutheran high schools.

Winning awards were seniors Kendall Bishop, Mackenzie Turner and Campbell Washington; juniors Kendall Brunner, Leah Jennings, Kelly McLaughlin, Avery Mitchell and Jennifer Risting; and sophomores Abby Cochran, Emily Sogard, Emily Spurgeon and Monika Tilmans.

• Park Tudor students took first place overall in the recent Indiana Crossroads Competi-

Summer Stock Stage begins seventh season at PT Summer Stock Stage, a professionally run theatre company for youth, is celebrating its seventh season at Park Tudor. With students from more than 31 area high schools, Summer Stock Stage is presenting the musicals “Cinderella” and “Ragtime” in Ayres Auditorium in June and July. Emily Ristine Holloway ’94 is artistic director and board chair of Summer Stock Stage. Park Tudor music teacher Jeanne Roberts Bowling is assistant artistic director and musical director, while Kelly Butler White is choreographer.

For more information visit summerstockstage.com.

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Spring athletic update: Junior Abby Farley repeats as 800m state champion

By Brad Lennon, Athletic Director

GIRLS TRACK

Junior half-miler Abby Farley captured her second consecutive Indiana state championship with a state record 800m run in 2:09.50, nearly four seconds ahead of the second-place finisher. Abby’s state title capped off a very successful spring season in which she also not only won, but broke, the half-mile records in the conference, Marion County, sectional and regional meets.

In addition to Farley, freshman Lauren Lowry established a new school record in the discus throw, with a toss of 109’6”.

Lauren also grabbed first place in the Marion County freshman meet. The 4x400 relay team of juniors Constance Lee, Abby Farley and Emily Massel and sophomore Christine Lucas qualified for the state meet with an impressive time of 4:00.60. The relay finished 16th with a time of 4:01.95.

Overall, the team scored 10 points to earn 27th place.

The girls team won the Indiana Crossroads Conference championship meet, where individual titles were claimed

by Abby Farley (800m), Emily Massel (pole vault), the 4x400 relay team, and Lauren Lowry in the shot put. Very few seniors dotted the roster, an indication that the program’s future remains bright.

BOYS TRACK

Junior Henry Farley was the lone representative for PT at the boys track state meet at IU Bloomington on June 5. It was his first appearance at state. Like his sister Abby, he competed in the 800m; he took ninth place and set a new school record of 1:54.79.

In addition to Henry’s new school record at the state meet, the 4x400 relay team of Richie

Beaton ’10, Rashad Rush ’13, Trent Mervine ’10 and Henry Farley established a new school record earlier this season, setting a time of 3:24.69 for the record books.

GIRLS LACROSSE

The girls lacrosse team, under the direction of Coach Candi Parry, made another deep run into the state tournament. The girls advanced to the state finals, where they fell to eventual state champion Zionsville 13-12 in overtime.

The girls knocked off Center Grove and Cathedral, 13-2 and 17-3 respectively, on their way to the finals. In the state consolation game the Panthers handed Carmel a 13-5 loss, ending another strong campaign for the girls program.

Senior Samantha Johansen was named to the IHSLA AllState Team.

GIRLS TENNIS

Coach Dave Heffern’s netters were once again a force to be reckoned with this season, capturing several team titles on their way to a 16-3 season record. The season began with a first-place finish at the Warsaw Invitational, followed by championships in ICC conference play, the Marion County tournament and sectional and regional crowns. The Panthers fell short to rival Carmel 3-2 in the North Central semistate, thus ending the their season earlier than hoped. Seniors Lindsay Thygesen, Caroline Emhardt and Julie Elbin finished their careers, having been part of two state championships each.

BASEBALL

The team experienced a roller-coaster season, winning six of its first seven games only to fall short to state powerhouses Cathedral and Law-

Track team members Christine Lucas, Emily Massel, Hannah Ladendorf, Abby Farley, Abbey Buroker and Constance Lee after their runs at the state meet.

rence Central after being tied or up one run late into each of those games. On the upside, the boys of the diamond garnered their second consecutive ICC conference championship with a 7-0 shutout of Scecina in the title game. Coach Courtney Whitehead’s squad finished the season in sectional play, defeating Cardinal Ritter 3-0 in the tournament opener, followed by an 8-5 loss to Scecina in the second round.

The team completed its season with a 17-11 record.

SOFTBALL

The girls softball team continued to show marked improvement. After getting out of the gate with consecutive wins over Northwest and Washington High Schools, the girls faced back-to-back games with two of the state’s powerhouses – Lutheran and Scecina. As the season progressed, the girls grabbed two wins at Howe, followed by a couple of hard-fought, backto-back, one-run losses to Cardinal Ritter and Brebeuf. The season ended in sectional play with a first-round, 13-3 loss to Indian Creek. With the loss of only one senior, the young Panther squad looks to turn the corner next year.

BOYS GOLF

On the links the boys golf team held its own, capturing the Indiana Crossroads Conference championship with a resounding 20-stroke win over the rest of the competition.

Will Block ’13 was co-low medalist, covering the course in 74 strokes. Earlier in the season the Panthers took top honors at the Southmont Invitational, followed by a respectable sixth-place finish in the 16-team Marion County Tourney. New coaches John Dal Corobbo and Darren Thomas were great additions to the program, adding top-notch instruction and organization to the program that holds real promise for the future.

BOYS LACROSSE

The boys lacrosse team overcame a rash of injuries to key players, finishing the season with a respectable 9-9 record. A couple of key wins were over nearby rival Bishop Chatard, 12-2, and a senior night 9-7 victory over the Westfield Shamrocks. A lateseason loss to Noblesville was followed with a season-ending 11-4 drubbing at the hands of Brebeuf.

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Heffern named girls basketball coach Park Tudor tennis coach Dave Heffern has been named girls varsity basketball coach for the 2010-2011 season. Best known as head coach of the Park Tudor boys and girls tennis teams that have captured six boys and six girls state championships under his leadership, Heffern also has experience as an award-winning basketball coach.

Heffern was the girls basketball coach at Corona Del Mar High School in Newport Beach, CA, from 1983-1986, where he led his team to the

1983 3A State Championship.

That year he also was named the California Interscholastic Federation 3A “Coach of the Year” in Girls Basketball. Heffern served as boys assistant basketball coach at Corona Del Mar from 1987-1989.

Head of School Doug Jennings says, “Dave Heffern is such a successful coach because he emphasizes fundamentals and good sportsmanship. He knows very well how to motivate Park Tudor student-athletes to do their best and work as a team.”

Athletic Director Brad Lennon says, “I am confident that Coach Heffern will bring the same passion and detail to the girls basketball program that he has for the past 15 years with our tennis teams. He is first and foremost a winner who operates first-class programs with high expectations of good sportsmanship, thorough preparation and attention to fundamentals. An added bonus is that Dave understands the culture of our school and the importance of balancing the demands of academics and athletics.”

Heffern is a long-time admirer of legendary basketball coach John Wooden and follows Wooden’s advice to keep things simple. He will continue to coach the Park Tudor boys and girls tennis teams as he has since 1995, in addition to his new responsibilities as girls basketball coach.

He succeeds Assistant Director of Admissions Barb Skinner, who stepped down from the job to devote more time to her full-time admissions position.

What a run! Boys basketball team makes journey to state finals The entire Park Tudor community was enthralled this spring by the Park Tudor boys basketball team’s fairy-tale run to the IHSAA 2A state championship game at Conseco Fieldhouse on March 27.

This marked the first year in the school’s history that a Park Tudor boys basketball team made it to the state finals, and it happened on the 100th anniversary of the state IHSAA high school boys basketball tournament.

Before the parade to Conseco Fieldhouse, Panthers fans gathered in Clowes Commons for a pep-rally breakfast. An all-school pep rally before the semi-state game had Lower Schoolers as well as Middle and Upper Schoolers cheering on the team.

The team ended the season 15-11 after entering the tournament at 9-10.

Newly appointed Head

Coach Ed Schilling; Assistant Coach April McDivitt Foster, a former Indiana Miss Basketball; and Assistant Athletic Director and Assistant Coach Kyle Cox, himself a former state championship highschool team member, helped lead the team to the successful season.

The most nail-biting moment of the run to the top was arguably the team’s semi-state victory over Forest Park, which was marked by four overtimes.

At the end of the first quarter, both teams were tied at 14, and a three-pointer from Forest Park at the end of the second quarter put the two teams in a 29-29 tie at the half. Forest Park led at the end of the third quarter by one point, 34-33, but the Panthers wouldn’t let that last. A three-pointer from sophomore J.B. Rapp with two minutes on the clock sent the game into overtime with a

SCHOOL RECORDS SPRING 2010 Abby Farley – 800m Run – 2:09.50 (state record) Henry Farley – 800m Run – 1:54.79 Emily Massel - Pole Vault - 8’6” Lauren Lowry - Discus – 109’6” Richie Beaton, Rashad Rush, Trent Mervine and Henry Farley - 4x400 relay - 3:24.69 18 park tudor phoenix SUMMER 2010

37-37 tie at the end of regulation. The game finally came to an end after four overtimes with a shot from sophomore Kevin Ferrell with five seconds left, giving the Panthers their first trip to the state finals with a 47-45 victory.

In the state championship game, Ferrell was the top scorer of the game with 20 points, five rebounds and four assists.

He sunk the first six of PT’s points in the first quarter, and after a great third quarter, he had 18 points, four rebounds and three assists for the team.

Park Tudor led after the first quarter, 9-6, but lost the lead to Wheeler, 19-15 at the half.

Sophomore Brendan Tannenbaum had five rebounds, and senior Reggie Nesbit had four points, three rebounds and a block at the half.

In the third, Ferrell took a steal and an assist to Tannenbaum who made a threepointer to put PT ahead. The Panthers had a one-point lead at the end of the third, 30-29.

The fourth quarter was all about free throws, as Wheeler shot 12-of-14 from the line (20of-26 total) and never made a field goal. The scoreboard was tied 34-34 with under three minutes remaining. Tannenbaum sunk two from the line

to give PT its last lead.

In the last 60 seconds, Ferrell missed a three-point attempt, and then there was a scramble before the ball went out of bounds. Officials gave possession to Wheeler, but then reversed it to give the ball to PT with 12.9 seconds on the clock. Another three-point attempt from Ferrell bounced off the rim as the buzzer went off, ending the game at 41-38 – one of the lowest-scoring games in 100 years of the tournament.

Senior Reggie Nesbit received the IHSAA Arthur L. Trester Mental Attitude Award for demonstrating mental attitude, scholarship, leadership and athletic ability.

A flag representing Park Tudor now flies outside the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in New Castle. The flags represent state champions, semi-state winners, as well as the winners of the girls and boys City Securities Hall of Fame Classic each year. The flag will fly for one year and will then be sent to Park Tudor next spring.

Photos from the State Finals game are online at photos. parktudor.org.

Congratulations to the Panthers for an amazing season!

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What a run!

Sophomore Kevin Ferrell talks to his teammates during a timeout of the

Assistant Coach Kyle Cox gets a hug from the PT Panther after the semi-

semi-state game.

state game.

The semistate champs celebrate their victory over Forest Park.

Juniors Josh Sobleski, Colin Hicks and Travis Wilson gear up for the semistate game.

Coaches April McDivitt Foster and Ed Schilling review strategy with the players.

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Boys capture ICC championship

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ark Tudor boys captured the Indiana Crossroads Conference All Sports Championship for the 2009-2010 school year. The annual ICC battle for boys and girls sports supremacy ended with the Park Tudor boys outdistancing the rest of the conference competition to win the conference trophy, signifying the top sports program of the conference for the school year.

Points are awarded for placement in conference standings and ICC tournament competition. Park Tudor earned 77 points, followed by secondplace finisher Scecina with 62.

On the girls side, Park Tudor tied for second with Cardinal Ritter, with each school earning 66 points, eight behind champion Beech Grove. The Park Tudor girls won the competition last year.

Chris Elbrecht and James Arthur race to the finish in the annual eighthgrade boat race at the Jewish Community Center. The students research science principles to build boats out of cardboard and duct tape, using the boat race to test their “seaworthiness.”

Athletic honors • Seniors Reggie Nesbit, Kristen Trimpe and Maddie Kahn were awarded top school athletic honors at the Upper School’s awards assembly on May 21. Reggie, a three-season athlete playing football, basketball and lacrosse, won the boys title, while Kristen Trimpe and Maddie Kahn took the title for the girls. Kristen was a four-year basketball and volleyball player, while Maddie played basketball, soccer and lacrosse.

• Eighth-grader Ryan Betz has an ambitious goal – he wants to complete half-marathon races in every state in the U.S. by the time he graduates from high school, and hopes to raise at least $100,000 for charity while doing so. His first race was the New York City Half Marathon on April 3. At the Indianapolis 500 Mini-Marathon in May, he finished 12th in his division with a personal best time of 1:31.41 and then went on to race in Michigan and Boston.

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marathon almost every month over the next four years during high school to meet this goal.

According to the web site halfmarathon.com, this is the first attempt to accomplish such a feat by anyone - young or old.

You can keep tabs on Ryan’s progress on his web site, ryanrunning.org.

• Travis Wilson ’11 was named a 2009 Horse World equestrian magazine’s People’s Choice Winner. Travis participated in the Grand National and World Championship Morgan Horse show in October in Oklahoma City. After winning the Grand National Championship for the Park Saddle Jr. Exhibitor 16-17-year-olds, he went on to place third in the World Championship event for the combined Jr. Exhibitor classes. As a result of Horse World’s poll through its print issue and the Internet, Travis and his horse MEM Tough Enough were selected by his peers as the People’s Choice Winner for Park Saddle Jr. Exhibitor 16-17.

Junior kindergartner Claire Webster gets an assist from teacher Mary Rominger during the annual JK Bike Day. The children learn about bicycle safety.

The girls varsity lacrosse team, which advanced to the state finals this year, honors teammates from the senior class during its Senior Night game.

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Making a difference in the world T

wo alumni recently have won significant national awards for their work. In February of this year, Yaw Anokwa ’99 was awarded the Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest, the nation’s top honor for public-interest computer science. And in April, archaeologist Dr. Kathryn Bard ’64 was notified that she has been elected a Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary society.

Developing change: Yaw Anokwa ’99 B y C assie D ull

Mobile devices have become part of our everyday life.

A man standing in line at the coffee shop scrolls through his e-mails on his BlackberryTM. The woman sipping on her latte tweets about the movie she’s going to see tonight. The teenagers in the corner play games on their iPhonesTM. Thousands of miles away, a medical worker surveys a patient in his home, records the answers into a form on his phone, and then sends the data to a web server. Somewhere else, another medical worker is able to view the data instantaneously and analyze it.

Now picture this scene happening in a small village in Africa.

Innovations in technology are creating change across the world, and thanks to computer scientists like Yaw Anokwa ’99 and his team at the University of Washington in Seattle, handheld technology is drastically changing the way data is collected and stored in rural areas.

In developing regions, collecting data can be very difficult.

Organizations in rural areas often rely on paper-based methods of gathering data, which can be costly in terms of the time it takes simply to assemble all of the information into one place so that it can be reviewed. Using this old process, sick patients could die before the information reaches the hands of a doctor at a district hospital in Africa who is responsible for determining a treatment plan.

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Yaw Anokwa and other members of the Open Data Kit team traveled to rural Uganda in 2008 to conduct training on ODK. Here, Anokwa stands next to a Potenco pull-cord generator used to charge the batteries on mobile phones in areas where no electricity is available.

Anokwa and fellow developers Carl Hartung and Waylon Brunette, all computer science Ph.D. students at the University of Washington, collaborated to develop Open Data Kit (ODK), a set of tools that enables the collection and submission of data on mobile phones.

But there were several stepping stones along the way that led to Anokwa’s work on the development of ODK. Anokwa, a native of Ghana in West Africa, started on his path of developing technologies to effect social change in developing regions after spending six months in a rural village in Rwanda. During that time, he worked with Partners in Health to deploy an electronic medical records system called OpenMRS. “The most important thing I learned was that technology could change the fortunes of many of the world’s under-served populations,” remarks Anokwa. “I left Rwanda wondering why computer-science researchers seemed afraid to attempt addressing the world’s big problems.

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thing, but in domains like rural health care, I saw clear opportunities for impact.”

Upon returning to the States, he started a group called Change at the University of Washington. Change is a collaborative group of people from academia, government, industry and nonprofits who work together on technology projects to benefit the world’s under-served populations.

“My work with Change has taught me that those who have spent time ‘on the ground’ are more likely to succeed,” says Anokwa. “For this reason, I believe our role as computer scientists is to truly engage with and understand the needs of the social change movement.”

And so, out of Anokwa’s overwhelming interest in building technologies to positively impact developing regions of the world, the Open Data Kit project was born.

“At the heart of ODK is a simple idea: make data collection easier,” declares Anokwa.

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Anokwa demonstrates the ease of using Open Data Kit on a mobile phone

A community health worker in Kenya uses ODK on a mobile phone to scan

at a training session in Uganda.

a barcode on a patient ID card.

“When we started on Open Data Kit, our goals were to build tools to help organizations collect, aggregate and visualize their data,” he says.

ODK uses Google’s open source Android mobile phone platform and App Engine, which means that the software is sustainable into the future and flexible to adapt to changing technologies. ODK is free for organizations to download, use and modify.

Anokwa says, “We need to be able to transform the mobile device into whatever we imagine, whether it’s a mobile ultrasound unit or a gesture-recognizing computer. Android’s open source framework means we are free to innovate however we see fit.”

“With Open Data Kit, you can send out health workers with phones and they record the data as they see the patients – in addition to text, they can even record audio, video, pictures and their GPS location. The data is sent wirelessly to the hospital over the cell network and made immediately available for clinical care,” says Anokwa.

Organizations around the world are using ODK to collect and analyze data that can be used to save lives and effect social change. In Kenya, the Academic Model Providing Access To Healthcare (AMPATH), one of the largest HIV programs in Africa, gives workers Android phones equipped with ODK to test and counsel millions of people about HIV. In Brazil, ODK is used to monitor and document changes in the Amazon rainforest and deter illegal logging. The Jane Goodall Institute in Tanzania uses the software for a similar purpose. The Human Rights Center at the University of California Berkeley uses ODK to investigate war crimes and human rights violations in the Central African Republic.

“Those organizations find that it’s really easy for nonexperts (some of whom have never seen a phone) to pick it up and use it,” notes Anokwa.

He says, “What is strange about the work I do is that these interventions of technology often occur in places without running water or electricity. And yet in these very places you will find a farmer or a fisherman using a mobile phone to make a call or send a text message.”

Anokwa recently received the prestigious Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest for aiding nonprofits across the world through his development of ODK. It is the nation’s top honor for public interest computer science.

He plans to use the $10,000 Pizzigati Prize money to further support the innovators in the ODK community and ensure its sustainability.

Without a committed team of developers and a community of supporters, the Open Data Kit and its continuous growth would not be possible. Anokwa relates the importance of collaboration to an African proverb: “If you want to go fast, walk alone. If you want to go far, walk together.”

“We still have much work to do, but we are grateful for the chance to help make a difference,” he says.

Returning to Park Tudor this spring to deliver a speech at the annual Upper School Cum Laude Society assembly, Anokwa told the inductees, “You must prepare for careers that do not exist, using tools that haven’t been invented, in order to solve problems that we can’t foresee.”

He pointed out that the liberal arts education offered at Park Tudor, paired with the motivation and desire to solve difficult problems instilled in students by the faculty, is a winning combination for not only succeeding in this new technological world, but also pushing the boundaries into a new dimension of what can be achieved through technology.

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As reported in the Boston University web publication Uncovering history: Kathryn Bard ’64 “BU Today,” Bard’s team also found 40 cargo boxes, two with painted inscriptions reading ‘The Wonders of Punt.’”

This summer, Bard has started working on a new book, B y L isa H endricks o n ’ 7 7 which she is co-authoring with the co-director of the excavation project, Professor Rodolfo Fattovich of the University of Archaeologist Dr. Kathryn Bard ’64 has spent years in the Naples “l’Orientale,” Italy. They will compile the evidence deserts of Africa digging for evidence of ancient civilizations – from their fieldwork and interpret it in a cultural context. and her pathbreaking work now has led to a rarefied honor.

After an anticipated two or three more field seasons of Dr. Bard is one of 229 people – including film director Francis work in Egypt, she hopes to head to eastern Sudan to begin Ford Coppola, Nobel laureate economist Myron Scholes, Pulitsearching for archaeological evidence of Punt. However, there zer Prize-winning historian Daniel Howe, actor John Lithgow, are more obstacles to overcome before her dream becomes realand jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins – to be elected a Fellow ity. “I hope we can do it, because eastern Sudan is not the easiest of the American Academy of Arts of Sciences. The Academy, place to work,” she notes. “There’s a lot of malaria there; one of established in 1780 by John Adams, John Hancock and John my Italian colleagues was kidnapped for about eight hours. We Bowdoin, is the United States’ oldest and most prestigious have not had the best the diplomatic relations with Sudan since honorary society. a bomb was dropped in 1998. We’ll have to apply for a permit Bard, who in 1999 received the Chairman’s Award for to do the work.”

Exploration from the National Geographic Society, spent Bard, a 2002 recipient of 10 field seasons excavating the the Park Tudor Distinguished ancient city of Aksum in EthioAlumni Award, says she was pia. She has been digging at completely taken by surprise the Mersa/Wadi Gawasis site in at being named a Fellow of the Egypt since 2003, and now has American Academy of Arts and set her sights on eastern Sudan, Sciences. “I had no idea until where she hopes to uncover the I got an e-mail from a friend location of the ancient Red Sea who had seen the list. I found port of Punt. out that a colleague nominated In Egypt “we’ve discovered me,” she says. evidence of trading with Punt, The Academy, whose curand we want to look for evidence rent membership includes more of the actual place,” she says. than 250 Nobel laureates and An associate professor more than 60 Pulitzer-Prize of archaeology in the Boston winners, undertakes studies of University College of Arts and complex and emerging probSciences, Bard has experienced Dr. Kathryn Bard at an excavation site with (left) Professor Elsayed Mahfouz lems and conducts interdisher share of troubles while of the University of Assiut, Egypt and (right) Professor Rodolfo Fattovich of ciplinary, long-term policy excavating. In fact, she the University of Naples “l’Orientale,” Italy, who co-directs the excavations research. Current projects began conducting field work with Dr. Bard. focus on science and technolin Egypt because of war in ogy, global security, social policy and American institutions, Ethiopia. “One of the field seasons in 1998 was short because the humanities and culture, and education. war broke out and we had to get out of the area quickly. We Bard will be inducted into the Academy on October 9 at couldn’t go back in 1999 because the war was continuing. I the Sanders Theatre at Harvard University. “I’m absolutely had tickets to go in 2000, and before I was supposed to leave thrilled,” she says. “I went to the first Academy event three another war broke out and I didn’t go back until 2001.” weeks ago – there were letters on the wall from Academy The upside of the turmoil is that it led to important dismembers Albert Einstein, John Adams, Igor Stravinsky, John coveries in Egypt, including caves filled with extraordinary F. Kennedy – I was just overwhelmed.” nautical artifacts such as rope, ship timbers and curved cedar planks that are the blades from a steering oar.

To view a slide show of Dr. Bard’s team excavation findShe says, “One of the man-made caves we excavated has ings in Egypt, visit the BU Today web site at www.bu.edu/ about 20 to 25 coils of rope that are about 4,000 years old – a today/node/9965. moment frozen in time – sailors just left them there. They’re remarkable – just amazing.”

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Alumni News Alumni Weekend 2010

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ore than 300 Park School, Tudor Hall and Park Tudor alumni gathered to celebrate Alumni Weekend 2010 on April 30 and May 1.

The kick-off event of the weekend brought together the entire Park Tudor family at the annual Founders’ Day celebration in the varsity gym.

Founders’ Day dates back to 1933, when the Tudor Hall Grandchildren’s Society was established. Students were recognized on Founders’ Day if family members had attended Tudor Hall. Today, the entire school gathers to honor and recognize families who have multi-generational links to Park Tudor.

This year’s program featured a short history of Park Tudor School presented by students from the Lower, Middle and Upper Schools, directed by faculty members Jerry Grayson and Tam Tudor. (See a video of the history presentation on PT’s photo site. (http:// tiny.cc.PTfoundersday) On Friday evening, alumni gathered for the annual Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner at Woodstock Club. Established in 1987, the Park Tudor Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes alumni who have made substantial contributions to a field of endeavor, their community, and/or the school.

This year’s recipients were Elizabeth Wiest Johnson ’46, founder and chairman of Traders Point Hunt Charity Horse Show benefitting Riley Children’s Hospital; Alan Keller ’60, who has dedicated his

professional career to the field of family planning and population control in third-world countries; and Frank Watanabe ’85, who is executive director of global marketing at Amgen, Inc., the world’s largest biotechnology company, as well as a Commander and executive officer of an intelligence production unit in the U.S. Navy.

During their visit, Keller and Watanabe spoke with students in Upper School Social Studies classes about their career experiences.

On Saturday, alumni from the classes of 1925-1960 gathered at Woodstock Club for the Fifty-Year Club Brunch.

At the brunch, the “Longevity Award” was given to Bertha Van Derbilt, Tudor Hall Class of 1933.

That afternoon, Park School and Park Tudor alumni met in Foster Hall to see a short performance of “At Warren’s Malthouse,” presented by retired English teacher Jim Foxlow and Park School Class of 1960 classmates Ed Harris, Tom Sams, Alan Keller and Fred Cotton. The adaptation of scenes from Thomas Hardy’s “Far from the Madding Crowd” was written by Mr. Foxlow.

Later in the day, alumni met in Clowes Commons for a reception and class photos.

Visit the Reunion 2010 Gallery on photos.parktudor.org for photos and videos from the weekend.

Director of Development and Alumni Relations Cathy Wood Lawson ’72 talks with campus architect H. Roll McLaughlin at the 50-Year Club brunch.

Fred Cotton ’60, Ed Harris ’60, Jim Foxlow, Alan Keller ’60 and Tom Sams ’60 take a bow after their performance in Foster Hall.

A Tudor Hall alum models her class ring at the 50-Year Club brunch.

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Distinguished Alumni Award recipients honored during Alumni Weekend

Elizabeth Wiest Johnson ’46 thanks the school for her Distinguished Alumni Award at the Woodstock Club event on April 30.

Alan Keller ’60 talked with students participating in Park Tudor’s Model UN program about his experiences working in Africa.

Frank Watanabe’s sons congratulate him after he received the Distinguished Alumni Award.

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Established in 1987, the Park Tudor Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes alumni who have made substantial contributions to a field of endeavor, their community, and/or the school.

• Elizabeth Wiest Johnson ’46 is the founder and chair of Traders Point Hunt Charity Horse Show benefitting Riley Children’s Hospital. This year’s 33rd annual event will take place from August 10-15 at her 250-acre Wild Air Farms in Zionsville, IN. The event, one of the most prestigious sanctioned horse shows recognized by the American Horse Shows Association, draws more than 8,000 spectators and more than 1,000 of the top horses and equestrians from the U.S., Canada and Europe. “Chronicle of the Horse,” a leader in horse-show publications, has ranked it as one of the five best shows in the United States. Riley Children’s Foundation has received more than $140,000 in net proceeds from the event since 2006, with all of charities since the event’s inception receiving a total of more than $1 million.

• Alan Keller ’60 has dedicated his professional career to the field of family planning and population control in third world countries. In Mexico, he worked as a consultant and adviser to governmental organizations, foundations and the World Health Organization to develop a private network of family planning clinics. While employed with the United Nations Population Fund, he provided advice on the management of family planning to 45 countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America. In Africa, his focus on family planning was expanded to encompass HIV/AIDS prevention. Since his retirement in 2002, he has served as a consultant to the Gates Foundation and to the United Nations Population Fund.

• Frank Watanabe ’85 is executive director of global marketing at Amgen, Inc., the world’s largest biotechnology company, in Thousand Oaks, CA. He is responsible for commercial development of new human therapeutics in the metabolic, cardiovascular, and neurosciences arenas.

Frank has been active in the intelligence arena for the past 20 years, initially as an intelligence officer with the Central Intelligence Agency, and later as the assistant director of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. He received a commission in the U.S. Navy as an intelligence officer in 1994 and has held a range of naval intelligence positions, including participation in combat operations in Kosovo and Afghanistan. He currently holds the rank of Commander and serves as executive officer of an intelligence production unit.

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Retired faculty members Larry Treadwell, Christina Van Riper and Bill

Maya Payne ’13 models the Tudor Hall field hockey costume during the

Robinson chat during the Alumni Reception in Clowes Commons.

Founders’ Day assembly history program on April 30.

Reunion Class gifts Gifts made July 1, 2009 June 3, 2010 Tudor Hall Class of 1935 Awaiting your participation!

Park School Class of 1935 33 percent participation Mr. Harold Cunning Jr.

Tudor Hall Class of 1940 12 percent participation Miss Betty Macey Mrs. Tish Sinclair Mumford Park School Class of 1940 Awaiting your participation!

Tudor Hall Class of 1945 42 percent participation Mrs. Ann Clark Calkins Mrs. Suzanne Ramey Carr Mrs. Nancy Hare Dunn Ms. Martie Hutchman Jensen Mrs. Natalie Griener Riddell Park School Class of 1945 13 percent participation Mr. Charles Bennett Tudor Hall Class of 1950 21 percent participation Dr. Emily Weirich Bandera Mrs. Brenda Haram Canedy Mrs. Martha Madden Woollomes

Park School Class of 1950 29 percent participation Mr. Jim Beattey III Mr. Jim Hogshire III Tudor Hall Class of 1955 20 percent participation Anonymous – 1 Mrs. Suzanne Brown Blakeman Ms. Judith Bowen Mrs. Cindy Lee Evans Mrs. Priscilla Brown Ruddell Park School Class of 1955 33 percent participation Mr. Peter Frenzel III Mr. Richard Pidgeon Mr. David Poston Mr. Peter Weldon, Ph.D. Tudor Hall Class of 1960 7 percent participation Ms. Nancy Ayres Mrs. Alma Taylor Lathrop Park School Class of 1960 100 percent participation Mr. Fredrick Cotton Dr. William Currie Jr. Dr. Douglas Darbo Mr. Emerson Davis Jr. Mr. Ed Harris III Dr. Alan Keller Mr. John Landgraf Mr. Bill Lynch Mr. Thomas Sams Mr. Stephen Valinet

Tudor Hall Class of 1965 14 percent participation Miss Charlotte Klamer Mrs. Katie Mothershead Kruse Ms. Diana Chambers Leslie Mrs. Nicki Funk Mann Mrs. Eleanor Taylor Miller Mrs. Anne Rust Neubauer Ms. Myrta Pulliam Mrs. Mary Holliday Rogers Park School Class of 1965 19 percent participation Mr. Stephen Fletcher Mr. Charlie Raiser Mr. George Reynolds Tudor Hall Class of 1970 Awaiting your participation!

Park School Class of 1970 Awaiting your participation!

Park Tudor Class of 1975 9 percent participation Mr. Tad Griffin Dr. Ed Harlamert Mr. Alec Holliday III

Ms. Joni Hughes Ms. Abigail Test

Park Tudor Class of 1980 8 percent participation Mrs. Ruth Myrehn Brown Mrs. Kim Frenzel Colby Mr. John Travis Mr. Joe Williams

Park Tudor Class of 1985 13 percent participation Mrs. Suzie Storer Booker Mr. Chip Hardee II Mr. Daniel Janzen Mrs. Jennifer Griggs Johns Mr. Dave Kimbell Mrs. Camilyn Kuhns Leone Mrs. Anne Rogers Mitchell Mr. John Perine Mrs. Courtney O’Connor Purtee Park Tudor Class of 1990 11 percent participation Mr. Christian Gallagher Mr. Mike Levine Mrs. Susan Poland Long Mrs. Emily Arnold McKeon Mrs. Heather Reilly Murphy Mrs. Sandy Alpert Nachlis Park Tudor Class of 1995 12 percent participation Anonymous – 1 Dr. Matt Aagesen Mr. Jim Combs Mr. Edward Eich Ms. Kate Engle Dr. Mark Gibson Mrs. Kelly Sheridan Kenny Mr. Jon Nelson Mrs. Elizabeth Laughlin Raymond Mrs. Lindsay Elder Thornton Continued on page 28 SUMMER 2010 PARK TUDOR PHOENIX 27

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Alumni Weekend 2011!

Class gifts Park Tudor Class of 2000 9 percent participation Mrs. Anna Edwards Faris Mrs. Carolyn Edwards Fennimore Ms. Laura Howard Mr. Matt Kleymeyer Ms. Kasey Kruse Mrs. Stephanie Goodrid Lawson Mr. Will Lawson Ms. Crystal Weaver

Park Tudor Class of 2005 7 percent participation Miss Stefanie Dean Mr. Teddy Dunn III Miss Jessica Kellogg Mr. Christopher King Ms. Annie Kruse Mr. Lance Ladendorf Mr. Austin Lee

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isit the Park Tudor web site (parktudor.org) and online alumni community (http://alumni.

parktudor.org) for many more reunion photos!

Didn’t order a reunion class photo? They may be ordered directly from the photographer’s web site at www.batemanfoto.com.

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ttention Classes of 1936, 1941, 1946, 1951, 1956, 1961, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006!

Your reunion celebration will take place on Saturday, May 7, 2011. Please mark

your calendar. You will receive additional information about the activities taking place that weekend in upcoming editions of The Phoenix, e-mail, the U.S. mail, the alumni online community and Facebook.

Wanted: Class Representatives

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he Alumni Association is looking to fill the following positions for classes who will be celebrating a reunion in 2011. Responsibilities of a Class Representative include communicating with classmates about upcoming reunion activities and helping plan an individ-

ual activity for your class.

1941 Tudor Hall 1951 Park School 1956 Park School If you are interested in volunteering or have a question, please contact Gretchen Hueni at ghueni@parktudor.org or 317/415-2766.

Connie Morris Larkin ’70, who has moved to Oregon after living abroad

Class of 2005 members Lance Ladendorf, Andrew Gillman, Melinda Bruner,

for many years, returned to Indianapolis for Alumni Weekend to visit with

Kyle Bonham, Ella Yung, Courtney Dewart and Ayo Ositelu catch up at the

classmates Susan Stoops Watson, Indianapolis, and Sydney Goodrich

Alumni Weekend reception in Clowes Commons.

Green, North Carolina. The Class of 1970 members also had the opportunity to visit the former Tudor Hall campus on Cold Spring Road.

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Reunion class photos

Tudor Hall Class of 1950 Back row, left to right: Jean Stacy Bradford, Joan Wyatt Gerberding, Brenda Haram Canedy, Virginia Wagoner Metro, Emily Weirich Bandera, Ann Cockley Lloyd, Jane Bassett Oaks Seated: Martha Madden Woollomes, Marcia Urich Freeland

Tudor Hall Class of 1940 Betty Carrie Reynolds

Tudor Hall and Park School Class of 1955 Back row, left to right: Richard Pidgeon, Cynthia Haram Pidgeon, Sue

Tudor Hall Class of 1945 Left to right: Natalie Griener Riddell and Nancy

Krafft King, Gilbert Purdy Seated: Suzanne Brown Blakeman, Linda Barton Newcombe

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Reunion class photos

Tudor Hall Class of 1960 Back row, left to right: Lynne Baron, Sandy Warren, Carol Cornelius Hutton, Alma Taylor Lathrop Seated: Ginny Blakeman Marx, Susan Williams Conner, Martha Gillespie

Park School Class of 1965 Charlie Raiser

Park School Class of 1960 Back row, left to right: Tom Sams, Stephen Valinet, Alan Keller, Fred Cotton

Tudor Hall Class of 1970

Seated: Emerson Davis and Ed Harris

Back row, left to right: Sydney Goodrich Green, Janet Fry Schneider, Lisa Kirk Salazar, Claudia Covault Auger, Susan Stoops Watson Front row: Julie Hollowell, Connie Morris Larkin, Debbie Benedict Eades

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Reunion class photos

Park Tudor Class of 1980 Back row, left to right: Beth Jester McCoy, Tom Pettinga, Ben Anderson, Brad Brueckmann, Ruth Myrehn Brown, Steve Thompson, Robert Hicks, Kim Wright Egan, Heidi Kurtz Hicks Front row: Jeff Higgins, Cindy Mouser Shamo, Brent Ramey, Tricia Caress McMath, Jay Carney

Park Tudor Class of 1990 Back row, left to right: Susan Moe, Lori Stephens, Lara Teskey Front row: Emily Arnold, Shane Hanna, Heather Reilly Murphy

Park Tudor Class of 1985 Back row, left to right: Anne Rogers Mitchell, Ron Safrin, JR Walsh, Jon Cotton, Valerie Ashton Front row: Sam Doss, Frank Watanabe, Ann Smith, Amy Hayes

Park Tudor Class of 1995 Back row, left to right: Cathy Feit Purciful, Kim Myers Hewlett, Lindsay Elder Thornton, Kelly Sheridan Kenny, Kate Engle, Ginny Moore Front row: Alyssa Lennon Collova, Jim Combs, Elizabeth Townsend Laughlin Raymond

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Reunion class photos

Park Tudor Class of 2000

Park Tudor Class of 2005

Back row, left to right: Andrew Fadel, Will Lawson, Ross Fleck, Matt

Back row, left to right: Ayo Ositelu, Andrew Gillman, Robert Galloway,

Kleymeyer, Brian Tolbert

Lance Ladendorf, Kyle Bonham

Middle row: Anna Edwards Faris, Stephanie Goodrid Lawson, Adrienne

Middle row: Sean Bryan, Amanda Wessels, Courtney Dewart, Katie Can-

Mossler Lewis, Adriana Guerrero, Kate Turner, Kasey Kruse

non, Courtney Rogers, Valerie Edwards

Front row: Sheryl Fleisch, Kate Lehman, Carolyn Edwards Fennimore,

Front row, left to right: Kandyce Carter, Charles Johnson, Melinda Bruner,

Courtney Lickliter, Kristen Nunery Stryffeler

Ella Yung, Grafton Day

Help us find “lost” alumni We’re already preparing for next year’s Alumni Weekend and hope everyone will be able to attend – especially those in the five-year reunion class years ending in “1” and “6.” The school does not have contact information for the following alumni. If Class of 1931 Charles Brown Blackwell Mary Holloway Brown Seymour Cunningham Conger Fred Harmon Fulton George Good Ruth Neely Halton Eleanor Henchel Ruth Thomas Kalmykow Kathryn Ewing Lewis Pauline Redding Elizabeth Heiskell Rogers Janet Blish Scott Sylvia Meeks Simms Jean Shaver Small Jane Diddel Stevens Kathryn Burr Tilker Class of 1936 Helen Wyatt Cobb Marjorie Bunch Craig Roberta Denham John Fitch David Fox Robert Gable Max Harwood Robert Koebel Mary Dickey Masterton Charles Mayer Stuart McClintock Lambert Montgomery Carl Mote 32 park tudor phoenix SUMMER 2010

Sue Stackhouse Raquet Henry Stipher Class of 1941 James Bingham Sallie Kemp Bohlen J. Allison Briggs James Cook David Craig Barbara Ball Foley Rachel Gillen Joan Haywood Gray Margaret Stevenson Henderson Eleanor Appel Hitz Marion Junkin Diana Denny Kalmus James Magennis John Mears Howard Perry Gerald Smith Robert Snoberger Ronald Strong Patricia Smith Wilmeth Betty Baumgartel Yackley Class of 1946 Paul Allen Don Bradshaw James Coryell James DaCosta William Davidson Thomas Griffin

you can help us find these “lost” alumni, please contact Gretchen Hueni at 317/415-2766, toll-free at 1-888-782-5861 or ghueni@ parktudor.org.

Joseph Hammond George Klein Susan Solomon Lauer Robin Good Lepard Maurice McGrath Frank Millikan Class of 1951 Gordon Biggar Richard Craig Edward Fillion James Frenzel Edgar Griffin Rudolph Hammond Paula Feltus Hart Sally Barr Hooper Helen Brown Michaelson Richard Ragan Walter Roberts Judith Thomson Sherman William Shumaker Class of 1956 Robert Cronquist David Ransburg Gerald Wilkins Ray Wolter Marsha Levy Yaver Class of 1961 Jane Adams Bunn Anne Graham Rebecca Harris

Ann Abel Hatcher Elaine Van Tuyl Johnson Henry Matthew Mary McGinnis P. Thomas Morgan Sharon Mount Richard Pryor Harvey Sigmond Sheila Stafford Sizer Lucy Link Stack Class of 1966 Bruce Barker Manfred Bengsch Jill Bickham Kathy Butler Sally Schmidt Carlsen Craig Crowder Jan Black Daniel Carolyn Spoerri Gregg Diane Hickman Elizabeth Rang Holcomb Conrad Klingenstein Rosanne Hecht Kopf Susan McDonald Carol Masten Milne-Smith Suzanne Morgan Terry Rexroat Jean Rubush Steve Shane David Solomon Bob Spoerri Ellen Teplitz

Linda Roberts True Larry Turnbull Janet Fisher Whiteman Kathy Mantel Wood Class of 1971 Jeff Arthur Pamela Benseler Paul Black Bill Brett Brent Caudill Curt Caudill Susan Centlivre Terrie Breese Culp Carol Ann Davis Richard Fague Claire Finney James Grace Cathie Parr Jefferson Dan Johnson Jodi Johnson Susan Federman Knox Jack Linard Kristin SerVaas Loomis Michelle McCauley Debby McLear Steve McManus Mary Kimble Medsker Thomas Milesi Arthur Northrup Karen Conrad Pearson Lisa Petrich Lucia Rhodehamel

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Help us find “lost” alumni Susan Rich Annette Rowe Rowena Sanders Martha Bixler Schick Virginia Scott Rebecca Hurt Stadler Robin Trimble John Wood Class of 1976 Alana Beck Barton Brian Carey David Hutchinson Jan Kilner Rick Kontos Dan McLaren Jeff Moseley Martha Nance Paul Pinckley Bill Quarles

Sarah Roeske Kathy Warren Giao Vo Webb Scott Wilson Class of 1981 Beth Anne Bowen Jamie Bromm Mike Cadwalader Dana Clay Gretchen Green Steve Harrick Richard Humphreys David Jones Babette Justus Stephen Lewis Klaus Morlock Ruth Morris Melanie Nock Cary Osborne

Martha Emhardt Pardue Brian Peacher Jenifer Swanson William Wade Deirdre Ward Jim Warstler Michael Williams Class of 1986 Jerry Allen Penny Brundage Karen Burt Paul Carpenter Brooke Decatur Drew DeMoss John Donohue Elizabeth Dornton Christopher Gray Kristi Gray Irin Guily

Alumni Association Board welcomes new members

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he Park Tudor Alumni Association Board of Directors elected the following alumni to serve on the board beginning in August 2010: Peter French ’85, Emily Ristine Holloway ’94, Sarah Smith Moore ’97 and Carla Beasley Mann ’01.

Officers for the 2010-2011 year are: Brandon Phillips ’96, president; Cathy Yingling ’87, vice president; Jessica Benson Cox ’99, secretary; and Andy Kight ’89, treasurer.

Board 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 alumni commit-

tee, 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, Tudor Hall, and Park Tudor School alumni and carries out the mission and goals of the Alumni Association. Please contact Alumni Board president Brandon Phillips ’96 at bphillips@ thewatermarkgroupgrp.com to nominate a potential member.

Candidates should possess leadership capabilities and be willing to make a strong commitment to the Alumni Association and its projects.

Doug Hicks Mark Kingsley Scott Kramer Lisa Long Andre Nirmel Belinda Randall Brian Wallace Pontus Wiklund Glenn Woodruff Class of 1991 Erik Baylor Catharine DuBois Emma Hartley Mindy Rothouse Adam Stokely Giselind Werner Class of 1996 Josh Caldwell

Jason Creuziger Lisa Dawson Amie Whitehead Hubbard Cicely Corbin Majors Mike Wickliff Class of 2001 A.B. Brewington Erika Caouette Jessica Darling Brendy Lange Lance Loveday Jason Ramey Tiffany Reed Brooke Sagalowsky Class of 2006 Alejandra Garcia Alicia Loy Jessie Searles Nick Tweedy

Distinguished Alumni Awards Call for Nominations The Distinguished Alumni Awards Committee invites you to submit a nomination for a future Distinguished Alumni Award.

You are encouraged to submit names of Park School, Tudor Hall and/or Park Tudor alumni who you feel merit consideration. Please consider for nomination: Name, Class Year ����������������������������������� Area of endeavor in which nominee has distinguished himself/herself:

You may attach any other pertinent materials or information regarding your candidate(s).

Nominator, Class Year (optional) ����������������������� Return to: Development and Alumni Relations Office, Park Tudor School, 7200 N. College Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46240.

Alumni event survey results

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hanks to the more than 200 alumni who completed the Alumni Association’s online survey about alumni events.

Those completing the survey reported that they are most interested in attending alumni social events, being involved with current students through career mentoring and participating in alumni community service projects. Most said they would be most interested in attending an event on a weekend evening (with weekend day not far behind), and a whopping 89% said they would be somewhat, very or extremely likely to attend an alumni event if it were held in their city.

The Alumni Association board will take the survey results and alumni preferences into account when planning upcoming events.

Thanks to all who took part!

Indianapolis alumni gathered for a spring get-together at the Upper Room in Broad Ripple on April 9. Among those attending were (left to right) Mary Louise Yingling, Cathy Yingling ’87, Jon Teller ’89 and Kelly Lamm Teller ’87.

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DC alum group celebrates Founders’ Day

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he Washington, DC “DC-PT Alumni Group” celebrated Park Tudor Founders’ Day on May 9 with a spring afternoon barbeque in Georgetown. The afternoon party lasted until 8 or 9 in the evening, with Rachel Braun ’08 winning the Founders’ Day trivia contest over John Thornburgh ’06 (prize being the history book “Park Tudor School: The First 100 Years”).

Alumni Board member and event coordinator Adrienne Watson ’06 says, “We sat on a beautiful garden patio and really got to know each other—nothing better than lounging around on a Sunday afternoon.”

Other alumni attendees included Alida Malcom ’99, Chris Stoughton ’95, Michael Duncan ’05 and David Dietz ’06.

Charitable Gift Annuity rates are rising

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sn’t it wonderful that we live in an age of medical miracles?

We are living longer and staying healthier than ever before!

But – do you ever worry you might outlive your income and your assets?

The Park Tudor Charitable Gift Annuity provides an extraordinary opportunity to support the mission of Park Tudor School while providing a guaranteed life income to you at very attractive rates.

Under the terms of a gift annuity, you would make a charitable gift of cash or other property to Park Tudor. You, you and your spouse, or a family member would then receive generous fixed payments for life. The frequency and amount of payments are determined at the time the gift annuity is funded. The payments will never change and are designed to continue regardless of how long you and/or other recipients live.

Because a portion of your gift annuity will be put to charitable use at Park Tudor School, you are entitled to an income-tax deduction during the year of your gift. In addition, for a period of time, part of each payment may be received free of income tax or be taxed at capital gains tax rates that may be significantly lower than rates you pay on other income.

As of July 1, 2010, gift annuity rates are increasing. The table below provides examples of current one-life rates for a charitable gift annuity: Age Rate

60 5.2%

65 5.5%

70 5.8%

75 6.4%

80 7.2%

If you would like to receive additional information about our Charitable Gift Annuity program, please contact Gretchen Hueni at ghueni@parktudor.org or call 317/415-2766 or (toll-free) 1-888-782-5861. Our planned giving services are complimentary and completely confidential.

Those gathering for the Washington, DC alumni Founders’ Day barbeque included (left to right) Alida Malcom ’99, Chris Stoughton ’95, Adrienne Watson ’06, John Thornburgh ’06 and Rachel Braun ’08.

PT’s Facebook fans reach 1,000!

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hanks to all alumni and PT friends who are keeping in touch with the school via our Facebook fan page (www.facebook. com/parktudor). In June we reached a milestone – 1,000 fans since we introduced the page two years ago. Also, don’t forget to check out our Twitter site to share up-to-minute info (www.twitter.com/ parktudor).

We’re also pleased to introduce our new photo-sharing web site, photos.parktudor.org! Along with the ability to view and/or download school photos and videos from all school divisions, the site also enables members of the PT family to upload their own photos of school or alumni events.

New Endowment Society members

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he Endowment Society recognizes our Park Tudor family members who have notified us that their estate plans include a gift to the school. There may be others who have made such arrangements but have not told us about them. If you are one of these special people, please notify the school so we may have the opportunity to thank you in advance for your gift and discuss your wishes for its use. If you wish to remain anonymous, we will keep your name in strict confidence. There is no need to share the amount of the gift, but it is helpful in the school’s long-range planning.

Special thanks to the following new members: Adrianne Glidewell ’98 Jim Toomey If you have questions about the Endowment Society, please contact Gretchen Hueni at 317/ 415-2766, toll-free at 1-888-782-5861 or ghueni@parktudor.org.

Guess who’s 40?

The school will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the merger of Park School and Tudor Hall during the 2010-2011 school year. Stay tuned for information on special events related to the anniversary of the merger!

34 park tudor phoenix SUMMER 2010

Class Notes 1954

old man.” For more information on

Susanne Eaglesfield LaFollette

the novel, visit www.orgs.muohio.

writes, “Greetings to all, just a little

edu/mupress/novella.html.

note to let you know Lisa Miller Crowder’s husband passed away

1964

recently after a long battle with

Kathryn Bard has been elected as a

lung transplants. Our sympathy to

member of the 2010 Class of Fellows

her and her family. Good to hear

and Foreign Honorary Members of

from Ann Morrow Misdom at

the American Academy of Arts and

Christmas. I see Marcia Lurie sev-

Sciences. (Read more on page 24.)

eral times a year; she retired from Methodist Hospital but now works

1965

part-time at her church. She hears

David Easlick sent the following

from Cathy Van Reckeim periodi-

news: “After 30 years in non-profits,

cally. We recently returned from a

real estate and law in Michigan,

trip West where we saw Suzanne

Washington DC, and Virginia, I am

Lamb Holder and husband George,

delighted to be selling real estate

as well as Patsy Atkins DeLong

on the beautiful Southwest Coast

pooled its Girl Scout Cookies, carrots, and veggie chips in true Habitat

and her husband Clancy in Phoenix.

of Florida.” He can be reached at

volunteer camaraderie.”

Our second granddaughter, Caroline

davideaslick@gmail.com.

ity in March 2010 to build a house

heimer’s new series, “Miami Medi-

Emhardt ’10, graduated from Park

in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward. We

cal,” also on CBS, on May 14. Mia

Tudor on May 28 – congratulations

1967

teamed with Duquesne University

also played a supporting role oppo-

to her. Please let me know any news

Susan Shipley sent the follow-

students down from Pittsburgh on

site Anna Paquin in “Open House,”

you’d like to share; call anytime at

ing news via e-mail, “My brother

their spring break and a diversity of

which premiered at the Tribeca Film

317/253-6996.”

Bob (Shortridge ’60) and I tried

other individuals of all ages from

Festival in New York in April.

our hands at Habitat for Human-

the US, Canada and Australia. Our

Susan Shipley ’67 and her brother Bob Shipley take a break during their Habitat for Humanity home build in New Orleans in March 2010. She writes, “A group of us enjoying our second-day lunch break in the home’s airy kitchen filled with much-appreciated sunshine! Our convivial group

1958

site was a home build on a cleared

1995

David Chambers’s first novel,

lot, so we found ourselves with

Chris Stoughton is running for the

“The Old Whitaker Place,” has been

a vertical learning curve for each

Maryland House of Delegates. His

published by the Miami Univer-

day’s assignments. The first day was

web site is stoughtonformaryland.

sity (of Ohio) Press. The novel won

Cajun mud, a heavily overcast 45°F,

com, and you can become his friend

first place in the University’s 2009

and a 25-mph wind.”

on Facebook.

“It’s about a cranky old man who

1995

1996

resists leaving the home he’s lived

• Mia Riverton (Esther Riggin)

• Thomas Osborne, a 2006 Distin-

in most of his life. The book is dedi-

appeared in an episode of “The

guished Alumnus, is now a professor

cated to Jim Foxlow, who bears no

Mentalist” on CBS on April 22,

of music composition at the Univer-

resemblance whatever to the cranky

and in an episode of Jerry Bruck-

Novella Contest. Chambers writes,

David Chambers ’58

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Alumni’s film The Mini hits shelves nationally The Mini, an independent feature film written and directed by Ron Beck ’92 and starring Chris Stack ’91, is now available across the nation at most Blockbuster Video stores.

The Mini is a family-friendly comedy that tells the story of a downon-his-luck futon salesman who runs a mini-marathon to get ahead in the bedding business.

The film was shot exclusively in the Indianapolis area at many locations, including Park Tudor School.

“Filming in Indianapolis was crucial to the film’s success,” says Beck.

We shot in over 70 locations – which is really unheard of for an independent film with such a small budget – and Indiana residents always stepped up to offer their time, their businesses and their homes.”

The independent film won several film festival awards around the country including Best of Fest at Temecula Valley International Film Festival in California, Best Comedy at Bluegrass Independent Film Festival in Kentucky, Best Narrative Feature at Foursite Film Festival in Utah, and Audience Choice Award at the daVinci Film Festival in Oregon.

As part of its national distribution, The Mini is available online through Blockbuster Digital, Netflix and Amazon.com. It is also available ondemand through Avail TVN Network affiliates in select markets.

The film’s production company, Canopy Films, brought on Indiana University students as interns for the crew. The students earned credit and gained experience in the field.

Chris Stack’s other television and film credits include School of Rock, Rodger Dodger, Evening, Third Watch and One Life to Live.

Writer/director Ron Beck is currently the vice president of marketing for JUMP! CREATIVE in Los Angeles.

“The hundreds of Hoosiers who helped with the film as actors, location owners, volunteer crew and extras should be proud that their hard work will be seen by so many,” says Beck.

sity of Hawaii. The Orkestra Projekt in Indianapolis performed one of his works, Smoke, Steel, Stone, Cinder, at a concert on April 17.

1997 • Sarah Smith Moore was named Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s 2010 Woman of the Year. Sarah is a senior corporate communications associate at ExactTarget in Indianapolis.

1999 • Whitney Ford married Eric Dick on May 8, 2010 at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church with a reception at The Columbia Club in downtown Indianapolis. Park Tudor alumni in attendance included Laura Elder 36 park tudor phoenix SUMMER 2010

Whitney Ford ’99 and Eric Dick on their wedding day.

CLASS NOTES

2006

2008

• William Scales and Matthew Lanter

• Cosmo Clemens played the role

’07 worked together on a practical

of Chino, a Shark, in the Indiana

iPhoneTM app for students at the Uni-

University Jacobs School of Music

versity of Washington in St. Louis.

production of West Side Story in

The goal was to provide a helpful

April. He is pursuing a bachelor of

resource for items such as schedules,

fine arts degree in musical theatre

meal points and student transactions.

and has appeared in several produc-

The project was part of a class in the

tions at IU.

Department of Computer Science and

• Elizabeth Emhardt is playing

Engineering and was featured in a

for the Denison University wom-

news segment on KTVI TV.

en’s tennis team, which captured a record-setting ninth straight North

James Patton ’04 is thrilled to receive his diploma from the American Musi-

2007

Coast Athletic Conference champi-

• Ben Mattingly is playing golf at

onship this season.

Bucknell and shot an average of

• Colin Fong is running varsity track

76.4 this year.

at Bowdoin College, specializing in

• Matthew Lanter and William

the 800-meter run, 800-meter relay,

Scales ’06 worked together on a

and running the 800 in the distance

app for students

medley relay. This year, he made

at the University of Washington in

the New England Small Colleges

practical

cal and Dramatic Academy on May 29.

iPhoneTM

Antrim ’99 (matron of honor),

versity in 2008, James was admit-

St. Louis. The goal was to provide

Association All-Conference Team as

Meredith Pallman Reinker ’99,

ted to the Integrated Conservatory

a helpful resource for items such as

part of Bowdoin’s 800-meter relay

Jessica Benson Cox ’99, Justin

Program at AMDA, which prepares

schedules, meal points and student

team, which placed third at the con-

Fox ’99, Weezie Elder Combs ’97

students for a career in professional

transactions. The project was part of

ference meet. Colin was named a

and Jim Combs ’95. The couple

theatre. He is currently being repre-

a class in the Department of Com-

Sarah and James Bowdoin Scholar

resides in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

sented by Avalon Artists and audi-

puter Science and Engineering and

his freshman year. He studied Chi-

tioning for roles. He plans to make

was featured in a news segment on

New York City his home.

KTVI TV.

2001

Continued on page 38

• Jim Nagler is returning to Indiana after spending time in Beijing. He went there after graduating from Bates College with a major in Chinese. He will enter Indiana University in the fall to work on a master’s degree in Chinese culture.

• Perry Griffith married Carrie Hinkle on June 26, 2010 in Aspen, Colorado. They will be living in Chicago. Perry also just received his MBA from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.

2004 • James Patton graduated from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) on May 29, 2010.

After graduating from DePauw Uni-

Rachel McDonald ’05 married Ike Bressler in Boca Raton, FL on October 25, 2009.

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CLASS NOTES

nese at Middlebury last summer and

nationally. He also had 15 doubles,

• To Middle School English teacher

• To Rebecca Robertson Moore

is spending time this summer in

three triples, 53 runs and 42

Jane Sidey and Mike Sanich on the

’78, Pamela Robertson ’82 and

Argentina, studying Spanish.

RBI

birth of Axel Parker Sidey Sanich on

Abe Moore ’96 on the death of

• Alaina Urbahns is completing

The IU web site notes, “Making

June 2, 2010.

their father and grandfather, Edwin

a summer internship with Calvin

his accomplishment more remark-

Klein in New York City. This fall,

able is the fact that it had been

Deaths

• To Adam Bangs ’82 and Alex

she will be studying abroad in Paris

nearly

• Dora Sinclair Loutrel ‘33 on

Bangs ’84 on the death of their

at the L’Université de Paris 7-Denis

freshman

March 27, 2010.

mother, Sonia E. Bangs, on April

Diderot.

petitively.

• Juanita K. Waugh ‘41 on Febru-

20, 2010.

entire senior season at Park Tudor

ary 6, 2010.

• To Francis Belford ’85 and David

2009

due to an injury after finishing among

• Anne Caldow Bishop ’43 on

Belford ’82 on the death of their

• Andrew Bain plays baseball at

the state’s leaders with a .561 aver-

March 5, 2010.

father, Arthur L. Belford, on May

Valparaiso University. In a recent

age in his junior year.”

• Wallace Orison Lee ’45 on April

11, 2010.

18, 2010.

• To Deidre Bogard ’86 on the death

in

starting

two

every

years

had He

game.

since

played missed

the comhis

contest against Chicago State, he

S. Robertson, on February 17, 2010.

was responsible for four home runs

Marriages

• Michael McCaslin ’67 on Febru-

of her sister, Tiffany Bogard ’89, on

in a game in which Valparaiso tied

• Whitney Ford ’99 to Eric Dick on

ary 18, 2010.

May 9, 2010.

a NCAA record with 21 runs in the

May 8, 2010.

• Tiffany L. Bogard ’89 on May

• To Matt Bremner ’00, Josh Brem-

fifth inning.

• C. Perry Griffith III ’01 to Carrie

9, 2010.

ner ’08 and Robert Flaherty ’14 on the death of their grandfather, Ralph

• Hannah Farley, who is on the

Hinkle on June 26, 2010.

track team at Stanford, placed sev-

• Rachel McDonald ’05 to Ike

Condolences

Nessler, on March 31, 2010.

enth in the 400m at MPSF Champi-

Bressler on October 25, 2009.

• To Eliza Miller Crowder ’54 on

• To Technology Systems Assistant

the death of her husband, Alexander

Manager Bryon Realey and Isabella

onships on February 1 with a time of in 55.80.

Congratulations

Crowder.

Realey ’18, on the death of his sister

• Erik Nelson was one of 10 students

• To Holly Hilger Loos ’91 and

• To Jane Fortune ’60 and Will

and her aunt, Rebecca Realey Cof-

selected to be a campus tour guide at

Adam Loos on the birth of their first

Fortune ’96 on the death of their

fey, on February 23, 2010.

USC this past year. More than 500

child, Ethan James Loos, on Novem-

mother and grandmother, Jane For-

• To Middle School Counselor Ange-

applied, 370 were interviewed and

ber 24, 2009.

tune, on February 18, 2010.

la Overpeck and PTPA Co-President

only 10 were chosen. Erik spent

• To James Hamstra ’96 and Miki

• To Cheri Longardner Lynn ’67,

Eric Overpeck, and Logan ’15 and

his spring break in China and then

Hamstra on the birth of Samuel

William Longardner ’77, Abigail

Hayden ’17, on the death of Eric’s

returned to China for the entire sum-

James Hamstra on May 23, 2010.

Lynn ’00 and Charles Lynn ’05 on

grandmother, Kathryn Record, on

mer. He worked during winter break

• To Dr. Megan Horine Leivant ’97

the death of father and grandfather,

March 4, 2010.

in the Alumni Affairs office.

and Michael Leivant ’97, and voice

Robert Loren Longardner, on Febru-

• To Upper School English teacher

• Micah Johnson, who plays third

teacher Barbara Horine, on the birth

ary 21, 2010.

Paul Hamer on the death of his

baseman at Indiana University, has

of their daughter and granddaughter,

• To Harry Noel ’68, William Noel

mother, Rosetta Mae Hamer, on

won a number of honors this year.

Abigail Elizabeth Leivant, on June

’72, Carol Noel Fleming ’74, Peter

April 17, 2010.

He was selected as a Big Ten Co-

1, 2010.

Noel ’01, Andrew Noel ’09, William

• To strings instructor Kathy Schil-

Player of the Week in baseball for

• To Jake Sturman ’98 and Becky

Noel ’14 and Hanley Noel ’00 on

ling on the death of her father, Rob-

the week of March 15, 2010. He was

Sturman, and Emily Moore Stur-

the death of their mother and grand-

ert Hicks, on May 2, 2010.

the first freshman and first Hoosier

man ’66 and Jim Sturman ’67, on

mother, Louise Hanley Noel, on May

• To Upper School English teacher

to receive the honor this season.

the birth of their son and grandson,

10, 2010.

Therese Glassmeyer on the death of

He also has been named a 2010

Maxwell Michael Sturman, on May

• To Susan Richardson ’75 on the

her mother, Pat Glassmeyer, on May

Louisville

18, 2010.

death of her father, Peter A. Richard-

11, 2010.

“Collegiate

• To Melanie Wood Matchett ’99

son, on April 1, 2010.

Baseball.” In his first year play-

and Philip Matchett on the birth of

• To Virginia Weedon Grant ’76

ing for the Hoosiers, he garnered

their first child, Amelia.

and Richard Weedon ’76 on the

Slugger

All-American

by

Freshman

a .312 average and 11 home

death of their father, Robert Weedon,

runs, the ninth-most for a freshman

on May 7, 2010.

38 park tudor phoenix SUMMER 2010

CLASS NOTES

Honor and Memorial Gifts – February 11 – June 1, 2010 Gifts in honor of…

2010 Girls Lacrosse Team Ms. Candis R. Parry Mr. Preston T. Breunig Jr. ’90 Mr. Preston T. Breunig Sr. Mr. Emerson F. Davis Jr. ’60 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sams (Mr. ’60) Deeba ’16 & Deena ’19 Derazi Mr. and Mrs. Hesham Derazi Mr. C. Perry Griffith ’01 Mr. C. Perry Griffith Sydney Green ’19 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Green

Bob Keith Ms. Joan Lazarus Mr. Donald Lee Ms. Joann Lyons Mr. and Mrs. Arthur A. Markowitz Mr. and Mrs. John R. McCarty Kim McCormick Ms. Patricia J. McSparron Mrs. Judith Anne Caldow Ollikkala Della Retzstaff Barb Slater Ms. Collette Smith Steven Smith Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Sousa Mr. and Mrs Charles Spigner Peggy Straight Ms. Margaret Straight Mr. Gregory N. Vigilante and Ms. Jennifer L. Stanley Ms. Betty Lou Washburn

Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson ’46 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Mantel (Flo Mary Foreman ’46)

Mr. Shanon A. Fields ’92 Mrs. Emily A. Arnold McKeon ’90

Miss Jessica Kellogg ’05 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kellogg

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

Michael Magdycz Jr. ’19 Dr. and Mrs. Michael Stacey Mr. and Mrs. H. Roll McLaughlin (Linda Hamilton ’43) Mr. and Mrs. Harry R. McLaughlin (Mac ’79; Margo Raikos ’81)

Mrs. Virginia Ruddell Herman ’50 Dr. Emily W. Weirich Bandera ’50 Mr. Christopher D. Jones ’90 Mr. and Mrs. Edwin N. Richardson

Mr. Rodney Peabody Ms. Susan Shipley ’67

Mrs. Lucinda Brown Lanman ’57 Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Ruddell (Priscilla Brown ‘55)

Emma Selm ’10 Mrs. Philip H. Willkie

Herman Logan Mr. Alan G. Tavel ’67

Emma ’12 & Amy ’14 Skeels Mrs. M. David Skeels

Mr. Robert L. Longardner Mrs. Kay King ’66

Emily ’12 & Caroline ’17 Sogard Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Sogard

Mr. John Megenhardt ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Fletcher (Steve ’65; Judy ’67) Manatee Community Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William Myers (Bill ’65)

Gifts in memory of…

Mr. Arthur L. Belford Mr. J. WIlliam Kingston Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Lehrner Elliott and Sue Levin Mr. and Mrs. R. Merrill Reece Ms. Mary Louise Stark Mr. and Mrs. N. Kenneth Wyatt Mrs. Anne Caldow Bishop ’43 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew M. Baird Karen Baltes Mr. and Mrs. R. Scott Birge Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Burtnick Cohoes Teachers’ Association Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Dawkins Debbie DeCelle Joyce Dzekciorius Mary Ellen Quinlan Kimberly Rooney Maureen Welch MaryJen Miccio Karen Ronesi MaryAnn Beaury Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Ehmann Mr. and Mrs. Elliot L. Friedman Connie Gilbert Mr. and Mrs. Hugh F. Graber III Ms. Lois Hammond Harmony Hill School Ms. Louise Jarosz Ms. Marion Jones Mr. Bruce Jordan

Thomas Moore Mr. Alan G. Tavel ’67 Ms. Velma Morgan Ms. Nicole Williamson Mrs. Norma Weiler Mueller ’45 Mr. Armand G. Mueller Mr. Baxter S. Rogers ’59 Reverend C. Davies Reed Mr. Herbert A. Wilson ’50 Mrs. Lynn Wilson

Thank a Teacher All Middle School Faculty Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stewart Mrs. Leeta R. Albea Mr. Kelley and Dr. Dana Giles ’83 Lasek Mrs. Shannon Averyt Jim and Cindy Freudenberg Mrs. Karen Ayres Anonymous - 1 Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hellman Olivia Murphy ’19

Dr. Santonino Banya Dr. and Mrs. Terry Mandel

Mrs. Melanie D. Marshall Anonymous - 1

Ms. Brandi Barnett Mr. and Mrs. Bob A. Dominguez (Debbie*)

Mrs. Nancy Martzolf Mr. Kelley and Dr. Dana Giles ’83 Lasek Dr. Martin D. Marciniak and Mrs. Francesca Passudetti

Mr. Joseph Chamberlin Dr. and Mrs. Terry Mandel Mrs. Anne Crafton Dr. and Mrs. David Isaacs Mr. and Mrs. Greg Loewen Dr. and Mrs. Michael Rothbaum (Karen*) Mr. Stephen Curry Miss Emily Linebarger Janin ’14 Mrs. Kay Dexter Chris and Cheri Sumner Mrs. Deborah Dominguez Bill Johnson and Karen Napier-Johnson Mrs. Sally Dreyer Mr. and Mrs. Mark Benoit Dr. Sven Dubie Mr. Michael Lenke ’11 Mr. and Mrs. Jose Marrero

Ms. Margo McAlear Mr. Michael Lenke ’11 Dr. Scott McDougall Mr. and Mrs. Bob A. Dominguez (Debbie*) Mr. A.J. McIntosh Mr. Kelley and Dr. Dana Giles ’83 Lasek Mrs. Lori McIntosh Mr. and Mrs. Patrick G. Murphy (Heather Reilly ’90) Mrs. Molly S. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Philip Larman Mr. and Mrs. Greg Loewen Mrs. Mary M. Pendexter Dr. and Mrs. Terry Mandel Mr. Ryan Ritz Karen Mahakian and David Rardon

Mr. Larry Eckel Dr. and Mrs. Terry Mandel

Mrs. Rachel Salapka Mr. Michael Lenke ’11

Mrs. Deborah Stuart Everett ’69 Bill Johnson and Karen Napier-Johnson Dr. and Mrs. Dale L. McCarter

Mrs. Deborah J. Selke Mrs. Amy Hartman Miss Samone Phillips Blair ’14

Mrs. Joan Grinkmeyer Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Klapper

Dr. Geoffrey Sharpless Mr. Michael Lenke ’11 Dr. and Mrs. Terry Mandel

Dr. Jan Guffin Miss Jessica A. Kellogg ’05 Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Klapper Mr. Michael Lenke ’11 Dr. Paul Hamer Mr. and Mrs. Bob A. Dominguez (Debbie*) Mrs. Shants Hart Dr. and Mrs. Dale L. McCarter Ms. Lisa Hendrickson ’77 Bill Johnson and Karen Napier-Johnson Mr. Rob Hueni Anonymous - 1 Mrs. Kathleen Hutchinson Mr. and Mrs. Patrick G. Murphy (Heather Reilly ’90) Mrs. Amy Kerr Chris and Cheri Sumner Mrs. Catherine Lawson ’72 Ms. Heather Kulwin ’92 Ms. Lydia Lehner Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hellman Mrs. Cynthia Mallinger Mr. and Mrs. Philip Larman Mr. Kelley and Dr. Dana Giles ’83 Lasek Dr. Martin D. Marciniak and Mrs. Francesca Passudetti Mrs. Deborah March Mr. Kelley and Dr. Dana Giles ’83 Lasek Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Murphy (Molly*)

Ms. Jane Sidey Anonymous - 1 Mrs. Emily Sturman ’66 Mr. Michael Lenke ’11 Mrs. Ellen Todd Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hellman Mr. and Mrs. Patrick G. Murphy (Heather Reilly ’90) Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Murphy (Molly*) Mrs. Sherry Tucker Dr. and Mrs. David Isaacs Dr. Dario Untama Mr. Michael Lenke ’11 Mr. and Mrs. Jose Marrero Mr. Courtney Whitehead Mr. Harry Zhang and Ms. Nancy Lee Mr. John Williams Mr. Michael Lenke ’11 Mrs. Mary Jo Wright Chris and Cheri Sumner Ms. Shelle Wright Mr. and Mrs. James Gallagher Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hellman * faculty member

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