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10 A Magnificent Return February’s performance of “Into the Woods” marked a return to indoor, unmasked live theater.
IN THIS IS SUE
Features
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A Century Of Storytelling Journey through the decades as we highlight the school and world events covered by the Peddie Chronicle over the last 100 years.
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Sports Hall of Fame
Take a look back at the exceptional athletic feats of the Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2022.
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One Peddie
The Peddie community unites as one in the school's most ambitious fundraising campaign ever.
Departments 2 Letter from the Head of School
October 1952 Peddie Chronicle, see page 14
“ Giving back to the place that changed my life has made me feel so good.” Stephanie Brisbin Warren ’95 on the One Peddie campaign, see page 25
Maddie Copeland ’12, new inductee of the Sports Hall of Fame, see page 20
4 On Campus 32 Reunion 36 Class Notes
Max Blekhter ’03 and Arslan Johnghar ’03, see Class Notes page 36
L E T TER FROM T HE H E AD O F S C H O O L
PEANUTS © 1981 Peanuts Worldwide LLC. Dist. By ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.
Facing our deck chairs forward There’s an old “Peanuts” comic strip featuring an exchange between Lucy, in her recurring stint as a psychiatrist, and Charlie Brown, in which Lucy suggests that life is like a deck chair on a cruise ship. Lucy says, “Some people place their chairs facing the rear of the ship so they can see where they’ve been. Other people place their chairs facing forward. They want to see where they’re going.”
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Lucy looks at Charlie Brown and asks, “Which way is your deck chair facing?” And Charlie Brown responds, “I’ve never been able to get one unfolded.” The past two years have been challenging to say the least, and I think at different points, we all felt stuck, like Charlie Brown grappling with his deck chair. But as this year progressed, and especially this spring, encouraged by the reality that we are moving toward a post-COVIDrestrictions campus, Peddie has been all about looking ahead. Our athletic and robotics teams have been in full competition this year — and mounting some notable wins! We welcomed theater patrons back to enjoy our talented students for three mainstage productions: “Mr. Burns, A Post Electric Play,” “Into the Woods” and “Radium Girls.” We resumed our off-campus community and service events. And with the start of spring term, we recommenced all-school gatherings in Ayer Memorial Chapel and Geiger-Reeves Hall. In April, we welcomed leaders and volunteers of the One Peddie campaign to launch the most extensive campaign in Peddie’s history, the proceeds of which will support our students and faculty in their shared mission of transformational education. And for the first time since May 2019, we were able to host a traditional senior week with prom, the senior dinner, baccalaureate and commencement ceremonies, and an in-person Reunion Weekend. We have always been proud to “begin anew” each day. We are especially thrilled at this moment of renewal to be celebrating that the most important things we do are the things we do — and the things we will do — together.
Editor: Carrie Harrington Director of Strategic Marketing and Communications: Wendi Patella P’17 ’20 Contributors: Doug Mariboe ’69 P’10 ’14 Marisa Procopio ’87 Designer: Lilly Pereira / aldeia.design Cover Photography: Craig Dale P’24 Photographers: Vincent Calabrese Jim Inverso Illustrator: Zara Stasi ’08 Printing: J.S. McCarthy Printers The Peddie Chronicle is published twice a year by the Office of Strategic Marketing and Communications for alumni, families and friends of the school. The Peddie School 201 South Main Street Hightstown, NJ 08520-3349 Tel: (609) 944-7500 peddie.org/chronicle We welcome your input: editor@peddie.org
Here’s to looking ahead!
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For more on the One Peddie campaign, see page 25.
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CONGRATULATIONS
COMMENCEMENT 2022 The Class of 2022 faced an uncertain, rapidlychanging world with grace and enthusiasm. We know they will go forth from Peddie to pursue their goals with passion and determination.
“ So let us go forward … filled not with naive hope, but with passionate confidence.”
R I C H A R D Z H U ’2 2 , VA L E D I CTO R I A N
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Class of 2022 College & University Destinations
Colgate University Dartmouth College Delaware State University Dickinson College Duke University
Princeton University (5) Cornell University (4) New York University (4) Bucknell University (3) Emory University (3) Indiana University (3) Temple University (3) Tufts University (3) United States Naval Academy (3) University of Notre Dame (3) University of Pennsylvania (3) Wake Forest University (3) Amherst College (2) Brown University (2) College of William & Mary (2) Columbia University (2) Emerson College (2) Hamilton College (2) Harvard University (2) Hobart and William Smith Colleges (2) Howard University (2) Lafayette College (2) Lehigh University (2) Northeastern University (2) Purdue University (2) Quinnipiac University (2) Swarthmore College (2) Union College (2)
Elon University Florida State University Fordham University Georgetown University Georgia State University Gettysburg College Harvey Mudd College High Point University Johns Hopkins University Juilliard School Middlebury College Morehouse College North Carolina State University Northwestern University Oxford College of Emory University Pomona College Reed College Rhode Island School of Design Rider University Rutgers University Scripps College Slippery Rock University Southern Methodist University Stevens Institute of Technology Tulane University University of California, Irvine University of California, Los Angeles
United States Air Force Academy (2)
University of Chicago
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2)
University of Miami
University of Richmond (2) University of Southern California (2) Arizona State University Babson College Barnard College Boston College
University of Georgia University of Michigan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of St. Andrews University of Tampa University of Wisconsin Ursinus College
Bryn Athyn College
Washington University in St. Louis
California Institute of the Arts
Wesleyan University
Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Claremont McKenna College
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Campus in Full Bloom This spring, school spirit was in full force as students competed in athletic and robotics games and a fierce but fun Battle of the Heads. Trips to NYC offered unforgettable cultural experiences. And our Falcons enjoyed the first traditional Peddie prom in three years.
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Fowl Play Peddie Robotics has historic season In Norse mythology, Gullinkambi is a rooster whose crow begins the events of Ragnarök, a cataclysmic battle between the forces of chaos and order. It’s also the name Peddie Robotics bestowed on the 120-pound robot they designed, fabricated and coded for a battle of a different kind, the 2022 FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC). This year, FRC organizers asked participants to engineer a robot that could score points by throwing a ball into a basket and climbing a series of parallel bars. Perfecting the art of ball-throwing, Gullinkambi scored a ton of points for Peddie, catapulting the team to a historic spring season
that saw them win two Mid-Atlantic District events and earn a spot via the district finals to compete at the FIRST Championship in Houston. Peddie made it to the quarterfinals before losing a tiebreaker match. In the weeks leading up to Houston, team robot driver Yunze Michael Li ’23 saw the gap close between Peddie and its high-scoring rivals in other districts as its national ranking inched into the top 10. “We are slowly catching up to these historically good teams, and I’m excited to meet them in Houston,” Li said before the national tournament. “I will drive the robot to its full potential and let the world hear our ‘Ala Viva.’”
High Note PEDDIE STUDENT DEMONSTRATES EXCELLENCE IN THE ARTS
Peddie Robotics had a historic spring season that saw them win two Mid-Atlantic District events.
Kathleen Zhang ’22 was among approximately 100 students who received the prestigious New Jersey Governor’s Award in Arts Education for 2022 in May. Zhang, who plays cello, was accepted to the New Jersey All-State Orchestra in 2021. A member of the Peddie string quartet, she was selected as a finalist in the Young Musicians Concert. The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center livestreamed the quartet’s performance in April. The New Jersey Governor’s Award in Arts Education is the highest honor given in New Jersey to recognize the outstanding creative achievements of students.
“I will drive the robot to its full potential and let the world hear our ‘Ala Viva.’” Yunze Michael Li ’23
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Peddie Wrestling
GAINS GROUND Head Coach Austin Frank has lofty expectations for next season Newcomer Matthew Jung ’25 was instrumental in delivering a win for Peddie wrestling in their February meet against Ewing High School, despite being pinned by a much more experienced opponent. Right before the match, Head Coach Austin Frank approached Jung. Frank recalled, “I said, ‘Matt, you’re gonna go up against a really good kid. He has a lot of experience, and he’s powerful. Do you want to wrestle?’ “And he said, ‘I’m not afraid. I’ll go out there. I’ll step up.’” Following Jung’s loss, Ewing led Peddie when, in the last match of the day, Matthew Yang ’23 came through with a nail-biting pinfall to tie up the score, leaving the outcome to be decided by which team had fewer forfeits. The win ultimately went to the Falcons. “If Matt Jung hadn’t had the courage to wrestle, we would have forfeited. He was just as much a contributor to the win as Matt Yang,” said Frank. For Frank, the team’s win against Ewing High School is a metaphor for the season. “We’re always going to return to the coal mine,” he said, referencing his team’s gritty, hard work ethos. “Sometimes we’re going to go down to the mine and find what we’re looking for, and sometimes we’ll come up empty-handed. But no matter what, you have to have the courage to return.” Frank, who captained his high school wrestling team and won the New England Championship as a student at Wesleyan University, became head coach for Peddie
wrestling after joining the history department in 2015. Back then, the wrestling team was struggling with participation. Since then, he and coaching staff Patrick Loughlin, Ryan Bennett and Steve Rivera have reinvigorated the program. With 25 members and almost every weight class filled, the team went 8-10 this season and sent Jack Stewart ’25 (120), Donovan Mavoides ’23 (126), Team Captain Gavin Mavoides ’23 (132) and Connor Pawliczak ’25 (170) to the National Prep Wrestling Championships. “In my last few years as coach, we couldn’t win a match, maybe one or two here and there,” Frank recalled. But this season was an unrivaled experience. Frank beamed, “I have never felt so electric. This season was
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Team Captain Gavin Mavoides ’23 dominates his opponent.
amazing. The kids were locked in, and the team culture was strong.” With a large class of returning seniors, and younger teammates stepping up into varsity roles, the 2022–23 season promises to be even more successful. “Next year is THE year for us,” Frank said. “I think we can finish with a winning season. I think we can qualify more kids for nationals.”
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Into the Woods Peddie stages first indoor, unmasked musical in two years
“Into the Woods,” a remix of beloved fairy tales with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine, marked the return of indoor, unmasked live theater at Peddie. More than 80 students and a dozen faculty helped bring the winter musical to life for an audience of 800 people during three performances. “There are some shows that you work on that stay with you forever,” said director and theater teacher Mark Cirnigliaro. “Everything about it was magical.”
Cirnigliaro also taught a set design class at Peddie this fall. The final project for his students resulted in the set for the musical. He added, “Our actors, set and costume designers and pit orchestra worked like professionals, found the fun in the making, and the reception we got from the audience was incredible.”
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“ Everything about it was magical.”
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Doug Mariboe Recognized for his encyclopedic knowledge of Peddie athletes, teams and matchups, sports reporter Doug Mariboe retires after 46 years It’s hard to imagine a human being with more knowledge of Peddie athletics than Doug Mariboe ’69 P’10 ’14. Mariboe, who has lived or worked at Peddie for more than 70 years, has watched, played, coached and reported on school athletic teams virtually his entire life. The son of beloved history teacher Herb Mariboe and school nurse Jane Mariboe, he grew up on campus from the time he was six months old. Living with his parents in Wilson Hall, Avery Dorm, Rivenburg House and on John Plant Drive, Mariboe said the Peddie campus was his playground. The Mills Gymnasium and the athletic fields, where he would watch Peddie athletes practice and compete, were his daily entertainment while his parents worked.
Mariboe in 1982
“I was there after school all the time shooting baskets and watching wrestling practice. I watched all the sports. I watched everything,” Mariboe recalled of his childhood on campus. “My parents never had to hire a babysitter. They always knew where I was.” Mariboe developed his love of sports from his father at an early age. “I would even get excused absences from elementary school to go home to Peddie to watch a basketball game. I always wanted to be at the Blair basketball game. I just had to go.” Like many faculty children, Mariboe remembered decades and decades of Blair matchups, including when “Blair Day” referred only to a football game and not the all-team matchups that make up the event in recent years. “That was always the big football game even before it was for the Potter-Kelley Cup,” he said. Except Mariboe doesn’t just remember those games. He carries an encyclopedic memory of them. He accurately recounts games –
even plays within games – as if they were sitcoms he has watched in re-runs dozens of times. He can recall the jersey number of an athlete from the 1970s the way many people recall their own social security numbers. And he can recite which teams in which years won the Blair Day matchup or the MAPL or the state tournament. “I became a Peddie fan. A fanatic,” he admitted. When Mariboe entered Peddie as a lower school student and then as a high schooler, he played soccer and ran track. But he also developed a passion that would stay with him – sports reporting. “I was involved in press club, reporting on sports,” he remembered. “I was very wrapped up in statistics.” That interest – some say obsession – led to an English teacher giving him the nickname “Stats.” He kept the official statistics for the football team and did the same as the basketball team’s manager, scorebook keeper and statistician. He even found a way to get some cash for his passion. “Back then, even The New York Times would take football scores and publish them. You had to gather all the information, and then I had to phone in all the game results. There was no email, no faxing. I was just a one-man band.” If he got the results in on time, he could fetch $1.50 per game. He continued sports writing for school papers while a student at the University of Vermont, then Top to bottom: Mariboe (center) with his parents at his eighth-grade Peddie graduation. The Mariboe family at Patrick’s Peddie graduation (from left): Doug ’69, Kathleen, Patrick ’14 and Kyle ’10.
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As a seventh grade “new boy,” Mariboe wore a Peddie beanie, bowtie and name tag.
P E D D I E M E M O R I E S Childhood mischief: “We used to venture underneath the steam pipe tunnels that started at Annenberg. We would end up at the power house. One time, a bunch of us faculty kids did it. When we got to the end, we opened it up, and our parents were waiting there for us. That was the last time we traveled in the tunnel.”
returned to Peddie to continue in his parents’ footsteps and begin his career. Mariboe would spend the next 46 years working for Peddie. He began in 1975 by teaching history and coaching at Peddie but soon returned to sports reporting as part of the communications and athletics departments. In addition to writing about Peddie athletics, Mariboe wrote articles and photographed events for school publications, including the Chronicle and the website. Hundreds of speaking contests, theater productions, music concerts, art shows and openings at the Mariboe Gallery (named in honor of his father), community service projects, and school programs were memorialized by Mariboe’s coverage. Wendi Patella, director of strategic marketing and communications, said Mariboe can always be relied upon to confirm some random piece of school trivia. “The amount of school history inside Doug’s head is greater than the entire third floor of Coates-Coleman House where the school archives live,” Patella said. “If you ask Doug what year an alumnus graduated, he will usually tell you off the top of his head – and then delight in telling you a spectacular story about the day that student scored
a goal on the soccer pitch or hit a home run. He’s just never wrong when it comes to Peddie.” Like his father and mother, Mariboe dedicated his life to Peddie. He and his wife, Kathleen, took their wedding vows in the Ayer Memorial Chapel in 1990. They live in the house his parents once occupied, directly across from Swetland House. Their two Peddie sons, Kyle ’10 and Patrick ’14, have inherited his passion for Peddie and for sports. This summer, Mariboe will retire. After a 46-year career at Peddie, Mariboe said he never gets tired of covering sports because the students and the coaches are still fascinating to him. “The most fun is dealing with the studentathletes over the years,” he said. “Win or lose, the sportsmanship and team spirit of the athletes is something that you don’t see in a lot of other places.” Head of School Peter Quinn said Mariboe’s love for Peddie is matched only by his knowledge of it. “Doug Mariboe knows things about Peddie that many have forgotten, and also things about Peddie that many never knew,” Quinn said. “His love of Peddie, connection to Peddie and contributions to Peddie are inseparable from him.”
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Legendary seasons: “I covered Ray Cabot’s undefeated season for girls’ soccer and Sean Casey’s nationally-ranked girls’ basketball teams playing against the best competition in the country.” Most emotional moment: “It was a few days after 9/11, and they wanted the kids to get back on the athletic fields, to go back to a routine. So the first game I covered was at the soccer field. The girls were playing Toms River. There was a moment of silence. We ended up winning. It was eerie because it was a partly sunny day, and on the horizon, you could see smoke. It was days later, and you could still see the smoke.” Earliest side hustle: “As faculty brats, we were always resourceful. Several of us worked the golf course, hustling for caddie jobs at $3.50 per 18 holes. Usually, the youngest of the group stationed themselves at a designated water hole to recover lost balls for resale. A Titleist could fetch a dollar for two.” Most memorable sporting events witnessed live: Jane Skillman ’91 winning the 500, 1,000 and 1,650yard freestyles at the 1990 U.S. Open Nationals. » Swimmers Royce Sharp ’91 (200-meter backstroke) and Nelson Diebel ’92 (100 breaststroke) winning the 1992 Olympic trials. » Classmate Mike Parker ’69 scoring 22 points to lead the basketball team to the 1969 Prep A Championship. » Girls’ basketball (2002-03) defeating Marlboro before an overflow crowd at Erik B. Hanson Field House. Favorite Peddie tradition: “Blair Day was always my favorite event growing up. My parents would put me on one of the student buses headed to Blairstown. I haven’t missed but a few.”
A Century of THE PEDDIE CHRONICLE THROUGH THE YEARS
August
1921
The Chronicle returns as a quarterly magazine for the “purpose of familiarizing the alumni, and others who may be interested, with the active affairs of Peddie.”
“With this issue of The Chronicle, one of the school’s traditional publications is revived. The war period, from which we are now recovering, made necessary the discontinuance of many of our time-honored customs and institutions.”
FIRST ISSUE
—Editorial Notes
T HE P E D D IE CH R ON I C LE has been published as an alumni magazine since 1921. At just over 100 years old, the magazine is a treasury of storytelling, each issue influenced by distinct historical and cultural influences of its era. The Chronicle was launched soon after the school’s founding as a student publication, a joint effort of the all-female Kalomathia Society and the all-male Academia Society. Early content combined creative writing, updates on the institute and editorials on various subjects. The magazine was discontinued in 1917 for three years during World War I. Today, the bi-annual publication reaches 10,000 members of the Peddie community, including alumni, current and former parents and employees. Journey with us through the decades as we highlight the school and world events covered by the Peddie Chronicle over the last 100 years.
November
1929
The Chronicle recognizes the 1929 undefeated football team.
“Ten years from now, when Peddie alumni gather around the fireplace to recall their boyhood, they are still going to talk about the football team of 1929.” —Editorial Notes
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February
1930
The Chronicle publishes a new hymn, “Peddie To Thee,” written by Peddie parent George S. Parsons P’31 ’33 GP’61, which remains the school’s alma mater.
Storytelling December
1944
Peddie cancels athletic competitions, including the Peddie-Blair football game, after a student is struck with polio. No other cases are reported, and the student survives.
August
1939
May
As Peddie begins its 75th year, the Chronicle invites alumni to support “The Peddie of Tomorrow.” The fundraising campaign includes plans for a new gymnasium to accommodate the school’s increasing enrollment.
1951
Ayer Memorial Chapel is dedicated to Peddie’s 63 Gold Star Boys and 1,891 veterans of World War II.
March
August
1942
1949
To aid in WWII national defense efforts, Peddie conducts air-raid drills and offers new courses in first aid, motor corps fundamentals, aviation, map reading and making, and radio communications. Students and Hightstown residents take turns as airplane spotters atop Memorial Hall.
“Upon the declaration of war, Dr. Wilbour E. Saunders, headmaster, immediately communicated with the naval and military authorities to find out how Peddie could best serve in this time of crisis. He was assured that the outstanding job for the preparatory schoolboy was to keep at his own work and to continue his preparation for college.” —Hiester R. Hornberger, chairman of the faculty committee for defense coordination
Dr. Carol O. Morong becomes Peddie’s 11th head of school.
December
1945
Dr. Saunders reports that school life is returning to normal with the war’s end. Pfc. Robert Stackhouse, USMCR ’43, the only known Peddie alumnus to be present at the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri, gives an eyewitness account in the Chronicle.
“Just as the General [MacArthur] had finished and closed the proceedings, a mighty armada of Allied planes approached and passed directly over our ship. Except for the sound of the Boatswain’s pipe, there was silence throughout the ship as the Japanese left.” —Pfc. Robert Stackhouse, USMCR ’43
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October
1952
Peddie sees record enrollment (364) at the start of the school’s 88th year.
January
1954
The Chronicle reports on the 50th anniversary of the Peddie-Blair football rivalry.
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1961
Amid the 1961 Freedom Rides, Headmaster Morong calls desegregation “America’s number one problem of the hour.”
“Time has long since passed when we can present one face to the outside world pretending to respect all individuals and to embrace a democracy in which all men are created equal and simultaneously close off privileges to some because of their race or color. At the present moment, the race question is far more explosive and dangerous to America than the hydrogen bomb.” —Headmaster Carol O. Morong Fall
1963 August
While Headmaster Morong recovers from a heart attack, Assistant Headmaster Dr. William H. Mariboe addresses the school during a memorial service for President John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
1957
“Today, Monday, November 15th, 1963, we are all Democrats, we are all Republicans, we are all Americans as we join in paying homage to the gallant young President struck down by an assassin’s bullet last Friday.”
The Chronicle reports on a visit by a then-littleknown Baptist preacher, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who speaks at a “special school assembly.”
—Dr. William H. Mariboe
Fall
1967
The Peddie Chronicle debuts its first fourcolor cover. >>
Winter
1958
The Walter H. Annenberg Library dedication takes place on Fall Homecoming Day, weeks after the Soviet Union launches Sputnik.
“In this autumn of international concern over the progress of Soviet education, particularly in the field of science, and in this National Education Week which has seen the president speak out on the topic of education and the great metropolitan daily newspapers carry editorials expressing concern over our educational system, it is very fitting that Peddie is dedicating a new center of learning for her students and faculty.”
Summer
Summer
FIRST CENTURY PUBLISHED
1964
As the school celebrates its centennial year, Albert L. Kerr is named Peddie’s 12th headmaster.
—Social Studies Chair Dr.William H. Mariboe
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Fall
1965
Carl E. Geiger publishes what would become the book of record on Peddie’s first hundred years, “The Peddie School’s First Century.”
1966
Peddie receives a $700,000 gift from Walter H. Annenberg ’27, then the largest gift in the school’s history, to build the first new dorm on campus (The Masters House) since 1928.
Fall
Summer
1970
In June, the Peddie board of corporators votes to admit girls to Peddie as day students for the upcoming school year.
“The decision to accept girls again at Peddie was made on the basis that their presence would strengthen the total educational quality of Peddie as well as providing a more natural atmosphere in the classroom.” —Headmaster Albert L. Kerr FIRST 4-COLOR COVER
1980
Former President Gerald Ford speaks at Commencement.
“Mr. Ford arrived on the school’s campus at 2:24 to tumultuous applause from a crowd of over 200 which had gathered to get a glimpse of a former president.” —Chronicle staff
Summer
1972
A dedication and ribboncutting ceremony is held for Peddie’s new athletic center.
Summer
1977
F. Edward Potter, Jr. becomes Peddie’s 13th headmaster.
Winter
Winter
1967
1973
Peddie announces Walter H. Annenberg’s ’27 $2 Million Challenge Gift. Headmaster Albert L. Kerr calls it “the most exciting news in Peddie’s history.”
Winter
1968
Peddie debuts its first campus computer, a gift of Mr. Bernard Goldsmith P’62.
The Chronicle debuts an illustration cover by Juliette Watts ’75.
“The Chronicle Staff, in order to demonstrate to its readers the surge of interest in the fine arts program, has turned to students for its new face. This cover is the result of a competition among the students.” —Chronicle staff
Spring/Summer
1984
After pledging $12 million for “The Campaign for Peddie,” at the time the largest single contribution from an individual to a pre-collegiate school, Walter H. Annenberg ’27 is recognized at a special Baccalaureate service. Guests include former President Gerald Ford. November
1988
Following the sudden death of Headmaster F. Edward Potter, English Department Chair Anne L. Seltzer becomes the first female head of school. She serves one year as interim head of school. December
1989
FIRST ILLUSTRATED COVER
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Thomas A. DeGray is installed as Peddie’s 14th head of school.
A Century of Storytelling / Peddie Chronicle July
1990
Renowned movie and television producer and director Howard W. Koch ’33 receives the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the Academy Awards. Before a standing ovation and viewers numbering in the millions worldwide, Koch, clutching his Oscar, waves a hearty “Steady Old Peddie” as he leaves the stage. January
1994
Larry Kelley ’33 donates his Heisman Trophy to Peddie during Blair Day festivities on November 13, 1993.
OSCAR SHOUT OUT
April
1995
Peddie launches a school website.
The 1990 boys’ and girls’ swim teams win the National Championships. The girls’ swim team is described as “the best swim team in the history of Peddie.”
July
December
Walter H. Annenberg ’27 makes an incredible $100 million gift to his alma mater — at the time, the largest gift ever made to a secondary school.
Peddie launches its $18 million “The Next Step” capital campaign at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in front of what is described by Headmaster DeGray as “the largest crowd in school history.”
1993
“Since his arrival at Peddie in 1922, it has been Ambassador Annenberg’s dream to see Peddie at the forefront of secondary education in America. With this gift, he provides Peddie with both the opportunity and the responsibility to assume the role of leadership.”
December
1997
Peddie names its first female athletic director, Susan Cabot. Former football star Ian H. Graham ’50 donates $1.5 million for Peddie’s new athletic center.
1995
—Headmaster Thomas A. DeGray, in his Chronicle letter
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December
1998
Peddie issues laptops to all of its students.
“We think we are the only secondary school in the country that includes a full-feathered laptop as part of the tuition.” —Tim Corica, director of academic technology
Fall
2001
John F. Green becomes the 15th head of school. Green has little time to adjust when the terrorist attacks of 9/11 occur on the second day of classes under his leadership.
Spring/ Summer
2020
Peddie grapples with a global COVID-19 pandemic. Fall
2017
The Chronicle wins gold in the CASE Circle of Excellence Awards. Fall
Anne L. Seltzer receives the Thomas B. Peddie award, the school’s highest honor.
2013
Peter A. Quinn becomes Peddie’s 16th head of school.
Fall B.J. Bedford ’90 becomes the first Peddie alumna to win an Olympic gold medal (2000 Sydney, swimming).
Fall 2007 During Reunion Weekend, Michael Armellino ’57 receives the inaugural Thomas B. Peddie Award, the school’s highest honor, recognizing his dedication and generosity to his alma mater.
2012
Jeffrey “Harry” Holcombe, the longest-serving teacher in Peddie’s history, announces his retirement.
Spring/ Summer
2021
As the global pandemic normalizes, more than 80% of students return to campus for spring term. Faculty reflect on how COVID-19 is impacting their classrooms.
Spring
2010
Peddie’s new state-ofthe-art aquatic center, the sparkling centerpiece in the Ian H. Graham ’50 Athletic Center renovation, opens in January to rave reviews and a large crowd that saw Falcon swimmers defeat rival Germantown Academy.
Spring/ Summer
2018
Spring
2014
The Peddie Chronicle celebrates the school’s sesquicentennial with “150 Faces of Peddie.” Fall
2015
Elizabeth S. Silverman P’03 ’10 becomes the first woman in the school’s history to serve as the chair of the Peddie Board of Trustees.
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Oliver Crane ’17 becomes the youngest person in history to row solo across the Atlantic.
SPORTS HALL OF FAME Peddie honored an exceptional group of athletes at the Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony during Reunion Weekend in June. Since 1986, the Peddie Sports Hall of Fame has recognized elite athletes, teams and coaches for their athletic feats and inspirational leadership.
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1981–82 GIRLS’ SWIMMING AND DIVING The 1981–82 girls’ swimming and diving team certainly made a splash when they captured Swimming World’s inaugural mythical national prep school championship. Capping a perfect dual meet season at 10-0, the Falcons walloped their biggest nemeses, Mercersburg Academy 103-69 and Germantown Academy 111-61. There was a lot to celebrate as Peddie ran away with Easterns at the Clinton I. Sprout Pool. Peddie reeled in 339 points, bettering Mercersburg (265) and Germantown (189). In all, eight program marks fell, with the quartet of Tracey Dew ’83, Tracy Winfree ’82, Joan Franz ’83 and Diane Makarewicz ’82 clocking a 3:32.36 in the 400-yard free relay – eclipsing the independent school record set back in 1975.
What solidified Peddie’s mythical crown was its freestyle depth. The team demolished the field in the 100 and 500 free events. In the 100, Dew claimed second, Makarewicz earned fourth and Diana Hattler ’82 took 11th. Similarly, in the 500 free, Franz notched third, followed by Hattler in fourth and Lynn Haggerty ’82 placing 10th. The dominance continued when Franz and Haggerty went second and fifth in the 200 free. The multi-talented Terri Querubin ’83 picked up the gold in the 200 individual medley, and Winfree ’82 grabbed seventh in the 50 free. A huge boost came from divers Shannon Walsh ’83 and Dina Hulsizer ’85, who finished first and sixth on the one-meter board at Easterns. The Falcons built their uncatchable lead using a total team effort. Mary Ellen Claffey ’82 touched sixth in the 200 free; Liddy Allee ’82 took fifth in the 200 IM; Sallie Cinco ’82 placed fourth in the 500 free and fifth in the 100 fly; Jennifer Pierson ’84 was fifth in the 500 free and Robin Fischer ’83 added a fourthplace finish in the 100 back.
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JENNA GRABER ’02 BASKETBALL Jenna Graber blended strength and athleticism to become a picture of efficiency as one of the purest shooters from beyond the arc. In four seasons, she scored 1,335 points and netted an incredible 217 3-pointers, a school mark seemingly untouchable. The Falcons won 86 games during her career, capturing four consecutive Mid-Atlantic Prep League and New Jersey Prep A titles. On February 21, 2001, in the championship game against Montclair-Kimberley Academy, Graber scored 22 points and cracked the 1,000-point plateau. Graber’s father was among those she thanked after surpassing the milestone. “He practices with me every day in the backyard, and all his time working with me definitely improved my game.” “Jenna was an incredible gamer,” said Sean Casey, her former coach. “She always showed up in the biggest moments.” Consider the magnitude of Graber’s game when, as a sophomore, she “stole the show” with 27 points to beat highly-touted Germantown Academy (23-3), 65-47. She “launched one rainbow projectile from NBA range” to cap off a spectacular shooting clinic. Graber pitched in 13 points, including three 3s, in a stunning 64-58 victory against Willingboro High School, the Group III state champion. Named to the Nike Tournament of Champions All-Tournament Team, Graber was a 2002 McDonald’s All-American Nominee and earned first-team All-State honors for independent schools from the Newark Star-Ledger. Graber continued her 3-point marksmanship at LaSalle University. She made 151 triples out of 352 attempts (42.9%). In the 2005-06 season, her 3-point shooting percentage of (.451) was sixth among all Division I players.
1997 BOYS’ SPRINT MEDLEY RELAY TEAM It has been said that good things come to those who wait. In this case, it took until the 10th grade for Stu Way ’97, Nemo Bolin ’97 and Matt Davis ’97 to arrive at Peddie to join Rob Totten ’97, and another year before all of them were together on the track team. The ’96-’97 indoor campaign had a magical run. Way led the team in scoring as a high jumper and a 55-meter hurdler. Team co-captain Bolin had sprinter’s speed for the 400 and pole vault. Totten was the state champion in the 55 and the 400 and still owns the school record in this latter event (49.89). Co-captain Davis was the state champion in the 800 and the Mercer County Champion in the 1600. The quartet teamed up to win the 4 x 400 relay at the Mercer County championships and closed out the Lavino Relays with a school-record victory time of 3:39.3 in the Sprint Medley Relay (SMR). The group found its passion in the relay. The Sprint Medley consists of two runners, each running a 200, followed by a 400 runner with the anchor leg running an 800. At the National Championships in Boston, Bolin opened the 200 leg (24.0), followed by Way (23.0) and Totten (49.1). Davis brought the team home (1:59.4) for another school-record time of 3:35.54 – a mark that still stands today. Their sixth-place finish earned the team All-American honors.
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MARTY FAJERMAN ’87 WRESTLING A fierce and dedicated competitor, Marty Fajerman is one of the most heralded wrestlers to ever don a Peddie singlet. Over his four-year journey, he amassed a record of 125-4 for an amazing .969 winning percentage and never lost a dual meet bout (66-0). He distinguished himself at the highest level using a perfect combination of strength, quickness, technique and mental toughness. Fajerman wrapped up his storied career at Peddie a four-time Mercer County Champion (Outstanding Wrestler 1986), a four-time State Champion (Outstanding Wrestler 1987) and a three-time National Prep finalist. In 1986, he stood atop the 130-pound podium at Nationals, capturing five wins in arguably the toughest bracket of the tournament. He gutted out a 3-2 decision over his opponent from Blair Academy in the Round of 16 and then dominated his next two opponents by a combined 16 points to reach the finals. Next up was Mount St. Joseph High School (Md.), and Fajerman put an exclamation point on the title bout with a pin midway through the second period. Inducted to the Sports Hall of Fame in 2006 as part of the 1986 Wrestling Team, Fajerman helped Peddie’s program reach the pinnacle of success when the Falcons finished second at Prep Nationals. He sandwiched the 1986 individual national crown between a pair of runner-up efforts wrestling in the 123 (1985) and 136-pound (1987) classes. Fajerman won three straight Robert L. Tifft Wrestling trophies (1985-87) as the team’s most outstanding wrestler. Fajerman secured a legacy at Furman University that will endure. In the Paladins’ season on the mat in 1991, he became Furman’s first and only Southern Conference champion and NCAA Division I Qualifier. Ranked among the nation’s top 20 wrestlers at 142 pounds in 1991, Fajerman had a career mark of 118-18-1 (.865).
RODGER COLBERT ’97 FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, LACROSSE A three-sport captain, Rodger Colbert took the word “compete” to another level in football, basketball and lacrosse. If you faced Colbert, there was a good chance you were in for a long day. “There’s no doubt Rodger could have received scholarship offers for football if he hadn’t chosen to play lacrosse in college,” said Coach John Mackay. “He had great balance and speed with big play-making ability.” He ended his senior campaign with 46 catches for 741 yards (seven touchdowns) and posted 43 tackles on defense. He earned the Maurice P. Shuman Football Award as the team’s most outstanding player and first-team All-Prep honors in the postseason. Basketball coach John Stahl described Colbert as a tenacious competitor with innate athletic ability and invaluable leadership skills. “He was so unselfish. And that’s a hard thing to teach. Often outsized, I asked him to guard the other team’s toughest player almost every game. What was his best sport? All I can say is that Rodger was a special athlete.” Colbert’s athleticism stood out as a first-year student football player and caught the eye of Sports Hall of Fame lacrosse coach Bob Turco ’70. “Due to his toughness and great basketball footwork, a long stick in his hands for me was his natural athletic progression. And wow, did Rodger, with hard work, ever prove that thought correct.” He used his elite speed as a defensive weapon. Colbert became a two-time All-State selection and an AllAmerican defenseman by his senior year. As a junior starter, he helped the Falcons finish the 1996 season undefeated (No. 4 nationally) while capturing two monumental victories over Lawrenceville. He captained the 1997 team to its second straight Prep A title. Colbert did not stop there. He became a captain and AllAmerican defenseman at Georgetown University and was then picked 12th by the Bridgeport Barrage of the Major League Lacrosse Draft.
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FALL 1986 GIRLS’ SOCCER Peddie girls’ soccer kicked off its inaugural season in the fall of 1983 and quickly established a winning program made up of a talented group of multi-year starters. Winning the NJISAA Prep A Championship in the fall of 1984, the Falcons followed with a runner-up finish in 1985. The 1986 squad took the game to the next level on the pitch. Finishing at 13-3-1, the girls swept the Prep division (9-0-1) and lived up to its expectations. They won the Prep A championship for the second time, beating perennial powerhouse Pingry School 4-2 in double overtime. With the game knotted at 2-2 in regulation and the so-called “golden goal” rule not in effect, Mary Dawes ’90 set up Angie Smith ’89 for the goahead goal in the first extra period. Mary Jeanne Deery ’90 sealed the deal, scoring on a header in the second OT off a corner kick service from co-captain Allison King ’87. This was described as Peddie’s “finest girls’ soccer season to date,” including a dramatic 2-1 firstever victory over Hightstown High School. In her second appearance, Crystal Oliver ’88 stymied the Rams’ potent offense with a staggering 22 saves. The Falcons outscored their opponents by an impressive 2-to-1 margin (50-21). King, an individual Sports Hall of Fame member, tallied 19 of 50 goals to become Peddie’s most prolific scorer with 82. King was named All-State Prep Player for the third year, her second consecutive unanimous selection. Polly Chapin ’87 was a second-team All-State pick as the second-highest scorer with 11 goals. King led in assists with 13. Co-captain Kendy Fredericks ’87 was second in assists with eight and made the All-State Team. Defenders Jennifer Grundy ’87 and Stephanie Mazzella ’89 were also selected as first-team choices to the All-State Prep A Team; Grundy for the second time.
MADDIE COPELAND ’12 FIELD HOCKEY When Maddie Copeland arrived at Peddie as a junior in the fall of 2010, it did not take long for her incredible talent to shine for the Falcons. She burst onto the scene in a major way, marking her debut with a 5-2 win over Madison High School. Copeland had everything needed to perform at an elite level: fearlessness, speed and stickhandling skills, and an eye for the goal. In Copeland’s two seasons, the prolific goal-scorer amassed 74 goals and 21 assists and helped the Falcons compile a combined record of 33-3-4, two Mid-Atlantic Prep League (MAPL) crowns and a pair of NJISAA Prep A titles. The Prep final in 2011 was one to remember as Copeland’s golden goal in double overtime propelled the Falcons to a 4-3 victory over Lawrenceville. During her junior campaign, she racked up a program-high 33 goals, eclipsing the previous school mark of 31 goals. Copeland established new standards as a senior, finding the back of the cage 41 times, including five hat tricks. Her honors are enough to fill several record books. She was the 2011 New Jersey All-Prep Player of the Year, a Mid-Atlantic Regional All-American (2010), a New Jersey Regional All-American (2011), and in 2010 was selected for the U.S. Field Hockey Junior National Under-17 Squad. Copeland added a National Championship to her resume as a first-year member of the Princeton University field hockey team. Putting together an exceptional senior season with 16 goals, she was named the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year. She tabbed a Division I All-American by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association.
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Working together for Peddie’s future
APRIL 9, 2022, marked a milestone date in Peddie’s history. More than 175 people gathered at the Ian H. Graham ’50 Athletic Center to help launch the One Peddie campaign, the school’s most ambitious fundraising effort ever. One Peddie seeks to raise more than $80 million to secure Peddie’s future as one of the nation’s top schools, though campaign leaders say they are optimistic about exceeding that goal. Head of School Peter Quinn P’15 ’18 ’21 told the crowd of alumni, parents, faculty, trustees and friends that now is the time for Peddie to dream big. “This is our chance to do more, to dream more, to reach more – together.” The leadership phase of the campaign began in 2018, just after the school adopted its 25-year strategic plan, which prioritized excellence in transformational education, access for students with the greatest excitement, curiosity and character, financial sustainability and telling the Peddie story more boldly and broadly. To date, the One Peddie campaign has raised more than $74 million for The Peddie Fund, endowed funding for the school’s highest priorities and capital funding for the arts and athletics. “Ambassador Annenberg’s $100 million gift in 1993 provided the resources to support substantial progress over the past 25 years,” said Assistant Head for Development Karyn Vella. “This is the time to build upon Annenberg’s legacy and think about where we want Peddie to be in the next 25 years. This is the time for us to come together as One Peddie.”
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“ This is our chance to do more, to dream more, to reach more – together.” PETER A. QUINN P’15 ’18 ’21, Head of School
L E T ’S REFL ECT At the One Peddie campaign launch, campaign leaders asked members of the Peddie community to share their motivation for being a part of the largest campaign in the school’s history. Zara Stasi ’08 created this visual capture of their responses.
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The Peddie Fund
Goal: $13,000,000 Funds raised to date: $11,400,000 Flexibility to thrive The Peddie Fund supports the operating budget with immediate, unrestricted funds for the school’s highest priorities. As part of the One Peddie campaign, the goal is to grow The Peddie Fund by 8% each year to address the school’s highest priorities without diminishing the vital role of endowment growth.
WHY DOESN’T TUITION COVER EXPENSES? Tuition does not cover the total cost required to educate a student at Peddie. Every single student at Peddie receives direct financial support. Raising tuition to meet the cost of educating a Peddie student ($70,000+) would make Peddie inaccessible to many bright, exciting students. R E V E N U E S Tuition and Fees 57% Endowment Income 32% The Peddie Fund 6% Auxiliary Enterprises 4% Other 1%
Endowment for Financial Aid Goal: $45,000,000 Funds raised to date: $25,700,000
Expand access Coming together to welcome the best and brightest students to Peddie – no matter their financial means – is at the heart of the Peddie experience. One Peddie will expand access by generating an additional $2 million for annual financial aid awards, enabling the school to fulfill its vision of providing financial assistance to 45% of the student body.
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Endowment for Programs Goal: $5,000,000 Funds raised to date: $3,100,000
An innovative curriculum Experiential learning has long been a Peddie cornerstone, promoting independent decision-making, perseverance, collaboration and essential leadership skills that prepare students for college and beyond. Peddie is securing funds to bolster curricular innovation and enhance residential life programming.
Endowment for Faculty Goal: $10,000,000 Funds raised to date: $2,500,000
Transformative teachers Peddie is strengthening its commitment to transformative teaching by advancing faculty salaries and benefits, contributing to endowed department and teaching chairs and investing in graduate school education and professional development.
Three ways to double your impact Legacy Challenge Unlock $5 million for Peddie. A generous alumnus will match qualifying legacy gifts made before June 30, 2023 — up to $5 million. Alumni Challenge A group of alumni have joined together to donate $100,000 when the first 100 new donors make a gift to the campaign. Parent Challenge Invest in Peddie faculty. A team of parents is offering a dollar-for-dollar match for every gift made by current and alumni parents before June 30, 2023. More at one.peddie.org.
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Elite, not elitist
A Lifetime of Giving
ASHIM MIDHA ’09
ARTHUR E. BROWN, M.D. ’63
On May 31, 2009, Head of School John Green stood at the podium in Ayer Memorial Chapel during the school’s 141st Commencement and declared the following to 131 graduating seniors:
Last year, Arthur Brown’s 60-year friendship with fellow Peddie alumnus David Mitchell inspired him and his wife, Jo, to create The Honorable David B. Mitchell ’63 and Diane T. Mitchell Fund for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. The landmark fund is the first of its kind at Peddie, designed to continuously foster a culture of citizenship, respect and belonging at the school. Brown served on Peddie’s Board of Trustees and various trustee committees from 1999 to 2017 and is currently recognized as an advisory trustee. What’s more, in 2019, Brown established two endowed funds as part of the One Peddie campaign: the Arthur E. Brown, M.D. ’63 and Jo F. Brown Scholarship Fund and the Arthur E. Brown, M.D. ’63 Science Department Chair. In February 2020, Brown was the honoree and speaker on Founders Day when he emphasized the importance of community, preparedness and gratitude in his chapel address. He tied these elements together, illustrating how Peddie helped shape him into the man he is today — and that is the catalyst for why he gives back. “The Peddie community provided me with a safe and comfortable place where I could take chances and just learn to be myself — my best self,” he said.
“While Peddie may provide you with an elite education, Peddie does not graduate elitists.” It’s a message that Ashim Midha ’09 still thinks about 13 years later. “I still think about that phrase nearly every day,” said Midha. “It really puts everything in context; no matter where I am, that I should feel privileged and lucky to be there. And as a result, be appreciative and try to make the most of it.” Midha also credits Peddie with many of the practical skills he has utilized since graduation. “Peddie was eye-opening in that it helped me understand that any so-called ‘limits’ I thought impacted me were simply selfimposed,” he said. “It was an interesting realization — that naturally took time to come to fruition — that those limits really only exist in your head and can be easily rectified with focused, hard and consistent work.” The now Peddie Fund Alumni Co-Chair and loyal Peddie Fund donor is excited about building up Peddie’s financial aid profile as part of the One Peddie campaign. “Having a socio-economically diverse community is THE way to maintain that ‘elite, not elitist’ profile that we all have and can continue to benefit from,” Midha said. “That is why I am most excited about the long-term effects of the campaign that bring Peddie even closer to our dream of need-blind admissions yield.”
“My appreciation and gratitude for my experiences led me to lovingly give back to Peddie with my personal and professional time as well as financial resources.”
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CAM PA I G N PRI O R I T IE S
Capital Support for Athletics
Goal: $5,000,000 Funds raised to date: $150,000 The value of athletics Peddie’s indoor and outdoor athletics facilities are in such high demand that we have outgrown the fitness center in the Ian H. Graham ’50 Athletic Center. Peddie will invest in renovations and additions to its athletic center for community wellness and excellence in athletics. We are considering:
Capital Support for Arts Goal: $5,000,000 Funds raised to date: $4,800,000
The power of art Each day more than 300 Peddie students participate in visual arts, music and theater — a dramatic increase over the past four decades. Our Swig Arts Center, built in 1989, is bursting at the seams. Peddie is investing in the arts by building a first-class arts facility (expected completion Fall 2022), including a new orchestra performance hall, an enhanced black box theater, an exhibition hall, a new visual art studio classroom and additional soundproof music practice studios.
•A multi-purpose space for classes such as yoga and dance •A redesigned fitness center for top-tier athletic conditioning and community wellness •A second floor added to the fitness center to support additional cardio machines •G olf simulators for year-round training •A n erg room for year-round rowing training •U pgraded HVAC systems •T wo elevators, making the entire Athletic Center accessible •F lexible conference space for group and team meetings
One Peddie has already raised $74 million. Campaign leaders hope that the Peddie community will help get the campaign past $80 million. Learn more at:
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Setting the bar higher
“I wanted more.”
MIKE ARMELLINO ’57 GP’19 First recipient of the Thomas B. Peddie Award. Creator of the Armellino Scholarship Fund. Emeritus trustee. Whether it’s philanthropy or making connections, Mike Armellino walks the walk when it comes to giving back to Peddie … and he wants everyone on board. The original goal for the campaign was to raise $80M. Why are you now looking higher? When we set the original goal, we were skeptical, including me. Peddie had never done anything on that scale. But once it became obvious that we could get to $80M, why not set the bar higher? What will $80M mean for Peddie in terms of access — of being able to attract the best and brightest students? The more people who can give back and be generous to Peddie, the more we’re going to be able to increase access to anyone who can meet the requirements. Building a culture of giving and getting people in that mindset is going to go a long way to our success. You’re talking about counting less on a large lump sum, like an Annenberg gift, and more of a grassroots effort. Yeah, I don’t think we can count on lightning striking again.
What inspires you most? Coming on campus and meeting with the kids and seeing the scholarship kids. I try to stay in touch with them after graduation, and I think those are the emotional attachments and bonds that will make Peddie’s future and Peddie’s ability to raise funds in the future, to increase access. Those are the things that will bind people to the school and will make them want to come back and want to contribute. It sure works for me.
STEPHANIE BRISBIN WARREN ’95 Stephanie Warren ’95 transferred to Peddie from what she described as a “very tough” school just outside Chicago. “There were a lot of gang problems, a lot of fighting, and very little focus on academics,” she said. “I wanted more.” Peddie was unlike anything Warren had ever experienced. Smaller class sizes. High-powered academics. An international community. A vast array of sports and activities. And a pervasive cultural sentiment: Try new things, even if you don’t immediately succeed. “I never had so many opportunities, so many people tell me to try things, even if you fail. So many people believing in me that I could do more,” Warren recalled. After graduating from Peddie, Warren attended Northwestern University, where she was a pre-med and communications major. Today, she and her family live in the San Francisco Bay Area. Warren, who co-chairs the alumni division of the One Peddie campaign, said she is excited to be able to give back to the school that changed her life. She and her husband, John, recently made a multi-year pledge to Peddie, directing their gift to The Peddie Fund and unrestricted endowment.
“It’s been amazing to reconnect with the school through the One Peddie campaign. Giving back to the place that changed my life has made me feel so good.”
“Building a culture of giving and getting people in that mindset is going to go a long way to our success.”
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1. Amy Wright ’94 hugs Napper Tandy ’95, with Geoff Neumann ’95 looking on. 2. Damion Williams ’96, Lauren Rausch ’97 and Ause Dyer ’96. 3. Diku Rogers ’12 and Rahul Lakhanpal ’12. 4. Nick Coates ’50 and his granddaughter Sara Raisley ’02. 5. John Gartner ’82 and Mark Gartner ’84 P’08 ’10. 6. Karen Newman ’87 and Amy Hollander ’87. 7. Chip Southgate ’72 and Matt Harder ’72. 8. Sarah DeLuzio ’19, Germaine Smart, Aili Hermanson ’19, Rebecca DiLuzio ’16, Robin Okunowo ’17 and Drew Washington ’17. 9. Members of the Class of ’81 and ’82, and their guests, catch up under the tent.
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