Porter-Gaud Magazine - Fall 2015

PORTER-GAUD magazine Fall 2015

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Amauri Bowman ’16 Kip Bulwinkle (photography) Anne Cai ’10 George Morrison ’94 Jamie ’95 and Sarah Ewing (photography) WATCH Magazine Jumbo: The Admissions Magazine of Tufts University

ON THE COVER

Jimmy Hagood ’74 serves up barbeque at the “Taste of Charleston” at Boone Hall Plantation.

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Unstoppable: Patrick Williams ’12

Williams ’12 is a political science major and entrepreneurial leadership studies minor at Tufts 4 Patrick University, who has made quite a name for himself on the football field and in the business world.

His Second Act: Jimmy Hagood ’74

Hagood ’74 is taking Lowcountry cuisine to new levels. He has recently honored at the James 6 Jimmy Beard Foundation to much acclaim, and has his hand in the growing and distributing of historic Lowcountry staples.

FEATURES The Lyceum 11 The reNEWal Campaign 12 The PMA/PG Hall of Fame 19

Shark in the Water: Jessica Weitz ’16

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Jessica Weitz ’16 set state records in women’s swimming while leading the Lady Cyclones to their first-ever state title. She became the first female athlete in school history to sign with a Division I school and will swim for Tulane next year.

Point of View: Amauri Bowman’16

Bowman ‘16 was shocked when she got the news that she would introduce Democratic 26 Amauri presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at the annual NAACP dinner in downtown Charleston.

The Class of 2015 22 Faculty Profile: Chris Tate 24 Fine Arts Snapshots 27 Cyclone Notes 30 Alumni Events 42

Krawcheck Scholar Profile: Anne Cai ’10

Cai ’10 learned to push outside her comfort zones at Porter-Gaud. She has applied those 29 Anne lessons learned as a student at MIT and today, as a senior economic analyst in Boston.

Legends of their Time: Dr. McArver and Dr. Horton

Charles McArver and Dr. Tom Horton retired as legends at Porter-Gaud. Students share some 40 Dr.memories about these two exceptional men.

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PHOTO BY TIMOTHY ARCHIBALD

Last summer, Patrick interned at one of the top investment management firms in San Francisco.

He spent the spring studying abroad in Hong Kong.

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PATRICK WILLIAMS

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POLITICAL SCIENCE MAJOR AND ENTREPRENEURIAL STUDIES MINOR AT TUFTS UNIVERSITY

When I met Patrick Williams, he was sitting in a McDonald’s in Hong Kong wearing business clothes. “If you hear anyone yelling about a Big Mac, that’s why,” he explained over Skype. Having just come from a meeting with Tufts alumni, Patrick had ducked into the McDonald’s to use their WiFi. He embodies this on-the-go energy in all aspects of his life: He is a varsity football player and the co-host of a radio show on Tufts' studentrun radio station, WMFO. He’s majoring in political science and minoring in Entrepreneurial Leadership Studies (ELS), and last spring he studied abroad with the Tufts in Hong Kong program.

“I knew I wanted to go abroad no matter what,” Patrick told me. He chose a program that would allow him to stay at Tufts in the fall during football season, when he was part of the team that broke a 31-game losing streak in a euphoric moment for the Tufts community. In Hong Kong, he enjoyed keeping up with the team’s workouts.

“It’s one of those sports that pushes you to limits you wouldn’t reach just by being in the real world,”

he said. Patrick speaks about political science in a similar way: as a discipline that is informing who he is as a human being, so that he can apply what he learns to other areas. “I don’t see myself in government or in law,” Patrick explained. “But I’ve been fortunate enough to take what I’ve learned in political science and [apply it] to startups and investment management and social justice and all these different projects I’m working on.”

As an ELS minor, Patrick has been able to pursue his passion for business. In one of his favorite classes, ELS Marketing, Patrick and his classmates created a marketing plan for a real company, Community Rowing, Inc., to help them sell a safety boat they had manufactured. The class met with the heads of the company and filmed a video about the boat in order to present the film industry as a potential market. “The ELS minor is incredibly hands-on,” he explained.

Outside of class, Patrick and five other students founded the Business Opportunity Council, a new

group on campus focused on business management and marketing. His meeting with Tufts alumni in Hong Kong (prior to McDonald’s) was part of the group’s effort to facilitate undergraduate connections with the alumni network at Tufts.

Patrick has experienced the power of alumni connections firsthand. Last summer, he interned at BlackRock, one of the top investment management firms in San Francisco. “I received that opportunity by meeting a Tufts alumnus, Daniel Landers, who basically took a chance with me,” he said. Daniel invited Patrick to San Francisco for a “Find Your Future” forum hosted by BlackRock, letting Patrick stay at his house during the visit and introducing him to members of the firm.

“I think Tufts is the one school where you’re able to make yourself as versatile as possible,” Patrick told me. “You’re able to be a political science major or an English major, but you’re able to use your mind and use your ideas to go outside that realm and do amazing things.” —ABBY MCFEE, TUFTS ’17

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JIMMY HAGOOD PITMASTER When a hobby becomes a passion, it’s time to make a change. Fear, financial concerns, and timing stop most people.

Not Jimmy Hagood ‘74. The one-time insurance man is now chef, pitmaster, rice harvester, sugar cane farmer, and owner of the catering and food distribution company Food for the Southern Soul. We sat down with Hagood and asked him five questions about his life and the art of mastering the second act.

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His Second Act What do you remember most about your Porter-Gaud experience?

One of the big draws of Porter-Gaud was sports. I started at Charleston Day School, but sports ended in the sixth grade. So I transferred to Porter-Gaud with a group of boys in seventh grade and played football, basketball, ran track, and played a little tennis.

Another draw was that the Middle School was run by Major Ted Richardson (we called him “The Maje”). He taught geography and world affairs, including the history of World War II. The Maj was a great teacher and mentor.

My fondest memory was a summer trip to the South Pacific with Major Richardson, his wife, several faculty, and twelve students. It cost $1,400 for the two-month trip. My grandfather said he’d pay half if I’d pay half, so I got a paper route. I did the paper routes all through seventh-ninth grade, until I finally had enough money.

I went on the trip after ninth grade. We learned so much before we ever went, and the The Maj led classes on the ship. I will never forget that experience.

I graduated in 1974. We had a really good class. I think of the 60 students, 15 were National Merit scholars. Porter-Gaud was a great experience and there were so many great teachers. I ended up going onto Tulane University in New Orleans and then transferred to Sewanee.

WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, I WONDERED WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO. IT JUST DIDN’T HAPPEN UNTIL I WAS 45. - Jimmy Hagood

Two of my kids came to Porter-Gaud. Mary Neill McKie ‘01 is an analyst for commercial development projects. She got a full tennis scholarship to Furman and was in the first class of Porter-Gaud’s Athletics Hall of Fame. Mary Neill and her husband, Blake, are expecting their first baby in January 2016.

I was offering charities my service as an auction item. I’d do a gourmet barbeque picnic for 50 people, and word of mouth caught fire. I saw a real value, and the lights turned on. By 2002, my wife, Anne Marie, and I were fixing to get married. She encouraged me to try it as a profession.

My son, Andrew ‘03, is a construction manager with Trident Construction. He was recently named to Charleston Regional Business Journal’s 40 under 40. Lizzie is my other daughter. She went to Ashley Hall and is a nurse at Roper Hospital.

I started the business as Tidewater Foods and Catering. It was an intentional thing that it was not Jimmy Hagood Catering because I wanted to build a model where I owned the business, but did not have to work every event. Tidewater came from my grandmother on my dad’s side, who was from Tidewater, Virginia. Then we came up with tagline “Food for the Southern Soul.” I liked the tagline so much as time went by that we changed the whole business into that name.

When was Food for the Southern Soul born?

I was in the insurance business in the early 1990s, and my insurance mentor, Nick Zervos, grew up in Augusta, Georgia, which was known for Greek cooking and Southern barbeque. He was always talking about cooking and sharing recipes with me. He was always the one telling me, “You need to be doing this.”

In 1995, I got a mobile cooker and started entering barbeque contests. This was back when no one south of Broad was cooking in barbeque contests! I was working both in insurance and doing barbeque as a hobby. I really enjoyed it. One of my first paying jobs was selling barbeque for the Porter-Gaud Fathers Association for Friday night football games, which is something I still enjoy doing today.

By 2005, my barbeque sauces were in Piggly Wiggly, and then I bought a local distributor that offered grits, benne wafers, relishes, etc. Once I bought it and did it for a few years, I started developing a lot of the recipes and today, we make 90 percent of the recipes.

How has Food for the Southern Soul grown and diversified over the years?

We‘re now in 250-300 grocery stores around the country. That’s really the growth and the profit of my business. Catering can be seasonal.

One of the things we got into next was rice. We were buying rice from Arkansas and Louisiana. Rice cultivation shifted from the Lowcountry to Arkansas at the turn of 1900s. 1912 was last year rice was planted in the Lowcountry. The rice crop was decimated after two hurricanes from salt-water intrusion. At the same time, mechanical means of harvesting were also advancing. Heavy equipment was unable to get into the rice fields of the Lowcountry.

Starting in 2000, Glenn Roberts, who owns Anson Mills, was doing historic seed research with Clemson on the old Carolina Gold rice.

Campbell Coxe started planting it on his farm in Darlington, South Carolina. I met Glenn and Campbell in 2008 or 2009, and then by 2010, I met with Carolina Gold Rice Foundation’s Malcolm Rhodes.

I asked if there was a way we could grow Carolina Gold rice back in the Lowcountry. We started planting it at my family’s farm, Lavington, and it worked! We just harvested our fifth year. Campbell Coxe mills it for us and we sell it through GrowFood to all the local restaurants.

Another thing we started this year is working with Scott Blackwell, who owns High Wire Distillery, and growing sugar cane at Lavington for rum. I knew about sugar cane from my uncle David Maybank. He has been making cane syrup for years. I also use sugar cane in a lot of my products. Then I met Scott and got interested in rum agricole, which takes the cane juice and turns it into spirit.

We are also growing Jimmy Red corn (which was grown on James Island in the 1800s). Jimmy Red is like an Indian field corn. We just completed our first season of planting and harvesting and are selling it to High Wire. They are going to turn it into Jimmy Red bourbon. Le Creuset is going to make a special decanter for the Jimmy Red label for High Wire Distillery.

This spring, you were honored and cooked at the James Beard Foundation in New York City. Tell us about that night.

The James Beard Foundation is an organization that celebrates fine cooking across the country and is based on the life experience of New York’s first food critic, James Beard. Beard was a writer and cookbook author, and back in 1960s he would write reviews for The New York Times. The James Beard Foundation has two components - the awards in May to chefs and restaurants (like the Academy Awards for food) and the other is his home, which is located on 12th Street in the West Village. Two hundred nights a year they invite guest chefs come and they use it as a fundraising opportunity for the Foundation.

We were nominated this year. It was an opportunity to cook for 80 people in the James Beard Foundation home. My head chef, Jim Cole, who’s been with me from the beginning, put the menu together. It

was a classic Lowcountry meal including pimento cheese biscuits, venison hushpuppies, pickled shrimp cocktail, and grouper. I asked my friend Julian Van Winkle, who makes high-end bourbon, if he would do a specialty cocktail for the evening. And then Anne Marie’s cousin from Sumter, Thomas Rivers Brown, brought his wine from Napa. I put their names at the top of the invite and mine at the bottom, and the event sold out in less than 48 hours. To view the cooking experience from the Foundation kitchen cam, visit jbf.org.

Why is this your second act in life?

When I was growing up, I wondered what I was going to do. It just didn’t happen until I was 45. I just never knew. When I was at Sewanee, I was a forestry major. We were a small group of students who loved working with our hands. I graduated with that degree, but I didn’t see it as a profession. Throughout my early adult life, I wasn’t really settled. I loved the insurance business, but this fell into my lap. I took the leap to see where it would take me.

Owning your own business is not the easiest thing in the world, but I love it. The challenges come in early, and you have to realize you have to have good people around you. We have a great family atmosphere, but it’s boom or bust. Last week we had nothing scheduled and then this week, we have six parties, a grocery store order for 600 items, and it all happens at one time.

Then, there’s the completely unexpected. I got a call that Stephen Colbert wants me to cater lunch for the new “Daily Show” host and his staff in New York. I don’t know how to do it. I’ve got a week and a few days to figure it out. We have a good relationship with Colbert. Every show, guests get a Lowcountry basket with nine products from Charleston, and our pickled okra was selected for the basket.

I partnered up with my good friend, Sarah Simmons from Columbia, South Carolina. She runs Birds and Bubbles in New York City. She features dishes paying homage to her roots with an elevated take on Southern classics. We agreed she would make all the sides and I would ship up several whole Boston butts. Sarah and her team prepped and delivered the lunch to the “Daily Show”. I got word they just loved it!

You can find out more about Jimmy’s services and products at his website. Go to foodforthesouthernsoul.com and browse the online store for an assortment of sauces and fantastic food products, or to book catering for an event.

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JESSICA WEITZ Record Breaker | Pacesetter | Fierce Competitor

Jessica Weitz ’16 became the first female swimmer from Porter-Gaud to sign an athletic scholarship with a Division 1 school when she signed her letter of intent to swim for Tulane.

This is her story of how failure inspired greatness.

Jessica first dove into the pool at age 6 swimming for the Country Club of Charleston. By the sixth grade, she joined the Porter-Gaud team. She also tried cheerleading and volleyball, but says they just weren’t right for her. When she was the only player cut from basketball tryouts in the eighth grade, Jessica was devastated. But failure would not define her.

Fate stepped in.

“A fellow PG student, Chris Malanuk, encouraged me to swim for LTP in Mt. Pleasant. I was hesitant to even try year-round swimming. It’s so intense. I tried it and hated it, but I stuck with it,” says Jessica.

Jessica admits she has always had a love-hate relationship with swimming, but it’s what drives her.

“It’s grueling. The long hours in the pool - by yourself - looking at the same black line on the bottom is tough. But when you get the breaks in between laps, and your teammates make you laugh, you push off the wall and you keep going.”

With her teammates and her steadfast determination, Jessica went from being the slowest on the LTP team to the one of the fastest. At the same time, the PG team was growing stronger. That growth wasn’t happenstance. Jessica’s love for swimming was driving it, and it will be her legacy at Porter-Gaud.

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“I went to the fifth-grade girls and boys and told them, ‘We need you.

I need you.’ We got a lot of girls and they were good. I just love them.

They look at me in a way that says ‘I want to be you’ - and that makes me push myself to be better.”

This October, for the first time in Porter-Gaud history, the girls’ team won the state championship. Jessica was overwhelmed with emotion.

“I cried so much before the meet was even over. We put in so many hours in the pool and we really pushed each other as a team. More than the win itself, I was looking around at all these girls thinking we are part of something so much bigger than ourselves.”

In addition to the team win, Jessica set three state records in the 200yard relay, 100-yard freestyle, and 100-yard backstroke.

At Signing Day at Porter-Gaud, against a Tulane University banner and green balloons, Jessica signed her Division 1 athletic scholarship surrounded by her parents, Jon and Lisa, brother, Jonathan, coaches, and teammates. There wasn’t a dry eye in the room.

“My mom saw my potential when I was 6, and my dad was a swim dad,“ says Jessica. “He was there for 5:00 a.m. practice, away meets, sending text messages encouraging me to hydrate, stay focused, and always give one more push. ‘One more push’ became my mantra - it got me here, they got me here. I am forever grateful to everyone who believed in my dream.

“When I put on the Tulane team suit and cap and walk into the pool with my team for the first time, it will be surreal. When I was in middle school, I don’t think anyone ever saw me getting to where I am right now. I made it. I am a Division 1 student-athlete. “

The schedule board in the Lyceum office is an elaborate matrix of colors, student names, tutors, and subjects.

“We see 200-plus students a week for tutoring and homework help and another 200 on special weekends for exam and SAT/ACT/PSAT review. We’re providing support to students beyond the classroom because sometimes a student needs an additional explanation or practice to grasp a concept or master a skill,” says Deborah Reinhold, who runs the Lyceum with Eleanor Hurtes.

With eight decades of teaching experience between them, Deborah and Eleanor were the ideal team to head up the Lyceum when it opened just two years ago.

“They both had seen tremendous success time after time with students who needed a little extra guidance to gain confidence or grasp a concept, and that made all the difference in their students’ future success. They simply believe in every student’s ability to learn, “ says Head of School DuBose Egleston Jr. ‘93.

“A support program for our current students as well as new students transitioning into Porter-Gaud has long been a dream of mine,” says Eleanor. “Deborah and I are committed to these bright students who just need a little more. We build confidence and an ‘I can’ attitude.”

Housed in the Upper School library, the Lyceum creates an environment perfect for reinforcing classroom learning, helping with homework and writing, and exam and testing prep.

A dynamic team of Porter-Gaud alumni, college grads, teachers, and working professionals work with students one-on-one or in a group in reading, writing, grammar, SAT/ACT/PSAT prep, math, science, history, French, Spanish, Chinese, and Latin.

“Our alums understand the rigor of our program. They know what the teachers expect because they have had many of those teachers themselves. They also understand the school culture, especially the honor code, and are able to help the students navigate the academic waters,” says Deborah.

“They also know how important the whole-child concept is to the school,“ Deborah adds, “so they are able to encourage their students to take advantage of all Porter offers because they remember how important the arts, sports, and service were to them as students here.”

With dry-erase markers in hand, Reinhold adds new names each week. “We’re fulfilling a tremendous need for our students and our parents - it’s very rewarding.“

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www.portergaud.edu/reNEWal

THE CHAPEL

THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

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THE UPPER SCHOOL

This fall, Porter-Gaud embarked on a $25 million campaign for reNEWal. A new Upper School will provide much-needed interactive classroom space with new library and computer science spaces to inspire collaboration and 21st-century learning. Fine Arts will add an additional 3,000 square feet in renovated space, opening the door for creativity, exploration, and expression. A new state-of-the-art Performing Arts Center will give a stage to our children’s voices. A new Chapel will be a designated sacred space for all to seek truth and fellowship.

Dr. Porter’s mission to help children discover their passions, seek truth, and find their voices is philanthropy in its purest form – and it is as inspiring and relevant today as it was in 1867. As Porter-Gaud grows, staying true to our mission to help and inspire others becomes ever more important.

THE UPPER SCHOOL: Designed in the style of Colcock Hall at the Medical University of South Carolina, the original home of Porter Military Academy, the new Upper School will honor Porter-Gaud’s strong academic roots and continue to elevate rigor and excellence for generations to come.

THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: The new Performing Arts Center is poised to be more than just a state-of-the-art space in which to learn and hone skills, rehearse, and perform. It is a place that inspires us all – performers and enthusiasts alike – to connect with and celebrate music, theatre, dance, and art in every part of our lives.

THE CHAPEL: Mindfully designed in the style of the original St. Timothy’s Chapel, the new Chapel will seat approximately 450 people and create unlimited opportunities for fellowship, discussion, contemplation, and worship.

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THE DREAM TEAM 01010100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01000100 01110010 01100101 01100001 01101101 00100000 01010100 01100101 01100001 01101101

The Porter-Gaud computer science team of senior Max Harley (right), sophomore Tillson Galloway (left) and senior Mark Anastos (center) are on a roll.

In early November, they were part of a team from Porter-Gaud that competed in the Bsides Charleston computer security competition titled “Capture the Flag.” The PG team placed third against security professionals from across the Lowcountry. That's right, working professionals, not fellow high school students. Also in November, they competed in Cyber Patriot, a national computer science competition. They finished the first round tied for first place in a field of 1,671 teams nationwide, which guarantees them a spot in the National Cyber Patriot Youth Competion.

Back in October, the team competed in a nail biter at the College of Charleston as the only high school team. With 10 minutes to go, not one team in the competition had solved one of the nine programming problems. Then lightning struck. The team solved a complex problem and Porter-Gaud won, beating all the teams from the College of Charleston. Talk about an upset.

What Max, Tillson, and Mark say they enjoy most about computer science is creating things and solving problems. In addition to competing locally and nationally, they are also working or interning with global companies.

Max puts in three hours every afternoon coding for cybersecurity startup, Soteria. Tillson, only a sophomore, already has an impressive resume. He is part owner in a tech company, and works as a freelancer for several companies. He is a beta tester for Apple and was selected to be a student developer at Apple's worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco for a second year in a row. He was recently invited to PennApps, one of the top and most exclusive “Hackathons” in the U.S. All three students work for the Tech HelpDesk, helping solve issues with computers and software on campus, and writing code to enhance some functionality on the Porter-Gaud website. All three plan to pursue careers in computer science. We don’t imagine that will be much of a problem.

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CAMPAIGN LAUNCH

November 4, 2015 on The Green

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1 LS Chaplain Jennie Olbrych and Board of Trustees member Bishop Mark Lawrence 2 & 5 PG parent Stephanie Saunders and her daughter, Cinnie’16, present the first milliondollar gift to the reNEWal campaign on behalf of the Cliff Robertson Ethics Foundation. 3 & 6 Porter-Gaud Foundation Executive Director Tucker Branham introduces the inaugural Hank and Sandra Cheves Leadership Award 4 PG Parent Trudy Billings and her mother, Gwen Bihun 7 Former Porter-Gaud Head of School Gordon Bondurant (19881999) and Linda Bondurant with Head of School DuBose Egleston Jr. ‘93 and his wife, Nancy. 8 Father Brian McGreevy ’74 and his wife, Jane. 9 Hank '87 and Sandra Cheves with Head of School DuBose Egleston Jr. '93 and his wife, Nancy. 10 Porter-Gaud Board of Trustees Chairman and reNEWal Campaign Chair Hank Cheves ‘87 (left) and Foundation Board Chairman and reNEWal Campaign Co-Chair Luther Cochrane (right) open the reNEWal campaign launch on the Green. 11 The crowd enjoys dinner beneath the tent. 12 PG Alumnus “Seth G” provides music for the event. 13 Porter-Gaud Board of Trustees member Wanda Boyd with fellow trustee Mr. Ford Menefee ‘79 and his wife, Deidre. 14 PG Parents Amy and Bill Harley, and Martin Skelly

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DAIN & CONSTANCE PERRY

Dain Perry was anxious as he buckled his seatbelt. What would he learn about his family?

What kind of secrets would be revealed? He took a deep breath and closed his eyes as the plane lifted into the sky.

Dain, a Gaud School alumnus, was embarking on a 15,000-mile journey as part of a PBS documentary, “Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North”. The film was following 10 of the DeWolf family descendants, including Dain, as they uncovered the family’s historic involvement with the slave trade that bought and sold human beings, sugar, rum, and ships in a triangular route from Rhode Island to Ghana in West Africa, to Cuba, and back to New England.

Only a couple of years earlier in Philadelphia, Dain had run into his cousin and the film’s producer, Katrina Brown. She told him about the film’s premise and that she was going to invite family members to join her on the trip. Dain did not hesitate.

He was going.

Dain grew up in Charleston. He attended the Gaud School for several years, but left in 1958 to attend boarding school in Danbury, Connecticut. His father was rector of St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Charleston for 13 years; and his grandfather was James DeWolf Perry III, the 18th presiding bishop of The Episcopal Church.

In the 1970s, Dain was deputy director of the Massachusetts Council on Crime and Correction (MCCC), and acting director of the Crime and Justice Foundation (CJF), both private

was a descendant of the DeWolf family, who played a role in bringing more than 10,000 enslaved people from Africa to the Americas. Constance was a descendant of slaves from North Carolina and Virginia – states in which Dain Perry’s maternal ancestors once were slaveholders.

SECRETS REVEALED Dain’s plane touched down in Ghana in the early morning.

“I had such apprehension. I remember being concerned, even afraid of what I might learn in terms of the depth of the damage,” says Dain.

The most poignant experience for Dain in Ghana was going into the dungeons of the slave forts that housed slaves before they were put in the ships to the Americas.

“It’s knee-weakening, and when we were there, the lights went out,” says Dain. “We reached for our flashlights, but Katrina stopped us. We sat on the floor, some of us laid on the floor in the darkness. Many of us were sobbing and truly getting in touch with what that space was and what it did. It was a very deep moment.”

“This program isn’t about blame or guilt. It’s about getting a better understanding of how we’ve gotten so terribly stuck where we are today, so we can begin healing. It’s a journey worth taking.”

non-profit community groups that promoted reform in the criminal justice system. Dain went on to a lengthy career in financial planning with Northwestern Mutual.

“I had a history of being involved on the periphery of racial issues,” says Dain. “I had been involved in reform in the criminal justice system. But I had never done anything like this.”

In November of 1999, another life-changing experience was unfolding - he would meet his beloved wife, Constance.

Constance managed, designed, and implemented programs for at-risk youth and adults at the municipal, state, and national level. The two met in Trinity Church in downtown Boston.

Constance remembers the day vividly.

“There was a priest that thought I might be interested in attending a meeting about bringing an inner-city youth program to Trinity Church. He had invited Dain as well. As I crossed the threshold into that first meeting, I heard God say, ‘Pay attention to that man’ - it was Dain.”

The Perrys would go on to explore and share the “Traces of The Trade” experience from two different sides of the story. Dain

- Dain Perry The trip continued to Havana, Cuba, where the DeWolfs either farmed out enslaved Africans to the sugar plantations they owned (which supplied their Bristol, Rhode Island distilleries) or sold the slaves for large profits. By now, some of the family members were nearly overcome by frustration and a sense of helplessness. Worn down by travel, tension, and the accumulating weight of slavery’s detailed brutality, they had confronted the questions that had been haunting them: How has their experience affected their views of the black/white divide in America?

“It was then,” says Dain, “that Katrina asked all of us in the film what we would do next with the experience? How would we educate others about what we had learned? And right away, I had a vision.”

The film was completed in late 2008. Dain and Constance watched it together at home, and by that time, they were married.

“I cried,” says Constance. “It goes back to the pain - it wasn’t abstract. It was very personal. I was heartbroken. And yet I was thrilled with the quality of the film and the level of honesty of the cousins. I thought Katrina did an amazing job.”

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“It was a perfect opportunity to begin a dialogue about race and racism with trained facilitators. “The Traces” program opened the door for our students, faculty, and staff to talk about an uncomfortable but important topic.”

- Terra Burke

Then, something extraordinary happened. “Traces” was one of three films selected from all of the films being premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to be shown to a theatre full of Salt Lake City students. The film would be screened and then conversations about race, slavery, and race relations would be discussed.

“At Sundance in 2008, we suddenly realized - all of us - we had lightning in a bottle,” says Dain. This was something that could be extraordinary. I was two or three years from retirement, but Constance and I knew we could be busy with this. After Sundance, we made a decision to retire. We began doing 50-55 screenings a year. We thought at the time that we had a window of time maybe 12-18 months - and there would be limited interest. They have now screened the documentary well over 300 times across the country.

MOTHER EMANUEL On June 17, 2015, nine members of the Mother Emanuel AME Church were gunned down during Bible study. And life in Charleston changed forever.

Dain and Constance Perry had just booked a series of screenings with Episcopal churches throughout Charleston and the Lowcountry.

“We were struck down to the depths of our hearts,” Dain says.

“Under the circumstances, we almost expected a call asking us to postpone the “Traces” program. But the response was different: the bishop said that events at Mother Emanuel made this kind of conversation more important and necessary than ever.

“We were just awed by that. Reflecting on the reaction to the tragedy by the people of Mother Emanuel and the people of Charleston, I haven’t ever been more proud of Charleston.”

Coincidentally, in August, Terra Burke, director of multi-cultural affairs at Porter-Gaud reached out to Dain and Constance and asked if they would be willing to speak to students.

The Perrys said yes and made Porter-Gaud School the first stop on their tour with the Episcopal Church of South Carolina from September 10-21, 2015.

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The mission of Traces of the Trade program is to educate people about the history and legacy of race and other forms of discrimination, in order to change hearts and minds, foster dialogue, and encourage healing and justice.

“So much of the problem of communication between the races is due to a lack of knowledge,” Constance says. “This is a great opportunity to learn how each group is feeling – to lessen the gap.”

The Perrys came to campus on September 11. The program consisted of a screening of the Emmy-nominated documentary, followed by a time for Upper School students to share their own stories.

After watching the documentary, Constance and Dain encouraged students to give one-word descriptions of their feelings.

Some of the words used by students were: understanding and respect; sadness; guilt and sorrow; hopefulness and gratitude; disappointment; and urgency. The students elaborated on these words by sharing some of their personal stories and experiences with racism.

“I was touched by the beauty of all of the different people in the film, people of many races and countries, but all made in the image of God. The film puts a face on the issue and helps you realize how much we all need each other,” said Father Brian McGreevy’74, Chaplain.

“This program isn’t about blame or guilt,” says Dain. “It’s about getting a better understanding of how we’ve gotten so terribly stuck where we are today, so we can begin healing. It’s a journey worth taking.”

HALL of

FAME

Congratulations to the Porter Military Academy/Porter-Gaud

Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2015

NAME CLASS YEAR SPORT John Barnwell 2001 Football, Tennis Hutson Dodds 2006 Baseball Michelle Donnelly 2007 Softball Charles Furlow

Coach/Chaplain Soccer Justin Hare 2005 Golf Tom Higgins Coach Tennis Laura Johnson 2004 Basketball, Soccer, Tennis Alden Knowlton 2004 Basketball, Volleyball John Kresse 2005 Basketball Khris Middleton 2009 Basketball Ryan Neff 2003 Football, Baseball Caroline O'Neill 2007 Basketball, Volleyball John Perry PMA 1951 Football, Basketball Wilson Rumble 1979 Cross-Country, Track RJ Smith 2006 Basketball Gene Walpole 2003 Football, Baseball Ormond Wild PMA 1951 Football, Baseball Freddy Yensen

PMA 1951 Football, Basketball, Baseball

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CYCLONES WIN SIXTH CHAMPIONSHIP IN A ROW (L to R) Seniors Sissy Freshley, Maggie Cochrane, Haley Turner, Kaylee Kemp, Gracie Mogul and Bailey Allen will graduate having never lost a championship match.

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CLASS OF 2015 Emily Simons Ball – Southern Methodist University | Travis William Barnett – University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill | Grayson Ogier Barnwell – Clemson University | Benjamin Cannon Barr – Clemson University | Savanna Lynn Barrineau – University of South Carolina | Elisabeth DuBose Blakeney – Clemson University | Flora Abigail Boatwright – Bard College | Ryan Alan Brown – New York University – Abu Dhabi | Kole Austin Burke – United States Naval Academy | Earl Dawson Caldwell V – Washington and Lee University | Sarah Cail Carlton – University of the South | Warren Brady Chapman – Clemson University | Elliott Parker Chavis – University of New Orleans | Katie Chandler Chick – University of South Carolina | Robert Street Cochrane – University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill | Logan Wulbern Coleman – Colorado College | Brett Cameron Cranny – Clemson University | Darby Danielle Davenport – University of Alabama – Honors | Larkin McNab Dobson – Southern Methodist University | Emma Suzanne Donaldson – Furman University | Adriannah Noelle Drolapas – Wofford College | Benjamin Rutledge Edwards – University of Pittsburgh | Eleanor Reese Evans – University of the South | Douglas Hayes Fair – University of Colorado – Colorado Springs | Abigail Lee Farrell – Clemson University | Madeleine Lockhart Fennell – Southern Methodist University | Amy Elaine Ferira – University of South Carolina | Jordan Brittany Fishman – University of Georgia | Harrison Hughes Frickman – Tufts University | William Daniel Friedman – Trinity College | John Thomas Gilchrist – Wofford College | Joseph Reid Gilchrist – College of Charleston | James Skinner Harrell IV – The Citadel | Richard Thomas Hartsock – Clemson University | David Mikell Hay, Jr. – Hampden-Sydney College Wyatt Stribling Hay – Clemson University | James Paget Hentz III – College of Charleston | James Edward Booth Hines – Clemson University | Claire Louise Hughes – University of South Carolina | Jeremy Dominque Hunt – Brevard College | George William Jilich – College of Charleston | Kristofer Marcellius Johnson – Brevard College | Raymond Reid Kaplan – United States Naval Academy

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Briona Danielle King – Davidson College | Kristopher Thomas Kitchen – University of St. Andrews | Mary Margaret Lawton – University of South Carolina | Mackey James Leventis – University of South Carolina | Austin M. Logan – Purdue University | Emily Anne Mason – Clemson University | Sophie-Earle McCraw – Clemson University | Helen Wilson McCullough – Clemson University Chelsea M’Kia McKelvey – Furman University | Robert Stowers Morrow, Jr. – College of Charleston | Christian Vincent Naylor – College of Charleston | Christiana Boston Olbrych – University of South Carolina | Molly Katherine Phillips – University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill | Christopher Jarid Pinckney Stokes – Pennsylvania State University – Harrisburg | Paige Anne Politelli – University of Mississippi | Wellsin Guild Butterfield Price – Rollins College | Maureen Elizabeth Rama – Wake Forest University Tanner Dale Renken – Wofford College | Trey William Richardson – Campbell University | Elizabeth Parker Rink – University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill | Grace Caroline Robards – University of Virginia | Curtis Lee Rogers IV – Georgia Southern University Alexander Donald Romano – Savannah College of Art and Design | Marla Mikhailovna Sagatelian – University of Miami | Jacob Patrick Salley – Boyce College – The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary | William Cowles Sanford, Jr. – Wofford College | Joyce Peyton Sasnett – Clemson University | Derek Allen Sessions, Jr. – Rhodes College | Catherine Landon Sherer – University of South Carolina – Honors | Brewster McNair Sloan – George Washington University | Alexandra Vera Spulgis – College of Charleston Christopher Jared Stenger – University of Central Florida | Joseph William Stoppelbein – University of South Carolina | Henry Alexander Sutin – University of Tennessee – Chattanooga | Yorrick Whitfield Sutton – Clemson University | Todd Russell Tyler, Jr. – University of South Carolina | Daniel Davis Vincent – Wofford College | Julia Cristine Whitten – University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill – Honors | Yifan Zhang – George Washington University

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The Hammer CHRIS TATE - Dean/Bike Humanitarian/Life 101

His nickname is “The Hammer.” Middle School Dean and Junior Varsity football coach Chris Tate is known for tough love, but he’s also known for one of the most innovative middle school character development programs in the country.

This spring, Porter-Gaud’s program caught the attention of Dr. Lisa Miller, a New York Times bestselling author and founder and executive director of the Spirituality and Mind-Body Institute. Chris was invited in November to be a presenter at The Spiritual Child: Educational Practices and Youth Development conference at Teachers College at Columbia University in New York. It is the first time Porter-Gaud has been invited to a landmark conference on this subject.

With more than 400 educators from 200 schools across the country in attendance, Chris laid out the nuts and bolts of the Porter-Gaud program, which emphasizes the involvement of parents, advisors, experts, positive reinforcement, spirituality, and student-led goal setting and personal mission statements.

“I was overwhelmed at the response after my presentation. It was clear that we are doing something in the Middle School other schools around the country want to emulate,” says Chris. Since arriving back on campus, Tate has had three inquiries from conference attendees about campus visits.

Chris also drives the Bikes for Humanity chapter in Charleston. Porter-Gaud students raise money and collect old bikes to fix up and send to Karamoja, Uganda. The bikes go to people in extreme poverty who typically walk hours for water, health care, food, and education.

“A bike may be a leisurely activity for us here in the U.S., but in the rural villages of Africa, it’s a game changer. And then to see our kids pick up leadership skills, a greater sense of our global community, and service-led activism in the process - it’s why I do what I do.”

NOTE: If interested in supporting Bikes for Humanity with a donation of cash or bikes, email Chris Tate at b4hcharleston@gmail.com.

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AMAURI BOWMAN’16 “Good evening ladies and gentlemen”. The words continuously flowed from my mouth as I paced back and forth in my room a few hours before the Charleston Branch NAACP 98th Freedom Fund Banquet. Nerves ran through my body as I was still in shock about the phone call I had received the week before.

“Don’t mess up, Amauri. Stay calm, Amauri. Oh my goodness! I’m meeting Hillary Clinton in an hour!” The thoughts overwhelmed my brain as I prepared to apply my makeup. “Nothing too bold,” I thought to myself as I picked up my lip gloss. I carefully stepped into my silver dress and shoes, and before I could practice my speech again, it was time to leave.

My palms were sweating vigorously as my mother and father tried to ease my nervousness. Even though I tried to take in their words and advice, my anxiety level began to escalate as we turned into the parking lot of the North Charleston Performing Arts Center. As I walked through the doors, I could see the Secret Service monitoring and patrolling the hallways. I walked through the security screening area and proceeded toward the banquet hall. I sat impatiently until I was called into a holding room to take a picture with Secretary Clinton. As I saw her walk through the room, tears of amazement began to form in my eyes. “Hi! What’s your name?” she greeted me.

The short conversation ended, but was not the last that we would have.

During dinner I found my opportunity. Secretary Clinton was sitting on the dais just a few feet from me with a seat vacant next to her. I slowly approached her, and when I greeted her she smiled and told me what a great speech I gave.

We talked for at least 15 minutes, discussing topics varying from my chronic illness of sickle cell to the Young Democrats Society at PG. I sat in awe thinking about how I was in the presence of Secretary Clinton and actually having a conversation. She inspired me more that night than I ever knew possible. It was an honor and a privilege to be a part of such a wonderful event, and I am still at a loss for words when I reflect back on that night. *Amauri introduced Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton as the keynote speaker at the Charleston NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet on October 30, 2015.

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FOUNDER’S DAY

October 12, 2015

39 STEPS November 6-7, 2015

GEORGE MORRISON’94 George Morrison '94 is a tax attorney and shareholder at the McNair Law Firm in Charleston. He is a member of Porter-Gaud's 12-Year Society and has served on the Foundation's Technical Advisory Board for more than two years. Below he shares his thoughts about tax considerations when making gifts to Porter-Gaud and the reNEWal campaign.

1) How can Porter-Gaud alumni and friends support the School and the reNEWal capital campaign with gifts of real estate or stock?

The donation of appreciated property (particularly marketable securities and real estate) is a way to “supercharge” the value of a charitable donation, while at the same time avoiding capital gains tax on the property. With the increase in the long-term capital gain rate and the advent of the 3.8 percent tax on net investment income, the taxes that the donor would owe on the sale of this property are higher than they have been in years. The enhanced deduction is particularly valuable in the Charleston area, where real estate values have been on a steep, steady climb.

In some instances, a donor may be able to claim charitable deductions in amounts many times over what he or she originally paid. When a donor gives appreciated long-term (held for over a year) securities or real property, he or she is able to claim a charitable deduction for the full fair market value of the property, regardless of how little s/he may have paid for it. This deduction is allowable in the year the gift is made, subject to a limit of 30 percent of the donor’s adjusted gross income. Excess can be carried forward for five years and used on subsequent returns. A similar deduction is allowed for tangible personal property - art, stamp and coin collections, etc.—but the deduction is limited if the property is unrelated to the exempt purposes of the charity.

2) What other services do you provide your clients regarding tax and estate planning in regards to philanthropic giving?

My colleagues and I provide a broad range of services to clients in the tax and estate planning arena, whether reactive (“I just inherited a million dollars. What do I do?!”) or proactive, by engaging with clients early in the planning process to identify the clients’ charitable motivations and goals, both financial and philanthropic, and to work with the clients and the charities of their choice to implement their goals.

3) On a personal note, what do you enjoy most about being a part of PG's Technical Advisory Board?

It’s an opportunity for me to give back to PG. I was a twelve-year student, and next to my parents, Porter-Gaud influenced me more than anything else in my formative years. The educational foundation I received at PG has proven more and more valuable each year of my life. *Note: Information in this article does not constitute legal advice.

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ANNE CAI‘10

The aperture through which Anne Cai ‘10 looks at life is wide open. She has always pursued multiple interests and passions.

While at Porter-Gaud as a Krawcheck Scholar, she reveled in being pushed outside her comfort zones. One of her favorite Krawcheck memories was attending North Carolina Outward Bound the summer between her 10th- and 11th-grade year.

“Somewhere between bushwhacking through Pisgah National Forest and clinging to a vertical rock surface, I realized I had become comfortable. I was awkward and quiet when I arrived; now I was leading hikes and setting the pace. Expanding my comfort zones was a vital aspect of furthering my personal growth and becoming an understanding and contributing member of the community,” says Anne.

Anne went on to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for a bachelor of science in mathematics and in political science with minors in management science and economics. She was awarded the “Outstanding Political Science Undergraduate Thesis” prize and the William L. Stewart, Jr. Institute Award for outstanding contributions to extracurricular activities and events. She also served as the concertmaster and assistant concertmaster in MIT’s Symphony Orchestra, played in chamber music groups, and led MIT’s award-winning student newspaper, The Tech, as editor in chief.

Today, Anne is a senior economic consulting analyst at the Analysis Group in Boston. The firm provides economic and financial analysis in litigation matters, usually supporting the expert testimony of top economics and marketing professors.

She has worked on cases in areas ranging from mergers and acquisitions and health care litigation, to the design and analysis of experimental surveys in matters of false advertising, trademark infringement, and public policy. The work is heavily quantitative, involving analysis of big data using statistical programs like SAS and Stata.

Regarding the building blocks of her quantitative skills, Anne credits Porter-Gaud teachers such as Mrs. Ellison in middle school for introducing her to the world of competitive math beyond class material and Mrs. Fox in the upper school for supporting her continued interest in higher-level math. “I love the quantitative side of data — the hard proof — but what I also enjoy is the qualitative nature of the work. There’s always another side, another angle to the data that you have to discover, interpret, and understand,” says Anne. “Beyond the analytical data skills, the job requires strong writing and communication skills. Teachers at Porter-Gaud like Dr. Slayton, Dr. McArver, Mr. Moore, and Mrs. Chanson helped me build that necessary foundation.”

For Anne, the sky’s the limit. “I just like to keep my options open,” she says.

Photo Credit: James ‘95 and Sara Ewing

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CYCLONE NOTES

EXCITING NEWS FROM OUR ALUMNI

Class of 2015

Jacob Salley ’15 married Sarah Edwards on May 28, 2015. The wedding took place at Magnolia Plantation, and PG chaplain and alumnus Hutson Dodds ‘06 officiated. After a brief honeymoon, they moved to Louisville, KY, where he enrolled in a dual degree program at Boyce College, the undergraduate college of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He will earn his B.A .in theology and his M.A. in Divinity concurrently over the next five years. Jacob and Sarah are also expecting a baby this spring.

Class of 2009

Khris Middleton ’09 was inducted into the 2015 Porter Military Academy - Porter-Gaud Athletic Hall of Fame for basketball and signed a contract extension with the Milwaukee Bucks.

Class of 2008

Alice Phillips Bancroft ’08 completed her first year of law school at Boston College in May, 2015. She was invited to join the Boston College Law Review as a staff writer and worked at Nelson, Mullins, Riley, & Scarborough this summer in Boston as a summer associate in their commercial and complex litigation practice areas. In the fall of 2015, she started the second year of her legal education as a transfer student to the New York University School of Law. Alice was also invited to join the New York University Law Review.

Adam Stovall ’08 recently graduated from USC Law School and is working as an associate attorney at Wilson, Jones, Carter, & Baxley in Mount Pleasant. He is also serving as co-president of the Porter-Gaud Young Alumni Association (YAA).

Class of 2007

Class of 2012

Bradley S. McClelland ’12 is a Strategic Project Associate at PeopleMatter. He also is the Founder and Principal of Clarke and Lamboll. They are responsible for designing, sourcing and sale of American made menswear.

Matthew Appleby ’07 is now the Assistant Golf Professional at Bulls Bay Golf Club in Awendaw, SC. He also passed the PGA playing ability test in August with help reading the greens from fellow Cyclone, Jay Hanckel ’07.

Class of 2011

Elizabeth Long ’11 graduated from the College of Charleston in May 2015 with a degree in communications, hospitality and tourism. She is now the Assistant Event Planner for The Cannon Group in Washington, DC, planning events for Congress.

Allie Pinosky ’11 graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.S. in Applied Science-Biomedical Engineering. She is working at M.I.T.’s Lincoln Laboratory as a Systems Engineer.

Elizabeth Thompson ’11 graduated from Wofford College in May 2015 with a major in English and a concentration in the teacher education program. She will move to Tokyo, Japan to teach in the JET, Japan Exchange and Teaching, Program. She’ll teach English as a second language for a minimum of one year and up to five years.

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Clare Wolf ’11 and Jordan Behringer were married April 2, 2015. They met in line at the Clemson Financial Office. The line was backed up for two hours, and they started talking. Ten minutes into the conversation, he realized he was in the wrong line (his line was a much shorter wait) but stayed for another hour just to talk.

Luann Cignavitch ‘07 has been named Manager of Operations for Personal Care, Inc. This is a private ambulance company.

She is also a new home owner.

Michelle Donnelly ’07 started a new position as a speech pathologist with HealthSouth in Columbia, SC. She was also inducted into the 2015 Porter Military Academy/Porter-Gaud Athletic Hall of Fame for softball.

Ashley Mitchell ’07 became Direct to Consumer Senior Strategic Associate with New Balance in Boston, MA since June 2015.

Katie Morgan ’07 and Wesley Lyon were married on June 13, 2015 in Charleston, S. C. Kelly Brothers ’07, Palmer Huff ’08, Dana Molony ’03, Sarah West ’06, and Kristy Ritter ’07 were bridesmaids in the ceremony. Her brother, Dillon Morgan ’10, served as a groomsman.

Caroline O’Neill ’07 was inducted into the 2015 Porter Military Academy - Porter-Gaud Athletic Hall of Fame for basketball and volleyball.

Class of 2006

Hutson Dodds ’06 was inducted into the 2015 Porter Military Academy - Porter-Gaud Athletic Hall of Fame for baseball.

Heyward Grimball ’06 joined Richardson, Plowden, & Robinson PA, as an associate attorney in the firm’s Charleston office. He focuses on general litigation.

Graham Infinger ’06 and Hilary May Infinger were married on August 8, 2015 at Pelican Hill Resort in Newport Beach, CA. They met on the track and field team at Harvard. There were several PG alumni in attendance at the wedding including the following who served in the wedding party: Groomsmen Michael Burris ‘06, Mark Pacult ‘06 and Andrew Blair ‘06, and Usher JC Darby ‘07.

Edward C. Scarborough ‘06 has joined Carolina One Real Estate Services as an associate in the firm’s downtown Charleston office.

Previously, he was with Piggly Wiggly and The Hidden Countship Shop. He has a bachelor’s degree in business management from Regent’s College.

R. J. Smith ’06 was inducted into the 2015 Porter Military Academy - Porter-Gaud Athletic Hall of Fame for basketball.

Matthew Ellison ’06 is South Carolina Congressman Jim Clyburn’s Legislative Assistant in his leadership office. While the PG 7th graders were on their class trip to D.C., Matthew spoke to them about his job. Matthew said the students asked lots of really good questions that he enjoyed answering!

Class of 2005

Edward Bennett ’05 graduated from the University of Virginia Law School and the Darden School of Business in May, 2015, and has just started work with a law firm in New York City.

Amy Cheng ‘05 graduated from Emory University School of Law in May, 2015.

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Justin Hare ’05 was inducted into the 2015 Porter Military Academy - Porter-Gaud Athletic Hall of Fame for golf.

Zachary Schaeffer ‘05 and Caroline Mojonnier Schaeffer ‘04 are so pleased to announce the birth of their son, Henry Andrew Schaeffer. He was born in Ft. Benning, GA, on April 3, 2015, weighing 9 pounds, 7 ounces. The family has recently moved to Richmond Hill, Georgia, where Zachary will be serving with the 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart.

John Kresse ’05 was inducted into the 2015 Porter Military Academy - Porter-Gaud Athletic Hall of Fame for basketball.

Class of 2004

Laura Johnson ’04 was inducted into the 2015 Porter Military Academy - Porter-Gaud Athletic Hall of Fame for basketball.

Anna Perkins McCubrey ’05 and husband, Chett, welcomed a baby boy. Everett James McCubrey was born on August 3, 2015.

Alden Knowlton ’04 was inducted into the 2015 Porter Military Academy - Porter-Gaud Athletic Hall of Fame for basketball and volleyball.

Hagood Morrison ’05 joined Colliers International as a brokerage associate. Morrison, whose brokerage work will focus on investment sales, will market to and assist clients with finding commercial real estate investment opportunities. Prior to joining Colliers International as investment sales broker, Morrison was a senior investment analyst at Molto Properties.

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Cate Morse ’04 and Hugh Leatherman were married on May 2, 2015, at her parent’s home in Charleston, SC Cate has also started a professional organizing business called NEAT.

Andrew Hagood ’03 was recently named to the Charleston Regional Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 list. He is a project manager with Trident Construction Ryan Neff ’03 married Morgan Watson on April 25, 2015, at the Piedmont Driving Club in Atlanta, Georgia. Ryan is a senior manager with Protiviti Management Consulting in Atlanta. Ryan was also inducted in the Porter-Gaud Athletic Hall of Fame for football and baseball.

Gene Walpole ’03 was inducted into the 2015 Porter Military Academy - Porter-Gaud Athletic Hall of Fame for football and baseball.

Shimoni Rosenthal ‘04 and Tom Carroll ‘65 work together as engineers at Naval Sea systems command in DC.

Class of 2002

Harrison Moore ’02 married Taryn Antigone on June 27, 2015, at the Hotel Monaco in Washington, DC. Dan De Rosa ’02 and Ned Moore ’04 were groomsmen.

Class of 2003

Thomas Anderson ’03 was elected to the board of directors for Operation Home. Thomas serves as the vice president for commercial banking at South State Bank.

Operation Home’s mission is to help low-income people remain in their homes by increasing safety and accessibility through the coordination of critical home repairs.

Hudson Rogers ‘02 married Margaret Ward in February, 2015.

Thomas Drayton ’03 and his wife, Amanda, welcomed a new baby boy. Thomas Middleton Drayton, Jr. was born on September 2, 2015 and weighed 7 pounds 9 ounces.

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Class of 2001

John Barnwell ‘01 was inducted into the 2015 Porter Military Academy - Porter-Gaud Athletic Hall of Fame for football and tennis.

Class of 1998

Hugh Knight ‘98 received the “Outstanding Graduate Student” for the Health, Exercise, and Sport Science Department at the Citadel. He was given the award based on maintaining a 4.0 GPA through 30 of the 39 required hours. Hugh is teaching Physical Education in the Lower School at Porter-Gaud and coaching Cross Country and Track.

Class of 1997

Matthew Cochrane-Logan ’97 recently accepted the position of vice president of commercial accounts with Palmer & Cay, LLC, in Charleston, SC.

Jeff Basile ’01 recently moved back to Charleston and is working in Gastroenterology & Hepatology at Charleston GI. Will Cathcart ’01 married Tika Gogia in Tbilisi, Georgia , Ukraine followed by a celebration held in Charleston, S. C. There were four PG graduates in the wedding in Georgia: Townes Richardson ‘10, Tyler Condon ‘02, Thomas Kapp ’03 and Tab Banium ‘03.

Amy Ledford DiLiegro ’97 and her husband, Tom, are thrilled to announce that their fourth child was born on January 14, 2015.

Susanna Ruth joins siblings Tommy (10), John (6), and Caroline (2).

Amy is working in the family business, Ledford’s Termite & Pest Control, Inc. as office manager.

Stevie Johnson ‘97 and Erin welcomed a son, Jude Pratt Johnson, in April of 2015.

Margot Coleman Martin ‘97 and her husband, Tony, welcomed their daughter, Charlotte, on March 10 at 6:33pm. She weighed 7lbs 3oz, and her parents are over the moon!

Chris Wilson ’97 and his wife Tiffany welcomed their son, Calvan Hawke Wilson, on May 6, 2015.

Charles Darby ’01 has been elected to serve on the Porter-Gaud Foundation Board of Directors.

Ben Pittard ’01 recently accepted a new position with Automotive Management Services, Inc., in West Palm Beach, FL.

Class of 2000

Jenny R. Mao ’00 and her husband welcomed a baby girl on June 17, 2015. Big brother, Logan, is excited about his sister Lizzy.

Class of 1999

Andrew Lucas ’99 recently joined Atlas Executive Consulting in its Charleston office. He will be supporting local Navy clients within the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command Atlantic

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Christina Demos Wynn ‘97 and her husband Baron Revis Wynn welcomed a beautiful baby girl, Katherine Demos Wynn, on May 5, 2015.

Class of 1996

Justin Craig ’96 and wife, Amber, welcomed a second daughter, Kinsley Alyson Craig, on March 6, 2015. Daphne Nelson Craig is excited to be a big sister.

Carter Hudgins ’96 was promoted from deputy director to president and CEO of Drayton Hall. Hudgins has worked at Drayton Hall since 2006 in preservation and education roles.

Tony Gurrieri ’96 recently moved to Seattle, WA, after being promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Air Force. Prior to his move, he was part of a ceremony at the National Archives where he took his officer oath. Porter-Gaud alumnus, Major Cayton Johnson ’95, gave the invocation at this event. This day became even more special to Tony and his family thanks to 20 years of friendship that started at PG.

Class of 1994

Charles Cole ’94 and his wife, Whitney, welcomed a second daughter, Louisa Anderson Cole, on May 21, 2015. She joins big sister Matilda.

Cordes Ford ’94 has been elected president of the Country Club of Charleston. He has also been elected to serve on the Porter-Gaud Foundation Board of Directors.

Charlton Wieters ‘93 and his wife Elizabeth Freeman Wieters welcomed a baby girl, Elizabeth Cook Wieters, on August 7, 2015. She weighed 8 pounds and 3 ounces and is 21.25 inches long.

Class of 1991

Grady Hendrix’s ‘91 book Horrorstor has been picked up by the FOX network to become an hour-long series. Grady will serve as a consultant during the production of the show.

Class of 1990

Emily McDaniel Barrett ’90 has become a partner in the renamed law firm, Lowndes & Barrett, LLC. They focus solely on adoptions.

Steve Estes ’90 spoke to Porter-Gaud students about his new book Charleston in Black and White. He is a professor of history at Sonoma State University.

George Weld ‘90 recently published a “simple, beautiful book that embodies everything great about [his] quirky little restaurant” (says Food and Wine) in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Breakfast: Recipes to Wake Up For is a compilation of recipes from his breakfast mecca, Egg.

Wallace G. Holland, Jr. ‘94 and his wife, Lindsay welcomed Emma Katherine to the world on August 11, 2015. She joins two big brothers.

Class of 1993

Jack Gumb ’93 and his wife, Elizabeth, welcome a beautiful baby girl. Elizabeth “Ellis” O’Meara Gumb was born on August 20, 2015.

Class of 1989

Blair Halford ’89 joined Carolina One Real Estate Services as an agent.

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Class of 1988

Paul Linker ’88 and his wife, Karen Ward-Linker, welcomed a son, Donald “Coen,” on August 7, 2015.

David Marion ’87 and his wife, Sarah, welcomed daughter Vea Grace Marion on April 15, 2015. She joins big brother Connor ’20 and big sister Bryce ’23.

Ed Vaughan ’88 recently became senior vice president for Tennessee Bank. He also married Julie Mason Vaughan on July 11, 2015, on Edisto Beach, SC.

Victor Rawl ‘87 was named one of the 25 McNair attorneys in the 2015 Edition of South Carolina Super Lawyers. Each year, no more than five percent of lawyers in the state are named by Super Lawyers.

Jon Weitz ’87 was recently named to the Clemson University Foundation Board of Directors. He is a 1990 Clemson graduate with a B.S. in financial management.

Class of 1985

Class of 1987

A Porter-Gaud “carpool” picnic was held in February, 2015, at the home of Benjamin Sapp ’87 in Meggett, SC. Pictured (R to L) is Mayor Joe Riley, Jo Sapp, Sandra Cheves, Winfield Sapp, Hank Cheves ’87, Benjamin Sapp ’87, Charlotte Riley, Adam Barr ’89, Joe Riley III ’87, and Kirsten Barr .

Not pictured – James Conner ’87 and Lea Kerrison ’87.

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Eddie Buxton’s ’85 son, Edward Buxton ’16, had the opportunity to have lunch with former Secretary of Defense, Don Rumsfeld, while in Mongolia this summer. Edward also visited Seoul, Hong Kong and Cambodia.

Class of 1982

Davy Hairston ‘82 has officially moved back to Charleston, S. C. He is serving as the Head Pro for Charleston Tennis Center. With the support of his wife and the hopes of his kids, the next and best chapter begins!

Class of 1978

Mr. James H. Fair III ‘78 had his work, “High Altitude Exposure” featured in the May/June 2015 issue of Audubon Magazine. It shows a series of aerial photo shoots along the Carolina coast with flight partner, SouthWings, in preparation for his 2016 exhibit opening at the Columbia Museum of Art.

Class of 1981

Bradley Nirenblatt ‘81 has been married to Cynthia Kahn for the last 16 years and has two children at PG, Ellen in 9th grade and Daniel in 4th grade. After college, he attended MUSC Dental School and then Columbia University, where he received his Orthodontics Specialty Degree. He returned to Charleston in 1991 in time for his 10-year PG Reunion!

He owns two established orthodontic practices in West Ashley and North Charleston. As he looks back on his education at PG, he would like to thank Mrs. Chanson, Mr. Nordlund, and Dr. Mowry for all their help in preparing him for his career!

Class of 1977

Henry Orvin ‘77 was hired on May 4, 2015,

by Pioneer Investments in Boston, MA, as the new head of business development.

Class of 1980

Ann Bacot Daughtridge ’80 has joined the William Means Real Estate team. She specializes in higher-end properties primarily in the historic Charleston district, Mount Pleasant, and parts of West Ashley and Folly Beach.

David Dumas ’80 owner of M. Dumas & Sons, recently completed a major renovation of the 98-year-old business on King Street in downtown Charleston.

Mr. Walter I. Rodgers, Jr. ‘80 is busy watching his two teenagers grow up! Bennett will be in college next year!

Class of 1979

Wilson Rumble ‘79 was inducted into the 2015 Porter Military Academy - Porter-Gaud Athletic Hall of Fame for cross-country and track and field.

Class of 1976

Ulla Bostrom McPherson ‘76 was on campus and noticed her senior picture on the wall as one of the first girls to graduate from Porter-Gaud School.

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Class of 1975

Adam Vane ‘75 was awarded the 2015 Columbia University Medal, the highest honor bestowed by Columbia University to alums for leadership and distinguished service. As a management consultant, he plays an advisory role to CEOs of Fortune 500 companies and heads of large family businesses as well as training UN country leaders on negotiating with rebel factions in countries like Algeria, Zimbabwe, and Sudan.

Class of 1962

Maxwell Mowry, Gaud Class of 1962, has indulged in his passion for travel since his retirement from Porter-Gaud in 2012. In the past three years he has visited 18 foreign countries, including Guatemala, central and eastern Europe, China, and India.

Class of 1974

Vice Adm. Kurt Tidd, 74, assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, became the 19th recipient of the “Old Salt” award in a ceremony at the Pentagon on June 22. The “Old Salt” award is presented to the surface warfare officer serving on continuous active duty with the earliest surface warfare officer qualification, which is the first milestone qualification an eligible commissioned officer may receive in surface warfare. Navy Vice Adm. Kurt W. Tidd was also nominated by the President for appointment to the rank of four-star admiral and for assignment as commander, U.S. Southern Command, Miami, Florida. Tidd is currently serving as assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia.

Class of 1954

Class of 1970

Mr. Randell C. Stoney, Jr. ‘70 with Barnwell Whaley attorneys has been named to the annual “The Best Lawyers in America” list. He is recognized for his second year and included in The Best Lawyers in America for his work in the areas of construction law and product liability litigation – defendants.

Class of 1965

Tom Carroll ‘65 and Shimoni Rosenthal ‘04 work together as engineers at Naval Sea systems command in D.C. (see Rosenthal for picture)

Class of 1964

Mr. Charles M. Brady, Jr. PMA ‘64 and his wife Mary are both retired and live in Lumberton, NC. He engages in his hobby of amateur radio, as time permits. He has such a long list of “To Do Projects” that he may never complete all of them, but at least it keeps one busy and you never get bored.

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David l. Wittschen PMA ’54 has retired tor the second time on May 1, 2015. David retired from the F.B.I. as a special agent in September of 1989.

Several weeks later, David became a special investigator for five government agencies: Homeland Security, Department of Defense, FBI, Broadcaster of America, and Defense Intelligence Agency.

In retirement, David plans on spending more leisure time with Barbara, his wife of 52 years, traveling, taking an active part in his five grandchildren’s activities, and is looking for a 30’s or 40’s model car to recondition. David’s father was in the automobile business in Charleston for 52 years. David worked on the lot helping out the mechanic and cleaning up cars. David says that he is still upset with his brother, Raymond PMA ‘52 who was driving his new red MG demo around town while he was pedaling his Schwinn Roadmaster. David did end up with a 1940 Dodge that he had his last two years at PMA.

Class of 1951

PMA Class of 1951 John Perry was inducted into the 2015 Porter Military Academy - Porter-Gaud Athletic Hall of Fame for football and basketball.

DID YOU KNOW?

PORTER MILITARY ACADEMY ALUMNI EDITION 1) Did you know that the PMAAA honors a member of the freshman class each year with the Rev. Dr. Anthony Toomer Porter Leadership Award? The recipient should represent the following qualities: Exemplary character and leadership, active participation in extracurricular programs and service, and significant and positive influence on the class in building teamwork and cooperation.

PMA Class of 1951 Ormond Wild was inducted into the 2015 Porter Military Academy - Porter-Gaud Athletic Hall of Fame for football and baseball.

PMA Class of 1951 Freddy Yensen was inducted into the 2015 Porter Military Academy - Porter-Gaud Athletic Hall of Fame for football, basketball and baseball.

2) Did you know there are currently 15 Porter Military Academy Alumni who have been inducted into the Porter Military Academy/Porter-Gaud School Athletic Hall of Fame? Members of the Hall of Fame represent over a century of athletic success and are memorialized on the Hall of Fame display in the Wendell Center.

3) Did you know the Porter Military Academy Alumni Association is alive and well? The Board meets monthly and contributes a great deal to the culture and history of the School.

4) Did you know PMAAA maintains an archives room on campus at Porter-Gaud. This room contains hundreds of PMA collectables and memorabilia including PMA uniforms, pictures, buttons, yearbooks, and furniture.

If you would like to learn more about the PMAAA? Please contact Lisa Ward at lward@portergaud.edu or 843.402.4754.

Lost Alumni Steve Craven '66 Rob Hartley '66 William Hough '66 Tom Jones '66 James Lee '66 Gregory Louthian '66 Greg Louthian Peck '66 Sandy Sanders '66 Lanneau Siegling '66 Al Whittle '66 John Arrington '71 Tom Carlyle '71 Jesse Graves '71 Chuck Jacobson '71 Scott Lindsey '71 Curtis Mullinax '71 George Patterson '71 Ralph Valloton '71 Michael Zimmerman '71 Ben Curry '76 Melissa Davis '76 Larry Krawcheck '76 Jimmy Mahaffey '76 Ulla Bostrom McPherson '76 Sandy Robinson '76 Hank Salter '76 Florence Barone Schneider '76 B. Thompson '76 Tim Vellom '76

Art Aiken '81 Bud Aiken '81 Randy Baker '81 Vicki Moore Chapman '81 Mike Giuffreda '81 Kip Grimball '81 Fred Horlbeck '81 Micah Jenkins '81 Mark Joye '81 Todd Karakashian '81 Andy King '81 Kenny Krawcheck '81 Ian Marshall '81 Steve McLees '81 AJ Novit '81 Gordy Rosenthall '81 Stuart Wardlaw '81 Rutledge Webb '81 Brian Bajuk '86 Russell Barton '86 David Brown '86 Paige Clay '86 Sean Doherty '86 Maria Monocrusos English '86 Jon Goldsteen '86 Jon Halford '86 John Harrell '86 Brian Johnson '86 Joe Kelley '86

We are trying to locate the alumni on this list who are celebrating a milestone reunion. If you have contact information for one of the people on this list, please email ksherrod@portergaud.edu.

Andre Klein-Breteler '86 Jim Lake '86 Kevin Lazarus '86 Kim Lauder Lockett '86 Kathleen McDermott '86 Laura Perry '86 Jason Richards '86 Adam Toporek '86 Leslie Weidner '86 Brad Whitehead '86 Chance Algar '91 Aaron Berg '91 Paul Bueker '91 Preot Buxton '91 Ryan Deussing '91 Winslow Hastie '91 Honor Hawkins '91 Allen Hutcheson '91 Helen James '91 Amy Johnson '91 Kevin Kreutner '91 Kathy Lindenmayer '91 Maddy Fredericks Lytton '91 Jeff Mathewes '91 Chris Reed '91 David Thorn '91 Chuck Wallace '91 Audrey Brabham Ache '96 Ashley Ameika '96

Christine Betsill '96 Leigh Fylstra Blalock '96 Serge Braverman '96 Nerissa Hamilton-vom Baur '96 Tom Larsen '96 Tripp Livingston '96 Chris Lucas '96 Palmer Moore '96 John Mueller '96 Matt Russell '96 Jimi Sahn '96 Will Smith '96 Lindsay Finch Trout '96 Michael West '96 Katrina Wilson Arrington '01 Kristin Banks '01 Will Furtado '01 Helen Gilmore '01 Derek Lahr '01 Leslie Lambert '01 Dee Lieber '01 Keeley Roles Morrell '01 Megan Murphy '01 Will Rivers '01 Josh Rosenthal '01 Elizabeth Huggins Warren '01 Margaret Carroll Weisser '01 Jonathan Zile '01 Hunt Applegate '06

Casey Asbill-Beck '06 Dalton Bennett '06 Adair Calcote '06 Katherine Constantine '06 Tyler CurĂŠ '06 Bart Daniel '06 Daniel Eaddy '06 Jonathan Early '06 Sam Engel '06 Ansley Sade Feussner '06 Mary Gilmore '06 Alex Guyon '06 Emily Hoffman '06 Dunja Kasipovic '06 Zach Kuthe '06 Nadanai Laohakunakorn '06 Peter Laplante '06 William Maybank '06 Molly O'Connell '06 Joel Odom '06 Amber Rhye '06 Trey Robinson '06 Thorsten Runge '06 Bryan Sistino '06 Caleb Smith '06 Daniel Tagge '06 Joey Cerato '11 Cameron Tagge '11

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LEGENDS

Students share memories about “Dr. Mac” and Dr. Horton

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There are teachers, and then there are legends. Dr. Charles “Chuck” or “Dr. Mac” McArver and Dr. Tom Horton are certainly classified as the latter. Any student who had the privlege of sitting in one of their classrooms has many stories to tell. They are dynamic, incredibly skilled, and passionately driven leaders of their domain. It is fitting that they retired in the same year, as it is unimagineable that the history department could exist with just one of them left. Upon their retirement, quotes were submitted about both of them. We wanted to share some of them with you.

DR. TOM HORTON - History “Sit in a Dr. Horton class if you want to laugh and learn with one of the best. The “Horton Experience” is magnified tenfold when the door is neatly shut (DON’T SLAM IT!!!) and “Horton Boy” has taken his seat at the head of the Harkness table. Take out a pen and paper to record the facts, but don’t forget to listen in for the entertaining and edifying anecdotes that accompany them. On the walls, in the “puppy-poop brown” AP European history textbook (as Dr. Horton calls it), and through his lectures, history comes to life in a Dr. Horton classroom. When it’s a particular favorite subject of his, be prepared for some great stories and some real passion. There was quite a bit of fist clenching and table pounding on the day Dr. Horton started his Napoleon lectures, and plenty of drama over Otto Von Bismarck’s unification of Germany. There are some stories that Dr. Horton just loves to tell. When the subject of Napoleon’s right hand man, Field Marshal Ney, came up, Dr. Horton had a field day. When asked about a story that he really liked, he’d lean back in his chair, close his eyes, give his class rings a few twists, and allow information to fill the room. As the story would progress, Dr. Horton would get excited and smack his hands on the table when Field Marshal Ney escaped the Battle of Waterloo or when Henry V’s long bowmen cut down the French cavalry at Agincourt.” -- Jeb Hines ’15 “The burning image in my mind of Dr. Horton, 23 years later, is of him hanging from the rafters in his old classroom (pre-PG renovation) while his booming voice delivered the stories of American History in the most captivating of ways. He inspired me to become a history major at UGA, and was one of a group of motivational teachers that gave me the confidence to pursue law school. Thank you to Dr. Horton and PG!” -- Chilton Grace Simmons (’93) “Dr. Horton impressed upon me the approach to thinking and writing critically. He emphasized the importance of reading and analyzing primary source documentation as the foundation to formulating a strong thesis which still serves me today”. -- Erik Clark ’97 “Dr. Horton was my homeroom teacher for all four years of high school. I never needed to drink coffee in high school because I had Dr. Horton to wake me up. His energy was infectious. Every morning I was awakened by the sounds of his Citadel class ring smacking against a school desk. Dr. Horton was a great storyteller. As my AP European History professor, he was always able to bring the past alive with his animated recreations of history.” -- Brandon Cole ’07 “Dr. Horton is both an icon and enigma of our school. His mind is a library of Porter-Gaud and Charleston history” -- Christian Naylor ’15 “He’s a legendary storyteller who will always have an impact on anyone who was lucky enough to learn from him.”-- Larkin Dobson ’15 “Dr. Horton could always, always, always, always, without fail, lift your spirits and self-esteem if you were having a bad day. You could go talk with him during lunch or after school and he would make you feel like a million dollars.” -- Alice Phillips Bancroft ‘08 “Dr. Horton once said of those of us who deeply love the history of Porter-Gaud, “We can hear the walls talk.” He has always heard the walls talk. He loves the spirit of Dr. Porter’s and Dr. Grimball’s school with both his head and his heart. Not only has he kept the formal history and archives, he has also maintained personal contact with the living representatives of that history. Just this morning, he dropped me a note to tell me about a conversation he had last night with ‘Maje’ Ted Richardson. Whenever I read quotes from Dr. Porter, I imagine his voice sounding like Tom’s.”--Larry Salley ’87, athletic director and former history faculty member

DR. CHARLES McARVER - History “I was a second semester junior taking AP U.S. History with Dr. McArver. However much I acquired from him my freshman year, I gained even more this year.

Having Dr. Mac again was a gift. Though it has been tough with monotonous and copious amounts of reading, another year of daily “focus writes,” heated debates, notable court cases, parallel readings, demanding essays, and tests (or, as Dr. Mac calls them, “dumpster fires”) given seemingly every other minute, I have gotten more out of this course than any other class at PG. Writing is my passion. I feel there is no greater an escape or a purer form of expression, and it is Dr. Mac who has enabled my writing growth. His tests were entirely essay-based, and he has singlehandedly improved my craft tenfold by teaching me how to sharply fuse historical background with my own thoughts. He has allowed me to meld my strong opinions into my words, whether they are on an individual or an event, and this personal liberty has been an academic emancipation. I am so grateful for this opportunity, and, as the year has progressed, a class I used to dread (simply for the sheer amount of material, not the teaching) has become a highlight. Dr. Mac truly brightens my day. (He is probably shaking his head at that statement.) -- Monica Nyland ’16 “I am so thankful for Dr. Mac. He encouraged me relentlessly to run for honor council, and he would not let my fear of delivering a speech to the student body stand in my way. He said, “PJ, I was in The Sound of Music. You can make a speech. The effort is worth the cause.” I will always appreciate him for believing in me.” -- Preston Johnson, ‘16 “Dr. Mac opened my eyes to the real world, the big picture. He taught us how to think outside the walls of PG, starting every class with a philosophical quote that inspired character and thought to what kind of mark in the world we wanted to leave.” -- Stefanie Bainum ‘05 “I unequivocally loved Dr. Mac’s history class. Everyday I never ceased to learn something new. With his witty humor and daily achievements of a piece of candy or the long sought after crown, history was truly fun, and I eagerly awaited it each and every day. However in his class, the greatest joy was rather helping other peers and seeing them succeed, as encouraged by the class’ atmosphere. I feel blessed to have had truly a legend for at least one year.”

-- Anne Marie Thompson ’18 “Dr. Mac was my homeroom teacher all four years. Freshman year, I begged him to give me a nickname, so he eventually gave in and asked what hand I wrote with. I told him I was right-handed and from then on he has called me ‘Lefty.’ As my homeroom goes off to college, I think I can say that we will all miss seeing Dr. Mac every morning and hearing his classic morning phrases like ‘watch your backs out there, Brewmeister may be lurking in the halls,’ or ‘candy?’ with hand motions. The other day in homeroom he said, ‘I’m really gonna miss you, Lefty.’ Well Dr. Mac, I’m really gonna miss you too.” -- Ana Olbrych ’15

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PORTER-GAUD GOLF CLASSIC June 6, 2015

THE 24TH ANNUAL Saturday, June 11, 2016 Osprey Point Golf Club, Kiawah Island

Visit PORTERGAUD.edu/GOLF to register Proceeds benefit the Porter-Gaud Alumni Association Scholarship Fund.

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April 16 Singleton Field

Center of the Universe

April 15 205 Albemarle Road

PORTER-GAUD TO BECOME THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE

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Charleston, S.C. -- Scientists have determined that Porter-Gaud School will become the center of the universe from April 15-17, 2016. To celebrate this rare celestial event, we have planned festivities for past inhabitants of this rarefied air to come together.

Throughout the three-day event, the center will shift slightly, as indicated by the diagram above. You are invited to join us as we pay homage to the cosmic force that has transformed so many people for the good.

On Friday, April 15, the center will be directly over 205 Albemarle Road. All are invited to feel the power as we become the focus of all universal energy. We will mark the occasion with music, food, drinks, and fellowship with other Cyclones.

On Saturday, April 16, the center shifts to Singleton Field, where great cosmic forces will empower soccer players of years past to come out of retirement and compete with our current team. A pilgrimage around the Lowcountry will then ensue as classes ending in 1 and 6 recognize their milestones, celebrating their respective trips around the sun.

On Sunday, April 17, the center shifts to Ashley Ave., as the students from Porter Military Academy honor those who set the universe in motion with a chapel service at the Old St. Timothy’s Chapel.

Don’t miss out on this rare chance to celebrate the convergence of the Cyclone Spirit with all your fellow voyagers.

To reserve your spot at the epicenter of the cosmos, visit PORTERGAUD.edu/ALUMNIWEEKEND.

*The information contained in this article has not been independently verified by any sort of real scientific research, and cannot be considered reliable. However, even if the data is determined to be invalid, it will be a really fun weekend and you won’t want to miss it!

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PORTER MILITARY ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (PMAAA)

VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP Porter-Gaud would like to thank the following people for giving of their valuable time and energy to help continue the mission of the School.

PORTER-GAUD BOARD OF TRUSTEES Dr. Thomas C. Appleby ’77 Mrs. Wanda M. Boyd Mr. James T. H. Buxton ’91 Mr. Henry M. Cheves, Jr. ’87, Chair Mr. J. Walker Coleman IV ’82, Secretary Mr. Paul A. Kohlheim The Rt. Rev. Mark J. Lawrence Dr. John M. McCardell, Jr. The Rev. J. Haden McCormick Mr. Ford P. Menefee ’79 Mr. Doug A. Snyder, Treasurer Mr. James M. Stelling ’68 Mrs. Elizabeth F. Vingi Mr. Jonathan P. Weitz ’87 Dr. R. Preston Wendell ’97 The Rev. John Zahl EX-OFFICIO

Mr. D. DuBose Egleston, Jr. ’93, Head of School

OFFICERS President: Col. Franklin A. “Nick” Hart, Jr., USMC, RET ’50 Vice President: Mr. Melvin H. Roberts ’63 Secretary: Mr. J. W. Allen, Jr. ’63 Treasurer: Mr. James P. Demetre ’54 Archivist Emeritus: Mr. Philip A. Chevrier, Sr. ’50 Chaplain: Dr. Bobby R. Faulkner ’49 BOARD MEMBERS Mr. Carl Beckman, Jr. ’65 Mr. Larry K. Bradham, Jr. ’65 Mr. Arthur H. Brouthers III ’63 Dr. Bobby R. Faulkner ’49 Mr. Thomas L. Ilderton ’57 Mr. William C. Kennerty ’41 Mr. Elmore L. Marlow ’63 Mr. John McAlister, Jr. ’52 Colonel L. Russell Rawls, USA-RET ’44 Mr. Joseph M. Roberts III ’64 PORTER-GAUD ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (PGAA) OFFICERS President: Greer Shilling Polansky ’88 President-Elect: Charles Cole ’94 Secretary: Chris Osborne ’95 Treasurer: David Marion ’87 Past President: Rob Gamble ’91 BOARD MEMBERS Mr. Matthew Cochrane-Logan ’97 Mr. Justin Craig ’96 Mr. Tim Ford ’80 Mr. Jack Gumb ’93 Mrs. Kathleen Stelling Hodgson ’99 Mr. Carter C. Hudgins ’96 Mrs. Cate Morse Leatherman ’04 Dr. Maxwell Mowry, Gaud ’62 Mr. Ed Royall ’01 Mr. Paul Sperry ’92 Mr. Ashley Thiem ’98 Ms. Caroline Tigner Traugott ’87 Mr. Barney Vaughan ’78

PORTER-GAUD FOUNDATION BOARD

PORTER-GAUD YOUNG ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (YAA)

Mr. Luther P. Cochrane, Chair Mr. Charles P. Darby, IV ’01 Mr. F. Cordes Ford, IV ’94 Mrs. Donna M. Friedman Mrs. Adriane Z. McAvoy, Secretary Mrs. Linda P. Porter Mr. R. Keith Sauls Mrs. Laura M. Schaible Mr. James A. Scully, Jr., Vice Chair Mr. Martin O. Skelly Mrs. Lisa D. Weitz

OFFICERS President: Julia Mallard ‘11 Co-Vice Presidents: Hutson Dodds ’06 and Adam Stovall ‘08

EX-OFFICIO

Mr. Henry M. Cheves, Jr. ’87 Mr. Doug A. Snyder, Treasurer Mr. D. DuBose Egleston, Jr. ’93, Head of School Ms. Tucker J. Branham, Executive Director of the Porter-Gaud Foundation

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BOARD MEMBERS Jack Gilchrist ‘15 Chelsea McKelvey ‘15 Moe Rama ‘15 Hannah Clarke ’14 John Bozeman ’14 Julia McAvoy ’13 Bobby Faith ’13 Robert Scott ’12 Leah Guest ’12 Charlie Baker ’11 Julia Mallard ’11 Josephine Appleby ’10: Anna Caroline Worthy ’10 Carson Parker ’09

Meg Hickey ’09 Tej Dhindsa ’08 Adam Stovall ’08 Steven Bailey ’07 Grace Perry Daughtridge ’07 Hudson Dodds ’06 Legare Settle ’06 Jeffrey Zucker ’06 John Beam ’05 Henry Laurens ’05 Anna Perkins McCubrey ’05 Alden Knowlton ’04 Cate Morse Leatherman ’04

REUNION WEEKEND

ALUMNI PARTIES April 24-26, 2015

ALUMNI SOCCER MATCH April 25, 2015

ALUMNI NIGHT AT THE RIVERDOGS June 4, 2015

YAA HAPPY HOUR May 14, 2015

WASHINGTON D.C. PARTY November 18, 2015

ARE YOU READY? 2014-2015 GIVING by the

NUMBERS

$684,820 Endowment

$130,576 Capital/reNEWal

$3,000,000 TOTAL

$3,815,396

PARTICIPATION LEVELS Parents

52%

Top Parent Classes - 2025 (59%)

Alumni

14%

Top Class - 1965 (43%)

Faculty

100%

Staff

99%

Faculty Staff gave $42,068 to PG

Past Parents Grandparents

27%

22%

Visit portergaudfoundation.org to see the full 2014-2015 donor report.

CYCLONE

WARNING

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The National Weather Service has issued a MAJOR STORM WARNING. A CYCLONE is building in intensity.

We’re asking you, the Porter-Gaud Family, to be a force of nature – the likes of which we’ve never seen before - and give to the 1867 Society, Porter-Gaud’s annual fund.

The more families who participate, the stronger the storm, and the greater its impact on our students and faculty.

Make your gift to the 1867 Society, name your cyclone, and watch the storm strengthen.

Visit www.portergaudfoundation.org today.

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#cycloneseason2015 #areyouready #portergaudproud

300 Albemarle Road Charleston, SC 29407

ALUMNI EVENTS JANUARY, 2016 January 9 – Porter-Gaud Fathers Association Oyster Roast MARCH, 2016 March 19 – Porter-Gaud Parents Guild Gala – “PorterPalooza” APRIL, 2016 April 15 – 17 – Reunion Weekend, including the All-Alumni Party April 16 – Individual Class Parties and Alumni Soccer game April 17 – Porter Military Academy Chapel Service, Old St. Timothy’s Chapel (MUSC) JUNE, 2016 June 2 – Alumni Night at the Riverdogs June 11 – PGAA Golf Classic, Osprey Point, Kiawah Island

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