PORTER-GAUD magazine Winter 2019
ALLIE PINOSKY ENGINEERING NATIONAL SECURITY
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PORTER-GAUD magazine WINTER 2019
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ON THE COVER Allie Pinosky ’11
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Students in the Lower School build volcanoes as part of Beyond the Books.
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JACK SCHAIBLE ’17
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Jack talks about his experience on the University of Pennsylvania sprint football team.
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FEATURES New Fine Art Spaces 16
VISION OF A GRADUATE
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Academic Dean Audrey Holsten discusses a new campus-wide initiative that envisions our students’ future.
ALLIE PINOSKY ’11
shares her research and development work at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln 12 Allie Lab.
CAMERON WARD ’16
discusses his invaluable experience as an intern at the White House in the early spring 14 Cameron of 2018.
ELAINE ROSENBLUM ’81
master storyteller and conversation virtuoso, Elaine discusses her career in collaborative 22 Acommunications and shares the subject of her new book.
WHY WE GIVE: The Morse Family
Founder’s Day 18 CycloneTown Pics 19 Alumni Roadshow 20 Performing Arts Campaign 24 An Evening of One Acts 26 One Word, One Gift 27 Alumni News 28 In Memoriam 33
25 The Morse Family talks about what compelled them to give back to Porter-Gaud.
Cyclone Sports 34
YOUTH IN GOVERNMENT
Parting Shot 38
36 Students head to Columbia to represent Porter-Gaud in an intensive legislative session.
Alumni Weekend 39
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JACK SCHAIBLE
University of Pennsylvania Sprint Football
Sprint football is played like it sounds: fast and explosive. Players must maintain a weight of 178 pounds or less and a maximum of 5% body fat to be eligible to play. The game, established at the University of Pennsylvania in 1934, emphasizes speed and agility and provides smaller, talented student-athletes the opportunity to compete in football on the intercollegiate level.
and trying your best. When I started high school at PorterGaud, I had no idea that I would end up where I am, but all my teachers and coaches encouraged me to be the best I could in the classroom and on the playing field, and that’s a value I’ve tried to carry with me through college.
As of 2017, nine schools fielded teams in the Collegiate Sprint Football League; of the nine, six are private universities (Chestnut Hill College, Cornell University, Franklin Pierce University, Mansfield University, University of Pennsylvania, Post University, Caldwell University, and St. Thomas Aquinas College) and two are national military academies (U.S. Military Academy and U.S. Naval Academy). All nine teams are located in the northeastern United States.
Sprint football provides another avenue for colleges to bring in well-rounded students who want to participate in different parts of campus life outside of academics. The fact is, only a few big time football and basketball programs in the country generate significant financial profit for schools. The whole point of college athletics is to allow students to have fun competing while providing them with the benefits of a close-knit group of friends and teammates, and in those respects I think sprint football creates a great value for colleges.
Jack Schaible ‘17 is in his second year playing for the University of Pennsylvania. We sat down with him this fall to look back at his first year playing in the Collegiate Sprint Football League.
4) What is the value of a sport like sprint football for colleges?
“Jack was a great leader on the team. He was a captain, good role model, and had a great work ethic, so we definitely wanted to identify someplace he could play at the next level and excel. I think that’s what sprint football is all about - plus it gave him the opportunity to go to an Ivy League school. Any time you can use football as a tool to get to the next level, that’s what we try to do here.” Porter-Gaud Varsity Football Coach Rick Reetz 1) What impact has sprint football had on your UPenn experience?
5) What is the tradition of PG kids heading into sprint football?
Sprint football gave me a great network of teammates and friends right off the bat at Penn. Every year, the team welcomes the freshmen class with open arms, and I think that has factored in heavily to our success on the field. Also, playing sprint football at Penn has given me access to a tremendous alumni network of ex-players who love giving back to the program, which I feel demonstrates just how special our team culture is.
PG has actually been very well represented in the league for the past few years, and I believe around six or seven PG alums have played within the past few years. I love that South Carolina has started to become a pipeline for sprint football, and if any current PG players have any interest at all, I would love to talk to them and give them any advice I can.
2) Why was sprint football an option for you? What do enjoy most about it? Frankly, having played offensive line and middle linebacker at my size throughout my PG career, I didn’t think I would have many options to play football in college. Fortunately, I found out about sprint through Coach Reetz and a couple of my teammates, and when I did some research and learned that I could have the opportunity to keep playing football and get a great education, it sounded too good to be true. 3) What did you learn at PG in the classroom or on the field with Coach Reetz that you use while playing for UPenn? I think one of the most important things I learned at PG and from Coach Reetz in particular was the value of working hard
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Vision of a Porter-Gaud Graduate Imagining the Future to Inform the Present - by Audrey Holsten, Academic Dean What will the world look like in 5, 10, 15 years? For the last semester, Porter-Gaud faculty and staff have been engaged in a process of envisioning our students’ future and prioritizing the qualities they will need to navigate this world. When we consider that a Porter-Gaud first-grader will graduate from Upper School in 2030 and that a fifth-grade student will be entering the workforce that same year, “the future” suddenly seems closer than ever. Through research and discussion, we’ve outlined some of the opportunities and challenges our students are likely to encounter. These include rapid technological advancement, increased automation, ubiquitous access to technology, shifting demographics, climate change, and population growth. As one faculty and staff discussion group succinctly put it, our graduates will encounter “a hotter, faster, flatter world.” What specific qualities, skills, and mindsets will our students need? Faculty and staff feel that empathy, cultural awareness, resilience, and the ability to collaborate top the list of qualities Porter-Gaud graduates will need to thrive in the future. As evidenced by the student perspectives that follow, Porter-Gaud already emphasizes many of the “soft skills” that are in demand now and will continue to be in the future. The next several years will provide us with the opportunity to elevate their importance and integrate these skills more intentionally into our curriculum, instruction, and programming. What’s on our list of essential attributes for a Porter-Gaud graduate? SELF-MOTIVATED HONORABLE EMPATHETIC COURAGEOUS COURAGEOUS DISCERNING WELL-INFORMED WELL-INFORMED
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The features that follow offer compelling examples of students building these important skills and exhibiting the qualities we value. From developing deep empathy and cultural appreciation in Fiji and Tel Aviv, to engaging in self-directed learning about cutting-edge technology, these Porter-Gaud students make us proud in the present and hopeful for the future.
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Share your thoughts by contacting: Audrey Holsten, Academic Dean aholsten@portergaud.edu 843.402.4777
’19 CHANDLER MCKELVEY Who would have ever thought that one of Fiji’s first leaders was a cannibal who was said to have eaten over a hundred people before he was informed it was unhealthy? These types of facts led me to choose an online course called Diversity in a Global Perspective. In the span of a semester in my junior year, I set out to learn not only about people’s different cultures but also their identity. Then in the winter, I applied for the Lt. James T. Richards, Jr. Memorial Award. With this grant came the opportunity of a lifetime to travel somewhere I had never been before to help people. As I looked through my options, I stumbled across the Islands of Fiji, where the culture was full of a unique history which piqued my curiosity. To my shock, I had won the grant and was one step closer to my eleven-hour flight to the island of Viti Levu. In turn, my diversity teacher encouraged me to learn as much as I could about Fiji and its culture. The results of my search about Fijian culture shocked but interested me. Arriving in Fiji, we were welcomed into the community through a traditional Kava ceremony. Kava was a mildly narcotic drink that was given to all newcomers in a community as a way for the chiefs to welcome them. During my time in Fiji, I was fortunate enough to have experienced several of these Kava ceremonies. Each time one was performed, I felt I was gaining a better understanding of the culture as a whole, although the, um, unique taste of the drink will forever be embedded in my taste buds. Though each ceremony was uniquely different, the response was always the same, and we were always accepted, proving to me that Fijians as a community were welcoming people. Along with the traditional Kava ceremonies, I made it my mission to learn as many Fijian words as I could during the two weeks I stayed there. One of the
favorite sayings was, “Sega na linga,” which meant no worries. During my time in Fiji, I tried to live by this saying and experience as much culture as I could. Through my many experiences, one of the toughest was traveling to the Highlands of Fiji where there was no power, little to no furniture, and unfiltered water. Although I was nervous to face all these challenges, I tried to follow my new motto and make the best of my situation. The Highlands were full of many traditions that I was yet to learn about, like tea time, a traditional Fijian dinner, and church on Sunday. While the culture of Fiji made the experience memorable, the people that I met during our service projects truly inspired me and made me appreciate the things that I had in life. Fijians did not have a lot, but a person would never be able to tell due to their smiles that could light up a whole room. Returning back to the States, I realized that I could use my experiences to help further diversify my school and its community. Being an African American female in a predominantly white prep school, I am faced with adversity every day around campus. While in Fiji, I was able to experience what it meant to truly be embraced by a culture, not for the color of my skin but for my character. These experiences pushed me to want to implement new ideas that could further transform my campus, like working with the school to hire an African American or minority teacher so that my fellow minority students and I would feel as if there is someone in our corner. Although my trip to Fiji did not encourage me to implement a new cannibalistic lunch menu, it allowed me to open my eyes to the culture of a different country.
KATIE KRAWCHECK’20 Before a Jewish teen embarks on his or her journey to Israel, he or she is typically bombarded with a multitude of good wishes, as well as the hope that the trip merits some sort of “spiritual awakening.” As for me, I didn’t know what to expect; this would be my first time in Israel. I was going to be the only person from Charleston (or even South Carolina) on this trip. I had only met the other American teens over a video chat once. And, of course, I wasn’t familiar with any of the Israelis aside from my host, Maya. I could tell that this was going to be an experience unlike anything I’d ever done before. And that presented many challenges. For one, I was worried about how easily I would actually click with all the other kids. Would there be cultural differences? Language barriers? As somebody who isn’t incredibly practicing to begin with, as somebody who considers herself to be culturally Jewish as opposed to religiously so, I was worried that there would be some major religious differentiation between the rest of the teens on the trip and myself. More specifically, I was worried that my lack of a solid Jewish identity would clash with what I thought would be each teens’ confident Jewish affiliation. As soon as I arrived at the airport in Tel Aviv after an almost 22-hour day of traveling, we were greeted by the Israeli teens with open arms, as well as posters and signs reading, “Welcome to Israel!” The whole group broke out into hugs and laughter, and I think that we all felt the same powerful connection--we were all Jewish teens. But we were Jewish teens in our homeland: Israel.
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And just like that, everyone seemed to click immediately. And by the end of the day, we all knew and loved each other as individuals. It took no time at all to know each other--to understand and relate to one another. Aside from the fact that the Israelis were all incredibly bilingual (while most of the Americans’ Hebrew vocabularies were similar to that of a first grader), we all came to the realization that
we’re more similar than we are different. And as it turns out, many of the American teens were struggling with the same Jewish identity crisis as I was. It wasn’t until we started talking to some of the Israeli teens that we started to truly understand that you don’t need to conform to somebody else’s description of an ideal Jewish person in order to actually be Jewish. This is a notion that took a bit of time for each American kid to understand and accept while on the trip. When you’re surrounded by 15 other kids exactly like you--15 other kids who struggle with the same crisis of finding a “proper” Jewish identity--and you’re able to watch as half of those kids, the ones who live in a predominantly Jewish state, are comfortable with the identities that they’ve assigned themselves...it’s life-changing. It moves you. It reassures you that you aren’t alone, that there are teens all the way across the world who are in the exact same boat as you. It reassures you that you have a support system, even 6,300 miles away. You meet these people, and suddenly you understand the whole notion of an “awakening.” For me, it wasn’t spiritual; it was personal. It was a rediscovery, a resurfacing of my own Jewish identity. It was the realization that my Judaism is how I choose to define it--without the obligation of living my life as the Jewish girl other people want me to be. When I’m with these kids, I forget that there are only around 15 Jewish kids in my high school. I forget that I don’t have many Jewish neighbors or very many Jewish peers. Because when you’re in Israel, staying with a host family, living your life as a true Israeli teen, you forget that you grew up in the South. You forget that, for you, it isn’t normal to walk down the street on Saturday mornings with the words “Shabbat Shalom” tumbling clumsily out of your mouth to every person you pass. You forget that this lifestyle isn’t at all like your own. Because for the two weeks that I was there, Israel became my lifestyle. Israel became my home.
The night before we climbed Masada, two of the Israeli teens brought their guitars to the Bedouin site where we were staying. It was probably 85° outside, but we were all crowded around a campfire, drinking hot tea and making s’mores. About an hour before, the teens had gathered up in a tent for an impromptu rehearsal. We were all laughing as we strained our vocal chords to sing songs like “Hallelujah” and “Riptide.” At the time, I think we all thought that we sounded like the most talented choir of Jewish teens to ever exist. But looking back at videos of our performance, I’m not so sure that was truly the case. Nonetheless, I remember that when we finally sat around the campfire, it felt like instinct to put our arms around one another. We only had 14 days together. There were only about 5 days left. I distinctly remember this bittersweet feeling of pure and utter bliss. I remember sitting there and thinking to myself, “I’m so content right now… how am I supposed to leave my new family?” It was a harsh reality that we’d soon have to face. So we held on tightly to each other--even in the heat of an Israeli desert--knowing that in just a few days, we’d have to let each other go. Israel really is home. When you’re there, you feel overwhelmed with an inexplicable feeling of love. Of belonging. Of family. It’s a feeling that not very many people have the opportunity to even try to comprehend. It’s a feeling that I will never take for granted. And it’s a feeling that you’ll never truly understand until you’ve been there yourself, singing “Wonderwall” around a campfire with 15 of your new best friends.
Rory Brown ‘19 One Word: Interesting
’19 RORY BROWN My passion for computer science began in the eighth grade when the program started here at Porter-Gaud. What I enjoy most about computer science is that there’s always a problem and ten different ways to solve it. I’m a problem-solver, so I always enjoy working to find the fastest solution or the best solution.
This semester, I took an 11-week artificial intelligence course called Machine Learning through the school’s partnership with Stanford University Online/Coursera. The course was very challenging, but I am using that knowledge and applying it to my latest independent project - teaching my computer to read the alphabet.
I never expected that I would be doing an independent project on artificial intelligence or developing apps. Mr. Bergman has always been one of those teachers that said to me, “Why don’t you go do that?” He was continually encouraging me.
The idea came from studying neural networks in the Stanford course. I also found it intriguing that our U.S. Postal Service has developed an algorithm to read postal codes of handwritten digits. The system can identify each handwritten letter or number with incredible accuracy, so I thought my independent project would be a good one.
I developed a fishing app last year. The app called Fish!t is for all fisherman – saltwater to freshwater – and uses Google Maps’ satellite imagery to help you locate different fishing flats. You place a pin on that flat, save the coordinates, and find your way on your next trip. While on the boat, if you catch a fish, you can log the tide, the type of fish, and a rating for the spot. Your fishing spots show up like contacts within the app, making it easier to get back to your “honey hole” the next time.
Right now, my algorithm can recognize the alphabet with some kind of accuracy - about 65%. With the alphabet recognition done, now I am giving it more samples to learn from. In the Stanford course, we had some 10,000 samples to learn from, but I’m not a corporation with tons of data, so I have to build the samples myself. Today, I have 150 examples, so I’d say 65% accuracy with 150 examples is pretty good.
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NAVIGATING MIDDLE SCHOOL IS TOUGH! River Rafting in Costa Rica - Winterim 2019
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ALLIE PINOSKY ENGINEERING NATIONAL SECURITY
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There’s a long-standing joke in the Pinosky family that with a father in medicine and a mother in computer science, Allison “Allie” Pinosky ‘11 was bound to be an engineer. Throughout her 12 years at Porter-Gaud, Allie was always interested in math and science. She vividly remembers her first science experiments in Ms. Settle’s class and extracting her own DNA in Ms. Day’s bio lab. “My AP labs in chemistry, biology, and physics were all very exciting to me because I like to break down the abstract,” said Allie. “You can truly use those elementary principles in math and science to solve real-world problems. I think that makes the whole learning process more meaningful.” After Porter-Gaud, Allie moved to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, another Pinosky family tradition. She arrived as a chemistry major, but after a first-year seminar on nuclear chemistry, covering topics from atomic bombs to cancer treatment, she decided to pursue engineering. Allie graduated with a bachelor’s degree in applied science with a focus in biomedical engineering. “Applied science was perfect for me. I was able to build a lot of things. It was all hands-on learning and research in the lab. It was an awesome program.”
“I really like that you can find concrete solutions to problems in science. There’s always a way to break down a problem into smaller pieces. You can always figure out how to solve a small part of a problem, if you can’t solve the entire thing.” Allie Pinosky ‘11 One of Allie’s most memorable research experiences in college was an internship between her junior and senior year at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. Her professor and lead researcher was collaborating with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Laboratory. “The internship was a great way for me to mix academia and research,” said Allie. “We were developing wearable biosensors - sensors that detected pollen or humidity to warn diabetes or asthma patients of triggers and potential attacks.” From her experience at NC State, Allie wanted her first job to be in research and development. The problem was that those jobs are hard to find with only a bachelor’s degree in hand. She pursued positions at the MIT Lincoln Lab, the Southwest Research Institute, and a private firm in Research Triangle Park. In 2015, Allie was hired as Assistant Technical Staff at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. MIT Lincoln Laboratory researches and develops a broad array of advanced technologies to meet critical national security needs - from cybersecurity to space and defense. What sets Lincoln Lab apart from many national R&D laboratories is their focus on building operational prototypes of the unique systems they design. It was a perfect fit for Allie.
Allie was assigned to the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) project. Funded by NASA, TESS is the next step in the search for planets outside of our solar system, including those that could support life. For two years, a four-camera system on TESS will survey and catalog 200,000 of the brightest stars near the sun to search for transiting exoplanets. Allie joined the TESS project in the assembly and test phase. She worked on a variety of tasks from setting up tests, to building hardware, to design and analysis work on the camera systems. TESS launched successfully on April 18, 2018, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, and the first images returned to Earth in September. “It is an exhilarating environment at Lincoln. It is super collaborative, and teammates continually help one another. Some of my coworkers are in their 70s and some are in their 40s; we are deeply integrated throughout all the project teams. It is nice to have so many mentors working side by side.” Although she is unable to discuss the project she is working on now, Allie shares that she is the mechanical lead on a new systems project and is also applying to graduate schools to pursue an advanced degree in mechanical engineering. Yes, it seems the family DNA code rings true.
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CAMERON WARD WHITE HOUSE INTERN
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In the early spring of 2018, Cameron Ward left the comforts and daily routine of college life at the University of Michigan to pursue a three-month internship in the White House with the Trump administration. Ward was only one of 80 interns chosen out of 80,000 applicants for this highly selective and invaluable experience. 1) What was the catalyst for your interest in politics/civics? I became interested in politics during my junior year of high school. It was an election year and I decided to volunteer to campaign for Senator Tim Scott and Congressman Mark Sanford to try to gain some experience in the political field. I was able to capture a glimpse of the political world and ever since then I have always been interested in the political atmosphere in America. The 2016 presidential election really solidified my passion and interest in US government. That election was the first time I was ever able to vote, so I wanted to understand the issues at hand and be educated on the candidates before voting. I give a lot of credit to Mr. Greenwell, my government teacher at the time, who helped me comprehend the complexity of our government and the importance of having that understanding, especially when voting in an election. 2) The White House internship program is extremely competitive. How did you differentiate yourself? After meeting my fellow interns there, I knew that everyone was beyond qualified to be in the positions that they were in, but no two individuals were the same. Each person was selected because the staff thought they brought something productive to the table. That being said, I believe that a combination of my writing skills and knowledge of American politics, as well as my past experiences working on campaigns, separated myself from other potential candidates. When applying for internships/ jobs, you don’t get to decide the questions, but you can choose the answers, and in order to be competitive you have to play to your strengths. I was able to do just that and evidently it paid off, and I was very thrilled to have been given such an amazing opportunity.
4) After your internship experience, what is the reality vs. perception of our government? Was it what you expected? The way the government functions is very accurate compared to perception. What I mean by that is people tend to think of government as being slow and that is true. However, being able to see how the process works from start to finish on a lot of things showed me that it’s slow for a reason and not because people aren’t doing their job. In all of US government, not just the Executive Office, there are multiple steps and different checks and balances to go through before anything can pass. Whether you’re talking about a bill in Congress or simply a departmental policy change, there are a lot of steps to go through. On the other hand, with this administration in particular getting a lot of media attention and scrutiny, it was interesting to see the general atmosphere from within the White House vs. how the media portrays it. Often times you will read the headline “White House in Chaos,” when in reality nobody is panicking and people are continuing to push the agenda of the President. Knowing the amount of criticism President Trump receives from the media on a daily basis, this misled perception was somewhat expected; however, it was interesting to see the difference being so clear-cut in some cases. I still have a lot to learn myself, but the best piece of advice I can offer is to take advantage of every opportunity that presents itself. The majority of the time, you can’t plan for changes in your life to occur, and so when a door opens up, it is important to be ready to take it. I was accepted to the White House Internship Program at the end of November last year, right before I was suppose to register for next semester’s classes. I was set on going back to school and continuing my college career, but this door suddenly opened up and I decided to take it and I am glad I did. It was a tough decision to leave everything behind and put school on pause for four months, but life is full of tough choices and it is important to make the most of the opportunities that are presented to you.
3) Describe a day in the life as a White House intern. There really was no “typical day” in the life because there are always new events occurring. The interns are spread around among the different offices, so which office you are assigned to dictates how your day is spent. The assignments given to an intern on any given day could include conducting research, managing incoming inquiries, attending meetings, writing memos, and staffing events. While interns’ responsibilities and tasks vary by department, we would have weekly group events with all the interns, including a speaker series and small group meetings exploring different policy aspects within the Executive Office of the President. Lastly, we would often have community involvement opportunities in which we would go volunteer at school or a non-profit around D.C.
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IS NEW AGAIN Older buildings on campus are given new life as Porter-Gaud opens new Fine Arts spaces. The breezeway area, which has housed classrooms, the library, and offices, as well as Richardson Hall, which once housed dorm rooms, have now been completely modernized and transformed into incredible space for the visual and performing arts. The renovated spaces include art studios, a black box theatre, rehearsal rooms, practice rooms, and classrooms, giving our creative students twice the square footage they had before to develop their talents. We are grateful to the reNEWal donors who made this project possible.
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ELAINE ROSENBLUM
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Conversations hold a lot of power. They make your intentions clear, establish bonds between you and others, and can make or break a first impression. The words you choose and how you use them can build trust and inspire collaboration or alienate and breed conflict. Elaine Rosenblum ‘81 is a conversation virtuoso and a master storyteller. Across a diverse professional career as a marketing executive, attorney, educator, entrepreneur, and recently published author, Elaine combines her corporate and legal expertise to mentor students and professionals in cultivating collaborative communication skills, the most valued professional asset in the tech economy. She has changed conversations and changed lives, one well-articulated word at a time.
The Power of Mentors Elaine’s first exposure to the power of words and mentors came in Vaughan Mazursky’s seventh-grade Geography and World Affairs class. Ms. Mazursky’s lessons and words were relevant, challenging, culturally significant, and experiential. “Ms. Mazursky was one of the more influential teachers while I was at PG. Her teaching was so sophisticated. At the time, I questioned why she was talking to us about Russia, apartheid, macroeconomics (guns and butter), or Christmas traditions around the world, but I would come to reference many of her teachings throughout my career.” Ms. Mazursky was a tough teacher, grader, and gave her GAWA students a news quiz every Friday. Peter Jennings was her favorite TV news anchor, so each student watched him nightly. During second semester, she jokingly promised the class an A grade if they landed her a date with Jennings. Without hesitation, Elaine, together with all of Ms. Mazu’s (as she was called) students, drafted a compelling letter, and to their delight, Mr. Jennings said, “Yes, if you fly her to NYC, I’ll take her on a lunch date.” Mazursky flew to New York (funded by a student bake sale) for her “date” lunch with Jennings. The story made the National Enquirer, and while PG would not allow Ms. Mazu to give everyone an A, Elaine and her classmates received 10 extra-credit points. Ms. Sue Chanson was another influential teacher during Elaine’s high school years and provided her with the baseline for learning how to write. “Both teachers always had our best interests at heart. They understood the value of challenging us, but always did so with fairness. They taught their subjects deeply and provided us with a very sophisticated education.” After Porter-Gaud, Elaine headed west to the University of Texas at Austin. She liked Austin for its off-beat and undiscovered vibes. Not only did Austin provide an exceptional education, it also supplied an opportunity for Elaine to cross paths with one of her most influential mentors, Barry Silverman. Silverman was a successful advertising executive and a former speechwriter for Texas Governor John B. Connally. “During my senior year, Silverman had been dating my friend. He met me and said, “You could really be successful in advertising. You understand it, and you know how to think about this industry.” Silverman took Elaine under his wing and guided her through her first job interviews. When she interviewed at a Dallas ad agency that had recently landed the Braniff Airlines account, she was told they didn’t have the budget to hire her. Silverman encouraged her to prove her worth by offering to work for free, and the agency placed her on the Braniff Airlines account. In less than three weeks, Elaine was offered a salary and benefits. Years later, Elaine left Texas for New York City with a job offer from advertising giant Saatchi & Saatchi. Elaine spent 13 years in New York City working at several global ad agencies and in consumer marketing on the corporate side. She collaborated with Fortune 500 professionals, from marketing analysts to the C-Suite, on brands like Delta Airlines, Nestle, Nabisco, and Mercedes-Benz. “I fell on my face a lot, but the advertising world is the best business boot camp training you can get. You have to work for two masters the agency and the client. Your management and negotiation skills get sharpened working to keep both sides happy, and your word choice is tested with each line of copy, be it an ad or marketing analysis.”
After advertising, Elaine attended Cardozo Law School and was accepted into a highly competitive mediation clinic. “I learned how to mediate in the courts of New York. I spent half my time in the classroom learning negotiation, arbitration, and conflict resolution and the other half in the courts. It was exhilarating.” Elaine was a trailblazer. Only three law schools - Cardozo, Harvard, and Columbia - were offering mediation as a clinic. Over the last two decades, mediation has grown to become part of the curriculum in a growing number of law schools. “I saw that these skills are teachable and valuable in many different professional settings. Mediation and negotiation weren’t being taught in law schools, M.B.A. programs, or as a professional development tool. I saw an opportunity.” Opportunity Comes Calling In 2001, foreseeing the impact of technology on communication skills, Elaine founded Courageous Conversation, an executive mentoring firm that trains corporate executives and professionals to utilize mediation techniques as a collaborative negotiation tool for building and managing long-term strategic partnerships. As part of a second entrepreneurial adventure, five years later, she co-founded Access Test Prep & Tutoring with her husband, Charles Mendels. Since the goal of test prep and tutoring is admission to private school, college, grad school, or a company in the form of a job, it was logical for Elaine to combine her collaborative negotiation consulting practice with Access Test Prep & Tutoring to form ProForm U®. ProForm U is mentoring the next generation of professionals, those Elaine has dubbed “GenText ™”, in how to collaboratively communicate, get a job, and negotiate today’s hyper-paced, techdriven professional world. Given her roles in both organizations, Elaine now teaches collaborative communication and negotiation skills not only to professionals at all levels, but also to budding professionals, including students preparing for college admission, internships, and job interviews. Elaine says, “In the knowledge economy, collaborative communication skills are the single most important skill. Students and GenTexters come to me baffled on how to articulate and self-present, so we write a script and we craft a story. If you’re going to tell me about your work ethic or opinion, tell me a story about it, give me an example, and prove your point - it’s legal logic.” In the tech economy, Elaine’s collaborative communication approach is so on point that she is freAvailable on Amazon.com quently quoted on Forbes.com. She also recently published A Word and A $hake, Interview Storytelling Skills for GenText™, the first installment of a communication book series for the texting generation, which Elaine says includes us all. Elaine believes that when you can articulate clearly and collaboratively who you are or your point of view, you set yourself apart. It’s exactly how she has lived her life. ”My communication skills are my success, and they are my reward for having personal and rich relationships in my life.”
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PERFORMING ARTS CENTER CAMPAIGN THE VISION
The School is committed to the four key components of a Porter-Gaud education: Academics, Athletics, Faith, and the Arts. The time has come to elevate the Humanities and the Arts by replacing the old auditorium with a state-of-theart facility that will inspire intellectual curiosity, creativity, artistic expression, and community.
THE NEED
Gwynette Auditorium was built in 1976 when Porter-Gaud had 680 students and less than 50 teachers. With fewer than 400 seats now, it cannot accommodate our growing community – nearly 1,000 students and more than 100 teachers. The stage and support systems are at the end of their useful life, and the long-term cost of constant repairs is more than investing in a new facility.
WHO WILL BENEFIT?
Everyone. The Performing Arts Center will be the heartbeat of the campus and every student and teacher will walk through its doors on a weekly basis, regardless of their participation in our extensive Arts programs. Parents, grandparents, alumni, and family members will have adequate seating for events. Prospective families will see proof the School is committed to the Arts. Even the broader Charleston community could be positively impacted by this high quality venue.
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THE COST
Site and structural design work, plus the actual construction is $8.5 million.
THE TIMELINE
Everything depends on your support. Renovations for the fine arts in the breezeway and Richardson buildings are complete, and the old fine arts building should be demolished this summer. Design work for the site and building should begin this summer. Construction will take 18 months.
MISCELLANEOUS
The Performing Arts Center Campaign is part of reNEWal. There are several naming opportunities in the new facility. A new Chapel will be built after the Performing Arts Center is completed. For more information, call Craig Stewart at 843-402-4690 or Lisa Ward at 843-402-4754.
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WHY WE GIVE: THE MORSE FAMILY
L to R: Tuck Morse, Cathy Morse, Cate Morse Leatherman ’04, Hugh Leatherman, Jessica Morse, Richard Morse ‘99
The Morse Family has been very generous to Porter-Gaud in both time and talent, and we asked Cate and Richard about their motivations. Cate serves on the Alumni Association Board and Richard on the Foundation Board, and both prize their close PG friends and connections in the community. Richard: “Our family appreciates the advantages and values Porter-Gaud gave us, and we wanted to give back and support the capital campaign in a meaningful way. The teachers at the school are so dedicated to helping students. We want them and the coaches to have the best tools and facilities to accomplish their mission. The new Performing Arts Center will be the heart of the campus where everyone meets. It’s time to replace the old auditorium with a state-of-the-art facility.”
Cate: “I always knew that I wanted to send my children to Porter-Gaud, so contributing to the reNEWal campaign was incredibly important to me. I wanted them to be educated at an institution that I was extremely proud of, both in infrastructure and academics. Continuing to improve the Porter-Gaud campus is something that I am very passionate about.”
For more information on fundraising initiatives at Porter-Gaud School, please contact: Craig Stewart, Executive Director, Porter-Gaud Foundation 300 Albemarle Road, Charleston, SC 29407 843.402.4690 cstewart@portergaud.edu
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ALUMNI NEWS 2018 Jasmine Smith will transfer to run cross country for the Winthrop Eagles in January. She had a solid first quarter running season at the College of Charleston. Ross Clarke is a freshman at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas pursuing a degree in cyber security.
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Summer Boyd met The Most Reverend Michael Bruce Curry on Capitol Hill in May 2018. Curry gave the address at the wedding of Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan Markle. 1
2015 Jacob Salley and Sarah welcomed their second son, Landon Wildes Salley, on August 20, 2017. 2
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John Bozeman graduated from Washington & Lee in the spring and has started his first year at USC Law School. John also traveled to Colorado, New York, Washington D.C., and the Turks and Caicos over the past year. Hannah Clarke graduated in the spring from Auburn with a B.A. in political science and government. She’s now a first-year student at the USC Law School. While at Auburn, she studied abroad in Italy for four months to get a focus in international studies and relations.
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Elizabeth Hill (Clemson ’18 B.A. in Computer Science) is now working at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab in California. Brent Demarest earned his second All-American certificate for UVA in NCAA Cross Country at the 2018 National Championships. In the spring, Brent will begin training with the U.S. Triathlon team in the hopes of competing in the 2020 Olympics.
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Patrick Ennis recently graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a degree in Economics. He is a Senior Analyst with an Investment Bank and resides in Los Angeles, California. Colin Wallace is a communications and research intern at the Institute for Economics & Peace. He assists in content design for IEP Peace Ambassador Program partnered with Rotary International.
2012 Nolan Coulter graduated from Georgia Tech with high honors in 2016. He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in aerospace engineering at Embry-Riddle University. He was inducted into Sigma Gamma Tao in 2018.
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Landon Sanford is founder and CEO of Rayka, which has officially partnered with STA, the world’s largest student travel company. Rayka is an app that is the first student-only review based platform like Yelp or TripAdvisor.
2011 Will Henry Lawrence graduated from the College of Charleston in May with a B.A. in communication and received one of six ‘outstanding student’ awards from the Department of Communication. Will Henry is the director of communications for St. Christopher Camp and Conference Center on Seabrook Island.
2010 Josephine Appleby is working for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools. Anne Cai will be going back to Analysis Group as an economic consultant at the post-MBA level. Ryan Ennis has passed his Series 7 and Series 63 Securities License Exams. He has been promoted to the High Net Worth Wealth Management team at Vanguard Investments of Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. He resides in Charlotte, North Carolina.
2008 Molly Perkins Mills married Corbin Mills on September 15, 2018. 3
2007 Brandon Cole has taken a new position with First Capital Bank in Charleston. Michelle Donnelly married Paul Moore on November 10th at St. Luke’s Chapel. 4 Ashley Mitchell was the manager for digital strategy & content creation at New Balance for five years, but now works for a company called Egon Zehnder, which is a leadership advisory firm located in Boston. Eric Novak is in his third year of law school at Tulane Law School. He is currently interning with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Court. He plans to stay in New Orleans after graduation and work for a local firm.
2006 John Michael Burton has stayed in the Raleigh/ Durham area after graduating from Duke with a B.S. in mechanical engineering. He is a consultant mostly working with firms in the Research Triangle Park. Jonathan Clark was married to Joanna Maskas Clark in January of 2018. They recently moved from Charlotte to Pittsburgh. Katherine-Clare Crump Orren is a real estate agent in Atlanta, GA. Her daughter Amelia was born in the fall of ‘18.
Haddie Dennis is working for a marketing consulting firm and has started her own graphic design business on the side. Graham Infinger and his wife, Hilary, welcomed Wallace DeWitt “Ace” Infinger into the world in July in London. 1 Robert Pearce works as a software engineer and is president of his company, Pearce Software, LLC. He and Emily were married on February 18, 2018. Aaron Saltzman and his wife, Michelle, have two children, Ari and Mira. Aaron is a lawyer with Littler Mendelson, P.C. in Atlanta, where he represents employers across a variety of labor and employment matters.
2005 Caroline Irvin Davis recently relocated from NYC to LA with her husband, Brody, and son, Russell. She is still working as an interior designer.
2004 Reid Castellone finished his family medicine residency in Greenwood, SC. He and his wife, Chelsea, will now be joining his father’s practice in Summerville. They just welcomed their daughter, Adair June, this summer.
2002 Dennis Jordan and his wife, Laura, live in Atlanta and now have two daughters, Eliza (2) and new sister, Hannah, who arrived in June. Dennis works in commercial real estate for Pollack Shores and Laura works in the development office at Westminster. Lindsay Joyner is a partner at Gallivan, White & Boyd in Columbia and focuses on financial services and complex business litigation. She recently saw Jim Buxton ’91 at the S.C. lawyers reception at the American Bar Association’s annual meeting in Chicago. She also recently caught up with Alice Phillips ’08, now with the public defender’s office in Columbia, at the Richland County Bar Association’s judicial reception. John Lupton and his wife, Danyelle, welcomed a second son, Scotty, into the world in April. Their older son, Cartter, is now two.
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Matt Cox has finished his service in the Navy and is now working in business development for a software company in Raleigh. Kenzie Goer and his wife, Chelsea, have a two-year old son, Preston “Press” and a new daughter, Georgie.
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James Lucas and Sarah were married on April 28, 2018.
Ben Adams is the co-owner and chef at his whole hog barbecue restaurant called Picnic in Durham, NC. His wife, Laura, is a nursing student at UNC – Chapel Hill.
2003 Tab Bainum moved to Sweden in 2016. Over the past academic year, he has been studying the Swedish language and his first child was born, Agnes Helena Carolina Bainum, on June 15, 2018. 2 Ryan Pickhardt lives with his wife, Austen, in Greenville, SC, where he is the director of international transportation for Michelin North America. He’s responsible for distributing product and materials across the country once they arrive in the U.S. Austen is a wildlife biologist with the State Department of Natural Resources. Dr. John R. Spratt, MD is finishing his seventh year of residency in general surgery at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. His wife, Claire Hvass, JD, MBA, is a Twin Cities native and an attorney at U.S. Bank. They will be moving to Gainesville, FL next summer, where John will do fellowship training in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery at the University of Florida.
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Mary Neill Hagood McKie and her husband, Blake, welcomed their second child, Findlay Wood McKie, on March 7, 2018. Mary Neill is vice president at Medalist Capital Real Estate and Financial Services. Blake is a civil litigator at Duffy & Young. 3 Dr. Laura F. Shapiro is a Board Certified Pediatric Dentist, and recently opened her dental office, LowCountry Kids Pediatric Dentistry LLC, on Coleman Boulevard in Mount Pleasant. 4
Langdon Smith is working in the private yachting industry and splitting her time between Florida, the Caribbean, and Northern Michigan. She still has close ties with family and friends in Charleston, including her nephew, Donovan Smith, who is a sophomore at Porter-Gaud.
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Carrie Thompson Racanelli and her husband, Joe, live in New York with their beloved bulldog. Joe is the Head of Finance for a British-owned TV production firm and Carrie is an HR Business Partner for a Seattlebased consulting firm. She has responsibility for their East Coast offices (Philadelphia, New York, Hartford, and Boston). They recently spent 10 days touring Iceland with Colleen Thompson Jones ‘97, Chase Jones ‘97, and Matthew Pritchard ‘97. 5
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Alex Brener and his wife, Elizabeth, and two children, William (3) and Margo (1), moved to the Charleston area from Charlotte in August. He’s working with William Means Real Estate in residential sales. Alex also owns the MoonPie General Stores in Tennessee.
1998 Lawrence Hershon is a partner with the Parker Poe law firm in Columbia where he primarily focuses on construction, commercial, and banking litigation. He and Heather have been married for seven years and have two beautiful daughters, Ellis (4) and Collins (1).
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Jeremy Coerper is married and lives with his wife, Jan, and their daughter, Rose, in Pittsboro, North Carolina. He works for Habitat for Humanity. His brother, Ben ‘00, is a farmer in Rhode Island.
Rebecca Powell Austin is director of digital media at Ben Lippen School in Columbia. She and husband, Tom, stay busy keeping up with their four children: Susanna, Jack, Ruby and Mary.
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James Edge is living in LA with his wife, Joanne. He is the CIO/CTO of a global logistics company where he is regularly traveling with work to Europe and Asia. James is a recent graduate of Sierra Club Wilderness Training Course. He recently accomplished his family travel goal to visit every MLB (baseball) stadium. James met up with Robbie Friedman, Jason Heffron, and Bill Pittard (all ‘92) in Toronto, Canada in October to catch an MLB game. 2
Leigh Flystra Blalock is a child psychiatrist. She did her residency and fellowship at Duke and stayed in the area to join a private group in Cary, NC called 3-C Family Services. Her husband, Wes, is a premier field engineer for Microsoft. They have two young children. Justin Craig was promoted to senior project professional at SCS Engineers. Justin will be chairman of the Board of Directors at East Cooper Land Trust starting in June 2018, and is now on Board of Governors for the Propeller Club of Charleston. He is also co-chair of programs for St. Andrews Rotary Club. Isabel Arana DuPree and her husband, Brad, live in Atlanta with their young daughters, Izzy and Mari Grace. Isabel is putting her UNC law degree and legal experience to good use now placing attorneys nationwide. Both of her sisters, Ashley Arana Waring ‘03 and Julia Arana West ‘98, currently live in Charleston.
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Dr. Stephen Gamboa moved to San Francisco with his wife, Dr. Olivia Gamboa, and son, Wesley, two years ago. Stephen works as an emergency physician and teaches at the University of California, San Francisco. The family enjoys the outdoors, whether backpacking in Yosemite or riding bicycles around the Bay Area. They welcomed their 2nd child, Emily Frances, in November. Barron Suarez is a speech pathologist at Duke. He and wife, Karen, who is also a speech pathologist, have two sons, Josh (7) and Sam (5). The family enjoys living in Apex.
1995 Jamie Ewing is a senior investment analyst with an alternative investment office based in New York. He commutes weekly from Boston where his wife, Sara, is a medical resident at Tufts. They have a young daughter and a newborn son. 1
1994 Paul Fyfe lives in Raleigh, NC with his wife, Maggie, and their 11-year old and 8-year old boys. The family occasionally gets to Seabrook Island to see his parents. Paul works as an associate professor of English at NC State University and in 2018-2019 will be an ACLS Burkhardt Fellow at the National Humanities Center.
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Cara Permar lives in the Raleigh area and is a project manager for WakeMed, a private, non-profit hospital. She rides horses for fun and show. Cara has worked in construction project management most of her career and also earned an M.B.A. at UNC - Chapel Hill.
Louisa Buxton Hansen and her husband, Christian, live in Greenville, SC, with their three children. She’s a program manager at SYNNEX and he runs his own cheese-making company, Blue Ridge Creamery. His great grandfather had a creamery in Denmark, so it runs in the family. Elizabeth Soutter Vaughan lives in Cary, NC with her husband James, a biostatistician in the Research Triangle Park, and their three children. Twins Jay and Charlotte are juniors in their school’s marching band and daughter, Frances, 10, is a gymnast.
1991 Mary Beth Crawford Ausman lives in Charlotte with her husband, Jim, and two daughters, Cameron (13) and Allison (10). Mary Beth is an evaluation and assessment consultant for STEM centers, foundations, cultural institutions, and art & children’s museums across the Carolinas. Laura Heape Brisson works in private client services for Capital Bank (formerly First Tennessee Bank) in Mt. Pleasant. She and husband, Brad, who works for a defense contractor, have a 6th-grade daughter, Kathryn. Kevin Kreutner continues in his career with the State Department. He recently transferred from the U.S. Embassy Branch Office in Tel Aviv, Israel to the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait. Apparently, he speaks fluent Arabic with a slight Charleston accent. Michael Scarafile and his wife, Julie, live in Mt. Pleasant and have two young sons—Vito (3rd grade) and Leo (kindergarten). Michael has served as president of the family’s real estate business, Carolina One, since 2011. He was recognized in 2016 as one of the top executives and leaders in the residential real estate industry. Johnny Stuhr says he is in a dream job as a Charleston Harbor pilot. Johnny and his wife, Ashley, have a fouryear old daughter and a two-year old son. 3
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Bill Buxton and his wife, Eliza, have enjoyed living in Sumter, SC, where their 6th-grade twins (daughter and son) attend Wilson Hall. Bill practices real estate, trust & estate and family law at his firm, while Eliza is the manager of operations for the Sumter Development Board.
William Brown is a partner with the Nelson Mullins Law Firm in Greenville, SC. He and his wife, Lauren, have three children in college--at TCU, Clemson and USC—and one child still at home, in 7th grade.
1988 Richard Harrill is executive director of the Campus Y at UNC-Chapel Hill. He was chair of a homelessness and hunger committee and co-president of the Campus Y as an undergraduate. He and his wife, Katie, and daughter, Rose, love Chapel Hill, but still enjoy traveling to Katie’s home country, the UK. They also make trips to Eastern Europe, especially Hungary, where Katie and Richard met and worked for human rights organizations.
1987 Dr. W. Melvin Brown III is the newest member of the MUSC Board of Trustees. He is a fellow of the Academy of Academic Emergency Medicine, a member of the South Carolina Medical Association, and has served on the board of directors for the Star Gospel Mission and is currently serving on the Board of Trustees at Porter-Gaud. Freddy Renken and his wife, Jessica, welcomed their new daughter, Murphy Claire, on June 21.
1986 Laura Perry-Bates and husband, Brandon, took their teenage son and daughter on a family vacation to Venice and the Amalfi Coast this past April to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary. Laura also celebrated her 10th anniversary of working in the president’s office at Emory University this year. 1
1985 Dr. William Anderson joined the faculty of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia in 2010 and serves as the Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and as the Chief Medical Officer for the Palmetto Health-USC Medical Group. His wife, Sarah, is a professional photographer and certified scuba dive master, a sport they both enjoy. Michael McElreath lives in Carrboro, NC, with his wife, Becky Stern, and son, Caleb (18), and daughter, Ana (12). Michael is the assistant head of the upper school at Cary Academy. He earned his PhD in History from University of Pennsylvania. His dissertation focused on the racial history of Raleigh. Michael is very committed to social justice and diversity - a pillar at Cary Academy. Dave Walsh lives in Charlotte, NC, and is a project manager with Atrium Healthcare System. He and his wife, Sharon, have two daughters and a brand new grandson. Sharon is a counselor in the public school system.
Edward Hart is a professor of music and chair of the department of music at the College of Charleston. He in currently completing a work that will be performed by the acclaimed Shanghai Quartet along with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra in April 2020 to celebrate Charleston’s 350th Anniversary. His wife, Beth Webb Hart, is a published novelist and teaches creative writing at the Charleston County School of the Arts. 2
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1983 John Kercheval runs the John Kercheval Global Sports Sponsorship Program, which has grown to 12,000 athletes worldwide supporting talented but disadvantaged swimmers from every continent except Antarctica. It has become the largest program in the world with 15 camps worldwide. Erin Chanson McWhorter is physical education teacher in Dorchester County District Two, and has been selected as the “2018 Teacher of the Year” for Joe Pye Elementary School. She also placed among the top ten “2018 Teachers of the Year” for all DD2 elementary, middle, and high schools.
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1982 Craig Belisle is a senior financial advisor and shareholder at JOYN, a behavioral wealth management firm based in Atlanta, GA. He has been with JOYN for 22 years. He and his wife, Cindy, have three daughters: a senior at Furman University, a sophomore at the University of Georgia on the women’s varsity soccer team, and a 10th grader at Holy Innocents Episcopal school. Karl Kemmerlin has been working for Blue Cross/Blue Shield of South Carolina (BCBSSC) in Columbia for the past 20 years. He has served in many different finance and accounting leadership positions at BCBSSC, but is currently the assistant vice president for corporate cost & budget. He keeps in close touch with Bobby Morrow ‘82, Trei Hund ‘82, and Ritchie Weil ‘82. Chris Olsen is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where his practice focuses on privacy, cybersecurity, and data security issues. He and his wife, Christy, enjoy cycling. His daughter graduated from Northwestern and now lives and works in Chicago. His son is a student at the Boston Conservatory.
1981 Russ Brown is a practicing psychiatrist in Atlanta, GA, although most of his time is focused on managing his psychiatric business and staff involved in lots of telemedicine to communities without nearby services. His son is a football player at Georgia State University.
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Elaine Rosenblum and her husband, Charles Mendels, co-founded and manage Access Test Prep & Tutoring and Pro Form U in Atlanta, GA. Elaine is frequently a contributor to Forbes.com. Her book, A Word and A $hake, Interview Storytelling Skills for GenText, is available on Amazon. 1
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Rob Wilcox is now in his 8th year as dean of the USC Law School.
William Rambo is a spinal surgeon in private practice in Columbia, SC. He and his wife, Lee, have a daughter and a son, both attending local high schools and doing well.
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1979 Martin Gilmore and his wife, Susan, live in WinstonSalem where he is managing partner and founder of Five Points Capital, a private equity investment firm. Their daughter, Margaret, works for Atrium Healthcare in Charlotte, NC, and their son, Davis, is a freshman at Furman University. Martin and Susan provide volunteer leadership for the local chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF).
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Steve Harvin is a trial technology consultant for an international law firm in Atlanta, GA. Using his graphic design and video background, he supports trial presentations on multi-million dollar corporate and high profile criminal cases. He and his wife, Virginia, have two daughters, one at UGA and one in high school. His sister, Carol Price ‘82, also lives in the Atlanta area. Stephen Kirkland lives in Columbia, SC with his wife, Pam. Relying on his consulting and accounting background, he serves as an expert witness in court cases involving executive compensation and other financial issues. Pam is the director of registration in the securities division of the SC Attorney General’s Office. Stephen is very active with First Baptist Church, the FCA, and Palmetto Family Council board.
1976 Robert Key and his wife, Jane, live in Columbia, SC, where he is a senior vice president at CCM Investment Advisers. At CCM he is part of a team that develops equity and fixed income strategies and manages client portfolios. He and Jane have two daughters, Windy and Sally, one of whom lives in Charleston and works at Blackbaud while the other is a senior at Clemson.
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Robert Adden is an attorney with Ruff, Bond, Cobb, Wade & Bethune in Charlotte. He’s been with the firm since he got his law degree from UNC. He and Kim have two sons, Bobby in Charlotte and Danny in Los Angeles. Robert has been refereeing high school football for over 35 years and loves it.
Dino Corontzes is now in his 38th year in the financial investment industry in Columbia, SC, where he is a vice president with Stephens Private Wealth Management Inc.
Burnie Maybank has a successful law practice in Columbia focusing on tax-related issues. His son, William Maybank ’06 lives and works in Columbia; daughter Lizzie Maybank ’08 is now earning her MBA at UVA; and son Rhett Maybank ’10 has been working on political campaigns in South Carolina this year. In early October, Burnie, William and Rhett had a wonderful trip to Switzerland and stayed with the US ambassador, Edward McMullen, who is from South Carolina. 2
1972 Bob “Bobo” Reynolds loves spending time with family and friends at Bennett’s Point and Edisto. He’s delighted that his daughter Janet Preslar is the new Upper School art teacher at Porter-Gaud. John Sosnowski and his wife, Patti, have been in Sumter, SC, for three years and love the community. He is a priest on staff at Church of the Holy Comforter Anglican. Their daughters are doing well and have given them three wonderful grandchildren. Al Ward lives in Greensboro, NC, and is now “retired,” although he says he has three part-time jobs: community college lecturer, party DJ (Motown and beach music mostly and aka The Nite Al) and assistant JV baseball coach at his two sons’ former high school.
1969 John Farrow is retired from teaching and lives in Atlanta, GA. He is excited about the upcoming Class of ‘69 50th reunion. David Garfinkel joined Levine Smith Snider & Wilson in 2014 as a counsel attorney. His practice has focused on marital and family law. David is married to Judy Mendel Garfinkel, whom he met while they were students at the Cumberland School of Law. They relocated to Atlanta in 2014 after living in Jacksonville, Fla. to join their three adult children: Emily, Marc and Scott, and granddaughters. Alex Marshall is happily retired from 37 years of internal medicine in Charleston. He and his wife, Julia, have a trip planned to Alaska in 2019. All three children – Russell ‘97, Caroline ‘99, and Neal ‘02 – graduated from Porter-Gaud and are busy with their professional lives. Alex is looking forward to a great 50th Reunion for the Class of ‘69 in April.
Laurin McSwain is a trust & estate attorney in Atlanta, GA, and is looking forward to attending the Class of ‘69 50th reunion. Gerald Sonenshine and his wife, Nancy, are now the proud grandparents of two grandsons and a granddaughter. They live in Columbia, SC. He is president of Wholesale Industrial Electronics, a business his father and Ronnie Kahn‘s (Class of ’75) dad started in Charleston in 1948. Dr. Curtis Worthington will be in the unique position of celebrating his 50th reunion in the same year his younger son, Aidan, will be in the graduating class at Porter-Gaud. His older son, Ian, graduated from PG in 2011.
1964 Marvin Cohen (Gaud) is working as a “semi-retired” engineering psychologist and modeler in New York with his wife, Julie, who is fully retired from her career as a vice president in public relations with ABC News. Most of his firm’s projects are for the Department of Defense and are aimed at improving how people make decisions in real time situations. He has two sons and three grandchildren.
1963 Alan Banov (Gaud) lives near DC and is “semi-retired” from his law practice, but still conducts employment-related mediations. Alan and his partner, Sandi, enjoy traveling and he can claim to have visited all 50 states. After serving four terms as an elected member of the Montgomery County (MD) Democratic Central Committee, he was appointed to the Montgomery County Board of Elections in November 2017.
1961 Frank Burkart (PMA) is enjoying retirement. He and Mary have two married daughters in the Atlanta area, five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. They enjoyed the dedication of the PMA museum and statue of Dr. Porter campus. They have enjoyed recent trips to Iceland and New Zealand.
In Memoriam Col. Russ Rawls, PMA ’44 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient
Colonel Lucian R. (Russ) Rawls, USA-RET graduated from Porter Military Academy in May 1944, as a Distinguished Military Graduate. Russ was active in the Porter Military Academy Alumni Association (PMAAA) since its inception in 1988. A past PMAAA President, Russ received the prestigious Buell Cup in 2007 (pictured right with former Head of School Dr. Chris Proctor), Porter-Gaud’s highest alumni award. In addition to several oncampus projects, he was instrumental in the installation of the bronze twelve-pounder Napoleon Tube cannon. The cannon is currently on loan from the U.S. Government and was originally located on the Porter Military Academy campus downtown. Russ and his wife, Wren, were WATCH Tower Society members and gave generously to the school for decades. After his passing in July 2018, Russ left funds to the building of the new chapel and to the PMAAA Endowment. Pictured below are the members of the PMAAA Board receiving Russ’ final gift to the school.
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CROSS COUNTRY: After securing first place
in the SCISA AAA Region Meet, both boys’ and girls’ cross country set their sights on the SCISA State Championship meet. The boys’ (pictured far right) finished a strong season in 4th overall while the girls’ took home top honors and had finished in first place in 6 out of 8 total meets in 2018.
VOLLEYBALL: It was yet again another
impressive season for Cyclones Volleyball as the girls finished the 2018 season at 38-12. The team reached the SCISA State Championship game for the 9th straight time but fell to a strong Ashley Hall team at TD Arena. The Cyclones return a core of starters for the 2019 season as they look to begin a new streak next year.
GIRLS TENNIS:
Playing one of the most difficult schedules in SCISA, girls’ tennis faced off against top public and SCISA competition throughout the season. The Cyclones continue to build off of a state championship last season and will return all of their girls for the 2019 season.
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SWIMMING: Both the boys’ and girls’ varsity
swim teams continued their prowess in the pool each notching their 4th straight SCISA state title. The Cyclones will graduate six seniors and return an impressive group for the 2019 season.
GIRLS GOLF:
Coach Hope Walters led the girls’ golf team to an impressive 3-1 record going into the SCISA State Championship where the Cyclones placed 5th overall.
C H E E R L E A D I N G : After
varsity cheer’s season on the sidelines of Friday night football games, the Cyclones take to Sumter for the SCISA State Championships. At State, the girls took State Runner-up in both Game Time Cheer and Game Time Dance.
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With a core of upperclassmen, the Cyclones were poised for a solid 2018 season. Through their first six games, the team started the season 6-0 while outscoring opponents 223 to 36. The Cyclones would go on to finish with a 9-3 record ultimately falling to First Baptist in the SCISA State Semifinals.
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YOUTH IN GOVERNMENT Middle School Delegation - Roberta Copenhaver, History Faculty COLUMBIA, SC – The Youth in Government (YIG) program helps to create the next generation of good citizens, by demystifying governmental systems so tomorrow’s adults will know how to effect change. Last November, our Middle School sent a delegation of 27 students to Columbia to participate in Youth in Government. Before heading to our capital, the students spent eight weeks researching current issues, preparing their bills, and practicing their presentations. All of them did an outstanding job and we took home some impressive awards.
Eight of our eighth graders were chosen as committee chairs in either the House or Senate Anna Lehman was selected as President Pro Temp. Hugh Werber won the Rising Star Award. Anna Lehman and Kiera Kelleher were awarded the best bill with their legislation protecting the honeybees. In all, nine out of 13 bills passed in both House and Senate.
Upper School Delegation - Paul Baran, History Department Chair Porter-Gaud’s Upper School continued in its tradition of representing itself as a Premier Delegation at the annual Youth in Government conference in Columbia these past few days. First and foremost, all of our students handled themselves with mature comportment, and the faculty leaders were very proud to lead them through their committees, Mock trials, Appeals trials, or "mandatory fun" events. As for hardware, PG returned to the top of the ranks in the Appeals competition, representing half of the students invited to showcase their talents in the finals on Friday afternoon. In the State Supreme Court building, in front of a full house, Katie Krawcheck
was honored to argue the "Judicial Review" case, which was an opportunity asked of two of the top individual attorneys to argue against the YIG Attorney General on a case given to them that same morning. Katie handled the rigorous questions from the Judicial Panel with her typical composure and passion, while commanding the constitutional questions at play. Achieving their goals going into the season months ago to "make the finals," Ballard Morton and Will Perrine were honored as one of the two top Appeals teams due to their very impressive handling of a real US Supreme Court case, through three rounds of intense scrutiny over two days. In the final round, in front of the whole judicial panel, Ballard and Will were articulate, composed, and masterful in their understanding of the 4th Amendment and its relevant case law. Ballard Morton was subsequently (and deservedly) recognized during the awards ceremony on Saturday with the Charles McCarver Award, created in honor of our beloved Dr. Mac by the SC YIG, to honor the best Appeals attorney of the conference. Of the four Mock Trial teams who competed, one of our teams made the final rounds Friday afternoon due to their strong command of the case and the witnesses. Caroline Vail, Robbie Prentice, Oliver Kendall, Christopher Hunsicker, Kate Schaible, Lyles Parsell impressed their judges and their audience in their preparation, testimonies and arguments. And lastly, of our freshmen legislators, Zach Lewin and Ellis Chang received an award for "Outstanding Bill," which was only granted to a few of the hundreds of bills brought before the chambers. Sarah-Courtney Cavatoni and Courtney Selle succeeded in getting their bill passed and signed by the Governor.
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PARTING SHOT Vestry @ Sunset – Camp St. Christopher Photo credit: Nancy Egleston
ALUMNI WEEKEND
COME HOME & EXPERIENCE CHARLESTON WITH YOUR CLASSMATES
APRIL 26 - 28, 2019 FRIDAY, APRIL 26 5 - 9 p.m.
Milestone Reunion Class Parties
SATURDAY, APRIL 27 8:30 a.m.
*Tommy Dew’s Charleston Walking History Tour
9:30 a.m.
*Guilds Hollowell’s Charleston Culinary Tours | Farm-to-Table
10:00 a.m. *Carriage Tour 10:00 a.m. PMAAA Annual Meeting/Brunch 11:30 p.m. Alumni Soccer Game 12:30 p.m. *Upper King St. Culinary Tour 12:30 p.m. PMA Archives Room Open 4 - 6 p.m.
Milestone Reunion Happy Hours
6:00 p.m.
All-Alumni Party on the Green
WELCOME
We are excited to welcome all Cyclones back for Alumni Weekend on April 26-28, 2019. Come home and experience Charleston with your classmates. We have a great weekend planned that you won’t want to miss! • • • • •
Celebrate with old friends & beloved teachers. Dance to live music. Enjoy cuisine from local restaurants. Reminisce on our old beautiful campus. Explore new facilities.
We can’t wait to welcome you back home in April!
SUNDAY, APRIL 28 10:00 a.m. Remembrance Chapel Service Hosted by PMAAA COST: Classes before 2007 $50 per person/$100 per couple | Classes 2007-2018 $25 (includes a guest) Weekend pricing includes gourmet food, open bar, and live music during the All-Alumni Party. *Excursions on Saturday are offered first come first serve to milestone reunion years. If there are available spots, they will be opened to all alumni. Register online at www.portergaud.edu/alumniweekend. For questions, contact Director of Alumni Relations Hutson Dodds: hdodds@portergaud.edu
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300 Albemarle Road Charleston, SC 29407
UPCOMING EVENTS
April 26-28 - Alumni Weekend May 23 - Baccalaureate May 25 - Commencement
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