Pillars - Fall 2015

ALUMNI MAGAZINE FOR RABUN GAP-NACOOCHEE SCHOOL

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Inside this issue: New Department Leaders Recent Activities Around Campus STEAM Farewell Gail Loder Class of 2015 PILLARS MAGAZINE

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From the Editor: Each year we have many returning alumni come to see their old school and show it to their friends or family. They are usually pleased and although it is not quite the same place as when they were here, they know that they are connected to Rabun Gap now, in different ways. They also realize we hope, that they are still equally a part of this school.

Like a river, Rabun Gap is the confluence of the lives of the three distinct tributaries of people that flow into the main stream that comprises this school. These three distinct groups of people make up the river of people at Rabun Gap: our students and alumni, our faculty, and our board of trustees who provide leadership and guidance.

Each of these smaller streams unite in various ways, and as these streams flow into larger ones and become a river, Rabun Gap people flow together to become the Rabun Gap– Nacoochee family.

339 Nacoochee Drive | Rabun Gap, GA 30568 706.746.7467 | www.rabungap.org Published by the Office of Advancement Paige Spivey

Matt McGee

Fran Hawkins

Mark Henning

Associate Head of School for Advancement Director of Communication

Claire Foggin

Assistant Director of Legacy Giving and Donor Stewardship

Assistant Director of Annual Giving and Alumni Activities Director of Alumni Communication and Stewardship

Courtney Ledford ‘08 Advancement Services

Editor: M.R. Henning Proof Editor: Laura Schott Design: Ursula Schwalbe Printing: Happy Jack Graphics, Clayton, Georgia

Rabun Gap is growing and as it grows it is increasing its impact upon the world. Today there are students who hail from thirty-six countries, and yet we serve more students from the local area than ever before. Without question we are diverse and thriving.

The inspiration for this issue of Pillars has come about as we have experienced the loss of individuals who emerged from one of the three different sources: faculty, alumni, and board members. Through the ongoing everyday work of the school today, we honor and commemorate their lives. MRH

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MISSION STATEMENT Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School combines its strong academic program, mountain setting, and Presbyterian heritage to inspire young people eager to learn and grow. Living our motto, Work Study Worship, our community nurtures and challenges students of diverse backgrounds as they prepare for college and a lifetime of service.

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Class of 2015 18

Development 21

Planned Giving 22

Around Campus 12

Class Notes 24

Meet Four New Department Leaders | 5 Around Campus | 12 STEAM | 17 Update from the College Office | 19 Class Notes | 24 Farewell to Ms. Loder | 27 2014-2015 Annual Report | 31 PILLARS MAGAZINE

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Message from

the Head of School

Our recent graduates may or may not yet realize that with graduation comes the need to be prepared to address unknown challenges. Preparation is what a great school is all about and that preparation is what Rabun Gap does best. Rabun Gap is a second family of friends and teachers and mentors who help each student build a strong foundation upon which to build their lives. It is a place where we share the real and important things, and this close family is at the heart of the school.

As I travel around the world visiting with alumni and parents of alumni of Rabun Gap– Nacoochee School, the first thing they ask is about specific faculty members. “How is Mr. Malot?” “How is Dr. Anderson doing?” It is always the same. Alumni and their families are so connected to their former teachers.

Many times I will hear comments like “Mrs. Smith was my mentor and role model in so many ways. She showed me how to be the person I am today. She and her family are like my second family.”

Faculty members in boarding schools play a very unique role in the lives of their students.

First, they are teachers in the classroom. They have the opportunity to work with students to facilitate their learning and see it develop over a number of years. At Rabun Gap, faculty members teach students in classes of 12 to 14. They really have the opportunity to fully understand and know the students they are teaching. This small class size is very unusual in contemporary education and it affords students the chance to know their teachers especially well.

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Secondly, all of the teachers at Rabun Gap participate in the afternoon activity program two trimesters a year. They have varying roles in this program from coaches to directors in the arts, to supervisors of the industrial arts or the work program. In this setting, faculty members are able to work with students in an area of school life that helps students develop emotional intelligence and a better understanding of themselves. This is also the place where many students find great personal success and growth. They are also able to connect with faculty members in a setting very different than the classroom.

Finally, many Rabun Gap faculty members live in the dorms. In this setting, they are able to connect with students in a less formal and structured manner. Students learn how to live independently with the direct supervision and support of faculty members. Having teaching faculty living on dorm affords both the students and the faculty members the opportunity for community building.

Students and faculty members in a boarding school are blessed with having close and long-lasting relationships. Students are able to see faculty members fulfill so many roles during the course of the day. They are teachers, coaches, parents and spouses; and these roles are played out in numerous settings. Faculty members are able to demonstrate for students the idea that we all have many aspects to our lives. The wide range of backgrounds and experiences of our faculty enables students to understand the fluid and ever changing lives we all lead. Faculty members are able to share themselves and their families with students in a way that is unusual in any educational setting.

During this 113th school year, Rabun Gap is committed to continuing to foster and nurture healthy and enriching relationships between our faculty and students. Having faculty in the classrooms, on the fields, and living in the dorms provides our students with mentorship, personal growth, and supervision. This has throughout our history been a critical part of our school’s mission. It is this community and family that defines the Rabun Gap experience.

In this issue, we also celebrate the students and teachers who have or are changing lives. We remember those who have died and left a rich legacy at Rabun Gap. Notable people like our eldest alumna, Ms. Ruby Brown van Rooyen ‘25, who died at 107. We celebrate our beloved teacher, colleague and mentor, Dess Oliver, who taught countless students and faculty what it means to live a great life. Finally we honor our visionary trustee, Mr. Robert (Bobby) Rearden Jr., who worked tirelessly for Rabun Gap. These three remarkable and generous people have now become an enduring part of the collective character that makes us Rabun Gap and though we will miss them, we also know they are forever a part of our family.

Anthony H. Sgro, Ed.D. Head of School

MICHAEL MILBURY New Math Department Leader Aims at Inquiry-Based Learning Mr. Milbury said of his new role as head of the department that, “the math department at Rabun Gap is a strong group of people who care very much about their students. We are working to develop a more extensive inquiry-based learning system with a student-centered model. One goal is to try to have students learn to see how math is related to the ‘big picture,’ and how math applies to all the other disciplines that they are studying. I have spent a large amount of time observing the teachers in the department, and I have seen that each teacher has their own unique and special way of working with and reaching their students. I support this variety of techniques wholeheartedly. Each teacher, in their own ways, tries to work with, and reach each of their students, and they work toward having each student succeed in math. I love working one-on-one with students, whenever possible.”

Mr. Milbury went on to say “one of the things that is important to do as a teacher is to try to remember what you and your friends were like when you were their age. This helps you see where their minds really are and how they are viewing the world.”

Mr. Milbury’s math career began long before he actually became a certified teacher. As

early as middle school he became known as “the go-to guy” among his friends at the school he attended in Concord, New Hampshire. He had always done well in math and he had good teachers. He remembers well two teachers in particular, who had a strong influence on him. “My teachers, Mrs. Jackson, and Ms. Davis both created demanding and yet comfortable environments in their classrooms. You had to do your work and keep up, and they really cared about you succeeding.” This is the kind of environment Mr. Milbury works to have in his classroom today.

The youngest child in a family of four boys, Mr Milbury attended public schools in Concord and was on the wrestling team there. He then went on to earn his bachelor of science degree in mathematics and his master’s degree in secondary education at the University of New Hampshire. He taught math and coached football at Concord High School, and then moved to nearby Tilton School. Additionally, Mr. Millbury worked with St. Paul’s School, also in Concord. Looking to try out new places and broaden his experience, Mr. Milbury took a position at the Culver Academies in Indiana. After six years there he learned of the job to lead a department at Rabun Gap.

It is clear from any conversation with Mr. Milbury that he maintains a strong sense of family, and his family is always foremost in his mind. It is easy to get caught up in the school’s agenda at the cost of family life, so he has learned to covet his time by making sure to balance his work with the needs of his family. He feels that Rabun Gap, although demanding, is family oriented, and he said that he and his wife feel very much at home here. In addition to work and family, Mr. Milbury is passionate about music and he shyly admitted that he had at one time considered music as a career.

He plays the saxophone, percussion instruments, and even the cello although he has not touched a cello for many years.

“A great part of teaching for me is that from day to day and year to year things always change. Also the holiday and summer breaks to ‘recharge’ oneself always seem to come at the right time for my family and me.“ Mr. Milbury, his wife Stephanie, and their two children Sheridan, age three, and Corbin, who is one year old, and their dog and cat live on O.C. Skinner Road, on the way to Indian Lake.

They particularly love their beautiful view of the meadows, especially the mountains from the front porch.

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Do you want a special way to honor your loved one’s time at Rabun Gap? Would you like to honor a parent or grandparent who made your time at Rabun Gap possible?

Would you like to recognize a faculty member who made a difference in your life?

Consider making a Gift in their Honor.

Each of the gifts listed here comes with a brass or bronze name plate to honor your family member or teacher and ensures a place of enduring recognition for them on campus.

Middle School Dining Room Chair................................ $100 Upper School Dining Room Chair................................. $100 Middle School Dining Room Table................................ $500 Upper School Dining Room Table................................. $500 Middle School Column................................................ $1000 Upper School Lamp Post............................................. $1000 Middle School Patio Furniture.....................................$5000 Upper School Patio Furniture......................................$5000

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ANNE SHOOK Leads the World Language Department

When students learn French at Rabun Gap, they receive their instruction from a true native of the French culture and language, Madame Anne Shook.

Born near Paris and raised in La Valette du Var, a town in southeast France, Mrs. Shook had considered the idea of becoming a veterinarian, because she has loved animals and enjoyed caring for them. Meanwhile, she kept her heart and mind open to other opportunities. She studied English for two years at the University of Nice, where she earned an associate’s degree. She then applied for and won a scholarship to study in Georgia through the Georgia Rotary Student Scholarship Program—a scholarship which brought her to Young Harris College. Her goal was becoming more focused: she would improve her English in Georgia in order to teach her native language and share her culture with American students.

Mrs. Shook met her future husband, Justin Shook, while she was at Young Harris. She earned an associate of science degree at Young Harris and later earned her bachelor of arts at Kennesaw State University.

Several people have inspired and encouraged Anne. Her parents have always supported her decision to study, live, and work in the United States. Also, Dr. Meg Gring-Whitley, a former Young Harris professor and International Club sponsor, inspired her to share with students the joys of language and culture.

Mrs. Jennifer Bonn and Mrs. Elena Carlson, former heads of the Rabun Gap Language Department, helped Mrs. Shook start her career as a language instructor and encouraged her along the way.

Life at Rabun Gap is full of changes. Adapting to change requires flexibility and a positive outlook. Additionally, there are many levels within the French program, and although Mrs. Shook has a different preparation to create for every class she has remained a positive, steady and consistent personality. With a complete confidence that what she is doing is important, she has sailed through the changes of the last eleven years with calm and grace. Every one of her students would agree that we are indeed fortunate to have Mrs. Shook teaching at Rabun Gap.

Now, as the Head of the World Language Program, she has some advice for younger teachers just starting out. “Listen to the students, but remember that as a teacher you are here to guide them to take the right path. Every day is different, and every day also offers opportunities to improve and make things better. One of the great joys of the job is the opportunity to witness growth in my students.”

In keeping with this wise advice, Mrs. Shook said, “Arriving at school each morning and viewing the entire school before me is one of my favorite experiences. On many days I see the early morning mist rising off the landscape, and I realize that I am seeing great beauty and sensing the opportunities that each new day brings.” When asked would she do it again, she responded without hesitation, yes.

In addition to teaching, Mrs. Shook and her husband are foster parents. Mrs. Shook also enjoys spending time with her animals: horse, Crystal; dog, Georgia; and cat, Whiskers.

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Giving Back to Rabun Gap Catherine Kelly Parker ‘77

We all received an invaluable education from Rabun Gap both formal and informal. Alumni talk of the work ethic they learned or how they developed a love for writing or farming or cooking, of music or math, or the opportunities they were given to experience new things at Rabun Gap. We learned that we could trust other people. We made friends who we still have today, or married someone we met at Rabun Gap. Even though things have changed since we were students there, some things never change. I want the next generation to learn the core values I learned at Rabun Gap since they’ll be running the world and caring for others. I feel good giving back to an institution that gave me so much. With a keyboard in front of me- where would I be if I hadn’t taken typing with Melba Huggins? Could I write this if Edith Christy hadn’t focused on vocabulary? How different would my life be if Tom Jenkin hadn’t encouraged me to think about my life in the world outside of Rabun County? I wonder how different it might have been for me if Miss Brundage had not given me the opportunity to travel the southeast with the Gap Singers, or to realize what impact I could have on my peers and community? My husband loves woodworking which he learned from Dess Oliver. He also grows a garden each year which he learned from working on Field Crew with Bob Bennett.

Giving back doesn’t always have to mean money. We know our time is valuable and contributing some of that time alone can be just as beneficial to the school as writing a check. It is easier to volunteer if you live close by but, even if you’re out of town, you can commit to a visit at least once a year to educate yourself on what’s going on at The Gap today. It’s a different school than when you were a student but it’s a different world than the one we knew. Continuing to learn after we complete our formal education is good for our brain and body. For our older alumni who don’t travel as well as they once did, I am thankful for modern technology which allows them to remain in touch with their friends and Rabun Gap family.

Networking is another great reason to remain in contact with Rabun Gap and your friends and peers. I know many Gappers who work together, who have hired each other or who have referred a fellow alum for a position over the years. If you’re working with a Gapper at least you know they learned the same core values of Work, Study and Worship that you learned. They walked the same campus you did and there is always some common ground.

There’s also the age of the campus to consider and the ongoing maintenance issues that come with age. The structures that housed us and witnessed our road to adulthood are deteriorating as time goes by. As the school population has increased some of the oldest and most loved buildings – the dining hall and the chapel for example – are too small for the entire school to assemble in at the same time. We all have some memories associated with both of these buildings.

I want to emphasize that it does not matter how much you give as long as you give something. When the school asks foundations for grant money, one of the things the foundation looks at is the percentage of alumni giving. If half of alumni contributed $10 a year, we would have 50% alumni giving! That’s a HUGE number compared to the less than 10% who give now. If you can’t do anything else, I know you can do this: include Rabun Gap’s students, teachers, administrators and alumni in your thoughts and prayers.

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PAUL SPERRY Bringing A Combination of Experience and Wanderlust to Head the Science Department A veteran teacher of 16 years, Mr. Paul Sperry began at Rabun Gap in the 2014-15 school year as the Head of the Science department.

As a new leader he is pleased and excited by the diversity within the department, and he believes there is a good mix of people from first year teachers to master instructors. He has found that the mix of older and younger people from a variety of backgrounds provides a diversity of experiences, ideas, and teaching methods. Mr. Sperry noted that, “Building on a rich hands-on history, there is great potential for growth in the STEAM* disciplines and the application of project and problem-based learning. The human, natural, and material resources here at Rabun Gap create fertile ground for innovative teaching and enduring learning.“ Mr. Sperry came to Rabun Gap in the fall of 2015 with his family. His wife, Virginia, an artist and art teacher, is currently very busy raising their daughters Juniper, who is six, and Laurel, who is almost one. Mrs. Sperry is doing some artwork at the local Hambidge Center, and she has considered returning to the classroom when time permits.

Mr. Sperry brings with him a wealth of teaching and travel experiences. A man with a wanderlust and curiosity about the world, he has traveled extensively and taught in a variety of places all around the globe. Originally from Bucks County Pennsylvania, Sperry took a year off from college and among other things decided to ride his bicycle from Florida to California. Mr. Sperry earned his bachelor of science degree from Humboldt State University in northern California. He then took a teaching position at the Zurich International School in Switzerland where he taught for three years.

Convinced that teaching science was for him, he entered the University of California Santa Barbara and earned his master’s degree in education and secondary science teaching credential. For the next six years he taught at Carpentaria, “a unique and wonderful public school in coastal central California.” While he and his wife loved the school in Carpentaria, “wanderlust” again took over, and they took a job teaching at the International School of Beijing China, where he taught science and math for three years.

Returning to the US with their first child, they embarked on a 35,000 mile road trip all over

the United States and Canada: from Nova Scotia to Florida to Alaska and many points in between, living in a truck camper. They ended their journey in Atlanta at the annual International school fair, where they found jobs for the next two years teaching in Santiago, Chile. All this outdoor and international travel experience made them a natural fit for Rabun Gap, with its well-established international population and commitment in a beautiful rural setting. Mr. Sperry said, “The Appalachian countryside and the friendly and warm people of Rabun Gap seem to create an ideal location to settle down and raise our family while remaining in a professional and diverse educational setting where outdoor opportunities abound.”

Though he has only been at Rabun Gap a short time, Mr. Sperry has found his experience here exciting and rewarding. He loves those exhilarating and yet humbling moments of teaching when “students pursue their interests and demonstrate their abilities with the boundless energy, enthusiasm, and creativity of youth that leaves us adults in awe.” *Science, technology, engineering, art, mathematics PILLARS MAGAZINE

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DR. ERIKA FARR Welcome our New Leader of the English Department Dr. Farr was appointed the new Head of the English Department on July 1, 2015. Dr. Farr holds a doctorate in English literature from Emory University, a master’s in library science from the University of North Texas, and a bachelor’s degree (Phi Beta Kappa) from North Carolina State University. She has been an instructor in writing and English literature at Emory. Before she came to Rabun Gap she was Head of Archives at Emory’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library and she has been a speaker at global conferences on archival science and digital preservation. She brings a strong background in the use of technology in humanities, research and teaching.

As an example of her specialized knowledge, Dr. Farr’s first big project at Emory archives was to work on the digital archives of the controversial British-Indian writer Salmon Rushdie, author of works such as, Midnight’s Children and The Satanic Verses. In 1989 the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, issued a fatwa (a legal opinion or decree) calling for a death sentence on Rushdie for writing The Satanic Verses. Emory University houses Rushdie’s personal literary archive, including archives and Dr. Farr and her team had the task of preserving, managing and making accessible Rushdie’s historically significant digital archive.

If you have an ingrained bias or stereotypical expectation of what a digital archivist from Emory University should look and act like you will be pleasantly surprised when you meet Dr. Erika Farr. If you meet her in her classroom or office, on the tennis court or just walking around, you will most definitely come away thinking, “…not what I expected. She is so down to earth and real.”

Dr. Farr is a, “very fast, omnivorous reader.”

She loves variety. When she was a college student she had pictured herself as an English professor at a small college and had no idea she would become a digital archivist. In an introspective moment, she acknowledged that as a graduate student she realized she was not well suited to be one of those researchers or professors caught in the “publish or perish” life, who have to lock themselves away from the world and write lengthy tomes in their respective field. As a graduate student Dr. Farr enjoyed teaching undergraduates. “I am an collaborative person, and I love work that requires interaction with a range of different

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people. I already can see that Rabun Gap is a community that values collaboration and cooperation. It’s a healthy environment with people sharing their knowledge and talents.”

Given her background and expertise in archival research and working with original sources, Dr. Farr is excited to begin working with the sophomore class on Project Eagle. One of her primary goals is to help Rabun Gap students develop analytical thinking and writing skills because effective writing is fundamental to every field of study. Professionals with keen abilities to discern reliable sources, interpret meaning and communicate understanding will be in greater demand than ever in the work force of the future. Dr. Farr is teaching four English classes including AP English Literature & Composition and English II Honors, coaches tennis in the fall and the spring and is on rotating dorm duty once a week.

Dr. Farr and her husband Ken Klimasewski, their children, Cade and Cassidy, and their two dogs are “over the moon” about living on the Rabun Gap campus and being part of the community. Ken Klimasewski is the Rabun County Public Defender and has worked in criminal defense in Georgia for over a decade.

DAN HOLTSCLAW Farewell – Dean of Students – A Man of Action and High Energy, With the Heart of a Youth Minister… You might say it was meant to happen.

Mr. Dan, as he has been affectionately known by all his students, was Dean of Students for most of his twenty-five years at Rabun Gap. He has also held several other positions at Rabun Gap, at times holding multiple jobs at once: Activities Director, Residential Director, Bible teacher and Athletic Director.

a short time as a youth minister and his goal was to find a more permanent job in this field.

Little did he know that he was a perfect fit for the needs at Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School, just two miles down the road. Within the course of one week they were ready to settle into the Rabun Gap community.

Born and raised in Boone, North Carolina, Dan Holtsclaw’s family moved to Tampa, Florida when he was twelve. His formative years growing up were in Tampa where he attended middle school and high school and where he met Vickie, his future wife. Knowing that he wanted to go to college but lacking the financial resources Mr. Holtsclaw decided he would join the military and from there with the assistance from the military, he would figure out how to attain his college education.

As with everything he does, Mr. Dan enjoyed his time in the Air Force and he (and Vickie) served in Middle East and Europe as a 207x1 specialist with a top secret clearance. Among his specialties was Morse Code and following the SR 71 when it flew.

When Mr. Dan, his wife Vickie and their two young boys Josh and Justin, (their youngest, Jessie was not yet born), arrived at Rabun Gap, they were a happy and natural fit.

Mr. Dan had been a Senior Airman while in the United States Air Force. After his service he earned his bachelor of arts from Taccoa Falls College. The young couple knew one thing for certain – they wanted to work with young people.

In 1990, Rabun Gap Elementary was looking for a music teacher and Mrs. Holtsclaw applied and was hired. Mr. Dan had worked for

Mr. Dan said that he had two people who were his mentors at Rabun Gap – Jack Beaver, the Chaplin when the Holtsclaws arrived, and Mr. Stan (Butch) Darnell, Head of Student Life. They taught him to remember that he was always working with children and to not take things too personally. Mr. Holtsclaw went on to say that it is important to “be consistent and fair, and it helps to be a good actor. The rules are not always about justice, and even if I really don’t care what shirt a child wears or how it is worn, if the rule is to tuck it in, that is how we will all live together.”

There are so many memories that Mr. Dan has about this place that it is difficult to pinpoint one or two that are most memorable but one involved driving a school bus on a very steep hill in a snow storm and it left an indelible impression on him about the importance of safety, good judgement and being able to think and react without panic.

When Mr. Dan walked around campus he loved to take pictures of beautiful places but when pressed to say where his favorite spot on campus is, he said it is a toss-up between the third floor of the Arts & Technology Building and the stage in the auditorium of the same building. He said they are just wonderful places from which to view the world and are, “part of who I am and what I love.”

After twenty-five years, Mr. Dan Holtsclaw decided to hang up his many hats and leave Rabun Gap to return to his home base in Tampa, Florida. He loves Rabun Gap and he always will. The decision to move did not come lightly, but he was confident that it was the right time.

It is perhaps a little ironic that the man in charge of overseeing student infractions and demerits and discipline will be fondly remembered and missed. But his work here involved much more than being the school’s disciplinarian. He has been a teacher, a coach, an advisor, a stage actor, music director and so much more. Above all, Mr. Dan tried every day to help shape our students into becoming good and decent people.

With sadness but heartfelt gratitude the Rabun Gap school community bids him and his family farewell.

Rabun Gap thanks you Mr. Dan, for your devotion, commitment and service and ever positive outlook.

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AROUND CAMPUS

Rabun Gap had a remarkable athletic year during 2014-15. Football started it off with an appearance in the NCISAA Division III State Championship game in November. The Eagles finished with an 11-3 record, won two home playoff games, and finished runner-ups in only their fourth year of Varsity Football. Boys and Girls Basketball had another solid season during the winter. The Boys finished with 22 wins and another appearance in the State Quartefinals. The Girls won 25 games and appeared in their second State Championship game in the past three years. They also won the CAA for the first time since 2009. Baseball made another deep run into the playoffs by making it to the State Quartefinals for the third consecutive year. Boys Track finished seventh at the State Meet in May, which was the highest finish by our Boys since joining the NCISAA. It was truly a special season for the Rabun Gap Athletic Program as we sent 13 Class of 2015 Eagles off to play at the next level. The following graduating athletes will play collegiate sports next year:

FOOTBALL Michael Bullard – Peru State College Dwight Butler – Peru State College Kevin Graham – The Citadel Vinicius Pavoni – Grinnell College

BASEBALL Chris Adames – Naval Academy Prep School Trey Rittenhouse – Coast Guard Academy

BASKETBALL Pallas Kunaiyi Akpanah – Northwestern University Ksenija Madzarevic – Tulane University Dusan Kovacevic – Davidson College Luka Majstorovic – Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

SOCCER Chelsea Brown – Southern Wesleyan University

SWIMMING Tyler Stevenson – Centre College

CROSS COUNTRY Caitlyn Berry – Kings College

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THEATER 60 Students, 17 Categories, 15 Nominations, and 5 Awards – Rabun Gap brings home five Shuler Hensley awards for the spring production of Godspell Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School students and faculty walked the red carpet at the 2015 Georgia High School Musical Theater Awards, winning five of the 17 categories awarded for their production of Godspell. Also known as the Shuler Hensley Awards, named for the Broadway actor from Cobb County, Rabun Gap came in second in the state for total Shuler awards, followed by West Forsyth High School with eight awards.

The Tony Award winner, Hensley, made several appearances during the seventh annual ceremony produced by ArtsBridge Foundation, a nonprofit that provides arts education and community engagement programs. A team of more than 60 Atlanta-based arts professionals evaluated the productions of 50 participating high schools. Twenty four public and private schools from throughout the state were nominated in the 17 categories.

Following is the complete list of Rabun Gap 2015 Shuler Awards:

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTRESS Alyssa Driggers ‘17 (Franklin, NC) as Judas

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED PERFORMER Alexis Lewis ‘16 (Franklin, NC) as By My Side Soloist

DIRECTION William Patti (Rabun Gap, GA)

SCENIC DESIGN Sean Lakey and Rebecca Smith (both of Rabun Gap, GA)

LIGHTING DESIGN David Philyaw ’15 (Cullowhee, NC)

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COMMENCEMENT 2015

Families gathered on May 17th as the bagpiper led the procession of the 75-member Class of 2015 at commencement services held on the grounds in front of the Addie Corn Ritchie Dining Hall. The Bagpiper played for students and families present at the outdoor commencement ceremony Sunday, May 17. With 100% college acceptance, members of the class received 330 acceptances to 172 colleges and universities. Almost half of the class will attend Top 50 National Universities and Liberal Arts Colleges in 38 states. The Class of 2015 received 5 military academy acceptances, and 13 student athletes will move on to play at the collegiate level.

Miss Saorise Scott, from Otto, NC, sang The Star Spangled Banner flawlessly, and Janae Davis, from Nassau, Bahamas, delivered an inspirational student address.

Baccalaureate service preceded graduation and the Reverend Donald Barber from Rabun Gap Presbyterian Church gave the baccalaureate address. Miss Christy Soojin Kang, from Pottsboro, TX, delivered the Prayers of the Class of 2015.

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NEW FACES – NEW ROLES Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School is excited to announce the following leadership role changes and new faculty for the 2015-2016 academic year.

DAVID LANDIS

has accepted the position of Associate Head for Academic Affairs. In this role, he will principally have responsibilities for curriculum management and design, new faculty hiring, and ongoing institutional assessment in all areas of school life. This role change allows Rabun Gap the opportunity to have one person dedicated to academic excellence institution wide. Mr. Landis will continue to teach in the English department as he has in his almost two decades of service to the School.

TOM BENDEL

has been appointed Head of the Upper School. He will handle all daily affairs of the Upper School including scheduling, working with faculty members, facilitating student achievement, and providing support to parents. Mr. Bendel is a member of the History Department and will continue teaching in that department. Prior to joining the faculty of Rabun Gap last fall, he served as Dean of Student Affairs and history teacher at the American School in Switzerland, a boarding school. He was also a part of the residential program there. Mr. Bendel has a bachelor’s degree from Virginia Tech and master’s degrees from the Naval Postgraduate School and Georgetown University.

LYNDA ANN LORING will serve as the new Chair of our English Immersion

Department. Ms. Loring has been a great teacher and community member at Rabun Gap. She is defined by her love for students and her passion for enhancing the experience of our international students. She has endless energy for helping all students achieve their academic goals. She will do a terrific job in her new role as department chair.

KELLY FRANK has decided to return to the teaching faculty and is teaching in

the English Immersion Department in the Upper School. She has done a remarkable job as Head of the Middle School for two decades, leading the School as it has grown and prospered. Her leadership in moving the School to the new facility on Betty’s Creek was critical to its current success. Kelly wants to spend more time with her young son, Mikey.

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LYNDA WHITE will serve as Interim Head of the Middle School for

the 2015-16 school year. Mrs. White is an education consultant who served as Superintendent of Schools in Butts County, Georgia from 2007-2011. An educator for over forty years, she has served in administrative and teaching positions in schools in Wisconsin, Illinois and Georgia. Mrs. White earned her bachelor of arts degree at Auburn University, a master of arts from the University of Iowa, and an educational specialist degree from the University of West Georgia. We will conduct a national search for a permanent Head of the Middle School during the 2015-2016 academic year.

ALAN WHITE, ED.D., Lynda White’s husband, will serve as consultant to the

school during the 2015-16 school year. He will help with initiatives in the areas of planning, personnel evaluation, policy, and procedures. Dr. White has served as an adjunct professor at Piedmont College, County Administrator of Butts County, Georgia, and Executive Director of the Butts County Development Authority. His education career includes service as Superintendent of Butts County Schools and Deputy Executive Director of the Georgia School Superintendents Association. Dr. White earned his bachelor of arts degree at Shorter College, a master of education from the University of West Georgia, and a doctorate of education from the University of Georgia.

KATHY HENNING, after many great years of leading the English Department,

has decided to step down and focus full-time on teaching. Mrs. Henning joined the Rabun Gap faculty in 1999 and served as English Department Chair since 2008.

She will continue her work with various community service projects, including coordinating a tutoring program between Rabun Gap Spanish students and members of the local Hispanic community.

ERIKA FARR, PH.D.

has been appointed the new Head of the English Department. Dr. Farr holds a doctorate in English literature from Emory University, a master’s in library science from the University of North Texas, and a bachelor’s degree (Phi Beta Kappa) from North Carolina State University. She is the former director of the digital archive at Emory. She has been an instructor in writing and English Literature at Emory, and has been a speaker at global conferences on digital archival of literature. She brings a great background in the use of technology in the English curriculum.

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S.T.E.A.M.

A new cutting edge approach to 21st Century curriculum and teaching spaces

Following the launch of the first space craft Sputnik by the USSR on October 4, 1957, the reality that the United States was behind in development in science and technology was clear. The Soviet launch became the impetus for the US government to create a national space program.

The National Aeronautic Space Act was signed by President Eisenhower on July 29, 1958, and on Oct. 1, 1958, the National Aeronautic Space Administration (NASA) began operation. Ten days later on Oct. 11, the first US space craft, the Pioneer I, was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Along with the creation of this new program a nationwide educational curriculum known as STEM was initiated.

In many schools throughout the country, the program has expanded to include the Arts.

The acronym STEAM is an outgrowth of the initial program, and stands for the integration of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics.

The program at Rabun Gap has two components: regular STEAM classes and an after school program.

Currently the teachers combine principles of computer programing, electronics, the uses of micro-controllers for basic robotics and 3-D printing. Mr. Phillips describes how students learn to “take an idea and then put the parts of these ‘things’ together and actually, with their own hands, do things.” For example students have worked on a wide variety of projects such as: a Quadcoptor, wearable GPS technology, a break-beam piano, a robotic tank, and a light prop for next year’s cirque program.

As Mr. Lomuscio put it, “The process is to develop and learn how to communicate plans for a project idea, learn to make a feasible budget, and then actually build a prototype of the object.”

He went on to say, “Much of the material is taken from parts of other objects; therefore there is a need for a junk yard of pieces and parts.

All this takes time and creative ingenuity, and this past year we have learned a great deal about streamlining the acquisition of parts.”

There is no doubt that digital arts will play a bigger and bigger role in the construction of the students’ ideas, especially when they are working on ideas involving virtual reality and gaming.

The STEAM program has two instructors: Brian Phillips, Science Dept. (Alumnus of 1998) and Michael Lomuscio, Math Dept.

[L] STEAM visit to GA Tech with Parent of Alumni and Former Trustee Tom Quigley

One long term goal of the teachers is to someday incorporate the idea of the current “maker space” into maker spaces across the curriculum and throughout the entire school.

Makerspaces, sometimes also referred to as hackerspaces, hackspaces, and fablabs are creative, DIY spaces where people can gather to create, invent, and learn. In libraries they often have 3D printers, software, electronics, craft and hardware supplies and tools, and more.

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2015 Christopher Matthew Adames Connor William Albury Aaron Appleton Trinity Baldwin Philip Tyree Bell Caitlyn Ann Berry Erika Ann Bostick Chelsea Brown Michael Bullard Ruby Helen Burke Dwight Harold Butler Jacob Vaughan Calvert John Stanford Carter Chandler Katherine Ellen

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Ryan Michael Charnoky Kalob Chauvin-Payne Yizhou Chen Emily Ting Ting Cheung Soren Christiansen Andrea Cooke Janae Athia Davis John Connor Dillard Audrey Ann Egler Shuhao Fan Andrew Steffan Figel Hannah Grace Fromknecht Meredith Ashley Garren Kevin Desmond Graham Faith MaKayla Green Aab Gruduah Emily Gutmann Watson Bryant Harlan Daniel Freeman Henry DeCray Demere Dale Higgs Tanner Hodges Anastacia Lauren Hutchinson

Anuj Jeegar Jailwala Christy Soojin Kang Dusan Kovacevic Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah Sophia Lorraine Lockwood Ksenija Madzarevic Luka Majstorovic Caroline Elina Moore Branae Brittney Moxey Thuy Ngoc Nguyen John Charles Olson Jack Joseph Ortega Nickolas Dane Osgood Vinicius Pavoni Gomes Kyle Parks Zhangyi Peng David Badger Perrin Son Danh Pham David Allen Philyaw Emma Nicole Poole Howard Andre Rittenhouse Zoey Olajuwon Earl Robinson Analeila Cherie Rodriguez Dusan Saramandic Ivy Nicole Satterwhite Saoirse L. B Scott Jacob Ehlko Sterrett Tyler Jacob Stevenson Townsend Roberts Stewart Akira Ehrhart Stobaeus Bailey Kathleen Strom Mingchen Sun Emily-Ann Elizabeth Trautman Duy Khuong Vu Whitley Arianne Watkins Linus Ivor Williams Kevin Thomas Young Margaret Caroline Young Yu Li Zhao

College Office Mrs. Cheryl Barber

Getting into College is a learning process - there is no “one way” that works for everyone.

For seniors, the next big step after Rabun Gap is college. Gone are the days when all you needed to get into the college of your dreams were good grades and strong SAT or ACT scores.

Today the process of getting into college is a challenging and demanding set of steps to climb. Add to that the overwhelming price tag for college, and the process and commitment are downright scary. While the college office at Rabun Gap cannot promise that a student will get into their first choice school, they offer tremendous individualized advice on the steps each student must take to attain his/her personal goal.

Students at Rabun Gap are first exposed to the college application process in the ninth grade, and each year following, the counselors introduce the students to methods of how best to plan and organize themselves for the next steps they will need to take. There are many reality checks along the way. Every student must learn to make appointments and complete their commitments in a timely way.

Much of what the college counselors do is to reinforce information that students learn at home from their families, as well as from their teachers, and their coaches at school. They give supportive advice about: keeping up good grades, diversifying activities and experiences and developing strong time management skills these are just a few topics that the counselors encourage daily. The counseling staff gives “pep talks” to the students about trying new things, making commitments, and sticking with them. Students learn, for example, that being pro-active about writing their essays and completing their applications early is a key step to their success.

At Rabun Gap today, the College Counselors offer every student personal instruction in planning their route to get into the college that is best suited for them. Additionally the counselors also offer information, advice, guidance, and access to seminars about how to: manage financial aid, what to look for, and what to avoid.

The Counseling Office provides several trips for juniors and seniors each year to college fairs.

They also provide insights in how to shop for the schools that offer the majors and minors that a student may want to pursue. They review and teach writing methods and give advice and support. There are innovative techniques to introduce students to schools, such as Skype interviews directly with college admissions staff.

To have a strong Skype interview requires planning, practice, and even rehearsals, where students learn to put their “best foot forward.“ Mrs. Barber works closely with her co-counselor, Mrs. Jennifer Jones. Their team work is done with meticulous attention to details and above all, they care about each and every outcome for each student.

There are many books to read about the college process but one book in particular that is worth looking at is Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be, by Frank Bruni.

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Once A Gapper, Always A Gapper

NYC

CHICAGO

MARK YOUR CALENDARS January 9th, 2016 Alumni Basketball & Reception June 3-5, 2016 Heritage Homecoming October 14-15, 2016 Alumni Reunion Weekend

GREENVILLE Check www.rabungap.org/alumni for more information.

Help us keep you up to date on the latest Alumni news by updating your contact info!

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ATLANTA

Young Alumni Network THE YOUNG ALUMNI NETWORK WANTS TO BE THERE FOR YOU WHEREVER LIFE TAKES YOU. STAY IN TOUCH BY FOLLOWING US ON:

Rabun Gap Alumni or Rabun Gap YAN

rabungapalumni

Join the Rabun Gap Young Alumni Network Group

STAY INVOLVED BY UPDATING YOUR CONTACT INFO AT:

rabungap.org/yan or rabungap.org/alumni

yan@rabungap.org or alumni@rabungap.org

706.746.7728

WANT TO GET INVOLVED? Find a mentor / Be a mentor YAN is starting a Mentoring Program to connect recent Rabun Gap graduates with Young Alumni in their geographical area and/or career path.

Do you have time for a cup of coffee, or an email to reach out to a new Rabun Gap graduate? That’s all it takes.

Email yan@rabungap.org to learn more.

Be a Class Representative We are looking for a few members from each class to serve as Class Representatives by reaching out to your classmates and letting them know about the YAN and our 100 Days Campaign. Let us know at yan@rabungap.org.

Adopt-A-Dorm Do you remember eating dining hall food every day for breakfast, lunch, and dinner; breakfast, lunch, and dinner; breakfast, lunch, and dinner? Do you remember what it was like for someone to bring your dorm homemade treats or store-bought goods? While many alumni may argue that the “kids these days” don’t appreciate how good the dining hall food is now, dorm students at Rabun Gap still appreciate receiving a taste of home. Contact Jennifer Hudgins ‘86 at shudgins1@windstream.net for more information or to join the Adopt-A-Dorm program.

Did you Know?

Rabun Gap has had 8 Final Four appearances during the past five years in football, boys basketball, girls basketball, and baseball.

The Young Alumni Network is growing strong and in a unique position to give back to the ‘school we love so well.’

THE 2015-2016 YAN COUNCIL: President Connie Jones 2002 Alumni Membership and Recruitment Chair Chris Crawford 2006 Communications Chair Shiloh Aderhold 2004 Events Chair Kelvin Dinkins, Jr. 2005 Fundraising Chair Chris Johnson 2007 Special Projects Chair Krishna Ghodiwala 2008 PILLARS MAGAZINE

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A NOBLE AND LASTING LEGACY Joseph Harding Cain JC ’40 faithfully attended Heritage Homecoming each year and served as a leader among the Rabun Gap-Nacoochee Junior College Alumni. He along with other alumni including but not limited to Jimmy Deal ’40, JC ‘42, Rex Neal ‘43, and Marlar Carpenter ‘40, JC ‘42 helped to plan and lead fundraising efforts among the Junior College Alumni to support a college scholarship for a graduating senior from Rabun Gap. Over the years these Junior College Alumni managed the funds and awarded the scholarship. In 2006, the funds were transferred to Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School to create a permanently restricted fund to ensure the college scholarship would be awarded in perpetuity. It was important to the Junior College alumni that their mark on the school continue for generations to come.

For many years Mr. Cain served on the selection committee for the scholarship and monitored the balance of the restricted fund held at the school. He was deeply pleased with the lasting legacy the Junior College Alumni had created for their alma mater.

Mr. Cain passed away on December 23, 2014, and in keeping with his desire to make a lasting impact at Rabun Gap, Mr. Cain made a generous provision in his will to continue the good work of the Junior College Alumni Scholarship. Mr. Cain and his wife Myrtice, have made a legacy gift to Rabun Gap of $50,000 to be added to the fund to ensure the lasting legacy of the Junior College Alumni on the future of Rabun Gap. Special thanks to Mr. Cain and to all the Junior College Alumni for their affection and dedication to future Rabun Gap students!

The Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School’s Mountain Legacy Society honors and acknowledges those who have let us know they plan to include Rabun Gap with a legacy gift. They understand their gift will ensure the ongoing fulfillment of the school’s mission to nurture and challenge students for lives of purpose and service. They recognize the strength and promise of the future depends on today’s supporters who have the foresight and willingness to include the school among their estate’s beneficiaries.

For more information about Rabun Gap’s Mountain Legacy Society or for information about how to make a provision for Rabun Gap through your will, please contact Claire Foggin at 706.746.7734.

Additional information including many free brochures about legacy giving/estate planning is available at www.rabungap.org/plannedgiving.

GOAL (Greater Opportunities for Access to Learning) “Rabun Gap gives me the opportunity to become the person I want to be and to experience new things I never thought I would do.

I am so thankful for the people who make these scholarships possible,” says Mac ’16, Georgia GOAL student. Mac is one of nine students who were the first to receive a Georgia tax credit scholarship to attend Rabun Gap in 2010.

Since the program came into existence in 2008 with legislation passed by the Georgia General Assembly, Rabun Gap friends, parents, grandparents, alumni, and business partners have: Redirected over $700,000 in state income tax liability to our school Received in aggregate $700,000 in tax credits Provided 48 students with scholarship totaling over $600,000 Rabun Gap participates in the program with our partners, Georgia GOAL Scholarship Program and Apogee.

These Student Scholarship Organizations (SSO) are approved by the state to administer the tax credit scholarships.

Jessica and Bobby Walling class of 2000, discovered the program a few years ago. Together with Connie and Seth Jones 2002, 2002, they sponsored a luncheon in Atlanta to introduce the concept to friends and co-workers. As a result, several new friends of the school joined the program to redirect their state income tax liability to Rabun Gap. Bobby says, “We are making financial aid possible at Rabun Gap with our Georgia income taxes and we get a dollar-for-dollar tax credit. That is a win-win for Rabun Gap and for us!”

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RUBY BROWN VAN ROOYEN 1925 6/6/1907 – 11/28/2014 LEAVES $3 MILLION GIFT TO ALMA MATER On Friday, November 28, 2014 Ruby van Rooyen of Delray Beach, Florida, passed away peacefully having actively participated in life for over 107 years. Mrs. van Rooyen was born on June 6, 1907, together with her twin brother Rufe. There were also older twin sisters, Evelyn and Catherine, and one younger brother Mel. Ruby grew up in Athens and Hart County, Georgia. Unfortunately, her mother died when she was six and one-half years old. As a result, Ruby spent six years living with members of her family in Atlanta, Georgia. At age thirteen, Ruby and her father met Dr. and Mrs. Ritchie, the leaders and founders of the Rabun Gap Industrial School, as it was known until 1928, when it merged with the Nacoochee Institute to become Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School.

Ruby was accepted at the school, and joined her brothers and sisters who were already there. After graduating, Ruby returned to the school to teach. Ruby believed that her time with the Ritchies produced the greatest positive influence on her life.

Moving back to Atlanta, she found employment, and met and married John Scott. He was a business man in the New York area who with others bought into a huge automobile parts warehouse now known as the Genuine Parts Company. The Scotts lived in New Jersey, New York City and Long Island. After John Scott died, Ruby married a widower friend, Abraham van Rooyen. Mr. van Rooyen was a major importer of tulip bulbs into this country. During their three year marriage, Abraham and Ruby spent their winters in Florida. When Mr. van Rooyen retired, they moved to Delray Beach. Abraham died three months later.

To stay young at heart, Ruby began ballroom dancing. She won numerous awards for her dancing abilities, and danced on the Rearden Stage at Rabun Gap to celebrate her 98th birthday. It would be the last time that Ms. Ruby (as she was affectionately known on campus) was able to return to campus for Homecoming, which conveniently fell on her birthday for many years. Ms. Ruby was a member of the Board of Trustees and an active supporter of the school for over 45 years. Her generosity helped to establish the Karl Anderson Middle School Office Suite and the Ruby Brown van Rooyen Rotunda located in the Arts and Technology Building. In addition, she was a loyal contributor to financial aid and the school’s Annual Fund for Excellence. In keeping with her life’s commitment to philanthropy which totaled over $600,000, Ms. Ruby made an additional generous provision of $3 million for Rabun Gap through her estate. This gift is the largest ever from an alumnus/a. The details of her historic gift were announced at an all school assembly and the legacy of Ms. Ruby recognized in a special ceremony on campus on Friday, September 18, 2015.

Ruby’s gift has enabled the school to establish a faculty chair and a scholarship in her name and the Karl Anderson faculty chair in honor of her longtime friendship with the school’s retired president.

Did you Know?

SAGE hand breads their chicken tenders, and that every time we serve them we use approximately 160 pounds. That is approximately 1600 pounds of chicken tenders per year!

3500 lbs. of turkey is cooked and served per year in the dining hall.

1800 eggs are used every week in the dining hall.

1100 lbs. of fresh potatoes is consumed each month of the school year.

Sage dining service produces 60 gallons of soup each week.

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Class Notes: 2000

2005

Bobby Walling Aspiring web series creator, watch out for Unsustainable. Bobby is a patent attorney and a proud dad to his eight month old son Logan.

Krystle Kabare I am currently pursuing my Master’s degree in Peace and Development work in Sweden on a full scholarship and will graduate in a few short months. I will be returning to HelpAge International thereafter, in a different capacity, but doing humanitarian and development work in Africa. It has been a decade since I left Rabun Gap, but I know the drive and focus I have was well-cultivated there and has led me to a profession that I love and believe in.

2001 Raketa Franklin I am an aspiring artist and recently I became an owner of a clothing boutique business in Atlanta.

2002 Stan Sonu, MD I’m currently in my 4th and final year of training in an internal medicine / pediatrics residency at Rush Medical Center in Chicago. Next year I’ll be staying on as a chief resident (an administrative / teaching role), and then after that, I’m hoping to stay within academics and do work in urban health disparities.

2003 David Sierra This past year our family has grown by one with the addition of our son.

Karleen and I were blessed with birth of our son Michael Philip Sierra on August 20, 2014.

He’s a cool little guy with plenty of personality.

It has been incredible to watch him grow and develop.

Sierra Nicely I am freelancing in the promotional marketing industry with over one hundred Fortune 500 Companies and brands. I am currently in the process of launching my own business as an entrepreneur.

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Sara Zachary Thompson Sarah (Zachary) married Scott Thompson in 2012. They recently moved to Tampa, FL. Sara graduated with her Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology from Spalding University in June 2015, and will complete her postdoctoral fellowship at the Bay Pines VA. Sara continues to dance recreationally and loves taking her dog Zoey to the beach!

Benoy Kazani I am currently a sales manager for my family’s paper/pulp/forestry products export business. I live in midtown Atlanta with my English bulldog.

2006 Karen Baghdadi I’m currently working as an Interior Designer at a design firm outside of Milwaukee, WI. I travel for work which is nice and I try to stay busy riding horses, climbing and exploring Chicago. The goal is to move back to Portland, OR or Paris, France. Stay tuned.

Savanna Nolan Graduated from UGA Law in 2013, passed the Georgia Bar Exam, and moved to Washington, DC to pursue a Masters of Library Science at Catholic University.

Last semester she interned in the Office of the Librarian at the Library of Congress, and she was recently hired as a full-time staff member in Catholic University’s Law Library.

Lindsay Moore I graduated from Agnes Scott College in 2010 with a major in Theatre.

I spent two years working for different theatre companies in Atlanta before moving to Charlotte, NC in 2013. I now work in the Human Resource Department for Compass Group and spend most of my free time playing for the Charlotte Women’s Rugby team.

2007 Brian Volmer I have been offered a position in the freshman class (DMD 2019) of the James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina. It’s been a long road and I’m a bit late getting started, but it’s better late than never! I’m just trying to follow in my dad’s footsteps--I can’t think of anyone I’d rather emulate. I am trying to stay in shape, for sure. Although, I’ll never again be in 18-year-old soccer player shape, I’ll never stop trying!

Christina Ghezzo I graduated with a degree in Neuroscience and am currently looking for a science job. I just got married to an awesome guy (who took my last name!) and we live with our dog and cat.

2008 Meg Trau I am engaged to Ray Serrano, and we are in the process of planning our May 2016 wedding in Maine. Last May, we adopted a feline brother for our cat Toasty, who we’ve named Dill (Pickle). I am still working at the Museum of Science in the Collections department. In addition, my friend and I, with the help of our botany professor from College of the Atlantic, have authored a chapter in the textbook Plant Biodiversity: Present Situation and Future Scenario entitled “Implementing Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Conservation Efforts.”

Krishna Ghodiwala I’ve recently accepted a political appointment in the Washington DC Mayor’s Office as the new Associate Director for the Office of Women’s Policy and Initiatives, where I will be working alongside both my team and other departments to address various socioeconomic issues that affect women in DC.

Claire Bleckley After graduating from UGA with a degree in Landscape Architecture, I moved to Budapest Hungary to teach English.

I now live in Atlanta and I am trying to figure out where I want to move next.

2009 Edward Kalkreuter I graduated from Emory University with a B.S. in Chemistry in 2013, and I am currently in my second year of a chemistry PhD program at North Carolina State University. My current plan is to graduate and become a chemistry professor at a university.

Sophie Guntram My applications are out to different development agencies, including the UN, and Teach First. TF is actually my number one choice right now - I applied to teach at inner-city schools in Cologne, Bonn, or Muenster and would LOVE a position there. I’m also planning on getting my PhD in education at some point, so that would work well after those two years of teaching experience.

2010 Leonard Hilty IV I graduated this past December with a BA in marketing, and was fortunate enough to have a job offer directly after graduating. I am an Account Coordinator at Salesfactory + Woodbine, an Advertising Agency based out of Greensboro, NC. I am working with some amazing, intelligent people, and I am excited about what the near future holds for me.

Emeka Ojukwu Still working at Yale-NUS College as a Dean’s Fellow and taking advantage of the travel opportunities that come with it. So far, I’ve gotten a chance to visit Laos, India, and Cambodia. My visits to Vietnam, Thailand, and the Philippines were more of the vacation variety. I am always on the lookout for my next adventure.

Jessamine Mauney Just graduated from Georgia Southern University. She completed a double major in Writing and Linguistics and Spanish, and a minor in Business. She hopes to work in Savannah, Georgia for her dream company, Gulfstream, writing for their in-house magazine.

Channing Hailey After graduating from The University of Tampa in December 2013, I joined a Tampa advertising agency as an editor and designer. I share a glamorous early-20s lifestyle with my dog and make contact with the outside world mainly via Twitter. On occasion, I accidentally dress in some version of Rabun Gap formal.

Oliver Huggins After completing 4 internships at the Georgia Department of Economic Development, Creative Loafing, Turner Broadcasting and Piedmont Healthcare, I graduated Magna Cum Laude from Georgia State University in Computer Information Systems.

After heading out on an Appalachian Trail thru-hike at the beginning of April, my plan is to return to school and pursue another degree.

Tyler Young Will graduate from Georgia Tech with a BS in Civil Engineering this May. He has been accepted into the highly competitive Georgia Tech master’s program for civil engineering where he will pursue a master’s degree in structural engineering and materials.

During the summer he will be interning at Walter P. Moore & associates, a multinational structural engineering firm.

2011 Sarah Froeschle After moving back to Florida for school, I moved to Indianapolis to work in instructional design for Kronos, the leader in Workforce Time Management Software. I have been working here for 9 months now, and recently went back to Florida to attend my graduation commencement from the University of Central Florida in December.

Andy Garcia I wish I could’ve made it down for homecoming this year, but things didn’t work out. I will be graduating in May, and I already have my job lined up after I graduate!

I am still very grateful for what the RG community has done for me and my future. I would not be in the position I am today without the help from RG. I look forward to visiting soon – maybe homecoming.

Lutania Brooks I am still in Boston, finishing up my last year. Afterwards I do plan on heading back to Georgia. I have come to the conclusion that I am definitely not a Northern girl. After working close to three and a half jobs for the last two and a half years it has been nice to kind of take a break. In the

next couple weeks I will be starting a position as a substitute teacher at the Bright Horizon Daycare chain. It is different but I think that it will be very exciting. I am thinking that I might become a teacher. Who knows maybe that will be one of the paths that I head down.

2012 Everett Yates After deciding I was not going to go into art school at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), I went to Truett-McConnell College for a year, and then transferred into The Citadel. I’m currently a sophomore majoring in history with a minor in business.

Upon graduating from The Citadel in 2017, I plan on commissioning as an officer in the United States Navy.

Akyah Atkinson Ky shared some great news; she just got word that she has a “full ride ROTC Coast Guard scholarship for next year. She is at Elizabeth State University in NC. Mitchell Hardman I am still a Mechanical Engineering student at Georgia Tech. I am a member of the Georgia Tech formula SAE racecar team; we build a racecar every year and compete in Michigan against 120 colleges.

I am excited to go to work for Schlumberger oilfield services company this summer.

Nina Su I am a third year Georgia Tech materials science and engineering student.

I have studied abroad in France and Singapore and enjoy traveling around to meet other Rabun Gap graduates!

2013 Jenny Wang I am doing well at UCSB and enjoying the beautiful environment that it offers. I am getting ready to declare my major in Microbiology as I approach to the second quarter of my sophomore year. Preparing to become a researcher, I am working on getting a research position and hoping to conduct undergraduate research soon!

Gemma Davis After completing a three-month Gap Semester Program with the National Outdoor Leadership School, Gemma began her sophomore year at Clemson University this past fall. She walked onto the Clemson Rowing team as a Coxswain in the fall, and is looking forward to the spring season as a Tiger.

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Moving Forward…

Katrina Graham

When Anna Drew Kirk ’94 arrived at Rabun Gap her sophomore year, she knew right away it was different from the small private school she had attended in her hometown of Durham, NC. “In addition to the academic work, you had assigned duties on campus,” Anna says.

“Those responsibilities taught me to work with people in a group setting and to supervise others. I was prepared for college academically, I had strong study skills and I had learned to be accountable for getting my work done.”

Anna’s mother, Gail Lane, says the family chose Rabun Gap because their pastor’s daughter had attended a few years before Anna and had a great experience. “We were impressed with the school and the strong belief in teaching a work ethic. The support Anna received from the classroom to Uncle Pete Cisneros in Student Life to Mrs. Joan Edmondson in the library gave her the confidence and skills to succeed when she left Rabun Gap.” Anna adds, “I also would not have survived math without the extra help from Mrs. Cook and Miss Yates.”

“My first year at Rabun Gap was an adjustment, but by the second year, I was enjoying my classes and the new friends I made at the school,” Anna confesses. While at Rabun Gap, Anna was a member of the Gap Singers and the chorus, she served on the student council, participated in soccer and the equestrian program, and enjoyed working in the school’s library.

Today, Anna, a busy mother of three, is involved in her children’s school working in the classroom and with the Parent Volunteer Association. She is team mom for Middle School Boys Basketball. She serves as secretary-treasurer of the Drew Family Partners, is a trustee at her college, Campbell University in North Carolina, and also serves as a board member of the McMichael Family Foundation.

For some time, Anna’s mother had considered establishing a scholarship at Rabun Gap. “I was grateful for Anna’s experience at Rabun Gap,” says Mrs. Lane. “While she was there, she was exposed to a diverse student body and that prepared her for the future. We wanted to endow a scholarship to make Rabun Gap available to young students who might not be able to financially afford the tuition.”

The Anna Drew Kirk ’94 Scholarship is a $100,000 endowment that will support Rabun Gap’s commitment to future student for generations to come. Anna is pleased that her family chose to endow a scholarship in her honor. “It is important to give back. I’ve learned from my board service at Campbell University that people my age don’t get the concept and importance of giving. Even if it is a $100 gift, it makes a difference at Rabun Gap. I am delighted that my family is creating this opportunity for future Rabun Gap students.”

Mrs. Lane adds, “My hope for the recipients of this fund is that they will become resourceful and productive citizens for the future and be able to give back to future students at Rabun Gap.”

Did you Know? … that for track and field, the discus arena has a 34.92 degree of arc? … that the playing fields are cut 13/8 inches high and the rest of the grass around the school is cut at 2½ inches.

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… the soccer field is one and one half acres of grass, the baseball field covers four acres. The softball/football field is three acres and the walking track is .73 miles around the outside perimeter.

It takes eight ounces of the herbicide TRANXIT to keep these playing fields free of weeds.

… five gallons of paint are required to paint the lines on the soccer field and 15 gallons to paint the football field, and that’s without the eagle or words in the end zones. Those additions require another 15 to 20 gallons of paint.

Farewell to Mrs. Loder Mrs. Gail Loder: Veteran teacher at Rabun Gap

It seemed fitting that the first interview for this piece with Mrs. Gail Loder was on America’s traditional Veterans’ Day. She is a veteran (though not in the military sense). She has been a veteran teacher and she has been “in the trenches” teaching for 43 years. The first comment she made was, “To last in teaching requires patience, and the ability to see each year as a new beginning and a new job.”

Mrs. Gail Loder began her teaching career in 1972 at Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins, Georgia, where her husband Bob, was serving. Gail and her husband were both originally from the suburbs of Buffalo, New York.

Gail earned her bachelor’s degree at Buffalo State Teachers College (now SUNY Buffalo) with a major in home economics and minor in art. Her concentration was in textiles and clothing design. Later she earned her master’s degree at Georgia College.

“My father had served in the Navy during the Second World War, and then he went into the insurance business. I was the oldest of five children. My mother was a homemaker, though she earned her degree in fashion design. When I was young, I loved to look at her sketch books

of fashion studies, and I would sit for hours and study them. This was a big influence on me.”

“I pretty much knew I was headed into the field of art, and I was never discouraged, which can easily happen to people who want to pursue art.”

“One of the people who had the strongest influence on me was my grandfather. He was a true Renaissance Man. My grandfather, Dr. Arthur J. Reissig was a medical doctor, but he also played cello and piano, and he painted in oil. He used to take me to museums all the time.

One of my favorite museums was the Albright Knox Art Gallery which is a part of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy. It is one of the oldest public art galleries in the country. ” “Because I had attended private Catholic schools all my life, I had preconceived ideas of how a private school should be, and my first year at Rabun Gap was a surprise and shock.

Nothing had really ever prepared me for Rabun Gap. Today Rabun Gap is much more like the private schools I had attended, but in 1978 when I arrived here, Rabun Gap was different, in fact several people had advised me against taking a job here. There is no question,

Rabun Gap students were much different back then than they are today. Dr. Anderson was the President and Mr. Morris Brown was the Principal. Mr. Brown was a wonderful man in every way. From the start I loved my students and believe it or not, I still remain in contact with many of them today.”

Then Mrs. Loder smiled and said, “Dr. Anderson was a good President of the school, but very different from Mr. Brown. There were just things that Dr. Anderson and I never could resolve, like we always had Saturday classes, and he always pressed the need to always tuck your shirt in and wear a belt. When I tried to suggest changing these things, he would nod and agree, and just continue doing things his way.”

Then Mrs. Loder shrugged, smiled and said, “no he wouldn’t change,” and then she added, “I really liked working with both of them.”

An old maxim says that things do have a way of coming “full circle,” and this was true for Mrs. Loder. When she began her career at age twenty, she taught “younger children” and then she went on for many years teaching all manner of high school classes, even history, but she said, “ever since those early years, I have PILLARS MAGAZINE

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Alumnus & Pixar Artist Josh Holtsclaw with Gail Loder always had a desire to teach the younger children, and here I am back teaching younger ones at the middle school and I love it. I also love the comradery and laughter at the middle school faculty meetings. Middle School faculty meetings are fun.”

Other than her grandfather (and her husband) there have been a few people who were very influential in her life and her work. Mrs. Loder said, “one person was former faculty member, Mrs. Nancy Beaver, who is a very private person but one person with whom I confided, and she was a wonderful role model of how to interact with students. Claudia Rector, a dorm parent, was my source for wisdom and private sharing and personal confidences.”

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In a career that has spanned several decades, Mrs. Loder mused on a few of the funny things that have happened. “I will never forget when Mr. Brown found Mrs. Cook and me having our private morning coffee at school in a room on the second floor of Hodgson Hall, during a free period. Mrs. Cook had her hair all up in giant curlers, and of course, this was when the principal, Mr. Brown walked in. It was completely unexpected and embarrassing….but very amusing. At that moment it was awkward though, and needless to say we didn’t do hair curling there after that.”

“Another time, now this is as I remember the story so it may be a bit exaggerated,” Mrs. Loder confessed. “Dr. Anderson was the kind of man who, if offered something for free as a gift for the school, would drop everything and go right away and pick it up. He was offered a

boat from someone in the Atlanta area and he took along a helper, Mrs. Huggins. But on the return trip, because there was extra stuff, there was no room in the truck. I guess to keep things from blowing out of the boat. Mrs. Huggins rode all the way back to school in the boat on the trailer. It was quite the picture!”

One of her favorite places in the entire school is what Mrs. Loder calls, “the happy accident; the new middle school. It is just a beautiful and happy space.” Mrs. Loder’s advice to young teachers who are just starting out is: “Be flexible. Be kind and don’t over anticipate things.”

“The thing that I love the most is doing display work. I just love hanging up my students work and seeing the fruits of my labor.”

“When I retire I don’t want to leap right away into tutoring or volunteer teaching. I want to take a breather, and look around and be choosey about the kind of things in which I get involved. I believe that time is needed to refresh oneself and I need more time for renewal and discovery, and we all need to take care of our own health.”

For 37 years of devotion - her insights, her warm personality, and her dedicated service to Rabun Gap, Mrs. Gail Loder was named the first recipient of the Norma Horan Vogt Chair of the Arts.

In Memoriam*

For the gift of this life, we thank you God

The lives of the members of the Rabun Gap community listed below are celebrated each year bythe Alumni Association and the school community.

If you would like to make a gift to Rabun Gap in memory of one of these individuals, please go to the school web page and click Online Giving.

Pamela Webb, 1988, May 8, 2015 William Wylder Nichols, 2013, April 29, 2015 DeSaussure F. “Dess” Oliver III, Former Faculty March 30, 2015 Robert D. Johnston, Former Head of School, January 26, 2015 Barbara Sue Passmore, 1960, January 26, 2015 Joe Maurice Burrell, 1970, January 11, 2015 Dedrich H. Cole, 1957, January 18, 2015 Dr. Charlie J. Ogletree, 1941 JC, December 26, 2014 Regina Harris Barnett, 1996, December 15, 2014 Charles Ohl, 1961, November 11, 2014 Ruby Brown van Rooyen, 1925, November 28, 2014 Daisy Martin Justice, 1936, October 9, 2014 Harold McSwain Mauldin, 1942 JC, September 13, 2014 John P. Dillard Sr, 1962, August 17, 2014 Mae Hardman, Former Faculty, July 15, 2014 Delilah "Dolly" Pitts,1947, June 16, 2014 Wymer Lee Guest, 1958, June 29, 2014 James "Jim" Carpenter, 1965, June 17, 2014 Mary Smartt, Former Faculty, May 21, 2014 Anna Belle Hooper Welch, 1950, April 23, 2014 Billie "Madge" Jenkins Brooks, 1962, April 13, 2014 Madison Wheeler, 2013, April 6, 2014 Helen Moore Ashcraft, 1938, April 4, 2014 Malcolm Granville, 1963, April 2, 2014 Carl Rogers, 1937 HS, 1940 JC, April 2, 2014 Norman Ayers, 1958, March 23, 2014 Seni Sise, 1976, March 16, 2014 Marceline Cook, Former Faculty/Staff, February 28, 2014 Judith "Judy" Reber, 1960, February 15, 2014 Karen Kelly Panico, 1980, February 5, 2014 Lawrence Craig Williams, 1972, January 28, 2014 Troy Eugene "Gene" Head, 1961, January 11, 2014 Robbin Kay Carnes, 1974, January 9, 2014

DeSaussure F. “Dess” Oliver III

Ruby Brown van Rooyen, 1925

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recognizing lives lost from July 2014 to June 2015.

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Did you Know?

DESS OLIVER For over 40 years, raw and rough material came into this building and after Dess was done, it came out … that we maintain nearly 60 faculty residences and 25 major buildings with just a small group of dedicated maintenance and housekeeping professionals? … that we clean 75,000 square feet of carpet each summer preparing for the next school year?

something much better, something that serves a purpose, something that matters. Today I was in a huge room filled with Dess' projects that came out of this building, and am proud to be one of them.

Now I don't know if this verse is literal and if he gets to choose his reward, but I like to think that now Heaven has a new huge golden wheat designed train with a massive dancing room car and killer sound system.

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ANNUAL REPORT CHAIRMAN’S LEADERSHIP CIRCLE 1903 SOCIETY - ($50,000.00 + ) Estate of Lovick Corn Estate of Ruby Brown van Rooyen Estate of J. J. Jackson Sage Dining Services Ms. Evelyne H. Sheats

RITCHIE SOCIETY - ($25,000.00 + ) Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. G. Niles Bolton Estate of Norma Horan-Vogt Mr. and Mrs. Ricky M. James 1970 Joseph Harding Cain Trust Mr. James B. Miller, Jr. Osage Farms Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving

COIT SOCIETY - ($10,000.00 + ) Anonymous Estate of Karl M. Brawner Dr. and Mrs. Robert B. Carton * Mr. Walter K. Chambliss The Drahcir Foundation Estate of Gloria Anice Woodard Neal Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Mr. and Mrs. Steven P. Gilliam 1966 * Vesta and William Hardman, Jr. Charitable Foundation Dr. and Mrs. William Hardman, Jr. GP Mr. and Mrs. Beau Lane AP Mr. and Dr. Devereaux McClatchey * The Devereaux F. and Dorothy M. McClatchey Foundation, Inc. McMichael Family Foundation Mr. Jianpeng Shi * and Mrs. Wei Ni AP The Estate of Robert E. Ritchie Mr. and Mrs. Richard Woodruff *

BELLINGRATH SOCIETY - ($5,000.00 + ) Mr. and Mrs. Inman Allen Athens Rabun Gap-Nacoochee Guild Coca-Cola Foundation The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. Louise & Jimmy Gallant Fund Lois & Lucy Lampkin Foundation Mr. Walter E. Mercer * Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Moseley, Jr. * North Georgia Community Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Anthony Sgro Mr. and Mrs. Perry Taylor * AP The Inman Foundation Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc. Mr. Zunming Zhu and Mrs. Yanyan Liang CP

GUILD SOCIETY - ($2,500.00 + ) Atlanta Rabun Gap-Nacoochee Guild Estate of Nell Wise Babb Mr. Christopher Brandon Claude Rickman Construction Coker Creek Trust Cousins Foundation Louise Ramsey Gallant Trust The Gap Connection Lenora and Alfred Glancy Foundation, Inc. Mr. Michael Harden 2017 William P. and Tondra W. Milgrom Foundation Mr. William P. Milgrom Mr. and Mrs. Claude H. Rickman 1973 * AP Mr. and Mrs. William D. Skinner * AP Mr. and Mrs. John F. Smith * Reverend Dr. and Mrs. George Wirth *

GREEN & GOLD SOCIETY - ($1,000.00 + ) Mr. Taz L. Anderson, Jr. Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Michael Benitez CP Mrs. Ann Mays Brooker 1954 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas K. Calvert CP Mr. and Mrs. John Chapman Drs. Ray and Ashley Cleere * Dr. and Mrs. (1955) Christopher C. Curran

Mr. and Mrs. Tim Darrah GP Dr. and Mrs. R. Carter Davis, Jr. CP AP Mr. Malcolm Dillard 1952 GP Mr. Talmage L. Dryman ** Flint River Presbytery Ms. Kelly A. Frank Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Graham Mr. and Mrs. John Gutmann CP Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Hamilton Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Harrison Mr. and Mrs. Stell Huie ** Mr. Eunwoo Jeon and Ms. Seon Hwa Oh CP Mr. Shoudong Ji and Mrs. Wenqi Lin CP Mr. and Mrs. (2002) Seth E. Jones 2002 * Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Jones ** AP Ms. Jo G. Jones CP Mr. James W. Jordan, Sr. 1948 Mrs. Iris C. Jordan-Pierce Mr. and Mrs. David C. Landis CP Mr. and Mrs. Rutledge O. Long Mr. and Mrs. Scott P. Moore CP The National Christian Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Craig Pendergrast ** Pentecost Memorial Fund Ms. Clara Jeannette Quigley 2010 The Quigley Family Foundation Mr. Sean T. Quigley 2008 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Quigley ** AP Mr. and Mrs. Timothy K. Reece CP RGNS Alumni Association Mrs. Laura Turner Seydel 1979 Mr. Xiaoqing Shen and Mrs. Nuoya Zhang CP Mr. Jesse J. Spikes, Esq. ** Mr. and Mrs. William J. Spivey Mr. Lendell E. Steele Mr. and Mrs. Al Swanner GP The Bishop of Atlanta The Chinquapin Company, Inc. The Liswhit Foundation Mr. and Mrs. David P. Todd * AP Mr. and Mrs. Richard Trevathan CP Turner Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. (1954) Charlie P. Underwood * Mr. and Mrs. William C. Voss Vulcan Materials Company Mr. and Mrs. John M. Williams 1976 Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie Williams * Dr. Lewis Wilson The Rt. Reverend and Dr. Robert Wright * Mr. and Mrs. Vernon E. Wright 1960, 1960 Mr. and Mrs. David Young 1972 CP AP

GIVING CLUBS WORSHIP FOUNDATION - ($500.00 + ) Mr. and Mrs. Howell E. Adams Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Howell E. Adams, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John Ashenfelter Mrs. Judie Austin AGP Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Bankoff Mr. and Mrs. Charles Battle Mr. and Mrs. George J. Berry AP GP AGP Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Brigham III Mr. and Mrs. Ken Burson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Callahan Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Campbell CP Mr. James H. Carney ** Dr. and Mrs. William Clarkson IV * Mr. and Mrs. Roland Clemmons GP AGP Dr. and Mrs. (1937 HS) Emmett U. Dillard 1935 HS 1937 JC Mr. and Mrs. Marion B. Glover, Jr. Mr. Robert P. Haffner Mr. and Mrs. Rick Haney AP Paul & Flora Hubbard Memorial Fund Mr. and Mrs. Lynn D. Hudgins GP AGP Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Johnston Mr. and Mrs. Matthew A. Jones AP Mr. and Mrs. John S. Jorgensen Dr. and Mrs. Holton King, Jr. CP AP L & J Poultry Company Dr. William R. Ledford 1943 JC Mr. and Mrs. Drew Leviton CP Mr. and Mrs. Kevin McClarnon AP W. L. Monroe Trust Ms. Catherine E. Parker 1977 and Mr. Edward B. Britton 1977

All Contributors 2014-2015 Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Foundation Mrs. Beth Richardson S & B Enterprises, LLC Sanofi Foundation for North America Mrs. Catharine Seay CP Mr. and Mrs. James Sharer CP James Marvin and Virginia McIntire Smyth Memorial Fund Dr. and Mrs. William M. Taylor, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Tharp GP Mr. and Mrs. James H. Topple ** Mr. and Mrs. James Walsh CP Mr. and Mrs. David Watson David C. Way Memorial Fund Mr. Matthew R. Wilson 1999 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy W. Wolfe

STUDY FOUNDATION - ($250.00 + ) Ms. Dawn Armfield CP Reverend and Mrs. G. D. Barber, Jr. * AP Mrs. Jean Hopper Barber 1953 Reverend Dr. and Mrs. Jack Beaver AP Mr. John E. W. Boyes 2013 Dr. W. Joseph Brockinton 1970 * Mr. and Mrs. Gene B. Brown Mr. Hong-Cheng Chang and Mrs. Yi-An Li AP Ms. DaRel Christiansen and Ms. Tina Coffey CP Clayton Rotary Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Michael O. Cook 1971 AP Ms. Susie deVille CP Dogwood Crafters, Inc. Ms. Cynthia Downman GP First Presbyterian Church, Highlands, NC John and Mary Franklin Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Futral CP Mr. and Mrs. Steven Gajda AP Mr. and Mrs. Jud Graves Reverend Steve Hall Mrs. S. Fran Hawkins AGP Mr. David Hill and Mrs. Martha Marks-Hill CP Mr. and Mrs. E. Cody Laird Jr. Mrs. Linda Davis Ledbetter 1956 Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Lincoln Mrs. Margaret McCamish Mr. and Mrs. Matt McGee Ms. Catherine Ridinger McLagan 1993 Mr. Larry W. Mobley Mrs. Eve Morris Mr. and Mrs. Jason Noffsinger Northeast Georgia Presbytery Mr. and Mrs. Brian Osgood CP Mrs. Janie H. Owens AP Mr. and Mrs. George A. Petters Dr. Joyous Pickstock CP Reverend Dr. Jeffry L. Reynolds and Reverend Dr. Jeanne Reynolds AP RGNS Alumni Homecoming Attendees Ms. Sherry Richardson AP Mrs. Renee G. Rogers Ms. Laura B. Schott AP Shandon Presbyterian Church Mr. and Mrs. Charles Simms, Jr. CP Mrs. Janet Spruell Stromquist & Company, Inc. Mr. David Stromquist Target Corporation Mr. and Mrs. John Underwood CP Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Walker CP AP Ms. Constance V. Walton Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. White AP William J. Redmond & Son, Inc. Mr. Eric J. Willis 1987 Mr. Kristian K. Wolf 1997

WORK FOUNDATION - ($100.00 + ) Mr. and Mrs. David L. Adolph Mrs. Shakirat Aduden CP Ms. Lorraine Alford GP Anonymous Mrs. Sandra Arscott Ms. Clara H. Axam ** Mr. and Mrs. John P. Barbee CP Mr. Timothy A. Barnett, Jr. 2002 Mr. and Mrs. Mike Barnhardt GP Mr. and Mrs. Gary Beale AP Mr. Thomas R. Bendel Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Birdwell GP

Mrs. Dorothy D. Blitch Mr. and Mrs. Greg Bloom CP Boston Presbyterian Church Mr. John W. Boyes AGP Mr. and Mrs. James A. Breedlove Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Breithaupt, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Broach Ms. Malinda L. Brooks Ms. Martha Bryant GP Dr. and Mrs. O. B. Carlisle Mrs. Elena R. Carlson AP Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Carter, Sr. Miss Doris M. Cash 1948 Mrs. Virginia Cashin CP Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cathey GP Mrs. Rebecca M. Chamblee Mr. and Mrs. Allen Chandler CP Mr. Lai-Juh Chen and Mrs. Chiung-Man Lee AP Clarification & Medication, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Connell Mr. Phillip Core and Mrs. Wen Wang-Core CP Mrs. Kay S. Darnell GP Mrs. Jane H. Dennis Mr. Curtis W. Derrick, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph deVille Mr. Robert Dennis Dickerson 1954 Reverend Dr. Laura W. Dorsey ** AP Mr. and Mrs. E. Gerry Doubleday Ms. Harmony Downman CP Duvall Family Associates, Inc. Ms. Frances Duvall GP Mr. and Mrs. Dale M. Earnhardt CP Mr. and Mrs. Martin Emanuel Bishop and Mrs. John S. Erbelding Mrs. Lucy Wilson Fambrough 1952 Ms. Kitty Flewelling CP Mrs. Carolyn Floyd Mr. and Mrs. John L. Folse AP Mr. David A. Fore Mr. and Mrs. (1988) Jeffrey L. Foster AP The Foxfire Fund, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Fromknecht II CP Mr. and Mrs. Robin Fulcher CP Mr. Vincente Garcia and Mrs. Victoria Sanchez CP Mr. Louis C. Gay 1965 Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Gignilliat, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James W. Grant 1988 CP Grants Wooden Boat Works Mr. and Mrs. O. Frank Green AP Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Green CP Mr. and Mrs. William E. Griffin 1961 Ms. Elizabeth F. Grilli AP Mr. and Mrs. Moses Gruduah CP Mr. and Mrs. John H. Guthrie, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Merion Hall GP Dr. and Mrs. Reuel E. Hamilton GP Reverend Jenny Hammett Mrs. Joanna B. Hannah Mr. Larry Hayes Ms. Lucy Henry CP Mr. K. F Hoagland GP Mrs. Anja Holthoff CP Mr. and Mrs. (1941 JC) James E. Hopper 1938 HS 1940 JC Mrs. Morene Holland Hopper 1941 JC Mr. and Mrs. Andy Hosea Ms. Colette Hutchinson CP Mr. and Mrs. J. Swanton Ivy, Jr. ** Mr. and Mrs. Gene L. James Mr. Reid G. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Tom Johnson Mr. and Mrs. John W. Johnston Mrs. Anne Darnell Jones 1953 Mrs. Stacy Jones CP JW Underwood Construction, LLC Mr. Benoy S. Kazani 2005 Miss Sylvelin D. Kepler 1992 Mr. James B. Kimmel Dr. Janeen Kluska CP Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kuehne CP Mrs. Dein Kunaiyi-Akpanah CP Ms. Claire Cameron CP Mr. and Mrs. Sean T. Lakey Mr. and Mrs. (2008) James A. Ledford Prof. and Mrs. Matthew Liddle CP Mrs. Jean Kelly Lindstedt 1970 Mr. and Mrs. Freddie Lockwood GP Mr. and Mrs. Robert Loder AP

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All Contributors 2014-2015 Mr. and Mrs. Jim Loring CP Mrs. Beverly Guthrie Lougher 1958 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Lucas GP Mr. and Mrs. John R. Lupoli, Jr. CP Ms. Mary-Keith Mann 2004 Mr. and Mrs. Bob Manoogian CP Mr. John D. Marshall and Dr. Rebecca Marshall Mr. and Mrs. Neil B. Martin Mr. Gerald Massey 1964 and Mrs. Mary Frances Wood 1961 Mr. and Mrs. Steven R. McBrayer Ms. Mary Jane McCall AP Mr. and Mrs. Brian McCartney Ms. Donna McClellion CP Mr. Wayne A. McPherson, Jr. 2009 Mr. and Mrs. Johnathan McRary CP Mr. and Mrs. Richard McRary GP Ms. Helen Meadors AP Mr. Mort F. Meadors AP Mr. and Mrs. Rom L. Meares CP Mr. and Mrs. Erx Ozú Mejía Valencia Mr. and Mrs. (1964) James E. Mickle Mr. and Mrs. Cortlandt Minnich CP AP Mrs. Pauline Moore CP Mrs. Martha Fry Moore 1945 Ms. Pamela S. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Alexander G. Morehouse Dr. & Mrs. Steven Moreland Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mullarkey CP GP Mr. and Mrs. Clay Nash CP Mr. and Mrs. K.E. Nation Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nehring Mr. John Nichols Mr. and Mrs. James A. Nix Mr. Jack F. Olson and Mrs. Virginia Willard GP Mr. Heejin Park and Mrs. Seung Mi Paik CP Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Perez CP Dr. and Mrs. Bob E. Pettit ** Mr. Rodney L. Pless 1960 Reverend and Mrs. Robert W. Prim CP Mr. and Mrs. Scott Provance 1989 CP Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Provencher GP Mr. Michael Provencher CP Rabun Gap Presbyterian Church Mr. and Mrs. Tom C. Rawlings CP Mrs. and Mr. Robert Restall, 1965 Mr. Carl M. Rooks 1942 JC Mr. and Mrs. Sean Ross CP Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Sanders AP Sara G. Folse TTEE AP Mr. and Mrs. John C. Satterfield Mr. and Mrs. Doug Scott GP Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. Shaller AP Mr. and Mrs. James Shepherd Mr. Chris Shepherd Mrs. Sheri L. Shepherd-Pratt 1995 Ms. Juanita M. Shope AP Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sperry Mr. Curtis S. Stark 1985 Mr. and Mrs. Russell K. Stevenson CP Mrs. Marquita Stewart Mr. and Mrs. J. Everett Stiles AP Prof. Dr. and Mrs. Wes Stone CP Sullivan Construction & Property Mgmt., Inc. Mr. Thomas H. Teyssier 1958 Tiger Clinic, Inc. Ms. Sally G. Train Dr. and Mrs. John D. Trapp GP Dr. Marion A. Truslow, Jr. Mr. Charles J. Turner, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Scott Turner CP Mrs. Carolyn G. Tysinger Mrs. Mirna Valerio CP Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Van Arnam CP Mr. and Mrs. Scott VanderWoude CP Mrs. Lynne Kotula Vogelbacher 1986 Ms. Megan L. Vonk 2006 Mr. and Mrs. Paul K. Vonk, Jr. AP Waterborne, Inc Mrs. Kathy S. Watts Mr. and Mrs. Michael Webber CP Mr. and Mrs. William Weeks GP Mrs. Josephine C. Williams Mr. and Mrs. John G. Williams AP Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Williams Mrs. Mary Frances Higgs Wood 1961 Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Wright CP Mr. Jordan K. Wright Ms. Mary Frank Yates

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Mr. and Mrs. Gregory D. Zeigler AP Mr. Yongren Zhang GP

NACOOCHEE SPIRIT - (UNDER $100.00) Mr. Frank Adames CP Miss Bridgette N. Adekoya 2009 Ms. Shiloh E. Aderhold 2004 Amazon Smile Foundation Anonymous Mrs. Kathleen Arbitter GP Ms. Dawn Armfield CP Mr. James W. Armfield 2013 Mrs. Monika Hibbert Arntz 1995 Miss Akyah S. Atkinson 2012 Mr. and Mrs. Irene E. Bagley-Heath Ms. Tamara Barile CP Mr. and Mrs. William P. Barr CP Mr. and Mrs. Richard I. Barron AP Mr. and Mrs. Chris Benzinger CP Mrs. Robert J. Berghel Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Blackburn CP Mrs. Alexandra R. Briceno 2004 Mrs. Jane Tanner Bridges 1952 Mr. and Mrs. J. David Bryant CP Mr. and Mrs. Ed Burts AP Mr. and Mrs. Garey Butler AP Mr. and Mrs. Revis Butler, Jr. Mrs. Scott Candler, Jr. Mrs. Faye V. Cannon 1963 Mr. and Mrs. Dave Capen, Sr. CP Dr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Carleton Mr. and Mrs. John Carmack Mr. Christopher E. Caudell 2002 Mr. Ah Kow Chan AP Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Charnoky CP Mr. and Mrs. (1970) Patrick M. Chastain 1967 Mrs. Rosemarie Easterling Chastain 1970 Mr. Chun-Kai Chen 2013 Mr. Stephen G. Clark CP Mr. Richard Cole and Mrs. Angela Barnhardt-Cole CP Mr. and Mrs. Ken Coleman 1974, 1974 Ms. Gene Comer AP Mrs. Brenda Rickman Cook 1971 Mr. and Mrs. Jason Coppage CP Ms. Elizabeth H. Cornelius Ms. Margaret C. Cowan Ms. Jacquelyn O. Cowardin 2001 Mr. and Mrs. Roger Cox CP AP Mr. Christopher A. Crawford, Jr. 2006 Ms. Quiaina Croft CP Ms. ShaDonna R. Crosby 2001 Ms. Elizabeth A. Crotts 2009 Mrs. Susan Curtis Mr. Micah Cyrus 2004 Mr. Wendell T. Dawson Ms. Jessie C. DeLoach Mr and Mrs. (1997) Jeff Depelteau Mrs. Gina Parise Deutsch 1996 Mrs. Janine Diaz Mr. Kelvin B. Dinkins, Jr. 2005 Mr. and Mrs. Kermit S. Dorough AP Mr. Daniel B. Dorough 2011 Mr. Kermit S. Dorough III 2008 Ms. Kristin P. Dougherty 2002 Mr. and Mrs. Curtis C. Dowdle CP Mr. Bratton Dubose Mr. Gregory J. Duelfer 2008 Mr. Jonathan D. Duelfer 2011 Mr. Matthew R. Duelfer 2014 Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Duelfer AP Mrs. Isabelle B. Duke Mr. and Mrs. (1952) Bill Dunbar Mr. Dylan T. Duvall 2009 Mr. Glenn F. Edwards Mrs. Jan M. Eischen Mr. Maxwell Falcon 2013 Ms. Stephanie L. Figel CP Mr. Robert H. Floyd, Sr. 1947 Mr. and Mrs. James D. Fluker Mr. and Mrs. George Fowler-Berken CP Mr. Caleb C. Fraser 2000 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Fraser AP Mr. John B. Furr Mr. and Mrs. Blake Gardner CP Mr. and Mrs. Gary Garren CP Ms. Gayle Gawlik Mr. John E. Gehle 1977

Ms. Nina Gelardi AP Ms. Chantal Gourlay Ms. Kaye B. Graham CP Mr. and Mrs. Mark Green Ms. Jesse K. Greener 2008 Mrs. Jo N. Griffeth Ms. Cheri Griffin CP Mr. F. Max Grist 1940 Ms. Caroline M. Haney 2013 Ms. Birdie L. Harlan CP Mr. and Mrs. Scott Harrell CP Mr. R. Dale Harris 1950 Dr. and Mrs. Carl R. Hartrampf, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Baron Heinemann Mr. and Mrs. Dan L. Heller Ms. Keiah Hinkle CP Ms. Ellen G. Hoffman 2009 Mrs. Wilma Kelly Hoilman 1955 AP Mr. and Mrs. John Holbrook Mr. and Mrs. Cody Honeycutt Mr. and Mrs. David C. Hopkins Mrs. Susan S. Hosford Mrs. Robbin Shope Houston 1958 Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Howard Mr. and Mrs. (1986) Kenneth S. Hudgins CP AP Mr. Oliver H. Hudgins 2010 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hunter CP Ms. Lily Hussey 2018 Ms. Elizabeth R. Ihle 2001 Mr. J. Kevin Ivester Mrs. Rebecca G. Jackson Dr. and Mrs. Christopher Jenkins Mr. Matthew F. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Jump CP Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Keener CP Mr. and Mrs. J. Donald Kelly 1952 ** Mrs. Linda Means Kelly 1956 AP Mr. Jungsoo Kim 2012 Ms. Tammy Williams Knight 1978 Mr. and Mrs. Orlando Knowles AP Dr. and Mrs. John E. Kurnick Dr. and Mrs. Ralf Kurth CP Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Land Laser Wash of Clayton, LLC Mr. John L. Lee Mr. R. Glenn Lesley Let Holly Do the Cooking Mr. and Mrs. William L. Levine Ms. Adriane Lockwood CP Ms. Shirley R. Loggins 1970 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Lomuscio III Ms. Sarabeth Loomis 2010 Mrs. Patricia A. Lundy Ms. Lauren M. Lyons 2012 Ms. Sydney A. Lyons 2014 Ms. Keisha Malphurs AP Mr. Wilbur Maney ** AP Mr. and Patrick Marcellino Mr. Nicholas R. Mathiowdis 2008 Mr. and Mrs. John Maxwell Ms. Nancy I. Mayes Ms. Stephenia J. McGee 2002 Ms. Paige McKnight CP Mrs. Patricia Wright McNulty 1959 Mr. and Mrs. Johnathan McRary CP Dr. Darilyn Mercadel Ms. Kathleen Midgett AP Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Milbury Mrs. Annette Reems Modesto 1974 Ms. Amanda M. Montoya CP AP Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Mooers AP Mr. and Mrs. Larry G. Moore 1974 Mrs. Ann Henslee Moore 1974 Mr. and Mrs. Larry Peyton Morgan, Jr. AP Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mumford CP AP Miss Vanessa L. Murphy 2004 Elsie Naomi Myers Memorial Mr. and Mrs. J. Wylie Neville 1944 HS, 1945 JC, 1948 HS Mrs. Martha Grist Neville 1948 Mr. and Mrs. Maurice E. Nichols CP AP Ms. Samantha L. Nifong 1995 Ms. Savanna L. Nolan 2006 Mrs. Genevieve L. Norman Mrs. Mary Ella Nunn Nviable, Inc. Mrs. Susan Houghtaling Odom 1957 Mr. Anthony T. Oliver 2002 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Oliver III

Mr. and Mrs. Petter P. Oreszko III Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Ortega CP Ms. Cambra Overend 2000 Mrs. Jessica M. Owensby 2001 Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence K. Parks CP Mr. William Patti and Mrs. Brieanna Bailey Mr. Samuel Peirson III AP Ms. Jamee A. Pelcher CP Mr. Calvin Perkins Mr. and Mrs. David H. Perrin CP AP Mr. Khanh Pham and Mrs. Tam Minh Truong AP Mr. and Mrs. Brian S. Phillips 1998 Ms. Janelle L. Poon 2001 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Potter CP Dr. and Mrs. Paul M. Pressly ** Mr. and Mrs. Gary Queen CP Mr. and Mrs. J. Aaron Rainwater 2008 Mr. and Mrs. William Rhem Mr. Jonathan L. Richards 2012 Mrs. Margaret Richardson Mr. and Mrs. Pat B. Richardson Mrs. Lisa Powell Ritchie Mr. and Mrs. Joel C. Sanders Mrs. Kortni L. Sanders 2002 Savannah Presbytery Mr. Tyler M. Saxton Mr. Ronald Schott AGP Mr. Paul D. Scott and Mrs. Jessica A. Baker Mr. and Mrs. Morton Seltzer Mr. and Mrs. (1950) Robert D. Shaw Ms. Jaime A. Shepard 2003 Mrs. Anne Sophie Shook Ms. LeAnn A. Siefferman 2002 Ms. Lauren J. Sims 2011 Ms. Chantelle Smith CP Ms. Kate C. Smith 2001 Mrs. Kimberly Martin Smith 1993 Ms. Natalie M. Smith CP Mrs. Stella Smith 1945 Ms. Stephanie J. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Gary Solesbee CP Ms. Brittany Souder 2014 Mr. and Mrs. William Spoon CP Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Stanley CP Mrs. Alphia H. Stephens 1949 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stewart CP Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stewart CP Mr. James A. Stewart 2012 Ms. Courtney R. Swartwout 2002 Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Talmadge, Jr. Texas Methodist Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Tim Tinius CP Mr. and Mrs. James A. Trammell Jr. CP Ms. Megan E. Trau 2008 Mr. and Mrs. Arne Tschachschal CP Mr. Brentz P. Turner 1969 Mr. and Mrs. Russell Tyler AP Ms. Nancy H. Valenti AP Mr. Grant Vatter Mr. and Dr. (2001) Jeff T. Velastegui 1999 Mrs. Donia Wanamaker Mr. and Mrs. Gary Ward CP Ms. Dyane L. Ware 2001 Washington Presbyterian Church Ms. Vivian E. Weatherby 2007 Mr. and Mrs. Craig Weatherly CP Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Weaver CP Mrs. Susan Weir CP AP Mrs. Beverly White CP Mr. and Mrs. Thaddius Williams CP Mr. Norman Williams and Ms. Nicole Hayler CP Mr. and Mrs. Nick D. Wylie AP Ms. Jin Xu 2010 Ms. Tara York CP Mr. Xuejun Zhang and Mrs. Fan Yu CP Mrs. Lisa Harrelson Zucker 1984

GIFTS IN KIND Reverend and Mrs. G. D. Barber, Jr. Bascom: Center for the Visual Arts Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Blackburn Mr. and Mrs. J. David Bryant Mr. Walter K. Chambliss Ms. Kitty Flewelling Ms. Jennifer Gordon Mr. and Mrs. G. Scott Henson

Mr. and Mrs. David Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Robert Loder Mrs. Rhonda Lunsford Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Maddox Mr. and Mrs. Calvin J. Mannes Mrs. April McCoy Mr. and Mrs. Matt McGee Ms. Kathleen Midgett Mr. and Mrs. Scott P. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Steve Nowack Dr. and Mrs. Anthony Sgro Mr. John Siegel Ms. Rebecca T. Smith T.J Bailey The Glorious Daisy Tiger Mountain Vineyards Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Van Arnam Mr. Bill Waggener Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. White III

MOUNTAIN LEGACY SOCIETY Reverend Dr. and Mrs. Jack Beaver Mr. W. Scott Bradley 1977 Dr. Kathy S. Breithaupt Dr. and Mrs. Robert B. Carton Mrs. Rosemarie Easterling Chastain 1970 Mr. and Mrs. (1970) Patrick M. Chastain 1967 Dr. R. Mark Coleman 1972 Mrs. Mary Henderson Davidson Mrs. Gina Parise Deutsch 1996 Mr. Dietmar D. Doehring, Jr. 1985 Mr. George F. Freemon 1971 Mr. Louis C. Gay 1965 Mr. and Mrs. Harold “Bud” E. Hodge Mr. and Mrs. Matt McGee Mr. Bennie B. Norton 1961 Mrs. Lila Evans Ogletree 1941 JC Dr. Mary E. Outlaw Mrs. Janie H. Owens Ms. Catherine E. Parker 1977 and Mr. Edward B. Britton 1977 Mrs. Patricia Knight Peck 1944 JC Mr. Moshile Rafeedie 1970 Reverend Dr. Jeffry L. Reynolds and Reverend Dr. Jeanne Reynolds Ms. Laura B. Schott Mr. and Mrs. William J. Spivey Mr. and Mrs. Billy Joe Stiles 1949 Mr. and Mrs. Perry Taylor Dr. Marion A. Truslow, Jr. Mr. Brentz P. Turner 1969 Mrs. Helen Zeller

The Candler Loyalty Society recognizes consecutive years of giving.

Mrs. Scott Candler, Jr..................................................... 43

Ms. Malinda L. Brooks................................................... 36 Atlanta Rabun Gap-Nacoochee Guild.............................. 35 David C. Way Memorial Fund......................................... 33 Mr. and Mrs. Gene B. Brown.......................................... 32 Mrs. Robbin Shope Houston 1958.................................. 32 Dr. William R. Ledford 1943 JC...................................... 31

Mr. and Mrs. J. Swanton Ivy, Jr...................................... 28 Paul & Flora Hubbard Memorial Fund........................... 27 Athens Rabun Gap-Nacoochee Guild.............................. 26 Mr. and Mrs. Billy Joe Stiles 1949 ................................. 24 Reverend Dr. and Mrs. Jack Beaver................................ 23 Dr. and Mrs. (1937 HS) E. Urcey Dillard 1935 HS,1937 JC........23 Ms. Kelly A. Frank......................................................... 23 Ms. Constance V. Walton................................................ 23 Ms. Mary Frank Yates.................................................... 23 Louise & Jimmy Gallant Fund........................................ 22 Dr. and Mrs. John E. Kurnick......................................... 22 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Loder............................................. 22 William P. and Tondra W. Milgrom Foundation............... 22 Mr. and Mrs. Morton Seltzer.......................................... 22 Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Thompson................................... 22 Mrs. Ann Mays Brooker 1954......................................... 21 Reverend Dr. Jeffry L. Reynolds and Reverend Dr. Jeanne C. Reynolds................................................................... 21 Mr. and Mrs. Vernon E. Wright 1960, 1960..................... 21

Mr. and Mrs. Michael O. Cook 1971............................... 19 The Gap Connection...................................................... 19 Estate of J. J. Jackson.................................................... 19 Northeast Georgia Presbytery........................................ 19 Mrs. Janie H. Owens...................................................... 19 Mr. and Mrs. G. Niles Bolton.......................................... 18 Mr. and Mrs. (1988) Jeffrey L. Foster............................. 18 Mr. and Mrs. Ovid Frank Green...................................... 18 Mr. and Mrs. John W. Johnston...................................... 17 Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. White III................................... 17 Estate of Nell Wise Babb................................................ 16 Mr. and Mrs. Steven P. Gilliam 1966.............................. 16 Mr. and Mrs. Bob Manoogian........................................ 16 Elsie Naomi Myers Memorial......................................... 16 Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Foundation....................... 16 Dr. Marion A. Truslow, Jr................................................ 16 Mrs. Kathy S. Watts....................................................... 16 Estate of Karl M. Brawner.............................................. 15 Mr. and Mrs. Stell Huie.................................................. 15 Mr. and Mrs. Nick D. Wylie............................................ 15 Mr. Jack V. Ayers 1951................................................... 14 Mr. and Mrs. E. Gerry Doubleday................................... 14 W. L. Monroe Trust........................................................ 14 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Quigley..................................... 14 Ms. Laura B. Schott........................................................ 14 Mr. and Mrs. John F. Smith............................................ 14 Dr. and Mrs. Robert B. Carton........................................ 13 Mrs. Isabelle B. Duke.................................................... 13 Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund.......................................... 13 Flint River Presbytery.................................................... 13 Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. Henning....................................... 13 Mr. and Mrs. Kevin McClarnon....................................... 13 Mr. and Mrs. DeSaussure F. Oliver................................. 13 Ms. Juanita M. Shope.................................................... 13 Mrs. Jane Tanner Bridges 1952...................................... 12 Mr. and Mrs. William H. Broach..................................... 12 Mrs. Gina Parise Deutsch 1996...................................... 12 Mr. and Mrs. David C. Landis......................................... 12 Mr. John D. Marshall and Dr. Rebecca L. Marshall................12 Mr. and Mrs. Jerry W. McCray 1960............................... 12 Mr. Charles J. Turner, Jr................................................. 12 Mrs. Judie Austin........................................................... 11 Mr. and Mrs. Richard I. Barron....................................... 11 Ms. DaRel Christiansen.................................................. 11 The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc....... 11 Ms. Elizabeth F. Grilli..................................................... 11 Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Jones............................................ 11 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Merrin 1958,1958......................... 11

Ms. Kathleen Midgett.................................................... 11 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Mooers.......................................... 11 Mrs. Mary Ella Nunn..................................................... 11 Mr. and Mrs. J. David Young 1972................................. 11 Mr. and Mrs. Gary Beale................................................ 10 Mrs. Sarah Garner Bondurant 1952............................... 10 Mrs. Carolyn Carnes Brewer 1951.................................. 10 Mrs. Pat Rice Cunningham 1954.................................... 10 Mr. Dennis Dickerson 1954............................................ 10 Dogwood Crafters, Inc. ................................................. 10 Mr. and Mrs. (1952) William N. Dunbar ........................ 10 Mr. and Mrs. John L. Folse............................................. 10 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Kelly 1952................................. 10 Ms. Tammy Williams Knight 1978.................................. 10 Mr. and Mrs. (1958) James Lougher.............................. 10 Mr. James M. Moore 1957............................................. 10 Mr. and Mrs. Sidney B. Neville 1953.............................. 10 Mr. and Mrs. Craig Pendergrast..................................... 10 Dr. and Mrs. Paul M. Pressly.......................................... 10 Mr. and Mrs. William J. Spivey...................................... 10 Mrs. Beverly V. Struble 1954.......................................... 10 Mr. J. Harold Thurmond 1960........................................ 10 Mr. and Mrs. David P. Todd............................................ 10 Mr. and Mrs. (1954) Charlie P. Underwood ................... 10 Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie Williams........................................ 10

Dr. W. Joseph Brockinton 1970........................................ 9 Mr. and Mrs. Garey Butler............................................... 9 Ms. Margaret C. Cowan.................................................... 9 Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Jump................................................ 9 Mrs. Linda Davis Ledbetter 1956...................................... 9 Pentecost Memorial Fund................................................ 9 Dr. and Mrs. Bob E. Pettit................................................ 9 The Quigley Family Foundation....................................... 9 Ms. Sherry Richardson..................................................... 9 Mr. and Mrs. Claude H. Rickman 1973............................. 9 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Sanders....................................... 9 Dr. and Mrs. William M. Taylor, Jr.................................... 9 Mrs. Elaine Tyler............................................................. 9 Ms. Dawn Armfield.......................................................... 8 Mr. Paul D. Scott and Mrs. Jessica A. Baker...................... 8 Reverend and Mrs. G. D. Barber, Jr.................................. 8 Bath Presbyterian Church................................................ 8 Mrs. Mildred Burrell Bennett 1954................................... 8 Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Berghel........................................ 8 Dr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Carleton...................................... 8 Coca-Cola Foundation...................................................... 8 Mrs. Laverne Coleman 1959............................................ 8 Mr. William W. Coleman 1956......................................... 8 Ms. Gene Comer.............................................................. 8 Mr. and Mrs. Roger Cox................................................... 8 Mrs. Martha King Cumby 1960........................................ 8 Mr. James R. Cutlip 1953................................................. 8 Mr. Glenn F. Edwards ...................................................... 8 Mrs. Barbara Lewis Estes 1958........................................ 8 Mr. Thomas E. George 1957............................................. 8 Mr. F. Max Grist 1940...................................................... 8 Mrs. Joanna B. Hannah................................................... 8 Mr. R. Dale Harris 1950................................................... 8 Mrs. Wilma Kelly Hoilman 1955...................................... 8 Mr. George M. Lansdell 1956........................................... 8 Mrs. Martha Cornette Mann 1956.................................... 8 Mrs. Gwendolyn Raby Mansini 1960................................ 8 Mrs. Mary Jane Carver McCoy 1959................................. 8 Ken and Pat McNulty 1959.............................................. 8 Mr. Ralph L. Merrow, Jr. 1959.......................................... 8 Mr. Clyde L. Mosley II...................................................... 8 Mrs. JoAnne Cox Nall 1956.............................................. 8 Mrs. Susan Houghtaling Odom 1957................................ 8 Mrs. Angelyn Brack Parkerson 1959................................ 8 Mr. and Mrs. Brian S. Phillips 1998.................................. 8 RGNS Alumni Homecoming Attendees.............................. 8 Sara G. Folse TTEE........................................................... 8 Mr. Paul D. Scott and Mrs. Jessica A. Baker...................... 8

Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. Shaller........................................ 8 Shandon Presbyterian Church.......................................... 8 Mr. James V. Smith 1953................................................. 8 Mr. Broward H. Strickland 1957....................................... 8 Mr. Billy F. Teasley 1959.................................................. 8 Texas Methodist Foundation............................................ 8 Mr. Thomas H. Teyssier 1958........................................... 8 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Walker....................................... 8 Mr. Ronald D. Ward 1955................................................ 8 Mr. Winston A. Watson 1961............................................ 8 Reverend Thomas A. Weaver II 1960................................ 8 Dr. W. Paul Wolford 1960................................................ 8 Mrs. Kathleen Arbitter..................................................... 7 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Battle............................................. 7 Mr. John W. Boyes........................................................... 7 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas K. Calvert....................................... 7 Dr. V. Rodney Coleman 1949........................................... 7 Dr. and Mrs. R. Carter Davis, Jr........................................ 7 Mr. and Mrs. Ralph deVille.............................................. 7 Mr. and Mrs. Dale M. Earnhardt....................................... 7 John and Mary Franklin Foundation, Inc.......................... 7 Mr. and Mrs. Steven Gajda.............................................. 7 Mr. and Mrs. Marion B. Glover, Jr.................................... 7 Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Graham...................................... 7 Mr. and Mrs. David B. Grist 1967..................................... 7 Vesta and William Hardman, Jr. Charitable Foundation.... 7 Dr. and Mrs. William Hardman, Jr................................... 7 Mr. J. Kevin Ivester.......................................................... 7 Mrs. Vivian Kennemore Johns 1957................................. 7 Mrs. Alice Hempel Kamin 1959........................................ 7 Mr. Phillip S. Landers 1958.............................................. 7 Mrs. Hilda W. McLucas 1960............................................ 7 Mr. and Mrs. Scott P. Moore............................................. 7 Ms. Susan L. Reed........................................................... 7 RGNS Alumni Association................................................. 7 Mrs. Alleane Williams...................................................... 7 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy W. Wolfe........................................ 7 Mr. and Mrs. Nick D. Wylie.............................................. 7 Mr. and Mrs. Curtis C. Dowdle.......................................... 6 Ms. Gayle Gawlik............................................................ 6 Mr. Louis C. Gay 1965..................................................... 6 Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Gignilliat, Jr................................ 6 Mr. and Mrs. Baron A. Heinemann................................... 6 Mr. Reid G. Johnson........................................................ 6 Mr. and Mrs. Seth E. Jones 2002, 2002............................ 6 Mrs. Victoria A. Nash 1958.............................................. 6 Mr. and Mrs. Jason Noffsinger......................................... 6 Mrs. Genevieve L. Norman............................................... 6 Mr. and Mrs. (1950) Robert D. Shaw............................... 6 Mrs. Alphia Fallis Stephens 1949..................................... 6 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stewart........................................... 6 Mr. and Mrs. John Gordon Williams................................. 6 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Woodruff........................................ 6 Mr. Christopher Brandon................................................. 5 Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Breithaupt, Jr.............................. 5 Dr. and Mrs. O. B. Carlisle............................................... 5 Drs. Ray and Ashley Cleere.............................................. 5 Mr. Richard Cole and Mrs. Angela Barnhardt-Cole.................... 5 Dr. and Mrs. (1955) Christopher Curran .......................... 5 Dr. and Mrs. R. Carter Davis, Jr........................................ 5 The Duelfer Family.......................................................... 5 Mr. Gregory J. Duelfer 2008............................................ 5 Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Duelfer............................................ 5 Bishop and Mrs. John S. Erbelding................................... 5 Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Hawkins...................................... 5 Ms. Ellen G. Hoffman 2009............................................. 5 Mr. and Mrs. Andy Hosea................................................ 5 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kuehne.......................................... 5 Mr. and Mrs. Neil B. Martin............................................. 5 North Georgia Community Foundation............................. 5 Ms. Jamee A. Pelcher...................................................... 5 Savannah Presbytery...................................................... 5 Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving.................................. 5 Mr. and Mrs. William D. Skinner...................................... 5 James Marvin and Virginia McIntire Smyth Memorial Fund........5 Mr. and Mrs. Gary Solesbee............................................. 5 Mr. Jesse J. Spikes, Esq.................................................... 5 Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas........................................... 5 Mr. and Mrs. Tim Tinius................................................... 5 Washington Presbyterian Church..................................... 5 Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc.............................. 5

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Ms. Catherine Ridinger McLagan 1993 Mrs. Kimberly Martin Smith 1993 Mrs. Monika Hibbert Arntz 1995 Mrs. Sheri L. Shepherd-Pratt 1995 Mrs. Gina Parise Deutsch 1996 Mrs. Brooke Loder Depelteau 1997 Mr. Kristian K. Wolf 1997 Mr. Brian S. Phillips 1998 Mr. Matthew R. Wilson 1999 Mr. and Dr. (2001) Jeff T. Velastegui 1999 Mr. Caleb C. Fraser 2000 Ms. Cambra Overend 2000 Ms. Jacquelyn O. Cowardin 2001 Ms. ShaDonna R. Crosby 2001 Ms. Elizabeth R. Ihle 2001 Mrs. Jessica M. Owensby 2001 Ms. Janelle L. Poon 2001 Ms. Kate C. Smith 2001 Ms. Dyane L. Ware 2001 Mr. Christopher E. Caudell 2002 Ms. Kristin P. Dougherty 2002 Mr. and Mrs. (2002) Seth E. Jones 2002 Ms. Stephenia J. McGee 2002 Mr. Anthony T. Oliver 2002 Mrs. Kortni L. Sanders 2002 Ms. LeAnn A. Siefferman 2002 Ms. Courtney R. Swartwout 2002 Ms. Jaime A. Shepard 2003 Ms. Shiloh E. Aderhold 2004 Mrs. Alexandra R. Briceno 2004 Mr. Micah Cyrus 2004 Ms. Mary-Keith Mann 2004 Mr. Kelvin B. Dinkins, Jr. 2005 Mr. Benoy S. Kazani 2005 Mr. Christopher A. Crawford, Jr. 2006 Ms. Megan L. Vonk 2006 Ms. Vivian E. Weatherby 2007 Mr. Gregory J. Duelfer 2008 Ms. Jesse K. Greener 2008 Mrs. Courtney A. Ledford 2008 Mr. Nicholas R. Mathiowdis 2008 Mr. J. Aaron Rainwater 2008 Ms. Megan E. Trau 2008 Ms. Elizabeth A. Crotts 2009 Mr. Dylan T. Duvall 2009 Ms. Ellen G. Hoffman 2009 Mr. Wayne A. McPherson, Jr. 2009 Mr. Jonathan D. Duelfer 2011 Ms. Lauren J. Sims 2011 Ms. Lauren M. Lyons 2012 Mr. Jonathan L. Richards 2012 Mr. James A. Stewart 2012 Mr. James W. Armfield 2013 Mr. Matthew R. Duelfer 2014 Ms. Sydney A. Lyons 2014

Mr. Taz L. Anderson, Jr. Ms. Cynthia Arrendale Ms. Winifred Arrendale Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Barton Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Berghel Mr. and Mrs. George J. Berry Mr. and Mrs. Jim W. Blackburn Mr. and Mrs. G. Niles Bolton Dr. Russell R. Burken and Dr. Margaret A. Kopchick Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Callahan Mr. and Mrs. Thomas K. Calvert Mr. and Mrs. Marc Carpenter Mr. and Mrs. (1970) Thomas D. Chastain 1969 Dr. and Mrs. Eddie Cheeks Mr. Shane Coldren, CFA Dr. and Mrs. (1955) Christopher Curran Mr. and Mrs. Charles Darsey Mr. Christopher Fortenberry Mr. David Fortenberry Mr. and Mrs. Michael Fortenberry Mr. and Mrs. Joey Fountain 1975 Mr. Theodore Gerber and Mrs. Brenda McFee Mr. and Mrs. Steven P. Gilliam 1966 Mr. and Mrs. Alan Hall Dr. and Mrs. Reuel E. Hamilton Mrs. Carrie M. Hatfield Mr. Thomas M. Hensley Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Jones Dr. and Mrs. Holton King, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kirk A. Knous Mr. and Mrs. Drew Leviton Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Martel Mr. and Mrs. George W. Mayer, Jr. Mrs. Margaret McCamish Mrs. BeBe McKenney Mr. John Sanford Miller Mr. and Mrs. Cortlandt Minnich Mr. and Mrs. Scott P. Moore Niles Bolton & Associates Ms. Catherine E. Parker 1977 and Mr. Edward B. Britton 1977 Mr. and Mrs. Craig Pendergrast Mr. and Mrs. Steve Perry Mr. and Mrs. John L. Pruitt III Sage Dining Services Mrs. Frances Seymour Dr. and Mrs. Anthony Sgro Mr. and Mrs. William D. Skinner Mr. and Mrs. John F. Smith Mr. and Mrs. William J. Spivey Mr. and Mrs. Perry Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Walker Mr. and Mrs. William Weeks Ms. Theresa Weisenberger and Mr. Chris Bupp Mr. and Mrs. Richard Woodruff

GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF GEORGE R. ANDERSON Ms. Janelle L. Poon 2001 GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF ASHLEE BARWICK 2019 Mrs. Rebecca M. Chamblee

GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF LINDA E. KELLY Ms. Catherine E. Parker 1977 and Mr. Edward B. Britton 1977

GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF BOB AND MARGIE BENNETT Ms. Catherine E. Parker 1977 and Mr. Edward B. Britton 1977 Ms. Janelle L. Poon 2001

GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF PALLAS KUNAIZI-AKPANAH 2015 Mrs. Dein Kunaiyi-Akpanah

GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF JENNIFER BONN Ms. Janelle L. Poon 2001

GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF SARAH LADENSACK 2017 Ms. Claire C. Cameron

GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF MARY B. BRUNDAGE Ms. Catherine E. Parker 1977 and Mr. Edward B. Britton 1977

GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF SEAN T. LAKEY Miss Brittany Souder 2014

GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF DIANNE BURTS Ms. Mary Frank Yates

GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF DAVID C. LANDIS Ms. Jesse K. Greener 2008 Ms. Sydney A. Lyons 2014 Ms. Janelle L. Poon 2001

GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF JOE HARDING AND MYRTICE CAIN Mr. and Mrs. Andy Hosea GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF SARA L. CARLSON 2006 Mrs. Elena R. Carlson GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF DR. AND MRS. ROBERT CARTON Mr. and Mrs. Steven R. McBrayer Mrs. Martha Fry Moore 1945 GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF MR. AND MRS. MIKE COOK 1971 Ms. Jesse K. Greener 2008 Ms. Janelle L. Poon 2001 GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF MRS. SANDY COOK Mrs. Lisa Harrelson Zucker 1984 GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF ROGER COX Mr. Wayne A. McPherson, Jr. 2009 GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF DR. EMMETT U. DILLARD 1935 HS 1937 JC and Mrs. Della E. Dillard 1937 HS Mrs. Sandra Arscott Mrs. Carolyn G. Tysinger

GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF JOSH LIPTON 2019 Mrs. Beverly White GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF WOODY MALOT Mr. and Mrs. Gary Garren Ms. Stephenia J. McGee 2002 Ms. Janelle L. Poon 2001 GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF MARTHA ROBERTS MCDOWELL 1938 JC Mr. and Mrs. James A. Nix GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF TREVOR E. NICHOLS 2016 Mr. and Mrs. Maurice E. Nichols GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF WILLIAM W. NICHOLS 2013 Mr. and Mrs. Maurice E. Nichols GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF SAMANTHA L. NIFONG 1995 Mr. Samuel Peirson III GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF PAT OLIVER Ms. Janelle L. Poon 2001

GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF DALE EARNHARDT Ms. Jesse K. Greener 2008

GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF REVEREND DR. JEFFRY L. REYNOLDS AND REVEREND DR. JEANNE C. REYNOLDS Ms. Jesse K. Greener 2008

GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF KATRINA GRAHAM Mr. Louis C. Gay 1965

GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF MS. ANNE G. RICHARDSON 2012 Mrs. Pauline Moore

GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF COLBY C. GREEN 2001 Mr. and Mrs. O. Frank Green

GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF MR. WILLIAM D. RICHARDSON 2007 Mrs. Pauline Moore

GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF WATSON B. HARLAN Ms. Birdie L. Harlan GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF KATHY HENNING Mr. and Mrs. Kermit S. Dorough Mr. Daniel B. Dorough 2011 Mr. and Mrs. Kermit S. Dorough GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF MARK HENNING Mr. and Mrs. Kermit S. Dorough Mr. Daniel B. Dorough 2011 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stewart

GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF MR. AND MRS. DAN ROGERS Mrs. Renee G. Rogers GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF DR. ANTHONY SGRO Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Callahan GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF HOLLIS E. SHALLER 2014 Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. Shaller GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF ANNIE SHARP Ms. Samantha L. Nifong 1995

GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF DAN HOLTSCLAW Reverend Dr. and Mrs. Jack Beaver

GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF JAMES B. SHOPE 2007 Ms. Juanita M. Shope

GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF OLIVER H. HUDGINS Mr. and Mrs. (1986) Kenneth S. Hudgins

GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF PAIGE SPIVEY Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie Williams

GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF VIRGINIA J. HUDGINS Mr. and Mrs. (1986) Kenneth S. Hudgins

GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF TYLER J. STEVENSON 2014 Mr. and Mrs. Russell K. Stevenson Sullivan Construction & Property Mgmt., Inc.

GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF MELBA HUGGINS Mrs. Jean Kelly Lindstedt 1970

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GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF STELL HUIE Mr. and Mrs. John Chapman Mr. and Mrs. Martin Emanuel Mr. and Mrs. Tom Johnson

GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF MEREDITH STOCKTON 2019 Mrs. Kay S. Darnell Duvall Family Associates, Inc. Ms. Frances Duvall

GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF DR. MARION A. TRUSLOW, JR. Ms. Lauren M. Lyons 2012 Mr. Jonathan L. Richards 2012 GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF ANDREW M. VALENTI Ms. Nancy H. Valenti GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF EMERALD VAN ARNAM 2019 Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Van Arnam GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF CANDACE M. WALTON Ms. Janelle L. Poon 2001 GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF CONNIE WALTON Ms. Janelle L. Poon 2001 Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Van Arnam GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF JORDAN WEBBER 2019 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Webber GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF HOLLY WHITE Miss Emily M. Justus 2013 GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF RITCHIE AND POLLY WILLIAMS Dr. & Mrs. Steven Moreland GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF MARY FRANK YATES Reverend Dr. and Mrs. Jack Beaver

IN MEMORY GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF DOROTHY “DEDE” ANDERSON Reverend Dr. and Mrs. Jack Beaver Ms. Mary Frank Yates GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF DONALD W. ARBITTER Mr. Louis C. Gay 1965 GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF DR. GEORGE C. BELLINGRATH Mr. Larry W. Mobley GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF MR. AND MRS. GEORGE W. BENNETT Dr. and Mrs. (1937 HS) Emmett U. Dillard 1935 HS 1937 JC GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF MORRIS L. BROWN Mr. Glenn F. Edwards GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF EDITH CHRISTY Ms. Catherine E. Parker 1977 and Mr. Edward B. Britton 1977 GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF REGINALD D. CRAWFORD 1933 Mr. and Mrs. George J. Berry GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF VIRGINIA M. DERRICK Mr. Curtis W. Derrick, Jr. GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF MR. AND MRS. V.N. DILLARD Dr. and Mrs. (1937 HS) Emmett U. Dillard 1935 HS 1937 JC GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF B.J. ELARBEE Atlanta Rabun Gap-Nacoochee Guild GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF BERRY FLOYD Mr. Robert H. Floyd, Sr. 1947 GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF LOUISE P. FURR Mr. John B. Furr GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF KEN GEHLE Mr. John E. Gehle 1977 GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF WYMER L. GUEST Mrs. Robbin Shope Houston 1958 GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF RUBY TEAT HAFFNER 1943 JC Mr. Robert P. Haffner

GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF MAE HARDMAN Ms. Mary Frank Yates GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF WANDA HATCHER Reverend Dr. and Mrs. Jack Beaver Mr. and Mrs. (1997) Jeff Depelteau Ms. Tammy Williams Knight 1978 Mr. and Mrs. (2008) James A. Ledford RGNS Alumni Association Mrs. Kimberly Martin Smith 1993 GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF JAMES ETSEL HOPPER 1938 HS 1940 JC Mr. and Mrs. (1941 JC) James E. Hopper 1938 HS 1940 JC GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF TOM JENKINS Ms. Catherine E. Parker 1977 and Mr. Edward B. Britton 1977 GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF ROBERT D. JOHNSTON Reverend Dr. and Mrs. Jack Beaver GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF GILBERT A. KELLY Mrs. Jean Kelly Lindstedt 1970 GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF CAROL MANEY KIDDER 1972 Mr. Wilbur Maney GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF JANE LOCKWOOD Mrs. Margaret Richardson Mr. and Mrs. Pat B. Richardson GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF EVA FLEMING MANSFIELD Ms. Elizabeth H. Cornelius GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF HAYDOCK MORTIMER MARSHALL Mr. Myles P. Marshall 2013 GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF NETTIE MAYES Ms. Nancy I. Mayes GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF LOTT WARREN MIDDLEMAS, JR. Mr. Lott W. Middlemas IV 2013 GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF GLORIA NEAL Mrs. Jo N. Griffeth GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM W. NICHOLS 2013 Mr. James W. Armfield 2013 Mr. John E. W. Boyes 2013 Mr. and Mrs. James A. Breedlove Mr. Chun-Kai Chen 2013 Mrs. Susan Curtis Dr. and Mrs. R. Carter Davis, Jr. Mr. Maxwell Falcon 2013 Mrs. Rebecca G. Jackson Mrs. Beth Richardson GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF DESAUSSURE F. OLIVER Mr. and Mrs. David L. Adolph Mr. James W. Armfield 2013 Mr. and Mrs. Irene E. Bagley-Heath Mr. and Mrs. Ed Burts Coker Creek Trust Mr. and Mrs. Ken Coleman 1974, 1974 Mrs. Linda Warfield Coleman 1974 Mrs. Janine Diaz Mrs. Jan M. Eischen Mrs. Carolyn Floyd The Foxfire Fund, Inc. The Gap Connection Mr. and Mrs. Steven P. Gilliam 1966 Grants Wooden Boat Works Mr. and Mrs. Baron Heinemann Mrs. Susan S. Hosford Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Howard Mrs. Beverly Guthrie Lougher 1958 Mr. and Patrick Marcellino Mr. and Mrs. Larry G. Moore, 1974 Mrs. Ann Henslee Moore 1974 Mr. and Mrs. K.E. Nation Mr. Anthony T. Oliver 2002 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Oliver III Mr. and Mrs. Petter P. Oreszko III

RGNS Alumni Association Mrs. Kortni L. Sanders 2002 Mr. Curtis S. Stark 1985 Mr. and Mrs. Billy Joe Stiles 1949 Mr. and Mrs. J. Everett Stiles Tiger Clinic, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. (1954) Charlie P. Underwood Mrs. Jan W. Vonk Ms. Megan L. Vonk 2006 Mr. and Mrs. Paul K. Vonk, Jr. William J. Redmond & Son, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Williams 1976 Mr. Eric J. Willis 1987

GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF ADDIE CORN RITCHIE Dr. and Mrs. (1955) Christopher C. Curran Dr. and Mrs. (1937 HS) Emmett U. Dillard 1935 HS 1937 JC

GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF HARRY AND GRACE PAGE Mrs. Stella Smith 1945

GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF DINA SOK 1992 Mr. J. Kevin Ivester

GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF JULIA D. PALMOUR 1998 Mrs. Elena R. Carlson Mr. and Mrs. Brian S. Phillips 1998

GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF ROBERT LEE AND NELLIE Maude Spikes Mr. Jesse J. Spikes, Esq.

GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF BARBARA S. PASSMORE Reverend Dr. and Mrs. Jack Beaver

GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF DENNIS SPRUELL 1962 Mrs. Janet Spruell

GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF HOYT M. PENLAND Ms. Courtney R. Swartwout 2002 GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF ROBERT H. PHILP Mr. Malcolm Dillard 1952 GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF ROBERT L. REARDEN, JR. Mr. and Mrs. Inman Allen Ms. Clara H. Axam Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Bankoff Mr. and Mrs. Charles Battle Reverend Dr. and Mrs. Jack Beaver Mrs. Robert J. Berghel Mr. James H. Carney Clarification & Medication, Inc. The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. Mr. Talmage L. Dryman Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Mr. and Mrs. James D. Fluker Mr. and Mrs. Steven P. Gilliam 1966 Mr. and Mrs. Marion B. Glover, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James W. Grant 1988 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hilsman Mr. and Mrs. John Holbrook Mr. R. Glenn Lesley Mr. and Mrs. William L. Levine Mr. and Dr. Devereaux McClatchey The Devereaux F. and Dorothy M. McClatchey Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. William Minnich Mr. and Mrs. Alexander G. Morehouse Mr. and Mrs. George A. Petters Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving Mr. and Mrs. James Shepherd The Inman Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James H. Topple Ms. Sally G. Train Mr. and Mrs. David Watson

GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF ANDREW JACKSON RITCHIE Dr. and Mrs. (1937 HS) Emmett U. Dillard 1935 HS 1937 JC GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF ANN CHAPPELL SCOGGINS Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Talmadge, Jr.

GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF JIM STEWART 1951 Mrs. Marquita Stewart GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF VIVIAN TATUM Mr. Rodney L. Pless 1960 GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF WILMER R. TATUM Mr. Rodney L. Pless 1960 GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF RUBY VAN ROOYEN 1925 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nehring GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF BRIAN WALTON Mrs. Alexandra R. Briceno 2004 GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF NOAH WEIR Mrs. Susan Weir * Trustee ** Former Trustee CP Current Parent GP Grandparent AP Alumni Parent AGP Alumni Grandparent JC Junior College HS High School † Deceased

DISCLAIMER This Annual Report is dedicated to our many donors with tremendous appreciation for their gifts that have helped Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School fulfill its mission to serve young people.

Gifts recorded are those received between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015.

We have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information herein; however, should you find any discrepancies, please accept our apologies and notify the Advancement Office at 706-746-7467 or email advancement@rabungap.org.

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