From the Advancement Office

CONTENTS TAS Alumni News

Message from the Superintendent From the Advancement Office 1 From the Board 2 Around the TAS Campus 3 Alumni Visits 9

Feature Stories Alumni Profiles 16 19

Former Faculty Visits Reunion Reflections Friends of TAS TAS Connections 21 23 28 30

Taipei American School

800 Chung Shan North Road Section 6 Taipei, Taiwan 11152, ROC Tel: (886) 2 2873 9900 ext 368 www.tas.edu.tw alumni@tas.edu.tw

Superintendent Dr. Sharon Hennessy

Assistant Superintendent for Advancement Paige Summers

Alumni Officer Helen Chen '94

TAS Alumni News is published by the TAS Advancement Office and is circulated free of charge to alumni, faculty, and former faculty. To make sure you continue to receive the TAS Alumni News, please keep us informed of any changes in your address by updating your profile under Alumni on the TAS website: www.tas.edu.tw Dear TAS Alumni,

Greetings to the alumni community! It always is my pleasure to have the opportunity to interact with such a wonderful group of people. As TAS moves forward into the future, we know that a vibrant and energetic alumni community makes possible many things that are beneficial to us all. Your evident passion, commitment, and dreams for the future of TAS mean a great deal. Therefore, we look forward to increasing engagement with you.

Communication is an important part of school life—before enrolling as a student at TAS, throughout the student experience, and after departing and becoming a member of our alumni community. The improvements in the TAS website www.tas.edu.tw are one initiative that we hope will increase your connection to the school and promote broader information sharing and awareness.

You probably have noticed that in June we launched a new website. Through the media-rich pages of the new website, TAS sends the clear message that we provide students with a bridge to success; we bring together innovation, structure, and clarity of purpose to enable students to realize their full potential; we foster a love of learning and help students become positive contributors to the global community; we all are on the journey together. You, as TAS alumni, embody this message, exemplifying what opportunities can result from a TAS education.

We hope you have been able to log in to explore the alumni portal section of the website. Earlier this year we sent an e-Notify message to every alumni whose email address we have; in it we sent your user name and password and instructions on how to login to the secure alumni portal. If you need assistance or did not receive the message, please email alumni@tas.edu.tw. This section is yours and will be developed to meet your needs. Please provide us with suggestions.

This TAS Alumni News shows some of the ways alumni are engaged in the life of the school community and have an impact on the lives of our current students. These include: your efforts to stay connected with each other (see page 8); your visits to campus (see page 9); your volunteer work with our students (see page 6); your returning to teach at TAS (see page 5). In addition, your contributions to the annual giving program of the Friends of TAS benefit our students each and every day.

Thank you for all that you do that makes TAS proud. I feel privileged to be a part of the Taipei American School community and am eager to continue to engage and connect with all those who have made TAS such an outstanding institution.

Paige Summers Assistant Superintendent for Advancement