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INSIDE:

Take a Bow From Argument to Debate 2015–2016 Donor Report Alumni Class Notes and more...

The Barstow School Leadership BOARD OF TRUSTEES

ALUMNI BOARD

Peter T. Lacy ’88

Mira Mdivani

Anna Braukmann Raccuglia ’99

CHAIR

Lisa V. Prophete

PRESIDENT

Amanda Morgan ’94 VICE CHAIR

Douglas Dockhorn ’82

Molly Callahan ’92

Dianne Reed

P R E S I D E N T-E L E C T

Robert Rothhaas

TREASURER

Carmen Sabates ’77

Susan Belger Angulo ’76

James Schwartz

S E C R E TA RY

David E. Seay Jennifer Thiessen Waldeck ’90

Thomas W. Butch

Deborah Hosfield Walz ’86

Louis Christifano

Thomas Whittaker ’83

Richard English

William D. Zollars

Andrew Funk ’98 Quinton Lucas ’02 Wendy Marvin

EX-OFFICIO MEMBER

Shane Foster

N OM I N AT I N G C H A I R

Toby Goostree ’99 Patti Greenbaum ’06 Lynn Sutherland Heitman ’70 Deborah Dockhorn Hisle ’87 Anne Victor Lopez ’86 Sara Masner ’06 Craig McPherson ’02 Kerri Nelson Mulligan ’85

HEAD OF SCHOOL

Shannon O’Brien ’87 Jason Press ’90 Toby Truog ’87 2015–2016

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Photo: Todd Race

Katie Kessinger Snapp ’79

Elisa Sader Waldman ’85

Seated (left to right): Dianne Reed, Mira Mdivani, Peter Lacy ’88, Amanda Morgan ’94, Lisa Prophete, James Schwartz. Standing: Richard English, Jennifer Thiessen Waldeck ’90, Douglas Dockhorn ’82, Susan Belger Angulo ’76, William Zollars, Thomas Whittaker ’83, Andrew Funk ’98, Robert Rothhaas, Louis Christifano, Wendy Marvin, Deborah Hosfield Walz ’86, Quinton Lucas ’02

In this issue...

Welcome

Welcome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2016 Auction Recap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

From the Head of School

FEATURE

Dear Barstow Friends,

Take a Bow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 ALUMNI PROFILES

Haley Hannah ’06. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

ALUMNI PROFILES

t the opening faculty and staff meeting this year I challenged each individual to answer the following questions: What is your mission?

What do you want to accomplish this year? How are you going to get to that

Mike Sigler ’72. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Alumni Weekend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

point? Why are you at Barstow? These four questions encapsulate

what Barstow educators ask and answer every day. For those of us who

ALUMNI PROFILES

have the privilege of working at The

Jason Press ’90 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Barstow School, there is a high level

2015–2016 Donor Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

work of Ada Brann and Mary Louise

Bulding A Difference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

of accountability for continuing the Barstow. To continue their vision and commitment in establishing the school is paramount and must be

Alumni Events in Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

part of each community member who

FEATURE

From Argument to Debate. . . . . . . . . . . . 32

this extraordinary school.

Alumni Class Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

of school. I know I speak for all of our faculty and staff when

accepts the responsibility of serving

Head of School Shane Foster, Barstow’s 17th head of school, has led the community since 2008.

It is my true honor to be entering my ninth year as head I say welcome to our 133rd year. We look forward to seeing

What is a Bequest?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

you on campus and celebrating all things Barstow.

In Memoriam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

will see examples of alumni, faculty, and staff living their

Getting to Know the Lacys. . . . . . . . . . . . 44

I hope you enjoy turning the page and getting a glimpse of

As you read through The Barstow School Magazine, you mission and adding to the history and culture of the school. today’s Barstow School.

With warm regards, On the cover: The 2016 middle school musical, The Lion King, entertained sellout crowds. (Photo by Bob Compton Photography)

Shane A. Foster HEAD OF SCHOOL S H A N E . F O S T E R @ B A R S T O W S C H O O L .O R G

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Barstow Auction

BARSTOW’S ANNUAL AUCTION, held on February 20 at the Ritz Charles, was a fun-filled evening. Parents, alumni and friends of the school enjoyed the new Text2Bid feature of the silent auction, along with dinner, music and the live auction. Event co-chairs and parents Susie Caisley, Kris Carlgren and Amy Graham created an exciting event which saw an increase in attendance and revenue to benefit the Annual Fund.

Auction co-chairs Kris Carlgren, Amy Graham and Susie Caisley

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Barstow Auction

Photos: Todd Race

Kim Coker, Beth and Bill Zollars

Anne Russ ’78 and Norbert Russ Gift Gathering Party Hosts Tom and Mary Beth Butch

Karen Garcia, Kristin Carlson and Caroline John

Head of School Shane Foster, Susan Angulo ’76 and Tom Angulo

Ginger and Rob Rothhaas, Mira Mdivani and Dennis Ayzin

Georgina and Eduardo Luckie

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Barstow Theatre

Ethan Ellis, class of 2017, portrays Seymour in Barstow’s 2015 production of Little Shop of Horrors.

The Enduring Legacy of Theatre at Barstow s a Barstow student, you might have sung chorus for the middle school musical or enjoyed a great show in the Raymond B. White Auditorium. Maybe you were part of a Gilbert and Sullivan musical or were cast in the 2008 production of RENT. Perhaps you served as an officer in Barstow’s oldest club, Pretenders. No matter what your memories are, Barstow’s theatre program continues to enjoy smashing success and rave reviews. LEARNING ABOUT LIFE THROUGH

Isabel helped produce the club’s annual

THEATRE

performance, which was an original

A strong work ethic and standard of

production of modern shorts retelling

excellence is a Barstow hallmark and

Greek mythology. She says the theatre

evident throughout the theatre program.

program has given her deep friendships

“We offer educational theatre, but we try

and connection with other students

to run it as professionally as possible so

and enhanced her sense of self. “You see

students have the chance to learn, but

parts of yourself you never saw in your

in a way that challenges them,” says

daily life. And you can then decide how

Director of Theatre Bob Kohler. “The

to develop and discipline those parts.”

process teaches the importance of hard work and what it can accomplish.

As she approached the end of her senior year, Thomas took part in the

They learn life skills, teamwork and

production of Our Town and says that

communication.”

experience affected her deeply, helping

The program also gives Barstow

her fully grasp how much she values the

students extraordinary opportunities

sense of family in the Barstow com-

to explore and define their own values

munity. “I realized how grateful I am to

and the lives they hope to lead. Isabel

be part of this. I want people to know

Thomas ’16 laughs as she describes

exactly how much I care about them.

herself as “obsessed with Broadway,”

Every day you have a new appreciation

performing in 11 shows over six years.

of everyone around you and all the

She not only served as senior class presi-

things you have in your life.”

dent, she also worked tirelessly as vice president of Pretenders, founded in 1901.

Her friend and fellow 2016 graduate Savanna Hubbard agrees. “I want to thank all the alumni who have gone

Text by Loren Halifax Photos by Bob Compton Photography

before us,” Hubbard said. “I hope the tradition of theatrical excellence

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Barstow Theatre

continues for other students.” Hubbard

developments at Barstow. Lower School

they see older students blossom and

plans to continue acting and writing in

debuts its own theatre program in the

thrive in the program. Family involve-

college, a commitment she acknowl-

fall semester of 2016. This comprehen-

ment has continued to grow over the

edges as her passion. “You have to be so

sive effort encompasses every student

years, and Kohler says that foundation

dedicated. You have to love it to put that

from preschool through grade five.

naturally supports new success. “Parents

much of yourself into something, and

Lower school students will be able to

support the theatre program through

we’ve learned to do it for its own sake.”

work together to produce and perform

the Friends of the Arts to foster this

Kohler says that watching students

one major show a year. The premiere

experience. Alumni who attend

develop that love and dedication is his

production of the new program is The

performances are excited about how the

favorite part of teaching. “Sometimes

Jungle Book slated for spring 2017. Kohler

theatre program has advanced. They are

something just clicks, and a student finds

says this production will be in addition

impressed with the new computerized

his voice, his passion, in the process.”

to the annual grade-level music shows

audio, sound and lighting, and the

students have enjoyed in the past.

inclusion of more students behind the

As director, Kohler says that level of self-awareness in Barstow students is

Lower school students will learn as

scenes,” he said.

the essence of the program and the true

much as possible about every aspect of

He believes the new lower school

heart of its success. “They’re learn-

producing theatre on a more profes-

program will allow the younger students

ing about life; learning to face adult

sional level. Students will explore design

to be better prepared for middle and

situations. They learn that success and

techniques, build their own sets and

upper school productions. “Kids mature

community are not about one person’s

craft their own costumes. They will

in the theatre because they have to

ego. When we work together, the whole

grow their understanding of technical

communicate,” he explains. “They learn

is always greater than the sum of its

theatre, including aspects of lighting

to listen, focus, project and enunciate. It

parts. Everyone should study the arts

and sound for a major production. “Not

gives them confidence.”

and have that experience. They’ll be

only are students excited about this,”

better people for it. And better people

said Kohler, “parents are thrilled as well.”

HEADING BACK TO EDINBURGH, THIS

In fact, the decision to expand the

TIME WITH THEIR VERY OWN SHOW!

theatre program into the Lower School

In the summer of 2017, Barstow upper

can create a better world.” NEW! LOWER SCHOOL THEATRE

with a major production comes in

school theatre students will perform in

The enthusiasm and commitment of

direct response to success and demand.

two prestigious festivals. They will write,

students, faculty, parents and alumni

Parents of lower school students asked

produce and perform their own original

are leading to exciting new theatrical

for more opportunities because of how

show first at the KC Fringe Festival.

Upcoming Productions Stay tuned to the Theatre page of the Barstow website for more details and tickets . >>

OCT 2016

US Musical JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT

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NOV 2016

Pretenders Play TO BE ANNOUNCED

JAN 2017

Barstow’s oldest club returns for another student-run production

WINTER 2017

MS Musical MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT

Barstow Theatre

Then they will travel to Scotland, to

Pretenders, and he’s delighted to be

with giving him a different perspective

perform that show at the Edinburgh

one of the playwrights working on the

on life. “Knowing what’s going on in the

Festival Fringe, the largest arts festival in

script for Barstow’s production in the

world around you is really important,

the world.

2017 Festival Fringe. “I can’t even express

and the arts help you deal with those

In 2010, Kohler took a group of fifteen Barstow students to perform there, but this time around, everything about the production will be their own. “We have a big crop of playwrights,” said Kohler. “They pitched ideas this spring and spent the summer writing the script.” Barstow students will handle every aspect of the show themselves. They will design and make the sets and costumes, handle the marketing, branding and promotion, and rehearse and stage the performance, while aspiring to the highest possible standards every step of the way. “Most high school theatre students never write and perform their own plays,” said Kohler. “Our students will, and on an international stage.” Ethan Doskey, class of 2018, is one

Barstow theatre students learned about set, lighting, character development and “breaking the fourth wall” during the 2016 production of Our Town. how excited I am about that,” he said,

things with empathy. Theatre has helped

“especially because this is something I

me understand my emotions better,

of them, having performed in nine

want to pursue in college and hopefully

but it also helps me understand other

Barstow shows over the last five years,

as a career.”

people’s lives. I think you learn how

plus community theatre as well. He is a junior this fall, the secretary of

Doskey, like Thomas and Hubbard, credits the Barstow theatre program

important you are to other people and how important they are to you.”

BARSTOW AT THE

BARSTOW

FRINGE FESTIVAL

BROADWAY

MAR 2017

LS Play/Musical THE JUNGLE BOOK

SPRING 2017

APR 2017

US Play PETER AND THE STARCATCHER

MAY Barstow Broadway 2017

ALL-SCHOOL BROADWAY REVUE

JUL/AUG

2017

Fringe Festival TO BE ANNOUNCED

Barstow to produce an original student-written play in Scotland!

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Alumni Profiles Profile

Haley Hannah ’06 Lights Up the Stage

theatre audition she could find. “I'm a dancer and a singer, but my strengths

aley Hannah had no idea what she was asking on

are being able to dance the ensemble and dance the lead, which is more work

the day she met with Barstow college counselor, Scott Hill. “I

than most any other role. But I love it.”

remember he asked what I wanted to do, and I said I wanted

Andy Blankenbuehler and playwright and

to be an actor. He replied, ‘Well, this is different.’ And he actually helped me find and apply to the top schools for musical theatre. He did the work because I had no idea how to find a school for that. I got accepted and attended one of the best in the country. How often does that happen?”

Haley worked with choreographer lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda before they achieved Hamilton fame. She landed a role in the original cast of Bring It On. “It was a very lucky way to start off. I was in the right place at the right time, I was the right age and had the right style,” she says. She took part in the initial workshop and enjoyed the synergy of the

Hannah says the support and

cast and crew as they began building the

Haley graduated from Barstow

show from the ground up. They went on

her teachers and her time at Barstow,

in 2006 and went on to study at the

tour for a year before taking the show

set the stage for her own success story—

University of Michigan. She graduated

to Broadway, and spent that year on

one that has taken her from the halls of

with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2010,

the road revising it, changing lyrics and

moved straight to New York City and

dialogue based on audience response and

started showing up at every musical

the chemistry of the cast. For her, the

encouragement she received from Hill,

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Barstow to the lights of Broadway.

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changes were more challenging than for

performer in New York. I had complete

Haley's proving it now, auditioning

others because she learned four different

confidence in myself—my talents and

several times a week, and finding success

parts for the show. “If any leads were out

abilities—and I think that helped im-

on the Broadway stage after only six

sick or on vacation, I was the understudy

mensely. I learned a lot in college that

years in New York. She's sharing the

who stepped in for three different

prepared me but my confidence came

wisdom she earned in her budding

roles.” Her ability to be so versatile, yet

from Barstow.”

career for the benefit of current Barstow

consistent has now become her signature

Haley credits the teachers and the

students. "People who rely on their tal-

in the world of professional musical

environment they provided with instill-

ent crash and burn. You have to continue

theatre.

ing in her the ability to cope with such

to work in a consistent way. Don't waste

a demanding career. “This career can be

your opportunities, don't let any outside

so inconsistent, it would send anyone

influences deter you from what you're

After the national tour of Bring It On, Haley went on to perform roles

Photos Courtesy of Haley Hannah

in Flashdance the Musical and the musical version of Saturday Night Fever. She also worked as a backup singer for Disney stars Demi Lovato and the Jonas Brothers as they transitioned into the national pop music scene. She performed in opera, theater houses, workshops, concerts and regional productions all over the country, even working under the direction of Academy Award winner Robert De Niro in the musical production of A Bronx Tale. “The movie was his directorial debut,” says Hannah, “but he also wanted to direct the musical. It was an incredible experience. You'd look up during rehearsals and there's Robert De Niro watching and giving you feedback. It made you want to work even harder.” Hannah balances the success

Haley Hannah is a “triple threat” as an actor, dancer and singer. Plus, she’s well known for dancing both lead and ensemble.

she's experienced over the last six years in New York with the perspec-

on a bit of an emotional roller coaster.

tive she learned at Barstow. “From

You can be on Broadway one day and

first grade through twelfth grade, I

bartending the next. It's a combina-

just felt like Barstow was my home. I

tion of learning to take initiative and

“I learned a lot in college that prepared me, but my confidence

don't know if I would have gotten into

persevere, plus the sense that you are

theatre if they had not encouraged me

deeply valued as a person. I learned a

to explore my interests and find out

habit of persistent work, which is good

doing. Whatever you're interested in,

who I am and what I love. Then they

because you really do have to constantly

there's a place for you at Barstow, so take

came from Barstow.”

pushed me to work hard and supported

prove yourself, but it's easier if you

those opportunities, explore everything.

me, which gave me the courage to

know how. Barstow taught me how to

This is your chance to find out what you

try new things, including life as a

hang in there.”

love, then go do it.”

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Alumni Profiles

Carmen Sabates ’77, Susan McGee ’76, Mike Sigler ’72, Scott Gyllenborg ’74, Martha Lally ’75 and Andrew Sigler ’75 at the Alumni Networking Event held at Boulevard Brewing Co. on June 17, 2016.

The Heart of Leadership Mike Sigler ’72 Serves with Passion and Purpose

Mike says the small class sizes and level of involvement made them all

n 1972, Mike Sigler graduated from The Barstow School as a member of the school’s very first coeducational class. “It was an all girls school before, and my mom and grandmother had gone there,” says

Sigler. “One of the great things about it is that being one of a handful of boys,

you had to do everything.” Sigler played varsity basketball, soccer, tennis and took part in every musical and choir performance he possibly could. “Sports, arts, academics, we did it. It was a great opportunity for me and my classmates.”

close friends, and they’ve preserved those relationships through the decades. “We’ve been there for each other during all those things that happen in life: successes and failures, weddings and funerals, having kids and raising them. We’ve remained present for each other.” Through the years, Mike realized that his unique experience as part of Barstow’s first co-ed class gave him another gift. “I started in seventh Text by Loren Halifax

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grade and every class ahead of me was

Board and works with the UMKC

important it is to improve education for

made up of all girls. They were all in

Pride Breakfast, raising money for

others, to improve our society. I admire

positions of leadership so consequently

students who are cut off financially by

educators enormously. They have a very

I never had a problem with women in

their families when they come out as

challenging job, especially today.”

leadership roles or positions of power

homosexual. “I care passionately about

Sigler leads by example. “I get

in my life. There are lots of women I

these kids and their education. I think

gratification in various ways in business

admired then and admire now. So I

about how lucky I was not to face that.

and personal endeavors. Sometimes they

could celebrate with them as attitudes

When I think about them having the op-

overlap, but they are all ways I feel I am

changed regarding women’s roles. And

posite experience, I get very emotional

helping to make the world a better place,

I’m so pleased with how Barstow has

about it,” Sigler says. “It is a wrong that

a more beautiful place. Between art and

continued to become more diverse over

needs to be righted and several Barstow

music and education, perhaps you can

the years,” says Sigler.

cast a broader net of influence and

Mike graduated from Hamilton

assistance. Your focus becomes

College in June 1976, “I was a

broader and wider. I do it because

French major, for God’s sake,” he laughs, but because of Barstow,

“Barstow helped you identify

Photo: Pat Oppenheimer

he had aspirations of teaching choral music. “Barstow indulged

your strengths and act on them

us in our curiosity. For my senior project, I was allowed to rehearse

—that’s pretty remarkable.”

and conduct the Glee Club. I was even allowed to visit other schools and observe how their choral

I care, but I have to admit I do it

directors conducted their groups.

selfishly too. I get a great deal of

Then at graduation I conducted the

enjoyment from it.”

Glee Club’s performance. Where

Mike believes Barstow excels at

else would you be allowed, even

creating graduates who will go on

encouraged, to do that? Barstow

to break down barriers and embrace

helped you identify your strengths

diversity in their lives, relation-

and act on them—that’s pretty

ships and communities. “Barstow

remarkable.”

builds bridges through exchange

Mike didn’t get the first job he applied for—teaching music—but a few months later he was offered a job at

programs, they’re on the forefront alumni want to help.” Mike is a member of the board of the

of that, creating a spirit of cooperation that inspires curiosity about other

Stern Brothers & Co., which put him on

Francis Family Foundation, a local foun-

people, their cultures, their perspectives.

the path he still travels today at Baird

dation that helps fund early childhood

Discrimination, wherever it is, should be

Financial Advisors. For 39 years, people

education and the arts. Through the

wiped out. To me, the best way to reduce

have trusted him to invest their money,

Mid-America Gay & Lesbian Chamber

that is to improve education, help people

to tend to the rewards of their hard

of Commerce, Sigler mentors a teacher

understand each other and know each

work, so that when they retire, they can

who is part of Teach For America, edu-

other better. It’s through ignorance that

do what they want with their lives.

cating young children in the northeast

most of this hatred is fomented. I think

part of Kansas City. “I had an excellent

Barstow and other schools like it are do-

Mike took his love of music to the Heartland Men’s Chorus, where he

education, but you find out that’s not

ing their best to eliminate that ignorance.

has performed for the last 24 years. He

the case in many places. It helps you ap-

Barstow creates those people to go out

works as treasurer of the Lyric Opera

preciate what you have and realize how

into the world.”

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Morgan Buck, Jennifer Buck, Travis Buck ’90, Wendy Aks ’90, retired faculty member Dr. Walter Brayman, Brooke Helmers Bremer ’90 (holding Will Bremer), Jenny Thiessen Waldeck ’90

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Whitney Watts ’06, Sara Masner ’06, Susan McGee ’76

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Social Justice in America and Abroad Panel: Marc Solomon ’85, Ellen Schuch Edgar ’05, Birju Solanki ’03

Birju Solanki ’03, Mike Sigler ’72, Barbara Close Stiling ’62, Head of School Shane Foster

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Connect. Share. Celebrate.

ALUMNI WEEKEND 2016 Alumni Weekend is for all Barstow alumni, not just those celebrating major reunions. Gretchen Schwegler Dervin ’85 and Becky Stevens ’85

end 2015

Register today for Alumni Weekend 2016! www.barstowschool.org/alumniweekend 2016 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Friday, September 30 Ongoing

Campus Tours Story Corps Rita Blitt artworks and Embry Gallery exhibit on view

10:00 am

Alumni Day Orator — Beth Morrison ’86, senior curator of manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum

11:00 am

Panel Discussion — “The Arts in America”

1:20–3:15 pm

Go “Back to Class” Experience Barstow as a student again

6:00–8:00 pm

All-Alumni Cocktail Party On campus! – Free of charge!

Saturday, October 1 10:00 am

Leslie Kase ’77, Carmen Sabates ’77, John MacLaughlin ’77, Diane Hall Wagner ’77, Julie Sloan ’77

11:00 am–1:00 pm

Campus Tour Alumni Brunch Alumni, their families and friends are invited to enjoy a fun and casual morning at the school

1:15 pm

Class of 1986 Memorial and Dedication Ceremony

2:00 pm

Alumni Author Presentation Jamie Metzl ’86 discusses Eternal Sonata: A Thriller of the Near Future This event is cosponsored by The Barstow School , Rainy Day Books, and The Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City

Saturday Evening

Individual Class Celebrations Please visit www.barstowschool.org/alumniweekend for event details for the classes of 1976, 1981, 1986, 1996, 2001 and 2006.

Brian Loftin ’90, Molly Callahan ’92, Sara Kincaid ’02, Kate Obdyke Doherty ’89

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Photo Courtesy of Jason Press

Alumni Profiles

Jason Press ’90 Fuses Political and Economic Landscapes

in English class, but you’re reading

ason Press credits his parents and an academic aptitude

Tolstoy and learning Russian culture in the 19th century. When you go out

that was “about average” for one of the best decisions he ever made.

into the world, that interest gives you

“When I was finishing sixth grade, my parents wanted me to go on

desire to be part of something larger

a curiosity, an open-mindedness and than yourself, in a way that fosters

to a school that would help me

self-reliance and self-confidence. Barstow students are interested in

focus and flourish. I was accepted

food and travel, they often live or study abroad, they get involved in

at both Pembroke and Barstow,

non-profit organizations or global

but I wanted Barstow, and my

causes. Barstow gave me that openmindedness and world view.”

parents let me choose. I knew

Press finds it even more special that Barstow fosters that

Barstow was the right choice.”

global interest and perspective in

He quickly learned that Barstow

a supportive, intimate environ-

allowed students to be as involved

ment. He points out that at his

as they would like, and he jumped

25th class reunion more than half

into every activity he could. “It

the graduating class showed up,

was a great environment for me.

including many like him who no

I did a lot of things, but I wasn’t

longer live in Kansas City. Even

particularly strong in any of them,”

faculty members returned. He

he laughs. He tried out for plays and

international exchange students and

believes it’s because the Barstow

musicals in the theatre program. “I

took advantage of opportunities to

experience transcends the usual. “It’s

never got the lead, but that was my

study abroad. The more he learned, the

extraordinary — it really is. It’s a family

voice you’d hear offstage!” He ran track,

more he grew in both curiosity and con-

atmosphere engendered from the Head

played tennis and varsity basketball, “but

fidence. Looking back, he appreciates

of School on down through an entire

only as the distant second to our star

how much of the Barstow experience is

community of extraordinary individuals.

center, Damont Collins ’90.”

designed to create a global perspective.

It made me more prepared and also gave

As he worked to develop strong

“Barstow’s always been at the

me grounding. You’re always reminded

academics, Jason found that studying

forefront of independent schools in the

other languages and cultures fascinated

Midwest, encouraging a broad, diverse

His classmates have gone on to

him. He made friends with Barstow’s

curriculum with an array of languages,

become leaders in all kinds of organiza-

Text by Loren Halifax

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of where you came from.”

political science and world studies. The

tions. Press himself has become a leader

school maintains that focus in nearly

in global markets, spending 16 years

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in ways that other academic environments don’t allow or foster.” Press believes that’s a key reason he’s been successful professionally. “I am able to empathize with colleagues, firms, corporations and asset managers, all with wildly different backgrounds than

“You get to understand and empathize with people from other cultures and socioeconomic backgrounds in ways that other academic environments don’t allow or foster.” my own. I can still understand where they’re coming from, to a degree that sometimes surprises folks. I don’t think it should.” Jason Press and husband Caleb Hartzler celebrate Bastille Day.

Press has been involved in the Barstow community since graduating in 1990, but took it to a new, more committed level when he joined the Alumni Board in 2015. He says they’re working on several different projects, including

on Wall Street at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. His professional focus has given him the opportunity to work in New York, Sao Paulo, Hong Kong and Singapore and the chance to travel to more than 70 countries. He now specializes in political and macro risk advice for global markets at Eurasia Group. “I’ve got a team of 65 full-time political scientists who analyze in real time what’s happening on the ground in over 100 countries around the world. They tell me where things are improving or deteriorating in terms of the political

lens, and I then convey that to investors,

“friend raising,” not just fundraising. He

hedge funds, mutual funds, private

wants to strengthen the community of

equity firms and more. I have one foot

people both inside Barstow and in the

in The Economist and the other in the

greater Kansas City community who be-

Kansas City Star.”

lieve in the school’s mission and support

Jason credits the close-knit environ-

it. Together they can motivate people

ment at Barstow with giving him a

who believe in longer term relationships

deeper awareness of himself and others

and longer term commitments.

that have enhanced his career. “You’re

From Barstow’s hallowed halls in

encouraged to socialize and become

Kansas City to the far reaches of the globe,

friends with everyone in your own class

Jason Press finds some of his life’s greatest

as well as those in the classes above and

satisfaction in helping others build

below you. You get to understand and

successful connections, opportunities

empathize with people from other cul-

and relationships that have far-reaching

tures and socioeconomic backgrounds

effects, “Who wants to build walls?”

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or the first time in Barstow’s history, the Annual Fund raised over one million dollars for the school. Thank you to the many

parents, alumni, grandparents, parents of alumni and friends of the school who made gifts totalling $1,069,782 this past year. YOU MADE IT HAPPEN!

the arts and community service. Your

Barstow’s tradition of charitable giving

gifts create opportunities for these

is strengthened every year. Over the

students with world-class faculty, small

past eight years, we have experienced

class size, technological innovation

substantial growth. Our endowment

and a wide array of offerings includ-

has grown from $8 million to $14 mil-

ing online courses and international

lion, the Annual Fund increased by 115

exchange programs.

percent and enrollment has increased by 20 percent. Our students have achieved extraordinary success in academics, athletics,

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Thank you to everyone who responded to the call to make a charitable contribution to Barstow. >>

NOTE Gifts-in-kind of $2,500 or more are included in giving totals

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It’s because of you that Barstow is one of the top independent schools in the country. Thank you a million times over.

Armillary Society Armillary Society donors have given in each of the last five years or longer and exemplify the culture of philanthropy at Barstow. Annual Fund Donations to the Annual Fund support operations of the school and ensure our continued excellence in education. Includes auction purchases and tickets, and 5k participation.

Endowment Gifts The Endowment Fund acts as a savings account for the school. Gifts to the endowment exist in perpetuity with a percentage of the principle that may be drawn each year for programs or needs of the school. Specific and Capital Gifts It is with gratitude that we acknowledge donors who have made a donation to support a specific need at the school and donors who made capital campaign pledge payments.

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Standards High Society $50,000 and above

Mr. Norbert Russ and Mrs. Anne Potter Russ ’78

Anonymous A.W. Baldwin Charitable Foundation The Goppert Foundation Mr. Roscoe O. Stewart and Mrs. Charlotte Redheffer Stewart ’40* Mr. and Mrs. Steven R. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Bill Zollars

1884 Founders Society $25,000 - $49,999 David Woods Kemper Memorial Foundation Mr. James M. Kemper, Jr. Class of 1966 Morgan Family Foundation Mr. Chad King and Ms. Amanda Morgan ’94 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Morgan Mr. and Mrs. Todd Morgan Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Rock Mr. and Mrs. James K. Schwartz

Second Century Society $10,000 - $24,999 American Dish Service Mr. and Mrs. James Andrews Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Butch Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Fox P.G. Fry Properties, Inc. Ms. Colette Fry Williams Mr. Paul Fry Mr. and Mrs. George A. Hanson

Auction Sponsor We had two auction activities in 2015–2016 including an online auction and a fun, festive evening at the Ritz Charles that supported the Annual Fund.

Mr. Burton Sexton ’96 Mr. and Mrs. Don Walsworth, Jr. Walsworth Publishing

Ada K. Brann Society $5,000 - $9,999 Anonymous Dennis Ayzin and Mira Mdivani Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Bacon, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Dominique Bergere Mr. and Mrs. Jason Betts Mr. Stephen Brodd and Ms. Gretchen Gregory Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Coker Ms. Betty Ann Cortelyou ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Fenaroli Mr. Francis Fitzpatrick and Dr. Amelia Fitzpatrick Mrs. Judy Hart Mr. and Mrs. JB Hodgdon Dr. and Mrs. Henry Kanarek Mr. and Mrs. Anand Kuppuswamy Mrs. Lois Dubach Lacy ’55 Mr. Peter Lacy ’88 and Mrs. Kendall Hart Lacy ’92 Lacy & Company Miller-Mellor Association Mr. JoZach J. Miller ’80 Mpress Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Myers Norquist-Robinson Foundation Mrs. Anne Norquist Patterson ’61 and Mr. Craig W. Patterson

Trustee

Tree Day Tree Day is one of Barstow’s most treasured traditions. Honor and memorial gifts keep our campus beautiful and sustainable, and provide a special way to celebrate a friend or loved one.

Faculty

5K Sponsor Sponsors of the fourth annual Mind. Body. Character. 5K. Run/Walk and Wellness Expo helped us attract Total giving toparticipation the Annual Fund fromincludes seriousgifts-in-kind runners to that total young children crossing the finish line $2,500 or more. for the first time.

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Mr. and Mrs. Ethan Whitehill

Dr. and Mrs. Amar Patel Rockhill Orthopaedic Specialists Mr. and Mrs. Donald Prophete Dr. Shelley King Theis ’71

Two West, Inc. Mr. Thomas Whittaker ’83 and Mrs. Loren Whittaker Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Wilson Dr. and Mrs. Mark B. Yagan

Richard H. Sears Society $2,500 - $4,999

Barstow Society $1,000 - $2,499

American Century Investments Foundation Anonymous Aristocrat Motors Barstow Booster Club Mr. and Mrs. John A. Boyce Mrs. Beverly Pierson Bradley ’44 Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Brooks, Jr.

Mrs. Susan Belger Angulo ’76 Anonymous (3) ARAMARK Facilities Dr. Stewart Babbott and Dr. Cecelia Babbott Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Bauman Dr. Mazda Biria and Dr. Firoozeh Biria Biria Dentistry

Mr. Joel Brous ’88 and Mrs. Carrie Brous Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Carlson Mr. and Mrs. Shane A. Foster Mr. Sean Hart ’87 Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Hattan Mr. and Mrs. Roberto Irwin Dr. Bradley R. Jenkins and Dr. Jill Jenkins

J.B. Reynolds Foundation Mr. R. Philip Bixby ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Bixby III Mrs. Kay Bixby-Haddad ’67 Mrs. Nancy Bixby Hudson ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Brandt Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Brush Mr. Grant Burcham and Mrs. Wendy Hockaday Burcham ’80 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Caisley Dr. and Mrs. Louis Christifano, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Churchman Commerce Bank of Kansas City Dr. Ameet Deshmukh Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Dickerson Mr. and Mrs. Richard English Mr. Chris Ferraro and Mrs. Brynn Chapman Ferraro ’01 Francis Family Foundation Mr. J. Michael Sigler ’72 Fry Orthodontics Specialists Dr. and Mrs. Jeremy Fry Mr. Andrew Funk ’98 and Mrs. Emily Funk Mrs. Dody Gerber Gates Mr. Heaton Robertson and Ms. Henrietta Gates ’68 Mr. Jonny Girson and Mrs. Jane Epsten Girson ’80 Global Tank Leasing Mr. and Mrs. James Stinson Dr. Sanjaya Gupta and Dr. Wendy Hulsing Mr. David Hall and Mrs. Laura Hockaday Hall ’83 Hallmark Corporate Foundation Dr. Susan Herzberg Ms. Bridget Higgins Chang Mr. Thomas Higgins and Mrs. Paget Gates Higgins ’59

Kompass Kapital Ms. Marilou Krech Dr. Phillip J. Lucido and Dr. Mary Lynne Lucido Mr. and Mrs. John Marvin Mr. and Mrs. Scott A. McCreight Ms. Susan L. McGee ’76 Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy McNeive McPherson Contractors, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Matthew McPherson Mr. and Mrs. John H. Morrow III Mr. and Mrs. Todd Navrat Mr. John T. Pierson, Jr * and Mrs. Susan Pierson Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Prier Putney Family Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Terrence E. Putney Mr. Scott Redick ’85 and Mrs. Kathleen Redick Reed Family Foundation Dr. Bryan Reed and Mrs. Dianne Reed Dr. and Mrs. William A. Reed Dr. and Mrs. William Rosenthal Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rothhaas Mr. and Mrs. David E. Seay Mr. and Mrs. Chad Simmons Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Spidle Sprint Foundation Dr. Peter Tadros and Dr. Deanna Tadros Mr. and Mrs. John Top Ms. Kirby Upjohn ’66 Mr. John Waldeck and Mrs. Jennifer Thiessen Waldeck ’90 Mr. Maurice A. Watson ’76

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Auction Sponsor 5k Sponsor Tree Day Gift

Trustee Donor Faculty Donor Deceased

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Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Huxman Mr. Ethan Jackson ’05 J.E. Dunn Mrs. Martha Lay Kaaz ’57 Amb. Barbara Hanson Karahadian ’56 Ms. Janet K. Kelley ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Carmen Kesner, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ketchmark Dr. Priya Krishna ’91 Mr. Timothy Larson and Dr. Melissa Larson Leawood Family Care Mr. Ryan Lee and Mrs. Victoria Hoss Lee ’09 Mr. Joe Lopez and Mrs. Anne Victor Lopez ’86 Dr. Tim Martin ’81 and Dr. Janice Martin Mrs. Georgette Carkener McConnell ’61

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory A. Onyszchuk

Mrs. Heather Kemper Miller ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Abel Mojica Dr. Boyd Morrison ’85 Mr. and Mrs. Peter Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Jason Nadler Dr. Srinivas Nalamachu and Dr. Kali Nalamachu Mr. David Neihart ’79 and Mrs. Wendy Ketterman Neihart ’79 The Neihart Financial Group of Wells Fargo Advisors

Mr. Michael Thiessen and Mrs. Nancy Embry Thiessen ’66 Mrs. Elinor Tourtellot ’61 Piersol Foundation, Inc. Mr. Edward Tranin ’78 and Mrs. Amy Tranin Mr. Karthik Ventkataraman and Mrs. Preeti Chawla Mr. Frank L. Victor Mr. Brent Walz and Mrs. Deborah Hosfield Walz ’86 Mrs. Wendy March Watson ’86

Mr. Andrew Osman and Ms. Deborah Feder Ms. Carmen Sabates ’77 Mr. and Mrs. Harold M. Sader Dr. and Mrs. Thaju Salam Mr. and Mrs. Piyush S. Sampat Mrs. Elizabeth Jones Schellhorn ’68 Mr. David Fandel and Ms. Heather Sherman ’84 Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Simmons Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Simpson Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sims Dr. and Mrs. Ron Slepitza Dr. Robert Smith and Ms. Donna Southwick Mrs. Laura Riss Stanford ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Tony Tappan

National Signing Day Horne Selects Nebraska

eriah Horne ’16 signed a letter of intent to the University

of Nebraska for a Division I basketball scholarship on November 11, 2015.

He was prominently featured in the Kansas City Star on National Signing Day. Jeriah is pictured above with Billy Thomas, Barstow’s head basketball coach, his mother Tashannah Horne, brother Jonah Horne ’18 and grandmother Delores Long.

Photo: Todd Race

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Barstow Society continued Mr. and Mrs. Brian Weaver Jarrod Williams DDS Dr. and Mrs. Jarrod Williams

Knights Society $500 - $999 Mr. and Mrs. Regev Alon Anonymous (2) Dr. Joan Archer Mr. and Mrs. Adam Elyachar Big Bob’s Flooring Outlet Mr. and Mrs. Brad W. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Brett E. Carlgren Mr. and Mrs. Jay Carpenter Dr. and Mrs. Adam Colombo CORE Strategies Physical Therapy, PA Mr. Douglas Dockhorn ’82 and Mrs. Stephanie Dockhorn Mr. and Mrs. Keith Durwood Mrs. Melissa Smith Elliott ’57 Mr. Brad Epsten ’82 and Mrs. Ginny Epsten Dr. Emily Eschbacher ’96 Mrs. Janet Close Ewert ’58 Mr. and Mrs. Alejandro Garcia Ms. Cynthia Gibson ’66 Orthopaedic Specialists, PA Dr. John Gillen and Dr. Kady Gillen Google Mr. and Mrs. Eric Graham Mr. and Mrs. Sean Greenwood Mr. and Mrs. R. Douglas Hawley Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hayes

Healient Dr. Gerald Mancuso Hosfield Benefit Services, LLC Mrs. Alison Bartlett Jager ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Mark Josey Mr. James K. Lacy ’86 Ms. Martha Lally ’75 Mrs. Olive Beaham Lansburgh ’54 Mr. Joseph Lenart, Jr. and Ms. Renee McGhee-Lenart Mr. and Mrs. Kasey M. Lobaugh Mr. Quinton D. Lucas ’02 Mr. Robert C. Macintosh and Mrs. Sue Welsh Macintosh ’61 Dr. Colin MacKenzie and Dr. Rhea Pimentel Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Martin Mrs. Carol Mosman McNeer ’63 Midwest Pulmonary Consultants at St. Luke’s Hospital Dr. David Moore ’87 and Mrs. Jann Stevens Moore Mr. John Passanisi and Dr. Carrie Grounds Mr. and Mrs. Dexter Phillips Pizza Hut and Wendy’s Mr. Jason Press ’90 and Mr. Caleb Hartzler Ms. Jill Ingram Reynolds ’74 Mr. Rodger Rudkin and Mrs. Joannie Rudkin SAGE Dining Services, Inc Mr. and Mrs. Carlos A. Salazar Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Scott J. Orange, LLC Scott-Hollar, Inc. Mr. Andy Shimamoto Mr. Ken Simpson and Dr. Tiffany Simpson Dr. Brian Sippy ’85 Mr. Michael Stack and Ms. Marydahna Nicholoff

2015 Alumni Awards THE MARTHA BELLE AIKINS SMITH ’19 AWARD

HONORARY ALUMNI

Josh House ’03

Natalie Brod

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THE NANCY & ANN HATFIELD ALUMNA OF THE YEAR AWARD

Caroline Elton Kill ’89

Kim Vasquez LOWER SCHOOL TEACHER

THE ANNE POTTER RUSS ’78 ALUMNI LEGACY AWARD

Jenny Thiessen Waldeck ’90

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Mr. John Boma and Dr. Susan Dahlin

Dr. and Mrs. Whitney Sunderland Mr. Scott Taylor and Mrs. Cathy Jolly Taylor Time Warner Cable Mr. and Mrs. Scott Tucker Level 5 Recycling Solutions Dr. and Mrs. Rangarao Tummala Mrs. Karen Van Voorst Turner ’53 US Bank Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Douglas VanDyke Northwestern Mutual Mrs. Becky Hudspeth Wincek ’86 Mr. Gerald Wyckoff and Ms. Cynthia Sharpe

Mr. Robert Bonney and Mrs. Gay Lee Ludwig-Bonney Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Boyer Ms. Kate Bradley and Mr. Toby Grotz Ms. Amber Bradshaw Ms. Martha E. Brady ’52 Dr. and Mrs. Walter W. Brayman Mrs. Brooke Helmers Bremer ’90 Mrs. Diane Virden Brent ’64 Ms. Brenda Ann Brosnahan Louis ’57 Mrs. Kelsey Brost Dr. Jennifer L. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey W. Bruce Mrs. Lindsay Bruner

Donors up to $499

Ms. Alene Bryant

Mr. Daniel Abitz and Mrs. Diana Johnson Abitz ’75 Mrs. Charlotte Adelsperger Mr. Bill Alexander and Mrs. Virginia Holter Alexander ’57 Mr. Akshay Almelkar ’11 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Anderson III Ms. Linda Anderson-Petty Mr. and Mrs. Michael Andracsek Anonymous (2) Mr. Andrew Appel ’87 and Ms. Clara Keller Arment Enterprises, LLC Mr. Daniel Arment Mrs. Dee Dee Shelden Arnold ’55 Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Atwood-Blaine Mrs. Olive Kees Austin ’56 Mrs. Arey Thompson Baas ’54 Mr. James Baker and Mrs. Janice Germann Baker ’65 Mr. Jack M. Balkin ’74 Ms. Rebecca Ann Barber Ms. Robin T. Barber Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Barlow Ms. Elizabeth Bartow Mr. and Mrs. Bob Baughman Mrs. Linda Lewi Beal ’54 Mrs. Suzanne Ryder Beatus ’71 Beauty of the Bistro, LLC Mrs. Harriet Begelfer Mr. David Beier and Ms. Jessica Herman Mrs. Elizabeth Sutton Benefiel ’68 Mrs. Susan Cornwell Benson ’63 Mrs. Rochelle Coleman Bevers ’54 Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Blachly Ms. Rhayma Blake ’66

Parent Giving TOP ANNUAL FUND PARTICIPATION BY STUDENT CLASS

Class of 2023 — 71% Class of 2024 — 60% Class of 2026 — 59% 0%

KEY TO SYMBOLS Armillary Society Annual Fund Gift Endowment Gift Specific/Capital Gift

Auction Sponsor 5k Sponsor Tree Day Gift

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60%

70%

Mr. and Mrs. Brad Buckner Mrs. Charles Buffum III Mrs. Jill Stewart Bunting ’61 Ms. Caren Burstein Mrs. Marjean Busby Mrs. Christina Busch Ms. Julie Byrne Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Caisley Mrs. Karen Welsh Carmody ’59 Ms. Monica L. Carson Ms. Diana Carver Dr. Heather Carver ’86 Ms. Elizabeth Casteel ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Chamberlain Ms. Vivian Choong Mrs. Elizabeth Bolton Christenberry ’74

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Building A Difference Robotics Team Partners Up to Deliver Electric Mobility Vehicles

he Barstow Robotics team partnered with

They can keep up with siblings, explore their environ-

Rockhurst University’s Physical Therapy

ment and experience more social interactions while

Department and Variety KC to give six local children

driving a vehicle personalized just for them. Barstow

the gift of mobility.

Robotics students donated their time and mechanical

Barstow Robotics team members volunteered with GoBabyGo! to convert ride-in, motorized vehicles

and electrical talents to convert the regular power wheels into these gifts of mobility. It was an emotional and rewarding experience for all involved. For the robotics students, it showed them how their engineer-

motorized wheelchair is expensive and quickly

ing skills can be used to make the world a better place

outgrown. With GoBabyGo!, these children are given a

and for six families in Kansas City, their worlds got just

chance to have self-directed mobility for the first time.

a little better through this wonderful partnership.

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for kids into personalized vehicles for children with disabilities. For many of these families, a child-sized

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Mr. and Mrs. Scott Daniel

Ms. Barbara Christopher ’76 Ms. Lindsay Clark Mrs. Prudence Lehaney Cleary ’46 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Clement Dr. and Mrs. Charles M. Cobb Mrs. Andra Anderson Cochran ’67 Mrs. Gayle Cockerham Dr. Linda Collier and Mr. Michael DeMent Mrs. Diane O’Brien Collings ’64 Mrs. Katherine Caldwell Conely ’54 Mr. and Mrs. Cason Coplin Mrs. Linda J. Costlow Country Club Bank Mrs. Laurence Coventry Mr. and Mrs. Gary Cover Mrs. Linda White Cowan ’57 Dr. David Cramer and Mrs. Jennifer C. Bailey Crave of Kansas City Creche Innovations Mr. and Mrs. Scott A. Norman Ms. Kellye Crockett Ms. M. Patricia Crockett Mrs. Virginia Crosby Mr. and Mrs. Steven Culver Mrs. Leslie Francis Cutler ’71 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Dalen

Mr. and Mrs. Heywood H. Davis Mr. and Mrs. P. Todd Decker Dr. Raghuveer Dendi and Ms. Aruna Konreddy Mr. Benjamin A. Denzer ’11 Mr. Paul P. Denzer and Ms. Sue Bernstein Mrs. Sallie Francis Dickinson ’68 Ms. Allison P. Dockhorn Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Dockhorn Mr. Mitchell Douglass ’92 and Mrs. Lindsy Myers Douglass ’92 Mr. and Mrs. Dan Durig Mr. Sean M. Dusselier ’09 Mrs. Charlene Elliott Mr. and Mrs. James Estes Ms. Elizabeth Moss Evans ’65 Mr. Stephen Farinelli and Mrs. Nina Kim Mr. and Mrs. John Felton Miss Elise Finn 2018 Mr. and Mrs. Adam Fischer Mr. David L. Flick Ms. Mallory Forst KEY TO SYMBOLS Armillary Society Annual Fund Gift Endowment Gift Specific/Capital Gift

Auction Sponsor 5k Sponsor Tree Day Gift

Trustee Donor Faculty Donor Deceased

Celebrating Integrity Theis Creates Award Inspired by Her Parents

n 2013, Dr. Shelley King Theis ’71

exemplary character in their personal

established the Integrity Award in honor

and individual compass[es] of honesty,

of her daughters, Mary Theis ’06 and Sarah

kindness, and above all, integrity. They

Theis ’08. Inspired by the example set by

are guided by their sense of fairness and

her parents, Shelley wanted to create an

empathy for others. Their strength of

award that recognized students who lead

character will be evident in every facet of

by example. In speaking about her parents,

their life at Barstow.”

Shelley said, “It was always expected that we knew right from wrong. They modeled what

Integrity Award: Chloe Ketchmark ’16,

integrity is for me and I hope that I model it

Richard Bray 2018, and most recently,

for my children.”

Sage Holmes 2021.

The description of the award states,

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To date, three students have won the

Shelley added, “Integrity has its

“In keeping with the mission of The

own benefits by itself, but it’s nice to be

Barstow School, these students exhibit

recognized for it.”

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Ms. Chloe Foster ’11 Mr. Joe Fox ’04 and Mrs. Hannah Fox Ms. Amy Francis Mr. Bill Francis Mr. and Mrs. Don Francis Mrs. Luanne Armsby Francis ’45 Mr. William Frank and Ms. Kay Hopkins Mr. and Mrs. R. Michael Franz Ms. Norma Frazier Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Gabler Mrs. Claudia Kelley Gant ’70 Mrs. Jean Snyder Garschagen ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Friedrich Gastreich Mr. and Mrs. Brian Georgie Mr. and Mrs. Narasimha Gondi Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Goodman Mr. John D. Goodman ’79 Mr. Matthew Gore and Ms. Nikki Sykes Mr. Titus Goscha ’89 and Mrs. Erica Randle Goscha ’89 Mr. and Mrs. Ahmet Gozusulu Mrs. Meg Truog Grandcolas ’88 Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Gratwick II Mrs. Elizabeth LeBlanc Gray ’75 Ms. Patrice A. Greenbaum ’06 Mrs. Cheryl Wilhite Greene ’73 Dr. Marilyn Gridley ’53 Mr. Adam Groden and Ms. Danna R. Weddle Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Groebl Mr. and Mrs. Scott Guldin Dr. Mayank Gupta and Dr. Mahoua Ray Mrs. Susan Hodges Gurley ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Steven L. Gustafson Mr. and Mrs. Pedro Guzman Mr. Richard M. Gyllenborg ’76 Mr. Scott C. Gyllenborg ’74 Mrs. Ashley Haase Mr. and Mrs. Doug Hall Mr. Allan E. Hall and Mrs. Elise Schmahlfeldt Hall ’52 Ms. Jane Harmon Mr. Ronald D. Harmon Ms. Ashley P. Harper ’88 Ms. Katie Hart Mrs. Phyllis Rahm Hart ’55 Mrs. Annie Kasson Heck ’59 Mr. and Mrs. Reber Herdliska Mr. Antonio Hernandez ’06 Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Hill Mrs. Marcia Hannon Hill ’60 Mr. and Mrs. Scott Hill Mr. and Mrs. Perry Hilvitz Mr. and Mrs. Steve Hirtzel Mr. Kristopher Hisle and Mrs. Deborah Dockhorn Hisle ’87

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Mr. Irv Hockaday and Mrs. Ellen Jurden Hockaday ’56 Mrs. Margaret Porter Hoel Ms. Sarah Hofstra Ms. Margaret Hogan Mrs. Ann Robertson Holliday ’86 Mrs. Betty Branson Holliday ’57 Mr. John M. Holliday, Jr. ’83 Mr. and Mrs. Sean Holmes Mrs. Jean Welsh Honan ’57 Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Horne Mr. Rob Huang and Ms. Rhae Adams Ms. Tracy Hudson ’86 Ms. Emily Huffman ’81 Mr. David Hughes and Mrs. Mignon Russell Hughes ’51 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Hughley, Jr.

Alumni Giving TOP ANNUAL FUND CLASS PARTICIPATION — 1935–1974

Class of 1956 — 67% Class of 1954 — 53% Classes of 1946, 1952 & 1967 — 50% 0%

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Dr. Kent Huston and Dr. Michelle Huston Ms. Anne Hyvrard Ms. Maria Iliakova ’04 Mr. Michael Jaco and Ms. Lauren Alexander Mr. and Mrs. G. Edgar James Mr. and Mrs. Behnam Javaheri JMW & Associates, LLC Ms. Joleen Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Ron Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Johnson Ms. Leigh Jones-Bamman ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Joseph Mr. Gary Justis Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kanan Ms. Margaret A. Kanan ’16 Ms. Leslie Kase ’77 Ms. Charlotte Keith Mrs. Lea Marker Keller ’67

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Mrs. and Mrs. Dale R. Korneman Mr. James D. Korneman ’93 Mrs. Bridget Moran Kukuk Ms. Katelin G. Kushnir ’16 Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Lackey Mr. Sanders R. Lambert, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Marc E. Lang Mrs. Elizabeth Latham Mrs. Nancy Staley Laubach ’44 Mr. David Launder and Mrs. Blythe Brigham Launder ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Mark Lawlor Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lawrence Ms. Kaya J. LeGrand ’11

Mrs. Phyllis Hauck Kerr ’55 Dr. Aaron Ketchell Dr. and Dr. Mairaj A. Khan Mr. and Mrs. Todd Kieffer Mrs. Jean Kiene ’60 Mr. John Kill and Dr. Caroline Elton Kill ’89 Mrs. Barbara Williams Kincaid ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kinman Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Knecht Mr. and Mrs. Robert Knief Mr. and Mrs. Paul Knoflicek Mrs. Mary Kay Thompson Knorr ’54 Mrs. Sandra Dryden Knudson ’74 Mr. Robert Kohler, Jr.

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Dr. and Mrs. Paul Koontz, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Speros Kopitas Mr. David E. Koppel ’05

Auction Sponsor 5k Sponsor Tree Day Gift

Trustee Donor Faculty Donor Deceased

THE BARSTOW SCHOOL CLASS OF 2016 Whiteaker James

St. Edwards University

DePaul University

Arman Javaheri

Temple University

Ryan Olson

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Johns Hopkins University

Margaret Kanan

Florida State University

Wonjo Paik

Chapman University

Alexa Birt

Pepperdine University

Chloe Ketchmark

Boston College

Rosie Pasqualini

Beloit College

Tieg Brown

University of Arkansas

Abigayle Krause

University of Tulsa

Mitchell Pickard

University of Florida

Jonathan Butch

Texas Christian University

Katelin Kushnir

Baker University

Kennedy Price

Pitzer College

Melisa Capan

University of San Francisco

SeungJun “Sam” Lee

University of Michigan

Emily Reed

Brown University

Carnegie Mellon University

Caroline Rock

Colgate University

New York University

Michaela Roxas

University of Missouri, Kansas City

Logan Ball

Elizabeth Baughman

Lauren Bernard

Wake Forest University

Shanley Lenart

Bailey Childers

University of Kansas

Guanlin "Eddy" Li

Tiffany Dattel

University of Tulsa

Yingzhi "Stanley" Chen

Nargiza Negahban

University of Kansas

Ka Ka “Kyra” Li

University of Southern California

Shea Rush

Grace Dockhorn

Oklahoma State University

Avery Loftin

Wentworth Institute of Technology

Karl Sheeran

Loyola University Chicago

Sarah Elyachar

Lake Forest College

Shivani Lokre

University of Southern California

Isabel Thomas

Bowdoin College

University of Washington

Allison Lopez

Drake University

Swarthmore College

Lisa Maeda

Savannah College of Art and Design

Adam Maiale

Yuqi "Angel" Feng Jared Gillen Cheng "Max" Gong Jackson Goscha Katherine Grabowsky

University of California, San Diego Ithaca College Wake Forest University

Collin Hawley

University of Dallas

Jeriah Horne

University of Nebraska at Lincoln

Savanna Hubbard

Texas Christian University

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Emily Tranin Lili Tucker

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of Colorado at Boulder Boston College

University of California, Davis

Anish Vadlamani

University of Toledo

Rachel Mathews

University of Evansville

Madeline Vasquez

University of Kansas

Sophia Mauro

Georgetown University

Tripp Walsworth

University of Missouri, Columbia

Pennsylvania State University

Gary Whittaker

Rhodes College

Qingheng "Kelvin" Meng Valerie Mombello Helen Myers

Kansas State University University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Sarah Xu Han Su "Kayla" Yoon

University of Southern California University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lehr Mr. John Leiter and Mrs. Maribel Asher Leiter ’45 Mrs. Ruth Leiter Mrs. Vicky Brigham Leonard ’59 Mr. Robert Lieberman and Mrs. Linda Krigel Lieberman ’65 Mrs. Laura Knickerbocker Lloyd ’73 Mr. and Mrs. Tim Lopatofsky Mr. Mark Luce and Ms. Jennifer Copeland Mr. and Mrs. Eduardo Luckie Mr. Chucker Luetje and Mrs. Susan Bernstein Luetje ’88 Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lyons Mr. and Mrs. Richard MacIvor Mr. and Mrs. John Maiale Mr. Pat Malay and Dr. Rajya Malay Mrs. Sarah Smith Malino ’63 Mr. Amol Mehta and Mrs. Neha Mapara Marsh & McLennan Companies Dr. Kevin D. Martin ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Scott A. Mathews Mr. Albert Mauro, Jr. ’85 and Ms. Molly Dwyer Mr. and Mrs. Ryan McCarthy Mrs. Amy McCarthy-Phillips ’69 Mr. and Mrs. Dan McClain Mrs. Sarah Walsh McClanahan ’54 Ms. Ann McCray ’78 Ms. Sharon McDonald Ms. Alicia M. McElroy Mr. and Mrs. Brian G. McGowan The Medtronic Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Joe Meier Mr. George T. Mensch Merck Partnership for Giving Mr. and Mrs. Bob Merriott Mr. and Mrs. Jason L. Michaelis Mr. John Miller and Mrs. Judy Field Miller ’59 Dr. Patricia Cleary Miller Mr. Gary D. Missildine and Mrs. Jo Meyer Missildine ’63 Ms. Kristi Mitchell and Mr. Mark Swezey Mr. Mo Mohamadi and Mrs. Mahnaz Nayebi Mr. David Mombello and Mrs. Laura Mombello ’87 Ms. Elizabeth Mombello ’15 Dr. Gary E. Mombello Mr. and Mrs. John Moore Mrs. Betsey Belisle Moreland ’56 Dr. Elizabeth Morrison ’86 Ms. Sarah Mountford and Mr. Greg Killinger Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mulholland Dr. Christopher Mullis and Ms. Christine Boutros Ms. Jasmine Mundinger Mr. and Mrs. Lee Munsell III Mrs. Kathleen Cushman Murphy ’86 Ms. Sue Nagy

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Dr. Shahin Negahban and Ms. Alfiya Muraeva Mrs. Gloria Snyder Nelson ’43 Ms. Paige Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Todd Nelson Network for Good Mr. and Mrs. Dale A. Neuman Mr. and Dr. Charles Neumann, Jr. James B. Nutter & Company Mr. James B. Nutter and Mrs. Annabel Fisher Nutter ’49 Mr. and Mrs. Tom O’Brien Mr. and Mrs. Edward O’Connell, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James Ogden Mrs. Susan Olander ’74 Ms. Pat Oppenheimer Mrs. Barbie O’Toole

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Ms. Krista Overstreet Mrs. Georgette Stanley Page ’42 Dr. Harish Panicker Mr. Chris Parsons and Dr. Sherebanu Gaslightwala Mr. and Mrs. Dilip Patel Mr. and Mrs. Karthick Pattabiraman Mr. Curt Patterson and Mrs. Linda Katz Patterson ’62 Ms. Meagan Patterson Mr. Chuck Payne and Mrs. Hsiu-Hui Payne Mr. Brandon Pepin ’94 and Ms. Yayoi Domae Mr. and Mrs. William Perich Mr. Michael Petty and Mrs. Linda Petty ’82 Mr. R. Jack Petty ’15 Mrs. Ann Singleton Pfeifler ’51 Mrs. Jan Gambrel Phillips ’53 Mr. Paul Pickard and Mrs. Lisa Luth-Pickard Mr. Carlos Piedrahita and Dr. Diana Piedrahita Ms. Andrea Poisner

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Donors continued Mr. and Mrs. James Polese Miss Samantha Polese 2017 Mr. and Mrs. John W. Posey Ms. Gail Powell and Mr. Perry Ray Ms. Jennifer Price Ms. Kennedy E. Price ’16 Mr. Todd Race and Ms. Kendra Spahr Ms. Rian Ray ’12 Mrs. Ann North Readey ’66 Miss Claire Redick 2022 Mrs. Nancy James Redman ’67 Mrs. Laura Drake Reed ’86 Mr. Bruce Reed and Mrs. Page Branton Reed ’73 Mrs. Jean Baumgardt Reichenbach ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Reiland Mrs. Barbara Rahm Reno ’55 Mrs. Anne Butler Rice ’86 Mr. Clifford Richards, Jr. Mr. Jay Rivard ’81 and Mrs. Katherine Spencer Rivard ’81 Dr. and Mrs. Jarrod Roark Ms. Cynthia A. Robinson ’67 Mr. Rafael Rodriguez-Acosta and Mrs. Marisol Garcia Gomez Ms. Eleanor C. Changho and Mr. Eudivigio Roxas Mr. Brian Rubaie Rubin Brown Mr. Shane Rudman II ’10 and Mrs. Minka Foster Rudman Mr. Zachary Rudman and Mrs. Hilary Wright Rudman ’86 Mr. Jonathan Rudnick ’84 Reverend Margaret Foster Ruth ’46 Ms. Sally Ryan Dr. Jeffrey Rydberg-Cox and Mrs. Monique Rydberg-Cox Mr. and Mrs. Dale Schedler Dr. Alan Schneider Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Schneider, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Erich Schroeder Mr. Craig M. Schultz ’85 Dr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Schwegler Mrs. Karen Seay Mr. Allen Seiffert and Mrs. Katherine Meredith Seniorcare Homes, LLC Dr. Yash Sethi and Dr. Anjna Sethi Mr. and Mrs. Nahid Shahrooz Mrs. Ann Goldman Shanklin ’67 Mrs. Judy Shaper ’63 Ms. Merle Sharpe Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Shore Mr. and Mrs. Mark Short Mr. Nicolas Shump Mr. and Mrs. Scott Siebers Ms. Cynthia Gregg Sifers ’56 Mrs. Mary Denman Simpson ’52

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Ms. Julie Sloan ’77 Mrs. Susan Helzberg Sloman ’74 Smiles 4U Mrs. Penny Weber Smith ’61 Mrs. Katie Kessinger Snapp ’79 Ms. Adlee Snyder Mr. Scot Snyder Ms. Lora Sorkin ’86 Mr. W. Mark Spann ’73 and Mrs. Molly Susan Coole Spann Mr. Jim Spence and Dr. Kami Thomas Ms. Elisabeth M. Spencer ’79 Ms. Shirley Spiegel Mr. and Mrs. Alok Srivastava Mr. and Mrs. Tom Stack Dr. Hinrich Staecker and Dr. Danielle Staecker Mrs. Deborah Benish Stanford ’61 Mrs. Barbara Stanton Mrs. June Wolf Steahlin ’49 Mr. and Mrs. Don Stelting Mr. Bradley Sterrett and Ms. Annie Kennedy Ms. Laura Stichler Mrs. Shirley Hayman Sudduth ’56 Mr. Zaicheng Sun and Mrs. Junhua Wei Mr. and Mrs. John R. Sykora Dr. and Mrs. Nicholas Szluha Mr. John Tacha and Mrs. Ryann Galloway Tacha Mr. and Mrs. Milack Talia Mrs. Gail Taliaferro Ms. Nancy McFliker Teitelbaum ’86 Mrs. Marti Thomas Dr. and Mrs. Steven L. Thomas Ms. Donna Thomason ’72 Dr. Douglas J. Thompson and Dr. Kelley Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Matt Thompson Dr. and Mrs. Douglas Tietjen Mrs. Lisa Tillema Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Tingle Mrs. Stephanie Stubbs Tinsley ’62 Mrs. Lucy Keith Tittmann ’49 Mr. and Mrs. Dean Tollefson Ms. Catherine A. Trenton ’80 Dr. and Mrs. James B. Trotter II Dr. Nereyda Nunez Tucker Mrs. Sarah Tulp Mrs. Margaret Sutton Valentine ’61 Ms. Kristin R. Van Voorst ’76 Mr. and Mrs. David Vasquez KEY TO SYMBOLS Armillary Society Annual Fund Gift Endowment Gift Specific/Capital Gift

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Ms. Madeline Vasquez ’16 Mrs. Penelope Smith Vrooman ’54 Mrs. Mary Lauterbach Wagner ’54 Mrs. Virginia Raymond Wagner ’56 Mr. Stuart Waldman and Mrs. Elisa Sader Waldman ’85 Mr. and Mrs. John W. Walker Mrs. Sherrard Wallingford Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Watson Mrs. Mimi Fitch Wayne ’79 Mr. Nicholas Welty Dr. Detlef Wencker and Dr. Tania Burgert Mr. William W. Westerman ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Chris White Mr. Brian M. Whitfill Mrs. Janet Gurley Whitman ’56 Ms. Fifi Bliss Wiedeman

Wiener Wagon Mr. Chad Williams and Dr. Jeannie Williams Dr. Janet M. Williams Mrs. Jeanne Dodds Williams ’38 Mr. Maxwell Williams Mr. Scott Wolff ’76 and Mrs. Karen Wolff Ms. Patricia Ernst Woo ’61 Mr. and Mrs. R. David Wood Mr. Daniel Woodhams ’11 Mrs. Cynthia Brannock Wright ’55 Mr. and Mrs. Purd Wright Mr. Tomoo Yokobori and Ms. Yan Yan Mr. and Mrs. John Young Mr. and Mrs. John Yount Mrs. Joanna Zauchenberger Ms. Lindsay Zimmerman

A Lasting Contribution Legacy Students Connect Barstow’s Past, Present and Future In 2015–2016, Barstow educated more than 70 legacy students. Legacy students are students whose parents, grandparents, or other relatives are Barstow alumni. We are proud that so many of our alumni choose Barstow for the next generation of their families. Thank you to our alumni for carrying forward this tradition and providing the best education for your children.

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Alumni Events ANNUAL

Alumni Holiday Party

AT K A N S A S C I T Y C O U N T R Y C L U B

DR. AND MRS. FELIX N. SABATES, SR. and MS. CARMEN SABATES ’77

Alumni Luncheon

at the home of

Carmen Sabates’77 and Dr. and Mrs. Felix Sabates Sr. Jean Welsh Honan ’57, Judy Field Miller ’59, Paget Gates Higgins ’59, Susan Rosse Truog ’59, Betty Ann Cortelyou ’61

College Alumni Day

Alumna of the Year Caroline Elton Kill ’89 and John Kill.

Back Row: Tai Barber-Gumbs ’15, Max Gong ’15, Lynn Lin ’17, Paula Sayago ’15, Jonah Elyachar ’15, Chris Hoffman ’15, Diana Russ ’12. Front Row: Clara Wencker ’15 and Sarah Epsten ’15

Janis and David Francis ’76 and Laura Mombello ’87

Kate Sims ’12, faculty member Dr. Jarrod Roark and Jeremy Terman ’12

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Nancy Embry Thiessen ’66, Jenny Thiessen Waldeck’90 and Mike Thiessen

NYC Alumni Reception Alumni Events

Back Row: Alumni Board member Jenny Thiessen Waldeck ’90, Alumni Board mem ber Jason Press ’90, Mark Lewis ’96, Andre Morgan Neal ’05, Ben Denzer ’11, David w Baroody ’00, White ’11, Lynne Gorman Berentson ’62, Jamie Metzl ’86 Front Row: Brooke Helm Molly Callahan ’92, Michael Friedlande ers Bremer ’90, r ’05, Haley Hannah ’06, Victoria Hoss Lee ’09, Akshay Almelkar ’11, Tony Hern andez ’06

Networking Happy Hour at Boulevard Brewing Co.

Jim Neihart ’06, Rachael Neihart, David Neihart ’79, Wendy Ketterman Neihart ’79, Brent Neihart ’09, and Rachel Neihart

Quinton Lucas ’02, Laura Siebers, Andrew Appel ’87, Joe Fox ’04, Chris Mullis

Alex Blatt House ’03, Josh House ’03 and Kevin Martin ’03

Back Row: Jim Neihart ’06, Tony Hernandez ’06, Joe Fox ’04, Quinton Lucas ’02 Mike Koppe ’06, Andrea Franz ’08, David Franz ’05 Front Row: Sara Masner ’06, Rachael Neihart, Leslie Davidson ’06, Becca Hood ’05

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Debate

The Rise of Critical Thinking, Reason, Research and Communication

rian Rubaie is one of those calm people who becomes animated when he starts talking about his life’s passion. His eyes sparkle with enthusiasm as he tells the story of one of his

favorite watershed moments that happened soon after he became assistant director of the debate program at Barstow in 2013. “We took Iqraz Nanji and Tommy

themselves against students from larger

Dunn to Green Hill Day School in Dallas

schools with bigger debate programs,

to observe a top tier debate competi-

and the Barstow students keep winning.

tion. As it wrapped up, we asked, ‘Do

Three years ago, Rubaie joined

you guys think you can compete at this

Debate Director Linda Collier, J.D., to

level?’ Their response was, ‘We think

teach and coach as eager students

we can win.’ And that’s how the current

swelled the ranks of the program. “We

level of excellence in the Barstow debate

have a lot of great kids and great support,

program was really born.” The commit-

but our kids push themselves to compete

ment, drive and hard work of Barstow’s

at a consistently higher level. They

debate students are spurring them to pit

expect to work hard for everything that they earn and they enjoy every part along

Text by Loren Halifax Photos by Todd Race

the way—both the learning process and the success of winning.” And win they

Linda Collier and Brian Rubaie work with Barstow’s 64 debaters spanning six grades in the school. Right: Barstow debaters earned 197 trophies and awards in their 17 tournaments this year.

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have. In just the 2015–16 season, Barstow

of Champions (TOC), hosted by the

during her senior year at Barstow, she

debaters competed in 17 tournament and

University of Kentucky in Lexington.

competed in debate tournaments and

earned a total of 197 trophies and awards.

They were the only students from Kansas

finished in the top 25 nationwide while

and Missouri to go. It was the third

balancing class assignments with college

October through March, often attend-

time in the last three years that Barstow

entrance applications and playing

ing two or more tournaments a month,

students advanced to compete in the

two varsity sports. She admits it was

but they essentially work year-round.

Tournament of Champions. In the previ-

difficult, but emphasizes how effectively

Several students are spending substan-

ous decade, it happened only once.

it taught her to manage her life. “No

Barstow debate students compete

matter how emotional I may feel in the moment, I have learned to stay calm and use the skills that I know to figure out a response. You always have skills you can apply. Just break things down into smaller, more manageable pieces and address those, one at a time.” She’s passionate about alumni staying in contact and supporting the students who follow behind them. “It’s critical to find some way to stay in touch and support the programs you loved at Barstow. It’s up to you to find a way. If we don’t continue to support Barstow in some way, it won’t continue to grow.” Dr. Collier has shepherded the Research and communication are the backbone of debate. Collier and Rubaie help students learn to apply these skills to win debates.

program’s growth since she came to Barstow in 2005. She signed on to direct the upper school debate

tial parts of their summer sharpening

Smith and Rock became the first

their skills at rigorous debate camps

Barstow debate team ever to earn a

college debate program at University of

held at universities around the

winning 4–3 record at the Tournament

Missouri–Kansas City to four national

country, including Texas, Michigan

of Champions. They finished the

championships. She discovered that

and Michigan State. They wrap up

2014–15 season, their senior year, among

other independent schools with the most

the regular competition season at the

the top 25 debate teams in the nation.

vibrant, successful debate programs all

California Invitational at the University

Smith now attends college on a debate

had one important thing in common:

of California–Berkeley, one of the

scholarship.

students started debate in the middle

biggest, most difficult tournaments in the United States. In the 2014–15 season, Barstow’s Josh

program after coaching students in the

During the 2015–16 season, Rock

school. She proposed offering a middle

made time in her freshman year at

school debate elective, and the program

Colgate University in New York to help

began in 2009. It has blossomed in the

Smith ’15 and Samantha Rock ’15 were

judge and coach Barstow students at a

six years since. Thirty middle school

the quarterfinalists at the California

debate tournament. “Debate at Barstow

debate students finished the 2015–16

Invitational, which qualified them

taught me so many skills—perhaps the

season by winning their fifth straight

to compete at the most prestigious

biggest one is how to think on your

middle school city championship title.

competition of all, the Tournament

feet,” Rock says. She points out that

Starting debate in middle school

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has advantages because of the students’

She pauses, reflecting that no matter

stages of development. “One big factor

how many years she teaches, it is always

high above their heads. The pride and confidence on their faces make it evident:

is their absence of a filter,” says Dr.

a joy to watch this learning process

these kids know light bulb moments.

Collier. “They don’t know how to be

unfold for Barstow students. “I call them

These kids live them.

anything but themselves. They take

light bulb moments: when they make the

Those light bulb moments, those

ideas and make them their own.” She

connection between studying something

flashes of insight, are sparks that catch

observes that successful debate teams

and applying it in a debate. They have a

and burn. Watch Barstow students at

must learn to work together, and that

light bulb moment, and I have a goose

work and you can see their fire. The

the process comes more easily to them at that age.” Collaboration and sharing are really important in this class and they love that.” She believes that another reason the program appeals to them is that the harder they work in debate, the better they do. “It helps reinforce those positive traits we’d all like to have blossom in society that sometimes fall by the wayside.” Current students and alumni say that the skills that helped them succeed at debate also help them succeed in the other areas of their lives: critical thinking, organization and communication skills. They learn to do background research and collect source material supporting different perspectives on

Debate classrooms are a cacophony of speakers simultaneously practicing their researched speeches without distraction.

current, complicated global issues. Then they learn how to write and present

bump moment,” she chuckles. “It’s so

flames are fanned by their eager minds,

those perspectives and build on them.

gratifying, but it also inspires so much

fueled by their earnest hearts, carefully

“Our ultimate goal is to move them from

hope. Every year I tell these students they

tended by the Barstow teachers and

losing or surviving, to winning,” says Dr.

have to go out and save the world. They

environment. And that is the sort of light

Collier, “and that serves them in every

tell me their plans and goals, then they

that grows steadier, brighter and warmer

area. They come back and tell me that

come back and tell me their challenges

the longer it burns, the farther it reaches

learning how to debate taught them how

and triumphs. And I am convinced it’s

in the world. It transforms knowledge

to be clearer, improves their vocabulary,

happening. That inspires hope.”

into insight and perspective, and

gives them the ability to summarize. It

Dr. Collier grins and pulls out her

enhances intellect with compassion and

helps them understand that truth is a

cell phone to illustrate her point. “My

empathy. “Our students are pairing all

difficult process. Persuasion is also. Our

favorite picture of this entire year is a

that confidence and enthusiasm with all

kids are finding their voices, which helps

photo of 25 Barstow middle school kids

those skills and going out into the world

them find themselves. And our kids are

on a school bus, coming home with 25

to take on its most difficult problems,” says Dr. Collier.

the ones who will take on the leadership

trophies from a debate tournament.” The

of our city, our state and our country in

photo is filled with students smiling in

the years to come.”

triumph and brandishing their trophies

“And they’re succeeding. Our students are changing the world.”

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BARSTOW ALUMNI ARE #SOCIAL Be sure to like our Facebook page and follow us on Instagram

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@BarstowAlumni — #FlashbackFriday Young Alumni at the Summer Networking Happy Hour @Boulevard Brewery on 6.16.16

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@BarstowAlumni — Class of 2011 Reunion in NYC! Pictured left to right: Taylor Phillips, Ben Denzer, David White, & (the incomparable) Bob Kohler

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@BarstowAlumni — Not bad Josh Earnest ’93! Thanks for the great photo, Kansas City Royals from The White House this morning! It seems #BarstowAlumni are in fact #Royal!

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“Just one of many special Barstow reunions I enjoyed during my July 2016 visit to KC – with Leslie Kase and Joe and Kay LeBlanc. (Cheers, too, to Stef Watson McCurdy, Lisa Morris, Martha Lally, Diana Johnson, Lori Hoodenpyle, Breck Anderson, Blair Overesch, Ryann Tacha and, of course, Jim LeBlanc!)” – Elizabeth LeBlanc Gray ’75 via Facebook

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Class Notes Do you have news to share? Please forward class notes to ryann.tacha@barstowschool.org.

Karen Van Voorst Turner writes,

“I am so proud of my grand niece,

Lauren Sandness!” Lauren graduated from

Barstow a member of the Class of 2015. She is currently a sophomore at The University of Kansas.

In May 2016, The Class of 1966 gathered for the 50th Reunion

Weekend. The reunion festivities included a welcome back reception at the home of Jo-Lynne Worley, tour and lunch at Barstow, and dinner at Rye Restaurant. Special thanks to the fabulous Reunion Planning Committee: Cindy Gibson, Carol Durwood Journagan, Kirby Upjohn, Cheri Glasnapp Wright.

Dr. Barbara Kahn (above) was the recipient of the American

Diabetes Association’s 2016 Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement. This prestigious award is the ADA’s highest scientific honor.

In a career spanning nearly 30 years, Dr. Kahn was honored for her research that has greatly advanced the understanding of the cellular and molecular underpinnings that make obesity a major risk factor for type 2 diabetes. Dr. Kahn is Vice Chair for Research Strategy

In September 2015, the Class of

Top: The class of 1966 Left: Dr. Barbara Kahn ’68 Above: The class of 1975

1975 celebrated their 40th Reunion

with a fun filled weekend of reconnecting with friends, family and retired faculty members.

in the Department of Medicine at Beth Israel

Special thanks to Elizabeth LeBlanc Gray,

Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and the

Diana Johnson Abitz, Louise Ryder Ackerman,

George R. Minot Professor of Medicine at

Martha Lally and Lisa Morris for organizing

Harvard Medical School.

such a wonderful celebration!

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After 12 years of working fulltime for Freedom to Marry, Marc

Solomon joined Civitas Public Affairs Group

as Principal and National Director in New York City. Marc returned to Barstow for Alumni Weekend 2015 to discuss his work in social change. Boyd Morrison recently coauthored The Emperor’s Revenge with well-known writer Clive Cussler. Their book reached No. 1 on the prestigious New York Times bestselling books list. It is the second adventure story Boyd has written in the popular Oregon Files series.

Josh Earnest, White House Press Secretary, returned to campus

and delivered the commencement address to the Class of 2016.

Brandon Pepin and wife, Yayoi, welcomed a third son, Donovan,

on April 27, 2016. Donovan joins big brothers,

Luca and Koehn.

Ashley Mercomes Rahaman was named a Rising Star by

Southwest Super Lawyers Magazine. Ashley began practicing family law in Arizona in

2010 and established her own private practice 2011.

Scott McGee married Kristin Fulton on June 4, 2016. Several

classmates attended the nuptials. Denise Piane Troy founded her new business,

Wunderkid. Wunderkid provides visibility for emerging artists and the proceeds from each sale goes into a tuition fund for that artist. Visit www.wunderkid.co to learn more.

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Top: Marc Solomon ’85 Left (left to right): Brynn Chapman Ferraro ’01, Jessica Graham ’01, Audrey Gilliam ’01, Scott McGee ’01, Jon Reed ’01, Kristin Davis ’01, Brian DeCicco ’01, Melissa Rhyne McFall ’01 and Michael McMeekin ’01

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“A little context for the picture. 24 years ago I started school at Barstow, a private school in Kansas City. Among the events at my new school was a father-son cookout in the fall. Lacking a father, I thought I’d have to skip but my mother and the good people at the school arranged for a then senior, Josh Earnest ’93, to take me. He left his White House Press Secretary duties for a few days to give the commencement address at the alma mater. He’s just as nice now as he was decades ago. Was good to catch up.” — Quinton Lucas ’02 via Facebook

93 Milton Abel and his wife, Sarah Maria Niebe-Abel, welcomed

their son, Benjamin Vestergaard Abel on

October 7, 2015. Milton and Sarah make their home in Copenhagen, Denmark where Milton is head pastry chef at internationally acclaimed restaurant, Amass.

After four years of co-hosting “In the Loop with Nick and Lopez”

on Houston talk radio, Nick Wright has joined the Fox Sports One television network in Los Angeles as one of their regular talk show hosts.

Joe Fox and wife, Hannah, welcomed their second child,

Peter James, on February 29, 2016. Peter joins big brother, Patrick.

Top: Quinton Lucas ’02 and Josh Earnest ’93 Above: Benjamin Vestergaard Abel, son of Milton Abel ’02 Right: Joe Fox ’04 with son Peter James Fox

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07 Top Left: Ford Ivy Mehringer, daughter of Bree Williams ’07 Top Right: Brady Legler ’07 Lower Right: Isabel Thomas ’16 and Ethan Thomas ’10

In April 2016, Brady Legler returned to campus and worked

with Barstow students on a painting that will be sold in the 2017 Barstow Auction. In addition to being a sought-after painter,

Brady has cemented a partnership with Tivol and now designs jewelry. His designs were worn by Elizabeth Olsen on the June 2016 cover of ELLE Canada. Bree Williams and Dane Mehringer welcomed their daughter, Ford Ivy Mehringer, on May 5, 2016.

Dr. Abigail Watts, MD

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graduated magna cum laude

from University of Texas Medical Branch

and will begin her residency at Emory University School of Medicine. Abigail is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, won the AMWA’s GlasgowRubin Achievement Citation and Merck Manual Award and was a Gold-Headed Cane Award Finalist.

In September 2015, Ethan Thomas visited Barstow before

returning to New York to begin his second

year at Columbia University Law School. His

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sister, Isabel Thomas ’16 is one of Barstow’s newest alumni.

senior project. Johnston’s work was exhibited in “Down to the Wire,” a presentation of works by graduating art majors at Hamilton

Lily Johnston was awarded a grant

College. Her piece “You are Enough” is about

from The Steven Daniel Smallen

vulnerability, healing, ephemerality and

Memorial Fund at Hamilton College. The

light using a traditional domestic medium

Fund encourages creativity among students

(weaving).

by providing funds for projects displaying

Kate Sims graduated magna cum laude

originality, expressiveness and imagination.

from Elon University with a Bachelor of

Johnston used the award to assist in her

Science after majoring in Accounting and

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Entrepreneurship. Kate was named to the President’s List for the 2016 spring semester. The President’s List is composed of students with no grade below an A-minus in a

minimum of 12 semester hours. In April 2015, Jeremy Terman won the North American Inter-Fraternity Conference “Award of Distinction.” Jeremy was one of only nine men across every fraternity in the country to win this award for Sigma Chi Fraternity and the University of Missouri.

Deko Ricketts, a junior at Washington University in St. Louis,

broke a 26-year-old school record to win the

Men’s 800m in January 2016. His time of

1:53.83 bettered the previous WashU record of 1:53.89 set in 1990. Ricketts’ time was also the fastest in NCAA Division III that season. Katie Sloan, a junior at Louisiana Tech, was named to the 2015 Academic All-America Division I Women’s Soccer Third Team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Sloan becomes the first Lady Techster in the soccer program’s 12-year history to receive this honor and the first student-athlete from LA Tech since 2013.

Ben Abbas, a member of the University of Chicago a cappella

group, “Voices In Your Head” performed at the White House in December 2015. The

Top: Deko Ricketts ’13 Middle: Ben Abbas ’15 (back row, fourth from the right) with a capella group Voices In Your Head. Left: Jeriah Horne ’16

group recently released their sixth studio album entitled “Lights.”

The Greater Kansas City Coaches Association presented Jeriah Horne

with the prestigious DiRenna Award. This award goes to the best high school basketball player in the Kansas City Metro area.

Horne and Blake Spellman from Lee’s Summit High School were co-winners. Jeriah scored over 2200 points in his high school career. This is only the third time in history that two students have shared the award.

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Planned Giving

WHAT IS A BEQUEST? Just what do we mean when we talk about a charitable “bequest” as a way to donate to Barstow? Certainly, fundraising materials can read as though they are full of jargon when a more straightforward and personal approach would be better. Instead of using the word “bequest,” we would prefer to talk about a gift to Barstow from your will or trust. Charitable gifts are most often an outward expression of appreciation and satisfaction, and they reflect a great deal about who we are and what we value. A gift from your will is the ultimate charitable expression of those feelings. To help you understand all of this better, we have recently revised Barstow’s Planned Giving website making it more interactive and personally relevant. We encourage you to visit www.barstowschool.org/ plannedgiving and to contact the Advancement Office if you would like more information. Pat Oppenheimer D I R E C T O R O F A D VA N C E M E N T

Visit our new planned giving page at WWW.BARSTOWSCHOOL.ORG/PLANNEDGIVING

Mr. Daniel Abitz and Mrs. Diana Johnson Abitz ’75 Mrs. Susan Belger Angulo ’76 Mr. George B. Ashby and Mrs. Rilye Semple Ashby ’48* Mr. James Baker and Mrs. Janice Germann Baker ’65 Mrs. Linde Lee Johnson Barber ’74 Mrs. Helen Ward Beals ’09* Mrs. Lee Ann Duckett Bell ’86* Mrs. Betty Brookfield Berol Mrs. Jane B. Bolton* Mrs. Beverly Pierson Bradley ’44 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Brown Ms. Carolgene Burd ’64 Mr. Charles A. Carter, Jr.* Ms. Betty Ann Cortelyou ’61 Mrs. Melanie McVay Di Leo ’66 Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Dockhorn Dr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Duckett Mr. Tom Dunn and Dr. Leslie Teel Dunn ’70 Mr. and Mrs. George D. Egon Mr. A. Daniel Eldridge* Dr. and Mrs. Eugene E. Fibuch Mr. Fred Fisher* and Mrs. Louise Fisher* Mrs. Marguerite Peet Foster ’43* Mrs. Elaine Patterson French ’40* Barbara and Gene Funk Mrs. Anne Thompson Gartner ’44 Mrs. Dody Gerber Gates Ms. Joyce S. Generali Mrs. Martha Stout Gledhill ’19* Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Goldsborough Mr. Scott C. Gyllenborg ’74 Mr. Allan E. Hall and Mrs. Elise Schmahlfeldt Hall ’52 Mrs. Judy Hart Mr. Irv Hockaday and Mrs. Ellen Jurden Hockaday ’56 Mrs. Betty Branson Holliday ’57 Mrs. Myrna Pratt Horne Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Hudson Mrs. Josephine Hellings Huguenin ’31* Mrs. Quintanella M. Johnson Mr. George C. Jordan* Ms. Leslie Kase ’77 Ms. Janet K. Kelley ’67 Mr. and Mrs. William B. Kessinger Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Kivett Mrs. Lois Dubach Lacy ’55 Mr. Peter Lacy ’88 and Mrs. Kendall Hart Lacy ’92

Ms. Martha Lally ’75 Mr. Sanders R. Lambert, Jr. and Mrs. Kelly Brent Lambert ’50* Mrs. Cindy McCollum Larson ’89 Mrs. Nancy Staley Laubach ’44 Mr. Gordon K. Lenci Mr. J. Robert Mackenzie Ms. Grace Madison* Mr. and Mrs. John Marvin Ms. Susan L. McGee ’76 Mr. and Mrs. John H. Morrow III Mr. David J. Neihart ’79 and Mrs. Wendy Ketterman Neihart ’79 Mr. and Mrs. James L. Osborn, Jr. Mrs. Rosalyn Osborn Ms. Betty Ann Patti* Mrs. Marguerite Munger Peet ’21* Ms. Lisa Pelofsky ’82 Mrs. Fern Pine* Mr. George W. Potter* and Mrs. Emy Lou Withers Potter ’46* Mr. Douglas M. Price ’76 Mr. David Reed* and Mrs. Astrid Reed Ms. Deborah Reichman ’70 Dr. and Mrs. Grant Ritchey Ms. Mary Judith Robinson ’57 Mrs. Jean Wight Rosahn ’35* Mr. Charles H. Sachs Mr. and Mrs. Gerald D. Schaumburg Mrs. Caroline M. Scofield Dr. Kathy Shaffer and Dr. Stan Shaffer ’73 Dr. Bruce Short and Dr. Mary Jane Short Mrs. Maye Wymore Sibley ’31* Mr. J. Michael Sigler ’72 Mrs. Miriam Babbitt Simpson* Mr. Thomas Staley* Mrs. Josephine Reid Stubbs ’25* Ms. Mary S. Sunderland* Dr. and Mrs. Whitney Sunderland Mr. Hoyt Thompson* and Mrs. Barbara Welch Thompson ’44* Mrs. Joan McGee Thompson Dr. and Mrs. Gerald F. Tuohy Ms. Janet E. Turner ’32* Mr. John Waldeck and Mrs. Jennifer Thiessen Waldeck ’90 Mr. Maurice A. Watson ’76 Mrs. Georgia Berkshire Welch ’19* Mr. Raymond B. White* Mr. Scott Wolff ’76 and Mrs. Karen Wolff Mr. and Mrs. Bill Zollars *

Denotes deceased

JOIN THE HERITAGE SOCIETY To find out how you can make a planned gift and join the Heritage Society, visit www.barstowschool.org/plannedgiving or contact Director of Advancement Pat Oppenheimer at pat.oppenheimer@barstowschool.org or 816-277-0414.

In Memoriam

In Memoriam Our condolences to the families of Barstow alumni and friends lost in the past year as of July 1, 2016. July 20, 2015

January 12, 2016

Amy De Yong ’51

Walter Karstens Dods, Sr.

Former faculty member Daughter of Kathleen Spencer De Yong ’25*

Husband of Nancy Thompson Dods ’56; brother-in-law of Arey Thompson Baas ’54

August 28, 2015

February 4, 2016

Dorset Townley ’44

Sallie Hamilton Jensen ’58

Daughter of Marion Meriwether Townley 1916*; sister of Caroline Townley Von Mayrhauser ’40* Dorset is predeceased and survived by many other members of the Barstow alumni community September 9, 2015

Gerald I. Klopper Uncle of Audrey Klopper ’77 October 5, 2015

Rich Davis, M.D. Honorary alumnus and former trustee October 13, 2015

Audrey Webster Mother of Nancy Webster Menihan ’65 October 21, 2015

Pamela Thomas Milner ’61 Sister of Wendy Thomas Melvin ’60

April 24, 2016

R. Andrew Swinney Husband of Leslie Kase ’77 May 6, 2016

Elizabeth “Beth” Haren Lynch ’76 Sister of Nan Haren Hughes ’79; cousin of Jeanne Brown ’14 and Tieg Brown ’16 May 11, 2016

Harold Edgar “Hal” Weber, Sr. Father of Leslie Weber ’73 May 22, 2016

John “Jack” T. Pierson, Jr. Father of Merrill Pierson Nunnally ’78 and Kari Pierson; grandfather of Hillary Pierson-Eib ’15; brother of Beverly Pierson Bradley ’44; cousin of Natalie Pierson ’50* May 24, 2016

November 4, 2015

Prudence Withers Townley Thompson ’48

Carol Powell

Mother of Debbie Thompson Gates ’74 and mother-in-law of Marvin Gates ’73; daughter of Newell “Honey Boy” McGee Townley Thornton ’24* and Webster Withers Townley*, honorary alumnus and former member of the Board of Trustees from 1952–1954; granddaughter of Prudence Withers Townley 1898* Prue is predeceased and survived by many other members of the Barstow alumni community

Grandmother of Rian Ray ’12 November 16, 2015

Gano Tschudy Pearson ’38 Mother of Gano Tschudy Haine ’68 and Anne Tschudy Jackson ’73 December 5, 2015

Peggy Dryden Retired faculty member and honorary alumna Mother of Sandra Dryden Knudson ’74 December 11, 2015

Carol W. Field Mother of Susan Field ’73 and Barbara Field Troeger ’76; daughter-in-law of Madeline Haff Field 1911*; sister-in-law of Phyllis Field Salisbury ’42; aunt of Ellen Salisbury Hurley ’77 and Anne Salisbury ’75

June 2, 2016

Kathy Anne Sherrow Aunt of Lauren Estes ’13 and Whitney Estes 2017 June 20, 2016

Mary “Shawsie” Shaw Branton Former trustee and honorary alumna Mother of Leslie Branton Hoffecker ’67 and Page Branton Reed ’73 *

Denotes deceased

FALL 2016

Photo: Todd Race

THE LACYS Pete ’88 and Kendall ’92 are both Barstow alumni, and now their two children, Taylor, grade 5, and Maren, grade 2, are Barstow students. Pete has been a member of the Board of Trustees since 2009 and is in his second year as chairman. Kendall has been involved as a volunteer in many school activities including the Book Fair, Fall Festival and the Kindergarten–Senior Buddy Celebration.

Getting to Know Pete Lacy ’88 and Kendall Hart Lacy ’92 WHY DO YOU THINK YOUR PARENTS INVESTED IN A BARSTOW EDUCATION FOR YOU AND YOUR SIBLINGS? PETE:

My mom (Lois Dubach Lacy ’55)

HOW DID YOUR YEARS AT BARSTOW PREPARE YOU FOR COLLEGE? FOR LIFE? PETE:

I think Barstow graduates would

universally agree that their Barstow

went to Barstow when it was located at

education made it easier for them to get

50th & Cherry, so she had some built-in

into the college of their choice and to

loyalty to her alma mater. I imagine my

succeed once they were there.

parents also understood that Barstow’s qualities were much the same as they have always been—a great family atmosphere between students and teachers, and lots of opportunities to participate in extracurricular activities. KENDALL:

Both of my parents had

backgrounds in childhood development,

KENDALL:

ment gave Barstow an advantage over other schools.

skills, the ability to write a good paper,

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KENDALL:

Barstow does a great job

integrating technology into its curriculum, but the teachers still keep things very personal and interactive. WHAT DO YOU ENVISION FOR BARSTOW’S FUTURE? PETE:

If my son’s fifth grade baseball

to professors. As a kid I was petrified

team keeps practicing, I hope to see

of public speaking. Barstow helped me

some state baseball championships in

overcome that, and I use those commu-

Barstow’s future. The team is coached

nication skills everyday in my work.

by Kendall’s brother Sean Hart ’87, whose son is on the team as well. Sean

HOW ARE YOUR CHILDREN’S EXPERIENCES AT BARSTOW DIFFERENT FROM YOURS?

The technology has certainly

provided our kids more access to infor-

creating videos on their iPads.

the confidence to ask questions and talk

PETE: Read more of the interview online at www.barstowschool.org

It’s neat to see them do assignments by

Barstow gave me skills that

many college classmates lacked—study

so they probably felt like the small class sizes and positive competitive environ-

topics more thoroughly than we did.

mation and the ability to understand

and I are now living vicariously through our kids, hoping for better results. KENDALL:

Barstow understands that

small class sizes and highly skilled teachers are key, so these things will surely continue long into the future.

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest ’93 delivers the commencement address to the Class of 2016 on May 23, 2016.

KEY ADMINISTRATION

Shane A. Foster HEAD OF SCHOOL

Judith Yount A S S O C I AT E H E A D O F S C H O OL / HEAD OF LOWER SCHOOL

Liz Bartow HEAD OF UPPER SCHOOL

Kate Bradley HEAD OF MIDDLE SCHOOL

ADVANCEMENT OFFICE

Pat Oppenheimer D I R E C T O R O F A D VA N C E M E N T

Ryann Galloway Tacha A L U M N I R E L AT I ON S & A N N UA L F U N D O F F I C E R

Laura Mombello ’87 A D VA N C E M E N T A DM I N I S T R AT I V E A S S I S TA N T

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Connect. Share. Celebrate. Alumni Weekend is for all Barstow alumni, not just those celebrating major reunions. Register today! www.barstowschool.org/alumni See page 13 for more details. 1990 classmates Stacy Chick Schleicher, Wendy Aks, Brooke Helmers Bremer pictured at Alumni Weekend 2015.