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The Honor Code Setting the Course for Life
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The Honor code:
Setting the Course for Life
The Honor System and Honor Code are in their sixth decade of simultaneous existence. This issue’s cover story explains the roots of each and describes new traditions at both campuses intended to keep the spirit of the Honor Code alive every day. On the cover: Pingry’s Honor Code serves as a moral compass throughout the lives of all members of the community.
4 How I Found John F. Pingry
After reading The Beginning of Wisdom, the story of Pingry’s first 100 years, Bob Popper ’61 wanted to find Dr. Pingry’s resting place. In this article, Mr. Popper shares his investigative story.
27 Prestigious Chinese Network Welcomes Pingry as a Member
Pingry will benefit from the resources of the Hanban-Asia Society Confucius Classrooms Network, which helps develop and support high-quality Chinese language education.
28 Touch and Go: Early Access to Interactive Technology
Kindergarten and second-grade students are using iPads to supplement what they learn in the classroom. These revolutionary devices are making a big difference in the learning process.
31 Record-Setting Pingry Swimmer is One Step Closer to Olympics
Nic Fink ’11 has qualified for two events at the 2012 United States Olympic Swimming Trials. Read about the accolades and attitude that have helped him reach this milestone.
37 Alumni Portal Opens a New Door to Information
A new feature on Pingry’s web site, the password-protected alumni portal provides access to helpful and important information, including an online form to submit class notes.
38 En Garde! Fencers Learn from Olympian Dan Kellner ’94
Mr. Kellner, an Olympic fencer, is using his new club to give back to the community and help train the next generation of fencers.
3 From the Headmaster 4 Sesquicentennial 10 Scene Around Campus 27 School News 35 Alumni News
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The Pingry Review is the official magazine of The Pingry School, with the primary purpose of disseminating alumni, school, faculty, and staff news and information. The editor tries to ensure the timeliness of each issue. Due to printing and production deadlines, this edition contains major events that happened by May 13, 2011. Occurrences after that date would be included in the following issue. Comments can be sent to the editor at The Pingry School, Martinsville Road, P.O. Box 366, Martinsville, NJ 08836 or gwaxberg@pingry.org.
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A Letter from the Headmaster nothing is more central to the ethos or success of the school than the Honor System and Honor Code. Born 85 years ago, these principles have formed the foundation for the educations and lives of thousands of Pingry alumni and, through their impact on the Pingry community, thousands of families.
Headmaster Nat Conard P ’09, ’11, his wife Brenda Hamm P ’09, ’11, and their daughter Rebecca Hamm Conard ’09 shared a proud moment on Commencement Day 2011 when Ben Hamm Conard ’11 was among the graduates. Both Mr. Conard and Ben sported identical commemorative Sesquicentennial ties.
Dear Members of the Pingry Community,
In this, Pingry’s sesquicentennial year, we continue our exploration in the Review of the themes that have carried us through our first 150 years and that will sustain us in our next 150. And of those themes,
As you read the articles in this issue of the Review, and especially as you read the personal Honor Code reflections of students, parents, and alumni, I hope you will find that they resonate with your own experience of the Honor Code and its impact on your life and the choices that you have made. We would love to hear your thoughts on this— and any—subject. And, of course, we hope that we will see you on campus for one or more of the 150th anniversary events that we are planning throughout the next year. Come back—you’ll be glad you did! Sincerely,
Nathaniel E. Conard P ’09, ’11
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In the six years that I have had the privilege to serve as Pingry’s headmaster, I have had conversations, long or short, with many hundreds of alumni, from those who received their diplomas from my hand, to those who received theirs from Charles Bertram Newton. Regardless of when they graduated, regardless of the teachers and coaches who inspired—or intimidated!—them, and regardless of the strong and enduring friendships they formed while at Pingry, one core value that they all share is a firm and ever-growing belief in the tenets of the Pingry Honor Code.
Although I cannot back up this assertion with hard data, it is my very clear impression that the Pingry Honor Code has had a more profound impact on those who have been associated with it than most honor code institutions can claim. I believe that this is a direct result of the way in which the Honor Code is framed. Where many institutions have chosen to define their honor codes negatively, in terms of proscribed behaviors, Pingry has chosen to present the Honor Code as source of positive guidance. As a result, as Pingry graduates move on to college and on into the “real” world, they see the Honor Code’s relevance to every facet of their lives.
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H ow I F o u nd
John F. Pingry By Bob Popper ’61 Photography by the author
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When I graduated in Pingry’s centennial class, I purchased a copy of faculty member Herbert Hahn’s history of the school, The Beginning of Wisdom, and placed it on my bookshelf—where it slept for the next 44 years. In the 45th year, I blew it off and began with Dr. Hahn’s inscription.
County area, the church stood on the corner of Westminster Avenue and Prince Street, across from and facing the Winfield Scott Hotel. There has been a bank at this location for more than 50 years.) In the early 1950s, it was replaced by a new church, also named Westminster Presbyterian, on the corner of North Avenue and Salem Avenue. Perhaps the new church held records that had survived from its namesake? Unfortunately, that possibility became moot when Dave learned from an old congregant that the original church did not have a graveyard.
When I finished, 338 pages later, I wanted to know more. I understood that Dr. Pingry’s home in Elizabeth still stood, so I found it and photographed it. I also found the nearby residence of “Pa” Corbin, the second headmaster, which I also photographed. Then I went into downtown Elizabeth to find the church behind which Dr. Pingry’s first schoolhouse had stood. There was no evidence of the schoolhouse, but I took a picture of the church. We used these images in a slide show during our class’ 45th reunion.
service had taken place, or the First Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth. Dave had been, and is, instrumental in the restoration of the First Presbyterian Church, established in 1708, and has access to its cemetery records. He looked. No Dr. Pingry. We did not know whether it would be possible to explore the burial records of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, because it had been destroyed by fire circa 1947. (For alumni from the Union
Meanwhile, I had asked for help from a friend and college classmate who is an accomplished amateur genealogist. Hugh Marshall had documented his family tree from its roots to the tip of each leaf, and we had printed his suggestions on finding Dr. Pingry in our class newsletter, with a tip of the hat to Hugh. I sent him a copy of that issue, and he responded with so much fresh information about Dr. Pingry that I had to take a pill and lie down. Using resources which were not available to Dr. Hahn, such as Google Books, Hugh had learned, among many other things, that
My curiosity fastened upon Dr. Pingry. The book recounts his career, retirement, failing health, funeral, and memorial service at which the Pingry Alumni Association was born. The date of his death (February 16, 1894) is given, but his resting place is not, and I wondered where it could be.
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My classmate, friend, and co-editor of our class newsletter, Dave Rogers ’61, is an elder in the Presbyterian Church and a former resident of Elizabeth. We put our heads together and decided that Dr. Pingry had probably been interred in one of two places: the Westminster Presbyterian Church (located half a block from Dr. Pingry’s home), where he was a congregant and where his funeral and memorial
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The original Westminster Church from a postcard purchased by Dave Rogers ’61.
[ Sesquicentennial ] within two years of 1894, although every individual was either a Pingry or, apparently, a close relative of a Pingry. For example, one read “Daughter of Rev. John” while another was “Wife of Rev. S. [sic] F. Pingry.”
Dr. Pingry had three sons and one daughter, Julia, who had died giving birth. Julia, and her son who died two weeks later, were buried together in Rosedale Cemetery. Also interred at Rosedale was Dr. Pingry’s daughter-in-law, Rebecca Pingry, the wife of his son John. While Hugh had found a New York Times item of February 7, 1894, with the lead “The Rev. John F. Pingry Dying,” he found no subsequent reports. He surmised that Pingry was buried in Rosedale or in a family plot in Massachusetts, but that he was certainly not cremated. I thought it might be worth visiting the Elizabeth Public Library and digging into back copies of the Elizabeth Daily Journal. I found something interesting. A two-paragraph account of Dr. Pingry’s funeral ends with “The interment took place at Orange.” Orange? This could have meant a cemetery named Orange or the town of Orange, New Jersey. Googling revealed no such cemetery, but it did teach me that the 92-acre Rosedale Cemetery, founded in 1842, is within three cities: Montclair, West Orange, and Orange! I called Rosedale and asked whether they had a John Francis Pingry, interred in February 1894. The woman excused herself for a few minutes of research, then told me that they did not.
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Five months later, in November 2008, Hugh and I visited Rosedale on a Sunday morning, and I asked the same question. We came fortified with a copy of the Elizabeth Daily Journal item, as well as everything from our Internet searches. The manager produced a typewritten page which listed the occupants of lot number 515, eight individuals in all. None of the interment dates were
Ledger entry 10874, Rev. John F. Pingry.
The manager also produced index cards, each of which seemed to correspond to a name on the typed page. The entries were written in a careful hand, perhaps with a quill pen. The cause of death was shown for some, such as dropsy, or a head fracture in the case of a wife of Rev. Pingry. (He had three.) But there was no card for our subject; the manager explained that a fire had destroyed some of the cemetery’s records. I was disappointed. I should have listened to the woman on the phone.
The Pingry family obelisk.
Then he removed from the vault an ancient ledger with worn leather binding. I repeated the date of death and the manager’s finger stalled on the page. “Here he is,” he said, and turned the book so we could read the entry, written in another time. Yes, John F. Pingry was in lot number 515, and he was the 10,874th person to be buried at Rosedale. We followed an employee who drove a pickup truck to the “Old Cemetery” and, after a brief search, we found a stone obelisk about 10 feet tall. Several feet below the top, on one side, was a carved wreath with the word “PINGRY” centered within.
A wreath on one side of the obelisk.
Near the base, in relief on each of the four sides, were commemorations of different members of the Pingry family with dates of birth and death. One side was dedicated to Rev. John F. Pingry (1818-1894) and his second wife Elizabeth.
One of the sides adjacent to it was reserved for his first wife Caroline and a daughter who had lived for fewer than two years. The other adjacent side remembered his daughter Julia, who had died giving birth, together with her son. This confirmed what we had learned on the Internet. And the fourth side, opposite that of John F. Pingry, was for a John Pingry (b. 1781, d. 1854) and a Relief L. Pingry (b. 1789, d. 1872) who, I confirmed later, were John F. Pingry’s parents. They lived with their son in their later years. In the ground near the base of the monument were eight or more footstones, each about the size of a large hardbound book and appropriately separated from its neighbor above or below. Within the outline of a shield, each bore only three initials, and one such was marked “J. F. P.” We had found our man. Nearby was a pair of headstones which were less cryptic. One was inscribed “JOHN PINGRY / SON OF / REV. J. F. & C.G. PINGRY / 1846-1910.” Its mate read “REBECCA B. COBB / WIFE OF / JOHN PINGRY / 18461882.” This, too, confirmed what we had learned on the Internet.
Bob Popper ’61 pointing at the commemoration of Dr. Pingry at the base of the Pingry family obelisk.
Later, when I re-examined the typed page produced by the cemetery manager, I realized that I had overlooked something important. It clearly stated that the owner of the family plot which we had been studying, lot number 515, was “Rev. John Pingry.” 7 summer 2011
Dr. Pingry’s footstone.
When we returned to the office, the manager asked whether the person whom we had found had any connection to The Pingry School. I replied that he was the founder and that I am an alumnus. He then volunteered that several members of his Board of Directors are Pingry graduates—namely, Bob Baldwin ’59, P ’96, ’01, Terry Talcott ’56, and Jack Angell ’57, P ’90 (recently resigned). I wonder whether these Pingry boys know whom they have had in their care!
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Memories from a Pingry Legend
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a fifth-grade student in the fall of 1923. His glimpse into history revealed such facts as: the late Lower School teacher Harriet Budd was a distant cousin of Elizabeth Bugliari P ’86, ’90, ’97, GP ’20, wife of Special Assistant to the Headmaster Miller Bugliari ’52, P ’86, ’90, ’97, GP ’20; and the late math and Front row: Rick Beinecke’s wife Candace and Honorary English teacher Otho Vars Trustee William S. Beinecke ’31, P ’61, ’64. Back row, from left: Rick Beinecke ’61, John Beinecke ’64, Mr. Beinecke’s daughter shared his first name with a Frances Elston, and Mr. Beinecke’s cousin Betsy Michel. Roman emperor (a fact that amused and intrigued Mr. Beinecke, Rarely has there been such an because he had never heard the name opportune time for Honorary Trustee “Otho” before coming to Pingry). William S. Beinecke ’31, P ’61, ’64, a legendary figure in Pingry’s history, to Due to his parents’ move from address the entire Pingry community. Cranford to Madison, Mr. Beinecke’s Although he attended Pingry for only final year as a Pingry student was three years, Mr. Beinecke not only 1926, but he received an honorary urged the school to move from Hillside diploma from Pingry in 2000. to Martinsville to better position Mr. Beinecke fast-forwarded a few Pingry for New Jersey’s future populadecades to begin recounting the story tion growth, but also purchased of Pingry’s move, which all began and then donated the land for the when he took his son Rick ’61 to see Martinsville Campus. On May 13, the Hillside Campus. “I realized that 2011, as the first speaker in the 150th Pingry was in the wrong place for the Anniversary Lecture Series, Mr. long-term,” he says of his decision in Beinecke helped celebrate Pingry’s 1969 to say something to Bob Parsons, past by sharing nearly 100 years’ who was about to retire from the presiworth of memories. dency of Pingry’s Board (but would “He is one of the most influential remain on the Board and serve at men in the history of the school,” various times as Chair until 1979). Headmaster Nat Conard P ’09, ’11 Although Mr. Beinecke was nervous told the audience of Middle and about the forthcoming conversation, Upper School students, faculty, staff, considering Pingry’s recent move to administrators, and current, former, Hillside, he recalls that Mr. Parsons and Honorary Trustees. Indeed, many “took my point immediately.” The people consider Mr. Beinecke a Hillside Campus was eventually sold visionary for helping make Pingry the to Kean University for much less than school it is today. In addition to his Pingry had asked—“almost a giveposition as an Honorary Trustee, away,” in Mr. Beinecke’s words—and he served on the Board from 1955 Pingry had to endure innumerable to 1976, and he received Pingry’s obstacles with nearly every agency Letter-in-Life Award in 1969. imaginable to make the move a reality. Addressing “one and all amigos,” Mr. Beinecke explained that he has been associated with Pingry for nearly 60 percent of its history—almost 90 years. He entered the school as
Groundbreaking for the new campus took place in April 1982, and dedication took place in May 1984. Reflecting on subsequent changes to the Martinsville Campus,
Mr. Beinecke mentioned the playing fields, the Carol and Park B. Smith ’50 Middle School, the soon-to-be-built Headmaster’s Residence (“The Beinecke House,” which he is funding so that the headmaster can live at the Martinsville Campus), and the statue of Dr. Pingry with two boys and two girls in front of the school’s main entrance. Of this statue, Mr. Beinecke said, “It is historically inaccurate, but philosophically correct—I like that.” Following his speech, the audience celebrated his upcoming 97th birthday (May 22) by singing “Happy Birthday” and presenting him with a birthday cake. He then participated in the groundbreaking ceremony for The Beinecke House, which will be one of the greenest, most environmentallyfriendly houses in New Jersey. That evening, Pingry premiered its 150th Anniversary Film, Pingry: A Portait in Blue. Featuring alumni, current students, and current and former faculty, staff, and administrators, the film shares Pingry memories and celebrates the school’s traditions since its founding in 1861. Following the premiere, at the Kick-Off party, guests gathered under the tent to reminisce with classmates, friends, and current and former teachers. For the third Sesquicentennial event of the weekend, on May 14, Andrew Hanna ’12 performed a staged reading of the soon-to-be-published children’s book, The Pingry Story: The Dream Continues. Original paintings for the book were on display to accompany his reading. If you would like a DVD of the film, or a commemorative Pingry tie or charm, please contact 150th Anniversary Coordinator Lynne Brum at lbrum@pingry.org or (908) 647-5555, ext. 1295. Editor’s Note: A more detailed account of Pingry’s move from Hillside to Martinsville is included in the Commemorative Edition of The Pingry Review, published in 2009.
Coming Up as the Sesquicentennial Celebration Continues… Television Personality John Quiñones to Deliver Lecture
Student Performance at the Former Hillside Campus
For the second presentation in Pingry’s 150th Anniversary Lecture Series, “Celebrating Pingry’s Proud History,” and for the 12th John Hanly Lecture on Ethics and Morality, John Quiñones will visit Pingry on October 14, 2011. Mr. Quiñones hosts ABCTV’s What Would You Do?, a program that uses hidden cameras to test people’s reactions to common ethical dilemmas.
Dr. Andrew Moore, Chair of the Music Department, is planning a student performance for alumni and parents on April 29, 2012, in the newly-renovated Enlow Recital Hall at Kean University (the former Hillside Campus). In addition to being a wonderful opportunity for current students, this concert will also provide alumni with an occasion to return to the campus. Also planned are a pre-performance reception in the Fiske Garden, a post-performance dessert reception with the performers, and a tour of the former Pingry campus.
The 150th Anniversary film,
Pingry: A Portrait in Blue, is available on Pingry’s YouTube channel.
Return to Bermuda Those alumni who traveled to Bermuda as students with Special Assistant to the Headmaster Miller Bugliari ’52, P ’86, ’90, ’97, GP ’20 will be pleased to hear that a return trip to Bermuda with Mr. Bugliari is being planned for June 28 to July 1, 2012, at Tucker’s Point Hotel & Spa—a unique way to rekindle memories and reconnect with friends and classmates. In Mr. Bugliari’s words: “Revisit the scene of your youth, and, this time, behave.” Travel packages are being organized and will soon be publicized with the assistance of Travelong Inc. of Summit.
For more information about these or other Sesquicentennial events, contact 150th Anniversary Coordinator Lynne Brum at lbrum@pingry.org or (908) 647-5555, ext. 1295.
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In 1965, Miller Bugliari ’52, P ’86, ’90, ’97, GP ’20, now Special Assistant to the Headmaster, accompanying students to Bermuda. His wife Elizabeth P ’86, ’90, ’97, GP ’20 joins them at the top of the staircase.
Scene Around Campus
Ted Scovell, director of Science Research at Rockefeller University, visited Pingry on October 20, 2010. After observing several science classes, he declared, “This is the most impressive high school science program I’ve ever seen, and I don’t think most college programs are this good.” He was impressed that students focus on how to solve problems when there are no known answers, rather than memorizing facts and simply following directions. Mr. Scovell referred to students teaching students as “a beautiful thing.” He is pictured with Michaela Ennis ’12, a leader of Pingry’s Independent Research Team, who is holding a model of double-stranded DNA.
On November 11, 2010, for the second consecutive year, DramaFest gave Middle School students an opportunity to showcase their dramatic talents, in addition to the Spring Play. Co-directed by drama teachers Trisha Wheeler and Stephanie Romankow, DramaFest celebrates the creativity that results from student-selected dramatic works because the students choose their own material, prepare it on their own or seek help, and present it as part of a variety show. Last year, DramaFest made a charitable contribution to CURE Childhood Cancer. Pictured above is Serina Chugani ’16 performing an Indian Folk Dance.
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Above: Over 40 vendors participated in The Pingry School Parents’ Association’s fall fundraiser, the Big Blue Boutique & Café, in November 2010. All Boutique and Café proceeds support Pingry’s educational, athletics, and arts programs. Left: The Martinsville Campus’ annual school-wide day of community service, Rufus Gunther Day, took place on October 29, 2010. Students and faculty participated in activities that benefited The Food Bank, Matheny, ECLC, the Deirdre O’Brien Child Advocacy Center, BRIDGES, Kids Who Care, Covenant House, the Global Literacy Project, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the Morristown Community Soup Kitchen, Bryan’s Dream, and the American Heart Association. Pictured are students separating candy (donated by Middle School students) and decorating floats for Newark’s annual Halloween parade, where the candy was distributed.
Staff Sergeant Joshua Maarleveld, a member of the U.S. Marine Corps who served in Iraq, spoke at Pingry’s Veterans Day Assembly on November 12, 2010. Initially drawn to the military out of admiration for his grandfather, who was taught strong values in the U.S. Navy, Staff Sergeant Maarleveld enlisted as a college student to be part of something bigger than himself. When he was called to Iraq in February 2003, he focused on the mission’s purpose of liberating people. During the assembly, he shared memories of his time in combat, spoke about the difficulties that some veterans face when transitioning back to civilian life, and mentioned the life-long friendships he formed. He also recognized several Pingry teachers for serving in the military, and others in the audience were recognized for supporting someone who is serving overseas.
Joseph Fischer GP ’11, ’12, ’15, grandfather of Will ’11, Brian ’11, Kevin ’12, and Sean ’15, visited history teacher Mike Webster’s classroom on November 19, 2010, to speak about serving in World War II. At the time, Mr. Webster’s eighth-grade history class was studying World War II. Pictured are Mr. Webster and Mr. Fischer with Clay McCollum ’15, Emily Nilsen ’15, Sydney Lieberman ’15, Sean Fischer ’15, and Kathleen Murray ’15.
Lindsay Liles, a member of Campus Outreach Services, spoke about alcohol use to Middle and Upper School students and parents in late November and early December for the third annual lecture sponsored by The Gilbert Harry Carver ’79 Memorial Fund. The Fund was established in honor of Gilbert Carver ’79, by his father Calvin Carver P ’77, ’79, GP ’09, ’11, ’14 and stepmother June Carver, his sister Marcey Carver, and his brother Chip Carver, Jr. ’77, P ’09, ’11, ’14, and Chip’s wife Anne DeLaney ’79, P ’09, ’11, ’14. Ms. Liles emphasized that it is acceptable not to drink, pointing out that people can enjoy parties without alcohol. She also addressed myths about alcohol, explained how alcohol affects the brain, and shared stories about those affected by alcohol, including herself—all in an effort to better educate the students. Pictured from left: Reeve Carver ’14, Marcey Carver, Calvin Carver, Lindsay Liles, June Carver, former trustee Anne DeLaney, Chip Carver, Jr., Chloe Carver ’11, and Sean Carver ’14.
The Short Hills and Martinsville Campuses enjoyed the All-School Festival in December 2010, a concert of seasonal music featuring ensembles from both campuses. Pingry also presented gifts collected by students, faculty, and staff for the charitable organization Lift for Learning.
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On November 30, 2010, Kindergarten students participated in the annual tradition of decorating gingerbread houses.
The Drama Department performed a dramatization of Dickens’ The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby in November 2010 in the Macrae Theater at the Martinsville Campus. With over 30 students playing over 70 roles, this abridged version of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s adaptation of the novel was the Pingry Drama Department’s most challenging undertaking.
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Setting the course for life If a student is going to make a promise, then who better to be on the receiving end of that promise than a fellow student? The Pingry community witnesses this oath every September during Convocation, when representatives from Middle and Upper School advisory groups hand the Student Body President and Honor Board Chair about 100 student-signed pledges to uphold the values of Pingry’s Honor Code—a ceremony that epitomizes the long-standing student ownership of the Code. In the following pages and in Class Notes, alumni, faculty members, current students, and administrators reflect on what the Honor Code means to them and how it has made a difference in their lives. 12 the pingry review
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[ honor code ] Eighty-five years have passed since the establishment of the student-owned Honor System and over 60 years since that system was expanded to include the Honor Code. These are notable milestones as Pingry celebrates its Sesquicentennial, an occasion that will highlight the Honor Code as the foundation of the school’s culture. “ I D o n ’ t W o r r y ”
Observing Honor in Action How does the school’s culture reflect honorable behavior, beyond the signing of pledges at the beginning of the school year? One visible example is that students, trusting each other, leave their backpacks, laptops, and musical instruments on top of lockers and in hallways during assemblies, lunch, conference periods, and free periods. Students return lost money, iPods, cell phones, and other valuables to the Middle and Upper School offices; they are on their honor to pay a dollar for charitable Dress Down Days; and they are on their honor to pay for and make change in the cash bowl set aside for breakfast in the dining room. 14 the pingry review
In the Middle School, lockers do not have locks. “I once left my locker open, and my backpack was open. When I came back, nothing had moved. I don’t have to worry about students getting the answers for tests,” says Ellie Harrison ’17. Other Middle School students echo Ellie’s comments, saying they value the freedom, trust, and responsibility that result from the Honor Code. Edward Johnson ’17 likes the simplicity of the Code, as does Oliver Martin ’17, who proclaims, “It is not hard to do the right thing.”
“I know first-hand about students telling their teachers that too few points were deducted for mistakes on a test, even if that resulted in a lower grade. Teachers are free to give takehome tests, and they feel comfortable leaving the classroom during a test,” says Upper School Director and mathematics teacher Denise BrownAllen P ’13. “In general, we trust our students will tell the truth and do the right thing.” History teacher Mike Webster, proud to work at a school where the Honor Code has unified everyone for decades, echoes this sentiment. “We trust the students to get their work done on their own, without a lot of constant supervision, and we give them numerous chances to demonstrate that they’re responsible people,”
he says. In fact, he recalls a former student who, one day after submitting a research project, reported himself for violating the guidelines. A passionate advocate of the Honor Code, Mr. Webster always reminds his students about respect and responsibility—respect for one’s self and classmates, and the responsibility for smooth interaction with the community so that people remember their school years as a time of fun and positive growth. “Having an Honor Code allows all students and teachers to work together and learn in a positive environment. As society makes people think more about ‘me, me, me,’ the Honor Code is really about ‘us, us, us,’” he says. Trust is automatic for Spanish teacher Vic Nazario P ’90, ’94.
As a sign of trust, lockers in the Middle School do not have locks. Pictured is Bryce Weisholtz ’16.
“Pingry students are like my own kids. I always try to be as fair as fair can be, but I also have ‘tough love,’ which they understand. I trust them completely, to the end of the world, unless they give me a reason not to,” he says. Having observed students helping each other when appropriate, but also having heard students tell classmates that they cannot help with homework, Mr. Nazario is convinced that the Honor Code will always be followed by students who are willing to do the right thing. World Languages Department Chair and German teacher Norm LaValette P ’04 (who feels conditioned to trust the community), as well as Special Assistant to the Headmaster Miller Bugliari ’52, P ’86, ’90, ’97, GP ’20, underscore the fact that every Pingry student realizes, or comes to realize, the importance of living by an honorable code.
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Simplicity of “I Will …” Lower School students are first exposed to the Code of Conduct before they abide by the Honor Code in the Middle and Upper Schools. Rather than serving as the first of two value systems, the Code of Conduct was developed in 1994 to be an age-appropriate version of the Honor Code, with more specific actions and simpler language than the Honor Code so that young students would begin to understand the more complex principles that they would later embrace.
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Teaching History Differently and Other Lessons Learned Probably the best tribute that can be paid to the Honor Code is trying to promote its values beyond Pingry. John Anderson ’57 learned so much from the Code that, following his years at Hamilton College and in the military (both of which also had Honor Codes), he introduced the idea of an Honor Code while attending the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Ultimately, Tuck adopted an Honor Principle. Dr. Tom Corbin ’58 was influenced to be forthright, as well as truthful. “There are many people who are basically truthful, yet will shade answers and opinions to tell others what they seem to want to hear, especially those for whom they work. Honesty should include being forthright,” he says. Now a teacher and department chair at Morristown-Beard School, Dr. Larch Fidler ’69 learned from the Code to be optimistic and trusting, as well as responsible to the school itself and the other students. “As an educator, I trust my students. You are judged by and responsible to your peers,” he says. Recalling an instance of rampant cheating during a final exam at New England College, Joshua Gradwohl ’80 still believes he did the right thing by reporting the entire class to the professor. “I told him about Pingry and the Honor Code and how upset I was at what had transpired during his final exam. To this day at work, whether I know I have done right or believe I may have made a mistake, if asked if I was responsible for an action, I tell the truth,” he says. Pingry history teacher John Crowley-Delman ’97 thinks about his lessons in terms of ethical dilemmas—did historical figures make the right decisions, and how can we learn from those decisions? “If I had not attended Pingry, I don’t know if that’s how I would view history and be teaching history,” Mr. CrowleyDelman says. “Yet, I strongly believe it is the most valuable way to teach history.” Different perspectives are important to Aimee Sostowski ’97, and, for her, the existence of the Honor Code created an academic environment that fostered critical thinking, debate, and opportunities for the exchange of different points of view. “Many of my fondest memories of Pingry involve occasions that challenged us to consider controversial ‘real world’ issues, because Pingry is not representative of the ‘real world.’ Some examples are the Freedom course [a senior elective covering ethics, philosophy, and current issues], guest speakers, a trip to the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the U.S. Government course. The school treated us as mature individuals, and I learned a lot about humanity inside and outside the classroom,” she says. Editor’s Note: Read more from these and other alumni in Class Notes.
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“Young children need a code that is written in language they can understand. Some of the concepts—when it is wrong to help a classmate, for example—are difficult for them to grasp at a young age. It is also helpful to have the Code of Conduct focus on the positive aspects of honorable behavior. Therefore, the Lower School Code of Conduct presents the ideals expressed in the Honor Code in a childfriendly ‘I will’ format. It gives specific examples of behavior and reminds children that they are responsible for their words and actions. They see the Code as a pledge they take to try their best to practice honorable behavior,” says Lower School Director Ted Corvino, Sr. P ’94, ’97, ’02.
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At First, No Guarantees— Only Votes Even though the Honor Code and Honor System have long been entrenched in school life, their beginnings may not be common knowledge. The Headmaster of their origin, Charles Bertram Newton, was a graduate of Princeton University, which had established its own Honor System, one of the few on American college campuses. Believing strongly in the system’s values, Mr. Newton promoted the idea of an Honor System at Pingry, but did not impose it, because he wanted to make sure that most of the students would support it. Ultimately, the Class of 1926 took the initiative to create Pingry’s version, which was formulated by Codman Hislop ’27. In the fall of 1925, the Middle and Upper Schools voted overwhelmingly to institute the Honor System, so the plan was signed by all members of the Class of 1926 and the Student Council. Under the plan, no faculty supervision was required for written tests and exams and, if a student cheated, either the cheating had to be reported to the Student Council or the student in question would have to voluntarily confess. A key aspect of the original plan was that it required the student body to vote at the beginning of each school year whether to continue the Honor System, a vote that required a nine-tenths majority; the system was explained to new students prior to the vote. Except for a few months in the fall of 1926, when the system was discontinued because of a negative vote resulting from students who were concerned about minor technicalities, the student body voted to continue the Honor System every year, beginning in the late fall of 1926. In the late 1930s, knowing that the system had become an intrinsic part of school culture, the students voted to make the Honor System permanent. 16 the pingry review
Then, in 1949, to acknowledge that the values of the Honor System truly extended to all aspects of a student’s life, the Pingry faculty expanded the system to include the Honor Code, calling for an ideal of behavior that a person of honor followed voluntarily at all times and in all places, out of both self-respect and a sense of responsibility toward others. Thus, the Honor System continued to apply to tests, homework, and a respect for personal property, while the Honor Code guided the ideals of gentlemanly behavior. In 1988, the wording of the Honor Code was revised to apply to both men and women. The Student Council and Class of 1926 signed the Honor System in December 1925.
Without the Honor Code, Pingry may be considered just another prep school in the suburbs of New York, but, with the Honor Code, Pingry separates itself from the ordinary. By allowing the students to have freedom to make their own decisions, Pingry gives its students the opportunity to learn from their past and create their future. Will Bartlett ’11 2010-11 Student Body President
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Representatives from Grades 4 and 5 addressing their classmates about the Code of Conduct during the Student Council’s Honor Code Assembly at the Short Hills Campus.
Even with its different name, Lower School students do understand that the Code of Conduct is based on the Honor Code, both because they see and hear the wording of the Honor Code and because the teachers incorporate the spirit of the Honor Code in the students’ daily lives. “In my homeroom, the students identify the Code of Conduct as the Honor Code because I always refer to it as the Honor Code,” says fifth-grade math teacher Bob Smith.
Tom Berdos, who teaches music at both the Short Hills and Martinsville Campuses, also refers to both Codes as a transition. “It’s helpful
“As society makes people think more about ‘me, me, me,’ the Honor Code is really about ‘us, us, us.’” History Teacher Mike Webster According to Mr. Berdos, the infusion of new students in Grade 6 provides an opportunity to further instill the ideals of the Honor Code. While the fifth-grade students are the oldest students in the Lower School and, consequently, have lived with the Code of Conduct for the longest time, many of the new students in Grade 6 are not familiar with the Honor Code. The teachers need to make sure that the new students understand the Code—lessons that serve as continuing reminders about honorable behavior for the returning students.
For a year, beginning in 1993, he asked Mrs. Geacintov to chair a review of the Code—a process that included surveys of students, faculty members, and parents. His charge: examine the execution of the Honor Code, discuss if the school needed a uniform method to enforce it, and find out if people felt invested in an institution with an Honor Code. Also uncertain was the fate of the Academic Judicial Board (AJB), a committee that handled academic infractions separately from the discipline committee. “After many meetings involving the student government, the student body, and a presentation to representatives from the PSPA (Pingry School Parents’ Association), the community decided overwhelmingly to keep the Honor Code, but review the AJB,” Mrs. Geacintov says. Jennifer Lee ’96 and other students visited Haverford College to review their Honor Board system, resulting in the creation of Pingry’s Honor
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In the library, students apply the Code of Conduct in multiple ways— book discussions, library behavior, and caring for school property, to name a few examples. Librarian Ann D’Innocenzo asks questions about behavior, honesty, decisions, diversity, and character in both fiction and nonfiction works, even something as simple as Dr. Seuss. “While reading aloud The Sneeches, the students and I shared ideas about respect for differences and treating others the way you would want to be treated. I have found that the Code of Conduct is the perfect tool to really make these ideas meaningful to the students’ lives,” Mrs. D’Innocenzo says.
for sixth-grade students who attended school at Short Hills to have the Code of Conduct and Honor Code as a bridge between campuses, because Short Hills and Martinsville are very different. The Codes unify the campuses and give the students a familiar culture,” he says.
During Pingry’s long history, each headmaster played a role in modeling the Honor Code for the student body, but the passage of time has influenced students’ perceptions. When he began his tenure in 1987, Mr. Hanly faced the challenge of student apathy toward the Honor Code. According to Director of Studies Lydia Geacintov P ’84, ’88, there were no formal discussions about the Code, and students felt that it was a formality that existed only on paper. Mr. Hanly felt that it was imperative to create a climate in which cheating or plagiarizing never enters students’ minds, the same as preventing bullying. “No debate or discussion would be necessary because it simply is not acceptable behavior,” he says.
[ honor code ] Board in 1995 to hear both academic and disciplinary cases (see article on page 22); in contrast to students automatically being named to the AJB based on their position in student government, students must apply for the Honor Board. In addition, to reinforce the magnitude of the Honor Code, Mr. Hanly spoke weekly about common ethical dilemmas, and he remembers an event that made an impression on him. After one assembly in which he spoke about how we treat others, a seventhgrade boy reacted so strongly to Mr. Hanly’s speech that he apologized to a group of his classmates whom he had bullied and treated harshly. “Were it not for Mr. Hanly and his desire to revive the Honor Code and involve and empower students in that process, we would not have a strong Honor Code and Honor Board today,” Mrs. Geacintov says. “ C h o o sin g th e H o n o r C o d e as a F ami l y ” v .
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It is surprising that one thing, the Honor Code, connects you to the thousand-plus students at Pingry. It is like you have one thing in common with every person who attends this school—even the ones you haven’t made eye contact with. Those connections make me feel safe. It’s as if I am surrounded by a wall of people who are all connected to each other, and who are all connected to me. Athena Gerasoulis ’17
During the admission process, prospective students and parents must answer a question about the Honor Code. “The Honor Code question on our admission application impresses families because they are asked to consider the Honor Code before joining our community. This stresses the importance of the Code at Pingry and immediately establishes the value of the Honor Code. Many schools have Honor Codes, but the fact that ours includes academic and social components intrigues prospective families. Parents and students want to understand how the Code functions, which allows for engaging dialogue throughout the admission process. The social component ensures that even though you may not like everyone in school, you will absolutely respect everyone, which helps families trust our community,” says Director of Admission and Enrollment Allie (Manly) Brunhouse ’00. What about the other application, for colleges? How does Pingry approach The Common Application’s question about dishonorable behavior? “Colleges realize that students make and learn from their mistakes, so
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By 2005, when Headmaster Nat Conard P ’09, ’11 joined Pingry, the Board of Trustees felt that the Honor Code needed to be reinvigorated again because of widespread cynicism among students, many of whom viewed the Code as nothing more than administrative and as a rule book to be followed. Mr. Conard was charged with bringing the Code back to life. “I started talking about the Honor Code in my speeches and worked with [former Dean of Student Life] Joan Hearst and [Middle School Dean of Students] Kooheli Chatterji ’93 to build consistency into the discipline system. I also emphasize the Honor Code with parents at admission events—if their family chooses Pingry, they are choosing the Honor Code as a family,” he says.
Natalie Mullins ’15 giving signed Honor Code pledges to former Honor Board Chair Max DeChiara ’10 and former Student Body President Will Pinke ’10 during the 2009 Convocation ceremony at the Martinsville Campus.
we’re doing the right thing [by encouraging our students to be honest]. The colleges encouraged us to move in that direction, and they assured us that they will consider a student’s entire Pingry experience and not evaluate them based on one transgression,” says Director of College Counseling Tim Lear ’92. Colleges have been true to their word—Pingry students who have disclosed violations have been accepted at Ivy League and other highlyselective schools, and some have been nominated for and won academic scholarships.
“The social component ensures that even though you may not like everyone in school, you will absolutely respect everyone, which helps families trust our community.” Director of Admission and Enrollment Allie (Manly) Brunhouse ’00 Another revealing question: how do colleges perceive Pingry’s Honor Code and its overall impact on Pingry students? Amy R. Smith, Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions at Vanderbilt University, provides one perspective. “Since Vanderbilt has an Honor Code—which all students sign in a formal ceremony at the beginning of their first year—we appreciate high schools that also have Honor Codes. We find that students who attend high schools with an Honor Code are often a good fit for Vanderbilt as they already understand the concept,” she says.
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Members of the Student Council speak up Fourth- and fifth-grade students, who joined Student Council to help improve Pingry, share their thoughts about the Honor Code and acting as role models for their classmates.
“The Honor Code offers guidelines for the school, or else there might be chaos when students face difficult choices.” Matt Keller ’19
“I make the right decisions inside and outside school, and I teach my friends to be better people. The great thing about the Honor Code is that Pingry students set examples for others. As a member of Student Council, I listen to the students and try to figure out how the school could improve in their minds.” Clyde Leef ’18
“By following the Honor Code, the Pingry community is better and safer. By joining the Student Council, I might be able to make a difference in someone’s life. My classmates could make better decisions based on what the Student Council says.” Nate Levinzon ’19
“Everyone should know life’s basic principles— like treating people well and doing the right thing— and act the same whether or not other people are watching. I joined Student Council because, if you want something to be done, you should take the initiative to do it yourself. I also wanted to find out if my classmates would vote for me based on what I stand for. When playing on teams outside Pingry, I take a leadership role and set an example for my teammates, which fosters mutual respect and honesty.” Michael Weber ’18
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Hamilton College, where 18 Pingry graduates will be studying during the 2011-12 academic year, has tremendous respect for Pingry’s Honor Code. “Hamilton students who come from Pingry are amazing students and members of the Hamilton community, and it is because of the values instilled while at Pingry and through the presence of an Honor Code at Pingry. We have tremendous respect for the Pingry community, and we value the administration’s and students’ commitment to uphold the integrity of the Honor Code at Pingry,” says Associate Dean of Admission/
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A sense of honor is vital to Katie Laud P ’07, ’10, ’12, who served on the Judiciary Committee at Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business (in a notable Pingry connection, John Anderson ’57, while serving as Student Government President at Tuck, played a pivotal role in establishing the school’s Honor Principle. He grew up believing that acting honorably “is the way things should be,” which Pingry reinforced —read more on page 15). Mrs. Laud, who graduated from Tuck in 1985, recalls an intense investigation that year into a significant violation involving an open book exam—the violated rule was “understood by the community,” in Mrs. Laud’s words, but not explicitly written anywhere. “Ultimately, the community felt there was a violation, and the sense of ‘right and wrong’ trumped the explicit rules. That’s important because [it showed] what the community will or will not tolerate,” she says. Mrs. Laud feels that the Honor Code is especially important in a high-pressure environment. “Pingry students would probably look for ways to get ahead if they didn’t have guidance,” she says. Providing one family’s perspective about whether values are taught at home and reinforced at school, or
taught at school and reinforced at home, Henry Johnson P ’15, ’17, ’21 says that he and his wife Susan aspire for their sons to be “gentlemen” and chose Pingry in no small part because of the Honor Code. “Our family is committed to integrity, respect, and putting others first,” he says. “Pingry is on our side as parents, and the Honor Code reflects our priorities as we raise our sons.” Mr. Johnson further explains that volunteerism is important to their family and that they have worked to instill the importance of community engagement in their sons. Most importantly, he is adamant about character development. “We tell the boys all the time never to measure people’s success by their job title or how wealthy they are, but by their impact on the world around them. We try to get them to focus on who they are as people and how they can improve the fabric of the various communities in which they are involved,” he says.
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effectiveness of the honor code Rutgers University Professor Don McCabe, founder of the Center for Academic Integrity, is keenly interested in data about academic honesty in schools. With his assistance, Pingry’s Honor Board administered his student survey to the entire Upper School in the fall of 2009. Questions covered the frequency of cheating on tests and quizzes, among other topics, and students were asked if they would vote to keep or remove the Honor Code. On the subject of cheating, the numbers for all four grades (each of which has about 130 students) were exceedingly low—the percentage in each grade who said they often cheated was in the single digits. As for the Honor Code, 90 percent would vote to keep it.
Due to the fact that surveys of cheating rates at high schools are not as frequent as surveys of cheating rates at colleges and universities, a few numbers illustrate that Pingry students rate significantly higher in adherence to the Code compared with students across the country. • The Center for Academic Integrity reported that, in 1990, 1995, and 1999, surveys of over 12,000 students on 48 campuses indicate that test cheating on campuses with Honor Codes was about one-third to one-half lower than the level on campuses without Honor Codes. • A Rutgers survey of 12,000 students between 1990 and 2000 found that 47 percent of students at non-Honor Code schools admitted to cheating, while fewer than 25 percent of students at Honor Code schools admitted to it. Pingry’s numbers are even lower than other Honor Code schools’, demonstrating that, despite the academic pressures facing Pingry students, cheating is less prevalent here than on other campuses even with Honor Codes. These results prove that Pingry’s Honor Code and culture are remarkably effective in fostering honorable behavior. There is also the larger issue of placing honor in perspective beyond the education system. What happens when students begin their careers? Pingry students have heard from guest speakers time and time again that only with honor and integrity can they enjoy truly successful careers because they will maintain their colleagues’ and potential clients’ trust. In the words of Juliette Jordan ’06, “Pingry’s Honor Code holds students to the highest standards so they can start internalizing its true values. In college, future jobs, and life in general, you are better off if you live by solid morals because you are bound to be faced with difficult situations.”
Pingry believes that students should understand and live by standards of honorable behavior, which are essentially a matter of attitude and spirit rather than a system of rules and regulations. Decent, self-respecting behavior must be based on personal integrity and genuine concern for others and on the ethical principles which are the basis of civilized society.
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The members of the Pingry community should conduct themselves in a trustworthy manner that will further the best interests of the school, their class, and any teams or clubs to which they belong. They should act as responsible members of the community, working for the common good rather than solely for personal advantage. They should honor the rights of others, conducting themselves at all times in a moral and decent manner while at Pingry and throughout their lives as citizens of and contributors to the larger community of the world. S i g natu r e , P l e as e
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“The idea for this assembly was generated through the Student Council to make the entire Lower School, especially the youngest children in Kindergarten, aware of the importance of the Honor Code and that it is unique to Pingry,” Mrs. Everett says.
“Signing the Code alongside fellow classmates in a more formal, observant setting serves as both an affirmation of its core principles and a reminder of why we sign it—for each other.”
Spurred by her deep appreciation for Pingry’s Honor Code, Ms. Westerman worked with administrators to develop a ceremony during which students would deliver their signed pledges to uphold the Honor Code to the Student Body President and Honor Board Chair at Convocation. “The idea was to imbue our written promises with a more visible meaning,” she says.
That connection is, perhaps, the best indication to anyone who enters the Martinsville Campus that, although the Honor System and Honor Code were born in different eras, they remain central to Pingry’s philosophy of developing students’ honorable behavior and their service to the Pingry community and the larger community of the world.
Advancing the purpose of the Convocation ceremony, all faculty and staff at the Martinsville Campus have also been signing the Honor Code each year since the fall of 2007. “Student ownership of and engagement in the Honor Code are paramount, but the faculty and staff are demonstrating that they join the students in upholding the Code’s values. Their affirmation hangs next to the Honor Code plaque in the school’s main entrance [explained by Phil Scrudato ’53 in Class Notes], connecting the past and present,” says Assistant Headmaster Jon Leef P ’15, ’18.
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As an outgrowth of Mr. Conard’s initiatives, a number of new traditions were implemented at both the Short Hills and Martinsville Campuses. As of September 2007, the Lower School Student Council, advised by Grade 5 Social Studies teacher Cathy Everett, has been presenting the annual Honor Code assembly. Students in Kindergarten through Grade 5 listen to eight student representatives from Grades 4 and 5 who speak about different sections of the Code of Conduct and how those ideas apply to daily life. Following a short speech by Lower School Director Ted Corvino, Sr., representatives from each of the 17 homerooms present him with individually-signed copies of the Code of Conduct.
Since that same month in 2007, Convocation at the Martinsville Campus has had its own ceremony devoted to the Honor Code. That year’s Student Body President, Jessica Westerman ’08, had attended a public middle school where the faculty’s distrust of student morality inside and outside the classroom necessitated an exhaustive, often arbitrary, set of rules that severely limited student freedoms. As a maturing student and young adult, she found the short leash frustrating. “Pingry’s Honor Code restores that broken trust and fosters mutual respect between students and teachers,” Ms. Westerman says. “These freedoms undeniably make us feel more ‘adult,’ and that makes us feel better. My experience at Pingry under the Code was the beginning of my mature life.”
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Honor Board Places Responsibility in Students’ Hands “It placed more trust and faith in students ranging from ages 13 to 18 than most parents would [place] in their children of those ages,” says former Honor Board Chair Ishita Bali ’07. Established over 15 years ago, the Honor Board gives the student body a direct voice in the application, interpretation, and enforcement of the Honor Code. The group, comprised of students and faculty members, meets at least once each month to discuss how they can promote the Honor Code and make sure the students think about the scope and presence of the Honor Code during the year, not only when they sign their pledges in September. Perhaps the activity that most people at Pingry associate with the Honor
“Without their commitment to these ideals, the Honor Code would not work as well as it does.” Upper School Dean of Student Life, Honor Board Advisor, and English Teacher Ridie Markenson Board is representing the student body at disciplinary hearings. These cases involve violations or possible violations of the Honor Code—the facts are not always clear. “The students must be consistent, fair, and unbiased in their application of the Code, and they must be
conscious of the precedents they are setting. They also must maintain confidentiality at all times. It is a challenging job—one the students take very seriously. Without their commitment to these ideals, the Honor Code would not work as well as it does,” says Upper School Dean of Student Life, Honor Board Advisor, and English teacher Ridie Markenson. If the Honor Board determines that a violation has been committed, it recommends consequences to the headmaster. According to former Honor Board Chair and Pingry lifer Juliette Jordan ’06, daughter of French teacher Kelly Jordan P ’04, ’06, “consequences” was an important word, instead of “punishment,” to make students
22 the pingry review Randy Cohen, former author of “The Ethicist” column for The New York Times Magazine, visited the Upper School on October 3, 2008, as part of the Honor Board’s Assembly Series. First row, from left: Ashley Hough ’12, Grace Putman ’12, Anita Ganti ’09, and Audrey Li ’09. Second row, from left: Headmaster Nat Conard P ’09, ’11, Kathryn Kolb ’11 (2010-11 Honor Board Chair), Max DeChiara ’10 (2009-10 Honor Board Chair), former Dean of Student Life Joan Hearst, Randy Cohen, 2008-09 Honor Board Chair Liz Roberts ’09, Alexis Bocian-Reperowitz ’11, Dan Schuchinsky ’09, Meghan Duarte-Silva Barry ’11, Andrew Hanna ’12 (2011-12 Honor Board Chair), Meghan Hager ’10, and Jacklyn Temares ’10.
think about the results of and lessons learned from their actions. “I liked the idea of the students owning the process and holding their peers to higher standards,” Ms. Jordan says. Pingry has always accentuated the fact that the Honor Code comprises principles and guidelines, rather than a list of rules. Serving as Chair of the Honor Board helped Sonam Sharma ’04 understand and appreciate that distinction. “Each case was considered individually, with each gray area being considered and deliberated at length. Having students from each grade and multiple faculty members serve on the Board brought many unique perspectives to each case. I realized how important it is to view situations from all angles and how valuable it was to have students offering their opinions and interpretations of the Honor Code,” she says.
Aside from hearing cases, the Pingry Honor Board takes an annual field trip (such as visiting a courthouse or attending Honor Code conferences) and focuses on a major project during the school year; last year’s (200910) project was a survey for students about the Honor Code—the results
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indicate that 90 percent of the student body would vote to keep the Honor Code—while this year’s (2010-11) was writing new content for an upcoming expansion of the Honor Board’s presence on Pingry’s web site. Two other Honor Board initiatives are the Honor Board Assembly Series and Faculty Speaker Series. The Honor Board Assembly Series has featured, among others, Randy Cohen, former author of “The Ethicist” column for The New York Times Magazine; and a discussion with former Headmaster John Hanly, former President of Morgan Stanley Steve Newhouse ’65, P ’95, ’97, ’99, and former Honor Board Chair Orianne Dutka ’98 (in the past, there has been some overlap between speakers for the Honor Board and for the John Hanly Lecture Series—for example, Mr. Hanly and Mr. Newhouse spoke for both). In the faculty series, which was created to foster students’ continuing dialogue about the Honor
Each member of the Honor Board is appointed for two years based on an application that includes essays about the Honor Code and recommendations from classmates and faculty members. Kathryn Kolb ’11, who was named Honor Board Chair for the 2010-11 academic year, shares her perspective about the Honor Board’s other, more informal, role. “Honor Board members [give] gentle reminders. For instance, sometimes students will start talking during a test— not necessarily giving any aid or answers—and I’ll remind them that it’s inappropriate. I think that most students completely agree with me and respect my opinion,” she says. Like serving as Student Body President or captain of a sports team, students mature while serving as Honor Board Chair. Ms. Bali—who did not have significant experience with confrontation or being an authority figure prior to serving as Chair—sought to challenge herself, along with other goals. “I wanted to ensure that students were wellrepresented at all times and that the students were aware that the Honor Board, especially its student members, existed as an extension of them,” she says. Former Honor Board Chair Jonathan Jacobs ’01, now an attorney, says that serving on the board taught him a great deal about personal responsibility and evaluating his classmates’ actions. “The Honor Board was also an introduction to basic legal functions, such as the examination of evidence, taking of testimony, and importance of the letter of the law. These skills have served me immeasurably in my practice,” he says. Read more of Mr. Jacobs’ thoughts about the Honor Code in Class Notes, and read Ms. Kolb’s in-depth essay about the Honor Board in “Dictum Ultimum” on page 64.
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As a four-year member of the Honor Board at Hamilton College (the Board’s sole focus is academic dishonesty), including serving as Chair her senior year, Pingry’s Director of Admission and Enrollment Allie (Manly) Brunhouse ’00 observed a major difference in the reactions of Hamilton students. “It was great to participate in [Hamilton’s] system and, in some cases, help students realize that an Honor Code isn’t bad—it’s intended to help a community. Many times, there was little remorse for a bad choice, just remorse for the punishment. At Pingry, we use the Honor Code to help a student understand how he or she could make a better choice in the future. The punishment is a learning tool—not punishment for the sake of punishment,” she says.
Not everyone is sent out into the world with a firm belief in ethical behavior and an awareness of their personal conduct. That is a lesson I learned at home, but it was reinforced by this institution. I’m glad that, even if there is no Honor Code at my future college or workplace, maintaining respectful and moral behavior will always be one of my underlying values.
Code, a faculty member speaks about a topic of his or her choosing during Morning Meeting.
[ honor code ] “Y o u ’ r e
G o i n g
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W r o n g
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Honor in Athletics Sportsmanship has always been of the utmost importance to Pingry’s athletics program. Mike Webster, head coach of the boys’ varsity lacrosse team, encourages honorable behavior because good sportsmanship simply makes sense. “You won’t receive a penalty, which hurts the team, and you won’t be focusing on what happened in the past, like payback against an opponent. We want players to focus on what is happening now and in the future,” he says. Similarly, Middle School Softball Coach Laura Mila describes honor on the fields as acting with poise. “Sportsmanship teaches you to be the ‘bigger person’ in situations when it is easier to stoop to someone else’s level. If you keep your composure and treat your opponent with respect, you can transfer those skills to other areas in life,” she says. “I expect our team to play hard and play by the rules,” says Miller Bugliari ’52, P ’86, ’90, ’97, GP ’20, head coach of the boys’ varsity soccer team. “If you don’t do either one, you’re not being fair to yourself, and you’re not being fair to your teammates, your opponents, or the game. We don’t tolerate bad decorum. Proper behavior is always the rule.” 24
Demonstrating sportsmanship and fair play are critical attributes for all Pingry athletes to master. The value of sportsmanship endures beyond the fields and competitions— it serves as a blueprint for an honorable life. Director of Athletics Gerry Vanasse P ’14, ’20 sportsmanship. “While winning a competition is a favorable outcome, the development of qualities like integrity and compassion will prove far more beneficial to our athletes in 10 years than the fact that their team had a winning record in high school,” she says. Mrs. Lee’s varsity field hockey players thank the officials and perform a cheer to congratulate the other team’s efforts. “We are respectful of the other team’s efforts during the game if the score is lopsided. Two years ago,
we won our game against another team by a significant margin. When we played them again later in the season, we adjusted our lineup and the score was 2-0. We received a nice note from their Athletic Director, thanking us for respecting their efforts and creating a more competitive situation,” she says. Varsity Football Assistant Coach Jon Leef P ’15, ’18 expects the players to play hard regardless of whether they are winning or losing. “People who come to watch the game for even a few minutes shouldn’t be able to tell if you’re winning or losing,” he says. Reflecting on recent events in professional sports, Mr. Leef is convinced that coaches have to talk about sportsmanship, especially because it is not reinforced by popular culture. Squash players are expected to enforce the rules on their own and to act as referees when they are not playing. “They have to learn how to make difficult calls, as often as not in favor of the opposing team. In fact, in order for players to maintain a national ranking, they must pass a written refereeing exam,” says Head Coach Ramsay Vehslage. “I have always been very proud of my players’ sportsmanship.”
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Bill Reichle P ’00 and Judy Lee, head coaches of the boys’ and girls’ varsity swimming teams, respectively, ask the Pingry swimmers to stay in their lanes after every race and not leave the pool until all of the swimmers have finished. Middle School Assistant Swimming Coach Lisa Ancona does the same. “Staying in the pool lets your competitors know that you recognize their efforts to be just as worthwhile as your own,” she says. Also an assistant coach for varsity water polo, Ms. Ancona believes in the long-term benefits of
Danielle Sedillo ’13 of the Girls’ Varsity Soccer Team shaking hands with a referee in October 2010 during the Somerset County Tournament.
On the tennis courts, athletes assume unique responsibilities, according to Bethany Poppe, assistant coach for the boys’ and girls’ JV tennis teams. “Players know they have the personal responsibility to be good sports. Whether playing singles or doubles, the players owe it to their partner or opponent to make an honest call and keep the mood positive. Changing a negative mood into a positive one, or at least trying to, helps everyone play their best game,” she says. Any team could benefit from Ted Li’s words of advice to his fencers: “Without a worthy opponent, no athlete can improve. Opponents are worthy of respect.” For that matter, referees are, too, and Mr. Li makes sure that his athletes understand the appropriate and inappropriate ways of coping with a questionable call. “The playing of the game is more important than the win-loss record,” he says. Track coaches, including Sarah Christensen P ’12, emphasize the “team” and “teamwork.” “While track is an individual sport, working as a team is critical,” she says. “Sharing fears, experiences, and supporting each other is the only way that everyone can work so hard and have fun.” “You only cheat yourself by cheating—you cannot cut corners,” Vic Nazario P ’90, ’94 tells his cross country and track athletes. “Give yourself 100 percent and a little more, because that extra push is the difference between being ‘good’ and being ‘excellent.’”
It is also worth noting that, each year at the Senior Awards Assembly, dozens of players receive awards that recognize sportsmanship, character, contributions to their teams, team spirit, and devotion to teammates. In terms of overall team efforts, the ShopRite Cup rewards good sportsmanship, and Pingry has performed well in recent years (see article on page 32).
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Prompting Students to Think about Ethical Issues
Steve Newhouse ’65, P ’95, ’97, ’99, former president of Morgan Stanley, spoke in 2005 for the John Hanly Lecture Series on Ethics and Morality.
Not every question in life has a right or wrong answer, just as not every decision can be classified as right or wrong. Often, the thought process leading to a decision is as important as or more important than the decision itself. To expose students to the “gray area” types of issues they will face during their lives, The John Hanly Lecture Series on Ethics and Morality was established in 1999 to honor former Headmaster John Hanly and his unwavering commitment to making life’s decisions within an ethical framework. Over the past decade, topics have included bioethics, media ethics, ethics in the financial world, cultural ethics, environmental ethics, and ethical dilemmas (Mr. Hanly’s presentation). Among the other speakers: then-President of Morgan Stanley Steve Newhouse ’65, P ’95, ’97, ’99; 60 Minutes Producer David Gelber ’59 and co-presenter Susanna Lowy Davis P ’14, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, East Coast at CBS Broadcasting, Inc.; Time Magazine Southern Bureau Chief Tim Roche; Lisa See, author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan; Dr. D. James Baker, Ph.D., director of the Global Carbon Measurement Program of the William J. Clinton Foundation, Slate.com Editor David Plotz, and, most recently, Egyptian-American filmmaker Jehane Noujaim. In 2005, Mr. Newhouse told the students that they must not only refrain from engaging in dishonest behavior, but also enforce the Honor Code and act with integrity to ensure trustworthiness. “Ethics, in general, are more about the kind of life you should lead than about the kind you should not lead,” he said. “The product of a reputation for integrity and ethical behavior is trust, and trust is of great value. It is what gives you the benefit of the doubt. It’s what breaks ties in your favor. It’s what gets you a second look, or even the last look, at an opportunity. Its value is tangible…and priceless.” Though he acknowledged that there are cultural differences about what is or is not acceptable behavior, Mr. Newhouse believes there are core values and “absolute standards” of what is right—standards that transcend geographic, ethnic, and cultural boundaries.
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When asked for an example of sportsmanship, he recalls an opponent who was leading in a cross country race, but took a wrong turn mid-way through the course. The Pingry students yelled that he was going the wrong way, and he proceeded to win the race. “It’s amazing how kids rise to the occasion when you leave them alone,” Mr. Nazario says. “No one can take your honor away from you.”
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[ PHILANTHROPY ] David Greig ’98 Finds a Creative Way to Help Pingry’s Financial Future If any alumnus or alumna is under the impression that a gift to Pingry must be a major gift involving a large outlay of cash, David Greig ’98 offers another idea to consider. He and his wife Sarah recently established a planned gift that makes Pingry a primary beneficiary (along with Amherst College) of one of their life insurance policies. This gift was actually many years in the making. When Mr. Greig was much younger, his parents created several life insurance policies for him, and those policies have since transferred to his ownership. “I decided to use one of the policies to make a meaningful contribution to both institutions to show my loyalty and support. This type of planned gift does not require that I spend money, which is very helpful. Since Sarah and I are younger and starting a family, we want to build our assets, so a major gift is not an option right now,” he says.
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Mr. Greig cites a number of reasons to make Pingry a beneficiary of a life insurance policy. The gift is ideal for someone who is younger, particularly because there is no cost, and there is added convenience if a person does not have a will. It is easy to modify the beneficiaries and/or allocations of a life insurance policy. Plus, as Mr. Greig mentions, it is an excellent display of loyalty because Pingry is guaranteed to receive the money. He is especially loyal to Pingry because, when he entered Amherst, he felt better prepared for college than many of his classmates, a reflection of the study skills, time management skills, and teamwork that he
Sarah and David Greig ’98.
“You can be as creative as you want about the type of gift, and, no matter what you choose to do, you will be directly involved in Pingry’s future.” Major Gifts Officer David Greig ’98
learned at Pingry. After college, he returned to Pingry as a faculty member and coach (teaching physics and seventh-grade science and coaching varsity football, varsity ice hockey, and Middle School lacrosse) from 2004 to 2006. Now, in his role as a Major Gifts Officer helping to secure the school’s financial sustainability, Mr. Greig is enjoying his third Pingry experience—all in the tradition of giving back to his alma mater—and he hopes others will give back in their own ways. “I encourage other alumni to think about the various options for planned gifts. You can be as creative as you want about the type of gift, and, no
matter what you choose to do, you will be directly involved in Pingry’s future,” he says. Headmaster Nat Conard P ’09, ’11 agrees about the creativity factor. “This gift is such a generous gesture and sets a great example for other alumni and friends of the school. Regardless of a person’s age, there are always options for supporting Pingry. We make the process as easy and financially comfortable as possible,” he says. For more information about planned gift opportunities at Pingry, please contact Director of Institutional Advancement Melanie Hoffmann P ’20 at mhoffmann@pingry.org or (908) 647-7058. How to:
Learn more about supporting Pingry: • Go to pingry.org. • Click on the “Supporting Pingry” pull-down menu.
[ School News ] Prestigious Chinese Network Welcomes Pingry as a Member
This sentence by Keileh Atulomah ’16 says, “Both my Mom and Dad work at Pingry,” a fictional exercise in practicing where to place location phrases.
Even though Pingry’s Mandarin Chinese program has been offered for only two years, the program has already taken a huge step forward— acceptance into the Hanban-Asia Society Confucius Classrooms Network, a national network of 100 exemplary Chinese language programs. This acceptance recognizes the potential for Pingry’s Chinese language program to be a model for the United States. It also honors Pingry’s strong leadership among New Jersey schools, commitment to international exchange and collaboration, and global vision for the future.
About 50 Pingry students have chosen to study Mandarin, guided by teachers Weiwei Yu and Frank Dolce. “The students are grasping the material very quickly. I am teaching at a faster pace than I expected and am impressed with their progress,” Ms. Yu says.
All of the schools in the network are committed to constantly improving their programs and providing a highquality education that teaches their students about Chinese language and culture. “Schools selected to join the network show a clear commitment to these values, as well as a vision for their Chinese language program that goes beyond a class in a school building—a vision that sees the incorporation of a strong Chinese language program as an integral part of a larger effort to help train more globally-competent students,” says Christopher Livaccari, associate director of Education and Chinese Language Initiatives for the Asia Society. The network now represents over 15,000 students in 23 states and Washington, D.C.; public, independent, and charter schools; elementary, middle, and high schools; and urban, rural, and suburban schools. More information about the Hanban-Asia Society Confucius Classrooms Network and all of the Asia Society’s Chinese language initiatives is available at www.asiasociety.org/Chinese.
School News Correction In a photograph on page 35 of the Fall/Winter 2010 issue, Denny Baird and Hans Solmssen were incorrectly listed as former trustees. Their wives Joy Baird and Sally Solmssen were the former trustees. The Review staff apologizes for this error.
What’s in a Name? The Hanban-Asia Society Confucius Classrooms Network represents an important step toward strengthening Americans’ understanding of China by not only attempting to recognize excellence in Chinese language teaching, but also establishing high-quality, sustainable Chinese language programs in all regions of the United States. It has been established with the support of an International Expert Advisory Committee and in partnership with Hanban. Hanban, the executive body of the Chinese Language Council International affiliated with the Chinese Ministry of Education, supports the teaching and learning of Chinese language and culture around the world. The Asia Society, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating the world about Asia and fostering communication between America and Asia, has been supporting the development of Chinese language programs in schools across the United States by sponsoring conferences and producing e-newsletters and DVDs. Confucius (circa 551-479 BCE) is a central figure in Chinese cultural history; Confucian thought places a strong value on education and continuous self-improvement. He espoused the values of ethics, truthfulness, generosity, sincerity, and kindness—all fundamental components of Pingry’s Honor Code. His emphasis on the importance of learning and deep thought led the Chinese people to consider him the master teacher.
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A member of the second group of 40 schools (out of over 100 applications), Pingry has received a three-year grant to expand its Chinese program with benefits including learning resources, new technology, guest speakers, opportunities to visit China, and professional development. In addition, Pingry has been matched with a partner school, Quzhou No. 2 Secondary School, allowing for exchanges and joint projects.
She is a native of Heilongjiang Province, China, and earned a Bachelor’s degree at Nankai University in China and a Master’s degree at Marquette University in Wisconsin. Her experience includes teaching Mandarin at four schools in the United States—including the Whitby School in Connecticut, where she initiated a Chinese program—and serving as a television reporter in China. Mr. Dolce earned a Bachelor’s degree at Carleton College, as well as a language certificate for mastery of Chinese language, and recently taught English at Fenyang High School in China.
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Touch and Go: Early Access to Interactive Technology This past year’s Kindergarten and second-grade students became technology enthusiasts without having to use a mouse or keyboard or navigate a computer’s operating system. A generous Lower School parent donor made it possible for these students to supplement their classroom lessons with 32 iPads—eight iPads in each of four classrooms. Prior to the 2010-11 academic year, students were using desktop computers in the computer lab and in some classrooms, as well as SMART Boards and document cameras, which project enlarged images of objects onto screens. Now, students are able to study independently anywhere in the classroom, spend more time writing, and conduct research easier and faster. Teachers are using the iPads as an extra form of technology to deal with the challenges of differentiated learning (diverse learning styles). iPads are particularly helpful in this regard because many of the applications feature built-in levels of complexity. Teachers have installed applications that allow the students to practice skills like reading, handwriting, phonics, spelling, drawing, and pattern recognition, and the applications also offer visual rewards for solving math problems. The iPads are proving
helpful with assessment because students can save their work as photos. “Our faculty members have been extremely enthusiastic and creative in designing uses for the iPads that have become an integral part of their curricula. The Lower School technology staff set up a wiki for all the teachers involved in the project in order to create a forum for discussion and a way to share which apps are working best for each age group. As a result, the children can direct their own learning, experiment creatively with digital media, such as recorded sound, and save and share their work electronically, since student collaboration is a major focus of this project,” says Lower School Director Ted Corvino, Sr. P ’94, ’97, ’02. Students are also using the iPads for research, especially because they can use the applications to challenge themselves at accessible levels. For
example, as part of research about dinosaurs, the teachers downloaded three dinosaur applications with differentiated reading levels which contained extensive background material. Teachers have noticed the ease with which students are navigating the applications, as well as the students’ increased engagement and interest in what they are studying. This is because, according to Director of Information Technology Quoc Vo, iPads are simple to use, so the students are focused on the subject matter, rather than the equipment. “iPads are very appropriate hands-on tools for small children because all the students have to do is touch the screen to be in or out of applications. Pingry is able to nurture the students’ proficiency with technology at a much earlier age,” he says. Pingry’s iPad project has proven so successful that, through conferences and listservs, area schools, such as Rutgers and The Cathedral School, have learned about the program and are visiting the Short Hills Campus to watch students use the iPads. This fall, the iPad program is expanding to Grades 1 and 3. If you are interested in helping Pingry to expand the program to additional grades, please contact Major Gifts Officer David Greig ’98 in the Alumni and Development Office at dgreig@pingry. org or (908) 647-7058. How to:
View Videos of the iPads in Action:
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• Go to pingry.org. • Click on the multi-media gallery. • Click on the down arrow in the upper right-hand corner. • In the gray bar under “Channel Navigation,” select “Campus Life,” then “Lower School.” • Scroll down to “iPads in the Classroom” (with a movie reel icon).
Lower School students with their new iPads.
Two Guatemalan Students Spend Their Winter Break at Pingry For two months in the fall of 2010, Pingry hosted two exchange students, Juan José Cartagena Pineda and Juan Pablo Polanco Boburg. Their visit was coordinated by the organization “Jump the World Experiencias Interculturales,” a cultural exchange facilitator for 11- to 17-year-old students who attend private bilingual or trilingual schools in Guatemala City. “Jump the World” found Pingry through online research of academic and extracurricular offerings at New Jersey schools. “This exchange is an example of Pingry bringing the world to our students,” says Director of Global Programs Sara Boisvert, referring to the community’s opportunity to learn more about Guatemala while Juan José and Juan Pablo learned more about American culture and history and practiced their English. Juan José attended classes in the Upper School and was hosted by the Morash family, and Juan Pablo attended classes in Grade 8 and was hosted by the Pacific family. According to Juan José, this was the best exchange program in which he has participated, with the best host family. “This was my first exchange in high school, and Pingry is the largest school I have visited. I was impressed by the number of activities—classes, assemblies, athletics, and free periods—and I learned a lot of new vocabulary,” he says.
From the perspective of the host families, the experience was fulfilling for the parents and students. “Hosting Juan Pablo was more positive than we ever would have imagined,” says Dr. Teresa Notari P ’15, speaking for her husband Dr. Scott Pacific P ’15 and their son Luke ’15. “From the moment he stepped off the plane, he felt like a family member. We took him on a weekend vacation to Florida. Luke was able to experience what it’s like to have a brother— their relationship was of the type shared between siblings. Our family learned about Juan Pablo’s familial and traditional customs. More importantly, we forged a lifelong friendship with him and his family.” Dan and Diane Morash P ’08, ’09, ’12, ’15, who believe in the value of intercultural exchange and have hosted AFS (American Field Service) students, were happy to accommodate the request of their
son Ricky ’15 to host Juan José. Car rides to and from Pingry featured Spanish conversations; Juan José regularly attended Pingry girls’ varsity soccer games to watch Maggie Morash ’12 in action; the family attended a football game at Giants Stadium and spent a day in Manhattan; and Juan José helped the family find a Christmas tree while daughters Kate Morash ’08 and Averill Morash ’09 were home for Thanksgiving. “We enjoyed hosting Juan José and are enthusiastic supporters of the Experiencias Interculturales exchange program, a great complement to the AFS exchange program that [French teacher] Kelly Jordan has managed so ably over the years. We heartily encourage other Pingry families to support global programs as they evolve under Sara Boisvert’s leadership,” Mr. Morash says.
A New Face in the Development Office
Breanne Matloff
Breanne Matloff joined Pingry in October 2010 as the Development Assistant in the Office of Alumni Relations and Development. A graduate of SUNY Binghamton, Ms. Matloff majored in Human Development with a minor in English and a certification in Forensic Health. Her previous fundraising experience includes raising money for Cardiac Aid on behalf of her college sorority, as well as working as a philanthropic consultant for a financial advisor during her time in school.
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Juan Pablo, on his second exchange in the United States, was grateful for the opportunity to expand his English vocabulary and become more fluent in the language. He especially enjoyed participating in soccer and basketball because Pingry allots more time in the schedule for athletics and offers more sports than his home school. “I also liked history class because it wasn’t only about U.S. history—I learned about the history of other countries and how the United States’ history has affected other countries,” he says.
Ricky Morash ’15, Juan José Cartagena Pineda, Juan Pablo Polanco Boburg, and Luke Pacific ’15.
[ School News ] Another Step Forward for the John Taylor Babbitt Foundation Lacrosse Club, as well as doctors and universities. “People can really make a difference, and this video fits perfectly with our mission. I’m especially happy that the video demonstrates how easy AEDs are to use,” Mrs. Babbitt says. Sophomores in Pingry’s required CPR certification course are featured in a new video on Johnson & Johnson’s YouTube health channel.
David and JoAnne Babbitt P ’07, ’09 are always eager to embrace another form of media to promote the John Taylor Babbitt Foundation, which they established after their son John ’07 died suddenly in 2006 from a rare heart condition. The foundation’s mission is to honor John’s memory, raise awareness about preventing sudden cardiac death, install more automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in public places, provide AED training, and make CPR certification mandatory in more schools.
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Thanks to the efforts of video producer Jeanne McCurdy P ’08, the Babbitt family and Pingry’s Health Department—which requires AED and CPR certification in Grade 10 —are featured in a new video on Johnson & Johnson’s YouTube health channel. “Because our son Matt attended Pingry, we have always known the Babbitts and participated in their fundraisers. As a video producer, I wanted to get this story out to the public, so I spoke with Johnson & Johnson about highlighting the Babbitt’s foundation and the importance of AED/CPR training,” Mrs. McCurdy says. Mrs. Babbitt has already shared the video with the American Heart Association and the Chatham
Along with Mr. and Mrs. Babbitt and their son Andrew ’09, the video contains interviews with Health Department Chair Sue Marotto, Andras Deak ’13, and Claire Chen ’13. They all stress the importance of CPR certification and easy access to AEDs because
nobody knows when these skills and equipment will be needed. “This video is great for the health department, especially because we have already saved two lives, and our students’ training could save more lives in the future. They feel strongly about developing these skills,” Mrs. Marotto says. In December 2006, she and Pingry nurses Joanne Childs and Joy Livak used AEDs to help save the life of a staff member, and, in March 2008, a sophomore who had been trained in CPR helped save the life of a woman suffering from sudden cardiac arrest. Pingry purchased the initial AEDs in 2001 and now has 11 AEDs around the campus. To watch the video, visit Pingry’s YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/ user/thepingryschool).
“A Whole Bunch of Fun”
Harrison Saladini ’21, third from right, performing with Kenny Rogers and Billy Dean.
Harrison Saladini ’21 was invited to sing in a holiday concert with country music’s Kenny Rogers and guest star Billy Dean. The concert took place on December 9, 2010, at the Mayo Center for the Performing Arts in Morristown, N.J. Harrison was one of five singers who participated in “Santa Claus is Coming to Town,” “Silent Night,” “The Chosen One,” and “Joy to the World.” Also a pianist and former violinist, Harrison was delighted to perform in the concert. “It was a great honor and a whole bunch of fun to sing with such an iconic person in the music world. I’ll never forget it,” he says.
Record-Setting Pingry Swimmer is One Step Closer to Olympics Nic Fink ’11 earned so many honors in the Pingry pool that his upcoming trip in the summer of 2012 reflects his exceptional abilities to constantly strive for and achieve new milestones. He will travel to the Qwest Center in Omaha, Nebraska—having qualified for two events at the 2012 United States Olympic Swimming Trials. These trials will select the United States Olympic swimming team that will compete in London for the Games of the XXX Olympiad. Nic qualified for the Olympic Trials as a result of his performances at USA Swimming’s 2010 Speedo Junior National Championships in Irvine, California. In that August meet, he swam personal best times in the 100-meter breaststroke (1:03.91) and 200-meter breaststroke (2:19.10). Both finishes were faster than the Olympic Trials qualifying times of 1:04.69 and 2:20.79, respectively. “It was always my goal to meet the time standards for the Olympic Trials, so qualifying for the Trials means a lot to me. It is an honor that I can represent my Pingry team,” he says.
From Coach Reichle’s perspective, Nic is a natural swimmer who puts his teammates first. “Nic is just getting
200-yard freestyle relay (2009, 2010, 2011). 200-yard medley relay (2010, 2011). 400-yard freestyle relay (2010, 2011). 200-yard individual medley (2011). 50-yard freestyle relay (2011). 100-yard breaststroke (2010, 2011). • USA Swimming Scholastic All-American (2010, 2011).
started and has a promising swim career ahead of him. Since freshman year, he has developed into a very accomplished swimmer,” he says. According to teammate James Ross ’12, Nic’s success stems from his ability to remain calm and his strong desire to reach higher levels of achievement. For example, during the 2009-10 season, Nic told Coach Reichle that he was pursuing the record in the 200 freestyle at the Big Blue Invitational and then shattered it by more than a second. He also broke the record for the 100 freestyle by almost half a second and, in February 2010, set the national record in the 100-meter breaststroke of 1:03.37 (in January 2011, he set a new national record in the latter, 1:02.63). “These records demonstrate that he has incredibly clear thinking, enabling him to achieve the goals he sets for himself. He gets excited about racing and brings us along with him,” James says. Pingry has also played a major role in Nic’s success. “The school has taught me to work hard and manage my time well, so I can maximize my academics and my athletics. Year after year, I’ve been able to improve. My ultimate career goal is to make the Olympics, whether in 2012 or 2016, and, even though the odds are against me, I will always work toward meeting my goal,” he says.
• Fastest 100-yard breaststroke swimmer in New Jersey’s history. • 9 Meet of Champions titles. • Won four gold medals at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions (2011) and broke his previous record in the 100-yard breaststroke. • 4-time Prep Breaststroke Winner. • 4-time County Breaststroke Winner. • “New Jersey State Swimmer of the Year” (2010, 2011). • Courier News “Boys Swimmer of the Year” (2010, 2011). • Was undefeated in every event he swam during the 2010-11 season.
Helped lead Pingry to the swimming team’s… • four titles at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions (2011). Pingry set new records in all four events. • second consecutive sweep of all three relays at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions (2010-2011). Only one other team has accomplished that feat in the meet’s 89-year history. Pingry is also the first boys team to break the meet record in all three relays in the same year. • fourth consecutive NJSIAA Non-Public B State Championship (2008-2011). • second consecutive Prep State Division A title (2010, 2011). • first Somerset County title in 15 years (2010). • Skyland Conference title (2010).
In 2011, set two national independent school records • 200-meter individual medley (2:05.27). • 100-meter breaststroke (1:02.63).
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A four-year member of Pingry’s Boys’ Varsity Swimming Team under Head Coach Bill Reichle P ’00, the six-footthree 170-pound Fink trains in the summer and winter as a member of the USA Swimming club team Cougar Aquatic in Montclair, New Jersey. Amazingly, for the first three years of high school, he was not a year-round swimmer—cross country and tennis were on his schedule in the fall and spring. He decided to focus on swimming for his senior year. The sport runs in his family; Nic’s sister Regan Fink ’10 swims at Kenyon College. In the fall of 2011, Nic will head to the University of Georgia and join the Men’s Swimming & Diving Team.
Nic Fink’s Résumé of Records and Accolades • 11-time All-American.
[ School News ] Pingry Coach is Inducted into Another Hall of Fame Mike Webster, head coach of the Boys’ Varsity Lacrosse Team since 1989 and a member of the New Jersey Scholastic Coaches Association’s (NJSCA) Hall of Fame since 2007, has also been inducted into the New Jersey Lacrosse Hall of Fame. “This is an incredible honor and one that reflects not only on me, but also on the quality, enthusiasm, and effort of my past and present assistant coaches and the hundreds of past and present Pingry lacrosse players whom I have coached,” he says. Coach Webster entered his 23rd season in 2011 with a career record of 221-164. His teams have been Waterman Division Champions (twice); State Prep-A Champions in 1993, and Non-Public Group B State Champions in 2006. His “Coach of the Year” honors include the New Jersey Interscholastic Lacrosse
Coaches Association (twice), the National Federation Coaches Association, the Daily Record, the Courier News (twice), and The Star-Ledger. He has also received both the Len Roland From left: Former assistant lacrosse coaches Jason Milner and Fred Sportsmanship Hedengren, Boys’ Varsity Lacrosse Head Coach Mike Webster, Director Award (three times) of Athletics Gerry Vanasse P ’14, ’20, Boys’ Varsity Soccer Head Coach and the Service Miller Bugliari ’52, P ’86, ’90, ’97, GP ’20, and assistant lacrosse coaches John Magadini and Patrick Birotte ’87. Dedication and Promotion Award and commitment to his athletes and from the New Jersey Interscholastic to the sport of lacrosse. Pingry and Lacrosse Officials Association. the state of New Jersey are fortunate He won two NCAA Division I to have his dedication to the promonational championships while playing tion and visibility of boys’ lacrosse. lacrosse at Johns Hopkins University, He is a passionate and caring coach, and later played professionally with and the Athletics Department is the New Jersey Arrows. proud of his achievements over the years,” says Director of Athletics “Coach Webster’s newest induction is Gerry Vanasse P ’14, ’20. a tribute to his continued dedication
Pingry Continues to Place Well in Statewide ShopRite Cup For three consecutive years, Pingry has been the most successful co-educational, non-public school in New Jersey in the ShopRite Cup—cosponsored by ShopRite and the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) since 2003.
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The ShopRite Cup recognizes the competitive strengths of the state’s high school athletics programs by ranking schools’ successes in state tournaments and rewarding excellent sportsmanship. There are about 430 member schools in the competition, each of which is classified into one of six groups; Pingry is in Non-Public Group A (some schools play in Group A in some sports but in Group B in other sports, depending on the number of schools in a particular tournament). In the ShopRite Cup, points are awarded based on advancement in state tournaments each season; schools accumulate points based on whether they finish first, second, third, or fourth in group champion-
ships in 32 sports. Single-gender schools earn double points. In addition, a school earns three bonus points when all of its teams are violation-free for an entire season.
state. In 2009, Pingry was ranked fourth (87 points) and would have finished fifth in the state. In 2007, Pingry was ranked third (98 points) and would have finished fourth in the state.
Director of Athletics Gerry Vanasse P ’14, ’20 is committed to earning the bonus points because they reward sportsmanship and can make a big difference in the point totals. “Being violation-free is number one on my list of goals every year because a high level of sportsmanship mirrors Pingry’s Honor Code,” he says. The athletic teams achieved this goal during the 2010-11 academic year.
With multiple teams advancing in state tournament play each year, Pingry has one of the most successful athletics programs in the state. To help maintain this momentum, Mr. Vanasse stresses the importance of sportsmanship with coaches and team captains.
Considering the point structure, one can compare Pingry’s point totals with schools of different sizes in the other five groups. For example, in 2011, Pingry was ranked fifth in Group A with 89 points, which would have been good for the sixth-highest point total of all 430 member schools. In 2010, Pingry tied for fifth (76 points) and would have finished seventh in the
“Captains assist coaches in fostering sportsmanship with their teammates before and during games. I also hold independent meetings with captains and impress upon the coaches the importance of emphasizing sportsmanship with their players,” he says. “The ShopRite Cup and the value it places on sportsmanship indicate to our athletes that sportsmanship is held in the highest regard by both Pingry and the state of New Jersey.”
AthleticS Roundup: Fall 2010 Season Results Boys’ Cross Country: 3-2
Skyland Conference Championship: 12th of 20 teams Newark Academy Invitational: 3rd of 8 teams Somerset County Cross Country Championship: 6th place team Shore Coaches Invitational: 3rd of 29 teams Prep A State Championship: 7th place team
NJSIAA Non-Public B Group Championship: 5th of 19 schools Skyland Conference All Raritan Division: Michael Supron (1st team), Tanner McMahon (2nd team) Star-Ledger All Somerset: Michael Supron (1st team) Courier News All Area: Michael Supron (Honorable Mention)
Girls’ Cross Country: 4-1
Skyland Conference Championship: 7th place Manhattan Invitational (Bronx, N.Y.) “A” Race: 5th of 20 schools Newark Academy Invitational: Champions (9 schools) Somerset County Cross Country Championship: 4th of 14 schools Shore Coaches Invitational, F Division: 1st place team (20 schools) Prep A State Championship: Champions (8 schools) NJSIAA Non-Public B Championship: Champions (15 schools) Meet of Champions: 9th of 20 teams
Skyland Conference All Raritan Division: Kate Leib, Olivia Tarantino (1st team), Anna Butrico, Katherine Curran, Rebecca Curran, Camille Vanasse (2nd team) Courier News All Area: Kate Leib (2nd team), Olivia Tarantino (3rd team), Anna Butrico, Katherine Curran, Camille Vanasse (Honorable Mentions) Star-Ledger: Ranked 9th in New Jersey Star-Ledger All State (All Non-Public): Kate Leib, Olivia Tarantino (2nd team), Camille Vanasse (3rd team) Star-Ledger All Somerset: Kate Leib (1st team), Olivia Tarantino, Camille Vanasse (2nd team) Star-Ledger Somerset County Rookie of the Year: Camille Vanasse
Field Hockey: 12-8-3
Skyland Conference/Delaware East Division: 3rd place SCIAA Championship: Advanced to semi-finals NJSIAA Tournament: North Group A: Sectional Finalists Skyland Conference All Delaware Division: Nicole Arata, Meghan Duarte-Silva Barry (1st team), Anna Kamen, Katie Ruesterholz (2nd team) Courier News: Ranked 3rd Courier News All Area: Meghan Duarte-Silva Barry (1st team), Brigid Bruno (2nd team), Nicole Arata, Anna Kamen (3rd team), Shannon Hughes, Katie Ruesterholz, Chloe Sorvino (Honorable
Mentions) Star-Ledger All State/All Group 1: Meghan Duarte-Silva Barry (2nd team), Nicole Arata, Katie Ruesterholz (3rd team) Star-Ledger All Somerset: Meghan Duarte-Silva Barry, Nicole Arata (1st team), Katie Ruesterholz, Anna Kamen (2nd team), Chloe Sorvino (3rd team) Star-Ledger Final Team Area Leaders/Somerset County: Ranked 3rd
Football: 4-6
Hills Division: 4th place Courier News All Area: Eric Stock (3rd team defense), Justin Shangold (3rd team offense), Will Bartlett, Matt Damstrom (Honorable Mentions)
Star-Ledger: Ranked 9th in Somerset County Star-Ledger All Somerset Offense: Eric Stock (2nd team) Star-Ledger All Somerset Defense: Jake Mackoff (3rd team)
Boys’ Soccer: 18-2-0
Star-Ledger All State: Randy Falk, Matt Sheeleigh (2nd team) Star-Ledger All State (All Non-Public): Randy Falk, Matt Sheeleigh (1st team), Dylan Key (3rd team) Star-Ledger All Somerset: Randy Falk, Dylan Key, Matt Sheeleigh (1st team), Mael Corboz, Eric Shoenbach (2nd team) Star-Ledger Final Team Area Leaders/Somerset County: Ranked 1st Star-Ledger Somerset County Player of the Year: Matt Sheeleigh Star-Ledger: Ranked 2nd in New Jersey
Girls’ Soccer: 15-2-1
Skyland Conference/Delaware East Division: Champions SCIAA Championship: Finalists NJSIAA Tournament: North Group A: Sectional Finalists Skyland Conference/Delaware East All Conference: Emily Damstrom, Corey Delaney, Amanda Flugstad-Clarke, Maggie Morash (1st team), Shayna Blackwood, Carly Rotatori (2nd team) Courier News: Ranked 3rd Courier News All Area: Emily Damstrom, Maggie Morash (1st team), Corey Delaney, Amanda Flugstad-Clarke (2nd team), Shayna Blackwood, Rachel Corboz, Carly Rotatori, Dani Temares (Honorable Mentions)
Star-Ledger: Ranked 8th Star-Ledger All State: Maggie Morash (2nd team) Star-Ledger All State (All Non-Public): Emily Damstrom, Maggie Morash (1st team), Corey Delaney, Shayna Blackwood (3rd team) Star-Ledger All Somerset: Emily Damstrom, Amanda Flugstad-Clarke, Maggie Morash (1st team), Shayna Blackwood, Corey Delaney (2nd team) Star-Ledger Final Team Area Leaders/Somerset County: Ranked 2nd
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SCIAA Championship: Champions NJSIAA Tournament: North Group A: Champions All Somerset County: Mael Corboz, Randy Falk, Dylan Key, Matt Sheeleigh (1st team), Eric Schoenbach (2nd team) Skyland Conference/Delaware East All Conference: Mael Corboz, Randy Falk, Dylan Key, Matt Sheeleigh (1st team), Eric Schoenbach (2nd team) Courier News: Ranked 1st Courier News All Area: Randy Falk, Matt Sheeleigh, Dylan Key (1st team), Eric Shoenbach (3rd team), Mael Corboz, Freddy Elliot (Honorable Mentions)
[ School News ] Girls’ Tennis: 13-7-0
Skyland Conference/Delaware East Division: 4th place SCIAA Championship: 4th place Prep Tournament: 2nd place NJSIAA Tournament: North Group A: Champions Skyland Conference/Delaware East Division: Naomi Wong (2nd team @ 3rd singles) Star-Ledger: Ranked 13th in New Jersey Star-Ledger All State (All Non-Public): Madison Stevens
(1st team), Stephanie Carr, Christina Zajkowski (3rd team) Star-Ledger All Somerset: Madison Stevens (2nd team singles), Stephanie Carr, Christina Zajkowski (2nd team doubles) Star-Ledger Final Team Area Leaders/Somerset County: Ranked 4th
Water Polo: 5-13
Eastern Water Polo “B” Tournament: 6th place All-Tournament Team Selections: Vitor Oliveira (top 15 players chosen out of 80 participants)
Garden State Games: 3rd place Eastern Prep “B” Division: 6th place
AthleticS Roundup: Winter 2010-2011 Season Results Boys’ Basketball: 9-13
Girls’ Basketball: 17-4
Skyland Conference/Valley Division: 7-5 NJSIAA Non-Public A Tournament: Qualifier Skyland Conference All Conference Honors/Valley Division: Dan Keller (1st team), Harlen Shangold, Scott Sowinski (2nd team), Michael Supron (Honorable Mention) Courier News All Area: Dan Keller, Scott Sowinski (Honorable Mentions)
Skyland Conference/Valley Division: Co-Champions SCIAA Tournament: Advanced to 2nd round NJSIAA Non-Public A: Qualifier Skyland Conference All Conference Honors/Valley Division: Emily Damstrom, Stephanie Hanchuk (1st team), Tierney Griff, Lexi Van Besien (2nd team), Katherine Sienko (Honorable Mention) Star-Ledger All Somerset: Emily Damstrom (2nd team), Stephanie Hanchuk (Honorable Mention) Courier News All Area: Emily Damstrom, Stephanie Hanchuk (Honorable Mentions)
Boys’ Fencing: 6-6
Girls’ Fencing: 7-5
Cetrulo Tournament: Sabre (10th out of 45), Foil (31st out of 45), Epee (38th out of 45). Overall, tied for 25th out of 45 NJSIAA District No. 2 Qualifier: Sabre (3rd), Foil (8th), Epee (4th). Overall 4th. Individuals: Jason Reitman (Sabre, 4th), Wenrui Lu (Sabre, 7th), Ed Xaio (Foil, 9th), Stephen Rienzi (Epee, 9th) Qualified for Sweet 16
Santelli Tournament: Sabre (10th out of 45), Foil (31st out of 45), Epee (38th out of 45). Overall, tied for 25th out of 45 NJSIAA District No. 2 Qualifier: Sabre (1st—2nd consecutive year), Foil (8th), Epee (6th). Overall 6th. Individuals: Ashley Feng (Sabre, 1st), Susan Contess (Sabre, 2nd) NJSIAA Squad States: Sabre (3rd) NJSIAA Individual States: Susan Contess (Sabre, 9th) Star-Ledger All State: Susan Contess (3rd team)
Boys’ Ice Hockey: 17-5-3
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Skyland Conference Regular Season: Champions (2nd consecutive year) Skyland Cup Tournament: Champions NJISAA Prep Championship: Finalists NJSIAA Non-Public A: Advanced to quarter-finals New Jersey Power Rankings: Ranked 5th in New Jersey New Jersey Devils “High School Player of the Month”: Pat Lackey (February 2011) Skyland Conference All Conference Honors: Matt Beattie, Pat Lackey, Steve Palazzolo (1st team), Nick Branchina (Honorable Mention)
Courier News All Area: Matt Beattie, Pat Lackey, Steve Palazzolo (1st team) Star-Ledger: Ranked 7th in New Jersey Star-Ledger All State: Matt Beattie (2nd team), Steve Palazzolo (3rd team) Star-Ledger All-Star/All Non-Public: Matt Beattie (2nd team), Pat Lackey (3rd team) Star-Ledger All Central Jersey: Steve Palazzolo, Matt Beattie, Pat Lackey (1st team), Nick Branchina (3rd team) Courier News Player of the Year: Matt Beattie Star-Ledger Central Jersey Player of the Year: Matt Beattie
Girls’ Ice Hockey: 7-6-1
WIHLMA Tournament “A” Division: 4th place Star-Ledger Rookie of the Year: Haley LaFontaine
Star-Ledger All State: Hanna Beattie (1st team), Haley LaFontaine (2nd team)
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Freedom League: 3rd place
Freedom League: 2nd place
Boys’ Squash: 9-4
Girls’ Squash: 4-5
National Ranking: 31st New Jersey State High School Championship Finalist: Michael Sankovich New Jersey State High School Championship Semifinalist: Avinash Bhavnani National High School Team Championship: Ranked No. 15 in Division 2
National Ranking: 43rd National High School Team Championship: Ranked No. 11 in Division 3
Boys’ Swimming: 10-3
NJSIAA Non-Public B: Champions (4th consecutive year) NJISAA Prep A: Champions (2nd consecutive year) SCIAA Tournament: 2nd place Big Blue Invitational: Champions NJSIAA Meet of Champions: Champions (4 titles and 2nd consecutive sweep of all 3 relays, setting 3 new records) Star-Ledger: Ranked 6th in the state Courier News All Area: Alex Mango, Nic Fink, James Ross, Jason Ring (1st team, 200-yard medley relay), Nic Fink (1st team, 100-yard breaststroke), James Ross (1st team, 50-yard freestyle), James Ross, Jason Ring, Alex Mango, Nic Fink (1st team, 200-yard freestyle relay) James Ross, Will LaCosta, Alex Mango, Nic Fink (1st team, 400-yard freestyle relay), Alex Mango (2nd team, 200-yard freestyle relay) Star-Ledger All State: Nic Fink (1st team, 100-yard breaststroke), James Ross, Jason Ring, Alex Mango (1st team, 200-yard freestyle), James Ross, Will LaCosta, Alex Mango (1st team, 400-yard freestyle), Alex Mango, Nic Fink, James Ross, Jason Ring (1st team, 200-yard medley relay), James Ross (3rd team, 50-yard freestyle relay)
Courier News and Star-Ledger Swimmer of the Year: Nic Fink Star-Ledger Somerset County Swimmer of the Year: James Ross James Ross named to USA Swimming’s 2010 Scholastic All American Team Star-Ledger All Somerset Honors: Nic Fink, James Ross, 200-yard freestyle team, 400-yard freestyle team, 200-yard medley relay team (1st team), Alex Mango (2nd team, 200-yard freestyle relay), Will LaCosta (3rd team, 200-yard freestyle relay), Greg Koziol (3rd team, 100-yard backstroke)
Girls’ Swimming: 3-9
NJSIAA Non-Public B: Advanced to the semi-finals Big Blue Invitational: 2nd place NJISAA Prep A Championship: 4th place SCIAA Tournament: 4th place All 3 relay teams qualified for the Meet of Champions
Courier News All Area: Morgan Burke (2nd team, 200 freestyle relay), Kate Leib (2nd team, 100 fly), Sara Gagnon (3rd team, 100 free), Allie Dorneo (3rd team, 100 back) Star-Ledger All Somerset Honors: Morgan Burke, Kate Leib (2nd team), Sara Gagnon, Allie Dorneo (3rd team)
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NJSIAA Non-Public B: Rob Hugin (1st place, 55-meter hurdles—2nd consecutive title and new meet record) Star-Ledger All Somerset: Rob Hugin (2nd team) Wrestling: 7-9-0
SCIAA Tournament: Sergio Gomez (4th place) Rutgers Prep Tournament: 5th place NJSIAA Non-Public B: Advanced to semi-finals
Skyland Conference Divisional Honors: Reed Tyson (2nd team), Sergio Gomez (Honorable Mention)
Congratulations to the following coaches for earning “Coach of the Year” honors: FALL Tim Grant: Courier News Cross Country Coach of the Year
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NJISAA—New Jersey Independent School Athletic Association NJSIAA—New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association SCIAA—Somerset County Interscholastic Athletic Association WIHLMA—Women’s Ice Hockey League of the Mid-Atlantic
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Field Hockey Marissa Waldemore ’07 (Yale University), Taylor Sankovich ’08 (Yale University), Georgia Cook ’09 (Brown University), Danielle Cosentino ’10 (Columbia University), and Charlotte Small ’10 (Brown University) were named to the 2010 NFHCA National Academic Squad. The NFHCA recognizes student-athletes who have achieved a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.30 through the first semester of the academic year. Ms. Sankovich has been named to the squad twice, and Ms. Waldemore has received the honor three times.
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Charlie Wagner ’07 (Rhodes College) was named to the 2010 NFHCA Division III All-American Second Team. Having been named to the Third Team in 2009, she is the first two-time All-American selection in SCAC field hockey history and the fourth player in Rhodes history to be named an All-American. Ms. Wagner is also a two-time Academic All-American, as well as a four-time All-SCAC and All-Region selection. In the fall of 2010, she was the SCAC Field Hockey Offensive Player of the Week. Leslie Springmeyer ’08 (Brown University) is a three-time All-Ivy honoree and has been named Honorable Mention All-Ivy for the second time in her career. She was named Ivy League Player of the Week twice in the fall of 2010, as well as the team’s Most Outstanding Offensive Player for the third consecutive year.
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Dan Weiniger ’08 (Bowdoin College) received three post-season athletic honors: First Team AllNESCAC, Third Team All-American (AHCA), and Division II/III All Stars (NEHWA), in addition to Academic All-NESCAC honors. Among his other accomplishments this season, he led the NESCAC in scoring with 20 goals and 25 assists.
Carlton Bowers ’09 (Villanova University) helped Villanova win its 24th distance medley in the 2011 Penn Relays—he ran the 400-meter leg of the medley in 46.89 seconds.
Alyssa Zupon ’09 (Yale University) was named to the 2010-11 ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team. Players are eligible if they have earned a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 or an average GPA of 3.0 over the past three semesters. Ms. Zupon has received this honor twice.
Soccer Brendan Burgdorf ’09 (Bucknell University) was named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll; athletes must have achieved at least a 3.2 GPA in the fall semester. Earlier in the year, he was named 2010 Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year.
Squash Lacrosse Richard Bradley ’07 (Lehigh University) earned his second consecutive Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week Award in April 2011. In a game against No. 20 Colgate, he had four groundballs and three caused turnovers while preventing the league’s second-leading scorer from scoring. He was also named Patriot League Second Team All-Conference.
Hal Lee ’07 (Hamilton College) was recognized by NESCAC as a 2010-11 Winter All-Academic Honoree. Each student-athlete in this category is a varsity letter winner with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.35. Mr. Lee also tied Hamilton’s men’s squash record for most career wins. Martin Bawden ’10 (Hamilton College) was named to the 2011 NESCAC All-Conference Second Team. He played the first position in all but one of the 23 matches and represented Hamilton at the 2011 College Squash Association individual championships.
Collegiate Associations AHCA—American Hockey Coaches Association ECAC—Eastern College Athletic Conference NEHWA—New England Hockey Writers Association NESCAC—New England Small College Athletic Conference NFHCA—National Field Hockey Coaches Association SCAC—Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
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Alumni Portal Opens a New Door to Information Staying connected to Pingry and communicating with fellow alumni have become much easier, thanks to the recently-launched alumni portal on Pingry’s web site. The portal offers easy, secure, around-the-clock access to helpful information. Among the features are a searchable alumni directory (beneficial for networking), a calendar of alumni events, and a multi-media gallery of photos from alumni events. In addition, alumni can read class notes, and online forms make it simple to submit class notes and update home and business contact information. “In an inter-connected world, it is fantastic for alumni to be able to stay connected with each other and with Pingry through the Internet,” says Headmaster Nat Conard P ’09, ’11. Alumni should have received a username, password, and login instructions via email from the Alumni Office. For questions about the alumni portal, please contact Erica Pettis, associate director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving, at epettis@pingry.org or (908) 647-7058.
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Fencers in Brooklyn Learn from Olympian Dan Kellner ’94
Dan Kellner ’94 training new fencers at the Brooklyn Bridge Fencing Club.
Like hundreds of other Pingry alumni, Dan Kellner ’94 believes strongly in giving back to the community. An Olympic fencer and a 2007 inductee into Pingry’s Athletics Hall of Fame, he founded the Brooklyn Bridge Fencing Club in 2010 to share his experience and knowledge with a new generation of fencers.
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“Living in Brooklyn, I saw a need for Olympic-level fencing in the borough,” he says. “Now that I’m no longer training and competing, the club is my way to stay involved in the sport and give back to the fencing community that gave me so much. In fact, I am planning a special needs program for children with autism and Asperger’s syndrome to make the club that much more inclusive.” Mr. Kellner is the club’s only coach, while his wife Sasha Kellner and mother Sherry Kellner P ’94, ’97, ’03, ’05 manage the club and operate the front desk. Intrigued by fencing after playing an Olympics-themed video game, Mr. Kellner spent two years on Pingry’s Middle School team and four years on the varsity team (including serving as captain his senior year), earning four letters and countless other honors under Head Coach Ted Li. “When I met Ted at age 13, I learned that he was involved with the U.S. Olympic Fencing Team and that there was this
Dan Kellner ’94 fencing at the 2004 Olympic Games.
world of fencing that I knew nothing about. I just knew that I wanted to be part of it,” Mr. Kellner says. Around 1990, Pingry hosted a fencing tournament known as the New York Sabre International, providing Mr. Kellner’s first opportunity to watch an Olympic-level international competition. “From the age of 15, my dream was to be an Olympic fencer, and Ted was instrumental in making that happen by sending me to Manhattan to train with Simon Gershon, who would become my coach for the rest of my career,” he says. Coach Li also boosted Mr. Kellner’s confidence as a Middle School student by letting him train with the varsity team during pre-season in 1989 and 1990 after the team had won the state championship in 1989. “I wanted to learn as much about fencing as I could and, at the same time, dreamed of the day when I would be inducted into Pingry’s Athletics Hall of Fame,” he says. Mr. Kellner’s fencing career continued to flourish at Columbia University, where he earned four varsity letters and was named a four-time NCAA All-American. Among his other accomplishments and accolades, he was a seven-time member of the U.S. World Championship Team and, in 2003, became the first American foil fencer to win the Pan American Games in 28 years and led the team
to its first gold medal in 32 years. As a member of the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team, he placed 16th individually and, as captain of the foil team, led the U.S. squad to a fourth place finish, its highest in 56 years. Due to injuries and surgeries on his elbow and knee, Mr. Kellner retired from competition in 2006, ranked first in the U.S., first in the hemisphere, and 10th in the world. Now, he is focused on his students. “One day, I hope to train a fencer to be even better than I was [in the sport],” he says. Commenting on Mr. Kellner’s achievements in fencing, Coach Li says, “Dan is an outstanding example of someone who, while at Pingry, developed a passion which motivated him to push his personal limits; but ultimately, his sense of community and his knowledge that he is only a link in a very long chain cause him to want to use the traditions and discipline of fencing to teach about self-knowledge and ethical behavior. As Confucius said many years ago, ‘to surpass the master repays the debt.’” For more background about Mr. Kellner’s club and fencing career, visit www.brooklynbridgefencing. com. In addition, the Winter 2005 issue of American Fencing features an “Athlete Q&A” titled “Dan Kellner Speaks on… Your Tournament Best.”
Career Day 2011 Keynote Speaker Dr. Geoff Duyk ’77, Partner and Managing Director of T.P.G. Biotech, L.L.C., joined 38 other alumni for Career Day. Juniors and seniors were given the opportunity to learn about prospective careers in finance, law, medicine and science, media, performing and visual arts, public service, and other fields. The alumni emphasized the importance of exploring interests while in school, networking, securing internships, and being passionate about what you do for a living. Applied Science: Career Day Keynote Speaker Dr. Geoff Duyk ’77 (fifth from left) and Chris Spirito ’89 (second from left). “Your career is a tour, not a destination,” Dr. Duyk told students. “The world changes so quickly that you constantly have to re-invent yourself.”
Law: Kara Belofsky ’01, David Cronheim ’03, and Trustee Ian Shrank ’71.
Performing Arts: Jennifer Zoephel ’03 and Jeremy Teicher ’06.
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Marketing Communications: Lisa Hyman Sackman ’90.
Public Service: Will Mennen ’85, P ’21, ’22 and Ashley Deeks ’89.
Entrepreneurship: Noah Wrubel ’84, Dr. Matthew Mandelbaum ’94, and Matthew Strangfeld ’02.
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1. Headmaster Nat Conard P ’09, ’11 2. Courtney Matson ’02 3. Linda Salisbury 4. Special Assistant to the Headmaster Miller Bugliari ’52, P ’86, ’90, ’97, GP ’20 5. Richard Storey ’99 6. Alexis Slater Storey ’99 7. Libby Fisher 8. Guy Fisher ’65 9. Former science teacher Jim Salisbury 10. Major Gifts Officer David Greig ’98 11. J. P. Maucher ’51
12. Greg Chernack ’89 13. Zachary Radford ’94 14. Bill Endter ’54 15. Bruce B. Davis ’72 16. John Green ’60 17. Noah Mamis ’04 18. Dr. Bob Berenson ’64 19. Chris Colford ’72 20. Matt Estabrook ’89 21. Vic Pfeiffer ’67 22. Joanne Alper 23. Don McMinn ’82
24. Paul Alper 25. John Boffa ’72 26. Chuck Pepe ’78 27. Dr. Randolph Lizardo ’95 28. Omar Nolan ’02 29. Caitlin O’Donnell ’05 30. Kevin Nichols ’94 31. Karin Walsh Rutledge ’81 32. Kevin Walsh ’77 33. John Livengood ’70
The Art of Empathy: What a Small Rwandan Film Taught Me about Education and Diversity Adapted from a speech delivered at the Princeton Alumni Reception by Pingry history teacher John Crowley-Delman ’97 On a snowy day this winter, I watched Munyurangabo, an obscure foreign film which, oddly enough, helped me better understand the role that a diverse student body plays at Pingry. The film takes place in Rwanda more than a decade after genocide left 800,000 dead. Two teenage boys, Munyurangabo, a Tutsi, and Sangwa, a Hutu, embark on an odyssey to find and kill the man who murdered Munyurangabo’s father in that ethnic carnage. Although they are best friends, their relationship suffers from
“Pingry students are challenged as never before by a broad range of ideas, perspectives, and arguments, which come primarily from the students themselves.” History Teacher John Crowley-Delman ’97 their differing ethnic identities and the violent history of their country. With a thoughtful script and skillful cinematography, the film is quietly powerful when it so easily could have collapsed under the emotional weight of its subject matter.
How could Mr. Chung produce such a film? The answer lies, at least in part, in his early struggles with cultural identity.
Being part of two cultures, yet feeling rejected at some level by both, probably contributed to Mr. Chung’s sensitive approach. Armed with a rough outline and a camera, he hired a translator and recruited amateur actors from Rwandan orphanages. Mr. Chung worked to get everything right—from physical movement, to the stories told, to the rhythm and poetry of the language. If the film wasn’t going to be made by a Rwandan, at least it would be made for Rwandans. He practiced empathy, and the result, in Mr. Chung’s words, “bridge[s] gaps between cultures.” Practicing empathy and bridging cultural gaps are more important than ever. Last year, China’s economy emerged as the second largest. India, which boasts a booming economy of its own, may soon surpass China as the most populous country (it is already the world’s largest democracy). Egypt is currently undergoing a remarkable democratic revolution which is yet to be fully understood. In our own country, profound changes are happening, as well. The United States Census Bureau predicts that people of color will emerge as the collective majority by 2042. By 2050, nearly 20 percent of Americans are likely to be foreign-born. Whether or not you agree with his politics, President Obama demonstrates the power that can derive from being able to operate comfortably in multiple cultural worlds. The son of a black Kenyan and a white Kansan, he is a Christian with an African-Islamic name. He spent his childhood in Hawaii and Indonesia. He had an elite
private school education, but became a successful community organizer in a low-income neighborhood of Chicago. His oratorical style, to my ear, at least, resembles that of both John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King. Our job as educators is to prepare students for a more interconnected world, and we have made important progress in doing so. Since Sara Boisvert became Director of Global Programs in 2009, Pingry has hosted students from Senegal, Guatemala, Italy, and Germany, and sent students and faculty to other countries, including China and Egypt. Led by Allie (Manly) Brunhouse ’00, the admissions staff has shaped a student body that is more ethnically, culturally, and socioeconomically diverse. Dr. Diana Artis, coordinator of Multicultural Outreach, has worked tirelessly to foster a community in which students and teachers are empowered to cultivate the kind of empathic abilities so vital to Mr. Chung’s filmmaking. The result is that Pingry students are challenged as never before by a broad range of ideas, perspectives, and arguments, which come primarily not from their adult mentors but from the students themselves. As a student and teacher of American history, I believe our shared story can be seen as a continuing struggle to perfect a nation built on visionary ideals articulated, but not achieved, at our founding. Similarly, our school’s history can be viewed as an effort to live up to the ideals of the Honor Code, the final words of which have greater meaning now than ever: “[The members of the Pingry community] should honor the rights of others, conducting themselves at all times in a moral and decent manner while at Pingry and throughout their lives as citizens of and contributors to the larger community of the world.”
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A remarkable Rwandan film must have a talented Rwandan filmmaker, I thought. But as it turns out, the director of the first film ever made in Rwanda’s native language is a 29-year-old Korean-American, Lee Isaac Chung, who grew up in rural Arkansas and studied biology at Yale.
As he told The New York Times, “I’ve never felt completely American. Growing up where I was, there were no Asians, no minorities, and there was always something to remind me of what I’m not. And when I go to Korea, it’s the same thing. I’m constantly reminded that I’m not Korean.”
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1 Arvind Grover, Mary Sarro-Waite ’01,
Carolyn Crandall ’01, and Director of Admission and Enrollment Allie (Manly) Brunhouse ’00.
2 John Kuchta ’03, Allison Kluger ’03,
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3 Ben Lehrhoff ’99 and his wife Stephanie,
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7 Alexandra Scavone ’10 and Olivia Tarantino ’11. 8 Chemistry teacher Dr. Michele Parvensky, James White ’09, and Daniel Kissel ’09.
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10 Jennifer Soong ’10, Myles Bristow ’10, Tanvi Gupta ’10, and Emily Gilbert ’10.
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12 Neva Watson P ’98, ’00, ’05 and Elizabeth Watson ’98. 13 John Moore ’05 and Dana Van Brunt ’05. 14 Scott Loikits ’90 and Matt Nichols ’90. 15 Christopher Bartlett ’79, Howard Tomlinson ’71,
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William Troeber ’35 confirmed that he is No. 10 in the Orchestra photo (Summer 2010). Former Trustee Robert Rooke ’43, P ’70, ’74, GP ’02, ’04 wrote that No. 1 in the Orchestra photo is Frank Williams ’38. Walter Meyer ’49 clarified that No. 37 in the Lower School photo (reprinted in Summer 2010) was Carl Kuhn, not Koom.
Manton Martin ’35, Dr. Laurence C. Griesemer ’36, Dr. J. Courtland Robinson ’44, and Dr. Bill Boozan ’73 provided most of the names for the Dramatic Club photo that appeared on page 46 of the Fall/Winter 2010 issue. 1. Chapin Jones ’36 2. Ed Cramer ’36 3. David Wilson? 4. Elliott Drake ’36 5. English teacher Casmir France 6. Jim Irwin ’36 7. Guyton Kiggins ’36 8. Dr. Charles Rath ’36
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James H. Cooley writes, “In the Summer 2010 issue of The Pingry Review, Judy Lee is quoted, ‘I try to give the students preparatory assignments. Their homework leads them into the next day’s lesson, so they are introduced to the concepts before the formal lecture. That preparation generates questions before they learn the new material. I like discussing homework and reminding the students to keep a concept in the back of their minds because it will come back later in the course in another context.’ When one gets into a job or a new and unfamiliar task, learning how to do it frequently involves searching for any bit of information that might help. Next is asking questions, seeking explanations, and trying to apply the information. Judy’s approach also places more responsibility for learning with the students, where it belongs. So I agree with what she does and wish her success with it.”
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Duane St. John has retired as Chairman of the Board, but remains a Director of Enviropak Corp. in St. Louis., a company he co-founded in 1995 that became a pioneer and industry leader in the design and manufacture of protective packaging. On July 1, 2011, he took office as vice chairman of the board
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Ernie Shawcross
Mr. Shawcross died on October 5, 2010, and his obituary appeared in the Fall/Winter 2010 issue of The Pingry Review.
“He taught in the Middle School, but I think drove a bus or in some fashion supervised those Pingry students coming down from Westfield. He was a loveable man, a veteran of the Second World War (one of the few left), and an admired master. From me, nothing but good memories.”
- John Alexander ’47 “One of Mr. Shawcross’ most monumental contributions to the Pingry of Parker Road, Elizabeth [was] operating one of those stretch DeSoto autos (long before the mini-van) and hauling the Westfield, Cranford, Roselle, and Elmora crowd of Middle School students to and from Pingry. When I joined his group as a Form I student in September 1948, I was definitely ‘at the back of the bus.’ However, Mr. Shawcross (he was only ‘Ernie’ to his back), while a quiet driver, maintained discipline by insisting that we all listen to the car radio. For you music buffs, the songs that year, played morning and night, were The Teddy Bear’s Picnic and Ray Bolger’s Once in Love With Amy. For you history buffs, that was the year that began Mao Tse Tung’s triumphant communist take-over of mainland China. This was one year in advance of the Korean War, and we were a decade or so from getting involved in Indochina, in a struggle about which, Dr. Herbert Hahn told me in 1953, ‘Mason, if we don’t stop supporting that crook, Bao Dai, we’re going to be in serious trouble in a few years!’ After lunch, we did study hall until 2:45 p.m., then dressed for sports—varsity or intramural. And, in those days, Pingry was all about winning, on the playing field and in the classroom. Everybody participated! Then, after sports, we piled into the DeSoto for the long drive home. Later, Westfield students deserted Ernie’s DeSoto for the Jersey Central Railroad, where we could practice our skills of jumping on moving departing trains and off arriving trains, as we had seen our tardy fathers do. As an Upper School student, I never took Ernie’s mechanical drawing class. But it was right next to our biology class down in the basement of the Parker Road building. I remember hearing the laughter coming from that classroom and noting how he was making his material fun to learn. I never knew of Mr. Shawcross’ WWII significant war record. He never spoke about it. This is important to me, because I chose to mix Orthopedics with Military Medicine and am retired from the United States Army. In the classroom and in his DeSoto, Ernie joined the ranks of Pingry’s great educators of the day, accompanied by Otho Vars, Richard Baldwin, Albie Booth, Charlie Atwater, Vince Lesneski, Reese Williams, Leander Kirk, Roy Shrewsbury, Abel de Gryse, Ted Mayhew, Herbie Hahn, Cas France, and Lawrence Springer. I salute Mr. Shawcross, and I pray for his soul and for his family.”
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Richard Partridge reports, “After two years in the Army— during which I rose to the rank of Corporal—I went back to Harvard. While in law school, I married Noëlle Hu, of Beijing, China. She was a friend of my sister’s at Vassar. My career was mostly as a lawyer for the Bell System, back in the days when there was a Bell System. I worked mainly for Western Electric, which manufactured
telephone equipment. I had two tours of duty in the parent company, and, at one point, I worked on a small piece of the big antitrust case, which turned out to be a loser. I also had a three-year assignment at Sandia Laboratories, a Bell System subsidiary in Albuquerque that designs thermonuclear bombs and warheads. Our chief excitement these days is visiting, and being visited by, our children and grandchildren, who live in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Arizona, which is pretty far, but still in the United States. When we studied Vergil’s Æneid, Mr. Dimock made us memorize certain passages. That puzzled me then, but now I see the reason: after 60 years, that’s all you have left! Nowadays I sometimes think about the words that Sibyl spoke to Aeneas, loosely translated as follows: ‘O Trojan, son of Anchises, the descent to Hades is easy. Night and day the door stands open. But to retrace your steps, and return to this world—that is much, much more difficult.’”
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of Opportunity, Inc., part of Florida’s Continuum of Care in the northwest Florida panhandle. Duane has responsibility for the Shelter Dinner Donor’s program and has been a board member for two years.
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Dr. William Burks continues to live in Princeton and was looking forward to both the Princeton/Pingry reunion and his 60th reunion at Pingry.
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writes, “There’s an old saying in the military—‘Never Volunteer!’ —but I keep accepting added responsibilities related to the military here in Virginia. Governor Bob McDonnell recently vetted me to serve on the Virginia Board of Veteran Services and have the role as Legislative Affairs Officer for the 830,000 veterans who call Virginia their home. I now am involved with legislative activities in my Military Officers Association, serve as Chair of Legislative Affairs for the Virginia Council of MOAA Chapters, and stay busy as the Vice Chair of the Virginia Joint Leadership Council (JLC) that represents 23 Veterans Service Organizations with 260,000 members in the Commonwealth. And they call this RETIRE-MENT? These assignments keep me very active, but I love it, as these organizations achieve benefits for our military and their families living here in Virginia. So it’s worth the time/effort required.”
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Donald Gugelman has enjoyed living in Richmond for over 50 years. He worked in credit management at Sears Roebuck for 31 years before retiring in 1991. He planned to return to Pingry in May for the Reunion Weekend’s Sesquicentennial Kick-Off Celebration and hoped to see many classmates.
Bill McCleary has lived in Thailand with his wife Saisamorn since retiring in 1997 after 23 years as an economist for the World Bank. They live in a rural area 20 miles north of Bangkok on land with numerous fruit trees and many animals. He still teaches economics at a university in Bangkok and hopes to continue doing so for as long as possible.
1956 Curt Champlin writes, “I had the pleasure of visiting [former trustee] Ted Hauser P ’86 at his home in Vero Beach (St. John’s Island). We played golf and went to the beach, and he took me flying in his two-seated airplane. He asked me if I would go flying with him and I thought, ‘Why not? I’m 72.’ (Remember that motorcycle he had, that he hid in the woods when he was at Pingry?) We arrive at the airport,
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received the 2010 Trial Bar Award from the Trial Attorneys of New Jersey in October 2010. The award is “recognition of excellence, given by peers to trial attorneys who have distinguished themselves in the cause of justice. It is this presentation by peers—those who understand and share the demands of trial work—that has made the Trial Bar Award so esteemed.” Jerry is also a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, where he was a past regent and state chairman. His law firm is Graham-Curtin in Morristown, N.J.
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Peter Thorne reports, “At the tender age of 75, I became the manager of the Bishops’ Storehouse in Piscataway, N.J. for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (The Mormons). The storehouse is a food pantry serving the NY-NJ-PA metropolitan area.”
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My senior year at Pingry, I gave a Chapel talk—required in those days—about the British writer Thomas Babington Macaulay’s quote, “The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.” That echoed the theme derived from Pingry faculty exhorting students to live unfailingly by the Honor Code. When I resigned from the Pingry faculty a decade or two later, I gave my first Chapel talk as Headmaster of The Barstow School in Kansas City about that same quote. In November 2009, I returned to Barstow for a celebration during which a bevy of former students entertained the crowds, and they touched me by saying that recollections lingered, now 40-plus years later, of what I had shared with them about the “measure of a man’s real character” that first day of my headmaster career. The ripple effect of living by the Honor Code in impressionable days evidently had a cogent effect on others in whose education I was significantly involved. Thank you, Dr. John Pingry and others.
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At the NJSIAA Sectional Final on November 11, 2010, when Pingry played Delbarton, Boys’ Varsity Soccer Head Coach Miller Bugliari P ’86, ’90, ’97, GP ’20, center, was joined by, from left, Tommy Strackhouse ’06, Dave Fahey ’99, Brad Fechter ’05, and Jake Ross ’96, an assistant coach for Delbarton’s varsity soccer team (Jake also coaches baseball and hockey).
Phil Scrudato ’53 on the Honor Code When I was at the Parker Road Campus and serving as President of the Student Council, I suggested that we use the money from candy sales to buy something new and permanent for the new campus in Hillside. To showcase the Honor Code, we bought a bronze plaque on which the Code is inscribed. The school was going to hang this plaque in the study hall as a constant reminder of the Honor Code, but I made an appointment to see Mr. Springer and told him the plaque should not be in the study hall—I thought it belonged in a prominent place so that people can see what Pingry stands for. When he asked where I thought it should be displayed, I suggested the space above the chapel doors at the Hillside Campus. Mr. Springer agreed with me. The Honor Code has always been very personal to me, because it kept us in line as students and made us better people. Editor’s Note: This plaque now hangs in the entrance of the Martinsville Campus, as mentioned in the feature article.
he opens the shed to push out his plane, and I look at this plane and both of the wings were folded in half. So I thought, ‘Why not? I’m 72.’ So we push the plane out near the runway and Ted says, ‘You must not talk to me for awhile because I have to remember all the things I have to do before we can fly.’ Now actually I think, ‘Why not? I’m 72, I’ve had cancer, and two valve transplants, etc.’ Ted takes out a screwdriver, unfolds the wings, puts a in few screws, and says, ‘We’re ready to go hop in.’ We are in the air, and WOW, what a thrill. I asked to put on the earphones and he says, ‘They don’t work.’ Now I’m nervous. Then we are flying at a high speed, I see his lips move, I see that smirk smile that I remember, and I knew he was going to turn the engine off! Now I think, ‘What do I have to worry about? Ted is in the plane, too.’ Off goes the engine and we glide and glide and, of course, go in circles. So I say, ‘This is great. Can we glide into the landing?’ Ted says, ‘What…do you think I’m crazy?’”
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In 2010, Kurt Christensen was privileged to be father of the groom not once, but twice. In March, Kevin married Audrey Hunter, and, in October, Derek married Brooke Svendsen. Kurt is grateful that all four of his and Linda’s children are now married to wonderful spouses.
Dave Hilyard notes that he and his wife recently sold their old, jointly-owned family summer house in Maine (too much bickering among the owners) and made a charitable gift of their 65-year-old wooden sailboat (astronomical maintenance costs—eat or sail, you can’t do
Though not always overt, the Code sets one’s moral compass and provides direction and a code of conduct. As a current Flotilla Commander in the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, the civilian branch of the United States Coast Guard established by an act of Congress in 1939, I often deal with fellowship, duty, and honor issues. The compass we use so frequently always tries to point as close to true north as circumstances allow, pointing at the North Star Polaris to guide us—no matter the age or condition of either the compass or the vessel it is guiding. I use this concept to illustrate that the Honor Code’s guidance applies no matter how old you are. The Honor Code not only acts as a personal guide or compass, but also teaches us to achieve our goals and direction using certain principles and conduct. We are guided to be trustworthy, responsible, and considerate of the needs of our shipmates. A mandatory part of the training in the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary is called “Team Coordination Training” or TCT. To quote from the manual, “TCT is a program that focuses on reducing the probability for human error by increasing individual and team effectiveness. Safety has long been the Commanding Officer’s responsibility and, until recently, was assumed to be the logical result of finelytuned technical skills. USCG mishap data suggests that while technical skills are an essential component of any job, they alone will not ensure safety.” Individual responsibility and responsibility for the wellbeing of the group are paramount. This is an important life lesson also learned from the Honor Code.
John Anderson ’57 on the Honor Code I attended the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College for an M.B.A. following college and military service and was student government president during my second year; it was known as The Clearing House in those days. As a result of my Pingry experience and the few years I spent at Hamilton College, I introduced the idea of an Honor Code during my tenure at Dartmouth, and we adopted an Honor Principle. The Honor Code set a tone for me during those formative days at Pingry. I like to think it is and has been a part of me throughout my life. I’m not sure how it is introduced or reinforced at either school these days—vigorously, I hope. Editor’s Note: Mr. Anderson’s actions at Tuck are also discussed in the feature article.
Tom Corbin ’58 on the Honor Code As I progressed through college and then my career, I realized that the Honor Code had influenced me to be not only truthful, but also forthright. This may seem like a fine distinction, but I think there are many people who are basically truthful, yet will shade answers and opinions to tell others what they seem to want to hear, especially those for whom they work. I felt that honesty should include being forthright, even at work, where the temptation to support supervisors’ and management’s opinions can be strong at times. People did not always like what they heard from me, but, after a while, I found myself being consulted more often because those in charge came to realize that they could count on my responses being what I really thought. Ultimately, this became an important element in my advancement—an unexpected result from continuing the Honor Code in my post-Pingry years.
both). However, the arrival of a grandson in June 2010 made the year a total success.
Dr. Charles Hodge reports that he and Cathy have now made Edgartown on Martha’s Vineyard their year-round home. Cathy has retired from being a nurse practitioner and become an accomplished carpenter and woodworker. Charles also retired, but he became bored after a month or so and is now a visiting professor of neurosurgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. “This is a great job,” he says. “I get to teach the excellent residents there and participate in many surgeries, all this in a vibrant academic environment. Best of all is a lack of administrative duties and every fourth week off.” The Hodges’ primary enthusiasms right now continue to be their three sons, six grandchildren, and sailing on their 44-foot sloop, Surprise. They have sailed in the waters around New England, Nova Scotia, Bermuda, and the Virgin Islands. Classmates are welcome to come see them in their New England paradise—especially those who might yearn for a little sailing. Jan Kennedy recalls that it seems like both a long time and a short time since his 50th reunion. He writes, “For Claire and me, it was a wonderful 50th reunion, and it seems like yesterday that we were in class together, singing in the Glee Club or Octet, playing soccer, wrestling, or tennis, and thinking about where we wanted and could get into college. Where did the 50 years go? The unfortunate part of the reunion was that we had to leave, and the wonderful and funny emails and conversations stopped. Why is that? Yes, we all are very busy with our families and grandkids for some of us, but can we reverse the situation and get back together?” Jan’s son Todd Kennedy married his sweetheart Holly in October 2010. His daughter (also a Holly, but a Camlin) has been married for eight years and has two great children: Isabella (6) and Sawyer (3). Jan notes, “It is amazing how different your daughter’s wedding is from your son’s wedding—not only in cost, but involvement.”
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Charlie Ffolliott sold his last business in New England and is now officially retired. He and Lynn now spend their time between the ranch property in southeastern Arizona (very hot in the summer) and a mountain property in southwestern New Mexico near the Gila National Forest (cool in the summer). They consider themselves very lucky.
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Bart Wood reports that all is well in Florida. After family visited for the holidays, they were off to Costa Rica for a week in a rented villa with some close friends.
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Anthony Mazzucca writes,
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Dr. Roger Nye writes, “The two biggest events in my life over the past two years have been my wife’s passing and my tour of duty in Baghdad. Hulya developed cancer during 2009, but, by the time the doctors discovered what it was, it was too late for standard remedies. She passed away in November 2009 at age 61 with family and friends having paid many visits over the preceding months. So, that part was good, and her struggle was not too protracted. However, I am still wrestling with grief. We were married for 43 years. As to the second event, I took a job with the U.S. Treasury in late 2008 to help rebuild Iraq’s banking system. After a total of 18 months there, I wish I could say we made progress in getting the country’s finances in better shape, but we didn’t, for many reasons. It was a real
eye-opener to live and work in a war zone. I have no plans to retire, as I still love working overseas as a financial consultant (credit ratings, credit bureaus) and being my own boss. In 2011, I hope to have short-term assignments in the Republic of Georgia, Vietnam, and Suriname. I now live in the San Diego suburb of Carlsbad. My new email address is rpngia@gmail.com. I look forward to hearing from my classmates.”
Joe Sichler and his wife Nancy spent September 2010 traveling. He writes, “The first part of the month was with our daughter Kirsten (now 31 and working in NYC for JP Morgan) at the Coral Beach Club in Bermuda, and then a two-week Silversea cruise from New York to Montreal with stops at Newport, Boston, Bar Harbor, Halifax, and Quebec City. The cruise is highly recommended. We then headed for our winter home in Mountain Lake, Florida, where I’m actively engaged in golf, our croquet league, a billiards/pool group, and flying my plane to various destinations around the state. My favorite is Key West for day trips, where the food is great and the weather generally excellent. Enjoyed seeing everyone at our 50th Reunion.”
Former Headmaster David Wilson ’59 on the Honor Code Growing up in a home that placed a premium on integrity from an early age, I was comfortable living with the Code. Later as a faculty member and an administrator, while it seemed that we sometimes had to spend a lot of time and energy on [disciplinary] matters, I understood that it was important to do so. Each situation was also an opportunity to embrace the spirit of the Code and reinforce in us values and character that would serve us over our lifetimes.
John Kerr and his wife Bonnie greatly enjoyed returning to Pingry for his 50th reunion. He writes, “It was a wonderful turnout. We had a terrific time not only catching up on old friendships, but also learning about and coming to appreciate the accomplishments of Pingry students today, the dedication of its faculty and administration, and the solid foundation it has achieved in its first 150 years that bodes so well for its next 150 years. Pingry clearly outdid itself as host for our 50th and the School’s Sesquicentennial. Thanks to all involved!” Doug Leavens is still doing international financial sector development work and frequently traveling to the “garden spots” of Afghanistan and Iraq. He made it back for the 50th reunion and had a marvelous time reconnecting with old friends and visiting the campus. Former trustee Gordy Sulcer P ’95, ’01 was happy to participate in Pingry’s Career Day this year where he gave three presentations on sports marketing. He continues to be involved with Pingry in many capacities, including helping to organize the 50th reunion for his class.
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Harry Moser was a 2010
inductee into Industry Week magazine’s Manufacturing Hall of Fame—joining Jack Welch, Lee Iacocca, Steve Jobs, Michael Dell, and 15 others—to recognize his achievements with the Reshoring Initiative (www. reshorenow.org), a non-profit he founded to bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. Harry works 60 to 70 hours per week on the initiative. Any alumni in manufacturing are encouraged to promote reshoring in their companies using his free software. Email Harry for help at harry. moser@comcast.net. In family
Peter Johannsen ’60 on the Honor Code As a student, the Honor Code reminded me that Pingry expected something more of its students than most other schools. Much was given to us and much was expected of a Pingry boy. Then and now, it presents a relevant code of behavior. Today, although I no longer recall its specific words, it still tells me, “You have to do the right thing, Johannsen.” So I believe the Honor Code has stuck with me through the years and has made me a better—but far from perfect—person. I am grateful that Pingry had an Honor Code when I was there and I am proud that the School has one today. news, Harry’s two granddaughters are doing well and his son Robert is a Portuguese and Brazilian Studies Professor at The University of Georgia.
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Dr. Mark Poster made it back to campus for the alumni soccer game. His son is a goalkeeper for NYU. He writes, “It was good to see Miller Bugliari ’52, P ’86, ’90, ’97, GP ’20 and Roger Herrmann ’62. Our fathers used to work together at the Memorial Hospital in Union.”
1964
Howard Georgi writes, “Pretty much more of the same (and little time to sleep)—physics, teaching, Master of Leverett House (now the senior master at Harvard). I was proud last year to be inducted as a Fellow of American Women in Science for ‘pioneering and sustained advocacy of women in physics’ (lots of help with this from my former graduate student Dr. Liz Simmons ’81). More on my web page: www.people.fas. harvard.edu/~hgeorgi/. John Lucadomo was happy to attend the Chicago Area Alumni Reception in January 2011. He is teaching English at New Trier High School.
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Robert Dwyer writes, “I ran into and recognized Rick Ill ’61 on the train to Philadelphia in December 2010. I had last seen him at his graduation in June 1961 when I was in the Second Form. I replayed for him my memories of his pass to Pete Hilgendorff ’61 for a 65-yard TD to tie Peddie and preserve the 1960 football team’s undefeated season. Funny what things stick in your mind for 50-plus years.”
Trustee Ian Shrank graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School and worked for 32 years in two international law firms. He works or volunteers for various non-profit organizations and was happy to return to campus for Career Day, to discuss a legal career.
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host the San Francisco Bay Area reception in July 2011.
Jon Cumpton writes, “I’m
enjoying life as a horse farmer and house husband in northwestern Wisconsin while my young wife toils in the corporate world. I do spend some time reading Carl Youngdahl’s rants on Facebook. We are looking forward to Coach Bugliari’s next visit to the Twin Cities. I am most enjoying my new role as a grandfather!”
Bruce Schundler writes, There’s been a change in our plans—we won’t be going to Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado this year. Instead, we’ll be returning to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. We had a great time at Pingry for our 45th!”
1969
Doug Goodkin, Curt Valmy, and Lew Buchner met in the
David Rapson was happy to
1978
BRICK CITY, a Peabody Awardwinning documentary of which
Vanessa (Procopio) Pumo serves as Senior Editor, began its second season on the Sundance Channel on January 30, 2011. For more information about BRICK CITY, see Vanessa’s class note in the Fall/Winter 2009 issue of The Pingry Review.
1979
Dr. Robert King P ’07, ’12
spoke at Career Day about his career in finance. He is a Managing Director of Investment Banking at Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Trustee and PAA President
Steve Lipper P ’09, ’12, ’14
spoke at Career Day where he presented on the various areas in the marketing field as a career choice. He and co-presenter
Lisa Hyman Sackman ’90
covered strategic marketing, product marketing, and promotional marketing. He was impressed by students’ thoughtful
Dr. Larch Fidler ’69 on the Honor Code The Honor Code instilled in us a sense of responsibility to the school’s reputation, to ourselves—being the best people we could be—and to one another as members of the community. We had an obligation to other human beings as part of our social responsibility. As a student, I quickly felt like I was part of a team because the Honor Code created a bond among all of us. Both schoolwork and interaction with peers were honest. I was influenced by teachers who modeled the Code and taught what it meant to take responsibility for each other. Overall, the Honor Code gave me a sense of optimism and trust, so, as an educator, I trust my students. Simply put, you are judged by and responsible to your peers, direct results of student ownership of the Code.
I tell my children, “Fail if you must, but never cheat.” There are always ways to make up for doing poorly or other paths to follow, but the consequences of being caught cheating can cause irreparable damage. As a Pingry student I liked having the Honor Code because I liked being trusted not to cheat. However, now I see the Honor Code as so much more, and I am grateful that my children are at Pingry where they, too, are immersed in the culture of the Honor Code. I firmly believe that the Honor Code is for life, and learning to live by it is one of the most important and long-lasting benefits of a Pingry education. Just a few months ago, I was struck by a powerful example of what can go wrong when the Honor Code or its equivalent is not deeply inculcated into the fabric of one’s being. One morning, I read in my newspaper that the German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg was forced to resign after it was discovered that he had plagiarized large portions of his doctoral thesis. He was also stripped of his Ph.D. Prior to this, Mr. Guttenberg, an aristocrat by birth, was popular with voters, had a bright political future, and was considered a possible candidate for chancellor. Now, instead of completing his work of restructuring the German army and continuing on his chosen path, he is disgraced and known as Baron Cut-and-Paste. After reading the article, I said to myself, “This is a really good example of why it is better to live by the Honor Code.” and engaged questions and also enjoyed having his son Matt ’12 participate in his session.
1980 Steven Brisgel, First Vice President of Morgan Stanley in Florham Park, was recently named by direct Gubernatorial Appointment to the New Jersey State Board of Dentistry as a Public Member. The Dentistry Board, which is part of the New Jersey Attorney General’s Division of Consumer Affairs office, oversees the dentistry profession within the state. The board licenses, disciplines, and regulates dentists, periodontists, orthodontists, endodontists, and oral and maxillofacial surgeons. The Board works closely with the New Jersey Dental Association, American Dental Association, North East Regional Board of Dental Examiners, American Board of Dental Examiners, and UMDNJ-New Jersey Dental School in Newark.
Julie-Anna Falconer Vogel writes, “After four wonderful years in Vancouver, my family and I began 2011 by moving to Beijing. Fingers crossed that this latest adventure will be an exciting one.”
1981
Jackie (Sloane) Kahan writes, “I’m starting to work on obtaining my Certificate in Interior Design at Parsons and very excited about it!”
Dr. Elizabeth Simmons lives in Okemos, Michigan, where she is a professor of physics at Michigan State University and the dean of its undergraduate residential science college, Lyman Briggs College. She and her husband Sekhar Chivukula (also a physics professor at MSU and an associate dean in its College of Natural Science) enjoy the usual sorts of family activities together: researching the origin of mass, teaching about partial differential equations and complex analysis, and doing hands-on demonstrations about subatomic physics at science fairs. On the more exotic side, they enjoy baking bread, saber fencing (with younger son Anand), and trying to grow flowers that the local deer herd won’t devour. Their older son Ari is a computer science major at U of M who hopes to convert his parents from Fortran to C++. Facebook has been a great way to connect with Pingry friends across the country, so look for Elizabeth there!
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summer of ’09 in San Francisco to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Doug’s pole vault record that never was announced at lunchtime news. A healing ceremony was held that allowed Doug to get on with his life and resume his pole vaulting career.
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Trustee Genesia Perlmutter Kamen ’79 on the Honor Code
1982
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Gail Chwazik writes, “Life is good. Finished fifth in the NJ State Golf Association Women’s Public Links Golf Championship. Hope to perform better in the NJ State Amateur in 2011. I play a great game of golf in MY head.” Dr. Marc Feldstein was happy
to attend Pingry’s Chicago Area Reception in January 2011. Marc lives with his wife and three children in Glenview, Illinois and continues to serve as an associate professor of Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology at Northwestern University Medical School.
Don McMinn hosted the
Washington, D.C. reception at the Cosmos Club in October 2010. D.C.-area alumni turned out in force to hear from Headmaster Nat Conard P ’09, ’11 and the indefatigable Special Assistant to the Headmaster Miller Bugliari ’52, P ’86, ’90, ’97, GP ’20. Don was able to reconnect with Karin Walsh Rutledge ’81, who attended with her brother Kevin Walsh ’77.
Luis Monteagudo P ’14
writes, “I have been happily living in Cranford, N.J. with my wife Pam and our three kids. I am pleased to report back to alumni who have lost touch with our school that Pingry remains
a very special place. Walking around campus, you can feel the high level of excellence, respect, and pride that radiate from the students and teachers. We should all be proud.”
1983
Ilene Goldman writes, “My
husband Philippe’s job has taken us to the Boston area. We’ll be settling in Brookline, and our daughter Charlotte will be attending the International School of Boston. I’m looking forward to catching up with Boston-based Pingry folk!”
Trustee Alison (Malin) Zoellner P ’16, ’18 is VP &
Assistant General Counsel at The New York Times Company. She returned to campus in January to speak to current Pingry juniors and seniors about pursuing a career in the legal field. In just a few years, her sons Teddy ’16 and Jamie ’18 will be able to attend the Career Day program.
1984
Anand Gnanadesikan writes, “We’re in the middle of a big transition year. Our daughter Gita left for college this year, moving from our home in Plainsboro, New Jersey across Route 1 to Princeton. But she wasn’t close to home for long... because home moved! My wife
Joshua Gradwohl ’80 on the Honor Code
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Having been President of my class my senior year, Vice President my junior year, and involved in the student government nearly all of my 10 years at Pingry, I took the Honor Code very seriously and do to this day. A good example relates to my years in college. I went to a small college where the class size was similar to Pingry’s class size. During my junior year, first semester, I took a sociology class to fill some of my general requirements. On the day of the final exam, the professor dropped off the exam and left the classroom for his office in another building on campus. Shortly after he left the room, many students began rampant cheating, asking each other for answers. I took no part in this act, and, when I finished the exam, I wrote on the top of my paper, “I have neither given nor received aid while taking this exam” and signed my name. I immediately walked across campus to the professor’s office, reported the entire class, and suggested he discard every student’s exam, including mine, and calculate a final grade based on all previous work. I told him about Pingry and the Honor Code and how upset I was at what had transpired during his final exam. I do not know if he did discount the final exam, but, in my mind, I felt it was clear that I had done the right thing, turning in the entire class as cheaters. To this day at work, whether I know I have done right or believe I may have made a mistake, if asked if I was responsible for an action, I tell the truth.
started a new job in Maryland in August 2010, and I joined the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Johns Hopkins University in January 2011. After spending 19 years since leaving high school in the Princeton area, first as a student, then as staff and adjunct faculty, it is a bit of a wrench to be leaving, but we are looking forward to new opportunities!”
Martha (Ryan) Graff P ’15, ’17 writes, “My husband and I
had a great night in NYC in November 2010 with [Trustee] Henry Stifel ’83 and lots of other Pingry folks. We all met at the Marriott Marquis to support Henry at the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation’s 20th Anniversary Gala. The Reeve Foundation continues to impress me with its success helping many amazing people. The Foundation is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by finding innovative research and improving the quality of life for people living with paralysis. Moreover, they continue to be an incredible source for families to turn to at a time of need. It’s always a really fun night to share with old and new Pingry friends. Lots of laughs with my brother Dudley Ryan ’83, Andrea and Ed Meyercord ’83, Dr. Laura Kaltenbacher Ross ’82, the Welch and Stifel families, and a full table of Henry fans—[Special Assistant to the Headmaster] Miller Bugliari ’52, P ’86, ’90, ’97, GP ’20, [Trustee] Debbie Barker P ’12, ’16, [Director of Institutional Advancement] Melanie Hoffmann P ’20, [Trustee] Miriam Esteve P ’09, ’11, ’19, [Trustee] Denise Vanech P ’09, [Board Chair] Jack Brescher ’65, P ’99, [Trustee] Audrey Wilf P ’02, ’04, ’13, and [Trustee] John Holman ’79, P ’09, ’11, ’14. Sadly, we all missed John Kelly ’83. He was a great supporter of Henry and always had something funny to say. Each year, I leave the magical evening feeling a bit better after reconnecting with Pingry friends and hearing what an outstanding organization the Reeve Foundation still is today. Hats off again to Henry, the Stifel family, and many Pingry friends for their original perseverance which has helped so many. Hope to see all celebrating Pingry’s upcoming sesquicentennial year!”
Piper and True Miller.
Dr. Alicia Salzer has published a new book, Back to Life: Getting Past Your Past with Resilience, Strength, and Optimism. She and her partner, Leslie Miller, M.D., also have a new baby girl, True Miller, born on October 20, 2010. True joins the parents along with her older sister Piper.
Tracy Klingeman Stalzer ’84 with her husband Brian and their children.
Tracy Klingeman Stalzer writes, “Living in Winnetka, Illinois with my husband Brian and three happy kids, Lily, Eleanor, and Henry. I’m still working for Time, Inc. in sales management, as well as playing tennis and golf, running, and volunteering in my spare time.”
Lyric Wallwork Winik recently went out to lunch for the first time in over two years. She left her role as Washington Correspondent and Columnist for PARADE Magazine when she was asked to be the collaborating writer with former First Lady Laura Bush on her memoir, Spoken from the Heart. The book was a number
one New York Times bestseller, one of the top-selling books in 2010, and received wonderful reviews in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Before Spoken from the Heart was even in stores, Lyric began working with newly-elected Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown on the heartbreaking story of his difficult childhood. That book, Against All Odds, was released with a big media launch on February 21, 2011. Lyric enjoys periodically trading stories with Jonathan Karp ’82, now the head of Simon & Schuster in New York and her past editor at The Pingry Record. When she isn’t working, she’s a mom to her two boys, ages eight and six, with her husband and historian, Jay Winik. And she’s very proud of the huge soccer and other successes of her cousin Katherine Sheeleigh ’07, who graduated from Harvard.
1985
Sivert Glarum is writing for the FX comedy Wilfred. In addition, he is writing for MTV’s Beavis and Butthead, along with Boyce Bugliari ’86.
Sean Lewis was able to stop by the Chicago Area Reception and was happy to reconnect with members of the Pingry community. Sean lives in the Windy City and works for IBM. He and his wife Cheryl were happy to welcome son Isaac into the world. Isaac joins his older sister Lily Rae.
Beatrix Von Watzdorf writes, “Leo Andrzej Grzelkowski was born on December 29, 2010,
birth to Sean Liam Tuttle-Lerner on July 9, 2010. He was 9.5 pounds and 22 inches and took off from there—at just under four months, he was 19 pounds and 28 inches! He is a gentle giant, though—all smiles and giggles. I am struggling with trying to mother him, work, and run a cat rescue organization at the same time. He and I are both blessed to have my partner Gray, a loving and engaged father who does at least half the parenting.”
Leo Andrzej Grzelkowski.
coincidentally also his father’s birthday. He weighed 7 pounds, 10 ounces and measured 20 1/4 inches. Healthy, happy, and relieved, like mom and dad (Brian Grzelkowski). That is pretty much the best birthday present we can think of!”
1987
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Melanie (Missy) Urick Baschkin writes, “I am very happy to announce that I was married on December 11, 2010, at LaPlaya Beach & Golf Resort in Naples, Florida, to Laurance Evan Baschkin. After a honeymoon to Morocco, Egypt, and Rome, we’re at home in Pound Ridge, NY with our two cats Sasha and Misha, our Pointer Moncton, and a Pointer sister for Moncton, Mallory, on the way in a few months. Hopefully we’ll have some good news about other (human) additions to our family in the coming years! We welcome anyone to visit us when in the area.
1988
Jennifer Hartstein writes, “2010 was another exciting year. In addition to my private practice growing, I was hired by CBS’ The Early Show to be their on-air mental health contributor. Tune in to catch it live! I also got to spend some time with Joanna (Westrich) Brody, which I always enjoy. I’m looking forward to what 2011 has to bring!”
Melanie (Missy) Urick Baschkin ’87 and Laurance Evan Baschkin.
1989
Ashley Deeks lives in New
York City, where she is an Academic Fellow at Columbia Law School. She recently left the U.S. Department of State, after serving as an attorney there for 10 years. She returned to the Martinsville Campus this January to talk to current Pingry students about a career in public service.
Matthew Estabrook and
his family live in Alexandria, Virginia, and he recently took a new position as an attorney in the Division of Enforcement at the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Ashley (Marsh) Pertsemlidis is a Senior Pharmaceuticals Counsel at Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation in East Hanover, N.J. She lives in Morristown with her husband David and their two children, Helen (6) and Will (3). She returned to the Martinsville Campus this year for Career Day to talk to current students about pursuing a legal career. Ashley’s sister Carter Marsh Abbott joined the Pingry faculty this year teaching World History in the Upper School. Chris Spirito returned to Pingry for another Career Day, speaking on career options in applied science. Chris sits at the intersection of applied science and public service, working for MITRE in support of U.S. Government and Military programs. He recently joined the Governing Board of WiRED International, a global health non-profit focused on medical education and telemedicine outreach based in California. 53 summer 2011
Trustee Will Mennen P ’21, ’22 is an elected member of the Hunterdon County Board of Chosen Freeholders—having first won election in 2007 and having recently won reelection in 2010. During his tenure, he was chosen twice by his colleagues to serve as Freeholder Director. His current departmental assignments include Revenue, Finance, and Budget, Open Space, Corrections, the Vocational Board of Education, and Raritan Valley Community College. He is also a member of the Hunterdon County Utilities Authority, serving as its Chairman.
Michelle Lerner writes, “I gave
Ravi Jhaveri writes, “2010 was a great year for us. I completed my first triathlon (sprint distance), our oldest daughter started Kindergarten, and my lab research had some major advances. We hope that 2011 is as good to us.”
1989
Members of the Class of 1989 had dinner with Special Assistant to the Headmaster Miller Bugliari ’52, P ’86, ’90, ’97, GP ’20 on December 22, 2010. From left: Mr. Bugliari, Dr. Ezra Jennings, Brian Crosby, Chip Korn, Will Pappas, Michael Pence, Chuck Iacuzzo, and Dan Marchese.
1990
Amy (Gibson) Cooperman
is excited to be back at Pingry working in the college counseling office. She and her husband Ken are staying busy with the renovation of an 1880s carriage house in Bernardsville. They look forward to settling into their new home with their son Charlie.
Lisa Hyman Sackman writes, “Truly Mae Sackman was born in NYC on September 6, 2010, with a huge mop of brown hair and a powerful set of lungs. She joins me, my husband Joel Sackman, and our almost three-year-old son Slater at our new digs in Montclair.”
1992
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Doug Chernack and Mike Bender ’93, creators of the popular web site AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com, have launched a new web site called Squabbler.com, where people can upload 30-second arguments and let the viewers decide who’s right. They hope the Pingry community will check it out and send in a squabble.
Josh Connor P ’22, ’24 writes, “We were very pleased to welcome Abigail Mary Connor to our family in January. She is trying to walk soon so that she can follow around her older brother Jack (4) and sister Lily (6). Lily has finished Grade 1 and loves Pingry. Her teacher, Mrs. SmithWillis, is incredible! We see Kathy Iacuzzo Sartorius often and are looking forward to the 20th reunion in 2012.
1991
Mara Baydin Kanner writes, “Enjoyed Thanksgiving 2010 together at my house in Wainscott, N.Y.” From left: Blythe Henwood Harris with her daughter Olive and son Freddie Harris (in stripes), Mara Baydin Kanner with sons Leo and Cole, and Jill Griffinger Herbert with daughters Emily and Abby.
Dr. William Tansey ’62, P ’89, ’90, ’92 planning EMS for
Ally, Mae, and Claire Sartorius.
born on December 6, 2010. She joins big sisters Ally (7) and Claire (3 1/2), and everyone is doing well!”
Lisa Hyman Sackman ’90 with her husband Joel and their children Slater and Truly.
1991
Dana Jaskol writes, “I recently accepted a position as the Director of Recruiting with JBS in Colorado. I’ve relocated to Windsor, and I love life here! If there are Pingry alumni in the area, please be in touch! Email is dana.jaskol@jbssa.com.
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works in Banking Services for the Affinion Benefits Group. She continues to live in Chatham, N.J. with her husband Andrew and daughters Molly (7) and Madeline (4).
Lucy McNamara Hirsch.
Todd Hirsch and his wife
Tracy welcomed their daughter Lucy McNamara Hirsch on October 8, 2010. She was born in New York City and weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces.
Tim Lear writes, “We have
recently moved into a new house in Basking Ridge. We decided to move over Christmas Break—which, by the way, wasn’t the best idea—but we are excited for the new change.”
Kathy Iacuzzo Sartorius
writes, “We welcome, with love, Mae Grace Sartorius, who was
Andrew Goldstein ’92, former history teacher and Dean of Students, on the Honor Code The best part of the Honor Code was that the faculty and administrators trusted students and gave them the room to make their own decisions, including take-home assignments. If people were policed, there might be less cheating, but that’s not about honor, it’s about no cheating. The ethos was so strongly ingrained that it simply wasn’t acceptable to cheat.
Corby Thomas hosted the annual Pingry Young Alumni Holiday Party at his bar/restaurant Session 73 in NYC. Each year, it’s been the perfect venue and, last year, over 70 alumni attended, ranging from graduating years in the early ’90s to the mid ’00s. For photos, visit the Pingry media gallery at www. pingry.org and check out Session 73 on the Upper East Side, www.session73.com.
1993
Apu writes, “It was Spring
Break of 1991, and I was doing my usual: getting up late, reading, watching TV, and using the computer. (What did we use computers for before the Internet?) It was more ‘Yes, mom, whatever,’ but I agreed to reply to a card sent by our local first aid squad seeking volunteers. Fast forward 20 years and not much changed. I’m still getting up late, reading, watching TV, and using the computer. I’m just doing these things at the Springfield Volunteer First Aid Squad and not just at home. I’ve worked with [former trustee]
golf tournaments at Baltusrol, gone to meetings with Amanda O’Besso P ’14 about how EMS interacts with emergency departments, and learned about strokes with Laura White ’10. Matt Klapper ’01 and Julian Quintanilla ’07 are still members of the Springfield First Aid Squad with me, and I’ve met countless other members of the Pingry community—faculty, staff, student, parent, and alum alike— whether volunteering with my own Squad, or with the Union County Office of Emergency Management and the State of NJ EMS Task Force. And, it’s not just the people you work with. Being able to help the oneyear-old, or the 100-year-old, or seeing someone alive after you started CPR, or responding to a school bus [that] rolled over and finding out that you know people on the inside and can make a difference for them…I’m just the kid laying on the couch with a book or computer, so if I can do it, you can, too! Of course, in my ‘spare’ time, I still do the computer stuff: setup, training, troubleshooting, whatever a small business would need IT staff to handle—except the company is too small to have fulltime IT staff so they call me instead. Computer patients get confidentiality also, but lots of Pingry people there, too—and often neither they nor I knew of the Pingry connection until after we met. And, since Pingry is still home away from home, I’m there a few days a week, supplementing their in-house Technology Dept.
(But not before Headmaster’s Break!) Hope everyone is safe, happy, and healthy. E-mail anytime... apu@VolunteerEMS.org or apu@nocservices.com.”
Alex Baydin writes, “I live in
Madison, N.J. with wife Lindsay, three-year-old daughter Layla, and our newest arrival, Emily, born on February 25, 2011 and doing great. I have been busy with my start-up PerformLine, an Internet advertising technology that helps advertisers protect their brand online and stay compliant with their industry’s advertising regulations. Lindsay is the Pingry Lower School art teacher. We have had fun reconnecting with the Pingry community through Lindsay’s work and remain in touch with a lot of our Pingry friends. Go Big Blue.”
Mike Bender and Doug Chernack ’92,
creators of the popular web site AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com, have launched a new web site called Squabbler.com, where people can upload 30-second arguments and let the viewers decide who’s right. They hope the Pingry community will check it out and send in a squabble.
Todd “Boat” Ferrie and his wife Jennifer are proud to announce the birth of a baby girl, Cameron Padgett Ferrie. She was born on November 29, 2010. Everyone is doing well and resting at home in Chatham, N.J.
Kristin Sostowski and her husband Steve Herbes welcomed their third daughter, Sophie Eileen Sostowski Herbes, on November 5, 2010. Sophie weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces and measured 19 1/2 inches. She joins big sisters Catherine (6) and Madeline (3). Kristin is a partner at Gibbons P.C. in Newark, where she specializes in employment law.
child, Olivia Tatjana Ulz, on September 5, 2010. They are all doing great.
1994
Perry Blatt reports that, over the holiday season, his fantasy football league had its annual celebratory dinner at the German bar Lederhosen in NYC. The league comprises several ’94 alumni, including Jason “BV” Lebersfeld, Mike “Nino” Paget, Josh “Slippery” Slavitt, Tucker “Stump” Siler, and Kevin “Meatle-tae” Korn.
NPR’s This American Life, has written songs for TV, and performs his music all over the world. He lives with his wife and two sons in Northern California.
Matthew Jaskol’s Beijing-
based company Trekiz.com won the 2010 Red Herring Top 100 Global Award, honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures around the world. The site launched in midFebruary, offering a totally new online travel platform designed to make unique travel to China a reality. He’s also a proud new dad—his wife Amy gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, Talia Julie, on May 31, 2010.
Dick “Dickle-pie” Paget ’87
is also in the league and serves as its elder statesman and grand master. Our league is pleased to announce that Tim “Peeper” Parliman won the championship this year by besting Aaron “the Gmish” Slater in a hotlycontested match-up. The group was surprised at the league dinner by fellow ’94 graduates Christian Hoffman and Harlan Rothman, who eagerly joined in the German-themed festivities.
Matt DeFazio writes that he
journeyed up to Ski Big Bear in the Poconos Mountains and went skiing for the first time. He enjoyed skiing and is planning to go again in the near future.
Palmer Emmitt writes, “After nine years in Los Angeles, where I often spent time with Dave Bugliari ’97, PJ Lewis ’95, Mike Corcoran, and Jamie Shapiro ’97, I recently moved to Sonoma County wine country. I’ll be attending the MBA in Wine Business program at Sonoma State University and working as a marketing consultant for wine web site TastingRoom.com. David Berkeley Friedland
(performing under the name David Berkeley) released his fourth studio album this year, Some Kind of Cure. Most of the songs were written while David, his wife Sarah, and their then one-year-old son Jackson lived for a year in a mountain village on the island of Corsica. He has also written a book of stories, 140 Goats & a Guitar: The Stories Behind Some Kind of Cure. David has been a guest on
Matthew Jaskol ’94 with his wife Amy and their daughter Talia Julie.
Wayne Kasserman is an
actor, a producer, and a creative director at NYCOLLECTIVE, a NYC creative design firm that provides opportunities for the development of talent and promotion of artistic culture in New York.
Dan Kellner has opened the Brooklyn Bridge Fencing Club in Brooklyn, New York. Read more about Dan and the club on page 37. Norm Liang writes, “Lots
going on here. Still living in San Francisco being busy with startup life. Last year, our son Jaden was born. Life all in all is good, but would love to catch up with any alumni coming out to SF for a visit. I’ve seen James Jen ’95 a few times traveling for work, since we both make games now.
Frank Liberato and his wife
Robyn are living in Chatham, and they have a five-year-old daughter, Samantha Paige. She started Kindergarten in the fall of 2010 at Oak Knoll in Summit. Frank is director of
operations of a mid-sized general construction firm specializing in work for the pharmaceutical industry.
Matthew Mandelbaum’s PsySoEd Dynamics has signed a multi-year manufacturing and distribution deal for www.jumpingjoeysnumberline.com, the innovative Pre-K through elementary arithmetic learning system.
Megan (Franzone) Slater writes, “Nate ’92 and I celebrated the new year skiing in Telluride with our three-year-old son Miles. We continue to enjoy living in Oakland, California.”
Josh Slavitt writes, “Took a job working for and running single stock derivatives trading at MF Global, reporting to former N.J. governor Jon Corzine, now back on Wall Street and CEO of the firm. Nicole and I welcomed our second baby in June 2011 and plan to move to the N.J. burbs this summer after a 13-year run in NYC. I still see and do business with Tim Parliman and Tucker Siler, and I talk every day with Mike Paget, who is still enjoying his time in London. I also split Giant season tickets with Kevin Korn and Perry Blatt and plan on doing that again next year despite Big Blue’s collapse.
Beth (Roberts) Somers writes, “I have been living in Andover, N.J. for the last nine years. I have two children, Matthew (9) and Dillon (7), and am active with fundraising for their school and sports programs. I work full-time and am the Health & Welfare Benefits Manager for Selective Insurance, headquartered in Branchville, N.J. I have picked up golf and am a member of Newton Country Club, and my goal is to break 100 this upcoming season! I would love to hear from any Pingry alumni in the area.”
Amy Morris Stone writes, “I was so delighted to host
Ashley (Rooney) Threeton, Heather (Rooze) Baird, Carol (Wilhelm) Knauff, and Rachel Wolf at my September
2010 wedding to Phil Stone. We were married in Solomons, Maryland and are splitting our time between London and New York City.
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Sophie Eileen Sostowski Herbes.
Chris Ulz and Hilary (Sunyak) Ulz ’96 welcomed their first
Amy Morris Stone ’94 and her classmates at her September wedding.
Samantha Lucia Reidenbach and Luna Ruth Dana.
Christine Treveloni and
her husband Dave welcomed Samantha Lucia Reidenbach into the world on April 29, 2010, nine days before Lorrie (Meyercord) Dana and her husband Neil’s baby girl Luna Ruth Dana arrived. Like their moms, they are happy, healthy, chatty buds. They still love living in San Francisco.
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Laura (Campbell) Casey
writes, “We are doing well and happy living in Charlotte, N.C. Our sons Brooks (5) and Coleman (3) are a ton of fun. I am an interior designer and write a weekly design blog www.lauracaseyinteriors.com.”
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Courtney Disposti recently
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founded a small business, 2nd Mouse Media, that handles social media management for other small businesses. She writes, “Basically, I can manage the online presence of your small business on social media web sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Myspace, YouTube, etc. It has been an exciting new venture and a great complement to my primary career in equestrian events management.”
Kim Havens and Will Heidel welcomed Alexandra May Heidel to the world on August 26, 2010.
Dexter Jones (above) writes, “After six years in Florida, I’ve relocated back to New Jersey, and I’m living and working in Linden as a personal trainer. I regularly talk to John Flack and Nicole Gregoire Chang ’97, and I’ve also been in touch with Liana Swart Everaert. Hope all is well with the Pingry family!”
1995
Karen (Cowan) Flood, Kathy (Cowan) Manara, Kevin Manara, Jen (Nahvi) Sickles, John Flack, and their families got together for a fall barbecue on October 9, 2010. Future Pingry alumni in attendance, from left: Julia and Hailey Flood, Layla Sickles, Collin Flood, Kate Manara, Ryan and T.J. Flack, and Jack and Ryan Manara.
continue to reside in Hoboken, N.J. In July 2010, we purchased a home in Brielle for the summer and weekends. We are now closer to our boat and to my family, which is great. In the spring, we visited Italy, Spain, and Monoco for a wonderful 10-day vacation. We are looking forward to a schedueld trip with my family to Egypt in 2011! I continue to work in defense litigation and, in October, I was sworn in to the New York Bar.”
Karen Baldomero Mesonas and her husband Lenny welcomed Juliet Paige on July 5, 2010. She weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces and nearly doubled her birth weight in only 3 1/2 months. She joins big sister Ana.
Gwyneth Murray-Nolan writes, “Hi to everyone. My husband John A. Forsman III and I
For the third consecutive year, Meri Sulcer (above) participated in the Big Blue Boutique (the PSPA Fall Benefit), where she displayed and sold her custom design jewelry, Miss Meri Jewelry. Her pieces combine traditional and contemporary designs. Check out her web site, www.merisulcer. com, to see her collection and look for upcoming shows.
1996
Alex obsessively researched the details for his burgers: the beef is freshly ground by a small North Carolina producer and delivered every day, consisting of a secret blend of chuck and brisket; and the bun is a soft potato roll made by a Pennsylvania Dutch bakery. Turkey burgers and veggie burgers are also available. The restaurant recently won the distinction of “Best Veggie Burger in Atlanta” by Creative Loafing newspaper, as well as “Best Chili” at the Chomp & Stomp Chili Cook-Off.
Adam Keil married Elizabeth Ann Plotkin on November 20, 2010, at Maplewood Country Club. Both of them work in New York—Adam is a Senior Vice President at Moelis & Company, and Elizabeth is an Assistant Trust Officer at Citigroup. Attendees included Sarah (Keil) Chernoff ’99, Heather Keil ’02, Noah Keil ’05, Amanda (Lehrhoff) Hershon ’99, Benjamin Lehrhoff ’99, Nicole (Lehrhoff) Stahl ’99, Michael Lehrhoff ’05, Kyle Mitschele, Rob Baldwin, Eric Lo, Dan Pincus, AJ Plotkin ’94, and Mike Chernoff ’99. Hilary (Sunyak) Ulz and Chris Ulz ’93 welcomed their first child, Olivia Tatjana Ulz, on September 5, 2010 They are all doing great.
Alex Brounstein is the proud
Kim Havens ’95, husband Will Heidel, and Alexandra May.
owner of Grindhouse Killer Burgers. He opened his first location in September 2009 inside the historic Sweet Auburn Curb Market in Atlanta. A second, larger, stand-alone location opened in April 2011 close to Atlanta’s Buckhead district.
Olivia Tatjana Ulz.
In the 79th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition, seven articles by Greg Waxberg placed in the Top 100 of the Magazine Feature Article category, including two articles that placed in the Top 10. Greg wrote all of these freelance articles for Classical Singer, a magazine that provides inspiration and advice for singers. Although the number of entries for the magazine category was not available, there were over 12,300 entries for the entire competition, which consists of 10 categories.
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Lauren (Koeneke) Elias writes, “I got married in June 2010 at Trump National Golf Course in N.J., and my husband and I moved to San Francisco in July. He was transferred for work. He works for a N.Y.-based hedge fund in the Bay Area, and I work as a senior manager in marketing for Bare Escentuals Make-up. We love our new life out here and exploring the West Coast!”
1998
Vanessa Chandis is still living in NYC, litigating at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, and enjoys hanging out with fellow Pingry classmates when she can.
Sammy Schrier is a Clinical
and Biochemical Fellow in genetics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She was happy to return to the Martinsville Campus to discuss her career in medicine with current Pingry juniors and seniors for Career Day.
Anupama Yerramalli writes,
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ing been with the club for seven seasons and serving as Director of Baseball Operations since 2007. Mike will continue to oversee the club’s professional scouting and baseball analytics and will be involved in all aspects of baseball operations, primarily assisting with player acquisitions, contract negotiations, and the day-to-day operations of the department.
Laura Kehoe became a nationally-certified sign language interpreter (NIC—National Interpreter Certification) in 2009 and works as a freelance interpreter and stay-at-home mom to Sean, who turned one on December 18, 2010. She recently launched her web site, www.LittleSigningHands.com, offering sign language classes for babies and toddlers in Summit and Springfield, N.J.
Steve Newhouse, his brother Chris Newhouse ’97, and fellow alumni Ben Lehrhoff, Mike Lehrhoff ’05, Andrew Houston ’00, and Matt Margolis, play together on a
men’s league ice hockey team once a week at Chelsea Piers in NYC.
Adam Schayowitz writes, “I’m happy to report that Alexis Castrovinci and I were married in Lake Placid, NY over Labor Day weekend in 2010. Adam
Laura Yorke ’98 on the Honor Code One reason Pingry is a remarkable place is because it emphasizes the importance of each individual within our community. At Pingry, we are taught that each person has incredible value, as our actions, either beneficial or harmful, have a powerful karmic effect on the community in which we live, learn, and work. Pingry is a place founded on an idealistic vision. It is the kind of place that promotes and expects excellence, and, concurrently, it asks us to have the confidence and courage to be authentic people. Pingry instructs us that if we can be true to ourselves and all others, we may discover an excellence within ourselves that we may not have known was possible. The most inspirational leaders are often those who are honorable. They make a positive difference in the world because they embody something different. While most of us are often narrowly preoccupied with our own personal and familial concerns, these leaders maintain a wider scope of interest; they have an altruistic aspiration to benefit many others, regardless of differences, and they have the energy and dedication to enact this noble vision. Just by their very presence, and their courage to be truthful no matter the consequences, they have shown us our own deep potential as human beings. The Pingry Honor Code also reminds us of our worth and capacity for decency. It reminds us of our responsibility to the larger community. And, although it might be idealistic, these ideals are what make life worth living. I teach at Pingry because I believe in these ideals, and I want to help students recognize why they are worthwhile. I am grateful to Pingry’s visionary Class of 1926, of which my grandfather was a member, for having the courage to cement these ideals into the moral foundation of The Pingry School.
Segal ’96 and Scott Nielsen ’01 attended. I also continue to
work at BioMarker Strategies, a startup cancer diagnostics company in Baltimore, Maryland, on the Johns Hopkins Campus.”
2000
1999
Emily Bishop and her husband
Michael Chernoff and Sarah (Keil) Chernoff welcomed their
first child, a baby boy, Brody Keil Chernoff, on October 18, 2010. The family resides in Cleveland, Ohio. Mike has been promoted to Assistant General Manager for the Cleveland Indians, hav-
As a Pingry history teacher, I think about every lesson in almost every class in terms of ethical dilemmas. When students are given context, do they think historical figures made the right decisions— knowing that decisions are sometimes messy? There are often no “right” and “wrong” answers, but perhaps there are “mostly right” or “mostly wrong” answers. If I had not attended Pingry, I don’t know if that’s how I would view history and be teaching history. Yet, I strongly believe it is the most valuable way to teach history. These people had difficult problems to solve, but did they do what was best for society or what was best for themselves? What mistakes did they make? How can we learn from those examples? Ultimately, what does it mean to be a good leader?
Kevin Leftwich are pleased to announce the birth of their son, James Ronald Leftwich, on December 23, 2010. Adam Schayowitz ’99 and his new wife Alexis Castrovinci.
Shilpa Cheela and Misha Robyn got together for dinner in NYC. Shilpa is in her final
year of medical school at the University of Rochester, and Misha is a veterinarian working for the USDA.
Bobby Corliss is Director of Retail Operations for Atlantabased Global Franchise Group (GFG) in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The Retail Brands with which he works include The Athlete’s Foot (TAF) and Shoebox New York (SBNY). In this role, Bobby manages a network of approximately 55 franchise stores in over 15 countries. Having recently spent more than three years based in
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“I’m living in New York City and working at Kramer Levin. I spent a very fun Thanksgiving with Uma Amuluru ’95, Mayuri Amuluru ’97, Krishna Amuluru ’99, and my brother Prashant Yerramalli ’00.”
John Crowley-Delman ’97 on the Honor Code
Shilpa Cheela ’00 and Misha Robyn ’00.
Switzerland, working out of the World Trade Center Lugano, his extensive experience overseas allows him to effectively lead franchises through the many obstacles and challenges presented by international business expansion. During this time, he also managed more than 200 retail franchise locations in the Asia Pacific Region. (Bobby remains fluent in German after six years at Pingry studying under Herr LaValette and returned to the U.S. fluent in Italian, as well.) Bobby is based in Atlanta at GFG Management’s Headquarters and has been spending his weekends at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School in the Executive MBA program. He received his Masters in Business Administration degree in May 2011.
Ben Golden has completed his
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second year at NYU’s Stern School of Business, earning his MBA. He received the Dean’s Award for outstanding scholarship and the Money Marketeers Marcus Nadler Award for attaining the highest scholastic ranking in the area of Banking and Finance. He has accepted a position in the High Yield, Leveraged Loan and Distressed Credit Sales Group at J.P. Morgan and started this summer. He would like to stay in touch and can be reached at ben. golden@gmail.com.
Misha Robyn writes, “I’m work-
ing for the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service as a Public Health Veterinarian. I’m very happy having found a career which combines use of my Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and my Masters in Public Health. I moved from Boston to Queens, N.Y. about a year ago, and am happy to be back in the tri-state area.” Misha returned to Pingry for Career Day.
Kaveh Dabashi ’01.
2001
Kara Belofsky writes, “Gorgeous bride Mary Herbst recently married Byron Livernois at the Trump National Golf Course in Bedminster, N.J. Kara spent most of the night dancing with Jesalyn Shen and Andrew Horowitz.” Kaveh Dabashi writes, “Along with two friends from culinary school, we opened a restaurant on Coldwater Lake in Michigan in 2010. The Boathouse Restaurant (www.thecoldwaterboathouse.com) is going strong, and we are in the heart of our busy summer season on the lake. I love my position as Chef de Cuisine. Unfortunately, work demands prevented me from attending reunion in May, but I send my best to my classmates!”
2001
From left: Kara Belofsky, Mary Herbst, Jesalyn Shen, and Andrew Horowitz.
Lindsay (Moyer) Stempniak writes, “I married my college boyfriend, Lee Stempniak, on June 26, 2010, on Nantucket, Massachusetts. Lauren (Anderson) Holland is still my close friend and was a bridesmaid in our wedding! Her husband Andrew Holland was there, as well as Caroline Diemar ’00, Elise McLean, my brother Tim Moyer ’02, and Charles Fraser ’02. It was an amazing day! We now live in Scottsdale, Arizona.”
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Liz Dee recently earned a Master’s Degree in Media, Culture and Communication with a focus in Food Studies at NYU Steinhardt. She presented her thesis on “Candyways: A
Jonathan Jacobs ’01 on the Honor Code Pingry’s Honor Code has immensely affected my life. After serving on the Honor Board for two years and graduating from Pingry, I enrolled at Haverford College, a school that is well-known for its own Honor Code. I served for three semesters as a class representative to Haverford’s Honor Council. There, too, I was able to glean insight into values and personal standards, and, as at Pingry, I learned a fair amount about the difficulties of reviewing one’s peers’ actions. These skills have served me immeasurably in my practice as an attorney. After graduating from law school, I worked for one year at the Grievance Committee for the Second Appellate Department of New York. The Grievance Committee attorneys investigate ethical complaints regarding attorneys, ultimately recommending whether to dismiss the complaints or proceed with disciplinary action. In my current position, I litigate legal malpractice claims, again evaluating the actions of my peers. I do not want to oversimplify and say Pingry’s Honor Code “made” me a lawyer, or even made me practice in my present field. The Honor Code did not simply inspire me to seek a career in justice. Rather, it provided a constructive process by which I was able to learn to think critically and analyze behavior compared to a stated set of regulations. This educational aspect of the Code is something I will always carry with me.
New Framework to Understand Candy Culture” at a Food and Agriculture Conference in Missoula, Montana. Liz continues to work as the Director of Digital Media at her family’s business, Smarties Candy Company, where she works with her father Michael Dee ’68, uncle Jonathan Dee ’66, sister Jessica Dee ’99, and cousin Sarah Dee ’99.
Lexy Knopp and Adam Sandelovsky competed in the
2010 Nautica NYC Triathlon. The exciting race consisted of a one-mile swim in the Hudson River, a 25-mile bike up and down the West Side Highway, and a 6.2-mile run through Central Park. Lexy, competing in her first Olympic distance triathlon, raced as a member of Team in Training, which raised over $1 million in support of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Adam, a former member of Team in Training, had such an excellent performance in NYC that he qualified for the National Championships in Alabama, where he was able to compete against athletes from across the country. Lexy and Adam are both looking forward to improving their times at this year’s NYC Triathlon.
David Lawrence is working at JPMorgan after graduating from Princeton in 2006. Christine Layng lives in New
York City and is an Executive Assistant to Chairman Emeritus Stephen Lash at Christie’s Auction House. She traveled to Portugal for a New Year’s celebration in Madeira with Lexy Knopp. Christine also completed the Brooklyn Half Marathon in May 2010 and hoped to get some Pingry friends to join her in May 2011.
2003
Matt Bonelli is engaged to
Jennifer Hrabik and they plan to marry in April 2012.
David Cronheim returned for
Career Day to offer his insight on the legal profession, or, as he put it, “at least all the insight that can be gleaned from five months after passing the bar.” David is an associate with the NY/NJ/PA firm of Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus in the firm’s Bridgewater office.
After receiving her Masters from the Silver School of Social Work at New York University in 2008, Rachel Kellner works as a staff therapist at the Bridge Back to Life Center in Staten Island, New York, where she works with mentally ill chemically-addicted clients. Rachel is in the process of receiving her certification in addiction counseling as a CASAC (certified alcohol and substance abuse counselor).
John Kissel received an M.B.A. from the University of Amsterdam. He lives in N.J. and is pursuing a career in the management consulting field. Jennifer “Zoe” Zoephel is
2004
Geoffrey Cox is working at the University of Richmond in student development. He is helping to build community-based student programming, as well as serving as a staff advisor and teaching assistant for the Earth Lodge, one of Richmond’s student living/learning communi-
Trevor Godfrey-Dardik writes, “I had a professional sprinting career for three years, training in California for a club named Pacific Coast Waves. Injury and three hip surgeries ended my career, and now I am pursuing post-grad education in exercise physiology and ecology while working as Director of Education and Program Development for a health and wellness company.”
Katie Lawrence and her brother David Lawrence ’02 both live in NYC. They enjoy seeing their parents more often now that they, too, have a second place in the city. Katie has been working for Barclays Capital as an analyst in Interest Rate Sales since graduating from Princeton in 2008. She completed the NYC Marathon with Team in Training in November 2010. David is working at JPMorgan after graduating from Princeton in 2006.
2005 Pamela Lang is living in NYC and working at JP Morgan’s Private Bank. She returned to campus for Career Day to speak to students about a career in finance, and enjoyed seeing old teachers and fellow classmate Maggie Porges.
Maggie Porges participated in Career Day and spoke to Pingry juniors and seniors about her career in public relations. Maggie is a junior account executive at LaForce & Stevens in NYC.
2006
Peter Cipriano graduated from Bowdoin in May 2010 with a degree in History and shortly thereafter began working as a commercial real estate broker at Newmark Knight Frank Global Real Estate Advisors in NYC. He lives in New York City with former classmate Sam Jurist. Lisa Harris graduated from
the University of Vermont in May 2010 with a degree in Environmental Studies. She is working for NJPIRG’s Energy Service Corps as the campus organizer at their Monmouth University chapter (in West Long Branch, N.J.). NJPIRG ESC is a non-profit organization that focuses on educating about and doing service projects around energy efficiency on campus and in the community. Lisa hopes to continue pursuing a career in environmental and community work particularly in the non-profit realm.
Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, I’ve met up with my brother Seth ’04 in Morocco, Pepe (Jose Luis Azofra
Parrondo, AFS Student ’03) in Spain, and Sindre (Sindre Saetre, AFS Student ’06). Since I am studying to be a Latin teacher, I headed to Rome where, for six months, I am living in a monastery where they only speak Latin.”
Jordan Homer writes, “During the spring of 2010, I spent the semester traipsing around Florence, Italy studying Dante and taking pictures. I was actually in a program with two of my friends from Pingry. It was great seeing them again and catching up on life since Pingry.”
Henry “Hal” Lee enjoyed his senior year at Hamilton and has accepted a job in risk management as an analyst at UBS Investment Bank in Stamford, Connecticut.
Tatiana Javier is freelance writing, mostly for Connection magazine, and is an assistant to artist Serena Bocchino. She hopes to teach abroad soon. Justin Schwartz writes, “I go to the French Culinary Institute in NYC, and I work at the Waverly Inn in the West Village —Chef Schwartz and all that. On New Year’s, the restaurant had Jon Hamm from Mad Men, Scarlett Johansson, Kevin Bacon, Jim Belushi, and others— it was like a red carpet event.” Jeremy Teicher graduated from Dartmouth in May 2010 and majored in both English and film. He wrote and directed the documentary This is Us: Video Stories from Senegalese Youth. To learn more about his work visit www.projectthisisus.org and www.vimeo.com/jeremyteicher.
2007
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Zac Flowerman writes, “I’m on a year off traveling before my senior year of university and thus far, over the course of my trip through Scotland, England, Wales, Tunisia, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Germany,
Charlie Wagner (above), a
senior Rhodes College midfielder from Madison, N.J., earned All-American Honors for the second time in her collegiate career. She was named to the 2010 NFHCA All-American Second Team after being selected to the Third Team as a junior in 2009. As a two-year captain, Charlie led her team to back-to-back SCAC Championships—the team had a 30-6 record over the last two seasons, as well as the Rhodes program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance (all the way to the Sweet 16). In her Rhodes career, Charlie earned All-SCAC and First-Team All Great Lakes Region all four years and was named the SCAC Newcomer of the Year in 2007. She is the first SCAC field hockey player to ever earn
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wardrobe supervisor on THE RIDE, a show the audience experiences from “a super-sized, technologically amped-up vehicle that travels the streets of New York. With stadium-style, sideways seating and massive windows, riders have front row seats to the big city” (according to www.experiencetheride.com). THE RIDE launched in midOctober 2010 and has received great reviews from The New York Times, the New York Post, the Daily News, The Star-Ledger, and other television, print, and online media. Jenn returned to Pingry for Career Day in January 2011 to explain her role in the show.
ties. These living/learning programs involve 16 students living together as a unit for one year. With a professor, students take a course with a specific focus, go on field trips, and get involved in community service related to the class. Geoff’s work in the Earth Lodge builds upon his time last year working as an intern on a farm in California— his internship involved educating urban students about gardens, farm animals, and the wilderness. Geoff is planning to begin studies for a master’s degree in the near future.
with her a capella group, The Vocal Chords, in the International Championships of A Cappella.
All-American Honors twice and the first Rhodes player to ever earn Second Team recognition. Charlie’s final collegiate field hockey game was a national coaches’ invitation-only senior all-star game at Christopher Newport University [the founding president of which was former Pingry headmaster H. Westcott Cunningham ’38, P ’78, ’80] on November 21, 2010, just prior to the national championship, where she fittingly recorded an assist.
2008
Luke Beshar, a rising senior at USC, is pursuing a joint degree in business and cinematic arts. He studied in Copenhagen at the Copenhagen Business School during the spring term.
Zach Carr, a rising senior at
MIT, is majoring in physics and finance, with a minor in economics. He is a member of the varsity baseball team.
Elizabeth Homan, at the
University of Richmond, writes, “Last summer, I studied abroad in Peru. I’m taking two courses on health care, and I declared a major in political science with a focus on health policy.”
Matthew McCurdy, at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, is majoring in marine biology. Studies include sciences like biochemistry, genetics, and animal physiology, with some Spanish and other stuff in between. He also enjoys surfing during his spare time.
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Hal Lee ’07, Brian O’Toole, and Martin Bawden ’10 met up at the Dartmouth CollegeHamilton College squash match on November 21, 2010, at Dartmouth College; Dartmouth won the match 9-0. Hal, Brian, and Martin played squash at Pingry, and all three served as captains during their senior years. Hal and Martin are the first Pingry squash alumni to play together in both high school and college—Hal was the captain at Pingry in his senior year when Martin was a freshman, and, at Hamilton, Hal was again the captain of the team when Martin was a freshman. Angela Ramirez, a rising
senior at Yale, traveled to Jordan last year to work at a Palestinian
Dan Kissel is a rising junior at
High Point University and made the Dean’s List the past three semesters. He is on the executive council of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity.
Matthew LaForgia is majoring in economics and biochemistry at Brown University. He is still running cross country and track and his team took 8th at the NCAA Northeast Regional. From left: Hal Lee ’07, Brian O’Toole ’08, and Martin Bawden ’10.
Refugee Camp. She did some research on a rebellious group in the northern part of Indonesia, then headed to Hong Kong in March 2011 to participate in a Social Justice conference.
Garrett Schuman is double
majoring in government and Spanish at Georgetown University. He is also involved in the all-male a capella group, the Georgetown Chimes.
Trevor Topf, a rising senior at
Georgetown University, is majoring in government with a focus in U.S. political systems and political theory.
Patrick Trousdale has finished his third year studying economics at Georgetown and studied abroad in Copenhagen with DIS (Danish Institute for Study Abroad). His Pingry classmate Luke Beshar, studying at USC, also spent his spring semester in Copenhagen.
2009
Maya Artis, a rising junior at
Kenyon College, is the musical director of an a capella group.
Brendan Burgdorf, a rising junior at Bucknell University and a forward on the men’s soccer team, was named 2010 Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year, was a First Team All-Patriot League selection, and was named to the 2010 NSCAA (National Soccer Coaches Association of America) Men’s Division I All-Mid-Atlantic Region Team (First Team). He was also one of 37 finalists for the Soccer News Net Player of the Year Award. As a freshman,
Brendan was an NSCAA Third Team All-Region selection and a Patriot League AllTournament selection.
Michael Doliner is a rising junior at Cornell University majoring in food science.
Matt Fechter writes, “I go to school at Colorado College in Colorado Springs and play soccer there. Last year we had a bad season. We went 7-9-3. I scored six goals and had four assists. But still made All West Regional All-American and All Conference. Education-wise, I’ve decided to major in economics with a minor in studio art. I absolutely love Colorado and the unlimited outdoor opportunities that reside within it. Snowboarding is my favorite activity. I went to the mountains (which include Breckenridge, Keystone, A Basin, Beaver Creek, Vail, and Telluride) over 40 times last year, and hope to go snowboarding as much this year. But I added Jackson Hole, Wyoming to my list of mountains to snowboard this past winter. Also, for the last three weeks of the past semester, I traveled to Taiwan to learn about the Chinese meditative arts, which include Tai Chi, Kung Fu, and calligraphy. Diane Giangreco is majoring
Dan Levin writes, “I’m getting
one of my poems published in the Provincetown Arts Review. It probably won’t be out until late in the summer. Also, I run the open mics at my school, and I hosted a big talent show this past winter. In the spring, I managed a big outdoor music event that I planned. I learned how to play the ukulele. I’m taking Japanese, and I’m planning to go abroad to somewhere in rural Japan next year. But mostly it’s the poetry thing. I’m getting really serious about writing, I took a workshop in NYC spring semester, and I’m studying under some pretty preeminent poets at school. It looks like I’m on track to go to graduate school for creative writing, either for an M.F.A. or a Ph.D., and I think I’m going to try to pursue a Rhodes Scholarship after school.”
Averill Morash is a rising junior at Muhlenberg College and enjoys being involved as a tour guide at school. Colleen Tapen is a rising
junior at Georgetown University, majoring in sociology with a concentration in social justice anaylsis and minoring in STIA (science, technology, and international affairs).
2010
in Russian at Georgetown University. She is involved in the performing arts, and, in the fall of 2010, she tech directed for the Nomadic Theatre’s play Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde.
Robby Allen caught up with
Talia Hughes is a rising junior
am enjoying my time at Lehigh. I’m involved in Student Senate, Marketing Club, and business
at Johns Hopkins University and competed this past February
friends and classmates at the Back-from-College Luncheon in January 2011 and writes, “I’m off to a great first semester. I love Washington University.”
Sofia Barrionuevo writes, “I
Rainie Opel is taking a gap
careers in the Entertainment Club. I plan on attending a networking event in NYC to find an internship in marketing.”
year and she returned to campus for the young alumni event in January 2011. She writes, “I had a great semester traveling abroad, but it’s so nice to see everyone and catch up!”
Martin Bawden enjoyed his freshman year at Hamilton, where he is playing number 1 on the Men’s Division 1 Squash Team. He enjoyed playing in this year’s Pingry Alumni Squash Match, where he won a Pingry Squash bag in the raffle.
Anthony Parisi is a rising sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania. He returned to Pingry during winter break and writes, “I joined a pre-health care fraternity and love college.”
Brandon Brier writes, “After spending my first semester in a study abroad program in Oxford, I plan to intern with the bankruptcy estate of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.”
Elisse Park is a rising sopho-
more at Georgetown. She enjoyed catching up with friends while home on winter break and had a great time at the Backfrom-College Luncheon in January 2011. She writes, “I had a great first semester at Georgetown.”
Myles Bristow was featured
on the cover of The Trinity Reporter in the fall of 2010 as a prominent member of Trinity College’s Class of 2014. In the article, he says, “I wanted to come to a school where I can do art. I cartoon, paint, and draw, and I dance and write poetry. I started a dance group in high school and I plan to do the same thing here.”
Allison Dadouris is a rising
sophomore at Lafayette and was excited to return to campus in January 2011 for the Back-fromCollege Luncheon. She wrote, “I love school. I’m also so glad to be home [on break] with my friends.”
Will Evenson is a rising
sophomore at Ponoma College and writes, “I have been playing football for Pomona-Pitzer, have started playing rugby for Claremont, and am planning to major in molecular biology. Pingry has most certainly prepared me for all of this.”
Morgan Foster wrote while
Taylor Guiffre is a rising
sophomore at Bowdoin and is involved with several things including varsity golf and the Athletic Council, as well as a volunteer with the Reader Association.
back to campus over winter break. She writes, “I missed my friends and look forward to seeing everyone at future Pingry events.”
Bozhena Lisko writes, “Last summer, I traveled to Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and France. It was a wonderful time spent with my cousins and gave me a chance to unwind before my freshman fall at Princeton. I am interested in a degree in chemical and biological engineering and am involved in Engineers Without Borders, Society of Women Engineers, Princeton’s Africa Development Initiative, SVC (Student Volunteer Council) Impact Tutoring, and Princeton Against Cancer Together. It has been a wonderful start to my college experience.”
David Martin is a rising sophomore at Howard University.
He’s been enjoying DJ’ing at school functions.
Alex Molé finished his first semester at Wake Forrest. He joined the crew team and is planning to join a fraternity. Victoria Morgan was on campus for the young alumni event in January 2011 and enjoyed seeing friends and faculty. She wrote, “I’m so glad to be back!” She is a rising sophomore at Vassar College. Jasmin Neal reports, “I am attending my first year at Columbia University and loving it so far. I plan on majoring in neuroscience behavior, and I love running into Pingry classmates around campus.” Christian O’Donnell enjoyed his first year at Lafayette. He enjoyed seeing fellow Pingry alumni at this year’s Alumni Squash match.
Tanvi Gupta wrote when she
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Erin James is attending Brown
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returned to campus during winter break, “I’m really enjoying my time at Columbia University. It’s great to be back at Pingry!” University and enjoyed coming
Nicholas Rice, a rising sopho-
more at George Washington University, attended the Backfrom-College Luncheon in January 2011 and reported, “School has been incredible so far. I’m glad to be home [on break] and visiting Pingry, but I also can’t wait for next semester.”
Suzanne Ritzdorf is a rising sophomore at SMU. She is in the Alpha Omega Community Service Club and declared English as her major. Bennett Rosenbach enjoyed
his freshman year at Johns Hopkins University and reports that he made the Dean’s List his first semester. At the time of the Back-fromCollege Luncheon, Ali Rotatori wrote, “January Term just started here at Middlebury College. Term is just one month, when you take one class for about eight hours a week. I’m taking a class called ‘Statistics Applied to Sports,’ and I’m playing Intramural squash and hockey.”
Jen Soong, a rising sophomore at Harvard, writes, “I have been writing for The Harvard Crimson Arts Section, and it’s been a great experience so far.”
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being home on winter break from Vassar College, “School has been amazing, and I’m excited to be back home visiting Pingry!”
Myles Bristow ’10 (bottom) on the cover of The Trinity Reporter.
At the Back-from-College Luncheon held in January 2011, Freddy Porges, a rising sophomore at Hamilton, wrote, “I’ve had a great break. I’m looking forward to going back to school, but I’m going to relish spending time with my friends first.”
[ in memoriam ] Antoine “Tony” duBourg
Carolyn B. Wood
May 12, 2011, age 82, Newport, R.I.
January 6, 2011, age 79, Vero Beach, Fla.
Mr. duBourg, a Paris native, taught physics and music at Pingry from 1956 to 2002. He graduated from St. Paul’s School (1947) and Hamilton College (1951), and then served in the U.S. Army before beginning his teaching career, which spanned 55 years. For over three decades, he collaborated closely with former Pingry music teacher Dr. Clare Gesualdo. Nearly every member of the science department can relate amusing stories about Mr. duBourg, not only because of his eccentric personality and “questions of the week,” but also because he was known for building hundreds of demonstrations for his Honors Physics courses, which required intense student involvement to make sure they understood the concepts; many of these creations are still used today. Mr. duBourg was also committed to helping his colleagues improve their teaching, and he always made certain that they had the necessary equipment in time for class—even if he had to build it overnight. In addition to building or buying supplies for the science department, and maintaining them, Mr. duBourg also moved all of the department’s cabinetry from Hillside to Martinsville. For a brief time in the 1960s, Mr. duBourg served as Chair of the Science Department, and then stepped down from that position to concentrate on teaching. The Antoine duBourg Physics Award, presented every year at the Senior Awards Assembly, is given “in honor of one of our most outstanding and unique teachers whose long career at Pingry is noteworthy for scholarship, integrity, and an uncompromising devotion to the classical pursuit of knowledge. The award is given to a senior who has demonstrated an interest and high achievement in Physics.” As a music teacher, Mr. duBourg was extraordinarily generous to the school and loyal to the students—in fact, many credit Mr. duBourg with the quality and existence of Pingry’s music program. He was influential in founding a number of ensembles, including the Brass Choirs and The Buttondowns, and played a crucial role in the development of the Glee Club. During his Pingry tenure, he directed these groups as well as the Handbell Choir and Middle School Boys’ Chorus. In addition, Mr. duBourg guided the productions of musicals before Pingry introduced its drama department; started the annual tradition of producing recordings of Pingry’s musical groups; and purchased the school’s brass instruments, Steinway pianos, and handbells. For several years in the early 1990s, he served as Chair of the Music Department. One of his most notable legacies was helping to build Pingry’s organ, which he re-assembled and expanded after the move to Martinsville, and for which he purchased the European pipe work. In fact, he and some of his physics students spent the summers refining the organ, whether adding pipes, updating the wiring, or adding controls to the console. 62 the pingry review
Upon Mr. duBourg’s departure from Pingry, to teach music and start a Brass Choir at St. George’s School in Middletown, Rhode Island, the annual Spring Concert was re-named in his honor, and the Men’s Choral Rehearsal Room in the Hostetter Arts Center was dedicated to him. He generally shunned publicity and all other attention, yet the Pingry community has always been eager to honor him for his numerous accomplishments. Pingry is planning a concert in celebration of Mr. duBourg’s life and contributions to Pingry, and this concert will be held this fall at the Martinsville Campus. Special Assistant to the Headmaster Miller Bugliari ’52, P ’86, ’90, ’97, GP ’20 remembers Mr. duBourg as a dear friend and marvelous physics teacher. “He was fun to be around,” Mr. Bugliari says. “I went sailing with him, and Mr. duBourg, Mr. Shawcross, and I enjoyed memorable meetings in the science department. Mr. duBourg was extremely intelligent, and his abilities to foster and maintain an enthusiastic musical program—and get students involved—were amazing. He left a wonderful legacy in music and science and will be missed by Pingry and St. George’s School. I plan to share stories about Mr. duBourg at the celebratory event this fall.” This celebration of Mr. duBourg’s life will take place on September 25, 2011, at 3:00 p.m. in Hauser Auditorium at the Martinsville Campus.
Mrs. Wood, a Pingry trustee from 1979 to 1985, graduated from Wells College, where she served as a long-standing trustee and received the 1999 Wells College Distinguished Alumnae Award. During her years as a Pingry trustee, she served on the Executive Committee and was Chair of the New Building Committee. Survivors include her husband of 52 years, Henry “Hank” F. Wood Jr. P ’80, ’84, GP ’98; sons Henry F. “Terry” Wood III ’80 and Jay F. Wood ’84; brothers E. Freeman Bunn ’53, P ’78, ’80, ’82, ’83, a former Pingry trustee, and Dr. H. Franklin Bunn ’53; and three grandchildren.
Walter D. Long ’63 April 13, 2011, age 66, Manchester, Vt.
Mr. Long, a Pingry trustee from 1982 to 1991 and Mayor of Summit from 1996 to 2003, graduated from Wesleyan University and served in the U.S. Army Reserves from 1966 to 1973. For four decades, he was Owner and President of Travelong of Summit, Inc. In May 2011, Mr. Long was inducted posthumously into Pingry’s Athletics Hall of Fame, having been previously inducted as a member of the 1960 Football Team, the 1961 Lacrosse Team, and the 1962 Football Team. He is survived by his wife Cathy, their sons Walter, Jr. and Christopher, his daughters-in-law Valerie and Yuki, and five grandchildren.
Cornelius Ackerson ’31 August 5, 2003, age 90, Daytona Beach, Fla.
Mr. Ackerson, an electrical engineer, graduated from Lehigh University and served in the U.S. Navy. Survivors include his wife of 29 years, Leonor, son Henry, stepchildren, 10 grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
Russell R. “Bob” Barrett, Jr. ’33 November 7, 2010, age 96, Grafton, Vt.
Mr. Barrett, founder of Barrett & Crain Real Estate, graduated from the University of Virginia and earned numerous citations and awards in the U.S. Navy. Survivors include his wife Virginia, children Lynn, Randi, and Russell ’65, and three grandchildren.
Norbert Austin Weldon ’35
Robert Hurd Nutt ’45
James I. Dunn ’59
November 20, 2010, age 95, Juno Beach, Fla.
December 19, 2010, age 82, Norwich, Vt.
December 5, 2010, age 69, Bonita Springs, Fla.
Mr. Weldon lettered in football, basketball, track, and baseball at Pingry, and he served as captain of the 1934 Football Team and 1935 Track Team. After graduating from Lafayette College, he served in the Air Corps of the U.S. Army during World War II in the Pacific. Together with his late brother Robert ’30 and other family members, Mr. Weldon worked at Weldon Materials, Inc., a New Jersey road materials business founded in 1898. (For more about Mr. Weldon’s life, see “Enduring Generosity of Norbert A. Weldon ’35 in the Summer 2010 issue of The Pingry Review.) Survivors include his wife of 69 years, Jane, two of their three sons, Peter ’67 and William IV ’72, five grandchildren—Woody ’91, William, Jr. ’09, Sara, Whitney ’11, and Peter, Jr.—and three great-grandchildren. Mr. Weldon’s late brother William ’27 also graduated from Pingry.
Mr. Nutt graduated from Dartmouth College, served with the Army of Occupation in Japan, and enjoyed a writing career that encompassed advertising agencies, magazines, and books, including serving as the alumni news editor for Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. In 2010, Shires Press of Manchester, Vermont published his food memoir Great Meals. Mr. Nutt is survived by his first wife Laura, their three daughters, his second wife Margo, his sister Mary, and his brother David ’41.
Mr. Dunn, a sales manager for Point Pleasant Distributors, attended Johns Hopkins University and graduated from Rutgers University School of Business. Survivors include his wife of 46 years, Gail, daughters Sarah, Brenda, and Laura, five grandchildren, step-mother Lois, sister Mary, and nephew Huey.
Robert A. Brauburger, Sr. ’40 December 1, 2010, age 88, Bellaire, Mich.
Mr. Brauburger, who pioneered three-dimensional, computer-aided design for Chrysler Corp., graduated from Lafayette College and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Survivors include his second wife, Martha Jane, children Robert, Jr., Bonnie, and Karin, step-children Nan and David, nine grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Richard English ’42 December 24, 2010, age 86, Watchung, N.J.
October 16, 2002, age 71, Ocean City, N.J.
Mr. Eason, who spent most of his career as a stockbroker, graduated from Washington and Jefferson University and earned his law degree at Washington and Lee University. Survivors include his second wife Eleanor and children Linda and Todd.
Richard M. Corbet ’52 November 23, 2010, age 76, Point Pleasant, N.J.
Mr. Corbet, a realtor, was a standout studentathlete at Pingry, serving as captain of the undefeated 1952 Basketball Team (basketball’s first-ever undefeated season) and as a member of the undefeated 1950 and 1952 Football Teams; he also played baseball. He attended Lehigh University and served in the U.S. Army from 1957 to 1959. In 2001, he was inducted into Pingry’s Athletics Hall of Fame, joining his late father William J. Corbet ’21, who had been inducted posthumously in 1991—they were the first father and son to be inducted as individuals. Survivors include his longtime companion Merle, former wife Joanne, brother W. Jubb ’50, sister Sue Thomas, brotherin-law and former Pingry trustee Charles Thomas P ’88, ’90, ’92, sons Richard and Robert, daughter Chrissy, 12 grandchildren, and a great-grandson.
October 18, 2010, age 51, Summit, N.J.
Mr. Youngdahl, an economist, received his bachelor’s degree from Gustavus Adolphus College and his M.B.A. and J.D. from Emory University. He worked at Goldman Sachs from 1983 to 2003 and founded Gamburu Consulting in 2007. Survivors include his wife Catherine, brother Carl ’66, and children Erik, Elisabeth ’07, and Rebecca ’11.
John Becker Kelly ’83 October 12, 2010, age 45, Chatham, N.J.
Mr. Kelly, a senior business consultant with SimCorp, attended Muhlenberg College and graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University. He is survived by his wife Sally, children Robert, William, and Helena, mother Marie, and sisters Irene and Mary.
Richard A. George September 7, 2010, age 91, West Orange, N.J.
and friends.
Mr. George taught English at Pingry from 1967 to 1969. He also taught at Carteret Academy and Columbia High School. Survivors include nieces, nephews,
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Mr. English attended Bucknell University and served in World War II. He worked as a director and vice president of the mortgage division of Central Home Trust Company. In 1975, he formed his real estate appraisal company, Richard English, M.A.I., and became one of the leading residential and commercial real estate appraisers in New Jersey. Mr. English is survived by his daughters Devon and Gwyn, three grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
George “Wes” Eason ’49
John M. Youngdahl ’76
[ dictum ultimum ] Maxima Reverentia Pueris Debetur
“Greatest respect is due students” By Kathryn Kolb ’11, Chair of the Honor Board (2010-11)
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The Honor Code is the most fundamental part of our value system at Pingry, and serving on the Honor Board has been one of my most rewarding experiences during high school. It is difficult to articulate all the ways it has helped me grow into the person I am today, but perhaps most obvious is the responsibility it has given me. That responsibility has come in many forms, such as maintaining confidentiality and unbiased judgment. In addition, to serve effectively, I believe all Honor Board members must be genuine role models and leaders for their peers. With these expectations, I must constantly examine my own values and hold myself to the highest standards of honorable behavior. I can never cease to improve myself and build on my ethics. So, this journey serving on the Honor Board has helped me look inward— to consider my own integrity, moral values, and honor— to ultimately shape myself into the best person I can be.
When I applied to be Chairperson, I knew there was no group at Pingry that I was more proud to belong to, and I wanted to step up and take a leadership position. I also hoped I could make a positive impact by working to increase student ownership of the Honor Code. Yet how exactly do we foster student ownership of the Honor Code? One way is to keep it fresh and alive in the community through assemblies and speakers. Ideally, by increasing the communication on the subject, students will feel a more personal connection to the Honor Code. Our other role in the community is serving on Honor Board hearings. We represent our peers through the application of the Honor Code and listen to cases of possible violations of the Honor Code, ranging from academic issues to violations of the “spirit” of the Honor Code. Regardless, the Honor Board hears only the “gray” cases, where there is no obvious right answer. Thus, six students on the Honor Board along with three faculty members deliberate for a lengthy period over each case. It is our responsibility to stay consistent and fair and examine all parts of the case. Following significant deliberation, we first vote on whether we feel an Honor Code violation has occurred. If so, we vote on an appropriate consequence and send a recommendation to the headmaster.
The students wrote the Honor Code in 1926, and, 85 years later, it is still alive and thriving in our community. Having an Honor Board continues the tradition of giving the students a voice in the community and reinforces the quintessential idea of respect and trust in our community. Student Honor Board members are given a vote equal to a faculty member in recommending an outcome in a hearing. According to Pingry’s motto, Maxima Reverentia Pueris Debetur, the greatest respect is due to the students. This is one of the reasons Pingry is such an outstanding and unique institution. During our Convocation ceremony in September 2010, one member of each advisory group came up to the stage and presented a signed copy of the Honor Code. This pledge ceremony demonstrates our commitment to the Code and our personal assumption of responsibility. With a new school year ahead of us, I challenged everyone to remember this day and the promise they made to the people sitting around them. It was then, and still is, my hope that we will all aspire to the common goal of upholding integrity and respect during our lives here at Pingry and beyond. Editor’s Note: Kathryn will be attending Stanford University this fall.
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October 26, 2011
Martinsville Campus Alumni Game: 10:30 a.m. Alumnae Game: 1:00 p.m.
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October 1, 2011
Homecoming
Martinsville Campus 12:30 p.m.
Washington, D.C.-Area College Lunch Washington, D.C Alumni Reception
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Breaking Ground for The Beinecke House Honorary Trustee William S. Beinecke ’31, P ’61, ’64 is funding a new residence for Pingry’s headmaster at the Martinsville Campus. It is expected to be among the greenest, most environmentally-friendly homes in New Jersey. This groundbreaking ceremony took place on May 13, 2011, and Mr. Beinecke is holding the same shovel that he used at the groundbreaking for the Martinsville Campus in 1983. See page 8.
Check pingry.org for updates about the construction of this new green residence. From left: Special Assistant to the Headmaster Miller Bugliari ’52, P ’86, ’90, ’97, GP ’20, Board of Trustees Chair Jack Brescher ’65, P ’99, Honorary Trustee William S. Beinecke ’31, P ’61, ’64, Headmaster Nat Conard P ’09, ’11, Mr. Conard’s wife Brenda Hamm P ’09, ’11, Trustee and Pingry Alumni Association President Steve Lipper ’79, P ’09, ’12, ’14, former trustee and Pingry School Parents’ Association President Noreen Witte P ’13, ’16, and Director of Facilities Michael Virzi P ’18.