WFS Summer 2016 Magazine

QuakerMatters Wilmington Friends School

Summer 2016

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QuakerMatters Wilmington Friends School

Summer 2016 From the Head of School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 For Alumni & Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Accreditation & Board of Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 From the Archives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Commencement and The Class of 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Report on Philanthropy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 News from Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Class Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 In Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 In Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . inside back cover

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Chair Vice Chair Treasurer Secretary Jennifer G. Brady Karen-Lee Brofee Denise H. Chapman Erin Brownlee Dell ’89 Scott W. Gates ’80 J. Harry Hammond Susan Janes-Johnson Omar A. Khan ’90

Susan Kelley Dorothy Rademaker Christopher Buccini ’90 Russ Endo Daniel Klein Matthew Lang ’08 Christopher Lee ’82 Rosalind McCoy-Gardner Deborah Murray-Sheppard Laura K. Reilly David Tennent Harvey Zendt

Alumni Association Board Liaison

Thomas S. Scott ’70

Home & School Association Board Liaison

Debbie Pittenger

ADMINISTRATION Head of School Assistant to the Head of School Associate Head for Finance and Operations Assistant Head for Academics Head of Lower School Head of Middle School Head of Upper School Director of Admissions and Financial Aid Director of Communications Director of Development Strategic Marketing Manager

Kenneth Aldridge Ann Cole William Baczkowski Michael Benner Annette Hearing Jonathan Huxtable Rebecca Zug Melissa Brown Tracey Quillen Carney ’80 Chad O’Kane Susan Morovati Finizio ’87

ALUMNI BOARD 2016-2017 Christopher Lee ’82, Clerk Matthew Lang ’08, Vice Clerk Melissa Fagan Billitto ’87 Erin Bushnell ’96 Stanita Clarke ’06 Carolyn Gates Connors ’81 Alexandra Poorman Ergon ’77 Joseph Gutierrez ’07 Amy Curran Harper ’94 Raven Harris ’06 Jamie Jenney ’94

Joshua Klein ’98 Adrienne Monley ’02 Katharine Lester Mowery ’02 Raymond Osbun ’71 Kristin Dugan Poppiti ’03 Richie Rockwell ’02 Thomas Scott ’70 James Simon ’60 Martha Poorman Tschantz ’85 Josiah Wolcott ’97

Professional photography by Elisa Komins Morris, Larry Kuhn, Antonio Celso Hunnicutt Cortada, and Bill Lindsey.

Design/layout by Jacquelyn Quinn Dickey.

Please send any comments or corrections to info@ wilmingtonfriends.org.

On the cover, the Gardner family: Class of 2016 triplets Sydney, Jonathan, and Joslyn with parents Rosalind (WFS Trustee) and George. This page: Maya Johnson ’16 with her mother, WFS Trustee Susan Janes-Johnson.

Board members Scott W. Gates ’80, Debbie Pittenger, Tom Scott ’70, and David Tennent also had children graduate with the Class of 2016.

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From the Head of School Dear Friends, At the end of my first year as Head of School at Wilmington Friends, I find I have a very long list of thank yous—a long list but with a few common themes.

Our Commencement speaker, Cara LoFaro ’04, spoke to those themes when she offered our graduates three pieces of advice about carrying the lessons of their Quaker education into the world.

Cara started with the importance of actively seeking connections with other people. “By nurturing the Light, or that of God, in others,” she said, “you will continue to learn something from every person you meet.” She encouraged our graduates to view service in the Quaker way, not as an activity but as an approach to life that makes so much more possible, answering the goodness in all humanity. And she reminded the Class of 2016 to value and find opportunities for growth in each step of their journey.

Their class speakers had offered that same reminder at Final Assembly; Josh Pincus ’16 urged us to extend our gratitude beyond the big occasions to all the steps that get us there, and Rebecca Sakaguchi ’16 said with eloquent concision, “It’s all ‘the real world.’”

This past year, there have been so many examples of our students, alumni, families, faculty and staff living the mission of Friends School, and I am deeply grateful for each act. Certainly, I thank all of you for the welcome that has been extended to my family and me, in Wilmington and at alumni events in California, New York, and Washington, DC, and through notes, emails, and gestures of kindness. I thank our students, especially, for countless inspiriting acts, many out of the spotlight—moments of insight, courage, creativity, generosity; moments of truly seeing a situation from another person’s point of view; moments when, from preschool to upper school, they were so invested in what they were doing that they emanated the truest kind of joy and inspired it in all of us.

Quaker education teaches that we learn best when we learn together, each of us bringing who we are to the community—and to our engagement of facts and ideas—building trust with an openness to growth in ways that are unexpected as well as planned. It’s hard to imagine a better foundation for lifelong learning, leading, and service.

So thank you to all of you who have sustained the promise of that foundation at Friends School and who have built upon it by letting your lives speak in the world.

Thanks, especially, to the Class of 2016, my first graduating class and the newest members of our Alumni Association. It was a privilege to share your senior year with you.

Ken with members of his first graduating class: Tommy Manley, Nimalah BaaithDucharme, and, in a characteristically entertaining moment, Performing Arts Award recipient William Stanborough.

In friendship,

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FOR ALUMNI & FRIENDS

From the Alumni Board Clerk Chris Lee ’82

2016 Alumni Awards Announced

Dear Friends,

Each year, the Wilmington Friends School Alumni Association presents recognitions for outstanding achievements and service. As representatives of all Friends alumni, our honorees exemplify the qualities of a Friends School graduate, including integrity, a commitment to serve others, and an active value of social justice.

On behalf of the Wilmington Friends School Alumni Association, I want to extend congratulations to the Class of 2016. We are very happy to welcome you as our newest members and look forward to celebrating future milestones with you. Best of luck as you begin the next chapter after WFS, and please keep in touch!

It was a wonderful year at WFS, and I am honored to be part of such a special community. This year’s Annual Fund set a new record; thanks to your support Friends will continue to offer, with heart, the unsurpassed level in academic, athletic, visual and performing arts programming that many of us experienced during our time here. Please check out the Report on Philanthropy, included in this edition, to read about all that we accomplished together.

Distinguished Alumnus of the Year 2016 — Arthur G. “Chip” Connolly, III ’79

“...I want to extend congratulations to the Class of 2016.

We are very happy to welcome you as our newest members and look forward to celebrating future milestones with you.”

Looking forward to the year ahead, I hope you can attend Homecoming on October 21-22. Each year during Homecoming, the Alumni Board is honored to recognize a few alumni who are “letting their lives speak.” We present awards for: Distinguished Alumnus/a, Outstanding Service, and Young Alumna/us. I am pleased to announce the 2016 Alumni Award Recipients: Distinguished Alumnus Award: Arthur G. “Chip” Connolly, III ’79 Outstanding Service Alumnus Award: Fred Sears ’60 Young Alumna Award: Lizzie Goodfriend ’00 We will celebrate our honorees on Friday, October 21, during the All Alumni and True Blue Donor reception. This event has continued to grow each year and is a great opportunity to see the School and its many changes, see old friends, meet new ones, or catch the Quakers take on Concord in Volleyball.

More details about Homecoming can be found on our website.

Thanks for reading, and I hope to see you on campus soon.

Sincerely,

Chris Lee ’82

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Chip Connolly is letting his life speak, always leading by example and quietly making positive, impactful contributions to both the legal and non-profit communities. As a founder and managing partner of Connolly Gallagher LLP, Chip has worked to create a law firm with a high standard of legal excellence, while also maintaining a collaborative and family oriented environment. In addition to his successful professional career, Chip has devoted substantial time and effort to many non-profit organizations, including WFS. Chip’s WFS Senior Exploration Project with Vice President Joe Biden (then Delaware’s Senator Biden) ultimately led to his first job after college, working as a legislative assistant on Biden’s staff. Not only did his WFS education help him land his first position, it also led him to his wife, Katy, who was working for Biden as well. Chip continued on to Georgetown Law School and upon graduating, served a judicial clerkship with the Delaware Court of Chancery. He then joined Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP, and then in 2012 started Connolly Gallagher. Chip practices in the areas of corporate, commercial, and patent litigation. He also is involved with corporate counseling, mergers and acquisitions, and intellectual property litigation. Chip has received several recognitions, including the top “AV” rating by the Martindale-Hubbell peer-review rating system and was selected as one of the Best Lawyers of America for “Commercial Litigation” and “Litigation-Intellectual Property.” He has also been named a Delaware Super Lawyer from 2012-2016.

While growing his legal career, Chip has also been involved with numerous non-profit organizations. He served on the WFS Board of Trustees from 1995-2004, and currently serves on the Boards of Ministry of Caring, Sacred Heart Village II, and the Agawam Council. He has been the President of both the Delaware Greenways and Sacred Heart Village II. He currently serves as the President and a Director of the Laffey-McHugh Foundation, a Delaware-based foundation making grants to benefit nonprofit organizations in Delaware and throughout the U.S. With a sizable contribution from Laffey-McHugh, Chip and his family created the Art Connolly, Jr. Fund, named for Chip’s father, at WFS. The Fund helps to offset non-tuition expenses for students on financial aid or students facing some form of adversity. Chip considers it a privilege to give back what he can and explained what motivates him, “Over the years, I have been lucky to know so many dedicated and caring members of the WFS community.”

Chip and his wife Katy have three children, all of whom graduated from WFS: Elizabeth ’09, Caroline ’12, and Gil ’14. Chip said he and Katy chose to send their children to WFS because they “were impressed by the quality of the education and the strong emphasis on community involvement.”

Katy is also very involved with WFS and has co-chaired the Smith McMillan 5K every year for 20 years and served as co-president of the Home & School Association. Community involvement is a priority for the Connolly family, and both Chip’s accomplishments and contributions to the community are deeds that, to paraphrase the Alma Mater, honor the mission of Friends School and inspire all around him. Thanks, Chip.

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Outstanding Service Award 2016 — Fred Sears ’60 To say that Fred Sears II is well known in the greater Wilmington area is certainly an understatement. Fred is a true community leader who has worked with organizations throughout Delaware for more than 40 years. To his Wilmington Friends School peers, he’s also remembered as a member of the popular lip syncing group, The Toasters, along with classmates Dick Gaumer, John Lecky, and Fred Weldin. The Toasters were a School favorite, performing at dances, and often signing autographs after performances.

The close-knit WFS community made groups like The Toasters possible, and also, Fred said, helped him to develop character and confidence. Fred credits his experience at WFS and the Quaker values he learned as a force in guiding his successful career and community involvement. Fred recently retired from the Delaware Community Foundation, where he served as President and CEO for 13 years. Prior to his work at the Community Foundation, Fred had a career in banking for 38 years, most recently as president of Commerce Bank/Delaware.

He has been politically active, serving on the Wilmington City Council from 1976 through 1984, and remains involved with Delaware politics today. Fred said he was motivated to run for office to help the people of the community and “to do what’s right.”

Fred has served as an officer or board member for more than 40 nonprofit and professional organizations. He currently serves as a director of Applied Bank, the Christiana Care Medical Center, the Delaware State Port Corporation, Fraunhofer USA Delaware, the Rodel Foundation, the Wilmington Housing Partnership, the Wilmington Land Bank Commission, and the Beau Biden Foundation. Fred is also a member of the Delaware Council for Development, which grants State funds to businesses to move or expand in Delaware. The Council recently awarded Chemours $7 Million and Chase Bank $6 Million to expand their offices.

Fred has been the recipient of many prestigious awards, including the State Farm Good Neighbor Ujima Non-Profit Leadership Award, the Goldey Beacom College Ethics in Business Award, receiving an Honorary Doctor of Business Administration from the College. Other honors include the NCCJ Annual Leader Award, the Association of Fundraising Professionals Lifetime Achievement Award, the United Negro College Fund Distinguished Service Award, the Wilmington Junior Chamber of Commerce Young Man of the Year Award in 1977, and the Marvin Gilman Superstars in Business Award. The Delmarva Council of the Boy Scouts of America named Fred its first Delaware Citizen of the Year in 2005. Most recently, Fred received the 21st Century Fund for Children’s Muriel Gilman Award for lifetime service to Delaware’s Children, was honored by Connections CSC for outstanding service, and was recognized by the Delaware Alliance of Non-Profit Associations (DANA) for outstanding service to the non-profit community.

The Quaker ideas of simplicity and equality have played an influential role in guiding Fred’s work, work that has had a profound impact on the greater Wilmington area. We are so fortunate to have Fred as a part of the Friends community. Fred and his wife, Jo Ann Tigani Sears ’67, live in Greenville. They have two grown sons, Jason ’97 and Graham, and four grandchildren who all live in the Wilmington area. Thank you, Fred.

Young Alumna of the Year 2016 — Lizzie Goodfriend ’00 Lizzie Goodfriend has devoted her career to reducing poverty and promoting human rights abroad. Her work has focused on using media and other civic platforms to promote gender equality, post-conflict justice, better governance and improved access to healthcare.

She has had the opportunity to work in Afghanistan, Liberia, the UK, Nigeria, and now Ethiopia, gaining experience in international development projects in a range of contexts.

As a member of BBC Media Action’s Africa Programme for the past five years—working as a senior project manager in Nigeria and then as Country Director in Ethiopia—she has had the opportunity to develop country-wide communication strategies to advance development priorities in both countries. She is now Communications Director at the Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency.

After graduating from WFS, Lizzie received a B.A. from Brown University and later an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics. She believes the strong academic program at WFS helped to prepare her for Brown and to develop her networks, and ultimately helped in her professional endeavors. She said, “I was taught how to think critically about the material before me and the world around me, and this is essential to what I do.”

Also important to Lizzie’s work is the Quaker value of equality.

Lizzie credits the belief that there is “that of God” in everyone with helping her to positively engage and connect with people from different backgrounds and cultures. Her hope is that WFS will continue to focus on diversifying its student body in order to strengthen the community and students’ learning experiences.

She also developed a curiosity about the world and sense of social justice while at WFS, and these interests motivated her to pursue a career in media and international development.

Lizzie’s leadership abilities and confidence to take risks were nurtured at WFS, and ultimately led her to a career abroad.

She works to help people hold their leaders to account and access information that will help them make decisions to make their own lives better, brightening the promise of the future for families and for countries that will play an important role in the evolving global community. Thank you, Lizzie.

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Alumni Families The Class of 2016 included six children of alumni—one also the grandchild of an alumna.

Jackie Conner

Daughter of Todd Conner ’83

Merritt Gates

Daughter of Scott Gates ’80 Granddaughter of Deanne Morris Stevens ’59

Maddie Gillerlain

Daughter of Ashley Cattermole Gillerlain ’91

Frances Harper

Daughter of Jeff Harper ’74

Kate Mraz

Jackie Conner ’16 and Todd Conner ’83.

Jaclyn Mraz Carey ’01 , Dorothy Connolly Mraz ’74, Kate Mraz ’16, Fred Mraz, Lauren Mraz ’02, and Kristen Mraz ’05.

Daughter of Dorothy Connolly Mraz ’74

Lex Scott

Son of Betsy Lord Scott ’70 and Thomas Scott ’70 There are currently 93 students with close family ties to alumni enrolled at Friends, about 14% of the student body.

More Friends Families Friends with close family ties (as indicated on admissions forms) with students newly enrolled for 2016-17. Thanks to all of our alumni for helping to spread the good news about WFS. Alan Craig, former Trustee (granddaughter) Robert Friz ’86 (son) Melissa Fagan Billitto ’87 (daughter) Jeffrey Craig ’87 (niece) Wendy Friz Swanson ’88 (nephew) Felix Vergara ’89 (daughter) Edwin James Dealy, Class of ’91 through eighth grade (niece) Jeanette Craig Niehoff ’91 (niece) Sarah Schenck Maheshwari ’91 (son) William Shipp ’92 (niece) Christine Dealy Haynes, Class of ’95 through fifth grade (daughter) Katie Measley Van Druff ’96 (son)

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Frances Harper ’16 takes the diploma hand-off from Head of School Ken Aldridge.

Stephanie Stevens Gates, Scott Gates ’80, Merritt Gates ’16, and Laura Gates ’14.

Paul Gillerlain, Maddie Gillerlain ’16, and Ashley Cattermole Gillerlain ’91.

Clay Scott ’15, Betsy Lord Scott ’70, Lex Scott ’16, Tom Scott ’70, and Muff Scott (Tom’s mom and faithful WFS fan).

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HOMECOMING 2016 Friday, October 21, 2016 11:30am 50th + Reunion and 1748 Planned Giving Society Luncheon Celebrating the Classes of 1966, 1961, 1956, 1951, 1946, 1941 and All 1748 Planned Giving Society Members The DuPont Country Club

11:00am Field Hockey vs.

Tatnall JV to follow at 12:15pm Hockey Field 11:30am Homecoming Lunch Runs until 2:00pm ~ all welcome Homecoming Tent near the Hockey Field

5:00pm Alumni Field Hockey Game Hockey Field

12:00-2:00pm Self-guided tours of the MS/US Campus Tours begin in front of the Jones House

6:00pm (JV at 5:00pm) V Volleyball vs. Concord West Gym

Kids’ Corner West Gym

6:30pm True Blue and All Alumni Reunion/Awards Reception and Art Show MS/US Library Learning Commons

Saturday, October 22, 2016 8:00am Homecoming Service Collection begins MS/US Campus 8:30am Smith McMillan 5K Run/Walk Front entrance of MS/US 10:00am 15+ Meeting for Worship Honoring current and past faculty/staff with 15 or more years of service to WFS ~ all welcome MS/US Meeting Room

12:00pm Soccer vs. Tatnall JV at same time on adjacent field Mellor Field 2:30pm Varsity Football vs.

Tatnall Halftime Show by 4th-8th grade band Tattersall Field 8:00pm Upper School Homecoming Dance Evening reunions off campus for all classes ending in 1 or 6, as arranged by class agents.

Accreditation In early May, Head of School Ken Aldridge received confirmation from PAIS (Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools) and MSA (Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools) that Wilmington Friends School has met all requirements for their joint accreditation.

Thank you to our entire school community for the work that began in the summer of 2013 with the Appreciative Inquiry process. The work continues in our ongoing commitment to Friends School’s leadership in the independent school and broader community, and in our commitment to reflection and continuing innovation, a feature of Friends that was highlighted in the report of the accreditation visiting team.

Board of Trustees Thank you to Trustees who completed their terms of service in June 2016: Andrew J. Aerenson ’81, Brett D. Fallon, Ellen L. Gay, and Jocelyn Sutton Stewart ’82.

For the term beginning in July 2016, we are delighted (and very fortunate) to welcome/ welcome back:

Daniel L. Klein (returning Trustee) Dan is a senior member of the law firm Richards Layton & Finger within the Real Estate Group. He specializes in complex business transactions and in public/private joint ventures. Dan received his J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and his B.S. from the University of Pennsylvania. He and his wife, Mary, are the proud parents of Joshua ’98, Rebecca ’00, and Ben ’05.

Matthew Lang ’08 Matt already has served as a member and, most recently, as Vice Clerk of the WFS Alumni Board. He is a Financial Advisor (CFP) currently at UBS with The McLean Group. He received his B.A. from Dickinson College, and now lives in Philadelphia with his wife, Liz. Matt is the son of MaryJane and Tom Lang, both Class of 1981.

Erin Brownlee Dell ’89 Erin’s current position is Special Assistant to the President at Guilford College, where she formerly was the Associate Academic Dean. Erin received her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, her M.Ed. from Harvard University, and her B.A. from Kalamazoo College. Erin lives in Greensboro, NC, with her husband, Kyle, and their children, Phoebe and Sam. Summer 2016 • QuakerMatters

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—From the WFS Archives—

Expanding Families, Friendships, Horizons, and Understanding: Friends School Students Visit the Wider World in the 20th C.

By Terence Maguire WFS Archivist A recent issue of Quaker Matters included an article on the AFS and Affiliated School programs, bringing students from abroad to Wilmington Friends— almost 100 over the last 68 years. This article focuses on the reverse undertaking: the many ways that have allowed Friends School students (listed in main article by their names as students) to travel to faraway lands to experience and grow from cultures different from their own. Because there was so much material to include, the scope was limited to the 20th C. The earliest issues of the Whittier Miscellany, beginning in 1895, contain reminiscences of students traveling to Europe over the summer. Those, however, were more in the sense of “what I did last summer” and were the result of parents who could manage their sons and daughters touring the grand sights of the Old World.

Perhaps the first student to be part of a program designed to broaden a young person’s cultural perspective was Jane Hayden Frelick ’37, the first Delaware student to participate in the Experiment in International Living. In an interview last year with Jane, she recounted how she took an ocean liner across the Atlantic with a goodly number of other “Experimenters,” as they were called, in the summer of 1936. She spent time in Germany and Czechoslovakia, and witnessed the rising tide of Nazism in Europe, including its expression at the Berlin Olympics.

After WWII, more students started visiting abroad while still attending Friends School. One of the programs most facilitating such travel was the American Field Service. In addition to bringing students from overseas to American schools, AFS established a program to take American students during the summer to various countries in Europe. Called AFS Hospitality Scholarship, later AFS Americans Abroad, this was the organization through which most Friends School students had structured foreign experiences. The first was Joanne (Jody) Taylor Linton ’51, who had a home-stay in France in the summer of 1950. The second AFS summer student was Don Altmaier ’51, who also went to France 6

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but after he graduated; later his daughter Anne ’75 traveled to a tiny village in Greece, and daughter Katrina ’77 went to Reggio Emilia (namesake of an influence on the early years program at Friends) in northern Italy.

From 1950-1980, at least 45 WFS juniors spent a large portion of the summer between junior and senior year in home-stays in other countries.

Don “Chick” Altmaier ’51, with sunglasses, aboard the SS Nellie, carrying AFS Abroad students to Europe.

In the early years, the greatest number of WFS’ers went to France and Germany, but there was some variety. Nesta Warfield ’52 traveled to Belgium and Holland in 1952, Barbara Wesp ’57 to Austria, and Gerald Parsons ’58 to Italy. Lisa Stroud ’59 was the first to venture across the Pacific, staying in Japan the summer before she graduated. Soon after, there was more geographical variety: Anne Board ’70 to South Africa, Abby Lewis ’71 and Dee Sultzer ’73 to Australia, and Meg Adams ’74 to Colombia. Ann Mathias ’77, who

Meg Adams ’74 spent a summer in Cali, Colombia, with the Barrero family.

specifically requested to go “somewhere different,” was the first Friends student to stay with a family in Turkey. Interestingly, the AFS student coming to Friends that year was Elkis Beskinat, a young woman from Turkey.

Each year from 1950 to 1980, at least one and often more Friends students ventured afar through the AFS program. Toward the late 1970s, there were increasing numbers of WFS juniors abroad, climaxing in 1980 when six members of the class of 1981 (and Clark Omhalt ’80) spent summers in Europe and elsewhere. Included was Kim Linton ’81, daughter of Jody Taylor Linton. Tracey Quillen ’80 also recalled that two more of her classmates, David Glick and David Wright, participated in AFS summers. “Dave Wright bought a bottle of wine in France and kept it until the last of our high-school friends got married—then he sent it for those who gathered to celebrate in Wilmington, but he couldn’t come and didn’t get to drink it!”

AFS was not the only avenue through which Friends’ youngsters traveled abroad. The School had three “affiliated schools” in Holland, France, and Germany through the American Friends Service Committee. In the case of the first, the Lyceum in Zeist, it appears there was only correspondence—pen pals, presumably. In 1957, a true student exchange was created with the Lycée Internationale de SHAPE outside Paris. Students from that school spent six months in Wilming-

Glimpses of WFS Summer (and Year) Abroad Experiences This sidebar, in no particular chronological order, contains the reminiscences of past students, sometimes written back to WFS while abroad, sometimes summaries the following year, and sometimes from emails sent in the last half year to queries about those experiences.

Dick Roberts ’53, heading for Germany, was among the AFS Abroad students heading for Europe aboard the Arosa Kulm.

ton, staying with a Friends School family; then a high schooler of that family would return for a corresponding six months at the Lycée. The first pair were Mary Gilruth ’58 and Jacqueline Tallard. This exchange involved at least five more WFS girls: Connie Roberts ’61, Corlet Jackson ’64, Peggy Hess ’65, Julie Harvey ’68, and Carolyn Graybeal ’69. These last two attended the Sophie Scholl Shule in Berlin. While there may have been others, this writer has not discovered them (and would welcome additional information).

Anne Board ’70 Other students took different paths to spent the summer experiences beyond U.S. borders. Two of 1969 in South more students in 1976, a summer when Africa, where it eight Friends students summered abroad, was winter. She is followed Jane Hayden’s route, the Experi- shown in her school ment in International Living: Mary Lank uniform. to Germany, and Faith Kursh to Italy.

Back in 1970-71, Debbie Tanzer spent most of her senior year on a kibbutz in Israel, returning for graduation at Friends.

Peter Townsend ’75 —from a recent email about his time on a Belgian farm:

“The family I was with lived on a small farm just outside of the tiny town of Chappois-Leignon. My summer was not a riotously exciting one. Each morning I would milk the goat, feed the pig, feed the chickens, and help dig up some potatoes for dinner. Twice a week, I would correct English papers for all of my Belgian brothers’ friends…. After the papers were corrected, I would then translate the lyrics of rock songs into French….

Best day in Belgium—talking to an old family friend who originally was German, was conscripted by the Nazis to fight, captured by the Americans, fought with the French against the Nazis, was wounded, brought back to Germany to again fight for the Germans, escaped and ended up fighting for the Belgian resistance. Fascinating! Worst day in Belgium—when we slaughtered our pig for food. We were buds.”

Julie Harvey ’68

— a letter Julie wrote to the Whittier Miscellany in December, 1967:

“Berlin is really marvelous. It has many interesting ‘typically German’ places to see. The Friedrich-Wilhelm (17th C. leader) Memorial Church is very beautiful, although it was half destroyed during the War. The subway is fantastic; it goes through the entire city and only costs forty pfennigs: ten cents! There are many cafés and night clubs—some very well known outside of Berlin, too. Nearly everyone lives in apartments here, although only a few of them have balconies, and very few have elevators….Sunday morning you can hear the church bells all over. They ring very beautifully and call everyone to church. A few stores are already decorated for Christmas. I will go to Dusseldorf on the 23rd, but will be back in time for Christmas in Berlin.”

AFS Abroad program still functioned in the early 1980s; for example, Anne Lear ’84 chose to spend her senior year in Belgium with that program (“For me, two months would just be too short,” she said.) However, the emphasis at Friends School turned from individual summer home-stays to small group travel, often during the summer but also during the school year. In February 1983, 11 seniors in French IV and V classes traveled to France to attend the Lycee St. Joseph du Loquidy in Nantes along the Loire River with French teacher Suzette Angell (who passed away recently at the age of 91; see “In Memory”). After touring Paris for four days, they went to Nantes, met their French families, and attended classes.

Some were surprised at the length of the school days (nine hours) and the greater emphasis on family social life than school social life. “School life is separate from social life in France….French students are surprised how close our students are to one another,” wrote Madame Angell.

The same summer Mariza traveled to Kalmar, the Three weeks later, the French Vergara family hosted Swedish student Linn Palmoren: students who had been hosts became guests in the homes of Trelly ’89, Mariza ’88, and parents Virginia and Felix Vergara. the Friends student visitors.

David Glick ’80

— from a recent email:

“My AFS summer was the first overseas trip I ever made, and it sparked a lifelong wanderlust for me.…I loved immersing myself in another language and culture, as well as getting a small taste of European travel….it was an experience I think about often and that I will never ever forget.

It is also an experience I have shared with my teenage kids who are developing a similar passion for travel.”

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Sherry Patterson Thevenot ’67

In the summer of 1989, Aundrea Almond ’90 traveled to Okinawa to stay with the Tamanaha family. Later her host sister, Kimiko, came to America to stay with the Almonds and attend Friends School.

—from the Whittier Miscellany, Oct. 1966, about her home-stay with a Flemish family, the Mantels:

“Living abroad with a foreign family is one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences that a person can have….The AFS experience brings you in close contact with people and their real way of life. Speaking a totally different language is difficult at first but later proves to be no barrier to communication. I would give anything to prolong my stay for a whole year….I feel a summer is too short to awaken your senses to a broader scope of the world.” [Sherry truly believed in and acted upon this last sentence. She has lived in France for most of her adult life.]

Meg Adams Hunter ’74 —from a recent email:

“In 1973, Colombia had a very small middle class, but most of the other AFS students in Cali stayed with middle class families. I, however, stayed with an upper class family in a contemporary house all on one level with four bedrooms and two live-in servants.…

[M]uch of the Spanish that I learned that summer was from the Borrero family and watching Sesame Street in Spanish on a daily basis!….I realized that the other AFS students with middle class families had participated much more in daily family events, such as cooking and washing clothes….[and] had been granted much more freedom to go outside and walk both in their neighborhoods and downtown. They may have envied my luxuries, but I also envied their situations, which caused them interact more and become closer with their host families.”

Kevin Dew, ’79

—In the spring of his senior year, Kevin had the opportunity to visit Russia under the auspices of a religious/ educational organization called Promoting Enduring Peace, Inc. From an interview in the Spring 1979 school magazine:

“Moscow was a cold city, both literally and figuratively….We had the uncomfortable feeling that there were certain sights that we were meant to see, and others that our guide insisted were only rumors.

No slums, no pollution, no oil shortage, no segregation of Jews….

(She later accused some of us of espionage)….The bright spots outnumbered the dark by far, however. The architecture, particularly that of the churches, was exquisite (especially in Leningrad)….The subway, or Metro…was spotless, with chandeliers, sculptures, and a foolproof timetable. You could traverse the whole city or ride all night for the equivalent of 7 ½ cents.”

Dru Mignanelli Breslav, ’91

—A dozen years after Kevin, Dru was part of a “Friendship Caravan” to the Soviet Union, sponsored by People to People International. From the Spring 1991 magazine:

“I had this idea that the Soviet Union was this big gray place with no culture or beauty, which is totally wrong….I never expected Leningrad to be as beautiful as it was….” Dru cited the conversations she shared with Soviet people and the opportunity everyone had to get to know each other as “what made the trip a success….We all walked away thinking this is why we came. This is nice.” Dru concluded, “Go to learn. Go to experience something you never have before…go to find out how lucky you are.’”

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For the next few years, there may have been verbal confusion about WFS travel abroad to Kalmar and Colmar. A number of Friends students traveled to Sweden for an exchange program sponsored by the Sister Cities organization. Wilmington’s sister city there is Kalmar (from which the Kalmar Nyckel in 1638 sailed to the Christina River). Friends students would visit Kalmar one summer, and young people of the Kalmar host families would visit Wilmington the following summer. In the meantime, WFS French students during the school year traveled to home-stays and school in Colmar, a city in the Alsace region of France. The Swedish trips were during the summer, while the French trips occurred in late winter, as had the Nantes trip. Teachers Doug Wenny and Kirk Read supervised the Colmar trips, and Harry Hammond and Dale Beames the Swedish trips. While the language barriers between Swedish and American students were minimal (“They speak beautiful English,” said Hammond), the Swedes, once over here, were “shocked by the poor people and garbage they saw on the streets of New York” and elsewhere in America.

Additional opportunities opened up for Friends students by the mid-1980s. In May 1985, seven students with teacher Andrea DeVito traveled to Spain under the auspices of the National Registration for Studies Abroad and attended school in Madrid.

Unlike the French exchange, there was no reciprocal arrangement for Spanish students coming here. According to Harry Hammond, new Head of School Dulany Bennett insisted that, regardless of ability to afford such trips, any student who wished to could participate. In 1987, while 11 students went in February to Colmar, another cluster went with Mme. Angell to the south of France: Nice, Monte Carlo, and other (warmer) spots. Logistical problems with the Colmar exchange scuttled that program after five years, but new organizations supplied similar avenues. In fact, so frequent and varied were summer travels abroad that it became a standard practice for the first Whittier Miscellany of the year to run a half-dozen or more articles on these experiences. Linda Holmes ’89, Sarah Schenck ’91, Wes Dinsel ’89, and others summered in Spain through the Nacel student exchange organization in 1988; Anne Tallman ’89, Matt Meyer ’90, Mariza Vergara ’88, and others stayed in Kalmar in 1988; Talley Trench ’91, Toni Blye ’89, and Jason Mahoney ’91 went to France through Nacel in 1989; Dave Dru Mignanelli with a friendly Venarde ’83, Cathy KunkeSoviet soldier during her “Friendship Caravan,” People to People mueller ’86, Inga Karins ’89, tour, spring 1991.

and Aundrea Almond ’90 home-stayed in Japan in the 1980s under a government-sponsored program; Jay Sagar traveled to Spain via Nacel in 1991; Noel Bayard home-stayed in Holland through AFS; Ann Young ’94 in the Czech Republic in 1993, through the Putney School’s “Seeds of Progress” program; Tommy Chandler ’96 experienced Northern Ireland in 1994 as part of the peace-promoting Ulster Project. In 1991, Dru Mignanelli ’91 toured to the soon-to-be dissolved Soviet Union as part of a “Friendship Caravan,” part of People to People International organization; and Beth Lubaroff ’88 and Jeff Labowitz ’88 spent the summer before their senior year in Israel through the B’Nai Brith Youth Organization, as did Joy Ellick ’92 and Matt Meyer ’90 the following summer.

There were in those last two decades of the 20th C. far too many Friends School students who traveled abroad to be named here. Exactly what the school would have wished for! In their sojourns and exchanges, their expanded families and circles of friendship, almost all found improved facility in language and greater cultural flexibility. More important, said teacher Doug Wenny in 1986, such experiences, “will make them see that people in different countries…are really not so different from us. They’re human beings, the way we are. They have the same problems, joys, and pleasures that we do.” Wenny’s words echoed those of Wilmot Jones in 1946, that such exchanges of perspective had “real possibilities for the development of a kind of human understanding which…will contribute greatly toward making peace possible.”

Dick Roberts, Jr. ’53

—Dick had an AFS Hospitality Scholarship to Germany the summer before he graduated. In 1970, he wrote a lengthy article about how that experience set a pattern for him for years to come, and how he had lived since 1953 in Egypt (working on the Aswan Dam for the Ford Foundation), then moved to El Salvador and then to Tunisia. In a recent email, Dick summed up the influence his broader family derived from the AFS experience, noting, “…more interesting, it seems to me, was the developing international involvement of the rest of the Roberts family after my AFS summer in 1952”:

“While I went off to Yale in 1953, my mother, Dorothy Roberts, became involved in administering the AFS program at WFS. Among other things, that included welcoming several newly arriving students at our summer cottage pending settlement with their host families. In addition, my family helped arrange a family stay and US high school for my German brother, Claus, in 1953, welcomed Johan Christoffersen, a Danish AFS/ WFS student, into our family in 1955, and Madeleine Loontjens, a Belgian AFSC/WFS student, in 1959. After Madeleine’s semester at WFS, sister Connie ’61 returned with her to Paris and school, and has been an international traveler ever since. While in college, sister Dale ’60 took a trip to Europe which included two weeks living with a Turkish family I knew in Istanbul, followed by touring with Madeleine and a visit with Johan. My parents, my sisters, my brother (and I) have all visited with our European counterparts in their homes at least once, and in some cases more often.

Sister Connie and husband Bill (Amend, WFS ‘59) have seen Johan at least three times in the past 10-15 years…. She and Bill also visited Madeleine (Loontjens) Crohn this past summer in New York, where she currently resides. AFS started something here.”

Dave Venarde ’83

—Dave was the first of four WFS students who participated in the selective “Japan-U.S. Senate Scholarship Program,” which funded students stays with families in Japan for the summer. From the Spring 1990 school magazine:

Teachers Doug Wenny and Nancy Mahoney chaperoned a group of 12, mostly Friends School students, involving home-stays and travel through France and Switzerland.

“I really enjoyed the time I spent with my family, just sitting around talking…They wanted it to be as good a summer as it could be, and it was.”

Dave remembered that during orientation, the motto was that the two cultures were, “equally logical but different….When you see something that strikes you as strange, realize that it may be justified, just not what you’re used to.”

Anne Altmaier Adriance ’75 —From a recent email:

“I was an exchange student to Greece, and lived with a family in a tiny village in northern Greece, outside the town of Metsovo. I literally had to travel on a donkey down one mountainside and up another to travel from Metsovo….Communication with the ‘outside’ world and home was somewhat infrequent and challenging, and I kept up with the Watergate crisis through letters from my grandmother, Louise Walker….The customs and circumstances were quite different than in America—especially for young women, so I certainly got an education about my freedoms and opportunities. While I was there, the Greek-Cypriot war broke out, and we had soldiers occupy our village for a brief time (quite unlike anything I’d ever experienced at home at Friends School!).”

In 1996, Laura Jersild ’90, now a Spanish teacher at Friends, escorted Daisy Church ’97, Sujatha Srinivasan ’97, Erika Greisman ’97, and Eden Wales ’99 on a tour and student exchange in France.

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The Class Of

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Seated: Josh Pincus, Alexandra del Tufo, William Stanborough, Jacqueline Conner, Tymothy Moyer, Ciara Graves, Merritt Gates, Khalid Horne, Madeleine Ireland, Joslyn Gardner.

Next row: Elizabeth Orth, Jodi Lessner, Maya Johnson, Chloe Hudson, Natalie Szumel, Sydney Gardner, Catharina Clark, Caroline Wren, Demetria Ruhl, Kathryn Zucca, Summer Tyler, Jessica Saunders, Charlotte Donoho, Nina Biin Tennent, Hannah Feldmann, Frances Harper, Olivia Garber, Kelly Hartwick, Eleanor Napoli, Julia Delzingaro, Madison Gillerlain.

Third row: Nolan Delaney, Emilio Ergueta, Quinn Kirkpatrick, Cameron Kendle, Thomas Cover, James (Jack) Predergast, Andrew Conces, Eli Akerfeldt-Howard, Isaiah Congo, Jack Bulk, Brendan Wren, Owen Tolton, Jacob Howell, Blaise Glowiak.

Fourth row: Michael Ly, Noah Landis, Thomas Manley, Ethan Ivins, Alexander (Lex) Scott, Nathaniel Dorn.

Back row: Patrick Haubert, Miles Katzen, Alexander Trudel, Drew Felter, Christian Stanborough, Andrew Pittenger, Tai Moyer, Jonathan Gardner, Stephen Maguire, Daniel Shahbazian, Jakob Katzen, Margeaux Pantano, Katherine Mraz, Naza McMillan, Ryan Wood, Rebecca Sakaguchi, Margaret Kane, Nimalah Baaith-Ducharme.

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A beautiful day for family and friends to celebrate the Class of 2016.

Board Chair Susan Kelley shares a reading she chose for the Class.

Alex del Tufo ’16 with parents Keri and Joe.

2016 Commencement Speaker Cara LoFaro ’04

practicing the things I am about to share throughout your time at Friends. They are: an ability to connect and learn from others, a demonstrated commitment to service, and the willingness to embrace the journey.

From Ken Aldridge’s introduction:

My first piece of advice is the importance and strength of connecting with people. I remember the day after 9/11, September 12, 2001. I was sitting in Rick Grier-Reynolds’ Peace, Justice, and Social Change class. On our desks were thick packets of stapled together photocopied articles. With a serious and concentrated tone, Mr. Reynolds explained, “Alright everyone, scratch the unit we’ve been working on. Today we are starting a new unit. It is called ‘Why do they hate us?’” We proceeded to do an entire unit of study on understanding terrorism and the root causes of 9/11.

I began to develop an overwhelming desire to understand people different from me. This desire was at the root of all my subsequent experiences in life….By nurturing the light, or that of God in others, you will continue to learn something from every person you meet.

We are pleased and proud to welcome our commencement speaker, Cara LoFaro, Wilmington Friends Class of 2004.

By nurturing the light, or that of God in others, you will continue to learn something from every person you meet.

Cara is a specialist with the International Trade Administration in Washington, DC. She previously served as a Foreign Service Consular Officer in Brazil for the U.S. Department of State and worked with a global language-consulting firm, also in Brazil. She is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, where she concentrated in Latin American Studies and Emerging Markets. She spent her first year of the program at the SAIS campus in Bologna, Italy, and spent a summer in São Paulo as an intern for the Solidarity Center, an NGO dedicated to promoting workers’ rights. Prior to graduate school, Cara also served on the staff of then-U.S. Senator and now-Vice President Joe Biden.

Cara continues to represent our mission of global and Quaker education with distinction, just as she did when she was a student at Friends—an “ideal student,” according to her advisor in endorsing her as the 2003 recipient of the Bush Award. Looking through some past yearbooks and Whittiers, Cara, we found that you offered a Quaker perspective on the war in Iraq; that, as the news editor, you wrote about topics from global service to terrorism; and that you clerked the Worship Committee, among others. We are pleased to welcome you home, and we thank you for letting your life speak so eloquently to the values that distinguish Friends School.

It is a privilege to introduce Cara LoFaro.

Excerpts from Cara’s remarks: I didn’t know what I wanted to be when I left Friends in 2004.

My classmates predicted that in 10 years I would be living in Italy. By our 10-year reunion in 2014, I already had lived in Italy, as well as Mexico, Spain, Cuba, Washington DC, Colombia, and Brazil. It has not all been smooth sailing, but I wouldn’t change a thing about my journey.

Now, in my wise, old age of 30, I may not be an expert about the best way forward, but when I reflect back on my transitions, I can say with certainty that you are best prepared to face your transitions with the Quaker education you gained at Friends.

I’d like to offer three pieces of advice as you embark on your first transition as adults. The best part about this advice is that it is not new—or shouldn’t be—you have been learning and

The second piece of advice I will share is that the more you give, the more you will receive, which relates to the Quaker value of service. If you make it a habit to be positive, open, and giving, what you will receive in return is immeasurable. You know how the more snaps you send the more you get? And, how, the more you like other’s Instagram and Facebook posts the more likely they are to like yours? Well, believe it or not, the same idea applies in real life.

Making it a habit to help others in your daily life, without expecting anything in return, sets Commencement speaker Cara LoFaro ’04, off a chain reaccenter, with her mother, former WFS teacher tion of kindness Patty Haughton, and her sister, Sandy ’11. and giving. Just the other night, I was on my way back from a run, and I saw a disheveled looking woman standing near my apartment. She asked in Spanish how far away the Cuban Consulate was. She had just arrived from Miami, and was renewing her passport the next morning. I jumped at the opportunity to help, and chatted with her in Spanish about Cuba, where I had just traveled a few weeks ago, and where I had studied abroad in college. I love these moments. When service becomes a way of life, I find it is easy to notice opportunities to help others….When service is no longer an effort or conscious decision, it becomes a way of life and allows you to nurture your own inner light. I encourage you to maintain your commitment to service as a lifelong habit.

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The third and final I hope the Quaker piece of advice values and academic I’d like to share is to embrace the tools you learned at journey, not the Friends will serve you end game. When I was at Friends, in life as well as they our Quakerism have served me. teacher, Richard Bernard, shared the phrase, “Be still and know that I am God,” as a way to center oneself when going into Meeting for Worship. “Be still and know that I am God.” What does that really mean? I think I have figured it out over the years. For me, it means that, in life, things have a way of naturally falling into place, as long as you are focused on nurturing your light and the light in others.

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Eli Akerfeldt-Howard

University of Delaware Service: YMCA Volleyball Exploration: Photography/ YouTube channel

Nimalah Baaith-Ducharme

University of Delaware Service: WFS QUEST Service Trip Exploration: Shadowing school administrator

I remember my last few weeks of senior year at UD. It was spring of 2008. I wanted to get out of Delaware, and I was considering job opportunities in other states and countries. Then, two weeks before graduation, I received a call from Senator Joe Biden’s office. They needed someone immediately for a position in Wilmington. As reluctant as I was to stay in Delaware, I took it, and it was an ideal first job. I had no idea that a mere three months after I started, Senator Biden would get the VP nod, and I would help out on the campaign; or that years later, I would reconnect with the Vice President, by coordinating his official visit with the Brazilian President; or that now, back in DC at the International Trade Administration, I would be working just one floor above the office of a former Biden colleague.

Jack Bulk

I have learned through many situations to let life unfold naturally, and to have faith that with every experience in life, you are exactly where you need to be, even though you may not realize it. So if at some point you find yourself in a less than ideal situation, do your best. Embrace it as a learning opportunity and a chance to grow. It will lead to better things.

Isaiah Congo

Don’t be intimidated by new situations, because Friends has given you the tools to handle them. And don’t be discouraged if you do not end up where you thought you would—or if you don’t fulfill that “in 10 years” superlative. While my classmates stated that I would be living in Italy, neither they nor I could have ever predicted the path that would lead me there.

Embrace that path. I, by no means, have found my perfect career or perfect job yet, but I’ve had a lot of cool experiences, and with each experience, I am learning—and therefore becoming closer to discovering my best self. This journey is lifelong.

So, in conclusion, I encourage you to embrace your upcoming transition, and future ones, by remembering these Quaker principles of connecting with people, serving others, and embracing the journey of life, or, as stated in our Wilmington Friends School philosophy, “seek the truth, understanding that risk and change are inherent in the process of growth.”

And know that no matter how many transitions you may have, you will always have your Friends School community. Many of my classmates from WFS are still close friends, and when I see them, even if a few years have gone by, it feels as if no time has passed.

I hope the Quaker values and academic tools you learned at Friends will serve you in life as well as they have served me. Congratulations to the Wilmington Friends School Class of 2016. Thank you, and good luck.

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New York University Service: Eagle Scout Leadership Service Exploration: Arabic language/ Emerati culture

Catharina Clark

Stanford University Service: Center for Creative Arts Exploration: Family business/ history, England

Andrew Conces

University of Notre Dame Service: Appalachian Service Project Exploration: Golf Neumann University Service: Boys and Girls Club Exploration: Career exploration, funeral home

Jacqueline Conner

University of Delaware (Honors Program) Service: Rodney Street Tennis & Tutoring Exploration: Domestic violence/therapy for children

Thomas Cover

University of Delaware Service: Boys & Girls Club Exploration: Shadowing an engineer

Alexandra del Tufo

Boston University Service: Boys & Girls Club Exploration: Zen Buddhism

Nolan Delaney

The George Washington University Service: Tik Tok Day Care Center Exploration: Golf

Julia Delzingaro

Pennsylvania State University Service: WFS QUEST Service Trip Exploration: Shadowing a dermatologist

Charlotte Donoho

Carleton College Service: Rodney Street Tennis & Tutoring Exploration: Cultural immersion, Ireland

Nathaniel Dorn

Coastal Carolina University Service: WFS QUEST Service Trip Exploration: Fishing

Emilio Ergueta

(university in Europe – summer admissions) Service: Delaware Shakespeare Festival Exploration: Positive psychology

Hannah Feldmann

University of Delaware Service: WFS QUEST Service Trip Exploration: Creating a dwarf conifer perennial garden

Drew Felter

St. Lawrence University Service: WFS QUEST Service Trip Exploration: Flying lessons

Olivia Garber

The New School Service: Boys & Girls Club Exploration: Sewing

Jonathan Gardner

Patrick Haubert

Joslyn Gardner

Tai Holden

Sydney Gardner

Khalid Horne

University of Delaware Service: UD Physical Therapy Exploration: Shadowing an athletic director Pomona College Service: Boys & Girls Club Exploration: Career exploration, opera University of Richmond Service: Delaware Children’s Museum Exploration: Shadowing at UD Health Center

Merritt Gates

Georgetown University Service: Tik Tok Day Care Center Exploration: Service, The First Tee Gap semester, Cabrini University Service: WFS QUEST Service Trip Exploration: Service, The First Tee DeSales University Service: Boys & Girls Club Exploration: Shadowing YMCA Athletic Director

Jacob Howell

Franklin and Marshall College Service: Center for Creative Arts Exploration: Farmhand internship

University of Delaware Service: Faithful Friends Animal Shelter Exploration: Psychology internship

Madison Gillerlain

Chloe Hudson

University of Delaware Service: Christiana Care Exploration: Cultural exploration, Bahamas

Blaise Glowiak

Boston University Service: WYRA Summer Crew Camp Exploration: Journalism internship

University of Delaware (World Scholars) Service: WFS QUEST Service Trip Exploration: Learning classical music on bass

Madeleine Ireland

Ciara Graves

Ethan Ivins

Elon University Service: Delaware Humane Association Exploration: Yoga

Frances Harper

New York University Service: Boys & Girls Club Exploration: Shadowing, entertainment ad agency University of Delaware Service: Boys & Girls Club Exploration: Golf as a business

Maya Johnson

University of Delaware Service: WFS QUEST Service Trip Exploration: Shadowing a dentist

Virginia Tech Service: Christ Church Dominican Republic Mission Trip Exploration: Shadowing an orthopedist

Kelly Hartwick

Margaret Kane

Drew University Service: Student Arts Ministry Exploration: Career exploration, creative writing

College of Charleston Service: Boys & Girls Club Exploration: Shadowing a make-up artist

Jakob Katzen

McDaniel College Service: Boys & Girls Club Exploration: Internship with the Blue Rocks

Miles Katzen

University of Delaware Service: Boys & Girls Club Exploration: Shadowing an athletic director

Cameron Kendle

University of Delaware Service: Youth Basketball Camp Exploration: Computer software Above, Chloe Hudson and Jodi Lessner. Left, Cat Clark, Naza McMillan, Eleanor Napoli, and Ty Moyer celebrate with their just received diplomas.

Quinn Kirkpatrick

Elizabeth Orth

Noah Landis

Margeaux Pantano

University of Richmond Service: Appalachian Service Project Exploration: Sand sculpting Denison University Service: WFS QUEST Service Trip Exploration: Career exploration, restaurateur

Jodi Lessner

Barnard College Service: Boys & Girls Club Exploration: Career exploration, law & politics

Michael Ly

University of Delaware Service: Faithful Friends Animal Shelter Exploration: Cooking

Stephen Maguire

East Carolina University Service: Christiana Care Exploration: Career exploration, coaching

Tommy Manley

Franklin and Marshall College Service: WFS QUEST Service Trip Exploration: Boxing

Naza McMillan

West Virginia University Service: World of Life Christian Center Exploration: Service, YMCA coaching

Tymothy Moyer

Washington and Jefferson College Service: Ashland Nature Center Exploration: Food/restaurant industry

University of Delaware (Honors Program) Service: WFS QUEST Service Trip Exploration: Pottery University of Delaware Service: “A Shoe for You” Nonprofit Exploration: Training for a triathlon

Joshua Pincus

Emory University Service: Ronald McDonald House Exploration: Cultural exploration, Israel

Andrew Pittenger

Pennsylvania State University Service: WFS QUEST Service Trip Exploration: Energy auditing

James Prendergast

Syracuse University Service: WFS QUEST Service Trip Exploration: Career exploration, business

Demetria Ruhl

Dickinson College Service: Scout Gold Award Leadership Service Exploration: Sewing

Rebecca Sakaguchi

American University Service: Scout Gold Award Leadership Service Exploration: Storytelling through film

Jessica Saunders

Duke University Service: Boys & Girls Club Exploration: Knitting

Katherine Mraz

Alexander Scott

Eleanor Napoli

Daniel Shahbazian

Colorado State University Service: Boys & Girls Club Exploration: Shadowing a veterinarian St. Lawrence University Service: Brandywine Zoo Exploration: Shadowing doctors

High Point University Service: Christ Church Dominican Republic Mission Trip Exploration: Automobiles University of Delaware Service: Calvary Chapel of Delaware County Exploration: Shadowing a sound engineer

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Christian Stanborough

University of Miami Service: Christ Church Dominican Republic Mission Trip Exploration: Scuba diving/ photography

William Stanborough

School of Visual Arts Service: Christ Church Dominican Republic Mission Trip Exploration: Integrating film and music

Natalie Szumel

Andrew Conces ’16 with parents Mark and Liza and sisters Erin ’11 and Molly ’13.

University of Richmond Service: Christ Church Dominican Republic Mission Trip Exploration: Hiking

Nina Tennent

Hofstra University Service: Food Bank of Delaware Exploration: Circus school

Owen Tolton

Ursinus College Service: WFS QUEST Service Trip Exploration: 3D design/ virtual reality

Alexander Trudel

Trinity College Service: DE Dept. of Natural Resources & Environmental Control Exploration: Internship in advertising

Summer Tyler

University of Delaware (Honors Program/ World Scholars) Service: WFS QUEST Service Trip Exploration: Shadowing a physician’s assistant

Tai Holden ’16 with parents Wooja Chung and Maurice (Mo) Holden and sister Zoe ’20.

Ryan Wood

Demetria Ruhl ’16 with parents Dave and Athena and brother Nathaniel ’18.

University of Delaware (Honors Program) Service: Haitian Refugee Project Exploration: Photography

Brendan Wren

Temple University Service: WYRA Summer Crew Camp Exploration: Country club management

Caroline Wren

Boston College Service: WYRA Summer Crew Camp Exploration: Knitting

Kathryn Zucca

Furman University Service: WFS QUEST Service Trip Exploration: Farming as a business

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More Multiples Quinn Kirkpatrick ’16 with parents Laura and Ted and brothers Sean ’14 and Ryan ’17.

In addition to the Gardner triplets (pictured on the front cover), the Class of 2016 included three sets of twins: Jakob and Miles Katzen (above), Brendan and Caroline Wren (below), and William and Christian Stanborough (bottom).

Michael Ly ’16 with parents Sui Ling Chen and Hung Ly, older brother Steven ’15 and younger brother, Kevin; while attending Friends, both Michael and Steven stayed with their aunt, Carol Amaral-Ly (lower school computer science/mathematics specialist), and uncle, Phuoc Ly. Margeaux Pantano ’16 with parents Paul and Michelle and brother Tristan ’19.

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In addition to the named awards, students in grades 9-12 received 45 commendations for service and leadership that had a positive and lasting impact on the School.

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Josh Pincus and Rebecca Sakaguchi were chosen by their classmates to speak for the Class of 2016 during Final Assembly.

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Ken Aldridge with Jessica Saunders ’16, recipient of the John Marshall Mendinhall II, Class of 1939, Memorial Award, recognizing the graduating senior considered to have done the most for Friends School.

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The Charles W. Bush, Class of 1900, Award honors juniors who “most clearly demonstrate the School’s ideals of character, scholarship, and service.” Pictured with Head of Upper School Rebecca Zug are the 2016 Bush Award recipients, Gustavo Silveira, Hannah Kushner, and Jayna Jones.

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Andrew Conces, Naza McMillan, and Tymothy (Ty) Moyer received the 2016 Howard W. Starkweather, Jr., Class of 1944, Award, recognizing graduating seniors who have demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to community service.

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Meg Gehret Erskine ’83 with Patrick Haubert ’16, recipient of the Amanda Spackman Gehret, Class of 1951, Memorial Mathematics Award.

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Margaret Sullivan ’17 received the 2016 Robert P. Hukill, Class of 1939, Science Award. Margaret is pictured with Elizabeth (Biddy) Hukill ’76.

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The Wyeth Brothers Performing Arts Awards was presented to William Stanborough ’16 and Joslyn Gardner ’16.

William also received The Wyeth Brothers Visual Arts Award.

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Jodi Lessner ’16 and Chloe Hudson ’16 shared the Eden Wales Freeman, Class of 1999, English Award. Jodi also received the Jordan Wales ’97 History Award.

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The Upper School Foreign Language Award recognizes achievement, passion for learning, leadership, cultural openness and empathy, and a value of opportunities to engage cultures and communities representing the language(s) studied. This year’s recipient was Gustavo Silveira ’17.

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At this year’s Final Assembly, the School recognized the second Malone Scholar to graduate from Wilmington Friends, Hannah Feldmann.

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This year’s AFS student from Germany, Hanna Strietzel, was also honored at Final Assembly, along with her host family, parents Kristine Wellman and Derek Johnson and sisters Leah ’18 and Elise ’21. Hanna is pictured with Assistant Head of School, and QUEST Coordinator, Mike Benner and Rebecca Zug.

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Margaret Sullivan ’17, Business Meeting Clerk, and Sarah Gooderham ’17, Clerk of Agenda, presented the distinctive awards at Final Assembly and served as ushers for Commencement.

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Graduating seniors Cat Clark, Maya Johnson, and Alex del Tufo made an entertaining presentation of the Class of 2016 gift to the school, an outdoor bench to be placed on the circle between the Global Learning Center and the Jones House.

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Chris Lee ’82, Clerk of the Alumni Board, accepted the 2016 Class Scroll from the newest WFS class agents: Andrew Conces, Demetria Ruhl, Andrew Pittenger, Jessica Saunders, and Joslyn Gardner.

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REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2015-2016

Congratulations and Thank You Dear Friends, As a result of your stewardship of Friends, we have not only met our very ambitious goal to raise $950,000 for the WFS Annual Fund, we have exceeded it. Wilmington Friends School is the first independent day school in Delaware to exceed $1,000,000 in Annual Giving. Our community has come together in a way that signifies how unparalleled the educational experience offered at Wilmington Friends is—truly illustrating that Quaker Matters.

From the Global Learning Center Grand Opening in September through Annual FUNd February and the successful “Unlock the Gift” challenge in May, 2015-16 has been a year to celebrate stewardship and philanthropy at Wilmington Friend School.

We could not have achieved this milestone without the support and stewardship of so many of you, our extremely generous and caring parents, alumni, parents of alumni, grandparents, friends of the school, True Blue donors, faculty, staff, trustees and students. I am excited and humbled by the level of giving this year.

The WFS Annual Fund, in partnership with the endowment, is what allows us to plan for and invest in innovation.

We will use it to improve our academic and extracurricular programs in every division, while remaining true to our mission. The Annual Fund is an indicator of stability and promise, and, this year, we have a million-plus reasons to celebrate the strength of Friends School.

Thank you for your generosity and commitment to Wilmington Friends.

In Friendship,

Susan Kelley Clerk, Board of Trustees

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REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2015-2016

Volunteers and Committees Throughout the year, many individuals shared their time, lent their expertise, or opened their homes for events to help the school. Thank you! We would especially like the thank the volunteers listed below who supported the work of the Alumni/Development Office.

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Chris Lee ’82

Grandparent

Marilyn and Michael Uffner

Sara Geuder ’55 Jane Ellis James ’55 and Jim James ’55 Ellen Winthrop Jennings ’55 Caroline Simon Humphrey ’55 Evelyn Robbins Lang ’55 and Fred Lang ’55 Walt McDaniel ’55 Bill Poole ’55

Parent

Lori Captain

Parent of Alumni

Russell Endo

1965

New Parent

Helen Boulos and Tim Boulos ’91

ANNUAL FUND LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE CHAIRS:

MEMBERS: Tara and Karl Agne Donald W. Altmaier ’51 Melissa Fagan Billitto ’87 Jennifer Gimler Brady Meredith Jones Susan Kelley Deborah Miller Raymond Osbun ’71

Walter Smith ’62 Matthew Terrell ’91 Martha Poorman Tschantz ’85 Deborah and David Ross Aubree Wellons Oliver Yeh ’86

ALUMNI/DEVELOPMENT INTERNS

ALUMNI/DEVELOPMENT VOLUNTEERS

Keiko Endo ’12 Alice Irwin ’18 Eljiah Jabbar-Bey ’15 Ryan McWalter ’20 Cavender Salvadori ’13

Amy Delzingaro Deborah S. Layton Shelly Mand Deborah G. Mellor

Leslie Davis Guccione ’65 Hugh Kenworthy ’65 Patty Marshall ’65 Vivian Lessey Pas ’65 Ron Pownall ’65 Jim Shippen ’65 Lex Tarumianz ’65

1970

Betsy Lord Scott ’70 and Tom Scott ’70

1975

Beth Clark ’75 Sandy Ranck King ’75 Alisa Lippincott Morkides ’75

1980

Tamara Cox DeFer ’80 Tracey Quillen Carney ’80 Scott Gates ’80 Andrew Rudawsky ’80

1985

Maureen Redfearn Murphy ’85 Martha Poorman Tschantz ’85

1990

EVENT HOSTS Sidwell Friends School (Washington, D.C.) Anne Adams Kahn ’69 and Tim Kahn (San Francisco Area) Peverley Hukill ’74 and Jon Spain (Los Angeles Area) Jennifer and Bob Brady (Wilmington) Fran Biondi ’83 (New York City)

Aundrea Almond ’90 Rich Morgan ’90 Katie Flynn Bayard ’90 Holly Nielsen Bennett ’90 Mark Fiss ’90 Rich Morgan ’90

1995

Catherine Strickler Gaul ’95 Megan Ferrara White ’95

2000

Meredith Jones Joppa ’00 Lacey Ryan-Millar Hendrickson ’00 Chris Loeffler ’00

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Brooke Kebede ’10 Kristin Lang ’10 Jesse Paul ’10

SENIOR FUND COMMITTEE CHAIRS: Debbie Pittenger

Elizabeth Lord Scott ’70

MEMBERS: Scott W. Gates ’80 Susan Janes-Johnson Deborah Miller Tracy McMillan

20TH ANNUAL SMITH MCMILLAN MEMORIAL 5K RUN & WALK COMMITTEE CHAIRS: Katy Connolly MEMBERS:

Diane Nolen

Annette Aerenson Marci Aerenson Cassandra Aldridge Denise Chapman Jon Clifton ’80 Chip Connolly ’79 Elizabeth Connolly ’09 Adam Cutler Wendy Cutler Jack Ford Kim Ford Stacy Gatti Frances Gauthier Sue Handling Aliceia Higginbotham Jane Hollingsworth Stacy Horowitz Emily Kariuki Susan Kelley Dawn Manley Sajni Mehta Joe Napolitano Mike Nolen Jennifer O’Brien Fawn Palmer Albert Parker Lisa Townsend Raber ’77 Michelle Silberglied

REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2015-2016

FINANCIAL SUMMARY

2015-2016

A Breakdown of Giving to Friends

INCOME Tuition & Fees

July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2016 Fund

# of Gifts

Annual Fund

2,522

Amount

Campaign Projects & Programs*

7

$755,000

Current Operations

10

$24,975

Endowment*

89

$278,367

$1,051,681

2,628 gifts

$20,830,089 83.5%

Other Programs 6.4% (After-School Program, Summer Camps, Cafeteria, Etc.) Endowment & Investment Income

5.6%

Annual Fund & Other Gifts

4.5%

$2,110,023

total

* Totals for Endowment, Campaign projects, and programs includes new cash and stocks, as well as new pledges made in 2015-16

2015-16 WFS Annual Fund The WFS Annual Fund is an important part of the educational program at Friends. Past and present families, alumni and friends contribute almost 4.5% of the annual operating budget, or approximately $1,300 per student.

We cannot thank you enough for your support. Year after year, we ask, and, year after year, you answer: Amount

WFS % of National Participation Averages*

Trustees

$112,212

100%

100%

Alumni

$382,631

24%

8%

Current Parents

$254,050

75%

70%

Parents of Alumni

$106,085

23%

11%

Grandparents

$18,169

27%

14%

Faculty & Staff

$19,260

99%

93%

Foundations & Corporations

$100,978

Friends of WFS

$985

Friends Meeting

$2,000

Other

$55,311

EXPENSES

$20,812,851

Salaries & Benefits

55.2%

Classroom & Educational Expenses*

11%

Other Programs

4.3%

Facility Maintenance & Operations

11.9%

Financial Aid

17.6%

*Includes Administrative expenses

$1,051,681 raised from

1,522

distinct donors

*According to the National Association of Independent Schools Facts at a Glance 2015-16 for Independent Day Schools Please Note: Donors represented in the amounts listed above are included in one category only. For example, the amount donated by a trustee who is also an alumna/us would be included in the trustee category, but not in the alumni category. Therefore, amounts listed for each category may differ from the all-inclusive listings on the following pages.

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SENIOR FUND We are grateful for the families and friends of the Class of 2016 who continued the tradition of the Senior Fund at Friends. 89% of Senior Families gave more than $113,419 in honor of the Class of 2016, as well as the faculty who inspired them. Participating in the Senior Fund is a wonderful expression of celebration and gratitude during this yearlong transition of endings to new beginnings.

Maya Johnson Susan Janes-Johnson and Scott Johnson

Margeaux Pantano Michelle and Paul Pantano

Margaret Kane Sue Ann and John Kane

Josh Pincus Kathryn and Robert Pincus

Jakob Katzen Emily and Seth Katzen

Andrew Pittenger Debbie and Michael Pittenger Kay and Mike Porter

Miles Katzen Emily and Seth Katzen Cameron Kendle Kelley and Brian Kendle

James “Jack” Prendergast Jonathan Prendergast Sally Prendergast

Quinn Kirkpatrick Barbara and David Grover Laura and Theodore Kirkpatrick

Demetria Ruhl Athena and David Ruhl Catherine Ruhl

Noah Landis Deborah Miller and Adam Landis Jodi Lessner Frances and Robert Cohen Lisa and Martin Lessner Michael Ly Ling Sui Chen and Hung Ly Eli Akerfeldt-Howard Karin Akerfeldt and Michael Howard

Julia Delzingaro Amy and Michael Delzingaro

Nimalah Baaith-Ducharme Dean Ducharme

Charlotte Donoho Erica and Christopher Donoho

Jack Bulk Bradey Bulk Catharina Clark Gigi and Jan Clark Elizabeth Lord Scott ’70 and Thomas Scott ’70 Andrew Conces Elizabeth and Mark Conces Peggy and Thomas McAndrews

Nathaniel Dorn Rose Lee

Blaise Glowiak Annamarie Medeiros and Stanley Glowiak

Emilio Ergueta Petra and Javier Ergueta

Ciara Graves Michael Graves

Hannah Feldmann Kimberly and Andrew Feldmann

Kelly Hartwick Deborah and Paul Hartwick

Andrew Felter Nancy and Jon Felter

Patrick Haubert Noreen and William Haubert

Isaiah Congo Nichole and Benjamin Congo

Olivia Garber Debra Kimless Garber and Scott Garber

Jacqueline Conner Dana Harrington-Conner and Todd Conner ’83 Janice and Jay Conner

Jonathan Gardner Rosalind McCoy-Gardner and George Gardner

Jacob Howell Barbara Howell William Howell

Joslyn Gardner Rosalind McCoy-Gardner and George Gardner

Chloe Hudson Sandra and Paul Hudson

Thomas Cover Erica and Thomas Cover Jane Cover Alexandra del Tufo Keri Will-del Tufo and Joseph del Tufo Nolan Delaney Suzanne and Kevin Delaney

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Sydney Gardner Rosalind McCoy-Gardner and George Gardner Merritt Gates Fay and Carl Gates Stephanie Stevens Gates and Scott Gates ’80 Deanne Morris Stevens ’59

Tai S. Holden Wooja and Ravin Holden

Madeleine Ireland CharAn and Richard Ireland Robin and Timothy Ireland Elizabeth Lord Scott ’70 and Thomas Scott ’70 Ethan Ivins Lisa and Seth Ivins

Stephen Maguire Patricia Daly and Stephen Maguire Thomas Manley Dawn and James Manley Naza McMillan Joel McMillan Tracy McMillan Kate Mraz Elizabeth Lord Scott ’70 and Thomas Scott ’70 Eleanor Napoli Linda and Joseph Napoli Elizabeth Orth Kimberlee and H. Robbins Orth

Rebecca Sakaguchi Nancy and Paul Sakaguchi Jessica Saunders Roberta and William Headley Diana Saunders Rob and Julie Saunders Elizabeth Lord Scott ’70 and Thomas Scott ’70 Alexander Scott Susan and James Curtis Elizabeth Lord Scott ’70 and Thomas Scott ’70 Margaret Scott Christian Stanborough Elizabeth Jarvis and Paul Stanborough Elizabeth Lord Scott ’70 and Thomas Scott ’70 William Stanborough Elizabeth Jarvis and Paul Stanborough Elizabeth Lord Scott ’70 and Thomas Scott ’70 Natalie Szumel Sonia Kotliar and Richard Szumel Elizabeth Lord Scott ’70 and Thomas Scott ’70

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THANKS TO YOUR STEWARDSHIP OF OUR SCHOOL, Nina Tennent David Tennent Alexander Trudel LeeAnn and Glen Trudel Summer Tyler Lisa and Todd Tyler Constance Zekind

Wilmington Friends School students, faculty and families make the world around us a better place. Your gifts strengthen the foundation and function of Quaker education at Friends, helping our students achieve success as they grow as leaders and learners. We are most grateful for your generous support. Please note that the Giving Circles listed below recognize total gifts and pledges made by individuals from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016.

Ryan Wood Ruth and Steven Wood

Friends Circle

Brendan Wren Elizabeth Lord Scott ’70 and Thomas Scott ’70 Laurie O’Sullivan Wren and Kevin Wren

Anonymous (4) Helen Boulos and Tim Boulos ’91 Jennifer Gimler Brady and Robert Brady Bernadette and D. Robert Buccini Mati Buccini and Chris Buccini ’90 The Clark Family Fund Patricia and Thomas Connelly, Jr. Elizabeth Valentine Daudt ’41* u Ira T. Ellis, Jr. ’52 u Stephanie Stevens Gates and Scott Gates ’80 Noreen and William Haubert Home and School Association Susan and Bernard Kelley Hugh Kenworthy III ’65 Frank E. Lafferty, Jr.* Joanne Taylor Linton ’51 Deborah G. Mellor Suzanne Merrick ’39* u Marcia Halperin and Norman Monhait Jamie Nicholls and O. Francis Biondi, Jr. ’83 Kathryn and Robert Pincus Robert Pratt ’50 Maureen and Michael Rhodes Jocelyn Sutton Stewart ’82 and Jim Stewart Kristine and David Tuttleman Aubree and John Wellons

Caroline Wren Elizabeth Lord Scott ’70 and Thomas Scott ’70 Laurie O’Sullivan Wren and Kevin Wren Kathryn Zucca Karen and Scott Zucca The Class of 2016 Emily and Seth Katzen Friends, Faculty, and Staff Who Were Honored with Senior Fund Gifts: Matt Cauchy Erica and Thomas Cover Scott Clothier Susan Janes-Johnson and Scott Johnson Taiasha Elmore Elizabeth Lord Scott ’70 and Thomas Scott ’70 Javier Ergueta Suzanne and Kevin Delaney Ryan Wood ’16 Katy Kenney William Stanborough ’16 Robin Lebauer Michelle and Paul Pantano Ildiko Miller Deborah Miller and Adam Landis David Tennent Paul Nemeth Karen and Scott Zucca Jessica Smith Christian Stanborough ’16 Robert C. Tattersall (Coach T.) Patricia Daly and Stephen Maguire Christopher Verry Michelle and Paul Pantano

($15,000 +)

George Fox Circle ($10,000 +)

Mona Bayard and Thomas Bayard ’62 u Matilda Beasley Bixby ’55* u John A. and Joan M. Dietze Charitable Trust Sally Gore Trust of Mark B. Holzman Bold = True Blue Donor u = 1748 Society Donor * = deceased

Jane E. Hukill Deborah Miller and Adam Landis Gretchen Nielsen and Richard Nielsen ’55 Raymond Osbun ’71 Vivian Lessey Pas ’65 Laura Reilly and David Hartley Athena and David Ruhl Elaine and David Singleton u Alexis Tarumianz ’65 and Alice Tarumianz

Meeting Circle ($5,000 +)

Marci Applebaum Aerenson and Andrew Aerenson ’81 Marjorie M. Anderson* Elizabeth and David Baldwin Virginia Lee Butters ’62 and David Butters Danilee Cara and Jonathan Burke Lori and Joseph Captain Amy and Jeffrey Chapman Sally H. Chandler* and James T. Chandler III ’42* Eileen and Bartholomew Dalton Madge M. Ellis ’56 u Meg Gehret Erskine ’83 Pam Gehret and Jake Gehret ’77 Catherine DeanGooderham and Robert Gooderham Anne Harper ’84 and Rick Ronald James W. Harper ’50 Yancey Hillegas and David Hillegas ’55 u Jane Hollingsworth and Peter Hollingsworth ’77 Elizabeth Jarvis and Paul Stanborough Nancy Nash Johnson ’56* and Keith Johnson Elizabeth Krahmer Keating ’77 u

Shelley Kinsella and Rafael Xavier Zahralddin Mary and Daniel Klein u Evelyn Robbins Lang ’55 and Edward Lang ’55 Christopher Lee ’82 Lisa and Martin Lessner Paige Linton and David Linton ’78 Marcia and Laurent Lutz Anne and Gordon McWalter Melissa and Edward Micheletti Olivia and Marcus Montejo Jennifer and Tom O’Brien Kimberlee and H. Robbins Orth Catherine and Mark Parsells Lear and Gary Pfeiffer Alice D. Reilly u Deborah and David Ross Meredith Graves Rotko and Michael Rotko Mae Scott and Gary Scott ’82 Elizabeth Lord Scott ’70 and Thomas Scott ’70 u Jeannette Smith and Walter Smith ’62 u Barbara Stephenson and Thomas Stephenson ’60 Carl A. Stockfleth ’65 Patricia and Michael Sweeney Peter Townsend ’75 Karen and Scott Zucca

Head’s Circle ($2,500 +)

Cassandra and Kenneth Aldridge Olive Baganz and Bruce Baganz ’69 Samantha Balick and Adam Balick ’81 Ellen Barrosse and Paul Antle Lois Naylor Berl ’43 William P. Bickley Melissa Fagan Billitto ’87 and Rocky Billitto

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the listing of donors. If an error has been made, please accept our apologies and contact the Alumni/Development Office, at sdriscoll@ wilmingtonfriends.org, so that the appropriate change can be made.

Jenni Brand and Rob Brand ’89 Sherry and Jon Brilliant u Evelyn Brownlee u Denise and William Chapman Joan M. Connolly Katy and Chip Connolly III ’79 Jennifer and Matthew Criscimagna Julie and Gregory Davis David and Christina DeVoll Sally and Donald DeWees, Jr. Jennifer and Ernest Dianastasis Alexandra Poorman Ergon ’77 Kimberly and Richard Facciolo Jessica and Matthew Fischer Debra Kimless Garber and Scott Garber Ellen Gay and Gary Johnson Martha Hays and Richard Horwitz ’75 Kathy Hoffman and Louis Hoffman ’77 David Hollingsworth ’45 Susan Janes-Johnson and Scott Johnson Ann Lunger Jones ’58 Lynne and Fred Kielhorn Tamara Mand and Brian Curtis Mand ’90 M. Kirk McKusick ’72 u Lois and Freeman Miller Alisa Lippincott Morkides ’75 and Christopher Morkides Dede Wolcott-Neff and William Neff John Porter ’52 Carol Quillen ’79 Darcy and Ron Rademaker u Leslie Veith Reed ’83 and John Reed Patricia Sauter Ruemmler ’62 Joanna Savery u Paul Schnee ’84 Andrea and Jeff Sills J. Barry Smith ’52 Amy and Lee Trainer Martha Poorman Tschantz ’85 and Jay Tschantz u Anna and Luke Wales u Pamela Appleby Waxlax ’83 and Paul Waxlax u Kristine Wellman and Derek Johnson Laura Wetzel and F. Todd Wetzel ’73 Rebecca and James Zug

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Faculty Circle ($1,500 +)

Robert Aerenson ’79 Karin Akerfeldt and Michael Howard Constance Roberts Amend ’61 and William J. C. Amend, Jr. ’59 Anonymous Lauren and Lee Asher Karen Brofee Jill and Christopher Brooks Ashley Connolly and Michael Connolly ’84 Annie and Chris Coons u Eleanor and Alan Craig u Wendy and Adam Cutler Kim Cutler and Bruce Cutler ’58 u Marisa de los Santos and David Teague Sherry and Brett Fallon Susan Morovati Finizio ’87 and GianClaudio Finizio Cheryl Fleming and Daniel Fleming ’76 Janine Freeman and Jay Freeman, Jr. ’65 Joe Frey Amanda Walker Friz and Robert W. Friz ’86 Rosalind McCoy-Gardner and George Gardner Rachel and Paul Gaskell Stephanie and Douglas Gramiak Debbie and William Hartnett Deborah and Paul Hartwick Carol and Harry Heller Sarah Horowitz and David F. Venarde ’83 Patricia Hsiao* Christine and Jonathan Huxtable Linda and William Jaworski Elizabeth Moore Johnston ’58 and William Johnston u Mary and William Johnston Jennifer Kaiser and David Kaiser ’83 Penny Kolloff and John Urice ’64 u Elizabeth Latchum ’65 Maureen and Terry Lawrence ’62 u Barbara Chase Lessey ’68 and Bruce A. Lessey ’68 Yong Liu and Chundi Jin Christine and Alan Livadas Herschel Loomis ’52 u Gwyn and Robert Loud Anne Martelli and Adam Raben Joanette McGeoch Ann Gehret McKinney ’83 and Al McKinney

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Lisa Peyton-McNeill and Omar McNeill Anne Nolte and Thomas A. Dippel ’89 Kelly Snyder O’Donnell ’93 and Liam O’Donnell Linda and Gaetano Pastore Faye Paul ’03 and Arthur Lipovetsky Isabel Brown Pearce ’48 Lisa Pearce and Mark Pearce ’84 Melina Pellini and Michael Pellini ’83 Debbie and Michael Pittenger William Poole ’55 Powell Family Foundation Abigail Quandt and Donald Potter Martha Rees and Frank Hobbs Sherry Reid and Bradley Wallick Margaret Scott Christy Searl ’87 and John Haegele Deborah Murray-Sheppard and Rick Sheppard James Shippen ’65 Lynn Smith and David Smith ’66 Susan and Nickolas Sotiropoulos Nora and Stuart Spinner Louisa Hill Spottswood ’50 Barbara Stargatt Dana Smith Tench ’65 and Ken Tench David Tennent Susan and Timothy Terranova LeeAnn and Glen Trudel Sangeeta and Anup Vidwans Barbara Ward and Sedgwick A. Ward ’50 Teri and Bruce Weber Becky Whitney and Christopher Whitney ’64 Wilmington Monthly Meeting Alyce Wright ’83 Helen Yeh and Oliver Yeh ’86 Pamela Perkins Young ’64 Louisa and Harvey Zendt Kyle Stiffler and Alexander Zwil

Whittier Circle ($1,000 +)

Aundrea Almond ’90 Tina and Bill Baczkowski Mr. and Mrs. G. David Biddle ’88 Lydia Boyer and David Boyer ’48 u

Carolyn Appleby Bruce ’85 and Thomas Bruce Elizabeth Buccini and Robert Buccini ’86 Pamela and Richard Cerchio Anthony Clark Gigi and Jan Clark John M. Clark, Jr. ’50 Mr. and Mrs. Clough Kimberley Linton Coombs ’81 and Charles Coombs Jay Dalgliesh ’62* Lisa and Eric Davis Catherine and Thomas Dearlove Lynda Dew and Kevin Dew ’79 Gertrude R. Drysdale Kathy and Dan Dugan Lisa Fitzpatrick and Thomas Marston ’75 u Elizabeth Flinn and Irvine Flinn ’53 Barbara Gehret and John Gehret ’51 Susan Geoghegan and David Geoghegan ’75 Lucile Glasebrook and Richard Glasebrook ’66 Glenmede Corporation Jennifer Glick and David Glick ’80 E. Jane Goldberg Kenneth Graham ’79 Leslie Davis Guccione ’65 Rebecca Hankin and Gregory Mand ’87 Sue and Edwin Harron Annette Hearing and John Wenderoth Marilyn and Michael Hendricks u Lynn Hill and Richard Hill ’61 Stephanie Hoopes ’82 Karen Horikawa and Peter Wenigmann Peverley Hukill ’74 and Jon Spain CharAn and Richard Ireland Dr. Lazarus and Helen Kirifides Nancy Kronfeld Matthew Lang ’08 Katherine Linton and Jeffrey T. Connor-Linton ’77 Judy Lockhart and George Lockhart ’60 Ruth Marshall and Thomas C. Marshall, Jr. ’41 u Donald and Faith Masten Reed Masten ’75 u Jean and John McClelland Kathleen and Thomas McDonough Metta Miller ’80

Ellen and Leon Mintz Ruth and Shah Morovati Susan and Kenneth Musi Julie Neff and Braden Neff ’00 Mary Nice and John Nice ’52 Kendra and Sylvester Okolo Anne Allen Pflugfelder ’50 J. Ronald Pownall ’65 Jay Pownall u Margaret Hukill Prince William T. Quillen ’52 Carol Fischler Rice ’65 June and Richard Roux Judith Salavetz and Ned Davis ’62 Melissa Sanders and Scott Sanders ’77 Julie Ann Sandler ’85 and Joel Friedlander Kathleen and Jonathan Schroeder Sujatha Srinivasan ’97 and Rajesh Vedanthan Jennifer and John Sullivan Maria Sunzel and Scott Larson Diane Teeple and Rodman Teeple ’45 u Lynn and Lawrence Tornek Marilyn and Michael Uffner Frank Ursomarso Kristen Greene Ursomarso ’86 and James Ursomarso Mei-Lun Wang and Larry Chou

Richard Weigel ’62 Dr. and Mrs. Henry Weiner Nancy Jessup Wells ’41 Lisa Wilkinson and Roy Wilkinson ’70 u Roger Williams ’57 Paraskevi Wolcott and Josiah Wolcott ’97 Janet Martin Yabroff ’64 and Ronald Yabroff u

Bancroft Circle ($500 +)

Tara and Karl Agne Frances Walker Altmaier ’53 and Donald Altmaier ’51 Fran and Paul Altman Elizabeth Anderson and Todd Anderson ’81 Savio Antao Nancy Arnosti Virginia Poole Bainbridge ’63 and David Bainbridge Thomas Baker ’57 and Susan Baker Cricket and Mark Ball ’52 u Mary and Bodo Baltycki Ann Fletcher Beekley ’49 and John Beekley ’49 Chrissie Brosius Beh ’50 Elisa and Michael Benner Julie Gordon Beverly ’88 and Whitney Beverly June Alt and Andrew Blair Irene Blumberg Maria and Roberto Bonetti

REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2015-2016 Melissa and William Brown Tracey Quillen Carney ’80 and John Carney Jamie and Bruce Chase Donna and Jan Clark Jonathan Clifton III ’80 Dineen and Douglas Cochran Jody Coghlan ’86 Jeffrey Cohen ’82 Ann and Bob Cole Carol and Gerald Cole Erica and Thomas Cover David H. Cress ’71 Bonnie Wilson Crosby ’79 and Sumner Crosby u David Crosby ’75 Andrea Krahmer Cross ’79 and David Cross Barbara D. Curran Tracey Dam and Hung Q. Dam ’91 Lisa A. H. Darling u Fleet G. Davis III ’86 Marilyn Davis Amy and Michael Delzingaro Nancy and Doug Denney Richard Diver ’78 Kimberley Massih Dolan ’89 and Patrick Dolan Alice W. Donaghy Alexandra Donaghy and Stephen Bruce Donaghy ’81 Jeania and Kirk Drane Jan and Leo P. Dressel Priscilla Altmaier duPont ’82 Lynne Ellick Tara Elliott Belinda Winbon and Curtis Engelmann ’65 Lois and Thomas L. Fagan, Jr. Karen and Thomas Fairchild Abigail Greene Fassnacht ’57 and John Fassnacht u Gabriella and Michael Finizio Sharon Mulrooney Flanagan ’84 and Peter Flanagan William H. Foulk, Jr. ’50 Jennifer and Nicholas Froio Bruce Norelius and Landis Green u Melody and Harry Hammond u Susanne and Matthew Handling Sharon and John Hanson Aleta Welling and Michael T. Hardy ’89 Mindy Winslow Harris ’69

Elizabeth Beadle Herrmann ’47 Margaret Hill and Arthur Hill ’51 Catherine and Roger Holcomb Hilary Barnes Hoopes and Robert R. Hoopes, Jr. ’85 Judith Hoopes Sinead and Thomas Horan Christopher Howard ’74 Ann Hriciga and Michael Coughlin Penney Cox Hubbard ’56 and A.C. Hubbard Lawrence Humphrey ’80 Meg Adams Hunter ’74 and Scott Hunter Robin and Timothy Ireland Jill Pryor Isakoff ’69 and Peter Isakoff ’69 Lisa and Seth Ivins Jane Ellis James ’55 and Albert James ’55 Matthew Johnson ’04 Saundra Ross Johnson Sue Ann and John Kane Marcy and Artie Kempner Jamie and William Kleman Alison Zinman Kortanek ’83 and Steven Kortanek Sonia Kotliar and Richard Szumel Karen Krigstein and Alan Krigstein ’70 Joyce and Stephen Lamb Cynthia LaMothe and John LaMothe ’56 Mary Jane Laberee Lang ’81 and Thomas S. Lang ’81 Maria and Scott Larsen Charles Lawrence ’64 Rose Lee Julie and Rodger Levenson Margaret Lindley and Daniel Lindley ’68 Jennifer and Frank Luckangelo Elizabeth McClelland Lutostansky ’88 and Mark Lutostansky Laura and Thomas Macauley Marilyn and Terence Maguire Sarah Schenck Maheshwari ’91 and Vinay Maheshwari Patricia Marshall ’65 Margaret Steinbring McMillan ’45 and David McMillan u Annamarie Medeiros and Stanley Glowiak Betsy and William Medford Margaret Landefeld Mitchell ’65 and George Mitchell

Elisa and Bret Morris Virginia Fraser Morris ’65 and John Morris ’63 Karen Nichols ’83 Laura and Charles O’Kane Takako Ono and Yoshiro Ono ’67 Carol Mumford Osbun ’66 and Ben M. Osbun, Jr. ’66 Michelle and Paul Pantano Kathleen and James Patton Susan Pierce and James L. Matlack Kristin Dugan Poppiti ’03 and Robert Poppiti Barbara Flinn Quillen ’47 Anna Quisel ’87 and Bret Snyder ’87 Joseph Rhoads, Jr. ’53 Monica Logsdon Rockefeller ’72 and Avery Rockefeller Laura and Ralph Rossi Piper Wentz Rothschild ’72 and Jonathan Rothschild Rob and Julie Saunders Robert Sepelyak Jill and Adam Shilling Erin and Michael Sicuranza Silvana and Edson Silveira Kathleen and David Skibicki Judy Reed Smith ’64 and Normand Smith Georgie Stapleton and Walter Stapleton ’52 Deborah Darr Stayton ’65 Joseph Sullivan Paula and William Swain Viki and Warfield Teague Lloyd L. Thoms Pamela Thurlow and Charles Thurlow ’65 Kathryn Gehret Welsh ’75 and Thomas Welsh Pete Wentz ’67 Lisa Wilkinson and Roy Wilkinson ’70 u Susanne and Gregory Williams Dolly Bochenek Wolf ’71 and Carl Wolf Gail Wollerton ’67 Cynthia Pyle Woolley ’56 u Flo Wright and David Wright ’80 Patricia Wyatt ’61 James and Debora Zug

Jones Circle ($250 +)

Tracey Porter Aleman ’87 and John Aleman ’84 Gail Porter Anderson ’56 Deborah Allen Apple ’45

Jane Wier Apple ’56 and David Apple Anita Aronson Joseph J. Arpad Elizabeth Amend Ashby ’54 and Richard Ashby Ann Moodey Ashe ’77 and Andrew Ashe Joan Powell Ayars ’65 and David Ayars Phoebe B. Baker ’62 u Gwen Baraniecki-Zwil ’12 Hank and Karen Baumann Olga and Don Beskrone Ann Scott Black ’65 and Steve Black Sharon Bob and H. Alan Young ’54 Jeanne and Paul Boswell Marty Bowers ’76 Elizabeth Bray and James Keith Bray ’91 Carolyn Mulford Calhoun ’55 and Bill Calhoun Laura Campbell Marybeth Cashman and Christopher Cashman ’78 Lisa and George R. Cattermole Cindy Charriez Linda and Ari Chompre Sigurd Christensen ’63 Susette Cochran and James S. Cochran ’66 Mary Peterson Colhoun ’71 and Michael Colhoun Theresa Conaty Janice and Jay Conner Carolyn Gates Connors ’81 and Sean Connors Antonio Celso and Regina Caspari Monteiro Cortada Julie and C. Richard Cox Sue R. Crichton Pamela Bromley Croft ’65 Nancy Crowe and Robert Crowe ’56 Willis Cupery ’50 Jennifer and Tim Dalby Dahvia and Andrew Dalton ’97 Anna Vreeland Davis ’66 and Steven Davis Lisa Dew and Thomas Dew ’75 Nancy Fitts Donaldson Erica and Christopher Donoho Carolyn Schneider Dowds ’45 Sue and Bill Driscoll Sarah and William Driscoll Susan and Michael Dubowy Sydney and William Dugdale Serge Dumont ’65 Sandra and Charles Durgin

FUN FACT:

>$1 MILLION

The amount raised in donations to the WFS Annual Fund, a milestone no other independent day school in Delaware has ever achieved.

Dawn and Miguel Echevarria Joan P. Egan Nancy and Jon Felter Julia L. Fogg ’88 Lois and Brian Galinat William Gant ’71 Nancy Wier Gardner ’54 and Kirtland Gardner James Garvin, Jr. ’64 Irene Garwood and Richard Garwood ’61 Fay and Carl Gates Catherine Strickler Gaul ’95 Imogene B. Geoghegan Diane Gilman and Forrest Collier Gladys Goldman and Peter Goldman ’86 William Goulding and Roberta Galati Karen Tarbell Greeley ’87 and Robert Greeley Clare and Mark Grochowski Ona Murdoch Hamilton ’67 and Stephen Hamilton Theresa Harper and John Harper ’77 Aisha Haque and Jeffrey Craig ’87 L. John Harris, Jr. ’62 Trudy and Terry Hatter Joseph J. Hill ’53 Judy and David Hilliard Robert H. Hodge ’52 Marjorie Hoopes Edith Horner Jill Hughes and Jeffrey Hughes ’79 Elizabeth Hukill ’76 Elizabeth and Rudolf Hutz Karen and Francis Iacobucci Sohah Iqbal ’94 Carolyn Jefferson Virginia Ryan Joffe ’60 Linda Johnson and Steven Johnson ’79 u Janet and John Jones Marcia Jones W. Rufus Jones ’52 u Dayle and Michael Joseph Felleng Kalema Melinda Kittle Keane ’02 and Bryan Keane Kathryn and Christopher Kenney Todd Kephart ’88

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290

Pounds of food grown and harvested by students, faculty, and parents working in the two WFS organic gardens.

Suzanne King and Allen D. King, Jr. ’52 Laura and Theodore Kirkpatrick Jonathan Kittle ’04 Patricia and Glenn Kocher Susan and Jeffry Komins Marguerite Marston Kritkausky ’70 and John Kritkausky Linda and Steven Kushner Sally Smith Lambert ’57 and Edward Lambert Marilyn Lammert and Paul Carlson Anne Lang and William Lang ’52 Frank Lang ’58 Kristin Lang ’10 Linda Laughlin and K. Michael Laughlin ’57 Sara and Richard Leff Amy and Michael Leviton Claire Lindley and Peter Lindley ’59 Hemei Liu and Peng Nie Peggy Lubin and Alan Evantash Margaret Weber Makar ’61 and Michael Makar Shelly and Martin Mand Kimberly and William Mangan Mali and Majid Mansoory Mary Ellen Martin Marvel ’63 Florence Matter and Herbert M. Matter ’91 Suzi and David Maybee Kelly Seiberlich Mayo ’95 and Andrew Mayo Carolyn Briggs McClain ’71 Karen McCann McClelland and John McClelland ’87 Dawn and Michael McCoy Monica and Michael McKenzie Kathleen McKusick ’77 Melinda McMahon and James McMahon ’72 Maggie D. Mesinger Lisabeth A. Moore Susan and Paul Morrison Linda Morrow and Peter Morrow ’59 Lindsay Moyer ’03 Bold = True Blue Donor u = 1748 Society Donor * = deceased

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Patricia Murdock and Allan Cairncross Lara and Gary Munch Brigitte and Francis Murphy Linda and Joseph Napoli Diane and Michael Nolen Helen Burr Nulse ’51 Marguerite Oat and Charles Oat ’70 Ann Mathias O’Neil ’77 and Brian H. O’Neil Kim Overby and Gary A. Koretzky Missy Owens ’94 Debra J. Pace Elizabeth Burr Papastavros ’49 Laura Pardee and Fred Pardee ’52 u Margo Hoff Pennock ’74 and Jonathan Pennock ’74 Beth Peters ’83 and Brad Fagg Hester and Leon Petty Beth Lubaroff Pfeifer ’88 and Robert Pfeifer Nicki Topkis Pickles and Jaimie Pickles Shana and Csongor Pinter Sally Prendergast Susan Procaccini and Carl F. McMillan ’79 Kristin and Keith Ragan Lindsay Rademaker Reinhold ’94 and Ross Reinhold Liliane Remy-Battiau ’52 Linda Harris Reynolds ’75 and James R. Reynolds ’75 James Roberts ’50 Jennifer Rowland and Christopher M. Rowland ’95 Vicki Huber Rudawsky and Andrew Rudawsky ’80 Ramzi Sabbagh ’79 Nancy and Paul Sakaguchi Lori and Mark Schmittle Doris and Carl Schnee Marissa Schnelle and Mark Fiss ’90 Robert Scott, Jr. ’63 Warren Scott Laurence Sherwood III ’70 Peter Shields ’57 Michelle and Russell Silberglied Marion Silliman and Henry H. Silliman, Jr. ’52 Lisa and Jim Simon ’60 John H. Small Daniel Smith ’68 Jeanne Morris Smith ’49 and Bill Smith Lyn Smith W. Alan Smith ’50 u Arlene Frech Spezzaferro ’93 and Todd Spezzaferro u

Mary Ida Sprague and Peter Hale Sprague, Sr. ’49 Cruce Stark and Nancy Wingate Deanne Morris Stevens ’59 Sarah Stock Patterson and John Douglas Patterson Margitta Kerr-Stover ’84 and Gary Stover Martha and Donald Sullivan Caroline Schwartz Sutton ’57 and Carlton Sutton Dianne and Robert Tattersall Alison Terrell and Matthew Terrell ’91 Diana and Allen Terrell Donna Terribile Kelly and Charles Terribile June and Paul Thome Monica ThompsonHenry ’88 Theodore Thomson Barbara and Norman Tomases Doris Biesterfeld Townshend ’39 Jennifer Kittle Trainor ’02 and David Trainor ’02 Sarah Singleton Turick ’95 and Michael Turick Juliane Harvey Van Egmond ’68 and Alan Van Egmond Mary Ann Pennington Verneuil ’60 and Vincent S. Verneuil, Jr. Janet Holmes Waddell ’54 and James Waddell Susan Ward and Rodman Ward ’52 Abram Wehmiller ’91 Alice Martin Whelihan ’68 and James Whelihan Joan Porter Wideman ’49 and Ronald Wideman Michael Wise ’64 u Roland H. Woodward ’65 Lingling and Jinghuai Xu Judith and Gerald Yeatman

Blue and White Circle

(Young Alumni)

R. Matthew Davis, Jr. ’11 Julia Horwitz ’11 Katrina M. Sotiropoulos ’11 Elizabeth Aleman ’12 Gwen Baraniecki-Zwil ’12 Keiko Endo ’12 Josette Graves ’12 Southworth Hamilton ’12 Daniel Potter ’12 Molly Conces ’13 Jeffrey Davis ’13 Meredith Erskine ’13 Emily Horwitz ’13

Arielle R. Sotiropoulos ’13 Brett Tracy ’13 Arthur G. Connolly ’14 Quinn A. McNeill ’14 Kevin Roux ’14 Scott Davis ’15

Contributors (up to $249)

Devon Adams Madhushree and Sumit Agarwal Rebecca Alderfer ’76 Judy and James Aliquo u Skip Allen ’62 and Alison Allen Penelope and Mark Allison Benjamin Altman ’06 Carol Amaral-Ly Ejimofor Amobi ’99 Dina Robinson Anderson ’84 Meredith Malmberg Anderson ’68 and Greg Anderson Michael Anderson Karen and Thomas Anglim Anonymous (2) Ginny and Richard Appleby* Sheila Brown Arbury ’62 Charlotte and Michael Arnold Patricia Kennedy Ascher ’56 and Doug Ascher Meredith and Berton Ashman J. Mark Attic ’48 Susan Attix Frances Bacon Tony Bacon Lydia Baer and Jeffrey Baer ’71 Barbara Baganz Simpson ’71 Amy Bailey Barbara Bailey and Peter Bailey ’51 Ellen Bailey Pamela Bailey ’53 and Jerome Downie Mary Beth Rickards Baisden ’51 Susanne and Richard Baker* Seema Vora and Jay A. Bakhru ’93 Louise Baldwin ’69 Carol and Sidney Balick Dana Balick ’83 and Paul Herdman Helen and Bernard Balick Leann Bankoski ’97 Janet and Chris Banschbach John Barbis Lisa Bariglio Christine Strahan Barker ’67 Carol and William Barnes

Elizabeth Hale Barnett ’58 and Crawford Barnett Anne Jackson Barnhill ’54 and Glenn Barnhill ’53 Evan Bartle ’08 Sarah Bartle ’06 Kathy Barton Linda J. Basso Karen Gordon Bastow ’98 and Matthew Bastow u Sarah Batcheler Elizabeth Lewis Bates ’71 and Jonathan Bates Elizabeth Cranston Baxter ’51 Josephine Martin Bayard ’67 and Richard Bayard Tonya and Mathu Baynes Lea Spruance Beard ’80 and Kenneth Beard Linda and Shawn Beard Lori and Frank Beardell Bonnie and Richard Beck Elizabeth Mintz Beckett ’81 and Tom Beckett Marcelle and Alban Beete Jan Schaumann Bell ’47 and Roy Bell Anna Hubbard Bellenger ’54 and George Bellenger Anna Bellenger and George C. Bellenger III ’79 James Bellenger ’83 Lisa Craven Bellenger ’83 A. Douglas Bender ’53 Diane and Stephen Beneck Holly Nielsen Bennett ’90 and Michael Kriwonos Judith C. Bennett Henrietta Bente and Paul Bente III ’63 Cynthia Bergman ’81 and John MacManus Anne Chapman Berl ’46 Carol and Richard Bernard Robin Morley Bernstein ’79 and Jack Bernstein Ann Atwood Biggs ’51 Anna Massey Biggs ’83 and John Seiffert Melissa and John Bilek Mr. and Mrs. O. Francis Biondi, Sr. Harrison Bispham III ’70 Lawann Blackston Anne Taylor Board ’70 Melanie Sticklen Bocarro and Jason Boccaro Jamie O’Connor Bolane ’61 and John Bolane Stephanie Bonnes ’04 Anne Bonnyman u Eleanor Woodward Borders ’46 and William Borders Leslie and Mark Borst Kywanna Bost

REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2015-2016 Elizabeth Boynton and D. King Boynton, Jr. ’58 Elizabeth Rolle Bradburn ’85 Rebecca Brand ’92 Julie James and Kenneth Brick Hannah Brilliant ’09 Connie Britton and Justine Sherwood Vienna Broadbelt Sylvia and Vernon Broussard Austin Brown ’00 Betsy and Jim Brown Gwen and David Brown Katherine Goemaat Brown ’02 and James Brown Kathy and William Brown Norval Brown, Jr. Anne Brownlee ’94 Judith Brubaker and Robert Brubaker ’50 Jean and Jack Bryant Kempley Bryant and Charles Bryant ’79 Alisha and Brian Bryson Victoria Milliken Buccino ’64 and Salvatore G. Buccino Michael R. Buchanan and Phyllis D. Buchanan Arlene and John Buckey Bradey Bulk Sara Hackett Bunnell ’43 Catherine Kelleher Burgy ’79 and Francis Burgy Marcy Stong Burka ’84 and Scott Burka Nancy Burnett and Stephen Burnett ’61 Debbie and Adrian Burston

Lee and Bix Bush Erin Bushnell ’96 Margaret Anne and Stuart Butterfield Virginia Campbell and Fletcher Campbell ’59 Janne Cannon and Robert Cannon ’64 Rona Budovitch Caplan Theresa and Ray Carbone Ann Carney Gale CarothersFreeman ’70 Christine Carpenter and Andrew Carpenter ’88 Quinn Maguire Cartelli ’98 and Roberto Cartelli Marla Blunt-Carter and Richard S. Carter Campbell Cary ’42 Clara Cashman and Eugene R. Cashman, Jr. ’53 Ellen and Matt Cauchy Betsy Cepparulo Robby and John Chabalko Miriam and David J. Chalmers Denise Chambers and Christopher L. Chambers ’89 Christina Chapman ’09 Andrew Chapo Patricia Chappelle ’52 Megan Pell and Carlos Charriez Maggie Ann Chevrier Liza Clapham Matthew Cleaver ’02 Peter Close ’69 Anna and Scott Clothier Cathy and Les Clothier Mary Clough ’74 Suzanne and Jack Clough Dorothy Cook Coady ’64

Elisabeth Cook Coady ’69 and Robert Coady Sally Cochran Emily Cohen and Steven Cohen ’83 Frances and Robert Cohen C. Michael Coleman ’88 Christopher Collier ’06 Donna and Richard Collins Elizabeth and Mark Conces Nichole and Benjamin Congo Danette and Dennis Conley Dana Harrington-Conner and Todd Conner ’83 Dorothy Connors Richard R. Cooch ’66 and Barbara Cooch Thomas Cooch ’63 Amy and Kevin Coogan Janice Cook and Alan Cook ’71 Marianne Johns Cook ’64 Susan Shellenberger Cooper ’80 and Bryan Cooper Ethan D. Cooperson ’87 Andrea Correll Rachel Elzufon Couch ’04 and Ian Couch Margaret Crosby Courtright ’68 and Paul Courtright Jane Cover Kelley and Randall Cox Rosanne Cox and Irving John Cox III ’62 u Shonnie and Howard Craighead Mary Starkweather Cramer ’47 Rosanne Cristanetti Jennifer and Karl Crock Anna Crosby ’09

Terry and John Crowther Gloria Crum Tess Culp Joyce Rock Cummings ’50 Marcia Cupery and Kenneth Cupery ’55 Geoffrey Curme ’69 Sue Curme and George Curme ’65 Kathleen and James Curran, Jr. Susan and James Curtis Eugene M. D’Amico III Avigail Dadone ’99 Nancy Calkins Dale ’65 Mason Daley-Boyd ’49 Elizabeth and Daniel Daly Erin Maguire Daly ’95 and Dennis Daly Anh Dam ’90 u Trang and Lam Dam My Dang and Jeffrey Biggs Harriet Dann ’64 Orelia Dann and John Dann ’62 Dolores C. Daudt Valerie McKinley Daugherty ’78 Davidson College of Mathematics Elaine Davis and Charles T. Davis ’51 Isiah Davis Nancy Davis and Fleet Davis ’61 Susie Tattersall Davis ’84 and Robert Davis ’83 William Davis ’70 Heather Focht Dealy and Edwin Dealy ’91 Elizabeth and Francis Dearlove Keri Will-del Tufo and Joseph del Tufo

FUN FACT:

5,044,210

Smartphone Charges— the amount of energy offset by the Global Learning Center this year.

Suzanne and Kevin Delaney Erin Brownlee Dell ’89 and Kyle Dell O. Evans Denney Kathy Dent and Peter Dent ’81 Kristine DePonte Jean Dew Cheryl Dewees and Robert Dewees ’67 Christine and Matthew Di Guglielmo Amy Diamond Suzanne Govatos Diamond ’52 Sharon and Sergei Dickey Jane Marsh Dieckmann ’51 and Richard Rosenbaum Jamie DiEmidio William Dippel Steven R. Director Cristina and Kevin DiSabatino Stacey and Walter Dixon Sharon and Donald Dobson Amey Eckles Dodge ’62 and Peter Dodge Alice McGovern Doering ’57 and Albert Doering Anne Bailey Donaghy ’54 and James Donaghy Charles Donaghy ’95 Rob Donaghy III ’92 Ephie Coumanakos and Michael Donahue Anne Quillen Donecker ’73 and John Donecker Astrid Dorsey and Leighton Coleman Dorsey ’48 Alicia and Kenneth Doss Margaret and Robert Doss Vira Doughton and Lewis Doughton ’52 Perrin Downing ’09 Kathleen and Harry Doyle Kim Mooney-Doyle and Timothy Doyle Laura Isken Doyle ’77 and George Doyle Dean Ducharme Noel and Brandon Duckworth Alicia and William Duffy Dee Durham ’79 and Barry Evans Zachary Dutton ’06

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REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2015-2016

Masayo Duus and Peter Duus ’51 Rose and Alan Ebner Jan-Maloy Edwards ’74 Thomas M. Eliason, Jr. Anne Ellis Martha Ellis and David Ellis ’64 Taiasha and William Elmore Aviva Elzufon ’06 Lena Jacobs Elzufon ’70 and John Elzufon Alyson Engle ’95 Joanne Epcke and William Epcke ’55 Lynne Autman Erbach ’57 and Paul Erbach Petra and Javier Ergueta Nancy Fairchild Esty ’52 Elwyn Evans Necol Evans Thomas B. Evans, Jr. Christine Farley Diana Farmer ’07 Mary Smith Farnell ’60 and George Farnell Marie Berl Ferguson ’47 and John Ferguson Judy and Louis Ferrara Amy Ferris Martha and Malcolm Fick Sarah Fick ’00 Aminah and D’metri Finney Eileen Flaherty and Andrew Flaherty ’83 Elena Norman and Darryl Flaherty Lewis Flinn, Jr. ’47 Laura and James Foltz Mr. and Mrs. David R. Foote ’95 Scherry Fouke Richard Foulk ’54

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Nancy and Richard Fowler Sharon and Richard Fox Jess Franklin Gretchen Lindley Frascella ’85 and Thomas Frascella John Freeman ’65 Rosalind Freeman and Alfred Freeman ’61 Marcy G. and Fred W. Freibott, Sr. Jane Hayden Frelick ’37 Samantha and David Fruchtman Rhonda and Kenneth Fulginiti Eva and Richard Gaines Sara and Richard Gaines Sofia Gallicchio ’10 Joshua Galperin ’00 Dolores and Charles Ganse Christine Hansen and Charles Ganter Caitlin Garrigan-Nass ’07 Phyllis and Jon Gatta Stacy and Peter Gatti Caroline Pippin Gaty ’55 Joan Tarumianz Gee ’68 and William Gee Ruth Gelb and Jeremy Gelb ’72 Thomas George ’76 David Gertler Robin and Keith Giampalmi Timothy Gibbs ’76 and Troy Havens u Donna Lester Gicker Ashley Cattermole Gillerlain ’91 and Paul Gillerlain Marjorie Gimler Stuart Gittelman ’86

Andy Glasebrook ’70 and Kathy Glasebrook Paul B. Glickman Gretchen and David Gobris Tim Goertz ’70 Sally Beatty Goffinet ’52 and John Goffinet Myra Goldberg Cally and Steve Golding Maura Golin Patricia Weisman and John Golin ’69 Sherry and John Goodill Debra and Charles Goodman Donna and Todd Goodman Nancy Spargo Goodridge ’56 and Donald Goodridge Sarah and Edward Gordon John Goswell ’05 Sarah and Michael Goswell William Goswell ’09 Peter Gottwald, Jr. Penny Goulding Cheryl Graff ’89 Alexandra Pollard Graham ’93 and Douglas Graham Dorothy and John Graham Judy Gramiak Michael Graves Carla and James Green Kimberly and James Green Adelaide and Dennis Greenhouse Jennifer Greenstein Sermas ’88 Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gregory, Jr. Katherine Gressle ’64 Rachel and Richard Grier-Reynolds

Yeshi Zeleke and Andy Groum Barbara and David Grover Joseph Gutierrez ’07 Lauren Gutstein Daniel Hadlock ’58 Bruce Haedrich ’59 William M. Haile Eugene Hamilton ’65 Dina and Jon Handwerk Shannon and John Hanson Lin and Bill Hardy Amy Curran Harper ’94 and Richard Harper ’91 Roberta Simpson Harrell ’54 Alexandra Harris ’68 Dorothy and Donald Harris Raven Harris ’06 Susan Gant Harris ’67 and James Harris Joseph Hartnett ’04 Phyllis and Philip Harvey M. Catherine Hassler ’66 Patricia Haughton Amanda Singleton Hay ’95 and Andrew Hay Julie and Barrie Hazzard Elisabeth Milliken Head ’59 Roberta and William Headley Carol Jo Heald and Richard T. Heald ’46 u Agnes Heather Ann Harper Heaton ’57 and Robert Heaton u Kara and John Hebert Janice and Jack Hegenbarth Megan and David Hegenbarth Georgia Higgins Helthall ’66 and Eric Helthall

Armistead Henderer and Peter Henderer ’89 Mary Lawshe Henderer u Sanna Henderer and Jeffrey Henderer ’86 Edith Dewees Henderson ’69 and George Henderson Kate and Lester Hendrix Joan Henke ’52 Thomas Herlihy III ’53 Susan McGovern Herndon ’53 and Roy Herndon Susan Agoos Herrmann ’64 and Stephen Herrmann Katie Herzog and Lee Herzog ’04 Andy Hess ’58 Linda Hill Hess and Jeffrey Bruce Hess ’63 Lynn Hessler and Philip J. Hessler ’62 Nedim Heto ’99 Lucille Hillyer and Peter Bente ’68 Brooke Hilyard Noelle HinderhoferMarkle and David Markle Carolyn and Neil Hockstein Cheryl and Dennis Hodge R. Alan Hoff ’82 Winifred Hohlt ’85 Wooja and Ravin Holden Sharyn Hollingsworth William Holloway ’97 Kathy and Don Holmes Carol Mullin Holzman ’74 and Neil Holzman Kathleen and James Hopkins Anne Horikawa Miiko and Herbert Horikawa Lynne Howard and Don Brown Joan and Thomas Howard Barbara Howell William Howell Yingxue Huang and Junhua Jian Richard Hubbard ’70 Sarah and Graham Hudgings Susan Holmes Huebsch ’86 and William Huebsch Abby Hughes-Strange ’04 Caroline Simon Humphrey ’55 Julia Hurst Mona Khan Hussain ’94 Alice and D. Stephen Hyde Alison and Arthur Hyde Stacie and Richard Immesberger Betty Collins Inskip ’70 and Gregory Inskip Jane Sheppard Jackson ’47 John Jackson ’61

REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2015-2016 Terese Jackson and Charles Jackson ’63 Sue Jacobs Charles Jacobson ’59 and Diane Jacobson Jamberry Nails Jay James ’59 Nancy James and Hugh James ’57 Patricia and Jonathan Jeffery Elizabeth Miller Jenkins ’51 John Jenney III ’94 Ellen Winthrop Jennings ’55 Rupa and Vivek Jha Helga and Edward Johann Elizabeth Johnson and Richard Johnson ’74 Ellen Johnson and Timothy Caspar Margot and Daniel Johnson Yokahoma and Michael Johnson Ellen Johnston ’05 Andrea Traywick-Jones and Mervyn Jones Lorrie Jones Mckenzie Jones ’97 Meredith Joppa, Ph.D. ’00 Adam Joseph ’97 Daniel Joseph ’02 Ruth Austin Joslin ’40 Randi and Jason Jowers Tracy Julien Emily and Seth Katzen Susan and Barry Katzen Robert Keefer Betsy Kline and Walter C. Keiper, Jr. ’81 Karen S. Keith Elisabeth Dempsey Keller ’75 and Michael Keller Ann Kendle Kelley and Brian Kendle Carol Dumont Kerby ’76 and John Kerby Jim Kerr ’83 Maren Ketcham ’05 Asim Khan ’93 Salwa Khan and Omar Khan ’90 Amy and Henry Khine Harriott Johnson Kimmel ’41 Alexandra Ranck King ’75 and Fletcher King Ira Kirch ’64 Kerry and Michael Kirifides Sharon and Dick Kittle Doris Klaver and Martin Klaver ’50 Catherine and Daniel Kleier Kimberly Knight Leslie Koenig Knight and Mike Koenig Kim Barber and R. Jay Knoll ’74

Stephanie and Erik Knudsen Martha Rhoads Kob ’69 Anelma Iivarinen Korvenmaa ’49 Jennifer Knox Korz ’90 and Carl Korz Johannes Krahmer Catherine Zorc and Joshua Krotec Cynthia and Don Kuespert u Ellen Kurtz and John Kurtz ’62 Erika Kurtz ’99 Olivia Kurtz ’97 and Matt Meyer Nicole and Daniel Lache Sara Lacher and John H. Lacher ’55 Margaret Frech Laker Carrie Lamb and Michael Lamb ’96 Dixon Lamborn III ’74 Gail Landon and Robert B. Landon ’51 Deborah Hitt Lane ’62 and Gordon Lane u Eva Langemar and P. Elis Langemar ’75 Antoinette Ducrest and Michael Lankiewicz Benjamin Larrabee ’62 James Lassman ’95 Diane Lauter and M. David Lauter ’69 Grace and Scott Lawrence Deborah Layton u Robin Lebauer William Swain Lee ’53 Maureen Leffler Inge Scherb Lehmann ’51 Mary and Christian Lehr Thomas J. Lemon Geraldine and Christian Lenges Robert Lessey ’62 Katharine Lester Mowery ’02 and Adam Mowery Lisa A. Letang ’76 Emily Letcher ’10 Jacqueline Leuze Amanda and Rick Lewis Elizabeth C. Lewis Staci Lewis Ann and George Liarakos Barbara Liberi Meredith Lindley and John Lindley ’62 Susan Cochran Lindsay ’62 and John Lindsay Zona H. Lindsay Nicole and Gary Lipkin Wendy Littman and C. Arthur Littman ’51 Elizabeth Murch Livingston ’37 Mary and Mathew Lo Jennifer and Harry Loeffler

Jill Loeffler and Christopher Loeffler ’00 Cara LoFaro ’04 Carole and Robert Long Sophie Longwill and Michael Longwill ’82 Lisa Lounsbury ’82 Michelle Lui Ling Sui Chen and Hung Ly Sara Jane Lyon ’59 Jennifer and Roger Maansson Beth Greenstein and Paulo Machado Laura MacKelcan Margaret Mullin MacKelcan ’71 and Donald MacKelcan Jean and Tom Magner Kathleen Magner-Rios Patricia Daly and Stephen Maguire Beth Maliner and Jeb Bartle Catharine Maloney and Nick Krill Mr. and Mrs. A. Mangini Kate and Paul Mann Megan and John Marquart Anne Vincent-Daviss Marsh ’48 Anne R. Martin ’68 Carolyn and David Martin Judith and Will Martin Kathleen and John Martin Amy Benjamin and Douglas Marx ’79 William Masten ’91 and Lisa Masten Susie and Owen Mathews Antoni Mavrantonis ’58 Elaine Mavrantonis* Paul Maysek Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Mazer Peggy and Thomas McAndrews Kate and Owen McCarron Lynne and Thomas McCone Julie Boswell McCulloch ’89 and Michael McCulloch Margaret and Don McCulloch Theresa and Mark McCullough Amy McElroy and Mark McElroy ’73 Mary Ellen and William McEnroe Kaitlyn McEnroe ’07 Anne and Andrew McGhie Isabel Robinson McGraw ’56 and Ralph McGraw Mariah McIntosh and James McIntosh Kyle Zechman McKean ’98 and John McKean

Lisa Layton McKeeman ’75 Richardson McKelvie ’64 Patrick McKinley Pamela McKinstry and Thomas McKinstry ’81 Paige McKusick and James McKusick ’74 Sheila McLaurin Debbie McMillan and David McMillan ’71 James McMillan Tracy McMillan Amanda McMillanWilliams and Vincent Williams Clare Gammons McMullan ’48 and A. Dale McMullan Quinn A. McNeill ’14 Juliet and William McQuillan Dorothea Mendinhall McSorley ’43 Adrienne and Jonathan Meade Dale Roberts Megill ’60 and Robert Megill Pam Giliberto Mehalick ’73 and Gerald Mehalick Alexandra Mellow ’01 and Mauro Giuffrida Cynthia Stan Mellow and Emil Mellow Mr. Joseph P. Melloy, Sr. Karen and Paul Melnick Susan and Vladimir Melnik Jennifer and Nathan Merriman Carol M. Mertz and Walter D. Mertz, Jr. ’62 Anthony Middlebrooks Valerie C. Middlebrooks Glenna Millar Courtney and Curtis Miller Deanna and William Miller Ildiko and Gregg Miller Karin Miller and Jonathan Miller ’67 Marilyn and Ken Miller Susan Miller Ellen F. Millick Conny Johann Mincks ’76 and John Mincks Valarie Molaison Linda and Harrison Monk Marjorie Wesp Montgomery ’53 and Duane Montgomery Deborah and Paul Montigney Elizabeth Moodey ’73 Pauline Morgan Lisa McKinney Morgan Virginia Mason Morgan ’38 Carol Bancroft Morley ’68 Ginger and Kenneth Morley Judy and Randy Morris Meredith Prince Morris ’53 Deborah and Rick Morrison

FUN FACT:

EL PASO, TX

Site of this year’s QUEST Term Service/Leadership trip, where students examined worldwide immigration issues through the lens of the U.S. -Mexico border.

Brint Morrow ’92 Alexandra and Edmon Morton Concha Morton and Donald Morton, Jr. ’94 Deborah Moyer Jaclyn Mraz ’01 Helen Samson Mullen and Robert Mullen Betty Hirschland Munro and Donald M. Munro Barbara Harrington Murphy ’71 Donna DeBoer Nacchia ’74 Lisa Laffend and Charles Nakamura J. Thomas Nash ’59 Lynne and Len Nathan Alejandra NavarroBenbow Jana and Farogh Nazari Marnie Neff and David Neff ’93 Carolyn and Lee Nell Christine Potter Nibouar ’65 Kimberly Lindemuth Nicastri ’85 and Thomas Nicastri Elva E. Nickle S. Aneta Nilsen ’76 Emily and Bruce Nisbet Jacqueline Greenidge Nix and Sheldon D. Nix ’74 Meryl Richardson Nolan ’56 and Gaillard Nolan Victoria M. and Edward T. Novak Nancy and John Nunn Debra Toulson Nuss ’72 and John Nuss Margaret O’Brien ’74 Sarah O’Brien Liz and Brendan O’Neill Martha West Olson ’80 and Richard Olson Cindy and Erik Opderbeck Katherine Orth ’10 Wellington Ow Pam Hugelen and Clem Padin Nancy Latimer and Bob Palmer Jeffrey Palmer ’04 Carol Palmiotto and David Fisher Moira and John Pando Sarah Panock ’99 Jennifer Pardee and Michael Pardee ’78

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REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2015-2016 Laura Jersild Pardo ’90 and Jorge Pardo Albert Parker F. Peter Parker Rohna and Glenn Paskow Clare Stephens Patel ’87 and Anil Patel Nancy Pederson Patrick ’78 and David Patrick Lois Stausebach Patterson ’66 James Patton, Sr. Kathy Klein and David Paul Dillon Paul ’00 Paula and Michael Paul Belinda Young-Payne and David Payne Laura Geesey Payne ’67 Angela Pedicone Ethel Gladstone and Donald Pellicone Carol Pennock and Edward Pennock ’79 Margaret Pennock ’78 and David Wood Amber Peters and John Peters ’86 Angela Diaz Peterson ’96 and Matthew Peterson Rachel and Stephen Petyk Ann Lyon Phemister ’56 and Bob Phemister Anna Biggs Pierce ’47 Theresa Pileggi-Proud Meghan Baczkowski Pixley ’03 and Brian Pixley Ellie Alexander Poorman ’53 and Joel Poorman Kay and Mike Porter Cary Powers Katharine and Lee Powers Richard Powers ’87 Heidi and Edward Preisendanz Jonathan Prendergast Anita Press Kira-Destiny Prince Susan Prince ’82 Claire Prohl and Edward Prohl ’56 Sara Reese Pryor ’50 Lynn Puritz-Fine and Allen Fine Thomas Putney ’52 Meg Thomas Quaintance ’85 and Alan Quaintance Sherrie Quillen ’53 R. Todd Quimby ’89 and Megan Quimby Linda Rademaker and Jarrett Rademaker ’96

Bold = True Blue Donor u = 1748 Society Donor * = deceased

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Julie and Stephen Rahaim Leslie and Anthony Raia Lisa Leana and Thomas M. Raiber ’86 Alison Rhoads Ralli ’68 Jeffrey Ransom Edythe L. Rapkin Fredrick J. Rapkin ’65 Lee and Michael Rashkind Skye and Jacob Rashkind Linda and Michael Ratchford Gilda and Jason Rauscher Margaret and Lawrence Reardon Brett Redfearn ’82 Julie Reebel ’85 Patricia Bringhurst Reed ’55 Anne Reese ’69 Judy Butterworth Reinke Pat Rettew and Gregg Rettew ’54 Teal Rickerman Melissa Chambers Riggs ’91 and Andrew Riggs Eileen and Louis Rinaldi Rising Fawn Farm Priscilla Roberts and Richard S. Roberts ’53 Latoy Robertson Lucia Robinson Marie Geesey Robinson ’54 Patricia Robinson ’71 and Henry Finch William J. Robinson III ’52 Richard Rockwell III ’02 Julie and Gregory Rodowsky Caroline Rogus and John Gould ’95 Susan Ventresca and David Ropars Karen and John Roskovensky Martin Ross and Gavin Ross Tracy and Chip Rossi Carey and H. Hickman Rowland Caeli Rubens ’03 Helene Rice Rubin ’47 Kelly Osbun Rubincan ’97 and Wayne Rubincan Carol Rudisell and Wunyabari Maloba Catherine Ruhl Ashley Rust ’96 Muriel Bacon Rusten William K. Ryan ’61 Vanessa Saathoff Janine and James Saber Robin and Charles Sakovics Joni and Michael Salzano Toshiko Salzberg and John Salzberg ’54 u Jane Biggs Sanger ’79 and Christopher Sanger ’74 Margaret Sanger and Richard Sanger ’48

Lauryn and Marc Satterfield Diana Saunders Kizzy and Andre Saunders Yvonne and Erik Saville Janice and Glenn Sawyer Murray Sawyer ’64 James Scanlan ’80 Kathleen Burns Scanlon ’58 Kathryn Smith Schauer ’52 Kathleen and William Schell Lauren Schmittle ’07 Carl Schumacher ’45 Judith Blake Schumacher ’56 and John Schumacher Nicole and Scott Schwartz Megan and Daniel Scott Patricia Scott Sarah Graves Scoville ’05 Howard Seebach ’48 u Lorraine and John Seiberlich Elizabeth Stabler Seiffert ’61 Alyssa Serra ’05 Brendan Shannon and Kerry Doyle-Shannon Madeline Kirk Sharpe ’04 and Will Sharpe Samantha A. Shay ’09 William Shea Carol and David Sheats Barbara Chantler Shellenberger ’48 Elizabeth and David Sheslow Jianglin Shi Edith D. Shipman

Carl Shrawder ’57 u Pam and Greg Siddall Patricia Peterson Skelly ’65 Nicholas Skrobot Melanie Togman Sloan ’83 Catherine Amend Slocum ’56 and Gary Slocum Carol and Bruce Slomski Elizabeth Griffith Smith ’58 Jessica Smith and Theodore Freeman Mary Beth Watson Smith ’68 and Kenneth Smith Selicia and Joseph Smith Susan Smith and Robert Smith ’75 Bayard J. Snyder ’69 Timothy Snyder ’67 Margaret Mitchell Soash ’58 and Merwin Soash Adele Sparks Karl L. Sparre ’73 Lynese Spinelli Gretchen Vosters Spruance ’65 and W. Halsey Spruance Susan Corbit Spruance ’68 Marshall Stafford ’84 Harry S. Stanton Linda Stat and Richard Stat ’67 Richard Stausebach ’65 Alison Lunt Steadman ’53 Dorothy Manss Stedfast ’47 Bettie Steen

Catherine Wiedwald Stenta ’96 and Robert Stenta Diana and Paul Stevens Vernon Stevenson Marci Taylor Stewart ’55 and Jack Stewart F.L. Peter Stone ’53 Victoria Storm ’88 and Laird Bunch Kathleen and Jonathan Strauss Diane and Edward Strickler Sandra and Terry Strine Susan and R. Brinton Strode, Jr. Tara and Keith Strouss Michael Stump Danielle and Kevin Sullivan Elissa and Michael Sullivan Fang and Kevin Sun Sara and Ronald Sutton Sally Swayze Rita and Thomas Sweeney Nancy Beatty Swett ’52 Mary Stern Sykes ’68 Eileen and Joe Szczerba Margaret Tallman and Brian Tallman ’88 Marianne Tallman Maria and Dimitrios Tangalidis Ann and Bill Tansey Karen and Richard Taormina Connie and John Tarburton Barbara and Robert Tarr

REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2015-2016 Shannon Elliott Tattersall and Robert C. Tattersall, Jr. ’91 Gerard Taylor Kathy Takacs Taylor ’77 and Chalmer Taylor Laura Reynolds Taylor Trudy Tan and Chee Chow Teh The Wonderful Company Carolyn and John Thomas Alison Egan Thompson ’81 and Daniel Thompson Christopher Thompson ’04 David Thompson Gloria and G. Harold Thompson Helen and Byrd Thompson Irene Thompson and David Thompson ’56 Michelle Thomson Emma TimminsSchiffman ’02 Helen and Jan Ting Gloria Tjersland and Charles S. Tjersland ’51 Trina J. Tjersland ’75 and Rebecca Frederick Barbara and Leonard Togman Susan Tomases ’83 and Paul Erhard Dalal Tonb and Jean-Francois Tomb Stephanie Ramirez Torres Brett Tracy ’13 Susan Tracy and William Tracy ’63 Alexander Tryon ’06 Amy Tryon ’08 Lesley Dennis Tryon ’71 and Edward Tryon Eric Tucker Sarah Tufano ’10 Kimberleigh Turner Lystra and Robert Turner Cynthia Tyler Lisa and Todd Tyler Michelle Ulissi ’99 Robert Ullrich ’66 Stephen Urice ’68 Hanan and Paul Urick Wendy Vaala ’73 Nancy Applegate Valiante ’71 and Michael Valiante Genevieve Van-Catledge Mary Jane Goodman and Andrew Vandenbrul Suzanne and E. Norman Veasey Christopher Verry Eileen Vincent and Michael Vincent ’72 Gail R. and Milton S. Wahl Yvonne Webb Wahlers ’51 Leslie and David Wakeley Raffaella Cristanetti and Jason Walker Gregory Walker ’92

Nicole Caddell Wample ’03 and Justin Wample Kathryn Warner Jeania L. Watson William A. Weary Dorothy Weaver ’72 Russell Weigel, Jr. ’58 Corlet Jackson Weisel ’64 Jan and Michael Weiss Sara Weiss ’97 and Kevin Zimmerman Kathy Bunville Welch ’84 and Steve Welch Sue Welles Sara Schell Wells ’97 and John Wells Phyllis Wenner Betsy and Douglas Wenny Betsy and Buddy West Eugene West Virginia Whitaker and Todd Whitaker ’76 Coletta and Vincent White Louise Wescott White ’38* Martha White ’83 Vincent White ’09 Rich Whiteley ’88 Jennifer Parks Hederman and Samuel Whittenburg Elizabeth Wiest and Donald G. Wiest ’67 Deborah Peden-Wilbur and Michael Wilbur ’74 Carol and Frank Wilhelm Patricia Smith Wilkerson ’53 and Ray Wilkerson Cindy Pettinaro Wilkinson and Steven Wilkinson ’90 Hye-John and Christian Willauer Charlotte and Thomas Williams Cherie and Paul Williams Jon Williams ’65 Mary Williams ’09 Mary Margaret Williams Tracy Williams ’83 Sia and Jentry Willie Brie Willoughby-Knox ’98 Catherine Harper Wilson ’88 and Bradley Wilson Cheryl and Steven Wilson Judith Wilson and William Wilson ’75 Nina Porter Winfield ’79 and James Winfield Mary Robertson and Lance Winn Sarah Hitt Winston ’60 and William Winston Paul L. Wishengrad Eric Wohlforth Cynthia Wolcott and Daniel F. Wolcott, Jr. ’64 Eliza Wolcott ’99 Laura Wolf ’07

Stephanie and Matthew Wolynetz Ruth and Steven Wood Ryan M. Wood ’16 Mary and Mark Woodward Barbara Woolley and Clark Woolley ’57 Kate Reilly Woolley and Victor H. Woolley ’60 Bruce Worth ’69 Timothy Wragg Laurie O’Sullivan Wren and Kevin Wren Lixin Wang and Wanfu Wu Dandan Wu L. Kent Wyatt ’63 Edith Wyeth and N. Convers Wyeth III ’63 Xiaohong Xu and Lifeng Tian John Yu Wilma and Elmer Yu Jean Zacker Constance Zekind Chamby Zepeda Elizabeth Zielinski Patricia Ryan Zolper ’47 Peter and Julie Jenks Zorach u

Alumni Giving 1937

Annual Fund: $200 - 100% Total Giving: $200 - 100% Jane Hayden Frelick Elizabeth Murch Livingston

1938

Annual Fund: $150 - 50% Total Giving: $150 - 50% Virginia Mason Morgan Louise Wescott White*

1939

Annual Fund: $700 - 40% Total Giving: $714,815 - 60% John W. Hoopes, Jr.* Suzanne Merrick* u Doris Biesterfeld Townshend

1940

75th Reunion Annual Fund: 50% Total Giving: 50% Ruth Austin Joslin

1941

Annual Fund: $2,250 - 43% Total Giving: $36,285 - 57% Elizabeth Valentine Daudt *u Harriott Johnson Kimmel Thomas C. Marshall, Jr. u Nancy Jessup Wells

1942

Annual Fund: 20% Total Giving: 20% Campbell Cary

1943

Annual Fund: $2,710 - 33% Total Giving: $2,710 - 33% Lois Naylor Berl Sara Hackett Bunnell Dorothea Mendinhall McSorley

1945

70th Reunion Annual Fund: $4,650 - 42% Total Giving: $5,150 - 50% Deborah A. Apple Carolyn Schneider Dowds David S. Hollingsworth Margaret Steinbring McMillan u Carl P. Schumacher Rodman B. Teeple, Jr. u

1946

Annual Fund: $175 - 27% Total Giving: $175 - 27% Anne Chapman Berl Eleanor Woodward Borders Richard T. Heald u

1947

Annual Fund: $2,025 - 61% Total Giving: $2,075 - 61% Janice Schaumann Bell Mary Starkweather Cramer Marie Berl Ferguson Lewis B. Flinn, Jr. Betsey Beadle Herrmann ’47 Jane Sheppard Jackson Anna Biggs Pierce Barbara Flinn Quillen Helene Rice Rubin Dorothy Manss Stedfast Patricia Ryan Zolper

1948

Annual Fund: $2,850 - 36% Total Giving: $2,850 - 36% J. Mark Attix David C. Boyer u Leighton Coleman Dorsey Anne D. Marsh Clare Gammons McMullan Isabel Brown Pearce Richard P. Sanger Howard G. Seebach u Barbara Chantler Shellenberger

1949

Annual Fund: $1,775 - 29% Total Giving: $1,775 - 29% Ann Fletcher Beekley John S. Beekley, Jr. Mason Marston Daley-Boyd Anelma I. Korvenmaa Elizabeth Burr Papastavros Jeanne Smith Peter H. Sprague, Sr. Joan Porter Wideman

FUN FACT:

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The number of students who toured the Tiny House, a 210 square foot home that operates for $0.25 per day.

1950

65th Reunion Annual Fund: $20,415 - 47% Total Giving: $28,815 - 50% W. Alan Smith u James S. Roberts Christine Brosius Beh Willis E. Cupery William H. Foulk, Jr. James W. Harper Martin A. Klaver, Jr. Anne Allen Pflugfelder Robert L. Pratt Sara Reese Pryor Louisa Hill Spottswood Robert Brubaker John M. Clark, Jr. Joyce Rock Cummings Sedgwick A. Ward

1951

Annual Fund: $4,485 - 74% Total Giving: $21,452 - 78% Donald Altmaier Mary Elizabeth Baisden Elizabeth Cranston Baxter Ann Atwood Biggs Charles T. Davis, Jr. Jane Marsh Dieckmann Peter Duus John F. Gehret Arthur W. Hill Biddy Miller Jenkins Robert B. Landon Inge Scherb Lehman Jody Taylor Linton C. Arthur Littman Helen Burr Nulse Charles S. Tjersland Peter G. Bailey Yvonne Webb Wahlers

1952

Annual Fund: $14,927 - 100% Total Giving: $65,427 - 100% R. Markham Ball u Patricia Chappelle Suzanne Govatos Diamond Lewis L. Doughton, Jr. Ira Ellis, Jr. u Nancy Fairchild Esty Sarah Beatty Goffinet Joan E. Henke Robert H. Hodge W. Rufus Jones u Allen D. King, Jr. William R. Lang Herschel H. Loomis, Jr. u John A. Nice Fred W. Pardee III u John F. Porter III

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1953

Annual Fund: $4,225 - 76% Total Giving: $4,325 - 76% Frances Walker Altmaier Pamela B. Bailey Glenn P. Barnhill A. Douglas Bender Eugene R. Cashman, Jr. Irvine D. Flinn Thomas Herlihy III, Esq. Sue McGovern Herndon Joseph J. Hill William Swain Lee Marjorie Wesp Montgomery Meredith Prince Morris Ellie Alexander Poorman Sherrie A. Quillen Joseph Rhoads, Jr. Richard S. Roberts, Jr. Alison Lunt Steadman F.L. Peter Stone Patricia R. Wilkerson

1954

Annual Fund: $1,925 - 43% Total Giving: $1,925 - 43% Elizabeth Amend Ashby Anne Barnhill Anna Hubbard Bellenger Anne Bailey Donaghy Richard W. Foulk Nancy Wier Gardner Roberta Simpson Harrell Gregg L. Rettew Marie Geesey Robinson John P. Salzberg u Janet Holmes Waddell H. Alan Young

1955

60th Reunion Annual Fund: $24,075 - 56% Total Giving: $61,620 - 72% Matilda Beasley Bixby u Carolyn Mulford Calhoun Kenneth N. Cupery William R. Epcke Caroline Pippin Gaty Sara Hodge Geuder u David Hillegas u Caroline Simon Humphrey Albert W. James, Jr. Jane Ellis James Ellen Winthrop Jennings John H. Lacher Edward Lang Evelyn Robbins Lang Richard A. Nielsen

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William Poole Patricia Bringhurst Reed Marci Eyler Stewart

Peter C. Morrow J. Thomas Nash Deanne Morris Stevens

William B. M. Tracy III L. Kent Wyatt N. Convers Wyeth III

1956

1960

1964

Annual Fund: $4,925 - 62% Total Giving: $15,175 - 65% Gail Porter Anderson Jane Wier Apple Patricia Kennedy Ascher Robert W. Crowe Madge M. Ellis u Nancy Spargo Goodridge Penney Cox Hubbard Nancy Nash Johnson* John D. LaMothe, Jr. Isabel Robinson McGraw Meryl Richardson Nolan Ann Lyon Phemister Edward Robert Kurtz Prohl Judith Blake Schumacher Catherine Amend Slocum David L. Thompson Cynthia Pyle Woolley u

1957

Annual Fund: $5,840 - 48% Total Giving: $5,940 - 48% Thomas H. Baker Alice McGovern Doering Lynne Autman Erbach Abigail Greene Fassnacht u Joe Frey Ann Harper Heaton u Hugh James Sally Smith Lambert K. M. Michael Laughlin Peter Shields Carl Shrawder u Caroline Schwartz Sutton Roger N. Williams Clark Woolley

1958

Annual Fund: $7,050 - 46% Total Giving: $7,050 - 46% Elizabeth Hale Barnett D. Boynton, Jr. Bruce S. Cutler u Daniel C. Hadlock Bernard A. Hess, Jr. Elizabeth Moore Johnston u Ann Lunger Jones Frank B. Lang Antoni E. Mavrantonis Kathleen Burns Scanlon Elizabeth G. Smith Peggy Mitchell Soash Russell C. Weigel, Jr.

1959

Annual Fund: $3,420 - 29% Total Giving: $3,420 - 29% William J. C. Amend, Jr. Fletcher E. Campbell, Jr. Bruce W. Haedrich Elisabeth Milliken Head Charles M. Jacobson Jay P. James Peter M. Lindley Sara Jane Lyon

55th Reunion Annual Fund: $7,135 - 26% Total Giving: $7,135 - 26% Mary Smith Farnell Virginia Ryan Joffe George G. Lockhart Dale Roberts Megill James O. Simon Thomas Stephenson Mary Ann Pennington Verneuil Sarah Hitt Winston Victor Woolley

1961

Annual Fund: $4,835 - 38% Total Giving: $4,835 - 38% Constance Roberts Amend Jamie O’Connor Bolane Stephen W. Burnett Fleet G. Davis II Alfred H. Freeman, Jr. Richard H. Garwood Richard N. Hill John Jackson Margaret W. Makar William K. Ryan Elizabeth S. Seiffert Patricia A. Wyatt

1962

Annual Fund: $17,750 - 64% Total Giving: $37,192 - 70% Skip Allen Sheila B. Arbury Phoebe B. Baker u Thomas F. Bayard u Virginia Lee Butters I. John Cox III u John C. Dann Amey Eckles Dodge L. John Harris, Jr. Philip J. Hessler John D. Kurtz IV Deborah Hitt Lane u Benjamin R. Larrabee Terry Lawrence u Robert A. Lessey John M. Lindley Susan Cochran Lindsay Walter D. Mertz, Jr. Betty Hirschland Munro Patricia Sauter Ruemmler Walter P. Smith u Richard D. Weigel

1963

Annual Fund: $2,370 - 38% Total Giving: $2,370 - 38% Virginia Poole Bainbridge Paul F. Bente III Sigurd W. Christensen Thomas Cooch J. Bruce Hess Charles W. Jackson Mary Ellen Martin Marvel John W. Morris Robert B. Scott, Jr.

Annual Fund: $7,653 - 50% Total Giving: $9,203 - 50% Victoria Milliken Buccino Robert E. Cannon Dorothy Cook Coady Marianne Johns Cook Harriet Dann David H. Ellis James H. Garvin, Jr. Katherine Gressle Susan Agoos Herrmann Ira C. Kirch Charles S. Lawrence Richardson D. McKelvie H. Murray Sawyer Judy Reed Smith John K. Urice u Corlet Jackson Weisel Christopher J. Whitney Michael B. Wise u Daniel F. Wolcott, Jr. Janet Martin Yabroff u Pamela Perkins Young ’64

1965

50th Reunion Annual Fund: $2,700 - 30% Total Giving: $59,200 - 68% Joan Powell Ayars Ann Scott Black Pamela B. Croft George O. Curme IV Nancy C. Dale Serge M. P. Dumont Curtis H. Engelmann John M. Freeman, Jr. John W. Freeman Leslie Davis Guccione Eugene P. Hamilton Hugh Kenworthy III Elizabeth M. Latchum Patricia E. Marshall Margaret Landefeld Mitchell Virginia Fraser Morris Christine Potter Nibouar Vivian Lessey Pas J. Ronald Pownall Fredrick J. Rapkin Carol Fischler Rice James M. Shippen Patricia Peterson Skelly Gretchen Vosters Spruance Richard A. Stausebach Deborah D. Stayton Carl A. Stockfleth Alexis Tarumianz, Jr. Dana Smith Tench Charles Thurlow IV Jon M. Williams Roland H. Woodward

1966

Annual Fund: $3,930 - 38% Total Giving: $3,930 - 38% James S. Cochran Richard R. Cooch

Anna Vreeland Davis Richard J. Glasebrook M. Catherine Hassler Georgia Higgins Helthall Ben M. Osbun, Jr. Carol Mumford Osbun Lois Stausebach Patterson David S. Smith Robert R. Ullrich

1967

Annual Fund: $2,750 - 25% Total Giving: $3,150 - 27% Christine Strahan Barker Josephine Martin Bayard Robert L. Dewees, Jr. Ona Murdoch Hamilton Susan Gant Harris Julia Holmes McLaughlin Jonathan E. Miller Yoshiro Ono Laura Geesey Payne Timothy Snyder Richard E. Stat Roy A. Wentz III Donald G. Wiest Gail Dorothy Wollerton

1968

Annual Fund: $6,471 - 38% Total Giving: $6,471 - 38% Meredith Malmberg Anderson Peter J. Bente Margaret Crosby Courtright Joan Tarumianz Gee Alexandra M. Harris Bruce A. Lessey Barbara Chase Lessey Daniel F. Lindley Anne R. Martin Carol Bancroft Morley Alison Rhoads Ralli Daniel S. M. Smith Mary Beth Watson Smith Susan Corbit Spruance Mary Congdon Sykes Stephen K. Urice Juliane H. Van Egmond Alice Martin Whelihan

1969

Annual Fund: $5,498 - 25% Total Giving: $6,248 - 25% Bruce P. Baganz Louise M. Baldwin Peter D. Close Elisabeth Cook Coady Geoffrey M. Curme John E. Golin Mindy Winslow Harris Edith Dewees Henderson Peter D. Isakoff Jill Pryor Isakoff Martha Rhoads Kob M. David Lauter Anne S. Reese Bayard J. Snyder Bruce T. Worth

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1748 Society: Leaving a Friends Legacy

Sue Merrick ’39 — A Transformational Donor

Founded in 2001, the 1748 Society is composed of donors who have included Friends in their estate plans through a bequest or a life income gift, as well as those who have made other planned gifts to the school. These generous gifts ensure a lasting legacy for the donor and benefit Friends School into perpetuity.

1890-1899

Alfred D. Warner, Jr. ’96*

1900-1919

Miriam Hawkins Bryant ’16 *

1920-1929

G. Burton Pearson ’23* Anne Philips Blake ’24* Marjorie Johnson Tilghman ’24* Carroll Griffith ’29* Sarah Downs Lull ’29*

1930-1939

Elizabeth Stephenson* and Thomas W. Stephenson ’31* Dorothy Aspin Baugher ’32 * Elizabeth Davidson Storke ’32* Nancy Cantwell Winslow ’32 Sewell Biggs ’33* Alicia Fritz Maharty ’35* Winifred Nixon Ellis ’36* Catherine Burke Flickinger ’36* William Lynch ’38* Suzanne Merrick ’39* John Mullin, Jr. ’39* Carolyn Myers ’39*

1940-1949

Anonymous Ruth Ann Lauritsen Marston ’40* William F. Metten, Jr. ’40* Elizabeth Valentine Daudt ’41* and Louis Daudt* Ruth Marshall and Thomas C. Marshall, Jr. ’41 Joann Brosius Shoemaker ’44* and Charles G. Shoemaker ’41 Carolyn West Medill ’42* Elizabeth Lahr McCulloch ’44* Howard W. Starkweather, Jr. ’44 Imogene Geoghegan and Joseph Geoghegan ’45* Margaret Steinbring McMillan ’45 and David McMillan Diane Teeple and Rodman Teeple ’45

Dorothy Kay Cox ’46* Carol Jo Heald and Richard T. Heald ’46 Thomas Hollingsworth ’47* Lydia Boyer and David Boyer ’48 Howard Seebach ’48 Miriam Stausebach Gedling ’49 Cornelius V. Robbins ’49*

Jeannette Smith and Walter Smith ’62 Sara Miller ’63 Penny Kolloff and John Urice ’64 Michael Wise ’64 Janet Martin Yabroff ’64 Grayson Smith, Jr. ’68* Phyllis Shomo Beidler ’69 Phyllis A. Pownall ’69

1950-1959

1970-1979

Eleanor Marsh Hillers ’50* and Robert Hillers James Shuster ’50* W. Alan Smith ’50 Caroline Penniman Wohlforth ’50* and Eric Wohlforth Dorothy Pierson Eaton ’51 Cricket Ball and Mark Ball ’52 Ira Ellis, Jr. ’52 W. Rufus Jones ’52 Herschel Loomis ’52 Laura Pardee and Fred Pardee ’52 J. Eric May ’53* Donald Welles ’53* Walter Manss, Jr. ’54* Toshiko Salzberg and John Salzberg ’54 Matilda Beasley Bixby ’55* Devereaux Rose Eyler ’55 Sara Hodge Geuder ’55 Mary Jane Hogan Green ’55* Yancey Hillegas and David Hillegas ’55 Madge M. Ellis ’56 Cynthia Pyle Woolley ’56 Abigail Greene Fassnacht ’57 and John Fassnacht Ann Harper Heaton ’57 and Robert Heaton Carl Frederick Shrawder ’57 Bruce S. Cutler ’58 Elizabeth Moore Johnston ’58

1960-1969

Heather Fleming ’60 Phoebe B. Baker ’62 Mona Bayard and Thomas Bayard ’62 Rosanne Cox and Irving John Cox III ’62 Deborah Hitt Lane ’62 and Gordon Lane Maureen and Terry Lawrence ’62

Elizabeth Lord Scott ’70 and Thomas Scott ’70 Roy H. Wilkinson ’70 Amy Taylor Davis ’72 Marshall K. McKusick ’72 Christobel Shedd Selecky ’72 Robert P. Hukill, Jr. ’75* Lisa Fitzpatrick and Thomas Marston ’75 Reed Masten ’75 Tim Gibbs ’76 Robert Keating ’77* Bonnie Wilson Crosby ’79 and Sumner Crosby Steven J. Johnson ’79

1980-1989

Julie Tattersall McGinnis ’82 Pamela Appleby Waxlax ’83 Martha Poorman Tschantz ’85 and Jay Tschantz Emily Geuder ’87

1990-1999

Anh Dam ’90 Karen Gordon Bastow ’98

Current Parents

Sherry and Jon Brilliant Annie and Chris Coons

Parents of Alumni

Anonymous Christine Beadle* Anne Bonnyman Kate and John Cowperthwait Janet S. Cox* Lisa and Bernard David Juliana Smith Forbes Mary N. Gardner* Barbara Jones Haskins* Mary Lawshe Henderer Karin and Joseph Kirkland Mary and Daniel Klein

During the latter years of her life at Stonegates, Sue Merrick ’39, or “Sis” as she was known by those close to her, would often be found with her favorite WFS blanket. She loved that blanket, and she loved her school. Upon her passing, Friends School learned that Sis had left a sizeable bequest to the School, a transformative gift that has had both immediate and enduring impacts at Friends. The estate gift afforded the School the ability to break ground during the summer of 2014 on the Global Learning Center, which was officially dedicated at the start of the 2015/16 school year. It also provided a seven-figure addition to the School’s endowment, a gift which will support our students and our faculty in perpetuity. Classmates remember Sis as a very quiet person, so it’s not surprising that she supported Friends in a very quiet way, never wanting much in the way of recognition. Through the years, in her unassuming manner, Sis ultimately gave over $2 million to WFS. We are so grateful for the lasting impact of Sis’s generosity. Like all members of our 1748 Planned Giving Society, she is forever a part of the soul of Friends School.

Deborah and Richard Layton* Alice D. Reilly Isabella K. Tarumianz* Chaplin Tyler* Anna and Luke Wales Julie Jenks Zorach and Peter Zorach

Grandparents

Davis G. Durham* Genevieve Gore* Josephine Clapp Osbun* Margaret and Robert B. Scott*

Current Trustees Darcy and Ronald Rademaker Melody and Harry Hammond

Past Trustees

Anonymous Evelyn Brownlee Judith Childs Butler and Hays Butler Stephen Clark* Eleanor and Alan Craig W. Ervin Gloor*

Jay Pownall Elaine and David Singleton Charlotte Taylor Adelaide Tinker*

Past Heads, Faculty, and Staff

Judy and James Aliquo Edith Broad* Lisa A.H. Darling Landis P. Green Cynthia and Don Kuespert Sally Longstreth* Martha Crane Lyon* Edward Savery* Jane Rittenhouse Smiley* Anne and Wilbert B. Smith*

Friends

Valentina Colpitts* Joan M. Dietze* Louise and James Gilliam* Brian M. Sagrestano Joanna Savery Eleanor Betts Warner* Franklyn C. von Wiskow* Horace T. Woodward* *deceased

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REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2015-2016 We celebrate the following

ALUMNI CLASSES

for their generosity to Friends.

Classes that gave the most:

$714,815. . . . . . . . . 1939 $317,865. . . . . . . . . 1983 $89,910. . . . . . . . . . . 1990 $65,427. . . . . . . . . . . 1952 $61,620. . . . . . . . . . . 1955 $59,200. . . . . . . . . . . 1965 $56,026. . . . . . . . . . . 1982 $39,900. . . . . . . . . . . 1980 $37,192. . . . . . . . . . . 1962 $36,285. . . . . . . . . . . 1941 Classes with the highest participation:

100% . . . . . 1937, 1952 78% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1951 76% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1953 72% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1955 70% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1962 68% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1965 65% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1956 61% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1947 60% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1939 57% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1941 1970

45th Reunion Annual Fund: $3,864 - 27% Total Giving: $19,914 - 27% Harrison A. Bispham III Anne Taylor Board Gale Carothers-Freeman William S. Davis Lena Jacobs Elzufon Andy Glasebrook Timothy S. Goertz Richard W. Hubbard Betty Collins Inskip Alan Krigstein Marguerite Marston Kritkausky Charles F. Oat Thomas S. Scott u Elizabeth L. Scott u Laurence T. Sherwood III Roy H. Wilkinson u

Bold = True BlueDonor u = 1748 Society Donor * = deceased

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1971

Annual Fund: $4,280 - 28% Total Giving: $14,250 - 28% Jeffrey Baer Barbara Ann Baganz Simpson Elizabeth Lewis Bates Mary Peterson Colhoun Alan H. Cook David H. Cress William S. Gant Margaret Mullin MacKelcan Carolyn Briggs McClain David W. McMillan Barbara Harrington Murphy Raymond J. Osbun Patricia A. Robinson Lesley Dennis Tryon Nancy Applegate Valiante Dolly Bochenek Wolf

1972

Annual Fund: $4,750 - 16% Total Giving: $4,750 - 16% Jeremy C. Gelb M. Kirk McKusick u James G. McMahon III Debra Toulson Nuss Monica Logsdon Rockefeller Piper Wentz Rothschild Michael B. Vincent Dorothy E. Weaver

1973

Annual Fund: $3,225 - 16% Total Giving: $3,225 - 16% Anne Quillen Donecker Mark W. McElroy Pam Giliberto Mehalick ’73 Elizabeth Moodey Karl L. Sparre Wendy Vaala F. Todd Wetzel

1974

Annual Fund: $2,268 - 24% Total Giving: $3,668 - 31% Mary R. Clough Jan-Maloy Edwards Carol Mullin Holzman Christopher S. Howard Peverley J. Hukill Margaret Adams Hunter Richard N. Johnson R. Jay Knoll E. Dixon Lamborn III James C. McKusick Donna D. Nacchia Sheldon D. Nix Margaret O’Brien Jonathan R. Pennock Margo Hoff Pennock Christopher D. Sanger Michael D. Wilbur

1975

40th Reunion Annual Fund: $13,889 - 29% Total Giving: $17,378 - 29% David Crosby Thomas R. Dew, Jr. David Geoghegan Richard L. Horwitz Elisabeth Dempsey Keller Alexandra Ranck King P. Elis Langemar Thomas H. Marston u Reed Masten u Lisa Layton McKeeman Alisa Lippincott Morkides James R. Reynolds Linda Harris Reynolds Robert M. Smith, Jr. Trina J. Tjersland Peter F. Townsend Kathryn Gehret Welsh William D. Wilson

1976

Annual Fund: $2,585 - 17% Total Giving: $2,885 - 20% David S. Adler Rebecca Alderfer Martin F. Bowers Daniel E. Fleming Thomas E. George Tim Gibbs u Elizabeth Hukill Carol Dumont Kerby Lisa A. Letang Cornelia J. Mincks S. Aneta Nilsen Todd S. Whitaker

1977

Annual Fund: $20,422 - 21% Total Giving: $30,919 - 25% Ann Moodey Ashe Jeffrey T. Connor-Linton Laura Isken Doyle Alexandra Poorman Ergon Jake Gehret John W. Harper Louis J. Hoffman Peter H. Hollingsworth Elizabeth Krahmer Keating u Kathleen B. McKusick Ann Mathias O’Neil Scott Sanders Kathy Takacs Taylor

1978

Annual Fund: $988 - 14% Total Giving: $8,988 - 14% Christopher J. Cashman David C. Linton Nancy Pederson Patrick Valerie McKinley Daugherty Richard L. Diver Michael W. Pardee Margaret T. Pennock

1979

Annual Fund: $8,496 - 32% Total Giving: $12,046 - 34% Robert Aerenson George C. Bellenger III Robin S. Bernstein Charles W. Bryant Catherine Kelleher Burgy Arthur Connolly III Bonnie Wilson Crosby u Andrea Krahmer Cross Kevin W. Dew Dee Durham Kenneth S. Graham Jeffrey T. Hughes Steven Johnson u Douglas P. Marx Carl McMillan Edward S. Pennock Carol Quillen Ramzi Sabbagh Jane Biggs Sanger Nina Porter Winfield

1980

35th Reunion Annual Fund: $8,400 - 22% Total Giving: $39,900 - 24% Lea Spruance Beard Tracey Quillen Carney Jonathan W. Clifton III Susan Shellenberger Cooper Scott W. Gates David J. Glick Lawrence T. Humphrey Metta M. Miller Martha West Olson Andrew Rudawsky James G. Scanlan David S. Wright

1981

Annual Fund: $26,588 - 20% Total Giving: $31,238 - 23% Andrew Aerenson Todd Anderson Adam Balick Elizabeth M. Beckett Cynthia A. Bergman Carolyn Gates Connors Kimberley Linton Coombs Peter Dent Stephen B. Donaghy The Clark Family Fund Walter C. Keiper, Jr. Thomas S. Lang Thomas N. McKinstry Alison Egan Thompson

1982

Annual Fund: $22,796 - 18% Total Giving: $56,026 - 19% Jeffrey S. Cohen Priscilla Altmaier duPont R. Alan Hoff Stephanie Hoopes Christopher Lee Michael A. Longwill Lisa Lounsbury Susan H. Prince Brett W. Redfearn

Gary A. Scott Jocelyn Sutton Stewart

1983

Annual Fund: $64,491 - 39% Total Giving: $317,865 - 40% Dana Balick James T. Bellenger Lisa Craven Bellenger Anna Massey Biggs O. Francis Biondi, Jr. Steven B. Cohen Todd E. Conner Robert Davis Meg Gehret Erskine Andrew Flaherty David R. Kaiser James E. Kerr Alison Zinman Kortanek Ann Gehret McKinney Karen Nichols Michael J. Pellini Beth Peters Leslie Veith Reed Melanie Togman Sloan Susan B. Tomases David F. Venarde Pamela Appleby Waxlax u Martha M. White Tracy K. Williams Alyce A. Wright

1984

Annual Fund: $4,145 - 13% Total Giving: $13,245 - 17% John Aleman Dina Robinson Anderson Marcy Stong Burka Michael Connolly Susie Tattersall Davis Sharon Mulrooney Flanagan Anne C. Harper Margitta Kerr-Stover Mark A. Pearce Paul S. Schnee Marshall Stafford Kathy Bunville Welch

1985

30th Reunion Annual Fund: $4,215 - 16% Total Giving: $6,346 - 16% Elizabeth Rolle Bradburn Carolyn M. Appleby Bruce Gretchen Lindley Frascella Winifred A. Hohlt Robert R. Hoopes, Jr. Kimberly Lindemuth Nicastri Meg Thomas Quaintance Julie G. Reebel Julie Ann Sandler Martha Poorman Tschantz u

1986

Annual Fund: $7,730 - 20% Total Giving: $8,153 - 21% Robert E. Buccini Robert W. Friz Stuart Gittelman Peter A. Goldman

REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2015-2016 Jeffrey D. Henderer Susan Holmes Huebsch Thomas M. Raiber Jody Coghlan Fleet G. Davis III John B. Peters Kristen Greene Ursomarso Oliver Yeh

1987

Annual Fund: $29,812 - 27% Total Giving: $32,193 - 27% Tracey Porter Aleman Melissa Fagan Billitto Ethan D. Cooperson Jeffrey B. Craig Susan Morovati Finizio Emily A. Geuder u Karen Tarbell Greeley Gregory Mand John D. McClelland Clare Stephens Patel Richard L. Powers Anna L. Quisel Christy Searl Bret A. Snyder

1988

Annual Fund: $1,310 - 12% Total Giving: $4,420 - 23% Julia Gordon Beverly G. David Biddle Andrew Carpenter C. Michael Coleman Julia L. Fogg Jennifer Greenstein Sermas H. Todd Kephart Elizabeth McClelland Lutostansky Beth Lubaroff Pfeifer Victoria Storm Brian B. Tallman Monica Thompson-Henry Rich Whiteley Catherine Harper Wilson

1989

Annual Fund: $4,936 - 17% Total Giving: $6,411 - 17% Julie Boswell McCulloch Christopher L. Chambers Kimberley Massih Dolan Michael T. Hardy Peter Henderer R. Todd Quimby Rob Brand Erin Brownlee Dell Thomas A. Dippel Cheryl J. Graff

1990

25th Reunion Annual Fund: $17,020 - 20% Total Giving: $89,810 - 20% Aundrea Almond Holly Nielsen Bennett Christopher F. Buccini Anh Q. Dam u Mark R. Fiss Omar Abdullah Khan Jennifer Knox Korz

Brian Curtis Mand Laura Jersild Pardo Steven Wilkinson

1991

Annual Fund: $19,886 - 25% Total Giving: $20,703 - 25% P. Timothy Boulos James Keith Bray Hung Q. Dam Edwin Dealy Ashley Cattermole Gillerlain Richard E. Harper III Sarah Schenck Maheshwari William L. Masten Herbert M. Matter Melissa Chambers Riggs Robert C. Tattersall, Jr. Matthew Terrell Abram L. Wehmiller

1992

Annual Fund: $127 - 12% Total Giving: $127 - 12% Rebecca J. Brand Robert J. Donaghy III P. Brinton Morrow Gregory C. Walker

1993

Annual Fund: $1,980 - 15% Total Giving: $1,980 - 15% Jay A. Bakhru Alexandra Pollard Graham Asim A. Khan David Kenyon Neff Kelly J. O’Donnell Arlene Frech Spezzaferro

1996

Annual Fund: $635 - 20% Total Giving: $635 - 20% Erin K. Bushnell Michael K. Lamb Angela Peterson Jarrett Rademaker Ashley T. Rust Catherine Wiedwald Stenta

1997

Annual Fund: $1,020 - 20% Total Giving: $1,040 - 20% Anne Brownlee Mona Khan Hussain Sohah N. Iqbal John L. Jenney III Donald C. Morton, Jr. Valerie Biden Owens Lindsay Rademaker Reinhold

Annual Fund: $1,945 - 28% Total Giving: $3,145 - 28% Leann Bankoski Andrew C. Dalton William H. Holloway Mckenzie Jones Adam G. Joseph Olivia Kurtz Kelly S. Rubincan Sujatha Srinivasan Sara L. Weiss Sara Schell Wells Josiah Wolcott

1995

1998

1994

20th Reunion Annual Fund: $1,613 - 33% Total Giving: $1,713 - 33% Erin C. Daly Charles W. Donaghy Alyson M. Engle David R. Foote Catherine Strickler Gaul John T. Gould Amanda Singleton Hay James A. Lassman Kelly Seiberlich Mayo Christopher M. Rowland Sarah Singleton Turick

Annual Fund: $185 - 11% Total Giving: $185 - 11% Karen Bastow u Quinn K. Cartelli Kyle Zechman McKean Brie Willoughby-Knox

1999

Annual Fund: $525 - 18% Total Giving: $525 - 18% Ejimofor Amobi Avigail Dadone Nedim Heto Erika Kurtz Sarah Panock Michelle M. Ulissi Eliza R. Wolcott

2000

15th Reunion Annual Fund: $1,425 - 21% Total Giving: $1,425 - 21% Austin H. Brown Sarah J. Fick Joshua U. Galperin Meredith C. Joppa, Ph.D. Christopher P. Loeffler Braden L. Neff Dillon W. Paul

2001

Annual Fund: $40 - 4% Total Giving: $40 - 4% Alexandra S. Mellow Jaclyn Mraz

2002

Annual Fund: $1,070 - 22% Total Giving: $1,070 - 22% Katherine G. Brown Matthew Cleaver Daniel Joseph Melinda P. Keane Katharine Lester Mowery Richard H. Rockwell III Emma B. TimminsSchiffman David A. Trainor Jennifer Kittle Trainor

2003

Annual Fund: $2,950 - 18% Total Giving: $2,950 - 18% Lindsay D. Moyer Faye E. Paul Meghan Baczkowski Pixley Kristin Dugan Poppiti Caeli Rubens Nicole J. Wample

2004

Annual Fund: $1,200 - 22% Total Giving: $1,200 - 22% Stephanie M. Bonnes Rachel Couch Joseph F. Hartnett Lee D. Herzog Abigail Hughes-Strange Matthew R. Johnson Jonathan M. Kittle Cara L. LoFaro Jeffrey H. Palmer Madeline Sharpe Christopher E. Thompson

2005

10th Reunion Annual Fund: $130 - 9% Total Giving: $205 - 9% John Goswell Ellen C. Johnston Maren Ketcham Sarah Scoville Alyssa Serra

2006

Annual Fund: $400 - 13% Total Giving: $400 - 13% Benjamin Altman Sarah Bartle Christopher Collier Zachary T. Dutton Aviva Elzufon Raven G. Harris Alexander E. Tryon

2007

Annual Fund: $2,472 - 10% Total Giving: $2,472 - 10% Diana Farmer Caitlin Garrigan-Nass Joseph Gutierrez Nathan R. Hobbs Kaitlyn McEnroe Lauren Schmittle Laura Wolf

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REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2015-2016 2008

Annual Fund: $1,075 - 6% Total Giving: $1,255 - 6% Evan M. Bartle Matthew L. Lang Amy E. Tryon

2009

Annual Fund: $315 - 11% Total Giving: $315 - 11% Hannah E. Brilliant Christina L. Chapman Anna G. Crosby Perrin A. Downing William S. Goswell Samantha A. Shay Vincent J. White Mary S. Williams

2010

5th Reunion Annual Fund: $600 - 9% Total Giving: $600 - 9% Sofia Gallicchio Kristin L. Lang Emily A. Letcher Katherine Orth Sarah L. Tufano

2011

Annual Fund: $140 - 5% Total Giving: $140 - 5% Robert M. Davis, Jr. Julia A. Horwitz Katrina M. Sotiropoulos

2012

Annual Fund: $2,407 - 8% Total Giving: $2,407 - 8% Elizabeth M. Aleman Gwen M. BaranieckiZwil Duncan Hobbs Alethea K. Endo Southworth W. Hamilton Daniel Potter Brett T. Tracy

2013

Annual Fund: $185 - 9% Total Giving: $185 - 9% Molly P. Conces Jeffrey T. Davis Meredith Erskine Emily R. Horwitz Arielle R. Sotiropoulos Brett T. Tracy

2014

Annual Fund: $45 - 4% Total Giving: $45 - 4% Arthur G. Connolly Quinn A. McNeill Kevin R. Roux

2015

Annual Fund: 2% Total Giving: 2% Scott B. Davis

2016

Annual Fund: 1% Total Giving: 1% Ryan Wood

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Endowment Giving Class of 1955 Memorial Fund Matilda Beasley Bixby ’55* Marcia Cupery and Kenneth Cupery ’55 Joanne Epcke and William Epcke ’55 Sara Hodge Geuder ’55 Yancey Hillegas and David Hillegas ’55 Caroline Simon Humphrey ’55 Jane Ellis James ’55 and Albert James ’55 Evelyn Robbins Lang ’55 and Edward Lang ’55 Gretchen Nielsen and Richard Nielsen ’55 William Poole ’55 Marci Taylor Stewart ’55 and Jack Stewart Class of 1962 Endowment Fund Alison Allen and Skip Allen ’62 Carol M. Mertz and Walter D. Mertz, Jr. ’62 Class of 1957 Enrichment Fund Sally Smith Lambert ’57 and Edward Lambert Class of 1988 Endowment Fund for Financial Aid Julie Gordon Beverly ’88 and Whitney Beverly Valerie and G. David Biddle ’88 C. Michael Coleman ’88 Julia L. Fogg ’88 Jennifer Greenstein Sermas ’88 Todd Kephart ’88 Beth Lubaroff Pfeifer ’88 and Robert Pfeifer Victoria Storm ’88 and Laird Bunch Monica ThompsonHenry ’88 Rich Whiteley ’88 Edward G. Crum ’51 Financial Aid Fund Gloria Crum Joseph Geoghegan ’45 Endowment Fund Imogene B. Geoghegan Sarah and Will Graves Family Fund Meredith Graves Rotko and Michael Rotko Sarah Graves Scoville ’05 Robert P. Hukill ’49 Science Endowment Fund Christiana Health Care David Crosby ’75 Susan Geoghegan and David Geoghegan ’75

Carol Mullin Holzman ’74 and Neil Holzman Elizabeth Hukill ’76 Peverly Hukill ’74 and Jon Spain Meg Adams Hunter ’74 and Scott Hunter Dixon Lamborn III ’74 Zona H. Lindsay Judy and Randy Morris Donna DeBoer Nacchia ’74 North Carolina CCIM Chapter Nancy and John Nunn Laura and Charles O’Kane Margaret Hukill Prince Joni and Michael Salzano Janice and Glenn Sawyer Schwab Charitable Fund Dianne and Robert Tattersall Joanne Taylor Linton ’51 Scholarship Fund Katherine Linton and Jeffrey T. ConnorLinton ’77 Kimberley Linton Coombs ’81 and Charles Coombs Paige Linton and David Linton ’78 Nancy C. Marshall and Andrew C. Chapo Scholarship Fund Andrew Chapo Jeannette Smith and Walter Smith ’62 Philip S. Mintz ’84 Endowment for the Vocal and Choral Arts Sarah Batcheler Elizabeth Mintz Beckett ’81 and Tom Beckett Sue R. Crichton Ellen and Leon Mintz Marshall Stafford ’84 Lystra and Robert Turner Elizabeth B. Peters Faculty Study Grant Beth Peters ’83 and Brad Fagg Endowment for Faculty Salaries Nancy Nash Johnson ’56* and Keith Johnson QUEST Endowment Laura and Charles O’Kane Martha Poorman Tschantz ’85 and Jay Tschantz The Babette Block Rogers Scholarship Fund Connie Britton and Justine Sherwood Penny Kolloff and John Urice ’64

TOTAL ENDOWMENT

$26,828,445

Faculty Salaries, Professional Development & Travel

17%

Financial Aid

31%

Other: Community Service, Library, Life Ed, Performing Arts, Science, Capital Unrestricted

Savery Science Fund Olive Baganz and Bruce Baganz ’69 Robin Morley Bernstein ’79 and Jack Bernstein Ira Ellis, Jr. ’52 Nancy Nash Johnson ’56* and Keith Johnson Antoni Mavrantonis ’58 Joanna Savery Jonathan Bacon Smith ’83 and Wendy Smith McMillan ’77 Memorial Fund Emily Cohen and Steven Cohen ’83 Joan Connolly Katy and Chip Connolly III ’79 Jonathan Clifton III ’80 Laura Isken Doyle ’77 and George Doyle Meg Gehret Erskine ’83 Pam Gehret and Jake Gehret ’77 Stuart Gittelman ’86 Theresa Harper and John Harper ’77 Susan and Bernard Kelley Ann Gehret McKinney ’83 and Al McKinney

2% 50%

Jamie Nicholls and O. Francis Biondi, Jr. ’83 Susan Procaccini and Carl F. McMillan ’79 Lyn Smith Starkweather Community Service Award Mary Starkweather Cramer ’47 T-Fund Capital and Endowment Buccini/Pollin Group, Inc. Sally and Donald DeWees, Jr. Alexandra Donaghy and Stephen Bruce Donaghy ’81 Jennifer Glick and David Glick ’80 Tim Goertz ’70 Marcy and Artie Kempner Thomas J. Lemon Lisa Pearce and Mark Pearce ’84 Lisa Leana and Thomas M. Raiber ’86 Mae Scott and Gary Scott ’82 Dianne and Robert Tattersall

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WILMINGTON FRIENDS SCHOOL ENDOWMENT FUNDS Fund Name

Purpose

Estab.

Fund Name

Purpose

Estab.

THE CLASS OF 1965 ENDOWMENT FUND

FACULTY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FACULTY COMPENSATION FINANCIAL AID NON-TUITION FINANCIAL AID UNRESTRICTED FINANCIAL AID

2016

THE ROBINSON AND SNODGRASS FAMILY ENDOWMENT FUND

2006

2016

2013 2013 2013 2013

FINANCIAL AID

2013

FINANCIAL AID UNRESTRICTED UNRESTRICTED FINANCIAL AID FACULTY COMPENSATION FINANCIAL AID FINANCIAL AID FINANCIAL AID UNRESTRICTED FINANCIAL AID PERFORMING ARTS

2005 2005 2005 2002 2002

UNRESTRICTED FINANCIAL AID UNRESTRICTED FINANCIAL AID

FINANCIAL AID FINANCIAL AID FINANCIAL AID

2012 2012 2012

THE WINIFRED AND QUINTIN E. PRIMO, JR. ENDOWMENT FUND THE CLASS OF 1955 MEMORIAL FUND LISA DARLING ENDOWMENT FOR FRIENDS FORWARD THE GENEVIEVE GORE ENDOWMENT FUND CHRISTOPHER C. MELLOR SCHOLARSHIP FUND FRIENDS FORWARD ENDOWMENT FOR FACULTY COMPENSATION IRA T. ELLIS ’52 SCHOLARSHIP FUND ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP FUND WINSLOW ENDOWMENT FUND DAUDT ENDOWMENT FUND THE BABETTE BLOCK ROGERS SCHOLARSHIP FUND PHILIP S. MINTZ ’84 ENDOWMENT FOR THE VOCAL AND CHORAL ARTS HUKILL FAMILY ENDOWMENT FUND

FACULTY COMPENSATION/ FINANCIAL AID FINANCIAL AID

SALLY LONGSTRETH ENDOWMENT FOR FACULTY COMPENSATION THE WILL AND SARAH GRAVES FAMILY FUND THE ART CONNOLLY JR. FUND THE CLASS OF 1989 ENDOWMENT FUND THE CLASS OF 1988 ENDOWMENT FUND FOR FINANCIAL AID JAMES SHUSTER ’50 ENDOWMENT JOANNE TAYLOR LINTON ‘51 SCHOLARSHIP FUND POWNALL FAMILY ENDOWMENT FUND THE PENNEY AND A.C. HUBBARD, JR. SCHOLARSHIP FUND THEOPHILUS R. AND LULU MAE NIX SCHOLARSHIP FUND THE CLASS OF 1962 ENDOWMENT FUND JOSEPH GEOGHEGAN ‘45 ENDOWMENT FUND NANCY C. MARSHALL AND ANDREW C. CHAPO SCHOLARSHIP FUND THE CLASS OF 1952 ENDOWMENT FUND FOR FINANCIAL AID AND BUILDINGS MALONE FAMILY FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND THE COACH TATTERSALL ENDOWMENT FOR FINANCIAL AID THE CLASS OF 1960 ENDOWMENT FUND EDWARD G. CRUM ’51 FINANCIAL AID FUND LEE BENDHEIM ’32 TUITION AID FUND DOROTHY ASPIN BAUGHER ’32 TUITION AID FUND ELIZABETH B. PETERS FACULTY STUDY GRANT

PRESCHOOL FINANCIAL AID ENDOWMENT FUND THE ANDY BIDDLE FINANCIAL AID FUND JOHN MARSHALL MENDINHALL MEMORIAL FUND MBNA/BANK OF AMERICA SCHOLARSHIP FUND THE CLASS OF 1946 MEMORIAL FUND THE CLASS OF 1956 50TH REUNION TUITION AID FUND THE MICHAEL MITCHELL ‘78 MEMORIAL FUND THE REILLY FAMILY ENDOWMENT FUND

2015 2014 2014 2013

FINANCIAL AID/ 2011 BUILDING MAINTENANCE FINANCIAL AID 2011 FINANCIAL AID 2011 FINANCIAL AID FINANCIAL AID FINANCIAL AID FINANCIAL AID FACULTY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL AID FINANCIAL AID FINANCIAL AID FINANCIAL AID FINANCIAL AID FINANCIAL AID

2010 2010 2010 2008 2007

FINANCIAL AID FACULTY TRAVEL ABROAD

2006 2006

2007 2007 2006 2006 2006 2006

2006

2001 2000 2000 1997 1997 1995

SCIENCE/ 1994 ATHLETIC EXCELLENCE LIFE ED 1993 TUITION AID 1992 COMMUNITY SERVICE 1992 FACULTY 1989 COMPENSATION FACULTY 1989 COMPENSATION LIBRARY 1988

THOMAS B. TAYLOR ’66 MEMORIAL FUND EDWARD E. FORD FOUNDATION TUITION AID FUND STARKWEATHER COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD EDWARD E. FORD FOUNDATION FACULTY SALARY FUND WILMOT R. JONES ENDOWMENT FOR FACULTY SALARIES M. ELEANOR AND DEBORAH S. DEW MEMORIAL FUND FACULTY FACULTY SALARY FUND COMPENSATION JONATHAN BACON SMITH ’83 AND FINANCIAL AID WENDY SMITH MCMILLAN ’77 MEMORIAL FUND JAMES WHALER FUND FINANCIAL AID/ LIBRARY SAVERY SCIENCE FUND FACULTY COMPENSATION THE CLASS OF 1957 ENRICHMENT FUND CAPITAL BIGGS MEMORIAL FUND LIBRARY TUITION AID ENDOWMENT FINANCIAL AID EDITH DUPONT PEARSON FUND UNRESTRICTED EMMA WORRELL LIBRARY FUND LIBRARY MARTIN LUTHER KING SCHOLARSHIP FUND FINANCIAL AID GAWTHROP MEMORIAL LIBRARY FUND LIBRARY

1986 1984 1982 1982 1982 1981 1981 1972 1972 1972 1967

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REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2015-2016 FUN FACT:

“GREEN” 3RD GRADE

One of many efforts to “Go Green”, Teacher Robin’s 3rd grade class collected and composted food waste daily at the Lower School this past year.

Unrestricted Endowment Marjorie M. Anderson* Kathleen and William Burawski Jan-Maloy Edwards ’74 Frank E. Lafferty, Jr.* Tamara Mand and Brian Curtis Mand ’90 Rebecca Hankin and Gregory Mand ’87 Robert Pratt ’50 Pamela Thurlow and Charles Thurlow IV ’65

Memorial Gifts

In memory of Peter Cooch ’66 Barbara Cooch and Richard R. Cooch ’66 In memory of Edward Crum ’51 Gloria Crum Elaine Davis and Charles T. Davis ’51 In memory of my parents Joyce Rock Cummings ’50 In memory of Dr. William H. Daudt ’33 Dolores C. Daudt

In memory of Suzette Angell William P. Bickley Rachel and Richard Grier-Reynolds Betsy and Douglas Wenny

In memory of Arthur Diver ’45 Imogene B. Geoghegan Margaret Steinbring McMillan ’45 and David McMillan Lloyd L. Thoms

In memory of C. Thomas Attix, Jr. ’45 Susan Attix

In memory of Susan Dollard Eugene West

In memory of Cynthia Kane Bender ’54 Doug Bender ’53

In memory of Jane B. Eliason ’43 Sara Hackett Bunnell ’43 Thomas M. Eliason, Jr.

In memory of William K. Carothers Gale CarothersFreeman ’70

In memory of Diane Gilpin Frey ’57 Joe Frey

In memory of Dr. S. Ward (Trippy) Casscells, III William Davis ’70

In memory of William Friz Dianne and Robert Tattersall

In memory of Sally and James Chandler Sally H. Chandler* and James T. Chandler III ’42*

In memory of Steven Furman Dianne and Robert Tattersall

In memory of Mildred Christiano Josette Graves ’12

In memory of H. Richard Gaumer ’60 L. John Harris, Jr. ’62 Mary Ann Pennington Verneuil ’60 and Vincent S. Verneuil, Jr.

In memory of Elizabeth Silver Clough ’42 Mary Clough ’74 In memory of Molly Cohen Rebecca Hankin and Gregory Mand ’87 Tamara Mand and Brian Curtis Mand ’90

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In memory of Arthur Connolly, Jr. ’55 Ashley and Michael Connolly ’84 Christopher Connolly ’59 Joan M. Connolly Katy and Chip Connolly III ’79 Amy Connolly Doherty ’80 and Michael Doherty

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In memory of Ralph Guest Jon Williams ’65 Michael Wise ’64 In memory of Harriet Lang Hagan ’64 Anne Lang and William Lang ’52 Frank Lang ’58 In memory of Marlin L. Hauer, MD Heidi and Edward Preisendanz In memory of M. Donaldson Henderer ’26 Mary Lawshe Henderer In memory of Robert P. Hukill ’75 Christiana Health Care David Crosby ’75 Jan-Maloy Edwards ’74 Susan Geoghegan and David Geoghegan ’75 Carol Mullin Holzman ’74 and Neil Holzman Elizabeth Hukill ’76 Jane E. Hukill Peverley Hukill ’74 and Jon Spain Meg Adams Hunter ’74 and Scott Hunter Dixon Lamborn III ’74 Zona H. Lindsay Judy and Randy Morris Donna DeBoer Nacchia ’74 North Carolina CCIM Chapter Nancy and John Nunn Laura and Charles O’Kane Margaret Hukill Prince Joni and Michael Salzano Janice and Glenn Sawyer Dianne and Robert Tattersall In memory of Judith Gaumer Hutton ’59 L. John Harris, Jr. ’62 In memory of C. Webster Johnson ’58 Andy Hess ’58

In memory of Angela Graves Josette Graves ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gregory, Jr.

In memory of John Rex Kaiser ’45 Imogene B. Geoghegan Linda Johnson and Steven Johnson ’79 Elizabeth Krahmer Keating ’77 Johannes Krahmer Margaret Steinbring McMillan ’45 and David McMillan Diane Teeple and Rodman Teeple ’45

In memory of Edward D. Gregory Elizabeth Griffith Smith ’58

In memory of Rosemary W. Kittle Dianne and Robert Tattersall

In memory of Joseph Geoghegan ’45 Imogene B. Geoghegan

In memory of Nancy Kressman ’82 Lisa Lounsbury ’82

In memory of Emily Ow Julie and C. Richard Cox

In memory of Margaret Lawlor Paul Maysek

In memory of Michael A. Palmiotto Carol Palmiotto and David Fisher

In memory of Sally Longstreth Jean and Jack Bryant

In memory of Brian Parker ’98 Brie Willoughby-Knox ’98

In memory of Martha Lyon Jean and Jack Bryant

In memory of Wills Passmore ’45 Susan Attix Carol and Gerald Cole Willis Cupery ’50 Alice W. Donaghy Nancy and Richard Fowler Imogene B. Geoghegan Agnes Heather Tracy Julien Margaret Steinbring McMillan ’45 and David McMillan Martin Ross and Gavin Ross Carl Schumacher ’45 Carol and David Sheats Connie and John Tarburton Diane Teeple and Rodman Teeple ’45 Carolyn and John Thomas

In memory of Lena Maloney Sharyn Hollingsworth In memory of Fredrick T. Marston ’41 Marguerite Marston Kritkausky ’70 and John Kritkausky In memory of Ruth Ann Lauritsen Marston ’40 Marguerite Marston Kritkausky ’70 and John Kritkausky In memory of Matthew J. McDermott Dianne and Robert Tattersall In memory of Francis McGeoch Joanette McGeoch In memory of Sandy McKenzie Eileen and Joe Szczerba In memory of Patrick McLaurin Sheila McLaurin In memory of Carol Steinbring McMillan ’44 James McMillan In memory of Tahsaan J. Miller Kizzy and Andre Saunders In memory of Philip S. Mintz ’84 Sarah Batcheler Elizabeth Mintz Beckett ’81 and Tom Beckett Sue R. Crichton Ellen and Leon Mintz Marshall Stafford ’84 Lystra and Robert Turner Kathy Bunville Welch ’84 and Steve Welch In memory of Polly Dewees-Moffitt William P. Bickley In memory of Elinor Robinson Murch 1911 Elizabeth Murch Livingston ’37 In memory of Edward T. O’Brien ’79 Margaret O’Brien ’74

In memory of Lawrence Pennington ’58 Mary Ann Pennington Verneuil ’60 and Vincent S. Verneuil, Jr. In memory of Agnes Pennock Margaret Pennock ’78 and David Wood In memory of Elizabeth Peters Amber Peters and John Peters ’86 Beth Peters ’83 and Brad Fagg In memory of Marcia Stirling Quillen ’56 Marci Applebaum Aerenson and Andrew Aerenson ’81 Gail Porter Anderson ’56 Jane Wier Apple ’56 and David Apple Helen and Bernard Balick Anne Jackson Barnhill ’54 and Glenn Barnhill ’53 Kathy Barton Mona Bayard and Thomas Bayard ’62 Mr. and Mrs. O. Francis Biondi, Sr. Bernadette and D. Robert Buccini Mati Buccini and Chris Buccini ’90 Ann Carney Tracey Quillen Carney ’80 and John Carney Maggie Ann Chevrier

REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2015-2016 Joan M. Connolly Amy and Kevin Coogan Valerie McKinley Daugherty ’78 Davidson College of Mathematics Dean Rusk International Studies Program Amy Diamond Anne Bailey Donaghy ’54 and James Donaghy Elwyn Evans Thomas B. Evans, Jr. Sherry and Brett Fallon Susan Morovati Finizio ’87 and GianClaudio Finizio Roberta Galati and William Goulding Nancy Wier Gardner ’54 and Kirtland Gardner Stacy and Peter Gatti Barbara Gehret and John Gehret ’51 Susan Geoghegan and David Geoghegan ’75 Nancy Spargo Goodridge ’56 and Donald Goodridge Adelaide and Dennis Greenhouse Rachel and Richard Grier-Reynolds Marcia Halperin and Norman Monhait Dorothy and Donald Harris Susan Agoos Herrmann ’64 and Stephen Herrmann Robert H. Hodge ’52 Judith Hoopes Alison and Arthur Hyde Jay James ’59 Elizabeth Miller Jenkins ’51 W. Rufus Jones ’52 Laura and Theodore Kirkpatrick Patricia and Glenn Kocher Cynthia LaMothe and John LaMothe ’56 Deborah Layton Zona H. Lindsay Theresa and Mark McCullough Isabel Robinson McGraw ’56 and Ralph McGraw Deborah G. Mellor Mary Nice and John Nice ’52 Meryl Richardson Nolan ’56 and Gaillard Nolan Bruce Norelius and Landis Green Liz and Brandon O’Neill Carol Mumford Osbun ’66 and Ben M. Osbun, Jr. ’66 Laura Pardee and Fred Pardee ’52 Lear and Gary Pfeiffer Kathryn and Robert Pincus

Carol Quillen ’79 Sherrie Quillen ’53 William T. Quillen ’52 Maureen and Michael Rhodes William J. Robinson III ’52 Judith Blake Schumacher ’56 and John Schumacher Elizabeth Lord Scott ’70 and Thomas Scott ’70 Margaret Scott William Shea Barbara Chantler Shellenberger ’48 Elaine and David Singleton Catherine Amend Slocum ’56 and Gary Slocum John H. Small Barbara Stargatt F.L. Peter Stone ’53 Sandra and Terry Strine Rita and Thomas Sweeney Dianne and Robert Tattersall Diane Teeple and Rodman Teeple ’45 Lesley Dennis Tryon ’71 and Edward Tryon Suzanne and E. Norman Veasey Susan Ward and Rodman Ward ’52 Kathryn Warner Mary Williams ’09 Mary Margaret Williams Cynthia Pyle Woolley ’56 Laurie O’Sullivan Wren and Kevin Wren Rebecca and James Zug In memory of John and Frances Rhoads Martha Rhoads Kob ’69 In memory of Harriet Hadlock Rice Margaret Weber Makar ’61 and Michael Makar In memory of Gail Rinehart Ellen F. Millick In memory of Babette Rogers Penny Kolloff and John Urice ’64 In memory of Ted Savery Robin Morley Bernstein ’79 and Jack Bernstein Nancy Nash Johnson ’56* and Keith Johnson In memory of William D. Shellenberger Elizabeth Miller Jenkins ’51 Dianne and Robert Tattersall In memory of Martha Budd Shellnutt ’43 Sara Hackett Bunnell ’43

In memory of Ambrose Short Fredrick J. Rapkin ’65 Carol Fischler Rice ’65 In memory of Ruth Smith and W. Harold Smith ’26 Ruth and Shah Morovati Susan Morovati Finizio ’87 and GianClaudio Finizio In memory of Jonathan Bacon Smith ’83 and Wendy Smith McMillan ’77 Emily Cohen and Steven Cohen ’83 Laura Isken Doyle ’77 and George Doyle Stuart Gittelman ’86 Theresa Harper and John Harper ’77 Susan Procaccini and Carl F. McMillan ’79 Muriel Bacon Rusten Lyn Smith In memory of Clarence Southerland 1905 Skip Allen ’62 and Alison Allen In memory of John B. Sparks ’62 Betty Hirschland Munro and Donald M.Munro Adele Sparks In memory of Aleece Mathews Stanton ’42 Harry S. Stanton In memory of James Steen, Jr. ’43 Bettie Steen In memory of Roelof Steijn Marcia Jones In memory of John F. Swientochowski William J. Robinson III ’52 In memory of Olga Symonds Rhonda and Kenneth Fulginiti In memory of Charles Louis Terribile Donna Terribile In memory of Cecily Trehu Robin Morley Bernstein ’79 and Jack Bernstein David Crosby ’75 In memory of Kathleen Wilbur Dianne and Robert Tattersall In memory of Nancy Watson Winslow ’72 Mary Beth Watson Smith ’68 and Kenneth Smith

Marcia Stirling Quillen ’56 My mother loved Friends School deeply. It wasn’t just her own experience that prompted that affection; she believed, and often said, that Friends is “a force for good in the world.” She had lifelong friends from the Class of 1956 (and other years); she was one of the first non-Quakers to serve on the Board of Trustees; she served as the School’s Development Director; and also served, with our Dad (Bill ’52), as honorary chair of the Wilmington Friends School 250th anniversary celebration.

Mom attended, literally, hundreds of Quaker athletic events and loved her bleacher buddies and the coaches who taught her children and grandchildren so well. At football games, she always sat near fellow New Castilian Dianne Tattersall, and Dianne kindly reserved Mom’s spot in the stands with a blue and white ribbon this past year. Mom was also a great fan of the Friends musicals, plays, and concerts. She loved how Sara Gaines plays the piano, how Margaret Anne Butterfield sings, and everything about Violet Richman.

My father, my sister (Carol ’79), and I — and our extended family, including Friends grads Barbara Flinn Quillen ’47, Anne Quillen Donecker ’73, Sam Quillen Carney ’13, and Jimmy Tatem Stirling Carney ’15 — are deeply grateful that the Friends community has loved Mom back, including the support extended to our family following her death and through contributions to the School in her honor. Nothing would have pleased her more. Thank you, friends.

- Tracey Quillen ’80

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REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2015-2016 In honor of the Class of 1961’s 55th reunion Lynn Hill and Richard Hill ’61 In honor of the Class of 1965 Elizabeth Latchum ’65 In honor of the Class of 1970 Tim Goertz ’70 Marguerite Oat and Charles Oat ’70 In honor of the Class of 1990’s 25th reunion Tamara Mand and Brian Curtis Mand ’90 In honor of the Class of 1990 Cindy Pettinaro Wilkinson and Steven Wilkinson ’90 In honor of Rosaleen Cochran ’21 Sally Cochran

In memory of Priscilla Smith Witke ’57 Ann Harper Heaton ’57 and Robert Heaton Sally Smith Lambert ’57 and Edward Lambert In memory of Caroline Penniman Wohlforth ’50 Eric Wohlforth In memory of Ellen Henderer Woodward ’28 Mary Lawshe Henderer In memory of Anna Elizabeth Worth ’71 Barbara Harrington Murphy ’71 In memory of Edward H. Worth, Jr. ’34 Bruce Worth ’69 In memory of Stuart B. Young ’53 Sharon Bob and H. Alan Young ’54

Honorary Gifts

In honor of Derek Bednarski ’12 Nancy Arnosti In honor of Erin Brobyn ’26 Scherry Fouke In honor of Jill Bryant Kempley Bryant and Charles Bryant ’79 In honor of Isabella Bukowski ’21 Tony Bacon In honor of Margaret Ann Butterfield Ellen Johnson and Timothy Caspar

In honor of Peter Bennett Cook Elisabeth Cook Coady ’69 and Robert Coady In honor of Alessio Cristanetti-Walker ’23 Rosanne Cristanetti In honor of Daniela Cristanetti-Walker ’26 Rosanne Cristanetti In honor of Zachary Cutler ’17 Jean Zacker In honor of Cara D’Amico ’09 Eugene M. D’Amico III

In honor of the Class of 1939 Doris Biesterfeld Townshend ’39

In honor of Michael D’Amico ’04 Eugene M. D’Amico III

In honor of the Class of 1941 Nancy Jessup Wells ’41

In honor of Dina Anderson ’84 Zona H. Lindsay

In honor of the Class of 1945 The Class of 1945

In honor of Maddie Balick ’19 Carol and Sidney Balick

In honor of the Class of 1952 Joan Henke ’52

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In honor of Chase Conley ’14 Danette and Dennis Conley

In honor of Pablo Charriez ’24 Cindy Charriez

In honor of Ken Aldridge Lisa A.H. Darling

In honor of Sarah Balick ’17 Carol and Sidney Balick

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In honor of Sugar Bear Lynese Spinelli

In honor of Sean Cochran ’17 Sally Cochran

In honor of the Class of 1953 Patricia Smith Wilkerson ’53 and Ray Wilkerson

In honor of Bobby DeWees ’08 Sally and Donald DeWees, Jr. In honor of Virginia DeWees ’12 Sally and Donald DeWees, Jr. In honor of Keeleigh Doss ’24 Margaret and Robert Doss In honor of Ellie Driscoll ’25 Sue and Bill Driscoll

In honor of Kate Driscoll ’22 Sue and Bill Driscoll In honor of Ryan Dubowy ’14 Carolyn and David Martin In honor of Carson Dunn ’22 Sharon and Sergei Dickey In honor of Weldin Dunn ’20 Sharon and Sergei Dickey In honor of Ajala Elmore ’20 Taiasha and William Elmore In honor of Javier Ergueta Duncan Hobbs ’12 Nathan Hobbs ’07 Suzanne and Kevin Delaney Ryan M. Wood ’16 In honor of Laura Foltz Maria and Scott Larsen In honor of my wonderful Friends education Jane Hayden Frelick ’37 In honor of Stacy Gatti Sarah and William Driscoll In honor of Dorothy and Hugh Gibbs Timothy Gibbs ’76 and Troy Havens In honor of Jane Goldberg Margaretta Hershey and Preston Hershey In honor of Carter Gramiak ’21 Judy Gramiak In honor of Margo Gramiak ’22 Judy Gramiak In honor of Will Graves ’10 Meredith Graves Rotko and Michael Rotko In honor of Graham Grochowski ’12 Clare and Mark Grochowski In honor of Bill Harmon Alice and D. Stephen Hyde In honor of Ruth Hazzard ’19 Julie and Barrie Hazzard Judy Butterworth Reinke In honor of Annette Hearing Dr. and Mrs. Henry Weiner In honor of Coach Art Hill and the 1964 DISC Championship Basketball team Charles Lawrence ’64

In honor of Susan Janes-Johnson Danielle and Kevin Sullivan In honor of Cooper Jones ’25 Sharon and Richard Fox In honor of Mason Jones ’23 Sharon and Richard Fox In honor of Ali Keith ’13 Karen S. Keith In honor of the Kelley Family Trudy and Terry Hatter In honor of Katy Kenney Elizabeth Jarvis and Paul Stanborough In honor of Ryan Kirkpatrick ’17 Barbara and David Grover Laura and Theodore Kirkpatrick In honor of Anne Klein ’75 Lisa Layton McKeeman ’75 In honor of Abby Kleman ’18 Sue Jacobs In honor of Stephanie Knudsen Joseph Sullivan In honor of David Leff ’09 Sara and Richard Leff In honor of Michael Leff ’11 Sara and Richard Leff In honor of Ann Joyce Letcher Emily Letcher ’10 In honor of Joanne Taylor Linton ’51 Katherine Linton and Jeffrey T. ConnorLinton ’77 In honor of Drew Malinsky ’10 Valarie Molaison In honor of Kathleen Martin Duncan Hobbs ’12 Nathan Hobbs ’07 Anne Horikawa Amy and Michael Leviton Michelle Lui In honor of Debbie McCall Sinead and Thomas Horan In honor of Peyton McNeill ’19 Lisa Peyton-McNeill and Omar McNeill In honor of Quinn McNeill ’14 Lisa Peyton-McNeill and Omar McNeill

REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2015-2016 In honor of Connor Miller ’19 Marilyn and Ken Miller

In honor of Nathan Rashkind ’21 Lee and Michael Rashkind

In honor of Walter P. Smith ’62 Andrew Chapo

In honor of Ildiko Miller Deborah Miller and Adam Landis

In honor of Lily Rashkind ’23 Lee and Michael Rashkind

In honor of Luke Scott Morgan ’14 Warren Scott

In honor of Violet Richman Terese Jackson and Charles Jackson ’63 Vivian Lessey Pas ’65 Sara and Ronald Sutton

In honor of Robert (Coach T) Tattersall Patricia Daly and Stephen Maguire Tim Goertz ’70 Alice and D. Stephen Hyde

In honor of a great school!

Elisa and Bret Morris In honor of Alexandra Musi ’17 Susan and Kenneth Musi In honor of Nick Musi ’21 Susan and Kenneth Musi In honor of Alyssa Nathan ’17 Suzi and David Maybee In honor of Danielle Nathan ’19 Suzi and David Maybee In honor of Jocelyn Nathan ’23 Suzi and David Maybee In honor of Alonia Needs ’19 Joanette McGeoch

In honor of Richard Rockwell Richard Rockwell III ’02 In honor of Nathaniel Ruhl ’18 Catherine Ruhl In honor of Kim Runyan ’97 Wilma and Elmer Yu In honor of Laura Runyan Sanderson Wilma and Elmer Yu In honor of Fiona Saunders ’18 Roberta and William Headley

In honor of my children James Patton, Sr.

In honor of Joshua Schwartz ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Mazer

In honor of Lisa Peyton-McNeill Quinn A. McNeill ’14

In honor of Clayton Scott ’15 Susan and James Curtis

In honor of the Powers Family Marilyn Lammert and Paul Carlson

In honor of Sarah Graves Scoville ’05 Meredith Graves Rotko and Michael Rotko

In honor of Harrison Powers Richard Powers ’87

In honor of Henry H. Silliman, Jr. ’52 Marion Silliman

In honor of David Quinn Eileen Flaherty and Andrew Flaherty ’83

In honor of Jessica Smith Elizabeth Jarvis and Paul Stanborough

In honor of teachers from 1954-1960 Sarah Hitt Winston ’60 and William Winston In honor of Annabel Teague ’20 Viki and Warfield Teague In honor of Kaely Tornek ’22 Lynn and Lawrence Tornek In honor of Matthew Tornek ’17 Lynn and Lawrence Tornek In honor of Sarah Tufano ’10 Debra J. Pace In honor of John Urice ’64 Connie Britton and Justine Sherwood In honor of US Cross Country Program Leslie Koenig Knight and Mike Koenig In honor of WFS Donna Lester Gicker In honor of WFS Graduates James Patton, Sr. In honor of WFS Lower School Adrienne and Jonathan Meade In honor of Victoria Yu ’08 Wilma and Elmer Yu Lathie and Ronan Gannon

Corporate & Foundation Giving Special thanks to the following corporations, foundations, and organizations that supported Friends during the 2015-16 fiscal year. Whether sponsoring one of our events, matching employee gifts, or otherwise supporting the education at Friends, you are crticial to the success of our school.

A.W.G. Dewar, Inc. Alexis de Tocqueville Society Alicia F. Maharty Private Foundation Alpine & Rafetto Orthodontics Anytime Fitness ARG Communications Arguild Foundation AWA Family Foundation Baker Family Trust Bank of America Barclays Bank BHP Billiton Campanella Auto and Tire Center Capital One Services, Inc Chandler Funeral Homes, Inc. CITGO Community Foundation of the National Capital Region Connolly Gallagher LLP Dalton and Associates, P. A. Davidson College of Mathematics Dean Rusk International Studies Program Delaware Community Foundation Delaware Orthopaedic Specialists eBay E. J. Deseta Company, Inc. Eli Lilly and Company Ernst & Young Fairfax Discount Liquors Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Fidelity Investments First American Title Insurance Company FM Global Foundation Foldfast Goals General Electric Company Gillette Company The Glenmede Corporation

Goldman, Sachs & Company Hayman Creative Promotional Products Agency, Inc. Home and School Association IBM International Foundation Impact Charitable Incyte Corporation Jewish Federation of Delaware, Inc KDI Laffey-McHugh Foundation Life Extension Foundation Long and Foster Real Estate, Inc. Merck & Company, Inc. Merrill Lynch Microsoft Corporation Network For Good Nielsen Family Foundation Nolen Associates, Inc. North Carolina CCIM Chapter Northrop Grumman Nowland Associates, Inc. Pantano Real Estate Pfizer Foundation PNC Bank Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP Rainbow Chorale of Delaware Rawlins Orthodontics Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Sanofi-Synthelabo Inc. Schwab Charitable Fund Security Systems of Delaware Valley, Inc. Silicon Valley Community Foundation Starbucks T. Wistar Brown Teachers Fund The Ayco Charitable Foundation The Boeing Company The Wonderful Company Thinkit Partners, LLC Tri State Carpet Inc. Trillium T. Rowe Price Associates U.S. Charitable Gift Trust Victoria Storm Ltd Voith & Mactavish Architects Wachovia Corp.

William Penn Foundation Wilmington Monthly Meeting

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Spring News & Events Charriez on Ed Panel

Middle school teacher Carlos Charriez served on a panel that was interviewed and videotaped for a University of Delaware education course focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion in schools.

Honors Choir

Four WFS students participated in the ACDA Delaware Honors Choir. They were led by conductor Nick Page from Boston, who, as Sara Gaines said, “was AWESOME!!” Congratulations to Avery Gaines, Hugo Hudson, Juliana Melnik, and Livingston Zug (pictured with Sara).

Fifth Grade Soundbooth

In an integrated music and Genius Hour project, fifth graders created a minisoundbooth to help eliminate background noise when they worked on radio plays and to practice their lines for the Fifth Grade Musical. They made their soundbooth by lining a plastic bin with a cut-to-fit mattress pad, and then put a microphone and “pop filter” inside the bin. They used a splitter so that five different headphones could be plugged in during recording sessions. Students also connected their laptops (fifth grade is the first year of the WFS laptop program) with the soundbooth microphone and recorded themselves, so that they could play it back and continue to practice lines at home.

EdCamp at WFS

In early April, Friends again hosted “Edcamp DE,” a professional development program for teachers. At this event, teachers share ideas, issues, and innovations. Edcamp is known as an “unconference” because the participants create the agenda. Thanks to fifth grade teacher Chris Loeffler ’00 for leading the Edcamp organizational efforts.

Middle School Service for Baseball Season

In a project initiated by Corey Silberglied ’22, WFS families contributed used equipment to the Brandywine Youth Club Challenger League, a special needs baseball league serving ages four through 22.

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a student’s cast. Visual and performing artist Ibiyinka Alao, winner of the prestigious United Nations International Art Competition, also visited lower school for Gathering (a weekly all-division event, led by fifth graders) and to work with art classes.

In coordination with their Spanish and social science curriculum, first graders collected Camisetas para México, gently used t-shirts to be donated to those in need in Mexico.

National History Bowl/ Geography Olympiad

Day of Silence

The upper school Gender Sexuality Alliance (GSA) again organized a Day of Silence to bring attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying, and harassment in schools. A recent national School Climate Survey found that nearly 9 out of 10 LGBT students report verbal, sexual, or physical harassment at school, and more than 30% report missing at least a day of school in the past month out of fear for personal safety. Another study indicated that two of the top three reasons students say peers are most often bullied at school are actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender expression. The Day of Silence helps to promote awareness and to support WFS’s school culture of interpersonal respect.

Eight Friends students qualified to compete at nationals in the History Bowl, a team event: freshmen Maggie Coons, Lucy Knudsen, James Tallman, Liam Johnston, and Bella Stuccio; and sophomores Cecilia Ergueta, Victoria Schroeder, and Izze Rios. Because of scheduling, not all of the qualifiers were able to attend; Lucy, Cecilia, Victoria, and Izze participated, and in fact were the only all-girl team in their division. In the Geography Olympiad, again, Friends had multiple qualifiers, but not all were able to attend; junior Sean Cochran and Maggie Coons competed.

AFS Family to German Embassy

Our AFS student for 2015-16, Hanna Strietzel, and her host parents, Kristine Wellman and Derek Johnson, received a special invitation to lunch at the German Embassy in Washington, DC. They shared their cultural exchange experiences with visiting members of the German Bundestag.

Peace Run

The annual Peace Run, started in 1987, is part of a global torch relay that seeks to promote international understanding and friendship. This year, the runners on the first leg of the U.S. cross-country trip made a stop at Friends to talk with middle schoolers about their hopes for a more peaceful and just future, and about letting their lives speak.

Visiting Author and Artist Lower school welcomed an author and an artist this spring. Nick Bruel, author of the “Bad Kitty” book series (and others), visited with students—for interactive presentations, lunch and discussion, a cartooning workshop—and he even drew an original drawing on

Lucy Knudsen ’19, Cecilia Ergueta ’18, Victoria Schroeder ’18, and Izze Rios ’18 at the National History Bowl in Washington, DC.

Elementary Science Olympiad

The WFS Elementary Science Olympiad team, with students competing by grade level in fourth-sixth, brought home seven medals. Congratulations to all the student scientists, with thanks to their coaches, Tim Dalby, Kelley Cox, and Carlos Charriez.

Artist Ibiyinka Alao demonstrated and guided students in applying techniques in art classes. Author Nick Bruel with lower school students, following their lunchtime discussion.

Follow the WFS Solar Panels Online

Ever wonder how much energy is produced by the School’s solar panels?

In addition to the monitors at school, you can check any time online, via the School’s website. Check under “About Friends” for details on the original middle/upper school panel array, the lower school panel array, and the newest panels (from the Global Learning Center project). Please explore the website for other information of interest.

Signing Day

Four members of the Class of 2016 celebrated college athletics Signing Day with families, coaches Robin Lebauer and Jake Rashkind, Ken Aldridge, Head of Upper School Rebecca Zug, Athletic Director Dick Kittle, and Assistant Athletic Director Jeff Ransom at school.

A fifth classmate signed the following week. Congratulations to: Demetria Ruhl, Dickinson swimming; Cat Clark, Stanford crew; Jakob Katzen, McDaniel lacrosse; and Brendan Wren, Temple crew. And not pictured (but you can see him on page 13), Ty Moyer, Washington and Jefferson lacrosse.

program name, “Be a Friend.” Thanks to Sadie Proud ’17 and Blair Atkins ’17 for organizing the Be a Friend effort for the team and broader school community.

Science and Math Night at LS

This May, lower school families K-5 participated in an evening of science, math, and engineering activities, in addition to touring the Science Expo which featured student work. Grandparents and Special Friends also had a chance to tour the Science Expo.

Chinese Lantern Festival

Middle and upper school students in the WFS Chinese program, along with language teachers and interested parents, took a trip to Philadelphia for a Chinese-style restaurant dinner and to attend the Chinese Lantern Festival in Franklin Square.

The WFS State Champion Mock Trial Team in Boise, Idaho for the 2016 National High School Mock Trial Championship, May 12-14.

Cookies and Place Mats for EDR

Kindergarten students, with help from many of their families and their teachers, baked desserts for 80 guests at Emmanuel Dining Room, and made beautiful laminated place mats for the meal. The service project was in partnership with the Home & Schoolorganized parent service at EDR. Every month, WFS families provide lunch for the Jackson Street location, and on certain months, also serve the meal.

U12 Volleyball to Nationals

The U12 Brandywine BAM headed to nationals this June, with WFS fifth grader Jocelyn Nathan on the team coached by WFS varsity coach Barb Fitzgerald. The BAM qualified by winning the Chesapeake Region playoffs (teams from Delaware, Maryland, DC, West Virginia, and the northern counties of Virginia).

We Stand With Howard Blue Ribbons

The WFS girls’ lacrosse team wore blue ribbons on game days this season, in support of the One Love Foundation, named for University of Virginia lacrosse player Yeardley Love, who was killed by a former boyfriend. The Foundation works to raise awareness of relationship violence at the high school level under the

Upper school students, led by Hareena Houston ’18 and Izze Rios ’18, proposed a banner as a way for our community to express support for our friends at Howard High School. One of their students died this spring after a beating on campus, and another died in a shooting outside of school. Thanks to all who signed the banner, which Hareena delivered to Howard.

Delaware Marathon Running Festival

Fit faculty! WFS teachers and staff formed three teams to compete in the Delaware Marathon relay. On the eight-person team, each member ran about a 5K; the members of the four-person teams each ran about a 10K. And the overarching team name was awesome, “Run My Class Off.” Thanks for letting your legs speak: Team I—Gabe Bukowski, Sia Willie, My Dang, Julie Rodowsky, Laura Foltz, Lisa Morgan, Jill Loeffler, Chris Loeffler; Team II—Tina Disabatino, Kizzy Saunders, Christine Farley, Dave Gertler; Team III— Sarah Driscoll, Adrienne Meade, Melissa Bilek, and Chris Verry.

Dan’s Dash

With help from some classmates and teammates, Alicia Thompson ’17, daughter of Alison Egan Thompson ’81, organized “Dan’s Dash,” a run and walk at Friends to benefit the National Stroke Association. Alicia’s dad, Dan, had suffered a stroke, caused by a ruptured aneurysm, in the spring of 2015. The event was held the morning of May 14, before the WFS Spring Fling, and the turnout and donations allowed Alicia to nearly triple her fundraising goal of $2500. Dan’s Dash also got a nice write-up in the online news outlet, Town Square Delaware.

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H&S All-School Sports Banquet Service

The final 2015-16 Home & School school-wide service project celebrated all WFS student-athletes.

In conjunction with the upper school Sports Banquet, families brought in soccer balls, basketballs, and playground balls, which were donated to our neighbors at Shortlidge and Warner Elementary Schools. The service partnership with those schools began early in the spring, with the Parents for Multiculturalism Movie Night collection of clothing, games, and other supplies.

H&S Volunteers collected donations at the Banquet, and at lower and middle school drop-off.

“Food on Fridays”

This initiative, launched at lower school in January 2016, invites Friends families to contribute non-perishable food each week. The food is donated to Lutheran Community Services (LCS), where middle school students volunteer in their advisory groups. Two representatives of LCS attended lower school Gathering this spring to talk about the value of each donation and to thank the Friends students.

Emily Rossi ’17 was chosen for the cast of this year’s Delaware All State Theatre production, Titanic The Musical. Performances were in June. Emily and the other cast, crew, and pit band members had a chance to work with professional artists, musicians, and technicians.

Add a Head

In our recent posts and story about nine WFS leaders currently serving as heads of school, we focused on colleagues spotted

What the Helicopter?

The same day that the Tiny House on Wheels (see page 49) lab was on campus, middle school students had a chance to tour and learn about a State Police rescue helicopter. Part of the middle school curriculum highlights the many ways in which people make careers of service to the community.

Student-Athlete Profile

Spring Concerts

When a team’s starting lacrosse goalie is a first team All State All American (see page 51), it can be hard to persuade any teenage boy to be the back-up. But Coach Jake Rashkind didn’t have to persuade freshman Runlai “Eric” Jiang, a student from China who has been living with the Fahey family.

Thank you to the Performing Arts Department for another wonderful concert series, earning an official thumbs up from the audience.

Coach Rashkind said, “Eric came to me about three days before the season and said that he wanted to try lacrosse, specifically goalie. He had never even seen a game before. It was clear from day one that he had quick hands and that he was going to work hard to improve….In an early season inter-squad scrimmage, Eric let in a few goals in a row, and he was frustrated. It struck me that Eric was thinking about goals from a soccer perspective, where letting in three or four goals can be deadly. I had to tell him that a good lacrosse goalie will often let in seven or eight goals, maybe more.”

4 Sara Gaines conducting the middle school choirs.

Meet Runlai Eric Jiang

On a team spring break trip to Florida, the standout starting goalie, Jakob Katzen, got a (rare) penalty. So Eric went in, his goalie stick maybe three weeks old, to play against a formidable Hill School team—in a man-down situation. Coach Rashkind said, “Their lefty attackman blasted a shot, and Eric reached out to snag the save. Our sideline erupted, and even the other coach couldn’t hide his joy. Needless to say, Eric has been a wonderful addition to the team. He has a quick wit, a tremendous work ethic, and is one of those guys who makes it fun to come out to lacrosse each and every day.”

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2 Thank you also to our appreciative audiences.

3 The upper school instrumental concert as seen from the balcony.

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6 At the Chambers Singers’ performance.

7 In addition to singing and playing their band instruments, fifth graders performed on instruments they made in an interdisciplinary project involving the science of sound.

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Middle School Fair

A much anticipated spring event is the Middle School Fair, which hosts third, fourth, and fifth graders.

Each advisory group in middle school designs a booth. Among many games and activities, this year’s Fair featured sno-cones, a very convincing fortune teller, AND a “Human Hungry Hippo” booth, with the Head Hippo in fine form.

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Entrepreneur’s Club Field Trip

Members of the WFS Entrepreneur’s Club, with advisor and physics teacher Matt Cauchy, were able to attend the Youth Entrepreneurship Summit (YES!), a full-day conference at the University of Delaware. The event features workshops, speakers, and networking focused on innovation and entrepreneurship. It also features the final round of the Diamond Challenge, a program for high school students that involved conceiving an idea for a new business or social venture, testing the idea through research-based evidence on viability, and pitching the idea by submitting a written concept and presenting to a panel of judges.

Fifth Grade Genius Hour Fair

Added to our end-of-year celebrations of the fifth grade class was a display of their Genius Hour projects. Families had a chance to visit and hear from students about their work. Genius Hour encourages students to explore their passions creatively, to reflect on their work, and to consider how their ideas might be shared with, and be helpful to, others. It expresses an essential goal of the mission of Friends education—to help students learn how to learn. The three main rules for Genius Hour are that students have to Research, Create, and Collaborate.

lab, and 12 desktops in the Library Media Center. This year, the laptop program was recognized as an “Apple Distinguished Program” for the second time.

Senior Explorations

On Senior Exploration Night, members of the Class of 2016 gave presentations on their exploration projects in three ways: poster displays with Q&A for interested visitors; classroom presentations to small groups; or, for four seniors, presentations in the Theater for all of the evening’s visitors and their classmates.

Nina Tennent produced a film about her experience at circus school; William Stanborough did a project combining film skills with instrumental music (playing multiple instruments); Blaise Glowiak demonstrated his study of classical music on the bass; and Rebecca Sakaguchi explored story-telling through film, and introduced and showed a video she had produced.

Apple Distinguished Program

Students in grades 5-12 have schoolissued laptops ensuring equity and compatibility in the Friends technology program, which focuses on collaboration. Lower school also has one laptop for every two students in fourth grade, an iPad cart, iPad learning centers in pre-k through first grade, a desktop computer

Nina Tennent, William Stanborough, Blaise Glowiak, and Rebecca Sakaguchi after their presentations in the Friends Theater on Senior Exploration Night.

6 7 Coverdale Farm was a favorite site for early years field trips this spring.

Using Google Earth, an aerial image of the Farm was projected onto a wall in a preschool classroom; at the Farm, students were encouraged to recall features that were observed via Google Earth and to see them from a new perspective.

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Magazine Gallery

WFS Upper and Middle School Art A small sample of work from middle and upper school student-artists, focusing on works in the annual IB/Visual Arts Major Exhibition in upper school and digital design for middle school.

The WFS Girls on the Run team ready to race.

Upper school, “Bamboo Words”

Middle school repeating figure project.

Third graders study National Parks and produce their own guidebooks for the Parks they choose.

Middle school public messages project.

Upper school, on the theme, “the art of travel.”

Eighth grade biology teacher Karen Horikawa organized a scavenger hunt for her students. They had to find a list of facts using upper school biology class displays.

Middle school innovative housing design.

Special thanks to Class of 2016 student-artists Nimalah Baaith-Ducharme, Kelly Hartwick, Chloë Hudson, Miles Katzen, Eleanor Napoli, William Stanborough, and Kathryn Zucca.

Your final exhibition at Friends earned a “dab” from two sophomores.

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Upper school, “Patience.”

At the annual Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast, Ken Aldridge thanked the 201516 Home & School co-presidents, Michelle Pantano and Linda Jaworski.

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Earth Day for a Month WFS celebrated Earth Day for a month (and, of course, we try every day).

Middle/upper school campus displays included 100 water bottles, with 99 of them dirty to demonstrate that 99% of the water on Earth is either contaminated or inaccessible. Another display showed projections of what Earth would be like in the year 2050, including a projected 55% increase in the demand for water and a 70% increase in energy-oriented CO2 emissions.

Lower school had a month long power down effort in April, using lights only when needed and taking extra care to compost, reuse, and recycle. On Earth Day, lower school also organized a Zero Waste Day, including trashfree lunches. Upper school parent and published poet Jamie Kleman visited lower school and shared her original poem (which became a musical) about being a steward of the Earth.

During a mostly rainy spring, classes, advisories, and Meeting for Worship groups were quick to take advantage of good weather days. Pictured is an upper school class, taught by Ildiko Miller, that really took it outside.

After reading The Rough-Face Girl, an Algonquin Indian version of the Cinderalla story, pre-kindergarten students staged the story as a play for an enthusiastic preschool audience.

Organic Gardens (plural) News Congratulations to garden coordinator Carlos Charriez and the entire WFS Organic Garden team on receiving $1,000 as part of the Delaware Department of Agriculture’s Urban Agriculture/Community Garden Micro-Grant Program. The grant recognizes the WFS Garden at Bellevue State Park, which benefits the Food Bank’s “Plant a Row for the Hungry” program.

Meanwhile back on campus this spring, students broke “ground” on a new raisedbeds organic garden. The location was built into the plans for the Global Learning Center and related renovations. Students helped to grow starter plants in the new-this-year Middle School Design Lab, and then planted them in the new raised beds.

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“Spring Into Service 5K”

For the fourth year, an eighth

grade student planning committee, with help from teachers Carlos Charriez and John Hanson, organized a spring 5K with a collection before (in lieu of an entry fee) to benefit a local non-profit. Jon Clifton ’80 has provided the professional organization for the 5K each year.

The event is during school and participants are WFS fifth-eighth graders who may choose to run, walk, or work the course. Each fifth grade homebase classroom and each middle school advisory chooses a theme for costumes.

Some of this year’s favorites were the fifth grade capes and “Things,” middle school hippies and beach partiers, and a patriotic group—one runner carried his flag for the entire 5K. Through a Quaker decisionmaking process, the planning committee chose the Latin American Community Center (LACC) as the organization to support through this year’s Spring Into Service. Per priority needs identified by the LACC, families donated costumes, art supplies, and musical instruments for young children.

As an added incentive this year, each middle school advisory group that had 100% participation in the service collection had its advisor’s name put into a hat.

Before the 5K, a representative of the LACC picked one name, and that advisory group got to, as advertised, “Shear Mr. Charriez”—and actually, the students, with a little even-out help from advisor Megan Hegenbarth, did a good job.

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Spring Fling 2016 & The “Tiny House on Wheels”

Parent volunteers dished out water ice after the race.

During an otherwise mostly cool and often wet spring, the weather was great for our all-new Spring Fling, held on the middle/upper school campus on Saturday, May 14th. Hundreds of Friends attended and enjoyed local, eclectic food from the folks at Mojo Loco; ice cream from Woodside Creamery; a variety of lawn games; and lots of activities for children.

Special thanks to our event sponsors for their generous support: to Bill Dugdale, for donating his time and expertise to introduce our community to “9 Holes Anywhere” croquet golf; to our upper school students who managed the Kids Corner to raise money for their QUEST Term service project in El Paso; to our coaches, who braved the dunk tank; to Home & School, for ongoing collaboration with the Alumni/Development office; to our volunteers, without whom this event would have never happened; and to all those who attended and supported this wonderful day for the Friends community.

Thanks especially to Thom Marston ’75 for arranging the visit and tours of Grace and Corbett (and their baby) Lunsford’s fascinating “Tiny House on Wheels.”

During the week, students, classes, and clubs had a chance to tour, and the House stayed for Spring Fling so that alumni and parents could learn about it. Part of The Building Performance Workshop, the house is on a 20-city U.S. Tour that will continue through January 2017 to raise awareness about energy use, design, and urban planning. The “guard cats” and the baby were especially popular.

Above: An added incentive for participation this year; one lucky middle school advisory got to “Shear Mr. Charriez.”

Opposite: Race organizers on the adult side—science teacher Carlos Charriez, who let middle school students cut his hair (not bad); Jon Clifton ’80, who provided professional race support; and history/social science teacher John Hanson.

Below: Assistant to the Head of School Ann Cole, representatives from the Latin American Community Center, and Assistant Head of School Mike Benner cheer on the runners.

Bill Dugdale, master of “9 Holes Anywhere” croquet golf.

Coach Jake Rashkind takes a turn in the dunk tank.

Kate Lester Mowery ‘02, Meredith Jones Joppa ‘00, Andrew Joppa, and Felicity Joppa ‘31.

Spring Fling Sponsors Tulip Ellen Barrosse and Paul Antle Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP Primrose AutoTeam Delaware— Delaware Cadillac, Subaru & Kia of Wilmington Crocus Alpine & Rafetto Orthodontics Daffodil ARG Communications, Inc. Chandler Funeral Homes & Crematory Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. Compliments of Gary ’82 and Mae Scott Sonitrol Security of Delaware Valley Tri-State Carpet, Inc. Voith & Mactavish Architects, LLP WFS Board of Trustees Hyacinth KDI, Inc. Nowland Associates, Inc. Paul Campanella’s Auto and Tire Center WFS Alumni Board In Kind Sponsorship Nine Holes Anywhere/Bill Dugdale

An interior view featuring three residents of the Tiny House. A lower school collection to learn about the Tiny House on Wheels, which was parked just outside.

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Spring Sports

Tennis

Like track, tennis doesn’t have all-conference teams or recognitions other than final placement in the state. Jack Rowell is the head coach for the boys’ team, and Ken Dill is the head coach for the girls.

Track & Field

Eight Quakers qualified in a total of 12 events for the DIAA State Track Championships (DII), and we crowned a state champion in the high jump.The State Meet is not the only measure of the season, of course. Coach Paul Nemeth encourages the team to celebrate every personal best, every clean relay, and every great effort. There were many.

Division II State Championship Results: Dani Nathan ’19, State Champion and New Castle Champion in high jump (All County Team) Boys team —10th overall Connor Nisbet ’19 2nd in 3200m, 3rd in 1600m (4th at Meet of Champions) Naza McMillan ’16 4th in 100m (8th at Meet of Champions) Aaron Brick ’18 8th in 200m, 9th in 400m Donovan Aldridge ’18 12th in 800m Other qualifiers for States included: Mikayla Echevarria ’18, shot put; Jordan Carter ’17, 100m; Andrew Slomski ’17, 3200m.

Celebrating the best high jump in Delaware high schools this year, Coach Paul Nemeth with State Champion Dani Nathan.

State Tournament Results: Girls team – 6th overall Finalists (second in the state) – Joslyn Gardner ’16 and Alicia Thompson ’17, 1st doubles.

After losing only one match all season (which they avenged in the tournament semi-finals), Joslyn and Alicia charged through the tournament without losing a set—indeed, losing only seven games total—until the final.

Quarter finalists (top eight in the state) – Olivia Garber ’16, lost to the #1 seed, 3rd singles. Jake Morris ’18 and Ted Ganter ’17, lost 5-7 5-7 to #2 seed, 1st doubles. Jessica Saunders ’16 and Kate Mraz ’16, lost in three sets to the #2 seed.

WFS runners ready at Penn Relays: Naza McMillan, Donovan Aldridge, Aaron Brick, and Simon Wakeley.

The boys’ tennis team with coaches Jack Rowell and Corky Cochran; Class of 2016 players were Drew Felter, Noah Landis, and Andrew Pittenger.

Right, ready at the start, Quaker teammates Michael Ly ’16, Andrew Slomski ’17, and Connor Nisbet ’19.

Below, the 2016 WFS track and field team photo for the school yearbook.

Below right, Pen Trainer ’18, Jayna Jones ’17, Faith Lewis ’18, and Maya Powell ’18 at Penn Relays.

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The girls’ tennis team with coaches Ken Dill and Missy Veghte.

Class of 2016 players were Charlotte Donoho, Olivia Garber, Joslyn Gardner, Maddie Ireland, Kate Mraz, and Jessica Saunders.

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In the early season, half green behind the courts, Jake Morris ’18 warms up for a doubles match.

Left, first doubles finalists Joslyn Gardner ’16 and Alicia Thompson ’17 (daughter of Alison Egan Thompson ’81). Photos courtesy of Kyle Grantham/The News Journal.

Girls’ Lacrosse

The team’s seven wins included four in the conference, including two one-goal wins vs. Tatnall. The Quakers also beat Sanford twice, Middletown, Padua, and DMA. The head coach for girls’ lacrosse is Jessica Franklin, who also teaches P.E. and assistant coaches for field hockey at WFS. Academic All American (only six in the state) – Simone Veale ’17 All Conference 1st TeamBlair Atkins ’17, Simone Veale 2nd teamSydney Gardner ’16, Eleanor Napoli ’16, Anna Erskine ’18 Honorable MentionMerritt Gates ’16

All-American goalie Jakob Katzen.

Below, celebration of a tremendous 11-10 OT win vs.

Tatnall in the rain; the team was rewarded with a beautiful double rainbow.

Coach Jake Rashkind’s team had a fantastic 13-2 regular season, including epic consecutive wins against Tower Hill and Cape Henlopen, and a first round tournament win vs. Charter. The Quakers lost a heartbreaker 10-11 in the quarterfinals and finished ranked fourth in the state.

Team DISC Co-Champions, Quarterfinals All American Jakob Katzen ’16 Academic All American (only four in the state) Patrick Haubert ’16 All State 1st Team - Jakob Katzen ’16 3rd Team - River Harper ’18, Eric Pincus ’18 Honorable Mention Andrew Jaworski ’17, Will Gatti ’17 All Conference 1st Team - Jakob Katzen, Will Gatti, Chad Connors ’18, Andrew Jaworski, River Harper, Eric Pincus 2nd Team - Jake Nolen ’17, Peyton McNeill ’19

Below left, seniors on the 2016 girls’ lacrosse team were Eleanor Napoli, Sydney Gardner, Lizbee Orth, and Merritt Gates (daughter of Scott Gates ’80).

Bottom, more members of the team: in addition to Merritt, daughters of alumni include #2 Blair Atkins (Andy Atkins ’76), #12 Anna Erskine (Meg Gehret Erskine ’83), #20 Caroline McGinnis (not pictured, Julie Tattersall McGinnis ’82). Please email us if we missed anybody.

Seniors on the 2016 Conference Co-Champ boys’ lacrosse team: Ty Moyer, Tai Holden, Quinn Kirkpatrick, Tommy Manley, Patrick Haubert, and Jakob Katzen.

There was a lot to celebrate during the 13-2 regular season.

Photogrpher Larry Kuhn captured the all-in effort by Eric Pincus ’18.

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Baseball

Quaker baseball went 11-7, including five conference wins. Impressive non-conference wins included William Penn, Concord, Middletown, and Charter. Ray Lloyd ’83 is the team’s head coach.

All Conference 1st Team Dalton Ramsey ’18, 1st Base Cameron Kendle ’16, 3rd Base Ethan Ivins ’16, 2nd Base Devonte Church ’17, Outfield Tommy Cover ’16, Outfield 2nd Team Henry Gise ’17, Pitcher Andrew Conces ’16, Utility Above, Tommy Cover bats for the Quakers.

Right, seniors Cameron Kendle and Ethan Ivins between plays in the field.

Class of 2016 players on the baseball team: Ethan Ivins, Nolan Delaney, Tommy Cover, Ryan Wood, Nate Dorn, Andrew Conces, and Cameron Kendle.

Before the last home game of 2016, each mother of a senior player threw out a first pitch.

Ruth Wood throws a perfect strike (trust us) to son Ryan behind the plate.

Girls’ Soccer

Quaker soccer had a 7-8 season, with nice consecutive wins vs. conference rivals St. Andrew’s and Tower Hill (and two more conference wins vs.

Tatnall). The team opened its season with a 4-0 win vs.

AI DuPont and finished with an epic 3-2 victory over St. Mark’s. Scott Clothier is the head coach for girls’ soccer.

All State 2nd Team - Meg Flanagan ’17 3rd Team - Sloan Maas ’18, Maggie Martelli Raben ’18 All Conference 1st Team - Meg Flanagan, Sloan Maas, Maggie Martelli Raben 2nd Team Christina Aleman ’17, Katrina Skibicki ’17, Hailey DiCindio ’18, Maya Johnson ’16 Above right, Class of 2016 players on the soccer team: Frances Harper (daughter of Jamie Harper ’74), Nina Tennent, and Maya Johnson.

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Above, celebrating a goal in the big win against St. Mark’s.

Left, tri-captain Nina Tennent in action.

Far left, you can’t tie your shoes with goalie gloves on; Sloan Maas gives teammate Emma Davis ’18 a hand.

CLASS NOTES

1947 Jon Lawrence (See 1948.)

1948 Condolences to Mark Attix on the passing of his wife, Janet, in April. Mark and Janet enjoyed of 61 years of marriage.

Christine Lawrence Fulop wrote, “The sad news is that the love of my life for 58 years, Milford Fulop, died on the 26th of November 2015. He literally hung on to life’s last thread to see all of the arriving grandchildren on Christine Lawrence Thanksgiving Day....

Fulop ’48 just On a happier note, I celebrated her 60th celebrated my 60th reunion at Columgraduation from bia Medical School.

Columbia Medical School on May 6th with 12 of my classmates.

The following evening, I attended the Gala for all alumni at Cipriani’s, and danced with a graduate celebrating his 65th. What a Hoot! I’m booked on a Crystal Cruise going from Anchorage to Vancouver in July. Then, I’ll fly to see Jon ’47 in Los Angeles, who I haven’t seen in 20 years. He tells me he ‘is just approaching middle age.’ I’ll let you know how this all turns out in the next alumni update.”

1953 Pat Smith Wilkerson wrote, “Two knee replacements and one hip replacement later, I decided to take the advice I gave to my O.T. patients . . .

Keep Moving! Having been around water (Chesapeake Bay area) most of my life, Pat Smith WilkerI decided to try the son ’53 won the local swimming pool. bronze medal in Loved it!! And began the 100 IM at the swimming with the National Senior local team. Some of us Games. qualified to compete in the National Senior Games that are held every two years in different cities around the country. Last year it was in Minneapolis, and I won my first medal (bronze) for the 100 yard Individual Medley. That was fun!!

Maybe next year I will try for the 200 IM . . . maybe. Everybody needs a goal!!”

1954 Lisa Amend Ashby (See 1956.)

Anna Hubbard Bellenger received her signature membership in the American Watercolor Society in April in NYC (a very big deal) and the following week won second place in the Vinnie Ream Award sponsored by The Pen Woman’s Biannual in Washington, DC.

(Ream, a sculptor working during the time of the Civil War, was an early member of the Pen Woman). By the time this news is published, Anna will have enjoyed a week’s worth of painting in Tuscany along with all the culinary delights that Italy has to offer.

In honor of three grandchildren graduating from high school (one each in MD, VA, and OR) and an 80th birthday, Jim and Anne Bailey Donaghy hosted their whole family for a July week near Florence, Italy. In the fall, Kane, son of Tom Donaghy ’86, will be attending Virginia’s Christopher Newport University, where his architect Dad designed the Student Union building a decade ago; Grace, daughter of Steve Donaghy ’81, will be attending the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, on a gymnastics scholarship.

Nancy Wier Gardner and husband, Kirt, joined Williams College alums on a trip to Cuba during the same week that Obama and the Rolling Stones were in town, “adding a little spice to the adventure.” Nancy reports that their son, Kirt, was recently named CFO of UBS Bank of Switzerland while son David lives in L.A. and has “two amazing websites www.planetexperts.com and www.likuidart. com and continues to write and produce for The Insider.” Nancy and Kirt keep fit and active with hiking and swimming in and around Tucson.

1956 Kay Amend Slocum wrote, “We three Amend siblings (all WFS grads) decided in January to schedule a family/sibling reunion for mid-May 2016! Brother Bill Amend ’59 and Connie Roberts Amend ’61 resettled in the DE/PA area last year, moving from CA. Sister Lisa Amend Ashby ’54 and Dick live in Orlando, FL, and Gary and I are in Tucson, AZ. We settled on dates and made arrangements. Our first cousin, Nancy Spargo Goodridge and husband Don, would also be in town then. We scheduled several family occasions and also visited with other DE friends. We especially enjoyed favorite historic-touristy spots and took a bunch of pictures. We had a wonderful time together and recommend family gettogethers while folks are still ‘kicking!’ We all remember our WFS years fondly!!”

Nat, who lives near Esmereldas. Five weeks at our place in Maine with visits from cousins, grandchildren, and friends. A few days on Cape Cod for reunions of Jack’s family. Happy to be living at The Admiral Kendal in Chicago. Jack is in full-time memory care and just an elevator ride from my apartment.”

Carl Shrawder wrote, “My wife and I opened a Texas BBQ in Lone Pine, CA, which is being managed by my grandson, Dylan.”

Restaurant opened by Carl Shrawder ’57 in California.

1959 Bill Amend (See 1956.)

1961 Connie Roberts Amend (See 1956.)

Jamie O’Connor Bolane wrote, “My husband John and I have moved to Carlsbad, CA, just north of San Diego, to be near our two youngest sons and their families.” Jamie’s genealogy work has reliably determined that her maternal grandfather descended from Jamie O’Connor John Chandler, who Bolane ’61 in arrived at JamesMarlborough, UK; town, VA, in June of she has been trac1610 on the sailing ing her Chandler ship Hercules. Jamie genealogy. traveled to the UK in May to join a Chandler Family Association tour exploring known ancestral sites in Southern UK dating to 1050AD. She said, “A totally remarkable experience.”

1964 Dick and Lisa Amend Ashby ’54, Connie Roberts Amend ’61 and Bill Amend ’59, Kay Amend Slocum ’56 and Gary Slocum met for a family reunion in Delaware in May.

1957 Abbie Greene Fassnacht wrote, “Trip to Ecuador for 10 days last July to visit our son,

Ria Jelshoj Lerche wrote, “Still have my checkups and chemo now and then. They have been able to keep the cancer down so far. To keep up the spirits I am luckily able to live the life I used to live—classes in literature and philosophy, fitness, theatre, concerts with friends.

Trips abroad when my treatments allow so.

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Judy Reed Smith ’64 in hijab in Iran.

to Denmark for a week in August. I will take them on a tour of the country to the places I like the most. Looking forward to that.”

Judy Reed Smith wrote, “As I am 50 years behind on class notes, I’ll try to summarize.

First, I have the great pleasure of having my son take over my company doing strategic consulting for the telecommunications industry. Our clients find him wonderful, so I am excused from the many conferences and client visits with 6am flights and 15+ hour days, which had been the pattern for the 25 years since graduate school. I still hit the office most days, but the stresses are gone. My son, Fedor Smith, with wife Molly, also juggles three wonderful little ones, ages 4, 2, and 6 months, and tries to bike, surf, ski, kite sail or other sport a few times a week. He lives in Hingham, MA, just a ferry ride away from our Waterfront apartment and State Street offices.

“My daughter, Tiverton, and husband Austin McClintock live on Beacon Hill, a 20-minute walk away, and have equally full work and play agendas. (My children grew up in a redone 1917 factory which made Prince Spaghetti but have each chosen 17th century houses for their families.) The two McClintock boys are 9 and 11 and travel with us every year. Two years ago, we went to Wyoming for 10 days with my sister, BJ Reed ’69. BJ is a gifted teacher of skiing, riding, and dancing. We stayed at the ranch where she taught the boys all aspects of horse care and riding and took Normand and me on great adventures. This April, we took the big grand boys (always without their parents) to South Africa for two weeks of up-close time with magnificent animals and visiting Zulu battlegrounds, villages, and school. I put a few pictures on Facebook. We all still go to the beach I went to in high school called Point O’ Woods, and we squeeze all of us into our little house. My husband grew up in the Adirondack Mountains, so we also head north to climb mountains and cut down trees. My new freedom gives Normand and me time to travel together, and we have had some good adventures with different friends. These include two weeks in an incredibly friendly, first world, safe Iran last spring. I have the bonus of having a classmate, Leslie Kirkman Reed, as a sister-in-law, so stay somewhat informed about happenings. I look forward to our next reunion. The last one was a 10.”

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Family of Judy Reed Smith ’64, missing a new baby boy born January 2016.

Children of Judy Reed Smith ’64, Fedor Smith and Tiverton McClintock.

Judith Prest wrote, “Although I retired from my school social work job in 2009, I am not REALLY retired—have been working to build my art/writing/teaching/creativity coaching business, aka Spirit Wind Studio, LLC. Have been working with several coaching clients, mostly on writing, and one of them recently got a book of poetry published. Have been working on my OWN book, Elemental Connections, a collection of my nature poetry and photos—taking the big leap and printing in color this time. Hope to have copies in hand by mid-July. Still doing expressive arts groups at a local addiction day treatment place and have just completed the second grant-funded poetry program there—got funding from (wait for it) The Institute for Poetic Medicine to run an eight-week poetry program, two open mic poetry events, AND to print a book of clients’ work. Running poetry and expressive arts workshops in the community and out of Spirit Wind Studio. It is great FINALLY to be able to do the work I think I am meant to do. My husband is still running his consulting business out of his office in the barn. Our son is working and taking online college classes…. Life is good.

If anybody wants to find me, I am at jeprest@ aol.com, or on Facebook both as Judith Prest and as Spirit Wind Studio, LLC.” Barbara Jean “BJ” Reed (See 1964.)

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William “Zeev” Golin wrote, “Shalom. Since 1980, I have been living in Israel (currently in the city of Rehovot), and for nearly all of that time have been working for a Tel Aviv-based bank. After 35 years of marriage to Rina, a native of London, UK, we have three daughters and seven grandchildren.

My pastimes include running, guitar-strumming, and Jewish learning.”

Jim Shippen ’65 with wife Cathy, daughter Tyler, and son Jimmy at a restaurant in Paris; Jim and Cathy were celebrating their 45th wedding anniversary.

1966 Georgia Higgins Helthall wrote, “I am really looking forward to our 50th reunion in October. My husband and I are planning to be there, but our first grandchild is due October 14! We’ll keep our fingers crossed. Ric and I moved from Frederick, MD, to Healdsburg, CA, in 2011.

We are minor partners in Bertapelle Cellars, a boutique winery owned by friends of ours. We love living in Sonoma County. The weather is great and the landscape is beautiful. If any of my classmates ever visit wine country, please stop in!”

1967 Many members of WFS class of 1967 were in attendance at the funeral of classmate Warren Deitcher, including Richard Stat, Jay Resnick, Sam Shames, Ona Murdoch Hamilton, Jo Ann Tigani Sears and Dean McSpadden. It was a wonderful tribute to Warren.

1976 Our condolences to Carol Deitcher Schachat on the passing of her brother, Warren Deitcher ’67. (See 1967 and In Memory.)

1978 1978 class members, Sue Finger Michaelson, Carol Longacre, Alice Zino, and Marci Lobel celebrated Marci’s (second) 28th birthday together in Newark in early April.

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1981 Sally Kinsey Kauffman ’81 and Sue Ann Rosenthal Leone ‘81 celebrated Memorial Day—a week early.

New York Regional Reunion On May 5, alumni and friends in the New York City area had the opportunity to meet Ken Aldridge, to talk with each other, and to catch up with former faculty members Bill Neff and Terry Maguire. Thank you to Fran Biondi ’83 for hosting us at The Links Club.

Steve Donaghy (See 1954.)

MaryJane Laberee Lang and Tom Lang (See photo 2008.)

Fran Biondi ’83, Meg Gehret Erskine ’83, and David Venarde ’83

1982 Cayla Koffler Schneider wrote, “Our oldest daughter graduated as a Joseph S. Wharton Scholar in May 2016 from Wharton Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Our younger daughter just finished her first year at Boston University. My husband and I are still living in Los Angeles and are enjoying being ‘empty nesters,’ or as we like to say, ‘free birds!’ I can’t believe it’s been 34 years since I graduated from Friends. Where did the time go?”

Brad Engle ’98 and School Archivist and longtime teacher Terry Maguire.

Annie Brownlee ’94, WFS Board Clerk Susan Kelley, and Bernie Kelley.

Cayla Koffler Schneider ’82 with her husband, Joshua, and daughters, Hayley and Madeline, at Hayley’s graduation from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.

1983 Fran Biondi generously hosted a WFS Alumni event in New York City at the Links Club. It was a great group of friends of all ages. Classmates David Venarde and Meg Gehret Erskine were in attendance. (See photo, top right.)

Sharon Cohen ’84, Paul Schnee ’84, Sean Yule ’84, and Kim Holton ’84.

1985 Martha Poorman Tschantz (See 2013.)

Julie Neff and Braden Neff ’00.

1986 Tom Donaghy (See 1954.)

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Ned Davis ’62, Ginny Lee Butters ’62, and Bill Foulk ’50.

Erika Kurtz welcomed her first child, daughter Isabel Lilly “Izzy” Kurtz, on May 3. (See photo, page 56)

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2002 Alexis Fraser Hallissey wrote, “After graduating from Wilmington Friends School in 2002, the four years at Cornell University studying history, minoring in French studies, and completing requirements for dental school Erika Kurtz ’99 and Leslie Rosenberg Chalal ’00, husband Isaac, went by quickly. her daughter, “Izzy.” daughter Ceci, and son Shai Louis.

While at Cornell, I joined Delta Delta 2000 Delta, and served as the House Manager for Leslie Rosenberg Chalal wrote, “My family one year. My studies in history encompassed returned back to Philadelphia after five years primarily World War II history, French film, of living in Brooklyn, as my husband accepted and French history, specifically around and a job offer with Spring Creek Investment after the Occupation. In my fourth year, I Management. Shortly after relocating, we wrote my honors thesis on Scotland’s case welcomed our second child, Shai Louis, who for independence from the United Kingdom. was born on April 18th. Big sister Ceci is relI graduated Magna Cum Laude from Boston ishing her new role and in love with her baby University School of Dental Medicine in 2010, brother. I am currently enjoying my family and continued to complete a General Practice and look forward to resuming my practice as Residency in General Dentistry at St. Francis a family medicine physician assistant after the Hospital in Hartford, CT. Following the comsummer.” pletion of the program, I worked as an associAndrew Milford had his fiction piece, ate at Epping General Dentistry in Epping, “Cannon,” published in The Schuylkill Valley NH. In August 2013, my husband, Dr. Journal this June. The story is set in the Brendan J. Hallissey, DMD, and I married in a Brandywine Valley near Friends School, and Celtic ceremony at Wentworth by the Sea near the opening should tempt high school friends, our home in NH. WFS alumni in attendance “Charles Fairhurst was the sort of guy who were Adrienne Monley, Kate Lester Mowery, could sit next to you in a high school science and Sarah Lester ’04, and Betsy Nickle, who class….” Unfortunately, the story is not yet attended Wilmington Friends until 1998. online, so we can’t share a link, but it is excitMost recently, I purchased a dental practice in ing news for Drew and for WFS. Drew is also Kittery, ME, in January 2015; the practice is working on a film project. half a mile from my husband’s dental practice, also in Kittery…I’ve learned some hard les-

Alexis Fraser Hallissey ’02 and her husband, Brendan, with WFS alumni Sarah Lester ’04, Kate Lester Mowery ’02, Adrienne Monley ’02, and Betsy Nickle, who attended WFS until 1998.

Alexis Fraser Hallissey ’02 outside her dental practice in Kittery, ME.

sons in business management and maintaining an effective and comfortable work-life balance….now, I am devoting my energy completely to my practice, renamed Foreside Family Dental, as a tribute to the practice’s location in the Foreside district of Kittery, a fishing and lobstering community with a fervent restaurant scene near the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Our team has been working hard to update the practice’s technology and care protocol....we offer a Smile Saver

Class of 2015—Where Are You Now? Julia Blumberg is attending High Point University and studying International Relations and Spanish. She wrote, “I have had a successful freshman year at HPU. I had the opportunity to meet and speak with Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple. I also had the opportunity to hear Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter, and Marc Randolph, co-founder of Netflix, speak at my university. I also am the Executive Coordinator for the inaugural Panther Dance for the Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation. This event will take place in the spring of 2017, and I am very proud to start this at my college as I am continuing the tradition of the inaugural dance at WFS that I also helped to start as a part of the committee. My freshman year has been very exciting!!” Julia’s thoughts on Friends included,

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Julia Blumberg ’15 with Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple.

“Friends has prepared me very well for college, and I could not imagine being at another school for my high school education. I had a number of leadership roles such as running the Blood Drive my senior year, which was very rewarding, and I thank Sarah Stock-Patterson for all her help.

I also won the Howard W. Starkweather Award, and I would not have found something that made me so happy if it weren’t for WFS. Friends taught me to care about my community, and that’s why I loved doing service. I also loved my teachers and thought they all worked hard to get me to understand the material. What I really love about Friends is that you can freely speak your mind and they want your voice to be heard. This really helped me in my college classes.”

Jimmy Carney is at Tufts University studying Computer Science as well as playing rugby and enjoying being a part of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity. He wrote, “My favorite part of my WFS experience was the ability to participate in a variety of activities, mainly sports, theater, and robotics. This allowed me to learn how to interact with different types of people and has helped me to make friends in college.” Jimmy participates in Relay for life, Read by the River, and Coalition for Autism Support.

Elijah Jabbar-Bey is attending Pomona College. He wrote, “Back home in Delaware for the summer to relax and spend time with family and friends. I am currently interning in the Jones House.”

CLASS NOTES Program for uninsured seniors….My goal with this program is to alleviate the barriers to treatment facing seniors living on a fixed income, and, as always, to improve their quality of life.

Over the next year, I plan to complete further training with Spear Education, a campus in Scottsdale, AZ, and also through a local interdisciplinary monthly Spear study club. Spear is dedicated to providing practitioners with truly comprehensive continuing education so that we may deliver exceptional care to our clients….

My husband and I reside in Portsmouth, NH, with our Toy Fox Terrier, Penny. We enjoy cooking, biking, and walking to work (across the bridge in Portsmouth), yoga, and sampling our local culinary hot-spots, of which there are many.”

2004 Kyle Mellor (See photo below.)

Maddie Kirk Sharpe wrote, “We had our first child last June, William Gray Sharpe.

LOVE, LOVE, loving the parenthood life.”

WFS alumni Chris Thompson ’04, Jenny Pincus ’05, Erin Aliquo ’05, and Kyle Mellor ’04 at a wedding in California.

2005 Members of the Class of 2005 celebrating their 10th reunion in November: (back row) Molly Ketcham, Jeff Monhait, Nathaniel Hoffman; (middle row) Steven Galinat, Jim Geoghegan, Shanika Tunnell, James Hopkins, Alex Dill, Ricki Kaplan Ceccarelli, Fazeel Khan, Michael Dalton; (front row) Meredith Seitz, Alisha Wolf Emerson, Natalie Rosenberg, Alyssa Serra.

Erin Aliquo (See photo below.)

Congratulations to Alisha Wolf Emerson and her husband, Jake. They are expecting a baby girl in September. (See photo at right.)

Sarah Lester (See 2002.)

Maddie Kirk Sharpe ’04 with her son, William.

Chris Thompson (See photo below.)

Jenny Pincus (See photo below.)

2006 Zachary Dutton wrote, “The values that Wilmington Friends School, and then Haverford College, have instilled in me regarding responsible citizenship led me to explore at Harvard Divinity School—some of the things that undergird a commitment to improving society in service to a common good. Since graduating from Divinity School, I have been working with Quakers in the greater Philadephia area (no surprise there!)

With the constant uplift from my teachers, I transformed throughout middle and high school from a shy student to one who shared my ideas knowing that my voice and opinion would always be heard and valued—whether it was right or wrong.

Meryl Gatti is at the University of Delaware, undecided on a major but considering Communications. She will be working as a nanny this summer in Wilmington.

Meryl wrote, “As a student at Wilmington Friends School, I was always encouraged to use my voice and share my opinions.

I remember in lower school, I was always very hesitant to raise my hand and contribute to class discussion. With the constant uplift from my teachers, I transformed throughout middle and high school from a shy student to one who shared my ideas knowing that my voice and opinion would always be heard and valued— whether it was right or wrong. I

owe WFS thanks for helping me find that courage within myself.”

Cassidy Martin is a European Studies major at Bates College.

She wrote, “Friends has given me the foundation to be successful in college. I think my teachers prepared me better than I could have imagined for college, especially with writing. I also feel like Friends gave me a great background to go on to a liberal arts college.”

to build a more connected society.

Now I serve the regional association of Quakers, called Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, as Associate General Secretary for Program and Religious Life. I live in Center City, with my partner of five years and two imaginary dogs (who’ll one day be realized). My Alisha Wolf professional focus Emerson ’05 and is with non-profits, husband Jake are and my next phase looking forward to of study will be the becoming parents application of more in the fall. academic perspectives on human connection—to making organizations efficient and meaningful workplaces that address a key

Evan Martinez is studying Psychology and Economics at the University of Miami. He wrote, “I’m currently living the dream far from Delaware in South Florida. I work on the campus housing security team at Miami, and I’m continuing my residency at the Trolley Square El Diablo during my breaks.”

Schicchi, one of which a title role.

I am currently back in PA installing/repairing septic systems and drain fields and serving tables.”

He volunteered with the 2016 Delaware All-State Theatre production (in which Emily Rossi ’17 took part), serving as a stage hand for the production of Titanic.

Martha O’Brien is a student at the University of Virginia, majoring in Spanish and Foreign Affairs. She wrote, “I´m studying abroad for a month this summer in Havana, Cuba, at La Universidad de Habana, taking classes in politics and Spanish.”

Friends started my role as a friend who always wants to help out others.

Wyatt Thompson is attending The Catholic University of America, majoring in Vocal Performance. He wrote, “I completed freshman year with two operas, La Serva Padrona and Gianni

Philip Trainer is attending the Savannah College of Art and Design with a major in Video Game Design. He wrote, “Friends started my role as a friend who always wants to help out others.

I don’t think I would be the same person I am if I hadn’t gone to Friends.”

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CLASS NOTES Maggie Loughran wrote, “I recently studied abroad in Auckland, New Zealand, and Sydney, Australia, with the University of Delaware. I took international marketing and international operations management courses.” (See photo, page 59.)

weakness in today’s society, which is the need for more and better community.

Sounds fun, right!?!”

2007 Kelsey Burston (See Former Faculty.)

2008 Elizabeth Elger and Matt Lang were married in Annapolis, MD, on April 30, 2016. They are living in Center City Philadelphia and both work in the financial services industry.

Matt joined the WFS Board of Trustees this summer.

2014

Kenji Endo wrote, “I’ve completed my second year at Brown University, where I’ve declared my concenMatt Lang ’08 and his wife, Liz, Matt Lang ’08 and wife Liz with Matt’s grandfather, tration in computer in front of the Naval Academy Vaughn Lang, and his wife, Lauris; Matt’s parents, Maryscience, hoping to Alumni House, where their Jane Laberee Lang ’81 and Tom Lang ’81; and his sisters, focus on studywedding reception was held.

Kristin Lang ’10 and Courtney Lang ’12. ing animation and computer graphics, along with visual arts or architectural studies.

When we heard from 2009 One of the aspects of Brown I’ve loved the Daniel Potter, he Correction to Class Notes Winter 2016: Julia most is the open curriculum and proximity to was looking forward Roberts just completed her first year at HarRISD (Rhode Island School of Design), where to graduating from vard University Graduate School of Design I took a winter session Typography class that Williams College in working on a Masters in Architecture. She was a lot of fun (and brought me back to IB June with a Bachelor will be entering her second year in the fall.

Art and The Whittier!). At school, I’m coof Arts in Music, president of Brown STEAM (http://steamwith. with highest honors, us/), an organization focused on exploring the and in Math. He 2010 intersections between the STEM fields and completed a yearKristin Lang (See photo 2008.) art, design, and the humanities; work on the long thesis in choral conducting and plans Brown Science Center’s exhibits team; and Daniel Potter ’12 help with the creative team and write for The 2012 was looking forward to teach music before pursuing an advanced Blognonian (http://blognonian.com/). Looking to his graduation Keiko Endo graduated from Yale University forward to be in Los Angeles this summer degree in choral from Williams in May. (See photos below.) interning at Ingenuity Studios, a visual effects College. conducting.

Virginia DeWees wrote, “I was awarded a Fulbright grant to be a English Teaching 2013 Assistant in Malaysia from January 2017 to November 2018. I will be teaching English as Martha Poorman Tschantz ’85 a foreign language in a rural area to middle wrote, “Dwyer Tschantz took a and high schoolers in addition to serving as a road trip this spring to cheer on cultural ambassador for the U.S. State DepartWFS classmate Sean Kirkpatrick as ment.”

Holy Cross competed against Colgate University in lacrosse. Earlier Courtney Lang this year, Sean traveled to Cornell (See photo 2012.) to cheer on Dwyer as Cornell beat Union in ice hockey.”

Keiko Endo ’12 with her suitemates in the library of Davenport, their residential college. The class day speaker, Samantha Power, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, is also an alum of Davenport.

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Keiko Endo ’12 with her brother, Kenji Endo ’14, at her graduation from Yale University.

Above, Dwyer Tschantz ’13 plays ice hockey for Cornell; and Dwyer and Sean Kirkpatrick ’13 at Colgate University.

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Young Alumna Profile:

Quinn McNeill ’14

By Jones House Intern Alice Irwin ’18

Maggie Loughran ’13 climbing the Sydney Harbor Bridge with the Opera House in the background.

studio in Hollywood, working as a Pipeline TD intern.

(See photo 2012.)

Mitchell Juers wrote, “I just got my papers of recognition as a certified Early Childhood Assistant Teacher in Delaware, and I’m about to go for my next levels of certification!”

2015 Our condolences to Ian Furman, his mother, Amy, and their family on the loss of Ian’s father, Stephen, in May. Steve was a beloved member of the Friends community.

2016 Welcome from the Alumni Office to our newest Class Agents: Andrew Conces, Joslyn Gardner, Drew Pittenger, Demetria Ruhl, and Jessica Saunders.

Former Faculty With a little coaxing from daughter Kelsey ’07, Adrian Burston performed as an extra in OperaDelaware’s production of Falstaff.

Adrian played the Innkeeper— “not a big stretch for him,” Kelsey said.

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For Quinn McNeill ’14, life in the Big Apple has been a considerable shift from the close-knit community she enjoyed at Friends.

A sophomore studying communication and journalism at New York University, Quinn believes her experience at WFS has helped her to find her place in the city.

“My time spent at Friends sort of contrasted with the lifestyle at NYU, but in a good way,” she explained. “Friends taught me how important it is for me to feel a strong sense of community, which inspired me to seek out smaller communities within NYU.” As Quinn has learned, school in an urban setting, especially in a large city like New York, gives students some unique advantages.

It presents students with the opportunity to pursue a variety of career options, while still allowing them to have the full college experience. “New York has given me the opportunity to get a ton of real-life experience,” Quinn reflected. “I’m not confined by what I can find on campus because I have New York City right at my fingertips. It has opened up a lot of opportunities to see how my interests are reflected outside of the classroom.”

“My time spent at Friends sort of contrasted with the lifestyle at NYU, but in a good way. Friends taught me how important it is for me to feel a strong sense of community, which inspired me to seek out smaller communities within NYU.”

This school year, her Friends connection helped Quinn to land a coveted internship at MSNBC. The path to her role at MSNBC was facilitated by Friends alumna Jillian Leviton ’08, who had contacted the WFS Alumni office about her work as a recruiter with NBCUniversal. The Alumni office then connected the two, and an internship opportunity was presented to Quinn. Despite having little “real work” experience, Quinn says she was motivated to apply by the encouragement of so many in the Friends community. After several rounds of interviews, she landed the job.

Quinn spent her time at MSNBC working with the social media team, helping them run several accounts, including Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, Kik, and Snapchat.

She also had the opportunity to write quizzes and articles for MSNBC. “I think working at MSNBC has given me a huge head start on deciding what I want to do,” she said.

“Because the internship is so hands-on, a lot of my work makes it on the accounts and website, so I have real proof of what I’m capable of and concrete documentation of my progress.” Quinn is interning at another media company, MTV, this summer and is looking forward to the opportunity.

The strong sense of community at Friends has proven invaluable to Quinn as she’s navigated college life in a big city. It has also taught her that, no matter where you are, a Friend is rarely very far away.

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John W. “Jack” Hoopes, Jr., 94, died peacefully at Kendal at Longwood on June 16. Jack grew up in Kennett Square. He graduated from Bowdoin College (class of ’43), majoring in physics, and from the Massaschusetts Institute of Technology (class of ’44), Phi Beta Kappa, majoring in chemical engineering, in those institutions’ five-year program. Jack earned a master’s degree (1946) and a PhD (1951) in chemical engineering from Columbia University. After teaching in Columbia’s engineering school for four years, he took a position at Atlas Powder Co. in Wilmington.

At Atlas, which became Astra Zeneca, Jack rose to director of the chemical engineering department. One of his early achievements was developing sorbitol from sugar. He worked as an engineer for 26 years. After retiring, he took a job that he loved, teaching engineering at Widener University in Chester, PA, for 18 years, until he was 79.

He was an excellent photographer, and loved jazz, sailing, and bulldogs. He was a Wilmington Friends Trustee 1987-1992. Survived by his wife, Marjorie Hoopes, daughters Kathryn Hoopes Bowen ’71 (Robert), Pamela Hoopes ’73 (Daniel Kelliher), and four grandchildren.

The passing of Alexis Irénée duPont occurred quietly on March 25, in Hockessin. He was a resident of Port Orange, FL, and Block Island, RI. Known as “Lex,” he attended Wilmington Friends School and graduated from The Choate School. He pursued his interest in all things mechanical at the Stevens Institute of Technology and rounded out his aviation credentials at the Bakers School of Aeronautics.

The aviation, automotive, and motorcycle fields benefited from his passionate enthusiasm. His business activities included the sale of automotive parts, the collection and sale of motorcycles, the import and sale of automobiles, and the founding of New Garden Flying Field and New Garden Aviation with the help of his wife, Anne, and family. New Garden Flying Field and Aviation supported those interested in flying and in the history of aviation. Lex particularly pursued restoring and preserving antique aircraft, including planes used before and during World War II. New Garden Flying Field is recognized for providing flight training and aviation services and supporting general aviation interests in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Lex was a member of the Board of Trustees of The Franklin Institute; a member of the Quiet Birdmen, an aviation social club; a founding member of the Warbirds of America, a national organization; and a member of the Experimental Aircraft Association of America, among other organizations. He is survived by his wife of more than 60 years, his five beloved children, and 12 grandchildren.

1945 Albert John Strikol, Jr., of Wilmington, passed away on January 8, 2016 at North Carolina State Veterans Nursing Home. Albert spent his working career as a mechanical engineer and served his country in the United States Navy during World War II. After his retirement, he built and owned Swensen’s Great Food and Ice Cream Restaurant, which his son and daughter operated for him for many years. He was a great father, brother, grandfather, and friend, and will be greatly missed.

Albert is survived by a daughter, a sister, and four grandchildren.

1952 Ann Alexander “Nancy” Beatty Swett, 81, who had been walking with Parkinson’s disease with her usual grace and courage, died on April 15, surrounded by her children.

At age 16, Nancy met John Swett, when both were summer employees at a small resort in Connecticut; they stayed in contact, and married in 1958. A proud member of the Wellesley College Class of ’56, Nancy took a job teaching second grade at Lincoln Avenue School, which brought her and John to Pittsford village, where they raised their family.

Nancy took great pleasure in helping others and in working to support causes she believed in. She was a docent at the Memorial Art Gallery for more than 40 years and a volunteer in Rochester Public Elementary Schools #3 and #6. Nancy believed conversation could build bridges between people and nations; she was involved in Sister Cities and various exchange programs, opened her home to many international visitors, and held leadership roles in the Rochester Association for the United Nations.

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during his journey through Alzheimer’s disease, she served as a support group co-facilitator for the Rochester Alzheimer’s Association for over ten years. Nancy leaves behind four children and six grandchildren.

1967 Warren Jay Deitcher, age 67, passed away on May 9 after a courageous and determined battle with cancer. Warren was a loving and devoted husband, father, and grandfather. His extended family and many friends will greatly miss his optimism, wit, and sense of humor, which he never lost. Warren is survived and deeply missed by his mother; his wife, Katherine; a son, a daughter; three grandchildren; and his sisters, sisters, Eileen Deitcher (Scott Bengston) and Candy Schachat ’76 (Bill).

Former Faculty Suzette Blanche Marchand Angell, age 91, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on May 25 at Central Vermont Medical Center. Suzette was born in Grasse, France. At the end of World War II, she met U.S. Army Captain Joseph Angell, Jr.; they were married in 1947. Suzette taught middle school French at The Tatnall School, then French and Spanish at Wilmington Friends School until her retirement in 1990. She is survived by two children, two sisters in France, six grandchildren, and five greatgrandchildren. A celebration of Suzette’s life was held on June 18 at Wilmington Friends School, with interment to follow in Grasse, France. The family generously requested that any memorial donations go to Friends School.

IN CLOSING

The Laramie Project Upper School Spring Play 2016

Moises Kaufman and the Tectonic Theatre Company crafted the script of The Laramie Project from hundreds of interviews conducted in Laramie, Wyoming, after the 1998 hate-crime murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay college student.

After the in-school performance of the play for grades 8-12, advisory groups met to consider 13 queries, including: What is the Matthew Shepard story of your generation?

Why do you think Kaufman and the Tectonic Theater Company chose to arrange the play into many “moments” instead of longer scenes?

What story would you like to see told?

Thank you to the directors, Lauren Gutstein and Tommy FisherKlein, to Todd Tyler for leading the lighting and sound team, to our parent volunteers; and most of all, to the students of the cast and crew, who brought this story to life with insight as well as great talent.

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Homecoming 2016 October 21-22 • Register for the Smith McMillan 5K at races2run.com • Reunions for classes ending in 1 or 6 • New: Alumni Field Hockey Game, Friday, October 21 If you have questions or would like to volunteer for the Smith McMillan planning committee, please contact the Alumni Office at alumni@ wilmingtonfriends.org or 302.576.2980.

We hope to see you soon.

Top left , sand sculpture by Quinn Kirkpatrick ’16.

Left, children of alumni in the Class of 2016: Frances Harper, Jackie Conner, Lex Scott (seated), Kate Mraz, Merritt Gates, and Maddie Gillerlain— see inside for more.

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