Annual Report
From the Headmaster
Dear Woodberry Community,
The past year was one of the most challenging in Woodberry Forest’s history, yet we began the school’s 132nd year as an extraordinarily strong institution. That strength is grounded in our unwavering commitment to intellectual thoroughness and moral integrity. It’s also rooted in you and your continued support for Woodberry Forest School.
The challenges facing Woodberry this past year matched national and global trends. We adapted to online learning this spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic and spent the summer planning for a safe reopening of school in the fall. We also spent significant time grappling with the stories of alumni, faculty, and staff about racism and exclusion they suffered at Woodberry. Our work in both of those areas will continue in the 2020–2021 school year and into future years.
One of the great privileges of my work as headmaster is traveling to meet alumni, current and past parents, and other friends of Woodberry. For months now I’ve been staying on campus, and many of those conversations have moved to Zoom sessions, phone calls, and text conversations. I look forward to the days when I can again see you in your hometown and when you can return again to campus for Reunions, Father-Son Weekends, and athletic contests. The beautiful spring we enjoyed at Woodberry Forest was a bittersweet reminder that the school’s natural splendor feels hollow and empty without boys on campus.
I cannot predict what the coming years will look like at Woodberry, but I draw strength from the knowledge that the four hundred boys living and learning here, as well as the faculty and staff who teach and care for them, are surrounded by thousands of alumni, parents, retired faculty, and friends who lift us up at every turn. It is you, the thousands of men and women who give generously to Woodberry each year, who make possible the transformative experience these boys enjoy.
Thank you again for your steadfast commitment to Woodberry Forest School.
Sincerely,
Byron Hulsey ’86 Headmaster
7 From the Chief Financial Officer: Withstanding a Global Pandemic
8 Forwarding the Woodberry Experience
9 T he Commitment to Fully Fund Tuition Assistance Continues 10 Claiborne Family Fund Honors Generations of Tigers
11 T he Power of the Endowment
12 Class of 1965 Establishes Fund in Memory of Elinor Vasquez
13 T he Walker Society: An Enduring Investment
13 Pat and Barbara Bassett
15 Charles Stewart ’85
17 Our Physical Place
17 T he Fixer: How David Clore Managed a Campus Transformation
18 Decades of Connection Honored in Library
21 Class of 2020 Parents’ and Grandparents’ Gift Names Prime Campus Real Estate
22 Why We Are Strong: Community & Volunteers
23 E xpanding Our Volunteer Network: An Interview with Bill Caler ’63 and Doug Gabbert ’08
24 T he Amici Fund
25 OneWoodberry
27 O ur Volunteers
Contributing Writers
Jacob Geiger ’05, Graham Goldstein ’16, Cordelia Hogan ’17, Luke Stone ’18
Contributing Photographers
John Berry, Tyler Campbell, Jen Fariello, Linda Hogan, Coe Sweet
From the Assistant Headmaster for External Affairs
Dear Woodberry Faithful,
Woodberry has long enjoyed a reputation as a place where young men receive an outstanding education grounded in intellectual thoroughness and moral integrity. Thanks to you, and generations of Woodberry faithful, the school is also gaining national recognition for the incredible philanthropic support it receives from alumni, parents of both current and former students, grandparents, and friends.
This year the Council for Advancement and Support of Education recognized Woodberry for sustained excellence in philanthropy. We were one of fifteen institutions honored and just one of four independent schools. Other recipients of the award this year included UVA, UNC, Harvard, and Phillips Exeter. This recognition is a testament to your extraordinary loyalty and generosity. In addition, we proudly hold the nation’s highest level of alumni participation rate in an annual fund, a feat made possible by the alumni and development team and supported by more than four hundred alumni volunteers around the world.
At the close of the 2019–2020 school year, our office bid farewell to two exceptional alumni who have served the community at the highest level. Ed Stone ’90 spent four years on the faculty, and his technological expertise and research work helped us reconnect with many alumni as well become a more efficient office. And Douglas Gabbert ’08 departed after eight years in the alumni and development office. Many know Doug for his exceptional leadership of the Amici Fund. He was the driving force behind the incredibly successful OneWoodberry program, which celebrated its fourth year in June. Though Ed and Doug are missed tremendously, we are gratified knowing they are true exemplars of “Amici Usque Ad Aras” and will continue to support the school as volunteers and class agents.
In the following pages, you will see the financial summary of Woodberry’s 131st year, as well as the stories of men and women who have given generous support and service to the school. I hope you enjoy reading this annual report and thank you again for your steadfast dedication to Woodberry Forest School.
With gratitude,
Catherine Wharton Assistant Headmaster for External Affairs
Operating Budget
EXPENSES
From the Chief Financial Officer: Withstanding a Global Pandemic
Dear Woodberry Community,
There’s nothing quite like a global pandemic to test the fiscal resilience of an institution. It is with much respect and gratitude that I can report Woodberry was well prepared to meet the financial challenges presented by COVID-19 due to a legacy of generous philanthropy, and years of conservative budgeting and prudent fiscal management.
Woodberry provided partial tuition credits and refunds for all students who were forced to go home and attend school virtually after spring break. During the spring and summer we extended emergency tuition assistance for the 2020–2021 school year to families whose personal financial circumstances were adversely impacted by the pandemic. We were able to take these actions without jeopardizing the school’s financial health because of the school’s sizable endowment and the generosity of donors to the Amici Fund, especially during OneWoodberry. We are greatly appreciative of the steady and active oversight of the school’s endowment and reserves provided by the investment and the finance committees of the board of trustees.
A key goal of our response to COVID-19 was protecting the health and welfare of the faculty and staff, as well as the surrounding Orange and Madison communities. With the support and guidance of the school’s board of trustees, we were able to provide additional paid leave in support of employees who were quarantined after COVID exposure and others who needed to care for family members. We also continued to compensate employees even if they were not able to work during the statewide stay at home orders this spring and early summer. Collectively, these investments in our Woodberry community were intended to preserve the school’s healthy and supportive school culture through the difficult and challenging period of COVID disruptions. Maintaining the school’s boys-oriented learning community was and remains a top priority.
These people-based investments, along with key capital improvements, continue to pay dividends daily as we respond to new and unanticipated challenges of operating a boarding school during a global pandemic. Many of you will be pleased to know that we have completed work on the Walker Building restoration, one of the more significant capital projects in school history. The timely completion of this project is providing additional student housing and recreation spaces, critical factors that enable us to safely house and support four hundred boys on campus.
It’s my job as treasurer and CFO to work with school leadership and the board of trustees to steward and preserve long-term capital assets and allocate current financial resources in a way that best advances the school’s transformative programs and educational mission. It is thanks to your gifts each year, whether to the Amici Fund or to endowed funds, that Woodberry can offer such an incredible experience to students. Thank you again for all you do to advance the school’s mission.
Sincerely,
Ace Ellis Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Woodberry
The Commitment to Fully Fund Tuition Assistance Continues
Woodberry’s strategic plan calls on the school to “increase the endowment for tuition assistance in order to safeguard the school’s financial stability and, above all, its future excellence, ensuring an affordable Woodberry education for the most compelling candidates regardless of their families’ financial circumstances.”
The COVID-19 pandemic pinched Woodberry’s financial situation in two ways. Families’ need for assistance increased because of lost jobs and temporarily shuttered businesses. And the stock market declines in the spring meant that endowed scholarships, which distribute 5 percent of the 12-quarter average of their value, are able to provide less support at the moment.
Thankfully the market rally over the summer and fall boosted the values of endowed scholarships, which, unless there is another financial setback, will allow those funds to make a bigger contribution to next year’s tuition assistance budget. The market value of those scholarships is currently close to $93 million, and based on current pledges of support from alumni, parents, and friends, that figure could rise above $100 million.
But these decades of gifts and the generous pledges made in recent years do not fully support the more than $6 million in tuition assistance required last year by students and their families. The Amici Fund provides the balance. The board of trustees has set the goal of paying for all tuition assistance through the endowment and not relying on annual giving to fund long-term scholarship commitments. The business and admission offices estimate that Woodberry would need to offer roughly $8 million per year in tuition assistance to remove financial considerations from the admission process.
Last year, 44 percent of the student body received tuition assistance, a figure that grew for the current school year because of COVID-19. All of Woodberry’s tuition assistance is based solely on a family’s financial need; the school does not offer merit scholarships.
“As a school, the greatest long-term threat we face is affordability, and the single most important opportunity of this moment is to band together as one community of Tigers to fund the entire tuition assistance budget in perpetuity through the Woodberry endowment,” says Headmaster Byron Hulsey ’86. “Reaching for such an audacious goal would place Woodberry in a rarefied cohort of exceptional schools.”
Claiborne Family Fund Honors Generations of Tigers
Members of the Claiborne family have been coming to Woodberry Forest for three generations, dating back to when the late Hobie Claiborne, Jr. ’41 arrived on campus from Richmond in the 1930s.
Hobie’s three sons — Hobie ’73, Billy ’77, and Thomas ’83 — also distinguished themselves as Tigers, and Thomas in turn sent three of his boys — Thomas ’14, Jack ’16, Charlie ’20 — to Woodberry. The Claibornes are also cousins of the Armfield, Fiveash, and Burke families, creating a web of Woodberry ties by birth and marriage.
So when Thomas and Lisa Claiborne decided to make a capital gift to support Woodberry Forest in 2018, they elected to start a scholarship fund and name it after the entire family. The fund provides need-based tuition assistance to students from Virginia.
The hope, Thomas said, was to create a legacy through the Claiborne Family Scholarship Fund that members of the family across all generations could support, both now and into the future.
“At the end of the day, tuition assistance is the driving factor,” Thomas said. “You want to have the boys who deserve to go to Woodberry going to Woodberry regardless of their financial situation. So that is the area that made the most sense.”
Thomas went on to the University of Virginia after Woodberry before launching into an international business career that has taken him and his family to London and Johannesburg. After fifteen years at global mining firm Anglo American, where he served as senior vice president, head of talent, and secretary of the executive committee, Thomas joined E Oppenheimer & Son, where he was a managing director from 2002 to 2018. Over the past decade the Claibornes’ sons came to Woodberry each year from the family’s home in South Africa; the Claibornes even acted as admission recruiters, helping connect Woodberry with prospective students from Pretoria and Johannesburg.
Thomas and Lisa’s daughter, Cabell, is now a ninth grader at Episcopal High School; Thomas ’14 continued his education at Washington and Lee University, while both Jack and Charlie followed their father to the University of Virginia.
Thomas and Lisa served on the Advisory Council from 2012 to 2014, and since 2015 Thomas has served on Woodberry’s board of trustees, following in his father’s footsteps (though certainly traveling much farther than Hobie ever did to attend board meetings!). He is a member of the board’s buildings and grounds, audit, investment, and finance committees. Thomas’s service on the Woodberry board has overlapped with his brother Hobie’s tenure on the board of St. Catherine’s School in Richmond, including several years as board chair.
Through his board service and his family’s gift to establish a new scholarship fund, Thomas is ensuring a connection between the Claibornes and Woodberry that began in the 1930s will continue in perpetuity.
Cabell, Thomas ’83, Charlie ’20, and Lisa Claiborne
Thomas ’83, Thomas ’14, and Hobie ’41
Jack ’16 and Lisa Claiborne
The Power of the Endowment
Through decades of generous philanthropy, sound investment practices, and thoughtful long-term planning, Woodberry has built financial reserves that provide almost 30 percent of the annual operating budget. The school spends 5 percent of the average value (over the past three years) of endowment funds. This spending rule ensures that the funds are preserved in perpetuity to benefit the school. In recent years the growth of these funds has helped cover rising expenses, especially in tuition assistance. That growth slowed this year due to COVID-19. Other reserve funds support the repair, renewal, and replacement of campus buildings.
The school’s managed funds support these five major areas:
Program — These funds support everything from science lab equipment to athletic uniforms to food in the dining hall.
million
Capital Projects — The Reserve for Renewals and Replacement Fund, known as the Triple R Fund, is invested, but it is not technically part of the endowment.
The Triple R Fund also guarantees the school’s longterm debts of $51 million.
The board’s policy is to keep enough money in the Triple R Fund to cover all outstanding debt, so the full value of these funds cannot be spent. In recent years, the Triple R Fund has supported a wide range of projects, including the Walker Building, Hanes Hall, campus infrastructure, and faculty housing. There are also several smaller plant and maintenance funds in the endowment.
million Program
Faculty/Staff $103.6 million
Faculty/Staff — Includes faculty chairs, masterships, and professional development funds. These funds support salaries and benefits for faculty and staff, the school’s largest annual expense.
Tuition Assistance $93.8 million Capital Projects $63.2 million
Tuition Assistance — Provides slightly more than half of annual tuition assistance funding. All tuition assistance is need-based.
General (Unrestricted) — Can be used for any area of school life, from facility upgrades to program expenses to faculty and staff salaries.
*These are the top five areas of support. Totals do not equal $334 million because several smaller categories or funds are not listed.
$334.5 million
Total value of the endowment and Triple R Fund, June 30, 2020
W. Tyler Beam ‘95 Scholarship Fund
John R. Belk ‘77 Scholarship Fund
Bernard Scholarship Fund
W. Edward Blain Faculty Enrichment Fund
Class of 2018 Fund for Faculty Support
Class of 2018 Scholarship Fund
Copen Family Student Wholeness Fund
Faculty and Staff Families Support Fund
Christopher E. Lee ‘84 Outdoor Education Fund
John Moylan Scholarship Fund
Perry Family Scholarship Fund
Richard S. Reynolds Sr. Scholarship Fund
Sisk Family Scholarship Fund
Harrison W. Straley IV Memorial Scholarship Fund
Harold A. Thomas Jr. ‘05 Scholarship Fund
The Class of 1970 Robert F. Vasquez Scholarship Fund
West Virginia Scholarship Fund
Parker Vance Watt ‘19 Scholarship Fund
Betty Wilson Wright Fund
Class of 1965 Establishes Fund in Memory of Elinor Vasquez
Among the new faces at Woodberry in September 1961, when members of the class of 1965 arrived as new boys, were Elinor and Bob Vasquez.
The Vasquez family arrived at the school by way of a happy accident. Bob, who’d been working on a master’s degree in Spanish at the University of Virginia, was initially told two professors from Wake Forest wanted to meet with him. A few minutes into the interview, he realized the mistake. The men he was talking with, Clarke Worthington and George Palmer, were representatives of Woodberry Forest School. But Bob and Elinor made a visit to campus after that initial interview, liked what they saw, and moved into House E in August 1961.
Elinor quickly became a surrogate mother to many Woodberry boys, a role she relished throughout the years she spent on campus, but she always had a special interest in the class of 1965
and the boys who started at Woodberry in the same year she and Bob arrived.
After Elinor’s death last year in a car crash, members of the class of 1965 — who consider Bob an honorary member of their class — decided to make gifts in her memory ahead of their fifty-fifth reunion. The alumni established The Faculty and Staff Families Support Fund in memory and honor of Elinor and all other faculty spouses who make such enduring contributions to the community.
Proceeds from the fund will support holiday activities, playground maintenance, child care during faculty and staff events, fees for swimming lessons, early childhood education costs, and other expenses associated with community living at Woodberry Forest School. The fund is now open to all donors.
The class of 1965 at its fiftieth Reunion in 2015
The Walker Society: An Enduring Investment
Woodberry’s financial strength is built in large part on the estate gifts of alumni, parents, and friends. Most estate gifts establish funds in the school’s endowment, providing perpetual support to the boys, faculty, and staff. In 1992 the trustees of Woodberry Forest established the Joseph G. and Violet N. Walker Society to recognize the special generosity of alumni, parents, and friends who have included the school in their estate plans through a provision in their will or as a beneficiary of a retirement plan, life insurance policy, trust, or annuity. The society has more than 540 members, of whom more than 390 are still living.
Pat and Barbara Bassett
NEW MEMBERS
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Baker II ’96
Mr. and Mrs. Julius E. Banzet IV ’85
Mr. Thomas W. Bowron II ’76
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Bray ’85
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson M. Brown III ’70
Maj. John C. Collier ’05
Mrs. Wilda Dodson
Mr. and Mrs. Brooks D. Hathaway ’91
Mr. and Mrs. John K. Hollan ’66
Mr. and Mrs. Richard O. Rogers III ’77
Dr. and Mrs. James M. Tallman ’65
Mr. and Mrs. C. Andrew Tysinger ’86
Mr. L. Haynes Zaytoun ’13
While Pat Bassett is not an alumnus, the ten years he spent on the Woodberry faculty following his graduation from Williams College laid the foundation for his decades of service in independent school leadership.
“Barbara and I were twenty-one years old when we first started there and were still at a very formative stage in our lives. Like a lot of firstyear teachers, I was clueless. I barely kept a step ahead of the boys,” he says. “But I got my roots at Woodberry. It taught me what good strategic planning and governance look like in a quality independent school education.”
As a member of the English department, Pat drew the task of pushing boys to engage with poetry, an experience that showed him just how unique the Woodberry community was.
“I had to have a good sense of humor and a real repartee, back and forth, challenging the kids. I taught on a trimester basis, so I taught literally every Woodberry student for a decade and so much appreciated the nature of the boys there and their strong allegiance to the school,” he says.
Since he left the school in 1980, Pat has been a giant of American secondary education and served as headmaster of Stuart Hall School in Staunton, Virginia, and Pomfret School in Connecticut before becoming president of both the Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS) and later the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS). In his decades leading and advising schools, Woodberry has always stood out in comparison to its peers.
“At Woodberry there’s a loyalty to what the school stands for that exceeds the most prominent colleges. I know thousands of schools, and there’s not one whose honor system can compare to the honor system at Woodberry — not one,” he says. “There are also few schools that can compare to Woodberry in alumni participation in the annual fund, and I think that’s a testament to how good the school has been forever.”
In his tenure on the board of trustees, Pat has noticed that the school’s culture of giving has had a profound impact on its evolution in recent years.
“Woodberry’s financial strength is directly tied to the board’s investment acumen. They’ve had
banner years, often way ahead of what the market return tends to be, not to mention that the Amici Fund keeps adding a ton of money every year. The draw on that does so much — not only to allow the school to be stable, but also to invest in their programs as much as they want to.”
For Pat, joining the Walker Society stems from strong ties to Woodberry’s core principles. He and Barbara established a charitable remainder unitrust, or CRUT. The CRUT pays income to the Bassets each year, which they have chosen to use to make gifts to Woodberry and to establish a tuition assistance scholarship fund in the endowment. After their deaths, the balance in the trust will go to Woodberry.
“The school has matured to become much more progressive, much more open-minded. But even so, it has a kind of sturdiness that’s been rooted historically. Woodberry, of course, is still all-male and still has the honor system and character emphasis that made my migration from Williams to Woodberry so natural. I believe in giving back to the school because it really gave me a trajectory into my career in leadership.”
“I know thousands of schools, and there’s not one whose honor system can compare to the honor system at Woodberry — not one.” Pat Bassett
Charles Stewart ’85
Charles Stewart’s history with Woodberry dates back to 1978, when he spent a “very hot summer” on Turner Hall for Woodberry Forest Sports Camp. The weather during his first extended stay on campus may not have been inviting, but the rest of the session was — enough so to make him enroll in 1982 and graduate as part of the class of 1985.
“There were a couple of people from back in Lexington who were at Sports Camp with me, and it was just a wonderful time. So were my three years there as a student,” he said.
Now Charles has made a lasting commitment to Woodberry by joining the Walker Society, which recognizes alumni and other friends of the school who have made provisions for Woodberry in their will or estate planning.
Since his graduation from Woodberry, independent school education has remained on the top of Charles’s mind. He now helps run the Stewart Home & School, a 126-year-old school for students with intellectual disabilities in Frankfort, Kentucky. In some ways, Woodberry (founded in 1889) and Stewart Home (founded in 1893) share common traits.
“At both places, there’s a strong sense of history and tradition. Our family’s role at Stewart is similar to that of the Walkers at Woodberry. We’re the fifth generation to step forward and lead the school,” Charles said. “Both places really have a tradition of excellence. Stewart is considered one of the best schools for the mentally handicapped in the country, if not the world, and Woodberry is one of the finest prep schools in the United States.”
Though Woodberry and Stewart Home serve different students, they share more than a tradition of excellence and the deep commitment of a founding family. Stewart, like Woodberry, focuses on the individual needs of students and helping
“The Walker Society is a great organization, and I think the potential for major gifts to Woodberry down the road is a smart idea for the school to cultivate.”
each one achieve his or her full potential. Both schools are also committed to a residential experience, believing that what happens on campus in the evenings and weekends is as important as what happens in the classroom.
Like many Woodberry alumni, Charles credits his strong ties to his alma mater to lasting relationships with other alumni, particularly his roommate, Martin Boney ’85.
“I’m close with a lot of my classmates from the class of 1985. Martin and I lived with each other during our junior and senior years and have been great friends ever since,” he said.
It’s a combination of those close, enduring relationships and his meaningful experience as a student that spurred him to join the Walker Society and make a planned gift to support Woodberry in perpetuity. His estate gift will go into the endowment and establish funds that honor his parents. He is seeding that future commitment with a current gift to the school.
“The Walker Society is a great organization, and I think that the potential for major gifts to Woodberry down the road is a smart area for the school to cultivate,” he said. “Woodberry’s been a key part of my life and has always meant a great deal to me.”
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The Fixer: How David Clore Managed a Campus Transformation
David Clore appears very unassuming in his daily uniform — an orange collared shirt with “Woodberry” embroidered in small letters on the front left. In conversation with him, one might not suspect he has supervised every major building project on the Woodberry campus for nearly two decades. As the school’s project manager, he has overseen a transformation of the campus, helping build or revitalize facilities that rival those at most colleges and universities.
Though 2020 has been a difficult year for many, it is also a time of celebration for David. The “Great Wall of Hulsey” — as students referred to it — was finally taken down on October 19, signaling the culmination of what has been a five-year process to completely revitalize the Walker Building and transform Hanes Hall into a dormitory. David has always been “a quiet workhorse,” as Woodberry’s Chief Financial Officer Ace Ellis explains. He works tirelessly with contractors to resolve unforeseen challenges that come up each day, all the while clarifying the needs of faculty and staff. For that work, David received this year’s Frank S. Walker Award, which recognizes outstanding service by a member of the staff.
When approached in July 2015 about beginning the initial phases of the Walker Building renovation, David knew it was going to be a long and arduous project. “When I first came here in 2002,” he remembers, the project was being talked about then, but nobody really wanted to get into it.” David had to earn his chops before taking on what was to become the biggest project of his career. From the Manning Family Science Building to the fabulous Kenan Hall and so much more, he has tackled a wide range of challenges. But he would tell you the Walker Building was certainly not one of his favorites. Taking apart a 120-year-old building and putting it back together again, better than ever, was an incredible challenge. “It’s been very stressful at times, as you can imagine, with things breaking and people not happy,” says the Culpeper native.
Although ‘The Wall’ has come down and all appears finished now, our untrained eyes cannot see what David does. “Right now we are not quite done,” he says. “We won’t be done until Christmas, probably. There’s a lot of commissioning to do, and we’ve got a few issues with some of the systems in the building.” But being this close to the finish line, he had one singular yet simple thought: I’m glad we finally got through it.
David would not go so far as to say that he’s ushered the school and its facilities into the modern era. It’s not in his nature. “I just consider myself somebody helping to get the project done, he says.” He thinks of himself as someone who looks out for problems that need fixing and says watching the satisfaction on others’ faces as he solves those problems is the most enjoyable part of the job. He attributes his success to the entire facilities team. “Working on all these projects, you have to pull people in from everywhere to help. Everybody comes in and pulls together, and we get the job done.”
As David continues to help update the school’s facilities, there are some major developments happening in his own life. One of his three daughters is a physical therapist in Culpeper who is building a house on the property right across from her father and is expecting a baby boy due in November. David’s other daughter graduated from James Madison University this year. Due to COVID-19, she had to endure the same hardships most college graduates faced this past spring of not having a formal ceremony. But David did what he always does. He fixed that problem, holding graduation right on the family’s front porch. He even handcrafted a diploma for her! With the Walker Building project nearly behind him, David is looking forward to spending time with his family, riding horses, fox hunting, and of course, constantly looking out at the next problem that will require his attention, whether at home or at Woodberry.
Decades of Connection Honored in
The Monks are no strangers to Woodberry Forest School, with a family member attending the school in forty-three of the past eighty years. This family legacy began with William “Bill” Monk, class of 1944, and has continued through his grandson, William “Will” Monk III, class of 2012. In fact the Monks’ connection with the school can really trace back to Woodberry’s earliest days, as Bill’s faculty advisor was J. Carter Walker. In between Bill and Will, eight other Monk family members have attended: Albert Monk III ’57, Robert “Bob” Monk, Jr. ’66, William Monk, Jr. ’82, Albert “Coy” Monk IV ’87, Robert Monk III ’93, Sterling Kelly IV ’99, Stafford Kelly ’03, and Rob Sellers III ’04.
Shortly before his death in 2016, Bill Monk ’44 started an endowment for tuition assistance. Now William ’82 and his wife, Aurelia, are continuing the family’s legacy of service by expanding the William C. Monk ’44 Family Fund for Tuition Assistance and naming the Monk Learning Commons Sitting Area in the William H. White, Jr. Library.
Library
William and Aurelia both know the importance of tuition assistance through their service on other independent school boards — Aurelia at The Oakwood School in Greenville and William at St.
Will ’12, Aurelia, Aurelia, and William Monk ’82; Bill Monk ’44; Jack and Emily Mears and Molly Monk Mears
Mary’s School in Raleigh, where their daughter attended. They are also former members of the Woodberry Advisory Council. The couple is committed to “providing an opportunity to change the lives of boys who otherwise may not have been able to attend Woodberry.”
In addition to furthering Bill Monk’s legacy through a gift supporting tuition assistance, William and Aurelia also wanted to ensure that future Tigers will be able to make lasting memories in the Walker Building. William spent three of his four years at Woodberry living in the Walker Building, first on B Dorm, then C6, and finally on C Dorm. Aurelia remembers visiting Woodberry for dances and mixers when she was in high school. Returning as the spouse of an alumnus and as the parent of a student, it was easy to recall that “tingly excitement” she and her classmates would feel as they drove up the hill to the Walker Building.
“As the flagship building, it plays a key role in setting initial and lasting impressions, not to mention being home to many of the boys,” said Aurelia. The couple felt it made sense to give back to the place which held so many fond family memories. Now the Monk Sitting Area hosts classes when teachers bring students to the library and is a favorite evening study spot for boys. With the removal of the construction wall surrounding the Walker Building this fall, the sitting area now looks out onto the lawn toward The Residence.
When they aren’t supporting Woodberry and its future, William and Aurelia enjoy traveling,
outdoor activities, philanthropic ventures, sporting events, and reading. After earning degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the couple enjoyed successful careers, William in entrepreneurship and Aurelia in marketing and communications.
Coming up in spring of 2022, William has his fortieth class reunion. He has kept in touch with several of his classmates, including Frank Liggett, Lawrence Gray, William “Yogi” Browning, and Sam Bratton. While all of his reunions have been a joy for William, he says that “the real special bonus for me is having my son on the same cycle,” and getting to see Will enjoy the same bonds between his classmates that he’s enjoyed.
“It is hard to explain the bond that is forged from the few years at WFS,” William says. “My classmates and I often talk about it . . . wondering if alums from other schools experience anything remotely close.
Of course, we don’t think so.”
William and Aurelia’s support for tuition assistance and the Walker Building will continue a long family legacy at Woodberry. Both of them agree that Walker is a special place on campus, the “central hub” as Aurelia says. Whether for a Formal date visiting a Woodberry boy, a senior living on C Dorm, or a parent dropping off his son on Opening Day, the Walker Building acts as the core of the Woodberry campus, and William and Aurelia are proud to support such an iconic place.
Boys use the Monk Learning Commons Sitting Area while discussing a book they’re reading in Dr. Karen Broaddus’s class.
In its first few months of use,
Class of 2020 Parents’ and Grandparents’ Gift Names Prime Campus Real Estate
As parents and grandparents of the class of 2020 considered how best to commemorate and celebrate their sons’ time at Woodberry and honor the memory of Hamilton Lee ’20, who passed away suddenly last summer, they were drawn to the ongoing restoration of the Walker Building and, in particular, a space that has long been a favorite of boys. So as the Walker Building project moved into its final year, they elected to dedicate the expanded and renovated Fir Tree patio in honor of their sons and grandsons.
Catherine and Frank Edwards ’88, chairs of the gift committee and parents of Hughes ’20 and Turner ’22, said they were delighted that future generations of Woodberry boys would be able to enjoy the expanded outdoor space.
“Over the past few months you all have learned the value of friendships and the brotherhood that this place brings to you,” Frank said when he announced the gift at commencement. “The [patio will be the] site of a great deal of camaraderie and lots of fun for everybody.”
After exceeding their $500,000 fundraising goal, the class of 2020 parents and grandparents also established the Class of 2020 Tuition Assistance Fund with a $190,000 gift to the school’s endowment.
“We are now handing that over to you,” Frank told the class on Amici Night. “It is your scholarship to take forward, and your responsibility to give back to this community.”
the patio has become a popular spot for college counseling meetings. Many boys choose to submit their college applications from the patio and enjoy a celebratory milkshake with classmates.
Paul, Jo, and Nick Reeder ’20
W H Y W E A R E S T RO N G :
Community & Volunteers
Expanding Our Volunteer Network: An
Interview with Bill Caler ’63 and Doug Gabbert ’08
The partnership between Bill Caler ’63 and Doug Gabbert ’08 has transformed the school’s annual giving program, most notably through the incredibly successful OneWoodberry day of giving. Bill is a member of the board of trustees, and Doug worked at Woodberry from 2013 to 2020, including as director of the Amici Fund from 2015 to 2019.
Where did the idea for OneWoodberry come from?
Doug: We were sitting together at the dedication of Kenan Hall . . .
Bill: I remember the first time I heard the stats on Amici and thought, ‘Wow, that doesn’t sound right. We ought to be able to do something better.’ But what I needed was one more thing, and that was Doug. When we started talking that day outside of Kenan, that led us to trying A Week for Woodberry.
Doug: Every year was iterative. We did a week. Then we did a day. Every time the process improved. It ended up being a great example of a thing done really well and perfected over time. Anything with continuity generates better results. . . . I think about these impressionable moments like Wilson Bonner ‘05 on stage taking a selfie with the entire school, or two years ago when more than fifty volunteers came to campus for the day and others helped organize events around the country. That’s a great example of how we took fundraising and connected it to the whole community. We raised a lot of money, but we also lifted spirits and accomplished a lot from a community standpoint.
Bill has led the group of challenge donors each year; in 2020 more than fifty alumni, parents, and grandparents participated.
Doug: The concept of a challenge gift is not pioneering by any means, but the way we deployed it was the most important thing. We used Bill’s challenge gifts, and those of other early adopters like Walter Craigie ’48, to raise the sights of people who might never have made a leadership gift to an institution. We hope we’re building the foundation of lifelong, transformational giving.
Bill: The key was not being afraid to ask. We started small and have been growing every year, both on the challenge gifts and overall participation.
What’s your favorite memory from the years we’ve done OneWoodberry?
Bill: One year I’m zipping up I-95 and my phone starts ringing. And it’s this guy telling me all about how great OneWoodberry is. It was Bob Hudson ’73, and he was so excited about the results. And a year or two later I met him at Reunion, and he was still excited about what we’d done. It’s not often you find people who are that excited about giving you money!
Doug: I remember our whole team being in my office when we hit 3,000 donors for the first time. We called Blair Gammon ’44, who’d probably called fifty-five people for us that day and had raised a lot of money that spring, with such joy. And just thinking about the generational connections and the depth of them was really meaningful.
The Amici Fund: Critical Dollars to Support Essential Operations
The Amici Fund has always provided direct, immediate support to Woodberry students, faculty, and staff. That was true this spring when the COVID-19 pandemic and state health orders forced a rapid change from in-person education to online classes. Amici gifts made it possible to purchase classroom cameras and online software subscriptions, to host boys stranded by flight cancellations or border closures, and to invest in protective equipment for essential employees who kept coming to work to keep the school running.
This marked the fifth consecutive year that alumni participation has exceeded 60 percent, with gifts of all sizes from every corner of the Tiger community. Woodberry continues to enjoy the highest alumni participation rate of any independent school in the country, an ongoing demonstration of graduates’ devotion to their alma mater. Parents, grandparents, and other friends also gave generously.
Amici’s success is built on consistent, steady support from a wide range of people giving a wide range of gifts. And those essential gifts went right to work supporting the school’s essential operations as it continues to serve and educate boys.
Total Raised
$3,663,766
Total Donors
4,328
A Five-Year Look at the Amici Fund
OneWoodberry:
Tiger Nation Answers the Call
Though this year’s OneWoodberry didn’t feature live gatherings around the country and was moved from March to June due to COVID-19, the Tiger nation still showed up in extraordinary fashion.
Nearly fifty alumni, parents, and grandparents led the way as challenge donors, pledging more than $500,000 if the community could reach 3,000 gifts in one day. By midnight on June 18, the school had set a record for Amici gifts recorded in one day, exceeding last year’s total by nearly $200,000.
Gifts poured in from forty-eight states and nineteen countries. The oldest donor was a 104-year-old member of the class of 1934, while the youngest was a member of the class of 2023. Contributions large and small came from alumni, parents (both of current students and of alumni), faculty, former faculty, staff, students, and friends of the school. At a time of lockdowns and social distancing, the virtual OneWoodberry showed that our community remains connected.
Total Raised
$2,372,074
Total Participants
3,564
Our Volunteers
We are thankful to all of our volunteers who give so much of their time. The number of volunteers has doubled in the past five years, and this growth is a key reason for the growth of the Amici Fund.
2019–20 Board of Trustees
Sumner S. Finch ’75, Chair (P ’11)
High Point, North Carolina
Edward L. Baker ’96 Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Patrick F. Bassett Gainesville, Virginia
John R. Belk ’77 (P ’08) Charlotte, North Carolina
Hope H. Bryant (P ’12, ’14, ’17) Raleigh, North Carolina
William K. Caler, Jr. ’63 West Palm Beach, Florida
Thomas H. Claiborne ’83 (P ’14, ’16, ’20) Westcliff, South Africa
Benjamin H. Davis ’89 Dallas, Texas
2019–20 Advisory Council
Catherine & Frank Edwards ’88 Co-chairs (P ’20, ’22) Charlotte, North Carolina
Rose Osamba & Fred Ambiso (P ’20) Ashburn, Virginia
Anne Faircloth & Fred BeaujeuDufour (P ’22) Clinton, North Carolina
Cooper & Sam Bratton ’82 (P ’23) Raleigh, North Carolina
Kitty & William Bray ’85 (P ’21) Charlotte, North Carolina
Kelli & Greg Crowley ’88 Saint John, Indiana
P = Parent
Damien R. Dwin ’93 New York, New York
Franklin S. Edmonds, Jr. ’87 Charlottesville, Virginia
Nelson O. Fitts ’93 Greenwich, Connecticut
Ragan Folan (P ’10, ’13) Winston-Salem, North Carolina
E. Hooper Hardison, Jr. ’79 (P ’10, ’12) Charlotte, North Carolina
William M. James ’80 (P ’15) New York, New York
Robert E. Long ’75 Brookhaven, Georgia
Frederick R. Lummis II ’71 Houston, Texas
Frannie & Thomas Fitzgerald Chevy Chase, Maryland
Barbara & Clark Fitz-Hugh ’86 (P ’20) New Orleans, Louisiana
Ben Matthews ’06 Charlotte, North Carolina
Jill & John Moylan ’80 (P ’11) Columbia, South Carolina
Karen & Brandon Perry (P ’18, ’22) Charlotte, North Carolina
Gaylen & Robert Reynolds (P ’22) Richmond, Virginia
Liz & Walker Simmons (P ’21) Charlotte, North Carolina
Gary A. Mance ’74 Midlothian, Virginia
Dorothy A. Matz (P ’15, ’18, ’21) Coatesville, Pennsylvania
Geoffrey P. Sisk ’77 (P ’09) Richmond, Virginia
Robert H. Spilman, Jr. ’74 (P ’10) Martinsville, Virginia
Giles Tucker ’85 (P ’13, ’19) Manakin-Sabot, Virginia
C. Stewart Verdery, Jr. ’85 Washington, District of Columbia
Trustees Emeriti Sion A. Boney ’74 (P ’16)
Haynes G. Griffin ’65 (P ’87, ’92, ’98)
Mary Leslie & Richard Spencer ’84 Atlanta, Georgia
Jennifer & Boyd Steinhoff ’04 McLean, Virginia
Nini & Jacob Tandberg (P ’21) Corsier, Switzerland
Diane & Joe Thomas ’81 (P ’19, ’21) Alexandria, Virginia
Krista & Paul Toms ’03 Boston, Massachusetts
Caroline & Bryan Vroon (P ’21) Atlanta, Georgia
Katharine & Ray Welder (P ’20) San Antonio, Texas
of Trustees
2019–20 Regional Association Volunteers
Atlanta
Elijah T. Green ‘94
W. Bonneau Ansley III ‘95
Stuart and Lisa Bondurant
R. Lee Burrows, Jr. ‘78
Jan and Kip R. Caffey
Ann and Wilbur N. Ellis
Gardiner W. Garrard III ‘89
Kerry M. Izard
Henry M. T. Jones ‘90
W. Pierce Lancaster ‘02
C. Knox Massey III ‘81
L. Hunter Morhous ‘99
Parker T. Mothershead ’05
C. Talbot Nunnally III ‘76
William M. Ragland, Jr. ‘78
G. Kinsey Roper III ‘73
Richard P. Spencer II ‘84
William L. Spencer ‘80
W. Martin Stephenson ’99
Joseph G. Vicars, Jr. ‘05
Robert H. Wyatt ‘12
Austin
George S. Hillhouse ’84
Andrew R. Grabato ’01
T. Frederick C. Kennedy ’85
Bryan B. Plater ’83
Jesse Y. Womack III ’96
Capitol
J. Harry M. Stephens ’07
Barrett W. Deacon ’09
Broderick C. Dunn ‘00
John B. Gogos ‘98
M. Anthony Gould ‘60
Malcolm Marshall III ‘92
Zachary A. Merriman ‘95
Jarrett M. Morrell ‘91
John C. Raffetto ‘02
Philip J. Rogers ‘10
Boyd R. Steinhoff ‘04
C. Stewart Verdery, Jr. ‘85
Charleston, South Carolina
C. Whitten Meares III ‘97
Walter D. Blessing, Jr. ‘90
Bowen G. Chapman ‘04
Jesse S. Claypoole IV ‘94
J. Berkeley D’Alton ‘97
Charlton deSaussure III ‘04
Theodore M. Malinowski ‘09
Isaac J. Morton ‘94
John G. Powell ‘97
Andrew R. Tew ‘05
Neil D. Thomson ‘93
Charlotte
David B. Harker ‘94
Isaac B. Grainger III ‘64
Minor T. Hinson ‘80
Frederick E. Hopkins III ‘87
Joseph B. C. Kluttz ‘69
John B. Lipe ‘98
Kendrick W. Mattox III ‘89
Robert L. McMillan ‘84
William E. Mills ‘02
Marion W. Peebles IV ‘05
John S. Petrone ‘06
Robert W. Sappenfield, Jr. ‘85
James H. Smith III ‘06
Mr. Christian H. Staples ’01
J. William Thompson, Jr. ‘89
Clarence E. Williams III ‘77
Landon R. Wyatt IV ’09
Charlottesville
Brooks D. Hathaway ‘91
Robert H. Jiranek, Jr. ‘81
Jonathan P. Kauffmann ‘95
O. Lanier Kimbrough V ‘91
Keven J. Lindemann ‘87
Council
Thomas J. Ronayne III ‘97
D. French Slaughter IV ‘04
Edward R. Testerman III ‘02
John B. Updike ‘77
Katherine Walmsley
Dallas
W. Ware Smith III ’99
Houston
Stuart H. Coleman ’04
Samuel T. Chambers ’77
D. Walters Hughes ’07
James Edward Maloney ’69
Lee H. Staley ’92
W. Perrin Van Allen ’06
New York City
F. Stuart Swann ‘02
A. Christian Burke ‘72
James W. Davis ’06
Nelson O. Fitts ‘93
James H. Gardiner ’05
Gunnar G. Gregory ‘07
James P. Harper ‘98
Robert G. Harper IV ’96
J. Mitchell Hull ‘77
Edward E. Hull ‘08
F. Claiborne Johnston III ‘96
W. Fort Parker II ‘01
J. Mead Rust, Jr. ‘97
Todd G. Sears ‘94
Benjamin K. Stolbach ’00
R. Louis Smart IV ‘05
Peter B. Wilson ’06
Triangle
Jason M. Slade ‘90
Marks and Mimi Arnold ’69
Martin M. Boney ‘85
Martin W. Borden ‘83
Samuel T. Bratton ‘82
Carter M. Brenneman ‘99
Robert B. Brown ‘87
Issac A. Brown ‘08
Richard C. Bue ’86
Kim Collie
Christopher M. Harris ‘91
Robert E. Long III ‘02
John B. Maddison ’97
John F. Nash ‘72
John F. Nash, Jr. ‘08
George B. Purrington ‘04
John V. Purrington ‘86
Elizabeth Roberts
John W. Taylor ‘02
Douglas A. Vaughn ‘87
Heather C. Warren
Richmond
Richard H. Wright IV ‘96
Read M. Butler ‘91
Barbour T. Farinholt ‘80
Joseph L. Farmer ‘04
Tyler S. Finney ‘08
Muscoe R. H. Garnett III ‘94
Brantley D. Hathaway ‘80
W. Massie Meredith, Jr. ‘75
Mr. J. Eric Miller ’94
D. Reilly Monroe ‘02
J. Taylor Monroe ‘05
Frederick and Beth Moore
W. Randolph Robins, Jr. ‘01
Triad
C. Christian Green ‘88
Julius E. Banzet IV ‘85
David P. Broughton ‘86
F. Lee Bryan IV ‘98
William T. Goodson ‘01
I. Bates Grainger IV ‘92
G. William Joyner III ‘88
James C. King ‘87
Richard H. Ramsey ‘97
Board
2019–20 Class Agents
1946
A. Colquitt Shackelford, Jr.
1948
Joseph G. Fiveash, Jr.
1949
Frank A. Daniels, Jr.
James C. Eller
John L. S. Northrop
Edward R. Slaughter, Jr.
1950
Russell M. Robinson II
1951
Charles R. Bourland, Jr.
Edward H. Hardison
Walton K. Joyner
Frank F. Mountcastle, Jr.
Richard N. Taliaferro, Jr.
1952
Theodore K. Woods, Jr.
1953
Herbert F. Kincey, Jr.
1954
John G. P. Boatwright
Andrew W. McThenia, Jr.
Whitney C. O’Keeffe
Robert K. Yowell
1955
Robert H. Borden
Henry H. Brown
Edward O. Henneman
L. Richardson King
L. Bagley Reid
G. Joseph Vining
1956
Hugh L. Campbell
Leon G. Campbell, Jr.
Horace A. Gray III
George G. Phillips, Jr.
A. Ward Sims
John F. Ziebold
1957
David C. Bramlette III
John P. Castleman, Jr.
J. Carter Fox
David A. Irvin
Robert N. H. Poole
Gregory S. Prince, Jr.
C. Hunton Tiffany
1958
Peter S. Gilchrist III
J. Ward Purrington
1959
James L. Coker IV
John N. Gulick, Jr.
J. Clifford Miller III
George W. Pepper
J. Haley Roberts, Jr.
William L. St. Clair
G. McNeir Tilman
1960
M. Anthony Gould
William D. King
John S. May, Jr.
Harry B. Mills
George W. Taliaferro, Jr.
George K. Taylor
Marion M. Wall
Samuel M. Wellborn III
1961
Robert D. Barron
John S. Curry
Charles L. Dibble
Richard C. Glover
C. H. Randolph Lyon
Martin A. Macdiarmid, Jr.
James H. Margraf
John B. Montgomery, Jr.
R. Hunter Morin
Lewis S. Morris, Jr.
J. Perrin Quarles III
John A. Redhead III
W. Stuart Smith
E. Warner Wells
J. Rutledge Young, Jr.
1962
Robert J. Feller
Douglas W. Kincaid, Jr.
Charles B. Mayer
Lloyd U. Noland III
Travis J. Tysinger
Thomas P. Warlow III
1963
William K. Caler, Jr.
Richard B. Coxe
Joseph A. Lipe
Peter B. Lyon
Robert C. Randolph IV
John C. B. Smith, Jr.
Cleveland A. Wright
1964
Charles C. Coddington
Lucien B. Crosland
Isaac B. Grainger III
Edmund W. Perrow
Robert P. Roper, Jr.
1965
Benjamin A. Carey
Edward H. Covington
R. Michael Daniel
William A. Daniel, Jr.
J. Haywood Davis
William E. Deegans III
Frederick B. Dent, Jr.
Daniel B. Drysdale
Harold F. Gallivan III
R. Spencer Garrard
Temple Grassi
Haynes G. Griffin
Douglas S. Holladay, Jr.
Thomas B. Jahncke
R. Walter Jones IV
Lawrence W. Krieger, Jr.
John L. MacCorkle
Edgar M. Norris, Jr.
Richard B. Payne, Jr.
Robert B. Phelps
Simon C. Sitterson III
James M. Tallman
Edgar N. Weaver, Jr.
Harold E. Young, Jr.
1966
John D. Baker II
Richard F. Barnhardt
John W. Barton, Jr.
William R. Bates, Jr.
James R. Bird
R. Jeffrey Board
F. Cooper Brantley
Edward D. C. Campbell, Jr.
William B. DePass, Jr.
Robert G. Emerson III
Will H. Lassiter III
Robert T. Monk, Jr.
L. Richardson Preyer, Jr.
1967
R. Lawrence Brown III
James H. Grantham
John S. Steele
David G. Sutton
O. Beechmond Watson III
1968
Francis C. Bagbey
William C. Cleveland III
G. Ware Cornell, Jr.
John B. Demere
Paul S. Huber III
William C. Hudgins
C. Crowell Little, Jr.
Edwin F. Lucas III
Robert P. Morrow III
Phillip Sasser, Jr.
A. Wilson Somerville, Jr.
G. Jackson Tankersley, Jr.
1969
William B. Judkins
Charles Lee Smith III
C. Whitley Vick III
1970
Wilson M. Brown III
James S. McClinton III
Samuel B. Rankin
B. Walter Taylor, Jr.
1971
Andrew C. M. Keenan, Jr.
1972
John F. Nash
1973
Robert C. Hudson
1974
John K. Cohen
Dean G. Norman
G. Scott Rayson
John Zimmermann
1975
George A. F. Berry
Marvin P. Bush
E. Biery Davis, Jr.
R. Thomas Edwards, Jr.
Vernon M. Geddy III
Carter W. Hotchkiss
Richard King IV
Robert E. Long
Henry W. Maclin III
W. Massie Meredith, Jr.
Peter R. Minor
James E. Moyler III
James H. Murray
William C. Nixon, Sr.
C. Beale Payne
E. Massie Valentine, Jr.
Timothy S. Wilkins
1976
William S. McMaster
Blaine S. Merritt
1977
John R. Belk
James E. Clement, Jr.
Patrick F. Nash
Geoffrey P. Sisk
1978
Diggs S. Bishop
R. Lee Burrows, Jr.
Edward I. Weisiger, Jr.
1979
Theodore N. Barger
Joseph G. Coleman
William W. Hadley
E. Hooper Hardison, Jr.
1980
Jordan R. Bain
James B. Bell
Robert A. Bristow, Jr.
Frederick C. Butler III
Alexander G. Campbell III
B. Grimes W. Creasy
William H. DuBose
Barbour T. Farinholt
G. Stuart Grattan
William N. Harris
Brantley D. Hathaway
Lowell W. Hawkins
John D. Hendrix, Jr.
Minor T. Hinson
William M. James
Andrew L. Jiranek
Charles C. Lucas III
Douglas W. Maclay, Jr.
Will D. Magruder, Jr.
John C. Moylan III
John J. Norman, Jr.
Andrew C. Pitzer
Geoffrey A. Rilling
David K. Robb
William L. Spencer
Hal V. Worth IV
1981
Charles W. Biggs II
Thomas W. Jamison, Jr.
Robert H. Jiranek, Jr.
1982
Samuel T. Bratton
William B. Hardison
William C. Monk, Jr.
Virginia and William R. Slicer
Stafford M. Swearingen
J. Stuart White III
1983
Martin W. Borden
F. Huntley Bossong
Robert B. Houck
Thomas H. Claiborne
Catesby B. Jones
R. Brandt Swindell, Jr.
Edward W. Valentine
1984
B. Manly Boyd III
Edward M. Deal
George S. Hillhouse
Robert L. McMillan
A. Nicholas Purrington
Richard P. Spencer II
1985
John W. Black III
J. Miles Boldrick
William P. Bray
T. Frederick C. Kennedy
David R. Lawson
Steele E. McGonegal
John T. Slicer
Kevin W. Tydings
1986
David P. Broughton
Patrick A. Fischoeder
Fanning M. Hearon III
C. Andrew Tysinger
1987
Frederick E. Hopkins III
1988
Robert M. Daniel, Jr.
1989
Coburn R. Beck
John D. Osteen
J. William Thompson, Jr.
1990
Robert E. L. Barnhill III
Walter D. Blessing, Jr.
Walter E. Daniel IV
Francis S. Gristina
Henry M. T. Jones
Joseph M. Koufman
Damon R. Mosley
Alexander M. Neuman
Jason M. Slade
Edward C. Stone
1991
Mark B. Copen
Gunby J. Garrard
W. Scott Gillespie
Brooks D. Hathaway
John C. Matthews
P. Anders Melton, Jr.
Jarrett M. Morrell
1992
William K. Brawley III
Charles P. Fulford III
Malcolm Marshall III
Telfair H. Parker, Jr.
Lee H. Staley
John W. Ward IV
E. Barksdale Watkins
1993
Michael K. Dean
T. Land Deleot, Jr.
Joshua B. Heiskell
J. Giles Ward
William W. Watkins, Jr.
1994
T. Winfrey O. Bear
Lawrence H. Dempsey III
Jonathan V. Gould
Elijah T. Green
R. Blake Lovelace
Isaac J. Morton
Todd G. Sears
1996
Edward L. Baker II
F. Baily Dent III
W. Brunson DePass III
C. Herring Hancock
F. Claiborne Johnston III
Billy A. Mock III
L. Tune Nunnelee IV
M. Eugene Williams III
Douglas B. Winslow
Jesse Y. Womack III
1997
William D. King, Jr.
C. Whitten Meares III
Corbin P. Miller
Porter H. Nolan
John G. Powell
Thomas S. Ragsdale IV
H. Paul Ross, Jr.
1998
John W. Barton III
Colin R. Brooks
Benjamin C. Bruner
F. Lee Bryan IV
Jonathan L. Drew
Thomas B. W. Hall
John L. Hallett II
M. Camp Kilcollin, Jr.
Gordon H. Kolb, Jr.
John B. Lipe
Harrison Stuart
Matthew E. L. Tornabene
Andrew S. Wright 1999
Carter M. Brenneman
Charles Collier III
Paul H. Dent
Hynson H. Marvel III
Webb B. Milward
L. Hunter Morhous
T. Dyllan Rankin
F. Bradford Swann, Jr.
John E. Voissem
2000
Broderick C. Dunn
Edward C. Frackelton
Adam J. Geist
James Taliaferro M. Oates
F. Marshall Rabil, Jr.
Richard R. Reutter
W. Ansel Sanders
C. McDonald Steele
2001
Caldwell M. B. Bailey
George R. Bassett, Jr.
Robert W. Chen
K. Cameron Coley
William T. Goodson
Andrew R. Grabato
Lloyd F. Moss III
Frank D. Nelms III
Benjamin K. Noland
W. Randolph Robins, Jr.
John H. Scott
Philip D. Sterling
F. Taylor Sutton V 2002
William C. Collier
Emmett D. Nelms
F. Stuart Swann
Edward R. Testerman III 2003
Cameron A. Arnett
John D. Baker III
T. Dubose Bratton
Andrew S. Ellison
Conner G. Gentil
F. Stafford Kelly
Whidbee S. Perrin
Gregory R. Schwartz
Samuel A. Slater
Alexander R. Strange
Philip W. Vann
2004
James S. Boswell
Charlton deSaussure III
Joseph L. Farmer
Sydney D. F. Farrar II
J. J. Caylor Mark III
Trevor S. Slaven
Boyd R. Steinhoff
2005
W. Thomas L. Avery
Wilson M. Bonner
W. Haynes David
Paul Funkhouser
Galen P. Green
Christopher T. W. Gresham
Peter A. S. Hansen
Lawrence O. B. Kluttz
W. Sterling Ruffin
R. Louis Smart IV
Andrew R. Tew
W. Myles Wynn
2006
Alexander K. Butler
Roddey Dowd III
Bratton W. DuBose
John R. Grey IV
D. Ross Howard, Jr.
Patrick S. Kelly
Richard H. Wright IV
Benjamin F. Matthews III
John S. Petrone
Peter B. Wilson
2007
John D. Ainsworth
Joseph L. Arnold III
Gordon R. Crenshaw
Gunnar G. Gregory
J. Harry M. Stephens
John S. Whaley III
Dane S. Wood
2008
J. Robert Belk, Jr.
Issac A. Brown
S. Andrew Dopp
J. Thompson Ellington IV
Tyler S. Finney
J. Spencer Frantz III
Camden P. Geiger
Edward E. Hull
William D. Lawson V
Paul F. Liles
Samuel L. Mikell
John F. Nash, Jr.
Richardson G. Seabrook
Colton D. Soref
Alfred Williams V
G. Coleman Wright
2009
Arthur H. Bryant III
Barrett W. Deacon
James F. Frazier
Landon R. Wyatt IV
2010
Elliott L. Brewer
B. Alexander Hagood
Edward H. Hardison III
W. Chase Spong
Patrick M. Szyperski
Clarence E. Williams IV
2011
Kevin W. Bennert
William L. Borden, Jr.
E. Ragland Coxe, Jr.
J. Buckley Davis III
W. Austin Finch
Craig R. Fuller
Cary D. D. Jones
Matthew A. Laws
John C. Moylan IV
J. Brian Pecheles
2019–2020 Parent Committees
Class of 2020 Sixth-Form Parents’ and Grandparents’ Gift Committee
Frank ’88 and Catherine Edwards, chairs
Bryan and Carson Brice
Thomas ’83 and Lisa Claiborne
Clark ’86 and Barbara Fitz-Hugh
Gunby ’91 and Claudia Garrard
Todd and Barbara Kopczynski
Davant and Shannon Latham
John Taws and Kimberly Daniels
Class of 2021
Clay and Martha Dunnagan, chairs
John and Heather Mills
Marshall and Holly Phillips
Ed and Catherine Stelter
Joe ’81 and Diane Thomas
Mike ’88 and Maryanne Tysinger
2012
Charles B. Blaydes
Edwin B. Borden II
William B. Choate III
H. Collier Connell
H. Wilson Craig
Marshall W. Deal
Henry W. Dyke
Mark E. Petrone
Caswell C. Prewitt
Charles L. D. Setzer 2013
James M. Bondurant
Nicholas W. Cirillo
McKenzie S. Folan
Feixiang Han
Faulkner W. Hereford
F. Trice Moore
Peter C. Shelton
MacLean S. Trainor
William G. Tucker
James J. B. Willis
2014
Spencer A. Bibb
Thomas H. Claiborne, Jr.
T. Lester Coleman
Class of 2022
Britt and Sarah Lytle, chairs
Mike and Sarah Innes
Mitch and Sylvia Leverette
Chase and Jennifer Monroe
Alex ’90 and Juli Neuman
Chris and Jane Oldham
Brandon and Karen Perry
Bryan and Molly Willis
Class of 2023
Brad and Reed Roberts, chairs
Sam ’82 and Cooper Bratton
Beau and Teresa Clowney
John and Beth Diefenbach
Will ’82 and Kate Hardison
Ridge and Leila Hardy
Jack ’89 and Susan Osteen
Joe and Britt Parrish
Bob and Marie Shuford
Karen and Brandon Perry
Molly and Bryan Willis
D. Maybank Hagood, Jr.
George A. Ives IV
J. Hines Liles
William J. Osterman
2015
Eduardo Corona
Andrew F. Harris
Nathan J. Ingram
Christopher K. Nance
William N. Peak
T. Talfourd Wharton, Jr.
2016
Wyatt S. Beazley V
Robert L. McMillan III
John P. Pittman II
J. Garnett Reid, Jr.
Caleb T. Rogers
2017
B. Lee Caffey
James Carrington III
Scott D. Gullquist, Jr.
Charles E. Hargrove
Jeremiah R. Zaytoun
2018
Lee P. Dudley III
Jack E. Stone
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