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REPORTER

PUBLiSHEd By JOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL fOR ALUmNi, PARENTS ANd fR iENdS

august 2012

Defending a Title, Adding AnotherThe girls’ lacrosse team defended its State crown, and the track team claimed a State championship in shot put. Class of 2012:

Where are they

headed?

Faculty and staff

retirements

Back from

Bogliasco

25-year

honorees

Ode to

spring

Arch Grant

recipient

Jon Chen ’04

Spiritual

matters

Fall arts events

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When the last game-ending horn of the spring season

blared, Burroughs had much to celebrate. The girls’ lacrosse

team had held onto its State crown and finished the season

with a perfect record (17-0) in Missouri. The track team

had claimed a State championship in shot put, two second-

place finishes in hurdles and a second-place finish in pole

vault. And a tennis doubles team had finished second in the

individual State tournament.

First to top the headlines was the girls’ lacrosse team’s third

State championship in four years. After the first five minutes

of the final game against MICDS, the Bombers bombarded

the Rams goalie and made crucial saves in the Burroughs

goal to turn in a decisive 15-5 victory. The boys’ lacrosse

team, in its first season as a varsity sport, finished with an

11-6 record and extended play to the State finals.

The boys’ and girls’ track teams walked away from the State

sectional meet with State qualifiers in nine events and

several new school records and personal bests. Individual

top performers included Jordan McClendon ’15, a newcomer

to shot put who shattered her school record to claim the

State championship in the event. Ezekiel Elliott ’13 finished

second (and broke school records) in the 110m and 300m

hurdles and finished fifth with a personal best time in the

100m dash. Andrew Bartnett ’13 broke the school record and

placed second in State in pole vault. And the boys’ team as a

whole finished fifth in the State meet.

The tennis duo of Michael Peters ’15 and Matthew Wong ’13

won Districts by defeating the defending State champions

from Clayton in the finals. Clayton took advantage of a

second chance at the Bombers in the finals of the State meet,

and Michael and Matthew walked away with a second-place

finish.

The girls’ soccer team captured its second consecutive

District championship and earned a second consecutive trip

to the quarterfinals of State.

The water polo team had one of its best seasons ever,

advancing to the quarterfinals in State.

The Bombers dominated in the State championship lacrosse game against MICDS. When the final horn sounded, the score was 15-5, and the Bombers were once again State champs. Charlotte Martin ’12 (above, with ball), the Post-Dispatch All-Metro Player of the Year, scored 66 goals and 22 assists during the season.

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1. Seniors duped the juniors in the annual tug-of-war match-up on Field Day. With the sounding of the horn to start the event, the Class of 2012 gave its all, but only briefly before relaxing tension on the rope. Juniors, given the misconception of victory, let down their defenses and were then pulled forcibly over the center line.

2. Spring days lured seniors, who relocated their senior lounge, with furniture, to the Quadrangle.

3. Brad Riew ’13 (cello), Ian Fletcher ’12 (bass guitar), Ginna Doyle ’13 (violin), David Gu ’12 (drums) and Colman Jin ’12 (piano, not shown) performed One Republic’s “Apologize” and Coldplay’s “Paradise” at assembly on the seniors’ last day of regular classes, April 30.

4. Madison Qualy and her classmates are amused by their own excuses for being late to school, as read by Scott Heinzel, principal of grades 11 and 12, at the picnic for seniors on their last day of school.

5. Josh Gollub and Brittany Washington are lined up to proceed into Graduation Grove.

6. Devan Sadowski-Sanders and Vince Vance bring up the rear in the procession into Graduation Grove.

7. From left, Caroline Ludeman, Michael Epsten and Tessa Baum enter Graduation Grove.

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Speakers

RITES OF PASSAGEWhere Are They Headed?

THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA

Libby Yost

AMERIcAN UNIVERSITY

Makeda Yohannes

AMHERST cOLLEgE

Bear Kaminer

THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIzONA

Maggie Bliss

BOSTON cOLLEgE

Martha Reis

Alenna Schneider

BOSTON UNIVERSITY

Julia Katzman

BOwdOIN cOLLEgE

Conor Tillinghast

BRANdEIS UNIVERSITY

Elan Shatoff

UNIVERSITY OF cHIcAgO

Ady Steinbach

Ellen Swicord

cLEMSON UNIVERSITY

Nick Beulick

cOLBY cOLLEgE

Amos Shinkle

cOLgATE UNIVERSITY

Nina Fischer

Jack Murray

Turner Rapp

UNIVERSITY OF cOLORAdO

Elizabeth Fox

cOLORAdO cOLLEgE

Georgia Macon

cONNEcTIcUT cOLLEgE

Morgan Trapp

dARTMOUTH cOLLEgE

Sam Hefler

Emma PeConga

Liz Wilkins

dENISON UNIVERSITY

Katy Barenholtz

EARLHAM cOLLEgE

Emma Compton

EckERd cOLLEgE

Claire Pfeifer

ELON UNIVERSITY

Alex Francis

gEORgETOwN UNIVERSITY

Jason Gusdorf

Madeleine Uelk

HAMILTON cOLLEgE

Maddi Hicks

HAMpSHIRE cOLLEgE

Anna Clemens

HARVARd UNIVERSITY

Jing Qiu

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Devan Sadowski-Sanders

Jacob Waterman

INdIANA UNIVERSITY

Spencer Beyersdorfer

Emily Quayle

Steven Trulaske

JOHNS HOpkINS UNIVERSITY

Sydney Lehman

UNIVERSITY OF kANSAS

Tori Luecking

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY cHIcAgO

Brittany Washington

MAcALESTER cOLLEgE

Darcy Camp

Justin Germeroth

Daniel Yee

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLANd

Rebecca Mogil

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI

Charlie Moley

Madison Qualy

UNIVERSITY OF MIcHIgAN

Cory Lester

MIddLEBURY cOLLEgE

Sofie Kodner

Isabelle Stillman

Carlyn Vachow

SOUTHERN METHOdIST

UNIVERSITY

Logan Gerard

STANFORd UNIVERSITY

Sylvie Sherman

Eileen Williams

THE UNIVERSITY OF TExAS,

AUSTIN

Alex Collins

THE UNIVERSITY OF TExAS,

dALLAS

Eunice Ko

TUFTS UNIVERSITY

Annie Altman

TULANE UNIVERSITY

Rebecca McDonald

Hannah Padda

Neerja Singh

Caroline Stoner

Houston Sudekum

UNIVERSITY OF TULSA

Will Bramlett

VANdERBILT UNIVERSITY

Leo Bearman

VASSAR cOLLEgE

Tessa Baum

wASHINgTON UNIVERSITY IN

ST. LOUIS

David Gu

Colman Jin

George Li

Caroline Ludeman

Austin Scharff

Sam Schnabel

Jake Simpher

Milti Symeonoglou

Sandra Yamada

cOLLEgE OF wILLIAM

ANd MARY

Michael Epsten

UNIVERSITY OF wIScONSIN

Kevin Liberman

YALE UNIVERSITY

Nathan Adams

Nick Goel

Diploma in hand, Maddi Hicks ’12 hugs a classmate after the graduation ceremony. This year’s graduates will head to 61 colleges. Four of them will take a gap year or gap semester — two in Israel, one in France and one in Korea.

The Class of 2012 selected Bob Henningsen (English and College Counseling), on right, as its Senior Assembly speaker. Eric Hanson (Mathematics), on left, delivered the invocation and benediction at graduation. Hanson, who announced his plans to leave Burroughs late in the school year, departs after 40 years at the school. Henningsen retires after 31 years.

Sam Schnabel, the first of the two graduates selected to speak at graduation, said, “No one can truly leave this place without leaving some part of themselves behind. Especially with the ongoing construction, this school will not be the same place we knew when we come back to visit. ... With every demolished building comes a foundation, an opportunity to build something new. So while something that we once thought was constant and unchanging now comes to an end, we must take comfort in our memories of that place and the things we have left behind, close our eyes, take a deep breath and dive forward into the unknown.”

Isabelle Stillman summed up her years at Bur-roughs in terms of the books she had read as a student. “In front of us are unknown room-mates, strict professors and life choices. But with us are Huck and his raft, Odysseus and his sword, Buck and his instincts. We take on this frontier with the humor of the Pardoner and the Reeve, the insights of Zooey Glass, and the strength of Hester Prynne. T.S. Eliot has asked us if we dare to disturb the universe. Faulkner has taught us to forget the bounds of time. Fitzgerald has inspired us to run faster, to stretch our arms farther. And as we continue to journey through page after page, chapter after chapter, so we will journey through our own growth of mind and character.”

At Senior Assembly, Sam Hefler, the 2012 senior class president, talked about the perspective that comes when something great reaches its conclusion.

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI,

cOLUMBIA

Simon Sandler

Alex Wood

Tess Yost

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI,

kANSAS cITY

(six-year medical program)

Josh Gollub

NEw YORk UNIVERSITY

Ian Fletcher

Nora Kovacs

Vince Vance

THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH

cAROLINA

Elizabeth Soffer

NORTHwESTERN UNIVERSITY

Trisha Bhat

Charlotte Martin

OccIdENTAL cOLLEgE

Annemarie Schnedler

pOMONA cOLLEgE

Davey Holmes

pRINcETON UNIVERSITY

Nitai Melnick

Mariel VanLandingham

Andy Zhou

pURdUE UNIVERSITY

Alex Spencer

UNIVERSITY OF RIcHMONd

Maddy Smith

UNIVERSITY OF ROcHESTER

Nathan Nguyen

UNIVERSITY OF SAN dIEgO

Kelsey Dupont

SMITH cOLLEgE

Sydney Brown

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN

cALIFORNIA

Grace Renner

Cameron Thomas

faculty and students


FACULTY SPOTLIGHT

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Finley Named Assistant HeadHead of School Andy Abbott named

Macon Paine Finley ’73 assistant

head of school. Macon, who holds a

bachelor’s degree in statistics from

Princeton and a master’s degree

in business administration from

Stanford, joined the math faculty in

2000. She has taught at almost every

grade level, everything from seventh-

grade math to advanced placement

calculus and statistics. In 2008,

Macon was named principal of grades

7 and 8. The focus of her attention

will continue to be in that capacity,

with the new position primarily

involving decision making in the

head’s absence.

Mercer HonoredThe Association of Independent

School Librarians recognized

library chair Linda Salisbury Mercer

’74 as the 2012 recipient of the

Marky Award, which recognizes a

member for exceptional dedication

and service to the organization.

Linda came to JBS in 2000 from

Washington University in St. Louis

where she was associate director of

information services for the medical

school. As chair of the JBS library,

she has continued the school’s

practice of leading in the adoption

of technological resource tools,

expanded training opportunities for

faculty and students, and integrated

the library more fully into the life of

the school.

ERIc HANSON

Forty years’ worth of students’ horror stories about the

difficulty of Eric Hanson’s mathematics classes are all true.

Students knew they would have to work hard, and they

dreaded his tests. But most of them ended up liking his

class, and they genuinely liked the man. They respected his

enthusiasm for and knowledge of the subject he taught, and

they appreciated his encouragement and willingness to help

them get through his classes. In fact, two of the school’s

nine Presidential Scholars honored Eric by naming him the

Distinguished Teacher who most influenced them.

Beyond the classroom, Eric served as chair of the Mathemat-

ics Department, as a coordinator of teacher evaluations

and as a leader in some of the school’s early environmental

efforts. As the first Drey Land coordinator, a position he

held until just a few years ago, he envisioned how the camp

would look, maintained it for 38 years and was involved

in the development of many of its programs. Eric holds a

bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of

Michigan and a master’s degree in mathematics from the

University of Virginia. Prior to coming to Burroughs, he

served in the Peace Corps for three years. Eric and his wife,

Arsenia, are the parents of Erica Hanson ’00.

BOB HENNINgSEN

As an English teacher since 1981 and college counselor since

1988, Bob Henningsen’s characteristically even-keeled and

selfless style has been just what students have needed. In

the classroom, he recognized students’ strengths and en-

couraged them to keep doing better. As a college counselor,

he penned countless well-turned recommendations, helped

students polish essays that demanded notice and buoyed

spirits during the process.

Bob is a former chair of the English Department and a for-

mer holder of the Neville-Parry Endowed Chair in English.

He was a baseball coach for 14 years, director of August

Days for 11 years and faculty advisor to The World for seven

years. He holds a bachelor’s degree in English from the

University of Northern Iowa, a master’s degree in writing

from Washington University in St. Louis and a master’s in

Anglo-Irish literature from St. Patrick’s College-Ireland. In

his retirement, he looks forward to more time for his two

great passions — writing and long, solitary walks through

the Ozarks and Western Europe.

MARIAN wALSH

Since 1995, Marian Walsh has been the go-to person when

a faculty or staff member has had a computer crisis. She

quickly responded to the summons, poked around and usu-

ally found the source of the problem, changed some settings

and then politely advised the user that his computer would

work more efficiently if he cleaned up his desktop, emptied

his trash and quit clicking buttons. Marian worked first as

a humanities computer lab monitor two mornings a week.

Her job and her skill set evolved into a full-time position that

involved troubleshooting computer problems and configur-

ing almost every computer and printer on campus.

HEIdI FREY cURRIER ’66

Heidi Currier — an alum from the Class of 1966 — found

her way back to Burroughs in 2003. Heidi holds a bachelor’s

degree in psychology from Wellesley, a master’s in education

from Claremont Graduate University and a master’s in

library science from Kent State University. She taught at

the elementary level for five years and then worked as an

archivist at Suffield Academy and later as a librarian at

Columbus Academy. After the death of her first husband,

Heidi married a high school friend, Carter Smith ’66, in

2002 and returned to St. Louis, where Burroughs quickly

snapped her up. Though her primary responsibility in the

JBS library has been the support of audio-visual resources,

Heidi says she has especially enjoyed working with students

in her role as an advisor.

kAREN MccRAY

Karen McCray started subbing at Burroughs in 2003

and joined the English faculty in 2007. Before coming to

Burroughs, she taught English at Lindbergh High School

for 30 years and in September 2011 was selected by the

Lindbergh High School Alumni Association to receive the

Distinguished Educator Award. She also was an adjunct

professor of English at St. Louis University and a writer/

editor for Zaner-Bloser, Inc., a publisher of educational

textbooks. Karen holds a bachelor’s degree in English

literature and American literature from Indiana University

and a master’s degree in education/English from Southern

Illinois University. She and her husband, Michael Strauss,

are the parents of Nathan Strauss ’06.

Missing You AlreadyBest wishes to the 2012 retirees.

From left are Karen McCray (English), Bob Henningsen (English and College Counseling), Eric Hanson (Mathematics), Marian Walsh (Computer Technology) and Heidi Frey Currier ’66 (Library).

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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

FILMMAkER: Donald Soffer’s ’14

Bottled Rationality earned Best Story

and Best Picture nominations in

the THIMUN (Hague International

Model United Nations) Qatar

Northwestern Film Festival. Donald’s

film, one of 23 nominated in seven

categories, addresses the issue of why

Americans drink bottled water.

VIOLINIST: Ginna Doyle ’13, one of

16 violinists from across the nation

invited to perform in the American

String Teachers Association National

Honors Orchestra, was selected as the

concertmaster.

The first hires of then new Head of School Keith Shahan

marked 25 years of service this year.

Elaine Childress, biology teacher and immediate past

principal of ninth and tenth grades, is a recipient of the

Outstanding Biology Teacher and Access Excellence Teacher

Awards in Missouri. She holds a bachelor’s degree in

education and a master’s in biology from the University of

Missouri-St. Louis.

French teacher Babeth Dyer came to Burroughs after

teaching in Clayton elementary schools. She holds a

bachelor’s degree in English literature from the University

of Lyon (France) and a master’s degree in French literature

from Washington University in St. Louis.

Susan Greditzer teaches seventh- and eighth-grade physical

education and racquetball and coaches field hockey and

boys’ tennis. In her early years at Burroughs, she also taught

eighth-grade social studies. Susan holds a bachelor’s degree

from Barat College in Lake Forest, Illinois, and a master’s in

political science from St. Louis University.

Howard Jones teaches painting and drawing, printmaking

and photography. He currently holds the Fred Dreher-Joanna

Collins Chair in Fine Arts and is the immediate past chair

of the Fine Arts Department. He holds a bachelor’s degree

in studio art from Kenyon College and a master’s in fine art

from Ohio University.

Tom Norton serves as assistant director of plant operations,

responsible for the care of the school’s grounds, vehicles

and janitorial equipment. Tom holds an associate’s degree

in horticulture from Meramec Community College and a

bachelor’s degree in business from Fontbonne University..

As the school’s business manager, Laura Placio oversees

all things financial — from payroll to land purchases,

retirement benefits and health insurance to the bookstore.

Laura holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance

and a master’s degree in finance from St. Louis University.

She is a certified public accountant.

Wayne Salomon chairs the JBS Theatre Department, teaches

speech and serves as the faculty co-sponsor of Student

Court. Wayne was a Kevin Kline Award nominee for best

director for his work in professional theatre, and he was

named the 2011 Art Educator of the Year by the St. Louis

Arts and Education Council. He has directed a record

number of JBS productions, 75 and counting. Wayne holds a

bachelor’s degree in English and communications from the

University of Missouri-St. Louis.

English teacher Richard Sandler is co-sponsor of the Student

Court and the faculty sponsor of Amnesty International. He

is a past chair of the English Department and co-founder

and former director of the summer enrichment program,

Aim High. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Wayne

State University and a master’s and a doctorate in folklore/

mythology from the University of Pennsylvania.

Silver Anniversary HonoreesThe completion of the 2011-12 school year marks the 25th anniversary for the new hires of 1987.

Back from BogliascoClassics teacher Jim Lowe returned from a month devoted to scholarly study at the Liguria Study Center in Bogliasco, Italy.

The WorkThe intersection

of classical

tragedy and

“classical”

Hollywood

Through an analysis of the

film noir Nightmare Alley and the iconic

tragedy Oedipus the King.

Dr. Jim Lowe (Classics) recently returned

from 31 days spent deep in contemplation

of ancient drama and Hollywood cinema at

the Liguria Study Center in Bogliasco, Italy.

Situated on a cliff that drops steeply to the

rocky shore of the Mediterranean, the Liguria

Study Center is one of only a few residential

institutions that is dedicated exclusively to the

pursuit of creative and scholarly endeavors

in the arts and humanities. Jim Harrison ’53

and George “Jerry” Bitting ’53 established the

Burroughs Bogliasco Fellowship at the center

as a tribute to the teachers and the school that

shaped their lives.

Lowe, a former college professor who joined

the Burroughs faculty in 1989, is the first

recipient of the Burroughs fellowship.

(Subsequent fellowships will be offered

during the 2013-14 and 2015-16 school years.)

His research interests center on the way

the ancient world has been received by later

cultures. At the center, he focused on the

intersection between Sophocles’ Oedipus the

King and Nightmare Alley, a 1947 film based

on a novel by William Lindsay Gresham. As

a recipient of a Bogliasco fellowship, Lowe is

expected to see his work through to completion,

including publication.

Lowe recapped his experience at the Liguria

Study Center at a morning assembly. He

provided a geographical orientation,

described the local flora and fauna,

introduced his fellow fellows (among them

a Greek novelist, an Icelandic musicologist,

an Italian art historian, a composer from

Utah and an artist from Brooklyn), shared a

few of his “field” trips (to Venice, Portofino,

Genoa and throughout Bogliasco) and

explained his work and its rhythm at the study

center.

“Since resuming my life in St. Louis, I have

come to realize and appreciate, fully and

deeply, the opportunity I had to suspend my

daily duties — walking the dog, ferrying my

daughter to school and sports events, making

meals and cleaning up after them, preparing

for four different classes and counseling 13

seniors — all good things but they prevent me

from doing serious research.

“I look back on my fellowship with nary a

regret: it was more stimulating and fruitful

than I could have imagined in my wildest

dreams. My project remains very much a

work in progress — but without my time

in Bogliasco, it would remain nascent,

nothing more than ideas. Much more

remains to be built, but the foundation has

been laid securely in my time amidst lovely

surroundings and in congenial company.”

MOREHEAd-cAIN ScHOLAR:

Elizabeth Soffer ’12 was named

a Morehead-Cain Scholar at the

University of North Carolina

at Chapel Hill. The oldest, and

considered by many to be the most

prestigious merit scholarship in the

U.S., the Morehead-Cain Scholarship

provides an undergraduate experience

that includes four academic years and

four summers.

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Ode to SpringAs the school year culminates, students emerge from their studios, workshops, laboratories, study carrels and practice fields to roll out their best work and celebrate the season.

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1. Ninth-grade biology student Austin Miller practices using a hypsometer to measure the height of a tree on campus.

2. The editors of the Review hosted an evening of performance art on May 4. At left, Jing Qiu ’12 sings the last song of the evening, Sarah McLachlan’s “I Will Remember You.” The show had about 16 musical acts and eight readers of poetry and short fiction.

3. On April 7, more than 600 area athletes came to Burroughs for the twelfth annual Skippy Keefer Relays. At left, Ezekiel Elliott ’13 competes in the 110m hurdles. Ezekiel is an All-State performer in football, second-team All-League in basketball and one of the top 25 hurdlers in the nation.

4. Before school on April 19, a group of students drew a warm welcome message on the sidewalk leading into Haertter Hall. By the end of the day, most of the sidewalks in the Quadrangle were covered with student chalk work. At left, looking at the camera is Corina Minden-Birkenmaier ’13.

5. Five concerts in six weeks showcased the choral, orchestra and band programs at all grade levels. In addition, 25 members of Burroughs ensembles competed individually or as members of small groups in the Missouri State High School Activities Association Solo/Ensemble Festival. Thirteen of them advanced to State where six earned Superior I ratings and seven earned Excellent II ratings. At left, Grace Haselhorst ’15 plays in a pre-concert orchestra rehearsal.

6. On the last night of Bio Drey Land in mid-May, ninth-grade biology students processed and formed conclusions about the data they had collected.

7. The 2012 Super Mileage Vehicle Competition team’s new, smaller car for 2012 averaged 112 miles per gallon using JBS-produced biodiesel fuel and claimed the Engineering Award at the annual competition on April 8.

8. Back-to-back exhibits in the Bonsack Gallery showcased the work of faculty and students. First up was the biennial faculty show featuring Donya Allison’s lithographs and photographs, Andrew Denney’s ceramic vessels, Anne Martin’s bronze ponies and wash drawings, Howard Jones’ tool sculptures and pastels and Andrew Newman’s ’87 photographs. Here, Ms. Allison tells students about some of her work.

9. From left, Rachael Eickmeyer ’14, Daniel Wexler ’14, Abby Balfour ’13 and Grace Danforth ’14 show off treasures culled from the Potpourri pre-sale on April 26.

10. Grace Hildreth ’14 and A.D. Marshall ’13 make faces at the camera at the Candy Land-themed prom on April 14.

11. Clara Abbott ’14, representing Bahrain, and Rosalind Shinkle ’14, representing Brazil, cast votes at the St. Louis Model United Nations event on April 11.

12. From left are Tori Luecking ’12 as Mrs. Bramlett, Devan Sadowski-Sanders ’12 as Olivia Grayne and Elizabeth Soffer ’12 as Nurse Libby in the opening scene of the JBS Players production of Night Must Fall, presented on May 11 and 12.

13. The Young JBS Players presented “An Evening of Story and Song” on May 18 and 19. The cast of 38 seventh and eighth graders enacted adapted versions of four classic short stories from their English curriculum. The entertainment began with vocal and instrumental performances interspersed between readers’ theatre presentations of “The Monkey’s Paw,” by W.W. Jacobs, “A Telephone Call,” by Dorothy Parker and “The Open Window,” by Saki. The evening concluded with a full-staged adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery.” Here, Old Man Warner, played by Josh Kazdan ’16, waits to draw for his fate in “The Lottery.”

14. The Practical Arts Festival on May 22 featured the work of almost 400 students (grades 7 through 12) in industrial technology, home economics and computer science. At right, students in the Robotics Club prepare for a demonstration of the Lil Bomber robot. Shown from left in the foreground are John Stegeman ’15 and Andrew Gelfman ’16.

15. Hubs of activity transformed the landscape on both sides of the field house as construction began on the athletic center and new Haertter Hall (shown at right). For real-time video links to cameras at both construction sites, follow the “Campus Construction” link on the JBS home page (www.jburroughs.org).

OTHER SpRINg HIgHLIgHTS

• During the week of April 23, the entire eighth grade spent four days volunteering in more than 20 community agencies, primarily day care centers and senior centers.

• The Burroughs community purchased 555 tickets for the Cardinals/Brewers game at Busch Stadium and in so doing earned the baseball Bombers the privilege of playing and defeating (4-2) MICDS at Busch Stadium on May 6.

• The Classics Department sponsored a two-day marathon reading of Vergil’s Aeneid in the Bonsack Gallery on April 19 and 20 to celebrate the 2,765th anniversary of the founding of Rome. Seventy participants (students, faculty, alumni and parents) read aloud in 15-minute sections through all 12 books. The entirety was read in English, but sections were also read in French, German, Italian, Latin and Spanish.

• The Science Olympiad team placed third in the April 14 State championship tournament. It was the team’s third consecutive third-place finish.

• Seniors Nick Beulick and Morgan Trapp met Mariel VanLandingham and Eileen Williams in the All-School Debate on April 18, addressing the question of whether the cost of a four-year college education is greater than the subsequent benefits. Nick and Morgan prevailed on the side that contended that a college education is worth the cost.

• Two of the four Missouri teams to receive honorable mention awards at the high school level in the Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision Awards came from Burroughs. Seniors Simon Sandler and Will Bramlett received honorable mentions for their Adjustable Solar Energy Collection Window, and seniors Alex Spencer, Josh Gollub, Leo Bearman and Nick Beulick received honorable mentions for Breathergy 3011.

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Spiritual MattersThis issue highlights the ministries of seven alumni.

ALUM SPOTLIGHT

RABBI JOSH JAcOBS-VELdE ’94

Josh Jacobs-Velde’s ’94 decision to pursue the rabbinate was

an outgrowth of his wrestling with the deeper questions of

human existence, which he traces back to his senior year

at JBS when he was a student in the late James Alverson’s

philosophy class. He re-engaged with Judaism while in

college, studied for one year in Israel and then studied

for five years at Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in

Philadelphia.

Josh and his wife, Daria, now share rabbinical duties at Ohev

Tzedek, near Youngstown, Ohio. The congregation, formerly

affiliated with the Conservative movement, hired the couple

to find a balance between a deep and reverent connection to

Jewish tradition and a creative and contemporary approach.

Josh says sharing the job of rabbi with his wife has been a

good thing. “We are able to share the significant burdens of

the congregational rabbinate, as well as bounce ideas off each

other. We have complementary strengths, so we are able to

parcel the work in an effective way.”

Josh says the best part of his job is that he gets paid to

teach and learn Torah (Jewish wisdom). “It’s an incredible

privilege. I think my greatest accomplishment (if you can

say such a thing after only two years on the job) is also

one of the things I find most rewarding: to feel like I’m

making a difference in people’s lives, connecting them to an

expression of Judaism that is vibrant and meaningful.”

Jonathan Chen ’04 Claims Arch GrantSt. Louis attorney Jerry Schlichter

(father of Andy ’98 and David ’04),

who has been involved in civic initia-

tives to revitalize St. Louis, conceived

Arch Grants as an incentive to retain

young St. Louis entrepreneurs and

attract others to the city. One of this

year’s Arch Grants has brought

Jonathan Chen ’04 back to St. Louis.

“The goal is to create a much more

robust entrepreneurial infrastructure,

create a more dynamic economy and

develop a buzz nationally about

St. Louis as a great place for entre-

preneurs,” says Jerry. “It is a national

competition for entrepreneurs who

are already in St. Louis or are willing

to relocate to the city. Recipients

get $50,000 and a broad package of

support services, including business

mentoring, cheap space, free legal and

accounting services, and university

collaboration to give them the best

chance of success with their start-up

businesses.”

Jonathan, who graduated from

Washington University in St. Louis,

was one of 420 applicants from 12

countries. Jonathan was working for

Target in Minneapolis when he got

wind of Arch Grants. He and Kenny

Kline, his best friend from Washing-

ton University, started Med Preps, a

business that provides online medical

accreditation test preparation materi-

als to medical assistants, pharmacy

technicians and many other medical

professionals. They plan to expand

the business to include college board

exams in the near future.

Jonathan and Kenny applied, made

multiple rounds of cuts, advanced as

one of 30 finalists to present their idea

and finally claimed one of this year’s

15 Arch Grants. They have set up

offices downtown in affordable space

amidst a burgeoning group of start-

ups and other Arch Grant recipients,

and they have hired six employees.

As chief operating officer, Jonathan’s

responsibilities include management

of content development, accounting

and customer service. Check them

out at www.medpreps.com.

RABBI JOHN MOScOwITz ’70

John Moscowitz ’70 went to rabbinical seminary not to be a

rabbi so much as to learn Jewish tradition in depth.

“I wanted to be able to read the ancient texts — the Torah,

the Talmud — in the original. While in the seminary, I

found I not only enjoyed the learning, but also the doing:

teaching, counseling, speaking and more.”

After being ordained at the Hebrew Union College in 1982,

John studied history in graduate school at the University

of California, Los Angeles. He moved to Toronto in 1987

to become the associate rabbi at Holy Blossom Temple,

Canada’s most prominent synagogue. In 2000, he became

the congregation’s senior rabbi.

Although John devotes himself as a rabbi to the needs of

his congregation as well as the needs of the Jewish people,

he believes that part and parcel of those needs is concern

for the larger world. And hence his work in Kenya with

Free the Children, a Canadian-based organization doing

developmental work — health care, water irrigation,

education and creation of jobs and income stream — on

several continents.

John says, “As a rabbi, I’ve learned that concern for my own

cannot be separated from concern for all. The remarkable

thing about working in Kenya is that I do so in the Great Rift

Valley — the very spot, as best we know, where the ancient

primates evolved into the peoples of the earth. If that doesn’t

make one feel the commonality of all people, no less the

uniqueness of each person — nothing else can.”

Jon Chen ’04

THE REV. dR. dEBORAH kRAUSE ’80

“My vocation was really named for me by teachers and

mentors, pastors and friends, and nurtured through a great

education that celebrated beauty in the midst of the mess

of human experience,” says the Rev. Dr. Deborah Krause

’80, academic dean and professor of New Testament at Eden

Theological Seminary in St. Louis.

“I can remember Mr. (John) Houghton — my tenth-grade

English teacher — opening up T.S. Eliot’s ‘The Love Song

of J. Alfred Prufrock’ and helping us have compassion for

Prufrock’s angst-ridden cry: ‘Do I dare to eat a peach?’ I can

still hear Mr. (now Rev.) Houghton yelling, ‘Eat the peach,

eat the peach!’”

Later, professors at Amherst and Eden would do the same

thing with the texts of the Psalms, Israel’s Prophets, Paul’s

letters and the Gospels. While at Amherst, Deborah culti-

vated a friendship with a chaplain, who encouraged her by

putting her to work in the church. Before she knew it, she

was applying to seminary.

Deborah, who is ordained in the Presbyterian Church USA,

now works with 12 full-time faculty and several adjunct

colleagues at Eden to provide theological education for about

200 ecumenically and ethnically diverse students who are

preparing to serve in religious leadership. Like the educa-

tors who shaped her path, Deborah’s responsibilities extend

beyond teaching and administrative tasks. “My work is really

a series of relationships in which I get to share the traditions

of the faith as I know them and explore with others how it is

that God is at work here.”

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JOIN US ON CAMPUS

Fall Arts EventsBONSAck gALLERY ExHIBIT

Featuring paintings by Tracy Turner

Sheppard

August 31 through September 25*

kUEHNER gALLERY ExHIBIT

Featuring photographs by

Quinta Dunn Scott ’59

August 27 through October 15

Alumni are invited to a reception from

5:30 to 7:30 pm, October 12.

BONSAck gALLERY ExHIBIT

Featuring photographs from private

St. Louis collections, curated by Jeff

Rosenheim ’79 of the Metropolitan

Museum of Art

September 28 through October 23

Reception will coincide with the Alumni

Cocktail Party from 5:30 to 7:30 pm on

October 12.

FALL pLAY

The JBS Players will present

Playing for Time by Arthur Miller

(subject to availability of rights).

8 pm, October 19 and 20, Haertter

Hall


Featuring ceramic vessels and

photographs by Susan Zimmerman

October 26 through November 27*

cHORAL ANd ORcHESTRA cONcERT

7:30 pm, November 7, Haertter Hall

gRAdES 7-12 BANd cONcERT

7:30 pm, November 14, Haertter Hall


Featuring ceramic sculpture by

Carol Fleming Marks ’79

November 30 through January 15*

HOLIdAY pROgRAM

5:30 pm and 7:30 pm, December 19,

Haertter Hall

* All are invited to an opening reception

from 5:30 to 7:30 pm on the first night of

the exhibit.

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THE REV. cN. JOHN HARTNETT ’69

“As a young person, I shared the general cultural view

that clergy fell into two categories: one group made up

of the good-hearted but not especially bright, and the

other consisting of hypocritical — or worse — moralizers

exploiting the vulnerable and credulous,” says the Rev. Cn.

John Hartnett ’69. “As I came to know actual clergy,

I realized that my experience and those images had little

in common.”

John graduated from St. Georges School in Newport, Rhode

Island, and went on to Harvard and a career in publishing

before feeling a strong tug in the direction of the church. He

enrolled in Union Theological Seminary in New York City to

begin the formal journey toward ordination in the Episcopal

Church.

After earning a master of divinity degree, John worked in

two Manhattan parishes before accepting a call as the rector

of St. Elizabeth’s Church in Ridgewood, New Jersey, where

he has served for almost 20 years. Of his work, John says,

“In the Episcopal tradition, some of the prominent elements

of the Christian life are respecting the dignity of all people,

striving for justice and peace, and being honest about our

own failings and contribution to much of the evil we see.

“Clergy need to preach but not pontificate, to tell the truth

while being mindful of its impact and to be available while

observing appropriate boundaries. None of us can do this

job with only our own resources, which, no matter how

great our abilities, will at some point prove inadequate to the

work before us. But when we find a way to bring and present

what we have been given in trust, then perhaps we have a

chance of hearing, in some form, at the end of the long day,

‘servant, well done.’”

Please Keep Us InformedPlease mail or e-mail your news and

address changes to Alumni Office,

John Burroughs School, 755 South

Price Road, St. Louis, MO 63124 or

[email protected]. Or to

reach us by phone, call 314/993-4040,

ext. 264.

John Burroughs School publishes the

Reporter for distribution to alumni,

current and past parents and grand-

parents, faculty, staff and friends

of the school.

Editor: Lynn Hoppe Phelps

Photographer: Andrew Newman ’87

Director of Communications

and Community Relations:

Ellen Leschen Bremner ’67

NAOMI cARSON SMITH ’97

Naomi Carson Smith ’97 went to the University of Kansas

with a heart for dance and graduated with a new focus.

“Dance was the center of my life,” she says. “Everything

revolved around it — my diet, relationships, finances,

sleep schedule and so much more,” says Naomi. During

her senior year at KU, Naomi became a Christian and

recognized a greater purpose for her life. She attended

a school for campus ministry and studied at Fuller

Theological Seminary in California.

Naomi returned to KU, and in 2005 she and a team from

around the world started Midwest Student Ministries, which

recently linked with a sports ministry, Called to Greatness.

As a member of the Called to Greatness staff, Naomi serves

as campus minister, women’s ministry coordinator and

dance instructor.

In addition to her penchant for leading missions trips and

serving the poor, Naomi has worked as a coordinator and

speaker for StraightUpBeautiful conferences. She also

continues to teach dance at the Lawrence Arts Center as she

pursues her desire to celebrate both the arts and her faith.

ROB pOEppELMEIER ’09

After graduating from Burroughs and before enrolling at

Brigham Young University, where he is now studying neu-

roscience, Rob Poeppelmeier ’09, served as a missionary in

the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints.

Rob explains that young Mormons are encouraged to serve

in a full-time mission — men usually for two years after

high school, women usually for 18 months during a leave

from college. Leaders in the church determine where each

missionary will go.

Rob was sent to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he did ev-

erything from digging, painting and sawing to performing

baptisms and inviting people to hear the Morman message

of Jesus Christ.

“This has been the most meaningful experience in my life,”

says Rob. Highlights included “meeting the people of Argen-

tina and being a part of their culture; walking in the rain,

humid heat and seeping cold (always in a white shirt and

tie); praying to find a family to teach and then finding them

later that day.”

SISTER MARI gAREScHé, FMM ’54

After earning a psychology degree from Manhattanville

College of the Sacred Heart, Mari Garesché ’54 wanted to

help people in other parts of the world. She decided she

could best serve in the religious institute of the Franciscan

Missionaries of Mary, which is worldwide.

Since taking her First Vows in 1961, Sister Mari has served

in five countries and six U.S. cities. Though teaching had

not been in her plans, teaching is what she was asked to

do in her early career. She taught sixth graders who were,

in large part, children of Portuguese immigrants, in

Massachusetts. She then moved to Australia, where, for 10

years, she taught — first seventh grade and later French with

a bit of hockey coaching added. More recently, she taught

French to seminary students in Liberia.

After earning a master’s degree in theology at St. Louis

University, Sister Mari completed a year of clinical pastoral

education, training to be a hospital chaplain. Chaplain

assignments in the U.S. and abroad led to a position at St.

Francis Hospital in Long Island, New York, where she has

served as member of the health care team for more than 20

years. “Mainly I am there to support the patients and their

families — to pray with them and be with them when they

are going through a really tough time,” she says.

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Alumni News and NotesThe notes, marriages, births and condolences on these pages were received by July 1, 2012. If you don’t see your submission, please check the next issue of the Reporter.

1920s

The late Martha Gellhorn ’26 disliked being a footnote

in the life of Ernest Hemingway. Yet it was her relation-

ship with her husband (they divorced after four years

of marriage) that was the focus of the HBO movie,

Hemingway and Gellhorn, which aired on May 28. An

accomplished novelist, travel writer and journalist in

her own right, Gellhorn is considered by many to be the

greatest war correspondent of the 20th century. Dur-

ing her 60-year career, she reported on all major world

conflicts including the Spanish Civil War, World War II,

the Vietnam War, the Six-Day War in the Middle East

and wars in Central America.

1940s

Katie Bower’s Girl Scout project, building a library for

Bethesda Dilworth Nursing Home, was a tribute to

her grandmother, Madeline Haertter Jente ’45, who is

a Bethesda Dilworth resident and retired JBS reading

teacher. Katie (on left) and Madeline (seated) were fea-

tured in a recent Bethesda Dilworth publication.

Jeanne Rassieur Casey ’47 writes, “My thanks to Jim,

Sue, Charlie, Julian and Janet for years of keeping us

informed and meeting every few years. I am going to

try to make this reunion.”

Fleur Barngrove Hampton ’47 writes, “Bud and I have

been married 61 years. We were 21 and 22 years old

(just babies)! We have 10 grandchildren, one married

and three engaged — all in their mid- to late-twenties.”

1950sClayton resident Susan Levy Uchitelle ’52, co-founder of

the Saint Louis Art Fair, was honored at the city’s Tenth

Annual Visionary Awards event. Susan is an educa-

tional consultant with Confluence Academy Charter

Schools in St. Louis, which she started. She also helped

establish the Grand Center Arts Academy.

SEEN AT gRAdUATION: Milling about in the area behind graduation seating were a number of recent grads and current students. From left are:

1. Whitney Weisman ’11 and Brent Westbrook ’11.

2. Zoë Smith ’13, Kate Koby ’13 and Katie Sky ’13.

3. Ben Westfall ’10. John Stillman ’10, Matt Williams ’10 and Alex Dyer ’10.

4. Robert Wright ’11, Timothy Ross ’11, Fade Oluokun ’11, Nick Rassieur ’11 and Karlos Bledsoe ’11.

5. Nathan Gusdorf ’08, Jerry Taylor (Science) and Bob Henningsen (English and College Counseling).

6. Philip Dearing ’11, Alex Prakken ’11, Fade Oluokun ’11, Henry Fremont ’11 and Will Bliss ’11.

7. Julia Meyer ’10, Thom Finley ’10 and Sam Margo ’10.

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Pamela Morris Clark ’58 is director of senior services

at Family and Children’s Association, a large nonprofit

in Nassau County, New York, that provides a variety of

services to seniors living at home. Her husband, Doug,

is retired. The couple have three sons, one daughter and

three granddaughters (ages 16, 11 and 7). Her eldest

granddaughter, a junior at New York City School of

Performing Arts, recently appeared on The Good Wife

television series.

Men of the Class of ’59 continued a 15-year tradition —

gathering at the Lake of the Ozarks for a weekend of

music, golf, food and camaraderie. Guests of the class

included Chuck Mill ’60, John Mabry ’60, Charles Gail

(friend) and Barry Oxenhandler (parent of alumna). At

the weekend’s Saturday evening meal, the group toasted

the late Tom Gladders (parent of alumna), who was a

regular attendee. From the head of the table clockwise

are Chuck Mill, Brig Buettner ’59, Henry Dubinsky ’59,

Charles Gail, Barry Oxenhandler, Joe Ruwitch ’59, Lew Portnoy ’59 and John Mabry.

1960s“June of 2011 marked my formal retirement after a

nearly 45-year career in secondary education,” writes

Ellen Walz Svenson ’63. Ellen taught English and math-

ematics in Atlanta and St. Louis, beginning in 1967.

She was the assistant director of admissions at

Whitfield School in St. Louis for 22 years. Ellen now

volunteers in a math-enrichment program at Mason

Ridge School. In retirement, she has enjoyed traveling,

playing tennis and bridge, and spending time with her

mother, children and grandchildren. She writes, “I am

looking forward to seeing many classmates at our 50th

reunion in 2013.”

Doug Johnson ’67 writes, “At the end of last year, I

retired from my position as an academic publisher to

return to full-time research and writing. I’ve now spent

more time in Kenya and the newly independent nation

of South Sudan. This fall, I will be back in the U.S., at-

tached to my old college, Haverford, working on a new

book.”

Mary Davidson McWilliams ’67 retired four years ago as

president of Regence Blue Shield to lead a new non-

profit. She reports on the variation in the quality and

cost of health care in Puget Sound. Mary also serves on

the boards of the Seattle branch of the Federal Reserve

Bank of San Francisco and Puget Sound Energy.

Christy Bertelson ’68 is the senior policy advisor/chief

speech writer for Missouri Governor Jay Nixon.

Jonathan Edwards ’68 writes, “Our company is still

concentrating on energy-efficient building materials

but has expanded into custom engraving/fabrication

services for brick and stone (www.buildingproducts-

groupllc.com).”

1970sMary Cissel Suttell ’70 was recently featured in East Bay

Life for her 24 years of service as a volunteer emergency

medical technician (EMT) with the Little Compton

(Rhode Island) Volunteer Fire Department. Because

of her teaching schedule at Providence Country Day

School, Mary volunteered at night, on weekends and on

holidays. The article quoted her as saying, “It’s a small

town. You know these people. You realize you can help

them. It’s so important. I just really enjoyed it.” Mary

recently retired from her EMT responsibilities, and the

city of Little Compton promptly appointed her to fill a

vacant seat on the town’s planning board.

Charlie Neff ’73 writes, “I’ve lived in Colorado outside

Boulder for 10 years now with two great children,

Michael (age 17) and Alanna (age 15). I’ve been back to

St. Louis only once since leaving in 1973, but I continue

to hear great things about JBS through friends and

acquaintances. I spend my time enjoying the beautiful

weather and mountains here, playing music, continuing

my interest in Eastern religious studies, hitting the gym

and generally enjoying life. I’ve been primarily involved

in finance and international high-tech leasing for

several large firms, first in the Chicago area and then in

Colorado and Philadelphia.”

1980sOtto Monnig ’80 earned a master’s degree in software

engineering from DePaul University in Chicago. He

manages the information technology operations for

privately held companies.

Lori Rotskoff Cantor ’87 is co-editor of the

book, When We Were Free to Be ... Looking

Back at a Children’s Classic and the Differ-

ence It Made, to be published in November

2012 by the University of North Carolina

Press.

Bill Obrock ’88 writes, “I’m enjoying small town life

in East Hampton, New York, with my wife, Lesley, and

11-year-old son, Jack. Having a great time working for

singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett at his residence in Sag

Harbor, New York.”

1990s

Three alum dads — from left, Sandy Schenck ’90,

Davey Desloge ’94 and Kyle Chapman ’97 — coach the

River Dogs Little League baseball team. Members of the

team include Julian and Brady Schenck, Tucker Desloge,

Will Chapman and Charlie Dunaway (son of Tyler ’91

and Amy Greenwood Dunaway ’92).

Emily Stein MacDonald ’91 is a fifth-generation funeral

director with Berger Memorial Chapel in St. Louis’

Central West End.

Laurie Schwesig Smilack ’93 teaches kindergarten at

Lovett School in Atlanta. Her twins (a boy and a girl)

recently turned 4.

John Carleton ’94, the financial management officer

of the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, was

in St. Louis in early June as part of the State Depart-

ment’s Hometown Diplomat Program. He spoke to area

students about his role representing the United States

under circumstances that are often difficult. John’s next

assignment is in Fiji.

Bryan Jones ’94 earned his second master’s degree, an

MBA from the University of Missouri - St. Louis.

Amy Jost Starmer ’95 writes, “Happy birthday to Kather-

ine (Katie) Margaret Starmer born at 12:34 on 5/6. We’re

so proud of our budding little mathematician. Are you

impressed?”

Lindsey Rogers Hogan ’96 and her husband and their

two children (ages 4 and 2) are moving back to St. Louis

after 16 years on the East Coast. Lindsey is taking a

position at Cepia, LLC, developing its entertainment

division and running its digital platforms. She reports

that she can’t wait to reconnect with old friends and see

how great the campus looks.

Tate Greditzer ’97 recently became engaged to Ivy Bello.

Emily Horner ’97 lives in Dallas and is engaged to Ever-

ett Ledet. The couple plan a September wedding.

Megan Crane ’99 lives in San Francisco where she is an

attorney with Habeas Corpus Resource Center.

2000sLilly Connett ’02 writes, “I am very excited about our

reunion. I will pass the time until then with more

graduate school, and this summer I will be working for

an American nongovernmental organization in

Mozambique where I will be identifying ways to im-

prove access to basic health care supplies and energy in

rural communities.”

Paul Salomon ’02 recently received a master’s degree in

pure mathematics from Hunter College. A math teacher

at St. Ann’s School in Brooklyn, New York, Paul also co-

writes Math Munch, a math blog for middle schoolers.

Ben Weiss’ ’02 book, Malice in

Wonderland: What Every Law Student

Should Have for the Trip, reveals the truth

about the first year of law school. The

book was published under the pen name

Thaddeus Hatter by Fine Print Press.

Rachel Lawton ’04 moved to Chicago in September 2011

and is working on her doctorate in child and adoles-

cent clinical psychology at Northwestern University’s

Feinberg School of Medicine. Rachel says she is most

interested in the psychosocial implications of pediatric

chronic illness.



gOLF TOURNAMENT: The Alumni Board sponsored the 21st annual golf tournament for alumni, parents and friends at the Norman K. Probstein Golf Course on May 9. From left are: 1. Bob Flynn ’61, Allison Flynn Engelsmann ’95, Davey Desloge ’94 and Tim Liebe ’94; 2. Kathy Rainey Bussmann ’75 and Nancy Luehrman Sauerhoff ’77 (parent of alumni); 3. Terry Schnuck ’71 (parent of alumnus), Jim Hullverson ’71 and Jud Calkins ’59 (parent of alumnus); 4. Ben Rassieur ’04, Lee Chusak ’04 and Phil Harris ’04; 5. Jay Williamson ’85, Scott Bush ’82, Bill Hizar ’82 and Jim Koman ’82; and 6. Scott McNett ’79, Peter Anderson (parent of alumni), Steve Johnston (parent of current students) and David Kemper (parent of alumni).

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In his ninth turn at bat in the Major League, Dodg-

ers rookie Scott Van Slyke ’05 (on left), the 2011 Minor

League Player of the Year, hit a three-run homer to give

the Dodgers a 6-5 lead and sweep the world champion

St. Louis Cardinals. Above, David Busse ’74 (right) of

KABC-TV Los Angeles, covering pregame activities at

Dodger Stadium, poses with Scott.

During his first year of law school at Valparaiso Uni-

versity, Danny Matlock ’06 was a teaching assistant to

his legal writing professor, treasurer for the Sports and

Entertainment Law Association and litigating alternate

for the Moot Court team and was accepted into the

university’s MBA program. This summer, Danny is in

Chile and Argentina, studying the judicial systems of

Latin-American countries and brushing up on his Span-

ish, which he minored in at Rhodes College.

Allison Brinkhorst ’07 is living in Cobån, Guatemala,

where she volunteers with Community Cloud Forest

Conservation (CCFC). She writes, “I’ll be helping run

its high school scholarship program for young women

from rural villages of Guatemala. This November,

CCFC will pay 153 young women to attend its 25-day

leadership institute on sustainable agriculture, cloud

forest conservation, nutrition, health, family planning

and more.”

Miles Seidel ’07 has been awarded a two-year Post-

Baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award by

the National Institutes of Health in Washington, D.C.

He will do his own research with both computer and

clinical aspects at the National Institute of Biomedical

Imaging and Bioengineering.

Nathan Gusdorf ’08 received a James B. Reynolds Schol-

arship for Foreign Study from Dartmouth. Awards are

for an academic year of post-graduate study or comple-

tion of a project.

Alison Maskus ’09 writes, “In the last year I switched

majors from computer science to electrical engineering.

I also mentored a team from Jenks High School in the

Oklahoma Regional F.I.R.S.T. Robotics Competition

through the University of Tulsa.”

Ryan Torno ’11 writes, “About to begin my second year

at the United States Air Force Academy. Just completed

flying gliders for two weeks.”

WE’D LOVE tO HEaR YOuR NEWs!

Please keep us posted on job changes, degrees, honors, marriages, births, deaths —

any news you may have. We rely on your updates to compile the notes on these pages

and maintain our database, which we often access to identify alumni for Reporter

features. Please contact Nancy Cusanelli at 314/993-4040, ext. 264, or ncusan@

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Marriages, Births and AdoptionsCongratulations to:

Jeffrey and Kimberly Dent Markuns ’87 on the adoption

of siblings (Vitalij, Agata and Renata Markuns) from

Lithuania.

Drew ’88 and Gina Shanfeld on the birth of a son,

Andrew Evan Shanfeld, on April 28, 2012.

Bill and Molly Ott Ambler ’92 on the birth of a daughter,

Sarah Franklin Ambler, on February 8, 2012.

David Flanders and Kathy Morrison ’97 on their April

21, 2012, marriage.

Michael Koman and Ellie Kemper ’98 on their July 7,

2012, marriage.

Billy and Michelle Leontsinis Reisner ’98 on the birth of

a son, William “Weils” Howell Reisner Jr, on September

21, 2011.

Ryan Nusbickel and Margaret Scavotto ’98 on their April

14, 2012, marriage.

Andrew ’98 and Pam Schlichter on the birth of a son,

Benjamin Miles Schlichter, on June 3, 2012.

Andrew Volpe ’98 and Phoebe Scott on the birth of a

daughter, Andrew Winifred Volpe, on May 14, 2012.

Ben and Eleanor Pessin Correa ’00, on the birth of a

son, Franklin James Correa, on October 23, 2011.

Ted ’01 and Nicole Albrecht, on the birth of a daughter,

Haley Grace Albrecht, on June 28, 2012.

Allen and Jenny Lowe Cook ’02, on the birth of a son,

Max-Pascal James Cook, on March 25, 2012.

Rob ’92 and Elizabeth Rogers on the birth of a son,

Crawford Wolff Rogers, on April 25, 2012.

Bobby ’94 and Mary Corley Dunn ’94 on the birth of a

daughter, Agnes “Aggie” Sayer Dunn, on June 23, 2012.

Etienne Lacrampe and Kristin Hubert ’94 on the birth

of a son, Lucien Etienne Thomas Lacrampe, on January

31, 2012.

David and Amy Jost Starmer ’95 on the birth of a

daughter, Katherine “Katie” Margaret Starmer, on May

6, 2012.

Douglas Burns and Julie Goran ’96 on the birth of a

son, Justin Goran Burns, on May 3, 2012.

Patrick ’97 and Shelley Carleton, on the birth of a son,

Andrew Max Carleton, on April 17, 2012.

Austin Smith and Naomi Carson ’97 on their May 28,

2012, marriage.

Blair and Margaret Pundman Fortner ’97 on the birth of

a son, John “Walker” Hunt Fortner, on April 3, 2012.Kathy Morrison ’97 and David Flanders

CondolencesThe school offers condolences to:

Bill Schneider ’44 on the death of his wife, Rosemary

Schneider, on May 27, 2012.

Carolyn Crossen McMillan ’49 on the death of her

husband, John McMillan, on April 26, 2012.

Warren Gladders ’67 and Julia Gladders Henderson

’87 on the death of their brother and father, Thomas

Gladders, on April 13, 2012.

Bill Reed ’68 on the death of his father, William Oliver

Reed, on June 1, 2012.

Ellen Pershall Harris ’69, Richard Pershall ’73, Nick Harris ’99 and Samantha Harris ’01 on the death of

their father and grandfather, Samuel Pershall Jr., on

April 14, 2012.

Fax Pollnow ’69 and Peter Pollnow ’76 on the death of

their father, Frank J. Pollnow Jr., on April 12, 2012.

Jim Hullverson ’71 on the death of his father, James

Everett Hullverson Sr., on May 26, 2012.

Julianne Versnel ’71 on the death of her mother, Julia

Versnel, on March 6, 2012.

Tim Luehrman ’75, Nancy Luehrman Sauerhoff

’77, Julie Luehrman ’82, Kate Sauerhoff ’02 and

Peter Sauerhoff ’06 on the death of their father and

grandfather, Ernest W. Luehrman, on June 14, 2012.

Keith LaPlant ’80 and Steve LaPlant ’82 on the death of

their father, Kenneth J. LaPlant, on May 29, 2012.

Tom Sullivan ’80 on the death of his mother, Helen

Sullivan, on April 9, 2012.

Kory Kopitsky Bluestein ’82 and Neil Kopitsky ’84 on

the death of their father, Harvey Kopitsky, on May 18,

2012.

John McRoberts ’85, Andrew Metcalf ’06, Nancy Aitken Vanier ’52 and Jane S. Aitken ’58 on the death of their

mother, grandmother and sister, Annette Aitken

McRoberts, on May 18, 2012.

Harry Orchard ’87, Ethan Orchard ’17 and Ed Orchard

’44, on the death of their father, grandfather and

brother, Robert Orchard, on April 14, 2012.

ObituariesThe Reporter includes death notices for alumni and former faculty/staff as soon as possible after notification has been

received. Though we make every effort to ensure the accuracy of obituaries, we sometimes must rely on outdated school

records. Survivors and friends of the deceased can help by sending information to Nancy Cusanelli, John Burroughs School,

755 South Price Road, St. Louis, MO 63124 or to [email protected].

1930sDorothy Fairbank Newton ’36 died on April 20, 2012.

Mrs. Newton graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Vassar

College. She met her husband, Robert E. Newton, in St.

Louis, and they married in 1941. The family moved to

Monterey Peninsula in 1952.

Mrs. Newton was president of the board of the United

Way, president of the Auxiliary of Community Hospital

of the Monterey Peninsula, president of Carmel Public

Library Foundation and active in Girl Scouts, the

Monterey Institute for Research in Astronomy and the

League of Women Voters. She served as the Monterey

County representative for Vassar College.

The school offers condolences to Mrs. Newton’s family

including her son and daughter. She was preceded in

death by her husband and a sister.

Charles H. Bland ’38 died on May 5, 2012.

Mr. Bland attended Colgate University for two years

before transferring to Washington University in St.

Louis. After Pearl Harbor, he left school to join the

United States Army during World War II. As an Army

Reservist, Mr. Bland was called up to serve in Korea,

where he was awarded a Bronze Star.

Mr. Bland worked in the insurance agency his father

founded, Bland and Company Insurance.

As an active member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church

in Webster Groves, he enjoyed many years of service

as dish dryer, lawn nurturer, usher and food-pantry

volunteer as much as his time serving as senior warden.

He was also a dedicated Eagle Scout, helping to found

the Eagle Scout Association, and he volunteered for

Habitat for Humanity.

The school offers condolences to Mr. Bland’s family

including his two daughters, four grandchildren and

two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by

his wife of 55 years, Elizabeth Bland.



1940sJefferies M. Arrick ’45 died on April 26, 2012.

Mr. Arrick earned a bachelor’s degree in geology from

Princeton University and served in the Coast Guard

during World War II.

Mr. Arrick was an active member of Ladue Chapel. He

also served as a member of the JBS Alumni Association

Board and as an Annual Giving volunteer. He was an

avid tennis player.

The school offers condolences to Mr. Arrick’s family

including his two daughters; son, Jeff Arrick ’78; and six

grandchildren. The school thanks the family for suggest-

ing that memorial donations be made to John Burroughs

School.

Mary Susan Weinrich Kauffmann ’47 died on January

17, 2012.

Mrs. Kauffmann was the daughter of former chair of

the JBS Music Department, the late Ralph Weinrich.

She attended Washington University in St. Louis.

The school offers condolences to Mrs. Kauffmann’s

family including two daughters; five sons; 17

grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; two brothers,

F. Joseph Weinrich ’54 and Ralph Weinrich ’53; and

a sister, Jeannette Weinrich ’70. She was preceded in

death by her husband, Louis F. Kauffmann Jr., and

brother, Jack W. Weinrich ’49.

Jean Baker Bewick ’48 died on October 18, 2011.

Mrs. Bewick was the daughter of former JBS Latin

teacher, the late Charles M. Baker. She earned a

bachelor’s degree in English and history from West

Virginia University and then married Robert Dixon

Bewick Jr. in 1952.

Mrs. Bewick was active in many community and

gardening organizations in Dover, Delaware. She was

an active member of Christ Episcopal Church, the

Junior Board of Kent General Hospital, Dover Century

Club, Sprig and Twig Garden Club, Potpourri Garden

Club, Delaware Federation of Garden Clubs, Delmarva

Orchid Society and Pennsylvania Horticulture Society.

She was a Kent County Master Gardener, associated

with Delaware State University and the University of

Delaware. She also taught private kindergarten and

volunteered with the Dover and state libraries.

The school offers condolences to Mrs. Bewick’s family

including her husband of 61 years; daughter; son; and

brother, Jack Baker ’45. Another brother, Richard Baker

’41, preceded her in death.

James William Forsen ’48 died on April 24, 2012.

Mr. Forsen graduated from Westminster College, where

he was a member of Kappa Alpha Fraternity. He was

a medic in Korea from 1953 to 1955. Mr. Forsen was

employed by Ralston Purina Co. and later Purina Mills

for more than 30 years. He worked in Wilmington,

Delaware, and Bloomington, Illinois, before serving

as plant manager in Richmond, Virginia. In 1971

he returned to St. Louis to work in the commodities

department and retired in 1989 as director of

purchasing.

Mr. Forsen loved studying archeology, Native American

culture, military history and gardening. An avid

outdoorsman, he enjoyed hunting, fishing and wildlife.

He also enjoyed woodworking, Indian beadwork,

reading, traveling and animals. He was a member of the

Masonic Order and attained the Level of 32nd Mason.

The school offers condolences to Mr. Forsen’s family

including his wife of 51 years, Mary Forsen; two sons;

daughter; and seven grandchildren, one of whom is

Libby Forsen ’17.

Richard G. Jackman ’48 died on May 18, 2012.

Mr. Jackman graduated from the University of Penn-

sylvania, where he studied economics at the Wharton

School of Business. He was drafted in the Army during

the Korean War and served as a bookkeeper in Augusta,

Georgia. Mr. Jackman returned to St. Louis and the

family business, Jackman’s Fabrics, in 1955. At one

time, Mr. Jackman operated five fabric stores through-

out the metropolitan St. Louis area. Stores in Creve

Coeur, Missouri, and Fairview Heights, Illinois, remain

in operation today.

Mr. Jackman was a founding member in 1964 of Forest

Hills Country Club in Clarkson Valley.

A conservationist, he created a conservation easement to

protect his 30-acre home in Wildwood from being taken

over by developers after his death.

The school offers condolences to Mr. Jackman’s family

including his wife of 56 years, Betty Jo Jackman; two

daughters; son; sister; and two granddaughters.

Janet Long Salisbury ’48 died on July 2, 2012.

A graduate of Bradford Junior College, Mrs. Salisbury

earned her bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Washing-

ton University in St. Louis. She was a member of Kappa

Alpha Theta Sorority and the Junior League of St. Louis.

Mrs. Salisbury worked as a freelance fashion illustrator

for 17 years and later as the coat and suit buyer for Gar-

land’s Specialty Stores for eight years. Active in the com-

munity through the Junior League and other interests,

Mrs. Salisbury was on the original committee of the

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Rotograbure Fund Raiser for the

St. Louis Symphony Society. She served for seven years

on that committee and one as a chair. Mrs. Salisbury

was an avid volunteer for the newly formed Archives

Department in connection with the Stamper Library at

Burroughs.

The school offers condolences to Mrs. Salisbury’s family

including her daughter, Linda Salisbury Mercer ’74; two

grandchildren, one of whom is Hayley Mercer ’11; and

brother, Wil Long ’52. The school thanks the family for

suggesting that memorial donations be made to the Howard

A. Stamper Library Expansion Fund at Burroughs.

1970sChristopher A. Brown ’72 died on February 10, 2012.

Mr. Brown earned degrees in biology and economics

from Ripon College in Wisconsin, and then worked with

the National Park Service in Pennsylvania, Georgia,

Utah and Alaska.

In 1987, he moved to Fort Myers, Florida, and began his

career as a special agent with the United States Depart-

ment of Homeland Security.

The school offers condolences to Mr. Brown’s family

including his wife, Vicki Brown; two daughters; mother,

Barbara Brown; granddaughter; brother, Phil Brown ’70;

and sister, Emily Brown Tyler ’75.

Paul Berwald Keller ’72 died on April 13, 2012.

Mr. Keller earned a bachelor’s degree in civil

engineering from Duke University and an MBA from

the University of Michigan.

He joined Isle of Capri Casinos Inc. as chief

development officer in 2008. Previously he directed

teams of designers on major projects for a quarter of a

century. Before joining Isle of Capri, he was executive

vice president of design and construction for Argosy

Gaming Company. He was credited with transforming

the Argosy Casino in Kansas City from a first-generation

riverboat to one of the major destinations in the market.

His design was recognized by the American Gaming

Association as the Best Architectural Re-Design for

a Casino Resort. Mr. Keller also had a leadership role

at Walt Disney Imagineering and was active in the

development of EPCOT Center and Tokyo Disneyland.

The school offers condolences to Mr. Keller’s family

including his wife, Mary Gaertner; daughter; mother,

Helene B. Keller; and sisters, Cyndy Keller Maasen ’70

and Amy J. Keller ’75.

Former FacultyJohn Faust Jr. died on April 22, 2012.

Mr. Faust taught theatre, history and fine arts at DeSmet

from 1970 to 1979 and taught English and was chair

of the Theatre Department at Burroughs from 1979 to

1987.

The school offers condolences to his family including

his wife, Debby Faust; two sons; and two grandchildren.

Former staffMarilyn Wandling VonSchulze died on May 8, 2012.

Mrs. VonSchulze worked at Burroughs from 1979 to

1982 as assistant to then Headmaster Ed Cissel. She

held an education degree from Webster College and

a master’s degree in art education from Washington

University in St. Louis. After leaving Burroughs, Mrs.

VonSchulze taught art for the St. Louis Public Schools

Foundation. As an artist, Mrs. VonSchulze created oil

and pastel portraits on commission and participated in

numerous art shows.

After retirement, Mrs. VonSchulze was active in the

Daughters of the American Revolution, United Daugh-

ters of the Confederacy and P.E.O. Sisterhood. She was

an alum of Chi Omega Sorority.

The school offers condolences to Mrs. VonSchulze’s

family including her daughter, Pam Seymour Bliss ’82;

two sons; and seven grandchildren, two of whom are

Will Bliss ’11 and Maggie Bliss ’12. The school thanks the

family for suggesting that memorial donations be made to

John Burroughs School.

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Memorial and Tribute GiftsSincere thanks to the members of the Burroughs community who have honored friends and loved ones through memorial and tribute gifts made to John Burroughs School. The following gifts were received from April 11 through June 30, 2012.

IN MEMORY OF

Jefferies M. Arrick ’45Lisa BakerLinda BearmanRay Bolin Jr. ’48 Patience ChrislerMaurice B. Cohill Jr.Mary and Alec Cornwell Jr. ’45 Taylor and Marian DeslogeJoseph DubuqueDale and Karolyn FritzJack FultonMr. and Mrs. Edmond A. B. Garesche IIIJohn G. Goessling ’46 Briggs HoffmannCordelia Wilson Holmes ’51 Clark and Twila HungerfordJohn K. and Sally Shepley LillyBarbara Costen MooreLarry and Heidi NicholsThe Republic GroupMr. and Mrs. Glenn R. SilerGene and Harriet SpilkerRon and Kathy StephensLiz Williams IN MEMORY OF

Anita Beal To the Jason K. Lohr Memorial ScholarshipKaren and Chris GanschawBob and Jane GoldsmithStacey GravesRonald K. LohrCrystal and Nelson Spencer ’62 George and Mary VournasBud and Susie Wilson

IN HONOR OF

Class of 1971

Jeff Dreyer ’71

IN HONOR OF

Heidi Frey Currier ’66James M. Chleboun

IN MEMORY OF

Thomas R. Eames ’70Jack ’66 and Carol Wolfheim Goralnick ’66 Michelle and Scott Harris ’70

IN HONOR OF

Arnie and Harriet Hampton Edwards ’59

Connie Lohr

IN MEMORY OF

John Faust Eugene DeutschEric and Arsenia HansonRobert and Barbara KelleyCarolyn and Tom YagerFran Deutsch Zamler

IN HONOR OF

Allison Goralnik ’95Jeff Dreyer ’71

IN MEMORY OF

Deborah HammTo the Deborah Garner Hamm ScholarshipBud and Susie Wilson

IN HONOR OF

Bob Henningsen

James M. Chleboun

IN MEMORY OF

Nils Hinshaw ’04Mary Jo ColagiovanniCharles P. Derleth Jr.Edith B. Lubeck John Pocsik Deanna Snowden

IN MEMORY OF

James Everett Hullverson Jeff Dreyer ’71 Irene Zorensky Fowle ’71 IN MEMORY OF

Jonathan M. Kayes ’75To the Jonathan Kayes Library FundAnonymous

IN MEMORY OF

Paul B. Keller ’72Jeff Dreyer ’71 Mrs. Elizabeth Loeb

IN MEMORY OF

Ann DePew Laird ’59John Robertson Jones ’59

IN HONOR OF

Jim Lemen

To the Jim Lemen ScholarshipJack Biggs ’62 Gardiner Bridge ’38 John Mabry ’60

IN HONOR OF

Faculty and StaffHeidi Frey Currier ’66Kelly EdwardsEric HansonBob HenningsenKaren McCrayMarian WalshElisa Wang

To the Jim Lemen ScholarshipAnonymous

IN HONOR OF

Jim LemenTo the Jim Lemen ScholarshipAnonymousCooky and Bob Flynn ’61Matt and Lisa GiesekingMichelle and Scott Harris ’70 Jackie Mendillo ’01 The Powers FamilyJohn ’56 and Jody Jackes Ross ’56 Kit and Bud Samuels ’41 Lisa and Chris Schoenecker ’90 Bill Scott ’61 David G. Sisler ’76 Allen and Mary Beth SofferHeidi Frey Currier ’66 and Carter Smith ’66 Mark and Jennifer SmithJohn V. Wallace ’66 Bruce and Ester Westling

IN MEMORY OF

The Rev. Ernest W. Luehrman Bill Thomas and Kathy Standley

IN MEMORY OF

Mrs. Arthur Max

To the Jason K. Lohr Memorial ScholarshipConnie Lohr

IN HONOR OF

Karen McCray James M. Chleboun

IN MEMORY OF

Dorothy Fairbank Newton ’36The Taryle Family

IN MEMORY OF

Jack Orchard ’85To the Jack Orchard FundMrs. Leonard Berg

IN MEMORY OF

Bob OrchardTo the Jack Orchard FundJean Agatstein and Les Loewe Kenneth and Patricia BallMorton and Norma BaronTodd and Julie Mitchell Baur ’90 Holly Lowy Bernstein ’89 Kevin and Carol BlinderLaura BlumenfeldMr. and Mrs. Benjamin A. BorowskyDavid and Anne BromerElla Rena Potter ChapmanBeverly Wilson Clarkson ’59 Bob and Kay Kutten CohenMr. and Mrs. Charles CookHope and Julian Edison ’47 Mr. and Mrs. William B. Eiseman Jr.Mr. and Mrs. William S. FirestoneMrs. Milton FischmannSara Kraner Fleischer ’00 David FleisherGretta ForresterLois and Bob FriedmanMrs. Solon GershmanBud and Lois GoldbergIrene GoldmanMr. and Mrs. Robert GoldsteinAlice GoodmanRichard and Judith HarrisJeanne HartzPaul and Debra HauptmanHarvard ’33 and Patty Gamble Hecker ’40 Greg and Beth Shuter Herbster ’85 Anne W. HetlageMrs. Sally Portner HoffmanTed and Suzanne HoffmanStanley and Joan HollanderMargie and Martin JaffeNancy KalishmanMrs. Meyer KopolowRichard and Lisa Greenman Kraner ’71 Ned and Sally LemkemeierMrs. Elizabeth LoebRalph and Barbara LowenbaumMr. and Mrs. James V. MaloneyBarry and Louise MandelAnn MandelstammSusan MatlofNina Renard Meissner ’37 Paul and Laura MillerJack and Jerre MinnerBurt and Ellen Greenman Needles ’73 The Newman FamilyBarbara and Mike NewmarkRochelle PopkinEmily Rauh Pulitzer

IN MEMORY OF

Roslyn Schulte ’02To the Roz Schulte Spirit Fund AnonymousCharles P. Derleth Jr.Ellen and Henry Dubinsky ’59Susan and Steve Felker ’70Karen Jensen Lynne and Scott Johnson ’65Bruce and Kim Olson IN HONOR OF Keith E. Shahan ’62To the Keith E. and Marcia W. Shahan Scholarship FundAnonymous

IN HONOR OF

Sylvie Sherman ’12Roxanne H. Frank

IN MEMORY OF Martha ShipeTo the Keith E. and Marcia W. Shahan Scholarship FundAllen and Mary Beth Soffer

IN MEMORY OF

Geoffrey Moore Smith ’63Heidi Frey Currier ’66 and Carter Smith ’66

IN MEMORY OF

Leigh S. Strassner ’53Cooky and Bob Flynn ’61 Franc Family FundJoseph GlossbergGreg and Beth Shuter Herbster ’85 Nancy OlsonLeon and Ann Robison

IN MEMORY OF

Betty Howard Troth ’57Community Foundation of Collier County

IN MEMORY OF

Mrs. Marilyn VonSchulze

Michael Anderson and Lee Ames Bascom ’82 Ann Weigler

IN MEMORY OF

Emily Vournas ’92Connie Lohr

IN HONOR OF

Marian Walsh

James M. Chleboun

IN HONOR OF

Susie Wilson

Aaron ’94 and Stephanie Park Zwicker ’94

IN MEMORY OF

Timothy R. Wnuk ’00Charles P. Derleth Jr.

IN MEMORY OF

Mrs. Ruth M. Yost To the Keith E. and Marcia W. Shahan Scholarship FundMary Beth and Allen Soffer

Judy and Paul Putzel ’57 Stephanie Riven and Roger Goldman ’59 Richard and Sally RosenthalMr. and Mrs. Jerome M. Rubenstein ’45 Nancy SacharThe Sachs FundBarbara and Martin ScherGlenn Johnson Sheffield ’54 Jenny and Walter ShifrinRoberta ShifrinDr. Fredric and Beverly SimowitzMiriam Shifrin Sisson ’46 Thomas and Susan SontagBetty SpitzerEleanor SteinbachStephanie and Randy Sterkel ’81Carolyn SternMr. and Mrs. Walter G. SternMargie and Bob SummersMargie and Bert TalcoffHoward and Anita TischlerSheila Greenbaum and Gary M. WassermanSteve and Diane WeinstockMs. Marilyn WernerMr. Raymond WittcoffRichard WolfheimCharles ’47 and Barbara Fritze Wulfing ’55 Rosalyn and Robert WykesHelen M. (Nuni) Zimmerman ’79 Hillary Zimmerman

IN MEMORY OF

Ann Russe Prewitt ’31Mrs. Paul Ekberg

IN MEMORY OF

Mrs. Alex Reich

Crystal and Nelson Spencer ’62 Bud and Susie Wilson

IN HONOR OF

Retiring Faculty/Staff and Volunteer Leadership

Kathy Rainey Bussmann ’75 Andy Cornwell ’80 Heidi Frey Currier ’66 Eric Hanson Bob Henningsen Karen McCray Marian Walsh Jerrie Plegge Ben Rassieur ’72 Eve Riley Dorothy Swicord Hardy Washington

To the Keith E. and Marcia W. Shahan Scholarship FundAllen and Mary Beth Soffer

IN MEMORY OF

CMDR Christopher Riley ’88Mary M. Kimball ’88

IN HONOR OF

Richard Sandler

Roberta and Alex Solowey

IN HONOR OF

Simon Sandler ’12Roberta and Alex Solowey

IN MEMORY OF

Bob OrchardTo the Jack Orchard Fund

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