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in From China to Stanford: Joanna Xu ’13 finds SG a

gateway to new intellectual territory BY SUZANNE L. MCGRADY

Now everybody knows her name: Military childMegan Daknis ’14 is a St. George’s Scholar BY SUZANNE L. MCGRADY

Honoring John and Ramsay Scott: Founders hope totake Scott Scholarship to the next level BY SUZANNE L. MCGRADY

Developing students—and supportersBY ROBERT WESTON

Chapel talks:Lions and tigers—and dragons. Oh my! BY JACK COATY ’13

Silver lining BY KATE HAMRICK ’13

Post Hilltop: Alumni/ae in the news

Class Notes

In this issue:

Left: Senior Prefect Alec Goodrich ’13 and Prefect Alexa Santry ’13 walk

arm-in-arm, leading graduates to the Front Circle on Prize Day.

PHOTO BY LOUIS WALKER

St. George’s SchoolMission Statement

In 1896, the Rev. John Byron Diman, founder

of St. George’s School, wrote in his “Purposes of

the School” that “the specific objectives of St.

George’s are to give its students the opportunity

of developing to the fullest extent possible the

particular gifts that are theirs and to encourage

in them the desire to do so. Their immediate

job after leaving school is to handle successfully

the demands of college; later it is hoped that

their lives will be ones of constructive service to

the world and to God.”

In the 21st century, we continue to teach

young women and men the value of learning

and achievement, service to others, and respect

for the individual. We believe that these goals

can best be accomplished by exposing students

to a wide range of ideas and choices in the

context of a rigorous curriculum and a sup-

portive residential community.

Therefore, we welcome students and teach-

ers of various talents and backgrounds, and we

encourage their dedication to a multiplicity

of pursuits—intellectual, spiritual, and physi-

cal—that will enable them to succeed in and

contribute to a complex, changing world.

St. George’s Policy on Non-Discrimination

St. George’s School admits male and

female students of any religion, race, color,

sexual orientation, and national or ethnic

origin to all the programs and activities

generally accorded or made available to stu-

dents at the school. It does not discriminate

on the basis of religion, gender, race, color,

sexual orientation, gender identity, gender

expression, or national or ethnic origin in

the administration of its educational policies,

scholarship and loan programs, or athletic

and other school-administered programs.

In addition, the school welcomes visits from

disabled applicants.

Upcoming Events2 013Thurs., Sept. 5Convocation ChapelClasses beginFri., Oct. 11–Sun., Oct. 13Alumni/ae of Color ConferenceFri., Oct. 25–Sat., Oct. 26Parents WeekendFri., Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m.Lessons and CarolsTues., Dec. 17, 7:30 p.m.Christmas Festival

2 014Fri., Feb. 14–Sat., Feb. 15Fifth-Form Parents WeekendFri., May 16–Sun., May 18Reunion WeekendMon., May 26Prize Day

Receptions, Young Alumni/ae Get-togethers and Career Networking Events coming to:

BostonChicagoHoustonNew YorkNewport

Palm BeachSan FranciscoWashington

Locations, dates and times to be determined

For information on these and additional events, contact Events Coordinator Ann Weston at [email protected] or 401.842.6731. Details will also be available on our website at

www.stgeorges.edu and the St. George’s School Facebook page, www.facebook.com/stgeorgesschool.

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From the editor’s desk ........................................................................................................................................2Hilltop archives ....................................................................................................................................................3A note from the Head of School ......................................................................................................................4Now everybody knows her name: Megan Daknis ’14 BY SUZANNE L. MCGRADY ........................................5From China to Stanford: Joanna Xu ’13 BY SUZANNE L. MCGRADY ................................................................8Chapel talks:

Lions and tigers—and dragons. Oh, my! BY JACK COATY ’13 ..............................................................10Silver lining BY KATE HAMRICK ’13 ..............................................................................................................12

Fac Chat: Q&A with Scott Stachelhaus ........................................................................................................14Scott Scholarship: Honoring John and Ramsay Scott BY SUZANNE L. MCGRADY ....................................17Julie Butler retires as head coach of girls basketball BY SUZANNE L. MCGRADY ....................................19Out with a splash: Tom Evans retires as swim coach BY SUZANNE L. MCGRADY ....................................22New Students: 2013-14 ....................................................................................................................................25Prize Day: Graduation 2013 ............................................................................................................................26Next steps: News from the College Counseling office ............................................................................32Global outreach ..................................................................................................................................................33Developing students—and supporters BY ROBERT WESTON ........................................................................38Campus happenings ..........................................................................................................................................40Faculty/staff notes ..........................................................................................................................................44Arts ........................................................................................................................................................................49SG Zone – Athletics ..........................................................................................................................................52Community service ............................................................................................................................................56Board notes..........................................................................................................................................................59Geronimo ..............................................................................................................................................................60Highlights: Student achievements ................................................................................................................61Reunion Weekend 2013....................................................................................................................................64Development: News from the Alumni/ae Office ......................................................................................67Post Hilltop: Former community members, alumni/ae in the news ....................................................69Bookstore..............................................................................................................................................................74Class Notes ..........................................................................................................................................................75

Right:

Math teacher Doug Lewis and his wife,

Third Form Dean and math teacher

Melanie Lewis, celebrate with

graduate Alana McMahon ’13

on Prize Day.

PHOTO BY RAY GAO ’15

On the cover:

A view of St. George’s from

the skies above Second Beach.


Suzanne L. McGrady, editor

Dianne Reed, communications associate

Toni Ciany, class notes manager

Jeremy Moreau, web manager

Copy editors:Members of the Alumni/ae Office

Contributing photographers:Andrea Hansen, Kate Whitney Lucey,

Jeremy Moreau, Len Rubenstein, Louis Walker

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St. George’sF r o m t h e e d i t o r ’ s d e s k

With every cycle of the Bulletin comes a

chance to deliver the news of the

school from the last sixth months—

and to connect with a new group of St. George’s

community members who have a story to share.

What I love about working on the Bulletin is

that through every interview I do for an article I get

to hear a variety of perspectives on life, wisdom

gained from so many disparate

experiences. With each story can

come a nugget of inspiration, a

shared revelation—and almost

always, a memorable quote.

Joanna Xu ’13 , came to St.

George’s four years ago from

Hangzhou, China, and is now

heading to one of the most

selective universities in the

United States. “It’s actually quite

interesting to try something

new,” she told me when I talked

to her about her four years at St.

George’s—and the impressive

and diverse resume of talents

she amassed as a student. As the

mother of an only child, however, what will stay

with me in particular was her positive take on

growing up without siblings as a result of China’s

one-child policy. (“From China to Stanford,” p. 8.)

Megan Daknis ’14—one of the first partici-

pants in the SG Scholars Program for children of

active-duty military personnel—shares her story in

“Now everybody knows her name,” p. 5. The

daughter of two Army officers, Megan has moved

around a lot, but she’s OK with that. Anyone who

fears change should read her story—and perhaps

adopt her attitude: “A change of scenery is a good

thing,” she says.

The big news from the Athletic Department

this spring is word that Julie Butler and Tom Evans

will be retiring from longtime coaching assign-

ments, Tom as head swim coach (p.22) and Julie as

girls’ varsity basketball coach (p.19). What struck

me when interviewing them was knowing there are

legions of student athletes out there who will

always remember and value their mentoring—and

those little things that helped bond their teams,

like a Beatles tune played at practice—or those

shared words of inspiration before tip-off.

Chapel talks, as well, can elicit some truly

memorable lines. I’ve never met Jack Coaty’s dad,

but I think he’s the coolest guy ever for the line he

delivered after his son won a less-than-lead role in

an elementary school play. (“Lions and tigers—and

dragons … Oh my!,” p. 10.)

And Kate Hamrick, well, I just call her Kate the

Great. I have my own personal reasons, but you

may have yours after you read her chapel talk (“Sil-

ver lining,” p. 12).

With this edition, we also launch a new feature

we’re calling Fac Chat (p. 14). It’s a Q&A with a

faculty member—conversations we hope will reveal

and highlight our faculty’s unique set of personali-

ties and talents. We kick off the feature with a chat

with science teacher Scott Stachelhaus, who is now

up there with Tom Hanks as the guy I would most

want on my late night talk show if I ever had one.

Oh, yes, those teachers … each of them makes

connections every school day with students who

share their passions, admire their wisdom or who

feel comforted by their support.

That’s why Prize Day is always so poignant—

and this year’s was no exception (p.26). With every

graduation each of us often has to say goodbye to a

beloved colleague, a student whose work we espe-

cially appreciated at correcting time, a favorite

editor of the student newspaper.

But something they once told us once—a

memorable line, written or spoken—will stay with

us forever.

My son Connor and Iin Colorado Springs,Colo., this summer.

Suzanne McGrady

Bulletin Editor

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In May the Gilbert Y. Taverner Archives was the

beneficiary of a treasure trove of materials: the memo-

rabilia of former head-

master William

Ackerman Buell Sr. ’14.

The gift was a do-

nation of Buell’s son,

former English teacher,

theater director and

hockey coach Tom

Buell and his wife,Joan, who also was ac-

tive in the St. George’s

theater program, when

the two lived here from

1957 to 1962.

The elder Buell re-

turned to St. George’s

to teach from 1919 to 1921, founded Camp Ramleh in

1926, and returned again to teach from 1929 to 1951.

He then served as headmaster from 1951 to 1961. A

thespian to the core, Buell is credited in “St. George’s

School: A History,” by Taverner with helping to “bring

dramatics to a sophistication during the 1930s.” Tav-

erner also added: “Buell’s interpretation of Dickens’ ‘A

Christmas Carol’ added dramatic flavor to the already

stimulating Christmas Festival.” He was also described

as “optimistic” and “filled with faith.”

Among Buell’s many mementos of his time on the

Hilltop were several photo albums containing more

than 200 pictures taken during his years as a student,

1910-1914. Also included in the gift were a book, Bre-

varium Romanum Pars AutumnalisNo. 88, c.1919, in-

scribed by our founder, the Rev. John B. Diman; the

elder Buell’s Honorary Doctor of Letters Degree from

Princeton; a photographic studio portrait of Buell

thought to be taken in either 1914 or 1918; and a

number of photographs that appear to have been

taken by faculty member Norris Hoyt of assorted St.

George’s School faculty leisure activities such as sailing

aboard Revonoc.

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This 1914 photo was captioned “Supper at School Dance.”

A tennis match vs. St. Mark’s, circa 1914.

Also from 1914, this photo was titled “Looking for U-boats with [Paul T.] Christie.”

A memorable gift

R E M E M B E R W H E N ?Hilltop archives

An undated photo ofWilliam Ackerman Buell Sr. ’14.


St. George’sF r o m t h e H e a d o f S c h o o l

For nearly 80 years, our family gathered each

summer at Rosehill, a rambling summer cot-

tage on the Canadian lakeshore west of Buf-

falo, N.Y. But this summer marks the end of an era

for us, as distant and disinterested branches of the

family forced the sale of the house last year. For our

side of the family, the loss of Rosehill ached all

through the winter, the wound growing more tender,

not less, as summer approached. But, as winter gave

way to spring, we resolved to preserve our gathering

in a new spot if necessary. So, this summer, the whole

extended Montesano clan—four sisters, their hus-

bands, and 14 of the 16 cousins—met in Newport,

taking Rosehill on the road.

As it turns out, it was a wonderful week. The older

cousins spent time at the Folk Festival and downtown

in Newport, while the younger ones overran the lawn

around Merrick House. The annual all-cousin Wiffle

Ball game has continued, and after a 25-year homes-

tand in Canada, now begins an indefinite road trip. To-

gether once more, we’ve had beach time, tennis, a

“bonfire” in a fire pit, and have preserved or replicated

nearly all of our family summer traditions.

In reflecting on our time together as a family, and

the importance of preserving the connections we feel

among one another even as times and circumstances

change, I am naturally reminded of the work of St.

George’s. One of the great strengths of our school is the

way in which our traditions and history inform so

much of what we do. From the Middlesex bonfire, to

the Christmas Festival, from academic challenges and

innovative courses to athletic championships, the heart

of the St. George’s experience is anchored in the shared

histories of its students and teachers going back more

than a century. At the same time, the school has never

been afraid to change. In the same way that our family

was able to preserve our traditions even as we changed

them, St. George’s has been able to hold on to the best

of its history and traditions, even as they have evolved

and been shaped by the needs of today’s students and

tomorrow’s world.

The cover photo of this edition of the Bulletin is

another, more visual, representation of this quality.

Though most of us can recall instinctively the view

from the school looking southeast over Sachuest point,

the view to the west is nearly as remarkable. In the

foregound, and at the center, stand the enduring heart

of the school—Old School, the Chapel and Memorial

Schoolhouse. Around them you can see the Hamblet

Campus Center, the glass tower of the Hill Library, and

at far right, the soon-to-be-renovated DuPont Science

building, where an expanded academic center will be

built. These represent the evolving present and in time,

the future of the school. And though you cannot see

them in the photo, running throughout everything is

the lifeblood of the school, our students and the de-

voted faculty who teach and mentor them. Finally, at

the top of the image you can see the far horizon, which

suggests the larger world and limitless possibilities for

which we are preparing our students. Of all of the ele-

ments of the St. George’s experience, this one, the

preparation of young people for what John Diman

called “lives of constructive service to the world” is

the most enduring.

And so as it is with families, so it is for schools.

Years follow years, but some things carry on no matter

what changes. We hope you enjoy this edition of the

Bulletin, and that the rest of your summer is filled with

just the right mix of family and friends, tradition and

novelty. See you all back in Newport soon.

Sincerely,

Eric F. Peterson

Head of School


It was after one of those particularly exhaustingruns for exercise this past spring—the end of her first

year at St. George’s—when Megan Daknis

knew she’d … well let’s say … arrived.

Daknis—one of the first two stu-

dents to attend St. George’s from our

new SG Scholars Program for children of active mil-

itary personnel—had turned the corner onto Kane

Avenue and was coming back to her dormitory,

Zane, when she saw Manning Coe—an artsy, older

sixth former—coming the other way.

“Now I know Manning,” Daknis recalled. “Well,

A younger MeganDaknis ’14 welcomes

home her father,Army Signal OfficerSteve Daknis, follow-ing his deployment.

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Now everybodyknows her nameAfter moving with her military family multiple times,Megan Daknis ’14 finds a home base at St. George’sBY SUZANNE MCGRADY

Note: The St. George’s Scholars

Program was created in 2011

in support of the unique de-

mands and sacrifices made by

military personnel and their

families and to recognize mem-

bers of the armed forces and

their service to the nation. It

offers fully funded scholarships

to children of active-duty mil-

itary personnel.


I know who Manning Coe is and I was like, ‘I won-

der if he knows my name …’ and he passed me and

he was like, ‘Hey, Megan!’ and I was like, ‘Hey there.

How’s it going?’”

“I had never talked to him, but he knew who I

was,” she added, “and that was cool.”

For Daknis, feeling at home is a luxury not to be

underestimated. The daughter of two Army officers,

Daknis lived in eight different places before arriving

at her ninth—the Hilltop—last fall. She learned about

the St. George’s Scholars program while she was at-

tending a Department of Defense school in Stuttgart,

Germany in 2011-12 and she said the chance to at-

tend “this really cool school in the States instead of

being a new junior in Korea,” where her parents are

currently stationed—was a very attractive offer.

Born in Seoul, Korea, where she said she lived

“for a whole five weeks,” Daknis and her parents

moved to Williamsburg, Va., where her parents at-

tended graduate school at William and Mary. At 3,

Daknis went to Washington, D.C., with her father

while her mother went to Tennessee and then the

year after that the two rejoined her mom in Ten-

nessee. After that it was Charlottesville, Va., Fayet-

teville, N.C., San Antonio, Texas, and Germany.

Daknis’ mother, Wendy, a colonel, is a military

judge. Her father is a signal officer, a member of

the Signal Corps, which is responsible for the

Army’s entire systems of communication—voice,

data and information systems. “If there was a

cyber-attack, he’d be part of the team in charge of

defending us against it,” Daknis explained.

Both her parents have been deployed. Her father

has been to Afghanistan three times and her mother

was in Iraq for a year working with the Iraqis to help

them build up a judicial system. The two met in

ROTC at Duke. Military service runs in the family:

Daknis’ grandfather on her father’s side also was a

colonel in the Army.

Asked about her transient lifestyle, Daknis said

she’s more positive about it than she used to be. “I

remember when I was little I always hated moving,

but that’s what I do, so if I were to be down about it,

I would just be sad all the time,” she said. “I’ve

learned to adapt to new circumstances. It’s a change

in scenery every few years. It’s been good—just

starting fresh.” Besides, her parents’ recent post in

Germany allowed for some outstanding vacations.

“We had a four-day weekend every single month and

we went everywhere,” she said, naming almost all the

major European cities. She spent one Spring Break

in Croatia, Montenegro and Bosnia, and two weeks

one summer in Scotland.

QAt St. George’s, Daknis said she realized right

away that being the child of two military officers

was “a novel thing.”

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Megan delivers herprefect-electionspeech in April.

“[Non-military kids] always get the impression

that my dad is like this drill sergeant who yells at

me all the time,” she said. “He’s not. He’s a pretty

cool dude.”

Mostly she sees Americans’ appreciation for her

parents’ service.

“I feel like patriotism is at an all-time high right

now,” she said. When she was flying home to Korea

over Spring Break she said she was sitting next to a

couple traveling to Thailand. “We were chatting and

I told them my parents were in the Army and that’s

why I was going to Korea and they were like, “Oh,

tell your parents, ‘Thank you.’”

The sentiment touches her, she said. “I guess

that I see it first hand. Like when we say prayers in

the chapel for people in the military, I think, ‘Yeah,

that’s my parents doing that. It’s cool.’”

The walls of Daknis’ dorm room in Zane last

year were covered with movie posters: “The Men

Who Stare at Goats,” “My Cousin Vinny,” “Say Any-

thing,” “Oceans 11,” “Notting Hill,” “Braveheart,”

“The Thomas Crowne Affair.”

“My dad sent them periodically throughout

the year so I would have these little packages and

I would remember when I saw that with [him],”

she said.

When she was little the two would play a game

where her dad would give her a line from a movie

and she would have to guess the movie. “I’ve never

seen Casablanca, but I could give you every single

quote from that movie. Every single one,” she said.

Back home, which right now means Korea, Dak-

nis’ has 10-year-old twin sisters, who attend a DOD

school in Seoul, waiting for her. At the end of the

school year she traveled back to Seoul, where she

had plans to go to Vietnam for two weeks, volunteer

at an animal hospital on the base—and learn how

to drive. “I have my Korean permit,” she said. “It’s

orange. And it lets me drive on the base.”

Among her highlights from last school year she

counts getting through BC Calculus and being on

the spring community garden crew—a community

service project in place of sports, which she said

she’s “dreadful at.” “Having an afternoon activity

where I could do some manual labor was perfect,”

she said. “And we would go for runs afterward, so I

was still getting exercise.”

Of Roy Williams’ math class, she said, “Oh my

gosh. At my old school you could take five APs and

you would be all right … but that class … I remem-

ber we had our first three tests. I did poorly. But as I

got used to it, it just kind of fell into place.

“I did not fail Roy’s class,” she said triumphantly.

“I rocked it.”

Still it will be tough to top last spring’s prefect-

election speech day. That was the day everyone at St.

George’s, including Manning Coe, got to know

Megan Daknis a little better.

Despite her friends’ warnings, she wasn’t all that

nervous about her speech. She wanted to run for a

student leadership post, she said. And with the

speech, it all came down to a good outline: “I had the

three basic parts,” she said, “… the part where I said

how quiet I was, the part when I was talking about

my name not rhyming with anything, and the part

where I was promising things that we already have.”

Delivered in her personable, deadpan style, the

speech elicited more than a few laughs.

For Daknis, most of all it was a huge feeling of

acceptance—and affection—from her peers.

“In between me talking about my name not

rhyming and the stuff we already have there was this

moment when I couldn’t talk because everyone was

clapping,” she said. “And I just stood there and

smiled. It was the greatest feeling in the entire world.”

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When Joanna Xu ’13 got word this springshe’d been accepted to one of the most se-

lective colleges in the U.S., she called her

parents back in Hangzhou, China. “I got into Stan-

ford,” she said. They were still sleeping—but it didn’t

take long for the news to sink in. “I could hear my dad

screaming,” Xu said. “He was so excited.”

Now, as she prepares to move onto the famed Palo

Alto, Calif., campus, Xu counts her close relationship

with her parents—likely born, she says, from China’s

one-child policy—as one of the keys to her success.

“One of the drawbacks of being an only child is I don’t

have any siblings to hang out with or share secrets

with—but that also contributes to my strong bond with

my parents,” she said. Her mother, a college German

professor, and father, who owns a high-tech company,

“could probably take credit for being my permanent

mentors and also my partners in exploring new worlds.”

A talented piano player, academic powerhouse and

ferocious junior varsity hockey player during her ca-

reer at SG, Xu’s journey from the capital city of China’s

Zhejiang Province to the Stanford campus has been fu-

eled by persistence, cultural adaptation—and an in-

tense desire to learn.

When she arrived on the Hilltop in 2009, Xu knew

only of what she’d seen on our web site. Mainly, she

said, she remembers the photo of Head of School Eric

Peterson and his, wife Krista. “They looked so friendly,”

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From China to StanfordJoanna Xu ’13 finds St. George’s the gateway to new intellectual territory BY SUZANNE MCGRADY


she said. She was coming from a middle school in

China where there were 400 students in each grade and

teachers posted exam scores on a bulletin board in the

hallway. “I don’t think I appreciated that,” Xu said,

“even if I got a good score.”

At SG, she said, she found “a small and tight

community.”

“I think all the faculty and student relationships

are really close,” she added. “People are so nice and wel-

coming here, it makes me feel like it’s a family instead

of an institution.”

Freshman year, however, was a challenge. Though

she had learned English in elementary school, there

was still a language barrier. “At the beginning I would

try really hard to organize something that I wanted to

say, but by the time I was ready, [the class was] on to

the next subject.”

Likewise, there was some culture shock. “Just living

here …” she said. “I had no clue how to use a self-service

washing machine. I had no idea what to wear to the

freshman dances. And school spirit … I had never heard

of those things before. We didn’t do that back in China.”

Little by little, though, her musical talents and intel-

lectual prowess put her in the spotlight. A multiple aca-

demic award winner, she also played flute and piano in

numerous performances—skills honed back in China.

When Xu was little—5 or 6 years old—her mother

had just one rule for her: She must play piano one-

and-a-half to two hours a day. And her mom would sit

on the piano bench the whole time. “That was proba-

bly the only time that my mom really pushed me hard,”

she said, “but nowadays when I look back I just really

appreciate it.”

In 2010, varsity hockey captain Julia Rahill ’12, a

dorm mate, convinced her to try her sport. “I started

ice hockey my sophomore year winter and now it’s

crazy,” she said. “I’m completely in love with it.”

Xu’s advisor, English teacher Patricia Lothrop, said

it was sometimes hard to jibe the graceful, piano-play-

ing academic with the merciless defenseman on the ice.

“You’d see her in her filmy little outfits and fair skin

performing and you couldn’t put that together with the

absolute tiger … with the hair flying and the elbows,”

she said.

It was all part of the Xu enigma: Never one for

conforming, Xu would experiment with hair color the

same way she would experiment with a new piece of

music.

“She has what we wish for every one of our stu-

dents—and that is intellectual curiosity,” Lothrop said.

Assistant Head of School for Academic Affairs Pat

Moss, who taught Hu Latin, said what impressed her

about Hu was her transformation “… from a girl who

was almost neurotic about academics—to someone in

her senior year who absolutely embraced learning,”

Moss said. “St. George’s did that for her.”

The past few years Xu’s current interest in medical

research has fueled many of her pursuits outside class.

Last summer she spent three weeks in Paris interning

in the drug development division at the Curie Institute

as part of St. George’s Global Cultural Initiatives Pro-

gram directed by French teacher Allison de Horsey.

She’s worked at the University of Pennsylvania doing

research on a breast cancer-targeting drug, and at Mi-

cropoint Bioscience Inc. in Santa Clara, Calif., learning

about medical equipment for testing blood clotting.

Evidence of her persistence, she did research in a bio-

engineering lab at Washington University last summer

normally reserved for Ph.D. and medical students—an

assignment she lobbied for a year before the professor

in charge agreed to take the 17-year-old.

Among her many sources of inspiration, Xu counts

the late Apple founder Steve Jobs, author Malcolm

Gladwell, and the 19th century composer Franz Liszt.

Jobs, she said, thinks like her father. “‘Explore new

things,’ he would tell me. ‘You might be the only one

who will start doing this … but a lot of people will fol-

low you.’”

“It’s really important to do something different

and unique,” she said. “It’s a pretty important path

to success.”

Joanna Xu ’13 celebrates Prize Dayin May with her auntand uncle, who livein Massachusetts.

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Following is the script of a chapel talk delivered on

April 30, 2013.

Afew days ago I confided in someone that I was

nervous to give this chapel talk, because I had

no idea what to talk about. I received the kind

of advice that one can only get from a best friend of

many years. “Skip it,” said Reid [Burns ’13]… it’s not

like anyone will notice.”

[Audience laughs.] …

When I was in the first grade, I was in “The Wiz-

ard of Oz.” If you don’t know the story, the Sparknotes

are as follows: a band of misfits each need some-

thing—be it a heart for the Tin Man, courage for the

Cowardly Lion, or a brain for the Scarecrow. They em-

bark on a journey to the Land of Oz to retrieve said

objects. The play was an enormous production, with

kids from all over the island and a prep time of about

six months, from the first meetings in November to

the performance in April. Though it’s quite some time

ago now, I can still remember one of our first re-

hearsals, where we were to learn our roles that we’d be

embracing owning over the next half year. It was hard

not to be excited. Would our director, Eddy, consider a

first-grader for a lead role? I had my heart set on the

Tin Man (no pun intended), but even I realized that it

was probably ambitious for a first-time actor. OK,

maybe a lesser role, someone who has their time to

shine but won’t have to memorize a million and one

lines? I decided worst-case scenario, I’d just take the

role of the actual Wizard of Oz—there’d be no prob-

lem reading lines from behind a curtain. When I fi-

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Lions andtigers–anddragons.Oh, my!

BY JACK COATY ’13


nally got there, I ran in to check the cast list. I looked

down near the J’s and found my name.

Jack Coaty … Flower Number Three.

It can be a crippling blow to a first grader’s confi-

dence when he isn’t even the most important flower

around. I mumbled my way through my three lines,

and when my dad came to pick me up, I told him I was

going to quit the play. He managed to convince me that

I should give it just a bit more time (funny how you

usually end up convinced when your dad is a lawyer),

and he decided we should go get Awful Awfuls to cheer

me up. Always witty and never hesitant to rub salt in a

wound, he added, “or we could grab some Miracle-Gro

if you’re feeling hungry too.” You know the rest of the

story … the rehearsals were fun and I became friends

with the rest of my garden. And so the legend of

Flower Number Three was born.

With three lines throughout the whole play, I got

to spend a lot of time watching the actual plot unfold.

When you experience something hundreds of times

over, it tends to stick with you, no matter how long ago

it was … which is precisely how I still know the lyrics

to every song on the original “Kidz Bop” CD (Thank

you, Santa), or that Angle Side Side is not a theorem

and should never be abbreviated … (Thank you, Mrs.

Evans). “The Wizard of Oz” stuck with me. The play

contains lessons that I’ve kept with me in the decade

plus since my time as Flower Nubmer Three, and the

characters’ searches can apply to us all as SG students.

“Wait…did he just say that we need to get a brain?”

Not exactly. Each character seeks something that can

come in handy at St. George’s. Let’s start with the Cow-

ardly Lion. Every day St. George’s peppers us with op-

portunities to engage in what we might never be able

to do anywhere else. Become a prefect and be a role

model for 30 impressionable freshmen? Do it. Talk to

about 400 people on a play with wicked witches and

ruby slippers? Hey, Ms. Tierney let me up here. Sail a

thousand nautical miles on a 69-foot boat and learn

how to be self sufficient? Sure, you’re going to end up

cleaning the head at some point, but it all becomes

worth it when you’re snorkeling with sea turtles or sail-

ing through the Bahamas when dawn breaks. Courage

is a must when attending St. George’s. We can make so

much of our experience here, and it’s all dependent on

taking the first step. Be bold enough to take a chance.

Then there’s the Tin Man. St. George’s has proved

it can be such an awesome place when people are ac-

tively compassionate. If the “SG Compliments” [page]

hasn’t at least once made you smile then … well you

must not have Facebook. The Community Service

Council members have done amazing things by being

willing to give up their time to help others. One of the

best things I experienced this winter was walking into

the Schoolhouse to be greeted with Post-it Notes telling

me: “You look good today” and “You’re gonna rock this

test!” Watching everyone rally behind Mr. Peterson’s

two-acts-of-kindness idea made it clear we have an

amazing student body. So my advice to the SG com-

munity in terms of the Tin Man would not be to find

your heart—it would be to keep using it.

Finally there’s my favorite character, the Scarecrow.

In this sense, find-your-brain is not meant to be taken

literally (though I’m sure some who teach seniors dur-

ing these last months would say it applies very liter-

ally), it just means learn. Learn all that there is to be

learned at a place like this. Talk to someone who lives

across the globe from you, just to see the world from

his or her point of view. Talk to your teacher about

what they know best, because you’ll discover so much.

Mr. Evans could make lint seem incredible if he ex-

plained it to you. Learn what you like to learn about,

and learn about it.

Those three aren’t the only ones looking for some-

thing. Dorothy, the main character, embarks on this

crazy journey only to find home. Luckily enough for us,

we’ve found it. The fact that we’re all here in this chapel

means we’ve made SG a home of ours in some way, a

home that I’m sure I and the rest of the Class of 2013

are going to miss dearly. Enjoy it. St. George’s has been

amazing for me, so much so that it has become my

home-away-from-home. All 1.7 miles of it.

To sum up how incredible it is, and how much you

can really achieve here, I have to borrow from “The

Wizard of Oz” one last time.

There’s no place like St. George’s.

Jack Coaty ’13 of Newport, R.I., will attend

Georgetown University this fall. He can be reached

at [email protected].

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C H A P E L T A L K SDifferent Takes

Kate Hamrick ’13and Suzanne

McGrady, facultyadvisor to the Red &White, on Prize Day.


Following is the script of a chapel talk that was

delivered on April 30, 2013.

Describe a time when you were in a minor-ity,” read one of my college supplements.Looking at me, most would assume that I

have no experience being in a minority. In fact, dur-ing a history class debate one of my peers even saidto me, “You would say that. You’re like the face ofwhite America.” So what does the “face of whiteAmerica” know about being in a minority? Well Iam actually a part of one of the smallest minoritiesin our school. I am one of the few technically classi-fied, if not the only, physically disabled students atSt. George’s.

My freshman year, I was diagnosed with a typeof arthritis called Spondyloarthropathy. Arthritis isthe inflammation and deterioration of joints. The typeof arthritis I have is spread from my body attackingitself and occurs in only .03 percent of the popula-tion, and is more common in men. Basically, I’mpretty special.

The hardest part of my disease has been learninghow to adjust my perception of myself from an ath-lete to somebody who has trouble writing with a pen-cil, has difficulty walking, and in the past few weeksno longer has been able to do stairs without grippinga railing. Part of the problem was that I tried to hidethe severity of my condition from everybody exceptmy close friends. I just never wanted the pity fromanybody and I wanted to know that I had earnedeverything I achieved. But with only four weeks leftof my senior year, I needed to give this chapel talkfor me. I need to finally let go of that person I camehere as and solely focus on the person I am now. Andhonestly, I can’t describe how good it feels to knowwho you are and not want to be anybody else, evenwith all the challenges you face.

Being in a minority is more than having a differ-ent appearance than others; it’s about having a differ-ent experience. I look similar to a lot of myclassmates, but the way I experience each day is verydifferent. Because my disability is not apparent, peo-

ple don’t realize what I am going through, which attimes makes me feel very alone. Even my friends,who know all about my disease, can’t even under-stand the pain and emotional distress I experiencedaily. Being in a minority, I am able to recognize amultiplicity of perspectives. I now see the world froma different vantage point, and because of that I canrelate to others who feel different or alone.

A teacher once told me that freedom boosts cre-ativity and limitations inhibit creativity, but I dis-agree with that statement. I believe freedom providesmore options, but limitations force you to be creativeand look for alternatives. I would be lying to say Idon’t miss my old life, but my new life is more ful-filling. Being sick forced me to give up athletics andfind something else to love. Since becoming sick Ihave discovered my passion for design and I don’tknow if I would have ever discovered it otherwise.

Every day for me is a battle both physically andemotionally, but somehow I manage to find the willto get up every morning and just live my life. I haveabsolutely no control over my body, which can bevery scary, but I do have control over my spirit. Ichoose to push through every day with determina-tion, continually try new medications and alternativetherapies in an attempt to get better, and to pursuewhat I love even though it can be physically difficult.

The word ‘minority’ generally has an air of nega-tivity, as if being in a minority is a horrible thing, butI don’t think it has to be. Being different forced me tobe independent, strong willed, and confident in who Iam. Living with my disease has made me feel em-powered because I now know I can overcome anychallenge and achieve anything I put my mind to.

Although I am technically classified as physi-cally disabled, I spend every day trying to redefinewhat that means instead of letting it dictate what Ican do. I have a disability, but I’m not disabled. I’mnot broken; I’m just special.

Kate Hamrick ’13 of Princeton, N.J., will attend

Sarah Lawrence College this fall. She can be reached

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Q: You recently earned your doctorate from theUniversity of Rhode Island. What was the name of your thesis? A: “An Evaluation of the Efficacy of Radium Isotopes

as Tracers of Coastal Mixing and Submarine Ground-

water Discharge.” I used that title because “Harry

Potter and the Goblet of Fire” was already taken.

Q: Did you celebrate when you finished?A: I did, but not as much as I expected beforehand. More

than anything, I just felt an enormous sense of relief.

Q: Were you into science fairs as an elementaryschool student? Do you remember some inventionsyou created as a kid?A: I recall doing them, but I wasn’t overly enthusiastic

about it at the time. One of my science projects was

about evaluating dogs’ intelligence, which I remember

enjoying because I got to play with a bunch of dogs.

When I was in third grade, I created an invention called

“Scat, Cat!” that was designed to scare cats away from

your car. It was very much something conceived and

built by a third-grader. I think it essentially consisted of

a box with a bell in it. In retrospect, that invention

would probably attract more cats than it would scare,

but, at the time, I was pretty sure that it would make

me rich and famous.

Q: Was there a book you read more than once as a little kid?A: There was a book called “Whales and Sharks and

Other Creatures of the Deep” by Susanne Santoro

Miller that I must have read over a hundred times

when I was a kid. I skipped over the page about jelly-

fish a lot, though, because jellyfish creeped me out

(and, if I’m being honest, they still do).

Q: Who are your science heroes? A: I know this may sound dubious coming from a

teacher in a magazine about a high school, but my

science hero is actually my high school science

teacher, Ross McCurdy. A lot of what I do in my class

has been inspired by him in some way or another. He

was not only a great teacher, but he has also put to-

gether the world’s first hydrogen fuel cell-powered

rock band (that played at Lollapalooza, believe it or

not), and he recently became an aviation pioneer by

flying a biofuel-powered plane from Rhode Island to

Kitty Hawk, N.C.

Q: What is the subject in Trivial Pursuit (or category on “Jeopardy”) you’d ace that we wouldn’t necessarily guess?A: Geography, although that may not exactly be a

shocker. I suppose I also know a surprising amount

about hip-hop music. My working knowledge about

hip-hop is mostly about stuff more than five years old

though, so I’m a bit out of touch.

Q: What are you up to this summer?A: I plan on doing a lot of reading and relaxing.

I’m also attending an AP conference in Vermont

and I hope to take a couple of woodworking classes.

Fac Chat

Scott StachelhausQ&A with an SG faculty memberBY SUZANNE MCGRADY

Joined the faculty: 2011

Teaches: Chemistry & Environmental Sciences

Coaches: Football, Track

Dorm Assignment: Head of Diman Hall


Science teacher ScottStachelhaus workswith Alex Elron ’12and Elodie Germain’12 in the HillLibrary last year.

PHOTO BY LEN RUBENSTEIN PHOTOGRAPHY

Q: What’s your favorite SG tradition?A: I love the senior-faculty basketball game. It’s great

to have everyone out there having fun and supporting

each other, regardless of skill levels. Playing basketball

is one of my favorite things to do and, plus, it’s not

every day that I get to miss wide-open layups in front

of a large crowd.

Q: What do you miss most about being a highschool student?A: I always loved sports; I suppose I miss the competi-

tion, camaraderie and fun that is unique to being an

athlete on a high school sports team.

Q: What’s your favorite meal in King Hall?A: I look forward to the “McGeorge’s” burger night.

Q: What is one unit/subject, etc., that you are teach-ing this upcoming year that you’re pumped about?A: This will be my first year teaching Environmental

Science. I like the intersection of the more traditional

physics-chemistry-biology science with real-world

applications, so I’m really excited to teach this subject.

Q: If I weren’t a science teacher, I’d be a ...A: I’d likely be doing scientific research somewhere

or another.

Q: Best night in the dorm last year was when ...A: I had a fun time watching the end of the deciding

Bruins-Maple Leafs game 7 with the guys in Arden.

The common room was packed to the gills, and I en-

joyed the combination of celebration (by B’s fans)

and utter disgust (by everyone else) that was ex-

pressed after the Bruins scored the game-winning

goal in overtime.

Q: Some day I’d like to do scientific research in ...A: My graduate field research involved going to such

exotic locations as coastal Rhode Island and the North At-

lantic Ocean (in the winter, no less), so I’d love to do some

sort of field work in a warm and inviting location.


While fundraising often joins people with similar

goals and interests, founders of the Ramsay and John Scott

’65, P’01 Scholarship say they’ve been over-

whelmed by the number of donors who have

come together to lend more than their money;

they want to lend their life experience.

Named in memory of John Scott ’65, a St. George’s

history teacher from 1991-94, and his wife, Ramsay—who

both died prematurely—the Scott Scholarship was created to

help bring a student to SG who has lost one or both parents

and who could not otherwise afford to attend and to provide

them with the services and support they may need. For

many—including the Scotts’ only son, ’01, the scholarship

also offers a chance to reach out to others who have experi-

enced the pain of losing a primary caregiver, or who know

someone who has.

“What I’m hoping we can do is make life easier for

the person who is going through a very difficult time in

their lives,” said Alexander Tuff ’93, who along with

Andrew, Charles Barzun ’93, Geoffrey Siebengartner ’93,Clay Rives ’93 and Briney (Dillon) Burley ’93 founded the

scholarship two years ago. “There’s no blueprint as to how

to work through these things. But just serving as a sup-

port system that the student can reach out to whenever

they need someone … that’s what we want to be.”

The Scott Scholarship has received donations totaling

$130,000 through what Tuff called “an amazing grass-

roots effort.” Overall more than 150 donors—a majority

of them alumni/ae from 10 classes from the 1960s to the

2000s—have made gifts to the Scott Scholarship Fund.

By all accounts, the Scotts were the quintessential

faculty couple. Kind-hearted and generous, the two

presided lovingly over a spirited group of boys in Auch-

incloss Dormitory, many of whom recall playing video

games or setting up miniature hockey or basketball

games in the hallways with Andrew, who was then in

elementary school.

“Their family was the

school,” Tuff said of the Scotts.

“They would always have

dorm dinners. Some families

like to have a little privacy, but

they were always very open,

very inviting,” he said.

John Scott had St.

George’s in his blood—both

his father, Robert Scott ’34,

and brother, Robert Scott Jr.

’63, graduated from St.

George’s. When he returned

to teach here, he approached

his job with gusto, playing

guitar to entertain the stu-

dents on Saturday nights and regaling the students in his

classes with stories from his boyhood and his experiences

as an accomplished sailor. A Harvard grad, Scott went on

to earn an advanced degree in maritime folklore from the

Memorial University of New Foundland in St. John’s—

and he told a good story, according to Tuff, who was in

what would be one of Scott’s last classes. “He couldn’t have

been any happier, but you also knew he was gravely sick,”

Tuff said. He remembers Scott as a teacher offering up

“nuggets of life that would capture everyone’s attention.”

“I felt like it was two classes, one in Chinese history

… and one in life,” he said.

Meanwhile Ramsay Scott, a passionate supporter of

the sports teams with a special fondness for lacrosse and a

dedicated summer school employee, found St. George’s

her ultimate home, according to Andrew Scott. Having

gone to boarding school herself, he said, “She always

dreamed of having her own family on a campus.”

When John Scott died of complications from a liver

transplant in 1994, Andrew was between sixth and

seventh grade at St. Michael’s Country Day School.

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Honoring John and Ramsay Scott—and giving a student help in a time of needFounders hope to take Scott Scholarship ‘to the next level’

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Life was already challenging, but when Ramsay died of

cancer just a few years later, Andrew said, he needed his

St. George’s classmates more than ever. “I wouldn’t have

made it through those years without the love and sup-

port I received from so many incredible friends,” he

said. “So that bond is very strong. I consider those

friends my family and I know they will always be a large

part of my life.” Working on this effort, he added, is a

way to give back and to help others who have had a

similar experience.

As soon as word that the Scott Scholarship was being

formed, Tuff said people clamored to help. “The mission

of the scholarship has a lot of resonance with people,” he

said. “Many who have lost one or more of their own

parents have come forward—as well as many who knew

Andrew and the Scotts.”

Donors have told Tuff that they like knowing their

gift really makes a positive impact at a critical point in a

student’s life. “If you lose a parent, this experience could

actually reshape your life—academically, athletically,

socially. It really does make a difference.” To be able to

work closely with Andrew, reconnect with so many old

friends and give to something that is meaningful and

impactful is “hugely rewarding for me and really everyone

involved,” Tuff added. “The effort has given in so many

more ways than it ever intended to. It really doesn’t get

any better than that.”

Now Scott and Tuff have big plans. Their hope is to

raise a million dollars to make the scholarship a perma-

nent funding vehicle for a full-tuition scholarship. And

not only will future recipients gain funding to attend a

premier boarding school, they’ll get their own private

network of supporters as well. “Where the scholarship

differentiates itself is the idea that not only are we helping

financially, but we’re going to be there in a mentoring role

and help to pick up this person or help them make their

way through a challenging time,” Scott said. “Whether it’s

a recent loss or whether they’ve been without a parent for

some time, that student will have some unique hurdles

that I’m very familiar with and a few of my other friends

on the committee are familiar with—and that’s where we

can be of value.”

Next up, according to Tuff, will be to build a five-to-

seven-person Board of Advisors that will be tasked with

developing and executing a multiyear fundraising strategy

“to help raise enough money to provide a full scholarship

and to ensure that the integrity of the scholarship and our

mission remains intact.” The original 55-member Steering

Committee, Tuff added, will continue to serve as the core

community behind the new effort and be the stable of

mentors for future scholarship recipients.

The Scott Scholarship

was awarded for the first time

this past school year to Kemi

Richardson ’13, who lost her

father—a one-time Peace

Corps volunteer in Uganda

who received his master’s

degree in mathematics at

Harvard—when she was 10.

Kemi graduated in May and

will attend Claremont-

McKenna College in Califor-

nia this fall.

“I wish I had appreciated my dad’s presence in my life

so much more,” Richardson told the community in a

chapel talk earlier this year. She urged students to be

thankful for the adults around them. “Don’t walk these

halls and dorms not appreciating everyone all around

you,” she said. And while she

said she struggled mightily with the decision to leave

home—particularly to leave her mom and her sister—she

called attending St. George’s the “best decision” of her life.

Andrew Scott said he wants to give that same oppor-

tunity to more students—and that’s just what his parents

would’ve wished for. “They both had a lot of love for each

other,” he said, “and together they both had a love and a

passion for helping kids become the best people they

could be.”

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To donate to the Ramsay and John Scott ’65, P’01

Scholarship, go to www.stgeorges.edu/support/gift note

“For the Scott Scholarship” in the comment section.

Kemi Richardson ’13

A photo fromReunion Week-end in 2011shows AndrewScott ’01—sec-ond from theright in the backrow—celebratinghis 10th reunionwith classmates.


Julie Butler has stepped down from the girls basket-

ball program after serving as head coach of the varsity

squad for the past 23 seasons. Winning more than 200

games throughout her Dragon career—the most of any

St. George’s basketball coach—she’s also posted a win-

ning record in nine of the past 11 seasons and taken her

team eight times to the New England independent

school playoffs during that time.

Assistant Head of School for Student Life Katie

Titus, who was one of Butler’s assistants for the past

eight seasons, will take over as head coach for the

2013-14 winter season.

Following is a Q & A with Butler following her

decision this spring.

Q. Can you tell me about some particularly memo-

rable games in your coaching career? They could be

wins or losses, but they stand out in your mind as a

time when your team just pulled together and played

with grit and determination.

A. At the time, I couldn’t imagine ever wanting to

recount to anyone our 1996 47-1 loss against Tabor,

but time has helped me to laugh about it and it was,

undeniably, a memorable game. A young and inexperi-

enced SG team got hit with our share of a campus-

wide virus, but we still took a small group down to

Marion in December to play a talented Tabor squad,

one that advanced to the Class A finals that year. After

going scoreless in the first half, one of my all-time

Julie Butler shares afinal day on thecourt with team co-captain OonaPritchard ’13 (inbackground).

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favorite assistant

coaches, Doug

Lewis, reassured me

that the ball would

drop for us in the

second half. It was

late in the game

when we hit our

first and only

field goal. A

heartless ref-

eree, however,

called travel-

ing on our

player, and

the field goal was

erased. With only a minute or so remain-

ing, freshman Kristen Olson ’00, thankfully put us on the

board by hitting one free throw.

The ’04-’05 NEPSAC Class B final game against

an older and bigger New Hampton team may be the

most memorable game of my coaching career. On

paper, we didn’t match up well. New Hampton, who

moved up to Class A the following year and made it

to the finals again, carried several post graduates and

started three players over 6 feet (our tallest player was

5-foot-8). A fan described it after the game as “a

David and Goliath match-up.” It was an electrifying

and emotional battle that went down to the wire,

simply due to the grit and determination of our play-

ers. We had an opportunity to win it with the last

shot, but unfortunately came up one point short in

an incredible team effort. I still haven’t had the stom-

ach to watch the film of that game (…maybe next

winter?!) That same year, we beat longtime Class B

opponent Brooks School for the first time in many

years: once in the regular season and again in the

NEPSAC semi-finals.

One of the most memorable wins against Middle-

sex came when the 1999 SG team was down by 7

points with 40 seconds left in the game and pulled out

the win in regulation up in Concord.

The 2013 team’s upset win against eventual Class B

runner-up Pomfret in February is our most recent

memorable win. We won 52-38.

The girls also have taken a lot of pride in dominat-

ing island rival Portsmouth Abbey and ISL rival Mid-

dlesex over the past 11 years.

It was always fun for our team to play in front of a

packed Van Beuren gym and we were fortunate to play

and win some exciting “Friday Night Lights” and home

playoff games over the years with the stands full of

loud and cheering fans.

Q: Did each of your teams have its own “slogan,”

song, routine, ritual or phrase—or has one such theme

existed across many of your teams? I’m thinking of the

Evanses’ “Pain can be fun,” for the swim team or the

football team’s habit of gathering to say the Lord’s

Prayer.

A. There hasn’t been a common slogan through 23

years, but this year’s theme was “concentrate on what

you can control.”

Every year since 1989, we have had a pre-Middle-

sex dinner at my house. Up until a few years ago, we

would watch the movie “Hoosiers” for inspiration.

We also recognize any player who takes an offensive

charge during a game. It started with my “I bit the dust

award” and consisted of a baggie filled with dust and

dirt and a typed “I bit the dust and took one for the

team” stapled to it. Assistant Coach Katie Titus gave this

award a big face-lift when she joined the coaching staff

in 2005, replacing the bag of dust with a delicious home-

made pie given to players at our end-of-season dinner.

When we began playing Miss Porter’s School three

years ago and learned that their mascot was the “Fight-

ing Daisies,” Veronica Scott ’12 began a tradition of

writing and reading an inspirational poem before the

game. Caroline Thompson ’13 successfully took over

Veronica’s duties this year.

Our players and coaches have a ritual of always

touching the wall above the team room door after our

pre-game talk and before every home game.

Although we were not able to fit it into the sched-

ule this year, I hope that the Perkins Swim Meet will

continue in the years ahead. The meet began in 2009

A No. 23 jersey—for Julie Butler’s 23seasons as headbasketball coach—was signed by the2012-13 team.


after former basketball player Anna Mack ’09 and I met

during the summer to plan a community service proj-

ect for the team. At the time, Anna’s twin brother was a

student at Perkins School for the Blind. It has been a

powerful event to be a part of.

Q: Who are your own basketball heroes?

John Havlicek was probably my first basketball

hero. He was a classy player that I admired for always

doing what was needed for the good of the team and

he never sought the limelight. I had an opportunity to

meet him while coaching at Weston High School in

1984 and then had a chance to see him again when his

daughter, Jill, played basketball for Nobles during my

first two years at SG. Since I became a coach, I have fol-

lowed many college coaches and attended lots of

coaching clinics. I’m not sure that I would consider any

of them my heroes, but I certainly have tremendous re-

spect for many of them: Pat Summit, John Wooden, C.

Vivian Stringer, Tara Vanderveer, Vance Walberg—and

I have to add fellow Mainer Joanne Palombo-McCallie!

Q: Pat Summit said, “Most people get excited

about games, but I’ve got to be excited about practice,

because that’s my classroom.” Was it like that/differ-

ent for you?

A: I haven’t heard Coach Summit’s quote before,

but I think that would be an accurate description of

my philosophy as well. I loved practice, not only for the

opportunity to teach basketball, but because it was a

setting where you really got to know the players and

they got to know you.

Q: How will you direct your time now that you

won’t be coaching during the winter season?

A: I’m not exactly sure what next winter will look

like since I will be traveling through unknown terri-

tory. I think Higgins and Boo [Butler’s two golden re-

trievers] will be happy to see more of me during the

winter months! The plan right now is to spend some

time converting old VHS tapes to DVDs and to hand

over 23 years of game tapes to Val Simpson in the

archives. I’ll continue my volunteer work as statistician

for NEPSGBCA basketball. And I am looking forward

to supporting our current and former players. This will

be the first year that I will have the time to see our

most recent alums play: Laura Lowry ’10 (Middlebury),Mary O’Connor ’11 (Babson), D.J. Wilson (Roanoke) ’12,Jess Hom ’13 (Deerfield Academy) and Theresa Salud

’13 (Hamilton College).

Q: You played basketball yourself as a student. What

established your love of the game? What are your earli-

est memories of playing basketball/going to games?

A: From as far back as I can remember, I spent

countless hours playing basketball on a homemade

hoop at the end of our dead-end street in Maine. My

friends and I helped start a fifth- and sixth-grade girls’

league in the winter of 1973. The boys had a well-es-

tablished league and we worked with the athletic direc-

tor to get the girls side started for all 10 elementary

schools in our city. Little did I know that this was close

to the year that Title IX was passed. My mom and

grandfather, who had both played basketball, coached

our team. They were very influential in my early years

of playing and I don’t believe that they missed a game

from elementary through high school. They were huge

Celtics fans and I caught their passion for that team

somewhere along the way. Over the last 24 years, my

parents and other family members have supported St.

George’s girls’ basketball for several games each season

and also traveled with us on both trips to the K.S.A.

tournament at Disney World. My family has been an

incredible support system from my early playing days

to my final year coaching.

Q: How has your love of basketball affected your life?

A: Well, as maybe only other basketball coaches

might appreciate, basketball has made life a little nutty

at times … but mainly in a good way! I am thankful to

the sport for giving me the opportunity to work with

and learn from so many incredible people over the

years. I am enormously grateful for the support from

our players and their parents, assistant coaches, our

athletic department and my family. It has been a great

experience and I feel tremendously blessed.

A memento madefrom a floorboard

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It was several weeks before this year’s unlikely first-place finish for the girls at the New England

Championships when Tom Evans decided to retire

as head coach of the varsity swim team. After 26 years,

Evans—who has served as head of the swim program

during most of the years since his arrival at St. George’s

in 1987—said it was time for a change. St. George’s

swim program has grown exponentially since he began

coaching, as is evidenced by the team’s recent impres-

sive performance, and he’s taken it where he wanted it

to go. A new coach, he said, will be able to continue to

help today’s swimmers maximize their talents.

“They deserve and need a program that’s com-

pletely dedicated to them,” said Evans of his swimmers.

Besides, the longtime teacher added, he’s eager to

spend more time working on his biology and microbi-

ology course curriculum and pursuing his eclectic slate

of hobbies—which include photography, Beatles trivia,

making golf clubs, and learning to play guitar.

OWhen Evans arrived at St. George’s more than two

decades ago, the swim program consisted of a few ded-

icated swimmers and many athletes who were taking

up swimming for the first time. Now, blessed with the

state-of-the-art Hoyt Pool since 2004, the program

draws many more athletes who’ve already trained for

years and who view swimming as their main sport.

With more and more gifted athletes entering the pool,

however, Evans said it might be time for more rigor.

“The evolution of the program over 20 years is such

that maybe it’s time for a different approach,” he said.

“I think the kids need it.”

Swimmers, like Aubrey Salmon ’14, will tell you

that when it comes to Evans’ coaching style, he’s no

easy touch. Evans, he said, is “a practitioner of the

‘tough love’ approach to coaching. He was famous

for telling his swimmers to ‘just swim it off ’—what-

ever the problem might be, from soreness to a bad

day in exams.”

Despite his “no-nonsense” reputation among

today’s swimmers, however, Evans readily admits that

inside he’s kind of a softie. “I always find something

positive to say to a swimmer after a competition,” he

said. “There might be some things to work on, but first

comes a high-five.”

His swimmers have always appreciated his support

and encouragement. “More than anything, Mr. Evans

was able to motivate his swimmers to do better and be

better,” Salmon said.

Evans’ feel-good coaching style is in line with his

general demeanor: glass half full. Still, the veteran coach

is ever so aware of what elite swimmers require to reach

higher levels of competition. An All-American at N.C.

State, Evans was featured on the March 1972 cover of

Swimming World magazine (see St. George’s Summer

Bulletin 2012, p.3) as one of the country’s top collegiate

athletes. Along with his parents, he credits his coaches

with bringing out the best from him in the pool.

The competition, however, wore him down. By the

time he reached the end of his senior year of college he

was calling it quits.

“Honestly, I didn’t want to end my [coaching] ca-

reer the way I ended my swimming career,” he said. “I

couldn’t wait for that last race. I couldn’t wait for it. I

just wanted to stop everything. I didn’t want to get to

that point. As a coach this year, I still felt connected to

Opposite page: Science teacher TomEvans, who steppeddown from his roleas varsity swim

coach this year, is onto new pursuits—like taking photosthrough a micro-

scope for a microbi-ology lab book he’s

designing.

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my team, and that was a good feeling.”

And this year, Evans gets to leave on a high note.

In March, the girls swim team narrowly beat out the

heavily favored Kingswood-Oxford team to capture its

third Division II New England title in five years—evi-

dence of just how far the program has come under his

leadership. (The girls came in first in 2009, 2012 and 2013,

and the boys have been in the Top 5 the last four years.)

The meet was one of those full-team efforts, in-

spired by the camaraderie Evans said he lives for. The

girls did not win a single event, but with the team’s

depth and “never, never give up” attitude they had ac-

cumulated so many almost-top finishes in the events,

they prevailed.

Evans said he’ll never forget the look on the swim-

mers’ faces when Kingswood-Oxford was announced

as the second-place finisher.

“We all just froze,” he said. “It was that moment,

the shutter just stopped and I looked at my three cap-

tains and their faces just went [gasp]… and then the

winner was announced ‘St. George’s School’ and they

went crazy.”

It’s that feeling that made stepping down from

coaching more difficult, he said.

“I don’t remember any of the races in my swim-

ming career that I won or did well in that ever gave me

that kind of emotion. … I was so much more excited

in moments like that than I was in my own moments.

That’s what made coaching the kids so special.”

And, Evans said, while he relishes his time in the

classroom, he knows athletics offers unique rewards.

“Outside the classroom it’s total challenge. Every-

thing is challenged: your mind … your body … your

soul. And if you succeed—and what I mean by success

is that you get where you wanted to go, you improve—

your entire being is happy,” he said.

Admitting he’s still “a coach at heart,” he will help

out with both the cross-country and golf teams next year.

OThis summer Tom Evans has been spending al-

most every day in the lab taking photographs for a mi-

crobiology lab manual he’s creating: a two-year project

he’s completely immersed himself in. Tricking out his

camera with an adaptor for the microscope, he’s taking

all the photographs for the book himself. Photography

has been an interest of his since college. “I love to take

pictures,” he said grinning. “Oftentimes I don’t know

what I’m doing, but I see something I like and want to

capture it. I just got a book called ‘Understanding the

Canon 600D for Dummies.’”

Still on cloud nine two days after he and his wife,

Linda, had attended Paul McCartney’s record-breaking

sold-out concert in Fenway Park, Evans was feeling

nostalgic and inspired at the same time. The Beatles,

since he first heard “Twist and Shout” at a dance in

middle school, had “greatly impacted his life,” he said.

“We’d never seen or heard anything like that before.

The music was so different, so unique. The camaraderie

of the guys in the band … They became our friends.

And they only sang about friendship, love and fun.”

After the assassination of John F. Kennedy just

months before, the Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan

Show Feb. 9, 1964, “It was cathartic.”

Throughout his coaching career, Evans always

played Beatles music at practices.

Like McCartney, who at 71 played solo for three

nonstop hours that night in Boston, Evans’ mindset is

to keep moving, to never stop evolving as a person.

In regard to this article, Evans had only one

special request.

“Write whatever you want,” he said. “But if you

have a photo, just don’t put in one of me from my

swimming career,” he requested. “That’s over.”

And with that, he headed over to the bio lab to

The St. George’sgirls’ swim teamwon first place at the Division IINew England SwimChampionships in March.

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Victoria BoatwrightNewpo r t , R . I .

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Emily DixonManhas se t , N . Y.

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Ceaser HolcombeBronx , N . Y.

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Kaitlyn KozelkaWes t Che s t e r , Pa .

Jaewook KwonSeou l , Ko rea

Kirke LaShelleNew Canaan , Conn .

Victoria LeeS ingapo re , S i ngapo re

Tristan LewisSa l i sbu r y, Conn .

David LoTa ipe i , Ta iwan

Dixie MarrNewton , Mas s .

Erika MartinBe r k l ey, Mas s .

Daisy MayerGreenw i ch , Conn .

Isaac McCrayMidd l e town , R . I .

Nicholas McLaneSou th Hami l t on , Mas s .

Cyrus MedasB r idgepo r t , Conn .

Emily MedeirosL i t t l e Compton , R . I .

Joseph MilbankCha r l o t t e s v i l l e , Va .

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Victoria O’HeirNor th Ea s ton , Mas s .

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One hundred twelve new students will enter St. George’s this year—59 boys and 53 girls.

Hailing from 23 states and 11 countries, the new group brings to the Hilltop 91 new boarders

and 21 new day students.

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C L A S S E S S T A R T S E P T . 5 A N D W E ’ L L W E L C O M E T H E S E N E W S T U D E N T SSchool Year 2013-14

Following is the address delivered on Prize Day—

May 17, 2013— by the head of school.

Growing up, I had an insatiable hunger for in-

formation. From a very early age, I read

everything I could get my hands on—books,

magazines, newspapers, cereal boxes, the dictionary,

and even the phone book. (I was looking for people

with funny names.) I am even more embarrassed to

admit that during one especially slow summer, I read

all 32 volumes of the 1978 World Book encyclopedia

… But, since encyclopedias don’t really exist today,

when I was looking for some information recently, I

did what most of us would, and I Googled my ques-

tion. In a reassuring replication of the way that I used

to use the encyclopedia, I quickly found what I was

looking for, and then, just as predictably, a few minutes

after that I had clicked several more links and wan-

dered off down an unexplored side street of the Inter-

net. Luckily for me, I found myself not in one of the

seedier, scarier neighborhoods of the web but rather on

the website for the space agency, NASA. The page I had

landed on was describing a phenomenon called “dark

energy,” which frankly sounded to me like something

out of a “Star Wars” movie. So, being a fan, I kept read-

ing, and then things really got weird.

It turns out that sometime in the late 1990s, about

the time most of you students were being born, astro-

physicists using the Hubble Space Telescope discovered

that one of their central organizing concepts of the


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universe’s physics was wrong. Instead of slowing down

over time, as had been suggested by Einstein’s theories

and was commonly accepted as fact by the physics

community, the universe is behaving in exactly the op-

posite manner: Its expansion is speeding up, not slow-

ing down. Even more startling, based on the new data,

the scientists discovered that physical matter as we

know it makes up only about 5 percent of the universe,

with more than two-thirds of the universe being com-

posed of the aforementioned “dark energy.” So what is

this dark energy, and, since it makes up most of the

universe, what does it do? Here is the direct quote from

NASA’s website that provides their explanation: “…

[dark energy] is a complete mystery. But it is an impor-

tant mystery.” Seriously, NASA? That’s the best we can

do? With an $18 billion budget and the greatest scien-

tific minds in the nation, you can only offer that dark

energy is “a complete mystery”?

At first I was annoyed, but then moments later I

was delighted at this explanation. Putting aside the

fact that I had completely missed that there had been a

fundamental redefinition of the nature of the universe

(clearly, my attention was elsewhere) I love the idea

that the best minds in the history of the world, from

Einstein to Stephen Hawking, can’t figure this out. I

love the mystery and uncertainty embodied in the idea

that all we can see and measure adds up to less than

five percent of what’s really out there. And ultimately

I love when we discover a new truth about our exis-

tence, and conventional thinking is thereby over-

turned or dismantled.

The history of mankind is full of discarded theo-

ries, from the humanities to the arts to the sciences. In

government, the opposing political philosophies of fas-

cism and communism have both largely been aban-

doned, albeit after prompting the death and misery of

millions. In literature and the arts, endless organizing

movements have come and gone, from Romanticism,

to Modernism, to Post-Modernism, and on and on.

And of course, in the sciences, there are mountains of

now-discredited concepts, from the geocentric solar

system of Ptolemy, to the notion of a flat earth, to the

now debunked model of a slowing universe. Each of

these advances or developments represents a step for-

ward and every theory we disprove or discard brings us

closer to a true understanding of existence.

Since this idea of physical and philosophical under-

standing transcends astrophysics, I got to thinking

about the sixth form, and about the rapidly evolving

world you are entering. With that prospect in mind, I

began to wonder what other theories of knowledge will

be disproven for you, or perhaps by you, in the years

ahead. And though the possibilities are endless, I’d like

to offer my suggestion for three pseudo-scientific theo-

ries of my own invention that I’d like to see dismantled.

So in addition to being a reader, I am also some-

thing of a technology geek. I am intrigued by gadgets

of all sorts, and I love when some new device or inno-

vation arrives to make our lives easier or better. At the

same time, I also recognize that technology is a very

sharp, two-edged sword. It makes some things easier,

but often at a real cost to us as people. With that in

mind, the first model I’d like to see discarded is what I

would call the “Law of Pervasive Connectivity.” This is

the rather mistaken notion that it is essential to our ex-

istence to be online or digitally connected at all times

and in all places. I love my iPhone, and think it’s an ele-

gant, useful device, but I have come to view it with a

fair measure of suspicion as well. I’m not sure I like it

tracking my movements, and I find myself reacting in-

stinctively to its chirps and buzzes in a way that un-

nerves me. When a notification arrives, I am hard

pressed not to check it immediately, even sometimes in

the middle of the night. It’s a reaction ingrained

enough that I, like many of us I suspect, have been

tricked more than once by the entirely false, phantom

buzzing of my phone.

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I do take some comfort in knowing I am not alone

in my distraction. In fact, recent studies have suggested

that smartphone users check their devices an average

of 150 times a day. This is likely not a good thing mind

you, since the degree of distraction that our technology

is creating may actually be making us dumber. For

those who think you can effectively “multitask”—tex-

ting, listening to music, answering email, and writing a

paper all at once, I have bad news. Neurologists have

come to describe this practice not as multitasking, but

as “toggling,” as in flipping back and forth between

many functions, and it turns out toggling hurts your

brain. In fact, its been reported that students who en-

gaged in toggling performed 20 percent worse on a

cognitive test than those who focused on one task at a

time. So being “always on” with our technology may

not be such a good thing after all.

The problem is that it’s both tempting and easy to

be drawn into pervasive connectivity. I think in order

to overthrow this model, we need to make a conscious

effort to disconnect, and that is increasingly hard to

do. We need to remember that there is a quantum dif-

ference between our virtual, online lives and the physi-

cal world we actually inhabit. It may be fun to connect

online, and to keep up with each other, but we need to

remember it’s really just a sort of game. After all, no

number of Facebook “likes” can take the place of one

real friend to laugh with you in person or to support

you in an hour of need. Remember what I suggested

back on Parents Weekend, and acknowledge that if

human beings are indeed not insects, then we are also

surely more than a profile, or an avatar, or slaves to

our machines.

The second construct I’d like to see discarded is

what we can call the “Theory of General Materialism.”

Everyone likes to have nice things. Be it a new com-

puter, clothes, a house or a car, we are often drawn to

material goods. Some of this comes from our nature as

humans, but I fear much of it comes from a landscape

that cultivates our worst tendencies to greed and ac-

quisitiveness. I am further reminded that each of us,

even in our least materialistic moments, has more than

most people on Earth, and that even here in the United

States, there are many who lack basic necessities.

Though we would do well to be mindful of this per-

spective, it can still be hard to remember this at times,

as we so frequently desire more and “better” things. As

described in the line from the hymn we sang at Bac-

calaureate that cautions us against being “rich in things

and poor in soul,” there is real peril when our desire for

material goods clouds our view of the world and what

is truly important.

I was reminded of this in a small way recently

when I accidentally put my wallet through the wash.

There was no real harm done, though I lost a few re-

ceipts and business cards I had collected. In fact, the

only real loss was of three small photographs I had

kept in my wallet for years, one of Mrs. Peterson, and

two of our boys. They had survived more than one

other mishap, but in this most recent washing, they

were completely destroyed. At first I was really upset,

feeling keenly the loss of several small, but irreplaceable

items. Once I’d overcome my initial dismay however, I

quickly realized that no real harm had taken place, and

that the loss, while a shame, was ultimately quite trivial.

Besides, it had been a long time since I’d really looked

at the pictures anyway.

As I said, it’s a small, trivial example, but it was a

good reminder to me that it’s seductively easy to be-

come owned by the things we own, and that no matter

how much we love a house, a car, a photograph, they

will never love us back. Only our friends and families

do that, and our possessions need to remain a sideline

of our lives, not the focal point. As tempting as it is to

Head of School EricPeterson chats with2012-13 schoolprefects Becky Cut-ler, Ziye Hu, LisbeilyMena and TheresaSalud outside thechapel on Prize Day.


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literally buy into the notion of “who dies with the most

toys wins” it’s a trap, one that is distracting to our real,

greater purpose as human beings.

Which brings me to the third and final theory I’d

like to see dismantled. “The Chicken Little Postulate” is

connected to the “Theory of General Materialism”

through what we can call the “Media Corollary.” This

connection is drawn from the fact that, as a generation,

you have been told again and again, mostly by a media-

industrial complex that wants to sell you things, that

the world is in trouble, and your future is one filled

with danger, doubt and disaster. This is, in a word,

nonsense. Is our world faced with significant and seri-

ous challenges, from hunger, to natural disaster, to po-

litical unrest and economic uncertainty? Of course it is,

but it always has been. Are today’s challenges any worse

than those faced during the Middle Ages, when igno-

rance and fear ruled the day? Are the dangers greater

than those faced by the world during World War II or

at the height of the Cold War, when nuclear apocalypse

threatened? Is the heartache we face more pervasive

than that present in the time before modern medicine

gave humanity tools to cure or improve the conditions

of the sick? Of course not. Don’t listen to the fear mon-

gers and wistful nostalgics. The “good old days” are

ahead of you, not behind us.

Just as in the story of Chicken Little, the sky is not

falling, the world is not about to end, and your future

is not a dark one. I know this because I know you. I

have seen your energy, your intelligence, your creativity

and your work ethic. I know how your families have

raised you, and I know how we have helped to train

you. You have been given a great gift, both before you

came here and during your time at St George’s. You’ve

been shown the wisdom and learning of the ages and

given the skills to apply them. You’ve been taught to

strive for excellence and to compete to be the best you

can be, and you’ve been shown how to live lives of

honor, faith and courage. Do not listen to advertising

that is meant to cultivate your insecurities; do not ac-

cept news stories built around the premise that “if it

bleeds, it leads.” You have been taught and trained and

raised to be agents of positive influence on the world.

This is what John Diman meant when he spoke of the

graduates of this school living “lives of constructive

service to the world and to God.” This is what we mean

when we offer in the school prayer our hope that as

graduates you will leave this school “well-equipped for

the battle of life.” In the end, your job as graduates of

St. George’s is to live your lives in ways that dismantle

and disprove the “Chicken Little Postulate” by demon-

strating and reinforcing the best of our nature as hu-

mans, and in so doing, improve the fate of the world.

In the event this whole extended astrophysical the-

ory metaphor is a little too confusing, let me offer a sim-

pler, parallel one. Rather than redefining the universe

and creating new “scientific” theories, think instead of

the hand game, “Rock, Paper, Scissors.” You know, the

one where rock breaks scissors, scissors cut paper, and

paper wraps rock. Only this time, instead of the neat,

circular logic of the game, consider the following linear

relationships: In our universe, hope breaks despair, free-

dom defeats tyranny, and always and forever, love over-

comes hate. Sometimes it’s hard to believe this, and

sometimes it takes a long time to be evident, but since

the beginning of the universe these things have always

been true. Keep that in mind, and you’ll be fine.

So Class of 2013, on behalf of the school, I offer

our fondest hopes and prayers that you will bring forth

in your lives all of the bounty and promise and success

you so richly deserve. May the Lord watch over you all,

and bring you safely and happily back to us someday.

Good luck, Godspeed and congratulations once more

on all you have achieved.

Eric F. Peterson has been the head of school since 2004.

He can be reached at [email protected].

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G R A D U A T I O N 2 0 1 3

BINNEY PRIZE — For the highest scholarship in the Sixth Form:

JAI YOUNG SHIN

DRURY PRIZE — For excellence in graphic arts:

Alison Applewhite Ghriskey

HOWE PRIZE — For excellence in art:Bethany Lynn Fowler

ARCHITECTURE PRIZE:William Leatherman

CAMERA PRIZE:Oona Carolena Pritchard

THE CLASS OF 1978 MUSIC PRIZE —Awarded to the student who through personal effort has inspired the musical life of the school:

Ziye Hu

THE ST. GEORGE’S “TONY DUBOURG”INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PRIZE — Namedin memory of the founder and former direc-tor of St. George’s Brass Ensemble andawarded to the student whose talents, dedi-cation and leadership have contributed themost to the instrumental program of theschool:

William Russell Fleming

CHOIR PRIZE:Sophia Elisabeth DenUyl

WOOD DRAMATICS PRIZE — For thestudent whose abilities and efforts have con-tributed most to the theater at St. George’s:

Sophia Elisabeth DenUyl

LOGAN PRIZE FOR ENGLISH:Bethany Lynn Fowler

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE ALUMNIHISTORY PRIZE:Xingyan (Simon) Li

EDGAR PRIZE IN MATHEMATICS:Han (Joanna) Xu

EVANS SPANISH PRIZE:Sophia Elisabeth DenUyl

KING MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN LATIN:Rebecca Warren Cutler

RIVES FRENCH PRIZE:Ziye Hu

CHINESE PRIZE— Awarded to a student whohas demonstrated consistently high perform-ance in the study of Mandarin Chinese andshown a genuine interest in the Chinese lan-guage and culture while at St. George’s:

JAI YOUNG SHIN

THE RAMSING PRIZE — For excellence inMarine and Environmental Biology:

Sienna Warriner Turecamo

JACOBY BIOLOGY PRIZE:Han (Joanna) Xu

THE REAR ADMIRAL JOHN REMEYWADLEIGH MEMORIAL PRIZE —Awarded to a student whose enthusiasm forand interest in history and marine studiesare worthy of special recognition:

Sophia Elisabeth DenUyl

CENTENNIAL PRIZE — Inaugurated duringthe school’s centennial year. Awarded to aboy and girl of the graduating class who have demonstrated extraordinary and inspirational efforts on behalf of the school community:

Alana Claire McMahonJohn Garvoille Coaty

DEAN SCHOLARSHIP — In memory ofCharles Maitland Dean, Senior Prefect 1968,killed in Laos in 1974. Given by his familyand friends, and awarded for the Sixth Formyear to a boy or girl who has demonstrated aconcern for the community, the ability tolead, and a sense of civic responsibility:(Presented by trustee Bill Dean ’73 P’06)

Itohan Teni Orobator

HEADMASTER’S AWARD — To the SeniorPrefect for his faithful devotion to the manyduties of the past year:

William Russell Fleming

GEORGE D. DONNELLY ATHLETICAWARD — Awarded to a girl and boy who,in the opinion of the Headmaster and theAthletic Directors, possess a passion forathletics and who demonstrate the dedica-tion and the sportsmanship to succeed in a variety of athletic endeavors:

Tyshon Kyiem HendersonHannah Wise McCormack

(The next four prizes in athletics are awarded by vote of the coaches.)

MARY EUSTIS ZANE CUP — Awarded to agirl of the Sixth Form whose steady devotionto the high ideals of good sportsmanship hasbeen an inspiration to her fellow students:

Katherine Alice Bienkowski

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Left: Alex Gates ’13 showsoff his diploma to BethanyFowler ’13 on Prize Day.

Right (clockwise from top):2013 graduates Duncan

McGaan, Michael McGinnis,Hannah McCormack,

Allie McLane, Alana McMa-hon, Bobby Mey, Lisbeily

Mena, Drew Michaelis, AnnaMillar, and Jeremy Monk

celebrate on Prize Day; WillLeatherman ’13 accepts

the Architecture Prize; ItoOrobator ’14 is awarded theDean Scholarship; HannahMcCormack ’13, winner

of the Jefferys Prize, accepts her diploma.

G R A D U A T I O N 2 0 1 3 The Prizes



THAYER CUP — Awarded to a boy of theSixth Form whose steady devotion to thehigh ideals of good sportsmanship has beenan inspiration to his fellow students:

Alexander Avery Gates

LOUISE ELLIOT CUP — Awarded to a SixthForm girl for excellence in athletics and forpromoting the spirit of hard, clean play:

Oona Carolena Pritchard

SAMUEL POWEL CUP — Awarded to aSixth Form boy for excellence in athleticsand for promoting the spirit of hard, clean play:

Richard Ryan Conlogue

(The following prizes are awarded by vote of the faculty.)

ALLEN PRIZE — To a member of theFourth Form who during the year, in theopinion of the faculty, has maintained a high standard in all departments of the lifeof the school:

Elizabeth Hale Scheibe

HARVARD AND RADCLIFFE CLUBS OFRHODE ISLAND PRIZE — For the studentof the Fifth Form whom the Headmaster andthe faculty deem most worthy in scholarship,effort and character:

Margaret Elizabeth Schroeder

THE JEFFERYS PRIZE — Given in memoryof Cham Jefferys to the Sixth Former who inthe opinion of the faculty has done the mostto enhance the moral and intellectual climateof the school:

Hannah Wise McCormack

PHELPS MONTGOMERY FRISSELL PRIZE— Awarded to the member of the Sixth Formwho, in the opinion of the faculty, has madethe best use of his or her talents:

Caroline Claire Thompson

ST. GEORGE’S MEDAL — Awarded to themember of the Sixth Form who, in the opin-ion of the faculty, through effort, character,athletics and scholarship during the year hasbest caught and expressed the ideals andspirit of St. George’s:

Theresa Anne Salud

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Davidson College (2)Deerfield Academy (PG)Duke UniversityElon University (4)Emory UniversityFashion Institute of TechnologyFisk UniversityFlorida Institute of TechnologyFranklin & Marshall CollegeFurman UniversityGeorge Washington University (4)Georgetown University

Barnard College (2)Bates College (3)Berklee College of MusicBoston College (2)Boston UniversityBucknell University (3)Carleton University (Canada)Claremont McKenna College (2)College of CharlestonColorado CollegeConcordia University (Canada)Connecticut College

And they’re off ...Here’s where our graduates are heading:

Eadie Kremer ’13 will attend George Washington University and Duncan McGaan’13 heads to Davidson College this fall.

Gettysburg CollegeHamilton College-NYIthaca College (2)Johns Hopkins UniversityKenyon CollegeLehigh UniversityLouisiana State UniversityMarist CollegeMiddlebury CollegeMount Holyoke CollegeNew York University (3)Northeastern UniversityPitzer CollegeQueen's University (Canada)Reed CollegeRISDRice UniversityRutgers - New BrunswickSalve Regina UniversitySarah Lawrence CollegeSavannah College of Art & Design (2)Seton Hall UniversitySt Lawrence University St Olaf CollegeStanford UniversityTrinity College (5)Tufts UniversityTulane UniversityUnited States Coast Guard AcademyUniversity of Edinburgh (Scotland)University of FloridaUniversity of MaineUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstUniversity of MiamiUniversity of New HampshireUniversity of Pennsylvania (2)University of Puget SoundUniversity of Rhode IslandUniversity of Richmond (2)University of St. Andrews (Scotland)University of the South-SewaneeUniversity of Vermont (4)University of Virginia (2)Wake Forest University

N E W S F R O M T H E C O L L E G E C O U N S E L I N G O F F I C ENext steps

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Bobby Mey ’13,Becky Cutler ’13,Hannah McCor-mack ’13, AustinScheerer ’13 andAlex Medeiros ’14pose on the “law

rock” in Pingvellir,home to the largestnatural lake in

Iceland.

From Sept. 23-30, a group of students from the

Commercial College of Iceland in Reykjavík will visit St.

George’s, as part of a program organized by

Director of Global Programs Jeremy Gold-

stein following his Global Studies class’ visit

to the country in 2011. Also, a group of 25

teachers from Iceland will spend the day at St. George’s

on Oct. 19. The educators will tour the campus, visit

classes and meet with SG teachers, including the staff of

the Merck-Horton Center for Teaching and Learning,

directed by Tom Callahan. In a reciprocal program, Eng-

lish teacher Ali Glassie ’04 and Administrative Technol-

ogy Coordinator Ed McGinniswill lead a group of

students on a visit to the Commercial College of Iceland

in March 2014. Math teacher Warren Williams and Head

of the Science Department Holly Williams took Becky

Cutler ’13, Alex Medeiros ’14, Bobby Mey ’13, Austin

Scheerer ’13 and Hannah McCormack ’13 to

CCI and on a tour of Iceland this past March.

Art Depart-

ment Chair Mike

Hansel will travel to

Hong Kong in

March to take part

in an ongoing

teacher exchange

with the Chinese

International

School in Hong

Kong.

Three South African students will join the St.

George’s student body for several weeks this fall as

part of our exchange program with the all-boys

Bishop’s School and the all-girls St. Cyprian’s School

in Cape Town.

Assistant Director of Library Services Laura Weber

and science teacher Devon Ducharmewill accompany

Director of Global Programs Jeremy Goldstein and his

students on the Global Studies Seminar trip to the

Dominican Republic in March 2014.

Director of Library Services and Archives Holly

Nagib will travel to Jordan in March to take part

in a relatively new exchange with King’s Academy,

the independent school founded in 2007 and guided

by the vision of King Abdullah II, who studied at

Deerfield Academy as a high school student in

the 1970s. Latin teaching fellow Virginia Buckles

and Assistant Director of Admission and Athletic

Liaison Adam Choice ’06 were the first SG represen-

tatives to visit King’s this past March.

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Exchanges keep teachers learning, students expanding horizons

C O M M U N I T Y M E M B E R S G E T A W O R L D V I E WGlobal outreach

Faculty members Adam Choice ’06 and VirginiaBuckles visited historic sites in Jordan (above) duringa March teacher exchange.

A BANNER SUMMER FOR THE CH INE SE DE PARTMENT

The Chinese Department launched its Summer

Immersion Program this year with a blockbuster trip

to multiple locations in China and Hong Kong. Stu-

dents participating in the program—Katelyn Hutchin-

son ’14, Amanda Warren ’15, Irene Luperon ’14, Andie

Plumeri ’14, Lilly Schopp ’15, Michaela Ahern ’15, Emily

Kallfelz ’15 and Will Hill ’14 (above) —left the States

June 14 and returned July 12. The students—led by

Chinese teacher Xiaoyu Chen and his wife, Zhongli—

visited the rapidly growing cities of Shanghai and Bei-

jing, the coastal city of Hangzhou, the ancient capital

city of Xi’an, “Asia’s World City” of Hong Kong, and

the vibrant city of Shenzhen located in the Special

Economic Zone. Of special note as well were visits to

our “sister school” in Shanghai, YK Pao, where former

Director of Global Studies Tony Jaccaci is head, visits

to Chinese companies including Alibaba Co. and Air-

time Sporting Goods Co. Ltd. (a kite factory), and a

service project at the Dandelion School.

GO I N G G L O B A LApril 8-12 was Global Week at SG and we cele-

brated diversity and global awareness with a number

of special events. On April 9 Sydney Jarrett ’16, Tyshon

Henderson ’13 and Dominique Samuel ’13 gave a spe-

cial presentation on the KIPP Charter School pro-

gram in New Jersey. A Spanish tertulia took place that

evening in the Hamblet Campus Center. On April 11,

French students organized a café, offering pain au

chocolate and other assorted pastries.

Wrapping up the week on April 12,

Zahra Arabzada ’15 (right) gave a spe-

cial talk in assembly outlining her ex-

perience as a young girl in Afghanistan

and her appreciation for the chance

to study and live at SG. At

lunchtime, alum Adolphe

Coulibaly ’04, a native of the

Ivory Coast, spoke to inter-

national students about his

experiences coming to the

United States for the first

time to study at St.

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As part of the Global Cultural Initiatives Pro-

gram, this summer French Department

Chair Allison de Horsey led groups of stu-

dents to Paris and London, while Spanish teacher Amy

Dorrien-Traisci led a group to Madrid. Both programs

featured both sightseeing, internships with local com-

panies and homestays with local families.

Taking part in the Paris program this year were

(right) Hayley Durudogan ’14, Maggie Maloy ’14, Lilly

Scheibe ’15, Mary Keith ’14, Maddie Parker ’13 and

Wendy Huang ’14. Now in its fourth year, the GCIP

program has established a strong relationship with

the prestigious Curie Institute, a boon to young sci-

ence students.

This year Wendy interned at the Intitute’s Géné-

tique de la Suppression Tumorale lab; Mary interned

in the Structural Motility lab; Maddie worked in the

Stem Cells and Tissue Homeostasis lab; and Lilly in-

terned in the Notch Signaling in Stem Cells and Tu-

mors lab.

Meanwhile, Maggie worked for the French com-

panies, NLB Conseil, an executive search and talent

management agency, and Hayley interned at Tg Com-

munications, a public relations firm. “Both compa-

nies have welcomed SG students into their offices in

the past and have graciously imparted their expertise

and professional wisdom to the interns,” de Horsey

said.

Taking part in the GCIP Madrid program for

three weeks this summer were Hannah Macaulay ’14,

Katherine Bauer ’14, Margaret Schroeder ’14, Tim Howe

’14, John DeLuca ’14 and Ito Orobator ’14. Now in its

second year, the Spanish Language immersion pro-

gram included visits to the ancient city of Toledo, the

city of Segovia, many museums and restaurants.


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S T UD E N T S V I S I T S G F R OM ‘ S I S T E R S C HOO L ’ I N S HAN GH A I

St. George’s hosted a group of 22 Chinese middle-

school students from the YK Pao School in Shanghai—

where former SG Director of Global Programs Tony Jaccaci

is head—for a special three-week program on campus July

8-26. The program was a joint venture with the Pennfield

School in Portsmouth, R.I. Recent alums Anna Millar ’13,Mary Behan ’10 and Ian Tigh ’10 were back on the Hilltop

to serve as teaching assistants and residential advisors in

Wheeler and Buell dormitories. The YK Pao students spent

each morning with science teacher Dr. Bob Wein, who

taught the STEM (science, technology, engineering and

math) course for the program while history teaching fel-

low Cassie Rudden taught English and humanities. Penn-

field hosted the students in the afternoon.

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Katherine, Ito and John

worked as interns in the

Hotel Santo Mauro, lo-

cated on the calle de

Zurbano. Hannah and

Margaret had intern-

ships at the Instituto de

Ciencias Materiales de

Madrid.

Working and sight-

seeing in London were

Lily Sanford ’14, Bailey

Clement ’13, Annabella

Doyle ’14, Aubrey Salmon

’14, Erick Lu ’15 and Hanni Chen ’13. Lily landed an

internship at the shoe company FitFlop; Bailey

worked at Little Dish, an organic baby food company;

Annabella interned in the International Herald Tri-

bune’s Conference Department; Aubrey worked at

Bowline Capital Partners, a financial firm; Erick

worked at Claranet Ltd., a managed services firm;

and Hanni spent her internship at Markham Rae

LTD, a financial firm.

A number of SG alums helped arrange the in-

ternships. A sincere thanks to Claranet Managing

Director Michel Robert ’84, Bowline Capital Manag-

ing Partner Lukas Kolff ’92 and Carol Whitaker ’85,

whose husband, Giles McClelland, is COO at

Markham Rae Ltd.

Top: John DeLuca’14, Ito Orobator ’14,Katherine Bauer ’14,Hannah Macaulay’14, MargaretSchroeder ’14 andTim Howe ’14 spentthree weeks thissummer in Madrid.

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STUDY ING SC I ENCE IN SPA IN :

My internship at the Instituto de CienciasMateriales de MadridBY MARGARET SCHROEDER ’14

Following is one of several blog entries posted at

http://gcipmadrid.blogspot.com by the students in the

Global Cultural Initiatives Program who spent three

weeks in June in Madrid, Spain.

Prior to my arrival in Spain, and my arrival at the Uni-

versidad Autónoma of Madrid, the only information I had

about my practice for the next two weeks was this (quoted

from an email from the coordinator of our internships at

the Instituto de Ciencias Materiales de Madrid):

“The student will be at the laboratory preparing, with

the Ph.D. students, new materials. He/she will be involved

in the preparation and characterization of eutectic mix-

tures, the study of phase segregation processes in eutectic

mixtures and the use of eutectic mixtures in polycondensa-

tion reactions.”

Although I have learned a lot in my biology and chem-

istry classes at St. George’s, I had little idea what any of this

meant (in English, much less in Spanish). Therefore, I went

into my internship at the ICMM with an open mind, con-

tented with my high school level of preparation but fully

aware that I was not going to completely understand the

advanced concepts that the Ph.D.s were toying with. In-

deed, I was correct. My first day on the job, I received basic

explanations of the lab processes and the work that the

group does, which for me were far from basic. When I was

asked, in Spanish, of course, if I was familiar with the differ-

ent types of “enlaces” and shook my head, members of the

group went wide-eyed. I guess it would have helped to learn

some basic Spanish science vocab beforehand, particularly

“enlace,” the word for chemical bond.

Amongst many other things, I have learned many lab

vocab words, some of which I’m not even sure how to

translate to English, and some of which are cognates. Here

are a few: “Compuesto” is compound, “células” are cells

(another essential), “campaña” is hood (for experiments

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that are dangerous or require a sterile environment), “con-

gelador” is freezer, “pipeta” for pipette, “cultivo” for culture,

“muestra” for slide/sample, and “tripsina” for “trypsin.”

From what I’ve gathered, there are two parts to the

Bioinspired Materials group. The larger part, which works

in the bigger lab, experiments with and creates the actual

bioinspired materials (I guess these would be the “eutectic

mixtures” mentioned above). In simpler terms, it looks a

lot like cooking plastic-looking substances. The basic

process I have observed is: chemicals are mixed, usually in

liquid form, and then placed in an oven or a burner to

cook, or solidify. Sometimes they are also frozen. The ma-

terials made in the lab are potentially used in both bio-

medical and energy-efficiency applications. The other part

of the group deals more with biology, using live cells in a

much smaller lab.

The majority of the work I’ve observed in the big lab

has been with “grafeno,” or graphene. Julian, the scientist

who works with graphene, has explained to me the basics

of what the material does and how it’s made. Graphene is

a form of carbon that can form a layer of hexagonal car-

bon atoms just one atom thick. As a material, it is also very

strong and a good conductor, giving it the potential to

make several products and devices, such as airplanes and

solar panels, lighter and more efficient. Graphene might

also facilitate the growth of cells, giving it the potential to

be used in processes like tissue regeneration in biomedical

fields. The process of making the graphene is quite inter-

esting, and surprisingly resembles baking a cake, with a

recipe to follow and everything. The process starts with an

oxidation reaction. First, Julian combines carbon and sul-

furic acid in this funky-shaped vial. Slowly, purple per-

manganate is added, and then water. While the water is

being added, purple permanganate fumes are emitted (my

favorite part—it resembles a witches’ brew). During the

whole reaction process, Julian is careful to keep the tem-

perature controlled (at times high, at times low), because

the reaction can be dangerous. After this reaction, the liq-

uid is “cleaned” with acid and placed in a centrifuge to

separate the desired carbon from other liquids. The

graphene is later frozen with a mechanical arm using

liquid nitrogen, creating the desired spaces between the

layers of graphene. Later, the ice in between the layers is

converted straight into gas in a process of sublimation,

and a spongy-looking solid remains. The whole process

takes about two days. Julian has

given me two vials of “my”

graphene to take home (one

liquid, one solid)! We’ll see how

the TSA feels about this.

In the smaller lab, I have worked with Maria Concep-

tion (Conchi, for short), a biologist who works with cell

cultures in order to test the synthetic materials on living

cells. Conchi’s lab is sterile, to prevent contamination,

complete with a hood that prevents air exchange and cre-

ates a sterile environment to work with the cells, and my

favorite part: a biohazard trash can. This, combined with

my lab coat, facemask, glasses and gloves, fulfilled my

nerdy dreams of working in a real-life science lab. I’ll

admit, I got a thrill out of working “under the hood” to

prevent contamination. Conchi works with mostly rat and

pig cells, and keeps them in an incubator or a freezer. Dur-

ing my days with Conchi, I helped (hands on) transfer,

plant, freeze and unfreeze cell cultures. To test synthetic

materials on cells, Conchi places a drop of cells into the

material (which looks like a white powder), and then

freezes the tiny droplet. Later, we unfreeze and view the

cells under the microscope to see how they are doing.

Conchi records everything in her notebook.

In the past two weeks, I have learned a lot of material,

received almost completely in Spanish. Though at times

my brain is overloaded, Bioinspired Materials is fascinat-

ing and engaging. Every day, I come away satisfied that I

have learned something new (and that I have dressed the

part of a scientist). I am extremely grateful to all of my

mentors for taking the time to pause and explain every

step of the process, answering my questions, and for being

patient with me and my level of knowledge (in both Span-

ish and science). After each day and each project, my men-

tor for that day almost always showed me photos to

explain what we had done that day, or a publication to give

me a bigger picture. I have discovered that the experimen-

tal work done in the lab, however small it might seem, is

part of a larger process with an important goal. I hope one

day I will be able to read about the developments resulting

from the use of bioinspired materials (and maybe under-

stand all of the jargon, too).

Margaret Schroeder ’14, of Palm Beach, Fla., can be

reached at [email protected].

C O M M U N I T Y M E M B E R S G E T A W O R L D V I E W

John DeLuca ’14, Ito Orobator ’14, MargaretSchroeder ’14, Hannah Macaulay ’14, Katherine

Bauer ’14 and Tim Howe ’14 in Madrid.

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One of my favorite high school English teach-

ers was fond of saying that, “good teaching

doesn’t demand; it elicits.” I confess that

under the pressure of what seemed like never-ending

reading assignments, challenging essay topics and in-

tense class discussions, his teaching seemed plenty de-

manding, and I wondered if, perhaps, he wasn’t a good

teacher after all. As a high school junior struggling to

meet his demands, I didn’t quite understand what he

meant. But I remember that I liked the saying, in large

part, because I really liked him—his passion for the

subject, his lack of pretension, his humor, his willing-

ness to clear space for us to think and to talk, and his

unbridled enthusiasm for our possibilities and poten-

tial. In thinking about his meaning, I also needed to

make sure that I understood the difference between the

words “elicit” and “illicit,” (a stealth vocabulary exer-

cise, I now realize). He reminded us, with a wry smile,

that confusing the two words would be perilous. Once

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“elicit,” I clearly remember thinking about how, exactly,

his teaching was achieving this. After all, he wasn’t

telling me anything, and I wasn’t sure I was giving him

anything, either.

Though I may never have been fully conscious of

it at the time, over the years, I have come to realize

that his teaching certainly was great, and that he did,

indeed, elicit something from me. Through his

teaching of literature, poetry and writing, he drew

me in and, in turn, drew me out—out of my aca-

demic tentativeness and insecurity and into a place

of belonging and confidence. By cultivating in me

curiosity and interest, he ignited my own passion for

the subject, and helped me recognize and appreciate

my abilities. Now, after 25 years as a classroom

teacher, I think I have a better understanding of what

he was talking about: development. He was demon-

strating that good teaching happened at the junction

of inspiration and support, a place where you could

work out an understanding for yourself and apply it

to your own experience. Specifically, he was helping

our development.

Since making the transition from teaching into the

Alumni/ae Development office, I’ve been thinking a lot

about that word—development (both the big “D” and

the small “d”)—and the vital role that it plays in the life

of St. George’s. Initially, it seemed a curious word to

apply to the work of fundraising and alumni/ae rela-

tions, but through the many conversations I’ve had re-

cently, I understand the word much better in the

context of my new role. I have come to realize that this

work isn’t much different from my teaching, and that

the goal has largely remained the same: to draw people

in, to spark their curiosity, to evolve their interest, and

to kindle (or, in some cases, to re-kindle) their passion

for the school that was so instrumental in nurturing

their own development.

Over the past several months, I have had the

good fortune to connect—and to re-connect—with a

host of alumni/ae, many of whom are former English

students, team members, dorm residents, and/or ad-

visees. While it’s been fun reminiscing and hearing

about a myriad of SG experiences, I have been struck

by one constant: the gratitude for the role that our

faculty has played in the lives of our alums. While I

have been delighted, humbled and, at times, sur-

prised to learn that my own teaching or coaching hit

the mark, eliciting a response or reaction that

planted a seed of growth, I have been overwhelmed

by the stories about our teachers and their uncanny

ability to nurture that development. Whether it’s

been Dan Hollins’ passion for American literature

and history, Beth Horton’s unwavering support and

patient guidance, Julie Butler’s thoughtful, impas-

sioned basketball coaching, Dick Grosvenor’s inspired

painting class, Jeff Simpson’s deft and poignant touch

in connecting literature to life, Rose Bugnet’s firm yet

compassionate care of her 20 House charges, or Tom

Evans’ intense and fascinating microbiology class,

just to name a few, our faculty’s ability to form

meaningful relationships and to elicit (there’s that

word) the best from each student has been the hall-

mark of our school.

The depth and quality of this connection are what

has made me proud to be a St. George’s faculty mem-

ber. I am honored in my role as Associate Head of

School to carry this connection forward to our alums,

and to remind us all of the power and significance of

good teaching. I realize as I never have before the im-

portance of Development (big “D”) in supporting the

development (“small d”) of generations of St. George’s

students. Given the stories I have heard over these past

months of the profound appreciation for the work of

our faculty, I’m thinking I may have the placement of

the “big D” all wrong!

Robert Weston is the Associate Head of School and leader

of the Alumni/ae and Development team. He can be

reached at [email protected].

The staff of theAlumni/ae and

Development Office(clockwise fromleft): Lesley

Thurston, QuentinWarren, Gale Boone,

Emmy Sullivan,Krista Sturtevant,Cindy Martin, AnnWeston, Susan Rus-sell, Bill Douglas,Natalia do Coutoand Bob Weston.Missing from thephoto is Linda

Michalek.


Note: The Burnett

Lecture series, named in

honor of the

late Gilbert

Burnett—

Vincent Astor

’10 Chair in Science and

Head of the Science Department emeritus—was

established upon Mr. Burnett’s retirement in 1990 by

several of his former students. Its mission is to educate

students about threats to the health of the planet and

strategies for preserving the balance of nature. Environ-

ment science student Sophie DenUyl ’13 introduced this

year’s Burnett lecturer—environmental author, professor

and activist Bill McKibben—to the audience.

Professor Bill McKibben acknowledges he’s the

Debbie Downer of guest speakers. As the founder of

350.org, the international environmental organization

formed to bring attention to the issue of global warm-

ing, McKibben says his main role in life is to talk about

“the most depressing thing, really, that we’ve ever

known on this planet.”

But that doesn’t stop the Middlebury College profes-

sor and author from beating his environmentalist drum.

McKibben delivered the annual Gilbert Y. Burnett

Lecture in Madeira Hall on April 12—and his message

was both oddly familiar and passionately personal.

We’ve heard the story before: When you burn fossil

fuels—coal, oil and gas—you emit large amounts

of CO2 into the atmosphere. The CO2 traps heat in

the atmosphere, hence global warming. But for

McKibben—who along with just seven Middlebury

undergraduates orchestrated what has been called the

largest environmental demonstration on the planet

on Oct. 24, 2009—stemming global warming means

nothing short of saving civilization.

Because of climate change, he said, already the

cryosphere—the frozen sections of the earth—are

melting, the ocean is more acidic and there’s been a

dramatic increase in the moisture in the atmosphere,

causing both intense drought in warm areas and

storms like Superstorm Sandy in others. “But the scary

thing is not what’s happened so far,” he told the stu-

dents. “It’s what will happen in your lifetimes.

The same scientists who told us these things would

happen now tell us that unless we get off coal and gas and

oil quickly, temperature rise will be 4 or 5 degrees over the

course of your lifetimes—and if that happens then it be-

comes difficult to imagine civilizations on the scale that

we’re used to still being able to function effectively.”

350.org takes its name from a scientific paper pub-

lished in 2008 by climatologist and NASA scientist Jim

Hansen who said that any value of carbon dioxide in

the atmosphere greater than 350 parts per million is

not compatible with the planet on which civilization

developed and to which life on Earth is adapted.

Scientists, McKibben said, now predict that in-

creases in temperature, because of drought, will dimin-

ish grain yield and therefore world food supplies.

“Try to imagine what that means to development,

to public health, to war and peace, to hunger—to all

the things around this planet that we care about. It

would be not just a disaster, but by far the worst disas-

ter that human beings have ever had to deal with.

“We need to head it off. We need to quickly get off

coal and oil and gas and replace them with other things.”

Recounting his memories and showing photos of

some of the 5,200 demonstrations that took place in

181 countries in 2009, he urged students to get in-

volved in the movement. One of the reasons climate

change caught the attention of the media in 2009, he

said, was because the demonstrators didn’t look the

way people thought environmentalists should look.

“They didn’t look like members of the Sierra Club,

but their hearts were in the same place: They were not

thinking selfishly. They were thinking about the future.

They were thinking about other people.”

Middlebury CollegeProfessor and notedenvironmentalactivist Bill McKibben deliversthe Burnett Lecturein April.

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Noted environmentalist delivers Burnett Lecture

Campus happenings



Learning from VietnamAs part of our annual Dent Lecture Se-

ries, students listened to a very compelling,

emotional talk by the advocate for children of war Kim

Phuc on March 4. Phuc is the girl in the iconic photo-

graph taken during the Vietnam War that shows her

running naked from her village after a napalm attack.

Her message now is “to live with true love, hope and

forgiveness ...” She spent time after the talk signing

books and talking with interested students at a recep-

tion in the Morris Common Room. Students in Jim

Connor’s Vietnam history class—Tyshon Henderson

’13, Sasha Tory ’14, Luc Woodard ’14, Juan De La

Guardia ’13, Andrew Lynch ’14, Quang Hong ’14 and

Adam D’Angelo ’14—gave a special presentation pre-

viewing the talk in a Friday assembly. The event was

covered by the Newport Daily News.

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The 13th annual St. George’s School College Fair took place on April 26. Anumber of college representatives were on hand to provide admission infor-mation and answer questions. The annual fair is a required event for thefourth and fifth formers. Seniors often drop by to check in with reps fromcolleges they’ve been accepted to.

Web

extras

Red & White Editor-in-Chief Thomas Kits van Heyningen ’14 interviews Kim Phuc in March.

Photos from the Dent Lecture and an interview with Kim Phuc by Red & White

Editor-in-Chief Thomas Kits van Heyningen ’14, are at www.stgeorges.edu/girlinthepicture.


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Left: Peter Carrellas ’14 and MargaretSchroeder ’14 present a talk on theGeronimo program during the SecondVisit Program.

Below left: JimCannell explains thescience behind hisorganic coffee.

Below right: AnnaMillar introducesher mother, Dr.Mary Ann Millar, ata science brown-baglunch discussion.

Campus happenings

DEPARTMENT ’ S BROWN-BAG LUNCHES EXAM INE SC I ENCE FROM AL L ANGL ES

From honey tastings to health care discussions, the

Science Department’s Brown-Bag Lunch series is

known for offering a diverse set of learning opportuni-

ties for those interested in the subject of science. This

spring’s calendar of events included a visit from Dr.

Mary Ann Millar (supermom of Anna Millar ’13 and

Elizabeth Millar ’15), who gave an enlightening talk

April 5 on human papillomaviruses and what she sees

as a physician (Ob-Gyn) in patients who have become

infected by the virus. Kevin Proft from EcoRI.org pre-

sented a talk on the new recycling rules in Rhode Is-

land on April 15. And on May 2, Jim Cannell, father of

Josephine Cannell ’13 and Alex Cannell ’15, and owner/

founder of Jim’s Organic Coffee, made a presentation

about organic and fair-trade coffee growing. The sci-

ence building smelled especially good that day.

SECOND V I S I T SA number of our students participated in the Sec-

ond Visit program April 2-6. The program included

performances by singer/songwriter Miriam Elhajli ’13

and our a cappella groups, the Snapdragons and Hill-

toppers; welcoming remarks by Phillip Young ’15, a talk

by school prefect Theresa Salud ’13; a student panel

discussion with Luc Woodard ’14, Sydney Jarrett ’16,Moudy Abdel-Maksoud ’15, Avery Dodd ’12, Lilly

Scheibe ’15, and Jack Coaty ’13; a presentation on

global programs by Reid Burns ’13 and Caroline Thomp-

son ’13; and a presentation on the Geronimo program

by Peter Carrellas ’14 and Margaret Schroeder ’14.

Activit ies calendar keptl ively by ‘Captain Fun’

Director of Student Activities Mary O’Connor is on a

mission to lighten us all up a bit. Whether it’s hunting

down a pinball machine for the

winter formal or arranging for

a wacky hypnotist on a Satur-

day night, O’Connor has stu-

dent entertainment at the top

of her priorities. Working

closely with the school prefects,

O’Connor orchestrated a slate

of games, special events and entertainment opportunities

this past year that would put most Newport party plan-

ners to shame. Following are just a few of the many

events that caught our special attention this spring.

Paint Dance 4.0 went off without a hitch on April

6. DJ Trademark spun the tunes. A messy, good time

was had by all.

Check out the video of a student limbo contest,

part of a year-long series of club games organized by

the school prefects, on our YouTube

channel.

A limbo contest May 3 and hula

hoop competition were just some of

the spirited highlights of the school

prefect-organized club competition that went on all

year long. Props to the flexible Amy Nuytkens ’15 and

an honorable mention to Harry Parker ’13 in the limbo

fest. Allison Williams ’15 and Ali Ghriskey ’13 held the

crowd rapt with their hula skills.

The All-School Barbecue on Second

Beach May 3 could not have been more

fun. Beautiful evening. Major community

spirit.

While alumni/ae partied down at the hockey rink

May 18, the prom for juniors and seniors and “morp”

(prom spelled backwards) for freshmen and sopho-

mores took place on campus. Pics are on our

Flickr.com site.

“Senior Week” activities included an ice cream social

with the Alumni Office and a picnic at Merrick House.


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Paint Dance 4.0 featured DJ Trademark.

The first All-School Barbecue took place on Second Beach May 3.

Above left: Juan De La Guardia ’13 at the Merrick House Senior Picnic. Aboveright: Tory Cunningham ’13, Bethany Fowler ’13, Graham Cochrane ’11, KateHamrick ’13, Peter Durudogan ’13 and Raleigh Silvia ’13 at this year’s prom.

English teacher Patricia Lothrop was invited to

speak on “Literature of India” at the Groton (Mass.)

Public Library, on March 10,

as part of its spring series on

India.

Lothrop designed, and has

taught for the past 15 years, a

10th grade honors world litera-

ture course incorporating Ra-

mayana and contemporary

fiction from the sub-continent. She has taught a senior

elective on fiction and film from India, and another on

fiction and film from the Asian “big four” (India,

China, Japan and Korea). In 2011 she spent two

months on sabbatical in India, looking, listening, read-

ing, walking, and riding trains, planes, tuk-tuks, bicycle

rickshaws, jeeps, buses and the Delhi subway. Her re-

views (mainly nonfiction/reference) appear regularly

in Library Journal and School Library Journal. She

holds an A.B. degree from Columbia/Barnard, and a

Ph.D. from Yale University.

Colin Mort has been appointed the new head of

the English Department. He arrived at St. George’s in

2010 from Knoxville, Tenn.,

where he has been working on

his Ph.D. in Creative Writing

at the University of Tennessee.

While at the university, Mort

was both a teaching associate

and an instructor in the Eng-

lish Department. He also has

experience at the secondary level, having taught fic-

tion writing for the past three summers at the Univer-

sity of Tennessee’s Young Writers Institute, and having

spent two summers teaching writing and literature

classes at 4 Star Academic Camps. Mort also has been

an instructor at the University of Virginia, where he

earned an M.F.A. in creative writing. Mort holds a B.A.

in English from Colgate University. He is the dorm

head of Wheeler Dorm where lives with his wife,

Sarah and son, Brooks. Mort is head coach of the boys

varsity squash and assistant coach of the boys varsity

lacrosse teams.

Safietou Sagna has been appointed head of the

French Department, taking over from longtime head

Allison de Horsey, who moves

into a new position as Faculty

Liaison to Global Programs

and Merck-Horton Initiatives.

Sagna, a native of Senegal, re-

ceived her bachelor’s degree

from Mount Holyoke College

and her master’s degree from

the University of Massachu-

setts. She joined the St. George’s faculty in 2007. Mean-

while, de Horsey moves into her new role after having

been recognized as an innovator in developing new

curriculum units based on the latest educational re-

search. She has designed several curricular units in

conjunction with the Merck-Horton Center, recogniz-

ing different learning styles among her students. A

member of the faculty since 1994, she is also the

founder of St. George’s Global Cultural Initiatives Pro-

gram (GCIP), organizing summer cultural immersion

trips and internship opportunities for students in Paris.

The program recently expanded to Madrid and Lon-

don. Allison earned her bachelor’s degree from Rutgers

University and her A.L.M. degree from Harvard.

Catherine Rodero Scholhamer has been appointed

head of the Spanish Department, taking over from

longtime head Mafalda Nula,

who will continue to teach

Spanish classes. Catherine

holds a bachelor’s degree in

international studies with a

specialization in Spanish lan-

guage, literature and culture

from Middlebury College.

She spent her junior year

studying in Middlebury’s lan-

guage program in Madrid. Catherine arrived at St.

George’s in 2006 after having served as a sabbatical

replacement at Belmont Hill School, where she has

taught middle and upper school Spanish, served as

the sophomore class advisor, and assisted in coaching

the middle school soccer and lacrosse teams.


Faculty/Staff notesFaculty milestones and honors

Safietou Sagna

Catherine RoderoScholhamer


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Latin teaching fellow Virginia Buckles, science teacher Devon Ducharme andformer assistant director of admission and athletic liaison Sarah Dick ’07 (above)— along with Head of the Science Department Holly Williams, and math teach-ers Warren Williams and Abbie DiPalma— participated in the Tough Mudderevent in Boston in June.

Head of School EricPeterson presents

Donna Woishek witha retirement gift atPrize Day as hiswife, AssociateDirector of

Admission KristaPeterson, applauds.

Two faculty members recently earned postgradu-

ate degrees:

Dean of Faculty Lucy Goldstein graduated with an

M.Ed. from Teachers College, Columbia University, this

spring. She studied in the organization and leadership

program, which is offered through the Klingenstein

Center and focuses on independent school leadership.

Form dean and science teacher James Stevens re-

ceived his master’s degree in education from the Uni-

versity of Rhode Island in December.

A nonfiction book by religion teacher Kathleen

Troost-Cramer, titled “True Tales of Life & Death at

Fort Adams,” was published by

History Press in June. Troost-

Cramer, a longtime tour guide

at various sites in Newport,

said she wrote the book to

help people understand that

while the fort never saw any

wartime action, some 287

people lost their lives in tragic

ways there who should be remembered.

Donna Woishek, who served St. George’s as assis-

tant to the head of school for 17 years—eight with

the late Headmaster Charles A. Hamblet and nine

with current Head of School Eric F. Peterson—retired

at the end of the school year to spend more time with

her husband, Ray, her high school sweetheart, who

has been diagnosed with a serious illness.

“Donna has been the invaluable central cog at

the heart of the St. George’s machine,” Peterson

told the crowd during Prize Day services in May as

he presents a gift of appreciation. “She has managed

all aspects of the school: calendars, committees,

agendas—both literal and figurative—faculty,

the board, not to mention the peculiarities of two

different headmasters—and through it all, over

all the years, she has been a consummate, hard-

working professional.”

The mother of three St. George’s graduates—cur-

rent faculty member Ray Woishek Jr. ’89, Daniel

Woishek ’91 and Carolyn Woishek Hagist ’03—

Donna said she still remembers fondly the day she

came to the Hilltop for an Admission appointment

with Ray Jr., passing through the red front doors to

Old School.

“Donna has been part of this school since 1984,”

Peterson added on Prize Day, “and we will quite liter-

ally not be the same without her.”

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Longtime head’sassistant and SG momDonna Woishek ret i res


Compiled by Dean of Faculty Lucy

Goldstein

Tony Arrow – Geronimo Captain Tony has more than 25 years of

experience as a professional mariner

and educator. As an expert in experi-

ential education, planning and logis-

tics in the maritime field, he has

been hired by organizations such as

the South Street Seaport Museum,

Mystic Seaport: the Museum of

America and the Sea, Ocean Class-

room Foundation, Virginia Mar-

itime Heritage Foundation and NY

40 Marilee Racing. With those or-

ganizations he has provided logistics

coordination, vessel surveys, educa-

tion plan evaluation and voyage

planning and event management.

From 2006 to 2009, he was the senior

captain with the South Carolina

Maritime Foundation for which he

delivered marine experiential educa-

tion for high school students in

South Carolina. Tony lives in Providence. He captained

Geronimo during its trip to Bermuda this summer.

George Briggs – English

George is no stranger to St. George’s, having

begun his teaching career here in 2004. Ever since his

departure two years ago, he has been teaching Latin

and coaching track at Greenwich Academy in Green-

wich, Conn., while living in Brooklyn, N.Y. The call of

the Hilltop proved too much for George to resist, and

we are pleased that he will be returning to us, this

time as an English teacher. George attended Wesleyan

University and received his M.A.L.S. degree from

Dartmouth College in the fall of 2011, with an im-

pressive thesis entitled “From Cowboy Hats to Capes:

Popular Conceptions of American Heroism.” In addi-

tion to his teaching, George will coach JV basketball

and track and serve as a dorm parent. George is mar-

ried to Becca Briggs, an attorney, and is a father to

their 6-month-old, Iris.

Adolphe Coulibaly – French

Adolphe, a very familiar face as a 2004 graduate of

St. George’s and former SG summer school teacher, will

join us as a French teacher this fall. Originally from the

Ivory Coast, he holds a B.A. in political science and

French from Amherst College and has been teaching

French and history and coaching soccer and basketball

at Rocky Hill School in East Greenwich, R.I., for the past

five years. In addition to teaching, Adolphe will serve as

a dorm parent, as well as assistant coach for the boys’

varsity soccer team and as a JV boys’ basketball coach.

Adolphe, his wife, Elise, who is a special education

teacher in North Attleboro, and 3-year-old son, Bran-

don, moved to campus from southern Massachusetts

this summer.

James Eberhart – Math

James will join SG as a math teacher, dorm parent,

and coach this fall, having just spent a year in New

York City completing his M.A. in private school leader-

ship from the Klingenstein Center at Teachers College,

Columbia University. Originally from Maine, James

holds a B.A. from Wheaton College and has served in

the Peace Corps in Bulgaria, worked as the mobile op-

New teachers jointhe SG Faculty

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Adolphe Coulibaly ’04 was back on campusthis spring to talk to students about hisexperience moving to the U.S. from theIvory Coast. He joins the faculty this fall.

Faculty/Staff notes


erations manager at Outward Bound in Massachusetts,

and, most recently, served as a math teacher and out-

door education instructor at the Hyde School in Bath,

Maine, for five years. After a year in the city, he is eager

to get back to the boarding school world. At SG, he will

take on four sections of math, dorm parenting, and

coaching roles in soccer and swimming.

Holly Grosvenor ’75, P’11, ’15 – Art

Holly, an accomplished architect and LEED AP

project manager with Northeast Collaborative Archi-

tects Inc., will teach the architecture class this year

while Lisa Hansel is on sabbatical. Among many no-

table projects, her recent work includes the design of

the new Loeb Visitors Center at Touro Synagogue in

Newport. The daughter of former head of the Art De-

partment and renowned local painter Richard

Grosvenor and the mother of Rachel Asbel ’11 and

Joey Asbel ’15, Holly has had an intimate connection

with St. George’s for years. She is also active in the local

community, serving as chair of Friends of the Jane

Pickens Theater, a nonprofit working to save the his-

toric theater in the heart of Newport. She graduated

from Brown University in 1979 and from the Harvard

University Graduate School of Design with a master’s

degree in architecture in 1983.

Susie Keller – Assistant Director of Admission

Susie joins SG as an assistant director of admis-

sion from Nashoba Brooks School in Concord, Mass.,

where she has served for two years as the director of

constituent relations, as well as the interim director of

marketing and communications. An honors graduate

of Brown University with a concentration in history

and art history, as well as captain of the Brown

women’s lacrosse team, Susie also has experience

managing the Chazan Gallery at the Wheeler School

in Providence and working as the human resources

coordinator at Kate Spade/Jack Spade Co. in New

York. In addition to her work in admission, Susie will

serve as a dorm parent and help coach soccer and JV

lacrosse. She and her husband, incoming SG English

teacher Jake Westermann, were married this summer.

Jeff Lewis – Chaplain; Religious Studies

Jeff Lewis will join SG as our new chaplain and

head of the Religious Studies Department, a role he has

played at Salisbury School in Connecticut for the past

several years. Prior to his work at Salisbury, Jeff served

as a parish minister in Maine, as well as a captain of

Outward Bound’s experiential maritime programs. In

addition to his roles in ministry and teaching at SG,

Jeff will assist with the sailing team and will help super-

vise the campus in the evening. He will join SG this

summer with his wife, Susan, and their three boys

ranging from middle school to college-age, one of

whom will join the SG class of 2017.

Derry Mason – Dean of Students, English

Derry will join St. George’s as our new dean of stu-

dents, having served as the director of outdoor pro-

grams and as a dorm dean at

Mercersburg Academy in

Pennsylvania for the past nine

years. Prior to that experience,

he built and ran an outdoor

leadership program and

taught English at the

Lawrenceville School in New

Jersey for five years. Derry has used outdoor programs

to build student leadership, a focus he plans to bring

with him to St. George’s. In addition to his work as the

dean of students, Derry will teach one section of Eng-

lish and coach JV lacrosse. A graduate of Middlebury

College, he will move to campus with his wife, Sarah

Mason, who will serve as a dorm parent, and their two

young children, Mary and Quinn.

Sarah Matarese – Chemistry/Marine biology

Sarah joins SG as a chemistry and marine biology

teacher, having served as a professor at Salve Regina

University in Newport for the past 10 years. Though

she is accomplished in the world of university research

and publishing, she is excited to be making the move

to working with high school students in our boarding

school setting where she hopes to use her extensive

knowledge of local marine environments to enrich her

teaching. Sarah holds three

degrees from the University

of Rhode Island, the most

recent being her Ph.D. in

biology. In addition to her

teaching, Sarah will coach

thirds soccer and JV softball

and serve as a dorm parent.

She and her family moved

to campus this summer.

Sugi Min – Chemistry/Physics

Sugi joins SG as a chemistry and physics teaching fellow,

having just completed his four years at Williams College. A

chemistry major, Sugi has spent three of those years serving

as a T.A. for chemistry classes at Williams, and he also de-

voted his time as a Resident Advisor in the dorms and as a

member of the Springstreeters, an all-male a capella group.

Originally from South Korea, Sugi grew up with his parents

in Australia and attended high school in San Diego, Calif. At

St. George’s, he will teach three sections of chemistry and/or

physics, direct the Hilltoppers, work with the singers in the

winter musical, and do dorm duty.

Sarah Mongan – History

Sarah comes to SG to teach history from the Groton

School in Groton, Mass., where she has served as a history

teacher, dorm head, varsity soccer coach and assistant ath-

letic director for the past six years. Prior to her time at Gro-

ton, Sarah served as the athletic director and history teacher

at Dublin School in New Hampshire. She holds a B.A. in

history from Bates College, and an M.A. in private school

leadership from the Klingenstein Center at Teachers Col-

lege, Columbia University. In addition to teaching, Sarah

will serve as a dorm parent and coach, assisting the varsity

soccer team and heading up the JV squash squad.

Hannah O’Brien – History

Hannah will join SG as a history teaching fellow from

Taft School, where she has served as a teaching fellow this

year. A graduate of Colby College, where she majored in

history, captained the field hockey team and played for four

years on the ice hockey team, Hannah is originally from

New Hampshire. At Colby, Hannah spent time volunteering

to coach and mentor Waterville, Maine, youth. In addition

to teaching at SG, Hannah will serve as a dorm parent and

coach the JV field hockey team and varsity ice hockey team.

Sarah Ploskina – Theater, English

Sarah will head the Theater, Speech, and Dance

Department, direct the school play in the fall and the

musical in the winter, and teach theater and English classes.

She will also do dorm duty in Old School. Sara comes to St.

George’s from the Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts

in Providence, R.I., where she served as curriculum and in-

struction consultant. She also is the program director for

Providence (R.I.) CityArts for Youth.

From 2009 to 2012, she was a Theater teacher and

director at The Field School in Washington, D.C. Sarah

received her bachelor’s degree in English, with minors

in theater and education, from Manhattanville College

and her master’s degree in theater education from

Emerson College.

Karen Roarke P’14 – Art

Karen joins SG for the year as Lisa Hansel’s sabbatical re-

placement. No stranger to the Hilltop, Karen (the mother of

Cam Cluff ’14) has displayed her own artwork in the Hunter

Gallery and has taught workshops here with SG students,

and, previously, taught art at the college level in California.

Additionally, Karen has taught art in our local schools; ask

her about her experience with sixth graders building dragster

cars at Gaudet Middle School! Karen will teach two sections

of Visual Foundations, do evening duty in the art center, di-

rect the Hunter Gallery, and advise the yearbook.

Jake Westermann – English

Jake comes to SG to teach English, having served as

a history teacher at Shore Country Day School in Beverly,

Mass., for the past three years. Jake is a graduate

of Brown University with a concentration in American

history; he also studied education and did his student

teaching at a charter school in Pawtucket, R.I. In addition

to his experience in teaching, Jake has taught

woodworking to students at the Wheeler School in

Providence, was the captain of the Brown men’s lacrosse

team, and is currently enrolled in the M.A.L.S program at

Dartmouth College. Jake will serve as a dorm parent and

coach JV ice hockey and JV lacrosse, in addition to his

teaching duties in the English department here at SG. He

and his fiancée, Susie Keller, were set to be married in Au-

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Clockwise from top left: Art by Catherine Farmer ’15,Catherine Farmer ’15, KatePesa ’13, Caroline Yerkes’14, Annie Kim ’16 and

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The final a cappella concert of the year by the

Snapdragons and the Hilltoppers took place in

Madeira Hall May 17. The concert featured male

soloists Jaewoo Kang ’15 (center left) Nico DeLuca-

Verley ’13, Duncan McGaan ’13, Ziye Hu ’13, Seung

Shin ’14 and Avery Dodd ’14—along with female

soloists Sophie DenUyl ’13, Nicole Young ’13, Hikari

Hasegawa ’13, Miriam Elhajli ’13, Rosie Mulholland ’13,

Keely Conway ’13, Josephine Cannell ’13, Dominique

Samuel ’13, Norah Hogan ’14 and Charlotte Dulay ’14.

Check out some of the video on our YouTube

Channel, www.youtube.com/sgdragon372.

The last regular Music Guild of the year May 10

featured pianist Teddy Carter ’14, vocalist Alexandra

Medeiros ’14, cellist Gage Walsh ’15,

the SG Orchestra and the Jazz

Ensemble. Miriam Elhajli ’13 per-

formed “The Girl from Ipanema”

with the jazz group. A video of the

performance is on our YouTube

Channel.


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Performing in the Spring Dance Concert in May were: Veronica Tsai ’14, Laurie Germain ’15, Bessie Yan ’16,Tori Cunningham ’13, Nicole Young ’13 and Catherine Farmer ’15.

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Hilltoppers Jack-Henry Day ’15, Wyatt Dodd ’16, Jaewoo Kang ’15, Jae Choi ’14and Chris Fleming ’15 perform at the final a cappella concert of the school year.

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A spring special project that culminated in the

production of “Marry Me A Little,” starring Ziye Hu

’13 and Norah Hogan ’14, with musical accompani-

ment by Joanna Xu ’13, played to adoring crowds

May 11 and 12.


The ever-popular Rock Guild, a feature of Spring Dance Weekend, was held May 19 and included performances by Hannah Macaulay ’14 (left), andThomas Kits van Heyningen ’14 and Nico DeLuca-Verley ’13 (right). T-shirt design by Manning Coe ’13.

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Artist Anne Lilly’s stainless-steel kinetic sculptures were on display in the Hunter

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A T H L E T I C D E P A R T M E N T N E W S


SG ZoneBASEBALLTwitchell Baseball Cup (M.V.P.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ryan AndradeReynolds Baseball Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .James McClellandR.B.I. Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sam AlofsinAll-ISL, honorable mention . . . . . . . .Sam Alofsin, Ryan AndradeCaptains-elect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA

GOLFGolf M.V.P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Reid BurnsGolf Coaches’ Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jack CoatyGolf M.I.P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nick LarsonCaptains-elect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Luc Woodard, Tim Howe

BOYS’ LACROSSEAlessi Lacrosse Bowl (M.V.P.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dan PerryHerter (Coaches’) Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alden PextonHollins-Sheehan Lacrosse Cup (M.I.P.) . . . . . . . . . .Carter MorganAll-ISL, honorable mention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dan Perry,

Miles Matule, Avery DoddCaptains-elect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA

GIRLS’ LACROSSELacrosse M.V.P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oona PritchardLacrosse Coaches’ Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Whitney ThomsonLacrosse M.I.P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lane DavisAll-ISL, honorable mention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cecilia Masiello,

Charlotte O’HalloranISL Sportsmanship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .St. George’s SchoolNEPSWLA All-Stars . . . . . .Charlotte O’Halloran, Cecilia MasielloNLE selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Charlotte O’HalloranCaptains-elect . . . . . . . . . . . . .Annika Hedlund, Cecilia Masiello,

Charlotte O’Halloran

SAILINGWood Sailing Bowl (M.V.P.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Max SimmonsLeslie Sailing Bowl (Best Crew) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sophie DenUylCoaches’ Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Madeliene ParkerSailing M.I.P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Will Logue

SOFTBALLSoftball M.V.P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Caroline ThompsonHolly Williams (Coaches’) Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Becky CutlerSoftball M.I.P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hikari HasegawaAll-ISL, first team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Allison WilliamsAll-ISL, honorable mention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Libbie DesrosiersCaptains-elect . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Libbie Desrosiers, Andrea Suarez,

Emma Reed, Allison Williams

BOYS’ TENNISYork Tennis Bowl (M.V.P.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Stathi KyriakidesTrotter (Coaches’ Cup) Bowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Harry ShepherdTennis M.I.P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Scottie AbeelAll-ISL, first team . . . . . . . . . . .Stathi Kyriakides, Harry ShepherdAll-ISL, honorable mention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Drew MichaelisCaptains-elect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA

GIRLS’ TENNISTennis M.V.P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lilly ScheibeTennis Coaches’ Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Colby BurdickTennis M.I.P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alexa SantryAll-ISL, first team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lilly ScheibeAll-ISL, honorable mention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alexa SantryCaptain-elect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alexa Santry

BOYS’ TRACKHolmes Track Trophy (M.V.P.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bobby MeyTrack Coaches’ Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ryan ConlogueTrack M.I.P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sage HillAll-ISL, first team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tyshon Henderson (Shot Put)All-New England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sage Hill (100)Captains-elect . . . . .Sage Hill, Aubrey Salmon, George Melendez

GIRLS’ TRACKHubert C. Hersey Track Award (M.V.P.) . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sasha ToryTrack Coaches’ Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Maggie MaloyTrack M.I.P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Amy NuytkensAll-New England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sasha Tory (1500, 3000)All-ISL, first team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sasha Tory (1500, 3000)Captains-elect . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sasha Tory, Carly Mey, Cici HuyckVermillion Athletic Cups . . . . . . . . . .Beth Larcom, Tim BaumannElliot Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oona PritchardZane Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Katherine BienkowskiPowel Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ryan ConlogueThayer Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alex GatesDonnelly Athletic Cups . . .Tyshon Henderson, Hannah McCormack

JAMES RHODERICK KLOTZ ’75 LETTER AWARDSManager of the Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Billy Reed8-Letter Awards . . . . . . . . .Caroline Thompson, Alana McMahon,

Theresa Salud, Maddie Parker9-Letter Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Keely Conway, Alex Gates,

Tyshon Henderson, Shannon Leonard, Mike Reed,Kemi Richardson, Hannah McCormack

10-Letter Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Katherine Bienkowski, Ryan Conlogue, Jessica Hom

12-Letter Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oona PritchardProJo Honor Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oona Pritchard, Dan Perry

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Will Fleming ’13 was named one of the state’s ‘Golden Dozen’ by the R.I. Chapterof the National Football Foundation.

Charlotte O’Halloran ’14 was a multiple awardwinner for the girls lacrosse team.

Sage Hill ’14 earned All New England honors for hisperformance on the track team.

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Girls’ varsity softball captain-elect Emma Reed ’14 winds up on the mound infront of fielders Maggie Mead ’14 and Vivianne Reynoso ’13.

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Our No. 1 boys tennis player, Stathi Kyriakides ’13, was the Newport Daily NewsAthlete of the Week at the end of April.

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Check out more athletic photos athttp://www.flickr.com/photos/stgeorgesschool/collections/

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After winning four out of six games against

Portsmouth Abbey April 15, St. George’s officially won

the Diman Cup for the 15th year in a row (photo left).

Our stellar spring athletes were honored at an

awards assembly May 27. Named as MVPs were Ryan

Andrade ’13 (baseball), Reid Burns ’13 (golf), Dan Perry

’13 (lacrosse), Oona Pritchard ’13 (lacrosse), Max Sim-

mons ’13 (sailing), Caroline Thompson ’13 (softball),Stathi Kyriakides ’13 (tennis), Lilly Scheibe ’15 (tennis),Bobby Mey ’13 (track), and Sasha Tory ’14 (track). Pho-

tos from the assembly are on our Flickr.com page.

Senior prefect and football captain Will Fleming ’13

was recognized as one of the state’s top scholar-athletes

at the Rhode Island Chapter of the National Football

Foundation & College Hall of Fame’s Golden Dozen

dinner May 6. Will, an honor student as well as an All-

ISL football player, will attend Middlebury College and

play for the Panthers this fall.

The Providence Journal recently named a number

of standout spring athletes to its Independent All-State

list and our own Ryan Andrade ’13 (baseball), Sage Hill

’14 (track), Stathi Kyriakides ’13 (tennis), Dan Perry ’13

(lacrosse), Lilly Scheibe ’15 (tennis), Max Simmons ’13

(sailing), and Sasha Tory ’14 (track) and made the cut.

Meanwhile, seven of our star winter athletes also

earned Providence Journal Independent All-State recog-

nition in the April 30 edition: Basketball players Jess

Hom ’13 and Theresa Salud ’13, hockey player Timmy

Doherty ’14, squash players Vicky Arjoon ’15 and Moudy

Abdel-Maksoud ’15, and swimmers Michael McGinnis

’13 and Anna Millar ’13.

Cameron Cluff ’14, a center on the (Aquidneck) Is-

land Rugby team, was featured in a photo in the New-

port Daily News in April after scoring a goal in the Beast

of the East tournament against Bishop Hendricken.

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Allie Fuller ’14, Jillian Gates ’15, Natasha Zobel de Ayala ’15, Callie Randall ’14,Bud Fralick ’14, Cecilia Masiello ’14, Sacha Grahovac ’14, Jonathan Bayne ’14 andMiles Foy ’16 celebrate SG’s 2013 Diman Cup win against Portsmouth Abbey.

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Girls Varsity Tennis Coach Stuart Titus poses with tennis award winners ColbyBurdick ’13 , Lilly Scheibe ’15 and Alexa Santry ’14.



Recent alums makingsports news …

Leigh Archer ’09, who graduated from Cornell University this year,

was named a Division I All-American this spring for rowing, a CRCA

National Scholar Athlete and a Mid-Atlantic Region First Team selec-

tion. She also represented the United States at the World Rowing

Under 23 Championships in Austria in July.

Maddie Carrellas ’09, lit up the lacrosse field for the College of the

Holy Cross, from which she graduated this year. The senior captain

played in the 2013 Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Associa-

tion (IWLCA)/Under Armour North-South All-Star Game May 26 on

the campus of Cabrini College in Radnor, Pa. For her regular-season

play, she earned first team All-Patriot League honors and was selected

to the Patriot League All-Tournament team. Carrellas started in all 19

games with a career-best 24 goals and three assists for a career-best 27

points in 2013.

Also heading to the lacrosse all-star tournament in Pennsylvania

May 24 was senior defenseman Scott Chanelli ’09 of Haverford Col-

lege’s men’s lacrosse team. Chanelli was named a 2013 U.S. Intercolle-

giate Lacrosse Association (USILA) Division III honorable mention

All-American. He also was named a 2013 USILA Scholar All-Ameri-

can. Chanelli posted career-high numbers during his final season as a

Fords defender, forcing a league-best 47 caused turnovers and scoop-

ing up 86 ground balls, which was fourth most in the conference.

Playing for the Kenyon College Lords, Jake Dunn ’11, landed a

second-team spot on the 2013 All-North Coast Athletic Conference

baseball team.

Megan Leonhard ’09 and the Trinity College Women’s Lacrosse

team made it to the final game of the NCAA Championship in Ow-

ings Mills, Md., in May. Though they lost the May 19 game to Salis-

bury College, it was a stellar season for the Bantams, and Leonhard,

a tri-captain midfielder, was named to the all-tournament team

for Trinity.

Wentworth Institute of Technology pitcher Ben Lewis ’10 was

named honorable mention all-conference to the All-Commonwealth

Coast Baseball Conference this spring. Lewis made nine appearances

on the mound for the Leopards in 2013 and led the team with six

wins. Over his three-year career at Wentworth, Lewis has made 25 ap-

pearances (15 starts, three complete games) and is 10-7 with a 4.17

earned run average.

Sydney Mas ’10 secured her place in University of Vermont his-

tory in 2013, taking over first place on the women’s lacrosse team’s all-

time goals list. In May she also was named to the Intercollegiate

Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Northeast Region

All-America Second Team. A three-time America East All-Conference

First Team selection, Mas, a UVM junior, earned her third straight ap-

pearance on the IWLCA Northeast Region All-America squad after

starting all 18 games for the Catamounts in 2013 and leading the team

with 50 goals and 60 points.

Johnny Norfleet ’09, who graduated from Hobart and William

Smith Colleges this year, was named a Coed All-American by the

Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association.

Jesse Pacheco ’10, now a rising senior at Cornell University, be-

came the first player from an urban squash program to earn All-

American honors this spring. Pacheco, who joined the City Squash

Program in New York

City as a sixth-grader,

won five consecutive

Urban Individual Na-

tional titles in her career

with the program. At St.

George’s, she captained

the varsity squash team

her junior and senior

years and won a New

England Interscholastic

title. This past season at

Cornell, she posted a 12-

4 record, notching wins

over two top-10 players and helping her team finish sixth in the na-

tion. Ever the hard-working, well-rounded student, she is working as

an analyst in the sales and trading division at Goldman Sachs this

summer.

Jeremy Phillips ’11, who just finished his sophomore year at

Rhodes College, ended an outstanding track & field season in May

with top-10 finishes in both the 200-meter dash and triple jump at the

North Central College Gregory Final Qualifier. In the 200, Phillips fin-

ished eighth with a time of 22.73 and finished ninth in the triple jump

with a mark of 13.16 meters.

A DAY TO FO CUS ON OTHERSIt was SG’s annual Day of Engagement April 22,

meaning students and teachers spent the day focusing

on helping others and discussing such topics as leader-

ship, cultural differences, equality and diversity. A big

thanks to Gail Lowney Alofsin—inspirational speaker,

director of corporate partnerships at Newport Harbor

Corp. and mom of Sam Alofsin ’14—for kicking off the

day with a great talk on finding a cause you’re passion-

ate about. Another key message: Do something every

day to make someone else’s day better.

Claire Yoon ’14 and Norah Hogan ’14 organized a

Run for Boston at the end of the day to raise money for

The One Fund, the charity set up to aid victims of the

Marathon bombings.

Photos from SG’s Day of Engagement are on our

Flickr.com site.

With the city of Boston on our minds in April,

community members signed cards for a student from

BB&N and a teacher from St. Sebastian’s who were

badly wounded in the Boston Marathon attacks.

The cards were designed by talented artist Hannah

Macaulay ’14.

Our annual Oxfam Hunger Banquet to make our

community more aware of food crises around the

world took place April 25. That

meant a small plate of rice and/or

beans were given as dinner in King

Hall to a random two-thirds of our

students, while the remaining students received a full

meal. (The World Health Organization estimates that

one-third of the world is well fed, one-third is under-

fed and one-third is starving.) Student organizers from

the Community Service Council were Norah Hogan ’14

and Hannah Todd ’14.

Bobby Mey ’13 organized

a dedicated band of runners

and volunteers to participate

in the “Run the Wave for

Dave” race April 6 at Second

Beach—a community event

held to honor and support

local resident David Leys Jr.,

who has been diagnosed

with ALS.

Above left: Gail Lowney AlofsinP’14 delivers theopening address atthe annual Day ofEngagement inApril.

Above right: Students sign cardsfor injured victims ofthe Boston Marathonbombings.


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Bobby Mey ’13The annual Pan-Massachusetts Kids Ride took place at Second Beach on Sunday,May 19, with Jess Hom ’13, Beth Larcom ’16 and Kemi Richardson ’13 serving asstudent organizers. Money raised each year goes to research and treatment at theDana Farber Institute.

R E A C H I N G O U T T O O T H E R SCommunity Service

Avery Dodd ’14, Annabella Doyle

’14, Tyshon Henderson ’13, Sage Hill

’14, Hannah Macaulay ’14, Sammie

Maltais ’14, Nick Mandor ’14, Lisbeily

Mena ’13, Anna Millar ’13, Gigi Moylan

’14, Vivianne Reynoso ’13, Raleigh Sil-

via ’13 and Natalie Sullivan ’14 —

along with math teacher Abbie

DiPalma and Director of OperationsGeorge Staples—spent part of spring

break building homes for Habitat for

Humanity in Santa Fe, N.M.

A number of students joined

Charleen Martins-Lopes ’15 for the

Annual Tomorrow Fund Stroll in

Cranston April 28 in honor of Mar-

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Beth Larcom ’16 was honored as a Childhood Hero atFenway Park June 6 for the impact she has had on hercommunity as a volunteer. Beth helped organize thePan Massachusetts Challenge Kids Ride, a PMCHockey Night benefit game between her club hockeyteam and a team of doctors and nurses from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and a PMC Night at Car-dine’s Field with the Newport Gulls.

On April 7, a hearty group of Dragons splashed into the frigid waves of Second Beach in the Polar Plunge, to help raise money for Lucy’s Hearth, a local women’s shelter.Participants in the “Run the Wave for Dave” race

make their way down Second Beach.

Alex Gates ’13 participated in the “PMC HockeyNight” event to raise money for the Dana-FarberCancer Institute, where his father is a physician.

Tending to SG’s Community Garden this spring were: (sitting) Megan Daknis ’14and Up Punyagupta ’13, and (in the back row) Julian Turner ’14, Josephine Cannell’13, Anna Millar ’13, Hannah Todd ’14 and Lucas Campbell ’13.

Habitat for Humanity volunteers HannahMacaulay ’14, Nick Mandor ’14, AveryDodd ’14 and Sammie Maltais ’14.

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R E A C H I N G O U T T O O T H E R SCommunity Service

Above: Student dona-tions to the 10th annualCamp Ramleh YardSale in June helpedraise more than $6,300for our summer campfor underprivilegedchildren in NewportCounty.

Right: This summer the2013 staff at CampRamleh included:(front row) DejaniaCotton-Samuel ’15,Emma Thompson ’15,Director Corrie Pratt,Margaret Schroeder’14, Nico DeLuca-Ver-ley ’13, Aaron Anane’14, Jorge Melendez ’14and (back row) EmmaSmith, HannahMacaulay ’14, DirectorAndrew Pratt, DirectorAdam Choice ’06,Thomas Kits vanHeyningen ’14, ItoOrobator ’14, DavidKehoe ’13 and Misha Rogers.

Compiled by Emmy Sullivan

The St. George’s Board of Trustees welcomed four

new members to its ranks last semester—all current

parents with a variety of professional credentials.

Timothy P. Burns P’13, ’16, joins the board while

continuing to serve with his wife, Lorrie, as a chair of

the St. George’s Parents Committee. Tim is the CEO

and a co-founder of bioprocessH2O, a leader in the de-

velopment of modular advanced biological and mem-

brane treatment systems. Prior to founding

bioprocessH2O, Tim served as president of the board of

Save The Bay in Providence. He continues to serve on

Save The Bay’s President’s Leadership Council, as well

as on the board of Bank Newport and Algae Biomass

Organization. He received his bachelor’s degree in

business from Providence College, and his master’s de-

gree in environmental science from Brown University.

Susan K. “Sisi” Gallagher ’82, P’16 joins the board as

a partner of Williams & Gallagher Investments LLC, a

private investment firm in Chevy Chase, Md. A gradu-

ate of St. George’s in 1982, Sisi received her bachelor’s

degree from Wellesley College and her M.B.A. from

Harvard Business School. She has served on the boards

of various portfolio companies, The Environmental

Enterprises Assistance Fund and the Board of Visitors

at Children’s National Medical Center. She currently

serves on the boards of TelStar Hosted Services Inc.

and Molecular Transfer Inc.

Arthur Lee P’15, ’16 is the chief executive officer

and member of the board of Tokio Marine Asia Pte

Ltd., the regional office of the Tokio Marine Group in

Asia, a life, non-life and reinsurance company. He

currently serves as chairman of Tokio Marine

Insurance Singapore Ltd. and is a member of the Board

of Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance Co. (Hong Kong)

Ltd., Tokio Marine Asset Management International

Pte. Ltd., Tokio Marine Life Insurance Singapore, Tokio

Marine Life Insurance Malaysia, Asia General

Holdings, Tokio Marine General Assets Pte Ltd. and

Asia General Assets Bhd. He holds a J.D. from Santa

Clara University and in addition to his business

involvements, he was awarded the Public Service Medal

by the president of Singapore in August 2008.

Robin Grace Warren P’15 has an abiding interest in

the arts. She decided to use her creativity in the venture

capital industry after graduating from UCLA’s Ander-

son Business School in 1981. After becoming a partner

of the Phoenix Partners in Seattle, Wash., she held sen-

ior management positions in two entrepreneurial ven-

tures until co-founding The Rainbow Fund L.P., a

private investment partnership, where she is a general

partner. Robin attended Prescott College and Madeira

School. She has served on the boards of various non-

profit organizations ranging from community devel-

opment near her home in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, to

The Newport Art Museum. Robin and her husband,

Fred, joined the SG Parents Committee in 2011.

Meanwhile, two members who served the board

generously for years have retired.

Laura de Ramel ’90, who was her class’s head agent

from 1990 to 2009, departs the board after having

served as a spirited, loyal member since 2007. She was a

member of the Development, Finance, Operations and

Awards Committees and served as Annual Giving

Chair from 2009 to 2013. In 2000, Laura received the

Philip Murray Reynolds Volunteer of the Year Award

and in 2007 she was the recipient of the Howard B.

Dean Service Award.

Laura F. Pedrick P’07, ’08 joined the board in 2007

and served on the Compensation, Development, Edu-

cation and Student Life Committees. As the mother of

two former day students, Laura was the day student

voice on the board. As Prize Day speaker in 2008, she

urged graduates to take chances and reap the rewards.

An enthusiastic supporter of the school, Laura also

notched one of the best trustee participation records

for Dragon Weeks calling.


N E W S F R O M T H E B O A R D O F T R U S T E E SBoard notes

Tim Burns

Sisi Gallagher

Arthur Lee

Robin Grace Warren

Board welcomes newmembers, honors retirees


Above: Fourth formers Michaela Ahern, Sloan

Buhse, Sarah Braman, Caroline Dunn-Packer and Lilly

Schopp examine a sea turtle on board Geronimo this

spring.

Top right: Alana Ahern ’07 was able to meet her sis-

ter, spring Geronimo crew member Michaela Ahern ’15,

in Charleston, S.C., when Geronimo was coming back

up the East Coast home to Newport at the end of April.

At right: Sarah Braman ’15 stands at the helm of

Geronimo during the spring cruise. The boat landed in

the Bahamas April 1

At left: The summer 2013 crew of Geronimo—Sam

Ayvazian-Hancock ’15, Jiwoo Seo ’16, Billy Reed ’15, Anders McLeod ’14, Alexa Santry ’14 and Grace Polk

’14—traveled to Bermuda in June.

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S T U D E N T A C H I E V E M E N T SHighlights

III FORMLogan Holly AmaralTimothy John BaumannAshlyn Brooks BuffumTimothy Kyle BurnsLee Madison CardwellDejania Cotton-SamuelLuke William CrimminsJames McGee CunninghamLaura Elizabeth EdsonAnnabelle Blessing FischerConnor J. FitzgeraldPatrick Burton FordMiles Winslow FoyAnnabel Taylor GrunebaumEvan Xavier JacksonJee Seob JungIan Daniel KellerChaeyun KimTaylor Anne KirkpatrickDavid Hall LamarElizabeth LarcomAudrey S. LinWilliam Lindsay LogueCaroline Allen MacaulayLuc Poirier ParutaMargaret Whitney RogersJiwoo SeoJames Marshall StevensAndrea Grace SullivanJonathan C. TesoroOlivia Demary VittonJonathan Yutong WangSophie Genevieve WilliamsToni Lynn Woods Maignan, Jr.

IV FORMMichaela Kathryn AhernZahra ArabzadaGiovanni CarlosArmonies-AssaloneJoseph Burnett AsbelSamara Rebecca Ayvazian-HancockSophia Abby BarkerWilliam Vaughan Bemis

Sloan Alexandra BuhseSarah Stewart CarnwathOlivia Carson ConsoliLane Alexandra DavisJack-Henry Stockton DayReed de Bruhl de HorseySterling Victoria EtheridgeCatherine Bertrand FarmerChloe Amelia FarrickCamila FloresBlaise C. FoleyJing GaoLaurie Naitha GermainJulia C. GoinsOliver Ridgely GreenPiers Snowden Hill GuthrieAnnika Leigh HedlundSerena deWees HighleyRebecca Grace HoweCynthia Janette HuyckEmily Louise KallfelzJaewoo KangErin Marie KeatingYul Hee KimYou Jeong LeeEddie J. LiuRolf Benjamin LocherChenglin LuIrene C. LuperonChristina Rose MalinAnders Cassoday McLeodElizabeth Goodwin MillarCarter Young MorganSoravis NawbhanichHenry Stillman OrdwayJi Young ParkAlden Timothy PextonGriffin Michael PrescottMichael James Riordan, VRobert Carter RoseCameron Eugene RoyElizabeth Hale ScheibeMerrill Avery ScuraMargaret Muriel SmallPaget Grace SmithEmma Louise ThompsonAmanda Grace Warren

Thomas Hunter WesterbergAllison Vanier WilliamsYimin XiePhillip D. YoungLan ZhangNatasha S. Zobel de Ayala

V FORMSamuel Frederick AlofsinAaron S. AnaneChristian Robert AndersonWilliam Kelly Kerr AndersonTimothy Glimme ArcherMiranda Nicole BakosKatherine Elizabeth BauerJonathan Golden BayneHarrison Herbert BoehmKari Anna ByrnesCamilla Pepperell CabotMargaret Deane CardwellPeter Anthony CarrellasEdward Hill CarterYu Yao ChengJaeyoung ChoiWoo Won ChunCameron Roarke CluffKathryn Ann CoughlinMegan E. DaknisJohn Anthony DeLucaElizabeth Dewey DesrosiersAntonio Di LorenzoTimothy Andrews DohertyRoger James DorrHayley Elizabeth Lee DurudoganNicolas FloresJeffrey Paul FralickAllison Parks FullerAlexander James Maher GoodrichElizabeth Lipton GraceAlexandre Zvonimir GrahovacWilliam Christopher HillNorah Burke HoganQuang Nguyen Viet HongTimothy Michael HoweQinwen HuangKatelyn Nicole HutchinsonAmirah Keaton

Mary Olivia KeithMargaret Peyton KilvertJohn Jongmin KimThomas Edward Kits van HeyningenAlexandra Ann LaShelleEdgar Z.H. LeeSamuel Thompson LoomisAndrew Sloane LynchHannah Marie MacaulayPeyton Emily MacNaughtMargaret Tese MaloySamantha D. MaltaisNicholas Broderick MandorCecilia Christiane MasielloMiles Foley MatuleSophia Douglass McDonaldMargaret Anne MeadAlexandra Shaw MedeirosJorge L. MelendezVirginia Casey MoylanItohan Teni OrobatorGrace Connors PolkBrooke Elizabeth ReisWilson S. RubinoffAubrey Miles Fitzhugh SalmonLily Joy SanfordAlexa Olin SantryMargaret Elizabeth SchroederSeung Hyouk ShinWilliam Eberlein SimpsonAndrea SuarezNatalie Ann SullivanHannah Frances ToddAlexandra Anne ToryDian-Jung TsaiEmily Owens WalshRobert Loux WoodardCaroline Woodward YerkesJieun Yoon

VI FORMRyan James AndradeKatherine Alice BienkowskiColby O’Neil BurdickTerrence Reid BurnsJosephine Rose CannellBailey McKay Clement

John Garvoille CoatyRichard Ryan ConlogueEmma S. CozVictoria Elizabeth CunninghamRebecca Warren CutlerJuan Carlos De La GuardiaNico Cyril DeLuca-VerleySophia Elisabeth DenUylKelly Frances DugganRahil Karim Aliff FazelbhoyMarianne Casey Foss-SkiftesvikBethany Lynn FowlerJoseph Omar GrimehKathleen Elizabeth HamrickHikari HasegawaZiye HuDavid Larimer KehoeRowon KimPeter KohlerEfstathios KyriakidesNicholas King LarsonWilliam LeathermanXingyan LiHannah Wise McCormackAllison Armstrong McLaneAlana Claire McMahonLisbeily MenaRobert Walter MeyAnna Elizabeth MillarJeremy MonkMadeleine Emelia ParkerDaniel Perry, IIIKatarina PesaTyler Andrew PesekCallie Victoria ReisElizabeth Madison ReynoldsVivianne Renee ReynosoKemigisha Maria RichardsonDaniel Austin ScheererJae Young ShinWilliam Isaac SilversteinRaleigh Sheehan SilviaMaxwell Bardsley SimmonsCaroline Claire ThompsonWhitney Haskell ThomsonSienna Warriner TurecamoHan Xu

Honor Roll

Head of School Commendation for Academic ExcellenceThe Head of School Commendation for Academic Excellence is St. George’s highest bi-annual honor.

These students received no grade below an A- during the 2012-13 second semester:

Academic Honors for Second Semester 2012-13

Edward Hill CarterYu Yao ChengWoo Won ChunJohn Garvoille CoatyDejania Cotton-SamuelKelly Frances DugganHayley Elizabeth Lee DurudoganLaura Elizabeth EdsonBethany Lynn Fowler

Timothy Michael HoweQinwen HuangJaewoo KangErin Marie KeatingJohn Jongmin KimYul Hee KimTaylor Anne KirkpatrickThomas Edward Kits van HeyningenXingyan Li

Audrey S. LinHannah Marie MacaulayCaroline Allen MacaulayMargaret Anne MeadLuc Poirier ParutaDaniel Perry, IIIMargaret Whitney RogersRobert Carter RoseLily Joy Sanford

Elizabeth Hale ScheibeMargaret Elizabeth SchroederSeung Hyouk ShinJae Young ShinAmanda Grace WarrenSophie Genevieve WilliamsRobert Loux WoodardYimin XieHan XuJieun Yoon


S T U D E N T A C H I E V E M E N T SHighlights

It doesn’t get any better than summa cum laude in

the National Latin Exam, so hats off to Hall Lamar ’16,Rolf Locher ’15, Harry Shepherd ’16, Eddie Liu ’15 andAgnes Enochs ’15, who all earned the coveted gold

award in the 2013 contest. Overall 18 students earned

awards in the competition, including maxima cum

laude winners Allison Williams ’15, Maggie Small ’15,Patrick Ford ’16, Michael Riordan ’15 and Audrey Lin

’16; magna cum laude winners Ian Keller ’16, Evan

Jackson ’16, Julia Goins ’15, Erick Lu ’15, Sterling

Etheridge ’15; and cum laude winners Amy Nuytkens

’15, Serena Bancroft ’15 and Sloan Buhse ’15.

Earning Premio de Oro, or gold, awards in the Na-

tional Spanish Exam this year were: Level 1 students

Caroline Macaulay ’16 and Loomis Quillen ’16; Level 2

students Carter Rose ’15, Sophie Williams ’16, Sophia

Barker ’15, Cici Huyck ’15, Kari Bymes ’14, Wendy

Huang ’14, Jaewoo Kang ’15, and Luc Paruta ’16; Level

3 students Erin Keating ’15, Lilly Scheibe ’15, Becky

Howe ’15, Teddy Carter ’14, Maggie Mead ’14, William

Anderson ’14, and Joey Asbel ’15; and Level 4 studentZhou (Bessie) Yan ’16.

For her superior performance in the intermediate

level, Lilly Scheibe ’15 was the winner of the Spanish

Writing Competition sponsored by the R.I. Chapter of

the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and

Portuguese in January. Also recognized for their supe-

rior performance in the intermediate level were Maggie

Mead ’14, Ito Orobator ’14, Aubrey Salmon ’14, Alexa

Santry ’14 and Bessie Yan ’16. In the advanced level,Katherine Bauer ’14, Colby Burdick ’13, John DeLuca

’14, Hannah Todd ’14, Grace Polk ’14, Callie Reis ’13,

and Margaret Schroeder ’14 were recognized for their

superior performance.

Katelyn Hutchinson ’14, Anna Millar ’13, Samantha

Maltais ’14, Hikari Hasegawa ’13 and Seung Hyouk

Shin ’14 have been inducted into the Chinese Language

Honor Society. The Society recognizes high scholastic

achievement, good character, leadership

and service.

Hikari Hasegawa ’13 and Claire Yoon ’14 finished

in an impressive third place in the Advanced Group at

the Chinese Bridge National Speech Contest held April

7 at The University of Massachusetts Confucius Insti-

tute in Boston. The two girls were among just 24 final

contestants across the nation to compete in the annual

contest, which this year included applicants from U.S.

high schools in 18 states.

Language students shine

Allie Fuller ’14, who served as crucifer forchapel services this year, was named headchapel prefect for 2013-14.

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Ultra-talented artists Catherine Farmer ’15, Veron-

ica Tsai ’14, Caroline Yerkes ’14 and Claire Yoon ’14 will

serve as heads of the 2013-2014 Art Club.

The Red Key Society works with the Admission

Office to give tours and promote the school to

prospective students. Let’s just say they help us show

off really well. This year’s Red Key heads will be Han-

nah Macaulay ’14, Timmy Doherty ’14, Maggie Maloy

’14, Tim Howe ’14, Cecilia Masiello ’14, Andrew Lynch

’14, Callie Randall ’14, Miles Matule ’14, Emily Walsh

’14 and Luc Woodard ’14.

Peggy Kilvert ’14 and Nicolas Flores ’14 will be

the 2013-14 Spanish Club heads.

New members were appointed to the Health

Council this year: Lexi LaShelle ’14, Oliver Green ’15,Zurab Akirtava ’15, Natasha Zobel de Ayala ’15 andElizabeth Millar ’15 will join present members Johnny

Kim ’14 and Sasha Tory ’14 (Alexa Santry ’14 leaves to

serve as a school prefect).

Meggie O’Connor ’14 was appointed head verger

for chapel services for the 2013-14 year. Eliza Grace ’14

will be assistant head verger.

The new heads of the Insight Club will be: Irene

Luperon ’15, Andrea Suarez ’14 and Charleen Martins-

Lopes ’15.

After a stellar tenure as news editor, Margaret

Schroeder ’14 has been promoted to managing

editor of the student newspaper, the Red & White.

Thomas Kits van Heyningen ’14 will serve his second

year as editor-in-chief. (Side note: A literary essay

by former Red & White managing editor Kate Hamrick

’13 titled, “I Like Your Shoes,” was a featured work

on the well-regarded teen publishing site,

TeenInk.com, in May. Read the essay online at

http://teenink.com/hot_topics/health.)

The school prefects for the

2013-14 school year are Alexa

Santry, Teddy Carter, Alec

Goodrich, Peter Carrellas and Avery

Dodd. We broke the news of the

election results on our Facebook

page as they were revealed in

Madeira Hall, capturing this exu-

berant photo of the new Fab Five.

Alec (middle right holding the

keys to the school on Prize Day)

will head the student body as

senior prefect.

2014 classmates Quang Hong,Aubrey Salmon, Grace Polk, Han-

nah Todd and Annabella Doyle will

serve the school as Honor Board

representatives. Aubrey will chair

the group.

Bethany Fowler ’13 was the

featured local SG graduate in the

Newport Daily News May 28.

You can read the full article at

NewportDailyNews.com.


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Top: Nick Larson ’15 passes onthe gavel to incoming Honor

Board head Aubrey Salmon ’14.

Middle: New Senior PrefectAlec Goodrich ’14 proudly displays the keys to the school on Prize Day.

Bottom: Bethany Fowler ’13appears in the local paper.

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Editor’s note: The John B. Diman Award is presented

annually during Reunion Weekend to an alumna

or alumnus whose personal accomplishments or

public service contributions are valued greatly

by St. George’s School. The complete text of

Mr. Wulsin’s acceptance speech is online at

www.stgeorges.edu/DimanAward2013.

Lucien Wulsin, a member of the St. George’s Class

of 1963, was presented with the John B. Diman

Award—the school’s highest alumni/ae honor—in

the Chapel on May 17.

Wulsin’s distinguished career as a longtime

champion of health-care reform and his advocacy for

those without adequate health insurance made him

the unanimous choice of the Board of Trustees and

an exemplary candidate for the Diman Award.

Wulsin and his family have a long history with

St. George’s. As an honorary member of the notably

rare “Four-SG-Community-Members-Who-Have-

the-Same-Name Club,” Wulsin arrived on the Hill-

top following in the steps of both his grandfather,

Lucien Wulsin, Class of 1906, and father, Lucien

Wulsin, Class of 1935. (Lucien Wulsin ’13, of Seattle,

is a cousin.) In all, 14 members of the Wulsin fam-

ily have attended St. George’s and the school is

proud to count them as a substantial part of our

alumni/ae family.

Growing up in Cincinnati, Wulsin was

surrounded by creativity and music: His father had

once been president of the famed Baldwin Piano Co.

and was a passionate supporter of the arts, along with

also being an exuberant parent who took his children

wandering in caves and riding in rafts along the

Kentucky/Tennessee border.

Top: Head of SchoolEric Peterson (right)congratulates LucienWulsin ’63, winnerof the 2013 John B.Diman Award.

Right: Members ofthe Wulsin clan—Bo’11 (left), Harry ’66(second from left)and Lucien ’13(second from right)gather in the Chapelfollowing the presentation of theDiman Award toLucien ’63 (right).

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Wulsin ’63earns covetedDiman Award


Among his peers at St. George’s, Wulsin was

known for his enthusiastic support of the Cincinnati

Reds baseball team, his early arrival at breakfast in

King Hall—and his love for a good nap. Along with

noting his membership in the Rifle Club, the French

Club and the Library Association, the 1963 Lance

anoints him president of the S.G. Slumber Society,

(though his alarm clock before the start of classes was

in good working order).

A Midwesterner, Wulsin says he experienced a fair

amount of “culture shock” when he arrived in the

Northeast for boarding school. Yet still, because he

was roundly welcomed, Mr. Wulsin recalls most

fondly of his SG years his bonds with his classmates

and his relationships with his teachers—including the

venerable James Vermillion, who taught Latin to both

Wulsin and his father.

After St. George’s, Wulsin went on to earn a bach-

elor’s degree from Trinity College and a law degree

from the University of Virginia. He was an attorney

with the National Health Law Program, a senior attor-

ney with Greater Boston Legal Services, and a clinical

associate at Harvard Law School.

Years ago, a client walked into Wulsin’s office and

changed his career. The client was a Vietnam veteran

with a wife and two children who, after being on pub-

lic assistance, had recently found a job. Things were

looking up until he found out that because he had

started working, he had lost his Medicaid health bene-

fits. Wulsin said that tjis is when he knew something

had to be changed. A number of similar cases

prompted him to advocate publicly for policy changes

regarding the uninsured.

In 1994, the Center for Governmental Studies

published Wulsin’s “California at the Crossroads:

Choices for Health Care Reform,” a study on Califor-

nia’s options to redesign its health care system.

These days, as the director of the Insure the

Uninsured Project, Wulsin continues to partner

with numerous health care organizations through-

out California on efforts to increase funding, care

and coverage for the uninsured. “I got involved

thinking I could fix the problem quickly,” said

Wulsin. “That was 40 years ago. I guess I’m in it

for the long haul.”

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Retired Associate Director of Admission Betsy Leslie, Christopher Lee ’87 and retired Head of the Science Department Steve Leslie.

Alex Regan ’08, Ellie Myers ’08, Associate Director of Admission Krista Petersonand Kathryn Connor ’08.

Retired Art Department Chair Richard Grosvenor.

Nate Fletcher ’98 and Claire Abell.

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Note: The Howard B. Dean Service Award

was established in 2001 by the Board of

Trustees to recognize members of the St.

George’s School community whose service

to the school has been exceptional.

Howard B. Dean was the father of four St.

George’s graduates: Howard ’66, Charlie ’68,

Jim ’72 and Bill ’73. He served on the St.

George’s Board of Trustees from 1976 to 1985,

was president of the board from 1980 to 1984,

and was board chair from 1984 to 1985. In

1985, Dean, known for his vast knowledge of fi-

nance and management, was appointed an

Honorary Trustee and served actively in that

role until his death in 2001.

Three dedicated St. George’s volunteers

were awarded Howard B. Dean Awards for

outstanding service to the school during Re-

union Weekend in May: John B. “Jay” John-

ston Jr. ’73, Rosemary “Rosie” Gaynor

Wiedenmayer ’93 and J. Philip “Phip” Lee.

Johnston, of Mill Valley, Calif., has been

an enthusiastic spokesperson and cheer-

leader for the school since hosting St.

George’s first West Coast phonathon in

1998. A loyal Dragon Weeks caller, he as-

sumed the role of head class agent in 2006

and has been a leadership donor on behalf

of the Annual Fund. His name is on one of

the Dragon’s scales in the Campus Center

and on more than one seat in the hockey

rink. A vice-president/financial advisor with

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney in San Fran-

cisco, he has lent his support to our finan-

cial aid efforts over the years and is a

member of the founding Friends of the

St. George’s Chapel.

Wiedenmayer, of Denver, Colo., partici-

pated in no less than 13 Dragon Weeks be-

tween 1999 and 2007. She has been a head

agent for her class on the Annual Giving

Committee since 2000. A consistently loyal

donor to the Annual Fund herself, she also

extends that loyalty to capital enterprises with

the same sense of commitment. In 1993

shortly after her graduation from St. George’s,

the Gaynor Family Foundation, of which she

is a trustee, established the Gaynor Family

Fund Scholarship at SG to provide financial

aid to students from Ohio and the Midwest.

An honorary trustee, Lee, of Westport,

Mass., became an integral part of the marine

program at St. George’s during his tenure on

the board from 1991 to 2006. He was the sec-

retary of the Budget Committee for many

years and chaired the Marine Committee—

instrumental in the design and construction

of the “new” Geronimo— from 1991 to 2005.

Lee spearheaded the design process, oversaw

the construction and worked closely with for-

mer trustee Charlie Dana P’91, ’01, ’05, for-

mer faculty members Steve Connett and Steve

Leslie to play a major role in fundraising

efforts for the vessel, which was christened in

1998. Lee continues to be an ardent supporter

of all things St. George’s and his generosity is

reflected in yearly gifts to the Annual Fund

and for the endowment of Geronimo.

On hand to present the volunteer awards

May 18 were Board of Trustees Chair Francis

“Skip” Branin ’65, P’06, Head of School Eric

Peterson and the late Howard B. Dean’s son,Jim Dean ’72, P’11.

—Linda Michalek, Quentin Warren

and Krista Sturtevant

John B. Johnston Jr. ’73, Eric Peterson and Bill Dean ’73

Skip Branin ’65, P’06 and Rosemary GaynorWiedenmayer ’93

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Volunteers honored for service with Dean Awards


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OGDEN NASH SOCI ET Y MEMBER PROFI LE :John W. “Jack” Hornor ’73

Northampton, Mass.ONS member since 2013

Many St. George’s alumni/ae look back on their

experiences here and describe their years on the Hilltop

as formative ones. Jack Hornor is one such Dragon and

credits his four years at SG as shaping his character and

having a positive effect on his life ever since. In the

weeks following his visit to the campus for his 40th re-

union in May, Jack shared word that he intends to in-

clude St. George’s in his estate plan.

“It was here that I first heard the words ‘the larger life

of the world’ and here that I heard in our School Prayer

that we must be ‘always ready to help the unprotected

and helpless.’” Those introductions and the meaning he

attached to them have informed and inspired Jack’s own

“work with the homeless, those who hunger, and partic-

ularly with the gay & lesbian community.”

He cites his participation on the staffs of The Red

& White and The Lance as the beginning of his “life in-

volved with words—in public relations, in teaching,

and in much of my other work.” Working on these

publications, and in other school activities, also taught

Jack “how to get people to work together and how to

succeed in a project.” Those skills have served him well

and helped him to be a leader in his adopted town of

Northampton, Mass., where he has been involved with

civic life for almost 20 years.

“I came to the

Hilltop a shy and awk-

ward third former in

1969. I left with a belief

in myself, and a desire

to do what I could to

make the world a bet-

ter place. For that I

am always grateful to

St. George’s.”

Jack has asked that

his planned gift, a be-

quest, be used to honor faculty and staff—those who

made the St. George’s experience what it was for him

and those whose continued dedication and commit-

ment make SG the school that it is today.

To learn more about including the school in

your will please contact Bill Douglas at St. George’s

by telephone at 1-888-422-5574 or via email at

[email protected].

The Ogden Nash Society (ONS) recognizes and

honors alumni/ae, parents and friends of the school

who have made provisions to support St. George’s

in their estate plans. To date, the Society has 243

members.

John W. “Jack” Hornor ’73


Ryan Vallaincourt ’02 (above with president of the

Los Angeles Press Club Jill Stewart), a reporter for the

Downtown Los Angeles News, this spring earned the

prestigious Print Journalist of the Year award for all

daily or weekly newspapers with a circulation less than

50,000 from the Los Angeles Press Association. The

judges called his pieces a “Good mix of stories on a

variety of topics, displaying strong reporting and writ-

ing.” Vallaincourt also won two first-place writing

awards in the competition, one in the News Feature

Under 1,000 Words category for his piece on a pair of

papier-mâché guerrilla street artists and another in the

Personality Profile category for his story on dancer and

choreographer Benjamin Millepied.

Former Red & White editor Alexandra Talty ’06

became the envy of all those prone to midday wander-

lust when she quit her day job at Forbes Media this

spring to try her hand at freelance journalism in

Beirut, Lebanon. She’s sending essays and articles back

to her old newsroom at Forbes.com through Senior

Editor Deborah L. Jacobs. Follow Alexandra on Twitter,

@TheMiddleOfTime.

Sylvester Monroe ’69 recently took a turn on the

other side of the reporter’s notebook for a story by Na-

tional Public Radio (NPR) correspondent Shereen

Meraji on the 50-year anniversary of the A Better

Chance program in June. Monroe, a freelance editor

for NPR’s “Marketplace” and a long-time journalist

who’s held reporting and editing positions at

Newsweek, Time, Ebony, the San Jose Mercury News

and Atlanta Journal-Constitution, told Meraji the pro-

gram that continues to help disadvantaged students get

into prestigious independent schools changed his life.

In fact it was a contribution to SG’s student-produced

magazine, The Dragon, which set the tone for his fu-

ture career success. “I met an alumnus who saw some-

thing I wrote in the literary magazine and asked if I

wanted to meet the editor at Newsweek,” Monroe told

Meraji. Six years later, and just one week after his grad-

uation from Harvard University, he was hired as a na-

tional correspondent for Newsweek. Monroe said that

because of A Better Chance his “world opened up. I

never looked at the world the same way, again.”

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The Spring 2013 issue of the Rhode Island Episco-

pal community’s publication, Risen, reports that Attor-

ney Richard Sayer ’65, a parishioner, has been

appointed Chancellor, a legal advisor position, for the

Diocese for St. Mary’s Church in Portsmouth, R.I.

An essay written by Charles Barzun ’93 titled

“A Letter to My Grandfather” was published in the

May edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Read it online at http://chronicle.com/article/

A-Letter-to-My-Grandfather/139117. Barzun writes

the epistolary essay to his grandfather, Jacques Barzun,

the noted French-born writer/professor/historian/

philosopher who died in October 2012 at the age of 104.

The New York Post ran a two-page story on the

relationship of new art and new building development

featuring Derek Reist ’63 in April. (Google Derek Reist

NY Post) Reist was commissioned to do two abstract

paintings and one realistic painting for the lobby of a

new 180-unit rental building at 1214 Fifth Ave.

“Smart Power: Between Diplomacy and War” by

Christian Whiton ’92 will be published by Potomac

Books this September.

Whiton, who lives in L.A.,

is a former diplomat and

presidential campaign

advisor. He is a frequent

commentator on national

security issues, appearing

on the Fox News Channel,

CNBC, and other net-

works. From 2003 to 2009,

he was a senior advisor and

deputy special envoy in the State Department. He is

currently a principal at DC International Advisory, a

political risk-consulting firm.

Charles Pinning ’70 talks about being Catholic at St.

George’s and his schoolboy antics in an editorial pub-

lished in the Providence Journal this past spring. Need-

less to say there was some time spent in the Franklin

A song titled, “Hush, Baby” written by Lisbeth Garassino ’00 and being sold on iTunes,is helping to raise money for cancer research. The song was written as a tribute inmemory of her brother, Joe, 29, who was diagnosed with Stage IV cholangiocarcinoma(bile duct cancer), and who passed away on Jan. 20. All proceeds from the sale of thissong are going to the Cancer Research Institute of New York City to help find a cure forall types of cancer. Lis can be reached at [email protected].

Emma Scanlon ’12recently met U.S. Sen.McCain at a dinner inNew York featuringformer President BillClinton and benefittingthe McCain Institute forInternational Leadershipat ASU. Emma is work-ing with The ConcordiaSummit this summer, anonprofit dedicated topromoting effective andsustainable public-pri-vate partnerships byconvening global leadersand developing newmethods of research andintelligence.




Spa for breakfast rather than at St. Mary’s Church in

downtown Newport on Sunday mornings. Google

“With the Catholic boys (a.k.a. ‘The Young Lords’).”

Donna Myers ’88 received the Excellence in Philan-

thropy Award from the Oak Park and River Forest

Community Foundation in Illinois this spring. In addi-

tion to being one of the most active volunteers at the

Oak Park River Forest food pantry, Meyers has served

with the Chicago Zoological Society, Oak Park Temple,

Parenthesis Family Center, Women Leaders in Philan-

thropy, the Children’s Clinic and parent-teacher organ-

izations. As part of the award, she won a $1,000 grant,

which she has earmarked for the food pantry.

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Linnie Gummo ’11 returned home from her fourthvisit to the Rift Valley Children's Village in Tanzaniathis summer. She reports the dining area built therewith donations from the St. George's community isgetting a ton of use. The kids love it!

Lucas Kolf ’92, (above left with his son, Charlie)served as a mentor for Aubrey Salmon ’14 duringAubrey’s internship this summer at Bowline CapitalPartners in London, where Kolf is a partner.

Let’s talkabout warVeteran Peter Hilgartner ’45recalls serving on the frontlines in Korea, Vietnam

BY SUZANNE MCGRADY

He hadn’t been back to St. George’s since he

graduated in 1945, but when Peter Hilgartner

’45 was introduced in assembly in Madeira

Hall on April 26 it was nothing short of a triumphant

return to the Hilltop. After a brief recitation of the

highly decorated Marine colonel’s resume, the students,

knowing that he had valiantly served his country for all

those years, gave him a standing ovation.

Hilgartner—widely recognized in the Marine

Corps as a successful combat leader—saw heavy action

in two wars. He served as a junior officer in Korea, and

later went on to earn both the Silver Star and the Le-




gion of Merit Medal for command of the First Battal-

ion, Fifth Marines in Vietnam. He was on campus to

bring a real-world perspective on war to history stu-

dents in the department’s elective course

on Vietnam.

Hilgartner, the stepson of a Naval commander sta-

tioned in Newport, has seen a lot since his tenure on

the Hilltop more than 70 years ago. His recollections

are outlined in a memoir, “Highpocket’s War Stories”

(Xlibris Corp., 2004), available on Amazon, but in per-

son the 86-year-old Hilgartner still can recount the war

as if it were yesterday.

SA native Texan, Hilgartner said he always knew he

wanted to be a soldier. “From the time I ever heard of

them,” he said. In the rugged terrain around their

house, he and his brother, Fielding Hilgartner ’49, bat-

tled each other with the toy soldiers they bought for a

nickel apiece. “My mother would give us 25 cents a

week for allowance and I would usually spend part of it

on getting another toy soldier,” he said.

Hilgartner attributes his success on the real bat-

tlefield to his childhood pursuits, when he taught

himself how to study the terrain. “I would go out

and do walks in the woods and pretend the enemy

was out there somewhere and I’d look to see how I

might get through,” he said. “I developed some real

skills at that over time.”

The skills came in handy years later, he said, dur-

ing a mock war exercise 50 miles from Busan, Korea. It

was Marines against the Army and Hilgartner’s cun-

ning helped him prevail in a big way: His unit over-

came the opposing unit while they were all sleeping,

then piled up all their weapons so the men had to

spend hours sorting them back out. Though a com-

manding officer accused him of “ruining” the exercise

and made his unit walk the 50 miles to Busan to catch

a ship back to Okinawa, Hilgartner remembers it as

one of “the greatest feelings of camaraderie from the

Navy” that he ever had. “We made it in time for the

trip, but not before I and a lot of other Marines were

walking in our sleep and walking off the road and

falling in ditches—but we got there,” he said. When the

men walked up the gangway of the ship, the Navy had

lined up some sailors with a huge pot of split pea

soup—and told the Marines as they came up, “Get

your canteen out.” “And God, that was wonderful,” Hil-

gartner said. Later he was honored with an invitation

to the war room by the captain of the ship.

SAt St. George’s, the 6-foot-6-inch, 160-pound Hil-

gartner, known as Stretch, lettered in football, basketball


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and soccer and was president of the Rifle Club and cap-

tain of the Rifle team. “Being from Texas, I knew how to

shoot,” he said. (Hilgartner’s younger brother, Lee Hil-

gartner ’53, nicknamed “Tex” also attended St. George’s.)

At 10 or 11 years old, he’d go out into the Texas

fields and look for skunks, groundhogs and rabbits. “I

never killed much of anything, but it sure was fun,” he

said. At an early age, he also learned how to bounce

back from adversity. A serious injury to his foot, when

his horse, Jimmy, fell and landed on his leg, left him

with life-long repercussions: one foot is two sizes

smaller than the other. Because of that he was denied a

spot in the infantry during the Korean War and as-

signed to the artillery instead.

After St. George’s, Hilgartner wanted to go to West

Point but failed the exam by two points in math, so he

enlisted in the Marines. From 1945-1947 he was as-

signed to guard duty at the Naval gun factory and the

Naval hospital in Bethesda, Md., which cared for sol-

diers after World War II.

He later passed the exam for the Naval Academy

and became an officer, leading a team of about seven

Marines on missions to destroy enemy bunkers with

artillery fire in Korea. “We were fighting the Chinese,”

he said. “They were good soldiers, too.”

In Korea, Hilgartner said he carried a 60-pound

pack, but still gained weight by eating leftover C-Ra-

tions. “Any Marine who didn’t want his C-Rations, he

could give them to me and I ate them,” he said. “I

didn’t care what it was.”

SSo what did Hilgartner want young people to

know about war?

“I’d like to focus on leadership,” he said before

meeting with the history class. “I’d like to tell them a

story or two about how to be a leader.”

“There are certain things that combat can create in

a human being—and that’s the fear factor,” he said.

“Some Marines don’t manifest that factor and some

do—and some officers do.

“One of the biggest problems I’ve seen and had to

deal with was an officer freezing and unable to make a

decision when he needed to.”

One of the worst days in his life, he said, was in

May 1967 during Operation Union—a search and de-

stroy mission in the Que Son Valley in Vietnam. Five of

his men were killed and 20 injured. He remembers a

fellow lieutenant colonel who was terrified and had lost

track of his troops.

When you’re in the midst of battle, you have to

turn that fear around, he said.

“I have been in real battles … and I usually ended

up walking along the lines and talking to my men

when they were fighting. I always felt like if I could see

the eyes of the enemy I could beat him.”

As Hilgartner thinks nostalgically about the past

he remembers the goals he made for himself as a bat-

talion commander during an airplane ride into the

war zone:

1. Always accomplish the mission

2. Look out for my men

3. Keep God in my mind.

S“I read the 27th psalm almost daily. The first five

verses were very meaningful to me.”

What kept him going throughout his military ca-

reer were the camaraderie with his fellow Marines—

and belief in the cause.

“I was doing something that I really wanted to do,”

he said. “I wanted to save lives.”

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St. George’s SchoolMission Statement

In 1896, the Rev. John Byron Diman, founder

of St. George’s School, wrote in his “Purposes of

the School” that “the specific objectives of St.

George’s are to give its students the opportunity

of developing to the fullest extent possible the

particular gifts that are theirs and to encourage

in them the desire to do so. Their immediate

job after leaving school is to handle successfully

the demands of college; later it is hoped that

their lives will be ones of constructive service to

the world and to God.”

In the 21st century, we continue to teach

young women and men the value of learning

and achievement, service to others, and respect

for the individual. We believe that these goals

can best be accomplished by exposing students

to a wide range of ideas and choices in the

context of a rigorous curriculum and a sup-

portive residential community.

Therefore, we welcome students and teach-

ers of various talents and backgrounds, and we

encourage their dedication to a multiplicity

of pursuits—intellectual, spiritual, and physi-

cal—that will enable them to succeed in and

contribute to a complex, changing world.

St. George’s Policy on Non-Discrimination

St. George’s School admits male and

female students of any religion, race, color,

sexual orientation, and national or ethnic

origin to all the programs and activities

generally accorded or made available to stu-

dents at the school. It does not discriminate

on the basis of religion, gender, race, color,

sexual orientation, gender identity, gender

expression, or national or ethnic origin in

the administration of its educational policies,

scholarship and loan programs, or athletic

and other school-administered programs.

In addition, the school welcomes visits from

disabled applicants.

Upcoming Events2 013Thurs., Sept. 5Convocation ChapelClasses beginFri., Oct. 11–Sun., Oct. 13Alumni/ae of Color ConferenceFri., Oct. 25–Sat., Oct. 26Parents WeekendFri., Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m.Lessons and CarolsTues., Dec. 17, 7:30 p.m.Christmas Festival

2 014Fri., Feb. 14–Sat., Feb. 15Fifth-Form Parents WeekendFri., May 16–Sun., May 18Reunion WeekendMon., May 26Prize Day

Receptions, Young Alumni/ae Get-togethers and Career Networking Events coming to:

BostonChicagoHoustonNew YorkNewport

Palm BeachSan FranciscoWashington

Locations, dates and times to be determined

For information on these and additional events, contact Events Coordinator Ann Weston at [email protected] or 401.842.6731. Details will also be available on our website at

www.stgeorges.edu and the St. George’s School Facebook page, www.facebook.com/stgeorgesschool.

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in From China to Stanford: Joanna Xu ’13 finds SG a

gateway to new intellectual territory BY SUZANNE L. MCGRADY

Now everybody knows her name: Military childMegan Daknis ’14 is a St. George’s Scholar BY SUZANNE L. MCGRADY

Honoring John and Ramsay Scott: Founders hope totake Scott Scholarship to the next level BY SUZANNE L. MCGRADY


Chapel talks:Lions and tigers—and dragons. Oh my! BY JACK COATY ’13

Silver lining BY KATE HAMRICK ’13

Post Hilltop: Alumni/ae in the news

Class Notes

In this issue:

Left: Senior Prefect Alec Goodrich ’13 and Prefect Alexa Santry ’13 walk

arm-in-arm, leading graduates to the Front Circle on Prize Day.


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