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magazinesummerLetter from the Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Robert A. Lake, Head of School

Promotion, Graduation and Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Lower School Middle School Upper School

Athletics Round-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

125th Anniversary Events, Festivities and Convocation . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Alumni Weekend, Reunion, Awards and Regional Events . . . . . . . . 28

Alumni HeadLines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Tribute to F. Gardiner F. Bridge Tribute to Shirley Phelps Price

Head-Royce School Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44–45

Cover: Bill ReitzelInside Cover: Sam Deaner

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The mission of Head-Royce School is to inspire in our students a lifelong love of learning and pursuit of academic excellence, to promote understanding of and respect for diversity that makes our society strong, and to encourage active and responsible global citizenship.

Founded in 1887, Head-Royce is an independent, non-denominational, coeducational, college-preparatory, K–12 school, which o  ers a challenging educational program to educate the whole child. The school nurtures the development of each individual student through a program that seeks:

· to develop intellectual abilities such as scholarship and disciplined, critical thinking;

· to foster in each student respect, integrity, ethical behavior, compassion and a sense of humor;

· to promote responsibility and leadership, an appreciation of individual and cultural differences, and a respect for the opinions of others;

· to nurture aesthetic abilities such as creativity, imagination, musical and visual talent; and

· to encourage joyful, healthy living; a love of nature; and physical fi tness.

All members of the Head-Royce community strive to create an educational environment that refl ects the school’s core values of academic excellence, diversity and citizenship, and one in which each student can thrive. We believe that a program based on these core values will prepare our students to be e  ective global citizens as they face and embrace the challenges and the opportunities of the future.

AS I REFLECT ON THE PAST YEAR, OUR 125TH, I continue to be inspired and humbled when I think about how our students and faculty live out the vision created by Anna Head when she founded our school in 1887. What makes our modern-day school community so unique is that we are simultaneously able to hold true to our founding values while continually evolving and pushing forward to seek out and defi ne best practices in teaching and learning in the 21st century.

Over the course of the past year, one main goal was to engage the extended Head-Royce community. From September through to June, we created meaningful opportunities for alumni, past parents, current families, faculty, trustees and friends of the school to come together. We wanted to have fun, celebrate our past and plan for the future.

The feedback from our broader community has let us know that the year was a complete success. In the pages that follow, we share some pictures and details about all of the events. But here are some of my highlights:

» We created a visual history timeline (see pages 44–45).

» We commemorated the past with alumni through events in Los Angeles, Palo Alto, and San Francisco, Calif.; Boston; New York City; and Washington, D.C., as well as during our annual on-campus alumni weekend.

» We rejoiced in the present with a speaker series. Willie Brown discussed local community connections while our second two speakers, athlete Anthony Robles and HRS Alumna Rebecca Alexander, inspired us with stories of hope and perseverance.

» Wynton Marsalis played a private concert and taught a master class, demonstrating our deep tradition of and passion for the arts.

» And we topped o� the year with the gala, our largest-ever HRS community party attended by more than 800 people.

In the midst of the celebrations, we remained true to our main purpose: scholarship. At Head-Royce, we prepare the next generation for lives of purpose and meaning. We have the profound responsibility to educate children. Part of doing that is to off er robust and innovative programming that diff erentiates us from other schools. This year, we improved our world languages program in the Lower School, off ering three languages (Mandarin, Spanish and French) beginning in kindergarten. Our Middle School introduced a diff erentiated math curriculum that is customizable for each student. And we continue to enhance our Upper School curriculum, with four years of computer science.

Continually improving the educational program is just one way that we uphold the school’s innovative spirit and it is what will help us forge the path forward into the next century. Looking ahead to this upcoming year, I will be presenting a 10-year plan for our school to the broader community. Stay tuned for an invitation—we’ll host in- person events and webcasts—and join if you can! I look forward to sharing this with you as we move forward into the next important stage of our school’s history.

Sincerely,Rob

Celebrating, Evolving and Holding True

Robert A. LakeHead of School

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End-of-Year Celebrations Each year, we host promotion ceremonies for 5th- and 8th-grade students and commencement for our 12th graders. The rite of passage varies in degree of intensity—heading o� to the Middle or Upper Schools and heading o� to college—but they share signifi cance. Friends and familyjoin faculty to celebrate student achievement and say goodbye to classmates departing for other schools. For graduating seniors and theirfamilies, it is an exciting and emotional time. The class of 2013 joined the ranks of Head-Royce alumni on June 8, ready to contribute to their communities as scholars and citizens.

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Don’t ever... ...take people for granted.

...forget that failure is not the worst thing

in the world; the worst thing is not trying.

Remember to always... …be self-suffi cient.

…eat what you like, try different foods and brush your teeth.

…believe in yourself and ask for

what you need.

And here’s one small piece of advice from me…...a line from a simple and familiar Liberian folk song: ‘You better take time in life.’

Take your time in your lives, don’t rush. You have plenty of it.

Promotion : : Excerpts from Lower School Promotion SUZANNE ABBEY · Head Of lOWer scHOOl

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Here are some words of advice, written by the class of 2020 to each other:

Top to bottom from left to right:

1. Margot Fish, Keiley Thompson and Eloise Henry

2. Rachel Dauby, Asta Sjogren-Uyehara (4th grade)

3. Rob, Thelma, Heather, Tucker and Neville Lake

4. Lucas Dodson, Tucker Lake, Jordy Dennings and Chase Nwamu

5. Jonathan DeMiguel and Sterling Stokes

6. Leo Beck and family: sister Azzie Beck ’24, mom Blake Finch, dad Michael Beck ’95

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Back row: Ethan Maxim, Binh Liang, Deven Kadlic, Luci Hopkins-

Nickel, Jonathan DeMiguel, Sterling Stokes, Max Stein, Roger

Biddle, Matthew Boranian, Lucas Dodson

Second row: Sylvia Helmgren (Lower School offi ce assistant),

Lindsay Zika (teacher), Nicole Tooper, Francesca Doyle, Margot

Fish, Olivia Robarts, Rachel Dauby, Sammi Kane, Lucia Paris,

Phinny Bond, Lauren Bartlett

Third row: Suzanne Abbey (Lower School Head), Eloise Henry, Ellie

Rosen, Marina Sherman, Ellie Novogradac, Grace Williams, Keiley

Thompson, Jordy Dennings, Tucker Lake, Chase Nwamu, Ben

Ladue (teacher), Leo Beck

Front row: Amzie Brakeman, Isabel Haas, Rebekah Bodner,

Genevieve Clay, Grady Florance, Dexter Allen, Woody Miottel,

Phillip Chin, Sam Yee, Jason Haas

Photo by: Ralph Granich

Grade 5 : : Class of 2019Promotion : : Excerpts from Lower School Promotion SUZANNE ABBEY · Head Of lOWer scHOOl

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Promotion : : Excerpts from Middle School Promotion LINDA HOOPES · HEAD OF MIDDLE SCHOOL

It’s time to settle down and get serious, but please don’t forget to laugh out loud everyday, spend ample time with your friends and family and take joy in those surprising moments life offers you.

Find the balance. You need to have fun—everyday! But, you also need to know that everything you do can’t fall into the category of fun. There are times when you need to work long and hard to reach your desired goal.

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Top to bottom from left to right:

1. Charlie Sohn and AJ Stella

2. Scott Van Ness and Matthew Tracey-Cook

3. Harrison Harvey, Austin Chandler, Sawyer Thompson and Linda Hoopes

4. Ashkan Vafai and Lily Majteles

5. Kelly Fujimoto, Maddy Farrington, Olivia Mayeda, Maddi Thayer, Erin Jeffs, Adriana Celaya and Isabelle Smith

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Promotion : : Excerpts from Middle School Promotion LINDA HOOPES · HEAD OF MIDDLE SCHOOL Grade 8 : : Class of 2017

Back row: Mark Redfield, Max Schmitz, Michael Bennett, Christopher Marchant, Adriana Celaya, Maia Shwarts, Aviva Davis, Catherine McMahon, Latejah Whittaker, Scott Van Ness, Sawyer Thompson, Josh Dennings, Isaiah Martin, Owen Schnider, Cole Bamberger

Second row: Noah Prozan, Henry Yeary, Galen Womack-Batzdorf, Maddie Dyke, Charlie Sohn, Eli Beser, Raeka Attari, Liat Levin, Erin Jeffs, Fiona Chen, Izzy Chard, Madeleine Robarts, Tony Torres

Third row: Lowell Camp, Ellie Vogel, Reuben Drogin, Jake Patterson-Kohout, Isabel Wrubel, Jake Lilienstein, Isaac Sherman, Katie Toppin, Abby Pratt, Jessica Almgren-Bell, Ruby Siltanen, Camille Selna, Dejah Hilliard, Frances Lawley

Fourth row: Shira Sanghvi, Alison Almgren-Bell, Max Sahlins, Amanda Wiley, Jemma Baus, Wesley Yost, Matthew Tracey-Cook, Simon Oppenheimer, Nicholas Horsey, Jordynn Hunkin, Zoe Cheng, Miriam Goldgeil, André Lusan

Fifth row: Elle Gennis, Matthew Stallone, Alex McCombs, Scott Mowat, Miles Burton, Ashkan Vafai, Samir Sawhney, Harrison Harvey, Tucke Backer, Lily Majteles, AJ Stella, Evan Simons, Chioke Armstrong-Malloy, Casey Lake

Front row: Leah Stuart, Isabelle Smith, Maddi Thayer, Maddy Far-rington, Olivia Mayeda, Kelly Fujimoto, Isabella Donato, Michelle Mao, Wanjiku Githere, Carolyn Cheng, Joanna Gold, Emma Kantor, Makayla Thomas

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Commencement : : Excerpts from 2013 Commencement CARL THIERMANN · Head Of upper scHOOl

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We can never know with total certainty our future selves. However, during high school we can form an internal, ethical base —a compass that points towards integrity and never wavers. This commitment anchors the class and bonds the students and faculty together.

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Commencement : : Excerpts from 2013 Commencement CARL THIERMANN · Head Of upper scHOOl

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Back row: Ryan Diew, Nicolas Dorado, Ian Lituchy, William Enderle, Scott Miller, Alexander Sommer, Jasper Arasteh, Gabriel Wieland, Alexander Martin-Ginnold, Ryan Thiermann, Samuel Anderson-Moxley, Andrew Dixon

Second Row: Colin McCully, Rachel Bachman, Charles Howarth, Raya Abourjeily, Reid Schnider, Bennett Smith, Veronica Timpane, Jason Wang, Sarah Schwemberger, Alexander Mangus, Aminah Luqman, Vivian Truong, Elizabeth Chao, Rory Chipman

Third Row: Young Woo Lee, Weston Stuart-Tennes, Benjamin Wolf, Neil Natarajan, Alessandra Lopez, Dora Finkelstein, Natalie Garrett, Jourdan Meltzer, Claire Binder, Jeffrey Wu, Charltien Long, Grace Lawley, Morgan O’Sullivan

Fourth Row: Paul Novak, Steven Farinaro, Adam Pease, Inés Martin, Katherine Marchant, Olivia Wilson, Lilly Tahmasebi, Chelsea Wirth, Elizabeth Sundsmo, Kiran Melnyk, Luke Stella, Sierra Ng, Christopher Irwin

Fifth Row: Alexander Luckmann, Matthew Harband, TravisPillon, John Mistry, Matthew Clark, Mark Hightower, Jonathan Bianchini, Jon Wactor, Perry Cheng, Antonia Calabrese-Thomas, Michael Greenfi eld, Sofi e Grossman, Tynan Challenor

Front Row: Mary Engstrom, Kristi Hong, Alyssa Apilado, Elisa Stern, Elyse Kedzie, Rebecca Benham, Surya Tubach, Grace Wong, Gabriella Perez, Clarisse Lau, Tamara Wescott, Michelle Ito, Troia Reyes-Stone

Not pictured: Lauren Noga

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Student Awards

THE HOWARD SMITH AWARD

June Perteet (7)Justice Paraiso-Caceres (7)

PARENTS ASSOCIATION CITIZENSHIP AWARDS

Latejah Whitaker (8)Chris Marchant (8)

MIDDLE SCHOOL AWARDS

Liat Levin (8)Matt Stallone (8)

GLENN KENNEDY AWARD

Isabelle Smith (8)

LEADERSHIP AWARD

Avery Collard (7)Oona Julien (7)Kacy Stoddard (7)Emma Onaga (7)

SIXTH GRADE AWARDS

Joseph PinonSydney Medford

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COMPUTER SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT Outstanding Achievement Jonathan Bianchini

FINE ARTS DEPARTMENTOutstanding Achievement Choral Toni Calabrese-Thomas Drama Jonathan Bianchini and Grace WongVisual Arts Jasper ArastehThe Zachary Clayton Award Ian LituchyParents’ Association Purchase Award Ben WolfInstrumental Awards Sam Anderson-Moxleyand Chris Irwin

WORLD LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT

Outstanding Achievement Alexander Luckmann French Veronica TimpaneLatin Rachel BachmanSpanish Gabriella PerezChinese Lauren Noga

HISTORY DEPARTMENT Outstanding Achievement Dora Finkelstein

SCIENCE DEPARTMENTOutstanding Achievement Jourdan Meltzer Rensselaer Medal Brian Burns (11)Bausch & Lomb Haley Land-Miller (11)

ENGLISH DEPARTMENTOutstanding AchievementEnglish Ryan ThiermannDebate Robbie Manley (11)

ALUMNI COUNCIL LEADERSHIP AWARD Dora FinkelsteinRory Chipman

SPECIAL FACULTY RECOGNITION Matthew Harband Mary Kate Engstrom Sophie Grossman Inés Martin

PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION CITIZENSHIP AWARDS Toni Calabrese-ThomasAminah Luqman

HEAD-ROYCE AWARDS

Upper School Girl: Veronica TimpaneUpper School Boy: Travis Pillon

THE HEAD OF SCHOOL AWARD Tynan Challenor

NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP SEMFINALISTS AND FINALISTSJonathan BianchiniJourdan MeltzerRyan Thiermann

NATIONAL HISPANIC RECOGNITION PROGRAM AWARD RECIPIENTSNico DoradoTroia Reyes-Stone

CUM LAUDEJonathan Bianchini Jourdan MeltzerTynan Challenor Paul NovakAndrew DixonSarah SchwembergerElyse Kedzie Ryan ThiermannIan LituchyVeronica TimpaneCharltien Long Jason WangAlexander LuckmannChelsea Wirth

GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP CERTIFICATES

Rebecca BenhamAlexander LuckmannToni Calabrese-ThomasAminah LuqmanDora FinkelsteinBennett SmithNatalie Garrett Surya TubachMichael Greenfi eldLilly TahmasebiYoung Woo Lee

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Scholarship : : Class of 2013

Head-Royce seniors are a diverse group, with varied academic interests and goals for their college experience. This is clear from the list below, which provides an overview of senior projects and colleges for each student. Senior projects were established in the 1980s by former Upper School Head Steve Joyce and allow students time to pursue projects related to an area of personal interest. This fall our seniors head off to a wide variety of colleges and universities across the country and abroad. The college counseling offi ce strives to help students make outstanding matches in their pursuit of higher education.

COLLEGE DESTINATION SENIOR PROJECT

Raya Abourjeily University of Michigan Evaluation of Chemistry Methods

Samuel Anderson-Moxley UC Santa Cruz Music Composition and Writing

Alyssa Apilado UC Riverside Volunteer at Tom Kitayama Elementary School

Jasper Arasteh UC Los Angeles Art ’Zine Creation

Rachel Bachman Carelton College Volunteer for Fair Trade USA Company

Becca Benham UC Berkeley Intern at Hoffman and Lewis Advertising Agency

Jonathan Bianchini University of Chicago Producing the Drama 2 Play

Claire Binder Colgate University UC Berkeley Cognitive Science Lab Assistant

Toni Calabrese-Thomas University of Puget Sound City of Oakland Contingent

in SF Pride Parade

Tynan Challenor Stanford University Greening the Hayward Shoreline

Lizzy Chao University of Puget Sound Project Open Hand

Perry Cheng Chapman University Film: Environmental History of the Bay Area

Rory Chipman Vassar College The School Farm at Park Day

Matt Clark Goucher College Alameda County Food Bank

Ryan Diew Colgate University Oakland Fire Department

COLLEGE DESTINATION SENIOR PROJECT

Andrew Dixon Dartmouth College Canine Chaplaincy

Nico Dorado University of Southern California Smorgasbord of Law

Will Enderle Wake Forest University Learn How to Run a Small Business

Mary Kate Engstrom New York University Journalism Project on Youth Homelessness

Steven Farinaro Playing professional baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals organization Business Analyst for Collabnet

Dora Finkelstein Tufts University KALW Radio Journalism

Natalie Garrett Texas Christian University Intern at Entire Productions

Robert Giesler University of Edinburgh Film: Environmental History of the Bay Area

Michael Greenfi eld Vanderbilt University Intern at Global Citizen Year

Sophie Grossman University of Puget Sound Physical Therapy Extravaganza

Matt Harband Cornell University Senior Athletes Video Project

Mark Hightower Loyola Marymount University Cerebral Palsy Center

Kristi Hong Santa Clara University Chabot-to-Go/Galaxy Explorers

Lincoln Howarth UC Santa Barbara Solartech Internship

Chris Irwin Lehigh University Advanced Home Energy Internship

Michelle Ito Occidental College Shadowing a Deputy D.A.

Elyse Kedzie UC Southern California Cataloging Pesticide Usage

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COLLEGE DESTINATION SENIOR PROJECT

Clarisse Lau University of Washington Helping Elementary School Students with Mental Health

Grace Lawley New York University Shadowing a Small Retail Business Owner

Jeff Lee Emory University Shadowing a General Surgeon

Ian Lituchy University of San Diego Senior Athletes Video Project

Charltien Long John Hopkins University Anti-Bullying Initiative

Ali Lopez Haverford College Vincent Academy Volunteer

Alexander Luckmann Vassar College Interning with an Architecture Firm

Aminah Luqman Pitzer College Soul (School of Unity and Liberation)

Alex Mangus Pratt Institute Working for Private Fabric Distributor

Kate Marchant University of Southern California Writing and Illustrating a Children’s Book

Inés Martin ICADE-Madrid Therapeutic Horseback Riding

Alex-Martin Ginnold UC Santa Cruz Working at an Auto Shop

Colin McCully Occidental College Alameda County Food Bank

Kiran Melnyk Oberlin College Volunteer at the Crucible

Jourdan Meltzer Brown College Shadowing an Editor and Producing a Hand-Bound Book

Scott Miller Oberlin College Senior Athletes Video Project

John Mistry University of Southern California Analysis of Human Resource Allocation in the Asia-Pacifi c

Neil Natajaran UC San Diego Volunteer Internship at San Jose Medical Clinic

Sierra Ng UC Davis Marketing Assistant for Small Business

Lauren Noga UC Los Angeles Being a D.A. for a Day

Max Novak University ofSouthern California Architecture Photography Cataloging

Morgan O’Sullivan Lewis & Clark College Internship at Goodby, Silverstein (ad agency)

Adam Pease Reed College Short Stories Creative Project

Gaby Perez University of San Francisco Montessori School Teacher Assistant

COLLEGE DESTINATION SENIOR PROJECT

Travis Pillon University of Pennsylvania Oracle Intern

Troia Reyes-Stone Brandeis University BAHIA Intern

Reid Schnider University of Virginia Alameda County Public Defender’s Offi ce

Sarah Schwemberger Hampshire College Farmer’s Market Shadowing

Bennett Smith Southern Methodist University Fashion Business Internship at Threadfl ip

Alex Sommer Cornell University Shadowing an Engineer

Luke Stella Cornell University Shadowing a Veterinarian

Elisa Stern Colby College Shadowing a Photographer

Weston Stewart-Tenness Skidmore College One Man, One Album

Liz Sundsmo UC Irvine Jayco Assistant

Lilly Tahmasebhi Tufts University Shadowing a Small Business Owner

Ryan Thiermann University of Chicago Film: Environmental History of the Bay Area

Veronica Timpane Colombia University Path Restoration

Vivian Truong UC Riverside Asian American Donor Program (AADP)

Surya Tubach Middlebury College Street Portaits in Berkeley

Nick Wactor Brandeis University Film: Environmental History of the Bay Area

Jason Wang John Hopkins University Lab Internship at UCSF

Gabe Weiland Oberlin College Learning the Guitar

Tamara Wescott University of Colorado at Boulder Intern at Futures Elementary

Olivia Wilson Willamette University Shadowing a Veterinarian

Chelsea Wirth Brown University Working with students at the Renaissance School

Ben Wolf New York University Rebuilding a Car

Grace Wong Lehigh University Shelby Designs & Illustrates Intern

Jeff Wu Tufts University Shadowing an Architect

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Fall 2012WOMEN’S VARSITY VOLLEYBALL had one of its most successful seasons ever. The team fi nished with an overall record of 19–6, including going 12–0 in BCL-East play, and sweeping the BCL-East tournament with wins over Athenian and Valley Christian. The team earned the # 2 seed in the North Coast Section playoff s. After com-manding 3–0 wins over both San Domenico and College Prep, the Jayhawks fell to St. Joseph’s of Alameda.

MEN’S VARSITY SOCCER fi nished their season with a 13-6-1 record, which included an 8-1-1 record in the BCL-East, capturing another league championship. After a disappointing loss in the BCL-East tournament, the Jayhawks turned on their postseason magic in the North Coast Section playoff s. Playing at Fort Bragg High School on Halloween night, the team came away with a thrilling 2–1 overtime victory. This was followed by a resounding 3–1 win over perennial soccer power Branson, putting Head-Royce in the NCS semi-fi nals against Marin Academy. In that game the team played admirably but ended up on the short end of a 2–1 decision. Still, an excit-ing end to another highly competitive season for this team.

WOMEN’S VARSITY TENNIS had a great fall season, compiling a record of 11–4, earning 2nd place in the BCL-East. The team advanced to the semi-fi nal round of the

BCL-East tournament, losing 5–2 to Bentley in that round. In the individuals tournament, senior Lizzy Chao advanced to the semi-fi nal round in singles, and Samantha Farrell and Meghan Baus made it to the champ-ionship round of the doubles tournament.

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY had a successful fall season. The team fi nished the season in 3rd place out of 9 teams in the BCL-East, and completed the season with a 3rd place showing at the league championship meet as well. Junior Julian Early was a 1st team all-league selection, and Chris Boranian and Stuart Suplick earned 2nd team all-league honors, based on their fi nishes in league meets.

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY fi nished in 3rd place during the league season, and fi nished in 3rd place at the league championship meet. Junior Aida Julien and fresh-men Georgia Scherer earned 2nd team all-league honors.

Winter 2012–13WOMEN’S VARSITY BASKETBALL had a successful season, posting a fi nal record of 16–11, including 9–3 in BCL-East competition. Pre-season highlights included a 2nd place fi nish at the Marin Academy tournament, and impressive wins over St. Joseph’s of Alameda and Pacifi c Collegiate of Santa Cruz. After eliminating Athenian in the BCL-East tournament semi-fi nals, the team lost in a very competitive game to Valley Christian in the fi nals. The team’s season ended in North Coast Section tourna-ment. Senior Sierra Ng was a 1st team all-league selection, and junior Haley Wiley was a 2nd team selection.

MEN’S VARSITY BASKETBALL had an outstanding season, compiling a record of 25–6, which included a perfect 10–0 record in BCL-East play. In the BCL-East tournament championship game, the Jayhawks defeated Bentley on a last-second shot in overtime by senior Ryan Diew. The team earned a #3 seed in the NCS tournament, which resulted in exciting wins over Bay School and Hoopa Valley. A semi-fi nal loss to eventual state runner-up St. Joseph’s meant that the team would advance to the NorCal tournament. In NorCals the team beat Pinewood in the fi rst round, before falling to Capital Christian in the quarterfi nals. This ensured the team a top 8 fi nish in our Northern California league.

Athletics 2012 – 2013

BCL-East tournament, losing 5–2 to Bentley in that round. In the individuals tournament, senior Lizzy

Winter 2012–13

Year-end awards to students included:Plishner AwardLiz Sundsmo ’13Jeff rey Wu ’13

Senior Scholar-Athlete AwardTynan Challenor ’13 Veronica Timpane ’13

Coaches Cup Award Olivia Wilson ’13Steven Farinaro ’13Scott Miller ’13

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Spring Sports Recap 2013The spring season for Upper School Athletics capped an outstanding year for Jayhawk athletics. There were fi ve teams that advanced to the semi-fi nals of the North Coast Section tournaments: women’s volleyball, men’s soccer, men’s basketball, women’s soccer and men’s basketball. The spring season saw two teams advance to the NCS championship game: women’s soccer and men’s baseball. The soccer team defeated College Preparatory School (CPS), Redwood High School (the #1 seed), and Urban (#4 seed) on their way to the championship game, where they lost a hard-fought game against Marin Catholic 2–0. The team was lead by three players who received 1st team all-league selections: Olivia Wilson, Aminah Luqman and Ali Lopez. The trio also shared co-MVP awards for the team.

The baseball team played in its fi fth consecutive NCS championship game, and this year it was a rematch with league rival Valley Christian. After losing two out of three to the Vikings during the season, the Jayhawks rolled past them 11-1 to secure back-to-back NCS titles. Senior pitcher Steven Farinaro capped a impressive season to secure the win, improving his record to 12-1. The team fi nished the season at 23-5, and are ranked #3 in the state for Division 5 schools.

The men’s and women’s track teams had great seasons, each squad fi nishing in 3rd place in the BCL-East. Junior Aida Julian advanced to the NCS Meet of Champions in the 800 meters, and freshman Taya Hardy advanced to the NCS Meet of Champions in the 100 meters.

The men’s and women’s swimming teams continued a steady improvement that they’ve shown over the last three seasons, fi nishing in 4th place in the BCL-East. Sophomore standout Donovan Redd earned 1st team all-league selection in the men’s 100 breaststroke, and he advanced to the NCS championship meet in this event. He also earned 2nd team all-league selection in the 100 fl y. Erica Littlejohn was a 2nd team all-league selection in the women’s 100 and 200 free.

The men’s golf team made great strides as well this season, fi nishing a respectable 4th place in the BCL-East.

Junior Glenn van Winkel earned 1st team all-league selec-tion, and senior Will Enderle earned a 2nd team selection. Men’s tennis fi nished in 2nd place in league play, then lost to CPS in the championship match of the league tournament. All-league selections for tennis include Young Lee and Lincoln Howarth (doubles, 2nd team), Adam Pratt (singles, 2nd team), and Alexander Luckmann (singles, 1st team).

Men’s volleyball had a solid season, that was highlighted by a victory over the #1 seeded team from CPS in the league playoff s. Three seniors were selected as 1st team all-league selections: Scott Miller, Nico Dorado and Weston Stewart-Tennes. Women’s softball had another successful campaign, and with many talented underclass-men returning next year, this team will be looking to make a run at the BCL-East title in the next few years.

At the US Athletics Banquet, many student-athletes and coaches were recognized for their accomplishments. Long-time cross country coach (and HRS math teacher) Steve Gregg was recognized with the HRS Service Award for his 20 years of coaching the cross country team.

Soccer coach (and HRS maintenance department mem-ber) Antonio Gallegos was also recognized for his many contributions to the athletic department, including his work as a soccer coach in our middle school and upper school programs.

Middle School Spring SportsIn a busy spring season, the Middle School (MS) Jayhawks did very well for themselves! The MS baseball team captured its second consecutive East Bay Baseball League championship, with a thrilling 6–3 win over King Junior High. The boy’s volleyball team made it to the semi fi nals of the league playoff s before bowing out.

The MS girl’s varsity soccer team lost a tough semi-fi nal playoff game on penalty kicks, 5–4. The 6th grade girl’s basketball team rode a strong defense into their league championship game, before falling to San Francisco Day School in the fi nals.

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125th Anniversary EventsOur school has a rich history, and our current students and families benefi t greatly from

the legacy shared with us by the Anna Head, Josiah Royce

and Head-Royce alumni. This year, alumni and current

families joined together to celebrate our heritage through

shared traditions such as the Maypole dances, and to usher in a new century of excellence with

new events like convocation.

EVENT ROUND UPConvocation

125th Anniversary Speaker Series

Wynton Marsalisand the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

125th Anniversary Gala

WITH GRATITUDE Events would not have

been possible without the members of the 125th

Anniversary Events Steering Committee: Anna Heidinger, Heather Lake, Crystal Land

and Melissa Williams.

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CONVOCATION:

A New Traditionhead-royce’s 125th Anniversary kicked o� the beginning of the 2012–13 school year with convocation, a gathering of the school’s community that marked the beginning of a new tradition in the long history of the school.

Head of School Rob Lake welcomed the group of students, faculty and sta� with an address that referenced some of Head-Royce’s traditions both old and new: the Maypole dance that signifi es spring, renewal, and growth; the publication of and inscriptions in the Nods and Becks yearbook; and Fallout, the fall camping trips where students and faculty bond while enjoying nature.

“Traditions are meaningful because they help to bind the people, the community, from one generation tothe next.

Think of a tradition as a strong but soft and fl exible thread that connects moments in time. Traditions have meaning, not because of what you do, but rather because they signify community and place. People and setting.

Traditions help us to remember…As you may notice, each one of these traditions helps to signify the importance of our community. They are moments during the year when the people of Head-Royce gather together to recognize, remember, refl ect, and celebrate.

Convocation has many meanings. In Latin it means, calling together. For us, at Head-Royce, convocation will mean a coming together of our entire community for a beginning. The beginning of the new school year. The beginning of the learning journey on which we will all embark, together, this year.”

The convocation included a welcome from Upper School Dean of Students, Barry Barankin, who equated the school to Willie Wonka’s Chocolate Factory—both are places where, if you embrace the mystery and the opportunity for discovery, you will love what is thrown at you.

In addition, Lake and Barankin, with help from students, unveiled school’s fi rst visual history: an engaging graphic representation of Head-Royce’s 125 years that included key moments in the school’s journey, old and new photographs, and important themes that refl ect the school’s growth and change.

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Jazz Great Wynton Marsalis Teaches Master Class and Performs Private Concertby Josh tower, director of instrumental music

On March 17 and 18, Grammy award winner and world renowned jazz trumpeter and educator Wynton Marsalis along with his band, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO), worked with the Head-Royce Caravan Jazz ensemble and performed at a private concert for the Head-Royce community as part of the 125th Anniversary celebration.

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When I was introduced to Wynton Marsalis inthe green room before our master class in the Zellerbach Theater, he was initially very formal and professional. When I mentioned to him that he and my father had studied with the same trumpet professor at Julliard, Wynton immediately warmed and suddenly it was as if we were two lifelong friends sitting at a kitchen table catching up. The music world is a vast one, but within it there are endless commonalities and associations. That one small thread of connection, separated by generations and decades of time in my case, sparked o  a truly exceptional two days of musical and life lessons with one of the greatest jazz musicians of our time.

Marsalis was amazing with the students in the master class. He was encouraging and direct. Every metaphor he used to demonstrate a musical idea was drawn from examples of human interaction and experi-ence. Musician and non-musician alike could connect with him and feel the passion of his life’s work. It was wonderful to look into the crowd and see students and parents following along, nodding their heads and smil-ing. Our kids in Caravan did an exceptional job playing for Marsalis and responding to his directions and sug-gestions. At one point, he asked our band to play one of our songs without the sheet music in front of them. This process is a rehearsal technique to see if a group is re-ally listening and connecting to the others around them or if they are only focused on the paper in front of them. Caravan sounded great playing from memory. Wynton remarked after they played, “I should have put some money down and bet that you all would’ve done great at that.” Needless to say, I was a very proud director in that moment.

The very next evening, Caravan opened up for the JLCO at a private concert for the Head-Royce community. It was incredibly exciting for the group to play in front of such a large audience with members of what is argu-ably one of the best big bands in the world checking them out from back stage. At one point, I saw Wynton Marsalis look out at our kids and smile agreeably. The JLCO performance was even better than I had

imagined. The JLCO was initially a project that Marsalis embarked upon to focus on the music of Duke Ellington and to renew a presence of Ellington’s music in the culture and inspire younger generations of musi-cians. Part of the Jazz at Lincoln Center program is the Essentially Ellington Program which sends out newly transcribed scores of Ellington music and others to high schools all across the nation, has a yearly com-petition in New York City, and has countless outreach programs and classes for educators and students.

The orchestra played Ellington’s music from the 1910s through the 1970s. I sat transfi xed throughout the show, awed by how the group captured the traditional essence of the music while simultaneously making it sound brand new. I found myself yearning for a time when performances like this were the norm and not the exception.

When I was introduced to Wynton Marsalis inthe green room before our master class in the Zellerbach Theater, he was initially very formal and professional. When I mentioned to him that he and my father had studied with the same trumpet professor at Julliard, Wynton immediately warmed and suddenly it was as if we were two lifelong friends sitting at a kitchen table catching up. The music world is a vast one, but within it there are endless commonalities and associations. That one small thread of connection, separated by generations and decades of time in my case, sparked o  a truly exceptional two days of musical and life lessons with one of the greatest jazz musicians of our time.

Marsalis was amazing with the students in the master class. He was encouraging and direct. Every metaphor he used to demonstrate a musical idea was drawn from examples of human interaction and experi-ence. Musician and non-musician alike could connect with him and feel the passion of his life’s work. It was wonderful to look into the crowd and see students and parents following along, nodding their heads and smil-ing. Our kids in Caravan did an exceptional job playing for Marsalis and responding to his directions and sug-gestions. At one point, he asked our band to play one of our songs without the sheet music in front of them. This process is a rehearsal technique to see if a group is re-ally listening and connecting to the others around them or if they are only focused on the paper in front of them. Caravan sounded great playing from memory. Wynton remarked after they played, “I should have put some money down and bet that you all would’ve done great at that.” Needless to say, I was a very proud director in that moment.

The very next evening, Caravan opened up for the JLCO at a private concert for the Head-Royce community. It was incredibly exciting for the group to play in front of such a large audience with members of what is argu-ably one of the best big bands in the world checking them out from back stage. At one point, I saw Wynton Marsalis look out at our kids and smile agreeably. The JLCO performance was even better than I had

imagined. The JLCO was initially a project that Marsalis embarked upon to focus on the music of Duke Ellington and to renew a presence of Ellington’s music in the culture and inspire younger generations of musi-cians. Part of the Jazz at Lincoln Center program is the Essentially Ellington Program which sends out newly transcribed scores of Ellington music and others to high schools all across the nation, has a yearly com-petition in New York City, and has countless outreach programs and classes for educators and students.

The orchestra played Ellington’s music from the 1910s through the 1970s. I sat transfi xed throughout the show, awed by how the group captured the traditional essence of the music while simultaneously making it sound brand new. I found myself yearning for a time when performances like this were the norm and not the exception.

“What was good, is good.” In our world of rapid change we often lose sight of what is “good” around us. We often expect that the next thing is going to be better than the last, and we don’t fully engage and commit to the moment at hand, or connect to others for help and inspiration.

The experience with Marsalis and the JLCO reminds us that the process of playing and making music is a combination of inspiration, individual determination, communal interaction, democracy, empathy and awareness, modesty, leadership and an understanding and respect for tradition and history. All of these skills are what we want our students to employ in every environment of their academic and personal lives. All of these skills are what we need to make something “good,” something that lasts and inspires the future.

Head-Royce is truly an extraordinary community. I am so enormously grateful to everyone at our school and beyond who made this experience possible, and I am so honored and humbled to be part of an institution that can bring masters like Marsalis and the JLCO to demonstrate and remind us all of the importance of music and art in education.

At the end of the evening,Marsalis left us with this statement At the end of the evening,Marsalis left us with this statement At the end of the evening,in regard to music and art:

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Our 125th Anniversaryyear was capped with a dynamic gala on the beautiful Head-Royce campus on May 4. Nearly 800 guests—parents, alumni, alumni parents, faculty, staff , grandparents and friends—celebrated in style as the campus was transformed into a stunning display of student art, lighting and color. Guests enjoyed cocktails on the Upper School Plaza,followed by dinner in the dazzling athletic pavilion created by La Bonne Catering and Events.

The festivities continued as guests enjoyed views of the bay and desserts on the plaza before making their way to the chic disco for the after-party in the re-imagined MEW.

As one guest shared: “I have attended a lot of Head-Royce events over the years and last night certainly takes the cake! There were so many spectacular parts to the evening, but I was most impressed with how seamlessly young alums, parents, teachers and Anna Head alumnae blended together. It was so memorable.”

Head-Royce 125th Anniversary Gala!

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125th AnniversarySpeaker SeriesAmong the dynamic events that commemorated Head Royce’s 125th Anniversary was the inaugural distinguished speaker series. The series, which is open to the Head-Royce and the greater Oakland community, is another example of how the school is embracing the future with another new tradition. In its fi rst year the series brought three illustrious fi gures—including an alumna—in education, culture and society to campus for stimulating programs attended by students, parents, alumni, faculty and administrators.

WILLIE BROWN

The series kicked off with the Honorable Willie Brown sharing his perspective about citizenship and thoughts on his distinguished career in public service. He called upon Head-Royce students to embark upon a life in public service, citing the great need in our society for this important work. Mayor Brown served over 30 years in the California State Assembly, including 15 years as speaker. He went on to serve as the 41st mayor of San Francisco, the fi rst African-American to do so.

ANTHONY ROBLES

Anthony Robles is a three-time all-American wrestler, Nike athlete and ESPN sports analyst who won the 2010–11 NCAA individual wrestling championship despite being born with only one leg. Inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2012, Anthony was an inspiration to everyone in attendance.

REBECCA ALEXANDER ’97

The fi nal speaker was 2013 Distinguished Alumna of the Year, Rebecca Alexander. In an interview with an interview with Sedge Thompson, Head-Royce parent and host of NPR’s West Coast Live, Rebecca shared her struggle with a rare genetic disorder. The subject of an Emmy-nominated Today Show segment with her brother, NBC White House News Correspondent Peter Alexander ’94, Rebecca’s story and unrelenting passion for life is an inspiration for all.

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2013

dis t inguished alumna of the ye ar

Rebecca Alexander ’97 BY MADELEINE KAHN

“I want people to know that it’s OK to be uncomfortable with my disability,” says Rebecca Alexander ’97. “Allowing ourselves to be uncomfortable is often the fi rst step in becoming more comfortable with disability or anything else.” Rebecca’s direct approach to dealing with her disability and with others’ reactions to it made for a lively and moving interview with West Coast Live’s Sedge Thomson at Head-Royce on May 2 of this year.

Commitment, Connection and Pragmatic Realism: 2013 Distinguished Alumna Rebecca Alexander ’97

Rebecca’s disability, a rare genetic disorder called Usher Syndrome Type III, only became apparent around the time she was a middle school student at Head-Royce, when she began to have trouble with her peripheral vision and her hearing. Since the diagnosis, Rebecca, now 34, has received dual master’s degrees in social work and public health from Columbia University and has become a trained psychotherapist practicing in New York City. During her on-stage conversation with Sedge (an HRS parent), Rebecca only had time to sketch the briefest outline of how she has come to terms with the diagnosis and how she has pursued her education and her life in tandem with the steady deterioration of her hearing and her sight. (You’ll be able to learn more of the details of Rebecca’s story when her memoir is published by Penguin Books in early 2015.)

It is perhaps most eff ective to let you hear Rebecca in her own words:

On disability: “Disability is vulnerability, and we’re all afraid of being vulnerable. But we all have this possibil-ity of being vulnerable, and whether you’re the person with a disability or the person interacting with a dis-abled person, you have to let yourself feel your emotions or you’ll spend your whole life running away from them.”

“I made a conscious decision to be so public about my disability. It’s been to my benefi t, and I think to others’ benefi t as well. I hope that talking about Usher Type III

eventually leads to a treatment or a cure. In the mean-time, education is so very important. I want people to develop a greater tolerance for the discomfort they feel around the disabled.”

On technology: “It’s been both a blessing and a curse. Being able to enlarge the type on my computer is great, but we’re all so isolated by technology, and by commu-nicating without actually seeing or touching another person … I think the best way to forge real connections with someone—and with our deeper selves—is by helping someone else.”

“My disability means it may take me longer to accomplish my goals. And I will likely need more people to help me in my e� orts. But, it will not stop me from achieving my goals.”

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“My hearing aids and this microphone I use are a great help, but I love taking my hearing aids out and being alone with myself in the calm and comfort of silence.”

On being in control: “When I was in college, when my hearing loss became so dramatic and my fi eld of vision really started to narrow, I developed an eating disorder. It was about having some measure of control when I couldn’t control what was happening to these two senses.”

“Many of the times I came out of the subway in New York and opened up my cane and held it out in front of me to help me navigate the street, I cried. I felt so vulnerable as a single woman using a cane in New York City. But I knew I had to keep practicing, because I need to be able to use my cane without crying.”

As you can see, the two most prominent strands in Rebecca’s narrative of her journey so far are a commit-ment to service, and a strong dose of pragmatic realism. She located the impetus for her desire to serve others and to develop connections to a larger community in a presentation at her temple many years ago by a young man with HIV. That led to her delivering meals to those with HIV and AIDS through Project Open Hand all throughout high school and to a life-long conviction that direct connection to others is vital to a satisfying life.

Of myriad examples of the pragmatism and realism that have allowed her to fi nd a way over or around obstacle after obstacle, perhaps the most telling is that, in addi-tion to being a psychotherapist, Rebecca is a certifi ed indoor-cycling/spin instructor, off ering classes at several gyms in Manhattan. It’s almost like the answer to a

riddle: How do you have some fun, develop a social life, and get some exercise if you can’t see very well, can’t hear very well, and your balance isn’t so great? You ride a stationary bike: You’re not going anywhere, so you don’t have to worry about obstacles. And, if you’re Rebecca, you put little sticky dots on the volume control for the music, so you can turn it up or down without having to see the dials.

Genetics of Usher Syndrome Type III

Caused by mutations in several diff erent genes, the various types of Usher Syndrome are respon-sible for about 5% of all childhood deafness and about 50% of deaf-blindness in adults.1 These mutations cause hair cells in the inner ear and light-sensing cells in the eye to deteriorate, lead-ing to hearing loss, balance problems, and loss of vision. Type III is the least common variant of Usher Syndrome, showing up in pockets of those with Ashkenazi Jewish or Finnish heritage.2 Usher Syndrome is progressive; most people with Type III are deaf and legally blind by age 40.

Through a fortuitous connection with a Finnish researcher, the Alexander family was directly involved in the discovery of one of the gene mutations that is responsible for Rebecca’s Usher III symptoms. Dr. Eeva-Marja Sankila of the University of Helsinki used blood donated by members of Rebecca’s family to pinpoint a muta-tion in the gene Clarin 1 (CLRN1). Dr. Sankila’s studies of the Finnish Usher III population have identifi ed a diff erent mutation in the same gene. Such genetic heterogeneity may make fi nding eff ective treatments particularly challenging.

Nevertheless, identifying the mutated genes responsible for the syndrome is a crucial fi rst step toward developing treatments, or even — eventually — a cure. Ongoing studies include gene therapy using animal models (in which a virus is used to deliver a “corrected” gene to the rods and cones in the retina) and drug studies. Cochlear im-plants have already been shown to be an eff ective way to address the hearing loss for some Usher Syndrome III patients.

1 http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/usher-syndrome, accessed May 4, 20132 ibid

“When I take my hearing aids out, it’s like living in complete silence. I don’t hear a thing, and it’s wonderful.”

“There’s nothing that feels better to me than helping others; I still help people across the street, sometimes even when I’m using my cane.”

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Alumni Weekend Recap

This year’s alumni weekend was exceptionally special as it was celebrated in conjunction with the school’s 125th Anniversary. The commitment of our alumni was evident with over 220 alumni (ranging in class years from 1940–2008) and more than 100 alumni parents. We are grateful to those alumni who traveled great distances from Hawaii, Hong Kong, London and New York ( just to name a few places) to join us in celebration.

The weekend started with a very special evening on Thursday as Distinguished Alumna Rebecca Alexander ’97 and parent and NPR host Sedge Thompson shared a facilitated discussion as part of the third and fi nal 125th Anniversary Speaker Series. (See page 23.)

For Alumni Day on Friday, alumni experi-enced Head-Royce in action during a regular school day. The day began with an open

discussion with Head of School Rob Lake and ended with the annual Lower School spring dances. Additional events included the presentation of the Outstanding Young Alumni Award to Trenton Price ’03, the induction of the class of 2013 as alumni and facilitated a focus group regarding the future of Head-Royce.

On Saturday more than 80 Anna Head graduates gathered at Trader Vic’s in Emeryville for a special luncheon. It was a joyous gathering with many toasts, songs and old stories. There was great attendance from the classes of 1943 (11) and 1963 (13). Jeannine Hull Herron ’53 presented the school with a lovely gift, a round from a redwood tree that was on the old campus. Jeannine happened to be driving by one day and noticed it was being cut down. She stopped and asked if she could have a piece

of the tree which she then went on to fi nish and have engraved with: 

At Head’s, we played beneath this tree. We are the class of ’53.

It was a very touching gift and one the school will cherish.

For more photos, kindly visit headroyce.org/magazine

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Thank you so much to the

Head-Royce community for

this honor. It was a pleasure to attend Head-Royce 10 years ago, and it is an equal privilege to be recognized by the com-munity now. Three years ago, I began working to improve the lives of my students in Harlem. While

I focused so much on raising my students’ achieve-ment as a part of Teach For America’s mission, I did not forget my passion for the performing arts. While I had always wanted to bring my excitement for theater into my classroom, I never seemed to have enough time or the right vehicle. Then I saw the Broadway production of Memphis the musical. Memphis takes place in the 1950s in the South as a white radio disc-jockey works to integrate what was called “race music” into mainstream radio. In the process, the story lays the foundation for much of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. In addition, Huey, the disc-jockey, falls in love with a black singer, who he is forbidden to be with, let alone marry. This story and the themes of identity and illegal love during turbulent racial times seemed very relevant to my students’ contemporary experiences in Harlem, as well as the nation at large. Furthermore, the show aligned to diff erent texts we analyzed in my middle school English classes. So, with the help of the Memphis producers and some arts education experts, we put together a program, called Inspire Change. In all, over 2,500 New York City students were able to be a part of the Inspire Change program, and the program now runs throughout the country as a part of the national tour of

the show. To celebrate the success of the Inspire Change program, my students performed with the Broadway cast of Memphis on the national telecast of the Tony Awards, singing and dancing in front of the likes of Hugh Jackman, Catherine Zeta Jones, Chris Rock, Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, and Daniel Radcliff e! It was the experience of a lifetime for my students as well as for me!

Refl ecting back on this work and my experience, I can’t help but be incredibly grateful to Head-Royce. I am grate-ful not just because I survived Dr. Enelow’s English class with the knowledge to write a persuasive vision for the Inspire Change program. Rather, I am grateful because Head-Royce took me in my formative years and pushed, questioned, challenged, supported, and impassioned me to see the world from a global perspective and not accept the status quo. Head-Royce set me up to see not just the way the world should be, but also the way it currently is—and, more important, the teachers and fellow students taught me how to work to change that.

Let me give you some personal context. I applied to Head-Royce for ninth grade after attending the public schools in Walnut Creek. In addition to desiring a more challenging academic environment, I was also seeking a more supportive and positive school. I was bullied before coming to Head-Royce: I was harassed, beaten up, spit on, slammed into lockers, hit with hockey sticks and had my school work destroyed. You see, I was an eff eminate young man who did musical theater and dance, which was not OK in middle school.  When I entered Head-Royce, however, I found people—everyone, including students, staff , teachers, and administrators— to be so much more supportive and caring. Over time, I began to come out of my shell at Head-Royce; I eventu-ally joined the swim team, the Hawk Trax fi lm crew, the

debate team, the Gay-Straight Alliance, and performed as Danny Zuko in an incredibly fun production of Grease! I say all this because it is often important to remember other people’s challenges to understand how incredible a Head-Royce education and experience really is. The bullying, violence and harassment I experienced before Head-Royce kept me grounded in what a privi-lege I had in attending Head-Royce. That experience rooted me in the urgency behind the need to improve the lives and education of middle school students — especially those less fortunate than me. After the Inspire Change program, I had middle school boys clamoring to be in musical theater and dance, students with special needs excelling in completely new experiences, and a community of acceptance and support the likes of which I never experienced in my middle school years.

To have an education from Head-Royce is an incredible privilege; to the class of 2013, when you go to college, start your careers, volunteer on the weekends, raise your family or even just interact with others, Head-Royce asks you, “How are you using your Head-Royce education and experience to make the world a better place?” For me, that was through the value of a high quality education combined with my passion for the arts—both of which were nurtured at Head-Royce. The values of scholarship, diversity and citizenship push us to not simply use our education for our own advancement, but also for the advancement of the common good. I, for one, am grate-ful for my Head-Royce experience; and I wish you, the class of 2013, the best of luck as you go off to fi nd how Head-Royce, with its education and values, fi ts into the narrative of your life. Thank you!

ou t s tanding young alumni award

Trenton Price ’03

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Hello to all of my classmates —Jeannine (Jeannine Hull Herron ’53) has asked me to write something about my life and what Anna Head has meant to me.

Let me say something about the latter fi rst.

Anna Head was a very important experience for me and really formed the basis for my subsequent life career. Three parts of that experience were especially important. First, I found out that LEARNING was a serious and valuable enterprise. Second, I discovered how to study. And third, I learned how to write an essay, thanks especially to Mrs. Granger. Although these may seem rather mundane, unexciting contributions from my Anna Head experiences, they set the stage and made it possible for me to succeed in the world of academia, where I have spent the rest of my life.

Now, a few notes about that life. After Head’s, I went to Cal and majored in psychology. Without the background from Anna Head, I could have easily fl oun-dered in the huge lecture classes where the professor was just barely visible from the 50th row. After Cal, I went to New York University, where I earned a PhD in clinical psychology. I began my teaching career at Barnard College, Columbia University. From 1965–1970, I returned to Berkeley for a post-doctoral fellowship, and taught in the psychology department. Then, in 1970, I moved to Williams College in Massachusetts, where I have been ever since.

At Williams, which was an all men’s school until 1972, I was the fi rst woman to be appointed to the rank of full professor, and the fi rst woman to be the chair of a department. In addition to teaching, I have been an active researcher, publishing more than 100 papers in professional journals, as well as fi ve books. Three years ago, I retired from teaching, but I am

in my o¤ ce every day, working on research, writing and serving as the associate editor of one of our scholarly journals.

Starting around 1990, I began my course of world traveling. I have visited most of the countries of Central and South America, with a special interest in the Inca and Maya civilizations, and the endemic wild life. The latter interest has been the motiva-tion for three trips to Africa—East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania), Southern Africa (Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe) and West Africa (Ghana). I have also traveled to the Far East—China (before it became so industrialized) and Mongolia, where I fi rst met yaks and gers (for sleeping), and enjoyed camel riding. Continuing around the globe, I have traveled in India and in Indonesia (Bali and Jakarta), and have been fascinated by their spirit culture. I have been enriched by all of this travel.

Perhaps the most unusual trip I have taken is a jour-ney by ship along the entire length of the Amazon River, from the Atlantic port in Brazil to the end of the river in Peru. I continue to be fascinated by the discovery of new lands, and am planning a trip to Panama next year.

All of this travel provides a nice contrast to my life in Williamstown, where I have lived for the past 43 years. Williamstown is a New England village, very lovely and very small. This college town and the surround-ing area is replete with cultural activitiesª—ªBoston Symphony in the summer, Actor’s Equity summer theatre, world renowned museums, international

dance festivalª—ªmore than enough activity to enrich mind and soul. But it is a quiet, peaceful life here. My house is surrounded by forest and wild life, including the usual rabbits and deer, but also wild turkeys, foxes, coyotes and black bears (not too many of the latter!). My two daughters grew up here.

I hope this gives you a sense of my life since Anna Head. There is much more to tell, but that will have to wait until another time.

If you are ever planning to visit this part of the country, please let me know. I would love to see you.

All the best to all of you,Phebe

Some Thoughts on the Occasion of Our 60th Anna Head Reunion phebe cramer ’53

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Alumni EventsThe Alumni Offi ce continued its national tour this winter and spring with visits to:

Los Angeles Palo AltoSan Francisco Boston New York Washington, D.C.

Feedback to the events has been very positive, and we’re already planning receptions for the fall and next spring. If you want to help plan a reception or have a city to recommend, please contact Sam at shall@headroyce.org.

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Regional Alumni Receptions

The Alumni O� ce continued its national tour this winter and spring. Alumni in D.C. were excited to catch up with Coach Mike Talps, Academic Dean/Assistant Head of School Crystal Land and Upper School Head Carl Thiermann. At other events, Head of School Rob Lake joined Director of Alumni Relations Sam Hall to meet and mingle with alumni throughout California.

1. Peter Alexander ’94 and his wife Alison Starling with Mike Talps

2. Rob Weinberg and Jacqueline Gale Weinberg ’99, Kristen Lem Stevens ’99, Divani Nadaraja ’99

3. Stephen Penhoet ’82 and Braden Penhoet ’83

4. Crystal Land, Laura Whorton ’01, Cheryl McCullough Pile ’01

5. Mike Talps and Tenise Johnson ’89

6. Jesse Skidmore ’97, Crystal Land, Padma Ramada ’97

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1943Peggy Duff y Kramer shares: “Some seem to think it unusual that I’m still traveling … In June I’ve scheduled a Baltic cruise. I’ve been to all of the ports-of-call—except Talinn—but that was 61 years ago for Scandinavian ports and 30 for St. Petersburg.  I’m interested in seeing how much things have changed.” 

Kramer also talked with Gordon, Jane Bennett Connell’s husband, recently. They are now living in the Lillian Booth Actors’ Retirement Home and Jane is keeping everyone laughing by wearing a red fedora and red shoes as she is wheeled about. (Jane had a stroke several years ago and has trouble speaking but still can belt out the end of a song.) 

1944Joyanne Hull Elkinton-Walker writes that she is still living in Orinda. She married Carl Walker twelve years after her husband of 52 years, Bob Elkinton, died. “Life is good with travel, wonderful families, friends and much appreciated health!”

1948Sue Morrison Ahlf said, “We just became great-grandparents to Landon Dean and Asher Paul Van Zee. Their parents are granddaugh-ter Shannon with dad Jesse. They join their sister Emerson, age three.”

1949Joan Blanchard Linebarger reports that she is: “Still singing with the Sun City Singers. [We] had the honor of presenting Christmas and holiday songs at the California State Capitol Rotunda again this year. I lunched with Sally Shaler Le Mieux ’50 this past summer, and speak by phone with Mary Heilbron King ’50 several times a year. My clarinet/sax/oboe fi ancé and I enjoy venues of music. Anyone who has a copy of Doris Day’s Bewitched … can hear his oboe/sax. We feel blessed to have found each other in Alzheimer’s support group, having lost our spouses to that ter-rible condition years ago. We help in the support group with our related experiences. I have such fond memories of my three years as a Head’s stu-dent in the boarding department. Remembering the great teachers: Mrs. Granger, Mrs. Backus, Miss Morse, Mrs. deFremery and the Hydes (he scared me!) and ‘Hyde Out’ in the Santa Cruz mountains — cooking when cooks quit — that was a challenge! Roasted eight legs of lamb!! I played ‘Josephine’ in HMS Pinafore.”

1951Lois Ann Blemer Lippincott announced in January that she was: “Off to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Go Stanford!”

Marlene Marks Louchheim and William just celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. Together they have 4 children, 13 grand-children, three great-grandchildren, including twins born in January 2013. “We are totally blessed.”

1953Mari Blumenau Lyons’ next exhibition of paintings will be at the First Street Gallery in NYC, October 2013. For more info visit her website: marilyonsstudio.com

Kaholyn Daily McKissick writes that she has been extremely blessed with an adventurous and happy life having just celebrated in March 56 years with Carson.

Heather Alexander has been battling with cancer for two years, but has won the fi ght. She sends her greetings to all.

Alumni HeadLinesPlease send us your news and notes. We also welcome ideas for articles and alumni profi les.

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Jeannine Hull Herron, a research neuropsy-chologist, has received five grants from the National Institute of Child Development to create and do research with software to teach early literacy. Her latest is to develop apps for the iPad for teaching literacy at the pre-school/kindergarten level. Research with the first three apps is being carried out at Arizona State University.  Her previous software, Read, Write & Type, is being used widely and has been found to help children significantly who are at-risk for reading difficulties, and children who are learning English as a second language.  She has been to the United Arab Emirates twice and will go again at the end of May to train teachers where her software is being used (it has voice-over help in nine languages, including Arabic). She enjoys gardening, raising chickens, singing, pho-tographing, “flame-working” (making glass beads) and wilderness canoe trips with her husband Matt (56 years together!).

Yvonne Irwin Rand Sterling is a Zen priest and meditation teacher who now lives very happily with her husband on three acres in Anderson Valley.  She continues to teach and enjoys botany, gardening, her dogs and tells wonderful stories about her life and experi-ences with the Dalai Lama.

1955Susan Greenfield Tilling is, “still with Coldwell Banker after 40 years. I was awarded the ‘2012 Realtor of the Year’ honor by the Silicon Valley Association of Realtors. I am also ‘Director for Life’ of the California Association of Realtors. I am ‘Grandmother for Life’ too — with two grandsons in Seattle and one granddaughter in Jackson, Wyo.”

1958Cece McEneany Pereira sent in the above photo: “Taken this summer at the Shaw’s home in Lake Elsinore where we spent a delightful few days.” Front: Linda Dodds Shaw, Cece McEneany Pereira, Pat Forster Bradshaw. Back: Nick Pereira, Dick Bradshaw, Bill Shaw.

1959 Dana Tolles Beach shares: “Wonderful life in the sunshine state complete with tennis, travel, bridge (a new very difficult endeavor), garden club, etc. Many happy memories of years at The Anna Head School for Girls.”

1970Verona Marquis Mhoon wrote the following upon viewing the HRS 125th Anniversary video (available here: www.headroyce.org/page.cfm?p=3600)

“Oh thank you, what a lovely job! I know my husband just called saying he didn’t recog-nize me in the video, neither did I, we’re still expecting the dark hair; and what’s the deal with all those wrinkles? I am so very fortunate to have experienced Anna Head’s from gram-mar school in the early 1960s at the old school on Channing Way to the new school until I graduated in 1970. My memories are wonder-fully vivid and often amusing. From singing French songs while dancing on the lawn of the old school to playing Frederick von Trapp in The Sound of Music, many, many rich experi-ences, all formative and unique to Head’s. My lifelong friends from Head’s have always kept in touch, from ‘lifers’ and ‘new’ girls (those who entered after 9th grade) to upper and

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lower classmen now living in California to Trice Bryan ’70 in Switzerland, Vicki Betts ’71 in Maine and Yoshi Kobayashi ’70 in Japan. Thank you Anna Head’s for such inspiring treasured beginnings. Life is wonderful!”

1974Dorothy June Young Fest reports that she is

“very happy to be moving back to the Bay!”

1982Bill Marchant reports that his oldest child, Katherine Anne Marchant, is graduat-ing from HRS this year and headed to the University of Southern California. Christopher Marchant is being promoted to ninth grade, and Elizabeth Marchant will be going into fifth grade.

1983Harry Zimmerman got to fly on and fly off the USS Nimitz recently during filming of the upcoming movie Godzilla. “That’s me holding the remote fo-cus unit in the goggles. It was an incredible experience filming

on the flight deck of a working carrier on the open sea. The crew and I spent two nights on the ship while filming somewhere off of the California coast.”

1988Jason Langkammer and his wife Sam with older brother Beckett welcomed twin boys, Jack and Oliver (Ollie) born February 11, 2013.

1989Amy Glynn Greacen’s poems, essays and reviews have recently appeared in North American Review, New York Quarterly, New England Review, Orion, The Best American Poetry Anthology series and else-where. She spent October 2012 in Stonington, Connecticut as fellow at the James Merrill House writers-in-residence program.

1991Nancy Knop (HRS faculty 1983–2006) shared that: “It was so much fun to hear Zac Unger ’91 talk at Diesel Bookstore in Oakland last night about his new book, Never Look a Polar Bear in the Eye. It was

a standing-room-only audience! Zac’s new book demonstrates keen critical thinking, good journalism, and a sense of humor. I liked his close look at polar bear science. This book is attracting political attention, too, from both ends of the spectrum. I am still working as an educational therapist, including after school at Head-Royce; newly married (September 2012) and living in San Francisco.”

1995Heather Erickson returned to the Bay Area after nine years in Syracuse, New York. lives in the Rockridge area of Oakland and works in San Francisco as President and CEO of the Life Science Foundation (biotechhistory.org). She is thrilled to be back in the Bay Area.

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1996Andrew Lau and his wife Elsie welcomed Calliope (Callie) Ming Yi Lau on February 10, 2013.

Michelle Shoffner reports: John Shoffner and I are delighted to announce the birth of our daughter. Cecelia Daoud Shoffer was born on January 27, 2013 at Alta Bates hospital in Berkeley.

1997Dan Sakai reports: “After graduating from Head-Royce I studied architecture at UC Berkeley and then worked for several years in the Bay Area on projects including new buildings at De La Salle High School and Saint Mary’s College of California. In 2004 I moved to New York to pursue a master’s degree in architecture at Columbia University. Since then I have been on the design teams for projects including Lincoln Center and the High Line in New York City, as well as the Broad Museum in Los Angeles. My current projects are primarily in Asia and Southeast Asia.”

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Beth Erickson and her sister Heather Erickson ’95 at Beth’s nursing school gradu-ation last June from University of Nevada at Reno; Beth’s second undergraduate degree, this one a BS after her first one, a BFA from Berkeley in 2002. She is currently living in Kings Beach, Lake Tahoe and working in trauma intensive care at Reknown Hospital in Reno.

2001Nadia Diamond-Smith married Vanja Torbica on May 4, 2013. Many HRS alumni and faculty celebrated with her! Guests: Miriam Walter, Benjamin Black, David Archer, Dan Glenn, Ashley (Sugiyama) Glenn, Katrina Jones, Jenny Gold, Emily Dybwad, Amy Newalt ’02, Nancy Feidelman, Tim Carroll, Jim Jones.

2002 Maureen O’Hern reports that she is now head of the history department at Boston Collegiate Charter School.

2003Joseph De Wolk is currently living and work-ing in Indonesia.

2007Daniel Hausrath recently acknowledged current faculty members Jennifer Brakeman and Warren Fernandes for being: “instru-mental in my education and development, including four memorable years at Yale (class of 2011 majoring in molecular, cellular and developmental biology, with an emphasis in neurobiology) and now my medical educa-tion, commencing at UCSF in September 2012. Thank You!”

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2010Mika Siegelman, (pictured right) a Brown University junior, was named to the 2012 Women’s Soccer All-Ivy First Team in a vote by the Ivy League’s eight head coaches. A three-year starter in the midfield, Mika finished second on the team in scoring, while leading the Bears with three game-winning goals, third in the Ivy League. During the fall season, Mika was also recognized as the Brown Student Athlete of the Week and the College Sports Madness Ivy League Conference Player of the Week. Her team-mates elected her to captain of the team for her senior year. Mika is majoring in physics.

Jessica Wu spent the past semester studying in Copenhagen with the Danish Institute for Study Abroad.

Becca Rosenthal: After graduating in 2010, Becca spent a year living in Israel before matriculating at Claremont McKenna College. She has declared a Middle Eastern Studies major and will be spending her entire junior year in the region. In the fall, she will be in Amman, Jordan, and in the spring, she will participate in the Peace and Conflict Studies honors program in Haifa, Israel. She is also trying out for the Collegiate All-American Rugby team this summer.

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1936Marjorie Claxton ’36 passed away Friday, October 12, 2012 in Albany, at 94 years of age. A native and life-long resident of Berkeley. A graduate of Anna Head School (now Head Royce School), Oakland and UC Berkeley. Miss Claxton worked as an executive secretary at PG&E Corpora-

tion in San Francisco for 42 years; retired December 1982. Private graveside services have already been held, Sunset View Cemetery, El Cerrito. Memorial donations, if desired, may be made to any local animal humane society of the donor’s choice.

1940Alice Arnold Kendrick ’40 passed away on April 8, 2012. Alice was the youngest of four children and the only daughter. Originally New Englanders, her father was serving at a church in Toledo when Alice was born. The family returned to Newton, New Hampshire, and later, Bradford, Massachusetts.

When Alice was 2 years old, her father died of an infection. When Alice was 9 years old, her mother died. All of the Arnold children were taken in by Julia’s

brother Orsamus Cole and his wife Susan in Berkeley, California. Alice attended Anna Head School for girls in Berkeley. She then attended UC Berkeley but did not graduate as she went to work for Bell Telephone Co in the early war years. In 1944 she met Richard E. Kendrick, a Stanford Medical School student. They were married in February 1945 at the Cole residence in Berkeley. Alice and Richard lived in San Francisco for a year while Richard completed his surgical internship at Stanford-Lane Hospital. Over the next four years they lived in Boston, Long Beach, Calif. and North Carolina while Richard fi nished his orthopedic surgery training and Naval service. Their fi rst child, Richard, was born in Charlotte, N.C. in 1949. Their second son, Douglas, was born in 1950 in Pasadena while the couple was en route to locating in Sacramento. Once settled in Sacramento, Richard joined the orthopedic surgery practice of Del Fuiks, MD in 1950, and he continued in solo practice there until the late 1980s, except for a brief time in San Diego during the Korean confl ict. During this time Alice worked as mother and home-maker extraordinaire, quietly but strongly supporting the family. She emphasized the importance of educa-tion as well as participation in music and art activities. The boys were heartily encouraged to attend concerts, plays, and musicals, view special art or museum exhibits, and take music and art classes. Alice enjoyed making things for her family. She was very skilled at making clothes, knitting sweaters, caps, and scarves, and creating things to decorate the home. She loved cooking, and made many things from scratch that most people buy in stores. Alice sang in the church choir most of her adult life, and she volunteered time at the Crocker Art Museum and La Casa del los Ninos. In the late 1960s Alice and Richard built their dream vacation home at Sea Ranch along the Sonoma coast. They di-vided their free time between their vacation home and visiting with children and grand children. They also loved traveling and took many trips including visits to China, Greece, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Eastern

Europe, Alaska, Canada, and the Kamchatka Peninsula (Siberia). On Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012, Alice lost her fi ve-year battle with lung cancer. She was 88 years old. She is survived by her husband Richard, to whom she was married for 67 years, her brother Hugh, her sons Rich and Doug, grandsons Richie (Dominique), Paul (Jessica), and Owen, great-grandson Alexander, her daughter-in-law Megan (who considered her to be a second mother), and numerous nieces and nephews.

Barbara Breuner Bassett Benner ’40 passed peacefully on October 29, 2012. She was the great granddaughter of California pioneer, John Breuner, a German furniture maker who immigrated to the California gold fi elds, starting a family furniture business in Sacramento in 1856. Barbara spent her early

years in Piedmont, graduating from Anna Head School in Berkeley. She later attended Stanford University where she was affi liated with Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. She was proud to have studied bacteriology, later practicing at Stanford Lane Hospital. It was at Stanford where she met her future husband, J. Brandon Bassett, M.D., a Stanford Medical School graduate who answered his nation’s call to serve as his ship’s doctor in the South Pacifi c during WWII. While on a short leave in 1944, Barbara and Brandy were mar-ried… a marriage that would last until Brandy’s death in 1983. Together they raised four children. Barbara married Winston Benner, M.D. in 1991. The Bassett and Benner families had been life-long friends dating back to being classmates at Stanford. Their marriage was a blessing for both, and was welcomed by both families. They shared their happiness with all until Win’s death in 2005. Never one to revel in unhappiness, her energies shifted to her life-long passion for her family, garden, pets and her Koi. Her sense of family

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was fi erce. Family gatherings, whether held at her Orinda home, Lake Tahoe, or at Kona Village Resort for 25 consecutive Thanksgiving Holidays, were epic. To consider her the glue that bound the Bassett Family would be a profound understatement. Barbara is sur-vived by her children Chris, Tom (Pat), George (Susan), and Jim (Lily Hurlimann), her sister Clare Cummings, brother Richard T. Breuner (Janet), and by six cher-ished grandchildren, Mark, Hannah, Brandon, William, Anna Kate, and Emily. Hats off to you Barbara, Mom, and Grandma for a life well lived from your eternally grateful family. You earned your wings with us a long time ago. Be at peace. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Barbara and her family would be honored if you would consider a donation to one of her favorite charities: Stanford University and/or ASPCA.

1943Sonya Shafer Kieran ’43, 1925 to March 13, 2011 Resident of Moraga. Born in Oakland, California, Sonya was the oldest of the three daughters (Sonya, Helene, and Sue) of Thomas Guy and Theo Grisham Shafer. She attended Crocker Highlands Elementary School and the Anna Head School in Berkeley. She went

on to graduate from Stanford University in 1947. That year she married William James Mansfi eld with whom she had four children, Guy, Gary, Kathy, and Cris Mansfi eld. In 1972 she married Dr. James Kieran and they moved to Moraga. Sonya dedicated her life to her family. She was the loving wife of James for 38 years. She is survived by her husband, her four children, her

fi ve step-children, ten step-grandchildren and her eight step-great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her sister, Helene Loomis and her dear friend Mele Akoteu.

Patricia Schneider Mascarenhas ’43 died peace-fully at home in her sleep on Saturday, October 13, 2012, after a long illness. She was born in Berkeley, California on July 16, 1926, daughter of the late Franz Schneider and Kathryn Lydia Sweetser. She attended Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pa. and was a research scien-tist for many years in the

bacteriology department at the University of California, Berkeley. She worked on developing vaccines against brucellosis and did fi eld test of vaccines for the World Health Organization in Spain and Malta. Patricia had a very strong feeling of responsibility for prob-lems concerning social and economic inequality and actively supported many nonprofi t groups working in these areas. She also had ecological interests, par-ticularly in the protection of threatened animal and bird species. Patricia is survived by her husband of 52 years, Joseph Mascarenhas; her children, Nonika Mascarenhas and Shaun (Linda) Mascarenhas; her brother, F. Richard Schneider and her sister-in-law, Barbara Schneider. She is also survived by her nieces, Carla Soracco and Kirsten Kubat; and her nephews, Scott Schneider, Frank and Peter Soracco, and Wilson Bryan. Contributions in her memory may be made to Covenant House, 441 Eight Ave, New York, NY 10001.

1973It is with great sadness that we remember Stephanie Cleavelin Glazier ’73 who passed away from breast cancer December 23, 2011. Stephanie was an active member of her Head-Royce class, serving as Senior Class President, and participating in many school clubs and activities. She graduated

from UC Berkeley (class of 1978, Psychology) and was affi liated with the Delta Delta Delta Sorority. Stephanie and her family lived for many years in Orinda, and then moved to South Pasadena.  Stephanie worked in product development, strategic wholesale, retail busi-ness planning, marketing and management for nearly 30 years. Since 2008, she was a buyer for the TJ Maxx Corporation. Over her career, Stephanie held corpo-rate positions with a variety of prestigious companies, some of which include the Disney Stores, Banana Republic and I. Magnin. She was a respected commu-nity leader and past president of the South Pasadena Education Foundation. Stephanie is survived by her husband Bill Glazier and son Michael.

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A Tribute to F. Gardiner F. Bridge, former Head of School

F. Gardiner F. Bridge passed away on January 23, 2013 at 92 years old in North Chatham, Mass. Gardie, as he was known to all, devoted his life to education, serving as the head of four di  er-ent independent schools as well as working in college administration.

Principled, highly respected, with a warm and easy manner, he was a strong leader, with an incisive and critical mind. He made a signifi cant and last-ing contribution to the many independent schools and communities he served and loved.

Gardie Bridge was a mentor to me, and I am grate-ful for his advice and encouragement over the years. I fi rst met Gardie when he attended a work-shop I o  ered about the new AP American History program we were developing at San Francisco University High School. “That was a great presen-tation,” I remember him saying to my own head of school in a booming voice afterward. Some years later he encouraged me to apply to succeed him at Head-Royce School in Oakland, and when I got the job, I was proud to build on his legacy and learn from his experience.

Gardie Bridge’s career in education spanned more than 40 years in the mid to late twentieth century. Born in St. Louis, Mo. in 1920, he graduated from John Burroughs School and Dartmouth College in the class of 1942. During the Second World War he served the war e  ort working at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft in Hartford, Conn, training new employees

and foremen alike. After the war he launched his long and distinguished career in education, teach-ing at Hebron Academy in Lewiston, Maine, and then serving as Assistant Director of Admissions at Dartmouth and Director of Admissions at Trinity College in Connecticut. In 1966 he became headmaster of the University School of Milwaukee, and in 1977 he moved to Oakland to become head-master of the Head-Royce School where he served until 1984.

Gardie Bridge brought experience and wisdom to Head-Royce that was vital. In his previous posi-tion, he had effected the merger of three schools to create the new University School, and he used that knowledge to help build a single, coeduca-tional community at Head-Royce by bringing together the Anna Head School for Girls, founded in 1887, and the Royce School for Boys, which had been established in 1971. He restructured the school into three separate divisions, established the first Middle School, and led the campaign to build a new Middle School facility on campus. With his background in admission, he strength-ened Head-Royce’s marketing efforts, establishing the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid as well as the Development Office. He was a good judge of character, hired a strong administrative team and faculty and mentored future school leaders including Elaine Betts and Damon Bradley, who went on to head Dana Hall School and the Landon school respectively. He set high professional standards for the teachers, supported curricular improvements such as the integrated humanities program for the high school, launched the school’s computer science program and

encouraged Head-Royce students to enroll in the most outstanding colleges and universities across the country. Gardie devoted time to the students, attending assemblies, plays, and athletic events regularly. Often he would write a note of congrat-ulations to faculty and students in his fine and elegant hand.

Before he retired to Cape Cod in 1987 he served as interim head of school at Holland Hall School in Kansas and Moorestown Friends School in New Jersey. During his career, he was a member of the National Association of Independent Schools Board, President of the Independent Schools Association of Central States Board, and he was elected to the Headmasters Association and the Country Day School Headmasters’ Association. A lover of the outdoors, Gardie enjoyed his retire-ment years on Cape Cod, working in his yard, gardening, sailing, playing tennis and squash. He was a true family man and loyal friend.

Paul ChapmanFebruary 12, 2013

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A Tribute to Shirley Phelps Price ’35

Shirley Phelps Price ’35 died peacefully on Wed-nesday, May 8, 2013. She was surrounded by her loving family. Shirley was not only an alumna, but a Head-Royce grand-parent and long time friend and volunteer at Head-Royce. Shirley’s daughter Leslie Powell

is a long time teacher in the Lower School at Head-Royce. Former Head of School Paul Chapman shared the following thoughts:

“Shirley Price was a wonderful friend to me and so many over the years. She captured the spirit, intelligence and warmth of the Anna Head community. I loved her smile, the twinkle in her eye, and seeing her often, at reunions, the Holiday Program, and around school when she was visiting her daughter and grandchildren. Shirley always made me feel that she was my number one fan. I will miss her greatly.”For nearly 60 years, Shirley resided in Piedmont, Calif. where she raised her family and became a beloved community member. Shirley’s zest for life was evident in all that she pursued. An active community leader and volunteer, Shirley gave tire-lessly of her time supporting many organizations including Children’s Hospital, Piedmont Historical Society, Piedmont Garden Club, Volunteers in Public Safety (VIPS) for the Piedmont Police

Department, Camp Fire Girls and many others. Her hometown e  orts were recognized in many ways. In 1990, Shirley was awarded Volunteer of the Year from the city and in 1996, she was honored for her work with the Historical Society with the planting of a tree in Dracena Park. In 2009, Shirley proudly served as Grand Marshall of the 4th of July Parade. Her membership in Piedmont Community Church provided great solace, many friendships and profound comfort for many years. A proud graduate of the Anna Head School, class of ’35 and UC Berkeley, class of ’39, Shirley was an active Kappa Alpha Theta and loved to cheer on her favorite team, the Golden Bears.

Shirley’s greatest joy in life came from her family. As a mother of four children: Je  Phelps Price, Virginia Price Allard, Randy Price and Leslie Price Powell, grandmother to seven grandchildren: Chris Allard, Lisa Allard Zankich, Jason Powell, Tyler Powell, Brian Price, Matt Price, Nick Price and two great-grandchildren, Shirley was deeply loved and cherished by her family and many friends.A service celebrating Shirley’s wonderful life was held at Piedmont Community Church on Thursday, May 16.

In lieu of fl owers, those wishing to may send a donation to: Children’s Hospital, Oakland, www.childrenshospitaloakland.org, 510.428.3100.

1. Leslie Powell, 4th grade teacher, withher mother

2. Shirley volunteered in HRS classrooms for many years. Here she is pictured with (l to r): Scott Van Ness, Lily Majteles and Isabella Donato

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Board of Trustees2012–2013

Betsy Crabtreeboard chair

Bill NewellFrank Williams

vice chairs

Martha Sellerstreasurer

Tim Ripsteen ’93secretary

Robert A. Lakehead of school

Rick Arney ’88

Laura Baxter-Simons

Diane Bessette

Jim Cavalieri

Dan Chao

Jessica Dodson

Leo Dorado

Lisa Hardy ’84

Rachelle Hebrard

Dan Kammen

Kym Luqman

Tejal Patel ’86

Susan Sherrerd

Peter Smith ’78

Theresa Tao

Scott Verges

John Woolard

Frank Yeary

Edie Zusman

Administration2012–2013

Suzanne Abbeyhead of lower school

Kate Augusdirector of college counseling

Brendan Blakeley ’88director of athletics

Catherine Epsteindirector of admissions and financial aid

Barbara Geedirector of diversity

Anna Heidingerassistant head for advancement

Linda Hoopes ’88head of middle school

Robert A. Lakehead of school

Crystal Landassistant head of school academic dean

Ray Louiedirector of educational technology

Dennis Malonecfo/director of operations

Elizabeth OwenDirector of marketing & Communications

Carl Thiermannhead of upper school

Alumni Council2012–2013

Tejal Patel ’86president

Michael McCune ’88vice president

Elena Ortega ’71secretary

Ann Catrina-Kligman ’88

Nicole Dixon ’98

Emily Dybwad ’01

Rebecca Carr Eaton ’91

Dakota Gruener ’07

Ann Hertelendy ’92

Judy Hunt ’67

Jay Rhodes ’85

Samantha Halldirector of alumni relations

Productioneditors

Blakely Atherton

Elizabeth Owen

Sam Hall

Megan Long

editorial

Susan Anderson

Kim Hobbs

Leslie Powell

writers

Brendan Blakely ’88

Phebe Cramer ’53

Paul Chapman

design & production

Shelby Designs & Illustrates

printer

Solstice Press

photography

Blakely Atherton

Claire Bloomberg

Sam Deaner

Richard Drogin

Ralph Granich

Harry Muniz

Bill Reitzel

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Calling all Head-Royce and Anna Head Alumni…Please use this form to update your information or tell us what you are doing. Kindly share your story with us. You may also submit your news online at www.headroyce.org/alumni.

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6. Send us your updated contact information (it sounds simple, but nothing makes us happier than an accurate database!)

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