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THE MAGAZINE OF FRIENDS’ CENTRAL SCHOOL

2015-2016 Board oF TrusTeesRobert Gassel ’69, Clerk Karen N. Horikawa ’77, Vice-Clerk

Matthew S. Levitties ’85, Recording Secretary

Craig Owens, Treasurer

Melissa AndersonQuinn BauriedelElizabeth Cohen ’83Jonathan Fiebach ’82Christine Young Gaspar ’70Jim GrochSusan HoltSteve B. KatznelsonFariha KhanKristin KimmellMerlin MuhrerAndrew Newcomb ’87Nancy A. Sanders ’83Philip E. Scott ’73Joy Takahashi

Stephen YarnellPeter Arfaa, EmeritusBarbara M. Cohen, EmeritaHillard Madway, EmeritusJoanna Schoff ’51, Emerita

2015-2016 alumni/ae BoardLauren Collier ’99, President

Bess Collier ’96, Vice President

Janice Decker Frohner ’60, Secretary

Jesse Amoroso ’04Jeffrey Brody ’98Kimberly Kurtz Lent ’87Patrick Lord ’90Clio Mallin ’96 Latifah McMullin ’99Alex Rolfe ’01Jessica Zeldin ’88

A student embraces the fall morning sun on the Lower School campus. Photo by Kim Parris

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Letter from the Head of School

Head of schoolCraig N. Sellers

editorsLisa D’OrazioDirector of Communications

Clare Luzuriaga Assistant Director of Communications

ContributorsLydia A. Martin Director of Strategic Initiatives

Bob Cotter Director of Development

Matthew Cohen Assistant Director of Development

Kim Emmons-Benjet Director of Annual Giving

Linda Waxman Wasserman ’75 Director of Alumni/ae Affairs

Jody Mayer Communications Associate

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PhotographyAnneka Allman, Michael Branscom, Geoff Campbell, Matthew Cohen, Lisa D’Orazio, Jay Gorodetzer, Clare Luzuriaga, Caroline Maw-Deis, Jody Mayer, Paola Nogueras, Kim Parris, Mike Tolbert

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8:1 Fall 2016

The Magazine of Friends’ Central School

Dear Friends,

Each year at Friends’ Central, throughout the School, we focus on one Quaker testimony. For the 2015-2016 year, that testimony was Community, and while community is important every year, it is particularly gratifying to reflect on the year past through this lens.

The school year ended, as every year does, with the graduating Class marching into Commencement as students and processing out as newly minted members of our alumni/ae community. This was a remarkable year for the Class of 2016. They brought home awards in areas as diverse as debate, math modeling, drama, and athletics. As we faced the poignant moment of “letting go,” we could only marvel at their readiness and take heart in the fact that, while their role has changed, they are no less a part of our community.

The idea that graduates are forever part of Friends’ Central was evident as our alumni/ae from the “1s and 6s” gathered for Reunion 2016. Time and distance fell away for devoted classmates from destinations ranging from England to Wynnewood as they celebrated their connection to one another and to their alma mater. Witnessing the passion they feel for this community and for their classmates and hearing about the extraordinary ways they are living out our School’s Mission and Vision bolsters my feeling that the Class of 2016 will stay connected, and we will be wowed.

In our opening meetings for faculty and staff in August, we began our focus on the testimony of Simplicity with a talk by Eileen Flanagan ’80. Eileen – who is an author, speaker, and FCS parent – delighted, challenged, and affirmed our community’s efforts. She urged us to consider simplicity as a way to identify what isn’t important, let go of it, and make space for the most important elements of our lives.

As you read through this issue of Quaker Works, I urge you to examine its contents through the lens of Community. I believe that, like me, you will be excited and inspired by our students, by our faculty, by our alumni/ae, and by the extraordinary generosity displayed in the Annual Report.

Thank you for being part of the Friends’ Central community. I hope to see you on campus soon!

Craig N. Sellers Head of School

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D E P A R T M E N T S2 OPENiNg COMMENTS Letter from the Head of School

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13 lettuce feed You The New Lower School Food Initiative

14 commencement 2016 The Spirit of the Class of 2016

20 reunion Weekend A little rain, some sun, and plenty of good spirits marked Reunion 2016.

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On a beautiful, sunny June morning, the 95 members of the Class of 2016 graduated from Friends’ Central.

Pictured is Zaakiyah Rogers (right) receiving her diploma from Head of School Craig N. Sellers, as classmates Joey Lawall, Matayia Mapp, and Ellis Kimmell applaud.

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ryan Barrett and alex rolfe from the Class of 2001 were happy to reconnect at reunion 2016. read about reunion on page 20.


campus log For more School news, visit the FCS Pressroom at friendscentral.org/news

Mission to MarsIn science class this spring, 5th graders studied Astronaut Scott Kelly’s one-year mission to the International Space Station as part of their space exploration project – Mission to Mars. To culminate their study, they held a flight simulation to Mars, accompanied by a Fair where they presented their extensive and impressive research.

In March, Dr. Mathias Basner (pictured above at left) visited Tiffany Borsch’s class to talk to the students about his research related to the Year in Space. Dr. Basner is one of the leaders of the Penn Medicine research team who developed a cognitive test battery, called Cognition, for the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI), which measures the impact of spaceflight stressors (microgravity, radiation, confinement, isolation, high CO2 level exposure, and sleep loss) on astronauts’ cognitive performance.

New Student Council LeadersIn March, the Upper School elected a new Student Council President, Talia Rosenberg, and three Vice Presidents: Jiwei Cheng, Sam Levitties, and Matt Nguyen. All four “took office” in April.

An American History Lesson for Grade 8 StudentsMiddle School teacher Jacob Fogel invited Masaru Edmund Nakawatase to speak to his 8th grade class about his life and his social activism. Nakawatese was born in an Japanese American internment camp in Poston, Arizona during WWII.

Breaking Ground at the Lower SchoolIn March, Lower School students helped get things started at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Lower School Ulmer Family Light Lab. (Read more about the Light Lab on page 28.)

Middle School Mini-Courses a Hit!This spring, students in grades 6-8 took part in mini-courses - a favorite annual tradition. Directed by Middle School teachers, students engage in interactive learning on a range of extracurricular topics in and around FCS and the city of Philadelphia. These projects are intentionally structured to foster creative, cross-divisional learning and to encourage collaboration between older and younger students.

From left: Jiwei Cheng, sam levitties, Talia rosenberg, matt nguyen

Spring ConcertsThis spring, the Instrumental and Choral concerts in Lower, Middle, and Upper Schools were a huge hit, with the many talents of musicians and singers on full display.


saleana Copeland ’18

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30 Reasons Not To Be In A Play30 Reasons Not To Be In A Play, a one-of-a-kind comedy by Alan Haehnel about the horrors and hardships that befall those who feel the call of the stage, was this winter’s Middle School Drama production. Actors and stage crew members worked hard to present this hilarious play, which was a big success.

A Midsummer Night’s DreamThe landscape of New Orleans provided a magical backdrop for Upper School Drama’s modern retelling of Shakespeare’s favorite comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and the students and staff alike were very excited to share their high-energy and highly creative version of the production with audiences this February.

Cappies Triumphs It was another outstanding season for Upper School Drama, who received 17 nominations and top honors at the Greater Philadelphia Cappies (Critics and Awards program) in May for best production of a play (A Midsummer Night’s Dream). Alex Bessen ‘17 also won Best Male Vocalist, and Naomi Detre ‘16 won Best Featured Actress and Best Hair & Makeup Design.


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Students Gain New Perspectives through Cultural ImmersionFor three weeks every other summer, Friends’ Central Upper School students have the opportunity to travel to Cuzco, Peru, where they live with Peruvian host families, participate in community service, and attend four hours of Spanish classes daily. The culmination of their trip is a rigorous four-day hike along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, “the lost city of the Incas,” which includes three nights of camping and ends with a spectacular view from 7,970 feet above sea level.

This summer was the eighth trip for faculty member Cristina Perez, who began the program in 2002.

The students took part in community service at La Clinica de San Juan de Dios, a children’s clinic and orphanage. Carolyn Spellacy ’16 and Olivia Comstock ’17 wrote about

their experiences working with the children in the clinic and orphanage this year, “Playing with the children was one of the most direct ways of feeling that you were helping out. The children covered a wide range of ages, and most had disabilities that placed them in wheelchairs and/or limited their ability to speak ... The time we spent at the clinic was very rewarding – just knowing that we were helping people.”

Every afternoon, the FCS students had four hours of Spanish school, then they returned to their host family’s home for dinner. Samantha Roshkoff ’17 and Claire Coss ’18 reported on the Peru Trip Blog, “Every time we walk into our kitchen at the end of the day, we are always greeted with a big smile and ‘¡Hola mis amigas!’ from Yaquito, the two-year-old boy in our host family. He never fails to put a smile on our faces. Dinners are always fun and filled with laughter, while talking to Yaquito’s grandmother and great grandmother about Peruvian culture and their large and interesting family.”

In last week of the trip was the four-day hike of the Inca Trail. The group began the hike with two grueling days of climbing – ascending to 14,000 feet and adjusting as well as possible to the significant increase in altitude. “That physical aspect, that challenge, is such a huge part of this trip – so important and valuable for the experience,” Cristina Perez shared.

From left: sophia radford ’19, olivia Comstock ’17, matt Blackman ’17, Cullan Gilroy ’17, and samantha roshkoff ’17 on the inca Trail

Middle School Chess WhizAdam Serota ’21 participated in the US Chess Federation’s National Chess Tournament in April. Adam is ranked nationally in his age group for chess.

Focus at WHYYIn April, several members of Focus, the Upper School student newspaper, attended Youth Press Day, a journalism conference at the WHYY studios. The students participated in workshop sessions on various aspects of journalism.

outside the WHYY studios, from left: Yutian Feng, Junyan Ge,Faria rehman, eliza Caisse;in front: evan Paszamant

From left: Jackson snider, Gordon Wilcox, teacher Jebb Chagan, Jordyn Paszamant, and samuel Kazak

History Bee at FCSFor the fourth consecutive year, FCS hosted the National History Bee Regional Finals in the spring. The competition featured four Middle School qualifiers: Jackson Snider ’20, Gordon Wilcox ’20, Samuel Kazak ’21, and Jordyn Paszamant ’22, who finished among the top 120 in the region on the Online Regional Qualifying Exam (ORQE), making them eligible to participate in the Regional Finals.

Particle Physics Class Adventures For the Particle Physics and Nuclear Physics summer class, taught by John Gruber and Anna Schall, it was an incredible three weeks. Along with tackling a broad array of complex topics and ideas in the classroom, the class took three field trips: to the Radiation Science and Engineering Center (RSEC) at Penn State to visit the Brazeale Nuclear Reactor; to the University of Pennsylvania’s Proton Therapy Center to see physics applied to medicine in radiation oncology; and to Illinois for a tour of FermiLab, The University of Chicago’s Kersten Physics Teaching Center, and the Adler Planetarium on the shores of Lake Michigan.

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Debate Team SuccessIn April, the Upper School Parliamentary Debate Team headed to Susquehanna University for the State Debate Tournament. The team – Austin Margulies ’16, Avital Schweitzer ’16, and Lily Snider ’16 – advanced to the finals in a field of 24 teams in the category of Parliamentary Debate, besting last year’s state champions in the quarterfinal round, before succumbing to a team from a Pittsburgh high school. The FCS team’s success made them the second best Parliamentary Debate Team in the State of Pennsylvania!

From left: avital schweitzer, austin margulies, lily snider

90-Second Newbery Festival and Author VisitJames Kennedy, author of The Order of Odd-Fish, came to FCS in April to visit Middle School classrooms and host the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival – an annual video contest in which students create 90-second movies that tell the entire stories of Newbery-winning books. Kennedy wrote in his blog, “One of the reasons we brought the 90-Second Newbery to Friends’ Central was because of the numerous great movies we received from the School that year, led by teachers Alex McDonnell and Rebecca Guenther ... It was a really welcoming vibe at this school, and the students were very engaged and energetic!”

author James Kennedy reading from his book The Order of Odd-Fish

Grade 4 Ellis IslandEvery spring, the 4th grade has a unit on immigration, primarily focusing on the wave of immigrants that came to the United States between 1880 and 1910. The study includes a simulation in the classroom, with students and visitors assigned different roles and reenacting the experience of an immigrant going through Ellis Island.


groundbreaking Documentary Comes to FCSGrade 8-11 students, teachers, and parents had the opportunity to watch I’m Not Racist … Am I?, a groundbreaking documentary on race, and take part in workshops facilitated by the filmmakers themselves. André Lee, one of the film’s producers, said, “During my visits to Friends’ Central, I was so impressed by the capacity of this community to approach this topic with intellect and heart. I witnessed the community lean into the discomfort and embrace the tension created by the conversations around race and racism. This is not easy work, and I felt welcomed by those who were comfortable and uncomfortable.”

andré lee provided facilitator training around the film to middle and upper school student leaders.

Phoenix Game DayMiddle Schoolers enjoyed their annual Phoenix Game Day 2016 in June. Team colors were on display as the Blue, Green, Red, and Yellow teams competed in this culminating activity. The annual Team Cheer and Song Competition is always a highlight before the games get started on the track field.

Bell Ringing at the Lower SchoolA signature FCS event that took place on the last day of school was the 5th grade Meeting for Leaving and Bell Ringing Ceremony, where each 5th grader rang the Friendship Bell to mark the transition to Middle School. On the same day, 8th graders also celebrated their transition with a Meeting for Leaving.

marcus Chiang ’23 rings the Friendship Bell.


Friends’ Central Welcomes New Board Members:Betty Bard has been an active member of the FCS community since 2001. Her many FCS volunteer roles include serving as both Treasurer and Co-President of the FCS Home & School Association. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with an MBA from the Wharton School, Betty has leadership experience in Market Research and Marketing. She and husband, Jay, are the parents of Andrea ’15 and Heather ’19.

roger Chiang is a partner and portfolio manager at Bryn Mawr Capital Management, Inc., where he is a Co-Director of Trading and Model Development. Previously, he served as a Director of Financial Institutional Sales on the trading floor at Credit Agricole Indosuez. Roger holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and dual BS degrees in Finance and

Bioengineering from the Management and Technology Program at the University of Pennsylvania. He and his wife, Catherine, are the parents of Gemma ’27, Marcus ’23, and Lucas ’22.

eve Troutt-Powell teaches in the History and Africana studies departments of the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of a number of books, including, most recently, Tell This in My Memory: Stories of Enslavement in Egypt, Sudan and the Late Ottoman Empire. Eve received her BA, MA, and PhD from Harvard University and has been a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. In 2003, she was named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow. Eve and her husband, Timothy, are the parents of Jibreel ’12 and Gideon ’20.

Dear Friends,

When I graduated from Friends’ Central in 1973, I did not imagine that I would one day have the opportunity to Clerk the Board of my beloved school. It is truly an honor. I am thrilled to work with Craig Sellers as he enters his fifth year as Head of School. The clarity of focus he brings to the strategic tasks the Board will address in the coming years will ensure a productive, inspiring, and positive partnership.

This is an exciting time for Friends’ Central. We are a school that enjoys an excellent reputation among peer schools, both locally and nationally. We have a strong, agile, and well-supported faculty that is mastering, and in some cases leading, changes in education. The community has just completed a year of Appreciative Inquiry, culminating in a retreat where over 100 parents, faculty, Board members, alumni/ae, and students imagined a future that both fortifies our core strengths and leads our community in bold new directions.

The Ulmer Family Light Lab is under construction at the Lower School, and the Board has identified a number of other fundraising priorities. Included are dramatic renovations that will transform Shallcross Hall into a true center for the school community and increasing endowment for faculty professional development and financial aid. Throughout the changes we envision, Friends’ Central must continue to be a place that offers its community uniquely solid ground. I am proud of the work FCS has done around issues of diversity, inclusivity, and social justice, and I look forward to continued work and progress.

As I take on this new challenge, I follow (former) Clerk of the Board, Bob Gassel ’69, whose dedication to the School has been unprecedented. He has devoted an enormous amount of time and energy to guiding a new Head of School and to reshaping the Board of Trustees. During his four years as Clerk, Bob has been ever present. I am grateful for his remarkable and unmatched service to Friends’ Central, and I look forward to continuing on the positive course he has set. It is my hope that, as a Board, we will follow Bob’s lead and strive to be present and visible to the community.

I am a firm believer and take it as a matter of faith that Quaker education is a strong and positive force in the world. The pace and scale of change in the 21st century may seem to challenge the Quaker values, principles, and practices we teach at Friends’ Central, but they remain central to realizing our Mission and Vision.

I look forward to meeting and working with you in the years to come.

Sincerely,

Philip E. Scott ’73, Clerk of the Board

Letter from the Clerk of the Board

“ It is impossible to adequately express my gratitude to the School and to those faculty, staff, and volunteers who give of their time to help make Friends’ Central the outstanding school we love so dearly.

“ Though it is not easy to step away from the Board, I am thrilled that Phil Scott ’73 has agreed to take on the clerkship. I look forward to the great things that lie ahead for FCS!”

– Robert Gassel ’69 Former Clerk of the Board

Bob Gassel (left) with daughter, Brooke ’99; son, Bruno ’16; and wife, Flavia, at Bruno’s FCs graduation in June

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Introducing New Faculty and StaffWe are thrilled to welcome a talented group of educators and staff members to Friends’ Central School this year!

At the administrative level, Mariama Richards joins us as our new Assistant Head of School for Academic Program. Read more about Mariama above.

In the Lower School, we welcome Andrea Dominic Lubrano, Director of Lower School Admission; Lexie Adorno, Assistant 2nd Grade Teacher; Maggie Bertonazzi, Assistant Lower School Chef; Jessica Corsaro, Lower School Counselor; Brie Daley, Light Lab Director; Wadiya Gooden, Lower School Food Leader; Caitlin Nelson, 5th Grade Teacher; Erica Seay, Extended Day Director; and Anastasia Shown, Assistant 1st Grade Teacher.

Joining us in the Middle and Upper Schools are Hank Adamczyk, who will teach 8th Grade Shop, 6th Grade Social Studies, and help run the Makerspace; Michael Darfler, Makerspace Director and Computer Science teacher; Betsy Katzmann, Upper School Science; Rosa Mutchnick, 7th Grade Science; and Rachel Slaughter, Upper School Learning Specialist.

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DiSTiNgUiShED LECTURE SERiES: AUThOR ASALi SOLOMON

In March, we were thrilled to welcome Asali Solomon to campus as our 2015-2016 Distinguished Humanities Lecturer. Solomon is Assistant Professor of English at Haverford College and author of the critically acclaimed novel Disgruntled. Her various accolades include being named one of the National Book Foundation’s “5 Under 35” in 2007.

During her visit to FCS, Solomon made a guest appearance in several literature classes and Upper School clubs and spent some time with Middle School students and FCS faculty. At her Distinguished Humanities Lecture in the evening, she discussed her recent book and the process of creative writing.

stay tuned for information this fall about our Distinguished lecture series 2016-2017!

Welcome, Mariama Richards!We are excited to announce that, in July, Mariama Richards joined Friends’ Central as our new Assistant Head of School for Academic Program. Before coming to the FCS community, Mariama served as the Director of Progressive and Multicultural Education at Ethical Culture Fieldston School in New York City. She was the team leader for the school’s Progressive Teaching Institute and worked to develop curriculum while monitoring scope and sequence in Lower, Middle, and Upper Schools. She also worked to design and implement all major equity initiatives and hire and retain a diverse faculty at ECFS.


The middle school “Visiting authors Club” greeted asali solomon in their matching homemade t-shirts!

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athleticsSeven FSL Titles for Friends’ Central in 2015-2016!

Spring 2016 was another successful season for Friends’ Central Athletics. Girls’ track and field and girls’ lacrosse brought home league titles for the Phoenix, bringing the total for the 2015-2016 school year to SEVEN! (Girls’ tennis, girls’ soccer, and girls’ cross country earned the top spot in the fall, and boys’ swimming and girls’ basketball in the winter.)

In girls’ lacrosse, FCS defeated Shipley 8-6 in a competitive and well-played game on May 17 in front of a packed crowd on their home field. Senior Jesse Rubin collected three goals and three assists, Benna Berger and Lorna MacFarlane had two goals, Sophie Berger contributed a goal, and the Friends’ Central defense held Shipley scoreless in the game’s final 21 minutes to claim its second straight Friends Schools League title and sixth in seven years. Jesse Rubin was also named Pennsylvania Area Schoolgirls Lacrosse Association (PASLA) Student Athlete

of the Year, receiving this prestigious award at a banquet on June 6. Jesse was also honored at the banquet as a 1st Team All-American and an Academic All-American.

The girls’ track and field team was outstanding in the Friends Schools League Championship Meet, which took place over two days – field events on May 24 and running events on May 25. A number of athletes earned 1st place finishes for the Phoenix, including Sidney McLeod-Whitener (100m & long jump), Gabby Wilkinson (1600m & 3200m), Ava Forman (300m hurdles), and two relay teams: the 4x400m relay team of Emily Burd, Ava Forman, Nyssa Schoenfeld, and Claire Szapary, and the 4x800m relay team of Amelia McDonnell, Nyssa Schoenfeld, Claire Szapary, and Nadia Taranta. A dozen athletes received second and third place honors to round out this exciting championship meet.

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athleticsathleticsFCS Burns Up the Track at AAU Junior OlympicsThree Friends’ Central athletes turned in exceptional performances at the 2016 AAU Junior Olympics held in Houston, TX, from July 31-August 7. Running for Infinity Track Club and coached by FCS’ Head Girls’ Track Coach Brandon Shell and FCS Assistant Coach Laedoan Lewis, Inara Shell ’21 and Avery Lewis ’24 burned up the track! Gabby Wilkinson ’18 also competed at the highest level for her AAU Mount Airy Track Club.

Inara Shell ‘21 finished in 5th place in the 13-year-old girls’ pentathlon with a score of 2,562 points and 3rd place in the 13-year-old girls’ triple jump, jumping 36’3”! Avery Lewis ’24 earned a national title in the 11-year-old girls’ long jump with a leap of 16’3”; she also earned a bronze medal in the 100m dash with the time of 13.10 and in the 200m she became the national champion with the time of 25.69. Gabby Wilkinson ’18 emerged as the national record holder in 800m (2:07.04) and 1500m (4:25.08) and placed first in the 3000m (10:25.08).

honoring Outstanding Spring and Senior AthletesTo celebrate the end of an exciting spring sports season, on Thursday, May 26, spring Varsity coaches presented awards honoring most valuable and most improved players, and the athletic department acknowledged top senior athletes with a number of memorial and senior athlete awards. The following spring athletes received the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award: Drew Cooper and Charles Book for boys’ tennis, Peter Bradbeer and Jacob Liberman for golf, Jeff Brown for boys’ track and field, Ava Forman for girls’ track and field, Jesse Rubin and Anne Pizzini for girls’ lacrosse, Carolyn Spellacy and Caroline Fakharzadeh for girls’ softball, and Gil Dreyfuss for boys’ baseball.

The following spring athletes were awarded the Most Improved Player (MIP) award: Robbie Winward for boys’ baseball, Mark Charamella for golf, Ethan Broaddus for boys’ tennis, Danielle Schweitzer for girls’ lacrosse, Michele Meline for girls’ softball, Nadia Taranta and Madison Harris for girls’ track and field, and Liam Sullivan and Nathan Levitties for boys’ track and field.

The athletic department acknowledged top senior athletes with the Senior Athlete Award, which was given to Gus Anderson, Jeff Brown, and Jesse Rubin; the Florence Jackson Award, which was given to Caroline Fakharzadeh; and the David Kirk Award, which was given to Mark Charamella and Joey Lawall.

inara shell with her father, Brandon shell

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FCS Alumna Wins Prestigious Player of the Year Award in DenmarkMegan Holt ’10 was voted Female Player of the Year for 2015 -2016 in the Dansk Hockey Union (Danish Hockey Union), which covers all of the teams in Denmark. The Player of the Year Award is voted on by the coaches and captains of all of the teams in the Dansk Hockey Union. Megan, who plays for Copenhagen Field Hockey Club, the oldest field hockey club in Denmark, is the first non-Danish player to earn this award.

Friends’ Central Aquatics Raises 10K for Alex’s Lemonade Stand

FCA presented a check for $10,000 to Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, a locally based organization dedicated to finding cures for childhood cancer. Every other year, FCA hosts a Swim-A-Thon to raise money and awareness for a charitable cause; this year, more than 100 FCA swimmers of all ages participated in the four-hour event.

From left: sean Ford; Tracy alt Ford; liz scott, Co-director of alex’s lemonade stand Foundation; and aquatics director iain anderson

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Gabby Wilkinson ’18 - photo by Greg Wilkinson

seniors are celebrated by their teammates at softball senior day

Charles Book ’16

Connor mcVail ’16

Photo courtesy of Haverford College


Friends’ Central’s New Lower School Food initiativeLettuce Feed You Highlights include:

w Delicious, fresh-from-scratch, sustainable, and whenever possible, local and organic foods prepared in-house by expert chef Wadiya Gooden

w Purchasing flexibility. Parents have the choice of signing their child up for the yearlong full meal plan or using an easy pre-pay debit system to pay per meal.

w A link between farm, garden, and table. The Friends’ Central lunch table is now supplied overwhelmingly by local farms – including the expansive organic garden at FCS. Chef Wadiya introduces the meals to students and has time-tested methods for encouraging children to try new foods.

w Food that connects to curriculum. If first grade students are, for example, studying India, then they may well find themselves tasting Indian food in the cafeteria.

w Opportunities to participate. Students have the chance to take part in food preparation in safe, age-appropriate ways. These include serving as table captains, helping create pizza flavors for Pizza Friday, and chopping toppings.

Among the many exciting changes taking place this fall at the Lower School, we are thrilled to be introducing a brand new food program designed to inspire children to work toward a healthier and more sustainable world by teaching them to source, produce, and prefer delicious, planet-friendly foods. We believe in the link between healthy minds and healthy bodies, and the new food program, which we have dubbed “Lettuce Feed You” is an exciting step toward linking our curriculum and garden together with the food we eat.

Integral to this new program is Chef Wadiya, our new Lower School Food Leader, who has years of experience preparing healthy food for children.

Welcome to Our New Food Leader!We are thrilled to introduce the Lower School’s new Food Leader, Wadiya gooden. Wadiya brings a wealth of experience. She has served as a lead Program Coordinator for the Vetri Foundation where she implemented “from scratch” cooking in seven different schools. She has also prepared meals for children at Penn Wynne Elementary School. In addition to her excellent cooking skills, she is an organic gardener and a true believer in the relationship between food and well being. When asked about joining the FCS community, Wadiya said, “For quite some time, I have been on a mission to feed children healthier meals. Now, I have been afforded the opportunity to do so in this amazing setting. It doesn’t get any better than this!”


On Saturday, June 11, 2016, the 95 members of the Class of 2016 marched down the center aisle of Commencement Terrace for their last moment on campus as Friends’ Central students. They departed as graduates, joining the ranks of the many proud and distinguished Friends’ Central alumni/ae around the world. There is no doubt that this Class will “create profound experiences and achieve remarkable things,” as Upper School faculty member Frank Fisher said in his Commencement address.

From sustainability initiatives to award-winning productions to outstanding athletic achievements, the Class of 2016 has already begun achieving remarkable things. Fisher shared, “As individuals, you have proven yourselves to be thoughtful, creative, and talented. You have shown yourselves to be active agents of community in many ways. You have all shared in multiple class discussions that literally created new understanding and meaning. You, the members of the Class of 2016, can make

things happen. Many of you have been leaders, but all of you, at one point or another, have pitched in. This is part of the spirit of this Class.”

Head of School Craig Sellers thanked the Class, not only for what they have already accomplished but also for what they will undoubtedly achieve in the future. “For that abiding sense of hope for the future that you give us, Class of 2016, I want to thank you on behalf of everyone here today,” said Sellers. “There is no doubt in my mind that the Class of 2016’s good work will bring comfort, growth, and peaceful transformation to our world for generations to come.”

Student speaker Derin Caglar ’16 asked of his classmates, many of whom he’s known since they were five years old, “Please, wherever you end up, spread love as much as you can. The world is a complicated and intricate place with no easy answers, and we don’t get to choose to not be adults, to not be a part of the world.

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COMMENCEMENT 2016

UPPER SChOOL STUDENT AWARDSAt the Upper School Academic Awards Ceremony in May, 23 members of the Class of 2016 were inducted into the Cum Laude Society. As members of the Friends’ Central Cum Laude Society, part of their responsibilities, explained Head of School Craig Sellers, is “to make some contribution to the ongoing search for greater understanding of the world in which we live.” Along with the Cum Laude inductees, many students were recognized for their achievements in academics, arts, athletics, service, and citizenship.

(aBoVe) The 2016 inductees into the Friends’ Central School Cum Laude Society were (in alpha order): Rucha Alur, Julia Amsterdam, Hannah Anderson, Sarah Beckley, Sydney Cohen, Caroline Fakharzadeh, Georgia Fossett, Elise Foster, Natasha Guy, Leah Harris, Ethan Hurwitz, Zachary Jacobs, Evelyn Johnson, Jared Joines, Anne Kennedy, Gabrielle Kerbel, Declan Lawson, Anna Leone, Frederick Purnell, Jesse Rubin, Avital Schweitzer, Lily Snider, and Zachary Zwick.

the executive award, given to a boy and girl in the Upper School, who, by vote of students and faculty, represent the highest qualifications of school citizenship, was presented to Austin Margulies and Avital Schweitzer (pictured with Head of School Craig Sellers).

It’s remembering the teen and the child that came before and learning from them, loving them, and getting ready to breathe in once more, before it’s time to breathe out again.”

These 95 graduates are destined for greatness, and the best is yet to come for each of them. “I’m going to be honest with you all – I don’t believe that graduating high school is all that big of an achievement for the Class of 2016,” said student speaker Rucha Alur ’16. “We can definitely be proud of what we’ve accomplished together during our time here, but the Class of 2016 started doing incredible things much earlier than high school. In 4th grade, we

created Neotopia - a fully functional colony of families and houses

with a self-sustaining economy based on a mixture of currency

and trade. It’s very impressive what the Class of 2016 could do

when only 9 years old and bored during recess … Imagine what

we’re going to do after being set loose on the world. So that’s

why I don’t believe that graduating high school will be it for us. I

don’t think that this is our peak. Because if there’s one thing I can

tell you all for sure about Friends’ Central’s graduating Class of

2016, it’s that we won’t stop here.” QW


Barnard College

Bucknell university (3)

Cornell university

denison university

dickinson College

drexel university (2)

duke university

duquesne university (2)

earlham College

emory university (2)

endicott College

George Washington university (5)

Georgia institute of Technology

Haverford College

indiana university of Pennsylvania

lafayette College

lehigh university

loyola university maryland (2)

ma maritime academy

macalester College

mount Holyoke College

new York university

new York university - Tisch school of the arts (2)

northeastern university

oberlin College

Pace university

Penn state university (4)

Philadelphia university (2)

Princeton university

rensselaer Polytechnic institute

rhode island school of design

sarah lawrence College

shippensburg university of Pa

southeast missouri state univ.

stanford university

Temple university (2)

Tufts university

Tulane university (5)

union College (2)

university of Chicago

university of maryland (2)

university of miami (3)

university of Pennsylvania (6)

university of Pittsburgh (6)

university of richmond (2)

university of south Carolina

university of Virginia

university of Wisconsin-madison

ursinus College (2)

Villanova university

Wake Forest university

Washington univ. in st. louis (2)

Wesleyan university (3)

West Chester university

West Virginia university

Widener university

CoLLeGe CHoICeSThe Class of 2016

Twenty-five percent of the Class of 2016 who took the PSAT was recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Program.

Over 80% of seniors were admitted to one of their top three school choices.


the class of 2016


I t was more than a trip down memory lane for the over 300 alumni /ae and guests who

returned to campus for Reunion Weekend 2016 . They picked up right where they left

off, reconnecting with classmates and faculty and enjoying a host of fun events. Those

grads from class years ending in 1 and 6 certainly caught the mood of the weekend!

Thank you to all who were able to join us, as well as those who joined us in spirit.

Please come home again soon!

2016a little rain, some sun, anD plentY of gooD spirits markeD reunion 2016


Class of 1961Left to right: Joan Fleischhauer Smith, John T. Prader, Sumner Hayward, Lynne Iverson Neefe, Rich Allman, Ann Ginsburgh Hofkin, Sally Craig

Class of 1976Back row, from left: Bill Weiner, Jim Prall, John Runnette, Jr., Neil MacGaffey, Michael Rowan; Front row, from left: Nancy Jackson, Secky Fascione, Hannah George McCarthy, Lyn Elliott, Lisa Staton Washington, Matt Erulkar, Arlette Smith

Class of 1966Back row, from left: Lynne Brantly Wilkins, Gwen McVickar McMahon, Jill Fetell, Charlie Price, Stephen McGarvey, Eric Whiteaway, Richard McCarraher, Albert Carter Pottash, Mark Alessandroni, George Mangos; Front row, from left: Frances Hallas Stevenson, Rachel Wolkin Sesser, Kathy Campbell Bean, Carol Campbell, Ruth Ann Wagner, Laurie Clement, Ginny Gilbert Gray, Jean Duthie Broderick, Christine Smith, Ellen Luborsky

2016 Reunion Classes

Class of 1946Left to right: Jack Katsanos, Ellen Burr, Dorothy Schwab Weitthoff

Class of 1971Left to right: Kathleen O’Neill, Dan Biddle, Gene Edelstein, Emily Mustin Nicholson, Liz Fried, Dickson Dangerfield, Joan Shapiro Alexander

Class of 1951Cyril Harvey and wife, Judith

Class of 1956Left to right: Carol Perloff Twain, Marjorie Miller Hallowell, Raymond “Jeff” Jefferis, Alan D. Wolf, Bill Cave


Class of 1981Left to right: Lisa Walls, Richard Keiner, Julie Gordon, Marc Ackerman, Ellen Weinberg Cohen, Jean LoCastro, Claudia Zeldin, Jim Gentile, Harvey Weiner

Class of 1986Left to right: Deana Kelly Czaban, Andrea Cohen, Ellie Lane, Karen Kramer, Mary Drayer Moran, Joel Perloff, Melissa Shuman Zarin, Kate Meyers Kasmer, Phillip Auerbach, J. Grover Washington III, David Albert (Alby), Andrew Katz, Josh Broker, Eli Gross, Ira Apfel, Richard Grossman, Steven Chanin, Mia Rincon, Michael Silver, Anja Jefferis Levitties, Laura Mann

Class of 1991Left to right: Helena Miller, Lauren Slawe Hirsch, Laura Forman, Sebastian Goldstein, Krista Ruane, Dean Griffith, Mark Litwin, Sharon Katz Buchholz, Anda Del Rio-Kline, Aimee Taxin Rubin, Rachel Fertik, Matt Williams, Max Kaufman, Joy Clairmont, Elga Jefferis Killinger

Class of 2006Back row, from left: Max Kulicke, Jared Smalley, Jorden Meltz, Andy Richardson, Ben Schutzman, Ryan Levan, Zach Frankel; Front row, from left: Rachel Reed, Niambi McDonald, Morgan Robinson, Karen Lavi, Julia Rainer, Danielle Gershkoff, Lesley Spencer, Liz Lundy, Betsey Margolies, Sophia Shelanski, K.C. Luce, Rebecca Harmer Livingston, Jen Robbins, Sarah Drew, Lauren Engelmyer, Jaleesa Scott

Class of 1996Back row, from left: Ryan Pesin, Hillary Marston, Jeffrey Spector, Steven Shim, Mallory Floyd, Lisa Zeghibe, Andrew Finger, Scott Newman, Monica McCollin, Demetrius Williams, and Zachary Klehr; Middle row, from left: Todd Messinger, Bess Collier, Hilary Takiff Weiss, Clio Mallin, Vanessa Zaragocin, Evelyn Bricklin Marsh, Jackie Vinci Banister, Rachael Lerner LeMasters, Vanessa Duno Burke, Alexa Levin Fishback, Jamie Garfield Drew, Meredith Bobroff Murphy, Katie Williamson Keidel, David Brind, Patrick Kelly, Andrew Warshawer, Daniel Shay; Front row, from left: Mallory Barg Bullman, Gabby Duno Turner, Chris Taylor

Class of 2001Left to right: Christi Tritton Craig, Phyllis Elick, Michael Lugo, Casey Cipriani, Jill Wimmer, Diana Bleakley Kearns, Jessica Phillips Wiedmann, Meg Ryan, Barbara Putnick, Alex Rolfe, Elizabeth Spector Louden, Ryan Barrett, Dan Rainer

Class of 2011Left to right: Kyle Seid, Sean Doerrman, Chris Callans, Veronica Hall, Jake Katznelson, Katie Lee, Jon Brandin, Sonjay Singh, Dan Kernick, Benjamin Yahalomi


1. Dan Biddle ’71 received the 2016 Distinguished Alumnus Award for his outstanding contributions in the field of journalism and his lifelong commitment to social justice.

2. Ruth Ann Wagner ’66 presented a generous check from the Reunion Classes to Head of School Craig Sellers.

3. The 2016 Distinguished Alumna Award went to Ann Ginsburgh Hofkin ’61 for her artistic vision and accomplishments in the field of photography.

4. FCS Archivist and former teacher Jim Davis gave his signature annual tour of the main campus. For many alumni/ae, a lot has changed on campus since their time at FCS!

5. A retirement party for beloved teachers Keith Buckingham and Gary Nicolai was held in the afternoon, honoring their many years of service to FCS, with former students in attendance to celebrate with stories and memories of their teachers.

6. Members of the Class of 1976, with Head of School Craig Sellers, celebrated their 40th Reunion at the Head of School’s Reception under the tent outside the Main Building on Saturday evening.

Weekend Highlights2016

Alumni/ae: mark your calendars!

FCS Alumni/ae Baby Day

sunday, october 23, 2016 11 am - 12 noonlower school Campus 228 old Gulph road, Wynnewood

’42 ’47 ’52 ’57 ’62 ’67 ’72 ’77 ’82 ’87 ’92 ’97 ’02 ’07 ’12REuNION CLASS YEARS:

SATuRDAY,

MAY 6, 2017

REuNION 2017

Friends’ Central

OThER UPCOMiNg ALUMNi/AE gAThERiNgS: Thursday, October 20, 2016 - Tired Hands Fermentaria • 35 Cricket Avenue • Ardmore

Thursday, November 10, 2016 - New York City

Friday, January 6, 2017 - Young Alumni/ae Open House at FCS

Thursday, March 16, 2017 - Washington, DC

Alumni/ae events are held throughout the year — on-campus, off-campus, and out of town. We encourage you to attend these gatherings to network, socialize, and visit with faculty . If you would like to host or help plan a n alumni /ae event, please contact Linda Waxman Wasserman, Director of Alumni/ae Affairs, at [email protected] or 610-645-5042.

Watch your mail and email for details about all the events mentioned on this page.

ANNUAL REPORT of GIFTS

2015-2016

26 FRIENDS’ CENTRAL SCHOOL

Dear Friends,

These are great times for investing in Friends’ Central School. A perfect example is the funding of the Ulmer Family Light Lab, which will make an immediate, major difference in the educational life of students on the Lower School campus and is another step toward the School’s bright future.

Thank you to the more than 1,500 donors who contributed to the Friends’ Central Fund, Capital projects, student support, endowment, and financial aid. Each contribution during the 2015-2016 school year had an impact on students and faculty. Gifts support the academic program, athletics, faculty salaries, and so much more.

None of these investments would have happened without a decision to contribute made by an individual donor, a family, or an organization—but many dedicated volunteers, an active Development Committee of the Board of Trustees, and a terrific Development Office staff worked to make it possible for so many supporters to join together to help Friends’ Central students this year and in the future.

It was a busy year, with visits to alumni/ae in Florida, California, New York, and Washington DC, as well as another successful Reunion, with over 300 alumni/ae visiting campus.

This year saw a record amount contributed to Friends’ Central through the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) and the Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) programs. These business-focused tax credit options resulted in financial support for many families with limited resources, helping to create a talented and diverse peer group for all students.

Looking forward, the fundraising priorities of Friends’ Central School in 2016-2017 include the Friends’ Central Fund to support current needs and to enhance the educational experience for students every day, endowed funds for faculty professional development and financial aid, and funds to support the upcoming renovation of Shallcross Hall.

Thank you all for your amazing support!

Sincerely,

Bob CotterDirector of Development

The Annual Report of Gifts acknowledges

all those who have made gifts to Friends’

Central School during the fiscal year

July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016.

The Development Office has worked

carefully to ensure the accuracy of the

information contained within these

pages. If you come across an error

or omission, please accept our

apologies and advise us of the error

by calling 610.645.5039 or emailing

[email protected]. Visit us

at www.friendscentral.org/gift.

ON THE COVER:The All-School Assembly in the spring brings together all three divisions of the School, giving students a chance to speak and share advice, highlight campus and world events, and celebrate retiring staff and faculty.

Development Office

Bob Cotter Director of Development

Linda Waxman Wasserman ’75 Director of Alumni/ae Affairs

Matthew Cohen Assistant Director of Development

Jim Davis Archivist and Alumni/ae Associate

Kim Emmons-Benjet Director of Annual Giving

ANNUAL REPORT OF GIFTS 2015-2016 27

FOR CURRENT OPERATIONS(As of June 30, 2016)

Unrestricted Annual Gifts to the Friends’ Central FundSOURCE DOLLARS DONORS

Trustees $ 91,285 20

Former Trustees $ 47,021 32

Alumni/ae $ 331,377 850

Current Parents $ 345,037 424

Parents of Alumni/ae $ 301,794 345

Faculty/Staff $ 57,668 180

Former Faculty/Staff $ 56,432 75

Grandparents $ 75,580 55

Friends $ 2,625 11

Matching Gifts $ 14,171 14

Foundations & Corporations $ 161,439 47

Minus Double Entries $ (655,708)

TOTAL $ 828,721 1534

Restricted Gifts to Current Operations

Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) $ 89,100 5

Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) $ 247,500 7

Other Restricted Purposes $ 57,149

TOTAL $ 393,749

Capital Programs and EndowmentGifts to Friends’ Central Endowment $ 35,750

Capital Gifts $ 1,461,173

TOTAL $ 1,496,923

GRAND TOTAL $ 2,719,393

REVENUES AND EXPENSES 2015-2016

EXPENSESSALARIES AND BENEFITS 63%

FINANCIAL AID 17%

FACILITIES MANAGEMENT 10%

SUPPLEMENTAL ACADEMIC PROGRAMS 5%

NON-ACADEMIC PROGRAMS & SUPPORT 5%

100%

SALARIES AND BENEFITS 63%

FINANCIAL AID 17%

FACILITIES MANAGEMENT 10%

SUPPLEMENTAL ACADEMIC PROGRAMS 5%

NON-ACADEMIC PROGRAMS & SUPPORT 5%

REVENUESTUITION 86%

ANNUAL GIVING 3%

ENDOWMENT 5%

SUMMER PROGRAMS

(AND OTHER REVENUE) 6%

100%

ENDOWMENT 5%SUMMER PROGRAMS 6%

ANNUAL GIVING 3%

TUITION 86%

*Unaudited figures

THE ULMER FAMILY LIGHT LAB Thanks in large part to the generosity of Bev and Rich Ulmer ’60, the building known as the Carriage House on our Lower School is undergoing an incredible transformation into a cutting-edge new facility, the Ulmer Family Light Lab.

The challenge facing the architects and the builders was to maintain the integrity of the building’s historical exterior while completely rethinking and reconstructing the interior to turn it into a Makerspace - a collaborative space for learning, exploring, and sharing that uses both technology and hands-on work to help students “create something out of nothing” and to explore innovation.

Scheduled for completion this fall, the Light Lab, with its four studios, will bring together our talented faculty with state-of-the-art design, increased space, and a plethora of tools and resources. Friends’ Central teachers are pioneers in play-based, hands-on experiential learning, and this new space will allow them to continue to build on this tradition of excellence across the curriculum.

Bev Ulmer and her husband Rich ’60 pledged a one million dollar gift to ensure the Light Lab comes to full fruition. The gift honors Rich’s parents, Audrie Gardam Ulmer ’37 and Walter Ulmer, and his sister, Carolyn Ulmer Gorman ’66, and is the latest of many generous donations that Bev and Rich have made to Friends’ Central. Previously, they funded the Ulmer Fund for Faculty Excellence, as well as the Ulmer Family Tennis Complex.

As President and CEO of InVitro International, a California-based company that provides technology-driven, non-animal

testing methods, Rich is clearly passionate about innovation and learning, and he and Bev felt that the Light Lab was the ideal way to support the School. “I love the idea of exposing little kids to new and exciting materials and ideas and letting them explore, asking questions and looking for answers, but not necessarily finding them,” explained Rich. “It’s really about the process of learning, not an end product. Bev and I identified with the purpose of this project and feel a connection to the idea of a Light Lab, a place designed to light up inquiry-based learning as soon as possible in a child’s life.”

The four main studios of the Light Lab (focused on natural sciences, fabrication, media/computing, and design) will spark the imagination, creativity, and problem-solving mindset students need to succeed in a rapidly changing and complex world. When Rich shared the Light Lab plans with his daughter, an elementary school principal, she was excited by what we are planning for students so early on in their schooling. She urged him to support the project and its amazing implications for our students and teachers.

“The Ulmer Family Light Lab puts Friends’ Central at the very forefront of education,” said Head of School Craig Sellers. “In addition to providing a facility that has no equal for our youngest students, we see this as a visionary investment in teaching and learning that recognizes the importance of making, designing, prototyping, and the like as integral to great education. I am thrilled that Rich and Bev are making such an incredible contribution to transforming the Friends’ Central experience for years to come.” QW

(At left) Board Clerk Robert Gassel ’69 (left) and Head of School Craig Sellers “break ground” on the Ulmer Family Light Lab, assisted by Lower School students. (At right) Bev and Rich Ulmer ’60.


Class of 1957 Endowment FundCreated by the Class of 1957 in honor of their 50th Reunion for faculty development and retreatsAnonymousRichard Klein ’57Henry Zoob ’57

Clayton L. Farraday ’32 Mastership Fund Makes it possible for faculty to pursue opportunities for professional developmentJohn AmsterdamCatherine and Ronald DawsonAnnabel and Robert FossettLauri and Leigh JacobsAdrienne and Matthew KerbelKristin and Todd KimmellCynthia and Michael McKeeverElizabeth Snider

Cohen Family/Hassel ScholarshipProvides aid to a student of color with financial need beginning in Middle SchoolGwenn Abrahams

David M. Felsen Scholarship FundSupports students with financial need throughout the SchoolSandra and Stephen Cozen ’57Kathryn and Edwin DavisonDavid M. FelsenMKM Foundation Marie and Bruce SatalofNew England Discount Retailers, Inc. Heather and Ned Stanton

The Joey Pozzuolo ’98 Memorial Scholarship FundEstablished by Joey’s parents in his memory, the fund provides aid to a student who has been at Friends’ Central for at least three years and has unexpected financial need. Sharyn and Joseph Pozzuolo

The Laurie Fox Scholarship FundNamed for beloved Upper School secretary Laurie Fox to support students with financial need.Kathryn and Edwin DavisonPeggy EspostoPaul HannumSandra MoriarityMonica Peterson

The Herbert Smedley ’44 and Demetra Walters Scholarship FundProvides Upper School scholarships to students with financial needDemetra and H. Smedley Walters ’44

Wynnefield/ Whereat Scholarship FundEstablished in memory of Betty Whereat ’43 providing financial aid for our Wynnefield Community ScholarsChristine Ramsey and Andrew FussnerAnn Whereat ’77Arthur Whereat

Zeldin Family Scholarship FundProvides general scholarship supportThe Zeldin Family Foundation Stefanie Zeldin Sigal ’79 Claudia Zeldin ’81 Jessica Zeldin ’88 Martin Zeldin Sybille Zeldin

CAPITAL GIFTS AnonymousElyse and Max BergerElizabeth Cohen ’83 and David WhellanAlisa and Bob CotterWilla and Marc DeSouzaEdwin S. Webster Foundation Cynthia and Jon HarrisCathy and Jon Fiebach ’82Mignon and Jim GrochNancy and Peter GroveHassel Foundation Barbara M. CohenDee Kim and Alan TesslerLevitties FamilyChristin and Dan McClaveElizabeth and Craig OwensKaryn and Aaron PolakCary and Craig N. SellersSprague Foundation, Inc. Evelyn and Marc DuvivierJennifer and Daniel SternAnnMarie Polsenberg Thomas ’97Bev and Rich Ulmer ’60Flavia Vogrig and Robert Gassel ’69Wyncote Foundation Leonard Haas ’76

ENDOWMENT FUNDS AND CAPITAL GIFTS


MAJOR DONORS

$100,000+AJO Partners (OSTC)Bev and Rich Ulmer ’60Wyncote Foundation Leonard Haas ’76

$50,000+Anonymous Cardone Industries (OSTC)Barbara M. CohenMignon and James GrochH. Chase Lenfest (EITC)Elizabeth and Craig OwensFlavia Vogrig and Robert Gassel ’69

$25,000+Elyse and Max BergerElizabeth Cohen ’83 and David WhellanKaren Johansen and Gardner Hendrie ’50

Katznelson and Associates (OSTC)Anja Jefferis Levitties ’86 and Matthew Levitties ’85John MorganJennifer Punt and Stephen EmersonMKM Foundation Marie and Bruce SatalofCary and Craig N. Sellers

$15,000+Anonymous (2)Christin and Dan McClaveZeldin Family Foundation

$10,000+The Abramson Family Foundation Madlyn and Leonard AbramsonPamela R. and Kenneth P. DunnEvelyn and Marc DuvivierSibylle and Raymond Jefferis ’56

Levitties FamilyJennifer Rice and Michael FormanKathryn and James ShewardMeli Simmering and Ian WilcoxJennifer and Daniel SternMin Wan and Tao HuangWebster Foundation Cynthia and Jon Harris

$5,000+Anne and Andrew AbelBarbara B. and Theodore R. AronsonBryn Mawr Trust (EITC & OSTC)Sandra and Stephen Cozen ’57Sally Craig ’61Direct Image & Design Agency (OSTC)Cathy and Jon Fiebach ’82Daniel B. and Florence E. Green FoundationCurtis Jones ’46

Stephanie H. Koenig ’70Jane KoppelmanMBA Equities (OSTC)Mechanical Solutions Associates, LLCCatherine and James Murdock ’73Jennifer and Andrew Newcomb ’87Karyn and Aaron PolakAlexander Rolfe ’01Marsha and Richard RothmanMeg and Peter SaligmanMarcy and Robert ShoemakerMeade ThayerAnnMarie Polsenberg Thomas ’97

We thank the following donors who have given $5,000 and above to these fundraising efforts during the 2015-2016 year: Friends’ Central Fund, restricted annual gifts, capital gifts, endowed funds, and State Business Tax Credit Programs (EITC/OSTC).

* Deceased

Melissa Anderson Quinn Bauriedel Elizabeth Cohen ’83 Jon Fiebach ’82 Christine Young Gaspar ’70

Robert Gassel ’69Jim Groch Susan HoltKaren Horikawa ’77Steven Katznelson

Fariha Khan Kristin Kimmell Matthew Levitties ’85Merlin Muhrer Andrew Newcomb ’87

Craig Owens Nancy Sanders ’83Philip E. Scott ’73 Joy TakahashiSteve Yarnell

2015-2016 TRUSTEE DONORS 100% Participation in the Friends’ Central Fund


Dear Friends,

On behalf of Friends’ Central’s Board of Trustees, thank you for your support of the School during the 2015-2016 school year.

The Friends’ Central Board of Trustees is made up of 20 alumni/ae, current parents, and parents of alumni/ae who volunteer their time to serve. The School’s bylaws require that a majority of the members of the Board belong to the Religious Society of Friends.

As the National Association of Independent Schools puts it so well in its guidelines, the Board is responsible for adopting “the school’s mission, vision, and strategic goals and then establishing policies and plans that reinforce them.” In addition, the Board must “be a careful steward of the school’s resources and be accountable for the institution’s financial stability. Boards oversee operating budgets, ensuring the preservation of capital assets and endowment, and actively help raise money for the school.”

The Board of Trustees hires and evaluates the Head of School and must work in tandem with the Head of School, being “careful to focus its primary work on long-range and strategic issues, not the daily operations of the school.” Friends’ Central’s Board of Trustees has standing committees that include Executive, Development, Finance, Investment, Long Range Planning, Property, School Life, and Trustees.

This past year, major initiatives of the Board included the yearlong Appreciative Inquiry process which culminated in a retreat where over 100 parents, faculty, Board members, alumni/ae, and students shared perspectives on the future of the School; the funding and construction of the Ulmer Family Light Lab on the Lower School campus; completion of a Feasibility Study that will guide future fundraising priorities; and preliminary work on the next Strategic Plan.

On a personal note, in June, I stepped down as Clerk of the Friends’ Central Board of Trustees and retired from the Board after serving for over 20 years. It is impossible to adequately express my gratitude to the School and to those faculty, staff, and volunteers who give of their time to help make Friends’ Central the outstanding school we love so dearly. I also must thank my wife, Flavia, and our children, Brooke ’99 and Bruno ’16. Board service requires an extraordinary amount of support and patience from one’s family, and I could not have asked for more.

I have confidence that, between the Board of Trustees, an excellent Head of School who has put together a fantastic team, and a peerless faculty, the School is moving in a great direction. Though it is not easy to step away from the Board, I am thrilled that Phil Scott ’73 has agreed to take on the clerkship. I look forward to the great things that lie ahead for FCS!

Sincerely,

Robert Gassel ’69

FROM BOARD OF TRUSTEES CLERK

Robert Gassel


During a recent visit to Friends’ Central, an alumna talked about the joy of maximizing the impact her giving could have on the School. She was able to do so through planned giving. The School’s history is replete with examples of the power of planned gifts; Friends’ Central is, in part, the School it is today because of the foresight of these individuals.

Planned giving donors are all members of the Blackburn Society, named in honor of Eliza E. Blackburn ’22, whose estate gift has benefitted Friends’ Central for many decades. While there are numerous possibilities for planned gifts, three common opportunities are bequests, charitable gift annuities, and IRA rollovers.

BEQUESTA bequest is a gift from your estate – a transfer of cash, securities, or other property made through your estate plans. You can make a bequest to Friends’ Central by including language in your will or living trust leaving a portion of your estate to the School, or by designating Friends’ Central as a beneficiary of your retirement account or life insurance policy. A bequest costs nothing now but gives you the satisfaction of knowing you have strengthened Friends’ Central in the future.

CHARITABLE GIFT ANNUITYIn this arrangement where you irrevocably transfer assets to Friends’ Central and receive income for life, income will go to you or someone chosen by you. The trust can run for your lifetime or for a specified number of years; then the trust assets go to Friends’ Central. For such gifts to Friends’ Central, the School works with Friends Fiduciary Corporation.

IRA ROLLOVERThis option was finally made permanent by the government this year. The charitable IRA rollover is designed for individuals age 70 1/2 or older to give directly to qualified charities and avoid tax obliga-tions you might incur from required or elective IRA distributions. The amount donated is not included in your adjusted gross income (AGI) and thus not subject to percentage limits for charitable deductions.

Eliza E. Blackburn ’22

BLACKBURN SOCIETY

Alumni/aePriscilla Okie Alexander ’41Eric Ash ’89Annabelle C. Brett ’65Diana Stambul Burgwyn ’54Helen Starling Burke ’51Ellen Burr ’46Diane Bierman Carson ’67Prudence Sprogell Churchill ’59Andrea G. Cohen ’86Ellen M. Cohen ’88Sally L. Craig ’61Samuel Dweck ’07Charlotte Pugh Ellithorp ’42June Singley Evans ’66Alexander L. Fetter ’54Elizabeth Smith Harper ’54Gardner C. Hendrie ’50Cinda Buswell Hill ’59Francis M. James III ’53Stephanie Helen Koenig ’70Henry W. Lavine ’53Sarah Price Lindsay Honey ’62Pamela J. Melcher ’61Margaret G. Mitchell ’35Jonathon R. Moore ’65

Deborah Hazzard Nash ’51Dana Lynne Iverson Neefe ’61Andrew Newcomb ’87A. Carter Pottash ’66Abby Moyerman Renfroe ’77Lisa Korostoff Rooney ’73Sue Williams Saul ’44Joanna Haab Schoff ’51Nicholas Scull ’60Joan Lallou Smith ’52Harriet Best Sweeton ’51Leonard Sylk ’59Winifred Jess Tierney ’53Rich Ulmer ’60Patricia Myers Westine ’57Ann Hort Wolfe ’63Bruce C. Woodruff ’60

Trustees and Former TrusteesPeter ArfaaAdrian CastelliPrudence Sprogell Churchill ’59Barbara M. CohenDeborah HullEmma Lapsansky-Werner

Hillard MadwayAndrew Newcomb ’87Buddy NewmanGeorge L. PewAnn V. SatterthwaiteJoanna Haab Schoff ’51Koji Shimada

FriendsKaren JohansenFrederick KempinClyde NashKim ShimadaBev Ulmer

Current Parents and Parents of Alumni/aeAnne and Peter ArfaaGrant CalderBarbara M. CohenColette and Michel GuggenheimDeborah and T. Reagan HullCarolyn Klock and George McCookEmma Lapsansky-WernerMolly Love and Adrian Castelli

Janet and Hillard MadwaySara Matthews and Raymond FabiusJudith and Buddy NewmanMarla Hamilton PeeleSally and George L. PewLisa Korostoff Rooney ’73 and John RooneyAnn V. SatterthwaiteLynne and Donald V. SelkowRuth TanurBarbara A. WillisVera and Murray Wilson

Faculty and Former FacultyWilliam BowerGrant CalderPrudence Sprogell Churchill ’59Raymond FabiusDavid M. FelsenJulia Beyer HouptStephanie Helen Koenig ’70Sara MatthewsAnn V. Satterthwaite



LEADERSHIP GIVING & GIFT CLUBS

LEADERSHIPForum$25,000 or moreAJO Partners (OSTC)Cardone Industries (OSTC)Katznelson and Associates (OSTC)H. Chase Lenfest (EITC)John Morgan

Pacesetters$15,000 - $24,999Anonymous (2)Elizabeth and Craig Owens Wyncote Foundation Leonard Haas ’76

Circle$10,000 - $14,999The Abramson Family Foundation Madlyn and Leonard AbramsonPamela R. and Kenneth P. DunnSibylle and Raymond Jefferis ’56Karen Johansen and Gardner Hendrie ’50 Levitties FamilyMKM Foundation Marie and Bruce SatalofJennifer Rice and Michael FormanKathryn and James ShewardMeli Simmering and Ian WilcoxFlavia Vogrig and Robert Gassel ’69Min Wan and Tao Huang

Founders$5,000 - $9,999Anne and Andrew AbelBarbara B. and Theodore R. AronsonBryn Mawr Trust Company (OSTC and EITC)Elizabeth Cohen ’83 and David WhellanSandra and Stephen Cozen ’57Sally Craig ’61Direct Image & Design Agency (OSTC)Cathy and Jon Fiebach ’82Curtis Jones ’46Stephanie H. Koenig ’70Jane KoppelmanMBA Equities (OSTC)Mechanical Solutions Associates, LLCCatherine and James Murdock ’73Jennifer and Andrew Newcomb ’87Jennifer Punt and Stephen EmersonAlexander Rolfe ’01Rothman Family Foundation Marsha and Richard Rothman

Meg and Peter SaligmanMarcy and Robert ShoemakerMeade ThayerBev and Rich Ulmer ’60

Council$3,000 - $4,999Armstrong, Doyle, CarrollTami Benton-Condiff and Allessandro CondiffElyse and Max BergerJessica and Eric BergerCarol Cooper ’70Deborah and Frank CorrellMariella De Biasi and John DaniWilla and Marc DeSouzaSusan Howatt and Paul HalpernIMC Construction (EITC)Jeds Foundation Laurie and Steven KatznelsonFariha Khan and Michael CareyIlene and Joseph McCaffreyFernanda MooreMarilyn Murray ’64Kathy Murray-Allain ’62Philadelphia Contributionship (EITC)Lynn Schuchter and John BroaddusCary and Craig N. SellersSodexo, Inc.Joy Takahashi and John Gullace

1845$1,845 - $2,999AnonymousCindy and Cary AndersonRichard Angell ’54Douglas Baird ’71Jackie and David BlumbergWilliam Brown ’68Grant CalderMari Ann and Christopher CampbellCentral Philadelphia Monthly MeetingCatherine and Roger ChiangAndrea Cohen ’86Barbara M. CohenCarolyn CohenAlison and Scott Cook-SatherAlisa and Bob CotterKris Davitt and Richard BarrSandy and Pete Drayer ’57Education Facility Management, Inc.Kim Emmons-Benjet and Brian BenjetAmy and John EsteyDeborah Peltz Fedder ’79 and Michael Fedder*Ivan Gabel ’49Judith and Edward Grinspan

Mignon and Jim GrochHarweb Foundation Cynthia and Jon HarrisKathryn Hayward and Tom MacFarlaneHEITS Building ServicesFranklyn Judson ’60Dee Kim and Alan TesslerAmi and Jess LonnerDeeDee and Marcos LopezMargery DeArmond Maconachy ’62Cynthia and Michael McKeeverSuzi MorrisonMichelle Narin and Maurice SchweitzerDorothy Novick and Peter KenneyLisa and Anthony PalmieriThomas Patterson ’59The Philadelphia Foundation Joan Mazzotti and Michael KellyKaryn and Aaron PolakA. Carter Pottash ’66Precision Flooring Enterprises, LLCSheri Cozen Resnik ’81 and Kenneth ResnikSusan Rheingold and Jonathan NeelyBryan Roberts ’81David Roberts ’83Jordan Rubin ’98Lauren Becker Rubin ’83 and Jon Rubin ’83

Clare and Darryle SchoeppStacey Goldsborough Snider ’78Isobel Stockdale and Harry YanowitzRonit and Howard Treatman ’79Utica National Insurance Group (OSTC)Andrew Vaden ’76Laurie and J. Scott VictorMarjorie and Kevin VolppHakim Warrick ’01William L. Weiner ’76Sherri Apter Wexler and Lewis WexlerThe Zeldin Family FoundationLiying Zhang and Zhaomin XuBarry Zubrow ’71

Young Alumni/ae LeadershipAlumni/ae Classes of 2000-2015$500+Jesse Amoroso ’04Bridget Campbell ’03Dwight Dunston ’06Richard Pompetti ’04Alexander Rolfe ’01Laura Umbrecht ’07Hakim Warrick ’01

* Deceased

Lower School gets in the Valentine’s Day spirit and shows the FCS love!


GIFT CLUBS

UNRESTRICTED ANNUAL GIVING

GIFT CLUBSMeeting$1,200 - $1,844Anonymous (3)Robert AngevineA. Philip Auerbach ’86Christina Bergqvist and Philip DeBaunKirby Davis Bosley ’75Susan and John BowieJanet and Jeffrey BowkerWendie and Joshua Broker ’86Ellen Burr ’46June Singley Evans ’66Christina and David FrymanElizabeth Goldmuntz and Frederic BarrBetty Lam Hamilton ’94Ann Ginsburgh Hofkin ’61Alexa and Michael HogartyDeborah and Brian HoppyCharles King ’80Jenifer and Michael LehrerKaren Lewis and Howard KrugerLydia Martin and William KennedyMarla and Richard MilgramElizabeth MorganKelly PierreSusan RobinsonRobert Tamaccio ’95Mark Tashjian ’80Peter Taylor ’75Patricia Williams and Dylan Johnson

Benefactors$800 - $1,199Anonymous (2)Catherine and Mike AbramsJohn AmsterdamHelene ApterBruce Babcock ’60Betty Bard and Jay AdelsbergJean BerlandJordan Bernstein ’86Marlene Miller Buckley ’53 and Robert Buckley ’53Steven Chanin ’86Yue Chen and Tao LiuLawrason Anne Clement ’66Judith Creed and Robert SchwartzShannon and Kent DavidsonSarah and Andrew DeMicheleSusan and Richard DeWyngaertGinger and Mark FiferWinkie Ostroff Gaev ’50William Gartner ’55Susan Schwartz Goodrich ’65Cynthia Gouw and Douglas AlexanderEli Gross ’86Jacqueline Guynn ’89Jacqueline and Henry Guynn

Martha Smith Harper ’54Mary HedigerRichard Heilman ’51Karen Horikawa ’77Ralph Horning ’60Rachel Volkman Kushel ’92Eui Kyung and Yongwon ChoiRia and Edward LeeJun and Shichen LiBonnie and Daniel LinnRosemary and G. Craig LordIrene and Bruce MarksEvie Bricklin Marsh ’96James McKeyIris Melendez and Hank AdamczykLincoln Meyers ’80Jodi and David MillerLynda and Russell MischelSylvia and Harvey NisenbaumNina and Dale PanzerJoel Perloff ’86Richard Pompetti ’04Clemence Ravacon-Mershon ’63Theodore Reinke ’48Rita Ritsema and Karl SchwabeSidney RosenblattMarjorie and Ken RoshkoffSue Williams Saul ’44Alan ScharfsteinBonnie Boardman Schoennagel ’55Joanna Haab Schoff ’51Shannan and Reid SchusterEmma and Gregory StatonJennifer and Daniel SternSue Ann and Jonas Stiklorius ’59Winifred Jess Tierney ’53Anne and Richard UmbrechtLaura and Ricardo VergesWendy WolfHongmei Zheng and Yongjun Wang

Blue & Gray Associates$300 - $799Anonymous (8)Marc Ackerman ’81Jesse Amoroso ’04Claire and Harry ArnoldStephen Baldi ’94Renee and Dan Becker ’84Cari Feiler Bender and Rodd BenderLori Epstein Bendesky ’80 and Larry BendeskyEllan and Len BernsteinMayuri and Namit BhargavaEllen Boscov and Todd TaylorRichard Bowen ’76Lee Bowie ’51Elizabeth Brannon and Michael PlattWanda and Jeffrey BrownPeggy Brumfield Bruton ’53Richard Burgess ’65

Barrett Caldwell ’80Bridget Campbell ’03Hope Candelori and Daniel MoragliaMichael CanorroDiane Bierman Carson ’67Debbie and Alan Casnoff ’62Maureen CharamellaBarbara Jess Charlson ’55Debbie and Young Rak ChoiJanice Chu ’85Joy Clairmont ’91 and Max Kaufman ’91Denis CohenEllen Cohen ’88 Ellen Weinberg Cohen ’81Kathy Coleman-MartinBess Collier ’96Lauren Collier ’99Charles Cooper ’74Jessica and Matthew CooperAnne CorsonCatherine Corson and Charles McCammonJessica and Christopher CossHenry Cowell ’50Mary Ann Crawford and Brett SkolnickMichelle and Daniel CrowleyTara Cuda and Pasquale ColavitaDeana Kelly Czaban ’86Catherine and Ronald DawsonDiva De Leon-Crutchlow and Michael CrutchlowThomas Dean ’64Mary Ann and Anthony DeCusatisRuth Stubbs Denlinger ’55Liliana and Timothy DillinghamMichael Dohrmann ’08Nancy Fitts Donaldson ’43Thomas Donaldson ’59Lisa D’Orazio and James LowtherChristopher DorranceKathy and Jerry DrewLorna and Arnon DreyfussPamela Duke and Laurent GuyDwight Dunston ’06Shirley Smith Earle ’51Joan EmmonsAnna Ensor ’63Mika and Allen EppsAbigail First Farber ’55 and Roger FarberEileen Farnon ’90H. Marcia Feigenbaum-Bergmann and Leigh BergmannSari and Ethan FogelRobert Folwell ’80Annabel and Robert FossettWendy Frame and Chris BlackmanJanice Decker Frohner ’60Mary and Michael FureyNarumi and Keiji FuruuchiMary Jean Gazzara-Pawley and Kevin Pawley

Mona Ghude and Rajeev AlurWalker Gilmore ’91Anita Gonzalez ’76Murray Gorson ’74Sarah Grafman ’96Lawrence Graves ’63Dean Griffith ’91Richard Grossman ’86Meena and Anil GuptaBarbara Haber and Jonathan FlickMarjorie Miller Hallowell ’56George Hardman ’58Kendell HardyDana and Rodger HayneSumner Hayward ’61Mary Hegeler and Robert KellyStacey Hirsch and Howard SerotaSusan and Richard HoltJulie and Paul HorensteinShirley and Mitchell HorensteinGrace Hsu and Edward FoxLouise and Joseph HuberPeter Hughes ’53Debbie and T. Reagan HullEllie Whitelaw Hunt ’60Harvey Hurdle and Kevin YoderFrancis James ’53Jenny Ornsteen James ’68Macon Pickard Jessop ’88Antoinette Leroux Jewell ’65Juan Jewell ’68Penny and Ronald JoinesKristina and Michael KallamFarah and Rahul KapoorAndrew Katz ’86Rosalind and Alan KaufmanStephen Kay ’87Anne Kazak and Christine CoburnCindy Kendall ’76 and Jay Lindquist ’76David Kendall ’75Margaret KeonJudy and Jerome KesselDavid Kirk ’69Dorothy Dunne Kittrell ’45Joanne and Alexander Klein ’83Molly Jones Kline ’51Sharon and Richard KollenderKaren Kramer ’86Joyce Boardman Kurr ’47Mildred Minster Larson ’55Jennifer Corson LeBow ’85Deborah Leibel and Fred GoodmanJohn LeoneFran and Saul LevitGerry LewisAlbert Lilly ’57Diane and Robert ListaLaurie LubkingLorna Lynn and Harold PalevskyNancy Jackson Marchand ’76Joni Marcus and Edward GrevesFran and Robert MarguliesDavid Markson

* Deceased



GIFT CLUBS

Ingeborg MarshLisa A. Mathewson and Brett G. SweitzerMary and Thomas McDanielJoanna and Art McMorrisFelice and James McSwigganWilliam McVailDiane Merry and Steven FakharzadehAlexander Miller ’91Rosina Miller and James GilroyBarbara and Lou MontresorBarbara Anderson Morris ’40 and William MorrisLinda Morris and Robert SpellacyBridget Murnaghan and Hugh GordonScott Myers ’72Dana Lynne Iverson Neefe ’61Bruce Newton ’61Robert Noone ’53John NorciniAndrea Nuneviller and Jess LordJonathan Orwitz ’73Heather Osborne and Vincent DuaneKaren Palcho ’78Melissa and Brian PaszamantCarol PerloffMary Pinder-Schenck and Hermann SchenckRegina Pinotti and John ShieldsMaria and Kenneth PollackElizabeth Toborowsky Pollard ’87Christina and Michael PosenchegCharles Price ’66Daniel Price ’94Gwendolyn Luff Price ’63Marianne PriceHelen and David PudlinTerry Quinlan-Clampffer and Jim ClampfferAlexa Dunnington Quinn ’98 and Graham QuinnNancy and Louis RappaportVirginia Rauh and Rollin GallagherSusan Ravdin ’76J. Richard Relick ’47Stephen Reynolds ’58Mia Rincon ’86Mary RobertsJohn RogersSondra Rosenberg ’97 and Carl BradleyLaura and Leonard RossioRobin Rothman ’84Alice SaligmanNancy Sanders ’83John Schalow ’69Kurt Schilling ’51Deena SchneiderHannah SchwartzSusan and Jeffrey SchwartzBlaine Scott ’46Philip E. Scott ’73

Angela Scully and George ElserAnn and Aaron Selkow ’88Deborah Sesok-Pizzini and Mark-Alan PizziniMark Silberberg ’84Michael Silver ’86Patricia Bleznak Silverstein ’77Frazier Sinkler ’86Deborah SkapikWendy Smith and Phillip AnnasElizabeth SniderCathi Cozen Snyder ’85Lisa Kay Solomon ’89Richard Spillman ’55Heidi Sprang ’91Susan and Edward StadtmauerAmy Steerman and Mary Ann StoverJonas Stiklorius ’90Thais Stiklorius ’93Marie and William StrahanBeth and Jay StrockHelena and Eric SultanDaniel Sutherland-Weiser ’76Ileana and Tamas SzeneLynda and Greg SzwartzLuladey Tadesse and Yonas KebedeIra ThalHarold Tiffany ’63Kathleen and Peter TozerVanita and James TreatLaura Tseng and George KatzenbachCarol Perloff Capper Twain ’56Laura Umbrecht ’07JoAnn and Michael UricheckDavid Wadleigh ’67Rosamond WadsworthSusan and David WadsworthElliott and Samuel WalkerAnn Dothard Walters ’58 and George Walters ’55Joshua Wasserman ’02 Linda Waxman Wasserman ’75 and Dennis WassermanAlice and Will WebsterHarvey Weiner ’81Andrew Weinstein ’65Sharon Weiss and David ArnoldEric Whiteway ’66Lucy and Erik WilliamsMatthew Williams ’91Ann Hort Wolfe ’63Bonnie WrightJames WrightCheryl Nelson Young ’79Leora and Jonathan ZabuskyHenry Zoob ’57

Blue & Gray Patrons$150 - $299Anonymous (8)Richard Allman ’61

Jeannine Alvare and David GoodwinDafne Amado ’99 and Reza Madani ’99Elizabeth AndersonRebecca and Iain AndersonOsaru and Jonathan AnyumbaBarbara Green App ’51Natalie Aronson ’05 and Jacob Cooper ’03Samuel Aronson ’07Jane Davis Atkinson ’61Sandy and David AxelrodJennifer and Andrew Backover ’86Bruce Baird ’73Marcy Henry Ballis ’55John Balson ’52John Banks ’48Beth and Arthur BarbourNicole Barnum and Sophia LeeKathleen Campbell Bean ’66Frances and Frederic BeckleyWendy Beetlestone and John DetreMary Beth Griffith Berggren ’48Beth BermanGloria and Courtney BlackmanGeorgeann Schellenger Blaha ’75Karen and Russell Bleakley ’67Esther Wachs BookTiffany and Michael BorschDillon Boyer ’79Robert Boyer ’65Carol and James BradbeerPersephone and William BrahamInge Kornrumpf Bretherton ’52 Jennifer Briggs ’95Donald Briskman ’60Carrie and David BrodskySarah Brown ’07Kathi Bucci-Havira ’83 and Marty HaviraIngrid and Robert BurdTheodore BurdenVanessa Duno Burke ’96Linda BurnettBeth Burrell and David SorensenMuge and Kivanc CaglarCarol Pfizenmaier Campbell ’66Janice and Vincent CappelliClaudia Caretto and Steven GonzalezMargaret Pennypacker Caulfield ’75Julia CentafontElizabeth Chamley Oerton and Colin OertonAndrea and Mark ChesenGeorgeanna Guyer Chisholm ’66Carol Jerjisian Churukian ’52 Sue Saunders Clark ’54Gina Zorzi Cline ’00Edward Clisby ’55Nelly and Jorge ColapintoMargot Conrad ’99Claire Conway and John McPeakChristiana Tritton Craig ’01Jeanine and Joel Dankoff

Lauren DavisLisa and Robert DavisCynthia Dayton and William HumenukAmy and Scott DecaturLisa and Keith deLeonBrooke Devenney-Cakir and Saffet CakirJamie Garfield Drew ’96Philip Dreyfuss ’01Laura Meloney Dugan ’86Lynn Volckhausen Edinoff ’60Samantha Hauser Ekert ’88Erin Elman and Stephen GibsonCharles Ensor ’59Bari-Joy and Douglas EpsteinAndrew Escoll ’75Drew Faust and Charles RosenbergDaniel Fedder ’08Daphne and James FellStuart Fenkel ’90Jill Malamud Fetell ’66Mark Fifer ’96Megan Fifer ’96Lynn Fischer ’61Deborah FleisherCynthia Linton Fleming ’50Laura Forman ’91Princess and Earl FosterRonald Frank ’59Linda and Benjamin FrankelJean and Carl FridyHoward Fussell ’44Nicole Galli and Charles GoodwinChristine Young Gaspar ’70 and Al GasparLan GeJames Gentile ’81Jennifer Gershon ’86Jill and Steve GinsbergLynne and Steve GlasserJanet Goldwater ’68Julie Cowitz Gordon ’81 and Brian GordonDiane and Fredrick GraboyesVirginia Gilbert Gray ’66Mary Gregg and Donald DentonElizabeth Grinspan ’99Jared Grove ’95Mary and Milan GroveTerry and Paul GuerinMargaret Guerra and Frank FisherRachel and Christopher GuidesGalen Guindon ’06Kevin Guynn ’75Margret MacGaffey Hagar ’82Laura and Neil HaimmSylvia Hamerman-Brown ’78 and Michael BrownAndrew Hamilton ’84Kristin Hansen and Steven Lane ’83Phyllis HansonDavid Hardin ’55Michele and Jeff Harris



GIFT CLUBS

Nicole and Walter Harris ’76Azeez Hayne ’94Rafi Hayne ’11Catherine and Todd HenryCinda Buswell Hill ’59Nandita Yagnik Hogan ’89Joyce Horikawa ’80 and Nicholas TornoL. Elizabeth Horning ’63Eric Hoyle ’86Elizabeth Shinn Hulford ’98Jonathan Hunter ’90Priscilla HunterBetsy Norcross Ingram ’62Bette Jarvis Jablow ’57Grant Jacks ’75Oksana and Benjamin JacksonLauri and Leigh JacobsMaggie and Alan KaplanRina and C.J. KellerAndrew Kelly ’09Adrienne and Matthew KerbelDaniel Kessler ’08Nancy Beardsley Ketchiff ’65Elga Jefferis Killinger ’91Kristin and Todd KimmellJonathan King ’96David Kleban ’03Richard Klein ’57Lori Koch and Samuel IsraelEric Kramer ’89William Langnecker ’47Connie Burgess Lanzl ’68Anna Hom Lawall and Francis LawallBarbara and Alan Leadholm-AbramsJulie and Erik LedermanWilliam Lehr ’76Rachael Lerner LeMasters ’96Richard Levin ’66Laedoan and Terrence LewisCathy and Scott LibermanAllison and Matt LiebmanJasper Liem ’98Sonja Lindgren and John GruberSarah Price Lindsay Honey ’62Linn and Douglas Linton ’68Nuria Lopez-Pajares and Alvaro Pereira-RicoElizabeth and David LorryElizabeth Spector Louden ’01Sue LubkingEllen Luborsky ’66Jane Cubberley Luce ’68 and Eric LuceMary and Joseph Ludwig ’69Neil MacGaffey ’76Rebecca Porter Madsen ’86Lois Maiman ’60George Mangos ’66Patricia and Charles MarazitiRobert Marcovitz ’66Francis Markland ’53

Leona MarksonAnuja and Anurag MathurElizabeth Mayer ’61Richard McCarraher ’66Stephanie and William McCulloughChristopher McDonnellDawn and Alexander McDonnell ’87Marian and Alexander McDonnellStephen McGarvey ’66Yvonne and Ryan McKenzieBarb Pausser McLean ’54Ellen Meier and Michael FreedBrenda and Matthew MelineJudith Kirk Meyer ’74Nicholas MeyerJeffrey Meyerson ’02Jean Miller and James LeeMary Drayer Moran ’86Carol MorrisLaura and Mark MulhollandJames MurrayDeborah Hazzard Nash ’51Brigid Cabry Nelson ’90Sara Nerken and Robert KarpinskiScott Newman ’96Paola NoguerasCarol Orenstein and Charles NicholKim Parris and Peter SeidelSteven PattersonCristina PérezElizabeth Phillips ’76Julie and Steven PlunkettMontez Price-Shell and Brandon ShellSabah Quadir ’98Russell RaphaelyLauren Albert Ravitz ’93Raymond ReedSuzanne Reiss and Howard Grant*Edward Rice ’34Robyn Richmond and Lloyd GuindonEric Rieder ’71Jonathan Rieder ’65Sharon RittSophie Ritt ’15Susan and Harvey RobbinsIliana Robinson and Gordon BarrAlberta Sivaton Rodgers ’60 and A. Steven RodgersSheila and Henry RohrerRodman Rosenberger ’58Penny and Fred RosenblumAnne Ross ’94Sandra Rothman ’81Krista Ruane ’91John Runnette ’76Denise Sabatino and Padraig BarryTanya and Ralph SalgadoAnn Satterthwaite and James BergenJulie Fineman Sauter ’81Miriam SchaeferDana and Michael Schafer

Laurie Layton Schapira ’66Andrew Scharff ’95Sandrine and Edward SchoenfeldJennifer Selber and Joshua DeSipioRachel Wolkin Sesser ’66Henry Shapiro ’82Julie Shapiro and Quinn BauriedelLauren Schneider Shapiro ’93Barbara Kratz Shaw ’50John Shaw ’74Robin Sheldon and Gerard LewisSuzanne and Kurt ShoreVirginia Adams Simon ’80Eve Slap ’73Bunny Kurtz SlepinAriana Smith and Wudbhav SankarArlette Smith ’76Christine Smith ’66Marguerite Tarrant Smith ’55Tamara Thomas Smith ’91 and Jerome SmithElisha and Ben SnedekerMaria SocorroSonia Stamm and Earl SissellMatthew Strahan ’14Carmen and Eron SturmAndrea SwintonAllison and Philippe SzaparyHilary Takiff Weiss ’96 and Stu WeissMeena Thayu and Eric KeuffelJayne Tolson ’55Cynthia and Guillermo TorresRyan Tozer ’01Jean and Frank TracyNhan Truong and Loi HuynhGabriela Duno Turner ’96Christopher Vaden ’74Emily Vener-Giszter and Simon GiszterAl Vernacchio and Michael SheadelWilliam von Uffel ’53Ruth Ann Wagner ’66Jane Waltman and Christopher ShefflerAnita Grumbling Warner ’67Ronald WaxmanSusannah Weaver ’94Jonathan Wegener ’03Philippa Wehle ’53Adam Weinstein ’98James Weinstein ’56Marsha and Bruce WeinsteinRichard Werner ’72Richard WertimeWendy and Lawrence WhiteBarbara Davis Widmayer ’57Lynne Brantly Wilkins ’66Lisa and Richard WinwardAnthony WoodburyBruce Woodruff ’60D. Alan Wrigley ’68

Grace Ong Yan and Albert YanRobert Yarnall ’46Linda and Armen YepoyanKris and Christopher YooVanessa Zaragocin ’96Lynne Zhuang and John ZhangJennifer Zweben ’87Robin and Howard Zwick

Blue & Gray ClubAlumni/ae Classes of 2006-2010$100-$499AnonymousSamuel Aronson ’07Sarah Brown ’07Matthew Buchwald ’08Michael Dohrmann ’08Samuel Dweck ’07Lauren Engelmyer ’06Daniel Fedder ’08Galen Guindon ’06Andrew Kelly ’09Daniel Kessler ’08Betsey Margolies ’06Eric Nisenbaum ’07Lise Rahdert ’06Emily Rosenblum ’09Phillip Rosenblum ’08Jaleesa Scott ’06

Blue & Gray ClubAlumni/ae Classes of 2011-2015$25 or moreAnonymousMichael Andrews ’13Kellan Barr ’15Jenna Bergmann ’14Liza Bergmann ’12Amy Chapkovich ’12Cara Maria DeCusatis ’13Alexander Flick ’12Michael Furey ’13Robert Geddis-Hannon ’15Breanna Guindon ’12Rafi Hayne ’11Alex Kleiman ’11Benjamin Lichtman ’13Sophie Ritt ’15Justin Robson Keller ’14Noah Schoenberg ’12Daniel Stadtmauer ’13Matthew Strahan ’14Sara Torres ’12Benjamin Yahalomi ’11

* Deceased


Loyalty Donor RecognitionWe are grateful to our generous donors who have supported Friends’ Central School consistently every year. The icons in this Annual Report represent 10+, 20+, and 30+ years of giving.

THE CLASS OF 1966 REUNITED IN PERSON AND ONLINE

Although it seems that, just yesterday, we were enjoying our carefree youth, we suddenly realized it has been 50 years! When the Class of 1966 first began to look ahead to our 50th Reunion milestone, we had no idea what to expect. The FCS Alumni/ae Office contacted Ruth Ann Wagner and Laurie Clement to ask them to help with the organizing. They then reached out to many classmates and found Eric Whiteway and me, Richard M, to complete the Reunion team.

Ruth Ann and Laurie used the standard methods of phone calls and letters to contact classmates. Meanwhile, Eric and I wanted to rekindle the creative approach we were known for 50 years ago. Of course, in 1966, we were restricted to using 35 mm cameras and telephone landlines. We decided to bring the Class of ’66 into the current world of computers

and the internet. We used a Yahoo email account and a Facebook group to share the many pictures, writings, and video that we collected. We sent out weekly emails with stories of our time together to remind classmates of our days at Friends’ Central. Soon, many classmates began to respond with their own memories of our school days. We also exchanged information and pictures about our experiences and our family lives over the past 50 years. Ultimately, after many hours of work by Eric, an e-Book was created to commemorate our 50th Reunion with all our classmates – even those who could not attend Reunion.

Sadly, over the years, our Class has lost nine classmates. The entire Reunion team tracked down and contacted relatives of our deceased friends. Subsequently, we were able to share a tribute to each of our lost classmates at our Reunion dinner. It was especially nice that a spouse of one deceased classmate joined us for Reunion.

Our story cannot leave out our special 50th Reunion Class Gift. Our classmates responded generously to Eric Whiteway’s challenge - each giving what he/she could, and several giving much more than the challenge, so we were able to reach our goal. With the goal met, the Class has now achieved recognition in the form of a garden at Friends’ Central dedicated to current and future students. The garden is located in an area where students can sit and spend meaningful time. Our plaque displayed in the garden contains the following inspirational quote that we hope will touch students for generations to come:

“ Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!” - Anne Frank

The Class of 1966 will continue to use technology to stay in touch with each other and with Friends’ Central School. We are grateful that we all reconnected!

From left: Laurie Clement, Ruth Ann Wagner, Richard McCarraher, and Eric Whiteway sing the FCS Alma Mater at Reunion 2016

BY RICHARD MCCARRAHER ’66


ALUMNI/AE GIVING

HONOR ROLL

TOP 10PARTICIPATION:

1955 .................... 71% 1966 .................... 70% 1953 .................... 55% 1986 .................... 50% 1957 .................... 48% 1952 .................... 43% 1950 .................... 42%1959 .................... 40% 1951 .................... 39% 1976 and 1991 .... 37%

TOTAL ALUMNI/AE DONORS:

850

TOTAL RAISED BY ALUMNI/AE:

$331,377

OVERALL ALUMNI/AE PARTICIPATION:

23%

ALUMNI/AE

G I V I N GClass of 1933Betty Crofoot Bowers

Class of 1934*Edward Rice *Sarah Wallis Stevens

Class of 1937 Diana Foote Lawrence

Class of 1940 *Doris Cochrane Barbara Anderson Morris

Class of 1941 Priscilla Okie Alexander Arthur Dannenberg *Dickson Werner

Class of 1942 Gayle Waldhauser Martin Margaret Cooper Thompson

Class of 1943 Dorothy Coleman Dangerfield Nancy Fitts Donaldson Donald Kirkland Edwin Nicholson Suzanne Curtis Smythe

Class of 1944 Howard Fussell Sue Williams Saul Elizabeth Hall Williams

Class of 1945Susanne Phillips Isaacs Dorothy Dunne Kittrell Ellen Fitts Millick Mary Worley Stone

Class of 1946Ellen Burr Diane Bault DeMille Douglas Greenfield Curtis Jones Bitten Jensen Krentel Blaine Scott Dorothy Schwab Weitthoff Robert Yarnall

Class of 1947Brigitte Solmitz Alexander Julie Miller Edgerton Robert Fereshetian Joyce Boardman Kurr

William Langnecker J. Richard Relick

Class of 1948 John Banks Mary Beth Griffith Berggren *John Minster Theodore Reinke Louise Moore Todd

Class of 1949Emily Littlefield Bird *Ivan Gabel

Class of 1950Anne McAvoy Blackburn Anne Dufour Clouser Henry Cowell Cynthia Linton Fleming William Foster Winkie Ostroff Gaev Gardner Hendrie Carol Weinrott Leebron Sarah De Vita Napoli Barbara Kratz Shaw C. Robert Small John Trumper Marlee Chandlee Turner

Class of 1951Barbara Green App Lee Bowie Shirley Smith Earle Cyril Harvey Richard Heilman Charis Gilbert Julian Molly Jones Kline Deborah Hazzard Nash *David Roy Kurt Schilling Joanna Haab Schoff Robert Weir

Class of 1952John Balson Jetta Sommers Bracken Inge Kornrumpf Bretherton Constance Forster Brown Carol Jerjisian Churukian Anthony Fowkes Joan Hoover Hellwege Donald Ritt Patricia Carroll Shuss Jacqueline Watkins Slifka Joan Lallou Smith

Robert Stark

James Wilson

* Deceased

ANNUAL REPORT OF GIFTS 2015-2016 37Icons represent 10+, 20+, and 30+ years of consecutive giving to the Friends’ Central Fund.


ALUMNI/AE GIVING


Class of 1953Peggy Brumfield Bruton Marlene Miller Buckley Robert Buckley Caroline Kirk Cheatle Carolyn Cannon Eagan Peter Hughes Francis James Deborah Miller Lakoff Henry Lavine Karen Klein Mannes Francis Markland Martha Green Mead Robert Noone William Perloff Joan Branen Rawles-Davis Pincus Sall Howard Sipler Donald Small Winifred Jess Tierney William von Uffel Philippa Wehle Joy Milhous Whiteley

Class of 1954Richard Angell Doris Werner Bartlett Sue Saunders Clark Roberta Cannon Crouse Alexander Fetter Martha Smith Harper

Barb Pausser McLean Elizabeth Osborne Norma Schweitzer Wood

Class of 1955AnonymousMarcy Henry Ballis Joy Becker Susan Souder Black Barbara Jess Charlson Edward Clisby Ruth Stubbs Denlinger Ruth Jarvis DuBois Donna Hayes Edwards Daniel Egan Abigail First Farber Benjamin Freeman William Gartner Esther Moore Gurl David Hardin Linda Johnson Kacser Mildred Minster Larson Sarah Deming Love Allan Mackey Bruce Miller Sallie Whitesell Phillips Joseph Pounds Edward Rummel *Joy Schaible Mayer Schnyder Bonnie Boardman Schoennagel

Marguerite Tarrant Smith Richard Spillman George Walters Miriam Repp Staloff Jayne Tolson

Class of 1956William Cave Joseph Garfield Marjorie Miller Hallowell Raymond Jefferis Anne Markland Margot McKee Carol Perloff Capper Twain Lydia Vickers James Weinstein Alan Wolf

Class of 1957Stephen Cozen Calvin Drayer Bette Jarvis Jablow Richard Klein Gretchen Young Lerch Albert Lilly Ann Tolson Lippe Georgia Britt Makiver Roberta Sheen Peterson Curtis Pontz Frank Richards

Susan Schultz Simon Sarah Staats Patricia Myers Westine Barbara Davis Widmayer Henry Zoob

Class of 1958Rachael Goddard Desmond Margie Schwartz Dilsheimer George Hardman John Miele Sue Price Neal Arthur Parsons Stephen Reynolds Rodman Rosenberger Ann Dothard Walters Wetherill Cresson Winder

Class of 1959Nancy BreMiller Black David Branning Prudence Sprogell Churchill Thomas Donaldson Charles Ensor Jean Berg Eselgroth Ronald Frank Richard Graves Robert Hall Cinda Buswell Hill Sarah Newton Krebs David Linton Thomas Patterson Betsy Markland Schwartz K. Barry Sharpless Elizabeth Mackey Smith Joan Shore Steinhouse Jonas Stiklorius Maude Southwell Wahlman Robert Ward

Class of 1960Bruce Babcock Donald Briskman Lynn Volckhausen Edinoff Janice Decker Frohner Frances Berger Garfield Virginia Arnold Gleason Ralph Horning Ellie Whitelaw Hunt Daniel Jones Franklyn Judson Robert Levin Sandra Slevin Lockhart Lois Maiman Dena Obus Rakoff Alberta Sivaton Rodgers Judith Deemer Roseland Rich Ulmer Peter Woerner Bruce Woodruff

* Deceased

Doug Linton ’68 giving his annual tour of the arboretum on the City Avenue Campus at Reunion 2016



ALUMNI/AE GIVING

Class of 1961Richard Allman Jane Davis Atkinson Raymond Battey Robert Buswell Sally Craig Julie Pontz Curson Barbara Lane Davis Lynn Fischer Sumner Hayward Ann Ginsburgh Hofkin Joan Kabakjian Keith Elizabeth Mayer Dana Lynne Iverson Neefe Bruce Newton Joan Fleischhauer Smith John White Noel Sharpless Wittenberg

Class of 1962Elisabeth Charr Bodurtha Francis Bradley Charlotte Herrmann Brown Alan Casnoff William Dean Ann Hayward Sarah Price Lindsay Honey Betsy Norcross Ingram Todd Lieber Margery DeArmond Maconachy Kathleen Murray-Allain

Class of 1963Vivian Appel Julie Berg Cooke Anna Ensor Evelyn Fowles Thomas George Lawrence Graves S. Denham Laverty Grearson L. Elizabeth Horning John Levy Leslie Statzell Marshall Gwendolyn Luff Price Clemence Ravacon-Mershon Anne Malamud Scholder Harold Tiffany Ann Hort Wolfe

Class of 1964Suzanne Bohrer Ashley John Boyd Thomas Dean Marilyn Murray T. David Williams John Witherspoon

Class of 1965Joan Decker Battey

John Battey Robert Boyer Annabelle Brett Richard Burgess Susan Schwartz Goodrich Laura Jackson Antoinette Leroux Jewell Nancy Beardsley Ketchiff Jonathon Moore Jane Friedland Richards Jonathan Rieder Judith Seltzer Philip Taylor Andrew Weinstein

Class of 1966Mark Alessandroni Kathleen Campbell Bean Andrew Bonner Jean Duthie Broderick Carol Pfizenmaier Campbell Georgeanna Guyer Chisholm Lawrason Anne Clement June Singley Evans Jill Malamud Fetell Virginia Gilbert Gray Barbara Luff Gross Richard Levin Ellen Luborsky George Mangos Robert Marcovitz *Rolfe Marsh Richard McCarraher Stephen McGarvey Marcia Kephart McKeon Gwen McVickar McMahon A. Carter Pottash Charles Price Laurie Layton Schapira Rachel Wolkin Sesser Christine Smith Frances Hallas Stevenson Ruth Ann Wagner Eric Whiteway Lynne Brantly Wilkins

Class of 1967Barbara North Beck Russell Bleakley Jed Callen Diane Bierman Carson Ronald Diment Geoffrey Kerr Brian Kunz Wayne Michaud Jack Schwartz David Wadleigh

Anita Grumbling Warner

Thomas Woodbury

Class of 1968William Brown Janet Goldwater Jenny Ornsteen James Juan Jewell Barbara Harrison Judson Kenneth Judson Connie Burgess Lanzl Douglas Linton Jane Cubberley Luce Edward Marshall D. Alan Wrigley Neil Yoskin

Class of 1969David Biddle Lawrence Draper Robert Gassel David Kirk Joseph Ludwig Susan Wright Matthiessen Carl Parris John Schalow David Smile James Supplee

Class of 1970Carol Cooper Jean Farquhar Christine Young Gaspar Charles Gregory Darla Kalman Stephanie H. Koenig Jill Crawford Muhrer Blair Roberts

Class of 1971Joan Shapiro Alexander Douglas Baird Dan Biddle Douglas Cooper Dickson Dangerfield Eugene Edelstein Elizabeth Fried Linda Robinson Groverman Samuel Howe Melissa Richter Marchand Eric Rieder Courtney Solenberger-McNeill Doris Hayes Talley Barry Zubrow

Class of 1972Karen and Michael Mersky Scott Myers Bernard Schranze Richard Werner

Class of 1973Bruce Baird

Louise Schalow Del Vecchio Ross Donolow James Murdock Jonathan Orwitz Eliza Schwab Petersen Steven Portman Philip E. Scott Eve Slap

Class of 1974Charles Cooper Charles Epstein Murray Gorson Judith Kirk Meyer Katherine Meyer John Shaw Christopher Vaden

Class of 1975Georgeann Schellenger Blaha Lee Bludman Kirby Davis Bosley Margaret Pennypacker Caulfield Andrew Escoll Kevin Guynn Walter Harris Stuart Hickman Jeffrey Higgins Grant Jacks David Kendall Kirk Paul Susan Michael Rogers Peter Taylor Linda Waxman Wasserman

Class of 1976Susan Meyer Bach Richard Bowen Kimberly Cherry Sarah Frank Connor Eve Ellis Matthew Erulkar Anita Gonzalez Leonard Haas Cindy Kendall William Lehr Jay Lindquist Neil MacGaffey Nancy Jackson Marchand D. Ramsay Pennypacker Elizabeth Phillips James Prall Susan Ravdin Michael Rowan John Runnette Elena Gonzalez Shaffer Arlette Smith Daniel Sutherland-Weiser Andrew Vaden William Weiner

Icons represent 10+, 20+, and 30+ years of consecutive giving to the Friends’ Central Fund.


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Class of 1977Karen Horikawa Beth Davis Johnson Patricia Bleznak Silverstein Thomas Spencer Denise Willis Rodney Willis

Class of 1978Michael Andrews Sylvia Hamerman-Brown Karen Palcho Stacey Goldsborough Snider Noel Trask Edward Whereat

Class of 1979Joy Edelman Boonin Dillon Boyer Sidney Bridges Victoria Fineman Brown Kimberly Carlton Deborah Peltz Fedder Carol Rubin Fishman Nancy Keller-Coffey Janet Kendall Lankin Heather Korostoff Murray F. William Pflueger Stefanie Zeldin Sigal Howard Treatman Cheryl Nelson Young

Class of 1980Grace Brooks Aviles Lori Epstein Bendesky Barrett Caldwell Eileen Flanagan Robert Folwell Joyce Horikawa Charles King Joshua Klein Lincoln Meyers Jeffrey Miller Judith-Love Pietromartire Robert Rhea Virginia Adams Simon Mark Taranta Mark Tashjian

Class of 1981Marc Ackerman Ellen Weinberg Cohen James Gentile Julie Cowitz Gordon Richard Kleiner Sheri Cozen Resnik Bryan Roberts Sandra Rothman Julie Fineman Sauter

Harvey Weiner Peter Wilf Claudia Zeldin

Class of 1982Steven Benjamin Paul Clough Jon Fiebach Margret MacGaffey Hagar Edward Rehfeld Henry Shapiro

Class of 1983 Angelo Adson Kathi Bucci-Havira Elizabeth Cohen Alexander Klein Steven Lane Joseph Lenski David Roberts Jon Rubin Lauren Becker Rubin Nancy Sanders Margaret Somerville Barrett Tilney

Class of 1984 Dan Becker Andrew Hamilton John Levitties Robin Rothman Mark Silberberg Jennifer Trachtenberg Linda Kidder Yarlott

Class of 1985 Theresa Hamilton Callicott Janice Chu Derick Dreher Heather Schwartz Hebert Jen Corson LeBow Matthew Levitties Cathi Cozen Snyder Rachel Tilney Jonathan Vaden Erica Zimmerman

Class of 1986 Ira A. Apfel A. Philip Auerbach Andrew Backover Jordan Bernstein Joshua Broker Ashley Bruce Andrea Chait Steve Chanin Andrea Cohen Deana Kelly Czaban Laura Meloney Dugan

Elizabeth Kolb Farr Jennifer Gershon Eli Gross Richard Grossman Eric Hoyle Andrew Katz Karen Kramer Robert Lager Anja Jefferis Levitties Rebecca Porter Madsen Laura Mann Mary Drayer Moran Joel Perloff Mia Rincon Alexander Schall Michael Silver Frazier Sinkler

Class of 1987Gwendolyn Angert Stephen Kay Kimberly Kurtz Lent Seth Lundy Alexander McDonnell Andrew Newcomb Elizabeth Toborowsky Pollard Jennifer Zweben

Class of 1988Daniel Bernstein Barnz Ellen Cohen Samantha Hauser Ekert William Georges Macon Pickard Jessop Sandra Hull Laber Amy Miller Salvatore Pastino Justin Pearlman Aaron Selkow Sonya Sklaroff Jessica Zeldin

Class of 1989Jessica Kurtz Erlbaum Nandita Yagnik Hogan Eric Kramer Lisa Kay Solomon

Class of 1990Eileen Farnon Stuart Fenkel Jonathan Ginsberg Jonathan Hunter Geoffrey Klein Patrick Lord Barbara Miller Brigid Cabry Nelson Rebecca Bush O’Leary Jonas Stiklorius Wendy Schwartz Woodhall

Class of 1991Atif Ahmad Jeannine Thomson Bishop Joy Clairmont Andrea Beltran del Rio-Kline Rachel Fertik Edgerton Laura Forman Walker Gilmore Sebastian Goldstein Dean Griffith Chad Johnson Max Kaufman Elga Jefferis Killinger Mark Litwin Alexander Miller Helena Miller Krista Ruane Aimee Taxin Rubin Tamara Thomas Smith Heidi Sprang Matthew Williams

Class of 1992Anonymous Adrianne Levin Cantor Rachel Volkman Kushel Jessica Christie Morowitz

Class of 1993Robyn Needleman Berman Rebecca Carr Calvani Lauren Albert Ravitz Lauren Schneider Shapiro Thais Stiklorius

Class of 1994Stephen Baldi Joseph Dubb Betty Lam Hamilton Azeez Hayne Chinwe Onyekere Daniel Price Anne Ross Ani Yeramyan Speirs Susannah Weaver

Class of 1995Jennifer Briggs Andrew Greenwald Jared Grove Andrew Scharff Robert Tamaccio Donald Yorkman Ellen Rink Young

Class of 1996Jacqueline Vinci Banister Vanessa Duno Burke Bess Collier


Jamie Garfield Drew Mark Fifer Megan Fifer Andrew Finger Alexandra Levin Fishback Mallory Floyd Sarah Grafman Catharine Williamson Keidel Patrick Kelly Jonathan King Rachael Lerner LeMasters Clio Mallin Evie Bricklin Marsh Hilary Marston Meredith Bobroff Murphy Scott Newman Ryan Pesin Rebecca Smyrl Hilary Takiff Weiss Chris Taylor Gabriela Duno Turner Tonie Walker Vanessa Zaragocin

Class of 1997Brett Dunn Matthew Murphy Garmur Laura McKelligott Kahl Sondra Rosenberg Ann Scharff Vernon

Class of 1998Jeffrey Brody Renato Carfagno Elizabeth Shinn Hulford Jasper Liem Janel Swaye MacDermott Molly Mullahy Sabah Quadir Alexa Dunnington Quinn Jordan Rubin Daniel Silver Brendan Tozer Adam Weinstein

Class of 1999Dafne Amado Calinda Lytton Carroll Rimi Chakraborty Lauren Collier Margot Conrad Amy Dunn Jared FertmanBenjamin Fogel Brooke Gassel Elizabeth Grinspan Reza Madani Latifah McMullin Sara Wasserman

Class of 2000Gina Zorzi Cline Sallie Garfield Laila Goldberg Amy Meyerson Eli Pearlman-Storch Tara Ramchandani

Class of 2001Christopher Cappelli Casey Cipriani Christiana Tritton Craig Philip Dreyfuss Evan Grove Diana Bleakley Kearns Julie Katz Kravets Claire Laver Elizabeth Spector Louden Deborah Charamella McLaughlin Barbara Putnick Daniel Rainer Alexander Rolfe Carly Segal Ryan Tozer Hakim Warrick Jessica Phillips Wiedmann Jill Wimmer

Class of 2002Jessica English Abrams William Day Frank Read DeSabato Sara Kankowski DeSabato David Gershkoff Slusky Jonathan Grinspan Jeffrey Meyerson C. Jerome Mopsik Tanya Johnson Muse Jason Polykoff Johanna Muenke Popick Nicholas Pulos Stephen Rubin Alex Sokolov Peter Viola Joshua Wasserman Geoffrey Wertime

Class of 2003Caroline Pavloff Agnew Bridget Campbell Jacob Cooper Leah Pearlman-Storch Eppinger Alejandro Franqui Eli Goldstein David Kleban Caitlin Tozer Manzo

Lena Muenke Adam Nicolai Ian Ramsey-North Jonathan Wegener

Class of 2004Meeran Ahn Jesse Amoroso Jessica Bloomfield Edward Day Frank Marian Grove Ingrams Matthew Lundy Richard Pompetti Laura Rolfe

Class of 2005 Colin Angevine Natalie Aronson Bradley Cohen Katharine Fussner Shaina Graboyes Benjamin Grinspan Michael Grinspan Lauren Tedesco

Class of 2006 Ryan Bash Sarah Drew Dwight Dunston Lauren Engelmyer Zachary Frankel Danielle Gershkoff Benjamin Gilman Galen Guindon Kathryn Luce Elizabeth Lundy Betsey Margolies Jorden Meltz Lise Rahdert Rachel Reed Ben Schutzman Jaleesa Scott Jared Smalley Amy Thomas Adam Valen Levinson Aleeza Wachs

Class of 2007Joshua Aichenbaum Samuel Aronson Lindsay Bedford Gabriel Bloomfield Sarah Brown Amanda Carr Samuel Dweck Jacob Fogel Claire Glass Laura Matey Eric Nisenbaum Luke Pryor

ALUMNI/AE GIVING


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Amber Sims Laura Umbrecht

Class of 2008Logan Brenner Matthew Buchwald Michael Dohrmann Daniel Fedder James Gallagher Julian Guindon Daniel Kessler Scott Kunz Taylor Lee Alexander Mazurek Noredy Neal Phillip Rosenblum Anne Sprogell Alexander Unkovic Colin Yarnell

Class of 2009John Armstrong Anthony DeCusatis

Elisabeth Fifer Phoebe Harris Christina Hurley Andrew Kelly Megan Lee Elizabeth Marmon Michael Murray Eric O’Brien Emily Rosenblum Jennifer Simon Natalie Willis

Class of 2010Rebekah Ahn Jacob Barron Gabriella Capone Matthew Frank Samuel Fryman Olivia Gillison Madelena Rizzo

Class of 2011Anonymous

David deLeon Rafi Hayne Alex Kleiman KathyAnn Lee Ariel Parker Cary Snider Benjamin Yahalomi

Class of 2012Liza Bergmann Amy Chapkovich Alexander Flick Breanna Guindon Amile Jefferson Noah Schoenberg Isabel Terres Sara Torres Spencer Villars

Class of 2013Michael Andrews Cara Maria DeCusatis Michael Furey

Grace Heard Benjamin Lichtman Daniel Stadtmauer

Class of 2014Rohan Alur William Ayres Jenna Bergmann Nathaniel Kennedy Justin Robson Keller Matthew Strahan

Class of 2015Kellan Barr Rebecca Buxbaum Abigail Crowley Robert Geddis-Hannon Jane Goldstein Daniel Nemroff Sophie Ritt Bridgman Sellers Benjamin Shapiro Matthew Wilson

ANNUAL FUND Q&A

WHAT IS THE FRIENDS’ CENTRAL FUND? The Friends’ Central Fund, our school’s annual fund, is crucial to the School’s success every year. Funds go immediately into the School’s budget to support ongoing operations.

WHERE DOES THE MONEY FROM TUITION AND PHILANTHROPY GO?Seventy-nine percent of the budget is spent on people – salaries and benefits for the faculty and staff who make all the good things happen at Friends’ Central. The remainder of the budget is spent on curricular and extracurricular programs, financial aid, administration, and the physical plant on both campuses.

CAN A FRIENDS’ CENTRAL FUND GIFT BE DESIGNATED TO A PARTICULAR AREA?Friends’ Central offers six areas for gift designation: Greatest Current Need, Student Programs, Arts, Athletics, Faculty and Staff Retirement and Support, and Financial Aid.

WHY RAISE FUNDS FOR FINANCIAL AID?Financial aid benefits the entire school community. Tuition assistance helps create a talented and diverse peer group, exposing all students to multiple perspectives and preparing students to live and work in an

increasingly global society. Financial aid is thus a critical component of academic excellence both for individuals and for the entire school.

WHO IS ASKED TO GIVE?Everyone who is part of the Friends’ Central community – current and past parents, alumni/ae, grandparents, Trustees, faculty, staff, and friends of the School – is asked to participate in the Friends’ Central Fund. There is a strong tradition of giving at Friends’ Central. Each generation has played its part to ensure that future students are able to obtain an outstanding education. Contributions are a continuation of a legacy of support and generosity.

SHOULD I GIVE IF I RECEIVE TUITION ASSISTANCE?Even though many families make financial sacrifices to pay tuition, it remains important for every member of the Friends’ Central community to participate in the Friends’ Central Fund at some level. Making a donation to the Friends’ Central Fund has no negative impact on financial aid, and every gift, regardless of size, is appreciated.

WHAT ARE LEADERSHIP GIFTS?Leadership gifts ($1,845 and upwards) help to ensure the long-term strength and sustainability of the School. Leadership gifts are crucial to the

success of the Friends’ Central Fund. In 2015-2016, gifts at this level represented 60 percent of the total raised.

CAN SMALL GIFTS MAKE AN IMPACT?!Every gift makes a difference! Gifts to the Friends’ Central Fund last year ranged from $5 to $25,000. Consider this: last year the School received over 600 gifts of $100 or less, totaling almost $50,000!

SERIOUSLY? PARTICIPATION MATTERS?Participation matters because it shows dedication to the mission and vision of Friends’ Central School. Participation generates enthusiasm and encourages others to join in celebrating and supporting the School. It makes a difference every day in every facet of our students’ experience. The School’s financial strength is dependent upon all members of the community. Also, foundations, grant-making institutions, and corporations look at participation as an indicator of support from the community when making decisions about funding.

WHAT MATTERS MOST IS SIMPLY THE ACT OF GIVING ...

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT THIS YEAR!

PARENT GIVING


CURRENT PARENT

G I V I N G

TOTAL DONORS:

424

TOTAL RAISED BY CURRENT PARENTS:

$345,037

OVERALL CURRENT PARENT PARTICIPATION:

67%

HONOR ROLL PARTICIPATION:

2016 ............................ 92%

2021 and 2020 ............ 80%

2027, 2025 and 2018 ... 74%


Class of 2016 Parents 92% Participation Anonymous (3) John Amsterdam Melissa and Paul Anderson Rebecca and Iain Anderson Brett Averick Lori Averick Beth and Paul Barbour Frances and Frederic Beckley Wendy Beetlestone and John DetreEsther Wachs Book Leslie BookEllen Boscov and Todd Taylor Carol and James Bradbeer Wanda and Jeffrey Brown Muge and Kivanc Caglar Hope Candelori and Daniel MoragliaLesley Carey and Gerard O’SullivanJulia CentafontMaureen Charamella Susan and Gary Cohen Jessica and Matthew Cooper Jessica and Christopher Coss Louise Culver and Jeffrey Hurwitz Catherine and Ronald Dawson Lisa and Keith deLeonMoira Donovan Lorna and Arnon Dreyfuss Pamela Duke and Laurent Guy Kim Emmons-Benjet and Brian Benjet Cathy and Jon Fiebach ’82 Robert Folwell ’80 Annabel and Robert Fossett Princess and Earl FosterKatherine and Reginald Foy Mona Ghude and Rajeev Alur Doris and Dana Greenblatt Margaret Guerra and Frank FisherMichele and Jeff Harris Catherine and Todd Henry Mary Higgins and Barry Simon Lorin and Jennifer Hitt Susan and Richard Holt Susan Howatt and Paul Halpern Priscilla Hunter Lauri and Leigh Jacobs Penny and Ronald Joines Adrienne and Matthew Kerbel Kristin and Todd Kimmell Anna Hom Lawall and Francis LawallBrendan Lee Deborah Leibel and Fred GoodmanJohn Leone Fran and Saul Levit DeeDee and Marcos LopezFran and Robert Margulies

Lydia Martin and William Kennedy Cynthia and Michael McKeever Theresa McLaughlin-Zerbe and John ZerbeFelice and James McSwiggan William McVail Diane Merry and Steven Fakharzadeh Marla and Richard Milgram Lynda and Russell Mischel Linda Morris and Robert SpellacyMichelle Narin and Maurice SchweitzerJohn Norcini Julie and Steven PlunkettMaria and Kenneth Pollack Michelle and Frederick Purnell Russell Raphaely Rita Ritsema and Karl Schwabe June and Glenn Rogers Lauren Becker Rubin ’83 and Jon Rubin ’83 Sandrine and Edward Schoenfeld Susan and Jeffrey Schwartz Deborah Sesok-Pizzini and Mark-Alan Pizzini Judy Shea Sherri Shields Elizabeth Snider Ira Thal Geoffrey Veith Theresa and Daniel Vickery Flavia Vogrig and Robert Gassel ’69 Patricia Williams and Dylan JohnsonRobin and Howard Zwick

Class of 2017 Parents65% Participation Anonymous (2) Jeannine Alvare and David GoodwinCindy and Cary Anderson Susanne and Michael Andrews ’78 Nicole Barnum and Sophia Lee Bernadette and Robert BartholomewJessica and Eric Berger Jackie and David Blumberg Sandra Bowman Ingrid and Robert Burd Elizabeth Chamley Oerton and Colin OertonAndrea and Mark ChesenDeborah and Frank Correll Tara Cuda and Pasquale ColavitaSarah and Andrew DeMichele Susan and Richard DeWyngaert Amy and John Estey Eileen Flanagan ’80 and Tom Volkert

Icons represent 10+, 20+, and 30+ years of consecutive giving to the Annual Fund. We are grateful to these generous donors.



PARENT GIVING

Wendy Frame and Chris Blackman Lan Ge Jill and Steve GinsbergDaphne Golding and Robert HollowayElizabeth Goldmuntz and Frederic Barr Kristin Hansen and Steven Lane ’83Stacie and Chris Harden Kathryn Hayward and Tom MacFarlane Barbara and Mark HelpinPeggy and Dedrick Hervas Alexa and Michael HogartyFariha Khan and Michael Carey Kerri KonikAnja Jefferis Levitties ’86 and Matthew Levitties ’85 Cathy and Scott Liberman Diane and Robert Lista Alysa and Steve MarguliesStephanie and William McCulloughChristopher McDonnellFelicia Mercer Sarah Millar and Mark Kahn Jodi and David Miller Rosina Miller and James Gilroy Janine and Frank Nguyen Dorothy Novick and Peter KenneyRegina Pinotti and John Shields Christina and Michael PosenchegJennifer Punt and Stephen EmersonMarjorie and Ken Roshkoff Meg and Peter Saligman Clare and Darryle SchoeppDeborah Skapik Wendy Smith and Phillip Annas Cathi Cozen Snyder ’85Howard SnyderAllison and Philippe Szapary Kimberly and Dominic Tarquinio JoAnn and Michael UricheckLaura and Ricardo Verges Laurie and J. Scott Victor Elliott and Samuel Walker Sharon Weiss and David Arnold Lisa and Richard Winward Kris and Christopher Yoo Lisa Zaoutis

Class of 2018 Parents75% Participation Anonymous (4) Melissa and Paul Anderson Cari Feiler Bender and Rodd Bender

Elyse and Max Berger

Jean Berland

Elizabeth Brannon and Michael Platt

Betty Brizill

Claudia Caretto and Steven Gonzalez

Julia Centafont

Katie and Michael Cohen

Doug Cooper

Jessica and Christopher Coss

Michelle and Daniel Crowley

Donna Davin and Uriel Kusiatin

Amy and Scott Decatur

Angela DeMichele and Robert Gross

Bari-Joy and Douglas Epstein

Cathy and Jon Fiebach ’82 Anita and Gary Friday Barbara GovatosAngela Greene Meena and Anil GuptaStacey Julye-Adson and Angelo Adson ’83 Maggie and Alan Kaplan Farah and Rahul Kapoor Laurie and Steven Katznelson Dana and John Levitties ’84 Karen Lewis and Howard Kruger Sonja Lindgren and John Gruber Bonnie and Daniel Linn

Elizabeth and David Lorry Lorna Lynn and Harold Palevsky Lydia Martin and William Kennedy Laura and Mark MatikaDawn and Alexander McDonnell ’87Brenda and Matthew Meline Barbara and Lou Montresor Michelle Narin and Maurice SchweitzerHeather Osborne and Vincent Duane Lisa and Anthony PalmieriMelissa and Brian Paszamant Karyn and Aaron PolakRussell Raphaely

Pumpkin Painting at the Lower School Pumpkin Fair 2015


Jennifer Rice and Michael FormanDavid Roberts ’83Iliana Robinson and Gordon BarrLeigh and C. Paul Scheuritzel Clare and Darryle Schoepp Lynn Schuchter and John Broaddus Cary and Craig N. SellersLola Sergeant-Wilkinson and Gregory WilkinsonMargaret Somerville ’83 Sonia Stamm and Earl SissellIsobel Stockdale and Harry YanowitzAndrea Swinton Joy Takahashi and John Gullace April Thompson and Michael HarrisBetsy Torg and Mark Taranta ’80 Min Wan and Tao HuangMarsha and Bruce Weinstein Sonita Williams Beverly WoodsLinda and Armen Yepoyan Liying Zhang and Zhaomin Xu

Class of 2019 Parents67% Participation Betty Bard and Jay Adelsberg Tami Benton-Condiff and Allessandro CondiffMargot Berg and Robert Epstein Jessica and Eric Berger Christina Bergqvist and Philip DeBaunLeah Brecher-Cohn and Andrew CohnKathi Bucci-Havira ’83 and Marty HaviraCarolyn Cohen Lisa and Robert DavisLiliana and Timothy Dillingham Nawal Elhindi and Lahcen LoudiniKim Emmons-Benjet and Brian Benjet H. Marcia Feigenbaum-Bergmann and Leigh BergmannDanielle Gallagher Becky and Eric Guenther Nicole and Walter Harris ’76Mary Hegeler and Robert Kelly Julie and Paul HorensteinKimya and Kevin JohnsonSheryl and Karl Johnson Susan Johntz and David Velinsky Kelli JonesFariha Khan and Michael Carey Joanne and Alexander Klein ’83 Heather and Benjamin Kohl Sharon and Richard Kollender Eui Kyung and Yongwon Choi John LeoneAnja Jefferis Levitties ’86 and Matthew Levitties ’85

Ami and Jess Lonner Nuria Lopez-Pajares and Alvaro Pereira-Rico Bernadette and Michael Masi Cynthia and Michael McKeever Felicia MercerMinh and Khai NguyenNina and Dale Panzer Carolyn and Stephen Pendrak Mary Pinder-Schenck and Hermann Schenck Joyce Platfoot and Jim Caccamo Julie and Steven Plunkett Tanya and Ralph Salgado Meg and Peter Saligman Sandrine and Edward Schoenfeld Kathryn and James Sheward Marcy and Robert Shoemaker Caitlin and Peter SklarBrigitte and James Stokes Helena and Eric Sultan Beth Varcoe and Roderick WolfsonLaurie and J. Scott VictorSusan and David Wadsworth Sherri Apter Wexler and Lewis Wexler Kerri and Jonathan Wilkerson Lynne Zhuang and John Zhang Erica and Daniel Zwilling

Class of 2020 Parents80% ParticipationAnonymousSabina and Atif Ahmad ’91Rebecca and Iain Anderson Esther Wachs Book Leslie BookAnne Bower Persephone and William BrahamSusan Brenman Theodore Burden Grant Calder Denise and Kenneth CarruthYue Chen Denis Cohen Elizabeth Cohen ’83 and David Whellan Latesha Colbert-Mack and George MackJessica and Matthew Cooper Shannon and Kent Davidson Mariella De Biasi and John Dani Trinity Dixon and Thomas KolimagoMoira DonovanRose Elenitsas and John GillilandErin Elman and Stephen Gibson Wendy Frame and Chris Blackman Julie Cowitz Gordon ’81 and Brian Gordon Mignon and Jim Groch

Kathryn Hayward and Tom MacFarlane Michelle and Jonathan Kalman Blandina and Jonathan Klein Jenifer and Michael LehrerJun and Shichen Li DeeDee and Marcos Lopez Lisa A. Mathewson and Brett G. Sweitzer Amy MeadeJodi and David Miller Fernanda Moore Suzi Morrison Michelle Narin and Maurice Schweitzer Carol Perloff Kelly PierreMarjorie and Ken RoshkoffLaura and Leonard Rossio Crystal SavageMarci and Greg Scott Jennifer Selber and Joshua DeSipioRobin Sheldon and Gerard Lewis Melisande Simmering and Ian WilcoxElizabeth SniderAllison and Philippe Szapary Eve Troutt-Powell and Timothy PowellGeoffrey VeithMarjorie and Kevin VolppJane Waltman and Christopher ShefflerSodany and Lanier Williams Eve Wollman and James SperansMeg and Mark WusinichHongmei Zheng and Yongjun Wang

Class of 2021 Parents80% Participation Anonymous Melissa and Paul Anderson Cari Feiler Bender and Rodd Bender Carol and James BradbeerElizabeth Brannon and Michael PlattKeeya Branson-Davis and Douglas DavisRosina Canahuate and Shane KentDebbie and Young Rak ChoiDawn and Nathan ConnorsClaire Conway and John McPeak Alison and Scott Cook-Sather Catherine Corson and Charles McCammonDonna Davin and Uriel Kusiatin Mika and Allen Epps Valerie and Tom FoleyAnnie and Jason GiacconeReanie and Earle GreerKathryn Griffo and Jeffrey SchlegelKristi Habedanck

Heather Schwartz Hebert ’85 and John Hebert Stacey Hirsch and Howard SerotaDeborah and Brian HoppyJulie and Paul HorensteinAnne Kazak and Christine CoburnLaedoan and Terrence LewisAmi and Jess Lonner Joni Marcus and Edward Greves Noah May Dawn and Alexander McDonnell ’87Andrea Nuneviller and Jess LordHeather Osborne and Vincent Duane Chris Ozbun and William Darling Nancy Peterson and Michael GrossMontez Price-Shell and Brandon ShellNancy and Louis RappaportKinshasa and Duane Rodgers Suzanne RotondoLauren Becker Rubin ’83 and Jon Rubin ’83Ann and Aaron Selkow ’88 Kathryn and James ShewardLara and Evan Smith Joyce and Idris StovallLynda and Greg SzwartzJoy Takahashi and John Gullace Nancy Trachtenberg Emily Vener-Giszter and Simon Giszter Jason WarleyAiling Yang and Jinghai Su

Class of 2022 Parents69% Participation Jessica and Eric Berger Mayuri and Namit BhargavaCatherine and Roger ChiangShannon and Kent Davidson Willa and Marc DeSouzaLiliana and Timothy Dillingham Joseph Dubb ’94Nicole Galli and Charles GoodwinMeaghan Geisheimer and Micah MarinelliNora Jones Blandina and Jonathan KleinLori Koch and Samuel IsraelJulie and Erik LedermanPaige Macfarlan and Jonathan KopcsikIris Melendez and Hank AdamczykJodi and David MillerMelissa and Brian PaszamantRegina Pinotti and John ShieldsElizabeth Pokempner and Noam CohenChristina and Michael PosenchegValeri and Mark Riesenfeld

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Meg and Peter Saligman Pedro SanojaMarci and Greg ScottSuzanne and Kurt ShoreDeborah Skapik Tamara Thomas Smith ’91 and Jerome SmithEmma and Gregory StatonIsobel Stockdale and Harry YanowitzStacey ThomasChandra and George ThorneSherri Apter Wexler and Lewis Wexler Sodany and Lanier Williams Sonita WilliamsKristin Williams-Smalley and Bernard SmalleyEve Wollman and James SperansMeg and Mark WusinichLeora and Jonathan Zabusky

Class of 2023 Parents69% Participation Osaru and Jonathan Anyumba Rachel and Michael Austwick Rosina Canahuate and Shane KentCarly Carlos and Frantz BeauvaisCatherine and Roger Chiang Elizabeth Cohen ’83 and David Whellan Catherine Corson and Charles McCammonJessica and Christopher Coss Michelle and Daniel Crowley Donna Davin and Uriel KusiatinTrinity Dixon and Thomas KolimagoNarumi and Keiji FuruuchiMeena and Anil GuptaKelli JonesShemaiah Murphy-Nash Dana and Michael Schafer

Shannan and Reid Schuster Lara and Evan Smith

Class of 2024 Parents69% Participation Wanda and Jeffrey BrownJoy Clairmont ’91 and Max Kaufman ’91 Jeanine and Joel Dankoff Joseph Dubb ’94Kathryn Griffo and Jeffrey SchlegelBecky and Eric Guenther Grace Hsu and Edward FoxKristina and Michael Kallam Laedoan and Terrence LewisNoah May Sharon and Louis MorsaDawn and Julian OvalleKelly PierreKathleen and David PorterJennifer Selber and Joshua DeSipioDeborah Skapik Emma and Gregory StatonAmy Steerman and Mary Ann StoverJoyce and Idris StovallChandra and George ThorneNhan Truong and Loi HuynhMarjorie and Kevin Volpp

Class of 2025 Parents74% Participation Osaru and Jonathan Anyumba Renee and Dan Becker ’84Dawn and Nathan ConnorsDiva De Leon-Crutchlow and Michael CrutchlowWilla and Marc DeSouzaReanie and Earle Greer

Mignon and Jim GrochHeather Schwartz Hebert ’85 and John HebertDeborah and Brian HoppyHarvey Hurdle and Kevin Yoder Dee Kim and Alan TesslerSarah and Greg Klein Jill and Ryan KreyJulie and Erik LedermanYvonne and Ryan McKenzieIris Melendez and Hank AdamczykAndrea Nuneviller and Jess LordNancy Peterson and Michael GrossDenise Sabatino and Padraig Barry Francine and Roberto SellaKathryn and James ShewardStephanie and Stuart SidlowMeena Thayu and Eric Keuffel

Class of 2026 Parents47% Participation Melissa and Paul Anderson Joy Clairmont ’91 and Max Kaufman ’91 Brooke Devenney-Cakir and Saffet CakirPaula and Art Hall Oksana and Benjamin Jackson Anuja and Anurag MathurTanya Johnson Muse ’02Susan Rheingold and Jonathan NeelyJulie Shapiro and Quinn BauriedelAndrea ShellEmma and Gregory StatonJennifer and Daniel SternNhan Truong and Loi HuynhMaria Vaccaro and Patrick ViatourMichele and David Zuckman

Class of 2027 Parents74% Participation Catherine and Mike AbramsTiffany and Michael BorschCatherine and Roger Chiang Jeanine and Joel Dankoff Cheryl Davis and Adam Hotek Diva De Leon-Crutchlow and Michael CrutchlowLisa D’Orazio and James LowtherBethanne Fox and Brendon ShankCynthia Gouw and Douglas AlexanderSarah and Neil GreensteinRachel and Christopher Guides Paula and Art Hall Nora JonesAllison and Matt LiebmanCorinne Militello and Ben Kalina

Dawn and Julian OvalleCristina Pérez Karla RecaldePedro SanojaLara and Evan Smith Elisha and Ben SnedekerBeth and Jay Strock Ileana and Tamas SzeneLuladey Tadesse and Yonas KebedeKeino Terrell Vanita and James Treat

Class of 2028 Parents43% Participation Catherine and Mike AbramsJamillah and Aquil ByrdAmy Hicks and Jacopo De Nicola Kristina and Michael Kallam Ryan Coffey Keaton and Mike KeatonRia and Edward Lee Julie Shapiro and Quinn BauriedelIleana and Tamas SzeneLuladey Tadesse and Yonas KebedeHilary Takiff Weiss ’96 and Stu WeissVanita and James TreatLaura Tseng and George KatzenbachDebra and Donald Yorkman ’95

Class of 2029 Parents68% ParticipationJocelyn and James Casey Julie and Jebb ChaganRachel and Christopher Guides Alison Chew Gursky and Zachariah GurskyOksana and Benjamin Jackson Sarah and Greg Klein Tanya Johnson Muse ’02 Andrea Nuneviller and Jess LordKatie and Seth Pidot Linda and Gerard QuinlanSondra Rosenberg ’97 and Carl Bradley Denise Sabatino and Padraig Barry Stephanie and Stuart SidlowMeena Thayu and Eric Keuffel Grace Ong Yan and Albert Yan

Class of 2030 Parents64% Participation Tiffany and Michael BorschLeah and Mallory Floyd ’96 Sarah and Neil GreensteinFelicia Lin and Zachary OberfieldJulie Ragatz Norton and Michael NortonDivya and Apurva ShahAriana Smith and Wudbhav SankarCarmen and Eron SturmMary Fran Torpey and Adam Dole


PARENT GIVING

Members of the Class of 2016 celebrate Senior Night wearing their college shirts.



PARENTS OF ALUMNI/AE GIVING

Anonymous (4) Anne and Andrew Abel Susanne and Michael Andrews ’78 Robert Angevine Barbara B. and Theodore R. Aronson Brett AverickLori AverickEleanora Baird John Balson ’52 Betty Bard and Jay Adelsberg Bernadette and Robert BartholomewFrances and Frederic Beckley Joan and Eric BeckwithLori Epstein Bendesky ’80 and Larry Bendesky Beth Berman Liza Jane and Tom Bernard Ellan and Len Bernstein Janice and Seymour BerrianKaren and Russell Bleakley ’67 Susan Bodley and Brad Morris Esther Wachs Book Leslie BookSusan and John BowieJanet and Jeffrey Bowker Virginia Brabender and Arthur WeisfeldCarrie and David Brodsky Wanda and Jeffrey BrownBeth Burrell and David Sorensen Mari Ann and Christopher CampbellJanice and Vincent CappelliSalvatore Carfagno Debbie and Alan Casnoff ’62 Maureen Charamella Wei-Chen Chen Susan and Paul Clough ’82 Anne Dufour Clouser ’50 Barbara M. Cohen Nelly and Jorge Colapinto Kathy Coleman-Martin Sandra and Stephen Cozen ’57 Cinda Crane and Jack Briggs Elaine and Michael Crauderueff Mary Ann Crawford and Brett SkolnickMichelle and Daniel Crowley Louise Culver and Jeffrey Hurwitz Dorothy Coleman Dangerfield ’43 and Benjamin Dangerfield Lisa and Robert DavisKris Davitt and Richard Barr Catherine and Ronald Dawson Mary Ann and Anthony DeCusatis Lisa and Keith deLeon Louis DelSoldo Sarah and Andrew DeMichele Debbie and Stephen Dolic

Ross Donolow ’73 Mary and Thomas Donovan Sandy and Pete Drayer ’57 Kathy and Jerry Drew Lorna and Arnon Dreyfuss Christine Du Bois-Buxbaum and Larry Buxbaum Pamela Duke and Laurent Guy Pamela R. and Kenneth P. Dunn Clinton Ely Matthew Erulkar ’76 Amy and John Estey Heather and Eric Exley Abigail First Farber ’55 and Roger FarberChrista and William Farnon Drew Faust and Charles Rosenberg Deborah Peltz Fedder ’79 and Michael Fedder H. Marcia Feigenbaum-Bergmann and Leigh BergmannDaphne and James Fell Ginger and Mark Fifer Carol Rubin Fishman ’79 and Charles FishmanDeborah Fleisher Sari and Ethan Fogel Robert Folwell ’80 Jean and Carl Fridy Christina and David Fryman Mary and Michael FureyDwaraka Ganesan Christine Young Gaspar ’70 and Al Gaspar Mary Jean Gazzara-Pawley and Kevin PawleyMona Ghude and Rajeev Alur Patricia and Sidney Gilford Jill and Steve Ginsberg Lynne and Steve Glasser Elizabeth Goldmuntz and Frederic Barr Susan Schwartz Goodrich ’65 Diane and Fredrick Graboyes Helaine and Jack Greenberg Doris and Dana Greenblatt Judith and Edward Grinspan Mary and Milan Grove Nancy and Peter Grove Terry and Paul Guerin Jacqueline and Henry Guynn Barbara Haber and Jonathan FlickPhyllis Hanson Kendell Hardy Erika Harnett Cynthia and Jon Harris Michele and Jeff Harris Warren Hauser Dana and Rodger HayneKathryn Hayward and Tom MacFarlane Dianne and John Heard

Mary Hediger Grace Heising Mary Higgins and Barry Simon Lorin and Jennifer Hitt Susan and Richard Holt Joyce Horikawa ’80 and Nicholas Torno Miiko and Herbert Horikawa Debbie and T. Reagan Hull Mercedes Jacobson and Eric Greenblatt Sonia Jaipaul and Charles WardlawSibylle and Raymond Jefferis ’56 Beth Davis Johnson ’77 and Martin Johnson Penny and Ronald JoinesMichelle and Jonathan Kalman Laurie and Steven Katznelson Rosalind and Alan Kaufman Rina and C.J. Keller Judith Kiesel and Michael BolotskyKristin and Todd Kimmell Susan Kirk Kathleen and Albert Klein Richard Klein ’57 Nancy Kleinberg Jane Koppelman Brian Kunz ’67 Marilyn and Eric LagerEmma Lapsansky-Werner and *Dickson Werner ’41 Mildred Minster Larson ’55 Mary and Lance Laver Brendan Lee Janice and Benjamin Lehman Deborah Leibel and Fred GoodmanHelen Levin and Daniel StevensonLonnie and Murray Levin Marvin Levitties Karen Lewis and Howard Kruger Sonja Lindgren and John Gruber Bonnie and Daniel Linn Linn and Douglas Linton ’68 DeeDee and Marcos Lopez Rosemary and G. Craig Lord Elizabeth and David Lorry Jane Cubberley Luce ’68 and Eric LuceMary and Joseph Ludwig ’69 Clare and Diego Luzuriaga Lorna Lynn and Harold Palevsky Irene and Bruce Marks Claire Marsh and Stephen Freed Lydia Martin and William Kennedy Joan Mazzotti and Michael Kelly Ilene and Joseph McCaffrey Holly and David McCloskey Dawn and Alexander McDonnell ’87Marian and Alexander McDonnell Denise and Robert McIvor Theresa McLaughlin-Zerbe and John Zerbe

Joanna and Art McMorris William McVail Ellen Meier and Michael Freed Richard Melaragni Diane Merry and Steven Fakharzadeh Nicholas Meyer Sarah Millar and Mark Kahn Jean Miller and James Lee Norma and Bruce Miller ’55 Rosina Miller and James Gilroy Geraldine Minster Fernanda Moore Andrea Moses Jill Crawford Muhrer ’70 and Merlin Muhrer Laura and Mark Mulholland Catherine and James Murdock ’73 Bridget Murnaghan and Hugh GordonAngela and Edward Murray Jennie and Samuel Nemroff Sara Nerken and Robert Karpinski Janine and Frank Nguyen Sylvia and Harvey Nisenbaum Diane Nissen and Jerry Gollub Paola Nogueras John Norcini Laurie Novo and Stephen Chawaga Carol Orenstein and Charles Nichol Elizabeth and Craig Owens Lisa and Anthony Palmieri Kim Parris and Peter Seidel Marla Peele Carol Perloff Maryam and Robert Phillips Regina Pinotti and John Shields Jane Pompetti Barbara Porter and Steve Yarnell Judy and Gerald PorterMarianne Price Montez Price-Shell and Brandon ShellHelen and David Pudlin Jennifer Punt and Stephen EmersonMichelle and Frederick Purnell Terry Quinlan-Clampffer and Jim Clampffer Jerilynn Radcliff and Doug Ross Christine Ramsey and Andrew FussnerVirginia Rauh and Rollin GallagherRaymond Reed Suzanne Reiss and Howard GrantSheri Cozen Resnik ’81 and Kenneth ResnikRobyn Richmond and Lloyd GuindonDaniel RinkSharon RittArline Ritz

* Deceased




PARENTS OF ALUMNI/AE & GRANDPARENT GIVING

Grandparents of Current StudentsAnonymous Madlyn and Leonard Abramson Hank Adamczyk Elizabeth Anderson Pat and Phillip Annas Helene Apter Claire and Harry Arnold Sandy and David Axelrod Gloria and Courtney Blackman Debbie and Alan Casnoff ’62 Barbara M. Cohen Betty and Stephen Cooper Anne Corson Jeannie and Timothy Coss Sandra and Stephen Cozen ’57 Judith Creed and Robert Schwartz Mary Ann and Willilam Crutchlow Claire and Robert Dankoff Pam and Rob Davidson Cynthia Dayton and William Humenuk Anne DeLay Patrick Duffy Joan Emmons Sandra Gellert Susan Schwartz Goodrich ’65 Mary Gregg and Donald Denton Fonda Hartman Shirley and Mitchell Horenstein Charlotte Humenuk Sibylle and Raymond Jefferis ’56 Beth Davis Johnson ’77 and Martin Johnson Rosalind and Alan Kaufman Margaret Keon Judy and Jerome Kessel

Elizabeth Kozart Sandra Kuby Barbara and Alan Leadholm-Abrams Marvin Levitties Gerry Lewis Patricia and Charles Maraziti Marian and Alexander McDonnell Elizabeth Morgan John Morgan Carol Morris Thomas Murphy

Estelle and Gerald Palevsky

Mary Roberts

Alice Saligman

Hannah Schwartz

Kathleen Shields

Jean Taranta

Barbara and Joseph Torg

Rosamond Wadsworth

Alice and Will Webster

Elaine and Frank Wright

Anne Robbins Susan and Harvey Robbins David Roberts ’83 Mary Roberts Alberta Sivaton Rodgers ’60 and A. Steven RodgersJune and Glenn RogersSheila and Henry Rohrer Deborah Rosan and Michael WolfSondra Rosenberg ’97 and Carl Bradley Susan Rosenberg Sidney Rosenblatt Penny and Fred Rosenblum Marjorie and Ken RoshkoffMarsha and Richard Rothman Lauren Becker Rubin ’83 and Jon Rubin ’83Susan and Joel Rubin Cindy and Stephen Ruzansky Meg and Peter Saligman Marie and Bruce Satalof Ann Satterthwaite and James Bergen Michele Scanlon and Gary Nicolai

Deena Schneider Sandrine and Edward Schoenfeld Susan and Jeffrey Schwartz Hannah Schwartz Blaine Scott ’46 Angela Scully and George Elser Cary and Craig N. Sellers Deborah Sesok-Pizzini and Mark-Alan PizziniJudy Shea Robin Sheldon and Gerard Lewis Susan Shilcrat and Harry MazurekMarcy and Robert Shoemaker Beatrice Sims Bunny Kurtz Slepin Raquel and Alphonso Smith Tamara Thomas Smith ’91 and Jerome SmithElizabeth SniderCathi Cozen Snyder ’85Howard Snyder Nancy and John Snyder Margaret Somerville ’83 Susan and Edward Stadtmauer Sue Ann and Jonas Stiklorius ’59

Marie and William Strahan Margaret Stroman Helena and Eric Sultan Patricia and Jeffrey Swigart Allison and Philippe Szapary Jean Taranta Kimberly and Dominic Tarquinio Beth and Frank TedescoIra Thal Yvette and Darrell Thomas Jayne Tolson ’55Cynthia and Guillermo Torres Kathleen and Peter Tozer Jean and Frank Tracy Noel Trask ’78 Eve Troutt-Powell and Timothy PowellNaomi and Adrian Tschoegl Anne and Richard Umbrecht Beth Varcoe and Roderick WolfsonEmily Vener-Giszter and Simon Giszter Theresa and Daniel VickeryFlavia Vogrig and Robert Gassel ’69

Linda Waxman Wasserman ’75 and Dennis Wasserman Ronald Waxman Norma Weiser Richard Wertime Wendy and Lawrence White Debra Will and David Thomas Lucy and Erik Williams Barbara Willis Carolyne and Rodney Willis ’77 Eva and Alan Wilson Wendy Wolf Anthony Woodbury Bonnie Wright James Wright Pamela and Donald Yih Kris and Christopher Yoo Melanie and James Yulman Martin Zeldin Sybille Zeldin Regina and Robert Ziffer

SAVE THE DATES:Middle School Grandparents’ & Special Friends’ Day FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2016

Lower School Grandparents’ & Special Friends’ Day WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 2017 Grades 2-5Middle School Grandparents’

and Special Friends’ Day 2015



FACULTY & STAFF, FORMER TRUSTEES, AND FORMER FACULTY & STAFF GIVING Faculty and Staff Anonymous (4) Hank Adamczyk Iain Anderson Susanne Andrews Colin Angevine ’05 Phillip Annas Clémence Attard Padraig Barry Kyle Beatty Rebecca Benjamin Tiffany Borsch JB Bowie Janet Bowker Carl Bradley Keith Buckingham Grant Calder Geoff Campbell Richard Case Jebb Chagan Susan Clough Matthew Cohen Nelly Colapinto Kathy Coleman-Martin Bob Cotter Michael Crauderueff Daniel Crowley Michelle Crowley Joel Dankoff William Darling Danielle David Cheryl Davis James Davis Lauren Davis Catherine Dawson Donald Denton Read DeSabato ’02 Steve Dolores Thomas Donovan Lisa D’Orazio Joseph Dubb ’94 Dwight Dunston ’06 Kim Emmons-Benjet Ariel Eure Heather Exley Ginger Fifer Mark Fifer Frank Fisher Jacob Fogel ’07 Robert Folwell ’80 Dianne Forman Daniel Gale Glenn Gale Ellen Goldblatt Julie Cowitz Gordon ’81 Jacqueline Gowen-Tolcott Mary Gregg Fredrick Gresov Suzanne Gross Peter Grove John Gruber Becky Guenther

Terry Guerin Christopher Guides Galen Guindon ’06 Saroj Gupta Art Hall Phyllis Hanson Erika Harnett Cynthia Harris Layla Helwa Mary Lynne Jeschke Deborah Jones Kristina Kallam Daniel Kallen Mike Keaton Jeanette Kelleher C.J. Keller Anne Kenealy William Kennedy Susan Kirk Greg Klein Sharon Kollender Kevin Lawrence Janice Leavy Benjamin Lehman Laedoan Lewis Douglas Linton ’68 Linn Linton Laurie Lubking Clare Luzuriaga Diego Luzuriaga Tom MacFarlane Lisa Mansure Jerry Mapp Lydia Martin Jody Mayer Caroline Maw-Deis Alice McBee Holly McCloskey Linda McConnell Thomas McDaniel Cristina McDonald Alexander McDonnell ’87 Marian McDonnell Deborah Charamella McLaughlin ’01 Marijane Miller Brad Morris Sharon Morsa Tanya Johnson Muse ’02 Jennie Nemroff Gary Nicolai Laurie Novo Andrea Nuneviller Montgomery Ogden Dawn Ovalle Julian Ovalle Chris Ozbun Kim Parris Steven Patterson Cristina Pérez Monica Peterson Marian Petrarca

Heather Petrie Katie Pidot Kelly Pierre Julie Plunkett Jane Pompetti Loraine Potts Frederick Pratt Pamela Przybylski Jennifer Punt Linda Quinlan Alexa Dunnington Quinn ’98 Joan Raina Kenneth Reynolds Robyn Richmond Susan Robinson John Rogers Sheila Rohrer Chris Rosenbaum Penny Rosenblum Michael Russo Miriam Schaefer Anna Schall Shannan Schuster Victoria Schwoebel Peter Seidel Craig N. Sellers Nikki Sims Deborah Skapik Maria Socorro Margaret Somerville ’83 Harry Stead Stephanie Storm Hilary Takiff Weiss ’96 Sarah Taylor Beth Tedesco Lauren Tedesco ’05 Keino TerrellDarrell Thomas David Thomas Mary Fran Torpey Ryan Tozer ’01 Courtlandt van Rooten Al Vernacchio Jason Warley Linda Waxman Wasserman ’75 Josh Weisgrau Debra Will Erik Williams Melanie Yulman Patricia Zaradic Francesca Zelnick Regina Ziffer Michele Zuckman

Former TrusteesBarbara B. Aronson Brad Bradbeer Prudence Sprogell Churchill ’59 Carolyn Cohen Stephen Cozen ’57 Ruth Stubbs Denlinger ’55

Nancy Fitts Donaldson ’43 Kenneth Dunn George Elser Jean Farquhar ’70 Edward Grinspan Lloyd Guindon Walter Harris ’76 Samuel Howe ’71 Debbie Hull Laura Jackson ’65 Michael Kelly Murray Levin G. Craig Lord Edward Marshall ’68 James McKey Lincoln Meyers ’80 Suzi Morrison James Murdock ’73 Marianne Price Marsha Rothman Ann Satterthwaite Joanna Haab Schoff ’51 Jonas Stiklorius ’59 *Dickson Werner ’41 James Wright

Former Faculty and StaffAnonymous Rebecca Anderson Richard Beyer Karen Bleakley William Bower Jack Briggs Carrie Brodsky Sara Roberts Callaghan Christopher Campbell Louise Christopher Prudence Sprogell Churchill ’59 Anne Dufour Clouser ’50 Elaine Crauderueff Kathryn Davison Louis DelSoldo Christopher Dorrance Clinton Ely Robert Emory Louise Evans Liza Ewen Elizabeth Kolb Farr ’86 Deborah Peltz Fedder ’79 David M. Felsen Cathy Fiebach Mark Fifer ’96 Laura Forman ’91 Wendy Frame Matthew Murphy Garmur ’97 Mac Given Timothy Golding Mary Grove Leonard Haas ’76 Laura Haimm Robert Hallett

* Deceased



Kendell Hardy Mary Higgins Miiko Horikawa Samuel Howe ’71 Juan Jewell ’68 Beth Davis Johnson ’77 Diana Bleakley Kearns ’01 Nita Klein Marilyn Lager Connie Burgess Lanzl ’68 John Louchheim James McKey Michael Mersky ’72 Denise Morris Suzi Morrison Janine Morton James Murray Elizabeth Osborne ’54 George Peterson Elizabeth Toborowsky Pollard ’87 Jason Polykoff ’02 Nicholas Pulos ’02 Christine Ramsey Arline Ritz Thomas Robinson Doug Ross

Stephen Ruzansky Bruce Satalof Ann Satterthwaite Aaron Selkow ’88 John Shaw ’74 Jean Taranta Meade Thayer Jayne Tolson ’55 Diane Tracy Naomi Tschoegl Tonie Walker ’96 Joshua Wasserman ’02 Rodney Willis ’77 Pamela Yih Erica Zimmerman ’85

FriendsLinda Burnett Michael Canorro Edward Cochrane Linda and Benjamin Frankel William Glassman Carol Gotwals Bill Hoenigmann Louise and Joseph Huber Ingeborg Marsh

Robert Masland Mary McAdoo Alan Scharfstein Jen Simon

Gifts in KindMadeline and Richard BaronElyse and Max BergerMignon and Jim GrochAndrew Katz ‘86Dee Kim and Alan TesslerJulie and Erik LedermanSara Nerken and Robert KarpinskiMia Rincon ’86Ann Satterthwaite and James BergenKerri and Jonathan WilkersonAlan Wolf ’56Eve Wollman and James Sperans

Corporations and Foundations Anonymous (3)12th Street CateringAbramson Family Foundation

Advantage Industrial SupplyAll Lines Pavement Marking ServiceAmerican Endowment FoundationAmerican ExpressArader Tree Service, Inc.Armstrong, Doyle, CarrollAuerbach Family FoundationBarr FoundationBenevity Community Impact FundC. Presti Painting, LLCCalvin H. Rankin, Jr. ’43 FundCatering by DesignCentral Philadelphia Monthly MeetingDoyle & McDonnell, PCEducation Facility Management, LLCFidelity Investment Charitable Gift FundHarweb FoundationHEITS Building ServiceJeds FoundationThe Levitties FoundationLilly PulitzerMagnolia Plantation & Gardens Family FoundationMechanical Solutions Associates, LLCMKM FoundationNetwork For GoodNew York Painters SupplyThe Philadelphia FoundationPrecision Flooring Enterprises, LLCRimerman Family FoundationSchwab Charitable FundSchweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Sodexo, Inc.Target CorporationThe 7ven GroupTop-A-Court Tennis CompanyTruistUnited Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New JerseyUnlimited Technology, Inc.Valley Press, Inc.Wyncote FoundationZeldin Family Foundation

Matching Gift Companies Andrew BurnessArcelor MittalBank of America FoundationBaxaltaGlaxoSmithKline FoundationJCPenney Corporation, Inc.Merck Company FoundationPfizer FoundationSusquehanna International Group, LLCVanguard Charitable Endowment Program


FORMER FACULTY & STAFF, AND FRIENDS GIVING

The Middle School orchestra performs at the 2016 Spring Concert.



GIFTS IN HONOR & GIFTS IN MEMORY

Thank You Gifts in Honor of TeachersGifts from the purchase of thank you cards for and in honor of individual teachers, supporting Friends’ Central Fund for faculty and staff salaries and retirementAnonymousBetty Bard and Jay AdelsbergEllen Boscov and Todd TaylorSusan BrenmanIngrid and Robert BurdElizabeth Cohen ’83 and David WhellanDeborah and Frank CorrellDonna Davin and Uriel KusiatinWilla and Marc DeSouzaErin Elman and Stephen GibsonKim Emmons-Benjet and Brian BenjetSandra GellertCynthia Gouw and Douglas AlexanderHarvey Hurdle and Kevin YoderMichelle and Jonathan KalmanBlandina and Jonathan KleinJoanne and Alexander Klein ’83Ria and Edward LeeCathy and Scott LibermanDeeDee and Marcos LopezMarla and Richard MilgramValeri and Mark RiesenfeldSondra Rosenberg ’97 and Carl BradleyMarci and Greg ScottDeborah Sesok-Pizzini and Mark-Alan PizziniAllison and Philippe SzaparyChandra and George ThorneBetsy Torg and Mark Taranta ’80Laura and Ricardo VergesDebra Will and David ThomasLucy and Erik WilliamsDebra and Donald Yorkman ’95

Gifts in HonorGiven in honor of the followingJonathan Abrams ’27Leah Abrams ’28“The amazing community and faculty”Angus Anderson ’16Madeleine Anderson ’21Christopher Annas ’17Noah Averick ’16Jessica Melaragni Baugher ’89Noor Beckwith ’07Rahman Beckwith ’99Hannah Benjet ’19Josh Benjet ’16Charles Book ’16Janet Bowker

Keith BradburdCarl BradleyMelvin BrecherTaylor Brizill ’18Keith BuckinghamMarielle Buxbaum ’20Rebecca Buxbaum ’15 Grant CalderAdrianne Levin Cantor ’92Galen Cassidy ’18Ha-Eun Choi ’21Joy Clairmont ’91Class of 1961Class of 1966Class of 1967Class of 1976Class of 1982Class of 1986Class of 1996Class of 2001Class of 2012Class of 2016Sue CloughLatesha Colbert-MackLevi Cooper ’16Reed Cooper ’20Michael CrauderueffAbby Crowley ’15Colleen Crowley ’23Morgan Crowley ’18Danielle DavidJim DavisCatherine DawsonDon DentonDaniel DeSipio ’29Lucas DeSipio ’20Marcus DeSipio ’24Diane DeVanJoe Dubb ’94Dwight Dunston ’06“Everyone who makes FCS special”Peter Fell ’79David M. FelsenJon Fiebach ’82Josh Fiebach ’16Matthew Fiebach ’18Alexandra Levin Fishback ’96Frank FisherClaudia Melaragni Fitzgerald ’87Jacob Fogel ’07Viola FosterKamran Foy ’16E.J. Frankel ’10Max Frankel ’03Zachary Frankel ’06“Friends’ Central Faculty and Staff”William S. Gartner ’55Benjamin Gilman ’06Mary GreggJohn GruberArt HallKennedy Hall ’26

Mara Hall ’27Erika HarnettBen Hebert ’25Catherine Hebert ’21Jessica Horenstein ’19Sydney Horenstein ’21Deborah JonesJonah Kaufman ’26Leo Kaufman ’24Max Kaufman ’91William KennedyCharles King ’80Jacob Kohl ’19Sharon KollenderSher Kung ’01Laedoan LewisLaurie LubkingClare LuzuriagaDiego LuzuriagaJacob Lynn-Palevsky ’18“ Influential and remarkable teachers I had during my four years at FCS”

Tom MacFarlaneGeorge MackDeb MarazitiKareena Mathur ’26Dottie MazulloLinda McConnellRachel Fell McDermott ’77Alex McDonnell ’87Lincoln Meyers ’80Lauren Milgram ’16Bettina MooreTanya Johnson Muse ’02Nir Kuby Netz ’19Gary NicolaiLaurie NovoKim ParrisHeather Petrie

Aqeel Phillips ’13Anne Pizzini ’16Julie PlunkettAva Pollack ’16Jane PompettiJoel PriceAlexa Dunnington Quinn ’98Chris RamseySophie Ritt ’15Penny RosenblumDoug RossMorgan Saunders ’01Eric Schneider ’99Mark Schneider ’04Todd Schneider ’02Nyssa Schoenfeld’s GraduationMarissa Schwabe ’16Jessica Shields ’16John Singer ’01Alvah SmallJulia SmallCarolyn Spellacy ’16Staton FamilyAlexander Sturm ’30Gabriel Tagliamonte ’14Lauren Tedesco ’05Sara Florence Thal ’16Dave ThomasRyan Tozer ’01Rich Ulmer ’60Al VernacchioNora Wadsworth ’19Jason WarleyLinda Waxman Wasserman ’75Matthew L. Weaver ’98Ann WhitcraftDeb WillErik WilliamsMatthew Wilson ’15Zachary Zwick’s Graduation

1A’s spring play The Greatest Treasure was a hit!



GIFTS IN MEMORY

Gifts in MemoryMemorialized is in bold, donor is italicized

Walter D. Armstrong ’46John Banks ’48

Eliza B. Blackburn ’22Joan Lallou Smith ’52

John J. BohrerSuzanne Bohrer Ashley ’64

Dorothy Everitt Bond ’35Gretchen Young Lerch ’57

Richard Jones Bond 1896Gretchen Young Lerch ’57

Patricia McCann Bowie ’51Lee Bowie ’51

Beth Brett ’62Annabelle Brett ’65

Ruth and Dick BurgessConnie Burgess Lanzl ’68

John BurrowesAllan Mackey ’55

Christopher T. Campbell ’04Jesse Amoroso ’04Bridget Campbell ’03Mari Ann and Christopher CampbellLaura Rolfe ’04

Dr. Becky M. CarltonKimberly Carlton ’79

Roger ClisbyEdward Clisby ’55

Rebecca and Osborne CressonWetherill Cresson Winder ’58

Alice Hess Crowell ’46John Banks ’48Anne Dufour Clouser ’50

Deceased Members of the Class of 1959David Branning ’59

Deceased Members of the Class of 1960Bruce Babcock ’60

R. Scott Drayer ’85Mary Drayer Moran ’86

Wayne EvansJune Singley Evans ’66

Clayton Farraday ’32Robert HalletFrancis James ’53James MurraySarah De Vita Napoli ’50Diane Tracy

Laurie FoxLiza Ewen

Lynne Weisman Frankel ’58Marjorie Schwartz Dilsheimer ’58

Alan Freeman ’56Alan Wolf ’56

David GeorgeJed Callen ’67

Carolyn Ulmer Gorman ’66Barbara Luff Gross ’66

Judy M. Green ’56Michael Canorro

Gabby HaabJen Simon

Frances Decker Hancock ’62Elisabeth Charr Bodurtha ’62

Sarah Schalow HassoldLouise Schalow Del Vecchio ’73

Col. Oliver E. HatfieldSuzanne and Kurt Shore

Eleanor Ford Jones HeilmanRichard Heilman ’51

Mary Sax Hoenigmann ’41 and Frank HoenigmannBill Hoenigmann

Loretta Marcacci KorostoffHeather Korostoff Murray ’79

John D. Lamb ’50Anne Dufour Clouser ’50

Jeffrey LernerJudith-Love Pietromartire ’80

Diana E. LewisGerry Lewis

Rutah Kogan Ludwig ’50Joseph Ludwig ’69

Zachary Alan MarksonDavid Markson

Rolfe MarshIngebord Marsh

Ruth Sample Masland 1915 and R.P. MaslandRobert Masland

Norman “Bud” McAvoy ’48Darwin KingsleyMary McAdooThomas Patterson ’59Carol and Robert Schoen

John McCollumElizabeth Kolb Farr ’86Jennifer Zweben ’87

Beth McConkeyChristine Smith ’66

Ellen McPeakClaire Conway and John McPeak

John MeadeAmy Meade

John T. W. Minster ’48Geraldine Minster

Justin Nicolai ’10Matthew Frank ’10

Cynthia Ivy Pennypacker ’31Margaret Pennypacker Caulfield

Lucio Pizzini, Sr.Deborah Sesok Pizzini and Mark-Alan Pizzini

Mary Elma White PriceSarah Price Lindsay Honey ’62

Evelyn P. RaderDenise MorrisArline Ritz

Margie ReedRachel Reed ’06

Ronald C. Relick ’50J. Richard Relick ’47

Thomas “TR” RileyTaylor Lee ’08

Dr. Michael Coyle RitterAnn Ginsburgh Hofkin ’61

Hermann Rosenberger ’57Rodman Rosenberger ’58

Dr. Frances Rothman and Dr. Irwin RothmanSandra Rothman ’81

Joy Schaible ’55Anonymous

Mildred King ScottBlaine Scott ’46

Michael Sesok, Sr.Deborah Sesok Pizzini and Mark-Alan Pizzini

Abner SilverMichael Silver ’86

John Craig Singer ’01Naomi and Adrian Tschoegl

J. Watson Supplee ’37James Supplee ’69

Papa SzeneIlleana and Tamas Szene

Alan D. Taylor ’71Joan Shapiro Alexander ’71Douglas Cooper ’71Melissa Richter Marchand ’71Courtney Solenberger-McNeil ’71Doris Hayes Talley ’71

Pat Upham Thomas ’61Elizabeth Mayer ’61

Julia Scott Wagner ’28Kristin and Todd Kimmell

Dr. George WeaverMary Hediger

John Whereat ’76Sylvia Hamerman-Brown ’78William Lehr ’76

Thomas A. WoodChristopher DorranceEve Ellis ’76

Deborah B. WoodburyAnthony Woodbury

Rekha YagnikNandita Yagnik Hogan ’89

Anna Bond Young ’31Gretchen Young Lerch ’57

Reunion classes were honored in the FCS gardens, with some classes remembering deceased friends.

GIFTS TO CURRENT OPERATIONS

RESTRICTED ANNUAL GIVING

Dorothy Kurtz Scholarship Fund provides financial aid for two girls who are excellent school citizens and fine athletesDorothy J. Kurtz ’19 Trust

Pennsylvania Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC)The State of Pennsylvania authorizes the award of tax credits to businesses that make contributions to scholarship organizations. These gifts support the FCS Financial Aid Program.Bryn Mawr Trust CompanyIMC ConstructionH. Chase LenfestPhiladelphia ContributorshipPhilip Rosenau Co., Inc.

Pennsylvania Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC)The State of Pennsylvania authorizes the award of tax credits to businesses that make contributions to scholarship organizations. These gifts support the FCS Financial Aid Program specifically for students who reside in areas of “underperforming schools.”AJO PartnersBryn Mawr Trust CompanyCardone IndustriesDirect Image & Design AgencyKatznelson Associates, LPMBA Equities LTDUtica National Insurance Group

Other Restricted GiftsNicole Barnum and Sophia LeeDaniel B. and Florenece E. Green FoundationKaren Johansen and Gardner Hendrie ’50Benjamin Pasek ’03Jennifer Punt and Stephen EmersonHenrietta and Henry RosenbergSprague FoundationT. Wistar Brown Teachers’ Fund

John Singer ’01 FCC Greenhouse Memorial Fund supports the Fannie Cox Center botanical collectionEdward SingerRuth Tanur

EITC & OSTCThe Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) and Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) programs, administered by the State of Pennsylvania, provide significant tax credits to eligible businesses that allocate a portion of their tax dollars to Friends’ Central School to provide financial aid to deserving students.

Contact Kim Emmons-Benjet, Director of Annual Giving, at 610-645-4499 or [email protected] to learn more about these programs.

2015-2016 GREEN CLUBThank you to the members of the “Green Club” who gave early in the fall, online or in person, ensuring that they would receive no papers solicitations. Giving early also allowed the School to put the funds immediately to work for programs and activities in the current school year. To see a list of Green Club Donors, visit friendscentral.org/2016greenclub.

If you are interested in “giving green” in the future, please email Kim Emmons-Benjet at [email protected].


DEVELOPMENT VOLUNTEERSElise BergerMayuri BhargaviPeggy Brumfield Bruton ’53Sue Saunders Clark ’54Carolyn Cohen Elizabeth Cohen ’83Jessica CossMichelle CrowleyDonna DavinDebbie DolicSteve DoloresLorna DreyfusDwight Dunston ’06Marci Feigenbaum BergmannCathy FiebachJon Fiebach ’82Janice Decker Frohner ’60Robert Gassel ’69Julie Cowitz Gordon ’81Edward M. GrinspanRebecca GuentherSaroj GuptaCynthia Bidart HarrisJoyce Horikawa ’80Taylor Lee ’08Clio Malin ’96Fran MarguliesTom McDanielsLatifah McMullin ’99Aaron PolakKaryn PolakKinshasa RodgersDoug RossLeonard RossioCary SellersApril ThompsonGeorge Walters ’55Carolyne WillisRodney Willis ’77Armin YepoyanLinda YepoyanHenry Zoob ’57

SENIOR PARENT GIFT COMMITTEEMelissa and Paul AndersonJessica and Chris CossLorna and Arnon DreyfussCathy and Jon Fiebach ’82Robert Folwell ’80Susan and Richard HoltFran and Rob MarguliesMarla and Rich MilgramFlavia Vogrig and Robert Gassel ’69

REUNION 2016 VOLUNTEERS1946Ellen BurrBlaine Scott

1956Marjorie Miller HallowellAlan Wolf

1961Julie Pontz CursonLynne Iverson Neefe

1966Lawrason Anne ClementRichard McCarraherRuth Ann WagnerEric Whiteway

1971Joan Shapiro AlexanderLiz Fried

1976Ramsay PennypackerArlette SmithWilliam Weiner

1981Marc AckermanJulie Cowitz GordonSandy Rothman

1986Phil AuerbachJoshua BrokerAndrew CohenEli Gross

1991Joy ClairmontAndrea del RioMax KaufmanAlex MillerHelena Miller Tamara Thomas Smith

1996Clio Mallin

2006Dwight DunstonBetsey Margolies

DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE2015-2016Jonathan Fiebach ’82, ClerkQuinn BauriedelBob CotterRobert Gassel ‘69Karen Horikawa ‘77Andrew Newcomb ‘87Craig N. Sellers

ALUMNI/AE BOARDLauren Collier ‘99 –PresidentBess Collier ‘96 – Vice PresidentJanice Decker Frohner ‘60 – SecretaryJesse Amoroso ‘04Jeffrey Brody ‘98Patrick Lord ‘90Kim Kurtz Lent ‘87Clio Mallin ‘96Latifah McMullin ‘99 Alex Rolfe ’01Jessica Zeldin ‘88

YOUNG ALUMNI/AE CALLERSRebecca Buxbaum ’15Elise Foster ’16Maddie Henry ’16Arianna Hobbs-Luby ’16Anne Kennedy ’16

DEVELOPMENT VOLUNTEERS

We’re always thrilled to see young alums return to campus on their colleges’ winter breaks.


WAYS OF GIVING

A donor can make a difference at Friends’ Central School by making a charitable contribution in the following ways. If you have any questions about your gift or how to make a gift, please call the Development Office at 610-645-5043 or email [email protected].

Gifts of Cash, Check, or Money OrderChecks should be made payable to “Friends’ Central School” and dropped at the City Avenue Campus Main Building Development Office or mailed to Friends’ Central School, Development Office 1101 City Avenue Wynnewood, PA 19096

Online GivingAmerican Express®, Visa®, MasterCard®, or Discover credit card gifts can be entered via our online giving site friendscentral.org/gift or our monthly recurring gift site or by calling the office at 610-645-5043.

Recurring Gift OptionBy making a monthly recurring gift, you can spread the payment of your gift over the entire year. You determine the amount and number of months of payment when you make your gift. • A$5monthlygiftfromSeptembertoJuneisa$50gift • A$205monthlygiftaddsuptoaLeadershipGift

Matching GiftsMatching Gifts can double or triple the value of your gift. Simply obtain a Matching Gift form from your company’s personnel or human resources office, fill out the portion to be completed by the donor for your employer, and mail a copy of the form to the School along with your gift. Friends’ Central Fund Matching Gifts are counted towards a donor’s membership in one of the Friends’ Central Fund Gift Clubs.

Gifts of Stock and Appreciated SecuritiesA gift of appreciated securities (stocks, bonds, and mutual funds) offers the benefit of supporting the School while offering a tremendous financial planning tool for a donor, since income taxes are reduced by the charitable donation and there is no capital gains tax on the appreciation. Please contact Kim Emmons-Benjet at 610-645-4499 to obtain transfer information.

The Blackburn SocietyNamed in honor of Eliza E. Blackburn ’22, the Blackburn Society was established by the Board of Trustees to honor individuals who have made provisions in their will or estate plans to benefit Friends’ Central. (Please see page 31 for more information.)

(From left) Sam Veith ’16, Naomi Detre ’16, and Catherine Barbour ’16 in the Makerspace, working on their series of connected projects around the theme of using technology and crafts to reveal invisible connections between people

HOME & SCHOOL ASSOCIATION 2015-2016

The Home and School Association is the organized body of all Friends’ Central parents. The personal investment of parents and guardians in their children’s education is an integral part of the School’s philosophy, and by encouraging parental involvement, Friends’ Central accomplishes its goal of establishing a partnership among the School, the student, and the family. Thank you to the following parents who held leadership positions and to all those who volunteered at events throughout the year.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEECo-PresidentsBetty Bard Susan Wadsworth

SecretaryIris Melendez

TreasurerJoyce Stovall

Immediate Past PresidentAmi Lonner

Upper School Co-Chairs Amy EsteyLiz Lorry

Middle School Co-ChairsChristine CoburnDoug Davis

Lower School Co-ChairsSharlee CasnoffEmma Staton

Quaker Life Group ChairTodd Kimmell

PARENT REPRESENTATIVES12th GradeLorna Dreyfuss Princess Foster

Michelle NarinFlavia Vogrig

11th GradeMichele BrotmanAnja Jefferis Levitties ’86Marjorie Roshkoff

10th GradePaula DurlofskyCathy FiebachHeather Osborne

9th GradeAl Condiff Lisa Davis Ami LonnerCathy Nierenberg

8th GradeSusan BrenmanTrinity DixonJohn Gilliland

7th GradeRoe EichingerNancy RappaportKinshasa Rodgers

6th GradeValerie RiesenfeldChandra ThorneSodany Williams

5th GradeDonna DavinChristine Giordano

4th GradeGrace HsuKathy Porter

3rd GradeWilla DeSouzaDan McClave

2nd GradeLydia HamburgRobin RiessJen SternMaria Vaccaro

1st GradeCatherine Chiang Ileana SzeneVanita Treat

KindergartenJen BergheiserSimon KnightJulie Shapiro

Pre-KindergartenCourtney ShiponMeena Thayu

NurseryKristy Peters

COMMITTEE CHAIRSUS ServiceWendy FrameKris Yoo

Holiday Cheer EventWendy Frame

MS ServiceDoug DavisHeather Osborne

LS ServicePaula HallSharon KennyChandra Thorne

MS Book FairMeli SimmeringLara SmithPaula Yudenfriend Green

LS Book FairDee KimKristy Peters

Pumpkin FairStephanie SidlowIleana Szene


Volunteers at the Lower School Book Fair 2016

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commencement 2016

reunion 2016

annual report of gifts 2015-2016

Save the Date!The Ulmer Family Light Lab Opening CeremonyFriday, October 21 • 1:30 pm • Lower School Campus

Join us as we unveil this incredible new facility! For more details about the Light Lab, visit friendscentral.org.

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