2012 La Lumiere School Magazine by La Lumiere School

la lumiere Magazine Tradition Makers Tradition Keepers

Fall 2012

La LUMIERE MAGAZINE Fall 2012 Produced by La Lumiere School

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Note from the Headmaster

Michael H. Kennedy ’86 Headmaster

Tradition makers

Tradition Keepers

Co-Editors

the Coach

Colleen Kennedy Judith Kunst

the Mentor

the Wit

the Catalyst

ON CAMPUS

La Lumiere Goes to Washington

50th Anniversary

Update: Areas of Excellence and Campus Master Plan

Prefect Student Leadership

Area of Excellence: Science

Commencement 2012

The Art Effect: A Tribute to Linda Weigel

Annual Report

Annual Giving

Event Donor Listings

BEYOND CAMPUS

Alumni Events

Class Notes

Why I am a Trustee

Athletic Hall of Fame

the last word

Photocredits

Devon Carlson Colleen Kennedy Tricia Koning Will Lingle Kellene Urbaniak

Design Kellene Urbaniak, inkbuzz graphic design

Mission La Lumiere School provides a college preparatory education based in character, scholarship and faith.

Editor’s Note: La Lumiere Magazine is published in-house for Alumni, Parents and Friends of La Lumiere School. Every effort is made to contact all alumni germane to the magazine feature and contents. We welcome communication about our alumni accomplishments, news and current contact information to assist us in our ongoing efforts to improve alumni data.

It is the policy of La Lumiere School not to discriminate in violation of the law on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, or physical or mental disabilities which are unrelated to the ability to work or enjoy the benefits of the School’s programs, facilities, or services. All persons are encouraged to apply.

Note from the Headmaster Fifty years is not a long time. Yet it’s long enough to establish an identity as a school with a particular mission and character. That mission and that character can perhaps best be seen in the recurring events and practices we call school traditions. For this reason, La Lumiere’s traditions play an essential role in forming a student’s ties to the school–at the beginning of their time here as well as after they leave. A few years ago, for example, we embarked on a tradition of framing a collage of each class’s Sixth Form portraits on the Fine Arts Building wall. The simple idea was to surround each of the current La Lumiere students with a visual reminder of the legacy and traditions they have entered into. It takes remarkable individuals to bring traditions to life. Our founding Headmaster James Moore knew this; our communal and academic flourishing today can be traced directly to many of his hiring and management decisions in the earliest years of the school. Fine arts teacher Linda Weigel, whose retirement after 25 years of exceptional service we celebrate in these pages, knew it too. Reinvention and change is part of the life of any healthy school. It’s just the nature of educating human beings, who continuously shape and change their own cultures. Yet tradition and the preservation of a historically rooted sense of community are also deeply important to human beings, and deeply necessary to effective education. I’m interested in the balance between the two. You’ll see in the pages that follow a reflection of that balance; you’ll see new buildings, new programs, new students and new faculty. You’ll also see a repeated affirmation of the key variables and roles that make La Lumiere continue to be such a special, influential place. When I asked last year’s Third Form to name one thing they hoped I would not change during my tenure, one young man–still new to the “La Lu experience”– pointed to the framed class photos on the wall of the Fine Arts Building and said, “Don’t ever take those down.” In 1963, distinguished Founders, anxious families, curious scholars and coaches left port for a destination unknown. At the helm were Ray Daly and Andy McKenna who, by any informed observer’s standard, lead an involved, generous and committed crew of Founding Trustees. I am honored to continue that charge and will do my part to sustain the traditions of La Lumiere School.

Michael H. Kennedy ’86 Headmaster

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“The Founders knew that building a great school would depend more than anything else on great people. The inspiring coach, the observant wit, the determined mentor, the administrator who boldly steers the ship–these distinctive personalities breathe life into every student’s experience at La Lumiere.”

Tradition Makers Tradition Keepers Forty-nine years ago, our celebrated and time-tested La Lumiere traditions had yet to be established. No Sixth Form bonfire, no football team, no Headmasters Cup. No dorms, no classrooms, no fields–not even God’s Hand (in its iron-cast form, at least) could be found here in 1963. All that existed back then was a dream and a vision. The dream belonged to founding trustees Raymond E. Daly, Andy McKenna Sr. and their associates; the vision belonged to Jim Moore, the man they chose to be the School’s first headmaster. Today, the dream has come true, and the vision–now entrusted to Headmaster Kennedy and the current Board of Trustees–has produced a program of education that national leaders and accomplished professionals in every field can point to as their starting point. What was once a singular vision has become a communal mission, and that mission is lived out in classrooms, dorm rooms, fields, and forest trails via a thousand daily acts of character, scholarship, and faith. These actions and ideals, together with the places, people, and events that alumni from every decade cherish–these are the threads from which the fabric that we call tradition at La Lumiere has been woven. The Founders knew that building a great school would depend more than anything else on great people. The inspiring coach, the observant wit, the determined mentor, the administrator who boldly steers the ship–these distinctive personalities breathe life into every student’s experience at La Lumiere. There is no better tribute to the school’s Founders and current leadership than the fact that indispensable people keep coming along to fulfill these roles and keep the tradition going strong. What follows is a look at four classic prep-school roles and eight men and women who have lived them out in their own unique ways. They are just a few of the bright threads that weave the unfolding tapestry of tradition at La Lumiere.

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Coach

Ron DeNardo and Alan Huss, both accomplished athletes in their respective sports, arrived at pivotal moments in La Lumiere’s history to inspire their players–and the school as a whole–to win big.

fewer than 20 boys, no athletic fields, no gym, and donated uniforms in poor condition–but what seemed the greatest challenge to this seasoned public school coach was the fact that none of the boys knew each other. “In the Chesterton program,” he recalls, “boys entered as freshmen having played with their teammates in elementary and middle school, but at La Lumiere they all started out strangers.” Despite the disadvantages, DeNardo believed that a collective desire to win could pull forth the kind of effort and the kind of pride it would take to build a winning team. “My part was to say repeatedly, ‘Look, guys. We can’t accomplish this unless we do it together. If someone doesn’t do their part, the whole thing will fail.”

Ron DeNardo

History Faculty and Head Football Coach

1964 to 1969

By 1967, the year of the first graduating class, the football team won all but one game, and the one they lost they lost by a point while driving toward the goal line as time expired. Jay Nawrocki ’68 was a key player for that thrilling season. “Mr. DeNardo was the first coach I ever had who had played the sport at a high level,” he says. “He was big,

strong, and always smiling, except when he had to deal with a student

a Lumiere Athletics had to begin somewhere, and Ron DeNardo

who had wilfully done something that he should not have. I think he

knows exactly where that was. “It’s amazing to look back at the very start,

enjoyed other people very much. To me, he epitomized midwestern

putting grass seed in the ground, going out to water it and mow it–trying

values.” James Moore’s assessment went even further, according to

to make something successful from scratch.” What DeNardo knew, even in

his son David Moore, who remembers his father calling his friend and

those early days, was that he was planting not only the seeds of an athletic

colleague “one of the best human beings I have ever known.”

program, but the seeds of a community. And the garden that is now La Lumiere has been growing ever since.

In the earliest years of its life, La Lumiere needed leaders with Coach DeNardo’s intensity and integrity. It was a time when everyone,

After four years as a Notre Dame running back and four years as a coach

students and adults alike, needed to come together–or the experiment

in the Chesterton public school system, Ron DeNardo followed his

that is La Lu might have fallen apart. Football, with Coach DeNardo at

curiosity and the compelling personality of James Moore to start a football

the helm, was arguably a very big factor in bringing a unified spirit to

program at the new prep school in La Porte. He was starting off with

the school as quickly as those early pioneers did.

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lan Huss stands nine inches above six feet. He played forward for

Creighton University on a team that made the NCAA tournament three years in a row. A proven coach and seasoned admissions counselor, he moved to La Lumiere with his wife and two daughters in 2010, when Headmaster Kennedy tapped Huss to join La Lumiere’s admissions team and help realize the basketball program’s potential as part of the School’s athletic Area of Excellence. By 2010, Marsch Gym had been built; a new court floor had just been laid. But the classic role that Ron DeNardo inaugurated in the late sixties–the coach whose athletic intensity is matched by his passion for the values of character, scholarship, and faith–must still be played today.

Alan Huss

Assistant Admissions Director and Head Basketball Coach

2010 to Present Like DeNardo before him, Alan Huss knows that building a winning team requires building a committed community of young men who trust their peers and their leaders both on the court and off. He starts with the individual. Huss reflects, “When I began coaching at a high level I asked myself, ‘Why would talented kids want to leave their current situation?’ I decided to offer something developmental and fundamental in nature. A lot of high schools spend time on strategies motivated solely by the desire to win. The Lakers spend time on strength, conditioning, skill-building.” Huss says his players know that in addition to the win–and win they do–he cares about their individual development as athletes. Huss could stop there, solely defining the role of coach as getting the win and building strong athletes. But like DeNardo, he relishes the building of character in young men–and he recognizes the unique resources La Lumiere School provides for that work. He can open his on-campus home for family dinners and late-night discussions. He can partner with students’ teachers to challenge them academically and to catch areas of concern. “Teaching these talented kids how to balance

This process works at La Lumiere because every adult in the community works together, and the students do as well. The palpable excitement of a winter game in Marsch Gym at La Lumiere is one tangible measure of the high morale and real community students experience here. The building of confidence, the nurturing of an individual spirit and a desire to win, Huss says, “is not something I do on my own. It’s a team effort the whole La Lumiere environment fosters.” And though Huss is always striving for, and has achieved, great success on the court, it is what his players gain from being part of his family, and part of the La Lumiere tradition, that help them become the young men he envisions them to be.

intensity and drive with humility and compassion is something I find we can accomplish here,” says Huss. “Our student athletes learn to be accountable, responsible, charitable, and polite.” Whether or not this is their final level of athletics, Huss adds, “the students gain the ability to function well in this community and enter the college system with the ability to really achieve in all kinds of ways.”

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Mentor

Helping students subtract the “’t” from “I can’t” equals joy for indispensable and indefatigable teachers Larry Sullivan and his protégé Kasey Ryan ’95; they’ll keep trying until they get the answer right.

arry Sullivan would try anything to get a student to understand math.

He would solve problems five different ways to see which one would catch. He would open his door to any question day or night. Legend has it he would even dance on top of his desk if it meant drawing a student into his world of mathematical rhyme and reason.

Larry Sullivan Math Faculty

and

Headmaster

1966 to 2004

Larry was hired as chair of the math department in the third year of the school’s operation. He was the only member of said department; he taught six math classes a day in addition to coaching, dorm duty, and meal supervision. Yet as with so many La Lumiere faculty, the intensity of the job appealed to Larry: he was a part of building something. “I remember thinking, ‘What a great deal of faith people had to send their sons here!’ I felt energized by that. It was an adventure.” The adventure would continue almost forty years and would include, of course, leading the school as headmaster. In all that time, Larry never stopped teaching, and his effort to help kids learn math never become easy or rote.

“Larry checked in on my classes three times a week. He’d say, ‘Show

He did, however, rely on some invaluable tools.

them you care, and

One of these was patience. “I liked to build conversations in class around

everything else will fall

“why” and “what-if ” kinds of questions,” remembers Larry. “One piece of advice that was helpful to me was to set out my watch and pay attention to the time it takes for students to offer an answer. I learned that what feels

into place.’ And it did.”

like two minutes might actually be just fifteen seconds! I learned to respect a student’s need to think through a problem, and to let the class take its own time.” Other tools included an open door–the bright kids will get it in class and walk away; the ones who struggle will come to you for help”–and self-examination. If a student didn’t understand, Larry looked at himself, patiently re-examining

Larry became a math teacher because when he was in high school, he had

his approach, his language, to find a way that worked. “You’re always learning

an instructor who would give an extra problem to the class, and the next

when you’re teaching,” he says. “I learned more from teaching math than from

day he’d ask for an answer. Nobody would have one. The next day he’d

studying math.”

ask again–still no one. Larry was obsessed with seeking the answer. Finally, on the third or fourth day, he got it! “That was so joyful,” Larry says, “I

He also found the joy of passing on those tools to young teachers. Bryan

decided I wanted to be a math teacher.”

Smith was one: “When I was hired in 1978, we had no support system for new faculty, and at first I was horrible in the classroom. I had a very difficult time controlling the kids. Larry Sullivan saw what was happening and reached out to me. He sat me down and explained his methods of teaching algebra and geometry. I still teach factoring exactly how he taught it, and [alumna and current math department chair] Kasey Ryan does too. That mentoring was from Larry.”

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The joy has never ceased.

arry Sullivan was Assistant Headmaster in the early nineties when

through mistakes? Learning through metaphor–making connections to

Kasey Ryan attended La Lumiere as a Third Form and Fourth Form

sports, architecture–the real world?” Ryan doesn’t use specific diagnostic

boarding student. Bryan Smith was her dorm parent and science teacher,

tools for this; she just gets to know her kids, and helps them get to know

and Kasey says both men were like fathers to her. “They made sure that I

themselves. Students remember her mantra: “Finding your weaknesses

stayed on track–I knew they cared. The structure and discipline of boarding

makes you stronger.”

life were what I really needed at that time in my life, and La Lumiere and its teachers shaped me profoundly, fundamentally, even though I was only able

Kasey has experienced this process in her own life as a learner. She

to be here for two years.”

entered college wanting to follow in her father’s footsteps as a doctor. But when she realized that science was not clicking for her as a subject, she

When Kasey came back to teach math in 2001, the caring and the structure

also realized that the root of her wanting to be a doctor was her desire

were still there. “I was really nervous and I was really green,” she recalls.

“Bryan and I met two times a week, and Larry checked in on my classes three times a week. He’d say, ‘Show them you care, and everything else will fall into place.’ And it did.”

Kasey Ryan ’95

Math Faculty, Math Department Chair and tennis Coach

A decade later, Ryan’s colleagues have great respect for her gifts as a

2001 to Present

teacher. “Fantastic!” is long time faculty Chris (Doc Booms) Balawender’s assessment. “She’s able to bring out the skills in kids who don’t believe in themselves as math students.” Bryan Smith adds, “She can figure out what

to help people. And she knew that if given the opportunity, she could do

your needs are, start from there, and get somewhere good.”

that through math.

In her classroom, Ryan uses as many approaches as she can to help a

Late at night, Larry Sullivan would wake up, turn a light on, and know that

student understand not only the math but the learning styles that works for

he knew how to help a student solve a problem. It’s that part of teaching

them. “I constantly ask the kids to ask themselves, “How do I learn best? Is it

that Kasey also values most. “I love the kids who do well, but I feel I have

by writing things down, by listening? By doing–trying–the problem? Learning

accomplished something when I can help a student move from a C to a B. I really enjoy teaching a student and seeing the light turn on.”

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Wit

In the classic role of teacher-as-comic, Don Scheel and Will Lingle gain entry into their students’ lives by jesting, connecting with kids’ culture, and being very much themselves

His use of humor as a tool in the classroom came from his college days, where a Red Cross Instructor nicknamed “The Commodore” brought into the classroom a simple code: “Entertain them hugely while teaching them gently.” The words stuck with Don, and as an English teacher at La Lumiere, he took them as his guide. For a teacher with so little formal teaching experience, humor helped Don get to know his students and get them interested in literature they didn’t know they could like. In truth, the young, witty, performer-teacher is an established role at a school like La Lumiere, where faculty are hired more for their mastery of a subject and their willingness to invest in students’ lives than for possessing a predetermined set of teaching credentials. An energetic La Lumiere rookie quickly learns that humor and the surprise

Don Scheel English Faculty

and

Basketball Coach

1995 to 2002 Current: English Department Chair Shattuck-St. Mary’s School

of improvisation is one of the surest ways to get–and keep–young people’s attention. This is one reason why Don Scheel asked students to write a parody of Macbeth in the style of “Weird” Al Yankovic, fitting all the elements

of Shakespeare’s timeless story to the lyrics of a pop song. It is the

he dining tables in Moore House have traditionally been a place

type of assignment that could blow up in the face of a less adroit

for meals, for spirited debate, for late night study sessions. For Don

teacher, or fizzle without any real academic merit. But Scheel made it

Scheel, the table was a place for word play and “punning” battles. Scheel

work, in part by drawing attention to it: each year the best parodies

would entertain those around him by playing one word off another in

were performed and judged in the FAB before the headmaster and

conversation, or taking a phrase a half-turn into quip.

a panel of teachers. “I like to use comedy to make tragedy more accessible,” he says. “The better their grasp of the play the funnier the

Improvisation was the name of the game for Don in his early years as a

song version would be–and the entire class could see that.”

teacher. After stepping back from a professional basketball playing and coaching career in Wales, Don was hired by Larry Sullivan to teach, coach,

What made Scheel special was his innate understanding that the best

and run a dorm. “La Lumiere gave me the opportunity to put some things

humor springs from a true part of oneself rather than from a need

together in the classroom,” he says. One of these was humor.

to show off or be liked or–God forbid–put someone down. Bryan Smith recalls that Scheel was an example of “great humility–a gentle

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giant.” He used humor to try to reach students, but only because wit was who he was. That truth, that integrity in the classroom, creates

a comfortable learning environment. Scheel believes that “using humor with students makes you more real, provides a connection with students.” And whether it was studying a Shakespearean sonnet through the use of cartoons, or with a quick word bringing a smile to the face of a young person as they passed through campus, wit made Scheel part of their lives–his joy in language and life reflected in them. Even now, as Scheel thinks back on his time at La Lumiere, he connects any success he had to his integrity of self. “Trying to do a stand-up routine would not work for me because it is not who I am.” And then, in typical Don Scheel fashion, he questions himself: is he genuinely a wit? “Half-wit,” he replies–and he would know.

ill Lingle came by the life of a boarding school faculty member

about as honestly as one can—he was born and raised at a boarding

Will Lingle Bible and psychology faculty, assistant athletic director,

track and cross country coach

2006-2008, 2010 to Present

school and attended that same school himself. “I remember being impressed by my teachers as people: they were professional but they were also very personal,” Will says. “They shared spiritual concerns, poked fun, even played practical jokes.” That personableness is the model Lingle follows as a teacher, perhaps because, as with Don Scheel, it comes naturally. Anyone who has consciously set out to tell a joke knows how hard it can be to get a laugh. The best jokes are often accidents–a funny experience or comment that only its immediate witnesses can fully grasp. Lingle uses such inside jokes as deliberate teaching tools. He notices that “over the course of a semester, inside jokes will come up that you can try to tell in a different setting and it won’t work at all, but in one specific classroom with twelve specific students it will become a contact point for them.” As with Scheel, Lingle’s use of humor and his keen knowledge of its limits create a comfortable learning environment where students engage more easily, and perhaps more deeply, with the course material. Lingle finds this especially true when it comes to one key book he teaches: the Bible. Students often come in with a preconceived notion that this ancient book has nothing to do with their lives today. Lingle tries to paint Jesus as a real person with a real personality, using a lot of his own personality in the process. “I frequently paraphrase stories

using local settings: the Good Samaritan becomes the good Marquette student, for instance.” Or when teaching Paul’s advice to spouses, the wife becomes a girl’s name from his class and the husband becomes Justin Bieber. Lingle brings a natural but conscious humility to his humor. “A joke needs to make a student feel safe,” he says. When it does, the student is more open to being taught, being coached, and being mentored. Lingle often pokes fun at himself, creating an atmosphere of easy vulnerability that his students are noticeably drawn to. “It sounds corny,” he reflects, “but I do find that light-heartedness opens up avenues educationally and relationally.” Assistant Headmaster Bryan Smith sees even more in this young teacher’s approach. He says, “Will is very powerful. He’s powerful because he’s so genuine in everything that he does, and kids can see that. He and Don Scheel are very similar in that regard.” For these two standard-bearers of the funny-man tradition, wit bears witness to the joy of learning and draws students eagerly toward it.

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Catalyst

The legacy left by our founding headmaster James R. Moore is beyond compare–yet those who lead the school today must possess similar qualities of courage and conviction in carrying the torch he lit into the future. Kevin Kunst is one.

and ties was expected and assumed, as were fine buildings, well-prepared food, accomplished faculty, and easy acceptance into the finest colleges in the country. For these schools, money was no object in perpetuating the

James Moore English Faculty and Founding Headmaster

What, then, would Jim Moore have been thinking when he arrived in La

1963 to 1978, 1989 to 1993

he was thinking; we do know what he did.

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classic college prep experience and tradition.

y father was a man of unwavering belief, almost a blind faith of

Porte, Indiana in 1963, charged with replicating the college prep model with limited resources in the middle of a cornfield? We don’t know what

A catalyst is someone who has the courage and the conviction to bring about change. He sees potential in other people and knows how to

sorts”, said David Moore, the Headmaster’s son. “Days before facing a payroll

inspire them to lead. He also has an instinctive sense of when to give way

with an empty checkbook, Dad just knew that a generous check or fortuitous

and when to stand firm in order to achieve the change he envisions. He

donor would come forward, in the nick of time. Of course, he also kept an

has a deep faith that doing the right thing will lead to success.

eye peeled for that treasure chest Ed LaLumier was rumored to have hidden somewhere on the property.”

Jim Moore was an exceptional leader possessing qualities exactly suited to serve as the catalyst for growing La Lumiere School into a viable institution.

The schools in New England where James R. Moore cut his teeth as an

He had a work ethic no one could top. Teaching English, coaching baseball,

administrator didn’t need buried treasure–they were solidly established

mowing the lawn, recruiting faculty and students, monitoring dress code

institutions in the East Coast prep school world. The uniform of blue blazers

and meals, managing student crises, directing theatre productions, and

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travelling the country to personally sell top colleges on the merits of his graduating seniors–Headmaster Moore did it all.

Kevin Kunst

he believes in, in large part because it shaped his own adolescence. Sent

for academics and athletics

and the postgraduate year he spent at Dean Close School in England as

English faculty

and assistant headmaster

to boarding school in 8th grade in the aftermath of his father’s death, Kevin counts the five years he lived at The Stony Brook School in New York formative influences on his character, scholarship, and faith. “It was in these

2010 to Present

communities—in the classrooms and on the playing fields—that I learned to aspire to honor, hard work and loyalty,” Kunst says. He brought all these qualities and more to the La Lumiere community in 2010, when Michael Kennedy hired him as Assistant Headmaster for Academic and Athletic Affairs. Kennedy marvels at the impact Kunst has had on the school in just a few short years. “We had ideas for leadership and athletics. We had a vision for curriculum and had plans for defining our School as “premier.” Kevin was the force for implementing them.” Communication is a big part of Kunst’s role at La Lumiere. Helping students understand Dostoevsky, helping teachers understand students, and helping parents understand school needs and priorities are all in a day’s work for Kevin. He says, “I think young people and adults alike want a leader who they can trust, who listens, who cares about them and their families. But they also want to be led with confidence and decisiveness.” He continues, “One of the reasons I like working for Michael Kennedy is that he strikes that balance well, and I respect that.” Kennedy sees in Kunst the courage and conviction of a catalyst who can move an entire institution forward. “He has an incredible ability to

Yet he managed to do all that work in such a way that everyone around him felt their own efforts were valued. “A school runs on its stomach,” he said frequently, and hired the best cooks he could find. He hired faculty that he believed in and told prospective parents, “Your sons will be learning from great men.” He also recognized the value of empowering students in the life of the school. “My dad could watch a kid walk across campus,” says David Moore, “and tell in fifteen seconds who he was as a person.” Moore and his faculty used that knowledge to give every kid a nickname; to offer classes and clubs suited to specific student needs; and to identify student leaders who could inspire their peers to embrace the school’s priorities. Headmaster Moore never found Ed Lalumier’s buried treasure. He succeeded brilliantly in building a school—but that success never came easy. David Moore recalls his father being asked, ‘Why don’t you move on to college work?’ and hearing the conviction in his response: “If you want to change young lives for the better, high school is where it happens.You’ll never have a chance to mold more malleable clay.”

communicate honest truths in a way that empowers people rather than offending them or shutting them down. He is firm when he needs to be firm, fair, and always forward-thinking.” Nothing can compare to the courage and conviction needed to start something entirely new. Ultimately, only James Moore can be called the catalyst of La Lumiere School. Perhaps Chris Balawender, who has worked under both men, knows the best way to describe Kevin Kunst. “He’s a school man,” he says. “You can see it the minute he walks in the room.” What is a ‘school man?’ James Moore would know. Michael Kennedy would know. Bryan Smith would know. It’s someone who carries a vision of the best a school can be at all times in his head and in his heart. Someone who is never without a hundred highly specific answers to the question, “How can we be better?” and who only occasionally fools himself that he can bring about those answers on his own. A school man looks at his students and colleagues and celebrates each one as a necessary actor in a very long play. He trusts that this play—call it The La Lumiere Tradition—will go on long after he is gone.

ike Jim Moore, Kevin Kunst came to La Lumiere from the East Coast

prep school world. Like Moore, Kevin Kunst can’t imagine being an educator

Until then, there’s good work to be done.

in any arena other than a small, independent boarding school. It’s a model

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In Senior Chapel, Sixth formers deliver a heartfelt speech to the student body expounding on the topic of Character, Scholarship or Faith.

Since 1992, the Taste of La Lumiere has brought together, literally and figuratively, all cultures represented on our campus to break bread.

SENIOR Prank

Talent Show

The Lord's Prayer at Morning Meeting

Early Practice

DRESS CODE

TRADITIONS

Senior Retreat

Family CUP

CHARACTER, SCHOLARSHIP AND FAITH

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SPEECH CONTEST

God’s Hand

The Bonfire, ignited by the torch-bearing Sixth Form, illuminates each Parents Weekend and is a rite of passage.

HOLIDAY DINNERS

Monday Night Football Club

Marsch Madness

ADVISORS SPEECHES

Golf Outing Alumni Cup

Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations continue with formal seated dinners, complete with servers in white jackets.

In the Senior Candle Ceremony, Sixth Formers demonstrate their appreciation for an underclassman or faculty member by literally gifting their “light” to those they leave behind.

Players and coaches alike revel in the post-win celebratory Jump-in-the-Lake at home football games.

The MacLaverty Cup, originated in 1975, continues each spring crowning the tennis doubles champion on campus.

Some traditions are carried on by the individual who started them, and some by the institution. All are highly valued and visible at La Lumiere. Here are just some of the traditions that bind us together as a community.

Awarded to each graduate the night before Commencement, the La Lumiere Medal signifies a graduate’s accomplishment and lifelong association with La Lumiere.

Our Community Service program extends to international and domestic service trips.

Since 1977, the Diplomacy game is the highlight of Doc Balawender’s World History course.

Introduced by Notre Dame graduate Dave Brockway’86, and carried on by Ken Andert, Bookstore Basketball involves over half the student body and faculty in 3-on-3 contests.

La Lumiere Goes to Washington

Katie Miller Kleihege ’83, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. ’ 73, Tim Kleihege ’80 and Tom Rosshirt ’77.

In March 2012, La Lumiere School’ Boys Basketball team was invited to compete in the fourth annual ESPN Rise National High School Invitational at Georgetown Prep. Alumni and friends gathered to celebrate the Lakers performance on the national stage, and to draw on their shared experiences on Wilhelm Road. Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. ’73 addressed the students gathered among the alumni at the Chevy Chase Club. John Lake, our Co-Curricular Prefect represented the student body as reporter for the trip, along with Zach Wisniewski, Head Prefect. Both young men enjoyed a mini-internship with ESPN through the tournament. Lake’s reflections on the experience follow: “John Roberts’ presence at the alumni gathering is one of the reasons I love La Lumiere. For the Chief Justice to show up at a small alumni gathering in the midst of the healthcare hearings, his time at La Lumiere must have been extraordinary. He and the other guests showed me the dedication of the alumni at La Lu; the school brings people together, even after years of separation.” “I received a glimpse of the people who are dedicated to La Lumiere. Basketball was the reason for the trip to Washington, but it was far more to me. At the end of the day, it’s not about the grades and the athletic performances, it’s about the experience La Lumiere offered us. The people at the alumni gathering were people who had the great experience that I had with the school.”

John Lake ’12 and Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. ’73.

On Campus

La Lumiere’s 50 Anniversary th

A lot can happen in fifty years. La Lumiere School has enjoyed a remarkable history since its first day of class for twenty-five young men on the Lalumier Estate in September, 1964. Please help us begin to celebrate and capture all that’s happened in fifty wonderful years of engaged

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scholarship, teamwork, community service, and lifetime friendships with our alumni, parents of alumni, students, parents and friends. Send us your stories, photos and

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memories for our 50th Anniversary video and online photogallery. Keep an eye out for additional information on events, dates and publications. Contact alumni@lalumiere.org with your input or requests for information.

Celebrating

Update: Areas of Excellence and Campus Master Plan The 2011 Strategic Plan for La Lumiere School continues to guide the school’s administration and leadership. Through ongoing committee work and in concert with the standing committees of the Board, two immediate initiatives have been brought to the forefront: the development of

The Campus Master Plan will establish a 10-year planning horizon

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the process, the Core Committee will work closely with the RATIO Architects, Inc. to

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La Lumiere School’s Areas of Excellence

address School objectives with an eye to campus utilizations and aesthetics. Through stakeholder interviews with parents, students,

and the undertaking of the Campus

alumni, Trustees and School leadership, the

Master Plan.

conversations are bringing out expressions of campus issues and goals for the future.

Drawing on the Academic and Co-Curricular goals in the Strategic Plan, La Lumiere is endeavoring to

Small School, Big Results The 2011 La Lumiere School Strategic Plan

further define and develop Areas of

The Campus Master Plan areas were identified from the 2011 Strategic Plan and framed the stakeholder discussions:

Excellence as the means to becoming

• Campus Housing

the Midwest’s premier small boarding

• Student Life

and day school. These Areas of

• Academics

Excellence provide our students with

• Athletics

unique opportunities that may not be found elsewhere; help promote the School regionally, statewide, nationally; and clearly distinguish our School from others.

“La Lumiere is endeavoring to further define and develop Areas of Excellence as the means to becoming the Midwest’s premier small boarding and day school. “

• Faith Identity • Facilities & Utilities A published plan is anticipated in late winter 2013.

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ON Campus

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The 2011-2012 school year saw a major expansion in opportunities for student leadership at La Lumiere. For many years, the School

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employed a traditional Student Council model, with students elected

Leadership

by their peers and representing their form. Reaching back a little further in La Lumiere history, you find student councils being augmented by the role of Sacristan, a student leader who was charged with being a visible example of service, honor, and integrity. Last year, the current administration drew upon this history to forge a new leadership structure, in which student prefects oversee different areas of school life. The successful result is the La Lumiere Prefect Leadership Program.

How successful is it? Assistant Headmaster

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School. He attributes much of that success to the tone and culture established by the prefects and the faculty mentors who worked with them. The program creates nine prefect positions and seven councils that work with those prefects. Instead of representing a particular class, each prefect and council serves a particular area of the School. For example, the Admissions Prefect works closely with the Director of Enrollment Management to schedule tours, plan for student hosts, and run open houses. The Admissions Prefect is also the head of the Blue Key Society, the council formed in the 1980s with over 30 students serving in a variety of roles to make sure that every campus visitor is welcomed. This kind of work is a large responsibility, but it is in the granting of concrete accountability that real ownership of the community can truly occur. When Assistant Headmaster for Academic and Athletic Affairs Kevin Kunst presented this program to the students and faculty in spring of 2011 to replace the present student government model, he said to the students, “We are going to give you the School.” Not

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surprisingly, the students have risen to the challenge.

With the Prefects and their councils, over 75 students

HEADMASTERS CUP

embraced a role in the leadership program this past year. A key component of the program is not just teaching leadership, but teaching “followership.” There is incredible power in being

In 2007, wanting to build a more

a follower, and any system, whether prep school, university, or

enthusiastic campus life outside

corporation, requires that most people follow and follow well,

the classroom, Michael Kennedy

and know when to exercise their own leadership and initiative.

asked the Director of Residential

In the world of independent school education, it fashionable

Life, Patrick Kennedy, to create

to be teaching “leadership.” But it is in the following that one

a campus-wide intramural

learns how to lead, and the La Lumiere Prefect Leadership

competition system. “It struck me as ironic,” says Patrick, “the idea

Program has made that a foundational focus.

that you can build community through competition; but it worked.” Now, the

BUNTING

yearlong series of Headmasters Cup activities is a major means by When asked at the end of the year what her Prefect

which the community gets acquainted with new students and reacquainted

experience had been like, Sacristan Prefect Devon Carlson said,

with old. It is a major forum for celebrating La Lumiere and cultivating pride

“I hope that our efforts made a difference to others, but I know

in place, for putting aside differences to compete as a team, and for keeping

that the work has made a difference in me.” When one looks

the history of the school alive in students’ experience. At the end of the

at community, one needs to look and see if the community has

year, when the banner of the winning team is unfurled, the room erupts

integrity, not just integrity in the realm of honor and

with sound. From Family Feud to Minute-to-win-it. From Quidditch to

truth, but also structural integrity, the confidence and

Quiz Bowl. All this excitement for

belief that the community is held together well and

a competition in which there is no

can stand tall. The La Lumiere Prefect Leadership Program, with its focus on student ownership and the school pride that comes with that, has added to

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concrete or tangible reward: just pride. ORIENTATION: Spirited competitions,

elaborate trivia and Mr. Andert’s

that sense of integrity.

scavenger hunt round-out a week of two-a-day athletic practices and icebreaking activities. HALFTIME HOOPLA: Crazy competitions among teams displayed during

halftime at football and basketball games including Spikeball, human surfboard relay, izzy dizzy,and knockout. MACLAVERTY CUP: The historic

tennis tournament in the spring. SPIRIT WEEK: Opening with

SULLIVAN

twin day and closing with La Lu spiritwear day, the week leading up to Parents weekend never fails to boost morale. COMMUNITY SERVICE DRIVES: Collections of items for those less fortunate

and blood drives–a school divided comes together for good.

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On Campus Area of Excellence: Science

On Campus

Imagine spending the lunch break from your summer job enjoying a crash

the world. Among their ranks are physicians, business consultants, a US

course in particle physics given by a world-renowned scientific researcher.

Navy pilot, a US Navy engineer on a nuclear submarine, and one of our

Or consider writing a college admission essay about your role in the

own math faculty. In recent years, students have gone on to Purdue

development of the world’s largest Hadron Collider. These are real-life

University, the University of Notre Dame, University of Chicago, and the

experiences for the La Lumiere students chosen to intern at University of

Indiana University Honors program to name a few.

Notre Dame’s QuarkNet with faculty member Ken Andert. Funded by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Education, QuarkNet is a nationally-recognized program bringing together high school students and faculty to contribute to the University of Notre Dame’s research.

National Science Foundation

Andert has been the linchpin of the La Lumiere-University of Notre Dame connection (his alma mater) since 2000 as a QuarkNet teacher each summer. Though invitations to intern at QuarkNet have been extended to a wide variety of student types, personalities, and interests over the years, Andert knows that it takes more than just being highly ranked in class to be successful in a lab like QuarkNet. Andert says, “It takes someone who demonstrates an interest and curiosity in knowing more about how the world around them operates. I can usually tell in my conversations with students throughout their Fifth Form year if they have the right balance of academic drive, intellectual curiosity, and social skills necessary to work as part of a collaborative effort on a modern physics experiment at a major university.”

Summer 2012 interns Drew Yarger ’13, Daisy Costello ’13, and Lucas Tang ’13 surround faculty member Ken Andert.

“QuarkNet turned research in college from a possibility to a want. The relationship between faculty and the experiments at CERN and Fermilab was their most important asset. QuarkNet’s faculty have direct links to high-profile physics research and wanted to teach us as much as possible” - Drew Yarger ’13

Students in the QuarkNet program spend the first week of their summer assignment rotating among each of the research projects ranging from cosmic ray

Andert suggests “there does seem to be a strong correlation between

detection to programming in digital visualization 3D software. Each

students who participate in the QuarkNet research experience who then

chooses to focus on one area of study, learning the day-to-day workings

go on to major in a scientific field in college. It’s not always physics,” he

of scientific method.

admits, “but then again, that’s not exactly the point: it’s not meant to be a recruitment tool for physics majors, it’s meant as an introduction to what a

La Lumiere alumni who have participated in the QuarkNet summer

career in professional science is really like.” Mission accomplished.

internship can be found pursuing scientific studies and careers throughout

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Commencement

2012

Excerpt from Commencement Address

this matter for the last time: “Tom’s participation

You and I have studied in the same

is much improved this year, and I have been especially pleased to see him become more

classrooms, played on the same fields,

integrated into the Sixth Form class.” From

walked in the same woods. When

“laughing at others” to “integrated into the class”

someone told us to go jump in the lake, it

in less than three semesters. Somewhere along

was the same lake. We all grew up here.

the way, I realized that my teachers and coaches

We’re family.

and Headmaster Moore wanted more than good grades. They wanted good character.

At first, though, I didn’t really get La Lumiere. I came in October of my

Character is at the core of everything distinctive

Fifth Form as an emergency refugee from

about La Lumiere. You know this every bit as

a giant high school in suburban Chicago

well as I do. We don’t have classes in character

where I was outstanding – out standing

at La Lumiere. We absorb it from the teachers,

in the hallway because I got kicked out of

the way they talk to us, the stories they tell us,

class.

the lessons they teach us, the way they look at us, and of course, the comments they write on our

La Lumiere was a big change for me

report cards.

– going to class, being on time, doing homework. I actually started to get decent

We learn character also from our classmates. I

grades. But when my first report card

have classmates that I still owe a special debt to.

came, Headmaster Moore wrote at the

Among them, Mark Leyden and Dave Collins

bottom: “Tom should know I knew of his talent when he came here. The only thing left is to know what kind of person he is.” Mr. Coppens, my Spanish teacher wrote: “If I have any criticism of Tom, it would be that, even though he tests well and prepares his assignments well, he is a little reluctant to laugh with people and more prone to laugh at them.” I read these comments and thought, I’m finally getting good grades … what more do you want, La Lumiere?!? A lot more, it turned out. Over the next few months, I really started to like it here, and at the close of the semester, I got another comment from Mr. Coppens. “Tom is a gifted student.” (They always say that just to set you up). “But I would like to see him recognize that with intelligence comes the responsibility to contribute to the good of the community. I think he has made a beginning.” By the start of my Sixth Form year, this was my home – and at the end of the semester, Mr. Coppens weighed in on

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Tom Rosshirt ’77 Tom Rosshirt served in the Clinton White House as Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and as Foreign Policy Speechwriter and foreign policy spokesman for Vice President Al Gore. Prior to his White House service, Tom was a press secretary and speechwriter for a Member of Congress, a Governor, and a State House speaker, and also served as an outside speechwriter for a Fortune 50 CEO. In 2001, Tom co-founded West Wing Writers, a Washington-based writing and communications consulting firm, and in 2009, founded TR Communications. Tom has specialized in writing, message development and communications planning for some of the world’s best known names in business, politics, philanthropy and entertainment. Tom graduated from Notre Dame, earned a Master’s Degree from Harvard Graduate School of Education.

who are here … and Jim Linnen who is not. My memory of Jimmy is of a guy who just kept getting happier. Here at La Lumiere, I learned that a big part of character means you treat others with respect, even if you don’t agree with them. It means you don’t separate yourself from those you think are different from you – or become intolerant of them, or laugh at them. Perhaps most importantly, I learned here that you can’t have community without character. Unfortunately, much of the world is not doing very well in these measures of character right now, and we’re facing special challenges of community here in America. A few years ago, a former colleague of mine named Bill Bishop wrote a book called “The Big Sort.” President Clinton thinks this is one of the most important recent books on America. At the same time, its principles also apply in China, South Korea, Canada, Croatia, Colombia,

He is a nationally syndicated columnist whose work is distributed by Creators Syndicate. He is married with two children and lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Honduras, South Sudan, Iran – every country represented in your class.

Bishop points out that, beginning in the 1960s, we in the United States

the rest of us. But he loves us all – and when I was in his class, I gave him

have started sorting ourselves into separate communities. We’re choosing

every ounce of my effort, every single day, all year long. He had that effect

neighborhoods, churches, civic groups, workplaces according to whether

on me. So during our dinner, sitting inside his force field, inspired by that

people think the same way we do on matters of politics. And when we

legendary energy, I wanted to be in his class again, in his dorm again, on his

separate ourselves into groups of people who all think like we do, we start

team again, at La Lumiere again.

demonizing people on the other side. I wanted to ask him: Coach: Have you checked the calendar? Have you When this happens, the sense of community begins to suffer, and the

studied the schedule, coach? Are you sure we don’t have one more class,

country’s institutions start to break down. It’s already begun, and it’s

one more game, one more test where you try your best to stump us –

getting worse.

and then root like mad for us not to get stumped?!

If the factions that divide America took hold at La Lumiere, the Headmaster,

No. No more classes. No more games. Not for me. Not for you.

Mr. Smith, Mr. Kunst, the faculty – Zach, Devon, John, and Joy and other

I could try to soften that for you. I could offer the old sad bromide that

student leaders would see the danger and do everything possible to stop

you’re going on to bigger and better things. But in the joys and values that

it. Those factions are the opposite of what you’ve learned here. They’re the

make life worth living, it’s hard to get bigger and better than this. Your job

antithesis of what makes this place so special.

is to keep it going. Keep building community wherever you go. Stay close to the people you’re sitting next to, and take these lessons of character

So when you leave for the wider world, take with you what you learned

with you to the rest of your life. Do that, and you will do very well. You

here. The best way to change society is to refuse to let society change you.

will have a fantastic life.

Never become a member of a group that defines itself by its distaste for someone else. You wouldn’t do it here. You shouldn’t do it there.

And don’t worry. Don’t worry. You won’t miss your teachers. La Lumiere teachers live in your heart forever.

If you get involved in politics as I did, great. Fight hard for what you believe in! Just try to stay cool, and don’t forget – no matter how much you dislike someone’s point of view, it’s his country too. This isn’t new for you. It’s living the values you learned here. Values you and I share. In a few minutes, we will share one thing more. We will never be students here again. That still makes me sad, thirty-five years after I sat where you’re sitting today. Some of the best days of my life were lived here. I’ve spent a long time wondering why that was, and now I think I know: It’s because here at La Lumiere, my teachers and coaches and classmates knew me well – and liked me anyway. And I liked them back. It wasn’t just one or two friends. It was a network of deep friendships built on affection and respect. That is what it means to have a community. It’s the single greatest source of human happiness. And once you taste it, you don’t ever forget it. At La Lumiere, it also became clear to me that in a community, not everyone is equal. There is often someone who stands out, who serves as a central figure and helps everyone else bond together with a sense of belonging, a sense of common purpose. Last year, I had dinner in Washington with Mr. Kirkby. Mr. Kirkby was the first teacher ever hired at La Lumiere – the favorite teacher and coach of hundreds of students – and my advisor, then and still. He had spent the day at the Supreme Court, as the guest of the Chief Justice, and then he joined me. It’s a steep drop from his best student to

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Linda’s work too, extended far outside the studio and touched many

The Art Effect

aspects of campus and student life. Upon awarding the Headmaster’s Award to Linda during the 2012 Commencement ceremony, Kennedy effused, “Linda you have more than just created art, you have left a lasting impression. It is your legacy to La Lumiere.” Headmaster Kennedy said

In 1985 the art program at La Lumiere School was an empty canvas.

that Linda had earned the designation of “school person,” a modern

Thanks to Linda Weigel, today visual art of all kinds created by alumni and

adaptation of the prep-school term, “school man,” reserved for that

current students can be found on nearly every wall on campus. Through

unique educator wholly-dedicated to their calling as a boarding school

dedication, ingenuity and hard work, Linda Weigel leaves an established

educator.

Fine Arts program as her legacy, an experience shared by all graduates over the past quarter of a century. Whether a Foundations of Art

“Today,” Kennedy went on, “the term “school man” applies to a

student in the Third Form, or the fortunate Sixth Former whose portfolio

committed, passionate, and talented woman. First of all, a school person

she shepherded through the Art School admissions process – each

connects deeply with her students; a school person is excellent at the

experienced Linda Weigel’s “art effect.”

performance of her job; and finally, a school person is loyal to her school.”

Headmaster’s Award: Linda Weigel In May 2012 on the occassion of her retirement, La Lumiere honored Linda

Under Linda’s tutelage, La Lumiere art students entered into a

Weigel for elevating the School’s Fine Arts program to prominence and

partnership that guided them through the fundamentals of art, through

for the body of work amassed by her students’ collective accomplishments.

2D art, and into the development of a portfolio to facilitate acceptance

Through her 27 years of service, Linda Weigel developed an unparalleled

into prestigious art schools across the country. Recent graduates have

art program, unceasingly advocated for the arts, and nurtured countless

gone on to study at Rhode Island School of Design, The School of the Art

young artists into successful graphic designers, fine artists, producers, creative

Institute of Chicago and Parson’s School of Design, just to name a few.

directors, animators and life-long students of art. One such student, Josh Rampage ’99, described Linda’s effect as “You Linda provided a special learning environment in her studio, inspiring

taught me to conceive and construct. You encouraged me to hone my

students to do their best, motivating students to higher reaches of

abilities and produce something better. You inspired me to believe in what

their talents and exposing them to all available venues for competition

I created and to keep creating. When I told you I was going to pursue

and exhibition. At her direction, student work was exhibited in juried

a degree in business you smiled and asked me ‘why?’ You always asked

competitions across the region in Valparaiso, South Bend, Chicago and

questions I didn’t feel I had the exact answers for, and it taught me to ask

beyond.

my own questions and find my own answers.

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This is truly no ordinary effect…it is Linda’s “art effect.” Linda understood the importance of showcasing the student artwork and established a legacy project in the Sixth Form course that would remain permanently on display at La Lumiere. Among these lasting gifts to the school are the murals of the Moore House landscape, the Homage to the English Department, and the oversize vase with flowers reminding all who pass of Linda’s collaboration with her students. Art Foundations remains a requirement for all Third Form students, regardless of their artistic potential. In the spring of 2012, Linda delivered her final chapel talk; in it she spoke of the symbolism and power of threes. She pointed to the school’s motto of character, scholarship, and faith as a triumverate we should “carry with

us as a grounding for our lives.” To Linda, the motto represented “a gift you have been given; your great mission in life.” She believed that scholarship does not end after college, an example she upheld proudly in her studio and by her example. Throughout her tenure at La Lumiere, Linda continued to study new ideas and techniques, broadening and deepening her own learning experience and that of her students and colleagues. In thanking Linda, Kennedy summed it up: “You are not just a teacher of art... you represent the art of teaching, and we thank you.”

Headmaster’s Award In recognition of your outstanding support of La Lumiere School, its mission and ideals and in appreciation for your commitment to excellence and your invaluable leadership to our school.

Legacy art murals across campus.

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Alumni Memorial Award - John Frederick Lake, Jr. University of Notre Dame John Lake forged his own way through his four years at La Lumiere setting and achieving goals. John served as the school’s first Co-curricular prefect, was active in campus ministry and Masses, tennis, golf, drama and academic decathlon. John’s breadth of interests and depth of capacity was demonstrated in his academic mastery, dedication to service, and athletic development. John earned Distinction of National Merit Scholar, the Xerox Award for Innovation and Information Technology from the University of Rochester, was a contributing member of the Blue Key Society, and worked on the Nicaragua service trip for two years.

Sixth Form Award for Stellar Academic Performance............................................................................................... Shubhra Madhukar Murarka James R. Moore Scholar Athlete Award...........................................................................Alana Raeann Murray and Zachary James Wisniewski Alan R. Hannan Unsung Hero Award....................................................................................................... Rebecca Kristine Stueck and Jingxin Xu Trustees Award for Leadership Based on Character.................................................................................................... Zachary James Wisniewski Headmaster’s Award for Growth and Distinction.................William Kniesley Kesling, Matthew Brian Tucker, Aaron Stephen Emmanuel The One of Us Award............................................................................................................................................................... Anulé Theresa Ndukwu The Alumni Memorial Award–The Person Who Best Portrays the La Lumiere Ideal ................................................ John Frederick Lake, Jr. Sixth Form Award for Service to Younger Students.................................................................................................. William Robert Holdsworth

Head Prefect - Zachary James Wisniewski St. Louis University Excerpt from Commencement Address Through the four years that most of us have attended LaLu there have been many changes. Physical changes such as the addition of the science center to the academic building, improvements to the athletic facilities, and the extension in the Moore House. Remember when the food was served right when you walked through the doors? La Lumiere has changed in other ways also. New faculty members and students joining the community, older ones being called to pursue other interests and leaving. Yet you, the members of our graduating class will never change. We’ve all been able to experience the same changes, joys, and even struggles that La Lumiere has put us through, together. It’s the one thing that we will hold in common for the rest of our lives. Three words have been embedded in our minds now after constant repetition of years at LaLu: character, scholarship, and faith. The motto is that which the school runs on, and the motto which we still have to keep in mind after we leave. Whatever we become in life, no matter what road we take to get there, remember where the journey started and the people with whom you started it.

Annual Report

Financial Summary

July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012

Sources of Revenue Tuition and Fees

Chairman’s Message As Chair of the Board of Trustees, I am proud to be a part of La Lumiere School at a very important period in its history. As our 50th anniversary approaches, I can tell you that the School is operating from a position of strength, rooted in tradition and open to new ways of pursuing excellence.

$3,434,663

Auxiliary Services

$211,133

Annual Fund and Other Donations

$567,029

Capital Campaign

$400,000

Investment Income

$2,730

TOTAL $4,615,555

This year, thanks to generous contributions from the Board, alumni, parents, faculty, and many friends, we continued to develop resources to invest in the School, helping us to deliver an unparalleled environment for all those who teach and learn at La Lumiere. Included in this report is a list reflecting the growth of participation and philanthropic support of La Lumiere, and we are proud of the accomplishment it represents. I am personally thankful for all who have generously contributed to our school. You are truly community-builders.

Uses of Revenue Instructional Services

Headmaster Kennedy’s administrative team and the Board of Trustees continue to closely monitor the School’s budget, which once again finished “in the black” last school year. The Board of Trustees is mindful of setting tuition at amounts which are a reasonable value for parents, but will also lead to fair compensation to faculty and staff, and anticipate the challenges of the future.

$1,071,200

Student Activities

$174,665

Food Services

$285,611

Plant Operating

$873,305

Admissions

$100,800

General and Administrative Capital Campaign

$34,531

Other Expenses

$215,665

TOTAL

If you have not donated to the Annual Fund in the past, I hope you will consider a donation this year. The Annual Fund is an integral funding source for School operations. I ask that you continue to make this important fund a giving priority.

$4,227,367

Sources of Revenue Investment Income Annual Fund and Other Donations

Among the events this year at La Lumiere, the June Blessing of the newly-constructed Headmaster’s House stands out as a moment which reaffirmed the sense of community our School enjoys. It reminded me, how much the School depends on personal relationships for our strength.

Capital Campaign

Thank you for your own committment to a continuing relationship with

Auxiliary Services

La Lumiere.

Tuition and Fees

Sincerely,

James W. Kaminski, Parent ’08 & ‘10 Chairman, Board of Trustees

Uses of Revenue Other Expenses Capital Campaign

General Administrative

This report includes donors whose gifts were received between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012. Every effort has been made to ensure that the printed information is accurate. If there are any omissions, please contact our Development Office at 219.326.7450.

$1,471,590

Instructional Services Student Activities

Plant Operating Admissions

Food Services

Annual Giving 2011-2012

Giving By Level Founders Society $25,000 and above Mrs. William P. Linnenˆ Unity Foundation of La Porte County

God’s Hand Society $10,000 - $24,999 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew McKenna, Sr.ˆ Daniel Murphy Scholarship Foundation Dr. Scholl Foundation David and Bridget ’88 Van Eekerenˆ The Vanderboegh Family – Allen, Virginia, Andy ’88, Sally ’91 and Ida ’14ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Walsh, Jr. ’95ˆ

Trustees Society $5,000 - $9,999 Mr. E.M. Bakwinˆ Ned ’81 and Caroline Costelloˆ Rick and Elizabeth Dekkerˆ Robert J. Hiler Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Fred S. Hirtˆ Horizons For Youth Anne and Joe Linnen ’84ˆ Dan and Tricia Luckˆ Mark ’77 and Eileen McNabolaˆ Mrs. Rosemary A. Mennenˆ Dr. and Mrs. John E. Minerˆ Dr. and Mrs. Herb J. Yekelˆ

Leadership Society $2,000 - $4,999 Anonymous Jack and Meg ’81 Capliceˆ Mr. Richard A. Everist, Jr. ’73ˆ Connie ’83 and Charlie Falconeˆ Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Frankeˆ Joe ’83 and Jane Gaffiganˆ Mrs. Irene F. Ganster John ’71 and Catherine Hilerˆ Mr. and Mrs. Larry Hiler Mr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Hillenbrand ’84ˆ Mr. and Mrs. James Kaminskiˆ Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Kennedy ’86ˆ Dr. and Mrs. Peter C. Keslingˆ David and Johanna Millerˆ Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Newcombe ’69ˆ Arlene and John Roseˆ John ’69 and Christine Rumelyˆ Mr. and Mrs. John J. Schirger ’84ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Randolph M. Smithˆ Robert and Joan Smithˆ Dr. and Mrs. Pietro M. Toninoˆ Mr. and Mrs. Michael Tristanoˆ Mr. Zhe Wu and Ms. Jing Chenˆ Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Yemcˆ Mr. Moo Yeol Yoo and Ms. Hyun Jung Kimˆ

Headmaster’s Club $1,000 - $1,999 Anonymous(3)ˆ Joy Allenˆ Paris ’74 and Christopher Barclayˆ Beechwood Modular Sales The Brennan Familyˆ Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Buck ’86 Casteel Construction Corp. Mr. John C. Coughlin ’80ˆ Dr. and Mrs. Raymond E. Daly IIIˆ Mr. and Mrs. Gary Davisˆ Tripp ‘86 and Christian Deversˆ Dr. and Mrs. John M. Diveris Mr. Shaw R. Friedman and The Hon. Greta Friedmanˆ Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Goble

Dr. and Mrs. Dale A. Goodmanˆ Dr. and Mrs. Robert Gronemeyerˆ Mr. Tim Grote ’83ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Walter Groteˆ Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Gumzˆ Mr. Seong-Ju Heo and Mrs. Yu-Jung Shinˆ Mr. and Mrs. C. Edward Hiler Mrs. Margaret F. Hiler Peter Lally Hillenbrand ’80 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Hurley ’77ˆ Mary Ivanovich Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Jaffee Dr. Clifford J. Kavinsky and Dr. Evalyn N. Grantˆ Mr. Andrew C. Keslingˆ Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Kilcoyneˆ Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Klekamp ’88ˆ Mr. and Mrs. David Knightˆ Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Kunstˆ Mr. Dong Hoon Kwak and Mrs. Yeon Ju Kimˆ Mr. Sang Yong Kwak and Mrs. Kyung-A Leeˆ La Lumiere School Parents Associationˆ Dr. Kee Byoung Lee and Dr. JeongMi Parkˆ Mr. Man Gyoon Lee and Mrs. Mi-Jung Kimˆ Mr. Yong Lee and Mrs. Ki hye Kimˆ Mr. and Mrs. Mark Leyden ’77ˆ Mr. and Mrs. James E. Mackˆ Mr. and Mrs. Richard McBrideˆ Mr. John T. McCarthyˆ Mrs. Barbara Mooreˆ Dr. and Mrs. Maurice Ndukwuˆ Mrs. Gayle F. Nicosiaˆ Mr. and Mrs. Kevin C. Nolan ’72ˆ Mr. Hyung Taek Park and Mrs. Jin Hee Ahnˆ Minesh and Archana Patelˆ Mr. Rory P. Quirk ’00ˆ Mr. Michael Riley ’78ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Roszkiewiczˆ Mr. and Mrs. John J. Schornackˆ Don D. Sneddenˆ Mr. and Mrs. Bryan P. Smithˆ Mr. and Mrs. Victor P. Smith ’86ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Sturtevant, Gibson Insuranceˆ Three Oaks Spokes, Inc.ˆ Rev. Wayne Francis Wattsˆ Wells Fargo Foundation Education Matching Gift Programˆ Mr. Martin J. Whalen and Ms. Kathleen A. Kennedy ’83ˆ Paul L. and Dana A. Whiting ’87ˆ Joe Yast ’70 and Helen Krowickyˆ Izzy Zalcbergˆ

Lakers Club $250 - $999 Anonymous (2)ˆ Dr. and Mrs. Herand Abcarianˆ Mr. and Mrs. Ken R. Andertˆ Mr. and Mrs. Michael Anthonyˆ ArcelorMittal Matching Gifts Programˆ Chris and Grace Balawenderˆ Nancy and Bill Barnardˆ Ms. Rebecca S. Busch Mr. Kevin Carrigan and Mrs. Mary Newmanˆ Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Craig ’79ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Craneˆ Current Electric, Inc. Jan and Anneke Dekkerˆ Mr. Michael E. Delgado ’85ˆ Mr. George Demos ’95ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Ronald DeNardoˆ Mr. and Mrs. John J. Edwards ’79ˆ Franciscan St. Anthony Health Dr. Donald Fehrs and Dr. Maureen Fehrsˆ

Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Gaffigan ’81ˆ Lois C. Gallagherˆ Dr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Ganster ’69ˆ Dr. and Mrs. Christopher S. Grandfield Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Grangerˆ Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Gumz ’89ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Roderick Gumz ’88ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hackl ’81ˆ Mrs. Gretchen R. Hannanˆ Mr. and Mrs. Patrick T. Hemphill, Sr.ˆ Mr. Jonathan E. Hicks ’78ˆ Joan and John Hillenbrandˆ Joe Hostetler ’72ˆ Mr. Zheng Hua Huang and Mrs. Ya Fang Xuˆ Mr. Michael L. Igoe, Jr.ˆ Mr. and Mrs. William Igoe ’74ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Jaffeeˆ Mr. Leonard P. Jennings ’86ˆ Mr. Andrew E. Jones ’98 and Mrs. Alexis A. Pontius-Jones ’99ˆ La Lumiere School Student Body 2011-12ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Leon R. Kaminskiˆ Mr. Christopher Kamyszew and Mrs. Ewa Domeredzkaˆ Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Kemperˆ Dr. and Mrs. James R. Kennedy Mr. Patrick B. Kennedyˆ Mr. Timothy J. Kleihege ’80 and Mrs. Catherine Miller Kleihege ’83 Anton and Pattie Kobe, State of Mind Salon and Day Spaˆ Mr. and Mrs. George L. Koehmˆ Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Kotz ’86ˆ Mr. and Mrs. John Lakeˆ Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Lanigan ’73 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Larkin ’86 Dr. Robert M. Liddell ’75ˆ Will and Stacey Lingleˆ Mr. Howard G. Jones and Ms. Dionne S. Lovstad-Jonesˆ Ms. Kathleen A. Mack ’81ˆ Deacon Dick and Judy Magenisˆ Mr. and Mrs. John Marsch ’70ˆ McDonald’s Corporation Matching Giftsˆ Dr. and Mrs. Brian McGuckinˆ Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. McNabola ’85ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Jay Millerˆ Mr. James M. Morrison, Jr. ’82ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Mulveyˆ Mr. David C. Murillo and Dr. Ann-Marie Murilloˆ Dr. Mariam Nasidiˆ Mr. and Mrs. Jay A. Nawrocki ’68ˆ Rick and Maryann Newellˆ Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pagelsˆ Mr. Dale Parkison and Ms. Elizabeth Kabelin Parkisonˆ Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Paul ’69ˆ Stephen Paul ’74ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Price Mr. and Mrs. John A. Prouty ’93ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. Quirk ’69ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Ramirez ’80 Dan ‘84 and Jean Rosshirtˆ Mr. Thomas M. Rosshirt ’77 and Ms. Molly McUsicˆ Mr. and Mrs. Jaswinder S. Sahiˆ Jim and Judy Sarwark Ms. Pamela M. Schaetzleˆ Clem Schaub ’69ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Schermer Katherine Kerrigan Shannon ’79ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Shannon ’73ˆ Mr. and Mrs. John C. Shoopˆ

Mr. Larry A. Spaethˆ Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey G. Sparrow ’78ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Sparrow ’76ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Andrew C. Sperling ’87ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Kevin M. Sullivan ’83ˆ Tom ’97 and Sarah Sullivanˆ Mr. Thomas A. Todd ’74ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Argelio Trevino, Jr.ˆ Adam Vince ’99ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walinskiˆ Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Whitlow ’85ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Bradley H. Wireˆ Mr. Taylor O. Wright IV ’80ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Noel Yargerˆ Mr. and Mrs. Herb F. Yekelˆ

Contributors Club up to $249 Anonymous (2)ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas A. Adams ’99ˆ Ms. Mary Agbaˆ Mr. Peter H. Alfordˆ Miss Natalee Allenbaugh ’09ˆ AllianceBernstein Matching Gift Programˆ Brian Yaw Anyinam ’03ˆ Mr. William J. Ashenden ’76ˆ Mark ’99 and Jenifer ’00 Balawenderˆ Mr. and Mrs. Brett Balhoffˆ Dr. Heather A. Bankowski ’95ˆ Ms. Katherine Bankowski ’05ˆ Mr. Matthew Barnicle ’88ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Ralph J. Barr Mr. Gerald Blaise ’86ˆ Mr. Doron Blake and Ms. Emma Wynnˆ Caitlyn Bolton ’02ˆ Mrs. Margaret Boltonˆ Dr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Bonomo ’88ˆ Ms. Elena Bowman Mr. and Mrs. Dennis J. Boyˆ Ms. Devon T. Brennan ’02ˆ Eamon Brennan ’00ˆ Mr. Edward J. Breslinˆ Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bridgmanˆ Mrs. Mary H. Brockwayˆ Mr. and Mrs. Donald Brooksˆ Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Brownˆ Mr. and Mrs. Mathew L. Buchananˆ Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Cainsˆ Dr. and Mrs. Peter Campbellˆ Mr. Michael T. Canan ’81 Mr. and Mrs. Gray Carlsonˆ Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Cobboldˆ Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Colemanˆ Mr. David A. Collins ‘77 and Mrs. Patricia J. Julianˆ Mrs. Helen U. Collinsˆ Ambrose Marc Conroy ’90ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Scott Correiraˆ Christiaan Corthier ’91ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Craig Creekwood Inn Ms. Marybeth N. Creminˆ Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Crepeau ’78ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Peter Crowe ’85ˆ D & M Excavating, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Drew Danikˆ Mr. James B. DeMartini ’70ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Demski ’79ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Willard R. Dorman ’76 ˆ John and Cynthia Dumelleˆ Rodulfo Eguizabal and Brenda A. Eguizabalˆ

ˆ Indicates unrestricted Annual Fund donor

Mr. Akihito Enomoto ’98ˆ Tom Falconeˆ The Honorable James P. Flannery, Jr. ’68 and Ms. Carol F. Zigulichˆ Jaime Frankle ’04ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Frazeˆ Scott Frieseˆ Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Gahan, BiddyMurphy.com Greg and Judy Gillen Ms. Chris E. Goodˆ Mr. and Mrs. William Grimmerˆ Mr. Michael Grote ’85ˆ Dr. and Mrs. John M. Hagueˆ Nancy Hainˆ Gibbs Haljun ’87ˆ Alan R. Hannan ’78ˆ Mrs. Violet Harperˆ Mike and Cindy Heffronˆ Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hicksˆ Natalie Hock ’00ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hockˆ Blair Hoenk ’04ˆ Mr. and Mrs. John Hoganˆ Mrs. Rita J. Hollingsheadˆ Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Hostetler ’77ˆ Stephanie A. Hurley ’79ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Alan Hussˆ Andrew D. Hutchcraft ’69ˆ Mrs. Anna Hutskoˆ Mr. Joseph P. Huylerˆ Mr. Akira Ichijo ’93ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Jerrald T. Kabelinˆ Ryugo ’92 and Hana Kato ’93ˆ Ms. Cee Cee Kaylor Mr. and Mrs. Terrence Keayˆ Amy and Tim Kennedyˆ Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Kerrigan ’80ˆ Dr. and Mrs. Robert O. Kinney ’78ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kitlas Mrs. Kim Kniolaˆ Ruth Knoll Richard and Eileen Kochannyˆ Mr. and Mrs. David Kozakˆ Mr. and Mrs. Keith K. Krause ’94ˆ Mr. Hiroyuki Kurashima ’96ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lakeˆ Guy Lenardo ’76 Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Leyden ’78ˆ Ms. Margaret Lingleˆ Mr. and Mrs. Gary A. Marfiseˆ Joe Marfise ’95 Sarah McAdams ’83ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. McArdle ’70ˆ Sydney McBride ’11ˆ Mr. and Mrs. James G. McCune, Jr.ˆ McDonald’s Restaurants of La Porte County Mr. and Mrs. Paul McDonnellˆ Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McNamaraˆ Tom McTigue ’02ˆ Ms. Kayla B. Mensch ’05ˆ Miller’s Mechanical, Inc. Meijer Community Rewards Mr. and Mrs. Robert Millerˆ Mr. and Mrs. Algirdas Mockaitis Mr. Vernon J. Mooreˆ Morgan Stanley Matching Gift Programˆ Ms. Sue Morseˆ Mr. Brendan J. Mulvey ’09ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Madhukar Murarkaˆ Mr. William Murphy ’68ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Alan D. Murrayˆ Mr. and Mrs. Andrew L. Nawrocki, Jr. David and Lisa Neilˆ Mr. Dan Nelson and Dr. Nina Seme Nelson ’89ˆ

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Newcombe ’73ˆ Susan Smith Newell ’83ˆ Mike and Jill Nygren Ms. Mary C. O’Malleyˆ Mr. James M. O’Brien ’70ˆ Ms. Alexandra Pagels Penry ’03ˆ Mrs. Joseph Pedulla Mr. and Mrs. Silvio Perez Mrs. Marly R. Tristano Trish and Tim Preheimˆ Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Prinz, Jr.ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Rentschler ’73ˆ Jack Rosshirtˆ Ms. Elena Royalˆ Mr. and Mrs. Burton Rubyˆ Ms. Kasey Ryan ’95ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Sachsˆ Mr. Andrew T. Schils ’01ˆ Mr. and Mrs. William E. Schirgerˆ Paul and Sara Schraubenˆ Mr. and Mrs. Matthew A. Schusterˆ Miss Jessica L. Schwingendorf ’11ˆ Mr. and Mrs. James E. Shaw II ’83ˆ Mr. Bill Sheley, Hi-Tech Housing, Inc. Mr. Jacob J. Shoop ’98ˆ Mr. Kevin C. Spinglerˆ Mrs. Elizabeth Grady Strom Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Stueckˆ Larry and Bonnie Sullivanˆ Lawrence P. Sullivan Jr. ’76ˆ Orthopedic Associates of Kankakee, S.C.ˆ Mr. Yoshio Suzuki ’84ˆ John and Ann Sweeneyˆ TMM Insurance Services, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin B. Tangˆ Target Take Charge of Education Program Ms. Barbara Tenney Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert J. Terlicher ’72ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Jason D. Tincher ’98ˆ Jeff Tincher ’99ˆ Jenny Tristano ’01ˆ Kellene and Jeffery Urbaniakˆ John and Rachel Urygaˆ Mr. Edo Velovic ’96ˆ Arthur Walkerˆ Mr. Alec Wallˆ Mr. and Mrs. Michael Webster ’83ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Webster Linda and Craig Weigelˆ Marsha and Don Wenigˆ Mr. Philip R. Wennekes and Mrs. Dawn D. Fellersˆ Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Williamsˆ Mr. Larry Winkelman Mr. and Mrs. William H. Wymerˆ Mr. and Mrs. John Yargerˆ Mr. and Mrs. John R. Yast ’75ˆ

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Tristanoˆ Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Walsh, Jr. ’95ˆ Rev. Wayne Francis Wattsˆ Emeritus Trustees Dr. and Mrs. Raymond E. Daly IIIˆ The Honorable James P. Flannery, Jr. ’68 ˆ and Ms. Carol F. Zigulichˆ Joe ’83 and Jane Gaffiganˆ Mr. and Mrs. Walter Groteˆ Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Hurley ’77ˆ Terry and Frances Jones Joe ’84 and Anne Linnenˆ Mrs. William P. Linnenˆ Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. McKenna, Sr.ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Paul ’69ˆ Trish and Tim Preheimˆ Arlene and John Roseˆ Larry and Bonnie Sullivanˆ

Giving By Constituency

Faculty and Staff Mr. and Mrs. Ken R. Andertˆ Chris and Grace Balawenderˆ Mr. and Mrs. Brett Balhoffˆ Mr. and Mrs. Mathew L. Buchananˆ Dr. and Mrs. Peter Campbellˆ Rodulfo Eguizabal and Brenda A. Eguizabalˆ Tom Falconeˆ Jaime Frankle ’04ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Heffronˆ Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Kennedy ’86ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Patrick T. Hemphill, Sr.ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Alan Hussˆ Mr. Joseph P. Huylerˆ Mr. Patrick B. Kennedyˆ

Board of Trustees Ned ’81 and Caroline Costelloˆ Connie ’83 and Charlie Falconeˆ Mr. Shaw R. Friedman and The Hon. Greta Friedmanˆ Mr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Hillenbrand ’84ˆ Mr. and Mrs. James Kaminskiˆ Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Kennedy ’86ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Mark Leyden ’77ˆ Dr. David and Mrs. Johanna Millerˆ Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Newcombe ’69ˆ John ’69 and Christine Rumelyˆ Mr. and Mrs. John J. Schirger ’84ˆ

Former Trustees Anonymousˆ Dr. and Mrs. Herand Abcarianˆ Paris ’74 and Christopher Barclay ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Gumz ˆ John ‘71 and Catherine Hiler ˆ Joan and John Hillenbrand ˆ Dr. and Mrs. James R. Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. James E. Mackˆ Mr. and Mrs. Gary A. Marfiseˆ Mrs. Barbara Mooreˆ Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Nawrocki, Jr.ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. Quirk ’69ˆ Mr. and Mrs. John J. Schornackˆ Mr. and Mrs. Randolph M. Smithˆ Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Websterˆ Joe Yast ’70 and Helen Krowickyˆ Class Agents Mr. Nicholas A. Adams ’99ˆ Ms. Devon T. Brennan ’02ˆ Ms. Meg Linnen Caplice ’81ˆ Mr. Christiaan Corthier ’91ˆ Mr. Thomas M. Crepeau ’78ˆ Mr. James B. DeMartini ’70ˆ Mr. Richard A. Everist, Jr. ’73ˆ The Honorable James P. Flannery, Jr. ’68ˆ Ms. Natalie Hock ’00ˆ Mr. Thomas A. Hostetler ’77ˆ Mr. William Igoe ’74ˆ Mr. Timothy J. Kleihege ’80 Mr. Keith K. Krause ’94ˆ Mr. Michael Larkin ’86 Mr. Guy Lenardo ’76 Dr. Marina T. Seme-Nelson ’89ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Kevin C. Nolan ’72ˆ Mr. John Rumely ’69 ˆ Mr. Andrew Vanderboegh ’88 Ms. Dana Weninger Whiting ’87ˆ

Mr. and Mrs. David Kozakˆ Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Kunstˆ Mr. and Mrs. William P. Lingleˆ Mr. and Mrs. Paul McDonnellˆ Mr. and Mrs. Jay Millerˆ Ms. Sue Morseˆ Mr. and Mrs. Alan D. Murrayˆ Dr. Mariam Nasidiˆ Ms. Mary O’Malleyˆ Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pagelsˆ Ms. Elena Royalˆ Ms. Kasey Ryan ’95ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Bryan P. Smithˆ Don D. Sneddenˆ Mr. Kevin C. Spinglerˆ Kellene and Jeffery Urbaniakˆ John and Rachel Urygaˆ Arthur Walkerˆ Mr. Alec Wallˆ Linda and Craig Weigelˆ Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Yemcˆ Former Faculty and Staff Mr. Peter H. Alfordˆ Mark ’99 and Jenifer ’00 Balawenderˆ Mr. Doron Blake and Ms. Emma Wynnˆ Mr. and Mrs. Sean D. Brennanˆ Mr. Edward J. Breslinˆ Mrs. Mary H. Brockwayˆ Mr. and Mrs. Drew Danikˆ Mr. and Mrs. Ronald DeNardoˆ Scott Frieseˆ Mr. Howard Jones and Ms. Dionne Lovstad-Jonesˆ Richard and Eileen Kochannyˆ Deacon Dick and Judy Magenisˆ David and Johanna Millerˆ Mrs. Barbara Mooreˆ Mr. Dennis Quirk and Ms. Marian M. Quirkˆ Larry and Bonnie Sullivanˆ Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Webster Current Parents Anonymousˆ Ms. Mary Agbaˆ Joy Allenˆ Mr. and Mrs. Michael Anthonyˆ Nancy and Bill Barnardˆ Mr. and Mrs. Ralph J. Barr Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Brownˆ Ms. Rebecca S. Busch Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Cainsˆ Jack and Meg ’81 Capliceˆ Mr. and Mrs. Gray Carlsonˆ Mr. Kevin Carrigan and Mrs. Mary Newmanˆ Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Cobboldˆ Mr. and Mrs. Scott Correiraˆ Ned ’81 and Caroline Costelloˆ Ms. Marybeth N. Creminˆ Mr. and Mrs. Gary Davis Rick and Elizabeth Dekkerˆ Dr. and Mrs. John M. Diveris John and Cynthia Dumelleˆ Mr. Shaw R. Friedman and The Hon. Greta Friedmanˆ Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Gahan Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Gobleˆ Dr. and Mrs. Dale A. Goodmanˆ Dr. and Mrs. Robert Gronemeyerˆ Mr. Tim Grote ’83ˆ Mr. Seong-Ju Heo and Mrs. Yu-Jung Shinˆ Mr. and Mrs. Fred S. Hirtˆ ˆ Indicates unrestricted Annual Fund donor

Annual Giving 2011-2012

Mr. Zheng Hua Huang and Mrs. Ya Fang Xuˆ Mary Ivanovich Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Jaffeeˆ Mr. Howard Jones and Ms. Dionne Lovstad-Jonesˆ Mr. Christopher Kamyszew and Mrs. Ewa Domeredzkaˆ Dr. Clifford J. Kavinsky and Dr. Evalyn N. Grantˆ Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Kemperˆ Mr. Andrew C. Keslingˆ Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Kilcoyneˆ Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kitlas Mr. Timothy J. Kleihege ’80 and Mrs. Catherine Miller Kleihege ’83 Mr. and Mrs. David Knightˆ Mrs. Kim Kniolaˆ Mr. and Mrs. Anton Kobeˆ Mr. and Mrs. George L. Koehmˆ Mr. Dong Hoon Kwak and Mrs. Yeon Ju Kimˆ Mr. Sang Yong Kwak and Mrs. Kyung-A Leeˆ Mr. and Mrs. John Lakeˆ Dr. Kee Byoung Lee and Dr. JeongMi Parkˆ Mr. Man Gyoon Lee and Mrs. Mi-Jung Kimˆ Mr. Yong Lee and Mrs. Ki hye Kimˆ Dan and Tricia Luckˆ Dr. and Mrs. Brian McGuckinˆ Mr. and Mrs. Robert Millerˆ Dr. and Mrs. John E. Minerˆ Mr. and Mrs. Algirdas Mockaitis Mr. and Mrs. Madhukar Murarkaˆ Mr. David C. Murillo and Dr. Ann-Marie Murilloˆ Mr. and Mrs. Alan D. Murrayˆ Dr. and Mrs. Maurice Ndukwuˆ David and Lisa Neilˆ Rick and Maryann Newellˆ Mike and Jill Nygren Mr. Hyung Taek Park and Mrs. Jin Hee Ahnˆ Mr. Dale Parkison and Ms. Elizabeth Kabelin Parkisonˆ Minesh and Archana Patelˆ Mr. and Mrs. Silvio Perez Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Price Mr. and Mrs. Jaswinder S. Sahiˆ Ms. Pamela M. Schaetzleˆ Mr. and Mrs. Matthew A. Schusterˆ Mr. Larry A. Spaethˆ Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Stueckˆ Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Sturtevantˆ Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin B. Tangˆ Ms. Barbara Tenney Dr. and Mrs. Pietro Toninoˆ Mr. and Mrs. Argelio Trevino, Jr.ˆ David and Bridget ’88 VanEekerenˆ Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walinskiˆ Mr. Philip R. Wennekes and Mrs. Dawn D. Fellersˆ Mr. Martin J. Whalen and Ms. Kathleen A. Kennedy ’83ˆ Mr. Zhe Wu and Ms. Jing Chenˆ Mr. and Mrs. John Yargerˆ Dr. Herb J. Yekel and Mrs. Kimberly R. Johnson Yekelˆ Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Yemcˆ Mr. Moo Yeol Yoo and Ms. Hyun Jung Kimˆ Izzy Zalcbergˆ

Alumni Parents Anonymous (5)ˆ Dr. and Mrs. Herand Abcarianˆ Mr. Peter H. Alfordˆ Joy Allenˆ Chris and Grace Balawenderˆ Mrs. Margaret Boltonˆ Mr. and Mrs. Dennis J. Boyˆ Mr. and Mrs. Sean D. Brennanˆ Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bridgmanˆ Mrs. Mary H. Brockwayˆ Mr. and Mrs. Donald Brooksˆ Jack and Meg ’81 Capliceˆ Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Colemanˆ Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Craneˆ Dr. and Mrs. Raymond E. Daly IIIˆ Mr. and Mrs. Ronald DeNardoˆ John and Cynthia Dumelleˆ Dr. Donald Fehrs and Dr. Maureen Fehrsˆ Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Frankeˆ Mr. Shaw R. Friedman and The Hon. Greta Friedmanˆ Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Gaffiganˆ Lois C. Gallagherˆ Mrs. Irene F. Ganster Ms. Chris E. Goodˆ Mr. and Mrs. William Grimmerˆ Mr. and Mrs. Walter Groteˆ Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Gumz ˆ Dr. and Mrs. John M. Hagueˆ Mrs. Gretchen R. Hannanˆ Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hicksˆ Mr. and Mrs. C. Edward Hiler Mrs. Margaret F. Hiler Joan and John Hillenbrand ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hockˆ Mrs. Rita J. Hollingsheadˆ Mr. Michael L. Igoe, Jr.ˆ Mary Ivanovich Terry and Frances Jones Mr. and Mrs. James Kaminskiˆ Mr. and Mrs. Terrence Keayˆ Dr. and Mrs. James R. Kennedy Mr. Andrew Keslingˆ Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Kilcoyneˆ Ruth Knoll Mr. and Mrs. John Lakeˆ Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lakeˆ Mr. Man Gyoon Lee and Mrs. Mi-Jung Kimˆ Mrs. William P. Linnenˆ Dan and Tricia Luckˆ Mr. and Mrs. James E. Mackˆ Mr. and Mrs. Gary A. Marfiseˆ Mr. and Mrs. Richard McBrideˆ Mr. John T. McCarthyˆ Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. McKenna, Sr.ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McNamaraˆ Mrs. Rosemary A. Mennenˆ Mr. and Mrs. Robert Millerˆ Mrs. Barbara Mooreˆ Mr. Vernon J. Mooreˆ Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Mulveyˆ Mr. and Mrs. Alan D. Murrayˆ Dr. Mariam Nasidiˆ Mr. and Mrs. Andrew L. Nawrocki, Jr.ˆ Gayle Nicosiaˆ Mike and Jill Nygren Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pagelsˆ Mr. Dale Parkison and Ms. Elizabeth ˆ Kabelin Parkisonˆ Trish and Tim Preheimˆ Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Prinz, Jr.ˆ Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. Quirk ’69ˆ

Arlene and John Roseˆ Jack Rosshirtˆ Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Roszkiewiczˆ Mr. and Mrs. Burton Rubyˆ Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Sachsˆ Jim and Judy Sarwark Mr. and Mrs. William E. Schirgerˆ Mr. and Mrs. John J. Schornackˆ Paul and Sara Schraubenˆ Mr. and Mrs. John C. Shoopˆ Mr. and Mrs. Bryan P. Smithˆ Robert and Joan Smithˆ Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey G. Sparrow ’78ˆ Larry and Bonnie Sullivanˆ John and Ann Sweeneyˆ Mr. and Mrs. Michael Tristanoˆ John and Rachel Urygaˆ Mr. and Mrs. Allen Vanderboeghˆ Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Webster Linda and Craig Weigelˆ Marsha and Don Wenigˆ Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Williamsˆ Mr. and Mrs. Bradley H. Wireˆ Mr. Moo Yeol Yoo and Ms. Hyun Jung Kimˆ Grandparents Jan and Anneke Dekkerˆ Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Frazeˆ Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Grangerˆ Mr. and Mrs. Walter Groteˆ Mrs. Violet Harperˆ Mr. and Mrs. C. Edward Hiler Mrs. Margaret F. Hiler Mr. and Mrs. John Hoganˆ Mrs. Anna Hutskoˆ Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Jaffee Mr. and Mrs. Jerrald T. Kabelinˆ Mr. and Mrs. Leon R. Kaminskiˆ Dr. and Mrs. James R. Kennedy Dr. and Mrs. Peter C. Keslingˆ Mrs. William P. Linnenˆ Mrs. Joseph Pedulla Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Schermer Mr. and Mrs. Allen Vanderboeghˆ Mr. and Mrs. William H. Wymerˆ Mr. and Mrs. Noel Yargerˆ Mr. and Mrs. Herb F. Yekelˆ In Memory of Dan Linnen ’75 Robert Liddell ’75ˆ In Memory of our grandmother, Sis Moran Eamon ’00 and Devon ’02 Brennanˆ In Memory of Dr. Jon Nicosia Gayle Nicosiaˆ In Memory of Matt Rosshirt ’80 Jack Rosshirtˆ In Memory of Adam E. Sachs ’02 Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Sachsˆ In Memory of Hill Smith ’74 Robert and Joan Smithˆ

In Honor of Caitlyn R. Bolton ’02 and Nathaniel S. Bennet ’90 Mrs. Margaret Boltonˆ In Honor of Ian R. Coxworth ’77 Lois C. Gallagherˆ In Honor of Colleen and Michael ’86 Kennedy Tim and Amy Kennedyˆ In Honor of Mollie Levin ’13 Mr. and Mrs. William H. Wymerˆ In Honor of Joy Ndukwu’s graduation Mrs. Violet Harperˆ

In Honor of Mike Williams ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Williamsˆ Friends Anonymous Mr. E.M. Bakwinˆ Ms. Elena Bowman Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Craig Greg and Judy Gillen Dr. and Mrs. Christopher S. Grandfield Nancy Hainˆ Mr. and Mrs. Larry Hiler Ms. Cee Cee Kaylor Tim and Amy Kennedyˆ Ms. Margaret Lingleˆ Mr. and Mrs. James G. McCune, Jr.ˆ Mrs. Elizabeth G. Strom Businesses Anonymous (2)ˆ Alliance Bernstein Matching Gift Programˆ ArcelorMittal Matching Gifts Programˆ Beechwood Modular Sales Casteel Construction Corp. Creekwood Inn Current Electric, Inc. D & M Excavating, Inc. Hi-Tech Housing, Inc. Horizons For Youth La Lumiere School Parents Associationˆ McDonald’s Restaurants of La Porte County McDonald’s Corporationˆ Meijer Community Rewards Miller’s Mechanical, Inc. Michigan City Area Schools Morgan Stanley Matching Gift Program Orthopedic Associates of Kankakee, S.C.ˆ Franciscan St. Anthony Health Michigan City Target Take Charge of Education Program Three Oaks Spokes, Inc.ˆ TMM Insurance Services, Inc. Wells Fargo Foundation Education Matching Gift Programˆ Mr. Larry Winkelman

In Memory of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Todd Mr. Thomas A. Todd ’74ˆ ˆ Indicates unrestricted Annual Fund donor

1968 The Honorable James P. Flannery, Jr.ˆ Mr. William Murphyˆ Mr. Jay A. Nawrockiˆ 1969 Dr. Daniel C. Gansterˆ Andrew D. Hutchcraftˆ Mr. Richard S. Newcombeˆ Mr. Michael J. Paulˆ Mr. Dennis M. Quirkˆ John Rumelyˆ Clem Schaubˆ 1970 Mr. James B. DeMartiniˆ Mr. John Marschˆ Mr. Daniel R. McArdleˆ Mr. James M. O’Brienˆ Joe Yastˆ 1971 John Hilerˆ 1972 Joe Hostetlerˆ Mr. Kevin C. Nolanˆ Mr. Gilbert J. Terlicherˆ 1973 Mr. Richard A. Everist, Jr.ˆ Mr. Robert M. Lanigan Mr. Douglas Newcombeˆ Mr. Stephen P. Rentschlerˆ Mr. Michael D. Shannonˆ 1974 Paris Barclay Mr. William Igoe Stephen Paul Mr. Thomas A. Todd 1975 Anonymousˆ Dr. Robert M. Liddellˆ Mr. John R. Yastˆ 1976 Mr. William J. Ashendenˆ Mr. Willard R. Dorman ˆ Guy Lenardo Mr. Peter R. Sparrowˆ Lawrence P. Sullivan Jr.ˆ 1977 Mr. David A. Collinsˆ Mr. Thomas A. Hostetlerˆ Mr. Christopher Hurleyˆ Mr. Mark Leydenˆ Mark McNabolaˆ Mr. Thomas M. Rosshirtˆ Mr. Randolph M. Smithˆ 1978 Mr. Thomas M. Crepeauˆ Alan R. Hannanˆ Mr. Jonathan E. Hicksˆ Dr. Robert O. Kinneyˆ Mr. Paul J. Leydenˆ

Mr. Michael Rileyˆ Mr. Geoffrey G. Sparrowˆ 1979 Sally Dorman Craigˆ Mr. Michael E. Demskiˆ Mr. John J. Edwardsˆ Stephanie A. Hurleyˆ Katherine Kerrigan Shannonˆ 1980 Mr. John C. Coughlinˆ Peter Lally Hillenbrand Mr. Daniel Kerriganˆ Mr. Timothy J. Kleihege Peter Ramirez Mr. Taylor O. Wright IVˆ

1988 Mr. Matthew Barnicleˆ Dr. Raymond A. Bonomoˆ Mr. Roderick Gumzˆ Mr. Peter C. Klekampˆ Bridget Adam VanEekerenˆ Mr. Andrew Vanderboegh 1989 Mr. Daniel Gumzˆ Dr. Nina Seme Nelsonˆ

Ms. Devon T. Brennanˆ Tom McTigueˆ 2003 Brian Yaw Anyinamˆ Ms. Alexandra Pagels Penryˆ 2004 Jaime Frankleˆ Blair Hoenkˆ

1990 Ambrose Marc Conroyˆ

2005 Ms. Katherine Bankowskiˆ Ms. Kayla B. Martin Menschˆ

1991 Christiaan Corthierˆ

2008 Marly R. Tristano

1981 Mr. Michael T. Canan Meg Linnen Capliceˆ Ned Costelloˆ Mr. Mitchell Gaffiganˆ Mr. Robert Hacklˆ Ms. Kathleen A. Mackˆ

1992 Ryugo Katoˆ

2009 Miss Natalee Allenbaughˆ Mr. Brendan J. Mulvey ˆ

1982 Mr. James M. Morrison, Jr.ˆ

1994 Mr. Keith K. Krauseˆ

1983 Connie Devers Falconeˆ Joe Gaffiganˆ Mr. Tim Groteˆ Mrs. Catherine Miller Kleihege Sarah McAdamsˆ Susan Smith Newellˆ Lorinda Cathcart Shawˆ Mr. Kevin M. Sullivanˆ Mr. Michael Websterˆ Ms. Kathleen A. Kennedyˆ

1995 Dr. Heather A. Bankowskiˆ Mr. George Demosˆ Joe Marfise Ms. Kasey Ryanˆ Mr. Daniel P. Walsh, Jr.ˆ

1984 Mr. Daniel C. Hillenbrandˆ Joe Linnenˆ Dan Rosshirtˆ Mr. John J. Schirgerˆ Mr. Yoshio Suzukiˆ 1985 Mr. Peter Croweˆ Mr. Michael E. Delgadoˆ Mr. Michael Groteˆ Mr. Edward W. McNabolaˆ Mr. Richard P. Whitlowˆ 1986 Mr. Gerald Blaiseˆ Mr. Patrick Buck Tripp Deversˆ Mr. Leonard P. Jenningsˆ Mr. Michael H. Kennedyˆ Mr. Paul A. Kotzˆ Mr. Michael Larkin Mr. Victor P. Smithˆ 1987 Gibbs Haljunˆ Mr. Andrew C. Sperlingˆ Dana A. Weninger Whitingˆ

1993 Hana Ikeda Katoˆ Mr. Akira Ichijoˆ Mr. John A. Proutyˆ

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Giving By Class Year

2011 Miss Sydney McBrideˆ Miss Jessica L. Schwingendorf ˆ Justin Knollˆ

1996 Mr. Hiroyuki Kurashimaˆ Mr. Edo Velovicˆ 1997 Tom Sullivanˆ 1998 Mr. Akihito Enomotoˆ Mr. Andrew E. Jonesˆ Mr. Jacob J. Shoopˆ Mr. Jason D. Tincherˆ 1999 Mr. Nicholas A. Adamsˆ Mark Balawenderˆ Mrs. Alexis A. Pontius-Jonesˆ Jeff Tincherˆ Adam Vinceˆ 2000 Jenifer Shreve Balawenderˆ Eamon Brennanˆ Natalie Hockˆ Mr. Rory P. Quirkˆ 2001 Mr. Andrew T. Schilsˆ Jenny Tristanoˆ 2002 Caitlyn Boltonˆ

ˆ Indicates unrestricted Annual Fund donor

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Annual Golf Outing & Alumni Reunion, September 2011 Hole in One Sponsorship The Vanderboegh Family The Van Eekeren Family Par Sponsorship Anonymous Dr. and Mrs. John M. Diveris Hole-in-One Car Sponsor Sauers Buick Hole Sponsors Biddy Murphy, Ward and Mary Gahan Creekwood Inn Current Electric, Inc., Duane and Beth Seifert Davis Disability Group, Gary and Dana Davis D & M Excavating, Inc., Jay and Sandie Miller The Fieldhouse, Mark ’77 and Maureen Leyden First Associates, George Demos ’95 Franciscan St. Anthony Health Mr. Shaw R. Friedman and The Hon. Greta Friedman Joe ’83 and Jane Gaffigan Mitch ’81 and Chris Gaffigan General Insurance Services, Chris and Jill Craig Dr. and Mrs. James R. Kennedy McDonald’s Restaurants, Glenn and Kathy Lubeznik Miller’s Mechanical, Inc., Jay and Sandie Miller Newby Lewis Kaminski Jones LLP, Jim and Liz Kaminski Marly Tristano ’07 and Caleb Phillips ’08 Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Webster Joe Yast ’70 and Ms. Helen Krowicky Faculty Sponsors Pat ’86 and Jane Buck Mike Canan ’81 Ned ’81 and Caroline Costello (2)

Mr. and Mrs. Rick-jan Dekker Mike Delgado ’85 Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Goble (2) Paul ’86 and Jen Kotz John and Terry Marsch ’70 Michael ’69 and Paula Paul Mr. and Mrs. Argelio Trevino Paul and Dana ’87 Whiting Rich ’85 and Liz Whitlow Dr. and Mrs. Herb J. Yekel (2) Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Yemc Faculty Dinner Sponsors Anonymous (7) Ms. Mary Agba Pat ’86 and Jane Buck Mr. Kevin Carrigan and Ms. Mary Newman Ned ’81 and Caroline Costello (2) Edward and Sally ’79 Craig Mr. and Mrs. Rick-jan Dekker Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Hackl (2) Mr. and Mrs. Fred S. Hirt Mr. and Mrs. Timothy F. Kennedy Cecilia Kirk Nelson ’86 Mr. and Mrs. James Sarwark (2) TMM Insurance Services, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Herb J. Yekel (3) Additional Donations Dr. and Mrs. Paul J. Guentert Dr. and Mrs. Robert Gronemeyer La Lumiere School Parents Association Auction Item Donors Jack and Meg ’81 Caplice Chris ’77 and Becky Hurley Terry and Frances Jones The Kennedy Family David Kirkby Anne and Joe ’84 Linnen Long Beach Country Club Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Luck Mr. and Mrs. Gregory G. Mack The McNabola Family Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Newcombe ’69

Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Nolan ’69 Pottawattomie Country Club John ’69 and Christine Rumely St. Andrew’s Products Dr. and Mrs. Pietro M. Tonino Auction Purchasers Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Buck ’86 Ms. Rebecca S. Busch Ned ’81 and Caroline Costello Rick and Elizabeth Dekker Rick Everist ’73 Mr. Shaw R. Friedman and The Hon. Greta Friedman Joe ’83 and Jane Gaffigan Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Gaffigan ’81 Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Goble Michael & Nicole Guenin Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Hurley ’77 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Jaffee Bradley Johnston ’73 Terry and Frances Jones Mr. and Mrs. James Kaminski Mr. and Mrs. Carl V. Spikner David and Bridget (Adam) Van Eekeren ’88 Dan ’95 and Katie Walsh Mr. Martin J. Whalen and Ms. Kathleen A. Kennedy ’83 Paddle Raise – Science Department Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Buck ’86 Ms. Rebecca S. Busch Mr. Kevin Carrigan and Mrs. Mary Newman Ned ’81 and Caroline Costello Rick and Elizabeth Dekker Mr. George Demos ’95 Connie ’83 and Charlie Falcone Tom Falcone Joe ’83 and Jane Gaffigan Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Goble Mr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Hillenbrand ’84 Peter Lally Hillenbrand ’80 Mr. and Mrs. Alan Huss

Mr. Joseph P. Huyler Mary Ivanovich Mr. Leonard P. Jennings ’86 Terry and Frances Jones Mr. and Mrs. James Kaminski Ms. Cee Cee Kaylor Michael ’86 and Colleen Kennedy Mr. Timothy J. Kleihege ’80 and Mrs. Catherine Miller Kleihege ’83 Mr. and Mrs. David Knight Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Kotz ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Kunst Mr. and Mrs. Michael Larkin ’86 Guy Lenardo ’76 Mrs. William P. Linnen Kathleen Mack ’81 Joe Marfise ’95 David and Johanna Miller Mr. and Mrs. Algirdas Mockaitis Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Newcombe ’69 Mike and Jill Nygren John ’69 and Christine Rumely Ms. Kasey Ryan ’95 Mr. and Mrs. John J. Schirger ’84 Mr. Bill Sheley Mr. and Mrs. Bryan P. Smith Don D. Snedden Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin B. Tang Mr. and Mrs. Michael Tristano David and Bridget (Adam) Van Eekeren ’88 Mr. Martin J. Whalen and Ms. Kathleen A. Kennedy ’83 Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Whitlow ’85 Dr. and Mrs. Herb J. Yekel Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Yemc Special Thanks Sauers Buick Peter Hillenbrand ’80, our auctioneer Nambé and the Hillenbrand Family Diane and Andy ’87 Sperling Andy Vanderboegh ’88 Jonas Zimmerman

May 2012 Millionaire’s Row Anonymous Dan and Tricia Luck Dan ’95 and Katie Walsh Kentucky Derby Ned ’81 and Caroline Costello David and Bridget ’88 Van Eekeren Preakness Stakes Beechwood Modular Sales Casteel Construction Corp. Rick and Elizabeth Dekker Mr. and Mrs. C. Edward Hiler

John ’71 and Catherine Hiler Mr. and Mrs. Larry Hiler Mrs. Margaret F. Hiler Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Jaffee David and Johanna Miller Dr. and Mrs. John E. Miner Dr. and Mrs. Pietro Tonino Dr. and Mrs. Herb J. Yekel Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Yemc Belmont Stakes Jack and Meg ’81 Caplice Current Electric, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Davis

Dr. and Mrs. John M. Diveris Connie ’83 and Charlie Falcone Dr. and Mrs. Christopher S. Grandfield Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Granger Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Jaffee Mr. and Mrs. James Kaminski Mr. Christopher Kamyszew and Mrs. Ewa Domeredzka Dr. and Mrs. James R. Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. David Knight Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Lanigan ’73 Mr. and Mrs. Mark Leyden ’77 Dr. Robert M. Liddell ’75 Dale Parkison and Betsy Kabelin Parkison

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Price John ’69 and Christine Rumely Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Schermer Mr. and Mrs. John J. Schirger ’84 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew C. Sperling ’87 State of Mind Salon and Day Spa, Pattie and Anton Kobe Mr. and Mrs. Michael Tristano Mr. Martin J. Whalen and Ms. Kathleen A. Kennedy ’83 Faculty Sponsors Anonymous (5) Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Crane

Donations Paul and Laura Guentert La Lumiere School Parents Association Item Donors Anonymous (3) Ken Andert Bentwood Tavern, Robert and Collette Kemper Beyond Pink Inc. Beyond the Ivy, Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Westbrook, Jr. Beyond the Ordinary Photography Mr. Dan Bigg Bistro 157 Bittersweet Ski & Snowboard Area Mat Blair Golf Academy Brewster’s Italian Cafe Briar Leaf Golf Club Brothers Bar & Grill Devon Carlso ’12 Mr. Ryan Casey

Chakra Bliss The Chicago Cubs, Connie Falcone ’83 Chicago RAW, Polly Gaza Ciao Bella Ned ’81 and Caroline Costello Curves of Michigan City Darling, Meg Caplice and Corbin Wagner Rick and Elizabeth Dekker Duneland Beach Inn Edgerton’s Travel Gamba Ristorante Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Goble Good to Go by Lucrezia Café Dr. and Mrs. Dale A. Goodman Ted Grzywacz Hacienda Mexican Restaurants Hanson Beverage Service Harbor Shores Hearthwoods Rustic Furnishings, Mary & Andy Brown Heath & Co. by Yasmin Guajardo Heath & Co. by Brandi VanApple Craig ’89 and Sandra Hiler Insprire Salon & Spa, Pattie and Tony Kobe Mary Ivanovich JA Benefits Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Jaffee Mr. Howard G. Jones and Ms. Dionne S. Lovstad-Jones Judee’s, Inc. Kabelin True Value Mr. and Mrs. James Kaminski The Kennedy Family Klein Tools, Tom Klein ’80 Mr. and Mrs. Keith K. Krause ’94 L.R. Men’s Clothier & Tuxedo Lake Effect Florals Lens Lab Optical Frenda Levin Will and Stacey Lingle Long Beach Country Club Dan and Tricia Luck Dr. Jeffrey Mader, DDS Massage Therapy and Wellness Center Angela Mofield ’15 Namasté Center for Holistic Education Nambé, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel C.

Restricted Donors Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Ralph J. Barr Ms. Elena Bowman Ned ’81 and Caroline Costello Raymond E. Daly Scholarship Fund Joe ’83 and Jane Gaffigan Mrs. Irene F. Ganster Dr. and Mrs. Dale A. Goodman Mr. Tim Grote ’83 Horizons for Youth La Lumiere School Parents Association Linnen Memorial Fund Michigan City Area Schools Dr. and Mrs. John E. Miner Daniel Murphy Scholarship Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Maurice Ndukwu

Minesh and Archana Patel Mr. and Mrs. Silvio Perez John ’69 and Christine Rumely Dr. Scholl Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Matthew A. Schuster Don D. Snedden Mrs. Elizabeth Grady Strom Ms. Barbara Tenney Mr. and Mrs. Allen Vanderboegh

Hillenbrand ’84 Dr. Mariam Nasidi New Buffalo Spa New Prairie Soap Co. Mike and Jill Nygren Mr. and Mrs. Brian Oedzes Portofino Grill Posh Day Spa Pottawattomie Country Club Mr. William A. Roberts Reverie Spa Retreat Rowley Bushue & Company LLP Ruth’s Chris Steak House Salon Rouge Jack and Barbara Schmetterer Mr. and Mrs. Matthew A. Schuster Roger and Pauletta Schuster Serenity Salon and Spa Don D. Snedden Sharon Starr Mr. and Mrs. David Stein Stop 50 Wood Fired Pizzeria Stray Dog Bar & Grill Ms. Barbara Tenney Timothy Jeffry Salon Tip Tee Toe Golf Shoe Trail Creek Liquor Trattoria Enzo Tree House Café, John and Casey ’86 Allen TroyBuilt Fitness Urban Fitness Mr. Martin J. Whalen and Ms. Kathleen A. Kennedy ’83 The Wine Sellers Dr. and Mrs. Herb J. Yekel

Mr. and Mrs. James Kaminski Mr. and Mrs. David Knight Dr. Kee Byoung Lee and Dr. JeongMi Park Mr. John L. Leinweber and Mr. James A. Laughlin Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Luck Mr. and Mrs. Jay Miller Mr. and Mrs. Robert Miller Mr. and Mrs. Edward Smith Mr. and Mrs. David Stein David and Bridget ’88 Van Eekeren Dan ’95 and Katie Walsh Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Westbrook, Jr. Ms. Mary Frances Wilkin Dr. and Mrs. Herb J. Yekel Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Yemc Special Thanks Dan and Tricia Luck, chairs Elizabeth Dekker for hosting the Girls Night Out Party Joe Huyler La Lumiere Faculty & Staff The Lingles The Science Guys, Ken Andert and Don Snedden Spire Catering for the Girls Night Out Party Corbin Wagner for her design talent

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Jan and Anneke Dekker Greg & Judy Gillen Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Goble Dr. and Mrs. Dale A. Goodman Dr. and Mrs. Robert Gronemeyer (4) Mr. Tim Grote ’83 Paul and Laura Guentert Mrs. Anna Hutsko Mr. and Mrs. Terrence Keay Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kitlas Ruth Knoll Dr. and Mrs. Brian McGuckin Dr. and Mrs. John E. Miner (4) Mrs. Barbara Moore (4) Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Newcombe ’69 Mrs. Joseph Pedulla Jim and Judy Sarwark Mr. and Mrs. John J. Schirger ’84 (2) State of Mind Salon and Day Spa, Pattie and Anton Kobe Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Sturtevant Mr. Dean Uminski Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walinski (2) Mr. Larry Winkelman Dr. and Mrs. Herb J. Yekel (4)

Live Auction Item Purchasers Jim and Susan Aaron Mr. John and Mrs. Margaret Caplice ’81 Ms. Annette Corbett Ned ’81 and Caroline Costello Rick and Elizabeth Dekker Dr. and Mrs. John M. Diveris Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Goble Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Granger Mr. and Mrs. Todd Holloway Terry and Frances Jones

InKind Donors

Excellence in Teaching

Chris and Grace Balawender Mr. John and Mrs. Margaret Caplice ’81 Mr. and Ms. Terry Cooper Ned ’81 and Caroline Costello The Carriage House Dining Room Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Cronin ’70 Mr. Greg Dudeck Edwards Brothers, Inc. Mary Lou Fahrberger Mr. and Mrs. Burton Hochberg Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Kerrigan ’80 Mr. and Mrs. Jay Miller Mrs. Suzanne Morris Sterling Cut Glass, Mr. Steve Rentschler ’73 Trattoria Enzo, Marc & Leslie Danesi

AMC Theatres Bentwood Tavern The Carriage House Casey’s Bar & Grill Fiddler’s Hearth Red Arrow Road House Rodini’s The Stray Dog Trattoria Enzo Villa Nova Pizzeria

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La Lumiere School Annual Golf Outing & Alumni Reunion September 2012

Beyond Campus Beyond Campus Class Notes

La Lumiere School Parents Weekend October 2012

beyond Campus

June 2012

Chicago Alumni Event The Society for Arts

Current parents and owners of The Society for Arts in Chicago,

September 2012

Annual Golf Outing

Ewa Domeredzka and Christopher Kamyszew, opened their

1977 Reunion & Alumni Award

gallery to alumni, parents and friends of La Lumiere for the

Class of 1977 was awarded the Alumni Award for

annual social gathering in Chicago.

best class participation at Annual Golf Outing.

35th

From left: Vince Marino, John Daly, Paul Duggan, Mark McNabola, Chris Hurley, David Kirkby, David Wood, Ian Coxworth, David Collins and Mark Leyden. Justin James ’02, Tom McTigue ’02, Eamon Brennan ’00 and Michael Kennedy ’86

1987 Reunion Class of 1987 made a great showing at the

25th

annual golf outing, and continued the celebration with additional classmates through a tour of campus, football game and reunion dinner in Long Beach. Members of the class celebrating the reunion weekend included: Dane Anderson, Stacy Smith Carlstead, Tom Carron, Stephanie Carlstead Chavira, Neal Coxworth, Liana Shields Croak, Chris Pigott, Ted Reese, Sarah Rose, Diane Whitlow Smith, Mary Ellen Maier Spelger, Andy Sperling, Jeff Sperling and Dana Weninger Whiting. Natalie Hock ’00 and Colleen Quirk Morrison ’97

Kate Arnold ’02, Devon Brennan ’02 and Sean Brennan

David Clough ’07, Will Amarantos ’07 and friend

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Cecilia Kirk Nelson ’86 and Family with Headmaster Kennedy on campus. Dan Ganster ’69

Tomas William Krause Albert Lan ’99 and Michael Dolan ’98

Global Collaboration In June, Michael Dolan was sitting in his hotel room in Charlotte, North Carolina, when,

Mark McNabola ’77

sometime after midnight, the phone rang. As an emerging media producer, he travels far and wide and was in Charlotte shooting for Starbucks. The other end of the call, it turned out, was thousands of miles away in Taipei, Taiwan. Albert Lan had spent the last five years building one of Taipei's top digital design companies. From working with international clients to giving lectures at local schools, Albert was in demand and had a very specific purpose for calling his old classmate out of the blue. Albert and Michael talked long into the night, and an opportunity to collaborate was born. Years earlier, in Mrs. Weigel's Art Class, they had sat side by side working on projects. Now they endeavored to combine Albert's fantastic design company with Michael's award-winning production experience. Within weeks of that call, Albert traveled to San Francisco to meet with Michael, and Michael flew to Taipei to create their first successful pitch to international computermanufacturing giant ASUS. They are excited to continue working together to build a successful international advertising effort. Because of their mutual appreciation for each other's abilities and the profound connection they feel from La Lumiere, they look forward to creating new opportunities to "be great today!"

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Thomas Nathaniel Keigher

1969 Dan Ganster After leaving the University of Arkansas in 2009 as a faculty member in the College of Business for 19 years, Dan Ganster joined Colorado State University as chair of the Department of Management. In July 2012, he became Senior Associate Dean for the College of Business and holds the title of “Partnership for Excellence Professor.” Dan and his wife, Margot, have two children at home, Ethan in 6th grade and Mahira in 10th grade. His oldest child, Matthew, was married in June and is an architect in Houston.

1977

1983 Joe Gaffigan Joe Gaffigan, President of TCF Capital Funding, has been named Chairman of the Board of Directors for LINK Unlimited. LINK Unlimited is Chicago’s oldest African American high school scholarship and mentoring organization. Joe has been a member of LINK’s board since 2007 and has been involved with LINK for over 20 years.

1986 Cecilia Kirk Nelson Cecilia and her family visited campus Summer 2012.

Mark McNabola Attorney Mark McNabola was awarded

1990

the 2011 Award for Trial Excellence by Jury

Nathanial Bennett

Verdict Reporter, a division of Law Bulletin

Nate graduated from Swarthmore College and

Publishing Co. He joins an elite group of only

is now a project manager in Boston. Nate and

ten attorneys in the last twenty-five years

his wife Susan Bockes Bennett just celebrated the

to receive five jury verdicts of $5 million or

1st birthday of their daughter, Jordan Lily. Nate’s

more. Mark accepted his award in front of an

mom sent a note of thanks for the education her

audience of nearly 300 top attorneys, judges

children received at La Lumiere School, saying, “It

and legal journalists.

has stood the test of time.”

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beyond Campus

Donovan Diego Adams

Garrett Thomas Wardrip his partners are building what they excitedly refer to as “The Bandwidth Bank.” His team has won the support and endorsement of The United Nations, DishNetwork, XMRadio and more. The global effort will provide access to basic internet around the world, helping to build economies and combat injustices near and far.

1999 Alexis Pontius Jones ’99 and her father, Gil Pontius.

Nick Adams

Alexandra Pagels married Josh Penry

Nick and Tiffany Adams had their second child

1994 Keith Krause Keith and Mary Krause welcomed Tomas William Krause to the family on December 29, 2011.

1996 Natalie Bergren Keigher Natalie and her husband John joyfully welcomed Thomas Nathaniel Keigher on March 21, 2012.

1998 Geoff Ritter Geoff writes: “I currently live in Louisville, KY and recently married my beautiful wife Andrea on Captiva Island, FL. I am now the proud step father of her daughter Harper. I work as a Senior Business Development Manager for an Information Technology consulting firm named MCPc.” Michael Dolan Michael moved to San Francisco in the spring of 2012 and has been named the Director of Business Development for an innovative new global internet project, A HUMAN RIGHT. By working with the world’s major satellite telecommunication companies, Michael and

Donovan Diego Adams on March 30, 2012. In June, Nick was promoted to the Branch Manager of the Airborne ISR Integration Branch at NSWC. Alexis Pontius Jones Alexis graduated Cum Laude from the University of Notre Dame Executive MBA program in May 2012. Tess (Rampage) Wardrip In May 2011, Tess was promoted to a Sr. Merchandise Planning Analyst with Walgreens Corporate for their Well Experience team, Walgreen’s new health & daily living store format. On September 29, 2011, Tess and her husband Tom welcomed a son, Garrett Thomas Wardrip, into the world.

2000 Joram Coxworth Joram is currently pursuing his MBA at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.

2002 Caitlyn R. Bolton Caitlyn earned a Master’s Degree in Environment Management and Sustainability from Harvard in August 2012.

Alex Pagels ’03 marries Josh Penry Michael Cansler Mac Cansler stopped by campus with Curtis Congreve on September 20. He was preparing to marry his fiancee Robbie Bender in two days. Mac currently works as an IT Professional Consultant in the Chicago area. Curtis Congreve Curtis is working toward a PhD in Paleontology at University of Kansas.

2003 Alexandra Pagels Penry Alex married Josh Penry on La Lumiere’s campus on June 15, 2012.

2004 Mitch Henderlong “If it wasn’t for La Lu getting everyone involved in sports I probably never would have tried them. Now I am playing Semi-pro football down here in Evansville. Thank you La Lu (and Doc) for pushing me for four years.”

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BEYOND Campus

In Memoriam Mary Rose Berger, Long Beach, IN – January 7, 2012 Mother of Jessica Berger ’05 Virginia Verkuilen, Belleville, IL – February 13, 2012 Mother of Thomas ’68 and Michael ’72 Mary Pat Schmidt, Evanston, IL – February 23, 2012 Wife of former Faculty Dr. Arthur G. Schmidt

Meagan Breidert ’05 in Uganda

Sandra Calkins Kowalski, Long Beach, IN – May 20, 2012 Mother of Michael ’82 and former President of La Lumiere’s Parents Association James Scully Watts, MD River Forest, IL – August 29, 2012 Father of Trustee Rev. Wayne Watts William Osborn, Tipton, IN – October 4, 2012 Faculty 1994-2002 They’ll bury a teacher today. But his memory lives above ground. Good for us for knowing such a man. Good for us for being taught by such a great guy. Good for us that we can know the difference and celebrate from all corners of the Earth. It’s the best present we could give you, Mr. Osborn. You’ve put your caring hands on too many burdened shoulders, and you did the best you could. We’ve got it from here. - Michael J. Dolan ‘98

Anna Nti Asare ’10 and fellow Stanford Classmate

2005 Meagan Breidert Meagan graduated magna cum laude from Loyola University Chicago in 2009 with degrees in anthropology and Spanish. After a year spent teaching English and learning mandarin in China, Meagan graduated from the School of Public and Environmental affairs at Indiana University in 2012 and now works for

90th percentile in country wide field testing

mission is to foster community among black

(ETS). Marly was the highest performing

students on campus while being inclusive

female and one of the top five in the class.

of others. At the end of Anna’s tenure,

2010

BSU was recognized as the Best Student Organization of the year, and Anna and her

Anna Nti Asare

co-president were awarded the first Student

During 2011-12, Anna served as president

Organization Leadership Awards in the black

of Stanford University’s Black Union (BSU), a

community.

distinctive honor for a Fourth Form. BSU’s

PricewaterhouseCoopers in Washington DC in their advisory division. Meagan spent last summer in Uganda working for a micro-business named Sseko Designs that harnesses the power of fashion to provide education for women and their families

2007 Marly Tristano Marly recently earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the College of Charleston. She graduated Beta Gamma Sigma, earned a Certified Global Business Professional credential, and scored in the

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Over the July 4th break, the descendants of Meinrad and Theresa Rumely gathered on the La Lumiere campus for another of their quadrennial clan gatherings, which the family has been holding on campus since the early 1980s. This year the gathering attracted over 110 attendees from across the country, including La Lumiere grads John Rumely ‘69, Peter Sparrow ‘76 and Geoffrey Sparrow ‘78. “We love the setting and tradition that La Lumiere provides for these gatherings” explained John Rumely. “Even with the heat of the summer, the dorms were comfortably air conditioned and the campus provided lots of fun for everyone - softball, tennis, fishing, barbeque, and after-dinner songs in the dining room. There is a generation of cousins who look forward to what they call “family camp” every four years.”

Why

I am a Trustee Rick Newcombe ’69

In 1966, my parents were concerned that I would become a high school dropout. I was playing in a band and going out every night. Studying had become something foreign to me. By 1969, I became the first transfer student to graduate from La Lumiere, and my personal transformation was astounding. I developed a love of learning that has only gotten stronger over the years. I am Trustee because the school played such a pivotal role in my development, just when I needed it, and I want to repay what I regard as a debt of gratitude. The friendships I made at La Lumiere School have lasted a lifetime. Today, even with 200 students, there are bonds of friendship being formed that will last as long as mine have. In this way, too, La Lumiere gave me a gift that keeps on giving, and now it is my turn to give back.

“One analogy that occurs to me is that of a garden, on which one can rely and expect wonderful produce and rewards, but not without diligence, patience, sacrifice and love. “

The emphasis on studying and learning, combined with sports and other physical exercise, and the school's Catholic heritage, make La Lumiere a very unique place, and I want to do whatever I can to help Headmaster Kennedy the faculty, staff and students achieve continued success.

John Rumely ’69

I am a trustee of La Lumiere because the work offers me an opportunity to contribute to something wonderful that is growing and flourishing, and is in constant need of support to continue doing what is does so well. I remember the School’s rather humble beginnings and it’s very exciting to see what has come to be only fifty years later. One analogy that occurs to me is that of a garden, on which one can rely and expect wonderful produce and rewards, but not without diligence, patience, sacrifice and love. La Lumiere has been a family endeavor for the Rumelys, with my father as one of the first trustees, my brother as a faculty member in the first decade, and with my sister and cousins preceding me on the board. I’m honored and quite challenged to live up to their example, and, like a good gardener, I hope leave the place better than when I found it.

Board of Trustees 2012-2013 Edward Costello ’81, Parent ’13 & ’15

Michael Kennedy ’86

John Schirger ’84

Rick Dekker, Parent ’12 & ’13

Mark Leyden ’77

Kevin Sullivan ’83

Connie Devers Falcone ’83

Patricia Luck, Parent ’11 &’13

Ceil Tristano, Parent ’01, ’04 & ’07

Shaw Friedman, Parent ’08 & ’13

Johanna Miller

Daniel Walsh ’95

Daniel Hillenbrand ’84

Richard Newcombe ’69

Rev. Wayne Watts

James Kaminski, Chairman, Parent ’08 &’10

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BEyond Campus After a twelve year hiatus, La Lumiere School reinstated its Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame, honoring La Lumiere’s long-standing athletic tradition. In February 2012, nine individuals and one team, the 1967-68 football team, were inducted during half-time of the standing room only Laker Varsity Basketball game on February 11. The new class of inductees joins a group of 18 previously inducted members. Inductees are chosen based on a level of excellence and commitment to a particular sport with additional consideration given to candidates who participated in multiple sports during their careers.

Athletic Hall of Fame

Coach Ron DeNardo, Coach David Kirkby, Brad Johnston ’73 and Steve Rentschler ’74

Back row – left to right: Thomas Crepeau ’78, Christopher Hurley ’77, Lawrence Coffeen ’77, Kevin Nolan ’72, James Flannery ’68, Michael Nolan ’69, David Moore ’70, Thomas Verkuilen ’68. Front row – left to right: Jerome Noel ’69, William O’Connor ’68, Lawrence Sullivan, Cyril Welter ’68, Ronald DeNardo, Warren DeNardo ’80, Richard Magenis, James DeMartini ’70, Lawrence Sullivan, Jr. ’76, Bradley Johnston ’73, John Hiler ’71

1967-68 Football Team

Put the Pads Back On... Bill O’Connor’s remarks accepting on behalf of the 1967-68 football team When you start out and you’re clueless and you go out on the field, inevitably there are some humiliations. Our Fourth Form year we went to Chesterton and we wanted to run off the field in the first quarter, but we somehow made it to the end of the game. And by the time we were Sixth Form, there was nothing more important for us than to win. Like David Kirkby said, we wanted Northern Indiana and maybe beyond to know about our School. We wanted people who had not yet heard of La Lumiere to respect what we had done. It was so important. As Dave mentioned, we had a wonderful, wonderful game at South Central. Then we went to play Park School and we had a flat game. We were tired, we let down and we lost by a point.

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As the Captain of the team I was devastated. We had worked so hard the year before. We had gotten so close… We had lost one game by one point. I can remember being at the end of the field, by myself, crying my eyes out. Everything we worked for was gone. We had lost. And then, Monday came. And these guys [motioning to coaches] told us to put our pads back on. It is said somewhere that saints are sinners who keep trying. And we walked back out on the field and won the next game. We hadn’t realized our dream. But I have never forgotten the importance of putting the pads back on. In every endeavor I’ve been involved in since I’ve told whoever would listen…”Let’s put the pads back on and play.” It’s what I tell my kids and my colleagues, and I learned it here.

the last word blessing a part of La Lumiere’s future… The first time I visited the new residence for the Head of School was on

At the end of the blessing, Michael Kennedy spoke of the caretakers of

the evening of its blessing. The house sits high. Its size is deceptive, as if

La Lumiere School–the trustees, emeriti, parents, faculty, his own family.

impossibly the façade is smaller than the inside. I entered the front door,

I looked around at the faces in the room, and I knew the privilege of

opening into rooms surprisingly wide and tall, airy and bright. And despite

what I was witnessing. These are the custodians and the guardians of the

the pristine newness of the house, I instantly felt a sense of tradition; the

school’s mission, “God’s work with and through the students,” as Michael

ceiling beams and solid roominess felt almost castle-like. The ancient-

put it. They were gathered to pray, rooting the newest addition to the

seeming wooden mantle over the fireplace, I was told, came from an

campus in its deep Catholic foundation. They were gathered to celebrate

Indiana farmhouse down the road.

and to honor the legacy on which this home is built.

A number of us followed La Lumiere Trustee Father Wayne Watts through

New structures need names, and this home is no different. Many have

each room as he sprinkled holy water, blessing the rooms and praying for

been put forward, but the ones that seem to really resonate for me play

the Kennedys and for the many people who will pass through the house.

with English versions of la lumiere, the light. “The Lighthouse” would

It’s a home for a family, but it’s also a Hub for a Family. It’s a place for celebrating and strategizing, for retreating and playing, for teaching and nurturing, for awakening and answering, for sheltering and launching. And it’s a space now consecrated to Christ. The bedrooms upstairs have lovely views and ample space for children to

work nicely. But lighthouses warn travelers of dangers, of impending

stretch their wings. A large central gathering space designed for feeding

peril, and the Kennedys are keepers of a different sort of lamp. The light

a crowd, spacious and comfortable living and dining areas, an inviting

they tend beckons. Travelers to La Lumiere School look to it and are

screened porch and deck, an expansive basement, an extra suite for

challenged by it. Someone has suggested “The Beacon,” and I hope that

visitors–this, I realized, is no ordinary house. It’s a home for a family, but

name sticks, for La Lumiere’s beacon both calls students to a mooring in

it’s also a Hub for a Family. It’s a place for celebrating and strategizing,

character, scholarship, and faith and lights the way for their future journey.

for retreating and playing, for teaching and nurturing, for awakening and answering, for sheltering and launching. And it’s a space now consecrated to Christ.

Marie Campbell Marie Campbell PhD, wife of Dr. Peter Campbell, Director of College Counseling, has been associated with La Lumiere since 1993

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