Board of Trustees of The Pennington School Peter J. Tucci, Esq. ’79 P’16 ’16 Chair
Jason Ridings ’05 Secretary
Michael Jingoli ’85 P’11 ’15 First Vice-Chair
John L. McGuire, Ph.D. P’98 Chair Emeritus
The Rev. Dr. David C. Mertz Second Vice-Chair
Robert H. Beckett, Ph.D. ’52 GP’14 Trustee Emeritus
The Pennington School
William S. Hawkey, Ph.D. Head of School John Biddiscombe ’63
Dan Mahony P’18 ’21
The Reverend Hector A. Burgos
The Reverend Dr. Donald Medley
The Reverend Dr. Virginia Cetuk
Swati Navani P’16 ’21
Soopakij (Chris) Chearavanont ’83
William Oldsey P’15
A. Louis Denton, Esq. ’76
Brenda Martini O’loughlin P’19
Lisa C. Espinoza, M.D. P’23 ’26
Matthew R. Pauls P’11
Jordan M. Gray ’91 P’22 ’26
Katherine Q. Rosa P’21 ’23
Jack Green III ’71 GP’23
Judith Rosenberg P’19 ’24
Vernon H. Hammond II P’71
Bishop John R. Schol
Jae Hyeok Heo ’08
Steven M. Silberman ’68
Celeste Jackson ’06
Erich Stegich P’21
Dennis Keating ’79 P’08 ’09 ’18
Stephen Tan ’73
Minsoo Kim ’99
Cynthia Wallace P’20 ’23 ’26
Jacob Levy ’09
Jian “Jim” Wang, Ph.D.
David J. Long III ’86 P’16 ’18 ’20
Julie Wulf, Ph.D. P’18
Convocation observing the beginning of the one hundred and eighty-fourth academic year
The Tenth Day of September 2021 Seven in the Evening
Convocation Academic Procession
Brass Quintet
Invocation The Reverend David Hallgren Chaplain The National Anthem
Mark Hughes Trumpet
Welcome
Peter J. Tucci, Esq. ’79 P’16 ’16 Chair, Board of Trustees
Greetings Margo Andrews, Ph.D. Upper School Science Teacher, Sustainability Coordinator, School Garden Manager Ella Sichel ’26 Representative of the Middle School Akshay Arun ’22 Representative of the Upper School
Brass Quintet Mark Hughes, trumpet Devenny Komar, trumpet Kelly Webb, horn Brad Helias, trombone Genevieve Blesch, tuba
Convocation Address
William S. Hawkey, Ph.D. Head of School
Benediction
Mr. Hallgren
Recessional
Brass Quintet
Convocation Academic Procession
Brass Quintet
Invocation The Reverend David Hallgren Chaplain The National Anthem
Mark Hughes Trumpet
Welcome
Peter J. Tucci, Esq. ’79 P’16 ’16 Chair, Board of Trustees
Greetings Margo Andrews, Ph.D. Upper School Science Teacher, Sustainability Coordinator, School Garden Manager Ella Sichel ’26 Representative of the Middle School Akshay Arun ’22 Representative of the Upper School
Brass Quintet Mark Hughes, trumpet Devenny Komar, trumpet Kelly Webb, horn Brad Helias, trombone Genevieve Blesch, tuba
Convocation Address
William S. Hawkey, Ph.D. Head of School
Benediction
Mr. Hallgren
Recessional
Brass Quintet
Board of Trustees of The Pennington School Peter J. Tucci, Esq. ’79 P’16 ’16 Chair
Jason Ridings ’05 Secretary
Michael Jingoli ’85 P’11 ’15 First Vice-Chair
John L. McGuire, Ph.D. P’98 Chair Emeritus
The Rev. Dr. David C. Mertz Second Vice-Chair
Robert H. Beckett, Ph.D. ’52 GP’14 Trustee Emeritus
The Pennington School
William S. Hawkey, Ph.D. Head of School John Biddiscombe ’63
Dan Mahony P’18 ’21
The Reverend Hector A. Burgos
The Reverend Dr. Donald Medley
The Reverend Dr. Virginia Cetuk
Swati Navani P’16 ’21
Soopakij (Chris) Chearavanont ’83
William Oldsey P’15
A. Louis Denton, Esq. ’76
Brenda Martini O’loughlin P’19
Lisa C. Espinoza, M.D. P’23 ’26
Matthew R. Pauls P’11
Jordan M. Gray ’91 P’22 ’26
Katherine Q. Rosa P’21 ’23
Jack Green III ’71 GP’23
Judith Rosenberg P’19 ’24
Vernon H. Hammond II P’71
Bishop John R. Schol
Jae Hyeok Heo ’08
Steven M. Silberman ’68
Celeste Jackson ’06
Erich Stegich P’21
Dennis Keating ’79 P’08 ’09 ’18
Stephen Tan ’73
Minsoo Kim ’99
Cynthia Wallace P’20 ’23 ’26
Jacob Levy ’09
Jian “Jim” Wang, Ph.D.
David J. Long III ’86 P’16 ’18 ’20
Julie Wulf, Ph.D. P’18
Convocation observing the beginning of the one hundred and eighty-fourth academic year
The Tenth Day of September 2021 Seven in the Evening