The Ridge - Winter 2020/21

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RIDGE

WINTER 2020/2021

BOARDING OVER BROADBAND In This Issue: BRS Responds to the Global Pandemic The John B. Young IV Library Socially Distanced Graduation

HEADMASTER TRIP DARRIN

GREETINGS FROM ST. GEORGE Unprecedented.

Despite saying and writing this word hundreds of times this year, it continues to hold true. 2020 has been unprecedented. As you will read in the following pages, Team Blue Ridge has risen to the tremendous challenges presented by the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Schools around the world, particularly boarding schools, are grappling with how best to maintain their mission when tried and trusted methods are no longer possible.

Blue Ride School’s faculty was innovative, committed, connected, and resourceful when faced with moving classes online last spring. Dean of Faculty and Academics Pete Bonds quickly created a distance learning program that kept our students engaged and on track. I think you will be impressed when you read about the response beginning on page 2.

Meanwhile, our Reopening Task Force, which you’ll read about on page 4, worked through countless contingency plans over many months to meet our goal to reopen campus for in-person learning in the fall.

Associate Headmaster Vinton Bruton’s team created an impressive and exhaustive plan that succeeded in providing our students the in-person classes and on-campus activities they want and deserve.

I am so thankful for our faculty and staff at Blue Ridge School. From leaders like Pete and Vinton to the men and women who have been instrumental in conceiving and creating a safe environment for our boys, across the board the Team Baron response has been inspiring. While so many warrant recognition, I only have space to highlight a few:

Our nurses, led by Student Health Center Director Stacy Oliver, have shouldered a heavy load during this pandemic. Their outstanding professionalism has been on display as they have steadfastly cared for the health of students while conducting literally hundreds of COVID tests this fall for our students, faculty, and staff. Director of Campus Safety and Security Mike Jamrozek’s resourcefulness allowed Blue Ridge to acquire the quantity of COVID tests necessary to help us establish our virus-free campus bubble. Finally, since our students were not able to leave campus for many weeks, Campus Activities Coordinator Amber Wilkins organized every game and social activity possible to keep our students’ bodies moving and their spirits high.

These are only a few examples of the ways members of the Blue Ridge community rallied together for a successful response to new challenges on what seemed like a daily basis.

Our alumni have responded incredibly well this year, too. From students interviewing alumni for the Baron 2 Baron project (page 6) to the wide variety of alumni gatherings that occurred on Zoom (page 16), one might argue that our increased comfort with video conferencing has been a silver lining of the pandemic. Though we will always prefer having alumni visit campus, it is exciting to see Barons from around the world reconnecting with their school and their classmates online.

Finally, I would like to say how thankful I am that during these unpredictable times we have managed, thanks to the generosity of many alumni and friends, to raise the funds necessary to begin work on a new dining hall as well as a new library, which will be named in honor of longtime teacher and mentor John Young. As you will read on page 8, John has been a positive impact on Blue Ridge in many ways for many years. We are delighted to bestow this honor on him and look forward to creating a new academic space for our students.

Go Barons!

—Trip

CONTENTS CALM IN THE STORM

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BRS Adapts to Life In a Pandemic

SUCCESS FROM NECESSITY

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JOHN B. YOUNG IV LIBRARY

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Honoring a Legendary Teacher

A GLIMPSE AT THE CLASS OF 2021

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BARON ATHLETICS

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SONIC ZOOM

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HAPPENING ON THE RIDGE

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ALUMNI ACTIVITIES

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GRADUATION WEEKEND

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NEW YORK AUXILIARY BASH

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IN MEMORIAM

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ROLL OF DONORS 24 BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION: Mr. William A. “Trip” Darrin III, Headmaster Mr. D. Franklin Daniels, Jr., Associate Headmaster for External Affairs Mr. Vinton Bruton, Associate Headmaster for Co-Curricular Programs Mr. Peter A. Bonds, Dean of Faculty and Academics

THE RIDGE: John Dudley, Editor/Graphic Designer/Photographer Andrew Shurtleff, Contributing Photographer

THE BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL MISSION: We focus on helping boys reach their potential through personalized, structured, innovative learning practices in a college-preparatory, all-boarding community.

Blue Ridge School admits qualified young men of any race, color, national or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the School. Blue Ridge School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admission policies, financial assistance and loan programs, athletic and other administered programs.

Blue Ridge School prohibits unlawful discrimination on the basis of sex in its education programs and activities (including employment), as required by Title IX. Inquiries regarding the application of Title IX to Blue Ridge School may be referred to our Title IX Coordinator and/or the Assistant Secretary of Education.

ON THE COVER: Campus fixture John Young crosses a digital boundary.

Photo by Andrew Shurtleff

CALM IN THE STORM

BRS ADAPTS TO LIFE IN A PANDEMIC

By John Dudley

“March 8th was the day everything pretty much fell apart,” says Dean of Faculty and Academics Pete Bonds.

“It was during spring break and I was actually in Florida on vacation. There was an evening when the NBA cancelled games, the ACC tournament was cancelled, the NCAA tournament was cancelled, the President got on tv and started talking about this and I realized ‘Oh, this is serious.’”

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Everyone knew the coronavirus was a big deal by early-February. Global travel was shutting down; the new virus was spreading rapidly and doctors were faced with more questions than answers about how to treat it. In March, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam took the unprecedented step and announced that all schools in the state—public and private—would close for a minimum of

two weeks. Little did we know that many students would not see the inside of a classroom for months to come.

Bonds left vacation early and immediately started working on a distance learning plan for Blue Ridge School.

Even before the Governor’s announcement, Bonds had been planning for the possibility that students would have to leave campus before the end of the school year. He—along with Director of Technology Wayne Peterson, Registrar Candi Wills, and Science Department Chair Chuck Pace—quickly conceived a distance learning program that would allow Blue Ridge students to complete their work from afar by recreating the school day within a video conferencing platform.

“From the very beginning, my thought about this was that we should try to recreate Blue Ridge classes online,” says Bonds. “That was the direction we went, and it was unusual. If you look at the NAIS data at what schools did, most schools went with an asynchronous plan, which is pretty surprising.”

“Many schools simply gave students a packet of work to complete and turn in. There were no schedules, nor class meetings. At Blue Ridge School, we are about teacher-student relations; the class environment is important. If we can’t be in class together, we’ll try to recreate that physical class experience online. About only 20% of independent schools went with a plan that was fully synchronous.”

Students and faculty were already using Google Classroom to view and turn in

assignments. The addition of regularly occurring classes using Zoom’s video conferencing platform, though, was a development that made Blue Ridge School rare among its peers. Many schools were providing no video conferencing opportunities for students. Fewer still put into action a program in which students met daily with all of their teachers and classmates. This continuity in experience was not perfect, but it gave students the chance to watch teachers explain concepts, to ask questions, to make class presentations, to do group projects, and to see their friends, which is crucial for boys during periods of uncertainty and disruption.

Like Bonds, Blue Ridge School students were on spring break when they learned that they would not be returning to campus. Boys who had packed their bags for a two-week vacation soon found themselves needing electronics, school supplies, toiletries, and clothes. Some of them were visiting friends and they needed to get home. For many of our international students, the inability to return to campus or to travel home meant relying on the generosity of others for an unknown length of time.

around with the Google Meet and Hangouts and it wasn’t impressive; it wasn’t what we needed. So we made the decision to make a major purchase of a corporate Zoom account. It was infinitely worth it. With Zoom we could recreate a teacher’s classroom; every teacher had a permanent link, where if you click this link you have metaphorically entered that teacher’s classroom.”

Students and faculty became experts at Zoom, attending classes for many hours each day. For some classes, the transition was difficult. For example, band students could not play together over Zoom because of video latency, so they had to individually record their performances and combine the videos into a singular piece. Ornithology class, which would have taken full advantage of the school’s 750-acre campus, relied on videos and birds native to students’ local neighborhoods.

Even more conventional classes, such as history and English, had challenges. The natural cross-table conversations during

All of this was seen as a very temporary need. It quickly became a semi-permanent solution.

Governor Northam’s initial two week school closure turned into many weeks.

Finally, on March 24th, Headmaster Trip Darrin announced to parents that, in accordance with a new directive from the Governor, Blue Ridge School would be closing its campus for the remainder of the academic year. In his letter to parents, Darrin made two points very clear: seniors need an on-campus graduation and the School was already making plans to reopen in-person in September.

Though these goals would be challenging to reach, Blue Ridge School reached them both.

Pete Bonds continued: “My first thought was that we were going to try to keep it all in Google, but I started playing

Pete Bonds, Dean of Faculty and Academics

seminar classes were difficult to replicate over video conferencing.

Bonds says teachers had to quickly adapt to a new setting: “A lot of teachers can read a classroom very well and understand the dynamics, understand how students are feeling, and if they’re getting the material. Teaching on Zoom is like teaching into a black hole—or it was in the beginning. The cues you look for and know to read in-person just are not there. Even though you have the students on the screen, it’s not the same.”

“Sitting on Zoom all day is really hard too. That’s why a well done asynchronous piece is so important because it is uniquely exhausting to try to read a room and attempting to try to do what you know how to do but apply it somewhere else—the difficulty was just really ramped up.”

After weeks of classes over Zoom, Blue Ridge School put the official cap on the year with yet another Zoom session— this time a virtual graduation ceremony broadcast from Gibson Memorial Chapel. Families submitted video messages for their sons; BRS Board Chair Jill Kalinski and Student Body President Mike Han ’20 each joined the broadcast live to give messages to the graduates before Headmaster Trip Darrin announced the names of each member of the Class of 2020.

Trying to keep his remarks light, Han said, “In the future, I believe we will look back and say ‘Remember that time when a new virus was found in China and quickly caused a pandemic and we were forced to stay home and take classes through that Zoom app and had nothing else to do other than watching that documentary about a former zookeeper and a convicted felon all while the economy was crumbling?’ We’ll never forget our senior year because it was so special and—whatever happened—at least we got a good story out of it. And you know how our parents and grandparents always try to tell us stories from when they were young? Well our stories about

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were required. The occasion was joyful, but somewhat muted. Dear friends were absent, and there were no congratulatory handshakes or hugs.

the times we tried to skip Zoom classes during a global health crisis will make theirs pale in comparison.”

At the end of the 2019-2020 school year, Bonds came away feeling good about how Blue Ridge handled the unprecedented challenge of creating and starting a distance learning program in just a few weeks.

Graduation speaker Trammell Thompson ’20 shared heartfelt stories with the audience, including his early fears. “I was very homesick my first year,” said Thomas. “I wanted to give up until my family reminded me what the goal was. The goal was to be a leader, take adventures, meet people from all over the world, and to do things you would never have the chance to do at home.”

He says, “What our teachers did, even though it was stressful and maybe we felt like we didn’t do enough at times, ultimately was so impressive. The student work showcase we did at the end of the spring highlighted that—that good teaching and learning happened. That’s the key. It wasn’t what we thought it would be. It wasn’t what it would have been on campus. But good teaching happened and good learning happened.

That’s a victory, all things considered.”

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Rather than change how teachers do their jobs on campus, their experience with distance learning codified some ideas about Blue Ridge. “Your relationships with students really matter,” says Bonds. “You really had to call those in and say ‘I really need you to give this distance learning a try.’ You continue to see that work that is interesting and engaging to students—you have to strive for it. When they are buying into what you are doing, when you are assigning a project, when you have a good PBL [project-based learning program] with a good driving question and you’re reading a novel that’s relevant to students—that is motivation to them to do the work. In distance learning we didn’t have the tools to get them to do the work that we have when teaching on campus, so you really had to lean into using projects and assignments that engaged the students and gave them an element of choice. These are all buzzy, trendy topics—as they should be. Giving students choice in their work, making the work relevant to their lives, giving them a role in designing their learning, and customizing how each of them demonstrates mastery of their learning—these are all things schools are trying to do and this

Just as his family’s support kept Thompson focused on his goals, the Blue Ridge School community’s focus was paying off. The spring trimester of distance learning was complete and the Class of 2020 had returned to campus for an in-person graduation—complete with the celebratory jump into the lake Vinton Bruton, Associate Headmaster for Co-Curricular Programs

pandemic and distance learning has sped that up.”

Prior to the end of the school year, the Headmaster announced that an in-person graduation would occur on July 25th, rather than in May. The hope was that the spread of COVID-19 might have dropped significantly by then. Though infection rates remained somewhat steady in Virginia throughout the summer, administrators got further guidance from the Virginia Department of Health and similar organizations about effective safety protocols and the Governor of Virginia announced guidelines for outdoor events.

Every other year, graduation weekend is when families arrive to celebrate with their sons and bring him back home.

This year, though, most of the boys were already at home and families had to decide whether or not they would return to campus for graduation. Just over half of the graduating seniors returned for the ceremony, many of them from great distances. Attendance was limited to 250 people; masks and social distancing

REOPENING CAMPUS Headmaster Darrin’s commitment to having an on-campus graduation for the Class of 2020 pales only to his commitment to reopening the campus for in-person instruction in the fall of that year.

The goal—in-person, on-campus classes—never changed, but throughout the summer the rules of the game certainly did. As Bonds was implementing the distance learning plan for spring, Darrin had one eye months into the future and created the Reopening Task Force, which included Darrin and Bonds, as well as Associate Headmaster Franklin Daniels, Associate Headmaster Vinton Bruton, Director of Residence Life Hans Hermanson BRS ’97, Director of Facilities Jamie Bourland, Director of Athletics Bryan Puckett, Director of Finance Bob McMurtry, and Director of Campus Safety and Security Mike Jamrozek.

“In late March or early April we started considering what the next school year would look like if we couldn’t open until

October.” says Bruton. “Fortunately, thinking about a late start was really helpful in terms of being able to plan a regular timeline. It was totally uncharted territory. We had no idea what the government was going to allow us to do, require us to do. We were starting with a blank slate and a lot of assumptions.”

The Task Force had to decide, within a constantly shifting landscape, what constituted a safe environment for our students and how to create that. Because Blue Ridge is an all-boarding school, we had some things going in our favor. If we could get all of the students back on campus and know that none of them had COVID-19, we could restrict the flow of people on and off of campus to create a safe “bubble”. This is the same principal the National Basketball Association used so its teams could complete the season interrupted by the pandemic.

What we knew about COVID-19 changed over the course of the spring and summer. The Task Force members spent many months reading everything available about the virus so they could make informed decisions. As the summer progressed, multiple agencies and organizations began distributing guidelines for schools. Bruton says, “A lot of it was vague, but it helped us frame the problem and say, ‘What are best practices?’ ‘Which of these really apply to us and which don’t?’ There was a lot of research. It almost sounds trite to say ‘We did a lot of research,’ but we did a lot of research. Everybody was doing research, thinking about money, thinking about timing. We were meeting every week and putting our heads back together. We had collegial but real disagreements, but ultimately made it all work. By June 26th we had a good plan on paper.”

Tests for the virus were difficult to get until late summer, so the Task Force could not rely on all students having access to a test prior to arrival. They decided to bring the students back to campus in two waves, so each group of students could essentially quarantine for two weeks on campus. After both waves

had successfully quarantined, everyone could have reasonable assurance that the community was virus-free.

Other public-health protocols on campus included regular testing, social distancing, wearing masks, spending as much time as possible outside, and using wearable technology to discover symptoms early and to perform contact tracing if necessary.

History Teacher James Niederberger (above) and English Teacher Dan Dunsmore (below) prepare to teach their first classes on Zoom.

The early weeks on campus were difficult. Boys could not visit their friends’ rooms; they could not visit other halls. Students in the two different waves could not interact with each one another. Boys had to eat their meals in their dorm rooms or outside under large tents erected on the front lawn. Class sizes were reduced to allow for acceptable distance between desks, so faculty were teaching the same class multiple times each day.

To accommodate each wave’s schedule, classes ran into the evening and some athletics were moved to the morning.

Gone were the days of trips into town for the movies, advising group outings, or a quick trip to Barracks Road shopping center. Weekend trips home were also not allowed.

“When we finally decided what the bubble would really look like,” says Bruton.

“No matter how you slice it, it was a month of no contact with the outside world for the students, from August 17th to about September 17th.”

Social Activities Director Amber Wilkins created a wide range of activities to keep the students engaged and active during the fall. During those first weeks, the effort was to keep the boys outside as much as possible so they wouldn’t have to wear their masks all day. Bruton notes,

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Chazz Woodson ’00 chats with Blue Ridge students in the sports broadcasting class.

SUCCESS FROM NECESSITY Many young men enjoy watching sports on television, which explains why Blue Ridge School’s sports broadcasting class is such a popular elective. During the course of the year, students develop the identity of the Baron Sports Network, provide play-by-play commentary for Baron athletics streamed online, write articles, and produce video interviews with coaches and players. When the pandemic forced Blue Ridge students to work from home, the entire curriculum of the sports broadcasting class was in turmoil and its teacher, Parker Kirwan, had to get very creative.

There were no sports on campus, no athletes to interview, not even professional broadcasts to watch and critique. So, Kirwan turned to BRS alumni. With help from BRS coaches and colleagues in alumni relations, Kirwan identified a variety of BRS alumni at different stages in their athletic pursuits.

Sports broadcasting students researched these alumni, developed questions, and conducted interviews over the video conferencing platform Zoom. The finished product is Baron 2 Baron, a series of insightful and honest interviews with a variety of Blue Ridge School alumni.

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Students gave the new process a test run by interviewing Joe Turner ’89, enterprise account director for Zoom.

Other BRS alumni who participated include basketball player turned actor Londale Theus ’06, professional golfer Chris Hickman ’12, college football player Sammy Fort ’19, professional lacrosse player Chazz Woodson ’00, and college basketball players Malik Johnson ’16, Amir Simms ’17 and Mamadi Diakite ’16.

Woodson spent 10 years playing professional lacrosse and was recently named the head lacrosse coach at Hampton University. He says, “I had the honor and pleasure of joining the Baron Sports Network in the Baron 2 Barson series, and thoroughly enjoyed sharing my experiences as a student, and what I’ve been doing since my time on campus.

It was particularly enjoyable for me, a guy who only spent a year on campus

under different circumstances than most students, to feel that my experience and more specifically what I could bring to their experiences, was valuable.”

“It was great to connect with current BRS students,” says Fort, a defensive back for the University of North Dakota.

“My strongest friendships are with guys from Blue Ridge, and I learned so much there. I am proud to be able to help the students in any way I can—and I hope they realize how lucky they are to be there.”

Kirwan, who is in his fourth year teaching the sports broadcasting class, says, “The students really enjoyed getting to speak to alumni and hearing about their experiences at BRS. They got a lot out of hearing about the different career paths that our alumni have taken. I thought the students improved their interviewing skills as they asked thoughtful questions that made for great answers from our guests. Being able to connect current students with alumni was awesome!”

though, that even the safety of outdoor games was questioned: “Can we play cornhole or do we have to disinfect the bean bags between every touch?” During an extended orientation, boys were taken on hikes to points of interest on the Schools expansive trail system; they played canoeing games and competed in every conceivable lawn game. A smaller size version of basketball (called Uball) was a particularly popular game on the front lawn.

“It was really cool how many people jumped in and used initiative and creativity to fill in gaps in the plan while staying true to the spirit and the law of the plan,” says Bruton.

Headmaster Trip Darrin greets the students during the School’s first online graduation, which was followed by an on-campus ceremony two months later.

Strict limitations on interschointo one. Boys began eating in the dining Blue Ridge facilities personnel modified lastic sports meant students hall. The normal class schedule was remany buildings to reduce the possible were likely facing a fall without athletic established and regular athletic practices spread of the virus.

The housekeeping competition, and the rest of the year’s began in the afternoon. Since all of the staff has worked extra hours both cleansports are still undecided. Cancelling boys were always in the bubble, their ing and disinfecting classrooms, baththe first two football games of the season health and safety protocols were relaxed. rooms, hallways, and dorms.

In addition was a turning point for those on the Task They could socialize normally again. All to their other duties, our school nurses Force. For Bruton it was a “Rubicon” adults on campus, though, maintained have given hundreds of COVID tests moment that shifted his perspective for more rigorous safety measures, espethis fall.

Students, faculty, and staff have the fall. It would be a school year like no cially those who live off campus. Mainbeen tested individually many times and other—all in an effort to provide stutaining the bubble was paramount to a tested in batches weekly for much of the dents with a school year something like successful year. fall. And as students began arriving in what they expected and deserve.

August, the adults on campus had to be cognizant of new rules, such as social Every member of the Blue Ridge School After comparing community health distancing and mask wearing, to be good community has risen to the many protocols with those in place at othrole models for the boys. challenges of 2020. They have presented er schools, Blue Ridge agreed to play creative solutions to unusual problems. multiple round-robin style soccer games Once a plan was finalized, everyone fell Bruton says, “We had a couple of tough, against Virginia Episcopal and Woodinto line and into place to work toward awkward conversations with boys early berry Forest. Football also played an success. Faculty, staff, parents, and stuunofficial scrimmage against Woodberry on about things they could and could dents leaned on the relationships formed not do.

They wanted to go to the weight and cross country competed in multiover many years, trusted one another, room.

They wanted to pop over to a ple time-trial style races at Fork Union and worked toward the common good, friends room.

After months of being Military Academy. the common goal maintaining our deaway from their friends and social cades old mission of “helping boys reach distancing, it was really hard for them to Bruton lauds the Headmaster and the their potential through personalized, accept how different this school year was Board of Trustees for their fiscal comstructured, innovative learning practices going to be.

But after that first dip, I felt mitment to doing everything necessary in a college-preparatory, all-boarding to open the school in the fall. Blue Ridge like compliance was really good.” community.” committed hundreds of thousands of Slowly, Blue Ridge School got into a dollars to make sure the doors were open rhythm. The two student waves merged and that students were safe on campus.

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NEW LIBRARY NAMED FOR JOHN YOUNG HONORING A LEGENDARY BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL TEACHER The library has been and will continue to be the centerpiece of academic pursuit and appreciation for literature at Blue Ridge School. Therefore it is appropriate that the School’s new library, a contemporary source for historical information, engaging stories, and quiet comfort be named in honor of our cherished faculty member John B. Young IV.

the first half century of the school, such as John Kettlewell, Jordan Churchill, and Wilbur Bailey. This was manifested in the wide variety of English and history classes John taught over the years and his desire to develop an interest for these areas in his students.”

students with a beautiful view.

“Well before I began at Blue Ridge, John was donating books to the library,” says Blue Ridge Librarian Katie Cooper. “His desire to provide good historical resources for our history classes, especially for the infamous third trimester history papers, is equaled only by his love of fiction and the classics. John loves spending time at Barnes & Noble searching through the sale section for books to enhance the library collection and he’s always ready to talk about why he finds each novel important, when he first read it, or why our boys might find it interesting.”

“His desire to provide good historical resources for our history classes, especially for the infamous third trimester history papers, is equaled only by his love of fiction and the classics.”

-Katie Cooper, Librarian

For more than 50 years, Mr. Young has steadfastly served the boys of Blue Ridge in nearly every role possible. When the call comes for him to take a new challenge, Mr. Young rises to the occasion and puts all of his efforts and energy into the benefit of his students and the School.

He has served as Chair of the English Department, Director of Admissions, Dean of the Faculty, Faculty Advisor to the Senior Class, Head Dormitory Master, and Chair of the Disciplinary Committee, as well as a coach for the School’s soccer, golf, and lacrosse teams. As teacher, mentor, coach, and resident, there is little that John Young has not done in the village of St. George.

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Jim Niederberger, who has been a colleague of John Young’s for decades, says Young’s unquenchable curiosity about the world around him makes him a fitting eponym for the new library. He says, “John is definitely a connection to the academic history of Blue Ridge as a disciple of some of the very distinguished faculty leaders of

Our new library, which will be lovingly crafted in the space which has for many decades served as the dining hall, will be a haven for students and faculty. The rustic beams of the roof trusses and the massive stone hearth, which are hallmarks of the room, will guide the design for the functionally modern library. Areas for group small study and cozy, comfortable furniture for reading quietly will make the library a desirable location for students to spend their time. Natural light will pour generously through the wall of windows overlooking Chesley Creek, providing

The development of the new library would not be possible without generous financial contributions from many Blue Ridge School alumni and friends.

Parker Douglass ’98 has made a leading pledge for this project and its recognition of John Young. He says, “I was very fortunate to go to a school that had a man like John Young associated with it. Mr. Young was a father figure to many young men through his long tenure at Blue Ridge School. I can not think of a better honor—a more fitting honor—than to name the new Library after John Young.”

Construction on the John B. Young IV Library and the new dining hall is scheduled to begin in 2021.

John Young with Tristan, one of his three Cocker Spaniels. All of his dogs, and there have been many over the years, are named for members of King Arthur’s Knights of the Round Table.

After nearly 50 years teaching English and history at Blue Ridge School, John Young is stepping out of the classroom—again.

During his impressive tenure at Blue Ridge School, Young has held various positions in addition to teacher. He was Dean of the Faculty for many years and recruited many students as Director of Admissions. So, it is natural for Young to take his talents wherever Blue Ridge needs them. Young is delighted to be spending his days reconnecting with his former students as the new Alumni Correspondent. It’s hard to believe, but this staunch traditionalist has a significant following on social media. He has hundreds of connections on Facebook and Linkedn. If persuaded, he might soon be on TikTok. If you’d like to connect with John online, he’d love to heard how you are doing and to share with you the latest news from St. George. Look him up online or send him an old-fashioned email: jyoung@blueridgeschool.com.

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A GLIMPSE AT THE CLASS OF 2021

ALI TEJANI MIDLAND, TEXAS

What will you miss most after you graduate?

I will definitely miss seeing my Baron Brothers, as well as my teachers, because of the bond you form with everyone on campus. Also, I will miss walking out of the dorms in the morning and walking outside to one of the most beautiful views in the country.

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MICHAEL GRAY

FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA

Who at BRS has had the biggest influence on you?

Basketball Head Coach Cade Lemcke. His guidance on and off the court has made me the person I am today.

JACK MARK CHARBONEAU NGO

COQUITLAM, BRITISH COLUMBIA What is your favorite memory from BRS? My favourite memory so far at BRS was winning our lacrosse state tournament game at home in front of a packed field against Collegiate.

VUNG TAU, VIETNAM

Who at BRS has had the biggest influence on you?

Dr. Mehl, my advisor, is the most important person in my Blue Ridge life. He is always there to support me.

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BARON ATHLETICS BASKETBALL REPEATS STATE TITLE The 2019-2020 season was full of outstanding accomplishments for the Blue Ridge School varsity basketball team, including a 30-win season and a second consecutive VISAA Div. II State Championship.

The 2019-2020 Varsity Basketball Team celebrates winning its second consecutive VISAA Div. II State Championship.

DOM STARSIA NAMED LACROSSE HEAD COACH

BRS surprised the lacrosse world in November 2020 by announcing that former University of Virginia men’s lacrosse head coach Dom Starsia would begin leading the Barons program in 2021. Starsia coached 24 years at UVA and won four national championships with the Cavaliers. After 42 years as a college lacrosse coach, Starsia retired in 2016 as the winningest coach in NCAA Division I history. He was named ACC Coach of the Year eight times and was inducted into the U.S. National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2008.

Starsia told the Daily-Progress newspaper, “It is a beautiful school. Everyone couldn’t have been nicer, and I was attracted to the school’s mission, which is to provide meaningful mentorship to young men.” He added, “The thought of getting back to on the practice field this spring came at a good time. The practice field, the daily contact with the players, being an influence and having these young people be an influence on me is what I loved about coaching. We will also try to win some games along the way.”

“We are very excited to have Coach Starsia taking over the lacrosse program,” adds Blue Ridge School Athletic Director Bryan Puckett. “In my conversations with Coach, I was impressed with his immediate gravitation to our mission and how much his personal philosophies are in sync with our school’s philosophy. I am looking forward to working 12 with Coach Starsia as he continues our lacrosse program’s outstanding tradition.”

The Barons defeated Norfolk Collegiate 78-68 on February 29th to secure the title.

Four players tallied double figures during the game: Junior Michael Gray (19), Senior William Lee (17), Senior Sasha Glushkov (13), and Junior Derrick Jones (12).

Junior Kobe Jerome told CBS19 News, “This is the most fun I’ve ever had playing basketball. This group of guys is super special and I’m going to miss it next year with our seniors leaving, but I know we still have work to do for next year.”

Senior Andy Nwaoko was injured during Friday night’s semi-final game and could not play during the championship game, but, with the win locked, Coach Lemcke made a substitution during the final seconds. He sent in Nwaoko and fellow Senior Jimmy Yang.

Nwaoko, who earned a football scholarship to Boise State University told CBS19 News, “That was amazing I can’t explain how I feel about that. That was great. That was my last time on the court, so I’ll never forget it.”

SONIC ZOOM “You’re on mute,” says Joe Turner ’89. This Zoom call begins like many others. “I don’t know how many times I’ve said that,” he laughs. “Even just last week.”

Since April of 2019, Turner has been director of enterprise sales for Zoom, the video conferencing platform that took the world by storm when the pandemic forced millions of people to begin working from home. Students also were affected. Even Blue Ridge School was forced to transition to distance learning and used Zoom as the platform to do so.

While video conferencing on this scale was new to many people, Turner has been working for collaboration technology companies for nearly 20 years and seen many significant changes. As the technology improved, more and more companies were using collaborative software. He says, “It didn’t matter what industry or the size of the company, but video and chat and being able to collaborate on documents was the wave of the future.”

“Before I came to Zoom, I was hearing more and more about it. Customers were finding more ways to use Zoom but it was really just video conferencing—a meeting space.” In mid 2019, the company launched a PBX system that allowed businesses to incorporate Zoom’s video conferencing into a company-wide phone system. Zoom sold companies on the simplicity of its system. Turner was convinced the platform was something special when he closed a multi-million dollar deal in a client’s Zoom room.

Not long after, he joined the company’s enterprise sales team.

Growth was steady, but it was the global pandemic that made Zoom a household word.

Blue Ridge School was quick to choose Zoom as the platform for its distance learning program. Thanks in part to

Joe Turner ’89 channels Blue Ridge School during a Zoom interview with students in the sports broadcasting class.

Turner, the School was able to set up Zoom rooms for every teacher and even conducted school-wide assemblies. Parents from around the world gathered on Zoom for BRS’s virtual Parent Weekend. Because they were logging in from home, more parents participated in the weekend than ever before.

Zoom’s popularity meant everyone at the company was working at a blistering pace.

Turner recalls, “In March and April we just exploded. Everyone from the CEO Eric Yuan all the way down to engineering teams and support teams and sales teams, we were working 10-, 12-, 14-hour days.

Our engineering team was working more than that. I think some of them had to be told to go home because they were spinning up data centers and servers just as fast as they possibly could. We went from 20 million daily users to 350 million daily users in a matter of weeks. And we didn’t have any down time during that. And our customer base went from executive teams and sales teams of Fortune 500 companies to grandparents trying to communicate with the grandkids. It was really cool to watch.”

This year’s growth has come with a price.

The hours have been incredibly long and working from home also means that it’s hard to step away from the job. Turner turned 50 this year, but he and his wife Dana had to delay a trip they had planned to celebrate. Late in the summer they finally got a chance to spend a week—no emails or video conferences—just enjoying time together with their family.

Zoom is not all business for Turner. Once a week he and a group of friends from around the country gather online to play Texas Hold ‘Em poker. “We all log into the same poker game and I have that on one monitor. Zoom is going on the other monitor. We’re all cognizant that the virus is still out there and that we need to be careful, but we also want to see people. It’s so important to have that face-to-face time with people.”

Turner’s experience with Zoom has been a wild ride. Though he won’t begin to speculate on the company’s future, his summary of the past 12 months is spot on: “We wanted to turn Zoom into a verb— and we succeeded.”

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HAPPENING

ON THE RIDGE

NEW MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS While students were off campus during the spring and summer of 2020, Director for Environmental Sustainability and Outdoor Programs Leader Cory Woods was busy in the woods cutting a new mountain biking trail called Moonshine.

With help from fellow teachers Tony Brown and Michael Donovan, plus administrator Bob McMurtry, mountain bikers have more than two additional miles of adrenaline boosting trails with some unusual features. Riders traverse large boulders, articulated wooden bridges, and a long “skinny” bridge cut from a fallen tree.

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are well established as a mountain biking destination in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Avid rider Tom Thacher says, “I live in the shadow of Mt. Tamalpais in Marin County, California—the birthplace of mountain biking. My parents and my sister live in Charlottesville and I visit frequently. Of course, spending time with my family is wonderful, but what I really look forward to is exploring the growing network of local mountain bike trails. I recently spent two days on the trails at The Blue Ridge School and was blown away by the cool mix of terrain and how well marked and maintained the trails are. My

friends at home used to chuckle when I talked about ‘mountain’ biking in Virginia.

Thanks to [the app] Strava, they can now see proof of 2,500+ foot climbs and pics of the beautiful view from the top of the Moonshine Trail. Blue Ridge School is a legit destination for mountain bikers!”

Professional mountain biker Jeremiah Bishop recently rode the School’s trails and called them a “fantastic local resource” with “some really unique features.”

Today BRS hosts two mountain biking races each year, including the VAHS state championship race in the spring.

BARON FUND ADVISORY COUNCIL The Baron Fund is vital to the life of Blue Ridge School, providing fiscal support to programs such as athletics, character education, and outdoor programs, as well as necessary relief to the general operating budget.

To increase awareness of the Fund and to promote a culture of giving among alumni, ten alumni have agreed to join the new Baron Fund Advisory Council (BFAC). This alumni committee will guide, counsel, and provide recommendations to the Baron Fund director on matters relating to fundraising, marketing, technology, performance analysis and other pertinent areas. In this way, the group serves an important role in Blue Ridge School’s annual fundraising efforts. These alumni give valuable insight into the very alumni and friends we hope to engage. The members of the Council view their role as partners with Baron Fund; to hear and share ideas and discuss strategies with Baron Fund staff. As volunteer liaisons to the office which interacts with many of Blue Ridge School’s newest donors, the partnership between the members of BFAC and Baron Fund staff are vital to the success of development and alumni relations at Blue Ridge School.

In addition to leading by example and making annual gifts to the Baron Fund, BFAC members meet regularly with School staff, keep in contact with classmates, share noteworthy news about classmates, learn about on-campus initiatives and fundraising opportunities, and participate in exciting Blue Ridge School events such as class reunions, Alumni Weekend, and the New York Auxiliary Blue & White Bash.

Members of the Baron Fund Advisory Council Cary Justice ’90 (Co-chair) Grand Rapids, MI

Lee Shore ’90 (Co-chair) Carrollton, TX

Rob Vinson ’87 (ALC Rep) Decatur, GA Richard Waddell ’68 Columbus, GA Bill Burruss ’71 Lynchburg, VA Richard Hickey ’75 Virginia Beach, VA

Huntley Galleher ’80 Saluda, VA John Buckey, ‘88 Napa, CA Tim Mitch ’96 Chattanooga, TN

CHESTNUT REVIVAL This fall the school was gifted four chestnut trees in recognition for the work our students have done for the Virginia Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation.

was used for every conceivable purpose by mountain families to the abundant chestnuts that were a valuable food source to wildlife.

Our mountains are dominated by oaks, hickories, maples, and Tulip trees. But, prior to the 20th Century, the American Chestnut would have surely been included in that list. By some estimates this tree, which grew over 100 feet tall and sometimes over 10 feet in diameter, constituted 20% of the forest canopy.

An airborne fungus, or blight, was unintentionally introduced to eastern North America in the early 1900s. Within a generation nearly every American Chestnut in Appalachia was dead. Life in the mountains was forever changed; from the reliable source of sturdy lumber that

These specific specimens given to Blue Ridge School have a genetic blend of 15/16 American chestnut (to give it the fast and tall growing characteristics of the native variety) and 1/16 Chinese chestnut (to provide blight resistance). Students planted the seedlings after the annual deburring and seed-sorting was complete.

These seedlings exemplify the culmination of research efforts to reintroduce a blightresistant chestnut tree to the Appalachian Mountains.

For many years state forestry departments and private organizations have been

Mitch Loper ’03 Tuscaloosa, AL

Johnny Atkinson ’13 Elk Park, NC

Zain Bankwalla ’19 Chantilly, VA working to breed blight-resistance into surviving generations of American chestnuts. Over the past nine years small groups of Blue Ridge School students have been able to lend a hand in various projects with the Virginia Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation. Students have visited the Foundation’s local orchards to help plant seeds, measure saplings, and even to cut down and remove trees that do not fulfill the growth and health requirements. Each year spiny burs that protect maturing seeds are harvested and BRS students help to remove and sort the seeds for winter storage before they can be planted in the spring.

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ALUMNI HAPPENINGS A global pandemic will not keep dedicated Blue Ridge School alumni from gathering for laughs and memories. In conjunction with members of the Battle House team on campus, alumni have taken to video conferencing to reimagine and recreate events. Others have taken time out of their busy lives to engage with students and faculty who had to quickly react to shifting expectations in the classroom.

We will always prefer to have alumni and friends gather on campus. You will forever have a home at Blue Ridge. However, we are impressed with the tenacity and devotion you are showing to remain your “brother’s keeper.”

Ciders in Alexandria, Virginia. The event also featured a video of the Barons varsity basketball team promoting the Auxiliary’s annual fundraiser (mark your calendar now for the last Saturday in January!) and Blue Ridge School trivia.

Musically minded alumni connected on Zoom this fall to talk about the many bands students have formed over the decades. Frosty Horton ’69, Larry Pritchett ’75, JeanMarc Porson ’81, and Spencer Scruggs ’14 all reminisced, played some music, and made new connections with Barons from across the country.

Staying connected with Baron Brothers is more important now than ever before!

When the pandemic forced many people to stay home for extended periods of time during the spring of 2020, Blue Ridge School alumni joined the millions of people who experimented with video conferencing on Zoom. In April BRS hosted its first virtual event, a wine tasting with John Buckey ’89. John is national sales manager for ZD Wines in Napa Valley, California.

In May, alumni reconnected with Jim Niederberger, Carl Frye, and Dolores DeAngelis during the BRS Legends Virtual Happy Hour.

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alternative. They created Baron2Baron, a series of interviews conducted over Zoom with alumni in sports. After getting familiar with the process during an interview with Zoom executive Joe Turner ’89 (see page 13), they interviewed college basketball players Mamadi Diakite ’16 and Aamir Simms ’17, lacrosse player and coach Chazz Woodson ’00, college football player Sammy Fort ’19, golfer Chris Hickman ’12, and basketball player turned

Also during the spring, Blue Ridge School’s sports broadcasting class contacted numerous alumni to interview. These students typically spend the spring interviewing their fellow student athletes and providing play-by-play commentary during Barons sporting events, but the campus closure meant they needed an

actor Londale Theus ’06.

Other alumni have been “Zooming” into Blue Ridge School classrooms.

This fall, Emeka Okocha ’04 used video conferencing to speak to our entrepreneurship class from his home in Nigeria. Thank you to all the Barons who worked with our students!

The New York Auxiliary, Blue Ridge School’s most steadfast supporters got into the act, too, by hosting a Parent Weekend virtual happy hour with Tristan Wright ’95, owner and operator of Lost Boy

We are excited to learn that more Barons are hosting virtual reunions, including events

by Huntley Galleher ’80, Cary Justice ’90, and Lee Shore ’90.

If you’ve hosted a virtual alumni gathering or are interested in doing so, please let us know!

Though the pandemic has made it harder for all of us to gather with friends and family in person, technology is giving us new opportunities to reconnect with old friends, to meet fellow Barons with shared interests, and to contribute in meaningful and personal ways with students.

The Morris Sanctuary Garden, situated between Gibson Memorial Chapel and Battle House, has become a popular site for both quiet reflection and small gatherings, such as the scholarship recognition ceremony for Miguel Benitez ’23 (below) and the reunion cocktail party for the Class of 1968 (bottom right).

THE IMPACT OF THE

ST. GEORGE SOCIETY During her long life, Margaret Ann Curran was a steadfast supporter of Blue Ridge School. Because her father attended the School during its early years and her parents married in the Chapel, Ms. Curran was particularly interested in maintaining and preserving Battle House and Gibson Memorial Chapel. Ms. Curran donated the funds to create the Morris Santuary Garden in her parents memory. Through her membership in the St. George Society, those who have included Blue Ridge School in their estate plans, Ms. Curran has again ensured that future generations may enjoy these significant and historic buildings.

For more information about the St. George Society, contact Jay Atkinson P’13, Director of Leadership Giving, at 434-9920517.

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GRADUATION This graduation was undeniably unique. Under the sweltering midsummer sun on July 24th, 2020, most of the Class of 2020 returned to campus with their families to celebrate the on-campus graduation that Headmaster Trip Darrin had promised many months earlier. Face masks and social distancing where the order of the day, though guys wanted to gather for final hugs and photographs.

Below: John Young dones a mask and disinfects the microphone between speakers.

Most Blue Ridge School students emerge from their dorm room the morning of graduation, but that was not possible for the Class of 2020. The delayed on-campus graduation in July was the first time they had been back on campus since the end of February.

Long travel distances for the event meant many graduates were not able to attend. The reunion of those who where presents was dampered by face masks and social distancing.

At right, Headmaster Darrin allowed students to removed their blazers because of unusually high temperatures.

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WEEKEND Board of Trustees Chair Jill Kalinski P’13 (at right) distributed diplomas to the Class of 2020, including Student Body President Mike Han of Beijing, wearing a face mask and foregoing the traditional handshake.

Trammell Thompson ’20 of Astoria, New York, addressed his classmates and the crowd. He thanked the entire BRS community for accpeting him for who he is and for “allowing him to grow from a kid to a man.”

Despite having a global pandemic force the early end of their on-campus Blue Ridge experience, the Class of 2020 would not be denied the traditional jump into the lake to mark the transition from students to alumni.

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The Barons varsity basketball team donned their Blue Ridge School blazers and ties to join the Blue & White Bash guests at the Union League Club. The event gave them an opportunity to sharpen their social skills and to thank the Auxiliary members for the continued support of Blue Ridge School.

Headmaster Trip Darrin (below, right) presents a framed invitation for the 2020 Blue & White Bash to this year’s Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient Allen Bush ’69.

New York City’s famous Union League Club was the perfect location for the annual Blue & White Bash. Guests won raffle tickets by playing casino table games in the woodpanelled library (above) before moving to the adjacent ballroom for dinner and dancing.

The Barons varsity basketball players enjoyed joining the guests for dancing and dessert—a big change from their meals in the dining hall on campus!

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BRS alumni gather for a group picture, while students have fun in the photo booth.

NEW YORK AUXILIARY’S BLUE AND WHITE BASH 2020 The New York Auxiliary of Blue Ridge School’s 111th Blue & White Bash was held on Saturday, January 25, 2020 at the Union League Club in Manhattan.

The weekend kicked off with a Friday evening welcome reception for NYA members, alumni guests, and friends at the rooftop bar of the newly renovated Knickerbocker Hotel, overlooking Times Square.

On Saturday morning, some guests opted to go to a special VIP lunch event at The Winter Show, a leading art, antiques, and design fair in America.

Other guests opted to watch the Blue Ridge varsity basketball team compete against Our Savior Lutheran.

The event itself, co-chaired by Lane McPhillips and Alexandra Hoyle, was a festive, Carnival-themed affair, with charitable gambling, dining, dancing, and catching up with friends, new and old. Julian Van Winkle ’69 introduced

Allen Bush ’69, this year’s honored alumnus. Allen is an internationally recognized horticulturist who introduced and popularized the commercial access to perennial plants in the United States.

After dinner, the winning varsity basketball team arrived to share dessert, dancing, chicanery at the photobooth, and yes, some (charitable!) gambling.

Their presence gave guests the opportunity to learn straight from the source about current students’ Blue Ridge School experience.

Through silent and live auctions, the event raised over $40,000 for scholarships and the Williams Dining Hall and John Young Library projects.

Much has changed since last January.

As a sign of the times, the 112th annual NYA Bash has gone virtual, which gives us the opportunity to be creative and cast a wider net. The January 20th event

will be a celebration of entrepreneurial Blue Ridge School alumni. The lineup includes: Parker Douglass ’98 of Tradition 8, Nathan Webster ’98 of Scratch Biscuit Company, Emeka Okocha ‘04 of Nothing to Do In Lagos, and actor/comedian Londale Theus ’06.

IN MEMORIAM Dr. Marion Rambo, former BRS Spanish teacher during the 1960s, passed away on January 24, 2020. He was a graduate of Lincoln Memorial University and earned a master’s degree from Stanford and a doctorate from the University of Virginia. He also taught at the University of the Americas in Mexico and the University of Southern Alabama. His wife Lois Rambo also served as Blue Ridge School’s librarian.

Former BRS teacher Gerald Lyn Cooper died on February 17, 2020. Mr. Cooper was a graduate of Christchurch School and the University of Virginia. He spent his 43-year career in education as an administrator, counselor, development officer, and teacher in four college preparatory schools, as a college access consultant to the Norfolk and Portsmouth public high school systems, and at two universities, including Winston-Salem State University. In 2015 he was inducted into the Christchurch Hall of Fame. Gerry also served in the US Navy for 2 years. Mr. Cooper was an avid outdoorsman and fisherman, and shared that love with his sons and grandsons, and was a diehard fan of the Hoos. He was a voracious reader, a deep thinker, and an excellent writer. He was also a man of great faith, and continued his spiritual quest until the day he died.

Douglas Mitchell “Judge” Smith ’66 died peacefully in Florida on August 30, 2020. Mr. Smith was a kind and honorable Southern gentleman who was deeply committed to his loving family, his wide network of friends, and his adorable succession of dachshunds. Raised in Walkerton and an Air Force veteran proud to have served his country, he spent his career as a banker and then as a real estate appraiser. In retirement, he enjoyed travel adventures in his RV with his wife Pauline and their dog and spending winters in Florida; he split his time between Virginia and Florida. Throughout his life, Mr. Smith was involved in many charitable organizations and was also a member of the Warsaw United Methodist Church. He is the brother of Jamie Smith ’69.

Leander “Andy” McCormick-Goodhart ’71 died on September 1, 2020. He graduated from Adrian College and attended Walsh College. Andy was an accomplished artist, having created award-winning paintings of Oregon landscapes and nautical themes. Before his life was altered by multiple sclerosis, he was a crew member of Anchorage Launch Services, a company dedicated to the safe transportation of bar pilots and crew members navigating the Columbia River. He was a former member of the Grosse Pointe Artists Association, The Oregon Society of Artists, and North Clackamas Arts Guild. He also was the inspiration behind the Willamette Falls School of Art, which provides tuition-free, high-quality art education to serious art students.

Keith Whitten Christian ’73 passed away on September 17, 2020, in his home town of Mount Dora, FL, after a long battle with cancer. He attended the Marshall Lab School in Huntington and graduated from Blue Ridge School. He was enrolled at Transylvania University, in Lexington, Kentucky when a tragic accident left him paraplegic. Fiercely independent, Mr. Christian set off for Wisconsin, Texas, and eventually Florida, pursuing interests ranging from Christian fellowship studies and missionary work to owning a cafe. He found work he enjoyed as a CAD engineer, designing airport lighting systems throughout the country, which he did until his retirement. Throughout his life he was active in Christian Family Fellowship, and was deeply committed to the study of The Holy Bible. He enjoyed travel and spent time visiting his family around the country and in Florida. He is the brother of Stephen Christian ’83.

Fredrik Clay Forsberg ’81 passed away on Good Friday, April 10, 2020. He attended Norfolk Collegiate School and graduated from Blue Ridge School. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Marketing from Elon University. Mr. Forsberg worked in sales for MobilityWorks. He took pride in helping the disabled community maintain an independent and active lifestyle. He was a member of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church and enjoyed spending time with his wife and their two dogs, going to the beach and watching the sunset. Mr. Forsberg loved live music and was an avid sports fan. He lit up a room with his infectious smile and charismatic personality.

James Sidney Frohman ’86, a life-long resident of Suffolk and Chuckatuck, passed away on August 18, 2020. He attended Nansemond-Suffolk Academy and graduated from Blue Ridge School. He later attended Chowan College before graduating from Marymount College. Mr. Frohman was a man of many interests and talents. He loved the outdoors whether sitting in a tree stand hunting deer with his Southampton Hunt Club friends or cooking delicious barbecue and ribs on the grill for small or large gatherings of friends and family. He was a serious duplicate bridge player, playing several times a week, and an avid reader and history buff. He was an animal lover, as well, and he adored his Bassett hound Norman.

Christopher Lucas “Luke” Norcross ’15 of Scottsville, Virginia, passed away on February 6, 2020 at his home surrounded by his family and special friends.

He enjoyed the outdoors, hunting, fishing, hiking and kayaking. He enjoyed sports and played football and lacrosse from a very young age and attended Fluvanna County Public Schools and graduated from Blue Ridge School. He earned an academic and athletic scholarship to Davis and Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia, where became a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and was a goalie on the lacrosse team. As a goalie, Luke set a school record for the most saves in a single game with 30 saves. This accomplishment also earned him a spot in the NCAA record books. He was also named to the 2017 Lacrosse All-Flow Team. Luke always wanted to become a police officer, and with the kindness, compassion and generosity of the Fluvanna County Sheriff’s Department, Luke’s dream came true when he was presented with a certificate, arm patch, hat and badge making him an Honorary Reserve Deputy just moments before he passed.

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Blue Ridge School is proud of our graduates who have selflessly protected our freedoms by serving in the U.S. military.

We would like to update our records to acknowledge your service. If you are veteran or on active duty in the military, please contact Director of Leadership Giving Jay Atkinson P’13, Navy Veteran, at (434) 992-0517 or jatkinson@blueridgeschool.com.

Blue Ridge School

Roll of Donors 2019-2020

*These lists represent donations to Blue Ridge School from June 1, 2019 through May 31, 2020.

LIFETIME LEADERSHIP GIVING FOUNDER’S CIRCLE (GIFTS TOTAL $1,000,000+)

Mrs. Thomsas P. Bryan, Jr. Mr. George A. Bush, Jr. Ms. Margaret Ann M. Curran Mr. James L. Jessup, Jr. ’69 Massey Foundation Mr. William E. Massey, Jr. ’70 The Perry Foundation, Inc. The Walton Family Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Jim C. Walton

CORNERSTONE GUILD (TOTAL GIFTS $500,000+)

Alice W. Bryan Trust Mr. John C.O. Bryant ’84 Commonweal Foundation, Inc. Mr. Mohammed Dasuki Estate of George A. Bush, Jr. The Fraser-Parker Foundation J. E. Fowler Memorial Foundation Jessie Ball duPont Fund Mr. William A. Parker III ’71 Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

MISSION SOCIETY (TOTAL GIFTS $100,000+)

Mr. and Mrs. R. Marc Ammen Mr. Thomas A. Asch ’77 Beckett Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Boswell Mr. Marion P. Brawley III ’68

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brooks Mr. Allen W. Bush ’69 Mr. George A. Bush, Jr. Mr. Theodore H. Butz ’82 Dr. and Mrs. B. Noland Carter II Mr. Beirne B. Carter Collegedale The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository, Inc. Ms. Jaymel E. Connor Mr. James L. Crocker ’72 Mr. Richard Earle deButts, Jr. ’65 Durham Nativity School The Edward E. Ford Foundation Estate of Caroline Boxley Petty Estate of David Marion Mr. Thad W. Evans, Jr. Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund The George A. Bush, Jr. Holbrook Fund in the Community Mrs. Robert W. Groves, Jr. Mr. Robert Walker Groves III ’67 Mr. Richard D. Hall, Jr. Harrison Family Foundation Dr. Stephen L. Golder & Dr. Barbara Harty-Golder Mr. and Mrs. Harold Heaster Mr. Lewis Marks Heaster ’92 Mrs. Mary P. Higgins Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network, Inc. Jackson Foundation Mr. and Ms. David E. Kalinski Mrs. James A. Kirkland Mr. Robert B. Livy Mr. Boyd E. Lyon, Jr. ’82

Mr. and Mrs. William F. Magner III Mr. David Nowlin Marion ’70 Mr. James R. McKenry, Jr. ’82 Mr. Morgan L. McNeel ’87 The Morgan Foundation Mrs. John J. Morris The New York Auxiliary of The Blue Ridge School Noel Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Noel The Ohrstrom Foundation, Inc. Mr. William A. Parker III ’71 Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Central Virginia Mr. and Mrs. James H. Ridinger, Jr. Robert H. and Monica M. Cole Foundation Mr. William Mitchell Rue, Jr. ’81 Robert and Hoyle Rymer Foundation Mrs. Sharon S. Rymer Mrs. Cynthia A. Shook ’74 Mr. Sidney Levy Stern II ’69 Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Swartz Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Tayloe II The Butz Foundation Mr. Thomas Layton Walton ’02 Mrs. Mary L. F. Wiley The William H., John G., Emma Scott Foundation William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust Mr. Allen M. Wilson ’74 Dr. and Mrs. John F. Yerger, Jr. Mr. John B. Young IV Mr. and Mrs. Gil Zwetsch 25

MAYO SOCIETY (TOTAL GIFTS $50,000+)

The ABW & JRW Foundation, Inc. Mr. David W. Aldridge ‘76 The An-Bryce Foundation Mrs. Patricia M. Asch Mrs. Charlotte Marie Fowler Bentley Mrs. Mary Rawls Cooke Berkeley Mr. and Mrs. H. Thomas Bobo Boykin Memorial Fund Joan K. Brawley Arthur S. Brinkley The Bryant Foundation Charlottesville Area Community Foundation Mr. Kyu H. Cho Mr. and Mrs. Sam E. Christopher Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Mr. James H. Connor II ‘13 Mr. Richard D. Cooke III ‘68 Mr. and Mrs. D. Franklin Daniels Jr. Mrs. Michael Davidson

Mr. Robert H. Digges Mr. Parker Hayes Douglass ‘98 Estate of Robert B. Livy Mrs. Anthony J. Ewell Ms. Marylon Rogers Glass Dr. and Mrs. David B. Hamer The Heaster Family Lmtd Partnership Mr. and Mrs. David F. Hess Mrs. Mary Morris Holtzclaw ‘20 Mr. and Mrs. Perry N. Ives Mr. S. Clark Jenkins ‘66 John A. Gilmore Fund Mr. and Mrs. Kevin C. Jones, Esq. Mr. Frank H. Lewis, Jr. ‘69 The Little River Foundation Mrs. Suzanne T. Little Mr. W. F. Magann Mrs. Sara J. Manning The Maplewood Foundation Mary C. Pace IRA Mary Morton Parsons Foundation Mr. B. Franklin McLeod III ‘73 Ms. Charlotte Moss and\ Mr. Barry S. Friedberg

Mr. and Mrs. Sam W. Murphy Nativity Mission Center, Inc. Dr. Thomas E. Powell III Mr. and Mrs. Malek M. Riahi Sage Dining Services, Inc. Mrs. Robert L. Sansom Mr. Robert Hugh Sasser III ‘82 Mr. and Mrs. Marshall T. Steves, Jr. Tara Foundation, Inc. Ms. Hope Tate Mr. William Turner Tilman ‘65 Mr. David D. Townsend, Jr. ‘75 Mrs. Anne L. Ueltschi Mr. Charles A. Vail, Jr. ‘84 Mr. Julian P. Van Winkle III ‘69 Ms. Cynthia M. Weldon and Mr. Michael T. Dodson Weldon Foundation Inc. Mr. John H. Wellford III ‘69 Wells Fargo Foundation Educational Matching Gifts Program Mr. and Mrs. E. Carlton Wilton, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Julius S. Young, Jr.

ANNUAL LEADERSHIP GIVING, 2019-20 FOUNDER’S CIRCLE ($1,000,000.00+)

Anonymous

MISSION SOCIETY ($100,000.00+)

Mr. Allen M. Wilson ’74

MAYO AND WILLIAMS SOCIETY ($10,000.00+)

American Endowment Foundation Anonymous (3) Mr. and Mrs. Masahiko Aoki Col. and Mrs. Joseph C. Arnold Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Boswell Joan K. Brawley Mr. Marion P. Brawley III ’68 Mr. John C. Bryant ’84 Mr. Allen W. Bush ’69 Mr. George A. Bush, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Alan L. Cates, J.D. The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository, Inc. Mr. John L. Davenport ’68 Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Green’s Crossing Investment Company Mr. Richard D. Hall III ’89 Mr. Richard D. Hall, Jr. Harrison Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Harrison Heritage Internal Medicine, PC Mr. William S. Magann ’67 Massey Foundation Mr. William E. Massey, Jr. ’70 Mr. James R. McKenry, Jr. ’82 Mr. Morgan L. McNeel ’87 Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Murphy Mr. William A. Parker III ’71

Mr. and Mrs. John Patterson Mr. David A. Potter, Jr. ’67 Robert H. and Monica M. Cole Foundation Robert and Hoyle Rymer Foundation Mrs. Sharon S. Rymer Mr. Robert Hugh Sasser III ’82 Mrs. Cynthia A. Shook ’74 Mr. Marc A. Shook ’74* Matt and Anna DeRusso-Short Family Stokes Enterprises Ms. Lisa P. Stokes Mr. David D. Townsend, Jr. ’75 Vail Automotive Mr. Charles A. Vail, Jr. ’84 J. P. Van Winkle & Son Mr. Julian P. Van Winkle III ’69 Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program Mr. Richard S. Waddell ’68 Mr. Thomas Layton Walton ’02 Ms. Cynthia M. Weldon and Mr. Michael T. Dodson Weldon Foundation Inc.

CHAIRMAN’S ROUNDTABLE ($5,000.00+)

A B & J Noyes Foundation, Inc. Anonymous (4) Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund Mr. and Mrs. R. Morton Boyd III ’86 Mrs. Gillette M. Brown Charlottesville Area Community Foundation Community Foundation of Washington County MD, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Myles P. Culhane Mr. Parker Hayes Douglass ’98 Mr. and Mrs. Perry N. Ives

Mr. and Ms. David E. Kalinski Mr. and Mrs. Zongfeng Li Mr. and Mrs. Brandon Lloyd The Maplewood Foundation Mr. Joseph H. McDermott Mr. and Mrs. Simon Perez Mr. William Mitchell Rue, Jr. ’81 Mr. William Schnauffer IV ’65 Schwab Charitable Fund Dr. David A. Sibley ’76 Dr. and Mrs. Don Sokolik Mr. Yuantian Sun and Ms. Qing Wei Ms. Hope Tate Mr. William Turner Tilman ’65 Mr. J.G. Waltersdorf Mr. James Devore Waltersdorf ’06 Wells Fargo Foundation Educational Matching Gifts Program Mr. Lin Yang and Mrs. Yan Chen

TRUSTEES’ CIRCLE ($1,000.00+)

The ABW & JRW Foundation, Inc. Mr. David W. Aldridge ’76 Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Amacher T. Anderson Enterprises, LLC Anonymous (9) The Arnold Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James Y. Arnold, Jr. Mr. James Y. Arnold III ’68 Rev. and Mrs. John A. Atkinson Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Barnhart III Mr. and Mrs. J. Scott Beckwith Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bell Mr. Graham F. Bennett ’71 Mr. Michael A. Stieber and Ms. Corinne M. Berezuk Mr. F. Murray Biedenharn ’71 Mr. Carl F. Blackwell ’74

*These lists represent donations to Blue Ridge School from June 1, 2019 through May 31, 2020.

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Mr. Halsey King Blake-Scott ’70 Mr. and Mrs. William Bland Ms. Melissa Boswell and Mr. Jason Snell Boykin Memorial Fund Mr. Flint Breckinridge ’79 Brooklyn Community Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Milford H. Bryant, Jr. Mr. John E. Buckey ’88 Mr. William Henry Burruss III ’71 Mr. Theodore H. Butz ’82 Calvert Family Foundation Mrs. Sam J. Calvert, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James R. Carroll V Dr. William S. Carver II ’75 Corrections Software Solutions LP Mr. and Mrs. Arnaud T. Couraud Mr. and Mrs. R. Hunter Cushing Mr. and Mrs. D. Franklin Daniels, Jr. Mr. William A. Darrin III and Ms. Karen E. Fink Mrs. and Mr. Anna Doyle Ms. Jennifer M. Dunn Mr. R. Burke Earley ’86 Mr. James R. Edmunds IV Fannie Mae SERVE Matching Gift Donations Lt. Col. David Allen Foard III ’68 Mr. Mitchell Ford and Dr. Susan Ford Mr. and Mrs. David Foresman Mr. Henry Brewster Freeman ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Barry Friedberg Mr. Moscoe Huntley Galleher ’80 Mr. D. Henry Gambrell, Jr. ’75 Mr. James Gatewood Gay II ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Norman Gee Dr. and Mrs. Cameron A. Gillespie Government Service Automation Mr. Peter H. Green ’88 Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Griffiths III Mr. Robert Walker Groves III ’67 Guillaro Family Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Guillaro Dr. and Mrs. David B. Hamer Mr. Liang Han and Mrs. Liang Huang Dr. and Mrs. D. Blair Harrold Mr. and Mrs. David F. Hess Mr. Melvin F. Hickman and Dr. Linda J. Hickman Mr. William M. Hines, Jr. ’86 Mr. J Peter Holland IV ’66 Hollis Family Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Hollis Mr. and Mrs. Eric L. Hoyle Mr. Wenchang Huang and Ms. Tianying Fan Mr. and Mrs. Ernest E. Hunt IV Mr. Christopher E. Hupfeldt ’73 28

Hyde Park Molding Company Mr. and Mrs. John C. Ignaszewski Indigent Healthcare Solutions, Ltd. Information Capital Enterprises, LLC Mrs. Lana Ingram Mr. and Mrs. Koji Ishiguro John A. Gilmore Fund Mr. and Mrs. Kevin C. Jones, Esq. Mr. S. John Joseph III ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Kennedy Mr. Bryan Kewley and Ms. Tara Conley Mr. Byeongsu Kim Dr. Tae H. Kim and Dr. Hi J. Seung Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. King, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Cade Lemcke Mr. and Mrs. William F. Magner III Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Marchetti Jr. Ms. Virginia M. Marra Ms. Ellen B. Marsteller Mr. and Mrs. Anthony McAlister Mr. and Mrs. Warren J. McPhillips III Ms. Angelina Mike Mr. James H. Miller III ’94 Mr. and Mrs. Archibald M. Morgan IV Mrs. Brownie Morris Norman and Brownie Morris Charitable

Fund Mr. Jasper Murphy Mrs. Marie-Claude Wrenn-Myers and Dr. Robert A. Myers National Financial Services LLC Mr. and Mrs. James F. Neale Ned Kelly & Company Occidental Petroleum Corp Mr. Jefferson Glenny Parker ’70 Mr. Lionel Parker Perkins III ’84 The Reverend J. Kevin Philips ’73 Mr. Andrew B. Porterfield ’82 Mr. Thomas E. Powell IV Dr. Thomas E. Powell III Mr. and Mrs. George D. Roach Mr. Robert Rymer ’17 The Schluderberg Foundation Mr. Xiaogang Sheng and Mrs. Liyan Xu Mr. and Mrs. Jongnam Shim Mr. and Mrs. Frederick R. Shiner III Mr. Richard L. Simmons, Jr. ’86 Mr. and Mrs. John A. Sipp Ms. Alexandra G. Smith and Mr. Andrew Schonebaum Mr. and Mrs. Marshall T. Steves, Jr. Ms. and Mr. Susan Stickney

Heusler George P. Mayo Memorial Fund Ms. Amy B. Glynn Mr. Patrick S. Graham ’89 Hammond Family Fdn. Inc. Mr. George A. M. Hammond ’68 Mr. William Coburn Happer ’77 Mr. David A. Harrison III Mr. Richard I. Hickey ’75 Mr. David L. Hunt and Mrs. Sara E. Hunt J.McLaughlin Mr. James L. Jessup, Jr. ’69 Mr. and Mrs. Garland R. Johnson Mr. Alexander Keevil Mr. and Ms. Stephen Koester Mr. Daniel T. Lecce ’15 Mr. John B. Levert III ’79 Lilly US Matching Gifts Program Mr. Mitchell Elliott Loper ’03 Mr. and Mrs. Dov Lutzker Mrs. Beatrice R. Lyons Mr. Christopher G. Mackaronis Mr. and Mrs. Amit Madhvani Dr. and Dr. Rajesh Malik Mr. Leander R. McCormick-Goodhart ’71 HEADMASTER’S CIRCLE Mr. and Ms. William Stevenson ($500.00+) Mr. Benjamin Minor Miller, Jr. ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Vincent J. Abramo Dr. Kevin M. Miller Ms. Katie Anderson Mr. John Timothy Mitch, Jr. ’96 Anonymous (4) Mrs. Allan R. Modny Mr. and Mrs. Linwood D. Beckner Mr. Richard A. Morgan ’71 Bethany Bandera Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Mr. Toby Blacow The Neisler Foundation Inc. Mr. Thomas McCullough Boulware, Jr. ’88 Mr. Matthew R. Neisler ’80 Mr. Thomas B. Bynum ’82 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Pennington Mr. and Mrs. John Cline Dr. and Mrs. Louis B. Pikula, Jr. Mr. Onir Coronel Mr. Hugh S. Plumb ’88 Mr. George Gilmer Craddock III ’66 R. E. Lee & Son, Inc Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy D. Crocker Rocky Top Climbing Mr. Sean William Lawrence Curran ’04 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Rogers Ms. Teresa Danford and Mr. Devin C. Ms. Lisa Ross Palmer Mr. Tyler John Sansom ’03 DBMX LLC Mr. and Mrs. George L. Selden Mr. and Mrs. C. Brandon Deane, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Karl R. Sening Mr. Richard Earle deButts, Jr. ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Shriner Mr. Kenton Dunn Dr. and Dr. Navjeet Sidhu-Malik Mr. W. Bryant Durham ’72 Mr. and Mrs. James W. Smack Mr. and Mrs. Rick Etheridge Mr. and Mrs. Richey Smith Mr. and Mrs. Jay Faulconer Col. Hugh B. Sproul III Mr. J. Scott Finney ’81 Mrs. Sarah Rakonitz Stein Mr. Samuel Rittenhouse Fosdick ’05 Mr. Dudley Stephens Ms. Nora Gardner The Stern Foundation Mrs. Roberta T. Garnett Mr. Sidney Levy Stern II ’69 Mrs. Judith S. Gary Mr. and Ms. Albert Stickney Ms. Courtney Geduldig and Mr. Chris Mr. and Mrs. David G. Sutton Ms. Franklin H. Stone Ms. D. Page Sullenberger Mr. William H.L. Sullivan, Jr. ’74 Taxpro, LLC The Barry Friedberg and Charlotte Moss Family Foundation The Butz Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Lidong Tian Mr. and Mrs. John Traywick Mr. John L. Trimmer Mr. Maynard Pratt Valentine ’82 Mr. and Mrs. Mark Wade Mr. Neil Craddock Walker ’94 Mr. and Mrs. Quingwen Wang Mr. and Mrs. Yong Wang Mr. Joshua H. Watt ’72 Mr. John Albert Watts, Jr. ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Weaver Mr. and Mrs. Heqiang Wen Mr. David H. Wenk Mr. Charles Curry Wilford ’67 The Winston-Salem Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence B. Wood, Jr. Mrs. Yinglan Xu Dr. and Mrs. John F. Yerger, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Tayloe II Tiger Fuel Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Tobin III Ms. Mary B. Touchstone Van Yahres Tree Company Mr. John L. Waldrop III ’91 Mr. Haoming Wang ’17 Mr. James Clayton Wardlaw, Jr. ’90 Mr. George Curtis Weaver, Jr. ’95 Ms. Marjorie Webb Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Werner Mrs. Deborah J. White Mr. and Mrs. James J. White Mrs. Thomas H. Willcox, Jr. Dr. Elisabeth P. Work Mr. Edward Barry Wright, Jr. ’68

BARON BACKERS ($100.00+)

ACAC Downtown Cville Mr. Scott Acton Mr. Forester B. Adams ’88 Mr. and Ms. Bruce Akey Mr. and Mrs. Saad Al Saud Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Alejandro Mrs. Jean M. Allen Mrs. Allen-Pierce AmazonSmile Foundation Mr. Ryan Samir Amer ’18 Mr. and Mrs. Samir Amer Ms. Becky T. Anderson Mr. Dale Anderson Anonymous (14) Mr. Timothy Eldon Armstrong ’94 Ms. Francis C. Bagbey Mr. Harry B. Bainbridge and Mrs. Tara A. Scanlon Mr. and Mrs. William Bankhead III Mr. Zain Bankwalla Mr. and Mrs. Brett Barrientos Mr. Bruce R. Bartley ’86 Mr. Richard H. Beale ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Bealle Mr. Alexander Lyle Beckner III ’04 Mr. John A. Bell IV ’69 Lt. Col. John Mitchell Bell, Jr. ’84 Mr. Stephen J. Benedetti Mr. Timothy B. Bennett ’76 Mr. and Mrs. Steven P. Benson Mr. Edward Berger and Mrs. Carrie Berger Cdr. William Emerson Bissell ’85 Ms. Samora Blake Boar’s Head Inn Mr. Thomas Judson Bobo ’97 Ms. Dorothea Bonds 29

Mr. Mark E. Bonds Mr. Peter Bonds Bonefish Grill Mr. Rory Russell Douglass Bosek ’04 Ms. Cathy Boyd Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Boyd, Jr. Branner Printing Mr. Brooks E. Braselman ’86 Mr. Marion Porter Brawley IV ’00 Mr. Jon S. Brochstein ’90 Mr. Jordan Edwin Brooks IV ’90 Mr. Bradford M Brown ’79 Mr. Terry D. Brown ’69 Mr. William Baxter Brown ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Vinton C. Bruton IV Mr. Thomas P. Bryan III ’70 Mr. William W. Buckland ’70 Mr. Nicholas William Budd ’00 Mr. James L. Bugg III ’88 Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Bullock Mr. and Mrs. Karl F. D. Burgdorf Mr. Thomas H. Burrowes, Jr. ’86 Ms. Nancy D. Bush Mr. James E. Butterworth III ’77 Mr. John V. Cahill Mr. and Ms. Michael Cameron Mrs. Chris Canale Mr. and Mrs. Craig A. Carlini Dr. Neville W. Carmical Mr. John T. Casteen Ms. Kristin R. Cerbone Ms. Georgann Charlton Mr. George E. Chase, Jr. ’76 Hope Christian Community Foundation LTC Gary S. Cleland ’74 Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Mrs. Dora R. Conway Mrs. Janet M. Cooper Ms. and Mr. Katie Cooper Ms. Catherine D. Costa Mr. Victor Crawford Mr. and Mrs. Robert Critcher Ms. Anne E. Croker Mr. and Mrs. Branford Crowder Mr. and Mrs. Mike Culp Mr. James H. Culpepper IV ’66 Mrs. Anne Gordon C. Curran Dr. Zachariah C. Dameron Mr. Donald F. Daniels Sr. Mr. and Mrs. A. Charles Danner, Jr. Mr. William A. Darrin Jr. Dr. Sarah B. d’Autremont Mr. William Robert Davis ’86 Mrs. Dolores M. DeAngelis Mr. and Mrs. Phil E. DePoy

Ms. Maria Dering Mr. Edward D. Deters Ms. Jacqueline M. Didier, Esq. Mr. Thomas G. Digges III ’92 Ms. Mary M. Dill Mr. and Mrs. Troy Dillard Ms. Elizabeth S. Disi Mr. Michael T. Donnelly ’95 Mr. Christian J. Donovan ’79 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Donovan Mr. Peter Fenton Doyle ’90 Mr. Mark S. Dreux, Jr. ’94 Mr. F. Wick Dudley ’71 Mr. Kirk Duncan Mr. Sherburne W. Dunn ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Dunsmore Mr. Thomas H. Dux ’71 Mr. and Mrs. William G. Earley Mr. Eric Cassell Eccles ’01 Mr. G. Williams Edwards ’91 Mr. Herbert Hampton Edwards, Jr. ’70 Mr. William J. Elliott IV ’71 Ms. Pamela Ellis Ms. Kathleen Emmans Mr. T. Woody Evans III ’83 Mrs. Wendy Evans Ms. Adelaide Perry Farah Mr. and Mrs. John Y. Faulconer Sr. Mr. Brian J. Fitzgerald ’80 Mr. Leonard B. Fleming III ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Flint Mr. Nicholas L. Florakis ’89 Mr. and Mrs. Allan S. Forbes Mr. and Mrs. Michael Fox Frank S. Hart & Company Freddie Mac Karen B. Frye Ms. Sandra Fulton Mr. and Mrs. David H. Funk Mr. and Mrs. Gregoire Gasparini Sr. Mr. John Haskins Glass ’98 Mr. Downing Palmer Gleason ’86 Mr. Charles E. Goodman III ’71 Mr. John Perry Graves III ’07 Mr. William Alexander Graves ’09 Gregory Britt Design Mr. Michael H. Gross ’91 Ms. Linda Groves Ms. Anna Guerin Mr. Glenn C. Hall III ’73 Mr. Christopher B. Haller ’94 Mr. and Mrs. James T. Ham Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Hamilton IV Mr. George B. Hancock Mr. John H. Hardison ’59 Mr. Lee Harper

Mr. Matthew Wesley Harris ’04 Mr. Frank S. Hart ’67 Hathaway, Inc. Mr. Jonathan Hayden Mr. James Gregory Headen ’81 Ms. Jane Heblich Irene Heifetz Mr. Herman Johannson Hermanson ’97 Mr. John Hetzel Dr. and Mrs. Erik L. Hewlett Mr. Ben Williamson Hiatt ’71 Ms. Anna Grey Hogan Mr. and Mrs. Marc Hogan Mr. Edmund W. Holt ’67 Ms. Anne F. Hooff Mr. James Philip Wilcox Howle ’08 Mr. Michael William Hubbard ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Hull, M.D. Mr. James Mason Hundley ’99 Mr. Daniel M. Hunter III ’88 Ms. Mary C. Hutchinson Mr. and Mrs. Onza E. Hyatt Mr. Ippolito Mr. and Mrs. Clinton S. Janes III Mr. and Mrs. Jerry R. Jared Mr. John Latham Jenkins III ’88 Mr. and Mrs. Mark N. Jenkins Mr. Stephen Waugh Jenkins ’83 Mr. Stephen Jessey and Mrs. K. Bucher Mr. Cary G. Justice ’90 Mr. Devrim Kale ’94 Mrs. Vikki Kalitsi Ms. Kathy Keegan Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Keleher Dr. Alyse Kelly-Jones Mr. Randolph M. Kirkland ’83 Ms. Jane J. Knox Mr. and Mrs. Wallace W. Koenning Sr. Col. Kenneth A. Kraft Mr. Andrew Duane Wiley Kreutter ’02 Dr. and Mrs. John H. Krouse, M.D. Mr. John A. Kyler ’90 Mr. James P. Lamar Mr. James Scott Lamar ’06 Mr. and Mrs. David H. LaMotte, Jr. David H. & Elizabeth C. LaMotte Foundation Account Ms. Katherine E. G. LaMotte Ms. Nancy A. Landman Ms. Jean W. Lane Mr. James Graeme Lang III ’88 Mr. Eric Stephen Lange ’03 Mrs. Lois M. Lange Mr. William S. Lange Ms. Jeul Lanier Laurie Nicole

*These lists represent donations to Blue Ridge School from June 1, 2019 through May 31, 2020.

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Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Lecce Mr. Douglas H. Lees III ’68 Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Lineweaver Mr. Michael C. Lintzenich ’88 The Reverend Helene H. Loper Mr. Geoffrey D. Love ’84 Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Lowther, Jr. Mr. Robert D. Luttrell ’83 Ms. Courtenay Lyons Miss Laura Lysle Mr. William A.M. MacLean ’86 Mr. John Henry Maclin IV ’69 Mr. G. Davis MacRae, Jr. ’68 Mr. Lawrence McNeill Maddry ’83 Mr. Juan Manuel Mareco ’18 Mr. John L. Martin ’76 Mr. Malcolm Matheson IV ’79 Mr. and Mrs. Brian G. McAlary Mr. John Worth McAlister III ’76 Mr. Dillon M. McBride ’11 Mr. William E. McIntire Mr. John Gregg McMaster III ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. McMurtry Ms. Allyson McPhillips Capt. and Mrs. Raymond Mello Mr. Armando Mendoza ’00 Merrick Real Estate Mr. Thomas B. Merrick IV ’67 Mr. Peter Brooks Minford ’09 Mr. Thomas Modd Mr. Brian Davis Modlin ’80 Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Modlin Mr. John Moncure, Jr. ’74

Mr. Page Whitworth Moon ’84 Mr. Eric St. Clair Moore ’84 Mr. George H. Moore, Jr. ’80 Mr. John Pancoast Moore ’74 Ms. Virginia Moore Mr. John Morris Mudge, Jr. ’82 Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Murphy III Myers Ford Mr. William H. Nelson, Jr. ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Neumann Mr. and Mrs. Gary T. Newgaard Mr. Scott C. Nickell ’89 Mr. James A. Niederberger Dr. and Mrs. Emmanuel N. Njomo Ms. Emma O’Connor Mr. Kyle Everett Oliver ’05 Ms. Stacy Oliver Ms. Jacquelyn N. Orgain Mr. Ned Ormsby Ms. Caroline Osborne Mr. E. Stuart Outten III ’90 Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Owen, Jr. Ms. Georgia Palmieri Mr. George Alexander Parrish ’04 Mr. Scott M. Parrish ’77 Mr. John C. Parrott II Mr. Norman E. Pashoian and Mrs. Barbara M. Gracey Mr. Thomas Harold Peacock ’90 Mr. Kurt D. Peterson Mr. William T. Phipps II ’90 Mr. Juan David Pitty ’18 Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Pochter

Mr. Robert Shane Polan ’87 Mr. Christopher E. Pollard ’73 Mr. Roger Anson Prior, Jr. ’69 Mr. Michael Jonathan Pritchett ’01 Mr. and Mrs. Russell L. Rabb Jr. Mr. Angel Ramirez ’04 Ms. Dorothy M. Ramsey Mr. Scott Ramsey Mr. Albert Amis Rayle IV ’07 Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Rayle III RB Earley & Associates Mr. and Mrs. K.D. Reade Jr. Mr. Salvatore Recupero Mr. Charles Matthew Reeder ’81 Ms. Martha W. Rees Mr. James Donald Reeve ’87 Mr. Jonathan W. Reibel ’81 Mr. Michael A. Reid Mr. and Mrs. Teofilo Reyes Mr. Charles F. Richards IV ’90 Dr. and Mrs. Phillip H. Rizk Mr. John W. Roach ’76 Dr. and Mrs. Lucien W. Roberts, Jr. Mr. W. Christian Roberts ’83 Mrs. Donna Truslow Rogers ’57 Rose Mountain Enterprises Dr. and Mrs. Philip M. Rosoff Mr. William C. Ryan III ’04 Mr. and Mrs. H P. Sadler Mr. Abraham D. Salmon V ’79 Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Santos Mr. James M. Satterfield, Jr. ’66 Mr. Bill Scanlon 31

Mr. Robert Scarborough III Ms. Marjorie M. Schwab Mr. William H. Scipio, Jr. ’02 Mr. Christian T. Seem ’91 Mr. Erich S. Sening ’12 Mr. Matthew W. Sening ’14 Ms. Merry Sheils Mr. Jonathan J. Siegel ’84 Mr. Reynold C. Siersema III ’88 Mr. Daniel Howard Simon ’03 Mr. and Mrs. Mike Sipala Mr. Edward M. Skipper ’82 Mr. John K. Smack ’90 Mr. Robert S. Small III ’90 Dr. and Mrs. Timothy H. Smelzer Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Smith Mrs. Penelope M. Smith Mr. Gregory Lohnes Smythe ’85 Mr. Leslie E. Snyder ’79 Sonny Merryman, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. J. Gordon Sorrells Mr. Philip L. Sparks Mr. and Mrs. G P. Spencer Mr. Robert Jarrett Spencer ’96 Mr. Hugh Bell Sproul IV ’88 Mr. James Colan Stanley ’84 Mr. William Stevenson Ms. Catherine M. Stewart Stone Mountain Vineyards Mr. Paul Richard Stone ’83 Mr. and Mrs. William W. Stone Ms. Vicki A. Strauss Mr. and Mrs. Alfred B. Strickler III Ms. Elizabeth A. Stuart Mr. and Mrs. Edward Suhler Mr. Coleman N. Sullivan, Jr. ’66 Mr. Chuck Swinney Ms. Laurie N. Talbott Mr. and Mrs. Shafik A. Tejani Mr. Cole Rexford Thompson ’01 Mr. Eric A. Thompson ’84 Timberwood Grill Capt. Samuel Alexander Towne III ’80 Mr. and Mrs. Franklin A. Trice, Jr. TSG Media Mr. Joseph B. Turner ’89 Mr. Robert C. Turner, Jr. ’15 Dr. and Mrs. E. Lee Tyrey Ms. Odanys A. Urena Mr. and Mrs. Ben Ussery Mr. Michael E. Vassar ’90 Mr. and Mrs. Alfonso Vera Mr. and Mrs. Michael Vinson Mr. Robert Roland Vinson, Jr. ’87 Mr. George W. Nathaniel Walker ’99 Mr. and Mrs. Otey Walker III Ms. Melanie Walker 32

Mr. Harcourt E. Waller III ’71 Ms. Laura Warren Mr. and Mrs. James S. Watkinson Mr. and Mrs. G. Curtis Weaver Mr. Mark Hannon Weaver ’80 Mr. William M. Weber, Jr. ’72 Mr. John Christian Weil ’85 Mr. John H. Wellford III ’69 Mr. and Mrs. David Welty The Westervelt Company Mr. Jason Browning White ’87 Mr. Walter Jackson Williams ’87 Mr. and Mrs. Lee Wood Ms. Pia Wood Mr. and Mrs. Cory Woods The Rev. Daniel O. Worthington, Jr. ’66 Mr. James A. Wright, Jr. ’97 Mr. Walter Lee Wright IV ’86 Mr. Thomas Benjamin Yancey ’79 Dr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Yancey Mr. John B. Young IV Mr. Tyler Yusko Mr. Gregory P. Zervalis ’03

BARON BOOSTERS

Mr. and Mrs. V Cassel Adamson Jr. Mr. Trevor D. Albro ’19 Mr. Benjamin Alejandro Mr. Gregory Martin Allen ’86

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Allen Mr. JaShaun H. Anderson Mrs. Sara Anderson Anonymous (15) Mr. Justin G. Armwood ’17 Mr. Bryce E. Aylor Mr. and Mrs. Douglas B. Baker Mr. George P. Baron, Jr. ’86 Ms. Edda Barthold Mr. J. Townsend Bateman ’90 Mr. and Mrs. Griffin Bealle Ms. Anne R. Bennett Ms. Terry Benshoff Mr. Kendell S. Berry ’72 Mr. Andrew Bonds Mr. Armistead Page Booker, Jr. ’67 Mr. Brian T. Bothe ’90 Mr. Colby L. Boyd ’19 Mr. Robert Boyd ’22 Mr. Timothy W. Braden Mr. and Mrs. William Bradley Jr. Mrs. Caroline Y. Brandt Ms. Janice Brasted Mrs. Ann L. Breit Mr. Will Brockenbrough Mr. Edwin C. Brooks ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. G. Brown Ms. Kathleen M. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Tony L. Brown

Mrs. Thomas P. Bryan Jr. Alice W. Bryan Trust Mr. Archer C. Burke Mr. Harry Flood Byrd IV ’90 Mr. Sardaar Khadir Calhoun ’18 Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Card Mr. Michael Carlini ’10 Mr. and Ms. Brian R. Carlton Mr. Ward Carroll Ms. Jennifer Chiu Mr. Peter Cole Ms. Mary M. Conner Mr. Devin C. Corini Mr. Michael W. Crandall ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Cross Mr. and Mrs. Victor Dandridge Jr. Mr. David D. Daugherty ’95 Mr. James W. Davis ’67 Mr. Michael Stearns Davis ’86 Mr. Kristopher L. Deane Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Dedu Sr. Mr. Ward D. Deters ’86 Ms. and Mr. Catherine Dickerson Mrs. Ann T. D. Donovan Mr. Anthony M. Donovan ’80 Mr. and Mrs. John Dudley Mr. Drew Duke Ms. Annette Dusenbury Ms. Eleanor F. Earley Mr. William B. Earley ’18 Mr. and Mrs. John S. Eckmann Mr. R. Keane Emmans Mr. Ryan T. Etheridge ’14 Mr. Austin J. Evans ’15 Feast!

Mr. Michael H. Ferguson ’86 Mr. R. Gordon Finney ’67 Ms. Sandra Fizer Flint Masonry & Contracting, LLC Mr. Carter V. Fox, Jr. ’86 Mr. Dennis J. Frantsve Mr. John P. Frazee III ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Fusco Mr. John Smith Gable III ’92 Mr. Mitchell Dean Gaskins ’03 Goodall Farm Mr. Pendleton S. Goodall ’77 Mr. and Mrs. Jon Grimson Mr. and Mrs. John Grubb Mr. Andrew Hall Mr. Charles H. Hancock III ’67 Ms. Victoria Harding Mr. Christopher M. Hawk Mr. Harris Haynie Mr. Evan T. Hayon ’13 Ms. Catherine D. Herbst Mr. Jason E. Hess ’16

Mr. Christopher Byrd Hickman ’12 Mr. Hugh Franklin Holt ’75 Mr. John Lawrence Holt ’06 Mr. Waverly G. Hurt Mr. Charles T. Isbell ’73 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Jamrozek Mrs. Kristie N. Jamrozek Mr. Christopher B. Jeanes ’89 Mr. Noah N. Jessey ’16 Mr. Winn D. Johnston ’94 Mr. Stephen E. Justis, Jr. ’90 Mr. John Scott Kanich ’88 Mr. Charles King ’19 Mr. Archibald J. Kingsley, Jr. ’90 Mr. Parker Kirwan Kite’s Ham’s Mr. Blake C. Koenning ’22 Mr. Wallace W. Koenning III Mr. Neely Kountze Mrs. Josie Kozack Mr. Grant D. Kramer Mr. Bill Krulak Mr. Thomas Krulak Mr. Matthew B. LaMotte Mr. J. Allen Lancaster, Jr. ’78 Mrs. and Mr. Vicki Laub Mr. John Marshall Lee, Jr. ’84 Mr. Junghoon Lee Mr. and Mrs. John W. Lewis LexisNexis Mr. Jeff Lindeblad Mr. and Mrs. Chris Little Mr. Matthew L. Lunsford ’86 Mr. Van Jesse Manning ’05 Mr. Richard C. Marshall IV ’66 Martha Jefferson House Mr. David C. McDonald ’91 Mr. Todd Edward McFarlane ’86 Ms. Jo W. McKeown and Mr. William L. Henry Dr. David Mehl Ms. Noell Michaels Mr. Tyler Middlebrook ’86 Mr. Matthew G. Minford ’16 Mr. Alexander Michael Modny ’03 Dr. and Mrs. Anthony T. Moore Mr. Moses J. Moran ’19 Mr. Connor C. Morgan ’16 Mr. Jacob A. Morgan ’15 Mr. Maxwell E. Morgan ’14 Mr. Selby S. Morgan ’19 Mr. Gregory A. Morrin Mr. David Kenneth Morris ’82 Mr. Tom Moses Mr. Alexander H. Nail ’12 Mr. Vincent Anthony Napolitano, II ’09 Mr. A. Parker Neff, Jr. ’79

Mrs. Susan G. Nimmo Mr. Charles Stuart O’Connor ’80 Mr. Pierre Francois Olivier ’75 Mr. Charles C. Pace Mr. Eric Parker Mr. and Mrs. Brad Pullen Mr. V. Patrick Randolph IV ’77 Ms. and Mr. Mary B. Rewcastle Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Rice Mr. Edward N. Richards II ’82 Mr. and Mrs. Murray S. Rosenbach Mr. David B. Rue ’86 Mr. Michael C. Savage ’77 Ms. Courtney Schneider Mr. Scott D. Schulhof ’89 Ms. Barclay Sharon Mr. Paul D. Sienke ’16 Mr. Aamir Simms ’17 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy S. Skeen Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Skelton Mr. James A. Smith II ’72 Mr. Thomas C. W. Smith III ’86 Mr. George C. Snyder III ’85 Ms. Nancy M. Spence Mr. Scott H. Spencer ’16 Mr. Bruce Sutton Sweet Frogs Dr. and Mrs. William G. Talbott, Jr. Mr. E. Thornton Tayloe ’94 Mr. Ali S. Tejani ’21 Ms. Hana K. Tejani Mr. Darren K. Testa ’90 Mr. Londale Marrieo Theus II ’06 Mr. Timothy A. Thomas Mr. Tramell Thompson TIAA Serves Ms. Jane B. Turnbull Mr. Alexander C. Vohden ’96 Ms. Caroline Wade Mr. and Mrs. Reynold C. Walbrook Mr. Robert C. Wallace ’70 Mr. Nathan Thomas Webster ’98 Mr. John Whelan Mrs. Amber Wilkins Mr. Jan M. Williams ’87 Mr. R. Bryce Wilson ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Charles V. Woerner Berta Wood Mr. Bryan R Wood ’86 Mr. Zachary S. Wood Mr. William E. Woodroof, Jr. ’84 Mr. Daniel Douglas Yerger ’94 Mr. Purcell G.H. Young ’89

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YEARS OF CONSECUTIVE GIVING 44 YEARS

34 YEARS

28 YEARS

39 YEARS

33 YEARS

26 YEARS

Mr. Kendell S. Berry ’72

Mr. John Moncure, Jr. ’74

37 YEARS

Mr. and Mrs. Graham F. Bennett ’71 Mr. George E. Chase, Jr. ’76 Mr. and Mrs. Carl B. Frye, Sr. Mr. John B. Young IV

36 YEARS

Mr. John C. Bryant ’84 Mr. and Mrs. J Peter Holland IV ’66 Mr. G. Davis MacRae, Jr. ’68 Dr. and Mrs. Lucien W. Roberts, Jr.

35 YEARS

Mr. Allen W. Bush ’69 Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Modlin Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Waddell ’68

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Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Tayloe II

Mr. Marion P. Brawley III ’68 Mr. Charles M. Reeder ’81 Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Roberts Mr. W. Mitchell Rue, Jr. ’81

32 YEARS

Mr. and Mrs. Halsey K. Blake-Scott ’70 Mr. John E. Buckey ’88 Mr. Peter H. Green ’88

31 YEARS

Mr. Thomas P. Bryan III ’70 Mr. Richard E. deButts, Jr. ’65 Mr. Charles H. Hancock III ’67

30 YEARS

Mr. Frank S. Hart ’67 Mr. Cary G. Justice ’90 Dr. and Mrs. John F. Yerger, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. L. Parker Perkins III ’84

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher B. Haller ’94 Mr. William A. Parker III ’71 Mr. Daniel D. Yerger ’94

25 YEARS

Mr. Charles E. Goodman III ’71 Mr. and Mrs. Perry N. Ives Mr. John Scott Kanich ’88 Mr. John L. Trimmer Mr. Robert C. Wallace ’70

24 YEARS

Mrs. Sam J. Calvert, Jr.

23 YEARS

Mr. George G. Craddock III ’66 Mr. R. Burke Earley ’86 Dr. Kevin M. Miller

Robert H. and Monica M. Cole Foundation Mrs. Thomas H. Willcox, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence B. Wood, Jr.

22 YEARS

Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Boswell Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Dunsmore Karen B. Frye Mr. John Timothy Mitch, Jr. ’96 Mr. Abraham D. Salmon V ’79

21 YEARS

Mr. James Y. Arnold III ’68 Mr. James W. Davis ’67 Mr. Leonard B. Fleming III ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Jerry R. Jared Mr. John M. Lee, Jr. ’84 Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin M. Miller, Jr. ’72

20 YEARS

Dr. Sarah B. d’Autremont Mr. and Mrs. Onza E. Hyatt Dr. and Mrs. John H. Krouse, M.D. Mr. John L. Martin ’76 Mr. James R. McKenry, Jr. ’82 Capt. and Mrs. Raymond Mello Mr. David A. Potter, Jr. ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Sasser III ’82 Mr. George W. Nathaniel Walker ’99 Mr. and Mrs. John A. Watts, Jr. ’67 19 YEARS Mr. William B. Brown ’75 Mr. James H. Miller III ’94 Mr. and Mrs. William Schnauffer IV ’65 Mrs. Cynthia A. Shook Mr. Charles A. Vail, Jr. ’84 Mr. and Mrs. Julian P. Van Winkle III ’69 Mr. Robert A. Watson II ’65

18 YEARS

Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Linwood D. Beckner Mr. Thomas G. Digges III ’92 Mr. W. Bryant Durham ’72 Mr. William C. Happer ’77 Mr. Ben W. Hiatt ’71 Mr. and Mrs. Marshall T. Steves, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Yancey

17 YEARS

Mr. Timothy B. Bennett ’76

Mrs. Thomas P. Bryan Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Bullock Mr. Sherburne W. Dunn ’66 Mr. M. Huntley Galleher ’80 Mr. James M. Satterfield, Jr. ’66 Mr. Alexander C. Vohden ’96 Wells Fargo Foundation Educational Matching Gifts Program

16 YEARS

The Arnold Foundation Mr. William M. Hines, Jr. ’86 Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Lineweaver Mr. John Henry Maclin IV ’69 Mr. and Mrs. William F. Magner III Mrs. Susan G. Nimmo Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Rayle III Mr. and Mrs. Hugh B. Sproul IV ’88 Mr. William T. Tilman ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Vinson, Jr. ’87

Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Griffiths III Hammond Family Fdn. Inc. Mr. George A. M. Hammond ’68 Mrs. Lois M. Lange Mr. Douglas H. Lees III ’68 Mr. Joseph H. McDermott Mr. and Mrs. Morgan L. McNeel ’87 Mr. and Mrs. George L. Selden Ms. Hope Tate Mr. Eric A. Thompson ’84

12 YEARS

Mr. Michael A. Stieber and Ms. Corinne M. Berezuk Alice W. Bryan Trust Corrections Software Solutions LP Ms. Adelaide Perry Farah Lt. Col. David Allen Foard III ’68 Dr. and Mrs. David B. Hamer Mr. Melvin F. Hickman and Dr. Linda J. Hickman Mr. and Mrs. John C. Ignaszewski 15 YEARS Information Capital Enterprises, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Steven P. Benson Mrs. Allan R. Modny Mr. C. Macon Callicott, Jr. Mrs. Donna Truslow Rogers ’57 Calvert Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Karl R. Sening Mr. and Mrs. Alan L. Cates, J.D. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Sipp Mr. and Mrs. Ernest E. Hunt IV Ms. Alexandra G. Smith and Mr. Mr. Mitchell E. Loper ’03 Mr. Leander R. McCormick-Goodhart ’71 Andrew Schonebaum Mrs. Sarah Rakonitz Stein Dr. David A. Sibley ’76 Ms. D. Page Sullenberger Mr. Coleman N. Sullivan, Jr. ’66 Mr. E. Barry Wright, Jr. ’68 Tiger Fuel Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

11 YEARS

Rev. and Mrs. John A. Atkinson Jr. Mr. F. Murray Biedenharn ’71 14 YEARS Mr. Rory Russell Douglass Bosek ’04 Anonymous Mrs. Ann L. Breit Boykin Memorial Fund Mr. William H. Burruss III ’71 Dr. William S. Carver II ’75 Mr. William A. Darrin III and Ms. Karen Mr. Mark S. Dreux, Jr. ’94 Frank S. Hart & Company E. Fink Mr. Michael H. Gross ’91 George P. Mayo Memorial Fund Mr. John H. Hardison ’59 Indigent Healthcare Solutions, Ltd. Mr. Lawrence M. Maddry ’83 John A. Gilmore Fund Mr. Peter Brooks Minford ’09 Mr. Richard A. Morgan ’71 Dr. and Mrs. Louis B. Pikula, Jr. Ms. Dorothy M. Ramsey 13 YEARS Mr. and Mrs. James W. Smack Mr. Harry B. Bainbridge and Mrs. Tara A. Mr. and Mrs. David G. Sutton Scanlon Dr. and Mrs. E. Lee Tyrey Mr. and Mrs. J. Scott Beckwith Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Weaver Charlottesville Area Community Foundation The Community Foundation of Louisville 10 YEARS Mr. and Mrs. James Y. Arnold, Jr. Depository, Inc. Mr. Peter Bonds Ms. Jacqueline M. Didier, Esq. Mr. M. Porter Brawley IV ’00 Mr. F. Wick Dudley ’71 35

Mr. and Mrs. Milford H. Bryant, Jr. Mrs. Dora R. Conway Mrs. Anne Gordon C. Curran Mr. and Mrs. D. Franklin Daniels Jr. Mr. Edward D. Deters Mr. Ward D. Deters ’86 Mr. and Mrs. David H. Funk Mr. Richard I. Hickey ’75 Mr. James M. Hundley ’99 Mr. and Ms. David E. Kalinski Mr. David K. Morris ’82 Mr. Pierre F. Olivier ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Joshua H. Watt ’72

Mr. William T. Phipps II ’90 Dr. and Mrs. Phillip H. Rizk Schwab Charitable Fund Mr. Edward M. Skipper ’82 Mr. David D. Townsend, Jr. ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Otey Walker III Mr. G. Curtis Weaver, Jr. ’95

7 YEARS

Mr. and Mrs. Vinton C. Bruton IV Ms. and Mr. Catherine Dickerson Mr. and Mrs. Barry Friedberg Mr. and Mrs. Norman Gee Mr. and Mrs. David F. Hess Mrs. Lana Ingram The Reverend Helene H. Loper Mrs. Beatrice R. Lyons The Maplewood Foundation Ms. Virginia M. Marra The Neisler Foundation Inc. Mr. Matthew R. Neisler ’80 Mr. Edward N. Richards II ’82 Dr. and Mrs. Don Sokolik The Stern Foundation Mr. Sidney L. Stern II ’69 Ms. Mary B. Touchstone

Mrs. Janet M. Cooper Mr. Anthony M. Donovan ’80 Mr. and Mrs. Samuel R. Fosdick ’05 Mrs. Paul L. Guillaro Ms. Catherine D. Herbst Mr. Jason E. Hess ’16 Hollis Family Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. Eric L. Hoyle Mr. Christopher E. Hupfeldt ’73 Mrs. Kristie N. Jamrozek Massey Foundation Mr. William E. Massey, Jr. ’70 Ms. Virginia Moore Mr. and Mrs. Archibald M. Morgan IV Mrs. Marie-Claude Wrenn-Myers and Dr. Robert A. Myers Mr. William H. Nelson, Jr. ’86 Mr. Michael J. Pritchett ’01 The Schluderberg Foundation Dr. and Dr. Navjeet Sidhu-Malik Mr. and Mrs. Mark Wade Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Werner

8 YEARS

6 YEARS

9 YEARS

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Hollis Mr. Michael W. Hubbard ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Jamrozek Mr. Stephen Jessey and Mrs. K. Bucher Dr. and Dr. Rajesh Malik Mr. Richard C. Marshall IV ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Warren J. McPhillips III

Mr. David W. Aldridge ’76 Anonymous Joan K. Brawley Mr. and Mrs. John Cline Community Foundation of Washington County MD, Inc. Fannie Mae SERVE Matching Gift Donations Mrs. Judith S. Gary

Dr. and Mrs. Anthony T. Moore Mr. Roger A. Prior, Jr. ’69 Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Skelton Ms. Odanys A. Urena Weldon Foundation Inc.

5 YEARS

Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. John A. Atkinson, Sr. Mr. Richard H. Beale ’68 Dr. Neville W. Carmical Hope Christian Community Foundation Mr. Onir Coronel Mr. and Mrs. A. Charles Danner, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. Scott Finney ’81 Mr. Richard D. Hall III ’89 Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Franklin Holt ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Mark N. Jenkins Mr. William S. Lange Mr. and Mrs. Cade Lemcke Mr. Sonny Merryman Mr. and Mrs. George H. Moore, Jr. ’80 Mr. John P. Moore ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Neumann Robert and Hoyle Rymer Foundation Mr. Michael C. Savage ’77 Ms. Barclay Sharon Mr. Thomas L. Shore ’90 Mr. and Mrs. Mike Sipala Dr. and Mrs. Timothy H. Smelzer Sonny Merryman, Inc Mr. and Mrs. J. Gordon Sorrells Mr. and Mrs. Alfred B. Strickler III Mr. Darren K. Testa ’90 Mr. Cole R. Thompson ’01 Mr. M. Pratt Valentine ’82 Mr. Harcourt E. Waller III ’71 Mr. J.G. Waltersdorf Mr. James D. Waltersdorf ’06 Mr. Haoming Wang ’17 Mr. and Mrs. Charles V. Woerner The Rev. Daniel O. Worthington, Jr. ’66

*These lists represent donations to Blue Ridge School from June 1, 2019 through May 31, 2020.

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CAPITAL AND BARON FUND GIFTS IN HONOR OF PETE BONDS

by Ms. Dorothea Bonds

by Mr. Andrew Bonds

by Mr. Mark E. Bonds

by Mrs. Berta Wood

D. FRANKLIN DANIELS, JR. P’23

by Ms. Beatrice R. Lyons

N.B. MARTIN ’74

by Mr. Allen M. Wilson ’74

FRANK DEANGELIS

by Mr. William H. Burruss III ’71

JAMES HARVEY MILLER III ’94

by Mr. Joseph H. McDermott

CATHY BOYD

by Mr. M. Huntley Galleher ’80

ALEXANDER DILLARD ’19 & BRYCE DILLARD ’20

by Mr. and Mrs. Troy Dillard

DR. KEVIN MILLER

by Mr. Stephen Jessey and Mrs. K. Bucher

TONY BROWN

by Mr. Drew Duke

by Ms. Noell Michaels

DAN DUNSMORE

by Mr. Bryce E. Aylor

VINTON BRUTON

by Mr. Bryce E. Aylor

DANA FAULCONER

by Mr. Randolph M. Kirkland ’83

THOMAS A. BUSH, ’11

by Dr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Yancey

RICK FRANCE

by Mr. and Mrs. George H. Moore, Jr. ’80

DAVID CATES ’95

by Mr. and Mrs. Alan L. Cates, J.D.

COACH CARL FRYE

by Mr. S. John Joseph III ’70

CLASS OF 1966

by Mr. Sherburne W. Dunn ’66

IRENE V. HALL

by Mr. Richard D. Hall III ’89

CLASS OF 1968

by Mr. Douglas H. Lees III ’68

JONATHAN HAYDEN

by Mr. and Mrs. Wallace W. Koenning Jr.

CLASS OF 1969

by Mr. John A. Bell IV ’69

CHRIS HICKMAN, ’12

by Mr. Melvin F. Hickman and Dr. Linda J. Hickman

CLASS OF 1973

by The Reverend J. Kevin Philips ’73 CLASS OF 1976

by Mr. John L. Martin ’76 CLASS OF 1977

by Mr. William C. Happer 1977 Class of 1979

by Mr. Leslie E. Snyder

PETER HOLLAND ’66

by Mr. William H.L. Sullivan, Jr. ’74 CLINTON JANES, IV

by Mr. and Mrs. Clinton S. Janes III ALEXANDER KEEVIL

by Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Harrison

THE CLASS OF 1982

by Mr. Andrew B. Porterfield ’82

CHRIS KNIGHT ’20 AND THE CLASS OF 2020

by Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Barnhart III

by Harrison Family Foundation

CLASS OF 1986

by Mr. William H. Nelson, Jr. ’86

ERIC LANGE ’03

by Mrs. Lois M. Lange

CLASS OF 2000

by Mr. M. Porter Brawley IV ’00

BRYAN LOWTHER, ’07

by Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Lowther, Jr.

J. FULLER CROCKER ’16

by Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy D. Crocker

GEORGE MACKARONIS

by Ms. Martha W. Rees

ALEXANDER MICHAEL MODNY, ’03

by Mrs. Allan R. Modny JAMES NIEDERBERGER’S 45th YEAR

by Mr. Bryce E. Aylor DR. ROBERT H. SASSER, JR.

by Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Sasser III ’82

by Wells Fargo Foundation Educational Matching Gifts Program JOHAN SILVER ’22

by Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Hull, M.D. PHILLIP SKEEN ’21

by Mr. William A. Darrin III and Ms. Karen E. Fink ZACK AND CHRIS SUTLEY, ’04

by Mrs. Deborah J. White HOPE TATE

by Brooklyn Community Foundation

by Ms. Franklin H. Stone

by Ms. Hope Tate

by Mr. David H. Wenk KEN TAYLOR, ’74

by Mr. Allen M. Wilson ’74 MIKE RUIYANG WANG, ’22

by Mr. and Mrs. Quingwen Wang JOHN & MARGARET WILLIAMS

by Mr. Allen M. Wilson ’74 BRYAN WOOD

by Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence B. Wood, Jr. THOMAS (BEN) YANCEY ’79

by Dr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Yancey

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CAPITAL AND BARON FUND GIFTS IN MEMORY OF GILLETTE BROWN

by Ms. Francis C. Bagbey

by Ms. Kathleen M. Brown

by Ms. Kristin R. Cerbone

by Mr. and Mrs. Victor Dandridge Jr.

by Mr. S. John Joseph III ’70

by Martha Jefferson House

by Mrs. Gillette M. Brown FRANK DEANGELIS

by Mrs. Dolores M. DeAngelis BOB EASON

by Mr. John C. Parrott II CHARLES K. EDMUNDS II ’68

by Mr. James R. Edmunds IV

by Ms. Katherine E. G. LaMotte

by Ms. Anne E. Croker CLAY FORESBERG ’81

by Jonathan W. Reibel ’81 VIRGINIA CHRISTIAN GATEWOOD HARRISON

by Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. G. Brown

by Mr. and Mrs. William W. Stone

by Ms. Jacquelyn N. Orgain

by Mr. and Mrs. James S. Watkinson

by Ms. Marjorie Webb

by Mr. and Mrs. V Cassel Adamson Jr.

by Mrs. Caroline Y. Brandt

by Mr. Archer C. Burke

by Ms. Mary M. Conner

by Mr. and Mrs. John S. Eckmann

by Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Hamilton IV

by Mr. David A. Harrison III

by Mr. Waverly G. Hurt

by Ms. Jane J. Knox

by Ms. Jean W. Lane

by Mr. and Mrs. John W. Lewis

by Mr. and Mrs. Russell L. Rabb Jr.

by Mr. and Mrs. Ben Ussery

STIMP HAWKINS

by Mr. S. John Joseph III ’70 Mr. and Mrs. William Schnauffer IV ’65

JOHN ’23 AND GENEVIEVE MORRIS

by Ms. Margaret Ann M. Curran

BARBARA HEASTER

by Mr. S. John Joseph III ’70

STEWART D. PARRISH ’76

by Mr. Scott M. Parrish

JOHN KETTLEWELL

by Mr. James E. Butterworth III ’77

by Mr. Abraham D. Salmon V ’79

by Schwab Charitable Fund

by Mr. John C. Parrott II

by Mr. Bradford M. Brown ’79

by Mr. William H. Burruss III ’71

by Mr. James L. Jessup, Jr. ’69

by Mr. Leander R. McCormick-Goodhart ’71

by Mr. John Moncure, Jr. ’74

by Mr. William A. Parker III ’71

by The Reverend J. Kevin Philips ’73

by Mr. John W. Roach ’76

by Mr. W. Mitchell Rue, Jr. ’81

by Mr. Richard L. Simmons, Jr. ’86

ANDREW DRISCOLL POCHTER ’10

by Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Pochter

WHIT LINEWEAVER ’83

by Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro

by Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Lineweaver

HATCHER WILLIAMS

by Mr. John C. Parrott II

by Mr. and Mrs. William Schnauffer IV ’65

GEORGE PICKETT MAYO

by Mr. Harry B. Bainbridge and Mrs. Tara A. Scanlon

JUDITH WINSHIP

by Mr. S. John Joseph III ’70

MARC A. SHOOK ’74

by Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

by Mr. and Mrs. Simon Perez

by Ms. Edda Barthold

by Ms. Anne R. Bennett

by Mr. Ippolito

by Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. King, Jr.

by Mr. and Mrs. Murray S. Rosenbach

by Mr. and Mrs. H P. Sadler

by Mr. J. Gatewood Gay II ’74

by The Reverend J. Kevin Philips ’73

by Mrs. Cynthia A. Shook

by Mr. Allen M. Wilson ’74

LEONARD W. MCDERMOTT

by Mr. Joseph H. McDermott JAMES MOORE ’75

by Dr. William S. Carver II ’75

*These lists represent donations to Blue Ridge School from June 1, 2019 through May 31, 2020.

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ST. GEORGE SOCIETY Recognizing those who have included Blue Ridge School in their estate plans.

Mrs. Myrtle Knight Adams* Mrs. Janet R. Aldridge Mr. Andrew J. Asch, Jr.* Mr. William S. Ballenger V Mrs. Charlotte Marie Fowler Bentley* Mrs. Margaret P. Bogle* Mrs. Francis P. Brawley* Mrs. Gillette M. Brown* Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Brownfield, Jr. ’66 Mrs. Thomas P. Bryan Jr.* Mr. John E. Buckey ’88 Mr. George A. Bush, Jr.* Mr. Beirne B. Carter* Dr. William S. Carver II ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Arthur T. Coe* Mr. Richard D. Cooke III ’68 Ms. Margaret Ann M. Curran* Mr. and Mrs. D. Franklin Daniels Jr. Mr. K. Collier deButts ’97 Mr. Richard E. deButts, Jr. ’65 Mr. R. Burke Earley ’86 Mr. Thad W. Evans, Jr. Mrs. Anthony J. Ewell Mrs. Lyman N. Fairbanks, Jr.* Mr. Edward H. Faulconer Mr. Leonard B. Fleming III ’75 Mr. Leonard B. Fleming* Mrs. Robert N. Flood* Mr. James S. Frohman ’86

Mr. M. Huntley Galleher ’80 Mr. John Haskins Glass ’98 Ms. Marylon Rogers Glass Mr. Nathan L. H. Golder ’01 Mrs. Will R. Gregg* Mr. Richard D. Hall III ’89 Mrs. Margaret Hall Hamilton* Mr. and Mrs. J Peter Holland IV ’66 Mrs. Mary M. Holtzclaw* Mr. James L. Jessup, Jr. ’69 Mrs. James A. Kirkland Mrs. Suzanne T. Little* Mr. Robert B. Livy* Mr. Boyd E. Lyon, Jr. ’82 Mrs. Beatrice R. Lyons Mrs. Winona M. Madren* Mr. David N. Marion* Mr. William E. Massey, Jr. ’70 Dr. and Mrs. Edward M. McFarlane* Mr. Joseph M. Mercer* Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin M. Miller, Jr. ’72 Gething C Miller, Trust Mr. Peter Brooks Minford ’09 Mr. John P. Moore ’74 Mr. Norman W. Morris* Mr. Sam A. Murphy ’98 Mr. and Mrs. Sam W. Murphy Mrs. Charlotte B. Nobile* Mr. William A. Parker III ’71

Ms. Alice D. Parvin Mr. Frank D. Pendleton* Mr. and Mrs. L. Parker Perkins III ’84 Mrs. Caroline B. Petty* Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Rayle III Dr. Jacqueline A. Rice Mr. Edward N. Richards II ’82 Mr. Robert Rymer ’17 Mrs. Sharon S. Rymer Mr. Abraham D. Salmon V ’79 Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Sasser III ’82 The Reverend John C. Smith Dr. and Mrs. Don Sokolik Mrs. Henry F. Stern, Sr.* Mr. Sidney L. Stern II ’69 Mr. James L. Teeter ’43* Mr. David D. Townsend, Jr. ’75 Mr. John L. Trimmer Mr. Charles A. Vail, Jr. ’84 Mr. and Mrs. Julian P. Van Winkle III ’69 Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Vinson, Jr. ’87 Mr. J. Clayton Wardlaw, Jr. ’90 Mr. G. Curtis Weaver, Jr. ’95 Mr. Dean M. Wilder Mr. Allen M. Wilson ’74 Mrs. Mary L. F. Wiley* Mr. Hatcher C. Williams* Dr. and Mrs. John F. Yerger, Jr. * Denotes deceased.

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VOLUNTEERS 2019-2020 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Ms. Jill Kalinski P’13, Chair Mr. Edward E. Cadmus III ’81 Mr. Alan L. Cates, J.D. Mr. Parker Douglass ’98 Mr. R. Burke Earley ’86 P’16 Dr. David B. Hamer Mr. Ben W. Hiatt ’71 Mr. J. Peter Holland IV ’66 Mrs. Lana Ingram Mr. Kevin C. Jones, Esq. Mr. P. Brooks Minford ’09 Mr. W. Mitchell Rue, Jr. ’81 Ms. Sharon Spence Rymer P’17 Mr. Robert H. Sasser III ’82 Mrs. Sherry Sinor P’21 Ms. Alexandra G. Smith Ms. D. Page Sullenberger Ms. Hope Tate Mr. David D. Townsend, Jr. ’75 Ms. Cynthia M. Weldon P’12

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2019-2020 ALUMNI LEADERSHIP COUNCIL Mr. R. Burke Earley ’86 Mr. Parker H. Douglass ’98 Mr. Morgan L. McNeel ’87 Mr. Robert R. Vinson ’87 Mr. G. Curtis Weaver, Jr. ’95 Mr. Matthew W. Harris ’04 Mr. Rory R. D. Bosek ’04

2019-2020 PARENT ASSOCIATION Mrs. Sherry Sinor P’21 Mrs. Sheila Dillard P’20 & P’19 Mrs. Mary Kennedy P’21 Ms. Andrea Walbrook P’22 Mrs. Kate Daniels P’23

2018-2019 NEW YORK AUXILIARY OF BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL Mrs. John A. Sipp, President of the Auxiliary Jacqueline M. Didier, Esq. Mrs. Paul L. Guillaro Mrs. Ernest E. Hunt IV Ms. Ellen Blair Marsteller Mrs. Douglas Beale Ms. Ann Lane Breit Mrs. Henry S. Brown

Mrs. Hynson Brown Ms. Alidia Claggett Ms. Missey Condie Mrs. R. Hunter Cushing Mrs. D. Franklin Daniels, Jr. Mrs. Roland W. Donnem Mrs. Anthony Ewell Ms. Adelaide Perry Farah Ms. Lucy Lee Gant Ms. Amy B. Glynn Mrs. Frederick Grace Mrs. E. Franklin Harris II Mrs. Eric L. Hoyle Mrs. Charles Brock Hughes III Mrs. John Lyons Ms. Laura E. Lysle Mrs. Warren J. McPhillips III Ms. Merri C. Moken Ms. Ginny Moore Mrs. Robert Myers Mrs. Robert H. Scarborough III Ms. Dee Schwab Mrs. George L. Selden Ms. Alexandra Gregg Smith Ms. Wendi M. Smith Mrs. Peter E. Stein Mrs. Henry McDonald Tate Ms. Mary B. Touchstone Mrs. William Barr Winship Ms. Nicole L. Wright

BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL 273 MAYO DRIVE ST. GEORGE, VA 22935

Send us your boys!

With all of the uncertainty in the world, one thing remains clear: Blue Ridge School is a great place for boys to learn and grow.

Alumni know the transformative power of BRS, and the Groves Family Legacy Tuition Program can help you give your son the foundation that has served you so well. New applicants to Blue Ridge who have a family link to an alumnus or current student will receive an alumni tuition scholarship of 10%, applicable to the total amount of their tuition and fees.

For additional information, contact Jamie Miller ’94, Senior Director of Enrollment Management, at (434)992-0528 or jmiller@blueridgeschool.com.