Darlington Magazine Fall 2022

Community News FALL 2022

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Community News

Brent Bell Head of School Stefan Eady Assistant Head of School for Academic Affairs Matthew Peer Assistant Head of School for Enrollment Management Natalie Ferguson Interim Chief Financial Officer Hope Jones Director of Pre-K to 8 Chad Woods Director of Upper School Julie (Wilson) Lucas (’97) Chief Advancement Officer Vicki Vincent Director of Alumni Relations Tannika King Director of Communications Editor, Darlington Magazine Maddie Chastain Content Manager Paige Hamil Marketing Coordinator RuthAnne Anderson Andy Calvert Kelly Moore (’95) Photographic Contributors Darlington Magazine is published annually by the Communication Office of Darlington School, and is distributed to those who have shown a continued interest in Darlington.

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On the Cover: The Darlington Players returned to Rome City Auditorium in February to present the wellknown Broadway musical “My Fair Lady.” Thirty students participated as actors, crew, student staff and musicians. Sixteen actors transformed between each scene, stepping into 45 different roles, physicalities and personalities, as well as over 95 costumes and three different accents throughout the show.

Contents: Kevin Allen and the KAMP Band provide live entertainment at the Purple Tie Tiger Tailgate in August. Thanks to tremendous support from the entire Darlington Community, this year’s event grossed a record $497,676 for the school’s parent organizations: Pre-K to 8 Tiger Pride, Upper School Tiger Pride, the Athletic Booster Club, and the Fine Arts Booster Club.

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Contents 2 Community News 23 Class Notes 37 Honor Roll of Donors Campus Features 8 Sam Moss

Road to Retirement

9 Scott Greene Road to Retirement

10 Milestones That Made Us 18 Q&A: Student Leaders Then & Now 22 Growing Great Leaders Darlington launches leadership institute

Campus Views 6 Class of 2022 20 Career Day 34 Alumni Weekend Alumni Profiles 24 Dr. Frank Stegall Sr. (’62) Distinguished Alumnus

28 Dwight Hutchins (’82) From student to global strategist

31 The Class of 1972 Paying it forward

In Memoriam 46 47 48

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Harold Storey

Remembering a friend

George Johnson (’54)

Leaving a legacy

John Zazzaro

Remembering our teacher, coach and friend

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Head of School In this edition of the Darlington Magazine, you will find a photo feature titled “Milestones That Made Us.” This section is particularly meaningful as we begin our 118th school year, mark 40 years as an integrated and coed campus, and note that 2023 will mean that Darlington has been a boarding school for 100 years. As we consider these things, we remember with gratitude our humble beginnings, we celebrate our evolution as a learning community, and we look with excitement to the future.

Our founding principles are unchanged.

We remain a school dedicated to both intellectual achievement and the development of character. These core principles remain connected by mutual endeavor, interest and respect displayed in ways similar to how John Paul Cooper saw his student-teacher relationship with J.J. Darlington. At the same time, Darlington has evolved significantly since our founding in 1905. Through strategic planning, opportunity, capital campaigns, and courageous decision-making, the school has grown and changed in ways probably not imagined at its founding. We see just some of those milestones celebrated in this magazine.

As you look through the pages, take time to remember that everyone reading this magazine has played some role in helping the school become what it is today. Our journey has made us a preparatory school that offers day and boarding students personalized

academic and extracurricular explorations that help them discover their place in the global community and graduate with the confidence, connections, and compassion they need to be successful contributors to the greater good.

As we move ahead, we celebrate the impact of these milestones and draw inspiration from them as we press forward.

We take seriously the responsibilities and opportunities associated with providing the Darlington experience in a way that is both memorable and relevant for our students today and for their futures. Thank you for the role you’ve played, and will play, as we continue to add to the history of our great school.

DeSoto Park before it was purchased by Darlington founder John Paul Cooper in 1916 for the purpose of becoming the school’s permanent campus.

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Wu (’22) named city, region STAR Student After winning at the school level, Mason Wu (’22) was named STAR Student for both the City of Rome and Region One, allowing him to advance to the state-level competition last spring in lead. He selected physics teacher Barbara Kuckhoff as his STAR Teacher.

"I selected Mrs. Kuckhoff as the STAR Teacher because she is a caring teacher who gives advice and guidance beyond the classroom," said Wu. "To me, she has always been a mentor because of her infinite passion and dedication to explore the world of physics."

Wu, who now attends Washington University in St. Louis, was a Student Council representative and a member of Darlington’s Robotics Team, Math Club and Physics Club. He has been a state qualifier in the First Tech Challenge for the past four years and qualified for the American Invitational Mathematics Examination in 2021. Additionally, he placed in the top 30 out of 1,595 participants at the Kennesaw State University Math Competition in 2020.

“Mason was always prepared for class, but more than that, he was inquisitive and engaged in whatever we were doing," said Kuckhoff, who has taught physics at Darlington since 2017. "He even organized a series of Virtual Physics Club’s presentations in 202021, which was especially spectacular considering that so many of us were remote. He was able to deliver a very needed sense of normalcy. Mason inspires me to do more, to do better. " During high school, Wu also completed summer programs focused on computer programming and engineering at Columbia University and Johns Hopkins University.

Mason Wu (’22) and Barbara Kuckhoff

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Community News

Community steps up to surpass Darlington Fund goal by $160,000 Thanks to the generous support of our community and the hard work of volunteers, the 2021-2022 Darlington Fund surpassed its goal, raising a total of $1,264,043 to support students and teachers.

“From the bottom of my heart, thank you for coming together and helping us make a difference in the daily lives of our students and teachers,” said trustee Andy Welborn (’85), chair of The Darlington Fund. “I coined the phrase ONE Darlington last year to reiterate the fact that no matter your connection to the school, you are part of the ONE Darlington community. We are many unique and distinctly different people, but when we come together with a passion for Darlington School,

we are ONE! This year’s success is a prime example of your commitment to the ONE Darlington concept. It takes us all to keep this amazing school community moving forward in an everchanging world.”

Overall, 1,379 donors contributed to The Darlington Fund, and the school’s second annual Giving Day in February brought in more than $100,000 from 350 donors in just 24 hours.

“We honestly could not be more appreciative of our alumni, parents, grandparents, faculty and staff, and friends of the school for stepping up in such a big way and embracing the ONE Darlington concept,” said Julia (Douglas) Thomas (’07, LD ’15).

“You have truly shown the strength

of our community and your love for Darlington, and our students and teachers are ever-grateful for your generosity.”

“This small campus located in Rome, Ga., has brought so many people together from every corner of the earth,” said Welborn. “We are proud to call Darlington our school. We are proud to see Darlington thrive for the students today and the ones coming tomorrow. But this can only be accomplished by our willingness to give time, talent and treasure to Darlington.

May we continue to operate as ONE large, diverse and passionate Darlington Community for years to come.”

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Annual lectureship features Supreme Court of Georgia justice Supreme Court of Georgia Justice Shawn Ellen LaGrua was the 18th speaker in Darlington’s annual Class of 1953 Lectureship Series in March.

“We appreciate Justice LaGrua for taking the time to share her insights with our young people here at Darlington and are grateful to the Class of 1953 for establishing this annual lectureship that has brought so many interesting people to our campus,” said Vicki Vincent, director of alumni relations.

Appointed in 2020, LaGrua served previously on the Superior Court of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit, as inspector general for the Georgia Secretary of State, and as solicitor general for

DeKalb County. She has over 20 years of trial experience, including her work as chief senior assistant district attorney in DeKalb and Fulton counties and as chief assistant district attorney in the Tallapoosa Circuit.

While serving on the bench in Fulton County, LaGrua initiated and presided over “My Journey Matters,” a pilot accountability program designed to divert young offenders from a lifetime of incarceration, and presided over the court’s first Re-Entry Court, which worked to integrate prior offenders back into the community using close supervision, substance abuse counseling, job training, and advancing education.

LaGrua has led and served on many committees and commissions, including chairing the Supreme Court’s COVID-19 Task Force. In 2016, she received the St. Thomas Moore Award from the St. Thomas Moore Society for her commitment to justice and humanity.

A graduate of the University of Georgia, she received her Juris Doctorate from the Georgia State University College of Law and is also a Master of the Logan E. Bleckley Inn of Court and Lamar Inn of Court.

The Class of 1953 Lectureship Series was established in 2003 to commemorate the class’s 50th reunion.

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RUMPUS promotes teamwork, unity Ryland Scott (’23) cheers on his Moser House teammates to a big win at RUMPUS Dodgeball, but in the end it was Thornwood House that scored enough points throughout the weekend to be named overall RUMPUS champion. Highly anticipated each year, RUMPUS is a multi-event competition between the students in each of the dorms. Day students join boarding students and faculty to represent the houses in a series of events that challenge the mind and body, and points are earned based on performance, theme, and spirit.

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Physics Boat Race returns to Silver Lake

Alan Cordero (’22) competes in Darlington’s Van Es Arena on Senior Night.

Two earn individual state championships

Lillian Baggett (’25) and Claire Matherne (’23) take first place in the Physics Boat Race with a time of 2:19 minutes in a cardboard boat they constructed with the help of teammates Brock Ferguson (’25) and Gus Gammage (’23). A favorite spring tradition at Darlington, the annual Physics Boat Race features teams of three or four students who put into practice the concepts learned in class to build boats using only two 4x8-foot sheets of corrugated cardboard and 55 yards of duct tape. Six boats out of 27 made it across Silver Lake this year.

Alan Cordero (’22) and Ther Kotchasanmanee (’25) earned individual state championships in wrestling and golf, respectively, last spring.

Cordero won the 152-pound weight class at the GHSA Traditional Wrestling State Championships in February, bringing home his second individual state title in four years. He won his first state title as a freshman.

“Alan was so fun to watch; he lit up when he competed,” said Athletic Director Eddie Guth. “He was intense, well trained and determined to do well.

Alan was a great teammate and we are so proud of his achievements.”

A four-year day student from Cedartown, Ga., Cordero’s success on the mat helped him take his wrestling career to the next level. Last spring, he accepted a scholarship to wrestle at the University of the Cumberlands, which competes in the NAIA division.

Kotchasanmanee, the No. 3-ranked golfer in the world for her age level, claimed an individual title after shooting a 61 and 66 at the GHSA Class A Private State Golf Championship in May. A boarding student from Maeon, Thailand, she competes with both the girls’ varsity golf team and Coosa Junior Golf Academy. "[Ther] works incredibly hard, and her record-setting performance is simply a product of her work ethic," said Jared Willerson, varsity golf coach. "She is an amazing talent and has all the skills.

She knows how to get herself mentally prepared, and that is a rare talent for such a young player."

This summer, Kotchasanmanee was one of 23 female golfers from across the United States – and the only freshman – named to the All-USA TODAY High School Sports Awards Girls Golf Team, making her a nominee for National Girls Golfer of the Year.

Ther Kotchasanmanee (’25) is named overall winner at the Middle Georgia Junior Classic.

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Wax Museum highlights bucket list experiences Andrew Herren (’31) poses in front of his World Series display at the annual Third-Grade Wax Museum. This year’s theme, “America’s Bucket List Experiences,” featured such stops as the Super Bowl, New York Fashion Week, Austin City Limits and the Iowa State Fair. Each student researched his or her experience and prepared a speech in both English and Spanish as well as a commercial, a promotional flier, and an art sculpture for their display.

19 participate in Leadership Darlington Nineteen alumni representing seven states participated in the school’s Leadership Darlington program in March.

“Leadership Darlington is a prestigious and competitive opportunity for alumni to engage with their alma mater and school leaders on an in-depth, personal level,” said Vicki Vincent, director of alumni relations. “The program is designed to increase the number of alumni actively engaged with the school and develop the next generation of Darlington’s leadership.”

Members of the Leadership Darlington Class of 2022 include Harold Antor (’13), Charlotte Baker (’02), Charlotte Boyd (’15), Gaines Dempsey (’94), Tiffany des Cognets (’07), Jonathan Harris (’99), Megan Healy (’13), Garrett Henderson (’08), Charlie Hight (’95),

Chandler Holcombe (’11), Katy (Hatch) Hollingsworth (’93), Reagen (Lowrey) Lozar (’99), Paula Lyon-Womack (’88), Leah Mayo (’11), Janet Parker (’01), Ginny (Smith) Parrino (’97), Ben Pate (’07), Ryan Somerville (’03) and Dr. Frank Stegall (’02).

Over two days, participants obtained an integrated view of Darlington, including the internal and external forces that affect the school’s direction and the challenges it faces. They also experienced an interchange with senior administrators and participated in discussions about the future. The program featured a keynote address

by Honorary Chair Paige (Skidmore) Dickow (’78, LD ’14), treasurer of Darlington’s Board of Trustees and retired managing director of BlackRock Worldwide.

“The immersive experience familiarized us with the ins and outs of student life, academics, current initiatives, and future plans for Darlington,” said Boyd. “The retreat gave us the platform to give back to a place that has given us so much while deepening our own connections as Darlington alumni.”

Dempsey agreed, adding, “It was great to see how the Darlington Community has evolved since I graduated and to also get a ‘behind the curtains’ look at what is needed to keep the school financially healthy,” he said. “I feel strongly that the faculty and administration are taking good care of Darlington and setting it up to succeed for many years to come."

To apply for Leadership Darlington 2023, contact alumni@ darlingtonschool.org.

Paige (Skidmore) Dickow (’78, LD ’14), honorary chair of the Leadership Darlington program, shares career and life lessons with the class

Board of Trustees elects three new members Darlington’s Board of Trustees elected three new members at the May meeting.

Dwight Hutchins (’82), a managing partner at Accenture, has recently been living in Singapore. This is his third time being elected to the Board of Trustees. He is also a past member of the Board of Visitors. He and his wife, Maria Paz Castillo-Ruiz, and daughter, Belen, are returning to the United States this fall and will reside in Boston, Mass.

"I am thrilled to have Dwight rejoin our Board of Trustees," said Head of School Brent Bell. "He is a worldclass strategic thinker with a unique Darlington experience. We are excited to welcome him home."

Thomas Bethel is senior vice president of commercial banking at

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Truist in Atlanta. While he did not attend Darlington himself, many of his family members did, including his grandfather, life trustee Wilbur A. Bethel. He and his wife, Jenny, have two daughters, Kate and Margaret, and a son, Thomas (’23).

"Tom has already contributed great energy and expertise to Darlington in his time as a parent here," said Bell. "His vast experience in banking and with a variety of educational institutions have already proven helpful to the school. He is a thoughtful, big-picture thinker who will continue to give great guidance in our efforts for continual improvement."

Amanda Wood (’97, LD ’17) is a former educator who is now a stay-athome mom for her daughters, Illa, Evy

and Birdie. The Woods are passionate about supporting educators. She and her husband, Kevin (’97), are boarding alumni, and her father-in-law, Leonard, is a former trustee. She and her family live in Smyrna, Ga. "I have been impressed with Amanda’s background as an educator since spending time with her during Leadership Darlington in 2017," said Bell. "She, too, has an amazing Darlington story, and her passion for the education of today’s children will help us remain focused on what our students need for their future." Retiring trustees included Dr. Bob Hortman (’72), Dr. Matt Mumber, Dr. Clemontene Slack and Ed Watters (’83).

Thomas Bethel

Dwight Hutchins

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2022 CLASS OF

Th e mon t h of M ay wa s a bus y on e for graduating seniors as they prepared to say farewell to Darlington. End-of-the-year events like Prom, Baccalaureate and Commencement became rites of passage, inspiring lifelong memories that will live in the hearts of each individual. Forever bonded as a group, our 93 new alumni have created their own legacy at Darlington - for no other class in school history will have the same complexion as the Class of 2022.

Among them are a two-time state wrestling champion, an award-winning film director, Darlington’s first international student body president, singer-songwriters, and threeand four-sport athletes, to name a few. They hail from 11 countries and 11 states. Sixteen are four-year boarding students, and eight are Dar Babies (having attended since pre-K or Kindergarten). Twelve have parents who are alumni, five have grandparents who are alumni, and one is a fourth-generation legacy.

They have earned over $6.7 million in merit scholarships and are attending 48 different colleges in 20 states, Washington, D.C., and the United Kingdom.

But the Class of 2022 is special for countless other reasons, and the memories they made here will never be forgotten. Best of luck, graduates, as you move on to the next phase of your lives, and remember that your Darlington family is always here for you!

Grace Ann Lundy (’22) claps for Baccalaureate speaker Sam Moss (’63), retired dean of college guidance, who was chosen to speak by the class.

Elijah Willie (’22) escorts Nadejda Spasova (’22) in the Prom Senior Lead Out.

Eight Chinese seniors are honored at a small Commencement before departing early due to COVID-19 travel restrictions in China.

Seniors celebrate their soon-to-be alumni status while wearing their college shirts at Commencement rehearsal.

Kathryn Davidson (’22) leads the Alma Mater at Commencement.

Trinity Zeigler (’22) beams as she is cheered on by faculty during the Commencement recessional.

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The Alumni Council welcomes the Class of 2022 into the Darlington Alumni Association with a Senior Picnic at the home of Christa (’86) and Andy (’87) Welborn.

Amelia Whitefield (’22) shares a smile with a shelter dog from P.A.W.S. during the Senior Service Project.

Dean of Student Life Brant Evans presents the Discipline Committee Award to Maria Peloggia Pinto (’22) at Honors Day.

Grace Himes (’22) and Emily Anne Trebus (’22) don decorated uniforms that reflect their colleges choice on the last day of uniforms for seniors.

Head Prefects Logan Parker (’22) and Sarah Tunnell (’22) accept the Centennial Cup on behalf of Regester House.

Elsa Quay Corbin (’22) hugs her mom, Commencement speaker Gretchen Corbin, after receiving her diploma.

Corinne Lian (’22) and Eileen Lin (’22) show love to a P.A.W.S. shelter dog during the Senior Service Project.

Kailey Hall (’22), Amelia Whitefield (’22) and Riley Stallings (’22) relax on floats at the senior picnic.

Head of School Brent Bell awards a diploma to Will Terry (’22).

Seniors and friends dance the night away at the “Viva Las Vegas” Prom.

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Sam Moss Road to Retirement

In the world of college admissions, Sam Moss (,63) is a well-known name. Ask anyone. And why shouldn't it be? The man has been helping Darlington students find the right college fit for the past four decades.

If you attended Darlington during his tenure, you’ve likely been greeted by him in the chapel or the halls of Wilcox. And, while dapperly dressed – always wearing his signature bow tie, he probably called your name as a senior, first announcing your college acceptances and then again at Commencement.

After 40 years of service to Darlington and 55 years in independent school education, Moss has retired as dean of college guidance. He will continue to live on campus and serve in a part-time role as school historian before retiring fully in the spring of 2023.

A 1963 Darlington graduate, Moss received his B.A. from Sewanee: The University of the South, his M.A. from Jacksonville University, and completed additional study at

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Oxford University in England. He taught at Episcopal High School in Jacksonville, Fla., for 15 years before accepting a job at his alma mater in 1982.

“While Darlington remained familiar to me as the place that I had always loved, it had also changed in significant ways,” he said. “First of all, it had merged with Thornwood and admitted boarding girls.

Secondly, it had become integrated.

Third, it had become international.

So, in many ways, it was a much more diverse and, in some ways, perhaps a more interesting school than the Darlington I went to …

I became quickly convinced that the mix of students here would be fascinating to teach and work with.”

Over the next four decades, Moss would teach English and serve as dean of studies, Summer Session principal, and associate headmaster in addition to his role leading the College Guidance Office. A nationally recognized leader in his field, he was also tapped to serve as president of the Southern Association for College Admission Counseling; as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of College Admission Counseling; as chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Association for College Counseling Independent Schools; and on admissions advisory boards at many universities, including UGA, Auburn, Oglethorpe, and the University of Miami.

“Being a teacher, mentor, and friend to students as they learn and grow and develop into wonderful adults is the greatest job I can imagine,” said Moss. “As a college counselor, the greatest satisfaction comes in seeing students become self-motivated, selfdirected, confident in their college search, and taking the initiative in advocating for themselves. There is nothing better than seeing a student find a ‘college home’ where he or she will have a great experience.”

And while enjoying the first months in his new role, he certainly misses the students.

“I miss the energy, openness, wit, quirks, talents, stories, excitement,

and just sheer fun of working with teenagers,” he said. “They are wonderful, challenging, engaging, inspiring, entertaining – and all things that make life interesting.”

He also misses the many colleagues with whom he built friendships over the years.

“From colleagues in my early years here like Jim McCallie, Brad Gioia, Carl Paxton, David Rhodes, Sally Rudert (’66T), Rick Buice and Jack Summerbell – to friends and colleagues in more recent times – they have all helped me grow,” he said. “In so many ways, my colleagues have made me a better person – both by acknowledging my strengths and by helping me recognize my weaknesses. Another great joy has been to have as colleagues young alumni who have chosen to return to work here. And no one could possibly have been any luckier than to work with Madge Crawford (’84) and Ivy Brewer all day every day.”

Moss is proud to have dedicated the majority of his career to his alma mater – a place that empowers young people to learn with passion, act with integrity, and serve with respect.

“From well-known alumni like Roby Robinson (’58), John Thatcher (’44), and George Johnson (’54) to students who are in their first year at Darlington now, I have heard the same comment: that coming to Darlington has been a life-changing experience for them,” he said.

“Hearing students say that – even before they graduate – further increases my faith in Darlington and my belief in everything the school has stood for.”

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Scott Greene Road to Retirement

Scott Greene’s work in independent schools has spanned 36 years and taken him to five different states, where he has served in such roles as principal, assistant headmaster, academic dean, and director of learning centers and academic services.

“My first full-time job was in a psychiatric hospital school in Asheville, N.C.,” said Scott, who recently retired as director of Darlington’s Teaching & Learning Center. “I was a part-time teacher working with students who had learning and/or behavioral challenges. I worked there for 11 years, moving up into the position of principal. In this position, I realized that I have a real soft spot for students with learning challenges. I loved the challenge of helping them learn using nontraditional methods.”

He and his wife, Tonya, joined Darlington’s Learning Center team in 2017. Since their arrival, it has grown and expanded programming to include the Accelerated Learning Program for Dyslexia. Focusing on grades 2-5, the ALP provides necessary remediation with experienced learning specialists, while enabling students with dyslexia enrolled in the program to receive the full Darlington experience.

“I am fascinated by dyslexic students and have spent years finding ways to teach them effectively,” said Scott. “I have started programs for dyslexic students as well as other students with learning differences at several different schools … the Accelerated Learning Program here at Darlington is an example of one of those programs. I am very proud of this program and very happy that my wife, Tonya, will continue to oversee it. She is a true expert in dyslexia and the ALP would not have been possible without her knowledge and experience.”

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The Accelerated Learning Program for Dyslexia has been fully enrolled since the year it was launched, and Scott said the results have been impressive.

“Using the Orton-Gillingham method of teaching literacy, our learning specialists have seen tremendous growth in our dyslexic students,” he said. “Almost more importantly, they have seen the joy of learning return to students who had lost it. Students who thought they weren’t smart or that they didn’t belong at a school like Darlington have realized that they learn differently and if taught correctly, can achieve as much as any student here. They tell their parents that literacy is now their favorite subject instead of something to be dreaded, which had been their previous experience. Our parents have been very happy and supportive.”

This past year, Darlington’s Learning Center served approximately 80 students in the Upper School and 75 in the Pre-K to 8 division.

“It’s great to hear from students years later about how the Learning Center changed the trajectory of their educational path,” he said.

“Most say they were well prepared for everything they experienced in college. Self-advocacy and work ethic are the two areas that I hear made the most significant impact on their readiness for college. Our learning specialists do a fantastic

job teaching students how to be successful and independent learners and those lessons follow them well after Darlington.”

As Scott ref lected on the last five years, he said the school community has had a meaningful impact on his family.

“Darlington was truly the perfect place at the right time for each of my two children,” he said. “Alexander graduated in 2020 and is now a senior at University of Georgia.

We adopted him from a Russian orphanage at age 20 months only to later find out that he was totally deaf.

After receiving cochlear implants, he needed educational opportunities that supported his learning styles, and Darlington did just that. My daughter is currently a fourth-grader who loves school and learning. She has friends from all over the world!”

As for what’s next in retirement, Scott didn't sit still for very long.

“I am fortunate in that I will get to make a hobby of mine more of a vocation after retirement from education,” he said. “I have bought and sold many houses in the past two decades and I will be working in the real estate business with the folks at Toles, Temple & Wright here in Rome."

And with Tonya remaining at the helm of Darlington's Accelerated Program, the Greenes look forward to continuing to call Rome home.

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Community News

Milestones That Made Us There are key moments in the history of every educational institution that define it and influence what the school community will look like in the future. As we begin our 118th year at Darlington, let us look to the past to see how we got here.

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PURCHASE OF CAMPUS

Eleven years after Darlington opened its doors as a day school for boys, founder John Paul Cooper purchased DeSoto Park to be the site of a school that could serve both day and boarding students.

The school had previously operated in two locations, a room on the second f loor of the Rome Fire station on Second Avenue and, later, in a building on East Ninth Street that contained a classroom, study room, library, and laboratory.

To fund the construction of a building at the new campus, Mr. Cooper launched the Greater Darlington campaign with support from the Chamber of Commerce, Rome Rotary Club and Rome Kiwanis Club. They challenged citizens of Rome to match a $40,000 contribution, and the community responded in support.

Today, Darlington’s campus serves as a 500-acre classroom to the 770 students who come to school here each day.

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ADDITION OF BOARDING PROGRAM

World War I delayed construction at DeSoto Park, but in 1923 the new campus was finally ready. At a cost of $102,548.73, its first new building, known as Old Main (now Wilcox Hall), contained dorm rooms, classrooms, an assembly hall, offices and teachers’ quarters, a library, and a dining hall on the first two f loors.

That fall, Darlington enrolled its first 30 boarding students, most of whom had been personally recruited by then-President Dr. C.R. Wilcox.

Three years later, the school’s enrollment had increased from 135 to 177, requiring additional dorm rooms to be built on the third f loor of Old Main, and by the fall of 1927, the boarding population represented 10 states and two foreign countries.

Today, the school enrolls approximately 200 boarding students each year from 25 states and 30 countries.

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OPENING OF JUNIOR SCHOOL

Enrollment growth led the Board of Trustees to establish a Junior School to serve students not yet in high school. The Junior School first operated alongside the Upper School until a dedicated facility opened in the fall of 1962 on the north side of campus, just behind what is now Thatcher Hall. It would later be renamed the Middle School.

Today, Darlington enrolls approximately 150 students in the middle grades (6-8).

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1972 INTEGRATION

While public school systems throughout Georgia struggled to comply with the order to desegregate, Darlington became one of the first private schools in the South to enroll black students. In 1972, the late Dr. Elson Floyd (’74) enrolled in the Upper School and Earl Gibson (’79) in the Middle School.

Today, Darlington fosters diversity and belonging on campus and within the greater school community. The opportunity to go to school with students of different backgrounds and cultures continues to be one of the most unique aspects of the Darlington experience.

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COEDUCATION & CREATION OF LOWER SCHOOL

After much discussion, the decision was made to merge the all-boys’ Darlington School with the allgirls’ Thornwood School, which had operated on Shorter Avenue since 1958. This meant the addition of female day and boarding students in the fall of 1973.

The former Thornwood campus would become a Lower School, further expanding Darlington’s ability to serve students in Northwest Georgia with the addition of elementary grades.

That spring at graduation, Michelle (Denney) Worley (’74) became the first female to receive a Darlington diploma and the first alumna of Darlington. Later, the Class of 1985 would become the first class with students who attended Darlington all 12 years.

Today, Darlington enrolls approximately 360 female students in all and 170 boys and girls in the lower grades (pre-K to 5).

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CREATION OF THE HOUSE SYSTEM

Darlington’s English-style House System was launched in the fall of 2000 to further build camaraderie, create more opportunities for student leadership, and encourage the development of lifelong studentfaculty mentoring relationships.

Boarding students live in one of six houses on campus, three for boys and three for girls, each managed by a full-time head of house and supported by faculty who live on campus. Day students are also assigned to houses, providing one more opportunity to bond with students from all over the world.

In the fall of 2006, the houses were given permanent names that honor Darlington’s history: Moser House in memory of Worth Moser, Neville

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House in memory of Gordon Neville Jr. (’55), Summerbell House in honor of Jack Summerbell, Cooper House in memory of Alice Allgood Cooper, Regester House in memory of E.V. “Doc” Regester, and Thornwood House in honor of Thornwood School.

Today, the House System is critical to the culture of the school. Favorite house traditions include fall retreats, RUMPUS, and the annual Centennial Cup presentation.

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Campus Feature

2013

CONSOLIDATION OF CAMPUSES

In preparation for the 2013-2014 school year, Darlington announced that the lower grades would be moved from the Thornwood campus to the main campus.

The property on Shorter Avenue was sold to Shorter University, an ideal partner with a stake in Thornwood’s history. The Thornwood Building, home of Thornwood School from 1958 until it merged with Darlington in 1973, was built by Shorter founder Col. Alfred Shorter in the late 1940s.

Today, this decision has resulted in a more unified Pre-K to 12 community that lends itself to better communication, the vertical alignment of teaching and learning, deeper connections between students and teachers, and enhanced safety.

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Community News

Graham Auman (’72) and Steven Winkler (’72, LD ’15) represented their class as president and vice president, respectively.

Where are you from and how did you come to attend Darlington?

SW: Home is Dalton, Ga. My parents enrolled me in Baylor and McCallie the day I was born as they were concerned that Dalton High had become somewhat engrossed in athletics and they wanted me to get the best academics possible. But as I grew older, I asked if there was an alternative to a military school and Darlington appeared. I attended the summer school before my freshman year to make sure I could do this and I never looked back.

WF: I am from Shanghai, China. I visited Darlington the year before I came here. I was impressed by this beautiful campus and its close-knit community, so I decided to attend Darlington. I wanted to attend boarding school because the cultural diversity here would boost my knowledge about cultures around the world.

student leaders then and now

Describe your Darlington experience in one sentence.

SW: Personal growth, developing leadership skills, outstanding education and establishing relationships that have lasted over 50 years.

WF: Mingling my born-in eastern culture and the western culture at Darlington, I have become a more mature man.

What was the school community like during your time at Darlington?

SW: It was a great school environment. Day and dorm students got along great, and both participated in programs like Maple Street, where we mentored underprivileged children.

Athletics, academics and dances were all good. I suspect the most critical was our close relationships with faculty.

WF: The community is very diverse. We have representatives from lots of different nations with different cultural backgrounds and identities.

What were you involved in as a student and what student leadership positions did you hold?

Steven Winkler (’72, LD ’15) (right) congratulates his friend, classmate, and former Darlington roommate, Bill Smith (’72), who was named the 2019 Distinguished Alumnus.

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SW: I served as class VP under President Graham Auman (’72). I wrestled and served as the tennis manager, yearbook editor, and Darlingtonian staff member as well as on Honor Council, YMCA Cabinet, Dance Committee, "D" Club, Darlington Players, Thespians, Student Advisory Committee, Pep Club, and Maple Street.

WF: Student body president, executive member of Honor Council, tennis team, stage manager and actor with the theater department, vice president of Physics Club, Summerbell House dorm prefect, Math Team, Senior Ventures.

What impact did this service to the school and your peers have on you?

SW: There is no question in my mind that without my four years at Darlington, under the influence of the faculty and my classmates, I would not have become the person I am today. I am sure part of who I am is genetic, but clearly a large part is a result of Darlington.

WF: I have truly understood our community’s principle of “Service beyond Self.” Serving in various leadership positions has enhanced my decision-making, communication skills and team cooperation. Now I can hold others accountable and make decisions by considering multiple perspectives.

What were some of your most memorable experiences during your time as a student leader?

SW: There are so many memorable experiences – from the mundane of filling the Coke machine with Mr. Moser to having dinner in Mr. Moser’s apartment with fellow students, babysitting for the Awsumbs, having a "Toasted Notice" in the school store late at night (it was a honeybun heated with a dab of butter), having a great relationship with so many faculty, running errands for Gwen Stepp, and being on Barkell’s good side. Not many dorm students had the same roommate all four years, but I did. Bill Smith (’72) is one of the finest people I have ever known and we have stayed in touch over all these years. Bill was awarded the Faculty Medal for General Excellence and I was awarded the Senior Scroll for Unselfish Service. I was also awarded the Journalism Trophy and Bill received the Journalism Cup along with Andy Anderson (’72), so you can see we were in lock step in so many activities.

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C Co ammmpuunsi tFye aNteuwr es In 1972, Steven Winkler (’72, LD ’15) graduated from an allboys’ day and boarding school. Fifty years later, William Feng (’22) graduated from a coeducational school community that represents 22 states and 22 countries. Both served as leaders among their peers at Darlington, Winkler as vice president of his class (and now class agent) and Feng as student body president. In this Q&A, these two men, born 7,559 miles apart and graduating 50 years apart, reflect on their unique Darlington experiences. As we often say, every student’s path is different.

And though much has changed in 50 years, the foundational values that have defined our school for nearly 120 years remain a guiding force in the lives of our graduates.

William Feng (’22) and his dormmates from Summerbell House compete in RUMPUS Trivia.

us for the world that we will change. I think teaching character traits and leadership skills are important.

What comes to mind when you think of your graduation year?

SW: Getting into college, graduation, the Vietnam War, Watergate, world chess championships, Bobby Fischer.

WF: The songs “See You Again,” “Beautiful People” and “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye.”

Describe your path after graduating from Darlington.

William Feng (’22) rings the School Bell during Opening Convocation last fall.

WF: Ringing the school bell at Convocation was definitely one of the most memorable moments in my high school career. I am proud that I could serve as the first international student body president and make history. I am also proud of working with school administrators and Tiger Pride to renew the furniture in The Growl. Our Student Council worked on this project all year long, and I am excited to see it happening.

How has the school’s commitment to the foundational values of wisdom, service and honor translated into your life?

SW: Those words are ones I have lived by all of these years later. “Service above self " as we say each week at Rotary. Honor is key. Have the wisdom to recognize what you do and don’t want your parents to read about you in the morning newspaper.

WF: I think the principles of wisdom, service and honor are so essential to our entire lives.

These qualities have been engraved in my heart. I

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firmly believe that I will uphold these values in the many coming years of my life. Whether it is daily life or important life decisions, these values will always guide me to find correctness.

Why do you think it’s important for schools to teach character traits and leadership skills in addition to academics?

SW: Parents do their best to instill those positive character traits in their children, but children do tend to rebel. With them being emphasized during your high school years, there is hope that the positive character traits will stick.

WF: I think the essence of education is both to educate academically and cultivate upright characters and personalities. In a sense, character traits and leadership skills come more important than academic success because walking out of the classroom, we all need such traits to live an honorable and respectful life.

As Darlington’s website says, it is preparing

SW: After Darlington, I attended and graduated from Vanderbilt with a B.S. in Business Administration. While there, I worked at Vanderbilt University Hospital with the administrative staff. I then attended and graduated from Duke University with a Master of Healthcare Administration and have worked in hospital and physician practice management.

I did have a chance to work at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine as the hospital director for a short time, but then I returned to human medicine.

WF: I am attending Duke and want to major in economics. I definitely want to join clubs and engage in student government in college.

What do you hope for the future of Darlington?

SW: I only wish for continued success over the next 100 years.

WF: I hope Darlington will maintain its cultural diversity and close-knit familial bond.

I look forward to coming back to visit this place that I will always be proud to call home.

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CAREER DAY

Rachel (Gross) Langley (‘89, LD ’13) provides a more in-depth look at her career journey in events marketing during a breakout session.

Dr. Jim Hudson (’81) shares about his work as a local dentist.

Thirty-seven alumni returned to campus to speak at Darlington’s biannual Career Day, sponsored by the Alumni Council in February.

Rachel (Gross) Langley (’89, LD ’13), vice president of meetings and events at Visa, kicked off the day with an entertaining and inspiring keynote address that had students and faculty alike laughing. Afterwards, students chose four out of more than 35 interactive, alumni-led sessions to attend, spanning a broad range of career fields from business, medicine, and law to entertainment, consulting, research, and more. Everyone enjoyed the opportunity to interact on a deeper level, and alumni loved sharing their career journeys and advice. Interested in connecting with current students or alumni who want to learn more about your career field? Contact Darlington Connects at connect@darlingtonschool.org.

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Alumni Council President Robert Hortman (’99, LD ’18) talks with Anzhe Li (’23).

Thomas Bethel (’23) asks a question during a presentation by pilot Robert Hortman (’99, LD ’18).

Students listen intently as Thomas Kuckhoff (’09, LD ’19) talks about his work as an engineer.

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Sophi Shumate (’23) enjoys an engaging presentation in the Black Box Theater by actor and entertainer Alex Murray (’02).

Wes Henderson (’06, LD ’15) tells students about his work as chief financial officer for a local small business, Henderson & Sons Funeral Homes.

Mark Rogers (’94, LD ’12) tells students about his work as deputy general counsel for Mohawk Carpets.

Rachel (Gross) Langley (’89, LD ’13) kicks off Career Day in Morris Chapel.

C.J. Cypress (’07, LD ’14) speaks virtually at Career Day about his work as an account coordinator for a cross-channel advertising network.

Belle Brooks (’23) celebrates discovering a VISA gift card under her seat during the keynote address, an illustration that “you can’t leave your career journey up to chance.”

Maggie (Sparks) Mathis (’11) talks about her career as an attorney.

Ali (Terrell) Daniel (’08) discusses her career as a veterinarian.

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Head of School Brent Bell facilitates an activity with Henry Ledbetter (’26) and his small group.

Growing Great Leaders

Darlington launches leadership institute In an ever-changing world that is constantly demanding more from its leaders, Head of School Brent Bell saw a need for more comprehensive lea dership education at Da r lington. I n partnership with the University of Georgia’s J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development, this idea became a reality for students in grades 7 and 8 last spring.

The Darlington School Leadership Institute (DSLI) met during Exploratory period, and students began learning from the Fanning Institute’s Youth Leadership in Action curriculum, guided by a variety of faculty facilitators.

“Darlington students are constantly asked to be leaders, whether that be in the classroom, on athletic teams or in performing arts groups, in clubs, and more; however, our leadership training didn’t match the expectations placed on them,” said Bell. “It is my hope that DSLI will help all of our students grow as question-askers, doers and servant leaders. This is an opportunity for them to think about who they are,

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who they want to be, and their role as a citizens in our community and beyond. They are developing these skills today so that they can make a difference in the future in whatever environment they are in.”

Students involved in the program began by learning foundational leadership principles like communication and understanding differences. This curriculum will serve as an introductory course, and students will progress in knowledge as they move throughout the program.

Bell acknowledged that these can be heavy topics for 13- and 14-yearolds; however, he feels that it is important for students to have these conversations early.

“Leadership isn’t about holding a certain position. We want to teach our students that leadership is positionless before they reach Upper School-age and someone tells them differently,” he said. “Because they are already engaged in an active learning process in their other courses, our students were well-equipped to gain a deep understanding of leadership principles. They were able to relate the lessons to their personal lives, helping them make deeper connections to the curriculum.”

Seventh- and eighth-graders welcomed the new program with open minds. Students were excited to engage with classmates that were outside of their regular social circles as they tackled questions of identity and leadership.

Isha Garg (’27) said she enjoyed the structure of the class and felt that she learned valuable lessons in leadership simply by getting to interact with a variety of faculty members that she didn’t see on a regular basis.

“It was a good idea to have different leaders on campus teach the class,” she said. “Getting to know these leaders helped me learn how to be a better leader and what a leader really is.”

Murray Ellington (’26) feels he experienced significant growth as a result of the class. During DSLI sessions, he saw how a group of different individuals could

most effectively work together to accomplish a common goal, and he put that into practice in his role on the National Junior Honor Society leadership team last year.

“I learned a lot from the program and my classmates did, too,” said Ellington. “It will be really beneficial to expand this to the Upper School.”

DSLI has also launched an annual speaker series that will feature a wide variety of leaders in their fields and communities. The inaugural speaker was Laura Whitaker, CEO of Extra Special People (ESP), a nonprofit that aims to create transformative experiences for people with disabilities and their families, changing communities for the better.

“Seventh- and eighth-graders joined Upper School students for Laura’s address, in which she shared personal lessons gained from her experience as a young leader who became the executive director of ESP at the age of 19,” said Bell. “The principles of leadership should be accessible to all students, and that’s what we hope to accomplish with the speaker series.”

Additional Upper School expansions include engaging with student-leaders during Leader Week at the beginning of the school year and a collaboration with the Boys & Girls Life program, where the curriculum is adapted to address relevant topics to each grade level.

For example, ninth-graders might explore their sense of self, while seniors might learn about transitional leadership as they prepare to graduate.

“Darlington is a great example of how leadership education can be embedded into everyday curriculum to support student and school development,” said Lauren Healey, senior public service faculty member with the Fanning Institute, a unit of UGA Public Service and Outreach. “In addition to working with students, we’ve held workshops for Darlington educators that focus on their personal leadership development. The commitment Darlington has made to build leadership capacity at all levels of learning is to be commended.”

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Sam Lucas (’97, LD ’13), Leah Mayo (’11, LD ’22), Sam Moss (’63), Mark Rogers (’94, LD ’12), Emily (Griffin) Johnson (’02, LD ’20), Ryals Stone and Andy Davis pictured with Chief Justice Shawn Ellen LaGrua at the Class of 1953 Lectureship in March.

1947

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Class Agent: Vacancy

Bill Kelly (’71), who served as a commander in the U.S. Navy from 1971 to 1996, speaks to Upper School students as part of a Veterans Day panel discussion with four veterans from the Darlington Community.

Hugh Richardson Jr. writes: “The only year the Darlington football Tigers wore tiger stripes on their jerseys was 1944. The University of Chattanooga had canceled football during World War II and gave Darlington their jerseys and pants.

Darlington’s uniforms had burned in a fire at Lanier Field House. The star that year was No. 80 Dick Yankee (’45) and son of future Darlington School President R.M. Yankee."

1956

(next reunion 2026)

Class Agents: Bob Kane, Richard Smith

Charles Morris received the Historic Savannah Foundation’s second-ever Spirit Award for transformative preservation efforts.

1958

(next reunion 2023)

Class Agent: Jeff Godard

Class of 1975

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Charlie Higgins III and classmates Bob Brinson (’58), Billy Mitchell (’58), Roby Robinson (’58), Alston Glenn (’57), Quill Healey (’56), Rivers Roser (’57), Bob Kane (’56), Bill Ide (’58) and Wayne Ozment (’58) enjoyed a luncheon at the Blue Ridge Grill in Atlanta in March.

Charlie writes: "Everyone seemed to be in good health and spirits. We

successfully avoided conversations about personal health issues and politics. Reminiscing and catching up on each other’s lives, families and activities since we were last together took up most of our time. Prizes were given for the most hair, the most artificial body parts and the most grandchildren. Scott Dozier (’73), chairman of the Darlington Board of Trustees, joined us and brought us up to date, answering questions about what is going on at the Lakeside.

Everyone agreed that these gettogethers are great since time seems to be slipping away much faster now."

1963

(next reunion 2023)

Class Agent: Bob Elkins

Jim Roe III visited Darlington last summer and toured campus with classmate Sam Moss (’63).

1966

(next reunion 2026)

Class Agents: Villa (Sulzbacher) Hizer, Frank Virgin

Villa (Sulzbacher) Hizer received the Heart of the Community Foundation’s Board of Governors Award in July for her service to a tremendous number of organizations in Rome and Floyd County.

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Alumni Profile

Dr. Frank Stegall Sr. (’62) and his wife, Rebecca

Dr. Frank Stegall Sr. (’62) Distinguished Alumnus

It is fitting that a man who specialized in treating hearts for so many years would have such a big heart for others and his community. In October, life trustee and longtime cardiologist Dr. Frank Stegall Sr. (’62) was honored as the 2021 Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient during Alumni Weekend.

"We look for individuals who have dedicated their lives to service in their professional fields, in their community and at Darlington. Dr. Frank Stegall has done just that," said Robert Hortman (’99, LD ’18), president of the Alumni Council. "As a cardiologist, a community member and a Darlington trustee, he has dedicated his life to service. What

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you won’t read about in the program, though, is the manner in which he conducted his service. Whether you are a patient, a colleague, a faculty member, a community member, or a young kid running around in your backyard, he always greeted you with a kind smile and sincerely wanted to know how you were doing. His kindness, dedication to service, and the way he treated others sets an example of the Darlington graduate that we all aspire to be."

A native of Floyd County, Stegall enrolled at Darlington in the sixth grade. He was very involved on campus, participating in the Drama Club, Glee Club, The Darlingtonian staff and as a member of the 1962 Mid-South championship soccer team. After graduating, he went on to study at Emory University and graduated from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1971.

Stegall practiced medicine as a cardiologist for over 50 years, serving the Rome healthcare community and helping thousands of people. He has received numerous awards from the medical community, including the Cardiology Leadership Award, CCMN Cardiologist of the Year, Best Practices Physician and the esteemed HCA Frist Humanitarian Award.

Additionally, Stegall is a graduate of the Rome Floyd Chamber’s Leadership Rome program; was a member of the United Community Bank Board of Directors; and, for over 20 years, served on Darlington School’s Board of Trustees. He was chairman of Darlington’s Board during the school’s historic Second Century Campaign, which raised over $97 million. Today, Stegall serves as a life trustee and is a member of the J. J. Darlington Society as well as the J. Daniel Hanks Sr. (’27) Heritage Society.

"I do not feel worthy of this recognition but I am grateful to receive it," said Stegall in his address to Upper School students. "The values today taught at this school are the same values that were taught to us in the 50s and 60s. Years from now, you will look back and say,

‘Darlington did a great thing for me and I really appreciate what it did.’

I ask you to do three things when you have that ‘aha’ moment. The first is to thank your teachers and your coaches. Your success and the gratitude for their role in it is the gasoline that drives their engine. It’s why they’re here.

"The second thing I would ask you to do is to thank your parents for the sacrifice for sending you here," he continued. "Many of them struggle mightily to provide this opportunity for you ... And the third thing I would like for you to do is to pay your appreciation forward. All of the buildings and facilities and scholarships that you’ve enjoyed here were gifts – gifts given by grateful, loving alums who donated to the school to ensure its availability for future generations. As a Darlington alum, you will bear that responsibility as well ... Darlington will need your time, your talent, and your treasure."

The Stegall family has a long legacy at Darlington. Frank’s father, Jo H. Stegall (’24), and brother, Dr. Jo H. Stegall Jr. (’51), are fellow alumni. He and his wife, Rebecca, have three children who graduated from Darlington, Maury (Stegall) Hitchcock (’00), Frank Stegall Jr. (’02, LD ’22) and Blair (Stegall) Bowden (’03). The Stegalls have five grandchildren, Frank (’32) and Oliver (’35) Stegall, Charlie and Helen Hitchcock, and Elizabeth Bowden.

Head of School Brent Bell, Alumni Council President Robert Hortman (’99, LD ’18) and Chairman of the Board of Trustees Scott Dozier (’73) present Dr. Frank Stegall Sr. (’62) with the Distinguished Alumnus Award.

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Class Notes golf for 30 years and joined the PDGA / professional disc golf association in 1992. He is a member of the Rome Disc Golf Club. Scott lives in Rome with his wife, Amy, and owns The Competitive Edge.

1981

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Class Agent: Jule Peek

Class of 1976

Jack Briscoe writes: “Retired, divorced, and living in Oconee County, just outside of Athens, Ga. Hope to see y’all at our next reunion.

We are not any younger and we do not know what tomorrow brings.

Cheers!”

Class of 1980 1968

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Class Agents: Cathy (O’Neill) Dollar, James Moore, David Muschamp

Cathy (O’Neill) Dollar and classmates Susan (Edge) Whitaker, Jenny (Gafford) Barker, Diane (Harris) Ogletree, Karen Prather, Brenda (Rock) West, Martha (McCall) Pullen and Linda Swanson enjoyed a fun reunion at the Isle of Palms in September of 2021.

1977

(next reunion 2022)

Class Agent: Elizabeth (Johnson) Higbie

Trustee Tom Bethel, Head of School Brent Bell and Chairman of the Board of Trustees Scott Dozier (’73) pictured at a Darlington Connects Lunch & Learn at CRÚ Food & Wine Bar at The Battery in Atlanta in April.

1985

(next reunion 2025)

Class Agent: Wright Ledbetter

Cristina Hajosy writes: “Despite the pandemic craziness, I’m doing well here in Boston. My career in mixed media book arts continues. In early 2020, I co-founded a new non-profit arts organization, New England Book Artists. As president and web manager, I’m happily swamped with new connections and opportunities to promote book arts and book artists, including myself.”

Scott Wheeler Sr. competed in the disc golf Amateur World Championships August 17-21, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. He has played disc

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Class Notes

Class of 1985

Brooke Brinson (’88, LD ’14), Jonathan Harris (’99, LD ’22), Kimberly Prusakowski, David Ledbetter (’88, LD ’20), Bill Temple (’90, LD ’15) and Gaines Dempsey (’94, LD ’22) serve as panelists at the Darlington Connects Lunch & Learn at the Home-on-the-Hill in April, where guests learned about the state of the real estate market in Rome.

Class of 1991 1987

(next reunion 2022)

Class Agents: Kimberly (Murphy) Moseley, Steve Spinks, Anne-Caroline (Brown) Taylor

Carter Clark was promoted to vice president of sales at Visionaire Lighting LLC. Steve Moseley Jr. was named president and CEO of MIDFLORIDA, a Florida-based credit union, in March of this year. He has been employed by MIDFLORIDA since 1997 and has worked in nearly every aspect of the business.

Leah (Claybrook) Vallely completed her Ph.D. in Public History / Archival Management at MTSU. Her research and writing focus is on the local consequences of foreign policy.

She continues to make her home in Huntsville, Ala. 1995

(next reunion 2025)

Class Agent: Scott Morris

Scott Morris and his wife, Lee (Taylor ’07), announce the birth of a daughter, Louise Elizabeth, on Sept.

9, 2021. The family lives in Rome.

1996

(next reunion 2026)

Class Agents: Ballard Betz, Brooke (Walker) Irby

Matt Sawhill is director of government and community relations for the Tennessee Valley Authority.

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1997

(next reunion 2022)

Class Agents: Julie (Wilson) Lucas, Vann Morris

Drew Fleming joined Newmark in 2017 as a senior managing director in the Atlanta office and leads a senior retail investment team specializing in the sale of all types of shopping center assets, focusing on groceryanchored centers; neighborhood and community shopping centers; big-box and power centers; and high-street, multi-tenant retail properties.

1998

(next reunion 2023)

Class Agents: Regan (Maki) Couch, Molly (Kelly) Steeves

Molly (Mooring) Melin, an associate professor at Loyola University Chicago, has published a new book, “The Building and Breaking of Peace; Corporate Activities in Civil War Prevention and Resolution.”

Class of 1986

Class of 1990

Gillian O’Nan and her partners' firm, O’Nan & Bierlein, debuted a new name and logo and opened their second office in Cartersville, Ga., on Jan. 1, 2022, providing an opportunity to better serve their Northwest Georgia clients. Their Buckhead office will continue to serve metropolitan clients.

Class of 1995

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Class Notes 1999

2023 Georgia GOAL Tax Credits Now Available Redirect a portion of your state income tax liability to the Georgia GOAL Scholarship Program for a 100% Georgia income tax credit and help maximize this source of financial aid for deserving families. Applications are already being accepted now,so act fast before the cap is met!

The Georgia GOAL Scholarship Program is a win-win-win for taxpayer donors, scholarship recipients, and our school community.

• Darlington has awarded a total of $4,475,465 in GOAL Scholarships since 2008.

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208 students have benefited from this program.

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o far, 192 members of the community have S contributed $746,701 for 2022.

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ast year, 58 students received GOAL Scholarship L funds totaling $435,450.

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2004

(next reunion 2024)

Class Agent: Marie (Hodge) Gordon

Class Agent: Vacancy

Marie (Hodge) Gordon and fellow alumni Kristi (Buice) Brigman (’05) and Barton Lowrey (’05, LD ’12) of the Georgia Department of Economic Development played a major role in securing the single-largest economic development project to the State of Georgia last year. In December 2021, Georgia Gov. Brain Kemp announced that Rivian Inc. will invest $5 billion in a carbon-conscious campus in Georgia for its electric adventure vehicles, creating approximately 7,500 jobs.

Mike Jones is an executive talent partner at Crypto at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).

Will Young and his wife, Meaghan, announce the birth of a daughter, Piper, in October of 2021. The family lives in Atlanta.

2005

(next reunion 2025)

Class Agents: Madison (McRae) Criswell, Kim King, Ford Knight, Brad Large

Kristi (Buice) Brigman was promoted to division director of the global commerce division at the Georgia Department of Economic Development.

Barton Lowrey and his wife, Betsy, announce the birth of a son, Jacob “Jake” Hart, on Sept. 26, 2021. He joins big sister Mary Barton. In addition, Barton was promoted to assistant director of the corporate solutions and cyber security team in global commerce at the Georgia Department of Economic Development.

Tax Credit Limits - Increased for 2023!

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Will ('99) and Piper Young 2002

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Class Agents: Tiffany (Payne) Horton, Annie Rosen, Miles Wellesley

Stephen Taylor and his wife, Amber, announce the birth of a daughter, Penelope Quinn, on April 21, 2022.

She joins big sister Amelia Beatrix.

The family lives in Rome.

Mary Barton and Jake Lowrey Lauren (Boiling) Seeger is a senior content strategist at U.S. Legal Support.

How it Works 1. Apply. Complete the 2023 GOAL Tax Credit Application at www.goalscholarship.org (it takes just 20 seconds!) Applications are open until Dec. 31, pending availability.

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Submit. GOAL submits your application to the Georgia Department of Revenue.

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Approval. GOAL and DOR notify you of approved tax credit amount and payment deadline.

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ake Payment. Pay GOAL by check or credit card M within 60 days of DOR approval.

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ake the Credit. GOAL sends you Form IT-QEE-SSO1 T (tax receipt) to claim the credit on your 2023 Georgia income tax return.

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For more information, contact Carolyn (Seigler) Brearley ('99), director of GOAL and financial aid, at cbrearley@darlingtonschoo.org Fall 2022

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Alumni Profile

Early on in his career, Dwight Hutchins (’82) helped develop the strategy for the “Rebuild L.A.” after the 1992 Los Angeles riots.

Serving a record four terms of chairman of the Singapore American Chamber of Commerce, Dwight Hutchins (’82) speaks at a U.S. Embassy briefing.

Dwight Hutchins (’82) From student to global strategist

It was 1973. Nearly 20 years had passed since the Supreme Court ordered schools to desegregate in Brown v. Board of Education, yet public schools in Georgia had been dragging their feet. Rome City Schools finally put together a desegregation plan in 1969, but the lack of urgency led it to be one of 83 Georgia school districts sued by the U.S. Justice Department for failure to desegregate quickly enough.

Dwight Hutchins (’82) had attended three different schools in one year as local public schools struggled to comply with the order to desegregate.

Meanwhile, one year earlier, Darlington had already enrolled its first black students – one of the first private schools in the South to do so – the late Dr. Elson Floyd (’74) in the Upper School and Earl Gibson (’79) in the Middle School. With the addition of a Lower School that year, Hutchins would have the opportunity to enroll at Darlington as a fourth-grader.

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“Through incredible luck, I knew key people at Darlington who sponsored my application,” he said.

“My mom was the maid for James Formby, then president of National City Bank, and my dad was the handyman for the Barron family, so I often tagged along when they went to work and got to know the families.

Darlington was THE school in Rome and the area, and as a poor kid who was integrating the school at a delicate time, I was even more in awe of the place.”

Hutchins fully embraced his Darlington experience, gleaning all he could from every moment.

He made friends from all over the world, joined the wrestling team, and explored his passion for science, even working on the school’s first PC with now-retired teacher Rick Buice.

“The curriculum was broad, rich and challenging, starting in elementary school,” said Hutchins.

“The options began to open in middle school and then exploded in high school with a range of concentrations and levels that combined with sports, music, and arts that was unheard of back then.

“Even so, the much bigger impact for me was cultural,” he continued.

“From the ever-present Honor Code

and Motto – Wisdom, Service, Honor – to becoming a nerd, to learning to love and embrace ‘preppiness,’ to becoming comfortable and natural in multicultural environments, Darlington exposed me to experiences that fundamentally shaped my views, values, and identity.

I had the opportunity to meet and become friends with all kinds of classmates. Beyond having black and white friends, I had Filipino friends, Jewish friends, and more. I struggled when one of my friends from Iran was unable to return after the Shah was overthrown in Iran. As a ninthgrader, I only knew about Iran from my middle school history class.

Now it was real. These experiences, otherwise unimaginable for a kid who grew up in North Rome, more than prepared me to go out into the world.”

And that he did. Hutchins left after his junior year to accept a fouryear engineering scholarship to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Darlington’s rigorous academics had qualified him for early admission, so he jumped at the chance. He would go on to earn a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from UTK, an M.B.A. in Marketing and Finance from Northwestern University and an M.P.A. from Harvard.

“My first year at UT was unfortunately deceptively easy,” he said. “I had an ‘A’ average in chemistry, attending only four

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A lm uu mnni it yP rNoef w i l es Com classes all year. Mr. Buice had more than prepared me. Same for calculus after making it through Mr. Paxton.

Sophomore year was more of a shock, but I could tap into the academic skills and confidence I developed at Darlington to successfully master the content. It was rinse and repeat when I went to Northwestern and Harvard.

The academic preparation and the cultural exposure and comfort I developed at Darlington served me well in those environments.”

Hutchins credits his ever-curious teachers at Darlington for helping to guide his career path by pushing him to examine, explore, learn and problem solve.

“The teachers were amazing, welcoming and always the secret sauce of the school,” he said. “From early on, I loved the projects, papers, and labs, and was always encouraged to go further. This naturally led to engineering. I then got interested in solving business problems, which led to business school and then consulting.”

He started his career as a manufacturing engineer at Procter & Gamble before moving into global consulting with Bain & Co. and then McKinsey & Co. At these firms, he focused on marketing and operational strategies for Fortune 500 companies.

“At McKinsey, I worked on a pro bono project after our generation’s George Floyd moment – Rodney King’s treatment after a traffic stop, which was also caught on video and went viral,” said Hutchins. “Led by legendary baseball commissioner and head of the L.A. Olympics Peter Uberroth, efforts were set up to ‘Rebuild L.A.,’ and I was on the team that developed their strategy. After that, I became interested in working on social-economic and public policy problems.”

Hutchins was recruited from Harvard to help set up Accenture public sector advisory services, a practice focused on developing strategies for government agencies and companies working on publicsector issues. He joined, became partner, and then became the global

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managing partner of the practice, leading teams to help improve the performance of a number of public agencies from tax, to trade, to homeland security.

“A notable project I’m proud of is developing the strategy for and leading the transformation and expansion of the U.S. Department of Education’s student loan program,” he said. “In doing so, the country saved over $68 billion by moving all the student loan processing to Accenture, supporting over $100 billion in loans made each year for over 20 million students to attend college. I also had the opportunity to help develop parts of the White House’s strategy for the Department of Homeland Security after 9/11.”

Most recently, Hutchins has been living in Singapore and serving as Asia Pacific managing director of Accenture’s strategy consulting practice for consumer goods. As such, he is responsible for helping the firm’s largest Asia-based clients improve their competitiveness and performance. He also served a record four terms as chairman of the Singapore American Chamber of Commerce, America’s business headquarters in Asia.

“My interest in international trade and economic development led to me to take the assignment as a lead in our consulting practice in Asia,” said Hutchins, who has been with Accenture for more than 25 years.

“For nearly a decade, I have had the opportunity to work with American and other multinationals, the U.S. Embassy, and clients like the World Bank on a wide range of topics such as growth, trade, and climate change.”

He and his wife, Maria Paz CastilloRuiz, and daughter, Belen, plan to move back to the United States this fall and will live in Boston. But no matter where in the world he is living, he will always consider Rome and Darlington to be home.

“When I travel to Rome to visit family, I visit Darlington because it, too, is family,” said Hutchins, who was recently reelected to the school’s Board of Trustees. “The people there

make it so special and important to me. As part of being family, Darlington is home. I probably literally spent more time there than at home or anywhere else.”

This is Hutchins’ third time being elected to Darlington’s Board of Trustees. He previously served from 2005 to 2007 and again in 2013 before moving to Singapore. He also served on the Board of Visitors from 2003 to 2010 and was named chair.

“I’m looking forward to finding new and more ways to capitalize on Darlington’s strengths and the role it can play to broaden its impact and service,” he said. “I see the power and value of what Darlington can do to change lives, and I want to do my part to make sure that continues to grow.

“I hope today’s students embrace and take advantage of the special place, during their special time, to develop and grow in ways that are unique in the world, and simply unbelievable in a small town like Rome,” he continued. “To live, learn, and work in such a rich and robust environment that was built over a century ago – with students from all over the country and the world – is truly a privilege and advantage that will pass quickly but lasts a lifetime.”

Dwight Hutchins (’82) greets Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

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(next reunion 2026)

2008

(next reunion 2023)

Class Agents: Wes Henderson, Strom Mull

Class Agents: Mac Gilliland, Patrick Wilson

Bennett Brock Jr. joined Harbin Clinic General Surgery and works with his father, fellow surgeon Dr. Paul Brock.

Zoe Gomez reconnected with Murat Varol (’09) this spring in Paris.

Amber (Barker) Gadow has been named the American Physical Therapy Association Emerging Leader from South Carolina. The Emerging Leader Award is granted to a PT/PTA who has demonstrated extraordinary service early in his or her physical therapy career.

Dan Powell’s successful podcast, “Archive 81,” was turned into a Netflix series that premiered on Jan. 14, 2022, and quickly made its way to the No. 1 slot.

2007

(next reunion 2027)

Class Agents: C.J. Cypress, Christine (Doss) Perrin

Hughes Congleton is hiking the Appalachian Trail this year and documenting his journey on his Facebook page. He started in Georgia and hopes to hike the entire trail.

C.J. Cypress and his wife, Jess, announce the birth of a daughter, Gray Elaine, on June 24, 2021. She joins big sister Reese. The family lives in Columbia, S.C.

Jack Mok and Chang-Sup Lee (’08) reconnected in Hawaii last fall.

2009

(next reunion 2024)

Class of 2000

Class Agents: Korea (Black) Gilreath, Bess (Kelley) Graham

Murat Varol visited with Mack McCann (’10) and his wife, Monica, this spring. Murat lives in London and the McCanns live in Spain.

2010

(next reunion 2025)

Class Agent: Cole Daniel

Kelsey (Howell) Barkley earned her doctoral degree from the University of Alabama.

Hannah (Montgomery) BaySchuck, A & R executive at Prescription Songs, was named to Billboard’s 2022 “40 Under 40” list.

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Director of Annual Giving Julia (Douglas) Thomas (’07, LD ’15) and Kate Flory (’17) catch up at the Darlington Connects Lunch & Learn in Atlanta in April.

Caroline Temple earned her B.F.A. with a certificate in Entrepreneurship from The University of Georgia, graduating magna cum laude. She is a junior interior designer at Smallwood in Atlanta.

2011 Reese, C.J. (’07), Gray Elaine and Jess Cypress Brett Henson and his wife, Lauren, announce the birth of a daughter, Nora, in May of 2021. The family lives in Salisbury, N.C.

(next reunion 2026)

Class Agents: Luke Cook, Chandler Holcombe, Charles King

Evan Echols is an associate district manager with ADP.

Chief Advancement Officer Julie (Wilson) Lucas (’97), Jordan Muschamp (’13), Regan (Maki) Couch (’98, LD ’14) and Director of Alumni Relations Vicki VIncent pictured at the Darlington Connects Lunch & Learn in Atlanta, where guests learned about the state of the real estate market in Atlanta from panelists Muschamp, Couch and Thornton Morris (’78).

Nora and Brett Henson (’07) Nolan Wynn has opened a sandwich shop, Bonefide Delux, in Edgewood neighborhood in Atlanta.

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Alumni Profile

The Class of 1972 Paying it forward

It was 50 years ago, but it seems like just yesterday. That’s the consensus from the members of Darlington and Thornwood’s Classes of 1972 as they approach their 50th reunion this fall.

“Steven Winkler (’72, LD ’15), Bill Smith (’72), Bob Hortman (’72), Arthur Gray (’72) and I were on the Dance Committee,” said Crawford Brock (’72). “Someone would make the run to get 100 Krystals, and we and our dates would stay to clean up after the dance. I don’t know that we really cleaned up very well, but we stayed late for the hamburgers.”

That’s just one of many stories you’ll hear if you sit down and reminisce with a member of the Class of 1972. The detail with which they recall their beloved days at Darlington and Thornwood is astounding, and this sense of connection has remained strong for five decades.

“I have a picture of the 1971 state championship soccer team behind my desk and when you look at who these men are – they are just dynamic, extraordinary leaders. They’ve led great lives and done great things.

Everyone’s a superstar,” said Brock.

“There is a deep relationship between us even to this day. We have talked

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through that final championship game 100 times. We have this camaraderie of kind of reliving an experience together that was extraordinary.”

Deborah (Heyman) Harris (’72, LD ’17) feels similarly about her and her classmates’ shared experience at Thornwood. “Since our graduation from Thornwood, we have stayed in touch with each other,” she said.

“Through college, graduate school, careers, marriages, births and deaths, we have made the effort to honor and support our friendships. In our adult lives, we have made time for excursions to the mountains, to beaches, to resorts and to cities.

We have walked with each other through the vicissitudes of life. We know the powerful importance of lifelong friendships. This is the gift of a unique journey from youth to experience, built on the foundation of Thornwood.”

As the 1972 alumni started planning for their reunion, they sought to make a gift to the school that would be significant and lasting.

The conversation quickly became focused on creating a new endowed scholarship fund that would help make a Darlington education more affordable.

“We liked what the Class of 1953 has done with their lectureship series and wanted to also do something that would perpetuate,” said Hortman.

“Our initial goal started as a modest amount, say $150,000, but once Crawford Brock and Gray Tuttle (’72)

picked up the ball, the target amount kept rising.”

To date, more than $600,000 has been raised and class members are working hard to reach their new goal of $1 million.

“We have tried to call just about everyone in our class and we’ve had great conversations,” said Brock. “So many classmates have been receptive to participating, and we’ve had the chance to share so many stories and memories.”

The recipients of the scholarships established by the Darlington and Thornwood Classes of 1972 will be known as Lakeside Scholars, and the first – a ninth-grade day student – enrolled this fall. Lakeside Scholars will be encouraged to interact with members of the class, build connections with each other, and become alumni leaders in the spirit of the Class of 1972.

“I hope they learn about our class, take from it these life lessons of giving back, and love the school the way we all do,” said Brock. “I hope that they stay connected for the rest of their lives to this great school. I hope they can go on to be leaders in their classes and help carry that torch just like Steve Winkler and Bill Smith have for us all these years.”

As they get ready to celebrate their 50th reunion in October, members of the Class of 1972 hope their efforts on behalf of Darlington students will inspire other classes.

“I know that there are other classes who could do the same thing we’re doing,” said Brock. “You just have to find class leaders who love the school and hold everyone together with lots of communication. It’s a great opportunity for Darlington and I’d love to see another class match our amount raised.”

The Class of 1972 also commissioned John Taylor (’72) to paint a portrait of late longtime educator George Awsumb, which was dedicated during Alumni Weekend last fall and hangs permanently outside the George W. Awsumb Cinema Room in Zelle Fine Arts Center.

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Nineteen alumni from seven states returned to campus in March for Leadership Darlington.

2012

(next reunion 2022)

Class Agents: Kelsey Ann (Williams) Bassel, Marissa McKoy, Austin Spooner, John Wilhoite

Cam Collins is an account manager for Silicon Valley Startups at Amazon Web Services (AWS). He has worked at AWS since May 2020.

Austin Spooner is the strategic engagement coordinator at The Chapin School.

2013

(next reunion 2023)

Class Agents: Blair Holcombe, Mary Lyn Stegall, Madeline (Gaffney) Welborn

Harold Antor is an equity research associate at Jefferies in New York City. He reconnected with classmates Celina Kassam (’13) and Korede Olagbegi (’13) in NYC this past spring.

Allie Hurley graduated from Lincoln Memorial University Anesthesia School on Dec. 11, 2021, as a registered nurse anesthetist.

Remy Jennings defended her dissertation and will be joining the faculty in the Business School at Florida State University.

Jordan Muschamp was recognized as “one to watch” in both number of units sold as well as total sales volume for the Berkshire Hathaway Buckhead office for the first part of 2022.

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Vikram Singh was promoted to senior data scientist, expert consulting at McKinsey & Co. Camille Temples graduated from Auburn University in 2019 and works at a boutique residential interior design firm in Atlanta.

2014

(next reunion 2024)

Class Agent: Vacancy

Sarah Beth Cline graduated from Brenau University in December of 2020 with a Masters in Occupational Therapy and is an occupational therapist at Advent Health Redmond in Rome.

José-Luis Mulas Torres, Marshall McCann (’15) and Pepe Mulas reconnected in Mexico City this summer.

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Chas Williams is a real estate corporate and investment banking analyst at Truist Securities.

2015

(next reunion 2025)

Class Agent: Vacancy

Duane Davenport started a new position as a business development representative at Autodesk.

Nadin Kosedag started a new position as an asset management analyst at AEW in Boston.

Class of 2011

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Class Notes Katie (Hurley) Lugo graduated from the University of Georgia Law School in May of 2021. She was sworn in to the State Bar of Texas on Nov. 19, 2021, and married Jonathan Lugo the same day.

2016

(next reunion 2026)

Class Agent: Hanna Jon Lewis

Sami dePass lives in Kingston, Jamaica, and has started her own strength training and life coaching business. She has competed in powerlifting competitions in the Caribbean, South Africa and Europe.

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Winston Gammon was sworn in under the Law Student Practice Act and will be working for the MaconBibb County Public Defender’s Office while finishing Law School at Mercer University.

Alexander Roberts graduated from Auburn University with a Master of Science in Data Science and Engineering at Auburn University this past December.

2017

(next reunion 2027)

Class Agents: Ethan Delashmit, Olivia Drake, Kate Flory, Brock Gardner

In April, senior girls had the opportunity to hear about sorority life from Young Alumni Council member Olivia Drake (’17) and a group of faculty members. They shared information about Panhellenic Sororities and National Pan-Hellenic Sororities and provided a list of alumni and community members willing to help with recommendation letters.

Calling all alumni…

Distinguished Alumnus Nominations Send us your nominations for the 2023 Distinguished Alumnus Award. Established by the Alumni Council in 1983, this award recognizes alumni who have achieved prominence in their profession and/or community and who have demonstrated loyalty to Darlington.

Please email your nomination to vvincent@darlingtonschool.org and include the following information: Name and class year of nominee Reason(s) for nomination Your name and class year

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Annaliese Clevenger graduated with honors from Mercer School of Engineering with a Biomedical Engineering degree May 2021.

She was accepted at Northwestern University in Chicago and has started their Prosthetics and Orthotics program.

Olivia Drake is the marketing automation specialist at Atrium Health Floyd in Rome.

Will Groover graduated from Georgia Tech with a B.S. in Computer Science and is now a software engineer with Microsoft Seattle, Wash.

Hannah Jones received an ADDY at the 2022 AAF Birmingham American Advertising Federation for her Keystone Lexia Typeface, a body copy typeface that supports people with dyslexia. The uppercase and lowercase characters are uniquely designed and modified to prevent optical flipping, rotating and reversing of letterforms. Keystone Lexia has been a passion project for Hannah as she, too, is dyslexic.

Elijah McKoy is a sales representative with Taylor Corp.

Tate Morgan graduated from the University of Alabama in December 2021 and is starting a new full-time position as sales assistant at Stanley Korshak, where she interned in the ecommerce department last fall.

Gamble Shadday was promoted to operating partner at Big Dan’s Car Wash.

Lisa van Susteren is a junior recruiting manager at Detecon International.

Krystyna Virkler completed her M.A. in International Relations at the University of St. Andrews.

2018

(next reunion 2023)

Class Agent: Vacancy

Brie Bishop was selected to be a member of the University of Tennessee Chancellor Commission for Disability team. She has also been accepted to graduate school at the University of Tennessee.

Jacqueline Cline graduated from the Medical College of Georgia with a Bachelor of Nursing. She is a NICU Nurse at Atrium Health Floyd in Rome.

Aisling Fields is a communication assistant with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System.

Alex Gardner graduated from the Auburn University Harbert College of Business with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree in Finance.

Grace Hurley graduated from Auburn University summa cum laude in December with a B.S. in Biomedical Sciences. She plans to attend medical school.

Joseph Ingram graduated from Georgia Southern University with a B.B.A in Finance.

Long Nguyen graduated from Occidental College summa cum laude with a double major in critical media studies and music production.

Ian Payne interned at Signature Wealth Management Group this summer as he finishes up his B.B.A. in Economics and B.B.A. in Finance at the University of Georgia.

Maddie Sabourin graduated cum laude with a B.A. in Political Science with an emphasis in Law and Courts and a minor in Legal Studies. She will continue her education at Belmont University School of Law.

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ALUMNI WEEKEND

Alumni celebrating their 50th reunion or greater are inducted into Golden Tigers and Golden Thistles.

Head Football Coach Tommy Atha motivates the team during a time out.

More than 400 alumni and friends returned to the Lakeside in October for Darlington’s annual Alumni Weekend celebration. Event highlights included the presentation of the Distinguished Alumnus Award to Dr. Frank Stegall Sr. (’62), a 28-24 win over the Christian Heritage Lions at the Homecoming game, and the special dedication of a portrait of George Awsumb by the Class of 1972. Classes ending in 0s, 1s, 5s and 6s celebrated their reunions with 1996 and 2011 boasting the largest number of returning alumni. A special thanks goes out to the class agents event hosts, and all those involved in making this year’s celebration a great success. Visit www.darlingtonschool. org/alumniweekend to register to join us Oct. 14-16 for Alumni Weekend 2022!

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Cole Daniel (’10) brought the magic to the Alumni Weekend Cocktail Party.

Evie Shadday (’22) and Patrick Shelley (’22), represented by his father James, are crowned Homecoming Queen & King, while Christa Twyman (’23) and Emilio Ochoa Montano (’23) are named Princess & Prince.

Fatema (Bandukwala) Salehbhai (’06, LD ’13) and her husband, Riaz, enjoy catching up with friends at the Alumni Weekend Cocktail Party.

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Members of the Class of 1966 are excited to reunite with one another.

Xaivier Ringer (’04) nears the finish line at the Cross Country 60th Anniversary 5K & Fun Run.

Sierra (Shamblin) Bonilla (’11) pictured with husband, Ruben, and daughter, Carolina, at the Tiger Tailgate.

Dr. Frank Stegall (’62) is honored during Darlington Celebration.

Gordon Smith (’71) and his wife, Jane, arrive for the Tiger Tailgate picnic.

Towns Sawhill (’33), son of Mary (’86, LD ’16) and Matt (’86, LD ’20), plays football with his cousin, Charles Hight (’35), son of Erin and Charlie (’85, LD ’22), before the big game.

Rebecca Stegall congratulates her husband, Dr. Frank Stegall (’62), at the Distinguished Alumnus Luncheon.

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Rick Gilbert (’72) enjoys a meal before the Homecoming game at the Tiger Tailgate.

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Class of 2022

Anabelle Scarborough graduated from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.A. in Media and Journalism.

Rainey Scarborough graduated from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.A. in Media and Journalism.

Abby Sklar graduated from Boston University and will attend law school in the fall.

Sam Tackeberry graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.S. in Computer Science.

Caroline Temples graduated from The University of Georgia summa cum laude and in the top 5% of Franklin College of Arts and Sciences students in the spring of 2022. She now works for a commercial design firm in Atlanta.

Jamila Wood graduated from Clark Atlanta University and will attend graduate school at Georgetown University.

2019

(next reunion 2024)

Class Agent: Vacancy

Tommy Atha Jr. and Luke Lewis (’21) serve on the Student Alumni Council at UGA. Marissa Joseph was a corporate communications intern for Adobe this summer.

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Rosalee Kelley graduated from Furman University and is continuing her education at Brenau University in Norcross, Ga., to obtain a Doctorate of Occupational Therapy.

Maddie Sabourin will be attending Belmont Law in the fall.

Abigail Smith graduated from the College of Charleston and will be attending Stetson University College of Law in the fall.

Smith Wheeler was selected as one of the 2022-2023 Schottland Scholars at the College of Charleston School of Business and was also accepted into the college’s Investment Program.

2020

(next reunion 2025)

Class Agent: Vacancy

Veeka Malanchuk was one of 18 applicants selected to participate in the highly competitive 20212022 Advocacy Corps program, a 10 month-long program where young adults between the ages of 19-30 get paid to organize their local community around federal legislation. The Advocacy Corps works to combat poverty and inequity by empowering and mobilizing youth to become advocates, service providers, and agents of change in their own communities.

In April, the Young Alumni Council presented a virtual panel discussion for seniors themed “What I Wish I Knew” about college before beginning their careers. Young Alumni Council Vice President Hanna Jon Lewis (’16) led the session with panelists Eli Baldwin (’21) of Duke University, Cooper Cates (’21) of Georgia Tech, Smith Wheeler (’19) of the College of Charleston, and Ivy Watters (’21) of the University of Georgia.

Legacy members of the Class of 2022 are pictured with their alumni family members.

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HONOR ROLL Donors Whether you m a de a donation to The Darlington Fund or our endowment funds, you have helped to make a difference in the lives of those we are committed to educating.

Thank you for your continued support of Darlington School!

We invite you to visit darlingtonschool. org/honorroll to see all gifts to the school as well as donor lists broken down by giving levels. While we strive for accuracy, if you notice an error or have a question about your donation, please contact Julie (Wilson) Lucas (’97) at 706-802-4390. The Honor Roll reflects gifts made from June 1, 2021, through May 31, 2022.

Alumni Class of 1941 Mr. Harold F. Gallivan Jr. Class of 1944 Mr. Lyons J. Heyman Mr. John W. Thatcher Class of 1945 Mr. Richard G. Glasgow Mr. Jackson D. Morgan Class of 1946 The Rev. Dr. Robert L. Montgomery Class of 1947 Mr. Edward E. Carter Mr. Edward Miles Mr. Hugh I. Richardson Jr. Class of 1948 Mr. W. Frank Barron Jr. Mr. William H. Clayton Jr. Mr. Richard A. Denny Jr. The Rev. William F. Henning Mr. Charles S. Heyman Jr. Mr. John T. McKinney *Mr. Stephen D. Potts *Mr. E. Bretney Smith Jr. Mr. C. Walker Sullivan Class of 1949 *Dr. Robert V. Groover Dr. David A. Mathewes Jr. Mr. John K. Ottley Jr. Mr. Cooper E. Taylor Jr. Class of 1950 Mr. Jack A. Curtis Mr. I. Arnold Hoge Class of 1951 Mr. Rodney L. Moak Dr. Jo H. Stegall Jr. Class of 1952 The Hon. Brooks E. Blitch III Mr. Charles K. Cobb Jr.

Mr. Douglas D. Connah Jr. Mr. Gerald M. Lester Dr. Robert S. Lowrey Jr. Class of 1953 Mr. Charles R. Cookson Mr. James H. Dillard II Mr. Samuel L. Donaldson Mr. Jerry M. Dunwoody Mr. Eugene Herrin Mr. James C. Hill Jr. Mr. John P. Hine Mr. Jerry L. Minge Mr. Moultrie D. Plowden Mr. Harlan M. Trammell Jr. Mr. Marshall P. Walker Class of 1954 Mr. James A. Ford Mr. Thomas H. Ford Mr. David D. Harvey Mr. J. Cantey Heath Dr. J. Barney Hunter *Mr. George H. Johnson Mr. Rudolph G. Johnstone Jr. Mr. William H. Jordan Mr. William C. Scott Mr. Fred W. Snell Jr. Class of 1955 Mr. Charles R. Bamford Mr. James A. Fountain Dr. Bannester L. Harbin Jr. Mr. Gordon H. Little Sr. Mr. C. Jerry Spurlin Mr. Carl V. Strayhorn Dr. Sidney H. Yarbrough III Class of 1956 Mr. William S. Ebert Mr. Edward B. Hamler Mr. Quill O. Healey Mr. William B. Lemann Mr. Patrick W. Roche Dr. Alex B. Russell Jr. Mr. George E. Saufley II Mr. Richard R. Smith

By establishing a named endowment fund, you are making a gift that will provide permanent financial support to any program or initiative at Darlington that is particularly meaningful to you or the person(s) you wish to honor. Read about some of our newest endowment funds in the pages that follow and contact Julie (Wilson) Lucas (’97), chief advancement officer, at jlucas@darlingtonschool.org if you would like to learn more.

Class of 1957 Mr. Jere A. Drummond Lt. Cmdr. David Franz Dr. Peter G. Gilbert Mr. Alston Glenn Col. R. Ramsey Green Mr. R. Denson Martin Jr. Mr. Donald H.McCamy Mr. John H. McKinley Jr. Mr. Robert A. Ragan Mr. Marvin W. Spearman Jr. Mr. Benjamin C. Wetherington

Class of 1960 Mr. Randall S. Booker Mr. C. Langdon Cheves Jr. Mr. James J. Edmundson Dr. David O. Findley Mr. Seabrook L. Marchant Mr. Edward H. Rudert Dr. John R. Stephenson II The Rev. Horace A. Stewart Jr. Mr. John W. Walden Jr. Mr. John H. Williams III Mr. Robert E. Withers III

Class of 1958 Anonymous Mr. Harold L. Brewer Mr. Robert M. Brinson Sr. Dr. William L. Clark Jr. Mr. John R. DiPrima Dr. Lewis M. Flint Jr. Mr. David H. Hanks Mr. Charles H. Higgins III Mr. George H. McElveen Dr. Clyde C. Medlock Jr. Mr. William A. Mitchell Jr. Mr. H. Wynn Montgomery Jr. Mr. Roby Robinson Mr. James D. Rouse Mr. Jerry E. Watson Mr. James S. Whelan Mr. Evan H. Wood

Class of 1961 Dr. Robert A. Bethel Dr. Edward W. Brewster Jr. Mr. William E. Coleman III Mr. R. Larry Crutchfield Mr. L. Ray Dempsey Mr. Michael A. Diprima Mr. P. Allen Dodd Jr. Mr. William H. Ford Jr. Mr. Lloyd H. Griffin III Dr. J. Daniel Hanks Jr. Mr. Guy O. Hunter Mr. Frank M. Johnston Mr. Jackson Parkhurst Mr. Nevin Patton III Mr. Lathrop W. Smith Mr. Robert F. Woodruff Mr. Alexander K. Wyatt Jr.

Class of 1959 Mr. David F. Addlestone Mr. C. William Daniel Mr. James F. Fitzpatrick III Mr. F. Berry Hayley Mr. John W. Hiers Mr. Watkins C. Johnstone Jr. Mr. Marcus G. Keown II Mr. R. Glenn Lesley Mr. R. Alfred Richie Mr. Edward White V Mr. David H. Young III

Class of 1962 Mr. Edward E. Brown III Mr. Philip H. Burrus Ms. Starr Willingham Byrne Ms. Virginia Yeargan Campbell Mr. Houston L. Crumpler Jr. Mr. James E. Davis Jr. Dr. John C. Dutton Jr. Mr. George C. Gibson Mr. Daniel E. Gulden Dr. Neel Hammond Jr. Mrs. Adeline Wright Hanks Mr. Gordon Lee Hight II Mr. D. Gary Hill Mr. Jimmy E. Jordan

Dr. John S. Kirkland Jr. Dr. Jerome E. Lahman Mr. George H. Lanier II Mr. Charles S. Lichtman Dr. Claud E. Morgan Jr. Mrs. Joyce Riddle Neely Mr. John H. Noel III Mr. William H. Read Mr. Claude E. Sessions Mr. John A. Shearer Mr. Clarence E. Smith III Dr. Frank D. Stegall Sr. Mr. Thomas Waring Class of 1963 Mr. Stuart J. Alston Mr. Wright W. Bagby Jr. Mr. Alfred L. Barron Jr. Mrs. Mary McCamy Beachum Mr. James E. Bethel Mr. John G. Brock Mrs. Kay Wyatt Cheves Mr. James P. Coleman III Dr. Joel E. Dendy Jr. Mr. Robert N. Elkins Mr. J. Douglass Fox Mr. Robert O. Freeman Dr. Joseph W. Goldston Dr. Buford G. Harbin Mrs. Mary Jervis Hayes Mr. James C. Humphries Mr. R. Marshall Jackson Jr. Mr. J. Stephen Jenkins Sr. Mr. William W. Jordan Mrs. Anita Berry Lowden *Mr. James H. Milford Jr. Mr. Samuel G. Moss III Mr. W. Watt Neal Jr. Mr. Joseph K. Orr IV Mr. James T. Roe III Mr. E. Willingham Smith III Mr. Randolph H. Stokely Mr. Julian C. Whitten Mr. William M. Whittenburg Jr. Mr. William E. Wofford

*indicates deceased Fall 2022

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Community News Class of 1970 Mr. Thomas A. Barron Mr. H. Logan Boss III Mr. Steven L. Boyd Mr. Carlton Carden Mr. John A. Carey Mr. Stephen L. Cornwell Mrs. Brooke Milner Cornwell Mrs. Laura Harbin Davis Dr. Bernard H. Eichold II Mr. Frank M. Harrison Mr. Jackson M. Heard Mr. Lyons J. Heyman Jr. Mr. Edward W. Hine Jr. *Mrs. Linda Harris Hine Mr. J. Craig McCrary Mrs. Frances Smith McLean Mr. Charles V. Miller Mr. Lee R. Redmond III Mr. Wright W. Smith Mr. Perrin C. Trotter Mr. William C. Wesley R. David Whittenburg Mr. Barry Wright III

Class of ’97 Faculty Endowment Fund Est. in 2017 “All alumni can point to at least one faculty member who made an impact on their life. The Class of 1997 wants to make sure we do whatever we can to make sure this continues for generations to come, so we created this endowment to support the teachers who meant so much to us and the teachers who will continue to mean so much to future students.”

- Amanda Wood (’97, LD ’17)

Class of 1964 Mr. Michael S. Barron Sr. Mr. Robert L. Berry Mr. D. Randolph Berry Mr. J. Roe Burton Mr. Robert C. Covington Mr. George R. Dodge Mr. John L. Dozier Mrs. Anne Turner Ginsberg Mr. J. Lewis Glenn Dr. William C. Gordon Mrs. Julia Todd Holliday Mr. J. Terry Honan Mr. J. Sterling Kilpatrick Jr. *Mr. Charles E. Lindsay Mr. Fountain H. May Jr. Mr. Charles D. Mitchell Jr. Mr. John T. Newton Jr. Mr. Donald C. Pooley Mr. Stephen P. Poulsen Mr. Scott Price Mr. Sidney Ransom Mr. Robert E. Rudert Mr. Frank M. Taylor Jr. Class of 1965 Dr. George A. Bosworth Mr. Harry M. Foss Jr. Mr. Robert C. Gaw Mrs. Donna Jacks Griffin Mrs. Elizabeth Hardin Hertenstein Mr. Wynne T Huff II Mr. David G. Hunter Mrs. Nancy Smith Hunter Mrs. Anne Rooney Kerr Mr. David C. Lanier Mrs. Martha Nabors McClellan Mr. Haywood O. Patton Mr. Randal L. Ringhaver Mr. Frank M. Rogers IV Mr. Charles I. Small Mr. Joseph E. Teague Jr. Capt. Charles M. Vinson Dr. F. Doyle Woodruff Mr. James H. Zachry

Class of 1966 Mr. William F. Brewster Mr. Frank A. Brown Jr. Mr. Wilbert W. Brown Mr. Hugh Corbett Mr. Graham F. Daniel Jr. Mr. Thomas H. De Buys Mr. H. Patrick Derrick Mr. Frederick W. Dick Mr. William G. Harris Mrs. Villa Sulzbacher Hizer *Mr. Thomas A. Hyatt Mr. E. George Johnson Jr. Ms. Douglas T. Maddox Mr. Peter T. Monte Mr. David G. Newton Dr. Robert F. Norton Jr. Mr. Thomas B. Pearce III Mr. Edward W. Penn Jr. Mrs. Sally Dahlstrom Rudert Mr. John C. Shakelford Jr. Mr. Frank W. Virgin Class of 1967 Mrs. C. Lee Lovvorn Albright Mr. William D. Cornwell Jr. Dr. Robert L. Harbin *Mr. W. Louis Harris Mr. Charles A. Hight Jr. Mr. William M. Huffman Jr. Dr. Mell C. Jackson Mrs. Rhyne Morgan Lipsey *Mr. W. Brooks Maddox Mr. J. Bradford May Dr. Duncan B. McRae Jr. Mr. Hall T. Penn Mrs. Marchant Starr Reutlinger Mr. J. Douglas Riddle II Mr. Robert E. Ridgway Jr. Mr. Michael B. Swain Mr. James S. Thomas Mr. W. Lee Thuston Mr. James P. Trotter Jr. Ms. Sue Willingham Upchurch Mr. Lynn E. Whatley

Mr. Larry C. Williams Mr. Stuart C. Witham IV Class of 1968 Mrs. Patti Rogers Barron Mrs. Cathy O’Neill Dollar Mr. Horace P. Dykes Jr. Mr. Charles W. Evans Mr. John C. Fletcher Jr. Mr. Robert L. Garner Jr. Mr. Robert P. Harris Mr. Harry Johnson III Mr. Kent Maury Mr. J. Bradford May Mr. Jack L. McGinnis Mr. Williams H. McIntyre Mr. Dwight M. Meadors Mr. James W. Moore Mr. F. David Muschamp Mr. William F. Nixon Mrs. Diane Harris Ogletree Lt. Col. J. David Pesterfield Ms. Karen Prather Dr. Daniel D. Primm Jr. Mr. S. David Smith Jr. Mr. Lucas A. Snipes Mrs. Anna Manis Tabor Dr. Leslie C. Watters Class of 1969 Mr. Theodore C. Caldwell Mr. William L. Crawley III Dr. Kenneth F. Davis Mr. William W. Gaffney Jr. Mr. Michael W. Horner Mr. Scott R. Johnston Jr. Dr. R. Montague Laffitte Jr. Dr. John M. McCord Sr. Mr. Gray D. Morrison III Mr. M. Clifton Russell Mrs. Ansley Briley Saville Mr. Charles D. Scott Mr. R. Craig Stiegel Mr. Bert L. Swain Mr. Thomas B. Waller Mr. Timothy R. Wallis Mr. Cecil B. Wright III

Class of 1971 Mr. F. Steven Bolding Mrs. Bess Ransom Bosworth Mr. James T. Byars Mr. John C. Catmur Mr. Samuel K. Formby Mrs. Virginia Starr Gunther Mrs. Rena Storey Henderson Mrs. Mary Smith Justice Mr. William A. Kelly Jr. Mrs. Cynthia Hortman Meeker Mr. Gerald W. Moore Mrs. Elizabeth Mooney Mozley Mr. Robert C. Powell III Mr. Charles L. Powers Mrs. Suzanne Wright Protz Ms. Karen A. Sachs Mrs. Elaine Hackett Smith Mr. Gordon A. Smith Mrs. Virginia Willingham Wallace Mrs. Diane Munchak Wilson Class of 1972 Mr. Claude F. Allen Mr. Graham M. Auman Ms. Aimee McNeil Bass Dr. R. Andrew Bradley Mr. R. Crawford Brock Jr. Mrs. Robin Davis Byars Mr. David H. Cauthen Dr. Benjamin H. Cheek Mr. Logan T. Cox Mr. William B. Dobbs II Dr. Arthur R. Gray Mrs. Deborah Brice Greeson Mrs. Deborah Heyman Harris *Mr. John R. Hawkins Jr. Mr. Charles L. Hillis Jr. Dr. Robert P. Hortman Mr. Micajah B. Jones Mrs. Mary Selman Kelly Mr. Kevin Kirsh Dr. Peeler G. Lacey Dr. James R. Lovvorn Mr. Calhoun A. Mays III Mrs. Merri Barron McLean Mr. Benjamin S. McLean Mr. Royce F. Morris Mr. James J. O’Neill III Mrs. Boyce Aldridge Phillips Mr. Thomas D. Richardson Mr. Charles S. Roach Mr. Kevin E. Sachs Mr. Julius C. Shaw Jr. Mr. William G. Smith Jr. Dr. Carlos A. Sotolongo Mrs. Joan Sisley Stilwell Ms. Jane G. Sullivan Mr. John D. Tate Jr. Mr. John F. Taylor

Mr. James G. Thwaite Mr. J. Gray Tuttle Jr. Mr. J. Thomas Watters Jr. Mrs. Teresa Huffman Watters Mr. James R. Wilson Mr. Steven R. Winkler Class of 1973 Dr. Ernest W. Beasley III *Mr. Kenneth M. Dickson Mr. Scott C. Dozier Mr. S. Taylor Edwards Mrs. Nan Ellen Sutton Fuller Mr. Edmund W. Goddard Mr. Richard L. Green Mrs. Christa Cline Jackson Mr. Robert T. Korski Mr. P. Kimbrough McConkey Dr. John G. Moore Mr. Reuben L. Rockwell Dr. Stephen E. Wilhoite Class of 1974 Mr. George P. Avary Mrs. Alyce Brice Bradley Mr. Anthony M. Cantrell Mr. Douglas A. Hendrickson Mr. David M. Heyman Mr. Henry J. Hine Mr. Robert F. Horsley Jr. Mr. Stafford W. Huff Mr. James M. Kelley III *Mr. Lawrence S. Pritchard Mr. F. Daniel Rutledge Mr. Milton T. Schaeffer Mr. McKie M. Trotter II Mrs. Michelle Denney Worley Mr. Thomas M. Young Class of 1975 Mr. H. Shol Brown III Mr. John R. Cunningham III Dr. D. Scott Edwards Mrs. Frances Beeland Givhan Mr. Kelly G. Hillis Mr. James B. Hunter Jr. Mr. James H. Jenkins III Mr. Benjamin R. Levinson Mr. Fred H. Moore III Mr. James V. Patton Mr. Warren A. Rigas Mr. David M. Sewell Mr. Harold M. Storey Mrs. Emily Stegall Stuckey Mr. W. Frank Stuckey Jr. Dr. Randolph P. Sumner Mr. William P. Trotter Jr. Mrs. Karen Candler Tucker Mrs. Melody Wilder Wilson Mr. John N. Wood Class of 1976 Mrs. Susan Adair Blanton Mrs. Frances Formby Buice Mrs. James E. Cannon Master Mrs. Jean M. Early Mr. William M. Gilliland Sr. Dr. Daniel D. Pate III Mrs. Roberta Munchak Peters Ms. Elizabeth Birdsong Summer Mrs. Jane Cooper Tate Mr. W. Burr Weatherly Class of 1977 Mr. Joseph T. Bennett Mrs. Susan Camp Berry Mr. William M. Bradley Mrs. Kristy Mack Curtis Mr. James K. Dent Mr. Charles W. Douglas Mr. M. Bryan Freeman Ms. Bonnie Grizzard Mr. Andrew C. Heaner Mrs. Mary Helen Wright Heaner Dr. Elizabeth Johnson Higbie Ms. Judith Hine

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T h a n k Y o u t oC oOmum r CuSln ua ipstspy oNNrotetew er s Ms. F. Courtenay Huff Mr. John Izard Jr. Mr. Seth L. Knight III Mr. H. Gordon Pettit III Ms. Laura Brackett Weber Mr. Alexander W. Whitaker IV

Mr. Christopher P. Jefts Mr. Winfred M. Jones Jr. Mr. Robert H. Ledbetter Jr. Mr. J. Luke Lester IV Mr. Jeffrey C. Martin Mr. Michael R. Rowan

Class of 1978 Mrs. Linda Stevens Albrecht Mr. Hendrick L. Cromartie III Ms. Paige Skidmore Dickow Mr. J. David Fitts Mr. John K. Gilliland Jr. Mr. Gregory R. Glover Mr. Bob H. Howell Mrs. Jennifer Smith Hulgan Mrs. Rebekah Barron Montgomery Mr. Thornton W. Morris Jr. Mr. Chason L. Mull Mrs. Katheryn Brice Mull Mr. H. Christopher Peacock Mrs. Cynthia Ward Piper Mr. Charles J. Radford Jr. Ms. Cristina D Smith Mr. Ranald Stewart III Mr. J. Henry Trexler Mr. Jon Tudor

Class of 1985 Anonymous Mr. Martin H. Bradshaw III Mrs. Leslie Anne Finley Mr. William L. Hassett III Ms. Sara C. Johnston Mr. E. Wright Ledbetter Mrs. Mary Burke Wimbish Nadeau Dr. Lisa Hudson Saye Mr. Jarrett E. Shadday Sr. Mr. L. Clayton Shaw Mr. R. Hyun Soo Song Mr. Andrew G. Welborn Sr. Mr. Henry L. Worthy

Class of 1979 Mr. Wade H. Brannon Jr. Mr. Jeffery K. Brooks Mrs. Allison Hunter Brooks Mrs. Eva Marie Kelley Burns Mrs. Susan Hine Duke Mr. Scott Easterwood Mrs. Virginia Johnson Guth Mr. Henry P. Linginfelter Mr. Tony D. Massing Mr. John M. Nixon Sr. Mrs. Linda Grizzard Owens Mrs. Retta Vance Poynter Mr. James J. Wilson III Class of 1980 Mr. Joseph R. Blanchard Mr. Don L. Deal Jr. Mrs. Rosa Ledbetter Kelley Mrs. Katherine Harvey Kenum Mr. Bradley C. Skidmore Mrs. Ann Marie Mullen Tillery Mr. Joseph R. Watters Ms. Alice F. Yurke Class of 1981 Mr. Clinton G. Hubbard Dr. James H. Hudson Jr. Mr. John H. Irby Mr. James W. Johnson Mr. Thomas Reese Sr. Class of 1982 Ronald D. Dempsey Mrs. Katharine French Flory D. Daniel M. Garrett Mrs. Ruth Moyers Hallman Dr. John K. Hudson Mr. Dwight N. Hutchins Mr. Layton Roberts Mr. Charles S. Williams Jr. Class of 1983 Mr. Cooper C. Crawford Mr. Steven M. Earle Mr. W. Byron Hurley Mrs. Katherine Persons Kelly Mr. William C. Mizell Mrs. Carter Rose Stone Mr. Edwin C. Watters Class of 1984 Ms. Elizabeth A. Corum Mrs. Madge Brown Crawford Mrs. Mary Kate Vick Fuller Ms. Mary Bryant Garnand Ms. Julia Ward Hamilton Mr. David B. Ivester

Class of 1986 Mr. Jeffrey W. Chambers Dr. Scott A. Edwards Mr. Edward C. Gardner Mrs. Patricia L. Hubbard Ms. Sallie T. Ransom Mr. James F. Short Mrs. Christa Lowe Welborn Mr. Harold W. Wyatt III Class of 1987 Mr. Stephen H. Brewster Sr. Mr. Carter R. Clark Mr. Louie R. Dempsey Jr. Mr. Kevin C. Evans Mr. J. Kevin Ivester Mr. J. Kyle Ivester Mr. E. Bedell James III Mrs. Christine Roberts Morgan Mr. Timothy D. Morgan Mrs. Kimberly Murphy Moseley Mr. Thomas F. Muller Mrs. Elizabeth Hackett Pride Mrs. Elizabeth Bagby Smith Mr. Andrew Y. White Class of 1988 Mrs. Hope Hager Boyd Mr. D. Brooke Brinson *Mr. William E. Carroll III Mrs. Kim Lathbury Clontz Mr. Bryan K. Clontz Ms. Paige Collier Mr. David D. Harvey III Mr. James P. Hazelrigs Mr. Robert L. Keith Mr. David D. Ledbetter Ms. Kimberly B. McCoy Mrs. Kaatje Pels Morris Mr. Enryk E. O’Callaghan Mr. Timothy R. Ortman Mr. John Frank Rosenblum Ms. Deborah L. Ryan Mrs. Paula Lyon Womack Class of 1989 Mr. Mark E. Brewster Mrs. Anne Dorough Green Mr. Lee J. Hark Mrs. Rachel Gross Langley Mrs. Katherine Cooper Liley Mrs. Edley Womack Ortman Mr. Elbert J. Roberson Mrs. Holly Dudley Shadday Class of 1990 *Mr. William R. Enloe Mrs. Brooke Otwell Halverson Mr. H. Kirk Hargett Mr. Jason H. Jones Mrs. Jodi Rhodes Jones Dr. Alden Maier Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Neville Martin

Mrs. Lucy Bethell Reynolds Mr. Chad P. Sharp Mr. Charles C. Shaw Jr. Mrs. Tasha Reese Shaw Mr. H. Carey Snider III Mrs. Stefanie Russell Taylor Mr. William B. Temple Mrs. Camille Schroeder Temple Class of 1991 Mr. William R. Atkinson III Mr. Wright W. Bagby III Mr. Burt G. Bagley Mr. Patrick C. Cash Sr. Mrs. Stephanie Denney Dunton Mrs. Nicole Idnani Julian Class of 1992 Mr. Robert D. Alford Mrs. Holly Ford Baer Mrs. Natalie A. Burnand Ms. Smita R. Donthamsetty Mr. Jason M. Haney Mrs. Annabelle Jordan Hubbell Mrs. Cheryl Keith Mr. Scott T. Lothmann Mr. Ryan Stanton Murphy Mr. William T. Neville Mr. Jeffrey E. Snider Mrs. Claire Drummond Strowd Class of 1993 Mr. Kent E. Capps Mrs. Elizabeth Husser Creech Mr. Kareem S. Elkhatib Mrs. Kathryn Hatch Hollingsworth Mr. Benjamin J. Levy Mrs. Mildred A. Raynor Mr. Lee M. Walker Mr. Scott Whitworth Mr. J. Alan Zachry Class of 1994 Mrs. Lauren Payne Brewster Mrs. Lacy Keef Clack Mr. C. Gaines Dempsey Mrs. Amy Holmes Dempsey Mr. T. Alexander Ezell III Mr. Michael J. Hudson Mrs. Natalie Berry Murphy Mr. Frank G. Pratt III Ms. Christina D. Robertson Mr. Mark A. Rogers

Ms. Leigh Peace Shepard Mr. Jon M. Wade Mrs. Erika N. White-Jones

Mrs. Margaret Jane Courtney Willoughby Mrs. Amanda Millinor Wood 2nd Lt. Kevin J. Wood

Class of 1995 Mrs. Anna Lowden Averyt Mrs. Danielle Joyce Ezell Mr. Charles Hight III Mrs. Manal Khatib Mr. Scott W. Morris Dr. Leverett C. Neville Mrs. Calista Harden Smith Dr. Tselane P. Ware

Class of 1998 Dr. Valerie Woods Ambrose Mrs. Regan Maki Couch Mr. A. Lee Donahue IV Mr. Lindsey D. Evans Dr. Charles F. Jackson III Dr. Cline T. Jackson Sr. Mr. W. Jordan Knight Dr. Robert B. Lindsley Ms. Kimberly R. Parnell Mrs. Berry Lowden Perkins Mrs. Elizabeth Hight Richie Mrs. Mary Kelly Steeves Mr. Joseph I. Swedish Mrs. Rachel Rice Turner

Class of 1996 Mr. James H. Booker III Mr. Robert Day Dr. Supriya R. Donthamsetty Ms. Kenley Maner Hostetter Ms. Brooke Walker Irby Mrs. Sarah Carwell Jackson *Mrs. Nancy Martin Koen Mrs. Leah Waits Lambert Mrs. Mary Hight Sawhill Mr. Matthew T. Sawhill Mr. Jonathan E. Selig Mrs. Mary Katherine Husser Simmons Mr. John F. Sisley IV Ms. C. Ashley Wright Mrs. Amanda Watson Zelenak Class of 1997 Mrs. Heather Bowman Ms. Jennifer Bruner Brookins Mr. J. Michael Burton Mrs. Laura Collier Darnell Mrs. Kendall Collins Duggan Mr. David D. Hatch Mrs. Megan Cox Henry Mr. J. Ryan Jones Mr. Samuel L. Lucas Mrs. Julie Wilson Lucas Mrs. Holly Hagge McHaggee Mrs. Virginia Smith Parrino Mr. Andrew B. Saville Jr. Mr. Winburn E. Stewart III Dr. Neely Davis Thornton Mr. Michael L. Van Cise Ms. Emily K. Wagner Mr. Joseph T. Watters III Mrs. Megan Gates Watters

Class of 1999 Mrs. Amanda Dye Arnold Mr. Sean R. Atkins Mrs. Emily Conrad Beaver Mrs. Carolyn Seigler Brearley Ms. Katherine Gates Farrar Mrs. Lindsey Mann Field Ms. M. Claire Ginn Mrs. Marie Hodge Gordon Mr. Michael B. Gordon Ms. M. Magdalen Hackett Mr. J. Daniel Hanks III Mr. Jonathan W. Harris Ms. Ivelyn B. Harrison Mr. Robert P. Hortman Jr. Mr. John Scott Husser Jr. Mr. Harry Johnson IV Mr. Todd H. Lindsey Mrs. Reagen Lowrey Lozar Mr. Christopher B. Motley Mrs. A. Kennedy Penn-O’Toole Mr. T. Blake Segars Mr. Jonathan M. Sparks Ms. Jennie Hutchins Wright Ms. Emi Yamada Mr. William P. Young Class of 2000 Mrs. Kathleen Clawson Allan Mr. R. Allen Babcock Jr. Mr. Benjamin H. Bagley

Ragan Endowment Fund for Morris Chapel Est. in 2019 “In the desire to show my appreciation in some tangible way for all that Darlington has meant to me, the chapel and its activities were foremost in my thoughts. Hopefully the endowment will grow larger over the years and become a means to support attracting noteworthy guest speakers, student programs and other important events that enrich the Christian principles of Darlington School, its students and faculty.”

- Bob Ragan (’57)

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Community News Mr. Blake Cescutti Dr. Z. Luke Farmer Dr. Raul S. Gonzalez Mrs. Maury Stegall Hitchcock Mr. C. Vann Knight Mrs. Jennifer Poley Mason Mrs. Amanda Mize Mr. Jonathan Stitt Mr. William L. Thuston Jr. Mr. J. Skye Wellesley Mrs. Elizabeth Mooney Wellesley Class of 2001 Dr. Omar S. Ahmed Mr. Sutton Connelly Mrs. Jennifer Crews Davis Mrs. Michelle Ward Deanes Ms. Acquania Gibbs Escarne Mr. Kristopher H. Kim Mrs. Joy Andrew Parks Mr. John M. Seegars Mr. Stephen D. Smith III Dr. Kellen A. Spivey Mrs. Whitney Keene Whittington Ms. Lauren M. Wilson Class of 2002 Mr. Henry H. Alexander Mr. Jason D. Eberhard Mr. Mikala K. Glanton Mrs. Helen Davis Hanavich Mr. W. Jeffreys Hortman Mrs. Tiffany Horton Mr. Christopher R. Jackson Mr. Benjamin H. McElrath Mr. R. Alexander Murray Ms. Sarah J. Rhodes Ms. Annie I. Rosen Dr. Frank D. Stegall Jr. Mrs. Lauren Muller Stone Mr. Robert W. Sturdivant III Mr. Miles G. V. Wellesley Mr. Stephen W. Whatley Class of 2003 Mrs. Ashley Anglin Mr. R. Kent Barber Mrs. Blair Stegall Bowden Mrs. Elizabeth Collier Bruce Mr. Padrick D. Dennis

Mr. J. Griffin Duncan Ms. Jane M. Hortman Mrs. Sarah Ellis Lemons Dr. Laura M. McCord Mrs. Catherine McCoy Miller Ms. Sarah H. Mooney Mrs. Karen Stuenkel Saville Mr. Ryan Somerville Class of 2004 Mrs. Ellen Collier Beasley Ms. Katherine C. Brindell Mrs. C. Neal Brown Mrs. Baldwin Harris Chambless Mr. Jonathan Carl R. Chumbler Mr. Jacob S. Cook Mr. David C. Hoyt Mrs. Whitney Smith Hsu Mr. J. Parrish Owens Mr. Charles S. Seiz Mr. H. Clark Seydel Mr. Brightman S. Thomas Mr. Preston D. Ward Mr. Lawton H. Wilson Class of 2005 Mrs. Mary Kathryn Watters Boston Mrs. Kristi Buice Brigman Mr. Stanton B. Ingram III Ms. Kimberly M. King Mr. J. Ford Knight Jr. Mr. Bradley C. Large Mr. Barton D. Lowrey Mrs. Anne Montgomery Parker Ms. Kristen Holland Rachels Mr. William Richardson Mrs. Lauren Bowling Seeger Mr. Matthew W. Stuenkel Mrs. Mary Rebecca Tidwell Class of 2006 Mr. Parker J. Anderson Mr. S. Collin Doss Ms. Mary Ethridge Ms. Johan A. Gerheim Mr. Wesley M. Henderson Mr. Luke A. Hyder Mr. John M. McCord Jr. Dr. Clark C. McGehee

Ms. Frances E. Monteith Ms. Strom S. Mull Mr. Daniel F. Orthwein Ms. Rachel E. Peller Mrs. Fatema Bandukwala Salehbhai Dr. Taylor R. Smith Mrs. Calley Niblett Stuenkel Ms. Elizabeth A. Sturdivant Mr. T. Oliver York Class of 2007 Mrs. Margot Wallis Barber Mr. Benjamin R. Butler Mr. William S. Cherry IV Mr. Steven R. Y. Chumbler Mr. Cornell Jerome Cypress III Dr. William L. Edwards Mr. Robert M. Gaffney Mr. Jonathan T. Gilreath-Harvey Mrs. Jennifer Ryan Hall Dr. Brett R. Henson Mr. Preston J. Jacobs Dr. Anna Krueger Melnikoff Mrs. Lee Taylor Morris Mr. Benjamin C. Pate Mrs. Christine Doss Perrin Mr. Bradford L. Riddle Mr. Corey L. Roper Ms. Daniela M. Ryan Mr. B. Gregory Thomas Jr. Mrs. Julia D. Thomas Ms. Dorothy S. Vincent Mr. T. West Watters Jr. Mr. Delos Harley Yancey IV Class of 2008 Mr. Patrick L. Collier Mr. Elliot A. Echols Dr. W. McKay Gilliland Jr. Mr. John M. Graham V Mr. Garrett N. Henderson Ms. Elizabeth A. Hortman Mrs. Elizabeth Buice McGehee Mrs. Claire Davis McWhorter Ms. Kelly R. O’Mara Mrs. Katherine Knight Patterson Ms. Brooke Wilkins Mr. Patrick R. Wilson

Class of 2009 Mrs. Lauren McDaniel Chumbler Mr. T. Harrison Douglas Ms. Natalie Maffett Ellis Mr. Tyshawn M. Good Mrs. Elizabeth Kelley Graham Mrs. Kathryn Aldrich Guo Mr. Cleveland N. Jackson Mrs. Abigail Vincent Key Mr. Ian D. McKenzie Mrs. Jessica Moore Russell Mr. E. Connor Somerville Mrs. Lauren Hampton Thompson Mr. Samuel G. Tumlin Class of 2010 Mr. Cole P. Daniel Mrs. Stephanie Thomas Fancher Mrs. Payton Payne Guest Mr. C. Thad Mathis Mr. Robert B. Mull Dr. Beau P. Pollard Mr. Andrew J. White Class of 2011 Mr. Kristopher A. Bryant Mr. Lucas R. Cook Mr. T. Lee Couch Jr. Ms. Madeline E. Duncan Mr. Owen S. Greeson Ms. Anna E. Harris Ms. Chandler D. Holcombe Mr. Lucas M. Jennings Mr. Jackson B. Kelly Mrs. Margaret S. Mathis Ms. Leah C. Mayo Mrs. Margaret Hjort Morin Ms. Anna K. Shea Mr. J. Henderson Stegall IV Mrs. Danielle Baker Wilson Class of 2012 Ms. Rachel N. Christopher Mrs. Kamlyn Andrews DeLoach Mr. Ivy S. Duggan III Mr. Myls Englis Ms. Lindsay K. Evans Ms. Meredith S. Gaffney Mr. Sean T. Healy Mr. Dent Law Ms. Marrissa D. McKoy Ms. Anna Grace Rutledge Newton Mr. Austin K. Spooner Ms. Mary Morgan Yancey Class of 2013 Ms. Bailey E. Brock Ms. Katherine P. Cox Mrs. Terar Everhart Ms. Megan K. Healy Ms. Blair C. Holcombe Mr. William J. Mansfield Ms. Amber Person Ms. Morgan A. Pollard Ms. Mary Evelyn Stegall Ms. C. Camille Temples Ms. Caroline E. Walker Mrs. Madeline G. Welborn

Samuel G. Moss (’63) Endowment Fund Est. in 2021 “A donation to the Class of 1963’s Sam Moss Endowment will help ensure that future generations of Darlington students will have the opportunity to grow and develop into productive citizens under the tutelage of an excellent faculty, just as we did.”

- Tom Harbin (’63)

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Class of 2014 Mr. Jordan T. Beck Ms. Sarah E. Cline Mr. Avery J. Cypress Mr. Lucas M. Greenberg Ms. Chandler E. Johnson Mr. Noah J. Katz Mrs. Sarah Manning Keene Mrs. Mackenzie Burk Kidner Mrs. Callee Anne Manna Peek Mr. Rostam Zafari Class of 2015 Mr. Max R. Berry Ms. Charlotte A. Boyd Ms. Destiny S. Calhoun Sewell

Ms. Kinslee B. Clevenger Ms. Jazlyn M. Green Ms. Hannah G. Harper Mr. Abraham B. Johnson Mr. Murphy W. Kenefick Ms. Nadin M Kosedag Ms. M. Anne Marie McDurmon Mr. Jack H. Wall Ms. Grace Welborn Class of 2016 Ms. Christian M. Baker Ms. Lillian S. Bertelkamp Ms. Abigail M. Cantrell Mr. W. Willingham Crawford Ms. Keara F. Evans Ms. Hollis E. Grigsby Mr. E. Luke Johnson Mr. Patrick W. Kearns Mr. Robert H. Ledbetter III Ms. Hanna Jon Lewis Mr. Vraj T. Patel Mr. Ethan M. Pender Mr. Alexander J. Roberts Mr. William J. Robertson Ms. Emily V. Robertson Ms. Victoria E. Samuels Mr. Jarrett E. Shadday Jr. Mr. Jacob E. Walker Ms. Gracen K. Wilson Class of 2017 Ms. Sara J. Berry Ms. Annalise P. Clevenger Mr. Ethan M. Delashmit Ms. Olivia D. Drake Ms. Katharine W. Flory Mr. Hollis W. Ledbetter Mr. Elijah E. McKoy Ms. Farrin C. Mumpower Ms. Gianna Q. Pieroni Ms. Avery T. Smith Class of 2018 Ms. Jacqueline J. Cline Ms. Caroline B. Cordell Ms. Rosalee J. Kelley Class of 2019 Mr. William K. Gakio Mr. Adam C. Himes Ms. Kathryne E. Ledbetter Mr. Jonathan J. Pieroni Mr. Clayton S. Tillery Mr. Campbell A. Watson Mr. Smith P. Wheeler Class of 2020 Mr. Stuart M. Gakio Miss Veeka M. Malanchuk Miss Anne Scott M. Smith Class of 2021 Mr. Luke E. Lewis Mr. Davis W. Watson Miss Ivy C. Watters Current Parents Mr. and Mrs. Greg Abbott Mr. Jiang Bian and Ms. Yan Ai Mr. and Mrs. Segun Akinola Ajiboye Mr. and Mrs. Keesjan Albers Mr. and Mrs. Brian Allen Mr. and Mrs. B. Christopher Allen Mr. and Mrs. Brant Aaron Amerman Mrs. Mary Ashworth Mr. and Mrs. Rasheed B. Atolagbe Ms. Caroline Aultman Mr. and Mrs. Wright W. Bagby III ’91 Dr. and Mrs. Charles Brandon Baggett Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin H. Bagley ’00 LD ’20 Dr. Wei Xu and Mrs. Haitao Bai Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin D. Baker

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T h a n k Y o u t oC oOmum r uS n u ipt py oNr teewr s Dr. and Mrs. Lee House Baker Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Flynt Barksdale Mr. and Mrs. James Michael Barndt Mr. and Mrs. Cedric O. Battle Mr. Bradley Beauchamp and Dr. Mary Beauchamp Mr. and Mrs. J. Brent Bell Mr. and Mrs. L. Brent Bell LD ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bell Ms. Jenny Bender Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bethel Mrs. JaNae Blackmon Ms. Ann Elise Blatt Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Bogue Mr. Bryant Bolds and Dr. Taiwanna Brown-Bolds Mr. and Mrs. James H. Booker III ’96 LD ’19 Mr. and Mrs. Philip Jay Botwinik Dr. and Mrs. Scott G. Bowerman Mr. and Mrs. E. Kirk Spears ’97 Mr. and Mrs. Morton Boyd ’88 Mr. and Mrs. P. Wayne Boyd Mr. and Mrs. Sam Marks Boykin III Mr. and Mrs. Eric Brasington Mr. and Mrs. David Brearley ’99 Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Brewster ’89 ’94 Mr. and Mrs. D. Brooke Brinson ’88 LD ’14 Dr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Justin A. Bruce ’03 Dr. and Mrs. Lucas N. Butler Mr. Zhuangyong Chen and Mrs. Pearl Cai Mr. Bonny Cao and Mrs. Lifang Wang Mr. and Mrs. Bradley A. Cargle Mr. and Mrs. Dan D. Carlton Dr. and Mrs. A. Kyle Carney Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Cabe Carney Mrs. Suni Hamm Carroll Mr. and Mrs. Patrick C. Cash Sr. ’91 Dr. and Mrs. Garvin L. Chandler Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Chandler Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Chapman Mr. Zhenyu Chen and Ms. Fang Xu Mr. Zhongdong Cheng and Mrs. Jing Wang Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Childers Mr. and Mrs. Carter R. Clark ’87 LD ’17 Mr. and Mrs. W. Mark Cochran Mr. and Mrs. Sutton Connelly ’01 Mr. Davide Lupo Conti and Mrs. Elisa Giannelli Mr. and Mrs. S. Eric Cooper Mr. and Mrs. David L. Corbin Mr. and Mrs. Robert Culpepper Covington Jr. Dr. John A. Cowan Jr. and Dr. Anne R. Cowan Dr. and Mrs. Ryan Cox Mr. and Mrs. Steven Craig Mr. and Mrs. Matt Crane Mr. and Mrs. Hendrick L. Cromartie III ’78 Mr. Brian G. and Dr. Julaine B. Cross Ms. Mayra Cruz Mr. and Mrs. George William Cummings Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Curlee Mr. and Mrs. Christopher A. Daniel Mr. and Mrs. Scott Daniel Ms. Shelley E. Daniel Ms. Rhonda E. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Robert Day ’96 LD ’19 Mr. and Mrs. C. Gaines Dempsey ’94 ’94 Mr. Louie R. Dempsey Jr. ’87 LD ’17

Dwight Hutchins 1973 Scholarship Fund Est. in 2022 “I established this fund in honor of the integration of Darlington and to support the school’s diversity goals – specifically, to help local African-American students with promise who could benefit from the tremendous impact that Darlington can have on their lives, like it did mine.”

- Dwight Hutchins (’82)

Mr. and Mrs. Minesh J. Desai Mr. Kevin and Dr. Melissa S. Dillmon Mr. Jarrod Johnson and Dr. Bridgette Dingle-Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Robert Draper Mr. and Mrs. K. Michael Drobisch Mr. and Mrs. I. Stewart Duggan Jr. ’97 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Patrick Dunagan Dr. and Mrs. Justin M. Dunn Mr. and Mrs. Stefan Eady Ms. Lulie D. Ebaugh Mr. Christopher and Dr. Karen Eberhart Mr. Clay T. and Dr. Nancy A. Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Edwards Mr. Kareem Elkhatib and Mrs. Dana Alsabi Dr. Kent Chastain Ellington Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Ellison Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Enderle Mr. and Mrs. Arnel Enverga Mr. and Mrs. T. Grant Espy Mr. and Ms. Ty Ethridge ’06 Mr. and Mrs. Brantley D. Evans Mr. Lindsey Evans ’98 and Mrs. Tonja Owens Mr. Yong Liu and Mrs. Ying Fan Mr. and Mrs. G. Brian Ferguson Mr. Timothy Tyrell Ferguson Mr. and Mrs. Derek J. Fine Mr. and Ms. Christopher Fix Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Floyd Mr. Brandon Williams and Ms. Ashley Fricks Mr. and Mrs. Philip Fricks Mr. and Mrs. Gregory B. Fuller ’84 Mr. Olin L. Gammage III Mr. Edward Gardner ’86 and Mrs. Paula Bacardi Dr. Rahul Garg and Dr. Ritu Khurana Mr. and Mrs. Andy Garner Mr. and Mrs. Jason W. Garrett Ms. Christy Garrett-McClain Ms. Tierney Gearon Mr. Rodolfo Giotto and Mrs. Marcela Savoy Buscato Mr. and Mrs. Scott W. Greene Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Griesbach Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Grigsby Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Hagler Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Patrick Hall Mr. Along Han and Mrs. Chen Zhu Mr. Heechang Lee and Mrs. Seungwoo Han Mr. and Mrs. Scotty E. Hancock Mr. and Mrs. H. Kirk Hargett ’90

Dr. Gregory E. Harris and Dr. Sonbol Shahid-Salles Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan W. Harris ’99 LD ’22 Mr. and Mrs. Mark Harrison Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hatcher Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Hayes Mr. and Mrs. Alan L. Haynes Jr. Dr. and Mrs. David J. Herren Dr. Carl J. Herring Mr. Javier Hevia and Mrs. Beatriz Rubio Mrs. Julie Higgins Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Hight Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hight III ’95 LD ’22 Dr. and Mrs. M. Paul Holcombe Mr. and Mrs. Justin Blake Holder Mr. and Mrs. William R. Holmes Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. Troy Hopper Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Hortman Jr. ’99 LD ’18 Mr. and Mrs. Sam C. Horton ’02 Mr. and Mrs. David C. Hoyt ’04 Mr. and Mrs. E. Eugene Hughes Mr. and Mrs. P. Kevin Hunt Mr. and Mrs. W. Byron Hurley ’83 Mr. and Mrs. Steven T. Huskey Mr. and Mrs. Brian D. Inman Mr. and Mrs. J. Kevin Ivester ’87 Dr. Charles Jackson III ’98 and Dr. Bethany Jackson Dr. and Mrs. Cline T. Jackson Sr. ’98 Dr. and Mrs. H. Whitney Jennings Ms. Sally Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Jones Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jason S. Jordan Dr. and Mrs. Adam Rustam Karmali Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Keith ’88 ’92 Mr. Ismat Yassin and Mrs. Manal Khatib ’95 Mr. and Mrs. R. Darrin Kines Dr. Robert E. and Dr. Toni P. King Mr. and Mrs. Corey Kinnebrew Mr. and Mrs. Owen M. Kinney Dr. and Mrs. M. Kirk Kizziah Dr. Ben W. and Dr. Mandy C. Knaak Dr. Arman Kosedag Mr. and Mrs. Anton Zigmunt Kunczewski Mr. and Mrs. Jason Lansdell Mr. and Mrs. J. Matthew Larry Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas LeClear Mr. and Mrs. David D. Ledbetter ’88 LD ’20 Mr. and Mrs. E. Wright Ledbetter ’85 LD ’19 Mr. Brendan Leezer and Dr. Kristen H. Leezer Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Lemons ’03

Mr. and Mrs. J. Luke Lester IV ’84 LD ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Chad A. Liddle Dr. and Mrs. Mark D. Lignell Mrs. Shijun Liu Mr. and Mrs. Shannon T. Loy Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Lucas ’97 LD ’13 ’97 Dr. and Mrs. Damus Lufadeju Mr. and Mrs. Kurt A. Luitwieler Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Lundy Ms. B. Kristina Maddux-Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. Jeff L. Mahoney Mr. Charles Martin and Mrs. Jamela Mays-Martin Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey C. Martin ’84 Mr. and Mrs. Alex R. Martinez Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Massey Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Mathews Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin H. McElrath ’02 LD ’15 Mr. and Mrs. Ralph J. McKenzie Mr. and Mrs. John E. McMullan Dr. and Mrs. Chris Merritt Mr. and Mrs. Mark Mettrick Dr. and Mrs. Brandon L. Miller Mr. Kevin Mitchell and Dr. Lucie Mitchell Mr. Brian L. Talley and Mrs. Amanda Faye Mize ’00 Dr. and Mrs. Jonathon Richard Molnar Mr. and Mrs. Shay Lewis Momon Dr. and Mrs. E. Clark Montague Mr. Stephen Brent Moore Mr. Jeremy J. Morris Mr. and Ms. Thornton W. Morris Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. Moseley Sr. ’87 Mr. Samuel G. Moss III ’63 Dr. and Mrs. Matthew P. Mumber Mr. and Mrs. Ryan S. Murphy ’92 ’94 Mr. and Mrs. Bruce A. Nadu Dr. and Dr. Michael Natarella Mr. and Mrs. Matthew D. Nolin Dr. and Mrs. J Norris Mr. Luis Alberto Ogarrio Kalb and Mrs. Yvette Velez Mr. and Mrs. Ajibola Olajide Mr. and Mrs. Rafal Paluch Dr. and Mrs. Darshak Pandya Mr. and Ms. Terry Ray Parker Dr. and Mrs. Cyrus J. Parsa Mr. and Mrs. Alpesh N. Patel Mr. and Mrs. Bhavesh Patel Mr. and Mrs. Chirag A. Patel Dr. and Mrs. Himanshu Patel Mr. and Mrs. Jigar Patel Dr. and Mrs. Michael K. Paxten

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Peer Mr. Jian Peng and Mrs. Li Tian Mr. and Mrs. Lon Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pettit Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan Pewitt Dr. and Mrs. Kevin Daniel Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Harry S. Pierce Mr. and Mrs. Phillip S. Pilgrim Mr. and Mrs. Jose Rovilson R. Pinto Mr. Joseph Pitts Mr. and Mrs. William Joseph Powers Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery Allen Prior Ms. Beth E. Pruitt-Hall Mr. David Prusakowski Mr. John Quandt and Dr. Mary Quandt Mr. and Mrs. William H. Rachels Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Ratledge Mr. and Mrs. Tyler D. Reed Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Reese Sr. ’81 Dr. and Mrs. Rayburn Rego Mr. and Mrs. William Richardson ’05 LD ’16 Mr. and Mrs. Brian J. Richie ’98 LD ’18 Mr. and Mrs. Warren A. Rigas ’75 Mr. and Mrs. David E. Roberts Mr. Layton Roberts ’82 LD ’15 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Albert Rodney Mr. and Mrs. J. Keith Rogers Mr. Jose Antonio Romano Fernandez del Valle and Mrs. Adriana Vega Montano Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Rush Ms. Denise Rushing Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan A. Russell ’09 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Sabourin Mr. and Mrs. Jason Sanker Mr. and Mrs. Andrew B. Saville Jr. ’97 ’03 Mr. Alan Saye and Dr. Lisa Saye ’85 Dr. and Mrs. J. Ryland Scott Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Segura Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Seiz ’04 Mr. and Mrs. Jarrett E. Shadday Sr. ’85 LD ’18 ’89 Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Shaw Jr. ’90 ’90 Mr. Qiang Cui and Mrs. Ping Shen Mr. and Ms. F. Martin Shepard ’94 Mr. and Mrs. Bryan James Shirley Mr. C. Andrew Shropshire Sr. Mr. and Mrs. George E. Shropshire III Ms. Jennifer K. Sikes Mr. and Mrs. Marc J. Sklar Ms. Shanika R. Skonieczny

*indicates deceased Fall 2022

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Tiffany & Scott Bowerman Est. in 2020 “At Darlington, students are equipped with the resources to find their strengths in the classroom regardless of learning style or challenges. They are also given room to grow and explore what they are passionate about outside the classroom. We are so grateful for the opportunities that have been afforded our son as a Darlington student and want as many other children as possible in our community to have those same opportunities.”

- Tiffany Bowerman Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Randall M. Smith Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Smith III ’01 Mr. and Mrs. Tye D. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Smyly Mr. and Mrs. R. Hyun Soo Song ’85 Mr. and Mrs. Seth S. Sorrells Mr. and Mrs. Georgi Spasov Mr. and Mrs. Brian C. Spears Mr. and Mrs. Steve Spence Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Steeves ’98 LD ’12 Dr. and Mrs. Frank D. Stegall Jr. ’02 LD ’22 Mr. Brent L. Stepp Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Stitt ’00 Mr. and Mrs. Ryals D. Stone ’02 Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Louis Strack Mr. and Mrs Robert W. Sturdivant III ’02 Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sukhanath Mr. and Mrs. Wesley C. Swancy Mr. James R. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. William B. Temple ’90 LD ’15 ’90 LD ’18 Mr. J. Chad Terry Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Thoem Mr. and Mrs. Rachata Tippayapaphanupap Mr. Ronald E. Toussaint Mr. and Ms. Christopher Traylor Mr. and Mrs. Mark V. Tunnell Mr. and Mrs. Christopher P. Twyman Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Thomas Valancius Mr. and Mrs. Trenton Wade Mr. and Mrs. Jon M. Wade ’94 Ms. Rebekah A. Waller Mr. Kai Wang and Mrs. Lan Xu Mr. Yonggang Sheng and Mrs. Lan Sheng Dr. and Mrs. Anthony Warden Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Wardlaw Mr. and Mrs. Jeff M. Waters Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Watters III ’97 ’97 Ms. Carrie Elaine Watterson Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Weekley Mr. Jianfeng Wei and Mrs. Xiaoqian Chen Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Welborn Sr. ’85 ’86 Mr. and Mrs. J. Skye Wellesley ’00 LD ’14 ’00

Mr. and Mrs. Nathan C. West Mr. and Mrs. Travis Charles Wheat Mr. Marcus Jones Sr. and Ms. Erika White-Jones ’94 Mr. and Mrs. Jared L. Willerson Dr. and Mrs. David Bailey Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Womack ’88 LD ’22 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Wood Mr. and Mrs. J. Tyler Wood Mr. and Mrs. Chadrick E. Woods Mr. and Mrs. Steven Patrick Worsham Mr. and Mrs. Timothy S. Wright Mrs. Yujun Xia Mr. Jun Yao Mr. Shizheng Ye and Mrs. Chunqin Yu Mr. and Mrs. Michal Zelenak ’96 Mr. Weifu Zhang and Mrs. Haizhen Zhou Mr. Yong Zhou and Ms. Fang Yao Ms. Hanping Zhu Faculty and Staff Mrs. Stacy Albers Mr. B. Christopher Allen Mrs. M. Catherine Atha Mr. Thomas F. Atha Sr. Mrs. Christie M. Atkins Mrs. Jennifer Willingham Bagby Ms. Laura Baggett Mrs. M. Cristina Baldwin Mr. Andrew B. Beckman Mr. J. Brent Bell Mrs. Kimberly Bell Mrs. Kristen B. Bell Mr. L. Brent Bell LD ’14 Mr. Paul Bell Mrs. Misty Boling Mrs. Carolyn Seigler Brearley ’99 Ms. Ivy H. Brewer Mrs. Tori R. Brown Mrs. Elizabeth Collier Bruce ’03 Mr. Justin A. Bruce Mrs. Ann M. Camp Mr. Samuel Clark Ms. Mary Elizabeth Cline Mr. Patrick L. Collier ’08 Mr. John E. Cox Mrs. Madge Brown Crawford ’84 Ms. Chandler Cryer Mr. Avery J. Cypress ’14, LD ’20

Ms. Shelley E. Daniel Mrs. Jody C. Deaton Ms. Madeline E. A. Duncan ’11 Mrs. Caroline A. Eady Mr. Stefan Eady Mr. Christopher Eberhart Mr. Matthew Enderle Mrs. Rebecca Enderle Mrs. Ashley Evans Mr. Brant D. Evans Mrs. Terar Everhart ’13 Mrs. Natalie L. Ferguson Mr. Derek J. Fine Mrs. Julie D. Fine Mrs. Leslie Anne Finley ’85 Mr. Charles B. Flaherty Ms. Madeline Fox Mrs. Kristy A. Garrett Mrs. Chloe Garth-Fielder Mrs. Cindy A. Gordon Mr. Scott W. Greene Mrs. Tonya S. Greene Mrs. Julie W. Grigsby Mrs. Payton Payne Guest ’10 Mr. Edward Guth Mrs. Virginia Johnson Guth ’79, LD ’20 Ms. Leigh Hadaway Mr. M. Douglas Hamil Ms. Anna E. Harris ’11 Mr. Damon Harvey Mrs. Kim Hawkins Mrs. Jaclyn H. Haynes Ms. Kayla A. Heflin Mrs. Allison C. Holst Mr. Michael J. Hudson ’94, LD ’18 Ms. Christine R. Hughes Mr. Patrick K. Hunt Mr. Brian D. Inman Mrs. Tara K. Inman Mr. J. Kevin Ivester ’87 Mrs. Michael H. Jacobs Mrs. Alexandra Trahan Johnson Mrs. Hope A. Jones Mrs. Molly F. Jordan Ms. Tannika King Dr. Toni P. King Mr. Owen M. Kinney Mrs. Rebekah A. Kinney Ms. Christina Kopp Mrs. Barbara Kuckhoff

Mr. J. Matthew Larry Mr. Brendan C. Leezer Mr. Chad A. Liddle Mrs. Darcy D. Liddle Mr. Andrew Lopez Mrs. Kay A. Lowe Mrs. Lauren M. Loy Mrs. Julie Wilson Lucas ’97 Mrs. Jennifer E. Luitwieler Mr. Kurt A. Luitwieler Mr. Timothy Mallory Mr. Alex R. Martinez Mrs. Jamie L. Massey Mr. Stephen D. McConnell Mr. B. Kelly McDurmon Ms. M. Anne Marie McDurmon ’15 Ms. Tracey McKemie Ms. Kathryn J. Merritt Mr. Samuel G. Moss III ’63 Ms. Strom S. Mull ’06, LD ’12 Mr. Noah Murphy Dr. Michael Natarella Mr. Matthew D. Nolin Mrs. Rebecca Nolin Mrs. Kathryn W. O’Mara Mr. Allen Reid Owens Mrs. Taylor M. Owens Mrs. Monisha Patel Mrs. Wendy L. Payne Mrs. Jessica Peer Mr. Matthew Peer Ms. Paige Peppers Hamil Mrs. Angela T. Pieroni Mr. Joseph Pitts Ms. Elizabeth W. Pollard Mr. Dean Ratledge Mr. Carson M. Raymond Mrs. C. Paige Rogers Mrs. Jennifer Rundles Mrs. Samantha L. Rush Mr. Alan B. Shorey Ms. Jennifer K. Sikes Mrs. Elizabeth Bagby Smith ’87, LD ’12 Mr. Randall M. Smith Sr. Mrs. Melissa M. Smyly Mr. Charles H. Steeves Mrs. Kristin Sukhanath Mrs. Jenifer Thoem Mrs. Julia D. Thomas ’07, LD ’15 Mrs. Kimberly H. Tunnell

Mr. Mark V. Tunnell Mrs. Vicki S. Vincent Ms. Jordan Walker Ms. Kaitlin M. Ward Mrs. Beth Wardlaw Ms. Carrie Elaine Watterson Mr. Nathan C West Mrs. Erika N. White-Jones ’94 Mr. Jared L. Willerson Mrs. Rebecca A. Wood Mr. Chadrick E. Woods Mrs. Lindsay H. Woods Mrs. Bethany Zazzaro Grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Allen Mr. and Mrs. Wright W. Bagby Jr. ’63 LD ’12 Mr. W. Frank Barron Jr. ’48 Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Bell Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Bouton Mr. and Mrs. Morton Boyd Dr. and Mrs. Edward W. Brewster Jr. ’61 Mr. and Mrs. R. Michael Burnes Mr. and Mrs. William E. Carroll Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Clift Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Covington ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Daly II Mr. L. Ray Dempsey ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Denny Jr. ’48 Mr. and Mrs. Larry W. Dooley Ms. Jo Anne B. Dulaney Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Ferguson Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Fuller Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. Russell Gates Dr. and Mrs. Peter G. Gilbert ’57 Dr. Buford Harbin ’63 Mrs. Barbara Jan Harrison Mr. and Mrs. David D. Harvey ’54 Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Hight Jr. ’67 Mrs. Joan H. Hill Mr. Edward West Hine Jr. ’70 Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Hortman ’72 Mr. and Mrs. James H. Hudson Sr. Dr. and Mrs. J. Barney Hunter ’54 Mr. and Mrs. William F. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. William H. Jordan ’54 Mr. and Mrs. Larry P. Kellogg Mrs. Frances Knight Mr. and Mrs. Larry Kuglar Ms. Sylvia B. Lanier Mrs. Betty Wright Ledbetter Dr. and Mrs. John A. Liddle Mrs. Kay A. Lowe Mr. and Mrs. Roger C. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Wesley A. Martin Mrs. Madge McCown Mr. and Mrs. Jackson D. Morgan ’45 Mr. and Mrs. W. Fairfax Mullen Mr. and Mrs. Don Pirkle Mr. and Mrs. E. Dean Saville Jr. ’69T LD ’18 Mrs. Jody Selman Mr. and Mrs. David L. Shuford Mr. and Mrs. David E. Slappey Dr. and Mrs. Frank D. Stegall Sr. ’62 Dr. Jo H. Stegall Jr. ’51 Ms. Vivian S. Stitt Mr. and Mrs. Kurt M. Stuenkel The Rev. Anne E. Swiedler Mr. and Mrs. Brooke J. Temple Mr. and Mrs. Roger H. Tillery Mrs. Priscilla J. Tunnell Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Waters Mr. and Mrs. Marti Watkins

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Class of ’71 Reunion Fund Est. in 2022 "The Class of 1971 established this endowment fund to honor our 50th reunion, to build on the legacy of both Thornwood and Darlington, and to make a lasting gift that will help make it possible for future generations to benefit from a Darlington education."

- Elaine (Hackett) Smith (’71T, LD ’18)

Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Watters Jr. ’72 ’72T LD ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Lowell R. Wilkins Ms. Linda Williams Mr. and Mrs. Milton L. Wood Parents of Alumni Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Troy Alcott Mr. and Mrs. B. Christopher Allen Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Andrew Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Atha Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan M. Atkins Mr. and Mrs. Rasheed B. Atolagbe Mrs. Martha Avery Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Ayala Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Wright W. Bagby Jr. ’63 LD ’12 Mrs. Beth H. Baker Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Baldwin Mr. Ronald Banford and Mrs. Suzanne A. Beckles Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Barfield Mr. and Mrs. Kerry J. Barnett Mr. Alfred L. Barron Jr. ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Barron Sr. ’64 ’68T Mr. W. Frank Barron Jr. ’48 Mrs. Mary McCamy Beachum ’63T Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Berry ’64 Dr. and Mrs. C. Thomas Bevill III Ms. Diane Black Mr. Randall S. Booker ’60 Dr. and Mrs. George A. Bosworth ’65 ’71T Mr. and Mrs. Philip Jay Botwinik Mr. and Mrs. P. Wayne Boyd Mr. and Mrs. William M. Bradley ’74 Ms. Ivy H. Brewer

Fall 2022

Dr. and Mrs. Edward W. Brewster Jr. ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Brewster ’89 ’94 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Brewster Sr. ’87 LD ’18 Mr. and Mrs. William F. Brewster ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brock Mr. and Mrs. John G. Brock ’63 LD ’17 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery K. Brooks ’79 ’79 LD ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Brown Jr. ’66 Mr. and Mrs. H. Shol Brown III ’75 Dr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Buice ’76 Mr. and Mrs. R. Michael Burnes Mrs. Eva Marie Kelley Burns ’79

Mr. and Mrs. E. Rhett Butler Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Steven J. Butler Mr. and Mrs. James T. Byars ’71 ’72T Mr. and Mrs. William G. Camp Mr. and Mrs. Anthony M. Cantrell ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Dan D. Carlton Mr. and Mrs. William E. Carroll Jr. Dr. and Mrs. H. McCreal Chapman Mr. and Mrs. Carter R. Clark ’87 LD ’17 Ms. Mary E. Cline Ms. Paige Collier ’88 Mr. and Mrs. Lynn B. Collier Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Conrad Mr. and Mrs. David L. Corbin Mr. and Mrs. H. Lindsey Cordell III Mrs. Charlene Covington Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Cox Mr. and Mrs. Cooper C. Crawford ’83 ’84 Mr. and Mrs. Houston L. Crumpler Jr. ’62 The Rev. and Mrs. Ronald Culpepper Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Curlee Mr. and Mrs. C. William Daniel ’59 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher A. Daniel Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth F. Davis ’69 ’70T Dr. Robert and Dr. Melissa Davis Mr. and Mrs. Robert Day ’96 LD ’19 Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Deaton Dr. and Mrs. John DeLoach Jr. Mr. L. Ray Dempsey ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Minesh J. Desai Mr. and Mrs. James H. Dillard II ’53 Mr. Kevin and Dr. Melissa S. Dillmon Mr. and Mrs. Terry Dollar ’68T LD ’17 Dr. and Mrs. Appa R. Donthamsetty Mr. and Mrs. Larry W. Dooley Mr. D. Kevin Dougherty Ms. Patsy R. Douglas Mr. and Mrs. I. Stewart Duggan Jr. ’97 Ms. Jo Anne B. Dulaney Mr. Jerry M. Dunwoody ’53 Mr. and Mrs. Stefan Eady Mr. and Mrs. Byron L. Eberhart Jr. Mr. Clay T. and Dr. Nancy A. Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Ellison Mr. and Mrs. T. Grant Espy Mr. and Mrs. Kevin C. Evans ’87 LD ’14 Mr. James E. Farish Jr. Dr. J. Paul Ferguson

Dr. Jayson and Dr. Katherine Fields Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Finley ’85 Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Finnell III Mr. Charles B. and Dr. Greta D. Flaherty Dr. Lewis M. Flint Jr. ’58 Mr. and Mrs. John D. Flory ’82 Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Floyd Mr. James A. Ford ’54 Mr. William H. Ford Jr. ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Foss Jr. ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Philip Fricks Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gaffney Mr. Edward Gardner ’86 and Mrs. Paula Bacardi Mr. and Mrs. Jason W. Garrett Ms. Yolanda Garrett-Hull Mr. and Mrs. J. Russell Gates Dr. and Mrs. Peter G. Gilbert ’57 Mr. and Mrs. William M. Gilliland ’76 Mr. and Mrs. J. Lewis Glenn ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Gregory R. Glover ’78 Dr. and Mrs. Neil E. Gordon Mr. and Mrs. Scott W. Greene Mrs. Deborah Brice Greeson ’72 T Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd H. Griffin III ’61 ’65T Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Hagler Dr. and Mrs. J. Daniel Hanks Jr. ’61 LD ’12 ’62T LD ’12 Dr. and Mrs. Bannester L. Harbin Jr. ’55 Dr. Buford Harbin ’63 Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Harbin ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Huell T. Hargett Mr. and Mrs. Andrew W. Harper Mrs. Barbara Jan Harrison Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Harrison ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Mark Harrison Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Harrison Mr. and Mrs. William B. Harrison Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David D. Harvey ’54 Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hawkins Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Hayes Mrs. Wanda M. Henson Dr. Carl J. Herring Mr. Lyons J. Heyman ’44 Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Hight Jr. ’67 Mr. Gordon Lee Hight II ’62 LD ’17 Mr. and Mrs. John P. Hine ’53 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald P. Hogan Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Hortman ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Clinton G. Hubbard ’81 Mr. and Mrs. James H. Hudson Sr. Dr. and Mrs. James H. Hudson Jr. ’81

Mr. and Mrs. William M. Huffman Jr. ’67 Ms. Christine R. Hughes Mr. and Mrs. P. Kevin Hunt Mr. and Mrs. James B. Hunter Jr. ’75 Dr. and Mrs. J. Barney Hunter ’54 Mr. and Mrs. W. Byron Hurley ’83 Mr. and Mrs. Brian D. Inman Mr. John Izard Jr. ’77 Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Jackson Jr. ’73T Mr. and Mrs. Harry Johnson III ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Scott R. Johnston Jr. ’69 Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Jones Jr. Mr. Herb C. Jones Mr. and Mrs. William H. Jordan ’54 Dr. and Mrs. P. David Kearns Mr. and Mrs. James M. Kelley III ’74 LD ’17 ’80 Mr. and Mrs. William A. Kelly Jr. ’71 ’72T LD ’12 Mr. Ismat Yassin and Mrs. Manal Khatib ’95 Mr. and Mrs. Owen M. Kinney Dr. and Mrs. John S. Kirkland Jr. ’62 Mrs. Frances Knight Mr. and Mrs. David Koehler Dr. Arman Kosedag Mrs. Barbara Kuckhoff Ms. Sylvia B. Lanier Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Ledbetter Jr. ’84 Mr. and Mrs. J. Luke Lester IV ’84 LD ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Gerald M. Lester ’52 Mr. and Mrs. Jon K. Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Chad A. Liddle Mrs. Kay A. Lowe Mr. and Mrs. Kurt A. Luitwieler Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. MacKimm Mr. and Mrs. Roger C. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Wesley A. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Massey Mr. and Mrs. Fountain H. May Jr. ’64 Mr. and Mrs. James P. McCallie Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. McConnell Dr. John M. McCord Sr. ’69 Mr. and Mrs. B. Kelly McDurmon Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Melton Mr. and Mrs. Jerry L. Minge ’53 Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Minshew Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Montgomery ’78 Mrs. Jacquelyn B. Mooney Mrs. Hugh T. Moore Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy D. Morgan ’87 LD ’17 ’87 LD ’19

The Betsy & Gordon Neville Faculty Award Est. in 2021 “My brothers and I created this fund to honor our parents’ 44 years of service to Darlington and to recognize members of the community who have dedicated at least 25 years of their lives to the school. It says a lot about the goodness of an institution when people choose to dig in and really make it an integral part of their life.”

- Mary Elizabeth (Neville) Martin (’90)

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The Penn Family Fund Est. in 2021 “Three generations of the Penn family have been fortunate enough to attend Darlington, and the experience has instilled a set of values that we carry with us daily. Hopefully, this fund will provide a deserving student that same opportunity to attend Darlington and to go on to make a difference.”

- Ed Penn Jr. (’66) & Tom Penn (’67)

Mr. and Ms. Thornton W. Morris Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Chason L. Mull ’78 ’78 Mr. and Mrs. W. Fairfax Mullen Dr. and Mrs. Matthew P. Mumber Mrs. Alice D. Munchak Mr. and Mrs. Bruce A. Nadu Mr. and Mrs. John T. Newton Jr. ’64 Dr. and Mrs. J Norris Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. O’Mara Mr. and Mrs. James A. Owens ’79 Dr. and Mrs. Daniel D. Pate III ’76 LD ’13 Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Nevin Patton III ’61 Mr. and Mrs. George R. Payne Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Hugh C. Peacock Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Hall T. Penn ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Harry S. Pierce Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Pieroni Mr. and Mrs. Jose Rovilson R. Pinto Ms. Elizabeth W. Pollard Mr. and Mrs. David L. Powell Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O. Powell Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Powers ’71 Ms. Beth E. Pruitt-Hall Mr. David Prusakowski Mr. and Mrs. William H. Rachels Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. Neely Raper Mr. and Mrs. Dean Ratledge Mr. and Mrs. Tyler D. Reed The Rev. and Mrs. Douglas E. Remer Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Richardson ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Warren A. Rigas ’75 Mr. and Mrs. David E. Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Brenton J. Robertson Mr. and Mrs. J. Keith Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Rudert ’60 Mr. and Mrs. William Rudolf Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Sabourin Mr. and Mrs. E. Dean Saville Jr. ’69T LD ’18

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Mr. Vernon H. Scarborough Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Schrimsher Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Seigler Jr. Mrs. Jody Selman Mr. and Mrs. David M. Sewell ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Jarrett E. Shadday Sr. ’85 LD ’18 ’89 Mr. and Mrs. Jerry P. Sharp Mr. and Mrs. Alan B. Shorey Mr. and Mrs. Marc J. Sklar Ms. Shanika R. Skonieczny Mr. and Mrs. Todd Sledge Ms. Cristina D Smith ’78 Mr. and Mrs. E. Willingham Smith III ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Scott M. Smith ’87 LD ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Randall M. Smith Sr. Mr. and Mrs. S. David Smith Jr. ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Wright W. Smith ’70 ’71T LD ’18 Mr. and Mrs. William F. Sparks Mr. and Mrs. Steve Spence Mr. and Mrs. Eric Spyra Dr. Jo H. Stegall Jr. ’51 Mr. Brent L. Stepp Ms. Vivian S. Stitt Mr. and Mrs. W. Frank Stuckey Jr. ’75 ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Kurt M. Stuenkel Ms. Elizabeth Birdsong Summer ’76 Dr. Randolph P. Sumner ’75 and Dr. Susan M. Butler-Sumner Mr. and Mrs. William B. Temple ’90 LD ’15 ’90 LD ’18 Mr. and Mrs. W. Lee Thuston ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Scott Tillery ’80 LD ’17 Mr. and Mrs. Roger H. Tillery Dr. and Mrs. W. Larry Tucker ’75 LD ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Mark V. Tunnell Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy P. Vincent Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Wade

Mr. John W. Walker Mrs. Deana M. Wallace Mr. and Mrs. Timothy R. Wallis ’69 Dr. and Mrs. Anthony Warden Lt. Col. John R. Ware II Mrs. Nancy Ware Mr. and Mrs. Edwin C. Watters ’83 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Watters ’80 Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Watters Jr. ’72 ’72T LD ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wayt Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Welborn Sr. ’85 ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Lynn E. Whatley ’67 LD ’15 Dr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Wilhoite ’73 Mr. and Mrs. Lowell R. Wilkins Mr. and Mrs. Jared L. Willerson Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Williams Jr. ’82 Mr. and Mrs. William E. Wofford ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Cecil B. Wright III ’69 Mr. Delos H. Yancey Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Delos H. Yancey III ’77 Mr. Zhao Yan and Mrs. Bin Yu Mr. and Mrs. James H. Zachry ’65 Mrs. Bethany Zazzaro Mr. and Mrs. Michal Zelenak ’96 LD ’19 Friends Ms. Haley Allison Mr. and Mrs. Harris Bagley Ms. Sidney W. Boozer Ms. Holly Dalferes Mr. and Mrs. Douglas DiRuggiero Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Ebersole Ms. Alicia Fischer Mrs. Carmento Floyd Mr. Nick Giordano Mr. and Mrs. Jon Gravitt Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Haarlow Ms. Anne D. Hopkins Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Hudson

Mrs. F. Frederick Kennedy, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. Richard Martin Mr. and Mrs. Clyde McDonald Mrs. Hugh T. Moore Sr. Mrs. Alice D. Munchak Ms. Judy Newman Mr. Alan Newton Mr. Dave Roberson Mrs. Jody Selman Dr. Joe Vargo Mrs. Wadleigh C. Winship AmazonSmile Foundation Coosa Valley Tennis Association Inc. Darlington Memorial Fund Donthamsetty Family Foundation Inc. Flik Independent Schools The Garner Foundation, Inc. Greater Community Bank Heyman Family Foundation A. W. Ledbetter Foundation Rome Orthopaedic Center PC State Mutual Insurance Co. Trotter Foundation Inc. Wadleigh C. Winship Charitable Fund Capital & Endowment Gifts Mr. and Mrs. Claude F. Allen ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Stuart J. Alston ’63 Mrs. Martha Avery Mr. and Mrs. Wright W. Bagby Jr. ’63 LD ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Harris Bagley Mr. and Mrs. William A. Banks Mr. Alfred L. Barron Jr. ’63 Mr. W. Frank Barron Jr. ’48 Mr. and Mrs. Louis Barton Mr. and Mrs. Joe R. Baskin The Rev. and Mrs. T. James Bethell Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bolton Dr. and Mrs. Scott G. Bowerman Mr. and Mrs. Martin H. Bradshaw III ’85 Mrs. Barbara B. Briley Mr. Robert M. Brinson Sr. ’58 Ms. Alison Brookins Mrs. Joan D. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert W. Brown ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Buice ’76 Ms. Margaret F. Busbin Mr. Peter M. Candler Mrs. Martha Cates Mr. David H. Cauthen ’72 Mr. Jon Cavalier Dr. and Dr. Benjamin H. Cheek ’72 Ms. Betty Cobb Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Cobb Jr. ’52 Mr. and Mrs. James P. Coleman III ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Conrad Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Cornwell ’70 ’70T Mr. and Mrs. William D. Cornwell Jr. ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Houston L. Crumpler Jr. ’62 Mrs. Sue Anne Davidson Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Day Mr. L. Ray Dempsey ’61 Dr. and Dr. Joel E. Dendy Jr. ’63 *Mr. Kenneth M. Dickson ’73 Estate Mr. George B. Dippy Ms. Janice P. Dismuke Mr. and Mrs. Scott C. Dozier ’73 Mrs. W. R. J. Dunn Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Byron L. Eberhart Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Eggleston

Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Elkins ’63 LD ’13 *Mr. William R. Enloe ’90 Dr. J. Paul Ferguson Mr. James A. Ford ’54 Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. Freeman ’63 Mrs. Mary Dunn French Dr. and Mrs. Peter G. Gilbert ’57 Mr. and Mrs. John M. Graham V ’08 ’09 LD ’17 Dr. and Mrs. Arthur R. Gray ’72 Ms. Bonnie Grizzard ’77 *Mr. and Mrs. Vernon D. Grizzard Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Gunther ’71T Mr. and Mrs. James R. Halverson ’90 Dr. Buford Harbin ’63 Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Harbin ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Scott B. Harris ’72T LD ’17 Mrs. Barbara Jan Harrison Mr. William L. Hassett III ’85 Mrs. Kathy R. Hawkins Mr. and Mrs. H. Craig Hayes ’63T Mr. and Mrs. Andrew C. Heaner ’77 ’77 Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Heyman Jr. ’48 Mr. and Mrs. David M. Heyman ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Lyons J. Heyman Jr. ’70 Mr. Lyons J. Heyman ’44 Mr. Gordon Lee Hight II ’62 LD ’17 Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Hillis Jr. ’72 Mr. Edward West Hine Jr. ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Hine ’74 Mr. and Mrs. John P. Hine ’53 Mrs. Villa Sulzbacher Hizer ’66T LD ’12 Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Hortman ’72 Mr. Jonathan E. Glidden and Ms. Patricia L. Hubbard ’86 Mr. and Mrs. James H. Hudson Sr. Mr. and Mrs. William M. Huffman Jr. ’67 Mr. and Mrs. David G. Hunter ’65 ’65T Mr. and Mrs. J. Kyle Ivester ’87 Mr. and Mrs. Micajah B. Jones ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Douglas C. Justice ’71T Mr. and Mrs. James M. Kelley III ’74 LD ’17 ’80 Ms. Rosalee J. Kelley ’18 Mr. Jackson B. Kelly ’11 Mr. and Mrs. William A. Kelly Jr. ’71 ’72T LD ’12 Mrs. Anne Rooney Kerr ’65T Dr. and Mrs. John S. Kirkland Jr. ’62 Mr. Kevin Kirsh ’72 Mrs. Frances Knight Mrs. Diann H. Kothe Dr. and Mrs. Peeler G. Lacey ’72 Mr. and Mrs. William F. Lamb Mr. and Mrs. David D. Ledbetter ’88 LD ’20 Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lichlyter Mr. and Mrs. James Liley ’89 *Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Lindsay ’64 Dr. and Mrs. James R. Lovvorn ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Howard J. Lowden ’63T Mr. and Mrs. Shannon T. Loy Mrs. Reagen Lowrey Lozar ’99 LD ’22 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Lumpkin Mr. and Mrs. H. Armin Maier III Mrs. Carol S. McCann Dr. and Mrs. Lee McLean ’72T Mr. Peter A. McWilliams Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Mew III *Mr. James H. Milford Jr. ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Jerry L. Minge ’53

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T h a n k Y o u t oC oOmum r uS n u ipt py oNr teewr s Mr. and Mrs. William A. Mitchell Jr. ’58 Mr. and Mrs. Royce F. Morris ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Scott W. Morris ’95 LD ’14 ’07 Mr. Gray D. Morrison III ’69 Mr. Samuel G. Moss III ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Dan Mozley ’71T Mr. and Mrs. Chason L. Mull ’78 ’78 Mr. William T. Neville ’92 Mr. and Mrs. James J. O’Neill III ’72 Mrs. Diane Harris Ogletree ’68 T Mr. and Mrs. Joseph K. Orr IV ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy R. Ortman ’88 ’89 Mr. and Mrs. John K. Ottley Jr. ’49 Mr. and Mrs. James A. Owens ’79 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Paracka Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan S. Peer Mr. Edward W. Penn Jr. ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Hall T. Penn ’67

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Phillips ’72T Mr. and Mrs. Moultrie D. Plowden ’53 Ms. Elizabeth W. Pollard *Mr. Lawrence S. Pritchard ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Steve Protz ’71T Robert H. Ledbetter Family Mr. Robert A. Ragan ’57 Mr. and Mrs. Jim G. Reynolds ’90 Mr. and Mrs. C. David Rhodes III Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Richardson ’72 Mr. and Mrs. J. Douglas Riddle II ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Elbert J. Roberson ’89 Ms. Deborah L. Ryan ’88 LD ’15 Ms. Karen A. Sachs ’71 T Mr. and Mrs. Kevin E. Sachs ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Saltino Mr. and Mrs. E. Dean Saville Jr. ’69T LD ’18

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew T. Sawhill ’96 ’96 LD ’16 Mr. Alan Saye and Dr. Lisa Saye ’85 Dr. and Mrs. J. Ryland Scott Mrs. Patricia Self Mrs. Thomas H. Selman Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Julius C. Shaw Jr. ’72 Mr. and Mrs. John F. Sisley IV ’96 LD ’15 *Mr. and Mrs. E. Bretney Smith Jr. ’48 Mr. and Mrs. William G. Smith Jr. ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Wright W. Smith ’70 ’71T LD ’18 Dr. and Mrs. Carlos A. Sotolongo ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Stilwell ’72T Mr. Harold M. Storey Ms. Jane G. Sullivan ’72T *Mr. and Mrs. J. Roger Sumner Mrs. Anna Manis Tabor ’68T Mr. John F. Taylor ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Brooke J. Temple

Mr. and Mrs. William E. Wofford ’63 2nd Lt. and Mrs. Kevin J. Wood ’97 ’97 LD ’17 Mr. and Mrs. Barry Wright III ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Harold W. Wyatt Jr. Mrs. Frieda C. Yeary Mr. and Mrs. J. Alan Zachry ’93 Community Foundation for Greater Rome Courage For Life Raiden W. Dellinger Charitable Trust Dunn French Foundation W. R. J. Dunn Trust Floyd County Republican Women Heyman Family Foundation Rome Duplicate Bridge Club Spangler Companies Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. W. Lee Thuston ’67 Mr. and Mrs. James G. Thwaite ’72 Mr. Blair Train Mr. and Mrs. J. Gray Tuttle Jr. ’72 Ms. Sue Willingham Upchurch ’67 T Mr. and Mrs. Michael Wallace ’71T Mr. and Mrs. Timothy R. Wallis ’69 Mrs. Nancy Ware Dr. Harrison F. Warner Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Watters Jr. ’72 ’72T LD ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Lynn E. Whatley ’67 LD ’15 Mr. and Mrs. William M. Whittenburg Jr. ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Larry C. Williams ’67 Mr. and Mrs. James R. Wilson ’72 ’71T Mr. and Mrs. Russell L. Wimmer Mr. and Mrs. Steven R. Winkler ’72 LD ’15 Mr. Ellis G. Winstead III

FUND

Thank you Tigers!

Thank you for supporting Darlington during the 2021-2022 fiscal year!

$5,309,729 Total gifts to the school (The Darlington Fund – $1,264,043)

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700

1,433

351 & 316

Number of consecutive 5-year donors

Number of donors supporting Darlington (The Darlington Fund – 1,379)

Number of parents and parents of alumni

210

1,034

Number of donors who gave $1,500 or more

Number of alumni who gave back (The Darlington Fund – 976)

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Harold Storey Remembering a friend

Simply put, leadership was a way of life for Harold Storey. From his military service, to his career, to his work in our community, he was always one to step up and lead with compassion and grace.

“Anyone who came in contact with Harold left better for the experience,” said Head of School Brent Bell. “In one of our last times together, he was laser focused on what he considered a huge problem in our society, hunger and food deserts. What I took away that day was that I was in the presence of a man who would never stop learning, who would never stop serving, and who would never stop looking for a better way. He was an inspiration to me and to so many others.”

Storey grew up in northern Floyd County, attended Gore High School, and went on to graduate early from the University of Georgia so that he could enlist in the Army.

A World War II veteran, he was awarded the Purple Heart for injuries and the Silver Star for bravery when – as the lone remaining officer of four – he reorganized and rallied his remaining troops to cross the Moselle River under fire and take

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the French town of Metz before proceeding as Captain of Company C, 10th Infantry, Big Red One into the bloody Battle of the Bulge, where he was injured in the snows of Luxembourg.

After recovering in England, Storey was tasked with developing a Wharton-like business preparation school in London for soldiers delayed from returning home. He was featured in Tom Brokaw’s book, “Letters of The Greatest Generation,” and even published his own memoir, “A Man of Peace Goes to War,” in 2020.

Upon returning to Rome, he joined the family business of S.I. Storey Lumber Co. and married his wife, Rena, in 1950. At the time of his death last November, he was still serving as chairman of the board at S.I. Storey Lumber, and he and Rena still lived in the house they had built in 1952.

But Storey is probably best known for his leadership of and loyal service to First Baptist Church and other agencies and organizations in the community, including Star House, Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest Georgia, Rome-Floyd County YMCA, Kiwanis, William S. Davies Homeless Shelters and Morningstar Treatment Center, to name just a few.

“Dad was energetic, compassionate, an initiator, generous, an advocate for those in need, and someone who was impatient with wrong,” said Rena (Storey) Henderson (’71T). “He loved people, and serving others was definitely a great satisfaction to him. These were characteristics he inherited from his mother.”

Storey served as a trustee at both Darlington and Thornwood School, the all-girls’ school with which Darlington merged in 1973, at different points in his life, and was named a Darlington life trustee in 1993.

“Harold was a key member of the Board of Trustees of Thornwood School at the time of the proposed merger,” said Bell. “As always, he led with grace and humility, and created an environment of partnership and forward-thinking that bettered the

A portrait of Harold Storey painted by his wife, Rena. educational opportunities for students locally and around the world.”

Storey’s son, Hal (’75), said his father was never one to shy away from change when good and necessary.

“Dad was an early proponent of the merger, although not all were, and I know he was pleased that history has proven that to be one of the greatest milestones in Darlington’s history,” he said. “While I was in school, Dad was also among the early community inductees to the Cum Laude Honor Society and he was extremely proud of that. He believed in Darlington and made many lifelong friends through his connections there.”

But when he wasn’t out in the community doing his part to tackle issues like hunger, homelessness and alcoholism, people remember Storey as a joker.

“Dad enjoyed life and he couldn’t help playing jokes on people,” laughed Henderson. “It was usually people that he liked!”

Storey inherited his practical joker status from his father, said Hal. “Dad’s main practical joke method was a portable boat air horn,” he remembered. “He would keep one in his vehicle and if someone sat too long when a red light turned green, he gave it a blast. His favorite time to use it was on the lumberyard when he came up behind someone on his bike.”

While he may have been a joker at heart, Storey’s impact in his community and in the history of Darlington cannot be overstated.

“Darlington would not be the place it is today without the leadership of thoughtful and forward-thinking people like Harold,” said Bell.

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George Johnson (’54) Leaving a legacy

Those who knew George Johnson (’54) would not be surprised that his favorite word was “joy.” He exemplified it by living life to the fullest; giving back to family, friends and community; treasuring old friends; and making new ones everywhere he went. Described as generous, optimistic, and kind, Johnson loved nothing more than telling a good story, and he had an uncanny ability for getting others to share theirs.

“George loved to tell the story about how he got to Darlington,” said Dr. Frank Stegall (’62), who served on the Board of Trustees with Johnson for many years. “He was in Atlanta and not doing anything very impressive, so his father told him he would be going to Darlington his junior year. The second week, George called home while sitting on a bench outside the chapel and said, ‘This isn’t going to work.’ His father told him he could stay at Darlington or join the military. He said something like, ‘I would advise you to go back to the dorms, make friends and do well in school.’ George said that was the best advice he ever got and he always gave his father much credit for sending him there. He said Darlington was the best thing that happened up to that point in his life.”

Johnson went on to earn his B.S. in Business Administration from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and, after a brief time in life insurance, found his calling in commercial real estate. He had a very successful career developing hotels and office buildings throughout the Southeast.

In 1959, he married his wife, Janet, whom he had first met at UNC and reconnected with later in Atlanta.

They made their home there and the city of Atlanta would be a lifelong

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beneficiary of his hard work and generosity.

Johnson has served a number of organizations that meant much to him, but dearest to his heart was Communities in Schools (CIS).

In 1974, he was introduced to Neil Shorthouse and Bill Milliken and their work with students in Atlanta’s inner city, founders of what would eventually become CIS, the nation’s largest K-12 dropoutprevention network. This pivotal meeting galvanized his focus on philanthropy and fundraising and in 2016, he received the Ann Cox Chambers Champion for Kids Award in recognition of decades of work on behalf of CIS. “George gave tirelessly to the people and causes he cared most about – the education of children, in particular,” said Head of School Brent Bell. “When he was honored for his meaningful work with Communities in Schools, he spent his entire acceptance speech thanking everyone else. He was a servant leader in the truest sense of the word.”

In addition to his work with CIS, Johnson’s most satisfying achievements were co-chairing capital campaigns for Trinity Presbyterian Church, Darlington School, and the Atlanta campaign for UNC. “It was a real honor for me to co-chair the Second Century Campaign with George. He was a

great fundraiser with a great love for Darlington,” said life trustee Jere Drummond (’57). “He was much more deeply entrenched in Atlanta than I was and he knew where to find the money. People would say, ‘Oh, I’m not sure I can help much,’ and George could say, ‘Hey, I know you’ve got money in that old shoe back there, I know where it came from, and you need to give it to Darlington.’ That was a very effective fundraising technique.”

In addition to co-chairing the school’s first comprehensive capital campaign, which raised over $95 million, Johnson served many terms as a trustee and was named Distinguished Alumnus in 1991 and life trustee in 2013. The following year, he served as honorary chairman of Leadership Darlington. Spaces on campus bearing his name include the Johnson-Drummond Amphitheater, the Johnson Field House and the Johnson Assembly Hall.

“George was one of the most inf luential people that I’ve known in the history of Darlington in terms of his impact on the school,” said Stegall. “Something about him just made you want to get on board.

When he came to you, you knew you were going to sign up because he was so enthusiastic and so encouraging.

You wanted to be part of whatever George was leading. He was a guy everyone loved to be around and we all miss him.”

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John Zazzaro

Remembering our teacher, coach and friend Hawaiian shirts filled Chris Hunter Stadium at the Tigers’ first home football game last season in memory of history teacher John Zazzaro, who passed away unexpectedly in August after having a medical emergency during class. In true “Z” spirit, the Tigers played “Victory March,” the Notre Dame fight song, and had tater tot nachos on hand in the concession stand, which Zazzaro had planned to run last season. The players also wore “Z” heart decals on their helmets.

A member of the faculty since 2011, Zazzaro began his tenure as head of Neville House, one of the three boys’ dorms. He and his wife Bebe, Pre-K to 8 counselor, raised their sons, Colin (’19) and Casey (’19), in Neville House alongside young men from all over the country and the world.

Nic Scoccimaro (’14) called Zazzaro a shining example of Darlington’s Motto: "Wisdom more than Knowledge; Service beyond Self; Honor above Everything."

“It’s the day-to-day memories that stick: the perpetual grin he wore, the birthday dinners he made for us, inside jokes yelled down hallways, and the countless times he was available for us to confide in," he said. "Mr. Zazzaro was a great father, leader,

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mentor and teacher. He was the glue that held us together."

Kwabe Kumi (’14) echoed these sentiments. "He created the foundation that built us into men,” he said. “Mr. Z molded me not only into a more compassionate person, but a person who could be honest and true to myself and others. I can speak for many of my closest friends when I say that his impact on our lives will never be forgotten.”

As a member of the student life team, Zazzaro worked extensively with Darlington’s student leadership organizations, serving as faculty advisor of the Student Council and spearheading the Boys’ Life program, which provides life skills to help boarding students develop a greater understanding of themselves and their community.

After eight years as head of house, Zazzaro entered the classroom full time in 2019, teaching AP Human Geography and Modern World History. He was also an assistant tennis coach.

“John’s passion for teaching, gregarious personality, and love for his students made every day in his classroom a special one.” said Brian Inman, chairman of the history department. “His progressive teaching style and creative ideas were at the forefront of Darlington’s mission.”

Zazzaro’s lifelong love of teaching and learning has impacted young people far beyond Darlington’s gates.

Prior to his work here, he served as chairman of the history department and athletic coach at Carolina Day

School in Asheville, N.C., as well as a teacher, dorm parent, and coach at Christchurch School in Virginia.

Additionally, he and Bebe have spent their summers working at Camp Androscoggin, an all-boys summer camp in Maine, for three decades.

In fact, that is where the couple first met.

Noah Katz (’14) had the opportunity to work alongside the Zazzaros one summer. “When I was a college freshman, unsure of what to do with my summer, Mr. Z went out of his way to help me find a job at the summer camp where he and his family were an institution,” he said. “That selfless action is just one indicator of the type of man John Zazzaro was: an inspiration, a leader, and above all, a champion.”

When applying at Darlington in 2011, Zazzaro described himself as an experienced educator committed to the educational, spiritual, moral, and social development of young adults; an enthusiastic and innovative planner of curriculum, activities, and nontraditional educational opportunities; and a fun-loving, openminded, and nurturing educator.

“These words truly encapsulate John and all that he has done at Darlington and elsewhere during his career,” said Matthew Peer, director of enrollment management and former director of Upper School, who hired Zazzaro.

“John has worn many hats during his tenure in independent schools and the one he wore proudest was that of student advocate.

“Whether he was sitting with a student in the emergency room at 2 a.m.; or in a Disciplinary Committee meeting after school; or during a free period in his office, classroom, or The Growl, he was always there for our students here at Darlington,” Peer continued. “John realized that the life lessons taught outside of the classroom were just as important as the wisdom learned inside of it.

I am confident that there will be generations of students who will be better people, partners and parents because they had the opportunity to learn how to live life from Mr. Z.”

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Memorials published in this issue reflect those who passed away between July 1, 2021, and July 8, 2022. Additional memorials reported to the Advancement Office during the past year can be found at www.darlingtonschool.org. Alumni and former faculty who passed away after July 8, 2022, will be included in the next issue.

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Jim Milner died Aug. 5, 2021

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Frank Leonard died Sept. 21, 2020

1945

Emery Herman Jr. died Feb. 26, 2022

1950

Harold Shamblin died Aug. 14, 2021

1947

Bob Reily died Oct. 1, 2021

1951

Gary Fitts died May 28, 2022

George Hudgins died Jan. 13, 2022

1962

Lib (Hammond) Jones died June 4, 2022

1972

Tom “TA” Attaway Jr. died July 2, 2022

2000

Michael Picot died Oct. 7, 2021

1948

Jimmy Blocker died Feb. 24, 2022

1952

Bob Dundervill Jr. died Nov. 28, 2021

1954

George Johnson died April 25, 2022

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Asa Candler died Aug. 13, 2021

Stewart Phinizy III died Jan. 22, 2021

Sonny Thorpe Jr. died Nov. 12, 2021

1963

Honey Bee (Buskill) Dews died Aug. 6, 2021

Marion Liles Jr. died Feb. 8, 2022

1987

Dalinda Peek Willis died April 12, 2022

2001

Kelli (Hutchinson) Karanovich died March 2, 2022

Jimmy Cassidy died Nov. 7, 2021

1964

Mark Lindsey Jr. died July 5, 2022

John Thoren died Dec. 11, 2020

Ellis Johnston II died Jan. 10, 2022

Dudley Ottley died Jan. 26, 2022

2011

Tré Langston III died June 30, 2022

David Lawrence died Sept. 8, 2021

Bob Groover died July 24, 2021

Fred “Ted” Parker died Nov. 18, 2021

Bob Rhodes died May 11, 2022

Spencer Willis died July 5, 2022

1961

John Ransom Jr. died May 27, 2022

Ron Mixon Jr. died Jan. 24, 2022

Harvey Grasty died July 18, 2021

1965

William Brown died Aug. 20, 2021

1990

1988

Bill Carroll III died July 20, 2021

Donald McClain died Dec. 14, 2021

1953

1960

Matt Patton died Jan. 6, 2022

Roy Johnston died Aug. 28, 2021

Will Enloe died July 18, 2021

O.P. Willingham II died March 15, 2022

1966

Ashley Pace III died March 3, 2022

1994

Daniel Barker died April 18, 2022

Former Faculty

Cola Beebe died Aug. 20, 2021

1962

Alvin Vogtle III died March 9, 2022

1996

Nancy (Martin) Koen died March 23, 2022

Pat Brown died Dec. 27, 2021

1970

Mike Soper Jr. died Oct. 1, 2021

1998

Ches Garner died June 14, 2022

Non-Alumni Life Trustees

Ralph Dorminey died June 28, 2022

Gwen (Carter) Stepp died Feb. 6, 2022

John Zazzaro died Aug. 24, 2021

Vernon Grizzard died June 16, 2022

Harold Storey died Nov. 21, 2021

Not Pictured – 1945: Dallas Brinkley Jr. died Feb. 19, 2022 1946: Ralph Ragan Jr. died Oct. 7, 2021 1948: Oliver Baker died Dec. 23, 2021, Sandy Morris died Aug. 6, 2021 1952: Sandy Sanderson died Jan. 25, 2022 1953: John Holshouser died Aug. 20, 2021 1956: Doug Walker Jr. died Dec. 6, 2021 1970: Robert Holding III died Nov. 11, 2021, Scott Sapp died Jan. 26, 2022 Former Faculty: Frank Meadows died March 31, 2022, Roger Sumner died Aug. 5, 2021

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