EHS The Magazine: Fall 2020

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ALUMNI ON THE COVID-19 FRONT LINES THE NFL’S JONATHAN BEANE ’88 ON COMBATING RACISM BRIDGING DIVIDES

RISING TO THE CHALLENGE OF 2020

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ADAPT. LEARN. 20 PIVOT. Faced with 2020’s disruptions, students and teachers showed ingenuity

and smarts as they held fast to the traditions of the Episcopal experience.

FEATURES

THE FRONT LINES OF COVID-19 26 ON EHS alumni are stepping up to meet the challenges of the pandemic.

TRULY BELIEVE IN THE HUMAN SPIRIT” 32 “IJonathan Beane ’88 talks about his new position as the NFL’s chief

diversity and inclusion officer — and the work of the EHS Task Force on Racism, Understanding, and Belonging. Plus: announcing the new Black Alumni Network.

GETTING STARTED 36 JUST UVA football’s Perris Jones ’18 takes on social justice through his writing.

DIVIDES 38 BRIDGING How students found common ground during Election 2020.

• John Gable ’83 brings his AllSides venture to campus.

• Three dozen speakers gave students an inside view of the campaigns and the issues.

• Peter Goodnow teaches polling and real-world politics each election cycle.

HAIRCUTS, AND SWEETS 44 GUNS, How businesses once courted EHS students through advertisements in The Chronicle.

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2 FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL 4 EPISCOPAL UP CLOSE NOTES 46 CLASS After Episcopal: Adrian Brettle ’91, James Rizzo ’96 and Marc Carlini ’97, Catherine Coley ‘07, Dominique Badji ’11, and Harleigh Bean ’14. Plus: how to get great campus photos for Zoom or other video-conference system backgrounds.

79 IN MEMORIAM

Head of School: Charley Stillwell Assistant Head for Advancement: Christina Holt Director of Communications: Drew Lindsay Class Notes Editor: Elizabeth Henderson ’11 Contributing Editors: Lindsay Bingham, Ann deSaussure Biondi ’08 Photographers: Lindsay Bingham, Ann deSaussure Biondi ’08, Fred Conrad, Natalie Davies, Rebecca Drobis, Elizabeth Henderson ’11, Denny Henry Archivist: Laura Vetter Designer: Linda Loughran

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From the Head of School Earlier this year, at the start of the pandemic, Luke David and Walker Lamond of the Class of 1993 created a video documenting the challenges that Episcopal has faced — and overcome — during times of war, sickness, and tragedy. (You can watch it on the EHS YouTube channel; search “The Only Way We Know How.”) The video is a wonderful history of how our School has met such moments with resilience and ingenuity. Most interestingly for us living with Covid-19, there is the story of how Principal Launcelot Blackford successfully fended off an Alexandria smallpox outbreak in 1871 by introducing one of the country’s first institutional quarantine and vaccine programs.

When I look back at what our community has done and continues to do, I am inspired.

If pivotal times such as these were captured in oral histories, I am sure we would discover exactly what within Episcopal’s DNA has given EHS such resilience and fortitude. Yet in the community’s response to this year’s many challenges, we have a case study that provides ample illustration of the core elements fundamental to the School’s enduring strength.

Our Students Our students this year have met the unknown and the unfamiliar with grace and adaptability. Campus leaders both last spring and this fall have rallied fellow students to stand together and sustain our strong sense of community even when the virus has kept us apart (page 6). At the opening of the year, Head Monitor Clay Sailor ’21 wrote to his fellow students, “The key element to success this year will come in the form of unity.”

Our Faculty and Staff Any history of this time at Episcopal will note that our faculty and staff have met extraordinary times with extraordinary dedication. They have reengineered their instruction so that students in Europe, China, and other far-flung time zones can work in hybrid classrooms alongside others on The Holy Hill. Outside the classrooms, faculty have shown remarkable ingenuity as they have adapted the Episcopal experience while holding fast to its core elements and traditions. Crew coaches built rowing simulators from scratch (page 12). The Rev. Betsy

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Carmody and the student Vestry have developed three formats for Chapel service, including special evening worship in the Hummel Bowl (page 20). And Theater Director Mallory Nonnemaker designed a fall play that’s part live performance and part recording that also makes use of our video-conferencing platform (page 25).

Our Alumni Beginning on page 26, we share stories of a few of the many alumni on the front lines of the pandemic. These are inspiring examples of our mission to prepare young people for lives of ethical leadership and service. This summer, we also had many Black and African American alumni step forward and bravely discuss the emotional impact of moments when racial prejudice and a lack of awareness kept us from fully living our mission to build a truly welcoming community where all can thrive. The School’s new Task Force on Racism, Understanding, and Belonging, led by Jonathan Beane ’88 (page 32), is at work to help the School live fully into our mission in which everyone is treated with respect and honor as a child of God. I am heartened by the dozens of alumni who have created the Black Alumni Network (page 35) to support today’s students and their fellow alumni as well as strengthen the School.

It has also been important in this moment when our country suffers from such divisive partisan politics to receive guidance from our alumni about just how important it is for Episcopal to be a community where multiple perspectives are included and where our students learn from each other’s different points of view, mature in their perspectives, and bridge their differences as they prepare to be future leaders who can bring communities across the country and around the world together in meaningful ways (page 38).

When I look back at what our community has done and continues to do, I am inspired. I am confident that history will repeat itself, and Episcopal again will emerge from a season of challenge as a stronger and better place, a place committed to our long-standing core values of honor, respect, leadership, and service and one where all our students grow into their best selves.

Sincerely,

Charles M. Stillwell

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Episcopal Up Close n E P I S C O P A L’ S F U T U R E

A rendering of the new Health and Wellness Center (right) and one of the two new dorms.

From Blueprint to REALITY An update on the 2018 Strategic Plan.

The Strategic Plan, which trustees approved in the summer of 2018, continues to drive ambitious initiatives on campus to strengthen EHS and enhance the Episcopal experience.

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ENDOWMENT GIFTS AND COMMITMENTS to

boost our financial aid now total nearly $18 million. The financial aid budget has increased by 13% since 2018.

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The NEW TR ACK AND FIELD , which will be completed soon, will be ready for the spring track season. It will be home to

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Episcopal’s five soccer teams, and the track will have a high-performance surface that will protect runners from injury. Also, it will bring together running and the field events that now take place on different parts of campus..

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The MCCAIN-R AVENEL CENTER FOR INTELLECTUAL AND MOR AL COUR AGE moved into its new space in Blackford, which includes the Cube, a workspace for students. This fall, the center introduced monthly “McCain-Ravenel Mondays,” all-day programming focused on important topics of the day.

The McCain-Ravenel “Cube” workspace.

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The School EXPANDED IT S EXTERNSHIP OPPOR TUNITIES beyond the traditional May senior program, with seven juniors and one senior working for area companies and organizations as their winter afternoon option. In May, despite the pandemic, the McCain-Ravenel Center helped more than 100 seniors pursue entrepreneur training and land remote externships with businesses, government agencies, and nonprofits around the world, fulfilling the center’s mission to provide experience outside of the classroom.

Rendering of one entry to the new Health and Wellness Center.

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Design of the new Health and Wellness Center and two new dorms continues, with construction to begin as early as 2021, subject to funding.

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The NEW HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER will replace the outdated, 90-year-old McCallister Health Center. In addition to fulfilling essential medical services, the facility will be home to enhanced health and wellness programming, helping to achieve the Strategic Plan goal of pursuing a critical balance of rigor and wellness.

Features of the new building include dedicated space for the Counseling Center, a classroom for health and wellness courses, a meditation room, and separate waiting areas for sick and well patients. Also, the number of exam rooms will double to four.

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The construction of T WO NEW 36-BED DORMITORIES , each with three faculty residences, will lower student-to-faculty ratios in each dorm and de-densify student living spaces; enrollment will not increase. With the improved ratio, faculty and staff will be present whenever learning opportunities present themselves, and the additional space will provide the best setting for an enhanced residential life curriculum and focus on wellness.

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United Even When Apart

New campus leaders bring the EHS community together during the pandemic.

From left: Honor Committee Chair Maria Claiborne ’21, Head Monitor Clay Sailor ’21, and Discipline Committee Chair Caroline Bradford ’21.

More than 100 key student leaders gathered in late August for training and work to prepare for one of the most unusual years in the School’s history. Though EHS opened with a month of distance learning because of the pandemic’s summer surge, with students scattered across the globe, they began to pull the community together.

HEAD MONITOR CLAY SAILOR ’21 WROTE THIS LETTER TO HIS FELLOW STUDENTS:

When thinking about this new school year, what immediately comes to my mind is the song “Home,” which you may know from “The Wiz.” For those of you who don’t know it, the first couple of lines say: When I think of home I think of a place where there’s love overflowing I wish I was home I wish I was back there with the things I been knowing

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Very much like the song, I wish we were on Episcopal’s campus, hanging on the porch of Stewart watching the sunsets, decorating our rooms, and making Bradlee Center runs just for the fun of it.

This, however, is not the case. Instead, we are miles apart looking at one another through small Webex boxes, fighting two pandemics: Covid-19 and injustices in America.

As we enter the new school year it is important to acknowledge this brutal truth. It is just as important to acknowledge the strength of our community. Whether you have been a part of this family for four years or are entering as a new family member this year, we all play a vital role in how our community will look. We have the choice to stand for justice. We have the choice to face these challenges head on. We have the choice to create an amazing school year, even with the odds stacked against us.

The key element to success this year will come in the form of unity. On the morning of September 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 people lost their lives. Planes fell out of the sky, buildings collapsed,

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ADVICE TO NEW STUDENTS

and fires erupted, altering the course of history. Out of the ruins and chaos stood a unified nation. First responders flooded the streets of Washington, D.C., and New York to ensure that no woman or man was left behind. Firefighters and paramedics sacrificed their lives so others could live. Bystanders took action. And the nation unified under one cause. When all hope seemed lost, a divided nation put aside its differences and stood together as one body.

This historic event altered the lives of many individuals, much like how the events of 2020 have changed our lives. We must be willing to come to each other’s needs this year. We must be willing to go the extra mile to ensure everyone feels welcomed and loved in this community. We must be willing to show empathy. Like many of us have sung in chapel a multitude of times, “We are one body.” We must hold true to this chapel song and make this school year one to remember. Not because of the challenges we will face, but because of how we will overcome these challenges as a community.

Key Senior Leaders MONITORS

Head Monitor : Clay Sailor. Senior Monitors: Sofi Igyan, Lawson Laverty, Debby Lee, Edward Powers, Leslie Reyes-García.

Monitors : Lucy Bland, Caroline Bradford, Minta Brice, McClain Brooks, Andrew Caslow, Helen Chen, Ben Condemi, Lucy Dixon, Gigi Friedman, Thomas Gibert, Ruby Gregg, Chris Kim, Yoyo Lu, Sophie Novitsky, Lucy Peacock, SS Singh, Charles Starks, Cindy Wang, Harrison Wise, Max Wriedt, Justin Yi. HONOR COMMITTEE

Maria Claiborne (chair), Ben Condemi, Lucy Dixon, Thomas Gibert, Chris Kim, Lucy Peacock, Regan Simmons, Harrison Wise.

DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE

Caroline Bradford (chair), Andrew Caslow, Gigi Friedman, Jack Hines, Skye Jackson, Arianna Otoo, SS Singh, Justin Yi.

“Don’t be afraid of change.

Everything is going to be different once you arrive at Episcopal, and things that might define your freshman year won’t matter two years down the line. Everything changes for the better, even if you don’t expect it, so don’t be afraid if things seem out of place in the beginning.”

The 182nd Year at Episcopal...

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“I know parents might not love to hear this, but don’t spend all of your time studying. Get out of your dorm room or the library and go have fun! Your time at Episcopal goes by a lot quicker than you think.”

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—CAROLINE BRADFORD ’21, CHAIR OF THE DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE

NEW STUDENTS. THEY COME FROM 19 STATES, D.C., AND 14 COUNTRIES.

“Don’t be afraid to try new activities and join different clubs; you’re only in high school once.”

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3.65 AVER AGE GPA OF NEW STUDENTS, THE HIGHEST IN SCOTT CONKLIN’S EIGHT YEARS AS ADMISSIONS DIRECTOR.

—HEAD MONITOR CLAY SAILOR ’21

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New on The Holy Hill Three alumni are among this year’s new EHS faculty and staff.

Nine new faculty and staff members joined the Episcopal community. Three alumni returned to campus, two of whom grew up on The Holy Hill as faculty children. Two Virginia Theological Seminary families came on board and live just over the fence at VTS. Others made cross-country moves from the West Coast (in the middle of a pandemic).

From opera singers to youth ministry leaders and outdoor enthusiasts, they are all excited to bring their talents to Episcopal.

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Ann deSaussure Biondi ’08, who serves as associate director of communications, worked in corporate retail for J.Crew in New York City after graduating from Episcopal. She then moved with her husband, Jamie, to San Francisco, where she worked for Rothy’s, a sustainable shoe start-up, before joining the editorial team at Banana Republic.

Biondi graduated from the College of Charleston in 2012 with a degree in English and a concentration in creative writing. The Biondis live on campus near Ann’s sister, Frances Murray ’06; their brother-in-law, Billy; and their niece, Annie.

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Prior to joining Episcopal’s faculty, Jamie Biondi taught English, served as the 11th grade dean, and directed the fall theater production at the Nueva School in San Mateo, Calif. In addition to teaching English at Episcopal, Biondi also serves on the Hoxton dorm team and coaches.

Biondi graduated from Yale in 2012 with a degree in English and theater studies. In 2014, he received his M.St. in English from Oxford University with a focus on 20th-century American drama.

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Porcha Dodson serves as associate director of annual giving in the Advancement Office. She grew up in Middleburg, Va., and recently moved back after living in Los Angeles for the past 18 years. Dodson most recently served as an independent school and higher education development consultant in Los Angeles and, prior to that, she spent over six years with the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of California, Los Angeles, as the director of development.

While attending Shenandoah University in Winchester, Va., Dodson studied opera and received a degree in arts management. In 2008, she started Project Knapsack, a nonprofit organization that delivers school supplies and other educational resources to students throughout Africa and South Africa. Once a year, Dodson travels to Africa and volunteers her time working with primary and secondary students in some of the continent’s most vulnerable areas.

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After graduating from Episcopal, Hannah Ellington ’03 received her degree in vocal performance and German from BirminghamSouthern College and spent 12 years as a professional opera singer in Europe and the United States.

At Episcopal, Ellington teaches German and an English elective and also serves on the dorm team for Anderson, where she lives on the second floor. Ellington grew up on campus with her family from 1993-2006, as her dad, Jim Ellington, led the theater program.

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Devin Jacobsen joins Episcopal as a Latin teacher. A graduate of University of the South at Sewanee with a degree in English, Jacobsen also holds an M.Div. from Harvard and is currently working toward his Ph.D. in literature at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.

He has tutored and worked with young people over the past 10 years as he has pursued his higher education. He lives on the Virginia Theological Seminary campus, where his wife is a candidate for ministry.

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Richmond Jones, Episcopal’s assistant chaplain, spent the past five years preaching, teaching, and working with youth in parish settings as well as at Kanuga, a conference center for the Episcopal Church in the mountains of North Carolina.

He earned his B.A. in marketing from Jacksonville University and his M.Div. from the School of Theology at Sewanee.

In addition to his work as assistant chaplain, Jones teaches Biblical theology and coaches. He lives with his wife, Perry; their two-year-old daughter, Alice; and their two cats on the second floor of Berkeley.

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Mallory Nonnemaker serves as theater director in addition to teaching in the English department and serving on the Hoxton dorm team. For the past 11 years, she has taught theater in public schools in Georgia while volunteering in youth ministry with the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta.

She holds a B.A. in theater from Brenau University and a M.Ed. from Columbus State University.

Nonnemaker lives at the Virginia Theological Seminary with her husband, Brandon, who is studying at VTS; her twin sons, Finley and Fletcher; and their dog, Charlie.

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Julie Park is serving as a sabbatical replacement for Dave Phillips. She teaches geometry and precalculus in addition to serving on the Harrison dorm team and coaching.

Park graduated from Davidson College in 2016 with a degree in mathematics and went straight to Duke University to pursue a master’s in teaching degree. For the past three years, she has taught math at the William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia and recently moved to Crystal City with her fiancé, who is a dental resident at the Veterans Administration hospital in Washington.

Evan Leonard ’13 joined us as a substitute biology teacher in 2019 and returns for the 2020-21 school year as a full-time physics teacher. He has already called campus home as his dad, Chuck Leonard, taught theater at Episcopal from 2006-11.

Leonard graduated from the University of Vermont in 2017 with a degree in environmental studies and political science. Prior to returning to The High School, he was a substitute teacher in Fairfax County. An avid outdoorsman, he coaches cross country, rock climbing, and Ultimate Frisbee.

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A “Triple Threat” Teacher Retires Dr. Rick Dixon steps down after nearly 30 years at EHS. In 1992, as Rick Dixon neared the end of his Ph.D. work in German at the University of North Carolina, he fired off letters to 41 schools seeking a teaching position. He heard back quickly from Episcopal, as Wayne Holman ’53 was urging the School to revive its German program. Holman, who had been taught by Herr Robert Whittle, considered those classes pivotal to his Episcopal experience and wanted future generations to have the same opportunity.

Dr. Dixon arrived at Episcopal in 1993, and over the next 27 years, he built a strong German program that would grow to as many as 30 students — big numbers considering the dominance of French and Spanish in American high schools. Two of his students,

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Kellsey Beal ’10 and Lauryn King ’17, landed the CongressBundestag Youth Exchange scholarship, awarded to a handful of U.S. high schoolers annually to live and study in Germany for a year.

Dr. Dixon retired last spring, moving to southern Virginia with his wife, Elsabé, now the executive director of the Danville Museum of Fine Art and History. The couple and their three children — Cobb ’04, Ina ’06, and Tommy ’16 — were a warm, lively presence on campus.

Over the years, Dr. Dixon taught U.S. and world history, English, and an assortment of electives he designed on his own or with colleagues. These included Scottish literature, the epic in medieval literature, and a multidisciplinary examination of his beloved baseball that included a study of the physics of curveballs.

“I taught everything I could,” Dr. Dixon says.

“In an era of creeping — some say galloping — specialization in teaching, Rick is a true ‘triple threat’ generalist,” said his colleague and French teacher Eleanor Moore at a sendoff. “He’s great with the students, in class, on dorm, with the Activities team, at Model UN, and all around campus.”

Dr. Dixon also was the driving force behind the School’s exchange program with Austria, which began in 1995 after he flew to Vienna and, unannounced, knocked on the door of the prestigious Theresianum Academy.

His students in German say Dr. Dixon easily dispelled their fears about learning the difficult language.

Lauryn King was won over on the first day. “He was just so energetic and passionate about German that it just seemed like the perfect fit,” she says. King, now a German and film studies major at Dartmouth, spent a year in Bonn on the Congress-Bundestag scholarship.

Students also relied on Dr. Dixon as a friend and mentor. “I could write a 10-page paper about how much I appreciate him,” said Leo McCray ’19 before his graduation. “It almost makes me cry. I would do anything for him.”

Stepping into lead EHS German classes is his former student, Hannah Ellington ’03. She went to Vienna on the exchange program, spent an EHS semester at the Theresianum, and performed professionally as an opera singer in Germany. “So the beat goes on, thanks to Wayne Holman,” Dr. Dixon says.

Our students become the best version of themselves because of your support.

Thank you!

To teach our students to work hard, collaborate, listen, investigate, communicate, question, adapt, lead, serve, and solve: We need your support of the Roll Call. www.EHSRollCall.org This fiscal year ends on June 30, 2021, but earlier gifts and pledges put us in a stronger position.

Tuition doesn’t cover the full cost of an EHS education. The support of alumni, families, and friends make this experience possible for the adventurous, talented, good-hearted young people who come to our campus from all over the country and the world.

Thank you for being our partner in their education.

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Golf on the Front Drive?

How EHS athletes and coaches made an end-run around the virus.

Shortly before students returned to campus this fall, crew coaches Dave Collins and Matt Lukban got together in Collins’s garage one afternoon with a few pieces of Home Depot lumber, parts from erg machines, and a novel idea. Having combed the Internet for designs of “dock boxes” — rowing simulators often used to teach technique to novices — they now set out to build a prototype for EHS. Later that night, they took their contraption to Episcopal’s pool for a test that proved so successful that they built three more in quick order. Because of Covid-19, this fall’s crew teams weren’t able to leave campus for training, but Episcopal’s coaches set the dock boxes up poolside to supplement their erg workouts and give rowers — many of them novices — a feel for the water.

Adaptability has been the watchword for the EHS athletics since the pandemic hit. This summer, Washington-area leagues delayed all interscholastic competition until 2021. But Episcopal’s athletics department created its varsity and junior varsity teams anyway, determined to keep everyone fit and connected.

For the first month of the school year, with EHS shifted to distance learning and students at home, coaches led virtual workouts, broke down video, and brought in alumni and others who could inspire teams to work hard and hold fast to their dreams.

Once students returned to campus, teams began minicamps to prepare for 2021’s interscholastic competition, with teams making use of outside spaces, physical distancing, and masks to avoid Covid-19. Golf turned the Front Drive into a driving range, and volleyball strung its nets across Hoxton Field. Crew held most of its workouts on erg machines at the track, but every afternoon, a handful of team members could be found pulling on the oars of the simulators at the pool.

Even after the pandemic is over, the simulators will be a helpful new tool to teach technique. “Matt and I have talked about making these boxes for 12 years, and Covid-19 essentially forced us to do it now,” says Collins, a former Olympic rower. “We turned the negative into a positive.”

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Art in Strange Times At the year’s start, Liz Vorlicek’s introduction to ceramics classes created tiny, decorative sculptures inspired by Japanese netsuke, a toggle-like piece that attaches small pouches to the kimono sash.

Her lessons were born of necessity and creativity: Students were learning remotely in September, away from their Ainslie Arts Center studio and kilns, and netsuke can be fashioned from air-dry clay that’s readily available.

EHS student art this fall — and the means by which it was produced — illustrates the less-than-normal state of the world. Digital design students gravitated to themes in their work drawn

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from Covid-19 and social-justice issues.

Photography students, meanwhile, studied documentary photographers like Robert Frank (who produced the acclaimed “The Americans” in 1959) and then set out to build digital books that captured their America and their lives during these strange times. “I tell the kids: We are living in a historical moment right now,” says photography and painting teacher David Douglas. “And everything that you do in the visual arts will be influenced by this moment.”

Douglas turned to digital bookmaking as a way to structure his photography students’ work when they were learning

virtually. He had toyed with the idea before, and now he quickly discovered its value even when students returned to campus in October. “Bookmaking is an art in and of itself,” he says. “Instead of working on one image or painting a single picture, you put things together in a sequence and have to find a certain kind of rhythm.”

Vorliceck found her students embraced the challenge of bringing their tiny animal forms to life with texture, gesture, and expression. Some added bow ties, ribbons, or other fanciful accessories. “Pixar and Disney might be clambering at the EHS gates to recruit these young artists,” she says.

A sea turtle netsuke by Dillon Stallings ’24

Leila Bond ’23

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y t e i c o S l l e e r u B t u e Th orging the F F With Gratitude As the world faced unprecedented challenges in 2020, members of the EHS family from around the world stepped forward with tremendous help and generous support.

We also were very grateful for several estate gifts, some made decades ago, that helped address significant, unanticipated costs associated with Covid-19. These legacy gifts helped EHS make essential investments in classroom technology, campus infrastructure, and health and wellness preparedness — particularly for increased Health Center staff and medical testing so that students, faculty, and staff could return to campus in October. Thank you, members of the EHS community!

Joining the Bell Society by making a gift in your long-term plans is a perfect way for anyone who loves EHS – alumni, parents, grandparents, faculty, and friends — to create a lasting legacy and embolden The High School’s future. Visit plannedgiving. episcopalhighschool.org to learn more, or contact Kent Alley, director of planned giving: kda@episcopalhighschool.org or (703) 933-4026.

With appreciation The Bell Society salutes the members of the Class of 2020, who finished the final two months of their EHS careers virtually from home yet maintained their courage, resilience, and unity. The seniors led with the same spirit and commitment to community that they demonstrated on campus; they helped make the most of a tough situation — for the benefit of all EHS students, families, and faculty. We eagerly await their return to campus — as EHS alumni — with their families next summer to gather together, so we can all collectively acknowledge and celebrate their accomplishments, friendships, and lasting impact on the EHS community.

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Digital design teacher Junko Pinkowski helped to create more than 3,500 signs to direct foot traffic safely through campus.

3,500 Signs, Several Heroes

Art teachers lead effort to help students navigate campus during the pandemic.

As Episcopal prepared this summer for virtual and then hybrid learning, one group of faculty and staff was physically navigating the campus through a pandemic. Though given the unglamourous name of the Wayfinding Group, they did heroic work to devise signage and an information system to direct foot traffic. The goal: help everyone maintain physical distancing and avoid congestion in stairwells, entrances, and other tight spaces.

Photography and painting teacher David Douglas led the group, teaming with fellow visual arts teacher Junko Pinkowski to design and install more than 3,500 signs on doors, in hallways, and throughout campus. Lindsay Bingham, assistant director of communications, helped to plot floor plans, while social studies teacher Joe Eldred worked with staff to analyze and determine each building’s needs. Eldred also recruited his friend, Cara Gerard, a professional wayfinder, to guide the group at the start.

Planning meetings took place in Douglas’s design studio in Ainslie Arts Center. Douglas projected building schematics onto a big screen, and the group discussed how to steer students, staff, and faculty safely through the interior. Next, they walked through the building and made adjustments to their preliminary plan.

Pinkowski carried her notepad, jotting down estimates for the number of signs and their location, size, and shape.

Doors previously used as both entrances and exits became marked “exit only” or “do not enter.” In buildings like Hoxton House and Baker Science Center, arrows on the floor designated narrow hallways as one-way only and directed students and adults to a single exit or stairwell.

Initially, the wayfinding system caused some confusion, but community members say its thoroughness is proving invaluable.

“It reminds them of what they need to do,” Douglas says. “When things are done well, people tend to take them more seriously.”

Sometimes students or faculty ignore or forget the signs. But Pinkowski also sees moments when one of her signs is a gentle corrective. “Students will walk the wrong way and then realize it and turn around. You can see the wayfinding system functioning.”

Douglas worked on this project the only way he knew how: like an artist. “If you’re trying to get a message across or make a work of art, you want to get it as close to perfect as you can,” he says. “I knew that the better we did this, the more success we were going to have.”

“It was a labor of love,” he adds. “I’m getting emotional just talking about it. As big of a project as this was, once we dove in, we were absolutely determined to do this as well as it could possibly be done.”

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School WITHIN a School With EHS faculty and staff juggling duties at home and work, Episcopal set up an on-campus learning hub for young children of employees.

When Alexandria’s elementary schools delayed their in-person opening this fall, Dean of Faculty Lucy Whittle Goldstein ’97 knew Episcopal had to get creative to support faculty and staff members with younger children.

Like a lot of Americans, Episcopal families had been forced to juggle jobs and children last spring when the pandemic moved schools online. Virtually overnight, they were homeschooling and caring for their children in between teaching EHS classes, preparing lessons, and meeting with advisories. Despite the occasional appearance of a fussy child on a Webex screen, they made it work and kept their students — and children — on track.

Goldstein, however, knew that wasn’t sustainable this fall, particularly when students returned to campus and the faculty and staff resumed their 24/7 responsibilities as coaches, advisors, dorm parents, community leaders, and more. In order to give their all to students, faculty and staff needed a childcare solution.

“If we were going to open a boarding school in a pandemic, we had to have our faculty and staff able to work fully while not going completely crazy,” Goldstein says.

What was initially conceived as a one-room schoolhouse instead became a partnership with Headfirst, a professional camp program that has hosted programs on Episcopal’s campus for the past two summers. The result? A hybrid classroom in Hershey Athletics

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Center where 33 K-5 students attend virtual school under the supervision of trained facilitators.

In the Headfirst program, children grouped by grade work at stations set six feet apart to ensure proper physical distancing. Facilitators help them log on to their school’s classes via iPads and complete independent projects. The program also builds in time for exercise and recess.

Goldstein worked with Chief Financial Officer Boota deButts ’76 to ensure Episcopal would cover Headfirst’s costs for families. Goldstein says that with the mental and emotional strain of Covid-19 already weighing on families, “We chose to cover it completely because it would have been an unexpected big hit to their budgets — almost the equivalent of a private-school tuition.”

Charissa and Sam Slack, parents of Riker, Sebastian, and Adella, enrolled all three children with Headfirst. “It was a complete gamechanger for us,” says Sam, who teaches Spanish, coaches multiple sports, and serves on the Hummel dorm team. They no longer had to juggle five virtual schedules while teaching their children to adjust to new normals. “If anyone’s going to be able to pull this off, it’s Headfirst. They are the Disney World of camps,” Charissa notes.

“I can’t imagine how we could have done it this fall if Episcopal hadn’t made Headfirst happens,” says geometry and sociology teacher Natalie Davies, who with her husband, Chris, a social studies teacher, has a daughter, Emily, in first grade.

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“ To Serve a Cause Greater Than Myself” The U.S. Navy’s Blake Murphey ’04 returns to the Hill for Veterans Day. At Episcopal’s annual Veterans Day Chapel service, U.S. Navy Lieutenant Blake Murphey ’04 spoke of how he found his calling in the military and urged students to consider service to their country and community as they plan their careers and lives.

Such service is critically needed now, he said, with the world facing a host of challenges, including the Covid-19 pandemic.

“During trying times is when service to a greater purpose has the most meaning.”

Murphey has served in the Navy for almost a decade. He has been the deputy and head intelligence officer for Seal Team 10 and a special operations liaison to the U.S. Embassy in Kenya. He is currently at the Pentagon and was recently selected for promotion to lieutenant commander.

Murphey told students that while at Episcopal and during his first years at Amherst College, he thought chiefly of a career in finance. “I wanted to make lots of money,” he said. Though a West Point lacrosse coach had hoped to recruit him out of EHS, he did not even entertain the idea of going into the military.

But after graduating college and joining a London finance firm, he found his life lacked a sense of purpose.

“I finally started thinking for myself and not just pursuing what everybody else thought was the path to happiness,” he said. “What I discovered was a desire to serve a cause greater than myself and to give back to a country that I truly love.”

Murphey said his love of country has deepened during his years of service, particularly during his time overseas. He noted that the American embassy always had long lines of individuals seeking visas to come to the United States. “There are millions of people from all over the world who would literally risk their lives for the chance to call themselves American,” he said. “I know because I’ve met them. I’ve heard their stories, and I have shaken their hands.”

Murphey said Episcopal faculty demonstrated to him the impact of service to the

greater good and urged students to find their own way to give back during this tumultuous time.

“The world needs people who will fight for our planet, who will spend their weekends at the soup kitchen, who will spend eight years studying to become a doctor and then volunteer for Doctors Without Borders,” he said. “And people who will teach our future generations.”

U.S. Navy Lt. Blake Murphey ’04 speaks at Veterans Day Chapel service.

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PIVOT. ADAPT. LEARN. Faced with 2020’s disruptions, students and teachers showed their ingenuity and smarts as they held fast to the traditions of the Episcopal experience.

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hit Nuckolls ’21 was on vacation over spring break last March and walking across the London Bridge when he found out the Covid-19 pandemic would prevent students from returning to campus. “I was getting phone calls and texts and knew the School was shutting down,” he remembers. Having just been appointed as the junior warden of the Vestry for the upcoming year, Whit recognized that he and his peers had their work cut out for them.

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Hiyab Mussie ’24 performed at the first Chapel service in Hummel Bowl from a stage at the 50-yard line.

Over the next eight months, the Rev. Betsy Carmody and the student Vestry answered the pandemic crisis with a remarkable display of versatility, resilience, and commitment. Determined to continue with Chapel service as a central part of student life, they reinvented the worship format several times, seeking the best way to maintain the tradition and bring the community together.

Chapel during the pandemic debuted as a completely prerecorded service — a first for Episcopal, as students worshipped together while scattered across the globe. In

September, with students still attending School remotely, the service became a hybrid production, with some elements prerecorded and others conducted live over the School’s Webex videoconferencing system.

When many students returned to campus this October, Carmody and the Vestry took the bold step to move one service each week to Hummel Bowl, complete with a stage positioned at the 50-yard line.

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peaceful moment of respite. Still, they remained committed to uniting the community in faith. “That groundedness of faith was really important,” notes Pierson Gammage ’20, The Rev. Betsy then the senior warden.

Carmody leads “Chapel is the one thing that ties us all together,” echoes the School in a Gilbert Amason ’20, then the junior warden.

Chapel service Assembling a service each week and navigating time over Webex. zones and logistics brought Vestry members closer together, thanks to FaceTime check-ins and Google Hangout meetings. Still, Chapel felt disconnected, and the recorded version didn’t offer the sense of community typical of worship. As the spring’s uncertainty became the new normal, Vestry members began to consider what the fall might look like. They decided to move services to Webex, which meant that most everyone could participate live and gain that missing sense of community, albeit virtually.

The transition to the fall’s Webex live-streamed chapel “got my blood pumping,” says Chris Kim ’21, senior warden of this year’s Vestry and a leader of the School’s percussion ensemble. “I love live events as a performer myself.” Director of Choral Music Brent Erstad was instrumental in continuing the caliber of musical performances, and student performers got to flex their creative muscles by playing several instruments, singing multiple parts, and using technology to up production value.

Once most students returned to campus, the Vestry considered whether it could create an in-person format that would meet health and safety guidelines. Callaway Chapel remained unavailable for large gatherings, due to state Covid-19 regulations, and community members missed having a space to gather, reflect, and pray. “It’s that place you can go “Chapel is the one when the world feels a little overwhelming,” Carmody says. She and her students decided thing that ties us find a path forward quickly while to give the community another place to gather. all together.” adapting to their own distanceOn a beautiful evening, half of the advilearning schedules and grieving the sories filed in to Hummel Bowl and took seats loss of their senior spring. Chapel, a on the turf, christening yet another new Chapel cornerstone of life at Episcopal, had to gathering space. Because state restrictions limit go on, but they didn’t know how. gatherings to 250 people, the remainder of the School Carmody chose initially to prerecord services, attended the service via livestream, to take their turn in mostly because the Webex platform was an unknown. With Hummel at the next service. the help of Lindsay Bingham, assistant director of commu“We are blessed with a beautiful place,” Carmody said nications, video was spliced together twice weekly, with at the opening. “It’s a privilege to be able to gather in the students recording chapel talks, musical performances, and way that we can here.” even the lighting of candles from their homes around the At the end of a long time apart, with the majority of the world. “Everyone became video editors,” Carmody jokes. community reunited on campus, Carmody says she relished For Vestry leaders, Chapel became a frantic rush to reconnecting through shared faith. “Those moments felt meet deadlines and record videos rather than the traditional holy to me.”

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ot long after the pandemic forced EHS to shift to distance learning last spring, Steve Castle began a routine that he never could have imagined in his 27 years as head coach of Episcopal’s wrestling team.

As many as four times a week, he would descend the stairs in his campus home to his family’s basement, with its TV, carpeted floor, electric keyboard, and sectional sofa. Plugging his computer into the television, he logged in to the School’s Webex videoconferencing system and watched as the faces of his wrestlers popped onto the screen.

For the next 45 minutes or so, Castle led the group through a workout, with drills and exercises that required only discipline, a couple dumbbells, and a pull-up bar, if available. Pushups, squats, planks, pullups, bench dips, and more to build strength. High-repetition cardio work — burpees, mountain climbers, split squats — to give them explosive power.

AN INVESTMENT IN THE EHS EXPERIENCE This year, Episcopal will spend roughly $2 million to enhance our hybrid academic program and ensure campus is safe for the students, adults, and families who call Episcopal home. We have: • improved air circulation and ventilation in every building with new filtration systems.

• purchased over 4,600 masks and other personal protection equipment.

• developed a comprehensive Covid-19 screening and testing system, conducting more than 2,700 tests this fall.

• created a child care program for faculty and staff whose young children are learning remotely.

• invested in faculty professional development and new technology (omnidirectional microphones, computer monitors, etc.) to bolster our ability to teach students attending online as well as in person.

To stay connected with his team, wrestling coach Steve Castle turned his basement into a studio for virtual workouts.

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students active, fit, and connected with friends and teammates. During distance learning, Instagram took on new competition was pushed back importance as a vehicle for real-time workuntil 2021, teams held outs, courtesy of athletics trainer Rachel “minicamp” workouts.

Kelly (strength and conditioning), wellness coordinator Emily Straight (yoga), and admissions officer Tran “I just wanted Kim-Senior (Zumba). Damian to keep my team Walsh created virtual track meets that became a national model. The together and Athletics Department made a video engaged” with Luke David ’93 to celebrate the winter sports teams, who missed their end-of-season banquet. It also organized videoconference college-commitment ceremonies and ran a social-media campaign to honor seniors.

Teams returned to the EHS playing fields in early October, each holding workouts, physically distanced, designed as minicamps to get them ready for competition in 2021. “They’re mostly based on skill and fitness,” says Girls’ Athletics Director Jen Fitzpatrick. “We’re building the foundation as well as team unity so that we’re ready to roll in 2021.”

Castle’s virtual workouts never ended, stretching from spring through summer to September. Matt Zito ’24, an incoming student, attended faithfully, along with his younger brother, Michael. He connected with Castle through his mother, Katherine Weglein Zito ’02, a standout EHS soccer goalie and multisport athlete.

The sessions gave the two boys a lifeline outside their family at the height of the pandemic, when lockdowns were tight and anxiety was high. “From a mental health perspective, it helped both of them get through it and gave them Then, drenched in sweat, endorphins pumping, the something to look forward to,” Zito says. “It was cool to see team would sit and talk — about the highs and lows of it continue through the summer so that they could connect the week, the trials of lives put on hold by the pandemic, with another adult and have this touchpoint.” everything and anything. It was these conversations, Castle When wrestling eventually resumes in person, Castle says, that he missed and that led him to turn his basement is planning workouts with new wrinkles learned from his into a workout studio. basement regimen. Using Webex, he plans to tap the many “I was feeling really disconnected from the kids,” he alumni in his wrestling family to talk about wrestling, says. “I just wanted to keep my team together and engaged.” college, careers, and life. He also plans to reintroduce the Athletics is one of the areas of Episcopal life most virtual workouts to help his wrestlers work out when home disrupted by the pandemic. Interscholastic leagues cancelled from school for Thanksgiving and the winter holidays and last spring’s season and now plan to run three shortened stay fit during wrestling’s fragmented season. seasons — winter, fall, and spring — this school year, beginBest of all, when it’s safe to wrestle again, he wants to go ning in January 2021. to the mat with his team. “I’m probably as fit as I’ve been Episcopal’s athletics community has responded to anytime in the last five years,” he says. “I’m actually ready these disappointments with ingenuity deployed to keep to wrestle with the kids.”

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ith Episcopal’s shift to hybrid learning, Theater Director Mallory Nonnemaker faced the challenge of producing a fall play when nearly half of her actors and production crew would participate remotely.

Nonnemaker came up with a creative solution, designing a production that incorporated both live and virtual elements and featured contributions from students on The Holy Hill but also as far away as Beijing.

The play she selected, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” is adapted from a novel by Mark Haddon. It follows the story of Christopher, a 15-year-old boy with Asperger’s syndrome, as he discovers the body of a neighborhood dog and attempts to solve the mystery of its death. The story, narrated from Christopher’s perspective, takes the reader inside the mind of the protagonist as he puzzles out what happened.

Because of its first-person narration, the play was the perfect choice for a performance incorporating virtual and recorded aspects. “So much of the play occurs within the main character’s mind and from his perspective,” she says.

“We thought that video could be a

great way to illustrate the narration and thoughts that occur inside his head.”

Of the 10 students in this year’s fall theater afternoon option, six (four actors and two tech crew members) were on campus, two were virtual and participating synchronously, and two were international students attending EHS from home and participating asynchronously.

The three performances took place live yet featured elements recorded on Zoom using backgrounds designed by the tech crew, with the result projected on a screen for the audience. Some scenes were fully recorded — like a movie — with all the actors projected; others featured a live actor interacting with a recording.

Led by seniors Chris Kim, Eli Wilcox, and Tabitha Cahan, the actors and tech crew were enthusiastic about the innovative approach. “I am always happy to showcase the students’ creativity,” Nonnemaker says. “They worked really hard, and I’ve been so impressed with their willingness to do something so different.”

Kim said of his experience working with his virtual castmates: “I have always loved acting, mainly because of the community and partnerships that we develop with our castmates. Especially now, seeing how everyone is still very dedicated to their craft is very inspiring.”

“I’m always happy to showcase the students’ creativity.”

Banks Krause ’23 (left) during rehearsals; Chris Kim ’21 and Annabelle Baird ’22 during the performance. The play incorporated virtual, recorded, and live performances.

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Here are a few of the many EHS alumni stepping up to meet the challenges of the pandemic.

FIGHTING THE UNKNOWN In late March, Dr. Franz Yanagawa ’00 was in Guatemala on a mission trip with a colleague from St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in the northern New Jersey city of Paterson.

They had completed a day of 27 surgeries when the wife of the clinic’s founder rushed in and announced: “You guys have to get out of here.” The coronavirus threat, which had seemed insignificant at home when they left for Guatemala, had mushroomed into a crisis.

The United States, the woman said, may close its borders and leave you stranded.

A few days later, Yanagawa, a critical care physician who’s also board-certified in general surgery, walked into one of St. Joseph’s first Covid-19 wards.

He wore full personal protective equipment in what felt like a sauna. Though he had expected to find mostly older patients, many were middle aged, some not much older than he is. All of them were very sick. The next day, working on another Covid-19 ward, he was asked again and again to put chest tubes into patients whose lungs had punctured. “I had never done so many in a single day,” he says.

Yanagawa almost didn’t go into medicine. At Episcopal, he helped lead the Mental Health Awareness student

organization and planned to become a psychiatrist, only to be scared off by a college biology class that was a medical school prerequisite. Late in his college career, however, he yielded to a voice inside him that said he needed to put away his fears and pursue medicine. “God gives us each a purpose,” he says. “I heard that voice, and somehow I knew I was supposed to be a doctor.”

Like many in the medical field, Yanagawa says he initially thought the novel coronavirus was little to worry about. “I remember my wife had seen it in the news and said, ‘Hey, there’s a coronavirus going around.’ And I said, ‘Honey, there are a billion coronaviruses all the time.’” It would probably just be another flu, he thought.

His first few days in the Covid-19 ward proved him wrong. Though the disease seemed to attack chiefly the lungs, he began to suspect something else was afoot when patients crashed and died almost overnight even as their respiratory systems were improving.

The virus was so new that research was spotty and unreliable, leaving doctors no treatment blueprint. There was, Yanagawa says, “a certain sense of terror to every decision.”

After his first 11-day stint at the hospital, Yanagawa pored over his case files and concluded that the disease might be causing blood clots. He explained his theory in

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“God gives us each a purpose,” he says. “I heard that voice, and somehow I knew I was supposed to be a doctor.”

Longtime journalist David Hatcher ’84 was in New York City when the World Trade Center towers fell on 9/11. At the time, he was an executive producer at WCBS, which, thanks to a back-up transmitter on the Empire State Building, was the only local station broadcasting over the air. What followed were days of hectic

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a conference call that Stanford physicians had set up to help them prepare for their first surge of patients. Physicians at the Massachusetts General Hospital said that they, too, suspected the disease causes blood clots — something research has now confirmed. “The solution to this is to come together in collaboration and bounce ideas off each other,” Yanagawa says. “There’s no one institution that could do it by themselves.”

Yanagawa worked for about two months in the Covid-19 unit before he returned to his regular duties. Paterson became New Jersey’s biggest virus hotspot, and St. Joseph’s has seen more cases than any other hospital in the state. As many as a quarter of the hospital’s surgical residents contracted the disease. Personally, the work took its toll on Yanagawa and his wife. “She saved me from several heart attacks,” he says.

Yanagawa says he can’t predict the trajectory of the virus. By November, New Jersey’s virus caseload was surging again, with state officials warning of a new lockdown. The virus, he says, “is something we’re going to have to live with for a time.”

Eventually, however, he believes medicine will solve Covid-19’s mysteries. “Necessity is the mother of invention,” he says. “Ultimately, we will get a better understanding of this disease. And sometime in the future it’ll just be locked away in a textbook that a med-school student will read about as just another run-of-the-mill thing.”

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but important work as Hatcher and colleagues reported on a murky, fast-moving situation for a city hungry for information.

Hatcher, who at the time had been in journalism for more than a decade, believed that story would be the biggest of his career. The pandemic, however, has changed that assessment. “What’s happening now is clearly so much more

impactful,” he says. “There are moments when I just don’t believe that all of this is happening, that our world really has changed so much.”

Like many Americans, Hatcher has seen his life upended by the virus. In February, just as the Covid-19 outbreak was emerging in the United States, he joined ABC News as an executive producer. He was charged with launching morning news programming for the network’s internet streaming channel, ABC News Live. But even before he could meet all the key players in ABC’s Times Square studio, his job changed; the network asked him and others from the streaming service and its “Good Morning America” show to create an hourlong program for the broadcast network.

“Pandemic: What You Need to Know” began airing March 20. Two weeks later, Hatcher began working out of his Harlem brownstone and sharing with his husband, Herbert, the job of helping their 10-year-old son, Jaylen, with remote learning. “It’s definitely not the way that I thought I was going to come into a new job,” Hatcher says.

Almost everyone worked remotely and connected largely via telephone conference calls, and it would be months before he met some of his colleagues.

“As we begin to talk about how we’re going to come back from all of this, we have to recognize that we won’t go back to normal,” he says. “This has created a whole new way of doing business in the sense of how many people will end up working from home.”

The show — which has since been rebranded as “GMA3: What You Need to Know” — originally focused solely on the virus, offering straight-up information about the disease that sorted fact from fiction. Segments steered clear of political battles and focused on how to help average Americans battle the crisis and care for children at home, manage wage cuts and unemployment, and navigate other challenges.

Hatcher returned to the studio in July, though Herbert remains at home, juggling his job at Salesforce with helping to keep Jaylen on track with remote learning. Hatcher has since been put in charge of three ABC News Live programs, including “Your Voice Your Vote: The Breakdown,” which covered the presidential race starting with the Democratic and Republican conventions.

Coronavirus, however, continues to figure prominently in his work, much like 9/11 dominated news and shaped

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INSIDE THE HOT ZONE Though it was springtime in New York City, with days of warm sunshine soon to chase away winter’s bleakness, Dina Clay ’06 woke up one morning with a feeling of dread. She did not want to go to her job as a nurse at the

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the country for years. “After 9/11, you wondered how we would ever recover,” Hatcher says. “And we recovered, better than ever. And that gives me a lot of hope in this situation.”

“Initially during the crisis, there was an incredible focus on the doctors and the nurses — the folks on the front lines,” he adds. “That was incredible. But the sanitation worker, the grocery store clerks, the transportation workers on the subway — so many of them have gotten sick. That illustrates in a dramatic way the disparity that we have in the country and in New York. And if we look closely at that, we really do have an opportunity to make some changes for the better. This could be a big moment for us as a country.”

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Clay learned that patients with Covid-19 can devolve in a matter of minutes, often with little warning.

historic Mount Sinai Hospital on the Upper East Side. She had become a nurse just a year earlier, moved by the death of her grandfather, a doctor, to take up medicine after stints in advertising and web development. Now, she was working on a Covid-19 unit, experiencing the exhaustion of fighting a pandemic that even top scientists and world leaders struggled to understand.

She eventually made it out of bed, and when she arrived at the hospital, she found cleaning crews on her floor. After weeks of anxiety and uncertainty, she let herself breathe a sigh of relief. The crews could only mean one thing: Her floor was returning to normal — at least for now.

Three weeks earlier, when New York City was the global epicenter of the coronavirus, Clay’s specialty abdominal transplant unit had been transformed into a Covid-19 unit, its usual patients moved to another floor. With no particular Covid-19 training, Clay had thrown herself into the work of a front-line responder.

“When you go into nursing, you don’t think, ‘Oh yes, I’m ready for a pandemic,’” she jokes.

Her nursing team was split, with older, more experienced nurses staying with transplant patients and younger nurses like Clay assigned to the Covid-19 cases. Clay initially considered herself lucky. She was still working with some of her fellow nurses, and she found comfort in the routines of her floor — the location of medicines, the code to the supply room. Also, she was relatively well stocked with personal protective equipment (PPE), including a fresh N95 mask daily — not enough to switch out after every patient, per protocol, but certainly more than other medical personnel in the city had. Still, she made sure to put her mask aside every night, just in case there wasn’t a new one available the next day.

Despite the risks and the unknowns, Clay did not fear for her life. “I’m not wired that way,” she explains.

“This is the profession I chose, and while I deserve to be protected with PPE, I didn’t worry about it too much.”

Over time, however, the days on the unit began to wear on her. A wave of new doctors, providers, and

physician’s assistants arrived on her floor as relief workers, some of them medical students who had graduated early from state schools. To limit doctors’ exposure to the virus, nurses were asked to interact more with patients. Though Clay volunteered to check on her patients frequently, the stress mounted.

She also struggled with the volatility and unpredictability of Covid-19. Clay was accustomed to working with critically ill transplant patients, but there were signs when their health worsened, and she typically had time to react and adapt. Patients with Covid-19 can devolve in a matter of minutes, often with little warning. It was stressful to be on alert at every moment, to know that patients could flip and die in a matter of seconds. “You were never going to be able to prepare for that,” Clay says.

Sometime that spring, New Yorkers began a nightly ritual to salute the city’s health-care workers, an organic expression of gratitude born of social media. Gathered on streets, apartment balconies, and rooftops, they cheered, clapped, banged pots and pans, and played music. Clay was too busy inside the hospital to hear what was happening outside, but one evening, her manager forced the floor’s nurses to greet a crowd gathered outside Mt. Sinai, including firefighters, their truck horns blaring and lights blazing.

After a particularly rough week, Clay one night took a jog that happened to coincide with the 7 p.m. salute. She let herself appreciate it for a moment. She says she has never felt recognized like that; nursing can be a thankless job, but New Yorkers were suddenly pouring out their thanks.

Today, the number of Covid-19 cases are rising again, nationally and in New York. Clay remains with her transplant patients for now. Months after her work on the Covid-19 unit, she reflects on the experience. Though so much in the world at the time felt hopeless, she says her role as a front-line worker gave her a powerful sense of purpose.

“When Covid hit, I was very thankful that I could actually be doing something and making a difference. I felt like I was actively helping.”

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I TRULY BELIEVE IN THE HUMAN SPIRIT Jonathan Beane ’88, the NFL’s chief diversity and inclusion officer, leads Episcopal’s effort to combat racism and make EHS welcoming for all.

Left: Jonathan Beane ’88 and his wife, Dr. Jodie Roure. He’s the NFL’s chief diversity and inclusion officer; she is president of the Hurricane Maria Assistance and Relief Institutional Alliance. Right: Jonathan and Anani Beane at 2019’s Spirit Weekend. Both enrolled at EHS this fall as members of the Class of 2024.

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arly this year, Jonathan Beane ’88 received a call from a recruiter for the NFL. The league wanted to hire a chief diversity and inclusion officer, she said, and she thought he would be a very strong candidate.

Beane, a 20-year veteran of diversity and inclusion work at Time Warner (now WarnerMedia), 21st Century Fox, and other brand-name corporations, spent the whole weekend in preparation for an interview, reviewing the latest league news, considering what he would do in the role, and eventually producing a four-page memo.

The former Episcopal football standout and Dartmouth College wide receiver saw the opportunity as a dream job.

“I love the NFL,” he says. “I’ve been a fan since I was four. And there are societal issues going on with the NFL that I am dying to get involved in.”

Beane started with the NFL in September. At the same time, he’s bringing his talents and skills (he has a law degree, a master’s in tax law, and an MBA) to another institution that’s close to his heart: Episcopal High School.

A member of the School’s Board of Trustees, he is leading the EHS Task Force on Racism, Understanding, and Belonging, a 15-member group of trustees and School leaders that began work this summer on wide-ranging efforts to help Episcopal actively combat racism and do more to ensure that all students feel a strong sense of belonging at the School.

Beane was particularly involved in the series of listening forums this summer and fall with Black alumni and current families, and he worked with others to launch a Black alumni network for the School (page 35). His dedication to the work draws on more than his loyalty to the School: His two children, Anani ’24 and Jonathan ’24, joined the Episcopal family this fall. “I’m invested here not only as an alumnus but also as a parent,” he says.

THE ROOTS OF HIS INTEREST IN DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION WORK My mom’s an educator, and my dad’s an orthodontist. He actually was the first Black orthodontist in North Carolina.

I grew up in a relatively religious family, and my parents taught me that you should look up to those who serve others. Growing up, while other people were going to the beach and doing other fun stuff in the summer, I was in different towns doing volunteer work every single day for at least half of every summer. It might have been on a Native American reservation in South Dakota, or in Pahokee, Fla., a really poor sugar-cane town. It was all about service, service, service, service.

Even in my first job, at Johnson Controls, though I wasn’t in a diversity and inclusion role, I was still doing that kind of work. I think I knew in my heart that I was going into D&I work even before my mind did.

ON CHANGE IN THE CORPORATE APPROACH TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION When I started, it was very rudimentary. Companies were just beginning to say that it’s something we need to focus on. Early efforts were often just about putting together a scorecard and showing it once a year to the board of directors and to the CEO: This is how many women and people of color you have. It was very, very basic and focused just on gender and race and ethnicity. There wasn’t any discussion of issues around inclusion, belonging, antiracism, cultural competency, intersectionality, or inclusive leadership. It was very much a “check the box” effort and compliance approach.

We have seen a dramatic evolution, and the areas of focus are much broader now. We’re looking at sexual orientation, gender identity, generational differences, experience, and concepts like allyship — how can someone be an ally for another group?

And we’re looking at ways a leader should act. When I came into the corporate world, most leaders were seen as tough; if you yelled at people and acted with aggression, people put you in the role of a leader. Today, that is seen as a weakness, and I believe D&I has helped redefine what it means to be a leader. Being a leader now means that you’re empathetic, that you’re inclusive, culturally competent, and empower people beyond yourself.

ON EPISCOPAL’S LISTENING FORUMS WITH BL ACK ALUMNI AND CURRENT FAMILIES They bring back memories. When someone talks about the experiences they had two years ago or five years ago or 20 years ago, I’ve had some of those same experiences. In fact, I had buried some of those memories, but when I hear someone else’s story, they come back — “Oh my gosh …

I remember having that feeling!”

It is frustrating that we still have diverse students — and, I would say, especially diverse women — who have a tough time and experience constant microaggressions.

By the time they graduate, there can be a lot of resentment and anger. They’re frustrated, and they feel a lack of belonging, a lack of voice.

What’s interesting is that they love the School as much as anybody else. So just because you may have experienced

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“I TRULY BELIEVE IN THE HUMAN SPIRIT”

These nine trustees are leading the Task Force on Racism Understanding and Belonging.

From top left: Jonathan Beane ’88 (chair), Lee Ainslie ’82 (chair of the Board of Trustees), Gretchen Byrd ’95, Steven Lilly ’88, Tom Long ’77, Alex Liu ’76, Lauren Marshall ’09, Rodney Robinson ’86, and Leah Kannensohn Tennille ’01.

hurtful things, you can still love the School and believe in its ideals. I’ve heard that love. The School is engaged in a healing process right now, and that’s only going to make it stronger.

ON WORKING WITH STUDENTS TO CREATE A CAMPUS CULTURE OF BELONGING The kids are still figuring out who they are. They’re going to make mistakes and say things that might not be appropriate.

So we have to create an environment where students can be psychologically safe from things that are perhaps hurtful.

We want to create an environment in which everyone is welcomed and allowed to be themselves.

But at the same time, we want an environment where disagreement is accepted, where different points of view are welcomed. Our job is to create that balance. We want these kids to grow their awareness, find out who they are, become critical thinkers, and develop intellectual and moral courage.

Yet at the same time, we don’t want to be so restrictive that people feel like they can’t be themselves.

ON THE TASK FORCE’S EXAMINATION OF SCHOOL STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS The remit of the task force is to work with the School’s administration and faculty to examine all ways that EHS

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can be more inclusive, welcoming, and equitable. When most people talk about these issues, we tend to focus on the individual, which is important, but there are also structural barriers to creating an inclusive environment as well.

These would include the structures that exist in what I call the “student life cycle,” which would be recruitment, admissions, financial aid, curriculum, college counseling, etc. Each of these areas is critical to a student’s experience at the School.

EHS is committed to a deep examination of all those areas of the School, and we’re going to enlist an outside perspective to help with those audits, bringing in a consultant with expertise in just this sort of work. I look forward to digging into that.

ON THE TASK FORCE’S BROADER WORK I’m convinced that we’ll get there. I truly believe in the human spirit, that human beings are inherently good and inherently love each other. If somebody’s hurting, our natural reaction is to help them.

But it’s going to take some work. And the process is going to be messy. It’s not going to be nice and clear and structured like it can be in a corporate environment. But the messiness is how you get to the right place. When I’ve seen it work, it’s the best feeling in the world.

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early three dozen Black and African American alumni have stepped forward to create the Black Alumni Network, a new organization that promises to strengthen and deepen the Episcopal community and support its students and alumni alike.

Working in tandem with the School, particularly Jonathan Lee ’01, associate director of admissions, Rick Wilcox, associate director of institutional advancement, and Louis Smith, director of the Office of Community and Equity, these alumni met this summer and fall and dreamed of what such a network might look like. In the resulting mission statement, they said the group will aim to: “empower current students and alumni through mindful engagement, networking, advocacy, and mentorship in order to create a community of alumni that not only embodies the EHS principles of moral courage, courageous action, and intellectual courage but also engages the EHS community at large, fostering cultural awareness.”

The network grew out of the national racial reckoning that began with this summer’s protests. EHS alumni of color talked among themselves and with School leaders about their experiences at Episcopal and as graduates. School trustees and leaders hosted a series of listening forums focused on the experiences of Black students at the School, and through the stories that alumni, students, and families shared, it became clear that the School was not living up to its commitment to be a community where everyone feels that they are welcome and belong. It also became clear that while their experiences were painful and difficult, these alumni care deeply about the School and its mission and wanted to work for its betterment.

“Being a Black student at EHS is an experience that is unlike any other, which can get lonely at times,” says Louis Tambue ’17, who drafted the mission statement along with Judellia Cole ’99, Aliyah Griffith ’11, and Blair Taylor ’99.

“We wanted to foster a network that not only stood in solidarity for the young Black women and men of EHS but served as a representation for the limitless heights that they will reach in their lives outside of EHS.” Others noted the network could help the School do more to facilitate connections with alumni who can support the Black students during their time on the Hill but also upon their entry to college and careers. Griffith says of her

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time at Episcopal: “I realized that I was not exposed to examples of black success post EHS. Once we graduated, we were solitary ships navigating the choppy waters of the outside world.”

She added: “My hope for the BAN is that we continue, in conjunction with the administration, to further an agenda of inclusion, belonging, and acceptance that is not only beneficial to the students of color, but the Episcopal community at large.”

Below are the names of individuals who have helped launch the network. If you are interested in learning more about the network, please contact Rick Wilcox, fw@episcopalhighschool.org. Also, see more about the network at episcopalhighschool.org/BlackAlumniNetwork, including profiles of some of the School’s distinguished Black and African American graduates.

Hadiyyah Abdul-Jalaal ’17 Sadiq Abubakar ’11 Nyantee Asherman ’11 Erek Barron ’92 Lester Batiste ’09 Harleigh Bean ’14 Jonathan Beane ’88 Tatiana Morrow Bennett ’06 William Braswell ’06 Cedric Bright ’81 KiYonna Carr ’03 Judellia Cole ’99 Heather Collins ’93 April Harris Crosby ’94 Osé Djan ’15 Clarence Gaines ’76 Lela Gant ’96

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Tier Gibbons ’11 Aliyah Griffith ’11 Maya Goree ’18 Roysworth Grant ’17 Andrea Hickman ’13 Foster Joseph III ’12 Lauryn King ’17 Jonathan Lee ’01 Sundi Lofty ’94 Jozette Moses ’17 Michael Otoo ’15 Bryan Peterson ’18 Malcolm Spaulding ’06 Louis Tambue ’17 Blair Taylor ’99 Raecine Williams ’07 Jared Young ’17

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JUST GETTING STARTED Gifted writer and athlete Perris Jones’18 takes on police brutality in recent anthology.

UVA running back Perris Jones ’18 wrote about police brutality against African American men in a recently published short story.

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erris Jones ’18 is making his mark as a third-year student at the University of Virginia — both in the classroom and among his football teammates.

A fictional short story he wrote during his first year was recently published in the anthology “Equality and Justice: An Engaged Generation, A Troubled World.” A talented writer and rising social-justice advocate, Jones uses writing to understand the world around him, especially in these turbulent times.

Jones transferred to Episcopal as a junior after two years at Bishop Ireton when his head football coach left the school. He remembers his first visit to campus, saying, “It was a bit surreal to me at first. I had never seen a school like EHS.”

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To Jones, Episcopal felt like “a community focused on success” in every aspect. “There was a oneness on dorm,” he remembers, that made Episcopal feel like home. He immediately thrived, settling into academics and athletics with equal dedication and rigor. Despite playing his senior season with a cast on his broken wrist, Jones, a running back, ended his career at Episcopal as the IAC’s offensive player of the year.

Jones, who at 5’8” is smaller than typical of a running back, always dreamed of playing college football but did not get any Division I offers while at Episcopal. He began to consider UVA after speaking with defensive coordinator Nick Howell, who urged Jones to join the team as

a walk-on. “He believed in me,” says Jones. The academics at UVA served as an added bonus in his college search.

“It’s challenging but interesting. It makes you want to learn.”

Jones, already accustomed to juggling football and school, wrote his story “Will It End?” after being inspired by his English professor’s willingness to confront issues of injustice head on and discuss them as a class. His assignment was to examine a social injustice. Before starting his research paper, however, he wrote a story focused on police brutality against a young Black man. “I just wrote. I didn’t think about it much,” he says. “I wanted to make it seem as real as possible.”

Jones’s story — “based on too-often true events,” he says — tells

the story of a Black mother whose son is killed by police in a case of mistaken identity. “He never committed any injustice, but he was the victim of one,” writes Jones.

As a young Black man, Jones often thinks of his mother, who fears for his safety every time he leaves the house.

He chose to tell the story through the victim’s mother’s eyes, putting himself in his own mother’s shoes. “Every time I leave the house, I give her a little more of a hug,” he says.

English teacher Mitch Pinkowski, who taught Jones, remembers his talent in the classroom. “Perris was led into literature by his unwavering fascination with characters and the conflicts they faced,” Pinkowski says.

“He was guided by an empathy for

“ When Perris spoke in class, we all listened.”

the plight of those characters, and his identification fueled his appreciation of texts on a level quite personal at times.”

Jones’s ability to see himself in literature benefitted his entire English class.

“When Perris spoke in class, we all listened because we knew it mattered; he spoke for the characters and for himself in a way that spoke for all of us as well,” Pinkowski adds.

At UVA, Jones is known for his toughness and work ethic. As a walk-on, he starts each day with an earned-not-given attitude. “I always prided myself on working hard, so I just continued to do that day in

and day out,” he said in a recent UVA article. “I didn’t say, ‘Hey, I want to be the starter,’ or ‘Hey, I want the majority of the carries.’ It was more, ‘How can I best benefit the team?’”

As for the future, Jones dreams of playing in the NFL one day.

“When that vehicle runs out of gas, I want to pursue a field in social justice and promote change,” he says. “I want to make the world a better place than when I came into it.”

He particularly wants to work with children. Like Coach Howell did for him his senior year, Jones hopes to “encourage our young kids to be great, because there’s nobody telling them they can’t.”

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BRIDGING D I V I D E S How EHS students found common ground during Election 2020.

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they talked about their political upbringing and their views on voting. The goal: to move beyond labels and sound bites and begin to build relationships in which political opposites might find common ground.

For Episcopal, the evening program was the latest in a run of efforts during the fall election season to bring students together for structured, respectful discussion about important matters facing the country. For John Gable ’83,

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two shared the goal of bringing the country together, albeit via different means. Gable had built AllSides as a source of fair and balanced information, while Blades was focused on helping people overcome differences and build relationships where they can find common ground.

In Living Room Conversations, small groups of people (ideally, no more than six) gather in person or by video and follow a guide to talk about any one of dozens of issues, many of them flashpoint topics like health care, race, religious freedom, and immigration. Participants agree to a few ground it was a memorable opportunity to give rules — “show respect and suspend back to the School he loves.

THE PROGRAM PROMOTES judgement” — and follow a set of quesLiving Room Conversations, the CONVERSATION THAT tions formulated with guidance from program Episcopal used to organize mediators and psychologists. The facethe student conversations that Friday IS DRAMATICALLY to-face interaction is key to lowering the evening, is part of AllSides, a venture temperature and promoting discourse that Gable launched to bridge divides in DIFFERENT THAN THE dramatically different from the scorchedthe country. Gable is an Internet pioneer earth rhetoric common on social media.

— he was the lead product manager for SCORCHED-EARTH “The conversation is such that they the Netscape Navigator browser in the RHETORIC COMMON discover each other’s humanity, and they 1990s — and in 2012 he started AllSides begin to appreciate each other, even if as a digital news-aggregator to provide ON SOCIAL MEDIA. a person is from a completely different balanced news from the left, center, background or political persuasion,” and right.

Gable says.

“And that makes real dialogue possible.”

AllSides has since grown and now includes AllSides for Ultimately, the program asks participants to lean into Schools, which provides information, classroom materials, their differences and resist the impulse to dodge tough and an online platform that connects students with different matters.

“We don’t want them to avoid differences or avoid backgrounds and political perspectives. Living Room disagreements,” he says.

“We want them to learn and build Conversations became aligned with AllSides about five years the skills so that a conversation actually makes them feel ago, when Gable met the program’s founder, Joan Blades. closer to the person on the opposite side.”

The two were political opposites: Gable was raised in a The program works, according to research conservative family in the Kentucky Appalachian Mountains by the Michigan-based Fetzer Institute. It and had worked for the Republican National Committee found a shift in attitudes among participants and Sen. Mitch McConnell; Blades, a Berkeley, Calif., immediately following the conversations as well native, had co-founded Move-on.org in the late 1990s and as two months later. “It wasn’t a one-time thing,” turned it into a powerful liberal advocacy group. But the

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Though political opposites, Joan Blades and John Gable ’83 believe their program will help EHS students find common ground.

Gable says. “People still seemed to be positively impacted even months later.”

Jeremy Goldstein, executive director of the School’s McCain-Ravenel Center for Intellectual and Moral Courage, brought Living Room Conversations to Episcopal.

After the trial run with political-group leaders, he used it in an election-eve program in which students discussed environmental issues and the country’s polarization.

The format, he says, gives students a chance “to pause and get to know each other as people, respect airtime and opinions, and nurture a respectful conversation with multiple perspectives on current issues.”

Peter Hood ’22, president of the EHS Government Club, which has 100 members, said that the initial Friday evening event “created a civil and calm environment to

listen to others. I hope that everyone was able to learn how to live in an environment where you can discuss complex topics and sometimes be wrong.”

Leslie Reyes-García ’21, president of the 50-member Young Democrats Club, agreed. “Connecting the three groups is going to be really helpful moving forward. It’s important to know where everyone stands on even basic issues like voting.”

The emphasis on respectfully hearing each other out was a common thread throughout the sessions. Isabel Schneider ’21, president of the Young Republicans Club, which has 105 members, noted the importance of finding common ground, adding: “I always find it so cool when I can relate to someone whom I do not necessarily share beliefs with.”

“TO BE MORE UNITED”

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r. Arthur Brooks grew up in a family deeply vested in the Democratic values of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Yet as he grew older, he forged his own political identity and gradually adopted more conservative viewpoints. While president of the American Enterprise Institute from 2009 to 2019, he wrote frequently about what he saw as the threat of expanding government and entitlement spending on America’s system of free enterprise.

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Yet during a visit with EHS students this fall, Brooks preached from neither the liberal nor conservative canon.

“I’m not going to tell anybody what candidate you should support — you can figure that out for yourself,” Brooks told the all-school gathering via videoconference. “I’m going to talk about one thing that we all care about, which is the United States of America, the country that we love and the country that we want to be more united.”

Brooks spoke to students as part of a special series of Among this fall’s guests: programming focused on the elections, racial justice, and • Olympic gold-medal winner Ashleigh Johnson, civil discourse. In its first full year, the McCain-Ravenel the first Black woman to represent the U.S. at the Center for Intellectual and Moral Courage organized Olympics in water polo. Addressing a schoolwide events this fall featuring some three dozen assembly, Johnson spoke of how she speakers, including individuals who have overcame challenges as a Black athlete worked for every U.S. president from in a predominantly white sport. Even as SPEAKERS INCLUDED George H.W. Bush to Donald Trump. she climbed the rungs of the sport and Drawing on the resources of became a star at Princeton, she found INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE Washington, D.C., as a political, business, that people doubted her because of the and intellectual world capital, Episcopal color of her skin. “They questioned WORKED FOR EVERY regularly brings experts and leaders to my work ethic, my commitment to the PRESIDENT FROM School who can share with students a sport, my family values, my intelligence, wide range of perspectives and ideas and many other things that weren’t GEORGE H.W. BUSH about the world, their community, and about me at all,” she said. their future. Since 2018, the School has Though she struggled early in her TO DONALD TRUMP. welcomed more than 150 visiting speakers career to embrace her role as a pioneer to its campus and classrooms — scientists, breaking race barriers, she eventually artists, theologians, authors, business execrecognized that she had a powerful platutives, and more. form. “I realized that if my story, if my voice, reaches The School’s McCain-Ravenel Center for Intellectual one person, then that’s enough,” she said. and Moral Courage — created in 2018 to prepare students • Marlon Peterson, a human-justice advocate who for lives of ethical leadership and service to others — is spent his 20s in prison, earned a college degree in leading many of the efforts to connect students to criminal justice, and now serves as an advocate for Washington in ways that advance Episcopal’s mission. The violence prevention and social justice. Peterson spoke center’s namesakes — John McCain ’54 and his teacher to students as part of a morning’s exploration of crimiand mentor William B. Ravenel — led lives committed to nal-justice reform. He told students how a mentorship honor, integrity, and service to the country. program he started in prison ultimately saved his life.

As part of its work, the Center this fall created special The program and the 150 letters he wrote to middle programs that stress the values those two men held dearly school students gave him a deep sense of purpose. By as well as the School’s Portrait of a Graduate qualities, sharing their stories with him, the students taught including an appreciation of diverse values and viewpoints.

Peterson the power of sharing his own story and

McCain-Ravenel speakers this fall included (from left): Reggie Love, former aide to President Barack Obama; best-selling author and scholar Dr. Arthur Brooks; Republican strategist Mary Matalin P’16; and Olympic gold-medalist Ashleigh Johnson.

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• Cindy McCain, the widow of Sen. John McCain ’54. reaching across racial and cultural divides to truly McCain joined EHS for election-eve discussions understand each other’s experiences. that included Brooks; Reggie Love, former aide to “At your age,” he told students, “you have the President Barack Obama; Brenda Thiam, the first opportunity right now to change lives. In order to Black Republican woman to serve do that, you have to do the very in the Maryland General Assembly; important work of trying to Jim Gray, the Kentucky secretary of understand why. You have to dig “I REALIZED THAT transportation; and Preston Cory ’11, deeper. And then dig deeper.” policy and communications advisor in • Democratic strategist James IF MY STORY REACHES the Office of Air and Radiation at the Carville P’16 and Republican U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. strategist Mary Matalin P’16.

ONE PERSON, THEN McCain talked about her husband’s They were among more than 20 legacy of bipartisan work as well as experts from both sides of the THAT’S ENOUGH” #ActsofCivility, a campaign she orgapolitical aisle who took students nized with the McCain Institute to inside the campaigns and issues of bridge political divides. “It’s always the 2020 elections. Other guests fun to argue,” she said. “But the point of it is to included: former Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe talk about an issue, debate it, and come to some P’13, GOP strategist Tim Garon ’99, and New common ground.”

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everal times a week this fall, 11 students identifying as Republicans, Democrats, and independents gathered in a room in Townsend Hall. Technically, they were attending an advanced U.S. government class, but during virtually every election cycle, teacher Peter Goodnow transforms his students into politicos who analyze races and campaigns as political scientists and operatives might. This year, they conducted focus groups, evaluated polling, and studied how voters prioritized issues in the 2020 election.

Goodnow encourages students to bring their own political viewpoints to the work, just as they would in careers in government or politics. “It’s important to me that the students are doing the analysis on their own terms,” he says.

“I want them to feel empowered by their beliefs, whatever those are. I only require that if we don’t agree, we remain civil with each other.”

Goodnow, a former CIA analyst, has been immersing EHS students in real-world government and politics for more than two decades, tapping what he calls the “goldmine” of Washington resources. For his trial effort in 2000, he assigned students to analyze the lobbying, Capitol Hill maneuvering, and Department of Defense work behind a new class of U.S. Navy destroyer. Hoping to find an expert to whom students could present their findings, he coldcalled officials at the Pentagon, and through

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chance and persistence, arranged for the class to meet an officer in the Navy’s surface warfare division. That officer turned out to be Admiral Michael Mullen, who would go on to serve as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

Mullen later wrote to Goodnow that the students’ analysis “withstood scrutiny” by his staff and “received favorable endorsements from all reviews.”

With that first success, Goodnow started folding similar Harvard Business Review-like case studies into his courses, often recruiting experts from Washington’s political and government ranks to evaluate the students’ findings.

“Instead of students going and listening to someone talk, they brief these experts on their research and get feedback from someone who has a real-world perspective,” he says.

Once, a Marine Corps general joked that the students’ proposed non-military solution to a foreign-policy problem was going to put him out of business.

In addition to Mullen, his students have presented to such big names as Michael Hayden, the former director of the CIA and the National Security Agency, as well as members of Congress. They also have briefed officials and experts at the CIA, the Departments of Defense and State, and various NGOs. In recent years, students met with two senior analysts at the National Counter Terrorism Center to discuss their

In 2000, Goodnow cold-called Pentagon officials and landed his class the opportunity to brief soon-to-be Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen.

Liv Hunt ’21 appreciated the chance this fall to go beyond theory and dig into issues of the moment.

Liv describes herself as a conservative and says her views, research on a terrorism group in Bahrain. Another class put while not always welcome in her California hometown, together lobbying pitches on fracking — one pro and one are respected in Goodnow-led discussions. “I feel like his con — and presented to an energy lobbyist. classroom is a very safe space where no For this year’s advanced government course, the class did extensive analysis one’s going to judge me,” she says. of data from a focus group of 69 adults Goodnow says the payoff for such GOODNOW, A inside and outside the EHS community, work is that his students enter their equally divided among Democrats and FORMER CIA voting years with a more sophisticated Republicans, plus a few independents. understanding of both the theory and ANALYST, IMMERSES machinery of government. The projects The focus group answered questions on have helped launch some into careers in candidate preferences, the debates, and key STUDENTS IN REALgovernment, the foreign service, and the issues such as the economy, the pandemic, military, including Davis White ’99, a and social justice. The class also studied WORLD POLITICS former political operative who’s gone on to journalism for bias and evaluated the influwork in policy operations for Google and ence of the presidential race on congresAND GOVERNMENT. Uber; Sarah Vance Trentman ’06, a professional elections. sional staffer on the U.S. House Judiciary Liv Hunt ’21 says the class has been Committee; and Grace Chesson ’08, an her favorite at Episcopal — a chance to get analyst with the Department of Defense. beyond political theory and history, dig into issues of the “My biggest success stories are when students go into moment, and better understand her own views. Her parents public service.

That is when I think, Yeah, I’ve done joined the class focus group, and she researched papers on the 2017 tax cut and the Electoral College. my job.”

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GUNS, HAIRCUTS, AND SWEETS How businesses once courted EHS students through advertisements in The Chronicle.

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ithin months of the first edition of The Chronicle in 1888, Episcopal High School students were selling advertisements to offset the cost of production.

Chronicle staff walked up and down King Street in Old Town, introducing themselves to proprietors to sell space in the School’s newspaper. Over time, development pushed west from Old Town, offering the sales staff new potential customers. Bradlee Center, which opened in 1957, bought its first ad that same year.

These advertisements offer snapshots of everyday life in Alexandria in any given era and give a sense of how EHS students chose to spend their time and money, whether at a barbershop, a clothing store, a record store, or even an arcade with six bowling alleys and 14 billiard tables.

W.A. Barnett, a wholesale confectioner, hawked sweets from King Street, while W.E. Bain on King and Royal streets sold cutlery, guns, iron, and steel.

Some businesses tried to woo the students on The Holy Hill and even competed for their dollars. “EHS Boys Welcomed,” declared Bradlee Barber Shop, while Fairlington Barber Shop promised Episcopal boys “prices made as low as possible.” Stone’s Motel boasted of its proximity to the School, but the Penn-Daw Motor Hotel went even further, announcing that it was the “Headquarters for E.H.S. Boys and Families” and pointedly noting that the owner, S. Cooper Dawson Jr., was a graduate of the Class of 1928. The Leader, meanwhile, hoped to attract students

eager to upgrade their post-graduation wardrobe, promising a “fine line of Boys’ and Young Men’s College Clothes.”

The ads also show how Alexandria itself has changed.

Chronicle pages featured promotions for horse stables, a car dealership, and a lumber yard in the heart of what is now boutique-filled Old Town.

Not surprisingly the earliest advertisements do not include phone numbers. When phone numbers first appeared, in the November 1906 edition, they consisted of three numbers, and by the mid-20th century, they were a combination of numbers and letters. In this alphanumeric system, the letters indicated the telephone exchanges that served as hubs through which telephone calls were routed and usually represented a town or neighborhood.

Most of the establishments that advertised in The Chronicle have come and gone. Smoot Lumber, founded in 1858, is almost as old as Episcopal and was advertising as early as 1904, although it moved from Old Town in 1990. It was still advertising 50 years later and was likely the publication’s most enduring advertiser.

By the 1970s, the number of ads in The Chronicle had dwindled considerably — perhaps a sign that the School no longer expected student publications to pay for themselves.

The last advertisement appeared in the April 29, 1972, edition — a basic, even homely ad for a company offering roof and gutter replacements. With that, a window into the consumer life of Alexandria and EHS students closed.

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About the same time the Marines were fighting the Japanese on Iwo Jima, a small island in the Pacific in 1945, students were fighting not the Covid-19 pandemic at the High School, but scarlet fever. Almost half of the students had the disease or something similar. Nobody could leave the campus.

Classes were held six days a week. If no more students got the illness before spring vacation was to begin, it would be extended.

Reached at his senior living apartment in Charleston, Gus Middleton, with assistance from his caregiver, had this to say about his personal experience: He felt awful, had a high fever, chills, and a sore throat. He didn’t go to classes but had to attend meals in the dining room. It was so apparent that he was seriously ill that Mr. Shackelford, the master in charge at his table, made him leave and go directly to the infirmary. As he walked toward the dining room’s main door, all of the students’ eyes were on Gus, worried that if he had scarlet fever, there wouldn’t be an extra spring vacation, or perhaps any vacation at all. “Miss Annie,” the head nurse, realizing the situation, purposefully said Gus didn’t have scarlet fever. He might not have, but she got him well enough with sulphur drugs, and he and everybody got the extended spring vacation days.

Whatever his illness, Gus thinks it might have stunted his growth, but it didn’t prevent him and Bill Dunn from being the school’s best writers. Their School Bull column in the monthly Chronicle was superb. And it didn’t prevent him and fellow brainy High-Listers Dunn, Ed Gregory, Bill Kappes, and Ben Moore from graduating from Princeton with outstanding academic records. And it didn’t prevent him from nicknaming me “Coach 46

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Richardson” and constantly making up stuff about me in his column. I wasn’t good enough to play varsity athletics but tried to write sports stories in the Chronicle.

Couldn’t reach Bill Hodges because of health concerns, but did talk with his current wife, Liz. They live in a long-term health care facility, CentreHealth, in Lynchburg, Va. A five-year man at the High School, Bill was a leader in the Glee Club and Choir, so it’s fitting that the two met while both sang in a church choir near Forest, Va., where Bill lived. Not all of the Class of ’48 were admitted to their first college choice, but Bill was, to Cornell. There, he majored in permology which Liz said was fruit-growing. At Cornell, Bill joined Alpha Delta fraternity. Liz said he had “a glorious big tenor voice.” Liz was born in Augusta County, Va., “God’s Country,” in the Shenandoah Valley. She received her undergraduate degree at Longwood College in Farmville, Va., and her master’s at “The University,” she adds.

Bill was ROTC at Cornell and was stationed in Germany. He returned to Cornell every five years for his major reunion and rejoined his singing group, in which Liz said he sang four-part harmony. Bill’s father, James Barnett Hodges, was from Maryland, attended Gilman where he lettered in four sports, and graduated from Yale. Bill celebrated his 90th birthday July 22, 2020, and was visited by two of his four children from his first wife. One came from Texas; the other from Michigan. In sports at EHS, Bill worked long hours running the mile in track.

He told me his biggest disappointment was lacking one point in the final track meet to receive the coveted E.

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Herbert Donovan (H) 303-645-6561 hdonovan152@gmail.com

Herbert Donovan reports from Colorado, where he and wife Mary live in a retirement community just south of Denver, having moved two years ago from New York to be near two daughters and their families. Herb is a retired Episcopal bishop, Mary a former history professor. They recently hosted Kent Alley from the High School Advancement Office for a most enjoyable visit. Herb also reports a delightful meeting by phone with Woodberry’s headmaster, Byron Hulsey, who is the surviving cousin of a fellow retired bishop. Herb tells the following incident from that conversation: “I told him of my youthful association with Woodberry, the site of the Diocese of Virginia youth conferences, which I attended for two years before going off to Episcopal. We were invited to learn the school song, and I can still sing it: ‘Our strong band shall near be broken, formed at Woodberry, far surpassing wealth unspoken, sealed by friendship’s tie (then the Latin motto) deep graven on each heart, shall be found unwavering true when we from life shall part.’”

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Robert Baker ’54, John Burress ’54, and Bill Baker ’77 at a North Carolina vs. Duke basketball game.

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Dick Rutledge (H) 914-937-5765 dickrutledge@earthlink.net Lee Marston (H) 410-647-7493

The Class of ’51 held a full class conference call on May 13, 2020. The turnout was astounding, with 17 members from our class as well as Judy MacEwan (widow of Nigel MacEwan) and Mary Ann Van Blarcom (widow of Peter Van Blarcom).

On the agenda was an update on the School from Charley Stillwell regarding the Covid-19 pandemic, current finances, and plans for the fall. Each member of the class gave a life update, and many memories were shared. Co-organizer Dick Rutledge brought out his Commencement Exercises and enlightened us all as he shared snips of the program and struck fond memories as he read between cheers and applause the names of the winners of various prestigious awards.

Stay tuned as we plan to host another class call in the coming months.

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Harte Crow (H) 603-643-5007 hcahcrow@gmail.com

Ed Mullins (H) 803-782-3027 (O) 803-733-9401 ewmullinsjr@gmail.com

Jonathan Bryan writes, “Judy and I continue pretty much locked down here in Alexandria’s Goodwin House, where the

administration is excellent at keeping the virus out — and us in. With the excellent service, this is where we are glad to be. We regularly see Jackie Phillips, a resident here, and we have Zoom visits with Pinkie and Sandy Roe and Dolly and Ted Scarborough.”

Samuel Holt writes, “Still puttering on in D.C., supported by my fellow Alabamian partner, Vicki Weil. All three girls now in New York State, two teaching (NYU and Emma Willard) and the third with three granddaughters in Brooklyn. Still would love to hear from classmates coming through D.C., though limited in my meeting anywhere these days but outside venues while masked.”

Ed Mullins has given up his license to practice law after 60 years. He started his law practice at Nelson Mullins and Grier in 1959 where he was the fifth lawyer in its only office in Columbia, S.C. When he retired from the firm, it was Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough and there were over 800 lawyers and policy advisors in 26 offices in 10 states and the District of Columbia. He is still doing some pro bono mediations in the family and magistrate courts and has an office and limited support in his son’s law firm where he consults with them on marketing and office practice. A substantial part of his time is spent with his four granddaughters. One graduated from Wofford College and is a freshman at the University of South Carolina law school.

One is a junior at the University of Virginia.

One is a freshman at Washington and Lee. The youngest is a sophomore at Heathwood Hall Episcopal School in Columbia.

Mort Boyd writes, “With the virus, I really have nothing of interest to report except a bad case of cabin fever. ...”

Harrison Braxton writes, “I am well, playing golf and refereeing golf occasionally.

Charlie, I find it hard to believe that your museum can survive without a lepidopterist. I do remember our freshman soccer at Carolina and Coach Pawlik. I also remember both of our coaches at Episcopal. I credit Roger Walke with finding a path for me at Episcopal into soccer and Heslett K. Murray for teaching about the game of football, as he called it (and getting me through Latin II). It has been an interesting year indeed. Now, for

After Episcopal

Keen Minds, Strong Wills As we report in the In Memoriam section, H. Fairfax Conquest ’46 died in February after a full life as a Marine, a surgeon, and a husband, father, and grandfather. After retirement, he wrote and published poetry, including the collection “Where the Wind Takes Me.” Upon his 50th Class Reunion, he wrote a short poem for the commemorative coffee mug: In youth we left The School, The Hill with keener mind and stronger will.

And spirit learned dwells in us still — as Grads who’ll never be over The Hill!

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our class, I issue a challenge: Find a way to remove your face mask without having your hearing aids go astray!”

A note from Will Bridgers: “Hello from lockdown in hot Charleston. High fives on your retirement, Charlie. I just might as well be retired, since I haven’t been in my office since March. News is scarce here in the low country, with the many festivals and performances killed, and it looks like a washout sports season. One thing though: I did become good friends again with Mayo Read ’53. Pluma and I had a delightful dinner with Mayo and Ellen at Bishop Gasden, where they lived until, sadly, he passed away shortly after. The memorial service was as overwhelming as the way he lived.”

A reply from John Burress: “Wish I had some news for you, but life here has been pretty quiet. Too many postponed funerals and lots of distress, except Mary Louise and I continue to be blessed with everything. Our health is perfect, we walk, I play golf and still keep an office for monkey business. We have a grandson, John Woodfin Burress Walker ’21, at EHS. The Burress name is now, finally, on the High List, even if it is 70 years late.

“I am sorry I do not have any gems about our classmates. Take care and be safe! I do feel like I keep up with things at EHS, and I am quite pleased with the job they continue to do and I have great confidence looking ahead!”

A note from Jim Chapman: “Congratu­ lations, Charlie, on full retirement. I hope you can find time to do all your activities. I found that I could not and wondered how I ever managed to get my job done before.” Jim has health issues, as do most of us, I guess.

Oscar Davis replied, “My wife and I have escaped the virus in Atlanta and have been at our mountain house in Highlands, N.C., since the middle of March. We walk, read, watch TV, and pretty much keep to ourselves.

I have been float-fly fishing a number of times on the beautiful rivers in this area. Thank goodness my wife and I are getting along well! It would be unbearable otherwise. The country is in a real mess, which makes me very sad even though I am lucky not to be in the middle of the chaos.”

News from Darrell Jervey: “A recent great-granddaughter, Ava Roper, was born in May 2020. Her dad is our first grandson, Jervey Roper, now a second-year, general-practice resident. I turned 84 today, Aug. 23.”

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This from John Mason: “I stay busy despite Covid-19, but it does keep me close to home here in Alexandria. Friends where I lived years ago — Colombia, Guatemala, Spain — say it’s not worth visiting right now.

“Aging eyesight and hearing limit my birding, but I still do a Christmas bird count at exactly where my earliest American ancestor settled in 1653. And for several years I’ve been an election officer at polling places.

The county anticipates record turnout this November, so we’re braced for a marathon effort — 5 a.m. until after 9 p.m., with no letup likely. Four years ago, on Nov. 6, it wasn’t quite that bad.

“Mostly it’s our church that keeps Linda and me busy. My main project there is to overhaul the accounting system and put it online. It follows my standard plan: Figure out how to do it, show others how to do it, get them to do it. At this writing we’re almost there. On Sundays at church, I occasionally see Bob Montague ’52. A year or so ago, we lost another Old Boy from the parish, the Rev. Les Kinsolving ’44, who died at age 90.”

Bill Pender writes, “Great to hear from you, Charles, and wish for you many happy years in your retirement. Other than the usual slings and arrows of old age, my more serious health issues have subsided as I enjoy living in my cabin on the southern slope of Big Yellow Mountain in Avery County, N.C. I fancy myself as an artist in painting and landscaping. My wife, Gay, and I have loved receiving our children and nine grandchildren at different stages that our accommodations will permit as well as their dogs, all of whom are tested negative in the face of the pandemic. I am thankful for my blessings in this messed up world and wish the best for you and our classmates.”

Charlie Tompkins writes, “Congratu­ lations on your retirement. I have no news, but I can’t help wondering whether my dad would have liked teaching from a laptop without students in front of him to bombard with chalk for errant answers.”

A note from John Trask: “No news other than to say that I am happy to report that my granddaughter Josephine Trask ’20 graduated from EHS this year and is now a freshman at Texas Christian University.

Other family alumni: sons Clark Trask ’85 and Patrick Trask ’88 and granddaughter Isabelle Trask ’11.”

A response from Robert Wilson: “Glad to hear all is well with you. Basically fully

retired since Dec 31, 2007. I am doing well, playing golf four-five times each week since March 1. Because my annual golf trip to Scotland had to be cancelled due to the virus, I decided to go ahead with radiation therapy for my low-grade prostate cancer, something I’ve had since 2016. I finish up in another week. Have had almost nothing in the way of side effects. Next year’s Scotland trip is already mostly planned for August. I hope all our mates are doing well and that you all stay Covid-19 free!”

Thanks, all of you who responded, and thanks for the good wishes. I pray that we will all come through this pandemic safely, and that we will meet for our 65th Reunion!

To those who did not respond, please let me hear from you whether you have news for the magazine or not!

Cheers — Charlie

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Sandy Wise (H) 614-766-1511 (O) 614-447-0281 hawppmd@gmail.com 65th Reunion: 2021 – date to be determined

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Fielder Israel (H) 540-504-7862 gretchen.israel@gmail.com 65th Reunion: 2021 – date to be determined

Bud Billups writes that he and his wife, Bee, moved two years ago from Annapolis to White Horse Village, a retirement community outside Philadelphia and near where they used to live. The last bit of excitement for him was last November, pre-Covid-19, when he was part of a team from their church working with the Episcopal Diocese of Cuba to install water-filtration systems in churches throughout the country. The water serves both the churches and the surrounding neighborhoods. It is a terrific project, plus he got to return to the land where he was living when he first came to EHS. Bud adds that one of the priests of their church is his great friend Bill Wood ’58, who also is the brother of our classmate Hunter Wood.

From Henry Spalding: “Wish I could give lots more to report in Class Notes, but there ain’t much to report. At my age, every day is a blessing. I am now married just over one year. My wife, Alice, has the energy of a teenager, which keeps me going. Life is

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Beverly and Page Dame ’59 by the Arno River in Florence, Italy, in November 2019.

I have just learned of the death of our classmate William Calvert “Bill” Perrine.

It’s always with sadness that we hear such news. I am trying to contact his wife, Rebecca, to convey our condolences. Lord, I pray for Your reception of Bill into Your heavenly life, and surround Rebecca and family with Your comforting presence. Amen.

God’s peace be with us, classmates — Skip (Fielder) Israel

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Louie Gump (W) 423-282-3933 lhg703@yahoo.com 65th Reunion: June 2022

Charley Hooff ’59 and Landon Hilliard ’59.

good.” Henry writes that he is so appreciative of EHS. Bruce Rinehart writes that he had heart valve replacement — a transcatheter aortic valve replacement — Dec. 9, 2019, one month before mine. Bruce and his wife, Mary, then moved to Florida on Jan. 5, and then he had a knee replacement on Feb 28. Bruce writes, “All’s well, except golf is not at all well.”

He has taken up croquet, a most enjoyable and a less punitive game for folks our age.

Never ever thought I’d come to say that.

Bruce says that he and Mary were blessed to spend their 50th summer in the mountains (Linville, N.C.), especially during this pandemic. “Most activities here are ongoing, though masks and social distancing are the norm. In other words, we are out and about almost as in normal times. We’ll return to our home in Vero Beach, Fla., in mid-October. It is great to hear from you guys. Stay healthy and safe, classmates; on to our 65th in June 2021!”

Henry Blake writes, “Not a whole lot to report. The virus and hurricanes are the big news in Louisiana at the moment. Two graduations were canceled. Grandson Stephen Hardtner Faris ’16 graduated from the University of Wisconsin. And grandaughter Jayne Holloway Morris graduated from Florida State University Phi Beta Kappa after only three years! I spent a few days near Woodstock, Vt., recently. It was beautiful and cool. My doctor ‘quarantined’ me at my place in Montana until things settle down.

No deaths in my county, and only 89 in the whole state so far.”

Chip Buxton writes, “I have turned my law firm, TrustBuilders Law Group, over to my son, Wakefield. We maintain four offices in eastern Virginia: Yorktown, Williamsburg, Virginia Beach, and Saluda (Middlesex County), where I live. What a challenge the pandemic environment has been. After the Virginia governor’s order in March to stay at home, our business dropped 90% in three weeks. I moved my computer, scanner, and printer to my home office and worked to help keep the lights on, and now we are

again seeing clients in our offices and things are on the mend.

“In January, Mary and I bought a condo in Naples, Fla., and look forward to our first winter in the Sunshine State beginning in November.

“Chip Woodrum’s widow, Emily Abbott Woodrum, originally from Newport News, Va., passed away this winter.

“I trust you and all my classmates are surviving the pandemic without incident.

Looking forward to our next reunion. I have wonderful memories of the grand tour of Mount Vernon so skillfully arranged by Shep Ansley for our last get-together.”

Pearce Connerat writes, “I am thankful for good health (can still do an occasional 10K in about an hour) and four grandchildren to entertain, or entertain me. Joyce and I will celebrate a 49th wedding anniversary next year and hopefully a 50th when our group assembles for our 65th in 2022. Looking forward to catching up with everyone then.”

Floyd Lankford ’57 writes, “Bing Sherrill ’56 lives in Buffalo, N.Y. and manages several real-estate properties. He sounds active and well. He has three children — two sons and one daughter — all of whom live relatively nearby. He would like to indicate that he misses the opportunity to rob ball carriers of the football as in the old days. If you remember, he was very good at that trick (my addendum, not his).”

The original game ball from the 1953 EHS-WFS battle now resides with EHS, gratis Fletcher Carter ’53. He had saved it, lo these many years.

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Surry Roberts surryroberts@adventure777.com (H) 919-828-2245 65th Reunion: June 2023

John Briddell writes, “I have an aggressive form of chronic lymphocytic leukemia and have responded well to treatment on a clinical trial. Coronavirus risks in travel prompted us to switch from Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. to Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio. Our time has been spent ducking the novel coronavirus. Both are very good facilities, but Mayo Clinic has a special place in our hearts.”

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Page Dame wpdame3@gmail.com (H) 941-706-3474 65th Reunion: June 2024

Beverly and I continue our quiet, pretty much locked-down life in Sarasota, Fla., with the exception of masked visits to the grocery store, pharmacy, medical appointments, and occasionally the gas station. This is pretty much the same story I am hearing from other classmates. I am tempted to paraphrase the prophet Job and ask, “How long, how long, O Lord, must we suffer this terrible virus time?”

It has been a real pleasure to reconnect and catch up with several classmates, some of whom have been, regrettably, off the radar screen for far too long (50+ years). These include Fred Coleman, Jeb Eddy, Sandy Hale, and Mike Pleninger, all of whom have had remarkably diverse and productive careers. A great telephone call with Gaston Caperton was just what the doctor ordered on a rainy afternoon. He confessed to feeling cooped up, and I told him I wished he was president and that, as a former governor of West Virginia, he was eminently qualified.

Am in regular contact with Johnny B. Thompson and Charley Matheson, as has been the case ever since we left EHS. The three of us went to Virginia together and have always been close friends. The wonderful afterglow of last year’s reunion lingers.

Sam Clark, Mac Dick, Warner Bass, Fred Dashiell, and Bill Flippin seem unimpaired by the passage of time, as does the irrepressible Charlie Logan, with whom we had an enjoyable visit in the Florida Keys this spring.

Johnny B. Thompson and his wife, Ashby (my first cousin), will be visiting us here in early March. They met at our wedding in Washington 22 years ago (he was my best man)! He continues his work with the Seamen’s Church Institute in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.

Don Haddock writes, “Great to hear from you. The reunion was fun. Joyce and I still reside in Alexandria and will probably never move. This June we will celebrate our 55th wedding anniversary. We’re both in pretty good health for old people. I still sit as a Circuit Court judge two to three times a week. We own a farm in Fauquier County, which takes up a good bit of my spare time.

I still hunt and fish at every opportunity. We have a beautiful and brilliant 16-year-old 50

granddaughter, Eva, by our son Donald and daughter-in-law Cristina, with whom we share as much time as she can spare. They also live in Alexandria. Donald ’89 is a general District Court judge here. Son David ’87 is general counsel to a large corporation in the healthcare field. He and Klara have two boys, Alex, 10, and Adam, 9, both smart, handsome, and athletic. They currently reside in Massachusetts, and so we only see them on holidays.”

Fred Dashiell writes, “Paula (married 1971) and I have lived in Los Angeles since 1973, and we seldom encounter EHS folks here. We have two daughters with grandsons Toby (age 2) and Jasper (4), one living near us in Playa del Rey, the other 125 miles away in Joshua Tree. I am still actively engaged in research mathematics, published a book in 2016, and have papers and conferences ongoing. I even get a small royalty from the book!

In Covid-19 times, I get out every day for either a 12-mile bike ride or a paddle outing in my outrigger canoe, but these are solo activities. Healthwise, I am fine for now, after some repairs over the last eight years. We built our 2400-square-foot house here in west L.A. two years ago, and as long as our family is in the area, we probably will stay put as long as we are healthy.

“The 2019 reunion was also remarkable because my brother Tom ’66 was there as well, and we have almost never both been on the campus at the same time. We took off on Saturday to drive down to Wicomico County, Md., and visit our ancestral home, established in 1675. John Thompson knows this area.”

Charles Logan writes, “I’ve been trying to get my story together, but demon rum seems to get me off track. Our August trip to a wedding in Seattle, as well as the Italian tour, were canceled, much to our regret.

“As far as notes from our class, I see Charlie Lunsford and Linda most mornings on my walk. Charlie, Dick Lawson, Stuart Saunders, Jim Douthat, John Parrot, and I all matriculated in the fall of ’55, and three left early for Fork Union and Virginia Episcopal School.

“But the point is that Charlie has run into Warner Bass on Boca Grande, Fla., where Charlie’s son has two houses and I suppose Warner does also. Small world! Maybe we can drop down to Boca this winter for a mini-reunion. Claire and I could be up for that.

We’re heading back to the Keys in mid-January. In any case, we may swing by the Gulf

Coast on the way, so Bradenton might be in our future.

“My glass has emptied itself, so I’ll pick up this ramble later.”

Lenox Baker writes, “I retired from 31 years of heart surgery in 2010, and we moved to our cattle ranch near Cody, Wyo. I have spent eight years on the board of Cody Regional Hospital, the last four as chairman.

Frank Middleton ’58, a retired physician from Charleston, has recently moved here, and I’ve recruited him to run for the board in November. Frank’s son, Arthur, has done some groundbreaking work on elk migration in and out of Yellowstone.”

Warner Bass writes, “Madge and I will celebrate our 57th anniversary in September.

We have always lived in Nashville, Tenn., since my law school days at Vanderbilt.

Madge grew up in Little Rock, Ark., and I met her the summer after our senior year at EHS while I was there visiting J.D. Simpson.

“My oldest (of nine) grandchildren, Hall Lamar, will be moving to Richmond in September after graduating from Vanderbilt in May. He will work for the Harris Williams investment bank. His younger brother is a senior at the University of Carolina at Chapel Hill this year, and his other younger brother is a high school senior at St. George’s in Newport, R.I. (No luck in getting him to go to EHS!) All four of my children and their families live in Nashville. We are very fortunate to have them all close by.

“I’m largely retired now, but our law firm is kind enough to let me keep an office there — though nobody is going there much in these days of Covid-19. I regularly socialize with Shade Murray, Lucius Burch, and Rob Cheek, who also continue to live in Nashville, as well as my brother, Jim Bass ’55, and Norris Nielsen ’56, Jim Frazer ’57, and Pickslay Cheek ’56. And I see Hayes Noel about once a year when he gets back to Nashville from California. I also stay in touch pretty regularly with J.D., as well as old schoolmates Tim Burnett ’58, Sal Tison, and Saunders Midyette (who I’m pretty sure has captured the undisputed lead among all EHS alums in forwarding along emails of various sorts and ilks).”

Bill Bond writes, “I came back to Jacksonville, Fla., in 1972 and have been here ever since. If you are ever up our way, give me a call.”

Mike Pleninger writes, “Marcia and I are still in Williamsburg five-plus months of

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the year. We bought a condo in Naples, Fla., eight years ago and are there six-plus months.

We have three children, all girls, and seven grandchildren, ages 27 to 12. I am still in the hotel business and have been since the second semester of my freshman year at Cornell. I started Newport Hospitality Group with my cousin 30 years ago. We manage upscale select service hotels (Courtyard, Hilton Garden, Residence Inn, etc.) mostly on the East Coast. I semi-retired to 60% two years ago, and it was going so well I went to 40% on February 1 of this year. Covid-19 hit March 15, so I am now working almost full time at 40% pay. We are faring ‘OK’ ... revenues were off 80% from mid-March to mid-April but are off about 40% presently. Hopefully, the second round of the federal Paycheck Protection Program will happen. The first round was a big help! More importantly, I hope we have an antidote and vaccine this winter! We would love to see any classmates who might visit Colonial Williamsburg or Naples … both special places.”

Bill Flippin writes, “On July 25, 2020, our daughter Laura Flippin and Will Ferguson were married at the planetarium at the Reading Public Museum in a ceremony attended by 25 close family and friends wearing masks and socially distancing. It was the first time I have had a suit and tie on in months. I am playing golf four times a week and three-putting many of the greens.”

Sam Clark writes, “Diana and I are following your basic scenario of grocery store, medical, pharmacy, and gasoline; however, our weekly routine also includes church on Sunday and a couple of visits to the YMCA. Fortunately our neighborhood is pedestrian friendly, so we’ve enjoyed some nice walks together as well. At the 60th Reunion last year, we landed by chance at the same table with Jack Cann for Friday evening’s dinner, and it wasn’t long before Jack and I figured out that we were both living in the Charlottesville area.

We have taken advantage of the opportunity to visit every month or so and talk about the good old days at the High School.”

Sandy Hale writes, “After the Air Force, I went to work in the office of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and ended up being on a three-person team that put together the new Environmental Protection Agency. I joined EPA on Day One — really fun, but it got less fun every time we moved into larger quarters. Later, I started an international energy and environmental consulting

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firm with two partners. We grew it for over 20 years and then sold it to a Fortune 100 company. I spent a lot of time in Asia, mainly Indonesia, but probably more time in Africa and Latin America.

“I had a second career in academia. We always had a lot of Peace Corps volunteers assigned to some of our projects, and I loved their energy and enthusiasm. I came out here to teach finance and entrepreneurship at a new university, California State University, Monterey Bay, and became dean. Academic administration is a lot less fun than running your own company, so I retired a few years ago and have been doing nonprofit work since.

“Our eldest son has been working with independent schools, first here with an Episcopal K-8 day school and now in Chapel Hill with a K-12 Quaker school.”

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Bill Drennen (H) 304-876-1236 (C) 304-283-5011 wmdrennen1@me.com 60th Reunion: 2021 – date to be determined

Great news ... heard from Munny Yates, Fred Ribble, Blake Newton, John Tison, Bill Stites, and John Parrott. What a refreshing bath for surviving a pandemic. My letters seem to have encouraged a correspondence I am so happy to look at, now that time is on my hands, the day before departing to California again. And an additional warning to those of you in the West that I am on the prowl and will be looking to track you down for a social-distance visit at the drop of a hat — my EHS Reunion hat that my fiancée, Bella, the California Connection, has EHS

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forbade me to wear in public. (Don’t know why; I still think it is kind of cute.)

First of all, Munny Yates, whom I saw just briefly at Reunion (is it already five years ago?), writes, “Sorry we couldn’t celebrate last year’s #60, but after all, you cannot have everything — a pandemic, a recession, and a reunion — can you?” Munny says he has retired now, which was not in the cards five years ago, but he seems to be doing well, and we will have lunch together when I get home again at the end of October.

Also heard from John Parrott, who reported woefully the death of his “big” brother William Boxley Parrott ’56, who was a massive heavy-weight wrestler at EHS. John taught at private schools in Virginia and Carolina but got tired of being broke, went into financial planning, and made up for it in his hometown of Roanoke.

Speaking of the 55th Reunion, I also got a letter from Fred Ribble, who said that was the only one he had ever attended. He said he was impressed by the emphasis on nurturing and kindness that did not seem to be part of the EHS curriculum when we were there.

He felt the purpose of the tough standards in the ’50s was preparing students for a life that would have us coming up against some “nasty people.” He went on to say that it was not true, that he had found his life a happy one and that he and his wife, Anne, have done very well in Charlottesville.

Another great note from Blake Newton.

He had been confused because in my letter to him I had mentioned Samuel — who is Samuel? He intuited correctly that it is my son, but something about his birthday threw him another loop, since he and his wife, Belle, had adopted a son named Samuel … was I making a connection. I love to think that things like that are intended in my writing, even mindlessly.

Blake and Belle and Samuel moved to Garrison, N.Y., about an hour north of New York City in the Hudson Valley. Blake writes, “On Aug. 29 of last year (a year from today in fact), we lost our bright, funny, loving, charismatic, and irrepressible 32-year-old son to to the scourge of our time, almost overlooked now in the face of the pandemic … the plague of addiction to opioids that has ravaged so much of our part of the country and so much of Samuel’s generation.” We offer our condolences to Blake and Belle, and gratitude for sharing with the class information about how his life has gone. All in all, it seems 52

like the EHS education has been beneficial to many in many different ways.

Also heard from Bill Stites, who celebrated his 57th anniversary as a partner of Mimi Lord, a beautiful Charleston, W.V. (my hometown), female. He is still playing tennis regularly and spending time in Louisville, Ky., and near Annapolis, where daughter No. 4, Becca Derrick, lives.

And I got a great note from John Tison who has found a way to “Go West Young Man,” like me and several others of our class.

I look forward to getting together with him and maybe setting up a Zoom reunion, something I guess we have all thought about, but being of the age of “too old for that” I have not yet put it together. Guys, I miss you and want to see you all someplace or another. So stay safe.

Sincerely, Bill Drennen

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Elliott Randolph (H) 410-377-6912 Elliott.randolph@comcast.net Lanier Woodrum (H) 540-774-2798 Lbwoodrum@cox.net 60th Reunion: 2021 – date to be determined

Elliott Randolph writes, “Retired now for 10 years and, thankfully, far away from writing fictitious quarterly investment reviews and dealing with the strife of rarefied capital markets. Nancy, my first wife of now 51 years, and I have taken some amazing trips to many countries that had different names in 1961, but this year’s plans to visit Machu Picchu and the Galápagos Islands will have to wait until the Covid-19 storm ends. If you’re partial to horse meat, kudu, and other culinary mysteries, we’ve got some great recommendations of places to visit. But take a probiotic at night if you don’t want to shiver and shake, sleeping on cold bathroom floors in countries with worthless currencies. Thanks to all of our classmates for their support of the Roll Call (70% participation). Please accept my apologies for my constant badgering for Class Notes. Looking forward to our 60th next year.”

Bob Steptoe writes, “I’m still practicing law part time after doing a 20-year term as managing partner of Steptoe & Johnson.

That hackneyed phrase of ‘herding cats’ isn’t all wrong, even among lawyers. With international travel on hold, Becky and I have focused on grandchildren, with trips to

Colorado, Alabama, North Carolina, Ohio, Nevada, and South Carolina. Healthwise, I have been very fortunate. Still running, biking, skiing, and bird hunting. Just got a new setter pup. I’m interested to see how long I can keep up with her. Best to all members of the Class of ’61. Hope 2021 affords us a true reunion, not this virtual Zoom interaction that has become so mundane.”

Reynolds McClatchey writes, “In retirement I have taken up baroque flute (onekeyed). In the 1960s, I played modern flute in the Stewart Gym basement while tossing towels and jockstraps to the track and wrestling teams. I’m the only one who was able as a manager to evade the EHS sports requirements for team participation. I still get a good chuckle from any fellow flutist when I recall my boarding school experience. The last time I looked, my body is holding up — I think because I failed to stress at EHS.” Jim Barton writes, “I’m supposed to be retired and living the life, but, with three children and eight grandchildren, it sure doesn’t seem that way. We spend summers at Rock Creek Cattle Co. outside of Deer Lodge, Mont. I ride horses, play golf, and fish but haven’t mastered any of these diversions. Ned Martin visited a few years ago and participated in a member-guest tournament.

I hadn’t seen Ned since our 50th. Like all of us, neither Ned nor I had changed one bit, but the people I associate with sure look old.”

Henry Morgan writes, “I’m also living the dream ... in Montana, enjoying good temps and fishing. I haven’t retired from real-estate biz yet. I have two sons, Henry Jr. and Bayard. Both have fine wives, plus five grandchildren. I send best wishes to all of our EHS friends.”

Tim Dudley writes, “Heather and I enjoyed a good part of our winter in Captiva, Fla., and are comfortably riding out the virus in rural Upperville, Va. I am still active in the investment-management business working for my son, Philip ’91, and doing a lot of farming, gardening, shooting, messing with old cars, and whatever other mischief I can find. Our world is pretty quiet and safe.”

W. Anon writes, “Sorry to hear of Jack Ordeman’s death. He was one of the most centered masters we had. I can still recall sitting in the front row of his English class, trying to see through the haze of the three Kents he smoked in each class.

“I notice lately thinking more fondly of our time on the Hill and much less fondly,

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Alan Gump ’68 and Gregg Jones ’68.

if at all, of the recent past few years. I am told this is normal: “No fool like an old fool,” etc. Then I realize, of course, we were shielded from politics back then! We learned about history, math, chemistry, writing term papers, sports, and personal honor. To me, this sounds much more enjoyable than being exposed to our current affairs. I hope we all live to see better times.”

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Al Berkeley (H) 410-243-7859 alfredberkeley@gmail.com 60th Reunion: June 2022

I have been busy working on white papers for presidential transition teams, focused on national infrastructure resilience (for disasters natural, man-made, cyber, and nuclear.)

The way this drill works is that whoever wins looks for new approaches to difficult problems. In other words, the bureaucracy is open to listen to new ideas for the first few months of each election year, especially the presidential cycle.

I have worked with a team on a really boring, but really important topic: standardizing the data flying around in a crisis, including this pandemic. The United States is light years behind the other developed nations in standardizing data, and it means we are slow and inefficient competitors. I got involved in this scintillating topic about 20 years ago. I chaired the Security and Exchange Commission’s project to make its big public database machine readable. Took about 15 years. You might ask what a nice boy like me is doing in this pasture. It was all Mr. Ravenel’s fault — he and his insistence on clear meanings.

Rex Wilson ’68 with his newest grandson, Charles Darlington Wilson.

Now that you are nodding off, here is what came from our classmates: Rob Wright writes, “Other than being cooped up, bad golf, nice grandchildren, and health is OK, nothing has really changed ...

Oh, I guess we should not talk about religion or politics!”

Arch Hoxton writes, “Connie and I are well and living a quiet life on our farm. An exciting day is an escaped old cow who has her eye on my neighbor’s swimming pool — he being the county prosecutor. Two grandchildren married, two about to take the plunge.

Life is good, if a bit routine. Sometimes miss the old days and friends at EHS, but am glad to be in my generation.”

Bev Eggleston writes, “Except for the fact my long-time sweetheart, Leslie, and I got married 18 months ago, there is little news from Richmond. Since I’m aging, I can’t remember if this info has been previously reported; if so, forget it. Love retirement; was enjoying traveling before Covid. I’ve learned playing more golf doesn’t mean playing better golf … but there are several things I can no longer do at all, so I appreciate even a lackluster game of golf.”

Don Adams writes, “Due to the obvious, my life has been pretty uneventful and unchanging in the past few months. If you’re really desperate, I suppose I could tell you which Shark Tank presenters or America’s Got Talent acts I like. I know that I’m not looking forward to the next couple of months of campaign hatred.”

On a serious note, I was very sorry to hear about Jack Ordeman’s passing. He was by far the most influential and helpful to me while I was at EHS. Hope that you and everyone are doing well and staying safe. All the best always.

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Alex Jones (H) 617-497-2387 (O) 617-469-2582 alexsjones2@gmail.com 60th Reunion: June 2024

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Jim Sullivan (H) 615-292-3536 (O) 615-327-5759 jsullivan@mmc.edu Richard Lee (H) 401-423-2706 dlee60@verizon.net 55th Reunion: 2021 – date to be determined

Ah, yes. Newly found Covid-related domesticity. The focus of my day begins with seeing what might be congregating beneath the bird feeder. This morning it was a rabbit, two squirrels, and one remarkably frayed-looking Norway Rat. Normally, I would have shot the rat, but to do so would disrupt the symmetry. And I now include myself as part of such.

The pandemic seems to have thrown a blanket over all manner of activity, not least, incoming news for the magazine. (One retired Army colonel from our class reports spotting “a heffalump,” but declined to provide photo documentation.)

A sad event that did elicit fulsome comment was the death of our much revered faculty member, Jack Ordeman. For those fortunate enough to have him for a class, his stature has remained firmly imprinted over the decades. And this impression carried over to others for whom he was an athletic coach.

Richard Gwathmey writes, “Yes, he was among the greatest, a bit unsung in the ‘shadow’ of Mr. Ravenel, but there was none better on the faculty/administration when we were there.

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said something like ’Richard is good at rooting out the acorns hidden in poems.’”

Richard’s observation rings true. We could devote several pages to such recollections, one as good as the next. For those who may have missed it, David Eggleston sent out his obituary, which we reference. (Search Baltimore Sun, obituaries, John “Jack” T. Ordeman). It is well worth the read if any missed it. The appreciation he garnered over the course of his life is as compelling as it is of little surprise to us. It followed wherever he went.

Perhaps, “like bright metal upon a sullen ground” (Willie B., Eng. V), we can emerge by the next deadline, un-masked and newly vaccinated … “glitt’ring o’er” (ibid) with earnest desire to fill this column with news and photographs.

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Phil Terrie (H) 607-319-4271 pterrie@bgsu.edu 55th Reunion: 2021 – date to be determined

Tom Dashiell writes, “Still sheltering in place here in the Bay Area. My daughter Lily got married in January and is now expecting a baby boy, to be named Dash. I’ll then have three grandchildren! Hoping for a vaccine soon. My best to all classmates and near classmates.”

Randy Wyckoff writes, “Lorna and I are living a life in semi-quarantine appropriate for a couple of our advanced years. My lesson is that you really learn who your friends are since you must spend time with them outdoors in the heat and humidity of Richmond.

A screened porch with a ceiling fan has never been more useful. Otherwise, I try to be generous to all those who aren’t able to see a way clear for the foreseeable future.”

Sam Dawson writes, “Well, other than surviving Covid-19 and the ‘new normal,’ Bonnie and I are doing fine. We did welcome a new grandson on January 15. His name is Rowan Ezekiel, and he’s healthy and cute.

Unfortunately, I had a bad cold when he was born, and then Covid hit so I haven’t held the youngster yet! Because of the Covid restrictions in West Virginia, Camp Alleghany was unable to have campers for our 99th summer. However, after long research and planning — led by my daughter, Elizabeth, who is now the director — we are having six ‘Family Retreat’ sessions. Everything is based on a ‘Family Unit’ — in the tents, at meals, and somewhat at activities. Very new way 54

of looking at our program. The sessions are divided up into stays of four or three days.”

Billy Peelle reports, “Our East Greenland arctic trip for July 2020 with Natural Habitat was postponed until 2021. East Greenland is considered the wilderness side of the continent. There is no Covid-19 in East Greenland but flying into Iceland had been halted in June. I’m now immersed in leading the board of trustees for the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art through a methodical and slow re-opening, with all the Covid-19 rules included. I had instigated a strategic planning project in March to consider a reinterpretation of the role of established art museums in our urban centers. When the lockdowns were put in place as we were beginning, we realized the closed museum was a good opportunity to continue imaging new strategies and goals for the museum to serve a much more diverse community. While our 17th- and 18th-century European art and 19th-century Hudson River School collections are known worldwide, we fail to provide a visitor experience that is welcoming and interesting to a large segment of our residents and our neighboring towns. American art museums have been exceptionally slow in re-inventing themselves, and we need to become relevant to a larger audience and meet their needs for arts and culture.”

Asked about a rumor that he has been composing a memoir for his family, Bunky Henderson replied, “’Memoir’ is not a proper description. ‘Silly little family piece’ would be more accurate. Short because of limited accomplishments. Facts are suspect. No long words. But it has been a fun project. Not on Amazon. Nor will it be.”

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Charles Coppage (H) 252-473-3893 (O) 252-480-2568 charles@nccoppagelaw.com 55th Reunion: June 2022

Hollis Taggart writes, “I’m living in New York City. Survived Covid-19 and flourishing now, Have a new grandson, Nicholas Alexander Taggart.”

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Walker Moore (H) 864-543-1514 (O) 864-941-0666 moorew327@aol.com 55th Reunion: June 2023

Alan Gump and his wife Serena came east, briefly, and ran into Gregg Jones at a funeral service. Alan claims he is going to retire this year. In retirement, he plans to focus on his Theravāda Buddhist studies and practice and photography, still leaving plenty of room for something else to emerge. Gregg is officially retired from Adams Publishing but is on call for advice when asked. He now occupies a one-room office, mostly to stay out of Kitty’s way.

Because of Covid, Rex Wilson had to wait patiently to get with his newest grandson, Charles (Charlie) Darlington Wilson, born May 14. Remember that this is the second grandson of Rex’s in the last six months.

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Kinloch Nelson (H) 585-385-3103 (O) 585-264-0848 kinloch@rochester.rr.com Marty Martin (C) 919-272-2106 marty_martin@martinlegalhelp.com 55th Reunion: June 2024

Callaway Chapel served as the venue for Sharon Johnston and Marty Martin’s August 1 EHS- and Hallmark-inspired wedding. Sharon and Marty used the Callaway Chapel graphic by Maizie Clarke ’04 as background for their announcement and invitations. Not to be deterred by Covid19 and working with guidance from the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, and the EHS Health and Safety Committee, the first Episcopal-logo face masks arrived Thursday morning before the wedding, thanks to the efforts of Vickie Glenn and Vince Laraia in the EHS School Store. They were worn by all in attendance.

The Rev. Betsy Carmody, the School’s head chaplain, officiated her first wedding in Callaway Chapel, accompanied by co-officiate the Hon. Bill Lewis. They later reassured the couple they answered correctly all relevant questions during the ceremony.

Verne Morland served as best man, assisted by groomsmen Ralph Hess and David Williams, who’ve known Marty since elementary school. All assured the bride that Marty would and in fact did make it to the church on time! Readers for the service included the bride’s brother, Stephen Johnston, and Verne Morland. Others attending what evolved into an intimate ceremony included the bride’s mother, Dorothy Johnston, and her

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with Gore Vidal in Bangkok; the Potomac River and a reckless-driving ticket I got one summer evening on the water; and other important topics.”

Rob’s column on “Famous People I Don’t Know” can be read online at the Alexandria Times website; just search “Rob Whittle.”

Read about his encounters and then let’s plan to celebrate when Rob has a suite named after him at the Oriental Hotel in Bangkok.

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Sharon and Marty Martin ’69 (center) at their wedding with Marty’s EHS classmates (from left) Verne Morland, Beetle Smith, Bill Lewis, Rob Whittle, and Page Smith.

maid of honor, Peggy Mattingly, as well as Nickie Hess, Lois Lerner and Michael Miles.

EHS classmates attending in person included Anna and Beetle Smith, Susan Anthony and Rob Whittle, and Page Smith.

Because of Covid, the wedding was downsized and instead live-streamed over the Internet to family and friends attending internationally from Japan to Colombia and Zambia and domestically from Maine to Florida and California and multiple states in-between. Among those attending were Beth and Howard Hudgins, Georgia and Kinloch Nelson, Gayle and John Zapf, Sally and Bayly Buck, Sarah and Harvey Mosley, Kay and David Buchanan, Jan and Peter Vandevanter, Tim Haley, Sarah and Lyles Carr ’68, Bob Coffin ’70, and Ina Dixon ’06.

Sharon and Marty thank all those who made their wedding possible. A special thanks

go to Elizabeth Thompson, EHS director of special events, who started at the School only days before wedding planning commenced and for whom this was her first EHS wedding; Brent Erstad, EHS choral director, who provided our music; and Lindsay Bingham, EHS assistant director of communications for digital media, who coordinated the internet broadcast.

The Martins reside in Raleigh, N.C., and maintain an open door for our EHS classmates.

Rob Whittle reports, “I am writing an every-other-month column for the Alexandria Times. The subject matter is entirely up to me. It’s called ‘Poor Robert’s Ruminations.’

Subjects have included ‘How to Get Into The Explorer’s Club’; ‘Famous People I Don’t Know,’ which includes a memorable late-night encounter of a friend of mine with Chef Boyardee as well as an encounter I had

Jim Newman (H) 253-677-4697 Newman_jim@comcast.net 50th Reunion: 2021 – date to be determined

Craig Stewart, our 50th Reunion chair, informed us that the Class of 1970 50th Reunion will be scheduled for Spirit Weekend 2021. With a joint 50th reunion, we will be able to celebrate as a class and now be able to visit with our friends from the Class of 1971!

Ken Ulsaker updates us on his retirement, “I stopped working about four years ago and moved into an active over-55 community.

Though I will be partnering financially on some commercial development, it’s pickleball time. Nash and I went from no grandkids five years ago to five-and-a-half grandkids as of today. Fortunately, they all live in this area, but unfortunately, we see them more via FaceTime than live because of Covid-19.”

Stan Denegre writes good news from Dallas: “I have been practicing law for more than 40 years — 20 in New Orleans and 20 in Dallas. I am one of approximately 100 lawyers in Texas who is board certified in construction law. My wife, Julie, and I have two children, Amelia and Stanhope. Amelia graduated from Tufts and then the University of Texas Southwest Medical School and is a fourth-year resident in psychiatry. Stanhope (who received varsity letters in football and track from Cornell College) manages several large Fuel City operations. Stanhope and his wife, Katie, have given us our only grandchild, Stanhope III. We enjoy grandparentage. Julie and I have enjoyed the EHS get-togethers at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth hosted by Eric Lee ’84.” Stan writes that Eric as director has turned the Kimbell into a world-class art museum!

I hope to see Ken and Stan next June!

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Geoff Snodgrass (H) 504-895-4200 geoff@snodgrassplc.com 50th Reunion: 2021 – date to be determined

Catlin Cade continues to practice tax accounting as a certified public account in Birmingham, Ala. He is grateful to report seven healthy grandchildren, two granddaughters, and five grandsons so far, all living in Birmingham. He enjoys working at his farm in Faunsdale, Ala., in the state’s Black Belt farming region on weekends when he can, often hunting deer with friends, clients, and family in the winter. He also enjoys fishing onshore and offshore in the Gulf Shores area in the summer. Was saddened to hear of the death of Joe Gilchrist and Charlie McKamy ’72 this past year.

From Lewis Fitts, “Our son, Ford ’23, is at EHS. He has many new friends, loves track, and really looks forward to returning in October. The School has changed in so many ways since ’71, but the values remain the same. I am impressed by the staff and leadership of the Ole High School. My wife, Carrie, started selling real estate four years ago and now has her own company with 14 agents. “A house that Fitts” is the company slogan; I knew my name would be worth something one day. In less than a year the company holds the No. 7 spot in total sales for the region.

“Our daughter Chelsea has just joined the company and is off to a running start.

We have our first grandchild, Silbey. She is the only redhead in the family, so I call her Maureen O’Hara. She is really a happy child and a pleasure to be around. We are really blessed with her presence. Daughter Rachel is in sales with Trukworx, the local Kenworth dealer, and her husband, Jonathan Brown, is a regional timber buyer for Weyerhaeuser. They live across the street, which is convenient for Pop and CC. Mary Walton (daughter #3) has leased (with an option to buy) property and is expanding her pet-grooming and boarding business. It is a great location with a lot of potential; she can groom, and there are facilities and room to train horses for clients.

Courtney, our youngest daughter, finished up at the University of Connecticut and is now in San Francisco. She has been doing work for Google for the past year and a half. She loves the city and has a lot of great friends. She continues her education with online courses at Harvard. She’s the brains of the family.

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Craig Stewart ’70 sporting his mask.

“I sold out of Fitts Industries in 2005 and started remodeling old houses. Got involved in a start-up bank in 2008, which we sold two-and-a-half years ago. It was a great experience and was one of the best banks with the best employees in Alabama. I miss the involvement with Capstone.

“Lately I have been working with the church (Christ Episcopal) and just finished serving on the vestry and raising money for the remodel and new organ. Still on the foundation board of the hospital. We are in the beginning stages of our total quality improvement initiative and have made great strides in improving the quality of healthcare in the region. We ensure that the hospital has the latest equipment and technology to support the different departments (Giraffe beds for the neonatal intensive care unit, ultraviolet disinfection robots for the operating room, intensive care, etc.). It is a great board with an excellent staff that gets things done.”

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Beau Wilson (C) 828-390-9802 beauatciti@aol.com 50th Reunion: June 2022

The Class of ’72 achieved a record 75% participation rate in Roll Call gifts to The High School in 2020 — an increase of 27 percentage points over 2019’s 48% rate. Our contributions totaled $35,148.90. I am especially pleased that I was able to track down David Kirksey in Morocco for his gift! But if you “overlooked” your 2020 donation to the Roll Call during the spring Covid-19 “environment,” please make a year-end gift

by December 31 to help us get started for Roll Call 2021! There are only 14 classmates who failed to donate during the 2020 Roll Call. Our goal in 2021 is Roll Call High List!

Howell Morrison ’72, Jenner Wood IV ’06, and Jenner Wood III ’70 with Edward Jenner Wood V, EHS Class of 2037, on his first birthday.

The Class of ’72 continues to gather annually, and our 2020 host was Dr. Billy Bell at his Crow Hill Lodge in New Bern, N.C., from August 27-30. Billy and his wife, Leigh, hosted Darr Hall, Bill Swinford, Vince Dobbs, Scotty Farrar, Sterling Kelly, Quinton Robinson, Howell Morrison, Gene Hooff, Dal Burton, and Beau Wilson. Other “virtual attendees” included Jamie Coleman, Sam Wood, Brucie Faurot, Pinkney Herbert, and Louie Prichard, all via FaceTime. And Johnny Braun ’71, from the Tulane Rugby Club. Our activities included fresh-water fishing for bass and blue gill, salt-water fishing until Swinford “blew his breakfast,” skeet and pistol shooting, and just sitting around the screened porch, “socially distanced,” and catching up with each other over beverages and cigars. Scotty was the Saturday evening entertainer under the direction of Vince Dobbs! We also visited with Nelson McDaniel in New Bern. And, planning for our 50th Reunion in June 2022 with our masters.

Pinkney Herbert hung a large 9’5” x 9’ abstract oil painting in a corporate office in Charlotte. As Pinkney’s “Preacher Curator,” his abstract designs, his recent patterns, and his colors were all vividly displayed.

Pat Stewart writes, “I’m currently serving as the Local Director of Marian Acres — Madonna house, a Roman Catholic guest house and retreat apostolate in the Missouri Ozarks.”

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Boota deButts (H) 703-998-1487 (O) 703-933-4092 whd@episcopalhighschool.org 45th Reunion: 2021 – date to be determined

Class of 1972 members Sterling Kelly, Vince Dobbs, Johnny Braun ’71, Howell Morrison, Quinton Robinson, Gene Hooff, Bill Swinford, Beau Wilson, Dal Burton, Scotty Farrar, and Darr Hall at Crow Hill Lodge in New Bern, N.C.

Kevin Wallace ’76 with family.

A large painting by Pinkney Herbert ’72 that hangs in a Charlotte, N.C., office building.

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Porter Farrell (C) 817-846-2810 pfarrell@farrellcompany.com 50th Reunion: June 2023

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Bill Stokes (H) 919-490-7141 bill.stokes56@gmail.com Gilliam Kittrell (H) 919-788-8171 (O) 919-876-7411 gillkitt@bellsouth.net 50th Reunion: June 2024

Graham Barden writes, “First grandson on the way and expected to arrive in September. Still working full time in general pediatrics in New Bern, N.C. Get to

occasionally run into Bill ’73 and Will Hand, Ed Bell, Boyce Cheek, Rodger Grant, Gilliam Kittrell, Jay Barnes, George Harrison, and of course, Nelson McDaniel, who seems to keep replacing body parts, but is still wide open!”

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Willie Moncure (C) 703-836-2596 william.moncure@raymondjames.com Hunt Burke (H) 703-768-1705 (O) 703-684-1645 huntandmolly@verizon.net 45th Reunion: 2021 – date to be determined

Judson Hand writes, “I’m retired after 30 years of practicing law. Recently celebrated 37 years of marriage to my beautiful wife, novelist Jill Hand.”

Greetings to the Legendary Class of 1976!

To borrow from the music from our generation, “What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been.” I hope these Class Notes find you, your family members, and loved ones all safe and well.

Things on The Holy Hill have been turned upside down since the students left campus for spring break at the beginning of March and just returned last week, October 2-3.

It has been seven months since we last had students on campus, and it is wonderful to finally have them back and holding classes in person. I will just say that the effort put forth over the past seven months by everyone on campus to get us to this point has been remarkable, and there are so many unsung heroes on our faculty and staff, too many to mention, but greatly appreciated.

Like for many of you, this pandemic has had a silver lining. Two of our grown children decided to move back in with us because their other lives were too restrictive in their respective apartments. Life at Episcopal has its perks, mainly a 135-acre campus that you can take endless walks around, especially if both of your children get Covid-19 puppies.

Yes, my wife, Shelley, and I are grandparents to Betty and Maddie, black and chocolate labs. I decided not to include pictures, but I assure you that their early months have been documented with more photos than all of our children combined!

I did hear from classmate Jack Carter, who likewise had family members staying with him and his wife, Page, for extended stays. No mention of dogs, though. I got some updated news from one of our West Coast classmates, Kevin Wallace. Kevin says he “already works from home so it’s simply given me more time to work. I’m pretty much a workaholic. My wife, Susanna, is here with me as always. We don’t get out much, just an hour a day to walk. Our youngest daughter, Sarah (24), has been with us rather than living alone in her apartment. She’s a Google software engineer and has to work from home/ remotely through the rest of the year. We enjoy having her around. My oldest daughter (26) is in med school at the University of California, San Francisco, in her third year.

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She’s been sheltering in place, too, at her apartment with her four roommates.”

I had reached out to Kevin and our fellow classmate Clarence Gaines to get their perspective on the Black Lives Matter movement and their experience while students here at Episcopal. Clarence has done a lot of reading, writing and thinking in this area and provided me with a wealth of information that I could use as I take my personal journey down this path. Good stuff and difficult discussions.

I think I mentioned in an earlier Class Note that Ryvers Wright’s son Thomas ’24 is a freshman here. He is such a great kid, but no surprise given that Ryvers and Viveca raised him.

One of the highlights of the late spring was a Zoom call organized by our fearless Class Agent Dalt Ruffin. We had 12 classmates Zoom in and chatted for over an hour.

My notes on the call are long gone, but the faces are still vivid in my memory. Besides Dalt, we had in no particular order, Howard Smith, who I’ve been told by a reliable source has decamped to Fauquier County in Virginia and is living and working remotely. Larry VanMeter is still the high court priest of Kentucky, and John Hopkins is still designing things in Atlanta. Georg Schaefer gets the furthest Zoom in from Munich, Germany, Dr. Billy Kelly is still on the front line saving babies. Ab Boxley, who for someone that was supposed to be winding down after selling his business, seems to be winding up. Jim Brown zoomed in from, I think, the Lexington, Va., region. J.O. Brown from somewhere in Texas working the oil and gas business, and Alex Liu zooming in from only God knows where as he tries to manage everyone at AT Kearney.

A fun time was had by all. Thanks to everyone for joining in.

Well that’s it for now. Please plan on coming back and visit when things finally open up and return to some normalcy. In the meantime, stay in touch and stay safe.

Take care, Boota deButts

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Class of 1979 classmates Bailey Patrick, Martin Cornelson, Bo Mason, and Quintie Smith at the Charleston Steeplechase.

Martin Cornelson, Bailey Patrick, Quintie Smith, and Bo Mason in 1979.

Class of 1979 members Quintie Smith, Bo Mason, Bailey Patrick, Benjy Park, Harry Archer, Martin Cornelson, and Robert Mason at the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament.

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Jim Clardy (H) 704-332-4195 (O) 704-339-2015 jim.clardy@wellsfargo.com 45th Reunion: June 2023

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Bill Hughes (H) 203-861-1641 William.hughes@pb.com 45th Reunion June 2024

The Class of ’78 and ’79 have a pretty good thing going. We figured out, finally, that technology exists that allows us to stay in touch, anytime and anywhere, through the magic of mobile phones and text messaging.

Since the very impressive turnout for our 40th Reunion, the two classes have maintained regular and consistent communication through this medium. Even the technophobes and binary luddites have figured out how to get involved. If you are not participating, reach out to Edward Brown or Cary Brown ’78 and get on the text list. It is actually worth the effort and memorable at the same time.

Bill Hughes ’79 and Frank Holding ’79 in Palm Beach. Fla.

Speaking of memorable, it seems the band of Bailey Patrick, Martin Cornelson, Dr. Bo Mason, and Quintie Smith is back together and doing what the band does best: invading towns and making lasting impressions. Not much has changed since the band formed 40-plus years ago but it has moved beyond hiding behind oak trees at night. At the Charleston Steeplechase or on the Mason brothers’ boat in Palm Beach, Fla., with Benjy Park, Pierre Manigault ’80, Fran Johnson ’81, David Ingle ’80, Ed Rasberry, Alec Smith ’80, and Charles Ragsdale (father of Emmy ’12), these guys — under Q.’s leadership — are making waves.

In early September, I exchanged emails with Mike Ammons. Mike has been in Chicago for eight years working in information technology, where he is no luddite.

According to Mike, he is pining “to get his butt back East,” presumably to be closer to EHS. But before he departs that toddlin’ town, he suggests we find our way out and he will buy the pizza.

Finally, Becky and I had dinner with Ruth E. and Frank Holding in Palm Beach. They

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Johnny Maybank ’80 and John Trask ’81 sailed with friends from Rockville, S.C., to New York City.

1980 edition of “EHS News.”

are doing great and are big proponents of grandchildren, having secured two from their daughter in as many years. His oldest son is in London and doing well, and his youngest is recently married and living in California. As I have always said, Frank and Ruth E. are two class acts and perhaps the finest people with whom I have ever been associated.

If you are so inclined, send me something to include in the next Class Notes.

Alternatively, I will repurpose your salty and suggestive text comments on these very pages.

Trust everyone is healthy and practicing social distancing and wearing masks.

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Staige Hoffman (H) 813-597-5059 staigehoffman1@aol.com 40th Reunion: 2021 – date to be determined

Hello to the Class of 1980, I am writing on Sept. 1, 2020, and we will receive the EHS magazine later this winter. I trust that all are well during this challenging year. Our best to you and your families.

Maybe we will be able to have a Reunion next June ... As always do not hesitate to

send me any notes or send the information directly to EHS. Bill Watt has resided in Richmond since 1997. He and his wife, Carol, just dropped their daughter off for her first year at the University of Vermont. Bill works for the Virginia state treasury. Carol owns a stationery and gift store, Paper Plus, in Richmond’s West End. He recently ran into Duncan MacLeod and Paul Sheehy ’81 at a Junior Brown show.

David White writes, “I’ve been a sportswriter for 36 years for various newspapers in Birmingham, Ala., and a couple of years in Chapel Hill and Durham in the late ’80s.

Off on my own since 2009 and have written four books, working on a fifth due out by Christmas of this year, and have been writing blogs for the past 12 years, concentrating on college football, college basketball, college baseball, NFL, NBA, MLB, PGA, professional tennis and horse racing, including Triple Crown races.

“I’ve been married to Beth Weatherford White, from Enterprise, Ala., via the University of Alabama undergrad and business schools, since 2007 — 13 years. I have two daughters by my first marriage. Isabelle, 25, lives and works in San Francisco at an advertising firm, Goodby Silverstein, and is doing well. My younger daughter, Fairbanks, 20, is a junior at Texas Christian University and trying to navigate this year through the trials of the pandemic but doing well in school and with sorority and friends and wants to go to law school.

“My hobbies are reading, watching sports, working out, cardio stuff. I started at a boxing gym in January of 2019. I’m now taking on-demand classes at home and really enjoying them. Heckuva workout.”

Tacker LeCarpentier checked in to say hello. He is always good for a photo or an update of having seen a classmate at a recent sports or music event.

Lucas Fleming has just celebrated the 25th anniversary of his law practice. He also enjoys raising his 10-year-old daughter with his wife, Tara, in St. Petersburg, Fla. He has another daughter, Sarah, who is 27 and lives in Paso Robles, Calif., with her husband.

They own Serrano Wines. He wishes they lived closer but is glad they live in a place that is great to visit. He invites anyone who is headed out that way to go by their tasting room. At home, Lucas loves to boat and fish in the Tampa Bay, Fla., waters. He also heads

up to the University of Florida in Gainesville most home game weekends to watch the Gators play.

I might add that Lucas has some choice seats for Tampa Bay Lightning home games, which I have attended from time to time with him.

I attended the EHS vs. Woodberry Game this past November with Jeff Flynn and Tom Garland. What a great win. Saw 1980 classmates as well as others. My first time back for The Game in a long, long time.

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Seward Totty (H) 859-268-8673 (O) 859-514-6434 seward.totty@gmail.com 40th Reunion: 2021 – date to be determined

It appears that we have reached the grandparent stage.

Thomas Mills writes that he became a grandfather for the first time on August 30.

Holden Oscar Qvist was born in Stockholm to his daughter, Jasper, and her husband, Charlie Qvist. Thomas is trying to figure out how to get into Sweden during these times of pandemic-induced travel restrictions.

Francis Johnson writes, “I have a new grandson, Legare Clark Johnson.”

Charley Matheson has been contributing some articles to Creative Destruction Media and working with his wife on their vineyard and tasting room at Chisholm Vineyards near Charlottesville. He also maintains his Keeper of the Clown Bell blog that is quite entertaining.

David Webber continues the practice of law in Houston while ducking and dodging the hurricanes that seem to have developed a preference for the Texas-Louisiana border.

John Trask writes, “Johnny Maybank ’80 and I, along with two friends, sailed for five days from Rockville, S.C., to New York City, where I jumped off and they went on to Martha’s Vineyard.

“I’m still living in Beaufort, S.C., spend a lot of time with my son, Peter, on the water, and in the real estate business and am very involved in the Beaufort County Open Land Trust, the state’s oldest land trust, which was started by my dad, John M. Trask, Jr. ’54, in 1971.

“Put my youngest child, Josephine ’20, in college at Texas Christian University, where I spoke with Steve Berry ’80. I’m an official empty nester and welcome any visitors.”

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Hopefully some of you participated in the September 15 Zoom call put together by Alex McKinnon. I’m writing this in advance of that date, but it sounds like it will be a good opportunity for an informal reunion and status report.

J Smith and I get together every year for the annual Episcopal-Woodberry golf matches. J recently relocated to Denver, where he assumed the position of general manager at AutoNation Ford. J and his wife, Julie, have lost count of the number of times they have moved for his work, but it’s safe to say that it is more than 20. As a result, they enviously are unburdened by the clutter that accumulates during a prolonged stay in one home.

These matches are a great outlet for the never-quenched desire to beat Woodberry in … anything. Given that we all are retired from tackle football and I don’t think many of us can dunk anymore, we golf. This year’s event would have been the 22th annual playing but was a casualty of the pandemic. The purpose of the matches is to raise funds for a scholarship at each school, and to date, participants from both schools have donated in excess of $1 million. Despite the noble purpose of this event, don’t think that the old rivalry rules don’t apply. As the team emails that circulate in advance of the competition will attest, beating the other school is just as important now as it was when we were students. The smack talk that takes place on the golf course makes a mockery of the notion that golf is the sport of gentlemen.

Nevertheless, when the last putt is holed, we embrace our Woodberry friends in the realization that despite their disadvantaged status as Woodberry graduates, we are kith and kin.

If you are interested in learning more about the matches or wish to be considered for the EHS team, please contact team captain Matt Long ’84 at mlong@lordbalt.com.

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Arthur Smith (H) 205-802-7180 wilchester@msn.com 40th Reunion: June 2022

All I can say is, Wow! What a different world we live in from the last Class Notes earlier this year. I hope everyone is healthy and safe in these crazy times.

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that was not able to participate, we’ll do it again.

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Drop me a line at wilchester@msn.com.

Notes from hither and yon: Macon Baird reports he has been playing an occasional round of golf with Mark Slack and Greg Peete ’83. Macon also reported that he ran into Walter Blake. Macon is still tobacco-free after three years. Congratulations!! Even tobacco-free, Macon is still the Pharaoh!

Speaking of Mark Slack, Mark was kind to share the following EHS news from the winter of 1980. If you want a blast from the past with many recognizable names and events, please go to the link below: https://wilchester.egnyte.com/dl/sZmUvILzSP I spoke with Jeb Burns within the last month. Jeb informs that he is fully retired from the world of teaching and is filling his “out-to-pasture” time by cycling. Everyone be careful out on the roads.

Christopher Marston writes that he “continues to work in the Swamp as a historic architect with the National Park Service, where he specializes in documenting historic bridges. He recently published his third book, “Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Covered Bridges,” available at: https://www. nps.gov/hdp/project/coveredbridges/publications.htm.

He also served as president of the Society for Industrial Archeology, chairing conferences in Richmond (2018) and Chicago (2019) before the 2020 event in Bethlehem, Pa., was postponed due to the pandemic. He has been working from his Silver Spring, Md., home since March. Christopher and his wife, Julia, celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary in August. Their daughter, Grace, is an educator at the Andy Warhol Museum while attending the University of Pittsburgh, and their son, Peirce, is a geotechnical engineer in New York City.

Parker Johnson reports, “Elizabeth and I have been sheltering from Gotham City at Atlantic Beach, N.C., since March 20 with children Rebecca ’22 and Thomas ’22.

We have missed the visitors here but have not strayed far from the house on Ocean Ridge. Thought I would have played more golf but have spent that time on the water instead; Cape Lookout and the Cape Hatteras National Seashore are true treasures. The children are really looking forward to their

David Coombs ’82 and family in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic.

return to campus in October, and Elizabeth and I are thinking it is finally time to flee Manhattan after 30+ years.”

David Coombs reports, “The family and I have been staying safe and healthy through the pandemic while enjoying plenty of outdoor activities. We were very fortunate to be able to sneak the family off to the Level Club in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic for a weeklong, surprise celebration of my wife Heather’s birthday, just before the world shut down. I’ve been staying in close touch with several of our classmates and can’t wait to meet back up for some golf, fine food, and storytelling. Oh, and I do owe Mark Slack a lunch.”

Bill Adamson writes, “I’m now working as surgeon-in-chief at Nemours Children’s Hospital. A long, long way from old Virginia.

Trying to keep Covid-19 counts down at our hospital. Wife, Kim, and two daughters, Cadence (13) and Delia (9), keeping me focused on what is important!”

Just a reminder: We have booked the outfitter in Stuttgart, Ark, for January 15-17. Joe Ibrahim informs all is well in the Atlanta area and is looking forward to joining the trip this year.

It is great staying in touch with everyone, please keep it up. Thanks for everyone’s contributions! Give me a call if your travels bring you to Alabama and Birmingham. – Arthur Smith

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Frank Vasquez (C) 804-873-2212 frank@copyfaxva.com 40th Reunion: June 2023

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Sam Froelich (H) 336-288-5711 froelich@me.com 40th Reunion: June 2024

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Members of the Class of 1988 gathered for a Zoom call.

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Thorne Gregory (H) 203-655-7139 (O) 212-500-3049 thornegregoryjr@me.com 35th Reunion: 2021 – date to be determined

Rod McGee has enjoyed being back on the Hill as a parent and is really impressed with the teachers and coaches. Hugh ’22 is playing lots of basketball at the Y in Greenville, S.C., working at Oriental House on Augusta Road, and looking forward to returning to campus on October 2!

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Art Taylor (C) 703-774-5079 art@arttaylorwriter.com 35th Reunion: 2021 – date to be determined

It’s hard to believe how drastically the world has changed between the last time I sat down to write our Class Notes column and now.

I’m writing this in late August, the weekend before the start of the new semester at George Mason University — teaching virtually in my case. My wife’s work in Alexandria had planned to go back into the office just after July 4 — a return then postponed to early September and which has since been postponed until January 2021. And we’ve just fixed up a small office — desk and fancy swivel chair — for our son, Dash, who will be online learning from 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. four days a week, a long haul for an 8 year old, needless to say. And all of this a long haul in too many ways.

Clearly our situation is far from unique, and I hope that all of you are making

accommodations to this new world as best you can.

On a brighter note, we’ve also been making the best of the situation with more time outside, with regular movie nights, and with a whole new world of takeout, delivery, and curbside pickup, and we’re even going to venture out on a bit of travel soon.

Speaking of travel: Graham Trask wrote in to say that he and his family “braved the pandemic to embark on a bit of a Trask family history and college tour up the East Coast of the U.S.” Along the way he visited the Hill and caught up with fellow Old Boys. Here’s his message: “I had the great pleasure of enjoying coffee with Will Joyner overlooking the surf at Wrightsville Beach, N.C. Will is keeping fit, and he and his family are all doing well. My team then continued up the East Coast to the D.C. area, where I ‘dragged’ the kids and my wife around the EHS campus, highlighting all the notable landmarks of our day, complete with what I thought were interesting, and likely embellished and redacted, anecdotes — the kids were good sports! I also had the pleasure of catching up with Chris Giblin for a coffee at Bradlee Shopping Center, which itself has been transformed into a relatively ‘high end’ strip mall. It was good to see that Atlantis is still alive and well! Chris is doing great and continues to be instrumentally and productively involved with EHS at the board level and as an EHS parent. All fine with me.

We are still living in Switzerland, though plotting the next chapter of our lives as my son, 17, and daughter, 15, are approaching college age and as my professional focus moves away from the corporate and to real-estate investment and development opportunities both in Beaufort, S.C., where I grew up, and the Hudson Valley, N.Y., area, from where my wife hails.”

Another bit of news close to campus: Mike Webber wrote that he and his wife, Lisa, are the “proud parents of one of Episcopal’s newest alums.” Their son Peter Webber ’20 graduated as part of the Class of 2020 — “virtually, that is,” Mike added. But while the end-of-school celebrations might have been different, the milestone is still a great one. Best wishes to Peter on his next adventures ahead!

Do send more news my way, everyone — what you’re doing to get through these challenging times, what’s helping you stay grounded or what new adventures you’re

embarking on. Looking forward to hearing from you and sending good thoughts to all in the meantime.

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David Haddock (C) 301-575-6750 davidhaddock@yahoo.com 35th Reunion: June 2022

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Ned Durden neddurden@gmail.com 35th Reunion: June 2023

I am composing this note as the summer winds down and the fall begins. I hope everyone is doing well as we continue to power through the pandemic. Surprisingly, I have a fair amount to report as one of the highlights of the pandemic for me was a Class of ’88 Zoom call in late spring. It was great to see and hear from about 15 of our classmates.

Since it was billed as a happy hour, I did not take copious/any notes, but here are some highlights (apologies for inaccuracies or anyone I missed).

The tennis team was well represented on the call with Chris Wright, Will Payne, William Grasty, and Jon Beane all dialing in.

Chris lives in his home town of Hagerstown, Md., and runs a successful financial-services firm.

Will is living in Colorado with his wife and two kids, selling software and living the good life. He said anyone who is up for a show at Red Rocks or a Colorado Buffs football game should give him a call (after the pandemic, of course).

Grasty continues to reside a few blocks away from me in Charlotte. We get together often and try to solve the great unanswered questions of our time at EHS, like: Why did Ellis Zaytoun ’81 decide to park his car in the main hall on the night of April 1, 1988?

Beane continues to move around the country, but, in late-breaking news, he has been named the chief diversity and inclusion officer for the NFL. Super Bowl tickets, anyone?

Jamie Karrick dialed in from his garage at Karrick Motors in Oregon. If anyone needs some restoration or custom repair work on a vintage car or bike, Karrick is your man.

Seeing him putter around his office/garage on the call definitely made the desk jockeys among us jealous.

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Karrick’s old roomie Stirling McIlwaine also was on the call. Stirl the Pearl continues to be involved in the entertainment industry and lives in Malibu, Calif. He is offering highspeed tours of the Pacific Coast Highway to old classmates visiting Los Angeles.

Other notable appearances included Lewis Wardlaw, who lives in Memphis, Tenn., practices law, and has slimmed down into a lean, mean fighting machine; Roy Selvidge, who is a practicing architect and appeared to be busy as ever, despite a pandemic going on; John Browner, who has settled back in with his family in Ohio after a multiyear stint in Colorado; John Allen, who dialed in from his guitar-filled living room in West “by God” Virginia; a bearded and pony-tailed easy Ed Kizer, who joined us from his back porch in Asheville, N.C.; and last, but not least, Dusty Shields Snyder, who lives in Charlotte as well and encourages us to remember that, despite the fact we are in a pandemic, clothes make the man.

That is all for now. Let’s hope next time we get together that the pandemic is done, the election is over, and we are unmasked and non-socially distanced with a glass in hand.

Until then, stay safe everyone!

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Croom Lawrence (C) 540-878-6754 croomlawrence@gmail.com 35th Reunion: June 2024

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Class Correspondent Needed 30th Reunion: 2021 – date to be determined

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Will Coxe (C) 864-313-9803 williecoxe@gmail.com 30th Reunion: 2021 – date to be determined

Greetings from the Class of 1991. It has been an interesting year, to say the least, and I hope all of you are staying safe. The Class of 1991 got together for some virtual “fellowship” back in April, and it was great seeing everyone and glad to get a few updates. Missing for the past 15 years but now coming in hot for the 62

Paul Davison ’91 with his family.

April call were none other than Paul Davison and Jed Wolfington.

Paul writes, “Living in L.A. now, currently chief revenue officer and executive vice president for No. 1 digestive health company in the natural products industry … been working in natural products since I left film and television in 2005. We’ve been super busy since Covid with all of the increased demand for natural supplements for immune health.

My company is based in Sarasota County, Fla. On the personal side, I just finished my first novel, and I’m prepping to start sending it out soon. We are actually in the midst of moving from L.A. to Austin, Texas, and will land there early next year, after we sell our house here.

“My oldest daughter, Isabel Jean, is turning 14 and just started high school at La Reina High School, an all-girls Catholic school out here. She plays lacrosse and also just wrote her first novel and has been working with an editor all summer to get it out to publishers and agents.

“My younger daughter, Juliet Love, 11, is a ballet dancer, having appeared in professional productions of ‘The Nutcracker’ and ‘The Secret Garden,’ and she’s entering 5th grade.

They’ll both go to Austin Waldorf School when we get to Texas.

“Lauren, my wife, graduated Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara a couple years ago and is finishing up her hours to be a licensed psychotherapist, working with kids and couples. In her spare time, she’s a screenwriter and was recently invited to the Austin Film Festival for one of her feature scripts. She won the pitch competition there for a television project she’s developing with Apple TV. “My parents are still going strong, both living in Myrtle Beach, S.C. My brother,

Michael ’89, is in Brooklyn, N.Y, and got married a few years back, still making music.

“Definitely excited about our 30th Reunion, and it was super special to see you all guys on that Zoom we did a few months back.”

Jed Wolfington and his wife, Zina, have two young boys: Vincent, 6, and Julian, 2. Jed has been working at the U.S. State Department as a foreign service officer since 2008. He has served in Ukraine, Pakistan, Chile, and, most recently, Moldova. They are living in Washington, D.C., and Jed is looking forward to enjoying some fellowship at the 30th Reunion.

Robert Matheson came through Greenville, S.C., back in August and spent the night with me and Laura. We reminisced about our first year as roommates living on 1st Dalrymple and how fortunate I am to have Laura instead of Robert as a roommate.

Sorry Rob, That’s Ice Fishing!

I speak to John Robbins frequently, and he is living the good life in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. His daughter, Eliza Robbins ’22, will be a junior this year and continues to excel in the classroom and on the athletic fields at 1200 North Quaker Lane. We are all proud of her, and she is truly enjoying her experience on the Hill. John’s wife, Elizabeth, will be attending our 30th Reunion after their brief 19-year absence.

So please mark June of 2021 on your calendars as we celebrate our 30th Reunion. I hope you will take the opportunity to bring your family and come spend some time with your classmates. Wives and kids invited, so start making your plans now. We plan to start the weekend off on Thursday night in Alexandria for some true Class of 1991 fellowship, so I hope to see you all there. Please drop me a line or a phone call and let me hear

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from you. I wish the best for you and your families during these trying times and look forward to being with you in June of 2021.

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Fred Alexander (C) 704-641-4858 fcaiii@yahoo.com 30th Reunion: June 2022

Hope everyone had a good summer and fall. And I hope that by the time we are reading this in print, there is a vaccine for this Covid-19 business and we are progressing toward a life of seeing more people and getting back to a normal that is a bit more tolerant than the one we are currently living.

That stated, I was happy to hear from Philip Harmon. He reported that he left the life of restaurants and making some of the tastiest drinks in the greater Research Triangle area and went back to UNC for a six-month education and emphasis on data analytics.

This has resulted in a senior position at SAS in its fraud department. Hopefully this will not be used to figure out how it was possible for all of us to somehow get our diplomas.

Philip has two children, Wyatt (4) and Pepper (2). They, like most of us, find their aunt, Peryn Harmon Graham ’94, a little more interesting and exciting to be around.

I think most of us on campus felt like Philip was our favorite Harmon on campus until Peryn showed up. The more things change, the more things stay the same. Kidding aside, I’m looking forward to seeing him at UNC basketball games in the coming seasons as our seats are four rows behind theirs.

In other news, Cal Evans decided that having his first child at 46 is a good idea. As of this writing, she is due any day now. For those of us eating popcorn on the sidelines and watching, Murdoch Matheson may well be on his way to having his fifth grandchild and probably one of age to attend the High School at the same time Cal’s first child is eligible to attend The Holy Hill. It’s my understanding that the Evans would love to start baby Evans in the CD of the Month Club if anyone is looking for a baby gift idea. Our deepest sympathies go out to Cal’s wife, Ivey, who will now have to raise both Cal and a new baby. Good luck, Ivey!

Will Merritt writes, “Living the dream in Columbia, S.C. Please holler if in town!”

All the best — Fred

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Walker Lamond (c) 202-302-8514 walkerlamond@mac.com 30th Reunion: June 2023

Nathan Michel collaborated with Kendrick Lamar to provide the music for a new Nike ad featuring Kobe Bryant.

Max Vielle is the global director of the Response Innovative Lab, a collaboration of NGOs working to improve humanitarian relief and disaster response around the world. He and his family just relocated to the countryside in Brittany, France, because every superhero needs a place to recharge.

Sibby Banks Schlaudecker finished her summer off with a sisters’ getaway in Snowmass, Colo.

Luke David’s son, Evan ’24, started at Episcopal this year.

Brian Petzold is still the real-estate king of the Eastern Shore.

Keith Jones got himself a pandemic RV and packed the family up for a trip to Montana.

Will Adams has a motorcycle, John Wilson has a plane, and it seems most of you Carolina boys spent your summers on a boat.

Photographer Leigh Webber was an artist-in-residence at Palmetto Bluff in South Carolina this August.

Jordan Monsour is a law partner at Butler Snow LLP in Baton Rouge, La., and still has great hair.

Tom Wolf did some camping on Assateague Island in Virginia.

Victor Maddux spent the summer eating crabs on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and is halfway to becoming a Terps fan.

Ham Morrison is making moves down in Charleston, Robert Nunnery is growing corn and cotton in Mississippi, and Chris Jacobs is surely at a dinner party somewhere.

JP Wrenn spent some sunny days on Lake Fontana in western North Carolina this summer, and Jon Ylvisaker is on a surfboard in Montauk, N.Y. Here’s hoping you and yours are all staying healthy and doing all we can to help our fellow man.

After Episcopal

The Unrealized Confederate Empire In his new book “Colossal Ambitions,” Adrian Brettle ’91 examines how the Confederacy, even during its darkest battlefield moments, planned to emerge from the war as a powerful, independent country on the world stage. Brettle — a scholar at Arizona State University — demonstrates how rebel leaders and thinkers planned territorial and commercial expansion to the West and into Mexico, Latin America, and the Caribbean and envisioned their new nation-state as an empire.

“Confederates had objectives for their nation that lay beyond the war and which have been subsequently obscured by defeat and the Lost Cause memory of the conflict,” Brettle told Civil War historian Niels Eichhorn in an interview.

Brettle did much of his research while completing his dissertation at the University of Virginia. He combed through published and unpublished letters, pamphlets, Confederate national and state government documents, and more. His work is now the foundation of an exhibit, “Southern Ambitions,” at the American Civil War Museum that is scheduled to run through 2022. Watch a book talk with Brettle on the museum’s YouTube channel.

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James Rizzo ’96 (center) and his wife, Becca, with Marc Carlini ’97.

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A Buddy Film Inspired by an EHS Friendship A new movie by Marc Carlini ’97 is shot through with echoes of his longtime relationship with James Rizzo ’96.

B Y EL IZABET H H ENDER S O N ’ 11

When Marc Carlini ’97 wrote the script for his movie “She’s in Portland,” he didn’t intend to base it on his friendship with James Rizzo ’96. But when Rizzo read the early drafts, he noticed unmistakable similarities. The movie is a story about two friends who go on separate paths in their lives but end up reuniting and helping each other get on track with their lives — a story that holds more than a few echoes of their own friendship.

The movie debuted Sept. 25 and stars Minka Kelly, Tommy Dewey, and Francois Arnaud. Another Episcopal graduate, Lindsay Wolfington Collins ’97, served as music supervisor and secured all the music, including songs from Lord Huron and Twinsmith.

The movie is the story of two college friends, Wes and Luke, now in their 30s and leading very different lives. Wes is a career-focused East Coast family man, and Luke is a struggling artist in Los Angeles. But when Wes extends a work trip to visit his friend, the two wind up setting out on a road trip to Portland, Ore., to find Luke’s “one that got away.”

“Marc and I have had a really unique friendship that’s had a lot of interesting chapters,” Rizzo says, “It wasn’t written purposefully this way, but there are so many parallels between our paths and the 64

storyline. It touches on a personal level; it feels so much like it’s our story.”

Traces of Rizzo’s life can be seen in Wes’s story. Rizzo, executive producer of the movie, attended Bucknell University and later moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. After three years, he returned to Washington, D.C., where he started in real-estate investment, earned a master’s from MIT, and began working in private equity. Soon after, Rizzo became a partner in a global private-equity firm.

He currently is working on a master’s at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, with plans to go into foreign policy.

Carlini, who wrote and directed the movie, always dreamed of getting into the film industry and becoming an artist — like Luke. He attended Georgetown and, while he took a few film classes, he ultimately got a bachelor’s in finance.

Afterward, bucking the expectation that he pursue a conventional career, he followed a passion born of a few Georgetown film classes and enrolled in Florida State University’s MFA program in film production. Upon graduating, Carlini moved to Los Angeles. Rizzo was still in the city at the time, and the two reunited, with Carlini working as a freelance video editor, including on music

videos for artists such as Paramore and Gavin Degraw.

It was then that Carlini also started writing the script that would become “She’s in Portland.” Captivated by the stunning beauty of California’s Pacific Coast Highway, he knew that he wanted to set his movie there. “I remember telling myself that I wanted to make a movie that takes place all along the Pacific Coast Highway, as if it’s another character in the movie,” he says. The film features astonishing roadside views of California’s iconic beaches and towering seaside cliffs that serve as the backdrop for Wes and Luke’s relationship-defining journey.

“A lot of my films from film school were these buddy films,” Carlini says. “I don’t know if it had anything to do with some of the movies that I grew up with in the ’90s, or just the fact that I have two brothers and a lot of close friends, but I felt like I had a voice in that lane.”

The film industry’s notoriously grueling reputation held true for Carlini and Rizzo, and producing “She’s in Portland” had its fair share of challenges.

It was filmed over a relatively short period of 24 days along the highway, guerrilla-style, with a small crew of filmmakers and a tight budget. During a stretch of several days, the crew was forced, due

to mudslides that closed sections of the road, to camp out in tents in an uninhabited section of Big Sur. “It’s been such a long journey, and especially making an independent film,” Carlini says. “It’s a soul-sucking experience in many ways. So to be on the other side of the mountain, there’s a tremendous amount of pride that we stuck with it.”

Carlini and Rizzo’s friendship, which began at Episcopal and has grown over the years, proved a strong foundation for their professional relationship. “Marc and I love each other; we are like brothers,” Rizzo says. “There are times when we scream at each other, and we’re at each other’s throats. But soon, we’re right back to normal. Ultimately, that was a great way to work together because we were able to be honest, but not hold anything against each other.”

Carlini says Rizzo ultimately gave him the strength to make “She’s in Portland” a reality. “He’s always made me feel like what I am doing is right, and I’m on the right path. He just believes in me, and has been such a huge support system,” Carlini says.

“She’s in Portland” is available to stream on iTunes, Amazon, onDemand, Dish and DirectTV. Releasing a film during the Covid-19 pandemic proved challenging, but there were silver linings.

“There’s something interesting about the current situation that we’re living in, where this movie fulfills people’s interest in taking road trips. These two guys connect with a bunch of strangers along the way, and that human connection is what we don’t have much of right now,” Carlini says.

It turns out that a road-trip movie was just what viewers wanted during the pandemic-induced lockdown.

One IMDB reviewer writes, “A road trip movie after being stuck inside for months? Count me in!” In addition, Carlini says, the fact that many larger studios have halted releasing new pictures until they can be screened in theaters “opens up an opportunity for a film like this — a smaller indie film that needs as much exposure as possible — to get a little more banner space and people can come across it more easily.”

Murdoch Matheson ’92, Victor Maddux ’93, Hunter Williams ’02, John Hooff ’95, Bear Matheson ’20, and Tate Lambeth ’95 at the Cherry Point Dove Hunt EHS Alumni get-together in Cambridge, Md.

Darcy Heurtematte Langdon ’95 and her daughter, Grace Langdon ’24.

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Sarah Baltimore McElwain sarahbmcelwain@yahoo.com Pence Craddock Scurry (c) 803-361-7354 pencescurry@gmail.com 25th Reunion: 2021 – date to be determined

Ebie Dupont writes: “Dear Pence, Sarah, and Class — “Greetings from Washington, D.C. This may be the first time I’ve written a class note in all these years, but here goes. I’ve been living in the greater D.C. area and abroad, primarily in the Middle East and North Africa, since leaving EHS. These days I work for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in countries undergoing political transition. Most recently, I spent more than three years at the U.S. Embassy/Tunis and later the Libya External Office (U.S. Embassy/Tripoli, currently operating out of

Ebie duPont ’95 at a Black Lives Matter demonstration.

Tunisia). Tunisia is a great country on the southern Mediterranean with lots of nice beaches, a rich history, and lovely people. I highly recommend it for anyone looking to travel somewhere new once the pandemic ends. I also got conned into adopting three cats from Tunis: Sidi, Bou, and Blind Steven the Wonder Cat. Yes, he’s blind.

“In February, just before the pandemic set in, I found myself on the way to Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in West Africa.

Don’t worry, no one knows where it is. On my connecting flight to Paris, I ran into Whit Morgan and his wife, Allison, going to see their daughter, who was studying abroad in France. I remember when he started dating Allison and the girls’ squash team teased him about it.

“On March 15, I got the last flight into the United States before our borders shut. While grateful to be home safe, I enjoyed Burkina Faso (don’t tell my work that), and I highly recommend it for our more adventurous classmates. Driving there is quite interesting.

In all this time, I’ve had the great pleasure of keeping up with Ms. Franklin Boyd and her big fluffy Samoyed pup, Nanuk. I drove to EHS

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NYC to see her last November. Now that I’m grounded here in D.C., I’m living just to the right of Georgetown University, and I welcome any and all visitors. I’ve got tons of extra space. Now practically a D.C. native, I’m proud of our city and its strong participation in the Black Lives Matter movement. I look forward to seeing you all at our next reunion after the apocalypse. Lots of love! — Ebie “P.S. It’s okay that I drank a glass of wine to write this on a Tuesday afternoon, right?”

Darcy Heurtematte Langdon and John Hooff have daughters joining the freshman class at EHS this fall. Grace Langdon ’24 and Elizabeth Hooff ’24 are both excited.

I believe they are the first alumni children from our class!

Winfield Sickles writes that he and Sally Baldwin Sickles ’94 have been bunkered up with their four boys — Field, Roby, Bear, and Tack — in Connecticut during Covid19, with Sally escaping to spend a couple of weeks in Lynchburg, Va., with her parents in July.

Franklin Boyd is still in Millbrook, N.Y., in the Hudson River Valley and has not yet returned to NYC since the pandemic hit.

Sarah Baltimore McElwain has been quarantining away from Alexandria, Va., in the Outer Banks of North Carolina with her husband and two boys and with little access to WiFi and cell service.

We hope everyone is healthy and safe! We would love to hear from you. Several emails bounced back this time, so please check to be sure your contact information is current with EHS. — Love, Pence & Sarah

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Temple Forsyth Basham (C) 804-332-1517 templefbasham@gmail.com 25th Reunion: 2021 – date to be determined

We did it, 96ers!! Thanks to your commitment and generosity, our class topped the leaderboard in the Roll Call 24/7 Challenge!

We kicked everyone else’s rear ends, with an impressive $8,185 and 33 donors. All the other classes can eat it. The highlight of my April quarantine was our class Marco Polo chat, aptly named “Maroon Machine.”

Seventeen of our illustrious classmates contributed multiple videos over the course of the week – usually short and “snackable” clips (which Luke taught us means “short”) – that literally made it my favorite week this 66

spring. If you missed this epic forum, here’s a quick recap: Luke Zehner kicked things off mightily by offering to match every $50 donation with $50,000, reaffirming his successful place in the advertising world. My only complaint is the lack of follow through on the highly anticipated Zehner-led Live Vespers. Brentt Brown was on tap for the guitar but settled on peeling peas with children Wyatt and Zoe before closing with a subtle but unmistakable “haw.” Cousin Andy Smith’s comment about the two questions everyone asks him when he wears his Episcopal sweatshirt: 1) Are you really religious? and 2) How much trouble did you get in to be shipped to boarding school?) made me laugh out loud. Fellow Californian Thomas Beckner is making dads everywhere jealous of his breezy life full of facials, skateboarding, photography, beach-going, and baby yoga classes. According to Insta, he left Goop and is back to freelancing. Good luck, and please don’t shave that mustache before the Reunion next year. Randy Shelley popped in with a shaggy beard and long hair to say hello from Beaufort, S.C., and promised to come to our 25th — can’t wait!

Kent Lowry — who is definitely not bald — made time to make a video AND write a huge check for the EHS girls’ varsity tennis managers in the midst of moving to a new house in Mount Pleasant, S.C. Now, that’s commitment!

Garland Lynn, girls’ varsity tennis manager, was particularly touched by Kent’s kind gesture and returned the love with several evening (read: post-cocktail) videos documenting his unruly quarantine hair, leaking basement, and general life of leisure on the Stono River. Gfunk, I hope your basement held up during Isaias!

Jane Pope Cooper kept the fun going with her motivational updates and cameos by her son and daughter, Wade and Pope, along with a menagerie of pets. No lack of fun at the Cooper household! The same can be said of Henry Cleveland’s Charleston pad and panic party of 1.

Annnnnd ... it looks like there’s never a dull moment at Menard Doswell’s Texan crib. His dinner video of the kids yelling and boxing his ears is one of my favorites.

(Menard, your patience and calm is noted and admired!) John Seale also appeared very relaxed with his adorable baby daughter, even when she didn’t cooperate with the videography. And Thomas Dickinson has a great gig

in Hot Springs, Ark., with a boat and a gorgeous lake. Loved seeing his girls do the Arctic Plunge! Meg Furlow Parker can’t complain with her pimped-out new backyard swimming pool that came awfully handy during the Covid-19 shutdown. Made me want to visit Athens and take a dip!

Gray MacNair King continues to hold down the fort in Chevy Chase with her two boys, puppy Grady (and the Amazon delivery man who arrived in the middle of her video and was not as excited about Grady.)

Gray’s incredible matching donations to the Roll Call outdid us all; thank you for your board service and generosity! Sarah and Brian Knutson copied Gray and got a puppy named Maddie. The High School sweethearts serenaded us with the Maroon Machine chant, and who can forget Brian’s Aussie accent switch mid-video? Randy’s favorite. Sarah Pugh Kadish (and three kiddos!) reported live from New Jersey in April but have since moved to Easton, Md., for the year while they figure out where their next adventure will take them. Laura Morton Michau won the technology award of the Marco Polo chat with her musical tracks, narration, and Roll Call leaderboard videos. She and her family are always up for an adventure, having just joined Jane’s family in Maine for a glorious week in Acadia. We see the Michaus all the time here in Richmond, and it’s heavenly.

Outside of the video chat, I got a nice text from Hansell Watt, who keeps in touch with Richard Punches and Evan Remmes. Evan and wife Lexa Sibley Remmes ’97 moved to Asheville, N.C., from London just over a year ago. All three friends contributed to the Roll Call, for which I am so grateful. Tyler Bates Novak sent me a message from Alabama in a plush bathrobe before starting the workday as a homebound lawyer and teacher to her two daughters. NBD. Juliana Bush is still at EHS and hopefully coming to Richmond soon for a glass of wine. Julia Doffermyre Green and I just reconnected as she was in the process of getting her oldest son, William, ready for Woodberry! How are these children so old?

Elizabeth Stewart Poisson writes, “The kids and I live in Wilmington and see lots of EHS friends, including Helen Lambeth Wells ’95, Lizzie Wellons Hartman ’98, Peryn Graham ’94, Lillian Smith Teer ’00, James Barmore ’00, and others. I am still practicing law with my dad, Fred Poisson, Jr. ’69 and my brother, Davis Poisson ’99.

I was recently appointed to the Executive

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Committee of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice, and I also serve on the N.C. State Bar Ethics Committee. My husband, Andrew, passed away last October after a 19-month battle with GBM IV, an aggressive brain tumor. Hard does not begin to describe it, but we have been supported by family and friends, which helps. Regan Rozier ’95 was our dear friend here in Wilmington, and pre-deceased Andrew by five years. Regan’s parents, and in particular, his wife, Colleen, have been a huge support to us. We miss both Regan and Andrew so much. Andrew grew up at Loomis Chaffee, where his parents were teachers, but he always said that he would prefer EHS for our kids. He was a great guy— the best.”

Bashams are faring quite well considering these extremely challenging and stressful times. I feel quite blessed that business has been good and the boys return for in-person school this week!

We’ll see how long this goes, but I’m practicing gratitude each and every day for all of our blessings. We got a new pet bunny named Boomer for my younger son’s birthday, and he’s adorable but guess who’s cleaning up the 1,000 pellets he produces each day? Add it to the list of chores … but I’m grateful, remember?? Love and peace to you all.

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Bill Allen (C) 919-673-2269 williamwallen@gmail.com 25th Reunion: June 2022

Hi folks! It’s me, BA! Sorry I’ve been absent the last two issues. Turns out I figured out how time travel works, and I traveled forward to a dystopian version of 2020 in which everyone is sick, angry, and paranoid. What did I miss?

There isn’t a whole lot to report this time around. My only hope is that you are all doing the best you can in what has to be the weirdest year of our lives. At this moment, I am on month six of working from home, and like many of you, I have also become one of two de facto teachers for my three kids, all of whom are in different schools and with a different virtual schedule. Ask me next time how much fun it was for my wife and me to sit our 5-year-old down for online kindergarten.

I know that some of you jumped into the Zoom calls we tried early on in this new, post-Covid lifestyle, and it was great to see

you all check in. Hopefully it sparked a few reconnections from there!

Shriti Patel Moore graciously checked in with all of us as our class psychiatrist. She’s in Norfolk, Va., busy as ever, working as both a psychiatrist and as a faculty member at Eastern Virginia Medical School. If anyone has been struggling emotionally, or just needs a friendly ear, Shriti wants you all to know that she’s happy to lend some friendly support.

Caldwell Clarke doesn’t have anything to report.

Marc Carlini has a movie coming out! By the time this goes to print, “She’s in Portland” will be available on all cable, satellite, and streaming services. The trailer is online at iMDB.com, and it looks great. The movie dropped on September 25, so be sure to check it out! Marc had the pleasure of working with Lindsay Wolfington Collins on this project; Lindsay was the music supervisor, so we know the film will have a fantastic soundtrack.

Alex Dickerson has just launched a new business (up and running September 1) called Fog City Girls. Based in Manhattan and Brooklyn, it is an organic, dry-fogging sanitation system that cleans and disinfects small businesses and events from Covid-19.

Never one to sit still, Alex made a pivot as the pandemic slowed her fashion/events business down. Channeling her inner Bill Murray, she has leaned heavily into the Ghostbusters imagery to create Fog City Girls (Dr. Alex Venkman, err?). Check her out on Instagram @fogcitygirls or online at www.fogcitygirls.com.

For me, having major travel limitations and being stuck at home for the bulk of the last six months, communication with friends has become much more intentional, and — surprisingly — much more frequent.

I’ve stayed in close contact with the old gang almost daily for the last several months, and it has been absolutely awesome. Bennett White, J.W. Perry, Jim Goodwin, Joe Segrave, and Scott Harris are all working hard and are all having tremendous success in their respective careers (lawyer, lawyer, McDonald’s owner/ operator, car dealership entrepreneur, lawyer, respectively), and at the risk of getting cheesy (emotional BA checking in), the best thing about the pandemic for me has certainly been the huge uptick in communication with these folks.

I hope everyone continues to do their best in whatever your pursuits are, and that

you remain healthy and safe. Please don’t be a stranger!

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Katherine Moncure Stuart (H) 540-672-4258 katstu@gmail.com Andrew Nielson (c) 706-254-2277 anielson@servicesource.com 25th Reunion: June 2023

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Becky Kellam Everhart (c) 917-628-5945 beckykellam@gmail.com 25th Reunion: June 2024

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Schuyler Williams (c) 703-304-9243 schuyler13@gmail.com Maisie Cunningham Short (c) 310-498-5241 maisieshort12@gmail.com 20th Reunion: 2021 – date to be determined

From Schuyler Williams: Greetings from Charlottesville! Despite this global pandemic that has challenged and tested all of us, there is definitely a lot of good news and a surprising number of mini-reunions reported from the Class of 2000! I loved hearing all of this, especially since our 2020 Reunion was postponed due to Covid-19.

My update is that I actually took a “gap year” from June 2019 to July 2020 and traveled to Thailand, Vietnam, Bali, Dubai, France, and Switzerland as well as various spots across the U.S. I finally decided to relocate to Charlottesville as of October 2019 and used that as a home base while I continued to travel through late February and interview for a job. Lockdown in Charlottesville was definitely preferable to a big city! Now that I am gainfully employed again and working remotely as the sales director of a D.C.-based tech company, I am really loving country life and able to make a few road trips to the beach and back home to see my family.

I have stayed in regular touch via Zoom and FaceTime with Hattie Gruber, PX Head, Becky Arnesen Jenkins, Will Nisbet ’01, and Brenton Hardee ’02, and I have had a few social distanced hangs with Will, his wife, Eloise, and the newest addition to their family, an adorable pup appropriately named Souffle!

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Hattie Gruber spent her Covid-19 days back in her hometown, Morehead City, N.C., but is very much looking forward to returning to her true love, NYC, before Labor Day! Although we had to postpone our EHS Reunion this past June, she enjoyed catching up with many classmates virtually and was able to see Millie Pelletier Warren and her sisters, Graye ’03 and Ann Gordon ’08, as well as James Barmore and his wife, Kathryn — all at an appropriate distance, of course! Being back in N.C., she was also able to spend time with her cousin, Mary Ann Broughton ’15, and her uncle, Mel Broughton ’75, who would have also been at our reunion!

PX is happy to report that all is well in Atlanta. While Covid has certainly slowed down the business cycle in Atlanta commercial real estate, it has been great for his golf game. He has managed to shave a whopping five strokes off his handicap in the past six months! He sees William Stallworth regularly and enjoys teaching William’s firstborn, PX’s godson, how to be a man. Oh boy…! He also had the opportunity to visit Jordan Phillips and his family of three for a few days in Charleston, and as always, they had an awesome time catching up. Despite all of these positive experiences, PX, like all of us, is very much looking forward to our 20-year reunion getting rescheduled and seeing everyone.

Becky Arnesen Jenkins and her husband, Peyton, are still living in Richmond and are expecting their third boy in October! Peyton Jr. is 7 and Jack is 3, and they are no doubt elated to have a younger brother to haze/ mentor! Mother of boys … which is fantastic and appropriate! Congrats on that very exciting news!

James Barmore and Kathryn welcomed their second child, Henry Edward Barmore, on April 28! Their daughter, Calder (3), loves being a big sister, and they are enjoying their family-of-four life in Wilmington, N.C., where they often see Lillian Smith Teer and her family.

Ted Maffitt’s exciting news is that he married Laura Baker in February, merely days before lockdown was instated — congrats!

Their wedding, which James Barmore officiated, took place in Boquete, Panama! Will Blocker was also in attendance, so we know those boys had quite a time! Ted and Laura have been enjoying their very unique quarantine situation in Panama City (i.e., men 68

Calder and Henry Barmore, children of Kathryn and James Barmore ’00.

and women are not permitted to leave their homes on the same days — no joke). That is quite the “honeymoon phase,” but luckily they have a nice backyard and Laura’s family close by, both of which offer some reprieve.

Summers Clarke Lacy has exciting news that she and David are expecting another baby boy at the end of October! Finley and baby boy No. 2 will be 20 months apart, so they will have their hands full for sure!

Summers also was recently named as a member at my law firm — congrats! What a successful Covid-19 period you have had! All that news aside, they have been taking it easy in the lowcountry this summer and have been to the beach at Litchfield for a few weekends (socially distancing, of course). She also let me know that Aynsley Comer is engaged!

Thanks for the wonderful updates all around — we’ll look forward to the name and picture of baby boy No. 2 for the next set of notes!

Will Blocker and his wife, Allison, are doing well down in Texas and have very exciting news: They are expecting a little girl this October! We can’t wait to see a picture of her in the next round of Class Notes!

Lillian Smith Teer and her husband, Michael, are also enjoying family life down in Wilmington, N.C. Their oldest daughter, Emmy, is 14, and their youngest daughter, Lilly, will be 3 by the time you all read this!

Maisie Cunningham Short and her husband, Andy, are still out in L.A. and making the most of this difficult time. Their son, Emmett, just turned 2 (wow, time flies!), and Maisie actually managed to change jobs during the pandemic, which I know surprises no one! She is now covering West Coast sales for Manulife Investment Management, and she and her family have made a few quick

Penny Ruth Mabry, daughter of Kate Leggett Mabry ’00.

trips to Palm Springs and San Diego, so they are definitely doing very well, all things considered!

Carlie Hooff Casella and her husband, Dan, are now a party of five! They welcomed baby boy Clark Casella to the craziness back in April and have been enjoying a pandemic-infant lifestyle, “i.e., we don’t go anywhere cool and pretend it’s because of Covid” — haha! As such, they have cemented their move to Alexandria on Quaker Lane, making Carlie the alumna that lives closest to EHS! She often runs into faculty at the Bradlee Center, which I’m sure is a nice treat!

On a similar note, Kate Leggett Mabry and her husband definitely had their good news during this pandemic: Their family welcomed their third — and apparently final ;) — baby on May 22, a little girl named Penny Ruth! Big sister Ingrid and big brother Mac think Penny is pretty cute but a little boring.

They are getting excited for Ingrid’s first grade virtual school year, and Kate will continue her residential architectural practice. If you haven’t seen any of her work, I suggest you follow her on the ’gram — not surprisingly, it is beyond impressive!

Zsolt Parkanyi accepted a new role with Amazon in Germany and so his family spent the summer packing and moving. His interview process gave him an opportunity to reconnect with Dr. Dixon and brush up on his German-language skills! They arrived in Munich in August and are settling in nicely.

Zsolt will not only be responsible for corporate real estate in Germany but also Austria and Switzerland. Needless to say, he is very excited although the news is bittersweet, as they truly loved living in Dubai.

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Spending time with so many wonderful camp families was an incredible silver lining of the 2020 summer, and they are grateful for the lessons learned and the memories made at camp each summer, no matter the format. They are back in Houston now, where daddy Hanley continues to work from home.

Hanley (12), Mac (10), and Mamie (8) are attending River Oaks Baptist School with a hybrid learning format, and Posy (4) and Cooper (1) are looking forward to preschool starting soon.

Beezie McLaughlin Sayers ’01 and family on top of Jump Mountain in Virginia.

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Andrew Farrar (C) 919-616-6636 asfarrar@gmail.com Artie Armstrong (C) 805-341-5233 artiearmstrong@yahoo.com 20th Reunion: June 2022

Kim Obradovich Holman ’01 teaching precalculus virtually.

Crandall Close Story ’01 and family.

Last but not least, Vince Van Dillen reports that he is living his best life! He recently moved to San Francisco and is enjoying the change of scenery, working a new job, and meeting new people.

Thanks so much to everyone who wrote in and for the plethora of positive news during these very trying times! Hopefully that trend will continue, and I remain very optimistic about our Reunion in 2021! In the meantime, stay safe everyone!

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Beezie McLaughlin Sayers (C) 713-560-6210 beezie.sayers@gmail.com 20th Reunion: 2021 – date to be determined

Kim Obradovich Holman is in her third year of the Ph.D. program in math at Auburn University. She’s teaching precalculus this semester and is adapting well to virtual teaching. Her class is synchronous, not fully online, and it meets four mornings a week at 8 a.m. She’s beginning research now, trying to focus on a topic but knows that she will be doing research in geometry under Dr.

Andras Bezdek. Carrying on the Mr. Stubbs geometry legacy!

Crandall Close Story writes, “My family is great. Walker (6) is crushing virtual school, and Lee (3) continues to enjoy dressing up as Batman, as he has for the past two years.

Roddy is teaching at Montgomery Bell Academy, and I am going into year 12 as a public defender (month six as barber and teacher).”

Lacy Baldwin Noble writes, “We saw a lot of my sister, Sally Baldwin Sickles ’94, at our parents’ house in Lynchburg, Va. All six of our boys (four hers, two mine) as well as the adults (among us, Winfield Sickles ’95) were grateful for a little slice of what seemed like normalcy in the midst of the pandemic.

Will Nisbet writes that he and his wife “spent some time in Bath County, Va., and absolutely fell in love. We will definitely be back in the fall to mountain bike.” They now have a corona puppy and have been spending lots of time outside in Middleburg. They’ve seen Dave Clarke, McCoy Penninger ’02, Will McGettigan ’02, and Schuyler Williams ’00 recently.

Beezie McLaughlin Sayers and family spent the summer working alongside Nancy and Lee McLaughlin ’70 running Family Camp sessions at Camp Maxwelton and Camp Lachlan in Rockbridge Baths, Va.

Carter Moore is still living near Canberra, Australia, with his son, Arlo (4), and works in the public service. “I wish there were more to say, but unfortunately, between the summer’s bushfires followed by the lockdown, it’s been an eventfully uneventful year. My plans to be back in the U.S. for June/July and hopefully catch up with some folks had to be scuttled, so I very literally haven’t gone much farther than my little town for months. Hopefully you’re all keeping well and normalcy will return to us all soon enough.”

Catherine Bass Black relocated in April to her hometown of Spartanburg, S.C., with her husband, James, and two sons, Jimmy (3) and Lewis (8 months). While they absolutely loved their time for the past five years in Springfield, Mo., they are thrilled to be back in the upstate and closer to family. Catherine is a principal with the global executive search firm Odgers Berndtson and specializes in the industrial and consumer sectors. “I would be happy to be a resource to anyone seeking professional career advice and hopeful to see more EHS alums now that we are back in the Southeast.”

Christine Tubesing Dufault and her husband, Graham, recently purchased a home in Arlington in the Clarendon/Lyon Park neighborhood. They’ve had a busy summer remodeling part of the house, moving, and, oh, having a baby girl! Sloane was born in late May. After maternity leave, Christine will go back to work at Fannie Mae, where she’s been for about 10 years. When at the EHS

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D.C. office, she sometimes runs into Henry (Nana) Opoku.

Emma Millon recently finished her Ph.D. in neuroscience at Rutgers and is relocating to NYC, where she’s starting a postdoctoral research fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at Columbia University. She says to look her up if you’re in the city!

Grant Brown writes, “Laura and I had our first baby, Brooks Gideon Brown II, in December. He’s a big baby and incredibly good looking.”

From Giles Spurling: “I still live in Bermuda, got divorced earlier this year, for the better though! I work as an actuary at Validus (part of AIG). I enjoy doing reggae in my spare time; here’s the latest from Sir Dudley, a new single called “Protek Ya Life.”

Feel free to stream Sir Dudley on the major music platforms (iTunes/Apple Music/Spotify, etc). Got five records up there now. Hopefully I will be dropping an EP in mid-2021 with more new music.”

Jay Williamson and Elizabeth Pope Williamson ’03 celebrated their wedding with John Hooff ’67, Hannah Baldwin Ozburn ’03, Harrison Gilchrist ’04, Caroline Inman Dyson ’03, Clarence Mills ’03, Sanford Zeigler ’03, Gary Pope ’67, Gary Pope ’01, Katie Perry Pryor ’03, Oliver Pryor ’03, Lauren Pirrung Gilbert ’03, Cameron Leppard Kluttz ’03, Beverly Mebane Helms ’02, Laura Duncan Scott ’02, Cord Smythe ’03, Anna Bryan Lynott ’02, India deLashmutt ’02, and John Hooff ’95.

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Alden Koste Corrigan (C) 443-783-4659 alden.k.corrigan@gmail.com 15th Reunion: June 2023

Congratulations to Chris Hutchins and his wife, Amy Fox, who welcomed their first child, Quinn Colette Fox, into the world on August 3.

Michael Barraza and his family recently moved to Baton Rouge, La., for his new position as a body and neuro interventional radiologist at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center and Children’s Hospital.

Jarrett Bell reports that he and his family are leaving New York after 13 great years and are moving back to Houston in September.

While they are sad to leave the city, they are looking forward to being closer to family.

Elizabeth Pope Williamson married Jay Williamson, a 2003 graduate of St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes School, on March 7 in Charleston. Several Episcopal alumni were in attendance to celebrate the happy couple.

Congratulations!

James Baring writes, “I accepted a new role as a Director of a turnaround/restructuring management firm, CR3 Partners, in October 2019. I am currently working as interim-CFO to an oil and gas company in Chapter 11 bankruptcy and anticipate completing a sale of the company by the end of August 2020.”

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Mary Maxwell Hartley, daughter of Stuart ’03 and Laura Davidson Hartley ’03, sporting her issue shirt.

Chris Hutchins ’03 and his wife, Amy Fox, welcomed their first child, Quinn Colette Fox, this August.

John Nisbet writes, “I left my corporate job and now I sell dumplings (and noodles)!

First child is on the way, as well!”

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This summer, Bernard Carey II ’00 and Daniela Ruano got engaged! Daniela writes, “We met in 2014 at an EHS young alumni happy hour, so EHS has always been meaningful to our relationship. Bernard planned a surprise proposal in front of Callaway Chapel at EHS. In attendance, and all in on the surprise, were our family and fellow EHSers: Kacy Cheng Chiong, Julia Pressley Jones, Tatiana Morrow Bennett ’06,

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Bernard Carey ’00 and Daniela Ruano ’05 got engaged on the steps of Callaway Chapel.

Lila Warren ’05 married Tyler Hern in November 2019.

Keith Plum ’06 and his wife with their daughter, Lainey Plum.

Cate Smythe Sobieszczyk ’06 and her family.

never tried to surf. Once Covid-19 subsides, she’s looking forward to seeing friends and family on the East Coast and heading back to South Africa and Sierra Leone for research.

Taylor Embury and his wife, Yana, bought a condo in Denver. They just moved in on August 23. Taylor is starting a branch office in the Denver area for Alliant Wealth Advisors. Taylor was lucky enough to play in the World Indoor Lacrosse Championships last September for Team Slovakia. He says it’s a bit of a long story, seeing as he has zero Slovakian heritage.

Lila Warren married Tyler Hern in November 2019. They had a beautiful outdoor ceremony in Upperville, Va., surrounded by family and friends and spent their honeymoon in Morocco. Lila and Tyler recently moved into their new house in the Cherokee National Forest of east Tennessee.

She now works from home scheduling hunting and angling adventures, so give her a call if you’re planning a sporting trip.

Tabb Wyllie and his wife, Liza, welcomed their daughter, Violet Lane Wyllie, into the pandemic-crazed world this May. She is doing great and looks forward to hanging with any other babies in the D.C. area after things settle down!

Chris Mixon has spent the last 15 months chasing after his little girl, Freya, and making monster noises. Thanks to Covid-19, the hair he always wanted in high school is now a reality.

’06 Class of 2006 alumni Thomas Light, Miller Cornelson, Sloan Battle, Walker Francis, Daniel Gottwald, Paul Light, and Jackson Tucker at the 9th annual Old Boys Classic. Not pictured: Mason Tillett, Kyler Carr, Rutledge Long, host Steve Shaw, David Lambeth, and Mark Battin.

Jonathan Lee ’01, and Ricky Ruano ’09!”

Congratulations to Bernie and Daniela!

Brennan Killeen Lynch and her husband, Francis, welcomed their second daughter, Quinn Mary Lynch, on July 1 and are smitten! Maeve has eased into her new role as big sister nicely. Hopefully one day they will be at EHS together!

Alexandra Varipapa and Brian Morse spent a lot of time in Virginia during the spring and summer with their two children, Sloane and Roman. They even got to see

Chris Swaim IRL! Alexandra has kept up with other EHS friends through FaceTime, including Ellie Frazier. After a nice trip to the North Fork of Long Island, they’re back in Brooklyn and preparing Sloane to start kindergarten!

Ellie Frazier and her husband, Jake Pitkow, live in Santa Cruz, Calif. Ellie is working on her Ph.D. in politics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she also teaches politics and legal studies courses. Despite her best intentions, she’s still

Molly Wheaton (H) 504-288-1990 mewheaton@gmail.com Margaret von Werssowetz Waters (C) 843-607-5788 margaretvonw@gmail.com 15th Reunion: 2021 – date to be determined

From Margaret: Hello, dear friends! It seems like ages ago that we got together on Zoom back in April and spent two hours laughing at each other, so we’ll have to plan another virtual get-together soon. In the meantime, let me say that I am so grateful for each and every one of you, and it makes me feel better about the world knowing that you all are out there. On my end, I’m spending a lot of time at home with my little fam and feeling lucky that my 1-year-old daughter, Goody, is a hilarious, precious ham. In-house entertainment is a hot commodity these days. Now for updates from the wonderful EHS

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souls who responded to my last-minute plea for news: “All” that Scout Douglas Osborne has to report is that they are expecting their second child, another daughter, in December.

“Covid has kept things pretty boring for us!” she writes, but I’d say expanding the family is pretty exciting!

Cate Smythe Sobieszczyk shared a great picture of her family at the beach in Charleston, writing, “Ada turns turns 2 this year. Troy is still working at the port, and I’m still doing private chef services.”

Ryan Jackson got a puppy named Luna — very cute!

On June 6, Anna Brooks Whichard got married to Jeff Cantwell! “We postponed the big to-do but were able to adhere to N.C. guidelines and safely gather our immediate families for a small ceremony. We were married in the church I grew up attending and had a small reception in my parents’ backyard.

We just rescheduled again for fall 2021 when we’re going to do it all over again but (hopefully) with a whole lot more people there to celebrate. My brother, Jordan ’03, was there, of course. We also bought a house in Raleigh earlier this year and have taken advantage of staying close to home due to Covid-19 to finish all the little projects around the house!”

Kingsley Trotter moved back east from Colorado and bought a house in Tryon, N.C. After postponing a May wedding date, Kingsley and Fletcher McNeil will be married among family members on October 24.

Because she is an amazing sister and creative genius, Bess Trotter DuBose ’09 is doing all the planning!

Honour Alston Thornton writes, “No real changes here in Chicago. Working in the hospital through Covid-19 has definitely been an experience. We’re all healthy and therefore happy.”

Katharine Pelzer reports, “I had been planning to move back to the U.S. after nearly two years living in Kenya to volunteer in the 2020 elections, and Covid-19 accelerated our timeline when we left for what we thought was a weekend back to celebrate a family birthday and ended up moving! (Favor: If anyone passes through Nairobi, can they grab my earthly possessions?) After sheltering in place in rural South Carolina for a few months with my family, my boyfriend and I decided mountains > swamp and moved to Oakland, Calif. Would love to connect with other alumni out here!”

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Katharine Pelzer ’06 on safari with college friends in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.

Anna Brooks Whichard ’06 married Jeff Cantwell.

Ryan Jackson ’06 and his puppy, Luna.

Harper Cullen ’06 is a dad of twins! These boys hope to be in the EHS Class of 2039.

Notorious nomad ML Parker wrote in early September: “After six months of sitting at home trying to navigate the strange, uncertain realities of pandemic life and what it means for my work, I’m finally heading back out to sea. In two days, I fly to Seattle, where I will quarantine for two weeks, and then board the E/V Nautilus to join an expedition off the coast of Washington and western Canada.

Traveling (especially being part of an expedition team) during a global pandemic feels, um, a bit insane. But just about everything feels insane these days.

Hope everyone is staying healthy! Wear your masks!”

Harper Cullen has stayed busy with the arrival of twin boys, Armour and and William — quickly growing and looking forward to joining the Class of 2039! “Sadly missed the chance to golf with some of the Old Boys this year with the twins. Extremely excited for Clay Schutte’s live-streamed rocket launch.

Don’t ask questions; just tune in ’cause it’s can’t miss TV.” The baby train doesn’t stop there. Keith Plum and his wife moved to Boulder, Colo., and welcomed their daughter, Lainey Plum, to the world on May 19, 2020.

Miraculously, the annual Old Boys Classic golf tournament happened this year. This year,

the OBC trip took place in Wintergreen, Va., the weekend before Labor Day. Sloan Battle was kind enough to share a photo and wrote: “Had a good turnout, and we all got tested negative as a prerequisite for the trip. This is the ninth annual trip, and we’ve had at least 12 turn out each year.”

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Hubie Haywood writes, “I recently graduated from medical school and business school at UNC. I will be starting my residency in internal medicine at Duke University Hospital this fall.”

Kristina Fondren Mesoznik writes, “I got married in 2018 (oops, sorry!) in Tulum, Mexico. Some EHS grads, Ann Cowden, Catherine Coley, and Anneka Wisker, were there. My husband and I moved to Milan, Italy last April, where we’ll be living for a few years and traveling as much as possible.”

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Lucy Glaize Frey (C) 540-327-2267 lglaize@gmail.com 15th Reunion: June 2023

Frances “CeCe” Graye Eisenzimmer, daughter of Chris and Ann Gordon Pelletier Eisenzimmer ’08.

Harrison Farr Hughes, son of Reagan and Liz McLean Hughes ’08.

Eliza Coker Sheldon ’08 and her husband, Jack.

Fulton Taliaferro Frey, son of Tripp and Lucy Glaize Frey ’08.

John “Ward” Brady, son of David and Leah Andress Brady ’08.

Daisy Louise Stoner, daughter of Matt and Marguerite Kleinheinz Stoner ’08.

The pandemic certainly hasn’t gotten in the way of my classmates accomplishing big things this year — an engagement and a wedding, lots of babies, plenty of Episcopal rendezvous (both in person and virtual), and more.

I kicked off the recent baby boom with the birth of our second son, Fulton Taliaffero Frey, on May 1. Not long after, Marguerite Kleinheinz Stoner and Matt welcomed their daughter, Daisy Louise Stoner, on May 12.

Next, Liz McLean Hughes and Reagan had their son, Harrison Farr Hughes on June 8.

Leah Andress Brady and David then welcomed their son, John “Ward” Brady into their family on August 7. And most recently, Ann Gordon Pelletier Eisenzimmer and Chris had their daughter, Frances “CeCe” Graye Eisenzimmer, on August 19. Everyone is happy and healthy, and we can’t wait to get these babies together sometime (hopefully!) soon!

Leah and David also moved from D.C. to Charlotte in May to be closer to his job. Leah kept her job with Federal Realty in D.C., so she will be back and forth quite a bit. She’s excited to continue spending quality time in D.C. They are settling into life in their new city with baby Ward. Carson Roberts Paschall chimes in that she is so happy Leah joined her and Amanda Weisiger Cornelson in Charlotte!

Sarah Kencel shared that she is engaged to a Woodberry boy! The lucky guy is Pete Hansen, Woodberry Class of ’05. House divided!

Eliza Coker Sheldon and her husband, Jack, did not let the pandemic delay their marriage. They were married on June 6 surrounded by their closest family members, and they look forward to celebrating with family and friends next year. Cheers to the Sheldons!

Since March, Alex Hess has been in beautiful Ithaca, N.Y, in the final year of his MBA at Cornell University. In addition to working on his MBA, he’s been having fun learning new cooking skills, reading, and exploring the outdoors. And in the words of Alex himself, “beyond that, it’s been a pretty uneventful year — pandemics will do that. …”

Whit Slagsvol feels like our Class Notes happen more often than not. Perhaps it’s EHS

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the time warp that is 2020, or perhaps it’s that we’re getting older, but rest assured, the notes still appear just twice a year! His favorite update is “Matt Hurley’s evolution into a swaggery, swooshed back hair, stylish bro.”

Apparently Whit, Spencer Graves, and Will Hand talk about it all the time. Sounds like Matt is becoming an influencer! Whit has had a handful of EHS encounters recently, After Episcopal

Emerging Star

Congratulations to Binance.US CEO Catherine Coley ’07, whom Fortune honored on its Fortune’s 40 Under 40 list.

Coley, the lone female chief of a major crypto exchange in an industry dominated by men, grew Binance.US’s user base by 82% in March 2020 alone. Said Fortune: “She has shepherded Binance.US through the American regulatory process in order to make the service available to customers in 38 states, listing more than 40 different cryptocurrencies — the most of any U.S. exchange.”

Coley, a former Morgan Stanley foreign exchange trader, also has been busy helping EHS students make career connections. She came to campus and spoke with students at last year’s CONNECT on Campus event about careers in finance. Inspired by her talk, Conrad Suppes ’20 reached out to her during his search for a May senior externship. Coley asked him to start the company’s first social-media tutorials on bitcoin and other virtual currency, and he produced a series of videos for TikTok and other channels. See his handiwork on his Suppes Media Group Youtube channel.

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including hosting Paula Pavolva ’09 and her boyfriend for dinner in Charleston not too long ago.

On to business ... Whit reports he is “still lawyering” in Charleston for his firm, Slagsvol Law Firm, still has his Boykin Spaniel sidekick, Bacchus, of Reuter (Fritz ’07) lineage, and is still in the process of pursuing a patent for a headphone-technology concept. He was able to get it prototyped! Whit shares he continues to dabble in the hemp/legal cannabis/start-up world (Deepwood Processing/Greater South Hemp Co.), and is in the first capital raise to acquire a cannabidiol-processing lab. Finally, Whit is “surfing a lot these days.”

Ginna Oates ’09 and Tyler Allen on their wedding day.

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Haley Morgan Tenney 09hmorga@gmail.com Jeila Martin Kershaw jeilamartin@gmail.com 15th Reunion: June 2024

Quarantine greetings to the Class of 2009! JMK and Haley coming to you live from two of the most miserably hot places to spend a summer, New Orleans and Austin, respectively. Jeila Martin has spent the quarantine times moving into a new house, watching her Fiddle Leaf Fig tree slowly die, visiting her family and new niece in Alabama, and sweating (literally and figuratively). Haley has adjusted well to wearing stretchy pants every day in WFH life as she works remotely for Bumble. She has repotted all of her plants multiple times and continues to avoid any activity that does not involve air conditioning between the hours of 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Anne Pennington Carroll reports that she is “still doing nurse things” but has shifted roles to focus on HIV/infectious diseases. Go, Anne! Ben Shuford has made “material improvements” on his golf game. Good job, Ben! Bridgette Ewing has moved to Columbia, S.C., to teach Spanish at Heathwood Hall and also got a new Corgi puppy!

Claire Channell, Sarah Chase Webber, and Hanes Dunn have all departed D.C. for the wilds of Nashville, Houston, and New Orleans, respectively. JMK has been seeing Hanes and his lovely wife, Mary Parke, around town and can report that Claire and Frances Stone Edge visited Sarah Chase in Houston for SC’s birthday. Claire states that she is also now part-cyborg as a result of a surgery on her ankle. But not to worry, because she doesn’t set off the metal detector at the

airport and is therefore still undetected by the government. Impressive, Claire!

Kate Stover Lane and her husband Tim, moved to Singapore, where Kate takes lots of pictures of the local wildlife (mostly otters) and dreams of chewing gum.

Mary Spencer Morten has been splitting her time between North Carolina and NYC and reports that she has been seeing Frances in N.C. and that she ran into Bitsy Motley in July. Frances has almost finished her yoga teaching certification and is getting her sommelier certification in September in Charleston, where she will be staying with Elle Czura.

Ed Pritchard wrapped up a successful tour with Marine Special Operations Command in May 2020. During his three years at MARSOC, Ed held company command, deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, and served as the commanding general’s aide de camp. He executed orders to Washington, D.C., in June, where he is currently a congressional fellow.

As part of his new assignment, Ed is enrolled at George Mason’s Schar School of Policy and Government and earning his master’s degree in public policy with an emphasis in national security. Following the results of the 2020 election, Ed will serve on the personal staff of a U.S. representative or senator in Congress as a defense fellow or military legislative assistant.

The latest from Abbott Matthews is that after three years working for Facebook in São Paulo, Brazil, she is relocating internally to the Bay Area, where she will be managing Facebook’s global security operations center. She is happily engaged and planning to

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(hopefully) have their wedding in Brazil in May 2021. Abbott says that she is looking forward to connecting with any EHS alums in California and hoping to see Claire Battis for some socially distanced beers.

To quote from Molly Seely: “I didn’t even hear about Covid-19 for a long time because I was at a silent meditation retreat in the desert. We were totally isolated — no phone, no communication, etc. We had no idea what was happening outside the facility. Walked out into a very different world. One that had been changed forever. Mind-blowing, to say the least. I was getting messages from friends and family all around the globe and catching up on what was going on. Hope you and yours are OK and am sending positive energy to all.” You and Jared Leto, both, Molly!

Sam Dashiell writes that in April, after more than six years leading public-affairs campaigns with PLUS Communications, a Beltway-based consulting firm, he assumed the role of senior specialist in U.S. communications for Philip Morris International. Go Sam! In baby news, Patrick Mealy and his wife, Mary Margaret, welcomed daughter Evelyn Rose (Evie) Mealy on July 30, while Alec Smith and his wife, Claire, welcomed a son, Arch McGrath Smith on April 17. In true legend fashion, Alec states that Arch will place an EHS flag on the moon one day, which I, for one, am looking forward to.

Ginna Oates married Colorado College love Tyler Allen on August 18 in Linville, N.C., surrounded by family. Their big celebrations were postponed until 2021 because of Covid-19, but it ended up being super special, fun, and perfect! Congratulations, Ginna and Tyler!

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Although the pandemic has delayed our much anticipated 10-year reunion, it did not stop Vincent Mariano and Cal Bobola from reconnecting. They completed a 110mile ride together as part of their newfound passion for cycling. Just before Covid, Cal launched a new sanitizing brand, Microban 24, for Procter & Gamble in time to support consumers.

Beirne Hutcheson and his wife, Clare, are safely back in Texas after their deployment

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Touching Base With the Home Team Dominique Badji ’11, a former EHS soccer standout who now stars in Major League Soccer, joined the EHS boys’ soccer program for a video conference in mid-September.

The boys asked Badji about life in the MLS and his journey over the years since he graduated from EHS. He talked about volunteering for tornado and pandemic relief in Nashville, how he dealt with the interruption to life during the pandemic-related stoppage in the MLS season, the toughest defenders he’s ever faced, and what it’s like to constantly compete for a spot in the starting lineup.

Perhaps the most poignant question was posed by Edward Powers ’21, who asked how the current EHS team could replicate the championship teams from Badji’s time at the School. Badji talked about how the special friendships cultivated in the boarding school environment created a culture in which teammates pushed and challenged each other on the field every day and supported one another on and off the field.

During his career, Badji has played for the Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, and now Nashville SC. He has scored 33 goals and 17 assists in six and a half seasons. to the Middle East. They enjoyed hosting Hunter and Austin deButts ’12 on a cross-country road trip.

Liz Schutte is engaged to Ben Gillis, and they plan to get married in spring of 2021.

Reddin Woltz Milam and her husband, Walton, visited Coles Lawton for a week this summer in Colorado, where they visited Rocky Mountain National Park and the surrounding areas. While Coles hasn’t convinced Reddin to move out West yet, she did win over her brother James Lawton ’15, who is starting a master’s program at Denver University this fall. Coles and James recently hiked Mount of the Holy Cross, a 14er outside Vail.

Impressively, Cameron Hawkins recently completed a solo Ironman distance triathlon that she organized herself and raised $12,150 for Communities in Partnership, a nonprofit in her hometown of Durham. She has also started the second year of her joint MEM/ MBA degree at Duke.

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Celeste Jones (C) 434-414-4696 jonescelesteh@gmail.com 10th Reunion: June 2022

Carly Lyerly moved to Los Angeles in May 2020 and got engaged to Collier Connell in June! Lauren Mealy got engaged to Brady Burgin in July! Caroline Hagood got engaged to Wells Patrick in May! Anderson Pearce got engaged to Cullen Graves in March 2020!

Emmy Ragsdale married Davis Kirby on August 8, 2020, and EHS friends gathered to celebrate in Georgetown, S.C.!

Merrill Pischke Coker started business school at the Wake Forest University School of Business.

Harrison Clement and Johnny Bond started at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business this fall.

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Maggie Boozer writes, “This summer, I clerked for the Capital Trial Division of the South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense. In the fall, I began my final year of law school.”

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Somer Glubiak sglubiak@gwu.edu 10th Reunion: June 2023

Cici Sobin (C) 703-999-1277 cici.sobin@gmail.com 10th Reunion: June 2024

Cameron Hawkins ’10 running in an Ironman distance triathlon in Durham, N.C., while raising over $12,000 for a nonprofit.

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Presley Goode pgoode2@gmail.com Tyler Hartmeyer (C) 516-474-9843 tyler.hartmeyer@gmail.com Morgan Lineberry (C) 205-789-0447 morganlineberry12@gmail.com 5th Reunion: 2021 – date to be determined

After graduating from UNC-Chapel Hill with a degree in economics, Laura Bratton returned to her hometown of Wilmington, N.C., to report on the long-term effects of 2018’s Hurricane Florence in a two-season podcast series called Storm Stories. While starting her career as an audio journalist, she worked with a nonprofit to launch an online local civic journalism lab serving coastal North Carolina called Shoresides. Her work on Shoresides covers everything from community arts to environmental justice issues to hot topics for teens. Right now, she’s working as a contributing audio producer for WNYC and YR Media’s election project, 18-29 Now. Laura’s work has been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered, in the News & Observer, and on radio stations across the country. Her work can be found on shoresides.org and youngamericaspeaksup.org

Cal Bobola ’10 with Microban 24, a new sanitizer he helped launch for P&G before the pandemic.

Coles Lawton ’10 and James Lawton ’15 hiking Mount of the Holy Cross in Colorado.

Cal Bobola ’10 and Vincent Mariano ’10 on their 110-mile cycling trip.

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Kelsey Anderson (C) 703-624-6968 kelseymanderson4@gmail.com Andrew Karo (C) 804-592-9640 andrewkaro@utexas.edu Priscilla Barton-Metcalfe (C) 727-410-8746 pbarton3@jhu.edu 5th Reunion: 2021 – date to be determined

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than anyone has wanted it to or anticipated it would.

Suffice it to say this was not the senior year or college graduation we envisioned, but many have kept a positive attitude and a smile through it all. Some members of our class celebrated their graduations with college roommates in their schools’ respective towns.

Others threw on their cap and gown in their parents’ living room, popped some bubbly, and smiled when their name scrolled across the TV screen. We are so proud!

Big news to start us off — Maura Kitchens married Robert West on June 23 in a small ceremony that was live-streamed on Zoom for friends and family around the country. She is currently at UNC working on a master’s degree in transatlantic studies.

We are happy to report on other classmates who have chosen to continue their education. Patrick Hovet starts at Tulane Law

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After Episcopal Class of 2012 members Caroline Hagood, Wells Patrick, Carter Patrick ’14, Lauren Mealy, Austin Conger, Carly Lyerly, Emmy Ragsdale Kirby, Elizabeth Buyck, Anderson Pearce, Chase Hughes, Merrill Pischke Coker, Thomas Coker, and Celeste Jones at the wedding of Emmy Ragsdale and Davis Kirby.

Well, it seems there is not so much other news to report. For more reasons than one, there are few tales this time of travels to see old friends and new places. We are keeping everyone in our thoughts and prayers right now and are looking forward to our first class reunion on The Holy Hill in June of 2021!

’17 Laura Bratton ’15 is an audio journalist whose work has been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered, in the News & Observer, and on radio stations across the country.

School this fall, and Brooks Young is attending law school at the University of Miami.

Also, Maya Glenn is absolutely killing it. She is starting as a Ph.D. student in the University of Michigan’s department of sociology, one of the top programs in the country. Go, Maya!

Sarah Thomas reports that she started a new job as a lobbyist at the Vectre Corp. in Richmond in June.

Ryan McKernan did a great job of organizing a virtual class reunion over Zoom in April, and it seemed like everyone had a great time seeing each other and catching up with the goings-on at EHS. Ashby Wickham is ready for the next one already.

Halle Hughes (C) 904-322-2828 hughes.halle@me.com Liza-Banks Campagna (C) 202-650-7687 lizabankscampagna@gmail.com Stuart Greenspon (C) 703-622-3086 greenspons21@mail.wlu.edu Whit Goode (C) 804-971-2747 whitstackgoode@gmail.com 5th Reunion: June 2022

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Lexi Weger (C) 571-721-8585 lilweges33@gmail.com Erin Phillips erinphillips18@gmail.com 5th Reunion: June 2023

Lacrosse Pioneer Harleigh Bean ’14 joined other former college lacrosse players in a summer “Breaking Down Walls” forum.

The forum — hosted

by CityLax, a nonprofit that aims to grow the sport in the New York City public schools — explored how women of color navigate the challenges of playing in a predominantly white sport.

Bean, an EHS standout who played goalkeeper for Washington & Lee University, talked about the difficulties of being the only Black player on largely white teams. She said she loved her W&L experience but felt considerable pressure. “It can be tiring to be a cultural representative for all Black people in the world when you’re really there to take those two or three hours and be playing lacrosse,” she said.

The forum included athletes from Bowdoin, the University of Michigan, Northwestern, the University of Pennsylvania, and Syracuse. Watch it on the CityLax Youtube channel.

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Olivia Tucker olivia.tucker@yale.edu Lilly Whitner lfwhitner@gmail.com 5th Reunion: June 2024

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Marriages

Births

Marty Martin ’69 to Sharon Johnston on August 1, 2020.

Henry Edward Barmore to Kathryn and James Barmore ’00 on April 28, 2020.

Edward Chouteau Maffitt ’00 to Laura Baker on February 8, 2020.

Clark Casella to Daniel and Carlie Hooff Casella ’00 on April 28, 2020.

Daisy Louise Stoner to Matt and Marguerite Kleinheinz Stoner ’08 on May 12, 2020.

Elizabeth Christian Pope ’03 to Jay Williamson on March 7, 2020.

Penny Ruth Mabry to Jason and Kate Leggett Mabry ’00 on May 22, 2020.

Evelyn Rose Mealy to Mary Margaret and Patrick Mealy ’09 on July 30, 2020.

Lila Hammond Warren ’05 to Tyler Hern on November 2, 2019.

Brooks Gideon Brown II to Laura and Grant Brown ’02 in December 2019.

Arch McGrath Smith to Claire and Alec Smith ’09 on April 17, 2020.

Anna Brooks Whichard ’06 to Jeff Cantwell on June 6, 2020.

Sloane Dufault to Graham and Christine Tubesing Dufault ’02 in May 2020.

Sara Elizabeth Coker ’08 to Jack Sheldon on June 6, 2020.

Quinn Collette Fox to Amy Fox and Chris Hutchins ’03 on August 3, 2020.

Virginia James Oates ’09 to Tyler Allen on August 18, 2020.

Quinn Mary Lynch to Francis and Brennan Killeen Lynch ’05 on July 1, 2020.

Emily Mason Ragsdale ’12 to Davis Kirby on August 8, 2020.

Maura Lee Kitchens ’16 to Robert West on June 23, 2020

Harrison Farr Hughes to Reagan and Liz McLean Hughes ’08 on June 8, 2020.

Violet Jane Wyllie to Liza and Tabb Wyllie ’05 on May 31, 2020.

Armour Wellford Cullen and William Fisk Cullen to Caroline and Harper Cullen ’06 on May 6, 2020.

Lainey Plum to Alli Quinn and Keith Plum ’06 on May 19, 2020.

John Ward Brady to David and Leah Andress Brady ’08 on August 7, 2020.

Frances Graye Eisenzimmer to Chris and Ann Gordon Pelletier Eisenzimmer ’08 on August 19, 2020.

Fulton Taliaferro Frey to Lucille Glaize Frey ’08 and David Gardner Frey Jr. on May 1, 2020.

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In Memoriam Charles “Charlie” Henry Drayton III ’37 of Charleston, S.C., died December 2, 2019

At Episcopal, Mr. Drayton was a monitor and member of the Wilmer Literary Society, Fairfax Literary Society, and hop committee. He was captain of the tennis team and alternate captain of the basketball team.

After Episcopal, Mr. Drayton received his bachelor’s degree from the College of Charleston. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean War and retired as a commander. Following his service, Mr. Drayton transitioned to a career in insurance, working as a division manager of Prudential Insurance Co. He retired in 1999.

Mr. Drayton was preceded in death by his wife, Mary, and brother, Francis Beatty Drayton ’40. He is survived by his three children, nine grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.

George Abbott Middleton Jr. ’37

of Charleston, S.C., died July 3, 2016 Mr. Middleton was a member of the Fairfax Literary Society. After graduation, he attended the Citadel and graduated from Naval Flight School as an ensign in 1942. He served on an anti-submarine squadron in the Atlantic during World War II and received the Distinguished Flying Cross and two Air Medals. Following his war service, Mr. Middleton operated a successful advertising business until he retired in 1990.

Mr. Middleton is survived by his wife, Joan, as well as two daughters, four grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.

Dr. William “Bill” Knox Brown ’39 of Houston, Texas, died May 24, 2020

At Episcopal, Dr. Brown was a monitor and waiter. He was a member of the Fairfax Literary Society and the track and JV football teams.

After The Holy Hill, Dr. Brown graduated from Rice University and received his medical degree from the University of Virginia. He served in the U.S. Army as a captain on a hospital train in Korea from 1953-54 and then returned to Houston to practice internal medicine. Dr. Brown was a clinical associate professor of internal medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and consulted to Baylor’s department of ophthalmology.

Dr. Brown was preceded in death by his brothers, Joseph Chenoweth Brown Jr. ’39 and Henry Trueheart Brown ’34.

He is survived by a son, Philip Minor Brown ’73, nephew John Overton Brown ’76, grandson William James Davies III ’09, and many other family members.

Charles Henry Smith Jr. ’39

of Middleburg, Va., died July 24, 2017 At Episcopal, Mr. Smith was a member of the Blackford Literary Society, choir, and the tennis and Centennial basketball teams.

After EHS, Mr. Smith attended Washington & Lee University before enlisting in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Following his war service, he moved to Denver, returning to Virginia in 1954. Mr. Smith established several businesses, including an insurance brokerage and property management company, and dabbled in real estate. He was influential in the development of Northern Virginia, including Tysons Corner and the Landmark Mall in Alexandria. Mr. Smith was also the president and founder of Alexandria Cablevision, now Comcast.

Mr. Smith was preceded in death by his brother, William Francis Smith ’42. He is survived by his wife, Regina, as well as two children and a grandson.

Joshua “Josh” Green ’40

of Jackson, Miss., died August 11, 2019 At Episcopal, Mr. Green played Centennial basketball and spring tennis and sang in the choir.

After his time on The Holy Hill, he served as a private and post quartermaster in the U.S. Army in Panama from 1943-46. Mr. Green received both his bachelor’s and law degrees from Vanderbilt University.

He became the junior partner of the law firm now known as Green, Cheney & Hughes, LLP. He served on the study committee of the Mississippi Bar Association from 1961-63 and was also a member of the Hinds County Bar Association and American Bar Association. Mr. Green practiced law until his retirement in 2015.

Mr. Green was preceded in death by his wife, Myra, as well as his daughter. He is survived by his son-in-law, sister-in-law, his law partner and close friend, and many other family members.

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Burnet Rhett Maybank Jr. ’41

Robert Edward “Bob” Lee IV ’43

At EHS, Mr. Maybank was a member of the Fairfax Literary Society, the Stewart Athletic Club boxing team, and the JV football and spring track teams.

After Episcopal, Mr. Maybank attended the Citadel and served in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II as a B-17 bomber pilot. Following the war, he graduated from the University of South Carolina. He practiced law in Greenville, S.C., and was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives for three consecutive terms starting in 1952. He was then elected as South Carolina’s lieutenant governor from 1959-61. Following his term, he returned to his law practice and in 1982 was elected to the Charleston County Council.

Mr. Maybank is survived by two children and cousin Katherine Maybank Bibee ’98.

At Episcopal, Mr. Lee was a member of the Missionary Society and the tennis and Centennial basketball teams. He was also a monitor.

After his time on The Holy Hill, Mr. Lee volunteered for the Army, serving for two years in Europe. He graduated from Washington & Lee University in 1949 and moved to San Francisco for a career in sales. Mr. Lee became the national advertising manager for the San Francisco Chronicle in the 1960s.

In the 1970s, he returned to the East Coast to become the vice president of sales and marketing for A. Smith Bowman Distiller, his brother-in-law’s company. He served on the board of trustees for Wolf Trap as well as Burke & Herbert Bank.

Mr. Lee was preceded in death by his father, Dr. George Bolling Lee Class of 1888. He is survived by his daughter, son Robert Edward Lee V ’81, and eight grandchildren.

Craig Miller Bennett ’43

Edwin Baylies “Eddie” Meade Jr. ’43

At Episcopal, Mr. Bennett was a member of the Missionary Society, choir, and track team.

In 1943, Mr. Bennett left Episcopal to join the U.S. Army Air Corps and trained in B-17s. He was deployed to England and in 1945 was the sole survivor among his crew following a mid-air collision with a German fighter jet over Germany. Though taken as a prisoner of war, he was liberated by Allied forces later that same year.

Following his military service, Mr. Bennett attended the College of Charleston and Harvard Business School. He went on to a career in real-estate sales and development, retiring in the 1980s.

Mr. Bennett was predeceased by his wife, Mary, brother John Rutherfoord Bennett IV ’34, and nephew Collier Cobb Lilly ’85. He is survived by his two sons, Craig Miller Bennett Jr. ’71 and Edward Guerrant Read Bennett ’73; seven grandchildren; and many extended family members, including nephews John Rutherfoord Bennett V ’74, Michael Tinsley Bennett ’75, Dr. Edward Guerrant Lilly III ’82, and Steven Clay Lilly ’88; great-niece Tinsley Iselin Hadley ’03; and greatnephews Collier Cobb Lilly II ’21, Edward Guerrant Lilly IV ’22, and Steven Clay Lilly Jr. ’23.

At Episcopal, Mr. Meade was a member of the Fairfax Literary Society, Missionary Society, Whispers Board and the JV football and varsity basketball teams. He was also a monitor and substitute waiter.

After EHS, Mr. Meade served in the U.S. Navy in the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters during World War II. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1949. He started at Liggett & Meyers Tobacco Co. and then worked at investment firms for the majority of his career. Mr. Meade was at Anderson & Strudwick Investment for 17 years and then Davenport & Co. LLC as a partner for 38 years, retiring as a senior investment advisor. He was the president of the Richmond Society of Financial Analysts and was active with the Jaycees.

Mr. Meade was predeceased by his brother, Frank Opie Meade ’48. He is survived by his wife, Lucy, as well as two daughters, two grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.

of Charleston, S.C., died October 25, 2016

of Charleston, S.C., died January 29, 2020

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of Bethesda, Md., died May 14, 2020

of Richmond, Va., died April 6, 2020

Dr. William “Bill” Hawkins Edwards ’44

Lansdale Ghiselin “Lanny” Sasscer Jr. ’44

At Episcopal, Dr. Edwards was in the Fairfax Literary Society and Missionary Society. He was a member of the fall tennis, winter and spring track, and rifle teams.

After Episcopal, Dr. Edwards served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and graduated from Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt Medical School, where he also was trained in surgery. He had a vascular fellowship at Baylor University. After his medical training, Dr. Edwards returned to Nashville to practice medicine with his father and brother-in-law at the Edwards-Eve Clinic. Dr. Edwards was also a clinical professor at Vanderbilt Medical School, and in 1969, with another doctor, he started the St. Thomas Vascular Fellowship. In 1991, he became the H. William Scott Professor of Surgery at Vanderbilt. He retired in 1994 as professor emeritus.

Dr. Edwards is survived by his wife, Frances, as well as three children, nine grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.

At EHS, Mr. Sasscer was a monitor, waiter, cheerleader, vice president of Blackford Literary Society, and crucifer of the choir. He was also a member of the 130-pound football, Centennial basketball, varsity baseball, and rifle teams.

After Episcopal, Mr. Sasscer joined the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II. Following his service, he graduated from the University of Virginia and received his juris doctor from the University of Maryland School of Law in Baltimore. Mr. Sasscer began his legal career with his father’s law firm in southern Maryland. He represented Prince George’s County in the Maryland House of Delegates for two terms, from 1955-63, and was chairman of his delegation from 1959-63.

Mr. Sasscer shared family connections to several alumni, including his father-in-law, Charles Green Mackall Class of 1900, and his wife’s uncle, William Whann Mackall Jr. Class of 1912, whose wife Mary Earle Hoxton was the sister of Archibald Robinson Hoxton Jr. ’35 and daughter of Archibald Robinson Hoxton Sr. Class of 1895. Mr. Sasscer’s daughter Rebecca is married to the son of Charles English Henderson III ’38 and nephew of Edmund Hardcastle Henderson ’44, who were the sons of Charles English Henderson Jr. Class of 1903. Mr. Sasscer is survived by his wife, Anne, as well as three daughters, seven grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, cousin Douglass Sorrel Mackall III ’49, and great-nephew John Christian Bullitt Henderson ’04.

of Nashville, Tenn., died October 23, 2019

Preston Llywellyn Prevatt ’44 of Miami, Fla., on August 6, 2018

At EHS, Mr. Prevatt was a monitor and a member of E Club. He played football and basketball and ran track.

After Episcopal, he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Upon discharge, Mr. Prevatt earned degrees from the University of Virginia and University of Miami Law School.

He became a partner at the law firm of Shutts & Bowen, where he practiced until he retired. Mr. Prevatt served as director and treasurer of the Dade County Bar Association and was a member of the House of Delegates in the American Bar Association.

Mr. Prevatt was predeceased by a son. He is survived by his wife, Dottie, as well as three children, including Robert Doyle Prevatt ’73, and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

of Upper Marlboro, Md., died April 13, 2020

William “Bill” Meade Berkeley Jr. ’45 of Richmond, Va., died January 4, 2020

At EHS, Mr. Berkeley was a monitor and member of the Chronicle Board hop committee, and the varsity baseball and varsity basketball teams.

After Episcopal, Mr. Berkeley served as a private first class in the U.S. Army Air Corps for 18 months, mostly in Munich, Germany. He graduated from the University of Virginia and started a career in the tobacco industry. For the last 40 years of his career, he worked as a broker at Davenport & Co. LLC. Mr. Berkeley is survived by two daughters, two stepdaughters, a sister, two granddaughters, a great-granddaughter, and several nieces and nephews.

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Benjamin “Ben” Ambler Hagood Sr. ’45

Robert Gibbon Pender ’46

At Episcopal, Mr. Hagood was a monitor. After EHS, he graduated from the Citadel and the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He spent his career at William M. Bird and Co. Inc., becoming company president before retiring in 1993.

Mr. Hagood was predeceased by his father, James Morrow Hagood Class of 1915. He is survived by his wife, Derrill, as well as four sons; 13 grandchildren, including Caroline McMillan Hagood ’12; three great-grandchildren; and many extended family members.

Mr. Pender was a member of the Fairfax Literary Society and the JV football, winter track, and spring track teams.

After Episcopal, he graduated from North Carolina State University, then served as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Following the war, Mr. Pender had a long and robust career in the paper industry, retiring as the president of Star Paper Tube Inc. He remained active in his community throughout his life.

Mr. Pender is survived by his wife, Nelle, as well as brother William Lardner Pender ’54, three children, seven grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.

of Charleston S.C., died November 9, 2019

Dr. Henry Fairfax Conquest ’46

of Richmond, Va., died February 21, 2020 Dr. Conquest was a monitor and manager of the bookstore on The Holy Hill. He was also a member of the Fairfax Literary Society, Chronicle and Whispers boards, and the JV football and track teams. In 1945, Dr. Conquest received the Whittle Prize, and in 1946 he received the Boyd Taylor Cummings Prize and the Randolph Fairfax Memorial Medal.

After Episcopal, Dr. Conquest graduated from Princeton University and the University of Virginia Medical School. He did an internship at Cincinnati General Hospital and then served two years of active duty in the U.S. Naval Reserve for assignment with the Marine Corps at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Following his service, he completed a residency in general surgery at the Medical College of Virginia. Dr. Conquest then practiced surgery in Richmond for 21 years. After retiring, he founded Drink A Poem, which specialized in custom poetry, and wrote song lyrics.

Dr. Conquest was preceded in death by his brother, Edwin “Ned” Parker Conquest Jr. ’49. He is survived by his wife, Carroll, as well as three children and two grandsons.

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of Marietta, Ga., died November 12, 2019

Dr. William Fletcher “Billy” Fairey III ’47

of Pawleys Island, S.C., died September 20, 2020 Dr. Fairey was a member of the varsity football and track teams, the Missionary Society, and the Fairfax Literary Society. He received the C.C. Baldwin Memorial Trophy in 1947.

After Episcopal, Dr. Fairey received both his bachelor’s degree and juris doctor from the University of South Carolina and his doctor of medicine from the Medical University of South Carolina. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict. Dr. Fairey practiced law and served two terms as a member of the South Carolina Legislature. After medical school, he served as a family practitioner and later as a pathologist throughout South Carolina. Dr. Fairey retired from medicine in 2014 and founded Heart Reach, a medical mission for Haiti, where he worked with other doctors to help patients who had hypertension.

Dr. Fairey is survived by his wife, Lila, as well as five children, including William Fletcher Fairey IV ’83. He is also survived by four stepchildren; six grandchildren, including Caroline Woodward Weston ’11 and Shannon Nelson Weston III ’14; four great-grandchildren; and many extended family members.

Frank Opie Meade ’48

of Charleston, S.C., died December 28, 2019 At EHS, Mr. Meade was a monitor, cheerleader, post-office keeper, and vice president of the Missionary Society. He was a member of the E Club, hop committee, Stewart Athletic Club, and Egypt. Mr. Meade played fall tennis and Centennial basketball and was captain of the tennis team.

After Episcopal, Mr. Meade graduated from the University of Virginia and the University of Virginia Law School. He was then commissioned a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army’s Judge Advocate General Corps and graduated from JAG School. Mr. Meade was assigned to the legal staff at the headquarters of the U.S. Army Europe in Heidelberg, Germany. He returned to his hometown of Danville, Va., in 1958 to practice law, first with his father and later on his own.

He retired from law in 1996 and moved to Charleston with his wife in 2010.

Mr. Meade is survived by his wife, Jo Anne, and his brother, Edwin Baylies Meade Jr. ’43, as well as his three children, grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.

Leif Ericson Ancker ’49

of Lincoln, N.M., died April 12, 2019 At EHS, Mr. Ancker was a member of the Chronicle and Whispers boards and the drama club. He also played soccer and ran varsity track.

Mr. Ancker served four years in the U.S. Air Force as a radio mechanic and then graduated from Kenyon College and received his MFA from the Yale University School of Drama.

He was an assistant director for the Mike Douglas Show when it was based in Cleveland, Ohio, and stayed on when the show moved to Philadelphia. He returned to Cleveland to continue his career in film, television, and radio. Mr. Ancker was a recording engineer for broadcasts of the Cleveland Orchestra on NBC and starred as Mister Mac in the the WKYC-TV children’s show “Popeye Theater With Mister Mac,” for which he won an Emmy.

He also won an Emmy for the documentary “Fritz.”

Mr. Ancker was also a voice actor. He did voice-overs for ads for Honda, Kellogg’s, and other national brands as well as movies, documentaries, and technical films. A member of Actor’s Equity, he held various positions with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and worked on negotiations that led to the organization’s merger with the Screen Actors Guild.

He moved to New Mexico in the 1990s and volunteered at the local library.

Mr. Ancker was preceded in death by his father, William Mason Ancker Class of 1917, and a daughter. He is survived by his wife, Susan, and two children and two grandchildren.

Dr. John Francis Brown ’49

of Columbia, S.C., died July 8, 2019 At Episcopal, Dr. Brown was a member of the Stewart Athletic Club and the Fairfax Literary Society, and he played on the JV tennis and Centennial basketball teams.

Dr. Brown graduated from the University of Georgia Veterinary School and served in the U.S. Army in Korea as a veterinary officer from 1957-59. Upon discharge, he studied at Clemson University for his Ph.D. in toxicology and entomology. He taught at the University of Arkansas, worked at the Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency, and served as a toxicologist and public health veterinarian in New Hampshire and South Carolina.

Dr. Brown was predeceased by his uncle John Campbell Finley Class of 1922 and cousin Walter Bedford Moore III ’37. He is survived by his wife, Judy, as well as two sons, two stepchildren, and several grandchildren and step-grandchildren.

Alexander “Alex” Hall Barnes ’50

of Murfreesboro, N.C., died February 23, 2019 At Episcopal, Mr. Barnes was a member of the choir and varsity basketball team.

After EHS, Mr. Barnes attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for his bachelor’s and juris doctor degrees, graduating with honors. He entered the U.S. Air Force as a lawyer in the Judge Advocate General Corps in Miami, and then returned to North Carolina in 1960 to practice civil law. He became a partner at the firm Spears, Barnes, and Baker in downtown Durham, N.C. Mr. Barnes is survived by his wife, Sharon, as well as a daughter, two stepsons, a nephew, seven grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

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Charles William Kent “Charlie” Gamble ’50

David Maybank Jr. ’50

Mr. Gamble was the head monitor, vice president of the senior class, a schoolroom keeper, waiter, and captain of the varsity basketball team. He was a member of the Honor Committee, hop committee, E Club, Missionary Society, and the varsity football, baseball, and track teams.

Mr. Gamble received the W.A.R. Goodwin Memorial Bowl, the Bryant Scholarship Medal, the Rinehart Medal, and the Basketball Medal. He was inducted into the EHS Hall of Fame in 2009.

After Episcopal, Mr. Gamble graduated from the University of Virginia and received his law degree from the university’s law school in 1954. He then attended Officer Candidate School for the U.S. Marine Corps and served three years of active duty. Mr. Gamble was a trial attorney with the antitrust division of the U.S. Department of Justice, and in 1967 he became an attorney at Hercules in Wilmington, Del., until retiring in the mid-1990s.

Mr. Gamble was preceded in death by his father, Edward Watts Gamble Jr. Class of 1917, uncle Harry Whitehead Gamble Class of 1917, and brother Edward Watts Gamble III ’41. He is survived by his wife, Judith, as well as two daughters, cousin Harry Whitehead Gamble Jr. ’54, nephew Edward Watts Gamble IV ’82, niece Elizabeth “Liz” Gamble Blaine (an EHS trustee from 2008-14), great-nephews Edward “Teddy” Douglass Grover ’06 and John “Jack” Renwick Blaine ’12, great-nieces Katheryn Grover Oswald ’07 and Eleanor Harrison Blaine ’10, and many other extended family members.

Mr. Maybank was a member of the varsity track team, E Club, and dramatics. He was a monitor, member of the Chronicle and Whispers boards, treasurer of the Blackford Literary Society, and secretary of the Missionary Society.

After Episcopal, Mr. Maybank graduated from the University of Virginia, where he was a member of the ROTC. He then served in the U.S. Navy for two years and in the U.S. Naval Reserve, retiring with the rank of commander. He was an entrepreneur, owning and running many companies in the Charleston area, including Maybank Fertilizing Co. and Palmetto Shipping and Stevedoring Co. Mr. Maybank was also devoted to sailing and took part in the 1998 Lisbon World Exposition Rally and other expeditions. He served on the EHS Board of Trustees from 1985-91.

Mr. Maybank was predeceased by his brother John Frampton Maybank ’63 and brother-in-law Benjamin Ambler Hagood Sr. ’45. He is survived by his wife, Louise, as well as three sons, David Maybank III ’79, John Edward Frampton Maybank II ’80, and Peter Maybank ’89; grandchildren David Maybank IV ’12, Catherine Byron Maybank ’16, William Francis Maybank ’18, and John Edward Frampton Maybank III ’20; and many other relatives who are Episcopal graduates.

of Ponte Vedra, Fla., died May 28, 2020

John Jacob “Jake” Hanes ’50

of Charlotte, N.C., died February 18, 2020 At Episcopal, Mr. Hanes was a member of the E Club, Blackford Literary Society, and the wrestling team. He also ran varsity track and played JV football and Centennial basketball.

After Episcopal, Mr. Hanes graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and went on to a career as a financial advisor. He participated in many clubs in his community and served on the vestry at Christ Episcopal Church as a senior warden.

Mr. Hanes was predeceased by his wife, Florence, and his brother, Andrew Thomas Hanes III ’57. He is survived by his three children and six grandchildren.

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of Charleston, S.C., died January 25, 2020

James Forestus “Jim” Nichols ’50 of Louisville, Ky., died June 14, 2020

Mr. Nichols played Centennial basketball, JV football, and varsity track. He was a member of the Blackford Literary Society and Stewart Athletic Club.

After Episcopal, he earned his undergraduate degree from Centre College and his master’s in chemical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Nichols worked as a chemical engineer at Rohm and Haas Co. and Olin Industries, retiring in 1992. He was a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Mr. Nichols was preceded in death by his wife, Alice, and brother John Ball Nichols III ’49. He is survived by his three daughters, six grandchildren, brother Robert “Nick” Withers Nichols ’52, and nephew Jonathan “Alex” Alexander Nichols ’81.

Robert “Bob” Lasley Shackleford ’50 of Miami, Fla., died June 25, 2019

At Episcopal, Mr. Shackleford was a member of the JV track team, drama club, Stewart Athletic Club, and Blackford Literary Society.

After EHS, Mr. Shackleford attended Sewanee: The University of the South and then transferred to the University of Miami.

He is survived by his wife, Lorraine, as well as five children and nine grandchildren.

Richard “Dick” Lewis Singletary ’50 of Thomasville, Ga., died April 17, 2020

Mr. Singletary was a monitor and a member of the Missionary Society, Stewart Athletic Club, and the JV football and track teams.

After Episcopal, Mr. Singletary graduated from Duke University.

He was president of Sing Oil Co., vice president and then president of Society of Independent Gas Marketers of America. He was also active in his church and community.

Mr. Singletary is survived by his wife, Kay, as well as a sister, three children, a stepson, eight grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

Nigel Savage MacEwan ’51

of Darien, Conn., died October 25, 2019 Mr. MacEwan was a monitor and a member of the choir and the Randolph Fairfax Society. He played varsity football and basketball and coached the Greenway baseball team.

Mr. MacEwan received the Randolph Fairfax Memorial Medal in 1951.

After Episcopal, he graduated from Yale University and served as a lieutenant junior grade in the U.S. Navy. Following his military service, Mr. MacEwan received an MBA from Harvard Business School. He was president of White Weld & Co., and after the company merged with Merrill Lynch, he held several titles, including president of investment banking. He was an adjunct professor at New York University Stern School of Business from 1973-75. In 1993, he retired as chairman and chief executive of Kleinwort Benson, North America. He established the needbased MacEwan Scholarship in 1996 for EHS students.

Mr. MacEwan is survived by his wife, Judith, as well as four children, including Nigel Savage MacEwan Jr. ’81, and three step-children, two grandchildren, and seven step-grandchildren.

William Vinton “Vint” Rathbone Jr. ’51 of Vienna, W.Va., died July 1, 2020

Mr. Rathbone was a monitor, captain of the varsity basketball team, and vice president of E Club. He was a member of the Advisory Board, Blackford Literary Society, and the golf, varsity track, and fall track teams.

Mr. Rathbone received the Basketball Medal in 1951.

After Episcopal, he graduated from the University of Oklahoma and served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Civil Engineering Corps. Mr. Rathbone was stationed in California and Texas and then returned to his hometown of Parkersburg, W.Va., to work as a chemical engineer. He was elected to the Parkersburg City Council in 1970 and served for six years, resigning after he purchased a major share of the W.H. Smith Hardware Co. Mr. Rathbone was preceded in death by his wife, Judith. He is survived by his five children as well as his brother, Allan Monroe Rathbone ’52, five grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.

Peter Payne Van Blarcom ’51

of Blue Bell, Penn., died November 1, 2019 Mr. Van Blarcom was a member of the football, baseball, and soccer teams.

He was also a monitor.

After Episcopal, he graduated from Duke University with a degree in mechanical engineering. He was commissioned into the U.S. Marine Corps and stationed in Japan for two years, retiring as a first lieutenant. Mr. Van Blarcom then returned stateside and spent his professional life in mechanical engineering marketing and sales. He also authored many trade publications. He retired in 2008.

Mr. Van Blarcom is survived by his wife, Mary Anne, as well as a daughter and six grandchildren.

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Alexander “Alex” Hamilton IV ’52

John Henry “Jack” Duer III ’53

At EHS, Mr. Hamilton was a senior monitor and member of the football and basketball teams. He received the C.C. Baldwin Memorial Trophy in 1952.

After Episcopal, Mr. Hamilton graduated from the University of Virginia and served in the U.S. Army, doing a hardship tour in Korea from 1956-58. He worked in the paper industry until 1973, when he transitioned to real estate and became an executive vice president, partner, president, and CEO at various local companies. He retired in 2016 and remained active in his community.

Mr. Hamilton is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, as well as brother George Bernard Hamilton ’55, five children, 11 grandchildren, and many extended family members.

Mr. Duer was a senior monitor, president of the Missionary Society, schoolroom keeper, usher, head waiter, and pharaoh of Egypt. He was a member of the Advisory Board, E Club, Fairfax Literary Society, hop committee, and press club. Mr. Duer was the co-captain of the varsity track team and a member of the varsity football and wrestling teams. He received the Bryant Scholarship Medal in 1953.

After his time on The Holy Hill, Mr. Duer attended the College of William & Mary and worked with his father at Duer Produce Farms Inc. in Florida. He later bought the business from his mother and had a successful farming career. Jack also completed the residential development of Hillsborough, a neighborhood in Belle Haven, Va. Mr. Duer is survived by his wife, Marjorie, as well as his son John Henry Duer IV ’74; two daughters; three grandchildren, including Jacqueline Valentine Clayton ’12; and two great-grandchildren.

of Richmond, Va., died November 12, 2019

Dr. Marvin Rountree Cox ’53

of Chaplin, Conn., died May 1, 2020 Dr. Cox was the vice president of the Blackford Literary Society. He received the Declaiming Medal in 1952 and the Reader’s Medal in 1952 and 1953. Marvin was a member of the Chronicle and Whispers boards, dramatics, and the wrestling and tennis teams.

After Episcopal, Dr. Cox received his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate degrees from Yale University. He then taught at the University of Rhode Island and was appointed to the history faculty at the University of Connecticut in 1966, where he remained until retiring in 2002.

Dr. Cox was a founding member of the university’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors, serving as the vice president and president of the chapter at separate times. He was also a founding member of the Chaplin Historic District and served as its chair.

Dr. Cox was preceded in death by his brother, Jay Carroll Cox ’55. He is survived by his wife, Diane, and a daughter.

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of Salisbury, Md., died July 25, 2020

Isaac Mayo Read Jr. ’53

of Charleston, S.C., died February 17, 2020 At Episcopal, Mr. Read was a member of dramatics, the Whispers Board, and the football, baseball, and basketball teams. He was president of the Fairfax Literary Society and chair of glee club.

After EHS, Mr. Read graduated from the University of Virginia. He became a stockbroker and certified public accountant, working as a chief financial officer for several local businesses. Before retirement, Mr. Read owned and operated Palmetto Travel Service with his wife, Ellen.

Mr. Read was preceded in death by his father Isaac “Ike” Mayo Read Class of 1922 and uncles William Watkins Read Class of 1921, Thomas Englehard Myers ’34, and deRosset Myers ’37. He is survived by his wife, Ellen, as well as brother Peter Bacot Read ’56; two sons, including Isaac Mayo Read III ’80; brother-in-law John Julius Pringle III ’52; nephews deRosset Myers Jr. ’67 and Peter Bacot Read Jr. ’83; four grandchildren; and cousins Edward “Boopa” Kriegsmann Pritchard Jr. ’56, Capt. Edward Kriegsmann Pritchard IV ’09, Peter Lesesne Pritchard ’11, and Celeste Venable Pritchard ’14

William “Bill” Clark Spencer Jr. ’53

Francis Marion “Frank” Bird Jr. ’55

Mr. Spencer was a monitor at EHS. He was also a member of the Wilmer and Fairfax Literary societies, the Missionary Society, Chronicle Board, chapel committee, and glee club. He ran track and played soccer, tennis, JV basketball, and 130-pound and JV football.

After Episcopal, Mr. Spencer graduated from Duke University and attended business school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He served in the U.S. Navy for two years and then worked as a loan officer at Asheville Federal Savings and Loan. Mr. Spencer later worked as a credit and personnel manager at various department stores and then as a real-estate agent for 36 years until his retirement.

Mr. Spencer was predeceased by his father, William Clark Spencer Class of 1912, and great-uncle William Welch Clark Class of 1884. He is survived by his wife, Corinne, as well as three children, a sister, brother Dr. Robert Lewis Poston ’49, and many nieces and nephews.

At Episcopal, Mr. Bird was a member of the football, wrestling, and track teams. He was a monitor, waiter, editor-in-chief of the Chronicle, and a member of the E Club, Egypt, hop committee, and choir. Mr. Bird received the Whittle Prize in 1953.

Mr. Bird graduated from Princeton University and then served as a lieutenant junior grade in the U.S. Navy. He earned his law degree from Harvard Law School and joined his family’s Atlanta law firm, Jones, Bird & Howell, and practiced law throughout his life.

Mr. Bird was a lifelong member of the Piedmont Driving Club.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Joanne, as well as uncle Arthur Howell ’36, three siblings, and a granddaughter. Mr. Bird is survived by his two children, cousin Peter D. Howell ’67, six grandchildren, and three great-granddaughters.

Harold Eustace “Skipper” Igoe Jr. ’54

Mr. York was the vice president of the senior class and captain of the varsity tennis team, winning four state championships. He was also a monitor and member of the varsity football team, Egypt, and E Club. Mr. York received the Tennis Prize in 1952, 1953, 1954, and 1955.

After Episcopal, he graduated from the University of Virginia, where he served as a lieutenant junior grade in the U.S. Navy Reserve. He moved to New York City and began his career on Wall Street at Clark Dodge & Co. Mr. York had his own research firm, Project G, which focused on small-cap, high-growth retail chains. He then launched his own investment management company, Farmington Associates, becoming “one of Wall Street’s best stock pickers,” according to Institutional Investor. He ran the company as a hedge fund from 1986 to 2006 and then retired to his residence at Farmington Country Club.

Mr. York is survived by two nieces, a nephew, and three cousins.

of Asheville, N.C., died November 19, 2019

of Charleston, S.C., died May 12, 2020

On The Holy Hill, Mr. Igoe played JV football, JV basketball, and tennis. He was also a member of Egypt.

After EHS, Mr. Igoe graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and studied at Cambridge. He became a harbor pilot in Charleston and was a member of the Charleston Pilots Association, the South Carolina Poetry Society, and the Carolina Yacht and Country Club. After his time as a harbor pilot, Mr. Igoe was a stockbroker, real-estate agent, and business investor.

He is survived by his wife, Ann Boatwright, as well as a daughter, son Harold Eustace Igoe III ’82, a granddaughter, grandson MacGregor Van Wyke Hoke McGehee ’13, and cousins.

of Atlanta, Ga., died September 22, 2019

Raymond Dee “Ray” York III ’55

of Charlottesville, Va., died April 6, 2020

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John VanVoorhies “Van” Cockcroft Jr. ’56

Robert Emmett Jones III ’57

Mr. Cockcroft was a member of the Chronicle Board, Chapel Committee, Blackford Literary Society, and the tennis team. After Episcopal, he graduated from the University of Virginia and the university’s law school.

During college, Mr. Cockcroft was a member of the U.S. Army ROTC and, following law school, he entered active duty, serving in the Intelligence Corps in Germany. He returned to New York and worked as a senior trust officer at a bank. He also performed onstage in musicals and was a member of an amateur all-male acting club in Manhattan for over 40 years.

Mr. Jones was a monitor and a member of the Advisory Board, E Club, Missionary Society, and AA System. He played fall tennis, JV football, and JV basketball, and he was known for throwing back-to-back no-hitters on the varsity baseball team.

He also received the Whittle Prize.

Mr. Jones graduated from the University of Alabama and Harvard Law School. He joined the law firm of Polnitz, Cox, McBurney, and Jones, and later opened his own firm, Jones and Trousdale. During his 30-year legal career, Mr. Jones was elected by his peers as a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers.

He is survived by his wife, Jackie, as well as two sons, two stepchildren, and five grandchildren.

of Yorktown Heights, N.Y., died April 12, 2020

William Calvert Perrine ’56

of Winchester, Va., died August 2020 Mr. Perrine was a member of the Blackford Literary Society, the Whispers Board, and the track team.

After his time on The Holy Hill, he attended the College of William & Mary and the University of North Carolina. Mr. Perrine taught Latin and the classics at the College of Charleston and the University of Richmond. Before retiring, he became a limner, specializing in restoring painted surfaces.

He is survived by his wife, Rebecca, as well as two sons and a sister.

James Bittick Shannon Jr. ’56

of New York City, N.Y., died October 4, 2019 At Episcopal, Mr. Shannon was a member of the E Club, glee club, choir, and the soccer and baseball teams.

He double-majored in electrical engineering and business administration at Lehigh University.

Mr. Shannon is survived by his wife, Sarah, and cousin, Dr. Samuel Wilson Smith Jr. ’55.

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of Scottsboro, Ala., died May 11, 2020

William Thomas Cozart ’58

of Wilson, N.C., died March 10, 2020 At EHS, Mr. Cozart was a member of Egypt, rifle club, Missionary Society, and the Blackford and Wilmer literary societies. He was on the 130-pound football, junior football, track, and winter track teams.

After Episcopal, Mr. Cozart received his business and law degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he also served in the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate Corps. He practiced law for more than 50 years, beginning his career at Carr & Gibbons.

Mr. Cozart is survived by his wife, Judith, as well as a daughter, son William Thomas Cozart Jr. ’85, a sister, brother Ula “Dick” Hubert Cozart III ’52, five grandchildren, and nephew Thomas Moye Cozart ’78.

William Hayne Hipp ’58

of Greenville, S.C., died August 27, 2020 Mr. Hipp was a member of the Blackford Literary Society, Missionary Society, E Club, photography club, Egypt, science club, rifle club, and dramatics. He was on the varsity football, wrestling, and track teams.

Mr. Hipp graduated from Washington & Lee University and earned his MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He was an insurance agent, and in 1979 became the CEO of Liberty Corp.,

which he grew to include television stations and a real-estate portfolio. Mr. Hipp served as an EHS trustee from 1982-88; in 1986 he established the William Hayne Hipp Scholarship, and in 1998 he established the Ben Geer Keys Scholar in Residence Program, which brings talented scholars and artists to The High School to work with and live among students for several days each year. Mr. Hipp continued to serve EHS as a class reunion volunteer. In 2003, he and his wife co-founded Liberty Fellowship, which was influential in the removal of the confederate flag from the grounds of the South Carolina statehouse in 2017. Mr. Hipp was awarded the Order of the Palmetto and was inducted into the South Carolina Business Hall of Fame.

He is survived by his wife, Anna Kate, as well as three children; six grandchildren, including Camilla Brice Hipp ’21; two siblings; and many extended family members, including cousin William Franklin “Bank” Hipp ’72.

James DeWitt Wilde IV ’59

of Pinehurst, S.C., died June 7, 2020 At EHS, Mr. Wilde was a member of the Chronicle Board and dramatics as well as the varsity track, cake football, and junior football teams.

After Episcopal, Mr. Wilde received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia and his MBA from the Darden School of Business.

He served in the U.S. Army Special Forces from 1962-66 and did a one-year tour of Vietnam. Mr. Wilde moved to New York City and spent his career on Wall Street, working for companies including Reynolds & Co., and Lehman Brothers. He later formed J.D. Wilde and Co., which held seats on the American and Philadelphia Stock Exchanges.

Mr. Wilde was predeceased by his brother Erskine Buford Wilde ’65 and uncle John Forsyth Cobb Glenn ’33. He is survived by a son, a daughter, a granddaughter, and cousins John “Jack” Forsyth Cobb Glenn Jr. ’65 and Charles Erskine Buford Glenn ’69.

After Episcopal, he graduated from Rice University and received his medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. Dr. Chatfield completed his medical training as an OB-GYN at Parkland Medical Center in Dallas. He served in the U.S. Army for two years at Fort Carson, Colo., and began his OB-GYN practice in Colorado Springs in 1974. Dr. Chatfield retired in 1992 yet continued his education, earning an MBA in 1996.

Dr. Chatfield is survived by his wife, Liz, as well as two children, a brother, two grandchildren, a niece, and many other extended family members.

William Johnson Hart ’60

of Lake Bluff, Ill., died September 26, 2018 Mr. Hart was a member of the Missionary Society, Blackford Literary Society, and the science club. He also was part of the junior football, winter track, and varsity track teams.

After Episcopal, Mr. Hart graduated from St. Andrew’s College and received a degree in hospital administration from Duke University. He moved to Chicago and became a hospital administrator at the University of Illinois’s hospital in 1970. In 1980, Mr. Hart started a 38-year career at the Chicago Board Options Exchange.

He also served the Lake Bluff Fire Department for 30 years, earning the title of captain in 2006. Mr. Hart also served as chairman of the Lake Bluff Zoning Board from 1996-99 and was a Village of Lake Bluff trustee from 1999-2003.

Mr. Hart is survived by his wife, Ann, as well as five children, two grandchildren, brothers Dr. John Martin Hicks Hart ’59 and Dr. Julian Deryl “Harvey” Hart Jr. ’56, a sister, and 24 nieces and nephews.

Dr. John Norville Chatfield Jr. ’59 of Colorado Springs, Colorado, on November 29, 2019

Dr. Chatfield was a monitor, chairman of the science club, head post-office keeper, and secretary of the Fairfax Literary Society. He was also a member of the Missionary Society and the Wilmer Literary Society as well as the cross country, winter track, and varsity track teams. Dr. Chatfield received the Whittle Prize in 1956 and 1957 and the Chemistry Prize in 1958.

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Harry Preston Henshaw III ’60

of Charleston, S.C., died November 4, 2019 At EHS, Mr. Henshaw was a member of the drama club, Missionary Society, Blackford Literary Society, and the varsity football, wrestling, and senior track teams.

After Episcopal, Mr. Henshaw attended Washington & Lee University, West Virginia University School of Law, and Washington University in St. Louis Law School. His career as a lawyer associated him with the Bowles, Rice law firm; he was also a partner at Love, Wise, Robinson, and Woodrow and Case, Kay, and Lynch in Honolulu.

Mr. Henshaw is survived by his wife, Carolyn as well as daughter Elizabeth Campbell Henshaw ’00, a sister, and cousins Dr. Joseph McDonald Damron Jr. ’71 and David Duncan Joy Jr. ’72.

Thomas Rogers Shepherd Jr. ’62

of Charlottesville, Va., died March 18, 2020 Mr. Shepherd was a member of the Chronicle Board, choir, glee club, Missionary Society, and dramatics.

He was the sergeant-at-arms for the Fairfax Literary Society, manager for varsity soccer, and umpire for Greenway baseball.

Mr. Shepherd received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia. He worked in the financial industry for over 40 years and was most recently an investment advisor with Davenport & Co. LLC. He was a member of the Jaycees in Norfolk, Texas, and in Charlottesville. Mr. Shepherd was a founding member and president of the Blue Ridge Mountains Rotary Club. He volunteered for 30 years with the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and was a district captain.

Mr. Shepherd was preceded in death by his father, Thomas Rogers Shepherd ’30. He is survived by his wife, Lynn, as well as three children, including Thomas Rogers Shepherd III ’89; five grandchildren; five siblings, including Christopher Hart Shepherd ’71; and many more extended family.

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Lot Ensey Jr ’63

of Washington, D.C., died January 18, 2020 Mr. Ensey was a member of the E Club, Chronicle Board, choir, Missionary Society, dramatics, Grins & Grimaces, and the Blackford Literary Society. He was on the varsity football, JV wrestling, and tennis teams. In 1963, Mr. Ensey received the Chemistry Prize and the Llewellyn Hoxton Medal for Excellence in Mathematics.

After EHS, he graduated from Monmouth College with a degree in economics and received his graduate degree from Georgetown University. Mr. Ensey was a tax accountant for 30 years, retiring in 2001.

Mr. Ensey is survived by his partner, Sue Hamilton, as well as a cousin, a niece, and a nephew.

William “Bill” Moncure Gravatt III ’63 of Blackstone, Va., died April 15, 2020

At Episcopal, Mr. Gravatt was a monitor and a member of the Missionary Society, E Club, Whispers Board, Lounge Committee, and the varsity football, varsity track, and winter track teams.

Mr. Gravatt graduated from the University of Virginia and Washington & Lee School of Law. He then practiced law in Blackstone.

He was preceded in death by his uncle John Segar Gravatt Class of 1928 and father William “Bill” Moncure Gravatt Jr. ’37. Mr. Gravatt is survived by his brother, the Hon. Mayo King Gravatt ’64, as well as a sister, cousin Moncure Gravatt Crowder ’58, and many nieces and nephews.

Francis Edward McGovern II ’63

of Harrisonburg, Va., died February 14, 2020 Mr. McGovern was a monitor, associate editor of the Chronicle, managing editor of Whispers, chairman of the Daemon Board, and president and secretary of the Blackford Literary Society. He was a member of the Missionary Society, Wilmer Literary Society, and E Club as well as the junior basketball, baseball, varsity football, and varsity track teams. Mr. McGovern received the J.C. Herbert Bryant Scholarship Medal, the Blackford Literary Society award for public speaking, the Boyd Taylor Cummings

Medal for school publications, and the William Garrett Bibb Medal for Shakespeare.

After Episcopal, he graduated from Yale and the University of Virginia Law School. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps, stationed in Okinawa in the 1970s. Mr. McGovern worked as a lawyer and was a tenured law professor at Duke University as well as an associate professor at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. He also taught at various law schools in the U.S. and overseas.

Mr. McGovern is survived by his wife as well as a son, Francis Henry McGovern ’96, three daughters, and four grandchildren.

Dr. James Randolph Gordon Poindexter ’63 of Harrisonburg, Va., died May 1, 2020

Dr. Poindexter received the Whittle Prize, the William Winder Laird Medal for Excellence in French, and the Benjamin M. Baker Medal for Excellence in American History and Government. He played JV and varsity football and JV and varsity basketball, and he was a member of the tennis and cross country teams.

After Episcopal, he graduated from Yale University and earned his M.D. from Duke University Medical School.

Dr. Poindexter was predeceased by his grandfather, Dr. Oscar deWolf Randolph Class of 1903. He is survived by a sister, two nephews, three stepsisters, and cousin Sarah Poindexter Harmer ’02.

John Buchanan Flowers ’64

of Lynchburg, Va., died April 22, 2020 Mr. Flowers was a monitor, managing editor of the Chronicle, and president of the Fairfax Literary Society. He was a member of the Honor Committee, E Club, and Missionary Society as well as the varsity football, soccer, and track teams. His yearbook noted that “on the athletic field John had bulldog determination and unflagging team spirit. His enthusiasm is not limited to sports, however, but is also evident in studies and in the integral part he takes in school activities and organizations. The other side of John is his easy-going nature and spontaneous laugh. The good humor and integrity of John have made him one of the best-liked and most respected members of the senior class.”

Mr. Flowers graduated from Davidson College, received his medical degree from Duke University, and attended the School of Forestry at Virginia Tech.

He is preceded in death by his brother, George Horace Flowers III ’61. Mr. Flowers is survived by his wife, Margaret,

as well as his children, brother William “Bill” Washington Flowers ’67, cousin Clinton Wadsworth White ’98, and other family members.

Bruce Millar Forrester Jr. ’66

of Beavercreek, Ohio, died March 28, 2019 Mr. Forrester was a member of the varsity football, varsity track, tennis, and junior basketball teams. He was also a member of the Blackford Literary Society and Missionary Society.

After Episcopal, Mr. Forrester graduated from the University of Missouri and worked as a scientist and entrepreneur. He is survived by his wife, Katherine, as well as their three children and a sister.

John Manning Skinner ’67

of Williamston, N.C., died July 30, 2020 On The Holy Hill, Mr. Skinner played varsity football, basketball, and baseball. He was a waiter and a member of the Missionary Society and Chronicle Board.

Mr. Skinner received his bachelor’s and juris doctor degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and he received his MBA from Columbia University. He served in the U.S. Naval Reserve as a medical corpsman during the Vietnam War, then returned to Williamston to work in the family business, W.I. Skinner Tobacco Co. Inc. until it closed in 1986. The following year, he opened the John M. Skinner Law Office and practiced law until his death.

Mr. Skinner is survived by his wife, Cathy, as well as two children, a niece, and a nephew.

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William Congreve “Buzz” Jackson III ’68

Henry Graddy Prewitt ’74

Mr. Jackson was a member of the Chapel Committee, choir, glee club, Missionary Society, as well as the JV football, varsity football, and varsity track teams. He was also a Blackford Literary Society Officer and chairman of dramatics.

After Episcopal, Mr. Jackson graduated from Wofford College and received his MBA from Wake Forest University. He was the president of Jackson Petroleum Inc., and most recently worked for New Bridge Bank as senior vice president of special assets.

Mr. Jackson was preceded in death by his father, William Congreve Jackson Jr. ’34. He is survived by his two sons, sister, and nephew.

Mr. Prewitt was on the wrestling, lacrosse, and junior football teams.

During the summers, he grew sweet corn with his brother, Stanley Tebbs Prewitt III ’70, under the name Prewitt Bros.

After his time on The Holy Hill, Mr. Prewitt started farming full time.

He was a member of the Woodford County Farm Bureau for more than 30 years and served on its board of directors.

Mr. Prewitt was preceded in death by his brother, Stanley.

He is survived by his wife, Jacquelyn, as well as two daughters, a sister, two grandchildren, and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.

John Caleb “Chip” Childs Jr. ’69

Thaddeus “Thad” Jones Watkins ’74

After his time on The Holy Hill, Mr. Childs graduated from the University of Virginia. He spent a decade in Manhattan, first pursuing an acting career, then settling into the residential real-estate business. He returned to Maryland, where he became a commercial realtor for over 25 years.

He led the Industrial Services Practice Group in the Northeast region and opened the Baltimore office of the Staubach Company, where he served as senior vice president.

Mr. Childs is survived by his wife, Allison, and a daughter.

At EHS, Mr. Watkins received the Robert L. Whittle Medal for Excellence in German in 1974.

He then graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and held a career as a photographer, working in New York City as well as North Carolina.

Mr. Watkins is survived by his wife, Rusty Walden, and a brother.

Theodore “Ted” Brett Hardeen ’72

Mr. Gray was on the varsity football team and the winter and spring varsity track teams. He was also an altar boy.

After Episcopal, Mr. Gray graduated from Hampden-Sydney College and worked in sales throughout his life. He was a member of the Country Club of Virginia and its Polar Bear Club, and he served as an usher at St. James’s Episcopal Church.

Mr. Gray is survived by his wife, Margie, as well as his parents, two children, brother Todd Christopher Gray ’82, and a nephew.

of Williamston, N.C., died May 4, 2020

of Glen Arm, Md., died June 30, 2020

of Wilmington, N.C., died July 1, 2017

At Episcopal, Mr. Hardeen was a member of the Blackford Literary Society, as well as the junior football, soccer, and baseball teams.

He then attended Windham College and had a career in real estate as the senior vice president at Coldwell Banker Seacoast Advantage in Wilmington.

Mr. Hardeen is survived by his wife, Skippy, as well as a son, two sisters, a brother-in-law, and many extended family members.

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of Versailles, Ky., died June 8, 2020

of Windsor, N.C., died July 26, 2018

Frank Bradley “Brad” Gray Jr. ’78

of Richmond, Va., died October 20, 2019

William Spencer “Spence” Connerat III ’86

John William Griffin Jr. ’90

At EHS, Mr. Connerat was a member of the Blackford Literary Society, E Club, Chronicle and Whispers boards, and Daemon. He was also a waiter.

Mr. Connerat played JV tennis, JV lacrosse, wrestling, JV and varsity track, and junior and JV football.

After Episcopal, Mr. Connerat graduated from the University of Virginia and worked as a regulatory compliance analyst with Transamerica in Clearwater, Fla. Mr. Connerat is survived by his wife, Sara, as well as his parents, two children, two siblings, uncle Pearce Crisfield Connerat ’57, and many more family members.

Mr. Griffin was a member of E Club and the Whispers Board as well as the varsity football, varsity lacrosse, and JV wrestling teams. He was also a study hall monitor.

Mr. Griffin graduated from Wesleyan University. He worked in New York City in the finance industry for several well-known companies, including Chemical Bank, Bear Stearns, Credit Suisse First Boston (also in London), and UBS Securities. He then worked for Numerix, handling the post-bankruptcy of the estate of Lehman Brothers Holdings. Mr. Griffin moved to Hartford in 2010 to work in risk management at Hartford Investment Management Co. He is survived by his mother, three sisters, four nieces and nephews, and several cousins.

of Savannah, Ga., died October 17, 2019

John Ellison “Jay” Amos III ’87

of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., died January 24, 2020 At Episcopal, Mr. Amos was a monitor, editor-in-chief of the yearbook, stage crew chief, and study hall monitor. He was a member of the Daemon, the Chronicle, aviation club, and Grins and Grimaces. He was also the captain of the varsity squash team.

In 1987, he received both the Grins and Grimaces Award for Stagecraft and the School Award for Squash.

After Episcopal, Mr. Amos graduated from Rollins College and went on to a long career specializing in mergers and acquisitions at multimedia companies. Among his many successes, he helped bring about the first livestreaming of the NCAA “March Madness” basketball tournament and was a key player in the development of online fantasy sports. Mr. Amos was behind several venture-backed online media businesses that sold to SportsLine and FanDuel Inc. and was the executive vice president of FanDuel for eight years, until 2017. His final business venture with his partners was creating what is known today as Endemic Labs.

Mr. Amos was preceded in death by his father, John Delaney Amos ’58. He is survived by his wife, Alex, as well as two children, including Bowen Ellison Amos ’14, and his mother, sister, step-siblings, and many other extended family members.

of West Hartford, Conn., died March 5, 2020

Andrew Kenneth Nelson ’98

of Alexandria, Va., died June 5, 2020 During his time on The Holy Hill, Mr. Nelson ran varsity winter track and varsity spring track and was co-captain of the track and field team. He received the Train-Doswell Memorial Cup in 1998.

After Episcopal, Mr. Nelson received his bachelor’s degree from Boston University and returned to Alexandria to begin a career in finance, first as an accountant at National Community Pharmacists Association and later as a financial analyst at SoundExchange. He moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 2019 and was most recently a revenue analyst at Hibu.

Mr. Nelson is survived by his wife, Melissa, as well as his mother, Jacqueline P. “Jackie” Nelson (Trustee 1994-97), and father, Dr. Victor Nelson, brother Calvin Rodman Nelson ’94, sister Kristine Esme Nelson ’95, two nieces, two nephews, and many more cousins and in-laws.

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Mark Benjamin Herzog ’11

of Bristol, Tenn., died January 27, 2020 During his time on The Holy Hill, Mr. Herzog was a senior monitor, member of the Honor Committee, co-president of the Service Council, editor of the Daemon, and copy editor of the Chronicle. He participated in the Diamond Acre Expedition and the Young Alumni Leadership Program and competed on the varsity soccer, wrestling, track, and golf teams. He received the School Award for Senior Scholarship, the Robert Wiatt Farrar ’07 Commitment to Athletics Award, the Evelyn Pretlow Rutledge Award for Science, and the Robert Jett Rogers ’47 Memorial Bowl, an award that recognizes students who have demonstrated special devotion to the ideals and traditions of The High School.

After Episcopal, Mr. Herzog received his bachelor’s degree from Duke University and was most recently a fifth-year graduate student at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, where he was earning both a medical degree and a master’s in public policy. Mark was passionate about primary care and health policy in rural areas.

Mr. Herzog is survived by his mother, Mary Margaret Herzog, as well as his father, seven siblings, girlfriend Elizabeth Strong, two nephews, a great aunt, and many more extended family and friends.

Faculty, Staff, and Friends William Griffith Thomas, husband of former trustee

of Irvington, Va,. and Livingston, Mont., died January 23, 2020 Mr. Thomas was the husband of former trustee Suzanne Thomas, who served on the EHS Board from 198388, and father and grandfather to four alumni. He attended Williams College and Richmond College and received his law degree from the University of Richmond Law School. He moved to Alexandria to open his own law office and practiced law in Virginia until his retirement in 2018. Mr. Thomas was appointed secretary of the Virginia Democratic Party and was elected chairman of the Virginia Democratic Party in 1970. He was also active in the Episcopal Church, serving in various positions of lay-leadership.

Mr. Thomas is survived by his wife, Suzanne, as well as three children, including Dr. William Griffith Thomas III ’82 and Alexander Young Thomas ’84; five grandchildren, including Sarah Lamont Thomas ’16 and William Guy Thomas ’17; and many nieces and nephews.

Jo Ellen “Ellie” Halm ’16

Erin Ellis, Former EHS Faculty

While at EHS, Ms. Halm was the secretary of the GSA, served as a Maroon Mentor, and performed in orchestra, jazz band, and dance. She participated in the winter musical and in afternoon art, and in 2015 she received the George William Laird ’60 Award for Outstanding Photography.

Ms. Halm was the captain of the cross-country team her senior year and won the Coaches’ Award.

After EHS, Ms. Halm earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in 2020 from Franklin and Marshall College with a major in film and media studies and a minor in music. During her summers, Ms. Halm worked at the Silver Bay YMCA camp on Lake George in New York, and this past summer she was a lifeguard on Episcopal’s campus, where she had grown up.

Ms. Halm was preceded in death by her father, EHS teacher and cross-country coach Joe Halm. She is survived by her mother, Joey Halm, the assistant director of counseling at EHS, as well as her sister, Abby Elizabeth Halm ’13, her brother, Mac, and four grandparents and many aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends

A faculty member from 2000-04, Ms. Ellis was the associate dean of students, Harrison Dorm head, and girls’ crew coach. She also taught German for one year. Prior to working at Episcopal, Ms. Ellis graduated from the College of William & Mary, taught English in Japan, and worked in Jackson Hole, Wyo. She was most recently the prevention director for Bacon Street Youth and Family Services.

Ms. Ellis is survived by her three children, her mother, an uncle, two aunts, three cousins, and many more friends.

of Alexandria, Va., died November 13, 2020

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of Williamsburg, Va., died March 1, 2020

James G. “Jim” Fraser, Former EHS Faculty of Lansdale, Pa., died April 18, 2020

Mr. Fraser taught social studies and coached football at Episcopal from 1989 until his retirement in 2006.

He was an assistant coach for the 1991 and 1992 football teams, which went undefeated and were inducted into the Episcopal Athletics Hall of Fame in 2013.

Prior to his time on The Holy Hill, Mr. Fraser attended the University of Wisconsin and became an All American on its football team. He served in the U.S. Army and then played professional football as a linebacker and punter from 1962-68, making three Pro Bowl appearances. Mr. Fraser was also the sports director emeritus at Camp Tecumsel for Boys in New Hampshire.

He is survived by his wife, Marty, who was also an integral part of School life, as well as two sons, four step-sons, three grandchildren, seven step-grandchildren, one step-great-granddaughter, and a sister.

John “Jack” Talbot Ordeman, Former EHS Faculty of Baltimore, Md., died July 20, 2020

Mr. Ordeman was an EHS faculty member from 1956-67. He taught English and art history and then became the assistant headmaster in 1960. He was the assistant coach for varsity football and varsity wrestling and advisor of the lacrosse team.

Mr. Ordeman was known as an advocate for integration. After his time on The Holy Hill, he accepted the position of headmaster at St. Paul’s School, notably on the condition that the school begin the process of integration. He retired in 1994 after a robust career in education.

Mr. Ordeman is survived by his wife, Mary, as well as four children, seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

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n CHAPEL TALK

“I’m

Lucky to Have 450 Children”

Longtime teacher Dr. Colleen Krivacek talks about her career and her kids — and not just the two at home.

Last year, a special moment arrived for EHS science teacher and crew coach Dr. Colleen Krivacek; both her children, Owen ’20 and Olivia ’23, became part of the School’s student body. At a chapel service, she gave an emotional talk about her teaching career and how she has balanced her love for her children with her love for her students, whom she calls her “other family.”

I love my children — completely and equally — more than words could possibly express. I love them unconditionally, in my bones, and with my soul. If you ask either of them who my favorite is, they would each name themselves (although possibly after the dogs), and this is because I tell them, individually and constantly, that they each are my favorite. And neither of them is wrong.

Regardless of what happens this school year — it will be my perfect year. The year that I have looked forward to since they were born and that they have dreaded since they realized it could happen: the one year that all three of us are together at the same school.

Growing up, I never imagined that I would be a teacher. I was going to be a doctor. An M.D., not a Ph.D. However, it was not to be. When I was a senior in college, I applied to eight medical schools. I was rejected by nine medical schools, but that is a story for another time.

After all that rejection, I didn’t really know what to do, so I applied to graduate school. I taught the entire seven years I was in grad school, when most of my fellow students only taught a few

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semesters. I loved teaching from the start but was not convinced it was the gig for me.

After I received my Ph.D., I did research in radiation oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital. I was there when I married my husband, the amazing and tolerant “Mr. Dr. K,” and became pregnant. My boss expressed concern that I would fall the way of many other women in science once they became mothers, but I said not this girl. Then, Owen was born, and he was so sweet and chubby and he smelled so good, and I swore I would never leave his side. So I quit and became a full-time mom.

After two years of nonstop Owen, I thought: I need a job. And that’s when it finally hit me that maybe I should give teaching another go. Part of what drew me back to teaching was thinking about some of the teachers I had while I attended boarding school.

When I started boarding school, I was painfully shy. I never spoke. I tried to be invisible, but a 14-year-old, 6-foot freshman with a perm is pretty hard to miss. It was my teachers there who brought me out of my shell. Once I found people who truly

cared about what I had to say, it turned out that I had a lot I wanted to say.

One of my favorite teachers was my freshman English teacher, Mr. Lamar. I have no memory of what we learned about that year, but I do remember what I learned about myself in his class. He never let me hide. He pushed me to form my own opinions and to think — not for a grade but for myself. When I think about the kind of teacher I want to be, Mr. Lamar is the image that comes to mind. At my 30-year high school reunion, we invited him to join us at our class dinner. I sat next to him and was able to thank him for being the driving force behind this life that I love.

And I do love this life. There are the obvious perks — I live on a beautiful campus, don’t have to worry about food, take fun trips.

But what I love most about this life is sitting here in front of me today. I love my students. I love teaching you about science, that moment when you “get it,” taking my advisory out for late-night snacks, cheering at your games, watching you on stage. I love it when you call me and ask, “Dr. K, do you have time to talk?” I love being there when you need me because I remember how Mr. Lamar and my other teachers made me feel just by being there. When I became a boarding school teacher, that was all I wanted: to make at least one of you feel as cared for as my teachers made me feel.

What I didn’t realize, however, was that the calculus is entirely different when you are a boarding school teacher who is also a parent. Part of being there for you, my students, means that often I am not there for my children. It was really hard when they were little, all the missed events, the missed bedtimes. Sometimes I would not see them while they were awake for two or three days straight.

I’ll never forget the way my heart broke when sweet 4-year-old Olivia innocently said, “It’s OK, Mommy. I know your crew girls are more important” when I was telling her I would miss her soccer game for a regatta again. Seeing firstgrade Owen’s face fall when I said I couldn’t volunteer in his classroom the way the other moms did.

I thought it would be easier as they got older, but it’s not. I missed it when Olivia won the 7th grade science fair because I had dorm duty. I miss watching Owen play baseball here because I have crew practice.

But for all the times I said no to my children, I was able to say yes to you. And I know how Mr. Lamar felt when I thanked him for inspiring me all those years ago, because I’ve received many thank-yous, too. There are notes from students I had 10 years ago and from students sitting in this room. Some I’ve carried with me; every one I’ve

saved to read again and again. One of my favorites is this plaque one of my advisory groups gave me that says “Family” on it. You are my other family. I treasure all of these because they help to make saying no to my children worth the sacrifice. No, I sometimes couldn’t be there for them. Because instead, I was there for you.

Now, I’m not saying this to make you feel guilty. Not at all.

I’m saying this because I actually hope that someday you have the same dilemma. I hope you put all of yourself into everything you do. You are as much a part of me as Owen and Olivia are, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I tried a life without teaching, and it just didn’t work. I was incomplete. The joy I experience from teaching is something I hope you find in the future, and it gives me the strength and energy to be the best mother I can be. I can’t do it without you, I can’t do it without Owen and Olivia, and I definitely couldn’t do it without Mr. Dr. K. The support and understanding he has given me over the years can’t be measured.

So now, I have some thank-yous of my own. Thank you again, Mr. Lamar, for showing me the effect a good teacher can have on the life of a student. Thank you to my wonderful husband, who is probably the one who’s most neglected. Thank you to my students, my advisees, my teams. For 10 months out of the year, I’m lucky to have 450 children instead of just two. And last, thank you to Owen and Olivia, for putting up with all the times I said no, for saying you understood even when you didn’t, and for finally bringing both sides of my world together in this place. I love you both more than life.

Dr. Krivacek and her family: Olivia ’23, Owen ’20, and Paul.

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