The Patriot: Summer/Fall 2020

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summer/fall 2020

Ginny Hofmann 1760 and Maggie McVeigh 1760–

Faculty Legends Retire After 44 Years

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VIRTUALLY GA - or HOW TO RESTART A SCHOOL IN 3 DAYS

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Germantown Academy teachers and students left the Fort Washington campus on March 6 and spent the rest of the school year in our distance learning program, Virtual GA. Faculty used both synchronous and asynchronous teaching for all grades, PreK-12. Maintaining a direct connection with their students during several academic periods each day, along with community engagement in advisories, clubs, and family Zoom nights, allowed teachers to continue to deliver the extraordinary education GA families have always valued.

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More than 100 Middle School students ended the school year performing a beautiful Zoom concert (pictured left).

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The Zoom Games replaced House Olympics in May and during the cake baking contest, 26 Upper School students battled it out for first place for best execution and design.

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Thank you to the 63 alumni, parents, faculty, and friends from around the country, including Florida, Minnesota, and California, who served as judges for the 8th Grade Science Fair. They spent countless hours reviewing and offering feedback on our 98 science fair projects in 12 different categories.

244 700 139 seniors were celebrated at a drive-in style Senior Night at Temple University-Ambler. Two 40-foot screens showcased award winners, tributes by House Heads, and a surprise message from Bradley Cooper ’93.

The Build-a-Fort Challenge turned out to be the event the most students – 244 – wanted to engage in during the Lower School’s weekly Fun Friday series led by Lower School Art Coordinator and PreK-12 STEAM Coordinator Jess Killo.

GrandFriends Morning saw over 700 Lower School grandparents, friends, parents, students, and teachers participating in the assembly livestream.

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I am pleased to announce that the Inter-Ac League has decided to hold fall interscholastic sports, beginning October 31. Until now, we had hosted an extensive intramural program in both Middle and Upper Schools to keep our students active in the sports they love and offer some new activities as well.

Although we intend to play Penn Charter in most sports during the abbreviated fall season, we are unable to have a true GA/PC Day. Our plan is to livestream some of the games we play against Penn Charter, including the 134th annual GA/PC football game on November 14. Spectators are not allowed at any of the sporting events, including the GA/PC football game, so look for more information about livestreaming on our website. While many alumni for whom this is a reunion year are celebrating with their class virtually (hooray!), I look forward to having full reunion parties, hopefully, in the Fall of 2021.

On behalf of all of GA, I want to thank the alumni, families, and employees who are serving on the front lines of this pandemic. In addition, I want to extend my sincerest thanks to our alumni who have been partnering with GA since the spring to prioritize and inform our work in equity and inclusion, sexual harassment and assault prevention, and in the creation of a safe campus for all.

Learning more about the experiences of our alums during their time at the Academy enables us to create a better school for our current and future students. Knowing how deeply alums are invested to help guide GA toward fulfilling our Mission and Civility Pledge is extremely heartening.

As we began a new school year, we delighted in the many new faces that have enriched our community – students, parents, and faculty and staff alike. We have recruited teachers with an exciting array of backgrounds from across the country, and we know our students will thrive under their tutelage. That said, when legends who have shaped and fostered our community in unforgettable, game-changing ways retire, we feel the loss profoundly. Please join me in raising a virtual glass to our most recent group of retirees: Ginny Hofmann 1760, Charlie Landgrebe 1760, Marisa McAuliffe 1760, Maggie McVeigh 1760, and Peter Waxler.

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Rich Schellhas 1760 Head of School Rich.Schellhas@germantownacademy.org

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Just over 100 students opted to begin the year in GA@Home, while the rest have made their way to campus. In the Upper School, our largest division with over 560 students, we made the decision to start with two grades on campus per day; on alternating days, two grades access their classes via livestreaming. While campus continues to buzz with the abounding energy of our community, there are many notable changes including no dining services, one-way stairwells, virtual assemblies, daily symptom and temperature checks, and weekly sample COVID-19 testing for students and employees. Even with these changes, we are grateful for every single day we can gather together on our ‘126 acres of amazing.’

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Welcome to GA 261, a year already unlike any other in our school’s storied history. Thanks to the Herculean efforts of our stellar administration, faculty, and staff, we have implemented new protocols, reconfigured spaces, redesigned schedules, added faculty and sections to reduce class sizes, and reinvented routines in order to open school as safely as possible with an enrollment of 1,180 Patriots. We offered students two options to start the year – either on campus or via livestreaming through GA@Home – and our extraordinary, dedicated faculty have persevered to teach in multiple platforms simultaneously to ensure we can fulfill the GA Mission, even amidst a pandemic.

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Mark and Wendie Steffens from the Class of ’88 reacted in our time of need. Mark, CEO of Airline Hydraulics Corporation, coordinated the outfitting of large gathering areas and teaching spaces with polycarbonate barriers so students and faculty can practice safe physical distancing on campus.

The GA Board of Trustees generously donated more than 2,000 two-ply masks for all faculty, staff, and students to start school in September.

The masks, which came in various sizes, are patterned after the iconic GA flag and have a special section to personalize each one.

Upper School science teacher Diane Goldstein 1760, systems administrator Steve Herman, campus electrician Mike Kelly (aka GA’s Makerspace Team) spent days ideating and prototyping using GA’s 3D printers and laser cutters to create personal protection equipment. In all, the team, which also included Ethan Cody ’19, Scott Cho ’19, and Satyam Ghodasara ’19, made nearly 400 PPE face shields for local hospitals, including Temple University, doctors’ offices, dental clinics, the employees at Abramson Senior Care Residence, and our own GA employees.

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Dear GA Community,

As I begin my term as your 28th Board Chair, it is my humble privilege and honor to serve GA in this role. Over the past 261 years, we have had hundreds, if not thousands, of Trustees serve our community, all with varied backgrounds and areas of expertise who came together to share their time and talents as volunteers for our incredible community. I thank those past and present individuals, including immediate past chair Brad Korman ’83, pictured right with Rich Schellhas 1760 and me, for their dedication to GA.

The past few months as Board Chair have been both an enlightening and valuable time. I want to extend a specific heartfelt thank you to all the alums, administration/faculty/staff, families, students, and trustees for their time and effort in moving work forward towards making GA a more inclusive, safe, and healthy environment. Please know that the Board of Trustees, in partnership with the administration, is committed to impacting lasting and sustainable change on these issues and more for current and future students.

I think the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic exemplifies the significant strength of the GA community. I have seen the GA administration, led by Rich Schellhas 1760 and his stellar leadership team, navigate and build a response to the pandemic like none other. The administration’s tireless work resulted in the ability to welcome the entire community back to campus, or opt for GA@Home, with the highest priority on the safety and health of everyone. It is an amazing feat, and we appreciate the time and effort demonstrated by all involved.

Another significant responsibility of the Board of Trustees is to provide fiduciary oversight and stewardship of the Academy. GA’s robust enrollment has always been a testament to the strength of the school’s mission and teachers. This year, the number of families who have returned and chose to enroll highlights, in my opinion, how well the Academy has responded to the pandemic and has maintained a high level of student engagement.

Like most institutions, however, the pandemic has most definitely impacted GA financially, with reductions in auxiliary income from space/field rentals, summer camp, and philanthropic support. Over the years, the Board has prioritized increasing these resources to complement tuition to offer an exceptional student experience, while at the same time, minimizing tuition increases. Additionally, last year the Board of Trustees started a closer study of our endowment and the role it can play in advancing GA, as well as responsibly investing in the long-term sustainability of our programs, people, and campus. The pandemic further raised our commitment to take a deeper look at the role of the endowment to help ensure the financial viability of the school for today’s and tomorrow’s students.

We remain extremely grateful to our many community members whose names are listed within our Report of Philanthropic Giving.

Your response this past year to our request for annual giving, EITC participation, capital improvements, and to build our endowment has been heartwarming. We are all GA’s stewards, and together we are making a difference. I am sensitive it may be an uncertain time for many current and former GA families, but I respectfully ask you to see how you might contribute to GA. Even in these most difficult times we still require philanthropic support to steady the ship and provide important resources for our teachers and families.

Your thoughtful consideration is appreciated.

On behalf of the Board of Trustees, we look forward to all the growth, changes, and learning that we will accomplish in this unprecedented 2020-21 school year. Please do not hesitate to reach out to me if you have any questions or concerns, or just want to introduce yourself. I look forward to hearing from you.

With appreciation and gratitude, Lori Griswold, Ph.D., 1760 Chair, Board of Trustees lori.griswold@yahoo.com

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PATRIOT

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SUMMER/FALL 2020

HEAD OF SCHOOL Rich Schellhas 1760

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Lori R. Griswold 1760, Chair Laurence Altman Bela D. Bagga Ira Brownstein, Esq. Judy C. Cody Amy Seyfert Connelly '90 Anthony DiSandro, Jr. Thomas E. Durkin '89 Judy Felgoise John M. Galloway Judi J. Goodman 1760 Janet Haugen Annamarie Geppert Hellebusch '84 Michael H. Jordan John P. Korman '76 Carol Momjian Linda White Nunes '80 Salvatore Paone '95 Grace Parker Carl Rapp George M. Riter '76 Cheryl Ross Andrew D. Sandifer, Sr. Richard C. Schellhas 1760 Jeffrey T. Sultanik '72 Edward Swanson Kezirah L. Vaughters '91 Will B. Weihenmayer, Jr. '03 Kathy D. Wyszomierski 1760 CHARTER TRUSTEE John W. Rex ’63 EDITOR Carla Zighelboim Director of Communications & Marketing czighel@germantownacademy.org DESIGN Dina Katz Associate Director of Communications & Marketing FEATURED WRITERS Heather Durkin, Melissa Fikioris, Lori Griswold 1760, Thomas McGlinchey, Rich Schellhas 1760 EDITORIAL STAFF Martin Dean, Heather Durkin, Melissa Fikioris, Kelli Kaput, Thomas McGlinchey, Christine Passaglia, Sara Sultanik, Audrey Schnur PHOTOGRAPHY Dina Katz, Thomas McGlinchey, and Carla Zighelboim COVER PHOTO Photograph by Dina Katz

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MAGGIE AND GINNY

Faculty legends retire after 44 years.

VIRTUAL GA

GA managed a new pandemic by pivoting and educating — online.

CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2020

The Class of 2020 officially became GA alumni July 17, 2020.

WHERE IS KENDALL MATTERN?

Kendall Mattern 1760 revisits teaching with a look into the days of Downton Abbey.

GA ATHLETICS

Catch up on the fall 2019 and winter 2019-20 sports action.

ALUMNI NOTES

Patriot alumni have kept BUSY during the past few months.

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Stay connected! There are plenty of virtual events for alumni this year.

MEET 46 STUDENTS NAVY ALUMNI

Alumni who attended the Naval Academy shared experiences with students.

Stay connected with GA! Visit www.germantownacademy.net

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Congratulations Retirees!

Since 1992, CHARLIE LANDGREBE 1760 served as GA’s maintenance supervisor and managed countless projects to keep GA’s 126-acre campus beautiful and updated. From preparing classrooms for September to prepping athletic facilities all year long, and just about everything in between, there wasn’t a corner on GA’s campus that hadn’t been worked on by Charlie and his maintenance team. One would think that having the honor of ringing the school’s iconic bell to open the school year and celebrate the seniors at the end would be the highlight of Landgrebe’s year.Yet, when asked, it was all of the things in between - summer camp, admission events, snow removal, alumni gatherings, Upper School Oktoberfests, Middle School Greek Days, Lower School Halloween Parades, GA/PC Day, and last minute event changes – that kept him going year after year. His supervisor, Tom Taft 1760, credits Charlie as being one of the most honest, hardworking, dedicated people he had the honor and pleasure with whom to work.

MARISA MCAULIFFE 1760 left her mark on GA’s Lower School during her 28-year career. A quintessential Kindergarten teacher, Marisa worked diligently to provide an inviting, creative learning environment for her students. As a lead teacher, she revised the Kindergarten curriculum to address the needs of students ready to tackle an academic program. With encouragement from colleagues and a deep love for her native Puerto Rican culture and language, she co-founded the Lower School Spanish program 20 years ago. Her vision was more than just teaching students a different language. It was about helping a child explore and embrace a new culture and it has been the foundation for GA students to become more culturally diverse, paving the way for students to learn multiple languages and study and live abroad. As one past graduate said, “she started nurturing diversity before anyone else really was.” She also served GA as a member of the Diversity Task Force, was a two-time Outstanding Teacher Award winner, and a two-time Kast Grant recipient.

For 22 years, PETER WAXLER gently and expertly guided his students through the crucial foundational years of Prekindergarten and Kindergarten and watched in delight as they grew into confident and independent learners. This “Kindergarten whisperer,” as one colleague described, has no doubt left his mark on countless students and teachers during his time in Leas Hall. A two-time Distinguished Achievement Award winner, Peter made it look both easy and joyful to meet students where they are over the years - every strength, quirk, and vulnerability and his students and parents loved him for it. His goal was always for his students to love to learn and to love school. He accomplished that goal through engaging butterfly releases, mud play, class celebrations, writer’s workshops, and tinkering.

From hikes around GA’s 126-acre campus to field trips to the Academy of Natural Sciences to reading TheVery Hungry Caterpillar, he was able to weave his passion for plants, insects (specifically Monarch Butterflies), and wildlife during the “GA Naturally Unit.” In the classroom, he helped develop the voices of five and six-yearolds during writer’s workshop sessions with the belief that even before they know how to spell and read that they had something important to say.

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GINNY HOFMANN 1760 AND MAGGIE MCVEIGH 1760 RETIRE TOGETHER THEY LEAVE BEHIND AN 88 YEAR

LEGACY OF INTEGRITY AND INSPIRATION There are not many places where people want to remain for their entire careers.

Places where they walk through the door on that very first day and say, this is the place where I am going to give my whole self, no matter the challenges, filled with hope. There are not many people who work to always find the good in others, situations, self. No, there are not many of those people. We are fortunate if we get to meet any during our lifetime, yet Germantown Academy has been blessed to know two.

It was September 1976 when the not-yetfamous duo of Margaret Mary McVeigh 1760 and Virginia D. Hofmann 1760 began their 44-year tenure as members of the faculty here at GA. They may not have known on that specific day that this place would become their second home, their shelter, their community, their family. But they both sensed something special here, something they could make their own, and in time, each built their own little GA kingdom. The legions of students that had the honor of being molded with a lacrosse stick on Sisters’ Fields, or a perfect sonnet during the awkward Middle School years, combined with the hundreds of faculty and staff who were privy to fast-talking sports reports and inspirational opening of school speeches to create a world that will deeply miss these familiar faces with an equal amount of awe and envy.

As one might imagine, Maggie and Ginny occupied many offices and collected many awards during their tenures. Maggie came to GA to teach 6th grade, which at the time was a part of Lower School. She continued onto Middle School as an English teacher and then Assistant Head.

She took on more school leadership positions as Assistant Dean of Faculty and Studies, Director of Faculty Relations, and, finally, Director of Professional

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Development, with a little Upper School English and study group oversight thrown in for good measure.

Maggie was named the Schoff Chair for Excellence in the Teaching of English, is a member of the Honorary Alumni Class of 1760, served as commencement speaker twice, won numerous Outstanding Teacher awards, and was honored with a Distinguished Achievement Award. “Having the opportunity to work in all three divisions of the school with responsibilities that challenged me to learn new skills and understand how schools work made each year fresh and fun. I really appreciated the chance to be in the classroom as well as to be involved with administrative issues. I loved being a part of a team of people working together for the good of our school,” Maggie said.

Inquirer this summer, as she and two other female Inter-Academic Athletic League coaching giants all hung up their whistles at

“Love what you do, give your best effort every day, and bring a positive attitude.”

While most of Ginny’s days were spent outdoors teaching physical education and health class in all three divisions at one time or another, and creating an unparalleled coaching career with varsity and Middle School field hockey and girls lacrosse teams, and others, she also found her way to administration. Ginny served in many roles in the Patriots athletic department, the longest as associate athletic director, and has been an instrumental member of the Admission Office, where she continues to serve as an admission officer.

Ginny’s legendary career was chronicled by The Philadelphia

– Ginny Hofmann 1760 on her GA career philosophy

the same time. Her many accolades include being a three-time recipient of GA’s Distinguished Achievement Award, and a member of the Honorary Alumni Class of 1760, GA Athletics Hall of Fame, and Montgomery County Coaches Hall of Fame. She was the first female to receive the Inter-Ac’s Mike Mayock Distinguished Teacher-Coach Award and was named The

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Philadelphia Inquirer’s Lacrosse Coach of the Year in 1997. She was also the scheduling mastermind as secretary of the Inter-Ac from 1994-2020. Her teams won a collective 12 Inter-Ac titles, and two of them recorded undefeated seasons – 1979 field hockey and 1997 lacrosse. “Coaching has always been my favorite job. I loved working with athletes and the camaraderie of being a part of a team,” Ginny said.

“There is a reason Mag has been the graduation commencement speaker twice, has been requested to deliver more 25-year celebratory speeches than any other person, and is the emcee extraordinaire at faculty breakfasts and all meetings in between. It is rooted in the assertion of Maya Angelou who believed that people will forget many things about you but ‘will never forget how you made them feel.’”

– Kristen Donches 1760 talking about Maggie McVeigh’s gifts to GA

While being part of a team, on the field or in a faculty department, was important to them, it was the players on these teams who provided Ginny and Maggie with daily inspiration.

For Ginny, friend and colleague Ted Haynie 1760 was one such positive influence. “He always reminded me how lucky we are to be in our jobs. His ability to connect with everyone and handle stressful situations with grace and calm were inspiring to observe.” Maggie’s list of motivators includes exceptional colleagues that she relied upon and admired. “Jack Pickering 1760 inspired me to be proud of choosing the teaching life; Sam Jackson 1760 encouraged me to be a teacher, both feisty and gentle; Gwen Brown inspired me to discover my own path as a teacher and leader; Charley Muir 1760 taught me to listen to the child, to know the child; Suzie Perot 1760 convinced me that I could do more than I thought; Richard House 1760 sought my counsel and trusted what he heard; David Leshan demanded that I speak with authority; Sara Goodwin inspired me with the power of her quiet leadership; Kristen Donches 1760 reminded me that words are powerful and that timing is everything; Rich Schellhas inspired me to believe in myself and offer GA the best I had even when it was hard.”

Speaking of times getting hard, it is quite difficult for any of us to imagine either of these ladies not being a constant presence in the hallways, the Big Gym (Maggie’s favorite place), the Arts Center (Ginny’s favorite seat), the classrooms, both indoors and out, or faculty gatherings. Their favorite traditions vary – Maggie relishes Jack Pickering’s Back to School speeches (which she took on and continued even this fall), Upper School student voices and faculty voices assemblies, the 6th Grade Publishing Party, and, she says, “of course the final goodbyes around the Quad at graduation.” Ginny says her hands-down favorite is the Halloween Parade. “Field hockey was the first team to dress up and

join the parade with the Lower School students in 1979. It has been awesome to see it grow to every fall sports team participating and enjoying the event.”

There are bound to be changes to the landscape during a 44-year career. In their case, the ACTUAL landscape of their workplace has changed, bringing new teaching spaces, grand buildings, collegelevel athletic fields, complicated traffic patterns, and bleachers that won’t buckle under the weight of excited fans (and the GA pep band).Yet Ginny feels the other biggest changes include the size of the student body (we opened the school year with 1,180 students), and technology, noting “we didn’t have computers when I started.” Maggie feels that the libraries in both Lower and Middle/Upper School have undergone great transformations, “they are the most welcoming spaces on campus, built to maximize light, air, comfort, and goodwill.”

Goodwill, good grace, and good humor characterize these individuals and all they have done for the GA community. Ginny and Maggie will both miss their daily interaction with the students, but they will take with them alumni who became friends, and colleagues who became family.

And they hope that 10 years from now, we will remember Ginny’s enthusiasm for teaching and coaching, and her love for GA life, and that Maggie taught students and teachers to write clearly, that she worked hard and made a difference, and that ironically (her word), she is so proud to be Peter McVeigh’s sister.

So hats off to Gin Gin and Mag. With the final words written and the records broken, the only thing left to do is celebrate a job well done, a community well served, a life well lived. Thank you for giving us your all.

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VIRTUAL An Experience We Will Never Forget

“By persevering we shall see the fruits.”

GA’s official motto was fully embraced during the second half of the 2019-20 school year when the COVID-19 pandemic caused us to pivot to Virtual GA, an online teaching approach using several technology platforms.

It was a radical move, and everyone had questions. How do you hold class when students and teachers are confined to their homes? How do you teach through a screen in a way that engages students? How do you handle assemblies and community days?

GA administrators and teachers, with important feedback from parents, rolled up their sleeves and worked hard to ensure students continued to receive an outstanding education.

“The commitment of GA’s faculty to achieving our mission under any circumstances is the primary reason why Virtual GA worked.”

– Head of School Rich Schellhas 1760

“Within just three days, we implemented a new, screen-and userfriendly schedule in each division to achieve GA’s first migration from in-person to at-home learning. Our faculty dedicated dozens of extra hours to rethinking the curriculum and reshaping the art of teaching so that students could continue to connect with their classmates and teachers while still moving ever forward in their quest for knowledge,” said Schellhas.

“After surveying families regarding their virtual experiences in the first few weeks, we again made a substantial shift in designing Virtual GA 2.0, and again the faculty pushed themselves to the next level, creating more opportunities for synchronous learning, one-on-one extra help, compelling assemblies, and a complete revisioning of some of our most beloved traditions, Schellhas continued. “I was fortunate to visit several Zoom classes across the divisions, and it was truly inspiring to see how the faculty transformed their teaching in an online platform by building on their strong relationships with students and by reinventing their lesson plans and teaching strategies. There is no doubt that GA teachers taught like their hair was on virtual fire throughout.”

Teachers showed their creative side and made space for teaching wherever they could in their homes. Upper School Science Department Head and Chemistry Teacher Jamie Anderson even went as far as to convert his dining room into a science lab.

“I raided my chemistry lab to bring home enough supplies to complete the experiments for our final units at home,” said Anderson. “I filmed as many experiments and demos as I could to share with students on my newly established YouTube channel.

Students watched the videos before class, and then we did the calculations and analysis together, usually in small groups in breakout rooms on Zoom.”

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Middle School English Department Head Kristen Donches 1760 created daily trivia, puzzles, and games to engage students, and wake them up a bit, as they logged on for morning advisory.

“It was a way to get them moving and interacting with one another,” said Donches. “It became our morning routine much like our monthly pizza parties and weekly breakfasts” during the school year.

Upper School Math Teacher Sue Negro 1760 started most of her days off with a 20-second clip of her fun-loving puppy Luna. She even hosted a “wear-your-favorite-hoodie-to-class” day.

“Contrary to what you may think about online teaching, in some ways it helped me to build stronger connections with my students,” said Negro. “Going virtual provided me the opportunity to take my organizational and time management skills to the next level. Each day I provided a pre-class email that contained the appropriate handouts, notes, videos, etc., and I would follow up after class with a summary of the content covered. Students took a deeper dive into the materials provided and became experts at using math language to craft critical questions. Many were able to get to the core of very complex concepts because they had more time to really think about mathematics.”

Upper School English Teacher Daniel St. Jean found success in creating smaller groups within his classes to better connect with his students.

“We kept students thinking, talking, and writing –engaging with literature, engaging with us, and engaging with each other,” said St. Jean. “Did my colleagues and I miss our classrooms and inperson instruction? Yes. But we found ways to vary our lessons, engage students’ interest, and foster a sense of community.”

Students and parents alike were appreciative of GA teachers putting in the extra effort at home to create compelling classes.

One student wrote: “Thank you for helping my junior year be a memorable one. It was great to come to an energetic, and engaging class every day.”

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UNIQUELY VIRTUAL GA

Even though GA was 100% virtual and learning from home, the faculty found creative ways to develop new activities.

May Term Senior Projects turned into May Term to give the Class of 2020 an engaging experience during the last weeks of the school year. Seniors chose one of several options, including faculty-led experiences, which ranged from a 2020 version of home economics to a gardening and naturalist experience to Kitchen Quarantine, a class that showed students how to cook simple and delicious meals with limited ingredients.

Lower School Exercise Challenge In lieu of Field Day, Lower School held the Red, Black, and Blue Exercise Challenge during the last two weeks of the school year. Cece Durkin ’27 and Ryan Wanner ’27 (Red Team), Jordan Wright ’27 and Ari Baer ’27 (Black Team), and Emerson Chowdry ’27 and Ravi Bhatt ’27 (Blue Team) all served as captains.

Middle School Greek Day The annual event still featured plenty of familiar games, like Family Feud, and it also featured some new games like Know Your School Trivia, Name that Tune, and a Zoom House Hunt.

Athens completed the three-peat as champions.

Zoom Games!

In lieu of the traditional Upper School House Olympics, GA House Heads created the Zoom Games, which featured Cake Decorating, Cup Stacking, Geography Bee, Marshmallow Challenge, Name that Movie Quote, Name that Tune, Plank and Push Up Challenge, Soccer Juggling, and a Spelling Bee. Individual winners earned a future dress down day.

Fun Fridays Every Friday, Makerspace/Tinker Lab Coordinator and Lower School Art Department Coordinator Jess Killo created a STEAM Challenge for the entire Lower School. Challenges gave students the opportunity to be engineers at home as they created marble runs, pulley mechanisms, and participated in an egg trap experiment.

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Here you sit, Class of 2020. A big transition awaits you...Think about what matters to you, and take the time to do it right.”

–Rich Schellhas 1760, Head of School

Germantown Academy honored, celebrated, and welcomed the remarkable Class of 2020 into the school’s illustrious alumni body during an extra special and socially-distanced commencement ceremony on Friday, July 17, 2020 on Connor Quad.

Parents of the Class of 2020 watched via livestream in several areas of campus, but also had the opportunity to watch their graduate walk across the stage from the perimeter of the Quad before returning to their viewing area.

Everyone in attendance had their temperatures taken by GA nurses prior to the event and everyone was required to wear a mask.

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Prior to the presentation of diplomas from Head of School Rich Schellhas and Board of Trustees President Bradley J. Korman ’83, students, parents, and extended family members were inspired by student speakers Sasha Capers ’20 and Seamus Dean ’20 (both pictured above). Retiring after 44 years of service to GA, Director of Professional Development Maggie McVeigh 1760 delivered a poignant faculty speech.

Senior Class Representatives to the Student Government Association—Lily Ernst ’20, Lindsay Putnam ’20, and Justin Rhodes ’20—presented the class stone and the Class of 2020’s gift to the Annual Fund.

Also included in the ceremony was the induction of new members to the honorary alumni Class of 1760. Alumni Society Board President Will Weihenmayer ’03 announced that this year’s inductees were Marisa McAuliffe (LS Spanish Teacher), Jodi Bohr (Intermediate Music Teacher/LS Music Department Coordinator), Bob Moyer (US History Department Head), and Rich Schellhas (Head of School).

Maeve Diver ’21, Sydney Hill ’21, Rachel Roth ’21, and Upper School Performing Arts Chair/Choral Director Charlie Masters provided a vocal performance and music for the ceremony.

Congratulations to our newest alumni!

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Congratulations Class of 2020

OSBOURN HOUSE Sarah Morgan DiLello, Prefect Shane Francis Harkins, Prefect Alana Grace Andress Liliana Cohen Matthew Raymond Creighton Mark Jacob Dobson Davis Alexander Harobin* John Edward Karr, Cum Laude William Hart Korman* Pacey Aaron Liss Gavin Edward Loughlin Grace Frances McGettigan Caroline W. Paik*, Cum Laude Mackenzie Morgan Pasquarella* Lauren Paynton, Cum Laude Matthew Daniel Sender* Cum Laude Jakob Nathaniel Kelly Friedman Slifker, Cum Laude, Academy Scholar Isabella Venziale Owen Gregor Wetzel* Alex Yan, Cum Laude

ROBERTS HOUSE Sadie Lauryl Andra, Prefect Jash Kakadia*, Prefect, Cum Laude Academy Scholar Marc L Arsever* Katy Cheng Garrett Alexander Comrie Owen Reily Fitz, Cum Laude Kenneth Kaishi Gong, Cum Laude Brendan Christopher Hasson Jaye Alese Haynes* Anthony Hu, Cum Laude Academy Scholar Daniel Constantin Krausz Maylin Jacksyn Lindsey Sam Love* Gabriela Manosis Olivia Josephine McMichael Hasit Bharat Patel Caitlyn Priore Bailey Farin Rhodes Meaghan Toscano, Cum Laude Lucas Warner Traina

TRUESDELL HOUSE Juan Carlos Adames Jr., Prefect Kiley Marie Kergides, Prefect Sarah Alhadad Riley M. Allen Emma Rose Atkinson Caroline Minehart Colen* Lily Grace Cooper Bruce Alexander Henry Philip R. Herman IV Katie L. Koch Hans Franklin Lillis Tayshaun Mack* William Carl Martin* Jordan Roche Moseley L. Schwartz* Alice Su, Cum Laude Elizabeth Payne Van Blarcom* Michael Charles Wood* David Joseph Zielke

WASHINGTON HOUSE Elizabeth Altomare, Prefect Justin Rhodes, Prefect Luke Sebastian Abraham* Tara Babal, Academy Scholar Aagaz Baig Annabel Nita Hamilton Brewer* Colby Alexander Brundin Cum Laude Michael Shea Dion Maya Despina Foglia Isabelle Victoria Verden Goldstein* Cum Laude Wyatt Hare Christopher Sungjin Kim Eleni Kytzidis Eric Daniel Lafond Destiny Nia Mayfield Jibrael Moore Kerway Tsai, Cum Laude Marius Vava*, Cum Laude Nadja Velis ALCOTT-DAY HOUSE Madelyn Paige Burns, Prefect Ryan Joseph Fairlie, Prefect Zachary Michael Anderson Walker Phillips Butler*

Lina Cahill, Cum Laude Brina Paige Cartagenova Lilyana Nicole Ernst* Ella Jane Henry Alexandra Madeline Kafrissen* Academy Scholar Thomas Patrick McDonnell III Catherine McFadden Harry Paul Mirabile III* Sabreen Mohammed, Cum Laude Academy Scholar Luke Joseph Monahan Solan Noritoki O’Malley* Academy Scholar Grace Anne Pacitti Luke Xavier Strauss Myah A. Taylor Trae Payton Vance Olivia Renée Westover

GALLOWAY HOUSE Lindsay Putnam, Cum Laude, Prefect Noah Joseph Spratt, Prefect Roderick Roy Azizi* Nicholas Bekos Alexander Caleb Browne* Cum Laude J Fassler, Cum Laude Josephine Helen Korman* Dante Nicholas Messina Molly Catherine Oeth Kelli Jane Ramer Elizabeth Rose McMichael Reaume*, Cum Laude Katie Sands, Cum Laude Vraj Bhavesh Satashia, President Carmen Leonard Sinker

Elle Elizabeth Stauffer Alexander Tang Julien Vongvixay* Matthew Voutsinos Jason Wang Cianni Williams, Academy Scholar

KERSHAW HOUSE Sasha Gabrielle Capers*, Prefect Matthew Aidan Sandifer, Prefect, Cum Laude Lily Kathryn Connor Academy Scholar Zachary Alexander Coren Seamus Martin Dean* Jonathan Lawrence Fineman Cum Laude, Academy Scholar Daniel Clay Garber Terence Z Huang, Academy Scholar Grace Eileen Kaupas Madison Rose Kurtz* Laura Guico Lennon* Amanda Li, Cum Laude Kara McAndrew*, Cum Laude Gianna Maria Murgia Madeline Ota Deon Savage Zachary Noah Spain Eyassu Tadesse Zachary William Thurlow Madeline Vizza Tiffany Zhong, Cum Laude * Indicates Lifer

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What’s Next?

Arcadia University (2) Arizona State University Auburn University Boston College (2) Brown University Bucknell University (5) California University of Pennsylvania Clemson University College of Charleston Columbia University Dickinson College (2) Drexel University (7) Duke University Elon University (8) Emory University Franklin and Marshall College George Washington University (3) Georgetown University (2) Gettysburg College Hamilton College Harvard College (3) Haverford College Hobart and William Smith Colleges Johns Hopkins University Howard University La Salle University (2) Lafayette College Lehigh University (4) Loyola University Maryland Monmouth University Montgomery County Community College Muhlenberg College (2) New England Conservatory of Music New York University (2) Northeastern University (5) Norwich University of the Arts Pennsylvania State University (4) Princeton University Providence College Purdue University (2) Rhodes College Salisbury University (2) Southern Methodist University

Stevens Institute of Technology Syracuse University (5) Temple University (5) Trinity College Tulane University University of Arizona University of California at San Diego University of Chicago (2) University of Colorado at Boulder University of Delaware (3) University of Florida University of Miami University of Michigan (5) University of New Hampshire University of Pennsylvania (7) University of Pittsburgh, Bradford University of Rhode Island University of Richmond University of South Carolina University of Tampa, Honors College University of Tennessee (2) University of Vermont Ursinus College (2) Vassar College Villanova University Virginia Tech (2) Wake Forest University (2) West Chester University (2) Post-graduate year at Phillips Academy Andover Gap Year

Harry Mirabile III and Harry Mirabile, Jr. ’80

New 1760 Inductees

Given the changes to this year’s graduation ceremony limiting the attendance of faculty, a small group of Patriots, led by Alumni Society Board President Will Weihenmayer ’03, had the pleasure of surprising each Class of 1760 inductee at home or school so they could celebrate with their friends and family in attendance (his quotes are below).

Congratulations to this year’s inductees!

Bob Moyer 1760 “He has entered the rarefied air of predecessors such as Rankin, Garvin, Mattern, and McVeigh’. All of these teachers, but especially Peter, would have been honored to see you earn this recognition today.”

Jodi Bohr 1760 “She is the kind of person who goes about her teaching with utmost professionalism and humility. She never hesitates to volunteer or support GA in any way she can. She simply embodies goodness.”

Marisa McAuliffe 1760 “Most significant in her time at GA is her never-ending connection to students, parents and faculty. She never loses touch with her many, many friends.”

Rich Schellhas 1760 “He is an inspiring leader who has moved GA into the 21st century while honoring GA’s history and traditions."

Legacies

Laura Brewer ’80 and Annabel Brewer

Davis Harobin and Becky Bown Harobin ’88

There’s more! To see all of our Legacy and Lifer photos, please visit

www.germantownacademy.net/graduation

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FACULTY AND STAFF AWARDS MARK STEPHENS AWARDED HISTORY CHAIR

Proudly presented by previous chair holder Julie Kimmel, the Peter Biggs Chair for Excellence in the Teaching of History was awarded to Middle School history teacher Mark Stephens 1760. He will hold the chair for the next three years.

Stephens began teaching at GA in 1984 as a 6th grade teacher in the Lower School. He moved to Middle School in 1996 as an English teacher where he was awarded his first chair, the Schoff Chair for Excellence in the Teaching of English, before moving on to teach history. A three-time Distinguished Achievement Award winner, Stephens has presented at numerous workshops across the country teaching peers how to use simulation and other teaching techniques to engage students. He served as a faculty advisor for the Upper School’s Academy Scholars Program for several years, and former students credit Stephens with giving them a love for learning, an interest in history, and a confidence in themselves.

The Biggs Chair is named after former Upper School History Teacher and Assistant Head of School Peter Biggs 1760. Stephens joins Kendall Mattern 1760, David Hillinck, (l to r) Head of Middle School Jonas Jeswald, Mark Stephens 1760, Head of Bob Moyer 1760, Judy Krouse 1760, Emily Rubinfield School Rich Schellhas 1760 1760, and Julie Kimmel, as an honored Biggs chairholder.

YEARS OF SERVICE

Diana Lawson has been serving the GA community in the Dining Room for 25 years. PreK teacher Betsy Duryea ’75 celebrated her 40th year of teaching at GA this past school year. Germantown Academy celebrated Diane Goldstein 1760 and Laura Martin ’82 this summer for their 25 years of service to the school. Goldstein is an Upper School physics and engineering teacher and co-leads GA’s Vex Robotics Club. Martin, who has been on GA’s campus since she was eight years old, is the Director of Admission, Enrollment and Financial Aid. Their photographs were taken by Gaby Russomagno 1760 and are hanging in the hallway next to Alumni Walk.

MISSION AWARDS

Each year, GA awards Mission Awards to outstanding members of the faculty, administration, and staff with a minimum of three years of service to GA who go above and beyond to fulfill one or more tenets of the GA Mission. This year’s Mission Award winners were:

Deena Cross ’90 (Kindergarten teacher), Stephanie Pepper (Kindergarten assistant teacher), Anthony Commale (MS math teacher/ One-School Community Service Coordinator), Chris Chung (US math teacher), Anne Leonard (Assistant to the Head of Middle School)

DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

Annually, GA honors members of the faculty, administration, or staff with awards for excellence in program development, teaching, service, or other exceptional achievements in the form of a Distinguished Achievement Award. This year’s Distinguished Achievement Award winners were: Cindy Cho (MS math teacher), Mary Fraser (MS/US Library Department Head), Tsung Tsai (US Chinese teacher), Joanna Rominger (MS drama teacher), Allison Sasson (Assistant Head of Lower School), Sarah Schuck (Child Care Group Supervisor and Continued Quality Improvement Coordinator), Sue Szczepkowski (Head of Lower School), Jonas Jeswald (Head of Middle School), Dr. Mike Torrey (Interim Head of Upper School).

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GA Senior Creates Non-Profit to Support Area Youth With a strong desire to help and support youth in Philadelphia, Juan Adames ’20 started his own non-profit organization last year called Leaders of Tomorrow, which was featured on Fox 29 and in The Philadelphia Inquirer in the spring of 2020 for its amazing work in helping community members in need during the pandemic.

“As near peer mentors, we often have events to help out the community such as food drives, toy drives, or simply just giving love to the youth," said “We hope that with Adames, who is majoring everyone’s positive input we in pre-med at Salisbury University with the goal will be able to grow to make of becoming an our upcoming generation our anesthesiologist.

well-prepared leaders of tomorrow!”

–Juan Adames’20

Classmate Zach Anderson ’20 joined Adames to help out with the youth outreach, and Dean Millard ’21 and Rahim Dow-Johnson ’22, have also served as volunteers in the past.

“Most of the work we do involves mentoring kids ages ten to eighteen in Northeast Philadelphia neighborhoods,” said Adames.

“Most kids don’t have the same opportunities that Zach and I have, so we helped guide them through the steps of applying to college, buying and trading stocks, applying for a job, and making good decisions in tough situations.”

Outside of mentoring, Leaders of Tomorrow hosts events to bring awareness to certain issues or to help families in need. In August 2019, Adames’ group hosted a “Stop the Violence Day” where they

Juan Adames ’20 (left) and Zach Anderson ’20 (right)

had games, prizes, and guest speakers, including community leaders like Philadelphia City Councilwoman Cherelle Parker, Pennsylvania State Representative Jared Solomon, and members of the Philadelphia Police 2nd District. In November 2019, the organization raised over $1,000 to buy food for the Woodstock Family Center in Philadelphia.

Like Adames, Anderson is also really excited and eager to have a positive impact on area youth.

“I use my voice as a platform to motivate and encourage the youth that we are here for them and want to do our best to make our community a better place,” said Anderson. “It has been quite a journey so far. When Juan asked me to be a part of something special in summer 2019 I felt extremely honored. I love giving back and it reminds me how thankful I am to simply be alive and healthy.

Because of Leaders of Tomorrow, I have become a stronger leader, a more confident individual, and a fearless helper.”

Why pay PA when you can support GA?

Take Control of Your Personal or Individual Pennsylvania State Income Taxes to Benefit Germantown Academy!

In 2019, 30 GA families opted in redirecting their state income tax dollars to favor financial aid programs at GA.

In 2001, the state introduced the EITC program (Educational Improvement Tax Credit) where corporations that pay certain PA tax could redirect those payments to qualified schools, like GA, in exchange for credits to apply toward their personal state taxes.

That program was recently expanded to include Special Purpose Entities (SPE). These partnerships are made up of individual contributors, like you.

The Friends of Education LLC, an SPE created to directly benefit GA, is seeking new members to join right now! Find out how you can participate. Please contact Martin Dean at 267-405-7458 or martin.dean@germantownacademy.org.

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WHERE IN THE WORLD IS...

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KENDALL MATTERN

When Kendall Mattern 1760 turned the last page in his 2015-16 school year plan book and retired after 31 years of teaching Upper School history at GA, he was ready. Even Maggie McVeigh 1760 and Peter McVeigh 1760 said so – “Kendall is ready. Ready to retire. In true Kendall Mattern style, he made his decision thoughtfully and carefully and is executing the plan perfectly. He is excited about what lies ahead,” in the letter announcing his retirement.

Just as planned, Kendall and his wife, Maria, have thoroughly enjoyed retirement, buying a new home in Utah and being close enough to Southern California to spend time with a new granddaughter. “We are so happy to be out here in the open spaces and fresh air,” Mattern shared in April, just as the pandemic settled in. “We ate lunch here at 6,000 feet the other day.”

But you can only keep a natural-born teacher away from the classroom for so long. Four years after his retirement, Mr. Mattern fully embraced a request to return to teaching his former GA students and fellow faculty, now all friends. As with anyone who teaches in 2020, Mattern would also have to tackle a new learning curve - teaching virtually. But tackle it, he did, and held a hugely successful history class with more than 100 live “students” entitled ‘The Gilded Age in America, and the Road to Downton Abbey, 1872-1912’ complete with a pre-reading packet, as any student of Mattern’s would expect.

“Kendall Mattern is a wealth of information and an asset to history. He poses questions that incite thought, draw parallels, and leave you wanting more,” Amanda Quinn-Kerins ’03 reflected in a post-class survey. “I have always appreciated his ability to make pieces of an otherwise infinite puzzle feel tangible.”

Based on his enjoyment of conducting his first virtual class, and a call from many of the participants for more, Kendall is offering a series of classes through our GrAd School (see page 40 for dates).

Students can sign up for the series and access recordings of classes missed.

Additionally, more virtual GrAd School classes are coming in Spring 2021. Contact us at alumni@germantownacademy.org to learn more!

Students Launch Enrichment Program

Helen Wu ’21 and Jason Wang ’22 created, launched, and hosted Camp Intellect, an intensive, fee-based English and science enrichment program for students entering grades 7-9 on Zoom last summer. Proceeds from the program went to three non-profit organizations: Save The Children: Coronavirus Response Fund, Partners in Health, and the Philadelphia Foundation COVID-19 Fund.

“From the start, we created Camp Intellect with the intent of donating the entirety of our proceeds,” said the dynamic duo. “We both have close connections to many frontline workers, and saw first-hand how

much these individuals sacrifice each day to help others. We also realized that during these times, many summer educational opportunities had been canceled. Thus, we saw the perfect opportunity to use our skills to give back to our community, both by providing an accessible educational program and by alleviating the impacts of the pandemic.”

Camp Intellect is unique in that it is tailormade for middle school students, especially those about to make the leap to high school. Wu and Wang hosted camp for four days a week for two weeks at the end of June and beginning of July. Each class consisted of no more than 20 students and was led by an experienced, specialized high school student.

“Camp taught crucial information to middle school students that allows them to succeed in their high school careers,” they said. “Our online lessons help students to excel in all types of writing, develop a

passion for scientific study, and become confident advocates and leaders. Among the nearly 40 pupils we taught, we were fortunate to have students from Philadelphia to Finland to China.. Having such a diverse student body was an unexpected blessing, and it has fostered many strong friendships between our students.”

Both GA student-teachers also led discussion-based workshops focusing on the intricacies of high school life. To name a few, topics included life as a high school student, leadership and initiative, time management, and note taking skills, as well as a lecture from Oliver Yao, the Associate Dean of Business at Lehigh University.

A celebration to honor the efforts of their students that included a featured speaker, a live debate, science research project presentations, and awards was held at the end. The team looks forward to hosting another camp program next summer.

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FALL ATHLETICS 2019 NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR TIM GINTER

Boys Cross Country

The boys cross country team finished second overall at the InterAcademic Athletic League Championships where Robert DiDonato ’21 (16:15.90) and Matt Sandifer ’20 (16.57.50) went one-two for GA followed by Alex Badami ’22 and Ethan Feigles ’22, who finished seventh and ninth, respectively. The Patriots finished fourth overall at the Pennsylvania Independent Schools Athletic Association (PAISAA) Championships where DiDonato (15.49.60) and Sandifer (16:22.80) again went one-two.

DiDonato ’21 went on to make history when he became the first GA student-athlete to qualify for the Foot Locker Nationals, which took place in San Diego, California on December 14.

DiDonato, who finished 31st overall, qualified by finishing 10th overall in the Boys Championship 5,000-meter Run at the Foot Locker Northeast Regional Meet, which was held on November 30 in New York City. He clocked in at 15:34.10 to finish in the top 10.

Golf

Luke Marvin ’22 won the Bert Linton InterAcademic Athletic League Invitational Golf Tournament with a 2over-par score of 73 at Gulph Mills Golf Club.

The Patriot Athletics Office has a new team! Tim Ginter began his tenure as GA’s new Athletic Director in July 2020. Ginter has served the GA community for the past five years as varsity baseball coach and Upper School history teacher and advisor. He was also an assistant athletic director for two years. Moving into the Athletic Director’s role, Ginter will also remain the varsity baseball coach through the 2022 season. Ginter has been joined by Associate Athletic Director and Upper School P.E. teacher Dakota Carroll, Assistant Athletic Director and Head Boys Basketball Coach Matt Dolan, Assistant Athletic Director and Head Wrestling Coach Josh Dweiza, and Athletics Office Assistant Jo Supplee.

Girls Tennis

The Patriots saw plenty of success at the Inter-Ac Championships, which were hosted by Episcopal Academy on October 24, 2019. No. 1 singles player Sasha Getz ’23, No. 2 singles player Sarah Rojas ’21, and No. 3 singles player Kendall Skalicky ’21 each finished second overall. GA’s No. 2 doubles team (Ava Toren ’23/Clarissa Smith ’23) placed second while the No. 1 doubles team (Tiffany Zhong ’20/ Emily Wang ’21) and No. 4 doubles team (Haley Marks ’21/Amanda Li ’20) placed third. Overall, GA went 11-4 (4-2) during 2019.

Girls Cross Country

The girls cross country team finished third at the 2019 Inter-Ac Championships behind great runs by Isabelle Goldstein ’20, who won the race with a time of 18:58.50, and Olivia Jappe ’23, who finished fifth overall. Five days later, the Patriots jumped up in the standings with a second-place finish at the PAISAA Championships.

Goldstein finished third and Jappe placed eighth.

Goldstein finished her storied GA cross country career with an amazing performance at the Northeast Regional Meet where she earned a 12th place finish, the highest ever finish by a member of the GA girls cross country team in that race.

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Girls Volleyball

The Patriots went 17-2 overall (7-1 Inter-Academic Athletic League) and clinched a share of the 2019 league title. They reached the final of the PAISAA Tournament where they lost, 3-0, to Notre Dame. Caitlyn Priore ’20 and Natalie Schildt ’21 both earned All-Inter-Ac First Team honors.

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WINTER ATHLETICS 2019-20

Ice Hockey

The Patriots defeated Episcopal Academy, 5-2, in the Independence Hockey League championship game at Skatium in Havertown to clinch its third IHL title in as many years.

Boys Basketball

Jordan Longino ’21 was named Pennsylvania’s Class 4A Boys’ Basketball Player of the Year by Pennsylvania Sportswriters.

Longino averaged 22.8 points and 5.8 rebounds while shooting 54 percent from the floor, 41.5 percent from three-point range, and 80.6 percent from the foul line. The Patriots finished the season 15-12 overall and 5-5 in league play.

Wrestling

The Patriots finished third overall at the PAISAA Tournament where 11 GA wrestlers qualified for National Preps. On top of that, Coach Solomon Fleckman was named the PAISAA Head Coach of the Year.

Harrison Levans ’21 (220) and Christian Colman ’21 (132) each placed second while teammates Chris Kim ’20 (120), Owen Quinn ’22 (152), Deon Savage ’20 (170), Luke Duthie ’21 (182), and Wyatt Hare ’20 each took home third place medals. Hunter Sloan ’22 (106) and Jibrael Moore ’20 (126) earned fifth place finishes, and Jacob Sasson ’23 (138) and Samuel Cerebe ’21 placed sixth overall in their brackets. Jake Wezner ’22 (113) placed eighth.

At National Preps, the Patriots finished sixth overall. Five wrestlers earned medals, with Kim leading the way with an 8th place finish in the 120-pound bracket making him a three-time National Prep placer. Other medal winners included Colman (3rd, 132), Levans (4th, 220), Hare (6th, 195), and Duthie (7th, 182).

Winter Track & Field

Girls Basketball

Led by Head Coach Sherri Retif, the Patriots won their sixth consecutive Inter-Ac League title. The Patriots went 24-4 this season and 12-0 in league play. They earned the top seed in the PAISAA Tournament where they lost, 63-42, to No. 5-seed Abington Friends School in the quarterfinals. Jaye Haynes ’20 and Maddie Vizza ’20 were named Class 3A All-State by Pennsylvania Sports Writers. Haynes was named First Team while Vizza was named Third Team.

The Patriots’ had great success at the PAISAA Championships on January 25, 2020. The girls took first place for the second straight year and the boys finished third overall. The following Patriots won their events: Perry Irons ’21 (400) Juliana Gonzalez ’22 (800), Olivia Jappe ’23 (1,600), Fiona McKenna ’23 (High Jump), Lily Cohen ’20 (Pole Vault), Meaghan Toscano ’20 (Shot Put), GA girls 4x400 team, Matt Sandifer ’20 (1,600), and Robert DiDonato ’21.

At the Pennsylvania Track and Field Coaches Association Indoor State Championships, which features both public and private Pennsylvania schools, Cohen took second in the pole vault, Toscano placed third in the shot put, Issy Goldstein ’20 finished fourth in the 3,000-meter race, Di Donato took 8th in the 3,000, and Sarah Fineman ’21 earned 16th in the shot put.

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2019-20 ANNUAL REPORT OF PHILANTHROPIC

GIVING Middle School science students test their robotics design. Hands-on, experiential learning is encouraged across discipline and division.

On behalf of the Germantown Academy Board of Trustees, faculty, staff, and students, THANK YOU to the 1,643 Patriots, who together contributed a total of $2.87 million in this past, now historic, 2019-2020 school year. On the following pages, we gratefully recognize and celebrate these individuals for their thoughtful support. GA relies annually on philanthropic contributions to meet the daily needs of students and faculty and to advance strategic priorities, three of which we highlighted this past year: computer science and innovation, health and wellness, and faculty professional development. We are pleased to include a few stories in the following pages sharing how philanthropic dollars immediately advanced these initiatives.

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In addition, as we are all acutely aware, this past year was like no other. The pandemic required GA to quickly react and adjust, further underscoring that GA’s strength and resilience is due to the generosity of our loyal community who believes in and is committed to our mission. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you again!

Bradley Korman ’83, P’13 ’16 ’19 Chair (2017-2020), Board of Trustees You can view the more detailed Germantown Academy Annual Report of Philanthropic Giving online.

Go to www.germantownacademy.net/2020annualreport. When prompted, type in the password, patriot.

2019-20 GIVING TO GA Gifts to Operating Funds Annual Fund PA Corporate Tax Credit Program Directed Annual Gifts GA Parents’ Committee Total Operating

Gifts to Endowment, Capital and Restricted Funds Endowment Funds Capital Project Funds Restricted Funds

Non-Campaign Total Building on Tradition Fulfilling the Promise Lower School Projects Campaign Total

Grand Total

$ $ $ $

958,476.80 967,570.00 77,011.27 31,100.00

$ $ $ $

534,726.71 21,625.00 37,453.61 593,805.32

$2,034,158.07

$ 2,627,963.39

$ 25,200.00 $ 43,879.88 $ 173,294.62

$ 242,374.50

$ 2,870,337.89

We have found that an Annual Fund tribute gift is a small piece of recognition for the dedication, commitment, and vast impact that the faculty, administration and staff continuously has on our family

and our GA community.

Jamie and Josh Albert P’26 ’29

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Upper School students row along the Wissahickon Creek during P.E. class. Students and faculty can be found daily exploring and enjoying GA’s 126 acre campus.

Lower School Reading Specialist Joy Holmes 1760 makes books come to life and encourages a love of reading in our youngest Patriots.

32% of our student body received tuition assistance Students were encouraged to explore their passions in more than 120 extra-curriculars and sports

Your gift maintained our beautiful 126 acre campus

YOUR GIFT IMPACTS

DAILY LIFE AT GA

2019-20 We were able to equip 163 faculty with teaching tools and professional development opportunities 1,189 students benefitted every day from your support

Computer science education expanded in all 3 divisions and ga.codes, a series of lessons on coding concepts, was introduced GERMANTOWN ACADEMY 19

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Thank you for your support of Germantown Academy!

Anonymous (16) Olufunmilola and Adeyinka Abinusawa * Jordan Abowitz Mammen Abraham and Pinki Mehta * Michael Adams and Catherine Manning Adams Samantha Adams* Edward Addison III '66 and Kathryn Willcox Addison '78 David Adoni '81 and Christine Adoni E. Robert Aemisegger, Jr. '48 and Sue Aemisegger ♦ Williams Agate, Jr. and Martha Sheble Agate '77 ♦ Nancy and Akhil Agrawal * Jamie and Josh Albert * Kenneth Alexander Sarah Alhadad '20 Virginia and John Allenson Laurence Altman and Catherine Korman Altman '83 ♦ Anthony Altomare Debbie E. Altomare Alison and Timothy Amann * Joseph Ambeault and Alison Rubinfield Ambeault '93 ♦ Roger Ammon and Karen Hamilton Ammon '85 James Anderson ♦ Jarrett Anderson * Mark Andress and Lori Dougherty Andress '88 ♦ Florence and Paul Andris * Marcus E. Anthony '12 Myles Anthony '14 Laura and Benjamin Archer * William J. Armstrong, Jr. '68 Jamie and Bruce Aronow ♦ Theodore Arsenault '14 Robert Asher '55 and Joyce Asher ♦ David Atlas '65 and Diane Atlas Christopher Atlee '95 and Elaine Atlee Randall Austin '54 and Eunice Austin ♦ Steven Averbuch and Rachel Rivest ♦ Abigail L. Bach '77 ♦ Emily and Lance Bachmann Rita and Joseph Baczor * Scott Badami and Heather Rheiner Badami '88 ♦ Marc Baer and Simi Kaplin Baer '91 ♦ Natasha and Indranil Bagchi Bela and Jaspal Bagga ♦ Bruce Bailey, Jr. and Genevieve Hill ♦

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Sherry and Alan Blumenthal ♦ Gabrielle R. Bodle '87 ♦ Jeffrey Bodle '90 and Amy Bodle ♦ Georgia and John Bodle * Maryanne Boettjer 1760 ♦ Linda C. Boggs '75 * Jodi A. Bohr 1760 ♦ Robert F. Bole, Jr. '57 ♦ Capri and Raymond Bonczek Nancy S. Bonwit '69 ♦ Stuart Boreen '78 and Joan Boreen Watson F. Bosler '64 ♦ Kathleen and Donald Bouchard Maria and Donald Bouchard Judith and Charles Bowers ♦ Bernadette and Richard Bowes Scott Boyce and Christine McDade ♦ Elizabeth Shepherd Boyer '92 Heather and Steve Boymel ♦ Bella Brahmabhatt Lawrence Braitman '76 and Abbe Braitman Caryn and Stuart Brereton Nancy and J. Curtis Brewer Laura W. Brewer '80 ♦ Robert Brewer '88 and Elizabeth Brewer ♦ James Bricker '66 and Coral Sullivan ♦ David Brier and Jennifer Molish Brier '86 * Jacqueline and John Brightcliffe Jeffrey Brindle '69 and Rebecca Brindle * Arthur Broadwick '53 and Lois Broadwick ♦ Byard Brogan III '90 and Laura Brogan * Katherine E. Brogan '03 Jody and Andrew Brookman ♦ Janet and Thomas Brooks * Liane and Philip Browne ♦ Jennifer and Ira Brownstein * Kelly and Keith Brundin * Kira S. Bryers '02 Christine and Emil Bucci Rene and Ryan Bucci Julia D. Buchholz '17 Karen Buchholz ♦ Michael Buckler '00 and Kristen Lueckel Buckler '00 ♦ Dale and Richard Buckler ♦ James Buckley 1760 and Barbara Roma Buckley 1760 ♦ Elizabeth and David Buckman Douglas S. Budinsky '10 Drew C. Budinsky '19 Lauren Budinsky '13 Hilary Budny *

Krista and Reid Buerger * Andrew Burke Margaret and Carl Burke * Kathleen Burke Pamela and Richard Burke * James Burkhart ♦ Katharine C. Burkhart '10 * Victoria S. Burkhart Erin Burkholder Alan Kolc and Romy Burkus ♦ Craig Burnett '08 * Anne and David Burnett * Lee Burnett '86 and Rebecca Burnett ♦ Kim and Michael Burns Jonathon Burrows and Susan Montgomery Burrows '78 Thomas Butler and Lisa Van Blarcom Butler '82 ♦ Nina and Eric Butler-Roberts ♦ Brian W. Buzby '90 * Christopher Buzby '88 and Alison McCormick George Buzby '83 and Jill Buzby ♦ Jonathan Caffey and Brooke Murray Caffey '85 ♦ Xiaodong Cai and Jian Ye * Arleen and Joseph Calabro Leslie and Stephen Calabro Jill S. Cameron * Sherri and Stephen Cameron * Addison L. Campbell '19 Ian Campbell '88 and Jean Campbell * Patricia Canning John Cannon III '72 John Cannon '49 and Edythe Cannon ♦ John Cannon '80 and Patti Cannon ♦ Robert Cannon '76 and Marilou Cannon ♦ Sasha G. Capers '20 Walter Ehrenfeuchter and Julie Caplan '82 Sondra and Philip Caplan Silas Gossman and Alyssa Caracausa '06 Geoff Owens and Diana Caramanico '97 * Beverly and Michael Carey Erik Carlsson and Qie Zhang

*Denotes donors who have contributed consecutively for 5-9 fiscal years. ♦ Denotes donors who have contributed for 10 or more consecutive fiscal years.

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Brendan S. Carr '17 Anne L. Carroll Ruth and Wes Carver Danilo Casimiro and Joyce Laquindanum ♦ Katharine and Patrick Cassidy ♦ William Caum '64 and Carol Caum ♦ Deborah and Joseph Cava Catherine and Kevin Cawley ♦ Joseph Cecco and Stephanie Spada Cecco '03 Steven Chadwin and Sherrea Chadwin 1760 ♦

Judy and Kieran Cody ♦ Logan G. Cody '15 Arline Cohen ♦ Jennifer and Jerrold Cohen Neil Cohen '68 and Dana Cohen ♦ Janet and Samuel Cohen * Sue Cohen Mary and Joseph Colen ♦ Mazie and Joseph Colen ♦ Herbert T. Colfelt '59 * Fabrice Le-Morzellec and Janelle Collett * Richard Collier '67 and Carol Collier

In the Lower School Tinker Lab, Matt Mazurek leads a lesson about building robots as an annual part of the Lower School STEAM Studio curriculum.

Dale Champlin, Jr. and Susan Robertson Champlin '76 Tai Chang '78 and Ruth Chang * Yong Chang '85 and Terri Chang Ryan Chaytors and Elizabeth Serrill Chaytors '95 * Yan Chen and Tan Yuen Jennifer and James Cheng Bei Deng and Jian Cheng Katy A. Cheng '20 Paula and Alexander Chernoff Helen and Allen Chiang * Cindy and Daniel Cho Miran and David Cho ♦ Steven Christy, Jr. '90 and Mia Christy ♦ Carlos Chubb * Gina and Steven Chung Barbara Seeburger Cipolloni '72 ♦ John Clapham '62 and Dorothy Clapham ♦ Robert Clapham '65 and Sandra Clapham ♦ Richard Clark, Jr. '57 and Virginia Clark ♦ Cameron Clarke '13

Anne S. Collins Lynda and Anthony Commale * Patricia and Robert Conn Jacquelyn E. Connard '06 Patrick Connelly and Amy Seyfert Connelly '90 ♦ Elizabeth A. Connor '00 ♦ F. William Connor '62 and Catherine Connor * James Connor 1760 and Janice Connor Joelle and Edward Connors Mark Conti '71 and Marie Conti * Scott Conti '73 and Carolyn Conti ♦ Dempsey M. Cooper '13 Kathleen and Douglas Cooper ♦ Yolanda and Michael Cooper William R. Cooper ♦ Jackie and Jeremy Correnti ♦ Beryl and Leonard Costanzo ♦ Jean M. Costello Sandra and James Cottrell ♦ Michele and Richard Cowley Sean E. Coyle '10 Annette and Thomas Coyle ♦ Glenn Crafford and

Susan Updegrove Crafford '81 Elizabeth Cravero Eric Creighton and Caroline Armour * Frederick Crews '51 and Elizabeth Crews ♦ Patricia and Peter Crippen * Jonathon Cross '89 and Deena Diorio Cross '90 ♦ Hayley E. Cross '18 Cherie and Matthew Cross ♦ Joyce and Milton Cross ♦ Kristin Frisbie Crowell '04 James A. Cummings '69 ♦ Sean Selby and Quinn Cunningham '02 Vincent Curran, Jr. and Kali Alexander Curran '02 ♦ Teresa and James Curtin ♦ Brett R. Curtis '13 Nikki and Eric Curtis * Madelaine M. Cusick '09 * William J. Cusick, Jr. E. Clifford Cutler IV '67 and Amy Cutler Sara M. Dakin '16 Barry Dale and Susan Miller Dale '69 David Opdahl and Traci Dallas-Opdahl '81 * Richard Danehower '57 and Holly Danehower * Glenda B. Daulerio 1760 ♦ Michael F. Daulerio, Jr. '07 Toby and Richard Davidov Hope and Robert Davis ♦ Jeffrey Davison Aisha and William Dawe Woo Kwong and Alice de Callatay '92 Charlotte and John Dean ♦ John J. Dean '14 * Katherine Dean * Kimberly and Martin Dean ♦ Jennifer and Gregory DeCardona * Aurelio DeCaro II '92 and Allison DeCaro * Jacquelyn Decker Anita and Jeffrey Decker Jolene and Joseph DeFusco * Katherine L. Delp '91 Andrew Deming and Meredith Shepherd Deming '89 * Philip Deming '73 and Nancy Deming * Edward Dempsey and Geraldine Dougherty Frances A. Dempsey Stephanie Dempsey Matthew Dence * Emily A. Denisco '10 * Mary Joan and Joseph Denisco * Ronald M. DeOrzio, Jr. '99 Leah and John DePaul Hayley E. Derbyshire '16 John P. Derham

Leslie and Robert Detweiler * Susan and Thomas Devane Jack Devlin and Roberta Crane Devlin 1760 ♦ Monica K. Dewan '09 * Judy Dial * Devany D. Diamond '12 Douglas Diamond '80 and Regina Diamond ♦ Jeanne and Robert DiChiara ♦ Pamela and Brian DiDonato ♦ Christine and James DiFranco ♦ Mark DiGiacomo '78 and Patricia DiGiacomo Helen and Carmen DiLello Michael Dillon '63 and Faith Dillon ♦ Barbara and Robert Dilsheimer Vincent Dinoso '85 * Margaret and Dennis Diorio ♦ Jennifer DiPlacido Joseph DiPlacido Irma DiRienzo Dana and Anthony DiSandro ♦ Lillian and Anthony DiSandro ♦ Anne and Thomas Dobbins * Deborah and Troy Dobson * William W. Doerr '68 ♦ Jill and Paul Dohner * Andrew Dolan and Megan Cipolloni Dolan '07 ♦ Cathyann and Stephen Dolan ♦ Matthew Dolan Harold Don, Jr. '58 and Mona Don ♦ Joseph Donahue Helen and Joseph Donahue Patrick K. Donahue Charles Donches and Kristen Donches 1760 ♦ Marguerite S. Donovan '74 Anne and Mark Dooley James Doran Ronald Dorn '60 and Dianne Dorn ♦ Colin Dougherty '94 and Angela Dougherty Kristin E. Dougherty '99 ♦ Betty and Brian Dovey ♦ Teresa Dowling Charles Downham III '57 and Sandra Downham ♦ DeLane Doyle Marsha and Joseph Dratch ♦ John Dubbs '51 and Brenda Dubbs ♦ Robert Dudley, Jr. '76 and Jennifer Dudley ♦ Alex Duffine '99 and Abigail Duffine Emily Beil Duffy '00 Thomas Durkin '89 and Merigo Durkin ♦ Timothy Durkin, Jr. '93 and Heather Durkin 1760 ♦ Richard Duryea and Elizabeth Walton Duryea '75 ♦

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Bethany and Patrick Duthie Cynthia Eastlake ♦ James Eichsteadt and Carol Carvalho ♦ Howard J. Eisen Cory Eklund and Lauren Fein * Stacy Ellam and Diana Colleluori Scott Elvin and Deirdre Hendrie Elvin '89 Amber L. Esco Robert Etris '66 and Miriam Etris Stephen Etris '70 and Marie Etris * Thomas Evans, Jr. and Emily Eastlake Evans '88 ♦ Margaret M. Evans '14 James Evarts and Alexis Smith Evarts '97 * Mikel Farquharson and Beth Horner Farquharson '90 Kathy and John Farris ♦ Lisa and Brendan Fee Heidi and Neal Feigles * Lauren Feinschil * Jill and Larry Feld Andrea and David Feldheim Marc Feldman and Alison Korman Feldman '78 ♦ Judy and Marc Felgoise ♦ James Fenerty 1760 and Mary Fenerty ♦ James M. Fenerty '09 W. Mitchell Fenimore '90 and Pia Fenimore ♦ Michael Ferrier and Joseph Randall William Fiedler, Jr. '56 and Barbara Fiedler ♦ Melissa and William Fikioris ♦ Daniel Finelli * Jonathan Fineman '20 Robert Fisher '69 and Maryann Fisher Owen Fitz '20 Joan and Joseph Fitzgerald Rachel and Solomon Fleckman Jean and Keith Fleming ♦ Stephanie and Michael Foglia * Alicia and Kevin Fortunato Lauren S. Fosnight Robert Fox '71 and Helene Fox ♦ Kirk Franklin and Dawn Gordon Franklin '82 * Meredith and Henry Franz ♦ Rosemarie and Henry Franz * Mary Fraser * Robert A. Freas '66 Brent Freedland and Abigail Perkiss ♦ Alyson and Jonathan Freeman * Desrene and Marc Freeman * Margaret Freeman * Barbara and Bert Freeston Moina and Bruce Freeston Charles Freyer '65 and Judith Freyer * Nancy and Mark Fridirici Sara and Calvin Fridirici *

Ilona Friedman * Michael Slifker and Michelle Friedman ♦ Brinton Frith '88 and Nicole Frith Thomas Fuchs and Amy Reydel Fuchs '87 ♦ Louis Fuller Mark Gabrielson and Betsy Birkmann Gabrielson '74 ♦ Guy Gabrielson III '73 and Allison Gabrielson ♦ Susan Gabrielson '71 Akshay Gadre and Suwarna Mahajan Christopher Gadsden and Eleanore Gadsden 1760 Eleanore P. Gadsden '93 Heather and Dominic Galante * Axel Galeano Bernard Galetti '50 * Gerald Gallagher '92 and Laura Gallagher

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Donald Gamburg and Amy Coben Gamburg '90 ♦ Steven Ganz and Ashley Isaacs Ganz '91 * William Garbose 1760 and Lynne Garbose ♦ Gina and Craig Garretson * Christian Garrett '85 and Tara Carney Garrett Arthur Brown and Rebecca Garrett-Brown '82 * Hugo Garrido and Sandra Tobias Allison Bedrosian Gatter '01 Melissa Gattuso Jennifer and Christopher Gavigan * Amy and William Geissele * Michael Genkin and Shana Duffine Genkin '95 * Carlyn Patterson Gentile '02 and Jared M. Gentile

I can honestly say we are a very committed family to GA, even after our daughters have graduated, and truly appreciate all that GA has given to them.

We are witnessing our three daughters carrying into their adult lives, the incredible influence of the exceptional teachers, education and experiences that GA provides.

We are truly thankful.

Jolene and Joseph DeFusco P’03 ’07 ’14

Thomas Gallagher and Stacey Jeronis John Galloway and Christine Dovey Galloway '90 ♦

Michael Genuardi '03 and Diana Rodgers '03 ♦ John Gerbron '71 and Mary Jane Gerbron ♦ Jessica and Brian Getson ♦

Kishan K. Ghodasara '15 Pravina Ghodasara ♦ Alyssa and Joseph Giampalmi * Kevin Gilbert Michelle and Andrew Gill Deirdre and Timothy Ginter * Ann and Maurice Glavin Andree and Bryan Goldberg Jonathan Goldberg '00 and Jillian Goldberg ♦ Jaclyn and Norman Goldberger Rachel and Jonathan Goldman Rebecca Steiner Goldner '92 * Diane Goldstein 1760 and Claire Verden ♦ Isabelle V. Goldstein '20 James Goldstein '71 and Janet Maurer 1760 ♦ Eugene Golson '76 and Marie Golson Myriam and Luis Gonzalez * Julie and John Good * Bruce Goodman 1760 and Judi Goodman 1760 ♦ Ian Gereg and Michele Goodman '99 * Michelle and Bryant Goodridge * Edwin Goodwin III '69 and Patti Goodwin Sara and Howard Goodwin ♦ Thomas Goodwin '70 and Deborah Goodwin Nemesia and Florencio Gopez Robert Gorman and Marisa Graziano ♦ Danika Gottbrecht '13 * Maureen Gottbrecht * Brooke and Jeffrey Gould Amy T. Gowing '11 ♦ Sara and James Gowing ♦ Kristen K. Gowing '07 Jean and Brian Grady ♦ Kathleen C. Graff Skip Graffam and Robynne Murray Graffam '86 ♦ John Granozio '53 and Sandra Granozio ♦ Donald Grant and Betty Grant 1760 ♦ Kathryn and Alan Grant Michelle and Dennis Grasela F. George Green, Jr. III '63 and Diane Green ♦ Robert Greene and Dana Hatfield * Larry S. Gregory, Jr. '68 * Edward Grieb '60 Clare Grieve and Sean Grieve '04 Marianne and William Griffin J. Lawrence Grim, Jr. and Kathleen O'Dea Rosa and Vincent Grisafi Kent Griswold '76 and Lori Griswold 1760 ♦ Allison Guenthner Eileen and Kevin Guers ♦ Joseph Guinan III '71 and Allison Guinan

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Pamela and Robert Gundlach Alice and Frank Haber Nabil Haddad and Salwa Haddad 1760 ♦ James Haering '55 and Susan Haering *

Tracy and Charles Hehmeyer * Elizabeth Hehmeyer * M. Stroud Hellebusch and Annamarie Geppert Hellebusch '84 ♦ Stephen Hellman and Lauren Finkelstein Hellman '95 ♦

Middle School hosts a variety of sports opportunities for students, including coed swimming and diving. The no-cut policy allows GA to accommodate every student who wishes to play a specific sport.

Arlene and Richard Haft Nancy and Jim Hale * Prentis Hall and Tynetta Alston ♦ Nancy and Theodore Hall Hannah J. Hamsher Maxwell M. Hanamirian '15 * Michael Hanamirian and Carol Momjian ♦ Michael A. Hanamirian, Jr. '13 * Miles A. Hanamirian '18 Helene and Mark Hankin Richard Hanscom, Jr. '50 and Miriam Hanscom * Stephen Harburg '78 and Dale Harburg ♦ Kirsten and William Hare Andrew Harobin and Rebecca Bown Harobin '88 ♦ Carol Harrington and Roby Harrington III Cathy and Christian Harris Craig Supowitz and Katherine Harris '03 Penelope Harris Cynthia and Michael Hashemian ♦ Aimee and Chris Hasson Kathryn Hastings Maryann and Cabell Hatfield Janet and Kevin Haugen ♦ Alexander Haynie '04 and Ana Haynie Richard Hazel '62 and Deborah Hazel ♦ Carol and Raymond Heath ♦

Bruce Henderson and Cynthia Wallace * John Henkels '41 and Jean Henkels ♦ R. Craig Henkels '73 and Joan Henkels * Thomas Henning '70 and Debra Guzman Bruce A. Henry '20 Bruce B. Henry '66 Ella Henry '20 J. Alexander Henry '86 and Kristen Henry ♦ Dian and Philip Herman Maryann and Neil Hermann * Cara and George Herold ♦ Jaime and Jason Hersh Deborah Huntzinger Herting '73 ♦ Kevin Hetzel David Hill '66 and Mary Hill * Eileen Hill 1760 ♦ Gina and Chris Hill ♦ Terri C. Hilley-Battisto ♦ Peter Hillinck '13 Janet Hindle * Stephen Hinds '60 and Mary Hinds ♦ Robert Hitchings, Jr. '53 and Sue Hitchings ♦ Jessica Chadwin Hoepfl '03 and Robert Hoepfl Virginia D. Hofmann 1760 ♦ Troy J. Holiday '01 Jessica and Troy Holl * Mitchell Hollin '80 and Cristy Hollin ♦

A. Scott Holmes '57 and Joan Holmes * Aaron Holmes and Catherine Klein Anthony Holmes and Joy Holmes 1760 ♦ Edward Holmes '97 and Emily Medina Holmes Robert Holmes IV '92 and Denise Ryan Holmes '92 William Holmes '93 and Allison Holmes Sang and Yeong Hong Jeffrey Honickman '75 and Marjorie Honickman ♦ Susan and Peter Honig * John Hoofnagle II '72 and Anne Sprinkle ♦ Alfred Hopkin, Jr. '73 and Mary Ellen Hopkin Abigail L. Hopkins '97 * Leigh E. Hopkins '07 Susan Hopkins Kristin Horgan Margaret and Christopher Horner ♦ Misha Horsey Dachao Hou and Qun Wang * Fred Houck Richard House 1760 and Diane House ♦ James D. Houston Timothy Howard and Colleen Kelly Howard Cherifa and Gregory Howarth ♦ Bertina C. Hsu-Miller * Hao Huang and Sheng Xu William B. Huddleston '05 Joann and Joseph Hufnagle Richard C. Hughes III '68 Gerald Hoff and Susan Hunsinger-Hoff 1760 ♦ Mary Hunt Paul Hutter '70 * Emily Hyman '10 Peter S. Hyndman '77 ♦ Thomas Hyndman III '69 and Laurie Hyndman ♦ Thomas M. Hyndman, Jr. '42 ♦ Eloise and William Hyndman * Mirko and Giulia Iandiorio John Imburgia and Rebecca Hopkins Imburgia '91 ♦ Bradley Ingersoll '86 and Kimberly Ingersoll ♦ Tiel and George Ingersoll * John Iredale '75 and Judith Kiely Steven Irons and Heather Harper Irons '88 ♦ Kimberly and Brian Itterly * Tish and Steven Jackaman Geoffrey Jackson '87 and Gretchen Jackson * M. Michael Jacobs and Carolyn Korman Jacobs '80 ♦ Jennifer and Neal Jacobs Erin Jalon Dara and Daniel Jeck

Guymell Jefferson and Jennifer Thomas Heather Maloumian Jenkins '94 Peter Jennings '99 and Jennifer Jennings ♦ Stephanie Jennings * Nancy and Thomas Jennings * Jonas Jeswald and Carolyn Campbell * Phyllis and Peter Jeswald * Edgar Johnson and Jennifer Malatesta-Johnson Elizabeth O'Connor Johnson '06 Robert Johnston '69 and Dale Johnston ♦ Paul Haughton and Angela Jones ♦ Catherine and Leonard Jones * Mary Jones William Jones, Jr. '50 and Margery Jones * William Jones, Jr. '55 and Judith Jones ♦ A. Brinton Jopson III '65 and Maureen Jopson Michael Jordan and Samantha MacGregor Jordan '88 ♦ Savita and Ramesh Joshi ♦ Raymond M. Joson, Jr. Grace and Joseph Judge ♦ Megan and Arthur Judson ♦ Marjorie B. Kaczor Binnie and Samuel Kafrissen Jessica and David Kahn * Matthew Kahn '93 and Nikki Kahn Kristina and Russell Kaller * Lauren H. Kane '77 * Chiu-Ping and Ching-Te Kao Kellianne and Matthew Kaput ♦ David Karr '86 and Kirsten Karr ♦ Barbara and George Karr ♦ Dawn and David Katz Dina and Andy Katz ♦ Grace E. Kaupas '20 Jennifer and David Kaye Donna and James Kearney Dan Kearns and Katherine Dowell Kearns '92 ♦ Mary and James Keating * Sarah Kebaugh * Thomas Kehan '69 ♦ Brendan J. Kelly '01 Caitlin and Will Kelly Cheryl and Michael Kelly ♦ Kathleen W. Kelly Margaret Kelly * Susan and Daniel Kelly Teresa and Joseph Kelly Janice B. Kemp ♦ Noah M. Kennedy '10 Will M. Kennedy '07 and Nicole Eisengrein * Dionis K. Kergides '14 R. Gregory Kern '60 and Carole Kern Gregory Kessell and Katherine Hopkins Kessell '86 * Sarah and Keith Kesten ♦

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William Kienzel '63 and Lynn Kienzel Jessica and Kimberly Killo ♦ Robert J. Kilpatrick '60 * Christina Kim * Hyesang and David Kim * Michelle and James Kim Jianna J. Kim '25 Priscilla Kim Grant Alger and Julie Kimmel ♦ Walter King, Jr. '67 and Louise King Debora and Alfred Klein Mary and Justin Klein William Kleppinger, Jr. '63 and Sue Kleppinger Cigdem and Richard Knebel ♦ Kristin and Eric Knopping ♦ Al Brown and Marie Koals 1760 ♦ Frederick Kohm, Jr. and Colleen Petrelli Kohm '94 * Michael J. Kohn '04 Richard Kolb '65 and Diane Kolb * Aileen and Neil Koopman * Berton Korman 1760 and Sallie Korman ♦ Bradley Korman '83 and Pamela Korman ♦ John Korman '76 and Amy Korman ♦ Jane and Leonard Korman ♦ Mark Korman '86 and Kelly Korman ♦ Nicole T. Korman '14 Olivia J. Korman '19 Roman Koropey and Laura Bender Koropey '75 * Henry Korth and Joan Korth-Bradley ♦ Joseph C. Korth '12 * David J. Kosek, Jr. '97 * John H. Kosek '57 ♦ Yekaterina Koshkareva Jennifer A. Kosteva Frederick Kraekel IV '79 and Susan Kraekel ♦ Kimberly and Matthew Kraynyak * Gabrielle and Richard Krekstein Amanda L. Kriebel '93 * Myles Krieger '64 and Leah Light * Judith Krouse 1760 ♦ Christopher Krug '98 and Jenna Bryan-Krug Taiko and Richard Krzyzanowski George Ku and Elena Lawrence ♦ Kandan Kulandaivel and Jamie Swanson Ellen J. Kurkowski '01 * Andrea and Matthew Kurtz ♦ Laura J. Kurz '04 Eleni Kytzidis '20 Eric D. Lafond '20 Alexandra Crane Landesberg '08 ♦ Charles J. Landgrebe 1760 Alfred Langdon, Jr. '53 and Carolyn Langdon Cari and Alan Lasdon ♦

Upper School photography students utilize the dark room to express and explore their creativity and voice through photographs.

Nicole Finelli Laslett '05 * Charlene and Gregory Lattanze Bridgid P. Lawlor '13 * Margaret and Daniel Lawlor ♦ KerryAnn P. Lawlor '14 * David Lawson '70 and Julie Lawson ♦ Wade Layton and Marie Figge Layton '81 * Kimberly and David Leach ♦ Traci and Kevin Lechwar Lisa and Kevin Ledwith ♦ Grace and Frank Lee Gregory Lee '57 and Mary Lee ♦ Kenneth Lee and Yi-Hsin Chen Jeffrey and Susan Legos * Rachel and Dion Lehman * Robert Leininger '83 ♦ Helene M. Leith ♦ Lawrence D. Leith, Jr. '94 ♦ Celina and Thomas Lemaire Jennifer Rotzell Leming '97 ♦ Laura G. Lennon '20 Juan Leon and Abigail Willing ♦ Anne Leonard John R. Leopold '60 William L. Leopold, Jr. '61 ♦ Pauline LePore Andrew Lerner '01 and Brandi Lerner * Polly and David Leshan * Kyeong-Ah and Adam Leven * Marce Leventon William Leventon '65 and Marce Leventon Fan Persky Levin * Leslie and Marc Levin * Seth A. Levin '15 Amanda Li '20 Hong Li and Sue Xin * Zhong Li and Yun Wang

Daniel Liebsch '94 and Shelley Liebsch Sandra and Scott Lillis * Linda and Curt Lindahl * David Lindsay '53 and Suzanne Lindsay * John Lindsay '55 and Bobbi Lindsay * Khadijatu and Michael Lindsay David Lintgen '90 and Rachel Ravreby Lintgen '90 * Barbara Lipschutz Jay Lipschutz and Karen Walsh-Lipschutz Pacey A. Liss '20 Adelia Elliott Llewellyn '78 Sandra Locke * Dean Logan '65 and Karen Logan ♦ Edward Logan '08 and Linda Logan Mark Logan '74 and Alison Logan Louis A. Lombardi '61 ♦ Cathleen and Leonard Longo * Janet and Richard Lorraine Yvonne and David Love ♦ Mark C. Luff '74 ♦ Richard D. Lull '52 Francis Lynch '90 and Megan Lynch Richard Lyntton and Michelle Wenitsky * Lisa and Josh MacArthur Leslie and William MacDonald * Stephen MacRae and Claire Ragusa MacRae '84 ♦ Colleen E. Magarity '07 Jacob Magerman '08 * Joel Magerman '78 and Tonja Magerman ♦ Jennifer and Massimo Magliari * Diane Mallery ♦ Kimberly Malone

Amelie and Brian Mann Joseph Marano, Jr. '83 and Natalie Marano * Lee Marcus '61 and Elaine Marcus ♦ Edwin Markel, Jr. '62 and Ellen Markel * Denise and Gregory Marks * David Martin 1760 and Laura Buckley Martin '82 ♦ Graham Martin and Marcus Crooks ♦ Jeffrey E. Martin '11 Katelyn S. Martin '08 ♦ P. Gail Dickson Martin '71 Scott Martin and Lisa Martin 1760 ♦ William C. Martin '20 Zachary Martin '83 and Laurel Martin Margaret and Oscar Martinez ♦ Matthew Morreale and Sarah Martinez '93 Jodie and Joseph Mascaro Armand John Masko * Karen Mason and Joan Bush ♦ Charles Mathews and Wendy Graham Mathews '79 Pamela and Robert Matje Molly and Ted Matozzo Kendall Mattern, Jr. 1760 and Maria Mattern ♦ Willisanne and Mark Matthews Matthew B. Mazurek ♦ Megan McAllister Kara R. McAndrew '20 Christine M. McAuliffe '02 ♦ Thomas McAuliffe and Marisa McAuliffe 1760 ♦ Tyhisha and Anthony McBride * Robert McCammon, Jr. '57 ♦ Edward H. McCaughey, Jr. '51 ♦ James McCaughey '61 and Rebecca McCaughey ♦ Lyle McCoy, Jr. '74 and Dawn McCoy James C. McCracken '79 Karen and Alec McCurdy ♦ Edward McCusker and Lauren Gillispie McCusker '04 * Kathy and David McDermott * Eliza McDevitt '08 * Andrea McDonald * Marnie and James McDonald * Erika and Justin McDonnell Megan P. McFadden '97 * Gavin R. McFarland James McGeehan '89 and Erin McGeehan ♦ Kathleen and Edward McGettigan * Laura O'Shea McGhee '01 Betsy B. McGill * Joseph P. McGill * Megan M. McGinnis '13 Patrick McGinnis, Jr. '78 and Susan Stratton McGinnis '78♦ Thomas McGlinchey and Brenda Bautista-McGlinchey *

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Jennifer and Douglas McHugh * JoAnn and Matthew McHugh * Susan McHugh ♦ Susan Bowen McKay '76 ♦ Charles McKinney, Jr. '54 and Sally McKinney ♦ William Reaume and Ellen McMichael ♦ Olivia J. McMichael '20 Judith and Stephen McMichael Monica and Gary McMillan Martin McNabb '69 and Lori McNabb ♦ Mary and Robert McNamara ♦ Renee and Steven McNamara Collin McNeil '69 and Virginia McNeil ♦ Robert McNeil '69 and Jennifer McNeil * Robert McNeil III '80 and Jane McNeil ♦ Robert McNeill III '55 and Ellen McNeill ♦ Kara McPhillips William Vernon McRae '07 and Michelle McRae Sean McTernan and Carolyn Straub McTernan '00 Ian McVeigh '92 and Denise Diorio McVeigh '94 ♦ Stephen Kennedy and Margaret Mary McVeigh 1760 ♦ Daniel McWilliams '61 Katherine Meckert ♦ Ahcene Larbi and Zora Meddahi-Larbi * Maria and Louie Medina Ramin Mehrgan and Pouya Hatam ♦ Neema E. Mehrganpour '14 Adam Meinstein and Odile Gelinard ♦ Juncai Meng and Ying Gu Amy and Michael Menkowitz Susan J. Merrill * Andrew Mersky '96 and Kiley Nadwodny Mersky Deborah A. Mersky 1760 ♦ Rebecca Messa '84 Pamela and Michael Metro ♦ David Metzger '64 and Sandy Metzger * Hongying Miao and Manyin Peng ♦ George Michel and Elizabeth Turek-Michel * Susan and Charles Miller ♦ Betty and Chuck Miller Jennifer and Michael Miller Tara and Warren Miller Barbara and Warren Miller Cathie M. Minehart ♦ Charles Minehart '65 and Patricia Minehart * Kenya L. Minor Joseph P. Mirabile, Jr. '06 and Sarah Brant Mirabile * Rose Marie and Joseph Mirabile ♦

Janet Mishkin Charles Mistovich Amanda and Greg Mitchell Carolyn and Peter Mlynarczyk * Vlatka and John Moll Amanda and Steven Moll * Janet and Mark Monaghan Victor Montemayor * Carolyn Montgomery Heather and Robert Mooney Brian Moorhouse and Soo Yeon Whang * Thomas W. Morgan '76 ♦ Stephen Morris and Kimberly Whittaker Morris '92 ♦ Marjorie and Patrick Morris David J. Morrison '69 ♦ Hope and James Morrissey Hugh Moulton and Catherine Moulton 1760 ♦ Cynthia Moyer '71 Deborah and Daniel Moyer Robert Moyer 1760 and Kristan Moyer ♦ Charles G. Muir 1760 Michael Mulroy, Jr. and Diana Shank Mulroy '88 * Barbara and Michael Mulroy * Rory Mulvey '85 and Whitney Petrilli '84 * Jenaye Munford Gretchen Murray ♦ James Murray '87 and Emily Murray ♦ John Murray '62 and Donna Murray ♦ Bernard Murray and Karen Field Murray '82 Joshua Muskin '75 and Suzanne Muskin ♦ Irene Musman ♦ Franklin Myers III '62 and Nancy Myers * Grace S. Na Sarah and Jonathan Na ♦ David Nagel and Jane Carroll ♦ Alexander Nagy and Carolyn Bedrosian Nagy '98 ♦ James Nam '94 and Sun Park Marisa Narog Merton D. Nason III '58 and Juanita Nason ♦ Kathryn Nathan John Negro and Susan A. Negro 1760 ♦ Christopher Nelson * P. Erik Nelson and Helen Piszek Nelson '70 ♦ Craig Newberger 1760 and Trudy Phillips ♦ Stephen Newnham II '52 and Mary Wilson Geoffrey Newton and Diana Helweg Newton '84 ♦ Alicia and Michael Niedzielski Etta and Charles Nissman *

Elizabeth and Gary Nolan Hayes E. Nolte '14 Jason F. Novak '94 Frederick Nunes and Linda White Nunes '80 ♦ Kathryn Oakes Kathleen McGinnis Oberkircher '76 ♦ Lawrence O'Brien, Jr. '62 and Ellen O'Brien * Ryan E. O'Connell '12 Margaret O'Connor ♦ Brian J. O'Donnell '08 ♦ Cassidy Morgan and Courtney O'Donnell '93 Barbara and Jeffrey O'Donnell Jeffrey Oelkers '86 and Sherry Oelkers

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Richard Paczewski and Holly Bowen Paczewski '73 * Robert Panfil '59 and Katharine Panfil ♦ Salvatore Paone '95 and Erin O'Hearn-Paone ♦ Catherine and Salvatore Paone Gregory Paranzino '82 and Katrina Kunkler ♦ Edward Pardoe III '74 and Helen Pardoe Diane and Robert Paretchan * Henry Parish '59 * Sunkyung Park Sylvia and William Park Doris Parker Grace Parker *

Giving to GA is a way for me to add to the continuous growth of a school that shaped me. I want to make sure GA can bring its timeless pedagogy to new 21st century courses like computer science, while continuing to provide

top-notch education in traditional courses.

Joe Korth ’12

Wilson Oelkers, Jr. 1760 and Emily Oelkers ♦ Dyan and Timothy O'Hara * Richard O'Hern and Mary Lodge ♦ Gertrude O'Leary Bruce O'Neill '60 and Mary O'Neill ♦ Larissa and Alexander Ostrovsky * Jason Oswald M. Ryan Ott '03 and Brynne Begley Ott '04 * Bridgette and Andrew Owen * Ozgun and Ozgur Ozkan William Packer, Jr. '69 and Meg Packer

Michael Parker and Martha Ross Parker '70 ♦ Christine and Michael Passaglia * Hamish R. Patel '09 Hasit Patel '20 Nilesh Kumar Patel and Dipali Nanavati Erin L. Patrick '13 * LuAnn and Kenneth Patrick ♦ Shannon E. Patrick '06 * Donna and Joseph Patterson Orfelina and Bruce Payne ♦ Richard Paynton, Jr.

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Thomas Peabody '66 and Silvia Trujillo Alvina and Merton Peat ♦ David Pedrick '66 and Laura Pedrick ♦ Catherine Hebling Peduzzi '94 Megan and Joseph Penrice Agnes and Thomas Penrice Stephanie and Jonathan Pepper * Sara and Hubert Pera Roxanne and Dominic Perazza, Jr. * Alissa Moody and David Perloff Suzanne Perot 1760 ♦ Michele and James Peruto Antoinette Peters Howard Peters, Jr. '44 and Jean Peters Kenneth Peters '67 and Ann Marie Peters ♦ Renee and Andrew Petersohn Heidi and William Petersohn Dwight Peterson 1760 ♦ David Petko '81 and Colleen Petko Edward J. Petko Rory Mulvey '85 and Whitney Petrilli '84 * Erin and Dodd Pfeffer * Barbara Pflaumer '69 ♦ J. Geoffrey Pflaumer '66 and Dominique Vandendriessche * Walter Pflaumer '67 and Marian Pflaumer * Christine and Umberto Picariello * Alfred Piranian '65 and Inger Piranian ♦ William Piszek '77 and Beth Piszek ♦ Greg Pitkoff '82 and Kathryn McKenzie * Josephine Pizzino '15 Christopher Pizzino and Rebecca Pizzino 1760 ♦ Thomas Platten '74 and Terese Platten ♦ John Pokorny III '86 and Betsy Pokorny Jefrey Pollock '89 and Deborah Brown ♦ Dhara and Bejal Popat Nicholas Popolizio '14 Edmund Pribitkin and Yvette Marquez-Pribitkin ♦ D. Barry Pritchard, Jr. '69 and Mary Pritchard ♦ Agnes and Matthew Pruitt ♦ Margaret and Jeffrey Pugh Jonathan Pulli '00 and Samantha Pulli Matthew R. Purdy '10 Lindsay E. Putnam '20 Nicole and Robert Putnam Jill Quinn Mark Rabuck '86 ♦ Allison Rader ♦ Gillian Rader '14 Kirk Rae and Ellen Sink Rae '80 Savita and Anil Rai

Anvit Rai '14 Douglas E. Raitt Linda P. Raitt Susan Raitt Sangeeta Raje Todd G. Ramins '83 ♦ Luisa Ramirez and Justo Sierra Johnson Marian and Ernest Ramirez * Arthur Rank III '69 and Pamela Rank E. Daniels Rankin 1760 and Susan Rankin ♦ Gerald T. Rankin '76 Sandra and Carl Rapp ♦ Emma Rapp '17 David Rawson '59 and Therese Rawson * Elizabeth R. Reaume '20 Wendy and David Rees * Dorothy Reeves ♦ Sean Regan and Katherine Curtin Regan '00 Daniel Reid '50 and Amy Reid ♦ John Reid '60 and Susan Reid * James Reilly III '79 and Renee Reilly Barbara Rentschler Patricia and Donald Rentschler * Sharon and Stan Retif ♦ Kenneth Rettig '61 and Eileen Rettig ♦ Marie G. Reydel Christy and Michael Rheam * Judith and Daniel Rhoads Joanna K. Rhoads '03 * Laura Dudley Ricci '73 Andrew Richards ♦ Monica and Joseph Richards * K. Richardson and Eileen Harris ♦ Randy Riesenberg and Gwen Kaminsky Riesenberg '78 Jonathan D. Rilling '92 F. Gregory Rink and Julie Girone Rink '88 ♦ Zachary Risler '04 and Lori Risler Charles Riter, Jr. '73 and Paisa Riter ♦ George Riter '76 and Nicole Riter ♦ Philip Rittenhouse 1760 and Mary Rittenhouse ♦ Peter Ritz and Sara Krupnick-Ritz ♦ George Ritzinger '53 and Patsy Ritzinger ♦ Colleen and Erik Rivers ♦ Leonard J. Roberts '92 Amy Robinson James M. Roche Jason Rocker and Corinn Berman Rocker '94 Lorraine and David Rodgers Victoria Rodgers '08 * Kathy and Norman Rodowicz Valentina Rodowicz ♦ Rozanna and Lorenzo Rogari * Jeannie and Carlos Rojas

Upper School chemistry students practice advanced lab techniques and engage in both traditional lab investigations as well as inquiry-based and design-thinking projects.

Aina and Dainis Roman ♦ Michael Roman, Jr. '87 and Nicole Roman ♦ Joanna and Matthew Rominger ♦ Lingwen Rong and You Chen * William Moore and Maria Rorer * Scott R. Rosan '90 Kathryn and Anthony Rosato * Olivia M. Rosato '15 Eve Rose Micki and Kenneth Rose ♦ Meade Rose '59 and Meryl Rose ♦ Jeremy Rosenau '51 and Lois Rosenau * Steven Rosenau '66 and Renee Rosenau * Jack Rosenfeld '76 and Linda Rosenfeld Alexandria Ross '10 * David Ross '73 and Anita Bower Cheryl and Paul Ross ♦ Zachary Ross '13 * Marcy and Gregory Rost * Patricia and Maurice Roth ♦ Helen and John Rotzell ♦ Susannah Denison Rouse '69 Jessica Rotzell Roy '00 ♦ Joseph Rozak 1760 Louis Rubinfield and Emily Rubinfield 1760 ♦ James P. Rueter '15 Matthew E. Rueter '15 Thomas A. Rueter '13 Catherine and Thomas Rueter ♦ Timothy W. Rueter '13 Danielle Ruppel '97 ♦ The Ruth Family Megan and Matthew Rutt Renee and Sean Ryan Samuel Salus II '51 and Kathryn Salus ♦

Gregg Samson '79 and Susan Samson Eileen and Andrew Sandifer * Matthew A. Sandifer '20 Susan and Robert Sands ♦ Maria and Matt Santoro * Ann and Jeffry Saputelli * Teresa and Robert Sarisky * Sean Sarles and Alicia Evans Allison and Evan Sasson * Sheila Sasson Carol Saunders ♦ Jenna Wolfe Saunders '04 ♦ Maura and Charles Saurman * Rekha and Niranjan Savani ♦ Paul Savering, Jr. 1760 Clark Sawyers and Alexis Frazier Sawyers '86 ♦ Alexander Ferrante and Theresa Scardino '78 ♦ Bruce Schachtel '58 and Marsha Schachtel Rich Schellhas 1760 ♦ Lillian and James Schildt Amy and Steven Schildt Eliza Hanson Schindler '01 ♦ Douglas Schleicher and Aili Lazaar ♦ Olivia and David Schlentz Jonathan Schmerling '73 and Veronica Schmerling ♦ Audrey and Michael Schnur ♦ Nicholas C. Schnur '19 Chris Schoenberg and Cindy Ziesing ♦ Jonathan Schoff '69 and Laura Schoff Kathryn Schuck Geoffrey Schwartz '87 and Heather Schwartz ♦

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Kymberly and Kenneth Schwartz ♦ Marshall Schwartz '89 and Jennifer Schwartz ♦ Moseley L. Schwartz '20 P. Hamilton Schwartz '67 and Carolyn Schwartz Leonard Schwarz ♦ Tom Durling and Hilary Seabrook Blust '82 Cynthia and Robert Segal William A. Segraves, Jr. '77 ♦ Joseph Seidle and Caren Zinman Seidle '77 * Alecia and Jack Seidman Richard Seitchik '56 and Lesley Seitchik ♦ Sinida and Sam Seldon Melinda and Anthony Seravalli ♦ Brianna M. Seravalli '14 Matthew S. Serota '06 J. Edward Serrill and Barbara Hitschler Serrill '68 ♦ Warren A. Sewell '05 William Seyfert III '62 and Mary Seyfert William G. Sfida and Eve Nacinovich Steven Shaffer '73 and Susan Shaffer ♦ Eileen and Robert Shaner ♦ R. Douglas and Suzanne Shank Anne L. Sheble '73 Barbara L. Sheble ♦ R. Lucas Shelly '90 and Karen Shelly Charles Shephard and Robin Rosenfeld Shephard '75 ♦ Alan Sheppard '51 and Mary Sheppard * Mark J. Shimrock II '05 Lauren and Edmond Shinn Jiang and Anthony Shu * Winston Shu and Cassandra Liu * Cindy A. Siano Catharine E. Sibel '99 Laina and Jed Silversmith * Susan Silversmith James Simms and Pamela Lorenzon Simms '86 Doug Simon and Jessica Pollock Simon '91 Shireen Singh Monica and Dale Sinker * Dominic L. Sinker '18 Scott Sinker '90 and Krista Sinker * Kenneth Skoug, Jr. ♦ Michael Roller and Reed Skoug ♦ Elaine Sloan Michael Sloane '84 and Kelly Sloane ♦ Margaret and James Smigiel Melissa and Andrew Smith Arthur Smith III '57 and Betsy McCaul ♦ Bradley S. Smith '92 Cynthia P. Smith ♦

Harriet F. Smith '73 ♦ Marlene M. Smith Nikki L. Smith Robin E. Smith '71 ♦ Ruth K. Smith Scott Smith '69 and Carolyn Smith Theodora and Thomas Smith Stanley B. Smullen III '53 * Andrew W. Smyth '57 Regina and Dennis Smyth Denny Smyth Robert Smyth Judith L. Snyder * Steven Snyder '56 and Judith Snyder * John Soeffing, Jr. '50 and Geraldine Soeffing Laurie Johnson Solakian '76 ♦ Emily Solis-Cohen '06 and Joshua Bochner ♦ Sara Solis-Cohen '76 ♦ Jason Somma and Jennifer Tamburri Somma '99 William Song '86 and Bomi Song Tracy and Peter Spain * R. Paul Speece '72 Noah J. Spratt '20 Daniel St. Jean ♦ Leonard Stachitas and Martha Zabriskie Stachitas '72 ♦ Beth A. Stack Jennifer L. Stack '14 Scott Stack '09 Annette and Martin Stalone * Katherine R. Stambaugh '16 Andrea C. Stampone '10 James Staples and Jennifer Mishkin Marcia and John Staples Patrice and Joseph Steck Rachel and Matthew Steinberg Mark Stephens 1760 and Janet Stephens ♦ Sarah and Steven Sterious George Stern '65 and Deborah Stern * Marley B. Sternberg '14 Stanford Stevenson, Jr. '56 and Eleanor Stevenson ♦ Sharon and John Stipa ♦ Erick Straub '01 and Caitlin Straub Fred Straub III '67 and Beth Straub ♦ Jason Straub 1760 ♦ Mark Straubel and Alice Loper * William Strickland and Elizabeth McFarland Strickland '70 Robert Strimel, Jr. '71 and Kathleen Doyle-Strimel Adam Strube and Alexa Haines Strube '04 Frederick Stuart, Jr. '61 and Karen Davis ♦ Suzanne and Daniel Sullivan ♦ Jeffrey Sultanik '72 and Judith Clyman ♦ Sara Sultanik '05 and Justin Hurowitz

Benjamin Sun and Daphne Hu ♦ Jacqueline Supplee ♦ Jo and William Supplee ♦ R. Gregory Sutcliffe, Jr. '49 and Mary Sutcliffe ♦ Beth and Edward Swanson * Andrea N. Sweeney '89 ♦ Arthur Sweeney '69 and Barbara Sweeney ♦ Michelle and Christian Szautner ♦ Susan and Michael Szczepkowski * Thomas Taft 1760 ♦ Carlos Vazquez and Genevieve Taft-Vazquez '94 Alia Tahvildaran ♦ Weixin Tang and Qian Chen * Heather Tannenbaum Taylor-Morgan V. Tappen '15 Henok Tassew and Belchaye Demisse Beth W. Taylor Peter Tegner III '79 and Jeannie Tegner * Ronald Tempest 1760 Alex and Bayard Templeton ♦ Anne Tenthoff Patricia and Joel Terefenko ♦ Richard Thatcher, Jr. 1760 ♦ Scott Theobald and Azlen Oskanian Theobald '90 Roderick Thomas * Catherine Thompson '77 ♦ Melissa and Jeffrey Thompson * Diane and Steve Thompson Jacqueline and Leon Thurlow ♦ Tyler N. Thurlow '14 Zachary W. Thurlow '20 Karin and Benjamin Tinsley Adele Tippett Christopher Tobias and Lori Lorant-Tobias Will Tonkin and Lauren Quaile Tonkin '97 * Joseph Petrone, Jr. and Kathleen Tornetta Joseph Torres and Suzanne Etris Torres '77 * Michael Torrey and Elizabeth Shapiro ♦ Darlene and William Torzolini ♦ Jane and Mario Toscano Karen and Christopher Towne Shawn and Andrew Towne * Lindsay and Timothy Townhill * Margaret Traina Luke P. Trainer '91 Julie and Kevin Trapp Mark Tredinnick '73 and Jean Tredinnick ♦ Donna and Matthew Trotter Deborah True Thomas True and Cynthia Kelley Jin Chen and Tsung Tsai Lea V. Tsoubanos '10 Michael Turner '91 and Meredith Rizzo Turner '91 *

Adam Turteltaub and Rhea Pincus Turteltaub '78 ♦ Kenneth Twiford '58 and Gail Twiford ♦ Carla and Douglas Twitchell Henry Upright ♦ William Ushler '87 and Tricia Ushler ♦ Tina and Steve Vaganos * W. Stoddard Valentine '74 Nanette and Joseph Valeriani Elizabeth P. Van Blarcom '20 Emilie W. Van Blarcom '14 Mary Anne Van Blarcom ♦ Lauren and Nino Vanin * Lindsey Vaughan and Heidi Zimmerman Vaughan '87 * Kezirah L. Vaughters '91 * Divida Veneziano Isabella Venziale '20 Michele and Bernard Vieille ♦ Harold Vikoren Thomas Vikoren and Laura Fitzpatrick Jeanine and Peter Villari ♦ Antonia von Zuben * Daniel Brown and Helga Vutz * James Wade ♦ Charles Wagner and Emily Wagner 1760 * Carin Walden Donna Waldman '69 Merri and Michael Walkenstein * Jeremy K. Walker '96 Maureen and John Walsh Patricia Walsh Elfrida E. Walton '80 ♦ John Walton III 1760 and Cornelia Walton ♦ Cheng Wang and Ping Hu Michael Wang and Charlene Zhang * Lisa and Jeffrey Wanner Marijo and Douglas Washburn ♦ Angie J. Waters Brooke Watson ♦ J. Gibson Watson III '73 and Robbie Watson ♦ Maureen and Peter Waxler ♦ Christopher Weber '09 and Carolina Weber * Cheryl and Richard Weber ♦ Bridget and Matthew Weidemoyer Lauren E. Weihenmayer '99 Will Weihenmayer, Jr. '03 and Nikki Weihenmayer ♦ Elizabeth and William Weihenmayer ♦ Daniel Weintraub '82 and Beth Weintraub ♦ Jeffrey Weintraub '81 and Velma Velazquez ♦ Bruce Weise and Holly Hoofnagle Weise '68 ♦ Lawrence Weiss and Stephanie Sweet ♦

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Katherine and Martin Weiss ♦ William Welch '64 and Connie Welch Frank Wells, Jr. '57 and Mayris Wells * Richard Welsh '94 and Siobhan Nicholas Welsh '91 Alan Werther '88 and Meredith Werther Michael J. Werther '91 Meg and Herbert Wescott Olivia Westover '20 John A. Westrum '82 Kurt Wetzel '88 and Jennifer Wetzel ♦ Amy and Lawrence Wetzel Felicia and Richard Wezner Ethel White Justin White '93 and Kristen White Kirk White '57 and Marilyn White Philip White and Philip Huang Daniel Whitehead and Ruth DiRienzo Whitehead Todd Whitenack '92 and Ginger Whitenack William Whiteside, Jr. '47 Janis Whittaker 1760 ♦ Edward G. Wiernicki '17 Shelby M. Wildgust '12 Richard Wilhelm Alvin L. Williams, Jr. '93 Alena and Antonio Williams Denise and Brian Williams ♦ Carolyn Williams

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Constance and Keith Williams ♦ Robert Williams '68 * Sandra B. Williamson '70 ♦ Penny and J. Kent Willing * Jeremy Willits '81 and Elizabeth Willits * Glenn Wilson ♦ Joan and Thomas Wilson Eric Wimmers '61 and Inge Wimmers * Joanne and Joseph Winning * Kelly J. Winning '02 Robert Wolf '69 and Dorothy Wolf William Wolf '59 and Emily Wolf Theodore Wood III '85 and Michelle Wood ♦ Schuy and Theodore Wood ♦ Jean M. Woodring ♦ Elizabeth and James Woodward ♦ Minnie and Arthur Woody * James Wright and Kelly White Patty and Clarence Wurts * Hugh Wyatt '56 and Connie Wyatt Nicholas Wynia Jack Wyszomierski and Kathy Wyszomierski 1760 ♦ Michael J. Wyszomierski '02 Yilai Ye Ralph Young, Jr. '50 and Joyce Young ♦ Xunhui Yu and Min Huang Lisa and Brian Yuskevich

Contributing to GA is a great way to continue my relationship with my alma mater. They helped me discover what I am passionate about,

find lifelong relationships with both faculty and students, and develop my academic skills that translated directly into the collegiate community. GA has given me so much, and for that I am so grateful.

Tyler Thurlow ’14

Susan and John Zaharchuk ♦ Megan and Edward Zakarewicz Radi Zaki and Laura Blair ♦ Jianjun Zhan and Qizhi Dai Jianwen Zhao and Ann Sun Wei Zhou and Chen Lu Carla and Joel Zighelboim ♦ Gladiola Zighelboim Keira Zimmerman '90 * Ian Hegarty and Sarah Zimmerman Michael Zinkand '97 and Meredith Zinkand Andrew Zivitz and Jacqueline Kaiser Zivitz '91 ♦ James Lester and Heather Zuber '90 * Suzanne and John Zurcher *

The individuals listed below were honored with an Annual Fund gift in their name.

Jamie Albert Lucas G. Albert '26 Sarah M. Albert '29 Laurence Altman and Catherine Korman Altman '83 James Anderson Kristy Asral Carol Peery Ayers 1760 Aimee Whitenack Bates '94 Carsen Begley '18 Paige Begley '22 Julia Blumenreich 1760 Jodi Bohr 1760 Margaret Bradley Bella Brahmabhatt Caryn Brereton Jennifer Brownstein Giovanni Bucci '33 Elizabeth F. Buckman Rebecca Burnett Lisa Van Blarcom Butler '82 Erica Fleming Cannon '02 Alyssa Caracausa '06 Diana Caramanico '97 Katharine Cassidy Carlos Chubb Christopher Chung Barbara Seeburger Cipolloni '72 Matthew Cohen Janelle Collett Anthony Commale III Jeremy Correnti Elizabeth Cravero Deena Diorio Cross '90 Madelaine Cusick '09 Glenda B. Daulerio 1760 Aisha Dawe Charlotte Dean Declan M. Dean '26 Seamus M. Dean '20 Matthew Dence Leah DePaul Jeanne DiChiara

James C. DiFranco Andrew Dolan Stephen Dolan Kyle Donahue '14 Kristen M. Donches 1760 Hannah Doucette DeLane Doyle Sara Honickman Drotman '09 Heather N. Durkin 1760 Elizabeth Walton Duryea '75 James E. Eichsteadt Cory Eklund Amber Esco James Evarts and Alexis Smith Evarts '97 Lisa Fee Marc Feldman and Alison Korman Feldman '78 Judy Abramson Felgoise James Fenerty 1760 Melissa Fikioris Benjamin Finelli '08 Gary S. Finkelstein Corina Fleming '07 Anne M. Flood Susan Fornicola Lauren Fosnight Mary Fraser Jonathan Freeman Desrene and Marc Freeman Sara Fridirici Michelle A. Friedman Shannon Funt Heather Galante Christine Dovey Galloway '90 Anthony N. B. Garvan, Jr. 1760 Germantown Academy Art Department Belfry Club Class of 2020 Lower School Faculty and Staff Middle School Faculty and Staff Security Department Upper School History Department Tim Ginter Lisa Goldenberg '82 and Michael Goldenberg Diane Goldstein 1760 Jan Goldstein Bruce A. Goodman 1760 Judi J. Goodman 1760 Brian P. Grady Jean Grady Betty Grant 1760 Coulten F. Grasela '22 Robin and Gary Greenbaum Lori R. Griswold 1760 Allison Guenthner Rebecca Bown Harobin '88 Tracy Hehmeyer Lauren Finkelstein Hellman '95 Genie Hill Virginia D. Hofmann 1760 Troy Holiday '01 Joy E. Holmes 1760 Jeffrey Honickman '75

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Mauri Honickman '12 Christopher K. Horner Richard Horner Misha Horsey Bertina C. Hsu-Miller Daphne Hu Amy Huselton Keeley Jennings Peter T. Jennings '99 Stephanie Jennings Jonas Jeswald Samantha MacGregor Jordan '88 Kellianne Kaput Sarah Kebaugh Margaret Kelly Sarah Kesten Jessica G. Killo Cecilia Kim Julie K. Kimmel Dominique M. Kliger Bradley Korman '83 and Pamela Korman Carla Kotik Michael Koziol Judith Krouse 1760 Sara Krupnick-Ritz Charles J. Landgrebe 1760 Mark Langsfeld '89 and Karen Langsfeld Aiden Lechwar '31 Mason A. Lechwar '29 Lisa Ledwith Dion K. Lehman Juan A. Leon Anne Leonard Brandi Lerner Adam M. Leven Lindsay Levin Sean M. Lipschutz '22 Claire Lonergan Tayna Longino David L. Love Richard G. Lyntton Marina Makaron Kimberly Malone Laura Buckley Martin '82 Graham Martin Lisa G. Martin 1760 William C. Martin '20 Karen A. Mason Charles Masters Janet Maurer 1760 Marisa McAuliffe 1760 Marnie McDonald Grace McGettigan '20 Kara McPhillips Margaret Mary McVeigh 1760 Susan J. Merrill Kenya L. Minor Rose Marie Mirabile Amanda Mitchell Steven Moll Victor Montemayor Gianna E. Mooney '25 Kimberly Whittaker Morris '92 Diana Shank Mulroy '88

James B. Murray '87 Laura Muscelli Grace S. Na David Nagel Kathryn Nathan Susan A. Negro 1760 Craig G. Newberger 1760 Kathryn Oakes Wilson H. Oelkers, Jr. 1760 and Emily Oelkers Grace Parker Chetna A. Patel Casey L. Patrick '07 Erin L. Patrick '13 Shannon E. Patrick '06 Alvina Peat Yolanda Peat '21 Stephanie S. Pepper Antoinette Peters Renee Petersohn Erin Pfeffer William P. Piszek '77 Carly A. Pruitt '16 Matthew H. Pruitt '15 Carolyn Purdy Margie Quinn Mark W. Rabuck '86 Allison Rader Thomas Razler Sharon F. Retif Michael Rheam Melissa Richards K. Richardson Philip R. Rittenhouse 1760 Colleen Rivers Courtney Thomson Robertson '94 Jordan L. Robertson '21 Travis J. Robertson '24 Dainis Roman Joanna Rominger Kristin C. Rorer '16 Kathy Rosato Robert Rose '74 Andrew D. Sandifer, Sr. Juliana T. Sarisky '18 Allison Sasson Maura Saurman Christopher Schell and Joanne Finkelstein Schell '91 Rich Schellhas 1760 Amy Schildt David Schlentz Emma G. Schneck '21 Leslie Schumacher Marshall Schwartz '89 and Jennifer Schwartz Moseley L. Schwartz '20 Sarah L. Segal '07 Elisabeth H. Serra Amber Shainline Susan Shim Hunter R. Sloan '22 Jacob Spain '23 Zachary Spain '20 Daniel St. Jean John Stipa

Daniel J. Sullivan Jo A. Supplee Beth A. Swanson Ted Swanson Susan D. Szczepkowski Thomas Taft 1760 Alia Tahvildaran Heather Tannenbaum Jeffrey Thompson and Family Benjamin Tinsley Sandra Tobias Michael D. Torrey Tsung Tsai Colleen Vaccaro Nicole Valeriani '25 Elizabeth Van Blarcom '20 Lauren Vanin Divida Veneziano Erin von Zuben Helga Vutz Mary Walton Samuel Wang '23 Brooke L. Watson Kurt Wetzel '88 Ruth Whitehead Janis Whittaker 1760 Christopher Wiseman Nancy and Richard Wolfson James W. Wright Kateryna Podgorny Yevmenova Carla Zighelboim Morgen Zighelboim '23 Zachary Zighelboim '26

Gifts were made to the Annual Fund in memory of the individuals listed below.

Madlyn K. Abramson Danny Angeline '00 Dante Battistini William E. Bierlin, Jr. '59 Peter Biggs 1760 Hilary Bitan '08 Carol R. Buckley 1760 James A. Calvani, Jr. '47 Francis J. Carey 1760 Hector J. Carlos Wendye Tourison Carnecchia '69 Yat-Shu Chang Daniel Chen '13 Francis Crippen '02 Bernard L. Dallas '61 Virginia B. Day 1760 Mary Jane Dean Joe Dial Herbert E. Doerr '36 Herbert E. Doerr III '59 Carolyn Donahue Roger M. Eastlake '59 Natalie Egleston '82 Dorothy S. Feigin Joanne Finegan Joyce Galetti

Andrew Gill '12 Jean Griswold Lincoln T. Griswold Joseph B. Hauck '62 Sandy Hersh Walter Hoesel 1760 Christopher J. Hovsepian '80 Ellwood Jones '48 R. Gardner Kahoe III '68 Michael S. Kane '73 Michael A. Koals Jane Korman Dolores A. Landgrebe Vincent LePore '42 David Leshan John Lindsay '21 Anne C. MacVaugh '79 Judith and David Mallery Peter McVeigh 1760 Harry Mirabile, Sr. David George Moyer Robert Murphy Robert B. Murray '59 George G. Nahill '60 Christopher J. Nunes '14 Ketan V. Patel Charles Peacock, Jr. '94 Gloria B. Pflaumer 1760 Walter Pflaumer '30 John Reydel Eve Rose George W. Samson '51 Robert E. Sanders '47 Harold H. Saunders '48 Michael Sharp '61 Barbara L. Sheble John W. Sheble '47 Kristen Toland Jim Van Blarcom '80 Peter P. Van Blarcom Cornelia Walton Craig S. White '88 Bill Whitney John Whittaker 1760 Robert Williamson, Jr. '44 Virginia Williamson John H. Wolf, Jr. '54 Sara Wolf 1760 Edward A. Woodring 1760

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Germantown Academy is grateful to the following members of our community who made leadership contributions of $1,759 or more to the Annual Fund and/or Restricted Funds across the school during the 2019-20 year.These generous gifts benefited students in all divisions, helping make every day at GA a great day!

PATRIOTS SOCIETY OF DONORS (Gifts of $1,759+ to the Annual Fund)

Green Tree Inn Patriots ($20,000 and above) Laura W. Brewer '80 Krista and Reid Buerger Anne and Mark Dooley Bruce Goodman 1760 and Judi Goodman 1760 Berton Korman 1760 and Sallie Korman

Fort Washington Patriots ($15,000 to $19,999) Kent Griswold '76 and Lori Griswold 1760 Bradley Korman '83 and Pamela Korman Jeffrey Sultanik '72 and Judith Clyman

“In the fall of 2019, we moved home to Philadelphia and our oldest daughter started at GA. There is so much we love about GA, notably, the dedicated teachers, the beautiful campus, and the commitment to mission. We were resolved to make a GA education available to more children and decided to establish an endowed scholarship. It is our hope that our three daughters continue our GA legacy, both by becoming fully engaged community members as students and by growing this endowment throughout their lives.”

~ Diana Rodgers’03 and Michael Genuardi ’03 P’31

Camp Hill Patriots ($10,000 to $14,999) Jamie and Josh Albert Hilary Budny Betty and Brian Dovey Margaret Freeman Amy and William Geissele Jeffrey Honickman '75 and Marjorie Honickman Michael Jordan and Samantha MacGregor Jordan '88 Robert McNeil III '80 and Jane McNeil Cheryl and Paul Ross Eileen and Andrew Sandifer

Academy Patriots ($5,000 to $9,999) Laurence Altman and Catherine Korman Altman '83 Laura and Benjamin Archer Robert Asher '55 and Joyce Asher Bela and Jaspal Bagga Dana and Anthony DiSandro Lillian and Anthony DiSandro Thomas Durkin '89 and Merigo Durkin Jaime and Jason Hersh Eloise and William Hyndman John Korman '76 and Amy Korman Jane and Leonard Korman David Lawson '70 and Julie Lawson Susan and Jeffrey Legos Patrick McGinnis, Jr. '78 and Susan Stratton McGinnis '78 Collin McNeil '69 and Virginia McNeil Robert McNeil '69 and Jennifer McNeil Amy and Michael Menkowitz Mehmet Oz and Lisa Lemole Oz '81 Edmund Pribitkin and Yvette Marquez-Pribitkin Luisa Ramirez and Justo Sierra Johnson Sandra and Carl Rapp Teresa and Robert Sarisky Rich Schellhas 1760 J. Edward Serrill and Barbara Hitschler Serrill '68 Thomas Vikoren and Laura Fitzpatrick Lawrence Weiss and Stephanie Sweet Philip White and Philip Huang Denise and Brian Williams Glenn Wilson Jack Wyszomierski and Kathy Wyszomierski 1760 Xunhui Yu and Min Huang

Founding Patriots ($2,500 to $4,999) Alison and Timothy Amann Scott Badami and Heather Rheiner Badami '88 Philip Bernstein '60 and Leslie Bernstein John K. Binswanger '50 Margaret and Aaron Blades Liane and Philip Browne Karen Buchholz John Cannon III '72

Judy and Kieran Cody Patrick Connelly and Amy Seyfert Connelly '90 Katherine Dean Andrew Deming and Meredith Shepherd Deming '89 Douglas Diamond '80 and Regina Diamond Jeanne and Robert DiChiara Pamela and Brian DiDonato Timothy Durkin, Jr. '93 and Heather Durkin 1760 Judy and Marc Felgoise Mark Gabrielson and Betsy Birkmann Gabrielson '74 John Galloway and Christine Dovey Galloway '90 William Garbose 1760 and Lynne Garbose Jaclyn and Norman Goldberger Michelle and Bryant Goodridge Sara and James Gowing Michael Hanamirian and Carol Momjian Stephen Harburg '78 and Dale Harburg Cynthia and Michael Hashemian Tracy and Charles Hehmeyer M. Stroud Hellebusch and Annamarie Geppert Hellebusch '84 Steven Irons and Heather Harper Irons '88 Kimberly and Brian Itterly M. Michael Jacobs and Carolyn Korman Jacobs '80 Kristin and Eric Knopping Mark Korman '86 and Kelly Korman Cari and Alan Lasdon Robert Leininger '83 Kyeong-Ah and Adam Leven Sandra and Scott Lillis Stephen MacRae and Claire Ragusa MacRae '84 David Martin 1760 and Laura Buckley Martin '82 Jennifer and Douglas McHugh Ramin Mehrgan and Pouya Hatam Adam Meinstein and Odile Gelinard Pamela and Michael Metro Hugh Moulton and Catherine Moulton 1760 Michael Mulroy, Jr. and Diana Shank Mulroy '88 Kathleen McGinnis Oberkircher '76 Lawrence O'Brien, Jr. '62 and Ellen O'Brien Salvatore Paone '95 and Erin O'Hearn-Paone Suzanne Perot 1760 George Riter '76 and Nicole Riter Jiang and Anthony Shu Michael Sloane '84 and Kelly Sloane Harriet F. Smith '73 William Song '86 and Bomi Song Beth and Edward Swanson Thomas Taft 1760 Richard Thatcher, Jr. 1760 Will Weihenmayer, Jr. '03 and Nikki Weihenmayer Theodore Wood III '85 and Michelle Wood Schuy and Theodore Wood

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1759 Patriots ($1,759 to $2,499) Nancy and Akhil Agrawal Marc Baer and Simi Kaplin Baer '91 Linda and Bruce Baron Jennifer and Ira Brownstein Danilo Casimiro and Joyce Laquindanum Yong Chang '85 and Terri Chang Eric Creighton and Caroline Armour Vincent Curran, Jr. and Kali Alexander Curran '02 Aurelio DeCaro II '92 and Allison DeCaro Bethany and Patrick Duthie Lisa and Brendan Fee Heidi and Neal Feigles Marc Feldman and Alison Korman Feldman '78 Brinton Frith '88 and Nicole Frith Akshay Gadre and Suwarna Mahajan Christopher Gadsden and Eleanore Gadsden 1760 Jennifer and Christopher Gavigan Donald Grant and Betty Grant 1760 Janet and Kevin Haugen Carol and Raymond Heath J. Alexander Henry '86 and Kristen Henry Dian and Philip Herman Aaron Holmes and Catherine Klein Susan and Peter Honig Jennifer and Peter Honigmann Tish and Steven Jackaman Jennifer and Neal Jacobs Al Brown and Marie Koals 1760 George Ku and Elena Lawrence Margaret and Daniel Lawlor Gavin R. McFarland Juncai Meng and Ying Gu Susan and Charles Miller Gretchen Murray Geoffrey Newton and Diana Helweg Newton '84 Larissa and Alexander Ostrovsky Renee and Andrew Petersohn Lingwen Rong and You Chen Louis Rubinfield and Emily Rubinfield 1760 Susan and Robert Sands Carol Saunders Audrey and Michael Schnur Winston Shu and Cassandra Liu Robin E. Smith '71 Tracy and Peter Spain Leonard Stachitas and Martha Zabriskie Stachitas '72 Benjamin Sun and Daphne Hu Susan and Michael Szczepkowski Darlene and William Torzolini Donna and Matthew Trotter Adam Turteltaub and Rhea Pincus Turteltaub '78 Jeanine and Peter Villari William Welch '64 and Connie Welch Alan Werther '88 and Meredith Werther Constance and Keith Williams Jianwen Zhao and Ann Sun Carla and Joel Zighelboim

RESTRICTED GIVING

$25,000 and above Yan Chen and Tan Yuen Copernicus Society of America Michael Genuardi '03 and Diana Rodgers '03

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Germantown Academy Parents' Committee Bruce Goodman 1760 and Judi Goodman 1760 Geoffrey Jackson '87 and Gretchen Jackson Michael Jordan and Samantha MacGregor Jordan '88 The Glenn L. and Kathleen W. Kelly Trust Berton Korman 1760 and Sallie Korman Bradley Korman '83 and Pamela Korman Leslie and William MacDonald The Mill Spring Foundation The Estate of Barbara L. Sheble The Estate of Ruth K. Smith $10,000 to $24,999 Anonymous (2) Sharyn Berman and Family John Galloway and Christine Dovey Galloway '90 Gina and Craig Garretson Sang and Yeong Hong Dawn and David Katz Kyeong-Ah and Adam Leven Joel Magerman '78 and Tonja Magerman The Philadelphia Foundation Alecia and Jack Seidman The Ann and Murray Spain Foundation Tracy and Peter Spain

Helen and Allen Chiang Timothy Durkin, Jr. '93 and Heather Durkin 1760 Robert Gorman and Marisa Graziano Robert Johnston '69 and Dale Johnston Mark Korman '86 and Kelly Korman David Lawson '70 and Julie Lawson Lisa and Josh MacArthur William Packer, Jr. '69 and Meg Packer George Riter '76 and Nicole Riter Thomas Taft 1760 Richard Thatcher, Jr. 1760

In addition to supporting the Annual Fund, we are pleased to direct our PA individual income tax dollars to help fund Financial Aid at GA. The Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) and Special Purpose Entity (SPE) programs are incredibly easy and, especially in a year like this, critical in assisting many of our families

$5,000 to $9,999 Anonymous Laura and Benjamin Archer Scott Badami and Heather Rheiner Badami '88 Dorothy V. Cassard Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation Judy and Kieran Cody Pamela and Brian DiDonato Thomas Fuchs and Amy Reydel Fuchs '87 M. Stroud Hellebusch and Annamarie Geppert Hellebusch '84 William Holmes '93 and Allison Holmes Matthew Kahn '93 and Nikki Kahn Kandan Kulandaivel and Jamie Swanson Robert McCammon, Jr. '57 Robert McNeil '69 and Jennifer McNeil Salvatore Paone '95 and Erin O'Hearn-Paone Catherine and Salvatore Paone Michele and James Peruto Jonathan Schoff '69 and Laura Schoff Christa and Richard Seidman The Estate of Steven L. Snyder Jeffrey Sultanik '72 and Judith Clyman Janis Whittaker 1760 Alvin L. Williams, Jr. '93

remain at GA.

Michael Jordan and Samantha MacGregor Jordan '88 P’19 ’21 ’23

$1,759 to $4,999 Anonymous W.P. Carey Foundation

This report presents the names of donors who made gifts to Germantown Academy between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020. Donors whose gifts were received after June 30 (the fiscal year end) will be included in next year’s Annual Report. The Office of Institutional Advancement strives to record and report all gifts and donor names accurately, but omissions and errors can occur. We ask that you report any inaccuracies to Kellianne Kaput at kelli.kaput@germantownacademy.org or 267-4057314 so that we may correct them for the future.

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1760s

Upper School Spanish Teacher and Modern Language Department CoChair Carol Ayers 1760 connected with Hannah Fried ’16 at the Notre Dame-Duke men’s basketball game last winter when her son, Ryan Ayers ’05 was an assistant coach for Notre Dame. Hannah was a cheerleader at Duke University where she recently earned her Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science. "I really enjoyed seeing my former student do somersaults all over Duke’s arena!" said Mrs. Ayers.

1960s

Jim Behrend ’64 and his wife found this photo while going through old scrapbooks.

“I thought some of my old classmates would enjoy it,” he wrote. “I am not sure when it was taken, but it may have been around 1979.”

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1970s

After teaching medieval history for over 20 years at the University of Arizona, Alan Bernstein ’57 has recently published Hell and Its Rivals, part of his multi-volume history series. He is currently working on a sequel. Bernstein also founded a website, www.tempoandhup.com, dedicated to altruism and its implications for public policy. Happy in Oakland, California, he and his wife, JoAnne, recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. In recent months, Alan has committed himself to working for a Democratic victory with a group called Force Multiplier. In his spare time, he stays home to avoid COVID-19 and takes walks with JoAnn. He writes, “correspondence with a wide range of friends by email and Zoom is a fringe benefit of the quarantine.”

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IN MEMORIAM

Barbara Pflaumer ’69, Glenn Goldenberg ’72 and his wife Vivian took time to snap this fun photo at The Getty Center in Los Angeles on January 4, 2020 before they left for a trip to New Zealand.

Fran Cannon ’74 and Bob Cannon ’76 recently had the honor of playing golf with a living legend of the game, Gary Player.

Want to guess who won?

Alison and Mark Logan ’74 are grandparents for a second time, but had to wait almost three months to see Cora Lee Logan, born to son and daughter in law Derick and Maggie Logan, in Manchester, New Hampshire on Feb. 28. The viral outbreak stopped travel, so the first meeting was a quick trip to New

Berton Korman 1760 John Walton III 1760 John K. Whittaker 1760 Martin Buehler III ’42 Edward Keely ’42 George White ’42 George Beehler ’44 John Vogel ’47 Harold Beck ’48 Wayne Biecker ’48 Richard Hassold ’48 Ellwood Jones ’48 William Feist ’53 James G. Fraser ’55 David Kirsh ’55 Steven Snyder ’56 Neal Schachtel ’57 Kirk F. White ’57 Alan Holmes ’59 Lewis Allen ’60 Ned Woody ’60 James Tauder ’74 Christine Wainwright ’75 Bryan Connor ’77 David Tornetta ’77 Kimberly Wetzel ’87 Cynthia Van Zandt ’93

Hampshire in late June. Cora was nicknamed "Coco" by her two-year old brother Miles because he found that easier to say. After leaving veterinary practice and spending a year in Washington, DC as an AAAS/AVMA Congressional Science Fellow in the office of Rep. Jeff Fortenberry NE-01, Mark is substitute teaching most every subject in two local high schools and doing small business accounting in a CPA’s office. He continues to look for state or federal government office employment in policy analysis.

Gus Carey ’75 is the Managing Director at Allergy Technologies implementing its Allergy Technologies Affordable Housing

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We Will Remember...Berton E. Korman 1760 Berton E. Korman 1760, Charter Trustee of Germantown Academy, passed away on July 1, 2020, at the age of 87. Appointed in 1969, Bert was a long-time member of the Board of Trustees and remained active in life at GA. He and his wife, Sallie, were proud parents of three GA graduates, John ’76, Carolyn ’80, and Jim ’84, and even more proud grandparents of their eight grandchildren who are also alumni of GA. Bert joined the GA community during the Academy’s early years in Fort Washington and played an integral role in the school’s continued development and growth, offering guidance and support for decades.

Control (ATAHC) program with Housing and Urban Development, housing management in Philadelphia and Baltimore, and researchers to improve the quality of life for affordable housing residents. By tackling allergen-producing pests and bed bugs, this unique program is expected to save millions of dollars in treatment and health related costs.

GA PreK teacher Betsy Walton Duryea ’75 celebrated her 40th year teaching at GA during the 2019-20 school year.

ZoomerGAng ’78! Debbie Dickson Biamon ’78 wrote: “Celebrating strong GA women with strong ties. Since shut down in March we’ve been enjoying Thursday 5pm EST happy hour, rarely missing a week, from near and far. We’ve giggled, laughed, applauded, celebrated, consoled, and supported each other in a very familiar way, just now with a new perspective. So blessed we are! Best of all most of us were able to do Zoom in the same room (outdoors) courtesy of the creative Alison Korman Feldman ’78 who hosted our fabulous GA themed night for all who could join. There’s nothing like

A graduate of Cheltenham High School and University of Pennsylvania, Bert was equally committed to advancing non-profit institutions through administration and philanthropy. Besides the GA Board, he sat on the Board of the Franklin Institute, Penn’s Graduate School of Design, Philadelphia Savings Fund Society, Philadelphia Orchestra, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Jupiter Medical Center, and the Palm Beach Cultural Council.

As Rich Schellhas 1760 noted, “GA is a stronger school as a result of Bert’s involvement and that of the entire Korman Family. Bert’s mark on the advancement of GA is undeniable.”

true friends!” (Left to right): Debbie Dickson Biamon ’78, Theresa Scardino Ferrante ’78, Alison Korman Feldman ’78, Sandy Stewart Sandgren ’78, Shirley Honickman Hahn ’78, Cathy Smith Langlois ’78.

Missing: Lynne Meyers Goldstein ’78, Vicki Wilson Goodman ’78, and Sue Garfinkel ’78.

A great time was had by all at the home of Jerry McBride ’80 in Stone Harbor this summer. Albert Manwaring ’80 joined Jerry and Hillary Hickmott Baker ’79 (significant others included, but not allowed in the picture) for an intimate dinner party. Lots of laughs and great memories of our days at GA! With five additional GA alumni lending their support, Ted Davis ’79 married Goetz Eaton on September 22, 2019. The wedding took place at Glencoe House in Glencoe, Scotland.

Pictured from left to right are: Neil Pearlstine ’72, Susan Pearlstine ’70, Hillary Hickmott Baker ’79, Ted Davis ’79, Goetz Eaton, and Ted's nephew, Brad Davis ’95. Ted and Goetz now reside in Flourtown.

1980s

Ellen Stern Sternberg ’81 led the Class of 1981 in an off-year reunion gettogether in Chestnut Hill. Partly to remember and honor a number of classmates who have passed away, the classmates who came were focused on making time to be together. “Everyone was really appreciative of the chance to see one another and we’re talking about doing it again before our reunion next year,” wrote Ellen.

GA Director of Admission Laura Buckley Martin ’82 celebrated her 25th year working at GA during the 2019-20 school year.

Rebecca Garrett Brown ’82 wrote, “I enjoy getting together with Beth Anderson Califano for lunch now and then from the Class of ’82. My husband Arthur and I had a wonderful trip through the Panama Canal in October to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary.

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CLASS OF 2009

Leading from the Top: Ian Hillman ’09 Named to Forbes’ 30-Under-30 Like most Sixers fans, Ian Hillman ’09 is trusting The Process, even in an historic season that was put on ice for close to five months due to a world pandemic. As Vice President of Strategy at the Philadelphia 76ers and Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment (HBSE), Hillman is living The Process.

Personally, Hillman has undergone his own process since graduating from GA more than 11 years ago. The former Patriot Ambassador went from the Harkness Table to the board room in the blink of an eye and now manages 20 employees and a $4 million-plus budget while overseeing corporate strategy and business intelligence for HBSE properties, including the Sixers.

He also oversaw the rolling-up of HBSE’s properties into a single portfolio, and his involvement in corporate partnerships has helped generate more than $20 million in new revenue. For his truly impressive work, Hillman was recently named to Forbes’ “30 Under 30 Sports 2020” list.

“I feel very appreciative—it’s great to be recognized by Forbes, but more importantly I’m thankful for the opportunities I’ve been afforded so far in my career and grateful to have a job that I love going to every day,” said Hillman.

Hillman lead’s HBSE's Strategy and Analytics department of 20 employees spanning across corporate strategy, business intelligence, data and analytics, and digital marketing.

“We are responsible for strategy and analytics across all HBSE properties, which includes the Philadelphia 76ers, the New Jersey Devils, the Prudential Center, and GRAMMY Museum in Newark, HBSE’s Venture Capital fund, Sixers Innovation Lab, the esports franchise Dignitas, and several other investments across sports and entertainment,” said Hillman.

HBSE didn’t even exist when Hillman joined the Sixers three years ago. The investor group owned other properties, but they all operated separately. His first project was to help design HBSE from scratch and bring all the properties under one roof.

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“A small group of us tackled the project one step at a time and slowly chipped away,” said Hillman, who earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Political Science from Columbia University.

class at Columbia and the classroom was configured around a long table identical to a Harkness Table. As I walked in to find my seat I knew I was going to be just fine and felt the first-day jitters fade away. This also held true when I entered the corporate world and joined McKinsey & Company after college as a management consultant. Learning how to engage, listen, and succinctly get your point across at a Harkness Table in AP History is not that different from making a point in a board room sitting around a conference table.”

“GA provided the foundation not only in terms of academics, but also in developing the right work habits, time management, and prioritization skills that set you up for success in Although the Sixers’ NBA dreams were dashed in college and post-college in the championship first round, Hillman has his eyes the corporate world” focused on an even bigger life event—a “It was a rewarding experience to watch it come to life from diagrams on a white board to the organization we have today.”

Hillman noted that he uses skills he learned as a GA student on a daily basis.

Hillman started at GA in first grade and was a lacrosse and football captain. “I have a vivid memory of showing up to my first

festive wedding celebration in 2021! He and his fiancée, Liv, were officially married this past summer in a small ceremony with their parents and they look forward to the opportunity to celebrate with their family and friends.

“It would be great to pair my wedding ring with a 76ers championship ring one day!”

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Greetings Fellow Alums!

In this ever-changing environment, the Board of Directors of GA’s Alumni Society is working to continue to represent YOU, the Academy’s alumni body. With that in mind, already in 2020 we have updated the organization’s by-laws, identified new ways to advise and support the work of the Office of Institutional Advancement and added new alumni board members. We invite and encourage all alumni who are interested in being engaged with Germantown Academy to reach out to one of us or the Alumni Office. Although things will look a bit differently this year, we are excited for another year of partnership and engagement.

Go Patriots!

Will Weihenmayer ’03 w.weihenmayer@gmail.com

Will Weihenmayer ’03, President

Below are several ways to get involved with YOUR GA:

* Attend a virtual event! One of the benefits of Zoom is that geography is no longer an issue. Check out the events calendar for virtual classes, book clubs and even reunions! * Join Your Reunion Committee! Planning for reunions for classes ending in 1 or 6 will begin soon. Email alumni@germantownacademy.org to volunteer.

* Get on Patriot Connect! Now is the time to dive into your trusted GA network. Search or post jobs, promote your business, join a group, and more. Visit www.patriotconnect.net to get started. * Stay in touch! Update your contact information and career news, submit a class note, and volunteer.

2020-21 Alumni Society Board Members

Jennifer Rotzell Leming ’97, President-elect Voltaire Escalona ’10 Jim Fenerty 1760

Our son, Alex, is a freshman at SMU in Dallas and my brother Bo Garrett ’85, who is also an SMU graduate, has been able to visit Alex in Dallas. Bo works for Fox Sports and enjoys it. I am at UCSD Medical Center and am still enjoying nurse-midwifery and am very close to delivering my 2600th baby! The photo is myself with my brother Bo out in Manhattan Beach, California.”

Penny Rorer Moss ’83 checked in with a life update – “I have moved from Washington to Bozeman, Montana.

We are absolutely loving this small town and all the amazing outdoor recreation it has to offer! Would love to know if there are any other alums in Bozeman!”

Kent Griswold ’76 Emily Hyman ’10 Steven Jackson ’04 Claire Ragusa MacRae ’84 Christine McAuliffe ’02 Anne Marshall ’08

Pre-COVID-19, Annamarie Hellebusch ’84, Lisa Chiodo Dos ’84, Lauren Hockman Becker ’84, and Jennifer Goffman Greenawalt ’84 all enjoyed a trip together to Amelia Island, Florida.

Rick Gable ’84 and his family welcomed Annamarie Geppert Hellebusch ’84 to Manhattan Beach, Calif. in July.

Johnny Ioia ’85 writes “Hello All!!

Moved to Idaho after retiring from the New Jersey State Police and Army Reserves. Family is doing great. Have a daughter who will be graduating Boise State in December at only 19! My other daughter will be starting her junior year at Alabama at only 18! My boy starts high school in the fall as well. Stay GA strong!”

Joe Mirabile ’06 Al Piranian ’65 Becky Pizzino 1760 Scott Sinker ’90 Courtney Williams ’03

Leslie Stern Richards ’85 was named SEPTA’s General Manager in late 2019, becoming the second woman to hold the position at the nation’s sixth-largest transit agency. Richards previously served as the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Secretary. She was featured in The Philadelphia Inquirer on November 21, 2019 and January 24, 2020.

Upper School English Teacher Jamie Murray ’87 and his daughter, Ellie, landed quite a few fish last summer. In his 30-plus years of fishing in Maine, there had been only one other summer when the timing was right and there were stripers in Linekin Bay. The stars aligned this summer GERMANTOWN ACADEMY 35

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Led by Joseph Mirabile ’02 (above left), United Safety & Survivability Corporation (United Safety), a manufacturer of custom seating and fire suppression products for the transit, military, and first responder markets, has pivoted its manufacturing assembly lines in an effort to help meet the demand of lifesaving PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) by creating face shields and reusable N95-type masks to send to first responders, doctors, nurses and others on the front lines helping to defeat the COVID19 pandemic.

“Our mission, at United Safety, has always been to save lives,” said Mirabile, President and CEO, United Safety. “This is an extension of our mission that fits with the world today and we’re very proud to do our part to help. United Safety has always felt strongly about giving back to the community and to our country in as many ways as we can. In this case, we are uniquely positioned to provide lifesaving PPE gear to people we all look to as heroes – doctors, nurses.

Kim Whittaker Morris ’92, a longtime volunteer with Chestnut Hill Meals on Wheels, continued to work tirelessly to ensure that local homebound and elderly community members received their food during the pandemic. Despite the obvious challenges, she and her fellow volunteers quickly realized that they had to keep trying to get there. Buoyed by food donations from a local retirement community as well as homemade baked goods given by volunteers, the program has been able to support the local need.

“COVID definitely brought out a different level of generosity, especially with help for seniors. Maybe being forced to stay in your own home with limited access to food made people realize how lucky we all are.”

Since 2015, Dr. Rene Ashworth ’98 has been a hospitalist and oncology physician at New YorkPresbyterian Hospital focused on the care of cancer patients with acute illness or organ infection.

Like all doctors in NYC, Dr. Ashworth, and the “dynamic team” with which she works, faced a new norm in March as COVID-19 hit – the immediate discontinuation of surgeries and the forced need to triage their cancer patients. She shared how much they relied on each other and worked closely together to get through one of the most difficult times. Now she works hard to decompress after long shifts at the hospital, to be present with her husband, a teacher, and their three sons, all while she and her team prepare for a second wave of the virus.

Lauren Melley ’13, a fourth-year student physician at the Philadelphia College of

Fellow graduate Patrick Owens ’10 (above right), a producer at the Graham Company, spearheaded a project that gave his colleagues the opportunity to support the efforts of Mirabile’s company.

As of mid-June, United Safety has produced 80,000 face shields, 20,000 gowns, and 25,000 surgical masks.

Mirabile’s company also developed two new safety products: the United Safety Active Air Purification System and the AEGIS® Microbe Shield. When utilizing the two together, they effectively neutralize 99% of airborne pollutants such as bacteria, mold, and viruses – including COVID-19. Both of these have been pretty ground-breaking products that have helped to significantly combat the pandemic.

United Safety is also working in a new 200,000-square foot facility as a center for excellence in safety manufacturing and looking to hire 200 new people in the Exton area.

Lauren Melley ’13, a fourth-year student physician at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), started an initiative with her colleagues called “Medical Students for Masks” to help address severe personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages in the Delaware Valley. The initiative served frontline healthcare professionals at 34 different hospitals, first responders and care facilities.

Dr. Stephanie Lueckel ’96 is a trauma surgeon who oversees one of Rhode Island Hospital’s three COVID-19 intensive care units. On April 25, 2020, The Providence Journal documented one of her shifts as she and her colleagues fight to heal their patients.

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and he and Ellie were fortunate enough to land a few.

Bill Hyndman ’88 serves as the executive director of The First Tee of Greater Philadelphia, a youth development organization that instills life-enhancing values and promote healthy choices through the game of golf. The organization’s goal is not to teach all students to become expert golfers, but to teach all the children essential life skills so they can become good and active citizens in their community. Hyndman has been involved with The First Tee of Greater Philadelphia since 2015. James Nam ’94 and Will Weihenmayer ’03 are also involved in the work of The First Tee as Board members. The youth development organization serves over 25,000 students in the Philadelphia area and is in 76 elementary schools and youth organizations.

1990s

Steve Callahan ’90 was recently promoted to Managing Director, Communications for Altria Group in Richmond, Virginia.

Steve wrote, “exciting times for my company and I am focused on leading media relations and supporting our government and regulatory work. Hope to make it back to campus sometime soon!”

On July 30, 2020, Philadelphia Police Officer Frank Lynch ’90 was featured in WPVI-TV/6abc’s “Hometown Heroes”

series for aiding an elderly woman following an accident in the Port Richmond section of the city.

Dave Gerber ’91, who is the owner and president of Synergy Development and Training, has just published a children’s book entitled A Robot’s Journey To Find A Heart.

After 16 years, Patrick Gray ’91 stepped down as Polytechnic School (Pasadena, CA) girls varsity soccer head coach. Gray coached both GA boys and girls teams before making the move to the west coast. He led Polytechnic to the CIF-SS playoffs 12 times and he was named the Southern California Coach of the year by the California Coaches Association in 2015. Gray serves as the Middle School Director at Polytechnic.

In 2019, Joanne Finkelstein Schell ’91 launched her own company, a virtual health coaching service called Blueberry Nutrition. “We offer one on one coaching, in-app coaching, and

online courses and resources all meant to further our mission of helping women become the best version of their UNIQUE selves,” she shares. In summer 2020, she announced the launch of her new website – www.blueberry-nutrition.com.

Members of the Class of 1991 gathered for a “welcome home” party in Summer, 2019, for Michael 'Pup' Turner ’91 and his wife, Meredith Rizzo Turner ’91 as they celebrated Pup’s new position as Head of the Shipley School. Patriots in attendance included Jackie Kaiser Zivitz ’91, Simi Kaplin Baer ’91, Sarah Lawson Black ’91, Jessica Pollock Simon ’91, Joanne Finkelstein Schell ’91, Jennifer Hitchens ’91, and Amy Winter Mancini ’91.

Deadline reports that Netflix has acquired all rights to the untitled Leonard Bernstein film that Bradley Cooper ’93 will direct, star in, and produce from the script he co-wrote with Oscar-winning Spotlight scribe Josh Singer.

Andrew Avner ’95 wrote Toro, a middle school grade novel which enjoyed an early audiobook release in the spring of 2020.

Avner’s project took over 20 years to come

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CLASS OF 1979

Jean Buzby Honored for Post Harvest Food Loss Research

About an hour away from Washington, DC is Stone Cliff Farm, a picturesque farm that sits at the high point of Lake Manassas. For Jean Buzby, Ph.D. ’79, who purchased the land three years ago, the homestead in the rolling hills of Virginia is a dream come true.

“When I saw this—on a lake and it had 10.5 acres and it already had clear pastures and a stone house—I knew this was the one and I jumped on it,” said Buzby. “It’s really my dream. I put my heart and soul into the house and building the barn.”

Since then, Buzby has really embraced the farm life—pick-up truck, tractor, tools, and all. She went from owning one horse to three horses, a 100-pound rescue dog, and three cats. She’s also investigating the possibility of raising chickens for farm fresh eggs.

Stone Cliff Farm is a far different scene for Buzby than her Washington DC-based day job at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). She served in the USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) since 1990 and is currently on detail as the USDA Food Loss and Waste Liaison in the Office of the Chief Economist. It was actually her passion for horses since an early age and interest in business that led her to a life as an agriculture economist.

“I kind of fell into agricultural economics through my love of horses,” said Buzby, a lifer at GA who went on to earn her Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Business and Management from Pennsylvania State University before earning a Master’s Degree and Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural Economics from the University of Kentucky. “It was the intersection of two things that were important to me.”

The mission of the ERS is to anticipate trends and emerging issues in agriculture, food, the environment, and rural America and to conduct high-quality, objective economic research to inform and enhance public and private decision making. Over her career, Buzby has researched food safety and consumption. For the last 10 years she has focused on post-harvest food loss, an increasingly important topic as the world population increases while food-making resources like arable land, energy and fresh water are limited.

“I knew back then that food loss was going to be an important issue like recycling has become every day,” said Buzby. “Over the years, I took an outdated data system and developed new food loss estimates at the retail and consumer levels.”

Those estimates became internationally known, and on November 5, 2019 she received the “Research, Education, and Economics Mission Area Under Secretary’s Award” for exceptional work in the area of ERS Food Loss Estimates and Methodology and her interaction with domestic and international stakeholders.

Buzby estimates that 31 percent or 133 billion pounds of the 430 billion pounds of food produced in 2010 available for human consumption at the retail and consumer levels went uneaten. This amount of food loss totaled $161.6 billion, as purchased at retail prices. Her research has resulted in numerous journal articles, government publications, and presentations to a wide array of audiences.

In an ever-changing world, Buzby continues to embrace education the way she did during her days at GA.

“The key is having the desire to continually learn,” said Buzby. “Keep challenging yourself to grow and to do amazing things.”

"I think GA just gave me a strong foundation,” added Buzby, who played field hockey and lacrosse for the Patriots. “I have appreciated that foundation as I've gone through life. I liked the community. I knew many of the same people going through the grades. It was a good learning environment."

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to fruition. The story of Toro was originally inspired by Avner’s classmate Adam Barzilay ’95, who ran with the bulls in Spain in 1999. Toro won the NYC Big Book Award for "Best Audiobook" and also finished as a Distinguished Favorite in the "Juvenile Fiction" category. Avner has spent the last six years writing and producing short training films for Disney with regard to intellectual property protection. He has previously worked on Arrested Development and House and has written a number of screenplays.

Suzanne Feldheim Neuman ’95 joined the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network in March 2020 as Vice President of Finance & Financial Strategy. “Our mission is to double survival rates for one of the toughest cancer diagnoses” said Suzanne.

Edward Harris ’97 was named the president and CEO of Discover Lancaster which is the official destination marketing organization for Lancaster County. An estimated 8.85 million visitors to Lancaster County directly spent $2.24 billion in 2018, according to the organization. Harris joined the Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board in 2014 as chief marketing officer, overseeing branded experiences, seasonal advertising campaigns, digital marketing, printed publications, and membership events.

Jay Overcash ’97 helped create the new mixed-use development at 909 E. Willow Grove Avenue in Wyndmoor that features two-bedroom condos and street-level retail space.

On a perfect morning in May 2019, Jennifer Rotzell ’97 married Patrick

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ALUMNI EVENTS ARE STILL HAPPENING! Coming off of a successful spring with our virtual events, we are looking at a fulfilling winter season. Whether you live in the Philadelphia region or across the country, there are multiple ways for you to stay engaged with YOUR GA. GA Reads – Bi-monthly book club

GrAd School with Kendall Mattern 1760 Virtual Class Celebrations

Women’s Networking Group Meetings

December 13, February 7, April 18, June 13

November 11, 18 and December 2, 9, 16 November 13 and 14 December 3

More events are always being added, so for more information be sure to visit

www.germantownacademy.net/alumni/events

Leming. They were surrounded by their closest family members and friends, including their favorite two current Patriots, Jack ’27 and Jude’30 Bucci, who walked Jennifer down the aisle.

Jessica Rotzell Roy ’00 stood as the Matron of Honor. Alexis Smith Evarts ’97 gave a beautiful reading, and Chrissy Dare Derbyshire ’97, and Arielle Wexler Serrano ’97 celebrated by their side.

Springfield Township police officer Rebecca Mersky ’98 was promoted to the rank of lieutenant on September 1, 2020. Mersky is a magna cum laude graduate with honors in psychology from Ursinus College where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree. She attended the Montgomery County Municipal Police Academy and began her career with the Springfield Police in 2003. Lieutenant Mersky made department history when she became the first female office promoted to the rank of corporal in 2007 and again when she was promoted to the

rank of sergeant in 2012. Lieutenant Mersky is a general instructor with the Montgomery County Municipal Police Academy, the chairperson of the Neighborhood Watch Program, and is the department’s crisis intervention specialist.

In the fall of 2019, Helen Maurene Cooper ’99 returned to Philadelphia after 13 years in Chicago. In August of 2019, she and her husband, Jason Herrick, welcomed their daughter Frances Herrick into the world. In the fall of 2020, she will be serving as a visiting faculty member in the Art Departments at St. Joseph’s University and Ursinus College. Her new series of wet plate collodion portraits, People of the Pandemic, RiverWards, Philadelphia was reviewed by the Humble Arts Foundation.You can see more about the work online at http://hafny.org/blog/2020/7/peopleof-the-pandemic-wet-plate-portraits-froma-social-distance. The image printed is titled "Ruby and her Mother Virginia,” Ambrotype on glass, 8x10, 2020.

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Macky McCleary: An Agent of Change

directions. That is a huge transformation of what allows you to turn the lights on,” Said McCleary.

“Energy is really complicated,” added McCleary, who is currently living in Providence, Rhode Island and is serving as the Director in the Energy, Sustainability, and Infrastructure at Guidehouse, a leading management consulting firm currently servicing both public and commercial sectors. “Someone in the industry who knows a lot about coal generation knows very little about another area of energy. I’m connecting these different areas to one another. Designing electricity is really challenging and interesting. It's kind of perfect, you never get bored.”

GA lifer Macky McCleary ’96 clearly remembers a math problem he was given by Mark Stephens 1760 in fourth grade. Well, it wasn’t just a math problem; in true Stephens style, he challenged his students with a yearlong scavenger hunt.

Stephens’ “Integrated Conundrum Project” was a scavenger hunt for information and each answer had to be expressed mathematically.

“These were the days before computers were really available, and part of the lesson was that kids would have to figure out ways to get the information they needed,” said Stephens, who now teaches Middle School history. “I tried to be sure that the kids would need to access a wide array of sources. There were maybe 40 questions.

Once the kids started getting the answers, they plugged them into a huge equation, then started to solve it step-by-step. The equation used terms and techniques we’d studied that year.”

“Talk about piquing a kid’s curiosity,” said McCleary thoughtfully. “Looking at the world as a space for solving problems.”

In 2020, McCleary is tackling a different sort of scavenger hunt as an agent of change in the energy sector that is undergoing radical transformations all around the globe.

“Our electricity system is going through a period of dramatic change,” said McCleary.

“Rapid increases in renewable penetration have been driven by a combination of quickly falling renewables prices and increasing consensus around carbon policy.

As a result, the demands on utilities are evolving. These changes are both a threat to the existing business model and an enormous opportunity. As utilities and regulators attempt to adapt to the rapidly changing environment, they will need reliable, strategic, transactional and regulatory support to achieve their goals.”

While the issues impacting the energy industry are layered, uber-complicated, and serious, McCleary is drawn to the challenge at hand and is dedicated to bringing about a positive change as he and his team redesign the delivery of electricity in a way that will be better for both environment and humans.

“We’re doing our part to bring forward the clean energy future we all need and deserve.”

“The electric grid used to be a one-way road, but now it has to be designed in both

McCleary was propelled into the world of sustainability while earning his Master’s degree in architecture at Yale University.

“I wrote my thesis on how you power cities and dispose of trash,” said McCleary, who also earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in architecture at Yale. “I started a company on renewables because I learned so much. My advanced architecture degree was really learning how to design the world. There is a relative natural transition from designing cities to designing electricity.”

In 2003, McCleary co-founded EmPower Solar, a start-up clean energy and green building development company committed to energy independence and environmental stewardship. He served as its president until 2006 and still advises the company.

Prior to his current role, McCleary was a partner with Innogy Consulting where he oversaw the Division of Public Utilities and Carriers for the state of Rhode Island and oversaw the regulations on electricity, water, wireless and broadband, private transportation and sewer systems.

McCleary also followed his passions as a student, honing his myriad skills in a number of areas on GA’s campus. He played three sports, wrote poetry, took photos for The Academy Monthly, participated in the Community Service Organization, and was elected a member of the Academy Club by his classmates.

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Caroline and Philip Rosenau ’02 welcomed their first born, Cole, on September 22, 2019.

“On July 13, 2020 we welcomed a baby boy Theodore "Teddy" Michael Malkes,” Jacqueline Paranzino Malkes ’00 happily shared.

“Big Brother Alexander is more than excited and we are slowly adjusting to a family of four.”

After practicing landscape architecture for nearly 15 years, Lauren Mandel ’01 founded a startup that empowers people to transform their patios, balconies, and roof decks into beautiful spaces that bring joy to their homes, while improving the environment.

BloomTime (bloomtime.com) achieves this by selling "Plant Palettes" and handdelivered "Planter Kits" to quickly transform your outdoor space. BloomTime proudly serves the Philadelphia area.

Amy Lee Rosen ’03 married Dr. Nicholas Marinkovich on August 31, 2019 at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Their wedding dance was an awesome mash-up of a Viennese Waltz and robot hip-hop choreography.

Courtney L. Williams ’03 (aka Courtney Lyneé) and her castmates of Lysistrata, CrossYour Legs Sister! were featured in The Philadelphia Inquirer on September

ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME

Germantown Academy is proud to announce the newest class of its Athletic Hall of Fame. The class of six athletes, one former coach, and four teams were selected from a very strong pool of 96 nominations.

Congratulations to the following inductees!

Sean Coyle ’10, Baseball Coach David Martin 1760, Lacrosse Tommy Coyle ’09, Baseball 1986 Boys Swimming Claire Crippen ’07, Swimming 1987 Girls Swimming Amanda Jones ’08, Lacrosse 1992 Girls Swimming Damon Myers ’94, Basketball 2005 Girls Swimming David Simolike ’05, Soccer “We are very excited to announce the 2020 Athletic Hall of Fame Class,” said Director of Athletics Tim Ginter. “Each inductee has made an indelible mark on our proud athletics history as a student-athlete, team, or coach. I look forward to celebrating the accomplishments and reliving the memories with our newest inductees as soon as we can safely host the induction event on campus. I would like to thank the members of the Hall of Fame Selection Committee for their thoughtful review of this year’s nominations.”

All members of the GA community are encouraged to submit nominations for future Athletic Hall of Fame inductees via the website at www.germantownacademy.net/hof.

15, 2019 for their terrific remake of Aristophanes’ Greek comedy Lysistrata at Church of the Advocate’s Kline Theater.

Inquirer reporter Brandon Harden wrote that Kaleidoscope Cultural Arts Collective’s production “gave the classic work a genuinely fresh feel” and that Williams “was a vocal powerhouse.” To top it off, Lysistrata, CrossYour Legs Sister! was given the honor of “Barrymore Recommended for Excellence in Theatre” by Theatre Philadelphia. Williams was part of the cast and served as the co-music director and vocal coach.

Laura Kurz ’04 was named an assistant coach on the Drexel University women’s basketball team on April 10, 2020. She spent the five previous seasons coaching at Villanova University.

Ashley Doriss Reeves ’04 and her husband Erik recently welcomed their first baby! Emma Wray Reeves was born on March 26, 2019 at 6:57pm weighing seven pounds, eleven ounces and measuring

CLASS OF 2020

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Time-Sensitive Tax-Saving Strategies for 2020

There are certain tax benefits of the CARES Act that must be completed by year-end to be effective.

Here is a list of some provisions that pertain directly or indirectly to charitable giving and apply only to the year 2020.

$300 DEDUCTION

DEDUCT LARGER CORPORATE GIFTS

If you will not itemize charitable deductions this year, which is the case for about 90% of taxpayers, you can claim a charitable deduction for up to $300 of cash gifts. The $300 applies for either a single individual or a married couple filing jointly.

If you are a decision-maker for a corporation and can make a larger-than-usual gift to address current needs of a charity you support, the deduction limit for cash contributions from corporate donors has been raised to 25% of adjusted gross income.

DON’T TAKE YOUR RETIREMENT DISTRIBUTION

If you have attained the age when you must take a mandatory distribution each year but you would rather forego the distribution this year and allow the fund to recover, that is possible.

Mandatory distributions are waived for 2020 under the CARES Act.

Martin Dean can answer your questions about GIVING to GA at 267-405-7458 or mdean@germantownacademy.org.

20 inches long. “We are enjoying every moment as a family of three and could not be more in love with our little bundle of joy!” said Ashley.

Alyssa Greco Stahl ’04 and Drew Stahl were married on September 22, 2018 at The Rittenhouse Hotel in Center City, Philadelphia. The happy couple celebrated their special day with many GA alumni family and friends. Drew and Alyssa, who very much enjoy traveling together, spent time in Japan upon their engagement and ventured to Thailand, Cambodia, and Singapore for their honeymoon.

Photo (Left to right): Sara Wyszomierski Dougherty ’04, Zach Berman ’04, Alison Bowers Collins ’04, Zach Risler ’04, Jenna Wolfe Saunders ’04, Becca Buckler St. James ’04, Laura Kurz ’04, Alyssa Greco Stahl ’04, Jeffrey Greco ’99, Abby Duffine Gilman ’04, Ben Greco ’96, Lauren Fried ’04, Andy Greenberg ’93, Abbey Greenberg Alpert ’99, and Ira Greenberg ’97.

Victoria Collins and Peter Duryea ’04 were married at their home in Fort Washington on September 14, 2019. In attendance were Peter’s grandfather John 44 GERMANTOWN ACADEMY

weighing in at 6 lbs 12 oz. Everyone is doing well and the grandparents, including Linda Test, Upper School Modern Language Department Co-Chair and French teacher, are thrilled! Brad and Kim are leaving Manhattan for Barrington, Rhode Island for a new job and home.

Walton III 1760, his mother Betsy Duryea ’75, his aunt Frida Walton ’80, and his sister Tracy Duryea ’11. Other GA alums celebrating were Sean Brooks ’02, Kristyn Holmes Gorman ’04, Randall Morrison ’04, Ashley Doriss Reeves ’04, Warren Sewell ’05, Chris Wilson ’05, Phil Azarik ’05, Joe Shacklett ’05, and Matt Shearon ’06.

Alexander Kaplan ’04, his wife, Laura, and their daughter, Maya, welcomed Asher Kaplan in January 2019. Alex reports that Asher likes MasterChef, Wheels on the Bus, and being held by his big sister.

Cole Racich ’04 and his wife, Jenna, welcomed baby boy Everett William Reid Racich on Dec 27, 2018. Everett joins his sister Briar Rose, 3 years old. Cole’s mom and Lower School P.E. teacher, Brooke Watson, tells us that her rugby, field hockey, and lacrosse teams are now complete!

Brad Test ’04 and his wife, Kim, welcomed their first child.

Nolan Paul Test arrived on January 7, 2020

Danielle and Andrew Sherlock ’04 welcomed Hazel Grace Sherlock into the world on May 19, 2020. Hazel’s cheerful smile endears her to her two sisters Ella and Ava. Katie Goldstein ’05 married Henry Felker in Calistoga, California on September 20, 2019.

Goldstein is the daughter of Janet Maurer 1760, Director of Counseling Services.

Hillary Ladov ’05, an associate in Goldberg Segalla’s Global Insurance Services practice, has been named chair of the Young Lawyers Division (YLD) for the Philadelphia Bar Association. With nearly 3,000 members, the YLD is the largest division of

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Nina Tang ’16 Named a Fulbright Scholar Nina Tang ’16, who graduated from Barnard College in spring of 2020, was selected for the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program to conduct microbiology research in the lab of Dr. JanWillem Veening at the University of Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland. She will be specifically studying a particular type of antibiotic resistance called heteroresistance that poses a global threat to human’s abilities to successfully treat bacterial infections, particularly in hospital settings.

“During my time at Barnard and Columbia, I have had some truly incredible experiences,” said Tang, who earned a Bachelor’s degree in cellular/molecular biology while minoring in psychology and following a pre-med track. “I had the opportunity to row at the varsity level in a NCAA Division I conference for four years, and I was able to study cellular and molecular biology and psychology both in the classroom and in the lab under the mentorship of world-class researchers.

“However, due to my athletic commitments and my academic track, I was never able to have the abroad experience that shapes many people’s college careers. To me, this Fulbright fellowship allows me to challenge myself in different ways while also advancing my scientific career."

The program was scheduled to begin in September 2020, but due to the current pandemic, all Fulbright research fellowships have been pushed back to January 2021.

“In the meantime, I will begin a research position at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda,” said Tang. “There, I will be working on studying parasitic infections, particularly neurocysticercosis which is the leading cause of adult onset seizures, globally.”

Tang started at GA in sixth grade and during her time on campus she really appreciated the many wonderful teachers and coaches she had in Middle School and Upper School.

“When I think about GA, I think about a sense of balance,” said Tang. “During my time at GA, I was always particularly interested in science and biology, but this never took away from my interests in the humanities. There are countless teachers and coaches who have helped mold me into the person I am now, and I sincerely apologize that I cannot name them all! the Philadelphia Bar Association, founded in 1802 and the oldest metropolitan bar association in the country. “As chair, I hope to carry on the YLD’s strong tradition of community engagement,” said Ladov. Ladov counsels and defends insurance industry clients in a wide range of coverage matters including commercial general liability, homeowners’ liability, commercial and personal auto liability, pollution liability, marine liability, professional liability, and directors and officers (D&O) liability.

“I could not have imagined being here without Mr. McVeigh. He taught me so much about self-value and compassion. He encouraged me and inspired me to always explore the world and the people around me, and I know that I would not be the person I am today had it not been for Peter McVeigh.”

The Fulbright Student Program is the United States government’s flagship international exchange program offering opportunities for students and young professionals to undertake international graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and primary and secondary school teaching worldwide.The program currently awards approximately 2,000 grants annually in all fields of study and operates in more than 140 countries worldwide.

Kristie Haynie Gilbert ’06 and her husband, John, welcomed their baby girl, Maya Alexandra, on April 30, 2020. Her older siblings Abby, Connor and Jackson were so excited to meet her!

Taylor Test ’06 married Bobby Iocco on September 15, 2019 in Philadelphia at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. The reception was held at the Fairmount Water Works.

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Students Meet GA’s Naval Academy Graduates

As part of the GA Summer Enrichment Program class options, Middle School math teacher Anthony Commale offered a unique program, “America’s Navy – Forged by the Sea,” for Middle Schoolers to get a glimpse of all facets of the U.S. Navy.

“My personal connection and interest in the Navy stems from my work at the Naval Sea Systems Command and the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations at the Pentagon,” Commale shared.

Commale featured daily guest speakers with Naval service experience, including four GA alumni. The alumni from different generations shared their experiences first as GA students which then led to their Naval experience as well as life after their service.

“It was good to meet you and see so many enthusiastic rising GA stars who are interested in military service. I loved the kids’ virtual backgrounds!”

– Michael Peterson ’86

“My sincere hope was to help our kids gain a deeper knowledge of and appreciation for America’s Navy,” he reflected. “I am immensely grateful for our alumni’s time and especially their service to our country.” Discussions have already begun around how the alumni can help other GA students interested in the Naval Academy or a career in the Navy.

Commale and the Office of Institutional Advancement were proud to welcome back the following alumni participants: CDR Merton ‘Dee’ Nason ’58, USN (ret.) - United States Navy, Destroyer Duty, Atlantic, Mediterranean, Persian Gulf Fleets, 1964-1967; Naval Reserve destroyer operations and command, Philadelphia 1970-1985; Naval Senior Staff SURFPAC, Denver/San Diego; Commander Naval Forces Korea, Joint High Command, Denver/Soeul. Trans World Airlines (TWA) 19681998 CDR Michael Peterson ’86, USN (ret.) - United States Naval Academy ’90, The Naval Postgraduate School, Naval Flight Officer from May 1990- Aug 2011 Alexandra Beautyman ’07 married Victor Mutai on September 7, 2019 in Flourtown. GA alumni in attendance included Jack Greenawalt ’47, Bill Greenawalt 46 GERMANTOWN ACADEMY

CPT Jay Hamilton ’93 - United States Naval Academy ’98, tours on USS ENTERPRISE as Aviation Support Officer and USS NITZE as Supply Department Head. Currently serves as Director, Facility Sustainment, Defense Logistics Agency Damon Myers ’94 – United States Naval Academy ’99, Assistant Director of Candidate Guidance at U.S. Naval Academy from 2011-2013, COASTAL RIVERINE SQUADRON ONE Chief Staff Officer (2014-2015), COMCMRON THREE Director of Operations

’72, Alexandra’s step-father Bob Greenawalt ’73, Bruce Greenawalt ’75, Don Smith ’05, Andrea Zeuner ’07, Casey Patrick ’07, and Robert Greenawalt ’14, as well as Alexandra’s brother Michael Beautyman, who attended Lower School at GA. Alexandra and Victor work as software engineers in Washington, DC.

On May 1, 2019, Livi Noelle Dolan was born to Megan Cipolloni Dolan ’07 and her husband Andrew, a Middle School English and History Teacher at GA. Livi’s GA family tree includes grandparents Director of Security Steve Dolan and Second Grade Teacher Barbara Seeburger Cipolloni ’72.

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Allison Bohr ’07 and Adam Sitsis ’05 were married on March 27, 2020. “We had a Zoom wedding with almost 100 different computers and devices logging in from all over the globe. Well over 100 people were able to be there with us virtually. It was amazing,” Allie shared. Sara Moldofsky ’07, Kelly McNamara ’07, Karin Fortwangler ’06, Don Smith ’05, Mike Alfieri ’07 and Jodi Bohr 1760 (Lower School Music Teacher) were all in virtual attendance.“Sara Moldofsky did a reading for us during the ceremony. We will have a renewal of vows and full reception on our one-year anniversary (we hope).”

Laura Goldstein ’07 and her fiancé, Andrew Becker, graduated in the summer of 2019 from their pediatrics residencies at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Goldstein is staying at CHOP for a three-year fellowship in hospital medicine and medical education. Goldstein is the daughter of Janet Maurer 1760, Director of Counseling Services.

GA Boys’ Basketball’s 2007 Inter-Ac Player of the Year Kyle Griffin ’07 has been promoted to Associate Head Coach of La Salle University men’s basketball team.

Griffin has been an assistant coach for the past two seasons following similar stints at Lehigh and Robert Morris.

Andrea Hanson Konski ’07 and her husband, Josh, welcomed their daughter, Zoey Christine Hanson on October 17, 2018. The year has gone by far too quickly and they had her first birthday celebration on October 19, 2019. They are greatly enjoying their new roles as mom and dad!

Danielle Krueger Pugliese ’07 and her husband, Nico, welcomed Cecilia Rosa into the family on Tuesday, July 23, 2019. Their son, Emilio is proud to be a big brother!

Becky Dobson ’09 has played for Team USA in the International Street & Ball Hockey Federation (ISBHF) since 2017. In the 2019 World Championships, she contributed to the team’s 2nd place/Silver Medal finish, was recognized as the tournament’s Best Forward, was Team USA’s leading scorer and was voted as an Assistant Captain by her teammates. While at GA, Becky played both ice hockey and field hockey and was captain of both in her senior year.

In February 2020, Sky Blue FC forward Jen Hoy ’09 announced her retirement from professional soccer. Hoy played seven seasons in the National Women’s Soccer League and finishes her career with 17 goals, 11 assists, and 107 appearances. As a certified integrative nutrition health coach, Hoy will continue to focus on her business Thrive, where she helps her clients prioritize their health and wellness through creating a balanced lifestyle.

2010s

Congratulations to Aja Carter ’10, who earned her doctorate in paleontology from the University of Pennsylvania and is now Vice Provost Fellow in a world-class robotics lab at Penn. She was recently interviewed by WITF for its summer STEM series.(Photo by Eric Sucar, University of Pennsylvania)

Willa Ott ’10, daughter of Lower School Fourth Grade Teacher Julia Blumenreich 1760, and Jason Phillips were married on June 22, 2019 at the

Gramercy Park Hotel in New York City.

Ian Ochs ’11 graduated Harvard University in 2015 with a degree in Physics. He is currently entering his fourth year of graduate studies at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, working on alternative energy sources, and he has another two to three years to go until a doctorate. Ian is also engaged to Ariel Mitnick.

Chierra Williams ’11 was featured in Voyage Dallas for her music project, Chi’s CheckIn. “Chi’s CheckIn was conceptualized in 2019 as a passion project,” said Chierra.

“The purpose is to cultivate a community of curated music that inspires, invigorates, and brings joy to each person that listens by exposing them to art.”

Stephanie Wolfson ’11 married Brett Cohen on June 15, 2019 in Philadelphia.

Plenty of GA friends and family members were on hand to celebrate, including (left to right): Ali Pezzi ’11, Rachael Burke ’11, Tracy Duryea ’11, Ali Becker ’11, Josh Felgoise ’18, Samantha Felgoise ’16, Rachel Wolfson ’15, Michelle Geosits ’11, Hannah Hayes Hamsher ’11, Brett Felgoise ’13, Carly Hillman ’11, and David Wolfson ’12.

Despite the challenges of social distancing a number of members of the Class of 2014 made the most of the situation and enjoyed a virtual trivia session together in early April.

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Jack Beltz ’14 is pursuing a PhD as an Educational Fellow in the Graduate School of Biology at the University of Pennsylvania. Living in West Philly, Jack will be researching Evolutionary Biology and the Genomics of Bacteria.

Former Belfry Club standout Emma Hearn ’14 starred in the Broadway National Tour of CATS as Bombalurina and was poised to make her Broadway debut last spring in Diana as a swing and Diana’s understudy.

Jennifer Stack ’14 graduated from the University of London with a Master of Arts in Brands, Communication, and Culture.

Pictured here alongside Scott Stack ’09 and parents Laurel and Ted Stack.

Liz Platonova ’14 graduated from The London School of Economics and Political Science with a Master of Science degree in Global Politics.

Kristen Vaganos ’14 stars as Lisa, the titular lead of I Am Lisa, a revenge werewolf thriller that just signed its distribution deal with Mutiny Pictures. The film was released to select theaters and PVOD on October 9, 2020 and had its world premiere in the UK’s FrightFest in August 2020.

Dance artist Quaran Branker ’15 performed alongside Taylor Swift at the American Music Awards on November 24, 2019.

Former Belfry Club star Sophie Hearn ’15 was the recipient of the Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical award at the Craig Noel Awards Ceremony for her role as Alice Carter in Life After at The Old Globe Theatre. She was poised to make her Broadway debut last spring in Sing Street at Lyceum Theatre 48 GERMANTOWN ACADEMY

as the understudy for the lead female role, Raphina, as well as Anne.

Former Belfry Club alum Nate Mann ’15 made his Broadway debut in Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of A Soldier’s Play at American Airlines Theatre in New York City. Opening night was on December 27, 2019 and the show ran through March 15.

Josie Pizzino ’15 graduated from Moravian College in May 2019 with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Minor in History.

Madison Visco ’15, who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2019 with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology/ Consumer Psychology, now works for the financial tech startup MoneyGirls where she serves as the Community Engagement Manager. Madison writes, “We are a financial platform built for young women, specifically serving as a place for them to get smart on money in an easy, digestible way.”

Margaret Hallahan ’16 graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Dietetics, Nutrition, & Food Sciences from the University of Vermont on May 17, 2020.

Andrew Karr ’16 was featured in “The Upside” section of The Philadelphia Inquirer on May 19, 2020. He became the first bodyboarder to ride in the “barrel” of a big wave at the famous Jaws break in Maui.

Gregory Voigt ’16 is excited to announce that Breaking Glass Pictures released the official trailer for Exit 0, the feature film he produced and co-wrote with E.B. Hughes.

Directed by Hughes, Exit 0 features great performances by Gabe Fazio (A Star is Born), Peter Greene (Pulp Fiction,The Mask) and others. The North American release on

video on demand and DVD/ Blu-Ray was March 10, 2020. Photo Notes: I am standing next to Gabe Fazio (left), E.B. Hughes (middle), Augie Duke (right), and my father, Mark (far right).

Brendan Carr ’17, double major in Theatre and Environmental Studies at Dickinson College, spent the summer of 2019 in London studying the connections between performance art and Brexit. He recently appeared in Dickinson’s mainstage production of Everything is PR and as the tenor soloist for the world premiere performance of Su Lian Tan’s Vineland.

Currently, he is conducting research on India’s solar energy transition as a Dana Research Assistant for Professor Heather Bedi.

Catie Cummings ’17, a senior at the University of Southern California, has been very busy with her newly founded nonprofit, Water Drop, whose mission is to provide clean drinking water to the many people experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles.

The weekly water drops have been expanding with increased donations and an ever-growing team of volunteers to assist with distributing 1,000 to 1,500 gallons of water each week. Their current focus is on meeting the immediate need for water while advocating for a permanent solution from the city to provide services for this vulnerable population. In just one month, Water Drop has raised over $37,000!

West Chester University baseball junior relief pitcher Nick Picariello ’17 was named preseason second-team All-Atlantic Region by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association on January 27, 2020.

The Golden Rams, coming off of a 31-16 season, were slotted at No. 6 on the NCBWA’s Atlantic Region Preseason Poll.

During his sophomore season, Picariello made 14 appearances out of the bullpen

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and maintained a 2.63 ERA. He struck out 30 batters and didn’t allow any home runs in 24 innings on the mound.

Kate Powers ’17, a student at Bucknell University, studied abroad in Sydney, Australia with Isabelle Jacobs ’17, a student at Brown University, where they attended the University of New South Wales and traveled around Australia and to Bali during their time abroad. The photo is at the Opera House. “We did not plan to study abroad together - it was completely by chance!” said Kate.

Andrew Abruzzo ’18 won gold in the 400 Freestyle, Mixed 400 Freestyle Relay, and 800 Freestyle at the 2019 Pan American Games. His time of 7:54.70 in the 800 set a new meet record, as this was the first Games in which the race has been contested.

Kyle Garland ’18 had a big redshirt freshman indoor season for the University of Georgia track and field team, winning the SEC Indoor Championship in the heptathlon and being named SEC Men’s Freshman Athlete of the Year.

On February 25, 2020, Jack Kolodny ’18 (Pictured here with roommate), made his Carnegie Hall debut with The Juilliard School Orchestra.

Mackenzie Pluck ’18 was named the Most Outstanding Offensive Player for the 2019 season for Duke University’s women’s soccer team. As a sophomore midfielder, Pluck saw action in all 20 contests and had 18 starts. She closed out the fall campaign tied for first on the team in points and assists. She finished the season with eight goals and six assists. She was named the ACC Offensive Player of the Week on October 15 and selected to the

Top Drawer Soccer Team two-straight weeks in September 2019.

Greg Boymel ’19 spent the summer prior to his first semester as a biochemistry major at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia getting some hands-on experience working alongside Nathan Baird PhD, interim chair and associate professor in the University of Sciences’ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, in a research lab that studies ribonucleic acid and looks at finding new approaches to target it for drug development to help treat human diseases like cancer, viral infections, and HIV.

Katherine Commale ’19 was featured in the Taiwan edition of Highlights magazine for her work fighting malaria, which she started when she was just five years old.

Princeton University field hockey star Sammy Popper ’19 was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Year. Popper was also named First Team All-Ivy League.

Following her performances at the Indiana Intercollegiates, DePauw University freshman Emily Thompson ’19 was chosen as the North Coast Athletic Conference Women’s Swimming and Diving Athlete of the Week in late October 2019. Thompson finished fifth in the 500yard freestyle in 5:16.02 and was the top Division III finisher in the event. She also led the Division III swimmers in the 200 freestyle where she placed 18th in 1:59.72 and anchored the 200 medley relay that swam exhibition, finishing 13th in 1:59.57.

DePauw finished fifth out of 11 schools at the meet, which included four Division I schools.

University of Pennsylvania freshman student-athlete (track and field) Caleb Johnson ’19 was recognized as a NCAA Division I Academic All-American following the 2019-2020 school year. To be named an Academic All-American, a

student-athlete must hold a minimum GPA of 3.25 during the 2019-2020 academic year and must have finished the indoor season ranked in the top 96 in any NCAA individual event or in the top 48 in an NCAA relay. Johnson also captured the Ivy League championship at Indoor Heps in the pole vault by clearing a career-best 5.25m.

Ellie Wagner ’19 was awarded the 2020 Diane Chapin Nilstoft Scholarship “in recognition of her contributions to date and her promise of future leadership in the sport of sailing.” Ellie is a sophomore studying computer science at Connecticut College where she is on the varsity sailing team.

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Mask wearing and physical distancing didn’t stop the incredible Class of 2020 from finally receiving their diplomas on Connor Quad on July 17. By the end of the morning, 139 seniors became alumni, four faculty were inducted into the Class of 1760, two student speakers gave poignant and memorable speeches, and more than 300 parents watched the livestream from nine different locations on campus. The marvelous Maggie McVeigh 1760 shared her own worldly wisdom, while Head of School Rich Schellhas 1760 proudly presided over the festivities. Special thanks to David Lintgen ’90 for the use of his family’s drone to take this fabulous overhead shot.

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