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Assistant Editors Brooke Blumberg Director of Marketing and Communications
Make a Lasting Impact Join The Grasshopper Society Alumni, parents, and friends who remember Gilman School in their estate plans make a lasting impact on the financial health and sustainability of the School.
Karaline Jackson Graphic Designer
A Grasshopper Society gift is a planned gift to Gilman’s endowment. With one, you may:
Writers Deborah Baum David Rosenfeld Contributors M. Kate Ratcliffe Director of Development
• Support Gilman’s priorities in perpetuity with an unrestricted gift to endowment, which, in turn, provides annual income
Elizabeth Stafford Director of Alumni Relations
• Establish an endowed fund for financial aid or faculty support honoring a spouse, a parent, a child, or a beloved faculty member • Enjoy tax and income benefits specific to your financial situation Those who prepare Grasshopper Society gifts are directly responsible for ensuring a Gilman education is available for future generations of young men.
Alexandra Beiter Director of Annual Giving Mac Barrett ‘67 Alumni Special Projects Coordinator Alice Dearing P‘15 Director of Major Gift Operations and Stewardship
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Design Jeremy Hoffman
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Contact Mary Ellen Porter, director of major and planned gifts, at 410-323-7178 or meporter@gilman.edu for more information or visit www.legacy.vg/gilman.
Printing Pavsner Press Photography Deborah Baum Erik Kvalsvik ’73 Steve McDaniel ’65 Meir Pluznik Steve Ruark ’96 Whitney Wasson P’25, 23, 21 John Zito Cynosure Photographers
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