Reunion Weekend From here on, parents, family, friends, and colleagues will comment on how much you have accomplished, how gifted you are, and how wonderful. You will need to be conscious of not pursuing a life that only preserves that success. You must define success for yourself. … The people you most expect to encourage you to be bold and to sacrifice when it is most difficult to do so, will not. instead, many will defer to protecting and “enabling” the path of success you will create. They will want to shield you from failure and keep you on a narrow path considered “acceptable.” Challenge them! i encourage you to do something uncomfortable, something with a piece of your life where you are in deep service to others, and where it is tremendously difficult to give. Although Ann could not be here today, Ann’s mother, Betsy Gildroy, traveled from Texas to Groton—on the eve of Mother’s Day—to accept this award on behalf of her child. Mrs. Gildroy, it is with deep respect and admiration that I present Groton’s 2009 Cui Servire Est Regnare Award to your daughter, Ann Gildroy. Congratulations.
Mrs. Gildroy finishes her remarks on behalf of her daughter Ann, recipient of the 2009 Cui Servire est Regnare Award.
Faculty member John Capen visits with members of the Form of 2004 at their reunion dinner. Left to right: Julia Sinnot, Naa Sakle Akuete, Sam MacNaughton, Matthew Perkins, Michael Snyder.
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