Corporations and Foundations

Anonymous donors (2) Abigail Draper, LLC Alliance Bernstein, L.P. Matching Gift Program American Endowment Foundation American Paper & Twine The Anita and William Cochran Foundation Anne Bransford Wallace Foundation Ayco Charitable Foundation Baird Foundation, Inc. Barbieri Orthodontics The Bessemer National Gift Fund Bone McAllester Norton PLLC The Bryant Family Foundation C. Eugene Ireland Foundation, Inc. Caldwell Pediatric Dentistry The Cigarran Family Foundation Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Community Foundation of Greater Memphis The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee The Corner Market Catering Company Covenant Partners, LLC Critical Mass Cumberland Gallery Cumberland Skin Surgery and Dermatology Daigh Rick Landscape Architects The Dale Family Foundation The Deaton Family Foundation Devine-Majors Foundation The Dorothy Cate and Thomas F. Frist Foundation Dragon Park, LLC Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund The Fluor Foundation The Food Company and Greenhouse Bar Fridrich & Clark Realty Friends of Metro Dance The Fugitive Foundation GE Foundation Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund The Harpeth Hall Parents Association H.G. Hill Company, LLC Harris Research, Inc. Hastings Architecture Associates, LLC The Hays Foundation HCA Foundation Hearst The Henry Laird Smith Foundation Hillmeade Garden Club Horatio B. and Willie D. Buntin Foundation The Houghland Foundation Hudson Family Foundation The Hunt Family Foundation of Nashville Tennessee, Inc. IVX Health Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Joe C. Davis Foundation Johnson Johnson Crabtree Architects P.C. Jones Bros. Contractors, LLC The Justin and Valere Blair Potter Foundation Kennedy Investments Inc. The Leo S. Guthman Fund The Louie M. and Betty M. Phillips Foundation Louise Bullard Wallace Foundation The M. Stratton Foster Charitable Foundation MAC Presents The Maclellan Family Foundations The McCallie School McKinsey & Company The Melkus Family Foundation MidwayUSA Foundation Montgomery Bell Academy MSB Cockayne Fund, Inc. Nancy M. and Victor S. Johnson, Jr. Foundation Nashville Plastic Surgery The Nicholson Foundation Nissan North America, Inc. OneDigital Health and Benefits Optique Orcutt Winslow Pancoast Benefits Peyton Hoge Photography Pinnacle Financial Partners Pioneer Coach, Inc Plastic Surgery Center of Nashville Regents Health Resources Renaissance Charitable Foundation, Inc. The Rich Foundation Rogers & Cowan Roros Foundation Samuel M. Fleming Foundation Sargent’s Fine Catering School Facility Management & Maintenance Schwab Charitable Fund T & T Family Foundation TBH Global Asset Management UBS The Vandewater Family Foundation Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program W.R. Newman & Associates Inc. Western Express, Inc. The Wilko Group, Inc. Women Alone Together Foundation The Zalik Foundation

Middle School Musical “Mary Poppins”

Mary Phil Thomas Hamilton ’50

Ihad the great privilege of attending Ward-Belmont as a young woman. I received the best quality of education for a young lady in Nashville while creating valuable friendships that I still treasure today. I fondly remember Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon ’32, or Minnie Pearl, coming to Chapel once a year to perform. My French teacher, Madame Lucy Landru Fountain, was my most significant influence to study French at Vanderbilt University. After Ward-Belmont’s closure, many Ward-Belmont families saw the need for a school in Nashville that educated young women to be the confident leaders of the future. They became the founders of the Harpeth Hall School, a school focused on creating excellence in girls’ education like Ward-Belmont. My husband, Hayne, and I knew that we wanted our children to have a similar educational experience as us, specifically single-gender education. Hayne attended the Baylor School in Chattanooga, which at the time was an all-boys military school. Our boys went to MBA, and our daughter, Mary Phil Hamilton Illges ’78, went to Harpeth Hall as a part of its first sixth-grade class in 1971. I am grateful she had the opportunity to attend and continue the legacy of an all-girls educational experience in our family. Fifty-six years after my Ward-Belmont commencement, my granddaughter Whatley Hamilton ’14 began her Harpeth Hall education. My daughter-in-law and Whatley’s mother, Laura, who is not from Nashville, realized while touring campus earlier that it was the right spot for Whatley. Laura recognized why Harpeth Hall is exceptional and why her daughter needed to attend. Forever appreciative of her education, Whatley returned to Harpeth Hall a few years ago as the Alumnae Relations Manager, and I could not be prouder. She keeps Ward-Belmont alumnae like me, as well as other Harpeth Hall alumnae, connected with classmates and with the school. I especially love the Ward-Belmont Coffee with the fifth-graders.

Harpeth Hall holds a special place in my heart. As a Ward-Belmont alumna and a past Harpeth Hall parent and grandparent, I see the powerful impact of a Harpeth Hall education through my daughter and granddaughter. While Harpeth Hall offers an innovative and transformative educational experience, it remains loyal to the traditions and culture I had at Ward-Belmont, especially excellence in girls’ education. Not only did Mary Phil and Whatley receive the best possible education, but it is special to know that a Ward-Belmont and Harpeth Hall bond links our educational foundation. I support Harpeth Hall because I recognize the power of all-girls education and the unique and distinctive culture Harpeth Hall has to offer. Every girl should have the same opportunity Mary Phil, Whatley, and I had, and that is why I give back to Harpeth Hall.

Mary Phil Thomas Hamilton ’50, Ward-Belmont alumna; mother of Mary Phil Hamilton Illges ’78 and grandmother of Whatley Hamilton ’14