P H OTO BY M AT T H E W C R A I G FO R T H E CO M M E R C I A L A P P E A L
In 2002, Sara and Leonard Frey authored Reflections on Learning and Life at Hutchison School, in commemoration of Hutchison’s centennial. They cleverly sprinkled throughout the publication questions and anagrams related to the school’s history. Their goal, like the masterful teachers they were, wasn’t simply to relay history, but to encourage inquiry and discovery.
From her early childhood, she had loved learning, and she inspired her students to love learning also. And she herself never stopped learning. be reckoned with, especially if she had an idea to benefit teaching or learning. Sara came from a New England family of hikers, skiers, canoers, campers. Neither she nor Leonard (especially!) shared these passions—but they loved to dance. To watch them at a Father-Daughter Dinner dance was a beautiful experience. They also were avid bicyclers and rented bikes on many of their vacations. Until Sara’s eyesight failed, they could be seen on many mornings biking to Hutchison. Sara was a strong person with strong opinions, which she expressed emphatically. She had grit, the quality which enables you to overcome difficulties and not be
Above: Sara Frey talks with Laurie Stanton ’65, assistant head for program, in the Hutchison courtyard. Below: Leonard and Sara Frey at a faculty function.
defeated by setbacks. Sara had integrity—not just the Honor Code definition of not lying, cheating, or stealing, but the meaning of the original word—moral wholeness. She could be counted on to be strong, to be firm, to be fair, and, in the end, to be kind. She supported wholeheartedly those things that were important to her. She devoted her life to her three loves: Leonard, Hutchison’s goals and girls, and the community and mission of St. Mary’s Cathedral. Leonard has gone before her, and I am certain they are dancing together to heavenly music. Neither Hutchison nor St. Mary’s Cathedral will be the same without her.
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