Fall 2022 Magazine

INDIAN SPRINGS A M AG A Z I N E F O R A L U M N I A N D F R I E N D S O F I N D I A N S P R I N G S S C H O O L

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HEAD OF SCHOOL

MISSION STATEMENT Guided by our motto, Learning through Living,

SCOTT G. SCHAMBERGER

Indian Springs School fosters a love of learning and creativity, a sense of integrity and moral courage, and an ethic of participatory citizenship with respect for individuality and independent thought.

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Dr. Jonathan Gray EDITOR

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STRATEGY & SPECIAL PROJECTS

Kathryn D’Arcy Peggy Fleetwood Bob Hogan ’68 Keith McCoy Jim Simon Cindy Van Horn Eric Velasco

Lauren Wainwright ’88 STUDENT LIFE

Hunter Wolfe

BOARD OF GOVERNORS 2022-2023

Elizabeth Goodrich Robert Aland ’80 Myla Calhoun Martin Damsky ’68 Joe Farley ’81 Jerolyn Ferrari Clara Chung Fleisig Braxton Goodrich ’93 Kyung Han ’85 John Hudson, III Ben Hunt ’82 Leo Kayser, III ’62 Emily Hess Levine ’01 Jimmy Lewis ’75

Ellen McElroy ’78 Randall Minor ’99 Scott Pulliam ’85 Lia Rushton Hanson Slaughter ’90 Alan Engel ’73 Ex Officio Starr Turner Drum ’02 Ex Officio, Alumni Council Connie Hill Ex Officio, Parents Association

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VOLUME TWENTY, ISSUE TWO

ON THE COVER With current student Yuji Nakano ’23, Dr. Mac LaCasse recreates this photo from the 1987 Khalas taken with Jay Winks ’86.

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FEATURE STORY

50 Years of Excellence in Teaching Honoring the career and contributions of math and physics teacher Dr. Mac LaCasse, who has served the school for 50 years. By Eric Velasco P ’23

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Longtime librarian Cindy Van Horn reflects on her retirement.

The boys and girls varsity soccer teams make Indian Springs history.

Thank you for your support during the 2021-2022 fiscal year.

Celebrating Cindy

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Soccer State Champions

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WELCOME

FROM BOARD CHAIR ELIZABETH GOODRICH

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ELIZABETH GOODRICH

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P ’20, ’23 Chair, Board of Governors Indian Springs School

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ike most of you reading this magazine, I am grateful for the many ways Indian Springs School has impacted my own life and the lives of my family members. I am the spouse of an alum, Mike Goodrich ’90, a parent of a recent graduate, Catherine ’20, and a parent of a senior, Gibson ’23. I am delighted to serve in my first year as chair of the school’s board of governors and want to take this opportunity to thank the many alums, parents, students, faculty, and my fellow board members who do so much for Indian Springs. A special word of thanks is due to my predecessor, Alan Engel ’73, who masterfully guided the board through a pandemic, leadership transitions, and the ongoing campaign to fund the construction of the Kayser-Samford Community Commons. Indian Springs would not be the strong school it is today without Alan’s vision and his extraordinary generosity and commitment.

We are starting the 2022-2023 school year at an exciting moment in the school’s 70-year history.

Indian Springs opened with its second consecutive year of record enrollment, including 326 students from 12 countries and nine states. Our faculty’s collective tenure and expertise always amaze me; they are vital in leading our students on their unique journeys of Learning through Living. Indian Springs continues to challenge students to think and achieve for themselves and their community. This school is, by design, a work in progress that three generations of students have had and continue to have a role in creating.

In these pages, you will learn more about some members of the Indian Springs family who have distinguished themselves and made notable contributions to the school. We recognize Dr. Mac LaCasse’s impressive 50+ year tenure in the classroom, just as we wish longtime librarian Cindy Van Horn well in her recent retirement. We celebrate the recent graduates from the Class of 2022 and their many successes and acknowledge our generous donors who made gifts in support of Indian Springs in the 2021-2022 fiscal year.

Finally, I am excited by the building progress of our Community Commons project, which will provide this and future generations of Indian Springs students with an incredible multi-purpose facility to gather for meals, meetings, and socializing. The Commons will be the site of great discussions and gatherings and where memories will be made by all who call Indian Springs home. Thank you to the 100+ donors who have supported this critical priority with your giving. For those who have not had the opportunity to be a part of this historic effort, I hope you will join the rest of the board and me in support of this campaign.

FROM HEAD OF SCHOOL SCOTT SCHAMBERGER

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ndian Springs School is celebrating 70 years of transformative educational experiences. With the 2022-2023 school year underway, our community is operating from a position of strength and a return to ‘Springs normal.’ I qualify this idea of normal as I would never want our community to regress toward the mean of normalcy. On the contrary, I implore us to aspire to the level of excellence that generations of alums expect of their alma mater. Without the same distractions we have experienced for the last two years, we now focus entirely on the aspects that make our community unique: the people, the program, and the sense of place. Because of our people, program, and place, I can confidently say our best days are still ahead.

I continue to share that relationships matter most at Indian Springs, and although it is natural for people to come and go in a community, individual impacts and legacies endure. As members of the class of 2022 recently launched into the next chapter of their lives, I remain indebted to how they have individually and collectively shaped our community under the leadership of Fall 2021 Mayor Andy Schwebel ’22 and Spring 2022 Mayor Joseph Katz ’22. Like their successor, Fall 2022 Mayor Lucy Craig ’23 is already doing this semester, Andy and Joseph left their stamps on the Indian Springs community. Transitions in leadership are part of the natural evolution of human society. We are blessed to have great servant leaders volunteering their time and talents on behalf of the school. As our community welcomes Elizabeth Goodrich into the role of chair of the board of governors, we must also acknowledge the distinguished service of Alan Engel ’73 in that role over four years. Alan’s tenure as board chair was marked by extraordinary circumstances and unique challenges. I am grateful for the partnership I have enjoyed with Alan and his lasting impact on Indian Springs. We are a decidedly better school for the time and energy that Alan, Elizabeth, and all the members of the board—both past and present—devote.

The last issue of Indian Springs Magazine previewed a celebration of Dr. Mac LaCasse’s 50 years of service to the school. I am thrilled that Dr. LaCasse has returned for his 51st year of teaching at Indian Springs and was tickled to watch him playing bridge on McLean Lawn during Club Expo with members of the Bridge Club during the first days of this semester. As I took a mental snapshot, I couldn’t help but think about how that image represents the best of the people, the program, and the sense of place.

The program at Indian Springs requires students to get “out of the shallows and into the depths,” as the founding director, Doc Armstrong, would urge the school’s earliest students. Although great teachers have come and gone over the school’s first 70 years, Doc’s notion of digging deeper endures. Our theme for this academic year is one of our core values: intellectual curiosity. I am excited to watch our students continue to dig deeper and think more boldly.

Indian Springs’ people and the program certainly contribute to the sense of place we enjoy here, as do the campus and our facilities. Speaking of the latter, I am excited that we will welcome our community back inside with the opening of the Kayser-Samford Community Commons later this semester. While replacing the old dining hall was bittersweet, this new facility will be the community’s social hub and transform our students’ lives for generations to come. Our students and faculty have grown accustomed to dining al fresco over the last two years. The expansive covered porches and terraced patios of the Community Commons will provide ample opportunity to continue. Still, the state-of-the-art dining room with varied and comfortable seating will be a welcomed change of environment on our colder and wetter days. I hope you will join us for a meal should life bring you to town or out to campus.

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50 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING

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DR. MAC A L CASSE

BY ERIC VELASCO P ’23

LaCasse stands in his office in May of 2022 at the conclusion of his 50th year of teaching at Indian Springs.

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Springs School campus, Kevin LaCasse ’88 realized at an early age that his father, Dr. William “Mac” LaCasse, was revered by students in the physics and calculus classes he taught there.

“I knew that everyone respected him because after kids would graduate, they would come back and pull up to the house just to say hey,” says Kevin, who later learned first-hand as a student, along with his twin, Steven ’88, and sister, Karen ’95.

Since joining the Indian Springs faculty in 1972, LaCasse has had a profound impact in the classroom, after hours as a co-coach in academic competitions, and behind the scenes as one of the institutional anchors of the faculty.

In surveys, alums regularly name him as one of their most influential instructors. After reaching the half-century milestone in May, LaCasse was awarded the MacDonald B. Fleming Distinguished Service Award.

“He’s dedicated 50 years of his life to this place and this age group,” says Scott Schamberger, the head of school. “For 50 years, he’s been at the top of his game.”

David Oh ’87, who took both physics and calculus from LaCasse, draws a direct line from those classes to Oh’s work for NASA as lead flight director for the 2012 project that landed the Curiosity rover on Mars and the ongoing Psyche mission to explore the largest metal asteroid in the solar system.

“All of that really traces back to that first knowledge about physics and calculus that I got from Dr. LaCasse,” Oh says. “That formed the basis for the work I did later at MIT and then in the aerospace business.”

But LaCasse’s intellectual curiosity goes way beyond the topics he teaches, extending into art, history, and other areas of the humanities.

One way it finds expression is through his love for crossword and Wordle puzzles.

“A lot of math and physics guys, it’s pretty much math and physics, you know what I mean?” says Dr. Jonathan Gray, assistant head of school for academic affairs and a former chair of the math department.

“His breadth of knowledge speaks to the genius there.”

Dr. Bob Cooper, another legendary teacher and LaCasse’s longtime friend, points to the daily dining-hall lunch group of Mac Fleming, Cooper, Richard Neely—all history teachers—and LaCasse. The conversation, naturally, usually revolved around history.

“Mac LaCasse knew as much history as the rest of us,” Cooper says.

“Mac is just one of the smart people. He could come in and teach my class. Easily. But I certainly could not go and teach his class.”

Humble and soft-spoken, LaCasse downplays his skills and accomplishments when asked about his career. “I just hope I made a difference for some people, a positive difference, and haven’t put too many barriers in people’s way along the line.”

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: One of the earliest photos the school has of LaCasse, originally published in the 1976 Khalas. LaCasse teaches physics, originally published in the 1982 Khalas, which was dedicated in his honor. LaCasse teaches calculus in 2022. OPPOSITE: A physics experiment photographed for the 1982 Khalas dedication.

“His breadth of knowledge speaks to the genius there.”

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illiam McMullen LaCasse’s nickname, Mac, is a birthright. Men in the McMullen branch of his mother’s family tended to go by that moniker. “I got stuck with it,” he says wryly. “From birth.”

Growing up in the 1950s and 1960s during the race to space and eventually the Moon, LaCasse had visions of being a cutting-edge scientist when he started a five-year doctoral program in physics at Vanderbilt University.

“I never wanted to be a teacher,” LaCasse says in a recent interview.

“It was never, never a part of what I wanted then. Everybody who was in that program with me had the same idea—we’re going to go into the frontiers of physics and make some great contribution.”

But political winds shifted as the 1970s dawned, and federal funding for physics research began to evaporate. With career prospects drying up, many of LaCasse’s fellow doctoral classmates dropped out.

Then just before graduation, LaCasse learned about a temporary opening teaching physics at a small private all-boys school in Alabama.

He had never heard of Indian Springs School but was familiar with Alabama, having lived in Montgomery as a youth when his father was posted there with the Air Force.

And while teaching wasn’t part of his original game plan, LaCasse felt fortunate to make some use of his advanced degree when he started at Indian Springs on August 1, 1972.

He was hired to fill in until the regular physics teacher returned from a sabbatical. When the instructor didn’t, LaCasse was asked to stay on. He added calculus to his portfolio in 1973 and has taught it

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aCasse has seen tremendous changes at Indian Springs during a career that spans nearly three-quarters of the school’s 70-year-history.

An all-boys school when he arrived, Indian Springs switched to coed in 1975. Back then, the student population was smaller, and boarding students comprised a larger percentage.

The campus itself has been reshaped. Development outside its boundaries has exploded.

“Society has changed, and the school has changed with it,” LaCasse says. “If you drove a car, when you got on campus, you had to give your keys to the dean of students so he would know you didn’t drive off. It’s not like that now. Every student has a car, and they’re not going to give their keys to anybody.”

But LaCasse says he still takes the same basic approach to teaching based on how he learned. “I was accustomed all my educational life that you walk into the room, and somebody’s giving a speech,” he says. “You pay attention, and then you leave. That’s pretty much the lecture format that I have followed.”

But his teaching persona is not that dry. Steven recalls walking by his father’s classroom one day and hearing him at work. He was

struck by how different Dr. LaCasse seemed from Dad. “I could hardly believe it was him,” Steven says.

Dr. LaCasse was more talkative in the classroom, and his sense of humor shone brighter, the teacher’s children say.

“He could keep it lively,” Kevin says, launching into a Dr. LaCasse imitation to demonstrate. “He’d point at one question and say, Is Aaaaaaaa the answeeeeerrrrr? Or is Bbbbeee the answer?’”

Kevin’s imitation continues, his voice steadily diminishing to a conspiratorial whisper, “‘ No no no no. It’s not B. It’s A.’” Then there was LaCasse’s metaphoric “physics bus.” Any former student can still practically recite their regular admonition: Don’t fall off the physics bus, or it will run you over.

“You have to stay up with what’s going on in physics because every class builds on the last,” Oh explains. “Once you fall off the bus, getting caught up is hard. I remember using that on my own kids when they were in high school, telling them to ‘Stay on the physics bus.’”

Both Schamberger and Gray say alums in fields related to physics or mathematics constantly cite LaCasse as a catalyst for their careers.

Former students, in general, say they breezed through college physics or calculus after his class.

“His ability to relate to young people, take complex ideas and break them down so that it seems easy at the next level, it’s just unbelievable,” Schamberger says.

Oh says that when he started at MIT, he was able to skip the first semester of physics as well as calculus, and the second semester in those classes mostly covered what LaCasse had already taught him.

“That’s at a world-class college,” Oh says. “What that says is we were getting a world-class science and math education at the high school and early college level at Indian Springs.”

“We were getting a worldclass science and math education at the high school and early college level at Indian Springs.”

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exclusively since switching to part-time in 2010.

LaCasse may have arrived armed with a bachelor’s degree in physics and math from St. John’s and a doctorate from Vanderbilt, but Alabama still required him to obtain a state teaching certificate, which he did over a few summers at the University of Montevallo.

By then, LaCasse knew he had found his calling. “I never planned to be here for 50 years,” he says. “But each year, I came back. It just became a habit.”

Teaching at Indian Springs had many plusses—high-caliber students, housing and utilities, and meals at the dining hall during the academic year.

Another appeal was the rural setting—this was before Interstate 65 cut through Shelby County when Indian Springs owned property on both sides of Alabama 119. “Raising children in this atmosphere was a very big plus,” he says.

The LaCasse twins were barely walking when the family moved onto the campus, and Karen lived there her entire life until each graduated from the school.

All describe the joys of growing up with other faculty kids to play with, a huge campus for a playground, and onsite cultural opportunities like movies, plays, and other performances.

Steven paints a picture of Mayberry in the country. “I often tell people it was like the 50s,” he says.

“We knew all our neighbors very well, which is very unlike most neighborhoods. We had free reign of the campus to bike around. We’d go to the dining hall every night and were with the boarding students. It was a great place to grow up.”

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aCasse has been an influential teacher in another way. Many alums and students who now play bridge learned the card game from him through the campus club he sponsors.

Dr. Gray, who joined the faculty after LaCasse had gone part-time, recalls glancing into a classroom late one Friday afternoon during his first year.

“I see a huge group of students feverishly playing cards,” Gray says.

“There was Dr. LaCasse, laughing, cutting up, and playing bridge. It’s his thing.”

When some students tried to get Gray into the game, he protested that he didn’t know how to play. “They said, ‘Dr. LaCasse will teach it all to you. You’ll love it.’”

LaCasse and Cooper quickly bonded after the history teacher joined the faculty in 1974. They enjoyed playing each other in chess and pairing as doubles partners in tennis.

“We are both extremely competitive,” says Cooper. “I think he’s more competitive than I am.”

Their competitive streaks manifested in another way, through the school’s academic decathlon and scholars’ bowl teams.

Cooper was already coaching the latter when he learned about the decathlon, a grueling test of knowledge in 10 subjects in which each competitor gives a speech and takes a “Super Quiz.” He recruited LaCasse to co-coach.

Each school’s six-person team had to be equally divided among A, B, and C students. That gave Indian Springs an edge.

“We had really good C students,” LaCasse says. “We had outstanding B students—killer B students. They would have been A students at a lot of places. So, we got together some pretty good teams.”

Every year from 1988-1998, Indian Springs’ decathlon team won state. It won regional titles for six consecutive years. In national meets during that run, it perennially finished in the top 11 nationally, rising as high as No. 5.

“In the end, the only reason we gave it up was every other team

in Alabama dropped out because we just won the state every year,” Cooper says.

To prep, Cooper and LaCasse would assign work for students on the team, and then all would meet Sundays on campus to refine speeches, take practice math quizzes, and gain instruction in the other subjects.

“For the kids, it was like taking another curriculum on top of the curriculum they had,” Cooper says.

One subject rotated, providing another twist. “One year, it was aviation,” LaCasse says. “Dr. Cooper got a friend of his who had aviation experience to come in to talk to the students about it.”

Where the academic decathlon was rigorous, the scholars’ bowl was brainy fun, LaCasse says.

“Dr. Cooper was the person who got that started at Indian Springs,” LaCasse says. “Being kind of competitive myself, I decided to see if I could be a co-coach.”

Contestants ring buzzers, “Jeopardy”-style, to answer questions.

LaCasse and Cooper would work out their teams, with one playing the quizmaster and the other competing with his own buzzer.

LaCasse or Cooper—generally both—took the scholars’ bowl teams to regular weekend competitions around the Southeast. They were also successful in national tournaments, finishing third one year.

“We were full-bore on this stuff,” LaCasse says, who co-coached from 1992-2009 and solo in 2010.

Leading the two teams was a huge time commitment. But it’s an example of what both educational titans bring to Indian Springs, Schamberger says.

“I think LaCasse and Cooper are prime examples of this isn’t a job,” says the head of school. “It’s a passion that these wonderful, dedicated individuals give to students here. It’s in the classroom. It’s outside the classroom. It’s during school hours. It’s outside school hours. It’s on the weekends. That’s what leads to the transformational experience at Indian Springs.”

“He is just a quiet guy doing what he loves to do.”

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ndian Springs has attracted and retained many brilliant, dedicated teachers over the decades.

“There is a continuity of education here,” LaCasse says.

“The people who graduate from Indian Springs feel good about sending their children here. What else could you say?”

Gray, the assistant head of school for academic affairs, ticks off name after name of faculty veterans in addition to LaCasse, who form the academic foundation at Indian Springs as it enters its eighth decade.

“One cannot give enough credit to the historical perspective and heritage from long-term faculty members,” Gray says. “These pillars of their academic disciplines set a tone for what the expectations are in any given department.”

But as students change and the subjects they learn evolve, these pillars also must constantly recast themselves, Schamberger says.

ABOVE: LaCasse grading tests soon after the new classrooms opened in 2015. LEFT: LaCasse pictured with Dr. Bob Cooper on

a 2005 Scholars’ Bowl trip to Disney World.

THIS IS THE STORY OF A DOG THAT KEPT A CLASS SCHEDULE. Many at Indian Springs School from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s had some kind of encounter with Pandora, the LaCasse family mutt that routinely escorted twins Kevin ’88 and Steven ’88 and later sister Karen ’95 from class to class. When she could get away with it, Pandora would go inside with them.

“She was pretty smart,” says Steven, who grew up on the campus with his siblings. “She’d trade between me and Kevin depending on which teachers would let her into the classroom and which ones would not. So, parts of the day she’d be with me, and parts of the day she’d be off with Kevin.”

But fall and springtime changes tended to throw off her inner clock. After one such switch, Pandora showed up at Mike Lantrip’s door when she thought Kevin should be in his algebra class.

“Mr. Lantrip politely explained that we reset the clocks last night, and you’re going to have to come back in an hour,” Kevin recalls, pausing when asked if she returned on time. “You know, I think she did.”

Pandora didn’t always make the grade. “When it rained, she would stink,” says Steven. “Some teachers and students didn’t like her stinking the room up.” It even prompted one instructor to send home a report card, explaining that Pandora got a D for coming to class smelling like a wet dog.

In those days, most faculty living on campus had dogs, and they pretty much had the run of the place. Pandora was perfectly content with that arrangement—with one exception.

“She was terrified of thunder,” Karen recalls.

“Once, during my brother’s soccer game, she got scared by thunder and ended up jumping in one of the visitors’ cars. They didn’t realize that Pandora was in the car until they got home.”

But the bright lights of Hollywood apparently didn’t faze Pandora, like the time she appeared in a John Badham production.

On campus making a promo for the school, the 1957 Indian Springs grad and award-winning director used Pandora to help portray a typically idyllic scene, capturing multiple takes of her and the LaCasse boys on bikes rounding a corner at the library.

Mac LaCasse is bemused by her, at one point pausing while telling Pandora stories to affectionately note, “She was a very strange dog.”

Take, for example, the daily procession to the dining hall by people and pooch. The humans piled into LaCasse’s old Dodge, but Pandora insisted on leading the way, setting the pace by repeatedly jumping in front of the car.

“She knew we weren’t going to run her over,” Kevin says. “Every time we rounded the faculty circle, she’d cut across the Fleming yard and get back in front of us. She would do this the whole way.

Every day. She did not want us to get there first.”

Her passing in 1994 is noted in that year’s Khalas, where her photo is the centerpiece in a campusdog collage. The inscription, a quote from Leo Bustad, describes the joy that Pandora and her canine cohorts brought to campus: “There are two times when you need animals the most, when you are very young and when you are very old—and often quite a bit in between.”

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Unlike old dogs, they must keep learning new tricks.

And LaCasse is a master magician, Gray says. He recounts how, when Covid hit in early 2020 and teachers had to pivot to remote instruction, LaCasse was issued a new Mac book, an iPad, and a digital pencil to enable him to lecture via the internet.

“He took it all home, and he was teaching remotely within weeks,” Gray says. “This is the new norm in education due to Covid. For him to jump in there and not have any guidance at all, he did a masterful job. He always does. He’s just a natural.”

That’s LaCasse in a nutshell, Karen LaCasse Juliano says. “He is just a quiet guy doing what he loves to do. He loves teaching. He loves teaching the students at Indian Springs.”

So much so that when Schamberger asked him to return in August for the 51st year, LaCasse didn’t hesitate.

“I guess the greatest thing that I can say about Mac is when I’ve come to him and said, ‘Mac, I need you. Would you consider doing this for the school?’ He gives me one response every time: “‘Scott, I can do that for you. I can do that for Indian Springs.”

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CAMPUS NEWS

FA C U LT Y, S TA F F & B O A R D LEFT: Scott

Schamberger, Alan Engel, Elizabeth Goodrich

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Scott Schamberger, Dr. Mac LaCasse, Elizabeth Goodrich

Celebrating Cindy LIBRARIAN 33 YEARS OF SERVICE

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indy Van Horn has been a cornerstone of the Indian Springs community for decades. Not only has she mentored thousands of students, but she’s also shaped the culture of the school through deep involvement in campus life. As her career draws to a close, she reflects on the experiences that have meant the most to her.

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SERVICE AWARDS

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Head of School Scott Schamberger and Board Chair Elizabeth Goodrich P ’20, ’23 presented the inaugural MacDonald B. Fleming Distinguished Service Award to three members of the Indian Springs community on May 27 during the 2022 graduation ceremony.

Alan Engel is an Indian Springs alum in the Class of 1973 and the parent of Andrea Engel Haines ’03 and Ilana Engel ’12. Alan was the president of the Indian Springs Alumni Council from 1990-1991 and has served on the Indian Springs Board of Governors since 2006. He was chair of the board from 2018 to 2022. Alan has served on many committees helping to lead the school’s efforts in strategic planning, capital improvement initiatives, leadership transitions, the campus master plan, and financial stewardship.

Dr. William “Mac” LaCasse has taught math and physics at Indian Springs since 1972. He is the parent of Kevin LaCasse ’88, Steven LaCasse ’88, and Karen LaCasse Juliano ’95 and the step-parent of Jonathan Brumley ’92 and Brent Brumley ’99. Mac was a member of Indian Springs’ 2011 Smartest Company team, which won the state championship and $20,000 for the school. He was a co-coach of Indian Springs’ academic decathlon team from 1988 to 1998 and the scholars’ bowl team from 1992 to 2009, both of which won numerous state championships and national honors. Mac was a part of the residential life community from 1972 to 2019 and has attended many student performances and alumni events.

Cindy Van Horn (pictured right) is the spouse of longtime Director of Athletics Greg Van Horn and the parent of Blake Van Horn ’02 and Wes Van Horn ’05. She began working at Indian Springs as a library assistant in 1989 and moved into the role of the librarian in 2015. She oversaw the student library aides and served as the school’s testing coordinator. Cindy was co-advisor of Indian Springs’ Habitat for Humanity club for over ten years, an active member of the residential life community from 1980 to 2021, and a resident “friend to all.”

Q: When did you and Coach Van Horn first come to Indian Springs?

A: Greg graduated college on June 1, 1980, and we got married on June 28. Sometime between those dates, he was looking through the yellow pages for private schools he could contact due to state education budget cuts.

When Greg called, it turned out Indian Springs was in the market for a PE teacher/coach. He dropped off his resume, and Dr. Jackson [former head of school] was there to interview him. Later that day, he showed up at my office wearing a suit and carrying a dozen roses and said, “I got a job today.” We were both excited at the prospect and anxious to tour the apartment above the old clinic where we would be living (I think it was a test to see how much he wanted the job!)

Q: When did you start working in the Indian Springs library?

A: I was going back to work after Wes turned two in 1989. The former library assistant was retiring, and Leanna Webb [former librarian] encouraged me to apply. I worked under her tutelage for 20 years. I gained a great knowledge of the whole operation, which prepared me well for my move into the main office in 2016.

Although I don’t have a formal degree in library science, I feel like I earned an honorary degree via 33 years of on-the-job training.

Q: How have libraries changed during your career?

A: When I started, we had one computer and were con-

verting all shelf lists and collections retrospectively. I got to be in on the ground floor of automation. We attended conferences all across the country to learn about library technology. We heard Bill Gates predicting the invention of smartphones in 1997 during his keynote address at a National Education Computing Conference. Another keynote speaker whose words resonated with me was a social psychologist and author, Mary Pipher, addressing

attendees at the American Library Association Conference. She spoke on the importance of libraries being a refuge where people can feel connected in a socially changing world where often people don’t know their neighbors or live close to relatives.

In the early 1990s, computers weren’t commonplace in homes, but they were fast becoming the norm, especially for accessibility to the information superhighway (the internet) and for accessing automated library resources. Students needed familiarity with keyboard functions, typing skills, and word processing to make the best use of expanding educational technology, and I taught keyboarding and word processing from 1997 to 2009. Leanna and I also conducted research and information literacy classes.

One thing that hasn’t changed, and is even more crucial today, is the need to locate and discern credible information. In this world of information overload, the librarian can help students differentiate between credible and false information. With an eye toward virtual libraries, the librarian role shifted to “guide on the side” versus “sage on the stage.”

“Librarians are the essence of intellectual curiosity combined with service.” —CINDY VAN HORN

Q: What have you enjoyed most about your work?

A: As a child, I would check out as many books as possible from the library. I have always loved reading and language and words. I think it was fate that I ended up working in a library and being surrounded by books. Even though you might not get to read all of them, you feel like you become smarter just by being in that space, maybe through osmosis.

I think back to all the librarians I’ve met over the years. They are the essence of intellectual curiosity combined with service. They love what they do and want to share it with everybody.

Having knowledge is gratifying, but sharing it with others is truly fulfilling.

Q: What have you enjoyed most about

Indian Springs?

A: Working, living, and raising our children

Living and working in a boarding school makes the experience so much richer. The investment of one’s self is not measured in money, but the pay is rich: special times spent with students in our home, karaoke nights in the Dorm Circle, chaperoning Senior Banquet. Above all, observing and learning from students from different backgrounds with different beliefs accept,

respect, and support one another personally has been a phenomenal experience.

Q: What are your plans for retirement?

A: Spend as much time as possible with my

little people (grandchildren). I also want to remain relevant in the world of libraries, whether volunteering at a local library or becoming involved in the literacy council.

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here has enriched my life in so many ways. I’ve had opportunities I never dreamed of, including travel experiences with colleagues and students.

I have enjoyed and been so privileged to attend and learn from distinguished speakers via the Goodrich Lecture Series, the performing and visual art programs, sporting events, intercultural events, as well as many opportunities to participate in the Indian Springs community, including serving as co-sponsor of the Indian Springs campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity for ten years with Jan Fortson.

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CLASS OF 2022

Congratulations to the Class of 2022!

Seventy seniors became Indian Springs alums at the school’s 68th graduation ceremonies held May 27 on McLean Lawn. Speakers expressed gratitude to the greater Indian Springs community for giving them a supportive environment to grow as individuals and closer as a class. Head of School Scott Shamberger told the graduates, “no matter where life’s twists and turns may take you, remember you will always have a home at Indian Springs.”

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GRADUATION AWARDS

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THE JORDAN MCDAVID AWARD Selected by the faculty based on extraordinary leadership and character exhibited through participation in student activities Andy Schwebel ’22

THE SPIRITUAL AWARENESS AWARD Given in memory of Allan Furniss ’63 and Robert Kartus ’68 to two members of the senior class nominated by classmates who embody the qualities of dignity, humanitarianism, and spiritual awareness Ola Eloubeidi ’22 and Andy Schwebel ’22

THE LIBBY PANTAZIS AWARD Selected by the faculty based on exemplary dedication, joy, and passion in service to the school Lucy Gardner ’22

“This is my epilogue, from the last stanza of our senior choir song entitled ‘North’: ‘Smaller than dust on this map lies the greatest thing we have, the dirt in which our roots may grow and the right to call it home.’”

“As we leave here, let us continue to embody the Indian Springs spirit; be inclusive, supportive, and embrace our fear with the courage of the unknown. I don’t need to think twice about calling Indian Springs my home and calling you my family.”

“All of these seemingly insignificant peculiarities provide evidence of the deep-felt sense of comfort and belonging felt by many at Indian Springs… Yes, Learning through Living has a lot to do with making mistakes in a forgiving environment, but it is also about discovering new aspects of ourselves in an inclusive setting.”

—Frankie Shen ’22

—Andy Schwebel ’22

—Hudson Wang ’22

—Joseph Katz ’22

COLLEGE MATRICULATIONS Amherst College Agnes Scott College Auburn University (2) Barnard College Birmingham-Southern College Bocconi University Boston University (3) Brown University Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Clemson University Davidson College Denison University (2) Emory University (2) Fordham University Furman University Harding University Johns Hopkins University Lee University Lehigh University Loyola University Chicago Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2) Northwestern University Oglethorpe University Oxford College of Emory University (2) Pennsylvania State University Sarah Lawrence College

Skidmore College Southern Methodist University Texas A&M University Texas Christian University The American University of Paris The University of Alabama (3) Tulane University United States Army University of Alabama at Birmingham (3) University of California, Davis (3) University of California, Irvine University of Colorado Boulder University of Montevallo University of Oxford University of Pennsylvania University of Richmond University of Rochester University of Southern California University of Southern Mississippi University of Virginia University of Washington Wake Forest University (2) Wellesley College Wesleyan University Indian Springs

“It’s very much in the spirit of this school as we celebrate graduation to think critically about what our time here meant for us. More than anything, it was a time for experimentation, intellectually and socially. We knew we could take risks because we had a supportive community with caring adults to fall back on.”

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S T U D E N T S P OT L I G H T

Indian Springs Students Excel in...

Fall 2022

STEM

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Ninth grader Lua Markert ’26, senior Mayu Nakano ’23, and recent graduate Catherine Kung ’22 have paved new roads for STEM accomplishment at Indian Springs.

Lua was the only student in Alabama to be named to this year’s Broadcom MASTERS Top 300, the nation’s premier STEM competition for middle schoolaged students.

Lua won first place in the 2022 regional and state science and engineering fairs for her computer science and mathematics project, “MRI Image Analysis Using an ImageJ Based Algorithm to Predict New-Onset Dementia.”

She also received Auburn University’s Biosystems Engineering Award and Talent in Mathematics and Statistics Award.

Mayu and Catherine became the first Indian Springs students to qualify for the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair for two consecutive years.

Mayu was a Grand Award winner at the 2022 international fair, placing fourth in the biomedical and health sciences category for her project, “Evolution of Oncogenic Signatures within Glioblastoma Along a Spatiotemporal Axis.” She also won first place at the 2022 regional fair and third at the state fair. She received the Biophysical Society’s Biophysics Award and the Office of Naval Research Naval Science Award.

Catherine was recognized as one of the South’s top aspiring female scientists. She was named a silver medalist in the 2022 Emmy Noether Awards, open to seniors in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, and received $25,000 for future graduate studies.

Catherine matriculated to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. While at Indian Springs, her research focused on developing a bio-inspired artificial skin and sensory information processing using a Kohonen artificial network. She also explored American Sign Language trigger words using RF sensors and deep neural networks.

Catherine was a special award winner at the 2022 international fair, placing third in the cybersecurity division. She won first place in

the engineering category at the 2022 regional fair and first place in the 2022 Alabama Science Scholars Search.

Catherine also rose among a competitive pool of university students to claim first place for the 2022 SPIE Best Student Paper Award, recognizing research with “a demonstrated connection to smart structures and materials.”

She worked with Indian Springs physics teacher Hazal Mohammed on the paper and presented it at a conference in California.

Academics Recent graduates Andrew Glassford ’22, Catherine Kung ’22, and Andy Schwebel ’22 were among 2,500 nationwide named 2022 National Merit Scholars based on their academic skills and achievements, extracurricular accomplishments, and potential for success in college. Emma Peng ’22 received a college-sponsored National Merit scholarship from Emory University.

Andrew was also named a U.S. Presidential Scholar Semifinalist and was one of only 34 students nationwide to achieve a perfect score on the Beginning Attic (Greek) Exam.

Writing Heading up the next generation of great Indian Springs writers are recent graduates Lucy Gardner ’22 and Sofia Monteleone ’22, who each received the highest honors in the 2022 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, garnering national recognition.

Lucy was the only student in the Southern region to receive an American Voices Medal, a “best in show” award selected by a panel of esteemed judges that recognizes originality, technical skill, and the emergence of a personal voice or vision.

Lucy’s gold medal work is a coming-of-age memoir and metaphor for how we outgrow things and people as we age. The title “Moody Orange” references the mandarin orange cups she ate in kindergarten and the color she associates with a childhood friend.

Sofia was one of only six students in the nation to receive the New York Life Award, which recognizes works exploring personal grief, loss, and bereavement and exemplifying how the arts can act as a positive outlet to cope with these issues.

Sofia’s gold medal poem “Despair in the Quiet” is about processing the death of a close family member who was a role model for her growing up. Her silver medal poem “Wasted Time” is about realizing the toxicity of a friend and leaving the relationship.

Both writers say Indian Springs provided an environment welcoming to self-expression, encouraging them to push the boundaries and explore new horizons in their work. They credit supportive friend groups and mentorship from teachers, especially Cal Woodruff (AP English Language and Composition) and Dr. Renee Chow (Memoir Writing).

Art Senior Kimely Li ’23 was the first Indian Springs student to be recognized in the Visual Arts Achievement Program sponsored by the Alabama State Council on the Arts. She won first place in the high school drawing competition for our district. Her “Cherish” drawing was exhibited at the University of Montevallo in March.

Athletics Senior Elise Picard ’23 finished last school year with three bronze medals. She placed third overall in the 4A AHSAA cross-country state championship, third in the 3200-meter race at the 4A-5A indoor track state championship, and third in the 3200-meter race at the 4A outdoor track state championships. She was chosen to participate in the 25th annual North-South All-Star cross-country meet during Alabama’s All-Star Sports Week alongside soccer player Gus Colvin ’23.

MAYU NAKANO ’23

CATHERINE KUNG ’22

ANDREW GLASSFORD ’22

ANDY SCHWEBEL ’22

EMMA PENG ’22

SOFIA MONTELEONE ’22

LUCY GARDNER ’22

KIMELY LI ’23

ELISE PICARD ’23

GUS COLVIN ’23

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Athletics photos by Marvin Gentry

LUA MARKERT ’26

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AT H L E T I C S BOYS TEAM Isaiah Bingham ’24 Hayes Blackstone ’24 Christopher Bradley ’22 Josh Bramblett ’23 C, S, SS Aidan Clarke ’22 Gus Colvin ’23 C, M, S, SS Smith Craig ’24 Liam Falconer ’22 Gibson Goodrich ’23 Naren Jetty ’23 Sid Jetty ’22 Nick Johnson ’22 Shane Kau ’23 Bruce Lanier ’22 Erik Ledvina ’25 Emiliano Martinez ’22 Harshil Mehta ’22 Jackson Nabors ’22 C, M, S, SS Yusuf Ozaydin ’24 Andrew Rowe ’23 Sovan Shrestha ’23 Henry Spradlin ’22 Sims Tosh ’22 C, M, S, SS Nate Tozzi ’22 C, M, S, SS Hudson Wang ’22

C–SHELBY COUNTY ALL-COUNTY • M–BIRMINGHAM ALL-METRO • S–ALABAMA ALL-STATE • SS–ALABAMA SUPER ALL-STATE

GIRLS TEAM

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Photos by Keith McCoy

Fall 2022

Willa Rose Akins ’24 Caroline Beisher ’22 Addison Doyle ’24 M, S Kennedy Doyle ’25 Georgia Dunbar ’26 Tatum Garrett ’24 Olivia Honeycutt ’22 C, M, S, SS Sherilyn Kau ’26 Norah Roller ’23 C, M, S, SS Phoebe Rominger ’23 Beth Scarborough ’24 Shadie Shrestha ’22 C, M Anna Simms ’23 M Elizabeth Spradlin ’23 Elizabeth TremblayCox ’24 Kennedy Tyson ’22 Chloe Williams ’23

SIMS TOSH ’22

NORAH ROLLER ’23

Photos by Keith McCoy

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ndian Springs history was made on May 13, 2022, at the John Hunt Soccer Complex in Huntsville. Our boys and girls varsity soccer teams both became 4A-5A state champions as a large crowd of students, parents, and alums cheered from the stands.

In a rematch from last year’s finals, the boys team defeated Russellville High School 1-0 to claim Indian Springs’ first back-to-back state championship and its fifth state title in boys soccer. Nate Tozzi ’22 scored the lone goal from a penalty kick in the first half. Goalkeeper Sims Tosh ’22 shined in the second half, recording 13 saves and earning the Most Valuable Player award. The boys team finished its season with a record of 21-2-5.

The girls team defeated East Limestone High School 5-0 to claim Indian Springs’ third state title in girls soccer, ending a 17-year drought.

Beth Scarborough ’24 scored the first goal three minutes into the game, and Chloe Williams ’23, the second. Most Valuable Player Norah Roller ’23 gained her third goal with 6:24 left to play, completing her second consecutive hat trick. The girls’ team finished its season with a record of 18-3-2.

The greatest challenge for both teams came the day before during the semifinals. The boys team played an undefeated Montgomery Academy and were tied 3-3 after regulation and double overtime before heading to a shoot-out where Indian Springs prevailed 4-3. The girls team defeated Saint James School, ranked No. 2 in the state, in double overtime.

Members of both teams received numerous county, metro, state, and super state accolades in addition to their championship rings and trophies.

Most notably, for the second consecutive year, current senior Norah and girls varsity head coach Justin Pino were named the Birmingham B-Division All-Metro Player of the Year and Coach of the Year. Boys varsity head coach Rik Tozzi P ’20, ’22 was named the Shelby County Boys Soccer Coach of the Year.

Boys team recent graduates Sims and Jackson Nabors ’22 will play soccer at Oglethorpe College and Davidson College, respectively. Sims holds the Alabama state record for most consecutive shutouts (9) and a goals saved percentage of 87.5% (70 saves in 80 attempts). He only allowed 19 goals in his career at Indian Springs. Jackson scored a state-best 52 goals and passed for 23 assists during his junior year, earning the titles of 2021 Alabama Gatorade Player of the Year and 2021 Shelby County Player of the Year.

In another historic moment, boys team recent graduate Nate signed a one-year USL Academy contract to play with the Birmingham Legion FC. He will play with the first team, gaining exposure to a professional environment and furthering his development. The contract allows him to retain college eligibility while also being eligible to play in the USL Championship. He had 75 goals and 52 assists in his career at Indian Springs.

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C A P I TA L C A M PA I G N

Contribute to the Commons

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y the time you receive this issue of Indian Springs Magazine, we hope to be just weeks away from fully utilizing the new KayserSamford Community Commons. As of September 2022, over 100 donors have given or pledged more than $10,800,000. Thank you to those who have made a critical investment in the quality of life for our student and faculty community at Indian Springs. Everyone involved in this project has played an important role, and the construction currently underway is the culmination of over ten years of planning, fundraising, and hard work.

As we prepare to launch the life of this new facility that will serve the current and future generations of the Indian Springs community, please know that we still need additional fundraising to reach our goal of $13,500,000. There is still time to be a part of this historic undertaking.

The Community Commons campaign is a distinct effort that falls outside of our annual fund. If you are an annual donor and are interested in making a gift or pledge to the campaign, we hope you will consider maintaining your annual giving which provides crucial support for our annual operating expenses.

Any and all new gifts for the Community Commons campaign are instrumental to our success and will be recognized in the next annual report. Donors who give at least $1,000 will be acknowledged on our permanent donor wall of honor in the Community Commons dining hall. Additionally, outdoor tables may be sponsored starting at $5,000, and indoor tables are $10,000 to $25,000. Please feel free to reach out to me or any of my colleagues in the advancement office with questions about this worthy cause, or go to www.indiansprings.org/communitycommons for more information and a list of additional naming opportunities.

Thank you for your consideration of support, and stay tuned for details on when you can come to Indian Springs to tour the new building.

JIM SIMON

Assistant Head of School for Advancement & External Affairs james.simon@indiansprings.org I 205.332.0615

indiansprings.org/communitycommons

FUNDRAISING GOAL

$13,500,000 AMOUNT RAISED

$10,842,000 AMOUNT NEEDED

Fall 2022

$2,674,000

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AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

NAMING OPPORTUNITIES DINING HALL SEATING AREA $2,000,000 KITCHEN $1,000,000 TOWN HALL LAWN $500,000 THE GRILL $350,000 BELL ENCASEMENT $300,000 ENTRY/FOYER $250,000 EXTERIOR FRONT PLAZA $250,000 OUTDOOR CAFE SEATING RESERVED SIDE TERRACE RESERVED LAKESIDE RECREATION LAWN $150,000 COMMUNITY COMMONS CIRCLE $100,000 DINING HALL PATH RESERVED DINING PORCH SEATING AREA RESERVED DINING ROOM SEATING ISLAND $100,000 ENTRANCE PERMANENT BENCH RESERVED LAKESIDE SEATING AREA RESERVED LANDSCAPING $100,000 LARGE CORNER SEATING LOUNGE $100,000 MODULAR BOOTHS $100,000 SERVERY RESERVED CORNER SEATING LOUNGE $50,000 WATERFALL TABLES (PAIR) $50,000 SERVING STATIONS $50,000/EACH LAKESIDE BENCHES $25,000/EACH RESTORED DINING HALL TABLES $25,000/EACH INDOOR TABLES $10,000/EACH OUTDOOR TABLES $5,000/EACH DONOR WALL LISTING $1,000 AND HIGHER

“Thank you to the 100+ donors who have supported this critical priority with your giving. For those who have not had the opportunity to be a part of this historic effort, I hope you will join the rest of the board and me in support of this campaign.”

—ELIZABETH GOODRICH P ’20, ’23, BOARD OF GOVERNORS CHAIR

The following donors made cash gifts, pledges, and pledge payments to the Community Commons Campaign in 2021-2022.

PHOTOS TAKEN IN SEPTEMBER 2022

Bill Engel ’75 Gillian and Mike Goodrich ’63 Leo Kayser III ’62 Joan and Preston Haskell ’56 Ronne and Donald Hess ’66 Catherine and Emmett McLean Lisa and Alan Engel ’73 Caryn and Steven Corenblum ’75 Allan Cruse ’59 David Faber ’66 Emily Hess Levine ’01 and Bob Levine Cecilia Matthews Cindi and Michael Routman ’72 Nancy and Jim Tyrone ’73 Gail and Chip Gamble ’58 Susan and John Abbot ’80 Patricia and Ehney Camp ’60 Mary and Braxton Goodrich ’93 Elizabeth and Mike Goodrich ’90 Ellen McElroy ’78 Susanna Myers '90 and Gerry Pampaloni Rene and John Simmons ’65 Tricia and Troy Wallwork Lisa Hess Lowrie ’95 Maud Belser Sheri and Jimmy Krell Molly Myers ’92 Mary and Don North Margaret and Kip Porter ’60

Stacy and Scott Pulliam ’85 Lia and Rusty Rushton ’74 Patricia and Rick Sprague ’66 Rik Tozzi Christy and Swaid Swaid Diane and Tom Gamble ’60 Andrea Engel Haines ’03 and Kent Haines ’03 Malinda and Jimmy Lewis ’75 Melissa and Hanson Slaughter ’90 Sarah Urist Green ’98 and John Green ’95 Tracy and Scott Schamberger Elise May Frohsin ’88 and Hank Frohsin Judy and Gerson May Barbara and Jack Aland ’75 Heidi and Martin Damsky ’68 Janet Bell Perry Kay Armstrong Carter and Frank Carter ’62 Starr Turner Drum ’02 and David Drum Betsy Stewart Durst ’09 and Lucas Durst Ilene Engel Ginny and Joe Farley ’81 Bruce Gamble Edith and Henry McHenry ’68 Kate Konecny Pope ’02 and William Pope Anne Marie Seibel and Steven Rowe Tullia Rushton ’09 William Rushton ’11 Andrew Sperling ’79 Vicky and Peter Sperling ’77

Callen Bair Thistle ’01 and Will Thistle Whitney Sprague ’01 and Tyler Thomas Julie and Mark Nelson ’88 Gabrielle Matese and Jeff Barton Meredith and Daniel Odrezin ’05 Clara Chung and Glenn Fleisig Jerolyn Ferrari Peggy and Michael Fleetwood Sharon Kean and Bob Lipson ’68 Jane and Kevin Tavakoli ’98 Leah and Bo Taylor Cindy Bryan ’02 William Martin April and Blake Berry Jessica Battle ’02 Ginny and Grady Richardson ’57 Jamie and Justin Routman ’02 Joseph Bradley ’02 Jim Simon Beth and Brooks Clark David Hill ’02 Marisa Bradford Inge ’02 and Edward Inge ’02 Nancy Poynor Rebecca Smith ’02

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ANNUAL REPORT

FROM ASSISTANT HEAD OF SCHOOL JIM SIMON

M JIM SIMON

Fall 2022

Assistant Head of School for Advancement & External Affairs

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any thanks to all of you from all of us at the school for your incredible support during our 2021-2022 fiscal year. Your collective philanthropy for Indian Springs added up to a total of over $4,371,000 which marks an impressive eight-year-high in fundraising.

Over 800 alumni, parents, grandparents, faculty, and friends donated nearly 1,800 gifts to various priorities at Indian Springs, including the annual fund, scholarships, and the Community Commons capital campaign. Our 2021 fall Harvest Market fundraiser had its third consecutive record year of support. We continue to be grateful for the 100% giving participation we see from our board of governors, alumni council, parents association leadership, and near full support from current faculty and staff.

During a year in which we were able to transition back into a more “normal” routine of events and gatherings, we saw a surge in volunteer interest. We appreciated the many members of the Indian Springs family who helped make all of our events and initiatives possible. As always, I’m particularly grateful for our advancement team’s hard work and all members of our on-campus community who go the extra mile to support the work we do to keep all members of the Indian Springs community connected to the school.

This new 2022-2023 academic and fiscal year marks 70 years since Indian Springs School first opened its doors in the fall of 1952. We look forward to celebrating this important milestone at regional receptions, local gatherings in Birmingham, and here on the Indian Springs campus.

Thank you again for supporting so many critical needs at the school. Please know how much we appreciate your ongoing partnership in our broader pursuit of Learning through Living.

THE INDIAN SPRINGS ADVANCEMENT TEAM AT HARVEST MARKET 2021. FROM THE LEFT: KATHRYN D'ARCY, JIM SIMON, LEAH TAYLOR, AND PEGGY FLEETWOOD

F I N A N C I A L S T AT E M E N T S July 1, 2021—June 30, 2022

SOURCES OF O P E R AT I N G F U N D S

FUNDRAISING ANNUAL FUND & ANNUAL FUND R E ST RICT E D 2 02 1-2 02 2

Annual Fund – Unrestricted

$612,827.40

Annual Fund – Restricted

$97,359.02

Total

$710,186.42

RESTRICTE D & OTH E R G IFTS 2 02 1-2 02 2

Total

$3,660,852.21

Total Giving

$4,371,038.63

O P E R AT I N G S T AT E M E N T INCOME

Tuition and Fees

g

Tuition & Fees

g

Annual Fund & Other Gifts

g

Endowment Draw

USES OF O P E R AT I N G F U N D S

$11,101,153

Annual Fund & Other Gifts (adjusted for multiyear pledges) $722,103 Total Income Endowment Draw

$11,823,256 $336,450

EXPENSES

Salaries & Benefits

$6,018,914

Financial Aid

$1,930,895 $536,204

Dining, Transportation & Other Services $1,203,258 Operations & Maintenance

$1,093,783

General & Administrative

$1,489,874

Total Expenses

$12,272,928

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Salaries & Benefits

g

Operations & Maintenance

g

Dining, Transportation & Other Services

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Instructional & Student Activities Financial Aid General & Administrative

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Instructional & Student Activities

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ANNUAL REPORT

DIRECTORS’ DINNER 2022

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ndian Springs is grateful for our leadership donors whose generosity accounts for so much of the funds raised each year for the Annual Fund and capital giving priorities.

Our annual Directors’ Dinner is the school’s way of saying thank you to all of our supporters who make gifts of $1,500 or more.

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ANNUAL FUND DONORS

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FOUNDERS LEVEL

Molly Myers ’92

Lauren and Glen Howard ’67

$5,000 TO $9,999

Lia and Rusty Rushton ’74

Nyya and John Hudson

Unrestricted annual fund gifts

Susan and John Abbot ’80

Tracy and Scott Schamberger

Cathy and Paul Jones, Jr.

received between July 1, 2021

Hal Abroms

Rene and John Simmons ’65

Sheri and Jimmy Krell

and June 30, 2022 are listed

Pris and Eddie Ashworth ’67

Galin and Kevin Spicer

Wendy and Bruce Kuhnel ’84

below. A complete list of donors

Julia and John Badham ’57

Kyle Strange

Michael Levine ’74

by constituency and by class

Betsy and William Belser ’80

Alex and Jeff Thompson

Wenyan Zhang and

can be found at indiansprings.

Yunjung Choi and

Nancy and Jim Tyrone ’73

org/2022annualreport.

Minyung Chung

Richard Whitley

Edith and

Lisa and Jeff Clifton

LEADERSHIP LEVEL $25,000 + Ronne and Donald Hess Foundation

Pilar Childs Dostal ’92 and Jared Dostal

Margaret and Bruce Alexander

Elizabeth and

Barbie and Steve Arnold ’66 Kelly Bodnar Battles ’85 and

Henry McHenry ’68 Susan Brand and Harry Mueller ’62 Susanna Myers ’90 and Gerry Pampaloni

Mary and Braxton Goodrich ’93

$10,000 TO $24,999 Lisa and Alan Engel ’73

Kyung Han ’85

Caroline and E. T. Brown ’74

Gwen and Carl Oppenheim

Martha Diefendorf and

Camille Stein Butrus

Nancy and Sandy Petrey ’59

Annie and Greg Butrus

Diana and Gray Plosser ’63

Myla Calhoun

Dolores and Dave Richie

Heidi and Martin Damsky ’68

Laura Schiele Robinson ’86 and

Gillian and Mike Goodrich ’63

Robert Hogan ’68 Keith Jacobson and

Mary and Rob Henrikson ’65

Elizabeth Jacobson

Ronne and Donald Hess ’66

Emily Hess Levine ’01 and

Jeanne and Richard Monk III

Fall 2022

$2,500 TO $4,999

ARMSTRONG SOCIETY

Liesel and Will French

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GOVERNORS CIRCLE

Ray Gildea ’71 Mike Goodrich ’90

Guanghua Lou Ellen McElroy ’78

Bob Levine

Brett Battles

Ginny and Joe Farley ’81 Jan and Chip Feazel ’63

Rhonda and Jason* Nabors

Steven Robinson Mary Helmer and

Heather and Dan Mosley ’74

Danny Markstein ’92

Robert Friedel ’67

Courtney and Jay Pigford

Rosalind and Daniel Markstein

Carol Dewar and Larry Futrell ’64

Alena Clark and Brandon Smith

Margaret and Kip Porter ’60

Cecilia Matthews

Jeff Gale ’92 and Dana Gale

Ginger Lolley Socolof and

Catherine and Emmett McLean

Hilary and Scott Gewant

Kathy and Mark Myatt ’55

Emil and Jimmie Hess*

Mark Sabel ’84

Joe Socolof Virginia and Tim Stone

*Deceased

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5 1. Ronique Carter and Anisa Ssengoba-Ubogu P ’21, ’23 2. Ginger Lolley Socolof P ’24 and Heather Swanner P ’21, ’23 3. Fred Heath ’62 and Jean Heath 4. Steven Robinson P ’19, ’20, ’25; Larry Brook ’87 P ’25, ’27; Ginger Brook P ’25, ’27; and Laura Schiele Robinson ’86 P ’19, ’20, ’25 5. Jane Tavakoli; Kevin Tavakoli ’98; Kent Haines ’03; Andrea Engel Haines ’03; Randall Minor ’99; and Emily Hess Levine ’01 P ’27

Jane and Kevin Tavakoli ’98

Jean and Fred Heath ’62

Jim Simon

Kelly and Robert Aland ’80

Holly Jones Terrell

Mary and Jay Holekamp ’63

Patti and Scott Simpson

Dawn and Brian Alldredge ’96

Chang Zhai and Anxin Wu

David Huggin ’59

Diana and Bill Slaughter ’56

Misty and Chris Antoon

Cheng Hu and Leibo Zhang

Chris Hunter ’79

Melissa and

Mike Atchison ’79

Doug Hunter ’73

Hanson Slaughter ’90

Candi and C.P. Bagby ’63

TOWN MEETING LEVEL

Amanda and Herndon Inge III

Sarah and Will Slaughter ’91

Zheng Chen and Xianghu Bai

$1,500 TO $2,499

Marisa Bradford Inge ’02 and

Blakeley and Bill Smith

Jennifer Bain ’84

Leah and Bo Taylor

Gabrielle Matese and

Layla and Roger Baldwin ’87

Edward Inge ’02

Elizabeth and John Breyer ’71

Natalie and Mike Johnson

Ann and David Tharpe

Ginger and Larry Brook ’87

Dr. Patrick Kung and

Callen Bair Thistle ’01 and

Kay Armstrong Carter and

Dr. Margaret Kim

Frank Carter ’62

Will Thistle

Jeff Barton Jen Spears ’96 and David Bashford

Malinda and Jimmy Lewis ’75

Judy and Arthur Toole ’58

W. C. Bass

Barbara and Lem Coley ’62

Ying Qin and Honglu Li

Robin Greene Wall ’03 and

Justin Berman

Caryn and Steven

Barr Linton

Corenblum ’75

Michael Wall

Cathy and Caldwell Marks ’93

Helen Gong and Xibo Wang

Elizabeth and Bart Crawford

Virginia Bledsoe Mattox ’86

Amy McDaniel Williams ’80 and

Allan Cruse ’59

Cheryl and Burk McWilliams ’65

Dansby Evans ’84

Chinelo Dike-Minor and

Heidi and Bill Falconer

Randall Minor ’99

Steve Williams

Shaheen and Michael Bermudez Jody Klip Black ’78 and Jeffrey Black

Barbara and David Williams

Cathryn and Mark Boardman

Nicole Williams

Jennifer Boll ’92

Lori and Richard Feist

Ann and Richard Monk ’57

Haili Shao and Zhaorong Ye

Tommy Boshell ’81

Jerolyn Ferrari

Julie and Mark Nelson ’88

Fang Zhan and Luhan Zhang

Karen and Bill Boyle ’62

Barbara and Jim Flowers

Libba and John Owen ’70

Yanna Chen and Yande Zhang

Tonya and Bartley Pickron ’91

MAYORS LEVEL

Elena and Merrill Bradley

Howard E. Furnas III Terry and Paul Goldfarb ’69

Janet and Charles Plosser ’66

$500 TO $1,499

Tom Byers ’67

Andrea Engel Haines ’03 and

Martha and Michael Pratt ’67

Anonymous

Patricia and Ehney Camp ’60

Stacy and Scott Pulliam ’85

Amanda Adams ’79 and

Jonette and

Kent Haines ’03 Susan and Wyatt Haskell ’57

Cindi and Michael Routman ’72

Shumin Liu and Junmin He

Jamie and Justin Routman ’02

Paul Weir Barbara and Jack Aland ’75

Adrienne and Julian Brook

Kenneth Christian ’67 Continued on page 24

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6. Bart Crawford P ’20, ’23, ’26; Liesel French P ’22; Elizabeth Crawford P ’20, ’23, ’26; and Will French P ’22

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ANNUAL REPORT

Jim Clower ’64

Betsy and Steve Hewett

Carole and Matt Miller

Tom Smith ’72

Andrew Cohn ’99

Connie Hill and Doug Turner

Evelyn Lewis Miller ’11 and

Patricia and Rick Sprague ’66

Jesanna Cooper ’94 and

Amy Thompson Holiditch

Michael Morris

Michael Steiner ’95

Anna and Chandler Cox

Todd Holtet, Townsend Honda

Margaret R. Monaghan

Keiko and Kayser Strauss ’96

Martha Anne Rich and Bill Craig

Kathryn and Edward Hook

Beatrice and Frank Morring ’68

Erin and Shane Street

Bonnie and Jack Dabbs

Jennifer and Ben Hunt ’82

Helen Zhou and Mike Mu

Anonymous

Mary Lee and David Darby ’61

Mitch Ives ’70

Andrea Cherrington and

Linda and Leo

Anne Davis and Cris Picard

Maleesa and Jason Jack

Bernardo De La Pava

Jannike and Brian Jackson ’92 Li Hua and Hua Jiang

Mike Mugavero Mary Katherine Myatt ’86 and Randy Earl

Jen and Conrad De Los Santos

Jessica and Ben Johnson ’71

Christy and David Nelson ’93

Rebecca Garity DePalma ’80

George Jones ’98

Hilary and Stuart Nelson ’95

Anna Margaret and Tommy Donald ’58 Lori and Stephen Dorsky ’71

Lida and Bill* Jones ’63

Maizie and Tom Nelson

Radhi Prasad Kakarla ’91 and

Marcia and Mike Nichols ’70

Naveen Kakarla

Sullivan-Bashinsky ’64 Christy and Swaid Swaid Heather and Jason Swanner Kristin Henson Tankersley ’86 and Will Tankersley Elizabeth Barbaree-Tasker and Eric Tasker

Mary and Don North

Keith Thomson

Meredith and

Martin Tobias ’95 and

Sherry and Andy Driggers

Maria and Lawrence Katz ’82

Jennifer and Clay Dunbar

Pamela and Prescott Kelly ’61

Joe and Sheryl Dunsmore

Katy and David Killion ’00

Melissa Oliver

Merodie and Gene Tomlin

Betsy Stewart Durst ’09 and

Christine and Charles Kim

Alyson and Alan O’Neil ’93

Fergus Tuohy ’96 and

Michelle Lee and

Marla Weinstein Ostroff ’99 and

Lucas Durst Bill Engel ’75

Joon Yong Kim ’72

Daniel Odrezin ’05

Steven Ostroff

Robert Marx

Michael Barnett Anisa Ssengoba-Ubogu and

Ilana Engel ’12

Yang Suck and Richard Kim

Libby and Dennis Pantazis

Susan and Sid Evans

Xiaoling Wang and

Janet Bell Perry

Connie and Marshall Urist

Vicki Vitiello and Jeff Pettus ’73

Gareth Vaughan

Don Pittman ’78

Heidi Molbak and Rob Verchick

Emily and Jerry Pittman ’76

Lauren Wainwright ’88

Sharonda Childs Fancher ’03 and Eric Fancher, Jr. Peggy and Michael Fleetwood

Lingdong Kong Sarah Abroms Kunin ’04 and Abraham Kunin

Erobo Ubogu

Renee Ridgeway and

Scottie and Bruce Lanier

Janet and Craig Pittman ’74

Alison and Rhett Walker ’83

Kimberly Flowers

Hoa Nguyen and Andy Le

Kathy and Bill Pittman ’70

Jill and Thomas Walton

Alison Goldstein Lebovitz ’88

Alison Pool-Crane ’79

Ellen and Mark Warner ’66

Kate Konecny Pope ’02 and

Tom Whitehurst ’68

Elise May Frohsin ’88 and Hank Frohsin

and Alan Lebovitz

Gail and Chip Gamble ’58

Ben Lee ’78

Loren Gary ’76

Sandra and Tom Lewis ’66

Nancy Poynor

Jackie and David Woodall ’93

Sarah and Jonathan Geisen

Sharon Kean and

Katrina Armstrong Randall ’82

Luiwei Zeng and Panrong Xiao

Kris and Todd Glassford Alice and Paul Goepfert Sylvia Goldberg Talia and Chuck Goldfarb ’88 Rachel Krantz and Edward Goldstein ’67 Sarah Urist Green ’98 and John Green ’95 Sydney and Michael Green Mary and Victor Hanson ’74 Kathy and Bob Henderson, Jr. Kirby Pool Henderson ’07 and Ryan Henderson ’07 Susan and Steve Henderson ’69 Fall 2022

Kimberly and

Carol and B. G. Minisman ’63

Maria Jerez and

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Jordan Miller

Dale and John Holditch

Heidi Hess ’89 and James Rucker

Bob Lipson ’68

William Pope

and Tom Randall

Rowan and Russ Williams ’73

Huarong Deng and Xin Xu

Jing Chang and Guoliang Liu

Jan and Dick Richardson ’70

Tanya and Scott Yeager

Henry Long ’01

Kay and Paul Roller

Yueling Bao and Lianguo You

Ann and Jeff Majcher

Anne Marie Seibel and

Debbie and Steve Youhn

Laili and Jim Markert

Steven Rowe

Leslie and David Matthews ’75

Gail and Deak Rushton ’78

FACULTY AND STAFF

Kimberly and

William Rushton ’11

The following faculty and staff

Sharon Samford

were donors to the 2021-2022

Judy and Gerson May

Kelly and Scott Schell

annual fund.

Carole and Michael Mazer

Yikun and David Schwebel

Anonymous

Dawn and Joe McCarty

Josie and Clark Scott ’71

D’Anthony Allen

Brandi and Jeff McCormack

Karen Shepard ’81

Hallie Barrett

Kathryn McDonald

Linda and Robert Sherman ’58

Neil Barrett

Kody McKay ’01

Ream and Mohamed Shoreibah

William Belser ’80

Rebecca and

Judy and M. D. Smith ’59

April Berry

Macke Mauldin ’78

Thomas McWilliams ’97

Blake Berry

*Deceased

Cal Woodruff

John Brunzell

Lee Wright

Anne Burruss

Tanya Yeager

Athena Chang Renee Chow Dan Clinkman

GRANDPARENTS The following grandparents

Clay Colvin ’95

were donors to the 2021-2022

Bob Cooper

annual fund.

Christine Copeland

Hal Abroms

Sabrina Cuadra Kathryn D’Arcy Colin Davis Taylor Docking Jim Flaniken Peggy Fleetwood Mac Fleming Jan Fortson Annie Galey Jon Gray James Griffin Mandy Grifin Ann Hamner Tanya Hyatt Amelia Johnson Hye-Sook Jung Mac LaCasse George Mange Boo Mason Pedro Mayor Hazal Mohammed Chris Mullinax Dane Peterson Justin Pino

Phyllis Bailey Adrienne and Julian Brook Camille Stein Butrus Patricia and Ehney Camp ’60 Joan Clark Becky and Jim Davis Jane and Charles Ellis Bonnie and Joe Embry, Sr. Gillian and Mike Goodrich ’63 Emil and Jimmie Hess* Ronne and Donald Hess ’66 Dale and John Holditch Cathy and Paul Jones, Jr. Mary Beth Katz Rosalind and Daniel Markstein Judy and Gerson May Ann and Richard Monk ’57 Kathy and Mark Myatt ’55 Gwen and Carl Oppenheim Margaret and Kip Porter ’60 Lorol B. Rucker Sharon Samford Carol Schwebel

Rachel Preskitt

Diana and Bill Slaughter ’56

Erica Richie

Margaret and Gene Turner

Mike Rowlett Scott Schamberger Tracy Schamberger Michael Sheehan

2022 SENIOR PARENTS GIFT FUND Parents of the Class of 2022

Jeffrey Sides ’91

contributed to the senior par-

Jim Simon

ents gift fund, which generated

Brad Skiff

support for a lakeside bench at

Leah Taylor

the Kayser-Samford Commu-

Christina Tetzlaff

nity Commons. The following

Cindy Van Horn

parents gave to that fund.

Greg Van Horn Lauren Wainwright ’88 Weslie Wald Amy Wammack Hunter Wolfe

Ashley and Reed Bates Betsy and William Belser ’80 Elena and Merrill Bradley Continued on page 26

GIVE THE ULTIMATE GIFT

JOIN THE LEGACY SOCIETY Leave a lasting legacy by including Indian Springs in your planned giving. The Legacy Society honors alums, parents, and friends who remember the school in their estates or who give assets now with deferred BOB HOGAN ’68 benefits to Indian Springs.

AND MARTHA DIEFENDORF Bob Hogan ’68 has been a generous supporter of Indian Springs but decided to expand his philanthropy to include a generous designation in his estate plans.

“My current estate plan has Indian Springs as a 50% cobeneficiary of my IRA, with the other beneficiaries being my grandchildren,” says Bob. “The nice thing about using the IRA beneficiary designation is that it’s easy to do without changing my will, involving a lawyer, etc.”

To learn more about how you can benefit Indian Springs through your estate plans, please visit indiansprings.org/ plannedgiving or contact Assistant Head of School for Advancement & External Affairs Jim Simon. james.simon@indiansprings.org I 205.332.0615

2021-2022 LEGACY SOCIETY Judy* and Hal Abroms Patrick Anderson ’92 Susan and Steve Apolinsky ’80 Pris and Eddie Ashworth ’67 Julia and John Badham ’57 Candi and C.P. Bagby ’63 Murray and Keehn W. Berry, Jr.* Lois and Ben Blackwell* Karen and Bill Boyle ’62 Kay Armstrong and Frank Carter ’62 Pinkie and Bryan Chace ’74 Hanelle Culpepper Meier ’88 and Jeff Meier Heidi and Martin Damsky ’68 Cathy and Mell Duggan ’76 Coo Engel ’79* David Faber ’66 Ginny and Joe Farley ’81 Robert Friedel ’67 Howard E. Furnas III Chris Genry ’78 Gertrude Gildea Sylvia Goldberg Rachel Krantz and Edward Goldstein ’67 Billie Grace and Henry Goodrich* Gillian and Mike Goodrich ’63 Eugenia and Larry Greer ’63 Ronne and Donald Hess ’66 Martha Diefendorf and Robert Hogan ’68

Robert W. Johns* George Johnston ’65 Muff* and Gilbert Johnston ’63 Judy and Philippe Lathrop ’73 Sharon Kean and Bob Lipson ’68 Cecilia and Alan* Matthews ’68 Lawrence Matthews ’64* Kristine Billmyer and Russell Maulitz ’62 June and Joe Mays ’63 Susan and Tennant McWilliams ’61 Margaret R. Monaghan Bob Montgomery ’74 Marcia and Mike Nichols ’70 Joe Nonidez ’62* Margaret and Kip Porter ’60 Carol and Wilmer* Poynor ’56 Nancy and John* Poynor ’58 Cindi and Michael Routman ’72 Sharon and Frank* Samford ’62 Cooper Schley ’64 William S. Schuler ’66* John Tanquary ’74 Jane and Kevin Tavakoli ’98 Ann and David Tharpe Jill and Chip Thuss ’74 Fergus Tuohy ’96 and Michael Barnett Nancy and Jim Tyrone ’73 Irvin “Bucky” Weaver ’68* Pamela and Bill Weeks ’69 Marjorie and Jim White ’60 *Deceased

Indian Springs

William Blackerby ’05

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ANNUAL REPORT

Jeff and Lisa Clifton Jen and Conrad De Los Santos

Hongmei Qian and Jiachun Sun

Heidi and Bill Falconer

Christy and Swaid Swaid

Renee Ridgeway and

Niamh Tuohy ’89

Kimberly Flowers Liesel and Will French

Jill and Thomas Walton

Lia and Rusty Rushton ’74

Steven Robinson Mary Helmer and Mark Sabel

Leah and Bo Taylor

’84/Sabel Law Firm, LLC

Chang Zhai and Anxin Wu

Ginger Lolley Socolof and Joe Socolof

Rachel Pang and Zeng Wang

Virginia and Tim Stone

SPROUT LEVEL

HARVEST MARKET 2021 SPONSORS

GARDEN LEVEL

$500 Shaheen and

$1,000 Ginger and Larry Brook ’87

Cathryn and Mark Boardman

Martha Anne Rich and Bill Craig

Anne Davis and Cris Picard

Jen and Conrad De Los Santos

Joe and Sheryl Dunsmore

Susan and Sid Evans

Kathy and Bob Henderson, Jr.

Heidi and Bill Falconer

Maleesa and Jason Jack

Liesel and Will French

Maria and Lawrence Katz ’82

Elise May Frohsin ’88 and

Scottie and Bruce Lanier

Jennifer and Keven Gardner Kris and Todd Glassford Li Hua and Hua Jiang Natalie and Mike Johnson Maria and Lawrence Katz ’82 Dr. Patrick Kung and Dr. Margaret Kim Scottie and Bruce Lanier Stacey and David Monteleone Homa Rabiee and Hamid Moradkhani Hong Li and Colin Peng Dolores and Dave Richie Kelly and Scott Schell Yikun and David Schwebel Melissa and Hanson Slaughter ’90

Diana and Bill Slaughter ’56

RAINMAKER LEVEL $2,500

Betsy and William Belser ’80 Camille Stein Butrus Jeff and Lisa Clifton Lisa and Alan Engel ’73 Ginny and Joe Farley ’81 Hilary and Scott Gewant Elizabeth and Mike Goodrich ’90 Ellen McElroy ’78 Dolores and Dave Richie Laura Schiele Robinson ’86 and

Michael Bermudez

Hank Frohsin

Jing Chang and Guoliang Liu

Jeff Gale ’92 and Dana Gale

Laili and Jim Markert

Amy Thompson Holiditch

Mary Katherine Myatt ’86 and

Emily Hess Levine ’01 and

Randy Earl

Bob Levine

Stacy and Scott Pulliam ’85

Carole and Matt Miller

Anne Marie Seibel and

Jeanne and Richard Monk III

Steven Rowe

HARVEST MARKET 2021

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ver 150 parents, alums, faculty, and friends reunited at Indian Springs on October 30, 2021, for the Parents Association’s annual Harvest Market fall fundraiser. Thanks to the generosity of our sponsorship donors, attendees, and the in-kind support from Martin’s Bar-B-Que, El Barrio, and Milo’s Tea, over $88,000 was raised; a new record! Thank you to Chair Rhonda Nabors, sponsorship co-chairs Tricia Wallwork and Jeanne Monk, and vendor chair Edina Shreshtha for your great work.

Details about this year’s Harvest Market will be in a future issue of Indian Springs Magazine.

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1. Praveen Jetty P ’22, ’23; Charles Daniel P ’25, ’25; and Joyce Solomon P ’25, ’25 2. Wayne Davis; Anne Davis P ’23; Becky Davis GP ’23; Cris Picard P ’23; and Jimmy Davis GP ’23 3. Paul Gilliam P ’24 and Traceé Strum-Gilliam P ’24 4. Yikun Schwebel P ’22, ’25 and David Schwebel P ’22, ’25

Fall 2022

5. Dana Kaissi P ’25 and Mohamad El Khatib P ’25

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6. William Craig P ’23, ’24; Martha Anne Rich P ’23, ’24; Andrea Rominger P ’21, ’23, ’25; Atticus

Rominger P ’21, ’23, ’25; Betsy Belser P ’20, ’22; and William Belser ’80 P ’20, ’22 7. Doris Paredes Flores P ’25 and Napoleon Castaneda P ’25

Tracy and Scott Schamberger

Nimi and Praveen Jetty

tives selected by the school

Soccer Program

Ream and Mohamed Shoreibah

Natalie and Mike Johnson

were received in 2021-2022.

Technology Initiatives

Melissa and

Dawn and Joe McCarty

Acworth Foundation

Tennis Program

Jana and Mukul Mehra ’91

Scholarship Fund

RESTRICTED GIFTS

Galin and Kevin Spicer

Ann and Richard Monk ’57

Erin and Shane Street

Gabriela and Stuart Oates

Nicole Williams

Amy and Keith Richards

Archives

In 2021-2022 gifts were made

David Williams

Rebecca and Josh Rothman

Athletics Programs

to support initiatives outside

Karen Shepard ’81

SEED LEVEL

Financial Aid

the school’s annual operat-

Edina and Sadeep Shrestha

General Henry Lee Badham

ing budget for the following

$250 Regina and John Ammon

Jim Simon

Ashley and Reed Bates

Billie Jo and Clinton Waara

Elizabeth and Bart Crawford

Alison and Rhett Walker ’83

Heidi and Martin Damsky ’68

Tricia and Troy Wallwork

Maria Jerez and

Jill and Thomas Walton

Library Program

Helen Gong and Xibo Wang

Medical Properties

Bernardo De La Pava

Connie Hill and Doug Turner

Jerolyn Ferrari

Misha and Josh Whitman

Elene and Brian Giattina

Kimberly and Scott Wilder

Tracee and Paul Gilliam Betsy and Steve Hewett

ANNUAL FUND RESTRICTED GIFTS

Todd Holtet, Townsend Honda

Gifts for the following initia-

Shumin Liu and Junmin He

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Andy Abroms Memorial Scholarship

Memorial Scholarship H. Drennen Jones Scholarship Trust Iain Alexander Scholarship Fund

Trust Scholarship Residential Life Program Scholars Bowl Scholarship Granting

purposes.

ART BUILDING Nancy Poynor

BROOKS HINES MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Rene and John Simmons ’65

CHINESE LANGUAGE CLASSROOM/CHANG DISCRETIONARY FUND Troy University Foundation, Inc.

Organization Science

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Indian Springs

Hanson Slaughter ’90

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ANNUAL REPORT Richard Neely; Charles Robinson ’59; Rhea Fleming ’79; Alan Engel ’73 P ’03, ’12; and Scott Schamberger at the Mac Fleming Celebration of Life held during Alumni Weekend 2022.

CLASS OF 1968 SCHOLARSHIP FUND Bilee Cauley Martha Diefendorf and Robert Hogan ’68 Anne and Charles Kessler ’68 Sharon Kean and Bob Lipson ’68 Cecilia Matthews Pam and Roy Meyer ’68 Beatrice and Frank Morring ’68 Laura Lee and John Samford ’68

MACDONALD B. FLEMING ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP

W

Fall 2022

e are grateful to those listed below for honoring founding faculty member MacDonald B. “Mac” Fleming with contributions to his endowed scholarship. Beginning with an initial contribution from John Bigger ’56, the fund has grown to over $77,000 in gifts and pledges as of June 30, 2022. A matching challenge from Chris Genry ’78 to the classes of 1975 to 1981 yielded an additional 15 gifts totaling nearly $9,000. To learn more about the Fleming Scholarship, please visit indiansprings.org/mac.

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Susan and John Abbot ’80 Kelly and Robert Aland ’80 Elizabeth and Bob Athey ’59 CJ and John Bigger ’56 Patricia and Ehney Camp ’60 Carey Cauthen ’91 Clara Chung and Glenn Fleisig Joan Clark Sherrie Cooper Carolyn and Richard Crocker ’65 Allan Cruse ’59 Will Davis ’86 Rebecca Garity DePalma ’80 Ashley and Donald Edwards Catherine Fleming Edwards ’78 and David Edwards Jane and Charles Ellis Lisa and Alan Engel ’73 Dona and Rhea Fleming ’79 Linda and Arthur Freeman ’59 Reese and Sally Ganster ’63 Loren Gary ’76 Chris Genry ’78 Gillian and Mike Goodrich ’63 Charles Guo ’05 Helene and Norman Halpern Mary and Victor Hanson ’74

Anne and George Harper ’70 Susan and Wyatt Haskell ’57 Beth Harris Heaton ’78 and Bill Heaton Ronne and Donald Hess ’66 Betty and Cory Jackson ’56 Jan Jander ’95 Ellen Stern Kelsch ’01 Maura and Jerry Kennedy ’66 Caroline and Roy Knight ’59 Joonsuk Lee ’93 Jenny and George LeMaistre ’66 Sharon Kean and Bob Lipson ’68 Leta and Jim Matte ’77 Kimberly and Macke Mauldin ’78 Michael and Carole Mazer Charla and John McKoy ’76 Ruth Ann and Jack McSpadden ’64 Sara and Tommy Moody ’64 Kathy and Mark Myatt ’55 Mary Katherine Myatt ’86 and Randy Earl Marcia and Mike Nichols ’70 Mary and Don North

Susan Dillard Phillips ’80 and David Phillips Susan Pizitz ’80 Sam Pointer ’81 Ginny and Grady Richardson ’57 Shannon Riffe ’00 and Matt Burton Lia and Rusty Rushton ’74 Mary Helmer and Mark Sabel ’84 Jane and Lester Seigel ’75 Jim Simon Dottie and Jeffrey Smith ’61 Rose Beth Smith Elinor and Michael Staff Kimberly and Michael Steiner ’95 David Tavakoli ’91 Jane and Kevin Tavakoli ’98 Sima Tavakoli Dana Crocker Templeton ’78 and Harold Templeton Judy and Arthur Toole ’58 Connie and Marshall Urist Holly Ellis Whatley ’84 and Prince Whatley Beth Wilkinson ’80

Jerry Shadix ’68 Sue and Allan Solomon ’68 Dale Batchelor and John Thomas ’68

DIRECTOR’S PURSE FUND Anonymous

INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH Hong-Young Kim ’04

LARA HOGGARD ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Dottie and Jeffrey Smith ’61

RAY HARTWELL MEMORIAL MOCK TRIAL FUND Deborah and Peter Keefe Rene and John Simmons ’65

THE ALAN MATTHEWS ’68 SCHOLARSHIP FUND Pris and Eddie Ashworth ’67 Cecilia Matthews

CAMPAIGN FOR SPRINGS ETERNAL Those who made additional gifts to the Springs Eternal Campaign in 2021-2022 beyond what they had already given are acknowledged here.

Anne Knox Morton Averitt ’04 and Austin Averitt Mary Ann and John Furniss ’60 Jannike and Brian Jackson ’92 Jeff Pizitz ’75 Michele and Rod Reisner ’84

Robert Goldman Heidi Molbak and Rob Verchick

Dr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Toole, III Charitable Fund Drennen Jones Scholarship Trust

Princeton Area Community Foundation

matched their employees’

Rachel B. Krantz & Edward J.

gifts to Indian Springs School

E. T. Brown Family Fund

Goldstein Donor Advised

Engel Family Advised Fund

Fund

Ernst & Young Foundation

Regions Financial Corporation

The following donors made

Fidelity Charitable

Ronne & Donald Hess

gifts to one or more of Indian

Foxy Nails & Spa

Springs School’s campaigns,

Genentech

programs and/or initiatives in

Goldfarb Family Donor

Abroms Charitable Foundation, Inc. Acworth Foundation Adobe Systems Incorporated AmazonSmile Foundation Andrea and Kent Haines Family Fund ARC Realty, LLC Barr Linton Fund Barton-Matese Giving Fund Bayer Crop Science Belser Living Trust Bessemer Giving Fund Birmingham Jewish Foundation Blair Family Advised Fund Butrus Family Advised Fund Caryn & Steven Corenblum Fund Catherine and Emmett McLean Fund Celanese Foundation Chafetz Foundation Charles & Janet Plosser Charitable Gift Fund Charles S. and Gail F. Gamble Fund Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga, Inc. Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina, Inc. Deak Rushton Charitable Fund

Advised Fund Henry S. Long III Charitable Fund Home Perfection General Contractors, Inc. J.E. and Marjorie B. Pittman Foundation, Inc. Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City Jimmie and Emil Hess Fund for Indian Springs School J & L Matte Family Giving Fund John & Laura Lee Samford Charitable Fund John Green Donor Advised Fund Jones Family Fund Joseph H. and Reva Engel Foundation Michael and Sydney Green Donor Advised Fund Nelson Charitable Fund KPMG Foundation Medical Properties Trust Charitable Fund, LLC Microsoft Corporation Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation Milestone Fund National Christian Foundation Carolinas Oversize Outfitters, LLC Pinellas Community Foundation Pinkerton Foundation Plastic Surgery Specialists, P.C. Pointer Family Fund Pratt Family Fund

The following employers

Publix Super Markets

CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS

2021-2022.

MATCHING GIFTS

Foundation Rusty and Lia Rushton Advised Fund Sharon and Jim Bailey Fund Sabel Law Firm, L.L.C. Santosha Foundation, a Donor Advised Fund Scholarships for Kids Schwab Charitable Synopsys Inc. & The Synopsys Foundation The Blackbaud Giving Fund The David M Huggin Charitable Fund The Ehney Addison Camp, Jr. and Mildred Fletcher Tillman Camp Foundation The Engel Foundation, Inc. The Haskell Foundation The J. Michael Bodnar Foundation The Jeff Pizitz Fund of the Birmingham Jewish Foundation The John & Julia Badham Family Trust The Robert and Kelly Aland Charitable Fund The San Francisco Foundation The Sperling Family Charitable Foundation Thomas and Virginia Smith Giving Fund Thompson Family Foundation

in 2021-2022.

Ernst & Young US KPMG US Microsoft Corporation Regions Financial Corporation Unum Group Vulcan Materials Company

GIFTS-IN-KIND Gifts of tangible property and services are also a significant help to Indian Springs throughout the year. Giftsin-kind from the following people were contributed in 2021-2022.

El Barrio Restaurant/Rachel and Neville Baay Lisa and Alan Engel ’73 Heidi and Bill Falconer Mandy and James Griffin Jan Jander ’95 Maura and Jerry Kennedy ’56 Scottie and Bruce Lanier Martin’s Bar-B-Que/Shay and John Michael Bodnar ’88 Milo’s Tea/Tricia and Troy Wallwork Tamara and Kazuo Moriya ’84 Lisa Read ’78 Carolyn Sherer Alison and Rhett Walker ’83

IN MEMORIAM GIFTS Gifts to Indian Springs School were given in 2021-2022 in

Timothy and Stacy Price Fund

memory of:

Tuthill Square Foundation

IAIN ALEXANDER ’91

U.S. Charitable Gift Trust

Margaret and Bruce Alexander

Unum Group

DR. LOUIS ARMSTRONG

Vanguard Charitable

Pamela and Prescott Kelly ’61

Vulcan Materials Company

JANICE Q. BASS

William and Blakeley Smith

W. C. Bass

Fund

Continued on page 30

Indian Springs

Anne Ryan ’79 and

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ANNUAL REPORT

JIM BROWN ’65

Clara Chung and Glenn Fleisig

Rene and John Simmons ’65

Joan Clark

CLYDE BUZZARD

Jeanne Conerly ’80 and

Tom Byers ’67

Sara and Tommy Moody ’64

BROOKS HINES ’65 Rene and John Simmons ’65 MARY TAYLOR ISRAEL,

Kathy and Mark Myatt ’55

SPOUSE OF CHRIS

Mary Katherine Myatt ’86 and

ISRAEL ’58

Sherrie Cooper

Kiki and Pierre Scalise

Carolyn and Richard Crocker ’65

WENDELL CAULEY ’68

Allan Cruse ’59

Marcia and Mike Nichols ’70

NICK JAMROZ ’09

Beatrice and Frank Morring ’68

Will Davis ’86

Mary and Don North

A.J. Jamroz ’11

EMMETT CLOUD ’95

Rebecca DePalma ’80

Nancy and Sandy Petrey ’59

ROBERT W. JOHNS, PH. D.

Daniel Alarcon ’95

Ashley and Donald Edwards

Susan Dillard Phillips ’80 and

Jonette and

Graciela and Renato Alarcon

Catherine Fleming Edwards ’78

Dick Briggs Jr., MD

and David Edwards

Susan Pizitz ’80

JOHN JOHNSON ’65

Nancy Delony

Robert Fleming ’86

Sam Pointer ’81

Sara and Tommy Moody ’64

Joan Eaton

Jane and Charles Ellis

Ginny and

MERRILL JOHNSTON ’65

Amy Finkelstein ’95 and

Lisa and Alan Engel ’73 Nedra and Joey Fetterman ’74

Randy Earl

David Phillips

Grady Richardson ’57 Shannon Riffe ’00 and

Chris Israel ’58

Kenneth Christian ’67

Rene and John Simmons ’65 BILL JONES ’63

Barbara and Robert Glaze

Dona and Rhea Fleming ’79

Jill Griffin

Linda and Arthur Freeman ’59

Lia and Rusty Rushton ’74

Augusta and Bill Forbes

Jan Jander ’95

Reese and Sally Ganster ’63

Mary Helmer and

Nancy Poynor

Pauline Beach and

Loren Gary ’76

Phil McEntee

Matt Burton

Mark Sabel ’84

Jan and Chip Feazel ’63

SUMIYE KAKITANI

Gillian and Mike Goodrich ’63

Jane and Lester Seigel ’75

Masaki Kakitani

Cathy Cloud Redwine

Charles Guo ’05

Kathy and Mike Seltzer ’66

ROBBIE KARTUS ’68

Ann Rosdick ’96

Dana Grant

Nathan Shepura ’98

Rene and John Simmons ’65

Karen Shepard ’81

David Halpern

Amy and Jeffrey Sides ’91

FRANK LARY ’65

Barbara and John Sholl

Helene and Norman Halpern

Jim Simon

Rene and John Simmons ’65

Lydia Cheney and James Sokol

Mary and Victor Hanson ’74

Dottie and Jeffrey Smith ’61

DR. WILLIAM E. LEVERETTE

Kimberly and

Anne and George Harper ’70

Rose Beth Smith

Elizabeth and

Susan and Wyatt Haskell ’57

Elinor and Michael Staff

Beth Harris Heaton ’78 and

Kimberly and

Michael Steiner ’95 Cindy, Steve and Chris Tilghman Martin Tobias ’95 and Robert Marx

Bill Heaton

Michael Steiner ’95

Fred Wooten ’61 MRS. JENNIE LEWIS Beth and Brooks Clark

Ronne and Donald Hess ’66

David Tavakoli ’91

Lisa and Alan Engel ’73 Peggy and

Liz and Greg Hodges ’66

Jane and Kevin Tavakoli ’98

Merodie and Gene Tomlin

Lauren and Glen Howard ’67

Sima Tavakoli

Fergus Tuohy ’96 and

Betty and Cory Jackson ’56

Dana Crocker Templeton ’78

William Martin

Jan Jander ’95

and Harold Templeton

CHARLES LUPTON ’65

Linda Vernon and Peter Walsh

Jessica and Ben Johnson ’71

Anne and Lee Thomas ’70

Rene and

Frances and Philip Watts

Ellen Stern Kelsch ’01

Judy and Arthur Toole ’58

Richard Whitley

Maura and Jerry Kennedy ’66

Connie and Marshall Urist

RANDY MARKS ’65

BRIAN DOWLING ’65

Caroline and Roy Knight ’59

Holly Ellis ’84 and

Rene and

Rene and John Simmons ’65

Joonsuk Lee ’93

ROBERT DRENNEN ’80

Jenny and

Michael Barnett

Susan Pizitz ’80

Fall 2022

Jack McSpadden ’64

FULLA CARIDAKIS

Myles Steiner

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David Venturo

Ruth Ann and

George LeMaistre ’66

Michael Fleetwood

John Simmons ’65

Prince Whatley

John Simmons ’65

Beth Wilkinson ’80

ALAN MATTHEWS ’68

MARTIN FREEMAN ’65

Cecilia Matthews Beatrice and

MAC FLEMING

Leta and Jim Matte ’77

Rene and John Simmons ’65

Susan and John Abbot ’80

Sharon Kean and

ALLAN FURNISS ’63

Kelly and Robert Aland ’80

Bob Lipson ’68

Rene and John Simmons ’65

Frank Morring ’68 MISSY WILLIAMS MCCARTY ’92

Elizabeth and Bob Athey ’59

Patricia and Tom Lloyd ’59

BILL GWIN ’65

Tory Cohen ’89 and

Kimberly and

Rene and John Simmons ’65

Joonsuk Lee ’93

RAY HARTWELL ’65

PELLUM O.

Matt Baldwin

Macke Mauldin ’78

Patricia and Ehney Camp ’60

Michael and Carole Mazer

Rene and John Simmons ’65

Carey Cauthen ’91

Charla and John McKoy ’76

Deborah and Peter Keefe

MONCRIEF III ’77 Rick Dominick ’78 *Deceased

CLAY NEWSOME ’65 Rene and John Simmons ’65 MAK OBRADOVIC Noah Walton ’18 BEN PADEN ’66 Rene and John Simmons ’65 DICK PIGFORD ’65

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return to a full schedule of in-person Alumni Weekend events saw alums from every decade on campus, at class reunion dinners, and special receptions. Thank you, especially to reunion alums whose class years ended in 2 or 7, for coming back to Indian Springs. We hope to see you for this year’s alum festivities on the weekend of April 21-22, 2023!

Rene and John Simmons ’65 JOHN W. POYNER ’58 Nancy Poynor JOE ROBINSON ’56 Anna Margaret and Tommy Donald ’58 MOTHER SANDRA STORM AND STEPFATHER BOB ROSS Shannon Johnson ’88 WILLIAM JAMES (BILLY)

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RUSHTON III Caryn and Steven Corenblum ’75 Lisa and Alan Engel ’73 Peggy and Michael Fleetwood Vicki Vitiello and Jeff Pettus ’73 FRANK SAMFORD ’62 Sharon Samford Rene and John Simmons ’65 PAUL SCALISE

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Kiki and Pierre Scalise JULIUS “SCOTTY” SCOTT ’73 Vicki Vitiello and Jeff Pettus ’73 ELAN LAXER STRANGE ’10 Kyle Strange MICHAEL FRANK TURNER Starr Turner Drum ’02 and David Drum Alyson and Alan O’Neil ’93 JUDGE AND MRS. ELIAS C. WATSON, JR. Lucy and Elias Watson ’58 DAVID WOODS ’85 Brian Woods ’90

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4 1. Sam Pointer ’81; Carolyn Nemeth ’78;

Jim Shine ’77; Peter Waldo ’77 P ’17; and Susanne Shine 2. Class of 2002 Reunion; Justin Routman ’02; and Rebecca Smith ’02 3. Robby Cox ’72; Michael Routman ’72; Andre Toffel ’72; Jack Lacy ’72; Andrew Permenter ’72; Pat Alford ’72; Norton Owen ’72; Earle

5 Shugerman ’72; Charles Unger ’72; John Livingston ’72; Buzzy McDonald ’72; and Joon Yong Kim ’72 4. Dan Filer ’77; Richard Drennen ’77; Peter Waldo ’77 P ’17; and Jocelyn Bradley Palmer ’77 5. Hayride driven by Riley Berry ’19 Continued on page 32

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COMMEMORATIVE GIFTS

LAWSON KATZ ’24

were given in 2021-2022 in

Mary Beth Katz

honor of:

LEO KAYSER, III ’62

Justin Berman THOMAS ’21 AND TEA ’23 ADRIAN Erin and Adam Adrian KAY AND FRANK CARTER Jennifer Carter Logan and Jerome Logan ED CASSADY ’76

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Claire and Wesley Vaughn KATHRYN D’ARCY Gisele and Steve Crowe THE WEDDING OF REBECCA DE PALMA ’80 AND LOREN GARY ’76 Jane and Charles Ellis JOSH DOBELBOWER ’21

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Rene and John Simmons ’65 DR. WILLIAM M. LACASSE Kimberly and Macke Mauldin ’78 JIMMY LEWIS ’75 Kathryn and Allen Corey ’76 Courtney and Jay Pigford JULIA PEARCE ’11 Madeleine and Hubert Pearce SCOTT SCHAMBERGER Huarong Deng and Xin Xu ROSA SCHWEBEL ’25 Carol Schwebel AMORY STRANGE ’12 Kyle Strange RIK TOZZI Kate and Charles Simpson LAURA AND RIK TOZZI’S

Dr. and Mrs. Dobelbower

MARRIAGE

JIM ELLINGTON

Carroll and Scott Phelps,

Clara Chung and

Paul Phelps, Anna and

Glenn Fleisig

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Clara Chung and Glenn Fleisig

Gifts to Indian Springs School

HAROLD ABROMS

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DR. TANYA HYATT

Rudy Hill

ALAN Z. ENGEL ’73

JIM SIMON

Ilene Engel

Conor Gubbins

Marcia and Mike Nichols ’70

MARSHALL URIST ’94

Meredith and

Connie and Marshall Urist

Daniel Odrezin ’05 Libby and Dennis Pantazis

CINDY AND GREG VAN HORN Kate and Charles Simpson

Rene and John Simmons ’65 MAC FLEMING Karen and Curt Bassett ’57 Kimberly and Macke Mauldin ’78 LINDA AND ARTHUR FREEMAN ’59

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Adrienne Belser ’22

BRAXTON GOODRICH ’93

Christopher Bradley ’22

Teresa Sutter and

Aidan Clarke ’22

Samit Roy ’93

Olivia Clifton ’22 Jordan De Los Santos ’22

Sandra and Gary Grooms

Liam Falconer ’22

LILY HAMPTON ’24

Grace Flowers ’22

10. Kazuo Moriya ’84 P ’19, ’25

Michelle Hampton

Thomas French ’22

11. Deirdre Lewis Mason ’92; Chris Tetzlaff; and Heather

DR. JONATHAN HORN ’75

Lucy Gardner ’22

White ’92

Lauren and Grey Tilden ’98

8. Joon Yong Kim ’72 and Michelle Lee 9. Class of 2002 Reunion Fall 2022

Caroline Bates ’22

Sheri and Jimmy Krell

ERIKA GROOMS ’96

7. Katie Overturf and Tim Beenken ’05

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THE CLASS OF 2022 IN WHOSE HONOR THEIR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS MADE GIFTS:

Andrew Glassford ’22

Parents Association and Harvest Market Committee leaders Rhonda Nabors P ’22, ’24; Heidi Falconer P ’22; Tricia Wallwork P ’23, ’25; and Jeanne Monk P ’23 at Harvest Market 2021.

Wellington Jiang ’22 Joseph Katz ’22 Catherine Kung ’22 Bruce Lanier ’22 Amitis Moradkhani ’22 Sheri Peng ’22 Abby Richie ’22 Andy Schwebel ’22 Christian Swaid ’22 Hayden Schell ’22 Virginia Slaughter ’22 Yijie “Linda” Sun ’22 Zola Thompson ’22 Kennedy Tyson ’22 Seth Walton ’22 Hoacheng “Hudson” Wang ’22

ADVANCEMENT OFFICE Jim Simon, Assistant Head of School for Advancement & External Affairs Leah Taylor, Director of Advancement for Individual Gifts & Special Events Kathryn D’Arcy, Advancement Associate Peggy Fleetwood, Advancement Associate

2021-2022 VOLUNTEERS ALUMNI COUNCIL Starr Turner Drum ’02 (President) W. C. Bass ’97 Johnny Creel ’79 Betsy Stewart Durst ’09 Claire Maples Edwards ’89 Emily Fleisig ’13 Andrea Engel Haines ’03 Kate Hawley ’09 Alex Jamroz ’11 Kazuo Moriya ’84 Sarah Mills Nee ’03 Daniel Odrezin ’05 Evan Pantazis ’09 Kate Konecny Pope ’02 Rod Reisner ’84 Jason Riffe ’03 Mark Sabel ’84 Rhett Walker ’83

ADMISSIONS Kevin Butler Marion Chartoff Heidi Falconer Elise May Frohsin ’88 Elene Giattina Elizabeth Goodrich Mary Goodrich Braxton Goodrich ’93 Connie Hill Scarlett Kilgore Emily Hess Levine ’01 Bob Levine Rhonda Nabors Atticus Rominger Mark Sabel ’84

CHOIR Elise May Frohsin ’88

Connie Reeves Dana Schneider Amy and Jeff Sides ’91 Hanson Slaughter ’90 Melody Tagtmeyer

HARVEST MARKET COMMITTEE Rhonda Nabors (Chair) Jeanne Monk (Co-Chair, Sponsorships) Edina Shrestha (Vendor Coordinator) Tricia Wallwork (Co-Chair, Sponsorship) Elizabeth Barbaree-Tasker Ginger Brook Jiang Chang Heidi Falconer Bill Falconer Elise Frohsin ’88 Elizabeth Goodrich Mike Goodrich ’90 Meleesa Jack Scottie Lanier Yikun Schwebel Niamh Tuohy ’89 Kimberly Wilder Nicole Williams Ellen Witt

PARENTS ASSOCIATION Elizabeth Crawford Heidi Falconer (President) Michele Forman

Elizabeth Goodrich Emily Hanna Kathy Henderson Scottie Lanier Gabe Matese Jeanne Monk Rhonda Nabors Karen Naylor Laura Schiele Robinson ’86 Yikun Schwebel Edina Shrestha Tricia Wallwork Kimberly Wilder Amy Williams Nicole Williams

PARENT POTLUCK HOSTS 8th Grade–Tracy and Scott Schamberger 9th Grade–Laura Robinson ’86 and Steven Robinson 10th Grade–Kimberly and Scott Wilder 11th Grade–Tricia and Troy Wallwork 12th Grade–Scottie and Bruce Lanier

RESIDENTIAL LIFE Amy Albert Rachel Baay Ashley Bates Ginger Brook Lisa Clifton Christine Copeland Catherine Cox Maria Jerez De La Pava Susan Evans Heidi Falconer Kathy Gaines Paola Garza Elizabeth Goodrich Amy Holditch Ingrid Huff Elizabeth Jacobson Monica Kelley Joy Maples Ledvina Hong Li Shumin Liu

Brandi McCormack Lisa Miller Homa Rabiee Moradkhani Tamara Moriya MK Myatt Gabriela Oates Outdoors Club Karin Payton Doris Cristel Paredes Karin Payton Carrie Pomeroy Colin Peng Martha Anne Rich Laura Schiele Robinson ’86 Lourdes Sanchez Yikun Schwebel Anne Marie Seibel Amy Sides Melanie Smith Joyce Solomon Virginia Spradlin Virginia Stone Erin Street Christy Swaid Katie Tosh Eric Velasco Jill Walton Heather White ’92 Leigh Wilson Panrong Xiao

THEATRE Lisa Boyd Mason Boyd Kathryn D’Arcy Jeff Gale ’92 Sarah Geisen Ellen Graham Stanley Holditch Sukaina Meghani Connie Reeves Karen Shepard ’81 Amy Sides Erin Street Magda Szaflarski Billy Jo Waara Jill Walton Noah Walton ’18 Thomas Walton

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Sofia Monteleone ’22

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ndian Springs School opened its doors in 1952 with just 62 students and 10 teachers. In our 70th year, Indian Springs continues to be a beacon for the highest standards of independent school education and is home to a vibrant school of more than 320 students and 85 faculty and staff.

Our community of learners would not be able to embark upon their unique journey without the support of our school’s alumni, parents, and friends and their gifts to the annual fund. Thank you for your incredible generosity last year.

We hope you will help Indian Springs during this year’s milestone

platinum anniversary with your ongoing annual support. Our founding director, Doc Armstrong, championed “participation in creation” and encouraged all members of the Indian Springs family to participate in the school’s formation and growth. The annual fund is one of the best ways you can participate in that growth and support every aspect of life at the school.

We appreciate your consideration of a gift to aid our ongoing effort to create an environment where students can continue to be themselves and faculty continue to mentor and provide academic rigor. All of the broader Indian Springs School family continues to celebrate our collective endeavor of Learning through Living. THANK YOU!

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N OT E WO R T H Y Katrina (center) with Outstanding Alum of the Year Committee Chair Dr. Claire Maples Edwards ’89 and Alumni Council President Starr Turner Drum ’02

CLASS NOTES CLASS OF 1959 M.D. Smith ’59 published a romantic suspense novel, Love in Turbulent Air, now available for Kindle and paperback purchase on Amazon. See more of M.D.’s work at his website, mdsmithiv.com.

CLASS OF 1967

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Dr. Katrina Armstrong Randall ’82 leads Columbia University’s medical campus as chief executive officer of the Columbia University Medical Center and dean of the faculties of health sciences and the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. She is the executive vice president for health and biomedical sciences for Columbia University and the Harold and Margaret Hatch professor in the faculty of medicine. Katrina is the 25th dean of Vagelos, founded in 1767 as the nation’s second medical school and the first to award a doctor of medicine.

After graduating from Indian Springs, Katrina received a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Yale University, a doctor of medicine from Johns Hopkins University, and a master’s degree in clinical epidemiology from the University of Pennsylvania, where she began her academic career.

She served in numerous positions at Penn, including physician-scientist fellow, professor, chief of general internal medicine, associate director of the Abramson Cancer Center, co-director of the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, and director of research at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics.

Katrina is the first woman to lead Columbia’s medical school and center. Before joining Columbia, she was also the first woman physician-in-chief at Massachusetts General Hospital, the Jackson professor of clinical medicine at Harvard Medical School, and the professor of epidemiology at the T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Katrina is committed to educating, recruiting, and retaining diverse talent and has created programs for pipeline development, flexible career pathways, coaching, mentorship, and sponsorship.

Katrina’s research focuses on medical decision-making, quality of care, and cancer prevention and outcomes. Her work has examined cancer risk and prevention in Black and Latino patients, racial inequities in genetic testing and neonatal care, and the roles segregation, discrimination, and distrust play in the health of marginalized populations. Her most recent research studied disparities in rural areas and included partnerships with Lakota tribal communities and organizations in western South Dakota.

Katrina has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Association of American Physicians, and the American Society for Clinical Investigation. She has received awards from the Society of General Internal Medicine, the American Federation of Medical Research, and AcademyHealth. She accepted her Outstanding Alum of the Year Award at a ceremony during Alumni Weekend 2022.

“The people who went to Indian Springs love this place like you will never understand until you’re sitting in New York City getting on a plane to come back to Birmingham,” said Katrina to an audience of fellow alums, students, and faculty members. “I couldn’t be more honored to receive this award. I want you to know my commitment to each of you. If there’s a way I can help, I am forever a part of your connections and community.”

Walter Stephens ’67 retired from Johns Hopkins University, where he was the Charles S. Singleton Professor of Italian Studies in the department of modern languages and literature, co-editor of the academic journal Modern Language Notes, and founder of Great Books at Hopkins. Walter joined Johns Hopkins in 1999 and previously taught at Dartmouth College, the University of Washington, Cornell University, and a K-8 school in the former Yugoslavia. Walter has been a visiting professor at Yale University and the Université François Rabelais in France and taught a faculty seminar at Folger Institute. He has been a visiting fellow at the Oxford University colleges of All Souls and Christ Church, the University of Durham Institute of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, and the Oriental Institute of Oxford University Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies.

Walter returned to Indian Springs to live and teach for one year after completing his bachelor’s degree in French/Italian at Yale University.

He earned doctorate degrees in comparative literature from Cornell University and philosophy from the Scuola Normale Superiore in Italy. His teaching and research explore the relation of medieval and Renaissance literature to theology, witchcraft, literary forgery, and the history of scholarship.

CLASS OF 1975 Bill Engel ’75, the Nick B. Williams Professor of Literature at Sewanee: The University Of The South, used Covid lockdown to complete several book projects: The Printer as Author in Early Modern English Book History (Routledge), The Death Arts in Renaissance England: A Critical Anthology (Cambridge), and two collections of co-edited essays, Memory and Mortality in Early Modern England (Cambridge) and The Shakespearean Death

Arts: Hamlet Among the Tombs (Palgrave Macmillan).

CLASS OF 1988 Amol Bapat ’88, a cardiologist in Marietta, Georgia, was named a “Top Doctor” by Atlanta Magazine for the 10th consecutive year. He has served as director of the Congestive Heart Failure Clinic, on the board of directors for the Heart and Vascular Institute, and vice chairman of the peer review committee at St. Joseph’s Hospital of Atlanta. He has served as vice chairman of medicine and chief of cardiology at North Fulton Hospital and chairman of the section of cardiology at Northside Hospital Atlanta/Forsyth. Amol completed his medical degree at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and his residency at Baylor Medical College. He stayed at Baylor for training in cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology and was the recipient of a National Institutes of Health research grant. He was the first physician to work with the Larry King Cardiac Foundation and received its Physician Laureate Award in 2006.

M.D. SMITH ’59

MARGARET PEACOCK ’91

PATRICK COMER ’92

CLASS OF 1991 Margaret Peacock ’91 appeared on CBS Evening News on April 6, 2022, to offer expertise in Russian military history and insight into how the war in Ukraine might progress. Margaret is an associate professor of Russian history and the director of undergraduate studies in the department of history at the University of Alabama. She previously taught at the University of Texas at Austin, where she earned her doctorate in Russian history.

WALTER STEPHENS ’67

CLASS OF 1992 Patrick Comer ’92 recently sold Lucid, where he was CEO and Founder, to Cint AB, a public company in Stockholm, for $1.1 billion. Headquartered in New Orleans, Lucid has become the first “unicorn” valuation of a tech start exceeding the $1 billion threshold in Louisiana. Patrick has become the chairman of the Cint board of directors.

BILL ENGEL ’75

John Green ’95 is an executive producer of the New Line Cinema adaptation of his New York Times bestselling novel Turtles All the Way Down. The film stars Isabela Merced, known for her title role in Dora and the Lost City of Gold, and is directed by the acclaimed Hannah Marks from a script

by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger.

Producers Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey return from The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns. Filming began in April 2022.

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AMOL BAPAT ’88

JOHN GREEN ’95

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N OT E WO R T H Y IN MEMORIAM

BARRY TOBIAS ’98

KATE KONECNY POPE ’02

DANIEL ODREZIN ’05

ELLIOT CORENBLUM ’03

CLASS OF 1998 Barry Tobias ’98 is the lead electrical, environmental, and consumables manager (EECOM) for the NASA Artemis missions. He is responsible for the vehicle’s passive and active thermal controls, cabin atmosphere, supply systems, and fire detection. He works at Johnson Space Center and recently gave a tour to Indian Springs staff members Scott Schamberger and Jim Simon. Learn more about Barry in the next issue!

CLASS OF 2002 Kate Konecny Pope ’02 and her husband, William, welcomed a daughter, Charley Ann, on November 4, 2021. Kate is the director of business and community outreach at Georgia Military College. She was named to the Milledgeville Scene 2022 “20 Under 40” list.

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Elliot Corenblum ’03 married Allyson Goldscher on May 29, 2022, at the Woodholme Country Club in Baltimore, Maryland. Numerous members of the Indian Springs community were in attendance, including Elliot’s father, Steven Corenblum

FRIENDS

’75, and brothers Carl Corenblum ’06 and Zach Corenblum ’11. Elliot and Allyson honeymooned in Hawaii.

CLASS OF 2005 Daniel Odrezin ’05, a member of the Indian Springs Alumni Council, will serve a five-year term on the Mountain Brook Board of Education. Daniel is a real estate attorney with a practice in Cahaba Heights and previously served as the assistant executive director of the Birmingham Jewish Foundation.

FRIENDS Pictured on a May 2022 trip to Israel are Emmett and Catherine McLean P ’03, ’06, ’11; Donald ’66 and Ronne Hess P ’89, ’93, ’95, ’01 GP ’23, ’27; Barbara and Jack Aland ’75 P ’04, ’06, ’10; Jean Dent (wife of Jim Dent ’72); and Assistant Head of School for Advancement & External Affairs Jim Simon.

ALUMNI Charles Lloyd “Pete” Wyrick ’57 passed away on August 5, 2022, in Charleston, South Carolina. He served for four years in Army intelligence and studied English and creative writing at Davidson College, the University of North Carolina, and the University of Missouri. Pete was an award-winning poet and an art and architecture critic for the Richmond News Leader.

He began a career in arts administration at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and directed the Delaware Art Museum and Gibbes Museum of Art. Pete served terms leading the City of Charleston’s Board of Architectural Review and the Coastal Conservation League. In 1986, he founded Wyrick & Company, a trade book publisher later acquired by Gibbs Smith. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Connie; sons, Charles (Katherine) and Christopher (Sandi); grandchildren, Charles, Helen, and Silas; brother, Louis Wyrick ’60; sister, Melinda (Jim); and many cousins, nephews, and nieces.

Thomas Coleman Lipsey, Sr. ’60 passed away on July 17, 2022, in Vestavia Hills, Alabama. He attended Wake Forest University and Birmingham-Southern College. Coleman served 22 years in the Army National Guard and Reserve and retired as a major. He worked in finance for over 40 years, mainly at First Protective.

Coleman chaired the Birmingham Association of Health Underwriters and the American Society of Chartered Life Underwriters and Chartered Financial Consultants. He taught courses for the Life Underwriters Training Council and was referred to as “The Professor” by many who relied on his assistance in challenging cases. Coleman loved hunting, fishing, singing in his church choir, and traveling the world with his wife of 37 years, Georgia. He is survived

by Georgia; children, Coleman (Sonya), David (Fran), Amy (Seth), and John (Kristie); grandchildren, Jeremy, Tyler, Jaden, Gabe, Andrew, Maisie, Thomas, and Charlie; brother-in-law, Edward; nephews; and friends.

Bruce Edward Morton, Sr. ’62 passed away on May 1, 2022, in Falls Church, Virginia. He was a Vietnam War veteran, a captain in the Army, and served in the Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps. Bruce studied law at the University of Alabama and Georgetown University. Before relocating to

Virginia, he began his career practicing law with his father at Whitman, Morton, and Coleman. Bruce was a trial attorney in the United States Department of Justice Tax Division for nearly 25 years.

He was an avid University of Alabama sports fan and enjoyed traveling, gardening, bicycling, reading, and caring for his dog, Holly, in his retirement. He is survived by his wife, Cynthia; children, Ted (Alicia) and Britt (Seth); grandchildren, Maggie, Quinn, George, and Thomas; sister, Ann (George); and many nieces and nephews.

John Lowery Johnson ’65 passed away on February 16, 2022, in Newport Beach, California. He served in the Alabama National Guard, attended Washington and Lee University, and began a career in banking. John worked and traveled internationally as a member of his father-inlaw’s Texas-based firm, Fisk Electric, before moving to California in the 1990s to join an internet company. In 1994, John and his wife, Susan, founded Susan’s Healthy Gourmet, a meal delivery service that won numerous awards, including the Los Angeles Times Orange County “Entrepreneur of the Year.”

He was preceded in death

by Susan. He is survived by children, Kerry and John; brother, Ben Johnson ’64; sister, Nancy; grandchildren, Helena, Ben, Jackson, George, and Kenady; and many nieces and nephews.

Gould Harrison Kitchens Blair ’69 passed away on March 22, 2022, in Mountain Brook, Alabama. He attended Johns Hopkins University and the University of Melbourne Law School and worked as an attorney. He was passionate about sharing his love for Christ, classical music, Romantic-era literature, and the French language. He is survived by his children, Harrison (Tao), Virginia (Andrew), and Walter (Nora); five grandchildren; and sister, Florence.

William “Bill” Hamilton Varner ’83 passed away on April 29, 2022, in Lynchburg, Virginia. He attended the University of Alabama and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Bill worked in healthcare administration at Roper St. Francis, Novant, and Centra. Most recently, he was the CEO of the United Way of Central Virginia. Bill dedicated his 27-year career to enhancing healthcare, focusing on excellence in care delivery and the patient experience, and expanding services and accessibility to care for all. He volunteered for and served on the boards of numerous community organizations and, after battling chronic disease, became a coach and supporter for others battling health issues. Bill loved supporting his children’s interests and traveling the world with them.

His hobbies included guitar, motorcycles, photography, sketching, magic, genealogy, and astronomy. Bill is survived by his wife of 22 years, Catherine; children Julia and Will; father, Bill Varner, III; and his father’s wife, Mary.

FAMILY & FRIENDS JUDITH LEE ALAND April 14, 2022 Mother of Jamie Spector ’94 ANNE SHEEHAN BLANCO August 8, 2022 Mother-in-law of Lawrence Katz ’82 (Maria); grandmother of Joseph Katz ’22 and Lawson Katz ’24 JULIA HAUSMAN BRADLEY June 1, 2022 Grandmother of Christopher Bradley ’22 HORTENSE CALHOUN July 2, 2022 Mother of Indian Springs board member Myla Calhoun; grandmother of Caroline Choy ’11 and Lizzie Choy ’13 NELL CAMERON May 13, 2022 Former staff member HARRY LEE DELLINGER April 3, 2022 Father of George Dellinger ’80

LOUISE BEEDIE FARWELL March 28, 2022 Mother of Indian Springs staff member Christine Copeland; grandmother of Joshua Copeland ’13 and Joseph Copeland ’17 BETTY SUE MILLAR FILER January 9, 2022 Mother of Dan Filer ’77, David Filer ’80, and Carol Filer DeBoer ’84 ROSA PARKER HANKS August 9, 2022 Mother of Georgette Hanks ’80 MARY JENNINGS “JENNIE” HATFIELD LEWIS February 10, 2022 Mother of Indian Springs board member Jimmy Lewis ’75; grandmother of Evelyn Lewis Miller ’11 and Stewart Lewis ’11 SCOTT JASON NABORS May 31, 2022 Husband of former Indian Springs board member Rhonda Nabors; father of Jackson Nabors ’22 and Thomas Nabors ’24 REV. ROBERT “BOB” L. ROSS, JR. April 7, 2022 Father of Frances Ross Nolan ’77; grandfather of Jonathan Ross ’03 and William Nolan ’09 JOHN FREDERICK SCHMITT January 30, 2022 Father of Tyler Schmitt ’09 LOUIS SPENCER SHAW July 2, 2022 Former Indian Springs faculty member REV. DR. JAMES FIDELIS TUOHY April 8, 2022 Husband of former Indian Springs faculty member Elma Hannon Tuohy; father of Niamh Tuohy ’89 and Fergus Tuohy ’96; grandfather of Aidan Clarke ’22

BACK TO SCHOOL WITH DR. COOPER Longtime faculty member Dr. Bob Cooper reprised his popular class on the text Modern Times by Paul Johnson and led seminars via Zoom on the book’s first six chapters. Seminars were held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from June 14 to June 30, and the registration was limited to 10 attendees per class to allow for discussion. Throughout the seminars, 52 Indian Springs alums from 22 states ranging from class years 1961 to 2019 actively participated.

Some of the comments from participants were: “The class took me back to the best days of my Indian Springs experience.

After my father, Dr. Cooper is my favorite teacher.”

“Dr. Cooper, thank you so much for offering your time to host this lecture series. It made me so thankful for my Indian Springs experience and the lifelong lessons you’ve imparted to thousands of students.”

“Please thank Dr. Cooper for his dedication to Indian Springs. It was great to be his student again. I wish I had applied myself more when I took his classes the first time. If I could get a few more Class of ’92 classmates to take a future course with me, that would be really fun.”

Future alum seminars from Dr. Cooper and other faculty are being considered, and more information will be provided as courses become available.

—Peggy Fleetwood

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