Summer 2019 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

SUMMER 2019

Springs Today & Tomorrow

STRATEGIC PLAN I Page 18

ANNUAL REPORT I Page 30

INDIAN SPRINGS MAGAZINE

ACTING HEAD OF SCHOOL DEAN OF ACADEMICS

DR. TANYA HYATT

MISSION STATEMENT Guided by our motto, Learning through Living,

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.

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & OPERATIONS

Tanya Yeager DEAN OF STUDENTS, DIRECTOR OF SUMMER PROGRAMS

Janae Peters DEAN OF FACULTY

Dr. Bob Cooper DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT

Leah Taylor DIRECTOR OF ADMISSION & FINANCIAL AID

Christine Copeland DIRECTOR OF & STRATEGY & SPECIAL PROJECTS

EDITOR

Rachel Wallace GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Ellen S. Padgett CONTRIBUTORS

Gary Clark Kathryn D’Arcy Star Drum ’02

Lauren Wainwright ’88

Eric Velasco P ’23

DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE ADVISING

Lauren Wainwright ’88

Amelia Johnson ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

Greg Van Horn

Graham Yelton COVER PHOTO

Graham Yelton

BOARD OF GOVERNORS 2018-19

Alan Engel ’73, P ’03, ’12, Chair Robert Aland ’80 Janet Perry Book P ’04, ’09 Myla Calhoun P ’11, ’13 Joe Farley ’81, P ’14, ’16 Jerolyn Ferrari P ’20 Clara Chung Fleisig P ’13, ’16 Braxton Goodrich ’93 Kyung Han ’85 Ben Hunt ’82 Leo Kayser III ’62 Jimmy Lewis ’75, P ’11, ’11 Ellen McElroy ’78 Catherine McLean P ’03, ’06, ’11 Randall Minor ’99 Eli Phillips Scott Pulliam ’85, P ’16, ’17 Lia Rushton P ’09, ’11 John Simmons ’65, P ’96 Hanson Slaughter ’90, P ’20, ’22 Elise Frohsin ’88, P ’20, Ex Officio, Parents Association Annie Damsky ’98, Ex Officio, Alumni Council

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Digging Deep into the ‘Longest Day’ Rebecca House ’20 and Springs history teacher Dr. Colin Davis are following in the final footsteps of an Alabama paratrooper to better understand D-Day and the price soldiers paid for our freedom.

Their research takes them to Washington and France this June.

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2017–2018 Annual Report The ongoing support of parents, grandparents, alumni, faculty, and friends provides both the backbone and the heart of the distinctive educational opportunities and environment that have made us uniquely Springs. Thank you for your yearly gifts to the Annual Fund.

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Outstanding Alum of the Year Get to know Elaine Luria ’93: a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, a retired Surface Warfare Officer, and the first Indian Springs alum elected to Congress! For her leadership and honorable service, the Alumni Council named Luria the 2019 Outstanding Alum of the Year.

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Young Alum on the Rise Meet Springs’ 2019 Young Alum on the Rise: Dunya Habash ’12.

After completing an M.S. in Refugee Studies at the University of Oxford, she went to work as a researcher for the Woolf Institute in Cambridge, England, dedicating her career to understanding forced migration.

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COVER STORY

2019 - 2022 Strategic Plan Educational Excellence Student & Community Life Sustainability & Diversity Photos by Graham Yelton

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WELCOME LETTER

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NOTEWORTHY

WELCOME

WELCOME FROM BOARD CHAIR ALAN ENGEL

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’73, P ’03, ’12 Chairman, Indian Springs School Board of Governors

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ALAN ENGEL

ifty years ago, I first stepped on the campus of Indian Springs School as a 9th-grade student.

Since then, I have become an alum, a parent of students/alumni, and am now Chairman of the Board of Governors.

As you might imagine, I’ve seen many changes during these years—including our first co-educational class in 1975, the major campus renovations and expansions in the 1990s and 2000s and, most recently, the state-of-the-art classroom and administration buildings we opened just a few years ago. This latest campus project could not have been possible without our community contributing more than $20 million to Springs Eternal, the most successful capital campaign in the School’s history. We have continued to achieve our annual fund goals and have seen enrollment reach historic levels during these last few years as well.

The constant in all this change has always been our community’s enduring love for our School and our innate connection to one another. Springs is a deeply connected community. We may span generations, time zones, interests, philosophies, and careers, but we are all linked together by this great School and the unique opportunities it provides.

The foundation of our Springs community is our faculty and staff, each of whom is responsible for transforming the lives of our students through education. Thanks to their guidance and support, our young students are encouraged to explore their passions and grow as scholars, individuals, and citizens.

Our faculty’s work is exemplified by the success of our students and alumni, through their own personal and academic achievements. As you will see in the pages of this magazine, Springs students, graduates, faculty, and staff continue to be recognized for their accomplishments, both here in Alabama and across the world. We are very proud to highlight Representative Elaine Luria ’93 as the first Springs alum elected to Congress! We hope you will find her story fascinating, rewarding, and typically Indian Springs.

Our School continues to thrive because of our community and its commitment to one another. With each year that passes, our School touches more lives and our connection becomes stronger. This is just as evident to me now as it was when I first set foot on campus in 1969, and it is precisely why Springs endures and always will.

“Our School continues to thrive because of our community and its commitment to one another.

With each year that passes, our School touches more lives and our connection becomes stronger.

This is just as evident to me now as it was when I first set foot on campus in 1969, and it is precisely why Springs endures and always will.”

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—Alan Engel ’73

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CONGRATULATIONS to the 20 Indian Springs students who received regional and national recognition in the 2019 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards!

1 Charlie Zhang ’19 was awarded a regional Gold Key for his Personal Essay/Memoir entitled “What Defines Us,” which explores family culture through the lens of Chinese sitcoms.

2 Abigail Shepherd ’19 won a national Silver Medal in Printmaking for “Ozone”—a colorful, geometric print that was inspired by the sun and symbolizes environmental issues.

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3 Emma Wang ’20, a repeat winner from last year, received a regional Gold Key for Novel Writing and three regional Silver Keys for Short Story Writing and Personal Essay/Memoir Writing.

4 Nada Shoreibah ’19 earned a national Gold Medal for her Personal Essay/Memoir entitled “Khayat-ing,” which is a reflection on growing up in Egyptian and American cultures.

5 Nicol Mai ’22 won four regional Gold Keys in Photography for

her thought-provoking portraits of children—two captured at a school in rural China and two on a train in Hong Kong.

6 Frances Carraway ’20 was awarded two regional Silver Keys—one for a photograph she captured in Yellowstone National Park and one for a painting of her grandmother’s house.

7 Sabra Rogers ’20 earned a regional Gold Key and a Silver Key in Photography for two landscape images she captured

while staying on a horse farm in Iceland last summer.

8 Laura Sovacool ’20 won a regional Silver Key in Ceramics & Glass for her “Gold Bowl,” which was created with clay, painted with gold and white glaze, and fired in a kiln.

9 Shelby Connor ’19 was awarded a regional Silver Key and Honorable Mention in Digital Art for two tarot card designs— one symbolizing adventure and the other symbolizing change.

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FULL LIST OF SCHOLASTIC ART & WRITING AWARD WINNERS!

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DIGGING DEEP INTO THE ‘LONGEST DAY’

By Eric Velasco P ’23

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HARING A LOVE OF HISTORY with her father, Rebecca House ’20 enjoys watching World War II movies with him and their tours of historic sites including Pearl Harbor and the National WW II Museum.

House and Indian Springs history teacher Dr. Colin Davis now are taking a deep dive into D-Day in Normandy, the turning point in the war in Europe.

They will study it, in part, from the point of view of a soldier from Alabama, paratrooper and 1st Lt. Melvin Spruiell from Leeds. The 29-year-old was killed near the town of Carentan days after Operation Overlord began on June 6, 1944.

“This is going to be about discovery for both of us,” says Davis, who taught at the University of Alabama at Birmingham for 27 years before joining the Indian Springs School faculty this academic year. “We’ll see it through this man’s eyes.”

The program, “The Price of Freedom: Normandy, 1944” by the Albert H. Small Normandy Institute, includes five days of study at George Washington University in Washington and five more in France.

But work starts long before House and Davis board a plane in mid-June. Students begin in January with extensive readings and online discussions with GWU faculty about the Allied campaign that led to the demise of Nazi Germany.

House also is preparing a eulogy to give at Spruiell’s grave site at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer. “I’m invested in this guy,” she says. “I’m going to be a mess.”

Already-extensive research into Spruiell’s life includes interviews with two relatives. One has

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Rebecca House ’20 and Dr. Colin Davis are following in the final footsteps of an Alabama paratrooper to better understand D-Day and the price soldiers paid for our freedom. Their research takes them to Washington and France this June.

Spruiell’s combat helmet, a bullet hole marking the spot where the fatal shot entered. A friend of the Spruiell family happened upon it in a French flea market and gave it to them after authenticating it.

Spruiell earned a Ph.D. in physiological chemistry at Ohio State University, where he also was in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. (He earlier obtained a B.A. at Auburn University and a Master’s at the University of Tennessee.) House says she is trying to obtain his doctoral dissertation.

Spruiell was a government food analyst before joining the Army’s 101st Airborne Division. House has photographs, including one of him parachuting.

She describes the lieutenant as “good-looking;” Davis calls him Hollywood handsome.

Spruiell fascinates House on several levels. “For someone so full of potential from such an early point in life, to volunteer as a paratrooper,” she says.

“I’ve read articles from Ohio State that called him ‘brilliant.’ He gave that up.”

House hopes to answer why he was driven to volunteer for such a dangerous duty. A greatnephew tells House that Spruiell frequently wrote letters to his parents. “I would love to get them because I’m sure he discussed that,” she says.

In his first combat action, Spruiell was among the members of the 101st and 82nd Airborne divisions that parachuted inland as part of a larger mission to capture the town of Carentan and support the Allied landing at Utah Beach.

He was a forward spotter for the 377th Parachute Field Artillery Division, directing fire toward the enemy, when a German sniper killed

him on June 11, 1944. The Alabama man was among 182 soldiers with the 101st Airborne who died that summer in Normandy.

Davis learned about the program from a friend who teaches at George Washington University.

House was one of six ISS students who wrote proposals expressing interest.

“Rebecca knocked the ball out of the park,” Davis says, praising her thoroughness and depth.

Next, Davis and House both filed written applications to the Normandy Institute for an expenses-paid grant.

She wrote about her great-grandfather, a moonshiner who fought in the campaign to capture Okinawa Island in the Pacific theater. He volunteered soon after getting caught making corn whiskey when the judge gave him two options: five years in prison or two years in the military.

“They loved it so much they called me within days, the following Sunday,” Davis says.

As a child growing up in England’s East Anglia region in the late 1950s and early 1960s, World War II was very much present in the local psyche, Davis says. Both parents served in the Royal Navy.

Davis has toured Dunkirk in France, where British and Allied troops were trapped in 1940 by German tanks and soldiers before escaping across the English Channel in a makeshift flotilla. “I’ve never been to Normandy,” he says. “So when my friend mentioned it, I wanted to go.”

House will present her findings at Indian Springs. Her Spruiell biography will be archived at the Normandy American Cemetery.

“This is going to be about discovery for both of us. We’ll see it through this man’s eyes.”

—Dr. Colin Davis

Indian Springs history teacher Colin Davis and

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Rebecca House ‘20

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Hudson ’21 Appointed Judge for Statewide Judicial Competition Indian Springs sophomore Jordyn Hudson ’21 was one of only 24 high school students statewide to earn the honor of serving as a judge in Alabama’s 2018 YMCA Youth Judicial competition, held November 3-5 at the federal courthouse in Montgomery, Alabama.

Hudson, a three-year member of Springs’ Mock Trial Team, was appointed to the position through a competitive application process requiring letters of recommendation from her teachers and peers. She attended multiple training sessions with professional judges and attorneys in preparation for the competition, where she presided over six trials.

“While I missed the camaraderie and competition involved with being a lawyer on our Mock Trial Team, I learned so much from the training involved and seeing a trial from a judge’s perspective,” says Hudson. “Fairness and respect are always important whether in or out of the courtroom. I’m extremely grateful for the experience.”

Hudson was also recently invited to represent Springs in the Youth Leadership Forum, which introduces Birmingham-area sophomores and juniors to community needs, problems, resources, and opportunities, and encourages them to get involved in community affairs.

“Jordyn has demonstrated incredible independence and initiative,” says Mock Trial Advisor D’Anthony Allen. “I am so impressed by what she has accomplished at such a young age.”

During her time at Indian Springs, she has served as a Student Ambassador, a Class Representative, and a member of Student Judiciary. She also participates in Springs’ Concert Choir, Black Student Alliance, Gender Equality Club, and Young Democrats Club.

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SIX INDIAN SPRINGS STUDENTS—Jacqueline Ferrari ‘20, John David Haws ‘20, Nadia Lane ‘19, Maya Cassady ‘19, Jordyn Hudson ‘21, and William Marshall ‘21—attended the 2018 National Association of Independent Schools’ Student Diversity Leadership Conference (SDLC).

Held November 28 to December 1 at the Omni Nashville, SDLC gathered multiracial and multicultural student leaders from independent high schools across the U.S. and abroad for a long weekend of seminars, workshops, and group discussions about inclusion on campus.

“I learned new skills for effectively communicating my ideas and standing strong for my convictions,” says Ferrari. “The community there heard me out and told me to never stop sharing my voice. I’m grateful I had the opportunity to meet new people, to listen to others’ values, and to share my own in a respective and attentive environment.”

“SDLC was a transformative experience,” says Cassady. “I learned that diversity of culture—whether it be family structure, race, religion, etc.—creates a community where anyone can belong. It allows people to connect over common humanity, despite different backgrounds. It is a bridge to growth, the harbinger of change, and the key to a better future.”

SDLC encourages student attendees to take leadership roles in their school communities and to implement the ideas they learned at the conference upon returning to campus.

In conjunction with SDLC, Dean of Students Janae Peters and Student Life Coordinator D’Anthony Allen attended the 2018 People of Color Conference (PoCC) which provides leadership and professional development for people of color in independent schools.

From left: Janae Peters, Jacqueline Ferrari ‘20, John David Haws ‘20, Nadia Lane ‘19, Maya Cassady ‘19, Jordyn Hudson ‘21, William Marshall ‘21, and D’Anthony Allen.

Top photo by Graham Yelton, bottom photo by Rachel Wallace

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SPRINGS STUDENTS ATTEND NAIS DIVERSITY CONFERENCE

Mayor Woodfin (middle) poses with Springs students on November 16, 2018.

STUDENTS WELCOME BIRMINGHAM MAYOR RANDALL WOODFIN FOR DEVELOPMENT DAY INDIAN SPRINGS STUDENTS were excited to welcome Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin as the opening speaker for Springs’ Fall 2018 Development Day, organized by Commissioners of Citizenship Mia Karle ’19 and Cody Zhou ’19. Mayor Woodfin celebrated Springs’ biannual day of service and encouraged students to give back throughout their lives. “Don’t let it be just today,” he said. “Continue to give your time and talent to help with whatever your concern is, whatever your passion is, however you want to help.”

Five Indian Springs seniors were named Finalists in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program. Will Davis ’19, Kendall Owens ’19, Spencer Robinson ’19, Sarah Niles Simmons ’19, and Will Smith ’19 were among some 15,000 students nationwide (representing less than one percent of graduating seniors) who were selected based on their achievements on the 2017 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), high ACT scores, strong academic performance in grades 9–12, participation in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, and honors and awards received. In May, Owens (left) and Simmons were selected to receive $2,500 scholarships, which can be used at any U.S. college or university. Owens plans to attend the University of Pennsylvania and Simmons plans to spend a gap year volunteering in disaster relief. Congratulations to all five students!

National Merit Scholars Kendall Owens ’19 and Sarah Niles Simmons ’19

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National Merit Finalists, Scholarship Winners

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PERFORMING ARTS

SPRINGS ONSTAGE

THEATRE

Throughout the year, Springs students take the stage to entertain, inspire, and share their talents through the performing arts.

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NDIAN SPRINGS THEATRE brought The Laramie Project to an Alabama high school stage for the first time in October 2018. It is the story of Matthew Shepard, a University of Wyoming student who was fatally beaten in 1998 for being gay. We commend Director of Theatre Arts Dane Peterson and the entire cast and crew for three moving performances marked by bravery, passion, and compassion.

Special thanks to the Class of 1996 for sponsoring the play, to Tectonic Theatre Project co-founder Jeffrey LaHoste for joining us for opening night, and to our more than 400 devoted audience members for coming out to experience this historic production.

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Cast and crew pose for a photo on opening night with Tectonic Theatre Project co-founder Jeffrey LaHoste and Indian Springs Director of Theatre Arts Dane Peterson. TOP ROW: Angela Yang ‘22, Haden Ryan-Embry ‘20, Stephen Zheng ’21, Joey Zhu ‘22, Alex McFadden ’20, Lily Geisen ‘21, Cate Dawson ’20, Addy Miller ’22, Miller Simon ’22, Carter Dunaway ’22, John David Haws ’20, Jeffrey LeHoste, Seth Walton ’22, Hudson Wang ’22, and Dane Peterson.

BOTTOM ROW: Madi Baay ’22, Sofia Monteleone ’22, Heather Khamis ’19, and Catherine Edwards ’21.

“Being LGBTQ+ can be isolating at times, but The Laramie Project made me feel less alone.

It was great to be in a room with a cast, crew, and audience that was so supportive. Matthew’s death is an important part of LGBTQ+ history, and every time I walked into rehearsal, I felt like I was contributing to something bigger than myself. I will carry Matthew’s story with me for the rest of my life. Being in Laramie is an experience I will never forget.” —Alex McFadden ’20

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ONNEY KIM ’19, an accomplished violinist with many national and international credits, was named an honorable mention recipient in the Classical Music category of the National YoungArts Competition for the second year in a row. She received a medallion, a monetary award, and the opportunity to participate in the 2019 YoungArts Miami regional program in February with all expenses paid. Kim was also named first-place winner of the Senior Division (ages 15–18) at the 2018 Tennessee American String Teachers Association Competition, held December 15 at the University of Tennessee. She was awarded a cash prize of $1,200.

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LEANOR LEE ’21, a talented pianist and frequent Musical Friday performer, was selected as one of only two Grand Prize winners in the 2019 Delta Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition, held March 16 in Jonesboro, Arkansas. She was awarded a cash prize of $750 and the opportunity to perform as a guest artist with the Delta Symphony Orchestra this May. Lee—who has studied with Indian Springs Director of Instrumental Music Dr. Hye-Sook Jung for the past nine years—was also named first-place winner of the Piano Division at the 2019 Lois Pickard Scholarship Competition in January, where she was awarded a cash prize of $1,500.

SPRINGS’ CONCERT CHOIR TOURS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

On tour in Southern California, members of Springs’ Concert Choir pose for a photo in front of the iconic Hollywood Sign.

For the first time in its history, Indian Springs’ 110-member Concert Choir traveled to the West Coast in February to tour Los Angeles and San Diego. The Choir shared an exchange performance with the La Cañada High School Chamber Choir (one of California’s best high school choral programs) on the first day of the tour and then had the opportunity to explore Griffith Observatory, The Grove, and the Getty Center, and to take photos in front of the iconic Hollywood sign. For their final performance on tour, the Choir sang to a packed house at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church on Coronado Island and enjoyed meeting audience members in a special reception after the concert. Before flying home, the Choir also enjoyed a visit to Belmont Park and a dinner cruise around San Diego Bay. —Andrew Dibble, Indian Springs Director of Choral Music

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Top three photos by Graham Yelton, bottom photo by James Griffin

Heather Khamis ’19, a dedicated theater student who performed challenging roles in Springs’ recent productions of The Laramie Project and The Fantasticks, claimed first place in Springs’ inaugural Poetry Out Loud competition. Held in early October, the school-wide competition was the first stage in a nationwide recitation contest created by the National Endowment of the Arts and Poetry Foundation. Khamis advanced to the Birmingham-area regional competition, placing first in both the Original Poetry Recitation and Anthology Recitation categories. She was also awarded first place in Poetry Recitation at the 2018 Prattville Lion Classic Speech and Debate Tournament.

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

THE DANCING ACADEMIC

Labdhi Mehta ’20 is celebrating a decade of dedication to learning the intricate footwork and gestures of Bharatanatyam, a special form of classical Indian dance. In August she will deliver a debut solo recital marking her distinguished achievement in Indian arts and culture. We asked Mehta about the time she’s spent dancing and about the time she’s spent at Springs.

Q: Tell us about the tradition of Indian dancing.

A: Dance has a significant place in the religious and social life of Indian people. I learn a classical style of Indian dancing called Bharatanatyam—a simple derivation from the four most important aspects of dance (in Sanskrit): Bha from Bhava meaning emotion, Ra from Raaga meaning music or melody, Ta from Taala meaning rhythm, and Natyam meaning dance. Bharatanatyam is the dance that encompasses music, rhythm, and expression, and strictly follows the Natyashastra scripture of classical Indian dance. Bharatanatyam expresses an interpretive narration of Indian myths and spiritual ideas from Hindu texts.

self-consciousness and spiritual awareness.

Q: Does dancing overlap with your academic studies?

A: Yes! My Guru often tells me that the success behind performing dance movements with ease is answered by physics and that all the complex patterns in our dances are based on geometry.

Each beat is part of a larger mathematical sequence. My academic studies help with dancing, and dancing has boosted my social skills, concentration, and confidence—all qualities that help me to succeed in academics. I believe dancing fits our Learning Through Living motto.

Q: How are you involved in the Springs community?

A: I currently serve in the Student Government as a Co-Commissioner of Education with Luke Hillegass ’20. We manage the student tutoring system and the Writing Center and provide additional academic resources for students. This year I am a member of Chess Club, Spanish Club, Math Club, and Model United Nations Club as well. I also had the privilege of performing Bharatnatyam at the 2018 Intercultural Dinner, a proud moment for me and my family.

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Q: Tell us about your upcoming Arangetram.

A: My honored Guru, Mrs. Sheila Rubin, co-founded the Natyananda Dance of India in Homewood, Alabama, over forty years ago. I started my first class at Natyananda at the age of six and have been blessed to learn and grow as a performing artist for over ten years under her guidance and teaching. With my Guru’s blessings, I am preparing for the Arangetram—my debut solo performance as a former student of Bharatanatyam dance—in August 2019.

Q: What have you gained from learning Bharatanatyam?

A: Bharatanatyam steps require a great deal of balance, strength, and precision.

Performing the dance also requires playing different characters. It has taught me self-discipline and to do all my activities with more focus and concentration.

It has helped me discover new potential for myself and given me a more positive attitude in life. Every performance I have done in the past has helped me gain confidence. I have also gained

“Bharatanatyam has helped me discover new potential for myself and given me a more positive attitude in life.”

—Labdhi Mehta ’20

Q: What do you value most about Springs?

A: For many students at Springs, education is self-driven. We make our own decisions, whether it’s deciding what clubs to participate in or what classes to take.

Throughout high school, I have taken many diverse and challenging courses to broaden my knowledge. The teachers are inspiring and encouraging and work to develop connections with the students.

The school fosters an environment that encourages me to push myself and learn to the best of my ability.

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BASKETBALL The Indian Springs Men’s and Women’s Basketball Teams competed against The Altamont School on February 1. Men’s Team member Logan Mercer ’19 scored a career high of 32 points, and Women’s Team member Jacqueline Ferrari ’20 scored 22 points.

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ABOVE: The “Swamp” spirit section cheers on the Indian Springs Men’s and Women’s Basketball Teams as they take on The Altamont School. BELOW LEFT: Logan Mercer ’19 jumps in to steal the ball. BELOW RIGHT: Jacqueline Ferrari ’20 moves in to make a layup.

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1. BOWLING

The Indian Springs Men’s and Women’s Bowling Teams both finished third in the area. During the 2018–19 season, four members of the Men’s Team bowled high games over 150: Liam Falconer ’22, Gio Garza ’20, Andrew Glassford ’22, and Seth Walton ’22. Brianna Jones ’19, the only four-year starter on the Women’s Team (est. 2015), bowled a high game over 160.

2. SWIMMING

Springs swimmers Mark Underwood ’23 and Mia Karle ’19 both placed in the top 10 at the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) State Championship Swim and Dive Meet in December.

Underwood finished third in the state in both the 500-yard Freestyle and the 100-yard Breaststroke. Karle finished eighth in the state in the 100-yard Breaststroke.

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Brianna Jones ’19, Emery Whitaker ’19, and Constantine Giattina ’19.

3. VOLLEYBALL

2. Senior team member Mia Karle ’19 and freshman team member

Springs’ Women’s Volleyball Team defeated Oak Grove High School and Childersburg High School to finish third in the 4A Area 8 tournament. Libero (defense specialist) Maya Cassady ’19 was chosen by coaches from competing schools to be a member of three all-tournament teams. During the 2018–19 season, she averaged over 15 digs per game.

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4 & 5. HOCKEY

Elizabeth Spradlin ’23 (above, center) won a championship hockey game in March as a member of the Pelham Bruins. Writing Teacher Anabel Graff, Dean of Students Janae Peters, and seniors Maya Cassady ’19 and Mia Karle ’19 cheered her on at the Pelham Civic Complex. Ryan Scott ’19 (far right) is one of only two high school players on the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s club hockey team, the Blazers. Chemistry Teacher Chris Tetzlaff cheered him on as he played against the University of Alabama at Huntsville in February.

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Mark Underwood ’23 3. Senior team members Maya Cassady ’19, Melis Gokkaya ’21, Lisa Hobdy ’19, Ann-Kristin Rose ’19, and Paulina Kolorz ’19.

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TWINS OCCASIONAL FOILS IN FENCING COMPETITIONS

By Eric Velasco P ’23

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NOCH XIAO ’23 measures his opponent in the North America Cup national fencing tournament finals in Cleveland, Ohio. It’s someone he knows well, his twin brother, Ethan ’23.

Enoch springs, thrusting his foil toward the target, Ethan’s torso. Ethan parries, knocking aside the fast-approaching tip before making an aggressive counter-move.

In the end, Ethan is presented a gold medal and Enoch wears silver in the Under 14 classification.

The Xiao brothers are serious about the centuries-old swashbuckling sport. When not in class, they spend most evenings at a fencing academy and weekends at tournaments.

Ethan and Enoch picked up foils at age 10, inspired by fencing friends. Last year, the family

Brothers Ethan and Enoch Xiao ’23 compete nationally as top-level fencers in a sport requiring an analytical mind, speed, and agility. They train together but sometimes one must beat the other to strike gold.

moved from Jacksonville, Florida, to Hoover so the twins could train at the Birmingham Fencing Club, run by Olympic medalist Hongyun Sun and Yuanjing Wang, a highly-credentialed coach and two-time Olympic referee.

The Xiaos are Level A fencers, the top of six classification levels (actually, the lowest is “unclassified.”). At the Junior Olympic National Championship in Denver in February, Ethan placed 8th among some 300 top fencers age 16 and under.

Fencing requires a quick and analytical mind, plus speed and agility. “You try to see what they will do,” Enoch says. “When they make a strong attack you must counter-attack.”

Competitions start in pool play with roughly a half-dozen fencers in each group,

Ethan says. Each faces off in turn.

The goal in pool play is to hit the opponent’s target (called a “touch”) five times in a threeminute round, accruing a point for each touch.

If neither reaches five points in that time, the person with the most points wins.

The top scorer in each pool moves to the direct-elimination final. Competitors fence three periods, three minutes each, seeking 15 touches or the most points before time elapses.

Even if the Xiao brothers don’t pursue spots on an Olympic team, they say they can enjoy fencing even into their 60s, 70s, and 80s.

The challenges and the comradery are the appeal. “There is more thinking and strategy than other sports,” says Enoch. “You get to make a lot of friends.”

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CAMPUS NEWS

Ethan and Enoch Xiao are Level A fencers, the top of

Indian Springs

six classifications levels.

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2019-2022 S T R AT E G I C P L A N

EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE STUDENT & COMMUNITY LIFE SUSTAINABILITY & DIVERSITY

OUR MISSION Guided by our motto, Learning through Living, 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.

O U R C O R E VA L U E S INNOVATIVE THINKING

At Indian Springs School, we believe strongly that innovative thinking and creative problem-solving are critical to meeting the challenges of an increasingly global and competitive world. We value the fact that each of our students brings to the school community a unique set of interests, beliefs, abilities, and passions, and we strive through our thoughtful and flexible academic program, varied extracurricular opportunities, and meaningful faculty-student interactions to enable our students to grow as individuals and as independent thinkers.

INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY

We believe that our students have the capacity to solve some of the most challenging problems that our world faces. Before they can find meaningful answers, they must learn to ask meaningful questions. We seek to foster in our students a lifelong love of learning and an appreciation for how much more we have yet to explore.

INTEGRITY

We value personal integrity and seek to develop in our students a sense of moral courage to make honorable choices, both in and out of the classroom. Because the right choice is not always the easy choice, we strive regularly to highlight instructive examples of integrity in thought, word, and deed.

INCLUSION

We believe that in order for students to meet their full potential, they must be able to trust that their community accepts them for who they are. We strive always to be a community of inclusion that embraces and promotes diversity of background, belief, and thought.

INVOLVEMENT

Since the school’s inception in 1952, participatory citizenship has been a cornerstone of our educational philosophy. We believe that each of our students has a personal responsibility to continually shape and improve the school community.

Involvement comes in many forms: taking part in student government and other activities, engaging in meaningful discussions in and out of class, collaborating actively with peers on group assignments, and engaging in community-minded efforts that better our campus and our world.

INFINITE RESPECT

We believe that strong communities are built on mutual respect and an appreciation for all, regardless of differences. As a supportive community of students, faculty, alumni, parents, and friends, we seek to foster and demonstrate limitless respect for one another, our campus, ourselves, and our world.

Creation of Springs’ 2019–2022 Strategic Plan was a thoughtful and deliberate process. Our goal was to develop an aspirational and values-based vision that would align with Springs’ mission and move Springs forward in significant ways.

The Planning Committee of the Indian Springs School Board invited students, parents, alumni, faculty/staff, and trustees into the conversation with a combination of surveys, focus groups, interviews, and drafting sessions conducted throughout 2018. For all those who contributed we are deeply grateful.

Our 2019–2022 Strategic Plan is a distillation of these efforts over the past year and a reflection of the varied voices in our community. In this process, we identified three strategic priorities that will guide our work in the years ahead, each with significant goals and a series of objectives that will serve as a framework for our ongoing efforts.

Like all planning processes, ours is an iterative one; we intend to evaluate our plan each year and to refine and update it as necessary in response to changes in the community. What follows reflects the values, wisdom, and commitment of our community, and a vision for what Springs can be in 2022.

—Lauren Wainwright ’88, Director of Strategy and Special Projects

Indian Springs

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OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS

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PRIORITY ONE

EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE Students benefit from an individualized, rigorous, and transformative academic experience.

1

Ensure educational offerings provide a dynamic foundation for rigorous critical analysis, encourage imaginative consideration, and are meaningfully connected across the curriculum.

2

Recruit, develop, and retain outstanding faculty with subject-matter expertise and training in education.

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3

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Improve opportunities for students to tailor an educational experience that meets their unique strengths, interests, and needs within a flexible and innovative curriculum, and to pursue deeper knowledge of advanced topics.

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P R I O R I T Y T WO

STUDENT & COMMUNITY LIFE

Students, faculty, and staff uphold their personal responsibility to shape and improve a school community that embraces and promotes diversity of background, belief, and thought, while fostering respect and a sense of unity.

1

Ensure the School’s Core Values are well integrated into campus life.

2

Increase meaningful interactions on campus between faculty and students, across grade levels and with day and boarding students.

3

Strengthen partnerships with community organizations, businesses and other schools to enhance programming, educational, and service learning opportunities.

Develop a comprehensive and integrated community wellness program that promotes students’ physical, social, and emotional health.

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PRIORITY THREE

SUSTAINABILITY & DIVERSITY

Indian Springs School thrives with the financial, human, and operational resources needed to excel at its mission.

1

Create a culture of giving and stewardship by nurturing relationships with alumni, parents, students and community partners.

2

Ensure all aspects of school life—student body, faculty/staff, and governing board—reflect Springs’ commitment to building a diverse and sustainable community.

3

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Ensure the School’s boarding program remains strong, viable, and the embodiment of Learning through Living.

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4

Ensure the sustainability, safety, and efficiency of our physical plant.

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THANKS TO: Janet Perry Book P ’04, ’09 for her

leadership in chairing the Planning Committee.

Clara Chung Fleisig P ’13, ’16; Jerolyn Ferrari P ’20; Leo Kayser III ’62; Catherine McLean P ’03, ’06, ’11; Randall Minor ‘99; John Simmons ’65, P ’96; and Fergus Tuohy ’96 for their tireless committee work.

The many stakeholders—parents, students, faculty/staff, alumni, and trustees—who contributed their experiences, insights, and aspirations for Springs through survey, interview, focus group, and drafting feedback.

Clarus Consulting for their thoughtful guidance and coordination of our process.

Lauren Wainwright ’88 Director of Strategy and Special Projects INDIAN SPRINGS SCHOOL BOARD OF GOVERNORS Alan Engel ’73, P ’03, ’12, Chair Robert Aland ’80 Janet Perry Book P ’04, ’09 Myla Calhoun P ’11, ’13 Joe Farley ’81, P ’14, ’16 Jerolyn Ferrari P ’20 Clara Chung Fleisig P ’13, ’16 Braxton Goodrich ’93 Kyung Han ‘85 Ben Hunt ’82 Leo Kayser III ’62 Jimmy Lewis ’75, P ’11, ’11 Ellen McElroy ’78 Catherine McLean P ’03, ’06, ’11 Randall Minor ‘99 Eli Phillips Scott Pulliam ’85, P ’16, ’17 Lia Rushton P ’09, ’11 John Simmons ’65, P ’96 Hanson Slaughter ’90, P ’20, ’22 Elise Frohsin ’88 P ’20, Ex Officio, Parents Association Annie Damsky ’98, Ex Officio, Alumni Council

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Summer 2019

ANNUAL REPORT

2017–2018

A N N U A L R E P O RT 2017-18

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“Indian Springs was, is and will always be one of the best four years of my life. I could never give enough to equal what I received in lessons of life, academics, or friendships and memories! Every time I give I think that some part, no matter how small, of what I give is added to all the other donations to either bring someone to Springs, to build a new building, to buy new equipment, to pay the great teachers or help fund a new idea.

The ocean starts with a drop of water so I add my drops and watch what happens!

I see miracles every day and like to feel I had a part in even just one.” —Chip Thuss ’74

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ANNUAL REPORT

2017–2018

“The ongoing support of dedicated parents, grandparents, alumni, faculty, and friends provides both the backbone and the heart of the distinctive educational opportunities and environment that have made us uniquely Springs.” —LEAH TAYLOR

A N N U A L R E P O RT

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LOUIS “DOC” ARMSTRONG suggested that our important work is “to bridge the gap between what is and what might be” in the ways we learn, think, act, and participate in the wider world. For more than 65 years, Indian Springs School has built its reputation on a set of key principles and values. These include our belief in Learning through Living; our respect for individuality and independent thought; our ethic of participatory citizenship; and our belief in fostering creativity. This educational environment would not be possible without the generosity of all who share our mission.

People give to Indian Springs School for many reasons. To honor children, parents, and teachers. To give back to the school that

made them “better people” and fueled “a lifelong love of learning.”

To support a thoughtful school that makes a difference by nurturing community while also celebrating individuality. And to ensure the continued excellence of Indian Springs year after year. The ongoing support of dedicated parents, grandparents, alumni, faculty, and friends provides both the backbone and the heart of the distinctive educational opportunities and environment that have made us uniquely Springs. Thank you for your yearly gifts to the Annual Fund and your generosity of time and energy helping us realize goals that are vital to securing a strong future.

—Leah Taylor, Director of Advancement

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F I N A N C I A L S T AT E M E N T S July 1, 2017—June 30, 2018

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

FUNDRAISING SPRINGS ETERNAL

Building

$16.5 million

Endowment Total Committed to Springs Eternal

3.9 million

$20.4 million

ANNUAL FUND & ANNUAL FUND R E ST RICT E D 2 017-18

Annual Fund – Unrestricted

$591,070

Annual Fund – Restricted

59,930

Total

$ 651,000

g Tuition & Fees Tuition and Fees Annual Fund & Other Gifts g

Annual Fund & Other Gifts

g

Endowment Draw

RESTRICTE D & OTH E R G IFTS 2 015 -16

Total

$89,407

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

Endowment Draw

Tuition and Fees

Annual Fund & Other Gifts

Endowment Draw

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

INCOME

Tuition and Fees

$10,144,501

Annual Fund & Other Gifts (adjusted for multiyear pledges) 647,018 Total Income Endowment Draw

$10,791,519

Salaries & Benefits

Instructional & Student Activities

Operations & Maintenance

Financial Aid

Dining, Transportation & Other Services

General & Administrative

$380,523

EXPENSES

Financial Aid Instructional and Student Activities

$4,988,575 1,771,725 537,732

Dining, Transportation and Other Services 968,079 Operations and Maintenance General and Administrative Total Expenses

1,127,124 1.308,491 $10,701,726

Salaries & Benefits Instructional & Student Activities g Instructional & Student Operations & Maintenance Financial Aid Activities g

Salaries & Benefits

Dining, Transportation & Other Services General & Administrative g Operations & Maintenance g g

g

Financial Aid Dining, Transportation & Other Services General & Administrative

Indian Springs

Salaries and Benefits

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ANNUAL REPORT

2017–2018

Annual Fund IN MEMORY OF

Jacqueline and Mark Jamroz

Lane and Brian Woodke

Qin Wang and Kai Jiao

Nell and Bob Henderson

Caroline and Roy Knight ’59

Ronne and Donald Hess ’66

in memory of a special member

IN HONOR OF

Kate Konecny ’02

Chrissie Hines

Gifts to Indian Springs School

Heidi and Kevin LaCasse ’88

received from the following donors in 2017–2018.

Cathy and Tom Adams ’63 Sommerville Johnston ’99 and J. P. Bevilaqua Susan and Charles Bowman, Jr. Kelly and Hutton Brantley

Susan and Mike Hoke Sharon and Tom Howell Mary and Cutter Hughes ’61 Jennifer and Ben Hunt ’82 Jacqueline and Mark Jamroz

in honor of a special member of the Springs community were received from the following donors in 2017–2018.

Laurie and Frank Jones ’58

Erin and Adam Adrian

Jeanne Kelly

Gail Andrews and

Melanie and Jay Kieve

Richard Marchase

Joyce and Jerry Lanning ’59 Cynthia Frownfelter-Lohrke and Franz Lohrke Claire and Jack Martin Kimberly and Macke Mauldin ’78 Cheryl Killingsworth and James McMinn

Camille Stein Butrus

Mary Kay and John Klyce

Brenda and Doral Atkins

Tom Byers ’67

Elizabeth and Jack Lacy ’72

April and Blake Berry

Patricia and Ehney Camp ’60

Kathleen L. Lawrence

Mindy and Dylan Black

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin S. Carroll

Patricia and Tom Lloyd ’59

Anne and Bill Blackerby

Jane and David Chaplin

Jennifer Carter Logan

Kathryn and Mark Brandon

Madeleine and Hubert Pearce

Barbara and Terry Chase

Jill and Robert Luckie III

Jonette and

Mark Romero ’18

Jonette and

Henry S. Lynn, Jr.

Kenneth Christian ’67

Elizabeth Morrison and Susan Watterson Meredith and Daniel Odrezin ’05

Joanie and Greg Scott

Cathy and Caldwell Marks ’93

Linda and Ben Cohen ’68

Kate and Charles Simpson

Shelley and Jerry Clark

Claire and Jack Martin

Evelyn Lewis ’11 and

Kathy and Tommy Thomson

Mayer Cohen

Elizabeth and

Kenneth Christian ’67

Barbara and Lem Coley ’62

Gwaltney McCollum

Doug Corey

Leanna Webb

Gisele and Steve Crowe

Katherine Whitle ’04

Deane and Phil Cook ’62

Nancy McCollum

Allan Cruse ’59

Graham Wong ‘98

Carolyn and

Catherine and Emmett McLean

Laura and Robert Damm

Lu Shen and Wei Zhang

Ila Faye Miller

Kathryn Darcy

Yong Shao and Yu Zheng

Allan Cruse ’59

Patricia and Wimberly Miree, Jr.

Amir Dehestani

Ellen and

Jennifer Mitchell

Amy and Clint Dillard ’84

Beatrice and Frank Morring ’68

Patty B and David Driscoll

Heidi and Martin Damsky ’68

Kathy and Mark Myatt ’55

Niamh Tuohy Fields ’89

gifts of $100 or more received

Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Daniel

Margaret and Robert Naftel

Deborah and Marzette Fisher

between July 1, 2017 and

David Doggett ’68

Leslie and Peter O’Neil

Ann and John Forney ’76

June 30, 2018 are listed below.

Rick Dominick ’78

Paul M. Pankey, Jr.

Loren Gary ’76

Listings by constituency

Elise Doss

Madeleine and Hubert Pearce

Reena Glazer ’87

and by class can be found

Mrs. Lawrence Dumas, III

Susan Dillard ’80 and

Floyd Howard III ’04

at www.indiansprings.

Roslyn Jackson

org/2018annualreport.

Richard Crocker ’65

Russell Cunningham III

Katheryn and Harold Dunn

David Phillips

Margaret C. Dunn

Lenore Picard

Njeri Eaton

Susan Pizitz ’80

Ann Elliott

Margaret and Kip Porter ’60

Jane and Charles Ellis

Frances Robinson

Anne and Rick Finch ’60

Nirmal Roy ’02

Jan Fortson

Josie and Clark Scott ’71

Loren Gary ’76

Ann and Fred Smith

Barbara and Robert Glaze

Dottie and Jeffrey Smith ’61

Terry and Paul Goldfarb ’69

Elaine and Robert Smyth

Elizabeth and

Bartley Statham

Mike Goodrich ’90 Summer 2019

Gareth Vaughan

Susan and Wyatt Haskell ’57

Gifts to Indian Springs School of the Springs community were

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Marianne Geeker Hartwell

Fran and Bill Goodrich ’66

Mr. and Mrs. Russell R. Stutts, Jr.

Gillian and Mike Goodrich ’63

Ameer Tavakoli ’91

Wade Goodrich

The Peter Douglas Bunting

Craig and Griff Harsh

Revocable Trust

DONORS

Unrestricted Annual Fund

$25,000+ Leo Kayser ’62 Sharon and Frank Samford ’2

Keiko and Kayser Strauss ’96 Linda and Leo SullivanBashinsky ’64 The Hollis Family Charitable Fund The John & Julia Badham Family Trust

ARMSTRONG SOCIETY

The Robert Hogan and Martha

$10,000+

Nancy and Jim Tyrone ’73

Acworth Foundation

Richard Whitley

Diefendorf Charitable Fund

Christine Clark

$1,000+ Judy* and Hal Abroms Erin and Adam Adrian Bonny Forrest and Stephen Armstrong Barbie and Steve Arnold ’66 Pris and Eddie Ashworth ’67 Candi and C.P. Bagby ’63 Adina and W. C. Bass ’97 Kelly Bodnar ’85 and

Lisa and Alan Engel ’73

G OV E R N O R S ’ C I R C L E

Gillian and Mike Goodrich ’63

$2,500+

Mary and Rob Henrikson ’65

Birmingham Jewish Foundation

Margaret and

Jody Klip ’78 and Jeffrey Black

Ronne and Donald Hess ’66 Sharon and Tom Howell Fang Yao and Minfang Lu Ellen McElroy ’78 Heather and Dan Mosley ’74 Pinkerton Foundation Patti and Ed Rogers Ronne & Donald Hess Foundation Scholarships for Kids The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham

FOUNDERS LEVEL

Bruce Alexander C. Eugene Ireland Foundation Allan Cruse ’59 Drennen Jones Scholarship Trust Fidelity Investments Charitable Fund Robert Friedel ’67

Brett Battles

Mindy and Dylan Black Shay and John Michael Bodnar ’88

Flowers Family Charitable Fund Renee Ridgeway and Kimberly Flowers Candi and Mallory Forbes Linda and Arthur Freeman ’59 Elise May ’88 and Hank Frohsin Yan Zhang and Xiaobin Fu Howard Furnas Dana and Jeff Gale ’92 Xiaoyu Qian and Yong Geng Alice and Paul Goepfert Sylvia Goldberg Mary and Braxton Goodrich ’93 Sydney and Michael Green Andrea Engel ’03 and Kent Haines ’03 Susan and Wyatt Haskell ’57 Carla and Larry Hawley ’68

Janet Perry and Jeff Book

Nancy and Tommy Healey ’62

Kathryn and Mark Brandon

Jean and Fred Heath ’62

Elizabeth and John Breyer ’71

Ryan Henderson ’07

Caroline and E. T. Brown ’74

Heidi Hess ’89 and

Myla Calhoun

James Rucker

Estate of Steven Gilmer ’67

Jill and Rusty* Caranto

Kayo and Steven Howard ’83

Janet and Morton Goldfarb

Connie and Doug Clark

Lauren and Glen Howard ’67

Elizabeth and

Caryn and Steven Corenblum

David Huggin ’59

Mike Goodrich ’90 Sarah Urist ’98 and John Green ’95

Fund Bilee and the late Wendell Cauley ‘68

J.E. and Marjorie B. Pittman Foundation, Inc. Knox Gil Jennings ’56

$5,000+

Emil and Jimmie Hess*

Caroline Clark ’82

Qin Wang and Kai Jiao

Susan and John Abbot ’80

Jennifer and Ben Hunt ’82

Cason Benton and

Rajitha and Vinay Julapalli ’88

Elizabeth and Bob Athey ’59

Jimmie and Emil Hess Fund for

Stuart Cohen

Pamela and Prescott Kelly ’61

Brenda and Doral Atkins

Indian Springs School

Julia and John Badham ’57

Michael Levine ’74

Lisa and Jeff Clifton

Jiang Xueping and Shengxue Li

Pilar Kohl Childs ’92 and

Cathy and Caldwell Marks ’93

Jared Dostal Loren Gary ’76

Cecilia and Alan* Matthew ’68 Mike and GIllian Goodrich

Leigh and Bobby Collier

Caroline and Roy Knight ’59

Community Foundation of

Sheri and James Krell

Northeast Alabama Caryn and Steven Corenblum ’75

Wendy and Bruce Kuhnel ’84 Heidi and Kevin LaCasse ’88 Elizabeth and Alan Lasseter

Heidi and Martin Damsky ’68

Ben Lee ’78

Susan and Mitchell Dascher

Emily Hess ’01 and Bob Levine

Katie and Lee Hollis

Mr. L. Daniel Morris, Jr.

Dawson Law Firm

Malinda and Jimmy Lewis ’75

Martha Diefendorf and

Susanna Myers ’90 and

Missy and Chip Dawson

Hilton Locke ’98 and

Robert Hogan ’68

Gerry Pampaloni

Terry and Paul Goldfarb ’69

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TOW N M E E T I N G LEVEL

Foundation

Cathy and Paul Jones, Jr.

Libby and Dennis Pantazis

Jones Family Foundation

Courtney and Jay Pigford

Margaret and Kip Porter

Stacy and Scott Pulliam ’85

Family Fund Catherine and Emmett McLean Sam Moorer ’59 Molly Myers ’92 and

Lia and Rusty Rushton ’74 Rusty and Lia Rushton Advised Fund Ann and David Tharpe

John Dixon ’72 Dr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Toole III Charitable Fund Carol Dewar and Larry Futrell ’64

Franz Lohrke Lin Wang and SanSheng Luo Tong Joang and Jun Ma

Sharonda Childs ’03 and

Virginia Bledsoe ’86 and

Eric Fancher, Jr. Ginny and Joe Farley ’81

Margaret and Kip Porter ’60

Vanguard Charitable

Lori and Richard Feist

Rene and John Simmons ’65

Gareth Vaughan

Barbara and Jim Flowers

*Deceased

Cynthia Frownfelter-Lohrke and

E. T. Brown Family Fund

Rik Tozzi

Rick Hatfield

Christian Anthony Margery and Robert Loeb ’68

Phillip Mattox Kimberly and Macke Mauldin ’78 Judy and Gerson May

Indian Springs

LEADERSHIP LEVEL

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2017–2018

Scotty and Sam McAliley ’70

Heather and Jason Swanner

Liz and Brendan McGuire

Lei Lin and Jian Tang

Cynthia and Ben McDaniel ’84

Nancy and John Tanner ’67

Liz and John Carraway

Carol and B. G. Minisman ’63

Microsoft

Jane and Kevin Tavakoli ’98

Jane and David Chaplin

Susan Brand and

Carole and Matt Miller

The Community Foundation of

Hua Tao and Jiong Chen

Lee and Mac Moncus ’60 Ann and Richard Monk ’57 Beatrice and Frank Morring ’68 Christy and David Nelson ’93 Hilary and Stuart Nelson ’95 Julie and Mark Nelson ’88 Maizie and Tom Nelson

Jonette and

Leslie and David Matthews ’75 June and Joe Mays ’63

Harry Mueller ’62 Frances Ross ’77 and Bill Nolan

The David M. Huggin

Kenneth Christian ’67

Charitable Fund

Community Foundation of

Melissa and John Oliver ’60

The J. Michael Bodnar

Greater Chattanooga, Inc.

Marla Weinstein ’99 and

Foundation The Michael and Sydney Green Donor Advised Fund

Anna and Chandler Cox

Gail and Tom Nolen ’66

Steven Ostroff

Clara and Johnny Creel ’79

Hyo In Park ’19

Hanelle Culpepper ’88 and

Jinsook Won and Rae Kil Park

The San Francisco Foundation

Kathy and Eli Phillips

The Tigris Tigris Fund

William Dickerson ’02

Sandy Petrey ’59

Tonya and Bartley Pickron ’91

Judy and Arthur Toole ’58

Kristi and Chris Dobelbower

Jeff Pettus ’73

Don Pittman ’78

Fergus Tuohy ’96 and

Patty B. and David Driscoll

Susan Dillard ’80 and

Michael Barnett

Jeff Meier

Elizabeth and Drew Edge ’84

Sean Park ’18

David Phillips

Janet and Craig Pittman ’74

U.S. Charitable Gift Trust

Bill Engel ’75

Kathy and Bill Pittman ’70

Vulcan Materials Company

Engel Family Advised Fund

Marjorie Pittman

Bucky Weaver ’68

Jan and Chip Feazel ’63

Susan Pizitz ’80

Merritt Pizitz

Ryan Webb ’02

Jan Fortson

Alison Pool-Crane ’79

Paget Pizitz ’97

Marjorie and Jim White ’60

Gail and Chip Gamble ’58

Publix Super Markets

Janet and Charles Plosser ’66

Tom Whitehurst ’68

Paola and Fernando Garza

Jennifer and Matthew Riha

Pomegranate Fund

Deborah and Brian Wiatrak

Rachel Krantz and

Jerry Shadix ’68

Nancy and John* Poynor ’58

William and

Katrina Armstrong ’82 and Tom Randall Regions Financial Corporation

Blakeley Smith Fund Amy McDaniel ’80 and Steve Williams

Edward Goldstein ’67

Pinellas Community Foundation

Christina and Keck Shepard ’78

Beth and Kirk Hawley ’66

Kathryn and Richard Shimota

Amy and Kevin Hill

Joy and Perry Shuttlesworth

Leslie and

Lesly and Robert Simon

Michele and Rod Reisner ’84

Haili Wei and Ting’e Xu

Charles Robinson ’59

Xiaomin Chen and Pingpin Yan

Kathryn and Edward Hook

Patricia and Rick Sprague ’66

Laura Schiele ’86 and

Li Hao Yang and

Mary and Cutter Hughes ’61

The HCA Foundation

Fran Hutchins ’95 and

The Prudential Foundation

Steven Robinson

Jun Feng Zhang

Dabney Hofammann ‘72

Royal Simpkins ’83

Lu Shen and Wei Zhang

Laura Kalba

Gloria Ge and Jie Zheng

Caspar Isemer ’00

Martin Tobias ’95

Charlotte and Bill Rose ’63

Yong Shao and Yu Zheng

Ellen and Jim Walker ’80

Song Yin and Wen Zhou

Mitch Ives ’70

Cindi and Michael Routman ’72

Roslyn Jackson

Rowan and Russ Williams ’73

Jacqueline and Mark Jamroz

Deborah and Steve Youhn

Mary Rose Santiago and Cesar Romero

Jamie and Justin Routman ’02 Gail and Deak Rushton ’78

M AYO R ’ S LEVEL

Jennifer Shen and Frank Jiang

Matching Gifts

$500+

George Jones ’98

COMMISSIONER’S LEVEL

Cathy and Tom Adams ’63

Lida and Bill Jones ’63

$250+

Donor Advised Fund

Adobe Systems Incorporated

Kha Youn Kim

Louise and Jim Abroms ’72

Beth and James Scott ’75

Allstate–The Giving Campaign

Sara Kim ’89

Carrie and Jason Alexander

Patti and Scott Simpson

Barbara and Jack Aland ’75

Vanessa Hirschowitz ’86 and

Dawn and Brian Alldredge ’96

Mary Helmer and Mark Sabel ’84 Santosha Foundation, a

Melissa and Hanson Slaughter ’90 Beverly VonDer Pool and

Kelly and Robert Aland ’80 Gail Andrews and Richard Marchase

Jessica and Ben Johnson ’71

Nick Kouchoukos ’86 Alison Goldstein ’88 and Alan Lebovitz

Anna Altz-Stamm ’99 Annie Damsky Brink Fund Freddi Aronov

Jennifer Bain ’84

Erin and John Lockett ’95

Sharon and Jim Bailey ’79

Blakeley and Bill Smith

Roger Baldwin ’87

Mrs. John A. Lockett, Jr.

Medha and Amol Bapat ’88

Tom Smith ’72

Jen Spears ’96 and

Alice Hawley Long ’03 and

Lisa Barnard ’85

Phillip Smith Summer 2019

Boulware III

Marcia and Mike Nichols ’70

Emily and Jerry Pittman ’76

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Western North Carolina, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M.

Sue and Allan Solomon ’68 Janet and David Standaert

David Bashford Anne and Bill Blackerby

Henry Long ’01 Gina and Hank Long ’70

Karen and Curt Bassett ’57 John Beckman ’90 *Deceased

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ANNUAL REPORT

Robin and Jim Meador-Woodruff Rebecca and Mike Miller Laurel Mills ’98 and Arik Sokol

Allen Xu ’17 Youhong Wang and Yang Xu Rachael Mills ’01 and Jim Yarbrough ’01

Kathy and Mark Myatt ’55

Timi and Carlton Young

Naomi Nelson ’93 and

Yuya Zhuo and Ruoying Zhang

Louis Doench Ed Norman ’79 Elizabeth and Bill North

$100+

Bryn and David Oh ’87

1919 Investment Counsel, LLC

Sean and Janis O’Malley

Anonymous

Anne and David Ovson ’69

Sara and Pete Arner

George Ann and Alton Parker

Anne Knox Morton ’04 and

Stacy Donohue ’86 and Chris Genry ’78

David Bloom ’08

Marnie and Jamie Gray

Jennifer Boll ’92

Kathy and Scott Green

Suzanne and Lewis Brodnax ’63

Kim and Scott Grumley

Tom Byers ’67

Judy and Jerry Hogan

Kay Armstrong and

Kristin Harper and

Frank Carter ’62

Reggie Holder

Class of 1998

Ann and David Hunt ’84

Barbara and Lem Coley ’62

Jessica Spira ’82 and

Community Foundation of

Robert Kahn

Greater Memphis

Maria and Lawrence Katz ’82

June Conerly

Cathy Bekooy and

Elizabeth and Bart Crawford Annie Damsky ’98 and Mark Brink

Sanjay Khare ’85 Melanie and Jay Kieve Katy and David Killion ’00

Lisa Singer and Tim Davis

Kate Konecny ’02

Rima and Larry Deep

Beth Folmar Krueger ’91 and

Kathy and Larry DeLucas

Bill Krueger

Judith Lee Aland

Shelby and Raymond Osbun

Camille and Tyrone Perkins

Anne and James Bell ’92

D E V E LO P M E N T D AY L E V E L

Chris Perrone Arrtie Pisaturo ’00 Aileen and Randy Redmon ’84

Austin Averitt Mrs. Phyllis Bailey Snehal and Sanjiv Bajaj ’98 Monica Shovlin and Chris Baxley ’79

Reva Levy Engel Fund

Carol and Bill Bell ’73

Nirmal Roy ’02

Emmy and Doug Bell

Kari and Gary Rubin ’73

Betsy and William Belser ’80

Ginger Grainger ’86 and

April and Blake Berry

Steve Rueve ’84 Lisa and Erik Schwiebert

Kristin and William Blackerby ’05

Barbara and Waid Shelton

Marie and Duncan Blair ’75

Shelton Family Fund

Lynn Bledsoe and Bill Ryan

Margaret Shepherd

Jean and Nick Bouler

Linda and Robert Sherman ’58

Joseph Bradley ’02

Clark Smith ’69

Sara Kim ‘03 and

Ruth and Sam Sommers ’78 Kimberly and Michael Steiner ’95

Patrick Bradley ’01 Kelly and Hutton Brantley Chris Breyer ’75

Linda and Ed Stephenson ’65

Adrienne and Julian Brook

SeMe Sung ’93

Holly Brown ’96

Amy and Clint Dillard ’84

Joyce and Jerry Lanning ’59

Cameron Wells Thoma ’95

Flora and Sanders Dix

Jenny and

Anne and Don Brunson ’64

Irene and Dorion Thomas ’90

Pam and Alan Buchalter ’83

Valerie Morrison ’87 and

Erika Ludwig ’89 and

Rick Dominick ’78

George LeMaistre ’66

Suzette and Chris Doucet

Kay and Jing Li

Starr Turner ’02 and

Janet and

David Drum

Adam Lichtenstein ’91

Clark Thompson

Oliver Burk

Kris and Andre Toffel ’72

Camille Stein Butrus

Connie and Marshall Urist

Carol and Harry Caldwell

Ilana Engel ’12

Anne and Paul Liles ’67

Janet and Peter Waldo ’77

Patricia and Ehney Camp ’60

Hannah and Jack Feist ’10

Michelle Luo ’10

Andrea and Larry Whitehead

Pinkie and Bryan Chace ’74

Nedra and Joey Fetterman ’74

Lelie and David MacLeod

Amy and Chris Williams

Barbara and Terry Chase

Niamh Tuohy Fields ’89

Priscilla and Tony Marzoni ’64

David Williams

Sienna Chen ’14

Lynn and Ken Fisher

Margie and Julian Mason ’61

Julie and Scott Wilson

Clara Chung Fleisig and

Mac Fleming

Angie and Chad Mathis

Lane and Brian Woodke

Ann and John Forney ’76

Carole and Michael Mazer

Mary and Terry Woodrow ’63

Joan Clark

Lindsay Frost ’97 and

Edith and Henry McHenry ’68

Elizabeth and Fred Wooten ’61

Shelley and Jerry Clark

Rebecca and

Ham Inn and Shih Bin Wu

Teri and Emmett Cloud ’95

Yabing Chen and Hui Wu

Linda and Ben Cohen ’68

Sam Bhasin Dana and Russell Gache

Thomas McWilliams ’97

Glenn Fleisig Indian Springs

Susan Hazlett and

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Anna Lott and David Haws Judy and Buddy Heacock ’58

Tejal and Yogesh Mehta

Frannie and Randolph Horn ’83

Brenda and

Jonathan Horn ’75

Margaret R. Monaghan

Khadija Jahfiya ’11

Sara and

Amelia Johnson and Tony Diliberto Bailey Jones ’79 Hye-Sook Jung and Jinchul Kim

Francesca and Richard Novak ’03

Hong-Young Kim ’04

Marketa Novakova ’08 Victoria West and

Jerolyn and Kevin* Ferrari

Felix Kishinevsky ’05

Amy Finkelstein ’95 and

Stefanie Rammes and Christopher Kolorz

Richard Nunan ’70 Dragana and Mak Obradovic

Deborah and Marzette Fisher

Michelle Kuba ’94

Jamie and Greg Odrezin

Anne and Alston Fitts

Sarah Abroms ’04 and

Meredith and

Ruth Fitts ’96

Abraham Kunin

Daniel Odrezin ’05

Peggy and Michael Fleetwood

Mac LaCasse

Leslie and Peter O’Neil

Pam and Bob Cooper

Gregory Francavilla ’11

Elizabeth and Jack Lacy ’72

Norton Owen ’72

Christine and Darryl Copeland

Patricia and Danner Frazer ’62

Susan and Billy Lapidus

Jocelyn Bradley ’77 and

Gisele and Steve Crowe

Sarah Frazier ’90 and

Joy and Martin Ledvina

Mary Lee and David Darby ’61

Marc Sennewald

Jim Palmer

Jane and Perry Lentz ’60

Paul M. Pankey, Jr.

Bill Dawson

Constance Frey

Dagny Leonard ’07

Evan Pantazis ’09

Jennifer St. John and

Allison and Jeff Fuller

Deirdre Lewis ’92 and

Lee Pantazis ’06

Scott DeMerris

Diane and Tom Gamble ’60

Creighton Mason

Sarah and D. G. Pantazis ’03

Amy and Andrew Dibble

Sarah and Reese Ganster ’63

Patricia and Tom Lloyd ’59

Hina and Rakesh Patel

Cynthia and Jerry Dickerson ’78

Irene M. Garcia

Don Long ’00

Madeleine and Hubert Pearce

David Doggett ’68

Lawrence Garcia ’88

Karen and Harry Maring ’72

Karen and

Tim Donaldson

Sarah and Jonathan Geisen

Tameeka Marshall

Lori and Stephen Dorsky ’71

Terri and David Glasgow

Amy Martin ’80

Martha and Mike Pratt ’67

April Preston and

Barbara and Robert Glaze

Laura Payne ’86 and

Stacy and Timothy Price ’01

Rich Martinez

Deborah and Larry Quan ’68

Kyran Dowling ’72

Reena Glazer ’87

Andrew Permenter ’72

Eva and Jiri Dubovsky

Ann and Richard Goldstein ’69

Tyler McCall ’21

Laura and Erskine Ramsay ’64

Mrs. Lawrence Dumas, III

Fran and Bill Goodrich ’66

Kathy and

Sara and Forest Reid

Elizabeth and

Wade Goodrich

Robert Eckert ’64 Catherine Fleming ’78 and

Kathleen and Jesse Graham ’56 Anna and Jon Gray

Lealand McCharen ’69 Elizabeth and Gwaltney McCollum

Sherrie and Bruce Richards ’73 Ginny and Grady Richardson ’57 Jan and Dick Richardson ’70

Carole Griffin ’78

Brandi and Jeff McCormack

Debra Riffe

Janet and Erik Eide ’96

Greg Groover

Paul McGee

Shannon Riffe ’00 and

Eli Lilly and Company

Ann and Tim Hamner

Cheryl Killingsworth and

David Edwards

Summer 2019

Susan Watterson Hudson Munoz ’05 Christie and Richard Neely

Lisa Dean ’81 and

David Venturo

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Elizabeth Morrison and

Mary Katherine Myatt ’86

Sumter and Steve Coleman ’59

Jeanne Conerly ’80 and

Jenny Morgan ’96

Anne and Jesse Kieve ’15

Clay Colvin ’95

Tommy Moody ’64 Pam and Steve Moore

Karen Kern Charles Kessler ’68

Caroline Wingo ’95 and

Wayne Meshejian ’63 Laina and Egon Molbak

Floyd Howard ’04 Li Hua and Hua Jiang

Myles Steiner

Vaughn McWilliams ’92

Kathy and Gary Heacock Tammi Caldwell and

Frank Columbia

Callan Childs ’91 and

Foundation

Nina and Harry Harrison ’60

James McMinn

Matt Burton David Rinald ’59

Jane and Charles Ellis

Allison and Milton Harsh ’72

Alex McPhillips ’03

Lynda and Joe Robinson ’56

Michelle Emanuel ’88

Craig and Griff Harsh

Ruth Ann and

Allison Roensch ’99

Frank Fan ’13

Gene Hawkins ’59

Jack McSpadden ’64

Gayle Friedman and Niel Rosen *Deceased

Photo by Graham Yelton

ANNUAL REPORT

Tanya and Scott Yeager

Ramsey Rossmann ’15

Dawn and Jobey York

Betsy and Daniel Russakoff ’92

Alton Young

Betsy and John Saxon Kiki and Pierre Scalise Lisa and Bob Schilli Lane and John Schmitt Joanie and Greg Scott Josie and Clark Scott ’71 Alan Seigel ’77 Elly and Edward Shelswell-White ’79 Karen Shepard ’81 and Keith Thomson

CAMPAIGN FOR SPRINGS ETERNAL

Barbara and Bill Viar ’62

VISION $25,000+ Caroline and E. T. Brown ’74 Connie and Doug Clark Nancy and Tommy Healey ’62

Martha Diefendorf and

Eternal Campaign in 2017-2018

Leslie and David Matthews ’75

beyond what they had already

Molly Myers ’92 and

paid are acknowledged here.

I N N O VAT I O N

Rick Hatfield Susanna Myers ’90 and Gerry Pampaloni

Kiki and Pierre Scalise

Regions Financial Corporation

Virginia and David Smith Andrea and Goodloe White ’90

Fran and Bill Goodrich ’66

Anne and Richard Theibert

Goodrich Foundation

Aye Unnoppet ’88 and

Kathy and Tommy Thomson Talia and Barry Tobias ’98 Cathy and Rune Toms Haydn Trechsel ’72 Connie Hill and Doug Turner Cindy and Greg Van Horn Anna Clark ’88 and Eric Velasco Angela and Sam Waldo ’69 Belinda and Bryson Waldo ’70 Kira Druyan and Joel Walker ’87 Laura and Jim Wallis Amy and Tim Wammack Patricia and Bill Warren ’69 Lucy and Elias Watson ’58 Leanna Webb

COMMUNITY $10,000+

HONOR $2,500+ Karen and Bill Boyle ’62 Myla Calhoun Anna Margaret and

$100,000+

Kelly and Robert Aland ’80

Susan and John Abbot ’80

Mindy and Dylan Black

Elizabeth and Robert Eckert ’64

Heidi and Martin Damsky ’68

George Dellinger ’80 and

Clara Chung Fleisig and

David Faber ’66

Trevor King

Tommy Donald ’58

Glenn Fleisig

Diane and Tom Gamble ’60

Linda and Arthur Freeman ’59

Jan Fortson

Ronne and Donald Hess ’66

Elise May ’88 and Hank Frohsin

Mary Ann and John Furniss ’60

Emily Hess ’01 and Bob Levine

Kim and Scott Grumley

Carla and Larry Hawley ’68

Libby and Dennis Pantazis

Marianne Geeker Hartwell

Thomé Matisz ’80

Nancy and John Poynor ’58

Sandra and Tom Lewis ’66

Sandy Petrey ’59

Ronne and Donald Hess

Eileen and Danny Markstein ’92

Janet and Joe Simonetti ’75

Foundation

Judy and Gerson May

Cynthia and Raymond Tobias

Lia and Rusty Rushton ’74

Carole and Michael Mazer

Cathy and Rune Toms

Rene and John Simmons ’65

Cheryl and Burk McWilliams ’65

Diana and Bill Slaughter ’56

Carrie and Richard Pizitz ’75

L OYA LT Y

Gareth Vaughan

Margery and Jeff Pizitz ’75

$1,000+

Paget Pizitz ’97

Priscilla Goodwyn ’80 and

PA S S I O N $50,000+

Elaine and Gary Weil ’72

Jim Burke ’69

Holly Ellis ’84 and

Caryn and

Marjorie Lee White ’88

Maria Byars

Patti and Ed Rogers

Pamela and Bill Weeks ’69

Prince Whatley

Laura and Erskine Ramsay ’64

Hina and Rakesh Patel Cindi and Michael Routman ’72

Ameer Tavakoli ’91

Merritt Pizitz

John Samford ’68

$250,000+

Stutts, Jr.

Susan and Billy Lapidus

Betsy and Daniel Russakoff ’92

Elaine and Robert Smyth

WISDOM

Muff and Gilbert Johnston ’63

Hilary and Stuart Nelson ’95

C O L L A B O R AT I O N

Catherine and Emmett McLean

Robert Hogan ’68

Christy and David Nelson ’93

Rita and Carl Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Russell R.

Robby Griffin ’93

Sheri and James Krell

Ed Smith ’63

Merrill H. Stewart, Jr.

Larry Futrell ’64 Jennifer Merritt ‘93 and

ditional gifts to the Springs

Mary and Rob Henrikson ’65

Janet and Walter Stephens ’67

Carol Dewar and

Carol Hogan ’11

Kate and Charles Simpson

Lee and Sam Stayer

Anne and John Durward ’90

Jannike and Brian Jackson ’92

$1 MILLION+

Sara and Jamie Spector ’94

$5,000+

Only those who made ad-

Susanne and Jim Shine ’77

Mary and Joe Solomon ’71

C H A R AC T E R

Steven Corenblum ’75 Elizabeth and

Diana and Gray Plosser ’63 Ginger Grainger ’86 and Steve Rueve ’84

Robert Anderson Jennifer Bain ’84 Lisa and Rob Balazs

Alex and Jeff Thompson

Roger Baldwin ’87

Fergus Tuohy ’96 and

Kitty and Ronnie Barrow

Michael Barnett

Ilene and Dan Berman ’82

Mickey and Mike Turner

April and Blake Berry

Susan and Wyatt Haskell ’57

Connie and Marshall Urist

Sarah Hampton Portera ’04

Chris Whitley ’99

Michael Levine ’74

Meng Xu and Jianping Wang

and Brice Cambas

Kathryn and David Wiencek

Merrill H. Stewart, Jr.

Rebecca Rutsky ’91 and Hal White

Mike Goodrich ’90

Linda and Glen Connor

Indian Springs

Charles Rossmann

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Evelyn Lewis ’11 and Doug Corey

Lisa and Bob Schilli

Science

Jill and Rusty* Caranto

Carolyn and

Lisa and Erik Schwiebert

Soccer Program

Lara Hoggard Music

Joyce and Maury Shevin ’70

Softball

Richard Crocker ’65

Lee and Sam Stayer

Varsity Girls Soccer Program

Ameer Tavakoli ’91

RESTRICTED GIFTS

Ray Hartwell Memorial

Mary Lee and David Darby ’61

Missy and Stewart Waddell

In 2017–2018, restricted gifts

Rebecca Garity DePalma ’80

Lauren Wainwright ’88

were made for the following

Marianne Geeker Hartwell

Katie and Michael DeSocio

Mike Witten ’75

purposes.

Viar Science Program

Amy and Clint Dillard ’84

Tanya and Scott Yeager

Annie Damsky ’98 and Mark Brink

Danielle and Rob Dunbar Jane and Charles Ellis Theresa and Eric Fox Elizabeth and David Garcia ’85 Ingrid Straeter and Christopher Giattina Marnie and Jamie Gray Deanna Calvert and Kyle Grimes Andrea Engel ’03 and

Ivey Lewis ’85 and Peter Young

ANNUAL FUND RESTRICTED GIFTS Gifts for the following initiatives selected by the school were received in 2017–2018.

Acworth Scholarship

Batting Cage Facilities Young Ju Sung and Jung Ho Sea Joon Soo Sea ’17 Class of ’66 Scholarship Endowment Goodrich Foundation Fran and Bill Goodrich ’66 Ronne and Donald Hess ’66 Sandra and Tom Lewis ’66

Andy Abroms Scholarship

Class of 1968 Scholarship Fund

Cynthia and David Hobdy

Athletics

Bilee and the late

Jonathan Horn ’75

Badham Scholarship

Ann and David Hunt ’84

Chess Program

Linda and Ben Cohen ’68

Melanie and Jay Kieve

Choir

Helen and Ron Colvin ’68

Renarda and Darryl Lane

Classical Languages

Heidi and Martin Damsky ’68

Melodie and Greer Mallette ’89

Contemporary Ensemble

Amy and Ricky Dick ’68

Kat Martin

Fencing Club

David Doggett ’68

Judith and Bob McGahey ’64

H. Drennen Jones

Martha Diefendorf and

Kent Haines ’03

Gail and Tom Nolen ’66

Scholarship Trust

Wendell Cauley ’68

Robert Hogan ’68

Health & Wellness Program

Anne and Charles Kessler ’68

Iain Alexander Scholarship

Sandy and Wayne Killion ’68

Sam Pointer ’81

Learning Through Living

Grace and Theo Kirkland ’68

Charles Rossmann

Scholarship Granting

Sharon Kean and

Meredith and Daniel Odrezin ’05

Mary Helmer and Mark Sabel ’84

Organization Scholarships Fund

Bob Lipson ’68 Edith and Henry McHenry ’68

Endowment Barbara and Bill Viar ’62 *Deceased

M AT C H I N G G I F T S The following employers matched their employees’ gifts to Indian Springs School in 2017–2018.

1919 Investment Counsel, LLC Adobe Systems Incorporated Allstate - The Giving Campaign Eli Lilly and Company Foundation Microsoft Regions Financial Corporation The Prudential Foundation Vulcan Materials Company

GIFTS-IN-KIND Gifts of tangible property and services are also a significant help to Indian Springs through the year. Gifts-in-kind from the following people were contributed in 2017–2018.

Rob Brewer

Beatrice and Frank Morring ’68

Jolene and Chris Cox ’84

Laura Lee and

Judy and Jerry Hogan

Jerry Shadix ’68

International Wines & Craft beer

Sue and Allan Solomon ’68

Li Hua and Hua Jiang

Linda and John Thomas ’68

Sarah Moore ’05

Tom Whitehurst ’68

Kate and Charles Simpson

Alan Woodall ’68 Beth and Bob Yoe ’68 Confucius Program/Chang Discretionary Fund Troy University Summer 2019

Mock Trial Fund

Pam and Roy Meyer ’68

John Samford ’68

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Scholarship Dottie and Jeffrey Smith ’61

Endowment Fund Susan and Wyatt Haskell ’57

Melissa and Hanson Slaughter ’90 Clark Smith ’69 Deborah and Brian Wiatrak Rowan and Russ Williams ’73 WineSmith Wines & Consulting Betsy and Charlie Yeates ’71

Nancy and John* Poynor ’58 Girls Varsity Soccer Program *Deceased

Photo by Graham Yelton

ANNUAL REPORT

ROBERT JOHNS IN INDIAN SPRINGS’ 1966 KHALAS YEARBOOK.

By ERIC VELASCO P ’23

ROBERT WILSON JOHNS, WHO TAUGHT HISTORY AT INDIAN

Springs School, mainly in the 1960s, has given nearly half of his estate to the school for needs-based scholarships.

Johns died May 27 at age 82 in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he was a professor of education at the University of Arkansas from the mid1970s until his retirement in 2001.

He announced the will provision in 2012, calling it an investment in achieving social justice through educational excellence. The other main beneficiary was Peabody College at Vanderbilt University, where Johns graduated with a BA degree and earned a Master’s of Arts in Teaching in history and education in 1958.

Johns, who was recruited by Indian Springs’ founding director Dr. Louis E. “Doc” Armstrong, taught from 1958-1967. Lacking classroom experience then, he joked in a letter to school administrators that he was “the latest experiment at this experimental high school.” Armstrong was seeking faculty who would explore new forms of teaching and ways of learning, as Springs’ founder Harvey Woodward envisioned, Johns explained.

“I remember quite clearly what Doc said at the end of the interview there in his motel room near the Vanderbilt campus: ‘Well, I like the way you look and I like the way you talk, and I’d like you to come down and see our school,’” Johns wrote.

Johns credited Armstrong, Mac Fleming, and Dick Warren for helping him. While at Indian Springs he served eight years as chairman of the Committee on Protection and led the development of the Judiciary.

Johns left after the 1966-1967 school year to pursue a Ph.D. at Stanford University before teaching at Arkansas. Warren, in his letter of recommendation, wrote that Johns “came here knowing very little about teaching and learning, but now he is practically indispensable.”

Johns was proud of his Welsh heritage, visiting Wales annually. The tennis buff attended Wimbledon tournaments for 27 years, also catching symphony and choral concerts while in London.

Gifted with perfect pitch, Johns sang with the renowned Robert Shaw Chorale and other groups. The skilled pianist was steeped in classical music but could play anything by ear.

John Poynor ’58 Leaves Lasting Art Legacy

By ERIC VELASCO P ’23

DR. JOHN POYNOR ’58, A LONGTIME BIRMINGHAM SURGEON

and patron of arts and education, died Oct. 6 at age 77.

The Birmingham native was one of three brothers who graduated from Indian Springs School, starting with Wilmer Poynor III ’56 and followed by John Poynor ’58 and the late Frank Poynor ’62.

Dr. Poynor regularly gave to the Annual Fund and other school campaigns at Springs. In all, he contributed $200,000 to the new art building construction.

The avid art-lover also donated the sculpture, “Sunrise,” which will be displayed in the new art building after its completion. It now hangs inside Town Hall, above the doors leading to the library and classrooms.

“Indian Springs fit John’s personality very well,” says Nancy Poynor, Dr. Poynor’s widow, citing the school’s emphasis on individual development, self-discipline, and social interaction. “The guidance and support from Springs led John to be the same with everyone he came in contact with the rest of his life.”

Dr. Poynor treated generations of diverse patients during his 47 years at St. Vincent’s Hospital, where he worked until a week before his death.

His practice was based at ENT Associates, which he joined in 1971.

Dr. Poynor served on alumni boards at Indian Springs and Washington and Lee University, and on the board at Highlands School.

He also was on the Admissions Committee at the University of Alabama’s School of Medicine in Birmingham.

Civic service included serving on the boards of the Mountain Brook Library Foundation and the Birmingham Museum of Art, where the Poynor’s’ collection of mid-20th Century art is displayed in the Styslinger Gallery of American Art. He was a past Vestry member and Junior Warden at the Cathedral Church of the Advent.

Dr. Poynor earned his medical degree in 1966 at the University of Alabama in Birmingham (UAB’s name at the time), where he also completed his internship, surgical residency and a residency in the specialty Otolaryngology. He served a two-year fellowship at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in New York before joining ENT Associates.

Dr. Poynor’s legacy lives on at Indian Springs with each glimpse of “Sunrise.”

Indian Springs

Robert Johns, Former History Teacher, Endows Scholarship Fund in Will

DR. JOHN POYNER ’58 AT THE 2014 INDIAN SPRINGS DIRECTORS’ DINNER.

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ANNUAL REPORT

2017–2018

GIVE THE ULTIMATE GIFT:

JOIN THE LEGACY SOCIETY

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2017–2018 L E G ACY S O C I E T Y

Sylvia Goldberg

Sharon and Frank Samford ’62

Rachel Krantz and Edward Goldstein ’67

Cooper Schley ’64

Judy* and Hal Abroms

Gillian and Mike Goodrich ’63

Jane and Kevin Tavakoli ’98

Steve Apolinsky ’80

Eugenia and Larry Greer ’63

Ann and David Tharpe

Pris and Eddie Ashworth ’67

Joan and Preston Haskell ’56

Jill and Chip Thuss ’74

Julia and John Badham ’57

Ronne and Donald Hess ’66

Fergus Tuohy ’96 and Michael Barnett

Candi and C.P. Bagby ’63

George Johnston ’65

Nancy and Jim Tyrone ’73

Lois Blackwell

Muff and Gilbert Johnston ’63

Pamela and Bill Weeks ’69

Karen and Bill Boyle ’62

Judy and Philippe Lathrop ’73

Marjorie and Jim White ’60

Kay Armstrong and Frank Carter ’62

Kristine Billmyer and Russell Maulitz ’62

Pinkie and Bryan Chace ’74

June and Joe Mays ’63

Gil Coutin

Susan and Tennant McWilliams ’61

Hanelle Culpepper ’88 and Jeff Meier

Margaret R. Monaghan

Heidi and Martin Damsky ’68

Bob Montgomery ’74

Cathy and Mell Duggan ’76

Frances Ross ’77 and Bill Nolan

David Faber ’66

Jocelyn Bradley ’77 and Jim Palmer

Ginny and Joe Farley ’81

Margaret and Kip Porter ’60

Robert Friedel ’67

Nancy and John* Poynor ’58

Howard Furnas

Carol and Wilmer Poynor ’56

Gertrude Gildea

Cindi and Michael Routman ’72

Planned giving tools range from testamentary bequests, life insurance policies, and retirement plans to remainder interests and charitable remainder trusts. Many types of planned gifts provide tax benefits for you and your loved ones. Contact Director of Advancement Leah Taylor at leah.taylor@ indiansprings.org or 205.332.0591 to learn more.

Your gift will provide important support for dedicated faculty and a bright future for Springs’ exceptional students. *Deceased

Photos by Graham Yelton

Summer 2019

Leave a lasting legacy by including Indian Springs in your planned giving. Springs’ Legacy Society honors alumni, parents, and friends who remember the school in their estates or who give assets now with deferred benefits to Indian Springs School.

T E S TA M E N TA R Y BEQUESTS A testamentary bequest involves naming Indian Springs as a beneficiary in your last will and testament.

Testamentary bequests cost you nothing now, and may be in the form of general residuary bequests or specific bequests to a program, initiative, or area of study that is important to you.

Not only can your bequest help ensure that the mission of Indian Springs School endures for future generations, but it may also be beneficial in estate planning, as charitable gifts are deductible in their entirety from your taxable estate.

RETIREMENT ACCO U N T B E N E F I C I A RY D E S I G N AT I O N S Naming Indian Springs as the beneficiary of a retirement account (IRAs, 401k and 403b Plans) is an attractive option for estates of any size.

Retirement assets are subject to both income tax and estate tax. A distribution of retirement assets to the estate of a decedent subjects those assets to income tax and potentially estate tax.

Naming Indian Springs as the beneficiary of retirement accounts allows those assets to pass as a charitable donation to the school, free and clear of all potential tax liability.

I R A R O L LOV E R G I F TS In 2015, Congress authorized charitable gifting from Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs).

These “qualified charitable distributions” from an IRA must be made by December 31 and count toward Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) up to $100,000 per account owner per year.

For donors older than 70 ½, IRA rollover gifts are attractive because they provide an exclusion from gross income for income tax purposes. For those don’t itemize deductions, the potential benefits are even greater.

Please contact the Office of Advancement to discuss your intentions so that we may help you explore the myriad ways that a planned gift of any size may fulfill your charitable objectives with regard to Indian Springs School.

Please note that Indian Springs School does not offer financial planning services, tax or legal advice. Donors are strongly urged to consult with their attorneys, tax and/or financial advisors prior to undertaking any planned giving strategy to ascertain the potential benefits applicable to a donor’s specific financial situation.

Indian Springs

205.988.3350 • plannedgiving@indiansprings.org • www.indiansprings.org/plannedgiving

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S P OT L I G H T

MEET 2019 OUTSTANDING ALUM

ELAINE LURIA ’93

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N NOVEMBER 6, 2018, Elaine Luria ’93 claimed Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House to become the first Indian Springs School alum elected to Congress. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Luria retired from the Navy as a Commander in 2017 after a 20-year career as a Surface Warfare Officer and nuclear engineer. For her service to her community and country, the Indian Springs School Alumni Council has named Luria the 2019 Outstanding Alum of the Year. Starr Drum ’02 asked Luria about her career and goals for her time in office.

Veteran Congresswoman Trailblazer

committees. Our district sits at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay and one of my top priorities is working to protect our environment for generations to come and combating the recurrent flooding that we experience due to sea level rise and climate change. I am working on critical infrastructure issues to grow our local economy. Some examples are that Norfolk is the third largest port on the East Coast and our navigation channel needs to be deepened and widened to keep up with the growing size of the commercial shipping fleet. We also need forty-four miles of sewer line in our rural counties on the Eastern Shore.

At the national level, I am focused on the readiness of our military through my work on the Armed Service Committee and also with broader, critical issues such as access to quality, affordable healthcare, reducing prescription drug prices, infrastructure investments, and creating economic opportunity.

Summer 2019

Q: Since graduating in 1993, you have been a U.S. Navy Officer, a business owner, and now a congresswoman. Tell us about your journey after graduating from Indian Springs and what made you decide to run for Congress.

Q: Tell us about some experiences from your time at Indian Springs that A: I credit my success to the strong academic foundation I received while shaped who you are today. at Springs. I had a keen interest in both the sciences and humanities and A: Indian Springs was such a strong educational foundation and the learning I enjoyed both history and physics with Dr. Cooper and Dr. LaCasse, through living principles enhanced the rigorous curriculum. I learned so much respectively—and I ultimately chose those as dual majors when I attended from teachers like Dr. Cooper, Dr. Lacasse, and Mr. Stegner. I still remember the United States Naval Academy. After graduation, I was commissioned as a some of the specific grammatical lessons Mr. Stegner taught me. Because of my Surface Warfare Officer and accepted into the Navy’s Nuclear Power Program. education at Springs, I came into the Naval I was first stationed aboard a destroyer in Academy well-prepared, more so than many of Japan, ultimately served on six different ships, my classmates. Concepts I learned at Springs and was deployed to the Middle East and have helped me throughout my career.

Western Pacific six times. I was responsible for “I credit my success to the operation of complex weapons systems, Q: Do you still have connections or the strong academic supervising operations of nuclear reactors on involvement with fellow Springs alumni aircraft carriers, and ultimately commanded a and/or the Springs community? Tell us foundation I received while combat unit of 400 sailors. In 2000, I settled about those. in Norfolk, Virginia.

A: I keep in touch with my classmates from at Springs. I had a keen I met my husband, Robert Blondin, in the Springs, especially those who live in my area interest in both the Navy, and we have a nine-yearor in the D.C. area. I went back for my 25th old daughter, Violette. I opened a retail reunion last year and reconnected with a sciences and humanities business five years ago, which lot of people. I still keep in touch with Dr. has two locations and sells mermaidCooper. Our former congressman from and I enjoyed both centered gifts. (Mermaids are the signature the Birmingham area, Ben Erdreich, has symbol of Norfolk.) I have deep roots in my been a great resource for me, and he has a history and physics community and I saw running for Congress granddaughter currently at Springs. with Dr. Cooper and as an opportunity to continue to serve my Q: What advice would you offer to current community and my country.

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Q: What do you hope to accomplish during your time in office?

A: I have two sets of goals that complement each other: to serve the needs of our district and the larger needs of our country. Our district has one of the largest concentrations of military veterans and active duty military personnel. I want to ensure we provide our military and veterans across the country with the support they need, and I serve on both the Armed Services and Veterans Affairs

Dr. LaCasse, respectively— and I ultimately chose those as dual majors when I attended the United States Naval Academy.”

—ELAINE LURIA ’93

A: Think outside the box. Find something that is a passion of yours that will help you be successful in life. Passions may not be practical, so channel your passions in a way that gives you opportunities to both succeed and to be happy.

Springs does a good job of teaching serviceoriented critical thinking and that’s something we need in government. I would encourage Springs students to consider ROTC and Service Academies and to look for opportunities to serve in government. —Starr Drum ’02

All photos were provided by Elaine Luria ’93

ALUMNI CAMPUS & NEWS FRIENDS

CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Elaine as a student in the Navy

Academy (1993–1997). Elaine with her nine-year-old daughter, Violette. Elaine signs a letter during her first week in office. Elaine and her husband, Robert, at Governor Northam’s 2018 Swearing-In Ceremony.

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The Young Alum on the Rise Award recognizes accomplished individuals who have graduated from Indian Springs in the past 15 years and who have made interesting and/or significant contributions to society during that time.

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“I needed to do something for Syria. So, I traveled to Zaatari Refugee Camp in Jordan during my junior year in college to volunteer my time and listen to the Syrian people. My experience in the camp was so transformative that I decided to dedicate my career to understanding forced migration—especially in relation to the Syrian conflict— as well as writing and speaking about it.”

—Dunya Habash ’12

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HE INDIAN SPRINGS SCHOOL Alumni Council has named Dunya Habash ’12 as the 2019 Young Alum on the Rise, a recent graduate whose accomplishments poise her to leave an enduring mark in her field. Habash holds undergraduate degrees in Music and History from Birmingham-Southern College and a master’s in Refugee Studies from the University of Oxford. She now works as a researcher and outreach officer for the Woolf Institute in Cambridge, England. Starr Drum ’02 asked Habesh how her time at Springs has influenced her career.

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Q: Since graduating in 2012, you have been a prolific writer, speaker, composer, performer, and filmmaker, with many of your projects focusing on the refugee experience. Tell us about how you became interested in that topic and how it has influenced your work.

A: The Syrian conflict commenced in 2011 when I was a sophomore at Springs. I even remember discussing the conflict with fellow classmates in Mrs. McGawen’s geometry class. By the time I was a sophomore at Birmingham-Southern College a few years later, Syria had become the leading story across the media. There were so many stories about Syrian refugees moving to camps in Jordan, Turkey, and Lebanon with accompanying images of struggle and despair. My parents are Syrian and my entire extended family, who we used to visit during the summer vacation, lived in Syria before the conflict. As time passed, I watched most of my extended family move out of the country, scattering all over the world.

I felt very disconnected watching from my comfortable home in the U.S. and decided that I needed to do something for Syria. So, I traveled to Zaatari Refugee Camp in Jordan during my junior year in college to volunteer my time and listen to the Syrian people. My experience in the camp was so transformative that

Q: Tell us about some experiences from your time at Indian Springs that shaped who you are today.

A: I don’t think I can say in words fully just how formative my years at Springs were for my personal and intellectual development. I discovered my passion for music at Springs and started formal piano lessons as a junior with Dr. Alina Voicu.

There were so many opportunities for me to explore music at Springs because the arts and humanities were not only a significant part of the curriculum but also a general ethos of the wider school community. I still remember how wonderful it was for me to be able to perform one of my compositions, which I composed for Dr. Voicu’s music theory class, at my graduation ceremony.

I don’t think it would have been possible to do something like this at another school. That kind of encouragement is exactly what I needed to develop my creativity and take music seriously; it turned me from someone who plays piano as a pastime to someone who studies music intellectually. This discovery is why I decided to do a degree in music as

Photo provided by Dunya Habash ’12

MEET 2019 YOUNG ALUM ON THE RISE

I decided to dedicate my career to understanding forced migration—especially in relation to the Syrian conflict— as well as writing and speaking about it.

Q: Do you still have connections or involvement with fellow Springs alumni and/or the Springs community? Tell us about those.

A: Yes, I am still in touch with several friends and professors at Springs. I try to visit the campus every time I am in Birmingham to chat with Dr. Cooper, Ms. Tetzlaff, and others. One of my best friends at Springs is now living and working in London, which is about an hour away from Cambridge, so we still visit each other and catch up when we can. It has been amazing to see how far we have both come professionally since graduating together in 2012, and we often reminisce on our time at Springs, a time when we thought we were so old but now realize just how young we were!

Photo provided by Max Klapow ’17

Q: What are you currently working on and what’s next for you?

A: I am currently a researcher and outreach officer at the Woolf Institute in Cambridge, England, working on a project that is exploring the cultural and social implications of musical encounters between Muslim, Jewish, and Christian neighbors in historical Iraq and Syria. When I applied for the job after finishing my master’s degree in Refugee Studies at the University of Oxford, I couldn’t believe how perfect the project was for me in terms of my academic as well as personal interests in music, spirituality, and the Middle East. I feel very fortunate to be where I am today, and I still haven’t quite accepted the fact that I live in England. As a next step, I am now in the process of applying for a Ph.D. in Social Anthropology. I intend to explore the ways in which Syrian refugee musicians are adapting as artists in new host countries outside of the Middle East.

Q: What advice would you offer to current Indian Springs students?

A: Find the time you need for reflection and creativity. Delve deeply into the things that make you passionate and spark your interest. You will never have this time in your life again, both as a young person and as a young person at Indian Springs. Take advantage of the wealth of knowledge around you, starting with your incredible professors. It was Dr. Cooper who sparked my interest in history, especially since he taught history as a philosophy on life. To this day, I remember him as the first person who opened my thinking and showed me how to critique and doubt the narratives that are presented to us as social and political creatures. Ms. Shephard taught me the power of words through writing. Dr. Voicu and Dr. Thomas opened the world of music to me. So much of who I am today is because of the classes and teachers I engaged with at Springs. Be open to this gift while you are still there! —Starr Drum ’02

Max Klapow ’17 addresses fellow students during a TED Talk at Washington University.

Max Klapow ’17 on Radical Empathy In a time when people dismiss and avoid those who think differently, Radical Empathy provides a path to understanding others while staying true to your own beliefs and mores, Max Klapow ’17 told fellow students at Washington University during a recent TED Talk.

In his talk, “Our Problem with Empathy,” the former Indian Springs student recounted growing up Jewish and gay in evangelical Alabama, and the backlash that led the once-open child to become withdrawn and judgmental.

As a college freshman, Klapow assumed everyone on campus thought like he did. But one day while talking politics with a friend, she abruptly shut down.

Looking terrified, she explained she is conservative and afraid revealing that would lead students to shun and vilify her.

Klapow was struck: As different as they were, he and his friend shared the same fear.

People disagree terribly, but they’re even worse at listening and practicing empathy, he said. Instead, we mentally segregate people who think differently into separate boxes, ignoring those different from ours.

Radical Empathy changes that, Klapow said. It calls for open-minded discussion, not blind condemnation. Only then can you appreciate the person without rejecting them for thinking differently.

“Radical Empathy is the idea that to connect with someone we disagree with, we must understand that they had different life experiences that shaped their beliefs, just as ours did,” Klapow said.

Practicing Radical Empathy—and it takes practice—helps Klapow appreciate the rich tapestry of humanity. “Radical Empathy saved me from myself. Once I was willing to be vulnerable and listen, I benefitted.”

Listen to Max’s TED talk at www.indiansprings.org/max. —Eric Velasco P ’23

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well as history at Birmingham-Southern College as an undergraduate.

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DAVID OH ’87

ROBERT M. MAULITZ ’64 WITH MAC FLEMING

CLASS OF 1964 Robert M. Maulitz ’64, M.D., enjoyed catching up with archivist and longtime faculty member Mac Fleming while visiting the school with his wife, Devra, and their daughter, Alex. Dr. Maulitz is a pulmonologist at the National Jewish Health hospital in Denver, Colorado.

CLASS OF 1987 David Oh ’87 attended the Indian Springs Concert Choir’s February tour performance at La Cañada High School in Los Angeles County, California. He is pictured here with current parents Hanson Slaughter ’90, Ginger Grainger Rueve ’86, Steve Rueve ’84, and Clint Dillard ’84.

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CLASS OF 1988 Hanelle Culpepper ’88 will direct the first two episodes of an upcoming Star Trek series featuring actor Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard. She will be the first woman to direct the debut episode in the Star Trek series in the franchise’s 53-year history.

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CLASS OF 1991 Benjy Thomas ’91 married Emily Elizabeth Nybo on October 16, 2018, at the Wimbish House in Atlanta, Georgia. Mark Noel ’88 served as Best Man and Brandon Kirby

’92 served as another groom’s attendant.

Springs alums Susan (Thomas) Wright ’87 and Buffy (Thomas) Campbell ’94 were also in attendance.

Hall. He is pictured with Green’s classmate Thomas McWilliams ’97 and Indian Springs Director of Strategy and Special Projects Lauren Wainwright ’88.

CLASS OF 1992 Dr. Courtney Bentley ’92 was recently named dean of the College of Education at the University of Montevallo. Bentley holds an Ed.D. in Curriculum and Teaching from Teachers College at Columbia University, a master’s degree from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and a bachelor’s degree from Auburn University. Prior to her role as associate dean, Bentley served as associate professor and director of the Malone Center for Excellence in Teaching at the University of Montevallo. She also held faculty positions at the University of Central Florida and Troy University. Her family currently lives in Hoover, Alabama.

CLASS OF 1999 Stephanie Ginsburg ’99, a former tennis player at Indian Springs School and Birmingham-Southern College, recently founded the Homewood Tennis Club.

The club will operate out of the newly renovated West Homewood Park beginning in May.

CLASS OF 1995 John Green ’95 announced in October that actor Charlie Plummer would portray Miles “Pudge” Halter in the Hulu adaptation of his first novel, Looking for Alaska.

Springs alumni and students were excited to welcome Plummer to campus in December for a tour and lunch in the Dining

CLASS OF 2003 Mia Swier ’03 married Emmy Awardwinning actor, songwriter, and musician Darren Criss on Valentine’s Day weekend in New Orleans, Louisiana. Members of the wedding party included Springs alums Erica Swier ’01, Andrea Engel Haines ’03, Kent Haines ’03, Sara Kim ’03, Patrick Bradley ’01, Robin Greene Wall ’03, Sarah Mills Nee ’03, and Merrill Stewart ‘03.

CLASS OF 2011 Carol Hogan Netjes ’11 married Luke Netjes on March 23.

CLASS OF 2012 Maranda Berry ’12 was engaged to Jack Buttrey on March 2.

BENJY THOMAS ’91

JOHN GREEN ’95

CAROL HOGAN NETJES ’11

DR. COURTNEY BENTLEY ’92

MIA SWIER ’03

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IN MEMORIAM ALUMNI LTC Aubrey H. White, Jr. ’61 passed away on January 1 after a long illness. He attended the University of Alabama and served his country during the Vietnam War as a pilot in the U.S. Army. He also served in the Alabama National Guard and the U.S. Army Reserve. Later in life, Aubrey worked for the State of Florida and several facilities as a substance abuse counselor.

He was an avid ham radio operator and a member of Beachside Fellowship Church.

He is survived by his wife, Becky; his children, Aubrey White III and Jenny Glenn; and numerous grandchildren.

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Richard “Dick” Ireland Pigford ’65, the founder of ArchitectureWorks—the Birmingham-based firm which co-designed Springs’ new classroom buildings, passed away on March 31. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and a graduate of Auburn University. He was recently elevated to the prestigious College of Fellows in the American Institute of Architects. In addition to leading numerous award-winning projects, Dick offered his time, ideas, and experience to community organizations throughout the Birmingham region and served on many nonprofit boards. and founded two missions to provide pro-bono design services to underserved neighborhoods. He also created SawWorks with the intention of providing an inspiring place in the downtown community where people from varied backgrounds can gather to collaborate on making Birmingham a better place to live. Dick is survived by his wife of 51 years, Dana Bass Pigford; his son, Richard “Jay” Pigford, daughter-in-law Courtney Pigford, and grandchildren Harris Pigford and Ella Pigford ’21; brother, Joseph Pigford ’58 (Betty); and nephews, Scott Pigford (Anissa), Michael Pigford (Chrissie), Patrick Pigford; and sister, Catherine Joan Pigford.

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James Alan Secord ’67 passed away on January 4. A resident of Chattanooga for 32 years, Jim was the Elder Emeritus of Rivermont Presbyterian Church. He used his musical gifts as a member of the Glee Club at Indian Springs School and Emory University. He thrived in his English major and went on the earn his Doctorate of Jurisprudence from the University of Georgia. Jim’s diverse interests were reflected in his encyclopedic knowledge and immense library. He is survived by his

wife, Carol Secord; daughter, Laura Secord; and brother, Forrest Secord (Gail).

Nathaniel V. Gerhart III ’78 passed away on March 21. Nathaniel was a resident of Louisville, Kentucky. He attended Birmingham-Southern College and later graduated from the University of South Carolina. He worked in advertising and marketing for local magazines in South Carolina and Colorado and diversified into property management in Florida. He loved the Grateful Dead, acting in local theater, and British Comedy. Nathaniel is survived by his mother, Beverly; his brother Robert Willis Gerhart, Jr. (Suzanne); his nieces Elizabeth and Virginia; a great-niece and four greatnephews; and dozens of cousins.

Elizabeth Ann Thomas Campbell ’94 passed away on April 4 after a long battle with cancer. She was a noted EngineerBuilder and spent her career managing large construction projects for major builders. She graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and from Stanford University with the Master of Science in Civil Engineering. She was also an Oxford University Scholar in Civil Engineering. She is survived by husband Robert Courtney Campbell, Jr.; children Robert and Daphne; parents Robert and Lajuana Jo Barton Thomas; sister Susan Thomas Wright ’87; and brother Benjy Thomas ’91 and his wife Emily.

FAMILY & FRIENDS Ellen Berman Aland APRIL 12, 2019

Mother of Jack Aland ’75 (Barbara) and Board member Robert Aland ’80 (Kelly) Anthony Joseph Bruno FEBRUARY 16, 2019

Grandfather of Jordan Bruno ’11 and Andrew Bruno ’15 Rusty Caranto DECEMBER 2, 2018

Father of faculty member Wendy Gray and father-in-law of faculty member Hunter Gray Yiu-Fai Chen MARCH 23, 2019

Husband of faculty member Athena Chang Patricia Kelley Durward DECEMBER 7, 2018

Mother of John Durward, Jr. ’90

Kevin Ferrari APRIL 3, 2019

Father of Jacqueline Ferrari ’20 and husband of Board member Jerolyn Ferrari Wiley Kemp Livingston, Sr., M.D. FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Father of Dr. Wiley Kemp Livingston, Jr. ’67, Dr. David Barker Livingston ’69, and John Hartridge Livingston, II ’72 (Connie) John Higgins Martin APRIL 22, 2019

Father-in-law of William Belser ’80 and grandfather of Catherine Belser ’20 and Adrienne Belser ’22 William Albert “Bill” McElroy MARCH 5, 2019

Father of Board member Ellen McElroy ‘78 and grandfather of Megan Ann Miller ’96 Susie Nix Ronilo JANUARY 24, 2019

Mother of current faculty member Susan Caraway Betty Sinclair Griffin Tanner DECEMBER 7, 2018

Mother of Jim Tanner ’64 (Cantey) and John Tanner ’67 (Nancy)

KYUNG HAN ’85:

BOARD SERVICE ‘MY WAY OF GIVING BACK’

Entrepreneur, angel investor urges fellow alumni to reconnect, participate in Indian Springs’ evolution.

‘It has had a huge impact on my life.’

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ONG BEFORE KYUNG HAN designed specialty microchips, built a data startup and became a tech-oriented angel investor, he took his first computer class at Indian Springs School.

Han ’85 says his experience as a Springs day student not only built an academic foundation, it gave him the drive and confidence to ultimately become an entrepreneur.

“Indian Springs had a large part to play in shaping the person I am today. It has had a huge impact on my life,” says the Manhattan resident, who now funds and advises early-stage startups, mostly on technology-related projects in education and healthcare.

Han, who in the 1984–1985 academic year took one of the first computer classes ever offered at Springs, later returned to advise the ongoing expansion of tech-oriented education at his high school alma mater. This academic year he started a seven-year term on the school’s Board of Directors.

“It is my way of giving back,” Han says.

Han’s educational and professional tracks have been marked by being at the right places at the right times.

In that computer class at Springs, he glimpsed his own future in a rapidly developing field, leading to a focus on electrical and electronics engineering at Duke University. After graduating in 1989, Han worked five years at Mitsubishi Semiconductor America Inc., designing advanced video chips including one for which he was awarded a patent.

And in 2004, Han co-founded and was a managing partner of a New York-based data startup, EmPower Research, at a time when social media was emerging as a new tool for communications and marketing. EmPower seized on the innovation to substantially expand its services—and success.

“We were very fortunate to see the trend and start informing clients this would be a game-changer,” Han says in a recent interview. “So we got in on the wave, and extended our client base to serve a number of Fortune 1000 companies and their respective brands in addition to our professional services clients.”

Eventually EmPower added another

component—creating, vetting, culling, and updating large databases for clients. One project, for example, was to build and maintain a detailed list of physicians worldwide, from medical school, residency, and practice locations to their relationships with pharmaceutical companies.

Han says he long imagined a typical career path in his field, a consulting firm job that leads to being hired by a client. But when presented the opportunity to run his own firm, Han says, his Indian Springs experiences empowered him to make that leap.

“Indian Springs teaches us to be very flexible in our learning process,” Han says. “It is an education that rewards creative thinking. When you’re an entrepreneur, that creativity is obviously of huge value.”

He ran EmPower until the business services firm Genpact bought it in 2011. Han remained at the General Electric spinoff some five years before starting his advisory and investment business in mid-2017.

“I wanted to do something different, and get back into entrepreneurship,” Han says.

His interest in education-related tech startups

stems from a term in the early 2000s as a general manager at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he also obtained an MBA in 1996.

Han helped launch MIT’s OpenCourseWare program, which consolidates all of the university’s course material, lectures, tests, and other materials for free online access by professors and students worldwide.

“Education is changing and educational tech clearly is a very important area,” says Han, who is particularly interested in online learning programs for K-12 students.

His investments in healthcare startups have focused on analytics, new product-development platforms, and wellness programs for seniors. A related project uses data to help farmers produce healthier and more abundant food by improving soil health and analyzing best practices to plant and harvest.

Han, who retains family ties to the Birmingham area, returned to the Indian Springs campus in 2013 as a guest lecturer for an entrepreneurship class. Several former teachers attended, providing a touching reminder to Han of how the school is such a nurturing and special place.

Before joining the Board of Directors, Han served on its technology subcommittee. As a byproduct of that inaugural computer class, he’s proud to see AP computer science, computer tech, and robotics classes today at Indian Springs.

Physically, the campus has changed considerably in the 34 years since Han graduated. But stronger than ever, he says, are Indian Springs’ core values, the diversity of thought and experiences when interacting with students from around the world, the depth of knowledge passed on by its teachers, and the school’s commitment to creative thinking.

Han urges all graduates who have not visited the campus to reconnect in some way, whether it’s financially or returning to talk to students about their careers.

“Get a sense of how the school has evolved,” he says. “And participate in how the school continues to evolve.”

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LASTING TIES

2018 Alumni Holiday Party MORE THAN 300 ALUMNI, alumni parents, and their family members gathered for the 2018 Alumni Holiday Party, held December 26 at Iron City! Thanks so much to String Theory (featuring alumna violinist Niamh Tuohy Fields ’89) for providing musical entertainment and to the Alumni Council for helping to plan a fantastic event!

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4. Julia Pearce ‘11, Carter Long-Glanton ’10 5. D.G. Pantazis ’03, Sarah Lovell Pantazis,

Lara Embry ’87, Emma Embry ’05, Libby Pantazis

6. Lisa Hale, J. Alan Hale ’83, Lawrence

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11. Clara Scott ’16, Virginia Farley ’16, Mira Walker ’16,

Daun Lee ’16, Cheska Romero ’16

12. Max Velasco, Eric Velasco, Anna Clark Velasco ’88,

Sid Smyer ’70, Leah Velasco ’23

13. Evan Pantazis ’09, Jesse Unkenholz ’01, Callen Bair

Thistle ’01

14. Alice Marson ’13, Micheal Lee ’13, Lizzie Choy ’13, Caroline Choy ’11, Paula Simonetti ’13

HOLIDAY PARTY PHOTO GALLERY See all photos from our 2018 Alumni Holiday Party at https://indianspringsschool.smugmug.com/alumni/2018-alumni-holiday-party.

Thank you for celebrating the season with Springs!

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