Kerryane Monahan ’92
A True Daughter of Storm King
By Elizabeth Wilson Taviloglu P’19
Every year at The Storm King School’s commencement, new graduates are reminded not to leave us forever, to come back and tell us about college, share their careers with our students at Career Night, and bring their spouses and children back to visit where they once learned and played; that Storm King will be here, waiting for their return, and that their school on the Mountain will always be their home. Many of our alumni take the advice to heart and come back to see us often, but according to one alumna from the Class of 1992, she never truly left. Now a scholar, renowned science educator, avid outdoorswoman, philanthropist, and most recently, a Trustee, this alumna says that her heart has always remained at Storm King–the place she credits for forming the very fabric of who she is today. Meet Kerryane Monahan ‘92– a true daughter of Storm King.
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erryane Monahan ’92 was chosen by Storm King’s administrators as the speaker at the School’s 152nd commencement for good reason. Her journey of self-discovery and her life’s path could resemble that of any student at Storm King today. Her inspirational story, her accomplishments, and the solid advice she prepared for the new graduates was the perfect send off for the Class of 2020 to conclude their years at Storm King. Due to the pandemic, Kerryane was unable to return to the Mountain and stand before the class to deliver her words in person. At the news that commencement would
Kerryane, an avid outdoorswoman, birding at Moosehead Lake in Maine
4 / KERRYANE MONAHAN ’92
