ARTHUR XIAO ’15 RELENTLESS CURIOSITY:
A Scholar in Search of Answers to Big Questions From Millbrook School to earning a bachelor’s degree at Amherst College and pursuing a PhD at the University of Michigan, Arthur Xiao has always been deeply inquisitive. At Millbrook, teachers recognized and nurtured his love of learning
he found meaning in small moments: getting lost on the cross-country
in ways that left a lasting impression. Whether accelerating through
course (more than once), winning Most Improved Runner, and standing
calculus, discovering the power of statistics, or reflecting on Kafka’s
on the Flagler Quad on quiet mornings, appreciating the beauty around
The Metamorphosis, Arthur recalls his classes as intellectually formative
him. As a head waiter, dorm leader, Latin student, and mathematician-
and his teachers—from Mr. Zeiser and Ms. Clizbe to Mr. Powers and Mr.
in-the-making, Arthur left Millbrook prepared to ask the big questions
Clizbe—as supportive of inquiry for its own sake. Outside the classroom,
that have shaped his journey ever since.
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