1997
• BETH CULP and PAM MALONE take over Student Affairs.
1998
• The history department welcomes TIM HORNOR, who goes on to become department chair. • LOLLY HAND becomes Head of Upper School and serves in that position until 2008. • SALLY WILLIAMS joins the math department and later becomes dean of Discipline. • SARA ZEIGLER is at the helm of the service learning program.
Clockwise from top, the natatorium in the Middle School; The Inman Center, built in 2000, houses the cafeteria, faculty offices and the basketball court; The state-of-the-art Fine Arts Center, built in 1991; A view of the Middle School with the Inman Center in the background.
Randall House in 1983. Pace renovated the classrooms in Bridges Hall vacated by the Lower School program, creating improved science facilities, computer labs and an expanded library. For the first time, Lower (grades Pre-First through six) and Upper (grades seven through 12) School students attended classes in separate facilities. Additional campus improvements took place throughout the mid 1980s and early 1990s, including the addition of the Fine Arts Center in 1991 and updated athletic facilities. However, during that period, Bridges Hall remained largely unchanged. In 1994, the Castle was officially named Kirkpatrick Hall in honor of Headmaster Kirkpatrick, who had led Pace through its period of greatest growth. PETER COBB served briefly as headmaster from 1994 to 1996, when MICHAEL A. MURPHY, previously head of Lower School, took over as interim headmaster. Murphy was officially named headmaster in February of 1997. That same year, following a gift of $2 million by the Hugh M. Inman Foundation, the “Educating for Life – Pace 2000” capital campaign was
>>> A former U.S. Army Ranger with a master’s from Emory University, Tim Hornor evokes respect and admiration from his students in and out of the classroom. He is a dynamic history teacher, known for coaching students to 5s on the challenging AP exams. Hornor serves as advisor to the Upper School Student Council, a volleyball coach and a Global Education study tour leader.
1999
• JOHN ASBORNSEN and AMY WILLIAMS SECOR join the science department. Asbornsen remains at Pace until 2008, and Secor is currently assistant director of College Counseling and a member of the Upper School science team. • REBECCA ROARK is the Upper School guidance counselor.
2000
• A flurry of new faculty join the Pace family, including CLAIRE DRUMMOND STROWD, MARIE MEANEY, TIM PLAEHN and ALFONSO RUIZ.
2001
• CHRIS BEVEL joins the facilities team. • DON DUPREE, JULIE HALL, KRIS PALMERTON, EMILY STEVENS and AYISHA ABDUL-SALAAM are hired.
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