Alumni News Summer 2012 Park Tudor School
Which 50% are you?
Recent surveys indicate that more than
50% of adults do not have a basic will. Failure to make adequate plans is based on a number of reasons; however, the real issue might be that most Americans “know” things about wills that are not true. Here are a few examples of things people “know” about wills that may not be the case: 1. Only wealthy people need wills. False. If you have any assets at all, you need a will, even if your estate is modest, your heirs few and your wishes simple. 2. Only people with children and others who depend on them need wills. False. Even people with no dependents need wills if they want to determine who eventually receives their property. 3. Only the wealthy or people without close relatives make gifts to charitable interests through their wills. False. More people with modest estates decide to make gifts to charitable interests through their estates and still provide generously for family and other loved ones. This is especially true today, as recent changes in the law have made estate taxes less of a consideration and have freed more assets to provide for others. To learn more, request a copy of “The 37 Things People ‘Know’ About Wills” brochure from The Sharpe Group by contacting Gretchen Hueni at ghueni@ parktudor.org or at (317) 415-2766.
Former Head of School George Young honored
George Young, headmaster of Park Tudor
School from 1972-1986, was honored at a reception and portrait unveiling on May 30. Young’s portrait, painted by artist Mark A. Kelso of Indianapolis, will hang in Foster Hall alongside the portraits of other heads of school of Tudor Hall, Park School and Park Tudor. Many retired faculty members who taught at Park Tudor during Mr. Young’s tenure gathered at the event. His daughter Cara ’93, a Lower School teaching assistant, also attended.
Current and former Park Tudor faculty and staff members gathered for the portrait unveiling of former Headmaster George Young. Standing, l to r: Carol Cummings Rogers ’59, Ed Staubach, Jack Brake, Leslie Rapp, Debbie Stuart Everett ’69, David Kivela, David Malcom, Mary DeVoe, Jerry Grayson, Edith Greiwe, Cathy Dezelan, Joe Dezelan, Judy Bruch, Bill Main, Tom Black, Edie Enright. Middle row, seated: Joanne Black, Emily Moore Sturman ’66, Barbara Rominger, Tony Onstott, Christina Van Riper McCoy. Front row: John Williams, Judy Roberts Muirhead, Jim Foxlow, Reva Horine, George Young, Lisa Hendrickson ’77, Cathy Wood Lawson ’72.
Before coming to Park Tudor as headmaster, Young had been a mathematics and history teacher, director of the Middle School and director of the Upper School at the Greenhill School in Dallas, Texas. During his tenure at Park Tudor, enrollment climbed by nearly 100 students—from 604 to about 700—and the school raised $2.25 million in a development campaign that resulted in the construction of Ayres Auditorium and the Fine Arts building. “When I first came here in 1972 I was 36 years old,” Young recounted at the portrait unveiling. “Mr. Eli Lilly was still alive, he was 91 years old and he wanted to meet the new headmaster…. He was just a delight…. We were doing some long-range planning and we were thinking about this business of a new fine-arts building and he liked that idea. I left with some confidence that, by god, we were going to build that building.” “Your legacy here is deep and long and significant,” Head of School Dr. Matthew Miller told Young. “Part of your legacy is as someone who brought people together. You moved this from two schools into one school.”
Emily Moore Sturman ’66, who was hired as a math teacher by Young, described him as “forward-thinking” leader, pointing out that he enabled her to job-share at a time when that was not a common employment option. “Without people like George Young, that kind of thing wouldn’t happen,” she said. “We are all indebted to you for the friendships that we have, the wonderful memories that we have, and for where this school has come today.”
Former Headmaster George Young with his portrait, which now hangs in Foster Hall.
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