Park Tudor Phoenix Summer 2014

Park Tudor

Phoenix Summer 2014

• Alumni Animal Attraction • In Memoriam

On the Cover Austin Paul ’06 with Katy, an orangutan she cares for in her role as orangutan keeper at the Indianapolis Zoo’s new International Orangutan Center.

Read about her and other alumni who make their careers working with animals on page 26.

Park Tudor School Mission Park Tudor School’s exceptional educators and extraordinary opportunities prepare students to become confident and resourceful lifelong learners. The school community creates an inspiring college-preparatory learning environment for highly motivated young people in junior kindergarten through grade 12.

Congratulations to the Class of 2014

PARK TUDOR SCHOOL Head of School Dr. Matthew D. Miller Editor Lisa A. Hendrickson ’77 Editor Emeritus C.J. Foxlow Class Notes Cassie Dull, Julia Sipes Graphic Design/ Photography Stefanie Dean ’05

Logan Abernathy Julia Amstutz Nick Beeson Ryan Betz Rachel Bir Samone Blair Trevon Bluiett Martha Brainard Richard Brougher Shelby Brown Taylor Byxbee James Cain Elliot Cecil Lucy Chadderton Kelly Cleveland Amy Cohn Abagail Dill Quinn Divens James Dora Daniel DuBois Chris Elbrecht Ashley Ellison Amanda Essex Robert Flaherty Andy Foster Jack Frenzel Sean Fry Daniel Fu Sean Gabbert Thomas Gardner Kelly Gaughan Ben Geier Chris Gregory Haley Hallenbeck Joe Hapak Pierce Hardacker Ty Hardin

Hanover College University of Michigan Indiana University Phillips Exeter Academy Smith College Princeton University Xavier University Colby College Indiana University University of Miami (FL) University of Pennsylvania Indiana University U. of Missouri at Columbia University of Wisconsin Ball State University Harvard University American University George Washington U. Indiana University U. of Missouri at Columbia University of Louisville The College of Wooster Indiana University Indiana University Indiana University Indiana University College of Charleston Harvard University Miami University (OH) Elon University Ball State University Wabash College Tufts University Bryant University Wabash College College of Charleston Indiana University

Joshua Hayes Illinois State University Maddi Heberden Indiana University Austin Honigford Bucknell University Margaret House Indiana University Chris Hsu Princeton University Danny Hupfer Xavier University Emily Janin Boston College Danielle Johnson Boston College Jack Kaefer Kenyon College Olivia Kelly Bucknell University Anna Kershisnik Texas Christian University Matthew Kilkenny Indiana University Hannah Klapper Miami University (OH) Thomas Klimek Tufts University Thomas Knowles Purdue University Joseph Komari Indiana University Anna Kortepeter Southern Methodist U. Katelynn Kyker Yale University Robert Larsen Indiana University Ali Lebovits Indiana University Alexandra Lombardo Yale University Victoria Longe MIT Michelle Lucas Miami University (OH) Alexander Mack Butler University Meredith Mannix New York University Jack McCarter Northwestern University Abby Miller Indiana University Emily Mitlak Boston University Joe Moore Indiana University Neale Moore Purdue University Ellee Moyer Texas Christian University Jessica Newton Indiana University William Noel U. of Colorado at Boulder Kevin Olson Indiana University Sophie O’Neill Northeastern University Charlie Osborne University of Notre Dame Sam Ossip Indiana University

Alexa Petrucciani Purdue University Aleks Polit Purdue University Cooper Ramsey Colgate University Keenan Rhodes Indiana University Jonny Rulli Miami University (OH) Francesca Santini U. of Southern California Allison Schacht Denison University Samantha Schacht Savannah College of Art Leah Schuckit Washington U. in St. Louis Ruben Schuckit Washington U. in St. Louis Charlie Schwab U. of Southern California Samantha Schwab Stanford University Sydney Schwab University of Notre Dame Amy Sedgwick Hamilton College Cassie Shado State U. of NY at Buffalo Ravi Shah U. of Southern California Austin Shelton Indiana University Mattie Shepard Denison University Alexus Sims-Barnes Indiana University Amy Skeels Miami University (OH) Asha Smith American University Sophie Spartz University of Notre Dame A.J. Stautz University of Michigan Sloan Stearman Southern Methodist U. Stuart Summerville Indiana University Evan Sumner Rhodes College Eric Sutton Kenyon College Nick Tannenbaum University of Michigan Linda Tauscher New York University Sydney Weiss U. of Colorado at Boulder DeForest Williamson Purdue University Walter Winslow UNC at Chapel Hill Michael Xu University of Chicago Jason Zhao Purdue University Mia Zhao Washington U. in St. Louis

Director of Strategic Communications Cathy Yingling Chapelle ’87 Director of Development and Alumni Relations Douglas Allen Assistant Director of Development, Alumni Gretchen Hueni 2014-15 Alumni Association Board President Lindsay Elder Thornton ’95 Vice President Joe Hawkins ’96 Secretary Matt Kleymeyer ’00 Treasurer Beth Tolbert Johnson ’03 Past President Cathy Yingling Chapelle ’87 Alumni Association Directors Kate Engle ’95 Eric Gershman ’98 Carlie Irsay Gordon ’99 Emily Ristine Holloway ’94 Tony Holton ’06 Jonathan McDowell ’02 Reid Searles ’06 Vanessa Stiles ’88 Kelly Lamm Teller ’87 Zach Wills ’03

Contents Summer 2014

Features

Animal attraction: Alumni careers working with animals

By Lisa Hendrickson ’77

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Departments News of the School

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Alumni News

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Report from the Head of School 4 109 saluted at commencement exercises 6 School-year highlights 8 Student honors 10 In memoriam 12 Focus on faculty 16 Spring athletic update 22

Alumni Weekend 2014 Reunion class photos Alumni calendar of events

Class Notes

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Background photo: Upper School physics students visited the senior kindergarten classroom in May to share the wonders of science.

The Phoenix is published three times annually for alumni, friends, and parents of Park Tudor School. We welcome your comments and suggestions. Please send them to: Lisa Hendrickson, Editor Park Tudor School 7200 N. College Ave. Indianapolis, IN 46240-3016 317/409-3248 Fax: 317/415-2714 lhendrickson@parktudor.org

News of the School Report from the Head of School: Thoughts on the 2013-2014 school year

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2013-2014 comes to a close, I am pleased to report that we ended the year on a high note for all students, but especially the Class of 2014. The 109-member class ended their high-school careers with an impressive list of academic accomplishments, and are moving on to continue their educations at 50 different colleges and universities across the country. As I noted at commencement in my comments to the class, this group has incredible range and has been universally acknowledged as exceptional in all respects, including the legacy they will leave for our younger students.

We will miss them. For a full list of their accomplishments and university matriculation, please see the inside front cover of this magazine and the article on page 7.

PT 2020 Strategic Plan Update

I am pleased to report that we have made excellent progress on the strategic plan, PT 2020. From the start, we have attempted to ensure that the strategic planning process is iterative, collaborative, and inclusive. From the initial learning sessions we conducted with various stakeholders (more than 60 sessions in total) to more recent “Lunch and Learn” sessions with faculty and other groups, we have received lots of feedback and suggestions. With this input, the school is developing a plan that builds on our historic foundation, and which will serve us well in the coming years.

The planning process for PT 2020 has had three phases: learning sessions and data collection, analysis of options and suggestions, and distillation and formation of strategic goals with supporting action items. The process has focused heavily on the fundamental architectural blocks of a strong school—mission, values and vision—and has allowed us to review and solidify all three. In addition, early on we identified three areas of focus: Academics, Community and Sustainability. These core areas of focus have proven central to all of our conversations, and the supporting goals that have emerged are strongly linked to each. The goals also tie closely to the foundational elements of the plan—the school’s mission, vision and values. While we con-

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tinue to discuss and debate the specific language of the vision, we have come to a consensus on curiosity, compassion and courage as its fundamental elements.

We recently hired Ologie Consulting to help guide the final phases of the strategic plan. They will begin work this summer. They are planning on three phases of work: 1) a discovery phase, 2) a definition phase, and 3) a creation phase, which involves developing creative concepts, refining them, and integrating them into the developing plan. Over the coming months, we will continue to develop all aspects of the plan, paying particular attention to the action items that support our goals and larger vision. We will continue to refine the plan’s language and direction, with the anticipated goal of a finished product in the early fall. Of course, we will keep our full community apprised of our progress and plans for an unveiling event in the fall.

Updates: Academics, Arts, Sports and Annual Fund On all fronts, the spring has been vibrant, and there has been an extraordinary amount of activity in all areas of the school.

While hardly an exhaustive list, I will mention a few of the highlights: We continue to develop, refine, and add new offerings in the academic program. In the Lower School, we have reorganized our approach to science, focusing on STEM, by adding more class time to fourth and fifth grades and by appointing a new Lower School science coordinator, Cammy Dubie, who will help to align the curriculum in senior kindergarten through grade five. In addition, we are piloting robotics programs in grades two/three and four/five, which we expect will grow in the coming years. We have expanded our VEX Robotics program in the Middle School and we also piloted a Computer Science course for 2013-14, which will continue in an expanded form in the coming year.

The Upper School has seen the addition of new science classes, Organic Chemistry and Microbiology; the creation of the LOGOS Science program; the introduction of Gateway—a transition and support program for rising ninth-graders; and several

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new courses in the math department, including advanced Algebra II-Trigonometry and Pre-Calculus, as well as a new Elements of Calculus class. These new classes expand our curriculum, offering robust opportunities for students to engage with ideas and to customize their experience. In addition, as part of our ongoing commitment to faculty development and to encourage faculty creativity and best practices, Park Tudor is pleased to announce its inaugural series of “Faculty Innovation Grants” for the 20142015 year. The grant process, which is competitive and designed to further work in interdisciplinary learning, technology integration and/or community engagement, saw 10 teams of faculty from all divisions of the school submit a series of forward-thinking ideas. We ultimately selected four grantwinning projects, covering everything from summer course development to mathematics integration and service learning.

In sports, we also finished the spring with incredible performances from all of our teams, but in particular girls lacrosse, which played in the state championship game where the team lost in overtime to Carmel High School, 10-9. Our girls tennis team capped a wonderful season, making it to the semi-finals of the state tournament.

Marcus Downs and the 4x400 relay team of Brent Brimmage, Ryan Betz, Evan Lee, and Chris Gregory captured first and third, respectively, at the Track & Field Regional, both qualifying for the IHSAA State Meet

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in Bloomington. Marcus Downs threw a I would like to thank all who have Park Tudor, and a remarkable friend to new school record distance of 159’-06” so generously supported the Park Tudor many. He touched the lives of so many and in shot put and will go down as the first Annual Fund in this record-setting year, will be dearly missed. Our thoughts and Park Tudor boy to capture a Track & Field helping to make possible the extraordinary prayers go out to his wife, Gretchen, and his regional championship. Boys golf won the opportunities that Park Tudor provides. We children, Caroline and Robert. The school sectional championship with Austin Honig- have reached our goal of $1.2 million, and is currently working on an appropriate way ford successfully defending his individual our parent participation reached a record to commemorate his legacy and will share sectional title, shooting a round of 72. high of 80 percent this year—an increase our plans as they come into focus. There is

In the arts, the school was fortunate to of more than five percent from a year ago. a full profile of Rob’s work, along with a hold its spring instrumental concert at The Alumni participation has reached 13 per- memorial to several other retired teachers Palladium in Carmel—what an extraordi- cent. The Annual Fund is an integral part of we lost this spring, on page 12. nary venue for our students and what an ex- our financial model and a critical element Finally, I invite you, if time permits, ceptional concert. In addition, the Middle of how we define our margin of excellence. to join us in our faculty summer read, Paul School Art exhibit was showcased in the Schools like Park Tudor succeed be- Tough’s “How Children Succeed: Grit, Leffler Gallery, highlighting eighth-grade cause of the strong support of our commu- Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Charartwork in particular, and also including nity. In particular, I’d like to acknowledge acter.” As with previous summer reads, selected work from grades six and seven. the work of all of the members of the 2013- Tough’s book (a “New York Times” bestWork included self-portraits, contour-line 2014 Annual Fund Steering Committee, seller) focuses on both the foundational drawing, acrylic paintings, creative ce- led by Michele Janin and Heather Reilly skills and the soft outcomes that help chilramic masks and intricate coil pots, print- Murphy ’90 with support from Abby Ford dren achieve in an increasingly complex making, perspective drawing, pop-art in our Alumni and Development office. and global society. sculptures, and pieces of clothing from our This committee has been dedicated and It has been a pleasure to see many of special upcycled fashion show. Finally, we focused, and their efforts are helping the you on campus, but also on our travels to were blessed to have the opportunity to school to grow in important and transfor- various cities across the country, and I look celebrate the career of John Williams, who mative ways.

I’m pleased to announce that forward to sharing with you our emerging Park Tudor School Mission retired this spring to take on the newly cre- Heather Murphy and Andrew Morris have plans. As always, thank you for your supated position of Emeritus Director of the agreed to serve as co-chairs of the 2014- port and your continued commitment to Fine Arts. Alumni, current students,School’s faculty 2015 Annual Fund Steering Committee.

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Park Tudor exceptional educators and extraordinary opportunities and parents gathered to celebrate John’s The end of the year also saw the loss of prepare students to become confident and resourceful lifelong learners. The legacy and commemorate what he has ac- our dear friend and colleague, Rob Hueni. school community creates ana inspiring college-preparatory learning environcomplished.

Rob was gifted educator for 25 years at

ment for highly motivated young people in preschool through grade 12.

Core Values and Value Statements These foundational qualities guide our decisions in all areas of school life and exemplify our partnership with the community:

Integrity

Intellectual Engagement

Resourcefulness

Respect

Responsibility

Park Tudor challenges our community to develop and practice the qualities of kindness, honesty, moral courage, and other elements of character.

Park Tudor provides a broad and challenging academic program that inspires students and faculty through sustained engagement and helps them develop their passions and stretch themselves intellectually.

Park Tudor fosters persistence, imagination, problem-solving, and intellectual agility to create confident and resilient life-long learners.

Park Tudor nurtures selfrespect and respect for others and encourages a diverse and inclusive community that has appreciation and consideration for all.

Park Tudor values personal accountability among all members of our community and challenges us to develop ethical standards in our thought processes, decision-making, and behavior.

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109 graduates saluted at commencement ceremonies on June 1

“Prepare yourself to take advantage of

surprises,” retired Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall Shepard told the 109 members of the Class of 2014 at commencement exercises on Sunday, June 1 at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church.

Shepard recounted how scientist Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin as he was cleaning soiled petri dishes and noticed a small circle where the staph he was studying hadn’t grown. He noted that Fleming’s important discovery was the result of introspection and taking advantage of unexpected events or opportunities.

This year’s commencement was moved to Sunday afternoon rather than the traditional Friday evening ceremony to enable out-of-town family members to attend and to avoid conflicts with state athletic finals.

The result was an overflow crowd at the exercises.

Head of School Dr. Matthew Miller made welcoming remarks, Kishan Shah ’10 brought greetings from alumni, and Upper School English teacher Pam Fischer presented greetings from the faculty. Student Council President-Elect Gabe Caceres ’15 offered remarks on behalf of the student body and the Park Tudor Singers performed musical selections.

Shepard, the keynote speaker, was appointed to the Indiana Supreme Court by Governor Robert D. Orr in 1985 and became Chief Justice of Indiana in March 1987. He continues to be active in the legal profession, serving as chair of the ABA Appellate Judges Conference and the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, as well as president of the National Conference of Chief Justices.

tant….While you will travel far and wide, experiencing new and exciting opportunities, strive to make your alma mater an important part of your life, a source of inspiration, and continue to look for ways to stay connected with the community. It is a rewarding process.”

Greetings from Alumni: Kishan Shah ’10 “Park Tudor has given each of us its own remarkable gifts: the gift to seize opportunities, to have great mentors, to make lifelong friends, to understand what the value of an education means, the experience of hard work, and the joy of success.

It’s sometimes hard to appreciate all the things Park Tudor has instilled in each of us until we leave. But college taught me, as it will teach all of you, that the community that each and every one of us in this room has created at Park Tudor is an endless and practical resource.”

Greetings from the Student Body: Gabriel Caceres ’15, Student Council President-Elect “There have been plenty of great moments we have all shared with this Class of 2014, whether it be relaxing and playing cards in the Wood Room or laying our hearts on the line on the lacrosse field, or even cheering for the State Champion basketball team with them. I can truly say that this class will be widely missed next year.”

Greetings from the Faculty: Pam Fischer, Upper School English

“Whether you are one of our four ‘lifers’ or if you just arrived last year, you can always come home. You have a sanctuary full of people here who love you and support you. We, your Park Tudor family, continue to be here. You head out into the world with this entire community with you in spirit. You are not alone.”

Address to the Graduates: Randall Shepard, Retired Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice “One can acknowledge that what George Washington called the American experiment has had its flaws and still say with confidence that this nation has had more opportunity, more freedom, and more economic security for more people from more walks of life than any other society in the whole history of mankind. And we look forward to joining with you in making it so in the years ahead. There is, after all, no real ‘hand off’ from one generation to the next. There is instead a long and human experience of joining hands over time with people of all ages and levels of experience. You are on your way to becoming the junior partners on teams that can move mountains.”

Read the complete text of the speeches on the Park Tudor website: parktudor.org/ class-of-2014.

Welcoming Remarks: Dr. Matthew D. Miller, Head of School “While you are making history every day, you are part of an institutional history that is vast and extensive—take time to appreciate that and to calibrate your place in that tradition—your narrative is impor-

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Gabriel Caceres ’15, Student Council president-elect

Keynote speaker Randall Shepard

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Park Tudor School Class of 2014 Achievements • 109-member class attending 50 colleges and universities; accepted $2.3 million in college merit scholarships from $11.1 million offered • 5 National Merit Scholars; 10 National Merit Finalists; 13 Commended Scholars • Two National Achievement Scholars; three National Achievement Finalists • One U.S. Presidential Scholar, one semifinalist and three candidates • Indiana Academic All-Star • President’s Volunteer Service Award winner • Second place national prize winner, one finalist and three semifinalists in the Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology • Two national finalists, High School Cyber Defense Competition • Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Finalist • Finalist, National Security Language Initiative for Youth • State award winner, Indiana Junior Classical League • Two national medalists, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards • Three finalist teams, Indiana Economics Challenge • Medalist, English Speaking Union’s National Shakespeare Competition • State, regional and national honors in English, math, science, foreign language, fine arts • Three-time winner, National Center for Women & IT Indiana Affiliate Award for Aspirations in Computing • 5 Indiana Crossroads Conference, 1 Marion County, 5 Sectional, 5 Regional, 3 Semi-state and 1 State Team Championships • 18 All-Conference, 5 All-County, 2 All-State and 16 Academic All-State athletes • Boys Diving state finalist • State Champions, Boys Basketball • Team State Runner-Up, Boys Tennis and Girls Lacrosse • Class of 2014 completed 23,774 hours of community service

Members of the senior class walk along the new pathway to the Head of School’s residence en route to a class cookout hosted by Dr. Matthew Miller and his wife, Mia, during the final week of school. The balloons mark the spot of Cagle Gate, which is under construction this summer.

The new gate is made possible by a gift from Steve Cagle ’71.

Students have accepted the following scholarships: Bryant University Athletic Scholarship Bucknell University Presidential Scholarship Burger King Scholars Award Butler University Dean’s Scholarship College of Wooster Dean’s Award and Music Performance Scholarship Denison University Alumni Award Denison University Founder Scholarship Indiana University Distinguished Scholar Award Indiana University Provost Scholarship Italian Heritage Society Scholarship Kenyon College Distinctive Academic Scholarship Miami University Academic Department Competition Scholarship Miami University Redhawk Excellence Scholarship Myra Jones Book Award National Achievement Scholar Award National Council of Jewish Women Scholarship National Merit Scholarship New Frontiers Essay Contest Scholarship Winner Purdue University Presidential Scholarship Savannah College of Art and Design Academic Honors Scholarship Southern Methodist University Cornerstone Scholarship Texas Christian University Dean’s Scholarship University of Buffalo (SUNY) Athletic Scholarship University of Chicago Presidential Scholarship University of Louisville Athletic Scholarship University of Missouri Athletic Scholarship University of Notre Dame Merit Scholarship University of Wisconsin Athletic Scholarship Wabash College Merit Scholarship Washington University in St. Louis National Merit Scholarship Xavier University Athletic Scholarship Xavier University Buschman Scholarship

Seniors are all smiles as they are greeted by underclassmen and parents at the annual Senior Serenade.

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Highlights of the 2013-2014 school year Academics • Global Online Academy debuts in Upper School • Lower School Robotics and Middle School iPad programs introduced • Upper School launches LOGOS Science Research program • Introduction of Advanced Pre-calculus course in Upper School • Computer Science curriculum expands Fine Arts • Visiting Artist exhibition and lecture program: Rachel Bleil, Tasha Lewis, William Snyder • Upper School band and orchestra concert at The Palladium, Center for the Performing Arts • Fall Play – “Almost, Maine” • Spring Musical – “Cinderella ” • Middle School production - “HONK!” • Student-led Production – “Dracula” • Vocal, instrumental and dance concerts • Student art shows Athletics • 3-time Indiana State Basketball Champs • Girls lacrosse and boys tennis state runners-up

Exceptional Educators • Middle School faculty attend iPad conference in Boston • Two Upper School faculty members attend Global Online Academy training to teach classes next year Extraordinary Opportunities • Two new international exchange programs begin: China and Guatemala • Lower School exchange with Valladolid, Spain • Middle School trip to Costa Rica • Upper School trip to Greece and Italy • Spoleto Study Abroad Program in Italy • One of only nine schools in the U.S. invited to participate in the International Model UN in The Hague, Netherlands • Legacy Initiative publishes sixth book in “Words of War” series • Art history and French trips to Chicago • Eighth-grade trip to Washington, DC • Sixth-grade trip to St. Louis • Fourth-grade trip to Williamsburg Community-building • Head of School’s house linked to campus via Cagle Gate and walkway

• Sixth-graders, eighth-graders, freshmen and seniors attend overnight retreats • Honor Council adds freshman mentoring program • Strategic planning process involves more than 700 in community • PT Women’s Network launched • PT Speaker Series presented • Eighth-graders design Food and Nutrition Expo for students at Challenge Foundation Academy • School hosts consortium of community engagement and service learning facilitators from 11 private schools • School honors Neil Funk ’64 as Distinguished Alumnus • Alumni events: Chicago, Indianapolis, New York, Indiana University, DePauw University, Purdue University, Wabash College, Miami University (Ohio) • Class of 2003 wins Young Alumni March Madness Challenge • Upper School hosts College Fair for grades 10-12 • PTPA Fall Family Festival • 500 attend Grandparents and Special Friends’ Day

Columbia sociology professor Dr. Shamus Khan visits campus

Columbia University Professor of Soci-

ology Dr. Shamus Khan visited Park Tudor in early March as the first guest in the Park Tudor Speaker Series presented by The National Bank of Indianapolis.

Khan is the author of “Privilege: The Making of an Adolescent Elite at St. Paul’s School,” a book about his alma mater that won the 2011 C. Wright Mills Award from the Society of the Study of Social Problems. While at Park Tudor he addressed a number of topics, including the benefits of an independent private-school education.

He said key advantages include the sense of community that an independent school fosters, as well as the high expectations for student behavior and other outcomes that families share.

Khan also shared research that highlights the importance of families spending 15 uninterrupted minutes of time together each month. He noted that research showed strong connections are formed when families turn off televisions and electronic

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devices and spend just 15 minutes talking or doing an activity together.

Khan also visited classes to talk with students while on campus.

Thanks to The National Bank of Indianapolis for its support of this event. The next speaker in the series will visit campus in the fall; stay tuned for details.

Dr. Shamus Khan, right, talks with Upper School students during his visit to Park Tudor.

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Smith College professors share expertise

LOGOS Research Science program expands

Two Smith College professors worked This summer, 15 Upper School students with students and faculty this spring on projects involving sustainability, environmental design, and writing.

Professors Reid Bertone-Johnson and Julio Alves visited campus through the generosity of the Bennett Family Fund, established by Dob Bennett ’76 and his wife Debbie, a Smith College alumna.

Bertone-Johnson, a Landscape Studies instructor, worked with Upper School Environmental Science and Fine Arts classes in an interdisciplinary design workshop exploring the best use of the retention pond located behind Park Tudor’s Fine Arts building. Students considered how to better incorporate the pond into the campus’s overall aesthetic and how to make it more functional for student learning. Student teams made design suggestions for future development of the pond, and in the future hope to work with students at Smith College to turn these ideas into reality.

Bertone-Johnson also spoke at an evening event about “The Living Building Challenge,” a certification program that provides comprehensive design and construction standards for environmentally friendly buildings. The Bechtel Environmental Classroom at Smith College is only one of five buildings to meet this challenge.

Bertone-Johnson discussed how the building project raised the level of environmental awareness at Smith; how the building now advances the mission of Smith’s Center for the Environment, Ecological Design and Sustainability; and what lessons the program might hold for Park Tudor.

Dr. Julio Alves, director of Smith’s Jacobson Center for Writing, Teaching and Learning, visited classes to observe Park Tudor’s approach to writing across the curriculum, then worked with faculty members from each department on a “writing audit” process used successfully at Smith.

In June, Lower, Middle and Upper School faculty members met to discuss writing across the curriculum, a result of the Smith College visit. The long-term goal is to help identify strengths and areas for improvement in student writing.

are conducting sophisticated science research in university settings throughout the U.S. and in Mexico.

One group of students participated this past semester in Park Tudor’s new LOGOS Research Science Program for advanced science students in grades 11 and 12. The program, offered by application only, is designed to encourage students to consider studying science in college and potentially pursue a career in science-related fields.

LOGOS is just one of several new science research opportunities launched this year. “Park Tudor has developed ties with research professionals at IUPUI, Indiana University, and beyond,” says Peter Kraft, Associate Head of School for Academic Affairs. “As a result, Upper School science students are finding multiple paths of opportunity for research.”

Students are studying this summer at a number of venues: the Health and Science Innovations’ Young Innovators Quest research program, affiliated with IUPUI; the Spotted Drum Coral Reef Research Camp in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula; the University of Southern California’s Chevron Frontiers of Energy Resources Summer Research program; Indiana University School of Medicine and Department of Public Health at IUPUI; the Indiana University Jim Holland Summer Enrichment Program; the Smith College Summer Science and Engineering Program; and IUPUI’s Chemistry Laboratory.

Freshman Gateway program introduced

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ark Tudor is introducing Gateway, a new full-year program for ninth graders, next year. The optional, fee-based program provides a structured curriculum for freshmen who could benefit from additional support in the areas of executive functioning and study skills.

School Psychologist Dr. Mary Ann Scott says, “Executive functions are brainbased skills that promote self-regulation

and critical thinking. Current research indicates that while these skills, managed primarily in the frontal lobes of the brain, begin developing in very young children, they take approximately 25 years to reach maturity.”

Students in the Gateway program will meet daily with an academic coach and members of the coaching team, which includes school psychologists and math and writing specialists.

Academic coaches will meet with students individually and in small groups to help students with organizational skills, note-taking strategies, time-management techniques, test-taking skills, stress-reduction methods, and academic coursework. If needed, students also will receive help with writing and/or quantitative skills.

The program builds on the existing support programs and the assistance provided to all students through the ninthgrade advisory program.

Travel-study opportunities expand

Two new study-travel programs will be

launched next year that will expand language, culture and science opportunities for students.

A new exchange program will debut with La Réunion, a French island off the coast of Madagascar. In October, 12 French exchange students from La Réunion will visit Park Tudor, with Park Tudor students scheduled to visit the island in June 2015.

In addition, Park Tudor will introduce a science-based program in connection with the Island School, an educational program in Aleuthra, Bahamas. This summer, Upper School science teacher Mark Dewart and Middle School science teacher Eli Salatich will take a one-week travel and educational program to the school. The school hopes to send teams of teachers and/or students to expand environmental science teaching and learning opportunities.

In addition, three new trips are planned for spring break 2015:

• The Archdukes and Emperors Trip, designed especially for Park Tudor ninth- and

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tenth-graders and their parents, is a partnership between Park Tudor and leading educational travel company ACIS. It is designed to complement the Upper School World Civilization I course, which covers European history from ancient times through the end of communism in 1991).

The trip will take place March 25-April 3, 2015 and will include visits to Munich, Nuremberg, Dachau, Vienna, Salzburg, Prague and Budapest. For more information, please contact Upper School Social Studies teacher Kathryn Lerch at klerch@ parktudor.org. Registration forms are due September 1, and there will be an informational meeting on August 27 at 6:30 p.m. in the Lecture Hall.

• Upper School students interested in Asian history and language will have the opportunity to visit China from March 21-April 3, 2015. Students will climb the Great Wall, explore the Forbidden City, marvel at the Qin Emperor’s Terracotta army and experience China’s ethnic diversity and natural splendor in Yunnan Province. This intensive cultural experience also will include visits to Chinese schools, socializing with Chinese students, a stay with a Chinese host family, and community service. For more information, please contact Upper School Social Studies teacher Jeff Johnson at jjohnson@parktudor.org.

• A custom-designed trip for students in grades 9-12 who want to improve their knowledge of Spanish and Hispanic culture will debut next year as well. As part of Park Tudor’s ongoing affiliation with “Faces and Our Cultures,” a program for cultural exchange located in Guatemala City, a two-week immersion experience will take place from March 30-April 5, 2015. Students will spend one week living with a host family, attending classes in a Guatemalan high school, and speak Spanish every day. During the second week, they will visit the Mayan pyramids of Tikal, tour the former capital and colonial city of Antigua; take a boat ride across majestic Lake Atitlán to visit two villages known for their traditional arts and crafts, and more. For information, contact Upper School World Language teachers Dr. Clarice Doucette at cdoucette@parktudor.org or David Malcom at dmalcom@parktudor.org.

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Dan Fu ’14 and computer science teacher Ryan Ritz at the Presidential Scholar ceremony in Washington, DC in June.

Dan Fu named 2014 Presidential Scholar

Dan Fu ’14 is one of only 141 high-

school seniors nationwide—and one of only two from Indiana—to be selected as a 2014 U.S. Presidential Scholar.

The 2014 ceremony was held on June 22 in Washington, DC, when Fu and the other honorees received Presidential Scholar Medallions. The Scholars are invited to select a teacher influential in their high-school career to accompany them; Fu selected his computer science teacher, Ryan Ritz.

The Presidential Scholars had the opportunity to meet with First Lady Michelle Obama, government officials, educators, authors, musicians, scientists and others, visit museums and monuments and attend various events.

The White House Commission on Presidential Scholars, appointed by President Obama, selects scholars based on their academic success, artistic excellence, essays, school evaluations and transcripts, as well as evidence of community service, leadership, and demonstrated commitment to high ideals.

The 2014 U.S. Presidential Scholars include one young man and one young woman from each state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and from U.S. families living abroad, as well as 15 chosen at-large and 20 Presidential Scholars in the Arts.

In addition to Fu, Amy Cohn ’14 was selected one of 565 semifinalists in the U.S. and 12 in Indiana to advance to the final round of this year’s Presidential Scholars competition. From nearly 3.2 million graduating high school seniors, more than 4,000 students were identified as candidates in the program.

Recent past Presidential Scholars from Park Tudor include Cameron Johnstone ’08, Lynelle Chen ’10 and Rebecca Chen ’12.

Victor Xiao competes in National Spelling Bee

Eighth-grader Victor Xiao advanced to the third round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, DC in May, finishing in 47th place. Victor advanced to the national competition after winning the Regional Spelling Bee at IUPUI on March

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19 inducted into Cum Laude Society

CyberPatriot team advances to nationals

Nineteen members of the Class of 2014 A Park Tudor team was one of only 12

Victor Xiao competes in the third round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in May.

12, where he spelled 45 words correctly in the 60-round, three-hour competition. The judges ran out of prepared words in the lengthy contest, which also happened when Victor was named co-champion of the District Bee in February.

He was awarded $2,500 by The Rotary Club of Indianapolis and Kroger Food Stores to support his trip to the national contest.

were inducted into the Cum Laude Society at an Upper School assembly on April 11.

The new members of the academic honor society are Julia Amstutz, Samone Blair, Elliot Cecil, Quinn Divens, Amanda Essex, Chris Hsu, Austin Honigford, Anna Kershisnik, Jack McCarter, Alexandra Lombardo, Victoria Longe, Abigail Miller, Kevin Olson, Samantha Schwab, Sydney Schwab, Ravi Shah, Walter Winslow, Michael Xu and Jason Zhao.

The 19 joined classmates Dan Fu, Amy Cohn and Katelynn Kyker, who were inducted into the Cum Laude Society last year as juniors for maintaining a perfect 4.0 semester grade average.

Two alumni spoke at the induction assembly: Katie Mountford ’02 and Elliott Thomasson ’07. Mountford, who holds an engineering degree, is a children’s book illustrator and home décor designer for companies such as Target and Walmart.

Thomasson works in the New York office of Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets Company, a private-equity firm.

Thomasson advised students to remove themselves from the digital world occasionally to explore their community and world. Mountford suggested that students keep their options open when exploring careers and listen to their hearts.

Eighth-graders designed a Food and Nutrition Expo in February to teach students who attend the Challenge Foundation Academy about healthy eating choices.

in the nation that advanced to the CyberPatriot VI National Finals Open Division competition in Washington, DC this spring.

The teams were tasked with defending virtual networks from a professional aggressor team made up of cyber-security experts.

Park Tudor’s team of Jason Zhao ’14, Douglass Boshkoff ’15, Victoria Longe ’14, Dan Fu ’14, Dan Gimeno ’15 and Zeba Kokan ’17 placed 11th in the national contest sponsored by the U.S. Air Force Association. More than 600 teams took part in the overall competition.

Another Park Tudor CyberPatriot team nabbed the highest score in the State Recognition round. As a result, team members Chris Gregory ’14, Chris Hsu ’14, Ruben Schuckit ’14, Mattie Shepard ’14, Katelynn Kyker ’14, Angi Li ’16, Justin Lueck ’16 and Quinton Petrucciani ’16 advanced to the six-state Midwest Regional Recognition Round.

The CyberPatriot National High School Cyber Defense Competition was designed to encourage students to pursue careers in cybersecurity or other science, technology, engineering and math disciplines. The contest emphasizes teamwork, leadership and critical-thinking skills as teams learn how to defend and protect computer systems from cyberspace threats.

Members of the senior class clear brush from a hill below the tennis court during their Senior Day of Service in May.

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In memoriam This spring the campus community was saddened by the loss of four longtime faculty members whose impact will live on at Park Tudor. Please join us in remembering them and honoring their important contributions to our school.

Rob Hueni

“Thank you for all the lighthearted times, spectacular sets & all you did for every student. PT theatre will never be the same.”

— Emily Bohn ’12

The 2013-14 school year was Rob Hue-

ni’s 25th year of introducing Park Tudor students to the joys and responsibilities of working in the world of theatre and fine arts. He was widely admired for his dedication to his students and his world-class set designs. Hueni, 55, died on June 2 after a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer.

He was technical director for more than 75 productions at Park Tudor and used his talents to create masterful sets, lighting and sound designs and special effects. He was especially proud of the productions of “Frankenstein,” “Peter Pan,” “Shakespeare in Love” and “The Man Who Came to Dinner.” However, his true passion was teaching and mentoring his students, teaching them to be leaders, instilling confidence and life-skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, conflict resolution, teamwork and a strong work ethic.

He continued to work throughout this school year in spite of his illness, and acting as technical director for the spring production of “Cinderella.”

Upper School Director Debbie Stuart Everett ’69 noted, “An extraordinary teacher, Mr. Hueni took time to make sure his students learned by doing and by taking responsibility. He was keenly aware of how his students were thinking about him and praying for him in this year.”

Hueni was honored this spring with The Tom H. Wright Award, created in 1987 by the Park Tudor board of directors. The board presents the award “to recognize persons whose sincere and energetic devotion to Park Tudor School has resulted in extraordinary service to the school and its students.”

Rob also was well known as a talented tennis player and teacher. He spent 24 summers working as the Head Tennis Pro at Tippecanoe Lake Country Club in Leesburg, Indiana, where he developed its children’s program.

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“Mr. Hueni, thank you for the kindness, positivity, and strength you taught all whom you touched. Rest in peace.

— Brigitte Hodge ’15 “RIP Mr. Hueni. I’ll never forget the positive effect you had on me and on the countless other students you taught. Thanks for everything.

— Jon Young Rob Hueni

Rob met his wife of 15 years, Assistant Director Development, Alumni and Planned Giving Gretchen Musselman Hueni, at Park Tudor. Their two children, Caroline ’23 and Robert III ’26 both attend the school.

Dozens of current and former students shared their feelings about the impact Hueni had on their lives in posts on Facebook and Twitter:

“Fourteen years after graduation and not a day goes by where I don’t use something learned from Mr. Hueni. I was lucky to have such an amazing influence and example for so many years and know there are many others who can say the same.”

“RIP Mr. Hueni, you left your mark of creativity and kindness on everyone’s hearts and for that you will never be forgotten.”

— Danielle Lebovits ’16

— Bob Markley ’00

“Mr. Hueni was a highlight of my education at Park Tudor. For many [of us], he was a mentor and friend. He never pulled punches, was forthright, and was always the first to jump in with new ideas or ways to make something happen.”

— Jason Dobbins ’97

Rob Hueni provides instruction to students while building a set.

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Jane Trotter confers with a student in 1988.

Jane Trotter

Jane Trotter, retired Tudor Hall and Park

Tudor physical education teacher, coach and women’s athletic director, passed away on February 12, 2014 at the age of 73.

An Indiana native, Trotter attended Butler University, where she earned a varsity letter for women’s basketball and played on the undefeated women’s basketball team of 1962. After graduating from Butler, she joined the faculty of Tudor Hall as a physical education teacher. She moved to Park Tudor after the school’s merger, continuing to teach and coach, and serving as women’s athletic director. She also was involved in the Indianapolis sporting community, and played an integral role in implementing the women’s field hockey events at the Pan Am Games in 1987.

Following her retirement from Park Tudor in 1989 she pursued her interests in the environment and the natural world.

Alumni and faculty frequently saw her at Wild Birds Unlimited, where she worked.

etired Park Tudor history and economics teacher and Park School graduate William R. Higgins Jr. ’41 died on April 29, 2014 at the age of 92. A graduate of Hamilton College and WWII veteran, he taught school for a brief time before starting a career in finance at Indiana National Bank and Hemphill Noyes & Company. He returned to teaching in 1970, when he began teaching history and economics at Park Tudor. An avid tennis player, he also coached the tennis team.

As noted in his obituary in “The Indianapolis Star,” “He organized field trips to banks and brokerage houses and other businesses and at least twice loaded his own station wagon with middle-schoolers and hauled them to the battlefield at Gettysburg. He once said that the students he most enjoyed were the average ones who worked hard.”

William R. Higgins Jr. ’41

“She taught me so much more than athletic skills. She tried to teach us life lessons and how to be good human beings to one another. She had a great sense of humor.”

— Julia Dunn ’72

Higgins retired from Park Tudor in 1989. He was preceded in death by his wife Mary Carmichael Higgins and is survived by sons Bruce ’74, Will ’74, Jeff ’80 and Ross Higgins ’80.

“I was among the legions of children Miss Trotter bravely armed with heavy wooden field hockey sticks in PE class at Park Tudor. She had such a positive nature, yards of patience, and a ready smile.

I fondly remember her exuberantly singing marching songs to us as she launched us onto the field.”

“What always impressed me about Bill Higgins was his courtly manner and his affection for his students, an affection that was returned. We had many interesting discussions about US History, which we both taught. I am indebted to him in so many ways: for his welcome when I first came to Park Tudor, for his friendship, and especially for the love of history that he imparted to our students, including my own children.”

— Laura Kivela Schroeder ’90

— Dr. Eileen Janzen, retired faculty member

“I well remember Mr. Higgins’ enthusiasm for military history in particular.

As well as the more standard US History fare, I appreciate the additional insight into the reality of history that he gave me. Real people lived and died—history isn’t just dry, sometimes boring facts, to learn for a test. Thank you Mr. Higgins.”

— Holly Janzen ’82

Betsy McLean

Betsy McLean, former Park Tudor Latin

and etymology teacher, died April 24, 2014 at the age of 71.

A native of Chattanooga, TN, she earned her B.A. degree in English literature from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After marrying Alan McLean in 1969 and living in France for four years, she and her husband lived in Minnesota before moving to Indianapolis. She taught at Park Tudor from 1986 to 1991 before she and her husband relocated to Evanston, IL, Pine Bluff, AR, Forest, VA and finally Wenatchee, WA in 2002.

She also was a licensed massage therapist and an accomplished photographer.

She is the mother of Margaret McLean Kennedy ’89, Robb McLean ’91, and Mary McLean Watkins ’94.

“Betsy McLean was the most kind, warm, welcoming woman I have ever had the privilege to know. She was like my second mom. Betsy made everyone feel special and important. I do not think she had a judgmental bone in her body. May we all strive to live our lives with as much love and grace as Betsy.”

— Mimi Black Rassi ’89

Betsy McLean (right) talks with a student in 19 88.

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Student honors TOP PT HONORS • Ravi Shah ’14 received the Frank Meek Memorial Award, the highest award Park Tudor can bestow on a student, at the Upper School end-of-year awards assembly on May 23. The award was established by friends of the late Lt. Frank Meek ’48 as an incentive to students to aspire to the highest degree of loyalty to Park Tudor School and the community. Ravi served as Student Council president.

• Shelby Brown ’14 and Neale Moore ’14 were honored with The Hodges Awards, given annually to a male and female member of the senior class adjudged by the faculty to have significantly and wholeheartedly contributed to the life and spirit of Park Tudor throughout their years on campus. The award was established in 1974 by Fletcher Hodges Jr. (who was the archivist of Eli Lilly’s Stephen Foster collection in Foster Hall) and his wife Sarah Moore Hodges ’28, a noted children’s book author, to perpetuate the memory of Mr. Hodges’ parents. His father was a respected Indianapolis physician who served as the physician for Tudor Hall and his mother was a gym teacher at Tudor Hall.

This year, Fletcher Jr. and Sarah Moore Hodges’ three sons came to Park Tudor to present the award: Arthur, who lives in Boston; Fletcher III, who lives in New York; and John, who resides in Washington, DC. • Dan Fu and Katelynn Kyker ’14 received the Virginia E. Smith Highest Academic Average award.

NATIONAL MERIT AWARDS • Dan Fu ’14 and Amy Cohn ’14 were selected as recipients of $2,500 National Merit Scholarships. They are among about 8,000 National Merit Scholarship winners nationwide, chosen from more than 1.5 million high school students entered into the program based on their scores on the 2012 PSAT/NMSQT test.

• Graduating seniors Victoria Longe and Samone Blair are recipients of $2,500 Na-

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Upper School Director Debbie Stuart Everett ’69 and Head of School Dr. Matthew Miller congratulate Ravi Shah ’14 as he receives the Frank Meek Memorial Award.

Shelby Brown ’14 and Neale Moore ’14 receive The Hodges Awards for contributing to the “life and spirit” of Park Tudor. The awards were presented by the Hodges brothers (left to right) John, Arthur and Fletcher III.

tional Achievement Scholarships from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

More than 160,000 students who took the PSAT/NMSQT competed for these scholarships; only about 700 received the awards.

• Mia Zhao ’14 was awarded the National Merit Washington University in St. Louis Scholarship.

INDIANA ACADEMIC ALL-STAR Dan Fu ’14 was named an Indiana Academic All-Star by the Indiana Association of Secondary School Principals. He was one of 40 Indiana high school seniors selected from 253 nominees. The students

Katelynn Kyker ’14 and Dan Fu ’14 receive the Virginia E. Smith Highest Academic Average Award.

were honored at an event at the Indiana Roof Ballroom on April 16. Fu selected Computer Science teacher Ryan Ritz as his most “influential educator.”

MATH Eight Middle Schoolers represented Park Tudor at the MathCounts Chapter Competition this spring. Nicholas Conterno ’19 received the highest score for Park Tudor.

Other team members were Tommy Gallagher ’19, Thaxter Shaw ’19, Vahin Vuppalanchi ’19, Victor Xiao ’18, Aidan Harris ’19, Alex Kim ’18 and Parker Laughner ’20. The team of Gallagher, Shaw, Xiao and Vuppalanchi placed 13th of 24 teams.

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SCIENCES • Amy Cohn ’14 was one of 26 finalists selected to represent Indiana at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Los Angeles in May. Intel ISEF, the world’s largest international precollege science competition, enables 1,600 high-school students from more than 70 countries to showcase their independent research as they compete for more than $4 million in prizes. Amy advanced thanks to her winning poster at the Hoosier Science and Engineering Fair: “Detecting Reddening by Dust for Star Clusters in the Andromeda Galaxy.” She carried out her research at UC-Santa Cruz, where she analyzed data from The Hubble Space Telescope and the Keck 10m Telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawaii. Her advisors were Prof. Raja Guhathakurta and graduate student Claire Dorman. Amy also won the Third Place award from the American Statistical Association for the statistical analysis in her project.

• A Park Tudor team won third place overall at the Miami University (Ohio) Computer Science contest. Student teams from Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Kentucky competed in the four-hour contest to solve 12 problems. The team of Dan Fu ’14, Robert Gerdisch ’15, Chris Gregory ’14 and Nathan Mytelka ’15 correctly solved 10 of the 12.

• The team of Nathan Mytelka ’15, Angi Li ’16 and Amanda Li ’16 placed sixth in the American Computer Science League AllStar contest on May 24 at Cherry Creek High School in Greenwood Village, CO. More than 200 teams from the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia participated; the top performing teams from the regular contest series qualified for the All-Star contest.

Dan Fu ’14 also was a member of the qualifying team.

• Park Tudor students took two of the three top prizes at the IUPUI computer science contest on March 21. Dan Fu ’14 and Nathan Mytelka ’15 won first place, while Chris Hsu ’14 and Jason Zhao ’14 placed third.

• The Park Tudor Science Olympiad team won a number of medals at the state competition at Indiana University on March 22 after placing third at the regional competi-

tion at Ivy Tech Lafayette on February 22.

Thirty teams competed at State. Amy Cohn ’14 and Dan Fu ’14 received a fourth-place medal in Astronomy, a competition event.

Priya Mirmira ’15 and Matthew Muhoberac ’15 received a first place medal in Environmental Chemistry, a trial event.

• Park Tudor finished first in the team competition and a number of students received individual recognition in the 2014 Indiana Section American Chemistry Society Scholarship and US National Chemistry Olympiad (USNCO) exam held at Carmel High School on March 1. A total of 172 students took the exam; 80 took the first year exam, 51 took the advanced exam, and an additional 41 took the exam solely to compete for a spot on the United States National Chemistry Olympiad team.

On the first-year exam, Park Tudor finished first in the team competition, while in the individual contest Angi Li ’16 took second place, Maggie Johnston ’16 finished third, Margaret Kosten ’16 took fourth and Mark Rook ’16, fifth. Amanda Li ’16 and Joe Lybik ’16 earned honorable mention, and Park Tudor finished first in the team.

On the advanced exam, Julia Wang ’15 earned second-place honors and a scholarship; Nathan Mytelka ’15 received honorable mention. Angi Li ’16 and Mytelka also qualified for the national USNCO exam.

• Josh Weinstein ’17, Alex Schiffer ’17 and Kendall Garner ’17 took part in a 14-hour computer science workshop at Google in Cambridge, MA on February 22. More than 250 students took part in the workshop, where students worked in teams to design and develop custom software. Richard Ni ’11 informed Park Tudor of this opportunity.

• Two teams of AP Physics students placed eighth and 16th of 75 teams participating in Purdue’s Bridge Bust 2014 competition on February 28. The objective of the Indiana high-school competition is to build a bridge out of balsa wood that maximizes the ratio of load supported to the mass of the bridge.

Bridges are judged in two categories: structural strength and aesthetic qualities. The team of Robert Gerdisch ’15 and Jason Zhao ’14 placed eighth, and A.J. Stautz ’14 and Chris Hsu ’14 placed 16th.

• Justin Rice ’18 attended the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) National Convention in Nashville, TN in March, where he was the overall Middle School winner in the NSBE Jr. Explorer Technical Innovation Competition for his presentation, poster and display. The competition required participants to write an abstract and a research paper, make a display board, and create a multimedia presentation and technical-based project. The students presented and answered questions about their multimedia presentation before five judges, then presented their project and display board to three additional judges.

• Freshman Zeba Kokan won two awards for her project in this spring’s Central Indiana Regional Science and Engineering Fair. Her project, “Gaming for Cognitive Behavioral Health Therapy” won the Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award and the American Psychological Association Award.

• The team of Amy Cohn ’14, Dan Fu ’14, Alexa Petrucciani ’14 and Jason Zhao ’14 competed in the Indiana Regional Science Bowl on March 8, winning two matches, tying one match, and losing two matches in the morning round robin. The team lost Carmel High School in the afternoon elimination round. Coach John Talbert accompanied the Park Tudor team.

ECONOMICS • Three Park Tudor teams finished in the top ten of the 2014 Indiana Economics Challenge state final competition. Teams competed in three rounds: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, and International Economics/Current Events. The top two teams then competed in a quiz-bowl final for the state championship. Park Tudor’s Team One—Dan Fu ’14, Kevin Olson ’14, Charlie Osborne ’14 and Cooper Ramsey ’14—completed each of the rounds and earned a perfect score in round three to make it to the final against Carmel, last year’s state champion and National Economics Challenge runner-up. Park Tudor finished second place in the state after a 15-12 loss to Carmel.

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WORLD LANGUAGES

ACADEMIC QUIZ COMPETITIONS

• Ten rising seniors have been selected by Indiana University to participate in the 2014 Indiana University Honors Program in Foreign Languages. The students are spending seven weeks this summer studying and living with host families in France, Spain and Chile. They attend weekday classes and take part in extracurricular activities and cultural excursions, pledging to speak only in the language of their host country during their entire stay.

Alexis Adams and Grace Bahler are studying in Saumur, France; Nicholas Chun in St. Brieuc, France; and Sarah Klotz in Brest, France. Marcus Downs, Kate Kimbell and Nathan Mytelka are spending the summer in Leon, Spain; Courtney Lynn in Ciudad Real, Spain; and Clare Sweeney in Oviedo, Spain. Theresa Odmark is studying in Viña del Mar, Chile.

• Members of Park Tudor’s Brain Game/ Quiz Bowl team took first place in the Indiana Crossroads Conference Academic Tournament at Scecina High School. The team of Rishi Bolla ’15, Robert Myrehn ’15, Michaela Tinkey ’15 and Hannah Resnick ’17 won three games to bring home the championship trophy. The Panther squad defeated Beech Grove in the first round, Speedway in the second, and Ritter in an overtime finals match to clinch the title.

• Sophie Spartz ’14 won six individual state awards at the Indiana Junior Classical League State Convention in March.

She won Firsts in Vocabulary; Grammar; and Mottoes, Quotes and Abbreviations; and Thirds in Roman History; Geography; and Derivatives. She also placed fifth in the Sweepstakes, competing solo against other small school teams. Park Tudor won fifth place in the Denny Bartlow Publicity Award category.

Spartz also was named a finalist in the National Security Language Initiative for Youth competition and received a full scholarship for intensive Chinese language study in China this summer.

Williams retires as Fine Arts director after 41 years

Director of Fine Arts John Williams has

spent 41 years teaching students about the wonders of vocal music, directing musical theatre, and heading the Fine Arts Department. He retired from those roles in June, but doesn’t plan to stray too far from Park Tudor. He will continue to be visible on campus in his new role as emeritus director of Fine Arts.

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• The PT Brain Game team advanced to the “Elite 8” of the Westfield Insurance Brain Game Show this year, but lost its quarterfinal match against Cathedral High School, 35-32. Team members were A.J. Stautz ’14, Dan Fu ’14, Alexandra Lombardo ’14, Michaela Tinkey ’15, JP LaBarge ’15, Joe Lybik ’16 and Hannah Resnick ’17.

• Park Tudor’s Quiz Bowl team won the Northeast Division of the White River Academic League, finished second in the conference’s Tournament of Champions for division winners, and emerged victorious in the year-end State Championship Tournament. A.J. Stautz ’14, Dan Fu ’14, Alexandra Lombardo ’14 and Nathan Mytelka ’15 bested 19 other teams competing at Lafayette Harrison High School. The Panther squad went 4-0 in the morning rounds against Avon, Valparaiso, Delphi and University High Schools to earn a No. 2 seed for the afternoon’s single-elimination tournament. In the first match of the afternoon, the Panthers defeated the Hamilton Williams was honored for his lengthy service at a number of year-end events. At the Park Tudor Parents’ Association Dinner Theater event before the March 14 performance of “Cinderella”—his final Upper School musical production—alumni including Ivy Hamstra ’05, Jessica Dugdale ’07, Joseph Scales ’09, Emily Bohn ’12, Joseph Bir ’13, Gavin Pehler ’13 and Vanessa Gehring ’13 offered tributes.

At his final performance directing the Upper School Vocal Music concert on May 3, Williams was surprised by a “Flash Mob” of former Madrigal Singers during the ending number of the show, appropri-

Southeastern Royals and the North Central Panthers to advance to the championship, where they defeated the Zionsville Eagles, 400-230.

• Park Tudor hosted this year’s Academic Super Bowl Invitational, in which eight teams from the Indiana Crossroads Conference competed in six subject rounds. The Panthers placed first in the Fine Arts, Math, Science, and Interdisciplinary rounds and earned second place in English and Social Studies. Team members were Alexus SimsBarnes ’15 (English, Fine Arts, Interdisciplinary), Hannah Resnick ’17 (English, Social Studies), Douglass Boshkoff ’15 (Fine Arts, Science, Interdisciplinary), Nick Chun ’15 (Math, Science, Interdisciplinary), Kendall Garner ’17 (Math, Science), Caven Montel ’15 (Science, Social Studies, Interdisciplinary), and Nathan Mytelka ’15 (Math, Social Studies, Interdisciplinary).

OTHER HONORS • Dominique Harrington ’15 was selected to participate in the Telluride Association Summer Program (TASP), a six-week educational experience. TASP is one of the most successful and prestigious academic summer programs in the nation; the 2,800 living TASP alumni include leaders in politics, journalism, academia, the sciences, education, medicine, business and the arts.

• Seventh-grader Anjali Rao placed third in the Scholastic Girls State Chess Championship on March 15. She missed qualifying for the national championship on a tiebreaker. ately titled “We Are Family.”

And at a retirement celebration event on June 7, several hundred alumni, current students, faculty, parents and former parents came to wish him well.

Incoming Board President Rob Brown ’79, who sang in Williams’ choir, said, “Most of my love for the arts comes from you. The school could not be what it is today without you.”

Athletic Director Brad Lennon presented Williams with a Park Tudor letter jacket in recognition of “the great relationship between the arts and athletics.”

Lennon and Williams frequently met to

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Rob Brown ’79, incoming president of the board of directors, shares his memories of choir classes taught by John Williams at the June 8th retirement reception for the Fine Arts director.

coordinate athletic and fine arts schedules to ensure students had the opportunity to participate in both.

Haydon Osborne ’10 said he was especially impressed by Williams’ “genuine interest” in his students. “His enthusiasm and love for the fine arts really rubs off on his students,” Osborne told those attending the celebration.

“You made it fun,” said Beth Brueckmann Carney ’82. “We were probably the only music group in the country to sing the Doobie Brothers while doing the box step!”

Bob Hicks ’80 added, “John made it cool to be in music and in the musicals. He had a magic in doing that.”

Theatre Director Jerry Grayson capped the event by telling those gathered, “I am so proud of the artistic work we did together—29 musicals, and some of them three times!”

Williams thanked the crowd who gathered in Clowes Commons. “I love you all and I love PT. I’m so glad to be continuing in the marvelous work this wonderful place does.” He ended his comments with a toast to his Fine Arts colleague, Technical Theatre Director Rob Hueni, who passed away on June 2.

Lickliter retires, Hull moves west

Hull has been included five times in “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers,” and in addition to his full-time position at Park Tudor also taught Classical Mythology at IUPUI. He co-authored the book “Latin For Dummies.” For the past several years, he has served on the AP Latin curriculum review committee responsible for designing the new AP Latin syllabus, which was introduced nationwide in the fall of 2012. He also served on the AP Latin development committee, which writes the AP Latin exams. He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to attend the summer session of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens during the summer of 2013, and has led several school trips to Europe and Greece.

Hull said, “I am leaving an amazing family of friends who have shown me great support and friendship over the past 23 years. Needless to say, I’m also going to miss my students very much, some of whom have been with me for five years.

Our doors in Los Gatos will be open to you if you are ever in that part of the world.”

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ongtime Park Tudor faculty members Marc Lickliter and Clifford Hull capped their long tenures at the school in June.

Lickliter, a physical education teacher and coach since 1985, is retiring after a 29year career. Hull, who has taught Latin and Classical Greek at Park Tudor since 1991, is moving to California, where his wife, Dr. Sara Murphy, has accepted a new position at Kaiser-Permanente Medical Center in Santa Clara.

In addition to teaching physical education, Lickliter has coached a number of Middle and Upper School teams. He served as the varsity track and cross-country coach for 12 years and the girls varsity basketball coach for 11 years. In those roles, he celebrated several “firsts.” He is the only Park Tudor coach to have sent a boy and a girl to the state cross-country championships, to have coached an individual track state champion, and to have won a girls basketball regional title. Lickliter also has coached boys JV basketball and previously coached at Cloverdale, Westfield and Westland schools. He spent 13 of his summers as director of Camp Otto.

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Faculty innovation grants awarded

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ark Tudor has introduced a new series of faculty grant awards for 2014-15. Ten faculty teams submitted proposals in the competitive program designed to spur school advancements in interdisciplinary learning, technology integration, and/or community engagement. The four projects receiving funding were selected by a committee of four administrators including Associate Head of School for Academic Affairs Peter Kraft and School Division Directors Debbie Dominguez, Shants Hart and Debbie Stuart Everett ’69.

Kraft said, “We are just thrilled with the creativity and rigor of the proposals.

All of them will help deepen student learning and further Park Tudor’s commitment to foundational skills, collaboration, and a judicious use of technology,” Kraft said.

New roles for 2014-15

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everal current Park Tudor faculty members will be taking on new roles for the 2014-15 school year: • Sue Stemen, associate director of College Counseling, has been named director of College Counseling. Current Director Larry Eckel is reducing his work schedule in preparation for retirement.

MATHEMATICS PROBLEM SETS Math teachers Lily Forrestal and Carmen Taylor will develop problem sets that will enhance differentiated instruction for students in grades five through eight. They will work with students from Upper School Computer Science classes to code questions into Blackboard, Park Tudor’s online learning system, that will deliver problems at a pace tailored to each student’s ability level.

“WATERWEEK” PROJECT Using the Middle School history curriculum as a starting point, Middle School Counselor Erin Nixon, geography teacher Courtney Whitehead and history teacher Carole Simmons will work with charitywater.org and PT service organizations to sponsor building a well in a developing nation. WaterWeek will kick off the project, featuring activities to focus on the necessity of helping people around the world have access to fresh water.

• Middle School Math teacher D.J. Weymuth has been named Middle School media and technology integrator.

• Social Studies Department Chair Sven Dubie will add responsibilities as interim director of diversity as current director John Daves moves on to become the dean of faculty at his alma mater, The Pennington School in Pennington, New Jersey.

FIFTH-GRADE MATH/SCIENCE/ ARTS INTEGRATION To help find meaningful ways for students to see the many connections across disciplines, fifth-grade science, math and visual art teachers Krista Fox, Karlyn Fox, Cammy Dubie and Tracey Petrov will blend their curriculums, co-teach, and develop interdisciplinary lessons.

SOUTHERN LITERATURE AND CULTURE Social Studies Department Chair Sven Dubie and eighth-grade English teacher Jane Sidey will create an interdisciplinary summer course that draws on their eighth-grade collaborative work with the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird.” The course will combine Southern literature, history, music and art to provide Upper School students with a holistic understanding of the American South.

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n article in a recent issue of “Indy’s Child” magazine features a story on “The Effects of Texts” written by Middle School Director Shants Hart and Head of Academic Technology Doug Stotts. The pair highlights how frequent texting adversely impacts children’s learning and provides suggestions for parents on managing their children’s usage of digital devices.

• Heather Teets will move from assistant director to director of Fine Arts as John Williams moves from director to director emeritus.

• Doug Stotts, director of academic technology, has been named director of technology, adding the responsibility of overseeing all Park Tudor technology programs.

• Eighth-grade English teacher Jane Sidey will become chair of the English Department, replacing Paul Hamer, who continues as Upper School English teacher. * Middle School world languages teacher and Middle School director of student affairs will become chair of the World Languages Department.

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Eighth-grader Julia King and her father, Jon King, conduct an experiment during Middle School Fathers’ Morning on March 7.

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Celebrating faculty service

Each year, Park Tudor celebrates five-year service anniversaries of faculty and staff members. Please join us in congratulating those who were honored in 2014 for their service to the school.

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Debbie Stuart Everett ’69 Director of the Upper School

Mark Dewart Upper School Science Teacher

Robert Hueni, Jr. Technical Theatre Director

Margo McAlear Upper School Social Studies Teacher

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Karen Ayres Third Grade Teacher

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Joseph Fumusa College Counselor, Senior Class Dean, Upper School Social Studies

Shirley Gaughan Systems Support Specialist

Joan Grinkmeyer Upper School Counselor

Garry Howard Athletic Facilities Manager

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Ryan Ritz Upper School Computer Science Teacher

Toby Rogers Physical Education Teacher

Barbara Skelton Admissions Counselor

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Heather Carmody Middle School Mathematics

Mary Cassidy Chief Financial Officer

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Christopher Holobek Grade 4 Teacher

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David Kaszko Director of Safety & Security

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Dr. Mary Ann Scott Director of The Russel & Mary Williams Learning Project; School Psychologist, Grades 3-8

Dr. Sven Dubie Social Studies Department Chair; Upper School Social Studies Teacher

Suzanne Russell Research & Information Specialist

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Kyle Cox Assistant Athletic Director Head Basketball Coach

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National awards in art and writing

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ive Middle and Upper School students have been awarded National Medals in the 2014 Scholastic Art & Writing competition. Awards were presented to: Sophie O’Neill ’14: Silver Medal, Writing Portfolio; Gold Medal, Poetry Ravi Shah ’14: Silver Medal, “Future New” art category

Weston Clark ’17: Gold Medal, Poetry Sophia George ’19: Gold Medal, Poetry Max Alter ’17: Silver Medal, Poetry

O’Neill also was a national award winner last year for her poetry. The students’ work advanced to the national competition after winning Gold Medals in the regional competition earlier in the year. Faculty members Heather Teets, Kathy Campbell, Barb Beattie, Laura Gellin, Jan Guffin, Jane Sidey and Liz Odmark worked with students to create their award entries.

Fine Arts honors DANCE • Brianna Bangert ’17 performed in the Indianapolis School of Ballet production of “Carnival of the Animals” at the Scottish Rite Cathedral Theater. The show featured principal dancers from across the country along with students.

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC • Representing Park Tudor at the state level of the ISSMA Solo and Ensemble Contest on March 1 were soloist musicians Angi Li ’16 (flute), Alayna Weiss ’15 (oboe), Alex Stout ’16 (tuba), Nicholas Chun ’15 (cello), Mike McGill ’15 (bass), and Andrea Stout ’16 (bass). Along with these soloists, the Renaissance String Ensemble participated: Violins—Jason Zhao ’14, Chris Gregory ’14, Francesca Santini ’14, Mia Zhao ’14, Julia French ’15, Isabel Freihofer ’15 and Angad Sikand ’15; Violas—Taylor Byxbee ’14, Nicolas Hornedo ’15, Elise Edgar ’16 and Ruben Schuckit ’14; Cellos—Nicholas Chun ’15, Cassidy Zimmerman ’15 and Alexander Bowlby ’16; and Bass—Thomas Knowles ’14.

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The Middle School performed the musical “Honk!” on April 15 and 16. The show is an updated musical rendition of the Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Ugly Duckling,” a reminder to accept others for who they are, and quoting a song from the show, to know that “out there somewhere, someone’s gonna love you—warts and all.” Here, Max Siegel ’18 and Antonio Dominguez ’18 perform the “old soft shoe.”

SPEECH • Pavani Peri ’16 and Priya Mirmira ’15 advanced to the state speech meet on March 15 at Fishers High School. Peri’s original oratory, “The Evolution of Humor” won the sectional competition on March 1, and Mirmira’s original speech, “Are you Smarter than a Politician” was a finalist at the March 8 district meet in Logansport.

Nicolas Hornedo ’15 was a semifinalist at the district meet for his humorous interpretation of Christopher Durang’s “Sonia, Masha, Vanya, and Spike.” Speech team coaches are Tamara Tudor and Patricia Southard.

THEATRE • Fourth-grader Piper Murphy played the roles of Young Eponine and Young Cosette in the Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre’s spring production of Les Miserables. She was one of only three children in the production.

VOCAL MUSIC • Nicholas Gehring ’16, Kylie Clouse ’17, Natalie Marsan ’17 and Natalie Long ’18, voice students of Barbara Horine, were win-

ners of scholarships at vocal competition on May 4 at Butler University’s Jordan College of the Arts. The scholarships were sponsored by Indianapolis Matinee Musicale.

VISUAL ARTS • Artwork by Taylor Cassidy, Veeanna Edwards, Zac Li, Beatrice Phillips, Daniel Rayl, Emily Stark, Stuart Summerville and Kevin Xie was selected to be displayed at the first Annual Carmel Arts Gala May 2-3.

The gala was a collaboration between the Carmel Arts Council: High School Division and the Carmel Mayor’s Youth Council. The two student-led organizations hope to provide an opportunity for student artists to showcase their work while simultaneously raising money for the Centennial Society of the Carmel Clay Public Library Foundation.

• Eight Upper School students won honors in this spring’s Indiana Crossroads Conference Art Competition: Danielle Johnson ’14 (first place and honorable mention, photography), Samantha Reese ’15 (first place, printmaking), Alec Stanley ’14 (first place, digital media), Samantha Schacht ’14 (second place, printmaking), Alex Urbanek ’15 (second place and honorable

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mention, painting), Leticia Feitoza ’15 (second place, third place and honorable mention, photography, Layna Owens ’15 (third place, printmaking), Daniel Rayl ’15 (third place, photography).

• Chloe Shen ’20 won second place and eighth-grader Ella Tobias received an honorable mention in the arts category for their submissions to the Art & Writing Contest at the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center in St. Louis.

WRITING • Fifth-graders Caroline Kittle, Wellesley Mobasser, Annie Murphy, Jack Talbert, Olivia White and Carly Wiegel were state semifinalists in “Letters About Literature.”

The national reading-writing contest asks students in grades 4-12 to write a personal letter to an author, explaining how his or her work changed their view of the world or themselves. Letters About Literature is a program of the Indiana Center for the Book and sponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress and The James & Madeleine McMullan Family Foundation.

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harity begins at home,” goes the saying, and our eighth- and twelfth-grade graduates put that motto to practice during the final weeks of Middle and Upper School this spring.

The graduating seniors, having finished their Park Tudor classes, spent Tuesday, May 27 helping to beautify the campus.

During their “Senior Day of Service,” they volunteered to clear undergrowth and weeds from the hill below the tennis courts, saving the school a costly landscaping expense. They also planted a tree in memory of Gracie, the school dog, who died last year and who was a companion to them during their time at Park Tudor.

Meanwhile, the eighth-grade graduates beautified the garden plots and other areas outside the Middle School. They helped to spread mulch and landscape following their annual Boat Race on May 23.

• Upper School students raised funds to support Habitat for Humanity on February 28 with their “Raise the Roof for Habitat” fundraiser. The event featured a runway show with fashions provided by local

Gavin Murphy ’21 models his handcrafted cape that will be given to a young patient at Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at St. Vincent.

boutiques, as well as the ever-popular “Mr. Park Tudor Pageant,” at which Student Council President Ravi Shah won the title.

• The senior class teamed up with fifth graders to support Capes for Kids, a program that helps young patients at Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at St. Vincent feel like superheroes. Through the program, children receive a free cape when they leave the hospital. Members of the senior class hosted the entire fifth-grade class for a cape-making session. Each fifthgrader designed and created a cape and attached a hand-written card. This is the second year for the project at Park Tudor, which this year was led by seniors Ravi Shah and Anna Kershisnik. They were supported by faculty advisor Pam Fischer and Community Engagement Coordinator Cammy Dubie, along with parents Betsy Block and Brenda DeVito.

• On March 21, all seventh-grade students participated in Seventh-Grade Service Day, volunteering their time at several local nonprofit organizations.

Park Tudor’s Upper School Thespians presented Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” in Ayres Auditorium on March 14, 15 and 16. This marked the third time the school has produced the show under the direction of John Williams, Jerry Grayson and Rob Hueni. Here, Cinderella (Rachel Bir ’14) meets Prince Charming (Chris Hsu ’14) at the ball.

• The Lower School Student Council sponsored a community engagement project, Dressing Up Riley, to collect party clothes for the Riley Prom. This event gives the young patients at Riley Hospital for Children the opportunity to celebrate with friends and family.

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Spring sports roundup: Girls tennis, lacrosse, track and field reach state finals

By Brad Lennon, Athletic Director GIRLS LACROSSE The girls lacrosse team had another stellar year under second-year Head Coach Casey LeFevre, with the Panthers climbing to the No. 1 ranking in the state poll early in the season. The year started with a trip to Nashville, TN over spring break, where the girls played some very tough competition in preparation for their regular-season run. They roared to a 6-0 post-break record before dropping a very closely contested game (6-5) to perennial rival Culver. Soon after came an impressive, hard-fought 1411 win at Cathedral, setting the tone for an impressive stretch of wins leading up to the state tournament.

The girls eventually advanced to the state for a second year by winning the regional, where they bested Bishop Chatard and defeated the Irish for a second time.

After disposing of state host Brebeuf Jesuit, the Panthers faced Carmel in the state title game, where they came up on the short end of an overtime thriller, 10-9. The girls finished the season with an impressive 18-4 record, and several players received state honors at the conclusion of the tournament.

Receiving All Tournament recognition were Haley Hallenbeck ’14, Sydney Allen ’15, Madison Allen ’15 and Alison Schacht ’14. First Team All State honors went to Hallenbeck and Sydney Allen, while Emily Janin ’14 and Julia Amstutz ’14 were named to the second team. Hallenbeck also was named an All American and received the state finals Candi Parry Award, given to a senior who contributed significantly to women’s lacrosse during her high-school career.

GIRLS TENNIS The team advanced to the state finals again this year, capping a 13-4 season record. The girls captured the team’s seventh consecutive Indiana Crossroads Conference championship while also advancing to the semifinal round of the Marion County

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Tournament. The netters swept both the sectional and regional rounds of the state tourney, knocking off the likes of Brebeuf, Pike, Ritter and Zionsville. In the semistate match-up the girls made fast work of Richmond by overcoming the Red Devils, 5-0, then advanced to face Greenwood in the first round of the state finals. The Panthers were led by Brigitte Hodge ’15, Abby Sogard ’16 and Noelle Enkema ’17 in the singles positions. The doubles teams consisted of Ali Lebovits ’14 and Hannah Klapper ’14 at the No. 1 position, with Annie McCarter ’16 and Danielle Lebovits ’16 holding down the No. 2 spot.

BASEBALL The Panthers survived a roller-coaster season, finishing with 11-15 record. With a mix of both youth and experience, the boys of the diamond managed to put together a mid-season five-game winning streak, highlighted by a come-from-behind, onerun win over North Central. Coach Courtney Whitehead’s streak of four-straight conference championships was broken when the Panthers finished the season tied for second with a 4-2 conference slate. In sectional play the Panthers dropped the opening game to eventual sectional champion Heritage Christian, 7-2. The players and coaches will regroup over the summer, planning for a bright future in the seasons to come.

SOFTBALL What difference a year makes. Under new coach Sarah DeLong, the Lady Panthers showed marked improvement on the field and in the win column. The girls finished the season with an impressive 8-10 record, given they had a total of only five wins over the previous two seasons. The team’s greatest improvement was at the plate, where the girls increased both their on-base and run production by more than 50 percent. Just how far the team had progressed was evident in the two games against perennial state and conference powers Lutheran and Scecina, where the Panthers played both games close to the vest into the late innings. In post-season play the girls advanced to the sectional championship game, losing to defending state champion Scecina. With seven seniors graduating from the roster, Coach DeLong is looking for new participants to supplement the returning members of the squad.

BOYS LACROSSE Coach Tim Clark’s squad had an up-and-down season, playing one of the toughest schedules in the state. Following a spring-break trip to St. Louis, where they went 2-1, the boys found themselves in several games that could have had different results with a few breaks. After close losses to North Central and Center Grove, the Panthers rebounded with nice wins over

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March Madness took hold at Park Tudor for the third time in four years, when the boys basketball team once again brought home the 2A state title on March 29. The Panthers defeated Westview 84-57 to win the championship at Banker’s Life Fieldhouse in downtown Indianapolis.

Senior Trevon Bluiett set a Class 2A State Championship record by scoring 38 points, hitting 14 of 22 shots, including five of nine three-pointers. Senior Alex Mack also sank three of four three-pointers. The Panthers were 14 of 27 from three-point range as a team.

Brebeuf, Crown Point, Chatard, Penn and Guerin Catholic, to mention a few. The boys entered state tournament play ranked ninth in the state poll. In the first game of the tourney, they avenged an earlier loss to North Central, knocking them off in a closely contested 4-3 game. However, they dropped the second game to eventual state champion Carmel. Mid-fielder Joe Moore was honored with a post-season spot on the Honorable Mention All-State team.

BOYS GOLF The boys golf team captured its second consecutive sectional title with a tournament-winning team score of 312. Austin Honigford ’14 capped his high-school career as the sectional low medalist for the second straight year as well, shooting an even par round of 72. Teammate Cooper Ramsey ’14 added a nice score of 77 to help the Panther cause. During the regular season, the team enjoyed several impressive wins over Lawrence North, Pike and several other larger schools during invitational play.

The Panthers placed second in the Indiana Crossroads Conference Tournament. Brothers Austin and Alex ’17 Honigford earned All-Conference honors with scores of 78 and 79, respectively. The boys finished in sixth place at the always-competitive Marion County Tournament. Austin Honigford was named to the All-County team as a result of his top-ten finish at the meet.

TRACK AND FIELD The boys track team celebrated two major accomplishments at the end of the season: the 4x400 relay team became the first Park Tudor boys relay team ever to quality for the state meet, and discus thrower Marcus Downs ’15 became the first Park Tudor boy to capture a Track and Field regional championship.

Downs captured first place in the discus throw at the regional meet, throwing a new school record distance of 159’06”. He went on to place ninth at state. Meanwhile, the boys 4x400 relay team of Brent Brimmage ’17, Evan Lee ’16, Chris Gregory ’14 and Ryan Betz ’14 finished third in the regional meet at North Central, qualifying for the IHSAA state meet June 7 at IU Bloomington. The team ran a season-best time of 3:24.79, just 0.1 second off the school record. With 800 meters to go in their race, they passed seven teams and surpassed North Central in the closing 50 meters to secure their bid to the state meet.

In this spring’s Marion County meet, both the 4x400 and 4x800 relay teams placed fifth. Chris Gregory placed third in the 400-meter dash, with Marcus Downs taking fourth place in discus.

The girls team had a solid season, highlighted by a trip to regionals for the 4x400 relay team of Sydney ’14 and Samantha ’14 Schwab, Katelynn Kyker ’14 and Bosi Mosongo ’16. Sydney Schwab advanced to the regional in the 800m run, where she ran a season-best time of 2:20.76—missing qualification for the state meet by only .06 seconds. The relay team finished with a time of 4:06.67, missing the state qualifying time by just .04 seconds.

tember, when the U.S. Army All-American Bowl Selection Tour begins. In June, Tiassum committed to play at Notre Dame in 2015. He is rated as the nation’s No. 21 defensive tackle and No. 4 prospect overall in Indiana by 247Sports.com.

• Senior Ryan Betz completed his 50th half-marathon in North Dakota in May, accomplishing his goal of running a halfmarathon in every state in the U.S. during his high-school years. He set the goal to raise money for RyanRunning, a charitable organization he established to fund scholarships for aspiring Park Tudor students. For his outstanding volunteer service, Betz was awarded the national President’s Volunteer Service Award, granted by the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program.

This national award recognizes middle-level and high-school students across America for outstanding volunteer service. As part of his award, Ryan received a certificate signed by President Obama.

• Congratulations to Trevon Bluiett ’14, named Booster Club Male Athlete of the Year, and to Sydney ’14 and Samantha ’14 Schwab, named Tudor Hall Class of 1953 Female Athletes of the Year. Bluiett was honored for his basketball prowess, while the Schwab twins were recognized for their track accomplishments. The Booster Club awarded its Spring 2014 Crown Awards for athletic achievement to Sydney Schwab and Austin Honigford.

Athletes in the news • Trevon Bluiett ’14 scored 44 points in the Indiana Senior All-Star game against the Junior All-Stars on June 11 in Columbus, IN. • Brandon Tiassum ’15, honored as one of the nation’s top 400 rising senior football players, has been nominated to play in the 2015 U.S. Army All-American Bowl. Of the 400 nominees, 90 players will be invited to play in the annual East vs. West match-up on January 3, 2015. The next step in the selection process occurs in Sep-

The Park Tudor Booster Club sponsored its annual Golf Outing on June 16 at the Brickyard Crossing Golf Course in Indianapolis. The event helps to support Park Tudor’s athletic programs and the school’s Annual Fund. Left to right: Dr. Matthew D. Miller, Whipple Hazlewood, Rev. C. Davies Reed and Scott Brown ’81.

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Clockwise from top left: Members of the Upper School Red Team give their all during a tug-of-war event on Upper School Field Day. Visiting Author Mike Mullins talks with an Upper School class about the writing process. Elizabeth Lueck ’18 and Carolina Hughes ’18 celebrate reaching the finish line in their boat made of cardboard and duct tape during the annual eighth-grade boat race on May 23. Senior Kindergartner Lilliana Su is prepared for rollerskating. Junior Kindergartners Keira Towler and Xander Jordan have fun during JK Bike Day on May 19.

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Clockwise from top left: Seniors Joe Moore and Maddi Heberden cheer on the red team during Upper School Field Day. Fifth-grader Arda Bozdogan has fun during the Lower School Patriot Day run. Fifth-graders took on their teachers in the annual Lower School student-faculty basketball game. Cinderella’s evil stepsisters, played by Abbi Miller, Quinn Divens and Samone Blair, ham it up during the Upper School musical. Sixth-graders Katie Warren, April Hamilton, Kristian Young, Clay Hanley, Zoe Franz, Mosely Tector and Daniel Buckley portray “Great Americans” as part of their history studies.

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Animal attraction Alumni have rewarding careers working with animals—from orangutans to a T. rex

By Lisa Hendrickson ’77

In this issue of The Phoenix, we profile four Park Tudor alumni

who have devoted their careers to animals—in one form or another.

Meet an orangutan keeper at the Indianapolis Zoo, a retired paleontologist who discovered the remains of extinct animals in the Yukon, a veterinarian at a large animal hospital in New York City, and an environmental scientist who keeps track of animals in Alaska.

Austin Paul ’06 Orangutan Keeper, Indianapolis Zoo Pardon the pun, but Austin Paul has gone ape for Great Apes.

She’s one of four orangutan keepers at the Indianapolis Zoo’s new Simon Skjodt International Orangutan Center, which boasts eight orangutans—one of the largest groups of these apes in any U.S. zoo.

Orangutans are at great risk of extinction, and Paul is passionate about educating people about one of human’s closest relations in the animal kingdom. The zoo’s website says its International Orangutan Center is “designed to stimulate the apes’ physical, social and intellectual abilities,” and Paul works closely with the orangutans every day to do just that.

She received her B.A. in psychology from the University of California-Santa Cruz after switching her major from biology. She joined the Indianapolis Zoo staff in 2012.

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How did you become interested in working with animals?

I’ve been animal crazy since I was born. Dogs, guinea pigs, hamsters, hermit crabs—I took it to the next level.

My Global Scholars research project at Park Tudor was “The Changing Roles of Zoos and The Case for Ethical Captivity.” The deputy director and senior vice president of conservation and science of the Indianapolis Zoo, Paul Grayson, was my project mentor. It was nice to get a chance to research a topic I wanted to explore. I’m still extremely proud of that Global Scholars paper.

I had an internship at the zoo working with animals who were inpatients at the zoo’s hospital. I bathed pygmy goats, fed a lemur who had to have his tonsils removed, and cared for a female orangutan who had to have emergency abdominal surgery.

I was an intern at the Pinniped Cognition and Sensory Systems Laboratory at the Long Marine Lab during the summer before my junior year at UC-Santa Cruz. I worked with sea otters in the wild and with graduate students who were studying sea lion cognition, learning how intelligent they are and how they recognize dangers and try to avoid them. The purpose of the research was to show that they are worthy of protection. We also conducted sensory system experiments in hearing, collecting data to show how seals and sea lions are affected by sound pollution from boats and barges. I had always wanted to be a veterinarian, but I thought this was more interesting and the experience convinced me to change my major.

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What led you to your current position at the Indianapolis Zoo? After graduating from college I moved to New York City, where my parents had moved. I’m not much of a city girl. I became a certified dog trainer and taught puppy kindergarten at doggy day care for a year and a half, working with animal behavior. Then I applied for and was accepted for a three-month internship at the Indianapolis Zoo, working with marine animals. I worked primarily with dolphins, doing a lot of scuba diving to clean their pools, and sorting fish for food prep. I came home every day very tired.

I had always wanted to work with great apes, but a lot of zoos don’t have great apes or hire interns in that area because of the risks. Getting a paid position is very difficult—a lot of it is timing.

I was fortunate to be hired for a full-time job as an orangutan keeper. There are four of us who work as keepers for the zoo’s eight orangutans, and there are cross-trainers who assist us with cleaning their habitat and shifting them. We have to wear harnesses and climbing gear to clean their exhibit, and we’re trained to operate scissor lifts. Part of our job as keepers is to properly feed and medicate the animals, in addition to learning a specific species and ensuring that they can have a fully enriched life in a captive environment.

For example, Azy [the oldest orangutan, who is 36] has arthritis, and he gets a dose of ibuprofen twice a day. They get superficial cuts and injuries that could potentially get infected. I am able to apply medication through protective contact, which means that there is always a barrier between the orangutans and their keepers.

It’s important that we spend a lot of time with them every day to build trust and bonds. We do that through training and other playful interactions.

What are the most rewarding and challenging things about working with orangutans?

The most rewarding thing about working with them is also the most challenging. They’re so individual, but their moods change a lot. We keep a lot of medical and behavioral records. It’s important for us to know how they are behaving. They are extremely strong; and because I work so close to them there is a potential risk of getting grabbed. It is important to constantly observe their behavior and interactions with the other keepers and amongst themselves in order to predict what my interaction may be like—like humans, the orangutans have good days and bad days.

Males have a nine-foot arm span and weigh up to 250 pounds, and females weigh about 130. Their strength is all in their upper body, because they were meant to climb. Their hands are always clasped.

You build strong bonds with individual orangutans, and it’s nice to be in control of that. Our orangutans are pretty spoiled.

They get their backs scratched. They are pretty solitary in the wild, and don’t normally live in groups. None of our orangutans were born in the wild. Two were born and raised in zoos; the rest come from private owners. Some prefer people and like seeing our reactions. Knobi likes children and babies.

All of the training methods we use are through positive reinforcement, which simply means we reward the behaviors we want to encourage and ignore unwanted behaviors. Six of our eight orangutans participate in ongoing cognitive research using touch-

Did you know?

Orangutans are fruitivores and eat about three pounds of fruit and vegetables every day. The zoo supplements their diets with gels created by a dietitian that supply additional fiber and/or calories. screen computers. In the near future, visitors will also have the opportunity to play a modified version of the game “Rock, Paper, Scissors” against an orangutan.

What’s different about the International Orangutan Center?

Zoos’ roles are changing. They are focusing more on the animals than the visitors. The orangutan exhibit is all about the animals. It’s a functional forest. The apes are living up high because their natural habitat is up high. They can work out the muscles they need to work. We’ve installed special bulletproof “ape glass.” They don’t hear anything from the visitor space except when people knock (which is not recommended.) It’s great for the public to be able to see their natural behavior. I think people will notice more of their similarities to humans. Orangutans are so similar physically.

There are five classes of great apes. Humans are one category, and we have 94.6 percent of the same genetic makeup as orangutans. Orangutans could be the first great ape to become extinct, and it could happen in our lifetime. They are so extremely endangered that there isn’t a “wild” for them to go visit anymore.

I do like to have the animal contact, but I’m also interested in their wild habitat. I’m passionate about the education aspect. Zoos are “doing good.” I won’t always be a zookeeper, but I’ll always be a zoo advocate.

Did any particular PT teacher influence you, and how?

I had Mr. Dewart for AP biology and AP environmental science.

He’s so passionate about his subject, and he’s an excellent teacher.

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Austin Paul ’06 snaps a selfie with Azy, the oldest orangutan at the Indianapolis Zoo’s International Orangutan Center.

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KT Latimer ’99 Environmental Scientist, Anchorage, Alaska KT Latimer, known as Catherine when she was a student at Park Tudor, is an environmental scientist working in Anchorage, Alaska.

Latimer recently was featured in a blog series by author Leigh Newman titled “Alaskans who are not Sarah Palin.” It described a few of KT’s unexpected adventures in the 49th state:

“Alaskan excitement: sliding down 600 ft mountain face without causing avalanche. Alaskan mistake: accidentally unleashing bear spray in pants, thus having to undress from waist down in toxic cow parsnip, while wandering around woods monitoring eagles’ nests.”

After graduating from Park Tudor, Latimer attended Middlebury College in Vermont, majoring in biology and environmental studies, then transferred to Wheaton College in Illinois, where she earned a B.A. degree in history and minored in biology.

She received a full scholarship for graduate study at Taylor University in Upland, Indiana, where she earned her master of environmental science degree. Her master’s program included a six-month conservation biology internship in the Napo Province of Ecuador, in the heart of the Amazon jungle.

After working for one summer as an avian and wildlife technician on the U.S. Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) in Anchorage, and for over a year as an environmental scientist at an Anchorage-based consulting company, she recently accepted a position as a scientist at Owl Ridge Natural Resource Consultants, where she conducts wildlife protection research projects and permitting.

How did you become interested in wildlife research?

I first became interested in wildlife research when I was a child and my dad would turn on the nature shows on TV—usually on PBS. I remember that several of my friends found it odd that I enjoyed those shows, since they only watched them in school, and I found it odd that they didn’t enjoy watching them in their free time. My dream job since I was a kid was to work for National Geographic.

What led you to Alaska?

I have always been drawn to Alaska, but assumed it would be one of those places that I would visit some day. After I completed my degree and was looking for work, I decided to apply to any jobs that looked appealing, even if they were seasonal. I saw a posting for an avian and wildlife technician on the JBER military base in Anchorage, and applied and was offered the job. Apart from the seasonal aspect, it was a dream job offer, and it is what got me to Alaska.

My first job there was night-time breeding owl surveys (which had to be quite late in Anchorage, since the sun is up until nearly midnight in the peak of the summer), in which I was sent out in the dark, on a huge military base that I didn’t know and that had a lot of wilderness (including wolves and grizzly bears), often by my-

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KT Latimer holds a Yellow-Bellied Tanager, caught while she was mist netting in Napo Province, Ecuador.

self. It was spooky, but I couldn’t believe I was getting paid to do that kind of thing. Later I did several other breeding bird surveys, along with eagle and passerine nest-searching.

Interestingly, when I first moved to Anchorage, I moved in on the couch of a fellow ’99 Park Tudor alum—Zac Johnson, who is now an Alaska State Trooper. Back in high school, Zac and I had carpooled to and from crew practice with the Indianapolis Rowing Club at Eagle Creek Park, since we both also lived in Zionsville.

When I completed my master’s and was looking for work, I attempted to network as much as possible—including contacting as many folks that I was Facebook friends with who worked in the sciences. As I went through my friends list, I stumbled upon Zac’s amazing Alaskan adventure photos, and drooled over them. Because of that, his posts began appearing in my news feed, and I saw that he was going to be visiting Boston at the same time that I was in the Boston area. I told him that we should get together, and we did, after not seeing each other for over 10 years. He mentioned that if I moved to Alaska, I could sleep on his couch while I looked for work.

As soon as I was offered that job in Anchorage, Zac was the first person I thought of. Surely enough, not only did I spend the first two weeks in Alaska on his couch as I looked for apartments, but he and I and his roommates got along so well that they offered that I could move in—which I did. We lived together for a year, became great friends, and then I moved into my own place. We still hang out, although he is now stationed in Fairbanks.

Tell us about your work with wildlife in Alaska.

My first work with Alaskan wildlife that was up close and personal occurred two summers ago on JBER. My main tasks were to survey the breeding birds. I also had the opportunity to help trap, radio collar, tattoo, take blood and hair samples from, tag, etc. brown bears (better known in the lower 48 as grizzly bears).

Probably my most exciting story from that was when I got to tattoo the inside of brown bears’ lips—it is the most permanent way of

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ID’ing the bears, and it is performed for population/habitat survey purposes.

I also got to help the marine mammal techs at JBER. We monitored the entry into the Eagle River, by the Knik Arm of Cook Inlet, for Beluga whales, which are beautiful, white, dolphin-sized whales that actually swim up the mouths of rivers here going after the salmon during the massive salmon runs that occur in the summers. Our team was not only surveying their numbers and the times that they appeared in the area, but the team also attempted many times to get a radio tag onto the whales. Sadly, we were not successful, but the attempts were fun to watch and participate in. I also helped with the fisheries folks on JBER, surveying the salmon, and I helped with the forestry folks.

Currently, I am just about to go into the field to do a rainbow smelt survey on the Kuskokwim River. We will survey and determine the location where the smelt are spawning (which has not been studied before), the amount of eggs deposited, and characterize the sediment make-up in those areas. The purpose is to regulate the mining company barges better, as they travel along those rivers and sometimes scrape along the bottoms.

As you mentioned, you’ve been required to do such things as tattoo the inside of a grizzly bear’s mouth. How does one do that?

Well, first they are trapped and tranquilized. The tattoo “stamp” has a specific letter and number on it for identification purposes. You rub dye inside the bear’s lip, and then press into the dye with the stamp—firmly enough to imprint the dye, but not with so much pressure that you cause the bear’s lip to bleed. It’s a bit tricky, but you get the hang of it pretty quickly when/if you see those first drops of blood (I did make it bleed a little bit the first time, but not very much). I always imagine those poor bears waking up and it being like a person who just had a night on the town —they wake up with a tattoo, a radio collar (sometimes with video on it), a pierced ear, sometimes with a tooth missing, blood drawn, a hair sample missing, etc.

How do you live when you’re out in the field?

Usually I stay in rustic bunkhouse situations, with shared kitchens and bathrooms, etc. When in the field, I am usually out in the villages, where the amenities are few and far between. Typically I am out for a week or two, but it depends on the project.

When I was in Ecuador, it was also in similarly rustic living conditions. My worst injury in Ecuador actually came from a caterpillar that we nicknamed “The Devil’s Christmas Tree” based on its appearance and sting. It’s a scary place in the jungle! One reason that I prefer Alaska is that, if I’m going to die, I’d rather see coming at me, rather than be struck in the ankle seemingly out of nowhere. Recently, for example, I have a friend in Alaska who was stalked by three wolves because he had his brand new puppy with him; the next week he was charged, and trampled, by an idiot moose. Moose are not very intelligent, and that’s why I’m honestly more anxious about them than I am of bears when out in the woods—if you do the right thing when coming across a bear it’s much easier to predict its behavioral response than it is with

A tranquilized young brown bear after Latimer and her team had finished tagging and tattooing the grizzly for habitat survey purposes.

the moose that always get a crazy look in their eyes when they’re caught off-guard. Anyway, those are the kinds of things I’d rather worry about than creepy crawlies that strike you from the shadows.

Do you plan to stay in Alaska? What are your hopes/plans for your future career?

I do hope to stay here for at least a few years, hopefully for a while. I’m going on my third year (and will finally receive my first PFD—or Permanent Fund Dividend—which is basically money just for living here). It is also easier to find work in Alaska once you are already here, which helps. The only thing that is tough about it is how expensive it is to travel to the lower 48, and how much time it takes to do so.

I am still figuring out my plans for my future career. Part of me would love to be a wildlife biologist, where you are helping to manage and maintain wildlife populations and ecosystems in a specific area, but those positions are hard to obtain, so I will probably stick with the consulting world for a while. Part of me would also like to attend Episcopal Seminary or become a teacher one day, so we will see if that ever happens. Perhaps there would be a way that I could combine all of them—ha. You never know!

Did your experiences at PT help prepare you for your career?

Did any particular PT teacher influence you, and how?

PT was great in preparing us all for college, as most folks know. I felt incredibly ready for a school like Middlebury thanks to my demanding teachers at PT. As is often the case in life, it was under my most demanding teachers that I learned the most—and PT had many “hard” teachers, which I honestly thought was great.

Joan Staubach was my eighth-grade biology teacher, and I think she was someone that I identified with as being someone who really enjoyed people and “the big picture,” as well as science. I felt that it was her goal to make science relevant and enjoyable, and if I ever become a teacher I would definitely think of Mrs. Staubach as a model. I now enjoy being Facebook friends with her, as well—it’s great to hear her updates from her farm.

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Dr. Peter Noel ’01 Veterinarian, New York City

Peter Noel ’01 holds a degree in zoology from Miami University (Ohio) and completed graduate studies at Purdue University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. Following veterinary school, he completed an internship in small animal medicine, surgery and emergency medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. He is currently completing residency training in diagnostic imaging at the Animal Medical Center in New York City. He holds a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree.

How did you become interested in veterinary medicine?

I caught the bug at an early age. I’m not sure exactly when, but I was younger than ten. Having a brother and father with severe animal allergies didn’t result in the classic ponies and puppies childhood most of my future classmates had. Without being too eloquent, there was something about dogs that I just loved. I thought it’d be great to help them. Later on I learned I could potentially help animals and people. I’d be able to kill two birds with one stone, pun intended. That was appealing and something human medicine couldn’t and can’t offer.

What do you like about working with animals?

Unfortunately most of the animals we work with would rather bite and scratch than cuddle. So playing with kittens all day isn’t standard practice. I think what I like most is the ability to speak for the animal, in a way. When they get sick, we can use our training to try and isolate the problem and then fix it. For example, no sick and vomiting Labradoodle puppy is going to tell you he ate his leash. The x-rays will tell us that.

Tell us about your current position at The Animal Medical Center in New York.

I’m completing a three-year residency in diagnostic imaging.

The Animal Medical Center is a large veterinary teaching hospital in midtown Manhattan that sees approximately 43,000 cases per year. We mainly see dogs and cats with a smaller portion of exotic species (e.g. rabbits, turtles, birds). Our department is tasked with using multiple imaging modalities to try and locate disease in these animals. These modalities include x-rays (radiographs), ultrasound, CT scan, and MRI. The great thing about the diagnostic imaging department is every specialty in the hospital uses our services. This means we get to see a variety of cases. For example, most days we use the MRI to look for spinal cord injuries and brain tumors to help the Neurology Department. The Oncology Department may want help staging a cancer patient and we can use the CT scan to help. We recently had a cat that fell from a 26th floor window and we used x-rays to determine the extent of trauma (the cat lived, but is down to only one of its nine lives).

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Dr. Peter Noel with friend at the Animal Medical Center in New York City.

other part of my time is spent doing research, learning the physics responsible for each of the modalities and preparing for my board examination. One of my research projects is looking at a particular type of tumor in the pancreas of dogs called an insulinoma. It’s a difficult tumor to find because it’s small. People get the same type of tumor and it’s similarly hard to find. Human radiologists have found that when they combine an MRI scan with a CT scan they can often locate these tumors. Currently, veterinarians use CT only. I’m trying to see if MRI can help us out and find it in dogs.

What led you to New York?

Prior to my residency, I practiced emergency medicine for a year outside of Philadelphia.

As my career in veterinary medicine progressed, I realized I got more enjoyment out of finding the problems, rather than fixing them. I also need variety. Diagnostic imaging, or radiology to some, offers just that. We work with multiple imaging modalities (e.g. x-rays, ultrasound, CT scan, MRI, nuclear medicine) to find disease. We work with large animals (e.g. horses), small animals and exotic species. Fortunately or unfortunately, the majority of veterinary schools are rural. I’m married (to Park Tudor alumna Megan Griffiths Noel ’01) and thought it fair to help put my wife in a position to have professional opportunities. She patiently slogged through my veterinary education and I felt that New York would afford us both opportunities that’d be hard to find elsewhere.

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What are your hopes and plans for your future career?

What led you to Canada and the Yukon?

I enjoy learning and enjoy being around smart people. Academia would seem like a good fit. As a board-certified veterinary radiologist in academia, I could drum up new research, teach future veterinarians in the classroom, and work in the veterinary hospital helping animals and owners.

I simply settled down in Canada, and came to regard it as the most interesting and comfortable place for me to live. This happened by little turns in the road, as most things should.

First I was accepted to do a Ph.D. at the University of Toronto.

Next, my thesis project and field studies were in the Wood Mountain Plateau of southern Saskatchewan, and I found that area, and Western Canada in general, very appealing. Next, I managed to get a job, which is never easy, and after a few years getting started I got another job in Saskatchewan, where the fossil mammals were. Then, after many happy years there, I was attracted to the Yukon Territory, whose Ice Age fossils are famous. The Yukon had never had a resident paleontologist before and they needed someone to oversee the project to build the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Center. We opened the Center in 1997, and I was able to start a research program, and also to attract researchers from outside the territory.

Did your experiences at PT help to prepare you for your career? Did any particular PT teacher influence you, and how?

There was an expectation at Park Tudor that you would work hard. I think they put great teachers in place to set those expectations. However, without the students it’d be all for naught. I can’t tell you how many of my classmates dismantled AP Biology, their SATs and eventually their four-year Ivy League education. I was surrounded by smart people who worked hard. Trying to keep up only helped.

As far as a PT teacher’s influence, no one I met embodied hard work more than A.J. McIntosh. He was able to push each one of us to be our best. And man, he pushed. There’s no doubt the four years listening to his “encouragement” has made my road a little easier.

Anything else you’d like to mention?

If anyone has a dog question, don’t hesitate to ask. My email is peter.noel@amcny.org.

Dr. John Storer ’62 Retired Paleontologist, Canada

Dr. John Storer ’62 had a long career in Canada working with extinct animals rather than living ones. His work as a paleontologist took him to the northern reaches of the country, including nine years living in the Yukon. Now retired and living in British Columbia, he earned his B.A. degree from Amherst College and his Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Toronto.

Storer served as curator of paleontology at the Provincial Museum of Alberta from 1970-75 before heading to the Royal Saskatchewan Museum, where for 21 years he was assistant director, director, and curator of Earth Sciences. He then headed up to the Yukon in 1996, where he was paleontologist for the Yukon Territory until 2005.

How did you become interested in paleontology?

There must have been some residual interest from early days, when my father and I collected fossils in limestone from the shores of Burt Lake, in Michigan. But the real interest came at Amherst, where I took courses from Albert Wood, then a leading expert on the classification and fossil history of rodents. What Albert was doing looked so interesting that I wanted to become a paleontologist studying fossil mammals, and of course I inherited a predilection for the smaller ones (rodents, rabbits, insectivores, and so on).

For Phoenix readers who have not visited Saskatchewan and the Yukon, what would you like them to know about the areas in which you have lived and worked?

Saskatchewan’s geological history is a lot more interesting that the “flatland” stereotype suggests, and I wrote a small book about this in 1989, tracing a path through colliding continents and a mountain chain 1.8 billion years ago; warm, sometimes tropical seas about 600 million to 200 million years ago; dinosaurs on the earth and huge marine reptiles in the seas 100 million to 65 million years ago; gradually cooling and drying Plains 45 to 15 million years ago; and the cold of the Ice Age of the past million years or so. I wanted people to get an idea of the dynamic evolution of a place, based on recent research, in some cases my research.

The Yukon is a very different place. The Beringia Center’s story centers on the last glacial maximum about 18,000 years ago, and we could talk about a three-part story: the Ice Age climate, very different from what we know today; the wonderful mammals, many of them larger than we see today and many of them extinct; and the first people to come to North America.

The Yukon itself (and the North, north of latitude 60) has a strange and different feeling about it. In the south here, there are always people around, even in deserts, badlands, and the like. In the North, there are vast areas where no one normally goes, except to pass through: no one lives in those places. I highly recommend going there.

You made a number of fascinating discoveries during the course of your career. Can you highlight a few that you consider the most important or personally gratifying?

I’ll never forget the first discoveries, as part of the thesis work.

I found an excellent bear-dog (amphicyonid) skull near Mankota.

My supervisor, Loris Russell, and I found a rich locality for mammals of all sizes on our first day of work in the Wood Mountain Plateau; before that discovery the fossils that were known were pretty scrappy and scattered, and this site let me put the whole fauna together.

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Years later, I was able to pin down a whole range of faunas in the Cypress Hills Formation from sites I discovered, and could establish that previous workers had been missing long stretches of earth history in these areas. I discovered an excellent latest Age of Dinosaurs (late Cretaceous) fauna in the Frenchman Valley.

So I hope I warned you well enough that most of my interest was in the very small fossils. But I was also in on the discovery of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton in the Frenchman Valley.

Generally, though, beauty’s in the eye of the beholder; and each new discovery is the most important, at least for the moment.

What are your current interests? Are you still pursuing paleontology in retirement?

I have done very little paleontology since I retired. My eyesight isn’t up to doing much microscope work, sadly. I am about to head for Saskatchewan to show two researchers where my fossil localities were.

My main retirement interest is in music. I have played clarinet since I was seven, and took up bassoon as a retirement project. I play in a concert band, in an orchestra, and in a woodwind quintet.

I have been writing program notes for the Pender Harbour Chamber Music Festival, and just became President of the Coast Recital Society, an organization that stages seven concerts per year, featuring famous professional musicians as well as up-and-coming young stars.

Dr. John Storer stands in an excavation in North Dakota in 2004.

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Did your experiences at Park School help to prepare you for your career? Did any particular Park teacher influence you, and how?

Park School when I went there was pretty small, and the programs were limited. There was an emphasis on learning, thinking, and questioning, even though many subjects were not taught in real depth. Sports were important for every student, and there was a good blend of mental and physical activity. My most influential teacher was probably Jim Foxlow, even though English and the humanities were not the area I went into. Mr. Foxlow had a very serious and professional approach to literature, writing, and, for that matter, learning and its expression. He also had a good sense of humor, and wonderful tolerance of our questions and our tries at analysis. Park School, then, was a liberal arts program in a high school, and I think it sent us forward to learn more effectively than we would have otherwise: made us more civilized savages, perhaps. I was certainly ready for the liberal arts curriculum at Amherst.

Anything else you would like to mention?

Well, as a negative about Park School when I went there, there was hardly any music program, just some singing for Lower Schoolers. I wish there had been a solid instrumental program, as there is now. Playing an instrument is the very best thing for the brain, but of course that’s not why we do it. It’s fun! Luckily, my parents provided for music lessons, and between them and my patient, long-suffering clarinet teacher Miss Lang, I wound up with something that I could do for my entire life.

Alumni News Highlights of Alumni Weekend 2014

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lumni Weekend 2014 kicked off with a “Ka-Boom!” when Park Tudor and the Alumni Association honored Neil Funk ’64.

Funk is the television play-by-play announcer for the National Basketball Association’s Chicago Bulls. He called the radio play-by-play for all six Chicago Bulls NBA Championships and owns six NBA rings.

Bulls fans instantly recognize his signature phrases of “Ka-Boom!,” whenever a Bulls player hits a three-pointer, and “Bang, down the well it goes!”

Funk’s passion for basketball and sports began as a child. Park School classmate Jay Peacock ’64 says, “Neil excelled at all of them. He was the quarterback of the football team, one of the leading scorers on the basketball team, and he spent a lot of time talking about sports and pretending to be a sportscaster.”

After graduating from Syracuse University, his first broadcasting job was covering high school and college sports for a small radio station in Danville, Illinois.

He quickly moved up the ranks, joining

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the Philadelphia 76ers’ radio broadcasting crew in 1976. After broadcasting for the Kansas City Kings and the New York Nets, Funk returned to Philadelphia in 1982 and became a television broadcaster for the Sixers in 1982. He joined the Bulls in 1991 as a radio play-by-play announcer and was promoted to television in 2008.

Funk said his broadcasting career has enabled him to pursue his passion: “I’m given a blank canvas and I get to paint a picture,” he told those who gathered to honor him at the award dinner.

While working for the Kings, he was named Missouri’s best sports broadcaster three times. He won an Emmy Award in 1989, and also has been awarded the Peter Lisagor Award for Sports Journalism, the Chicago “AIR Award” for Achievement in Radio, and Best Play-by-Play honors from Illinois Radio Network.

At the Distinguished Alumni Awards dinner, Head of School Dr. Matthew Miller presented Funk with a framed award. In his presentation, Miller said, “There’s an important message for all of us in your career: follow your passion. Your ability speaks to the breadth of the Park Tudor experience— academics, athletics and the arts.”

Members of the Class of 1974 enjoyed a lovely outdoor party planned by their class during Alumni Weekend. Jon Toumey, Kim Stickney and Dan Free were among those attending.

Neil Funk ’64 speaks at Woodstock Club after being presented with the 2014 Distinguished Alumni Award on April 25.

Funk and his wife, Renee, live in Chicago. They have a son, William, and four grandchildren.

The first “Park Tudor Classic” 5k race was off and running on Alumni Weekend. More than 80 runners and walkers took part in the April 26th event, which wound through the Park Tudor campus and surrounding neighborhood. Children 12 and under had the opportunity to join in an 800m Fun Run. Proceeds from the run support Park Tudor scholarships.

The Upper School Student Council helped to encourage student participation in the event.

The top three male finishers were Christman Johnson ’16 and parents Bryan Chandler and Randy Irwin. Top female finishers were faculty members Kate Phillips, Lori McIntosh and Sydney Allen ’15. The youngest competitor in the race was Tucker Hawkins ’24.

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Reunion Class Photos

Park School/Tudor Hall Class of 1949 Back row, l to r: Judy Meek Bowes (widow of Robert Bowes II ’49), Charles Culp, Judie Morrison Winchell Front row: Patsy Smith Kennedy, Marjorie Teetor Meyer

Park School/Tudor Hall Class of 1954 L to r: Thomas Howard, Sue Eaglesfield LaFollette, Lisa Miller Crowder, Doug Wade

Park School Class of 1959 L to r: David Spring, Mark Campaigne, Tom Adams, Bill Wishard

Park School Class of 1964 Back row, l to r: Jeff Pferd, Neil Funk, Nathaniel “Batch” Batchelder, Jay Peacock, Bill Turnbull Front row: Art Brown, Bo Reahard, Randy Rogers

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Tudor Hall Class of 1964 Back row, l to r: Debby Test Rempis, Carol Holliday Blew, Kristi Seastrom, Ann Sherwood Hamze, Honey Leas, Jenny Kothe, Diane Wiles Elliot Front row: Jane Jarrell Mallett, Judy Gamble Mainland, Anne Ewing Scheele, Sally Bradley Peacock, Kathryn Bard

Tudor Hall Class of 1969 Back row, l to r: Rita Theadford Offett, Beth Ferrell Jeglum, Debbie Stuart Everett, Debbie Wasden Woodfin Front row: Tina Mark Weldon, Kathy McKinney

Park Tudor Class of 1974 Back row, l to r: John Schmedtje, Steve Giles, Doug Dunn, Chuck Showalter, Steve Robinson, Steve Pettinga Middle row: Bruce Higgins, Charlie Test, Hap Rhodehamel, Jon Toumey, Kurt Pantzer, Anne Cunningham Robinson ’75, Pat Brady Front row: Travis Selmier, Castle McLaughlin, Vicki Travis Tague, Anne Brennan Belden, Amy Collins, Lesle Walker Palmeri, Kim Smith Stickney, Carol Noel

Park Tudor Class of 1979 Back row: Megan Crowell Rhodehamel Front row, l to r: Bill Browning, Mac McLaughlin, William Rhodehamel

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Park Tudor Class of 1984 Back row, l to r: Eric Doninger, Brad Lymburner, Alex Bangs Front row: Jenny Lowe, Beth Ann Kearny, Stacey Strickland

Park Tudor Class of 1989 Back row, l to r: Heather Smith, Jon Teller, Erik Ochsner, Stuart Morton, Jean Feit, Scott Watanabe, Dean Mascher Middle row: Ted Bailey, Jeff Kittle, Allison Turner, Julie Heck, Peter Bodem, Tony Leraris, Bryan Kumler Front row: Jennifer Means Pope, Francie Broadie, Leigh Riley Evans, DeeDee Cranell, Mimi Black Rassi, Erin Riley Leraris, Julie Lapp Stewart

Park Tudor Class of 1994 Back row, l to r: Matt Jay, Sam Hawkins, Blair Clark, Colin Thompson, Andrew Fitzgerald, Chris Comer Middle row: Alexis Craig, Kate Weldy Bailey, Karen Vail Raftery, JJ Canull, Seth Kleiman, Dan Leraris, Spencer Lerch Front row: Alyse Dann Bodine, Emily Ristine Holloway, Libby Knall Ornani, Ashley Nichols Blevins, Sybil Mead, Morgan Peacock Coleman

Park Tudor Class of 1999 L to r: Laura Williams, Alida Malcom Fitzpatrick, Jessica Benson Cox, Cameron Clodfelter, Laura Elder Antrim, Erica Bellamy Christie, Meredith Pallman Reinker, Maria Coleman English

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Alumni Association Board of Directors welcomes new members

The Park Tudor Alumni Association Board of Directors has

elected officers and two new members to serve on the board starting in August 2014. Tony Holton ’06 and Reid Searles ’06 will join the board for a two-year term.

Officers elected for the 2014-2015 school year are: President: Lindsay Elder Thornton ’95 Vice President: Joe Hawkins ’96 Secretary: Matt Kleymeyer ’00 Treasurer: Beth Tolbert Johnson ’03 Past President: Cathy Yingling Chapelle ’87

Park Tudor Class of 2004 Back row, l to r: Adam Mahomed, Carl Eveleigh, David Mossler, Ryan Gershman Front row: Brittany Thomasson Pittman, Hannah Bain, Dana Campbell Redmond

Board members are required to serve one two-year term (with the option of serving a second term), participate in monthly board meetings, serve on at least one alumni committee, be a dues-paying member of the Alumni Association, and support the school’s Annual Fund. The Park Tudor Alumni Board represents the diverse community of Park School, Tudor Hall, and Park Tudor School alumni and carries out the mission and goals of the Alumni Association. Please contact Alumni Board Vice President Joe Hawkins ’96 at joseph.pierce.hawkins@gmail.com to nominate a potential member. Candidates should possess leadership capabilities and be willing to make a strong commitment to the Alumni Association and its projects.

Park Tudor Women’s Network plans upcoming events

The Park Tudor Women’s Network brings women together to

provide connections, learning experiences and opportunities to grow in meaningful ways. All women affiliated with Park Tudor are invited to the following upcoming events:

An Evening with Patricia Miller

Patricia Miller is the co-founder of Vera Bradley, an Indiana design company best known for its patterned bags. She is the grandmother of Jay ’16, Carter ’17 and Emily ’21 Miller.

Thursday, September 18, 2014 7:00 p.m.

Wood Room, Park Tudor Upper School

Holiday Entertaining with Gwen Rogers Park Tudor Class of 2009 Back row, l to r: Joseph Scales, John Arak, Timothy Durham, Elliott Sweeney, Amar Iyengar, Wes Dunn, David Scofield, Paul Dugdale Middle row: Ben Stovall, Michael March, William Hapak, Lauren George, Carly Dean, Kristen Fox, Annie McKown, Cole Sommer, John Wilson, Max Eiteljorg Front row: Lili Eiteljorg, Aaron Cohn, Sara Johnson, Paul Winston, Molly Newell, Lara Naanouh, Knubbe Kunz

Gwen Rogers, a master baker, will open the Cake Bake Shop, a destination for cake, coffee and wine, in August 2014. Gwen and her husband JB Rogers ’83 are the parents of Baxter ’16, Weston ’18 and Drake ’20.

Date TBA - stay tuned for details 6:30 p.m.

Cake Bake Shop, 6515 Carrollton Avenue, Broad Ripple

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Reunion Class Gifts Park School Class of 1939 50 percent participation Dr. Robert Cusack

Mrs. Sandie McConnell Nelson Mrs. Carol Cummings Rogers

Tudor Hall Class of 1939 57 percent participation Mrs. Thelma Sachs Blickman Mrs. Albertine Palmer Shipman Mrs. Helaine Borinstein Simon Ms. Nancy McCown Symmes

Park School Class of 1959 70 percent participation Mr. Thomas Adams Mr. Markham Campaigne Mr. John Carpenter Mr. Robert A. Nelson Mr. David Roberts Mr. David Spring Mr. William N. Wishard III

Tudor Hall Class of 1944 30 percent participation Mrs. Joan Boozer Elder Mrs. Emily Flickinger Kennedy Mrs. Lucy Holliday Wick Tudor Hall Class of 1949 46 percent participation Mrs. Judith Meek Bowes Mrs. Constance Cadick Earle Mrs. Carolyn Easton Friedman Mrs. Patricia Smith Kennedy Mrs. Martha McCord Platt Mrs. Judie Morrison Winchell Park School Class of 1949 100 percent participation Mr. Charles Culp Mr. Joseph Kivett Tudor Hall Class of 1954 36 percent participation Mrs. Eliza Miller Crowder Mrs. Suzanne Lamb Holder Mrs. Susanne Eaglesfield LaFollette Dr. Mary McKibben McCrae Mrs. Sandra Dunbar Paul Park School Class of 1954 100 percent participation Dr. Alan Burke Mr. Thomas Howard Mr. Douglas Wade Tudor Hall Class of 1959 27 percent participation Mrs. Elizabeth Woodard Clark Ms. Lucia Dunbar Ms. Ann Engeler Mrs. Suzanne Chichester Fischer

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Tudor Hall Class of 1964 41 percent participation Dr. Kathryn Bard Mrs. Janet Ayres Carrington Mrs. Pam Rauch Comer Mrs. Diane Wiles Elliot Mrs. Anne Sherwood Hamze Ms. Jennifer Kothe Ms. Honey Leas Mrs. Judy Gamble Mainland Mrs. Jane Jarrell Mallett Mrs. Sally Bradley Peacock Mrs. Anne Ewing Scheele Mrs. Mary Jo Hawk Shaw Mrs. Tatiana Jacques Staats Park School Class of 1964 25 percent participation Mr. Alexander McVie III Mr. John E.D. Peacock Jr. Mr. Ralph Reahard III Mr. Randall Rogers Tudor Hall Class of 1969 32 percent participation Mrs. Lizette Daggett Bennett Mrs. Susan Nunamaker Carr Mrs. Deborah Stuart Everett Mrs. LeAnne Smith Hardy Mrs. Sharon Drach Mangas Mrs. Mary Huber Steuer Ms. Russell Warren Mrs. Tina Mark Weldon Mrs. Debbie Wasden Woodfin Park School Class of 1969 15 percent participation Mr. Jerry Burns Mr. David Evans

Park Tudor Class of 1974 13 percent participation Mr. Steven A Giles Mr. F. Haydon Hapak Mr. Christopher MacAllister Mrs. Lesle Walker Palmeri Mr. Steven Robinson Mrs. Kim Smith Stickney Park Tudor Class of 1979 20 percent participation Mr. Robert Brown Mrs. Cynthia LaFollette Emhardt Mr. Gregory Hartmann Mr. Eugene Leser Ms. Margot McKinney Mr. Harry McLaughlin Jr. Mrs. Megan Crowell Rhodehamel Mr. William A. Rhodehamel Park Tudor Class of 1984 17 percent participation Mr. Alex Bangs Mrs. Susan Novak Buroker Mrs. Heather Hanley Crossin Mr. Eric Doninger Mrs. Stacia Strickland Floberg Dr. Mark Lawlor Ms. Maya Leibman Mr. J. Christopher Sogard Park Tudor Class of 1989 8 percent participation Mr. Andrew T. Kight Mr. Jeff L. Kittle Ms. Heather Louise Smith Mr. Jonathan Teller Mr. John Townsend III Park Tudor Class of 1994 18 percent participation Ms. Ashley Blevins Ms. Alyse Dann Bodine Dr. Catherine Beck Broach Mr. Sam Hawkins Mr. Seth Kleiman Mr. Daniel Leraris Dr. Marquiesa MarreroDuncan Ms. Sybil Mead Mrs. Emily Ristine Holloway Dr. Peter Simmons

Park Tudor Class of 1999 9 percent participation Mrs. Laura Elder Antrim Mrs. Whitney Ford Dick Mrs. Allison Hanna Hnyda Mrs. Carlie Irsay Gordon Ms. Meredith Pallman Reinker Dr. Amanda Reahard Rizzari Mrs. Melanie Tinker Vitalis Park Tudor Class of 2004 6 percent participation Mr. Ryan Gershman Mr. Rowan Hurrell Ms. Katelyn Miner Mr. Ben Shaw Ms. Melissa Tuckman Park Tudor Class of 2009 16 percent participation Mr. Paul Bourdillon Mr. Cameron Cecil Mr. Timothy Durham Mr. James Eiteljorg Ms. Lilianna Eiteljorg Ms. Kristen Fox Ms. Sara Johnson Mr. Alexander MacAllister Ms. Sarah MacPhail Ms. Anna McKown Mr. John McLaughlin Ms. Lara Naanouh Mr. Eric Sabandal Mr. David Scofield Ms. Lindsay Shake Ms. Alyssa Sullivan Ms. Ashley Tambunan

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Distinguished Alumni Awards Call for Nominations

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he Distinguished Alumni Awards Committee invites you to submit a nomination for the Distinguished Alumni Awards. You are encouraged to submit names of Park School, Tudor Hall and/or Park Tudor alumni who you feel merit consideration.

Please consider for nomination:

Indianapolis-area alumni met at one of the city’s newest craft breweries, Indiana City Brewing Co., on May 15 for a tour and tasting at the historic pre-prohibition brewery building.

Eric Gershman ’98, Chris Chabenne ’03 and Jason Gershman ’01 caught up on news while sampling the beers.

Name __________________________________________ Class Year _________ Area of endeavor in which nominee has distinguished himself/herself:

You may attach any other pertinent materials or information regarding your candidate(s).

Nominator (optional) _________________________________ Class Year ______ Return this form by September 4, 2014 to: Development and Alumni Relations Office, Park Tudor School, 7200 N. College Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46240-3016.

Ashley Tambunan ’09, Elliott Sweeney ’09 and Lydia Neubauer ’10 were among the Chicago alumni who attended the PT alumni event in the Windy City on January 30, 2014.

Sam Hawkins ’94 and Sarah Smith Hawkins ’97 catch up with Lower School Director Debbie Dominguez during the Alumni Weekend reception in Clowes Commons.

Alumni studying at Purdue University joined College Counselor Joe Fumusa for a PT alumni event at Bruno’s in West Lafayette on April 15. Left to right: Chris Morgan ’13, Joe Fumusa, Morgan Essex ’11 and Ben Scott ’10.

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New Members of the Planned gift supports Endowment Society German cultural The Endowment Society recognizes our studies at PT Park Tudor family members who have notified us that their estate plans include a gift to the school. There may be others who have made such arrangements but have not told us about them. If you are one of these special people, please notify the school so we may have the opportunity to thank you in advance for your gift and to discuss your wishes for its use. If you wish to remain anonymous, we will keep your name in strict confidence. There is no need to share the amount of the gift, but it is helpful in the school’s long-range planning.

Special thanks to the following new members: Mr. Jeff ’89 and Dr. Jennifer Kittle Mr. and Mrs. William Lawson (Cathy ’72*)

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If you have any questions about the Endowment Society, please contact Gretchen Hueni at 317/ 415-2766, toll-free at 1-888782-5861 or ghueni@parktudor.org.

Wanted: Class Representatives

Richard C. Vonnegut Sr., Park School

Class of 1932, was a frequent visitor to the Park Tudor campus for nearly seven decades following his graduation. When he died in 2008 at the age of 95, Vonnegut left a legacy that continues to support the school. In his will, he endowed a Park Tudor program to support students’ study of German culture.

It’s only natural that Vonnegut felt strongly about German culture. His German ancestors who came to Indianapolis in the 1800s were members of the Freethinkers, a humanist movement that values the development of ideas and opinions based on factual knowledge and scientific and rational thought. A lifelong resident of Indianapolis, Vonnegut was born in 1913. He studied at Cornell University and served with the Coast Guard during WWII, then joined the family business, the Vonnegut Hardware Company, retiring as Secretary-Treasurer.

Vonnegut stayed connected to his German heritage throughout his life. He was a member of the Athenaeum Foundation, the English Speaking Union and the German Heritage Society.

In 2013, the earnings from Vonnegut’s planned gift were used to support the summer Upper School European War History trip led by Social Studies teacher Kathryn Lerch. She notes, “The trip was a wonderful amalgamation of European war history from World War I and II, complemented by a study of German culture—a perfect match for our courses in World Civilization I (European history) and Military History.”

Students prepared and studied particular areas of interest before the trip and shared their knowledge along the route.

Each Park Tudor traveler received a published trip journal compiled by Lerch and made possible by Vonnegut’s gift. The journal includes excerpts from materials in Park Tudor’s Legacy Initiative Project collection: maps from Operation Overlord; oral history accounts from veterans who were at Normandy on D-Day and an interpreter at the Nuremberg Trials; and cultural highlights from Nuremberg, Weimar and Berlin. The journal was published in memory of Richard Vonnegut, and is available for download or hardcopy purchase on blurb.com (search: European War History Trip).

Lerch also has produced another travel journal for this summer’s student trip to Greece and Italy, and has included related background information about the German

The Alumni Association is looking to fill

the following Class Representative positions for classes that will be celebrating a reunion in 2015. Responsibilities include communicating with classmates about upcoming reunion activities and helping to plan an individual activity for your class over the weekend of April 24-25, 2015.

Class representatives are needed for: 1945: Park School 1955: Tudor Hall If you are interested in volunteering or in assisting your class representative in planning your reunion, please contact Gretchen Hueni at ghueni@parktudor.org or 317/415-2766.

A planned gift from Richard Vonnegut ’32 helped to support a European War History summer study trip to Germany, Belgium and France in 2013. Here, students Kevin Freije ’15, Caven Montel ’15, Douglass Boshkoff ’15 and Phillip Barnhard ’15 study the armaments at the tank and military barracks museum in Bastogne, Belgium in June 2013.

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archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann’s excavation of Troy and other Roman sites.

Vonnegut’s gift also supports scholarships for students with financial need on school trips related to German culture.

Gretchen Hueni, Assistant Director of Development, Alumni and Planned Giving, says, “During his lifetime, Richard Vonnegut was generous to Park Tudor in many ways. Through his planned gift, he is continuing to make a mark on our school for generations to come.”

For more information about planned gifts to Park Tudor, visit the “Support PT” section of the Park Tudor website or contact Gretchen Hueni at ghueni@parktudor. org or 317/415-2766.

Save the date for Alumni Weekend 2015

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ttention Classes of 1935, 1940, 1945, 1950, 1955, 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010!

Your reunion celebration will take place on April 24-25, 2015. Please mark your calendar and make plans to attend the celebration.

You will receive additional information about the activities taking place that weekend in the upcoming editions of The Phoenix, email the U.S. mail, the alumni online community and Facebook. If the school does not have your email address, please forward it to Gretchen Hueni at ghueni@parktudor.org to ensure you receive Alumni Weekend announcements.

Archaeologist Dr. Kathryn Bard ’64 spoke to Upper School students about her explorations in Africa and elsewhere. Bard, a Park Tudor Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, is a professor of archaeology at Boston University. She is the recipient of the National Geographic Society’s Chairman’s Award for Exploration and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She was in town for the Class of 1964 reunion and Alumni Weekend.

Retired Social Studies teacher Dr. Eileen Janzen spoke during Alumni Weekend’s “PT University” about writing the biography “Growing to One World: The Life of J. King Gordon,” which was published by the McGillQueen’s University Press last fall. “It was hard to say goodbye to King when I packed up his papers,” she told the audience. She spent more than 15 years working on the biography.

“The secret was that I never got bored with teaching or writing,” she said.

Connect with PT

Stay connected with what’s happening on campus: • Website: parktudor.org • Facebook.com/parktudor • Twitter: @parktudor and @ptpanthers • Youtube.com/parktudor • Instagram: @parktudor

Gathering to sample beers at the Indianapolis alumni event at Indiana City Brewing Company on May 15 were alumni and friends including Pat Coleman ’04 (left) and Brett Mahoney ’03 (right).

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Class Notes Keep your fellow PT alumni up to date

on what’s happening in your life. Submit your news to The Phoenix by sending an email to info@parktudor.org, completing the form on the back cover of this magazine, or completing the form on the Alumni page of the PT website. Deadline for submissions to the Fall 2014 issue is October 1, 2014.

1954 Sue LaFollette writes, “Greetings to all ’54s. Just a note about reunion—Lisa Miller Crowder came from Florida to join me for the Tudor half. Unfortunately, Marcia Lurie, Judy Ballard Johnson and Eileen Post Lowery, who was moving to Florida, were hoping to be with us. It was good to visit with Roseanne Hardin Hall and Judy Howell at the luncheon. Sally Alexander Bean was busy attending two grandchildren’s graduations on opposite coasts. We had one granddaughter’s graduation from DePauw and on to IU Law School. Caroline, a Park Tudor grade, was cum laude in English writing and women’s tennis All-American.

Our last grandchild just finished his first year at PT in eighth grade. Please send any news to Marcia Lurie at m.lurie@sbcglobal.net or to me: Sue LaFollette, 7016 Warwick Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46220.

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Classmates Hap Rhodehamel and Carol Overman were married on December 1, 2012 in Petaluma, CA. Hap says they reconnected eight years ago at the Park Tudor Alumni Weekend celebration. “Kurt Pantzer said, ‘There’s a good band—even though it isn’t our reunion year, why don’t we all go?’” And the rest is history.

• Chuck Black, a physicist developing new ways to engineer materials for energy applications at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, has been honored as an “Inventor of the Year”

by Battelle, the global science and technology organization that, together with Stony Brook University, manages Brookhaven Lab through the company Brookhaven Science Associates. The annual awards recognize individuals who have made significant scientific or engineering contributions with important societal or financial impacts.

Black was honored at a celebration at Battelle’s headquarters in Columbus, Ohio, on May 2.

1979 Angela Holder Ciccolo published her first horror fiction novel, “The Caine File,” in early May 2014. It is now available on Amazon.com in paperback and for Kindle.

The Caine File fuses a real-world examination of sexual abuse within the church within a compelling story of supernatural horror. While genre-defying and highly engrossing, Ciccolo’s narrative leaves readers pondering how much evil in the world is the result of the human condition, and how much spawns from forces beyond anyone’s supposed control. In her professional life, Angela serves as Chief Legal Officer for Special Olympics International in Washington, DC.

• Bob Pockrass, NASCAR writer for “Sporting News,” was named the 2013 National Motorsports Press Association Writer of the Year, winning first-place awards for columns, features and breaking news.

1997 Jennifer Wagner is the Communications Director for Indiana Congressman Andre Carson.

1962 Marsh Hawk Press has just published Mary Mackey’s seventh collection of poetry, “Travelers With No Ticket Home.”

She went on a book tour of the East Coast, launching “Travelers” with a reading at Poets House in New York City in April.

Mary Mackey ’62 Elizabeth Mihalik ’05 married James Clark in Indianapolis on September 28, 2013.

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1999 Ed Carpenter started fifth and led 90 laps to win the Firestone 600K in Fort Worth, TX on June 7, 2014. It was Carpenter’s third career Verizon IndyCar Series victory and the third win for Ed Carpenter Racing.

Carpenter, the Indy 500 pole winner for 2014, suffered a tough late race result at the 500 in May when he was knocked out on lap 175 while running in second place.

He is team owner/driver of the No. 20 Ed Carpenter Racing/Fuzzy’s Ultra Premium Vodka Chevrolet.

2000 Megan Lennon Haring and her husband Duane welcomed their second child, Harper Rose Haring, on May 28, 2014. They live in Spring, TX and Duane works for the Houston Astros.

2004 Kristen McCracken Mott published her first children’s book, “Odie the Stray Kitten,” in October 2013 and is in the process of publishing her second book in the series.

2005 Elizabeth Mihalik Clark and James Clark (son of Barbara Alig Clark ’76) were married September 28, 2013 at the Indiana Landmark Center. Sarah DeVito ’05 and Courtney Rogers ’05 were bridesmaids and Matt Mihalik ’03, brother of the bride, was a groomsman. The couple resides in Seattle, WA, where Elizabeth works for corporate Nordstrom and James works for Aerotek Company.

2006 Nick Perdue graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine on May 10, 2014. He was inducted into the AOA Medical Honor Society. Nick will start his dermatology residency this July at Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis.

Alumni trio nabs Purdue start-up award

Mimir LLC, a student startup headed by three Park Tudor alumni, took top honors

and $5,000 in prize money during “Demo Day” at the inaugural Boiler Mini-Accelerator Competition held April 25 at Purdue University.

Company founders Prahasith Veluvolu ’13, Cobi Petrucciani ’12 and Colton Voege ’13 are all students in the Purdue College of Science. They are commercializing the Mimir Platform, a cloud-based classroom for computing courses that allows instructors to develop and students to complete programming projects and more conventional assignments online. The platform also offers pre-built courses in multiple programming languages.

Mimir LLC is already up and running. Veluvolu serves as CEO and application architect, Petrucciani as VP of backend development, and Voege as VP of frontend development. Veluvolu says he developed the idea for the Mimir platform during his first semester at Purdue after becoming frustrated when grades on homework and projects weren’t returned until after exams.

“Not only did we not get to see our mistakes and improve from them, but… when we did get our assignment returned to us, it was usually just a number with no feedback,” he says. When he talked to teaching assistants, he was surprised to learn that most of the grading for his computer science classes was done manually. He soon learned that the problem wasn’t unique to his own classes, and he began brainstorming a system that could help instructors grade. When he learned about The Boiler startup accelerator, “I quickly made the first prototype of what is now The Mimir Platform as sort of a proof of concept and entered it.

After his application passed the first stage, he recruited PT classmates Petrucciani and Voege to help him develop the platform. “Over the course of the Boiler we got a lot of help and mentorship from both The Anvil and the Purdue Foundry to turn the idea into a company, and Colton, Cobi and I spent a lot of long nights during the semester developing our first version for the finals of The Boiler,” he says.

The team faced some tough competition to take first-place honors. Mike Asem, organizer of the competition and co-founder of the Anvil, a student-run business incubator, noted in a news release announcing the winners, “We started out with nearly 40 student entrepreneur applicants and had a very difficult task of choosing the finalists because of the overall outstanding quality of the submissions.”

The Mimir team beta-tested the system at both Park Tudor and Purdue and has already made sales to instructors at several universities. The trio also is meeting with potential investors and “we hope to close a round of investment in the near future,” Veluvolu says. In addition, Mimir recently became one of the first three teams accepted into The Innovation Showcase to be held in Indianapolis in early July. The team will compete for more than $125,000 in prize money and will have an opportunity to meet with potential investors.

Learn more about Mimir LLC at mimirllc.com.

Prahasith Veluvolu ’13 presents to the judges at the Boiler MiniAccelerator Competition on April 25 at Purdue University as partners Colton Voege ’13 and Jacobi Petrucciani ’12 look on.

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2010 • Caroline Emhardt was named North Coast Athletic Conference women’s tennis Player of the Week for her performance in leading the 12th-ranked Tigers to a win over No. 9 University of Chicago.

• Reggie Nesbit graduated from West Point Military Academy in May and now holds the rank of Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He will spend this summer and the first semester of 2014-15 as a football coach at West Point, then will be stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia.

• Alex Sventeckis, a former Brain Game team member, was a contestant in the Jeopardy! College Championship representing Ball State University on February 14, 2014.

After years of taking the online test and then passing through the second-round tryout in Nashville, TN, he finally made it all the way to Sony Studios in Culver City, CA to show his knowledge on the big screen.

• Ross Urbahns has been elected to membership in The National Society of Collegiate Scholars at Southern Methodist University. It is the nation’s only interdisciplinary honors organization for first- and second-year college students; membership is based on grade-point average and class standing.

Marriages 2013 • Vanessa Gehring was featured in the Student Spotlight in INscope, a weekly newsletter from the Indiana University School of Medicine, in January. She is double majoring in biology and voice at Jacobs School of Music in a special degree program that lets her combine music and an outside field of her choice. She spent three months as a lab intern at the Glick Eye Institute during the summer of 2013.

• Allison Hanna ’99 to David Hnyda in November 2013.

• Ashley Oldham ’04 to Neil S. Pritchard on May 31, 2014.

• Elizabeth Mihalik Clark ’05 to James Clark (son of Barbara Alig Clark ’76) on September 28, 2013.

• Andy Marra ’06 to Molly Bodner on March 29, 2014.

Congratulations (Births, Adoptions)

The two Alexes: Trebek and Sventeckis ’10

• To Hilary Renihan Heffernan ’96 and her husband, Mike, on the birth of Owen Robert Heffernan on October 14, 2013.

Reggie Nesbit ’10, who recently graduated from West Point, is in the unusual position of being saluted by his father, Reginald. Reggie, a Second Lieutenant, now outranks his father, who is a Sergeant First Class (R) in the US Army.

• Derek Reinbold received the prestigious NCAA Elite 89 Award for Men’s Tennis.

A senior at Case Western Reserve University and captain of the men’s tennis team, Derek’s team advanced to the DIII championships. The Elite 89 Award is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade point average participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA’s 89 championships. Derek graduated with a 4.0 GPA with three undergraduate degrees in art history, international studies and political science, is currently a Rhodes Scholar candidate and plans to work in politics.

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• To Cara Young Barretto ’94 and her husband, Rick, and former Head of School George Young and his wife, Joan, on the birth of daughter and granddaughter Hope Barretto on March 24, 2014.

• To Matt Nordby ’97 and his wife, Jessica, on the birth of Sophia Cheryl Nordby on April 26, 2014.

• To Marne Baumeister Burkett ’98 and her husband, Jeff, on the birth of twins Madison Grace and Wyatt Joseph Burkett on April 16, 2013.

• To Megan Lennon Haring ’00 and her husband, Duane, and Athletic Director Brad Lennon and his wife, Anne, on the birth of daughter and granddaughter Harper Rose Haring on May 28, 2014.

Derek Reinbold ’10

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• To Alison Blickman Lazin ’02 and her husband, Jamie, on the birth of Olivia Lazin on October 20, 2013.

• To Kristen McCracken Mott ’04 and her husband, Philip, on the birth of Noah Michael Mott on December 3, 2013.

• To Upper School English teacher Laura Gellin and her husband, Scott Luter, on the birth of Elliot Grey on March 19, 2014.

Deaths • Maureen Potlizer Glazer ’34 on February 26, 2014.

• William R. Higgins Jr. ’41, former Park Tudor history and economics teacher, on April 29, 2014.

• Philippe VanDyke Moore ’44 in February 2014.

• Edward “Jack” Bennett ’50 on February 7, 2014.

• John Hicks ’64 on February 5, 2011.

• Technical Theatre Director Rob Hueni on June 2, 2014.

• Former Park Tudor Latin and etymology teacher Betsy McLean on April 24, 2014.

• Former Tudor Hall and Park Tudor women’s athletic director, physical education teacher and coach Jane Trotter on February 12, 2014.

Condolences • To Alex Rogers ’61 on the death of his wife, Sherry Rogers, on March 11, 2014.

• To Bruce ’74, Will ’74, Jeff ’80 and Ross Higgins ’80 on the death of their father, William R. Higgins Jr. ’41 on April 29, 2014.

• To Robert Walsman ’75 on the death of his mother, Betty Walsman, on March 10, 2014.

• To Edward Bennett ’78, Tamara Bennett Dommemuth ’79 and Amy Bennett Vansoelen ’84 on the death of their father, Edward “Jack” Bennett ’50, on February 7, 2014.

• To Margot McKinney ’79 on the death of her mother, Alice McKinney, on May 12, 2014.

• To Margaret McLean Kennedy ’89, Robb McLean ’91 and Mary McLean Watkins ’94 on the death of their mother, Betsy McLean, on April 24, 2014.

• To Matthew Larkin ’91 and Jonathan Donovan ’93 on the death of their mother, Sandra Donovan, on March 14, 2014.

• To Molly Foglesong ’93 and John Foglesong ’98 on the death of their grandmother, Charlotte Hilmer, on February 17, 2014.

• To Brooke Steichen ’96 and Jimbo Steichen ’99 on the death of their father, James Steichen, on May 22, 2014.

• To Anne Hankey Forman ’98 and Emily Hankey ’03 on the death of their mother, Elizabeth Hankey, on June 2, 2014.

• To Upper School Counselor Joan Grinkmeyer on the death of her father, Edward M. Noonan, on February 24, 2014.

• To Associate Director of Alumni Relations Gretchen Hueni and Caroline ’23 and Robert ’26 Hueni on the death of her husband and their father, Rob Hueni, on June 2, 2014.

• To Director of Safety and Security David Kaszko on the death of his mother, Emma Kaszko, on March 11, 2014.

• To Associate Head of School for Academic Affairs Peter Kraft, his wife Kim, and Gabrielle Kraft ’23, on the death of their father-in-law, stepfather and grandfather, Dan Kirk, on May 9, 2014.

• To Head of School Matthew Miller, his wife Mia, and Sophia ’18 and Grayson ’21 Miller, on the death of their mother, mother-in-law and grandmother, Susan S. Miller, on March 8, 2014.

• To Lower School teaching assistant Cassandra Neal on the death of her father, Ned Brown, on April 1, 2014, and her mother, Margaret Brown, on May 8, 2014.

• To Alex ’98, Patrick ’00 and Olivia Taurel ’06 on the death of their mother, Kathryn Taurel, on February 4, 2014.

• To Drew Elliott ’99 on the death of his mother, Jannette Elliott, on February 12, 2014.

• To B.J. ’01 and Timothy Durham ’09 on the death of their grandfather, Beurt SerVaas, on February 3, 2014.

• To David ’12 and Matthew Kilkenny ’14 on the death of their grandfather, Harry Duane Bailey, on April 19, 2014.

• To Maintenance Specialist Tamie Crowe on the death of her mother, Diane Wood.

• To Upper School history teacher Sven Dubie, Lower School teacher Cammy Dubie, and Peter ’22 and Miles Dubie ’27, on the death of their father, father-in-law, and grandfather, Richard Dubie, on March 28, 2014.

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Honorary and Memorial Gifts

Received January 23 through June 2, 2014 Gifts in honor of …

Mrs. Gina Bremner Mr. Mark Mulcahy ’03 Mr. Joseph Chamberlin Ms. Ellen L. Grein ’10

Tudor Hall Class of 1954 Mr. Gerry and Mrs. Susanne LaFollette (Sue Eaglesfield ’54) Tudor Hall Class of 1969 Dr. and Mrs. Michael D. Mangas (Sharon Drach ’69)

Mrs. Cynthia Eiteljorg Mr. James Eiteljorg ’09

Gifts in memory of…

Mr. Jim Foxlow Mr. Thomas B. Adams ’59 Mr. and Mrs. William N. Wishard (Bill ’59)

Mrs. Diana Hutchison Baker ’69 Mrs. Lizette Daggett Bennett ’69 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Everett (Debbie Stuart ’69*) Mr. and Mrs. C. Daniel Woodfin (Deborah Wasden ’69)

Mr. Neil Funk III ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Marvin H. Glick Mr. Anthony A. Holds ’93 Captain and Mrs. James H. Holds Olivia Klein ’16 Mrs. Barbara F. Klein Colina Miroff ’22 Mr. Franklin I. Miroff and Dr. Susan Maisel-Miroff Isaac Miroff ’23 Mr. Franklin I. Miroff and Dr. Susan Maisel-Miroff Mr. Paul D. Nordby Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Nordby (Matt ’97) Natalie Odmark ’17 Jim and Bonnie Shute Theresa Odmark ’15 Jim and Bonnie Shute Cooper Ramsey William and Susan Powers Mrs. Bonnie Stewart Mr. and Mrs. B.A. Bridgewater Mr. Royce D. Thrush Mr. Joseph Kivett ’49

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Mr. Edward Bennett ’50 Mr. and Mrs. James A. Hogshire III (Jim ’50) Florence Binford Mrs. Emily Flickinger Kennedy ’44 Mrs. Debra C. Burns Mr. John Burns ’69 Mr. Charles DeVoe ’48 Mr. Frederick F. Marston ’48 Mrs. Lynn Wilson Mrs. Judie Morrison Winchell ’49 Mrs. Sallie Haueisen Eaglesfield ’19 Mr. Gerry and Mrs. Susanne LaFollette (Sue Eaglesfield ’54) Mr. William Elder ’40 Mr. and Mrs. Brian Sweeney (Cindy Goeke ’84) Mrs. Jannette Elliott Mr. and Mrs. David N. Shane

Miss Marjorie Flickinger ’40 Mrs. Emily Flickinger Kennedy ’44 Mrs. Vena Geller Jennifer Noble Kothe ’64 Mr. William Higgins ’41 Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Robinson Mr. David Horine ’65 Mr. David K. Easlick ’65 Ms. Emilie Lamb Massette ’56 Mr. and Mrs. Herbert G. Bussa (Nancy Kernahan ’56) Mrs. Linda Hamilton McLaughlin ’43 Mr. and Mrs. Bruce W. Galbraith Mr. H. Roll McLaughlin, FAIA Mr. and Mrs. Harry R. McLaughlin (Mac ’79; Margo Raikos ’81) Mr. John Megenhardt ’65 Mr. David K. Easlick ’65 Mrs. Susan Miller Hon. and Mrs. Alex Azar II The Gardner Family Mr. and Mrs. John Hammer William V. and Catherine W. Lawson (Cathy Wood ’72*) Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lucas Mr. and Mrs. James Seymour Ms. Patricia Moore ’65 Mr. David K. Easlick ’65 Mr. Kenton Morse ’64 Dr. Kathryn A. Bard ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Issami Hamze (Ann Sherwood ’64)

Mr. John Esterline III ’53 Mr. and Mrs. Philip A. Whitesell (Philip ’53)

Mr. Baxter S. Rogers ’59 Reverend C. Davies Reed Colonel Torrence ’56 and Dr. Lynette Rogers

Mrs. Patricia DePrez Ewing ’36 Mr. and Mrs. Roderick Scheele (Anne Ewing ’64)

Mr. Frederick Ropkey ’48 Mr. Frederick F. Marston ’48 Mrs. Lynn Wilson

Class Notes Summer 2014 Park Tudor School

I. Hilda Stewart Mr. and Mrs. William Weinhardt (Sandra ’58) Miss Jane Trotter Ms. Carole Diane Roe Mrs. Billie Lou Wood Mr. and Mrs. Jason Groves (Emily Hebert ’93*) Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Hebert Ms. Lisa A. Hendrickson ’77 and Mr. John Whalen Mr. J. William Kingston Mr. and Mrs. William H. Noel (Bill ’72)

Thank a Teacher

Mr. Christopher Holobek Dr. and Mrs. Darin Dill

Mr. Ryan Ritz Mr. Cameron Cecil ’09

Mr. Rob C. Hueni Anonymous Ms. Grace Barlow ’11 Ms. Sara Johnson ’09 Ms. Madalyn Vonderohe ’12

Mr. Toby Rogers Mr. David Quigley ’03

Mr. Clifford A. Hull Drs. Carlos and Ruth Gimeno

Ms. Heather Wiley Dr. and Mrs. Darin Dill

Mr. Jeffrey R. Johnson Mr. Frank Hrisomalos ’02

Mr. John R. Williams Dr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Ferrara Dr. and Mrs. Matthew H. French (Matthew ’87) Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Lanham Mr. and Mrs. Eugene H. Leser (Geno ’79) Mr. Eric Sabandal ’09

Mr. David B. Malcom Mr. Mark Mulcahy ’03

Mr. Mark Dewart Mr. Frank Hrisomalos ’02

Ms. Margo McAlear Ms. Alexandra Janin ’12

Mr. Joseph K. Fumusa Mr. Richard Hall ’03

Mrs. Lori McIntosh Dr. and Mrs. Darin Dill

Dr. Jan Guffin Mr. Jamie Butler ’03 Mr. and Mrs. Blake Elder (Blake ’03) Mr. William Lawson ’00 and Mrs. Stephanie Goodrid Lawson ’00 Mr. and Mrs. Jamie Lazin (Allison Blickman ’02)

Mr. Paul D. Nordby Mr. Mark Mulcahy ’03

Ms. Marilyn Weiss Anonymous

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Ms. Jamie Ritter Ms. Darah S. Watson

Members of the Class of 2014 wait for commencement ceremonies to begin on June 1. Left to right: Evan Sumner, Alexus Sims-Barnes, Abbi Miller, Logan Abernathy, Cassie Shado, Michelle Lucas and Eric Sutton.

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