2014-2015 Rarebits, Annual Report

RAREBITS RUMSEY HALL SCHOOL | ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015

Dorm Carnival Slip ‘N Slide—Spring 2015

RAREBITS Annual Report 2014-15 MISSION Rumsey Hall School is committed to a whole child approach to education and believes that teaching academics and teaching an attitude of mind are of equal importance. The School emphasizes effort as a criterion for success and is dedicated to helping each child develop toward his or her maximum stature as an educated person, a successful member of a family and a contributing member of a community.

Rumsey Hall School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion or disability in admission or employment in its programs and activities.

COVER Students gather by the flagpole for one final Rumsey cheer after Commencement.

BACK COVER Students from the Class of 2015 gather after painting Senior Rock

Director of Development

Photo Contributors

Carol M­­axwell P ’07, ’09, ’15, ’17

Special thanks to Phil Dutton

Director of Communication Jessica Lewis Design and Layout Copy Editor Ashley Farmen P ’97, ’99 Alumni Coordinator Jordan Leventhal ‘05 Administrative Assistant to Development Trish Silvernail

and Rumsey Faculty, Staff, Parents and Students who contributed photographs.

Rumsey Hall School 201 Romford Road Washington, CT 06794 860.868.0535 www.rumseyhall.org

Annual Report 2014-2015 contents 2 115th Commencement Exercises 8 Happenings Around Campus 11 LETTERS

Board Chair Jon D. Neuhaus ‘87 Headmaster Thomas W. Farmen P ‘97, ‘99

12 Department Reports 13 Spring Sports 16 In Their Own Words—78 seniors from the graduating Class of 2015 reveal what they will miss most about Rumsey

21 Board of Trustees News 22 The Endowment Delivers

New programs promote innovation

24 Lillias Rumsey Sanford—Her Boys Were Numbered in the Hundreds 26 Annual Giving Report 2014-2015 40 Planned Gifts Today 41 Class Notes 49 Faculty Profiles

Rick Butler P ‘20, ‘23 Jennifer Kolpak P ‘13, ‘15, ‘17

51 Alumni Reunion 2015 54 Spring Student Art Show 56 Lower School Student Council 58 Faculty & Staff Art Show 59 Lopez Low Foundation Enrichment Program/Faculty Notes 60 Upcoming Events

BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2015-2016 Chairman Jon D. Neuhaus ’87 Vice Chairman Nicholas N. Solley ’64 Headmaster Thomas W. Farmen P ’97, ’99 James Baker IV P ’10 Mary Barbour P ’14 Gary Cole P ’01 Tina Couch ’94 Gretchen Farmer P ’99, ’02 Dennis Fulling P ’16, ’16

Louis Gardella ‘72, P ’09, ‘09 Frank Gavel ’78, P ’13, ’15 Thomas Gordon ’82, P ‘14 Dian Griesel P ’15, ’19 Craig Henrich P ’13, ‘14 Loren Kagan ‘01 Alexandra Murphy ‘00 James J. Pates Jr. ’47, P ’86 Rosemary Sagar P ‘15, ‘17 Thomas Sheehy III P ’00 Elizabeth Schereschewsky ’56 Stout Everett Smith III P ’04, ’05 Monica Vogelstein P ’14

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115th Commencement Exercises On June 6, 2015, Headmaster Tom and Ashley Farmen led the traditional procession to the tent on the Paul Lincoln Cornell Athletic Field where 78 graduating Seniors received their diplomas at the 115th Commencement Exercises.

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“Rumsey Hall chose you as much as you chose Rumsey.”

—Commencement Speaker Charles Porter ‘94

Senior Class 2015

Commencement Awards The Edward B. Whitney Prize for Excellence in Declamation Miles Reines ‘15 The Prize for Neatness in School Work Upper Forms: Sawyer Raith ‘15 Lower Forms: Katharine Benson ‘19 The Annual Dining Hall Prefect Award

Samantha Warren ‘15 The Prize for the Greatest Improvement in Scholarship Dasha Arthur ’15 The Richard M. Wachcic Junior Athletic Award Mary Houldin ‘18 Gavin Brown ‘18 The Charlotte Underwood Library Award Jonas Schemm ‘17 The Prize for the Best All-Around Male and Female Athletes Isabella DeLuca ‘15 Max Cotier ‘15 The Prize for Boarding Scholars with the Best Conduct Record Elizabeth Rutledge ‘15 Ryan Godfrey ‘15 The Prize for the Greatest Improvement in Athletics Caronique Campbell ‘15 Levi Mercier ‘15

The Cody Montana ‘08 Memorial ‘Paddle Out’ Award Antonio Correa ‘15 The Prize for Outstanding ScholarAthlete Grace Federle ‘15 Peter Kenerson ‘15 The David Loyd Memorial Prize Wenwei ‘Mary’ Su ‘15

The Award for Excellence Tabor Kiyoshi Wanag ‘15 The Marjorie Hull Barr Prize Sawyer von Jess ‘19 The John F. Schereschewsky Jr. ‘47 Memorial Award Mason von Jess ‘16 The Gabriella Bass ‘94 Art Award Alex Cohen ‘15

The Lawrence Larkin ‘16 Computer Achievement Award Evan Carpenter ‘15

The Rose Algrant Memorial Scholarship Award Shealyn Kennedy ‘16

The J. Mitchell Magnoli ‘77 Memorial Award Margaret Ryan ‘16 The Scott Evans Seibert ’92 Memorial Scholarship Jamel Smith ‘16 The Faculty Cup Shunsuke Sano ‘15 The Memorial Award Mimi Dattilo ‘15 The Duff Community Service Cup Sydney Lerz ‘15 The Alfred L. Hart II ‘65 Fine Arts Prize Chloe Lo Faro ‘15

The Henry B. Van Sinderen Memorial Award Coleby Bunnell ‘16 Prize for Perseverance and Worthy Endeavor

Ellyn Fritz ‘15 Award for Leadership Eleni Kolpak ‘15 Award for Merit Riley Burns ‘15

Headmaster’s Cup Rebecca Gavel ‘15

The Ryan J. Whelan ‘89 Memorial Scholarship Prize Sage Valente ‘15

Students sing Land of Hope and Glory at the 2015 Commencement Exercises

The Clef Club performs The Old Bell on the Hill at Commencement

78 Graduates Matriculate to 33 Secondary Schools Asheville School, NC Avon Old Farms, CT (2) Berkshire School, MA (3) Blair Academy, NJ (2) Canterbury School, CT (10) Carol Morgan School, Dominican Republic Choate Rosemary Hall School, CT Cushing Academy, MA Deerfield School, MA (2) Dublin School, NH (2) Emma Willard School, NY Ethel Walker School, CT Forman School, CT The Gunnery, CT (7) Hoosac School, NY Hotchkiss School, CT (2) Kent School, CT (2) Kimball Union Academy, NH (2) Lawrence Academy, MA Lawrenceville School, NJ (2) Loomis Chaffee School, CT (2) Mercersburg Academy, PA (2) Miss Hall’s School, MA Northfield Mt. Hermon School, MA Phillips Academy, Andover, MA Phillips Exeter Academy, NH Pomfret School, CT (3) St. Andrew’s School, DE Salisbury School, CT (3) Suffield Academy, CT (2) Taft School, CT (4) Vermont Academy, VT Westminster School, CT (4)

Senior Rebecca Gavel, recipient of the Headmaster’s Cup, with her cousin Charlie Webb ‘15 and brother Thomas Gavel ‘13

Senior Charter Members who began their Rumsey careers in the Lower School, gather with the Kindergarten class under the Rumsey Bell.

THE LEADERSHIP BATON

At Rumsey Hall, the passing of the red and white ribbon baton symbolically ensures the School’s leadership. Trust is placed in those elected to receive the highly regarded baton to create the right tenor and direction for the leaders of the School, the Senior Class.

This tradition, started by Headmaster John F. Schereschewsky Sr., dates to the early 1960s.

Each Spring, Senior Committee members convene to determine those VIth Form students who best embody leadership qualities. This year, the committee endorsed eleven students from the rising Senior Class at the Baton Ceremony held in the Maxwell A. Sarofim ’05 Performing Arts Center.

VIth Form Baton winners Front Row: Miles Wotorson, Mayela Lumban-Gaol, Shealyn Kennedy, Kelsey Allen, Maggie Ryan, Michael Fulling Back Row: Brad Ellis, Jamel Smith, Mason von Jess, Tommy Mullin, and Coleby Bunnell

COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS

CHARLES PORTER ’94

Message to the Seniors, Excerpt from his Remarks When you face death you become totally exposed. There is nothing to hide behind except for your character.

“Rumsey Hall chose you as much as you chose Rumsey. When you interviewed here and went through the application process the School looked not just for grades, they looked for something special, so special it cannot be seen. It’s felt. Rumsey brings in people who they feel will make the world a better place.

Do not put limitations on yourself. Be curious. Never quit. The true measure of a man or woman is their character when faced with challenges. If you hold within the values of Honesty, Kindness and Respect you’ll have great character. I said earlier that my best work came during my battle with cancer. It’s because when you face death you become totally exposed. There is nothing to hide behind except for your character. I had so many supporters in my journey through athletics, entertainment and now disease because I’ve always tried to be honest, kind and respectful. You too have been inspired with this spirit and Rumsey Hall is expert at cultivating it. I am Rumsey. We are Rumsey. Believe in Yourself.”

INES BU ’15

Class Speaker, Excerpt from her Remarks We Don’t Quit “As a child, one of the greatest feelings of accomplishment is felt during that one second we manage to stay on a bike without training wheels. You feel proud, overjoyed, thrilled as if you are the queen, the wind blowing your hair back in slow motion just as you see in movies.

That is what we feel here. When you fall off, you just have to get back on and try again until you finally get it. There are two types of people; those who smile and get back up to go for it once more, and those who throw their bikes to the side. If you’re truly one of us, you get back on your bike as if nothing happened. We don’t quit. We only try harder and we only get better.

Soon we are off to start new adventures at new schools. We will be riding bigger, faster bikes on steeper hills and longer roads. We leave our tricycles and training wheels behind. But every time we find a new road, we will never forget where it was and who taught us how to sit up tall on the seat.

On behalf of my classmates: Thank you parents, teachers and friends for all of your sacrifice and encouragement. Congratulations to the Class of 2015. Good luck, never forget there are lots of people supporting you and always remember – believe in yourself and don’t give up.”

HEADMASTER TOM FARMEN

Excerpt from his Remarks to the Graduates The aim is to get better at life, isn’t it?

“One of the dangerous things about decision making is that we all go on autopilot sometimes, assuming that we will naturally use good judgment. I mean, none of us wake up in the morning and say, “I wonder what bad choices I’ll make today.” We’re usually cruising on autopilot. Avoid going on autopilot, especially with decisions or choices dealing with relationships. Be especially conscious and thoughtful of your relationship decisions.

Life isn’t always defined by your ability to make good decisions. More often it’s defined by how you handle the consequences of bad decisions, by what you learn. It can be painful, but each time you realize you’ve made a poor decision be sure to process what you’ve learned.

Thoughtfully process the experience and acknowledge the wisdom you are gaining. Store it away for next time. If you do, you’ll get better at life. And that’s the aim, isn’t it?”

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SENIOR DINNER AT THE HEADMASTER’S HOUSE

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VARSITY ATHLETIC BANQUET

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1. Charlie Reycroft ‘16, Trevor Siemon ‘16, Faculty Member Phil Perreault P ‘24, Gabriel Liu ‘16, Michael Fulling ‘16, Neil van der Merwe ‘16, Patrick Fulling ‘16 and Ilya Prasolov ‘16 2. Seniors Mary Su, Dasha Arthur, Sydney Lerz and Stella Klingebiel 3. Seniors Carlos Fernandez, Ines Bu, Chloe Lo Faro and Miles Reines 4. Shaina Fuente ‘17, Alex-Marie Ford ‘16, Mayela Lumban-Gaol ‘16, Maggie Ryan ‘16, Faculty Member Eli Moore Back row: Sawyer Raith ‘15, Faculty Member Kath Surbey and Louise van Tartwijk ‘16

HAPPENINGS

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1. Shealyn ‘16 and Quinn ‘22 Kennedy with their mother on Spring Parents’ Day 2. Upper School Boys’ Book Club discussion during Book Fest ‘15 3. Naivee Ni ‘16, Mariano Osorio ‘16 and William Huang ‘16 with the small vehicle they built powered by mouse traps and rubber bands in their science class 4. Author Alex London (kneeling front) with Upper School Students during a visit to campus to discuss his books 5. Upper School Students enjoy cupcakes decorated with fig newton books and jelly book worms made by CulinArt for Book Fest ‘15. 6. Spectators gather by the Bantam River at the finish line for the Annual Duck Derby during Spring Parents’ Day.

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7. Ist Form Students Bunny Borzilleri, Eagan Pennington and Luke Lombardi mulching the gardens on Treasure Island during Earth Day. 8. The Grumbling Gryphons Traveling Children’s Theater visited campus to perform “The Ghost Net: An Environmental Musical of the Sea” in honor of Earth Day. 9. Headmaster Tom Farmen in the dunk tank during Dorm Carnival 10. Geometry Classes constructed a giant Sierpinski pyramid displayed in the foyer of the Dane W. Dicke Family Math Building. 11. Students paint Senior Rock alongside the Bantam River 12. Upper School Students at The Silo Gallery, New Milford, CT during a student art show spearheaded by Fine Arts Department Chair Tyler Farmen ‘97. 13. IVth and Vth Form Students handling artifacts from the Far North at the “90-North” presentation on Earth Day.

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14. ESL students prepare a dinner at the Headmaster’s House. 15. Lower School Students at Tang Soo Do Grading in the Spring. 16. IInd Form Students Erin Butler and Alexis Aita during a fencing competition in the Blue Dog Gymnasium. 17. Class of 2015 students on a hike during Senior Weekend at Camp Hi-Rock in the Berkshire Mountains, MA. 18. Executive Assistant Julie Fredlund throws the ceremonial first pitch at the start of the Varsity Baseball Season.

19. Lower School Student Patrick Lufkin ‘24 reads a poem he wrote for his father during a Lower School Poetry Reading on Treasure Island. 20. Lower Division Dorm Cup winners—White House 21. Upper Division Dorm Cup Winners—South Dorm 22. Natalie Klemm ‘23 with her grandmother and her sister on the 50th Anniversary of Grandparents’ and Special Friends’ Day 23. Lower Boat Regatta medal winners Jack You ‘16, Mason von Jess ‘16, Lily Mandl ‘15, Riley Burns ‘15 and CJ DeLuca ‘16 at Lake Waramaug, CT

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Letters The Passing of the Baton

A Celebrated Rumsey Tradition, by Board Chair Jon D. Neuhaus ’87

Each May, the Senior Committee passes on the ‘Baton of Leadership’ to VIth Form Students. In June, graduates enter the ranks of our celebrated Alumni. Recently a new Senior Class returned to the Rumsey campus to lead a vibrant student body. A dedicated Faculty, Staff and Administration who have co-developed and passed on Rumsey’s traditions, will contribute to the experience of returning and new students and families.

This year brings a unique ‘passing of the baton.’ After 31 years leading the School, Tom and Ashley will soon pass the baton of leadership to a new Head of School. The Board shares your desire to celebrate Tom and Ashley’s indelible accomplishments at Rumsey. At the same time, we are committed to choosing the next Head of School thoughtfully and expeditiously, for a smooth and successful transition.

Everett Smith P ’04, ’05 successfully served as Board Chair for four years. During his tenure the School continued its advancement in the midst of challenging global financial conditions. His inclusive leadership style reflects Rumsey values and encourages active Board participation for the betterment of Rumsey. As I succeed Everett, it is comforting to know he remains on the Board to assist with the transition.

Serving as the Board Chair is a humbling and exciting enterprise.

Being the first Alumnus of Rumsey to hold this responsibility is quite an honor. Friends and colleagues in California ask me, “How can you make this commitment that requires frequent cross-country trips?”

After sharing Rumsey stories that emanate from the School’s values and my cherished memories, they understand. The positive impact Rumsey continues to have on my life is readily apparent. My brother and sister graduated from Rumsey, my father served at the School and other family members were happily involved. Returning to Rumsey, to my hometown of Washington, was a baton pass I could not pass-up. I benefitted from the generosity of others while attending Rumsey and it’s important to pass that on.

Rumsey is in a unique and fortunate position. Our community has developed a culture and experience second to none. The broad-based, loyal support from the Rumsey Family has allowed the School to make unprecedented capital improvements and strengthen its financial foundation. Last year Rumsey graduated the largest Senior Class in its history. This year a new group of student leaders step to the fore, eager to inherit the mantle of leadership and define their own path. Our low attrition among students, teachers and administrators is envied by peer institutions and secondary schools, alike. This also strengthens the School culture as we welcome a full enrollment of new families to Rumsey.

Thank you for your continued dedication to Rumsey. Please know that with all of the exciting improvements we make, our values will remain front and center. Our shared commitment to the core values of Honesty, Kindness and Respect and the traditions of Effort, Family and Community ensures that as the baton passes from one Head of School to another, from one Senior Class to the next and from the extended School Family to Rumsey’s new families, we will remain true to our core mission.

Transition

The Board Will Get this Right, by Headmaster Tom Farmen There are countless ways to measure the strength of a school. The two most important statistics, from my perspective, are attrition and yield.

We live in a data driven world, and the craftiest analysts can make numbers reinforce any message. Retention and yield tell us two things: do we meet or exceed expectations and does our mission and program attract appropriate families and students? This past year our retention, the re-enrollment of eligible students, was exemplary at 93%. The yield of accepted students was 74%.

Why such impressive numbers in these categories? School culture.

School culture is a simple concept to understand, but a complicated thing to implement and sustain. A school’s culture is established over years, compounded and magnified by faculty, staff, students and families who believe in and carry out the School’s mission with passion. At Rumsey, we believe this is the best place for students to spend their formative years. Consider this: our teachers average 15 years at Rumsey Hall and administrators average 25 years at the School. That high level of ownership separates Rumsey Hall from peer institutions and strengthens connections with Alumni.

This stability also ensures smooth transitions, whether it’s the replacement of a popular young faculty member heading off to graduate school or the election of a new Board of Trustees Chairperson. A strong culture makes decision making clearer and easier. Successions in a school with a distinct culture make sense and are appropriately seamless.

Thirty-two years ago Lou Magnoli lovingly handed me the keys to the Rumsey engine. Lou’s hands came off the wheel and mine went on. There was little fanfare or disruption.

Rumsey remained Rumsey. It was a smooth transition.

We are currently in the early stages of another transition of leadership. This forward looking exercise will bring out the very best in our School while providing fresh perspectives for new opportunities. The process is exciting, and at the same time reassuring. We have a strong Board of Trustees made up of Alumni, Current Parents and Past Rumsey Parents.

They will get this right and Rumsey’s advancement will continue as its roots grow deeper.

Usually I end the Annual Report letter by saying, ‘I look forward to sharing more good news in the future.’ Next year that joy and privilege will pass to a new Head of School. At the beginning of our final year, Ashley and I thank you for the many ways you have helped Rumsey during our time as caretakers of the School.

Yours for Rumsey,

Annual Report 2014-15

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Department Reports Admission

Secondary School Placement

Assistant Headmaster/Director of Admission Matt Hoeniger ‘81, P ‘11, ‘15

Assistant Headmaster/Director of Secondary School Placement Fran Ryan P ‘12 ‘16

The Rumsey Family Continues to Thrive

Senior Class Moves Forward

Families visiting Rumsey’s beautiful campus experience our dynamic School culture and see firsthand the passion, dedication and longevity of our Faculty. These key factors resulted in a sustained enrollment of over 333 students at the opening of school. Success in our Admission Office is the result of a collective effort by Students, Faculty and Staff, Current and Past Parents, Alumni, educational consultants and Friends of the Rumsey family. We are grateful for that ongoing support.

The landscape of secondary school admission grows more and more complex each year with many factors affecting admission outcomes. Affordability and globalization continue to provide admission directors with delicate balancing acts of meeting the mission goals of their schools and sustaining enrollments.

Students in the Class of 2015 were guided by strong, talented faculty mentors as they created extraordinary opportunities in their secondary school searches.

We are thankful to all who have helped promote this special place.

Seventy-eight students earned diplomas in 2015, the largest graduating class in the School’s history. The challenge this presented to the Admission Office was embraced enthusiastically, and in September there were no empty seats at the first Morning Meeting. Dormitories are full and the Lower School now enrolls an all time high of 87 students.

Our full enrollment is the result of single digit attrition of existing students and an uncommonly high 74% yield of accepted candidates. Current students come from 15 states, 17 countries and 26 surrounding towns. Thirty-five percent of our students benefit from the $1.15 of financial aid that was awarded to families who applied and qualified for assistance.

Guided by strong, talented faculty mentors, graduates create extraordinary opportunities in their secondary school searches.

In an endorsement of Rumsey Hall’s program and the candidates we offer, over forty secondary school admission representatives from schools around the country and world visited campus to meet our Seniors. Schools seek out Rumsey Hall’s VIIth Formers/9th Graders for their accomplishments in leadership, scholarship, citizenship, the arts and athletics. Rumsey applicants are highly regarded by admission committees as confident, well-prepared students who are eager to take on new challenges.

I travel to dozens of schools each year to visit our Alumni, sustain strong relationships with admission directors and maintain a current understanding of each school’s culture. These visits reaffirm that our Alumni distinguish themselves in their secondary schools and affirm the value of their preparation at Rumsey.

In line with the mission goals of our school, Rumsey graduates are active, nimble, productive members of our global society with extraordinary experiences and life skills providing the background for their successes. While the world continues to change at a rapid pace, our Alumni are well equipped to solve problems, extending Honesty, Kindness and Respect in all their encounters.

Members of the Class of 2016 hope to emulate the success of our most recent, dynamic graduates. We are already deep in the business of guiding the new Senior Class through the placement process. At the same time we wish the Class of 2015 well and Godspeed!

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Development

Director of Development Carol Maxwell P ‘07, ‘09, ‘15, ‘17

Funds Raised Reflect a Unified Community

Donors embraced the School’s priority to grow the Endowment, $1.5 million raised.

Throughout the year the partnership of many created the momentum to raise $1.5 million in gifts during the 2014/2015 fiscal year. As the community collectively invested in the effort to preserve Rumsey’s unique culture, donors embraced the School’s priority to grow the Endowment. A larger Endowment will provide permanent gifts that will fund forward thinking curriculum initiatives for our students. Annual Endowment annuity will continually benefit a vibrant campus life and help the School respond creatively to student programming needs well into the future.

A broad cross section of the Rumsey family positively impacted the School’s advancement.

Over 200 enthusiastic volunteers shared time and talent with the School, nearly 100% of current parents made gifts and an ever increasing number of loyal Alumni supported Rumsey. This broad range of ownership for the School was evident at The Annual Benefit Auction, a collaboration of effort and generosity that raised $379,000 for School programs.

This success is fuel for future ambitions.

It is important to shine a spotlight on our esteemed 22 member Board of Trustees for the demonstrated care they have for the people of Rumsey and their long-range planning to preserve the culture and financial strength of the School. We are grateful for the hard work and wisdom this special group of Alumni and Current and Past Parents invest to ensure the Rumsey experience is sustained and preserved for generations to come.

We are deeply appreciative to the many people who have made Rumsey Hall a focus of their philanthropic support. Thank you for making the School’s advancement a priority.

SPRING SPORTS

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1. Varsity Baseball: Max Cotier ‘15 2. Crew: Yu Chen Cheng ‘17, Eleni Kolpak ‘15, Kelsey Allen ‘16, Grace Federle ‘15 and Maggie Ryan ‘16 3. Girls’ Varsity Lacrosse: Isabella Cotier ‘17 4. Varsity B Softball Team 5. Varsity B Baseball: Cameron Racevicius ‘17 6. Rumsey Outdoor Adventure (ROA) 7. Equestrian Team 8. Varsity B Tennis Team Previous Page L to R: Varsity Tennis: Harrison Tillou ‘17, Boys’ Varsity Lacrosse: Grant Kneisel ‘16, Varsity Softball: Lilly Hoeniger ‘15

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SPRING SCOREBOARD VARSITY BASEBALL Record: 8-2 Mr. Farmen Mr. Kolpak Mr. Cramphin Captain: Bryan Ellis ’15 VARSITY B BASEBALL Record: 11-1 Mr. Dyball Mr. Perreault Captains: Do Won Chung ’17 & Zachary McGrew ’17

TRACK & FIELD DAY REDS—148

BLUES—167

Jake Newman ‘22 (B) ran the 50-Yard Dash in 7.74 sec. breaking Owen Ramee’s ‘17 (B) 7.09 sec. record in 2013.

UPPER SCHOOL RECORD

Caronique Campbell ‘15 (R) broke her own record in shotput (30’ 10”) previously set in 2014 (28’ 3”)

Ellie LaCasse ‘19, Claire Powers ‘20, Erin Butler ‘20 and Katharine Benson ‘19 (B) set a record of 1 min. 10.93 sec. in the 440-Yard Relay.

LOWER SCHOOL RECORDS

Charleigh Newman ‘21 (R) ran the 50-Yard Dash in 8.33 sec. breaking Isabella Cotier’s ‘17 (R) record of 7.7 sec. in 2012.

Alexander Kenerson ‘20, Cooper Choate ‘19, Ryan Delmore ‘20 and RJ Souza ‘20 (R) set a record of 1 min. 10 sec. in the 440-Yard Relay.

JUNIOR BASEBALL No Record Mr. Buono Mrs. Mandl Captain: Lucas D’Allessio ’17 VARSITY SOFTBALL Record: 5-1 Ms. Duff Mr. Kinsella Captains: Coco Booth ’15 & Lilly Hoeniger ’15

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CREW Mr. Ryan Mrs. Butler Ms. Dufresne Mr. Zendt Captain: Riley Burns ’15 Lower Boat Regatta –2nd Place One Gold Medal GIRLS’ VARSITY LACROSSE Record: 8-2 Ms. Surbey Ms. Moore Captains: Reagan Bednar ’16 & Jee Yoon Lim ’15

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BOYS’ VARSITY LACROSSE Record: 7-3 Mr. Geagan Mr. Eberle Captain: Levi Mercier ’15 BOYS’ VARSITY B LACROSSE Record: 7-1 Mr. Moorin Mr. Naclerio ‘05 Captains: Ander Dunand ’16 & Nicholas Toth ’15

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In Their Own Words...

78 seniors in the graduating Class of 2015 reveal what they will miss most about Rumsey

SOPHIE AHMED, Washington, CT, 4 years at Rumsey …the daily cookie lines and the mad rush to meet Mr. Farmen, and then "secretly" handing them to my friends. And, I will forever miss my finest hour with Ms. Raith and Mrs. DiLorenzo and how hip the Rumsey librarians really are.

DASHA ARTHUR, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 2 years at Rumsey …the friendships that I made at Rumsey and the unforgettable memories from my two years at Hilltop Dorm.

MATTHEW BALDWIN, Weston, MA, 1.5 years at Rumsey …having an involved Advisor who cares for me like a parent and who is always getting me to try my best.

COLETTE BOOTH, Roxbury, CT, 5 years at Rumsey …the time when everyone gets together after sports and you can hang out with your friends.

INES BU, Seoul, Korea, 3 years at Rumsey …running up and down the steep hill, trying not to be late for classes and meals, as well as all the conversations and memories in between.

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RILEY BURNS, Newtown, CT, 3 years at Rumsey …the friendly atmosphere and walking down School Street with friends and teachers.

CARONIQUE CAMPBELL, Nassau, Bahamas, 2 years at Rumsey ...the “Lower Office Café” and having faculty as friends.

HILL CARDEN, Princeton, NJ, 2 years at Rumsey …my friend and dorm parent, Mr. Kinsella.

EVAN CARPENTER, Washington, CT, 3 years at Rumsey …Rumsey’s Community.

HALEY CASS, Chapel Hill, NC, 3 years at Rumsey …the fact that we can all come together as a family.

A lot of us may say how much we’d rather be somewhere else but in the end we all love this place just the same.

DANIEL CHEY, Seoul, Korea­, 3 years at Rumsey …afternoon sports practices. Everyday out on the field was very unique.

BRYAN ELLIS, Morris, CT, 9 years at Rumsey …the great community that was built in the past 9 years.

GRACE FEDERLE, Washington, CT, 10 years at Rumsey …the supportive community. Overall I have felt so ready to step out of my comfort zone and try new things. Rumsey helped me grow in this way.

STEPHEN CHO, Shanghai, China, 3 years at Rumsey …the walk from my dorm to breakfast every morning.

ALEX COHEN, Summit, NJ, 2 years at Rumsey …knowing everybody and being able to walk through campus and be appreciated by everyone.

ANTONIO CORREA, Mexico City, Mexico, 2 years at Rumsey …the boarding school life, having a house with 20 brothers, my friends, teachers and special people who made this a great experience.

MAX COTIER, New Milford, CT, 5 years at Rumsey …the family atmosphere.

MEI CRAIG, Litchfield, CT, 3 years at Rumsey …Mr. Ketchum, the faculty, classes and Morning Meeting MIMI DATTILO, New Milford, CT, 5 years at Rumsey …walking down the hill after a volleyball game and ringing the bell after a victory.

BELLA DELUCA, Litchfield, CT, 6 years at Rumsey …the family feel at Rumsey. We all care about each other and want to see each other do well.

ALEC DILORENZO, Bethlehem, CT, 5 years at Rumsey …hanging out at extra help. It was my favorite time to relax.

HUY DO, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, 2 years at Rumsey …challenging myself to become a better person, athlete and student.

CARLOS FERNANDEZ, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1 year at Rumsey ...the community and the society I coexisted within throughout my time at Rumsey.

ELLYN FRITZ, Bridgewater, CT, 4 years at Rumsey …the traditions, the people and the special moments that we experienced everyday within the tight-knit community.

AHMAD GALIMORE, New Rochelle, NY, 2 years at Rumsey Rumsey is a very special place. The community is really close .. I am going to miss my friends, teachers, and dorm parents the most. I am going to miss the love.

REBECCA GAVEL, Newtown, CT, 2 years at Rumsey …the community and everyone in it, especially all of my sports’ teams.

RYAN GODFREY, New York, NY, 2 years at Rumsey …wearing my blue jersey and red football helmet on game days.

FIONA GU, Nanjing, China, 3 years at Rumsey …walking down to the Dining Hall and getting cookies from Mr. Farmen.

LIZ HAWLEY, Bridgewater, CT, 4 years at Rumsey …my friends and all the teachers I have been close with. Everyone I have met has made a great impact on my life and I will never forget anyone.

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SAM JOHNSON, Morris, CT, 10 years at Rumsey …Morning Meeting.

PETER KENERSON, Watertown, CT, 2 years at Rumsey …walking up and down School Street.

LONG KIEU, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, 1 year at Rumsey …the Varsity Tennis Team because the team always supported me even when I played poorly. I will always remember Mr. Hogan’s advice and support during practice.

CHRIS HENN, Woodbridge, CT, 1 year at Rumsey …the Varsity Hockey season and the time we spent together and all of the friends I made throughout my one year here.

CHRIS HENNESSY, Southbury, CT, 2 years at Rumsey …the ringing of the Rumsey Bell because it is unique to the School.

LILLY HOENIGER, Washington Depot, CT, 10 years at Rumsey …driving down the hill in the golf cart with my Dad or walking down the hill with Maggie Ryan ’16 each morning to school.

ALLEGRA HUELSMAN, Cincinnati, OH, 1 year at Rumsey …my little group of friends and our funny, pointless, inside jokes.

ANDREA IBARRA-ROCHA, Mexico City, Mexico, 1 year at Rumsey … the close relationships I had with many of my teachers. I came to consider many of them family and I won’t forget those who inspired me to do my best.

CHRIS JANG, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2 years at Rumsey …playing hockey.

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STELLA KLINGEBIEL, Kent, CT, 1 year at Rumsey …the long car rides to Rumsey but I’ll always recognize the path in the future.

ELENI KOLPAK, Washington Depot, CT, 7 years at Rumsey …playing sports at Rumsey. I loved having such close relationships with my teammates and coaches.

ALANA KRAMER, New York, NY, 1 year at Rumsey …walking up the hill to Hilltop.

YOUNG GUN LEE, Seongnam, Korea, 3 years at Rumsey …the people the most, more than anything I’ve done at Rumsey.

SYDNEY LERZ, Watertown, CT, 10 years at Rumsey …ringing the bell after winning a volleyball game.

JEE YOON LIM, Seoul, Korea, 3 years at Rumsey …the feeling of happiness when I got pizza in the dorm for someone’s birthday.

CHLOE LO FARO, Lauenen, Switzerland, 2 Years at Rumsey …how, despite all the different groups and cliques, we are still one big family. People can go to each other for anything and know that they’ll get the love and support they need.

DANIELLE MALARNEY, Harwinton, CT, 4 years at Rumsey …how close the community is. The athletics and day-to-day classes are unique, they make me happy and want to be the best I can.

LILY MANDL, Washington Depot, CT, 9 years at Rumsey …the fluttering feeling in the pit of my stomach when I am caught in an incredible moment with all these incredible people. I will miss the traditions, the people and the moments we shared that will live in my heart eternally.

ANNA MAXWELL, Morris, CT, 9 years at Rumsey …checking in from time to time on my tree that Mr. Farmen asked us to watch on our first day of school.

CHAMONIX MCADAM, Washington, CT, 6 years at Rumsey …the traditions that we rehearse at Rumsey.

Although the environment and people change, the traditions will always be the same, so when I visit I will feel like I never left.

CONNOR MEISSNER, New Preston, CT, 10 years at Rumsey …having the feeling that all of the teachers’ motivations were with me and knowing that they would help me to the next step.

LEVI MERCIER, Litchfield, CT, 5 years at Rumsey …being able to come to school every day knowing that it would be a good day with great people regardless of what happened. I knew that I belonged at Rumsey and I loved being at the School. I hope that everyone

else also had this feeling and that I will get this at my next school.

CAROLINE MILLER, Greenwich, CT, 2 years at Rumsey …my relationships with the people in my dorm. And I will also miss Biofarm!

JACK MURPHY, Amagansett, NY, 1 year at Rumsey …breakfast!

JAKE MURPHY, Woodbury, CT, 2 years at Rumsey …going to sports and getting to spend time with the team and the coaches.

TYLER POULIN, Groton, MA, 2 years a t Rumsey …hearing the bell after a win in sports.

ABBY PREWITT, Litchfield, CT, 3 years at Rumsey …the close relationships between students and faculty and how open and friendly everyone is.

STEPHANIE PROTEAU, Wolcott, CT, 2 years at Rumsey …the relationships I had with teachers and the welcoming community.

SAWYER RAITH, Washington, CT & Nantucket, MA, 7 years at Rumsey ...Morning Meeting.

MILES REINES, Portola Valley, CA, 2 years at Rumsey …more than just an experience or a person but rather the cozy community feel it has.

ALEXANDER TILLOU, Litchfield, CT, 5 years at Rumsey …the last few days on the edge of summer.

REX ROHDE, Purchase, NY, 2 years at Rumsey …being able to sit with people from all over the world and live in a dorm with them.

ELLA RUTLEDGE, Amesbury, MA, 2 years at Rumsey … the friends I’ve become so close with.

AIDAN SAGAR, New York, NY, 1 year at Rumsey I genuinely enjoyed reading The Odyssey in Mr. Kolpak’s class because I enjoy stories that have to do with mythology and because I enjoy sharing interesting bits of information in class.

SHUN SANO, Tokyo, Japan, 4 years at Rumsey …the fresh feeling on the first day of my senior year. I got to meet new friends and my past dormmates from the best ‘New Dorm.’

NICK SHA, Nanjing, China, 2 years at Rumsey …the Rumsey bell because it is so special. Not only does it bring us together for classes but also the joy after beating Indian Mountain School.

DIGVIJAY SINGH, Litchfield, CT, 8 years at Rumsey …the people.

ANASTASIA SLASTUSHINSKAYA, Bridgewater, CT & Moscow, Russia, 3 years at Rumsey …Rumsey’s community and all of the faculty.

AMARA SOROSIAK, Woodbury, CT, 7 years at Rumsey …the students and faculty I have come to know so well. I’ve known them since 3rd Grade and it’s strange to think we’re all going our separate ways next year.

MARY SU, Beijing, Chin, 2 years at Rumsey …the Rumsey bell ringing on afternoons when a team came back from winning a game.

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NICHOLAS TOTH, New Milford, CT, 2 years at Rumsey …the way that all of my teachers cared about my education. I felt like I was in a big, loving community.

IDRISS TRAORE, New York, NY, 2 years at Rumsey …the lacrosse team and the friends I made at Rumsey.

NATALIA VIVANCO, Mexico City, Mexico, 1 year at Rumsey …the community and how the School feels like a home and family.

TABOR WANAG, Roxbury, CT, 4 years at Rumsey …the relationships that formed between faculty and students.

WILLIAM WANG, Beijing, China, 1.5 years at Rumsey …the Varsity Tennis Team. Mainly because we are a relatively small community and playing tennis brought us together as a team.

YUJIA “JESSICA” WANG, Beijing, China, 2 years at Rumsey …talking to my advisor, Mr. Perreault. He was so helpful with my whole experience at Rumsey. I really appreciate him for being there for me and making me a braver and more confident person.

SAMANTHA WARREN, Hamilton, Bermuda, 4 years at Rumsey .…taking M&Ms from Mr. Hoeniger’s office CHARLIE WEBB, Troutville, VA, 2 years at Rumsey …Mr. Kolpak’s class. It was very unique. And Super Smash Bros and Manhunt.

RALEIGH WYNOT, Lakeville, CT, 1 year at Rumsey …being in a dorm. Next year I will be a day student and I won’t be part of the boarding community.

Board of Trustees Thank you, Everett!

Everett Smith, P ’04 ’05 steps down as Board Chair, remains active and involved During his four years as Chair of the Rumsey Hall Board of Trustees, Everett Smith calmly helped guide the School through the extended recession and continued the School’s advancement. Construction of the Campus Center, completion of North and South Dormitories, the addition of a new faculty residence and a larger Endowment are among the accomplishments achieved during Everett’s watch. The School thanks Everett and his wife Liz for their gracious, humble willingness to care for the people and programs of Rumsey. Rumsey is fortunate that Everett will remain on the Board until April 2017, continuing to offer profound wisdom, mixed with a healthy dose of spirited good humor.

Retiring Trustees Jamie Connor P '10, '13 and Ted Seibert P '92 are surrounded by some of their Board colleagues after their final meeting. Paul Sarris P '06, '08, '11, '14 also completed his term as a Trustee.

Rumsey will be forever grateful for the dedicated work of these loyal volunteers.

RUMSEY HALL WELCOMES TO THE BOARD: New Board Chair, Jon D. Neuhaus ’87 Jon Neuhaus ’87 succeeds Everett Smith P ’04, ’05 as Chair of the Rumsey Hall Board of Trustees. A native of Washington, Connecticut, Jon is the first Rumsey Hall graduate to serve as Board Chair in the School’s 115-year history. Jon has been a member of the Rumsey Board since 2011 and spoke at the 2014 Commencement.

Jon resides in Hermosa Beach, CA. An Executive Director and Team Leader at Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management, Jon received his MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, IL and a BA in Political Science and History from UC Berkeley.

Jon attended Phillips Exeter Academy, NH after Rumsey, serving as Student Body President. An active volunteer, Jon is involved in a variety of community youth programs in the Los Angeles area.

Louis ‘Skip’ Gardella ’72, P ’09,’09 As founder and President of Norwalk Marine Construction, CT, Skip’s firm has successfully completed some of the most challenging public and private projects along the Northeast coast and in Bermuda. He is also a contributing writer for construction trade publications and has been a featured speaker at industry conferences. Skip’s experience and knowledge in construction will be crucial in the planning of Rumsey’s future capital projects. Skip’s daughters Meg and Britt are also Alumnae of the School having graduated in 2009.

Jon enrolled in Rumsey Hall in 1981 and received the Headmaster’s Cup at his commencement six years later. Jon’s enthusiasm for Rumsey is contagious and his willingness to serve in this leadership role will inspire continued success of the School.

Rosemary Sagar P ’15, ’17

Rosemary has enjoyed a distinguished career in the world of finance and currently manages investments for the Kingdom Foundation. She previously held leadership positions at a variety of firms including U.S. Trust, Drexel Burnham and Morgan Stanley. Rosemary is also the Chair of The Sagar School and The Sagar Foundation, a cultural non-profit initiative in Rajasthan, India started by her late father Dr. Vitya Sagar.

She has also served on the Advisory Board of COMEX and International Advisory Board of NYSE Euronext. Rosemary resides in New York City.

Alexandra Murphy ’00

Alex is a graduate of Trinity College, CT and holds a Master’s Degree in Education from Columbia University Teachers College, NY. Alex taught for 6 years in the New York Public and Charter School systems in Harlem and Brooklyn, NY. She brings a passion for education to her work on the Rumsey Board. Alex resides in Rowayton, CT with her husband, fellow Rumsey classmate Drew Murphy ’00, and their three young children.

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LOWER SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY

EXPANDED ARTS PROGRAMS

THE ENDOWMENT DELIVERS New Programs Promotes Innovation

The value of an antique increases with age. Rust isn’t

experiences. Using traditional materials like paper

a flaw, it’s patina. Age adds value. Of course, old age

and glue alongside modern technological devices,

isn’t always treasured. In the technology world, new

students will form creative questions and design

is better.

original solutions.

The latest version and up-to-the-minute

updates are in high demand. In education, it’s not about what’s old or what’s new, it’s about what’s good; when the old and new combine, the learning process is enriched.

The new STEAM Lab will be available to all teachers and students to support innovation for the bigger “messier” projects.

The space will also be home

to a Robotics course using the innovative Lego®

Thanks to careful planning by Rumsey's Board of

Mindstorms curriculum.

Trustees funds harvested from the Endowment will support the enhancement of School programs.

Endowment funds will also provide the resources to

Faculty Members and Trustees teamed up to identify

support students’ interests in and passion for the

new and exciting educational initiatives to challenge

Arts. Visiting artists will be invited to campus, dance

and inspire today’s students. Included among several

and ceramics programs will be expanded and new

initiatives supported with endowed funds will be the

initiatives in graphic design and 3-D printing will

designated space known as a STEAM Lab, a special

be added. In the Lower School, Endowment income

area in the Dicke Family Math Building designed to

funded 24 new Chromebooks to enhance productivity.

provide students with dedicated space to stretch their creativity.

STEAM stands for Science, Technology,

Student and Faculty enthusiasm for these program

Our aim is to help

enhancements is contagious. On an ever increasing

students learn to think critically and creatively while

basis the STEAM Lab and other initiatives have

solving real-world problems.

become the incubators for new ways of thinking and

Engineering, Art and Math.

designing solutions.

STEAM initiatives can be integrated in various ways to engage students in cross-curricular learning

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A healthy endowment makes

these innovations possible.

A VOYAGE ABROAD Jillian Dufresne, head of the English as a Second Language Department, (ESL) visited China during Spring Recess to further her cultural understanding of the Chinese students enrolled in Rumsey’s ESL program. While on her three city tour, she visited with current students and their families and reconnected with Alums.

Jillian Dufresne and Frank Xu ‘14 in Beijing

Dining with Connor Ding ‘16, Peter Geng ‘17, Jack You ‘16 and Nick Sha ‘17 and their families in Nanjing.

With Fiona Gu ‘15 at the Presidential Palace in Nanjing

Do You Know?

Seneca Falls, NY

Where the original Rumsey Hall door knocker came from?

Seneca Falls, NY or Cornwall, CT? Please contact Director of Communication Jessica Lewis with your answer. jlewis@rumseyhall.org/ 860.868.0535

Cornwall, CT

The following article first appeared in the Hartford Current in 1940. Today, the strong culture of the School that was nurtured by our founder, Lillias Rumsey Sanford, endures. Louise Dunn, great-grandaughter of Lillias provided the article.

Sunday, May 5, 1940

THE HARTFORD COURANT MAGAZINE

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Her Boys Were Numbered in the Hundreds For 40 Years, the Late Mrs. Lillias Rumsey Sanford Was a Second Mother to Youths at Rumsey Hall, Cornwall

By DONALD W. SMITH When Mrs. Lillias Rumsey Sanford, nationally known woman educator and founder of Rumsey Hall, a boarding school for young boys at Cornwall, died on April 16, last, in her ninetieth year, hundreds of boys and grown men throughout the country were profoundly affected. It is safe to say they were not thinking of the facts, remarkable in themselves, that she founded the school when she was 50 years old, and had never taught a day in her life. No, it was more probable that they were thinking, wistfully, of the stately forceful woman who, despite a rather awesome appearance on the surface of things, could feel as keenly as they did when victory or defeat attended their lessons and sports.

As you talk to Mrs. John Sanford, her daughter-in-law, who was associated

with the late founder for the past 21 years prior to her death, and who is now carrying on in the traditions she moulded, it seems as if her passing had not the note of finality about it one usually associates with death itself. One learns that Mrs. Lillias Sanford and Rumsey Hall were synonymous for the past 40 years, and that her dominant character, coupled with her love and understanding of the boys who came under her guidance, will always remain an integral part of the school in the opinion of those that knew her.

The late Mrs. Sanford’s success in founding and continuing Rumsey Hall for two score years, the last eight of them in blindness, is all the more remarkable when it is realized that she did not come from a family with pedagogical leanings. Her father was a prominent manufacturer in Seneca Falls, New York, and the child Lillias grew up in an atmosphere of men who were industrialists. The late Mrs. Sanford attended Vassar, and was a member of the class of 1872, but she did not graduate.

Mrs. Sanford was to have been a special guest of honor at Vassar’s seventy-fifth anniversary reunion this coming June.

After her college career, she married the late LeonThis early photograph of Mrs. Lillias Sanford was taken ard G. Sanford on the steps of Rumsey Hall about the time she moved her school of 23 boys from Seneca Falls, N.Y., to Cornwall in and her life was 1907. She was to spend 33 of the happiest years of her life here.

A comparatively recent camera study of the late Mrs. Lillias Rumsey Sanford, founder of Rumsey Hall, a successful boarding school for young boys in Cornwall. This remarkable and nationally known woman educator did not start her school until she was 50 years of age, and had never taught a day in her life.

like that of any other young married woman of her position in life.

It was in 1900 that some of Mrs. Sanford’s friends approached her with the idea of starting a school for girls. Mrs. Sanford liked the thought of operating a school, but she knew next to nothing about small girls. But boys were different. She had always had a soft spot in her heart for them.

She had several small nephews of her own, and understood them thoroughly. So she decided to start a school for young boys in her father’s large home at Seneca Falls. Mrs. Sanford incorporated it for $2500. She commenced with 10 boys, ranging in age from six to 15. The idea was so successful that by 1907, she began to cast around for larger quarters in a more rural atmosphere.

Finally, she decided upon the present location in Cornwall. The lovely countryside, with its outlying hills, appealed to her. She brought her 23 boys to Cornwall, and renamed the school Rumsey Hall.

It is interesting to note, in passing, that Frances Folsom Cleveland, now Mrs. Preston and then wife of the late President Grover Cleveland, was one of Mrs. Sanford’s close friends, and one of the original incorporators of Rumsey Hall.

Later, however, Mrs. Sanford bought back the stock with which she incorporated, and thus became sole owner of Rumsey Hall. Although she never taught in her own school, being concerned with the task of administration, and that of looking after “her boys,” she knew how to obtain excellent teachers. Louis H. Schutte, present headmaster, and David G. Barr, assistant headmaster, have been with the school for 34 and 26 years, respectively, and it is to these men that the late Mrs. Sanford always gave deserving credit for the high scholastic standing maintained at Rumsey Hall.

Because there were two Mrs. Sanfords at Rumsey Hall for years, the boys differentiated between the two women by referring to the late Mrs.

Lillias Rumsey Sanford as “Mrs. L. R.,” and the present head of the school as “Mrs. John.” Mrs. L. R., to use the term by which her boys best knew her, always tempered a strict sense of justice and discipline with a rare sympathetic understanding.

She easily dominated everyone within her world which was Rumsey Hall.

A boy might inwardly quake upon being summoned by Mrs. L. R., if his report card showed poor marks for the period, but he always felt an appreciative glow from the help and understanding she gave him. She might be stern in her disapproval of a mark in some subject, but she was never short on the encouragement she gave a boy.

A practice she maintained throughout her long career was that of sending a letter of remembrance to every boy who had ever attended her school on his birthday. As the years passed, her birthday correspondence, of necessity, grew voluminous, but she never relinquished the habit.

The first thing she did each morning upon arising was to get out her birthday book, and see to whom she would write to that day.

Up until 10 years ago, Mrs. L. R. did all her own bookkeeping, and attended to the writing of all letters to parents. She did it all in longhand, and often stayed at her desk until midnight. Eight years ago her eyesight failed her, and she spent the rest of her life in blindness. But this did not stop her from taking as keen an interest as ever in the boys of her school, and she kept in touch with their records through her secretary and Mrs. John Sanford.

In the early days of Rumsey Hall Mrs. L. R. dressed her boys in dinner jackets on special occasions, and at one time the boys were distinguished by the Etonian collars they wore. But this custom was abandoned when this type of collar went out of style.

The late Mrs. Sanford was always on hand to say good-bye to a boy who was leaving for a visit or vacation period, and she was always on the front steps of Rumsey Hall to welcome him back again. She paid a great deal of attention to a boy’s personal appearance, and many a man of today can remember her when she gave his tie a motherly pat, or passed a critical eye over the way his hair

was combed.

Prior to her blindness, she was always down to breakfast with the boys. She knew them intimately, all their little failings and weaknesses. She could be gruff upon occasion, but a strong sense of humor tempered her strictness.

Rumsey Hall has ever been proud of the way in which Mrs. L. R. insisted that her boys use correct grammar, In a picturesque setting among the hills of Cornwall stands Rumsey Hall, where the late Mrs. Sanford moulded the lives of successive generations of growing boys. They profoundly mourn her whether in school death which occurred on April 16 of this year. work or correspondence with home. was as carefree from worldly matters of subjects. She was never content Even after the white-haired, stocky, as any of the boys on the field. And with an incomplete knowledge of but erect Mrs. L. R. became totally if Rumsey Hall lost she was as down- anything. If she was not sure of a blind, she covered it up in a manner in-the-mouth about it as any stripling particular subject, she left no stone characteristic of her. Those who did on the squad. Mrs. L. R. was always unturned until the matter had been not know of her infirmity were only interested in whether the Navy team clarified. made aware of it by noticing how had won, especially over Army. Her Very few knew that she composed the she groped for their hands upon a son, the late John Sanford, attended Rumsey Hall school song. Mr. Barr, leave-taking. Her eyes never lost their Annapolis, and rose to the rank of in tribute to her, played it softly at her direct, square-in-the face glance. a commander before his untimely funeral. She was also intensely paHer influence in helping out in all death 21 years ago. It was at that triotic and was especially fond of the sorts of ways was not restricted to time that “Mrs. John,” the present song “America the Beautiful.” her boys. The teachers that served head, came to assist her already fa- Yes, Mrs. Lillias Sanford and Rumsey under her were considerably in her mous mother-in-law in managing the Hall were one. You never thought debt. Perhaps this is best explained school. of one without the other. It is true by a portion of a letter of condolence The late Mrs. Sanford was not con- she dominated everyone in the ena former teacher at Rumsey Hall sent tent merely to write a birthday letter tire school, but it was a domination to Mrs. John Sanford, shortly after to each of her boys, no matter where blended with an affection that all Mrs. L. R.’s death. It said in part: they were. She followed all their who knew her will miss more than “Since Wednesday, I have read the careers, and was as proud when she words can tell. newspaper obituary, and to one who heard one of her former boys was a Stern taskmaster that she was, all the knew her as employer and friend it dad in his own right, as if the new boys loved her. A friendly pat on the seemed entirely inadequate. There child were her own. head or an arm thrown across a little was no hint of those qualities that She was extremely generous in a shoulder meant more to them than dominate my memories of her, no quiet way, as many a boy and adult the promise of an extra play period hint of the forceful character or the can attest. Not long before her death for good work done. underlying humanness. And sudden- one of her very old friends passed on. Perhaps the feelings of her family, ly I realized that a printed obituary is She asked the widow to name her that just grew and grew as the years not her monument.” late husband’s favorite charity. And went by, can best be summed up by a “Along with the education of hun- then she sent a check to the worthy few lines of a letter written by a fordreds of young boys, she launched cause, rather than spend the mon- mer pupil, when he learned of Mrs. dozens of young men on teaching ey on flowers. When Mrs. Sanford L.R.’s death: It reads in part: “It is careers; and various as must be their died, this widow reciprocated in a impossible for me to express how memories of her there will be, I am like manner. She knew the dominant much Mrs. Sanford meant to me sure, one memory common to all: spirit of Rumsey Hall would have while I attended Rumsey and how She was a definite force in their lives. liked that more than anything else. much I valued her friendship and adThis is her monument.”

Those who know her will tell you vice after I left. To me she was the A strikingly handsome woman, she Mrs. L. R. was modest to a degree spirit and life of Rumsey Hall and I was the grand dame type in her later that almost amounted to shyness, will always remember her as a great years. It was not uncommon to see concerning her own good works friend and advisor who, in spite of her rooting for a boy at a football or accomplishments. She was re- many just causes, never at any time game, or some other competitive markably well read and could talk lost patience with a rather trying and sport. During those moments she brilliantly on an inexhaustible fund unappreciative student.”

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RUMSEY CIRCLE OFFICERS

Carvel Ice Cream & Bakery

Gilded Lily Jewelry

Mrs. Carolyn Klemm

Ms. Elyse L. Clark

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gitterman

Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Klemm '87

PRESIDENT

Coffee - Tea - Etc., LLC

Golf Merchandise Clearance Service

Mr. and Mrs. William J. Kneisel

Jessica Dell'Aera P '23

Mrs. Jaymel E. Connor

Good Hill Mechanical Services, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas J. Kolpak

Copes Rubbish Removal

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Greene

Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Kramer

VICE PRESIDENT

Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Cornell Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. William V. Grickis

Mr. Robert G. Krever and

Danielle Young P '22, '23

Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Cornell '84

The Gunnery

Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Cotier

Halcyon Equestiran

Ms. Alisa La Liberte

SECRETARY

County Wine and Spirits

Hannah’s Catering and Bakery

Mrs. Patricia Kennedy Lahoud

Kristen Browne P '18, '22

Mr. James J. Cramphin

Mr. and Mrs. David S. Hawley

Lakeville Interiors

Mr. and Mrs. William A. Curtis

Heather Norris Photography

Ms. Regine Laverge Schade

Custom Barber Shop, LLC

Mr. and Mrs. Craig W. Henrich

Mr. Peter D. LaVigne and

Ms. Rebecca D. D'Alessio

Hickory Stick Bookshop

D. K. Schulman Design/Calligraphy

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Hill

Lennie's Flower Shop

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Dell'Aera

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew S. Hoeniger '81

Les Beaux Vous

Mr. and

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hogan

Mr. Peter W. Linn and

AUCTION DONORS ASAP A New Beginning

Mrs. Richard A. Della Pietra '66

Hometown Pizza

Mrs. Heather D. MacDonald-Krever

Mrs. Tracy M. Garcia-LaVigne

Mrs. Pilar Santos

Adam Broderick Salon and Spa

Mr. James E. Duys

Hopkins Inn

Litchfield Athletic Club

Mr. Eddie Ahmed and

Mr. Nicholas Benson and

Mr. William Horrigan Jr.

Litchfield Hills Nursery

Mr. and Mrs. Scott C. Houldin

Litchfield Hills Wine Market

Mrs. Cherrie L. Trauber

Mrs. Natalie S. Dyer '80

Arethusa Farm

Ella's Ltd. Fine Art & Framing

Mr. and Mrs. Spencer M. Houldin

Litchfield Pet Supply

Mr. and Mrs. George Auchincloss

Mr. Barry S. Enis and

Housatonic Trading Company

Mr. Nicholas M. Logothetis '03

Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Hylwa

Lore's Lanes

Mr. Bucky Ball

Mrs. M. B. Knight

Bantam Country Liquors

Erno Laszlo

iFloat Spa

Love Heart's Bakery Café

Bantam Tileworks

Fabric Studio

Ingersoll Auto of Danbury

Mrs. Nitya A. Machribie

Mr. and Mrs. Alfred D. Barbour

Mr. and Mrs. Eric M. Falkenstein '84

J. McLaughlin

Mr. Leonard M. Maceli '82 and

Mr. and Mrs. Chris E. Bednar

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Farmen

J. Seitz & Co.

Bethlehem Flea Market

Mr. and Mrs. Philip Farmer

Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin L. Jefferson

Main Street Grill

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Black

Mr. Chris Prosperi and

Joe's Salon and Spa

Maison St. Germain

Atty. and Mrs. Mark T. Johnson

Marty's Cafe

Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Booth

Ms. Courtney R. Febbroriello '90

Mrs. Dana Ryder ‘84 Maceli

Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Brenner

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Finch

Senator Rob Kane

Mr. and Mrs. John C. Maxwell III

Brierwood Nurseries, Inc.

Forman School

Mr. and Mrs. Alexandros Kedros

Mr. Rory S. McAdam and

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Brighenti

Mr. and Mrs. Jacques Franey

KEE Enterprises and I'll Drive

Broadway Comedy Club

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis E. Fulling

Livery Service

Mr. P.W. Tate Brown

Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo G. Gaggini

Mr. William K. Kelly '87

Mr. and Mrs. Jamie Browne

The Gallery

Mr. and Mrs. Clayton S. Ketchum

Medspa 1064

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Burzon

Mrs. Maura Garych Fritz

Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, LLC

Mr. and Mrs. Rodney P. Meissner '87

Café 202

Gateway Limousine, Inc.

Mr. Sean Kinsella and

Merritt Clarke's Store

Mr. and Mrs. James Carpenter

Geppetto's Toy Store

Mr. Graydon Carter

Ms. Rebecca L. Gerlin

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Ms. Alicia M. Mordenti Kitchenworks & Gourmet Gifts

Mrs. Dian Griesel Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence C. McGowan

Mr. and Mrs. Kyle L. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Minor

Mohawk Mountain Ski Area

The Equestiran Centre

Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Butler

Morrone Studio Indesign

Thomaston Lanes

Mrs. Theresa Cervero

Mr. and

Thorncrest Farm and Creamery

Mr. Christopher D. '66 and

Mrs. J. Woodrow Mosch Jr. '62

Ms. Paula J. Tocci

Mrs. Catherine S. '70 Charles

Mother Goose Toy Shoppe

True Value Hardware of Litchfield

Mr. Byung Moo Cho and

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew J. Mulhern

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Tuff

Mrs. Mi Hyun Kim

Ms. Kirby Mullen

Mr. and

Mr. Joel Clark '95

Mr. Jon D. Neuhaus '87

Mrs. Hendrik J. van der Merwe

New Milford Sports Club

Mr. Johannes B. A. M. van Tartwijk and

New Milford Tennis and Swim Club

Mrs. Louise B. van Tartwijk-Novey

Mr. and Mrs. Gary G. Cole Mrs. Jaymel E. Connor Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Cornell Jr.

New Morning Market

Village Green Cleaners

Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Cotier

Newman's Own, Inc.

Village Wine Cellar

Mr. Chris Desiderio and

Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Novak

Warner Theatre

Nutmeg Olive Oil

Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas P. Warren

Mr. John and Dr. Ros Craft

Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Ober III

Washington Food Market

Mr. James J. Cramphin

Mr. and Mrs. William F. Okesson III

Washington Hairport

Mr. and Mrs. David Darby

Ovens of France

Washington Health Center & Rx

Mr. Peter Dattilo and

Pantry

Washington Liquor Store

Patty's Restaurant

Washington Supply Company, Inc

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Dell'Aera

Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Gouveia

Peace of Mind Canine

Ms. Linda Gavel ‘76 Webb

Mr. and Mrs. Theodore C. DePaola Jr.

Gregory James Gallery

Personal Touch Car Wash

Wesco Sports Center

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. DiLorenzo

Mr. and Mrs. William V. Grickis

Powell's Vacuum Store

White Flower Farm

Mr. Nate DiMauro

Mrs. Dian Griesel

Privet House

White Horse, A Country Pub &

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Dodge

Mrs. Patrice J. Griffing

Mr. and Mrs. Blaise J. Donnelly

Mr. Hozefa Y. Haveliwala '85 Mr. Gregory B. Hawes and

Dr. and Mrs. John Pyne

Restaurant

Mrs. Tina A. E. Couch '94

Mrs. Ellen O'Meara

A Commencement Rose Mr. and Mrs. Roland Goulet

Quiet Zone

WINVIAN

Ms. Georgina W. Duff

R & B Sportsworld, Inc.

Wood's Pit BBQ & Mexican Cafe

Ms. Jillian L. Dufresne

R. Derwin Clothiers

Workshop, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Chris Dyball

Mr. William and

Mr. and Mrs. Peter T. Racevicius

World Gym

Mr. Nicholas Benson and

Mrs. Elizabeth Dyer '85 Heminway

Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Ramee

Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Wutzl

Mr. and Mrs. Marc A. Rieffel

Zini's Restaurant

Mrs. Natalie S. Dyer '80

Ms. Rachael A. Ryan

Mr. and Mrs. Gary J. Hemmingstad

Mr. William T. Eberle

Mr. and Mrs. Craig W. Henrich

Ring's End

Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Ekstrand

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Hill

Roma Ristorante

Mrs. Alecia D. Evans

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew S. Hoeniger '81

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew L. Root

Dr. and Mrs. John Ewing

Mr. Dan Morrissey and

Rustic Country Barn

VOLUNTEERS

Mr. and Mrs. Francis Ryan Mr. Nicholas J. Sagar and Mrs. Vanessa K. Kong-Kerzner Ms. Rosemary Sagar Saltwater Grille

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Farmen

Mrs. Cynthia Hogan

Mr. Trevor N. Farmen '99

Mr. William Horrigan Jr.

Mr. Tyler W. Farmen '97

Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Houldin '88

Mrs. Cherrie L. Trauber

Mr. and Mrs. Philip Farmer

Mr. and Mrs. Scott C. Houldin

Mr. Simon G. Aldridge and

Ms. Ashley T. Finkelson '03

Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Houldin

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fredlund

Mr. and Mrs. William B. Johns

Mr. Eddie Ahmed and

Mrs. Lisa A. Tanno

Mr. and Mrs. Todd Saxe

Mr and Mrs. James A. Baker IV

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis E. Fulling

Atty. and Mrs. Mark T. Johnson

Segala Turnkey Housing, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Alfred D. Barbour

Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo G. Gaggini

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher G. Jones

Mr. and Mrs. William B. Shannon

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Bender

Mr. Louis N. Gardella '72

Ms. Jamieson A. Joseph '71

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Sheehy III

Mr. and Mrs. John A. Benson II

and Ms. Karen Rockey

Mr. and Mrs. Garrison W. Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Block

Mrs. Maura Garych Fritz

Spa at Litchfield Hills

Mr. J. Kenneth Boehm '65

Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Gavel Jr. '78

Mr. and Mrs. Rick Spooner

Mr. and Mrs. Miles C. Borzilleri

Mr. Thomas M. Geagan

Ms. Isabella N. Katzenberg '10

Sportsmen's of Litchfield

Mr. Frederic A. Bouchard and

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gedraitis

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin A. Kennedy

Mr. Austin L. George

Mr. and Mrs. Clayton S. Ketchum

Stone Horse Farm

Mrs. France M. Harvey

Mr. Loren S. Kagan '01 Mr. Matthew A. Kandel and Ms. Grace N. Pennington

Stonybrook Golf Course

Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Brenner

Mrs. Patricia M. George

Ms. Marcia Kimpton

Ms. Kathleen Surbey

Mr. and Mrs. Jamie Browne

Ms. Rebecca L. Gerlin

Mr. Sean Kinsella and

Swank On Bank

Mr. Christian M. Budd '05

Mr. and Mrs. Gary C. Giese

Mr. and Mrs. George L. Taylor

Mr. Frederick B. Bunnell and

Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Giles

Mr. Geoffrey S. Knauth '75

Mrs. Helen Ruwet Bunnell

Mr. and Mrs. John A. Gleason

Dr. Thomas Kocienda and

Temenos Advisory Tennis Made Simple

Mr. and Mrs. Carmine Buono

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Gordon '82

The Darius Inn

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth K. Burns

Ms. Lauren Goulet '01

Ms. Alicia M. Mordenti

Dr. Dana L. Martinez Mr. and Mrs. Douglas J. Kolpak

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Mr. Wayne Kowalski and Ms. Sage Witkoski

Mr. and Mrs. Fredric C. Nelson

Ms. Linda Stevens

Mr. and Mrs. Philip Farmer

Mr. Jon D. Neuhaus '87

Mr. John and

Mr. Bruce S. Gelb ’41

Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Kramer

Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Newman

Ms. Alisa La Liberte

Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Novak

Mr. and Mrs. D. Jeremy LaCasse

Mrs. Elizabeth D. Duus '72 O'Connor

Mr. James Lamond

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy O'Donnell

Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Stukshis

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Leonard

Mr. and Mrs. William F. Okesson III

Mr. and Mrs. George L. Taylor

Mr. and Mrs. Adam P. Godfrey

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Lerz

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Orlowski

Mrs. Sara Taylor

Mr. Xiaofeng Gu and Mrs. Fei Xu

Ms. Jessica Lewis

Mr. Craig Ough

Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Toth

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Gullquist

Mr. Jacob and

Mr. James J. Pates Jr. '47

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Tuff

Mr. David J. Ha and

Mr. and Mrs. Philip M. Perreault

Mr. and Mrs. Dean A. Turner '80

Mr. and Mrs. Craig Lombardi

Ms. Carolyn C. Powers

Mr. and Mrs. David Valente

Mr. and Mrs. Gary W. Lord

Mr. Jay Przygocki

Mr. and Mrs. Hendrik J. van der Merwe

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Magnoli '72

Mr. and Mrs. Peter T. Racevicius

Mr. and Mrs. James Verrastro

Mr. and Mrs. Louis G. Magnoli

Mrs. Whitney M. Raith

Mr. Keith Vidic

Mr. and Dr. Christopher P. Mahan

Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Ramee

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew W. Vogelstein

Mr. Loren S. Kagan '01

Mr. and Mrs. John J. Malarney

Mr. Karl Reed '78

Mr. Joseph P. Wanag

Dr. Richard L. Kagan and

Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Mandl

Mr. and Mrs. George L. Rogg

Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas P. Warren

Mr. and Mrs. Russel H. Marvin

Mr. Keith and

Dr. and Mrs. Richard G. Weiss

Mrs. Allison Spooner '90 Linley

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mastrianno

Mrs. Meghan Capozzi '96 Rowe

Mrs. Lisa Schereschewsky '56 Stout Mr. Hugh Hill and Mrs. Cynthia Stubbs-Hill

Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Wilk

Mr. Xiaoping Geng and Mrs. Yan Qian Mr. Richard Giles and Ms. Ashley Brokaw

Mrs. Hui Chon Choi Mr. Ji Yong Huang and Mrs. Jing Lin Mr. Sihyeong Jang and Mrs. Woo Jung Yang

Dr. Shreve Simpson Mr. Yeongoo Kang and Mrs. Jilim Kim

Mr. and Mrs. John B. Mathews

Mr. and Mrs. Francis Ryan

Mr. and Mrs. Shannon B. Young '89

Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Kramer

Mr. and Mrs. John C. Maxwell III

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Rydingsword

Mr. Peter Zendt

Mr. Huk Jae Lee and

Mr. Rory S. McAdam and

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sandrib

Mrs. Dian Griesel

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sarris

Mr. Justin Moore and

Mr. and Mrs. Todd Saxe

Mrs. Lisa C. McCarthy-Moore

Mr. Scott F. Schereschewsky '73 and

Mrs. Christine M. McCarty

Mrs. Emma J. Risley

Mrs. Eunah Hur Dr. Suk Ho Lee and

THE HEADMASTER’S COUNCIL

Mrs. HeeKyoung Jung Mr. Seok Woo Lim and Mrs. Hye Soo Woo

Mr. and Mrs. Angus McDonald

Ms. Susanne Schreiber

Named in honor of the

Mr. and Mrs. Xiao Liu

Mr. and Mrs. Jason R. McGrew '89

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scodari

Headmasters who have served

Mr. Dan Lufkin

Mr. and Mrs. Rodney P. Meissner '87

Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Seibert Jr.

Rumsey, to pay tribute to each

Mrs. Nitya A. Machribie

Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Monroe

Mr. and Mrs. William B. Shannon

donor who contributed $10,000

Mr. Rory S. McAdam and

Ms. Elibet Moore

Mr. and Mrs. David Shea

or more to the School.

Mr. Ted Moore

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Sheehy III

Mr. Daniel Moorin

Ms. Jessica A. Sherrod '05

Mr. and Mrs. Ben Badiee

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick M. Mullin

Mr. and Mrs. Bryan J. Mullen

Ms. Patricia J. Silvernail

Mr and Mrs. James A. Baker IV

Mr. Jon D. Neuhaus '87

Ms. Kirby Mullen

Mr. and Mrs. Everett Smith III

Mr. and Mrs. Alfred D. Barbour

Mr. and Mrs. Jason R. Regalbuto

Ms. Kimberly A. Munn

Mr. Nicholas N. Solley '64

Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Booth

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory J. Rohde

Atty James F. Murdica and

Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Sorosiak

Mr. Jay H. Bu and

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew L. Root

Atty Anne B. Murdica Mr. Drew R. Murphy '00 and Mrs. Alexandra A. Miller '00 Murphy

Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Souza Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Kyle L. Miller

Ms. Hae Young Lee Mr. Paul T. Cappuccio

Mr. Harold A. Salo '59

Mr. and Mrs. Rick Spooner

Mr. Sangwon Cho and

Mr. Gyeong Ho Seo and

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher P. Steers

Mr. and Mrs. Martin J. Nance

Mr. Robert L. Stern '41

Mrs. Eunjung Kim Mr. Yoon Sung Cho and Mrs. Sung Mi Lee Mr. Hyang Whan Choi and

Mr. and Mrs. Everett Smith III Mr. Nicholas N. Solley '64 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew W. Vogelstein

Mr. Minsoo Chung and

Mr. Alexandre von Furstenberg '85

Ms. Elyse L. Clark Mrs. Jaymel E. Connor Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Crisson Mr. Ji Su Ding and Mrs. Xiaoning Zhou Mr. Dien X. Do and

Rarebits

Mrs. Sung Mi Jeon Mr. Min Sha and Mrs. Yu Du

Mrs. Bong Hyun Kim Mrs. Hyuna Kim

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Ms. Rosemary Sagar

Mr. Jason P. Spooner '88

Mr. Craig J. Naclerio '05

Senior Theme, 2015

Mrs. Dian Griesel

Mrs. Vy H. Nguyen

Mr. Peinuan Wang and Mrs. Lihong Zhai Mr. Yubang You and Mrs. Hua Jiang Mr. Xiao Yang K. Zheng and Mrs. Lili Xie

THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL Named in honor of those who have

Ms. Debbie Renner Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Rutledge Mr. Nicholas J. Sagar and

served Rumsey, to pay tribute

Mrs. Vanessa K. Kong-Kerzner

to each donor who contributed

Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Seibert Jr.

$5,000-$9,999 to the School.

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Silvester Mr. and Mrs. Vinayek K. Singh

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas M. Arthur

Mr. and Mrs. Kurt M. Soukup

Mr. George R. Baldwin

Mr. Gang Su and Mrs. Xuemei Bai

Mrs. Dorothy R. Cass

Mt. Tu T. Tran and

Dr. Sang Yong Chung and Dr. Hyun Ju Um Mr. and Mrs. Gary G. Cole Dr. Eileen T. Consorti Mr. and Mrs. Allen Finkelson

Mrs. Yen H. Nguyen Mr. Weiguo Wang Mr. Zhidong Wang and Mrs. Bing Liu Mr. Jie Zeng and Ms. Qingtao Tu

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis E. Fulling Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Gordon ‘82 Mr. and Mrs. Craig W. Henrich Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey C. Hugel '70

SANFORD SOCIETY

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jankowski

Named in honor of Mrs. Lillias

Mr. Cheng Young Kim and

Rumsey Sanford, founder of

Mrs. Mun Suk You

Rumsey Hall School, to pay

Ms. Jennifer Leesfield

tribute to each donor who

The Lilac Foundation

contributed $3,000-$4,999 to

Mr. and Mrs. Gian Matteo Lo Faro

the School.

Permanent Class President Bryan Ellis signs the Class of 2015 Theme Banner.

THE 1900 SOCIETY

Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Keeshan '72

Named in honor of the year

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin A. Kennedy

Rumsey Hall School was founded,

Mr. William J. King Jr. '78

to pay tribute to each donor who

Mr. and Mrs. Ira Leesfield

contributed $1,000-$2,999 to the

Mr. Peter W. Linn and

School.

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Littman Mr. Thomas R. Bernard '69

Mr. Mark R. Maloney

Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Block

Atty James F. Murdica and

Mr. and Mrs. H. Eugene Aitken

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan F. Boucher

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Conto

Mr. and

Atty Anne B. Murdica Mr. and Mrs. Martin J. Nance

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dubow

Mr. and Mrs. Fredric C. Nelson

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Finch

Mr. Jian Ni and Mrs. Hai Yi Lu

Mr. and Mrs. Terry M. Floyd

Mr. Mikhail Duvidzon and

Mr. Louis N. Gardella '72 and

Ms. Tatiana Panchenkova Mr. Sung Taek Park and Mrs. In Suk Seo Park Atty. and Mrs. Edward R. Reines

Ms. Karen Rockey Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Gavel Jr. '78 Mr. Ian B. Goldberg '97

Mrs. Herbert W. Carden Jr. '88 Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation, Inc. Mr. Yong Cheng and Mrs. Jie Chen

Mrs. Fangying Yuan Mr. Hailiang Lu and Mrs. Yuhong Yao Mr. Jorge Maalouf and Mrs. Carina Arredondo Mr. Leonard M. Maceli '82 and Mrs. Dana Ryder ‘84 Maceli Mr. and Mrs. William R. MacMullen

Mr. Chris Desiderio and

Mr. and Mrs. John C. Maxwell III

Mrs. Tina A. E. Couch '94 Mr. Kuiyuan Cui and Mrs. Xin Li

Mr. Akio Hirato

Mr. and Mrs. Sherman E. Davis III '84

Atty. and Mrs. Brian H. Mellstrom Atty. Marc P. Mercier and Mrs. Helen H. Waldron Mr. and Mrs. David A. Meyer

Mr. and Mrs. Jonghyuk Kim

Ms. Angela D. de Lara '62

Mr. and Mrs. David M. Molder

Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Meissner ’87

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Dell'Aera

Mr. Drew R. Murphy '00 and

Ms. Tonda Mullis

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Farmen

Mr. and Mrs. George L. Taylor

Mr. and Mrs. John A. Gleason

Mr. and Mrs. Brendan K. O'Dwyer

Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas P. Warren

Mr. Stephan J. Gold

Mr. and Mrs. Bill O'Heaney

Ms. Linda Gavel ‘76 Webb

Mr. Martin Greenblatt '75

Dr. Thomas G. Olsen and

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Zehring

Mr. Cal Groton and Mrs. Louise Mauran Groton Mr. and Mrs. Manuel A. Grullon

Mrs. Alexandra A. Miller '00 Murphy

Mrs. Mary H. Boosalis Mr. Mariano A. Osorio Murillo and Mrs. Maria T. Mijangos Montalban

Mr. and Mrs. David S. Hawley

Mr. and Mrs. V. Frank Pottow

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Hill

Ms. Carolyn C. Powers

Mr. John C. Hover II

Dr. and Mrs. John Pyne

Mr. Fraser L. Hunter Jr. '81 and

Mr. and Mrs. Russell B. Pyne

Mrs. Nina Huffman Mr. and Mrs. Douglas R. Jamieson Mr. and Double rainbow over Rumsey

Mr. Yuesheng Liu and

Mr. and Mrs. Hyatt Choate

Harriet F. Dickenson Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Houldin '88

Mrs. Pilar Santos

Mrs. Brian Wynne Kavanagh

Mr. Dong Sheng Qin and Mrs. Yue Min Liang Mr. Stephen D. Richard '95 Mr. and Mrs. James R. Schechter

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Mr. James J. Pates Jr. '47

Mrs. Natalie Hubbard '53 Dyer

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Payne III '55

Mr. Nicholas Benson and

Mr. David L. Powell

Mrs. Barbara Ensign

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Ryan

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Eren '97

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rydingsword

Atty. and Mrs. Brian W. Fitzgerald

Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Silverman

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fredlund

Mr. Randolph C. Smith '81

Ms. Hudson Fuller '81

Mr. Yunbea Song and

Mr. and Mrs. Ron Gagnon

Mrs. Sunae Pak

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scodari

Mr. and Mrs. Jamie Browne

Segalla's Turnkey Housing

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth K. Burns

Mr. and Mrs. John Seldorff

Ms. Deborah A. Weinberger and

Mr. Min Sha and Mrs. Yu Du

Mr. Thomas R. Candrick

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Sheehy III

Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Conroy

Mr. and Mrs. Mark B. Silverman

Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Cornell Jr.

Mr. Hayden N. Smith '83

Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Cronin

Mr. and Mrs. William Snyder

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. DiLorenzo

Mr. Lawrence Romer and

Mr. and Mrs. George Doubleday

Mrs. Carol A. St. Amand Romer

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ellis Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Allan R. Turner

Mr. and Mrs. Eric A. Frank

Mr. Andrew J. Vadnais and

Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo G. Gaggini

Mrs. Nancy A. Lyon Mr. Shaorong Wang and Mrs. Hongli Li

Mrs. Maura Garych Fritz Mr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Greene Mr. and Mrs. William V. Grickis

Mrs. Constance O. White

Mr. and Mrs. Alex Gundry '55

Mr. and Mrs. Brian Worrell

Col. Robert H. Harmon '55

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Zecher

Mr. David Hewson '77 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew S. Hoeniger '81 Ms. Joan Horton-Iattoni

ECHO CLUB

Mr. and Mrs. Spencer M. Houldin Mr. and Mrs. William M. Houldin

Named in honor of the historic

Atty. and Mrs. Mark T. Johnson

student yearbook, to pay tribute

Mr. Allan S. Karan '55

to each donor who contributed

Mr. Stephen P. Kavanewsky '72

$500-$999 to the School.

Mr. Christopher M. Keppelman '62 Dr. Thomas Kocienda and

Mr. Walter R. Addicks '65 Mr. Eddie Ahmed and Mrs. Cherrie L. Trauber

Dr. Dana L. Martinez Mr. Jonathan Lamb and Mrs. Toni Scherrer

Mr. and Mrs. David W. Alexander '87

Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Laverge '85

Mr. Andrea A. Angera Jr. and

Mr. and Mrs. Louis G. Magnoli

Ms. Barbara A. Sabia Mr. and Mrs. George Auchincloss Mrs. Martha Barhydt Mr. Paul Schwabe and Ms. Ingrid C. Bischoff

Mr. Yidong Mao and Mrs. Hongyun Lin Mr. John C. Martin and Mrs. Beth T. Vesey Mrs. Katharine Mowbray '69 Michie

Mr. and Mrs. Truman H. Brooks '89

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mitchell

Mr. and Mrs. Sean P. Brown

Mr. and Mrs. William F. Okesson III

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Rarebits

Mr. and Mrs. Gary C. Giese

Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Sopher '54

Mr. Eric Goldstein

Mr. Harold Wilkinson and

Mr. Frank E. Gustafson III and

Mrs. Sandra L. Sparrow Wilkinson Trustee Dian Griesel P ‘15, ‘19 with daughter Chamonix McAdam ‘15 at Commencement

Mrs. Natalie S. Dyer '80

Mr. Charles W. Robinson '42

Mrs. Xhevrije Krosi

Ms. Cynthia F. Steer

Dr. and Mrs. Witold J. Henisz '83

Mr. and Mrs. John Strawbridge II

Mr. and Mrs. John Henn

Mr. Paul M. Swigart '84

Mr. Carl G. Hilgenberg '52

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin L. Taylor

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick E. Hill

Mr. Leith Paul Trask Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Scott C. Houldin

Mr. William O. Tuttle '70

Mr. Olivier L. Joanin '89

Mr. GuoQing Wang and

Mr. and Mrs. Mark P. Kagan

Mrs. Hongyun Ye

Mrs. Reah A. Mopsik '80 Kittelberger

Mr. Emmanuel G. Xuereb '81

Mr. Timothy P. Knauth '76

Mr. and Mrs. Shannon B. Young '89

Mr. Jordan S. Leventhal '05 Mr. and Mrs. Guoyong Liu Dr. and Mrs. Constantine G. Marousis

THE EFFORT LIST Named in honor of Rumsey Hall’s philosophy that effort is as important as academic achievement, to pay tribute to each donor who contributed $250-$499 to the School.

Mr. and Mrs. Alan Addley Mr. Peter D. Aeschliman '86 Mr. Simon G. Aldridge and Mrs. Lisa A. Tanno Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Bellas Mr. and Mrs. George Blake Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Brenner Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Brode Mr. and Mrs. Barry Brokaw Mr. and Mrs. Thatcher Brown Mr. and Mrs. Richard Butler Mr. John M. Campbell Jr. Mr. Barry Cohen '87 Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Cole Mr. Antonio Correa and Mrs. Alma Gonzalez-Ortega Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Cotier Mr. and Mrs. John Craig Mr. Otis R. Damslet '83 Mr. Peter Dattilo and Mrs. Ellen O'Meara Mr. and Mrs. Steve Dodge

Mr. Fidel Martinez and Mrs. Montserrat Cabeza Mr. Scott D. McCarty '72 Mrs. Cecilia K. Mullen Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Novak Mr. and Mrs. Dennis C. O’Dowd Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Ober III Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Ogden Mrs. Deborah Onorato Mr. and Mrs. William J. Pape II Mr. Benjamin and Mrs. Ledlie Mosch '92 Pastor Mr. Charles F. Porter Mrs. Whitney M. Raith Mr. and Mrs. Irving Redel Mrs. Betty L. Regan Atty. Andrew W. Roraback and Atty. Kara L. Dowling Mr. and Mrs. Francis Ryan Mr. Alejandro Sainz and Mrs. Luz-Cecilia Mondragon Mr. and Mrs. Todd Saxe Ms. Annemarie Schutz Mr. and Mrs. William B. Shannon Ms. Patricia J. Silvernail Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Sorosiak Ms. Laura A. Steben '79 The New York Community Trust Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Tuff Dr. Henry W. Vaillant '50

Mr. and Mrs. Hobart D. Van Deusen

Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Bisignano

Mr. Robert Vare and

Ms. Olivia P. Bitzonis '10

Ms. Mauren Pratt Dr. and Mrs. Richard G. Weiss

Mr. Dana and Mrs. Lucia Bryant '61 Blanchard

Mr. and Mrs. Brett Wheeler

Ms. Elizabeth A. Blank '02

Dr. Jonathan A. Woodhall

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Bolger

Mrs. Sally C. Woodhall

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bossarelli Mr. William K. Boynton '60

THE RED AND THE BLUE

Mr. Davis T. Bradford '89 Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Bratz Ms. Emmalyn M. Brenner '14

Named in honor of the School’s

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Brighenti

traditional color teams to pay

Mr. Hunter Brown and

tribute to those donors who

Ms. Tillie P. Laird

contributed up to $250 to the

Ms. Anya A. Browning '12

School.

Mr. Viacheslav A. Browning '13 Mr. Christian M. Budd '05

Mr. David Ahouse Mr. and Mrs. Dean M. Aita

Mr. Frederick B. Bunnell and Mrs. Helen Ruwet Bunnell

Mr. and Mrs. Victor J. Allessio

Mr. and Mrs. Carmine Buono

Mrs. Carol Aloe

Mrs. Joan Burns

Mr. Alejandro Anciola and

Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Butler

Mrs. Pilar Ransanz

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Buttrick

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Anderson

Mr. David M. Byerly '60

Mr. Mark R. Averill and

Mr. Jonathan D. Byerly '72

Ms. Jane Conn

Mr. Peter C. Byerly '69

Mr. and Mrs. Eric S. Bailey

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Cargill

Mrs. Anne Baker

Mr. Leonard J. Cass

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin P. Barbieri

Dr. Roger C. Cawley '62

Ms. Anna C. Barbour '14

Class of 2015

Mr. and Mrs. Dirck Barhydt Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas M. Cohen

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy F. Barry

Ms. Maya J. Cointreau '89

Dr. and Mrs. Andrew N. Bazos

Dr. Daniel G. Coit '63

Mr. James H. Beal Jr. '56

Mrs. Virginia L. Coolidge

Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas J. Belcastro

Mr. and Mrs. Clifford A. Cooper

Mr. and Mrs. Myron Benson

Mr. Jaime Cortes-Alvarez and

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Benson Mr. Albert H. Bergeret and Ms. Gail J. Wofford Mrs. Kathryn Abrams '74 Bindert

Mrs. Gimena Garcia Reynoso Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cotier Mr. and Mrs. George W. Couch Ms. Tami L. Couch '01

Mary ‘18 and John ‘18 Houldin with their Grandparents Dr. Rosalind and Mr. John Craft

Mr. and Mrs. Eric M. Falkenstein '84

Mrs. Deshna Craig

Mr. Trevor N. Farmen '99

Mr. James J. Cramphin

Mr. Tyler W. Farmen '97

Mr. James M. Cropsey '72

Mr. Austin Farmer '99

Mrs. Norma Cummings

Mr. and Mrs. Carlos E. Fernandez

Mr. Dougald A. Currie '68

Mr. Rodrigo Fernandez and

Mr. Zengjie Dai and Mrs. Lan Wang

Mrs. Alejandra V. Zingg

Mrs. Charlotte Dallett

Mr. John Ferrell

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Daly

Mr. David Findlay

Mr. and Mrs. David Darby

Mr. and Mrs. James F. Finn

Dr. and Mrs. Jacob Darer

Mr. Francis and

Mr. Emerson P. Davis '08 Mr. and Mrs. Alan P. Dayton

Mr. Robert L. Fisher Jr.

Mr. Rosario A. DeGrazia Jr. '07

Mrs. Emily FitzHugh

Ms. Stacie L. DeGrazia '09

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Flanagan

Mr. Thorndike Deland III '76

Mr. and Mrs. Kiernan P. Flynn '85

Mr. and Mrs. John Denley

Mr. Steven M. Foote '54

Mr. Christopher R. DePaola '07

Mr. and Mrs. Gus M. Franklin III '62

Mr. and

Mrs. Linda W. Fuerst '60

Mrs. Theodore C. DePaola Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Futh Jr.

Mr. John Farrell Dexheimer '06

Mr. and Mrs. Cesare Gaggini

Mr. Brickson E. Diamond

Mr. William Gagliardi

Mr. Austin S. Donnelly '12

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Gaines Sr.

Mr. and Mrs. Blaise J. Donnelly

Ms. Jessica Galimore

Ms. Colette A. Donnelly '09

Mr. Brian and

Ms. Danielle S. Donnelly '07

Mrs. Margaret St. John '86 Gally

Mr. Geoffrey H. Doughty

Ms. Lisbeth M. Garassino '97

Mr. James M. Doyle '75

Mr. Paul Garrigue Jr. '45

Ms. Jillian L. Dufresne

Mr. Gary R. Gates '51

Mr. James E. Duys

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gerlin

Mr. Allen Eddy

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart P. Gillespie Jr. '59

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest E. Egnew

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Gordon

Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Ekstrand

Mr. and Mrs. Scott R. Guillet

Mrs. Harriet Ellis

Mr. John and

Mr. Andres M. Estrada '82

Roy and Ginny Young P ‘89, 91, GP ‘22, ‘23 and Jennie Rehnberg P ‘91, ‘94, ‘00, GP ‘18, ‘20, ‘23 at Grandparents’ and Special Friends’ Day

Mrs. Virginia Boynton '55 Fishburne

Mrs. Kathryn Loomis '69 Harris

Mr. Jackson T. Etting '10

Atty. David J. Hart

Mr. Jamison T. Etting '07

Mr. Gregory B. Hawes and

Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson T. Etting Mrs. Alecia D. Evans

Ms. Rachael A. Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Hennessy

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Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Herbst '62

Mr. Cristopher A. Levy '81

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Orlowski

Ms. Jessica A. Sherrod '05

Ms. Alyson S. Hill '04

Mr. and Mrs. Steven H. Levy

Dr. Raymond L. Osborne Jr.

Ms. Angela A. Hart '76 Smith

Ms. Ashley E. Hill '07

Mr. Stirling B. Levy '86

Mr. Craig Ough

Mr. and Mrs. Philip W. Smith Jr.

Mr. John R. Hinman and

Ms. Jessica Lewis

Mr. Christopher Paolella

Mr. Stephen G. Solley '68

Mr. Jacob and

Mr. Jin Park and Mrs. Yeonah Kim

Ms. Cathy L. Soukup

Mrs. Jane G. Parker '54

Mr. Jason P. Spooner '88

Dr. Athenaide Dallett Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hinman

Mrs. Allison Spooner '90 Linley

Dr. Calvin H. Hirsch '68

Mr. Gordon W. Loery '76

Mr. and Mrs. Roger I. Parker

Mr. and Mrs. Rick Spooner

Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Hirsch '46

Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Loh

Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Parry-Hill

Mr. Stephen M. Spooner '94

Mr. Dan Morrissey and

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Long Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Pasch

Ms. Elizabeth B. Spraker

Mrs. Gail H. Lovig

Mr. and Mrs. Francis Patnaude Jr

Ms. Tara M. St. Amand '03

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hogan

Mrs. Susan Loyd Turner

Mr. Jeffrey D. Pavek '60

Mr. Orson St. John Jr.

Mr. William R. Holligan IV '93

Mr. Peter S. Lubans '98

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Pawlowski

Mr. and Mrs. Downey Stancs

Mr. Chandler W. Houldin '13

Mr. and Mrs. William MacLeod

Mr. and Mrs. Philip M. Perreault

Atty. and Mrs. John-Henry M. Steele

Mr. Luke P. Hoyne '87

Mr. John W. MacMullen '10

Mr. Charles Pigott

Mr. Oliver F. Sterlacci '96

Mrs. Kathleen Hubbard

Mr. Thomas P. MacMullen '12

Mrs. Inge Polak

Ms. Elizabeth U. Stewart '06

Mr. Jay and

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Malanca

Mr. James A. Pollock '41

Mr. John and

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Maloney

Mrs. Elizabeth Foote '61 Pope

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mandel

Mr. Charles F. Porter II '94

Mrs. Cynthia Hogan

Mrs. Anastasia Dicke '89 Huelsman Mr. Pedro P. Ibarra and Mrs. Palmira Rocha

Mrs. Lisa Schereschewsky '56 Stout Mr. Hugh Hill and

Mr. Jacob I. Mandl '11

Mr. and Mrs. Leland D. Potter Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Jackson '75

Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Mandl

Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Poulin

Ms. C. Alexandra Styron '80

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis C. Jedlinsky

Mr. Samuel T. Mandl '07

Mr. John Powers

Mr. Michael and

Mr. and Mrs. Roger J. Karabin

Mr. and Mrs. John Marenholz

Drs. Steven and Priscilla Price

Mr. Mitchell and

Mr. David P. Kleeman and

Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Priest

Mr. Francis A. Sutherland '54

Ms. Palmer Marrin '70

Mr. Steve A. Proteau and

Mrs. Lucie T. S. Swigart ‘76 St. George

Mrs. Nancy Del Percio '88 Kaye

Mrs. Ellen Doyle '72 Sullivan

Mr. and Mrs. Alexandros Kedros

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mastrianno

Mr. Paul W. Keeshan '07

Ms. Hope I. Mauran

Mr. Jay Przygocki

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Talbot '70

Ms. Nancy F. Walker '72 Keiter

Ms. Anna T. Maxwell '15

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Racevicius

Mrs. Sara Taylor

Ms. Laura Keith '90

Mr. John C. Maxwell IV '17

Mr. John P. Rafferty

Mrs. Nancy S. Teller '56

Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Kelley

Ms. Margaux M. Maxwell '09

Mr. Christopher G. Raith

Mr. Michael A. Tessel '97

Mr. and Mrs. David B. Kelso

Ms. Sarah S. Maxwell '07

Mr. Andrew G. Ray and

The Gunnery

Mr. and Mrs. John B. Kenerson

Mr. and Mrs. Angus McDonald

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kennedy

Mrs. Elsie McTiernan

Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Rehnberg

Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Thompson

Mr. Richard T. Keppelman '57

Mr. and Mrs. Rodney P. Meissner '87

Mrs. Caroline Reid Sorell

Mr. and Mrs. Werner W. Tiedmann

Mr. and Mrs. Clayton S. Ketchum

Mr. and Mrs. Roberto E. Mendoza

Mr. Owen M. Reighard '13

Mr. Randolph G. Titsworth '66

Mr. Tobias R. Ketchum '14

Mr. Lawrence G. Milburn '87 and

Ms. Margaret M. Richard

Mr. Manuel I. Torres and

Mr. Sean Kinsella and Ms. Alicia M. Mordenti Mr. Geoffrey S. Knauth '75

Ms. Amanda Seitz Mr. Dwight D. Miller '51 Mr. David P. '50 and

Mrs. Isabelle Thibault-Proteau

Mrs. Cynthia Stubbs-Hill

Mrs. Sara K. Buchen-Ray

Mrs. Vicki H. Richards Mr. Ward B. Ricke and Mrs. Katina J. Dorton

Mr. and Mrs. Roderick Theobald

Atty. Tulia V. Zingg Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Toth Mr. Idrissa A. Traore and

Mr. and Mrs. William J. Kneisel

Mrs. Gertrude B. '53 Miller

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas J. Kolpak

Rev. and Mrs. James S. Miner II

Mr. and Mrs. George L. Rogg

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Tucker

Mr. John D. Kolpak '13

Ms. April M. Montgomery

Mr. and Mrs. Gennaro A. Romano

Mr. Alexander G. Turrentine '03 and

Mrs. Priscilla Kolpak

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Montgomery

Mrs. Lee B. Rosati '57

Mr. Evgeny Kopalov and

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey P. Moore '84

Mr. and Mrs. Wallace H. Rowe III

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Ullman

Mr. Ted Moore

Mr. and Mrs. Byron C. Rupp

Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Ullram

Mr. and Mrs. Roger R. Moreau

Mr. Charles E. Ryan '12

Mr. Jon B. Utley '48

Mr. Ryan M. Murphy '98

Mr. and Mrs. David Ryan

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth T. Utting

Mr. and Mrs. D. Jeremy LaCasse

Mrs. Kathy Neuhaus

Mr. and Mrs. Francis Ryan

Mr. and Mrs. David Valente

Mr. and Mrs. John LaCasse

Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Newman

Mr. Waldo G. Salazar-Gomez '53

Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Van Sickle

Mr. and Mrs. M. Willard Lampe

Mrs. Elizabeth D. Duus '72 O'Connor

Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Sandulli

Mr. Timothy J. von Jess

Mr. Hendrik J. Laverge

Ms. Gillian F. O'Connor '13

Mr. and Mrs. Jason T. Schemm

Mr. Frederick R. Walsh

Mr. and Mrs. Adam B. Lawlor

Ms. Sydney C. O'Connor '11

Mr. Peter F. Schreiber and

Mr. Joshua A. Warren '91

Mr. Kyu Seop Lee and

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy O'Donnell

Mrs. Irina Kopalova Mr. Alexey Krasilnikov and Mrs. Angelina Krasilnikova

Mrs. Eun Jung Yeo

Ms Kate E. Robards '93

Mrs. Debbie Swigart

Ms. Dianne Anderson

Mrs. Faye Robinson-Traore

Mr. Joseph Turrentine

Mr. Robert E. Webb

Mr. and Mrs. William O'Meara

Mr. Randall B. Schwartz '77

Mrs. Patricia K. Whelan

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Leonard

Oliver Rubbish Removal, LLC.

Mr. Richard C. Sears '49

Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. White '66

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Lerz

Dr. Denise M. Olson

Dr. and Mrs. Mark Sebetic

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Whittle

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Mrs. Lucie T. S. Swigart ‘76 St. George Ms. Linda Gavel ‘76 Webb Mr. David Hewson '77 Mr. Randall B. Schwartz '77 Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Gavel Jr. '78 Mr. William J. King Jr. '78 Ms. Laura A. Steben '79

1980s Mr. Nicholas Benson and Mrs. Natalie S. Dyer '80 Mr. and Mrs. David M. Molder ‘80 Mrs. Reah A. Mopsik '80 Kittelberger Ms. C. Alexandra Styron '80 Ms. Hudson Fuller '81 Rumsey Faculty Members dress as their favorite Disney characters for Coco Booth’s ‘15 Headmaster for the Day

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew S. Hoeniger '81 Mr. Fraser L. Hunter Jr. '81 and

Mrs. Janet Wildman

Mr. Francis A. Sutherland '54

Mr. John Willette '52

Mr. Francis and

Ms. Marguerite V. Williams '62

Mrs. Virginia Boynton '55 Fishburne

Mrs. Richard A. Della Pietra '66

Mrs. Nina Huffman

Mr. Randolph G. Titsworth '66

Mr. Cristopher A. Levy '81

Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. White '66

Mr. Randolph C. Smith '81

Dr. George D. Wrightson III '59

Mr. and Mrs. Alex Gundry '55

Mr. Dougald A. Currie '68

Mr. Emmanuel G. Xuereb '81

Mr. Blake E. Wynot and

Col. Robert H. Harmon '55

Dr. Calvin H. Hirsch '68

Mr. Andres M. Estrada '82

Mr. Allan S. Karan '55

Mr. Stephen G. Solley '68

Mr. Leonard M. Maceli '82 and

Mr. Maxwell B. Yang and

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Payne III '55

Mr. Thomas R. Bernard '69

Mrs. Dana Ryder ‘84 Maceli

Mrs. Huan Wen Lu

Mr. James H. Beal Jr. '56

Mr. Peter C. Byerly '69

Mr. Otis R. Damslet '83

Mr. Zachary B. Zampaglione '00

Mr. John and

Mr. John and

Dr. and Mrs. Witold J. Henisz '83

Ms. Ana M. Hermoso

Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey R. Zampiello '91 Mr. Peter Zendt

Mrs. Lisa Schereschewsky '56 Stout Mrs. Nancy S. Teller '56 Mr. Richard T. Keppelman '57

Mrs. Kathryn Loomis '69 Harris Mrs. Katharine Mowbray '69 Michie

Mr. Hayden N. Smith '83 Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Cornell '84 Mr. and Mrs. Sherman E. Davis III '84

Mrs. Lee B. Rosati '57

1970s

ALUMNI

Mr. and

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey C. Hugel '70

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey P. Moore '84

Mr. David P. Kleeman and

Mr. Paul M. Swigart '84

1940s

Mr. Harold A. Salo '59

Mr. Bruce S. Gelb ‘41 Mr. James A. Pollock '41 Mr. Charles W. Robinson '42 Mr. Paul Garrigue Jr. '45 Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Hirsch '46 Mr. James J. Pates Jr. '47 Mr. Jon B. Utley '48 Mr. Richard C. Sears '49

1950s Dr. Henry W. Vaillant '50 Mr. Gary R. Gates '51 Mr. Dwight D. Miller '51 Mr. Carl G. Hilgenberg '52 Mr. John Willette '52 Mrs. Natalie Hubbard '53 Dyer Mr. David P. '50 and Mrs. Gertrude B. '53 Miller Mr. Waldo G. Salazar-Gomez '53 Mr. Steven M. Foote '54 Mrs. Jane G. Parker '54 Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Sopher '54

Mrs. Stuart P. Gillespie Jr. '59

Ms. Palmer Marrin '70

Mr. and Mrs. Eric M. Falkenstein '84

Mr. and Mrs. Kiernan P. Flynn '85

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Talbot '70

Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Laverge '85

Mr. William O. Tuttle '70

Mr. Alexandre von Furstenberg '85

Mr. Jonathan D. Byerly '72

Mr. Peter D. Aeschliman '86

Mr. William K. Boynton '60

Mr. James M. Cropsey '72

Mr. Brian and Mrs. Margaret St.

Mr. David M. Byerly '60

Mr. Louis N. Gardella '72 and

John '86 Gally

Dr. George D. Wrightson III '59

1960s

Mrs. Linda W. Fuerst '60

Ms. Karen Rockey

Mr. Stirling B. Levy '86

Mr. Jeffrey D. Pavek '60

Mr. Stephen P. Kavanewsky '72

Mr. and Mrs. David W. Alexander '87

Mr. Dana and

Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Keeshan '72

Mr. Barry Cohen '87

Ms. Nancy F. Walker '72 Keiter

Mr. Luke P. Hoyne '87

Mrs. Elizabeth Foote '61 Pope

Mr. Scott D. McCarty '72

Mr. William K. Kelly '87

Dr. Roger C. Cawley '62

Mrs. Elizabeth D. Duus '72 O'Connor

Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Klemm '87

Ms. Angela D. de Lara '62

Mr. Michael and

Mr. and Mrs. Rodney P. Meissner '87

Mrs. Lucia Bryant '61 Blanchard

Mr. and Mrs. Gus M. Franklin III '62 Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Herbst '62

Mrs. Ellen Doyle '72 Sullivan Mrs. Kathryn Abrams '74 Bindert

Mr. Lawrence G. Milburn '87 and Ms. Amanda Seitz

Mr. Christopher M. Keppelman '62

Mr. James M. Doyle '75

Mr. Jon D. Neuhaus '87

Mr. and

Mr. Martin Greenblatt '75

Mr. and

Mrs. J. Woodrow Mosch Jr. '62

Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Jackson '75

Mrs. Herbert W. Carden Jr. '88

Ms. Marguerite V. Williams '62

Mr. Geoffrey S. Knauth '75

Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Houldin '88

Dr. Daniel G. Coit '63

Mr. Thorndike Deland III '76

Mr. Mitchell and Mrs. Nancy Del

Mr. Nicholas N. Solley '64

Mr. Timothy P. Knauth '76

Percio '88 Kaye

Mr. Walter R. Addicks '65

Mr. Gordon W. Loery '76

Mr. Jason P. Spooner '88

Mr. and

Ms. Angela A. Hart '76 Smith

Mr. Davis T. Bradford '89

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Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Block Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Booth Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Brenner Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Brode Mr. and Mrs. Truman H. Brooks '89 Mr. and Mrs. Sean P. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Thatcher Brown Mr. and Mrs. Jamie Browne Mr. Jay H. Bu and Ms. Hae Young Lee Mr. Frederick B. Bunnell and Mrs. Helen Ruwet Bunnell Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth K. Burns Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Butler Mr. and Mrs. Herbert W. Carden Jr. '88

Greenwich Reception 2015 at the Belle Haven Club

Mrs. Dorothy R. Cass Mr. and Mrs. Truman H. Brooks '89

Ms. Tami L. Couch '01

Ms. Gillian F. O'Connor '13

Mr. Leonard J. Cass

Ms. Maya J. Cointreau '89

Mr. Loren S. Kagan '01

Mr. Owen M. Reighard '13

Mr. Yong Cheng and Mrs. Jie Chen

Mr. Jay and

Ms. Elizabeth A. Blank '02

Ms. Anna C. Barbour '14

Mr. Sangwon Cho and

Mr. Nicholas M. Logothetis '03

Ms. Emmalyn M. Brenner '14

Mr. Olivier L. Joanin '89

Ms. Tara M. St. Amand '03

Mr. Tobias R. Ketchum '14

Mr. and Mrs. Shannon B. Young '89

Mr. Alexander G. Turrentine '03 and

Ms. Anna T. Maxwell '15

Mrs. Anastasia Dicke '89 Huelsman

Mr. Joseph Turrentine

1990s

Ms. Alyson S. Hill '04

Mr. Chris Prosperi and Ms.

Mr. Christian M. Budd '05

Courtney R. Febbroriello '90

Mr. Jordan S. Leventhal '05

Ms. Laura Keith '90

Ms. Jessica A. Sherrod '05

Mr. Jacob and Mrs. Allison

Mr. John Farrell Dexheimer '06

Spooner '90 Linley

Ms. Elizabeth U. Stewart '06

Mr. Joshua A. Warren '91

Mr. Rosario A. DeGrazia Jr. '07

Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey R. Zampiello '91

Mr. Christopher R. DePaola '07

Mr. Benjamin and

Ms. Danielle S. Donnelly '07

Mrs. Ledlie Mosch '92 Pastor

Mr. Jamison T. Etting '07

Mr. William R. Holligan IV '93

Ms. Ashley E. Hill '07

Ms Kate E. Robards '93

Mr. Paul W. Keeshan '07

Mr. Chris Desiderio and Mrs. Tina A. E. Couch '94

Mr. Samuel T. Mandl '07 Ms. Sarah S. Maxwell '07

Mr. Charles F. Porter II '94

Mr. Emerson P. Davis '08

Mr. Stephen M. Spooner '94

Ms. Stacie L. DeGrazia '09

Mr. Stephen D. Richard '95

Ms. Colette A. Donnelly '09

Mr. Oliver F. Sterlacci '96

Ms. Margaux M. Maxwell '09

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Eren '97 Mr. Tyler W. Farmen '97 Ms. Lisbeth M. Garassino '97 Mr. Ian B. Goldberg '97 Mr. Michael A. Tessel '97 Mr. Peter S. Lubans '98 Mr. Ryan M. Murphy '98 Mr. Trevor N. Farmen '99 Mr. Austin Farmer '99

2000s Mr. Drew R. Murphy '00 and Mrs. Alexandra A. Miller '00 Murphy Mr. Zachary B. Zampaglione '00

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Rarebits

Mr. John C. Maxwell IV '17

Mrs. Eunjung Kim Mr. Yoon Sung Cho and Mrs. Sung Mi Lee Mr. and Mrs. Hyatt Choate Mr. Hyang Whan Choi and

CURRENT PARENTS Mr. Eddie Ahmed and Mrs. Cherrie L. Trauber Mr. and Mrs. H. Eugene Aitken Mr. Simon G. Aldridge and Mrs. Lisa A. Tanno Mr. Alejandro Anciola and Mrs. Pilar Ransanz Mr. Andrea A. Angera Jr. and Ms. Barbara A. Sabia Mr. and Mrs. Douglas M. Arthur Mr. and Mrs. Ben Badiee Mr. George R. Baldwin Mr. and Mrs. Kevin P. Barbieri CPA Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas J. Belcastro Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Bellas

Mrs. Bong Hyun Kim Mr. Minsoo Chung and Mrs. Hyuna Kim Dr. Sang Yong Chung and Dr. Hyun Ju Um Ms. Elyse L. Clark Mr. and Mrs. Douglas M. Cohen Dr. Eileen T. Consorti Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Conto Mr. Antonio Correa and Mrs. Alma Gonzalez-Ortega Mr. Jaime Cortes-Alvarez and Mrs. Gimena Garcia Reynoso Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Cotier Mrs. Deshna Craig Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Crisson Mr. Kuiyuan Cui and Mrs. Xin Li Mr. Peter Dattilo and

2010s Ms. Olivia P. Bitzonis '10 Mr. Jackson T. Etting '10 Mr. John W. MacMullen '10 Mr. Jacob I. Mandl '11 Ms. Sydney C. O'Connor '11 Ms. Anya A. Browning '12 Mr. Austin S. Donnelly '12 Mr. Thomas P. MacMullen '12 Mr. Charles E. Ryan '12 Mr. Viacheslav A. Browning '13 Mr. Chandler W. Houldin '13 Mr. John D. Kolpak '13

Hezekiah ‘22, Katharine ‘19 and Lili Dyer ‘80 with friend on Spring Parents’ Day

Mr. Seok Woo Lim and Mrs. Hye Soo Woo Mr. Jacob and Mrs. Allison Spooner '90 Linley Mr. Peter W. Linn and Mrs. Pilar Santos

Mr. Mikhail Duvidzon and Ms. Tatiana Panchenkova Mr. and Mrs. Philip M. Perreault Mr. Charles Pigott Mr. and Mrs. V. Frank Pottow Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Poulin

Mr. and Mrs. Xiao Liu

Ms. Carolyn C. Powers

Mr. Yuesheng Liu and

Mr. Steve A. Proteau and

Mrs. Fangying Yuan

Mrs. Isabelle Thibault-Proteau

Mr. and Mrs. Gian Matteo Lo Faro

Dr. and Mrs. John I. B. Pyne

Mr. Hailiang Lu and

Mr. Christopher G. Raith

Mrs. Yuhong Yao

Mrs. Whitney M. Raith

Mr. Dan W. Lufkin

Mr. and Mrs. Jason R. Regalbuto

Mrs. Nitya A. Machribie

Atty. and Mrs. Edward R. Reines

Rex Rohde ‘15 with his parents at the Senior Parent Reception at the Headmaster’s House

Mr. Jorge Maalouf and

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory J. Rohde

Mrs. Ellen O'Meara

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Hennessy

Mr. Mark R. Maloney

Mr. Michael Dell'Aera and

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Hill

Mrs. Jessica E. Marullo-Dell'Aera Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. DiLorenzo Mr. Ji Su Ding and Mrs. Xiaoning Zhou Mr. Dien X. Do and Mrs. Vy H. Nguyen Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dubow Mr. James E. Duys Mr. Nicholas Benson and Mrs. Natalie S. Dyer '80 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ellis Jr. Mrs. Alecia D. Evans Mr. and Mrs. Carlos E. Fernandez Mr. Rodrigo Fernandez and Mrs. Alejandra V. Zingg

Mr. John R. Hinman and Dr. Athenaide Dallett Mr. and Mrs. Matthew S. Hoeniger '81 Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Houldin '88 Mr. and Mrs. Scott C. Houldin Mr. and Mrs. Spencer M. Houldin Mr. Ji Yong Huang and Mrs. Jing Lin Mr. Jay and Mrs. Anastasia Dicke '89 Huelsman Mr. Pedro P. Ibarra and Mrs. Palmira Rocha Mr. Sihyeong Jang and Mrs. Woo Jung Yang Atty. and Mrs. Mark T. Johnson

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Finch

Mr. and Mrs. John B. Kenerson

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis E. Fulling

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin A. Kennedy

Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo G. Gaggini

Mr. and Mrs. Clayton S. Ketchum

Ms. Jessica Galimore

Mr. Yeongoo Kang and

Mrs. Maura Garych Fritz Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Gavel Jr. '78 Mr. Xiaoping Geng and Mrs. Yan Qian Mr. and Mrs. Gary C. Giese Mr. and Mrs. John A. Gleason

Mrs. Jilim Kim Mr. Sean Kinsella and Ms. Alicia M. Mordenti

Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Kramer

Mr. Xiaofeng Gu and Mrs. Fei Xu

Mr. and Mrs. D. Jeremy LaCasse

Mr. and Mrs. Scott R. Guillet

Mr. and Mrs. Adam B. Lawlor

Mr. Frank E. Gustafson III and

Mr. Huk Jae Lee and

Mrs. Hui Chon Choi Ms. Rachael A. Ryan

Atty. Kara L. Dowling

Ms. Hope I. Mauran

Mr. and Mrs. Byron C. Rupp

Mr. and Mrs. John C. Maxwell III

Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Rutledge

Mr. Rory S. McAdam and

Mr. and Mrs. Francis Ryan

Mrs. Dian Griesel Mr. and Mrs. Rodney P. Meissner '87 Atty. Marc P. Mercier and Mrs. Helen H. Waldron

Ms. Rosemary Sagar Mr. Alejandro Sainz and Mrs. Luz-Cecilia Mondragon Mr. and Mrs. James R. Schechter

Mr. and Mrs. Kyle L. Miller

Mr. and Mrs. Jason T. Schemm

Ms. April M. Montgomery

Mr. Peter F. Schreiber and

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick M. Mullin Atty James F. Murdica and Atty Anne B. Murdica

Ms. Dianne Anderson Mr. Gyeong Ho Seo and Mrs. Sung Mi Jeon

Mr. and Mrs. Martin J. Nance

Mr. Min Sha and Mrs. Yu Du

Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Newman

Mr. and Mrs. William B. Shannon

Mr. Jian Ni and Mrs. Hai Yi Lu

Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Silverman

Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Novak

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Silvester

Mr. and Mrs. Brendan K. O'Dwyer

Mr. and Mrs. Vinayek K. Singh

Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Ober III

Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Sorosiak

Mr. and Mrs. William F. Okesson III

Mr. and Mrs. Kurt M. Soukup

Mr. Mariano A. Osorio Murillo and

Mr. Gang Su and Mrs. Xuemei Bai

Mrs. Maria T. Mijangos Montalban Mr. Craig Ough

Mr. and Mrs. George L. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Toth

Dr. Dana L. Martinez

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Greene

Mr. Gregory B. Hawes and

Atty. Andrew W. Roraback and

Dr. Thomas Kocienda and Mr. and Mrs. Douglas J. Kolpak

Mr. David J. Ha and

Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Mandl

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew L. Root

Mr. and Mrs. William J. Kneisel

Mr. and Mrs. Adam P. Godfrey

Mrs. Xhevrije Krosi

Mrs. Carina Arredondo

Mrs. Eunah Hur Dr. Suk Ho Lee and Mrs. HeeKyoung Jung Ms. Jennifer Leesfield Mr. and Mrs. Michael Leonard

Mr. and Mrs. David S. Hawley

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Lerz

Mr. and Mrs. John Henn

Ms. Jessica Lewis

Idriss Traore ‘15 with his mother on Spring Parents’ Day

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Mr. Idrissa A. Traore and Mrs. Faye Robinson-Traore Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Tucker Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Tuff

Mr. Albert H. Bergeret and Ms. Gail J. Wofford Mr. Paul Schwabe and Ms. Ingrid C. Bischoff

Mr. and Mrs. James F. Finn

Mrs. Kathy Neuhaus

Atty. and Mrs. Brian W. Fitzgerald

Mrs. Elizabeth D. Duus '72 O'Connor

Mrs. Emily FitzHugh

Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Ogden

Mr. and Mrs. Terry M. Floyd

Dr. Thomas G. Olsen and

Mr. and Mrs. David Valente

Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Bisignano

Mr. and Mrs. Eric A. Frank

Mr. Timothy J. von Jess

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Bolger

Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Futh Jr.

Dr. Denise M. Olson

Mr. Frederick R. Walsh

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan F. Boucher

Mr. and Mrs. Ron Gagnon

Dr. Raymond L. Osborne Jr.

Mr. Peinuan Wang and

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Brighenti

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Gaines Sr.

Mr. and Mrs. William J. Pape II

Mrs. Joan Burns

Mr. Louis N. Gardella '72 and

Mr. Jin Park and Mrs. Yeonah Kim

Mrs. Lihong Zhai Mr. Weiguo Wang

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Buttrick

Mr. Zhidong Wang and

Mr. John M. Campbell Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Gordon

Ms. Deborah A. Weinberger and

Mr. and Mrs. William V. Grickis

Mr. and Mrs. Roger I. Parker

Mrs. Bing Liu Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas P. Warren

Mr. Sung Taek Park and Mrs. In Suk Seo Park

Mr. and Mrs. Manuel A. Grullon

Mr. James J. Pates Jr. '47

Ms. Linda Gavel ‘76 Webb

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Cargill

Atty. David J. Hart

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Pawlowski

Mr. Robert E. Webb

Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Cole

Mr. and Mrs. Craig W. Henrich

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Payne III '55

Dr. and Mrs. Richard G. Weiss

Mr. and Mrs. Gary G. Cole

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick E. Hill

Mr. Charles F. Porter

Mr. Blake E. Wynot and

Mrs. Jaymel E. Connor

Ms. Joan Horton-Iattoni

Mr. and Mrs. Leland D. Potter Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Conroy

Mr. and Mrs. William M. Houldin

Mr. David L. Powell

Mr. Yubang You and

Mr. and Mrs. Clifford A. Cooper

Mr. John C. Hover II

Drs. Steven and Priscilla Price

Mrs. Hua Jiang

Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Cornell Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas R. Jamieson

Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Priest

Mr. and Mrs. Shannon B. Young '89

Mr. and Mrs. George W. Couch

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jankowski

Mr. Jay Przygocki

Mr. Jie Zeng and Ms. Qingtao Tu

Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Cronin

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis C. Jedlinsky

Mr. and Mrs. Russell B. Pyne

Mr. Xiao Yang K. Zheng and

Mr. Zengjie Dai and Mrs. Lan Wang

Mr. and Mrs. Mark P. Kagan

Mr. Dong Sheng Qin and

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Daly

Dr. Richard L. Kagan and

Ms. Ana M. Hermoso

Mrs. Lili Xie

Mr. Thomas R. Candrick

Ms. Karen Rockey

Mrs. Mary H. Boosalis

Dr. and Mrs. Jacob Darer

Dr. Shreve Simpson

Mrs. Yue Min Liang Mr. John P. Rafferty

Mr. and Mrs. Sherman E. Davis III '84

Mr. and Mrs. Roger J. Karabin

Mr. and Mrs. Alan P. Dayton

Mr. and Mrs. Alexandros Kedros

Mr. and Mrs. Theodore C. DePaola Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Keeshan '72

Mr. and Mrs. Irving Redel

Mr. David Ahouse

Mr. Brickson E. Diamond

Mr. and Mrs. David B. Kelso

Mrs. Betty L. Regan

Mr. and Mrs. Victor J. Allessio

Mr. and Mrs. Blaise J. Donnelly

Mr. and Mrs. Jonghyuk Kim

Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Rehnberg

Mr. and Mrs. George Auchincloss

Mrs. Natalie Hubbard '53 Dyer

Mr. Hendrik J. Laverge

Mrs. Caroline Reid Sorell

Mr. and Mrs. Eric S. Bailey

Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson T. Etting

Mr. Kyu Seop Lee and

Ms. Margaret M. Richard

Mrs. Anne Baker

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Farmen

Mrs. Eun Jung Yeo

Mr and Mrs. James A. Baker IV

Mr. and Mrs. Philip Farmer

Mr. and Mrs. Steven H. Levy

Mr. and Mrs. Alfred D. Barbour

Mr. Rodrigo Fernandez and

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Littman

Mr. and Mrs. Dirck Barhydt Jr.

Mrs. Alejandra V. Zingg

PAST PARENTS

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy F. Barry

Mr. Ward B. Ricke and Mrs. Katina J. Dorton

Mr. John Ferrell

Mr. Leonard M. Maceli '82 and

Mr. and Mrs. Wallace H. Rowe III

Mr. and Mrs. Allen Finkelson

Mrs. Dana Ryder ‘84 Maceli

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Ryan

Mr. and Mrs. William R. MacMullen

Mr. Nicholas J. Sagar and

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Mr. and Mrs. Louis G. Magnoli Dr. and Mrs. Constantine G. Marousis Mr. David P. Kleeman and Mr. John C. Martin and Mrs. Beth T. Vesey Mr. Fidel Martinez and Mrs. Montserrat Cabeza

207 TOTAL PARTICIPANTS

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Mrs. Vicki H. Richards

Mr. and Mrs. Gennaro A. Romano

Ms. Palmer Marrin '70

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Mrs. Sara K. Buchen-Ray

Mrs. Susan Loyd Turner

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Mr. Andrew G. Ray and

PRESIDENT’S BRONZE LEVEL AWARDS

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mastrianno Mr. Scott D. McCarty '72

Mrs. Vanessa K. Kong-Kerzner Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Sandulli Ms. Annemarie Schutz Dr. and Mrs. Mark Sebetic Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Seibert Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Sheehy III Mr. and Mrs. Mark B. Silverman Mr. and Mrs. Everett Smith III Ms. Cathy L. Soukup Mr. Harold Wilkinson and Mrs. Sandra L. Sparrow Wilkinson

Atty. and Mrs. Brian H. Mellstrom

Mr. and Mrs. Rick Spooner

Mr. and Mrs. Roberto E. Mendoza

Mr. Lawrence Romer and

Mr. and Mrs. David A. Meyer

Mrs. Carol A. St. Amand Romer

Rev. and Mrs. James S. Miner II

Mr. Orson St. John Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Roger R. Moreau

Mr. and Mrs. Downey Stancs

Atty. and Mrs. John-Henry M. Steele

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Zecher

GRANDPARENTS

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Zehring

Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Bratz

In Honor of

Ms. Cynthia F. Steer

Mrs. Carol Aloe

Hunter N. Ramee '14

Mr. and Mrs. John Strawbridge II

In Honor of

Owen P. Ramee '17

Caroline F. Traina '22

Oliver C. Ramee '21

Louise M. Traina '24

Mr. and Mrs. Barry Brokaw

Mr. Hugh Hill and Mrs. Cynthia Stubbs-Hill

FRIENDS AND RELATIVES

Mr. and Mrs. Roderick Theobald

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Anderson

In Honor of

Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Thompson

Dr. and Mrs. Andrew N. Bazos

In Honor of

Jack B. Giles '22

Mr. and Mrs. Werner W. Tiedmann

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bossarelli

Bryan R. Ellis '15

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Butler

Mr. Manuel I. Torres and

Mr. Hunter Brown and

Brad W. Ellis '16

In Honor of

Erin R. Butler '20

Abigail Butler '23

Atty. Tulia V. Zingg

Ms. Tillie P. Laird

Mr. Mark R. Averill and

Mr. Leith Paul Trask Jr.

Mr. Paul T. Cappuccio

Mr. and Mrs. Allan R. Turner

Mrs. Norma Cummings

In Honor of

Mrs. Virginia L. Coolidge

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Ullman

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest E. Egnew

William K. Ensign '14

In Honor of

Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Ullram

Mr. Robert L. Fisher Jr.

Grace J. Federle '15

Clark J. Johnson '06

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth T. Utting

Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Loh

Jack W. Mayers '17

Benjamin C. Johnson '09

Mr. Andrew J. Vadnais and

Mr. and Mrs. William MacLeod

Mrs. Martha Barhydt

Samuel T. Johnson '15

Mrs. Elsie McTiernan

In Honor of

Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Cornell Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew W.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Orlowski

Tyler W. Barhydt '05

In Honor of

Vogelstein

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Pasch

Charles E. Ryan '12

Christina H. Cornell '06

Mr. Shaorong Wang and

Mr. and Mrs. William Snyder

Margaret W. Ryan '16

Nicholas M. Cornell '08

The Gunnery

Mr. and Mrs. Myron Benson

Alexander H. Cornell '11

Mrs. Patricia K. Whelan

In Honor of

Sarah S. Maxwell '07

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Whittle

Beck E. Curtis '17

Margaux M. Maxwell '09

Mrs. Janet Wildman

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Benson

Anna T. Maxwell '15

Dr. Jonathan A. Woodhall

In Honor of

John C. Maxwell IV '17

Mrs. Sally C. Woodhall

Katharine D. Benson '19

Colby D. Moran '17

Mr. and Mrs. Brian Worrell

Hezekiah Benson '22

Mrs. Nancy A. Lyon

Mrs. Hongli Li Mrs. Constance O. White

Ms. Jane Conn

The Cynthia Lufkin Memorial Garden planted in 2013 to honor former Trustee Cynthia Lufkin P ‘12, ‘20, ‘24

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do you know

RUMSEY

True or False

Mr. Eric Goldstein

In Honor of

In Honor of

Maxim A. Cotier '15

Mason J. von Jess '16

Isabella Cotier '17

Sawyer von Jess '19

Mr. and Mrs. John Craig

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Gordon

In Honor of

In Honor of

Meitya A. Craig '15

Brooke M. Gordon '14

Mrs. Charlotte Dallett

Mr. Cal Groton and

In Honor of

Charlotte J. Hinman '14

In Honor of

George W. Hinman '17

James A. Walsh '16

Mrs. Louise Mauran Groton

Mr. and Mrs. John Denley

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Gullquist

In Honor of

In Honor of

Riley J. Burns '15

Thomas W. Mullin '16

1. The founder of Rumsey Hall School was Lillian Rumsey Sanford.

Mr. and Mrs. George Doubleday

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hinman

In Honor of

In Honor of

Hollis B. Brown '16

Charlotte J. Hinman '14

2. Tom Farmen was appointed Headmaster in 1985 after working at the School for 11 years.

Mrs. Natalie Hubbard '53 Dyer

Mr. Akio Hirato

In Honor of

In Honor of

Katharine D. Benson '19

Yuka Masamura '17

Hezekiah Benson '22

Haruka Masamura '18

3. The Campus Center is the newest building at Rumsey Hall.

Mrs. Harriet Ellis

Mr. and Mrs. William M. Houldin

In Honor of

In Honor of

Bryan R. Ellis '15

Christina H. Cornell '06

4. The Blue Dog became the School’s mascot in 2000, its centennial year.

Brad W. Ellis '16

Nicholas M. Cornell '08

Mrs. Barbara Ensign

Alexander H. Cornell '11

In Honor of

William M. Houldin '07

5. The Faculty Member who has taught for the most consecutive years at Rumsey Hall is Jay Przygocki.

Robert W. Ensign '04

James A. Houldin '12

Timothy F. Ensign '07

Chandler W. Houldin '13

William K. Ensign '14

Carter B. Houldin '16

Grace J. Federle '15

John C. Houldin '18

6. The dog on the patch of your Rumsey blazer looks to your right.

Mr. David Findlay

Mary Louise M. Houldin '18

In Honor of

Emelia G. Houldin '20

William W. Findlay '12

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kennedy

7. You cannot drive to Rumsey without crossing a bridge.

8. A red and white ribbon and cum laude card is awarded for an average between 85-89.9.

9. The last job for waiters at meals is cups.

10. The Shepaug River runs through campus.

8. True 9. False - trash 10. False - Bantam River Dorms 4. True 5. False - Rick Spooner 6. True 7. True 1. False —Lillias 2. True 3. False—North and South

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Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cotier

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Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Futh Jr.

In Honor of

In Honor of

Jack Kennedy '13

Christian P. Deneault '09

Shealyn Kennedy '16

Phillip R. Deneault '11

Colin J. Kennedy '18

Adrianna S. Deneault '12

Quinn Kennedy '20

Andre' Deneault '14

Mrs. Priscilla Kolpak

Mr. and Mrs. Cesare Gaggini

In Honor of

In Honor of

John D. Kolpak '13

Margot Gaggini '14

Eleni M. Kolpak '15

Juliette C. Gaggini '17

Hunter Kolpak '17

Mr. William Gagliardi

Mr. and Mrs. John LaCasse

In Honor of

In Honor of

Hunter P. Guillet '18

John C. LaCasse '17

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Gaines Sr.

Eleanor D. LaCasse '19

In Honor of

Finnegan C. LaCasse '24

Raymond E. Gaines '13

Mr. and Mrs. Ira Leesfield

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gerlin

In Honor of

In Honor of

Michael A. Leesfield '16

Dimity J. Wanag '13

Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Loh

Tabor K. Wanag '15

In Honor of

Tyler W. Farmen '97

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Long Jr.

Mrs. Inge Polak

Mrs. Sally C. Woodhall

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth K. Burns

In Honor of

In Honor of

In Honor of

Ms. Deborah A. Weinberger and

Daniel H. Byrnes '00

Chelsea Simpson '05

Charles L. Reycroft '16

Margaret M. Byrnes '01

Andrew R. Simpson '07

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Zecher

Mr. and Mrs. Gary G. Cole

Sadie M. Lukos '06

Darby L. Simpson '11

In Honor of

Mr. Antonio Correa and

Bailey J. Higgins '11

Mrs. Gail H. Lovig

Mr. John Powers

In Honor of

In Honor of

Isabella DeLuca '15

Claire R. Powers '20

Crescenzo J. DeLuca '16

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Racevicius

Mr. Thomas R Candrick

Mrs. Alma Gonzalez-Ortega Mrs. Deshna Craig

FRIENDS OF THE AUCTION GIFTS OF $1,000 +

Mrs. Maura Garych Fritz Mr. and Mrs. Patrick E. Hill

Mr. and Mrs. Louis G. Magnoli

In Honor of

In Honor of

Taylor A. Racevicius '10

Nicole A. Magnoli '01

Sydney Racevicius ‘14

Mr. and Mrs. Ben Badiee

Mr. James J. Pates Jr. '47

Cameron Racevicius '17

Mr. and Mrs. Alfred D. Barbour

Mr. and Mrs. Jason R. Regalbuto Mr. Alejandro Sainz and

Connor L. Magnoli '02

Skyler R. Magnoli '07

Mr. and Mrs. Irving Redel

Mrs. Jaymel E. Connor

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Malanca

In Honor of

Mr. and Mrs. Adam P. Godfrey

In Honor of

Jessica A. Sherrod '05

Mr. and Mrs. Manuel A. Grullon

Sydney M. Lerz '15

Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Rehnberg

Ingersoll Auto of Danbury

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Maloney

In Honor of

Mr. Sihyeong Jang and

In Honor of

Alexis A. Delmore '18

Alec Y. Maloney '14

Ryan J. Delmore '20

Mrs. Woo Jung Yang Mr. Rory S. McAdam and Mrs. Dian Griesel

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mandel

In Honor of

Mr. and Mrs. David Ryan

Mr. Jian Ni and Mrs. Hai Yi Lu

Samuel T. Mandl '07

In Honor of

Dr. and Mrs. John I. B. Pyne

Jacob I. Mandl '11

Peyton S. Hawes '17

Mr. Nicholas J. Sagar and

Lily A. Mandl '15

Lachlan M. Hawes '19

Jackson Delmore '23

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Brendan K. O'Dwyer

Mrs. Luz-Cecilia Mondragon Mr. Peter F. Schreiber and Ms. Dianne Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Silvester Mr. John and Mrs. Lisa Schereschewsky '56 Stout Mr. and Mrs. John Strawbridge II Mr. and Mrs. George L. Taylor

Mr. and Mrs. John Marenholz

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rydingsword

Mr. and Mrs. James R. Schechter

In Honor of

In Honor of

Mr. and Mrs. Everett Smith III

CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS, AND MATCHING GIFTS

John D. Kolpak '13

Evan P. Rydingsword '20

Mr. Nicholas N. Solley '64

Eleni M. Kolpak '15

Leah A. Rydingsword '23

Mr. and Mrs. Kurt M. Soukup

Assured Guaranty Corporation

Hunter Kolpak '17

Mr. and Mrs. Philip W. Smith Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Allan R. Turner

Mrs. Edith Mehiel

In Honor of

Washington Food Market

In Honor of

Elizabeth H. Lawrence '10

Washington Liquor

James A. Bitzonis '07

Ms. Elizabeth B. Spraker

Olivia P. Bitzonis '10

In Honor of

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mitchell

C.C. Borzilleri ‘11

In Honor of

Jack Borzilleri ‘14

Anne E. Lombardi '16

Mary-Elizabeth B. Borzilleri '21

Emily L. Lombardi '18

Lucas R. Lombardi '21

Mrs. Vanessa K. Kong-Kerzner

Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation, Inc. Delaware Investments Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation

FRIENDS OF THE AUCTION GIFTS OF $500 TO $999

E and R Cleaners

Mr. and Mrs. Downey Stancs

Mr. and Mrs. H. Eugene Aitken

IBM - International Business

In Honor of

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Farmen

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Montgomery

Sabina Stancs '08

Mr. and Mrs. John A. Gleason

Kingdon Capital Management, LLC

In Honor of

Luke Stancs '11

Mr. and Mrs. Craig W. Henrich

Lawrence M. Gelb Foundation, Inc.

Claire R. Powers '20

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin L. Taylor

Mr. and Mrs. Ira Leesfield

Molder Family Foundation

Mrs. Cecilia K. Mullen

In Honor of

Mr. and Mrs. Kyle L. Miller

Oliver Rubbish Removal, LLC

In Honor of

Gary C. Giese '23

Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Rutledge

QUALCOMM

Daniel C. White '15

Mr. and Mrs. Allan R. Turner

Segalla's Turnkey Housing

Segalla's Turnkey Housing

Ian T. White '17

In Honor of

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin L. Taylor

Target

Mrs. Deborah Onorato

Bradley J. Turner '08

Mr. Xiao Yang K. Zheng and

The Lilac Foundation

In Honor of

Cody A. Turner '10

Owen M. Reighard '13

Abbey N. Turner '14

Mari H. Leonard '18

Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Van Sickle

Mrs. Lili Xie

Ericson Insurance Advisors Harriet F. Dickenson Foundation Herbst Foundation, Inc. Machines

The New York Community Trust The Prudential Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Parry-Hill

In Honor of

In Honor of

Robert F. Ober '20

Quinn P. Greene '14

Dr. Jonathan A. Woodhall

FRIENDS OF THE AUCTION GIFTS OF $1 TO $499

Riley Greene '22

In Honor of

Mr. Hunter Brown and

Charles L. Reycroft '16

Matching Gifts Time Warner, Inc.

Ms. Tillie P. Laird

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Planned Gifts Today Support Rumsey Students Tomorrow The Rumsey Hall School Heritage Society­—Leave a Legacy Planned gifts to Rumsey Hall School enable you to

will be invested in Rumsey’s Endowment in perpetuity,

create a legacy contribution that will have a powerful

or for a designated restricted purpose of scholarship.

impact beyond your lifetime – securing the chance for

A CRT is an excellent vehicle for gifts of appreciated

a new generation of students to experience a Rumsey

stock or property, since the trust is tax exempt and does

education.

not incur capital gains tax when assets are sold.

Bequests and other forms of planned

philanthropy invested in the Endowment remain a permanent part of the School’s financial foundation. A growing number of constituents in the Rumsey Family are including the School in their long-range planning to make a lasting difference.

Bequests or gifts may be made through your estate by including a provision in your will or living trust, or by naming Rumsey as a beneficiary of a Retirement Plan or Life Insurance Policy. The amount gifted to the School can be expressed as a dollar amount or as a percentage of the assets to be allocated. No bequest is too small.

A Charitable Remainder Trust (CRT)

provides donors as beneficiaries of annual income payments during their lifetimes. The remaining assets

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Please let us know if you have included Rumsey in your estate plans.

We would like to thank you for

your generosity, make sure the purpose of your gift is understood by the School, and acknowledge your wishes by welcoming you to the Rumsey Hall School Heritage Society.

Choosing the right planned gift depends on your personal financial goals as determined by consultation with your financial, tax or legal advisor. Please contact Director of Development Carol Maxwell to explore your options, cmaxwell@rumseyhall.org or 860.868.0535 Thank you for your consideration.

CLASS NOTES KEEP US UPDATED! Please send your news and photos (high res jpeg) to Alumni Coordinator Jordan Leventhal ‘05 jleventhal@rumseyhall.org

Sanford House Study Hall, 1950s

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Alain Bertrand ‘79 with wife Dorthee, daughter Lila, and Headmaster Tom Farmen during a visit to campus.

History Department Chair Tom Geagan P ‘13, ‘16, Luke Stancs ‘11, Marina Herbst ‘11 and Faculty Member Sean Kinsella P ‘22, ‘23

1940s Robert “Bob” Stern ‘41 volunteers at Meals on Wheels every week with his wife, Brenda. He also sings in an all-male chorus and tutors Hispanic students.

Julian Padowicz ‘46 had the fourth and final part of his memoir, When The Diamonds Were Gone, published by Chicago Review Publishers. It covers his first 13 years in America and includes the four years he spent at Rumsey on the Cornwall campus.

1960s

Anya Browning ‘12 and Katie Stonecipher ‘12 with Headmaster Tom Farmen during a visit to campus.

Dennis Tanney ‘64 is the Automotive Editor of Chronos Watch Magazine. He is also a professional photographer for Rolex, Cavallino (the Ferrari magazine), and The Star (the Mercedes Benz club magazine).

Bernhard “Charlie” Hoffmann ‘68 graduated from Dartmouth College, NH in 1977 and now has his own firm specializing in biotechnology investment banking. He lives in Lake Forest, IL with his wife, Susan, and has four children, Alex, Augie, Peter & Phoebe.

Clark Johnson ‘06 with Associate Director of Admission Ben Tuff P ‘22, ‘24 during a campus visit. Clark is currently working at OEC Brewing, Oxford, CT.

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1970s Ted Sarant ‘70 has been working as a home remodeler for the last 43 years and is starting his seventh year serving on his church’s council. He enjoyed seeing his fellow classmates at their 45th Rumsey Class Reunion in June.

Walter Hoffmann ‘72 earned a degree from Columbia University, NY and attended Boston Architectural College, MA. He has his own company building and renovating property in the Boston area. His work has been featured on the cover of The Boston Globe Magazine. He lives with his two sons, Nick and Luke, and his partner Adine Storer in Melrose, MA. Margaret Hoffman ‘72 has retired from a career in currency trading and now lives in Mt. Washington Valley, NH, working part-time at a 75-year old peace and social justice educational retreat.

Mark Zeisler ‘75 will be playing the lead role of Eddie Carbone in Arthur Miller's "A View from the Bridge" at the Seattle Repertory Theatre this fall.

L to R: Gustavo “Gustav” Jaén Sandoval ‘83 halfway through an ultra marathon in Venezuela; Charles Porter ‘94 after summiting Mt. Rainier, WA; Melinda Cornell ‘86 Moran with her family preparing to go caving in New Mexico; Jose Pablo “JP” Chico ‘98 married Mariana Ojeda in April 2015.

1980s Gustavo “Gustav” Jaen Sandoval ‘83 recently completed his fourth marathon and also completed his third ultra trail, a 80 KM race.

Karl Reed ‘78, William King ‘78, and Frederick “Fritz” Bosch ‘78 have founded a company called D.A.S.H. Logistics that has created a product designed to assist pizza delivery franchises in making the delivery process more streamlined.

Ted Pyfrom ‘83 has moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina with his wife and four daughters, where he works in the bulk shipping and logistics industry. He still enjoys receiving his annual birthday card from Headmaster Tom Farmen.

Melinda Cornell ‘86 Moran P ’17 spent the summer with her family traveling in a RV. She’s excited that her oldest son, Colby, is entering Rumsey’s VIth Form this fall.

1990s Jay Newton-Small ‘90 recently completed a teaching fellowship at Harvard University, MA and has returned to TIME Magazine where she is based in Washington, DC covering politics.

She also recently founded a company called MemoryWell which is creating an app to help

record the stories of those suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease.

Jeremy Burton ‘92 and Jaime were married in Leadville, CO in July 2015.

Alexander Alves ‘93 has opened a custom screen printing company called Shirt Bakery in Watertown, CT. Arthur Huntington ‘96 began working in June 2015 as a chef at Sully’s Restaurant & Saloon in Louisville, KY. Charles Porter ‘96 climbed Mt. Rainier, WA in July 2015, successfully reaching the 14,410’ summit.

Jennifer Elie ‘98 is living in Panama with her husband, Carlos, and their two sons, Eduardo and Andres. She has started a business called Food Republic that sells dips and jams and offers creative catering.

Jose Pablo “JP” Chico ‘98 married Mariana Ojeda in Mexico in April 2015 after dating for over 14 years.

2000s Agbesi Akpedonu ‘00 recently joined Honeywell in Baltimore, MD as a Solutions Account Manager.

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L to R: Associate Director of Admission Ben Tuff P ‘22, ‘24 and Matt Kraft ‘09 during a campus visit; Director of Admission Matt Hoeniger ‘81, P ‘11, ‘15 and Arjun Kumar ‘05 during a spring campus visit; Coordinator of Girls’ & Women’s Issues/Assistant Dean of Students Ali Spooner ‘90 Linley P ‘23, Colette Donnelly ‘09 and Danielle Donnelly ‘07 at Alumni Reunion.

Ben Levy ‘01 graduated with a MS in Mathematics and will be completing his PhD focused in Mathematical Ecology at the University of Tennessee in Spring 2016. He is currently a graduate research assistant at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, collaborating with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to understand, model and limit the population of feral hogs in the park.

Gwendolyn Richards ‘01 is a third year Social Justice law student at St. Thomas University, FL. She's interning with the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, AL this summer.

Elizabeth “Lizzy” Blank ‘02 graduated with a MA in Marine Affairs from the University of Rhode Island in December 2014. She also became a member of the Rhode Island and Massachusetts Bar Associations in December and now practices Corporate Law in Newport, RI.

Athletic Director Jay Przygocki P ‘00, ‘03, Claudia Cisneros ‘86, and Associate Headmaster Rick Spooner P ‘88, ‘90, ‘94, GP ‘23 during a campus visit

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Arjun Kumar ‘05 lives in Chicago, IL, where he is developing an app called Coordin8 for managing itineraries and coordinating group travel.

Jordan Leventhal ‘05 joined the Rumsey Staff in June 2015 as the Alumni Coordinator after graduating cum laude from Ursuline College, OH where he served as Student Government President for two years and received the Sister Diana Stano Award for Excellence in Academics, Leadership, and Service.

Gerry “Jerry” Panzu ‘05 is creating a social messaging app designed to assist college students acclimate to campus life. Cuaround helps students create relationships by sharing videos, pictures, class-notes, and connecting them with nearby students and Alumni.

Mark Naclerio ‘07 has been elected to serve as captain of the Brown University, RI hockey team for the 2015-2016 year. He also skated at the New York Rangers Prospect Development Camp.

Mark Naclerio ‘07 at the New York Rangers Prospect Development Camp in July 2015

Peter Tocci ‘07 is currently living in Milton Keynes, England where he works for a fuel cell company.

Richard Crane ‘08 is a senior at Drexel University, PA, majoring in mechanical engineering. Through the co-op program at Drexel, Richard has worked on the reliability team at the Philadelphia Refinery and at a hydraulics manufacturer (Hoerbiger) in Bavaria, Germany. He has also interned with SpaceX’s propulsions team in Los Angeles, CA. Brad Turner ‘08, son of former Faculty Member Crystal and Dean ‘80 Turner P ‘08, ‘10, ‘14 won a United States Intercollegiate Boxing Association National Championship Belt at the University of Michigan while representing his college, Susquehanna University, PA where he is a finance major.

Cassandra “Cassie” Richards ‘08 graduated from Stetson University, FL in May 2015.

Michael Waller ‘08 was presented the Wurster Award at Catawba College, NC, which is given to student athletes who demonstrate strong character, able leadership, and a team-beforeself attitude, while he was a member of Catawba’s soccer team. He was also was inducted into Phi Sigma Iota (National Foreign Language Honor Society) in May 2015.

Emerson Davis ‘08 recently graduated cum laude from Bucknell University, PA and has enrolled at the London School of Economics, U.K.

Matthew Kraft ‘09 is a senior political science major in the military college at The Citadel, SC. He was recently named a 2016 Summerall Guard in the changing of the guard ceremony.

Jon Neuhaus ‘87 and Larry Millburn ‘87 in Washington Depot, CT in Spring 2015

2010s Alana Lopez ‘12 graduated from Vermont Academy, VT and has signed a letter of commitment to attend Manhattanville College, NY in the fall as a member of their lacrosse team.

Matt Murphy ‘12 graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall and is attending George Washington University, DC, where he is studying International Affairs.

Brad ‘08 and Dean Turner ‘80, P ‘08, ‘10, ‘14 after Brad won his USIBA National Championship Belt.

Gwynne Dulaney ‘13, a senior at Westover School, CT, was selected from hundreds of applicants, along with Katharine Dyer Benson ‘19 and Carter Giese ‘23, to have her work read at ASAP’s Celebration of Young Writers 10th Anniversary event in May 2015.

Tess Vogel ‘13 recently graduated summa cum laude in piano performance from Lawrence University, WI.

Michael Waller ‘08 winning the Wurster Award at Catawba College, NC

Lily Johns ‘14 is a junior at Canterbury School, CT and had a leading role in their productions of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “Once Upon A Mattress.” In addition, she played

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Dean of Students Clayton Ketchum P ‘14, ‘17 4. Former Faculty Member Sam Baroody and Eleni Kolpak ‘15 in Atlanta, GA 5. Ava Pawlowski ‘14, Anna

Maxwell ‘15, Hugh Rossi ‘14, and Chamonix McAdam ‘15 at the Founders Day Regatta at Lake Waramaug, CT 6. Ava ‘14 and brother Landon Gabriele ‘12 at Landon’s graduation from Notre Dame High School, CT 7. rumseysummer!2015 camp counselors Lily McGrew ‘14, Abbey Turner ‘14, Jake Mandl ‘11,

Jamison Etting ‘07, Ashley Hill ‘07, Bryan Ellis ‘15, Delaney Stokes ‘14 and Eleni Kolpak ‘15 8. Maggie Mohen ‘06, Director of Studies Brooke Giese P ‘23, and Mary Grace Chapman ‘06 met for dinner in Washington Depot, CT 9. Toby Georgi ‘87 and Ward “Glen” Bigelow ‘87 at Toby’s house in Lake Forest, IL 10. Language Skills Teacher Amy Hoeniger P ‘11, ‘15, Charles Porter ‘94, Assistant Headmaster/Director of Admission Matt Hoeniger ‘81 P ‘11, ‘15,

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Novak ‘13 and Assistant Headmaster Fran Ryan P ‘12 ‘16 at the Founders Day Regatta at Lake Waramaug, CT 12. Tom Sperry ‘88 and family with Director of Admission Matt Hoeniger ‘81 P ‘11, ‘15 during a July 2015 visit to campus from Oregon 13. Wes Pullen ‘62 P ‘00 and Maggie Williams ‘63 in Arcadia

National Park, ME 14. Charlie Ryan ’12 and Tim Pumphret ’13 at the Henley Royal Regatta on the Thames River, UK rowing for the Salisbury Crew team 15. Raymond Sanchez ‘93, Matt White ‘93 and Charles Porter ‘94 Alumni of New Dorm East 16. Shea Farrell ‘72 with Headmaster Tom Farmen during

a campus visit. 17. Sam Maxwell ‘00 with Director of Technology Steve and Kaycee Dodge 18. Nicholaus Patnaude ‘97 married Sarah Kushwara in July 2015 19. Associate Director of Admission Ben Tuff P ‘22, ‘24 , David Martin ‘03 and Thayer Clark ‘03 after a triathlon in July 2015 in Middlebury, CT

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“Kathy” Chung ‘00 and her husband Kyu Hyun Chun welcomed their new daughter, Olivia Minseo, in May 2015. 5. Branden ‘00 and Alecia Bohan welcomed their daughter, Liberty Pearl, in May 2015. 6. Carter ‘97 and Lauren Mosch welcomed their son, Jackson, in April 2015. 7. Jarrel Price ‘97 and wife Lauren announced the birth of their son, Winston Oliver in March 2014. 8. Kyle ‘02 and

Amanda Halloran welcomed their daughter, Keelyn Lily, in May 2015. 9. Todd White ‘95 and his wife Kylee are proud to announce the

birth of their son, Lincoln Walter, in June 2015. 10. Daniel and Amy Soderberg ‘00 Wilt announced the birth of their daughter, Amelia, in June 2015.

In Memoriam Henry “Dick” Humphries ‘32 passed away in February 2015 at the age of 97.

Peter Herts Gruntal ‘34 died in November 2012 at the age of 91. Peter was a WWII veteran and later worked as a salesman. He also was an avid golfer, winning the first of many Westchester Golf Championships in 1939.

John Frederick Fulton ‘70 died in August 2009 at the age of 56. John was the former owner of Huntington Pennysaver Group, NY and also worked in the technology repair industry. John is survived by his wife Maureen Burke-Fulton, and his four children, Meghan, John Jr., Grace and Alexandra.

William E. “Willy” Mahon ‘85 died in December 2013 at the age of 44. He is survived by his mother, Margaret “Maggie” Mahon, and his maternal grandparents, Jack and Peg Mahon.

Matt Nolan ‘92 passed away in February 2015 at the age of 38. He was the Director of Small Commercial Marketing Analytics for The Hartford, CT. He is survived by his wife, Rebecca; his daughter, Alexandra; his grandmother, Patricia and his brother-in-law and sister, Dan and Beth Nolan ‘90, P ‘18 Lovallo.

Megan Martin ‘03 died in June 2015 at the age of 27. Meg was a writer, filmmaker, and artist who lived in Napa, CA. Alex Hewett ‘05 passed away in May 2015 at the age of 25.

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RICK BUTLER P ’20, ’23 Upper School Science Teacher Director of Residential Life Director of Outdoor Education

What led you to work at a private school, Rumsey in particular?

I had a great experience as a boarding student at The Loomis Chaffee School, CT (’92) and when I was looking for a teaching position I wanted to find a similar educational community. My uncle, John Butler, was a teacher and administrator at Rumsey for nine years and he introduced me to Rumsey Hall.

What makes the Rumsey experience so unique and special?

I enjoy working with students in all aspects of life teaching, coaching and dorm parenting.

How would you describe your teaching style?

I am a builder and a problem solver. My physical science classes involve lots of hands-on learning. In small lab groups students measure calories, split water into its elements, solve challenge problems, and compete in a pasta bridge contest.

What technology device do you find most useful at school? Outside of school?

At school – I use my SmartBoard to connect Physics to the real world.

Outside of school – My iPad keeps me connected.

What are some of your hobbies and interests outside of the classroom?

Sailing, kayaking, skiing, playing games and woodworking Tell us something we don’t know about you.

After high school I took a year off to work and ski in Crested Butte, CO. What would be the one book you would recommend every student should read?

“Touching the Void” - a fantastic adventure / survival story

What are some of your favorite moments from a day in the life at Rumsey?

Play Period, Broomball Competitions, Spring Dorm Carnival, Pond Skating and the Bromley Ski/Snowboard Trip

“Rumsey Questionnaire” What is the first word that comes to mind when you hear

What is your favorite journey? Sailing and snorkeling in the

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Which talent would you most like to have? Ability to fly

dinner party (living or deceased)? Albert Einstein and Ernest

What is your current state of mind? Relaxed…it’s Summer!

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What do you consider your greatest achievement? My Family

What was the last app you used? Google Maps and AccuWeather

What do you most value in your friends? Sense of fun and

What is your idea of perfect happiness? Sunset sail with family

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JENNIFER KOLPAK P ’13, ’15, ’17 IIIrd Form (Fifth Grade) Teacher

What led you to work at a private school, Rumsey in particular?

In the early 1990s when I was dating my husband, Doug, he would bring me to Rumsey to reminisce about his childhood memories.

His aunt and uncle, Joanna and Bill Wishart, began their teaching careers at Rumsey and he spent numerous summer days and holidays in Washington Depot. Our hope at the time was to move back to Connecticut and find a school our three children could attend and where we could both teach. We were looking for a school that had a close-knit family environment, where we could teach students in small class sizes and be directly responsible for curriculum development. To work with friends who could help us raise our children and make us better teachers and people was our ideal situation. After spending just a few days on campus, we knew we had found exactly what we were looking for.

What makes the Rumsey experience so unique and special?

My ability to interact with my children during the school day. They have grown and thrived at Rumsey and it’s so special to have one of them come by my classroom during recess or at the end of the day to share a struggle or a most recent achievement. The messages on my whiteboard in my classroom from them or the smiles I observe from afar make this experience one in a million. When I refer to my children, I include every student I have taught during my time at Rumsey. A visit, card, email or short little note reminds me that I can make an impact in the lives of my students.

How would you describe your teaching style?

I feel that the best learning takes place when students feel safe to take risks knowing that their teacher and classmates will support and assist them. Developing a relationship with my students inside and outside of the classroom and nurturing them while showing them respect helps them trust me. Teaching to a variety of learning styles is always a priority for me when planning and implementing instruction. My goal is to have a classroom mixed with laughter and learning.

What are some of your favorite moments from a day in the life at Rumsey?

The memories I hold most dear are the simple ones. Sitting on the bench on a sunny afternoon watching the Lower School kids play by the ponds, passing a colleague along the sidewalk knowing a quick

“Rumsey Questionnaire”

What is the first word that comes to mind when you hear Rumsey Hall? Family Who would you have on your guest list for your ideal dinner party (living or deceased)? My grandmother and my husband’s grandmother What was the last app you used? KioskConnect What is your idea of perfect happiness? When everything is right in the lives of my children and my husband. When we can sit and laugh knowing everything in the world is good even if it’s only for a short while.

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My interactive projector because it allows me to reach students through a multisensory approach. The technology device I find most useful at home is my iPhone, which allows me to keep connected with my family and friends at all times.

What are some of your hobbies and interests outside of the classroom?

I enjoy walking the golf course with my husband and kids while they play golf at the local country club. I enjoy spending time at the beach with family and friends. One of my favorite activities is watching my children’s sporting events in the rink, on the field or in the water.

Tell us something we don’t know about you.

When I was 28, I left my tenured public school teaching job in my hometown where I had just been selected teacher of the year. My husband and I decided to sell our home in Southington, CT to move to a small third floor apartment in a private boarding school in Wolfeboro, NH. This change required my husband to make a career and lifestyle change that we both felt would enrich our family.

I stayed at home with my children until my youngest entered kindergarten and then moved back to Connecticut and restarted my teaching career at Rumsey. Those years were a special gift that I wouldn’t trade for anything in the world.

What would be the one book you would recommend every student should read?

I believe that children’s picture books can teach amazing lessons just as well as long novels. As I prepare my IIIrd Formers to enter the Upper School I do a series of lessons on perseverance. I read my class The Little Engine That Could, by Watty Piper. It is a childhood favorite of mine that was first given to me by a coach I remember fondly. It reinforces that hard work, consistent effort and overcoming fears can lead to success.

What is your greatest fear? Snakes What is your favorite journey? The process of raising my children.

Which talent would you most like to have? Ability to sing What is your current state of mind? Happy What do you consider your greatest achievement? Being a mother and a wife What do you most value in your friends? Loyalty and honesty Who are your real-life heroes? My father

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THE RUMSEY FAMILY REUNITES IN CELEBRATION On June 13, 2015, more than 140 Alumni and Friends

showcases the spirit of Rumsey today and then they

returned to the valley where the trout stream lies and

were treated to a nostalgic look at yearbook photos of

reunited with friends, teachers, and coaches during

their younger selves on the big screen.

Alumni Reunion 2015. Reminiscing about their time at Rumsey, everyone enjoyed a day with perfect summer weather.

’74, ’77 GP ’01, ’02, ’07 umpired the traditional Reds vs. Blues Alumni Softball Game on Seibert Field. The

Beginning with a tour led by Assistant Headmaster/

Blues, sparked by a face-first slide into home plate by

Director of Admission Matt Hoeniger ’81, P ’11, ’15,

newly elected Board Chair Jon Neuhaus ’87, ignited a

attendees observed improvements of the School’s

last inning rally to narrowly beat the Reds 9-8. While

facilities over the past two decades.

Sharing stories

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and memories sparked by things seen on the tour, many

the afternoon with Associate Headmaster and Volleyball

Alumni longingly wished that they were still students at

Coach Rick Spooner P ’88, ’90, ’94 GP ’23 as he led a

Rumsey especially when they saw the Campus Center

lively game of outdoor volleyball. All were happy to be

and North and South Dorms.

playing for their favorite volleyball coach again.

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In the late afternoon, Jason Spooner ’88 and his band,

Schereschewsky ’70 Charles and Mimi Charles ’70 were

The Jason Spooner Band, performed outdoors at the

recognized for recruiting the largest reunion class, Sarah

Headmaster’s House during dinner which included

Neuhaus ’90 won the award for farthest distance traveled

tacos from the El Camion Taco Truck. Throughout the

(Sacramento, CA), and Ginna Boynton ’55 Fishburne

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1. Alumni from the 1950s 2. 1960s 3. 1970s 4. 1980s 5. 1990s 6. 2000s 7. Alumni from the 2010s 8. Former Headmaster Lou Magnoli umpires the traditional Reds vs Blues softball game. 9. The Jason Spooner ‘88 Band plays to the crowd in the backyard of the Headmaster’s House. 10. Sarah Neuhaus ‘90, Ian Winthrop ‘05 and Dylan Carpenter ‘08 during an excting play in the softball game.

11. Sensei Rick Spooner with the Alumni who played in the volleyball game 12. Associate Headmaster Rick Spooner, Ali Spooner ‘90 Linley and Noah Linley ‘23 join the Jason Spooner ‘88 Band for a song.

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LOWER SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL INITIATIVES EXPLORING GOVERNMENT AT THE GRASS ROOTS

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Air Force Base in Afghanistan. Though Skyping

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Student Council Members from Ist - IIIrd Forms

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(Grades 3-5) gathered around two tables by the fireplace immersed in conversation. These weekly lunchtime meetings are an integral part of the Lower School community - a time for students and teachers to lunch together while students work as a team to serve others, promote school spirit, and in the process, become leaders in the Lower School.

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The Council then initiated “Getting to Know You.” Every two weeks a Rumsey employee was invited to the Lower School Morning Meeting for a question and answer period. The IIIrd Form Council members conveyed in their Spring Term speech, “The information the guest speakers shared with us and the questions they answered were

This year’s Council took on quite a few projects.

interesting and, at times, inspirational. With each

At the start of the school year they began planning

visit, our campus became even more comfortable and

for the October 17th arrival of Alexis Aita’s ’20

connected.” Nine different people from CulinArt

uncle, U.S. Army Reserve Pilot - Chief Warrant

Food Service, the Health Center, School Store,

Officer 3 Mike Mignogna, and his wife, Donna. Last

Main and Lower Offices, Maintenance, Faculty and

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Administration spoke at the Morning Meetings,

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L to R: Lower School Students with gifts for the winter Hope Chests; Canned Food Drive; U.S. Army Reserve Pilot-Chief Warrant Officer 3 Mike Mignogna and officers in Afghanistan with care packages sent by Lower School Students

In the late Fall Term, Council Members organized

collaborated with Ist Form (Grade 3) teacher Karen

several collections for people in need in the local

Saxe to select new decorations that will be purchased

community. They stood tirelessly outside, rain, snow

over the summer to complete the project.

or shine, collecting non-perishable food provisions for a local food bank and items for “Holiday Hope Chests” for children at the St. Vincent DePaul Society’s Waterbury, CT shelters. Both the people at the food bank and Deacon Emil Croce from the shelter were impressed and thrilled by their good work.

The Council also discusssed the drop-off and pick-up car idling issues with Pre-Primes (Grade 1) teacher Jane Darby, which will be addressed throughout the next school year. Additional initiatives included weekly meetings with CulinArt Food Service Director Maryann Pierzga to plan and serve the “Try Its” in Farmen Hall on Fridays (over

Bathroom improvements were a major focus of

forty new foods were sampled by Lower School

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students this year); working with School Store

of Facilities Gary Lord to discuss renovation ideas

Director Heather Leonard P ’13 ’18, to improve the

for the bathroom in the Foreign Language hallway.

times for Lower School access to the School Store;

Upon reviewing their ideas and estimating the total

delivering speeches at each term’s Academic Awards;

cost of the project, the Student Council met with

planning a number of “school spirit” days, “Minute

Business Manager/CFO Karen Scodari for final

to Win Its” and even a tug of war when students

budget approval. After much deliberation, they

competed to earn points for their teams, and they

presented color choices and tile options to the Lower

solved the ‘ball in the pond’ issue by purchasing a

Schoolers for a vote. Meanwhile, the Council invited

retractable eighteen-foot pool hook, rescuing nine

Registered Nurse Marci Gouveia P ’19, ’21 to discuss

balls the first time it was utilized.

proper bathroom etiquette with students. The renovation was completed over March recess and everyone was delighted with the new and improved facility. During Spring Term Council Members

With over 75% participation from students in IstIIIrd Forms, the Student Council is thriving and an integral component of the Lower School experience.

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summer has its own story...

The Endowed Lopez Low Foundation Enrichment Program provides summer opportunities for Rumsey Faculty Members to enhance their areas of expertise and enjoy experiences that bring fresh perspectives to their classrooms.

Language Skills Teacher Claire Ketchum P ’14, ’17 advanced her knowledge of the Emotional Freedom Technique (also known as tapping). Teaching this skill to her students will help them alleviate stress, anxiety, and fear, helping them cope with the stresses of testing.

Dean of Students Clayton Ketchum P ’14, ’17 studied advanced photography techniques with The Great Courses Fundamentals of Photography.

Director of Studies Brooke Giese and son, Carter ’23, spent time hiking at Lonesome Lake, NH on the Appalachian Trail (pictured top left).

History Teacher Robert and Science Teacher Kim Mandl P ’07, ’11, ’15 took a multi-city tour of the Mid-Atlantic with their family, stopping in Washington, DC, Baltimore, MD, Boston, MA, and New York City. Robert used the stops to expand his history focus and develop additional curriculum content for his history and geography classes, while Kim will use their visits to aquariums, institutes, space centers and museums to assist her in curriculum development for her earth science and life science classes.

English and ESL Teacher Dan Moorin enrolled in the Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury College, VT, where he is working toward completing his MA in English. This program will help him deepen his knowledge in literature studies to better teach his students.

Associate Director of Admission Ben Tuff P ’22, ’24 competed in the USAT’s National Championship Triathlon in Nashville, TN in August 2015. He plans to use his trainig experience to help Rumsey students understand the importance of staying healthy and fit (pictured bottom left).

FACULTY NOTES Math Department Chair Phil Perreault P ’24 and his wife, Heather, welcomed their newest daughter, Anabel Quinn Perreault, in April 2015 (pictured left). Annie joins siblings Addy ’24 and Thomas.

Pre-Primes Teacher Jane Darby’s original writing composition was selected to be read at Words and Music, a fundraiser benefiting the Washington Park Foundation, CT. Former Faculty Member Sam Gaudet competed in his first Ironman Triathalon in Boulder, CO and finished in an astounding 10 hrs. 48 mins—top 5% of all competitors.

More than twenty fish were caught during the Annual Faculty Fishing Trip this summer, with History Department Chair Tom Geagan P ’13, ’16 reeling in the biggest fish of the day. Pictured are Faculty Members James Cramphin, Craig Ough P ’23, Steve Dodge, Tom Geagan P ’13, ’16 , Sean Kinsella P ’22, ’23 and Chris Dyball.

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Upcoming Events September 22 , 2015

Bermuda Reception

Annual Benefit Auction—As Time Goes By

October 9, 2015

Fall Parents’ Day October 10, 2015 NYC Reception

November 10, 2015

Korea Reception

November 17, 2015

Boston Reception December 3, 2015 Holiday Gathering at the Headmaster’s House

December 19, 2015

Los Angeles Reception

February 2, 2016

San Francisco Reception

February 3, 2016

Alumni Games/Young Alums Gathering

February 6, 2016

Bromley Ski Trip

February 7-9, 2016

Mexico Reception

February 16, 2016

Greenwich Reception

April 21, 2016

Alumni Reunion/Farmen Farewell Celebration

June 11, 2016

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RUMSEY SNAPSHOT

Rocket Launching During the Lower School Afternoon Enrichment Program

Rumsey Hall School 201 Romford Road Washington, CT 06794