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Alumni Horae Summer 2022
New Board Presidency Begins
David Scully ’79, P’21 to lead SPS Trustees.
KAREN INGRAHAM
On July 1, David Scully ’79, P’21 began his term as the new Board of Trustees president for St. Paul’s School — an appointment announced in May by Rector Kathy Giles and outgoing Board President Archie Cox, Jr. ’58, who retired from the Board after 10 years of service.
In a letter emailed to alumni, parents, and employees, Scully expressed how honored and excited he felt about the opportunity, noting “the need has never been greater to educate and inspire a new generation of ethical citizen leaders. This is what we do at St. Paul’s School.” He added:
A trustee since 2020, Scully chairs the Finance Committee and sits on the Executive, Grounds and Buildings, and Investment Committees. He has been an active SPS volunteer in a variety of capacities for many years, serving as a form agent (1989-95 and 2005-09) and main agent (2009-14). His SPS connections include his father, John A. Scully ’49; uncles, Scott W. Scully ’40 and David W. Scully ’45; brother, Benjamin P. Scully ’82; and cousin, Jamie Purviance ’81. His son, Benjamin W. Scully, is a member of the Form of 2021.
Scully is currently vice chairman at Caledonia Investments, a global investment management firm with offices in Sydney and New York. Prior to Caledonia, he was a partner and chief marketing officer at Coatue Management, a hedge fund focused on technology, media, and telecommunications. He joined Coatue in 2005 after working in a similar capacity at Passport Capital and Cannell Capital, two long/short equity hedge funds based in San Francisco. He is board chair of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and has served on Trinity College’s Board of Fellows.
As Scully’s Board presidency gets underway, he is firmly focused on the School’s future, citing “a moral duty to build the SPS of 2030” and says, “I am optimistic about our world, our school, and most of all, the next generation. I am doing this for them.”

Read Board President David Scully’s full letter at sps.edu/scully or scan the QR code.