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Congratulations Class of 2014 A

s a college preparatory school, equipping young people

with the skills to succeed at Stratford, in college and beyond is one of the most important roles we play in the lives of

our students. Stratford students are well-trained to move each step of the way from preschoolers learning to read and write to upper

school students crafting their own creative college entrance essays.

Congratulations to the Class of 2014 for being accepted by more than 90 colleges and universities across the country and for being offered over $4.2 million in merit scholarships, not including HOPE.

CLASS FACTS 74 students 55% of class has been together for 12 years (34% of these are honor graduates) 46% of class received approximately $4.2 million in merit scholarships, not including HOPE 3 students signed letters of intent/commitment to play Division I collegiate-level athletics 70% of seniors were enrolled in AP level courses 19 seniors received AP scholar designations after junior year Approximately 70% of the Class of 2014 qualified for the HOPE scholarship

CLASS HIGHLIGHTS

Abbie Nash – Valedictorian, University of Georgia Matthew Beringer – Salutatorian, University of Georgia Maggie Bergmark – Westminster Choir College’s Dean’s Scholarship; Oberlin in Italy principal role in summer opera program John Clark – The Citadel, Scholars’ Scholarship Jane Gibson – Mercer University, Service Scholar and Josiah Penfield Academic Scholarship Hemanth Sanjeev – David P. Baker Cup Recipient for Top Debate Team in nation in 2013 and 2014, will debate at Harvard University National Merit Commended Scholars – Matthew Beringer, Margaret Anne Rowe, Hemanth Sanjeev, Morgan Sowell Stratford and Bibb County STAR Student-Teacher – Hemanth Sanjeev and Abby Schirmer The Telegraph Golden Eagle Honorable Mention Award Recipients – John Clark (Athletics), Abbie Nash (Foreign Language), Hunter Quintal (Science), Margaret Anne Rowe (English Literature) Letter of Intent to play golf – Matthew Beringer (University of Georgia) Letter of Intent to run track – Katie Stone (University of Georgia) Letter of Commitment for football – William Ham (University of Georgia)

COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES AND ENROLLMENTS University of Alabama at Birmingham University of Alabama* American University of Paris* Appalachian State University Armstrong Atlantic State University Auburn University* Baldwin Wallace University Ball State University Belmont University Berry College Birmingham-Southern College Boston College Brown University* University of California at Davis University of California at San Diego University of California at Santa Cruz Carleton College Carson-Newman College University of Central Florida University of Cincinnati The Citadel* Clemson University Coastal Carolina University College of Charleston* * Student scholarship offers, not including HOPE

College of Coastal Georgia University of Colorado, Boulder Davidson College DePaul University* Eckerd College Elon University Emory University Florida State University Furman University* Gardner-Webb University Georgetown University* Georgia College* Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Southern University* Georgia State University University of Georgia* University of Hartford Harvard University* Indiana University at Bloomington* Kennesaw State University* Liberty University Longwood University Louisiana State University Macalester College

Mercer University* University of Miami University of Michigan Middle Georgia State* University of Mississippi* New College University of North Carolina, Asheville University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill University of North Carolina School of the Arts University of North Georgia, Dahlonega University of North Georgia, Gainesville Campus* University of Notre Dame

Ohio State University Oklahoma City University Oklahoma State University Oxford College of Emory University* Pace University Pennsylvania State University Point Park University Presbyterian College* Radford University Randolph College Reinhardt College Rider University Samford University* SCAD Sewanee* Shenandoah University* University of South Carolina

Southern Methodist University Stony Brook University Syracuse University University of Tampa Temple University University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Valdosta State University University of Virginia Wake Forest University Washington and Jefferson College Webster University Wesleyan College Westminster Choir College of Rider University* College of William and Mary Wofford College Young Harris College

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STRATFORD M A G A Z I N E 2014 • Vol. 14, No. 1 Stratford Magazine is published for alumni, families and friends of Stratford Academy by the Office of Institutional Advancement, 6010 Peake Road, Macon, GA 31220.

Head of School Dr. Robert E. Veto Editor Kathleen Cook Medlin ’88 Editorial Assistants Elizabeth Avant ’85, Conner Hefner, Jaime Kaplan ’79, Karen McCue Contributors Caroline Avant ’13, Elizabeth Avant, Jaime Kaplan, Karen McCue Photography Elizabeth Avant, Marco Garcia (Associated Press), HGTV, Jaime Kaplan, Lee McDavid, Kathleen Medlin, Jason Myers (Associated Press), Terry Sowell, Jackie Waters 2014-2015 Stratford Academy Board of Trustees Jeffery L. Avant ’84, Committee on Trustees Lee T. Barrow Lori A. Brewer, Technology Committee Chair Charles B. Brooks Malcolm S. Burgess, Jr. Trustee Emeritus George M. Butler, Jr. ’89, Advancement Committee Chair Robert J. Cleveland, Jr. ’79 Dr. D. Scott Davis, Academic Committee Chair James H. Daws, Buildings and Grounds Committee Chair J. Jason Delves Mary Ellen C. Grossnickle, Chair-Elect/Treasurer Sally S. Hatcher ‘94 J. Eric Hefner ’83, Chair Charles N. Koplin ’82 Richard P. Maier Sandra G. Matson James T. McAfee III ‘86 Harold D. McSwain, Jr. ’76, Secretary Virginia Lane Sheridan Susan S. Slappey, Athletic Committee Chair Phillip W. Thomas Stewart C. Vernon ‘98, Treasurer-Elect Special Thanks To Bubber Adams, Caroline Avant, Elizabeth Avant, Maggie Bergmark, Lucy Bobbitt, Margaret Brogdon, Pat Castle, Dr. Kelly Causey, Marsha Creter, Mark Farriba, Elizabeth Frost (Professional Advisory Group), Sylvia Haynie, Eric Hefner, Sally Henley, Lee Ann Hughes, Joanna Jones, Jaime Kaplan, Redonda Mann, Julie and Tom McAfee, Karen McCue, Lee McDavid, Donna Kay McGoldrick, Steve Mosley, Andrew Myler, Lori Palmer, Pierce Persons, Josh Pico, Ben Puckett, Abby Schirmer, Joseph Slappey, Grady Smith, Terry Sowell, Jennifer Sweat, Mollye Treadway, Shannon and Stewart Vernon, Dr. Bob Veto, Laura Voss, Marilyn Walker, Jackie Waters Contact Us At kathleen.medlin@stratford.org • 478-477-8073 6010 Peake Road, Macon, GA 31220 www.stratford.org Stratford Academy does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, religion or national origin in the administration of its educational programs, admissions policies, financial aid policies, employment practices or other school-administered programs.

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Contents

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From the Head of School New Board Chair

Graduation 2014

College Choices, Acceptances Enrollments, 12 Years Together Alumni Service Award Distinguished Alumnus Award

Frank Willingham ’63 —

Planting the Seeds of Democracy Richard Suttles ’88 —

Defending Democracy

Andrea Seagraves ’93 —

Farming the School

Robert ’71 and Cynde ’73 Dickey —

Peaches, Pines & Politics Shep Bickley ’88 —

In the Middle of Big Yield

Scott Sell ’89 —

Ranching at the Speed of Light

ALUMNI NEWS:

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Class Notes,

Reunions, Stratford on the Road

Li’l Eagles

Weddings

ACADEMY NEWS:

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Stratford Launches International

Study Progam to Belize Debate Wins Baker Award

Stratford Receives SACS Reaccreditation

Faculty News

Awards & Scholarships

Fine Arts News

Athletics News

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From the Head of School

Proud to be an American

Stratford’s Global Appreciation Widening

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uring this summer of 2014, many Americans caught “World Cup Fever” for the first time. It seems to me that this heightened national interest in soccer may symbolize the degree to which being an American is coming to include a wider appreciation of things that the rest of the world values.

I was lucky enough to be able to spend 10 days in China during the past school year, as part of a cooperative project sponsored by Wesleyan College. This trip reminded me of a couple of things I know about international travel, and also taught me a couple of new perspectives. From past travels, two basic facts: 1) it’s tremendously helpful to be fluent in the language of the country you’re visiting; and 2) the food’s going to be different, so enjoy it.

Visiting China certainly bore out both of those

perspectives. New appreciations included these: 1) we Americans take clean air and clean water entirely too much for granted; and 2) nations that we formerly thought of as hopelessly behind the U.S. are passing us in many emerging technologies.

What does all of this mean for the students we are educating at Stratford? One of our goals at Stratford, as articulated in our most recent Strategic Plan, is to “Enlarge and Enhance Stratford’s Global Awareness and Global Vision.” Much is being done along these lines, including foreign exchange programs, a summer science program in Belize, Mandarin Chinese instruction and other initiatives.

And yet one of our unspoken, unwritten objectives at Stratford is also to prepare the future leaders of Macon, Georgia, USA. As much as we enjoy sending our alumni to colleges and

universities all over America (and overseas), we hope that many of our talented alums will choose to bring those talents back home to strengthen our own community. So the task of preparing our students for the challenges of living in an era of global interdependence also carries with it the task of creating loyalties to home and country.

Our Foreign Language Department has been involved in a project over the last few years which is aimed at dramatically increasing our graduates’ ability to converse in a second language. Too often, schools prepare students to read and write in a foreign tongue, but those students find themselves unable to travel and converse. Our French, Spanish (and now Chinese) instructors are making a major push to give our students facility in the spoken language, with good results.

Eric Hefner ’83

2014-2016 Chairman for the Board of Trustees

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aving stepped onto Stratford’s campus for the first time on Bond Street in 1971, Eric Hefner has now been involved with Stratford Academy for 43 years. To become the school’s 29th board chair

is more than just an honor, “I am humbled to be in this position of leadership with this outstanding institution,” he said.

He believes that Stratford Academy is in its best days and looks forward to this leadership position over the next two years.

As far as the state of the school, Eric is confident about the school’s fiscal position and plans for the second phase of the Excellence Never Rests capital campaign. “Our beautiful campus remains secEric ’83, Graham ’20, Jonathan ’14, Margaret, Conner ’16 and Reynolds ’26 Hefner after a Stratford Eagles football game.

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ond to none and will continue to be enhanced with a new state-of-the-art Lower School building that will rival our science building, as well as the repurposing of the current one,” he proudly reports.

The strong leadership from Head of School Dr. Robert Veto, who is in his sixth year at Stratford, is another area that has Eric optimistic about Stratford’s future. “In my opinion, we have one of the most outstanding heads of school in middle Georgia,” he said. “Dr. Veto’s commitment to excellence rivals that of Henry Tift, who shook my hand when I crossed the stage 31 years ago to accept my own diploma, and Dr. Joe Hill, who helped build Stratford from the ground up.”

Certainly, the school would not be able to withstand the test of time without the backbone that the teachers, coaches and staff provide. The strength of the faculty and staff leads Eric to the point that unequivocally Stratford

In the Social Studies Department, the focus on Global Awareness extends throughout the K-12 curriculum, and yet a strong background in American History and Civics are still emphasized and required. The United States now finds itself increasingly caught up in an interdependent world, so a good social studies curriculum will reflect the same interdependence.

This pattern even holds true in the area of community service, where our students take, as their first priority, service to the Macon community, but then reach out beyond our area to national and world needs. I’m proud that our Upper School Ecology Club was presented an award by Macon’s Mayor and Stratford alumnus Robert Reichert ’66 for their local activities. But meanwhile our students have also been involved in programs that reached beyond our national borders to sup-

has the best faculty and administrative team in the area.

For all these reasons he is assured that as our school embarks on new challenges over the next two years, our goal of continually pursuing excellence will remain at the forefront. Eric’s term will begin with Stratford’s greatly anticipated return to the GHSA for interscholastic competition as well as the launch of the public phase of the capital campaign. It will end in May 2016, just as his daughter, Conner, receives her diploma.

“I look forward, with special pride, to my duties as board chair and especially to handing Conner her diploma,” he said. “I hope I can keep my emotions from overflowing.”

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(Left) Dr. Veto lines up with faculty members for the processional prior to graduation. (Right) Mary Ellen Grossnickle, Jeff Avant ’84, Dr. Bob Veto and Dr. Mark Grossnickle at the Stratford Society Celebration held in May.

port needy projects overseas.

And our students in every classroom, through our “BYOD” technology program, are intersecting with the wider world every single day.

Increasingly, I suspect, the phrase “I’m proud to be an American” is going to reflect a much wider awareness of the world around

us, while still prizing those values and liberties that have made this country great. It’s always great to be a Stratford Eagle; never more so than this year!

Eric Hefner Hometown: Macon, Georgia Education: Stratford Academy ’83; Auburn University ’87, B.S. Public Administration Spouse: Margaret Conner Hefner Children: Jonathan ’14, Conner ’16, Graham ’20, Reynolds ’26 Occupation: President/CEO Zaxby’s of Middle Georgia Stratford Service • Board of Trustees 2005-2014, Athletic Chair 2006-2008, Advancement Chair 2008-2010, Treasurer-Elect 2010-2012, Treasurer/Vice Chair 2012-2014, Chair 2014-2016 • Booster Club Eric Hefner • “Friday night voice of the Eagles” — Volunteer football announcer for 10 years • C-Team baseball coach for three years • Helped start Youth Football Program with parent Chuck Reeves and coached for 12 years Professional Experience/Community Involvement • Entrepreneur, including restaurants and land acquisitions — currently involved in 20 locations, third licensee for Zaxby’s in 1996, first store was the ninth in the chain, and now there are over 620.

• First past chair of Zaxby’s Advisory Council, SunTrust Bank Board, Mulberry United Methodist Church (Administrative Board, Strategic Planning Committee, Board of Trustees, Finance Committee, Usher, Sunday School Teacher, Walk to Emmaus), Grand Opera House Board, Macon Civic Club Board (Past President), Vine-Ingle Little League Board (Past President), Cystic Fibrosis 65 Roses Gala (Past Chair), Volunteer coach for more than 25 years

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74 students received their diplomas and 23 graduated with honors at Stratford’s 2014 commencement.

Held at the Macon City Auditorium, the ceremony was opened with an invocation by senior class president William Staton followed by >>

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addresses to the graduates by class-elected speaker Emily Schlottman,

their diplomas. In conclusion, Madelyn Pyles also led the singing of the

Salutatorian Matthew Beringer and Valedictorian Abbie Nash. Senior

alma mater while Honor Council Chair Stacey Dorogy gave the closing

Maggie Bergmark sang “Laurie’s Song” from the opera, The Tender Land,

benediction. Included in the graduation ceremony was the presentation of

by Aaron Copland. Head of School Dr. Robert Veto, along with Chairman

the Distinguished Alumnus Award and the Alumni Service Award, both

of the Board of Trustees Jeff Avant ’84, presented the 2014 graduates with

established in 1986.

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College Acceptances and Enrollments Members of the Class of 2014 were accepted to the following colleges and universities University of Alabama at Birmingham University of Alabama*† American University of Paris*† Appalachian State University Armstrong Atlantic State University Auburn University*† Baldwin Wallace University Ball State University Belmont University Berry College Birmingham-Southern College Boston College Brown University*† University of California at Davis University of California at San Diego University of California at Santa Cruz Carleton College Carson-Newman College University of Central Florida University of Cincinnati The Citadel*† Clemson University Coastal Carolina University College of Charleston*† College of Coastal Georgia

University of Colorado, Boulder Davidson College DePaul University*† Eckerd College Elon University Emory University Florida State University Furman University*† Gardner-Webb University Georgetown University*† Georgia College and State University*† Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Southern University*† Georgia State University University of Georgia*† University of Hartford Harvard University*† Indiana University at Bloomington*† Kennesaw State University*† Liberty University Longwood University Louisiana State University Macalester College Mercer University*† University of Miami

University of Michigan Middle Georgia State College*† University of Mississippi*† New College University of North Carolina, Asheville University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill University of North Carolina School of the Arts University of North Georgia, Dahlonega University of North Georgia, Gainesville* University of North Georgia, Oconee† University of Notre Dame Ohio State University Oklahoma City University Oklahoma State University Oxford College of Emory University*† Pace University Pennsylvania State University Point Park University Presbyterian College*† Radford University Randolph College Reinhardt College Rider University Samford University*†

Savannah College of Art and Design Sewanee, The University of the South*† Shenandoah University*† University of South Carolina Southern Methodist University Southern Polytechnic State University Stony Brook University Syracuse University University of Tampa Temple University University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Valdosta State University University of Virginia Wake Forest University Washington and Jefferson College Webster University Wesleyan College Westminster Choir College of Rider University*† College of William and Mary Wofford College Young Harris College * Scholarship offers, not including HOPE † Student(s) will enroll

Class of 2014 College Choices Daniel Adrien . . . . . . . . . . Georgia College and State University Madison Baugh . . . . . . . . Sewanee: The University of the South Holly Bean* . . . . . . . . . . . Indiana University at Bloomington Derric Beckham . . . . . . . . University of Mississippi Maggie Bergmark . . . . . . Westminster Choir College of Rider University Matthew Beringer . . . . . . University of Georgia Lucas Bowden . . . . . . . . . Kennesaw State University Will Bowdoin . . . . . . . . . . Georgia College and State University Rudy Bowen . . . . . . . . . . Auburn University Douglas Bradley . . . . . . . . Georgia Southern University Francesca Chrabuszcz . . . Middle Georgia State College John Clark* . . . . . . . . . . . The Citadel Johnny Cohen* . . . . . . . . University of Georgia Stacey Dorogy* . . . . . . . . Furman University Jeffrey Evans . . . . . . . . . . Georgia Southern University Tyler Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . Auburn University Kate Fehr . . . . . . . . . . . . . Georgia Southern University Mitchell Freyermuth* . . . Furman University Devyn Gaton . . . . . . . . . . University of Georgia Jane Gibson* . . . . . . . . . . Mercer University Hayden Graham . . . . . . . . Georgia Southern University William Ham* . . . . . . . . . University of Georgia Sarah Hammond . . . . . . . College of Charleston Holly Hanse* . . . . . . . . . . University of Georgia Katherine Harris . . . . . . . . University of Georgia Kareem Harvey . . . . . . . . Middle Georgia State College

Hope Hays . . . . . . . . . . . . Auburn University Jonathan Hefner . . . . . . . Auburn University Jimmy Hernandez* . . . . . University of Georgia William Hicks . . . . . . . . . . Georgia College and State University Shannon Hill . . . . . . . . . . . University of Alabama Trevor Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . Georgia Southern University Katie Hlavaty . . . . . . . . . . Kennesaw State University Montgomery Jones . . . . . Georgia College and State University Claire Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . College of Charleston Nathan Lischer* . . . . . . . University of Georgia Kate Maddux . . . . . . . . . . Auburn University Srishti Malhotra* . . . . . . . Oxford College of Emory University Taylor Mathis* . . . . . . . . . Mercer University Mallory Maxwell . . . . . . . Georgia Southern University Meghan McAfee . . . . . . . Georgia College and State University Conner McCue . . . . . . . . . Georgia Southern University John Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . Mercer University Claudia Monfort . . . . . . . . University of Mississippi Abbie Nash* . . . . . . . . . . University of Georgia Summer Dawn Neel . . . . University of Georgia Austin Oren* . . . . . . . . . . University of Georgia Holden Parker . . . . . . . . . . Georgia Southern University Arsh Patel . . . . . . . . . . . . Georgia Southern University Raj Patel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mercer University Chandler Peavy* . . . . . . . Mercer University Andrea Pitacco . . . . . . . . The American University of Paris

Alexandria Power* . . . . . Presbyterian College Madelyn Pyles . . . . . . . . . Shenandoah University Saqib Qadir* . . . . . . . . . . Oxford College of Emory University Hunter Quintal* . . . . . . . . Brown University Hagan Randolph . . . . . . . . Georgia Southern University Vincent Raymond . . . . . . Mercer University Asfar Rehan* . . . . . . . . . . University of Georgia Margaret Anne Rowe* . . Georgetown University Eli Russett . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Mississippi Hemanth Sanjeev* . . . . . Harvard University Andi Schilling . . . . . . . . . . University of North Georgia, Oconee Emily Schlottman . . . . . . . College of Charleston Val Sheridan . . . . . . . . . . . Samford University Tanner Smith . . . . . . . . . . Georgia Southern University Sam Snow . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Mississippi Morgan Sowell* . . . . . . . University of Georgia William Staton . . . . . . . . . DePaul University Katie Stone . . . . . . . . . . . University of Georgia Kate Thomas . . . . . . . . . . Georgia Southern University Emmy Thornsberry . . . . . Georgia College and State University Andrew Wanna* . . . . . . . University of Georgia Thomas Williams . . . . . . . Auburn University * Honor Graduate

Twelve Years Together Daniel Adrien Madison Baugh Matthew Beringer Rudy Bowen John Clark Johnny Cohen

Stacey Dorogy Tyler Evans Kate Fehr Devyn Gaton Jane Gibson Sarah Hammond

Holly Hanse Katherine Harris Hope Hays Jonathan Hefner Jimmy Hernandez William Hicks

Trevor Hill Montgomery Jones Kate Maddux Taylor Mathis Mallory Maxwell Claudia Monfort

Abbie Nash Summer Dawn Neel Austin Oren Chandler Peavy Vincent Raymond Hemanth Sanjeev

Andi Schilling Emily Schlottman Val Sheridan Tanner Smith Morgan Sowell William Staton

Katie Stone Kate Thomas Emmy Thornsberry Andrew Wanna Thomas Williams

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Alumni Awards Included in the graduation ceremony was the presentation of the Distinguished Alumnus Award and the Alumni Service Award, both established in 1986. The Distinguished Alumnus Award for Outstanding Career Achievement has been awarded to alumni in the fields of law, medicine, education, business, ministry, military and the arts for their career achievements. These alumni have excelled in their chosen fields and made a difference in the world around them. The Alumni Service Award also dates back to 1986. The award is a way to recognize service to Stratford Academy by its alumni. Volunteer service to the school has been an important part of the growth and success at Stratford, and alumni have always been a critical source of this kind of volunteer service.

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his year’s award was presented to Class of 1971 alumnus, Mike Kaplan. Mike has been in the insurance business for 39 years, earning numerous prestigious awards. He is credited with the concept and creation of GAP insurance. Mike has also served or currently serves on over a dozen local non-profit boards, including the Downtown Council, the United Way, the Macon Association for Retarded Citizens and the Macon Jewish Federation.

Mike has owned his own insurance agency and is currently Senior Vice President for BB&T Insurance Services, where his responsibilities include oversight of 43 employees and over $60 million in sales. He has served on the Board of the Macon Association of Independent Insurance Agents and the Professional Insurance Agents of Georgia, and serves as a member of the Special Advisory Committee to Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens. During his career, he has earned honors including Young Insurance Professional, the Jim O’Neal Humanitarian Award, and has twice received the Georgia Insurance Agent of the Year.

As Mike addressed the graduates, he shared that academics were never his strong-suit at school, but beginning as early as elementary school that there were teachers who had reached out and helped him.

His love for Stratford began in the fourth grade with Mrs. Elaine Massey and continued throughout his time with other teachers such as Mrs. Blanche McAllister, Mrs. Ann Parkins and Mrs. Faye Holliday.

He said to the Class of 2014: “Graduates, you have all worked very hard. Congratulations to the honor students who have completed a tremendous accomplishment. It’s the B and C students who I want to address, because 43 years ago I was a C student headed to UGA on a trial basis. However, I was ready because Stratford had prepared me for the work ahead. I was prepared to study hard and work hard because we were taught all of those things at Stratford. I graduated from college as a member of Gamma Iota Sigma, the insurance honorary fraternity, because of those lessons.”

After receiving the award, Mike Kaplan addressed the graduates at commencement.

Mike also generously credited Stratford as the place that he met his wife, Nancy, who was on campus in 1970 picking up her younger brother and sister, Dudley ’75 and Ginny Shannon ’73. The Kaplans live in Macon and have three adult daughters, including alumna Shannon ’04, and one grandchild.

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Head of School Dr. Robert Veto presents the 2014 Alumni Service Award to Robin and Greg Parker.

Robin Lee Parker ’83 and Greg Parker ’84 2014 Alumni Service Award

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he 2014 Alumni Service Award was presented to two people who have made service to their school one of their missions in life. High school sweethearts, Robin Lee Parker and Greg Parker have served in numerous capacities at Stratford Academy. Their service has touched almost every area of school life, including room parent, grade-level representatives, SIP, Booster Club, team parents, Loyalty Fund, Alumni Board, long-range planning team, Capital Campaign Steering Committee and more.

Both of the Parkers have the reputation for being people who never say ‘no’ when asked to do something for Stratford Academy. Head of School Dr. Veto remarked, “If you know them, then you have seen them at work on a number of thankless tasks — cooking hot dogs, running errands, PA announcer at alumni baseball games, decorating, setting up, taking down, hauling stuff around, buying materials for teachers, coaches, parents and headmasters, and in general doing eight million things for the school that bring them no particular individual glory, and usual earn them minimal thanks.”

As Greg addressed the graduation guests, he congratulated the Class of 2014 and asked each student to recognize and appreciate the sacrifices their parents had made to send them to Stratford. He also thanked his parents and Robin’s parents for their own Stratford experiences. Next, Greg acknowledged the Stratford faculty, many of whom had taught him, for “it is not so much the beautiful campus that we have, but it is the breadth and depth of knowledge that you impart upon our children that makes the difference,” he remarked. Last, he spoke to their fellow parents and thanked them for the time and energy they had all given to raise the graduates.

“It should be out of respect, gratefulness and duty that you give back to Stratford, your alma mater,” he said. “Whether you live here and give of your time, through your financial gifts, or simply keeping in touch.”

In closing, Greg remarked that he and Robin were honored by this award and would treasure it. He quoted his dear friend, the late Summer Smisson Neel ’79, by ending with “We just bleed blue and love our Stratford Eagles.”

In addition to their own service, all four of the Parker children have been Stratford students — Harrison ’09, Hayes ’10, Holden ’14, and Ally ’16. Greg and Robin live in Macon. He is vice president for Air Compressor Sales and Robin is the Director of Marketing for Coliseum Health System.

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here are so many aspects of American society which are intrinsically unique to our country and culture. Stratford Academy is fortunate to have many alumni who are highly invested in these areas. While many of us think that “mom, baseball and apple pie” are the foundation of our status as Americans, there are also other highly-valued traits.

The “Made in America” issue of Stratford Magazine features some of our school’s alumni who have built their careers and callings around those things that our country values most. From a rural teacher’s passion for literacy to building a school for democracy to upholding a family agribusiness to serving in the armed forces, Stratford has many individuals who commit themselves daily to our country’s future.

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Planting the Seeds of Democracy

n 1991, after a failed coup attempt in Russia, U.S. defense specialists identified the need for an institution that could assist former adversaries with the process of developing democratic state governments, transitioning to freemarket economies and teaching a military under civilian control. In combined efforts with the U.S. and Europe, the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies was founded in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, and officially opened in 1993.

The nearly two-year process of establishing the Marshall Center was a whirlwind of communication activities between the U.S.’s and Europe’s most distinguished military and civilian personnel. Air Force Colonel Frank Willingham ’63 was at the epicenter of these operations. With a career built around security work, overnight he found himself immersed in international politics.

Frank attended the University of Georgia following his graduation from Stratford and earned a degree in economics in 1968. He then joined the U.S. Air Force and with a 30-year military career, he eventually became one of the country’s most specialized national security experts before retiring from active duty in 1998.

In 1991, he was assigned to the nuclear security program for the Joint Forces Staff for U.S. European Command (EUCOM) in Germany. Upon completion of this program, Col. Willingham’s new assignment was to implement the Marshall Center — a school for democracy, which at that point was a concept only.

Frank commented, “Without any prior experience in establishing an educational facility, I had to find a model from which we could stand up the new school. My commander at EUCOM wanted the Marshall Center inaugurated officially within six months and already had invited the Secretary of Defense to host the inauguration. All the ‘Eyes of Europe’ and the Department of Defense were on us, so failure was not an option.”

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As a member of Stratford’s second graduating class, Frank reminisced on another school’s earliest days on Coleman Hill. He may have even recalled Stratford’s first headmaster, Dr. Joe B. Hill Jr., echoing the same words, “Failure is not an option.” Frank had to mentally construct a model for the Marshall Center to become operational, including obtaining the German government’s permission, finding support facilities, establishing an infrastructure, recruiting faculty and selling the program to senior officials.

“I remembered so much about Stratford’s first few years,” he said.

“We wanted the same small classes with the most qualified, reputable teachers known for their outstanding teaching and leadership. I saw how hard all of Stratford’s original administration and founding parents worked. Like Stratford, we had to build an outstanding faculty that would attract the very best students and supporters.

In the end, we successfully assembled a prestigious faculty and administrative staff, many of whom were top college professors on sabbaticals to assist the Center develop its curricula. Additionally, we invited many Congressional members and European Ambassadors as guest lecturers. This set the stage for future support.”

Much like Stratford’s original home in a historic antebellum mansion, the Marshall Center found facilities at Sheridan Kaserne, which had been constructed in 1937 to house German Wehrmacht troops. It had also been home to a prisoner-of-war camp for officers, the headquarters of the First Mountain Division of the new German Bundeswehr, home to the Garmisch U.S. Military Community, the headquarters of the Armed Forces Recreation Center and the former U.S. Army Russian Institute before becoming the Marshall Center in 1992.

With the mission of stabilizing and thereby strengthening postCold War Europe, the Center brought together the highest level diplomats and military personnel to learn concepts of democracy.

Their “students” had no idea what a country built upon freedom resembled. Classes were taught in German, English and Russian

Frank Willingham (far right) with Secretary of Defense William Perry (far left)

simultaneously. They were assisting these countries as they built democratic states from the ground up, even helping some of them write their constitutions. The first class had 80 students representing 80 countries, many of whom had strong histories of adversarial relationships.

“We were fortunate, our first class was such a success and the opening of the Marshall Center attracted so much positive attention,” remembers Frank. “One of our strongest advocates was Secretary of Defense William Perry. For classes, he incorporated a trip to the Pentagon with subsequent tours of Washington to observe first-hand the results of freedom.” In 1996 before Secretary Perry

left office, he was quoted as saying, “During the last three years [the Marshall Center] has given about 500 officers from Eastern and Central European countries training in how a military performs in a democracy. Over the long term, this is going to do more to instill democracy in Eastern and Central Europe than almost anything else we do.”

Over the last 20 years, the Marshall Center has addressed the most important security issues confronting Europe, Eurasia and North America. It has expanded its offerings and focus based on the need for international, interagency and interdisciplinary cooperation.

Today, the Center has over 9,500 alumni, whose numbers include senior policymakers, military officers and career civil servants from dozens of ministries in many nations. For the U.S., the relationships with former Soviet states formed since the Center opened have been critical, especially for air missions during the first Gulf War. In Frank’s words, “The Marshall Center is an American-made program. Like Stratford, I am amazed at the growth of these two institutions. When I graduated from Stratford, never in my wildest imagination did I know that I would have the opportunity to go through those experiences. I could not have accomplished development of the Marshall Center without the superb teachers Jaime Kaplan who laid the foundation of my education at Stratford.”

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RICHARD SUTTLES ’88

Defending Democracy

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he words terrorism and counterterrorism go back hundreds of years, but they gained national attention after the events of 9/11. After that catastrophic day, the U.S. created the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to help collate counterterrorism efforts across our agencies of military operations, intelligence, law enforcement and emergency management.

Class of 1988 alumnus Richard Suttles has spent the last 16 years defending and protecting the U.S. at home and abroad. Richard enlisted with the Marines in 1995 and began his career in counterterrorism soon after al-Qa’ida attacked two U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania on Aug. 7, 1998. Those embassy bombings compelled him to join a program where Marines assist in diplomatic security operations for U.S. property and citizens overseas. He also served in Iraq in 2004 and 2005, and then joined DHS in 2006.

“Certainly there were other terrorist events against Americans before the ones in Africa, but I was wearing a U.S. Marine Corps uniform when these happened. There were enemies targeting us, so I felt that by all rights I should go looking for them,” he said of his initial involvement with counterterrorism.

Today Richard works in Phoenix, Arizona, as a DHS counterterrorism intelligence analyst. He reviews threat reports about those with the capability and intent to harm the U.S., and then discusses these threats with people who protect infrastructure, commerce and citizens in our area. This is the heart of counterterrorism: bad guys, attack methods they use or might use, the targets they could attack, and what can be done about it.

From Richard’s perspective, what can a country the size and depth of the U.S. that values personal freedoms above all else do about threats to our freedom? Every day, media outlets show examples of terrorism at home and abroad. For years the U.S. struggled to stop these acts of terrorism with military action and federal structures.

As someone who had run in the 2011 Boston Marathon, Joe LaBanz ’85 was angered when he learned of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013. These most recent terrorist attacks on U.S. soil left Joe, a former U.S. Army officer who had served in Desert Storm, eager and anxious to run the race again.

“When I was given the opportunity to run in Boston again in 2014, I jumped on it,” he said. “Like so many others, I was motivated by these attacks on our country to not only show my support for Boston, but to show the rest of the world that we’ve got plenty of backbone.”

After earning a sponsorship from John Hancock Financial Services, Joe became one of the nearly 37,000 runners who wanted to show their allegiance and solidarity for Boston and America by participating in the city’s race. With what Joe perceived as 10 times the security presence from his experience in the previous race, he joined the masses and made the 26-mile run.

Communications about security were much like those he experiences when flying within the U.S. Security checkpoints, background information clearances, a tremendous

force of military and police personnel and tightly run schedules kept the participants safe from the pre-race to post-race activities.

But that did not put a damper on any of the spirits, as Joe and the other runners felt they were a part of Joe LaBanz (left) prior to the 2014 race something so much bigger than just the Boston Marathon this year.

“The most incredible part of the experience came during the last four blocks of the race,” he shared. “There were 40,000 spectators lined up and corralled along that stretch. It was like running into a football stadium full of fans.”

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Richard Suttles spent time in Iraq in 2004 and 2005.

He feels the U.S. will not solve security problems with any specific government initiative, instead the most important strategy against terrorism is understanding the origin of terrorist momentum.

“Many people say terrorists hate us for our freedoms. While this is true, it is not the driving force of terrorism. The true focus of terrorism is seeking power by inspiring fear,” he explains.

“Once people are afraid, they fall into panic and become easier to manipulate. Terrorism requires terror. Terrorists need people to be scared all the time. The trick is to recognize that pattern and make sure it never applies to us.”

Iraq was the 30th foreign country in which Richard served, and it was there he realized one key denominator among nations: all people want peaceful communities where their families can flourish. As Americans, we must understand that we have advantages that have allowed democracy and freedom to grow. It is important for our own sense of nationalism to understand how other cultures have evolved into what they are. What circumstances and structures led to their

characteristics? Which characteristics help cultures and which hurt them? Which ones hurt us, and what can we do to prevent this?

“One of the biggest differences I observed during my time overseas is what nationalism looks like in the U.S. versus how it looks elsewhere.

For Americans, patriotism includes feeling a strong connection with people on the other side of our country, even if we’ve never met them,” he explained. “Also, I see Americans as happy to go down swinging rather than appearing weak by cooperating with someone we view as a threat. That seems to be a cultural trait that many nations do not share.”

Protecting citizens and eliminating fears are lofty goals, but for Richard the most rewarding part of his job is helping people understand what is at the root of terrorism. Successful terrorist operations usually happen because the targets were not paying enough attention to what was happening in the world, or the people affected by the attacks overreact and become more of a challenge to themselves than before the attack. “It takes wisdom to overcome terrorism, and I like to think I work hard to share that message,” he said.

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ANDREA SEAGRAVES ’93

Farming the School

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all the cell phone of Andrea Jones Seagraves ’93 and you will hear the theme music to “Green Acres” play while your call connects. The country life is much more than just a passing phase for Andrea. She has made teaching others about the importance of agriculture and agribusiness her educational passion.

A resident of Crawford County, Georgia, and 17-year teaching veteran, Andrea is an awardwinning educator. Her kindergarten students are typically the school’s youngest learners, but topics such as economics, manufacturing and cultural diversity are not lost on them.

Several years ago, Andrea felt challenged by her rural students and their families with tying their livelihoods in agriculture to the seeds of literacy that she wanted to sow. Many rural communities are plagued with low high school graduation rates, and few students pursue secondary education. Andrea wanted to see that change in her community — she wanted her students to love and value classroom learning.

In 2011 Andrea decided to start where she was — in a kindergarten classroom. She saw the connection with teaching the fundamentals such as the alphabet, writing, reading, phonetics, counting, calendars, etc., with components of agriculture. Her thematic curriculum units that every teacher follows became Andrea’s Cranium Crops. While a typical classroom winter unit may be themed around polar bears, Andrea’s students study fibers and wool production. On-site seasonal gardening is also a big part of her students experiencing the full cycle of agricultural education.

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week, her students study a particular letter of the alphabet and each letter is linked to an agricultural topic. On Fridays, students are completely immersed in experiences related to that topic including reading fiction and non-fiction books, writing activities, mathematical graphing, science, art and cooking. For example if “K” was the letter of the week, kale may be the topic of discussion. How is kale grown? Why are kale and other green leafy vegetables healthy?

What does kale taste like?

“I really wanted students to see that agriculture was more than just food,” she said. “On Farm Fridays, we discussed all aspects of a topic from the science of how something is produced to the economics of buying local products to the health benefits of consuming that product.

Although my letter days change each year, I have covered things like John Deere for “J,” timber for “T,” oil for “O” and poultry for “P.” It is a great way to break down the walls of the classroom and let the children experience these topics firsthand. If we couldn’t take a field trip, then I had community partners who would bring things to us.”

From Farm Fridays classroom activities to field trips, Andrea instills a love of agriculture with her students.

Living in a small, rural community, Andrea had an appreciation for the agriculture community. She wanted to reach her students and their families on a level they could relate to as producers in the agricultural cycle — and it worked. The children eagerly anticipated their Farm Friday lessons. Parents commented that they could not believe their children would try some of the foods that Andrea prepared. Local businesses and community members wanted to partner with her classroom. The buzz was so loud that Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black asked to visit her classroom.

“By Christmas 2011, everything had really taken off, and I found out that Gary Black wanted to come see Farm Fridays at work,” she remembers. “I think that has been the most rewarding part of developing this curriculum. Others see the value in this idea of educating our students about agriculture.”

Beginning in the second year of her program, one of her community partners, Crawford County Farm Bureau, submitted the program for the Excellence in Teaching about Agriculture award. She

won at state level and then was selected as a national winner by the USDA and the National Agriculture in the Classroom Organization.

This led to her role as a keynote speaker at several state and national conferences.

“When I first developed this program, it was immediately obvious that about 90 percent of what we did in the classroom was Ag related anyway,” she recalls. “I just needed to find a way to make it relevant to making my students love learning.”

Andrea will begin her 18th year of teaching in a new home this year. She will be filling the kindergarten position that retiring teacher Jane Williams held at Stratford. Cranium Crops and Farm Fridays will come with her. In her first lesson, students will learn generally about “the farm” and she will end the year with lessons about aquaculture. She is just as excited about teaching the littlest Eagles the same Ag concepts. “I’m really shifting my focus from teaching the producers to the consumers, but I am just as passionate about sharing my love of agriculture with my new students.”

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ROBERT ’71 and CYNDE ’73 DICKEY

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ocated in Musella, Georgia, Dickey Farms is a 117-year-old business run by Robert ’71 and Cynde Martin Dickey ’73. Started by Robert’s great-grandfather, Dickey Farms has operated for four generations. They grow and sell some of the Peach State’s sweetest commodity and also are becoming leaders in Georgia’s agritourism industry.

Agritourism is a significant Georgia industry, combining two of the state’s top two economic generators — agriculture and tourism. At Dickey Farms, they love being in a position to promote and show others how important both are to Georgia’s overall economy. The Dickeys are thankful that each peach season brings droves of customers and tourists making the trip to their hometown to experience a 90-year-old packinghouse in operation and to step back in time to see how peaches are packed.

For Cynde and Robert, promoting the state of Georgia is not just a passing hobby. Cynde is vice president of the Georgia Agritourism Association which helps facilitate economic growth with farms and agritourism ventures all over the state. Robert, who represents District 140 in the State House of Representatives, sponsored legislature in the Georgia General Assembly to make the “Georgia Grown” brand a product for Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black to use for promoting Georgia products all over the United States and beyond.

Promoting agribusiness and agritourism is an important priority for both Robert and Cynde. With agriculture as Georgia’s largest industry, they realize that it affects state employment rates and many other industries within the state.

“There are very few actual farmers serving in the legislature. I love being able to advocate for agriculture and ag issues,” said Robert. “Rural and ag areas have different sets of issues than our metro areas. Each year I sponsor a legislative tour of Crawford County for legislators and their families who live in urban areas and are unfamiliar with agriculture. I

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feel the hands-on tour helps non-ag families see how vital agribusiness is to feeding, clothing and housing our families.”

Dickey Farms may be known for peaches, but the family also has an important connection to the forestry industry and another one of Georgia’s powerhouse crops — timber. Robert’s great-grandfather had an affinity for buying land, and currently they grow loblolly trees on 4,000 acres in Crawford and Monroe counties. As with any other crop, timber cannot just be planted and left to watch grow.

“We have a long-term timber management plan which includes planting, thinning and harvesting on a 30- to 40-year cycle,” explained Robert. “We are fortunate in Georgia to have a great climate for growing pine timber. It has been rewarding for me to see the benefits of harvesting the first pine trees I planted when I first came back to the farm.”

Forestry is also an agricultural business bringing over $15 billion in revenue to Georgia. The state’s forest lands provide a myriad of benefits to citizens, including clean air and clean water. With two out of every three raindrops falling in Georgia landing on forest lands, the state’s forests are one of the most significant factors affecting water and air quality.

As with every farming business, the Dickeys are faced with challenges year after year. They must remain competitive with other areas of the country producing the same crops. With the average life span of a peach tree at 18 years, they must be on the cutting edge of planting new and better varieties and use better crop protection techniques each year. Labor issues, food safety and water and environmental issues are all time consuming, as well as costly, farming concerns.

Regardless, any pressing farming issues are part of Robert’s and Cynde’s labor of love for their family business. Knowing they are continuing Robert’s great-grandfather’s legacy is one of the most satisfying parts of their business. “[My great-grandfather] truly loved growing peaches and passed this along to four generations. I am fortunate that Cynde loves this

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(Opposite) Cynde, Robert and Marjie Dickey. (Left) Dickey Farms operates a 90-year-old packing house that is open for tourists.

business as much, if not more, than I do,” shares Robert. “Another part of the business that blends into all parts of our lives is meeting people. We are blessed that our customers and friends enjoy our sweet Georgia peaches and look forward to coming out and visiting with us.

The pace during peach season is fast and hectic seven days a week. We ramp up to more than 100 employees picking, packing and selling to stores across the country.”

Dickey Farms’ retail and mail order business has grown over the last

few years, which is exciting and fun for Robert and Cynde. But, one of the greatest rewards each year is seeing the result of their hard work and year-long decisions when they harvest the crops.

This is a time when a community like Musella can reap the rewards of its labor.

“We love living in ‘downtown’ Musella. Our farm and packinghouse is down the street from our house, and our church is next door. Many of our workers live close by. We are tight-knit community where peaches and pine trees are important parts of the economy,” said Cynde.

“We enjoy being involved in other organizations in the county and hopefully help make a positive impact on our community. As members of our local Chamber of Commerce, Keep Roberta/ Crawford Beautiful, Historical Society and Farm Bureau, we are involved in organizations that understand the value of agriculture and help promote it through different types of programs.”

Agribusinesses, particularly successful ones like the Dickeys, require constant nurturing, commitment and diligence. All are traits that Robert and Cynde credit Stratford with instilling in them and their children, Lee ’02 and Marjie ’09.

“The closely-knit school that Stratford was, and still is, is similar to our business and our agricultural community,” Robert explained.

“Stratford expected quality work from us to get a quality education.

People expect quality peaches — you have to invest your time and efforts into achieving the desired results.”

Investing is exactly what the Dickeys do best — investing in making Georgia and the state’s largest industry a successful part of the future.

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SHEP BICKLEY ’88

In the Middle of Big Yield

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hen Shep Bickley ’88 was 13 years old, he began working in the scale room of his family’s farming and grain business.

A.M. Bickley Inc., in Marshallville, Georgia, had been founded by his grandfather in the 1940s, and Shep was the third generation to work for the business. After graduating from Stratford, he attended the University of Georgia and earned a bachelor of science in agriculture before returning to middle Georgia to work for A.M. Bickley and manage his own real estate investment services.

Following in his father’s and grandfather’s footsteps changed for Shep about three years ago. As a grain merchandiser, the middle man between the farmers who produce the crops and the consumers who purchase the crops, he recognized several important characteristics in the agricultural marketplace: today’s seed and crop technology had allowed farmers to increase their crop yields tremendously, China’s creation of a middle class had driven demand astronomically high, and the U.S. was positioned with acreage for not only crop production, but also, storage. These factors led Shep to a position as partner for Cain Agra, a 1.7 million bushel grain elevator in southeast Arkansas.

In a time and place that so much of our society is focused on “hitech” careers, Shep contends that agribusiness is the hottest business in the world. “Our global populations are increasing and need to be fed,” he said. “The U.S. is the best country to meet those needs. We have the infrastructure in place to meet demand and be the world’s source of food.”

As a grain merchandiser and elevator owner, Shep specifically deals with corn, soybeans and rice. He purchases direct from farmers, stores the crops and then sells to the end users at home and abroad.

For example with corn harvest time approaching, he knows that 92 million acres of corn producing 170 bushels per acre will soon be available. This represents 15 billion bushels of corn that will be harvested in a two-month period. Cain Agra stores, manages and then distributes that product as demand dictates until the next 20

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Shep Bickley stands by one of Cain Agra’s grain elevators in Arkansas.

harvest. They also provide farmers will the ability to sell crops when prices are good by utilizing forward contracts that are hedged with the Chicago Board of Trade.

“This translates into $130 billion annually, which makes it an integral part of our nation’s economy,” he explained. “The ag industry employs about three million workers, exports about $135 billion of product and provides Americans with a safe and affordable food source. It is a vital part of our nation’s business structure.”

His segment of agribusiness also has its own challenges in today’s workplace. First and foremost, finding a reliable labor force to harvest these billion-dollar crops is a daily challenge that Shep and fellow agribusinessmen must navigate in a controversial environment. In addition, there are many areas of the country, particularly in western states, which struggle with water supplies and resources.

Yet, Shep continues to see the positive in these situations. “The future of our business is bright, with the increasing world population we need to continue to increase yields and limit inputs,” he said. “The entire industry from grain elevators, like ours, to port facilities will continue to see increased business and must grow to meet those needs.”

For these reasons, Shep views his business and makes decisions based on not only what consumers need today, but what will be needed in the future. Helping his customers, America’s farmers, meet demand now, yet be in a position to successfully meet demand next year or next decade will be continue to make agribusiness one of the most important components of the U.S. economy.

SCOTT SELL ’89

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cott Sell ’89 is the son of a college History professor and an attorney, so he may seem like an unlikely candidate for 20-year career in animal science. But that is not an unusual question for him, saying “I get this all the time. Not many end up like I did.”

He credits his love of agriculture with some deeper family roots. As a teen, he spent summers on his great-grandfather’s cattle farm in Jackson County, Georgia, with cousin and mentor Bill Sell.

All of the family’s sons were in agriculture. “My great-grandfather was actually an Ag professor at UGA in the 1910s and his name was Scott Sell,” Scott recounts.

Scott credits fate, his strong family ties to farming and “the good Lord” for leading him to agriculture as career. “Folks fuss about me not becoming a third generation lawyer, but it wasn’t me who deviated — my granddaddy and daddy deviated from Ag not the other way around,” he said. “I guess I just marched to the beat of my own drum and was denied a simpler fate. I cannot even fathom having done anything else as a career and in life.”

After Stratford, Scott graduated from University of Georgia with a degree in animal science in 1993. He spent the next 11 years as the county extension agent for agriculture and natural resources in Screven County, Georgia. In 2004, he embarked on a new career as a self-employed livestock consultant and farmer. That led him to a brief employment with the Georgia Department of Agriculture as an equine humane enforcement inspector from 2011-2012, before he landed as the area livestock agent and bull test coordinator with Clemson University Extension based at the Edisto Research and Education Center at Blackville, South Carolina. He manages Clemson’s facility and is also an area livestock agent for Clemson Extension serving six counties. Scott is also currently enrolled in a master’s program at Clemson in animal science.

Scott’s profession of raising cattle is part of Georgia’s sixth largest commodity industry which impacts the state’s economy by nearly $2 billion annually. Almost 18,000 cattlemen in Georgia own approximately 1.3 million head of cattle and have businesses in all 159 counties in the state. While ag-based careers are quite traditional in their roots, technology is still at the forefront for many in the industry like Scott. “There are and will be even more high tech careers available

Scott Sell works for Clemson University at the Edisto Research and Education Center.

in the cattle industry down the road. Our industry is one of the leading Ag industries using genomics and genetic selection through the use of genomics,” he says. “It will revolutionize the meat and livestock industry and ultimately make it easier and cheaper for the American consumer to buy and consume wholesome beef at competitive prices.”

So “down on the farm” has a different connotation for someone who utilizes the same modern conveniences daily, such as social media, as any other professional would. There are hundreds of twitter hashtags for Ag and cattle producers. They learn and share information at the same speed of light that someone might in Silicon Valley. “We can now diagnose cattle and pasture problems in seconds using apps and smart phones. I can send a picture of a weed in a pasture to weed specialist at the experiment station and have an answer in minutes,” says Scott. “When I first started working, that took two weeks, and we had to preserve and ship the weed to them.”

For Scott, genetics is just as exciting a technology as it might be to a scientist at Johns Hopkins. In his opinion, mapping the bovine genome has and will forever be the greatest benefit to the cattle industry. Now, genes for marbling, tenderness, genetic defects, etc., can be identified and either used to improve genetics or to eliminate problems. He is amazed by how the cattle industry uses this science.

So what does it take for Scott to stay on top of the herd? He credits his participation in the Stratford fine arts department with teaching him work ethic. His involvement in the technical side of drama productions, leadership experiences in the band, along with the influence of faculty members Laura Voss and Tammy Pogue, gave Scott much more to rely on than what he learned from books at Stratford. “While different, the work ethic that stage construction and technical theatre work gave me were and are very similar to the work ethic needed in Ag,” he says.

In his own words, the sky is the limit for a cattleman in a state that has a $70+ billion Ag industry. Daily he solves problems and increases the bottom line for both livestock producers and Clemson by doing what he enjoys in the outdoors. “I truly live the ‘do what you enjoy and you will never work a day in your life’ saying!”

Scott and wife Nancy have four children and live in Sylvania, Georgia, where they raise about 50 head of Angus cattle and several show sheep at their home.

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Catharine Burns Liles’s artwork was featured in a six-week exhibit this year at Wesleyan College. In July, her work was featured during Macon’s First Friday event and then was on display for three weeks at The Gallery. Her art appears in prominent corporate and private collections throughout the United States and Europe.

Barbara Brubaker Hightower is settled in Tyrone, Ga., with retired husband, Jimmy. Living next door to

The Stratford Academy Alumni Association is expanding. We are looking for alumni willing to serve in the following areas: nominating, social, development, communication, decade chairs, alumni awards, and executive committee. You do not have to live in Middle Georgia to serve! Please email Jaime.Kaplan@stratford.org, if you are interested in serving on the board or on a committee.

their granddaughters, much time is spent attending their activities. She enjoys jazzercise and volunteers with both Good Shepherd Humane Society and Fayette County Humane Society.

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Lance Levens recently released his second novel, Teitam Cane, a coming of age story of a Southern boy struggling to emerge from the emotional turbulence of family secrets and the legacy of an unforgotten war. For 30 years,

he worked in the Savannah, Ga., public schools and has published poetry, translations (French, Latin and German), short fiction and essays. His short stories, poems and essays have appeared in Beloit Poetry Journal, Chimera, Raintown Review, and other literary journals. Jubilate, a chapbook, was published in 2007. He has twice been nominated for Pushcart Prizes.

He and wife Jean live in Savannah.

Linda Odom is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Nashville,

Tenn. She received her master’s and doctorate degrees in psychology from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University and completed her undergraduate work at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Linda is a past co-chair of the Nashville Psychotherapy Institute. Linda writes, “I am still savoring my experience last May at our 50th reunion.”

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Andy Lawson is entering his 42nd year of teaching at Stratford.

2013 Alumni Basketball Games THE 2013 ALUMNI BASKETBALL GAMES took place on Nov. 27, in the Grady Smith Gymnasium. Eagles and Eaglettes from five decades participated in this annual event.

It was a great night of hoops as the alumni players participated in Alum v. Alum games. The players had a great time and were cheered on by the current Stratford students, parents and alumni.

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Harry Zaloumes has retired to the Georgia coast and is a selfprofessed beach bum. “Fishing, kayaking, gardening, cooking and community service pretty much encompasses all of it. Life is good,” he writes.

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Robert Reichert was elected as the first Mayor of the new Macon-Bibb County consolidated government.

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Alumnae Eaglettes took the court on Nov. 27.

Former Eagles played a navy vs. white alumni competition.

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Don Brewer’s book, Worthy of Trust and Confidence, was the Don Brewer ’67 grand prize winner in the westerns division of the “Ultimate have survived without the research Heroes” writing contest and funding provided by LLS. The traina finalist for the Colorado Authors ing and fund raising for this event League Young Adult Book of the proved challenging, but that is Year. The book is a counterfeit nothing compared to those suffering currency mystery and details the with these diseases or those who actions of Secret Service Operatives are still searching for their cure.” in 1898. Don can be contacted at www.DonaldBrewer.com for a 1969 signed copy. A sequel, Thunder Steve Hay lives in Destin, Fla. He Canyon, will be out in late 2014. writes, “Retirement left me bored so I went back to work. We are 1968 opening our second Zaxby’s restauMark Corbin has been busy travelrant in Crestview, Fla. I am working ing. He recently returned from his with my adult children and loving it.” third sailing trip to the Greek Islands.

He and wife Paulette also visited 1970 Bermuda in March and in May took Bill Adams is Chief Judge for the a river cruise in France.

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Vanette Kirkland McKinney and her daughter completed a half1971 marathon in April for the Leukemia Robert Dickey is State RepresenLymphoma Society (LLS). Vanette tative for District 140 in the Georgia was diagnosed and treated sucHouse of Representatives. Unopcessfully in 2011 for Non-Hodgkin’s posed in this year’s election, he will Lymphoma. She writes, “I decided start his third term in January. it was time to ‘give back.’ I may not

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Joanna Floyd Jones ’80: From Realtor to Reality Show FROM SMALL TOWN REALTOR to reality television star, Joanna Floyd Jones ’80, or “JoJo” as the rest of the nation knows her, has taken a path less traveled for those in the real estate business.

Joanna has been one of Macon’s top producing realtors since she first began selling houses in 2000. The former owner of “The Midnight Pickle,” she quickly became one of Sheridan, Solomon and Associates best agents.

Known for her vivacious personality, which is very fitting for a gingered-hair, southern gal, Joanna was “discovered” by a friend’s niece who was casting for the HGTV series, “Beat the House.” After nearly of year of communication and numerous trips to New York, the series began filming in October 2013, and then aired on Jan. 7, 2014, with seven episodes.

The concept of the show is simple: a couple has decided on “their perfect home,” or have they? In come real estate experts, JoJo Jones and Christopher Kromer, to see if they can present the couple with something a little better. Will the couple stick with their original choice or can JoJo or Christopher “Beat the House”?

“To tell you the truth, I never know what is going to happen from day to day,” she explained. “Those episodes were really fun filming, but you never quite know when or if they are going to order more episodes, or if they might use you on another show. So, I just have to wait and see like everyone else.”

Since her debut on “Beat the House,” Joanna has received many offers for various television shows and continues to film test pilots in the hopes that a network will pick one of them up. She has several media companies that are working on new ideas, some are real estate shows and others are not. In the meantime, Joanna continues to do what she does best — sell houses in Macon, Ga. “My job is my first priority. While it is certainly fun to make the shows, it does mean that I have to juggle work here so it’s a whole lot of work hours,” she said. “But, you know I love it!”

Known as “JoJo” to her reality show fans, Joanna filmed the “Beat the House” series for HGTV.

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Alums Hit the Field at the Alumni Baseball Game ON MARCH 8, former Eagle baseball players, coaches and managers returned to Bobby Hendley Field at the Bubber Adams Baseball Complex for the annual Alumni Baseball Game. The Homerun Derby started the day with Coach Bobby Hendley on the mound. Three Eagles — Jay Berkner ’86, Jay Cranford ’89 and Carson Schilling ’09 — made it to the final round with one homerun each. Carson Schilling pulled through as the 2014 Homerun Derby Champ for the day. Following the derby, more than 20 Eagles took the field for our navy vs. white nine-inning competition. Greg Parker ’83 called the game as more than four decades of players took the plate. A family-style cookout for alums, coaches, managers and their families followed the game.

(Top) Bobby Nicholson ’77, Coach Bubber Adams, Mike Tarver ’74; (Right) Jay Berkner ‘86, Jay Cranford ‘89 and Carson Schilling ‘09 were the finalists in the Homerun Derby pitched by Coach Bobby Hendley; (Below) 2014 Alumni Baseball Game participants

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Debbie Johnson lives in Macon with husband, John Deery, an aircraft mechanic at RAFB. She owns a business called “Clearing the Way” that assists seniors with downsizing their living arrangements, and she also organizes and de-clutters for clients. She enjoys visiting with her daughter and her two grandsons in Charlotte, N.C.

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Ginny Shannon Binion works as a staffing administrator for Peach State Nursing Agency. She and her retired husband, Rick, are downsizing to enjoy their children and grandchildren more.

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Terri Fluker Gilman has been working in Hong Kong and Massachusetts on a project for Hong Kong Disneyland. She will be returning to Hong Kong in October for the final installation. She also worked on some of the costumes for the most recent X Men movie, and last year worked on a comJanet ’75, Billy and Liam Walker mercial in Mumbai, India.

Bobby Hix was featured in on the list of “The 50 Most Golf Digest magazine narrating Important People in Commercial the swing sequence of pupil Real Estate Finance” by The Russell Henley ’07.

Commercial Observer.

1975

Jan Young Battcher’s son, Todd, just finished his first year of middle school at Stratford.

She keeps busy with Todd’s activities such as cross country, wrestling, soccer and track.

Janet Butler Walker’s husband, Billy, wrote and illustrated the book Liam and the Dinosaur along with son Bo Walker ’00, who did the shading and tinting. A copy was printed and bound for Stratford’s preschool library collection.

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Pictured are the grandchildren of Dawn ’73 and Richard Liipfert ’73, Merry Byron and Lila Dawn Pyles (children of LaWahna Dawn ’01 and Byron Pyles ’01), Grayson Brewer Grisamore (son of Summer Sterling ’03 and Grant Grisamore), and Jesse Michael Adams Jr. (son of Merry Burton ’04 and Jesse Adams)

Robert Merck, Senior Managing Director and Head of Real Estate Investments at MetLife, was recently named No. 10

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Tracy Garner is Vice President of Service Delivery and Assurance at AT&T, Vice President of Finance for ADPi Foundation and Leadership Committee Chair for the March of Dimes Downtown Atlanta 2014 March for Babies.

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Art Barry III, associate broker/ partner of Coldwell Banker Commercial Eberhardt & Barry Inc., has been recognized as No. 1 sales producer for Georgia. In addition, he has been recognized as one of the top two percent of producers from among the almost 2,800 sales professionals with the company.

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Pierce Persons ’10: Out of Africa PIERCE PERSONS ’10 has committed her college years, and now her future, to an innovative and transformative organization known as Global LEAD. Global LEAD leads students on adventures across three different continents, challenging them to step out of their comfort zones.

Their mission is to change the trajectory of students through leadership, service and personal development.

Pierce’s own interest in Global LEAD came from the experience that fellow alumna, Evan Cantrell ’07, had after she attended the first-ever Global LEAD trip to Cape Town, South Africa, in 2009. “After hearing her stories and seeing her pictures, I knew that I had to experience it for myself,” Pierce explained when speaking of her desire of traveling to Cape Town.

So in 2012, she served in Cape Town as a campus ambassador for the University of Georgia. Pierce then spent the next summer in Cape Town as an intern for the 2013 program.

Throughout her senior year at UGA, Pierce worked as a regional director, handling the relationship between UGA and Global LEAD. Most recently, Pierce spent a month in South Africa and a month in Greece serving as the program director for two of the five programs that Global LEAD provides.

Pierce’s passion for the Global LEAD program ignited on her first trip in 2012.

“Throughout the trip, I was exposed to poverty, like I had never seen, the breathtaking beauty of the mountains and oceans and friendships deeper than I could have imagined,” she recalled. “I faced my own fears by jumping off the highest bungee bridge in the world, went shark cage diving in areas where they film the ‘Shark Week’ television series, and came face-to-face with a cheetah. Yes, this was all amazing, but having the opportunity to pour service into local townships was truly the best part.”

In April, Pierce accepted a full-time job with Global LEAD and will spend the next

year recruiting students from various universities to participate in study abroad trips in the future. Pierce is looking forward to this new challenge, “I am so excited to be able to work with a community that creates life changing study abroad programs for students to experience just like I did.”

Pierce Persons has spent the last three years with the Global LEAD organization in South Africa and Greece, where she has experienced skydiving, worked with children in underserved villages and visited local landmarks.

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Jaime Kaplan was awarded Professional Tennis Registry High School Coach of the Year at the PTR’s annual symposium.

Marcia Hemingway Newcomb recently enjoyed her son’s wedding in May.

1980

Dee Ann Miller Geeslin is the executive administrator for ESG Operations in Macon.

1981

Carol Burnham Elmore works in the marketing department at Carlyle Place, a retirement community in Macon. “I am so lucky because I leave one home and family and go to work at my other home with my family at Carlyle Place,” she says.

Julie Yates’s daughter, Sarah Hammond, graduated from Stratford in May. She and Sarah traveled to Italy in June to celebrate.

1982

Robbo Hatcher is on the 2014 Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee.

Dr. Artie Schwartz is Treasurer of the Bibb County Medical Society.

1983

Stacey Wigley Hill, along with many Stratford alumnae, chartered the National Charity League Inc. Cherokee Rose Chapter in 2013.

The organization partners mothers and daughters for community

service projects. Locally, they have volunteered more than 2,500 hours to numerous agencies.

1984

Greg Parker is on the 2014 Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.

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Carol Elmore ’81 with sons Gaines, Griffin ’09 and Mason ’12

Scott Page is a funeral director/embalmer for Crest Lawn Funeral Home.

1986

Alumni Soccer Games ON MARCH 22, STRATFORD ALUMNAE GATHERED for lunch and to cheer for the Eaglettes as they took on Augusta Prep in the Stratford Cup. These ladies, who were each a part of one or more GISA state championship teams, led the Eaglettes onto the field during an international walkout. Each former Eaglette was introduced and presented with a rose.

Former alumnae soccer players were presented roses by current Stratford students.

ON MARCH 15, MORE THAN 20 ALUMNI along with one former coach gathered to take on the Varsity Eagles in the annual alumni soccer game. The match was pretty even with possession and opportunities, but the alumni broke away with the victory.

One of the highlights of the event was honoring former Stratford Soccer parent, Georgia Hatcher, during the half-time break. Georgia was escorted onto the field by her grandson Felton Hatcher, who is a current varsity player. She was presented roses as recognition for all she did in the earliest days of the Stratford soccer program.

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Rebecca Liles Grist was elected Solicitor-General of Bibb County.

1987

David Bullard and wife Christy have a daughter, Lauren (age 12), and a son, Henry (age 9). David joined the U.S. Marine Corps for four Julie Yates ’81 with daughter Sarah ’14 years and attained the rank of Sergeant. He graduated from the University of Georgia with a bachelor’s in history, from 1990 Boston University with a master’s Viju Kulkarni Fincher became in business administration, and involved with All About Animals from Mercer Law School in 1999. rescue shelter last fall. She visits He practiced insurance defense the no-kill shelter weekly to walk law more than 10 years before and play in the park with the dogs. opening Edwards & Bullard, LLP in 2010. David was elected president 1991 of the Macon Trial Lawyers Nikki Etheridge Merritt and her association for the 2014 term. husband live in Columbia, S.C., with Bill Reynolds is a graduate their children, Olivia (age 12) and of the 2013 Leadership Macon McIver (age 10). She substitute program and was presented the teaches at her children’s school and 2013 Humanitarian Award from spends as much time as possible on the Mentors Project of Macon. Bill the tennis court. took the lead in providing more than 1,700 food items for their food 1992 pantry, tickets for a UGA football George Greer’s work as an game, and 60 book bags. Thanks to attorney and his involvement his hard work, $1,100 was donated in the Macon community was from Stratford’s part in the Mentors recently featured in an article in Project Bowl-a-Thon.

The Telegraph. George is on the 2014 Greater Macon Chamber of 1988 Commerce Executive Committee and Austin Carter was sworn in on is General Counsel for the Macon May 20 as a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Economic Development Commission. for the Middle District of Georgia Bob Trammell and wife Jenny which covers 70 counties. have a one-year-old daughter, Mary, and are expecting their second 1989 daughter in September. He is Charles Briscoe is on the 2014 running for the Georgia House of Greater Macon Chamber of ComRepresentatives District 132 this merce Board of Directors.

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Second Year on PGA Leads to Second Win for Russell Henley ’07 COMING OFF A SUCCESSFUL inaugural tour year in 2013, after winning the Sony Open in Hawaii in his debut as a PGA Tour member and having three top-10 finishes, Russell Henley ’07 became one of the most notable tour rookies. The 2014 year has not been much dif-

ferent for this former Stratford golfer.

In his second year on the PGA tour, Henley has shown golf enthusiasts that he has a flair for the dramatic. His second career win came at the Honda Classic Tournament in Palm Beach, Fla., on March 2, 2014. After a shot

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(Above) 2014 brought Russell Henley his second tournament win on the PGA at the Honda Classic. (Left) Dramatic puts were part of the action for Russell’s four days in Palm Beach.

into the water, Henley was forced into a fourhole playoff with Rory McIlroy, Ryan Palmer and Russell Knox, where he overcame a twoshot deficit to earn his second win as a PGA Tour member.

In addition to his second tour win, Avis Car Rental named Henley the Avis March PGA Player of the Month, contributing $50,000 to the Macon Volunteer Clinic in his honor.

When announcing his charity of choice, Henley expressed that the Macon Volunteer Clinic holds “a place close to [his] heart.”

As of July, he was ranked 45th in the FedEx Cup standings and had a world ranking of 59th.

Henley’s second year on the tour has earned him one win, two top ten finishes and five top 25 finishes in the 23 events he has played thus far. He is performing better than average as the 39th ranked player for strokes gained putting and the 166th ranked player with a scoring average of 71.757. With almost a dozen tournaments still left in the tour year, here’s to many “eagles” for this former Eagle.

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2014 Athletic Hall of Fame Announced THE STRATFORD ACADEMY ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME is proud to announce the inductees for the Class of 2014: Katie Jones ’98 and Per Linde ’87 (athletes), Dr. and Mrs. Hugh Smisson (supporters), M.L. Clark (coach) and the 1988 softball team (team). The induction ceremony will take place on Oct. 24 at 10 a.m. in the Grady Smith Gymnasium. The Hall of Fame Class of 2014 will also be recognized during halftime of the Homecoming football game that evening.

The Hall of Fame was organized as a way of maintaining the rich heritage and tradition of the successful athletic programs at Stratford Academy.

In addition, it serves as a means of recognizing, preserving and honoring the athletes, coaches, teams and individuals who have made significant contributions to the athletic programs. The Hall of Fame honors the contributions and accomplishments of these individuals and teams who are worthy of recognition and serve as examples for others to emulate.

For more information about the Stratford Athletic Hall of Fame or the nomination process, visit www.stratford.org/halloffame or contact Athletic Director Mark Farriba.

Pictured are members of the Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2013 representing the inductees Coach Bobby Hendley, Carter Kelly Monroe ’96, Kyle Johnston ’02, Robbie Sovie ’02, Henry Tift and the 1994 Baseball Team

New Alumni Event in 2013 in Memory of Sam Anderson ’88 IN MEMORY OF CLASSMATE SAM ANDERSON, the Class of 1988 hosted the first Sam Anderson Memorial Flag Football Game during Alumni Weekend 2013. The game was a 7-on-7 flag football format and more than 40 alumni and friends of Sam participated. Proceeds from the event benefitted the Andy Anderson Institute, an organization established to assist families coping with addiction. For information about the 2014 Sam Anderson Memorial Flag Football Game on Oct. 24, contact Blair Cleveland ’88 at bkcleveland@martinsnow.com.

1993

Andrea Jones Seagraves holds a B.S. in early childhood education from the University of Georgia and a master’s degree from Piedmont College. She will begin teaching kindergarten at Stratford in the fall.

1994

Slade Edwards has been named a partner at Martin Snow LLP, where he practices in the firm’s litigation section.

Ched Smaha was inducted as a Fellow into the prestigious dental association, Pierre Fauchard Academy.

1995

Robbie Camp works in sales covering southwest Georgia and the Florida panhandle for Kentec. He and wife Angie have two sons, Caden (age 9) and Carson (age 5), and live in Perry, Ga. He enjoys playing golf and visiting Mexico Beach as much as they can.

Wes Griffith is co-owner of the Moonhanger Group, which owns and operates The Rookery, Dovetail, Cox Capitol Theatre and H&H Restaurant in Macon. He is married to Betsy Schnell Griffith and has two children, Wyatt (age 3) and Jackson (age 2).

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Holly Purcel Griset ’93 is pictured with her children at Stratford during the Alumni Weekend tour.

1996

Ginny Moore Reeves ’95, Carter Kelly Charlie Bridges stays busy Monroe ’95 and Jenny Smith Booker coaching his sons, Rho and El’95 at the 2013 Athletic Hall of Fame lis. This spring, he and Jason induction ceremony.

Smith ’91 coached a Vine Ingle Little League All-Star a Georgia Rising Star for employteam in the District 5 tournament and labor by the 2014 Georment. He has served the last three gia Super Lawyers publication. years on the Vine Ingle board of Cole Christie is a commercial directors as the vice president for and residential appraiser for the T-ball and Mighty Leagues.

Wilson, Hall and Associates in Shane Purcel has lived in DenMacon, and is working toward ver, Colo., since 2009 where he his MAI certification. He and wife has three Mellow Mushroom Bylerly Vaughn Christie ’02 restaurants. Shane married reside in Forsyth, Ga., with their Jessie Pittrizzi in July. three dogs, Chili, Lily and Wrigley.

1997 More than 40 alumni and friends of Sam Anderson played in the first-ever Sam Anderson Memorial Flag Football Game.

Bob Trammell ’92 with daughter Mary

Kelli Pushman Hill, attorney with Constangy, Brooks & Smith LLP in Macon, was selected as

1998

Katie Jones lives in Houston, Texas, and works for a non-profit

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Stewart Vernon is on the 2014 Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.

Kyle Mann received his master’s degree from University of Southern California in management and communications in May.

1999

Walker Stewart was named partner at the law firm Hall, Bloch, Garland and Meyer, where he practices civil litigation.

Matthew Israel has started the company GMI Landscape Design in Macon.

2000

Boone Smith IV has been named a partner at the law firm Smith, Hawkins, Hollingsworth and Reeves LLP. He specializes in estate planning, estate and corporate taxation, business transactions, tax exempt organizations and income tax conflicts.

Ben Dumas is drummer for the highly successful band, The Wild Feathers. The Wild Feathers signed with the Warner Brothers label and has appeared on numerous television shows, including “Conan O’Brien.” They recently played at Bonnaroo Music Festival.

Rich Liipfert moved to Boston to begin his psychiatry residency at Tufts Medical Center. He hopes to return to Macon when he finishes the four-year program.

2001

Le Kevin Smith starts his master’s degree in architecture at Academy of Art University this fall. He shares that this has been a goal of his since high school.

Gena Bryant has been accepted into Mercer University’s school counseling master’s program in Atlanta.

2002

Will Argo is a risk management consultant at Tidwell & Hilburn Insurance.

Byerly Vaughn Christie will graduate in May 2015 with a

master’s degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner. She is also a co-owner and event manager of Rum Creek Farm, a special events facility in Forsyth, Ga. Katie Hart is the press and media manager at Procur.

Mandy Horton McGuire and husband John recently relocated to Raleigh, N.C., where she is the assistant director of admission at Saint Mary’s School.

Samer Othman finished his general dentistry residency in 2013 at Berkshire Medical Center, a teaching hospital of the University of Massachusetts. In January, he opened Advanced Dental Arts in Macon.

John Jones received his M.B.A. from University of Georgia in May 2013 and is living in Athens, working for Evoshield in their marketing department.

Evoshield makes athletic and hunting protective gear.

J.P. Haynie joined his brother, F. Michael ’04, and many friends and colleagues as a member of the Actors’ Equity Association.

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2003

Page Persons Munro lives with husband Euan in Edinburgh, Scotland. She works at the Open University managing two projects funded by the government which help people successfully complete university study. She loves living in Scotland and enjoys when “Macon” people come to visit so she can show them around the country.

Grier Williford is a private financial advisor with SunTrust Investment Services in St. Simons Island, Ga. Annie Katz finished her internal medicine at Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif. She has a position at Stanford as a hospitalist/clinical instructor.

Matt Tiller is a civil/environmental engineer for AMEC, one of the world’s leading engineering, project management and consultancy companies. He and wife Caroline live in Marietta, Ga. Kayde Campbell worked in private speech and language therapy in Atlanta before she joined Developing Minds in Macon in 2012. She is currently

1968 — During the weekend of March 14-15, the Class of 1968 held their 45th reunion. A class party was held at Mick Anderson’s house, and along with members of the Class of 1973 they toured “Old Stratford.”

(Above) The Class of 1968 reunion party was held at the home of Mick Anderson. (Left) Members of the Classes of 1968 toured Overlook Mansion during their reunion weekend.

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training in the unique needs of children with ASD and other significant neurological and learning disabilities.

2004

The Class of 1973 celebrated their 40th reunion at the home of Ricky Hicks.

1973 — The Class of 1973 held their 40th reunion at Ricky Hicks’s house during the weekend of March 14-15.

1978 — The Class of 1978 celebrated their 35th reunion at the home of Bill Snow during Alumni Weekend.

1983 — During Alumni Weekend, the Class of 1983 held their 30th reunion at Roy Fickling’s house.

(Above) A class party for the 30th reunion was held at the home of Roy Fickling.

(Right) Meredith Bishop Stiff, Robin Lee Parker, Stacie Wigley Hill

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Shannon Kaplan’s new business, Rarity Vintage, has been a long time in the making and is a dream come true for her. She focuses on wearable, beautiful Kayde Campbell ’03 vintage clothing which is available through etsy.com and facebook.com.

Michael Gene Blackmon works in Atlanta in the insurance business. He recently moved into a cabin on Taylor McClendon ’05 and Benjamin Smisson ’05 Jackson Lake. are pictured following medical school graduation Shannon with their fathers, Dr. Trip Smisson ’75 and Dr. Chris McLendon ’74, and grandfathers, Slocumb has Dr. Hugh Smisson and Dr. Joe McClendon. worked for the past six years at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the MediMedicine and is doing a surgery cal Center of Central Georgia. She internship in Jackson, Miss. graduated in May from Georgia Lauren Winters Willis and Regents University with an M.S. husband Justin live in Athens, in Nursing. Shannon passed her Ga., with their two dogs, Kyah nurse practitioner boards in June and Cosby. She graduated from and is now a Certified Family Mercer University in May with a Nurse Practitioner.

Master’s of Medical Science to Kelly Faircloth Webb and become a physician assistant. husband Nicholas live in New She is working in the emerYork City. Kelly is a staff writer gency department at Athens for the Jezebel website.

Regional Medical Center.

F. Michael Haynie was in his second Broadway musical, 2006 Holler If Ya Hear Me, featuring Wesley Walthall is on the the music of Tupac Shakur. He 2014 Greater Macon Chamber served as an understudy and of Commerce Board of Directors. covered the principal role of the Alex Hill teaches History at Brookcharacter “Griffy.” This role gave stone School in Columbus, Ga. him dramatic performance and Daniel Buxton started Buxton an opportunity to play his guitar Construction in 2010. He specialin the show. izes in land clearing, grading and hauling. His business has grown 2005 to a large fleet of heavy equipTaylor McLendon graduated ment and machinery working on in May from Mercer University large projects all over the southSchool of Medicine. Taylor was east. Daniel writes, “I take pride an Alpha Omega Alpha honor in providing excellent workmangraduate and began his residenship with a personal relationship cy in plastic and reconstructive to each of my clients.” surgery at the University of Texas Kaiser Swann is food and beverSouthwestern in Dallas in July. age director at the Georgia Club.

Benjamin Smisson graduated Maggie Easterlin is a senior acfrom Mercer University School of count executive at Stratacomm,

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Alumni Gatherings and Reunions 1988 — The Class of 1988 gathered at The Big House, The Allman Brothers Band Museum, for their 25th reunion.

Mitchell Etheridge ’07 is an Air Force pilot in Virginia.

a communications firm based in Washington, D.C., where she focuses primarily on their transportation and infrastructure clients.

She enjoys exploring the city and volunteering for the Homeless Children’s Playtime Project.

Kate Blankenship returned to Stratford this fall as the varsity girls’ soccer head coach. She also teaches middle school P.E. and assists in the volleyball program. Kate had previously coached at the University of Alabama Birmingham.

2007

Karli Campbell Buxton started Knot + Bow Designs in 2012, a specialized handmade line of jewelry. Knot + Bow Designs items are available across the country and have graced magazines, blogs and several celebrities.

Betsy Jones Jones is the social media correspondent for “Thomasville Townie,” and also owns her own social media business, B the Buzz, and a plant container business called B’s Botanicals. She loves living in Thomasville, Ga., and enjoys running, playing tennis and cooking.

Mitchell Etheridge recently finished his qualifications as a pilot for the F-22 Raptor. He and his wife, Mary Ellen Mitchell Etheridge, relocated to Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Va., in June. Mitchell will finish his combat qualification in Virginia and will start deploying this fall flying the F-22 on combat missions.

2008

Paul Holmes has relocated to Atlanta after starting a com-

mercial real estate career in New York City with CBRE. Ngozi Ekeledo recently moved to Raleigh, N.C., for a job at WTVD ABC 11 Eyewitness News. She works as a sports reporter/multimedia journalist and fill-in anchor for the station. Ngozi writes, “I get to report in the field live from some of the country’s best sporting events, such as the US Open (which I just finished covering and that another Stratford alum, Russell Henley ’07, competed in), and teams like Duke and UNC basketball and the Carolina Panthers. I credit my foundation in this industry to my exposure to sports and journalism in school — from working for the Gazebo newspaper at Stratford and learning and playing under some great coaches like Ed Smith and my studies at Northwestern University.”

2009

Corinne Easterlin will graduate in August 2014 from Georgia State University with her M.Ed. as well as a reading endorsement from the state of Georgia.

In August, she will begin teaching first grade at Atlanta Youth Academy, a small private PreK-8 school that serves underprivileged students in south Atlanta.

Mary Del Holleman completed her first year of teaching at Lanier Middle School in Gwinnett County. She taught sixth grade Science in the special education department and will remain in this position for next year.

Mary Del has also just begun an online graduate program through Arizona State University for a degree in behavior analysis.

Many former football players returned for the Sam Anderson Memorial Flag Football Game hosted by the Class of 1988. Pictured: (front) Ronnie Goldman, Blair Cleveland, Marc Kalish, Jay Wansley (back) Jason Reaves, Mark Godschalk, George Freelin, Charlie Boswell, Rader Sellers.

Kippy Tift, Lori Tift Palmer, Elizabeth Weaver Tender and Molly Hudson Watson attended the class party at The Big House.

1993 — Idle Hour was the gathering place for the Class of 1993’s 20th reunion during Alumni Weekend.

1998 — During Alumni Weekend, the Class of 1998 met at Stewart Vernon’s house for their 15th reunion.

2003 — Twang Southern Taste and Sounds served as the venue for the Class of 2003’s 10th reunion on Dec. 21.

Class of 1993 members Kathryn Simmons Strickland, Lori Landers Mitchell, Holley Purcel Griset

2008 — The Class of 2008 had their 5th reunion at The Hummingbird on Friday night and The Bearfoot Tavern on Saturday night of Alumni Weekend.

SAVE THE DATE For Alumni Weekend 2014 Stratford Alumni Association will host the annual Alumni Weekend on Oct. 24-25. The Classes of 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2004 and 2009 will celebrate reunions this year.

Visit www.stratford.org/alumni for more information.

Members of the Class of 2008 gathered Alumni Weekend

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Class Notes Marjie Dickey graduated last May from University of Georgia with a food industry marketing and administration degree. She has been working for Gov. Deal for over a year and recently was promoted to policy and legislative affairs coordinator.

Gaines Elmore graduated from Georgia Southern this year with his IT degree and also earned a personal training certification from National Association of Sports

Medicine. He is pursuing his career in both areas.

William Faircloth is the business development manager for Thompson Appalachian Hardwoods in Huntland, Tenn.

Aliy Ahmed has recently appeared in two films. Aliy writes, “I play ‘Neel’ in an independent film, Premature, which may be released on Netflix. The other role is in a short for the 48-Hour Film Festival in which I play ‘Randy,’ the villain.”

2010

Lexi Seagler is a financial representative with Northwestern Mutual. She graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in real estate and resides in Athens, Ga. Karena MacDonald was named to the spring semester Dean’s List at Samford University.

Hania Bisat moved to Daegu, South Korea, in August to teach English for a year.

Thomas Watson is a software

Stratford on the Road THE LATEST “STRATFORD ON THE ROAD” events were held in Los Angeles and San Diego, Calif. Alumni Director Jaime Kaplan hosted a dinner on Jan. 14 in Los Angeles at La Piazza Italian Restaurant at the Grove and a dinner Jan. 17 in La Jolla at Piatti Ristorante. Jaime enjoyed catching up with the dozen or so alumni and their family members who attended the events.

In Los Angeles, Jaime visited with Logan White ’03, Bonnie Ramsbottom Best ’80, William Perkins-Tift ’96, Charlton McMillan ’70, Dana Lewis ’78 and Keith Johnson ’75.

Jaime Kaplan visits with Hilliary Heard ’99 in Las Vegas.

On her trip to San Diego, Jaime is pictured with Guerry Peavy ’67 and India Kern ’90.

Want “Stratford on the Road” to come to your city?

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developer with General Motors at their new IT innovation center in Atlanta.

2011

Joshua Cohen was named to the Dean’s List winter quarter at Northwestern University where he is a history and legal studies major, Anna Mae Kersey ’11 programming chair of Phi Alpha Delta pre-law fraternity and a member of the Order of the Omega Greek Honor Society.

Ruhi Rahman is a coxswain on the University of North Carolina’s varsity crew team.

Ashley McPherson was named to the Mary Catherine Kersey ’11 is a senior at spring semester Dean’s Mercyhurst College.

List at Georgia Southern University.

In the southern region rankings, Bo Stroup is a three-year soccer Becker is No. 1 in doubles and No. starter for the Georgia State Uni6 in singles. He was also named to versity Panthers at left back and is the All-America Team. a critical part of the Georgia State Mason Elmore is a junior at Valdosta defense. “Bo is the epitome of what State in the Air Force ROTC majoring any college coach, in any sport, in chemistry. He received cadet of the would want in a student athlete. He semester in his first semester with is a fantastic student, player and just the program and also was inducted an overall great person,” said head into the Arnold Air Society his freshmen’s soccer coach Brett Surrency. man year. This year, he was awarded Anna Mae Kersey is a senior at a national scholarship with the Armed Mercer University. This past year Forces Communication and Electronshe worked as a props intern at ics Association. In July, Mason spent the Chautauqua Theater Company, 23 days in a field training program at studied at Oxford University, England, Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomwhere she stage managed a producery, Ala. He plans to complete the Air tion of Pericles at the Burton Taylor Force ROTC program as a commisPlayhouse, sang for the Christ Church sioned officer and pursue a career in Choir, modeled for Oxford Fashion the Office of Special Investigations.

Week and Oxford Fashion Council as well as some couturiers in London.

2013 Back in America, she was an arts Bryan Horn was promoted to the journalist for Macon Arts Alliance, a branch manager for Vector Marketing/ research fellow and presenter at the Cutco Cutlery in Macon for the sumA.V. Elliott Conference and the GSU mer. He returns to SCAD for his second Phi Sigma Tau Philosophy Conference. year as a film and television major.

Anna Mae is the president of MerSarah Dennis’s blog on why she cer’s Pre-Law society, editor-in-chief loves Georgia Tech was featured on of the academic journal and philosoTech’s Facebook page in April and phy newsletter, and the opinions ediwas “liked” and “shared” worldwide. tor of The Cluster. This summer, she Katie Hale was named to the Apworked in events management/arts palachian Athletic Conference Firstadministration at the Fine Arts Work Team All-Conference Team and was Center in Provincetown, Mass. also named to the All-Tournament Team for leading Reinhardt to the 2012 conference championship.

Becker O’Shaughnessey checks Allie Hale was named to the Appain at No. 74 in the country in singles lachian Athletic Conference Secondand No. 15 in the country in doubles Team All-Conference Team. in the final NCAA tennis rankings.

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Former Faculty Ruby Jo Argo Ruby Jo Argo was a beloved mathematics and physical education teacher at Stratford from 1960-1976. Mrs. Argo was a devoted activist and advocate for the well-being of all children. In addition to the many years she spent at Stratford, she also taught in the public school system and at Tattnall Square Academy, amassing 43 years in all. Mrs. Argo passed away on June 16, 2014.

Sue Crumbley Many Stratford alumni remember their very first teacher as Sue Crumbley. She taught first grade at Stratford from 1967-1978, and also taught at First Presbyterian Day School and the Bibb County and DeKalb County school systems. Mrs. Crumbley passed away Dec. 12, 2013.

Mary Evelyn Hamlin Mary Evelyn Hamlin taught school at both Stratford Academy and Jonesco Academy before retiring from the Bibb County school system as an assistant principal. At Stratford, she taught fifth grade, arriving at an important time of transition from two fifth grade classes to three. Mrs. Hamlin passed away Jan. 3, 2014.

H. Lee Perdue Lee Perdue was an adjunct faculty member at Stratford in 1990 and 1991. Among many other accomplishments, he was the founder and president of Youth Leadership Bibb County. Lee passed away Jan. 31, 2014.

Margaret Phillips Margaret Phillips assisted Stratford in the early years, both in the business office and as an aide in classrooms. Her husband, George, was also a teacher and business manager at the school. Mrs. Phillips passed away Dec. 28, 2013.

Glenis Fields If you checked out a book in the library between 1970 and 1998, chances are that Glenis Fields assisted you as she served as assistant librarian for over 25 years. In addition, Mrs. Fields taught a special needs class at Redding School in Lizella and worked in the office of the Dean of Students at Wesleyan College. She was the wife of longtime mathematics and science teacher, T.F. “Skip” Fields. Mrs. Fields passed away Dec. 26, 2013.

John Paul Gaddy ’85 John Paul Gaddy dedicated his too-short life and multiple talents to nurturing a community of holistic education that prioritized moral values, good health, community involvement and responsible citizenship through 27 years at Stratford as a teacher, coach and administrator.

John Paul passed away on July 19, 2014, after a courageous three-year battle with cancer.

Dr. Michael Poole In addition to teaching at Stratford, Mike Poole also taught at Macon State College, Mercer University, Wesleyan College and Central Georgia Technical College. Dr. Poole passed away Jan. 10, 2014.

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Chester Chapman ’64 Tony Gavin ’73 Heather Claxton Hampton ’98 Mike Kennedy ’76 Dr. Sam McGaughey ’79 Ashley Benton Parker ’85 Roger Phillips ’70 Elizabeth Norris Smith ’81

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Li’l E gles 1 – Hunter Watson Neff (born Aug. 28, 2013) to Robbie and Sylvia Boykin Neff ’87 of Nicholasville, Ky.

10 – Jackson Ryan Shepard (born Sept. 8, 2013) to Matt and Iris Arnold Shepard ’99 of Dublin, Ga.

2 – William Stafford “Ford” Gudenrath (born Nov. 6, 2013) to Field ’98 and Stafford King Gudenrath ’98 of Macon.

11 – Edward Briggs Smith, Jr. (born April 7, 2014) to Ed and Tiffany Taylor Smith ’95 of Atlanta.

3 – Michael Asher and Brandon Carter Hayslip (born Oct. 17, 2013) to Brandon ’96 and Nicole Hayslip and big sister, Mackenzie, of Tucker, Ga.

12 – Charlotte Rose Etheridge (born April 1, 2014) to Mitchell ’07 and Mary Ellen Mitchell Etheridge ’07 of Newport News, Va.

4 – John Anthony Page III (born Feb. 2, 2014) to Scott ’85 and Adrien Page of Gray, Ga.

13 – Avery Cate Johnston (born Sept. 10, 2013) to Blake ’04 and Austin Yarbrough Johnston ’04 of Macon.

5 – Ella Scott Rolfes (born May 24, 2014) to Quinn ’03 and Brigid Rolfes of Macon.

6 – Grayson Brewer Grisamore (born Feb. 11, 2014) to Grant and Summer Sterling Liipfert Grisamore ’03 of Macon. Grandson of Richard ’73 and Dawn Smisson Liipfert ’73.

7 – Eva Brooke Mendelson (born Nov. 25, 2013) to Miles ’97 and Laura Mendelson of Atlanta.

8 – Avery Matthew Nicholson (born June 23, 2014) to Matt ’03 and Laramee Nicholson of Cairo, Ga. 9 – Elizabeth Bryant Garner (born April 16, 2014) to Jamie and Courtney Brooks Garner ’96 and siblings Brooks ’25 and Annie ’28 of Macon.

14 – Hubbard “Hub” Wiley Mims (born May 22, 2014) to Ryan and Casey Stribling Mims ’97 of Nashville, Tenn.

15 – Collier West McKenzie, Jr. (born Aug. 13, 2013) to Collier and Meredith Moore McKenzie ’03 of Macon.

16 – Holland Chambers Carter (born Sept. 24, 2013) to Walker and Janet Cook Carter ’90 of Washington, D.C. 17 – Hannah Grace Barfield (born Dec. 15, 2013) to Carter and Jenny Watson Barfield ’04 of Macon. Granddaughter of Nathan ’77 and Gina Watson.

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19 – Holmes McQueen (born Oct. 14, 2013) to Hayes ’02 and Anne McQueen of Macon.

20 – Anna Clark McCain (born Sept. 26, 2013) to David and Elizabeth Stewart McCain ’01 and big sister, Parker, of Macon.

21 – Robert “Rob” Laurence Sovie, Jr. (born July 2, 2013) to Robbie ’02 and Christie Shurling Sovie ’02 of Cumming, Ga. 22 – Arthur Tift (born Oct. 15, 2013) to Scott ’99 and Nesrin Tift of Nashville, Tenn.

Grandson of Jerry ’67 and Carol Tift.

23 – Braxton James Wood (born Feb. 5, 2014) to Wesley and Ashley Gurley Wood ’05 of Macon.

24 – Piper Anne Loyd (born March 28, 2014) to Josh and Leigh Forester Loyd ’95 of Macon. Granddaughter of Jack Forester ’66.

25 – Hank Greer (born Oct. 20, 2013) to George ’92 and Anna Sanders Greer ’01 of Macon.

26– William Hughes Chalkley (born May 22, 2014) to Scott ’05 and Margaret Chalkley of Austin, Texas.

27 – Eugenia Ware Carter (born Aug. 1, 2013) to Gilbert and Mary Reid Franklin Carter ’01 of Macon.

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29 – Lola Grace Johnston (born March 26, 2014) to Kyle ’02 and Christy Cantrell Johnston ’01 and big brothers, Tucker, Jett and Tate, of Macon.

30 – Catherine Rebecca Carter (born Dec. 17, 2013) to Frank and Rebecca Mossman Carter ’95 of Nashville, Ga. 31 – Sofia Iman Smith (born June 25, 2014) to Le Kevin ’01 and Sahara Smith of Ashburn, Va. 32 – Benjamin Webb Gillis (born May 10, 2014) to Nate and Carman Harper Gillis ’98 of Charlotte, N.C. 33 – Mary Nell Capps (born Jan. 21, 2014) to Matthew ’01 and Bonnie Capps of Mobile, Ala. 34 – Robert Edward Schorr III (born Jan. 28, 2014) to Bobby ’03 and Elizabeth Solomon Schorr ’03 of Macon. Grandson of Steve ’78 and Kelly Solomon.

35 – William Hinson Argo (born Jan. 13, 2014) to Will ’02 and Madison Argo of Macon.

Grandson of Bill ’72 and Layle Watson Argo ’74.

36 – Thomas McAfee Gledhill (born July 1, 2014) to Clint ’99 and Stephanie Gledhill of Macon.

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1– Karli Campbell ’07 married Daniel Buxton ’06 on Oct. 26, 2013, at the bride’s home in Bolingbroke.

Karli’s sisters, Kayde Campbell ’03 and Kerri Campbell ’10, were maids of honor. Bridesmaids included Evan Cantrell ’07, Nancy Wilfong ’07, Betsy Jones Jones ’07, Anna Kay McGoldrick Nash ’07 and Catherine Buxton ’03. Groomsmen included Wesley Walthall ’06, Trey Rogers ’06 and Madison Barnett ’06. Daniel is the son of Bucky Buxton ’74. The Buxtons currently reside in Macon.

2 – Brigid Coleman married Quinn Rolfes ’03 on Feb. 9, 2013, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Macon.

Chad Hofstadter ’03 and Quinn’s brothers, Nash Rolfes ’00 and Preston Rolfes ’05, were in the wedding party. The Rolfeses currently reside in Macon.

3 – Kate Lovein ’97 married Doug Butler on June 7, 2014, at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church in Atlanta. Kate’s sister, Anna Lovein Sharpton ’94 was matron of honor, niece Edie Sharpton ’23 was flower girl and nephew Cam Sharpton ’26 was ring bearer. Kate is the daughter of Hu and Anne Elliott Lovein ’65. The Butlers currently reside in Atlanta.

4 – Allyson Irene Guidotti married Austin Bryant ’99 on May 25, 2014, at Madrona Manor in Healdsburg, Calif. Groomsmen included Bill Arnold ’99, Kent Kaplan ’99, John McNeill ’99 and James Poe ’00.

Austin’s sister, Gena Bryant ’01, was a bridesmaid and Hawkins Pham ’99 was a reader. The Bryants currently reside in San Francisco. (Michelle Warren Photography) 5 – Betsy Melissa Jones ’07 married Christopher Powell Jones on Jan. 25, 2014, at First Presbyterian Church in Macon. Anna Blanche Young Pennington ’06 was in the wedding party. Betsy is the daughter of Bruce and Missy Philhower Jones ’77. The Joneses currently reside in Thomasville, Ga. (Jenny Evelyn Photography) 6 – Dorothy Eubanks ’97 married Gray Spratling on May 10, 2014, at Haig Point Club on Daufuskie Island, S.C. Dorothy’s sister, Elizabeth Eubanks Culp ’95, was matron of honor and her brothers, Charles Eubanks ’92 and John Eubanks ’02 were ushers. Sister-in-law Katherine McGoldrick Eubanks ’02 was a bridesmaid and nephews Jack Eubanks ’28 and Sam Culp ’23 and niece Mimi Culp ’25 were in the wedding party. The Spratlings currently reside in Atlanta.

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8 – Morgan Moser ’08 married Ryan Hurkmans on May 10, 2014, on the grounds of Moser Cattle Company in Meansville, Ga. Madi McNeal ’08 was a bridesmaid. The Hurkmanses currently reside in Lawrenceville, Ga. 9 – Kelly Faircloth ’04 married Nicholas Webb on May 3, 2014, at the Yale Club of New York City. Kelly’s sister, Marianna Faircloth ’06, was the maid of honor. The Webbs currently reside in New York City.

10 – Caroline Haeberle married Matt Tiller ’03 on Nov. 23, 2013, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Macon.

Groomsmen included Chad Hofstadter ’03 and Brian Bloodworth ’02. Matt’s sister, Lindsay Tiller ’04 was a bridesmaid. The Tillers reside in Marietta, Ga. 11 – Jordan Blankenship ’08 married Casey Hartley on May 10, 2014, at The Brickyard in Macon.

Natalie Slocumb ’08 was in the wedding party. The Hartleys currently reside in Atlanta.

12 – Kathleen Burnham ’09 married Ryan Davis on March 1, 2014, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Macon. Kathleen’s sister, Megan Burnham ’07, was maid of honor. Parker Sealy ’09 was a bridesmaid and Michael Blackmon ’04 was a groomsman. Kathleen is the daughter of Robert ’78 and Marty Burnham. The Davises currently reside in Marietta, Ga. 13 – Lauren Spillers ’07 married Philip Hodge on Sept. 14, 2013, at Farley Plantation in High Falls, Ga. The Hodges currently reside in Lizella, Ga. 14 – Mandy Horton ’02 married John McGuire on Nov. 9, 2013, at Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church in Atlanta. Laura Green ’02 was maid of honor. The McGuires currently reside in Raleigh, N.C. 15 – Anna Kay McGoldrick ’07 married Stephen Nash ’05 on Oct. 12, 2013, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Macon. The wedding party included Katherine McGoldrick Eubanks ’02, Elizabeth McGoldrick ’09, Whitney Geeslin ’07, Mary Cole Geeslin ’11, Norris Clay ’07, Karli Campbell Buxton ’07, Anna Grace Stone ’21, Katy Slocumb ’07, Nancy Wilfong ’07, Evan Cantrell ’07, Betsy

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16 – Jencie McDavid ’06 married Trey Hecht ’05 on May 31, 2014, at Morgan View Farm in Macon.

Emily West ’07 was maid of honor and Patrick Hecht ’04 was best man. Bridesmaids were Laurie Fickling ’06, Rachael Ackerman ’06, Fraser Rowell ’06, Jessica Bowden ’06 and Laura Persons Penn ’06. Groomsmen were Rob Forrester ’05, Chase Ruffin ’05, Preston Rolfes ’05 and Stephen Peterson ’05. The Hechts currently reside in Atlanta.

17 – Kensey Gilbert married Ross Rabun ’07 on May 17, 2014, at Highland Park Presbyterian Church in Dallas, Texas. Franky Davis ’07 and sisters Claire Rabun ’05 and Mary Rabun ’09 were bridesmaids.

Ross is the son of Phil and Jenny Monfort Rabun ’77. The Rabuns currently reside in Dallas, Texas.

18 – Lacey Gibbons ’06 married Ken Eason on April 12, 2014, at Ingleside Baptist Church in Macon.

Lacey’s sister, Mallory Gibbons ’10, was maid of honor, Caroline Kellum Boggus ’06, Martha Cohen ’05 and Katy Bass ’06 were bridesmaids and her brother, Walker Gibbons ’17, was a groomsman.

Lacey is the daughter of Pam Barnett Gibbons ’77. The Easons currently reside in Macon.

19 – Iris Arnold ’99 married Matt Shepard on March 9, 2013, at Greenwich Park in Savannah, Ga. The Shepards currently reside in Dublin, Ga. 20 – Stephanie Lyons ’06 married Bryce Clifton on June 14, 2014, at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in Kansas City, Mo. Stephanie’s sister, Christine Lyons Clarke ’98, was matron of honor and brothers, Michael Lyons ’96 and John Lyons ’09, were groomsmen. Caroline Kellum Boggus ’06 was a bridesmaid. The Cliftons currently reside in Kansas City, Mo. 21 – Whitney Barber married Claiborne Hardeman ’04 on Oct. 5, 2013, in Hilton Head, S.C. Groomsmen included Hugh Morrison ’04, Patrick Hecht ’04, Charles Sanda ’04 and Daniel Pike ’98. The Hardemans currently reside in Richmond, Va.

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22 – Vicky Conn married Marc Frolich ’89 on Dec. 31, 2012, at the Trolley Barn in Atlanta. Best men were Avery Moody ’89 and Scott Veal ’89. Michael Heard ’89 was a groomsman. The Frolichs currently reside in Atlanta.

23 – Caroline Bond married Albert Swann ’03 on May 17, 2014, at R.T. Lodge in Maryville, Tenn. The wedding party included Reid Wilson ’20, Kaiser Swann ’06, Oliver Horne ’03 and Grier Williford ’03.

The Swanns currently reside in Atlanta.

24 – Anna Blanche Young ’06 married Brandon Pennington on June 22, 2013, at Ingleside Baptist Church in Macon. The wedding party included Anna Blanche’s brother, Hotch Young ’03, Betsy Jones Jones ’07 and Kate Sams Russell ’02. Anna Blanche is the daughter of Eddy and Clark Newton Young ’75. The Penningtons currently reside in Birmingham, Ala. 25 – Laura Lea Duncan married Hampton Vernon ’07 on June 21, 2014, at St. Luke Methodist Church in Columbus, Ga. Hampton’s brother, Stewart Vernon ’98 was a groomsman and his sister, Claire Vernon ’02, was a bridesmaid. His nephew, Stewart Vernon, Jr. ’25, was a junior groomsman and his niece, Sloan Vernon ’29, was the flower girl. The Vernons currently reside in Savannah, Ga. 26 – Katie Ramsey ’02 married Christopher Godfrey on June 14, 2014, at Wesley United Methodist Church on St. Simons Island, Ga. Bridesmaids included Elizabeth Thomas DellaDonna ’02 and Elizabeth Minton ’02. Katie’s brother, Bern Ramsey ’01, was a groomsman. The Godfreys currently reside in Houston, Texas.

27 – Mallory Gilbert married Edward Wilfong ’03 on Nov. 16, 2013, in Mount Pleasant, S.C. Edward’s sisters, Nancy Wilfong ’07 and Sarah Wilfong ’07, were bridesmaids. His brother, Christopher Wilfong ’01, was best man. Groomsmen included Chad Hofstadter ’03, Cubbedge Snow ’03 and Albert Swann ’03, and Matthew Marshall ’02 was an usher. The Wilfongs currently reside in Mount Pleasant, S.C. 28 – Margaret Berg married Scott Chalkley ’05 on Nov. 22, 2013, at Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta. Groomsmen included Chase Ruffin ’05 and Preston Rolfes ’05. The Chalkleys currently reside in Austin, Texas.

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or teachers and students of science, experiencing a lesson in your area of study is much more powerful and impactful than just lecturing, reading or listening to scientific material.

Experiments are meant to demonstrate and allow participants to experience a piece of science. Upper school science teacher Jackie Waters cannot agree more.

In her 20 years as a teacher, she has chaperoned numerous student trips to places such as Grand Canyon, Belize and France. Belize is one of her favorite locations because of the natural wildlife, particularly the birds, and the native Mopan Mayan people.

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20 rising juniors and seniors on a 10-day summer study trip to this lowland portion of the Yucatan Peninsula. For nine days, students and teachers were immersed in Belizean culture, history and communities.

All of these experiences will count towards one semester of a science elective in the upcoming school year.

The first six days of the trip were spent in the interior of Belize studying rainforest ecology and the history of the Mayan and Belizean cultures. Activities included: visiting the Belize Zoo, Panti Medicinal Trail, Chaa Creek Natural History Museum and Butterfly Farm, community service outing to the Calla Creek School, hiking to Xunantunich Mayan Ruins and Rio Frio caves and waterfalls, a bird watching expedition and a canoeing trip on the Macal River. “This trip gave me a great sense of how science can impact peo-

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“Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him.”

— Aldous Leonard Huxley, Texts and Pretexts, 1932 ples’ lives,” commented rising senior Joseph Slappey. “Especially after seeing the medicine trail at Chaa Creek; it seems as if every tree or plant can help cure an illness. This trip has sparked my interests in the sciences as well as in traveling around the world. After returning home, I definitely want to research more about the various plants and animals we saw.”

Throughout the trip, students kept journals about their various experiences. At the beginning of the school year, each student will make a presentation about a particular focus of the trip. These presentations along with the travel journals will earn each participant a pass or fail grade for the semester. Evenings were spent with guest speakers and group discussions about the day’s activities.

“At night when we would all sit together and talk about the day, I would get chills hearing our students talk about how much being a part of another culture impacted them,” said Waters. “They would make comments about how this trip had opened their eyes to cultures difference in their lives and where modern conveniences and material possessions do not matter they opened my eyes to — they were so touched by how proud the Belizean people are, even many new perspectives.” without what we take for granted.”

The final three days of One unique component of this international study program was the trip were spent on an the community service hours that students earned. On day three of island called South Water the trip, Stratford students and chaperones traveled across a swinging Caye with a focus on mabridge to visit the remote village school at Calla Creek. Even though the people of Belize speak kekchi, a Mayan dialect of Spanish, Engrine ecology and study.

Students visited the Carlish is the language taught and spoken in schools. Stratford students brought each of the school children a friendship bracelet made by rie Bow Marine Institute, our sixth graders and teacher Kathleen Peterson. Then throughout went snorkeling and studthe day, Stratford students led the children in reading, activities, ied coral reef ecology in games and singing. some of the most pristine Rising senior Lucy Bobbitt was profoundly impacted by the group’s beach environments in the visit to the village school. “It was an unbelievable experience, and I was world. On the final night so proud of us for stepping out of our comfort zones and making true of the trip, local drummers and dancers entertained the Stratford friendships with the kids. We learned about each others’ cultures just group. “I loved that it did not take long before everyone in our group from stories we told back and forth,” she shared. “One little boy raised was dancing alongside the Belizeans, and no one wanted the night to his hand and asked us if we could sing our National Anthem to them. end,” remarked Waters.

We sang as they sat in silence and listened, and then they sang theirs With the success and enthusiasm for this international study 2009 Homecoming Queen Pierce Persons (above center) with her court. for us in return. At that moment, we all shared a bond, andthe we2009 each program, science department plans to make this year’s trip Matthew Waldorf was named Homecoming King at the Stratford’s Saturday night soccer game. respected each other and our different countries. I know we made a the first of many. It is a wonderful complement to the existing French 2014 Stratford Magazine

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School News Belize, continued exchange program available to foreign language students.

With one of Stratford’s school wide strategic initiatives being to expand our students’ global vision, trips like this one will become an integral part of the school curriculum offerings. “I can’t think of a better way to help our students gain a fuller understanding of the world than having them travel to places they have never been and spend time with people from different cultures,” said Upper School Principal Margaret Brogdon. “Our French students stay with families for part of their trip, and they also tour important cultural historical sites. The students who travel to Belize visit rainforests and Mayan ruins, study coral reefs, and work at a village school.”

All of these experiences are designed to expand the student’s understanding of other cultures as well as deepen their appreciation of their own culture. That is exactly how Joseph Slappey feels about

his time in Belize. “Students should take school trips because it gives them an understanding of other cultures,” he reflects. “I think it is important for people to travel around the world so they can experience new places and meet new people, even those that don’t speak the same language.”

Lucy Bobbitt admits that she was not sure how she would get school credit for her trip, but has a new appreciation for out-of-the-classroom learning after her time in Belize. “What we learned couldn’t be learned in a classroom. We got to experience first-hand nature at its best — sometimes this was not a good or easy thing,” she said. “We were awakened in the nights by Howler monkeys screaming, hunted for tarantulas, learned about more plants than I could have ever imagined, and we saw the most beautiful Mayan ruins. The trip teaches science by experiences, and that’s so much better than learning from textbooks.”

Learning from more than textbooks; now that is exactly how Stratford teaches students to become life-long learners.

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fter another year of success at the national level, Stratford’s debate program became the first school to receive the David P. Baker Award for Season Long Excellence for the second consecutive year. Earning this prestigious award in 2013 and 2014, Stratford became the first school in the award’s nine year history to secure back-to-back wins. The Baker award is presented by the National Debate Coaches Association to the debate team which has accumulated the most points for the entire debate season; therefore, earning the title of top debate program in the nation. Senior Hemanth Sanjeev and sophomore Dylan Ogle were Stratford’s recipients for 2014, and Sanjeev and Andrew Jones ’13 were the recipients in 2013. It is also the first time that an individual has been named a back-to-back award winner.

After a rigorous year-long debate schedule with wins and top speaker awards at seven tournaments, Stratford debaters Sanjeev and Ogle finished in the top 16 teams at the Tournament of Champions. The team also won the St. Marks (Dallas, Texas), Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia), and Montgomery Bell Academy (Nashville, Tennessee) tournaments. Sanjeev received top speaker awards at seven tournaments and second speaker at four additional tournaments. Sanjeev will continue his debate career at Harvard University beginning this fall. “It’s an incredible accomplishment to be awarded the Baker once, but to win it twice? It’s amazing,” said debate coach, Abby Schirmer. “I was so proud of how hard the students worked this year to repeat their previous performance. Hemanth and Dylan are an awesome pair that will be remembered.”

So how does a school with Stratford’s track record in debate continue the arduous task of churning out successful debaters for over three decades? Ogle feels that Stratford instills the qualities such as dedication and a strong work ethic in the classroom and in extracurricular activities. Both are necessary to students to compete on such a high level year

after year. “Coach Schirmer’s enthusiasm also fuels our desire to compete,” says Ogle. “As students, we feed off of that enthusiasm.”

Continuing the school’s 30+ year run as GISA State Champions, the debate program looks forward to more debate success in the future as many returning debaters have achieved state recognition. Novices, or first year debaters, competed at the Woodward Academy first and second year national tournament winning big rounds against major Atlanta schools.

Sophomore Dylan Quintal won second place speaker at the Houston County Invitational, while Sanjeev/Ogle and sophomore Robert Clark and partner junior Tolu Sogade won state titles. Clark was named third place speaker in the state behind Sanjeev at second and Ogle at first.

In the spring, Stratford hosted over 400 students for the Georgia Forensic Coaches Association (GFCA) state tournament. Debate is one of the few school programs that will not see any changes with Stratford’s move to the GHSA for interscholastic competitions. The GFCA is an organization that 75 of the state’s most competitive debate programs are affiliated.

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n a formal statement from April 21, 2014, the SAIS and AdvancED/SACS visiting accreditation committee unanimously recommended Stratford Academy for reaccreditation. After a year-long self-study led by faculty members Griff Ethridge and Kathy Larsen, Stratford hosted the visiting team March 23-25.

The reaccreditation summary stated that: The Accreditation Committee found Stratford Academy to be an exciting school with a strong foundation in its traditions as well as a clear vision for its future. The community is fiercely loyal to the mission of the school and genuinely lives the motto of Libertas Excellentiae — “freedom for excellence”. Stratford’s students are happy and engaged in their learning; the faculty continues to grow professionally and search for new ways to teach; the staff works tirelessly to support the institution; parents

dedicate their time, talent and treasure generously; and the Board of Trustees has developed a wise and thoughtful plan to take the school into the next chapter of its history. Coupled with a beautiful physical plant, the Committee was truly impressed with Stratford Academy.

Stratford Academy was first accredited in 1982. In today’s world of accountability in schooling, accreditation serves as a critical component of a school’s demonstrated effectiveness and ability to provide successful schooling for children. “A school that is able to achieve accreditation demonstrates a commitment to a process that requires the school to meet a set of rigorous standards; to engage in a program of continuous school improvement; and to demonstrate quality assurance to its stakeholders through self-evaluation and peer-review,” said Head of School Dr. Bob Veto.

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Faculty News Three Long-time Stratford Employees Retire in 2014

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t the close of the 2013-2014 school year, three veteran teachers retired from their 30+ year careers. With a combined 113 years of service to Stratford, Athletic Director Grady Smith, Preschool teacher Pat Smith and Kindergarten teacher Jane Williams stepped down at the end of the year.

In 1970 Grady Smith, a newly-graduated college student from the University of Georgia, was hired as Stratford’s varsity girls’ basketball coach. He was named athletic director in 1977, and throughout his tenure has coached nearly every sport at Stratford. Grady announced his retirement in December 2013 and was honored on December 6 (see Athletic News, page 48). He will remain at Stratford in 2014-2015 as Athletic Director Emeritus.

Pat Smith came to Stratford in 1984, and during her 30 years at the school she has taught in every division. Her initial experience with Stratford came in the 1970s as a visiting public school teacher on the school’s first SACS accreditation team. When Stratford opened its Beginners program for three-year-olds in 2012, Pat took on the role as teacher for our youngest learners. She also taught fifth grade, sixth and seventh-grade English, seventh-grade Reading, Pre-Kindergarten, and served as a school counselor and

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Middle School Principal. Walker Stewart ’99 had Ms. Smith for first, fifth and sixth grades.

He remembers, “Ms. Smith truly cared about her students. Her ability to teach multiple ages and grades during her career reflects her ability to relate to virtually any student. As one of only two students who had her three separate times, John McNeill being the other, I can truly say that she had a lasting impact on my education at Stratford.”

Jane Williams came to Stratford in 1974 following in the career steps of her mother, Mary Louise Dukes, who was a long-time Stratford third-grade teacher. In her 39 years of teaching Kindergarten at the school, Mrs. Williams taught hundreds of students including numerous second generation families. One of those students was Lori Landers Mitchell ’93, who was a Kindergartener during the 1980-1981 school year. Then 31 years later, Lori’s daughter, Mary Lois, had

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Mrs. Williams during the 2011-2012 school year. “I have such fond memories of being in Mrs. Williams’s class and was thrilled to find out that Mary Lois would have her as well.

Kindergarten was Mary Lois’s first year at Stratford and my first year as a Stratford parent. The experience of being back was made all the more special by having a teacher that I had loved for so many years caring for my child,” said Lori.

Pat Smith and Jane Williams were honored with a reception at the Olson Library on May 23. Current and former colleagues, current and former parents, former students, family and friends gathered to celebrate the successful careers of two teachers who made a tremendous impact on hundreds of students and families.

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ach year around Valentine’s Day, the Stratford Alumni Association invites former and retired teachers, staff and administration to an annual luncheon. Former colleagues visit with one another and current Stratford faculty with 20 years or more service to the school.

During this year’s event, held on February 14, the fourth-grade choral ensemble, The Stratford Stars, entertained guests. The luncheon is always a popular event with the returning staff members.

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Virginia Parker Buzzell Memorial Scholarship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ginna Ross Given annually to a second grader, the recipient exemplifies the qualities of the wonderful Parker Buzzell, a bright and shining Stratford student in the 1980’s. Fellow students and teachers knew Parker for her intellectual curiosity and the genuine kindness she showed to everyone. Wise beyond her years, Parker’s brave and courageous spirit brought joy to her family and friends. Parker’s family and friends provide the scholarship through the Parker Buzzell Foundation.

Howard Ingley Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taylor Gumbart Given each year in honor of former music teacher and Lower School Principal Howard Ingley, this award is given to an outstanding third grader who has an interest in fine arts.

Lois Irby Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Esha Panse, Aaron Perkel Given annually to two fourth grade students who excel academically, this gift was endowed from an anonymous friend to honor Mrs. Lois Irby, a long-time and greatly loved first grade teacher at Stratford.

Elaine P. Massey Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ellie Sim Given yearly in honor of Elaine Massey, who was a member of Stratford’s founding faculty in 1960 and was named first Lower School Principal in 1977 and served in that capacity until her retirement. The award goes to an outstanding fifth grader who has been at Stratford since the first grade.

Fine Arts Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nora Jorgensen Stratford Academy is fortunate to have such a strong fine arts program. Lower school students participate in art classes, music classes and band. Each year lower school students may audition for the spring drama production. An award is presented each year to a student with strong participation in the area of Fine Arts.

Fifth Grade Council Annika Brooks, Charles Brooks, Madeline Davis, Marisa Guerrero, Gabriel Haithcock, Banks Jaquith, Iman Khan, James Michael Reeves, Ellie Sim, Kendall Simmons, Hugh Sosebee, Caroline Sutherland Fourth Grade Math League Awards First Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Waris Qadir Second Place . . . . . . . . . . . Evan Carr, Bhargav Gudapati, John Haithcock, Darran Shivdat Fifth Grade Math League Awards First Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rohan Patel Second Place . . . . . . . . . . . Charles Brooks, Harrison Tuck Third Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Michael Reeves

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Math Olympiad Winners Scored in the 90-97% percent for students internationally James Michael Reeves Scored in the top 50% percent for students internationally Charles Brooks, Iman Khan, Jack Medlin, Rohan Patel, Waris Qadir, Ellie Sim, Hugh Sosebee, Harrison Tuck Math24 Online Challenge Stratford Top Players First Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hugh Sosebee Second Place . . . . . . . . . . . Emma Hayley Third Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . Om Patel High Scores for Grades 1-3 First Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Riya Patel Second Place . . . . . . . . . . . Ishaan Narsinghani Third Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . Suhani Viradi State Awards First Place in Georgia (out of 359 schools in state) - Stratford Third and Fourth Grades (Grade-Level Division), Mrs. Phyllis Elder (Fourth Grade Teachers Division and All Teachers in State), Mrs. Gaylyn Cole (Third Grade Teachers Division), Stratford Academy (Schools with Grades 1-5 Division) Fourth in Nation - Stratford Fourth Grade (Fourth Grade Division) Fourth Grade Spanish Duolingo Awards First Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma Hayley Second Place . . . . . . . . . . . Hadley Horner Third Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . Esha Panse Fourth Place . . . . . . . . . . . . Evans Carr Fifth Grade Science Fair Awards First Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah Pyles Second Place . . . . . . . . . . . Tyler McKinney Third Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hugh Sosebee Honorable Mention . . . . . . . George Seagraves

Awards 2014 – Middle School

Outstanding Student Awards Helen B. Comer Memorial Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sara Kate Durkee Named in memory of Helen Comer, a former Stratford student, this award is given annually to the outstanding sixth grader.

Seventh-Grade Outstanding Student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holland Schell Charles Kendall Ross Memorial Scholarship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tejas Athni Given in memory of Charlie Ross, wonderful, courageous young man who was Stratford’s top eighthgrade student for the 1986-1987 school year.

Citizenship Awards Sixth Grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jayan Patel Seventh Grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reese Ellis Eighth Grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amelia Bunker, Aman Jindani Scholar Awards Sixth Grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jenny Belle Butler, Carter Eddlemon Seventh Grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Regan Oliver Eighth Grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Fackler, Sagar Patel DAR Awards DAR American History Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dylan Reynolds DAR Citizenship Award for Sixth Grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anna Grace Grossnickle DAR Citizenship Award for Seventh Grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marta Stevenson DAR Citizenship Award for Eighth Grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carson Greene Eagle Ambassador . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ellie Minette Award to the top eighth grader who possesses the qualities of a good citizen in addition to his/her outstanding academic performance, this student is a young person Stratford would be proud to send out into the world as an ambassador.

Eagles of Distinction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lora Kate DiPonzio, Shawn Shivdat Selected by the eighth-grade faculty, the Eagles of Distinction are selected on the basis of academic achievement and overall positive contributions to the life of the school.

Sixth-Grade Content Awards for Outstanding Achievement in a Subject Accelerated Math . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sean Malhotra Math . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ruzan Khoja History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kieran MacKinnon Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mourya Chimpiri Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Elaine Mitchell English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma Grace Gadd Performing Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt Newberry Seventh-Grade Content Awards for Outstanding Achievement in a Subject Math . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benjamin Jorgensen, Li-An Tsai Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McKinley Thompson English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jonathan Spiegel History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uswa Khan Spanish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anna Catherine Durso French . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McKay Powers Latin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sai Pagadala Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maggie Fuchs Visual Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Li-An Tsai Eighth-Grade Content Awards for Outstanding Achievement in a Subject Jackie C. Poole Algebra Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shreya Chimpiri Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sammy Martin Foundations Math . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lucy Lee Faye Holliday English Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tripp Vaughn Latin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morgan Mathis French . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katherine Hall Spanish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ellie Cleveland Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Barrow Physics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nischal Bandi Civics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Murray McCormack History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephen Durso Visual Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy Kathryn Heard Performing Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anna Kate Alford Eighth-Grade Spirit Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margo Hannan

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Citizenship Awards Best Citizen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stacey Dorogy, Hunter Quintal DAR Best Citizen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stacey Dorogy American Legion Award for Citizenship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Clark Scholarship Awards Thomas Whitley Harper Memorial Scholarship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ansley Edwards William M. Brake Memorial Scholarship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarin Khurana Josephine Barker Lamb Memorial Scholarship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexis Adams Joel Plant Hatcher Memorial Scholarship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chandler Banks, Cole Garrett Arthur and Jane Brook Scholarship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joseph Slappey, Tolu Sogade Otis Walton Gunn Memorial Scholarship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morgan Maier Henry Harding Tift IV Memorial Fine Arts Scholarship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laurel Ferrari Ann B. Tift Scholarship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taylor Reese Tommy Robinson Memorial Scholarship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Carolyn Hulgan Andy Anderson Scholarship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Austin Devenney Departmental Awards Joe B. Hill History Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saqib Qadir DAR American History Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sean Grossnickle William M. Brake Mathematics Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matthew Beringer Faye R. Holliday English Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margaret Anne Rowe Technology Group Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vincent Raymond Excellence in Spanish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johnny Cohen, Srishti Malhotra Excellence in French . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asfar Rehan, Margaret Anne Rowe Excellence in Latin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stacey Dorogy, Abbie Nash Excellence in Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abbie Nash Mary Eva Harper Chemistry Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Carolyn Hulgan Excellence in Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Schlottman Excellence in Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maggie Bergmark Excellence in Theatre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johnny Cohen, Madelyn Pyles Rising Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claire Kelly Socrates Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrea Pitacco Community Service Awards Senior with the most career hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claudia Monfort Student earning the most hours this year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wimberly Dennis Outstanding Service Efforts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abbie Nash, Alexandria Power

Seniors earning 100+ hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Madison Baugh, Maggie Bergmark, Will Bowdoin, Rudy Bowen, Douglas Bradley, Francesca Chrabuszcz, Johnny Cohen, Stacey Dorogy, Devyn Gaton, Jane Gibson, Hayden Graham, Sarah Hammond, Holly Hanse, Hope Hays, Jimmy Hernandez, William Hicks, Trevor Hill, Katie Hlavaty, Montgomery Jones, Kate Maddux, Srishti Malhotra, Taylor Mathis, Mallory Maxwell, Summer Dawn Neel, Holden Parker, Chandler Peavy, Madelyn Pyles, Saqib Qadir, Hagan Randolph, Asfar Rehan, Margaret Anne Rowe, Andi Schiling, Emily Schlottman, Val Sheridan, Morgan Sowell, Kate Thomas, Emmy Thornsberry National Honor Societies Senior Members National Beta Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holly Bean, Matthew Beringer, William Bowdoin, John Clark, Johnny Cohen, Stacey Dorogy, Mitchell Freyermuth, Jane Gibson, William Ham, Holly Hanse, Katherine Harris, Jimmy Hernandez, Nathan Lischer, Srishti Malhotra, Taylor Mathis, Abbie Nash (President), Austin Oren, Raj Patel, Chandler Peavy, Alexandria Power, Saqib Qadir, Hunter Quintal, Asfar Rehan, Margaret Anne Rowe, Hemanth Sanjeev, Morgan Sowell, Andrew Wanna Achievement Awards Student Leadership Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Montgomery Jones Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ally Parker United States Senate Youth Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hunter Quintal American Legion Boys’ State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Clark American Legion Girls’ State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claire Kelly Rotary Youth Leadership Summer 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stacey Dorogy STAR Student-Teacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hemanth Sanjeev-Abby Schirmer Bibb County STAR Student-Teacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hemanth Sanjeev-Abby Schirmer National Merit Commended Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matthew Beringer, Margaret Anne Rowe, Hemanth Sanjeev, Morgan Sowell National Achievement Scholarship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tolu Sogade UVA Jefferson Scholars Program Nominee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margaret Anne Rowe UNC Morehead Cain Scholarship Nominee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abbie Nash Georgia Certificate of Merit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sydney Brewer, Sean Grossnickle, Siena Guerrero, Dori Kacsoh

Stratford Scholarships Andy Anderson Memorial Scholarship Austin Devenney

Arthur and Jane Brook Scholarship Joseph Slappey, Tolu Sogade

Halstead Tindal “Andy” Anderson II was an outstanding athlete and student leader in the Stratford Class of 1984.

As president of his senior class and a significant presence on the 1983 state championship football team, Andy was a prominent figure on campus during his high school years. After attending the University of Georgia and graduating from Mercer University, he became a successful businessman and active community volunteer in Macon. After his death in 2003, family, friends, classmates and business associates endowed a full scholarship in his name. Each year the scholarship goes to an Upper School student or students who have demonstrated leadership and athleticism as members of the football team and personal qualities of integrity, character and school spirit.

Jane and Arthur Brook educated their five children at Stratford. With five children as graduates of Stratford, they invested much of their lives and family time at the school for more than two decades. Following the graduation of their youngest son Freeman in 1987, they began a plan to provide a scholarship for future Stratford students. The scholarship is given in honor of the five Brook children, Steve ’72, Debra ’74, Dean ’77, Laurie ’80 and Freeman ’87. Following graduation from Stratford, four of the five Brook children graduated from Furman University. Thus the Brook family has chosen to honor and link their children’s experience with a university well known and loved by the family. This scholarship is awarded to a rising senior who is a Furman Scholar.

William M. Brake Memorial Scholarship Sarin Khurana

Virginia Parker Buzzell Memorial Scholarship Ginna Ross

William M. Brake was already a legend in Macon when he came to Stratford in the late years of a long career as school administrator and teacher of mathematics before teaching geometry at Stratford from 1973 to 1986. His blunt manner and rumpled style could not disguise his affection and concern for the young people in his care. Students smiled at his eccentric ways and high-pitched voice, but they admired him extravagantly and learned enthusiastically under his leadership. This scholarship goes each year to a rising senior who has demonstrated by exceptional mathematical ability, intellectual curiosity and superior achievement, a commitment to meeting the challenges and complexities of higher mathematics.

Virginia Parker Buzzell was a bright and shining Stratford student in the 1980s. Fellow students and teachers knew Parker for her intellectual curiosity and the genuine kindness she showed to everyone. Wise beyond her years, Parker’s brave and courageous spirit brought joy to her family and friends. The Virginia Parker Buzzell Memorial Scholarship goes annually to a second grader who exemplifies the qualities of the wonderful Parker Buzzell. Parker’s family and friends provide the scholarship through the Parker Buzzell Foundation.

Thomas Whitley Harper Memorial Scholarship Ansley Edwards Thomas Whitley Harper ’66 was an outstanding student, leader and athlete whose positive energy, diverse abilities and exemplary character contributed significantly to the early establishment of Stratford as a strong college-preparatory school in the state of Georgia. Outgoing and affable, Tommy counted all students and teachers his friends, even as he cut a forbidding figure on the basketball court and golf course. He went from Stratford to the University of Georgia for undergraduate study and to the University of Virginia School of Medicine, where he led his class academically. He died in his late 20s before he could complete his training in orthopedic surgery. Each year, in his honor, the school awards this scholarship to a rising senior whose exceptional intellect, leadership and character set an inspiring standard for the members of the Stratford community.

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Otis Walton Gunn Memorial Scholarship Morgan Maier The Otis Walton Gunn Memorial Scholarship is given by the family of Otis Walton Gunn. Mr. Gunn graduated from Stratford in 1968 and is remembered for his passion for life and the energy he brought to all of his interests and activities. This scholarship is awarded to a student who has excelled at Stratford, exhibited leadership ability and contributed to several areas of school life: academic, athletic and extracurricular.

Lois Irby Memorial Scholarship Esha Panse, Aaron Perkel The Lois Irby Memorial Scholarships were endowed by a gift from an anonymous friend to honor Mrs. Lois Irby, a long-time and greatly loved first-grade teacher at Stratford Academy. The award goes annually to two outstanding rising fifth graders.

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Furman Scholars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Noah Cole, Laurel Ferrari, Sean Grossnickle, Siena Guerrero, Morgan Herman, Hamilton Hirsh, Mary Carolyn Hulgan, Dori Kacsoh, Sarin Khurana, Sam Jenkins, Thomas Nash, Nathan Puckett, Nisha Shetty, Joseph Slappey, Tolu Sogade, Karlyn Suggs, Joshua Wangerin Wofford Scholars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sean Grossnickle, Siena Guerrero, Hamilton Hirsh, Mary Caroline Hulgan, Sarin Khurana Presbyterian College Fellows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chandler Banks, Sydney Brewer, Sean Grossnickle, Siena Guerrero, Dori Kacsoh Governors Honors Program Nominees . . . . . . . Mitchell Freyermuth, Abbie Nash, Stacey Dorogy (Latin); Asfar Rehan (French) Governors Honors Program Participant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margaret Anne Rowe (French) The Telegraph Golden Eagle Nominees . . . . . . . . . . . . Maggie Bergmark (Music), John Clark (Athletics), Stacey Dorogy (Journalism), Jane Gibson (Citizenship), Jimmy Hernandez (Technology), Abbie Nash (Foreign Language), Madelyn Pyles (Drama), Anne Rowe (English), Emily Schlottman (Art), Morgan Sowell (Math) The Telegraph Golden Eagle Honorable Mention Award Winners . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Clark (Athletics), Margaret Anne Rowe (English Literature), Abbie Nash (Foreign Language) Hunter Quintal (Science) Harvard Book Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dori Kacsoh Jefferson Book Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sean Grossnickle Sewanee Book Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sydney Brewer Wellesley Book Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sienna Guerrero Varsity Debate Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Clark, Dylan Ogle, Dylan Quintal, Hemanth Sanjeev, Tolu Sogade Academic Achievement Awards Ninth Grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tarab Ajan, Zainab Siddiqui, Thomas Thwaite, Carly Wanna Tenth Grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ramsie Whitworth Eleventh Grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dori Kacsoh Salutatorian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matthew Beringer Valedictorian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abbie Nash

John William Herin, Jr. Commitment Awards Ninth Grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maggie Greer, Juliana Hightower Tenth Grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Libby Ellison Eleventh Grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ansley Edwards Twelfth Grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mallory Maxwell Bee Binner Spirit Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Montgomery Jones Scholar/Athlete Awards Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margaret Anne Rowe Volleyball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ansley Edwards Softball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morgan Maier Football . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morgan Sowell Girls’ Cross Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ally Raymond Boys’ Cross Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mitchell Freyermuth Cheerleading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holly Hanse Boys’ Swimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Devyn Gaton Girls’ Swimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dori Kacsoh Girls’ Basketball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lucy Bobbitt Boys’ Basketball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Clark Wrestling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Austin Howell Girls’ Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katie Stone Boys’ Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hayden Graham Girls’ Tennis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abbie Nash Boys’ Tennis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarin Khurana Boys’ Soccer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew Wanna Girls’ Soccer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taylor Mathis Baseball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nathan Lischer Golf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matthew Beringer Senior Three-Sport Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Douglas Bradley, Francesca Chrabuszcz, Devyn Gaton, Austin Oren, Sam Snow, Morgan Sowell Senior Four-Sport Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jonathan Hefner, John Mitchell Dr. John Paul Jones Best Male Senior Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jonathan Hefner Best Female Senior Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andi Schilling GISA Morris Johnson Scholar-Athlete Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matthew Beringer, Morgan Sowell

Joel Plant Hatcher Memorial Scholarship Chandler Banks, Cole Garrett

Tommy Robinson Memorial Band Scholarship Mary Carolyn Hulgan

Joel Plant Hatcher ’84 brought joy to the members of his school community with his love of life, bright smile and warm personality. A capable student, good citizen and engaging performer in dance and theater, he was the quintessential well-rounded student who thrives in Stratford’s flexible, open educational environment. Joel’s happy-go-lucky, friendly manner made him a favorite with the faculty and students of all ages, and his enthusiastic willingness to try a new dance step or act an unconventional theatre part inspired his peers to explore their own gifts and talents. After graduating from Stratford, he attended Auburn University for a year until his death in 1985. Each year this scholarship goes to a worthy Upper School student(s) who, like Joel, has made significant contributions to several areas of school life.

Tommy Robinson was a delightful and kind young man who exhibited a zest for life and for the Stratford Band Program. His friends, teachers and band director knew him for his loyalty to others, enthusiasm for learning and music, and ability to find humor and the positive side of any situation. He expressed exuberance for life and school in the band room and in the classroom as he explored his creativity and shared his upbeat nature and sense of humor with others.

The Tommy Robinson Memorial Band Scholarship goes annually to a rising upper school band student who exemplifies the qualities of Tommy Robinson. The award is given by the family of Tommy Robinson.

Josephine Barker Lamb Memorial Scholarship Alexis Adams Josephine Barker Lamb ’64 was a beloved Stratford alumna, who devoted her time and talents to the school for many years. Warm and welcoming, she served as Alumni Director from 1984 to 1990. Unofficially, she lent her considerable organizational skills, personal charm and positive energy to causes across the spectrum of school life from the time she entered Stratford as a student until her untimely death. Never too busy to take on a project or too tired to turn a cheerful smile on a visitor, Josephine was a person of great civility and decency. Each year this scholarship is awarded to a rising senior who is the child of an alumna or alumnus and who exhibits the qualities Stratford seeks to foster in students: character, integrity, academic achievement and active leadership in several areas of school life.

Henry Harding Tift IV Memorial Scholarship Laurel Ferrari Henry Harding Tift IV, headmaster of Stratford Academy for 20 years until his death in 1997, was a man of personal balance. He enjoyed the exercise of his mind in projects ranging from the study of English literature at Yale University to his daily crossword puzzles and Scrabble games. He enjoyed the exercise of his body in athletics and such outdoor activities as fishing, canoeing and arrowhead hunting. He enjoyed the exercise of his imagination through an enthusiastic appreciation of the fine arts, especially instrumental music, choral music, theater and film. Under his leadership, Stratford developed its commitment to institutional balance in academics, athletics and the arts. Each year, in recognition of distinguished dedication to that balance, the school awards the scholarship to a rising senior demonstrating excellence and leadership in the fine arts who has made significant contributions to other areas of school life: academics, athletics and activities.

Ann Brown Tift Scholarship Taylor Reese Ann Brown Tift wore many hats in her long, rich tenure at Stratford Academy. A Stratford parent, wife of former headmaster Henry Tift, Spanish teacher, English teacher, chair of the English department, sponsor of myriad of clubs and organizations, and college counselor, Ann’s gifts to Stratford are innumerable. From the time she began working at Stratford in 1977 until she left in 2005, Ann’s skills as an educator, her love of learning and her desire to see students engage in the world outside Stratford Academy helped shape the lives of students as well as multiple areas of school life. Her students remember her love for literature and the intellectual energy she inspired in her classroom.

The students and parents she counseled through the college admissions process remember her encouragement to “reach for Pluto,” but to “secure a spot on Mars, just in case.” The scholarship is given to a student with intellectual curiosity, integrity and deep engagement in some particular area of school life or significant contributions in several areas of school life. Ann committed herself to encouraging a more diverse environment at Stratford Academy. The Ann Brown Tift scholarship is established in her honor by friends and family members in pursuit of a more diverse student body.

Charles Kendall Ross Memorial Scholarship Tejas Athni The Charles Kendall Ross Memorial Scholarship is given in honor and memory of Charlie Ross (May 20, 1973Nov. 20, 1987), a wonderful, courageous young man who was Stratford Academy’s top eighth-grade academic student for the 1986-1987 school year. The scholarship goes annually to the top eighth-grade student and is provided by the family and friends of Charlie Ross.

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Fine Arts New graduate spends summer in Italy with Oberlin Conservatory

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ach summer, prestigious Oberlin Conservatory offers an intensive six-week musical experience in the beautiful city of Arezzo in

the Tuscany region of Italy. There are multiple performance ensembles and courses designed for talented undergraduate and post graduate music students.

This summer, new Stratford graduate Maggie Bergmark attended the program’s opera division, which is designed for more advanced performers. Oberlin literature states that participants are generally at the young professional, young artist, post graduate and graduate levels.

Although it is rare, exceptionally talented undergraduate level students may also be considered. Maggie is one of those rare jewels.

“I was so surprised, but so excited, when I found out that I had been accepted into the Oberlin program,” she recalled. “What a wonderful way to end my senior year at Stratford.”

When aspiring singers compare themselves to pop favorites such as Katy Perry and Jay-Z, Maggie has different goals. She is training for a career in the operatic arts. Her summer in Italy was just one step toward her goal. She earned a principal role in Pucicini’s La Rondine, something that is usually reserved for more tenured students.

Her performance experience with Oberlin-in-Italy made the summer “magical” for Maggie Bergmark ’14, center.

Stratford Students Receive Standing Ovation at Carnegie Hall

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n February, three Stratford students boarded a plane with their parents and Stratford Band Director Laura Voss for a trip of a lifetime. Students Savannah Alday, Maggie Bergmark and Mary Carolyn Hulgan were on their way to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

The girls had auditioned and been selected from hundreds of students across the country to participate in the Carnegie Hall Honor Performance Series. Savannah and Maggie would perform with the choral ensemble and Mary Carolyn with the band.

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said Voss. “There were students representing 49 states and six other countries, and everyone seemed amazed that Stratford had three performers. They assumed we were a large Atlanta school.”

In preparation for the Sunday night performance, the students were responsible for preparing the music individually before arriving in New York. Once assembled, the ensembles rehearsed long hours on Friday and Saturday at the hotel before the final dress rehearsal Sunday afternoon at Carnegie Hall.

The curtain opened Sunday night to a packed house. The choir performed first, and with the powerful opening statement, the audience audibly drew in a breath in disbe-

lief. The symphonic band followed the choir and was equally impressive.

“I’ve been attending performances by District Honor groups and All State ensembles for the 31 years, and I can tell you that I’ve never heard performances by high school students that came close to these,” said Laura. “The clinicians were brilliant, and the students were incredibly focused and played with maturity and musicianship.”

Voss said it was difficult for her to describe the overwhelming feeling of pride she felt during this experience. Seeing these Stratford students on the same stage that Tchaikovsky, Copland, Bernstein, and yes, the Beatles stood on was a moment she will never forget.

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2013-2014 Stratford Fine Arts Highlights Literary First Place, Region Literary meet Region First Place, Maggie Bergmark – Girl’s Solo, Boys’ Quartet 12 students qualified for state State First Place, Maggie Bergmark – Girl’s Solo, Girls’ Trio

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“Oberlin-in-Italy was one of the best things I have ever done, not only as a performer, but also as person,” Maggie shared. “The program opened up my eyes to the reality of the music world. It made me realized how hard I will have to work toward making my dream a profession, but also how rewarding it can be.”

Experiences such as performing in an Italian opera house made the summer magical for

Maggie. “I’m so happy I took the opportunity and ran with it. It taught me to take advantage of my surroundings and that it’s okay to press pause on my life back home,” she said.

With this experience of a lifetime under her belt, Maggie is excited about her upcoming freshman year of college. In the fall, she will enter Westminster Choir College of Rider University as a vocal performance major.

Fall One-Act play, Once on this Island • 28 cast and crew members in grades 8-12 participated • First place, GISA 2-AAA region competition • Actors Griffin Hutchins and Madelyn Pyles received region top performer awards • Actor Maggie Bergmark received state top performer awards Winter Musical, Anything Goes • 94 cast/crew members representing students grades 1-12 Spring Upper School drama, Student Directed Scenes • 7 Upper School student directors, 36 student/faculty cast members Spring Middle School musical, Here Comes the Corpse, A Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre • 25 Middle School students participated 10 new members were inducted into the International Thespian Society, the largest Thespian Society membership in school history More than 50 students participated in the Drama Club

Music Stratford students Savannah Alday, Mary Carolyn Hulgan and Maggie Bergmark find their performance listing on the Carnegie Hall marquee.

92 Number of students participating in Band program (grades 5-12) 5 Number of Band Programs – Beginning, Intermediate, Spirit of Stratford Marching Band and Color Guard, Symphonic Band and student-led Basketball Pep Band 22 Number of band students participating in Solo and Ensemble Festival 26 Number of medals earned at Solo and Ensemble Festival 5 Number of students in the GISA All-Select Band – Gracie Childers, Meredith Fuchs, Mary Carolyn Hulgan, William Staton, Carly Wanna 2 Number of students in the GISA All-Select Chorus – Savannah Alday, Maggie Bergmark 4 Number of students in the District Honor Band – Shishir Bandi, Maggie Fuchs, Meredith Fuchs, Mary Carolyn Hulgan 2 Number of students selected for UGA High School Honor Band Festival – Victoria Brown, Mary Carolyn Hulgan 3 Number of students that performed at Carnegie Hall in the Honor Performance Series – Savannah Alday, Maggie Bergmark, Mary Carolyn Hulgan 14 Number of fourth graders that comprised “Stratford Stars” choral group

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Athletics Welcome to “The Grady”

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ince it was built in the late 1970s, Stratford’s gymnasium has always been called “the big gym.”

That changed on Dec. 6, 2013, when the gym was dedicated and named for long-time Athletic Director Grady Smith.

The space, now affectionately known as “The Grady,” will always be a reminder to Stratford fans of Smith’s tenure and dedication to the school and its athletic programs.

The naming of “The Grady” was made possible when the Cantrell family made a gener-

ous lead gift toward Phase 2 of the Excellence Never Rests capital campaign for a new lower school. Charlie Cantrell suggested that Stratford honor Grady Smith before he retired, so the new gym name was announced during the Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremonies on Oct. 24, 2013. The space also received an upgrade of a new centralized HVAC with a generous gift from the Stratford Booster Club.

In his 44-year coaching career, Grady has won 20 state championships as a head coach at Stratford. He came to Stratford after graduating from the University Georgia in 1970 and was named athletic director in 1977. During the ceremony, which took place between the varsity girls’ and boys’ basketball games, former players and friends, Jeff Avant ’84, Jenny Monfort Rabun ’78, and Mark Farriba ’74, made Board chair Jeff Avant ’84 welcomes guests attending the dedication of the Grady Smith Gymnasium.

remarks about Grady, not only as a coach but as a leader for Stratford.

In his comments to the nearly 1,000 in attendance, Grady said, “I think probably the best moment I have is when Stratford plays in a tournament game, to see all the alumni come back that I’ve coached or either their children now I’ve coached. Just seeing the pride, tradition and excellence we’ve had over the years.

There were so many great (seasons), especially when you start when you’re 22 years old — I have so many great memories.”

Grady has coached nearly every sport at Stratford at some point, but he is best known for his tenure with the girls’ and boys’ basketball programs. In his 20 years as head boys’ basketball coach, he led the Eagles to three state championships and three runners-up finishes.

He also won four state championships as the girls’ coach for 10 years. One of Grady’s most memorable coaching moments came in 1978, when both his girls’ and boys’ teams claimed state championship titles on the same night.

Two New Sports Programs for Eagles

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uring 2013-2014, two new athletic programs hosted their inaugural seasons: shooting sports and lacrosse. Both teams started with a no-cut program and garnered significant interest from student-athletes.

Stratford’s shooting sports team competed for the first time during the 2013 fall athletic

season. The co-ed team competed at the varsity level with 17 students participating. Finishing third out of 20 teams at state competition, the successful first season of this program has coaches excited about the upcoming season.

Coached by Ben Puckett, Peter Jones, Baxter Sowell, Gene Stephens, Scott Wrigley and Lisa Trevitt, the team anticipates a larger var-

New Year, New Competition The 2014-2015 school year marks Stratford Academy’s return to the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) for interscholastic competition. During the 1960s, the school competed as a member school of GHSA, but left the organization in 1969 to become one of the founding members of the Southeastern Association of Independent Schools (SEAIS). Today that organization operates as the Georgia Independent School Association (GISA).

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Athletic Director Mark Farriba. “It is the next logical step for our athletic and extracurricular programs to have the opportunity to compete on a statewide level.”

Stratford will compete in Class A. “This is a challenging and exciting time for our school. I am ready for the rest of the state to know what we’ve known here for years — that Stratford has athletic and fine arts programs second to none. I am confident that our programs will rise to any challenge we may face,” said Farriba.

sity squad in 2014 with 28 students participating, 11 returning students and 17 new students. In addition, they are eager for a return to GISA competition and the state meet.

“This year we will focus on training new team members and continued competition in the GISA,” said Coach Ben Puckett. “Our goal is to qualify as many shooters as we can for the state shoot.” GHSA does not offer shooting sports (clay shooting) as one of their competitive programs, so Stratford’s team will remain competitive with GISA. The popular sport, lacrosse, began its first season at Stratford as a Middle School-only club sport program. With girls’ and boys’ JV teams competing during the spring sports season, there were over 40 students who participated in the spring. Stratford’s 2014 teams represent the first school-sponsored lacrosse program in Macon.

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Farriba Named Athletic Director

2013-2014 Stratford Athletics Highlights

involved with athletic programs n December 2013, longat the University of Georgia, Unitime Stratford Athletic Director Grady Smith shared versity of Kentucky, First Presbywith the Stratford community terian Day School, Stratford and his retirement plans at the end Prince Avenue. As a Stratford of the school year. Fortunately, student, he earned recognition the school did not need to search in football, basketball and basefar to find his replacement. Head ball and was inducted into the football coach, Mark Farriba ’74, Stratford Athletic Hall of Fame’s was announced as the incoming inaugural class in 2010. He is also Athletic Director beginning with a member of the Macon Sports Coach Farriba the 2014-15 school year.

Hall of Fame.

In communication to the school commu“It is an honor and privilege for me to be nity, Head of School Dr. Robert Veto stated, the Athletic Director for my alma mater,” said “After careful consideration, I am convinced Mark. “Athletics and the coaching staff played that we have the right person on staff here at a huge role in my own development as player Stratford to step into [Grady’s] role. Beginning and person.”

Farriba looks forward to continuing the with the 2014-2015 school year, Varsity Football Coach Mark Farriba will assume the role traditions that Grady Smith established durof Athletic Director for Stratford Academy.” ing his tenure. He also will strive to build the Farriba returned to Stratford in 2013 from athletic program as part of the “whole school” Prince Avenue Christian School in Athens, approach to learning and education that StratGa. In his 36 years of coaching, he has been ford affords our families.

2013-2014 Athletic Excellence Award — Top GISA school in class AAA using assigned points from all sports team finishes (third consecutive year)

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Shooting Sports Team at the GISA State Tournament

2014 Morris C. Johnson GISA Scholar Athlete Award — Matthew Beringer, Morgan Sowell (first time Stratford has ever received two) The Telegraph’s 2014 All-Middle Georgia Athletes of the Year — Jonathan Hefner (football), Quintez Cephus (boys’ basketball), Morgan Sowell (Martha Pennyman ScholarAthlete of the Year) The Telegraph’s 2014 All Middle Georgia Coaches of the Year — Ed Smith (girls’ basketball) and Jamie Dickey (boys’ basketball)

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Number of GISA-AAA Coaches of the Year — Jamie Dickey (boys’ basketball), Walt Mays (boys’ track), Jaime Kaplan (boys’ tennis)

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Number of teams to make the State Playoffs (17 out of 19 varsity teams)

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Number of State Titles (boys’ basketball, boys’ track, boys’ tennis)

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State Runners-Up (football, girls’ basketball, girls’ soccer, boys’ soccer, girls’ track)

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Number of Region Titles (football, softball, girls’ basketball, boys’ basketball, girls’ soccer, boys’ soccer, boys’ tennis, golf, girls’ track, boys’ track)

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New sports programs to Stratford in 20132014 (lacrosse, shooting sports)

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Number of students committed to play college-level sports

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Number of The Telegraph’s All-Middle Georgia Student-Athletes on First Teams

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Number of 2014 Senior Three or More Sports Awards

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Place at State the Shooting Sports Team finished in its inaugural season.

2014 Dr. John Paul Jones Best Male Senior Athlete: Jonathan Hefner 2014 Best Female Senior Athlete: Andi Schilling

Eagles and Eaglettes as they compete for the first time in the GHSA during the spring of 2015 at the JV level. That leaves coaches, Josh Pico and Lee Ann Hughes, excited about paving the way for strong future teams.

“We anticipate that we will have a strong return of new and previous participants,” said Coach Pico. “Both the coaches and players are

taking seriously that we are Macon’s first lacrosse program, and we want to do this well.”

With the addition of shooting sports and lacrosse, Stratford now offers 15 sports programs to students. Many of these programs have no-cut policies, which allow studentathletes the opportunity to try various sports during the different seasons.

School-wide Participation Athletics in 2013-2014 193 Students participated in the Youth Football/ Cheerleading programs 146 Students in Pre-K through Grade 5 participated in SISL (Youth Soccer) 84% Middle School Students Participated in Stratford Team 84% Upper School Students Participated in Stratford Team

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Stratford Support 2014-2015 Booster Club Officers President Robin Parker President-Elect/Raffle Chair Hughes Pinson Treasurer Donna Kay McGoldrick Secretary Melis Jamison Membership Chair Lori Palmer

Booster Club

The Stratford Booster Club membership is composed of families who provide financial support and volunteer support for Stratford’s extended athletic program. Annually, the Booster Club raises funds through membership dues, sports program advertising, annual golf and tennis tournaments and the annual jeep raffle party. For the 2013-2014 school year, Stratford’s Booster Club assisted with the following projects: • Football stools • Football entrance renovation

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Athletic Director Grady Smith and parents, Melis Jamison and Kate Sellers, announce the final three tickets in the reverse drawing at the annual Booster Club Jeep Raffle Party.

Parent Eydie Bowden, pictured with her children Harriette Ann and Jimmy, was the 2014 Jeep Raffle winner.

Football stadium terrace renovation Concession stand billboard Softball stands Baseball batting cages Basketball goals Tennis complex bleachers Eagle mascot costume HVAC for Grady Smith Gymnasium Eagle Night celebration Stratford shirts for faculty/staff

Sports Program Terry Sowell Concessions Chair Lyn Ogle Athletic Director Mark Farriba Team Parents Elizabeth Avant

2014-2015 SIP Executive Board Chair Betsy Hatcher Chair-Elect Lisa Mitchell Secretary Laura Evans Treasurer Mollye Treadway

SIP

Stratford Interested Parents, or SIP, is the school’s parent volunteer organization. Its purpose is to enhance each student’s school experience and support the school, faculty and administration through a variety of planned events. Some of the many annual events sponsored by SIP are the division open houses, Middle School dances, holiday buffet, Daddies and Special Friends Valentine’s Day Breakfast, school field days, Up-

per School Spring Fling and uniform resales. There are additional committees for the parent and faculty “sunshine” committees, Ticket Depot, faculty appreciation breakfasts, holiday decorating and grade-level representatives.

Through funds raised by membership dues and the uniform resales, SIP was able to provide all of these activities for families and purchase choral risers for the music department and computers for the Upper School.

SIP parent volunteers help preschoolers during Field Day 2014.

Lower School music students use the new choral risers, purchased by SIP, during a rehearsal.

Immediate Past Chair Cynthia Nystrom Administrative Liaison Marsha Creter

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The Stratford 2013-2014 Report of Giving

The 2013-2014 Report of Giving is

an acknowledgement of the generosity of Stratford supporters. Trustees, parents, alumni, grandparents,

former parents, faculty, staff, friends, foundations and corporations have all contributed to continue the 54-year-old tradition of “freedom for excellence.� Stratford is grateful to the contributions made to the following funds from June 1, 2013, through May 31, 2014: Stratford Loyalty Fund Excellence Never Rests Capital Campaign, Phase II Endowment Fund Overlook Planned Giving Society Georgia GOAL Tax Credit for Education Program This report is also a reflection of the commitment of Stratford volunteers. It is their work, commitment and belief that makes each of these fundraising campaigns successful. Stratford Academy appreciates the continued

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2013-2014 Advancement Committee Chip Koplin ’82, Chair Jim Adams III ’87 Jeff Avant ’84 Marsh Butler ’89 John Cole Ashley Copelan Fred Gaton Eric Hefner ’83 Sandy Matson Hal McSwain ’76 Kathleen Medlin ’88 Robin Parker ’83 Lane Sheridan Stewart Vernon ’98 Dr. Bob Veto

Chip Koplin Stratford Society Chair Margaret and J.B. Easterlin Grandparents/Parents of Alumni Chairs Jennifer and Ryan Perry, Joy and Carter Tharpe, Katie and Rob Parel, Amee and Vijay Patel, Jay Davis, Margaret and Stephen Boltja, Lisa and Wes Blackwood, Janine and Kris Ellis, Leigh and Jim Adams, Stacy and Larry Nichols, Lane Sheridan, John Cole, Robin and Greg Parker Parent/Grade Level Chairs Gifts to the 20132014 Loyalty Fund Unrestricted Gifts $179,889 Restricted Gifts $35,765 In-Kind Gifts $38,753 Total Loyalty Fund Gifts $254,407 Online gifts and pledges can be made to the Loyalty Fund at www.stratford.org/ onlinegiving.

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Each year Stratford Academy depends on the generosity of supporters for the Loyalty Fund. This annual giving campaign bridges the gap between expenses and revenues and represents a portion the school’s annual operating budget. Giving

percentages are emphasized in our Loyalty Fund campaign and we look for 100 percent participation among many of our constituent groups. Volunteers are also a key component to the success of the Stratford Loyalty Fund. We are grateful to the following families who took on leadership roles in 2013-2014:

Heritage Circle

Overlook Circle

Founders’ Circle

Mr. and Mrs. Reginald W. Buzzell II Dr. and Mrs. Joe Sam Robinson Dr. and Mrs.Charles A. Ross Mr. and Mrs. C. Randall Smith

Buckhead School Uniforms Shop Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Hatcher, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Hatcher, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene M. Maddux

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Garnett Briscoe Mr. Robert S. Burgess Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Larry K. Day Mr. and Mrs. J. Eric Hefner Mr. and Mrs. Kyle W. Johnston Kroger

$10,000 and more

2013-2014 Loyalty Fund Volunteers Laura Lamb Patrick ’79 Alumni Chair Mary Rae Phelps Dudley ’98 Young Alumni Chair

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$5,000 - $9,999

Benefactors’ Circle

$2,500 - $4,999

$1,000 - $2,499

Mr. and Mrs. V. James Adams, Jr. Mr. Thomas O. Adrien Mrs. Lori W. Adrien Dr. and Mrs. M. Sohail Akbar Drs. Ahmad Al-Hajj and Abeer Abouyabis Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Amos, Jr. W. L. Amos, Sr. Foundation, Inc. Mr. Srinivas P. and Dr. Sailaja A. Bandi Mr. Madison C. Barnett Mr. Matthews S. Barnett Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Beckham Mr. Loyd H. Black, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William R. Bowden Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Bowen, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Brewer Dr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Brogdon, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Brooks Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm S. Burgess, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David S. Canady Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas Carter II Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Clark Mr. and Mrs. John C. Clark Dr. and Mrs. David J. Cohen

Dr. and Mrs. Drew Cole, Jr. Mr. John P. Cole and Ms. Mary S. Donovan Mr. and Mrs. Dean C. Copelan, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. James H. Daws Dr. and Mrs. Mark E. Dorogy Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Easterlin Mr. and Mrs. J. Joseph Edwards Drs. Keith and Sondralyn Fackler Mr. and Mrs. William A. Fickling III Dr. and Mrs. Fred N. Gaton General Mills Boxtops for Education Drs. Warren Griffin and Joan Griffin Mr. Duke and Dr. Catherine Groover Dr. and Mrs. Mark E. Grossnickle Dr. and Mrs. A. Kenneth Harper Mr. and Mrs. William C. Harris Mr. and Mrs. W. Fred Hefner, Sr. Heritage Bank of the South Mrs. Ann J. Herman Mr. and Mrs. William H. Hightower IV Mr. and Mrs. Alvin J. Hirsh Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Hoye Joe and Pat Edwards Foundation, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. John W. Kelly Mr. Charles N. Koplin Mrs. Jennifer B. Koplin Mr. and Mrs. Clarence L. Kramlich, Jr. Mr. Richard H. Maddux, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Matson Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas McAfee III Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. McCook, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Harold D. McSwain, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John R. Medlin, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William F. Monfort, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Cory Moore Mrs. Page Persons Munro Mr. and Mrs. Brandon A. Oren Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Parel II Dr. and Mrs. Joshua A. Perkel Mr. and Mrs. Bryan B. Persons Ms. Lucy Benton Persons Mr. and Mrs. D. Hughes Pinson Dr. and Mrs. J. Terrell Pope Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Nelson Powers Publix Super Markets, Inc. R. A. Bowen Trust

Mr. Ron Rankin Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Rowe Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Sheridan Dr. and Mrs. Garry Harold Simons III Dr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Slappey, Jr. Drs. Felix O. and Bola O. Sogade Dr. and Mrs. Cecil P. Staton, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. George S. Stefanis Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Stribling Dr. and Mrs. Jerome P. Tift Dr. and Mrs. William L. Tift True Blue Schools by Georgia Natural Gas Truck & Trailer of Macon, Inc. Mr. Daniel R. and Dr. Mary Bell Vaughn Mr. and Mrs. Stewart C. Vernon Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Veto Dr. Carol D. Wanna Mrs. Alexander H. S. Weaver, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilkin Drs. Ihab Zaggout and Kristina Zaggout

Partners $500 - $999

Dr. and Mrs. William V. Argo, Jr. Bank of America Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Alrick Brooks Mr. and Mrs. Marsh Butler, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John F. Castle Dr. and Mrs. Michael Crossley Mr. and Mrs. Crawford B. Edwards, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Earl Farriba Genentech Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Green

Dr. Newar Hajo and Mrs. Andira Zah Mr. and Mrs. James C. Hinson, Sr. Mr. Hunter N. and Dr. Anna W. Hogan Dr. and Mrs. Winston R. Jeshuran Dr. and Mrs. C. Emory Johnson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William E. King Mr. and Mrs. William S. Lamb Mr. and Mrs. Howard C. Lancaster Drs. Gregory P. and Jennifer S. Lee Mr. and Mrs. James E. Lee II

Dr. and Mrs. W. Rob McCormack Mr. and Mrs. Phillip M. McGoldrick Mr. William B. Messer MidwayUSA Foundation, Inc Dr. and Mrs. Gururaj Nayak Mr. and Mrs. Henry K. Oliner Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Palmer III Mr. and Mrs. James Larry Read Mr. and Mrs. Jason Ivey Reaves Dr. and Mrs. Muhammad Rehan

Dr. Sheila K. Shah Dr. and Mrs. Farhan Siddiqui Mr. and Mrs. William P. Simmons, Jr. Southstar Energy Services LLC SunTrust Foundation Matching Gift Program Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Phillips Swift, Jr. Target Taylor-Stevens Foundation, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Thornsberry Dr. and Mrs. R. Steven Tuck

Supporters Up to $499

2013-2014 B Team Cheerleading Squad Mr. and Mrs. Dave Adams Mrs. Diane M. Adams Mr. and Mrs. Timothy K. Adams Dr. Timothy K. Adams, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Vivian J. Adams III Mrs. Abiola A. Adekore

Mr. and Mrs. Ernesto Aguirre II Dr. and Mrs. Saghir Ahmed Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. Aivalotis Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Daniel Alday Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin S. Alford Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Alibozek Mrs. Nancy D. Anderson

Anonymous Mrs. Tracey Brown Appelbaum Mr. Henry L. Ariail III Mr. C. Victor Armstrong Mr. and Mrs. C. King Askew Mr. and Mrs. Greg Atkinson Ms. Caroline E. Avant

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery L. Avant Ms. Katherine L. Avant Mrs. Judith H. Avent Ms. Kere Averett Dr. Muhammad Awais and Mrs. Alweera K. Memon Mr. and Mrs. David A. Bailey

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The Stratford Society represents our school’s leadership donors. Families who contribute $1,000 and more to one of Stratford’s funds comprise this prestigious group. Each spring the Stratford Society celebration is held to recognize these donors and acknowledge our appreciation of their continued support. This year’s event was held on May 4, 2014, at Firefly Farms and hosted by Drs. Sondralyn and Keith Fackler.

(Clockwise from top) Held at Firefly Farms, supporters of Stratford gathered for the annual Stratford Society Celebration on May 4, 2014; Eleanor Marie McDavid, Martha Eubanks, Margaret and Joe Brogdon and Angela and Jim Adams attended the spring gathering; Jodi and Jeffrey Clayton and Natalie and Minor Vernon enjoy the “farm to table” themed buffet dinner; Ashley and John Kelly and Lori and Todd Mitchell visit during the event; Jaime Kaplan and Drs. Vishwas and Monali Sakhalkar were caught “talking tennis” during the evening; Betsy Hatcher, Jeff Powers, John and Lori Brewer, Lee Barrow and Katie Powers listen as capital campaign co-chair, Stewart Vernon, said a few words about the Excellence Never Rests Phase 2 campaign.

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Supporters, continued Mrs. Lee Kinman Bailey Mr. and Mrs. Raymond O. Ballard, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Banks, Sr. Mrs. Lisa Browne Barksdale Dr. and Mrs. Mark E. Barrow Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Bashuk Mr. and Mrs. Michael David Baskette Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Bass, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Battcher Dr. Anne Margaret Baxley Dr. and Mrs. William W. Baxley, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William Ward Baxley III Ms. Holly F. Bean Mrs. Leslie Bowen Bean Mr. and Mrs. Earl Benson Dr. and Mrs. J. Duward Benson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James A. Berg III Ms. Maggie Bergmark Mr. and Mrs. David W. Bethune Drs. Vinamra and Deepti Bhasin Mr. and Mrs. John S. Bickley, Sr. Ms. Kaye Whitehead Billingslea Mr. and Mrs. Ronald T. Binner, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Tarek Bisat Mr. and Mrs. Bruce J. Bishop, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Wesley Lane Blackwood Mr. and Mrs. Andy Blalock Mr. and Mrs. Gregory L. Blalock Mr. James Cary Bobbitt III Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey H. Bobbitt Mr. Stephen and Dr. Margaret Boltja Mrs. Jenny Smith Booker Mr. and Mrs. William Boswell Mr. and Mrs. William Charles Boswell III Mr. and Mrs. Lou Bourgeois Ms. Lane E. Bowden Mr. William R. Bowden, Jr. Mr. William T. Bowdoin Mr. and Mrs. John B. Bowdre, Sr. Ms. Amanda H. Boyd Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Bradley, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Brantley Mrs. Mary H. Brantley Ms. Hazel R. Braun Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Brewer Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Bridges III Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Bridges, Jr. Mr. Ross S. Bridges Mrs. Debra J. Brook Dr. and Mrs. William P. Brooks Mrs. Robert A. Brown, Sr. Mr. Christopher Brown Dr. and Mrs. Dempsey Brown Ms. Jacquelyn P. Brown Mr. and Mrs. James L. Brown Mr. and Mrs. James Tyler Brown Mr. Rodney A. Brown Dr. and Mrs. W. Morris Brown, Jr. Mrs. Linda Bellamy Browne Mrs. Karen Smith Bryan Mr. and Mrs. Patrick H. Buice Mr. and Mrs. Raymond R. Bunker Ms. Rebecca R. Burgess Dr. and Mrs. Michael Alan Burnett Mr. and Mrs. William D. Burton, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Seth Bush Mr. Gregory and Dr. Angela Bushway Mr. D. Melson Butler

Mr. and Mrs. L. Morris Butler Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Butler Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Michael Buttimer III Drs. Craig and Brenda V. Caldwell Mrs. Constance Libsack Cameron Mr. and Mrs. Cecil D. Canady Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Cantrell III Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Clayton Capps Mr. and Mrs. C. Tommy Carter Mrs. Mary Reid Carter Mrs. Estelle B. Cartwright Mr. Brian and Dr. Kelly K. Causey Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Robert Chabot Mr. Fredrick L. Chambers Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Roger Chambless Drs. Russell and Cynthia Chambless Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Chanin Mrs. Deena Harrell Cherry Mr. and Mrs. Matt Childers Mr. and Mrs. John H. Clark Ms. Frances L. Clay Dr. and Mrs. Henry T. Clay, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Cleveland, Jr. Mrs. Sue M. Coggins Mr. Jonathan S. Cohen Mr. Joshua Neil Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Coker Mr. and Mrs. James Malcolm Cole III Mr. and Mrs. Terry Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Tracy L. Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Collins Ms. Cynthia H. Comer Mr. and Mrs. William Congdon Mr. Benjamin E. Conner Dr. and Mrs. Edward D. Conner Mr. and Mrs. Royce Conner Mr. and Mrs. Marc A. Corsini Mrs. Bess Cotton Mrs. Ruthie Cotton Dr. Michael A. Cowan Mrs. Craig N. Cowart Dr. and Mrs. John C. Cranford, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Lee A. Crayton, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Neil S. Creter Ms. Lyndasu Crowe Mr. and Mrs. Richard Crowther Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Cullars Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Cundiff Mrs. Virginia B. Cutler Mr. and Mrs. John E. Dalton Mr. and Mrs. Nirmal Das Dr. and Mrs. Sandeep Datta Ms. Beth Parker Davis Dr. and Mrs. D. Scott Davis Dr. Henry J. Davis Ms. Mary Parker Davis Mr. and Mrs. E. Herbert Daws Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Dawson, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Davey R. Deal, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. J. Jason Delves Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Denisar Mr. and Mrs. Brown W. Dennis, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Brown W. Dennis Mrs. Mildred T. Dennis Mr. and Mrs. John W. Devenney Mr. and Mrs. James Dickey Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Dickey II The Honorable Robert Dickey and

Congratulations to the Class of 2027 (Pre-Kindergarten) for posting the highest parent participation in annual giving with 77 percent. It is Stratford’s Loyalty Fund goal to post an overall participation percentage of 75 or greater in the parent campaign.

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Mrs. Cynde Dickey Mrs. Wanda Dillard Mr. and Mrs. Roger Dodd Mr. and Mrs. Carr G. Dodson Mr. and Mrs. David M. Donner Ms. Stacey M. Dorogy Mr. and Mrs. Randall E. Douthit Mrs. Mary Rae Phelps Dudley Drs. Sandy and Jennifer Duke Mr. and Mrs. Eugene C. Dunwody Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin A. Dupuy Mr. and Mrs. A. Steve Durkee, Jr. Ms. Nancy L. Durkee Dr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Durkee Dr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Durso, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry B. Dye Ms. Margaret M. Easterlin Ms. Sarah Corinne Easterlin Mr. and Mrs. John Eckles Mr. and Mrs. John Eddlemon Mr. and Mrs. Christopher S. Edwards Mr. James J. and Dr. Laura S. Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Elder Dr. Ronald E. Elliott, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. C. Scott Ellison Mr. and Mrs. Richard Epps, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Epps, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James M. Estes Mr. and Mrs. G. Griff Ethridge, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Eubanks Mr. and Mrs. Benton Evans Dr. and Mrs. Marcus C. Evans Mr. and Mrs. Robert Evans Mr. and Mrs. W. Tyler Evans, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Whitney T. Evans III Mr. and Mrs. Bruce M. Faulk Ms. Laura K. Faulk Mr. and Mrs. Gary A. Faulkner, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Javed Haroon Fazal Mr. and Mrs. Dan Fears, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Fears Ms. Louisa M. Felton Ms. Candace L. Ferguson Dr. and Mrs. James B. Ferrari Mrs. Fayne H. Fischer Mr. Wayne Flanders Mr. and Mrs. Chester H. Fleming Mr. and Mrs. Rodger Fleming Mr. and Mrs. Tommy C. Fletcher Dr. and Mrs. Brad N. Ford Ms. Kathy Fox Mr. and Mrs. George W. Franklin, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur A. Fredrickson Mr. Allen Free Mr. James J. Freedman Mr. and Mrs. Jeff E. Freyermuth Mr. Mitchell V. Freyermuth Mr. and Mrs. Lee Alan Fruitticher Dr. Leslie C. Fuchs and Ms. Virginia L. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Chad M. Fulk Mrs. Jennifer A. Fuller Dr. Deborah A. Gadd Mr. and Mrs. James D. Gann Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin M. Garland, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Jamie Garner Ms. Tracy L. Garner Mrs. Claudia Sessions Garrard Mr. and Mrs. Ricky Garrett Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Garud Mrs. Ann S. Gaton GE Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Brian Thomas Geary Dr. and Mrs. Tarun K. Ghosh Ms. Pamela B. Gibbons Mrs. Bonny Gibson Mr. and Mrs. David E. Gibson Mrs. Joyce D. Gibson Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Michael Gigliotti Ms. Victoria Gigliotti Mrs. Carman Harper Gillis

Mrs. Terri Fluker Gilman Dr. and Mrs. Joshua Brian Glenn Mr. and Mrs. F. Waverly Golson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Orlando A. Gonzalez Goodwill Industries of Middle Georgia, Inc Mrs. Nancy Gordillo Mr. John Graham Dr. and Mrs. Larry W. Grant Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Greene Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Greene Mr. and Mrs. George S. Greer Ms. Kay S. Greer Mr. and Mrs. William H. Greer, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Randall Gregory Mrs. Gail Griffin Dr. and Mrs. John W. Griffin Mr. and Mrs. Emmitte H. Griggs Mrs. Jane M. Grinstead Mrs. Summer Sterling Grisamore Rev. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Gross Mr. and Mrs. Matt Grubb Mr. and Dr. Ramana R. Gudapati Mr. and Mrs. Roberto Guerrero Mr. and Mrs. Ted Gumbart Mrs. Otis Benton Gunn Mrs. Frances A. Hail Mr. and Mrs. William J. Hale Mr. and Mrs. F. Kennedy Hall Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Ham, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Hammond, Jr. Ms. Sarah E. Hammond Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hancock Mr. Matthew and Dr. Carol Collings Haney Mr. and Mrs. William Hanley Dr. Anne C. (Muffy) Hanse Mr. and Mrs. George A. Hanse IV Mrs. Susan Beatty Hardee Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Hardeman Mr. and Mrs. G. Robert Hardwick Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan S. Harley Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Harper III Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Harper Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Lucas Harrington Ms. Susie Hart Mr. and Mrs. Eugene S. Hatcher, Jr. Mr. Mark R. Hatcher Mrs. Frances Adams Hawk Mr. and Mrs. Ashley Hawkins Mr. and Mrs. Ian Hayley Ms. Sylvia S. Haynie Mr. and Mrs. James C. Hays, Jr. Ms. Patricia C. Hayslip Mr. Jacob Milton Heard IV Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Walter Hellis Ms. Madelyn M. Henderson Mr. and Mrs. Paul Henderson Mr. and Mrs. William A. Henderson Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Hendley Mr. and Mrs. Sam K. Henley, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Martin L. Herndon Mr. and Mrs. Brannon R. Hicks, Sr. Mrs. Barbara B. Hightower Dr. and Mrs. J. West Hightower Ms. Meredith Blakely Hightower Mrs. Betty C. Hilburn Mr. and Mrs. Rusty Hilburn Ms. Alexandra Hill Mr. and Mrs. Jed Hill Mrs. Mary Ella W. Hill Ms. Shannon K. Hill Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Hills Mr. and Mrs. Alton R. Hix III Mr. Albert J. and Dr. Kathleen S. Hlavaty Mr. Michael H. Hofstadter Mr. and Mrs. Howard S. Holleman Mr. and Mrs. Mike Holliman Mr. Roland M. Holloway Ms. Anneilia Holton-Williams Mr. and Mrs. Franklin S. Horne, Jr. Mr. Michael G. and Dr. Kristen A. Horner

Mrs. Melissa G. Horton Mrs. Angie Williams Howell Mr. and Mrs. James Michael Howell Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Howell Mr. Jeff Hubbard Mr. and Mrs. James R. Huffman Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hurt Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Hurt Ms. Lynn Hutto Mr. and Mrs. Melville A. Jamison II Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Jaquith Ms. Frances Jaudon Mr. and Mrs. Lee F. Jellum Mr. and Mrs. Jack W. Jenkins Mr. and Mrs. Jack G. Jennings Mr. and Mrs. Jayme J. Jimenez Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Martin Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Zach Johnson Mrs. Jane S. Johnston Ms. Sharon Johnston Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Jones III Mr. and Mrs. Fred I. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ingram Jones, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Darryl Jones Ms. Janet E. Jones Mr. John D. Jones, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Jones, Jr. Ms. Katherine A. Jones Dr. and Mrs. Todd Jones Ms. Montgomery L. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Jones Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Kent Jorgensen Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Judd Drs. Balint and Gabriella Kacsoh Dr. Marc Kalish Mrs. Stacey Creter Kane Ms. Jaime C. Kaplan Mr. and Mrs. Jerome L. Kaplan Mrs. Letty Kaplan Ms. Lise Kaplan Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. Kaplan Mr. William A. Karlson Dr. Harold P. Katner and Dr. Ma-Lourdes Mina-Katner Dr. Frank H. Katz and Ms. Sara Walcott Mr. Jason M. Katz Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Katz Dr. and Mrs. S. Douglas Katz Dr. and Mrs. Homer Haygood Keadle III Dr. and Mrs. Mark Keenan Mr. and Mrs. William Keenan Mr. T. Michael Kelley Ms. Claire E. Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Eugene W. Kelly Dr. and Mrs. Frank B. Kelly, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John P. Kelly Mrs. Kelly W. Kennedy Ms. Virginia Kerley Mr. Nisar Khan and Dr. Farah Khatoon Mr. Haynes H. Killen Mr. Richard King Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kingman Mrs. W. D. “Jack” Knight, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Knowles Mr. and Mrs. John Frederick Kwapis Mr. and Mrs. Richard LaCroix Mrs. Betty Sweet Ladson Mr. and Mrs. W. Stephens Lamb, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Larry E. Landers Mrs. Mary Jim Lane Langford Allergy, LLC Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Woodrow Langford Mrs. Carol B. Lanier Mr. and Mrs. William H. Larsen Mr. and Mrs. Jack K. Lasseter Mrs. Bettie A. Lawrence Mr. Charles A. Lawson Mr. Dewayne Lawson and Dr. Bridget Trogden

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Supporters, continued Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy N. Lawson Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Lawson Dr. and Mrs. William D. Lazenby Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Burton Lee IV Mrs. Elizabeth A. Lee-Kanne Mr. and Mrs. G. Bryan Leskosky Mr. and Mrs. John F. Leslie Lt. Col. and Mrs. Keith P. Leslie Mr. and Mrs. Lee Lineberger Mr. and Mrs. Shawn R. Lock Mr. Chris Loomis Mr. and Mrs. Jarod Scott Lovett Mr. and Mrs. Joshua A. Loyd Dr. and Mrs. Aran S. MacKinnon Mr. and Mrs. James G. Maddox Dr. and Mrs. Hank R. Mahler Mr. Richard P. Maier Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Majchrzak Dr. Stephen D. Mallary Mr. and Mrs. James A. Manley III Mr. and Mrs. Steve Mann Mrs. Susan G. Marshall Mr. and Mrs. Jason S. Martin Mr. and Mrs. John C. Martin Mrs. Susan Hanberry Martin Mr. and Mrs. William Martin Mrs. Marjorie M. Massenburg Mrs. Lynn H. Massey Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Massey III Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Massey IV Drs. David and Allison Mathis Ms. Charlotte M. Maurizi Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Maxwell Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Mays Mr. and Mrs. Robert Daly McAfee Dr. and Mrs. Ray H. McCard Dr. and Mrs. George W. McCommon Mrs. Mimi McCook Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. McCord IV Dr. and Mrs. James McCoy Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. McCue Mr. and Mrs. Charles McCullough Mrs. Suzy McCowen McCullough Mr. and Mrs. Brent A. McDaniel Mr. and Mrs. W. Brian McDavid Mr. Jay M. McElrath Mrs. Jennifer McElrath Mrs. Dale F. McGoldrick Mr. and Mrs. Christopher W. McIntyre Mr. Ben McLain Mr. Taylor W. McLendon Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. McMahon Mr. and Mrs. John McNeill IV Mr. J. Robert Medlin, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Meeks, Jr. Merck Company Foundation Mrs. Melissa Thompson Merlino Mrs. Nikki E. Merritt Microsoft Giving Campaign The JK Group Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Donald K. Miller Mr. Fred Miller Mr. and Mrs. David L. Mincey III Dr. and Mrs. Christopher E. Minette Mr. and Mrs. Mack Minton III Mr. and Mrs. James Todd Mitchell Dr. and Mrs. Jamie A. Mitchell Mrs. John T. Mitchell, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Russell D. Mitchell III Mr. W. Ken Mitchell

Mr. Abdul A. Mizori and Dr. Kurdistan A. Gargis Mr. and Mrs. William H. Mohr Mrs. Carter K. Monroe Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Montgomery Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Emil Moody Mrs. Sheri T. Moore Dr. and Mrs. Robert Morgan, Jr. Morgan Stanley Mrs. Tarva Smith Morgan Master Andrew S. Moring Mr. and Mrs. Dwane A. Morrison Ms. Lindsey Morse Mr. and Mrs. Malcom Moseley Mr. and Mrs. Anand S. Mukherjee Mr. and Mrs. Wayne C. Murray Mr. and Mrs. Matthew M. Myers Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Myler Mrs. Gail K. Nagle Drs. Umesh and Ritu Narsinghani Ms. Abigail L. Nash Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Nash, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Nettles Mr. and Mrs. Arthur R. Newberry, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Howell W. Newton Mrs. Catherine H. Newton Ms. Suzy Newton Mr. and Mrs. Hoa Nguyen Mr. Pete Nicholls Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Nicholson Mr. and Mrs. Allen Nunnelly Dr. and Mrs. Chuk Nwabuebo Mr. and Mrs. Scott Nystrom Mr. Robert W. Nystrom Ms. Jessica S. Ogburn Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Ogle Ms. Leah Oldham Ms. Melinda B. Olmstead Mr. David A. O’Shaughnessey Mr. Michael Becker O’Shaughnessey Mr. and Mrs. W. John O’Shaughnessey III Mr. William J. O’Shaughnessey IV Mr. and Mrs. Gregory A. Parker Ms. Lauren Parris Dr. and Mrs. Dineshkumar Patel Mr. and Mrs. Sarjit J. Patel Mr. and Mrs. Vijay H. Patel Mr. and Mrs. Vinod D. Patel Mr. Cameron Paterson Mrs. Laura Lamb Patrick Mrs. Cornealia Ham Patton Dr. Donna Marie Payne Ms. Susan Payne Mr. and Mrs. Crawford G. Peace Mrs. Anne Penn Mr. William J. Penn, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Perry Mrs. Barbara Peterson Mr. and Mrs. John B. Peterson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Carl Sperling Phillips Mr. Roger A. Phillips Mr. and Mrs. T. Cater Pierce Mr. and Mrs. George L. Pierson, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. William C. Pilcher Drs. Anilkumar and Aruna Pillai Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Pinkston, Jr. Mrs. Lucille F. Pinkston Ms. Kendra B. Pippin Mr. Miles Pippin

Mr. and Mrs. Larry N. Pope Dr. and Mrs. Wood D. Pope Mr. and Mrs. Obie W. Powell, Jr. Ms. Alexandria L. Power Mr. and Mrs. John Patrick Pruett Mr. and Mrs. Nathan J. Pruitt Mr. and Mrs. David H. Pushman Drs. John Putzke and Virginia Hall Ms. Madelyn V. Pyles Mr. and Mrs. Quader Quddoos Mrs. Kim Quintal Mr. Hunter C. Quintal Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rader Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Raffield Mr. and Mrs. Pete Ranson Mrs. Leigh Ratliff Mr. and Mrs. Wesley M. Rauls Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Rawlings Mr. and Mrs. John G. Rawls, Jr. Ms. Jean H. Ray Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Slade Ray Mr. and Mrs. Philip T. Raymond, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Lee Reese Mr. and Mrs. George R. Reeves Mr. and Mrs. Michael Roy Reeves Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Reeves Mr. and Mrs. Robert Spencer Reeves, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Reynolds III Mr. William M. Reynolds, Jr. Ms. Kailey R. Rhodes Mrs. Holly S. Riley Mr. and Mrs. Eugene B. Rishel III Mrs. Juanita W. Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Scott Roberts Mr. and Mrs. John F. Rogers, Jr. Mrs. Jodi Ariail Roosenraad Ms. Margaret Anne Rowe Mr. and Mrs. David H. Rozier Rabbi and Mrs. Aaron Rubinstein Drs. Vishwas and Monali Sakhalkar Mr. and Mrs. Rufus D. Sams III Ms. Milly Sanders Dr. and Mrs. Edward J. Sare Mrs. Dianne Capps Saslaw Mr. and Mrs. Bobby B. Schell Mr. and Mrs. Ross S. Schell Mrs. Nancy H. Schiltz Ms. Abby Schirmer Ms. Emily T. Schlottman Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Schorr, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Carl C. Schuessler, Sr. Mrs. Larry A. Schwartz, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Frank E. Seagraves III Mr. and Mrs. Rader J. Sellers Mr. and Mrs. Ted R. Senters Dr. and Mrs. Aamer Shabbir Ms. Lindsay Baker Shaker Mr. and Mrs. Blake Cameron Sharpton Mr. and Mrs. Jack Edmond Sharpton, Jr. Ms. Erika H. Shelton Mr. and Mrs. John V. Sheridan III Mr. and Mrs. William K. Sherwood Mrs. William C. Shirley, Sr. Mrs. Phillipa C. Shoffner Mr. and Mrs. H. Frank Shurling, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robin R. Siegel Dr. Stephen L. Sigal Mr. and Mrs. Wyndell H. Sikes, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. James S. Sim

Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Simmons Mr. and Mrs. Don Sims Mr. H. Scott Singletary Mr. and Mrs. George Sizemore Dr. and Mrs. John T. Slocumb Ms. Kathryn E. Slocumb Dr. and Mrs. Charles N. Smaha Mr. and Mrs. Christopher N. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Connie W. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Grady A. Smith The Honorable and Mrs. James P. Smith Dr. and Mrs. Jason L. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Larry E. Smith, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Smith Mrs. Margaret Adams Smith Ms. Patricia M. Smith Ms. Tanner E. Smith Mr. and Mrs. William A. Snow, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Snow IV Mr. and Mrs. James L. Solomon Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Solomon V Ms. Maggie Sowell Mr. and Mrs. M. Baxter Sowell, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Speight Mr. and Mrs. John W. Spiegel Mr. and Mrs. Justin M. Spillers Mrs. Kelli Squires Mr. William D. Staton Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. Stecher, Jr. Ms. Charlotte Stephens Mr. and Mrs. Eugene W. Stephens, Jr. Mr. Johnnie J. Stephens, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Stephenson Dr. and Mrs. N. Brad Stevens, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Kevin L. Stevenson Mr. and Mrs. Bradley D. Stone Mr. and Mrs. Kice H. Stone Stratford Academy Alumni Association Mrs. Claire A. Strawn Mr. Robert Chase Stribling Mr. and Mrs. Matthew T. Strickland Mr. and Mrs. Ted M. Stuckey Ms. Shirley Sugden Mr. and Mrs. Harpe Suggs Mr. and Mrs. John E. Sweat Mrs. John P. Sweeney, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Swift Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Z. Swygert Dr. and Mrs. Nick Tehrani Mrs. Elizabeth Weaver Tender Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Scott Terry Ms. Teresa M. Terry Mr. Jon and Dr. Betsy Perry Thacker Dr. and Mrs. Carter E. Tharpe Mr. Edwin Tharpe and Dr. Laurie Tharpe Ms. Kathleen M. Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Bert F. Thompson Miss Catherine C. Thompson Mr. G. Scott Thompson Mr. and Mrs. John E. Thompson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Thompson Dr. and Mrs. William M. Thompson, Jr. Ms. Emmy Thornsberry Mr. and Mrs. James G. Thwaite, Sr. Mr. Jay H. Tift Mr. and Mrs. Scott P. Tift Ms. Nancy Todd Mr. Anthony B. Toles and Mrs. Katherine

G. Holtzclaw Mr. and Mrs. Kregg R. Toole Ms. Melissa Toole Dr. and Mrs. Robert T. Trammell Mr. and Mrs. Jay C. Traynham Mr. and Mrs. H. Jeff Treadway Mr. and Mrs. Gang-Hwang Tsai Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Tuck Ms. Catherine B. Tucker Mr. and Mrs. Rich Ulmen Drs. Emeka and Anayo Umerah Dr. and Mrs. Chandresh Viradia Ms. Laura J. Voss Mr. and Mrs. John Paul Wade Dr. and Mrs. Devin Vance Waldrop Mr. Duncan D. Walker IV Ms. Marilyn Holton-Walker Ms. Shelli L. Wall Mr. and Mrs. David P. Walsh, Jr. Mr.and Mrs. Wesley J. Walthall Mr. and Mrs. Kevin A. Wangerin Ms. Kaye G. Wansley Mrs. Jackie M. Waters Mr. and Mrs. H. Ronald Watson Mr. and Mrs. J. Shand Watson Mr. and Mrs. Leon Watson Mr. and Mrs. Nathan T. Watson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Watson III Mrs. Wanda F. Watson Mrs. Mary Anne Shirley Watters Mr. and Mrs. James E. Weatherford Mrs. Regent R. Weber Wells Fargo Foundation Educational Matching Gift Program Mr. James M. Wells IV Dr. and Mrs. Perry B. Wells Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Welsh Mr. and Mrs. Wayne West Mr. and Mrs. Lee Whelchel Mr. and Mrs. Timothy V. Whipple Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Winship Whitaker Mr. and Mrs. John B. White, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. White, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Curtis White, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Derek Whitworth Mr. and Mrs. David Wilkes Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Wilkin, Jr. Mrs. Carol K. Williams Dr. Howard J. Williams, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James K. Williams Mr. Hunter G. Williamson Mr. and Mrs. Wade H. Williamson Col. Frank M. Willingham, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Dan F. Wilson, Jr. Ms. Jacquelin Wilson Mr. and Mrs. James McCutchen Wilson Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Wilson, Jr. Mr. Edward J. Wimberly Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Woodcock Mr. and Mrs. James Wootan Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wright Mr. and Mrs. John T. Wynne Mrs. Dorothy Yarbrough Mr. Charles H. Yates, Jr. Ms. Julie Yates Dr. and Mrs. Edward H. Young Mr. and Mrs. H. Andrew Young Mr. and Mrs. Henry Yurgalavage

Mr. Richard P. Maier Mrs. Sandra G. Matson Mr. Harold D. McSwain, Jr. Mrs. Heena S. Patel Mrs. Virginia Lane Sheridan Mrs. Susan S. Slappey

Mr. C. Randall Smith Mr. Stewart C. Vernon

Trustees Mr. Jeffery L. Avant Mrs. Lori A. Brewer Mrs. Ellen M. Bunker Mr. Malcolm S. Burgess, Jr. Mr. Marsh Butler, Jr. Mr. Robert J. Cleveland, Jr.

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Present Parents Mr. and Mrs. Dave Adams Mr. and Mrs. Vivian J. Adams III Mr.Thomas O. Adrien Mrs. Lori W. Adrien Mr. and Mrs. Ernesto Aguirre II Dr. and Mrs. Saghir Ahmed Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. Aivalotis Dr. and Mrs. M. Sohail Akbar Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Daniel Alday Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin S. Alford Drs. Ahmad Al-Hajj and Abeer Abouyabis Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Alibozek Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Greg Atkinson Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery L. Avant Dr. Muhammad Awais and Mrs. Alweera K. Memon Mr. Srinivas P. and Dr. Sailaja A. Bandi Dr. and Mrs. Mark E. Barrow Mr. and Mrs. Michael David Baskette Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Battcher Mr. and Mrs. William Ward Baxley III Mrs. Leslie Bowen Bean Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Beckham Mr. and Mrs. James A. Berg III Mr. and Mrs. David W. Bethune Drs. Vinamra and Deepti Bhasin Dr. and Mrs. Wesley Lane Blackwood Mr. and Mrs. Andy Blalock Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey H. Bobbitt Mr. Stephen and Dr. Margaret Boltja Mr. and Mrs. William Boswell Mr. and Mrs. William Charles Boswell III Mr. and Mrs. William R. Bowden Ms. Amanda H. Boyd Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Bradley, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Brewer Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Bridges III Mr. and Mrs. Charles Garnett Briscoe Dr. and Mrs. Alrick Brooks Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Brooks Mr. and Mrs. James Tyler Brown Mr. and Mrs. Patrick H. Buice Mr. and Mrs. Raymond R. Bunker Mr. Robert S. Burgess Dr. and Mrs. Michael Alan Burnett Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Seth Bush Mr. Gregory and Dr. Angela Bushway Mr. and Mrs. Marsh Butler, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. L. Morris Butler Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Michael Buttimer III Mr. and Mrs. David S. Canady Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Clayton Capps Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas Carter II Mr. Brian and Dr. Kelly K. Causey Drs. Russell and Cynthia Chambless Mr. and Mrs. Matt Childers Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Clark Mr. and Mrs. John C. Clark Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Cleveland, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. David J. Cohen Mr. and Mrs. James Malcolm Cole III Mr. John P. Cole and Ms. Mary S. Donovan Mr. and Mrs. Tracy L. Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Dean C. Copelan, Sr. Ms. Alana M. Cowart Dr. and Mrs. John C. Cranford, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Michael Crossley Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Cundiff Mr. and Mrs. Nirmal Das Dr. and Mrs. Sandeep Datta

Dr. and Mrs. D. Scott Davis Dr. Henry J. Davis Mr. and Mrs. James H. Daws Mr. and Mrs. J. Jason Delves Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Denisar Mr. and Mrs. Brown W. Dennis, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Devenney Mrs. Wanda Dillard Mr. and Mrs. Roger Dodd Mr. and Mrs. David M. Donner Dr. and Mrs. Mark E. Dorogy Drs. Sandy and Jennifer Duke Ms. Nancy L. Durkee Dr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Durkee Dr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Durso, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John Eddlemon Mr. and Mrs. Christopher S. Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Crawford B. Edwards, Jr. Mr. James J. and Dr. Laura S. Edwards Mr. and Mrs. C. Scott Ellison Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Epps, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James M. Estes Dr. and Mrs. Marcus C. Evans Mr. and Mrs. Robert Evans Mr. and Mrs. Whitney T. Evans III Drs. Keith and Sondralyn Fackler Mr. and Mrs. Mark Earl Farriba Mr. and Mrs. Gary A. Faulkner, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Javed Haroon Fazal Ms. Candace L. Ferguson Dr. and Mrs. James B. Ferrari Mr. and Mrs. William A. Fickling III Mr. and Mrs. Rodger Fleming Mr. James J. Freedman Mr. and Mrs. Jeff E. Freyermuth Mr. and Mrs. Lee Alan Fruitticher Dr. Leslie C. Fuchs and Ms. Virginia L. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Chad M. Fulk Dr. Deborah A. Gadd Mr. and Mrs. Jamie Garner Mr. and Mrs. Ricky Garrett Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Garud Dr. and Mrs. Fred N. Gaton Dr. and Mrs. Brian Thomas Geary Dr. and Mrs. Tarun K. Ghosh Ms. Pamela B. Gibbons Mr. and Mrs. David E. Gibson Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Michael Gigliotti Dr. and Mrs. Joshua Brian Glenn Mr. and Mrs. Orlando A. Gonzalez Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Greene Dr. and Mrs. John W. Griffin Mr. Duke and Dr. Catherine Groover Dr. and Mrs. Mark E. Grossnickle Mr. and Mrs. Matt Grubb Mr. and Dr. Ramana R. Gudapati Mr. and Mrs. Roberto Guerrero Mr. and Mrs. Ted Gumbart Dr. Newar Hajo and Mrs. Andira Zah Mr. and Mrs. William J. Hale Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Ham, Jr. Mr. Matthew and Dr. Carol Collings Haney Mr. and Mrs. William Hanley Mr. and Mrs. George A. Hanse IV Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan S. Harley Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Harper III Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Lucas Harrington Mr. and Mrs. William C. Harris Mr. and Mrs. Eugene S. Hatcher, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Hatcher, Jr.

Mrs. Frances Adams Hawk Mr. and Mrs. Ian Hayley Mr. and Mrs. James C. Hays, Jr. Mr. Jacob Milton Heard IV Mr. and Mrs. J. Eric Hefner Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Walter Hellis Mr. and Mrs. William A. Henderson Mr. and Mrs. Martin L. Herndon Mr. and Mrs. Brannon R. Hicks, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. J. West Hightower Mr. and Mrs. Jed Hill Mr. and Mrs. Alvin J. Hirsh Mr. Albert J. and Dr. Kathleen S. Hlavaty Mr. Hunter N. and Dr. Anna W. Hogan Mr. Michael G. and Dr. Kristen A. Horner Mr. and Mrs. James Michael Howell Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Hurt Mr. and Mrs. Melville A. Jamison II Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Jaquith Mr. and Mrs. Lee F. Jellum Mr. and Mrs. Jack W. Jenkins Dr. and Mrs. Winston R. Jeshuran Mr. and Mrs. Jayme J. Jimenez Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Martin Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Kyle W. Johnston Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Jones III Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ingram Jones, Jr. Ms. Janet E. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Jones Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Kent Jorgensen Drs. Balint and Gabriella Kacsoh Mrs. Stacey Creter Kane Ms. Lise Kaplan Dr. Harold P. Katner and Dr. Ma-Lourdes Mina-Katner Dr. Frank H. Katz and Ms. Sara Walcott Dr. and Mrs. Homer Haygood Keadle III Dr. and Mrs. Mark Keenan Mr. and Mrs. John P. Kelly Mr. and Mrs. John W. Kelly Mr. Nisar Khan and Dr. Farah Khatoon Mr. and Mrs. William E. King Mr. Charles N. Koplin Mrs. Jennifer B. Koplin Mr. and Mrs. John Frederick Kwapis Mr. and Mrs. W. Stephens Lamb, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Howard C. Lancaster Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Woodrow Langford Mr. Dewayne Lawson and Dr. Bridget Trogden Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Burton Lee IV Drs. Gregory P. and Jennifer S. Lee Mr. and Mrs. James E. Lee II Mr. and Mrs. Lee Lineberger Mr. and Mrs. Shawn R. Lock Mr. and Mrs. Jarod Scott Lovett Mr. and Mrs. Joshua A. Loyd Dr. and Mrs. Aran S. MacKinnon Mr. and Mrs. Eugene M. Maddux Dr. and Mrs. Hank R. Mahler Mr. Richard P. Maier Mr. and Mrs. James A. Manley III Mr. and Mrs. Jason S. Martin Mr. and Mrs. William Martin Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Massey IV Drs. David and Allison Mathis Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Matson Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Maxwell Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Mays Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas McAfee III Mr. and Mrs. Robert Daly McAfee

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. McCook, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. McCord IV Dr. and Mrs. W. Rob McCormack Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. McCue Mr. and Mrs. Brent A. McDaniel Mr. Jay M. McElrath Mrs. Jennifer McElrath Mr. and Mrs. Christopher W. McIntyre Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. McMahon Mr. and Mrs. Harold D. McSwain, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John R. Medlin, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David L. Mincey III Dr. and Mrs. Christopher E. Minette Mr. and Mrs. James Todd Mitchell Dr. and Mrs. Jamie A. Mitchell Mr. Abdul A. Mizori and Dr. Kurdistan A. Gargis Mr. and Mrs. William F. Monfort, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Montgomery Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Cory Moore Mr. and Mrs. Anand S. Mukherjee Mr. and Mrs. Matthew M. Myers Drs. Umesh and Ritu Narsinghani Dr. and Mrs. Gururaj Nayak Mr. and Mrs. Arthur R. Newberry, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Hoa Nguyen Dr. and Mrs. Chuk Nwabuebo Mr. and Mrs. Scott Nystrom Ms. Jessica S. Ogburn Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Ogle Ms. Leah Oldham Ms. Melinda B. Olmstead Mr. and Mrs. Brandon A. Oren Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Palmer III Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Parel II Mr. and Mrs. Gregory A. Parker Dr. and Mrs. Dineshkumar Patel Mr. and Mrs. Sarjit J. Patel Mr. and Mrs. Vijay H. Patel Mr. and Mrs. Vinod D. Patel Dr. Donna Marie Payne Mr. and Mrs. Crawford G. Peace Dr. and Mrs. Joshua A. Perkel Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Perry Mr. and Mrs. John B. Peterson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Sperling Phillips Mr. and Mrs. D. Hughes Pinson Dr. and Mrs. Wood D. Pope Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Nelson Powers Mr. and Mrs. John Patrick Pruett Mr. and Mrs. Nathan J. Pruitt Drs. John Putzke and Virginia Hall Mr. and Mrs. Quader Quddoos Mrs. Kim Quintal Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rader Mr. and Mrs. Pete Ranson Mr. and Mrs. Wesley M. Rauls Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Slade Ray Mr. and Mrs. James Larry Read Mr. and Mrs. Jason Ivey Reaves Mr. and Mrs. Dale Lee Reese Mr. and Mrs. Michael Roy Reeves Mr. and Mrs. Robert Spencer Reeves, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Muhammad Rehan Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Reynolds III Mrs. Juanita W. Roberts Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Rowe Mr. and Mrs. David H. Rozier Rabbi and Mrs. Aaron Rubinstein Drs. Vishwas and Monali Sakhalkar Mr. and Mrs. Ross S. Schell

Dr. and Mrs. Frank E. Seagraves III Mr. and Mrs. Rader J. Sellers Dr. and Mrs. Aamer Shabbir Dr. Sheila K. Shah Ms. Lindsay Baker Shaker Mr. and Mrs. Blake Cameron Sharpton Ms. Erika H. Shelton Mr. and Mrs. John V. Sheridan III Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Sheridan Mr. and Mrs. William K. Sherwood Mr. and Mrs. H. Frank Shurling, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Farhan Siddiqui Mr. and Mrs. Robin R. Siegel Mr. and Mrs. Wyndell H. Sikes, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. James S. Sim Dr. and Mrs. Garry Harold Simons III Dr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Slappey, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. John T. Slocumb Mr. and Mrs. Christopher N. Smith Dr. and Mrs. Jason L. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Ed Smith Drs. Felix O. and Bola O. Sogade Mr. and Mrs. M. Baxter Sowell, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Cecil P. Staton, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. Stecher, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. George S. Stefanis Mr. and Mrs. Eugene W. Stephens, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Kevin L. Stevenson Mr. and Mrs. Bradley D. Stone Mr. and Mrs. Matthew T. Strickland Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Phillips Swift, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Nick Tehrani Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Scott Terry Dr. and Mrs. Carter E. Tharpe Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Thomas Dr. and Mrs. William M. Thompson, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Thornsberry Mr. and Mrs. James G. Thwaite, Sr. Mr. Anthony B. Toles and Mrs. Katherine G. Holtzclaw Mr. and Mrs. Kregg R. Toole Mr. and Mrs. Jay C. Traynham Mr. and Mrs. H. Jeff Treadway Mr. and Mrs. Gang-Hwang Tsai Dr. and Mrs. R. Steven Tuck Mr. and Mrs. Rich Ulmen Drs. Emeka and Anayo Umerah Mr. Daniel R. and Dr. Mary Bell Vaughn Mr. and Mrs. Stewart C. Vernon Dr. and Mrs. Chandresh Viradia Mr. and Mrs. John Paul Wade Dr. and Mrs. Devin Vance Waldrop Mr. and Mrs. David P. Walsh, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kevin A. Wangerin Dr. Carol D. Wanna Mr. and Mrs. J. Shand Watson Dr. and Mrs. Perry B. Wells Mr. and Mrs. Lee Whelchel Mr. and Mrs. Timothy V. Whipple Mr. and Mrs. Derek Whitworth Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Wilkin, Jr. Mrs. Carol K. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Wade H. Williamson Mr. and Mrs. James McCutchen Wilson Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Wilson, Jr. Mr. Edward J. Wimberly Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Woodcock Ms. Julie Yates Mr. and Mrs. H. Andrew Young Drs. Ihab Zaggout and Kristina Zaggout

Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Brantley Ms. Hazel R. Braun Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Brewer Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Bridges, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. William P. Brooks

Mrs. Robert A. Brown, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Dempsey Brown Ms. Jacquelyn P. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm S. Burgess, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Butler

Grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Timothy K. Adams Mr. and Mrs. V. James Adams, Jr. Mrs. Abiola A. Adekore Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Amos, Jr. Mrs. Nancy D. Anderson

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Mr. and Mrs. John S. Bickley, Sr. Ms. Kaye Whitehead Billingslea Mr. James Cary Bobbitt III Mr. and Mrs. Lou Bourgeois Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Bowen, Jr.

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Take Credit for Helping Stratford Students Established in 2008, the Education Expense Credit allows taxpayers to take a credit against their Georgia income taxes for amounts contributed to the Georgia GOAL, a qualified student scholarship organization, and designated to Stratford Academy. Stratford uses these funds to increase the amount of financial aid available to families who demonstrate need.

Individual taxpayers can receive a tax credit against their Georgia income tax liability for amounts contributed to the GOAL Scholarship Program. In addition, amounts contributed to GOAL are deductible for federal income tax purposes.

The GOAL Scholarship Program uses the contributions to provide financial assistance for public school children who desire to attend Stratford. The funding is also available for students who are eligible to enter Kindergarten and Pre-Kindergarten. Many of these

families never realized a private education could be made available to them. Stratford Academy is grateful to the following families who contributed in our school’s name to the Georgia GOAL Student Scholarship Organization.

GOAL Tax Credit Eligibility Individuals, Married Filing Jointly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . up to $2,500 Individuals, Married Filing Separately . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . up to $1,250 Individuals, Filing Single . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . up to $1,000 Business Pass Through Entities* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . up to $10,000 Business Entities, C-Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . up to 75% tax liability Trusts** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . up to 75% tax liability * S-Corp, LLC, Partnerships ** Qualifying trusts include, but are not limited to: complex, general power of appointment, credit shelter, GST exempt/dynasty, GST non-exempt, irrevocable life insurance, marital (only if no mandatory income distribution) and irrevocable.

Stratford Academy GOAL at a Glance for 2013-2014 Funds Designated by Taxpayers $254,315.68 Financial Impact Impact on Stratford Budget: $332,145 $207,631 in dollars to the bottom line $124,514 in tuition paid

GOAL Students 29 students enrolled Lower School (9), Middle School (9), Upper School (11) Ethnicity: 19 Caucasian, 10 Minorities Gender: 21 Male, 8 Female

GOAL Families Median household income $47,142 Nine children of faculty Seven varsity athletes, spread across multiple sports Every GOAL recipient met academic requirements of Stratford’s admission process.

Georgia GOAL Donors for 2013-14 Drs. John and Valerie Ambrose Dr. and Mrs. William V. Argo, Jr. Mr. Henry L. Ariail III Dr. and Mrs. Sudhir S. Athni Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery L. Avant Mr. and Mrs. David A. Bailey Mr. Srinivas P. and Dr. Sailaja A. Bandi Dr. and Mrs. Mark E. Barrow Mr. and Mrs. William Charles Boswell III Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Bowen, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Brewer Dr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Brogdon, Jr. Drs. Kevin and Bonnie Brooks Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Cantrell III Mr. and Mrs. John F. Castle Mr. Brian and Dr. Kelly K. Causey Drs. Russell and Cynthia Chambless Mr. and Mrs. Matt Childers

Mr. and Mrs. John C. Clark Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey C. Clayton Mr. and Mrs. Neil S. Creter Dr. Henry J. Davis Mr. and Mrs. James Dickey Dr. and Mrs. Mark E. Dorogy Mr. and Mrs. Charles Justin Duke Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Easterlin Mr. and Mrs. G. Griff Ethridge, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce M. Faulk Dr. and Mrs. James B. Ferrari Mr. and Mrs. Rodger Fleming Mr. and Mrs. Arthur A. Fredrickson Dr. and Mrs. Fred N. Gaton Dr. and Mrs. Mark E. Grossnickle Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Hardeman Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Hatcher, Sr. HeritageBank of the South

Mr. and Mrs. Neal Howard Dr. and Mrs. C. Emory Johnson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. Bruce Jones Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Kent Jorgensen Ms. Jaime C. Kaplan Mr. Charles N. Koplin Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Woodrow Langford Mrs. Carol B. Lanier Mr. Dewayne Lawson and Dr. Bridget Trogden Mr. and Mrs. James E. Lee II Dr. and Mrs. Richard B. Liipfert Mr. and Mrs. Jarod Scott Lovett Mr. and Mrs. Eugene M. Maddux Mr. Richard P. Maier Mr. and Mrs. Steve Mann Mrs. Susan G. Marshall Mr. and Mrs. William Martin Mrs. Lynn H. Massey

Mr. and Mrs. W. Brian McDavid Mr. and Mrs. Phillip M. McGoldrick Mr. and Mrs. Charles McMahon Mr. Alan S. Meadors Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Meadors Mr. and Mrs. John R. Medlin, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Christopher E. Minette Mr. and Mrs. James Todd Mitchell Mrs. Sheri T. Moore Ms. Lindsey Morse Mr. and Mrs. Wayne C. Murray Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Nelson Ms. Jessica S. Ogburn Mr. and Mrs. Warren Plowden Mr. and Mrs. Robert Spencer Reeves, Jr. Dr. Sheila K. Shah Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Sheridan Mr. and Mrs. Grady A. Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Smith Mr. and Mrs. M. Baxter Sowell, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Justin M. Spillers Mr. and Mrs. Rex W. Tidwell Dr. and Mrs. William L. Tift Ms. Nancy Todd Mr. and Mrs. H. Jeff Treadway Dr. and Mrs. James A. Upshaw Mr. Daniel R. and Dr. Mary Bell Vaughn Mr. and Mrs. Stewart C. Vernon Ms. Marilyn Holton-Walker Dr. Carol D. Wanna Ms. Kaye G. Wansley Mr. and Mrs. J. Shand Watson Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Winship Whitaker

Learn more about receiving your tax credit at www.stratford.org/georgiagoal or www.goalscholarship.org. Questions, contact Kathleen Medlin, Director of Institutional Advancement, at (478)477-8073 ext. 210. Applications for 2015 will be accepted beginning on Aug. 1, 2014. The 2014 tax credit program closed when the $58 million statewide cap was met on Jan.22, 2014, a mere three weeks after the program opened on Jan.1. Interested taxpayers should contact Stratford immediately.

Grandparents, continued Mr. and Mrs. Reginald W. Buzzell II Drs. Craig and Brenda V. Caldwell Mr. and Mrs. Cecil D. Canady Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Cantrell III Mr. and Mrs. C. Tommy Carter Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Roger Chambless

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Clark Mrs. Sue M. Coggins Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Coker Mr. and Mrs. Terry Coleman Mr. and Mrs. William Congdon Mr. and Mrs. Royce Conner

Mr. and Mrs. Neil S. Creter Ms. Lyndasu Crowe Mr. and Mrs. Richard Crowther Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Cullars Mrs. Virginia B. Cutler Mr. and Mrs. John E. Dalton Mr. and Mrs. E. Herbert Daws Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Dawson, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Larry K. Day Dr. and Mrs. Davey R. Deal, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Brown W. Dennis Mrs. Mildred T. Dennis Mr. and Mrs. Randall E. Douthit Mr. and Mrs. Eugene C. Dunwody Mr. and Mrs. A. Steve Durkee, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry B. Dye

Mr. and Mrs. John Eckles Mr. and Mrs. J. Joseph Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Richard Epps, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Eubanks Mr. and Mrs. W. Tyler Evans, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Javed Haroon Fazal Mr. and Mrs. Chester H. Fleming Mr. and Mrs. James D. Gann

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Grandparents, continued Mrs. Ann S. Gaton Mrs. Bonny Gibson Mrs. Joyce D. Gibson Ms. Victoria Gigliotti Mr. and Mrs. F. Waverly Golson, Jr. Mr. John Graham Dr. and Mrs. Larry W. Grant Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Greene Ms. Kay S. Greer Mr. and Mrs. William H. Greer, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Randall Gregory Mrs. Gail Griffin Drs. Warren Griffin and Joan Griffin Mr. and Mrs. F. Kennedy Hall Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Hammond, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hancock Mr. and Mrs. G. Robert Hardwick Ms. Susie Hart Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Hatcher, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Ashley Hawkins Mr. and Mrs. W. Fred Hefner, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Hendley Mrs. Ann J. Herman Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Hills Mr. and Mrs. Mike Holliman Mr. and Mrs. Franklin S. Horne, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. James R. Huffman Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hurt Ms. Frances Jaudon Mr. and Mrs. Jack G. Jennings Dr. and Mrs. C. Emory Johnson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Zach Johnson Mrs. Jane S. Johnston Ms. Sharon Johnston Mr. and Mrs. Fred I. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Jones, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jerome L. Kaplan Mr. and Mrs. William Keenan Mr. and Mrs. Eugene W. Kelly Ms. Virginia Kerley Mr. Richard King Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kingman Mrs. W.D. “Jack” Knight, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Knowles Mr. and Mrs. Clarence L. Kramlich, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard LaCroix Mr. and Mrs. William S. Lamb Dr. and Mrs. Larry E. Landers Mrs. Mary Jim Lane Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy N. Lawson Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Lawson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Majchrzak

Mr. and Mrs. John C. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Massey III Ms. Charlotte M. Maurizi Dr. and Mrs. Ray H. McCard Mrs. Mimi McCook Dr. and Mrs. James McCoy Mr. and Mrs. Charles McCullough Mr. and Mrs. Phillip M. McGoldrick Mr. and Mrs. Donald K. Miller Mr. Fred Miller Mrs. John T. Mitchell, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Mohr Mr. and Mrs. Malcom Moseley Mr. and Mrs. Wayne C. Murray Mrs. Gail K. Nagle Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Nash, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Howell W. Newton Mr. Pete Nicholls Mr. and Mrs. Allen Nunnelly Mr. Robert W. Nystrom Ms. Susan Payne Mr. and Mrs. Crawford G. Peace Mrs. Barbara Peterson Mr. and Mrs. William C. Pilcher Dr. and Mrs. J. Terrell Pope Mr. and Mrs. Larry N. Pope

Mr. and Mrs. Obie W. Powell, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David H. Pushman Mrs. Leigh Ratliff Mr. and Mrs. Philip T. Raymond, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. George R. Reeves Mr. and Mrs. Eugene B. Rishel III Mr. and Mrs. Scott Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Bobby B. Schell Mrs. Nancy H. Schiltz Mr. and Mrs. Ted R. Senters Mr. and Mrs. Jack Edmond Sharpton, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Simmons Mr. and Mrs. Don Sims Mr. and Mrs. George Sizemore Dr. and Mrs. Charles N. Smaha Mr. and Mrs. Connie W. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Larry E. Smith, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Snow, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James L. Solomon Mr. and Mrs. Dan Speight Mr. and Mrs. John W. Spiegel Ms. Charlotte Stephens Mr. Johnnie J. Stephens, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Stephenson Mr. and Mrs. Kice H. Stone Mrs. Claire A. Strawn

Mr. and Mrs. Ted M. Stuckey Ms. Shirley Sugden Mr. and Mrs. Harpe Suggs Mrs. John P. Sweeney, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Swift Ms. Teresa M. Terry Mr. Edwin Tharpe and Dr. Laurie Tharpe Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Thompson Dr. and Mrs. William L. Tift Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Tuck Mr. and Mrs. Leon Watson Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Watson III Mrs. Wanda F. Watson Mrs. Alexander H. S. Weaver, Jr. Mrs. Regent R. Weber Mr. and Mrs. Wayne West Mr. and Mrs. David Wilkes Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilkin Mr. and Mrs. Dan F. Wilson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wright Mr. and Mrs. John T. Wynne Mr. Charles H. Yates, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Yurgalavage

Mrs. Kathleen P. Peterson Mr. T. Cater Pierce Mrs. Janet S. Pierson Mrs. Jil H. Pinkston Mr. Miles Pippin Ms. Mayvet Ranson Mrs. Sara M. Reeves Mrs. Virginia M. Reeves Mr. Paul R. Reynolds III Mr. William M. Reynolds, Jr. Ms. Kailey R. Rhodes Mrs. Juanita W. Roberts Mrs. Susan E. Rozier Ms. Abby Schirmer Mrs. Robin P. Schorr Mrs. Katherine P. Sellers Mrs. Phillipa C. Shoffner Ms. Kathryn E. Slocumb Mr. Grady A. Smith Mr. Ed Smith Ms. Patricia M. Smith Mrs. Karen J. Snow Mrs. Kelly A. Solomon Mrs. Terry M. Sowell Mrs. Lindsey Spillers Mrs. Kelli Squires Mrs. Emily Stecher Mr. Mark R. Stecher, Jr. Mrs. Sue Stephenson

Mrs. E. Lindsey Stevens Mrs. Jennifer R. Sweat Mrs. Juleen J. Thomas Ms. Nancy Todd Ms. Melissa Toole Mr. H. Jeff Treadway Mrs. Mollye L. Treadway Dr. Robert E. Veto Ms. Laura J. Voss Mrs. Susan S. Wade Ms. Sara Walcott Ms. Marilyn Holton-Walker Ms. Shelli L. Wall Mrs. Sloan Walthall Ms. Kaye G. Wansley Mrs. Jackie M. Waters Mr. John Watkins Mrs. Virginia S. Watson Mrs. Wanda F. Watson Mrs. Irene Goodenough Whitaker Mrs. Cason B. Wilkin Mrs. Jane D. Williams Ms. Jacquelin Wilson Mrs. Wendy S. Woodcock Mrs. Tina S. Wootan Mrs. Della E. Young

Mr. and Mrs. Carr G. Dodson Mr. and Mrs. A. Steve Durkee, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Easterlin Mr. and Mrs. G. Griff Ethridge, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Eubanks Mr. and Mrs. Benton Evans Mr. and Mrs. W. Tyler Evans, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce M. Faulk Mr. and Mrs. Dan Fears, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Fears Dr. and Mrs. Brad N. Ford Mr. and Mrs. George W. Franklin, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur A. Fredrickson Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin M. Garland, Sr. Mrs. Bonny Gibson

Mr. and Mrs. F. Waverly Golson, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Larry W. Grant Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Green Ms. Kay S. Greer Mr. and Mrs. William H. Greer, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Emmitte H. Griggs Mrs. Jane M. Grinstead Rev. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Gross Mrs. Otis Benton Gunn Dr. Anne C. (Muffy) Hanse Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Hardeman Dr. and Mrs. A. Kenneth Harper Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Harper Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Hatcher, Sr. Ms. Sylvia S. Haynie

Faculty Mrs. Susan Abernathy Mrs. Diane M. Adams Mr. Greg Atkinson Mrs. Elizabeth B. Avant Mr. David A. Bailey Mrs. Alleyne A. Benson Mr. Caleb Bloodworth Mrs. Shannon Roark Boswell Mr. Ross S. Bridges Mrs. Margaret C. Brogdon Mrs. Catherine C. Burton Dr. Brenda V. Caldwell Mrs. Mary Reid Carter Mrs. Patricia T. Castle Dr. Kelly Nagle Causey Mrs. Rachel Veto Chabot Mrs. Gaylyn L. Cole Mr. Rodney Collins Mrs. Alana M. Cowart Mrs. Marsha M. Creter Mrs. Betsy I. Delves Mr. Jamie Dickey Mrs. Kristy B. Edwards Mr. Jerry Elder Mrs. Phyllis W. Elder Mr. G. Griff Ethridge, Jr. Mrs. Martha M. Eubanks Mr. Mark E. Farriba Mrs. Theresa M. Ferrari

Mr. Wayne Flanders Mrs. Michelle P. Fleming Mr. Tommy C. Fletcher Ms. Kathy Fox Mr. Arthur A. Fredrickson Mr. Allen Free Mrs. Nancy Gordillo Mrs. Stephanie F. Greene Mrs. Cheryl S. Griggs Mrs. Mary Beth T. Gumbart Mr. Benjamin Lucas Harrington Mr. Ian Hayley Ms. Sylvia S. Haynie Ms. Patricia C. Hayslip Mrs. Beth Henderson Ms. Madelyn M. Henderson Mrs. Patricia M. Herndon Ms. Alexandra Hill Mrs. Melissa Hinson Mrs. Vicki T. Howell Mr. Jeff Hubbard Ms. Lynn Hutto Mrs. Betty Ann Jennings Mrs. Kenna B. Jones Mrs. Millie W. Jones Mrs. Susan H. Jones Mrs. Angie J. Judd Ms. Jaime C. Kaplan Dr. Frank H. Katz

Mrs. Reeda R. Katz Mr. T. Michael Kelley Mrs. Carol B. Lanier Mrs. Kathryn P. Larsen Mr. Charles A. Lawson Mr. Dewayne Lawson Mr. Chris Loomis Mrs. Redonda W. Mann Mrs. Susan G. Marshall Mrs. Susan H. Martin Mrs. Lynn H. Massey Mr. Walter S. Mays Mrs. Disa D. McCommon Mrs. Karen H. McCue Mr. Michael S. McCue Mrs. Jessica S. McDaniel Mrs. Eleanor Marie McDavid Mrs. Donna Kay McGoldrick Mr. Ben McLain Mrs. Kathleen Cook Medlin Mrs. June L. Meeks Mrs. Sheri T. Moore Ms. Lindsey Morse Mrs. Elaine Murray Mr. Andrew Myler Mrs. Diane D. Nicholson Mrs. Lori T. Palmer Ms. Lauren Parris Mr. Cameron Paterson

Former Parents Mrs. Diane M. Adams Mr. and Mrs. Timothy K. Adams Mr. and Mrs. V. James Adams, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David A. Bailey Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Banks, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Bass, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. William W. Baxley, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Benson Mr. and Mrs. John S. Bickley, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald T. Binner, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Tarek Bisat Mr. and Mrs. Bruce J. Bishop, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Gregory L. Blalock Mr. and Mrs. John B. Bowdre, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Bowen, Jr.

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Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Bridges, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Brogdon, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. William P. Brooks Mrs. Robert A. Brown, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. James L. Brown Dr. and Mrs. W. Morris Brown, Jr. Mrs. Linda Bellamy Browne Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm S. Burgess, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William D. Burton, Jr. Mr. D. Melson Butler Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Butler Mr. and Mrs. Reginald W. Buzzell II Drs. Craig and Brenda V. Caldwell Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Cantrell III Mrs. Estelle B. Cartwright

Mr. and Mrs. John F. Castle Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Chanin Dr. and Mrs. Henry T. Clay, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Drew Cole, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Collins Mrs. Bess Cotton Mrs. Ruthie Cotton Mr. and Mrs. Lee A. Crayton, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Neil S. Creter Ms. Beth Parker Davis Mr. and Mrs. Larry K. Day Dr. and Mrs. Davey R. Deal, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Dickey II The Honorable Robert Dickey and Mrs. Cynde Dickey

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Former Parents, continued Ms. Patricia C. Hayslip Mr. and Mrs. W. Fred Hefner, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Henderson Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Hendley Mr. and Mrs. Sam K. Henley, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Hightower IV Mrs. Betty C. Hilburn Mr. and Mrs. James C. Hinson, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Howard S. Holleman Mr. and Mrs. Franklin S. Horne, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Howell Mr. and Mrs. James R. Huffman Mr. and Mrs. Jack G. Jennings Mrs. Jane S. Johnston Mr. and Mrs. Darryl Jones Dr. and Mrs. Todd Jones Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Judd Mrs. Letty Kaplan Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. Kaplan Dr. and Mrs. S. Douglas Katz Dr. and Mrs. Frank B. Kelly, Jr. Ms. Virginia Kerley Mrs. Betty Sweet Ladson Mr. and Mrs. William S. Lamb Dr. and Mrs. Larry E. Landers

Mrs. Carol B. Lanier Mr. and Mrs. William H. Larsen Mr. and Mrs. Jack K. Lasseter Mrs. Bettie A. Lawrence Dr. and Mrs. William D. Lazenby Mr. and Mrs. G. Bryan Leskosky Mr. and Mrs. John F. Leslie Lt. Col. and Mrs. Keith P. Leslie Mr. and Mrs. James G. Maddox Mr. and Mrs. Steve Mann Mrs. Susan G. Marshall Mrs. Susan Hanberry Martin Mrs. Marjorie M. Massenburg Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Massey III Ms. Charlotte M. Maurizi Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Mays Dr. and Mrs. George W. McCommon Mr. and Mrs. W. Brian McDavid Mrs. Dale F. McGoldrick Mr. and Mrs. Phillip M. McGoldrick Mr. and Mrs. John McNeill IV Mr. and Mrs. John W. Meeks, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Donald K. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Mack Minton III Mr. W. Ken Mitchell

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Emil Moody Mrs. Sheri T. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Dwane A. Morrison Mrs. Gail K. Nagle Mr. and Mrs. Howell W. Newton Mrs. Catherine H. Newton Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Nicholson Mr. and Mrs. Henry K. Oliner Mr. and Mrs. W. John O’Shaughnessey III Mr. and Mrs. Crawford G. Peace Mrs. Anne Penn Mr. William J. Penn, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan B. Persons Mrs. Barbara Peterson Mr. and Mrs. T. Cater Pierce Mr. and Mrs. George L. Pierson, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. William C. Pilcher Mrs. Lucille F. Pinkston Ms. Kendra B. Pippin Dr. and Mrs. J. Terrell Pope Mr. and Mrs. Larry N. Pope Mr. and Mrs. David H. Pushman Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Rawlings Mr. and Mrs. John G. Rawls, Jr. Ms. Jean H. Ray

Foundations Bank of America Foundation Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Inc. GE Foundation Joe and Pat Edwards Foundation, Inc Merck Company Foundation MidwayUSA Foundation, Inc

SunTrust Foundation Matching Gift Program Taylor-Stevens Foundation, Inc. The R. A. Bowen Trust W. L. Amos, Sr. Foundation, Inc. Wells Fargo Foundation Educational Matching Gift Program

Buckhead School Uniforms Shop Genentech General Mills Boxtops for Education Goodwill Industries of Middle Georgia, Inc HeritageBank of the South Kroger Langford Allergy, LLC Microsoft Giving Campaign The JK Group Inc.

Microsoft Giving Campaign The JK Group Inc. SunTrust Foundation Matching Gift Program Truck & Trailer of Macon, Inc. Wells Fargo Educational Matching Gift Program

Morgan Stanley Publix Super Markets, Inc. Southstar Energy Services LLC Target True Blue Schools by Georgia Natural Gas Truck & Trailer of Macon, Inc. Wells Fargo Educational Matching Gift Program

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Matching Gifts Bank of America Foundation GE Foundation Genentech Langford Allergy, LLC Merck Company Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Stribling Ms. Teresa M. Terry Mr. Edwin Tharpe and Dr. Laurie Tharpe Mr. and Mrs. Bert F. Thompson Dr. and Mrs. Jerome P. Tift Dr. and Mrs. William L. Tift Dr. and Mrs. Robert T. Trammell Ms. Marilyn Holton-Walker Ms. Kaye G. Wansley Mr. and Mrs. H. Ronald Watson Mr. and Mrs. Nathan T. Watson, Jr. Mrs. Wanda F. Watson Mr. and Mrs. James E. Weatherford Mrs. Alexander H. S. Weaver, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Welsh Mr. and Mrs. John B. White, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. White, Sr. Dr. Howard J. Williams, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James K. Williams Mrs. Dorothy Yarbrough Mr. Charles H. Yates, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Edward H. Young

Corporations

Organizations 2013-2014 B Team Cheerleading Squad

Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Reeves Dr. and Mrs. Joe Sam Robinson Mr. and Mrs. John F. Rogers, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. Ross Dr. and Mrs. Edward J. Sare Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Schorr, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Carl C. Schuessler, Sr. Mrs. Larry A. Schwartz, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Ted R. Senters Mrs. William C. Shirley, Sr. Mrs. Phillipa C. Shoffner Mr. and Mrs. William P. Simmons, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Charles N. Smaha Mr. and Mrs. C. Randall Smith Mr. and Mrs. Connie W. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Grady A. Smith The Honorable and Mrs. James P. Smith Ms. Patricia M. Smith Mr. and Mrs. William A. Snow, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Snow IV Mr. and Mrs. James L. Solomon Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Solomon V Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Stephenson Dr. and Mrs. N. Brad Stevens, Sr. Mrs. Claire A. Strawn

Mr. Srinivas P. and Dr. Sailaja A. Bandi Mr. and Mrs. David S. Canady Mr. and Mrs. John C. Clark The Honorable Robert Dickey and Mrs. Cynde Dickey Mr. and Mrs. David M. Donner Ms. Pamela B. Gibbons Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Hatcher, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. Eric Hefner Ms. Jaime C. Kaplan Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. Kaplan

Mr. and Mrs. William E. King Mr. and Mrs. James A. Manley III Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas McAfee III Mr. and Mrs. Harold D. McSwain, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John R. Medlin, Jr. Mr. Ron Rankin Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Slade Ray Dr. and Mrs. Frank E. Seagraves III Mr. and Mrs. John V. Sheridan III Mr. and Mrs. C. Randall Smith Ms. Marilyn Holton-Walker

Alumni Class of 1962 Mr. Loyd H. Black, Jr. Mrs. Barbara B. Hightower

Class of 1967 Mr. Roland M. Holloway Dr. Jerome P. Tift

Class of 1963 Mr. C. Victor Armstrong Mr. Fredrick L. Chambers Mrs. Elizabeth A. Lee-Kanne Mrs. Suzy McCowen McCullough Col. Frank M. Willingham, Jr.

Class of 1968 Mrs. Karen Smith Bryan Mrs. Estelle Blum Cartwright Mrs. Jane Terry Grinstead Mrs. Fran Jones Hardeman Mrs. Mary Ella W. Hill Mr. Richard H. Maddux, Jr. Mr. Samuel J. Raffield

Class of 1964 Mrs. Suzanne Jones Harper Mr. Charles A. Lawson Mrs. Tina S. Wootan Class of 1965 Mr. V. James Adams, Jr. Ms. Louisa M. Felton Class of 1966 Mrs. Veronica White Brooks

Class of 1969 Mrs. Carol R. Bashuk Mr. Rodney A. Brown Class of 1970 Mrs. Mary H. Brantley Mr. Reginald W. Buzzell II Mrs. Frances A. Hail Mr. Roger A. Phillips Mrs. Anna Newton Smith Mrs. Mary Anne Shirley Watters

Class of 1971 Mr. Robert L. Dickey III Dr. Ronald E. Elliott, Jr. Mr. Michael M. Kaplan Dr. Stephen D. Mallary Mr. J. Robert Medlin, Jr. Mr. Henry K. Oliner Mr. Frank C. Pinkston, Jr.

Mr. Mark E. Farriba Mr. William A. Fickling III Mrs. Terri Fluker Gilman Mr. Emmitte H. Griggs Mrs. Cheryl S. Griggs Ms. Suzy Newton Mrs. Holly S. Riley Mr. Harry S. Singletary

Class of 1972 Dr. William V. Argo, Jr. Mr. Eugene M. Maddux Mr. Bryan B. Persons

Class of 1975 Mrs. Judy Henderson Avent Mrs. Janet Y. Battcher Mrs. Leslie Bowen Bean Ms. Cynthia H. Comer Mr. Crawford B. Edwards, Jr. Mrs. Melissa Thompson Merlino Mr. James Larry Read Mrs. Dianne Capps Saslaw

Class of 1973 Mrs. Cynde M. Dickey Mrs. Susan Beatty Hardee Mr. William C. Harris Mrs. Nelle Childs Barnett Persons Mr. Samuel Z. Swygert Class of 1974 Mrs. Layle Watson Argo Mrs. Debra J. Brook

Class of 1976 Mr. Marc A. Corsini Dr. John West Hightower Mr. James C. Hinson, Sr.

Mr. Harold D. McSwain, Jr. Mr. John W. Meeks, Jr. Mrs. Nancy C. Mitchell Dr. Stephen L. Sigal

Class of 1977 Mrs. Deena Harrell Cherry Ms. Tracy L. Garner Ms. Pamela B. Gibbons Mr. Robert M. Nicholson Dr. John T. Slocumb Dr. N. Brad Stevens, Sr. Mrs. E. Lindsey Stevens Mr. Nathan T. Watson, Jr. Mr. Robert C. White, Jr. Class of 1978 Mrs. Lee Kinman Bailey Mrs. Donna Kay McGoldrick Mrs. Gena Lawrence O’Shaughnessey Mrs. Cornealia Ham Patton Mr. William A. Snow IV Mr. Stephen M. Solomon V

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In the Alumni Loyalty Fund Class Challenge, participation matters most — each gift counts towards a class’s total. The class with the highest overall participation is recognized in this annual report. Many thanks to every alumnus(a) for supporting the Stratford Loyalty Fund and congratulations to the Class of 1963.

The following classes had the highest percentages: Class of 1963 26.32% Class of 1979 18.31% Class of 1991 16.67% Class of 1968 15.91% Class of 1993 15.63%

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Alumni Loyalty Fund Class Challenge In 2013-2014, Stratford continued the Alumni Loyalty Fund Class Challenge, which is a friendly competition among our graduating classes to see which can produce the highest percentage participation in the Loyalty Fund.

Typically, alumni classes post eight to 10 percent in annual giving, and our goal is to increase that number to 25 percent over the next three years.

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Class of 1979 Dr. J. Duward Benson, Jr. Mr. Robert J. Cleveland, Jr. Dr. Robert C. Ham, Jr. Mr. Henry W. Harper III Mr. L. Russell Hilburn, Jr. Ms. Anneilia Holton-Williams Mrs. Melissa Garrette Horton Ms. Jaime C. Kaplan Mr. William F. Monfort, Jr. Mrs. Carol Coney Nettles Mrs. Laura Lamb Patrick Mr. William K. Sherwood Mr. G. Scott Thompson Class of 1980 Mrs. Lisa B. Barksdale Dr. Anna Weaver Hogan Mrs. Gena C. Howell Mrs. Joanna F. Jones Mr. Lee Lineberger Mrs. Pamela Mullis Maxwell Mrs. Elizabeth Flournoy Thompson Class of 1981 Mrs. Nan Solomon Harper Mr. John B. Peterson, Jr. Mr. John V. Sheridan III Mrs. Karen J. Snow Mr. Robert C. Woodcock Ms. Julie Yates Class of 1982 Mr. Robert F. Hatcher, Jr. Mr. Charles N. Koplin Mrs. Wimberley McCook Rader Mrs. Alice S. Sheridan Class of 1983 Mrs. Fayne Hirsh Fischer Mrs. Margaret Keen Grubb Mr. J. Eric Hefner Dr. George W. McCommon Mrs. Robin L. Parker Class of 1984 Mrs. Tracey Brown Appelbaum Mr. Jeffery L. Avant Mr. Whitney T. Evans III Mr. Gregory A. Parker Ms. Catherine B. Tucker

Class of 1985 Mrs. Elizabeth B. Avant Ms. Frances L. Clay Dr. Michael A. Cowan Mrs. Bonnie Butler Gibson Mrs. Janet B. Hale Mrs. Jean H. Peterson Mrs. Cheryl Parker Shurling Mr. H. Andrew Young

Class of 1995 Mrs. Jenny Smith Booker Mrs. Jenna K. Denisar Mrs. Virginia Sweet Dupuy Mrs. Jennifer Kelly Fruitticher Mr. Haynes H. Killen Mrs. Leigh Forester Loyd Mrs. Virginia M. Reeves Ms. Milly Sanders Mr. Benjamin S. Terry Mr. Jay H. Tift

Class of 1990 Dr. Timothy K. Adams, Jr. Mrs. Jennifer Adams Fuller Mrs. Stacey Creter Kane Dr. Jennifer S. Lee Dr. Robert R. Morgan, Jr.

Class of 1986 Dr. Mark E. Barrow Mr. Jacob Milton Heard IV Mrs. Kelly Williams Kennedy Mr. James Thomas McAfee III Mr. Thomas H. McCook, Jr. Mr. Michael S. McCue Mrs. Louella C. McMahon Mr. Arthur R. Newberry, Jr. Mrs. Margaret Adams Smith

Class of 1991 Mr. Henry L. Ariail III Mr. William W. Baxley III Mr. David W. Bethune Mrs. Kathryn Adams Brooks Mr. Mark R. Hatcher Mrs. Angela W. Howell Mr. John P. Kelly Mr. Walter M. Massey IV Mrs. Nikki E. Merritt Mrs. Kathryn Gibson Parel Mr. Carl S. Phillips Dr. Jason L. Smith

Class of 1987 Mr. Vivian J. Adams III Mrs. Constance Libsack Cameron Mrs. Marjorie H. Carter Mrs. Dixie Butler Clark Dr. Jennifer Pilcher Duke Mrs. Stephanie Sidaway Jones Mr. William M. Reynolds, Jr. Mrs. Kristy Jay Wilson Class of 1988 Dr. Anne Margaret Baxley Mr. William C. Boswell III Dr. Kelly Nagle Causey Dr. Stephen M. Durkee Mrs. Claudia Sessions Garrard Dr. David M. Kalish III Mrs. Susan Marie Mincey McCord Mrs. Kathleen Cook Medlin Mrs. Lori T. Palmer Mr. Jason I. Reaves Mrs. Elizabeth Weaver Tender Mrs. Mollye L. Treadway Mrs. Molly Hudson Watson Class of 1989 Mr. Charles G. Briscoe Mr. Marsh Butler, Jr. Mrs. Julie Williams Canady Mrs. Laurie Lee Horne Cranford Dr. John C. Cranford, Jr. Dr. Marcus C. Evans

Class of 2004 Mrs. Laura Beth Cantrell Dickey Class of 2005 Mr. Taylor W. McLendon Class of 2006 Mr. Madison C. Barnett Mr. Matthews S. Barnett Mr. Christopher L. B. Brown Ms. Margaret M. Easterlin Mr. William J. O’Shaughnessey IV Ms. Lucy Benton Persons Ms. Kailey R. Rhodes Mr. Wesley J. Walthall

Class of 1996 Mr. James A. Berg III Mr. Charles J. Bridges III Mr. Randolph Clayton Capps Mrs. Hayes Woodcock Capps Mrs. Courtney Brooks Garner Mr. William B. Messer Mrs. Carter Kelly Monroe Mrs. Cason B. Wilkin Mrs. Kimberly W. Williamson

Class of 1992 Mrs. Paige Pilcher Alford Mrs. Stacy Walker Bethune Mrs. Jeana Gunn Bush Mr. George S. Greer Mr. William Stephens Lamb, Jr. Mrs. Marion Cook McIntyre Mr. David L. Mincey III Mr. Wade H. Williamson Class of 1993 Mr. Robert S. Burgess Mr. Lee Morris Butler Mr. Jason M. Katz Mrs. Lori L. Mitchell Ms. Jessica S. Ogburn Dr. Wood D. Pope Mrs. Clare Golson Rauls Mrs. Andrea Jones Seagraves Mrs. Kathryn Simmons Strickland Mrs. Candi Newton Wilson Class of 1994 Ms. Rebecca R. Burgess Mrs. Sally Sanders Hatcher Mrs. Frances Adams Hawk

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Class of 2003 Mrs. Summer Sterling L. Grisamore Mrs. Ashley Cantrell Hoye Mrs. Page Persons Munro

Mrs. Anna Lovein Sharpton Dr. Betsy Perry Thacker

Mrs. Paige Newberry Fulk Mr. Eugene S. Hatcher, Jr. Mrs. Julie Holcomb Hayley Mrs. Jodi Ariail Roosenraad Mrs. Susan S. Wade

Class of 2007 Ms. Mary Parker Davis Ms. Madelyn M. Henderson Ms. Kathryn E. Slocumb Class of 2008 Ms. Laura K. Faulk Mr. Michael H. Hofstadter Mr. William A. Karlson Mr. Duncan D. Walker IV Mr. James M. Wells IV

Class of 1997 Mrs. Kelli Pushman Hill Mrs. Tarva Smith Morgan Class of 1998 Ms. Mary Rae Phelps Dudley Mrs. Carman Harper Gillis Ms. Katherine A. Jones Mrs. Courtney Forrester Swift Mr. Stewart C. Vernon

Class of 2009 Ms. Sarah Corinne Easterlin Mr. David A. O’Shaughnessey Ms. Catherine C. Thompson Class of 2010 Ms. Margaret C. Sowell

Class of 1999 Mr. Scott P. Tift Class of 2000 Mr. Robert C. Stribling Class of 2001 Mr. Ross S. Bridges Mrs. Mary Reid Carter Mr. Benjamin E. Conner Mrs. Anna S. Greer Mrs. Christy Cantrell Johnston Mrs. Irene Goodenough Whitaker Class of 2002 Mr. Kyle W. Johnston Mr. John D. Jones, Jr.

Class of 2011 Ms. Katherine L. Avant Mr. William R. Bowden, Jr. Mr. Joshua N. Cohen Class of 2012 Mr. Michael Becker O’Shaughnessey Mr. Hunter G. Williamson Class of 2013 Ms. Caroline E. Avant Ms. Lane E. Bowden Ms. Meredith B. Hightower

The Stratford Endowment Fund is a collection of funds (unrestricted and restricted) which supports students, fac-

ulty, staff and programs. Each year about $60,000 is budgeted to fund operations not covered by tuition, other fees and revenue sources.

Continued endowment growth helps the school maintain reasonable tuition levels while continuing to provide excellent programs and exceptional faculty and staff, which results in smaller, more personalized classes and plentiful co-curricular offerings. Stratford’s endowment total stands at $3.68 million (market value as of June 30, 2014).

Honorariums in honor of Elton M. “Bubber” Adams III Mr. Loyd H. Black, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. M. Baxter Sowell, Jr. in honor of Betty Sweet Atkinson Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. William P. Simmons, Jr. in honor of Elizabeth Avant 2013-2014 B Team Cheerleading Squad

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in honor of Chandler Banks Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Banks, Sr. in honor of Hall Buice Dr. and Mrs. Homer Lassiter in honor of Mr. and Mrs. George Butler Dr. and Mrs. Edward H. Young

in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Dickey’s 65th Wedding Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Chanin in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dickey III Dr. and Mrs. Edward H. Young in honor of Virginia Sweet Simmons Dupuy Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. William P. Simmons, Jr.

in honor of Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Easterlin Dr. and Mrs. Edward H. Young in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Flatau Dr. and Mrs. Edward H. Young in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Forrester Dr. and Mrs. Edward H. Young in honor of Anne C. (Muffy) Hanse Mr. and Mrs. M. Baxter Sowell, Jr.

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Catherine G. “Cathy” Hardie Professional Development and Study Fund This fund was established in memory of Cathy Hardie by her family, friends and the Dura Connell Foundation.

It is designed to provide funding for teachers to pursue exceptional professional development opportunities in their chosen fields, to attend educational conferences and is intended to raise their level of expertise and enthusiasm for teaching.

Henry Tift IV Scholarship Endowed by the family and friends of Henry Tift, headmaster of Stratford from 1976 to 1997, this scholarship is awarded annually to a rising senior who has excelled in the arts at Stratford, exhibited leadership ability, and contributed to several areas of school life: academic, athletic and extracurricular.

In addition to the school’s endowed funds, there are numerous scholarship funds held

by Stratford Academy which were established in memory and in honor of Stratford faculty members, students, alumni and parents.

Many of these are awarded at the annual Honors Day programs to students based on merit achievements and scholarship criteria.

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Endowed Funds: Andy Anderson Memorial Scholarship The scholarship, endowed in memory of Andy Anderson, Stratford Class of 1984 alumnus, by his family and friends is awarded annually to an Upper School student who has demonstrated leadership and athleticism as a member of the football team and personal qualities of integrity, character and school spirit.

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in honor of Sylvia Haynie Miss Holly F. Bean Miss Maggie Bergmark Mr. William T. Bowdoin Mr. Jonathan S. Cohen Miss Stacey M. Dorogy Mr. Mitchell V. Freyermuth Miss Sarah E. Hammond Miss Shannon K. Hill Miss Montgomery L. Jones Miss Claire E. Kelly Miss Abigail L. Nash Miss Alexandria L. Power Miss Madelyn V. Pyles Mr. Hunter C. Quintal Miss Margaret Anne Rowe Miss Emily T. Schlottman Miss Tanner E. Smith Mr. William D. Staton Miss Kathleen M. Thomas Miss Emmy Thornsberry in honor of Mr. and Mrs. J. Milton Heard III Dr. and Mrs. Edward H. Young in honor of Pat Horne Mr. and Mrs. M. Baxter Sowell, Jr. in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Jackson Dr. and Mrs. Edward H. Young in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Darryl Jones Dr. and Mrs. Edward H. Young

in honor of Charles M. Ladson Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. William P. Simmons, Jr. in honor of William F. Ladson III Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. William P. Simmons, Jr. in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Chris McLendon Dr. and Mrs. Edward H. Young in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Elbert McQueen Dr. and Mrs. Edward H. Young in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Tim Parker Dr. and Mrs. Edward H. Young in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Pink Persons Dr. and Mrs. Edward H. Young in honor of Mr. and Mrs. John Reehling Dr. and Mrs. Edward H. Young in honor of Mrs. Phillipa Shoffner Mr. and Mrs. M. Baxter Sowell, Jr. in honor of Grace Simmons Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. William P. Simmons, Jr. in honor of William P. Simmons III Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. William P. Simmons, Jr.

in honor of Grady Smith Dr. and Mrs. William W. Baxley, Jr. Ms. Beth Parker Davis Ms. Mary Parker Davis in honor of Ed Smith Ms. Beth Parker Davis Ms. Mary Parker Davis in honor of Pat M. Smith Mr. and Mrs. M. Baxter Sowell, Jr. in honor of Kathryn Simmons Strickland Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. William P. Simmons, Jr. in honor of Lillie Sweet Holiman Strickland Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin A. Dupuy in honor of Mack Strickland Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin A. Dupuy in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Blake Sullivan Dr. and Mrs. Edward H. Young in honor of Ann B. Tift Mr. Stephen A. Reichert Dr. and Mrs. Jerome P. Tift

in memory of Dr. Toof A. Boone, Jr. Mrs. Mimi McCook in memory of Ann M. Bowen Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Bowen, Jr. The R. A. Bowen Trust in memory of Mr. Bruce Bryant Ms. Deborah A. Azarian Ms. Diane L. Azarian Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Chanin Mr. and Mrs. Benton Evans Wells Fargo Educational Matching Gift Program in memory of Mr. Chester G. Chapman Stratford Academy Alumni Association in memory of Mr. Henry Corsini Mr. and Mrs. Rufus D. Sams III in memory of Mr. Quinton Cotton Dr. and Mrs. William L. Tift in memory of Mr. W.M. “Dick” Dickey, Jr. Ms. Laura J. Voss in memory of Mrs. JoAnn Floyd Mr. and Mrs. Karl Christianson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. McCook, Jr. in memory of Mr. John Paul Gaddy (Gifts as of July 31, 2014) Anonymous (2) Dr. William C. Acton Mr. and Mrs. Timothy K. Adams Mr. and Mrs. William H. Anderson II Dr. Ralph G. Asbury Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery L. Avant Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Banks

Mr. and Mrs. Richard H Batton, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Braswell Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm S. Burgess, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Cantrell III Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas Carter II Mr. and Mrs. Joe W. Caskey Mr. and Mrs. Karl Christianson Mr. David L. Claypool Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Collins Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Inc. Crozier Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Dickey II Mr. and Mrs. Rickey Dorman Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Ellison, Jr. Emory Communications, LLC Mr. Joseph M. Gallagher Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin M. Garland, Sr. Mrs. Frances Gavin Mr. Ari Geller Frances Grafton Mr. and Mrs. George S. Greer Ms. Kay S. Greer Mr. Paul Griffin Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Gunn II Ms. Anna Ham Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Hatcher, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Hatcher, Jr. Ms. Patricia C. Hayslip Mr. James H. Hernandez Mr. and Mrs. John P. Holmes III Mr. John Paul Holmes IV Mr. Neil Sims Holmes Dr. and Mrs. C. Thomas Hopkins, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Chase Hopkins Ms. Paige M. Hopkins Beth Pate Ingram Mrs. Jane S. Johnston Ms. Cindy Jones Mr. and Mrs. Darryl Jones Mr. John D. Jones, Jr. Ms. Katherine A. Jones Ms. Jaime C. Kaplan

in honor of Mr. and Mrs. William O. Walker Dr. and Mrs. Edward H. Young in honor of Virginia Parker Wilkin Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin A. Dupuy

in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Paul Turk Dr. and Mrs. Edward H. Young

in honor of Jane Williams Mr. and Mrs. John B. Bowdre, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Martin L. Herndon Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Howell

in honor of Dr. Robert Veto Dr. and Mrs. William D. Lazenby

in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wilson Dr. and Mrs. Edward H. Young

Memorials in memory of Mrs. Ruby Jo Argo Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jones Mr. and Mrs. Phillip M. McGoldrick Mr. and Mrs. R. John McNeill IV Mr. and Mrs. G. Boone Smith III

in honor of Laura J. Voss Miss Holly F. Bean Miss Maggie Bergmark Mr. William T. Bowdoin Mr. Jonathan S. Cohen Miss Stacey M. Dorogy Mr. Mitchell V. Freyermuth Miss Sarah E. Hammond Miss Shannon K. Hill Miss Montgomery L. Jones Miss Claire E. Kelly Miss Abigail L. Nash Miss Alexandria L. Power Miss Madelyn V. Pyles Mr. Hunter C. Quintal Miss Margaret Anne Rowe Miss Emily T. Schlottman Miss Tanner E. Smith Mr. William D. Staton Miss Kathleen M. Thomas Miss Emmy Thornsberry

Mr. David P. Kempa Clowe Wright Lashley Mrs. Bettie A. Lawrence Ms. Jacquelyn E. Lineberger Ms. Lisa Lineberger Mr. and Mrs. Lee Lineberger Mr. Ralph Lee Lineberger IV Miss Virginia A. Lineberger Mrs. Jennie D. Lombardo Ms. Amy Maley Mr. and Mrs. James W. McCook III Ms. Linda McElroy Mr. and Mrs. Phillip M. McGoldrick Mary Pate McLaughlin Mr. and Mrs. Elbert T. McQueen Mr. Harold D. McSwain, Jr. Rabbi Jack L. Moline Ms. Ellen L. Murphey Mr. Dave Norris Mr. and Mrs. Edmund E. Olson Mr. and Mrs. Brandon A. Oren Mary S. Dibble Pate Patricia Fain Pate Mr. and Mrs. Chester W Pierce Stephen, Dusti, Lauren and Owen Prisock The Phil Rabun Family RACO General Contractors, Inc. Ann Reynolds nad Maston Griffin Johnny and Penny Reynolds Roy and Caroline Reynolds Trey, Melissa and Taylor Reynolds Dr. and Mrs. David H. Rozier Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Simmons Mr. and Mrs. G. Boone Smith III Mr. and Mrs. Larry E. Smith, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. James L. Solomon Southern Trust Insurance Company Ms. Betty Stewart Mr. and Mrs. J. Steven Stewart Stratford Academy Stratford Academy Alumni Association Stratford Academy Board of Trustees

Stratford Academy Booster Club Stratford Monday Night Basketball Group Mr. and Mrs. H. Jerome Strickland Ms. Marjorie M. Stricklin Mr. and Mrs. Mark Toth Judge and Mrs. Marc T. Treadwell Mr. and Mrs. Johnny C. Walker III Mr. J. Robert L. Weatherford Mr. and Mrs. James E. Weatherford Mr. and Mrs. James K. Williams Mr. and Mrs. James Wootan Mr. and Mrs. George E. Youmans, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew W. Young Dr. and Mrs. Edward H. Young Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Young Mr. H. Andrew Young in memory of Mr. William S. Gavin , Jr. Mrs. Mimi McCook Stratford Academy Alumni Association in memory of Mrs. Kathryn Baugh Graves Mr. and Mrs. Neil S. Creter Mr. and Mrs. Rusty Hilburn Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. McCook, Jr. in memory of Mrs. Heather Claxton Hampton Mr. and Mrs. Darryl Jones Ms. Katherine A. Jones Stratford Academy Alumni Association in memory of Mrs. Joyce Hopkins Harper Mr. and Mrs. Darryl Jones Ms. Lisa Lineberger Mr. and Mrs. Lee Lineberger Mr. and Mrs. James L. Solomon in memory of Mr. James R. Hester Mr. and Mrs. Rusty Hilburn in memory of Mrs. Leslie Hodges Mr. and Mrs. Rusty Hilburn Mr. and Mrs. Lee Lineberger Mr. and Mrs. James L. Solomon

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Overlook Planned Giving Society The Overlook Society is composed of an elite group of Stratford supporters who have carried out their desire to provide for the school with planned giving or an estate gift: Mr. Loyd H. Black Tammy and Charlie Cantrell Dr. Ashley C. Davis Mr. and Mrs. David F. Green, Sr. Mr. Charles N. Koplin Mrs. Jennifer Koplin Mrs. Jennie Davis Lombardo Learn about planned giving opportunities for Stratford at www.stratford.org/ plannedgiving. If you have made arrangements for Stratford to be included in your estate plans or otherwise, the school would like to include you in our planned giving society. Please contact Kathleen Medlin, Director of Institutional Advancement, at (478) 477-8073 ext. 210 or kathleen.medlin@ stratford.org for more information.

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Memorials, continued

Be a Part of Stratford Academy’s Future Planned giving is finding ways to make charitable gifts now or after your lifetime while enjoying financial benefits for yourself today. Sometimes it’s difficult to be charitable when the future is uncertain — after all, your family comes first. But there is a way to make a significant gift that takes into account tax-saving strategies and income-producing assets.

These types of gifts are planned gifts.

While the primary purpose of a planned gift is to help the charitable cause of your choice, its secondary purpose may be for you to enjoy the personal financial or family benefits that certain plans can provide you. Planned gifts can be made now to immediately support our needs, or they can be enacted upon your death as a final way to leave your legacy.

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in memory of Ms. Joy Hulgan Mr. and Mrs. Neil S. Creter Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Ellison, Jr. Mrs. Stacey Creter Kane Mr. Andrew S. Moring

in memory of Dr. Sam McGaughey Dr. and Mrs. William W. Baxley, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Rusty Hilburn Mr. and Mrs. Darryl Jones Stratford Academy Alumni Association

in memory of Mr. Frank Jamison Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery L. Avant

in memory of Mr. John “Billy” Meeks Mrs. Jane S. Johnston

in memory of Mrs. Jane Manbeck Kauffman Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. McCook, Jr.

in memory of Dr. Ernest Moore Mr. and Mrs. John McNeill IV

in memory of Mr. Michael L. Kennedy Stratford Academy Alumni Association

in memory of Mr. Don Morrow Dr. and Mrs. William W. Baxley, Jr.

in memory of Mr. Richard Maddux Mr. and Mrs. M. Baxter Sowell, Jr.

in memory of Summer Ione LaWahna Smisson Neel Dr. Michael A. Cowan Mr. and Mrs. Rusty Hilburn

in memory of Mrs. Bernadine Mbata Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Collins in memory of Mr. Tommy McCook Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery L. Avant Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Cantrell III Dr. Anne C. (Muffy) Hanse Mr. and Mrs. George A. Hanse IV Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Hatcher, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Darryl Jones Mr. and Mrs. John McNeill IV Mrs. Barbara Peterson Dr. and Mrs. William L. Tift Mr. and Mrs. John B. White, Sr.

in memory of Ashley Benton Parker Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery L. Avant Dr. and Mrs. William W. Baxley, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas Carter II Mrs. Mimi McCook Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. McCook, Jr. Stratford Academy Alumni Association in memory of Mr. John B. Peterson, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy K. Adams Dr. and Mrs. William W. Baxley, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Rusty Hilburn

Mr. and Mrs. W. Stephens Lamb, Jr. Mrs. Mimi McCook Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. McCook, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Neil L Pruitt, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Bert F. Thompson Dr. and Mrs. William L. Tift in memory of Mr. Roger A. Phillips Stratford Academy Alumni Association in memory of Mr. Mike Poole Mr. and Mrs. James E. Weatherford in memory of Mr. Gary Paul Putnal Mrs. Jane S. Johnston in memory of Mrs. Viola Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery L. Avant in memory of Dr. William Cottles Shirley, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Shep Marsh in memory of Mrs. Peggy Sibley Mr. and Mrs. Rusty Hilburn

in memory of Henry Harding Tift, IV Dr. and Mrs. Jerome P. Tift Mr. and Mrs. Kevin A. Wangerin in memory of Mr. Elbert Gene Voss Mr. and Mrs. Neil S. Creter Mrs. Stacey Creter Kane Mr. Andrew S. Moring Ms. Marilyn Holton-Walker in memory of Mrs. Dorothy Wallace Mrs. Jane S. Johnston Mr. and Mrs. M. Baxter Sowell, Jr. in memory of Mrs. Mary Jean Yates Mr. and Mrs. Rusty Hilburn Dr. and Mrs. Richard B. Liipfert in memory of Mr. George E. Youmans, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery L. Avant Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Cantrell III Mr. and Mrs. William H. Greer, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Rusty Hilburn

in memory of Mrs. Betty Sweet Simmons Mr. and Mrs. V. James Adams, Jr. in memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Norris Smith Stratford Academy Alumni Association in memory of Mrs. Martha Thwaite Mr. and Mrs. George A. Hanse IV

‘Excellence Never Rests’ Campaign

The second phase of the Excellence Never Rests capital campaign was launched during the 2013-2014 fiscal year. With a goal of $4.5 million, this campaign represents the final piece of Stratford’s master campus plan: the addition of a new Lower School complex and repurposing the current Lower School facilities. Every division of the school will benefit from this campaign, as it includes additional facilities for our Upper and Middle School fine arts classes, athletic programs, Upper School academic programs and ASAP (after school/summer) programs.

“The Phase II project is one which will have a much broader reach and impact on the overall school than most campaigns. Not only is a new building being constructed, but an existing space is being completely revamped and repurposed,” said campaign co-chair Stewart Vernon ’98. “The overall project will relieve spatial constraints of many aspects of the school, allowing us to continue to grow and develop, from the arts to the lunch room to athletics to the after school program.”

The campaign leadership has been passionate and diligent about seeing this project through the initial silent phase, as well as guiding it into a successful public phase. To date, over $1.83 million has been raised toward the goal. “Julie and I signed on as co-chairs of the campaign because we believe that Stratford’s students, faculty and staff deserve these necessary improvements to our facilities so that

With an opening anticipated in 2016, the proposed Stratford Cantrell Lower School completes our school’s master campus plan and includes a repurposing of the current Lower School facility which benefits every student division. Campaign co-chairs, Julie and Tom McAfee ’86 and Shannon and Stewart Vernon ’98, as well as steering committee members have been secured for Phase II of the Excellence Never Rests capital campaign.

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Stratford Academy is grateful to these individuals, who have generously served as the Steering Committee for Phase II of this campaign: Julie and Tom McAfee ’86, Campaign Co-Chairs Shannon and Stewart Vernon ’98, Campaign Co-Chairs Jim Adams III ’87 Dr. Bill Argo ’72 Jeff Avant ’84 Martha Williams Berg ’70 Malcolm Burgess Bill Buzzell ’70

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Stratford remains the leader in education in Middle Georgia,” remarked co-chair Tom McAfee ’86.

The public phase of this campaign will begin in the fall with a kick-off celebration on Sept. 5 prior to the home football game. This phase will continue through the 2014-2015 school year with construction beginning in summer 2015. The new Lower School will open with the 2016-2017 school year.

Both Stewart and Tom credit Stratford with their own success and college preparation; therefore, as parents feel obligated that today’s students and teachers should have the appropriate facilities to help them experience their own achievements. “Stratford provided an education which was second to none,” said Stewart. “I want to make sure that now, as a parent, I can ensure the same experiences for my children at Stratford.”

Tom echoes those thoughts. “In the classroom, we were exposed to outstanding teachers who were excited about the subjects they taught. Outside the classroom, we had faculty and staff who were leaders and taught by example how we should conduct ourselves,” he said. “We chose Stratford for our daughters because we see the same strong attributes in the faculty and staff at Stratford today.”

Gifts for this campaign can be made by mail or online in honor or memory of a Stratford student, alumnus(a), faculty member, parent, grandparent or supporter. Naming opportunities are available beginning at the $25,000 level. Please visit www.stratford.org/ ENR2 for more information. For more information, contact Stratford Advancement Director Kathleen Medlin at Kathleen.medlin@ stratford.org or (478) 477-8073.

Bill Fickling III ’74 Angela Maddox Hicks ’76 Eric Hefner ‘83 Jaime Kaplan ’79 Chip Koplin ’82 Kathleen Cook Medlin ’88 Lori Landers Mitchell ’93 Jennifer Pope Courtney Forrester Swift ’98 Rob Wilkin Dr. Bob Veto

(Gifts as July 31, 2014)

Excellentia Society $500,000 and More Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Cantrell III

Dr. and Mrs. Joshua A. Perkel Mr. and Mrs. M. Baxter Sowell, Jr. Wells Fargo Educational Matching Gift Program

Overlook Society

$100,000-$249,000 Butler Automotive Group, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Marsh Butler, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. L. Morris Butler Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Butler Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Clark Mr. and Mrs. David E. Gibson Mr. and Mrs. J. Eric Hefner

$5,000-$9,999 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery L. Avant Mr. and Mrs. James A. Berg, Jr. Mr. G.R. Bethune, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene S. Hatcher, Jr. Ms. Jaime C. Kaplan Mr. and Mrs. Harold D. McSwain, Jr. Merck Company Foundation Microsoft Giving Campaign The JK Group Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Brandon A. Oren Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Sheridan Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Wade Thomas Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Veto Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilkin Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Wilkin, Jr.

Talons Society

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Libertas Society $250,000-$499,000 Mrs. Carolyn Townsend McAfee Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas McAfee III

Eagle Society

$50,000-$99,000 Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm S. Burgess, Jr. Mr. Robert S. Burgess Mrs. Betty Heard Mr. and Mrs. J. Blake Sullivan

Wings Society

$25,000-$49,999 Mr. and Mrs. V. James Adams, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. William V. Argo, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Reginald W. Buzzell II Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Hatcher, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Hatcher, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Hicks III Mr. Charles N. Koplin Mrs. Jennifer B. Koplin Mr. and Mrs. Eugene M. Maddux Dr. and Mrs. Wood D. Pope Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Phillips Swift, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart C. Vernon

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$10,000-$24,999 Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Amos, Jr. W. L. Amos, Sr. Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Brewer Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Brooks Mr. and Mrs. Dean C. Copelan, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Joshua Brian Glenn Dr. and Mrs. Mark E. Grossnickle Dr. and Mrs. C. Emory Johnson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Wade Ashley Kovacs Mr. and Mrs. John McNeill IV Mr. and Mrs. James Todd Mitchell

$2,500-$4,999 Dr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Brogdon, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John F. Castle Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Cleveland, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James Malcolm Cole III Dr. and Mrs. D. Scott Davis Mr. and Mrs. J. Jason Delves Mr. and Mrs. Steve Mann Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. McCue Mr. and Mrs. John R. Medlin, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Gregory A. Parker Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Warren Pope Mrs. Susan S. Rogers Mr. and Mrs. James Wootan

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$1,000-$2,499 Mr. and Mrs. William H. Anderson II Mr. and Mrs. David A. Bailey Bank of America Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William Charles Boswell III Mrs. Kyra L. Bragg Mr. Brian and Dr. Kelly K. Causey Mr. and Mrs. Matt Childers Mr. John P. Cole and Ms. Mary S. Donovan Mr. and Mrs. Neil S. Creter Mr. and Mrs. James H. Daws Dr. and Mrs. Mark E. Dorogy Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Eubanks Dr. and Mrs. Marcus C. Evans Dr. and Mrs. James B. Ferrari Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Dr. and Mrs. Brian Thomas Geary Mr. and Mrs. Emmitte H. Griggs Ms. Patricia C. Hayslip

Mr. Richard P. Maier Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Matson Mr. and Mrs. Phillip M. McGoldrick Mr. and Mrs. Howell W. Newton Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Palmer III Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Reynolds III Mrs. Phillipa C. Shoffner Mr. and Mrs. Grady A. Smith Ms. Marilyn Holton-Walker Mr. and Mrs. H. Andrew Young

Friend

Up to $999 Mrs. Diane M. Adams Anonymous AZPAC-Match Program Dr. and Mrs. Mark E. Barrow Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Bridges, Jr. Mr. Ross S. Bridges Mr. and Mrs. Raymond R. Bunker Mr. and Mrs. William D. Burton, Jr. Drs. Craig and Brenda V. Caldwell Dr. Athelene Carter Mrs. Mary Reid Carter Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Robert Chabot Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Collins Mr. and Mrs. James Dickey Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Elder Mr. and Mrs. G. Griff Ethridge, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Earl Farriba Mr. Wayne Flanders Mr. and Mrs. Rodger Fleming Ms. Kathy Fox Mr. and Mrs. Arthur A. Fredrickson Mr. Allen Free Mrs. Nancy Gordillo Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Greene Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Lucas Harrington Ms. Sylvia S. Haynie Ms. Madelyn M. Henderson Mr. and Mrs. William A. Henderson Mr. and Mrs. Martin L. Herndon Ms. Alexandra Hill Mr. and Mrs. James C. Hinson, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Howell Mr. Jeff Hubbard Ms. Lynn Hutto Mr. and Mrs. Jack G. Jennings Mr. and Mrs. Darryl Jones Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Judd Dr. Frank H. Katz and Ms. Sara Walcott Dr. and Mrs. S. Douglas Katz Mrs. Carol B. Lanier Mr. and Mrs. William H. Larsen Mr. Charles A. Lawson Mr. Dewayne Lawson and Dr. Bridget Trogden

Mr. Chris Loomis Mrs. Susan G. Marshall Mrs. Susan Hanberry Martin Mrs. Lynn H. Massey Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Mays Dr. and Mrs. George W. McCommon Mr. and Mrs. Brent A. McDaniel Mr. and Mrs. W. Brian McDavid Mr. Ben McLain Mr. and Mrs. John W. Meeks, Jr. Ms. Lindsey Morse Mr. and Mrs. Wayne C. Murray Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Myler Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Nicholson Ms. Lauren Parris Mr. and Mrs. Sarjit J. Patel Mr. and Mrs. Keith Peterson Mr. and Mrs. T. Cater Pierce Mr. and Mrs. George L. Pierson, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Pinkston, Jr. Mrs. Leigh Ratliff Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Reeves Mr. and Mrs. Robert Spencer Reeves, Jr. Mr. William M. Reynolds, Jr. Ms. Kailey R. Rhodes Mr. and Mrs. David H. Rozier Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Schorr, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Rader J. Sellers Ms. Kathryn E. Slocumb Mr. and Mrs. Connie W. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Ed Smith Mr. and Mrs. William A. Snow IV Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Solomon V Mr. and Mrs. Justin M. Spillers Mrs. Kelli Squires Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. Stecher, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Stephenson Dr. and Mrs. N. Brad Stevens, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. John E. Sweat Ms. Nancy Todd Ms. Melissa Toole Mr. and Mrs. H. Jeff Treadway Ms. Laura J. Voss Mr. and Mrs. John Paul Wade Ms. Shelli L. Wall Mr. and Mrs. Wesley J. Walthall Ms. Kaye G. Wansley Mrs. Jackie M. Waters Mr. and Mrs. H. Ronald Watson Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Watson III Mrs. Wanda F. Watson Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Winship Whitaker Mr. and Mrs. James K. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Woodcock

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This issue of the Stratford Magazine is dedicated to John Paul Gaddy –– friend, coach and teacher to Stratford students and families for 30 years.

John Paul Gaddy

November 19, 1966-July 19, 2014

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hirty years ago, John Paul Gaddy’s family moved to Macon from Texas. It was the summer before his senior year of high school and a difficult time for a teen to be making such a significant geographic change. He and brother James were enrolled at Stratford, and John Paul began playing basketball in the school gym with some other students. With his quick wit and agreeable personality, he immediately became a part of this close-knit group of friends. In his own words, John Paul would tell people that he came to Stratford his senior year and never left.

Even though the 1984-1985 varsity basketball team had a strong group of returning seniors, John Paul earned himself a place as one of the five starters. He played hard for Coach Grady Smith always being the consummate team player. The team made a run for the state title but fell short in a semi-final game against Mount de Sales. These memories were some of John Paul’s favorite stories of victory and defeat.

Following graduation, he left for Texas as a freshman at his beloved Texas Christian University. Even though he returned to Mercer University to complete his college education, John Paul was always an avid Horned Frog fan.

He came to Stratford as an assistant coach in 1988, which began his 27-year tenure at the school. He coached football, boys’ and girls’ basketball, baseball, taught civics/history and served as director of publications and director of admissions.

Students adored Coach Gaddy because he knew how to let each person know that he cared about their performance both on and off the fields. Parents loved Coach Gaddy because he was a man of integrity and taught their children by example. Fellow coaches and teachers appreciated John Paul for his passion for learning and coaching. Administrators knew that few individuals loved Stratford as much as he; his desire to see the school grow and excel was always evident.

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played a big part in the plans for the service.

He wanted it held in the Grady Smith Gymnasium. He wanted the speakers to be set up towards the visitors’ end of the court, for all remarks to be brief, and for everyone to enjoy Domino’s Pizza at a reception following.

After James Gaddy welcomed the 700+ guests in attendance, country singer Chely Wright sang John Paul’s favorite hymn, “How Great Thou Art”, followed by everyone singing the Stratford alma mater. His long-time friends and fellow coaches, Mark Farriba, Ed Smith and Grady Smith, each made remarks and shared “John Paul” stories. Each speaker had favorite moments to recall, but adjectives like passionate, humorous, dedicated, caring and smart were used to describe him.

At the reception following his Celebration of Life service, dozens of parents remarked that they initially came to Stratford because of John Paul Gaddy. To each prospective family, he projected an enthusiasm for learning and for the ideals of Stratford that was unmatched.

Stratford Academy will forever be indebted to John Paul Gaddy and all that he gave to our school. Few individuals openly loved Stratford as much as he did. As John Paul wished, memorial gifts were made to a fund that will provide a scholarship annually to the child of a Stratford faculty member. John Paul Gaddy will continue his life’s work of caring for the Stratford family with this legacy gift. John Paul Gaddy — always an Eagle!

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