Two New Scholarships Are Among 22 Awarded By Nancy Berlier Two newly endowed scholarships were awarded for the first time in March as a freshman class of Summit scholars was welcomed to the Upper School. The Robert T. Hertzel ’81 Memorial Scholarship honors the memory of Rob Hertzel, a 1981 graduate whose insights and faith inspired countless readers of an online blog he wrote while battling cancer. He also inspired the 2012 boys’ basketball state championship team on which his son, Holden ’12, played. His daughter, Caroline, is a senior. His son, Robby, graduated in 2010. His scholarship will go to students who inspire those Above: This year’s recipients of named founder scholarships are, L to R, front row: Jaden Woodard, Sutton Eyer, Rukmini Pal, Ravin Alexander, Mackenzie Robinson, Elizabeth Bunte and Caulan Wallace. Middle row: Joseph Delamerced, Hali Clark, Alea Harris, Sydni Brooks and Alexa Santamarina. Back row: Diego Vallota, Catherine Marx, Niah Woods and Henry and Harrison Schertzinger. Not shown: Xavier Johnson, Solomon Cummings, Brennan Gick and Margaret Pilon. 46 Spring 2013-14
around them through their words and deeds, embrace lifelong learning and demonstrate a commitment to serving others. The Charles and MayBelle Barrett and John L. and Marian Leibold Scholarship pays tribute to a fourgeneration founding Summit family which dates back to May (Ryan) Barrett, a member of the class of 1896. The scholarship was created through the combined funds of two couples. One was the late Dr. Charles M. Barrett, who graduated from Summit’s eighth grade in 1926 and for whom the Barrett Cancer Center at the University of Cincinnati is named, and his late wife MayBelle (Finn) Barrett. The other fund was created by their daughter, Marian (Barrett) Leibold and her husband Dr. John L. Leibold, a Cincinnati radiologist. The Leibolds sent all four of their children to The Summit, and Mrs. Leibold is a former trustee and former Summit Parents Association president.