CHANCELLOR SPAHN | DWIGHT TODAY
where he was Captain of their undefeated Men’s Tennis Ivy League championship team. He went on to obtain MA and PhD degrees in Comparative International Education from Oxford. Author of America and the International Baccalaureate, Blake has taught in classrooms in the US, UK, and Japan. In addition to founding Dwight’s preschool and kindergarten, he has had oversight of Dwight School London’s campus for the past 20 years. Blake co-founded BOOST (Building Opportunities on Student Talent), a non-profit designed to advance prospects for university students in Southern Africa, enabling them to contribute to their own countries’ development; and was a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Civic Leadership (ICL) to inspire and educate the next generation of young service leaders and social entrepreneurs to take positive action in their local and global communities. The award-winning, non-profit ICL provides funding, skills, and recognition needed to make the successful connection between passion and service — between ideas and real-world solutions. Kirk is also a founder of Dwight Global Online School, our campus in the cloud.
Kirk Spahn ’95, Founder and Chairman of ICL After graduating from Dwight, Kirk, a top junior tennis player, followed his father’s example by attending Dartmouth College, where he also played tennis and graduated with a BA. Kirk went on to earn an MA from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. In 2000, he launched The Institute for
Alden, 11 months ― the littlest Dwight cub ― lives with parents Kirk and Jen on the West Coast, yet they are on campus 6often for Dwight Global events and community celebrations.
The Fourth Generation: Little Lions Kyra ’23 and Ronin ’26 have the truly unparalleled opportunity to see their grandfather ― and both of their parents ― on the job across campus with Blake as Vice Chancellor and Maryll as the Associate Director of Admissions.
Could we see Kyra, Ronin, or Alden in leadership roles at Dwight in the future? We’ll have to wait and see!
CONNIE SPAHN THE WOMAN ALONGSIDE THE MAN The outdated nature of the idiom that dates back to the 1940s, “Behind every great man is a great woman,” is apparent. The woman who has stood alongside Stephen Spahn, Connie, for 50 years is a great example of how that notion was misguided from the very beginning! Born in Denver, Connie studied at the University of California at Berkeley, Columbia University, and Institut des Sciences Politiques in Paris. She and Stephen married young and set out together on a path of partnership in all things. They traveled the world while creating a home base for their family in New York City, with the growth and well-being of Dwight as central to their lives. For 20 of the last 50 years, Connie worked as Director of Admissions for our school. Beyond campus, she has long been a leader and philanthropist supporting a range of non-profits, including Population Action International (PAI) a think tank in Washington devoted to helping women around the world. Connie served as Chairman of PAI and is a lifetime Honorary Trustee of the American Museum of Natural History.
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