NEW TRUSTEES, EMERITUS ANNOUNCED
The following individuals will begin serving multi-year terms on the Hotchkiss Board of Trustees, effective July 1: Charles Ayres Jr. ’77, Robert Chartener ’76, P’18, Charles F. Gulden ’79, P’12, Elizabeth Hines ’93, Dr. Rebecca van der Bogert, and David B. Wyshner ’85. In addition, Forrest E. Mars Jr. ’49, P’77,’82, GP’09,’09,’11,’11,’14, long-serving trustee and former vice president of the Board, has been appointed an emeritus trustee.
HEAD OF SCHOOL SEARCH
Five Teachers Awarded Named Chairs
P H O T O G R A P H S : ( T O P ) J O N AT H A N D O S T E R ; ( B O T T O M ) W E N D Y C A R L S O N
Five longtime instructors were awarded faculty chairs by Dean of Faulty Tom Flemma and Head of School Kevin Hicks in April. In his remarks, Hicks said that the “School is so fortunate to have educators of such remarkable quality and character, and to have donors that make it possible for us to retain and nurture seasoned faculty.” English Instructor Chris Burchfield, hired in 1991, was presented with the L. Blair Torrey Jr. ’50 Chair in English, and Christy Cooper, also an English instructor, hired in 1988, was presented with The Huber G. Buehler Chair. Christy’s husband, John Cooper, hired in 1990, was presented with The Independence Foundation Chair #2. Spanish Instructor Ana Hermoso, hired in 1991, was presented with the The Audrey Meyer Mars Teaching Chair. The E. Carleton Granbery Teaching Chair was presented to Keith Moon. Hired in 1989, Moon is an English and Humanities instructor who has taught numerous courses at Hotchkiss.
Hotchkiss Celebrates Employees’ Service The Hotchkiss community gathered in May to honor and celebrate staff and faculty members who reached work anniversaries this year. In honoring those receiving recognition for five, ten, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, and even 40 years, Head of School Kevin Hicks said in his opening remarks that “to give a significant portion of one’s life to a school—to offer daily the colossal, unique energy that Plato had in mind when, in The Republic, he describes teaching as ‘the art of turning the soul’— this is both an act of courage and a testament of faith in the power of institutions to do good.”
As announced earlier, the Board of Trustees retained internationally-recognized executive recruiting firm Spencer Stuart to manage the search for the School’s 15th Head of School, and additionally appointed both the Search Committee and the Faculty-Staff Advisory Committee to support the process. In order to help provide focus on key leadership qualities and attributes needed to strengthen the community, the committees have met with faculty and staff in a series of campus meetings, and continue to gather feedback from students, parents, and alumni. Search updates and recent communications are available online: www.hotchkiss.org/abouthotchkiss/ head-of-school-search. All community members are invited to submit feedback regarding desired qualities and characteristics of the next Head, as well as to submit nominations to the Search Committee Chair Roger Smith at Rsmith@hotchkiss.org or to Spencer Stuart directly at HotchkissHead@spencerstuart.com.
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