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Summer 2015 From the Head of School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 For Alumni & Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 From the Archives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Annual Accreditation Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 New to the Board of Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Honoring Service to WFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Commencement and The Class of 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Planned Giving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Report on Philanthropy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 News from Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Class Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 In Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3 QUEST Service Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . inside back cover BOARD OF TRUSTEES Chair Vice Chair Treasurer Secretary Andrew J. Aerenson ’81 Jennifer G. Brady Karen-Lee Brofee Denise H. Chapman Brett D. Fallon Scott W. Gates ’80 Ellen L. Gay J. Harry Hammond Susan Janes-Johnson

Susan Kelley Dorothy Rademaker Christopher Buccini ’90 Russ Endo Omar A. Khan ’90 Christopher Lee ’82 Rosalind McCoy-Gardner Deborah Murray-Sheppard Laura K. Reilly Jocelyn Sutton Stewart ’82 David Tennent Harvey Zendt

Alumni Association Board Liaison

Thomas S. Scott ’70

Home & School Association Board Liaison

Debbie Pittenger

ADMINISTRATION Head of School Assistant to the Head of School Associate Head for Finance and Operations Assistant Head for Academics Head of Lower School Head of Middle School Head of Upper School Acting Director of Admissions and Financial Aid Director of Communications Director of Development Strategic Marketing Manager

Kenneth Aldridge Ann Cole William Baczkowski Michael Benner Annette Hearing Jonathan Huxtable Rebecca Zug Melissa Brown Tracey Quillen Carney ’80 Chad O’Kane Susan Morovati Finizio ’87

ALUMNI BOARD 2015-2016

Mission statement: Wilmington Friends, a Quaker school with high standards for academic achievement, challenges students to seek truth, to value justice and peace, and to act as creative, independent thinkers with a conscious responsibility to the good of all.

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Christopher Lee ’82, Clerk Matthew Lang ’08, Vice Clerk Melissa Fagan Billitto ’87 Stanita Clarke ’06 Amanda Corby Clauser ’00 Carolyn Gates Connors ’81 Alexandra Poorman Ergon ’77 Joseph Gutierrez ’07 Amy Curran Harper ’94 Raven Harris ’06

Joshua Klein ’98 Adrienne Monley ’02 Katharine Lester Mowery ’02 Raymond Osbun ’71 Kristin Dugan Poppiti ’03 Thomas Scott ’70 James Simon ’60 Martha Poorman Tschantz ’85 Nicole Caddell Wample ’03 Josiah Wolcott ’97

Professional photography by Billy Michels ’89, Elisa Komins Morris, Larry Kuhn, and Bill Lindsey; design/layout by Jacquelyn Quinn Dickey Please send any comments or corrections to info@wilmingtonfriends.org.

On the cover, graduates Margo Tschantz (daughter of Martha Poorman Tschantz ’85, granddaughter of Ellie Alexander Poorman ’53) and Claire Pearce (daughter of Mark Pearce ’84 and granddaughter of Isabel Brown Pearce ’48); this page, Tianqi Terrence Dai receives his diploma from Interim Head of School Bill Baczkowski and Head of Upper School Rebecca Zug.

From the Head of School Dear Friends, This June, I had the opportunity to attend my first Wilmington Friends School Final Assembly and Commencement. For me, the events complemented each other perfectly as a celebration of our graduates and of the meaning of Friends education.

At Final Assembly, we recognized the many tangible accomplishments and contributions of the Class of 2015—in academics and service, in athletics and the arts. But it was, of course, the student speakers chosen by their classmates, Martha O’Brien and Macon Sheppard, who served as especially discerning advocates for a group that was hard to label. Macon and Martha wanted all of us to appreciate the Class of 2015 for its individual spirit, for a distinctive boldness among their classmates in defining their own paths through Friends School.

At Commencement, we heard from Colleen Farrell ’04, a Quaker who joined the Marine Corps and who went on to sue the Department of Defense over issues of gender equality—certainly, defining her own path. And Colleen reminded our graduates and all of us that boldness of voice and action should be grounded by purpose, and that purpose should be grounded by values. “You can accomplish so much,” she said, “by just remembering your values and trying to live by them every day.”

As we chart the path forward for Friends School, we are committed to remembering our values every day. In preparing to open our new Global Learning Center, a net-zero project exemplifying the testimony of stewardship, we renew our sense of purpose—to prepare students to learn, work, and lead in the world of their future with a sense of responsibility to all. The renovations to our middle/upper school library and classrooms will support the collaborative, critical, and creative thinking that have always defined Friends education, with more meaningful design integration of 21st century tools. As we look to develop programs in response to our self-studies of the past two years, we will continue to build on our timeless foundation of Quaker values, which inspire, indeed require, us to look boldly and clear-eyed to the future.

And we are grateful to all members of this extraordinary community whose care and loyalty enable us to look to the future with such confidence. Thanks to each of you who has nurtured the purpose and values of Friends School, through our Future of Friends campaign and for so many years before. Special thanks to Bill Baczkowski, who completed his term as Interim Head on June 30, for providing leadership that allowed us not just to continue but to build momentum, and to the School’s faculty and staff who bring our mission to life every day.

Finally, thank you for the welcome that has been extended to my family and me. I look forward to meeting those of you I have not met and to deepening the partnership with students and colleagues, with alumni and current families, and with all friends of the School. We look forward to celebrating many commencements—beginnings in all their forms—yet to come.

In friendship,

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FOR ALUMNI & FRIENDS

From the Alumni Board Clerk Chris Lee ’82

2015 Alumni Awards Announced

Dear Friends,

Each year, the Wilmington Friends School Alumni Association presents recognitions for outstanding achievements and service. As representatives of all Friends alumni, our honorees exemplify the qualities of a Friends School graduate, including integrity, a commitment to serve others, and an active value of social justice.

On behalf of the Wilmington Friends School Alumni Association, I want to extend congratulations to the Class of 2015. We are so happy to welcome you to the alumni community and look forward to celebrating future milestones with you. Best of luck as you begin the next chapter after WFS, and please keep in touch!

As the new Clerk of the Alumni Board, I am very excited for the upcoming year. There is so much going on at Friends School. Construction on the Global Learning Center (GLC) has been completed, and the renovations to the middle/upper school library, the Ira T. Ellis ’52 Design Lab, and third floor classrooms will be finished in time for the start of the 2015-16 school year. On Sunday, September 20, the School will host a grand opening of these newest facilities in conjunction with the annual Home and School Association Picnic. We will also have the opportunity to officially welcome our new Head of School, Ken Aldridge. We hope you can join us on campus.

If you can’t make it on September 20, I hope you can attend Homecoming on October 30-31. Each year during Homecoming, the Alumni Board is honored to recognize a few alumni who are “letting their lives speak.” We present awards for Distinguished Alumnus/a, Outstanding Service, and Young Alumnus/a. I am pleased to announce the 2015 Alumni Award Recipients: Distinguished Alumnus Award: Jack Porter ’52 Outstanding Service Award: Meg Gehret Erskine ’83 Young Alumnus Award: Sam Finkelman ’10 We will celebrate our honorees on Friday, October 30, during the All Alumni and True Blue Donor reception. This event has continued to grow each year and is a great opportunity to see the School and its many changes, to catch up with old friends and meet new ones, or cheer on the Quakers as our team takes on Tatnall in volleyball. More details about Homecoming can be found on our website at wilmingtonfriends.org/homecoming2015.

We hope to see you at an event on campus this fall. I am looking forward to serving the Alumni Association as Clerk of the Alumni Board, and I am eager to meet many of you throughout the year.

Sincerely, Chris Lee ’82

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Distinguished Alumnus of the Year 2015 — Jack Porter ’52 Jack Porter is commonly spotted on the sidelines of WFS basketball and lacrosse games, cheering on his granddaughters, Brooke ’15 (who will continue to play lacrosse in college) and Katrina ’20. In addition to being a loving and supportive grandfather, Jack is also known as an extraordinary citizen and person, committed to bettering society through his professional and community leadership.

Jack started working at Jack Porter ’52, far right, at Basketball Delaware Trust Company Senior Night with granddaughter Brooke as a bank teller and rose to Winfield ’15, daughter Nina Porter President in 20 years. He Winfield ’79, and Nina’s husband, Jamie. then served as the Chairman and CEO from 1988 until his retirement in 1997. During the course of his banking career, he served as Chairman of the Delaware Bankers Association and as Chairman of the Political Action Committee of the American Bankers Association. Outside of his professional commitments to Delaware Trust, Jack was active in several business and community organizations including the Delaware Business Roundtable, Christiana Care, The Grand Opera House, Winterthur Museum and Gardens, and the Nemours Foundation, an organization with which he has been involved, in a variety of capacities, for 45 years.

Jack has been the recipient of many prestigious awards, including the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce’s Josiah Marvel Cup, awarded to a Delawarean who has made an outstanding contribution to the state, community, or society; Nemours’ Inspiration Award; and the NSFRE Philanthropy Day Award for Outstanding Corporate Leadership.

Jack looks back on his WFS experience fondly, and still values the Quaker ideals and strong sense of community and loyalty he felt as a student.

When discussing why he gives back to Friends School and to the community, spoken like a true loyal alumnus, he says, “If not me, then who?”

Outstanding Service Award 2015 — Meg Gehret Erskine ’83 For the past 28 years, Meg Gehret Erskine has been giving back to Friends School. Meg’s involvement as an alumna began after her class’ fifth year reunion, when she became Class Agent, a role she still enjoys today. Talk to anyone in the Class of ’83, and they will quickly mention Meg’s tireless commitment to keep their class connected to each other and the School. Meg was also a member of the Alumni Board for many years, including two terms as President. To further demonstrate her commitment to WFS, she accepted the position of President

Meg Gehret Erskine ’83 with son Jake ’15 at Commencement.

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HOMECOMING 2015 www.wilmingtonfriends.org/homecoming2015

literally right after her oldest daughter was born. Meredith was born in August, and Meg began her term in September!

She then served a three-year term as the Alumni Board Liaison to the Board of Trustees, and then formally became a Trustee, a role she enjoyed for nine years.

During her time volunteering for Friends School, she has been involved with several capital campaigns, as well as the Annual Fund, encouraging the WFS community to support the School.

Not only has Meg been actively involved with WFS, but she has also volunteered with many other organizations in the Wilmington area. Meg worked in the money management business for nine years before retiring to stay home to raise her four children and focus on community service.

She has held leadership positions with the Junior League of Wilmington, was a member of the Afternoon Dance Class Committee; she has served on the Board of the Delaware Center for Horticulture; and she was an original chair of the Friends of Helen F. Graham Cancer Center.

She currently is a Christiana Hospital Trustee and President of Alapocas Maintenance Corporation. Meg is also a member of the Wilmington Country Club and served on the House Committee and serves on the Tennis Committee. She also recently joined the Board of the Cancer Support Community Delaware (CSCDE).

Meg is part of a long legacy of Friends graduates. Both her mother and father attended WFS, as did her brother and sisters; and Meg has continued the tradition with her own children.

She is a parent of two alumni (Classes of 2013 and 2015), and is a current parent (Classes 2018 and 2021). Speaking of her children’s experience at Friends, she says, “I think they would agree that the important things about Friends are the faculty, education, athletics, and lasting friendships, all in the context of Quaker values and principles.”

Friday, October 30, 2015

Sam Finkelman ’10 during his Fulbright year in Russia.

Young Alumnus of the Year 2015 — Sam Finkelman ’10

By Peyton Beard ’14, Alumni Office Intern

At a time when the relationship between the United States and Russia is tense, Wilmington Friends alumnus Sam Finkelman serves as a cultural ambassador. He just spent a year, as a Fulbright Scholarship recipient, working as a teacher in Siberia. (Read an interview with Sam about his experiences in Russia on page 60.)

Sam’s fascination with Russian literature, language, and culture began years before he started teaching in Siberia.

He credits Friends English teachers Katy Kenney and Jake Rashkind with helping him to discover his interest, and points to the Peace, Justice, and Social Change class as part of what inspired his awareness of living in a “global village.” He still values the moral emphasis that was taught in each class at Friends, which he says has assisted him in his travels and interactions abroad.

(Sam also spent a semester in Spain participating in a farming program.)

Sam, who is fluent in Russian, taught juniors and seniors in the Department of Linguistics and International Communication at the Siberian Federal University in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. He also helped at English camps, taught guest lessons at private English schools for students of various ages, and participated in an assortment of conferences.

Sam’s time overseas hasn’t always been easy, but he said his participation in football and wrestling at Friends taught him that, “the most rewarding and fulfilling things in life are never the easiest.”

Sam is enrolled in a one-year Master’s Program in Russian & Eastern European Studies at the University of Amsterdam, starting in late August, to further pursue his “career region” of Russian language and literature, whether it be in academia, for international relations and diplomacy, for a non-profit, or as a journalist.

11:30am, The DuPont Country Club: 50th + Reunion and 1748 Society Luncheon To Celebrate Classes of 1965, 1960, 1955, 1950, 1945, 1940, 1935 and 1748 Society Members.

5:00pm, West Gym: Volleyball vs. Tatnall School JV at 5:00pm followed by Varsity.

6:30pm, Middle/Upper School Library: True Blue and All-Alumni Reunion, With Alumni Awards and Art Show

Saturday, October 31, 2015 8:00am-2:30pm: Homecoming Service Project Collection of non-perishable foods, personal hygiene and baby-care products, and new or gently used winter outerwear, blankets, and towels, to benefit The Ministry of Caring.

8:30am, front of Middle/ Upper School building: Smith McMillan 5K Run/Walk Celebrating the event’s 20th anniversary!

10:00am: Field Hockey vs.

St. Andrews School Varsity at 10:00, followed

by JV. 10:00am-2:00pm: Lower School Service Bake Sale 11:30am-2:00pm, Homecoming Tent: Lunch!

All welcome.

12:00pm, Mellor Field: Soccer vs. Smyrna Varsity at 12:00, followed

by JV. 12:00pm-2:00pm: Self-guided tours of the MS/US Campus See the new facilities! Tours begin in front of the Jones House.

12:00pm-2:00pm, West Gym: Kids’ Corner Activities 2:00pm: Varsity Football vs.

St. Andrews Halftime Show by 4th-8th grade bands 8:00pm: Upper School Homecoming Dance Evening reunions off campus for all classes ending in “0” or “5” arranged by class agents and volunteers.

10:00am, Middle/Upper School Meeting Room: 15+ Meeting for Worship Honoring current and past faculty/ staff with 15 or more years of service to WFS and reunion classes ~ all welcome.

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FOR ALUMNI & FRIENDS

Alumni Families The Class of 2015 included 13 children of alumni, seven of whom are also grandchildren of alumni.

Jackie Aerenson

Daughter of Bob Aerenson ’79

Travis Aerenson

Son of Andy Aerenson ’81

Jimmy Carney

Son of Tracey Quillen Carney ’80 Grandson of the late Marcia Stirling Quillen ’56 and Bill Quillen ’52

Claire Pearce and Patrick Pearce

Children of Mark Pearce ’84 Grandchildren of Isabel Brown Pearce ’48

Clay Scott

Son of Betsy Lord Scott ’70 and Tom Scott ’70

Margo Tschantz

Daughter of Martha Poorman Tschantz ’85 Granddaughter of Ellie Alexander Poorman ’53

Brooke Winfield

Scott Davis

Daughter of Nina Porter Winfield ’79 Granddaughter of Jack Porter ’52 and the late Ann Mayfield Porter ’54

Jake Erskine

Alumni with children newly enrolled for the 2015-16 school year:

Drew Conner

Son of Mark Conner ’83 Son of Susan Tattersall Davis ’84 and Bob Davis ’83 Son of Meg Gehret Erskine ’83 Grandson of John Gehret ’51 and the late Amanda Spackman Gehret ’51

Molly Harper

Daughter of Amy Curran Harper ’94 and Rick Harper ’91 Granddaughter of Dick Harper ’60

Jeff Hollingsworth

Son of Pete Hollingsworth ’77 Grandson of Dave Hollingsworth ’45

Logan O’Brien

Son of Matt O’Brien ’81

Katherine Goemaat

Brown ’02 Traci Friess Clark ’81 Tracy Dam and

Hung Dam ’91 Rachelle Wright Fletcher ’95 Meredith Jones Joppa ’00 Omar Khan ’90 Erik Opderbeck ’91

(two children) Christopher Rowland ’95 Brian Tallman ’88 Martha Poorman

Tschantz ’85 Kristen Greene Ursomarso ’86 The enrollment of alumni children for 2015-16 is currently 96 students, approximately 14% of total enrollment.

Brendan Conner ’13, Drew Conner ’15, and Mark Conner ’83.

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Tracey Quillen Carney ’80, Jimmy Carney ’15, and John Carney.

Andy Aerenson ’81 and Travis Aerenson ’15.

Right, Jackie Aerenson ’15 with her justreceived diploma.

Susan Tattersall Davis ’84, Scott Davis ’15, and Bob Davis ’83.

Below, Clay Scott ’15 with classmate Amanda Ramos ’15.

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Logan O’Brien ’15, right, with classmate Ben Para ’15.

Below center, Molly Harper ’15, left, with classmate Martha O’Brien ’15.

Jake Erskine ’15 with Interim Head of School Bill Baczkowski and Head of Upper School Rebecca Zug. (See photos of Jake with his mother, Meg Gehret Erskine ’83, on pages 2 and 17.)

Jeff Hollingsworth ’15 on his way to the podium for his diploma.

Brooke Winfield ’15, right, with classmate Hana Arai ’15.

Margo Tschantz ’15 with Bill Baczkowski.

Mark Pearce ’83, Claire Pearce ’15, Lisa Pearce, and Patrick Pearce ’15.

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—WFS Archive Aims— And One Particular Archive Search

By Terence Maguire WFS Archivist During the last four years, goals for the Friends School archives have involved, among other things: • creating exhibits of historical perspective on WFS history, such as the 75th anniversary of the opening of the Alapocas campus; • digitizing photos, programs, audio-, and videotapes to preserve them for at least the near future; • reorganizing material to make searches more accessible (e.g., archival boxes and binders of theater programs from 1902-2014); • writing articles for this publication to show glimpses of Friends School history; but perhaps more than anything else, • processing the many years of backlogged material sitting in boxes on the archive floor.

In June, 2011, there were twentysomething boxes crammed with photos, clippings, correspondence, posters, videos, slides, sweat socks (honest!), school records, and so on. The very first box tackled contained many photos of students from 1980-81 school year—this writer’s first year at Friends. After a year and a half, many more boxes emerged from what was called the “vault,” a dungeon-like space in the library basement. These new boxes contained many musty and mildewed records that should not have been kept with the rest, and so many boxes of material—curricular description, school openings—had to be Xeroxed, the copies kept and the originals disposed of.

At times the process seemed like the parable of fishes and loaves. However, with the help of other volunteers, this winter, the end was in sight. ******************************** In one of the last five boxes was a packet of rather old pictures of very young lower schoolers. The photos were of a tiny format—2” x 3”, some a bit larger.

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The kids were adorable, and there was a poignancy to the idea that they must now, if alive, be quite elderly indeed. So who were these tykes?

The first stop was to a man who is of their age: Bob Donaghy, Class of 1945, one of the most knowledgeable persons about Friends School history*. It was difficult for Bob to see the many little people grouped in these miniscule snapshots, but in fact, he had a copy of one larger one himself, with IDs, given to him by classmate Wills Passmore. Bob shared much that most of us didn’t know before: for example, that along the Fourth Street fence of the old Meeting House, Christmas trees were sold each year, and the wonderful shot here is of these youngsters bringing a tree back to their classroom at the Fourth and West school.

Next met was Tom Marshall ’41, and he was able to conjecture a few other IDs, but the size of the photos made certainty unclear. A painfully obvious step then occurred to this writer: scan and enlarge the photos so that aging eyes (including these own) could examine them more carefully. Samples were sent out to others who graduated in the early-mid 1940s: Dick Heald ’46, Howard Starkweather ’44, and Rod Teeple ’45. (Rod indicated that he had arrived in fifth grade and couldn’t identify these from 5-6 years earlier.)

Interestingly, in another of the archive floor boxes, a note was found from a Mr. Tom Maddux to Bill Quillen ’52

and Marcia Stirling Quillen ’56, referring to some photos of little kids at Friends School that he had sent the Quillens to be shared with our archives. The note and the photos had apparently been separated. It seems that the teacher pictured in some of them was Tom Maddux’s mother, Margaret Beck, who taught kindergarten from 1930-33.

The little ones were indeed kindergartners. Once located, Tom Maddux said he had found these photos among his mother’s things after she passed away.

Dick Heald ’46 and Howard Starkweather ’44 at Kendal at Longwood looked at enlarged versions of photos on a laptop. Dick recognized several, including himself in the cowboy outfit shown in one photo, as well as Daniel Hasting, Fagan Simonton, and others in a snowy playground scene. Then, because Rod Teeple has shared the digital images with him, Carl Schumacher ’45 wrote to confirm the information that Wills and Bob Donaghy had given: “Christmas trees were sold along the Meeting fence on 4th St. Our assignment was to select a tree.” Carl offered the following caption for the tree photo: “Left to right - Carl Schumacher (short pants and snappy socks), Matt Pierson, Debbie Allen, Wills Passmore, Jean Bacchus, Dave Hollingsworth, Jimmy White, and way back -?-Jean Stillman, Bob Clark -?. About half of these hung around for graduation in ’45. Some finished school elsewhere. None can forget Friends at 4th and West.”

At any rate, here are a few other photos from this collection: kids at play on gym equipment at the Meeting House yard, lined up for pictures on the Meeting House lawn with Washington Street homes in the background, little ones along West Street with flower baskets (perhaps from the Flower Market, for Mother’s Day?), Halloween costume shots.

For members of the class of 1945, those likely portrayed in the photos, Homecoming 2015 will occasion their 70th Reunion. Perhaps there we can find more identifications of these little ones of 193233. If any of you can help, but cannot attend Homecoming this October, please email tmaguire@wilmingtonfriends.org to see all of the photos, and you will receive a link to the Google.docs file (far too large to print here). *********************** As it turns out, the last few of those archive floor boxes were fully processed just before the library balcony archive space was officially closed for good. The Friends School archives have now moved to a nicely appointed space in the basement—rather isolated but quite functional. We hope this new archive space will continue to enable the School’s past to inform and inspire its present and future, at this stirring time of expanded and renovated spaces—the new theater, the Neff Gym, the Global Learning Center—and exciting new leadership.

Any member of the school community who wishes to visit the new archive space would be most welcome. Contact information is above. * A sad note: Bob Donaghy, that exceptional source of institutional memory and devotion to Friends School and its history, passed away on May 13. He will be sorely missed. A tribute to Bob will follow in a future publication.

This page & oppsoite, photos described in this article from 1932-33 of kindergarten students at the Fourth & West Street original Friends School campus.

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New to the Board of Trustees Annual Accreditation Update As recent accreditation updates have noted, in 2012, Wilmington Friends gained membership in the Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools (PAIS); several Delaware independents schools have taken the same step. We joined PAIS because it focuses solely on independent school education, in providing both accreditation and professional development programs, and because so many of our Quaker-colleague schools are in Philadelphia and belong to this organization as well. We are now fully engaged in our first PAIS accreditation process, using standards that are also recognized by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, our previous accrediting body.

Over the past year, we completed the selfstudy phase of our application, and our self-study report and supporting documents are scheduled to be submitted to PAIS this summer. Overseen by a school steering committee, teams of faculty/staff members wrote sections of the report, focused on the 25 PAIS standards. These standards call for the School to examine areas such as program, governance, personnel, facilities, and health and safety. As we had hoped, our previous Appreciative Inquiry (AI) process—which included students, parents, alumni, and faculty/staff, and focused on teaching and learning at Friends—gave us a head start. AI helped us to identify strengths, challenges, and opportunities for growth in our programs serving students. PAIS accreditation calls for the School to report just such strengths, challenges, and opportunities in our self-study.

In November, a PAIS visiting team, comprised of administrators and teachers from PAIS schools, will spend three days at Friends, observing classes, meeting with members of every School constituent group, and examining all aspects of the School’s operations. This team will then submit its own report to PAIS. Members of the PAIS Commission on Accreditation will examine and discuss both the School’s self-study and the report of the visiting team, and then make a recommendation regarding accreditation to the PAIS board of directors. The board will make the final determination regarding WFS accreditation by PAIS, with a recommendation to Middle States for its accreditation as well.

Thank you for your support of this process.

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Many thanks to our Trustees who retired as of June 2015, Dan Klein and Tom Connelly. Dan and Tom brought tremendous intellect, expertise, and dedication to the Board, and their many contributions will continue to serve the School for years to come.

And welcome, with thanks, to our new Trustees, Karen-Lee Brofee, Chris Lee ’82, and Rosalind McCoy-Gardner; to our new Alumni Association Board Liaison, Tom Scott ’70; and to our new Home & School Association Liaison, Debbie Pittenger. Chris and Rosalind have both served the Board previously in liaison roles. Chris is the parent of an alumna, Delaney Lee ’14, and a rising junior, Christopher, and Rosalind and her husband, George, are parents of three rising seniors (yes, triplets).

Karen-Lee Brofee is new to the Board.

Karen is a retired public school administrator and teacher, having served more than 40 years in Pennsylvania and Maryland as a high school English teacher, elementary guidance counselor, elementary and secondary principal, director of curriculum and instruction, assistant superintendent, and superintendent. Karen is currently the Clerk of London Grove Friends Meeting, where she has been very active on a wide range of committees—as was her late husband, Jim—for 40 years. Karen has served on the boards of the Brandywine Valley Association; the County Commissioners Advisory Board for Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco; the Economic Development Commission of Somerset County (MD); and the Local Management Board of Somerset County.

Alumni Association Board Liaison Tom Scott is a software developer and graduate of Haverford College. Tom and his wife, Betsy ’70, are the parents of a Class of 2015 graduate and a rising senior.

For many years, Tom managed the Global Missions team at Christ Church, which built the first high school in Batey Jalonga in the Dominican Republic.

Friends students regularly participate in Jalonga mission trips. Tom is on the boards of the Kennett Pike Association, Wilmington Garden Day, and Friendship House, and through his development company, works closely with hundreds of area non-profits.

Home & School Association Board Liaison Debbie Pittenger is a former teacher and graduate of Miami University (Ohio). She and her husband, Michael, are the parents of a rising senior

and a rising freshman. Debbie has served in numerous leadership roles, formal and informal, in Home & School, including co-president, class representative, and divisional coordinator. In 2012, she cochaired The Auction for Friends. Debbie also serves on the board for The Christmas Shop Foundation.

New Administrative Roles Melissa Brown has been appointed as Acting Director of Admissions and Financial Aid. Melissa, who is a graduate of Germantown Friends School and holds a B.S. from the Boston University School of Education, has been at Friends for 15 years, serving as Associate Director of Admissions and Financial Aid. Dick Kittle will become the Director of Athletics; he served as Acting AD for most of the 2014-15 school year. Dick has been at Friends since 1975 and holds a B.A. and M.Ed. from the University of Delaware. He previously taught middle school (mostly eighth grade) history and social science, and coached a number of sports in both middle and upper school.

New to Wilmington Friends is Mike Benner, who started July 1 as Assistant Head of School for Academics (succeeding Ken Aldridge).

Mike has been at the Milton Hershey School for the past New Assistant 12 years, workHead of School for ing in a variety of Academics Mike positions including Benner. co-coordinator of K-12 assessment and data analysis and, most recently, preK-12 science curriculum supervisor. He also serves as a senior program advisor and faculty member at the Smithsonian Science Education Center.

Mike earned a B.S. in biology from Shippensburg University, an M.S. and Ph.D in Plant Breeding: Cytogenics from the University of Minnesota, and an M.S. in School Leadership from the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to Milton Hershey, Mike worked at The University of the Sciences in Philadelphia and at Rider University in Lawrenceville, NJ.

Thank You, Home and School Association!

The 2014-15 Home & School Association, led by co-presidents Janine Saber and Tara Agne, coordinated more volunteer efforts, events, and community-building fundraisers than we can list. From the opening picnic to the teacher-appreciation events, from the Quaker Closet and the Used Book Sale to the Parents for Multiculturalism Potluck and so much more, Association volunteers brought immeasurable spirit and valued—indeed, essential—practical support to our school community.

Of the funds raised by Home & School this past year, $12,500 was donated to the Annual Fund, designated in part to help renovate the Reggio Emilia classrooms at lower school and to outfit the new Middle School Design Lab. Please visit all of our new and renovated facilities when you are on campus in the fall—with thanks to our Home & School Association volunteers and supporters who continue to make so much possible for Friends School.

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Joyous entertainment at the Parents for Multiculturalism Potluck Dinner, and great deals and good friends in the Quaker Closet.

Save the Date: Sunday, September 20, 2015, 12:00-2:00pm Home & School Picnic and Open House

Including—

~ An opportunity to meet new Head of School Ken Aldridge ~

A chance to tour the new Global Learning Center, Ira T. Ellis, Jr. ’52 Design Lab (upper school), the renovated Library, and new Middle School Design and Flex Labs and language classrooms

~ Activities for children ~ Lunch provided ~ And more!

The Global Learning Center will be open for tours on September 20.

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Honoring Service to WFS Families and colleagues present and past gathered to pay tribute to members of the Wilmington Friends faculty and staff who retired, after many years of service to Friends and the field of education, at the end of the 2014-2015 school year. Interim Head of School Bill Baczkowski paid tribute to each retiring friend; and Darcy Rademaker, Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees, added her thanks to Bill—and to the entire faculty and staff—for the many successes of the past year.

Excerpts from Bill’s tributes to the honorees, in order of length of tenure:

Adrian Burston, Dean, Sixth Grade History/Social Science Adrian has been a teacher, and more, at Wilmington Friends for 36 years. But it is impossible to put into numbers, or Adrian Burston (in white shirt) with family into words for that and friends gathered to pay tribute to his matter, the impact 36-year career at WFS. he has had on so many lives—especially by virtue of his tireless enthusiasm for, as our colleagues say, “the beauty and the beasts we know as middle schoolers.” Adrian puts everything he has into his work, his team, his advisees, and his classes. The marks of a job well done are evident all over his body—from a booming laugh, to a shirt soaked in perspiration (or from washing cars), to a smiling greeting at midnight at the local Y, an encouraging “You can do it!” shouted to a knee-knocking rock climber, and a warm “Hello!” that would make any person—child or adult—feel just a little less awkward and a lot more welcomed. Adrian, on behalf of all of the people whose lives you have touched and inspired with your Welsh directness, your avuncular guidance, and your willingness to venture, thank you. Thank you for venturing into our lives and worlds. They are better and brighter as a result.

Jane Goldberg, Kindergarten Jane taught kindergarten at Friends for 26 years, and served at Friends for a total of 28 years. She has been magical, both for the children in her classroom and for their families. Jane is a believer—and was before it was fashionable—in the role of play in learning, especially in children’s development of curiosity, creativity, and conflict resolution skills. She never met a child she didn’t love. And the children loved her and her classroom filled with “tricky papers,” blocks and more blocks, and a menagerie of guinea pigs.

Mimi Otto, Assistant to the Lower School Librarian Mimi has 25 years of service at Friends. She was a wizard at matching children with books they would love, and she kept literally thousands of books organized and moving through the circulation system—a Herculean task. Mimi worked with teachers in kindergarten through second grade to integrate curricula with lessons and read-alouds in the library. She was often the first person in the building in the morning, getting the library system up and running so that it would be available to children as soon as they arrived.

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Peter Wenigmann, Scott Rhodewalt, Kathy Hopkins, and Adrian Burston were among those celebrated at a retirement party in early June.

Peter Wenigmann, Coordinator for Accreditation and Institutional Planning As Head of Lower School for 13 years, Peter helped to establish a calm, inviting, and spirit-centered environment. He saw the good in everyone: teachers, students, and parents. Peter respected his teachers and reflected to them that they were capable, knowing, and kind; and as a result, they grew in both their capacities and their confidence. Peter was a master at balancing faculty independence with support and guidance, and his patience as an active listener was legendary. In his subsequent roles, as Assistant Head for Academics and Coordinator for Accreditation and Institutional Planning, Peter took on a burden of organizational leadership for the entire school—and we will always be in his debt. We’re glad you will still be around occasionally as part of the family, Peter, thank you for everything.

Sue Scott, Lower School Learning Coordinator Sue has served for 18 years at Friends. She began her career here as an associate teacher and long-term sub, and then moved into lead teaching positions in third grade and in our former thirdfourth grade vertical classroom. Sue was a 3rd/4th/5th grade team coordinator, and then served as the lower school learning coordinator. This year, Sue also taught a section of fifth grade language arts. Beyond the impressive number of hats Sue has worn, and worn well, at Friends, we appreciate her as a compassionate listener for parents; as a wonderful resource for teachers; and as an invaluable member of both the student support and admissions teams in the lower school. Sue is also a parent of alumni and an active member of Wilmington Monthly Meeting.

We look forward to her continued association with Friends.

Kathy Hopkins, Director of Admissions Kathy has worked for the past 17 years in our admissions office. But her connection to the school began earlier, when she and her husband made the same decision that Kathy has been inspiring others to make ever since; they enrolled their children at Friends. As a parent, Kathy soon became one of the School’s best professional volunteers, including her service as co-president of the Home & School Association. It didn’t take long to realize that we should make Kathy’s professional service official, and she began her career in the Admissions office in 1998. Kathy is about to complete her 15th year as the Director of Admissions and Financial Aid. She has been, along with her admissions colleagues, literally, the first face and voice of the school for a generation of Friends families. By my math, Kathy has had a major role in enrolling more than 1800 students, including all of our current students. During her tenure, the

enrollment of students of color went from 14% to 25%, which was both a goal established by the Board of Trustees and a personal priority for Kathy.

In retirement, Kathy will be spending more time with family, including and especially her granddaughter. Thank you, Kathy.

Scott Rhodewalt, History/Social Science The Rhodewalt family’s commitment to Quaker education is both deep and, truly, global. Before coming to Wilmington Friends in 2001, Scott taught history and had administrative responsibilities at West Nottingham Academy, George School, Hong Kong International School, and MediaProvidence Friends. Beyond our own community’s praise for and thanks to Scott, we can point to a very credible outside expert, the renowned educator Peggy McIntosh. After watching Scott at work in the classroom, Peggy described his lessons as “daringly taught.” Another of her astute assessments was that “Scott Rhodewalt is a teacher whom his students just never forget.” As part of his overlapping work with Peggy and with us at Friends, Scott facilitated our faculty SEED [Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity] groups and was an advocate for equity and diversity in many other roles, formal and informal, as well. In his teaching and his endeavors beyond school, including his leadership roles with Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Scott has let his life speak to his values and beliefs, and we are grateful for his example. Thank you, Scott, for all you have done and for the legacy you leave us, which will continue to serve Wilmington Friends for years to come.

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Scott Rhodewalt

Adrian Burston

Steve Jennings, Mathematics

Prior to joining us at Friends, where he has served for 11 years, Steve was the Math and Science chair at the Key School, and had worked at Westtown, Chestnut Hill Academy, and in Lower Merion and Abington public schools. Steve is, as colleagues more expert than I have attested, one of the finest math teachers around, able to teach the most advanced students as well as first-year Gathered friends listen to Bill Baczkowski’s Algebra. Head of Upper tribute to those who retired after the School Rebecca Zug also 2014-2015 school year. noted Steve’s contributions outside of the classroom, especially his “powerful, thoughtful messages in Meeting for Worship” and the quality of his college recommendation letters, which reflected, as Rebecca said, how Steve “truly ’sees’ students for who they are and who they can become.”

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Jane Goldberg

Mimi Otto (left)

Jinya Jennings

Jinya Jennings, Kindergarten Jinya has taught kindergarten for 10 years at Friends, the culminating decade of a long career in education. As you know, teaching at Friends became the family business—Steve Jennings is also retiring this year, and Jinya and Steve’s son, Drew, was a lower school teacher here. Jinya is an extraordinary kindergarten teacher, leading a program that enabled children to feel competent and capable of learning almost anything. Her students became experts in topics from how animals survive in winter to human home construction, and in exploring and researching whatever they were most curious about.

Thank you again to all of our retiring friends for your years of service and immeasurable contributions to Wilmington Friends School. It has been an honor and a pleasure to serve with each of you, and I wish you peace, health, and happiness in your new pursuits. Please come back and see us from time to time.

Peter Wenigmann

Steve Jennings

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Seated: Scott Davis, Sarah Brennan-Martin, Jimmy Carney, Jackie Aerenson, Jake Erskine, Julia Blumberg, Drew Conner, Martha O’Brien.

Second row: Wyatt Thompson, Hannah Caspar-Johnson, Arielle Mobley, Brooke Winfield, Hana Arai, Izzy Martelli-Raben, Margo Tschantz, Claire Pearce, Julia Russ, Grace Gannon, Jane Yeatman, Meryl Gatti, Cassidy Martin, Kelly Hodge, Clay Scott.

Third row: Molly Harper, Yianna Kalaitzoglou, Annie Jaskulski, Meera Kohli, Rhiannon Rostami, (right of post) Kerry Shay, Maddie Fruchtman.

Fourth row: Elijah Jabbar-Bey, Spencer Hall, Philip Trainer, Ben Para, Travis Aerenson, Patrick Pearce, Tommy Rhodes, Evan Martinez, Jacob Leviton, Brian Zittlau.

Top row: Terrence Dai, Amanda Ramos, Conor Ganse, Jeff Hollingsworth, Amanda Kielhorn, Nick GrandaStone, Myles Wilson, Macon Sheppard, Danny DePaulo, Jacob Gagliano, Ben Fischer, Ian Furman, Logan O’Brien, John Napoli, Steve Ly. (Not pictured: Shannon Skibicki was delayed in her Commencement day travel from a commitment in New York; she missed the class photo, but arrived in time to receive her diploma and to celebrate with classmates. See page 16.)

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2015 2015 Commencement Speaker Colleen Farrell ’04 Colleen Farrell ’04, our 2014 Young Alumna of the Year, has always had a strong commitment to equality; at Friends, she played on the baseball team. After graduating from Haverford College, Colleen, a birthright Quaker, enlisted in the Marine Corps. She applied and was selected for the highly competitive Female Engagement Officer program, and became a leader and liaison at the regimental level, in charge of 20 female Marines. She spent eight months in Afghanistan.

After her tour, Colleen and three other servicewomen joined an ACLU lawsuit against the Department of Defense, challenging the policy against women serving in combat. Colleen described the combat exclusion as a “blanket ban” that barred women from important advancement. And she added that her experiences in Afghanistan, as well as the female casualties there and in Iraq, showed that women were, in fact, already serving in combat. Back in civilian life, Colleen is now pursuing a master’s degree in Environmental Science at Drexel University.

In her Commencement Address, Colleen used her own experience to reflect on the cost—to male as well as female Marines and to their mission—of discrimination, both codified and cultural. She also praised the women with whom she served and the importance of their mission. And she challenged Friends School’s most recent graduates never to be complicit in discrimination or in any other behavior, policy, or accepted norm they think was wrong.

Excerpts from the Commencement Address I was 21, not much older than you are today. I was a brand new officer and completing the grueling six-month course of my boot camp down in Virginia. I wanted to please my new community of peers, and I wanted to excel. When we were not outside hiking under the stress of our 80-pound packs or maneuvering through the woods in simulated ambushes, we were in class. My company, comprised of 200 brand new lieutenants, would pile ourselves into one classroom for 10 hours a day and listen to instructors drone on about the basics of infantry, artillery, and air support tactics. We were often asked questions throughout the lectures, and inevitably one lieutenant would shoot a hand

up, spring to the position of attention, and shout out the answer before finishing his or her performance with a solid “Ohh Rah.” And every single time a female lieutenant would answer a question, my peers around me would mock her in a nasally tone. And I would laugh and join in because that was what was expected of me in that culture. Only later did I realize that my acceptance and compliance with this behavior kept me from ever answering a single question, as I knew I would be mocked like all the other female lieutenants who dared to exhibit their knowledge. Not only did I show my peers it was acceptable to treat others this way by remaining silent, I perpetuated the belief that this behavior was funny.

The necessity of the Female Engagement Team arose from the strict gender customs of Afghan culture. Male infantry were prohibited from speaking with Afghan women, rendering village assessments incomplete. With women and children comprising seventy percent of a village’s population, over half of the village’s voices could not be heard. The mission of the Female Engagement Team was to address this problem by building trust between the Afghan population and the military working to stabilize each community. The women I led could not have been more professional, enthusiastic, and dedicated to the mission—as well as compassionate, a key trait that was absolutely crucial in building trust. Our mission was critical for the development of the community, to turn the population against insurgents and ultimately drive them out. Each day, our team had to prove to our infantry peers and commanders that women were capable of patrolling with them. And by the end of our deployment, my team had proven itself.

My experiences in Afghanistan were incredible and eye-opening.

I had amazing Marines, I learned more than I ever had, and I gained a profound respect for the Marine Corps as the world’s premier fighting force. My understanding of the world was no longer what I had learned in books, but what I had experienced.

But a side effect of this epiphany was the realization that millions of Afghan women lived their entire lives without basic human rights. Of the hundreds of people I met over the course of my deployment, I could count the number of women who could read on my hand—because education was prohibited to them. I learned that the local girls’ school had been bombed by insurgents frequently in the past. I met girls who had been shot at while walking to school.

And I soon realized that the limits placed on my own team of women began to parallel the same limits placed on Afghan women. The military, and especially my own Marine Corps, is one of the last places in American society where gender discrimination is institutionalized—meaning it is government policy to exclude women from certain jobs.

To get around the policy, my team had to unnecessarily convoy across IED-laden roads to return to our main base every 45 days—just so we could superficially claim on paper we were not co-located with the infantry and thus not truly in combat. This absurd circumvention took my Marines out of the fight, and our male peers and commanders had to reschedule major military operations around this absence. And when you only have eight months to make an impact, timing is crucial. Without us, the male Marines couldn’t search Afghan women coming through checkpoints, and occasionally, those women had weapons and drugs on them. Without us, the male Marines could not complete their mission of effectively engaging the population. Frequently, Afghan men felt more comfortable telling us women about the locations of IEDs and weapons caches, so we were able to protect the lives of our Marine brothers by learning those locations.

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We were a force-multiplier for the infantry battalions despite officially being barred from combat.We are barred from combat despite serving honorably and proving ourselves in war zones over the past ten years, with 144 women giving the ultimate sacrifice. Don’t try to tell me that they weren’t in combat.

When the American Civil Liberties Union approached me about becoming a plaintiff in the combat exclusion lawsuit against the Department of Defense, I didn’t hesitate to join. But although it was so clear to me that I had made the right choice, many of my peers did not feel the same. And losing my friends over this difference in beliefs caused me to question my actions and what I thought was right. But, as you will all find at some point in your lives, too, my upbringing in the Friends community gave me the confidence to stick to my convictions. I continued to pursue the lawsuit, and although we were successful in repealing the policy in 2013, women still aren’t allowed to serve in the combat arms. Hundreds of thousands of jobs remain closed to us because of our gender. Our work on this front is far from over.

As this is a graduation speech, I feel that I should tell you some of the lessons I’ve learned along the way. First, I didn’t go into this seeking to make social change. You can’t know where your life will take you, but I guarantee you will be successful if you seek out opportunities that are important to you. I didn’t know that upon graduation from Friends that I would end up joining the Marine Corps. I didn’t know that when I joined the Marine Corps, I would have the chance to fight at the tip of the infantry spear and bring positive change to remote villages in Afghanistan. I didn’t know that when I joined the Female Engagement Team, I would end up suing the Department of Defense for women’s rights. All were opportunities that just came up—and I refused to stand on the sidelines when they presented themselves. I joined the Marine Corps to serve my country, challenge myself, and lead Marines. But when I did see something that was wrong, I spoke up, took a stand, and said “Hey, that is not okay.” And I was able to bring change to something that was important to me while doing something I loved. Each and every one of you will have so many different opportunities to effect change every single day. Those opportunities will usually be small and feel insignificant, but that is where big change begins.

That leads me to my second point: you don’t need to seek big change because you can accomplish so much by just remembering your values and trying to live by them every day. Take my experience as an example. Although I eventually sued the government on the grounds of sexism, I overlooked so many opportunities before that to speak up to my peers and superiors about sexist comments and attitudes because I wasn’t fully Julia Blumberg, Steven Ly, Sarah Brennan-Martin, Meera Kohli, Elijah Jabbar-Bey, and Annie Jaskulski before Commencement.

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living my values. I mentioned earlier the casual sexist remarks heard daily by my Marines and me, but it can be anything that makes you feel uncomfortable or anything that you think the Friends community here would say isn’t right. Often when people make those kinds of sexist or racist jokes or comments, its not because they are bad people, but rather because they think it’s okay to make comments like that and that it’s okay to continue to have those interactions with others. And by speaking your mind and asking those questions, you may have the opportunity to change views and cause others to think twice about their language and the second-order effects of that behavior.

And this is where your time at Friends really comes into play.

You have been surrounded by the right values since you first stepped onto this campus. One of the most important of those values is to think critically. I think you’ll find when you get to college and beyond that this is a skill that many of your peers won’t have. At Friends, I was told I have a voice; that my voice matters; and that I should use that voice for a purpose—to serve my community to promote equality. The ability to question your peers, your professors and bosses, sources of information, processes and methods, and the status quo is what makes you unique. You don’t need to sue anyone for that opportunity. You just have to be aware of those situations as they present themselves every day and have the courage to speak up.

Lastly, as you sit here graduating side by side with your friends, I know you are sad to leave them, and to leave this place, and you wonder about how those friendships will change after today. I had those same fears, sitting where you are 11 years ago. So I urge you to stay connected to your friends from Friends—you grew up together; you share the same values; and they will always know where you came from. I once heard someone say, your college friends know who you are, but your high school friends know why. My friends from WFS shaped the person that I am today, and they continue to shape me.

They have supported me, challenged my character, and helped me grow. We not only stayed connected in college; we continue to push each other to be better people even now, a decade after graduation. And although we are spread out across the country, when I got married last week, four out of five members of my bridal party were my friends from Friends. Not just because we grew up together, but because we continue to grow together.

And so I wish you luck in all your futures and hope that you become leaders among your peers both for your intellect and your character. And I hope that you all have the opportunity to do something that is as important to you as my path has been to me.

Grace Gannon and Julia Russ.

The Class Of 2015 Listed with college choice, service project/agency, and senior exploration topic.

Jackie Aerenson

High Point University Service: Camp Possibilities Exploration: Nutrition/ healthier living

Travis Aerenson

Colorado College Service: LEAPS (inner city lacrosse program) Exploration: Fly fishing

Hana Arai

The George Washington University Service: Ronald McDonald House Exploration: Nutrition/ healthier living

Julia Blumberg

High Point University Service: WFS trip to Dominican Republic Exploration: Shadowing non-profit administrator

Sarah Brennan-Martin

Pratt Institute Service: Safety Town Exploration: Career in the arts/ painting

James (Jimmy) Carney

Tufts University Service: WFS trip to Dominican Republic Exploration: Mindfulness of golf

Hannah Caspar-Johnson

Georgetown University Service: Ujima Enrichment Tutoring Program Exploration: Dance instruction

Andrew (Drew) Conner

West Virginia University Service: Camp Possibilities Exploration: Camping

Tianqi Terrence Dai

University of California, San Diego Service: Boys and Girls Club Exploration: Elementary education

Scott Davis

University of South Carolina Service: Camp Possibilities Exploration: Camping

Daniel DePaulo

Pennsylvania State University, University Park Service: Boys and Girls Club Exploration: Construction/ development

Rhiannon Rostami, Arielle Mobley, and Jacob Leviton.

Grace Gannon

Yianna Kalaitzoglou

Conor Ganse

Amanda Kielhorn

Wake Forest University Service: Church trip to Guatemala Exploration: Coding

Meryl Gatti

Meera Kohli

Madeleine Fruchtman

Nicholas Granda-Stone

James (Jake) Erskine

Clemson University Service: Jalonga trip to Dominican Republic Exploration: Elementary school physical education

Benjamin Fischer

Towson University Service: Early Childhood Center, JCC Exploration: Career in nutrition

Ian Furman

Elon University Service: Boys and Girls Club, Mt. Lebanon United Methodist Church Exploration: Sports broadcasting

Jacob Gagliano

Northeastern University Service: Boys and Girls Club Exploration: Environmental studies

Johns Hopkins University Service: WFS trip to Dominican Republic Exploration: Veterinary career/ animal fostering University of Pittsburgh Service: WFS trip to Dominican Republic Exploration: Boat restoration University of Delaware Service: Camp Possibilities Exploration: Yoga Vanderbilt University Service: AIDS Delaware Exploration: Car-mounted video, “Home”

Spencer Hall

University of Virginia Service: WFS trip to Dominican Republic Exploration: Camping

Molly Harper

Saint Joseph’s University Service: Ronald McDonald House Exploration: Yoga

Kelly Hodge

Rochester Institute of Technology Service: WFS trip to Dominican Republic Exploration: Film production

Jeffrey Hollingsworth

Loyola University of Maryland Service: Habitat for Humanity Exploration: Sports management

Elijah Jabbar-Bey

Pomona College Service: Boys and Girls Club Exploration: Camping

Annika (Annie) Jaskulski

University of Delaware Service: Rodney Street Tennis and Tutoring Exploration: Boxing/ self-defense Graduate Myles Wilson with sister Mia ’18 and parents Steve and Cheryl.

Saint Joseph’s University Service: Greek Orthodox Youth Organization Exploration: Nutrition/healthier living University of Delaware Service: YMCA Camp Tockwogh Exploration: Hiking and backpacking University of Pennsylvania Service: AI duPont Summer Program Exploration: Yoga

Jacob Leviton

University of Pittsburgh Service: BBYO Jewish Teen Leadership Exploration: Classical music

Steven Ly

University of Delaware Service: Hawaii Overland trip Exploration: Personal fitness training

Mary Isabelle (Izzy) Martelli-Raben

University of Miami Service: Haiti Family Initiative Exploration: Shadowing a nurse

Cassidy Martin

Bates College Service: WFS trip to Dominican Republic Exploration: Coaching youth volleyball

Evan Martinez

University of Miami Service: WFS trip to Dominican Republic Exploration: Camping

Arielle Mobley

University of Delaware Service: WFS trip to Dominican Republic Exploration: Exploring the world without travel

John Napoli

University of Delaware Service: Ashland Nature Center Exploration: Environmental studies

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Shannon Skibicki and Jimmy Carney.

Logan O’Brien

Wake Forest University Service: Boys and Girls Club Exploration: Finance

Martha O’Brien

University of Virginia Service: Haiti Family Initiative Exploration: Career shadowing (education, law, banking, public service)

Benjamin Para

Pennsylvania State University, University Park Service: Ashland Nature Center Exploration: Pottery

Claire Pearce

Wake Forest University Service: Camp Possibilities Exploration: Yoga

Georgetown University Service: Boys and Girls Club Exploration: Environmental studies

Shannon Skibicki

University of Southern California Service: Camp Possibilities Exploration: Shadowing a physical therapist

Wyatt Thompson

The Catholic University of America Service: Chester County Art Association Exploration: Art non-profit management

Philip Trainer

Ithaca College Service: WFS trip to Dominican Republic Exploration: Pottery

Amanda Ramos

Margo Tschantz

Thomas Rhodes

Myles Wilson

Rhiannon Rostami

Brooke Winfield

College of Charleston Service: Reins of Life Exploration: Cultural immersion, U.K. Duke University Service: WFS trip to Dominican Republic Exploration: Finance Cabrini College Service: Faithful Friends Exploration: Camping

Julia Russ

Tulane University Service: Tri State Bird Rescue Exploration: Hiking and backpacking

Clayton Scott

Pennsylvania College of Technology Service: Jalonga trip to Dominican Republic Exploration: Sculpture

Kerry Shay

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Macon Sheppard

Savannah College of Art and Design Service: Centreville School Summer Program Exploration: WFS Theater lighting and sound

Patrick Pearce

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Ian Furman and Jacob Gagliano.

Wake Forest University Service: Camp Possibilities Exploration: Nutrition/healthier living Indiana University at Bloomington Service: Boys and Girls Club Exploration: Business Sewanee: The University of the South Service: Jalonga trip to Dominican Republic Exploration: Yoga

Jane Yeatman

University of Pittsburgh Service: Boys and Girls Club Exploration: Italian cooking

Brian Zittlau

Lehigh University Service: Brandywine Youth Camp Exploration: Federal legal system

Letting Their Lives Speak Bill Baczkowski, Interim Head of School from January-June, told the following story—his favorite, he said, from his tenure and about the Class of 2015—at Final Assembly and in his end-of-year letter to parents. The letter is quoted below.

“To parents of the Class of 2015 and to those who attended Final Assembly, I apologize for repeating a story you’ve heard before, but it is, for me, one of the most profound highlights—and most telling summaries—of the school year. It happened after a boys’ lacrosse game this spring. One of the parents from the other team was with his family at a Trolley Square restaurant, where three students from Friends—easily identifiable in their Quaker athletic gear—were also having dinner. It was the parent from the other school who took the time to contact us to share this story.

“Outside of the restaurant that night, there was a man picking through trash, evidently looking for something to eat.

Our students finished their meal, but then one came back, bought a slice of pizza and a drink, took them out to the hungry man and shook his hand. Both acts—sharing food and shaking hands— were simple expressions of kindness and respect. Simple but rare. As the parent who contacted us remarked, most people would have walked by or even walked the long way around the homeless man.

Living Quaker values.”

2015 Final Assembly In addition to the named awards noted, students in grades 9-12 received more than 80 commendations for service and leadership that had a positive and lasting effect on the School.

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Macon Sheppard and Martha O’Brien were chosen by fellow members of the Class of 2015 to speak at Final Assembly.

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Meera Kohli ’15, pictured with Interim Head of School Bill Baczkowski and Head of Upper School Rebecca Zug, received the John Marshall Mendinhall II, Class of 1939, Memorial Award, given to the graduating senior considered to have done the most for Friends School.

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The Charles W. Bush, Class of 1900, Award honors juniors who “most clearly demonstrate the School’s ideals of character, scholarship, and service.”

Pictured with Bill and Rebecca are 2015 Bush Award recipients Demetria Ruhl and Andrew Conces.

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Macon Sheppard and Julia Blumberg received the 2015 Howard W. Starkweather, Jr., Class of 1944, Award, recognizing graduating seniors who have demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to community service.

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Meg Gehret Erskine ’83 had the pleasure of presenting to her son, Jake Erskine ’15, the award named for her mother— the Amanda Spackman Gehret, Class of 1951, Memorial Mathematics Award.

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Catharina (Cat) Clark ’16 received the 2015 Robert P. Hukill, Class of 1939, Science Award. Cat is pictured with Rebecca Zug.

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Andy Wyeth ’66 represented his family in presenting the Wyeth Brothers Visual and Performing Arts Awards. Philip Trainer ’15 and Wyatt Thompson ’15, Performing Arts, and Molly Harper ’15 and Sarah Brennan-Martin ’15, Visual Arts, were recognized for their contributions to the artistic life of the Friends community.

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Shannon Skibicki ’15 received both the Eden Wales Freeman, Class of 1999, English Award and the Jordan Wales ’97 History Award.

Rebecca Zug presented the academic department awards at Final Assembly.

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The Upper School Foreign Language Award recognizes achievement, passion for learning, leadership, cultural openness and empathy, and a value of opportunities to engage cultures and communities representing the language(s) studied. This year’s recipients were Chloe Hudson ’16 and Emilio Ergueta ’16.

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Wilmington Friends School is the only school in Delaware selected by the national Malone Family Foundation for its Scholars Program. The criteria for selection of schools include: academic caliber; quality of the faculty and staff; excellent accommodations for gifted students; attention to individual students’ needs, interests, and talents; commitment to financial aid; and an economically, culturally, ethnically, and socially diverse population. The scholarships are designated for students in grades 7-12.

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At this year’s Final Assembly, the School had the privilege of recognizing the first Malone Scholar to graduate from Wilmington Friends, Elijah Jabbar-Bey, who will attend Pomona College.

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At this year’s Final Assembly, the School had the privilege of recognizing the first Malone Scholar to graduate from Wilmington Friends, Elijah Jabbar-Bey, who will attend Pomona College. Cathie Wlaschin, Executive Director of the Malone Family Foundation, wrote on the occasion, “The Malone Family Foundation is thrilled and proud to partner with Wilmington Friends in our mission to provide highly capable students a springboard toward success. The School’s challenging academics, nurturing faculty, and strong moral compass provide a perfect environment for motivated Malone Scholars; and Elijah Jabbar-Bey, its first Malone Scholar, has proven to be an exemplary role model, setting an incredible standard for those who follow. We will follow Elijah’s post-WFS journey with great pride.”

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This year’s AFS student from Norway, Fredrikke (Fred) Johansen, was also honored at Final Assembly, along with her host family, parents Anne Martelli and Adam Raben, and their children Izzy ’15, Maggie ’18, and Jamie ’14.

We invited Elijah to reflect on his Friends experience, and are grateful for the time and care he took in doing so. From Elijah:

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Jack Prendergast ’16, Business Meeting Clerk, and Jessica Saunders ’16, Clerk of Agenda, presented the distinctive service awards at Final Assembly and were also ushers for Commencement.

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Among the senior soloists during the Chamber Singers’ performance at Final Assembly, were Kerry Shay (front left), Steven Ly (with microphone), Logan O’Brien (behind Steven), and Wyatt Thompson (right).

Not pictured: Jacob Leviton.

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“My high school experience at Friends is something that I cherish deeply and have grown to appreciate even more as a new alumnus. Sure, it was tough at times being one of only four black students in my class and constantly being surrounded by privilege so foreign to me. Nonetheless, being a part of a community that is proactive about issues of diversity (of all sorts) allowed me to learn and grow in this environment.

“As with anything, the Friends experience is what you make it. My advice for a Friends student—and really any student—is to find what you are passionate about and be as involved with it as possible while staying open to new experiences as well. For me personally, I found my

Malone Scholar Graduates passion in race relations and diversity.

Through opportunities provided by the School and taking initiatives on my own, I was able to stay active in such endeavors. Being a member of the African-American Affinity club for all four years, serving as a clerk my senior year, facilitating the diversity orientations for the rising freshmen, and representing Friends at the Student Diversity Leadership Conference this year are all examples.

“With all that said, I couldn’t be happier to be part of Pomona College’s Class of 2019 which is made up of 51.4% students of color! I can’t wait to continue my work with diversity in such a progressive place as California, and I look forward to coming back and sharing all that I’ve learned with the Friends community.

I recently stumbled upon a quote by Jimi Hendrix that I feel embodies it all: ’When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.’”

Elijah in class with history teacher Scott Clothier.

Elijah’s mother, Nadine Moone, also took the time to share her thoughts with us. From Nadine: “When I reflect on Elijah’s four years at Friends, what stands out as the biggest WOW factor for me is the College Guidance process along with the dedicated teachers, athletic coach, and caring advisors he has had along the way. When describing the value of a Friends education to others, I often compare the College Guidance process to the vigor of an NFL scout/recruiting process, meaning that my kid’s college education was treated like a multi-million dollar contract negotiation where only the best would do for my son.

“On a more personal level, it has been comforting knowing that there have been consistent practices of spirituality within the Quaker context that can hopefully provide foundation for a life of silent reflection and peace. Elijah, having attended the Jewish Community Center for preschool and having been raised by a Christian mother and a Muslim father, has always been well cultured in the diverse areas of world religions. His exposure to the Quaker community, I believe, has served as a valuable median in which the principles are universal and practical in everyday life.”

Nadine added (not edited, the ellipses toward the end are hers) an opinion echoed throughout the Friends community: “I have always told Elijah that while Friends is great, his contribution and enrollment has made it even greater and richer because of all of his academic and extra-curricular dedication. Elijah is intellectually curious and when people wonder, ’wow what a gifted young man,’ I can truly say that while Friends has been amazing in his journey, his greatness has been within him all along. I am thankful that he attended a school that could appreciate his talents and further develop him into an independent scholar who will continue his work at Pomona College...an elite school that will be a great continuation...to be continued.”

Thank you to Elijah and his family and to the Malone Family Foundation.

At the postCommencement reception with his mom, Nadine Moone.

Below, left, with cross country teammates at the 2014 Smith McMillan 5K; Elijah was a team captain.

Below, at Final Assembly with English teacher Katy Kenney.

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PLANNED GIVING

Art Connolly, Jr. ’55— Passion and Purpose His experience at Friends helped drive his involvement as a tutor and mentor at Boys and Girls Clubs in Wilmington.

His Friends experience was a big part of why he cared so deeply about education, why he sent his own children to WFS, why he served on the Board of Trustees, and why he remained such an involved member of the Friends community his entire life.

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rt Connolly, Jr. ’55 was a passionate man. Passionate about his family— his first passion. Passionate about his profession, the law—he was considered by colleagues a pillar of the Delaware Bar, having served in just about every leadership position a Delaware lawyer can hold.

Passionate about sports—he played football, basketball, baseball, and tennis while at Wilmington Friends School, and later in life was a nationally ranked amateur running and cycling “duathlete” in the 70-75 age group. Passionate about education, and about his beloved alma maters, Wilmington Friends School, Archmere Academy, and Georgetown University.

Having grown up in Alapocas, WFS played a particularly central role in Art’s life. His brother, Chris Connolly ’59, recalled that Art struggled with reading while in the first and second grades at Friends. Thanks to great teachers and a supportive network, Art was able to overcome this challenge and became a voracious reader. His experience at Friends helped drive his involvement as a tutor and mentor at Boys and Girls Clubs in Wilmington.

His Friends experience was a big part of why he cared so deeply about education, why he sent his own children to WFS, why he served on the Board of Trustees, and why he remained such an involved member of the Friends community his entire life.

Camp Minnewawa in Raymond, ME, circa 1950 Bottom row left: second one in—Peter Gehret ’58, fifth one in—Peter Morrow ’59, sixth one in— Ron Connolly ’57, far right—Chris Connolly ’59; second row: first on left—Jack Speakman ’59; third one— Dick Foulk ’54; fourth in with glasses— Walter McDaniel ’59; second from right—Art Connolly, Jr. ’55, far right—Jerry Foulk ’52; top row: far left —Coach Alan Hughes (former WFS Athletic Director & Director of Camp), fifth one in—Bill Foulk ’50; betweeen 2nd and back row —Bill Quillen ’52; far Right back—John Gehret ’51; to left of John—Bob Donaghy ’45; to left of Bob—John Nice ’52.

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Janet Martin Yabroff ’64— Leaving a Lasting Legacy

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Back left, Dick Nielsen ’55; front left, Chris Connolly ’59; holding the ball, Art Conolly, Jr. ’55; far right, Ron Conolly ’57

Sadly in 2014, after a lengthy battle with lymphoma, Art passed away at the age of 76. He had previously beaten two other forms of cancer. As a testament to his immeasurable legacy, members of the Connolly family worked with the Laffey-McHugh and Arguild Boston Foundations to make a long term commitment of $400,000 to Wilmington Friends in order to create The Art Connolly, Jr. Fund. The purpose of the fund is to assist students who are disadvantaged or facing some form of adversity with expenses related to tutoring and testing, counseling, and participation in athletics, performing arts, school trips, and other school activities.

The influence of Quaker philosophy helped to cultivate Art’s lifelong commitment to fairness and justice. As his son, Chip Connolly ’79, explained, to honor that commitment, the goal of the Art Connolly, Jr. Fund is to level the playing field by “allowing as many students as possible to enjoy and receive the full benefits of a WFS education.” By providing both current funding and endowment funds, the fund will have an immediate effect and an enduring impact at Friends School, benefiting students for generations to come.

If you are interested in learning more about Planned Giving at Wilmington Friends School, please contact: Chad O’Kane, Director of Development, at 302.254.3853, cjokane@wilmingtonfriends.org.

“lifer” at Wilmington Friends School, Janet Martin Yabroff ’64 credits her experiences at Friends with shaping her as a person, and inspiring her to pursue a career in education. Janet’s area of specialty was early childhood education, with most of her career being spent in Friends education. She spent time in the classroom, as an administrator, and as a consultant for the Friends Council on Education. It was the lessons she learned at Friends that informed much of her own educational philosophy.

“From kindergarten through 12th grade, I admired my teachers. I wanted to teach as they did, linking academic achievement with character growth.”

Janet believes that WFS has a unique way of preparing students well for the complex and challenging world in which we live, engaging students in being part of solutions with compassion and inspiring lifelong learning. Early on at Friends, Janet learned the importance of giving back, so when thinking about her estate plan, leaving a legacy gift to Friends was at the top of mind. “Going forward, I’m confident WFS will remain excellent in every respect, so I want to do what I can to demonstrate that confidence for future generations to come.”

Like all legacy gifts, Janet believes that WFS has a unique Janet’s generous bequest is part of way of preparing students well for the the soul of Wilmcomplex and challenging world in which ington Friends School, and will we live, engaging students in being part have an impact at the school for genof solutions with compassion and inspirerations to come.

We are grateful to ing lifelong learning.

Janet, and to all of the members of our 1748 Planned Giving Society, for making Friends a part of their plans, and for helping to move Friends forward in powerful ways.

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“The tradition of giving at WFS is as old as the School itself. We were founded through donations from members of Wilmington Monthly Meeting, and 267 years later, the Meeting has been joined by 1,530 donors from our nowglobal school community to reach a new record for annual giving. On behalf of everyone at Friends, thank you for your generosity and your trust. Special thanks to the volunteers who lead our fundraising efforts, building on our founders’ vision of service and investment in education toward a better world. I look forward to continuing that good work with you in the years ahead.”

- Ken Aldridge, Head of School

“Wilmington Friends is exactly the type of nurturing community we want for our kids. Our experience at the lower school has exceeded our expectations. For this reason, we agreed to chair the 2014-15 Annual Fund Leadership Committee. We wanted to help Wilmington Friends have the support it needs to continue to be a great school.”

- Lauren and Lee Asher, Parents & Leadership Committee Chairs

2014-15 Annual Fund Leadership & Senior Fund Committees The Annual Fund Leadership Committee & Senior Fund Committee members not only give generously to Friends, they also invite others to join them. We are deeply grateful for their successful outreach within the Friends community this past year. Their personal calls, emails and notes inspired many others to give and helped us to have the most successful Annual Fund campaign on record.

Annual Fund Chairs: Overall

Lauren and Lee Asher

Alumni

Melissa Fagan Billitto ’87

Grandparents

Marilyn and Michael Uffner

Coo and Jamie Murray

Faculty & Staff

Debbie McCall

Parents

Anne and Wally McWalter

Parents of Alumni Russell Endo Senior Fund

Meg Gehret Erskine ’83

Leadership Committee Members: Jennifer Gimler Brady Rob Brand ’89 Mati Buccini Ellen Gay Susan Kelly Christopher W. Lee ’82 Deborah Miller Kimberlee and H. Robin Orth Darcy Rademaker Deborah and David Ross Elizabeth Lord Scott ’70 Jeannette Smith and Walter Smith ’62 Aubree Wellons

Senior Fund Committee Members: Marci Aerenson Irene P. Blumberg Kathleen M. Ganse Jane Hollingsworth Amy Leviton Amy L. Trainer Martha Poorman Tschantz ’85 and Jay Tschantz

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REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2014-2015

FINANCIAL SUMMARY 2014-2015

WFS Annual Fund

A Breakdown of Giving to Friends July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2015 Fund

# of Gifts

Annual Fund

2,271

Auction for Friends

Amount $938,912 $60,975

Campaign Projects & Programs*

84

$297,401

Current Operations

47

$126,219

Endowment*

118 $1,655,048

Quest

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2,521 $3,128,555

$50,000

gifts total

* Totals for Endowment, Campaign projects, and programs includes new cash and stocks, as well as new pledges made in 2014-15.

The WFS Annual Fund is essential to the quality of education at Friends. Past and present families, alumni and friends contribute almost 5% of the annual operating budget or approximately $1,300 per student. We cannot thank you enough for this support. Year after year we ask, and year after year you answer:

WFS

Amount

% of National Participation Averages*

Trustees

$115,439

100%

100%

Alumni

$334,947

26%

9%

Current Parents

$205,676

74%

72%

Parents of Alumni

$115,992

27%

10%

Grandparents

$22,907

26%

14%

Faculty & Staff

$18,906

99%

96%

Foundations & Corporations

$71,979

Friends of WFS

$655

Friends Meeting

$2,000

Other

$50,411

$938,912 raised from

1,531

distinct donors

Please Note: Donors represented in the amounts listed in the above Annual Fund Summary are included in one category only. For example, the amount donated by a trustee who is also an alumna/us would be included in the trustee category, but not in the alumni category. Therefore, amounts listed for each category may differ from the all-inclusive listings on the following pages. *According to the NAIS Facts at a Glance 2014-15 for Independent Day Schools

For the past two years, Norval Brown, who works at Friends in Building Services, has been the first faculty/staff member to make his annual gift to Friends. With a check in hand and a smile on his face, he makes his annual gift on July 1, the first day of the new fiscal year. Norval is just one of the many faculty/ staff who make Friends a great place to learn.

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“I am pleased to report that Wilmington Friends School ended the year in an excellent financial position. The Endowment and the Annual Fund at Friends are the highest they have ever been thanks to your generosity. This allows us to successfully navigate demographic changes and to increase financial aid, while continuing to enhance our academic programs. We are also on schedule to complete a campus-wide upgrade of our facilities this summer. All of this was accomplished without diminishing our cash reserves, which remain above industry standards. We are extremely grateful to everyone who contributed to these successes.”

-Bill Baczkowski, Associate Head for Finance and Operations

Income Tuition & Fees

$19,956,274

Other Programs (ASP, Summer Camps, Cafeteria, Etc.)

83.4% 7%

Endowment & Investment Income

4.9%

Annual Fund & Other Gifts

4.7%

Expenses $19,951,122 Salaries & Benefits 57%

Endowment $27,644,921 Faculty Salaries,

15.3%

Professional Development & Travel

18%

Other Programs

4.3%

Financial Aid

31%

Facility Maintenance & Operations

7.3%

Financial Aid

16%

Classroom & Educational Expenses

Other: Community Service, Library, Life Ed, Performing Arts, Science, Capital

Unrestricted

2% 49%

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THANKS TO YOU Wilmington Friends School exceeded both our Future of Friends campaign goal and our Annual Fund goal last year. We also grew our Endowment. Your support strengthens the foundation of Quaker education at Friends, helping our students achieve success as they grow as leaders and learners. We are grateful for your generous support.

Please note that the Giving Circles listed below recognize total gifts and pledges made by individuals from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015.

Friends Circle ($15,000 +)

Anonymous (2) Mona Bayard and Thomas Bayard ’62 u Jamie Nicholls and O. Francis Biondi, Jr. ’83 Helen Boulos and Tim Boulos ’91 Mati Buccini and Chris Buccini ’90 Christopher Connolly ’59 Ira Ellis, Jr. ’52 u James H. Erskine III Meg Gehret Erskine ’83 Stephanie Stevens Gates and Scott Gates ’80 Emily Geuder ’87 u Catherine Dean Gooderham and Robert Gooderham Mary Jane Hogan Green ’55* u Noreen and William Haubert David Hollingsworth ’45 Penney Cox Hubbard ’56 and A.C. Hubbard Susan and Bernard Kelley Mary and Daniel Klein u Elizabeth Lee and Christopher Lee ’82 Joanne Taylor Linton ’51 Herschel Loomis ’52 u Deborah G. Mellor Suzanne Merrick ’39* u Kathryn and Robert Pincus Robert Pratt ’50 Maureen and Michael Rhodes Meredith Graves Rotko and Michael Rotko Janine and James Saber Elaine and David Singleton u Jeannette Smith and Walter Smith ’62 u Bold = True Blue Donor u = 1748 Society Donor * = deceased

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Jocelyn Sutton Stewart ’82 and Jim Stewart Patricia and Michael Sweeney Margo and Ernest Woodacre*

George Fox Circle ($10,000 +)

Frances Walker Altmaier ’53 and Donald Altmaier ’51 Jennifer Gimler Brady and Robert Brady Danilee Cara and Jonathan Burke Patricia and Thomas Connelly, Jr. Anne Harper ’84 and Rick Ronald Home and School Association Kathleen and James Hopkins Deborah Miller and Adam Landis Maureen and Terry Lawrence ’62 u Marcia and Laurent Lutz Ann Gehret McKinney ’83 and Al McKinney Gretchen Nielsen and Richard Nielsen ’55 Jennifer and Tom O’Brien Raymond Osbun ’71 Athena and David Ruhl Elizabeth Lord Scott ’70 and Thomas Scott ’70 u Aubree and John Wellons

Meeting Circle ($5,000 +)

Anonymous (2) Marci Applebaum Aerenson and Andrew Aerenson ’81

Ellen Barrosse and Paul Antle Jenni Brand and Rob Brand ’89 Olive Baganz and Bruce Baganz ’69 Elizabeth and David Baldwin Evelyn Brownlee u Bernadette and D. Robert Buccini Julie and Charles Cawley John Chabalko ’93 Joan M. Connolly Ann Hriciga and Michael Coughlin Eileen and Bartholomew Dalton Sally and Donald DeWees, Jr. Anne Nolte and Thomas A. Dippel ’89 Madge M. Ellis ’56 u Georgia and Guido Gallicchio Pam Gehret and Jake Gehret ’77 James W. Harper ’50 Jane Hollingsworth and Peter Hollingsworth ’77 Jane E. Hukill Kristine Wellman and Derek Johnson Nancy Nash Johnson ’56* and Keith Johnson Marcy and Artie Kempner Laura and Theodore Kirkpatrick Carrie Lamb and Michael Lamb ’96 Lisa and Martin Lessner Paige Linton and David Linton ’78 M. Kirk McKusick ’72 u Anne and Gordon McWalter Melissa and Ed Micheletti

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the listing of donors. If an error has been made, please accept our apologies and contact the alumni/development office so that the appropriate change can be made.

Marcia Halperin and Norman Monhait Olivia and Marcus Montejo Kimberlee and H. Robbins Orth Catherine and Mark Parsells Lear and Gary Pfeiffer Laura Reilly and David Hartley Deborah and David Ross Ginny and Rich Srednicki Barbara Stephenson and Thomas Stephenson ’60 Peter Townsend ’75 Doris Biesterfeld Townshend ’39 Kristine and David Tuttleman Pamela Appleby Waxlax ’83 and Paul Waxlax u Janet Martin Yabroff ’64 and Ronald Yabroff Shelley Kinsella and Rafael Xavier Zahralddin

Head’s Circle ($2,500 +)

Robert Aerenson ’79 Tara and Karl Agne Lois Naylor Berl ’43 William P. Bickley Melissa Fagan Billitto ’87 and Rocky Billitto Irene Blumberg Maria and Roberto Bonetti Sherry and Jon Brilliant u Lori and Joseph Captain Denise and William Chapman Wendy and Adam Cutler Julie and Gregory Davis Kelly and Joseph DePaulo David and Christina DeVoll Jennifer and Ernest Dianastasis Alexandra Poorman Ergon ’77 Kimberly and Richard Facciolo Jessica and Matthew Fischer Cheryl Fleming and Daniel Fleming ’76 Marylou and Nicholas Gagliano Debra Kimless Garber and Scott Garber Karen Ballotta and Bryan Garman Ellen Gay and Gary Johnson Debbie and William Hartnett Bonnie B. Hearn Kathy Hoffman and Louis Hoffman ’77

Martha Hays and Richard Horwitz ’75 Claire Kaiser and John Rex Kaiser ’45 Lynne and Fred Kielhorn Evelyn Robbins Lang ’55 and Edward Lang ’55 Christine and Alan Livadas Lois and Freeman Miller Coo and Jamie Murray Nancy Latimer and Bob Palmer Lisa Peyton-McNeill and Omar McNeill Debbie and Michael Pittenger Darcy and Ron Rademaker u Leslie Veith Reed ’83 and John Reed Alice D. Reilly u Laura and Ralph Rossi Joanna Savery u J. Barry Smith ’52 Judy Reed Smith ’64 and Normand Smith Nora and Stuart Spinner Barbara Stargatt Karen and Richard Taormina Amy and Lee Trainer Martha Poorman Tschantz ’85 and Jay Tschantz u Stephen Urice ’68 Sangeeta and Anup Vidwans Anna and Luke Wales u Sherry Reid and Bradley Wallick Debora C. and James W. Zug

Faculty Circle ($1,500 +)

Anonymous Aundrea Almond ’90 Constance Roberts Amend ’61 and William J. C. Amend, Jr. ’59 Lauren and Lee Asher Samantha Balick and Adam Balick ’81 Mr. and Mrs. G. David Biddle ’88 Robby and John Chabalko Gigi and Jan Clark Annie and Chris Coons u Eleanor and Alan Craig u David H. Cress ’71 Bonnie Wilson Crosby ’79 and Sumner Crosby u Barbara Curran Kathy and Dan Dugan Lois and Thomas L. Fagan, Jr. Sherry and Brett Fallon Susan Morovati Finizio ’87 and GianClaudio Finizio Julia L. Fogg ’88

REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2014-2015 Rachel and Paul Gaskell Susan Geoghegan and David Geoghegan ’75 Kenneth Graham ’79 Clare and Mark Grochowski Sharon and John Hanson Aleta Welling and Michael T. Hardy ’89 Marilyn and Michael Hendricks u Yancey Hillegas and David Hillegas ’55 u Cynthia Hewitt and Dan Holloway Christine and Jonathan Huxtable Susan Janes-Johnson and Scott Johnson Saundra Ross Johnson Elizabeth Moore Johnston ’58 and William Johnston u Mary and William Johnston Ann Lunger Jones ’58 Ruth Austin Joslin ’40 Hugh Kenworthy III ’65 Elizabeth Krahmer Keating ’77 u Barbara Chase Lessey ’68 and Bruce A. Lessey ’68 Gwyn and Robert Loud Tamara Mand and Brian Curtis Mand ’90 Alisa Lippincott Morkides ’75 and Christopher Morkides Dede Wolcott-Neff and William Neff Hemei Liu and Peng Nie Melina Pellini and Michael Pellini ’83 John Porter ’52 Abigail Quandt and Donald Potter Carol Quillen ’79 Anne Martelli and Adam Raben Linda and Michael Ratchford Patricia Sauter Ruemmler ’62 Toshiko Salzberg and John Salzberg ’54 Rob and Julie Saunders Murray Sawyer ’64 Margaret Scott Margaret and Robert B. Scott* u Kathleen and David Skibicki Susan and Nickolas Sotiropoulos Louisa Hill Spottswood ’50 and Bob Coughlin Kathy Takacs Taylor ’77 and Chalmer Taylor Shannon Tattersall and Robert C. Tattersall, Jr. ’91

David Tennent Susan and Timothy Terranova LeeAnn and Glen Trudel Penny Kolloff and John Urice ’64 u Sarah Horowitz and David F. Venarde ’83 Teri and Bruce Weber Karen Horikawa and Peter Wenigmann Laura Wetzel and F. Todd Wetzel ’73 Becky and Christopher Whitney ’64 Lisa Wilkinson and Roy Wilkinson ’70 u Wilmington Monthly Meeting Helen Yeh and Oliver Yeh ’86 Louisa and Harvey Zendt Helen and Fredrick C. Zumsteg, Jr.

Whittier Circle ($1,000 +)

Anonymous Annette Aerenson Charlotte and Michael Arnold Tina and Bill Baczkowski Ann Atwood Biggs ’51 Karen Jacobs and Jack Blumenfeld Lydia Boyer and David Boyer ’48 u Elizabeth Bray and James Keith Bray ’91 Carolyn Appleby Bruce ’85 and Thomas Bruce Elizabeth Buccini and Robert Buccini ’86

Betsy Caldwell Dalgliesh Tracey Quillen Carney ’80 and John Carney Pamela and Richard Cerchio Amy and Jeffrey Chapman Carol E. Clapham Carol and Curtis Clapham* John M. Clark, Jr. ’50 Katherine Linton and Jeffrey T. Connor Linton ’77 Kimberley Linton Coombs ’81 and Charles Coombs Jennifer and Matthew Criscimagna Kim Cutler and Bruce Cutler ’58 u Elaine Davis and Charles T. Davis ’51 Catherine and Thomas Dearlove Christine and Matthew Di Guglielmo Nancy Diver and Arthur Diver ’45 Karen and James Draper Jan and Leo P. Dressel Gertrude R. Drysdale Janice and Gregory Falcon Jacqueline and Clarence Faulcon Rachelle Wright Fletcher ’95 Elizabeth Flinn and Irvine Flinn ’53 Rosalind McCoy-Gardner and George Gardner Barbara Gehret and John Gehret ’51 Lucile Glasebrook and Richard Glasebrook ’66

Jennifer Glick and David Glick ’80 Felice Goldman and Scott Goldman ’89 Stephanie and Douglas Gramiak Marianne Irani and Jean-Marc Haab L. John Harris, Jr. ’62 Armistead Henderer and Peter Henderer ’89 Karin Akerfeldt and Michael Howard Patricia Hsiao* Linda and William Jaworski Ellen Winthrop Jennings ’55 Yong Liu and Chundi Jin Jennifer Kaiser and David Kaiser ’83 Gail and Alan Kessler Nancy Kronfeld Amy and Michael Leviton Wendy Littman and C. Arthur Littman ’51 Rebecca Hankin and Gregory Mand ’87 Erin and Michael Mand ’88 Ruth Marshall and Thomas C. Marshall, Jr. ’41 u Lisa Fitzpatrick and Thomas Marston ’75 u Faith and Donald Masten Florence Matter and Herbert M. Matter ’91 Jean and John McClelland Kathleen and Thomas McDonough Margaret Steinbring McMillan ’45 and David McMillan u Metta Miller ’80

Ellen and Leon Mintz Deborah Murray-Sheppard and Rick Sheppard Susan and Kenneth Musi Julie Neff and Braden Neff ’00 Karen Nichols ’83 Kelly Snyder O’Donnell ’93 and Liam O’Donnell Carol Mumford Osbun ’66 and Ben M. Osbun, Jr. ’66 Anne Allen Pflugfelder ’50 Nicki Topkis Pickles and Jaimie Pickles Jay Pownall u Margaret Hukill Prince Marcia Stirling Quillen ’56* and William T. Quillen ’52 June and Richard Roux Melissa Sanders and Scott Sanders ’77 Kathleen Burns Scanlon ’58 Paul Schnee ’84 Kathleen and Jonathan Schroeder Christy Searl ’87 and John Haegele Lynn Smith and David Smith ’66 Dorothy Manss Stedfast ’47 K. K. and Joe Sullivan Diane Teeple and Rodman Teeple ’45 u Lynn and Lawrence Tornek Marilyn and Michael Uffner Barbara Ward and Sedgwick A. Ward ’50 Jean and Charles Warner Richard Weigel ’62 Dr. and Mrs. Henry Weiner

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REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2014-2015 Pete Wentz ’67 Paraskevi Wolcott and Josiah Wolcott ’97 Pamela Perkins Young ’64 Rebecca and James Zug Kyle Stiffler and Alexander Zwil

Bancroft Circle ($500 +)

Anonymous Phyllis and Norman Aerenson Tommie Almond Fran and Paul Altman Elizabeth Anderson and Todd Anderson ’81 Savio Antao Virginia Poole Bainbridge ’63 and David Bainbridge Thomas Baker ’57 and Susan Baker Cricket and Mark Ball ’52 u Mary and Bodo Baltycki Ann Fletcher Beekley ’49 and John Beekley ’49 Chrissie Brosius Beh ’50 Jan Schaumann Bell ’47 and Roy Bell June Alt and Andrew Blair Jeanne and Paul Boswell Melissa and William Brown Frances Diver Burt ’40 Laura Campbell Jamie and Bruce Chase Mei-Lun Wang and Larry Chou Jonathan Clifton III ’80 Dineen and Douglas Cochran Jody Coghlan ’86 Jeffrey Cohen ’82 Mary Peterson Colhoun ’71 and Michael Colhoun Katy and Chip Connolly III ’79 Ashley Connolly and Michael Connolly ’84 Aisha Haque and Jeffrey Craig ’87 Andrea Krahmer Cross ’79 and David Cross Hung Q. Dam ’91 Fleet G. Davis III ’86 Lisa and Eric Davis Margaret Dent Lynda Dew and Kevin Dew ’79 Richard Diver ’78 Alice Donaghy and Robert Donaghy ’45* Priscilla Altmaier duPont ’82 Dorothy Pierson Eaton ’51 u Lynne Ellick Tara Elliott

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Karen and Thomas Fairchild Christina Papastavros Fay ’76 and John Fay Sharon Mulrooney Flanagan ’84 and Peter Flanagan William H. Foulk, Jr. ’50 William H. Frederick, Jr. ’44 Jennifer and Nicholas Froio Kathleen and Charles Ganse Fay and Carl Gates Catherine Strickler Gaul ’95 Annamarie Medeiros and Stanley Glowiak Cally and Steve Golding Gladys Goldman and Peter Goldman ’86 Sarah and Edward Gordon Kathryn Walker Hall and Scott Hall Melody and Harry Hammond u Kelly Hardy and Bill Hardy ’86 Susan Harker Theresa Harper and John Harper ’77 Sue and Edwin Harron Amanda Singleton Hay ’95 and Andrew Hay David Hefter, Jr. ’86 Margaret Hill and Arthur Hill ’51 Lynn Hill and Richard Hill ’61 Catherine and Roger Holcomb Hilary Barnes Hoopes and Robert R. Hoopes, Jr. ’85 Anne Hoopes and Frank M. Hoopes, Jr. ’54 Judith Hoopes and Robert Hoopes ’57* Christopher Howard ’74 Lawrence Humphrey ’80 Marlene Hyden and John Hyden ’54 CharAn and Richard Ireland Jill Pryor Isakoff ’69 and Peter Isakoff ’69 Scott Jarrell ’95 Matthew Johnson ’04 Sue Ann and John Kane Todd Kephart ’88 Salwa Khan and Omar Khan ’90 Patricia and Glenn Kocher Alison Zinman Kortanek ’83 and Steven Kortanek Karen Krigstein and Alan Krigstein ’70 Joyce and Stephen Lamb

Cynthia LaMothe and John LaMothe ’56 Deborah Layton u Rose Lee Margaret Lindley and Daniel Lindley ’68 Judy Lockhart and George Lockhart ’60 Elizabeth McClelland Lutostansky ’88 and Mark Lutostansky Laura and Thomas Macauley Marilyn and Terence Maguire Reed Masten ’75 u Susan Pierce and James L. Matlack Elizabeth Lahr McCulloch ’44* Kathleen McKusick ’77 Betsy and William Medford Bevo and Don Meginley Ruth and Shah Morovati Elisa and Bret Morris Linda Morrow and Peter Morrow ’59 Lynne and Len Nathan

Mary Nice and John Nice ’52 Laura and Charles O’Kane Takako Ono and Yoshiro Ono ’67 Michelle and Paul Pantano Laura Pardee and Fred Pardee ’52 u Kathleen and James Patton Isabel Brown Pearce ’48 and Ralph Pearce* Kristin Dugan Poppiti ’03 and Robert Poppiti Sara Reese Pryor ’50* Barbara Flinn Quillen ’47 Loree Rogers Reed ’62 Lindsay Rademaker Reinhold ’94 and Ross Reinhold Joseph Rhoads, Jr. ’53 Monica Logsdon Rockefeller ’72 and Avery Rockefeller Jennifer Rowland and Christopher M. Rowland ’95 Nancy and Paul Sakaguchi J. Clarke Sanders ’74

Robert Sepelyak Julia and John Shaw Peter Shields ’57 Kristen Caviness Sihler ’87 and Edward Sihler Jane Smith* and C. Harwin Smith ’47* Anna Quisel ’87 and Bret Snyder ’87 Carol and Bill Spiker Sujatha Srinivasan ’97 Howard W. Starkweather, Jr. ’44 u Jennifer and John Sullivan Sonia Kotliar and Richard Szumel Donna Terribile Pamela Thurlow and Charles Thurlow ’65 Susan Tomases ’83 and Paul Erhard Martha White ’83 Susanne and Gregory Williams Cheryl and Steven Wilson Dolly Bochenek Wolf ’71 and Carl Wolf Gail Wollerton ’67 Cynthia Pyle Woolley ’56 u

REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2014-2015 Toni Young and Stuart B. Young ’53* Linjun Zheng and Yi Ping Zhang

Jones Circle ($250 +)

Folake and Peter Adebi Cassandra and Kenneth Aldridge Tracey Porter Aleman ’87 and John Aleman ’84 Gail Porter Anderson ’56 Nancy Arnosti Anita Aronson Ann Moodey Ashe ’77 and Andrew Ashe Phoebe B. Baker ’62 u Janet and Chris Banschbach Hank and Karen Baumann Thomas P. Bennett ’59 Virgina and William Bodycot Stuart Bricker ’60 Carolyn Brown and Dut Brown ’62 Devereaux Rose Bruch ’55 u Betsy and J.R. Burke Patricia Murdock and Allan Cairncross Carolyn Mulford Calhoun ’55 and Bill Calhoun Marilyn Lammert and Paul Carlson Marybeth Cashman and Christopher Cashman ’78 Antonio Celso and Regina Caspari Monteiro Cortada Lisa and George R. Cattermole Miriam and David J. Chalmers Charmayne and Jay Chandler Mary Jo and James Chandler, IV Sigurd Christensen ’63 Amanda Corby Clauser ’00 Matthew Cleaver ’02 Susette Cochran and James S. Cochran ’66 Ann and Bob Cole Carolyn Gates Connors ’81 and Sean Connors Sue R. Crichton Nancy Crowe and Robert Crowe ’56 Jennifer and Timothy Dalby Dahvia and Andrew Dalton ’97 Lisa A.H. Darling u Anna Vreeland Davis ’66 and Steven Davis Marilyn Davis

Nancy and Doug Denney Lisa Dew and Thomas Dew ’75 Erica and Christopher Donoho Barbara and Frank Dougherty Carolyn Schneider Dowds ’45 Jeania and Kirk Drane Sarah and William Driscoll Joan P. Egan Abigail Greene Fassnacht ’57 and John Fassnacht u Gabriella and Michael Finizio Marissa Schnelle and Mark Fiss ’90 Joe Frey Traci Friess-Clark ’81 Amy and Stephen Furman Lois and Brian Galinat James Garvin, Jr. ’64 Stacy and Peter Gatti Ruth Gelb and Jeremy Gelb ’72 Diane Gilman and Forrest Collier Roberta Galati and William Goulding Kimberly and James Green Bruce Norelius and Landis Green u Calid Habayeb ’05 Ona Murdoch Hamilton ’67 and Stephen Hamilton Susanne and Matthew Handling Mimi Harlan and W. Scott Harlan ’80 Trudy and Terry Hatter Annette Hearing and John Wenderoth Robert H. Hodge ’52 R. Alan Hoff ’82 Marjorie Hoopes and John Hoopes ’39 Caroline Hopkins ’08 Stacy and Alan Horowitz Julia Hurst Elizabeth and Rudolf Hutz Karen and Francis Iacobucci Sohah Iqbal ’94 John Jackson ’61 Louise and Kenneth Jaskulski Elizabeth Miller Jenkins ’51 Jinya and Stephen Jennings Crystal Huang and Wilson Jian Virginia Ryan Joffe ’60 W. Rufus Jones ’52 u Marcia Jones Brett and Meredith Jones Dayle and Michael Joseph Randi and Jason Jowers

Kathryn and Christopher Kenney Margitta Kerr-Stover ’84 and Gary Stover Suzanne King and Allen D. King, Jr. ’52 Jamie and William Kleman Susan and Jeffry Komins Kim Overby and Gary A. Koretzky Ellen Kurtz and John Kurtz ’62 Linda and Steven Kushner Sally Smith Lambert ’57 and Edward Lambert Gail Landon and Robert B. Landon ’51 Anne Lang and William Lang ’52 Frank Lang ’58 Linda Laughlin and K. Michael Laughlin ’57 Charles Lawrence ’64 Sara and Richard Leff Kathryn Cloutman and Philip Leshock Robert Lessey ’62 Julie and Rodger Levenson Michelle Liebesman and Jeffrey Liebesman ’84 Meredith Lindley and John Lindley ’62 Claire Lindley and Peter Lindley ’59 Mary and Mathew Lo Peggy Lubin and Alan Evantash Patricia and James MacAllen Patricia Daly and Stephen Maguire Shelly and Martin Mand Kimberly and William Mangan Mali and Majid Mansoory Kathleen and John Martin Mary Ellen Martin Marvel ’63 Amy Benjamin and Douglas Marx ’79 Bea Massih Suzi and David Maybee Kelly Seiberlich Mayo ’95 and Andrew Mayo Carolyn Briggs McClain ’71 Karen McCann McClelland and John McClelland ’87 Isabel Robinson McGraw ’56 and Ralph McGraw Monica and Michael McKenzie Pamela McKinstry and Thomas McKinstry ’81 Melinda McMahon and James McMahon ’72 Lisabeth A. Moore Jane and John Moore Virginia Fraser Morris ’65 and John Morris ’63

Lindsay Moyer ’03 Brigitte and Francis Murphy Linda and Joseph Napoli Victoria M. and Edward T. Novak Ann Mathias O’Neil ’77 and Brian H. O’Neil Kendra and Sylvester Okolo F. Peter Parker Patterson Schwartz Faye Paul ’03 and Arthur Lipovetsky Lisa Pearce and Mark Pearce ’84 Margo Hoff Pennock ’74 and Jonathan Pennock ’74 Angela Diaz Peterson ’96 and Matthew Peterson Hester and Leon Petty Beth Lubaroff Pfeifer ’88 and Robert Pfeifer Kristin and Keith Ragan Lisa Leana and Thomas M. Raiber ’86 Liliane Remy-Battiau ’52 Priscilla Roberts and Richard S. Roberts ’53 Piper Wentz Rothschild ’72 and Jonathan Rothschild William K. Ryan ’61 Ramzi Sabbagh ’79 Lori and Mark Schmittle Doris and Carl Schnee Elizabeth Hukill Schreppler ’76 and John Schreppler Christopher Scott ’02 Susan and Craig Scott Warren Scott Gail and C.J. Seitz Dr. Franklin Sherman and Dr. Loreen W. Stout Sherman Silvana and Edson Silveira Lisa and Jim Simon ’60 Carol and Bruce Slomski W. Alan Smith ’50 u Daniel Smith ’68 Jeanne Morris Smith ’49 and Bill Smith Arlene Frech Spezzaferro ’93 and Todd Spezzaferro Mary Ida Sprague and Peter Hale Sprague, Sr. ’49

FUN FACT:

$938,912

The total donated to the 2014-15 Annual Fund. It is the highest Annual Fund amount in the history of WFS.

Georgie Stapleton and Walter Stapleton ’52 Cruce Stark and Nancy Wingate Carl A. Stockfleth ’65 Albena and Vladimir Stoianov Tara and Keith Strouss Nola Stull and Andrew Stull ’83 Elissa and Michael Sullivan Caroline Schwartz Sutton ’57 and Carlton Sutton Alexis Tarumianz ’65 and Alice Tarumianz Dianne and Robert Tattersall Marisa de los Santos and David Teague Dana Smith Tench ’65 and Ken Tench Alison Terrell and Matthew Terrell ’91 Gloria and G. Harold Thompson Monica Thompson Henry ’88 Lisa Townsend-Raber ’77 and Richard Raber Sarah Singleton Turick ’95 and Michael Turick Kristen Greene Ursomarso ’86 and Jim Ursomarso Juliane Harvey Van Egmond ’68 and Alan Van Egmond Mary Ann Pennington Verneuil ’60 and Vincent S. Verneuil, Jr. Janet Holmes Waddell ’54 and James Waddell Leslie and David Wakeley Penelope and Gerald Wellman Kathryn Gehret Welsh ’75 and Thomas Welsh

“I was inspired to give to Friends this year in honor of my dad, Joel Rosenberg, who gave me the gift of a Wilmington Friends School education.”

- Leslie Rosenberg ’00

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REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2014-2015 FUN FACT:

8 - 95

The age range of donors to the Annual Fund this year.

Alice Martin Whelihan ’68 and James Whelihan Joan Porter Wideman ’49 and Ronald Wideman Victoria and Gary Wiedwald Roger Williams ’57 Nina Porter Winfield ’79 and James Winfield Michael Wise ’64 u Eric Wohlforth Mavis and Marc Woolley Judith and Gerald Yeatman Sharon Bob and H. Alan Young ’54

Blue and White Circle (Young Alumni)

Sofia Gallicchio ’10 Will Graves ’10 Patricia Johnston ’10 Katherine Orth ’10 Hunter Witmer ’10 Kevin Anglim ’11 Jordan L. Beard ’11 R. Matthew Davis, Jr. ’11 Brett Fallon ’11 Julia Horwitz ’11 Katrina M. Sotiropoulos ’11 Gwen Baraniecki-Zwil ’12 Katlyn L. Barrett ’12 Derek Bednarski ’12 Laurel S. Brown ’12 Erica Brown ’12 Sumner Crosby ’12 Keiko Endo ’12 Kendall Flanagan ’12 Graham Grochowski ’12 Southworth Hamilton ’12 Leah Handwerk ’12 Caroline McDonough ’12 Nicholas Napoletano ’12 Samuel Carney ’13 Elizabeth Crosby ’13 Jeffrey Davis ’13 Emily Horwitz ’13 Sean W. Kirkpatrick ’13 James Kocher ’13 Joelle Napoletano ’13 Michael Orth ’13 Margaret Snyder ’13 Arielle R. Sotiropoulos ’13 Dunia Tonob ’13 Brett Tracy ’13

Bold = True Blue Donor u = 1748 Society Donor * = deceased

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Dwyer Tschantz ’13 Kenji Endo ’14 Quinn A. McNeill ’14 Kevin Roux ’14

Contributors

Anonymous Devon Fegley Adams and Doug Adams Laura Adler and David Adler ’76 Madhushree and Sumit Agarwal Mrs. John D. Ahlstrom Judy and James Aliquo u Skip Allen ’62 and Alison Allen Penelope and Mark Allison Alyssa Almond ’94 Benjamin Altman ’06 Allison Altman ’03 Ilse Kutz Altman ’43 Carol Amaral-Ly and Phuoc Ly Ejimofor Amobi ’99 Meredith Malmberg Anderson ’68 and Greg Anderson Michael Anderson, Jr. ’08 Karen and Thomas Anglim Jane Wier Apple ’56 and David Apple Dr. Richard M. Appleby ’72 Lynda and Taro Arai Sheila Brown Arbury ’62 Patricia Kennedy Ascher ’56 and Doug Ascher Elizabeth Amend Ashby ’54 and Richard Ashby Meredith and Berton Ashman Jane Atkins and Stuart Atkins ’76 C. Thomas Attix ’45* Sally Ayers and Joseph Ayers ’89 Tony Bacon Lydia Baer and Jeffrey Baer ’71 Barbara Baganz Simpson ’71 Ellen Bailey Barbara Bailey and Peter Bailey ’51 Amy Bailey Mary Beth Rickards Baisden ’51 Susanne and Richard Baker* Seema Vora and Jay A. Bakhru ’93 Robin and Robert Baldwin Louise Baldwin ’69 Pat Baldwin and George Baldwin ’51* Pat Baldwin* Dana Balick ’83 and Paul Herdman Carol and Sidney Balick

Christine Strahan Barker ’67 Elizabeth Hale Barnett ’58 and Crawford Barnett Anne Jackson Barnhill ’54 and Glenn Barnhill ’53 Evan Bartle ’08 Sarah Bartle ’06 Patricia and Louis Bartoshesky Sarah Batcheler Elizabeth Lewis Bates ’71 and Jonathan Bates Andrew Baumann ’95 Elizabeth Cranston Baxter ’51 Josephine Martin Bayard ’67 and Richard Bayard Tonya and Mathu Baynes Linda and Shawn Beard Lori and Frank Beardell Bonnie and Richard Beck Elizabeth Mintz Beckett ’81 and Tom Beckett Catherine F. Bell ’82 Gladys McNeill-Bell and Raymond Bell Anna Hubbard Bellenger ’54 and George Bellenger Diane and Stephen Beneck Holly Nielsen Bennett ’90 and Michael Kriwonos Henrietta Bente and Paul Bente III ’63 Cynthia Bergman ’81 and John MacManus Carol and Richard Bernard Robin Morley Bernstein ’79 and Jack Bernstein Olga and Don Beskrone Julie Gordon Beverly ’88 and Whitney Beverly Anna Massey Biggs ’83 and John Seiffert Catherine Bigler and Edward M. Bigler, Jr. ’64 Melissa and John Bilek Maggie and Mike Bio John Bishop ’62 Ann Scott Black ’65 and Steve Black Eric Bloom ’64 Heather Blue Jeffrey Blumberg Melanie Sticklen Bocarro and Jason Boccaro Jamie O’Connor Bolane ’61 and John Bolane Stephanie Bonnes ’04 Anne Bonnyman u Charles Booth, Jr. ’67 Leslie and Mark Borst Elizabeth Boynton and D. King Boynton, Jr. ’58 Elizabeth Rolle Bradburn ’85 Rebecca Brand ’92

Elizabeth Bashore Brayer ’50 Julie James and Kenneth Brick William Bridgewater Jr ’65 Hannah Brilliant ’09 Richard Broad ’64 Vienna Broadbelt Sylvia and Vernon Broussard Calissa and Allan Brown Betsy and Jim Brown Gwen and David Brown Patrice Norton-Brown and Stephen Brown Kathy and William Brown Norval Brown, Jr. Anne Brownlee ’94 Judith Brubaker and Robert Brubaker ’50 Dela and Robert Bryan Kempley Bryant and Charles Bryant ’79 Victoria Milliken Buccino ’64 and Salvatore G. Buccino Michael R. Buchanan and Phyllis D. Buchanan Bradey Bulk Sara Hackett Bunnell ’43 Catherine Kelleher Burgy ’79 and Francis Burgy Nancy Burnett and Stephen Burnett ’61 Debbie and Adrian Burston Lee and Bix Bush Erin Bushnell ’96 Walter Butkus Margaret Anne and Stuart Butterfield Virginia Campbell and Fletcher Campbell ’59 Janne Cannon and Robert Cannon ’64 Elana Caplan ’02 Rona Budovitch Caplan Theresa and Ray Carbone Geneva Carlsten and Rolf Carlsten, Jr. ’57 Corey Carmichael Ann Carney* James Carney ’15 Anna K. Carothers Gale Carothers Freeman ’70 Christine Carpenter and Andrew Carpenter ’88 Mary Jo Carroccia Quinn Maguire Cartelli ’98 and Roberto Cartelli Campbell Cary ’42 Clara Cashman and Eugene R. Cashman, Jr. ’53 Barbara and Myron Caspar Ellen and Matt Cauchy Denise Chambers and Christopher L. Chambers ’89

Kristen Chandler ’98 Christina Chapman ’09 Andrew Chapo Patricia Chappelle ’52 Cindy Charriez Megan Pell and Carlos Charriez Elizabeth and Demetrios Church Liza Clapham Nina Clark and Charles B. Clark ’54 Peter Clark ’62 Cathy and Les Clothier Anna and Scott Clothier Dorothy Cook Coady ’64 Elisabeth Cook Coady ’69 and Robert Coady Sally Cochran Emily Cohen and Steven Cohen ’83 Frances and Robert Cohen Katherine Coleman and Thomas Coleman ’84 C. Michael Coleman ’88 Christopher Collier ’06 Donna and Richard Collins Elizabeth and Mark Conces Nichole and Benjamin Congo Janice and Jay Conner Kristina H. Conner Elizabeth Connolly ’09 Thomas Cooch ’63 Richard R. Cooch ’66 and Barbara Cooch Janice Cook and Alan Cook ’71 Thomas Cook Stephen Coons ’85 Ethan D. Cooperson ’87 Rachel Elzufon Couch ’04 and Ian Couch Margaret Crosby Courtright ’68 and Paul Courtright Erica and Thomas Cover Jane Cover Cindy Cowell ’78 Kelley and Randall Cox Julie and Richard Cox Rosanne Cox and Irving John Cox III ’62 u Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Crabbe Mary Starkweather Cramer ’47 Rosanne Cristanetti Ann Crittenden David Crosby ’75 Anna Crosby ’09 Terry and John Crowther Isabel Crowther ’17 Suzanne and David Culver Marcia Cupery and Kenneth Cupery ’55 Willis Cupery ’50 Carolyn Curran and John Curran ’86 Susan and James Curtis Eugene M. D’Amico III Judah Dadone ’03

REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2014-2015 Nancy Calkins Dale ’65 Elissa Cashman ’07 and Connor Dalton ’08 Michael Dalton ’05 Erin Maguire Daly ’95 and Dennis Daly Anh Dam ’90 u Trang and Lam Dam My Dang and Jeffrey Biggs Orelia Dann and John Dann ’62 Elizabeth Valentine Daudt ’41* u Dolores C. Daudt Emily David ’09 Susie Tattersall Davis ’84 and Robert Davis ’83 Isiah Davis Edward S. Davis II Nancy Davis and Fleet Davis ’61 Heather Focht Dealy and Edwin Dealy ’91 Elizabeth and Francis Dearlove Erin DeCou ’01 Keri Will-del Tufo and Joseph del Tufo Suzanne and Kevin Delaney Erin Brownlee Dell ’89 and Kyle Dell O. Evans Denney Kathy Dent and Peter Dent ’81 Josephine Mode Devine ’50 Jean Dew Cheryl Dewees and Robert Dewees ’67 Martha and Donald DeWees Suzanne Govatos Diamond ’52

Jane Marsh Dieckmann ’51 and Richard Rosenbaum Jamie DiEmidio William Dippel Steven R. Director Cristina and Kevin DiSabatino Stacey and Walter Dixon Sharon and Donald Dobson Amey Eckles Dodge ’62 and Peter Dodge Alice McGovern Doering ’57 and Albert Doering Kimberley Massih Dolan ’89 and Patrick Dolan Catherine Dolan Gene and Francis Dolan Anne Bailey Donaghy ’54 and James Donaghy Charles Donaghy ’95 Rob Donaghy III ’92 Nancy Fitts Donaldson Anne Quillen Donecker ’73 and John Donecker Astrid Dorsey and Leighton Coleman Dorsey ’48 Alicia and Kenneth Doss Vira Doughton and Lewis Doughton ’52 Perrin Downing ’09 Laura Isken Doyle ’77 and George Doyle Kim Mooney-Doyle and Timothy Doyle Kathleen and Harry Doyle Eleanor Driscoll ’25 Susan and Michael Dubowy Sydney and William Dugdale

Jeanie duPont and Peter duPont ’50 Sandra and Charles Durgin Dee Durham ’79 and Barry Evans Masayo Duus and Peter Duus ’51 Donna and Michael Ebert Rose and Alan Ebner Dawn and Miguel Echevarria Jan-Maloy Edwards ’74 Joyce and Emerson Elliott Anne Ellis Martha Ellis and David Ellis ’64 Lena Jacobs Elzufon ’70 and John Elzufon Aviva Elzufon ’06 Michelle and A. Todd Emsley Alyson Engle ’95 Joanne Epcke and William Epcke ’55 Petra and Javier Ergueta Nancy Fairchild Esty ’52 Necol Evans Rebeca and Brian Fahey Bonnie and John Fairchild Christine Farley Mary Smith Farnell ’60 and George Farnell Colleen Farrell ’04 Kimberly and Andrew Feldmann Fay Foster Felty ’75 Marie Berl Ferguson ’47 and John Ferguson Judy and Louis Ferrara Amy Ferris Sarah Fick ’00 Martha and Malcolm Fick Elena Norman and Darryl Flaherty

Chip Flaherty Jill and Joel Flambaum John Fleming Lewis Flinn, Jr. ’47 Laura and James Foltz Mr. and Mrs. David R. Foote ’95 Juliana Smith Forbes u Richard Foulk ’54 Sharon and Richard Fox Jess Franklin Gretchen Lindley Frascella ’85 and Thomas Frascella Janine Freeman and Jay Freeman, Jr. ’65 Douglas Freeman ’67 Jane Hayden Frelick ’37 and Robert Frelick Amanda Walker Friz and Robert W. Friz ’86 Samantha and David Fruchtman Pamela Gagliano Eva and Richard Gaines Sara and Richard Gaines Joshua Galperin ’00 Lathie and Ronan Gannon Dolores and Charles Ganse Christine Hansen and Charles Ganter Nancy Wier Gardner ’54 and Kirtland Gardner Phyllis and Jon Gatta Caroline Pippin Gaty ’55 Joan Tarumianz Gee ’68 and William Gee Imogene B. Geoghegan Sara Geoghegan ’08 Thomas George ’76 Sue Kost and David Gertler

FUN FACT:

24

The number of years in a row that the Home & School Association has made a donation to the Annual Fund.

Robin and Keith Giampalmi Timothy Gibbs ’76 and Troy Havens u Donna Lester Gicker Ashley Cattermole Gillerlain ’91 and Paul Gillerlain Marjorie Gimler Stuart Gittelman ’86 Andy Glasebrook ’70 and Kathy Glasebrook Paul B. Glickman Gretchen and David Gobris Sally Beatty Goffinet ’52 and John Goffinet E. Jane Goldberg Shannon Goldsborough Maura Golin Patricia Weisman and John Golin ’69 Sherry and John Goodill Donna and Todd Goodman Debra and Charles Goodman Nancy Spargo Goodridge ’56 and Donald Goodridge Barbara and Presley Goodwyn Kristin Gordon ’85 Ralph Gorton John Goswell ’05

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Sarah and Michael Goswell William Goswell ’09 Jo Ann Gould Caroline Rogus and John Gould ’95 Penny Goulding Cheryl Graff ’89 Dorothy and John Graham Elizabeth Granda Paula Grant Jennifer Greenstein Sermas ’88 Katherine Gressle ’64 Rachel and Richard Grier-Reynolds Yeshi Zeleke and Andy Groum Barbara and David Grover Joseph Gutierrez ’07 Lauren Gutstein Daniel Hadlock ’58 Bruce Haedrich ’59 William M. Haile Stephanie Hoopes Halpin ’82 Eugene Hamilton ’65 Dina and Jon Handwerk Shannon and John Hanson Lin and Bill Hardy Kathleen Harper and Jeffrey Harper ’74 Amy Curran Harper ’94 and Richard Harper ’91 Janet Mitchell Harper ’50 Roberta Simpson Harrell ’54 Alexandra Harris ’68 Susan Gant Harris ’67 and James Harris Raven Harris ’06 Odette A. Hartenauer Joseph Hartnett ’04

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Deborah and Paul Hartwick Phyllis and Philip Harvey Cyndy and David Hatcher Patricia Haughton Elisabeth Milliken Head ’59 Roberta and William Headley Carol Jo Heald and Richard T. Heald ’46 u Ann Harper Heaton ’57 and Robert Heaton u Janice and Jack Hegenbarth Megan and David Hegenbarth Georgia Higgins Helthall ’66 and Eric Helthall Mary Lawshe Henderer u Sanna Henderer and Jeffrey Henderer ’86 Edith Dewees Henderson ’69 and George Henderson Sandy Sage and R. Matthew Hendricks ’79 Kate and Lester Hendrix Susan Geoghegan Henshall ’77 Constance Gay Herlihy and Thomas Herlihy III ’53 Susan McGovern Herndon ’53 and Roy Herndon Katie Herzog and Lee Herzog ’04 Andy Hess ’58 Lynn Hessler and Philip J. Hessler ’62

Nedim Heto ’99 Caroline Cylkowski and Stephan Heuer Jane Bridgwater Hewes ’39 and William Hewes Dirke Hill and Clayton Hill ’96 Joseph J. Hill ’53 Susan Hill and Thomas Hill ’58 Noelle Hinderhofer Markle and David Markle Barbara Hitchens Carolyn and Neil Hockstein Cheryl and Dennis Hodge Winifred Hohlt ’85 Wooja and Ravin Holden Sharyn Hollingsworth William Holloway ’97 Jill and Stewart Holmes Kathy and Don Holmes Pamela Hoopes ’73 and Daniel Kelliher Sinead and Thomas Horan Miiko and Herbert Horikawa Edith Horner Joan and Thomas Howard Lynne Howard and Don Brown William Howell Julie and Christopher Hsu Crystal Huang and Wilson Jian Richard Hubbard ’70 Sarah and Graham Hudgings Susan Holmes Huebsch ’86 and William Huebsch

Jill Hughes and Jeffrey Hughes ’79 Abby Hughes-Strange ’04 Caroline Simon Humphrey ’55 Meg Adams Hunter ’74 and Scott Hunter Alice and D. Stephen Hyde Francis Iacobucci ’04 Kazu Watanabe Imai ’72 and Tsuneo Imai Stacie and Richard Immesberger Patty Irwin and Jolly Bailey Alice Mearns Ivy ’48 Jane Sheppard Jackson ’47 and James Jackson Sue Jacobs Charles Jacobson ’59 and Diane Jacobson Jane Ellis James ’55 and Albert James ’55 Nancy James and Hugh James ’57 John Jenney III ’94 Xiaoming Wen and Hong Jin Helga and Edward Johann Linda Johnson and Steven Johnson ’79 u Elizabeth Johnson and Richard Johnson ’74 Yokahoma and Michael Johnson Margot and Daniel Johnson Ellen Johnson and Timothy Caspar Ellen Johnston ’05 Janet and John Jones Mckenzie Jones ’97 Lorrie Jones Meredith Joppa ’00

Adam Joseph ’97 Daniel Joseph ’02 Emily and Seth Katzen Betsy Kline and Walter C. Keiper, Jr. ’81 Karen S. Keith Peter Kelemen ’74 Elisabeth Dempsey Keller ’75 and Michael Keller Caroline Simons Kent ’45 and Don Kent Amy and Henry Khine Harriott Johnson Kimmel ’41 Alexandra Ranck King ’75 and Fletcher King Ira Kirch ’64 Kerry and Michael Kirifides Jonathan Kittle ’04 Sharon and Dick Kittle Doris Klaver and Martin Klaver ’50 Benjamin Klein ’05 Leslie Koenig Knight and Mike Koenig Kimberly Knight Nancy and Phil Knotts Stephanie and Erik Knudsen Martha Rhoads Kob ’69 Ritu and Vijay Kohli Maya Koretzky ’09 Anelma Iivarinen Korvenmaa ’49 Sandra Kozikowski and Michael Kozikowski Catherine Zorc and Joshua Krotec Georgine and Joseph Kruk Cynthia and Don Kuespert u Olivia Kurtz ’97 and Matt Meyer Barbara Phillips Kurtz ’54 Ellen and Robert Kurtz Nicole and Daniel Lache Lorraine and George Lacsny Margaret Frech Laker Jenny Lamb ’99 Deborah Hitt Lane ’62 and Gordon Lane u Matthew Lang ’08 Eva Langemar and P. Elis Langemar ’75 Wendy Lapham Benjamin Larrabee ’62 Elizabeth Latchum ’65 Robin Lebauer William Swain Lee ’53 Deborah and Sanford Leff Maureen Leffler Inge Scherb Lehmann ’51 Mary and Christian Lehr Nora Leitermann Thomas J. Lemon Geraldine and Christian Lenges Lisa Hefter Lennick ’84 and Daniel Lennick

REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2014-2015 Elisabeth and Leon Leshock Katharine Lester Mowery ’02 and Adam Mowery Jacqueline Leuze Amanda and Rick Lewis Elizabeth C. Lewis Ann and George Liarakos Nicole Liarakos ’86 Barbara Liberi Zona H. Lindsay Nicole and Gary Lipkin Elizabeth Murch Livingston ’37 Jill Loeffler and Christopher Loeffler ’00 Cara LoFaro ’04 Daniel LoFaro ’02 Carole and Robert Long Sophie Longwill and Michael Longwill ’82 Joan Lotwis Joan Allen Lovelace ’45 Jennifer and Frank Luckangelo Mary and Carl Lukach Thomas Lundgaard ’74 William T. Lynam ’52 Genevieve and Matthew Lynch Sara Jane Lyon ’59 Jennifer and Roger Maansson Beth Greenstein and Paulo Machado Laura MacKelcan Margaret Mullin MacKelcan ’71 and Donald MacKelcan Jean and Tom Magner Kathleen Magner-Rios Sarah Schenck Maheshwari ’91 and Vinay Maheshwari Beth Maliner and Jeb Bartle Robyn Malone and Stephen Malone ’84 Catharine Maloney and Nick Krill Mary MaloneyHuss and Benjamin Goldstein Robert Mancill ’43 Sonia and Bayard Marin Anne Vincent-Daviss Marsh ’48 Judith and Will Martin Anne R. Martin ’68 Carolyn and David Martin Susan and Gary Martin Katherine Wolf Martinenza ’99 and Brian Martinenza Carol and Peter Martinez William Masten ’91 and Lisa Masten Antoni Mavrantonis ’58 Katharine and Mark Mayer Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Mazer

Peggy and Thomas McAndrews Cyndi Brooks and Debbie McCall Kate and Owen McCarron Paula McClellan Susan Knapp McClements ’81 and Bill McClements Lynne and Thomas McCone Margaret and Don McCulloch Julie Boswell McCulloch ’89 and Michael McCulloch Amy McElroy and Mark McElroy ’73 Mary Ellen and William McEnroe Kaitlyn McEnroe ’07 Andrew McEnroe ’04 Joanne McGeoch and Stephen Needs Anne and Andrew McGhie Alistair McGhie ’85 Mariah McIntosh and James McIntosh Kyle Zechman McKean ’98 and John McKean Richardson McKelvie ’64 Patrick McKinley Karen McKinstry ’88 Paige McKusick and James McKusick ’74 James McMillan Clare Gammons McMullan ’48 and A. Dale McMullan Juliet and William McQuillan Dorothea Mendinhall McSorley ’43 Adrienne and Jonathan Meade Dale Roberts Megill ’60 and Robert Megill Cynthia Stan Mellow and Emil Mellow Alexandra Mellow ’01 and Mauro Giuffrida Joseph P. Melloy, Sr. Karen and Paul Melnick Susan and Vladimir Melnik Jennifer and Nathan Merriman Brooke Merriman ’25 Allison Meyer ’92 Valerie C. Middlebrooks Susan Miller Courtney and Curtis Miller Marilyn and Ken Miller Deanna and William Miller Ildiko and Gregg Miller Ellen F. Millick Conny Johann Mincks ’76 and John Mincks Margaret Landefeld Mitchell ’65 and George Mitchell Phyllis and James Mobley

Valarie Molaison Linda and Harrison Monk Deborah and Paul Montigney Philip Montigney ’07 Elizabeth Moodey ’73 Virginia Mason Morgan ’38 Pauline Morgan Lisa McKinney Morgan Carol Bancroft Morley ’68 Ginger and Kenneth Morley Meredith Prince Morris ’53 Deborah and Rick Morrison Susan and Paul Morrison Alexandra and Edmon Morton Concha Morton and Donald Morton, Jr. ’94 Deborah Moyer Helen Samson Mullen and Robert Mullen Lara and Gary Munch Betty Hirschland Munro and Donald M. Munro Barbara Harrington Murphy ’71 Lisa Laffend and Charles Nakamura Joseph Napoletano Renate Nastasi Jana and Farogh Nazari Marnie Neff and David Neff ’93 Carolyn and Lee Nell Marion Rothbart Newbold ’78 and Michael Newbold, Jr. Ozlem Nichols Laura Nilstoft and Brian Nilstoft ’89 Emily and Bruce Nisbet Jacqueline Nix and Sheldon D. Nix ’74 Meryl Richardson Nolan ’56 and Gaillard Nolan Nan and Parry Norling Helen Burr Nulse ’51 Debra Toulson Nuss ’72 and John Nuss Angela O’Brien and Matthew O’Brien ’81 Margaret O’Brien ’74 Leslie O’Brien and James O’Brien III Marguerite Oat and Charles Oat ’70 Martha West Olson ’80 and Richard Olson Mimi and Thomas Otto Wellington Ow Missy Owens ’94 Debra J. Pace Pam Hugelen and Clem Padin Helen and John Page Jeffrey Palmer ’04 Carol Palmiotto and David Fisher

Sarah Panock ’99 Marsha Feltz Pappas and George Pappas Barbara Kanter and Raymond Para Jennifer Pardee and Michael Pardee ’78 Laura Jersild Pardo ’90 and Jorge Pardo Vivian Lessey Pas ’65 and Richard Pas Rohna and Glenn Paskow Clare Stephens Patel ’87 and Anil Patel Nancy Pederson Patrick ’78 and David Patrick Lois Stausebach Patterson ’66 James Patton, Sr. Kathy Klein and David Paul Dillon Paul ’00 Laura Geesey Payne ’67 Magdalena James Pederson and Nels Pederson ’76 Melinda and Robert Penn Annette Penniman and Charles Penniman ’46 Margaret Pennock ’78 and David Wood Beth Peters ’83 and Brad Fagg Amber Peters and John Peters ’86 Bettie and Lea Peyton Ann Lyon Phemister ’56 and Bob Phemister Anna Biggs Pierce ’47 Alice Pillsbury ’51 Shana and Csongor Pinter Meghan Baczkowski Pixley ’03 and Brian Pixley Elisabeth Stroud Poole ’59 and Richard Poole ’58* William Poole ’55 Elizabeth Hunt Poole ’69 and Stephen Poole ’62 Ellie Alexander Poorman ’53 and Joel Poorman Leslie Grissom and William Poteau Anita Press Claire Prohl and Edward Prohl ’56 Elizabeth Prutzman and L. Donald Prutzman, Jr. ’69 Lynn Puritz-Fine and Allen Fine Thomas Putney ’52 Meg Thomas Quaintance ’85 and Alan Quaintance Sherrie Quillen ’53 R. Todd Quimby ’89 and Megan Quimby

FUN FACT:

3

The number of alumni classes that had 100% participation in giving to Friends.

Marlee Raber ’09 Linda Rademaker and Jarrett Rademaker ’96 Amy Pastore Rademaker and Reid Rademaker ’90 Julie and Stephen Rahaim Leslie and Anthony Raia Kristin and Michael Ramos Paula and Alan Ramsey Jeffrey Ransom Edythe L. Rapkin Alice Rapkin and Fredrick J. Rapkin ’65 Enid Rapkin and Leslie Rapkin ’60 Skye and Jacob Rashkind Lee and Michael Rashkind Kiyoko Rasinger and Herbert Rasinger ’66 Gilda and Jason Rauscher Brett Redfearn ’82 Julie Reebel ’85 Leslie Kirkman Reed ’64 and Philip Reed ’67 Anne Reese ’69 Chris Reid and Donald M. Reid, Jr. ’55 Sylvia Whiteside Reid ’77 and George Reid Judy Butterworth Reinke Judith and Jay Resnick ’67 Pat Rettew and Gregg Rettew ’54 Linda Harris Reynolds ’75 and James R. Reynolds ’75 Susan and Scott Rhodewalt Carol Fischler Rice ’65 Teal Rickerman Melissa Chambers Riggs ’91 and Andrew Riggs Eileen and Louis Rinaldi Sandra Rivera Eric Rizzi James Roberts ’50 Susan Roberts and John Roberts ’56 Lucia Robinson Patricia Robinson ’71 and Henry Finch William J. Robinson III ’52 Marie Geesey Robinson ’54 Jennifer Perry Rodell ’96 Julie and Gregory Rodowsky Jane Schindewolf and Eric Romano Susan Ventresca and David Ropars Leslie Rosenberg ’00

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REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2014-2015 Karen and John Roskovensky Tracy and Chip Rossi Carey and H. Hickman Rowland Caeli Rubens ’03 Helene Rice Rubin ’47 Carol Rudisell and Wunyabari Maloba Catherine Ruhl Julie and Jonathan Russ Ashley Rust ’96 Muriel and Allan Rusten* Robin and Charles Sakovics Julie Ann Sandler ’85 and Joel Friedlander Jane Biggs Sanger ’79 and Christopher Sanger ’74 Margaret Sanger and Richard Sanger ’48 Lauryn and Marc Satterfield Diana Saunders Kizzy and Andre Saunders Yvonne and Erik Saville Kay Smith Schauer ’52 and Robert Schauer* Kathleen and William Schell Lauren Schmittle ’07 Carl Schumacher ’45 Nicole and Scott Schwartz David Scofield ’00 Patricia Scott Robert Scott, Jr. ’63 Susan and David Scott Megan and Daniel Scott Howard Seebach ’48 u Lorraine and John Seiberlich Christobel Shedd Selecky ’72 and John Selecky u Jennifer and Daniel Selekman Kurt Sermas ’84 Dawn and Prakash Seshadri Brendan Shannon and Kerry Doyle-Shannon Jan Shay Mark T. Shay Samantha A. Shay ’09 Barbara Chantler Shellenberger ’48 and William Shellenberger Elizabeth and David Sheslow Jianglin Shi Wendy and Philip Shlossman Carl Shrawder ’57 u Marion Silliman and Henry H. Silliman, Jr. ’52 Sara Titus Skelly ’90 and Christopher Skelly Bold = True Blue Donor u = 1748 Society Donor * = deceased

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Melanie Togman Sloan ’83 Catherine Amend Slocum ’56 and Gary Slocum Michael Smith ’97 Lyn Smith Elizabeth Griffith Smith ’58 Jessica Smith and Theodore Freeman Nina A. Smith ’74 Mary Beth Watson Smith ’68 and Kenneth Smith Joan Pearce Snyder ’78 and Bayard J. Snyder ’69 Timothy Snyder ’67 Martha Snyder Margaret Mitchell Soash ’58 and Merwin Soash Karl L. Sparre ’73 Lynese Spinelli Marcene and James Sprowls Gretchen Vosters Spruance ’65 and W. Halsey Spruance Susan Corbit Spruance ’68 Marshall Stafford ’84 Elizabeth Jarvis and Paul Stanborough Linda Stat and Richard Stat ’67 Alison Lunt Steadman ’53 Elizabeth Stenta Catherine Wiedwald Stenta ’96 and Robert Stenta Diana and Paul Stevens Vernon Stevenson Sarah Stock Patterson and John Douglas Patterson

Thalonius Stone Victoria Storm ’88 and Laird Bunch Caroline Hughes and John Strange Samantha and Patrick Straub Diane and Edward Strickler Susan and R. Brinton Strode, Jr. Michael Stump Martha and Donald Sullivan Danielle and Kevin Sullivan Debra Sussman and William Sussman ’70 Sally Swayze Nancy Beatty Swett ’52 Sheila and Joseph Swipes Mary Stern Sykes ’68 Eileen and Joe Szczerba Margaret Tallman and Brian Tallman ’88 Marianne Tallman Maria and Dimitrios Tangalidis Barbara and Robert Tarr Gerard Taylor Catherine Taylor Kelly and Charles Terribile Alison Egan Thompson ’81 and Daniel Thompson Irene Thompson and David Thompson ’56 Helen and Byrd Thompson Christopher Thompson ’04 Theodore Thomson Michelle Thomson

Emma Timmins Schiffman ’02 Helen and Jan Ting Gloria Tjersland and Charles S. Tjersland ’51 Trina J. Tjersland ’75 and Rebecca Frederick Barbara and Leonard Togman Patricia and Patrick Tolton Barbara and Norman Tomases Dalal Tonb and Jean-Francois Tomb Alexandra and Scott Tornek Stephanie Ramirez Torres Susan Tracy and William Tracy ’63 Lesley Dennis Tryon ’71 and Edward Tryon Amy Tryon ’08 Alexander Tryon ’06 DeAnn and John Tschantz Eric Tucker Kimberleigh Turner Lisa and Todd Tyler Michelle Ulissi ’99 Wendy Vaala ’73 Nancy Applegate Valiante ’71 and Michael Valiante Katie Measley Van Druff ’96 and Jason Van Druff Genevieve Van-Catledge Rev. John Vandegrift ’45 Behnaz Varamini Trelly Vergara-Shaikh ’89 and Saeed Shaikh Norman Vernon ’62 Christopher Verry

Eileen Vincent and Michael Vincent ’72 Jennifer Johnson Vinton ’89 and Brock J. Vinton II ’89 Gail R. and Milton S. Wahl Yvonne Webb Wahlers ’51 Raffaella Cristanetti and Jason Walker Gregory Walker ’92 Elizabeth Varley and Larry Walker Rodney Wallace Nicole Caddell Wample ’03 and Justin Wample Jeania L. Watson William A. Weary Corlet Jackson Weisel ’64 Jan and Michael Weiss Sara Weiss ’97 and Kevin Zimmerman Kathy Bunville Welch ’84 and Steve Welch Sue Welles Nancy Jessup Wells ’41 Sara Schell Wells ’97 and John Wells Mary Bloomsburg Wemlinger ’64 and Vincent Wemlinger II Phyllis Wenner Betsy and Douglas Wenny Eugene West Virginia Whitaker and Todd Whitaker ’76 Louise Wescott White ’38 William White* Pat and Tyrell White Coletta and Vincent White Rich Whiteley ’88 Jennifer Parks Hederman and Samuel Whittenburg

REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2014-2015 Elizabeth Wiest and Donald G. Wiest ’67 Veronica Wilbur and Peter Wilbur ’72 Deborah Peden-Wilbur and Michael Wilbur ’74 Louise Wiley Steven Wilkinson ’90 and Cindy Pettinaro Wilkinson Hye-John and Christian Willauer Charlotte and Thomas Williams Cherie and Paul Williams Mary Williams ’09 Sia and Jentry Willie Brie Willoughby-Knox ’98 Judith Wilson and William Wilson ’75 Paige and Chris Winburn Sarah Hitt Winston ’60 and William Winston Paul L. Wishengrad Leslie and Jason Witcher Dave Witke Cynthia Wolcott and Daniel F. Wolcott, Jr. ’64 Eliza Wolcott ’99 Laura Wolf ’07 Stephanie and Matthew Wolynetz Mary and Mark Woodward Kate Reilly Woolley and Victor H. Woolley ’60 Barbara Woolley and Clark Woolley ’57 Bruce Worth ’69 Timothy Wragg Laurie O’Sullivan Wren and Kevin Wren Vonette Wright Lixin Wang and Wanfu Wu L. Kent Wyatt ’63 Patty Wyatt ’61 Edith Wyeth and N. Convers Wyeth III ’63 Lingling and Jinghuai Xu Xiaohong Xu and Lifeng Tian Barbara and James Yeatman Elizabeth Howard Young ’78 and Richard Young John Yu Jean Zacker Fatima and Jesus Zamarripa Constance Zekind Chamby Zepeda Laurie Ross and Steven Zimmerman Katherine Zipin Kathleen and Ewald Zittlau Patricia Ryan Zolper ’47 Peter and Julie Jenks Zorach u

Alumni Giving

*Total Giving includes Annual Fund, Capital and Endowment Gifts

1937

Annual Fund: $175 - 100% Total Giving: $175 - 100% Jane Hayden Frelick Elizabeth Murch Livingston

1938

Annual Fund: $200 - 50% Total Giving: $200 - 50% Virginia Mason Morgan Louise Wescott White

1939 75th Reunion

Annual Fund: $650 - 50% Total Giving: $1,287,593 - 67% Jane Bridgewater Hewes John W. Hoopes, Jr. Suzanne Merrick* u Doris Biesterfeld Townshend

1940

Annual Fund: $2,248 - 100% Total Giving: $2,248 - 100% Frances Diver Burt Ruth Austin Joslin

1941

Annual Fund: $1,250 - 38% Total Giving: $1,414 - 50% Elizabeth Valentine Daudt* u Harriott Johnson Kimmel Thomas C. Marshall, Jr. u Nancy Jessup Wells

1942

Annual Fund: $100 - 20% Total Giving: $100 - 20% Campbell Cary

1943 Annual Fund: $2,610 - 50% Total Giving: $2,610 - 50% Ilse Kutz Altman Lois Naylor Berl Sara Hackett Bunnell Robert F. Mancill Dorothea Mendinhall McSorley 1944 70th Reunion

Annual Fund: $1,500 - 50% Total Giving: $1,500 - 50% William H. Frederick, Jr. Elizabeth Lahr McCulloch* Howard W. Starkweather, Jr. u

1945

Annual Fund: $11,495 - 72% Total Giving: $61,625 - 72% C. Thomas Attix, Jr.* Arthur Diver Robert J. Donaghy, Jr.* Carolyn Schneider Dowds David S. Hollingsworth John Rex Kaiser Caroline Simons Kent Joan Allen Lovelace Margaret Steinbring McMillan u Wills Passmore u Carl P. Schumacher Rodman B. Teeple, Jr. u John R. Vandegrift

1946

Annual Fund: $100 - 18% Total Giving: $100 - 18% Richard T. Heald u Charles F. Penniman, Jr.

1947

Annual Fund: $3,272 - 55% Total Giving: $3,297 - 55% Janice Schaumann Bell Mary Starkweather Cramer Marie Berl Ferguson Lewis B. Flinn, Jr. Jane Sheppard Jackson Anna Biggs Pierce Barbara Flinn Quillen Helene Rice Rubin C. Harwin Smith* Dorothy Manss Stedfast Patricia Ryan Zolper

1948 Annual Fund: $1,850 - 36% Total Giving: $1,850 - 36% David C. Boyer u Leighton Coleman Dorsey Alice Mearns Ivy Anne Vincent-Daviss Marsh Clare Gammons McMullan Isabel Brown Pearce Richard P. Sanger Howard G. Seebach u Barbara Chantler Shellenberger 1949 65th Reunion

Annual Fund: $4,330 - 23% Total Giving: $6,830 - 23% John S. Beekley, Jr. Ann Fletcher Beekley Robert P. Hukill* Anelma Ilvarinen Korvenmaa Jeanne Morris Smith Peter H. Sprague, Sr. Joan Porter Wideman

1950

Annual Fund: $18,124 - 56% Total Giving: $30,600 - 56% Christine Brosius Beh Betsy Bashore Brayer Robert Brubaker John M. Clark, Jr. Willis E. Cupery Josephine Mode Devine Peter R. duPont William H. Foulk, Jr. Janet Mitchell Harper James W. Harper Martin A. Klaver, Jr. Anne Allen Pflugfelder Robert L. Pratt Sara Reese Pryor James S. Roberts W. Alan Smith u Louisa Hill Spottswood Sedgwick A. Ward

1951

Annual Fund: $6,138 - 84% Total Giving: $34,335 - 84% Donald Altmaier Peter G. Bailey Mary Elizabeth Baisden George R. Baldwin* Elizabeth Cranston Baxter Ann Atwood Biggs Charles T. Davis, Jr. Jane Marsh Dieckmann Peter Duus Dorothy Pierson Eaton u John F. Gehret Arthur W. Hill Biddy Miller Jenkins Robert B. Landon Inge Scherb Lehmann Joanne Taylor Linton C. Arthur Littman Helen Burr Nulse Alice Pillsbury Charles S. Tjersland Yvonne Webb Wahlers

1952

Annual Fund: $13,010 - 100% Total Giving: $113,810 - 100% R. Markham Ball u Patricia Ames Chappelle Suzanne Govatos Diamond Lewis L. Doughton, Jr. Ira Ellis, Jr. u Nancy Fairchild Esty Sarah Beatty Goffinet Robert H. Hodge W. Rufus Jones u Allen D. King, Jr. William R. Lang Herschel H. Loomis, Jr. u William T. Lynam John A. Nice Fred W. Pardee III u John F. Porter III Thomas W. Putney William T. Quillen

We celebrate the following

Alumni Classes

for their generosity to Friends.

Classes that gave the most: $1,287,593. . . . . . . 1939 $305,578. . . . . . . . . 1983 $178,243. . . . . . . . . 1955 $113,810. . . . . . . . . 1952 $67,802. . . . . . . . . . . 1982 $61,624. . . . . . . . . . . 1 945 $59,533. . . . . . . . . . . 1 962 $54,575. . . . . . . . . . . 1 980 $40,950. . . . . . . . . . . 1 956 $38,335. . . . . . . . . . . 1 959 Classes with the highest participation:

100% . . . . . . . . . . . . 1937,

1940, 1952

84% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1951 74% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1962 72% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1945 67% . . . . . . . . 1939, 1956 65% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1955 60% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1953 57% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1954 56% . . . . . . . . 1950, 1964 55% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1947 Liliane Remy-Battiau William J. Robinson III Kay Smith Schauer ’52 Henry H. Silliman, Jr. J. Barry Smith Walter K. Stapleton Nancy Beatty Swett ’52

1953

Annual Fund: $3,500 - 60% Total Giving: $13,650 - 60% Frances Walker Altmaier Glenn P. Barnhill Eugene R. Cashman, Jr. Irvine D. Flinn Thomas Herlihy III, Esq. Sue McGovern Herndon ’53 Joseph J. Hill William Swain Lee Meredith Prince Morris Ellie Alexander Poorman ’53 Sherrie A. Quillen Joseph Rhoads, Jr. Richard S. Roberts, Jr.

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REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2014-2015 FUN FACT:

26%

WFS alumni giving participation for the 2014-15 year.

8.8%

Average alumni giving participation for Independent Day Schools across the U.S.

Alison Lunt Steadman Stuart B. Young*

1954 60th Reunion

Annual Fund: $4,772 - 57% Total Giving: $4,822 - 57% Elizabeth Amend Ashby Anne Jackson Barnhill Anna Hubbard Bellenger Charles B. Clark Anne Bailey Donaghy Richard W. Foulk Nancy Wier Gardner Roberta Simpson Harrell Frank M. Hoopes, Jr. John W. Hyden Barbara Phillips Kurtz Gregg L. Rettew Marie Geesey Robinson John P. Salzberg Janet Holmes Waddell H. Alan Young

1955

Annual Fund: $27,043 - 62% Total Giving: $178,243 - 65% Devereaux Rose Bruch u Carolyn Mulford Calhoun Kenneth N. Cupery William R. Epcke Caroline Pippin Gaty Sara Hodge Geuder u Mary Jane Green u* David Hillegas u Caroline Simon Humphrey Albert W. James, Jr. Jane Ellis James Ellen Winthrop Jennings Edward Lang Evelyn Robbins Lang Richard A. Nielsen William Poole Donald M. Reid, Jr.

1956 Annual Fund: $5,900 - 64% Total Giving: $40,950 - 67% Gail Porter Anderson Jane Wier Apple Patricia Kennedy Ascher Robert W. Crowe Madge M. Ellis u Nancy Spargo Goodridge Penney Cox Hubbard Nancy Nash Johnson*

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John D. LaMothe, Jr. Isabel Robinson McGraw Meryl Richardson Nolan Ann Lyon Phemister Edward Robert Kurtz Prohl Marcia Stirling Quillen* John A. Roberts Catherine Amend Slocum David L. Thompson Cynthia Pyle Woolley u

1957

Annual Fund: $3,869 - 52% Total Giving: $4,043 - 52% Thomas H. Baker Rolf Carlsten, Jr. Alice McGovern Doering Abigail Greene Fassnacht u Joe Frey Ann Harper Heaton u Robert R. Hoopes* Hugh James Sally Smith Lambert K. Michael Laughlin Peter Shields Carl Shrawder u Caroline Schwartz Sutton Roger N. Williams Priscilla Smith Witke* Clark Woolley

1958

Annual Fund: $6,758 - 48% Total Giving: $6,758 - 48% Elizabeth Hale Barnett D. Boynton, Jr. Bruce S. Cutler u Daniel C. Hadlock Bernard A. Hess, Jr. Thomas C. Hill, Jr. Elizabeth Moore Johnston u Ann Lunger Jones Frank B. Lang Antoni E. Mavrantonis Richard E. Poole* Kathleen Burns Scanlon Elizabeth Griffith Smith Peggy Mitchell Soash

1959 55th Reunion

Annual Fund: $19,835 - 28% Total Giving: $38,335 - 28% William J. C. Amend, Jr. Thomas P. Bennett Fletcher E. Campbell, Jr. Christopher Connolly Bruce W. Haedrich Elisabeth Milliken Head Charles M. Jacobson Peter M. Lindley Sara Jane Lyon Peter C. Morrow Elisabeth Stroud Poole

1960 Annual Fund: $6,950 - 31% Total Giving: $6,950 - 31% Stuart C. Bricker Mary Smith Farnell Virginia Ryan Joffe George G. Lockhart Dale Roberts Megill Leslie Rapkin James O. Simon Thomas Stephenson Mary Ann Pennington Verneuil Sarah Hitt Winston Victor Woolley 1961 Annual Fund: $1,725 - 25% Total Giving: $2,925 - 25% Constance Roberts Amend Jamie O’Connor Bolane Stephen W. Burnett Fleet G. Davis II Richard N. Hill John Jackson William K. Ryan Patricia A. Wyatt

1962 Annual Fund: $19,8312 - 74% Total Giving: $59,534 - 74% Skip Allen Sheila Brown Arbury Phoebe B. Baker u Thomas F. Bayard u John Bishop Dut Brown Peter M. Clark I. John Cox III u John C. Dann Amey Eckles Dodge L. John Harris, Jr. Philip J. Hessler John D. Kurtz IV Deborah Hitt Lane u Benjamin R. Larrabee Terry Lawrence u Robert A. Lessey John M. Lindley Betty Hirschland Munro Stephen C. Poole Loree Rogers Reed Patricia Sauter Ruemmler Walter P. Smith u Norman P. Vernon, Jr. Richard D. Weigel

1963

Annual Fund: $1,745 - 28% Total Giving: $1,845 - 31% Virginia Poole Bainbridge Paul F. Bente III Sigurd W. Christensen Thomas Cooch Mary Ellen Martin Marvel John W. Morris Robert B. Scott, Jr. William B. M. Tracy III L. Kent Wyatt N. Convers Wyeth III

1964 50th Reunion

Annual Fund: $11,242 - 56% Total Giving: $15,918 - 56% Edward M. Bigler, Jr. Eric E. Bloom Richard D. Broad Victoria Milliken Buccino Robert E. Cannon Dorothy Cook Coady David H. Ellis James H. Garvin, Jr. Katherine Gressle Ira C. Kirch Charles S. Lawrence Richardson D. McKelvie Leslie Kirkman Reed H. Murray Sawyer Judy Reed Smith John K. Urice u Corlet Jackson Weisel Mary Bloomsburg Wemlinger Christopher J. Whitney Michael B. Wise u Daniel F. Wolcott, Jr. Janet Martin Yabroff Pamela Perkins Young

1965

Annual Fund: $2,735 - 38% Total Giving: $2,735 - 38% Ann Scott Black William B. Bridgewater Jr Nancy Calkins Dale John M. Freeman, Jr. Eugene P. Hamilton Hugh Kenworthy III Elizabeth M. Latchum Margaret Landefeld Mitchell Virginia Fraser Morris Vivian Lessey Pas

J. Ronald Pownall Fredrick J. Rapkin Carol Fischler Rice Gretchen Vosters Spruance Carl A. Stockfleth Alexis Tarumianz, Jr. Dana Smith Tench Charles Thurlow IV

1966

Annual Fund: $3,825 - 17% Total Giving: $3,825 - 17% James S. Cochran Richard R. Cooch Anna Vreeland Davis Richard J. Glasebrook Georgia Higgins Helthall Ben M. Osbun, Jr. Lois Stausebach Patterson Herbert Rasinger David S. Smith

1967

Annual Fund: $2,975 - 28% Total Giving: $3,675 - 28% Christine Strahan Barker Josephine Martin Bayard Charles J. Booth, Jr. Robert L. Dewees, Jr. Douglas G. Freeman Ona Murdoch Hamilton Susan Gant Harris Yoshiro Ono Laura Geesey Payne Jay A. Resnick Timothy Snyder Richard E. Stat Roy A. Wentz III Donald G. Wiest Gail Dorothy Wollerton

1968

Annual Fund: $6,549 - 33% Total Giving: $8,546 - 33% Meredith Malmberg Anderson Margaret Crosby Courtright Joan Tarumianz Gee Alexandra M. Harris Barbara Chase Lessey Bruce A. Lessey Daniel F. Lindley Anne Reed Martin Carol Bancroft Morley Daniel S. M. Smith Mary Beth Watson Smith

“The Class of 2015 chose to give our class gift to the Annual Fund in honor of Behnaz Varamini. Ms. Varamini was not only a mentor to our class but also a great friend. We wish her the best of luck as she moves on from Friends and are confident she will continue to make a difference wherever she goes.”

- Martha O’Brien ’15

REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2014-2015

1748 Society: Leaving a Friends Legacy Founded in 2001, the 1748 Society is composed of donors who have included Friends in their estate plans through a bequest, a life income gift, as well as those who have made other planned gifts to the School. These generous gifts ensure a lasting legacy for the donor and benefit Friends School in perpetuity.

1890-1899

Alfred D. Warner, Jr. ’96*

1900-1919

Miriam Hawkins Bryant ’16 *

1920-1929

G. Burton Pearson ’23* Anne Philips Blake ’24* Marjorie Johnson Tilghman ’24* Carroll Griffith ’29* Sarah Downs Lull ’29*

1930-1939

Elizabeth Stephenson* and Thomas W. Stephenson ’31* Dorothy Aspin Baugher ’32 * Elizabeth Davidson Storke ’32* Nancy Cantwell Winslow ’32* Sewell Biggs ’33* Alicia Fritz Maharty ’35* Winifred Nixon Ellis ’36* Catherine Burke Flickinger ’36* William Lynch ’38* Suzanne Merrick ’39* John Mullin, Jr. ’39* Carolyn Myers ’39*

1940-1949

Anonymous Ruth Ann Lauritsen Marston ’40* William F. Metten, Jr. ’40* Elizabeth Valentine Daudt ’41* and Louis Daudt* Ruth Marshall and Thomas C. Marshall, Jr. ’41 Joann Brosius Shoemaker ’44* and Charles G. Shoemaker ’41 Carolyn West Medill ’42* Elizabeth Lahr McCulloch ’44* Howard W. Starkweather, Jr. ’44 Imogene Geoghegan and Joseph Geoghegan ’45* Margaret Steinbring McMillan ’45 and David McMillan

Diane Teeple and Rodman Teeple ’45 Dorothy Kay Cox ’46* Carol Jo Heald and Richard T. Heald ’46 Thomas Hollingsworth ’47* Lydia Boyer and David Boyer ’48 Howard Seebach ’48 Miriam Stausebach Gedling ’49 Cornelius V. Robbins ’49*

1950-1959

Deborah Hitt Lane ’62 and Gordon Lane Maureen and Terry Lawrence ’62 Jeannette Smith and Walter Smith ’62 Sara Miller ’63 Penny Kolloff and John Urice ’64 Michael Wise ’64 Janet Martin Yabroff ’64 Grayson Smith, Jr. ’68* Phyllis Shomo Beidler ’69 Phyllis A. Pownall ’69

Eleanor Marsh Hillers ’50* and Robert Hillers James Shuster ’50* W. Alan Smith ’50 Caroline Penniman Wohlforth ’50* and Eric Wohlforth Dorothy Pierson Eaton ’51 Cricket and Mark Ball ’52 Ira Ellis, Jr. ’52 W. Rufus Jones ’52 Herschel Loomis ’52 Laura Pardee and Fred Pardee ’52 J. Eric May ’53* Donald Welles ’53* Walter Manss, Jr. ’54* Matilda Beasley Bixby ’55 Devereaux Rose Bruch ’55 Sara Hodge Geuder ’55 Mary Jane Hogan Green ’55* Yancey Hillegas and David Hillegas ’55 Madge Ellis ’56 Cynthia Pyle Woolley ’56 Abigail Greene Fassnacht ’57 and John Fassnacht Ann Harper Heaton ’57 and Robert Heaton Carl Frederick Shrawder ’57 Bruce S. Cutler ’58 Elizabeth Moore Johnston ’58

1970-1979

1960-1969

Anonymous Christine Beadle* Anne Bonnyman Kate and John Cowperthwait Janet S. Cox* Lisa and Bernard David

Heather Fleming ’60 Phoebe B. Baker ’62 Mona Bayard and Thomas Bayard ’62 Rosanne Cox and Irving John Cox III ’62

Elizabeth Lord Scott ’70 and Thomas Scott ’70 Roy H. Wilkinson ’70 Amy Taylor Davis ’72 Marshall K. McKusick ’72 Christobel Shedd Selecky ’72 Robert P. Hukill, Jr. ’75 Lisa Fitzpatrick and Thomas Marston ’75 Reed Masten ’75 Tim Gibbs ’76 Robert Keating ’77* Bonnie Wilson Crosby ’79 and Sumner Crosby Steven J. Johnson ’79

1980-1989

Julie Tattersall McGinnis ’82 Pamela Appleby Waxlax ’83 Martha Poorman Tschantz ’85 and Jay Tschantz Emily Geuder ’87

1990-1999

Anh Dam ’90 Karen Gordon Bastow ’98

Current Parents

The Brilliant Family Annie and Chris Coons

Parents of Alumni

Juliana Smith Forbes Mary N. Gardner* Barbara Jones Haskins* Mary Lawshe Henderer Karin and Joseph Kirkland Mary and Daniel Klein Deborah and Richard Layton* Isabella K. Tarumianz* Chaplin Tyler* Anna and Luke Wales Julie Jenks Zorach and Peter Zorach

Grandparents

Davis G. Durham* Genevieve Gore* Josephine Clapp Osbun* Margaret and Robert B. Scott*

Current Trustees Darcy and Ronald Rademaker Melody and Harry Hammond

Past Trustees

Anonymous Evelyn Brownlee Judith Childs Butler and Hays Butler Stephen Clark* Eleanor and Alan Craig W. Ervin Gloor* Jay Pownall

Elaine and David Singleton Charlotte Taylor Adelaide Tinker*

Past Heads, Faculty, and Staff

Judy and James Aliquo Edith Broad* Lisa A.H. Darling Landis P. Green Cynthia and Don Kuespert Sally Longstreth* Martha Crane Lyon* Edward Savery* Jane Rittenhouse Smiley* Anne and Wilbert B. Smith*

Friends

Valentina Colpitts* Joan M. Dietze* Louise and James Gilliam* Alice D. Reilly Brian M. Sagrestano Joanna Savery Eleanor Betts Warner* Franklyn C. von Wiskow* Horace T. Woodward* *deceased

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REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2014-2015 FUN FACT:

93%

of Senior Families made a gift to Friends in honor of the Class of 2015 for a total of $82,008.

Susan Corbit Spruance Mary Congdon Sykes Stephen K. Urice Juliane H. Van Egmond Alice Martin Whelihan

1969 45th Reunion

Annual Fund: $3,025 - 21% Total Giving: $3,275 - 21% Bruce P. Baganz Louise M. Baldwin Elisabeth Cook Coady John E. Golin Edith Dewees Henderson Peter D. Isakoff Jill Pryor Isakoff Martha Rhoads Kob Elizabeth Hunt Poole L. Donald Prutzman, Jr. Anne S. Reese Bayard J. Snyder Bruce T. Worth

1970

Annual Fund: $13,786 - 18% Total Giving: $28,354 - 18% Anonymous Gale Carothers-Freeman Lena Jacobs Elzufon Andy Glasebrook Richard W. Hubbard Alan Krigstein Charles F. Oat Thomas S. Scott u Elizabeth Lord Scott u William J. Sussman Roy H. Wilkinson u

1971

Annual Fund: $5,423 - 25% Total Giving: $15,335 - 25% Jeffrey Baer Barbara Ann Baganz Simpson Elizabeth Lewis Bates Mary Peterson Colhoun Alan H. Cook David H. Cress Margaret Mullin MacKelcan Carolyn Briggs McClain Barbara Harrington Murphy Raymond J. Osbun Patricia A. Robinson Bold = True BlueDonor u = 1748 Society Donor * = deceased

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Lesley Dennis Tryon Nancy Applegate Valiante Dolly Bochenek Wolf

Kathryn Gehret Welsh William D. Wilson

1972

Annual Fund: $6,233 - 17% Total Giving: $6,233 - 17% David Adler Stuart A. Atkins III Christina Papastavros Fay Daniel E. Fleming Thomas E. George Tim Gibbs u Cornelia J. Mincks Nels E. Pederson Elizabeth Hukill Schreppler Todd S. Whitaker

Annual Fund: $4,875 - 22% Total Giving: $7,875 - 22% Dr. Richard M. Appleby III Jeremy C. Gelb Kazu Watanabe Imai M. Kirk McKusick u James G. McMahon III Debra Toulson Nuss Monica Logsdon Rockefeller Piper Wentz Rothschild Christobel Shedd Selecky u Michael B. Vincent Peter D. Wilbur

1973

Annual Fund: $2,373 - 16% Total Giving: $2,373 - 16% Anne Quillen Donecker Pamela Sherer Hoopes Mark W. McElroy Elizabeth Moodey Karl L. Sparre Wendy Vaala F. Todd Wetzel

1974 40th Reunion

Annual Fund: $2,439 - 27% Total Giving: $3,239 - 29% Jan-Maloy Edwards Jeffrey P. Harper Christopher S. Howard Margaret Adams Hunter Richard N. Johnson Peter B. Kelemen Thomas B. Lundgaard James C. McKusick Sheldon D. Nix Margaret O’Brien Jonathan R. Pennock Margo Hoff Pennock J. Clarke Sanders, Jr. Christopher D. Sanger Nina Belloli Smith Michael D. Wilbur

1975

Annual Fund: $14,120 - 27% Total Giving: $16,072 - 27% David Crosby Thomas R. Dew, Jr. Fay Foster Felty David Geoghegan Richard L. Horwitz Elisabeth Dempsey Keller Alexandra Ranck King P. Elis Langemar Thomas H. Marston u Reed Masten u Alisa Lippincott Morkides James R. Reynolds Linda Harris Reynolds Trina J. Tjersland Peter F. Townsend

1976

1977

Annual Fund: $19,476 - 27% Total Giving: $28,616 - 31% Ann Moodey Ashe Jeffrey T. Connor-Linton Laura Isken Doyle Alexandra Poorman Ergon Jake Gehret John W. Harper Susan Geoghegan Henshall Louis J. Hoffman Peter H. Hollingsworth Elizabeth Krahmer Keating u Kathleen B. McKusick Ann Mathias O’Neil Sylvia Whiteside Reid Scott Sanders Kathy Takacs Taylor Lisa Townsend-Raber

1978

Annual Fund: $1,078 - 16% Total Giving: $9,078 - 18% Christopher J. Cashman Cindy A. Cowell Richard L. Diver David C. Linton Marion Rothbart Newbold Michael W. Pardee Nancy Pederson Patrick Margaret T. Pennock Elizabeth Howard Young

1979 35th Reunion

Annual Fund: $6,877 - 28% Total Giving: $12,329 - 31% Robert Aerenson Robin S. Bernstein Charles W. Bryant Catherine Kelleher Burgy Arthur Connolly III Bonnie Wilson Crosby u Andrea Krahmer Cross Kevin W. Dew Dee Durham Kenneth S. Graham R. Matthew Hendricks Jeffrey T. Hughes Steven Johnson u Douglas P. Marx

Carol Quillen Ramzi Sabbagh Jane Biggs Sanger Nina Porter Winfield

1980

Annual Fund: $7,725 - 12% Total Giving: $54,575 - 16% Tracey Quillen Carney Jonathan W. Clifton III Scott W. Gates David J. Glick W. Scott Harlan Lawrence T. Humphrey Metta M. Miller Martha West Olson

1981

Annual Fund: $9,414 - 21% Total Giving: $10,514 - 23% Andrew Aerenson Todd Anderson Adam Balick Elizabeth Mintz Beckett Cynthia A. Bergman Carolyn Gates Connors Kimberley Linton Coombs Peter Dent Traci Friess-Clark Walter C. Keiper, Jr. Susan Knapp McClements Thomas N. McKinstry Matthew M. O’Brien Alison Egan Thompson

1982

Annual Fund: $21,750 - 16% Total Giving: $67,802 - 16% Catherine F. Bell Jeffrey S. Cohen Priscilla Altmaier duPont Stephanie Hoopes Halpin R. Alan Hoff Christopher Lee Michael A. Longwill Brett W. Redfearn Jocelyn Sutton Stewart

1983

Annual Fund: $29,327 - 25% Total Giving: $305,578 - 31% Dana Balick Anna Massey Biggs O. Francis Biondi, Jr. Steven B. Cohen Robert Davis Meg Gehret Erskine David R. Kaiser Alison Zinman Kortanek Ann Gehret McKinney Karen Nichols Michael J. Pellini Beth Peters Leslie Veith Reed Melanie Togman Sloan Andrew J. Stull Susan B. Tomases David F. Venarde Pamela Appleby Waxlax u Martha M. White

1984 30th Reunion

Annual Fund: $8,148 - 17% Total Giving: $8,673 - 23% Michael Connolly Susie Tattersall Davis Sharon Mulrooney Flanagan Anne C. Harper Margitta Kerr-Stover Lisa Hefter Lennick Jeffrey R. Liebesman Stephen L. Malone Mark A. Pearce Paul S. Schnee Kurt S. Sermas Marshall Stafford Kathy Bunville Welch

1985

Annual Fund: $3,250 - 19% Total Giving: $5,431 - 19% Elizabeth Rolle Bradburn Carolyn Appleby Bruce Stephen K. Coons Gretchen Lindley Frascella Kristin L. Gordon Winifred A. Hohlt Robert R. Hoopes, Jr. Alistair J. McGhie Meg Thomas Quaintance Julie G. Reebel Julie Ann Sandler Martha Poorman Tschantz u

1986

Annual Fund: $6,439 - 26% Total Giving: $7,077 - 28% Robert E. Buccini Jody Coghlan John E. Curran, Jr. Fleet G. Davis III Robert W. Friz Stuart Gittelman Peter A. Goldman Bill D. Hardy David S. Hefter, Jr. Jeffrey D. Henderer Susan Holmes Huebsch Nicole D. Liarakos John B. Peters Thomas M. Raiber Kristen Greene Ursomarso Oliver Yeh

1987

Annual Fund: $14,068 - 24% Total Giving: $31,808 - 24% Tracey Porter Aleman Melissa Fagan Billitto Ethan D. Cooperson Jeffrey B. Craig Susan Morovati Finizio Emily A. Geuder u Gregory Mand John D. McClelland Clare Stephens Patel Anna Quisel Christy P. Searl

REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2014-2015 Kristen Caviness Sihler Bret A. Snyder

1988

Annual Fund: $900 - 10% Total Giving: $5,920 - 26% Julia Gordon Beverly G. David Biddle Andrew Carpenter C. Michael Coleman Julia L. Fogg H. Todd Kephart Elizabeth McClelland Lutostansky Michael Mand Karen A. McKinstry Beth Lubaroff Pfeifer Jennifer Greenstein Sermas Victoria N. Storm Brian B. Tallman Monica Thompson-Henry Rich Whitely

1989 25th Reunion

Annual Fund: $5,152 - 26% Total Giving: $7,554 - 27% Joseph D. Ayers Christopher L. Chambers Erin Brownlee Dell Thomas A. Dippel Kimberley Massih Dolan Scott Goldman Cheryl J. Graff Michael T. Hardy Peter Henderer Julie Boswell McCulloch Brian M. Nilstoft R. Todd Quimby Trelly Vergara-Shaikh Brock J. Vinton II Jennifer Johnson Vinton

1990

Annual Fund: $16,535 - 19% Total Giving: $19,507 - 21% Aundrea Almond Holly Nielsen Bennett Christopher F. Buccini Anh Q. Dam u Mark R. Fiss Omar Abdullah Khan Brian Curtis Mand Laura Jersild Pardo Reid J. Rademaker Sara Titus Skelly Steven Wilkinson

1991

Annual Fund: $19,407 - 20% Total Giving: $21,157 - 22% P. Timothy Boulos James Keith Bray Hung Q. Dam Ashley Cattermole Gillerlain Richard E. Harper III Sarah Schenck Maheshwari William L. Masten

Herbert M. Matter Melissa Chambers Riggs Matthew Terrell

Kelly Seiberlich Mayo Christopher M. Rowland Sarah Singleton Turick

1992

1996

Annual Fund: $235 - 12% Total Giving: $285 - 12% Rebecca J. Brand Robert J. Donaghy III Allison Elizabeth Meyer Gregory C. Walker

1993

Annual Fund: $6,325 - 13% Total Giving: $6,325 - 13% Jay A. Bakhru John D. Chabalko David Kenyon Neff Kelly Snyder O’Donnell Arlene Frech Spezzaferro

1994 20th Reunion

Annual Fund: $1,297 - 23% Total Giving: $1,362 - 26% Alyssa Almond Anne Brownlee Amy Curran Harper Sohah N. Iqbal John L. Jenney III Donald C. Morton, Jr. Valerie Biden Owens Lindsay Rademaker Reinhold

1995

Annual Fund: $3,505 - 36% Total Giving: $4,355 - 39% Andrew H. Baumann Erin Maguire Daly Charles W. Donaghy Alyson M. Engle Rachelle K. Fletcher David R. Foote Catherine Strickler Gaul John T. Gould Amanda Singleton Hay N. Scott Jarrell

Katie Wolf Martinenza Sarah Cohen Panock Michelle M. Ulissi Eliza R. Wolcott

Annual Fund: $773 - 29% Total Giving: $6,773 - 32% Erin K. Bushnell Clayton C. Hill Michael K. Lamb Angela Diaz Peterson Jarrett Rademaker Jennifer Perry Rodell Ashley T. Rust Catherine Wiedwald Stenta Catherine Measley Van Druff

2000

1997

Annual Fund: $35 - 4% Total Giving: $35 - 4% Erin DeCou Alexandra S. Mellow

Annual Fund: $1,260 - 26% Total Giving: $2,460 - 26% Andrew C. Dalton William H. Holloway Mckenzie Jones Adam G. Joseph Olivia Kurtz Michael C. Smith Sujatha Srinivasan Sara L. Weiss Sara Schell Wells Josiah Wolcott

1998

Annual Fund: $105 - 11% Total Giving: $105 - 11% Quinn K. Cartelli Kristen E. Chandler Kyle Zechman McKean Brie Willoughby-Knox

1999 15th Reunion

Annual Fund: $400 - 18% Total Giving: $400 - 18% Ejimofor Amobi Nedim Heto Jenny H. Lamb

Annual Fund: $1,375 - 27% Total Giving: $1,375 - 27% Amanda Corby Clauser Sarah J. Fick Joshua U. Galperin Meredith Jones Joppa Christopher P. Loeffler Braden L. Neff Dillon W. Paul Leslie Rosenberg David B. Scofield

2001

2002

Annual Fund: $860 - 17% Total Giving: $860 - 17% Elana B. Caplan Matthew Cleaver Daniel Joseph Katharine Lester Mowery Daniel H. LoFaro Christopher Scott Emma B. Timmins Schiffman

2003

Annual Fund: $925 - 23% Total Giving: $1,425 - 23% Allison R. Altman Judah Dadone Lindsay D. Moyer Faye E. Paul Meghan Baczkowski Pixley Kristin Dugan Poppiti Caeli Rubens Nicole Caddell Wample

2004 10th Reunion

Annual Fund: $1,020 - 25% Total Giving: $1,395 - 25% Stephanie M. Bonnes Rachel Elzufon Couch Colleen Farrell Joseph F. Hartnett Lee D. Herzog Abigail Hughes-Strange Francis Iacobucci Matthew R. Johnson Jonathan M. Kittle Cara L. LoFaro Andrew E. McEnroe Jeffrey H. Palmer Christopher E. Thompson

2005

Annual Fund: $400 - 9% Total Giving: $425 - 9% Michael C. Dalton John Goswell Calid Habayeb Ellen C. Johnston Benjamin Klein

2006

Annual Fund: $395 - 11% Total Giving: $395 - 11% Benjamin Altman Sarah Bartle Christopher Collier Aviva Elzufon Raven G. Harris Alexander E. Tryon

2007

Annual Fund: $345 - 10% Total Giving: $345 - 10% Elissa Cashman Dalton Joseph Gutierrez Kaitlyn McEnroe Philip Montigney Lauren Schmittle Laura Wolf

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REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2014-2015 FUN FACT:

145

Items Donated for the Auction for Friends

$60,975

Raised for financial aid at WFS. Special thanks to the sponsors, donors and attendees who made the Auction a success.

2008

Annual Fund: $725 - 13% Total Giving: $905 - 13% Michael W. Anderson, Jr. Evan M. Bartle Connor C. Dalton Sara D. Geoghegan Caroline A. Hopkins Matthew L. Lang Amy E. Tryon

2009 5th Reunion

Annual Fund: $555 - 15% Total Giving: $555 - 15% Hannah E. Brilliant Christina L. Chapman Elizabeth L. Connolly Anna G. Crosby Emily David Perrin A. Downing William S. Goswell Maya A. Koretzky Marlee T. Raber Samantha A. Shay Mary S. Williams

2010

Annual Fund: $320 - 9% Total Giving: $320 - 9% Sofia Gallicchio Will Graves, Jr. Patricia Johnston Katherine Orth Hunter D. D. Witmer

2011

Annual Fund: $230 - 9% Total Giving: $230 - 9% Kevin T. Anglim Jordan L. Beard Robert M. Davis, Jr. Brett D. Fallon, Jr. Julia A. Horwitz Katrina M. Sotiropoulos

2012

Annual Fund: $830 - 21% Total Giving: $830 - 21% Gwen M. Baraniecki-Zwil Katlyn L. Barrett Derek A. Bednarski Erica Brown Laurel S. Brown

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Sumner Crosby Alethea K. Endo Kendall Flanagan Graham M. Grochowski Southworth W. Hamilton Leah Handwerk Caroline M. McDonough Nicholas J. Napoletano

2013

Annual Fund: $505 - 20% Total Giving: $530 - 20% Samuel Q. Carney Elizabeth M. Crosby Jeffrey T. Davis Emily R. Horwitz Sean W. Kirkpatrick James C. Kocher Joelle T. Napoletano Michael J. Orth Margaret I. Snyder Arielle R. Sotiropoulos Dunia G. Tonob Dwyer A. Tschantz

2014

Annual Fund: $130 - 4% Total Giving: $130 - 4% Colvin K. Endo Quinn A. McNeill Kevin R. Roux

Endowment Gifts Class of 1952 Endowment Fund for Financial Aid and Buildings Laura Pardee and Fred Pardee ’52 u Class of 1955 Memorial Fund Mary Jane Hogan Green ’55* u Class of 1962 Endowment Fund Alison Allen and Skip Allen ’62 L. John Harris, Jr. ’62 Class of 1957 Enrichment Fund Ann Harper Heaton ’57 and Robert Heaton u Class of 1988 Endowment Fund for Financial Aid Valerie and G. David Biddle ’88 C. Michael Coleman ’88 Julia L. Fogg ’88 Todd Kephart ’88 Beth Lubaroff Pfeifer ’88 and Robert Pfeifer Jennifer Greenstein Sermas ’88 Gloria and G. Harold Thompson Monica Thompson Henry ’88 Rich Whiteley ’88

Class of 1989 Endowment Fund Sally Ayers and Joseph Ayers ’89 Jenni Brand and Rob Brand ’89 Ann Nolte and Thomas Dippel ’89 Aleta Welling and Michael T. Hardy ’89 Amistead Henderer and Peter Henderer ’89 Laura Nilsoft and Brian Nilsoft ’89 Jennifer Johnson Vinton ’89 and Brock J. Vinton II ’89 The Andy Biddle Financial Aid Fund Bonnie B. Hearn Biggs Memorial Fund Ann Atwood Biggs ’51 Nancy C. Marshall and Andrew C. Chapo Scholarship Fund Jeannette Smith and Walter Smith ’62 u Sarah and Will Graves Family Fund Meredith Graves Rotko and Michael Rotko Will Graves ’10 The Penney and A.C. Hubbard, Jr. Scholarship Fund Penney Cox Hubbard ’56 and A.C. Hubbard Robert P. Hukill ’49 Science Endowment Fund Jane E. Hukill Elizabeth Hukill Schreppler ’76 and John Schreppler Joanne Taylor Linton ’51 Scholarship Fund Katherine Linton and Jeffrey T. Connor Linton ’77 Kimberley Linton Coombs ’81 and Charles Coombs Paige Linton and David Linton ’78 Philip S. Mintz ’84 Endowment for the Vocal and Choral Arts Elizabeth Mintz Beckett ’81 and Tom Beckett Sarah Batcheler Ashley Connolly and Michael Connolly ’84 Sue R. Crichton Kristin Gordon ’85 Michelle Liebesman and Jeffrey Liebesman ’84

Ellen and Leon Mintz Marshall Stafford ’84 Kathy Bunville Welch ’84 and Steve Welch

Starkweather Community Service Award Mary Starkweather Cramer ’47

The Michael Mitchell ’78 Memorial Fund Ashley Connolly and Michael Connolly ’84

T-Fund Capital and Endowment Eileen and Bartholomew Dalton Sally and Donald DeWees, Jr. Necol Evans Jennifer Glick and David Glick ’80 John Jenney III ’94 Matthew Johnson ’04 Saundra Ross Johnson Marcy and Artie Kempner Carrie Lamb and Michael Lamb ’96 Thomas J. Lemon Amanda Friz and Robert Friz ’86 Linda and Michael Ratchford J. Clarke Sanders ’74 Dianne and Robert Tattersall Diana Dickson-Witmer and Dennis Witmer

Theophilus R. and Lulu Mae Nix Scholarship Fund William P. Bickley Elizabeth B. Peters Faculty Study Grant Andrew Chapo Beth Peters ’83 and Brad Fagg The Babette Block Rogers Scholarship Fund Penny Kolloff and John Urice ’64 u Stephen Urice ’68 Savery Science Fund Olive Baganz and Bruce Baganz ’69 Robin Morley Bernstein ’79 and Jack Bernstein Ira Ellis, Jr. ’52 u Nancy Nash Johnson ’56* and Keith Johnson Antoni Mavrantonis ’58 Joanna Savery u Edith Wyeth and N. Convers Wyeth III ’63 Jonathan Bacon Smith ’83 and Wendy Smith McMillan ’77 Memorial Fund Annette Aerenson Bob Aerenson ’79 Marci Aerenson and Andrew Aerenson ’81 Denise and William Chapman Amy and Jeffrey Chapman Jamie Nicholls and Fran Biondi ’83 Jonathan Clifton III ’80 Katy and Chip Connolly III ’79 Wendy and Adam Cutler Stacy and Peter Gatti Stuart Gittelman ’86 Jane Hollingsworth and Peter Hollingsworth ’77 Stacy and Alan Horowitz Susan and Bernard Kelley Dawn and James Manley Dorothy Connolly Mraz ’74 and Frederick Mraz Diane and Michael Nolen Jennifer and Tom O’Brien Lisa Townsend-Raber ’77 and Richard Raber Muriel and Allan Rusten* Lyn Smith

Thomas B. Taylor ’66 Memorial Fund Ashley Connolly and Michael Connolly ’84 Charles J. Veith ’76 Athletic Fund Ashley Connolly and Michael Connolly ’84 Endowment for Faculty Salaries Nancy Nash Johnson ’56* and Keith Johnson Endowment Unrestricted Victoria Storm ’88 and Laird Bunch Andrea Krahmer Cross ’79 and David Cross Leslie Koenig Knight and Mike Koenig Herschel Loomis ’52 u Marilyn and Terence Maguire Erin and Michael Mand ’88 Rebecca Hankin and Gregory Mand ’87 Tamara Mand and Brian Curtis Mand ’90 Robert Pratt ’50 Dr. Franklin Sherman and Dr. Loreen W. Stout Sherman Suzanne Merrick* Janet Martin Yabroff ’64 and Ronald Yabroff

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WILMINGTON FRIENDS SCHOOL ENDOWMENT FUNDS Fund Name

Purpose

Estab.

Fund Name

The Will and Sarah Graves Family Fund Financial Aid

2015

The Art Connolly Jr. Fund Non-Tuition Financial Aid The Class of 1989 Endowment Fund Unrestricted The Class of 1988 Endowment Fund Financial Aid for Financial Aid James Shuster ’50 Endowment Unrestricted Joanne Taylor Linton ’51 Scholarship Fund Financial Aid Pownall Family Endowment Fund Unrestricted The Penney and A.C. Hubbard, Jr. Financial Aid Scholarship Fund Theophilus R. and Lulu Mae Nix Financial Aid Scholarship Fund The Class of 1962 Endowment Fund Financial Aid Joseph Geoghegan ’45 Endowment Fund Financial Aid Nancy C. Marshall and Andrew C. Chapo Financial Aid Scholarship Fund The Class of 1952 Endowment Fund Financial Aid for Financial Aid and Buildings /Building Maintenance Malone Family Foundation Financial Aid Scholarship Fund The Coach Tattersall Endowment Financial Aid for Financial Aid The Class of 1960 Endowment Fund Financial Aid Edward G. Crum ’51 Financial Aid Fund Financial Aid Lee Bendheim ’32 Tuition Aid Fund Financial Aid Dorothy Aspin Baugher ’32 Financial Aid Tuition Aid Fund Elizabeth B. Peters Faculty Study Grant Faculty

Professional Development Preschool Financial Aid Financial Aid Endowment Fund The Andy Biddle Financial Aid Fund Financial Aid MBNA/Bank of America Financial Aid Scholarship Fund The Class of 1946 Memorial Fund Financial Aid The Class of 1956 50th Reunion Financial Aid Tuition Aid Fund The Michael Mitchell ’78 Memorial Fund Financial Aid The Reilly Family Endowment Fund Faculty Travel Abroad The Robinson and Snodgrass Family Faculty Endowment Fund Compensation/ Financial Aid

2014

The Winifred and Quintin E. Primo, Jr. Financial Aid Endowment Fund The Class of 1955 Memorial Fund Financial Aid Lisa Darling Endowment for Unrestricted Friends Forward The Genevieve Gore Endowment Fund Unrestricted Christopher C. Mellor Scholarship Fund Financial Aid Friends Forward Endowment Faculty Faculty Compensation Compensation Ira T. Ellis ’52 Scholarship Fund Financial Aid Alumni Scholarship Fund Financial Aid Winslow Endowment Fund Financial Aid Daudt Endowment Fund Unrestricted The Babette Block Rogers Financial Aid Scholarship Fund Performing Arts Philip S. Mintz ’84 Endowment for the Vocal and Choral Arts Robert P. Hukill ’49 Science/ Science Endowment Fund Financial Aid Thomas B. Taylor ’66 Memorial Fund Life Ed Tuition Aid Edward E. Ford Foundation Tuition Aid Fund Starkweather Community Community Service Award Service Edward E. Ford Foundation Faculty Faculty Salary Fund Compensation Wilmot R. Jones Endowment Faculty for Faculty Salaries Compensation M. Eleanor and Deborah S. Dew Library Memorial Fund Faculty Salary Fund Faculty Compensation Jonathan Bacon Smith ’83 and Financial Aid Wendy Smith McMillan ’77 Memorial Fund James Whaler Fund Financial Aid/ Library Savery Science Fund Faculty Compensation The Class of 1957 Enrichment Fund Capital Biggs Memorial Fund Library Tuition Aid Endowment Financial Aid Edith duPont Pearson Fund Unrestricted Emma Worrell Library Fund Library Martin Luther King Scholarship Fund Financial Aid Gawthrop Memorial Library Fund Library

2014 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2012 2012 2012 2011

2011 2011 2010 2010 2010 2008 2007

2007 2007 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006

Purpose

Estab.

2006 2005 2005 2005 2002 2002 2001 2000 2000 1997 1997 1995 1994 1993 1992 1992 1989 1989 1988 1986 1984

1982 1982 1982 1981 1981 1972 1972 1972 1967

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ANNUAL FUND REPORT 2014-2015

Memorial Gifts In memory of Marjorie M. Anderson Isabel Robinson McGraw ’56 and Ralph McGraw In memory of George Baldwin ’51 Gail Landon and Robert Landon ’51 In memory of Shirley Bancroft ’47 Ann Crittenden Jane Sheppard Jackson ’47 and James Jackson In memory of Andrew J. Biddle ’90 Bonnie Hearn In memory of Joseph R. (Beau) Biden III Dianne and Robert Tattersall In memory of Mark Caplan Elana Caplan ’02 In memory of John Carney Sr. Dianne and Robert Tattersall In memory of William K. Carothers Gale Carothers Freeman ’70 In memory of Mariano Charriez Megan Pell and Carlos Charriez In memory of Molly Cohen Sue R. Crichton Stacy and Peter Gatti Patricia and Glenn Kocher Tamara Mand and Brian Mand ’90 Rebecca Hankin and Gregory Mand ’87 Erin Mand and Michael Mand ’88 In memory of Peter B. Cook ’78 Elisabeth Cook Coady ’69 and Robert Coady In memory of Edward Crum ’51 Elaine Davis and Charles T. Davis ’51

Bold = True Blue Donor u = 1748 Society Donor * = deceased

In memory of Dr. William H. Daudt ’33 Dolores Daudt

In memory of Diane Gilpin Frey ’57 Joe Frey

Dianne and Robert Tattersall Roger Williams ’57

In memory of Helen Romanoli Davis Dianne and Robert Tattersall Nina Porter Winfield ’79 and James Winfield

In memory of Geraldine and James Garvin James Garvin, Jr. ’64

In memory of Judith Gaumer Hutton ’58 L. John Harris, Jr. ’62

In memory of William Davis Dianne and Robert Tattersall In memory of Willard Dent Margaret Dent In memory of Robert Donaghy ’45 Anonymous Martha and Donald DeWees John Fleming Imogene Geoghegan Jo Ann Gould Paula Grant Elizabeth Miller Jenkins ’51 Patricia and Glenn Kocher Ellen and Robert Kurtz Margaret Steinbring McMillan ’45 and David McMillan James McMillan Helen and John Page Martha Snyder Marcene and James Sprowls Dianne and Robert Tattersall Diane Teeple and Rodman Teeple ’45 Jean and Charles Warner Kate and Dave Lyons In memory of Cynthia Dustin ’56 Isabel Robinson McGraw ’56 and Ralph McGraw In memory of Hugo Falcon Janice and Gregory Falcon In memory of Deborah Stargatt Feldman ’80 Barbara Stargatt In memory of Blanche Fleming Dianne and Robert Tattersall

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In memory of Joseph Geoghegan ’45 Susan Geoghegan Henshall ’77 In memory of Elizabeth Metten Griffith ’28 Elizabeth Griffith Smith ’58 In memory of Harriet Lang Hagan ’64 Frank Lang ’58 Evelyn Robbins Lang ’55 and Edward Lang ’55 Anne Lang and William Lang ’52 Mary Bloomsburg Wemlinger ’64 and Vincent Wemlinger II In memory of Naomi Halperin Jill and Joel Flambaum Barbara Hitchens In memory of Ellen and Jim Harper Anne Harper ’84 and Rick Ronald In memory of M. Donaldson Henderer ’26 Mary Lawshe Henderer In memory of Jacqueline Homan Dianne and Robert Tattersall In memory of Robert Hoopes ’57 Ann Harper Heaton ’57 and Robert Heaton Judith Hoopes Sally Smith Lambert ’57 and Edward Lambert Isabel Robinson McGraw ’56 and Ralph McGraw Nan and Parry Norling

In memory of Evelyn and Arnold Isken Laura Isken Doyle ’77 and George Doyle In memory of Charles Jefferson ’74 Nina A. Smith ’74 In memory of Gordon Jennings ’55 Ellen Winthrop Jennings ’55 In memory of C. Webster Johnson ’58 Andy Hess ’58 In memory of Robert Johnson, Sr. ’44 Elizabeth Johnson and Richard Johnson ’74 In memory of Dav Kabi Kurt Sermas ’84 In memory of Jeff Kronfeld ’74 Nina A. Smith ’74

In memory of Edward T. O’Brien ’79 Margaret O’Brien ’74 In memory of Emily Ow Julie and Richard Cox Ralph Gorton In memory of David Papastavros Christina Papstavros Fay ’76 and John Fay In memory of Brian Parker ’98 Kristen Chandler ’98 In memory of Ralph Pearce Dianne and Robert Tattersall In memory of Lawrence Pennington ’58 Mary Ann Pennington Verneuil ’60 and Vincent S. Verneuil, Jr. In memory of Agnes Pennock Margaret Pennock ’78 and David Wood

In memory of Helen Lamb Joyce and Stephen Lamb

In memory of James Prince ’84 Margaret Hukill Prince

In memory of Lena Maloney Sharyn Hollingsworth

In memory of George Reeser Richard Weigel ’62

In memory of Sandy McKenzie Eileen and Joe Szczerba

In memory of John and Frances Rhoads Martha Rhoads Kob ’69

In memory of Carol Steinbring McMillan ’44 James McMillan

In memory of C. David Shepherd Carole and Robert Long

In memory of John Mendinhall Dorothea Mendinhall McSorley ’43

In memory of Ambrose Short Martha Ellis and David Ellis ’64 Douglas Freeman ’67 Laura Wetzel and F. Todd Wetzel ’73

In memory of William G. Mitchell ’54 Janet Mitchell Harper ’50 In memory of Polly DeWees Moffett Cheryl Dewees and Robert Dewees ’67

“We wanted to support the school because our grandchildren attend there, our daughter teaches there and we think it is one of the finest schools we’ve ever seen!”

- Lois Cook

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In memory of Richard Gaumer ’60 L. John Harris, Jr. ’62 Mary Ann Pennington Verneuil ’60 and Vincent S. Verneuil, Jr.

In memory of Elinor Robinson Murch ’11 Elizabeth Murch Livingston ’37

In memory of Douglas Simonton ’69 Barbara Chantler Shellenberger ’48 and William Shellenberger In memory of James F. Smith Jan-Maloy Edwards ’74 In memory of Ruth Smith and W. Harold Smith ’26 Ruth and Shah Morovati

REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2014-2015 In memory of Robert H. Sparre ’36 Karl L. Sparre ’73

In memory of Sarah Wright Evan Bartle ’08

In honor of Isabella Bukowski ’21 Tony Bacon

In memory of Dorothy Naylor Speakman ’36 Maggie and Mike Bio Christopher Connolly ’59 Meg Adams Hunter ’74 and Scott Hunter Julie Ann Sandler ’85 and Joel Friedlander Dianne and Robert Tattersall Michelle Ulissi ’99 Chandler Asset Management, Inc

In memory of Henriette Miller Wright Elizabeth Wiest and Donald Wiest ’67

In honor of James T. S. Carney ’15 Ann Carney Tracey Quillen Carney ’80 and John Carney Carol Quillen ’79 Marcia Stirling Quillen ’56* and William T. Quillen ’52

In memory of Bruce Stargatt Barbara Stargatt In memory of Charles Louis Terribile Donna Terribile In memory of George Thompson ’53 Irene Thompson and David Thompson ’56 In memory of Richard Thompson ’54 Irene Thompson and David Thompson ’56 In memory of Cecily Tréhu Robin Morley Bernstein ’79 and Jack Bernstein David Crosby ’75 In memory of Mary White ’41 Cyndy and David Hatcher In memory of Carol Van Wyck White ’62 William White In memory of Nancy Watson Winslow ’72 Mary Beth Watson Smith ’68 and Kenneth Smith In memory of Caroline Penniman Wohlforth ’50 Eric Wohlforth In memory of Ellen Henderer Woodward ’28 Mary Lawshe Henderer In memory of Mary Connell Woodward Ramzi Sabbagh ’79 In memory of Anna Elizabeth Worth ’71 Barbara Harrington Murphy ’71 In memory of Edward Worth ’34 Bruce Worth ’69

In memory of Eric Zumsteg ’96 Helen and Fredrick Zumsteg

Honorary Gifts In honor of Jackie Aerenson ’15 Annette Aerenson Phyllis and Norman Aerenson Robert Aerenson ’79 In honor of Travis W. Aerenson ’15 Marci Aerenson and Andrew Aerenson ’81 Phyllis and Norman Aerenson In honor of Dina Robinson Anderson ’84 Zona H. Lindsay In honor of Hana Jessen Arai ’15 Lynda and Taro Arai In honor of Amy Bailey Elizabeth Lord Scott ’70 and Thomas Scott ’70 In honor of Richard Bernard Beth Maliner and Jeb Bartle In honor of Melissa Fagan Billitto ’87 Lois and Thomas L. Fagan, Jr. In honor of Julia Irene Blumberg ’15 Irene Blumberg Jeffrey Blumberg

In honor of Hannah Alice Caspar-Johnson ’15 Barbara and Myron Caspar In honor of Pablo Charriez ’24 Cindy Charriez In honor of Christopher Chase ’95 Jamie and Bruce Chase In honor of Class of 1951 Wendy Littman and C. Arthur Littman ’51 In honor of Class of 2008 and Quaker Madness Lesley Dennis Tryon ’71 and Edward Tryon Amy Tryon ’08 In honor of Rosaleen Cochran ’21 Sally Cochran In honor of Sean Cochran ’17 Sally Cochran In honor of Andrew Conces ’16 Peggy and Thomas McAndrews In honor of Andrew Mark Conner ’15 Kristina H. Conner In honor of Alessio Cristanetti-Walker ’23 Rosanne Cristanetti

In honor of Scott Benjamin Davis ’15 Susie Tattersall Davis ’84 and Robert Davis ’83 Dianne and Robert Tattersall In honor of Honor Dearlove ’19 Catherine and Thomas Dearlove In honor of Matthew Denney ’17 O. Evans Denney In honor of Daniel Joseph DePaulo ’15 Kelly and Joseph DePaulo In honor of Bobby DeWees ’08 Sally and Donald DeWees, Jr. In honor of Virginia DeWees ’12 Sally and Donald DeWees, Jr. In honor of Ann Dougherty Walter Butkus In honor of Ryan Dubowy ’14 Carolyn and David Martin In honor of James Harold Erskine, IV ’15 James H. Erskine III Meg Gehret Erskine ’83 In honor of John Fairchild ’11 Bonnie and John Fairchild In honor of Christine Farley Kyle Zechman McKean ’98 and John McKean In honor of Benjamin Riley Fischer ’15 Jessica and Matthew Fischer In honor of Eden Wales Freedman ’99 Anna and Luke Wales

FUN FACT:

$1,974

The amount donated to the Annual Fund by the Class of 2015 in honor of faculty member Behnaz Varamini.

In honor of Grace Sullivan Gannon ’15 Lathie and Ronan Gannon In honor of Conor William Ganse ’15 Kathleen and Charles Ganse Dolores and Charles Ganse In honor of Bryan Garman Jennifer Gimler Brady and Robert Brady Dela and Robert Bryan Tracey Quillen Carney ’80 and John Carney Carolyn Gates Connors ’81 and Sean Connors David H. Cress ’71 Rachel and Richard Grier-Reynolds Kathy and Don Holmes Maureen Leffler Marilyn and Terence Maguire Shelly and Martin Mand Melissa and Ed Micheletti Betty Hirschland Munro and Donald M.Munro Kathleen Burns Scanlon ’58 Louisa Hill Spottswood ’50 and Bob Coughlin Dr. and Mrs. Henry Weiner In honor of Elizabeth Gaskell ’24 Lucia Robinson In honor of Henry Gaskell ’26 Lucia Robinson

In honor of Sarah Jane Brennan-Martin ’15 Susan and Gary Martin

In honor of Daniela Cristanetti-Walker ’26 Rosanne Cristanetti

In honor of Jill Bryant Kempley Bryant and Charles Bryant ’79

In honor of John Curran, Jr. Barbara Curran

In honor of Madeleine Rachel Fruchtman ’15 Samantha and David Fruchtman

In honor of the Bonetti Family Maria and Roberto Bonetti

In honor of Zachary Cutler ’17 Jean Zacker

In honor of Ian Stephen Furman ’15 Amy and Stephen Furman

In honor of Bill Gordon ’14 Sarah and Edward Gordon

In honor of Tianqi Terrence Dai ’15 Xiaoming Wen and Hong Jin

In honor of Jacob Nicholas Gagliano ’15 Marylou and Nicholas Gagliano Pamela Gagliano

In honor of Nicholas Alexander Granda-Stone ’15 Elizabeth Granda Thalonius Stone

In honor of the Buccini Family Maria and Roberto Bonetti

In honor of Meryl Rose Gatti ’15 Stacy and Peter Gatti In honor of Jane Goldberg Mona Bayard and Thomas Bayard ’62

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REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2014-2015 In honor of Will Graves ’10 Meredith Graves Rotko and Michael Rotko

In honor of Leah Johnson ’18 Penelope and Gerald Wellman

In honor of Spencer Hall ’15 Kathryn Walker Hall and Scott Hall

In honor of Cooper Jones ’25 Sharon and Richard Fox

In honor of Bill Harman Alice and D. Stephen Hyde In honor of Molly Catherine Harper ’15 Catherine Dolan Gene and Francis Dolan Amy Curran Harper ’94 and Richard Harper ’91

In honor of the Kelley Family Trudy and Terry Hatter In honor of Amanda Joy Kielhorn ’15 Lynne and Fred Kielhorn

In honor of Ruth Hazzard ’19 Judy Butterworth Reinke

In honor of Ryan Kirkpatrick ’17 Barbara and David Grover

In honor of Coach Arthur Hill ’51 and the 1964 DISC Championship Team Charles Lawrence ’64

In honor of Quinn Kirkpatrick ’16 Barbara and David Grover

In honor of Kelly Hodge ’15 Cheryl and Dennis Hodge In honor of Jeffrey D. Hollingsworth ’15 Barbara and Presley Goodwyn Jane Hollingsworth and Peter Hollingsworth ’77 In honor of Kathy Hopkins Tracey Quillen Carney ’80 and John Carney In honor of Hareena Houston ’18 Tara and Keith Strouss In honor of Makada Houston ’20 Tara and Keith Strouss In honor of my grandson’s birth: Sam 6/28/14 Charles Jacobson ’59 and Diane Jacobson In honor of Annika Caitlin Jaskulski ’15 Louise and Kenneth Jaskulski In honor of Calyn Johnson ’11 Joyce and Emerson Elliott In honor of Corin Johnson ’08 Joyce and Emerson Elliott In honor of Elise Johnson ’21 Penelope and Gerald Wellman

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In honor of Stephanie Knudsen K. K. and Joe Sullivan In honor of Meera Kohli ’15 Ritu and Vijay Kohli In honor of David Leff ’09 Deborah and Sanford Leff

In honor of Evan Thomas Martinez ’15 Carol and Peter Martinez

In honor of William Neff Karen Ballotta and Bryan Garman

In honor of Andrew McCulloch ’22 Margaret and Don McCulloch

In honor of Paul Nemeth Amy and Stephen Furman Lathie and Ronan Gannon

In honor of Claire McCulloch ’24 Margaret and Don McCulloch In honor of Peyton McNeill ’19 Gladys McNeill-Bell and Raymond Bell Lisa Peyton-McNeill and Omar McNeill Bettie and Lea Peyton In honor of Quinn McNeill ’14 Gladys McNeill-Bell and Raymond Bell Lisa Peyton-McNeill and Omar McNeill Bettie and Lea Peyton In honor of Gregg Miller Evan Bartle ’08 Amy and Stephen Furman In honor of Connor Miller ’19 Marilyn and Ken Miller

In honor of Michael Leff ’11 Deborah and Sanford Leff

In honor of Arielle Elizabeth-Alexis Mobley ’15 Phyllis and James Mobley

In honor of Jacob Ross Leviton ’15 Amy and Michael Leviton

In honor of Luke Morgan-Scott ’14 Warren Scott

In honor of Joanne Taylor Linton ’51 Katherine Linton and Jeffrey T. Connor Linton ’77 In honor of Steven Ly ’15 Carol Amaral-Ly and Phuoc Ly In honor of Drew Malinksy Valarie Molaison In honor of Molly Marcus ’14 Paul B. Glickman In honor of Rebecca Marcus ’10 Paul B. Glickman In honor of Mary Isabelle Martelli-Raben ’15 Anne Martelli and Adam Raben In honor of Cassidy Ellen Martin ’15 Kathleen and John Martin

In honor of Donald Morton ’94 Amy and Stephen Furman In honor of Alexandra Musi ’17 Susan and Kenneth Musi In honor of Nick Musi ’21 Susan and Kenneth Musi In honor of John Salvatore Napoli ’15 Linda and Joseph Napoli In honor of Alyssa Nathan ’17 Suzi and David Maybee In honor of Danielle Nathan ’19 Suzi and David Maybee In honor of Jocelyn Nathan ’23 Suzi and David Maybee In honor of Alonia Needs ’19 Joanette and Francis McGeoch

In honor of Logan Maximilian O’Brien ’15 Angela O’Brien and Matthew O’Brien ’81 In honor of Martha Ann O’Brien ’15 Joan Lotwis Jennifer and Tom O’Brien In honor of Marie C. Palmiotto Carol Palmiotto and David Fisher In honor of Benjamin Kanter Para ’15 Barbara Kanter and Raymond Para In honor of Claire Elizabeth Pearce ’15 Lisa Pearce and Mark Pearce ’84 In honor of Patrick Pearce ’15 Lisa Pearce and Mark Pearce ’84 In honor of Lisa Peyton-McNeill Quinn A. McNeill ’14 In honor of Alexa Pierce-Matlack ’11 Susan Pierce and James L. Matlack In honor of Lee Powers Jeffrey Ransom In honor of Rachel Ramirez ’17 Barbara and Frank Dougherty In honor of Amanda Palmer Ramos ’15 Kristin and Michael Ramos In honor of Lily Rashkind ’23 Lee and Michael Rashkind In honor of Nathan Rashkind ’21 Lee and Michael Rashkind In honor of Jake Rashkind Brett Tracy ’13 In honor of Thomas Michael Rhodes ’15 Julie and Charles Cawley Maureen and Michael Rhodes

In honor of Violet Richman Trina J. Tjersland ’75 and Rebecca Frederick In honor of Emily Romano ’12 Jane Schindewolf and Eric Romano In honor of Joel Rosenberg Leslie Rosenberg ’00 In honor of Demetria Ruhl ’16 Catherine Ruhl In honor of Nathaniel Ruhl ’18 Catherine Ruhl In honor of Julia Helen Russ ’15 Wendy Lapham Julie and Jonathon Russ In honor of Fiona Saunders ’18 Roberta and William Headley In honor of Jessica Saunders ’16 Roberta and William Headley In honor of Kizzy Saunders Kyle Zechman McKean ’98 and John McKean In honor of Patrick Schleckler ’12 Vienna Broadbelt In honor of Victoria Schroeder ’18 Kathleen and Jonathan Schroeder In honor of Joshua Schwartz ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Mazer In honor of Clayton Douglass Scott ’15 Susan and James Curtis Elizabeth Lord Scott ’70 and Thomas Scott ’70 Margaret Scott In honor of Sarah Graves Scoville ’05 Meredith Graves Rotko and Michael Rotko In honor of Kerry Maureen Shay ’15 Jan Shay Mark T. Shay In honor of Macon Hill Sheppard ’15 Julie and William Sheppard

REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2014-2015 In honor of Shannon Jana Skibicki ’15 Genevieve and Matthew Lynch Kathleen and David Skibicki In honor of Walter P. Smith ’62 Andrew Chapo In honor of James Smith Jan-Maloy Edwards ’74 In honor of Jessica Smith Lathie and Ronan Gannon

In honor of Behnaz Varamini Wilmington Friends School Class of 2015

In honor of Jane Wenner Yeatman ’15 Judith and Gerald Yeatman

In honor of Jordan Wales ’97 Anna and Luke Wales

In honor of Brian Edward Zittlau ’15 Kathleen and Ewald Zittlau

In honor of Blythe Wallick ’21 Pat and Tyrell White In honor of Ronald Wiener ’64 Richard Broad ’64

In honor of Robert (Coach T) Tattersall Samuel Carney ’13 Amy and Stephen Furman Alice and D. Stephen Hyde Jennifer Pardee and Michael Pardee ’78

In honor of WFS Middle School Faculty and Staff Charlotte and Michael Arnold

In honor of Robert Tattersall, Jr. ’91 Alice and D. Stephen Hyde

In honor of WFS Teachers and Mentors Jane Hayden Frelick ’37 and Robert Frelick Clare and Mark Grochowski Kaitlyn McEnroe ’07

In honor of Kaely Tornek ’22 Lynn and Lawrence Tornek In honor of Matthew Tornek ’17 Lynn and Lawrence Tornek

In honor of WFS Football Program James Carney ’15

In honor of WFS Trustees Saundra Ross Johnson In honor of WFS Lifelong Education Sarah Panock ’99

In honor of Philip Trainer ’15 Amy and Lee Trainer

In honor of Myles Freemon Wilson ’15 Cheryl and Steven Wilson

In honor of Margo Tschantz ’15 Ellie Alexander Poorman ’53 and Joel Poorman DeAnn and John Tschantz Martha Poorman Tschantz ’85 and Jay Tschantz

In honor of Brooke Ann Winfield ’15 John Porter ’52 Nina Porter Winfield ’79 and James Winfield In honor of Cynthia Worrell Ozlem Nichols

Corporations, Foundations and Trusts

Many thanks to the corporations, foundations, organizations, and trusts that supported Friends during the 2014-15 fiscal year. That support— through donations, event sponsorships, and gift matching programs—is critical to the success of our Annual Fund and our School.

Advisors Charitable Gift Fund Alexis de Tocqueville Society Alicia F. Maharty Private Foundation Alpine & Rafetto Orthodontics Anytime Fitness ARG Communications Arguild Foundation Associates International, Inc. AstraZeneca, L.P. Baker Family Trust Bank of America BHP Billiton Biddle Capital Management, Inc. Jamie Nicholls and Fran Biondi Charitable Trust The Boeing Company Boss Enterprises Brunswick Fitness LLC Campanella Auto and Tire Center

Capital One Services, Inc. Chadds Ford Fitness LLC Chandler Asset Management, Inc. Chandler Funeral Homes, Inc. Cider Mills Landscapes CITGO Community Foundation of the National Capital Region Concord Massage LLC Concordville Nissan/Subaru The Connelly Family Foundation Connolly Gallagher LLP Delancey Street Partners Delaware Community Foundation eBay EDiS Company Edward E. Ford Foundation Eli Lilly and Company Ernst & Young Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Fidelity Investments First American Title Insurance Company FM Global Foundation Foldfast Goals Garnet Valley Farms LLC General Electric Geuder Charitable Lead Annuity Trust The Gillette Company Glenmeade Corporation Goldman, Sachs & Company Hayman Creative Promotional Products Agency, Inc. Home and School Association John A. and Joan M. Dietze Charitable Trust Johnnie’s Dog House JP Morgan Chase Foundation

KDI Knotts Inc. Laffey-McHugh Foundation Life Extension Foundation Long and Foster Real Estate, Inc. Massage Envy Merck & Company, Inc. Merrill Lynch McKenzie Brew House Microsoft Corporation Middle Run Charitable Foundation Morgan Stanley Murray Family Charitable Lead Annuity Trust Network For Good Nolan Associates, Inc. Nowland Associates, Inc. Pantano Real Estate Patterson Schwartz Pfizer Foundation Pinter Law, LLC PNC Bank Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP R W Fletcher Inc. RCM Technologies Reed Family Foundation Regeneration Pharmaceuticals Rising Fawn Farm Rogers Jackson Ltd. Roll Global LLC Ron Pownall Photography Salesforce.com, Inc. Schwab Charitable Fund Shell Oil Company Foundation Spencer Group, Inc. Starbucks State Farm Insurance Companies Stephenson Foundation Sullivan Family Fund Suzanne Merrick Trust Tetracycle US, LLC Thinkit Partners, LLC Thrivent TIAA-CREF Financial Services Tornek Design Associates Trillium Asset Management, LLC Trust of Mark B. Holzman UNUM Provident U.S. Charitable Gift Trust Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program Wachovia Corp.

Welfare Foundation, Inc. Wells Fargo Foundation Wilmington Monthly Meeting XL Specialty Insurance Company

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News from Spring (and Early Summer) 2015 Friends Vocalists

Rising ninth grader Alexis Borst, who had a lead role in the 2015 eighth grade musical, was chosen to sing at the Delaware Guidance Services’ Annual Spectacular at Harry’s Savoy Grill and Ballroom. Rising senior Joslyn Gardner, an All-State Chorus Alexis Borst ’19 with U.S. Senamember who had tor Tom Carper at the Delaware a lead role in the Guidance Services’ Annual upper school spring Spectacular. play, was accepted to the summer Solo Vocalist Artist Program at Westminster Choir College.

Past Speakers at Friends in the News

Viking Books released a book for young readers (ages 6-8) by 2013 commencement speaker Tererai Trent. The Girl Who Buried Her Dreams in a Can is the story of Dr. Trent’s drive to get an education, and a portion of the proceeds will benefit her foundation, which helps open educational opportunities for girls and women in Zimbabwe. Our 2014 QUEST Big Ideas speaker, Anand Giridharadas, was featured in a TED Talk—the “TED Talk of the Day,” in fact, on March 24, 2015—speaking about his book, The True American, which he debuted in published form at Friends.

Middle School Student Honored by Governor

Lucien McKean, rising eighth grader, was honored for his work with and contributions over the past five years to the Delaware Kids Fund. Lucien also did his seventh grade stewardship project—an individual service requirement—with the Kids Fund.

ironic example: “Je d’teste nager” (I hate swimming!).

Baseball Equipment & More Service Collections

Andrew Conces ’16 led a service project at Friends and Naamans Little League to collect baseball equipment for children in the DREAM Project in the Dominican Republic, one of our global service partners. (The third upper school trip the D.R., including work with DREAM students, was this past June.)

Among the donations were four sets of catcher’s gear, 47 fielders’ gloves, 72 bats, and more than 350 baseballs. It was actually more than the DREAM Project needed, so Andrew planned to donate the remaining gear to the Jackson, Kentucky community where he worked with the Appalachian Service Project in Collections of July. Also in April, baseball equiplower school led ment, hygiene kit a “Hope Totes” contents, and clothcollection and kit ing were among the assembly, with highlights of spring hygiene products community service for homeless efforts at Friends. people in Wilmington. And the upper school student committee, Amigos para Amigos, collected clothing for children in an orphanage in Puerto Rico.

Affinity Lock-In

Affinity, a student-run club whose purpose is to provide a safe forum to discuss and share issues relevant to African-American students at WilmingApril Fools! (en français) ton Friends, hosted Each Friends sixth a Lock-In in April. and seventh grader Activities included made a “poisson games, watching d’avril” (April fish), the movie Dear a common symbol White People, and in France of pranks discussion. Stuand jokes on April dents did not have Fools’ Day. The to be in the Affinity final product is a club to attend. fish whose mouth Student clerks of opens when its Affinity in 2014“body” clothespin 15 were juniors is pinched together.

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history teacher Donald Morton ’94 and Upper School Dean for Students Lynn Puritz-Fine.

Ed Camp

This spring, Friends again hosted a regional “Edcamp DE,” a professional development program for teachers.

This year’s topics include social media and teaching, stewardship, and leveled reading. Participating teachers submitted topics to an “idea board” prior to the event, and then also helped plan the schedule during the opening session.

Third grade teacher Chris Loeffler ’00 led the Edcamp organizational efforts at Friends.

National Journalism Conference

Congratulations to Jodi Lessner ’16, who was selected to represent the State of Delaware at the 2015 Al Neuharth Free Spirit and Journalism Conference this past June in Washington, DC. The selection included a $1,000 college scholarship, as well as expenses for travel, hotel, transportation, and meals. The conference was at the Newseum, and included sessions with media professionals, news executives, and other notable leaders.

Jodi is the fourth consecutive Friends student chosen to represent Delaware at the conference, following Shannon Skibicki ’15, Kenji Endo ’14, and Annie McDonough ’13.

Fifth Grade Solar Ovens & More Science You don’t have to ask twice to get Friends fifth graders to talk about their favorite science projects. Making their own solar ovens was especially popular.

Daniel described the process of using a shoe box with a hole cut in the top, and plastic and foil to absorb sunlight. Grace liked melting marshmallows in the oven to make s’mores; “put a bowl inside of the box,” Daniel cautioned, “so it is not messy.” After describing another project she called an “exploding bottle” (the

Drew Pittenger ’16 made a new mouthpiece for his trumpet on the upper school 3-D printer. The universal response seemed to be, “Well, THAT’S cool.”

Auction for Friends 2015 “very small” explosion happened inside the bottle, she said, unless you ignored the instruction not to put it under a light; then “you might need a Making s’mores was a great way for fifth new cap”), Grace graders to test their shoebox solar ovens. added, “You see, in this class, you never get bored.” Katie liked another project—creating a chemical reaction in a Ziploc bag, with calcium chloride, baking soda, and phenol red solution. “Once we combined them,” she said, “the bag started to heat up, it changed to orange, and created a gas. It really helped me understand how chemical changes take place.” Thanks to our fifth grade scientists; sorry we could not include all of their wonderful comments.

Organic Garden Award

The Wilmington Friends Organic Garden was one of 25 winners, from among 600 applications, in the 2015 Mantis Tiller Awards, administered by kidsgardening.org. Each grant-winning program receives gardening equipment and a generous seed donation. Congratulations and thank you to our garden coordinator, Carlos Charriez, and the great team of garden volunteers.

The biennial Auction for Friends, held again this year at Barclays on the Riverfront, was a great success, raising just over $60,000 for financial aid at Friends. The evening included a Silent Auction, Live Auction, “Bonus Basket” tables, live music by the WFS Jazz Band, directed by Christopher Verry, and more! Delicious food by Toscana and an entertaining live auction hosted

by WFS parent Chris Coons made the atmosphere beyond festive.

A special, and huge, thank you to our co-chairs, Wendy Cutler and Kim Massih Dolan ’89, to their committee and all of our volunteers, and to our sponsors, donors, bidders, and guests.

See you in 2017.

Published in Friends Journal

Work by Jerica Xu ’18 was among 24 honored, from more than 100 student submissions, in the second annual Student Voices Project. The projects, on the theme of Peace, Conflict, and Justice, were featured in the April issue of Friends Journal, a Philadelphia-based international publication serving members, and those interested in, the Quaker community.

Character on the Track

Another illustration of “why Friends?” with thanks to track coach Paul Nemeth (this is based on a post on Paul’s Facebook page): “Have to tell you what one of my runners did today. It was a dual track meet at TH. My guy ran the 1600 meter run in personal best time, then ran the 800 meter run. Normally, he would be done for the day...however, a runner on the other team in the 3200 meter run (2 miles) was trying to break 12 minutes...his best ever [and a goal he had set as a freshman].

My guy [name withheld by request] learned that the TH athlete was going to be running alone...not a good way have an under12-minute 3200m. My guy decided to join the event to help the other runner to achieve his goal. The TH runner ran 11:59!!! To our WFS student-athlete, I am so proud of you and so honored

This year’s visiting author at lower school was awardwinning children’s author and journalist Kate Klise, who led interactive presentations for preK-5th and an additional writer’s workshop for 5th graders.

to be your coach. You are the very best in the Quaker tradition.

—Paul Nemeth, coach of very talented and awesome young people”

Service Award & Boys and Girls Club Partnership

Congratulations and thank you to the 29 Friends students who, through their work as mentors at the H. Fletcher Brown Boys & Girls Club, earned the 2015 Governor’s Youth Service Award in Social Justice and Advocacy. The Award was presented at a dinner on April 21st, where the WFS student mentors were represented by then-seniors Danny DePaulo, Macon Sheppard (co-clerk), and Jacob Gagliano; they are pictured with

Students from Kalmar, Sweden visited Friends this spring. After a sail on the Kalmar Nyckel, they attended classes and a lacrosse game with their WFS homestay hosts.

The LEED Gold plaque, recognizing environmentally friendly design and construction, is now displayed in the atrium entrance to the middle/upper school.

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Half the Sky

Half the Sky, Friends’ women’s rights club, hosted a movie screening open to the community. All proceeds benefited the Pardada Pardadi Education Society, a school based in India that is focused on empowering, employing, and educating women and girls. The film event followed an upper school collection with speaker Mary Cairns, development director for Pardada Pardadi Education Society.

The film event raised enough money to send a girl to school for a year. Half the Sky was clerked in 2014-15 by Jodi Lessner ’16 and Caroline Wren ’16 and advised by upper school English teacher Katy Kenney.

Human Spirit in Athletics Award

Friends student mentors received the 2015 Governor’s Youth Service Award in Social Justice and Advocacy at a dinner on April 21, 2015.

Walnut Street Theatre at WFS

Middle school students attended a performance in the Friends Theater by the Walnut Street Theatre’s Touring Outreach Company. The Company performs in schools throughout the Delaware Valley to introduce the art of professional theater through works that are curriculumbased and socially relevant as well as entertaining. The presentation at Friends was, “Martin and Malcolm—How Long Must We Wait? The Civil Rights Movement and What It Means Today!” by Tom Quinn. The students who attended this year’s Middle School Diversity Conference then led small-group discussions of issues related to the play, including contemporary debates on topics like affirmative action and racial profiling.

Seventh Grade Service Field Trip

On April 30, the seventh grade went to Ephrata, PA, to visit the Material Resource Center (MRC) and a nearby Ten Thousand Villages. MRC ships food, clothing, school supplies, and other items around the world with funding in part from recycling activities. At Ten Thousand Villages, students engaged in both service work and hands-on educational programs about fair trade.

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One of the images inspired by “Rhapsody in Blue” in Early Learning Center music class.

Drawing “Rhapsody in Blue”

From ELC music teacher Liza Conces, about the Early Congratulations Learning Center student work to Quinn Kirkpatpictured above: “He is drawrick ’16 for receiving what he envisioned when ing the Victory listening to ‘Rhapsody in Blue.’

Scholarship Award At first, he thought he would for Greatness of draw a train because Gershwin the Human Spirit was inspired to write the piece in Athletics. The while traveling on a train. But award was preonce he listened to the music, sented by United he decided to draw a bowlCerebral Palsy of ing alley with balls rumbling Delaware and the down the lanes and higher Wilmington Blue Varsity basketball coach Chris Rocks at their Dia- Loeffler ’00 presenting the Great- pitched pins falling down.”

Another student drew boats ness of the Human Spirit in Athmond Dinner in surrounded by seagulls and April. WFS varsity letics to Quinn Kirkpatrick ’16. crashing waves, and another basketball coach cats running up and down stairs. It’s all Chris Loeffler nominated Quinn and about building foundations in those fourpresented the award; Quinn also plays year-old brains for “mental images” in varsity lacrosse. (Quinn, by the way, is reading and higher order thinking skills, the taller one in the picture with Chris.) both analytical and creative, encouraged Second Grade Wax Museum by learning that incorporates metaphors, For the annual Wax Museum, each similes, and analogies. second grader researches an influential National History Bowl and Bee person in history, writes a speech, and Congratulations to the two WFS teams creates a costume. Then at the Museum, that competed at the History Bowl the students, wearing red paper “butNational Championship in Washington, tons,” portray their research subjects as DC. Katy Shannon ’17 was one of the wax figures. When visitors push the red only girls, according to very reliable button, the student “comes to life” and sources, to compete in the National Hisdelivers a speech as the person repretory Bee at the event. Katy was also on sented. Among this year’s wax figures— the History Bowl JV team (again, perhaps Elizabeth Blackwell, Benjamin Franklin, the only all-girl team) representing WFS, Jane Goodall, and Jackie Robinson. which included then-freshmen Mary At the Second Grade Wax Museum.

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Lenni Lenape Study

Third grade students visited the Brandywine Valley Association to learn about the Lenni Lenapes, who inhabited the Delaware Valley before the arrival of Europeans. Students hiked through the woods to see various artifacts, played games Lenape children likely played to develop practical skills, and learned about the Lenapes’ connection with and respect for nature.

Philip Trainer ’15, Emilio Ergueta ’16, and Blaise Glowiak ’16 competed at the varsity level of the National History Bowl.

Agne, Isse Rios, and Victoria Schroeder.

WFS was well represented at the varsity level by the team of Philip Trainer ’15, Emilio Ergueta ’16, and Blaise Glowiak ’16. Special thanks to Blaise’s parents, Annamarie Medeiros and Stan Glowiak, who served as score keepers.

Fifth Grade Immigration Study

This spring, fifth graders learned about immigration in social studies— including research and presentations about their own family histories; a small-group immigration simulation project (with, e.g., an assigned country of origin and year Fifth graders in a of immigration to group-learning projthe US), document- ect at the Tenement ing their journeys Museum in New in historical fiction York City. journals; and culminating in a visit to the Tenement Museum in New York City. The Museum features displays about individual families and offers group-learning projects for students.

Third Annual “Spring Into Service” 5K In a wonderful, relatively new spring tradition, the middle school organized and hosted a fifth-eighth grade student and teacher run and walk around the Alapocas neighborhood. Students use Quaker decision-making processes each year to choose a non-profit to benefit from this event. This year, there was a collection of new and gently used books to benefit the charity called Books for Children. Many thanks to all of the families who donated books and to the parent volunteers. Special thanks to the lead organizers, teachers Carlos Charriez and John Hanson.

John Guzzetta, who founded the Books for Children non-profit with his sister, was on hand; and Head of School Ken Aldridge made his Spring Into Service 5K debut (we didn’t ask for his time).

A third grade field trip to learn about the Lenni Lenapes.

Eighth Grade to Constitution Center

Earlier in the year, each eighth grader impersonated a member of the 1787 Constitutional Convention in a simulated convention. On a spring trip to the U.S. Constitutional Center in Philadelphia, students were delighted to find bronze statues of the historical figures they had represented. After visiting the Constitution Center, eighth graders then served as tour guides for their classmates; each student made a presentation about a historic site he or she had researched.

Ready at the start. That’s Jon Clifton ’80, who provided professional organization for the race, bravely in front of the banner; and Head of School Ken Aldridge, in the light blue shirt, safely toward the back of the pack.

Eagle Scout Service

Two Friends students completed major service projects toward achieving the rank of Eagle Scout this spring. Alex Trudel ’16 refurbished the orienteering course at Brandywine Creek State Park, and held an event on the improved course in partnership with the Delaware Valley Orienteering Association. Nathaniel Ruhl ’18 refurbished and beautified the Wilmington Montessori School’s Outdoor Theatre and nature trail, organizing and leading a team of volunteers in more than 150 service hours.

Middle School Math Poster Contest

Congratulations to sixth grader Maddy Dalglish, who won fourth place in the middle school division of the Delaware Mathematics Poster Contest. The theme was “Math in Amusement Parks.”

Eighth graders visited the Constitution Center and led tours of historic Philadelphia for classmates.

Governor’s School for Excellence

Congratulations to Katy Shannon ’17 and Lindsay Weber ’17. Katy was selected as the Friends nominee to this year’s Governor’s School for Excellence, a weeklong summer program at the University of Delaware for academically and artistically talented Delaware high school students.

Lindsay was chosen as the alternate nominee.

Advisories traditionally choose a theme for 5K costumes. Sara Gaines and her advisees wore t-shirts from favorite colleges.

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Faculty News

Upper school teacher Javier Ergueta was awarded a fellowship from the Foreign Policy Research Institute for a one-week immersion study trip to South Korea this summer. Javier plans to use the experience to enhance the unit on Korea and the origins of the Cold War in his IB 20th Century World History class; to lead a Lunch and Learn as an update on a past Korea program coordinated by Julia Rhodes ’14; to structure a debate in the World Affairs Club, which he sponsors; and to contribute to the development of the new upper school course focused on the Cold War. Middle school science teacher Karen Horikawa was invited to present at the July National STEM Teachers Workshop—Bioenergy and Bioproducts Education 2015. The invitation noted that Karen had been nominated by her Bioenergy and Bioproducts Education workshop Site Directors, “in recognition of your outstanding dedication and contributions to sustainability and bio-based science and engineering education.” Only 25 teachers nationally were selected as presenters.

PFM Potluck The Parents for Multiculturalism (PFM) committee of the Home & School Association revived a beloved Friends tradition this year. The PFM Potluck Dinner was a great community event, featuring wonderful food and fellowship, crafts, and interactive entertainment-with-meaning, led by the Hip Hop Fundamentals. Thanks to 2014-15 PFM clerk Rosalind McCoyGardner, all of the volunteers, and, of course, our cooks and diners.

Lower School Grandparents & Special Friends Day And Art Show It was a beautiful, sunny day for Grandparents & Special Friends to visit lower school in early May. The morning included musical presentations, classroom time, Meeting for Worship, and the world-famous Lower School Art Show, curated by teacher Teal Rickerman. (The Art Show alternates every other year with the Lower School Science Expo.) Thank you to all of our guests and to our parent volunteers for helping with organization, directions, and of course, snacks.

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Spring Break Trip to China On March 13, four WFS students—Mary Agne, Eli Akerfeldt-Howard, Kelly Hartwick, and Jodi Lessner—and upper school Chinese teacher Xiaohong Xu left for China, a trip in partnership with Beaver Country Day School and Walking Tree Travel. The itinerary included stays in Beijing, Chengdu, and Shanghai, with the goals of improving students’ communication skills in Mandarin Chinese; fostering interdisciplinary connections between language study, history, arts, science, math, and economics; and encouraging qualities of global citizenship and related skills and habits of mind. Prior to the trip, students were required to develop a project portfolio, including research questions, methods for collecting data, and information about China from online resources. Walking Tree made a promotional video for its China program during the trip, which can viewed at https://walkingtree.org/ wilmington-friends-and-beaver-countrychina-program-video/.

While in China, students wrote blogs about the trip. Below are excerpts from a blog that Eli and Jodi wrote early in their travels, when they met with students from a school in Beijing.

“We then went to the Bayi School to meet the students. The Bayi School is a school in Beijing that prepares Chinese students to study in America for college. We played a few icebreaker games and then were split up into groups of half Bayi half WFS/BCDS students to go explore and dig deeper into Beijing through a scavenger hunt. One of the things on the scavenger hunt list was to eat chicken or pig feet. Chicken and pig feet are

Fifth graders transfer their programming skills from Scratch into a LEGO robotics environment. They build cars with touch and light sensors and design programs that incorporate iteration/looping and multitasking functionality.

normal snacks for Chinese people, but it took a lot of courage for us to try them!

There were mixed reviews, but overall people were glad they got the experience.

Another thing on the list was to go to Peking University, one of the top universities in China, but the guards at the gate would not let us in. After standing and begging for a few minutes and deciding whether or not to bribe the hungry guard with chickens’ feet to get in, we decided to give up and take a bus to dinner.

“We soon discovered that the English speaking abilities of the Bayi students far surpassed our Chinese speaking abilities. Even though this made conversation difficult at the Chinese table, the Bayi students were very nice and taught us new words so we could have conversations. Meeting the Chinese students and being able to talk to them was a unique experience because we got to learn about a Chinese student’s life. We learned that they have class from 8:00am to 4:50pm everyday and their school day consists of nine major classes. When they found out that the Beaver kids only take four classes and the WFS students take six classes, they were very surprised.

Institute talk about Chinese-American relations. The conversation was very interesting and it also allowed for us to bond more with the Bayi students. After the meeting, we took a group picture and exchanged WeChat information so we could stay in touch.”

Top center, Mary, Eli, Jodi, and Kelly in China.

Top right, food was an important part of the cultural exploration.

“The next morning we saw the students again when we met at a hotel to listen to interns from the Carnegie Tsinghua

Above, the trip included visits to both landmark sites and hidden beauties in China.

First graders studied cities and then designed a city to meet “the needs and wants” of its residents. The design was first executed using paper cuttings and drawing, then digitally created on the computer, and finally printed using the 3-D printer to allow a scaled model. (The 3-D printer is at right in the photo.)

“Wonderings” are a frequent starting point for research at lower school. A recent ”Wonder Wall” display showed studentinitiated questions along with cited-source answers. Among the questions: Do penguins get cold living on ice? Have a city’s streets ever been “paved with gold”? How do jellyfish see? And...Why can’t I fly?

Photos and video link from Walking Tree’s web site, used with permission.

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Upper School Play 2015

Senior Arts Exhibition

The upper school staged its spring production, The Tempest, April 17-18. The cast consisted of 27 students, including among the lead performers, Joslyn Gardner ’16 (Prospero), Margaret Kane ’16 (Miranda), Arielle Mobley ’15 (Ariel) and Wyatt Thompson ’15 (Caliban). The crew of 12 included lighting director Philip Trainer ’15 and stage managers Jessica Saunders ’16 and Julia Blumberg ’15. Todd Tyler and Don Morton ’94 were the faculty co-directors, with an original adaptation by Todd; and Will Hurd designed the set. Special thanks to the many parent volunteers involved in the production.

Under the guidance of upper school art teacher Cynthia Stan Mellow, Class of 2015 student-artists in the IB Visual Arts program and the Visual Arts Major class presented a culminating exhibition this spring. The students—including (top to bottom) Sarah Brennan-Martin, Kerry Shay, Molly Harper, and Wyatt Thompson—welcomed family and friends, and discussed the artwork, at an opening reception in April.

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Girls’ Lacrosse

Spring Sports

10-5 regular season, earned (and won) a home game in the opening round of the state tournament, advanced to quarterfinals.

In a great spring for Friends athletics, we celebrated a state championship at first singles in girls’ tennis—a three-peat for Annie Jaskulski ’15; and seven Quaker teams participated in post-season tournaments and meets (five ranked top-10 in the state).

Congratulations to the students chosen as captains: track and field—Steven Ly ’15, Julia Russ ’15, and Naza McMillan ’16; girls’ tennis—Annie Jaskulski ’15 and Meera Kohli ’15; boys’ tennis—Ben Fischer ’15; soccer—Hana Arai ’15, Izzy Martelli-Raben ’15, and Shannon Skibicki ’15; girls’ lacrosse— Meryl Gatti ’15, Brooke Winfield ’15, and Jane Yeatman ’15; boys’ lacrosse— Jimmy Carney ’15 and Tommy Rhodes ’15; and baseball—Scott Davis ’15, Jake Erskine ’15, and Conor Ganse ’15.

Three-time Delaware state champion and Player of the Year Annie Jaskulski ’15 signed her National Letter of Intent to play tennis for the University of Delaware.

Tennis

In addition to Annie’s individual championship, Friends players reached the quarterfinals in eight of the 10 brackets (meaning eight top-eight finishes in the state) in the state tournament. Secondsingles player Drew Felter ’16 and the second-doubles team of Douglas Nie ’18 and Jake Morris ’18 reached the semifinals. In team results, the boys finished tied for third, and the girls finished fifth.

Girls’ Soccer

Fourth straight conference championship (no conference losses in those four years). 12-2-1 regular season.

Advanced to the semi-finals of the state tournament.

All State: Top XI/1st Team - Shannon Skibicki ’15 1st Team - Izzy MartelliRaben ’15 2nd Team - Hana Arai ’15 3rd Team - Sloan Maas ’18 1st Team All Conference: Shannon Skibicki ’15 Izzy Martelli-Raben ’15 Hana Arai ’15 Sloan Maas ’18 Maggie Martelli-Raben ’18 2nd Team All Conference: Meg Flanagan ’17 Katrina Skibicki ’17 Hailey DiCindio ’18 Fredrikke “Fred” Johansen (AFS student)

All State: 1st Team - Meryl Gatti ’15 1st Team - Jane Yeatman ’15 2nd Team - Margo Tschantz ’15 2nd Team - Brooke Winfield ’15 1st Team All Conference: Margo Tschantz ’15, attack Meryl Gatti ’15, midfield Brooke Winfield ’15, midfield Jane Yeatman ’15, defense 2nd Team All Conference: Molly Harper ’15, attack Blair Atkins ’17, midfield Martha O’Brien ’15, defense Demetria Ruhl ’16, goalie Academic All American (for girls, a g.p.a. minimum and varsity letter, juniors and seniors; no team earned more honorees than Friends): Merritt Gates ’16 Martha O’Brien ’15 Margo Tschantz ’15 Brooke Winfield ’15 Jane Yeatman ’15

Boys’ Lacrosse

The 2015 Quaker boys’ tennis team finished tied for third in the state tournament.

Class of 2015 soccer players Izzy MartelliRaben, Shannon Skibicki, and Hana Arai never lost a conference game in their high-school careers and led the Quakers to the 2015 state semi-finals.

8-7 regular season with one of the toughest schedules in the state. Defense allowed double-digit scoring in only one game (to the eventual state champion).

Qualified for tournament, finished ranked #8 in the state.

All State: 2nd Team - Jakob Katzen ’16 3rd Team - Tommy Rhodes ’15 Honorable Mention - Jimmy Carney ’15 1st Team All Conference: Andrew Jaworski, offense ’17 Jakob Katzen, defense ’16 Jimmy Carney, mid-defense ’15 Tommy Rhodes, defense ’15 Logan O’Brien, defense ’15 2nd Team All Conference: Myles Wilson ’15 Jeff Hollingsworth ’15 Matt Tornek ’17 Academic All American (for boys, four awards are given for Delaware, the top four g.p.a.’s in the state among senior varsity players): Jimmy Carney ’15

Seniors on the 2015 girls’ lacrosse team—Brooke Winfield, Margo Tschantz, Meryl Gatti, Martha O’Brien, Molly Harper, and Jane Yeatman.

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Baseball

Seniors on the 2015 boys’ lacrosse team—Logan O’Brien, Ben Para, Tommy Rhodes, Jimmy Carney, Myles Wilson, Patrick Pearce, Jeff Hollingsworth.

11-7 regular season, including a six-game win streak to close it out. Congratulations to first-year (at Friends) coach Ray Lloyd ’83 and the entire team.

1st Team All Conference: Andrew Conces, pitcher Ethan Ivins, second base Scott Davis, outfield 2nd Team All Conference: Tom Cover, outfield

Track & Field

With 15 boys and 18 girls on the roster, the Friends track and field team had a triumphant season, featuring some great character stories as well as some top finishes. Thanks to the new track at Mellor Field, the Quakers were able to host a home meet—and look forward to many more.

Top-10 finishes at state meet: Boys 4x100, 7th (Steven Ly, Naza McMillan, Aaron Brick, Jordan Carter), broke 40-year-old WFS record; Mikayla Echevarria, 9th in girls’ shot put; Ian Furman, 10th in boys’ shot put

The boys’ 4x100 team broke a 40-year-old school record and finished seventh at the state meet—Steven Ly ’15 (tri-captain), Aaron Brick ’18, Naza McMillan ’16 (tri-captain), and Jordan Carter ’17.

In Support of Friends at Tatnall Before the Friends-Tatnall boys’ lacrosse game, Coach Jake Rashkind led a pre-game tribute to and moment of silence for the Esmond family, well known to many in our school community. The family suffered accidental poisoning while on vacation, apparently due to an exterminator’s improper use of a pesticide in their hotel. Steve Esmond has been a longtime administrator and coach at Tatnall; he and his wife, Theresa, have two sons, Sean and Ryan, who have played lacrosse at Tatnall and in regional youth leagues. In an effort organized by assistant coach, Friends parent, and Tatnall graduate Lee Powers, the Friends players put on “E” helmet stickers, and gave one to each Tatnall player. As the family works toward recovery, we continue to hold the Esmonds in the Light.

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Four-year varsity player and tri-captain Conor Ganse ’15 behind the plate for the Quakers.

Friends hosted its first home track meet in decades this spring. Tri-captain Julia Russ ’15 is shown in the blocks on the track at Mellor Field, with coach Paul Nemeth setting the “Quakers” hurdles.

CLASS NOTES Class Notes are compiled by the Alumni Office. All updates included in this issue were received by June 12, 2015. If you would like to submit a Class Note for the next edition, please email alumni@wilmingtonfriends.org.

1937

In April, The Music School of Delaware had a performance to celebrate the legacy of Louis J. Finger. He was a former board chair and longtime board member of the Music School.

His widow, Dorothy, who has been a speaker at Friends, attended the event.

Betty Murch Livingston wrote, “I am happy here in Maine in a lovely retirement community right on the ocean and three miles from one of my daughters. I look back on Friends with pleasure, both as a student (in the old building at Fourth and West) and as a teacher and hockey coach (in the new school). My, but that was a long time ago!”

1948

Alice Mearns Ivy (See 1949.)

1949

Mason Marston Daley-Boyd wrote, “Our class reunion was much fun for all seven of us who made it. Thank heaven for spouses who jazzed up the day. And, thank you Alice Mearns Ivy ’48 for giving us a wonderful dinner and a place to eat it. For me, I was looking forward to an April move to 142 Aspen Loop, only 1.02 miles from where I’d been living, but a house with a little more space for all the ’stuff’ that Bill Boyd, my new spouse, and I had accumulated. We also got a new phone number along the way. 843.314.

0709. We love guests so if you’d like to visit the beach at Pawleys Island, SC, please stop by. Best to all of you who couldn’t be with us.

We missed you.”

1950

Elizabeth Bashore Brayer was honored by her hometown of Brighton, NY, during Women’s History Month in March for her work in promoting local history, especially as it pertains to George Eastman.

1951

Art Hill (See 1966.)

Helen Burr Nulse wrote, “I play golf about three times a week, bridge about three times a week, and enjoy the great weather in Naples, FL. Hope all is well in Wilmington, but worry about the health of our country!!!”

1952

We were very pleased to see Rufus Jones, when he stopped by on his way to Maine. Rufus had a chance to visit in the Alumni Office and to see the new Theater.

1954

Anna Hubbard Bellenger sent in an update on her son George Bellenger ’79 (See 1979) and daughter Baily Bellenger Cypress ’78 (See 1978). She also wrote, “I have a new children’s book out, Outside/In. A friend has done the poetry and I the paintings.”

1955

Sara Hodge Geuder wrote, “Are you ALL making plans for Halloween in Wilmington?!”

(Please note that Homecoming 2015 will be Halloween weekend in 2015, for the Class of 1955 60th Reunion.)

1957

Abbie Greene Fassnacht wrote, “Not much new. We’re both happy to be living at Kendal’s The Admiral in Chicago. My husband is living in the Memory Care Center here. I am glad to be in the center of the energy of the city and serve as vice president of the residents’ association. I plan to spend July and some of August at our cottage in Brooksville, ME. Our grandchildren will visit for a couple of weeks there.”

University. I am an active tennis player, golfer, cyclist and Pilates regular. We have three daughters, six granddaughters, a female cat and (mercifully) an aging male dog. Life is good, indeed.”

Rachel Hood Kopel wrote, “I recently organized and took stock of some of my many sketchbooks. I was reminded that I began learning to draw almost 25 years ago during a visit to our friend, the late Susan Chambers, in Tucson, AZ. I found a note in 2012 where I listed my goals for the future. One was to sketch and paint not just weekly but every day. Then I realized that for the past two+ months, I have actually been doing just that.

Improvement is gradual, but I always delight in the time I spend with sketchbook in hand.

What activities are my classmates enjoying in their retirement??”

1962

Phoebe Baker wrote to let us know some Class of 1962 members enjoyed lunch at the Baltimore Museum of Art and dessert later at the home of Bob Lessey and wife Kathy last spring. (See photo.)

1958

Tom Wingate wrote, “Still bikin’; been to Sturgis, Myrtle Beach, Daytona, and Rolling Thunder several times over the years. We occasionally ride with several other Vietnam vets. Sorry to hear about Dick Poole [see In Memory]; good guy and my classmate. We’re still in PA.”

1959

Bill Amend (See 1961.)

1960

Jane Allen Wolfle wrote, “I’m still living in and loving Albuquerque, NM. Much of my time I travel as much as possible, so far visiting 114 countries. The amount of history I’ve learned and the understanding of people I’ve gained are amazing, so I hope to continue my quest for a long time. I now have four beautiful grandchildren in Virginia and a successful author daughter in Texas, so I spend time traveling to both states to visit. Anytime any Friends graduates are in the area, I’d love to see you.”

1961

Connie Roberts Amend and husband Bill Amend ’59 wrote, “Our big news is that we have moved back to the area. We are now living at Maris Grove, a retirement community just over the state line in Pennsylvania. We are still unpacking. Downsizing and moving 2,500 miles is not for the faint of heart, but it was the right move for us. We look forward to getting settled and then reacquainting ourselves with the area.”

Stephen Burnett wrote, “I am retired (mostly) from Public Accounting and Consulting after 40 years. I live with my wife, Nancy, in Sewanee, TN, on the Domain of the University of the South. I have been a Trustee of the University and a Trustee of St. Andrews, an Episcopal Boarding School adjacent to the Head of School Ken Aldridge, Rufus Jones ’52, and archivist and former longtime teacher Terry Maguire.

Walter Smith ’62 and wife, Jeannette, Bob Lessey ’62, Sheila Brown Arbury ’62, Betty Hirschland Munro ’62 and husband Don together in March.

Tim Bayard wrote, “I just finished up my 6th, 7th, 9th (who’s counting?) year of being an Elder with the first grade in Lower School.

This is a well-established program at LS and deserves more involvement. If anyone out there is interested in being an Elder, please let me know. I can get more specific information to you directly from a first grade teacher.

This is a wonderful way to volunteer at our old school, and it does not take up too much time! Hope someone out there wants to be an Elder!”

Deborah Hitt Lane wrote, “Amey Eckles Dodge, Patty Sauter Ruemmler, and I took our annual girls trip in September. Amazing that we are able to meet up from TN, WA, and ME. Last year was Glacier National Park and environs and then down to South Dakota.

What an outstanding time we had, and the best part was being with old (yep) high school friends.”

1965

Roland Woodward wrote, “I retired in June 2014 after a 42-year museum career, 34 of those years serving as a museum director. I retired as director of the Baltimore Museum of Industry after nine years there; prior to that, I was the director of Chester County (PA) Summer 2015 • QuakerMatters

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CLASS NOTES Historical Society, and Washington Crossing Historic Park. I began my full-time career as Museum Curator at the Historical Society of Delaware. I reside in West Chester and still maintain a consulting practice serving cultural non-profits. I have four daughters ranging in age from 36 to 26, and two grandchildren.

My wife, Faith, is still working full-time as director of marketing and admissions at Barclay-Friends, a Quaker-related senior living and skilled nursing facility in West Chester.

My brother Stephen Woodward ’70, my sonin-law Ben Pressman and I are now running our family farm along the Brandywine in Pocopson, PA, just north of Chadds Ford, and are in the process of transitioning from raising young dairy cattle into grass-fed beef cattle.”

Roland and Stephen’s mom, Mary Woodward, a longtime WFS teacher [1954-1979] died in 2010 at the age of 94.

1966

David Smith wrote, “I continue to enjoy being retired, and we split our time between Summit and Avalon in NJ and Ocean Ridge, FL. Plenty of good beach time! We have five grandchildren, and they all live within one mile of our house so we see them almost daily.

What a wonderful experience for us.

Violet Richman and I talk frequently, and I recently had the honor of having dinner with Art Hill ’51. It is really nice to have contact with those who were so important in our lives while at Friends. Our best to all!”

1967

Martin Pennington wrote, “I have many fond memories of my time at WFS, especially Ambrose Short ‘Shorty’ (former fac) whose laugh I still hear. I am married to my beautiful wife, Rose. Together, we have a blended family of five children and six ‘and a third’ grandchildren. I work in Drug and Alcohol treatment in San Clemente, CA, where we also live.”

Jay Resnick wrote, “This picture was taken last month in London, where my wife and I were to celebrate the marriage of her daughter. After the wedding, Judy and I played golf in Wales for four days. Life is good.”

Jay Resnick ’67 in London with his wife, Judy.

1969 John Golin just completed 30 years of teaching and research at The Catholic University of America where he is Professor of Biology. He uses biochemical and genetic approaches to study broad-spectrum drug resistance.

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Judith Prest wrote, “I retired in 2009 from school social work and now am director at Spirit Wind Studio—from there I give workshops in Expressive Arts, Creativity & Healing, Poetry, Creative Writing and SoulCollage and do creativity coaching. I have been publishing poetry (and having some published by others), and selling mixed media art and photos. I also work part-time at New Choices Recovery Center in Schenectady, NY, running expressive arts groups with adults in day treatment for addiction. Most recently, I am putting together a book of poems written by participants in a poetry project I ran under a grant from the Institute for Poetic Medicine— two groups of people at the New Choices center wrote poetry with me for eight sessions, and the resulting book, Recovering PoetryFinding Our Voices, is going to print very soon. I am also working on my own book, Elemental Connections, in which my poems about the natural world will be paired with my nature photography. At this moment, I live in Duanesburg, NY, with my husband, Alan Krieger, and three cats—Ollie, Raven, and Princess Leiah, along with my adult son, Jon, his partner, Carensa, and their dog, Cloud, and cat, Kieko (FULL HOUSE!!!).”

1970

Tom Scott (See photo, this page.)

Stephen Woodward (See 1965.)

1972

Linda Lehr wrote, “I reside in Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY. I am the Principal Stage Director for Regina Opera in Brooklyn, where I have directed and designed the sets for over 30 productions. Other opera companies I have worked for include Chelsea Opera, Opera Manhattan Repertory Theaters, and Opera in the Hamptons. My ‘day job’ is as the Office Manager for Trian Partners, L.P.”

1974

Erik Gunn wrote from his home in Racine, WI, “This has been a milestone spring. On April 1, I marked my 20th year of full-time self-employment as a freelance journalist, writer, and editor, something I embarked on in 1995 when the paper I worked for, The Milwaukee Journal, was merged with its morning rival, The Milwaukee Sentinel. It’s been a rewarding career move and one I’m hoping to continue in for a long time. In May, I won my latest award from the Milwaukee Press Club for a feature I wrote last year for Milwaukee Magazine on the movement to legalize the sale of Raw Milk in the Dairy State. This month, my younger son, Matt, graduates from high school—Saint Catherine’s HS in Racine, a place that offered many of the attributes for which I’ve always appreciated my WFS education: intellectual challenge, caring and close attention to individual students, and an ethic of social justice with which the school culture is imbued. In July, Matt will leave for basic training with the U.S. Army, intent on pursuing a career as a member of the Military Police. In August, my wife, Judi Gunn, and I will mark our 10th wedding anniversary, an occasion that promises to be as joyous in its own way as our wedding was in 2005. It was wonderful to see so many classmates at our

Proud fathers of 2015 WFS graduates, Pete Hollingsworth ’77 and Tom Scott ’70.

big reunion last fall, and I look forward to being with you all in the future.”

Jim McKusick has been named first Dean of The University of Missouri-Kansas City’s new Honors College. He wrote, “We are building a world-class Honors College on this vibrant urban research university campus.”

1977

Pete Hollingsworth (See photo, this page.)

1978

Thanks to Anna Hubbard Bellenger ’54 for an update on Baily Bellenger Cypress, who has been working on many large murals. She lives in Philadelphia.

1979

Thanks again to Anna Hubbard Bellenger ’54 for an update on George Bellenger, who was the winner of the Havana Challenge Regatta.

He was also a co-organizer of this historic event, the first of its type authorized by the U.S. since 2004.

1980

Lea Spruance Beard wrote, “Ken and I are enjoying living in Alapocas, a block from WFS. Our backyard faces the new turf field, and we proudly hang the ’GO WFS’ banner from the back of our house! Our older daughter, Jordan Beard ’11, graduated from Susquehanna University and is working as a Superior Court Judicial Case Manager in

The “Go WFS” banner on the home of Lea Spruance Beard ’80 has provided an inspiring backdrop for home games on Mellor Field.

CLASS NOTES downtown Wilmington. Our younger daughter, Peyton Beard ’14, attends Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. Looking forward to our 35th class reunion!!!”

Rosie Clara, daughter of Sara Weiss ’97 and her husband, Kevin Zimmerman.

1982

Oya Alatur (See 1983.)

1983

Katie Pell wrote, “I live in San Antonio, TX, with my family, making artwork and teaching.

I think back on the great Peace and Justice class and the influence of some beautiful teachers, like Cynthia Stan-Mellow (fac) and Ruth Estes (former fac); I want the same for my daughter. It’s through the light of Friends I landed my daughter in a local school for social justice and intercultural studies. I’m enjoying catching up with Dana Balick and always seeing my buddy and fellow alum Oya Alatur ’82 when I am in Wilmington. In addition, I have been recreating the woods that lined my Wilmington house as a child by making a massive quilt, life-size diorama composed of impressions from the trees taken on sight. So Delaware and your fine school have been on my mind a lot. As always, the ever-diligent Meg Gehret Erskine has kept me abreast of many of my classmates coming and goings. She is a great friend to us all.”

1985

Anna Biggs ’83 wrote to update us on her brother John Biggs, “My brother John Biggs has worked with and decides the mechanical engineering as well as finished product for numerous pieces of world famous artist Chris Burden. A final piece, ‘Ode Santos Dumont,’ conceptualized by Burden but entirely devised

by John, is being shown to the public for the first time at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.”

1989

Jason Mulveny wrote, “Thanks to my wife Jenn’s job with Intel, we recently celebrated our first-year anniversary of living in Sydney, Australia. I’m now working for a tech startup called ‘Safemate,’ a wearable device of the Internet of Things sphere. I’ll be able to describe our product in more detail soon as we are going to be launching in California in October. Our sons Maxen (8) and Rhys (6) are loving it here, thriving at school and in the community. Max was invited to join the Manly Sea Life Sanctuary group for the release of the rehabilitated sea turtle ‘Shelly’ thanks to his help in fundraising for a GPS device

Good times together in Atlanta, GA, for George Beck ’85, Chris Aronhalt ’85, and Chris Aleman ’85. Thanks to Chris for the photo.

Jason Mulveny ’89, his wife Jenn, and sons Maxen and Rhys in Melbourne, Australia.

she now wears on her shell. Rhys has been selected as the first-time recipient of the Manly Village Public School outstanding service award for his unsolicited efforts in cleaning up ‘rubbish’ on the school grounds and ‘tossing it in the bin.’”

1992

Gregory Walker wrote, “I am enjoying life in Switzerland with my wife, Angelique, and son, Aidan, and continue to work for the United Nations at Geneva.”

1996

Erin Bushnell wrote, “On May 14, 2015, I became the President of the Junior League of Philadelphia. The Junior League of Philadelphia is Philadelphia’s oldest and largest all-women’s volunteer organization, with over 800 members. Its mission is to promote volunteerism, develop the potential of women, and improve the community through the effective action of trained volunteers.

Professionally, I am the Chief Human Resources Officer for Cozen O’Connor, an international law firm with 1300 employees.”

1997

Robert Seiberlich and Nasim Dibaee were married in Wilmington, DE, on May 9, 2015. (See photo.)

Lily Davidson’s ’99 son, Sy.

Jacqueline Mellow ’03 published her first book in May.

1999

Lily Davidson and her husband, Brett Rodgers, are excited to announce the birth of their son, Sy Benjamin Davidson-Rodgers. He was born on May 20, 2015 in Washington, DC.

2003

Erin Bushnell ’96 wielding the gavel as President of the Junior League of Philadelphia.

Jacqueline Mellow wrote, “I’ve recently published my first book, The Dreamer, which is part of a NA Contemporary Fantasy series I’m writing. It went live May 15, 2015 and can be found on Amazon and iBooks. I wanted to share this news with the Wilmington Friends community because a large part of why I found myself down this path was due to the amazing teachers at Friends, mainly my two high school English teachers Katy Kenney (fac) and Micheline McManus (former fac) who opened my eyes to the power of storytelling. So this is a mini shout out to them.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you!”

Here is a link to the book, http://amzn. to/1H6Rba1 <http:// amzn.to/1H6Rba1.

2004

Sara Weiss and her husband, Kevin Zimmerman, welcomed Rosie Clara to the world on March 3, 2015. Sara wrote, “We’re in love with our little family!” They also have a daughter named Nora (3) and Robert Seiberlich ’97 and his wife, Nasim live in Nyack, NY. Dibaee, at their spring wedding.

John DeCarli was married to Kathryn Reiser in Boston this May. He and Katie were blessed to celebrate surrounded by the love of family and friends, including many WFS alumni. The couple lives in Worcester, MA. Look for the photo in next issue of Quaker Matters.

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2009

2006

Grant Walczak wrote, “In January of this year, I moved to Annecy, France for work. Annecy is a small city situated on the shoreline of Lake Annecy in the French Alps. This winter, I had the pleasure to visit some of the best ski resorts in Switzerland and France including Chamonix, home of Europe’s tallest peak, Mont Blanc. Summer in Annecy also has Justin DePhillips is its perks including biking, hiking, a Sous Chef for Jose water sports, or just relaxing on Andres at The Bazaar the lakeshore. Living here has

by Jose Andres in the been an amazing opportunity to SLS Hotel in South be immersed in a new culture and Beach, Miami. build lasting relationships. I was Jennifer Rosenberg even able to share many experiKeim wrote, “I got ences with old friends who were married on April Jennifer Rosenberg Keim ’06 and traveling through Europe for 18, 2015 to Garrett her husband, Garrett, were marthe first time. My time spent in Keim in Philadelphia ried this spring in Philadelphia.

Annecy has been wonderful, but at Reading Terminal all good things must come to an Market. We met at Drexel University Colend. I have accepted a promotion in Charlege of Medicine. He is a pediatrics resident lotte, NC, and at the end of the summer, I will at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. I return to the city I now call home.” graduated from medical school with Alpha Omega Alpha honors this May, and I will be 2010 starting my pediatrics residency this summer Sam Finkelman (See page 60.) at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Eric Kelley was back on the lacrosse field at Philadelphia.”

Williams College this past spring after beating Stanita Clarke wrote, “I graduated with my MS degree in Forensic Science from George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. I am welcoming my first child into the world.

She is expected to be here mid-July.”

2007

Emily DePhillips Black received her Doctorate of Pharmacy and is a practicing clinical pharmacist for Geisinger Heath System. She and her husband, Kaleb, are currently living in Sugarloaf, PA.

cancer. Unexpectedly to Eric, who thought the story was going to be about the Williams team, he was profiled in Lax Magazine (http:// laxmagazine.com/college_men/DIII/2014-15/ news/033015_division_iii_notebook_williams_kelley_savoring_second_chance). Eric was a captain of the lacrosse team, graduated from Williams in June, and has been accepted

to Georgetown Law School.

Reed Salmons (See page 60.)

2011

Jordan Beard (See 1980.)

Erin Conces (See page 62.)

Mara Freilich wrote, “I graduated from Brown this year with a degree in applied Grant Walczak ’09 math. I won the on Mont Blanc in Stein Memorial Chamonix, France.

Prize from my department. I will be starting a PhD in physical/biological oceanography at the MIT/WHOI joint program in the fall. In 2016, I will be going to Chile to do mathematical ecology research as a Fulbright Research Scholar.”

Alexa Pierce-Matlack graduated this spring from the University of Delaware with a degree in Medical Laboratory Science.

Leah Rizzo (See “Where are you now?”)

2012

Lauren Kelley (See pages 61-62.)

A member of the Class of 2015 at New York University, Gwen Baraniecki-Zwil was named a University Honors Scholar. The recognition is based on g.p.a. and, in Gwen’s case, fulfilling the requirements of the Tisch School of the Arts. Friends received notice of the honor via a copy of the letter sent to Gwen from Univer-

Class of 2014—Where Are You Now? Before each issue of our magazine, the Alumni Office surveys one class of graduates for updates and reflections on Friends. For the summer issue, we focus on the class that graduated one year ago. As always, we are grateful for the generosity of spirit with which alumni share their news and insights.

Sophia Clark is attending Cornell University. Aside from her studies, Sophia is also on the rowing team.

This summer, she rowed at Henley in England.

Gil Connolly just completed his freshman year at Bates College.

He volunteers for the Special Olympics in Maine. He wrote, “In eighth grade, we went to the Ronald McDonald House to cook a meal. I still have fond memories of stirring tomato soup with Mr. Kittle. I learned a lot about life that day.”

Christopher Damon is attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Abby Deardorff is studying Journalism and Mass Communication at The George Washington University. She wrote, “I am still at GW but hoping to spend a semester at Kings College next spring. I write for a local journal at school and work part-time. I also hold a leadership position within my sorority.” Abby is also involved in lemonade day at her school, which teaches inner city kids basic business models through simple practices like setting up a lemonade stand. She found, “IB let me follow my passion for the arts in a more concrete learning environment, and I’m grateful I was able to dedicate that much of my time to something I love and get recognized school credit for it.”

Maria Delzingaro is studying Fashion Merchandising at Marist College. She wrote, “I was lucky to be given the opportunity to volunteer at both Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week and Bridal Fashion Week during my second semes-

ter at school. It was an amazing opportunity for me. This summer, I am working in retail in Ocean City, NJ.” She added, “Wilmington Friends taught me how to be an individual and be involved.”

Eliza Durham just finished her first year at Pace University. She wrote, “After studying like a mad person all year, I decided to stay in New York for the summer.

I am stage manager for a new musical premiering at a festival this summer. It was written by Pace grads and is in its third year of workshops. The festival is run

by Planet Connections. Every show is following eco-friendly guidelines, and all proceeds go to charity. I have also been working at a pizza shop in midtown for the whole school year and summer.”

Constança Maria Girbal Eiras wrote, “I’m attending college in Lisbon, and I’m majoring in architecture. Just ending second semester with pretty good grades,

got invited by a company to design their space in an international fair. I volunteer to collect goods for families that don’t have easy access to needed stuff.

Especially families with babies, because that stuff is really expensive.”

Kenji Endo is attending Brown Universty. He wrote, “I had a great first year at Brown! I’m thinking of studying computer science and visual arts, interested in particular by computer graphics, animation, and architecture. Outside of classes, I write for the BlogDailyHerald, and joined Brown STEAM, a club that explores the intersections between the STEM fields and the creative arts. In the fall, we built a cardboard, PVC ‘strandbeest’ with RISD STEAM for a visit by Theo Jansen, the Dutch inventor.

In the spring, I started a computer science subgroup, C+STEAM, with a friend from STEAM, and we had our first workshop, scanning and 3D printing ‘mini

CLASS NOTES sity President John Sexton. He wrote, “By this designation, we salute our top-ranking baccalaureate candidates who have emerged as exceptional scholars in an undergraduate community representing the most talented men and women ever to attend New York University.” Congratulations, Gwen.

Emily Romano wrote, “I just returned from a great semester abroad studying public health in Vietnam, South Africa, and Argentina.

The academic content was focused mainly on the effects of globalization upon local health issues and experiences, public health policy, medical anthropology, and community health research methods. This summer, I am building on some of the things I learned abroad at my research internship with Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, where I will be studying health disparities and the effects of culturally competent care for diverse pediatric populations. Thank you to my teachers at Friends for motivating me to pursue experiences such as these.”

Spring Regional Reunions

Lisa Rolle Bradburn ’85, Carolyn Appleby Bruce ’85 and Mary Williams ’09

Alumni in New York City and Washington, DC, came together to catch up and meet other WFS alums in the area. Both regional reunions were organized by alumni volunteers. Thank you to Sammi Shay ’09 and Raven Harris ’06 for planning the New York City event, and to Elizabeth Connolly ’09, Emily David ’09, Carrie Hopkins ’08, Reity O’Brien ’08, and Mary Williams ’09 for organizing the DC event. It was great to see everyone!

(Our apologies that the lighting in New York was not ideal for photos.)

Carrie Hopkins ’08 and John McClelland ’87

2013

Fiona Iyer wrote, “I am transferring from Bowdoin to Minerva, a new university.” At Minerva, Fiona will study first in San Francisco and then in other cities around the world for each subsequent semester. Fiona wrote that mission of Minerva is, “to transform the structure of higher education around the world.”

Reity O’Brien ’08, Elizabeth Connolly ’09, Emily David ’09 and Kate Walczak ’06

2014

Peyton Beard (See 1980.)

2015

Welcome from the Alumni Office—with thanks—to our newest Class Agents, Meryl Gatti and Wyatt Thompson.

me’ self-portraits using a Kinect.

I helped build the organization’s spring catalogue, which documents what we’ve done in the past semester at all our partner schools (RISD, Brown, Yale, MIT).” Kenji wrote of Friends, “Looking back at it, WFS had such a huge impact on who I am now—my teachers and peers taught me how to read critically, to communicate persuasively, to be curious, to be creative, to react compassionately.

Friends provides an environment that encourages independence and exploration, and teachers are so incredibly supportive of student undertakings—from clubs to mastery projects to the college search and beyond.”

Emily Freilich is attending Pomona College. While at school she also volunteers with Whittier Hills Oil Watch and the antifracking group at the Claremont Colleges. This summer, she is working at the Forest Service in Moscow, ID, doing soil science and forest restoration research.

She wrote, “I was well prepared for writing in all classes and for collaborating with my peers.

Quaker values serve me in interacting with others, how I view my work, and the extracurricular activities I chose. For instance, I wrote an op-ed for the Claremont Colleges paper using the SPICES to explain why I believe Pomona should divest from fossil fuels.”

Laura Gates is studying Sociology and Integrative Arts at Penn State University. She was recently inducted into Schreyer’s Honors College and the Paterno Fellows program. She was also elected to be the 2015-2016 dance marshal for the Penn State Performing Arts Council and the 2015-2016 secretary for her hip-hop dance group, Raw Aesthetic Movement (RAM). She wrote, “I felt really prepared in my English and language classes. I also feel like I had better time management skills than others.”

Left, Leslie Rosenberg ’00, Braden Neff ’00, Cary Mellor ’01, Brad Engle ’98 and Ben Altman ’06 Right, Ben Altman ’06 and Raven Harris ’06

Jamie Harper is majoring in Health and Exercise Physiology and Spanish at Ursinus College.

This summer, he is working at Kid Shelleen’s and training for college soccer in the fall.

Emma Hartley took a gap year to compete at the national level in equestrian events.

Jack Kempner is in the TelevisionRadio Major at Ithaca College.

Bevyn Mannke is attending the Schreyer Honors College at Penn State University and majoring in History and Science. Bevyn is involved in the Penn State THON and Relay for Life as the Fundraising Officer for The American Red Cross, PSU Chapter. She wrote, “The WFS community inspired a cohesive work ethic which related class materials and service learning.”

Molly Marcus is attending Brandeis University.

Luke Morgan-Scott is studying Statistics at Harvard University.

Maria Rizzo is attending the University of Delaware with a double major in Sociology and Criminal Justice. She wrote, “My older sister Leah Rizzo ’11 just graduated from University of Delaware and remains working as a traffic reporter for the country radio station 94.7 WDSD, where she first started as an intern during her senior exploration in 2011.

My senior exploration with the New Castle County police really served as a launch pad for an interest in my major! WFS made my freshmen year (educationally) a breeze. I excelled in many of my classes because I already knew the material. What I miss the most are the teachers and how much they care about their students as individuals.”

James Sepelyak is at Drexel University studying Chemical Engineering. He is interviewing to start his first co-op in the fall. This past spring, he volunteered at the Philadelphia Science Festival.

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Sam Finkelman ’10 Fulbright Year in Russia

Reed Salmons ’10 Bone Marrow Donor

Last year, we reported that Sam had received a Fulbright Scholarship to study and teach in Russia. In addition to recognizing him as recipient of our 2015 Young Alumnus of the Year Award, we also asked Sam, while he was still in Russia, for an update on his experiences of the past year.

(Interview edited for space.)

As previously reported, Reed Salmons ’10 donated peripheral blood stem cells (used for bone marrow transplants) during his senior year at Dickinson College and helped save a man’s life. This past year, Reed had a chance to meet the recipient of his bone marrow donation. We asked him about his experience. (Interview edited for space.)

How are things going in Krasnoyarsk? What have you been doing?

Why did you decide to donate bone marrow? What was that experience like?

All in all, things out here are great. In terms of my official obligations: I have been teaching juniors and seniors at Siberian Federal University.

My lessons are somewhat of a mix between conversational practice (discussing everything from the media and politics, to food and shopping) and a crash course in American history and culture.

In terms of my social life, I have been very fortunate to have been placed in a dorm with a bright, fun group of international graduate students, teachers, and PhDs from all over the world. It has been fascinating to discuss not only our perceptions of Russia, but also the cultural differences of our respective homelands.

Did WFS play a role in your decision to go to Siberia and the current work you are doing?

My fascination with Russia really began when I fell in love with Russian literature, and my love of literature began in earnest at WFS, during Ms. Kenney’s freshman year English class. Later on, during my junior year (also with Ms. Kenney), we read Turgenev’s Fathers and Sons, a wonderful little novel that I have re-read in virtually every college class on Russian literature or history. During senior year with Mr. Rashkind, I remember being captivated by the irony and profound brevity of Chekhov’s short stories.

Describe how you felt when you met the marrow recipient, Mark Tose.

The best way to describe it is a combination of enormous relief and genuine happiness. I couldn’t help but feel very personally connected to this guy. When we met, there were a lot of built up nerves on both sides, but then we gave each other a “high ten,” a big hug, and all of those nerves melted. It was so awesome.

What would you want others to know about donating bone marrow?

I also have to mention that Mr. Grier-Reynolds’ class, Peace, Justice, and Social Change, which I took during my sophomore year, was profoundly influential in the sense that it really taught me how we are living in a global village, and that borders on the map should hardly prevent anyone from chasing his or her interests and passions.

My big message is that it is safe, and that everyone should register. It is by far the most fulfilling experience that I have had. When you match someone, you’re being told that you can directly give them a second chance. Given the diverse community at Friends, I would encourage many who classify themselves as “non-white” to register. There is a significant shortage in the Registry for available matches for individuals of Asian, African, or Hispanic descent. Friends School graduates are leaders in the community, so why not lead by example and get out there and register for Be The Match.

When are you planning to return to the States? What do you hope to do when you are back?

Do you think your experience at Friends played a role in your decision to become a donor?

I will be coming back to the States for the summer, but in late August, I will begin pursuing a one-year Master’s Program in Russian and Eastern European Studies at the University of Amsterdam. I know that in my work, I want to put my knowledge of Russian language and culture to use in some capacity, be it as a journalist, in the diplomatic/international relations sphere, for a non-profit agency, or in academia.

I would say that WFS gave me a strong sense of my place in the world.

Friends does a great job in stressing the importance of participating in areas where you can help others, not just yourself. This is one thing I directly credit the school and my parents with, a sense of purpose and motivation toward serving others.

What did you most enjoy about your WFS experience?

Lab Manager and Research Technician for a genetics lab at CHOP. I am working on projects that seek to illuminate some of the unknown aspects of genetics disorders involving chromosome 22 in children. I am also applying to medical school right now to pursue my dream of being a physician and to better serve the community.

What I most value about my WFS experience was the moral emphasis that was placed on what we learned. Classes like Mr. Bernard’s Quakerism and weekly Meetings for Worship were all about self-knowledge and awareness, which I think is very important in terms of becoming a moral person. In short, WFS doesn’t just aim to churn out smart people and send them to top ranked colleges—the focus is genuinely on producing good people.

From the social side of things, I really enjoyed how small WFS was. I knew everyone, everyone knew me, and I could try my hand at everything: football, playing in a band, writing for and editing The Whittier.

Has anything surprised you during your time in Krasnoyarsk?

When you study Russia, you read a lot of pretty intense, dark texts. But when you arrive, Russia is nothing like that. Of course, you see and experience a lot things that strike you as particularly Russian: lots of furry hats, remnants of Soviet bureaucratism, and massive, ugly, grey apartment blocks. But these are all exteriors. What is most surprising about Russia, for me, is that underneath these exteriors one finds a relatively modern country populated by people just like us. My American friends hardly believe when I tell them “Yes, I live in Siberia, but it’s a city of one million, and I can get a pretty decent pizza delivered to my door in under an hour.” This is not to entirely disregard some very real and divisive cultural differences, but as clichéd as it sounds, everywhere you go, people are people.

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It was honestly a no-brainer to donate peripheral blood stem cells (PBSCs) to a man in need. I registered six months prior when “Be The Match” came to campus for a marrow drive. In November 2013, Be The Match told me there was a 58-year-old man who had AML and needed my help. The first thoughts was, “duh, of course,” and the next was, “if my dad, Hal Salmons ’79, were in this position, I would want someone to do the same for him.”

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What are you doing now? What are your plans for the future?

Has donating bone marrow and meeting Mark influenced your plans for the future?

Donating my PBSCs and meeting Mark have definitely influenced my decision to pursue medicine. Being a doctor is all about a partnership between you and the patient, and that was just what Mark had with his docs. [It] showed me how much of a village it takes to keep someone going, and it would be incredible to be a part of that process for more individuals like him.

Is there anything else you would like to share with the WFS community about this experience?

In summary, I encourage more to join the registry because it is such a simple way to make a huge difference for another. I registered when the drive came to my college campus, and it was free. So, all of you recent graduates, keep an eye out for Be The Match on campus. It makes a big impact and is an awesome experience.

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Lauren Kelley ’12 Living and Learning in Rwanda Claremont McKenna College student Lauren Kelley spent four months studying abroad in Rwanda, living with a family and learning about, as it is titled, The Genocide Against the Tutsi. Her experience and stories are incredible and demonstrate the strength of a nation working to rebuild and reconcile after a painful and horrific chapter in its history.

When you were thinking about studying abroad, how did you decide on Rwanda?

I had always planned to study abroad in a Spanish-speaking country. I had a meeting with a counselor at Claremont McKenna in my sophomore year, and she suggested several different abroad programs to me in Spain, Argentina, and Ecuador. Right before I left that first meeting, I mentioned to her that, while I was in high school, I went on a life-changing trip to South Africa. She then decided to give me information on a few programs in Africa, and the title of my program, “SIT Rwanda: Post-Genocide Reconciliation and Peace-Building” stood out right away. But I was still pretty confident that I wanted to go with one of the Spanish-speaking programs.

Finally, I thought to myself, “I have friends that will be in these programs in Spain. I think that they are going to experience absolutely incredible things that I can’t wait to hear about and would love to experience, too, but I would not be jealous of them if I did not go. I would be jealous of someone that went on the Rwanda program if I did not go.” And that is what did it.

Walk us through a normal day for you while abroad.

On a normal day in the first three months, I would wake up around 4:30 a.m. My homestay house had no running or drinking water, so I did not shower or brush my teeth. I then walked about five miles to the closest bus park. I took the public bus to school—which was always an adventure! The total commute to school was usually anywhere from 2-3 hours. I then was sometimes able to use the school shower to rinse off the morning sweat with the ice-cold water. Class started around 9:00 a.m., and first, we would always start with two hours of Kinyarwanda class. Kinyarwanda is the language spoken in Rwanda.

After that, our school days really varied. In the first few days, we had lecturers from the local universities come and give us a detailed history of Rwanda leading up to The Genocide Against the Tutsi. We then began to visit the genocide memorials. In the last few weeks, we really focused on the peace-building process, and visited local NGO’s, government offices, etc. Our academic day would usually end around 6:00 p.m, and in the dark, I would begin my commute home. I took the public bus from the bus park near my school to the one I walked to in the mornings, then took a different bus and was able to stop the bus and get dropped off much closer to my home. I only had about a 3/4 mile walk back to my house from this point. I usually got home around 8:00 p.m. My home-stay mother

cooked dinner, and we would eat as a family.

I then usually completed my homework and went to bed around 9:30 pm.

In my last month, I conducted research regarding how those who participated in the Gacaca Courts after the Genocide Against the Tutsi (judges, witnesses, victims, and perpetrators) are currently interacting in their communities. On these days, I would wake up and then conduct interviews for almost the entire day.

These were some of the most incredible, but also the most trying, days I had in Rwanda.

Just to give an example, one day I did a group interview with about seven participants, a group that included both victims and perpetrators of the genocide. One of the women I interviewed explained to me (with the help of my translator) that during the genocide, her cheek was cut open, her arm was cut off, she was stabbed in her back, and left to die.

About 1.5 hours in, she points to a man sitting just about five feet away, whom I had not interviewed yet, and tells me that he was the one who had done it. She has forgiven him, and they are now friends that work together for an organization that aims to bring peace and reconciliation to their small town. I will never forget that interview.

Did your experience at Friends help you navigate living in another country?

I do think that having Meeting for Worship at Friends really helped me with my long commute to school. I was able to center myself and really use that time to look inward. I have to admit, there were several times that I wanted to break down—when I just wanted to stop walking, stop being stared at, stop being touched by strangers; but my time at Friends and being taught to understand other cultures, environments, and people, really helped with that. It helped me understand that the staring and touching was not meant to be offensive; it pushed me to really learn the local language and try to understand a new culture completely. The approach that I took was to have patience, be tolerant, and to try to immerse myself led to developing relationships and understanding with local people that I otherwise might not have.

Tell us about your homestay experience.

I actually had two very different home-stay experiences. I was initially placed with a wonderful family with four brothers and one sister. They were very well off, and had running water, a cook, and several “houseboys” and “housegirls.” Neither of my parents spoke any English at all, but my two youngest siblings were learning English in school and spoke very well. I was very close with this family, but due to a sexual harassment issue with my eldest brother, I was removed from the home and placed with a different family for the majority of my experience in Rwanda.

My second family was also incredible. I had three sisters and one brother. The two oldest sisters were very close to my age and had learned some English in school, so it was a lot of fun to be able hang out and talk with them!

Lauren in Rwanda with her host brother, Christian.

I think that something incredibly special about my abroad experience was the fact that the focus was on PostGenocide Reconciliation and Peace-Building, and that it took place in a country that only 21 years ago experienced a devastating genocide.

Neither of my parents in this house spoke any English at all, but they were very sweet and caring, and with the Kinyarwanda I was able to learn, we were able to communicate well.

My host mother, whom we all called “Mama,” cooked every meal outside on the ground using coal and a single pot, so most meals were one dish that combined rice, beans, and potatoes. I’m not sure how she did it, but my mother always made the food “biraryoshye,” which means “delicious” in Kinyarwanda. The family usually used about two liters of water per week total (not per person) to make tea and bucket shower. When I think of my family, I always think of them laughing. Everyone was so loving and always happy.

Is there anything specific you would want people to know about your trip or Rwanda in general?

I think that something incredibly special about my abroad experience was the fact that the focus was on Post-Genocide Reconciliation and Peace-Building, and that it took place in a country that only 21 years ago experienced a devastating genocide. The genocide is still present in literally every aspect of life, and this really does take a toll. On top of all of the typical study abroad obstacles (navigating in a new city, using a new language, experiencing a home stay) we had the added emotional Summer 2015 • QuakerMatters

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CLASS NOTES strain of learning about a genocide in detail for nine hours a day. I give so much credit to the other 15 students in my program. They are some of the strongest, most amazing people I have ever met, and we really helped each other through the hard times. All of this being said, I also want to emphasize that this was just my personal experience. There are people in my program who had a two-minute walking commute; there are people who lived in threestory houses with hot water showers; there are people who did not get along with their home-stay families. What I experienced while in Rwanda should not be taken to represent the typical experience in the program or of someone living in Rwanda. I’m just one story.

What are your plans for the future? Did this experience influence your plans?

I plan to finish my undergrad experience at Claremont McKenna, and then I would like to take a year to travel and then continue on to law school. This was my plan before I went to Rwanda, but my experience there definitely influenced the way I view my future.

It has solidified my decision to take the time to experience different cultures and to see the world before going to law school. It has given me confidence that I can do what I set out to do. It has helped to remind myself that I need to follow my gut and do what I want to do rather than what the majority is doing. It has taught me to push myself. I also now remind myself every day to appreciate the present. I am so appreciative of what I have—my family, my friends, my home, my country, my education.

Erin Conces ’11 Senior Exploration “Poster Child” Thanks to early years music teacher Liza Conces (fac) for sharing this story, from a conversation inspired by the Class of 2015 Senior Explorations, about Erin Conces ’11.

Erin’s Senior Exploration was “exploring different careers in the visual arts—reading books, learning new painting techniques, and spending time with working painters, museum staff, art teachers, AND,” as Liza wrote with emphasis, “our own Abigail Quandt (mom of Daniel Potter ’12) who is world-renowned in the field of Art Conservation. After spending time in the lab at the Walters Art Museum with Abigail’s staff, Erin knew she had found her career! In an area about which she had previously known nothing.”

Erin just finished her junior year as an Art Conservation major at Boston University—a major she created because so few colleges have undergrad studies in this specific field.

Erin takes a combination of classes in art history, studio art, chemistry, and archeology. She recently completed an internship in the Conservation Department of Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. Erin’s summer plans included studying Akkadian Cuneiform, a language that has been dead since 600 B.C., and learning paper conservation techniques in Umbria, Italy with students from around the world.

And it all began with her Senior Exploration.

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SCRAPBOOK Construction of the Global Learning Center through the 2014-2015 school year, as photographed from the Jones House in October, November, April, and June.

Stop by on Sunday, September 20 (12:002:00pm), or on Homecoming Saturday, October 31, for a tour.

IN MEMORY Please note that in order to include as many memorial tributes as possible, original obituaries are edited. We make every effort to recognize connections of survivors to Friends School, but know that our records may not be perfect. Please help us to correct any errors or omissions by emailing info@wilmingtonfriends.org. Thank you.

John Edmond Riley ’35 John was born in Wilmington, DE; he had two sisters (deceased). Married Margaret Ann Byram, who preceded him in death. They had twin sons, John David (deceased) and Robert Douglas, and a daughter, Barbara Jean. He attended Friends School in Wilmington and MIT on scholarship in Chemical Engineering.

He went to work for Hercules Powder Company in Kenvil, NJ, where they made explosives used by Allied Forces in WWII. He then transferred to Hercules California, where they specialized in nitroglycerin, and then transferred to the Salt Lake City Bacchus plant in black powder, dynamite, and solid fuel rocket propellant. That’s right, a rocket scientist!

John was active with Wasatch Mountain Club hiking and ski touring and climbed Mt. Fuji, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Ayres Rock, and Kings Peak.

Joan Tyler Gilbert ’44 Joan died January 28, 2015 in Nazareth, PA. Joan was the wife of Daniel Robert Gilbert, PhD, for 62 years until his death in 2012.

They met while both were students at Middlebury College in Vermont. Joan was also predeceased by a younger brother, Richard Scott Tyler ’46, in 1993. Joan was active in the League of Women Voters in Bethlehem, followed politics and current events closely, and never missed voting for more than 50 years.

Joan served on many committees at First Presbyterian Church in Bethlehem, and was one of the early program chairpersons for the Hi Neighbors program for senior citizens. Joan also served on the church’s Deacons Committee, to help assist the needs of the less fortunate in the community. Joan was a devoted mother and grandmother, and enjoyed attending her son’s and grandchildren’s youth, high school, and college graduations, athletic competitions, and musical performances. Joan enjoyed ice skating and performed in several shows at the former Ice Palace in Allentown.

Robert Donaghy, Jr. ’45 Robert J. Donaghy, Jr. of Wilmington and Henlopen Acres, DE, passed away peacefully on May 13, 2015. Bob was born in Wilmington in 1927, the only child of the late Robert J. and Blanche Macklin Donaghy. He graduated from Wilmington Friends School in 1945 and was the class agent for many years.

He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and graduated in 1950 from the University of Delaware, where he was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Bob was employed by the DuPont Company in Wilmington for 31 years.

He was a longtime member of Westminster Presbyterian Church where he had served as a deacon. Interested in local history, Bob had been a Trustee of the Delaware Histori-

cal Society and a Director of the Lincoln Club of Delaware. He contributed to various published histories of local organizations, and was one of the most valued volunteer historians at Friends School. He is survived by his wife, Alice Warner Donaghy, and two sons, Robert J. Donaghy III ’92 and Charles W. Donaghy ’95 (Sara), both of Wilmington.

Matilda Beasley Bixby ’55 Matilda B. Bixby (“Junie”), age 77, died on March 27, 2015 after a short illness. Junie was born in Hattiesburg, MS. Her family moved back to the Wilmington area in 1945 and she grew up at “Point Pleasant Farm” near New Castle where her mother’s family had lived since 1845. She attended The Tatnall School and graduated from Wilmington Friends in 1955.

She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mt. Holyoke College in 1959. She taught Kindergarten at Tatnall for 10 years and, in 1975, received a Masters of Science degree from the University of Delaware in Early Childhood Development. In 1978, she entered law school at the Delaware Law School (Widener University) and, in 1981, earned a Juris Doctor degree cum laude. She had a family law practice in Media, PA, for 15 years. Upon retirement from the law, she decided to pursue her enjoyment in travel by joining Brooks Travel in Wilmington. She was an avid gardener (like her father), and enjoyed opening her garden to visitors for a Day in Old New Castle. Another of her passions was birding, and she trekked near and far to see as many birds as she could, including Panama, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Peru, Honduras, Belize, and more. She had recently renewed her interest in bridge. Junie embraced life with wide open arms and had a lot of fun along the way. Junie is survived by a son, a daughter, two grandchildren, her sister, her niece and nephew, and her beloved cats. Junie was a daughter of the late Matilda Van Trump Beasley, Class of 1923, and was formerly married to Roger Bixby ’54, also deceased.

Marcia Stirling Quillen ’56 Marcia Stirling Quillen ’56 died on July 19, 2015. A full obituary will appear in our next issue.

Priscilla Smith Witke ’57 Priscilla Bill Smith Witke, 76, of Des Moines, IA, died of cancer on June 12 at the Vermont Respite House, a hospice located near the Vermont home of her son. She was surrounded by family in her final days, including her sisters, Reid and Natalie, who still live in Delaware. An informal gathering of nearby family members was held at the Vermont funeral home. Another informal service was planned for Delaware in July during the Smith family’s annual reunion. A Des Moines memorial service was planned for late summer or

early fall at the First Unitarian Church of Des Moines, of which Priscilla was a long-time active member.

Ronald Connolly ’57 Dr. Ronald G. Connolly passed away on January 26 after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. He died at home surrounded by his five children and wife of 45 years. He touched many lives with his gentle heart, healing hands, his love of family, and his Catholic Faith. Ron was born in Wilmington, DE to Arthur G. and Gerardine L. Connolly and grew up in a loving family with his five brothers and sisters. He attended Friends through eighth grade, graduated from Archmere Academy, and received his bachelor’s and medical degrees from Georgetown University. Ron met his wife, Sieglinde, while doing his residency at Kaiser, San Francisco. He served his country as a medical officer during the Vietnam War prior to practicing rheumatology in Wilmington, DE. He later served as a United States Naval Commander in San Diego. After retiring from the Navy, he spent the last 13 years of his medical career at his rheumatology practice in Walnut Creek. He loved all sports, especially tennis. Some of his favorite pastimes included: family trips to Maine, reading on the porch while watching his grandkids play, walking the reservoir with his wife, and the annual family trips to Yosemite. Ron was a devoted man of extraordinary strength, endless generosity, and deep faith. He will be remembered for his unwavering faith in God, tireless Christian example, generosity of time and attention, dedication to his patients, and for his involvement with multiple charitable organizations.

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IN MEMORY and their families, including 15 grandchildren.

He is also survived by his siblings and their spouses: Dr. Christopher Connolly ’59 (Marjie Liner); Gerardine DiSabatino (Mauro); Mary Braun (Wilson), Thomas A. Connolly (Nouchine); and sister-in-law Joan McDowell Connolly. He is also survived and beloved by his many nieces and nephews, including Arthur (Chip) Connolly, III ’79, Amy Connolly Doherty ’80, and Mike Connolly ’84 and their families, and by his first cousins, Dorothy Connolly Mraz ’74 and Edwin (Ned) Connolly ’68. Ron was preceded in death by his brother, Arthur G. Connolly, Jr. ’59.

Richard Poole ’58 Richard, age 74, of Wilmington, Delaware, died on April 24, 2015 at his home in Henlopen Acres, DE. Mr. Poole was a graduate of Swarthmore College, B.A. with high honors, 1963; and the University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1966. He spent the 1960-61 school year at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. He and his surviving wife of 51 years, Elisabeth Stroud Poole ’59, received Friends School’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2013. Mr. Poole had been a leader in community service for years, serving as President of Planned Parenthood of Delaware, President of the Delaware Historical Society, President of the Rotary Club of Wilmington, and Vice President of the Rehoboth Beach Historical Society. Mr. Poole was an advocate for the arts and served as Trustee of the Biggs Museum of American Art, Trustee and Vice President of the Rehoboth Art League, Collections Committee member for the Delaware Art Museum, and Governing Board member and Board of Overseers of the Delaware College of Art and Design. Both Richard and Elisa Poole were honored by the ACLU of Delaware with the Kandler Award, its highest honor. In addition to his wife, Mr. Poole is survived by three children, eight grandchildren, his brothers, William Poole ’55 and Stephen Poole ’62, and sister, Virginia Poole Bainbridge ’63. His late father, William Poole, was a member of Class of 1925. Mr. Poole’s life was celebrated at a memorial service on May 16, 2015, in the Lower School Meeting Room at Wilmington Friends.

Friends of Friends Curtis Leo Clapham Former Trustee Curtis Leo Clapham, 85, passed away on April 13, 2015 after a long struggle with Parkinson’s Disease. He was born in Lyon, MS, a town adjacent to Clarksdale, and always remembered Clarksdale as a vibrant community of many ethnicities and religions. All struggled together to survive The Great Depression and World War II. This was the foundation of Curtis’ understanding of the inequalities faced by women,

by African-Americans, by the disabled, or by other minorities. Curtis graduated from Clarksdale High School, Millsaps College, and earned an MSW from Tulane University.

He returned to Jackson, MS, to work in child welfare, then took a job as administrator of Bethesda-Savannah Children’s Center in Savannah, GA. There, he also worked with various Civil Rights groups; among other

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efforts, he and a co-worker integrated the Drexel Hotel in Atlanta. Curtis married Carol Sue Etzenhouser in 1962. In 1964, the family moved to Philadelphia so that Curtis could pursue a PhD in Social Work. He then became Director of Family Service of Chester County, where he served for 30 years, developing and promoting many innovative programs. After settling in West Chester, the family became members of Birmingham Friends Meeting. In “retirement,” Curtis worked for seven years for the Philadelphia Foundation. He was also the founding director of the board of Kendal-Crosslands Retirement Communities, serving in various capacities for more than 30 years. He was a board member of Bryn Mawr College School of Social Work and Social Research and Friends Association for the Care and Protection of Children, and a member of many other social service boards and committees. In 2002, he and Carol moved to Wilmington to help care for their new granddaughter and became members of Wilmington Monthly Meeting. They also became docents of the Delaware Art Museum, and he became a trustee of Wilmington Friends. He had a lifelong love of travel, learning new languages, and exploring new ideas. He strove always to treat others with interest, dignity, and equality. Curtis is survived by his wife; two daughters, Jennifer of Latham, NY, and Elizabeth of Wilmington; three grandchildren, including Elizabeth’s daughter, Zoë Wishengrad ’20; and Zoë’s father, Paul Wishengrad.

Tom Michels Former Trustee and Home & School Association President Tom Michels, age 69, left this life on April 2, 2015 in Boston, MA, after a very brief illness. Born in New Rochelle, NY, he was predeceased by his parents and his brother, Walter. Tom graduated from Franklin and Marshall College with a B.A. in Economics and received his MBA from Pace University. He is survived by his beloved wife, Carol Carpenter Michels; cherished children, William C. Michels ’89 (Erin), Scott F. Michels ’93 (Tatiana), and Amanda H. Lockley ’96 (Matthew); three grandchildren; three nephews; and four great-nieces and nephews.

Tom served as Senior V.P. of Chemical Bank and President of the Chemical Bank Leasing Company. He sat on the board of California Federal Bank. Additionally, he owned his own business, Odessa Packaging in Wilmington, DE. His current position was as Principal Clerk for the Snow Library in Orleans, MA. In addition, he served as treasurer of the Friends of Snow Library Board of Trustees.

Some of his favorite pastimes were floating up the river on Skaket Beach or catching a sunset on Nauset Beach. He loved to throw a great party. He was an avid swimmer and loved skiing, golf, and spending time with his loving family. As ice hockey coach to his children and their teams, he taught some of the most memorable life lessons of fairness, integrity, honesty, and sportsmanship—while having a lot of fun. He will be dearly missed by his many close friends and loved ones, and will be remembered most for his deep calming voice, clever sense of humor, welcoming arms, and smile to all those who crossed his path.

1987 Remembering Beau Biden Dear Friends, Saturday, May 30, marked an abrupt emotional turn. We had a beautiful evening for Commencement here at Friends, with our younger son as a member of the Class of 2015. Shortly after getting home, we learned that Beau Biden had died.

Beau and his brother and sister all attended Friends through eighth grade. Their aunt, Valerie Biden Owens, was a teacher here. Joe and Jill Biden have been wonderful supporters of the Friends community, beyond their years as parents, and Beau was here as recently as 2013, the year of his cancer diagnosis, speaking to students about staying safe on social media and as they prepared to head off to college campuses. Hallie Biden has many friends at Friends and is also a valued colleague through her work at Tatnall.

Those are facts, but relationships can never be captured in facts. Beau Biden was a beloved member of this school community—and he loved it back. A few years ago, he was visiting campus and came upon longtime Friends teacher, coach, and administrator Bill Neff.

There was a hug followed by a few tears, as Beau expressed appreciation for what Bill and Friends School had done for him.

I should note, not to claim any special relationship but to explain where my own emotions and impressions come from, that in addition to our shared association with the School, I worked for then-Senator Joe Biden for 15 years, giving me some time with Beau.

And our lives overlapped even before Friends, through our car-business grandfathers and a resulting friendship between our fathers.

In every context that I experienced, what I remember most vividly are moments like that day with Bill Neff—Beau expressing appreciation. He was so grateful for what everyone in his life did for him, from members of his family to people who extended momentary kindnesses—to him or to people he cared about. He learned about the fragility of life very early, and maybe that’s the reason he took no gift for granted and gave to others when he could. He was a genuinely good, generous, warm person—sincere and steadfast in his affections, dedicated and courageous in his service, and thoughtful and sensitive with other people’s feelings.

For many of us, it is inconceivable that Beau is gone, unimaginable that this family could suffer, for many of them a third, loss so tragic and premature. Beau’s death is both a public loss and a deeply personal one. We at Friends extend our sympathies and support to his family both as a school community and as friends—we will, always, hold Beau and all of the Biden family in the Light.

In friendship, Tracey Quillen Carney ’80 Director of Communications

IN CLOSING

QUEST Service Trip On the second QUEST trip to the Dominican Republic, a partnership with the DREAM Foundation, 10 WFS students and three chaperones worked for a week at a literacy camp for Dominican children.

Myles McDevitt ’14, who went on the first QUEST trip in 2013, was also at the camp for a third summer, the last two as an individual volunteer. Andrew Conces ’16, another former DREAM volunteer, led a baseball equipment drive this past spring for children in the program. (See page 46.)

In addition to the literacy camp, where students and campers continued the tradition of painting a mural and “signing” it with handprints, the Friends group had a chance for other local adventures, including a horseback tour, time at the beach, and a lot of food.

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October 30-31, 2015 Homecoming

• All welcome!

• 20th Annual Smith McMillan 5K • Reunions for classes ending in “0” or “5” • More opportunities to meet Ken and to tour Questions? Contact the Alumni Office at alumni@wilmingtonfriends.org or 302.576.2981.

Top left, the new entrance post at Mellor Field.

Left, Ken Aldridge, Head of School as of July 1, 2015.

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